Puritan Corner - When to do good

"Do all the good you can, 

by all the means you can, 

in all the ways you can, 

in all the places you can, 

at all the times you can, 

to all the people you can, 

as long as ever you can."

by John Wesley (1703-1791) 

Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

James 4:17

YOU - Through the Sanctuary SERIES: YOU Standing At The Table of ShewBread

Christ is the Bread of Life-- And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

John 6:35

Christ, as the Bread of Life, indicates in His Word is that Bread-- Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

2 Timothy 2:15 

Symbolized in the Communion Service:

And as they did eat, 

Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said,  

Take, eat: this is My body. 

And He took the cup, and when he had given thanks, He gave it to them: and they all drank of it.

And He said unto them,  

This is My blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.

The cup of blessing which we bless, 

is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? 

The bread which we break, 

is it not the communion of the body of Christ?

Mark 14:22-24/1 Corinthians 10:16

 

And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:

Numbers 4:7 

IN the NEWS - "Problematic Emotions" of Social Media

.....and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. Revelation 18:3

Now just imagine this tool in the arsenal during the Mark-of-the-beast times in the hands of those powers allied with the Beast. 

 

"When the government sets about to marry its limitless appetite for

social control with the seemingly limitless computing power of artificial intelligence, the end result is destined to be Orwell’s “thoughtcrime” – a concept that was once exclusively in the domain of speculative fiction — becoming reality. 

Life imitates art, it seems.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP), under the umbrella of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has reportedly been partnering with an AI tech firm called Fivecast to deploy social media surveillance software that, according to its proprietor, purportedly detects “problematic” emotions of social media users and subsequently reports them to law enforcement for further action." 

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IN the NEWS - a Sign of the Times: Tucker is Right

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,... Romans 1:22

Think about the level of moral depravity we have sunk to as a nation since Pride-mania has swept the Fruited Plains of Post-Pax Americana.... we not only sacrifice Free Speech and Freedom of Religion on the Altar to it---but now it guides our Foreign Policy as we DEMAND others stoop to the same level of political depravity. 

You know it's bad when the Pride Movement is the centerpiece of your International Relations.

 

"Tucker Carlson flew to Hungary last week where he gave two

powerful speeches - apologizing for the United States' lack of diplomacy and its "cultural imperialism."

Carlson started by apologizing on behalf of the United States after US Ambassador David Pressman, a gay activist, lectured the Hungarian government over LGBTQ rights. 

 

"The point of diplomacy is not to hector other nations for its own sake," said Carlson. "To show up in someone else's country and scream at them because they're different from you."

 

"I'm not in the habit of apologizing for the United States. In fact, I don't think I ever have, but the behavior of the American ambassador to Hungary makes me want to apologize," said Carlson. "It's disgusting and inexcusable. It's also so far from the norms of diplomacy in my country that it's hard for me to believe that David Pressman is actually doing what he's doing.

And so for a creep like David Pressman, who is not a diplomat -

who's a political activist and Biden donor - to show up in your country and lecture you about your culture, and threaten you because you do things differently from the way they do things where he lives... hurts the United States and is a grave embarrassment to me as an American, and an outrage to me as someone who pays his salary. It's disgusting."

 

Currently same-sex couples in Hungary aren't allowed to adopt children, and changing genders is also illegal. 

 

Pressman, meanwhile is a gay human rights lawyer and California-born former aide to former US Secretary of State Madeline Albright. Earlier this year, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto slammed Pressman, saying he was way out of line." ZeroHedge

SDA Issues: Another Day, Another Rebellion

In His love and in His pity He redeemed them; and He bore them and carried them all the days of old. But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit.... Isaiah 63:9

 

"South Eastern California Conference ordains another woman (Shiphrah Frepuleai) in defiance of the ordination standards of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. This one is at the Campus Hill Church in Loma Linda." 

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Creation Moment 8/31/2023 - Magic Words of Darwinism

Because that, when they knew God, they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Romans 1:21

"The most empty, meaningless phrase in science is Darwin’s concoction, “natural selection.” That’s a bold statement, but we can

prove it. All we need to do is show you how Darwinians themselves use it.

Anything biology needs to do, from great transformations to nothing (stasis), is natural selection’s specialty. It’s like a genie that Darwinists can summon out of a bottle. 

