My place of work may soon be closing and my apartment lease is over soon. Please pray that my work would stay open and I would keep my job and that I could stay in my current apartment since I like it. Thank you.

I've read a lot and have a sense of the odd things going on over the years. I have been away for ten years. Can anyone summarize what has transpired or what to expect? I have gone to Mass a few times.

SOAK IN SCRIPTURE

Chinese Government Targets Church Leaders

Bob Faulkner | Persecution 21st century

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Extreme Devotion, Pastor Wang

Bob Faulkner | Extreme Devotion

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Extreme Devotion, Pastor Li

Bob Faulkner | Extreme Devotion

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These last three sermons are in English and Chinese

揭发虚假的布道法 (一) - False Evangelism Exposed, Part 1

Paul Washer | Chinese Missionary Training

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揭发虚假的布道法 (二) - False Evangelism Exposed, Part 2

Paul Washer | Chinese Missionary Training

sermonaudio.com/sermon/52419623233147




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Former President Trump, who shared some of the Ruby Freeman tapes on Truth Social, offered his thoughts on the new revelations: “At first she thought that they had been caught, got VERY nervous, and wanted to “spill the beans” on everyone. Then the SOS, GBI, FBI, calmed her down, helped CLEAN her social media, took her away (for two months!). SHE THEN CHANGED HER STORY!”

Among other things, Freeman disclosed that she had met with representatives from the Georgia Secretary of State’s office, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Department of Justice in an apparent attempt to blow the whistle on the sketchy election-night activity at State Farm arena.

That activity included election workers apparently re-scanning absentee ballots and having improper access to voting computers via USB ports.

Revelation 20
1And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
-----Zelensky-----
2And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
----Putin/Devil (SATAN 2 MISSILES) ----
3And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
----Putin is Defeated ----
4And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
----1000 year Christian kingdom begins-----
5But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
----After 1000 years, the secular world begins again----
6Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
----new eternal bodies will be provided----
7And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
----Secular world begins----
8And 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.
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9And 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.
----secular world ends, again----
10And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
----secular world ends forever----
11And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
---- New Jerusalem (est.1875)----
12And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
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13And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
---- audit ----
14And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
---- punishment/resolve ----
15And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
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Hi everyone!

This is my first time posting to the video game community of CF.And I’m here to ask something that I’ve been thinking about.
So I’m a fan of a game series called FALLOUT,it’s a game based in a 1950s futuristic world that is destroyed by nuclear bombs and you play in post-apocalyptic world.

So I’ve been having some conscience issues about the game.Basically a player can choose to be a moral and good person or a bad and evil person.My character whom I play as,in all the versions I’ve played has always been good and all my in game choices have been based on biblical principles.I’ve always sided with allied factions that benefit the post apocalyptic nuclear society.

There are some shady things in the current version I play.Such as alcohol,Addictive/But beneficial chemicals that help your health and combat,combat situations with very evil people and monsters,Choices(which I’ve never chosen and never will) for players to be a homosexual or fornicator,cussing in some parts,choices to steal or rob,etc.

Needless to say,I don’t drink in the game,I don’t get my character addicted to the drugs,and when I accidentally do,I use a chemical that removes addictions,and I never steal or partake in sexual immorality.I even downloaded a mod that allows you to marry a companion of your choice.

I’m just curious as to what a Christian perspective on this matter would be.I don’t want to be playing a game that God doesn’t approve of.In the Fallout game I’m playing,but avoiding because of conscience warnings,FALLOUT 4,I’ve allied with the kindest and most supportive faction called the minutemen who aim to support and help people of the wasteland and fight for democracy and justice.

My wife works with me but isn't around me at all at the actual job, and then when i come home she barely talks to me and then goes and works a second job. She claims she spends time with me at home but really all she does is attend to herself or her grandma or her mom. I feel like i'm going crazy with all the alone time i get and it's hard enough not having a vehicle and having to live with her whole family in the same house. This is toxic for me but i won't give up because i don't believe in divorce. I've talked to her multiple times about this and she says she is listening but then just keeps on doing the same thing: working one job and the coming home for 2 seconds and then working the second job and coming back at 12:00AM-5:00AM when i'm going to bed. Nothing more depressing than feeling like i'm single in a marriage and feeling ignored. I have to pray hard for things to get better. I pray for her to want to spend time with me and it works for a day and then just back to "normal" which is not normal.

