That's too bad!

There was a small town that had four Catholic Churches. I think they were all served by one or two priests and one deacon. They alternated between Masses for them. The town was mostly Catholic. For some reason, I forgot about that.

Thanks for posting!

Prayers for our youth and the future of the Church

FaithT said:

Will do, my friend.

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Thank you. I appreciate it.

chevyontheriver said:

Have you considered part time home health care for him, or part time home assistance where his needs are taken care of at least part of the day? I don't know how that gets paid for, but on the other hand it is not fair for this to be put all on you 24/7/365. Not fair at all. Does the hospital have any form of social services? Does you father just tell them that you are the slave who does it all? You should never be expected to do it all. That's just wrong.

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Someone from the hospital is already setting up home health care services, but there is not an official appointment yet. A nurse will be calling to schedule an appointment. The thing is, both my dad and I were kind of relieved that we were getting a break from people coming over to the house "all the time," and now it may have to start over. For the past couple days, it was kind of peace-and-quiet around the house, now my agitation has come back. To make matters worse, my dad says that if you don't receive visitors in the hospital, people don't treat you with respect. Well gee, that makes me feel doomed already

Akita Suggagaki said:

Isn't that illegal?

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Impeach the judges! Deport the lawyers!

Akita Suggagaki said:

I guess not.

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Lex rex or rex lex?

Akita Suggagaki said:

But it should be....using power and influence to manipulate the market.

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Title 5..Chapter 16.Part 2635.Subpart G..Section 2635 - Amended March 12, 2025:



This is what got Kellyanne Conway scolded when she promoted Ivanka's jewelry line on national tv.

Celine Dion turns 58 today. Despite her neurologic disease, she was the star of the Paris Olympics last July by giving a spectacular performance of Hymne 'a l'amour. In case anyone hasn't already heard it (which would be astounding) here it is:

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1. The Augsburg Confession (1530)

The Augsburg Confession, Article IV (Justification), affirms that humans are justified "freely for Christ’s sake, through faith, when they believe that they are received into favor, and that their sins are forgiven for Christ’s sake, who, by His death, has made satisfaction for our sins." Here, Christ’s atonement is described in terms of satisfaction (substitution), but it is also framed within the larger theme of deliverance from sin.

2. The Large Catechism (1529)

Luther’s Large Catechism, in the explanation of the Second Article of the Creed, powerfully presents Christus Victor:

> "He has redeemed me from sin, from the devil, from death, and from all evil."

Luther describes Christ as the one who conquers the devil and delivers humanity from its enemies. The Large Catechism does not reduce the atonement to a mere legal transaction but emphasizes Christ’s triumph over the forces of evil.

3. The Formula of Concord (1577)

The Formula of Concord, Solid Declaration, Article III (The Righteousness of Faith), states:

> "Christ took upon Himself our human nature and carried our sins to the cross, suffering and dying for them, thus reconciling the whole human race to God and overcoming the devil, death, and all sin."

This passage explicitly links substitutionary atonement with Christus Victor, showing that Lutherans do not separate the two but see Christ’s substitutionary death as the means by which He defeats the devil and sin.

Luther’s Writings on Christus Victor and Substitution

1. The Bondage of the Will (1525)

Luther describes humanity as utterly enslaved to sin and Satan, unable to free itself. Christ’s victory, therefore, is not just about paying a legal penalty but about liberating sinners from the powers of darkness.

2. The Heidelberg Disputation (1518)

Luther contrasts the theology of glory with the theology of the cross, emphasizing that God defeats the devil through apparent weakness. Christ triumphs not by raw power but by suffering and dying—what seems like defeat is actually victory. This is a classic Christus Victor theme.

3. The Galatians Commentary (1535)

Luther speaks of Christ bearing our sins and becoming a curse for us (Galatians 3:13). He describes Christ as both the substitute who takes our punishment and the victor who defeats sin, death, and the devil.

4. The Easter Sermons

In his Easter sermons, Luther often speaks of Christ’s resurrection as the moment of victory over Satan. He describes Christ as the warrior-king who crushes the devil’s power, fulfilling Genesis 3:15.