Too lazy to explain things the old scientific way, they say the magic words “natural selection” (NS) and get published, passing peer review with no questions asked. But unlike a genie, the NS genie doesn’t just offer three wishes. It offers Darwinians an endless supply.

 

MSU research suggests natural selection could slow evolution (Michigan State University, 24 Aug 2023). Sometimes the Darwinian needs its genie to stop evolution. NS complies cheerfully, obeying its masters. This article shows Prof. Jeff Conner at UMich conjuring up the Genie of Stasis: natural selection. He “flips the script,” showing selection could lead to similarities as well as differences, the stage assistant (aka press writer) says without a blush. Conner teases his audience before his act.

“We always talk about the vast diversity of life and we should. It’s incredible. Natural selection has given us a lot of that, probably most of that diversity,” said Jeff Conner, a professor with the College of Natural Science and the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, or KBS. “But natural selection can also cause similarities.”

**Conner gives his genie a new word: constraint. He tells his genie, “The idea behind constraint is that, as species evolve, they can lose genetic flexibility in certain areas. This drives specific traits to stabilize and persist through generations.” The genie winks to indicate he gets it. ‘I need you to constrain evolution in the case of wild radish. Show that we scientists cannot get it to evolve.’

Roughly speaking, then, it’s tempting to think of natural selection as the accelerator of evolution, driving different or divergent traits and constraint as the brakes, maintaining or conserving similarities.

“Our work flips the script on that a little bit,” Conner said. “We’re suggesting that selection can also slow things down, that it can cause similarities as well as differences.”

Q: How can this be? 

--Well, Conner speculates that a lack of genetic diversity constrains this plant from evolving. 

--But the genie had no problem with getting a whale from a four-footed mammal in a few million years. 

Q: What’s the problem? 

A: For mysterious reasons, the wild radish kept its ancestral pattern of stamens. It didn’t evolve, “thanks to natural selection.” The genie obeys with a smile as Conner praises him for a job well done.

So wild radish still holds some mysteries, but it’s provided a

potent reminder of the power of natural selection.

Natural selection is very important," Conner said. "A lot of things people have thought selection couldn’t do, we’re learning selection can do.”

 

It can do something, and it can do nothing. The audience claps at this mysterious, unexpected end to the act. 

The handkerchief did not turn into a rabbit as Conner pulled it out of the hat; it was still a handkerchief." CEH

YOU - Through the Sanctuary SERIES: YOU Standing At the Brazen Laver

Symbol for Baptism: 

1) CRUCIFIED WITH HIM- Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. 

2) BURIED WITH HIM- Therefore we are buried with Him by baptism into death:  

3) RISEN WITH HIM- ...that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 

Romans 6:4,6

**Here, at the Brazen Laver, is a symbol for the first 3 Ceremonial Feast Days. 

**Paul's word for BAPTISM is "Baptizo" which means immersion. 

IF Paul wanted to say sprinkling, he would have wrote  "rhantizo". 

But he didn't.

IF Paul wanted to say pouring, he would have wrote  "katacheo".

But he didn't.

 

Christ was Baptized: 

* Notice that the Triune Godhead was present....

And straightway coming up out of the water,  

(Christ, the Son)

He saw the heavens opened,

and the Spirit like a dove descending upon Him: 

(the Holy Spirit)

And there came a voice from heaven,  

(God the Father)

saying,

Thou art my beloved Son,

in whom I am well pleased.

Mark 1:10,11

 

 

Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.

When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD:

Exodus 30:18,20

 

IN the NEWS - It's a Genuine CULT (Can anyone say Jim Jones Guyana? I knew you could)

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: Matthew 6:19

Proof the Green Religion is a GENUINE CULT---on par with Jim

Jones running down to Guyana and drinking the Kool-aid. But the new Kool-aid is apparently colored Green....

Taking a page out of the Saudi's....these rich tycoons are trying to build an earthly Utopia in the name of Mother Earth. There really is no difference between these people and Jim Jones or Waco.

To suggest these wealthy Eco-Fascists are not a CULT is to be totally DISHONEST and Disingenuous.

It's ALL ABOUT CONTROL as they believe in "capitalism for me---socialism for thee". Every aspect of life is rooted in a Neo-Marxist Eco-Fascist belief system. Technocratic WEF styled Marxism.

 

"A consortium of Silicon Valley elites, led by the group Flannery Associates, has acquired 55,000 acres of land in northern California

for $800 million with the ambitious goal of constructing a sustainable, utopian city. 

