Hi my name is James I was born autistic it went unnoticed until I was 36. I had a happy childhood, I knew I was different but I didn’t know where this would lead to in my life. I always loved God; the older I became the more this love would grow. My love of God and his Son are so great I would attempt to go through what he went through for us for him. I know this is impossible for any but the Son of God but it did not stop me believing i was the second coming. I know thinking you are Jesus is blasphemy but when I’ve always strived to be good and do good and be like Jesus my whole life this is what lead to my psychosis when I was 24. I am repenting for my sins...i am sorry

I struggled with modern society, I knew the sin which is so prevalent in todays world is everywhere. It chokes me to see it, I hate sin I wish the devil never existed. But it does and a lot of people commit such acts and are not ashamed as they should be. Jesus forgives all sins if you are repentant. Sin is the reason we suffer, it misleads, it deceives, it upsets, it bully’s, it distracts; it is the reason for all the problems in our lives. I tried my best throughout my life not to sin, for any but Jesus it is impossible, but it didn’t stop me trying. I care about people, I don’t hate anyone even the ones who have mistreated me over the course of my life. I turn the other cheek and feel sorry for them.
It started when my best friend in high school committed suicide during a summer holiday break. I never heard from him over the holiday, he never texted me to say hi which I though was strange at the time. After the summer holiday was over I was a little worried but was eager to see him at school. When I got into class there was no sign of him everyone was looking at me strangely. It was one of the most sad days in my life. The teacher explained that he had died over the holiday and that they brought in the school councillor to ask if there was anyone who knew him. Not wanting to face my grief I didn’t put my hand up. This is one of the biggest mistakes of my life and is what lead to my religious psychosis in my twenties.
After I finished my A levels I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life, I was a lost and disillusioned individual I wanted to help people on a large scale but this is impossible for many but a few top people. I did a few courses but didn’t really reach any sort of purpose in my life.

Then I managed to get a job in a pharmaceutical company that bread animals for animal testing as a technician this was to change the course of my life in a big way and a way I did not expect. I hate money and wealth it is the source of all evil but in the world you need money to survive so I put up with this job for about a year, in which time I felt awful for the animals that suffered and died. But I knew it was a for the better of people because without these places people who depend on medication that these animals help develop would suffer more, that’s how I justified myself to do it. As I got towards the end of my time there I didn’t make myself very popular to the other staff they knew I was religious and poked fun of me for it. One day I was particularly stressed and I was leaning into one of the animal isolators, my cross which I wore around my neck broke off. In my mind this was significant and had meaning as it seemed very strange to me, this planted the idea in my head that was to come. A few days later I was having a particularly bad day, I was bullied a lot and the clock seemed to drag on for ours at work.
When I left work to come home I got in my car and started driving home; I went past a church; the cross on the wall seemed to glimmer and I had a feeling again like I did when the cross pendant had fallen from around my neck. I got home to my parents house the dog greeted me and I looked onto the mantelpiece in the dining room and saw a pamphlet from the church me and my family used to attend. All of a sudden I read Jesus on the front I closed my eyes all of a sudden it was like a realisation that I was Jesus I absolutely believed 100% I was Jesus I saw a cross of light in font of me (this as I would lately discover is called phychosis a delusion brought about from all the stress I was under) I was happy I felt great I started making plans for what I would do. A couple of hours later my delusional mind had created what I thought was a miracle I thought I managed to make a plant pot disappear and reappear into another room, of course I was just out of my mind and I had mistaken one room for another because I was unwell but at the time I believed this is what happened. Anyway the feeling soon dies down and I felt normal again (still believing myself to be Jesus). A month past at work, I kept it a secret for much of the month but co-workers noticed a drop in my quality of work. I got to the stage where they were bullying me over it and I got up went to see the supervisor and said I had to leave because I wasn’t feeling very well.

This lead me to be hospitalized for my condition as I was hallucinating and hearing what I thought was God but was actually my own thoughts. One of the doctors that saw me was a very arrogant self righteous man i looked at him, his face turned into the devils face. I was terrified but I sat there and kept my faith in God strong and I didn’t react. During my time in hospital I was very calm I kept my faith in God strong and knew I was being tested to see if I could control myself. Which I did because all the doctors were stumped as I was in psychosis, sure I was doing strange things, but I seemed calm. After my admission I went in and out of hospital treating all my different symptoms I had depression, anxiety, ptsd from the psychosis. I put the being Jesus thoughts at the back of my mind and continued my life off where it stopped this was a very difficult time in my recovery and a lot of effort and strength to get myself better. I met my wife 5 years later we have a lovely daughter. The whole time secretly thinking I was the Son of God.
When i tried to have a relationship with the Jesus it was as if it was very difficult because i thought i was him.

