Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 25

"Psalm 25:
The second of the acrostic psalms, Psalm 25, emphasizes David’s need for deliverance from his enemies in verses (1-3, 16-22) and for forgiveness from his gracious God (verses 4-15).

I. Prayers in Times of Trial (25:1-7);
II. Praise in Periods of Confidence (25:8-15);
III. Petition for Help in Trouble (25:16-22).

Psalm 25:1 Unto Thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.

“I lift up my soul”:
This is a vivid picture of David’s dependence.

Psalm 25:3 Yea, let none that wait on Thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
The prayer passes from the particular to the universal.
What David desires for himself he desires also for all the true servants of God.

Psalm 25:4 Show me Thy ways, O LORD; teach me Thy paths.
John 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

Psalm 25:5 Lead me in Thy truth, and teach me: for Thou [art] the God of my salvation; on Thee do I wait all the day.
The prayer is that God will both teach this to the psalmist and lead him in it

Psalm 25:6 Remember, O LORD, Thy tender mercies and Thy lovingkindnesses; for they [have been] ever of old.

God's character cannot change.

1 Chronicles 16:34 O give thanks unto the LORD; for [He is] good; for His mercy [endureth] for ever.

Psalm 25:7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to Thy mercy remember Thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.
Psalm 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, [so] far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

Psalm 25:11 For Thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it [is] great.

What a strange ground on which to base a plea for pardon! One is naturally inclined to minimize his fault, when asking for pardon; among men the smaller the offense the more easily the pardon is secured, and that is why people are so apt to try to hide their sins, or make them appear as small as possible. That plan, however, is not the right one to pursue with the Lord.
We see an admission of guilt which is the first step toward forgiveness.

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 

1 John 1:9 

Psalm 25:14 The secret of the LORD [is] with them that fear Him; and he will show them His covenant.
“The secret”:
This could well be rendered the “counsel” or intimate personal communion.
The Bible reveals God to the believer.
The Holy Spirit teaches us all truth.
Jesus kept no secrets from His own.

Psalm 25:16 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I [am] desolate and afflicted.
He pleads no merits nor works of righteousness of his, but casts himself upon the mercy of God.

Psalm 25:18 Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
This connection between suffering and sin, in the sense that the one naturally suggests the other.

Psalm 25:19 Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.
The arguments he uses are taken both from the quantity and quality of his enemies, their number and their nature.
"For they are many":
Their sins and corruptions, Satan, and his principalities and powers and the men of this world. "And they hate me with cruel hatred."
BooksOfTheBible/E.J. Waggoner

ARCHAEOLOGY: Archaeological Find Suggests Civilizations Embraced Mathematical Thinking

"Evolutionary anthropology has long portrayed human ingenuity as emerging through a slow, linear progression: from early hunter-gatherer societies, through the ‘Iron Age,’ and onward to increasingly complex civilizations culminating in the modern day. 

However, recent evidence suggests that some of the earliest societies possessed far more sophisticated ways of understanding the world than evolutionary anthropologists have traditionally depicted.

The Earliest Vegetal Motifs in Prehistoric Art: Painted Halafian Pottery of Mesopotamia and Prehistoric Mathematical Thinking (Yosef Garfinkel & Sarah Krulwich, Journal of World Prehistory, 5 December 2025). The authors of this paper found striking evidence that early civilizations possessed a “complex” awareness of

symmetry, precise spatial division, and geometric sequencing as expressed in artistic forms. These findings were derived from painted pottery vessels from the Halafian culture in northern Mesopotamia.
While the authors describe their findings as “rather surprising”, intelligent design and young earth creation perspectives interpret this differently: humans were created with intelligence from the beginning, fully capable of symbolic thought, measurement, and artistry. The Halafian pottery bears witness not of a slow evolutionary climb from ignorance, but to an innate creativity and mathematical capacity endowed by the Creator from humanity’s beginning.

Garfinkel and Krulwich’s archaeological dig discovered precisely imprinted motifs depicting flowers, shrubs, branches, and trees, arranged in mathematically significant sequences. The authors describe these motifs as depicting repeating multiples of 4, 8, 16, 32, and 64, thereby “creating a mathematical series,” and note that the patterns were “meticulously executed.” They express surprise at the level of artistry involved, explicitly linking it to the mathematical precision the designs required. As they write:

“The depictions of flower petals in the geometric sequence of the numbers 4, 8, 16 and 32, as well as 64 flowers in another type of arrangement, point to arithmetical knowledge.”

