Christmas in September / O Come Emanuel performed by the Piano Guys

O Come Emanuel performed by the Piano Guys (Since the real "Christmas" is thought to have occurred around September)
www.youtube.com/embed/ugV6QGcafEE

And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)

To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.

And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.

And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

Luke 2:4-7

Health Note - BlueBerries

"Blueberries are not only popular, but also repeatedly ranked in the U.S. diet as having one of the highest antioxidant capacities among all fruits, vegetables, spices and seasonings. Antioxidants are essential to optimizing health by helping to combat the free radicals that can damage cellular structures as well as DNA.
After many years of research on blueberry antioxidants and their potential benefits for the nervous system and for brain health, there is exciting new evidence that blueberries can improve memory."
TheWorldsHealthiestFoods.org
And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun,
Deuteronomy 33:14

SDA News - Tragic SDA wreck

"Congregants of the Ambassador Seventh-day Adventist Church in Lauderdale Lakes are relying on faith to cope after a van crash in Lee County on Saturday left three passengers dead and 13 injured.
"It's a terrible situation for everyone involved," Pastor Henoc Paulicin said Monday. Forty church members — part of a mission group called the Maranatha French — were traveling to a religious convention in Tampa when one of their three vans overturned on Interstate 75 in Estero. "It has definitely caused us to pray more. We are giving praise because it could have been much worse." Paulicin said.
Nostra Damas, 20, of North Lauderdale, died Saturday; Ose Elian, 22, and Gertha Petit Frere, 62, both of Sunrise, died Sunday after the wreck on the Corkscrew Road overpass just west of the Miromar Outlets.
The vans left about 4:15 a.m. from a parking lot at 5770 W. Oakland Park Blvd. in Lauderhill, Paulicin said. Their destination was a one-day meeting of 1,000 Seventh-day Adventists who anticipated a "spiritual recharge" from a day of prayer and sermons by church leaders, Paulicin said."
OrlandoSentinel

Sad, Sad Lesson-Always Remember-

1)  ...but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Ecclesiastes 9:11
2) Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life?
It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
James 4:14
 

IN the NEWS - EVIL Stalks Kenya

"Soldiers told of the horrific torture meted out by terrorists in the Nairobi mall massacre yesterday

with claims hostages were dismembered, had their eyes gouged out and were left hanging from hooks in the ceiling.
Men were said to have been castrated and had fingers removed with pliers before being blinded and hanged.
Children were found dead in the food court fridges with knives still embedded in their bodies, it was claimed. 
Most of the defeated terrorists, meanwhile, were reportedly discovered ‘burnt to ashes’, set alight by the last extremist standing to try to protect their identities.
The horrifying details came yesterday as the first pictures emerged from within the wreckage of the building, showing piles of bodies left strewn across the floor. A third of the mall was destroyed in the battle between terrorists and Kenyan troops. 
‘You find people with hooks hanging from the roof,’ said one Kenyan doctor, who asked not to be named.
‘They removed eyes, ears, nose. They get your hand and sharpen it like a pencil then they tell you to write your name with the blood. They drive knives inside a child’s body.
'Actually if you look at all the bodies, unless those ones that were escaping, fingers are cut by pliers, the noses are ripped by pliers. Here it was pain.’
A soldier, who took pictures at a bread counter and at the ArtCaffe, said he was so traumatised by what he saw he has had to seek counseling.
The main thrust of the operation began at 6am on Monday when troops and helicopters surrounded the building, but their efforts were hampered by an Al Shabaab sniper who managed to pin them back for nearly 24 hours.
As tear gas was used to try to flush him out, another terrorist reportedly blew himself up. It is believed the resulting fire may have killed dozens of shoppers in a supermarket. 
The following day, the soldiers were ordered to adopt a 'shoot to kill' policy and launched their final attack on the terror group on the roof of the mall at 5pm.
The mall was retaken about half an hour later." MailOnline.UK

Kenyan TV Footage
www.youtube.com/embed/VPgF4YRTErw
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders,
Matthew 15:19                

 

 

 The White Widow

 

