As a follower of Jesus, I believe in treating every human being with civility and grace. And to be quite specific, I believe in loving my LGBT neighbor as myself. At the same time, because I care for the greater good of society and believe that God’s ways are best, I oppose many of the goals of LGB activism. That’s why I was glad to see a much-more diminished version of Pride Month in 2024. The pushback, which I have been expecting for years, continues to grow.

Last year, things were so over the top and in your face that the longtime gay ally Piers Morgan asked, “Have we gone rainbow crazy or is pride month more important than patriotism?” And in response to a challenge from a gay comedian, Morgan answered, “I’m not triggered by a rainbow flag. I’m triggered by the fact that everywhere that I go for a month everything has to be a rainbow flag.”

Last year, things got so extreme with Target’s “tuck” bathing suits for males who identified as females (including children) that Joe Rogan commented, “When I go to Target, I don’t wanna see like [expletive] tuck pants. They’re designed to help you tuck your [expletive]. Like, hey, that’s not normal.”

Last year we were also in the thick of the Bud Light boycott, with Rogan calling the so-called “transgender influencer” Dylan Mulvaney “a confused person.” As for Kid Rock, he let his gun do the talking (before adding some choice expletives).

Already, by the end of last year, Kid Rock had softened his stance, saying that Bud “‘deserved a black eye and they got one’ for the partnership with Dylan Mulvaney, but then added he’s over the boycott. ‘So, do I want to hold their head underwater and drown them because they made a mistake? No, I think they got the message.’”

It would be hard to miss a message that cost you more than one billion dollars.

Target got the message too.

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This is not the first time that Biden's Press Secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, has had to work with a "doomed candidate". She penned an article in Salon back in 2020 talking about her time working on the John Edwards' campaign.



Source: https://www.salon.com/2020/02/17/what-its-like-working-for-a-doomed-presidential-candidate/

It would seem she has had plenty of training for this moment.

The Republican candidate said in a rally that inflation is at 30% (it's 3%) and that solar-powered planes couldn't fly in the dark.

Commercial drones, including those used in the military in our defense, are hybrids or solar-powered with battery packs.

A solar drone with a battery pack can go as long as 25 days. With a larger battery it could conceivably go indefinitely.

They are silent and efficient. Commercial planes are being researched.

Is this man, who invents facts based on ignorance abd prejudice, competent to be president?

God has given the `Times and Seasons` for us to know when it is His Appointed Time for the Rapture for the Body of Christ.



The Festival Season of Lights is fulfilled when the Lord returns to deliver Israel. That event is right in the middle of Israel`s 8 day festival – 29th Kislev.

Then the Feast of Purim is fulfilled when the Lord has overcome Israel`s enemies and they celebrate their National Deliverance – 15th Adar.

In between those two dates is the end of the 7 years – 29th Tevet.



If the 7 years starts in 2025 then when we count back 7 years from the 29th of Tevet and we come to the 12th of Adar. That is the 12th of March in our Solar Calendar. (see chart at the end of the book for Israel`s Lunar (moon) Calendar and our Solar (sun) Calendar.)



Knowing the seasons has helped us to gain an insight into when the 7 years start, and the Peace treaty will occur. If it is next year, 2025 then it will be 12th March.

Is there something more in God`s word to help us?



Yes, the prophet Joel`s prophecy which is very important. We read –

`Blow a trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm on my holy mountain! Let the inhabitants of the land tremble; for the Day of the LORD is coming, for it is at hand.

A Day of darkness and gloominess, a Day of clouds and thick darkness, like the morning clouds spread over the mountains, a people come, great and strong, the like of whom has never been; nor will there ever be any such after them, even for many successive generations.` (Joel 2: 1 & 2)

It will take many days even weeks for this great army to gather, so huge is it. The media will be following its build up and journey towards Israel. This is our time to get ready to be caught away to be with the Lord.



May we all `watch` and be ready!

uke 9:

59 He [Jesus] said to another man [M1], “Follow me.”
But he replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
60 Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”

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Wasn't Jesus a bit harsh?