Fast forward to two days ago my religious experience continued. My faith in God and my confidence and mental strength made me decide to share a few of my thoughts on Facebook as a I wrote them I could feel the presence of the holy spirit enter me, the more I wrote, it was as if God was guiding me and showing me what I should write to show you. 40 people witnessed what I wrote. I don’t know how anyone reacted to them I can only assume but by everyone’s behaviour afterwards they were listening. All this time the weight I was feeling on my shoulders the worry the mental strain was immense I cant keep this up I thought to myself. I felt that it was almost as if God was saying to me "want to know what its like to be my Son? i'll give you a glimpse”. Afterwards God then showed me through scripture that I had committed a lie to my parents in the past, I knew at that point I was not Jesus I stopped writing my last post on Facebook. I now know I am not the Saviour but a man that loves Jesus so much I was willing to put myself in his shoes because my mind (and the devil was tricking me this whole time) was telling me I am him.
No man is capable of this only God, God is great, hallelujah. I don’t know the meaning of this sign, but to me this is what it meant…to show me however much I love God I cant step into his Sons shoes only the real Jesus the Son of God can do this.
I feel this is the purpose of my life to share this story with as many people as I can God has given me a gift to remind people what’s important in life, not money power, greed or any other selfish desire but to serve God as servants; even Jesus was a servant of God. God’s power is immense he is perfect and loves us so much. His love is so great I cannot describe what it feels life to have the holy spirit enter you. Sending my love to you. I have finally dispelled the delusion I am Jesus i can now finally have a relationship with him and I must now repent for my sins. James. If anyone is interested i can post what the posts were said during my experience on Facebook...

“My announcement Tucker, is I’m announcing that I’m running for the presidency of the United States on your program,” Elder told Fox News host Tucker Carlson during an appearance on his show, saying that he has a “moral, religious, and a patriotic duty” to run for president, noting his family’s past experiences in the armed forces.

Elder, 70, added that policing and crime are the two issues that worry him the most ahead of the next election, claiming Democrats have failed in that department.

Latinos leaving Catholicism and organized religion, study says​

Latinos, like the rest of the country, are increasingly leaving church pews. About 30 percent of Latino adults are not religiously affiliated — a dramatic increase from just 10 percent in 2010, according to a new Pew Research Center report.

Fueling the shift are young Latinos between the ages of 18 and 29, half of whom say they have no religious affiliation. U.S.-born Latinos, who are driving the community’s growth, are also half as likely to belong to a church than Latino immigrants, the Pew study found.

But the Latino population may be more religious than the survey shows, said Gastón Espinosa, a professor of religious studies at Claremont McKenna College. Those that identify as charismatic Pentecostals or evangelicals are sometimes counted as unaffiliated or nonreligious because they don’t belong to traditional denominations, like Catholic or Baptist, Espinosa said.

Pew stands by its study, which specifically measured the share of people who said they were not affiliated with a religion, said Krogstad.

The Latino population’s shift away from the church could play out in upcoming elections as Democrats and Republicans court an increasingly important part of the voting population. In recent elections, both political parties have operated under the assumption that Latinos were overwhelmingly Catholic and increasingly evangelical, making them conservative on key issues like abortion.

But Pew found that Latinos’ religious affiliation looks much closer to the average U.S. adult than previously believed. In fact, the number of Protestant Latinos, including evangelicals, has stayed relatively stable in the past decade, the report found, casting doubt on the notion that Latinos’ rightward shift in the 2020 election is related to an evangelical movement. Evangelical Latinos are also not overwhelmingly Republican — 50 percent said they are Republican while 44 percent said they are Democrats.

CNN —
Germany’s final three nuclear power plants close their doors on Saturday, marking the end of the country’s nuclear era that has spanned more than six decades.

But for others, closing down nuclear plants is short-sighted. They see it as turning off the tap on a reliable source of low-carbon energy at a time when drastic cuts to planet-heating pollution are needed.

Even as these debates rumble on, and despite last-minute calls to keep the plants online amid an energy crisis, the German government has been steadfast.

“The position of the German government is clear: nuclear power is not green. Nor is it sustainable,” Steffi Lemke, Germany’s Federal Minister for the Environment and Consumer Protection and a Green Party member, told CNN.

For critics of Germany’s policy, however, it’s irrational to turn off a low-carbon source of energy as the impacts of the climate crisis intensify.

“We need to keep existing, safe nuclear reactors operating while simultaneously ramping up renewables as fast as possible,” Leah Stokes, a professor of climate and energy policy at the University of California, Santa Barbara, told CNN.

The big risk, she said, is that fossil fuels fill the energy gap left by nuclear. Reductions in Germany’s nuclear energy since Fukushima have been primarily offset by increases in coal, according to research published last year.



I think stories like this can be a bit of a wake-up call to those who oppose fossil fuels while simultaneously opposing nuclear. Nuclear (when done right) is a low carbon "gap filler" that can be a supplement to renewable energy sources. I think people have a lot of misguided assumptions about where renewables actually are in terms of progression (compared to where they're actually at), and don't understand some of the limitations of the current renewables in terms of how big of a demand they can actually satisfy, and making hasty decisions to do away with Nuclear has often led to countries firing back up coal plants.


Germany's not the first country to have this happen. Other countries that participated in "Nuclear phase outs" (like Austria, Italy, and The Netherlands) all started firing back up old coal plants in 2022...and Greece is extending their sunset on coal by 5 years and actually planning on increasing mining by 50% over the next few years.

I think people may have gained some false expectations about the capacity of renewables due to a few "model nations" that either had weather or locational situations that were advantageous for particular types of renewables that other countries may not necessarily have.

It's too bad the other thread was closed. It was an interesting topic, and I would have liked to participate more. Is there a way to discuss this topic and remain within forum rules?

Soooo wrong...
As Washington state lawmakers debate legislation that would end legal protections for the seal of confession
Washington bishop: Priests would rather go to jail than break seal of confession

Seriously, it is heartbreaking that Satan succeeded in destroying the family and the bond of sexual love between man and woman for everyone else, and God likely may not restore that for eternity again. There is very high rates of divorce nearly everywhere and there is seemingly no haven or escape from this perversion. As well as other things, like the possibility that God will allow them to destroy the whole earth and everybody living on it. Very insane times.