"Witnesses at the mall claimed to have seen a white woman among the attackers, and news media speculated it might be Lewthwaite." USAToday
"British media reports say Lewthwaite converted to Islam at 17, after she was upset by her parents' 1994 divorce, and later married Lindsay, whom she met in an Internet chat room.
Following her husband's suicide attack in London, Lewthwaite was cited in the British media saying she abhorred the killing of civilians.
But a diary that Kenyan police found at Abdi's house, which police believe belonged to Lewthwaite, said that the wives of Muslim suicide bombers must be devoted, obedient and unquestioning because their lives would be "sweeter in the hereafter" because of the "sacrifices" of their husbands, according to 2012 reports in British media.
Lewthwaite, a mother of three, is believed to have escaped into Tanzania with British terror suspect Habib Saleh Ghani, according to authorities. Kenyan police said last year that they believed she was in Somalia. They described Ghani as highly dangerous." LATimes
"As well as railing against ‘infidels in the West’, Lewthwaite had previously used a Twitter account to denounce a rival foreign terrorist in the text-speak of a teenager. ‘Fyi [for your information] sam lewthwaite thinks u r a irritating obnoxious contemptible little Muj PRAT,’ she wrote. (‘Muj’ is a contraction of mujahideen – a jihadist). The object of her anger was Omar Shafik Hammami, a former student from Alabama. Last week he was shot dead in an ambush by terrorists loyal to the White Widow. ‘May his fate serve as a lesson to all those who want to follow in his footsteps as a poster boy for jihad,’ Lewthwaite wrote gleefully on Twitter." MailOn.com

The Kenyan government has issued orders to shoot to kill on sight
for the "white widow", assuming she was involved in planning the
attack or was there and escaped.

SDA Issues - Too Late In The Day

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

Psalm 133:1

 

"Too late in the day,
brethren, too late in the day.

We are in the great day of atonement, a time when a man must be afflicting his soul, confessing his sins, humbling his heart before God, and getting ready for the great conflict.
When these contentions come in before the people, they will think one has the argument, and then that another directly opposed has the argument. The poor people become confused, and the conference will be a dead loss, worse than if they had had no conference.
Now when everything is dissension and strife, there must be decided efforts to handle, to publish with pen and voice these things that will reveal only harmony. . . ."
Counsels to Writers and Editors p.74 E.G.W.

It is TOO LATE IN THE DAY to waste time with the likes of Spectrum, Adventist Today or Reinventing the Adventist Wheel or Steve Daily & Desmond Ford who are committed to confusing the people.
 

IN the NEWS - Lesson from Scotland

"The Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church has said that churches need to change if they are to reverse the decline in religious affiliation in Scotland.

Bishop David Chillingworth was responding to the latest figures from the 2011 Census, which revealed that in Scotland, 54% of people identify themselves as Christian, a decrease of 11% since 2001. At the same time, the number identifying themselves as atheist has risen by 9% over the last 10 years to 37% today.
"The figures for religious affiliation in Scotland are a significant challenge for churches. Nominal membership of traditional churches is swiftly changing into 'no religion'," said Bishop Chillingworth.
"The reasons are clear. Traditional patterns of church life have difficulty attracting people in a mobile, fast-changing and increasingly sophisticated society. Congregations are communities of affection which gather in time-hallowed buildings and they find change challenging." ChristianPost

1) Nominal=No Religion...well, yeah.....Nominal means in name only so at least they are being honest now when they answer a poll as to where they really stand as it relates to "church"...

2) As for using the excuse of a "sophisticated society" & a "mobile" society as a reason, let the Scriptures respond to "society" on that - And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

Luke 21:34

Creation Moment 9/30/2013 - Broken Heart Syndrome

We are a delicately wired (created/designed) machine....
"A condition called stress cardiomyopathy entails a sudden, temporary weakening of the muscle of the heart (the myocardium). This results in symptoms akin to those of a heart attack, including chest pain, shortness of breath and arm aches.
The condition is also commonly known as "broken heart syndrome" because it can be caused by an emotionally stressful event, such as the death of a loved one or a divorce, breakup or physical separation from a loved one." LiveScience
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart;
Psalm 34:18
 

Diseased Imaginations

R U OBSESSED with Modern Day Storytelling?

"But these very youth who profess to be Christians gratify the desires of the carnal heart in following their own inclinations; and God-given, probationary time, granted them to become acquainted with the precious truths of the Bible, is devoted to the reading of fictitious tales. This habit once formed is difficult to overcome; but it can be done, it must be done by all who are candidates for the heavenly world.

