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Top Children’s Hospital Internal Training Tells Doctors Ways To Avoid Parental Consent For Trans Procedures


Hospital staff at Cincinnati Children’s in Ohio explained ways for doctors to work around parental consent for transgender minor patients in an internal training video obtained by the Daily Wire.

Steve Davis, the president and CEO of the hospital, testified in December against several bills that would have banned all transgender procedures for minors, arguing that parental consent was always obtained for any treatment and that the legislation would harm families. Dr. Lee Ann Conard, director of the hospital’s Transgender Health Clinic, said, however, that if a child is reluctant to tell their family that they identify as transgender there are things that doctors and hospital staff can do to conceal treatment from the parents, according to the video.



I know that Transgender issues are a sticky subject. However, I would like to see what y'alls thoughts and opinions are about what some of the hospital staff at the Cincinnati's Children Hospital in Ohio are doing and saying.

Explaining the 1260, 1290 and 1335's meaning

I will put forth a short, concise understanding unto those who do not like long drawn out dissertations, I find that once a concise point has been read, sometimes those types do not mind reading something a bit longer if it sparks a bit of curiosity.

Short Explanation

God gave Daniel a vision that runs from Daniel chapters 10 through Daniel 12:1-2 then explained a bit unto him, but mostly kept him in the dark, telling him that all these things would be locked up until the very end times, I think we are in the end times now, so God revealing's should not be a surprise.

In short, as I studied and did an Exegesis on Dan. 11 and 12, I understood that in vs. 6 an Angel asks the Man in Linen (Jesus pre incarnate or MIL) "how long until all these wonders end?" And in vs. 7 the MIL replied that from the time the holy people (Israel) are scattered (some get conquered and some flee) until all these wonders end will be 1260 days (Time, times and half). Now, of course Daniel had no clue of Jesus' second coming, but we do, and that gives us the advantage. We now can understand what ends this mans life and rule on earth in Dan. 11:36-45, its the second coming. So, the 1260 is very clear and easily understood as an event (the Little Horn/Anti-Christ conquers Israel) that will end in 1260 days, upon Jesus return. We piece this together by using scriptures from elsewhere in the bible, where he rules 1260 days over Israel.

Then as I read vs. 8 it hit me, Daniel was confused, and then he asked the exact same question as the Angel did in vs. 6, in vs. 8, "When will all these things end?" So, I thought to myself, everything has to end with the second coming, that is the fulcrum point God is using here, and if the 1260 was an event, so were the 1290 and 1335 events also. All three are just numbers with limited explanations for each event, and when they come to pass in juxtaposition to the second coming as per the numbers actual meaning, just like the 1260, we have to figure out what the numbers actually mean via gathering info from other scriptures elsewhere in the bible. I have done that, I will give the details and the scriptures that reveal why I came to these conclusions below in a longer dissertation, but to those who want to know what the other numbered events mean, in brief, here is the answer below.

1.) The 1335 is the Two-witnesses showing up (Blessing) to turn Israel back unto God before God's Wrath falls on mankind, they show up 1335 days before the second coming of Jesus.

2.) The 1290 is the False Prophet (a Jewish high priest) who takes away "the real sacrifice Jesus" and places the AoD in the temple, this happens 1290 days before the second coming.

Longer Version explaining why these numbers equal the events I am putting forth

As I began doing my Exegesis on Dan. 11 & 12, I understood I should have included Dan. 10 also, but that's neither here nor there. I saw how Dan. 11 was the full history of the whole Greek kingdom, from Alexander the Great unto Antiochus, the archetype Little Horn or Anti-Christ, however one like to view his name is OK by me. Then in Dan. 11:36-45 we get the end time Beast/A.C. and all his actions, who he conquers in verses 40-43 and where he dies in vs. 45. So, then when Jesus/MIL answers the two questions, one by an Angel and one by Daniel, about the end times seen here ("When will all these Wonders End?" and When will all these Things End?") both questions are referring unto Daniel 11:45 where the A.C./Beast comes unto his end or dies.