De 21:

17 He shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the unloved, by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the firstfruits of his strength. The right of the firstborn is his.

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By law, the firstborn received a double portion of inheritance from his father.

1 Chronicles 5:

1 The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn, but because he defiled his father’s couch, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, so that he could not be enrolled as the oldest son; 2 though Judah became strong among his brothers and a chief came from him, yet the birthright belonged to Joseph)

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Reuben forfeited his firstborn right (Ge 49:4) because he slept with Bilhah, Jacob’s concubine (Ge 35:22). However, the firstborn right did not go automatically to the next in line. Jacob gave it to Joseph. Ge 48:

5 Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are."

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Under Joshua, both Manasseh and Ephraim received tribal allotments along with ten of Jacob's sons.

Why did Jacob give Joseph the firstborn right?

Reuben the firstborn by Leah, disqualified himself. Joseph was Rachel's firstborn. Jacob loved Rachel more than Leah. Joseph was Jacob's favorite son, Ge 37:

3 Now Israel [Jacob] loved Joseph more than any other of his sons, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a robe of many colors.

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Unlike his brothers, Joseph was a righteous and more faithful son. He had not committed serious sins. Simeon and Levi killed men in their anger and hamstringed oxen on a whim (Ge 49:6). Joseph's brother sold him to Egypt. Jacob recognized Joseph’s integrity and God’s favor toward him, which likely influenced his decision to elevate Joseph's two sons.

FireDragon76 said:

Long gas lines, high food prices, stagnant wages, and a weak and inept military... sounds about right. All that's missing is the harvest gold paint, shag rugs, and Danish modern furniture.

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If you are suggesting that Jimmy Carter serves a second term, I hate to break the news to you, but he is nolonger alive.

FireDragon76 said:

Tesla actually isn't all that innovative as a car company, not since Musk bought them out. Some Tesla customers have been waiting forever for an update to their original car, the Roadster (which Musk had no part in designing), which Tesla has been promising forever, but never delivered on, despite preorders.

If American tariffs weren't so regressive and protectionist, we would have BYD or Xiaomi electric cars available for about 25,000-30,000 dollars. And BYD now has battery technology that can recharge in 5 minutes. In the long run, those kinds of tariffs will only harm American businesses and customers, who need access to affordable, high quality electric cars.

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well yes, there is an argument for letting companies like BYD enter the US car market

I wouldn't be opposed to that

but keep in mind that pretty much every EV maker in the US would exit that market within 2 years. Tesla would hang on as a luxury car maker

As it stands right now, all these manufacturers are going to exit the EV market with 5-8 years: the cars are unaffordable, not selling well, have no resale value, there is no charging infrastructure (unless you have a Tesla), and the public simply doesn't want them. Americans drive pickup trucks (top seller) and SUVs. Ford, GM, VW, and others lose massive amounts of money on every EV they sell.

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Isaiah prophesied YHWH-God coming in 40:

3 A voice cries: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD [YHWH]; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

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Two and a half centuries later, Malachi added some detail in 3:

1 I will send my messenger,

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i.e., John the Baptizer

who will prepare the way before me.

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i.e., before God

Then suddenly the Lord

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H113-adoni, i.e., Jesus

you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come,” says the LORD Almighty.

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A few centuries later, it was fulfilled bright and early in Mark 1:

2 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way, 3 the voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Preparec the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,’”

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Jesus applied the prophecy to himself when he spoke about John in Matthew 11:

10 "This is the one about whom it is written: ’I will send my messenger

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ahead of you,

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i.e., Jesus

who will prepare your way before you'

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i.e., Jesus.
Jesus alluded himself to be YHWH-God by applying Isaiah 40:3 and Malachi 3:1 to Himself. This supports Jesus' divinity and his identity as YHWH-God incarnate.

Who is the subject matter here? We who believe in Jesus Christ with God-persuaded and God-gifted faith, which is of the Spirit, and not of the flesh. We are those who have been crucified with Christ in death to sin, and raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but as slaves to God and to his righteousness, in walks of obedience to his commands, by the grace of God, by the Spirit, and empowered by God.

