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returntosender · May 21, 2024

Wow, say it ain't so. DBL talked on it today. Elvis's grand daughter is up in arms and fighting it but the legality of the bankruptcy and auction seems to questionable. Too much to believe as Elvis is a national treasure not to mention Memphis would lose hugely without Graceland tours. It's terribly sad to me. His grand daughter inherited it when her mother, Pdied.

AlexB23 · May 21, 2024

Hello folks. This analysis is about not dwelling on the past, as we must focus on the present as stated in the Bible.

Date	May 21, 2024 \| Reminiscing on the Past
Verse	Ecclesiastes 7:10 (NIV): "Do not say, ‘Why were the old days better than these?’ For it is not wise to ask such questions." Luke 9:62 (NIV): "Jesus replied, ‘No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.’"
Explanation	Ecclesiastes 7:10 is a passage from the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes, written by King Solomon. In this passage, Solomon is cautioning against the futility of dwelling on the past and lamenting about how things used to be. He is emphasizing the importance of focusing on the present and finding meaning and joy in the here and now. The wisdom in this passage is that looking back with longing or regret does not help us live our current lives to the fullest. It is natural for humans to romanticize the past, but it is not productive or wise to dwell on it. Luke 9:62 is a passage from the New Testament book of Luke, where Jesus is speaking to a potential follower who wants to go back and say goodbye to his family before following him. Jesus' response is a call to be fully committed to the present moment and to the call of the kingdom of God. He emphasizes the importance of putting our hands to the plow and looking forward, rather than looking back. This passage is a reminder that as Christians, we are called to live fully in the present and not be distracted or held back by the past. Both of these passages highlight the importance of living in the present and not being shackled by the past. It is natural for humans to have nostalgic feelings about the past, or to regret past mistakes, but these feelings can become a burden if we allow them to consume us.
Societal Relevance	In the modern world, it can be easy to get caught up in thoughts about how things were better in the past, or to be distracted by the past mistakes of ourselves or others. To avoid this, it can be helpful to focus on the present moment and find joy and gratitude in the current experiences and relationships in our lives. One way to do this is to practice presence in the moment. This can involve prayer, or engaging fully in simple activities like taking a walk or doing a hobby. It can also involve setting aside time each day to reflect on the present and the blessings in our lives, rather than dwelling on the past. Another way to focus on the present and free ourselves of the burden of past mistakes is to practice forgiveness and self-compassion. This can involve extending forgiveness to others who have wronged us, as well as forgiving ourselves for our own mistakes, after asking Jesus to forgive us. It can also involve engaging in recreational activities that bring us joy and relaxation, or seeking out support from friends, a pastor/priest or a therapist. By focusing on the present and practicing forgiveness and self-compassion, we can free ourselves of the shackles of the past and live more fully in the present moment, through the power of Christ. For myself, it can be difficult to reconcile the past with the present. The 2000s up through the mid-2010s (2016) seemed to be the best times, as entertainment had less violence and minimal to no woke messages, the political divide was narrow, and people were not on social media as much compared to today. In fact, most of my favorite media is from the mid-20th century up through the end of last decade. Also, sometimes, dwelling on past mistakes can happen for me. Luckily, this rarely happens nowadays, as I know that Jesus forgives us of our sins. The moral of this Bible analysis is to focus on the present day, and not worry about the past.

fli · May 21, 2024

What is the gospel? The predominate position seems to be “Repent of your sins and believe in Jesus.”

Ephesians 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. NKJV

People are saved by God's grace through faith. The faith they have is a gift from God. Just before Jesus died on the cross, He said “It is finished”, He meant that everything needed for man to be saved was accomplished by Him. The things needed for salvation are a sinless sacrifice for our sins, repentance toward God and saving faith. God gives all three when people believe in Jesus.

Since faith is a gift from God and God wants everyone to come to repentance, why isn't everyone given faith? First, the person hearing the message must believe the message. Next, to receive a gift one must want the gift. How do people show that they want the gift? When people hear the gospel, they must want the gift of life eternal in heaven. If that is appealing to them and they hear that all they need do is believe in Jesus, hope springs to life in their heart for an eternity in heaven with Jesus.

Colossians 1:4 since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love for all the saints; 5 because of the hope, which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel, NKJV

The saving faith all believers have comes from the hope they have for going to heaven. People who hear the gospel message and do not want to go to heaven will not get hope from the message. People who want to go to heaven will hear the message and hope will well up in their heart. The moment they believe they get the Spirit of Jesus and the Spirit of the Father in their heart. Jesus gave them hope which gives them faith. Therefore, Jesus gave them faith.

