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Paul, along with Silvanus (Silas) and Timothy, wrote this letter to the believers in Jesus Christ in Thessalonica. And as we read this first chapter together, I would like for us to imagine the letter is being written to us, and for us to consider how much of this might be applied to our lives today.

1 Thessalonians 1:2-10 ESV


Now, all this is not going to apply to us specifically, but I see maybe four or five main points here which describe the kind of character we should have as followers of Jesus Christ. So, as we read this we should ask the Lord to show us what applies to our lives and where we need to change.

Labor of Love

We, as followers of Jesus Christ, should be those of strong faith in our Lord, who have died with him to sin and who are living to him and to his righteousness, in daily practice. And we should be doing the works of God which he prepared in advance that we should walk in them (Ephesians 2:10). We should be laboring for the Lord, doing the work he has called us to do, and doing so in steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus. For we should see that we now belong to Christ and that he is the one directing our lives.

Chosen by God

I love what this says here, how the apostles recognized that these Christians were chosen by God, because they didn’t just accept the gospel in word only, but they were those who were putting the faith of the gospel into practice in their daily lives. They were living what they said they believed, and they were not just mouthing words of faith in the Lord. But this was not a casual thing for them, but they were passionately operating in the power of God and in the Holy Spirit, and with full conviction of truth.

Imitators of Christ

Now, this kind of imitating is not the mocking kind or the kind that is just pretending to be someone else. This means we are literally modeling our lives after Jesus Christ and his life which he lived when he was on the earth. It means we are becoming like him in character via the Lord conforming us to his likeness, as we cooperate fully with God’s work of grace in our lives. And if there are truly godly people in your life, you can follow their example, but be careful, for not many people are surrendered to Jesus Christ.

Sharing the Gospel

These believers in Jesus Christ received the word of God in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit. Now, if you are serious about your walk with the Lord Jesus, and if you are living holy lives, dedicated to the Lord and to his service, and if you are sharing the truth of the gospel, and if you are exposing the lies, you are going to be afflicted, for you are going to be hated, rejected, and persecuted. But we are to accept that as part of what it means to follow Jesus, and to do so with joy.

And because of their walks of faith, and their willingness to suffer for the sake of the gospel, these people became an example to other believers in Jesus Christ, so they literally modeled what the Christian life should look like. For, not only were they sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ, but they were living the gospel. Their lives were surrendered to Christ, they were dying daily to sin and to self, and they were following the Lord Jesus in obedience to his commands (New Covenant).

Turn from Idols to Serve God

And here they modeled the message of the gospel of Christ by how they lived their lives. For they turned away from sin and from idols to serve the living and true God, to do what he commands, and to follow our Lord Jesus wherever he led them, and to say whatever he told them to say. They were not those who were giving lip service only to the Lord, but they were walking the talk. They were living and they were modeling for others what they professed with their lips. All glory and praise to our Lord Jesus Christ!

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Full Release

An Original Work / April 15, 2012

Walking daily with my Savior
brings me joy.
Loving Father; precious Jesus;
He’s my Savior and my Lord.
Gently leads me; follow Him.
I’ve invited Him within.
Now abiding in His presence,
oh, what peace.
From my self-life
He has brought me,
By His mercy, full release.

Hope and comfort,
peace and safety Jesus brings
When I daily bow before Him;
Obey freely; do His will.
Follow Him where’er He leads.
Listen to Him; His words heed.
Now obeying his words fully,
oh, what love
That He gives me
through salvation,
By His Spirit, from above.

Loving Father; precious Jesus,
He’s my friend.
With my Savior, by His Spirit,
I will endure to the end.
Share the gospel, tell what’s true.
Witness daily; His will do.
Tell the world of how their Savior
bled and died.
On a cruel cross He suffered
So that we might be alive.

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Something interesting- it makes sense to say that God created time, He is outside time, He is not bound by it! However did God also create cause and effect? I am leaning toward yes as God created all things and is not bound by anything, nothing at all! If God created cause and effect He is not bound by it, God is outside of cause and effect! It is pretty wild to think about this!