   

 

That mind is ruined which is allowed to be
absorbed in story-reading.

The imagination becomes diseased,

sentimentalism takes possession of the mind,

and there is a vague unrest,
a strange appetite for unwholesome mental food,

which is constantly unbalancing the mind."

Messages To Young People p.290 E.G.W.
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world.
1 John 2:15

Creation Moment 9/29/2013 - Legs

"Here on Earth, a person's blood tends to pool in the legs because of gravity (the leg veins have valves that help to maintain blood flow from the legs back up to the heart)." LiveScience
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:
Psalm 139:14

Hair, White & Wool

His head and his hairs were white like wool,
Revelation 1:14

HAIR - representing the multitudes of His people?
WHITE - covered by His robe of righteousness (purity)?
WOOL - His people are His sheep?

Stale Bread & Cheap Wine

The reason for the Church growing stale is that they lost sight of that sharp dividing line between the ways of the  world & the ways of God.

To the one we are an aroma that brings death;

to the other, an aroma that brings life.

2 Corinthians 2:16 NIV

IN the NEWS - Kneeling Cruz

Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us:
consider, and behold our reproach.

Lamentations 5:1

"Here’s a shot of Sen. Ted Cruz praying in front of The White House yesterday. No, he’s not praying that Barack Obama will overturn Obamacare and no, he’s not praying that he will occupy the presidency one day. Instead, he’s alongside Rev. Rob Schenck (from Faith and Action) and Rev. Frazier White (a Democrat and Obama supporter) praying for Saeed Abedini, who has been in an Iranian prison for one year. He is being persecuted for his faith." CBN
At least someone in Washington isn't afraid to kneel before God....Compare Cruz to the Democrats at their convention when on a Monday morning they cried out "Boo" when a motion to put the name of God back in their platform came up for a vote.

 

Papal Notes - Pope of Hope - so says Hollywood types

"Last week, Pope Francis made headlines when he stated that the Catholic Church has become too focused on "small-minded rules" regarding controversial issues like homosexuality. And Roma Downey, the co-creater of History Channel's mega-success "The Bible," is praising his message.
"I think the Pope is a real blessing to the world," she told FOX411 at The Hollywood Reporter's soiree to celebrate the Emmys and the new fall season of television.
"He's brought in some new hope,.......... I think he's a Pope of Hope." Downey, along with her famed reality producer husband Mark Burnett, lined up their own finances to produce the mega ratings success mini-series "The Bible" for the History Channel, which earlier this year became the most downloaded series on iTunes. While it cost $22 million to make, the series was a gamble, and the through-the-roof viewership came as a surprise." FOX

 ....and all the world wondered after the beast.
Revelation 13:3
 

Creation Moment 9/28/2013 - The Heart Needs A Body

"...the heart actually can still beat after being removed from the bodyThis eerie pulsing occurs because the heart generates its own electrical impulses, which cause it to beat. As long as the heart continues to receive oxygen, it will keep going, even if separated from the rest of the body." LiveScience
So to you evolutionists out there---which "evolved" first? The body which needs a heart-or-the heart that is used for a body? Just asking..................
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:
Psalm 139:14

#7: Last 7 sayings of Christ

#7

And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice,

he said,

Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.

Luke 23:46

Time to sit for a moment at the foot of the cross and learn....

 

VOLUNTEERED

No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself.

I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again.

John 10:18

ARCHAEOLOGY: Tekhelet - Blue?

"In the Bible, a shade of blue called tekhelet was God’s chosen color for the ancient Israelites. Tekhelet drapes adorned Solomon’s Temple, and tekhelet robes were worn by Israel’s high priests.
Israelites “were commanded to tie one string of tekhelet to the corner fringes (Hebrew, tzitzit) of their garments as a constant reminder of their special relationship with God” (Numbers 15:38–39). The tradition of blue tzitzit still exists today.

