Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 18

"Psalm 18 is a royal song of thanksgiving that rehearses God’s
deliverance of David from all of his enemies.
*It appears to be a popular version of the song in (2 Sam. chapter 22).

Between David’s opening (verses 1-3), and closing (verses 46-50), praises to God, his life with the Lord is described in 3 stages.
I. Prelude: His Opening Praises (18:1-3).
II. The States of His Life (18:4-45).
A. In the pit of Peril (18:4-19);

1. His desperation (18:4-5);

2. His defender (18:6-15);

3. His deliverance (18:16-19).

B. On a Course of Ethical Integrity (18:20-28).

1. The principles of the LORD’s direction (18:20-26);

2. The privileges of the LORD’s direction (18:27-28).

C. In the Turbulent Atmosphere of Leadership (18:29-45).

1. Military leadership (18:29-42);

2. Theocratic leadership (18:43-45).

III. Postscript: His Closing Praises (18:46-50). 

Psalm 18:1 I will love Thee, O LORD, my strength.

Psalm 18:2 The LORD [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in Whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, [and] my high tower.

Psalm 18:4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

Psalm 18:5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
Or "the cords of the grave", under the power of which he was detained for a while.

Psalm 18:6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of His temple, and my cry came before Him, [even] into His ears.

Psalm 18:7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because He was wroth.

Psalm 18:10 And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, He did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Or, upon the cherubims, that is, upon the angels, who are so called.

Psalm 18:19 He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because He delighted in me.

Q: WHAT is this “large place” in which the Lord sets those at liberty to call upon Him and put their trust in Him?
A: Ephesians 3:14-19 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Of whom the whole family in

heaven and earth is named, That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man; That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge, that you might be filled with all the fullness of God.
---Here we have set before us the “large place,” and the size of it. The large place is the love of God which passes knowledge.

Psalm 18:46 The LORD liveth; and blessed [be] my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted."
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Creation Moment 2/25/2026 - How to spot a "Missing Link" in Darwinism

Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools. 

Romans 1:22 NLT

"Some factoids gleaned from the reports: the ribosome contains “hundreds of thousands of atoms.” New Scientist said that the ribosome includes a “fact-checker” which “explains why nature

produces so few faulty proteins.” Ramakrishnan said, “we knew this was a large molecular machine that translated genetic code to make proteins, but we didn’t know how it worked.” 

It took many years of X-ray crystallography and other delicate techniques to determine the structure. “We still don’t know exactly how it works, but we have made a tremendous amount of progress as a direct result of knowing what it looks like,” he added.

PhysOrg, echoing an AP story, brought Darwin into the picture – albeit briefly. “Their work builds on Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution and, more directly, on the work done by James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins, who won the 1962 Nobel Prize in medicine for mapping DNA’s double helix, the citation said.” 

 The article did not elaborate on the Darwin connection. 

 It appears to be a missing link." 

CEH

Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 17

"Psalm 17 is one of three that bear the title “A prayer of David”.

After an initial cry to God (verses 1-2), David defends his character and motives (verses 3-5).
On this basis, he is able to offer his petition, which includes both a beautiful prayer for divine protection (verse 8), and a repulsive description of his would-be captors (verses 9-12).

David approaches the divine court with 3 clusters of appeals in seeking justice.
(1)Appeals Dealing with Response and Recognition (17:1-5).
(2)Appeals Dealing with Rescue and Relief (17:6-12).
A. His Need for Rescue is Presented (17:6-8);
B. His Need for Relief is Documented (17:9-12).
(3)Appeals Dealing with Retribution and Rest (17:13-15).
A. His Anticipation of Their Retribution (17:13-14);
B. His Assurance of His Own Rest (17:15).

Psalm 17:1 Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, [that goeth] not out of feigned lips.

Psalm 17:3 Thou hast proved mine heart; Thou hast visited [me] in the night; Thou hast tried me, [and] shalt find nothing; I am purposed [that] my mouth shall not transgress.
Like Job, David did not claim he never sinned, but only that he was

innocent of the kind of sin that would warrant his present difficulty.

Psalm 17:8  Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of Thy wings.
“The apple of the eye”:
As a person protects that vital organ of vision, so God protects His people.