Allen Weisselberg, former President Donald Trump’s long-time chief financial officer, was sentenced by a New York judge to five months in jail for his role in a decade-long tax fraud scheme after testifying as the state’s witness against the Trump Organization.

Following the court hearing, Weisselberg, 75, is expected to report to Rikers Island, the notorious New York City jail, to begin serving his sentence immediately. He will be placed in an infirmary unit and not be part of the general population, a person familiar with the matter told CNN.

He pleaded guilty last August to 15 felonies in a deal with prosecutors. As part of the deal, he was required to testify truthfully at the trial of the Trump Organization, pay $2 million in back taxes, interest and penalties, and waive any right to appeal.

Weisselberg admitted he should have paid taxes on off-the-books compensation, totaling roughly $200,000 in one year, which included a luxury Manhattan apartment overlooking the Hudson River, two Mercedes Benz car leases, parking, utilities, furniture and private school tuition for his grandchildren.

This question came up on another thread in regards to Revelation 6:10 where the souls are asking the question of how long till their blood is avenged for. I’m specifically asking about praying for this on earth, not in heaven. Regardless of any end time position, I would like to see what others think.

I'm not talking about salvation.

I'm talking about while we are alive on this Earth.

For example shark attacks or diseases are rare, is it true God won't let either of that happen to a Christian that is living a good enough life?

And if a Christian is disobedient to God, does God allow bad things to happen to teach them to be more obedient?

Still learning here.

I am trying to understand why bad stuff happens, and come up with a reason.

There are some obvious reasons for example. You let someone immoral into your life because you find that particular person attractive enough that you overlook, and that person ends up turning on you.

I was told to be careful who I let very close into my personal life.

Disclaimer: just a rant of mine.

Ive posted about this before, but its not getting better. I dont want to go to hell (duh) but heaven really doesnt look much better. All I see are Christians going on about how they cant wait to worship forever at God's feet and I feel like crap cause tbh, that sounds horrible to me. Dont get me wrong, I have no problem worshipping att God's feet. In fact I look forward to it, but forever? Thats all we do? And its biblically backed as well that thats all we do?! I just dont know anymore. I dont want eternal pain, but I also dont want to be stripped of everything that makes me, me, and forced to do one thing forever. I just wanna stop existing at this point after death, cause neither option looks very good. Maybe im just not spiritual enough?! Idk, I just dont see why I should be excited about loosing all variety in life. Why should I be excited knowing that the things I love doing now (non sinful of course) will be squashed in the end?! Nothing matters! Cause everything I do will become useless, as im stuck in perpetual bowing and singing...idk man, whats the point? Why did God give me these desires to create, just to be like "yeahhhh nope, imma take that now". I dont understand!

IYO, what is obedience to Christ according to your denomination?

Some believe that Christ’s sacrifice and redemption was limited, or only for those with faith. It is said that Christ only died for those who would have faith in Him. But allow me to offer another model. I believe that Christ’s redemption on the cross and subsequent resurrection was for all, but only those who are of faith will inherit life in the resurrection. In other words, because of Christ, all humans will be resurrected from Adam’s universal, corporate judgement, but not all will enter the kingdom of heaven. That is only for those who believe the gospel and obtain the righteousness of Christ through the inheritance by kinship with Abraham.


So Christ’s righteousness entering the world resurrects each and every human being from Adam’s corporate judgment, but then they are judged as individuals (by Christ). Those who do not have Christ’s righteousness by faith in the gospel then have a second death and are thrown into the lake of fire.

Additionally, try to make sense of this apparent contradiction without this knowledge on resurrection:


This seems at first to be contradiction, but then you realize that Ezekiel is future prophecy. Numbers describes the law, and what now is. Because of Christ, that original universal judgment of death will be repealed in lieu of individual judgments. Then, as John 5:28 says, there will be a resurrection of all – the good to a resurrection of life, and the evil to a resurrection of a second judgment and a second death.


Notice how death (Adam’s death judgment) is abolished by Christ’s appearing, not by his sacrificial death and resurrection. The very presence of a single person without sin into the world necessitates a repeal (abolishing) of Adam’s death judgment… a vacating of the universal judgment in lieu of individual judgments at the Great White Throne.

Unlike Adam’s corporate, universal judgment, we will one day have individual judgments. That is what the Great White Throne judgement is; it is an individual judgement. It is the individual judgement where Christ’s sacrifice covers our sins. So obtaining salvation does not resurrect us from the dead... Christ appearing as a single, righteous person on earth accomplished that.


