ROMANS 8:22 Analysis

For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. Romans 8:22

"That the whole creation - Margin, "every creature." 

This expression has been commonly understood as meaning the same as "the creature" in Rom 8:20-21. [For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.] 

But I understand it as having a different signification; and as being

used in the natural and usual signification of the word "creature," or "creation." It refers, as I suppose, to the whole animate creation; to all living beings; to the state of all created things here, as in a condition of pain and disorder, and groaning and death.

--Everything which we see; every creature which lives, is thus subjected to a state of servitude, pain, vanity, and death. 

The reasons for supposing that this is the true interpretation, are,

(1) That the apostle expressly speaks of the whole creation, of every creature, qualifying the phrase by the expression "we know," as if he was drawing an illustration from a well-understood, universal fact.
(2) this interpretation makes consistent sense, and makes the verse have a direct bearing on the argument. "It is just an argument from analogy."

Groaneth - Greek, Groans together. All is united in a condition of sorrow. The expression denotes mutual and universal grief. 

It is one wide and loud lamentation, in which a dying world unites; and in which it has united "until now."

And travaileth in pain together - This expression properly denotes the extreme pain of parturition. It also denotes any intense agony, or extreme suffering; and it means here that the condition of all things has been that of intense, united, and continued suffering; 

in other words, 

that we are in a world of misery and death. 

This has been united; every age has experienced the repetition of the same thing.

Until now - Until the time when the apostle wrote. 

It is equally true of the time since he wrote. 

It has been the characteristic of every age."

Albert Barnes

Creation Moment 1/18/2026 - Mr. Solomon forgot the 4th, most OBVIOUS answer...

"....An illusion.
"Humans are still evolving," Dr. Scott Solomon, an Associate Teaching Professor at Rice University specializing in ecology, evolutionary biology, and scientific communication, wrote in his forthcoming book Becoming Martian: How Living in Space Will Change Our Bodies and Minds.

....our physical alterations have been relatively muted compared to

the changes seen in society and on our planet. Essentially, we've shrunk a bit, and our jaws have weakened. But even a little change is still change, and it begs a question: "In the far-flung future, what will happen to us, evolutionarily speaking?"

It's a question that Solomon considered in his 2016 book, Future Humans: Inside the Science of Our Continuing Evolution. He surmised that our ultimate evolutionary fate could follow one of three basic trajectories.

The first is a standstill – our species will remain roughly as it currently is. But Solomon thinks this is unlikely.
"So far, in the 3.7-­billion-­year history of life on Earth this has not happened to a single species... All species change, some faster than others, but there is no species alive today that has not undergone changes throughout its existence."

Our second possible fate is extinction. Though the chances of this may seem remote to our brains biased to optimism, the odds are far higher than any of us would like to admit. 
"There are an uncomfortably high number of plausible ways this could happen," Solomon wrote.

The third possible fate for humanity, which Solomon explored in depth in Becoming Martian, is that at least part of humanity will evolve into a different species. A decade ago, Solomon deemed this path improbable. Humans today are so interconnected that no population could be siloed enough to speciate.
But now, he thinks the chances have risen considerably. Why?

Because the world's richest men are plowing their hefty fortunes into making humans interplanetary. What once seemed science fiction is growing closer to reality with the launch of every large rocket. If a group of humans could colonize another world – Mars, for example – and cease to breed with Earthlings altogether, it may take only ten generations before they grow genetically distinct enough to no longer be considered humans, but rather Martians.
"If we do manage to spread out and survive on planets scattered across our solar system and others, we should expect to evolve, adapt, and speciate everywhere we go," Solomon wrote.

Like the cornucopia of different creatures inhabiting Charles Darwin's beloved Galapagos Islands, humans dwelling on different bodies within the solar system could similarly evolve "endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful." ZeroHedge

RESPONSE: The 4th, most obvious answer that Mr. Solomon misses: That what we see around us is the opposite of "evolution"....For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain... Romans 8:22

*"....we're not evolving, but we're DEVOLVING as the only constant in Nature is Death/Disappearance." Chadol

The Sin Detector

"I had not known sin, but by the law (Romans 7:7). 

When the commandment came home to Saul's conscience, sin revived, and he died. He saw himself condemned by the law of God.