Psalm 17:15 As for me, I will behold Thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with Thy likeness.
It is the inward reality which corresponds to appearing before Him in the sanctuary. “I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with Thy likeness":

*David had already spoken of death as a "sleep" (Psalm 13:3).

*Now he speaks of "awaking."

Q: What awaking can this be but an awaking from the sleep of death?" 

BooksOfTheBible

SDA Issues: Infiltration of Marxist Thought into Adventist Institutions SEIRES PAGE

But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,... Romans 2:8

 The Language of the Age and the Church

The Language of the Age and the Church

General Conference Statements

General Conference Statements

North American Division (NAD) and Unions

North American Division (NAD) and Unions

Universities and Health Institutions

 Universities and Health Institutions

Evidence of Critical Theory Influence in Adventist Higher Education

Evidence of Critical Theory Influence in Adventist Higher Education

Mixing the Sacred and the Profane

Mixing the Sacred and the Profane

Ellen G. White’s Prophetic Warnings

Ellen G. White’s Prophetic Warnings

Ideological Parallels: Marxism and Its Modern Expressions

 Ideological Parallels: Marxism and Its Modern Expressions

Conclusion

 Conclusion

Creation Moment 2/24/2026 - Hidden Cost Examples of Darwinism

A fool also is full of words: Ecclesiastes 10:14

"Evolutionary theory holds that chemicals self-organized into a primitive replicator. This developed over millions of years into a complex DNA-based common ancestor from which all known life, extant or extinct, descended.
Beginning in the late 19th century, 

--many thinkers applied Darwinian concepts to human society (‘Social Darwinism’). 

--In the 20th century, evolution became increasingly linked—through exhibitions, museums, media, and education—to narratives of scientific progress and human advancement. 

--It was simultaneously being used to argue against the existence of a creator.

Richard Dawkins famously wrote,
“It is absolutely safe to say that if you meet somebody who claims not to believe in evolution, that person is ignorant, stupid or insane (or

wicked, but I’d rather not consider that).”
Writing in this distinctive literature genre, Jerry Coyne confidently added,
“To me, anyone who doubts the truth of evolution is either ignorant of the evidence, hasn’t understood it, or is in the grip of a religious ideology that simply won’t allow acceptance of the facts.”

The global saturation of the message that ‘evolution is a scientific fact’ may represent the most extensive—and most expensive—marketing campaign in history once all direct and indirect costs are considered.

Hidden Cost Examples: include 

--the evolutionary idea of ‘junk DNA’, which impeded the progress of genetic science for some 30 years.

--Also, the horrific social and human costs of the increasingly discredited idea that humans have many useless ‘vestigial’ organs. In addition to the way this removed incentives to look for their function, when such organs were actually removed for no good reason in years past it caused a great deal of unnecessary suffering."

CMI

Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 16

"Psalm 16:
The attitude of the righteous man is described in life (verses 1-8) and death (verses 9-11).
1.In life, his attitude is one of trust (verse 1);
2.Gratefulness for God’s goodness (verse 2);
3.Delight in God’s people (verse 3);
4.Separation from idolatrous worship (verse 4; compare Exodus 23:13; Deut. 12:3);
5.Satisfaction in God’s gracious provisions (verse 5);

6.Satisfaction in God’s gracious provisions (verse 6);
7.Praise for the LORD’s counsel (verse 7);
8.And steadfastness in spiritual devotion (verse 8);
9.In facing death, the righteous man rejoices and is hopeful (verse 9);
10.He is confident that God will preserve him for the decay of death and that death will not result in his corruption (verse 10);
11.Rather, he will travel down the path of life, that is, the path leading to life, which will terminate in God’s joyful presence (verse 11).

David’s opening prayer is bolstered by two cycles of testimony.

(1) David’s Introductory Prayer (16:1);

(2) David’s Testimony (16:2-11).
A. His Testimony of Communion (16:2-4).

1. Its divine dimension (16:2);

2. It’s human dimension (16:3-4).

B. His Testimony of Confidence (16:5-11).

1. Its past and present dimensions (16:5-8);

2. Its present and future dimensions (16:9-11).

Psalm 16:1 Preserve me, O God: for in Thee do I put my trust.
“Preserve me”:
This is a frequent request begging God to protect the psalmist.

Psalm 16:5 The LORD [is] the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: Thou maintainest my lot.

