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Douggg · Sep 25, 2024

tranquil said:
Where do you get the idea that Gog attacks before the great tribulation? The attack of Gog starts the great tribulation.

No, the Gog/Magog event is years before the beginning of the great tribulation.

A quick review of events....in order.

First the Gog/Magog event of Ezekiel 39.

Then, right after it, is the 7 years of Ezekiel 39:9. Coinciding with the 7 year 70th week of Daniel 9:27.

Then, the beginning of the false messianic age, the world saying peace and safety, as the Antichrist begins the false messianic age.

Then, about three years later, the Antichrist commits the transgression of desolation act - triggering the beginning of the Day of the Lord. The rapture/resurrection event to take place anytime between right now and before then.

Then, peace taken from the earth, and the revealed man of sin killed. And shortly brought back to life to become the beast.

Then, the statue image of the beast made and placed on the temple mount - triggering the beginning of the great tribulation.

Christsfreeservant · Sep 25, 2024

Slander, meander, and gander, not candor,
Inviting, enticing, spicing, and dicing,
Twirling, and hurling, and whirling, unfurling,
Outrageous, egregious, rampageous, contagious.

The world as we know it, not pretty, tis true,
The world should not live now, not inside of you.
The Spirit of God should now live in your heart,
And from God you now should not ever depart.

As Christians we are to be loyal to God,
As Christians we’re not to live now like a fraud.
We are to be faithful in all that we do,
We’re not to live now like we ain’t got a clue.

The Bible will tell us right now how to live,
As those who by faith did their sins God forgive.
We are to live righteous and godly pure lives,
Whose faith in the Lord, when it’s tested, survives.

An Original Work / April 24, 2023

sjastro · Sep 25, 2024

bèlla said:
Here's the article for those who can't view it.

Human Consciousness Comes From a Higher Dimension, Scientist Claims
You’re living in a three-dimensional world. We all are. You can go left, right, forward, backward, up, and down. Now, picture a being that can pop in and out of your reality as if pressing a button, like the most brilliant master of illusions. Untethered from the physical limitations of our world, this entity can now travel instantly across vast distances in space. Whether you think of it as a type of “soul” or a “spiritual entity,” this being has unlocked hidden dimensions that some believe lie beyond our perception.

But what if you were similarly connected to these higher dimensions? What if another word for the otherworldly being in question were “consciousness”—including your very own?

Despite centuries of scientific study, the nature of consciousness remains a mystery. Theories to explain the phenomenon abound, ranging from neural networks in the brain to complex algorithms of cognition, but none have definitively captured its essence. Michael Pravica, Ph.D., a professor of physics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, believes that we should be looking at hidden dimensions to explain consciousness. In his view, consciousness has the ability to transcend the physical world in moments of heightened awareness. His concept ties into the theory of hyperdimensionality, or the idea that our universe is not just made up of the three dimensions we perceive. Instead, the universe might actually be part of a much larger nexus with hidden dimensions, Pravica suggests.

If this controversial theory turns out to be true, we would have to accept not only that some beings may be residing outside the physical realm, free from the limitations of space and time, but also that our consciousness might have a similar capacity, Pravica claims.

An Orthodox Christian with a Ph.D. from Harvard, Pravica has found hyperdimensionality to be a unique way of bridging his scientific background with his religious beliefs. For this, he is on the fringes of traditional scientific thinking, taking more widely accepted ideas to extremes as a way to think about complex topics. Pravica believes hyperdimensionality is a much more familiar concept than we think. For example, he claims Jesus could be a hyperdimensional being—and not the only one. “According to the Bible, Jesus ascended into heaven 40 days after being on Earth. How do you ascend into heaven if you’re a four-dimensional creature?” Pravica asks. But, if you’re hyperdimensional, it’s very easy to travel from our familiar world into heaven, which could be a world of higher or infinite dimensions, he says.