Saving Faith: Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. NKJV

The substance of things hoped for is Jesus.

Ephesians 1:13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory. NKJV

The Spirit of Jesus is also the evidence of things unseen in the definition of faith.

In the gospel message they are told the Son of God, Jesus the Christ, died for their sins. They are also told that Jesus was resurrected from the dead for their justification, proof of their forgiveness. When they placed their faith in Him, believed that His sacrifice was for their sins, they repented toward God by believing that He sent Jesus to die for them.

John 16:8 And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 9 of sin, because they do not believe in Me; 10 of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more; 11 of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged. NKJV

Because they believed in Jesus for forgiveness of their sins, they admitted they were sinners, and their sins were forgiven.

Acts 5:31 Him God has exalted to His right hand to be Prince and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins. NKJV

Acts 11:18 When they heard these things they became silent; and they glorified God, saying, "Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life." NKJV

Because they believed Jesus was the Son of God, they knew that He would expect his children to behave like sons of God. If they agree to His discipline God grants repentance of their sins.

Romans 7:25 I thank God — through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin. NKJV

Romans 8:6 in order for a person to agree to be disciplined a person must be spiritually minded. Romans 7 a spiritually minded person agrees that God's laws are holy, just and good. They want to serve the law of God. Unfortunately, all spiritual minds are in a body of flesh. All humans are sold under sin. This means all people are slaves to sin. Christians have a choice to walk in the Spirit and put to death the sins of the flesh or to be disciplined to physical death. If they are disciplined to physical death they die and go to heaven.

2 Timothy 2:11 This is a faithful saying: For if we died with Him, we shall also live with Him. 12 If we endure, we shall also reign with Him. If we deny Him,
He also will deny us. 13 If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself. NKJV

People of little faith under discipline do not have the faith to face withdrawal from sin. They want to walk in the Spirit because they have a spiritual mind, but they do not have the faith to face withdrawal from sin. Their spiritual mind pleases God and keeps them in Jesus. Jesus cannot deny them.

1 Corinthians 11:32 But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world. NKJV

The purpose of discipline is to keep us from losing salvation.

John 3:18 "He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. NKJV

As long as people have hope in Jesus, they believe Jesus is their savior. The only people judged with the world are people that do not believe that Jesus is their savior.

Kokavkrystallos · May 21, 2024

Robert Murray McCheyne had this to say at the conclusion of his message The Ark

"But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away" - Matthew 24:37-39.

Brethren, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage. The bride was standing up putting her hand into the bridegroom's hand, and promising herself many happy days - that day the flood came. Some said, Come, let us see a man making a ship on the dry land. They mocked Noah until the day that the flood came. So it is still. Though we tell you of a better ark, yet you go on with your ways. "Eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage."

Brethren, I believe that the most of you, who ever will be, are gathered already, you are becoming gospel proof, and so you will live on, eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the flood of wrath come and sweep you away. Ah, brethren, you mock at the man building the ark; you do this by not entering in. Ah, my brethren, many of you say, when you see persons striving to enter in, they are mad, and this is what they said to Noah. O brethren! it is a happy madness to enter into the ark.

But, brethren, I believe that there are many that did not mock Noah, and, perhaps, they helped to build the ark; they, perhaps, went and cut down wood to build it, but they did not enter in. Ah! so it is with you; there are many who say that we are good people, but we carry things too far. Ah, there are many ministers who help to build the ark, that do not enter in themselves; there are many Sabbath school teachers help to build the ark, but do not enter in themselves.

It is very probable that some came down to the ark that morning when Noah entered in; but it was too late; God had shut him in. I believe that most of you will come when it is too late. I know that many of you have your convictions, but do not enter in; you will come to the door when it is shut, like the foolish virgins, saying, "Lord, Lord, open to us", but he shall say, "I know you not" - Matthew 25:11-12. You will seek to enter in when you hear the rumbling of the chariot of Emmanuel, but it will then be too late. Brethren, it is the devil that is shutting your eyes from seeing these things.

Last of all, it was an awful deluge that came. It came on them before they were aware - when they were "eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage". The taverns were all full, the bride was happy, all were full of mirth. And so it will be when the Son of Man comes. It will be a sudden flood.