From a secular archaeological perspective, the authors express surprise that such sophisticated Halafian vegetal motifs are dated to the seventh millennium BC: well before the evolutionary anthropologists estimate the rise of writing or advanced mathematics. Yet the evidence demonstrates that these early communities possessed not only aesthetic sensibility but also a clear awareness of mathematical structure. This finding challenges the evolutionary model of cultural development, which assumes a slow, linear accumulation of knowledge from primitive beginnings to modern complexity.

Mesopotamia is precisely where Scripture places the emergence of post-Flood human culture following the dispersion of Noah’s descendants (Genesis 10). Moreover, by the time of Noah, Scripture already records the use of precise mathematical measurements in God’s instructions for building the Ark (300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high), making it clear that persons of that era routinely understood the meaning of numbers and standardized measurements (Genesis 6:14-16).

As Ecclesiastes 1:9 reminds us, “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.” Human creativity has always been part of God’s design." 

CEH

Creation Moment 3/4/2026 - Agnosticism in the light of the CREATOR

For His invisible attributes, namely, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. Romans 1:2- ESV

"At least in the case of God, the evidence for fact and truth on creation and morality is everywhere: DNA; Fine-tuning of the universe; Objective moral values; Intelligent design, etc. 

Q: So, to return to agnosticism: Is it really neutral? And can one be agnostic about their agnosticism (ad absurdum)?

Firstly: It’s debatable that agnosticism is a neutral stance on whether or not God exists. I tend to see it as a truth claim, in that the agnostic admits to know his agnosticism is the right world view regarding theism, otherwise they wouldn’t be an agnostic. And what’s right for them, must also be true for him, and what’s true must be a knowledge claim, despite being dressed up in ‘healthy skepticism’.

Then there is the problem for the agnostic of appearance and reality, where objects in the external world can be visually perceived in more ways than one. Are agnostics agnostic about appearances in the external world? They should be if they want to be consistent.

However, a tree seen from many angles looks different, as does a human being. This geographical phenomenon by visual degrees can also be seen in everyday domestic objects, the countryside landscape, or works of art. From a distance of thousands of miles, Jupiter’s ice-covered moon Europa looks like a white snooker ball; but on closer inspection it vaguely resembles a Jackson Pollock abstract painting with its fractured crust and zig-zag patterns.

Then there is the phenomenon of optical illusion. This is where a person’s visual system differs from reality in certain visual categories, where sometimes light plays a powerful role. In an essay in The Imaginative Conservative (Dec 9, 2017), Thaddeus Kozinski said we must keep our eyes fixed on the suffering and death of Jesus Christ and hold on to him for dear life in the midst of the evils that would otherwise suffocate our souls and eclipse all the beauty and love that this world still contains. He added: “Agnosticism is the ultimate stupidity and wickedness because it doesn’t so much reject God as ignore Him. If I were God, I’d be more angry at such cold indifference than anything else.”
KennethFrancis

Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 24

"Psalm 24:
The psalm is clearly divided into two parts: a processional song

emphasizing God’s sovereignty and man’s need for righteousness before God (verses 1-6), and an antiphonal song stressing the glory of the LORD (verses 7-10).

*The movement of the psalm seems to follow the movement of the people.
It traces the community’s worship procession, both spatially and spiritually, through 3 progressive states.
I. State One: Worship of the Creator through Contemplation (24:1-2).
II. State Two: Worship of the Savior through Consecration (24:3-6).
A. The Probing Questions Inviting Consecration (24:3);
B. The Proper Qualities Indicating Consecration (24:4-6).
III. State Three: Worship of the King through Commemoration (24:7-10). 

Verses 1-2:
God is over all because He created all.

Psalm 24:1 The earth [is] the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
The whole universe, all the formed globe, both land and water, and the surrounding air, and all that is therein.
1 Corinthians 10:26 For the earth [is] the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.

Psalm 24:3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in His holy place?
"Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD?":
Mount Zion; called the hill of the LORD, because it was the place designated for His worship, or the place of His abode  Psalm 15:1).

The ideas here are: "Who shall ascend there with a view of abiding there? Who is worthy to dwell there?"
The question is equivalent to asking, what constitutes true religion?
What is required for the acceptable worship of God?
What will prepare a person for heaven?
"Or who shall stand in his holy place?"

Psalm 24:4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

Whatever is in our heart, is what we are.