Consider that Adam committed a SINGLE SIN for which the curse and judgement of death fell upon the whole world. To resurrect every human being (and probably animal) who has ever died as a result of that single sin, ONLY THE ONE SIN has to be undone/forgiven/re-adjudicated. In other words, vacating the corporate judgement of the one sin of Adam reverses its affect on every living and dead person WITHOUT RESPECT WHATSOEVER TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL SIN. Then they can be judged individually for their own sin.

My view of countries purchasing business or going to schools in the U.S. allows them more rights to insert their laws eventually upon us. Communist leadership being compatible with socialist ideas, such as control voices of opinion being blocked. The American dream of a great America, cannot progress with taking away the icons of American history. In other words we are being challenged to change to suit their NWO agenda. Far worse we little by little are being forced to give up our bible beliefs and practices. Forbidden to call sin wrong because God says so. Our youth are needing roots planted in good ethics, because we live in a world if it feels good and I like it, it is okay with God. Gal. 2:20 I am crucified with Christ. He lives in us as we stand like the past saints who refused to compromise. If you find yourself alone remember Jesus is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. Proverbs 18:24

The revelation of classified documents found in a private office belonging to Joe Biden in between his time as vice president and president has energized the new House Republican majority, which was already poised to launch a multitude of Biden administration-related investigations.

Also...




In other news
"I plan to launch an oversight committee pertaining to people drinking too much"

Also

"I'm hosting a kegger at my club house, first 5 beers are free!"

Most Biblical scholars say the Earth is about 6,000 years old. However, they use the Masoretic Text for the genealogy of Abraham, which subtracts a hundred years before childbirth from each descendant of Shem. The Masoretic Text was copied, edited, and distributed by a group of Jews known as the Masoretes between the 7th and 10th centuries AD. Doing this implies that Shem's descendants died well before each of their fathers, and places the great flood after the settlement of the four earliest-known civilizations: Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, the Aegean Civilization, and the Indus Valley Civilization. A better approach is to use the Septuagint (a Koine Greek translation made in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC) for this genealogy. This has implications when trying to determine a year for the rapture: the 7th millennium has already come and gone.

According to Ptolemy's Canon of Kings:

Tiberius reigned from AD 14 to 37.
Going all the way up to Nebuchadnezzar, reigning from 605 to 562 BC.

Solomon's Temple was destroyed in 586 BC. The wrongdoing of the house of Israel lasted 390 years (Eze. 4:5). This places Jeroboam's idolatry and the division of the monarchy in 976 BC (1 Ki. 12:25–33).

Solomon reigned 40 years (1 Ki. 11:42).
David reigned 40 years (1 Ki. 2:11).
Saul reigned 40 years (Acts 13:21).

However, inclusive numbering is appropriate (hence minus one) so their reigns were closer to 39 calendar years, not 40 regnal years.
A regnal year is a year of the reign of a sovereign, from the Latin regnum meaning kingdom, rule. Regnal years considered the date as an ordinal, not a cardinal number. For example, a monarch could have a first year of rule, a second year of rule, a third year of rule, and so on, but not a zeroth year of rule.

Jeroboam's idolatry (976 BC) + 3(39) years = Saul's accession (1093 BC)

God gave the Israelites judges about the space of 450 years, until Samuel the prophet (Acts 13:20 KJV). This places the conquest of Canaan at 1543 BC.

The time that it took for the spies to come from Kadesh-barnea until they crossed over the Wadi Zered was 38 years (Deut. 2:14).

The conquest of Canaan was considered complete 7 years later (Josh. 14:7–10). This places the arrival at the promised land in 1550 BC.

The sons of Israel walked 40 years in the wilderness, until all the nation, that is, the men of war who came out of Egypt, perished (Josh. 5:6). This places the exodus in 1590 BC.