The word “lot” means circumstances, or the place in which God has put a person.

Psalm 16:7 I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
"My reins also instruct me in the night seasons":
The reins, according to Hebrew ideas, are the seat of feeling and emotion.

Psalm 16:11 Thou wilt show me the path of life: in Thy presence [is] fulness of joy; at thy right hand [there are] pleasures for evermore."
BooksOfTheBible

SDA Issues: Infiltration of Marxist Thought into Adventist Institutions SEIRES: Conclusion

"Adventist education, preaching, and administration must guard against linguistic syncretism. The purity of doctrine depends upon

the purity of words.

The church must therefore speak with “the pure language” of heaven (Zephaniah 3:9, NKJV), refusing to let the dialect of the world redefine its mission.
The call of Revelation remains: “Come out of her, My people” (Revelation 18:4, NKJV)."
Dr. Adami A. Gabriel, PsyD

Creation Moment 2/23/2026 - Life: to display Ultimate Engineering

Even every one that is called by My name: for I have created him for My glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him. 

Isaiah 43:7

"The only explanation for why life is so optimally designed is that a
mind deliberately designed life to display ultimate engineering."
Brian Miller

Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 15

"Psalm 15:1 LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
“Tabernacle” and holy hill” are interchangeable terms that indicate the dwelling place of God and descriptively express intimate

fellowship with God (43:3; Exodus 40:34-35; Joel 3:17).
“Abide”:
Refers to a temporary condition; “dwell” is a permanent position.
The two words suggest a progression from guest to full-time resident in the presence of God.
2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that if our earthly house of [this] tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Revelation 21:3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God [is] with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be with them, [and be] their God.

Verses 2-5: Those who live according to these verses “shall never be moved”.
In other words, they will be stable, solid, God-honoring citizens in this world who have nothing to fear.

Psalm 15:2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh

righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
‘Uprightly” (sometimes translated “integrity”), conveys the idea of something that is whole, or wholehearted, and sound.

Psalm 15:3 [He that] backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbor, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor.
Is not a slanderer, a defamer, or a tale bearer." 

BooksOfTheBible

SDA Issues: Infiltration of Marxist Thought into Adventist Institutions SEIRES: Ideological Parallels: Marxism and Its Modern Expressions

Being filled with all unrighteousness, ... covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, ... debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Romans 1:29

"Classical Marxism interprets history as a conflict between economic classes. Modern Cultural Marxism and Critical Theory extend this conflict to race, gender, and identity. In each version, the world is divided into oppressors and oppressed; morality becomes defined by group struggle; redemption comes through social revolution rather than divine grace. (Fraser, 2019).

Crenshaw et al. (1995) argue that Critical Race Theory (CRT) views racism as embedded in systems and structures, emphasizing collective guilt and systemic reform. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) initiatives operationalize these ideas by mandating representational outcomes rather than impartial fairness (Mor Barak, 2005). Social Justice, in secular use, shifts focus from moral righteousness to political equality (Williams, 2020).

When Adventist institutions use these same terms, they may intend compassion, but the frameworks carry assumptions incompatible with the gospel:
Human Nature: Marxist thought denies the fall and assumes human perfectibility through social engineering.
Salvation: Redemption is achieved through revolution, not repentance.
Moral Authority: Truth is determined by social consensus or power dynamics, not by divine revelation.

Thus, to adopt the language of such systems is to begin to think within their worldview. Over time, theology becomes sociology; sin becomes inequity; salvation becomes activism; and the everlasting gospel is eclipsed by temporary causes."
Dr. Adami A. Gabriel, PsyD

The "Really" File - (Minnesota Democrat goes full Gen. 6:5)

And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. Genesis 6:5

"A transgender Minnesota lawmaker ignited an online firestorm after bizarrely arguing against age limits on porn sites — claiming

“queer” kids need access to the X-rated content for “educational” purposes.
State Representative Leigh Finke, a two-term Democrat who identifies as a woman, pushed back against a proposal that would require age checks on porn websites to shield children from accessing the raunchy adult material — wildly insisting the bill would be weaponized against the LGBTQ+ community.
The pol claimed attorneys general in states with age-verification laws are “almost jubilant” at the chance to block queer kids from explicit content that could “educate” them about their sexuality and

From the "Really" File

community.
“They’re almost jubilant about being able to use these laws to ban young people from accessing content that could be educational if they are queer,” Finke, who transitioned in 2017, contended during a committee meeting Thursday.
“You’re a principal, you have LGBT students in your school, and we also know that they’re not receiving sex education for queer kids, we know that prurient interest could be for many people the very existence of transgender kids. More and more people are saying, there are simply no transgender kids.”
“They aren’t even hiding the fact that they want to groom and sexualize young children with porn,” one critic raged, while another called the stance “pure arrogance and stupidity.” NYP

REALLY?