Revelation 21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

Psalm 24:7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
David speaks here of the gates and doors, either first of his royal city Zion, through which the ark was now to pass to the tabernacle which he had built for it.
And he calls these doors everlasting, either on account of the durableness of the matter of which they were made; or from his desires and hopes that God would make them everlasting, or of long continuance, because he loved the gates of Zion (Psalm 87:2).
And the King of glory shall come in.
God was regarded as dwelling between the cherubim on the mercy-seat, where the Shekinah from time to time made its appearance."
BooksOfTheBible

Flavius Josephus

And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book: But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through His name. John 20:30,31

"When someone says there’s “zero evidence” for Jesus outside the Bible, what they’re really saying is, “I haven’t seen anything that looks like a modern blog.” Ancient history doesn’t work that way. You don’t get bylines or headshots from 30 AD. You sift through surviving texts, check motives, and notice who mentions Jesus without preaching. Roman and Jewish writers did exactly that. They were people referencing a real man tied to real events.

Josephus was born around 37 or 38 AD in Jerusalem, which puts him one generation away from people who remembered Jesus. By his twenties, Flavius Josephus had priestly credentials, political instincts, and a front-row seat to the Jewish revolt that exploded in 66 AD. He surrendered, switched patrons, and kept writing. In his mid-50s,

around 93 AD, he finished Antiquities of the Jews.

By AD 71, Josephus had settled in Rome under the watchful eye of Vespasian, writing for Romans who cared about power, order, and what happens when leadership fails. Josephus drops names as cultural markers, not praise. When he does, you’re seeing what people accepted as public knowledge, even stuff they didn’t like admitting.

Josephus exists in about 120 Greek manuscripts, with dozens predating the fourteenth century, plus roughly 170 Latin translations, some reaching back to the sixth century. Scholars compare these traditions to catch copyist fingerprints, confirm names, and spot odd insertions.

Josephus won’t hand you a modern lab report for miracles or resurrection. Ancient history won’t work that way. Josephus does give you something more basic and more useful: an independent, non-Christian author tying early Christian leadership to a historical Jesus.

....The remaining shape looks like something Josephus would write: 

Jesus as a teacher,

 a known figure, 

executed under Pontius Pilate, 

followed by a movement that kept going. 

Scholars disagree about the exact wording, because we don’t own Josephus’ original draft.

So if someone tells you Jesus was invented by a group of fishermen and tax collectors, you can now respond with the truth. Jesus existed. History says so." msn

Creation Moment 3/3/2026 - Who might be the "engineering influence"?

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? 

declare, if thou hast understanding.

Job 38:4

"The quest for understanding our universe as a whole benefits from the

integration of knowledge from all areas of study, including those that consider questions of purpose, such as design engineering. 

The synthesis of this knowledge that provides the most satisfying answers regarding human experience is one that admits the recognition of purpose and the existence of an (as yet, not-well-understood) engineering influence."

Halsmer, Asper, Roman and Todd, “The coherence of an engineered world” 

Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 23

"Psalm 23:

A Psalm of David.

The position of this psalm is worthy of notice. It follows the twenty-

second, which is peculiarly the Psalm of the Cross. There are no green pastures, no still waters on the other side of the twenty-second psalm. It is only after we have read, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" that we come to "The Lord is my Shepherd."

Psalm 23:1 The LORD [is] my shepherd; I shall not want.
One of God’s names is Jehovah-Rohi, meaning “The Lord my shepherd”.
David recognized that God cared for him the same way David had cared for his sheep.
"I shall not want." I shall not lack for temporal things. Does He not feed the ravens, and cause the lilies to grow? I shall not want for spirituals, I know that His grace will be sufficient for me.

Psalm 23:2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters.
This is a picture of complete peacefulness and rest.
We read of those who serve the Lord day and night in His tem ple: Revelation 7:16,17 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more... For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters.

Psalm 23:3 He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake.
Humanity needs “soul” restoration because of 

--spiritual carelessness, 

--difficult circumstances, 

--secret sin, 

--and the world’s influence.