But what was the actual color of ancient tekhelet and blue tzitzit? Was it a shade of blue or was it closer to purple? Blue tzitzit and tekhelet-colored fabrics were widely worn and traded throughout the ancient Mediterranean, but by the Roman period, only the emperor could wear tekhelet.
A century ago, Isaac Herzog, who would later become Israel’s first chief rabbi, researched tekhelet for his dissertation. He concluded that blue in the Bible was a bright sky-blue derived from the secretions of a sea snail, Murex trunculus. This species was known to produce a murex dye the color of dark purple. Decades after Herzog’s death, chemist Otto Elsner proved that murex dye could in fact produce a sky-blue color by exposing the snail secretions to ultraviolet rays during the dyeing process. Sky-blue tzitzit, then, could be made with murex dye." BiblicalArchaeology

 

Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue: And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them;

That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.

Numbers 15:38-40

 

BLUE for OBEDIENCE

 

Health Note - Walnuts

"According to the recent study, Eating walnuts daily can prevent diabetes and heart disease. Daily intake of 56 g of walnuts improves endothelial function in overweight adults with visceral adiposity."
DelhiNews
I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley,
Song of Solomon 6:11

IN the NEWS - Calvinist rift over "tongues"

And these signs shall follow them that believe;
they shall speak with new tongues;
Mark 16:17

Traditional Calvinists vs. New Calvinists

"Pastor Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Wash., recently spoke on the gift of tongues as described in the New Testament as part of his "Acts: Empowered for Jesus' Mission" sermon series. 

Driscoll-the New Calvinist

The conservative Reformed, or New Calvinist, Christian minister laid out his arguments as to why he believes the gift of speaking in tongues did not end with Jesus' apostles in the first century.
"So, we agree with the Cessationists that yes, certain gifts, at least, they're going to cease. They're going to cease," added Driscoll. "Where we disagree with the Cessationists and we agree with the Continuationists is when they cease. We believe that all of the gifts continue until one very important transitionary moment in the history of the world."

Cessationists, such as influential pastor and traditional 

MacArthur-the Traditional Calvinist

Calvinist John MacArthur, believe that 1 Corinthians 13:8 and other Biblical passages indicate that the divine ability to speak in other languages or an unknown tongue (glossolalia) ended with the apostles' deaths, as did prophetic revelations and faith-healings through individuals." ChristianPost
Hey Guys....
"Tongues" were foreign languages for missionary work-not charismatic gibberish of today

 

Puritan Corner - Idle Vs. Idols

Neither be idle in the means, nor make an idol of the means
by WILLIAM SECKER (?-1681)

For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.

2 Kings 17:12

Creation Moment 9/27/2013 - Heart Rates (by Design)

"Across the animal kingdom, heart rate is inversely related to body size: In general, the bigger the

animal, the slower its resting heart rate.
An adult human has an average resting heart rate of about 75 beats per minute, the same rate as an adult sheep.
But a blue whale's heart is about the size of a compact car, and only beats five times per minute. A shrew, on the other hand, has a heart rate of about 1,000 beats per minute." LiveScience
Who set the heart rates to be proportional? Just asking.....

Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created.

Psalm 148:5

#6: Last 7 sayings of Christ

#6

When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

John 19:30

Time to sit for a moment at the foot of the cross and learn....

 

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith;

Hebrews 12:2

 

Isaiah 60 & "Christmas"?

***?***

Is Isaiah chapter 60 a dual prophecy of both His 1st & 2nd, future, advent figuratively?

Is the following verse relating literally to the 1st advent ('Christmas')?

The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD.

Isaiah 60:6

 

Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews?

 for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.

And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

Matthew 2:2,11

Creation Moment 9/26/2013 - "Longer" than the World

....for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:

Psalm 139:14

"If you were to lay out all of the arteries, capillaries and veins in one adult, end-to-end, they would stretch about 60,000 miles (100,000 kilometers). What's more, the capillaries, which are the smallest of the blood vessels, would make up about 80 percent of this length.
By comparison, the circumference of the Earth is about 25,000 miles. That means a person's blood vessels could wrap around the planet approximately 2.5 times!" LiveScience

Do ya really think that system 'evolved'? BTW, if you need the whole system, how could creatures survive before this was fully 'evolved'?
 

#5: Last 7 sayings of Christ

#5

After this,

Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished,

that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith,

I thirst.

John 19:28

 

Time to sit for a moment at the foot of the cross and learn....