Pravica suggests that we all might have the potential to interface with higher dimensions when we engage our brain in certain ways, like while creating art, practicing science, pondering big philosophical questions, or traveling to all sorts of far-flung places in our dreams. In those moments, our consciousness breaches the veil of the physical world and syncs with higher dimensions, which in return flood it with currents of creativity, Pravica claims. “The sheer fact that we can conceive of higher dimensions than four within our mind, within our mathematics, is a gift ... it’s something that transcends biology,” he says.

This idea of consciousness interacting with higher dimensions ties into some of the most advanced theories in physics, like string theory. It says that everything in the universe—from the smallest particles to the forces that bind them—is made of tiny, vibrating strings. The vibrations of these strings in multiple, unseen dimensions gives rise to all the different particles and forces we observe. “String theory is essentially a theory of hyperdimensionality,” says Pravica. “It’s looking at how the universe is put together on a sub-quantum scale.”

Hyperdimensionality may also help explain the curvature of spacetime, how space and time warp around massive objects like stars or planets and cause gravity. “If spacetime is not flat and it’s curved, then one could possibly argue that this curvature somehow comes from a higher dimension,” Pravica says.

While physicists commonly accept these theories about higher dimensions, not everyone agrees with Pravica’s ideas relating hyperdimensionality to consciousness. They might even be considered heretical within the scientific community, or a reductio ad absurdum, a Latin logic argument meaning “reduction to absurdity.”

Pravica’s view implies a “God of the gaps” theological perspective, “where gaps in scientific knowledge are attributed to divine intervention, rather than being seen as opportunities for further inquiry and understanding,” says Stephen Holler, Ph.D., an associate professor of physics at Fordham University in New York. “It’s a poor explanation mechanism that arguably stifles the inquisitive nature required for good science and teaches that it’s not okay to say, ‘I don’t know,’” Holler says. Admitting to ignorance about something is an opportunity, not the end. You also need to account for the trade-offs involved in disregarding reality.

The way science fills in our knowledge gaps is apparent in the way people eventually figured out how our solar system works, says Holler. At one time, people used to rely on the geocentric model to explain the world, an ancient belief that Earth is at the center of the universe. In the struggle to form an observational model out of this idea, astronomers turned to the epicycle—a model that adds small circular orbits (epicycles) on top of their larger circular orbits around Earth—to explain retrograde motion and apparent distance. However, epicycles made the geocentric model more convoluted, delaying the acceptance of the more accurate heliocentric model we know today. “The cost was a complex deviation from reality,” says Holler. “It’s cool to think about a hyperdimensional space, and advances in mathematics have come from understanding the interplay of dimensions, but do they really exist or are they modern day epicycles?”

This skepticism extends to the notion that our ability for novel thought is due to hyperdimensionality. “I don’t know of anyone who can visualize an object with greater than three spatial dimensions,” Holler says. The mathematical operations we perform on objects possessing more than three spatial dimensions are all algorithmic. This means that an operation on a fourth spatial dimension is performed in the same manner as an operation performed on a one, two, or three-dimensional object, says Holler. “The rules remain the same. Our visualizations of such objects are projections into a three-dimensional space in the way that a cube projected into two dimensions is a square.”

Even though Holler identifies as nonreligious and an atheist, he acknowledges that spiritual beliefs that are consistent with established physical principles can strengthen both faith and science. Still, he says that “hyperdimensionality borders on science fiction.”

The hands-on investigation of these realms is beyond our current scientific abilities. Even the European Council for Nuclear Research (CERN) hasn’t been able to provide a clear picture of higher dimensions. CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator, smashes particles together at high speeds to explore the fundamental building blocks of the universe. Scientists using the collider access infinitesimally small dimensions, smaller than a proton. If you enlarged a human hair to the width of a football field, a single proton would still be smaller than a grain of sand on that field. Yet, to see the higher-dimensional strings that quantum physics predicts, we need to get far more granular, using a kind of super-CERN or a cosmic megastructure like a Dyson Sphere.