Investors include leftist luminaries like Reid Hoffman and Laurene Powell Jobs.

The group’s objective is to build a utopian new town on 55,000 acres that promises its future residents reliable public transportation, urban living amenities, and a commitment to clean energy.

It has been reported that Flannery has acquired land from local farmers. As a result, Flannery has become the largest landowner in Solano county." Breitbart

Creation Moment 8/30/2023 - "Humbling"

Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
Your workmanship is marvelous... 

Psalm 139:14

"Life runs on ribosomes. 

Every cell across the globe requires ribosomes to convert genetic data into the vital proteins required for the organism’s operation, and, subsequently, for the production of more ribosomes. 

However, scientists still lack a clear understanding of how these essential nanomachines are assembled.

Now, new high-resolution images of the large ribosomal subunit are shedding light on how arguably nature’s most fundamental molecule coalesces in human cells. 

The findings, published in Science, bring us one step closer to a complete picture of ribosome assembly. Klinge and colleagues focused on the human large ribosomal subunit (60S). The team already knew, from studies in yeast, that the large subunit’s formation involves two precursors (a 5S rRNA and 32S pre-rRNA) snapping together, but “we wanted to know all of the events that need to happen for this to occur,” says Arnaud Vanden Broeck, a postdoctoral researcher in Klinge’s lab.

“We wanted to explain how the large subunit is assembled and processed in human cells.” 

Klinge and Vanden Broeck are content to marvel at the substantial leap forward. “It’s not guesswork anymore,” Klinge says. “We can now see, in detail, what’s going on when the large subunit assembles. It’s humbling to realize we’re finally able to see what makes ribosomes and drives protein formation in all of our own cells.” 

SciTechDaily

YOU - Through the Sanctuary SERIES: YOU Standing At the Altar of Sacrifice

 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, 

and hath translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son: 

In whom we have redemption through His blood, 

even the forgiveness of sins:

Colossians 1:13,14

 

The Sacrificial Lamb--

Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year:...If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Exodus 12:5/Leviticus 1:3-5

The Lamb of God--  

The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

 But with the precious blood of Christ, 

as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

John 1:29/1 Peter 1:19 

Wherefore He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them. 

For such an high priest became us, 

who is holy, 

harmless, 

undefiled, 

separate from sinners, 

and made higher than the heavens; 

Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: 

for this He did once, 

when He offered up Himself.

Hebrews 7:25-27

And thou shalt make an altar...And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass. And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass.

Exodus 27:1-3

538 A.D. Resources

Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem.... Daniel 9:25

 

"The rise of the papacy as supreme power was presented in a book
and paper by Frances Dvornik in 1961. 

Byzantium and the Roman Primacy. 

The American Ecclesiastical Review 289-312. Online available 12th of June 2016 at http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=1355.

 

The Collectio Avellana is a prime source for research of this type. These 244 manuscripts dealt with heresies and schism and how the papal and imperial powers approached the issues. 

It ends with the last letter written by emperor Justinian to pope

Vigilius on the 14th of May 553. 

 

The Corpus Novellae of Justinian is an ingredient part of this research.

 

The Liber Pontificalis is another source that is essential for a study like this. It originated in the year 510 in the days of the primacy of the papacy insistence pope Homisdas and the intention was to illustrate the role of the popes.

 

D. Deliyannis, (2014). The Roman Liber Pontificalis, Papal Primacy, and the Acacian Schism. Viator Vol. 45/2: 1-16. For
the date of its compilation as between 514-530 see Liber Pontificalis by Duchesne 1886: XLV. Duchesne knows of two manuscripts Parisinus 5140 and Vaticanus 3764 (Duchesne 1886: XLVII).

 

The popes with whom Justinian and Theodora dealt that are relevant here are pope Johannes II (533-535); pope Agapetus (535-536); pope Silverius (536-537); Vigilius (537-555).

 

A helpful source for those who struggle to get access to the originals or good translations thereof of the papal letters to Justinian and other pertinent sources mentioned in this writing, is the Source Book Vol. 2 on AD 538 by Heidi Heiks (2010). 

 

For a helpful chronology of Justinian, the Gothic kings, the Vandals as well as the year from Creation as calculated by Jerome, see the Chronica Minora edited by T. Mommsen 1894.