IN the NEWS - “grief tech”

For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing... Ecclesiastes 9:5

"Ever since social media became a fixture of daily life, an uncomfortable question has lingered: what should happen to someone’s account after they die? Leave it frozen in time? Hand it to family members as a memorial? Or quietly let it fade into the algorithm?

A few years ago, Meta Platforms explored a far more ambitious

possibility, according to Futurism. In 2023, the company received a patent describing how a large language model could be trained on a user’s past posts to simulate their voice and behavior — keeping an account active if the person were “absent,” including in the event of death. The filing, led by CTO Andrew Bosworth, outlined how such a system could generate posts, comments, likes, and even private messages in the user’s style.

Meta has since said it has no plans to move forward with that example. But the patent offers a snapshot of a moment when tech companies were aggressively testing the limits of what generative AI might do — including extending a person’s digital presence beyond their lifetime.

A small but growing “grief tech” sector has promoted AI tools that recreate voices or personalities of the deceased using photos, recordings, and written messages. Proponents argue that such tools could offer comfort. Critics worry they could complicate the grieving process.

Even within Meta’s own public comments, there has been ambivalence. CEO Mark Zuckerberg has spoken about AI companions as a way to address loneliness and, in a 2023 interview with podcaster Lex Fridman, suggested that interacting with digital representations of loved ones might help some people cope with loss.

The business logic behind such experiments is difficult to ignore. Platforms like Facebook are filled with dormant accounts — profiles that remain but are rarely updated. More AI-generated activity could mean more engagement and more data. As University of Birmingham law professor Edina Harbinja observed, the commercial incentive is clear, even if the ethical path forward is not..... its existence underscores how far companies have been willing to push generative AI — and how complex the questions become when technology intersects with death, memory, and identity." 

ZeroHedge

Creation Moment 2/22/2026 - Right today / Wrong tomorrow

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools... 

Romans 1:22

"There’s a lesson in the following stories: what science says today can be wrong tomorrow. The items are from different branches of science to show that overconfidence in consensus touches almost all areas of human thought. Lesson: When you hear them say, “Now we know,” hold on to your skepticism.

Mars’ ‘young’ volcanoes prove more complex than scientists once thought (The Gist, Geological Society of America, 11 Feb 2026). It wasn’t a single eruption. It’s complicated. Magma moves. It evolves.

Rethinking climate change: Natural variability, solar forcing, model uncertainties, and policy implications (Phys.org, 11 Feb 2026). If what Nicolas Scafetta claims in this “rethink” article is closer to the truth than the consensus on climate change, it could upset a global applecart. He’s discounting the human-caused role and criticizing measurements, claiming that “global climate models still fail on natural variability at all scales.” It’s amazing he hasn’t been canceled yet, or called a “science denier.” His thoughts are pre-published in the April 2026 issue of Gondwawa Research, and he is a geoscientist at the University of Naples.

Deep-sea fish larvae rewrite the rules of how eyes can be built (The Conversation, 11 Feb 2026). Visual receptors in the retina used to be neatly divided into rods and cones. Studies of deep sea fish showed that science needs to add “rod-like cones” to the mix. Several genera adapt to the darkness of the deep in larval stages with these hybrid receptors. The authors point out, by the way, that most of the monstrous, creepy denizens of the deep with big eyes and threatening teeth are small: about hand-size or thumb-size.

Europe’s “untouched” wilderness was shaped by Neanderthals and hunter-gatherers (Aarhus University via Science Daily, 11 Feb 2026). Other paradigms about Neanderthals are also shifting this month toward personhood: “Neanderthals and early humans may have interbred over a vast area” (New Scientist, 2 Feb)—i.e., they were fully human. “Neanderthals took reusable toolkits with them on high-altitude treks through the Alps” (Phys.org, 21 Jan)—i.e., they were smart, strong, and inventive.