And it was a deep flood. It lifted the ark to the top of Ararat. It is calculated that the water rose four hundred feet the first day. Ah, brethren, it was a deep and awful flood, none were able to stand against it - it covered the proudest. Ah, brethren, it is the same word that reserves the world for a flood of fire. And it is said, "In that day who shall be able to stand?" O be warned, by a sinful worm like yourselves, to flee! "Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee?" - Ezekiel 22:14.

The flood came upon Christ, and oh, how fearful was his agony! But if you are his, it will not come upon you - if you are in this ark, you will be saved; but, if not, you will be lost. God pity you, dear friends, I cannot. God grant that he may do it, before the flood come and sweep you all away. Amen."

Oh, how it is today some 150 years or so since this was preached! More and more those who stick to the Bible and the true Gospel of Jesus Christ are ridiculed. We are mocked when we preach against sin, and we are called haters and discriminatory. I discriminate, against SIN! I will talk to just about anyone, if they are willing to, but I also must discriminate against worldly companions, and fellowship with sinners. I must come out from among them and be separate. I must not partake in other men's sins, nor desire to be with them that are sinning. Why would any true believer want to be with sinning people?

I don't know how many times that believers have ridiculed me when I say Jesus is coming back. I've heard them say "Yeah they been saying that for 2000 years." Does not the scripture warn of those who say the Lord delayeth His coming?

I like what McCheyne says here: "It is very probable that some came down to the ark that morning when Noah entered in; but it was too late; God had shut him in." I believe that whole heartedly. I may have even had a vision of it, where people actually crawled up on the ark to get in but were washed away. Some may have even clung to it for awhile. But the door was shut. I posted that message awhile back, "The Door Was Shut..." People who may have ran to the ark in the final moments probably did so more from motives of self preservation rather than sorrow for their sins. That's why God didn't let them in. He didn't open the door. It remained tightly sealed.

Look at Matthew 25:10-13,
"And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh."

We know the story, that the unwise virgins took no oil in their lamps. Then they tried to get oil from the wise virgins. You are not going to heaven on someone else's prayers. You are not going to enter the kingdom based on a name you've called yourself, Christian, nor by church membership, or baptism, or any other such thing. You will not be able to say you did all kind of good works in Jesus name, and expect to get in on that. Only by having that oil - that Holy Spirit of promise, that Holy Spirit seal, and the Spirit of the Living God dwelling within you, that you shine like a lamp with oil; that's the only way in before the door is shut.

This passage indicates that when the Lord returns and people are not ready, and have not come to the call, and have refused, and rebelled, and rejected all along to the last moments of time, they will see the saved, and the righteous in Christ entering in, and they shall be cast out. The door will be shut just as the door of the ark was shut, and they will weep and wail, and beg, and cry, and pound on the door, and scream and rant, and then they will get so mad, many will blaspheme. In fact scripture indicates they do blaspheme.

"men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory."

"they gnawed their tongues for pain, And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds."

"And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great." (Revelation 16:9-11 & 21)

How dreadful this is! To know that there will be people who put off salvation, and it is so far from them. Don't be of the ones caught without oil, and like those who could not get on the ark. Imagine when the first drops of rain began to fall. People would have freaked out and cried, "Noah was right all along! Run to the ark!" But it was too late. Today is the day of salvation, and Noah was 120 years in preaching righteousness, and they wouldn't not repent. Today we have had preachers of righteousness warning for far more than 120 years. It's been 2000 years, and while there's a lot of junk being preached that is not Gospel at all, or is very twisted Gospel, there are a remnant of Noah type preachers of righteousness who are proclaiming the truth and warning of things to come, and we are seeing the dire state of the earth right now today, and still so so many mock and ridicule and blaspheme. The door to our ark of Jesus and His great salvation is open. Enter in before it be too late. Amen

Valletta · May 21, 2024

Perhaps most shockingly, the FBI team included a medic to tend to anyone “injured” during the raid. The operations order identified a nearby trauma center with directions how to get there:

FBI Authorized Use of Deadly Force During Mar-a-Lago Raid

Newly unsealed documents in Special Counsel Jack Smith's espionage case against Donald Trump demonstrate the FBI's plans to use deadly force--even if the former president arrived at the scene.

www.declassified.live

Not a two-tiered system of justice?