It is really making me lose my already mustard-seed faith.

I constantly hear brethren just repeating what some preacher taught that hasn't done their homework on the matter of the heavenly future in God's written Word. So if you wonder what it's actually going to be like once Lord Jesus returns to this earth as written, then stay tuned, because I'm going to cover the Ezekiel 47 chapter here which is just about that very truth in God's Word.

Just so ya know, the Ezekiel 40 through 47 chapters are all future Millennial chapters for after Christ's future return. They show the details and layout of God's "house", you know, the "house" that has "many mansions" which Lord Jesus said in John 14 that He goes to prepare a place for His faithful elect (i.e., abodes per the Greek).

This Ezekiel 47 chapter is about the return of God's River of Genesis 2 which was once upon this earth with Him, and it flowed out of His Garden of Eden, which was then upon this earth, and it fed four other rivers upon the earth. Revelation 22 reveals the return of this River of the Waters of Life back upon this earth, and it is not a spiritual metaphor. It will be a very real event.

Ezekiel 47
1 Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar.

This angel is showing Ezekiel a vision of God's future "house" upon the earth which is in the future time of Christ's Millennial temple, with details of its layout in the previous 40 thru 46 chapters. Here Ezekiel sees waters emitting out from under the threshold of the "house" going to the east. Those waters are shown originating "at the south side of the altar". These waters are about God's River of the waters of life (see Revelation 22 also).

2 Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side.

Ezekiel is taken out the gate northward unto the outer ("utter") gate that looks to the east. From there the waters ran out on the right side.

3 And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ankles.

This angel had a measuring line, and measured a thousand cubits (about 1500 feet) out into the flowing waters, and the water level was up to Ezekiel's ankles.

4 Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters were to the loins.

The angel measured again, and the waters were up to Ezekiel's knees. He measured another 1,000, and the waters were up to Ezekiel's loins.

5 Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over.

Then the angels measured a final thousand cubits, and the waters were such a flowing river that it could not be passed over. If you need help visualizing this, look up a YouTube video about river rapids.

6 And he said unto me, "Son of man, hast thou seen this?" Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river.

Then the angel brings Ezekiel back to the bank of the river.

7 Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.

When Ezekiel returned to the river bank, then he saw many trees on both sides of that river.

8 Then said he unto me, "These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed."

Those waters flow toward the east, down into the desert, and go into the sea. And by this river, those waters will be healed. Apparently, this is what God's River does, heals whatever waters upon the earth it will contact.

9 And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.

And there it is. Wherever the River flows, it will heal those waters upon the earth. And not only will it cleanse those waters, but will provide for very many fish in them, thus healing the earth's waters. And remember per Revelation 22, there will be no more seas (oceans), so these waters that are healed have to be pointing to rivers and lakes, and little seas, not big oceans like the Atlantic and Pacific.

10 And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.
11 But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.

Then the angel gives Ezekiel a detail of the area of the earth where God's River will flow, En-gedi and En-eglaim in the middle east. En-gedi is a place in today's Israel east near the Dead Sea, and has natural springs, and is a wildlife refuge.

12 And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.
KJV

On both sides of the River which Ezekiel saw, were these trees for meat, their leaves not fading, and their fruit never consumed away. They will bear new fruits per their months, and this because of the healing of God's River that will flow out from under the sanctuary of God's "house". The leaf will be for medicine.

Where else have we heard about these trees and this River? In the Revelation 22 chapter. Yet how many times has Revelation 22 been actually explained to you, like how Ezekiel here saw it?? What I hear preached most often is some metaphorical spiritual philosophy, like the River of the Waters of Life is just some spiritual idea, and not literal. Lord Jesus did also use it as a metaphor in John 4 about the living waters at the well with the Samaritan woman. But He was actually pointing to this River here of the future that will flow out from under the sanctuary of God's "house" in His future Kingdom here on earth.

The remaining part of the 47th chapter is God giving Ezekiel the layout of Israel's future inheritance in the lands of promise. And even though it mentions the tribes of Israel, God also says this of those who also inherit the land there...

Ezek 47:22-23
22 And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

23 And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord GOD.
KJV

That "stranger" given inheritance means us Gentiles in Christ, yo!

Galatians 5:16-17 ESV


There are a lot of people today professing faith in Jesus Christ who are still walking according to the flesh and not according to the Spirit. Their minds are set on the flesh and not on God (not on the Spirit). And they are believing a cheapened form of God’s grace, which is not his grace at all, which they feel gives them the liberty to continue in sin. Yet if our minds are set on the flesh, it ends in death, not in life eternal. For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God (see Romans 8:1-14).

For those who are walking by the flesh and not by the Spirit have their minds set on the flesh, and so their thinking is skewed. And so many of them end up confusing lust for love. They call it love when it is truly lust, so they think they are “in love,” but they are really “in lust,” and so they end up following their emotions, and many of them end up doing crazy and bizarre things in the name of “love” when it isn’t really love at all. And this ends up breaking up many marriages, for the person following after the lusts of the flesh does not have his (or her) head “screwed on straight.”

So, many of them end up becoming liars and manipulators in order to hide their sins in secret and/or to try to get others to do what they want them to do. For it is all about them fulfilling the lustful desires of their flesh without regard for who they are taking advantage of or for who they are hurting in the process. For the flesh is selfish in nature. And some people will even go so far as to murder those who they feel stand in the way of them fulfilling the lusts of their flesh. That is how powerful the flesh can be. Those who are driven by the flesh, thus, do not exercise common sense.