The audit noted a litany of problems that occurred through lax oversight. There was no evidence that FBI fingerprint checks were conducted for 174 out of 229 EIS employees and that while such checks were conducted for 25 employees they failed to conduct such a procedure in a timely manner. Only for 30 employees did such checks occur in a timely manner. Background checks for child abuse and neglect were only conducted in a timely fashion for 9 EIS employees out of 229. For the rest, the vast majority did not have any such check documented. It further noted that the ORR waived its own Child Abuse and Neglect check requirement for 51 employees out of 200.
The whole process is sick and twisted. I can't express my disgust when Mayorkas claimed ignorance on the bracelets, or that the Biden administration lost track of 85,000 children.

We often hear that the Catholic Church has forbidden the reading of the Bible! Have you heard this? Yeah, me too! But, this is another one of those big myths which has worked its way into the popular dialog but one that has not been proved from Church teaching and documents.

There are two good list of quotes from Church documents and leaders of the Church from the early centuries until today.

The second is a list of Catholic Bibles from ancient times that prove the charge against the Catholic Church false, since the Forewords and Prefaces prove that the Catholic Church PROMOTED the reading of Scripture.

Here is the beginning of a long article which gives a TON of information on this topic and proves the Catholic Church has not forbidden the reading of Scripture — but quite the contrary, it has always promoted the reading and study of Scripture by the faithful.

In three parts:

Continued below.

“It’s wrong for members of Congress to traffic in anti-Semitic tropes about Israel,” McCarthy told the Washington Free Beacon. “As long as I’m Speaker, we are going to support Israel’s right to self-determination and self-defense, unequivocally and in a bipartisan fashion.”
Too many people have been silent for too long against efforts to reshape our culture. Racism has no place in America.

The Pope spoke about the Latin Mass in a private conversation with Jesuits on the second day of his April 28–30 trip to Budapest, Hungary.

Pope Francis said he implemented one of the changes of Traditionis custodes, the 2021 motu proprio restricting the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass, because the allowances granted by his predecessors were “being used in an ideological way.”

The Pope spoke about the Latin Mass in a private conversation with Jesuits on the second day of his April 28–30 trip to Budapest, Hungary. The text of the April 29 meeting with Jesuits was published by the Jesuit journal La Civiltà Cattolica on May 9.

During the question and answer session, Pope Francis said he was concerned about a “reaction against the modern,” or what he calls in Italian “indietrismo,” which translates in English to “backwardness.”

“It is a nostalgic disease,” he said, explaining that this is the reason why he made it necessary for priests ordained after July 16, 2021, to seek authorization from their bishop and the Holy See to offer Mass according to the 1962, pre-Vatican II liturgical books, what is commonly referred to as the Latin Mass.

Continued below.

Sad, very sad.

The excommunication starts at 4:57


Fourth Sunday of Easter, 4/30/2023

Matthew 18:15-17 ESV


Have you ever tried to do this? If so, how did it go? In my experience, it didn’t go so well. Sometimes it did, but most times it didn’t. For this is not something that is generally practiced today within the gatherings of the church (or what is falsely being called “church”). For one, from what I have observed, most people will not confront others who have sinned against them, at least not in a kind and loving manner and with the end goal of reconciliation.

What I have often found to be the case is that they would rather cut those people who have sinned against them out of their lives rather than to speak the truth in love to them about their sins with the end goal that the others will repent and will turn from their sins and that there will be reconciliation. For it is easier for them to gossip about the offenders and to vent to other people about the wrong done to them rather than, in love, to help those who have sinned against them to have changed hearts and lives.

Now, to a certain degree, I sympathize with them, for it doesn’t always go so well if you do lovingly confront others with their sins against you. Sometimes they will get angry with you, or they will deny that they have done you wrong. And we do need to make certain that we do not accuse others wrongfully of what they did not do. I have had that done to me more than once, kind of like Job’s friends did to him. So, we do have to have real evidence that a sin actually occurred and that we were not mistaken.

But in cases where there were no witnesses and the others deny they did anything wrong, then it is really hard to prove you were actually sinned against, like in cases of emotional and mental abuse which leave no physical scars, and so there is no proof of wrongdoing. And then there are cases where the one doing the sinning is in a protected status, such as a man who gives a lot of money to the church. No one will go against him, even if they know the evil he is doing and continues to do to others.