Michie · May 21, 2024

An ambitious plan to rewild 2,000 southern white rhino into secure protected areas in Africa over the next 10 years has officially begun, with 40 of these majestic beasts on their way to a new home at the Munywana Conservancy in Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

It’s the first relocation of a continent-wide effort organized by African Parks called ‘Rhino Rewild, and follows the recent acquisition of 2,000 southern white rhino that had been privately owned by a multi-millionaire who dreamed of keeping them in a preserve for the purpose of harvesting their horns to flood the illegal rhino horn trade and crash the price to disincentivize poaching.

Their new home, Munywana Conservancy has a historic foundation: in 2007, over 20,000 acres of land were returned to its ancestral owners, the Makhasa and Mnqobokazi communities as part of South Africa’s land restitution process.

Continued below.

The First of 2,000 Privately Owned White Rhinos Get New Home – Rewilded by South African Conservancy

The Munywana Conservancy, now a 79,000-acre (29,866-hectare) reserve, is upheld through a collaboration of community and private landowners.

www.goodnewsnetwork.org

Valletta · May 21, 2024

"While some think these problems are just a part of life, others believe stricter enforcement of laws would restore order.

Ultimately, we think people are getting exactly what they voted for, and in a way that’s sad as well as just."

Oakland Is Eliminating Street Lights Thanks To Theft

It’s no secret crime in California has gone out of control in many areas. One of the worst is Oakland where the city has been struggling with abandoned, stripped, stolen cars dumped on city streets, among other pervasive criminal activity. But the latest sign of this trend is the elimination of...

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Please take a good hard look at your progressive future. Oakland is a woke as they come.

Kokavkrystallos · May 21, 2024

I'm going to combine 2 reports here:

Russia-Ukraine war – latest: Zelensky calls on Nato to shoot down Putin’s missiles amid glide bomb attacks

Volodymyr Zelensky called on Nato allies to shoot down Russian missiles if they are not prepared to provide Ukraine with more air defence systems.

The president issued the plea as he called on Western allies to boost military aid to his country as Russia puts Ukraine under pressure along the frontline in the northeast, east and south of the country.

“You can’t provide that right now? Ok…returning to the planes that you have on the territory of neighbouring Nato countries: raise them up ... shoot down targets, protect civilians,” he said.

Elsewhere, Germany’s foreign minister on Tuesday visited Kyiv in the latest display of support for Ukraine by its Western partners, although deliveries of promised weapons and ammunition from Nato countries like Germany have been slow and have left Ukraine vulnerable to a recent Russian push along parts of the front line.

Annalena Baerbock renewed Berlin’s calls for partners to send more air defense systems, as Russia pounds Ukraine with missiles, glide bombs and rockets.

Zelensky calls on Nato to shoot down Putin’s missiles - Ukraine-Russia war live

Annalena Baerbock, German foreign minister also calls on Nato allies to provide Kyiv with more defensive weapons

www.independent.co.uk

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UPDATED TUE, MAY 21 20241:49 PM EDT

Kremlin says Zelenskyy ‘slipping into hysterics’ wanting the West to get directly involved in the war

The Kremlin said Tuesday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s latest appeal for more Western aid and involvement in the conflict is due to Ukraine’s “extremely unfavorable” situation on the battlefield.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters that new arms supplies will not change the dynamic on the battlefield either.

Russia begins exercise with tactical nuclear weapons

Russian forces on Tuesday began the first stage of training in the “preparation and use of non-strategic nuclear weapons,” the Ministry of Defense said in a post on Telegram.
“As part of this stage, the personnel of the missile formations of the Southern Military District are practicing combat training tasks of obtaining special ammunition for the Iskander operational-tactical missile system, equipping launch vehicles with them and covertly advancing to the designated position area in preparation for missile launches,” the post read.
President Vladimir Putin ordered the drills earlier this month in a move he said was designed to deter military involvement in Ukraine by the West.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/21/ukraine-war-live-updates-latest-news-on-russia-and-the-war-in-ukraine.html

tonychanyt · May 21, 2024

ESV, Mark 15:

33 And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

Westcott and Hort 1881:

Καὶ γενομένης ὥρας ἕκτης σκότος ἐγένετο ἐφ' ὅλην τὴν γῆν ἕως ὥρας ἐνάτης.

had come γενομένης
Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 1096

The phrase γενομένης ὥρας forms a genitive absolute participle. The construct functions as a grammatical clause independent of the main clause.

Does the Greek text for Mark 15:33 contain an example of a genitive absolute whose action occurs before the action of the main verb?