Pravica has faith that, within his children’s lifetime, we’ll figure out a way to generate the incredibly high energies required to investigate other dimensions. Meanwhile, he remains a vocal supporter of hyperdimensionality.

“I see no point otherwise,” he says. “Why study? Why live?” Hyperdimensionality gives the physicist a purpose, a happiness that “transcends this universe.”

A problem with this argument is that electrostatic and gravitational forces follow the inverse square law (1/r²) where r is the distance and can only be true for a three dimensional (spatial) universe.
For a two dimensional universe the inverse law (1/r) applies while for a four dimensional universe it is the inverse cube law (1/r³).

In general for an n dimensional universe the force law is (1/rⁿ⁻¹).

Christsfreeservant · Sep 25, 2024

“And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil..” (Romans 1:28-30 ESV)

“For I fear that perhaps when I come I may find you not as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish—that perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, anger, hostility, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.” (2 Corinthians 12:20 ESV

“Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not.” (1 Timothy 5:13 ESV)

Please pay careful attention to this definition of gossip:

Greek Interlinear definition: psithyristḗs - “Secret Slanderer.” Wow! That says it! “A whisperer; a sneaky gossip (a ‘back-stabber’); a backbiter, quietly (secretly) destroying another person’s character – i.e. covertly, not out in the open, but rather operating ‘in a corner.’” (source: Bible Hub .com)

So, this is not about anyone accidentally saying something about someone else that perhaps they should not say. But I will say here that we should, as Christians, ask for the guidance of the Holy Spirit in this. And if we begin to say something about someone that we should not say, we should stop, even in mid-sentence, and not continue just because we already got out the first half. And if someone asks us to say the rest, we can just say, “I shouldn’t say more,” or “The Holy Spirit stopped me, so I will not continue.”

I believe if we read these three passages of Scripture mentioned above in their full context that we will see that gossip, at least in the New Testament, is always used in the strong sense of how it is defined in the Greek interlinear. Although all of us need to put a guard over our mouths, and watch what we say, and as soon as we realize we are saying what we should not say, that we should stop, and not continue, there are those among us for whom gossip is their intent, and their intent is to do others harm, not good.

And good people’s reputations are being destroyed by those who exercise such deliberate gossip/slander with the intended purpose to destroy their characters, so that other people will turn against them and hate them and want nothing to do with them. And Jesus had this done to him, and so did Paul, which is one of the reasons that Paul had to periodically come to his own defense, but not just for his own honor, but so that the honor of the gospel message that he was teaching would not suffer harm.

But, at least Jesus and Paul appeared to both be aware of the falsehoods that were being said about them and so they were able to come to their own defense. That isn’t always the case. Sometimes we are gossiped about in ways we have no knowledge of, at least not directly. We might be able to tell that other people’s attitudes or actions or words towards us have changed, and we might wonder what brought about that change, but without any direct knowledge of words spoken against ourselves, we can do nothing. And we should never accuse without knowledge.

But this kind of gossip, as defined above, has real power to destroy people’s lives and their reputations and to turn many people against them, just on the power of one person’s words against them. So, please do not believe everything you hear anyone say about anyone else, whether good or evil. Test what you hear, in prayer, against the teachings of the Scriptures (in context), and via getting to know people personally without relying on other people’s opinions of them. For not everyone has good intentions. Not everyone tells the truth.

There are many evil people out there, out of spite, hatred, violence, pride, jealousy, envy, bitterness, resentment, and unforgiveness, who willfully do what they know to do to destroy other people's lives and reputations. And indeed they do this underhandedly, secretly, deviously, with much hate, and covertly, so that their “victims” have no knowledge of what is being secretly said about them behind their backs. And if other people listen to them, and believe them, then they may also end up treating the victims unjustly.

So, we all need to be careful with our words and with what we say. And we should all be examining our own hearts and minds and attitudes and intent on a regular basis to make certain that we are doing and saying what we should, and not what we shouldn’t. And all of us need to stop, even in mid-sentence, if we begin to say something we know we should not, rather than to keep going because other people now want to hear what we were about to say. And not one of us should be deliberately gossiping about others.