And even if those who have sinned admit their sin, and they do not deny it, but they also are those who sin habitually without any genuine repentance, if they will not repent, and if they will not change their wicked ways, if you try to tell a pastor, for instance, hoping he will do something, chances are pretty good he will do nothing. For confronting sin in sinful human beings is not something most want to do today, for they are more concerned about not offending the sinners than they are about doing what is right.

Now, I am certainly not saying that no one is doing what this passage teaches, but from my experience I have not witnessed much of this being done or being done right, and sometimes the one who is trying to confront others ends up being treated as though he is the one sinning, instead of the other way around. And, again, this goes largely to the fact that it is not a popular thing to do today to confront anyone in their sins, and it has to do with those “protected” individuals, too, who no one will touch.

So, ideally this is the way it should be done, but we don’t live in an ideal world, not even within the gatherings of the church (or what is called “church”). And so much of the church has now gone the way of the world, and rather than confronting sinners with their sin they are placating them in their sin, or they are ignoring their sin, or they are telling them that their sins no longer matter to God. And so they are literally giving their adherents permission to continue living in sin, even knowing they are hurting others.

So, we live in a mixed up world where those who are doing right are often accused of wrongdoing while those who are doing evil are often lifted up and approved and even praised. The truly righteous are looked down upon while the truly evil are applauded. And this isn’t just in the world this is happening, but this is happening within the gatherings of the church (or what is called “church”). There is so much crooked stuff that goes on behind the scenes in a lot of “churches.” And many pastors are not men of God but they are charlatans building their earthly kingdoms.

Again, I am not saying that all congregations or that all people professing faith in Jesus Christ are like this, but from what I have observed from many years of experience in multiple locations, and from what I have listened to and read in people’s sermons and in the books they write, and from many years of serving in areas of ministry within the gatherings of the church, including being a “church planter,” along with my husband, twice, and from attending their training classes, this is the norm, not the exception.

But regardless of what others do or don’t do, we should always do what is right, even if we get mistreated in return, or even if we end up being treated like the “bad guy” while the truly bad guys get away with their evil, which happens a lot these days. But we should exercise good judgment in this, and if a woman has been sinned against by a man, I believe she should not try to confront that man on her own. But there again, she may not get any volunteers to go with her, either, or even have others who will believe her.

[Jn 3:19-20; 2 Thes 2:9-10; 2 Thes 3:1-2; Jas 1:19-21; 3 Jn 1:10; Matt 7:21-23; Matt 15:18-20; Mk 7:20-22; Lu 6:45; Lu 13:26-28; Jn 5:28-29; Rom 1:29-32; Rom 2:6-10; 1 Co 6:9-10; 2 Co 5:10; Gal 5:16-21; Eph 5:3-6; Col 3:5-11; Heb 3:12; 1 Pet 3:12; 1 Jn 1:5-10; 1 Jn 2:3-6; 1 Jn 3:4-10]

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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The Japanese imperial old monk and a beautiful woman were playing together. Yin Jiro greeted them and said, "You and this beautiful lady are so happy to watch flowers together." The old imperial monk said, "Bastard, this is My Daughter!"

They say that Adam (Male and Female) was the Crown of Creation, yet by far, most heterosexual Males will tell you that, the Female constitutes the primary Jewel of the Crown which gives him Value (self worth), She is a Cache full of Precious Gems, and without which he sees himself as just another sweaty head band, hoping to one day metamorphose into the Crown he knows he can be.



I personally am such a heterosexual Male, who however believes first things should be (or come) first, I have been practicing abstinence since the day I was Called from on High (1986), I also believe that we should all strive to be the best we can be, and not let anything or anyone Discourage, Dissuade or Detour us in this endeavor;



For when we give it our all, we sleep well at night, even the regretful things cannot be regretted when we known that we are sincerely trying to incline appropriately, and attain unto whatsoever is in our ability to achieve appropriate things.



Yet to pull this off we will need a Good Competent and Able Sovereign Author upon whom we can Trust and Rely, to save us (primarily) from ourselves, who only seem to know enough to get ourselves into trouble, reaping things that we have no desire to reap, and settling for less (in our own personal esteem):



(Hypothetically) We can all have the same…,Whatever, but (Theoretically) those who acquire or attain unto such things ill begottenly, those things will neither satisfy nor equate in value to Whatsoever is attained or acquired appropriately by others who were otherwise seeking to acquire or attain unto the very same thing.