So, seeing as Daniel's question was the same as the Angel's question, this got me to thinking, these are all numbered events that end via the second coming of Jesus, and just like we all understand the 1260 is the A.C./Beast event, and he comes to his end after 1260 days of rule, via the presence of the Lord Jesus showing up, likewise these other two numbers are events that also must end with the second coming of Jesus, I just had to go through the bible and try to solve what these two numbered events were via study and prayer, and so off I went on my journey, I hit a stumbling block straight away via the 1290 event.

If I was correct, and each number was that many days until the second coming, then the 1290 event could not be the A.C./Beast because he would only come to power 30 days later at the 1260 event, God does not allow him to go forth conquering until the middle of the week (MoW) or 1260 event, so the 1290, if it was 1290 days away from the second coming, could not be the Beast or A.C., and thus I was like "Houston we got a problem" !! You see, my mind had been trained like everyone else's had, the A.C. has to sit in the temple and place the AoD I thought, but when I do these things I go full speed ahead, I had to give the idea a full vetting, and search the scriptures to see if it was possible the 1290 is not the A.C./Beast but is someone else. I thought to myself, well if its anyone, it has to be the false prophet, his sidekick, but could that be I wondered, so off to the scriptures I went.

Daniel 9:27 says in the midst (not middle) of the week he (prince to come/A.C.) causes the sacrifice to cease and the AoD to be placed. Hmm, that gives a little leeway I thought. Then I looked at Rev. 13 and saw that the 2nd beast is the one that gets the peoples of Israel to make an image of the first beast, so in reality, the false prophet met all the criteria for one who actually stops the sacrifice and places the AoD. He will be a Jewish high priest like unto Jason (real name Yeshua) who was under Antiochus (AE4). I might get into that later. But who has the power over the temple? The High Priest of course, so that kind of made sense, but alas, when I test I test to the max, but those scriptures seemed very promising, the AoD events might very well be the false prophet, but the thing that settled this for me was a problem I always had with the sign God gave Israel, at the 1290, being too late a sign, since the "Beast" had already conquered them. But this new understanding solved that problem, God gives Israel, or the Jews who repent a sign 30 days before He allows the A.C./Beast to come to power, conquering Israel and the whole Mediterranean region. So, it fits the 1290 event very well indeed.

Now that I had somewhat settled that, I wondered what event came 1335 days before the second coming. As I pondered these things I was like, well how do the Jews know they need to flee Judea at the 1290 event? I searched the scriptures (always works) and I saw that Malachi 4:5 says that Elijah will be sent back "before" the great and dreadful day of the Lord. Hmm, I thought. Then as I read Zech. 13:8-9 I saw in the end times God calls 1/3 of Israel people unto repentance whilst 2/3 refuse to repent and perish or die. Then in the very next verse in Zech. 14:1 the day of the Lord "arrives" so Israel repents before the DOTL or 1260 event happens. So, Israel repents or atones just before God's wrath fall in the MoW. But alas, as much as a liked this thesis, as it was coming together, I knew the timeline had to match or else it could not be true, so off I went to see if I could find any scriptures that showed me the two-witnesses show up 75 days before the Beast shows up at the 1260 event. Is that even possible I wondered.

Then I saw the clincher on this numbered event, the two-witnesses die at the 2nd woe in Rev. 11, whilst the Beast dies at the 7th Vial in Rev. 16:19, thereby if both have 1260 day ordained offices on this earth, as foretold by God, then the ones who die first (the two-witnesses), must also show up first. It all fits because its of God. When God leads you somewhere, and you follow, even doubting its of God yourself and testing everything, and then everything fits and passes all of the tests, its always of God when you test the spirits and it passes.

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Now, I will explain these things via what will happen in modern everyday verbiage

The 1335 (two-witnesses) happens first, Israel has to repent before the Dan. 9:24-27 prophecy can be fulfilled. Then Israel must flee Judea at the 1290 sign. Then the A.C./Beast conquers Israel at the 1260.