 The sinner cannot be convinced of his guilt unless he understands what constitutes sin.

Q: What Is the Justice of God? 

--The transgression of God's law in a single instance, in the smallest particular, is sin. 

And the non execution of the penalty of that sin would be a crime in the divine administration. God is a judge, the avenger of justice, which is the habitation and foundation of His throne.

He cannot dispense with His law, He cannot do away with its smallest item in order to meet and pardon sin. 

The rectitude and justice and moral excellence of the law must be maintained and vindicated before the heavenly universe and the worlds sinless.

God's Law the Only Standard of Righteousness. 

--God has not separated from you, but your sins and your iniquities have separated your soul from God. 

You are sin-sick, 

and you need a physician. 

Look into the mirror, God's holy law, 

which is the only standard of righteousness.

It is the sin detector. 

The royal law is before you....it measures your life and your character." E.G.W.

Creation Moment 1/17/2026 - Your Grand Factory

I will praise Thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are Thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. Psalm 139:14

"For decades, evolutionary biology assured us that DNA was essentially a linear code: a long string of chemical letters shaped by mutation and natural selection. The sequence mattered; the rest was secondary, and a great deal of it was “junk,” supposedly useless leftovers from millions of years of evolutionary processes.

That picture has quietly but catastrophically collapsed.

According to a new report summarized by ScienceDaily, “A hidden world inside DNA is finally revealed,” January 8, 2026, based on a press release from Northwestern University:

"Scientists have created the most detailed maps yet of how human DNA folds, loops, and shifts inside living cells — revealing a hidden layer of genetic control."

Under the umbrella of the National Institute of Health’s 4D

Nucleome Project, researchers are discovering that 

--DNA is not just a string of text, 

--but also a dynamic, origami-like architecture, 

--folding into precisely bounded domains whose shapes change over time.

Reading DNA sequences alone was not enough. Something deeper had to be mapped: the four-dimensional architecture that makes the information-sequence functional.

The DNA molecule is more like a factory – more accurately, a Grand Factory consisting of a collection of smaller, nested modular factories." 

CEH

Our Heavenly Banker

Do as Thou hast said. 2 Samuel 7:25

"God's promises were never meant to be thrown aside as waste

paper; He intended that they should be used. 

God's gold is not miser's money, but is minted to be traded with. Nothing pleases our Lord better than to see His promises put in circulation; He loves to see His children bring them up to Him.

Q: Do you imagine He will be any the less pure for washing you from your sins? 

He has said "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool."

Our heavenly Banker delights to cash His own notes. 

Think not that God will be troubled by your importunately reminding Him of His promises. 

The sun is not weary of shining, nor the fountain of flowing.

 It is God's nature to keep His promises; therefore go at once to the throne with "Do as Thou hast said." 

Charles Spurgeon

Creation Moment 1/16/2026 - The Supernatural

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Job 38:4

"If you exclude the supernatural from science, then if the world or

some phenomena within it are supernaturally caused -- as most of the world's people believe -- you won't be able to reach that truth scientifically. 

Observing methodological naturalism thus hamstrings science by precluding science from reaching what would be an enormously important truth about the world. It might be that, just as a result of this constraint, even the best science in the long run will wind up with false conclusions." Alvin Plantinga, philosopher

Turn away my eyes.......

"The psalmist prayed: Psalm 119:37 Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity. 

And that means our own vain thoughts and actions as well as those of others. 

We all know the power of evil associations. 

We know that it is dangerous and demoralizing for anybody continually to hear bad language, and to see wicked deeds. 

Long familiarity with sin tends insensibly to cause us to lose the sense of its wickedness." 

E.J. Waggoner

Creation Moment 1/15/2026 - Illusion of Natural Selection

And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. Genesis 1:24

"A population of organisms, let’s say racoons, lives in an environment somewhere on Earth and eats a variety of foods. Its kind has thrived in that relatively stable environment for centuries. The weather suddenly cools for an extended period, and the creatures’

main food source diminishes. The racoons promptly respond by shifting their diet and behavior and search out more of their secondary foods. Their physiology appropriately adjusts to the change in diet. The creatures also respond to the temperature change by altering their metabolism—perhaps growing thicker coats and additional layers of fat that enable them to better cope with the cold. And the codes for these trait variations can rapidly transfer to the next generation. So, the racoons innately and quickly respond to the environmental changes in several appropriate ways.

