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Iran Nuclear Threat Accelerating because of Joe Biden

With Iranian leaders believing that the Biden Administration could end in early 2025, there likely will be more significant advances in Iran’s nuclear program this year to take advantage of the current administration’s weak foreign policy and to pursue a possible last chance to revive the JCPOA on terms favorable to Iran.

It has been estimated that Iran received an additional 250 billion dollars because of the policies of the Biden administration. So now the nuclear bomb in the hands of Iran is imminent, and may very well occur on Joe's watch. I believe Israel will be forced to take action.

Adverting a Government Shutdown

Does anyone wonder why we are hearing so much about the spending bill and government shutdowns? We can't afford to spend 1 Trillion dollars a year without going broke. Whether you are a Republican or Democrat our spending will affect Americans as a whole.


This spending is unsustainable.

The Wicked

There's no sympathy for the poor, the widows, the destitute, only sympathy for the Devil. The billionaires and multi-millionaires serve mammon, not God. The pigs with their nightsticks and guns are so brave and proud and ruthless as they sweep the defenseless homeless from the sidewalks like they're vermin leaving them no place to go. The people in power don't really care - "We need the money for our families" one government official declared as they voted themselves raises.

All will be held accountable by the Lord for their actions on earth. The rich will be sent away empty while the poor will be filled. Evil will be punished and the good will prevail.

Hell is a horrible place to be sent to.

How are you? script

The standard script for a casual greeting with a stranger is "How are you?", which is typically answered with something like "I'm fine, how are you?", which is typically answered with the same. However, I've noticed that sometimes, especially in the context of church, when I say "I'm fine" or "I'm ok" in answer to "How are you?", I'm met with "You're only fine?". This completely throws me off script and uses up an enormous amount of my already limited social bandwidth. And I'm not talking about a situation where the person actually wants to know how I am - these are brief encounters with strangers, not intimate discussions with close friends or family. So, two questions:

1: What answer would be acceptable to those people who won't accept "I'm ok" or "I'm fine", whether that is an honest answer or not. What are they looking for in the first place?

2: Once I've been presented with "You're only fine?", what is the appropriate script to follow? I've tried "Yes, I'm fine", and it is typically met with a repeated "You're only fine?" How should one proceed?
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The Ever Brighter Candle

"A reporter from a national news network recently asked me: “Where do you see America today?” (MARCH 1, 2023) I told him that our nation has turned its back on God. Politicians are looking for what people want and what culture wants instead of what God wants. We need to stand on the absolute authority of God’s Word, and I believe the Bible to be the Word of God." – Franklin Graham

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When he says “We”, he refers to that once collective thought of country honor, unlike today’s hyper-focus on faults. For those aware of these two factors – How far we’ve ‘turned our backs’ and secondly, how badly this continues to increase till a populous perpetually champions these perverse, the wicked and self-destructive traits. Exhibit A: Explosive precipitation of drug use, human trafficking, abusive misinformation and a frightening ideological allegiance that has given rise to a weaponized two-tier justice. Any mixture of the above will suffice.

But, it is then no surprise that any nation’s remnant of God’s flock inner candle shines ever brighter, ever happier, exhibits the inner-man of the glory of the everlasting Gospel of Jesus Christ “The power of God” which causes it to shine.


Do all things without murmurings and disputings, so that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God unblemished in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world (Philippians 2:14,15).
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That's one way to get your five a day! Fruit and veg that's morphed into something very different

While some of us take pleasure in beauty when it comes to our meals, others value taste over presentation.

But no matter your stance on the topic, some foods are simply too bizarre to consume.


People from around the world have shared hilarious examples of their weird and wonderful fresh produce and Bored Panda collated the best into an online gallery.

The uncanny and often fascinating images showcase a range of food items that resemble something completely different.

From a foot-shaped radish with five perfect toes to a red onion eerily resembling an angry bird, prepare to view some of nature's most peculiar creations.

