Testimony

On September 11, 2012, the Lord put it in my heart and mind to write a song titled, “For Our Nation,” which, in video form, chronicles some of the history of our nation from the bombing of Pearl Harbor, to the assassination of JFK, to the attacks on the Twin Towers on 9/11/01, to the wars in Afghanistan and in Iraq, to Hurricane Katrina, and perhaps more. The song also points to the reality that some or all of our US presidents (left and right) have lied to us and have betrayed the people of this nation, and are not people, generally speaking, that we should be putting our faith and trust in.

At this time I had also joined Linkedin, where I began sharing some of the songs that the Lord had been giving me to write. A music producer, by the name of Gerry Peters, in Nashville, TN, contacted me about professionally recording some of my songs. I immediately told him, “No,” because I knew I was not recording material. At one time, in my younger years, I had a good voice, but now I was 62 years of age, and my voice had seen better days. But he responded to me by asking me if I had prayed about it. Sadly, I had to admit that I had not prayed about it, and so I then did pray about it.

As soon as I began to pray, the Lord began to flood my mind and heart with all sorts of Scripture verses and with Christian songs which all gave me the message that I was to go. So, I said, “Yes.” And then I prayed about what song, and the Lord led me to record, “For Our Nation.” And so Mr. Peters and I began the process of working on the song together until we agreed on an arrangement. And we did this long distance via emails back and forth where he would share with me what he had and where I would approve it or not, and to where I could suggest something different or in addition, etc.

My husband, of course, had to be in agreement with all of this, and he was. But when it came close to time for us to drive to Nashville, TN, to record this song, I lost my voice. It was gone. I could not sing. So, I prayed about it, and my husband and I talked about together, and I told the producer about it, and we all agreed that my husband and I would go on faith, and we would trust the Lord to give me the voice, when needed, or to trust that the Lord had another plan and reason for us to go to Nashville, and that he would work it all out for good, for his purposes and for his glory.

So we drove to Nashville, and we got a hotel room, and I still had no voice. The next morning, I still had no voice. Right before I was to record, I still had no voice. So I stood at the microphone, totally on faith, and when the music started, the voice was there. The voice that God wanted for this song was there. And I had to sing, not only the melody, but the background voice, as well. Then Mr. Peters wanted me to keep going, but the voice was gone again. What we had was enough for what God wanted. The Lord said it was finished. And then we took the recording home with us.

At that time I was also trying my hand at putting pictures with these songs to help illustrate them. Eventually that ended up being more than I could do, so I did not continue that practice. But for this song, the Lord gave me the exact pictures he wanted to go along with this song, and the pictures are what help tell the story. I live in a very broken nation. And we have had presidents who lied to the people, and who did crooked things, and who betrayed the people of our nation, resulting in some of the things pictured in the song. So we must not put our trust in “princes” who lie and betray.

But our trust must be in the Lord Jesus Christ, and in Him alone!

For Our Nation

Professionally recorded in Nashville, TN
Via Gerry Peters, music producer and arranger
An Original Work / September 11, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Bombs are bursting. Night is falling.
Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.
Trust Him with your life today.
Make Him your Lord and your Savior.
Turn from your sin. Follow Jesus.
He will forgive you of your sin;
Cleanse your heart, made new within.

Men betraying: Our trust fraying.
On our knees to God we’re praying,
Seeking God to give us answers
That are only found in Him.
God is sovereign over all things.
Nothing from His mind escaping.
He has all things under His command,
And will work all for good.

Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.

Men deceiving: We’re believing
In our Lord, and interceding
For our nation and its people
To obey their God today.
He is our hope for our future.
For our wounds He offers suture.
He is all we need for this life.
Trust Him with your life today.

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In Him Alone
An Original Work / July 16, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Exclusive: Trump team withholds $140 million budgeted for fentanyl fight​

The Trump administration has delayed and may cancel roughly $140 million in grants to fund fentanyl overdose response efforts, according to four staff members with close knowledge of the process at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

"These are lives at stake," said one CDC staffer, who has a role administering the addiction grant program, known as the Overdose Data To Action program, often referred to as OD2A. "The announcement [of delays] alone could trigger layoffs and program shutdowns. It could really start a chain reaction that's hard to come back from," the CDC staffer said.