But on the receiving end of this, none of us should be listening to what is defined here as “gossip.” But let me say here that it is not gossip to report sinful behavior among those who are professing Christians if those who are sinning against others are unwilling to stop their sinning and to repent and to do what is right. And “unwillingness” is shown in attitude, actions, words, and behaviors, and not just in words which may or may not have any truth to them. For many make promises not kept. Lip service alone is not enough.

For both Jesus and Paul called people out publicly by name who were sinning against the body of Christ and who were doing harm to the body and to the gospel, and who had the potential of leading others astray. They, and the other apostles, too, warned against “wolves in sheep’s clothing” and against false shepherds of the people and those who were sinning against the body and who were spreading lies and false teachings and sinful attitudes and thinking and behaviors.

Now, if we are able, we should first talk to the people, if these are people we know personally, and we should confront them gently with their sins and call for repentance and walks of obedience to the Lord. If they profess faith in Jesus Christ, and if they are among those who are followers of Christ, and so they have the potential of spreading what is wrong, but they are not willing to repent of their evil, then we should take the biblical steps to correct these situations. Sadly, though, not many people will cooperate with that.

Anyway, it is not wrong to call out sin and wrong teaching if we have first of all taken the appropriate steps to try to get others to make things right, where that is possible. For we are to expose the fruitless deeds of darkness and we are to warn against false shepherds and false teachings. But it is wrong if, out of spite and hatred and a desire to cause others harm, we secretly and deviously speak evil about them behind their backs and if, in so doing, we willfully turn others against them so that others will hate them.

And we who follow Jesus Christ with our lives should not be entertaining bitter and resentful and hateful gossip intended to do others harm. We should refuse to listen to secret slander and back-stabbing which is intended to destroy another person’s character and reputation. And we should not believe everything we hear others say about someone if we cannot verify that for ourselves. And we should not reject and/or mistreat others based upon secret slander (gossip) that we hear about them.

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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RileyG · Sep 25, 2024

Jo555 · Sep 25, 2024

tonychanyt said:
Good question. That is how my brain works. I prefer to think in specific precision.

I get it. My brain breaks things down into smaller pieces. I sometimes get lost if that isn't done.

Leroy Myers · Sep 25, 2024

rturner76 said:
My only comment is the two terms are not opposed to each other. Like the parable of the house build on the sand or on a Rock. The cornerstone is set upon the Rock rather than the sand. Symbolically, that would seem to mean that the cornerstone of what would be the new Universal Church was set upon the Rock who would take over the leadership of the Church. The self-same Church that is laid upon the Cornerstone who is Christ.

Perhaps I have not been clear. I do not disagree with your comment at all. My point and personal experience is that it is by the intimate communion of the Father that one become a part of the church, a member of the very physical body of the Son. Jesus states that the revelation from the Father is what gave this truth into his heart. The devils know who Jesus was but they are totally devoid of divine revelation. It is not information but revelation. One who is taught of God needs no other teacher. They walk in the light as He is in the light.

public hermit · Sep 25, 2024

I kind of like that approach because it doesn't seem to require a lot of memory work. I think the only reason the old way worked for us geezers is because a good bit of rote memorization was instilled in us, and that enabled us to work the problems. He's counting 1s and getting the basic concept of how things work in sets of 10, I think. If I understand it, I find it appealing even if it does seem laborious.

Daniel Marsh · Sep 25, 2024

Mtol117 · Sep 25, 2024

Hi all, he is home, and is recovering. His complications are mostly gone, he is still in pain though and has limited mobility

linux.poet · Sep 25, 2024

Dear Lord, Please guard this man's heart from becoming a tyrant, and protect Your children who live in Sri Lanka. In Christ's Name, Amen.