This bizarre radish formed perfectly in the shape of a very large human foot, complete with five toes

This bizarre radish formed perfectly in the shape of a very large human foot, complete with five toes

In one instance, a green-fingered individual shared a photograph of a tomato that delightfully resembled a butterfly.

Meanwhile, another person spotted a couple of naughty pairs that were up to no good.


Elsewhere, a carrot eerily shaped like hand produced endless entertainment for its creator.

A pair of carrots appeared to smooch one another, but one kept their headphones on during the cuddle

A pair of carrots appeared to smooch one another, but one kept their headphones on during the cuddle


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You May Be Sure of This

“Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.” (Ephesians 5:1-2 ESV)

To imitate someone is to copy, emulate, follow, and model yourself after that person. And as followers of Jesus Christ we are to be becoming like him in character, thinking, attitude, speech, and actions more and more each day. He is our example for how we are to conduct our lives. Yes, on this earth, we will never be perfect like he was, for we are all born with sin natures in the image of Adam, and we have all sinned. But Jesus died that we might die with him to sin and live to him and to his righteousness.

And we are to walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us. And what did that mean for him? It meant death, for certain, but it meant being hated, rejected, hounded, persecuted, beaten, spat upon, mocked, called crazy, called of the devil, and falsely accused of wrongdoing, etc. And it meant that he told us the truth about ourselves and that we need to change, that we need to leave our lives of sin behind us, and we must now walk in holiness and in obedience to our Lord. Not a popular message!

“But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving. For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.” (Ephesians 5:3-5 ESV)

No one likes to hear about sexual immorality, which is specifically mentioned at least 30 times in the New Testament in at least 13 of the New Testament books. And the word sensuality appears in the New Testament at least 8 times in 8 NT books. But the topic appears even more times under other names or descriptions. But in today’s Christian culture here in America this topic is considered “negative” and thus to be avoided. So it is like the elephant in the room that most people do not want to acknowledge.

But we need to talk about it because sexual immorality is running rampant in today’s modern market-driven “churches” (businesses), while the truth of the gospel is being altered and diluted in order to appease human flesh and to not offend the ungodly. And so we have a lot of professers of faith in Jesus Christ whose lives are not really much different from those who make no profession of faith in Jesus. And marriages and families are being damaged and the church is on a massive spiritual and moral decline.

But contrary to what so many are teaching today, if sexual immorality, impurity, covetousness, moral filth, crude joking, and the like, are what we practice (habitually) deliberately, we have no inheritance in the kingdom of heaven. It doesn’t matter what our lips have professed or we think we believe in our hearts. What matters is what we do and what we don’t do. For actions speak louder than words. So whatever we practice, whether it be sin or righteousness and obedience to God, it determines our final destiny.

“Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. Therefore do not become partners with them; for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.” (Ephesians 5:6-11 ESV)

So, we are not to let anyone deceive us by telling us that we can make a profession of faith in Jesus Christ and now all our sins are forgiven (past, present, and future), and heaven is guaranteed us when we die, and that no one can take it away from us, but regardless of how we live. For because of such things as sexual immorality being acted out habitually in the lives of those who profess faith in Jesus, the wrath of God is coming upon them. For disobedience to God = unbelief, and belief = obedience to our Lord.

So we are not to be partners with those who are living in deliberate and habitual sin against our Lord. We are not to be in fellowship with them, and we are not to partake with them in their sins, thinking that our sins no longer matter to God. They do! For Jesus died to free us from our addiction to sin so that we will now serve him with our lives in walks of obedience to his commands. So we are to walk as children of light in moral purity, honesty, uprightness, faithfulness, kindness, and in obedience to our Lord.

And not only are we not to take part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but we are to be those who are exposing these works of darkness for what they are and the consequences to us if we should decide to remain in our sins and to not follow our Lord in obedience. And we don’t expose these fruitless deeds of darkness because we are “negative” or “judgmental” or “legalistic,” but because we love God and we love our fellow humans with the love of Christ and so we are willing to be hated in order to tell people the truth.