Restoring my soul makes me a new creature in Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man [be] in Christ, [he is] a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
To restore is to bring back; so when we have wandered out of the way, the Lord kindly brings us back, even at the expense of His own life

Psalm 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for Thou [art] with me; Thy rod and

Thy staff they comfort me.
The shepherd used his “rod” to defend the sheep against wild beasts.
Mankind in general, fears death.
The Christian is not without hope of the resurrection.
1 Corinthians 15:53-54 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal [must] put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

Psalm 23:5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
“Thou anointest my head”:
The Biblical imagery of anointing is frequently associated with blessing.
Leviticus 8:30 And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which [was] upon the altar, and sprinkled [it] upon Aaron, [and] upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons' garments with him; and sanctified Aaron, [and] his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.
Notice, what this anointing did.
*It set them aside for God's purpose (sanctified).

Notice the cup is not just full, 

but actually overflows.

Psalm 23:6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the

days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
David looks beyond the pasture into the future and is heartened by the glorious prospect of dwelling “forever” with the Lord.
O come in therefore to Jesus Christ; let Him be now the shepherd of thy soul."
BooksOfTheBible/Charles Spurgeon/E.J. Waggoner

Creation Moment 3/2/2026 - The Invisible Network

For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible: ....all things were created by Him, and for Him: Colossians 1:16

"Phosphoric acid is vital in both biology and modern technology because of its exceptional ability to move electrical charge. Inside the human body and in devices such as fuel cells, this small molecule helps drive essential chemical reactions.

Scientists at the Department of Molecular Physics at the Fritz Haber

Institute have now uncovered new details about how it performs this task at the molecular level.

Every second, countless electrical charges flow through our bodies. These signals are essential for life. Processes such as

--cellular communication, 

--energy conversion, 

--and metabolism all rely on the carefully controlled movement of charged particles across membranes and within cells. In many ways, the transport of charge serves as a fundamental regulatory system.

Phosphoric acid (H3PO4) and related phosphate compounds are found throughout living organisms. They form the backbone of DNA and RNA, contribute to the structure of cell membranes, and are part of ATP, the molecule that stores and delivers energy in cells. These compounds are especially important for moving positive charges in biological systems.

Beyond biology, phosphoric acid also plays a significant technological role. It is used in certain types of batteries and in fuel cells. In these systems, engineers take advantage of one standout feature: its unusually high proton conductivity.

Protons carry a positive charge and can move through phosphate-containing materials in a stepwise fashion. They “jump” from one molecule to the next along networks of hydrogen bonds. This process, known as “proton-shuttling”, enables charges to travel extremely quickly.

Earlier research suggested that a specific negatively charged form of phosphoric acid could act as the starting point for the proton-shuttling sequence. This species is the deprotonated dimer

H3PO4·H2PO4-.

When the researchers compared their measurements with theoretical predictions, they found only partial agreement. Computational models had suggested that two structural forms should be equally likely. However, the experimental results clearly showed that the deprotonated phosphoric acid dimer adopts a single stable structure.

This structure is relatively rigid and presents high energy barriers for proton transfer. It contains three hydrogen bonds and features a shared oxygen atom that serves as an acceptor. Similar arrangements have been observed in other phosphoric acid-containing clusters, indicating that this hydrogen-bonding pattern may be common in such systems.

The study offers new insight into the molecular basis of phosphoric acid’s remarkable proton conductivity, “Nature’s proton highway.” By identifying a single stable structure for the key anionic dimer H3PO4·H2PO4- and revealing its distinct hydrogen-bonding motif, the researchers have clarified an important piece of the proton transport puzzle." 

SciTechDaily

Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 22

"Psalm 22:

This is THE PSALM OF THE CROSS.

*This Psalm contains those deep, sublime, and heavy sufferings of Christ, when agonizing in the midst of the terrors and pangs of divine wrath and death, which surpass all human thought and

comprehension.
*Wherefore this Psalm ought to be most highly prized by all who have any acquaintance with these temptations of faith, and these spiritual conflicts
A Christian cannot read this psalm without reflecting on the use of the first verse by Christ on the Cross (Matt. 27:46; Mark 15:34).
In addition to this verse, verse 18 is quoted in the New Testament (Matt. 27:35; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:34; John 19:24), as well as verse 22; (Heb. 2:12).

His cry to God, the condemnation of the crowd, His thirst, His crucifixion, and even the gambling for His robe, are all clearly predicted.
David’s own experience gives way to a prophetic glimpse of his descendant Jesus Christ.