‘Textbooks will need to be updated’: Jupiter is smaller and flatter than we thought, Juno spacecraft reveals (Live Science, 4 Feb 2026). Some revisions and updates can be forgiven when better data becomes available, but the science of measurement is sometimes not as clear-cut as we are led to believe.
“Textbooks will need to be updated,” study co-author Yohai Kaspi, a planetary scientist at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, said in a statement. “The size of Jupiter hasn’t changed, of course, but the way we measure it has.“
The new value will have implications for theories and models, and even worldviews. “This research helps us understand how planets form and evolve,” Kaspi said. Where have we heard about things “forming and evolving” elsewhere? Oh yes: everywhere. Please, Dr Kaspi, tell the world when the understanding arrives.

This brain discovery is forcing scientists to rethink how memory works (Univ of Nottingham via Science Daily, 3 Feb 2026). Score one for the lumpers against the splitters. “A new brain imaging study reveals that remembering facts and recalling life events activate nearly identical brain networks. Researchers expected clear differences but instead found strong overlap across memory types.”

If scientists would ditch evolution and the evolutionary timeline, though, I suspect a sizeable percentage of such revisions would evaporate." 

CEH

Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 14

"Psalm 14:1 The fool hath said in his heart, [There is] no God.
They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, [there is] none that doeth good.
In the Bible, this designation carries moral rather than intellectual meaning.
It would certainly be a fool who would say there is no God.

Psalm 14:2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, [and] seek God.

One looks for what one wishes to find; and God does not desire to find evil. There is enough of evil; but God is certain to find all the good there is. 

Q: What are you looking for?

Psalm 14:3 They are all gone aside, they are [all] together become

filthy: [there is] none that doeth good, no, not one.
From truth into error, and from duty into sin; from the paths of wisdom and righteousness. They are altogether become filthy, loathsome, and abominable before God.

Psalm 14:4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? Who eat up my people [as] they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD." 

BooksOfTheBible/E.J.Waggoner

SDA Issues: Infiltration of Marxist Thought into Adventist Institutions SEIRES: Ellen G. White’s Prophetic Warnings

But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, 2 Peter 2:1

"Ellen G. White repeatedly warned that Satan’s most dangerous tactics do not come through open rejection of truth, but through its subtle adulteration—the mingling of truth and error in ways that appear enlightened, compassionate, or progressive while quietly eroding obedience to God. 

She was explicit about this enemy’s strategy: “Therefore [Satan] is constantly seeking to deceive the followers of Christ with his fatal

sophistry that it is impossible for them to overcome.” (GC, p. 489). This “fatal sophistry” ultimately leads men and women to believe that victory over sin, and therefore obedience to God’s law, is optional or unnecessary. Elsewhere she makes the point unmistakably clear: “Not a son or a daughter of Adam is elected to be saved in disobedience to God’s law.” (CE, p. 118).

Ellen White further observed that Satan’s work is not merely to tempt, but to strategically undermine the authority of divine truth: “Never was [Satan] more determined than now to make of none effect the truth of God…” (5T, p. 236). He accomplishes this, she wrote, by introducing error disguised as enlightenment, ideas clothed “in garments of light” (8T 293:4), and by substituting human philosophy for divine revelation, as she warned: “Truth came forth from the lips of Jesus, uncorrupted with human philosophy.” (Signs of the Times, Jan. 20, 1890). The danger, she insisted, lies not in blatant infidelity but in its subtle dilution: Satan “mixes truth and error. The most dangerous falsehoods are those that are mingled with truth. It is thus that errors are received that captivate and ruin the soul. By this means Satan carries the world with him” (PP, p. 338:3).

This is precisely what happens when Biblical justice, rooted in faithfulness to God’s law and impartial love toward all (Micah 6:8; Romans 13:10), is reinterpreted through Marxist, Cultural Marxism or secular social theories. These frameworks define “justice” primarily as the redistribution of power or resources among competing groups, shifting the focus from repentance and righteousness to group identity and structural revolution.