[Matt 7:21-23; Lu 9:23-26; Jn 6:35-58; Jn 15:1-11; Rom 1:18-32; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 2 Co 5:10,15,21; Gal 5:16-21; Gal 6:7-8; Eph 2:8-10; Eph 4:17-24; Eph 5:3-6; Col 1:21-23; Col 3:5-11; Titus 2:11-14; 1 Jn 1:5-10; 1 Jn 2:3-6; 1 Jn 3:4-10; Heb 10:23-31; 1 Co 10:1-22; Heb 3:1-19; Heb 4:1-13; Rev 21:8,27; Rev 22:14-15]

Broken Cord

An Original Work / August 29, 2018

Your bond is broken with your Lord and Savior
And your testimony is separate from Him.
Your words not matching your actions today.
Repent of your sin and bow down and pray.
Live what you testify in truth always.

Purity’s lacking in your life and witness,
For you profess one thing, but other you do.
Not moral, spiritual. Still of the flesh.
Not living in truth to what you confess.
Lying about it puts you in a mess.

Living a lie is your practice, ‘tis true of you.
Masquerade righteousness – none of it true.
Your heart is not given to your Lord God.
Because of how you live, you are a fraud.
Turn from your sin and give your life to God.

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Catholic priest wearing rainbow stole gives ‘blessing’ to women civilly ‘married’ for 22 years

The Saint Paul Catholic Church in Kentucky posted a picture of the 'blessing' on their official Facebook page. The text accompanying the photo said that the 'blessing' was 'offered according to the guidelines in Fiducia Supplicans.'
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Positive imagery of the serpent in the Bible

Numbers 21:

8 And the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.”
John 3:

14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
Matthew 10:

16 Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

What is modern slavery?

Modern slavery is all around us, often hidden in plain sight. People can become enslaved making our clothes, serving our food, picking our crops, working in factories, or working in houses as cooks, cleaners or nannies. Victims of modern slavery might face violence or threats, be forced into inescapable debt, or have their passport taken away and face being threatened with deportation.

Many people have fallen into this trap because they were trying to escape poverty or insecurity, improve their lives and support their families. Now, they can’t leave.

According to the latest Global Estimates of Modern Slavery (2022) from Walk Free, the International Labour Organization and the International Organization for Migration:

  • 49.6 million people live in modern slavery – in forced labour and forced marriage
  • Roughly a quarter of all victims of modern slavery are children
  • 22 million people are in forced marriages. Two out of five of these people were children
  • Of the 27.6 million people trapped in forced labour, 17.3 million are in forced labour exploitation in the private economy, 6.3 million are in commercial sexual exploitation, and nearly 4 million are in forced labour imposed by state authorities
  • The Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated the conditions that lead to modern slavery
  • Migrant workers are particularly vulnerable to forced labour.
Source: Global Estimates of Modern Slavery: Forced Labour and Forced Marriage, Geneva, September 2022

Types of slavery today

Modern slavery takes many forms. The most common are:

  • Human trafficking. The use of violence, threats or coercion to transport, recruit or harbour people in order to exploit them for purposes such as forced prostitution, labour, criminality, marriage or organ removal
  • Forced labour. Any work or services people are forced to do against their will, usually under threat of punishment
  • Debt bondage/bonded labour. The world’s most widespread form of slavery. People trapped in poverty borrow money and are forced to work to pay off the debt, losing control over both their employment conditions and the debt
  • Descent–based slavery (where people are born into slavery). A very old form of slavery, where people are treated as property, and their “slave” status has been passed down the maternal line.
  • Child slavery. When a child is exploited for someone else’s gain. This can include child trafficking, child soldiers, child marriage and child domestic slavery
  • Forced and early marriage. When someone is married against their will and cannot leave. Most child marriages can be considered slavery
  • Domestic servitude. Domestic work and domestic servitude are not always slavery, and when properly regulated can be an important source of income for many people. However, when someone is working in another person’s home, they may be particularly vulnerable to abuses, exploitation, and slavery, as they might be hidden from sight and lack legal protection.

Why are people in slavery today?

People may end up trapped in slavery because they’re vulnerable to being tricked, trapped and exploited, often as a result of poverty and exclusion and because laws do not properly protect them.