So how does a Jewish high priest betray his people? Well, just look at the two archetypes in history, Jason who was under AE4, he bribed AE4 in order to be named the high priest having his pious (real brother) brother Onias III killed. He then welcomed AE4 into the temple of God to offer a sacrifice unto Zeus, and he then mandated that all of the Jews must become Hellenized, which means they must all take on the Greek culture and accept the Greek gods, accept homosexuality et al. This then led to the Maccabean Revolt, and AE4 was killed on the Eastern front (war) by a disease like the coming A.C./Beast, he thus was killed "without hands". As I saw who Jason really was in history it hit me, of course if God gave us a type A.C./Beast He would also give us his type sidekick at the exact same time !! Eureka I thought. This is how I know the coming false prophet has to be a Jewish high priest gone rogue. This opened all this below up to my thought process of how the end time A.C./Beast could get a Jewish high priest to throw in with him. I put it all together like this, I have other things and worldly reports/treaties I use, but mostly I thought to myself, the Beast and false prophet are buddies/colleagues, but why? I show why below.

Because of much study, reading etc. I came to understand that the agreement/covenant Israel enters into with this A.C. is not an agreement with one man per se, Israel will join the E.U. and I am not just guessing, look up the European Neighborhood Policy, its on Wikipedia for all to see. Israel has been in 7 year cycled agreements with the E.U. since 2007. The goal of this policy is to bring forth the Mediterranean sea region nations under the umbrella of the E.U. and to maybe some day foster a relationship that leads to inclusion in the E.U. (go read it, its real). So after Gog & Magog (Russia, Iran and Turkey attacks Israel very soon) Israel will join the E.U. and she will give up her Nukes to the E.U. how else can the A.C. conquer Israel? Her nukes have to be freely given up, she must place all her trust in the E.U. This sets off God's 70th week anger, they just "gave His land away" to the E.U. This also is what triggers the pre 70th week rapture.

Everything in the first half of the 70th week will be mostly peaceful, but it is of course a deception, the Beast has every intention of conquering Israel and killing off all the Jews if he can. God of course knows all this, so at the 1335, He sends the two-witnesses back to get Israel to repent or atone, these 1/3 or 5 million Jews thus are now Jesus worshippers, they are filled with the holy spirit, they need and want to worship Jesus in their temple, so off they go, and they praise Jesus and sing unto Jesus in the temple for at least 45 days, until the 1290, when this Jewish high priest Jesus hater gets angry, and although the A.C. (E.U. President IMHO) is not yet the Beast because he only conquers Israel 30 days later, he has political sway. Israel is in the E.U. So, this high priest, and maybe even the Prime Minister of Israel, puts forth and edict, there shall be no Jesus worship in the temple (he causes the sacrifice to be taken away......not a profane meat sacrifice, but instead Jesus worship is forbidden) and the AoD to be placed. He gets the false prophet Jewish high priest like unto Jason under AE4 to cheekily place an image of him (the E.U. President) up in the temple to mock Jesus, God and all of His followers. But, when those Jews who repented see this, they know to flee into the mountains of the Petra and Bozrah area, God will protect them there for 1260 days and thus Jesus will set up the Kingdom Age with these new converts. Then at the 1260 event, the A.C. becomes the Beast by conquering Israel and the whole Mediterranean sea region as Daniel 11:40-43 shows us.