As Children, we want what we want when we want it, of course this want (desire) is subject to change (and be forgotten or abandoned) the moment we get whatever we imagined we needed so bad.



Herein lies the perverse propensity lurking in the crevices of a foolish or immature imagination to perceive a Desire as a Necessity, and subsequently a thing to pursue First.



If I truly Want (Lack and subsequently Desire) something, then I should First Seek what is Necessary to attain and or achieve that Lacking yet Desired thing, so that I may dowse the flame of my Desire satisfactorily, for (according to Proverbs) the hearts desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

Or how can we say, that we truly desire something when we are willing to do anything and everything, but what is required to attain or achieve that thing lawfully?


Yet a wise Child will earnestly pray to be given only appropriate desires, and have any inappropriate desires removed and barred from them, or what Child knows enough to discern between appropriate and inappropriate, or what child should depend upon an incompetent Child for Guidance and Direction?



Adam is clearly a Microcosm of Adamah (Earth) as Kha’vah (Eve) represents the Oxygen (Life Giving properties) of Shameyim (Heaven) (the Earth’s Atmosphere), together they constitute the World, otherwise referred to as the מלכות Kingdom, the very same word renders Queen;



Thus Females represent the Seat of Divine Authority, as Males represent the Divine Footstool, for Heaven is his Throne, and the Earth is his Footstool, where he rests his feet, or rather, puts his foot down.



We are instructed to Seek the מלכות Kingdom/Queen First and her Righteousness [Divine Justification], and all of our basic necessities would be provided.



Every parable spoken by Yeshua pertained to מלכות the Kingdom/Queen, whom the prophet Yeshayahu (Isaiah 51) likens unto Sarah [lit., the Dominion], and the Cavity (Heaven) from which we were Excavated, with Abvraham being depicted as the Rock (Earth) from which we were Quarried, and the Righteousness of Yah whom we are to Seek.



Nevertheless, Heaven declares ‘Women and Children Rule over my People’, which is to say, there are No Men governing over us, No One Mature enough to be rightfully called a Man;



Subsequently all Womankind is as a Widow with Child, if only she knew how to raise (and wean) him to be a Mature being, and united with a Wife, then he would qualify to be called a (whole) Man, he would that is, in the estimation of a Worldly standard, but from a Divine perspective he would be deemed No Man, but reckoned as Alohym.



The most common Crime/Sin committed by Women is when they refer to a male Child as a Man, the second most common Crime/Sin committed by a Woman is her neglect and or abandonment in her responsibility to raise (and wean) her Child, but rather keep him symbiotic, and dependent on her, and thereby establish proof that he is but a Child.



Girls, many Guys are depending on you to do your behalf, that they (the Males) may also qualify to perform their behalf, the question is, are we truly willing to do what it takes to satisfy necessary requirements, or should we continue to pursue our inept imaginations just to end up glorifying something that is yet short of the glory?



There is no greater gift or propensity than to have and exercise than the ability to please the one seated on the throne, however to do so Conscientiously, it requires us to Know him, wherefore we study his Word to align our Walk and Talk to draw closer to him, in an acceptable fashion.

In my personal estimation, there is only one context in which we are all truly equal, and that is, we all have the ability to Please or Displease our Maker, let us strive to put a smile upon his face.

Shalom❤️

Please pray that Frank is found. His Mom has not heard from him in 5 days. He is in another town and the police have not been able to locate him either. Thank you for your prayers. God bless.

I have a few questions for anyone interested in answering …

Was the last supper and the Seder the same meal eaten by Jesus and the disciples or was it a different meal?

Though there are some similarities, I think they were different and here’s why …

First off the last supper was eaten on the Eve of the 14th and the Seder is eaten on the 15th



During the last supper there was the washing of feet
Dipping of bread
No mention of eating lamb
Nor of bitter herbs
There was the breaking of bread but it was not hidden like the afikomen but given to be eaten signifying his body to be broken for many
A cup of wine signifies his blood of the new covenant
Promises were made
Nazarene vow made

I’m asking if anyone sees similarities or differences to comment

A similar note I see is that there were prophetic utterances announced in both meals

Thanks

Okay so, I've been on here so many times trying to analyze my relationship with my bf... I'm calling it off. He's not ready to marry me, we came very close to committing "all the way" kind of sexual sin, and in general I don't respect him as I should.