We who believe in Jesus Christ with this faith which dies with Christ to sin, and which walks in obedience to his commands, in life practice, are God’s chosen race, his holy nation. We are the Israel of God, and this includes Jew and Gentile by genuine God-honoring faith in the Lord Jesus. We are one nation under God by faith in Jesus Christ. All who rejected Jesus Christ were cut out of Israel, and all who are of faith in him were grafted into Israel.

So God does not have two separate chosen people, a people for God’s own possession, his holy nation. All who rejected Jesus Christ as their Messiah and Lord and Savior are no longer his people. But they can be grafted back into biblical Israel by faith in Jesus Christ. And “all Israel” is Jew and Gentile by genuine biblical faith in the Lord Jesus (Romans 11:1-36). And the Bible teaches that all who deny that Jesus is the Christ are antichrist (Jude 1:5).


[Genesis 17:7-9; Genesis 18:19; John 8:18-19,38-47; Romans 2:28-29; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 9:4-8,25-28; Romans 11:1-36; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 3:16,26-29; Galatians 4:22-31; Ephesians 2:11-22; Ephesians 3:6; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-16; Hebrews 8:6-13;1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 2:22; Jude 1:5; Revelation 2:9; Revelation 3:9]

So, God’s chosen people today are all who believe in Jesus Christ with biblical faith which results in death to sin and walks of obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in practice. We are his royal priesthood because when Jesus died on that cross he did away with the necessity for us to go through human priests, and he opened wide that curtain which stood between God and us humans so that, by faith in Jesus, we can enter into God’s presence.

And, as his holy nation, we are to be the people of God who are living holy lives, pleasing to God. For to be holy is to be set apart by God to be separate (unlike, different) from the world, because we are being made by God to be like Jesus in character, thought, word, and deed. For if we truly belong to God then he is the one now ruling our lives, and not the flesh, and we should be living to please him in all that we are and do and say.

And, when we are following the Lord Jesus, making him Lord of our lives, obeying his commands, and no longer walking in sin (in practice), then we should be proclaiming the excellencies of God who has called us out of darkness (sin) into his marvelous light (salvation, truth, the gospel). We should be sharing the truth of the gospel of our salvation with the people of the world and with the church, too, for not everyone has true faith.

But the gospel message which we should be sharing is the one that Jesus taught and that his New Testament apostles echoed. And that is, if we are going to come after Christ, we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin) and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to our lives of living in sin and for self, we will lose them for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, and walk in obedience to God, then we have eternal life with God.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:6-8; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:5-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]

Oh, to Be Like Thee, Blessed Redeemer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The Chosen of God
An Original Work / March 20, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

The protests against the Israeli government and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intensified on Wednesday, as demonstrators clashed with police in Jerusalem and one of the protest leaders compared the premier to Adolf Hitler during a speech.

Moshe Radman, one of the figureheads of the anti-Netanyahu protests in recent years, accused the prime minister of “betraying Israel’s future” in a speech outside Netanyahu’s residence.

“We survived Haman, we survived Pharaoh, we survived the British Mandate, we survived Hitler — we’ll survive them too,” Radman said. He continued, “We are moving to resistance and civil disobedience.”

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Nithavela said:

Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople. Been a long time gone, you can't go back to Constantinople.

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They might be on to something.

Mike Winger said:

Of course grace is free. That's what makes grace.

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Yes, in Christianity and theology, grace is by definition a free and undeserved gift from God, not something that can be earned or deserved.

If it is grace, it is free, like that's just kind of a tautology.

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Loosely speaking, sure. But when I heard it, I experienced anterior cingulate cortex dissonance. Formally, a tautology in logic is a statement that is always true because its truth value holds under every possible interpretation or assignment of truth values to its components, e.g., "I am either in my room or not in my room".
Strictly speaking, Grace is free by definition, not by a logical tautology.

Bradskii said:

Just...what?

'Mon Dieu, Trump doesn't know that we 'elped them after 9/11. Increase our defence budget mon brave, toute suite!'

That makes absolutely no sense at all.

'Bloody oath, mate. Trump doesn't know what AUKUS is. Order another couple subs pronto.'

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I can't count how many times I saw "CANAUKUS Release Only."