God with me from day one

I am a new Christian author of "Mercy for None", named after our early environment at home. When I was an infant, I died outside a Safeway store in Tulsa, when my grandmother flipped the shopping cart I was in. Luckily, she was a devout Christian, and prayed me back to life. That injury still haunts me to this day, physically. In the 4th grade, God put the holy spirit on me, to foretell deaths, after an old man beat me in his yard for crossing it. He died two weeks later, as I told him he would. The holy spirit grabbed a hold of me, and used me like a puppet. Then God went on to save my life 20-30 times now, I lose track of it. God showed me things in heaven, and called my name in his majestic voice. When I stopped breathing in my sleep, I actually met God, and that really freaked me out.
I believe in ancient times, I would have been called "a seer." I foretold the future many times, always very accurately. I have on occasion, misused the spirit, to tell strangers their birthdates, know things I shouldn't know, ect. I was saved from: electrocution, drowning (twice), driving asleep (twice), fire, poison, severe head trauma, suicide, and so much more. Our dad was a demon possessed, murdering psychopath, beating and torturing us 14 long years. While nobody cared. It earned us grace in the sight of God, suffering so much, being innocent. That is why he saved my life so many times. It took me a long time to realize that. There was no mercy at home, but at least God had some for us, we just didn't know it at the time. My true-life story is still being sold, and I hope to make it into a movie, to help severely abused kids, and shame Hollywood for not caring at all. Apathy kills more kids than the abusers do, believe it.

Trump didn't even write his tweet urging January 6 protesters to remain 'peaceful': report

1/6 apologists: "But President Trump told the crowd to remain peaceful!"

Oops!

Trump Mocked After Claiming Magnets Don’t Work Underwater at Rally

ICP, This your boy?


Social media users can't stop scratching their heads after watching former President Donald Trump insist at an Iowa rally that dropping magnets in water causes them to stop working.
"All I know about magnets is this, give me a glass of water, let me drop it on the magnets, that’s the end of the magnets," Trump declared from the podium in Mason City Friday night.
He was criticizing a decision by the Navy to use giant magnets to lift elevators by plane onto an aircraft carrier (floating on the water) — instead of using equipment from Midwestern company John Deere.
"Why didn't they use John Deere? Why didn't they bring in the John Deere people? Do you like John Deere? I like John Deere," Trump gushed.
The Republican front-runner, everybody.

Trump just promised an authoritarian ‘task force’ to impose Christian ideology


In a Dec. 19 speech in Iowa, for example, Trump pledged, “As soon as I get back in the Oval Office, I’ll also immediately end the war on Christians. I don’t know if you feel it. You have a war. There’s a war.” Speaking just after the Colorado Supreme Court disqualified him from appearing on the state’s GOP primary ballot, Trump tied this “war” to his own legal woes. “Under crooked Joe Biden, Christians and Americans of faith are being persecuted and government has been weaponized against religion like never before. And also presidents like never before,” he added. “I always say Al Capone was treated better than I was treated.”
Trump has promoted the theme of Christian persecution in the past, but is elevating it again as these legal issues mount. His clear purpose is to deflect attention from his own criminal liabilities by insinuating that the same Biden administration he falsely claims is unfairly targeting him for prosecution is similarly persecuting religious Americans.
That Trump supporters believe him to be a "man of faith" is patently ridiculous. If I believed in such a thing as an "anti-christ", Trump would be the poster boy, A number 1 candidate.

Cancer Drug Breakthrough, Promising Trials?

Things You Should Know About Fenbendazole

Fenbendazole Frequently called Fenben or Panacur, is a benzimidazole class anthelmintic medication. It’s been in use worldwide since its discovery in
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Fenbendazole, simply deworming pills, and the dog dewormer pills are cheap. Cancer cells are parasitic and anti-parasitic drugs work against cancers it seems.

References

1) Fenbendazole acts as a moderate microtubule destabilizing agent and causes cancer cell death by modulating multiple cellular pathways.
Fenbendazole acts as a moderate microtubule destabilizing agent and causes cancer cell death by modulating multiple cellular pathways - Scientific Reports

2) Unexpected Antitumorigenic Effect of Fenbendazole when Combined with Supplementary Vitamins.
Unexpected Antitumorigenic Effect of Fenbendazole when Combined with Supplementary Vitamins

3) Fenbendazole as a Potential Anticancer Drug.
Fenbendazole as a Potential Anticancer Drug