One might claim that the environment influenced the racoons to change. Yet, the environment is only a collection of conditions to which organisms are exposed. The environment doesn’t possess any agency to make any of the changes happen. When people project human-like abilities onto nature it’s called personification. 

Q: What actually caused the creature to change? 

Q: Did nature send some sort of message to the racoons? 

Q: Did nature select for their changes and survival? 

A: No, the act of sending requires a mind and a will to determine the signal’s content as well as the power and means to send the signal. Nature possesses none of these attributes.

It’s clear the environmental conditions changed, but the change was actively detected by the creature rather than being sent to the creature. Information possessed within creatures is what specifies any given condition to be a stimulus for reaction.

We don’t observe natural selection 

“working,” “acting on,” or “favoring.” 

Applying these verbs is inaccurate and misleading. This pseudo-activity is misused by some to project agency onto nature and to view it as a substitute Creator. But all the activity—all the sensing, triggering, processing, and selecting— originated within the creature.

The creature’s body systems are specifically engineered to do all these active things: they sense changed conditions, sort the incoming data, employ the innate if-then logic built into their systems for proper response—often quickly and predictively. 

The systems then execute responses from a number of potential actionable options, enabling the creature to adjust to and thrive in its new conditions. The systems then conduct “surveillance” for the next changes. All these phenomenal attributes are innate to the creature. They were specifically designed and placed into the creature from the moment of its creation." 

CMI

The Chaff, the Wheat and the END

And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. Revelation 14:8

"At some point the precious wheat begins to cleave together in heart. The distinction and even the tension between them and the chaff or the sinners in Zion becomes more obvious. It becomes harder to discuss things “across the aisle” as it were. It becomes obvious that the chasm between the two almost reflect what they see happening in the wider culture around us. Some of the same social and political

issues divide them.

The fellowship of the precious wheat, with the message and the mission however, strengthens as the Holy Spirit binds them together across the earth. 

*Other kernels of precious wheat from outside their fellowship join them periodically as their own frameworks in the world begin to show weakness. 

*Even some in the church up and down the framework, from their offices, who have blindly trusted in the framework begin, like Nicodemus, to realize the vanity of their position and they too, join the fellowship of the precious wheat. Those sinners in Zion who are trusting wholly in the framework to save them notice that the precious wheat are clinging less and less to the framework but not totally separating. 

*The chaff doesn’t like the appearance of that. In some places the precious wheat seems to them to be self-supporting, almost

suspended without the framework. This frustrates the chaff because they see resources diverted away from the programs promoted from the offices on the framework. The precious wheat however don’t give up hope, because they have respect for the framework and there might still be some on the framework who will see their peril. The precious wheat realize the benefits that the framework has been over the decades, assisting them to spread the message globally. They support the concept of the framework to the very last, hoping against hope even though they can’t support some of those sinners in Zion sitting there in their offices. They hope to see the framework remodeled, repaired, or re-structured.

But in contrast to the faithful, those sinners in Zion trusting wholly in the framework, out of fear of losing control, use their assumed authority and begin, like the Pharisees, to lash out and cancel those most outspoken from among the precious wheat. The chaff becomes emboldened by their position on the framework. These framework devotees urge that we show loyalty to the framework. What they really mean is that they, like the Scribes and Pharisees in the time of Jesus, want the precious wheat to be devoted to the chaff who are in those offices on the framework, regardless of their connection with the Word. But the precious wheat realizes that they have no obligation to be devoted to people who have little connection to the Word.

Meanwhile in Babylon a “false revival” has been taking place. Because the planet is in such turmoil, laws begin to be enacted by the religionists of the world to counteract the rampant spread of immorality. 

Religious people all around the world join hands across the earth to make it a worldwide concerted effort. The connections that the chaff and the sinners in Zion have made from their offices on the framework, to join in these social reforms begin to become a snare to them. 

A Sunday law is enacted to bring the

 world together and save the planet. 