The money currently being withheld accounts for roughly half of the funds allocated by Congress for the OD2A program, which supports fentanyl response efforts in 49 states, the District of Columbia, as well as dozens of city, county and territorial public health departments.

Without the promise of new funding, many public health departments grappling with the deadly opioid-fentanyl crisis say they've already paused new spending.

[E.g. an official] statement said Vermont officials have been warned by the CDC that OD2A funds will be delayed and may be cut. Vermont has paused spending "until we have more clarity about the future of this funding."

The interruption of OD2A funding also follows passage earlier this month of President Trump's spending plan that includes deep cuts to Medicaid, the government insurance program that funds most alcohol and drug addiction treatment in the U.S.

There other other such recent stories, and several viral clips circulating around showing the M.O. of these self-proclaimed "auditors"

While stating that they have the goal of holding public officials accountable... what they actually do is harass regular citizens (in hopes they'll call the cops so that they'll have a police interaction to film). If they're not getting enough of a reaction from a person, they'll hold the camera about 2 inches from the person's face while yelling "I'm allowed to film in public places" at them to goad them into pushing their camera away, at which point they'll reach for the pepper spray and claim it's "self defense"

I can't link the video due to bad language, but this still gives a rough idea




The guy was putting his camera right in the face of the store owner (who asked him "please move back so you're not blocking the door to my store") and after asking 3 times for him to not shove the camera in his face, the guy pushed the camera, and the "auditor" already had the pepper spray out and ready to go.

She was admitted to the hospital last night. She suddenly had difficulty walking and we are concerned she may have suffered a stroke or a blood clot. The hospital performed and MRI and we are waiting for results. Please pray for the hospital and doctors to be able to accurately diagnose whatever is going on, and that it is treatable, and if it is God's will that He heals her. Please pray for her healing and for our family to be able to deal with whatever comes our way and to be able to discern God's will and presence. I'm several states away and don't want her to be or feel alone. Thank you, in the name of Jesus.

I have been looking for a good Christian forum. I've been through a lot of spiritual struggles throughout my life.
My hope is to grow closer to God through learning and fellowship.
I've done a lot of reading here and it is a great forum.

Fr Leo's podcast video needs to be listened to in order
to understand both Pope Francis and Pope Leo.

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Did Doug B. accidentally admit to Sunday as biblical?

Please pray that today can be a good day. With no pain, less stress, a happy healthy son and husband. Please ask God that if it is His will he will keep my scary pain away and let the storms miss us. Please ask God to calm me. I ask in the name of Jesus. Thank you and God bless you. Carmen

Galatians 2:21 I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain." NKJV

What does Paul mean by “set aside the grace of God?” It definitely has something to do with the law. Paul stated “If righteousness came through the law Christ died in vain.”


1 Corinthians 6:12 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. 13 Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 14 And God both raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by His power. NKJV


As Paul states in the above everything is legal for those who are in Christ. Romans 7 God considers everyone in Jesus to have died with Him. Being dead means that we are not under the law as dead people cannot sin. Therefore, God will not impute sin to those in Jesus. We have liberty to sin.


Galatians 5:13 For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." NKJV


Paul warns us about using our liberty as an opportunity to please our flesh. Then he cites that all the law is fulfilled by the OT law of “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Does this mean that we have to “Love our neighbor as our self” to be saved by Jesus? No!


Romans 3:21 But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, 22 even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. NKJV

Our righteousness is apart from the law. That means that our righteousness has nothing to do with our doing any OT law.


Romans 4:5 But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness, 6 just as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness apart from works: NKJV


God imputes righteousness apart from doing any works. The above scripture is a 2-edged sword. For those who do not work their faith is accounted for righteousness. It also means that if one is doing a work to be righteous, they do not believe in Jesus. If anyone believes in Jesus, then that belief in Jesus is their righteousness. How could they believe Jesus makes them righteous, if they are working to be righteous?

Romans 10:4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. NKJV


Again, the above scripture is a two-edged sword. If anyone believes in Jesus, He is the end of the law for righteousness. That means if you believe in Jesus you do not get any righteousness by doing works of the law.


It also means if anyone is doing works to be righteous, they do not believe that Jesus makes them righteous. If Jesus made them righteous then why do they need to work to be righteous?


That is what Paul means by setting aside grace. If anyone does any work to be righteous, they are setting aside the grace of God. God gives us grace so we do not need to work for righteousness.