4) The Anthelmintic Drug Mebendazole Induces Mitotic Arrest and Apoptosis by Depolymerizing Tubulin in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
https://mct.aacrjournals.org/content/1/13/1201.long

5) Pilot study of albendazole in patients with advanced malignancy. Effect on serum tumor markers/high incidence of neutropenia.
Pilot study of albendazole in patients with advanced malignancy. Effect on serum tumor markers/high incidence of neutropenia - PubMed

6) Antitumor activity of albendazole against the human colorectal cancer cell line HT-29: in vitro and in a xenograft model of peritoneal carcinomatosis.
Antitumor activity of albendazole against the human colorectal cancer cell line HT-29: in vitro and in a xenograft model of peritoneal carcinomatosis - PubMed

7) Benzimidazole as Novel Therapy for Hormone-Refractory Metastatic Prostate Cancer.
https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a545657.pdf

8) Mebendazole induces apoptosis via Bcl-2 inactivation in chemoresistant melanoma cells.
Mebendazole induces apoptosis via Bcl-2 inactivation in chemoresistant melanoma cells - PubMed

9) Phase I clinical trial to determine maximum tolerated dose of oral albendazole in patients with advanced cancer.
Phase I clinical trial to determine maximum tolerated dose of oral albendazole in patients with advanced cancer - Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology

10) Repurposing Drugs in Oncology (ReDO) — mebendazole as an anti-cancer agent.
Repurposing Drugs in Oncology (ReDO)—mebendazole as an anti-cancer agent

11) Anthelmintic Flubendazole and Its Potential Use in Anticancer Therapy.
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/2b47/0bf133be75b36c09ebc8b17e70cea85fd9af.pdf

12) Chronic myelogenous leukemia in a great horned owl (Bubo virginianus)
Chronic myelogenous leukemia in a great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) - PubMed

13) Dogra, N. (2018, August 9). Fenbendazole acts as a moderate microtubule destabilizing agent and causes cancer cell death by modulating multiple cellular pathways. Scientific Reports. Fenbendazole acts as a moderate microtubule destabilizing agent and causes cancer cell death by modulating multiple cellular pathways - Scientific Reports

14) Fenbendazole.org. (2019). Fenbendazole Dosage Guide And Calculator. Scientific Research. Fenbendazole dosage guide - Fenbendazole resource

Fighting Human Trafficking as a Social Worker

Today I start an internship to get my Master's degree in social work. It's with a local Christian-based organization that helps to fight against the horrors of human trafficking. I'm going to be doing casework with survivors and connecting them to different resources throughout the community that might be able to help them.

I feel really blessed that I get to partake in this ministry and I'd like to ask for some prayers if possible. I pray that I'll do a good job and learn a lot during my time in the internship. If all goes according to plan, I should be done with my internship and degree by the end of Summer. From there, I hope that the place I am interning at will consider hiring me on permanently, or that I can spread my wings and go onto another ministry that also partakes in social justice affairs.

How I'm attempting to recover from BPD

I struggle with a lot in terms of mental illness, but I think that the diagnosis I received in Summer 2023 is what explains things the most fluently. I have Borderline Personality Disorder, and a big part of that for me is a marked disruption in all of my relationships with other people as well as not having my own sense of self. I find it nearly impossible to know what it is that I want as opposed to what other people want for me to do. They call it "being a chameleon", and I think this is the reason why I'm always having trouble selecting what it is that I want to be. One week I will want to be Christian. The next week, I may want to be Catholic or something else entirely. It's very confusing and disorienting. But I think I've discovered the cure to this mental ailment in the simplest of places!

I've been doing Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) classes with a group for about six months now, and while those classes are extremely helpful, they don't tell me who I need to be. They are not enough on their own to have me live a fulfilling life. If I do not tend to my spiritual health as well, it's all a waste of time, because my spirituality is something that I hold as my most sacred treasure. It's my connection to the universe, so to speak, and what has kept me going even in my lowest of moments.