But, if truly we are in Christ, by genuine God-given faith in Christ, our minds are no longer to be set on the flesh, but on the Spirit. And we should desire to walk by the Spirit and no longer according to the flesh. And if we do walk by the Spirit in conduct, and in practice, then we will not gratify the sinful cravings of the flesh. But sadly enough, far too many people claiming to have faith in Jesus Christ are still living according to the flesh and not according to the Spirit, and many false teachers are giving them permission to continue living by the flesh and not by the Spirit, too.

Galatians 5:19-21 ESV


Now, we need to pay close attention to what this is teaching us here, for this isn’t just a list of a bunch of sins. What this is saying to us is that if we make such sins as these our practice (habit) that we will not inherit the kingdom of God regardless of what faith in Jesus Christ we have confessed with our lips. For lip service only will not get us into heaven. For Jesus said that not everyone who says to him, “Lord, Lord,” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one DOING the will of God the Father who is in heaven. Many who now profess his name, he will one day cast out (see Matthew 7:21-23).

So, we don’t just pray a prayer to receive Jesus Christ into our hearts and now we are good to go for eternity regardless of how we live. And we don’t just confess Christ as Lord and claim to believe in his bodily resurrection and then go on living in sin and expect that God is going to let us into his heaven. For Jesus said that if anyone would come after him, he must deny self, take up his cross daily (die daily to sin and to self) and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to our old lives of sin, we will lose them for eternity. But if for Jesus’ sake we die to sin and live to his righteousness, then we have eternal life with God (see Luke 9:23-26; cf. Romans 6:1-23).

But far too many people professing faith in Jesus Christ here in America are still living according to the flesh and not according to the Spirit, for they are convinced that a profession of faith in Jesus Christ is enough to secure them heaven for eternity regardless of how they live. But if any of these sins in this list are your habit, your go to, what you do on a somewhat regular and consistent basis, on purpose, deliberately, with full knowledge that what you are doing is wrong and against God and against other humans, and you continue in this, you will not inherit eternal life with God.

Galatians 5:22-24 ESV


Now, not one of us is absolutely perfect in every way. Even Paul, as godly as he was, admitted that he was not yet perfect but that he pressed on in his walk of faith and obedience to the Lord. Now he wasn’t saying, though, that he was sinning in any way, only that he had not yet reached absolute perfection, for we won’t be entirely perfect until we are in heaven with God. So, lack of perfection is never to be used as an excuse for continued and deliberate sin against God and against our fellow humans. But we are all to press on in obeying our Lord Jesus and in doing his will for our lives.

So, when we are now walking by the Spirit and not walking by the flesh, then instead of our lives producing that list of sins, our lives should show forth the fruit of the Spirit. So, instead of lying and cheating and lusting after the things of the flesh, what should be coming forth from our lives should be love, kindness, faithfulness, and self-control, etc. For if we are truly in Christ, by genuine faith in Christ, we should have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires so that we are now walking by the Spirit, instead, and so now we are living to please God and not our sinful flesh.

[Matt 7:21-23; Matt 24:9-14; Lu 9:23-26; Rom 1:18-32; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14,24; Rom 12:1-2; Rom 13:11; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 2 Co 5:10,15,21; 1 Co 1:18; 1 Co 15:1-2; 2 Tim 1:8-9; Heb 9:28; 1 Pet 1:5; Gal 5:16-21; Gal 6:7-8; Eph 2:8-10; Eph 4:17-32; Eph 5:3-6; Col 1:21-23; Col 3:5-17; 1 Pet 2:24; Tit 2:11-14; 1 Jn 1:5-9; 1 Jn 2:3-6,24-25; 1 Jn 3:4-10; Heb 3:6,14-15; Heb 10:23-31; Heb 12:1-2; Rev 21:8,27; Rev 22:14-15]

Oh, to Be Like Thee, Blessed Redeemer

Lyrics by Thomas O. Chisholm, 1897
Music by W. J. Kirkpatrick, 1897

Oh, to be like Thee! blessèd Redeemer,
This is my constant longing and prayer;
Gladly I’ll forfeit all of earth’s treasures,
Jesus, Thy perfect likeness to wear.

Oh, to be like Thee! full of compassion,
Loving, forgiving, tender and kind,
Helping the helpless, cheering the fainting,
Seeking the wandering sinner to find.

O to be like Thee! lowly in spirit,
Holy and harmless, patient and brave;
Meekly enduring cruel reproaches,
Willing to suffer others to save.

O to be like Thee! while I am pleading,
Pour out Thy Spirit, fill with Thy love;
Make me a temple meet for Thy dwelling,
Fit me for life and Heaven above.

Oh, to be like Thee! Oh, to be like Thee,
Blessèd Redeemer, pure as Thou art;
Come in Thy sweetness, come in Thy fullness;
Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart.

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I'm going to start with verse 14.

The Jews see the feeding and believe that Yeshua is the promised Messiah the Pharisees taught, the one who provide never-ending food. They were positive that Yeshua was the Prophet Moses wrote of, Deut 18:15.

Vs. 15 Yeshua knew the thoughts of men.

Vs. 16-21 The storm and Yeshua walked on water. Yeshua went to the synagogue.

Vs. 22-24 The Jews figure out where Yeshua was and went to his location.