Galatians 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. 2 Indeed I, Paul, say to you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing. 3 And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole law. 4 You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. 5 For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love. NKJV

Some Galatians had been convinced they had to trust in circumcision. Circumcision has noting to do with righteousness.(It was a requirement for those in the first covenant) If they got circumcised, believing they needed to for salvation, they would set aside the grace of God. If anyone sets grace aside the only way left to be righteous is by doing the law. We know no one will be made righteous by the law because no one except Jesus could do the law without committing sin.

Then why did Paul tell us to “love our neighbor as our self” to be righteous?

Paul has just gone through several chapters explaining how faith in Jesus is so much better than being under the law, he is not going to now tell the Galatians to do the law, the law is one entire unit not separate parts. He is telling them not to use the liberty in Jesus to satisfy their lusts. We do not lose salvation if we die under discipline, which if we use our liberty to satisfy our lusts we will die under discipline.


Galatians 2:20(a) I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; (b) and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. 21 I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain." NKJV


The answer to why Paul told us, to love our neighbor as ourselves, is in the above scriptures. Verse 20 b the life that Paul lived in the flesh he lived by faith in Jesus. That is the way all the sons of God live.

Romans 8:12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors — not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. 13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. NKJV

By accepting discipline, we prove that we are sons of God. Verse 12 we should not live to satisfy the flesh. If we live to the flesh we will die physically. Any of the elect (remember David and Bathsheba) could fall into temptation and quit walking in the Spirit. If this happens Jesus will start discipline, ending in our physical death , if we do not repent. This is what Paul meant by the life he now lives he lives by faith in Jesus. Paul had faith that if he continued to obey Jesus' commands that he would accomplish everything God had planned for him to do. Romans 13:8 We are under the law of love. If we fulfill the law of love we will continue to live physically. If we stop fulfilling the law of love we will die and go to heaven under discipline. 1Corinthians 11:32 God disciplines us so we will not be judged by the world.

He's in the hospital having a series of tests run for symptoms he's having. He's young(30's) and please pray for the doctors to find answers and for healing.I won't go into detail but looks like possible stroke.

The Trump administration has officially ordered the destruction of nearly 500 metric tons of emergency food left undisturbed before the USAID program was shut down.

The food, worth $800,000,000, is enough to feed about 1.5 million children for a week. It will cost another $130k to incinerate the food, according to the Atlantic. The food is set to expire soon, after the agency was shut down and could no longer distribute the food, originally meant for needy children in parts of Africa and the Middle East.

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No words. Just prayers. And tears.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has fired two top deputies at the Department of Health and Human Services, ABC News has learned.

Heather Flick Melanson, Kennedy's chief of staff, and Hannah Anderson, deputy chief of staff of policy, are departing, according to a department spokesperson and another person familiar with the decisions.

No reason was given for the ousters. The person familiar with the situation told ABC that Kennedy "has every right to make personnel decisions."

He made the decision to hire them. And made the decision to approve an ethics waiver for Melanson. According to that document, Trump installed Melanson to keep an eye on RFK Jr.

Human beings, having a rational nature, are free to choose between good and evil. This freedom constitutes, in the words of Pope Leo XIII, “the highest of natural endowments.” We are not only free to choose between good and evil, but we are also responsible for those choices. We are responsible for the intentions by which we act, for the actions themselves, and, to some degree, for the consequences of those actions.

Our laws account for all three of these facets of moral action, which is why we distinguish, for example, between murder and manslaughter in criminal cases, and sometimes award damages in wrongful death cases even if no criminal offense was proven.

Even outside of the legal context, we Christians often think of moral actions in terms of culpability, that is, in terms of guilt or innocence. And there is good reason for this. We know that we will be judged by our actions and judged by One who knows not just our outward actions but our very hearts: “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you, everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”

There is much more, however, to our moral actions than culpability. Our free choice to do good or to do evil does much more than impute guilt or innocence on account of which we are liable to judgment.

Our moral choices, in a limited but crucial way, make us who we are. Man is not only capable of choosing between good and evil, he is capable of choosing to make himself good or evil.

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The sweet — literally — story behind his care of creation and ‘the peace of wild things.’

For Bishop James Conley, of the Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska, there is peace in wild things.

In addition to his pastoral duties, Bishop Conley is the caretaker of more than 10,000 bees in two hives — a pastime that he now uses to help educate, and demonstrate, a care and concern for the environment that could have a massive impact on the next generation’s relationship with God’s creation.