People can be particularly vulnerable to modern slavery when external circumstances push them into taking risky decisions in search of opportunities to provide for their families, or when people find they are simply pushed into jobs in exploitative conditions. Anyone could be pressed into forced labour, but people in vulnerable situations – such as being in debt, or not having access to their passport – are most at risk. Crises like the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change can make people even more vulnerable to exploitation.

Where do we find slavery?

People are being exploited and pushed into slavery all around the world. While it may take different forms, we’re committed to ending slavery for everyone, everywhere.

Slavery is a problem in the UK, where many people experience human trafficking, bonded labour and forced labour. Many products on our local shop shelves might have been made by people in forced labour, but the complex supply chains that businesses have created might make it harder for business to spot exploitation and abuses in their supply chains. In many cases they even hide behind this complexity to evade responsibility. That’s why we are pushing for new laws to protect workers and hold businesses accountable for exploitation occurring in their supply chains.

Jesus and the Temple-All Things MUST Pass?

Jesus in Matthew 24:35 says, “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.” Well, if nothing is left but Jesus’ words, then who will be around to hear them? Will Jesus and his words be all that is left, floating around in a void of nothingness? Or, to really take that Passage literally, will only Jesus’ words, without Jesus himself, be swirling around in that void, with perhaps the words in different languages for all of nothing to see and hear? Is there anything in the Bible to support such an assertion? Is it really true that ALL things must or will pass? If many people were asked if the Bible calls for the end of things, some may believe it’s like Harvard President Claudine Gray being asked by congress whether calls for genocide constitutes harassment under Harvard’s policy. Is the answer to the question posed here in reference to the Bible the same as the Harvard President, that is, does it depend on the context?

Logically, what’s the sense of Jesus’ words remaining if no one is left to benefit from them? SO right there, doubt could be cast about Jesus’ meaning Heaven and earth will just pass away. And since the Bible makes no reference to other life forms, we can center our attention on Heaven and earth. But what if someone says our belief in God is based on faith, which supersedes all logic and all knowledge, except what might be found in the Bible since it consists of God’s Words? Well, then, let’s see if there is some clue of what Jesus means.

In the Chapter before, in Matthew 23:1-8, Jesus rants against the scribes and the Pharisees. Jesus says the following: “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat, so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do. For they preach, but do not practice. They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger. They do all their deeds to be seen by others. For they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long, and they clove the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues greetings in the marketplaces and being called rabbi by others.”

Does this talk sound familiar to those who know their history? Replace “scribes and Pharisees” with, say, “The Roman Empire,” or “Russia under Czar Nicholas II,” And you can see the similarities. Like the scribes and Pharisees, the Romans and the Czar did nothing for the majority of the people they presided over. Instead, they spent their time flaunting their wealth and keeping the common people away from them. How did the people react, including those in the far-off provinces presided over by the Romans? They revolted, and in the process the Roman Empire and the neglectful government under the Czar are no more. BUT, the lands that the Empire and the Czar presided over, still exist. And for that matter, the Temple still exists, but not the way it did in the days of the scribes and Pharisees. To put it in CONTEXT, what if Jesus in the midst of the Roman Empire were to say that the Empire will pass away, but the lands and the contributions to mankind that the Empire will be noted for, will not pass away?

I tell you that what Jesus meant in Matthew 24:35 is that people like the scribes and Pharisees, and the Empire and the Czar for that matter, will pass away, but Jesus’ words will continue to be in the ears and on the lips of the people. The Heaven and earth the Jesus refers to, is the one that was dominated by those factions; but Heaven and earth for all the rest remains.

So, not all things will pass, neither must all things pass. One final point: What’s the good of having a Heaven, duly described in the Bible, with everyone populating it, when it will disappear? What remains?

They Suppress the Truth

“For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.
“Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.” (Romans 1:18-25 ESV)

When God made humankind, he created us to worship him. And through all that he created he showed to all of humanity who he is and what he is about. For all of his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world. So all of us are without excuse if we choose to refuse God and his truth and his righteousness in favor of ungodliness and unrighteousness and open rebellion against him and against his commands.