The psalm naturally falls into two parts.
David first describes the awful predicament in which he finds himself (verses 1-21): he feels forsaken by God in the midst of his enemies, who are compared to ravenous beasts.
The second part of the psalm consists of praise to God for His faithfulness (verse 22-31), by both the worshiping community (verses 22-26), and the world as a whole (verses 27-31).
Lament characterizes the first of the 21 verses, while both praise and thanksgiving describe the final ten verses.
Prayer accounts for this dramatic shift from lament to praise.

The New Testament contains 15 messianic quotations of or allusions to this psalm, leading some in the early church to label it “the fifth gospel”.
1. The Psalmist’s Hopelessness (22:1-10).
2. His Hopelessness and National History (22:1-5);
3. His Hopelessness and Natal History (22:6-10).
4. The Psalmist’s Prayer (22:11-21).
5. A No-Help Outlook (22:11-18);
6. A Divine-Help Outlook (22:19-21).
The Psalmist’s Testimonies and Worship (22:22-31).
1. An Individual Precipitation of Praise (22:22-25);
2. A Corporate Perpetuation of Praise (22:26-31).

“Aijeleth Shahar”:
You will find in the title there is a unique phrase in the superscription and is probably best taken as a tune designation.

Psalm 22:1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my roaring?
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? This was the startling cry of Golgotha: Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani.

We must lay the emphasis on every word of this saddest of all utterances. "Why?" what is the great cause of such a strange fact as for God to leave His own Son at such a time and in such a plight? There was no cause in Him, why then was He deserted? 

"Hast:" it is done, and the Savior is feeling its dread effect as He asks the question; it is surely true, but how mysterious! It was no threatening of forsaking which made the great Surety cry aloud, he endured that forsaking in very deed. 

"Thou:" I can understand why traitorous Judas and timid Peter should be gone, but thou, my God, my faithful friend, how canst Thou leave Me? This is worst of all, yea, worse than all put together. 

"Forsaken:" if Thou hadst chastened I might bear it, for Thy face would shine; but to forsake me utterly, ah! why is this? 

"Me:" Thine innocent, obedient, suffering Son, why leavest thou Me to perish? A sight of self seen by penitence, and of Jesus on the cross seen by faith will best expound this question. Jesus is forsaken because our sins had separated between us and our God.

Psalm 22:2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
In the time of his suffering on the cross, which was in the daytime.
Though he was not saved from dying, yet he was quickly delivered from the power of death, and so was heard in that he feared (Heb. 5:7).
"And in the night season":
In the night in which He was in the garden, sorrowing and praying.
The night in which He was betrayed and was apprehended.
"And am not silent":
But continue to pray, though as yet seemingly not heard and answered.
Jesus prayed to the Father while He was in the garden of Gethsemane.

Psalm 22:4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
It sustains the Sufferer to think how many before him have cried to God, and trusted in him, and for a while been seemingly not heard,

and yet at length manifestly heard and saved.

Psalm 22:6 But I [am] a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
"A reproach of men":
Reproached by men (compare Isa. 53:3). 

"Despised of the people":
That is, of the people who witnessed his sufferings.

Psalm 22:7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying],
"They shake the head, saying": In a way of scorn and derision as in (Lam. 2:15).

Psalm 22:13 They gaped upon me [with] their mouths, [as] a ravening and a roaring lion.
Either by way of derision and contempt (Job 16:10).
Or belching out blasphemy against him, or rather, with the greatest vehemence, crying out "Crucify Him, crucify Him" (Luke 23:21).

Psalm 22:14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
My heart faileth, my spirits are spent and gone like water, which once spilt can never be recovered.

Psalm 22:15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
All strength dies out under the action of the many acute pains which rack the whole frame.

Psalm 22:16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
“They pierced my hands and my feet”: Our sins nailed Jesus to the cross.

Psalm 22:17 I may tell all my bones: they look [and] stare upon me.
Our Lord's active life and simple habits would give him a spare frame, while the strain of crucifixion would accentuate and bring into relief every point of his anatomy.
He might thus, if so minded, "tell all his bones."

Psalm 22:18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
Apparently, His enemies were so sure that Jesus would perish, they

were already dividing his “clothing” among themselves.
All 4 gospel writers appeal to this imagery in describing Christ’s crucifixion (Matt. 27:35; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:34; John 19:24).

Psalm 22:22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
The psalmist cannot contain himself; he must testify loudly in the this great assembly of Gods great mercies." BooksOfTheBible/Charles Spurgeon/Martin Luther

IN the NEWS - Montenegro does it....