 The precious wheat now begin to see the Three Angel’s Messages go forth with a power that it’s never before possessed. “Come out of Babylon,” they cry. Among those who have been caught up in the false (maybe Charlie Kirk?) revival are people who themselves are precious wheat. Many of them even remember that Charlie Kirk was committed to the seventh-day Sabbath. They study and begin to come out of Babylon in droves. They join the precious wheat who are sharing with them the Three Angel’s messages. They see the weakness of Babylon contrasted with the beautiful Bible message of the coming of Jesus and His kingdom.

Babylon in a rage strikes back. Some on the framework become the worst enemies of the precious wheat. Many among the precious wheat are martyred. Many are sealed. The work is closing up. A death decree is announced against the precious wheat. The church goes further underground.

At this point the Lord Jesus, Michael, arises from His throne in the Sanctuary to shake terribly the earth. He removes His priestly garments and puts on His garments of war. He will save His people from the wrath of Babylon. Everything that can be shaken is shaken." Fulcrum7/ Pastor Owen Bandy

Creation Moment 1/14/2026 - Dollo’s Law

And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, ....creeping thing,....  Genesis 1:24

"An evolutionary rule called Dollo’s Law of irreversibility is contradicted by real-world biology and genetics (information science), stick-insects being a good example.

Evolution is not meant to run in reverse—at least, this is a basic

principle of evolution that is widely accepted. Evolutionists believe
that complex genetic instructions, once encoded in a creature’s DNA (by natural selection of random mutations, are unlikely to be undone, even less likely to be regained later on. A recent report on stick insects in the prestigious journal Nature is forcing evolutionists to rethink this fundamental belief.

Today’s stick insects (or phasmids, as scientists call them) show great variety; e.g. some have wings and some do not. The conventional idea holds that a winged insect ancestor gave rise to different groups of winged stick insects, with many of these later evolving to a

wingless condition. From their studies of DNA in 59 stick insect species, the authors of this latest research came to a completely different conclusion: wings were lost in a ‘primitive’ ancestor of stick insects, reappeared at least four times (independently), then were lost yet again on two or more occasions!

So, these exquisitely complex structures we call wings (not to mention the associated muscles, ligaments and nervous control systems) are now said to have evolved, devolved and ‘re-evolved’ several times.

Genetic information for wings, no longer serving any selective purpose, should be lost and/or should degenerate through disuse by virtue of mutations. Aware of this, the authors speculate that the instructions for wings were somehow linked to those for legs, so they could be switched on again later. Shoe-horned by their unquestioning belief in evolution, they fail to question whether these non-functioning genes could really have existed for so long!"

CMI

Papal Notes - The Great Whore's Outreach

Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: 

--With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, 

--and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. 

Revelation 17:1,2

"On January 7, 2026, Pope Leo XIV addressed pilgrims during a General Audience at the Vatican, using the occasion to reflect on the legacy and ongoing relevance of the Second Vatican Council. 

In his remarks, the pontiff emphasized a vision for the Roman Catholic Church that prioritizes ecumenism, interreligious dialogue, and fraternity as the primary means of engaging the modern world.
According to the Pope’s statements, the Church’s mission today must be focused more around the pursuit of unity—among Christian denominations, non-Christian religions, and even political and secular institutions. This approach, he challenged, must be grounded in what he described as the “rich traditions” of the Catholic Church, which are presented as a unifying foundation for addressing contemporary global challenges.
The address reaffirmed the mission first articulated at Vatican Council II, revealing that Rome continues to view ecumenical cooperation as the only pathway for advancing peace and unity on the world stage. Revelation 13 and 17 have long taught that a final global religious authority would succeed in uniting the peoples and nations of the world. Prophecy indicates that this emerging unity will not be grounded in Biblical truth, but rather will be shaped by a broad, collective opposition to God’s law and to His redemptive work.