The Masoretic Text and Septuagint differ on Ex. 12:40, which, in the Masoretic Text, states that "the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was 430 years," while the Septuagint states that "the sojourning of the children of Israel, while they sojourned in the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan, was 430 years." If the Masoretic Text is used, the 430 years (Ex. 12:40) would begin when Jacob reunited with Jospeh in Egypt, but noting the lifespans of Levi (Ex. 6:16), Kohath (Ex. 6:18), and Amram (Ex. 6:20), each of them would have had to begotten their sons an average of four years before dying at ripe, old ages of about 136. Since it was difficult for Abraham to beget a child when he was 100 years old (Gen. 17:17), it is highly unlikely that Levi, Kohath, and Amram all begot children at about age 132. Using the Septuagint, the 430 years began when Abraham entered Canaan with Lot. This makes the sojourn in Egypt only 215 years, which agrees with Gal. 3:17, and the enslavement of the Israelites about 125 years (Ex. 1:6–11), which agrees with Josephus' account of the Hyksos.

"Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say, 'And to seeds,' as one would in referring to many, but rather as in referring to one, 'And to your seed,' that is, Christ. What I am saying is this: the Law, which came 430 years later, does not invalidate a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to nullify the promise (Gal. 3:17)."

Exodus (1590 BC) + 215 years = Jacob moves to Egypt (1805 BC)

Jacob left Canaan and came to Egypt when he was 130 years old (Gen. 47:9).
Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to Jacob and Esau (Gen. 25:26).
Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him (Gen. 21:5).

Jacob moves to Egypt (1805 BC) + 130 years (Gen. 47:9) + 60 years (Gen. 25:26) + 100 years (Gen. 21:5) = Abraham's birth (2095 BC)

Then Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. And from there, after his father (Terah) died, God had him move to this country in which you are now living (Acts 7:4).

Abraham was 75 years old when he departed from Haran (Gen. 12:4). This places Terah's death at 2020 BC.

The days of Terah were 205 years; and Terah died in Haran (Gen. 11:32). This places Terah's birth at 2225 BC.

And Nahor lived 179 years, and begot Terah (Gen. 11:24 LXX).
And Serug lived 130 years, and begot Nahor (Gen. 11:22 LXX).
And Reu lived 132 years, and begot Serug (Gen. 11:20 LXX).
And Peleg lived 130 years, and begot Reu (Gen. 11:18 LXX).
And Eber lived 134 years, and begot Peleg (Gen. 11:16 LXX).
And Salah lived 130 years, and begot Eber (Gen. 11:14 LXX).
And Cainan lived 130 years and begot Salah (Gen. 11:13 LXX).
And Arphaxad lived 135 years, and begot Cainan (Gen. 11:12 LXX).
And Shem was 100 years old when he begot Arphaxad, the second year after the flood (Gen. 11:10 LXX).

This places the flood at 3327 BC.

Noah was 600 years old when the flood of water came upon the earth (Gen. 7:6). This places Noah's birth at 3927 BC.

Now Lamech lived 182 years, and fathered Noah (Gen. 5:28).
Now Methuselah lived 187 years, and fathered Lamech (Gen. 5:25).
Now Enoch lived 65 years, and fathered Methuselah (Gen. 5:21).
Now Jared lived 162 years, and fathered Enoch (Gen. 5:18).
Now Mahalalel lived 65 years, and fathered Jared (Gen. 5:15).
Now Cainan lived 70 years, and fathered Mahalalel (Gen. 5:12).
Now Enosh lived 90 years, and fathered Cainan (Gen. 5:9).
Now Seth lived 105 years, and fathered Enosh (Gen. 5:6).
When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth (Gen. 5:3).

This places the creation of Adam at 4983 BC. And since time is the observation of motion, time began to be observed in 4983 BC by Adam and Eve. Yet there were 5 unobserved days before their creation, and we put these in the previous year, 4984 BC.

Now on September 23, 2017, the sign of the Son of Man appeared in heaven: Virgo, clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, with a crown of 12 stars (Leo plus Mercury, Venus, and Mars) on her head, about to give birth (to Jupiter). And they said this sign has not appeared for 7,000 years.

Sign of the Son of Man (AD 2017) – 7,000 years – 1 year (BC to AD) = creation (4984 BC)

This places the year AD 2023 in the 7,006th year from creation.

There's been some weird buzz on Twitter today about conservative cardinals plotting to oust Francis. I mean, it's kind of funny and ironic to me given what the Sankt Gallen Mafia's done, but at the same time if the plot is out there in the aether then they've already failed.

Does anybody know where I can get a Bible written in the language of Bhutan which is in the Dzongkha language? I want to give it to a neighbour of mine who is from Bhutan and can't speak proper English.

There was an interesting thread about school shootings just below....with more than a few people talking about the gun culture of America.