Vs. 25-26 One of the things I enjoy about Yeshua was that he didn't engage in small talk or pointless conversations. He wouldn't debate anything. He was a man driven by his reason for being here. He didn't come to make friends, fit in or try to be popular. The Jews, amazed at how fast Yeshua had traveled, wanted to find out how he accomplished this feat. But Yeshua immediately addressed their wrong motivation for seeking him. He told them that it wasn't because of the miracles they sought him out. When Yeshua did miracles, it either validated to the sheep that Yeshua was indeed sent by Jehovah or opened the eyes of the new sheep that Yeshua was the promised Messiah. (John 3:2) The miracles that Yeshua performed never "convinced" an unbeliever to become a believer. Only unbelievers asked Yeshua to "give a sign" by doing a miracle." Yeshua knew what these men were thinking, that he was the "pretend" Messiah the Pharisees had made up. He told the men, point blank, "You are only here because you ate until you were full."

Vs. 27 Yeshua immediately begins to teach. Yeshua taught the same message to all people. He didn't try to tailor a message for this group and another message for that group. If your version reads "meat," it should read "food." Right off the bat, Yeshua is bringing into play the spiritual vs. the physical, and then, what should have been very familiar to these Jewish men, the theme of "eating the food, the word of Jehovah." When Yeshua said, "him who the Father has sealed," it meant that as a court document is stamped with a seal, he was the legitimate, approved official working under and with the authority of Jehovah, that he was the "real deal."

Vs. 28 These men, who had grown up under the teaching of the Pharisees and scribes, believed that serving God and being blessed by God only resulted after performing "outward" acts of righteousness, doing works.

Vs. 29 Yeshua told them that the one work, the only thing Jehovah required, was to believe on him.

I want to point out something concerning salvation. People are told they have to "accept Christ," "Make Jesus their personal Lord and Saviour," "invite Jesus into your heart," and other little catchphrases that "allow" God to save them. If we look at Acts 16:26-31, the jailer asked, "What must I do to be saved." What was he told? "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ..." Hmm, Yeshua told the men that the only thing required was to believe on him. Paul and Silas told the jailer to believe on Yeshua. We see the same thing taught in John 1:12, 3:16, 9:36-38, 11:27, and 20:30. In these verses; there is no mention of "accepting Christ," "Inviting Jesus into your heart," etc. I have never seen any of the things people are told to do to "get saved" actually spoken by anyone in Scripture. When Jesus talked to the thief on the cross, the thief "didn't admit he was a sinner."
I haven't found any of these phrases in Scripture. Why are people being told they must say "such and such" to "get saved," yet there are no verses to base these "phrases" on! None of the phrases mention "believing in/on Yeshua." Why are people being told to say "such and such" when there is no biblical basis or example of "such and such?" Just wondering, is all.

Vs. 30-31 While most of the crowd had witnessed the miracle feeding, some showed up who hadn't seen the miracle. These would have been spies sent by the Pharisees and/or priests. Yeshua had been on the radar of the RDL soon after he began his work, and the fact that he was already drawing crowds wherever he went made some many religious leaders jealous and alarmed. All of the conflicts Yeshua had were with members of the RDL. They were always trying to trip Yeshua up or tried to bring shame on him, to lose face among those who followed him. These were the ones who asked Yeshua what sign (miracle) would he preform to show that he was sent by Jehovah.


"Our fathers did eat manna in the desert. As it is written, "He (Moses) gave them bread from heaven to eat!"

Remember, it was taught that it was Moses who brought manna down from heaven. They go so far as to claim that this was written in Scripture.

Vs32-34 Jesus said, "No, Moses did not give bread from heaven! But now my Father is giving you the true (spiritual) bread from heaven. That bread of Jehovah is he which came down from heaven and gives (eternal) life unto the world (world of believers). The Jewish men who had witnessed the feeding said to Yeshua, "Sir! Give us this bread forever!"

They totally whiffed on what Yeshua had said! They were thinking of physical bread so that they would never be hungry. They missed that Yeshua said he was that bread, the true bread of heaven, and that he was the spiritual bread that would lead to eternal life.

Vs 35-37 Yeshua tells them, "I am the bread of life. Those that come to me will never hunger and he that believes on me will never thirst. (talking with spiritual meaning, and has moved away from eating into speaking of salvation) But, as I already said, 'You have seen me with your own eyes, but you don't believe,' Understand this, all of those (the sheep) that the Father has given to me WILL COME TO ME. Any that comes to me, I will never reject.

Here is another aspect of salvation that is not known or mentioned. You have to be given to Yeshua by the Father. All of those given to Yeshua WILL GO TO YESHUA! Will turn to Yeshua!

John 10:25-28 "I told you before, and you didn't believe. The works I do in my Father's name bear witness of me (Who I say I am), But you DONT BELIEVE BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT ONE OF MY SHEEP. My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me. I will give them eternal life, and they will never be destroyed, neither will any man (false teacher) pluck them out of my hand.

You have to be a sheep first before you can hear the voice of Yeshua! Which means you have to be born as a sheep. No, it's not like some teach that if you hear and respond to the voice of Jesus, you then become a sheep. You have to be a sheep first before you can hear and respond to Yeshua. If you are not a sheep, you will never, never, never believe in/on Yeshua or believe anything he teaches.

Vs. 38-40 For I didn't come down from heaven in my own name, to do my will. I came to do (obey) the will of Him that sent me. This is the Father's will: All of those, every single one, which He has given to me, not one will be lost! And I will raise everyone who the Father gave to me unto eternal life on Judgement Day. And this also is the Father's will, that everyone who see's the Son and BELIEVES on him will receive everlasting life, and I will raise him up on the last day.