Now God did not just create us humans and then leave us to our own devices. In the Old Testament he made a covenant with his people Israel, and after Jesus died and rose from the dead, he did away with that Old Covenant, and all God’s people who believed in Jesus entered into a New Covenant relationship with him. But all who denied Jesus Christ were cut out of that relationship with God – Father, Son (Jesus Christ), and Holy Spirit. But even the New Covenant has commands that we must obey.

And those commands are all written down for us in the New Testament Scriptures, which are primarily God’s moral laws, but many are carried over from the Old Covenant into the New Covenant. What didn’t carry over are all the liturgical, ceremonial, sacrificial, purification, and dietary laws and restrictions of the Old Covenant, including physical circumcision. Those we do not have to obey. But all God’s laws which are repeated for us under the New Covenant, we do have to obey.

But the situation we have today, at least here in America, is that there are so many undisciplined, unruly, morally impure, liars, deceivers, tricksters and con artists who are posing as those who believe in Jesus Christ but whose mission it is to lie to the people to lead them away from the truth of the gospel to follow after the lies of the enemy. And what they are teaching has gained much popularity among the people to the point that the lies have now been accepted as truth while the truth is being called lies.

Now one term for these liars is “wolves in sheep’s clothing.” For they are predatory people who prey on the naïve and the unlearned and those having not much knowledge of what the Scriptures teach. And so they teach their lies over top of the Scriptures as though they are teaching truth, but they are not. For they are operating in the flesh, and not in the Spirit. For they are wanderers, the self-indulgent, the crafty and sneaky and devious who teach false doctrines of man disguised as the truth of the Scriptures.

Now some of these “wolves in sheep’s clothing” are very charming and well liked by the people. Many of them know how to smooth-talk people into believing their lies. But they are immoral people, who are evil and wicked and who plot evil against others. They are those who betray and who stab others in the back and who are unfaithful. So they will just use other humans and take advantage of them in order to advance their own personal agendas and in order to deceive the masses into believing their lies.

So what they mainly do is that they remove Scriptures from their context and then they twist them to say what they do not say in context, and for the purpose to lie and to deceive and to lead people away from the truth to follow after the lies. And their diluted and altered character of God and of his church and of his gospel are largely what are being accepted today as the truth by the church at large because so many people are listening to these charmers and manipulators and are not testing them against God’s Word.

So what does that have to do with this passage of Scripture? Everything!! For this passage is talking about those who suppress the truth of God and of his word by their unrighteousness and ungodliness, and that is exactly what is happening in today’s modern market-driven “churches.” So they are rejecting what God has revealed about himself, both through his created works and through his divine word (the Scriptures). And they are accepting and worshiping the created rather than the creator of all.

And so they are choosing to believe the lies over the truth, and even if you point the truth out to them, so many will ignore it and will cling to the lies, instead, for the lies make no demands for them to change, to forsake their sins, and to now follow Jesus in obedience to his commands. And so God has given them up to their own devices to follow after the lusts of their hearts to do the evil that they want to do because they refuse to submit to him as Lord and to obey his commands. And this is sadly where many professing Christians are today, following the lusts of their flesh over obedience to God.

But the Scriptures teach us that if sin is what we obey, in practice, and not righteousness, and not obedience to our Lord, as a matter of daily conduct, then we are not in fellowship with Christ, we don’t know God, we are not born of God, but we are of the devil, and we will not inherit eternal life with God regardless of what our lips profess. For Jesus said that not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven but the one DOING the will of God the Father who is in heaven (Matthew 7:21-23).