The cure for my BPD, I believe, would be in allowing myself to surrender to the will of God and embrace Christ more fully. I can allow this illness to continue to define me, or I can begin building up who I am on the foundation of God's word. It's more stable than me trying to build my personality on superficial and worldly things, and the best part of it is that I am not alone! And when I follow Jesus, my priorities seem to come back into focus. I think I want to be a wife and mother someday, and I'd also like to spend my life bettering my community in all the ways that I can (professionally and through volunteering).

May God help me to recover and become the person that I was always meant to be. Amen!

NY high school basketball coach and player dismissed after team they played against was targeted with antisemitic rhetoric

Bosworth wrote in her op-ed, “I have played a sport every athletic season throughout my high school career, and I have never experienced this kind of hatred directed at one of my teams before.”
“If a team shows blatant disrespect towards my team and our school community’s values, it should not be tolerated or forgotten immediately following the game,” Bosworth wrote.
There is a lot of money coming into our country to fund promotion of such hatred. Money from China, Russia, Iran, and Venezuela.

Are the Beatitudes eschatological?

The beatitudes that Christians are most familiar with are found in Matthew chapter five. There are beatitudes in Luke and also in various Old Testament passages. They are memorable sayings, here are the ones from Matthew chapter five:
  • "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. [Mat 5:3]
  • "Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. [Mat 5:4]
  • "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. [Mat 5:5]
  • "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. [Mat 5:6]
  • "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. [Mat 5:7]
  • "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. [Mat 5:8]
  • "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. [Mat 5:9]
  • "Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. [Mat 5:10]
  • "Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. [Mat 5:11]
  • Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you. [Mat 5:12]
Do you think that the Beatitudes are eschatological?

Chinese restaurants and idols

灶君 is the standard kitchen god in Daism. Even if you don't see an altar in the restaurant eating area, often there is an idol in the kitchen. Some cooks swear by it.

Does it bother me?

No. I eat in Chinese restaurants and thank God for it. My brother-in-law is a Chinese cook and not a Christian. If it bothers your conscience, then don't do it.

I also worked in Saudi Arabia for a few years. Allah does not bother my conscience either.

Ukraine Needs More M1 Abrams Tanks Now



Providing sufficient M1 Abrams tanks now would help Ukraine repel Russian attacks over the winter and set it up for a more vigorous spring offensive.
Despite predictions for a swift victory in Ukraine, first by Moscow and then by Kyiv, the war in Ukraine is becoming what should have been expected from the outset: a long and difficult slog. Having been pushed by its Western backers into conducting an ill-advised major fall offensive before it had received sufficient Western armaments, Ukraine is now facing the challenging prospect of fending off Russian efforts to bleed its army dry while it prepares to go on offense next spring. If there is any hope for a Ukrainian victory, it rests on NATO nations, particularly the United States, providing it with sufficient advanced weapons and munitions to break through Russian defenses successfully. Ukraine urgently needs armored fighting vehicles, especially main battle tanks (MBTs) such as the M1 Abrams. Now is the time to send these tanks to Ukraine on the scale of hundreds.


Personally speaking, I am not hundred percent behind the idea of sending hundreds of M1A1 tanks and Main Battle Tanks to Ukraine. If we do so, then that will certainly deplete the American and European battalions of tanks. However, it might be necessary to do so. What are y'alls thoughts about this?

Fear That Breaks the Yoke

Galatians 5:1 "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage."

From, The Lords Coming, CH Mackintosh, 1898
"God cannot fully and publicly own those who are unequally yoked together with unbelievers, for, were he to do so, it would be an acknowledgment of the unequal yoke. he cannot acknowledge "darkness," "unrighteousness," "Belial," "idol," and "an infidel." How could he? Hence, if I yoke myself with any of these, I am morally and publicly identified with them, and not with God at all. I have put myself into a position which God cannot own, and as consequence, He cannot own me; but if I withdraw myself from that position - if I "come out and be separate" - if I take my neck out of the unequal yoke - then, but not until then, can I be publicly and fully received and owned as a "son or daughter of the Lord Almighty. This is a solemn and searching principle for all who feel that they have unhappily gotten themselves into such a yoke. They are not walking as disciples, nor are they publically or morally on the ground as sons. God cannot own them."