(There it is once again, salvation is tied to believing in Yeshua, not "accepting him.")

Vs. 41 The Jews were grumbling among themselves because Yeshua had said, "I am the bread which came down from heaven." The Jews didn't hear anything else Yeshua said after the statement, "I am the bread of life." They didn't even catch the spiritual meaning of "I am the bread of life." Those Jews grumbling were natural men, goats. Men who could not hear or understand anything spiritual. (Mat 13:11 Because it is given to you (sheep) to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven. But, it is not given to them. Is 44:18 They have not known or understood. For Jehovah has shut their eyes so they cannot see. He has shut their minds so they cannot understand.)
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Vs. 42 Now, even the miracle has been forgotten and the Jews have the attitude, "Who does he think he is?" Mk 6:4 A prophet is without honor in his own country, among his own people, and even his own family. We have gone from an eager crowd asking, "Tell us what works we have to do," to outrage and offense.

Vs. 43 Jeshua knew what they were grumbling about and told them to stop it.

Vs. 44 No man can come to me except the Father draw him..." Draw is translated from the Greek word helko. This word does not mean "invite," "urge," or "nudge." It means: to drag, to draw away against one's will. Or in this case, "to drag to Yeshua." This Greek verb is in the passive voice, which shows an action being done upon the subject. Perhaps it can be compared to a moth being irresistibly drawn to light.
Yeshua is like a rhino moving through a herd of goats. He doesn't care what these goats think. He doesn't try to placate them, address their complaint, explain it to them or defend his words. He continues to put the truth out there, knowing that the sheep in that crowd and the sheep 2000 years later will hear his voice and follow him. Yeshua is still explaining salvation, explaining who will come to him. Yeshua was not there to make friends or build bridges.

Vs. 45 It is written in the prophets, 'And they shall be all taught of God.' (Is 54:13) Every man that has heard and learned of the Father comes unto me."

Let's recap what we have learned about who is saved:
1. You have to believe in Yeshua.
2. You have to be a sheep.
3. You have to be given to Yeshua by Jehovah.
4. Jehovah has to drag you to Yeshua.
5. You believe that any miracle done by Yeshua merely validates that he is the Messiah.
6. You believe that Yeshua was sent by Jehovah.
7. You have to believe that Yeshua was sealed by Jehovah.
8. You have to have been taught by Jehovah, heard, and learned of Jehovah.

A lot more to salvation than just following the Roman's Road. In other words, in order for salvation to be in someone's life, they have to meet the listed conditions. This means that not anybody who "wants," "chooses," or "decides" to "get saved" is going to be saved!

John 1:12-13 "...Which were born (anew) not because of bloodline, (as the Jews believed), not because of THE WILL OF THE FLESH, (Not because you "want," "desire" to get saved), not because of (drumroll please) THE WILL OF MAN! (because you "chose" or "decide to" "get saved," or "allow God to save you," "give God permission to save you," or "make the choice to receive the "gift" of salvation," BUT OF GOD! Vs. 13 destroys the whole concept of the idea that it is a person's individual will that determines whether or not he/she "gets saved." It is God's will as to who He has chosen to save.

John 3:19-21 And this is the condemnation, that light has come among the people of the world. Some men love darkness rather than light because their deeds (works) are evil. For every one that practices evil, hates the light, and will not come to the light. But he that does truth comes to the light..."

End of part 3

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Rep. Scotty Campbell resigned about six hours after NewsChannel 5 confronted him about the sexual harassment allegations

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A member of GOP leadership in the Tennessee House of Representatives was recently found guilty of sexually harassing at least one legislative intern, likely two, by an ethics subcommittee acting in secret, NewsChannel 5 Investigateshas learned.

a four-member ethics subcommittee, composed of two Republicans and two Democrats, [found him at fault], according to a memorandum dated March 29 that was sent to House Speaker Cameron Sexton.

"Based on the completed staff investigation, the Ethics Subcommittee finds that Representative Campbell violated the Policy" against workplace discrimination and harassment, the memo says.

NewsChannel 5 has learned that potentially thousands of dollars have been spent to protect one victim, relocating her from the downtown apartment building where she and Campbell both had apartments, shipping her furniture back home in another part of the state and placing her in a downtown hotel for the remainder of her internship.

But that doesn't rate an expulsion.

I saw this video today and I thought it sounded very spot on for what is going on now in our society. Some might think it's kookiness, and I won't comment about that, but the results of what has happened is undeniable.

This guy's name is Jonathan Cahn. He says that when we tossed God out of the schools (and the culture) in the '60s, we set future generations up to grow up without God. He says a house does not remain empty, but rather if not filled with God, it will be filled with demons. Or dark gods, as he says here. He says that the first of the gods that have taken over America is Ba'al the Possessor, who brings the worship of money and possessions, and is exemplified by the bronze bull statue on Wall Street in New York.

Then there is the Enchantress, who goes by different names such as Ishtar and Aphrodite. This is exemplified by the hookup culture, lust, and pornography that pervade the US now. And finally, there is the Destroyer, who demands child sacrifice, and can be seen in the millions of babies aborted in our country. Our children are also under attack in the schools as they try to sexualize and gender confuse them at a young age. These are evil times, you can feel it.

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Seems someone at the IRS is claiming political interference is protecting the Biden family. Or at least Hunter Biden. Do you think there's anything to it?

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only the seed of the serpent says the tree of knowledge is already in the lake of fire ...when there is a sea of people using it right now. That's what Preterists are saying for Rev 20 to already be over.