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I live in the real world

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In the real world, do days pass at a rate of one day per day?

lol, I'm sure this will be effective. The map of federal land and the map of median home prices are almost mirror opposites of each other - mainly because most federal land is in rural areas where few people want to live.

Outside of a handful of decommissioned facilities (e.g. military bases) within urban metro areas, I don't see this making a dent in anything.

Pope Francis has gifted the Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded to him by former U.S. President Joe Biden to the metropolitan cathedral of Buenos Aires.

The medal is the highest honor given to a civilian by the United States, which the former president in January, before leaving office, decided to bestow upon the Holy Father, announcing the award by telephone.

The Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction recognizes “individuals who have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the United States, world peace, or other significant social, public, or private endeavors” and has been awarded only 55 times.

In presenting the award to the apostolic nuncio to the United States, Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the White House notedthat Jorge Bergoglio “for decades served the voiceless and vulnerable across Argentina. As Pope Francis, his mission of serving the poor has never ceased. A loving pastor, he joyfully answers children’s questions about God. A challenging teacher, he commands us to fight for peace and protect the planet. A welcoming leader, he reaches out to different faiths.”

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Peace in Christ.

A “great multitude” are still following in the footsteps of Judas as they come to take away the keeping of the daily sacrifice of the Lamb out of the lives of those that they are flattering with the salute of the “kiss” of the flattering lips. Judas IS their "guide" now to take Jesus out of the lives of the people they are deceiving....the "flock of the slaughter" that they are "feeding."

Act 1:16-19 KJV
(16) Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.

The manifest life of Jesus (the Son of man) is not appearing in the mortal flesh of those that they are deceiving. The Son of man goes away as it is written of Him. They take Him …His life…away from being made manifest in this earth

Mar 14:21 KJV
(21) The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born.

He IS being cut off out of the land (earth) of the living. This is happening now by the enemies of the cross of Christ.

Isa 53:8 KJV
(8) He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

Those who are following in the footsteps of Judas have purchased a field with the reward of the iniquity.

This “field” is the people that they are deceiving. It has been a “field of blood” for no mortal flesh is being saved under their “care”. They are pastoring the “flock of the slaughter”….all for money’s sake.

Acts 1:18
Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.

They “fall headlong” after reward. That is all they can think about as they are only serving for their earthly necessities. They fall headlong after these things.

They “burst asunder in the middle”….that is, they REJOICE (burst asunder) in their hearts (in the middle). They nourish their hearts in the day of the slaughter of their flocks…of their congregations that they are “pastoring”. "Hurt not the oil and the wine"....their rejoicing...as the people that they are pastoring are enduring a great famine of hearing the Word of God....the gospel of truth. Revelation 6:6 .

Their “bowels gush out”….that is, they have no pity for those they are deceiving as all of their mercy has gushed out of their hearts. There is no mercy in them…no compassion for the sheep that they are tending.

The field is called “Aceldama.”

Breaking down the word “Aceldama”: chêleq + dâm

cheleq - From H2505; properly smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment: - flattery, inheritance, part, X partake, portion.

dâm - From H1826 (compare H119); blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (that is, drops of blood): - blood (-y, -guiltiness, [-thirsty]), + innocent.

(19) And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.

They “slay” those they are deceiving with the “smoothness”/flattery of the tongue. It has been a “field of blood” for no mortal flesh is being saved as a result. The life of Jesus is not being made manifest in the mortal flesh of their congregations (the “field” they have purchased) that they are deceiving.

They are “feeding” the flock of the slaughter. They “burst asunder in the middle”….that is, they are REJOICING in this situation: “Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich.”

Their own pastors/shepherds pity them not….that is, “their bowels gush out” as their mercy has left and is no longer in them.

Zec 11:4-5 KJV
(4) Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;
(5) Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.

They have “nourished their hearts”...REJOICING... in this “day of slaughter” as they “feed” the flock of the slaughter. They have lived in pleasure on the earth as they rejoice in their hearts that they are getting their earthly needs met from the flock of the slaughter that they are pastoring.

Jas 5:5-6 KJV
(5) Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

They condemn and kill the Just One as they are preventing the life of Jesus from being made manifest in those they are deceiving.

(6) Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.