--George Butler in 1885, as a president of the Seventh Day Adventist church, cites a speech of a bishop at the Ecumenical Council in
1870 which said: "Pope Vigilius, A.D. 538, bought the papacy from Belisarius, agent of the Emperor Justinian; though to be sure he broke his promise, and paid nothing Is this mode of gaining the tiara canonical?" (Vatican Council 1870: 189 cited in George Butler 1885: from the American Tract Society Pamphlet with the title: "The
Speech of a Bishop in the Vatican Council"). 

Butler listed many outside scholars who already understood the 1260
years prophecy, the fall in 1798 and the beginning in 538."

 538 A.D. and the Transition from Pagan Roman Empire to Holy
Roman Empire: Justinian’s Metamorphosis from Chief of Staffs toRoman Empire: Justinian’s Metamorphosis from Chief of Staffs to
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Creation Moment 8/29/2023 - Antony van Leeuwenhoek

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

Psalm 139:6

 

"Antony van Leeuwenhoek entered eternity 300 years ago (August 26, 1723). He made hundreds of discoveries with his simple microscope. Perhaps his most notable discovery was of bacteria and

its many shapes. He found great joy in God’s smallest creatures.

In a similar manner, his curiosity of blood led to his discovery of red corpuscles and capillaries. He remained a curious man until the last days of his life 300 years ago today. 

His curiosity of life in rainwater, lake water, and “pepper water” led to many discoveries. He first discovered bacteria and protozoans in drops of water. 

A Dutch haberdasher (i.e., draper, cloth merchant), he retained a childlike joy of discovery from his youth until his death at age 91." AIG

SDA Issues- Simplifying the Message for Laodicea

And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write;.....Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing;  

Rev. 3:14,17

Q: What is the Last Church rich and increased with?

A: The Truth

 

But....

... thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

Rev. 3:15,16 

 

The Counsel....

I counsel thee 

to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; 

and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; 

and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.

Rev. 3:18

 

1) The gold is faith
2) The White Raiment is purity of character
3) The eyesalve is the wisdom to discern between good and evil

 

"You know the truth, 

you believe the truth, 

you even love the truth. 

But the truth hasn't changed you. 

Let the truth change." Ellen White

SDA Issues - Möge Gott das Böse in diesen Männern aufdecken und verurteilen

"Adventisten Heute is the OFFICIAL church paper of the SDA church in Germany. 

The September 2023 issue is dedicated to questioning the Seventh-day Adventist understanding of gender issues, and undermining our Biblical position on gender and sexuality.

The six authors of this troubling church paper edition are Johannes Naether, Werner Dullinger, Andreas Bochman, Arndt Buessing, Lorethy Starck, and Klaus van Treek. All of these are liberal-progressive leaders, pastors, or professors, as well as strong influencers within SDA Germany.

There are two Unions in Germany, Northern and Southern.  Johannes Naether is President of the North, and Werner Dullinger is President of the South.  They, along with the authors of this newsletter are working together to advance a liberal agenda in Germany. 

 

"This is unacceptable. This must be addressed. 

This issue cannot be smoothed over. 

Correcting this is necessary, even to the loss of all church properties in Germany."  

L.Kirkpatrick

 

Q: What about our members in Germany?  

Q: Do we have faithful Seventh-day Adventists in that country?  

A: Yes, we do.

 

To our faithful brethren in Germany, we care about what you are enduring.  You are in our prayers 

 (For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that we conducted ourselves in the world in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and more abundantly toward you. 2 Corinthians 1:12). 

 Take heart.  You are not alone.  

Commit yourselves to the Word of God daily.  

Relief is coming, one way or another.

 

Unchecked Women Ordination rebellion has now turned into the secondary consequence of LGBTQ+ rebellion. Both issues use the same flawed theology, the same arguments, and both issues have a common enemy— Biblical patriarchy. 

--Feminism loosened the gender binary anchor pins, 

--LGBTQ+ rips the anchor pins out of the ground altogether."

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"To hate and reprove sin, and at the same time to show pity and tenderness for the sinner, is a difficult attainment.  