No, according to Smith's Bible Commentary:

And Jesus said to him, Let the dead bury their dead: but you go and preach the kingdom of God (Luke 9:60 ).
You say, "Wow, how cold and insensitive Jesus must have been. Wouldn't even allow this fellow to go and attend his father's funeral. Why anybody lets you off work to attend your dad's funeral." But that phrase, "Allow me first to bury my father," is an interesting phrase of procrastination. It doesn't mean that your father is dead. It is a phrase that they still use to the present day, that says, I want to stick around home for a while. I want to wait till my father dies, and then I'll come. And it didn't mean that his father was dead and was ready to be buried, because they always buried people within two hours after they were dead. So when he says, "Allow me first to bury my father," he is saying, "Maybe down the road a ways, I've got a few things I want to do first, and down the road a ways maybe I'll do it. Me first."

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Likewise, Barclay's Daily Study Bible:

Jesus' words to the second man sound harsh, but they need not be so. In all probability the man's father was not dead, and not even nearly dead. His saying most likely meant, "I will follow you after my father has died." An English official in the East tells of a very brilliant young Arab who was offered a scholarship to Oxford or Cambridge. His answer was, "I will take it after I have buried my father." At the time his father was not much more than forty years of age.

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Henry's Complete Commentary on the Bible expressed a similar sentiment. This interpretation of Luke 9:60 is consistent with Moses' commanded in Exodus 20:

12 “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

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M1 dishonored his father.

Was Jesus discouraging M1 from honoring his family?

No, Jesus was not against proper respect for the dead, but rather he was challenging M1 to reorient his priorities and recognize the urgency of Jesus's mission.

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• No one who puts his hand to the plow and LOOKS BACK is fit for the kingdom of God

I over heard a male coworker, 20-something Christian gent about a woman breaking up with him. They dated 3 months, a very good relationship. Even both families of either side approved of each other. There wasn't anything wrong with the relationship, she just felt she couldn't date right now.

But the reason for the break up was mostly due in part of her being more heavily involved in her church activities and college classes to the point where she thought that a relationship would be a distraction. She prayed that he would find another gal soon, or that maybe later in life, their paths may cross again.

Something that stood out to me though, he said SHE was focused on career, and him...both career AND marriage. Apparently she can't do both?

I think you'd rarely see a man breaking up with a woman for the same reason she's breaking up with him though. As I'm the same way when a woman says, "I can't date right now, I am focused <insert life goals here>. I'm like "Can you not do both?"

This was the apostle Paul speaking. And before he became the apostle Paul, when he was called Saul, he was a persecutor of the church, of those who put their faith and their trust in Jesus Christ to be Lord and Savior of their lives. For he was convinced that they were a false sect which was opposed to Judaism and to God and that they needed to be stopped. But he was wrong, and Jesus (in a vision) one day met him on the road to Damascus where he was headed to persecute even more Christians, and the rest is history.

The man who had once been a persecutor of Christians was now a firm believer in Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior, and who worshipped the one and only true God – Father, Son Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit. Now he was among the persecuted for his faith in the Lord Jesus. For now he was a minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ, called of God to take the full message of the gospel of our salvation to the Jews and to the Gentiles. And this was his calling of God given him through the words of Jesus Christ:


And to turn from darkness to light is to turn away from our sins to now follow Jesus Christ, who is the Light, and to walk in the light of his righteousness and of his gospel message, in obedience to his commands. And to turn from the power of Satan to God is to be crucified with Christ in death to sin and raised with him to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin. So we are not to let sin reign anymore in our mortal bodies, to make us obey its passions. For if sin is what we obey, it leads to death. But if we obey obedience to God, its end is eternal life with God.

[Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Titus 2:11-14; Ephesians 4:17-24]

But, when Saul became the apostle Paul, and he began teaching the message of the gospel of Jesus Christ to the people, he then became the enemy of many who opposed his message, just as he had once opposed that message, too. And so he was hated, persecuted, chastised, beaten, falsely accused of wrong, and falsely imprisoned, although not for any wrong that he had done, but only because he was sharing with the people the message of Jesus Christ and of his gospel of salvation.

But he did not let that stop him, even when others who had once supported him abandoned him and turned against him, and when those who once followed him were being led astray by false teachers, and so many of them were beginning to doubt his words and to believe the lies. In all of this, in all the beatings and persecutions and false accusations against his character, he remained faithful to the Lord in serving the Lord and in continuing to share the true message of the gospel of our salvation.

But at this point in his ministry, he was convinced that he did not have much longer to live. He knew that his enemies were plotting his demise, and so he gave his parting words to Timothy, his brother in Christ and his fellow servant and laborer in the teaching of the true gospel of our salvation. But so strong was his faith that he could say that he had “fought the good fight,” and that he had “finished the race,” and he had “kept the faith.” And now what awaited him was the “crown of righteousness” given him by the Lord.