Does any of This Sound like a Jew could be Saved without JESUS? Preterists need The NT to be Written to Jews ...it doesn't work.

Hebrews 9:15-18 KJV — And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.

See they had to Recognize JESUS for Inheritance ...not Mosaic Law:

Matthew 23:37-39 KJV — O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

John 8:31 KJV — Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;

They were already Broken off before 70 A.D. That means Preterists can't claim that Jews could be Saved Between The Cross and 70 A.D. without CHRIST:

Romans 11:20-22 KJV — Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee. Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

Preterists need Rev Written to Jews in Asia minor ...which wasn't Israel. They need to pretend there is a difference between Jew and Gentile ...you either have JESUS as your LORD ...or you don't get Everlasting LIFE.

Romans 10:12-13 KJV — For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Peter was rebuked by Paul for favoring Jews.

Paul was an Apostle to the Gentiles:

Romans 11:13 KJV — For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:

Paul announced he was quitting ministry to Jews in The Book of Acts ...Were Paul's Epistles after that announcement?

Acts 18:6 KJV — And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.


Romans 13:11 KJV — And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

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Preterists need to claim all things Pertaining to GOD were Fulfilled in 70 A.D. ...not just What was Discussed in The Olivet Discourse.

Luke 18:31 KJV — Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.

Luke 24:43-44 KJV — And he took it, and did eat before them. And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.

John 19:28 KJV — After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.

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This is clearly about gog and magog being Devoured ...not The City. The Physical City was destroyed back in Chapter 11.

Revelation 20:8-9 KJV — And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.

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The Feast Days were a Shadow Pointing to JESUS:

Colossians 2:15-17 KJV — And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it. Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.

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GOD waited until 70 A.D. to allow Jews to become jealous of Christians. And for Christians to be in a 40 Year Trial (Moses in the wilderness).
They could continue to call themselves Jews until 70 A.D. but they could Not get Eternal LIFE without JESUS. Preterists need them to ...to claim The NT was Written to Jews. Why would GOD bother Making them Jealous if they were Saved anyways? The Law of sin and death was Fulfilled on The Cross.
The Mosaic Law could continue ...but what difference did It make? Do you think Jews were Saved by doing That Law? JESUS Told them they were gaming the system.


[Rev 3:9 KJV] Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.

[Rom 11:11 KJV] I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.

[Rom 10:19 KJV] But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.

[Deu 32:20 KJV] And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.
"No Faith"???

[Deu 32:21 KJV] They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
[Deu 32:22 KJV] For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

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Preterists think Rev Happened in 3.5 Years. GOD Said to Write about the future ...3.5 Years? no, that's not how This works.

[Daniel 12:7 KJV] And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.

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[Revelation 10:5-6 KJV] And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
[6] And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:

"time no longer" instead of 3.5 Years. End of The Mosaic Age. A Heaven and Earth passing away. That was in Chapter 10 ...so in Chapter 11 is 70 A.D.
3.5 Years:

Revelation 11:3 KJV — And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

[Revelation 11:15 KJV] And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

[1 Corinthians 15:24 KJV] Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.

The Mosaic Judgment:
[Revelation 11:18 KJV] And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

[Revelation 11:19 KJV] And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

JESUS Said they would Judge The Twelve Tribes at The First Judgment (Rev 11) ...we are not The Twelve Tribes:

Matthew 19:28 KJV — And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

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Preterists want to say there was no Covenant between The Cross and 70 A.D. ...but the early Christians could already Spiritually be In It. They couldn't have Redeemed Bodies yet.

[Revelation 1:9 KJV] I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Colossians 1:13 KJV — Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

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What Jew had Law Written to their Heart? That's the Same as having a Circumcised Heart ...are you saying they had One?

Romans 2:28-29 KJV — For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

Hebrews 10:16-18 KJV — 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; And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.


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claiming satan isn't accessible is the oldest trick in the book. this is necessary for Preterists as they need satan to be over with for Rev 20 to have completed. it doesn't take a genius to figure out people can still choose satan's will today.

JESUS was tempted to use satan's will in the wilderness ...what do you think Scripture was Saying?

Man is Born in GOD'S Image ...they are saying it's impossible to choose what Adam chose anymore ...satan's will.

Genesis 1:26 KJV — And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Adam and Eve were not the first humans ...still Born in GOD'S Image though. Eve thought she could continue in her Relationship to GOD and do satan's will at the same time.

anyone doing satan's will is his child.

Preterists can't see lucifer being the son of the morning attacking Job.

You literally can't choose away from GOD'S Will without satan's will of death.

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Preterists need Jews to be satan in Revelation ...ridiculous.
Most Jews thought they just had to follow The Law and make sure they appeared to be following Them in front of other people. They thought they gamed the system just like people today. They were not doing things from the heart. no one keeps Eternal LIFE with a rotten will ...rotten soul. they were not anymore evil than the false church today.


When the Apostles addressed Jews ...they usually start out by Saying Jews killed JESUS ...weird how None of the Books of The NT Start out that way ...why? Because They were not Written to Jews.

Acts 2:22-23 KJV — Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:


Is the Woman of Revelation 12 standing on a desolate moon because it represents the Old Covenant and Heaven/Earth passing away for the Jews?
The Moon is Mount Sinai.


When GOD Gave us different Increments of Time ...was He Saying different Instances of 3.5 Years? Meaning Rev is not only 3.5 Years?