According to the Holy See Press Office, Pope Leo expressed the following:
• “Vatican Council II rediscovered the face of God … it helped us to open up to the world and to embrace the changes and challenges of the modern age in dialogue and co-responsibility, as a Church that wishes to open her arms to humanity, to echo the hopes and anxieties of peoples, and to collaborate in building a more just and fraternal society.”
• “Thanks to Vatican Council II, the Church has something to say, a message to give, a communication to make, striving to seek the truth by way of ecumenism, interreligious dialogue and dialogue with people of good will.”
• “As we approach the documents of Vatican Council II and rediscover their prophetic and contemporary relevance, we welcome the rich tradition of the life of the Church and, at the same time, we question ourselves about the present and renew our joy in running towards the world to bring it the Gospel of the kingdom of God, a kingdom of love, justice and peace.”

These developments reveal that the prophetic themes of Revelation 13, 17, and 18 are rapidly taking shape before our eyes—a worldwide movement toward religious, political, and social unity increasingly founded upon Catholic tradition and authority." 

AdventMessenger

Creation Moment 1/13/2026 - Pol Pot and Marx: The “scientific justification”

The heart is deceitful above all things, 

and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Jeremiah 17:9

"The Khmer Rouge promised a classless, agrarian society and sought to establish this utopia through a brutal campaign of torture, mass

starvation, and forced labor. They emptied out the cities, demanding that men, women, and children flee, even the sick and the lame, into the countrysides. They slaughtered anyone considered elite, including teachers, scholars, historians, even those who wore glasses or expressed compassion for others.
Their radical version of Marxism taught that cities were corrupt, intellectuals were evil, religion was subversive, and that family loyalties must give way to loyalty to the ruling party, the Angkar. 

In true communist fashion, 

*money, 

*private property, and

 *religion were abolished. 

There was no freedom of speech, freedom of worship, or freedom of assembly. 

Muslims, Buddhists, and Christians were put to death. 

The slaughter was systematic, where people were tortured into false confessions and sent to the rural communities where they were either forced into labor or executed. 

These places became known as “The Killing Fields.”
Fifty years was not that long ago. Pol Pot learned his radical Marxism in Paris, France, then exported it to Cambodia. The utter ruthlessness of the Khmer Rouge is hard to imagine.
One survivor, a doctor in Phnom Penh who was forced to the labor camps, said this: “In the eye of communism, a human being has no value until he served the political party … we don’t have the right to talk or even laugh.”

Compare this to the famous lines of America’s Declaration of Independence that “we are endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

One of Pol Pot’s core principles was to create “state atheism” in his homeland. This rationalized his genocide. This was also a core principle of Karl Marx, and of all communists since. 

Marx considered Darwin’s theory the “scientific justification” for his views.

Evolution is part of the package deal of Marxism, which (as Dr John

Wise has explained), is an outgrowth of the Hegelian Dialectic. To get rid of Hegel’s concept of “Spirit,” Marx inverted it, dubbing it “dialectical materialism.”
Materialism and atheism are part and parcel of the communism that has turned, and continues to turn, many countries into brutal hell holes today. Look what it did to Venezuela, Cuba, China, and North Korea. If people are mere pawns of the State, they have no intrinsic value." 

CEH

These Things

I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life. 

1 John 5:13

"We all need to be reminded that each of us has committed the greatest

injustice of all because we have sinned. 

That’s why each one of us needs to make sure we have responded to and received God’s free gift of salvation." 

Ken Ham

Creation Moment 1/12/2026 - A brand-new person made in the image of God

As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all. 

Ecclesiastes 11:5

"From the microscopic stage to birth, so much growth and so many amazing changes take place, and yet right from fertilization, this is a brand-new person made in the image of God with his or her own unique set of DNA.

Scripture is clear about the value of human life, as we are image

bearers of the Creator; and it recognizes the unborn as fully human with their value and personhood recognized (e.g., Exodus 21:22–23; Job 31:15; Psalm 139:14,16; Luke 1:44). And observational science confirms this reality too.

When you look at what really goes on during pregnancy, beginning at fertilization, there’s no excuse for dismissing an unborn child as a disposable “clump of cells.” AIG

SABBATH

"To all who receive the Sabbath as a sign of Christ’s creative and redeeming power, it will be a delight.

Seeing Christ in it, they delight themselves in Him. 

While it calls to mind the lost peace of Eden, 

it tells of peace restored through the Savior. 

And every object in nature repeats His invitation, “Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28." E.G.W.

On the Streets of Babylon: False Maduro Prophecies Uttered on the Streets

Babylon is fallen, is fallen,..