However. In the last 24 hours I've said some very mean things to him. He said he was hurt, I did a 180 and asked him not to break up (I felt dread in me when he said he was hurt, but I didn't want him to break up with me, I wanted to be the one to do it). He said we need to take a break until Saturday.

I wrote him an apology I intend to read him, because he's a person and deserves not to be sinned against (my foul words). Once I'm done reading that, I want to then politely tell him I want to break up.

Two thoughts I have:
1) after I apologize, ask him what he wants to do and hope he says break up
2) tell him I want to break up right after I apologize

I don't want to tell him I disrespect him, except--I already did last night.

So how would I politely word it that we should end things? He made mistakes on his part and I don't want to minimize those; I had told him I want to get married and he didn't take much initiative at all to move us along towards that. It's been a year and he should know by now if he wants to get married. I mean, I could just say that?

Can someone tell me with complete confidence what ἐλέγξει means in John 16:8?

The word can be translated to have multiple meanings and it’s sorta breaking my brain as to what John 16:9-11 means then.

Remember what McCarthy said, "McCarthy: Santos Will Get Committee Assignments Because He Hasn’t Been Criminally Charged"

What now?

its common sense that woman want a good looking, tall , strong guy who has money. why would woman settle for average/unattractive short men who dont have money when they can get much better? stop trying to change women and tell them who they should date and be together with. you cant change biology. women work the way they do because thats how God made them. some guys act like they are owned something.

And just when did WATER BAPTISM END ?

Just looking at the 3 other web site that I am on , Water Baptism is being believed , for salvation an as a Gospel for today , as written in Mark 16:15 and 16 ?

Or will water Baptism make a come back ?

Especially , since Water Baptism was only given to Israel , as written in John 1:31 .

What say you ?

dan p

Former US president Donald Trump sexually abused magazine writer E Jean Carroll and then defamed her by branding her a liar, a jury in a civil trial has decided, but the jurors found he did not rape her.

HOW ALEXANDER THE GREATS CONQUEST DOES NOT FIT INTO DANIEL 8

According to Dan 8:19 the vision in Dan 8 pertains to the final period of indignation or the end of the end times, which disqualifies Alexander the Great’s conquest because it took place in 331 BC, which is before the end times began.
Dan. 8:19 He said, “Behold, I am going to let you know what will occur at the final period of the indignation, for it pertains to the appointed time of the end.

Since the vision pertains to the end of the end times and Media and Persia are no longer called by these names, this tells us that these ancient names, which are found in Dan 8:20 are symbolic of the names of these regions in the end of the end times. Today Media is called Iraq and Persia is called Iran. The fact that the vision takes place in the end of the end times and these ancient kingdoms and their ancient names are no longer in existence, disqualifies Alexander the Greats conquest as the fulfillment of Dan 8, since Alexander the Great’s conquest took place in 331 BC, which is before the end times began and he defeated Persia, which in the vision of the end of the end times symbolically represents Iran. The vision in Dan 8 depicts a war that involves the kings of Iran and Iraq, which supports the idea that the two horns symbolized King Ayatollah Khmeini of Iran and Saddam Hussein of Iraq. Saddam Hussein was the longer horn that came up last as described in Dan 8:3
Dan 8:20 “The ram which you saw with the two horns represents the kings of Media and Persia.
Dan 8:3 Then I lifted my gaze and looked, and behold, a ram which had two horns was standing in front of the canal. Now the two horns were long, but one was longer than the other, with the longer one coming up last.

The fact that Dan 8:20 and Dan 8:7 tell us the shaggy goat with the large conspicuous horn defeats both the kings of Media and Persia, disqualifies Alexander the Greats’ conquest as the fulfillment of Dan 8 because he only defeated King Darius of Persia. At the time Alexander the Great’s Conquest took place there was no kingdom or king of Media. In contrast to this, Iran and Iraq were in existance during the Persian Gulf War and King Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran took part in the Persian Gulf War when he agreed to trade with Iraq if an embargo was imposed and he allowed King Saddam Hussein of Iraq to hide his Air Force in Iran to keep it from being destroyed by the Shaggy Goat that came from the west, which symbolized the US led coalition of 34 nations.
Dan 8:20 “The ram which you saw with the two horns represents the kings of Media and Persia.
Dan 8:7 I saw him come beside the ram, and he was enraged at him; and he struck the ram and shattered his two horns, and the ram had no strength to withstand him. So he hurled him to the ground and trampled on him, and there was none to rescue the ram from his power.