[Matt 7:21-23; Lu 9:23-26; Jn 6:35-58; Jn 15:1-11; Rom 1:18-32; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 2 Co 5:10,15,21; Gal 5:16-21; Gal 6:7-8; Eph 2:8-10; Eph 4:17-24; Eph 5:3-6; Col 1:21-23; Col 3:5-11; Titus 2:11-14; 1 Jn 1:5-10; 1 Jn 2:3-6; 1 Jn 3:4-10; Heb 10:23-31; 1 Co 10:1-22; Heb 3:1-19; Heb 4:1-13; Rev 21:8,27; Rev 22:14-15]

For Our Nation

An Original Work / September 11, 2012

Bombs are bursting. Night is falling.
Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.
Trust Him with your life today.
Make Him your Lord and your Savior.
Turn from your sin. Follow Jesus.
He will forgive you of your sin;
Cleanse your heart, made new within.

Men betraying: Our trust fraying.
On our knees to God we’re praying,
Seeking God to give us answers
That are only found in Him.
God is sovereign over all things.
Nothing from His mind escaping.
He has all things under His command,
And will work all for good.

Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.

Men deceiving: We’re believing
In our Lord, and interceding
For our nation and its people
To obey their God today.
He is our hope for our future.
For our wounds He offers suture.
He is all we need for this life.
Trust Him with your life today.

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Please help me if you're a real Christian

Hi. I appreciate this part of the board being here.

I would like to talk to someone who is really close to the Lord. I would prefer it was a woman. I need to talk about my relationship with God. Could someone please help me? Someone who is very close to the Lord and walks the way they should.

Is Islam's Mahdi the antichrist?

In Islam, the Mahdi or the 12th Imam that means the guided one is the long-awaited Saviour. He is the establisher of the final caliphate. The world must follow him as he takes over or he will destroy all enemies of Islam. He will come and he will carry on holy war and either you convert or you're killed by the Mahdi. He will have an army, his army will be a massive army and his army will go from nation to nation to punish the unbelievers the holy writings of Islam. This army will carry black flags and on those black flags there'll be one word and that one word will be the word punishment by the way the Iranian army today carries black flags they want to be ready for the coming of the Mahdi. He will lead the army of black flags first to Israel slaughter all the Jews and then he will establish his rule in Jerusalem on the Temple Mount, that's what their literature says: slaughter the Jews establish his rule on the Temple Mount. According to their holy writings, the Mahdi will bring rain and wind and crops and wealth and happiness so that all will love him and no one will speak of anyone but him. Their writing say the Mahdi will come and make at first a peace agreement with the Jews
and the West for seven years the reign of Mahdi lasts seven years in which he establishes Islam on the earth their holy writings say this the Mahdi will come riding on a white horse .

When the Mahdi arrives, he will discover hidden scripture, he will discover them interestingly enough somewhere near the Sea of Galilee, and there will be there hidden scriptures hidden Gospels and a hidden Torah and they will be the true scriptures which will be used by the Mahdi to show the Jews and the Christians they were wrong that their scriptures were the false scriptures. The Mahdi will be a messianic figure, he will be a descendant of Muhammad, he will be an unparalleled unequalled leader, he will come out of a crisis of turmoil, he will take control of the world, he will establish a new world order, he will destroy all who resist him, he will invade many nations, he will make a seven-year peace treaty with the Jews he will conquer Israel and Massacre the Jews. He will establish Islamic world headquarters at Jerusalem. He will rule for seven years established Islam is the only religion. He will come on a white horse with supernatural power. He will be loved by all people on earth. If that sounds familiar that is a precise description of the biblical Antichrist absolutely step by step by step by step. The Bible's Antichrist is Islam's Mahdi.

Watch this sermon by John MacArthur in full
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Biden administration TSA official arrested for exploiting family member with dementia

McManaman is currently detained at the Clayton County Jail in Georgia awaiting extradition to St. Lucie County. In a redacted probable cause statement, she told authorities during a recorded call that her brother has made these allegations multiple times.
TSA said it is aware of McManaman's arrest "for a non-work related charge" and he is on leave pending further law enforcement action.
Perhaps some officials around Joe should also be arrested.
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STRANGE FIRE