Oompa Loompa · Sep 25, 2024

wing2000 said:
...I don't think anyone in that room believed Biden supports Trump by humoring them for a few seconds.

Honoring people he stated on live television as being "the greatest threat to our democracy?" That's rich.

Larniavc · Sep 25, 2024

hislegacy said:
Oh, well here choose the ones you like:

Wall Street Journal

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-tax-cuts-working-middle-class-rich-wealthy-11663018174

How about MSN?

MSN

ATR:

IRS Data: Middle Class Americans Saw Significant Tax Reduction from Trump Tax Cuts - Americans for Tax Reform

The Internal Revenue Service’s released 2019 Statistics of Income (SOI) data, the agency's most recent available data, shows that middle income American families saw a significant tax cut – measured as the percentage decrease in “total tax liability” between 2017 and 2019 – from the...

www.atr.org

As the data notes, Americans with incomes between $50,000 and $100,000 saw a substantial decline in their tax liability:

Americans with adjusted gross income (AGI) between $50,000 and $74,999 saw a 15.2 percent reduction in average tax liabilities between 2017 and 2019.

Americans with AGI of between $75,000 and $99,999 saw a 15.6 percent reduction in average federal tax liability between 2017 and 2019.

Middle-class Americans in key states were delivered significant tax cuts:

Floridians with AGI between $50,000 and $74,999 saw a 19.6% reduction. Floridians with AGI between $75,000 and $99,999 saw a 17.2% reduction.

New Yorkers with AGI between $50,000 and $74,999 saw a 18.9% reduction. New Yorkers with AGI between $75,000 and $99,999 saw a 12.4% reduction.

Californians with AGI between $50,000 and $74,999 saw a 18.4% reduction. Californians with AGI between $75,000 and $99,999 saw a 14% reduction.

How about the House budget office?

Despite CBO’s Predictions, Trump Tax Cuts Were a Boon for America’s Economy and Working Families | The U.S. House Committee on the Budget - House Budget Committee

The Official U.S. Congressional website of The Republican Budget Committee

budget.house.gov

Despite CBO’s Predictions, Trump Tax Cuts Were a Boon for America’s Economy and Working Families

The truth is, the Trump tax cuts resulted in economic growth that was a full percentage point above CBO’s forecast, and federal revenues far outpaced the agency’s predictions. In fact, under Trump tax policies in 2022, tax revenues reached a record high of nearly $5 trillion, and revenues averaged $205 billion above CBO predictions for the four years following implementation of the law.

Beyond what the Trump tax cuts did for economic growth and federal revenues, it provided major benefits to working families. The officially reported poverty level fell to its lowest rate in 50 years and unemployment rates for minorities and those without a college degree hit all-time lows. Real median household income rose by $5,000, and wages went up by nearly 5 percent. Americans earning under $100,000 saw an average tax cut of 16 percent. And while the tax burden on low-income families went down, the top one percent saw their share of federal taxes go up.

Right wing anti taxation sources.

Smh

Laodicean60 · Sep 25, 2024

Whenever I see Biden/ Harris administration it leads me to believe it will have right wing commentary. The NDS drew my attention so I looked it up and this is a 7/ 2024 report.

https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/nds_commission_final_report.pdf

(Some points that stood out because maybe I was lying to myself about our capabilities being an Army guy and all.)

"The Commission finds that the U.S. military lacks both the capabilities and the capacity required to be confident it can deter and prevail in combat. It needs to do a better job of incorporating new technology at scale; field more and higher-capability platforms, software, and munitions; and deploy innovative operational concepts to employ them together better. The war in Ukraine has demonstrated the need to prepare for new forms of conflict and to integrate technology and new capabilities rapidly with older systems. Such technologies include swarms of attritable systems, artificial intelligence–enabled capabilities, hypersonics and electronic warfare, fully integrated cyber and space capabilities, and vigorous competition in the information domain"