I'm wondering if anyone has ever stopped to think about the idea of "gun grooming"? Some folks are quick to suggest that gendering LARPING is an existential threat to America, however it seems maintaining it's fascination with guns is a FAR greater threat to people's safety in the US. Gun culture is a very oft repeated phrase when folks are trying to wrap their head around why America has so much more of a problem with guns than any other country. And it does appear that EVERYONE (right?) actually does want to stop shootings.

Do you have thoughts on the concept of gun grooming?

I recently watched a debate on Sola Scriptura, which admittedly wasn't very good. That said, the argument Jimmy Akin gave is succinct and incisive:


What do you think?

For those who defend Sola Scriptura, which of the three premises of the argument would you attack and why?

I would really like for this to be a thread about this particular argument, so I will redirect or ignore responses that do not address it. That said, inevitably users will post other arguments for or against Sola Scriptura and derail the thread until the cows come home. Oh well!

My water is off now.

It has been escalating since I lost my car. Getting another one at the prices now is almost impossible.
The surge of cost for a used is ridiculous. The cost of everything has definitely surpassed my income.

I seek prayers.

I got my taxes paid [in December they were all due] and had $5 left to my name. And the utilities were due also, but I had to make a choice.

So when I am gone from the forum, yinz know what occurred.
FWIW - going through assistance with a store is almost impossible because they do not understand debits and credits. So said the manager of the assistance program.
So it is not an option.
I do not know how some people get jobs, but they do and they're rude if you explain.
Funny how they have a position in caring for the indigent. [well not actually funny]

In the first real-world test of vaccine boosters specially designed to protect against the Omicron variant, Israeli researchers have found that people 65 and over who got an updated jab were 81% less likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 than those who did not.

The preliminary findings, posted to a website established by the British medical journal Lancet, have not yet been through the peer-review process. They are based on the medical records of more than 85,000 people 65 and over who got a dose of Pfizer and BioNTech’s retooled mRNA booster and more than 537,000 others in the same age group who did not get the shot.

During a 70-day period between late September and mid-December, 297 people in the larger, unboosted group were hospitalized and 73 died. During the same period, six people in the boosted group were hospitalized and one died.

Those results suggest that — in the initial weeks after vaccination at least — the Omicron-specific vaccines are even more effective than had been documented to date.

Hello all together,

I am looking for Bible passages which contain the latin expression "virtus" - does such a passage exist?

I'd be really thankful if anyone could help me. God bless you

Hey, something I have been doing- I have a mental illness myself (schizophrenia) and have been in and out of the psych ward at the local hospital several times and I believe I have an anointing to pray for others with mental illness, I have been praying for a local Christian mental hospital called Philhaven and also the state mental hospital in Warren, Pennsylvania. Could you agree with me in prayer for both institutions?

Lord God I lift up the Philhaven mental hospital in Mount Gretna, PA to You and I Pray that You would pay each one of the patients there a visit and that that would all be able to walk out of the hospital completely healed and restored to their right mind, I pray for all symptoms of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder to go right now and also for all depression and anxiety and suicidal thoughts to go right now, I pray for any evil presence on the campus and in the ward and in the patient's rooms to also leave right now. I pray for wisdom for all the doctors and nurses and that You would show them all what to do to treat each patient, I speak peace over the hospital and the ward and all of the patients in Jesus' name and I speak life over the mind, body, and emotions of the patients in Jesus' name! I claim Philhaven and all of the patients and employees for the kingdom of God now in Jesus' name! I pray for complete healing and deliverance for all of the patients from medication and that they would not need it any more, I pray that they would not be addicted to the medications and for no side effects!

Lord God I also lift up the state mental hospital in Warren, PA to You and I Pray that You would pay each one of the patients there a visit and that that would all be able to walk out of the hospital completely healed and restored to their right mind, I pray for all symptoms of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder to go right now and also for all depression and anxiety and suicidal thoughts to go right now, I pray for any evil presence on the campus and in the ward and in the patient's rooms to also leave right now. I pray for wisdom for all the doctors and nurses and that You would show them all what to do to treat each patient, I speak peace over the hospital and the ward and all of the patients in Jesus' name and I speak life over the mind, body, and emotions of the patients in Jesus' name! I claim the state mental hospital and all of the patients and employees for the kingdom of God now in Jesus' name! I pray for complete healing and deliverance for all of the patients from medication and that they would not need it any more, I pray that they would not be addicted to the medications and for no side effects!