The fact that Dan 8:21 tells us that the large conspicuous horn is the first of the ten kings, which according to Dan 7:24 the antichrist arises from among, disqualifies the idea that the large conspicuous horn symbolized Alexander the Great, since Alexander the Great is dead and the Antichrist has not emerged on the scene yet. This disqualification adds to the fact that the vision pertains to the end of end times and Alexander the Greats’ conquest took place before the end times even began.
Dan. 8:5 While I was observing, behold, a male goat was coming from the west over the surface of the whole earth without touching the ground; and the goat had a conspicuous horn between his eyes.
Dan 8:21 “The shaggy goat represents the kingdom of Greece, and the large horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
Dan 7:24 ‘As for the ten horns, out of this kingdom ten kings will arise; and another will arise after them, and he will be different from the previous ones and will subdue three kings.

The fact that Dan 8:22 tells us that the large conspicuous horn between the goats eyes broke and in its place four conspicuous horns grew towards the four winds of heaven without the authority of the king of that nation, disqualifies the explanation that this symbolized when Alexander the Great died and the kingdom Greece divided into four regions that were given to four of his generals, because when Dan 8:22 states that the horn broke without the authority of the king it is depicting that the break up took place while the king was alive as opposed to the idea that the break up occurred as a result of the king dying. Furthermore Alexander the Great’s kingdom never divided into four regions when he died, it imploded when the generals he placed over the regions he conquered fought with one another until Rome seized control of the kingdom.
Dan 8:22 “The broken horn and the four horns that arose in its place represent four kingdoms which will arise from his nation, although not with his power.

The fact that horn between the goats eyes symbolizes the nation the first of the ten kings that the Antichrist arises from among, disqualifies the idea that the broken horn symbolized the break up of The Kingdom of Greece, since this idea destroys the ten-nation kingdom before the other nine kings emerge as well as the ten-nation kingdom becoming part of the fourth and final beast depicted in Rev 13:1. The ten horns in Rev 13:1 symbolize the ten-nation kingdom and the diadems symbolize the ten men who receive authority as kings when they join with the seven heads.
Rev. 13:1 And the dragon stood on the sand of the seashore. Then I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns were ten diadems, and on his heads were blasphemous names.

The fact that Dan.8:22 tells us that the horn brakes and it is place four conspicuous kingdoms arise without the authority of the king of that nation, supports the idea that it is not the nation that brakes up, but rather it is an entity within the nation that brakes up. This is what took place in Saudi Arabia after the Persian Gulf War when, without the authority of King Fahd, the dissident Muslims, led by Osama bin Laden, broke away from the main line Muslims, and this caused the dissident Muslims around the world to do the same and begin forming the four dissident Muslim kingdoms, which in accordance with Dan.8:22 began growing throughout the earth or towards the four winds of heaven. Jesus did not reveal the names of the kingdoms, but He did reveal to me that the four conspicuous kingdoms are made up of the proliferating dissident Muslims. As far as I can tell from my research the four conspicuous Muslim kingdoms include Al-Qaeda, Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas and Hezbollah. Dan.8:23 supports this revelation when it reveals that these four conspicuous kingdoms are committing transgressions, which are the terrorist acts that these four Muslim terrorist kingdoms have been committing throughout the earth.
Dan 8:8 Then the male goat magnified himself exceedingly. But as soon as he was mighty, the large horn was broken; and in its place there came up four conspicuous horns toward the four winds of heaven.
Dan 8:23 “In the latter period of their rule,
When the transgressors have run their course
A king will arise,
Insolent and skilled in intrigue.