"The consequences of an all-out war with a peer or near peer would be devastating. Such a war would not only yield massive personnel and military costs but would also likely feature cyberattacks on U.S. critical infrastructure and a global economic recession from disruptions to supply chains, manufacturing, and trade.9 Adversaries could seek to deny the United States access to critical minerals and goods needed to run the U.S. economy and build weapon systems. They could also hold at risk U.S. space assets, which underpin much of our daily lives and are essential for military capabilities. Even short of all-out war, the global economic damage from a Chinese blockade of Taiwan has been estimated to cost $5 trillion, or 5 percent of global gross domestic product (GDP).10 War with a major power would affect the life of every American in ways we can only begin to imagine. Deterring war by projecting strength and ensuring economic and domestic resilience is far preferable to and less costly than war."

(The terrorist thing scares me because we have caught a few but it is unknown how many didn't get caught.)

We recommend that the Joint Force be sized and structured to simultaneously
1. defend the homeland, maintain strategic deterrence, prevent mass casualty terrorist attacks, maintain global posture, and respond to small-scale, short-duration crises
2. lead the effort, with meaningful allied contribution, to deter China from territorial aggression in the Western Pacific—and fight and win if needed
3. lead NATO planning and force structure to deter and, if necessary, defeat Russian aggression
4. sustain capabilities, along with U.S. partners in the Middle East, to defend against Iranian malign activities. (I guess this means Israel)

"Recent recruitment shortfalls have decreased the size of the Army, Air Force, and Navy.13" (Put the human trafficked and give them citizenship)

"Although Russia suffered an estimated 450,000 to 500,000 casualties and lost thousands of tanks and armored vehicles by April 2024, 12 it maintains and has shown the ability to regenerate substantial conventional power, and it maintains the largest nuclear arsenal in the world, additional strategic assets, and world-class space and cyber capabilities."

"Among the largest shifts in the threats to the United States is the risk of attack against the U.S. homeland. The NDS rightfully lists defending the U.S. homeland as its top defense priority and notes that U.S. competitors include threatening the U.S. homeland in their doctrine.28 In the same way that the threat of terrorism was not widely understood or appreciated before 9/11, we believe that this new threat to the homeland and its implications are not well understood by the American public, integrated into planning, or resourced adequately."

(You guys get the gist and I hope we focus on protecting Americans and that is what matters not all the other BS we here in the news. I got tired of scanning 43 pages of this 132-page report.) I blame ADD

bèlla · Sep 25, 2024

trophy33 said:
Probably. Its logical that people unhappily married, after divorce or with difficulties in modern relationships/dating will be talking about this topic more.

This subject is being discussed because of the internet and social media platforms. The diversity of people within that setting allows them to encounter information they wouldn't see otherwise.

But observe them amongst themselves and you'll see the difference. Look at the conversations in the singles forum versus the married one. They're not identical because they're in different seasons.

trophy33 said:
Only a minority of people are happily married their whole life or fine with being single and not looking for anyone anymore. But these people can also give their opinion when such forum thread appears, like you or me. We all have eyes and ears and see other people, how they changed in for example the last decade or two, we can hear their troubles, we have our past experiences etc.

Everyone is welcome to share an opinion. But weighing in doesn't mean you're dealing with that issue or the demographic. More importantly, you're not getting the whole story in a venue like this because there's things they can't discuss. But in an atmosphere more unfiltered you'll encounter the nitty gritty.

When I mention my old haunts I'm referencing spaces like that and I was there 3 weeks ago. No one had this on their profile and they can say what they want. But I noticed a difference and mentioned it on @DragonFox91's thread.

I've been in these communities for years and wouldn't judge the market based on an article or what someone posts on this site. That's not the whole picture. I need a wider sample and it can't be from christians alone or guys struggling to get a girl. They're a minority. You want to hear from people who don't have issues that are going on dates.

Everyone isn't struggling and you want to find out why some are and some aren't. There's a time factor no one discusses and I mentioned it on his thread. Things move in waves and when you're an outlier you have to catch the wave while you can because the darlings never change.