And that’s an education that is desperately needed, according to both the late Pope Francis and Pope Leo XIV, if we are to hope the that our children can experience the wonder of God’s world even as technology becomes an increasingly ubiquitous force in their lives.

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Beauty and Mystery​

For Bishop Conley, his love affair with the natural began early. A fan of the famed naturalist writer Wendell Berry, the bishop sought connection to the natural world across his education and early life experience but didn’t encounter bees until his last year at the University of Kansas, when Conley, then an English major, needed one last science class to graduate. He selected “The Hive and the Honeybee,” taught by world-renowned apiarist Orley Taylor.

“I took the class and just fell in love with the beauty and the mystery of the honeybee,” Bishop Conley told the Register. “How they make the honey, the economy of the beehive — the whole fascinating way that bees navigate their world, collect nectar, and delegate the duties of the beehive.”

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I have to be honest. I have a enough of this. I really tired to be Christian. Since i begin a Christian i feel only Fear, anxiety, miserable not happiness or joy. Since when i became Christian i get nervous more than ever. Right now i don't see God as good father but only severe. I only afraid him not love him. I came on Tik Tok and some woman says "This is verse for women who don't have kids" but jesus said to them, "daughters of jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children! 29 behold, the days are coming when you will say, 'blessed are the barren wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.' 30 alternatively, to the mountains, 'fall on us!' and to the hills, 'cover us!' 31 for if they do these things when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?" I'm don't want to be a mother . And i 'm afraid i'm going to the hell. I have enough of Christianity. First one i wanna end with christianity but other side no. I just broken inside. It all makes me crazy. I can't sleep normal i sleep only 2-3 hours not anymore.If you want you can pray for me but i don't if i became atheist.

As those who profess faith in Jesus Christ, our hearts and minds must be guarded against the lies of Satan and of his many hordes. We must pray for wisdom and discernment so that no one takes us captive through worldly philosophy and empty deception. For there are many “wolves in sheep’s clothing” among us, and many teachers of a false gospel who would like to take us captive to their lies via their trickery and their smooth talk and their convincing rhetoric. So we must test them all against the Scriptures.

In our modern day culture, one of the tools that they use on the internet is memes, where they can share short messages. But not all memes are bad, mind you. Some of them are very good. But we live in a culture where so many things are getting shorter and shorter, and this includes the teaching of the gospel. The more they cut it short, the more it is not teaching the truth, but the lies. It may sound good, and it may sound biblical, but if too short, it is often out of context and often it is teaching a lie and not truth.

What appears to be the most popular today, at least here in the USA, is a gospel message that teaches we can pray a prayer to receive Christ into our hearts, or we can make a verbal profession of Christ as Lord, or we can merely acknowledge what Jesus did for us on that cross and now we are saved and on our way to heaven, but regardless of how we live. And that is not the biblical gospel which teaches that we must deny self, die to sin daily, by the Spirit, and follow our Lord in walks of obedience to his commands.

So, just because someone quotes a passage of Scripture, or what they say sounds religious, and so it appears to be biblical, it does not mean that what is being taught is biblical in its truest sense. Many people today are teaching Scriptures out of context and they are twisting them to say what they do not say if taught in context. So we need to be students of the Scriptures who study them in context so that we get the correct biblical interpretation of what the Scriptures are actually teaching. And we must pray.

For, if our faith in the Lord Jesus is genuine biblical faith, it will result in us dying with Christ to sin and us now walking in obedience to our Lord’s commands in holy living. That is what is meant by “the circumcision of Christ.” For in his death on that cross he put our sins to death with him so that, by faith in him, we will now die to sin and live for God, living to please the Lord in all that we do and say, for the glory and praise of our Lord. And this does not make us perfect, but this should be our life practice.

So, if all we do is give lip service to the Lord, yet we continue living sinful lifestyles, not in walks of obedience to our Lord and to his commands, then according to the teachings of the Scriptures, taught in context, we are not saved from our sins, and we do not have the hope of eternal life with God. And so we are warned in the Scriptures against being taken captive by people in their deceitful scheming who are teaching lies, and not the truth. So test everything you hear against the Scriptures taught in context.