"But I have a few things against thee because thou hast there them that maintain the doctrine of Balaam, which taught in Balak to put occasion of sin before the children of Israel, that they should eat meats dedicate unto idols and commit fornication, and so forth.
I think here needeth not many words to shew wherefore I have alleged these sayings of meats offered unto idols, for all the godly do plainly see, that by like reason all divine service that is unholy or contrary to Gods word, with what color soever they be stained, are forbidden and condemned.
They see that all such expositions are put away, by which these fearful men and such do love the world and worldly pomp too much, do lead themselves away from the right track, that they should not sincerely confess Christ.
"
~ A Treatise on the Cohabitation of the faithful with the Unfaithful, by H.B. 1555 AD

Now Pastor Chris did on Dec. 20 confirm what I had written Dec. 18 (2023), saying Jesus anointed the Holy of Holies, as I'd written "His blood poured out to anoint the holy for us who believe on his name."
Indeed, Hebrews 9:12, "neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us."
Leviticus chapter 16 explains how the High Priest was to enter the Holy of Holies once a year. Here we see Aaron sprinkle the blood of a bullock and of a goat in vs 14 & 15 upon the mercy seat, within the veil (vs 12). We see also in Heb. 9:7 the High Priest went into the second, that is, the holiest, once a year. This then certainly refers to the Day of Atonement. Daniel 9:24 also refers to the anointing of the most Holy in the 70 weeks determined.

Hebrews 10:19 shows us WE now have boldness to enter into the Holiest by the blood of Jesus. Oh, but don't take that lightly at all! Nadab and Abihu DIED by the fire of Yahweh for offering "strange fire" before the LORD, which He commanded them not. (Leviticus 10:1-3)
Ananias and Sapphira DIED when they LIED to the Holy Ghost in Acts 5. God can and at times will act to this extreme in His discipline. Hebrews 10:26-31 should be always at the forefront of our minds when we start to consider committing wilful sin against the Almighty Judge of the Universe; "A fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation which shall devour the adversaries." There's some nice soft New Testament preaching for ya!

Oh, when lust is conceived it bringeth forth sin - you might let it incubate awhile in the mind first, but if you don't put that wicked things down right away, it will bring forth sin, and when sin is finished, it brings forth death. (James 1:14-15)
You think things are going so good - Eh, a little sin here and there; after all, nothing bad is happening, You're fine. You're cool. Well...probably not! Because if you're without chastisement you're bastards and not sons, because the Lord chastens those he loveth, and scourgeth every son he receiveth (Heb. 12:5-11) But beware that middle verse: "But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons." That means you'll be an illegitimate child.

Strange fire is what you offer God in the hopes to be adopted. Oh, you have a father, but "Ye are of your father, the devil, and the lusts of your father ye do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own, for he is a liar, and the father of it." (John 8:14)
Go on with hating and gossip, and lying, getting over on people, stealing - after all, it's as clear as can be: "Whosoever is born of God sinneth not, for his seed remaineth in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is NOT OF GOD, neither he that loveth not his brother." (1 John 4:9-10)

I know I hit a lot on 1 John, but to go back on a topic is good, and often needful. It's a clear as a cloudless day. Why do so many question the Word? It's as if people look for any excuse to sin, to find loopholes, to get away with things that make their flesh feel good. It is SIN, it is UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, and it certainly is NOT of the Holy Spirit, for God doth not lead into sin, nor give you excuse to sin. We are to FLEE from it.