This brings me to what the Holy Spirit's been dealing with me on recently, that is, Nov. - Dec. 2023; that is 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1. It deals specifically with the unequal yoke, then goes into the remedy for that condition, and finally, this key verse 7:1, "Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God."
The promises are what's written in vs 16-18, that the Father will receive us, and we shall be His sons and daughters - but ONLY IF we come out, be separate, and touch not the unclean thing. Reminds me of Achan's sin in Joshua 7, of taking the 'accursed thing' which caused Israel to be defeated before her enemies. Same thing, accursed thing - unclean thing: touch it, dabble in it, and your enemy the devil will smite you, and you will fall.
Where it says "all filthiness," All is "pas" παϛ = all, every, the whole, everything. Does it say "most" filthiness or defilement? Some? Do what you can, but you're gonna make mistakes? It's called SIN, not mistakes. And even if we might be prone to sin, let us not encourage it! Stop making people comfortable in their sins with an easy grace gospel. Those who do so will be held accountable, as it causes brothers to stumble.
Scripture tells us to crucify the flesh, the sin nature, and cleanse ourselves from ALL filthiness of the flesh and spirit. That's the spirit, heart, and mind. Take those thoughts captive, cast down those imaginations!

And εν φοβω Θεου is "in fear (of) God." Phobo = fear, terror, afraid - they add "reverence and respect" but that's really downplaying the real meaning of the word in order to make the LORD Yahweh El Shaddai - God Almighty, more acceptable and approachable to modern sinners!
The Biblical "reverence, respect" goes beyond the modern definition. The #1 meaning is "fear, terror, fright, fearfully, apprehensive, anxious, alarmed, astonishment, amazement," Phobo and phobos are where we get our word "phobia" from. Websters defines Phobia as "an exaggerated, usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation." Oxfords is "an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something."

Jesus tells us, "And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.." (Matt.10:28) Well, if someones got an axe about to behead you, you probably have fear, not "reverence." And we are told NOT to fear those who can kill the body, so really we shouldn't fear the axe! We ARE told to fear God, for it's only He who has power to cast into hell.
Phobeo, same root word there, same fear, and even the so called "reverence" aspect is "awe" as in startled by, to be shaken. And in Luke 12:5 it says, "But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him." The way Luke words it should leave no doubt as to what he means by fear! Amen.
Likewise, why would Hebrews 10:31 say, "It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God?" Besides, Hebrews 12:28 says, "Serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear." There the two are separated - Reverence, "aidos" αιδωϛ = decency, modesty, shamefacedness; and "fear" here is eulabeia ευλαβεια = reverent submission: fear, related to holy fear. And the next verse of course is "For our God is a consuming fire."

Mackintosh's Notes on Leviticus 1880
Man is, in very deed, capable of perpetrating each and every one of the shameful crimes referred to in this most faithful section of the book of Leviticus. If he were not, why should he be told not to do so. Such a code would be wholly unsuitable for angels, inasmuch as they are incapable of committing the sins referred to; but it suits man, because he has gotten the seeds of those sins in his nature. This is deeply humbling. It is a fresh declaration of the truth that man is a total wreck. From the crown of his head to the sole of his foot, there is not so much as a single speck of moral soundness, as looked at in the light of the divine presence. The being for whom Jehovah thought it needful to write Leviticus xviii.-xx. must be a vile sinner; but that being is man—the writer and reader of these lines. How plain it is, therefore, that "they that are in the flesh cannot please God." (Rom. viii.) Thank God, the believer is "not in the flesh, but in the Spirit." He has been taken completely out of his old-creation standing, and introduced into the new creation, in which the moral evils aimed at in this our section can have no existence. True, he has gotten the old nature; but it is his happy privilege to "reckon" it as a dead thing, and to walk in the abiding power of the new creation, wherein "all things are of God." This is Christian liberty, even liberty to walk up and down in that fair creation where no trace of evil can ever be found,—hallowed liberty to walk in holiness and purity before God and man,—liberty to tread those lofty walks of personal sanctity whereon the beams of the divine countenance ever pour themselves in living lustre. Reader, this is Christian liberty. It is liberty, not to commit sin, but to taste the celestial sweets of a life of true holiness and moral elevation. May we prize more highly than we have ever done this precious boon of heaven—Christian liberty.