 

* His first miracle was turning the water into "wine" (juice).

He was here to take us from the old covenant to the new-sealed with his blood.

 

* On the cross He tasted the "bitterness" for us...Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. John 19:29

Danny Davis Blasphemous Birth Story (yarn)

Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.   

Matthew 12:31

WARNING

Real Blasphemy of TV Evangelist

Danny Davis claims his mother-
1) Was visited by the Lord before his birth - with the name "Daniel" written on the wall. (He snagged that from the visitation of Mary & the writing on the wall by the hand of the Lord in Daniel)
2) She was supposedly told she would have a "manchild" (He snagged that from the "Manchild", which is Christ, being born in Revelation 12)
3) Has no problem comparing his birth to that of Samuel.....

Below is a paragraph from his actual website...
"As she laid down one afternoon she received a vision of a baby boy sitting under a bright ray of light. The same evening she received a visitation from the Lord. She saw the name DANIEL written

on the wall. The Lord spoke to her that she would have a “manchild” and that he would preach the judgements of God to His people. His name was to be Daniel. A few months later she gave birth to a son. Like Samuel of old....Danny Davis was a seed-faith gift given to God before birth."
From Danny Davis website




How DISGUSTING....SERIOUSLY, who in their right mind believes him or gives this guy money?

IN the NEWS - Pelosi the bad girl

"Because of her longstanding support for abortion, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), a Catholic, must be denied Communion under the law of the Catholic Church, said Cardinal Raymond Burke, head of the highest court at the Vatican.
Cardinal Burke referenced his remarks about Pelosi to Canon Law--the law  governing the Catholic Church--and specifically Canon 915, which says those Catholics who obstinately persevere “in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to Holy Communion.”
“Certainly this is a case when Canon 915 must be applied,” said Cardinal Burke in national Catholic weekly. “This is a person who obstinately, after repeated admonitions, persists in a grave sin--cooperating with the crime of procured abortion--and still professes to be a devout Catholic.”"
CNS



Pelosi in a Gay Pride Parade

Because the carnal mind is enmity against God:

for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

Romans 8:7

I'm NOT a Catholic, although I agree with them on abortion.
Also, their church has every right to do this if they so choose to Pelosi. Not only has she flaunted the position on abortion to the extreme with her policies, but she has undermined the Catholic church on a whole host of other social issues including on freedom of religion.
This isn't about Pelosi being forced to force Catholicism on the rest of the country, but rather if she doesn't agree with any of the teachings of the church---then leave. Why stay in any church when you foster an atheistic worldview?

 

Creation Moment 9/25/2013 - Feather "mapping" mechanism

"Bird feathers are vastly different from flower petals, but another amazing “mapping” mechanism controls their development. Melanocyte progenitors are distributed as a horizontal ring in the proximal follicle, sending melanocytes vertically up into the epithelial cylinder which gradually emerges as feathers grow. Different pigment patterns form by modulating the presence, arrangement, or differentiation of melanocytes. A layer of peripheral pulp further regulates pigmentation via patterned agouti expression. Lifetime feather cyclic regeneration resets pigment patterns for physiological needs. Thus, stem cell niche topology allows complex pigment patterning via combinatorial co-option of simple regulatory mechanisms." CEH

Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? Job 39:13
Watch below Flight: The Genius Of Birds
www.youtube.com/embed/46rE4BfWN_M
 

#4: Last 7 sayings of Christ

#4

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice,

saying,

Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?

that is to say,

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

Matthew 27:46

Time to sit for a moment at the foot of the cross and learn....

 

 

As predicted.............(Remember when you ask 'God, where are You?')

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

why art thou so far from helping me,

and from the words of my roaring?

Psalm 22:1
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—
Matthew 4:15 NIV

IN the NEWS - Beepocalypse

They compassed me about like bees;

Psalm 118:12

"Over the past seven years, a stunning one-third of the U.S. honeybee population has disappeared without a trace – a mystery that’s baffling beekeepers and scientists, and raising concerns about the impact on the American food supply.
U.S. Department of Agriculture bee researcher Jeff Pettis, who is leading the government’s search for answers, said there’s a lot more at stake in the disappearance of honeybees than just honey.