Geeks were in and now it's done and we're back to normal. When things are trending people are more receptive. The stereotype was altered because the media made them cool. Now we're back to hyper mode and tradition is it. So you don an apron and take a pic and here they come. A guy does the same before a workout or in a suit. The psyche was primed by the media. You're just giving it what it wants.

~bella

lismore · Sep 25, 2024

Hello! Scotland here too! Good to welcome you to CF, hope you have many good times of fellowship here. God Bless

Joseph G · Sep 25, 2024

Re: spiritual warfare against the two extremes...

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JohnB445 · Sep 25, 2024

LoricaLady said:
I hope you’re also taking probiotics. Natural ones such as a found in Kiefer and some brands of yogurt, are the most recommended.

i will be taking them, thank you for the suggestion

tonychanyt · Sep 25, 2024

NIV, Matthew 13:

33 He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough.”

mixed
ἐνέκρυψεν (enekrypsen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1470: To hide in, mix with. From en and krupto; to conceal in, i.e. Incorporate with.

English Standard Version:

He told them another parable. “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened.”

Which translation is better, 'mixed' or 'hid'?

There was a running theme of secret hidden treasure in this chapter.

10 Then the disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” 11 And he answered them, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

There was treasure hidden in a parable.

35 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:
“I will open my mouth in parables;
I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.”
44 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

The kingdom of heaven is hidden on earth.

45 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls.

You had to find the hidden treasure.

47 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea and gathered fish of every kind. 48 When it was full, men drew it ashore and sat down and sorted the good into containers but threw away the bad.

The good fish was hidden in the bad ones.

In Mt 13:33, which translation is better, 'mixed' or 'hid'?

Considering the broader chapter context, 'hid' fits the theme better.

On Biblehub, 18 versions out of 31 used 'hid'.

Michie · Sep 25, 2024

San Antonio Spurs Hall of Famer David Robinson (C) and his father, Ambrose Robinson (L) and mother, Freda Robinson (R) appear on this partial screenshot of the cover of the 1996 book written by his parents, "How to Raise An MVP." | YouTube/ Free To Choose Network

The Church of the Living God International Inc., an Ohio-based holiness Pentecostal denomination, was recently given back a church in San Antonio, Texas, that was allegedly stolen by a former pastor and the father of basketball Hall of Famer and San Antonio Spurs legend David Robinson.

A lawsuit cited by The San Antonio Express-News alleged that church's former pastor James Turner fraudulently transferred the church property located at 7225 Walzem Road to another church he created called Resurrection Church of San Antonio Inc.

Last November, Bexar County property records show the appraised value for the property as $849,130 for the 6,076-square-foot building and approximately 4.7-acre lot.

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Church wins back property it claims was stolen by ex-pastor, basketball legend's father

The Church of the Living God International Inc , an Ohio-based holiness Pentecostal denomination, was recently given back a church in San Antonio, Texas, that was allegedly stolen by a former pastor

www.christianpost.com

Michie · Sep 25, 2024

Speaker responds: Far too many Evangelicals acritically ‘stand with Israel’

Ruth Padilla DeBorst, an associate professor at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan, speaks at the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 23, 2024. | The Christian Post/Hudson Tsuei

INCHEON, South Korea — The Lausanne Congress apologized Wednesday to the many delegates who were offended by a speaker’s comments rebuking dispensational eschatology and her claim that Israel was holding hostages.

Ruth Padilla DeBorst, an associate professor at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan, stirred controversy on the second night of the Fourth Lausanne Global Congress on World Evangelism when she said both Hamas terrorists and Israel were holding hostages.

“There's no room for indifference towards all who are suffering the scourge of war and violence. The world around the uprooted and beleaguered people of Gaza, the hostages held by both Israel and Hamas and their families, the threatened Palestinians in their own territories,” she said near the end of her 16-minute speech to the dismay of some delegates.