Come out of her, My people,
Revelation 14:8/18:4

There seems to be  "False Maduro prophecies" uttered on the Streets of Babylon....

"A prominent Kenyan “prophet” met with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in November 2025, laying hands on him, praying with him, and prophesying victory over his enemies. Weeks later, Maduro was captured and deposed.
David Edward Owuor is a wealthy Kenyan false prophet who

founded the Repentance and Holiness Ministry more than two decades ago. Known for his bold claims, he has insisted that he is the greatest prophet to ever have existed, that he is Elijah, that he is both of the two witnesses mentioned in Revelation 11—he is “two in one”—and that his coming fulfills the prophecies in Malachi: “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet…”. He claims to have performed many miracles and to have been sent by God to prepare the way for Christ’s return.
On November 15, 2025, Owuor met Maduro at the Miraflores Palace during a visit to a branch of his ministry in Venezuela. At the time, the United States was intensifying pressure on Maduro amid escalating tensions.
In a video filmed and posted on Owuor’s ministry channels, he can be seen praying fervently for Maduro, decreeing health, strength, and “victory, victory, victory” over any attacks, with the words translated through an interpreter.
Less than two months later, on January 3, 2026, Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured in a U.S. military operation and flown to the United States to face federal charges." 

Protestia

Creation Moment 1/11/2026 -Convictions of a monkey’s mind?

For though they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or show gratitude. Instead, their thinking became worthless, and their senseless hearts were darkened. Romans 1:21 CSB 

"But then with me the horrid doubt always arises whether the convictions of man’s mind, which has been developed from the mind of the lower animals, are of any value or at all trustworthy. Would any one trust in the convictions of a monkey’s mind, if there are any convictions in such a mind?" 

Charles Darwin, Letter to William Graham, 1881

.......until the truth

“If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of His indignation.’ Revelation 14:9, 10. 

But not one is made to suffer the wrath of God until the truth has been brought home to his mind and conscience, 

and has been rejected. 

*There are many who have never had an opportunity to hear the

special truths for this time. 

*The obligation of the fourth commandment has never been set before them in its true light. 

--He who reads every heart and tries every motive will leave none who desire a knowledge of the truth, to be deceived as to the issues of the controversy. 

The decree is not to be urged upon the people blindly. 

Everyone is to have sufficient light to make his decision intelligently." 

E.G.W.

Creation Moment 1/10/2026 - "life and man are based on design"

So God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them. Genesis 1:27

"While the admission of a design for the universe ultimately raises the question of a Designer (a subject outside of science), the scientific method does not allow us to exclude data which lead to the conclusion that the universe, life and man are based on design. 

To be forced to believe only one conclusion—that everything in the universe happened by chance—would violate the very objectivity of science itself. "
Wernher von Braun, rocket pioneer, 1972

IN the NEWS - A green Sabbath?

"Blue Dot Living, an online magazine focused on sustainable living and environmental protection, published an article on December 29, 2025, calling for the establishment of a weekly day of rest for both people and the planet, giving examples of how Sunday is being set aside in different communities for rest and family time.

Blue Dot Living expressed the following:
• “If you’re like Dot, you surely need a rest. So let me share with you some wonderful news. The best thing we can do the planet just might be … nothing. Nothing? Nothing! Jonathan Schorsch is urging all of

us to join him in the Green Sabbath Project, a mass movement to observe a weekly day of rest, a modern version of what the ancients practiced: No work, no driving or flying, no scrolling our phones or anything technology, no shopping, no building. Instead, walk, sing, play. Eat with friends, food prepared ahead of time. Gather in community. Rest.”
• “This isn’t necessarily about God or religion, insists Schorsch, ‘it is merely common-sense self-care for oneself and our planetary home.’ And it just might help ease the strain on our planet, something we’re already seeing around the world. On Sundays, Mexico City allows tens of thousands of bicyclists, skateboarders, rollerbladers, parents, kids, and other pedestrians to take over more than a 30-mile area around the city’s historic district. Bogotá, Colombia, has similarly introduced car-free Sundays that the population savors, while England’s Playing Out program gives the streets back to parents and children for play.”
• “It is not just humans who need rest. Our Earth cries out for it, too. As Schorsch puts it, ‘A green Sabbath restores Shabbat to its original intention of commemorating the creation of the world.”