Defense Secretary Austin takes personal responsibility for keeping hospitalization secret


CNN Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr wrote on X that "The lack of disclosure that Sec Def was ill is a huge strategic failure." Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin took personal responsibility Saturday night for failing to alert the public for five days that he was hospitalized over complications from an elective procedure. “I recognize I could have done better,” he said.
News media, political officials and defense experts expressed alarm that Austin had been hospitalized Monday and the public wasn’t told until a statement issued Friday evening by the Pentagon. CNN reported Saturday night that even President Joe Biden was unaware of Austin’s hospitalization for days. Just the News was unable to immediately corroborate that report.
But the furor across Washington that the highest ranking civilian defense official was out of commission for days without notice prompted Austin to issue a statement.



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Congressional Trading 2023


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Biden Calls Millions of Americans ‘Extremists’ in First Campaign Ad of 2024

Stumblin' Joe said:
“MAGA Republicans do not respect the Constitution, they do not believe in the rule of law … "

Oh, really? I don't know if you're aware of this, Chuckles, but it's *YOUR* Justice Department that has deprived all those January 6th protesters of their rights to due process and a speedy trial under the 5th and 6th Amendments of the Constitution and rule of law, not the MAGA Republicans. How long to you plan to have those people sitting in jail without any trial date? Five years? Ten? Two hundred and twenty?

Maybe you should go look in the mirror and see how well *YOU* respect the Constitution and believe in the rule of law. :mad:

apart from bible study where do i start learning about Christian Theology

Hello, i was Born Catholic but i cant remember much about Church. And i have recently became born again Christian, I want to learn Christian theology and more about the bible. I go to Bible Study On Friday Morning, but i wish to go deeper into Christian Theology and maybe even go to bible College. As i feel my life is for Christ//, i am unsure where to start apart from reading the bible i want to understand it more and learn from Jesus. But i am unsure where to start apart from the bible study at the moment. I want to help those with addictions, mental health and homelessness. I want others to come to Jesus, and I want to save those who are suffering and those who don't yet know Jesus and Show them the love of Jesus. Thank you

"TIME"

“Time”

The old year is past, a new one has just begun, and we are all now one year closer to eternity. For many people this past year, time was no more. One moment they were in time, the next moment they were in eternity. Time is a two sided coin, one side despised and wasted during life, the other priceless, and unattainable at the hour of death.

God has given us these days to work out our salvation, but how well do we use them? How often have we observed a man in idle pursuit? If we were to ask him what he is doing, he would reply: "Oh, I am just passing the time."
I remember an old song of many years past. It was called "Standing on the Corner Watching All the Girls Go By." Are we just standing on the corners of life watching the days of our salvation going by unused?

To quote Saint Alphonsus De Liguroi:
"O time despised during life, you will be ardently desired by worldlings at the hour of death. The thought that they must very soon appear before Almighty God, to give an account of their lives, fills them with untold confusion and anguish. They will ask for another year, another month, or another day to settle the accounts of their conscience, but they will ask in vain. To obtain a single hour they would give all their wealth and worldly possessions, but that hour shall not be given."

Let us therefore exert ourselves to the utmost to accomplish the work of our salvation while there is still time. Do now, what, on the Day of Judgment, you would then wish you would have done. For at the moment of death, the time of grace will have passed, the time of justice will have come.
(Hebrews 9: 27; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Romans 14:10, 12).

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