But this wasn’t for Paul alone. This treasure in heaven awaits all who love the Lord Jesus Christ, who have been crucified with him in death to sin, and who have been raised with him to walk in newness of life in him, no longer as slaves to sin, but as slaves of God and of his righteousness. This is what awaits all of us who are walking in obedience to his commands, in practice, and who are no longer walking in sin. This is our hope of eternal life with God in heaven for all who, in truth, love and long for his appearing.

But sadly, not everyone who professes the name of Jesus Christ belongs to Christ. Not all who say, “Lord, Lord,” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only those DOING (obeying) the will of God the Father, which is expressed for us in his written word, the Scriptures. For all who continue walking in sin, and not in righteousness and holiness, and not in faithful walks of obedience to our Lord and to his commands, they do not know God. They are not in fellowship with God, and they do not have eternal life with God.

So, please take this time, if you have not already, to examine your own hearts before the Lord Jesus and to ask him if your lives are surrendered to him as Lord, and if you are walking in his ways, in his truth, in his righteousness, and in obedience to his commands, in practice. Are your daily lives committed to him and to his will for your lives, or are you still living for the sinful pleasures of the flesh and for what you want out of life? Can you honestly say with Paul that you have fought the good fight, and finished the race, and kept the faith? Or are you still living for your own pleasure?

[Matt 7:21-23; Lu 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14; Rom 12:1-2; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Co 10:1-22; 2 Co 5:10,15,21; Gal 5:16-24; Gal 6:7-8; Eph 2:8-10; Eph 4:17-32; Eph 5:3-6; Col 1:21-23; Col 3:1-17; Titus 2:11-14; 1 Jn 1:5-10; 1 Jn 2:3-6,24-25; 1 Jn 3:4-10; 1 Peter 1:15; 1 Pet 2:24; Heb 3:1-19; Heb 4:1-13; Heb 10:23-31; Heb 12:1-2; Rev 21:8,27; Rev 22:14-15]

As the Deer

By Martin J. Nystrom
Based off Psalm 42:1

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

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

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After the immunity ruling, Trump's team was able to argue that if the alleged crimes were in fact committed as part of Trump's work on the election, then those acts were official acts per the Court's guidance, and therefore not eligible for prosecution.
There were concerns that, should Trump undergo sentencing on July 11, he could have been hauled off to prison and prevented from accepting his party's nomination in person. With the moving of the date to September, Trump will now be able to attend the Milwaukee convention, accept that nomination, speak to his delegates, and campaign into September unencumbered by lawfare.
This is a win for Americans who want an honest and fair election. Now Merchan can only keep Trump from campaigning for a month and a half, albeit the last days of the campaign are the most critical.

JOSHUA 2:1-24

The other “Spy Story” involves “two” spies. Yehoshua (Joshua) sends them out to spy out “Jericho” They arrive at the house of “Rahab” a prostitute, she hides them and expresses her faith in the “unseen God of the Hebrews” From verses 9 to 13 we read of her faith.

She hid the spies because the king of Jericho somehow found out that they had come to her. She risked her own life and the life of her family by hiding them on the roof.

“Our lives for yours” were the words of the spies when they left through the window by a rope. (vs 14) but faith needs action, (faith without works is dead) to show her faith, she needed to tie a scarlet cord in the window, so that when the Israelite army came, Rahab and her family would be saved.

This reminds us of Passover, that when the angel of death saw the “red” (blood) on the doorposts, the angel would “pass over” all who were in the house. In the case of Rahab and her family, they were saved from destruction, by obeying the mandate to;

“Bind this line of scarlet cord in the window…” (2:18).

Read chapter 6:25. Rahab and her family were taken from Jericho to the Israelite camp, just like the Israelites were taken from Egypt to (eventually) the promised land. Rahab received a new start and got exposed to a "new God" the ONLY God. She is part of the line that led to our Messiah Yeshua.

In our case, Yeshua is saying “My life for yours” What do we have to do? “Just believe and accept his one-time-only sacrifice” for all of our sins, past, present, and future. And we pass from the “camp” of sin to the “camp” of Adonai.