[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]

For Our Nation

Professionally recorded in Nashville, TN
Via Gerry Peters, music producer and arranger
An Original Work / September 11, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Bombs are bursting. Night is falling.
Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.
Trust Him with your life today.
Make Him your Lord and your Savior.
Turn from your sin. Follow Jesus.
He will forgive you of your sin;
Cleanse your heart, made new within.

Men betraying: Our trust fraying.
On our knees to God we’re praying,
Seeking God to give us answers
That are only found in Him.
God is sovereign over all things.
Nothing from His mind escaping.
He has all things under His command,
And will work all for good.

Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.

Men deceiving: We’re believing
In our Lord, and interceding
For our nation and its people
To obey their God today.
He is our hope for our future.
For our wounds He offers suture.
He is all we need for this life.
Trust Him with your life today.

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Taken Captive to Empty Deception
An Original Work / July 16, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

The administration's campaign to increase deportations to third-party countries gained a major legal victory last month, when the Supreme Court suspended a ruling by a federal judge in Boston that had required the U.S. to give detainees a certain degree of notice and due process before any deportation to a place that was not their country of origin.
That now-suspended lower court order had required officials to give detainees and their lawyers notice of the third country the government wanted to remove them to, as well as a chance to contest their deportation, including by raising fears of being harmed or tortured in that nation.

Thank you Eswatini! One of the Christian nations I have not visited.

South Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Maria Salazar introduced a bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform package on Tuesday that would provide legal status for certain undocumented immigrants.

The measure would create a “Dignity Program” allowing undocumented immigrants who have been in the U.S. since 2021 to apply to live in the country for up to seven years with work authorization. They would have to pay $7,000 in restitution, stay in legal compliance, and check in with the Department of Homeland Security regularly. It would be renewable if individuals remain in good standing.

Notably, it would not grant immigrants permanent residency or citizenship.

Please more prayers for my son Jake. He is having a really bad night mentally. Please ask God to heal him mind and body and give him some kind of joy. He is suffering. Please please ask God to allow him to be happy if it is His will and that there is nothing seriously wrong with him mind or body. Your prayers mean so much. I ask in the name of Jesus. Thank you and God bless you. Carmen

PARASHAH: “Balak” NUMBERS 22:2-25:9


This is the famous story of Bilam, who was asked to “curse” Israel, and instead, “Blessed” Israel, yet before this, his donkey spoke to him. The name “Bilam” or Balaam” might be a shorter version of the name “Baal-haAm” (lord of the people). Some believe that he was a true prophet of G-d, others believe he was a false prophet or a corrupt prophet. Seems like he was the latter, yet YHVH used him to bless HaAm Israel

The princes of Balak, (whose name means, "one who lays waste"), King of Moab, offered money to Balaam to curse Israel, so Balaam consulted Adonai as to what he should do. Elohim answers;

“Thou shalt not go with them, thou shalt not curse them for they are blessed” (Num 22:12)

What the LORD has blessed, stays blessed, what the LORD has cursed, stays cursed UNLESS the LORD himself lifts the curse and changes the curse to a blessing. Balaam tells the princes, “I cannot go with you,” yet Balak is stubborn, and wants Israel cursed; he offers more money, and fame, re-sends his princes and asks them again to propose to Balaam; “Stay here tonight and I will see what the LORD will tell me,” says Balaam.

But hey, didn’t Adonai already say NO? What more is there to ask again? Or…is there a hidden reason? Maybe a money reason? We can see perhaps a greedy prophet trying to see if “God will change his mind”. Just a little curse for a lot of money? However, Adonai says, “Go with them, but only say what I tell you to say”. So, the word of God says that in the morning, Balaam saddled his ass and went with the princes of Moab, BUT…God was angry because he WENT! There is a problem here, didn’t Adonai already give his permission for Balaam to GO, yet he was angry because he WENT! What is the root of interpretation here?

Adonai gave his permission for Balaam to go PHYSICALLY with the princes of Moab, yet, Balaam in his heart was GOING ALONG WITH THE IDEA, to curse for money, and greed was in his heart. One thing is to GO, another is GO ALONG WITH THE IDEA, or be in unison to do evil. This is why the anger of the LORD was kindled, Balaam had in his heart the IDEA or the DESIRE to GO CURSE ISRAEL for riches. It was all about the “inner motive” of Bilaam, Adonai knows the heart above all things. We can all “go” places, but if our hearts carry evil intentions, then the “going” will bring a curse upon ourselves.