Blue Dot Living insists that a weekly day of rest “has nothing to do with God or religion,” but rather with self-care, well-being, and environmental healing. This type of reasoning redefines the Sabbath as a humanitarian and ecological tool, making it more appealing to the general public and reducing the likelihood of resistance to this proposal. This is how the world is being prepared to accept Sunday as the official day of rest: first, by disconnecting the Sabbath from the Word of God and presenting it as a matter of “common sense.”

The language emphasizes a “mass movement,” “gathering in community,” and “weekly day of rest.” 

This represents social participation. The article then gives samples about how this can play out in society through Sunday street closures, Sunday car-free events, and Sunday community gatherings. Essentially, Sunday is being elevated as the day when commerce stops, movement is restricted, and collective rest is encouraged. This call is describing a return to Sunday laws, but stripped of explicit religious language. However, the objective remains the same: to establish Sunday as the default day of rest without direct reference to religion.

But in vain they do worship Me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. Matthew 15:9." 

AdventMessenger

Creation Moment 1/9/2026 - A Central Computer in our Cells

I will praise Thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Psalm 139:14

"Dr. Capaldi and his graduate students, led by Cristina Padilla, whose story is emphasized in the press release. Here’s how the press release begins:

"For decades, biologists have known that a protein complex called TORC1 acts as a master regulator of cell growth—turning growth

programs on when nutrients are available and shutting them down when conditions worsen. Now, a new study conducted at the University of Arizona reveals that TORC1 is far more sophisticated than previously believed. Instead of functioning as a simple on and off switch, TORC1 behaves more like a central computer that integrates different signals and then selectively turns specific pathways on and off – tuning metabolism, energy-intensive processes and cell division, all in real time."

LoNA appears when cells move from rich nutrients to poorer ones, not to starvation. In this state, the cell neither continues business as usual nor shuts down. 

Instead, it reorganizes itself. 

More than ninety percent of TORC1’s phosphorylation targets, the molecular settings through which it regulates cellular policy, shift to new configurations. Growth slows, but it does not stop. Metabolism is rebalanced. Transporters on the vacuole surface in yeast, or the lysosome in humans, are adjusted to draw in more resources. Autophagy begins in a limited and controlled way, recycling cellular components without triggering full shutdown.
t reveals TORC1 not as a simple pathway, but as a decision-making system with conditional logic, feedback, and distributed sensing. Calling it a “central computer” is not a metaphor of convenience." CEH

IN the NEWS - Declaring the Love of God in the Public Arena

Concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead: Romans 1:3,4

"Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders responded to her

critics who questioned her authority and motives for issuing an official faith proclamation calling on state workers to honor Christ by granting them an additional paid day off on December 26 to celebrate the birth of Jesus. 

Rather than backing down under accusations of using her position as governor to proclaim Christian theology as part of an official state function, Sanders doubled down—using her office of governorship to unapologetically affirm that Jesus loves even her critics and that He died for their sins too." 

AdventMessenger

Creation Moment 1/8/2026 - Packaging of Darwinism

Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway. Romans 11:10

"Historian of evolution Edward J. Larson wrote in 2004 that in the 19th century, evolution was accepted remarkably quickly in Western scientific and educated circles. One major reason was the packaging that evolutionists employed. Had evolutionary beliefs been marketed as the materialistic philosophy they essentially were, Darwinism would have never made such headway in the West.

But because evolutionary beliefs were packaged as “science” rather

than philosophy (or theology), this conferred two immediate advantages:
First, presenting evolutionary beliefs as science lent it immediate prestige and popular respect in both Europe and America. 

Second, once this framing was in place, any criticism of evolutionary beliefs could be played off as an “attack on Science” —or worse, as pseudoscience or religion masquerading as science—thus affording it near iron-clad protection from scrutiny." 

CEH

We don’t set the terms

I am God, even thy God.

Psalm 50:7

"True faith has to involve recognition that God is the creator and 

that we exist for Him, 

not Him for us. 

We don’t set the terms. 

The Bible makes this clear time and again." 

PJMedia