LUKE 17:1-18:43

Yeshua teaches here that “stumbling blocks” are inevitable, they will come into our lives, we will fall, yet we will get up again, that is part of the life of a believer. Our lives are like riding “roller-coasters” at times we are “up” and at times we are “down” because we are in our sinful bodies, yet it will only be “up” when we get into our “new bodies” in Heaven. Yeshua also speaks of forgiveness, which at times seems hard to do, especially when a person commits the same sin against us time after time, after time. YET we are COMMANDED to forgive. This can not come from the carnal man, only from the spirit-filled man (and woman).

Yeshua also speaks of “servanthood” Why do we do the things we do? To get special treatment or rewards? Or…because that which we do is expected of us from the Master? Yes, we are HIS servants, and because we ARE we do what we do using our spiritual gifts. YET Adonai has already promised rewards in heaven, but we shouldn’t do what we do because of the future rewards, but out of love for what HE has done for US on Calvary’s Tree.

Shalom

With work and school and just life I feel I've gotten far from God I don't spend much time with him.

When I do have time Im too anxious and depleted to do so sometimes.

Could you give me a step by step In a day devotion with God looks like for you?

I asked this in another thread but couldn't get any real answer to it. It seems to me, no one here has been swayed away from their choice in the last election by anything that's happened since then. Trump voters are still very much Trump voters and Biden voters are still very much voting for Biden, so long as he remains the Democratic nominee.

Entering into a Strange an Unfamiliar chapter in life.
In the physical world I've had one dependency as a man most of my adult life.
The Lord Has taken Her out of my life..
The Door that was open for a place to live locally closed Shortly Before hand as well..
Have purchased a ticket to an undisclosed location and while at the store waiting in line to put the money on the card.. noticed my cellphone was warm so I pulled it out of my pocket and the camera was on..
The very bottom corner I noticed the image of A lion that has Joshua 1:9 on it.
For a few weeks prior I kept seeing different verses saying the same thing.
Brothers from my local church in which I have attended dont want me to go.
Feels very clearly as though I should.. prayed over this many times and so far the urge to go hasn't changed.
No in fact now people are giving me means to afford food once I reach my destination as unemployed and homeless currently.
Just can't help but feel like this has to happen.

In Fort Worth, a derelict litter of puppies was rescued by police officers from roasting in the heat of a 100-degree day.

Left by their previous owner closed in a carrier without water, they were fortunate enough to be found by a good Samaritan who called the authorities. Tarrant County police and animal control arrived to take custody and get some fluids into the pups.

The police noted that the parking lot where the puppies were found lacked the necessary security camera coverage to ascertain the identity of whatever pathological owner left them there.

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Pray by saying, "O Heavenly Father, In Jesus Christ's Name & By The Power & Grace Of The Holy Spirit, there will be No war between Israel & Hizbullah":

The next terrifying war: Israel v Hizbullah

Here is some good news. The US Marshals in a six week operation recovered 200 critically missing children, 123 were found to be in "dangerous conditions" This was part of an operation called We Will Find You 2 conducted by the US Marshals, National Center For Missing And Exploited Children (NCMEC), and other groups.

NCMEC is also part of an international organization called International Center For Missing And Exploited Children (ICMEC).

FBI, ATF participate in parade

The recent San Francisco Pride Parade featured nude adults walking around in front of children and a "Fetish Zone" where men urinated on each other in a kiddie pool and performed other sex acts.

Multiple reporters on the ground over the weekend posted graphic footage on X of the annual event that receives millions in donations from corporations and civic organizations in San Francisco. The ATF and FBI also participated in the parade, according to footage obtained by TENET Media.

TENET Media field reporter Taylor Hansen interviewed multiple nude men on the street who attempted to justify their public nudity in front of children as natural and sometimes even good for them.

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There are 2 big doctrines I haven't figured out yet.

1. Are the Holy Spirit gifts still available today like healing, speaking in tongues, prophecy, and more?
2. Is Predestination True?
3. Is the pre-tribulation rapture true?

These are what I want to figure out, I have not finished reading the entire Bible because I'm stuck on those 3 doctrines.

It is one of the strengths of our American culture that we know how to make everything bigger and better. It is one of the weaknesses of the American church that we apply this same mentality to our pastors and leaders. We know how to turn servants into superstars!

How foreign this is to the New Testament mindset, where being a top leader meant persecution more than popularity and rejection more than recognition. In the early Church, as a senior leader, you were more likely to be executed than exalted. Today, ministry is the path to stardom and success. How did we fall so far?