Here is another idea. God permitted Bilaam to go, only that he make known the plan to bless Israel, yet Bilaam did not tell the second group of emissaries that he would bless Israel. He allowed them to think that he would pronounce a curse upon Israel. In this type of deceit, Bilaam would “blaspheme” the name of God, knowing one thing, and hiding it on purpose. Perhaps Bilaam thought that if he told the group that he would only “bless” Israel, then he would not receive payment. It would then be a “financial setback”. (ill-gotten greed).

Now Adonai used Balaam’s donkey to “wake him up” as to what is happening. Then, “Malach-YHVH” (The Angel of the LORD) stands in the way, the ass avoids him three times, until Balaam strikes his donkey three times for going off the road. Finally, the LORD opens the mouth of the donkey, and the donkey is made to speak;

“Why have you smitten me these three times?” Wouldn’t you wonder that Balaam would have been impressed that an animal would speak? Hebrew at that? Even the Angel said, “Why have you smitten your donkey these three times?”

Some wonder about the number “3.” Does it have meaning? There are “3” entities in Elohim, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Yeshua was in the ground for 3 days, there are 3 parts of the Bible, the Torah, the Prophets and Hebrew poetry, and the Brit HaDASHAH (New Testament) Yeshua asked Kefa 3 times “Do you love me?” The Angel of Elohim gave “3” warnings to Balaam, yet he did not SEE, or perhaps, did not WANT to see or heed the warnings, until his donkey, “alerted him”

Another thing we can see is that God is concerned for the treatment of animals. Those who have pets should treat them with love and tender care, not mistreat them, for if the angel saw the donkey being struck and called Balaam’s attention on that, the LORD sees how YOU are treating your pet, (hopefully no one has a pet crocodile running around the house, yet there was a case of a family that DID have indeed a PET CROC in the house)

Balaam meets Balak, and again, they go to 3” separate places to view Israel, and Balaam orders 7” altars to be built. 7 bulls and 7 rams would be sacrificed. “7” is the perfect number, yet all three times, Balaam opens his mouth to BLESS Israel, whom YHVH has blessed, no man can curse. Even in the third blessing, Balaam echoes the blessing of Abraham: “Blessed be everyone that blesses thee and cursed be everyone that curses thee!”

What can we learn from all this? We must always support and bless Israel, bless our brothers and sisters in our congregations, do not let money be the main interest in our doing “good” if we wish to bless our neighbor, with our prayers, labor, favors, etc., let it not be guided by monetary gain, but our sincere desire to bless and be a witness to Yeshua our Messiah. Oh yes, and treat your cats, dogs, birds, tropical fish, etc. with TLC! Adonai is watching! But let’s look at the blessings that Bilaam said to Israel, and yes, Balak was fuming! This is to show that G-d even works among heathen prophets, to shower blessings to his people; (23:8-10) We see various things of interest here: Bilaam states,

“How can I curse whom Elohim has not cursed?” “It is a people that shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.” “Who hath counted the dust of Jacob or numbered the stock of Israel?.” “Let me die the death of the righteous, and let mine be like his.”

“A people that dwell alone.” One might think about the meaning of this. One way to look at this is that Israel is a “unique’ people, that is not given to worship idols like the other nations, but given and chosen to worship Adonai only, therefore, “Not reckoned among the nations.”

Adonai did not curse Israel, but later, Israel brought upon itself a curse because the Israelites hooked up with the prostitutes of Moab and entered into the pagan rites of the Moabites (persuaded by Bilaam). He must have said to the king that God cannot curse them, but they can bring a curse upon themselves.

Israel is unique; no nation like Israel. The word for “unique” is “Yachid” and is different from the rest of the nations, because Israel believes and worships only “One G-d” YHVH! The rest of the nations at that time were pagan, idolatrous nations.

Why is Jacob/Israel compared to dust? Can anyone count “dust?? Yet dust will last forever. The desire of all is to “die like a Tzadik!” a righteous person, but Bilaam did not die like a Tzadik, he died like a pagan prophet who was, unwillingly, used by YHVH. The next blessing is from 23:19-24.

“God (EL) is not a man that He should lie, Nor the Son of man that He should repent”

The word for God in this verse is “El” (the strong one who leads and instructs), and through the Torah, Adonai shows us the way to Mashiach! Yes, God is NOT a man, He is Spirit in the pure essence of His being, yet He became flesh, in Yeshua, to die for our sins, and Yeshua never needed to repent of anything since He was and IS sinless!