Why were there only Seven Church Letters? Could it have been because they were in the past? Used as Symbolism for the rest of us? Why was each Letter Written to a Church Angel?

Do you think The Book of Hebrews doesn't apply to you? then you are just as mistaken as a Preterist. Do you think all Christians don't need to know about Getting past The Veil into The Spiritual Born Again Temple?

Kent Stermon, 50, of Jacksonville, Florida, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on December 8 in a car on Atlanta Beach.

Stermon was being investigated over allegations he attempted to coerce an underage girl to show him a photo of her breasts by offering her Taylor Swift tickets, according to a report from the U.K. news website DailyMail.com. There is no indication or suggestion that DeSantis was aware of the allegations involving Stermon.

she told her father about the incident. Stermon then allegedly offered to pay a five-figure payment to keep the incident a secret, which the father refused [and apparently went to the police]. Stermon was found dead a few days later.

Once again, someone opens fire on harmless individuals. However, the narrative changes once again when the shooter is black and his victims are white. CNN decides not to mention the races of those involved this time, unlike when they reported an incident where the races of those involved was the other way around. It would seem that race is only a factor when white people shoot black people. Both articles by CNN:




Reuters isn't much better. They did a report about "white man shoots black teen" story, but didn't seem interested in reporting on the black man shooting his 6 year old neighbor and her parents:



And then there's CBS doing no better than CNN:




Finally, let's see how ABC News handled reporting the two incidents:




And yet the MSM still questions why we have such a racial divide in this country, yet they fail to recognize their roll in it. Using the narrative that assumes race is only a factor when a white person does wrong against one who is black, but never the other way around is doing nothing to unite us as a country. Perhaps unity isn't what they want.....

There`s an logical error in how we percieve time, or how long it is, because for example, the lava inside our planet, keeps burning, and burning, but how can something burn for millions of years, it`s like a fire that never ends, there`s no fuel for it, it just keeps burning for million of years, for us it seems like a long time, and we think the universe is very old also, billions of years, but actually, it`s more like it happened yesterday, that`s why it`s still burning inside our planet also, because it`s only been seconds really since it started, we like to think of time like something that`s, one action at a time, then another, that`s how we think of time, like actions, but we humans make up our own time, so for us, the fire inside our planet have been burning for millions of years

Does Mike Lindell still have that kind of money?

SEE IT: Watchmaker’s Moving Ad Shows Radical Gender Theory’s Effect On Female Athletes

A watchmaker released an advertisement showing radical gender theory’s effect on female athletes and the problems that arise from males competing in women’s sports leagues amid several recent campaigns from prominent companies lauding transgenderism.The advertisement from Egard Watch Company...

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A watchmaker released an advertisement showing radical gender theory’s effect on female athletes and the problems that arise from males competing in women’s sports leagues amid several recent campaigns from prominent companies lauding transgenderism.

The advertisement from Egard Watch Company depicts a female track athlete training from a young age with the encouragement of her father: “He used to watch me run and say, ‘Ain’t no woman alive that can beat you.’ And I believed him.” The athlete’s track and field dreams were crushed, however, when a man with long hair and a beard joined her at the start line.



Time to buy a new watch.

Last week I had coffee with my friend and former RCIA coordinator, and at the end of the conversation I asked about our former priest. He was my "first" priest when I was in RCIA and shortly thereafter. He walked with us through catechesis, heard my first confession, confirmed me and gave me my first Eucharist. About eight months after my confirmation he just up and left our parish. We were assured there was no scandal involved, and there wasn't, but I never asked any questions either. I thought maybe he had some kind of nervous breakdown or something.

Anyway I don't want to put his private business on the internet but I learned he left the priesthood. I was so sad to hear this but hearing his backstory I can see how things lead up to that. He's now apparently living in another city and has a regular job. I don't know whether he left the Church altogether or is simply living life as a Catholic layman, but it's very disheartening to hear. Please join me in prayer for his healing and restoration.

Euthanasia is to be extended to primary school-age children in the Netherlands, the Dutch government has announced.

Health Minister Ernst Kuipers said that children aged five to 12 years can obtain lethal injections if “life termination is the only viable option to end the child’s hopeless and unbearable suffering”.

The country already allows the euthanasia of gravely ill newborn children under the infamous Groningen Protocol.

According to the NLTimes, Mr Kuipers said he expects the regulations to be implemented within the year.

He said he also expected up to 10 primary school-age children a year to die by lethal injection as a result.

The regulations will work by exempting doctors from prosecution if they perform an approved child euthanasia.

A review committee and the Public Prosecution Service will examine whether the procedure was carried out with due care, meaning scrutiny will only take place after the child has been killed by his or her doctor.

The Netherlands recorded a record number of euthanasia deaths in 2022.

A total of 8,720 reported deaths – including 288 of patients with dementia – represented a 14 per cent increase on the euthanasia deaths from 2021.

It means that 5.1 per cent of all deaths in the Netherlands result from euthanasia.

Belgium already permits the euthanasia of children and Canada is planning similar legislation to allow youngsters to be killed by their doctors.

The Canadian parliament has also approved euthanasia for people suffering from incurable mental illness but has delayed extending the Medical Assistance in Dying programme until 2024 amid a public backlash.

In the online magazine Psyche, Dr Marie Nicolini, a Belgian psychiatrist and ethicist, said there could be no justification for killing people who are mentally ill.

“In a comprehensive review of scientific research on the curability of depression, my colleagues and I found that there is no objective standard of incurability for clinicians to hold on to,” she wrote.

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