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 17:2

"On February 16, 2026, Vijesti News reported that the Montenegrin Parliament had reinstated Sunday as a day of rest by law, presenting the decision as a measure to give workers time off for their health and well-being. The report also noted that both the left and the right found common ground regarding the legislated Sunday rest. At the same time, the measure requires shops to remain open on Saturday.
This is what Sunday laws ultimately lead to—not only state-imposed religious observance but also the desecration of the true Lord’s Day by shifting commerce and labor onto the Biblical Sabbath. 

Vijesti News reported the following:
• “Parliament has adopted amendments to the Internal Trade Act, allowing the return of Sunday holidays for wholesale and retail

stores. The decision was supported by 62 MPs and was supported by both the government and the opposition.”
• “The amendments to Article 35a of this Law submitted by the deputies of the Europe Now Movement (PES), require a non-working Sunday to protect the health of workers in wholesale and retail stores and their right to a weekly rest on public and other holidays.”
• “The law also stipulates that the opening hours of the facility from Monday to Saturday will be determined by the retailer.”

For those closely watching the global Sunday-rest movement, the pattern is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore." AdventMessenger

Creation Moment 3/1/2026 - “Boltzmann brains” problem for the multiverse theory

 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

Romans 1:22

"In any cosmology with eternal expansion (including our own universe if dominated by a positive cosmological constant), on the

assumption of naturalism and materialist theories of consciousness, random thermal fluctuations would eventually produce, in numbers vastly exceeding ordinary observers like ourselves, isolated “brains” with momentary conscious experiences (Boltzmann, 1896; Dyson, Kleban, and Susskind, 2002). 

If such models of the universe were correct, then materialist assumptions entail that we would almost certainly be such “Boltzmann brains” with illusory memories — which would undermine the very observations that led us to accept the models in the first place. 

This problem afflicts not only the multiverse but much of contemporary cosmology, and proposed solutions remain contested." 

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Puritan Corner - Stay away from the "pit"

"The best course to prevent falling into the pit—is to keep at the greatest distance."
by Thomas Brooks (1608-1680)
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: Proverbs 26:27

Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 21

"Psalm 21:
The Psalm contains thanksgiving for the LORD’s deliverance (verses 1-7, assurance of the king’s future victories by his subjects (verses 8-12), and a final prayer (verse 13).

The first part (of Psalm 21), is a thanksgiving for victory; the last

part is an anticipation of future victories in the LORD through the king-general.

Two scenarios of victory provide a context for praise and prayer to the Commander-in-Chief of Israel’s king-general.
I. A Present-Past Scenario of Praise: Grounded upon Victories Accomplished in the Lord (21:1-6).
II. A Present-Future Scenario of Prayer and Praise: Grounded upon Victories Anticipated in the Lord (21:7-13).

Psalm 21:1 The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall He rejoice!
Though by the king here we may understand King David, who composed this Psalm, yet it may be much better explained of the King Messiah.

Psalm 21:2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
The heart's desire of everyone who ever lived is to live forever.

Psalm 21:4 He asked life of thee, [and] thou gavest [it] him, [even] length of days for ever and ever.
The first part of the verse most likely pertains to preservation of life in battle, and the second part to perpetuation of the dynasty.
--We know that the gift of eternal life is from God.
--We also know that Jesus rose from the grave, paving the way for you and me to be resurrected unto eternal life as well.
Jesus is the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End.

Psalm 21:8 Thine hand shall find out all Thine enemies: Thy right hand shall find out those that hate Thee.
The Right Hand of God (Jesus Christ), has defeated His enemies and

our enemies. He defeated sin on the cross, and defeated death when He rose from the grave.

Psalm 21:9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of Thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in His wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
The word rendered "oven" means either an "oven" or a "furnace."
It is rendered "furnace and furnaces" in (Gen. 15:17; Neh. 3:11; 12:38; Isa. 31:9); and here.
"Oven" or "ovens," in (Exodus 8:3; Lev. 2:4; 7:9; 11:35; Lev. 26:26; Lam. 5:10; Hosea 7:4, 7:6- 7; Mal. 4:1).
It does not occur elsewhere.

The meaning here is that the wicked would be consumed or destroyed "as if" they were such a burning oven; as if they were set on fire, and burned up.

Psalm 21:11 For they intended evil against Thee: They imagined a mischievous device, [which] they are not able [to perform].
.... against the Lord, 

--whose law is transgressed, 

--and who is despised and reflected upon as a lawgiver."

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