When Adventist institutions uncritically echo such frameworks, they risk fulfilling E. G. White’s sober warning: “Many that are drifting into darkness and infidelity... and bringing in... unscriptural doctrines, and philosophical speculations... Those who permit themselves to be thus hindered are giving place to Satan, and surrounding their own souls with an atmosphere of doubt and unbelief.” (GW, p. 273). Her counsel to educators is equally direct: “In the prevailing systems of education, human philosophy had taken the place of divine revelation.” (Ed, p. 74).

These statements strike at the very core of modern academic pressure, where the authority of Scripture is often subordinated to the authority of social science, critical theory, or ideological narratives. Ellen White’s message is unmistakably clear: whenever the church absorbs worldly philosophies, no matter how moral or compassionate they appear, the result is always the erosion of Biblical truth."
Dr. Adami A. Gabriel, PsyD

Creation Moment 2/21/2026 - MoM-z14 & the mature distant galaxy problem

"A galaxy with the designation MoM-z14 has recently been confirmed as the most distant galaxy ever detected.

By Big Bang reckoning, we are seeing this galaxy as it was just 280 million years after the supposed Big Bang. This shocked conventional scientists, because slow, gradual, evolutionary processes should not have been able to form such a “remarkably luminous” galaxy in such a short time.

Big Bang scientists have been greatly surprised by the number of “surprisingly bright” distant galaxies revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which seems to be about a hundred times greater than predicted by theoretical models. Such data from JWST has greatly exacerbated the “mature distant galaxy problem” that has long plagued Big Bang cosmologists. 

The most distant galaxies are billions of light-years away, so Big Bang cosmologists assume that light from those galaxies took billions of years to reach Earth.

 Although this may seem reasonable, this assumption is open to serious challenge. Nevertheless, according to Big Bang cosmology, we should be seeing these very distant galaxies, not as they are now, but as they were shortly after the Big Bang. Since star and galaxy formation should take many millions of years, theorists were not expecting to see many galaxies in the “early” universe, and those that did exist were expected to be unevolved and immature. Yet data from the James Webb Space Telescope have been shattering these Big Bang expectations.

The existence of these “early mature” galaxies is so surprising that astronomers designed the Mirage or Miracle (MoM) survey to test whether these galaxies really are as distant as they appear. Hence, this most distant galaxy is designated MoM-z14, with the “z14” referring to its apparent high redshift of 14. 

Astronomers recently confirmed that this galaxy’s very high redshift is real, and this implies that it is indeed very, very far away. This is why the title of their paper declares MoM-z14 to be a “cosmic miracle.” Thus, Big Bang scientists must now attempt to explain how such a bright galaxy can exist just 280 million years after the Big Bang, when until just very recently, it was mainstream dogma that the first stars—let alone galaxies—did not appear until 400 million years after the Big Bang.

It should also be noted that MoM-z14’s nearby surroundings seem to be partly ionized, with atoms that have gained or lost electrons. Yet, virtually every Big Bang reionization model predicted very little ionization 280 million years after the Big Bang.

Despite popular hype, the Big Bang model is in tatters, with a “growing chasm between theory and observation.” Bible-believing Christians should be encouraged by this. The existence of mature distant galaxies is better explained by Biblical creation than the Big Bang, since the Lord Jesus could create whatever kind of galaxies He wished, wherever He desired. He created our universe and continues to “[uphold] all things by the word of His power” (Hebrews 1:3), and He did not need the help of the Big Bang to do so!" 

ICR

Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 13

"Psalm 13:1 How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide Thy face from me?
“How long wilt thou hide Thy face from me?”..therefore expresses disapproval with God in a questioning manner, as the psalmist does

here.

Psalm 13:2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, [having] sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
Tossing on a sea of doubt and perplexity, David forms plan after plan, but to no purpose. He seeks to find a way of escape from his difficulties, but cannot discover one.

Psalm 13:3 Consider [and] hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the [sleep of] death;
"Lest I sleep the sleep of death”:
A natural death, which is comparable to sleep, and often expressed by it.
And which sense agrees with lightening the eyes of his body.

Psalm 13:4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; [and] those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
"When I am moved":
Moved from my steadfastness or firmness; when I am overcome.

Psalm 13:5 But I have trusted in Thy mercy; my heart shall

rejoice in Thy salvation.
The faith, hope, and comfort of the psalmist grew and increased by prayer.