‘None hath beheld iniquity in Jacob nor seen perverseness in Israel”

Yet didn’t YHVH want to wipe Israel from the earth for past sins and rebellion? Yes, BUT, Moshe interceded for them like Yeshua intercedes before the Father on our behalf. YHVH was looking at Israel through Messiah Yeshua, He sees Israel as if Israel had never sinned, being righteous! Are we any different? Our flesh is black like sin (figuratively) because our flesh is dead and dying, yet inside us lives our soul-spirit, and it is white as snow, purified through the Blood of Yeshua. The third blessing is from 24:3-9.

“How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy dwellings, O Israel”

This is the beginning of one of our daily prayers. The tents and dwellings symbolize the whole people of Israel, the ones who dwell inside the tents. The word "Dwellings" is written in Hebrew: "Mishkanotecha." Here is the mention of the Tabernacle "Mishkan" "Your Mishkan" where the LORD dwells amongst His People!.

“Water shall flow from his branches, and his seed shall be in many waters”

Yeshua is the “Living Water” (Mayim Chayim). Many waters can symbolize the “multitudes” of people, since the Hebrew letter “Mem” symbolizes both “water” and the “masses” (of people). This is the “Seed of faith” that has been scattered among all the nations of the world. The blessing ends like the promise of Abraham, “blessed be every one that blesses thee, and cursed be everyone that curseth thee,” and in HIS SEED shall ALL the world be blessed, “HaZeman Yeshua” (the seed of Yeshua), the seed of “Faith.”

Shalom, have a blessed week.

The simple point to be inferred from this whole issue of the Ten Lost Tribes is that the Jews are not all of Israel. God’s purpose is to let the 10 tribes which were separated in King Rehoboam’s time, to become lost to the world and the two tribes of Judah to remain visible. Deuteronomy 32:26; 2 Chronicles 10:19; Jeremiah 29:18
They both have specific tasks to fulfil, during this period of dispersion, the Church age.

Perhaps one way to identify the other Israelite tribes, besides those of Judah already known, is to look for those who fear, acknowledge and love the Creator God, live by His laws and produce the fruit of good works. James 2:24.
The Caucasian, Western nations (people groups) have been identified by the historical, linguistic, archaeological and genetic research, as having a majority of descendants of Israel/Jacob. They are also the Christian nations, so this is another proof.

According to some records, at least one tribe went eastwards and I think that South Korea, because of their amazing Christian awakening, has quite probably: Israelite origins.
Bible prophecy clearly says that all the Israel of God, who now comprise every faithful Christian, Jew and gentile, will be gathered into all of the holy Land, before Jesus Returns and Gods promises to the Patriarchs will be kept by their descendants by faith. Ezekiel 20:34-38 Genesis 17:6-8

Malachi 3:16-18 Then those who feared the Lord, talked together – the Lord listened. A record was written of those who feared Him and respected His Name.
They will be Mine, says the Lord of Hosts, My own possession for the Day that I appoint, I will spare them. Once more you will see the difference between those who serve God and the wicked apostate peoples.
Malachi 4:1-6 The Day comes; burning like a furnace, all the arrogant evildoers will be as stubble, they will be destroyed in a fiery blaze.
But you, who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings and you will break loose, like calves released from a stall.

On the Day that I take action, you will tread down the wicked, they will be as ashes under your feet.
Remember the Laws given to Moses, keep all My commandments given to Israel at Sinai. Look; I will send you Elijah before the Day of the Lord. He will reconcile families and preserve the Land from the wrath of the Lord.

Reference: Revised English Bible, some verses abridged.

Pope Leo XIV made his first “getaway” from Castel Gandolfo to visit the Monastery of the Immaculate Conception of the Poor Clares of Albano, located within the Papal Villas.

After celebrating Mass on Tuesday morning in the chapel of the Carabinieri station in Castel Gandolfo, where he is staying during his vacation, Pope Leo headed to the nearby monastery, where he was warmly welcomed by the nuns.

The pontiff paused in prayer in the monastery chapel, sharing a moment of silence and contemplation with the sisters, whom he later greeted one by one, emphasizing that “it is beautiful that the Church knows your life, because it is a valuable testimony.”

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