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Lausanne apologizes for speaker’s comments on Israel, dispensational eschatology

The Lausanne Congress apologized Wednesday to the many delegates who were offended by a speaker s comments rebuking dispensational eschatology and her claim that Israel was holding hostages

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Michie · Sep 25, 2024

Popular North Carolina Bishop Patrick Wooden Sr. says he stands by Mark Robinson, the state's first black lieutenant governor and the 2024 Republican gubernatorial nominee, after a CNN reportalleged that he called himself a "black NAZI" and praised slavery while posting on a pornographic website between 2008 and 2012.

The outspoken Wooden, who leads the conservative Upper Room Church of God in Christ in Raleigh and previously dismissedVice President and 2024 Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris as a danger to black Americans, told his congregation on Sunday that he spoke with Robinson, who has denied the claims.

"Whether this stuff that they've unearthed is him or not, …. he said those are not the words of Mark Robinson and I believe him. I believe him more than I believe this media," Wooden said to applause from his congregation during his 11 a.m. service on Sunday.

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Popular North Carolina Bishop Patrick Wooden Sr says he stands by Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson, the state s first black lieutenant governor, after reports surfaced about alleged

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Lukaris · Sep 25, 2024

I have followed Fr Ioann’s blog often since 2022. Within a context of his faith he has expressed himself usually focused on faith, but also advice to inquiries, history, attitudes, speculation at times ( probably when stressed), humor etc.

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tonychanyt · Sep 25, 2024

Joseph said to Pharaoh in Ge 41:

34 "Let Pharaoh proceed to appoint overseers over the land and take one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt during the seven plentiful years.

Store 1/5 of the produce for 7 years.

35 And let them gather all the food of these good years that are coming and store up grain under the authority of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it. 36 That food shall be a reserve for the land against the seven years of famine that are to occur in the land of Egypt, so that the land may not perish through the famine.”

How could only 20% tax of 7 years of plenty be sufficient for the subsequent 7 years of famine?

In the average year, Egypt produced more food than it consumed. So, you don't need to double your average production to cover the 7 years of famine. Each of the seven years of plenty produced more than the average yearly yields.

During the famine years, food was distributed carefully to make it last. People were consuming less than the average year.

There were some levels of harvest in the first 2 years. Joseph spoke to his brothers in Ge 25:

6 "For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are yet five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest.

13 You must tell my father of all my honor in Egypt, and of all that you have seen. Hurry and bring my father down here.”

Strict rationing was likely implemented in the later years.

The farmers traded in their animals for food in Ge 47:

16 And Joseph answered, “Give your livestock, and I will give you food in exchange for your livestock, if your money is gone.” 17 So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them food in exchange for the horses, the flocks, the herds, and the donkeys. He supplied them with food in exchange for all their livestock that year.

Though not explicitly mentioned, during the plentiful years, Joseph might have implemented extra farming run by the government.

Let's say that in the average year, Egypt produced 100 units of food.
Let's say that 20 units were exported.
Let's say that the minimum to stay alive was 60 units.
To keep everyone alive for 7 years, they needed 60 *7 = 420 units.

Now, let's say that each plentiful year, they produced 130 units.
20% tax for 7 years = 130 * 0.2 * 7 = 182 units.
Let's say that in year 1 of famine, they produced 60 units.
Year 2, they produced 50 units.
The extra government farming produced 10 units/year. Total was 70 units.
Their livestock was worth 60 units of food.
182 + 60 + 50 + 70 + 60 = 422 units.

422 was 2 units above the requirement for feeding all the Egyptians for 7 years.

How could only 20% tax of 7 years of plenty be sufficient for the subsequent 7 years of famine? Even on an average year, Egyptians produced more food than they consumed. They exported food. The plentiful years were extraordinarily productive. Joseph might have introduced extra farmland during the seven plentiful years. During the famine years, they tightened their belts and consumed less. They sold their livestock in exchange for food for a year.

Vambram · Sep 25, 2024

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