The fact that Dan 7:24 tells us that the Antichrist emerges from among ten kings who emerge within a ten-nation kingdom that exists within the four conspicuous horns or the four Muslim terrorist kingdoms, disqualifies the idea that the four conspicuous horns found in Dan 8:8 symbolized the four regions some academics in Christianity erroneously claim the Kingdom of Greece was divided into when Alexander the Great died.
Dan 7:24 ‘As for the ten horns, out of this kingdom ten kings will arise; and another will arise after them, and he will be different from the previous ones and will subdue three kings.

In addition to the fact that according to Dan 8:23 these four conspicuous horns commit transgressions throughout the earth until the antichrist arises disqualifies that the break up of the Greek Empire after Alexander the Great died is the fulfillment of this verse the numerous regions that emerged did not commit transgressions throughout the earth and the antichrist did not arise out of any them while they were in existence.
Dan 8:23 “In the latter period of their rule,
When the transgressors have run their course,
A king will arise,
Insolent and skilled in intrigue.

When we take into consideration that the 10 diadems found in Rev. 13:1 symbolize the ten kings, that emerge within the ten-nation kingdom found in Dan 7:24, we can see that the large horn that Dan.8:8 tells us broke has to symbolize the nation the first of the ten kings arises from, which is described in Dan 8:21.
Rev. 13:1 And the dragon stood on the sand of the seashore. Then I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns were ten diadems, and on his heads were blasphemous names.
Dan 7:24 ‘As for the ten horns, out of this kingdom ten kings will arise; and another will arise after them, and he will be different from the previous ones and will subdue three kings
Dan 8:8 Then the male goat magnified himself exceedingly. But as soon as he was mighty, the large horn was broken; and in its place there came up four conspicuous horns toward the four winds of heaven.
Dan 8:21 “The shaggy goat represents the kingdom of Greece, and the large horn that is between his eyes is the first king.

Jesus revealed to me that the ten-nation kingdom is made up of those nations that surround Israel that are working together or as a kingdom to overthrow Israel and the ten kings that arise within the ten-nation kingdom are the emerging dominant leaders of the terrorist organizations that are working side by side with the kings of the ten-nation kingdom.

The fact that the horn between the shaggy goats eye symbolizes:
- the nation that helps the shaggy goat defeat the kings of Media (Iraq) and Persia (Iran), (Dan 8:5)
- the nation with the entity that breaks up without the authority of the king, which causes four
conspicuous kingdoms to grow throughout the earth (Dan 8:8)
- the nation that the first of the ten kings arises from (Dan 8:21 and Dan 7:24)
disqualifies the idea that the horn between the goats eyes that breaks symbolizes Alexander the Great’s death.

I would also like to add that because Dan 8:21 tells us that the horn between the goats eyes symbolizes the nation associated with the first of the ten kings, means that this nation is part of the fourth and final beast that the Antichrist will form and defeat Babylon the great, which obviously disqualifies the idea that the horn between the goats eyes symbolized Alexander the Great because he died and therefore cannot be part of the fourth beast that the Antichrist heads and Jesus destroys without human agency at His coming.
Dan 8:21 “The shaggy goat represents the kingdom of Greece, and the large horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
Dan 7:24 ‘As for the ten horns, out of this kingdom ten kings will arise; and another will arise after them, and he will be different from the previous ones and will subdue three kings.
Dan7:7 “After this I kept looking in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrifying and extremely strong; and it had large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed and trampled down the remainder with its feet; and it was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.

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Lately I've got this way of thinking that I don't want to follow rules and be someone's servant. When I pray to God I don't feel anything like I used to, the things I enjoy on earth make me happier than turning to God does.

I'm just wondering, why should we even care about going to Heaven? It seems like you have to fight every natural urge and desire you have just on the off-chance you might get to Heaven, despite the fact that we can't help our human nature and we didn't ask to exist I'm the first place. Isn't it better to go to Hell knowing you lived for yourself and didn't deny yourself happiness, than stressing out all the time on Earth just to then go to Heaven and continue being someone's servant for eternity? I feel like if I go to Hell at least I lived for myself and didn't let myself be bullied/strongarmed into following rules that I don't even really want to.


I used to be terrified of Hell and constantly try to please God, and I never felt as happy as I do when I just please myself and don't worry about it.

EDIT: I edited the OP because some were deliberately “misunderstanding” the original OP.

If your child, with two healthy arms, came to you and said they felt they needed a third arm, would you support surgery to have an arm attached?