“If you walk into your grocery store, you might see about only one-third of the produce left in the produce aisle,” Pettis said, explaining what a world without bees would look like. “Apples and nuts and many of the fruits and vegetables would simply not be available if we didn't have bees or something to pollinate.”
In an interview with “Power Players” at the USDA’s bee research laboratory outside Washington, D.C., Pettis explained that in colony collapse disorder,” the scientific name for the sustained loss of honeybees in recent years, the worker bees leave their hives and never return.
So where do the bees go? Pettis said ............“The truth is we don't know exactly where they go,” ...
Despite years of research on mass bee disappearance, Pettis said scientists hadn’t found a “smoking gun” to explain why.
“We're looking at a whole host of things,” he said. “Nutrition, pesticide exposure, and then things like viruses and bacteria infection, so we're looking at combinations of things.” CNN

Could the future 'Beepocalypse' contribute in some way to the time of trouble by  causing a collapse in the world food supply? Who knows....CHILL, I'm NOT saying I think that it will.... just a thought among many possibilities out there about the time of trouble.... Don't take this one thing too serious by itself....

IN the NEWS - Animal Bridges?

Germany spends millions

on animal-only bridges

"Germany is living up to its environmentally-friendly image by spending millions of euros on building bridges just for animals. Humans caught crossing them face a €35 fine. More than a hundred wildlife bridges are to be built in the next decade."

TheLocal-Germany'sNewsInEnglish

 

More NONSENSE from the GREEN Religion.....do U really think this is worth all that money? I don't think animals need man-made "bridges"....

That $$$$$$$$$$$ could have been spent on something that matters.....

Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father
 means caring for orphans....
James 1:27 NLT

 

Creation Moment 9/24/2013 - Flower Map

"Imagine you’re a flower bud.  You are blind, deaf, and dumb, but somehow you know how to create beautiful artwork.  Through your efforts, a lovely rose, petunia or orchid will result.  How would you do it?  An article on Live Science suggests an amazing, though partial, answer: the bud has a map of

the finished product.  “The shape of a flower’s petals and leaves are dictated by a biological map hidden inside the flower’s growing bud,” according to a new study from the John Innes Centre and the University of East Anglia, both in the UK.

They discovered that concealed maps within the flower buds are made up of patterns of arrows that act as instructions for how each cell in the bud should grow. As such, the maps essentially influence a flower bud’s cell polarity, or the functions of the cells.

The “arrows” are made up of proteins called PIN proteins that migrate to the tips of cells.  When they concentrate, a pointed leaf results.  When they fan out, a rounded shape, like a flower petal results.  Other proteins follow the “arrows” to cause growth in those areas.  PLoS Biology discussed the paper in a little more detail.  The original paper in PLoS Biology described how the growth proteins follow the “polarity field” set up by the PIN proteins." CEH

Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Luke 12:27

#3: Last 7 sayings of Christ

#3

And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee,

To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

Luke 23:43

 

Time to sit for a moment at the foot of the cross and learn....

Luke 23:43 and misplaced commas

Spot the difference between these two phrases:

1. "Verily I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise."
2. "Verily I say to you today, you will be with me in Paradise."

Exactly, the moving of the comma changes both the structure

and the meaning of the sentence.

 

The original Greek had no punctuation, so translators had to guess about where to place a comma. They decided on the common rendering of the text.

But they got it wrong. It should read: “Verily I say unto thee today, shalt thou be with me in paradise.” Jesus is saying, even though right now I don’t look like a king, I’m telling you right now that because you called me Lord and King, you’re going to be with me in heaven.

We know it’s a misplaced comma because Jesus didn’t go to heaven that day! Three days after that promise, Mary saw Jesus after His resurrection and grabbed hold of His ankles. He said, “Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father” (John 20:17). He could not have been in heaven on Friday! The Bible makes it clear that the thief did not go to heaven with Jesus Friday afternoon. JM & AmazingFacts

Who lied? God or Lucifer?

On the issue of the State-of-the-dead, WHO LIED? God or Lucifer?

God said - But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. Genesis 2:17

Lucifer said - And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: Genesis 3:4

Lucifer taught the IMMORTALITY of the Soul.....God taught you have NO immortality. Instead you have "soul sleep" until the resurrection....

And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,

some to everlasting life,

and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Daniel 12:2