It is one thing to have a platform that reaches millions. We can be thankful to God for that.

It is another thing to become a celebrity Christian.

It is one thing to pastor a massive mega-congregation. That is a sacred entrustment.

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DAR GLOBAL STRENGTHENS ONGOING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION BY ANNOUNCING SECOND COLLABORATION AND FUTURE LAUNCH OF TRUMP TOWER JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA​

Dar Global, the luxury international real estate developer, and The Trump Organization, renowned for its prestigious properties and iconic developments worldwide, have announced plans to develop a new project in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. This new agreement builds on the tremendous success of The Trump International Oman project

Targeting the luxury Saudi Arabian market and international investors, this development significantly advances Dar Global's growth strategy of capitalizing on opportunities across key cities in the Kingdom. As the international arm of the Saudi mega-developer Dar Al Arkan, this new project marks Dar Global's debut in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Eric Trump, Executive Vice President of The Trump Organization, said: "We are thrilled to expand our footprint in the Middle East

The word determined Strongs: 2852. chathak cut , cut off, is translated as "determined or decreed" this word is foundational to the SDA interpretation of Daniel 9:24 for it is the word that connects the prophecy of Daniel 9 to the prophecy of Daniel 8 without this word the likelihood of the connection almost disappears. The following link is to the Marcus Jastrow "Hebrew Aramaic dictionary" which searches the other Jewish works for the usages of this word to amplify and expound on the meaning of 2852. the first is the Strongs lexical summary from biblehub, the second & third are the Jastrow entries. I have linked to pages 512,513 separately. I didn't want to take the risk that someone might miss it. I also highlighted in Blue where on the page it is. there are 2 columns right and left. The word is a variation of the word "cut". so look down the page until you see a Hebrew word that has the word "cut" by it. there is 1 entry on 512, and multiple entries on 513.

1. Strong's Hebrew: 2852. חָתַך (chathak) -- to divide, determine

2. A dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli, and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic literature : Jastrow, Marcus, 1829-1903 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive page 512
to cut, right column 2/3 of the way down

3. A dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli, and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic literature : Jastrow, Marcus, 1829-1903 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive page 513

right column 3/4 of the way down through the left column to 3/4 of the way down

I cannot link because of language but it is easily found. David Harsanyi is a senior editor at The Federalist,

Vice President Kamala Harris falsely claimed that former President Donald Trump would pass a national abortion ban following the former president's debate with Joe Biden.

"Donald Trump would ban abortion nationwide," the vice president wrote in a Sunday X post. "President [Joe Biden] and I will do everything in our power to stop him and restore women's reproductive freedom."

A community note beneath the post cited multiple media outlets that reported on Trump's abortion stance, providing links to the articles. According to the community note, "President Trump has repeatedly said he will not sign a national abortion ban."

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Criminal Steve Bannon, who helped plot the attempted insurrection with convicted felon Donald Trump, is blessed by a Catholic priest before beginning his prison sentence. He appears to give a brief Nazi salute with his left hand before the blessing. Login to view embedded media
Bannon recently gave an interview to the NYT, excerpted below:

President Trump is a peacemaker. He wants to go in and negotiate and figure something out as a deal maker. I think 75 percent of our movement would want an immediate, total shutdown — not one more penny in Ukraine, and massive investigations about where the money went. On the southern border and mass deportations, I don’t think President Trump’s close to where we are. They all got to go home.

Also, on artificial intelligence, we’re virulently anti-A.I. I think big regulations have to come. President Trump is a kindhearted person. He’s a people person, right?

We win, we pick up five or six seats — we have 55 seats in the Senate. We pick up five or six seats in the House, and we have the executive branch. And this time, we have much more savvy and understanding.

What does the Justice Department look like? What kinds of changes would Trump make?

I think they’ll hit it with a blowtorch.

The MAGA movement controls the Republican Party and backs President Trump. So yes, Trump is a revolution — remember, General Washington, the revolution and the foundation, and then Lincoln, the birth of the new America. And he’s the most nationalist guy we’ve ever had. Remember, fighting the Civil War, as a warlord, to make sure that we were a nation. Remember, he’s a nationalist.

I hate to say this, but Trump’s the third. Trump is taking America back to its more constitutional Republic for the third time, and that drives the credentialed left nuts because he’s not just a class traitor, he’s a low-end guy from Queens.

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Blessings, indeed.