Consider what Jonathan Edwards preached in his sermon "Flee Out of Sodom," 1740s
"Consider therefore what the state is that you are to get out of, you that are seeking an interest in Christ. You are to flee out of Sodom. Sodom is the place of your nativity, and the place where you have spent your lives hitherto. You are citizens of that city which is full of filthiness and abomination before God, that polluted and accursed city.
Let such be warned by what has been said, to escape for their lives, and not to look back. Look not back, unless you choose to have a share in the burning tempest that is coming down on that city. Look not back in remembrance of the enjoyments which you have had in Sodom, as hankering after the pleasant things which you have had there, after the ease, the security, and the pleasure which you have enjoyed.
Remember Lot’s wife; for she looked back, as being loth1 utterly and forever to leave the ease, the pleasure and plenty which she enjoyed in Sodom, and as having a mind to return to them again. Remember what became of her.
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Strange fire. That's what a lot of contemporary Christianity offers. A lot of this so called "worship music" is rock & roll, a music of Satan. A lot of songs, you can't tell the difference between them and a secular love song. There's no depth to the lyrics.
And then there's the positive confession declaratory songs: "Get ready for your blessing! Get ready for your miracle! Gods got a blessing, with your name on it!" Can't stand that song honestly. It grieves my spirit, and that's cuz it grieves Gods Spirit. Prosperity gospel foolishness! God ain't some genie in a bottle, or some big cosmic Santa Claus!
He does bless us, but we need to be seeking the BLESSER, not the Blessing! "Seek ye FIRST the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you." (Matt. 6:33) His righteousness; Don't leave that part out. Many try to seek Him and His kingdom without His righteousness, apart from His righteousness. So many are trying to seek Him with strange fire.

Let us then seek Him who baptiseth with the Holy Ghost and FIRE, the TRUE and cleansing fire of the Living God, as the fiery stream that issued and came forth from before Him as King Belshazzar saw in his vision of the Ancient of Days, the Eternal and Everlasting God of heaven. Seek not the use of strange fire that is corrupt and incomplete, and at its very best, is out of Gods will. Seek directly His fire; do not fear its burning, for best His holy fire burn IN you now, than you to burn in IT later.

Hate, desire, pride, lust, jealousy etc etc.

These types of unhelpful mindstates cause suffering and can lead to other problems... damaged relationships, violence, broken promises etc.
What is your way of managing these mindstates/feelings/ beliefs/attitudes... when they arise?

Do you notice yourself when you are like that? What do you do then?

Prepare The Way For The Lord - Devotional Saturday

Ah, it's the start of a new year. Have you started any new goals or new year's resolutions? If not and you're thinking of something you can do, then how about preparing the way for the Lord? Today's devotional we'll discuss how we can prepare the way for the Lord by denying the desires of the flesh.
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From Gods Tables of Stone to the Fleshy Tables in our Hearts

As Israel was freed from the slavery of Egypt, all of spiritual Israel have been saved from the bondage of sin by Christ and are given the tablets which go into their hearts.

Deuteronomy 5
The Ten Commandments

1 Moses summoned all Israel and said:
Hear, O Israel, the decrees and laws I declare in your hearing today. Learn them and be sure to follow them. 2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb. 3 It was not with our fathers that the LORD made this covenant, but with us, with all of us who are alive here today. 4 The LORD spoke to you face to face out of the fire on the mountain. 5 (At that time I stood between the LORD and you to declare to you the word of the LORD, because you were afraid of the fire and did not go up the mountain.) And he said:
6 "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
7 "You shall have no other gods before [a] me.
8 "You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 9 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 10 but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.
11 "You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.
12 "Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you. 13 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 14 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox, your donkey or any of your animals, nor the alien within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest, as you do. 15 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the LORD your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.
16 "Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
17 "You shall not murder.
18 "You shall not commit adultery.
19 "You shall not steal.
20 "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
21 "You shall not covet your neighbor's wife. You shall not set your desire on your neighbor's house or land, his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor." 22 These are the commandments the LORD proclaimed in a loud voice to your whole assembly there on the mountain from out of the fire, the cloud and the deep darkness; and he added nothing more. Then he wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me.

When we see the Law, then look at Jesus, we see Him fulfilling the letter and the spirit of the Law, by Loving God and His neighbor according to the the Commandments which are the two principle's they break down to.
Matthew 22:36-40
36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38 This is the first and great commandment.
39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

So what does the Bible say about the application of God's Law in the heart of a Christian?

2 Corinthians 3:2, 3
2 Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: 3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

Hebrews 10:16
This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;

Which was what He intended..

Jeremiah 31:33
But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

The Law of God, instead of being done away with, is being brought to life. God's Law was never done away with, not a jot or a tittle. Jesus had it in the fleshy table of His heart too, and He kept it perfectly.

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