The more earnest our own efforts to attain to holiness of heart and life, the more acute will be our perception of sin and the more decided our disapproval of any deviation from the right.  

a) We must guard against undue severity toward the wrongdoer, 

b) but we must also be careful not to lose sight of the exceeding sinfulness of sin.  

a) There is need of showing Christlike patience and love for the erring one, 

b) but there is also danger of showing so great toleration for his error that he will look upon himself as undeserving of reproof, and will reject it as uncalled for and unjust.." {E.G.W. AA 503.3}

SDA Issues - Beware of this Sabbath Keeping / Woke MOTHER OF ALL CULTS

"Apparently Ahn Sahng-hong claimed the mission of the SDA Church was ended when he left it in 1962 and thereby started the another Church in South Korea in 1964 for the next phase of truth to be uncovered.

This led to his GENUINE CULT of the World Mission Societal Church of God, considered the fastest growing CULT today. 

@ Born a Buddhist in 1918 in Korea. 

@ Baptized an SDA in 1954. (He claimed to have been baptized in 1948 but Church records show 1954)

@ Kicked out of the SDA Church in 1962 for strange teachings.

@ Started the Church of God Jesus Witnesses Church in 1964.

@ Beliefs include keeping the Sabbath, reading of his books of "truth" that he wrote, insinuated he was the next Elijah, stressed that Passover HAS to be kept at twilight each year in order to be saved, that the world would end in 1988 and that women in church wear head coverings. Also, he gave lip service to the triune Godhead but appears to have been of the mindset that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit shift between each other.

@ In today's Church members have to not only tithe their income but

also on gifts they receive. It is reported the Church arranges marriages within.

@ He died in 1985 of a stroke the day after he had a heart attack.

@ He was married and had 3 children but also took a mistress named Zahng Gil-jah (born 1943) who is now proclaimed the "mother god".

@ After his death his Church split into two: One group claimed to be his true followers and stayed in South Korea. His wife and 3 children aligned with that group at the time. 

The other group split off under a male leader and Ahn Sahng-hong's mistress Zahng Gil-jah which by 1997 began using the name World

Mission Societal Church of God. 

@ They declared Zahng Gil-jah to be the "mother god" and that Ahn Sahng-hong was actually Christ.

@ They now declare that  Ahn sahng-hong was the 2nd coming of Christ by supposedly restoring what they call "the Passover of the New Covenant" by grossly twisting Hebrews 9:28 . . . (so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him) OUT OF CONTEXT.

@ This is the group that has gone globally and has become the fastest

growing CULT in the world. It is said that they encourage abortion (so as not to be tied down with a child for Ahn Sahng-hong is soon to lead his return among his angelic host) and shun recruiting the elderly.

@ They target affluent areas mostly (but not exclusively) by standing around shopping malls, stores and colleges looking for people to approach.

@ The Church members are advised to only read the Church website online because they claim the internet is the Tree of The Knowledge of Good And Evil.

@ It seems that in America they make contact by asking if you know

there's a "mother god". There line is something along the lines that "everyone has a mother" and that if God is the "Father" there to obviously is a "mother" then proceed to string verses out of context together. They try and get you into a Bible study at the Church where eventually you are love bombed that week and usually a call for your baptism in that same week. 

@ People are baptized in the name of the Father, "Christ Ahn Sahng-hong", and the Holy Spirit. It is said that the first time they hear Ahn Sahng-hong's name is at baptism.

@ They apparently oppose celebrating all holidays, including Thanksgiving.

@ They also hold "Talk Concerts" about so-called "climate change".

@ If you are wondering how this CULT is growing fast, part of it, at least in the following news story, seems to be the appeal to some of a "mother god" whom they apparently associate as the Holy Spirit.

"LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - Walking through downtown Thursday, you may have passed signs and people sharing a message that’s a bit

unusual to the standard ear. Members of the World Mission Society Church of God stood at Jefferson Square Park to share their belief that God is a woman. The church believes in the second coming of Christ and said its members learn from facts and proof and not from what's previously learned. Madelyn Brown, 23, became a member of the church about four years ago. Previously Baptist and Catholic, Brown joined her church's campaign to share the message about its heavenly mother. The campaign is happening in 35 countries. "It's actually really moving to see times change according to Bible prophecy and be more accepting women in power and women in large roles,” said Brown." WAVE TV

So that's how they do it.....sort of a Woke-edged Pseudo-Christianity for the ITCHING EARS 

of the world of today  

Hanging & chilling with the Queen of Woke - AOC

 

For the time will come when they will not endure the sound doctrine; but, having itching ears, will heap to themselves teachers after their own lusts... 2 Timothy 4:3