Berean Literal Bible thought so:

And the sixth hour having arrived, darkness came over the whole land, until the ninth hour.

NIV ignored this construct:

At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.

The main clause has this verb:

came
ἐγένετο (egeneto)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.

Holman Christian Standard Bible translated the construct as "was":

When it was noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.

Godbey New Testament translated the construct as concurrent:

And it being the sixth hour, there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.

At Biblehub,
2 versions used "being";
5 ignored the construct;
6 used "having";
18 used "was" or "was come".

Does a genitive absolute indicate the event happens before the main clause?

No, not necessarily. They could be concurrent.

To emphasize the "becoming" aspect of foreboding anticipation, here is my translation:

And coming to the sixth hour, darkness came over the whole land, until the ninth hour.

Dave Darling · May 21, 2024

Hi everyone, I would greatly appreciate your prayers. I have alot of things wrong with me at the same time. My eyes are blinking uncontrollably, my foot is twitching constantly, and I am in severe pain in my body constantly, all at the same time. Please pray that all of this stops. Thank you!

essentialsaltes · May 21, 2024

Police say the former Atlanta police officer who admitted to shooting and killing his Lyft driver thought the man was a member of a “gay fraternity” and was trying to recruit him and kidnap him, according to a witness.

Minor said Folks [the victim] began talking on the phone through the car’s Bluetooth radio in a language he didn’t understand.

Minor said he asked Folks to stop the car so he could get out, but Folks did not stop. Minor said when the car stopped at a red light, he tried to unlock and open the door, but it would not open. Minor then told police that he did not know if Folks was gay or not, but when Folks reached into the back seat, he shot at him approximately three times.

At the time of his arrest, he was on unpaid leave after being arrested in Milton in December 2023 when police found 20 Xanax pills in a bag after he crashed his car.

[Following this arrest, he resigned.]

tonychanyt · May 21, 2024

Hebrews 11 presented a list of notable figures from the Old Testament who demonstrated remarkable faith in God. It was the Hall of Faith. It ended with:

39 all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised, 40 since God had provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

Strong's 5048: From teleios; to complete, i.e. accomplish, or consummate.

Who were the "us"?

The OT stories of the faithful figures continued into the NT figures of Jesus and the apostles. It was not finished or perfected until the NT figures. The gospel believers witnessed the works of Jesus and the apostles. The "us" referred specifically to Jesus and the apostles as well as broadly to gospel believers around the time of Jesus.

1 Peter 1:

12 It was revealed to them [the OT figures] that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those [the NT figures] who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look.

The OT figures together with the NT figures told the completed story of salvation in Christ.

Chosen808 · May 21, 2024

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tonychanyt · May 21, 2024

Psalm 110:

1 Of David. A psalm. The LORD says to my lord: Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."

The LORD
יְהוָ֨ה (Yah·weh)
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

to my Lord: לַֽאדֹנִ֗י (adoni)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 113: Sovereign, controller

David distinguished H3068-LORD from H113-adoni-my-Lord. Who else did David call adoni in the Bible?

David addressed King Saul as his Lord, 1 Samuel 24:

6 He said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do this thing to my lord [H113], the LORD’s anointed**, to put out my hand against him, seeing he is the LORD’s anointed.”

1 Samuel 26:

17 Saul recognized David's voice and said, "Is that your voice, David my son?" David replied, "Yes it is, my lord [H113] the king."

There were other instances. The only times David called someone adoni-my-Lord were all addressed to a king.

The Jews at the time of Jesus knew this usage of the word adoni-my-Lord. Then Jesus presented the conundrum to the Jews in Matthew 22:

41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, 42“What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?”
“The son of David,” they replied.
43 He said to them, “How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him ‘Lord’? For he says,
44 “ ‘The Lord said to my Lord:

His listeners would hear "my lord said to my lord" in Aramaic.

“Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet.” ’
45 If then David calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?” The Pharisees knew:

The Messiah King was supposed to be a descendant of David.
Psalm 110 was messianic.
David called the Messiah King adoni-my-Lord.

It made no sense to the Pharisees. How could David call one of his own descendants adoni-my-Lord?

The Pharisees didn't know what to say afterward. So they shut themselves up.

46 No one could say a word in reply, and from that day on no one dared to ask him any more questions.

Jesus resolved it by the following:

He is the Messianic King.
He is the Son of David in the fleshly lineage.
Only the Son of God can sit at God's right hand.
He is the unique Son of God in the divine lineage.