They are not preaching the gospel of truth to those that they are deceiving. The hire of their laborers (their congregations) is being kept back by fraud. The drum beat of their hearts that are rejoicing have drowned out the “cries” of those that they are supposedly pastoring.

Jas 5:1-4 KJV
(1) Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
(2) Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
(3) Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
(4) Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

The children of “Judah”….that is, those who are following their "guide" JUDAS…have set their abominations (their church handwritings of ordinances/dogmas) in the house which is call by His name , to pollute it. Their handwritings of church ordinances/dogmas (statements of faith, church constitutions, by-laws, statutes, creeds, etc. etc etc) is the abomination of desolation (desolating His house of His glory).

Jer 7:30-31 KJV
(30) For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it.

They have built the high places of “Tophet”…the drum. They have rejoiced in this and the drum beat of their hearts drown out the cries of those they are “pastoring” so that cannot hear them.

Tophet (drum) is in the valley of the son of Hinnom (valley of wailing" or "valley of lamentation"). It is a place of “fire” for the flock of the slaughter is perishing under the wrath of God….His fire.

(31) And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.

Their works….their keeping and serving of their church handwritings (the “abomination”) …burns them up in the “fire” of His wrath for our God is a consuming fire. They pass down their handwritings to their "children" for them to keep and serve. The sins of the church fathers are passed down to future generations which also burn up in the fire of His wrath for keeping and serving their handwritings....the abomination.

1Co 3:15-17 KJV
(15) If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
(16) Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
(17) If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

WASHINGTON — Hamas hostages Guy Gilboa-Dalal and Evyatar David were forced to watch the release ceremony for several other hostages freed via the recent ceasefire deal with Israel. They even felt sunlight before they were taken back into a tunnel where the terror group has held them captive since October 2023..

Ilan Dalal, the father of Guy Gilboa-Dalal, said during an advocacy event earlier this month that the glimpse of his son at the ceremony last month was the first sign he had received in months that he is still alive.

The father shared details about what his son has endured in captivity during a panel discussion organized by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Israeli Defense Forces. He joined other families of hostages taken by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023.

"We have been living for more than 16 months with a deep hole in our hearts," the father of Guy Gilboa-Dalal told attendees.

"And this has been our life for the past 16 months," he said. "We're going from place to place and trying to talk to everybody that's willing to listen to us, and trying to achieve the goal that all the hostages will be free."

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The person had better be very careful what the person is thinking. Because . . . *if* they develop codes for different words and thoughts, these could be detected and interpreted for commands.

Already, words and sentences can be translated and interpreted. So, all they might need to do is detect the electrical pattern in the brain for each word or thought, then translate the patterns and process what the person wishes to command or communicate.

I guess one issue is how clear each electrical pattern is for each word so it can be detected.

And something they might not know is that God can speak to us in our minds. How would His words show in our brains' electrical patterns?

And what if Satan puts in thoughts?? Even if we do not accept and obey Satan's communication, could the technology detect them and obey them and pass them on, supposing they are ours??

You could have an automatic opportunity to think "cancel" for anything you do not approve.

I'm not very interested in "last days" speculation, although I have a suspicion the anti-Christ is alive and well (for my money he's an American political figure, and not Trump although I don't have much admiration for his gigantic ego).

As for NATO leadership I suppose Germany would have a large say as they are right in the centre of Europe and have a strong military tradition.

In regard to the "ten kings" of Revelation fame, I'd look further afield The prediction is that the anti-Christ will have a world-wide dominion, not a revamped version of a European bound Roman Empire.

I think they'd be ten administrative regions around the globe - for example - North America, South Africa, Russia, Central Asia, China, India, East and South East Asia, Australian and Oceania, Europe, Africa - just for argument's sake.

With satellites, starlink, silicon chip implants, biometric data, the internet and the compulsory use of electronic funds such a scenario is quite posssible these days. All it would take to set the scene would be a catastrophe big enough for most people to accept dictatorship in return for secular security.

As for the Vatican taking over the world with its Swiss Guard, they'd need to wield their halberds with ferocious efficiency - all 135 of them!

When Churchill mentioned the Vatican, Stalin asked: “How many divisions has the Pope got?”

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