This Lord is not just a human descendant son of David but also the Son of God.

Jesus was the only person who could resolve this connodrum. He spoke to the Jews earlier in J 5:

39 "You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me".

Mt 22:44 was about Jesus.

Finally, to confirm the prophecy of Psalm 110:1, near the end of the Book of Mark, Mark 16:

19 After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God.

The LORD says to my Lord: The LORD says to my son (the Son of David) and the Son of God.

trophy33 · May 21, 2024

France backs ICC after it seeks arrest warrants for Israeli, Hamas leaders

France backs the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the "fight against impunity", its foreign ministry said after the court's prosecutor sought an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin…

www.france24.com

What does the ICC arrest mean for Israel's Netanyahu? – DW – 05/21/2024

The International Criminal Court could soon issue an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu along with his defense minister and three Hamas leaders. If it does, what are the potential consequences?

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Akita Suggagaki · May 21, 2024

I work in a Catholic hospital with crucifixes in every room. Some people seem offended by this and rip the corpus off leaving the empty cross.

The crucifix is a reminder of the ongoing solidarity of Christ suffering with us and our sharing in his suffering.

Why do people find this offensive enough to take this action on property not their own?.

tonychanyt · May 21, 2024

Sure, God could have.

Then why bother asking Noah to go through the laborious process of building a huge ark to store them?

Often, God preferred to use existing material to produce the next product. For example, after he had created the Earth, he used ground dust to make Adam. Elisha multiplied a widow's oil (2 K 4:3). Jesus turned water into wine and multiplied fish and bread. After the flood, the animals from before the flood multiplied. It was not like the previous creation was a total failure and God had to recreate everything from scratch.
The building of the huge ark was a test of faith for Noah. Noah believed in God's warning, and he passed the big test. Hebrews 11:

7 By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household.

3. It was a testimony against the ungodly people at the time. They saw the building of the ark but did not believe in God or Noah. They failed the test.

4. The huge ark was a physical symbol of God's huge work of saving both men and animals.

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Michie · May 21, 2024

Pope Francis has once again come out strongly against an ordained female diaconate, reiterating what for the Holy Father has been a consistently firm stance against women becoming clergy.

The pope made the remarks this week in an interview with CBS News anchor Norah O’Donnell during an appearance on the network’s flagship magazine program, “60 Minutes.”

“You will have many young boys and girls that will come here at the end of next month for World Children’s Day,” O’Donnell said to the pope at one point during the interview. “And I’m curious, for a little girl growing up Catholic today, will she ever have the opportunity to be a deacon and participate as a clergy member in the Church?”

“No,” the pope replied.

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Pope Francis on female deacons: ‘No’

The Holy Father stressed the importance of women’s roles in the Catholic Church, describing them as “the ones who move changes forward, all sorts of changes.”

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Michie · May 21, 2024

Pope Francis on Monday offered prayers to the Islamic Republic of Iran after the country’s president was killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was among eight killed in the Iranian Air Force helicopter crash in the country’s East Azerbaijan Province on May 19.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian was also among those killed. The cause of the crash is still under investigation.

In a telegram signed by Pope Francis on Monday, the Holy Father wrote that he sent “condolences upon the deaths of President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and all who perished” in the disaster.

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Pope expresses ‘spiritual closeness’ to Iran after president’s death

In a telegram, the Holy Father sent “condolences upon the deaths of President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and all who perished.”

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Michie · May 21, 2024

You may have heard of the idea that “we are all God” or “God is you, me, the tree, the rock, and all existence” or that “all is one.” This view that all reality is one, that the distinctions between things are mere illusions, is sometimes called “monism.” In the East, the Hindu philosopher Shankararepresents this view. In the West, the Greek philosopher Parmenides holds that reality is one unchanging Being. If “all is one,” multiplicity is a deceptive appearance. Should we accept this idea that all reality is really just one?

If our senses are even minimally accurate, it is clear that all reality is not one. When the lion eats the lamb, the lion gets nourished and the lamb gets destroyed. When your hand gets burned by the stove, two different realities interact. So, one of the costs of monism is the rejection of all the information that we gather from our senses.

Virtually no one consistently rejects all the information that comes from the senses. In eating, we distinguish the fresh-off-the-grill cheeseburger from the shards of broken glass found in a dirty dumpster. When we walk, we avoid heading into traffic or off steep cliffs. So, adopting monism produces a fundamental inconsistency between theory and practice. Monism drives a Mack truck between one’s philosophy of life and one’s living of life. Anyone who lives as if “all reality is one” does not live long.

Another cost of the belief that all reality is one is the denial of change. Let’s say you get out of a chair and walk across the room to get a glass of water. That change in bodily location is only possible if there is in fact a difference between your current location and your future location. But if all reality is really one, then this difference in location is just an illusion, so you cannot change location. This is hard to believe.

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Is God All Things? Are All Things Really One? - Word on Fire

Monism is the view that all reality is one, that the distinctions between things are mere illusions. Should we accept this idea?

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GospelS · May 21, 2024

We often discuss the shortcomings of churches and how they fail to meet the expected standards. While it's true that there are times when we need to make tough decisions about churches that consistently act contrary to God's teachings and His will, we should also consider how we demonstrate love for our neighbours within our families and workplaces.

How have we treated and supported our fellow community members over the years, especially considering that the people themselves make up the church? What about this forum? How have you contributed to your brothers and sisters in Christ over the years in this place, the sons and daughters of your Heavenly Father? Have we forgotten that we are married to Christ before anything else?

There were occasions when Jesus had to slip away from the crowd because they were only seeking him for the bread. “Jesus replied, Truly, truly, I tell you, it is not because you saw these signs that you are looking for Me, but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life" John 6.

Are we seeking God and the Church like that crowd, to fill our needs and our wants? I'm asking that we learn to love our neighbour as ourselves and show ourselves worthy in the tasks already assigned to us before seeking a partner. In Christ we are all married to one another. He offered us His fullness. Himself as The Bridegroom and His Holy Sprit, Your Sister, Your Bride, Your Church, Your People, Your Home. We are not alone or hopeless.

tonychanyt · May 21, 2024

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Michie · May 21, 2024

The questions posed by Norah O’Donnell touched on none of the crucial issues raised by the pontificate over the past eleven years, even as they reinforced any number of mainstream media caricatures of the pope, his teaching, and his mode of governance.

Whatever else it managed to accomplish, Norah O’Donnell’s 60 Minutes interview with Pope Francis, aired on May 19, obliterated that much-lauded program’s reputation for hard-hitting investigative journalism. The questions posed touched on none of the crucial issues raised by the pontificate over the past eleven years, even as they reinforced any number of mainstream media caricatures of the pope, his teaching, and his mode of governance.

What questions might Ms. O’Donnell have asked to make for a truly interesting interview on the old Sixty Minutesmodel? Some possibilities:

+ Your Holiness, you once responded to a reporter’s question about the specific case of a homosexual priest who was trying to lead an upright life by saying that, if a person turns from error and works with grace to live righteously, “Who am I to judge?” The global media immediately and inaccurately universalized this into an all-purpose papal injunction to moral non-judgmentalism about same-sex acts. Have you ever thought it important to correct that misrepresentation?

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The Questions <i>60 Minutes</i> should have asked Pope Francis

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tonychanyt · May 21, 2024

Actually, the symbolic physical act was drinking wine, as in the OT Passover meal. In the communion, the wine represents the blood of Jesus. Jesus used wine as a symbol for his blood, which signified his sacrifice on the cross. He was the Lamb of God of the Passover, taking away the sins of the world.

Leviticus 17:

11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar to make atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life.

What about the partaking of the blood?

Again, we are not talking about drinking physical blood.

John 6:

55 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 56 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.

The physical life of the physical flesh is in the physical blood. The animated life of the human spirit is in the precious blood of Jesus. Communion is one collective way to feed our human spirits. It grows and strengthens our spiritual life. This is not just a metaphor or symbol. This is a spiritual reality. Believe it.

Why would Jesus use drinking blood as a symbol at all since it is misleading?

It was a radical idea and easily misunderstood as some form of cannibalism. It tested the loyalty of the listeners. John 6:

60 When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?”

They left Jesus.

65 And he said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.” 66 After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. 67 So Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?” 68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, 69 and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.”

The loyal ones passed the test. They stayed.

This test continues today. Some pass, and some fail. If one digs deeper into the symbolism and typology, he will find the deeper significance of spiritual reality, as I have tried to do in this OP. Communion feeds the participants' human spirits to strengthen them into the Oneness of the Body of Christ.

Have you passed this loyalty test?

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