Psalm 13:6 I will sing unto the LORD, because He hath dealt bountifully with me.

Because He hath dealt bountifully with me - My sorrows were deep, long continued, and oppressive, but in thy favor is life. 

A moment of this spiritual joy is worth a year of sorrow! 

O, to what blessedness has this godly sorrow led!
In prayer, faith is encouraged; through believing, the heart is filled with joy."
BooksOf Bible/AdamClarke

SDA Issues: Infiltration of Marxist Thought into Adventist Institutions SEIRES: Mixing the Sacred and the Profane

"Throughout Scripture, God warns His people not to mix what is holy with what is common. To Israel He said, “that you may distinguish between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean” (Leviticus 10:10, NKJV). Paul later applied the same principle:
“Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness?” (2 Corinthians 6:14,

NKJV).

Biblical history is replete with examples of Israel’s downfall through linguistic and ideological compromise. 

*When Aaron proclaimed a feast to the Lord around the golden calf (Exodus 32:5–6), he blended true worship with pagan symbolism. When Israel adopted Canaanite terms for fertility gods, they did not intend idolatry—they intended relevance. Yet this mixture provoked divine judgment. 

*The same pattern reappears whenever God’s people redefine His truth in worldly categories. In prophetic symbolism, Babylon represents confusion, truth and error mixed (Revelation 18:4). The final call of God to His people is not merely moral but semantic: “Come out of her, My people, lest you share in her sins.” To come out of Babylon means to reject its moral logic and linguistic deception. "

Dr. Adami A. Gabriel, PsyD

Creation Moment 2/20/2026 - TOI-1730 Why is it "peculiar"?

Hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds; Hebrews 1:2
Why is TOI-1730 "peculiar"?.....sorry if it doesn't fit your theory but maybe it was DESIGNED this way for a reason.

"Deep in the older, denser reaches of the Milky Way, there is a red dwarf star that shouldn’t exist — or at least, its family of planets shouldn’t look the way it does. The star is LHS 1903, and it hosts a planetary system that is effectively built backwards, defying the standard architectural rules that governed our own solar system.
Typically, from what astronomers have gathered thus far, star systems follow a tidy logic: small, rocky worlds huddle close to the warmth of their star, while massive gas giants bloat up in the colder, distant reaches. But LHS 1903 flips the script. 

Its outermost world isn’t a gas giant; it is a naked rock.

The discovery, detailed in a new paper published in Science, reveals a system of four planets with a bizarre “sandwich” configuration: a rocky world, followed by two gaseous ones, and then — inexplicably — another rock at the very edge.
“That makes this an inside-out system, with a planet order of rocky-gaseous-gaseous-and then rocky again,” explains Thomas Wilson.
The system, also known as TOI-1730, sits in the Milky Way’s “thick disc,” a population of ancient stars that orbit high above and below the galactic plane. While astronomers have spotted thousands of exoplanets, this specific arrangement is peculiar, to say the least." ZMEScience

Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 12

"Psalm 12:

The oppression of the righteous by the wicked is especially felt in the
realm of vain and proud speech (verse 2-5), but the righteous find comfort in the pure and valued Word of God (verse 6).
Verses 1-8:
Men’s words do hurt, but the Lord’s words heal.
These thoughts preoccupy David.
The psalm begins and ends with the reality of the current reign of the wicked.
(1) Surviving the Propaganda of Depraved Speech (12:1-4).
A. By Prayer 12:1-2;
B. By Petition 12:3-4.
(2) Security in the Protection of Divine Speech (12:5-8).
A. Its Divine Promises 12:5;
B. Its Divine Purity 12:6;
C. Its Divine Perseverance 12:7-8.

Psalm 12:3,4 The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things; Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own; who is lord over us? 

Our lips are not our own, for we ourselves are not our own. Every organ of our bodies belongs to the Lord, for Him to use as He will, to His glory.

Psalm 12:6 The words of the Lord are pure words; as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. THIS is true not merely of a few words, but of all: Proverbs 30:6 Every word of God is pure; He is a shield unto them that put their trust in Him.

The psalmist contrasts the vain “words” of people with “pure” words of the LORD.
Psalm 12:8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
"When the vilest of men are exalted":
To places of trust and power."
BooksOfTheBible/E.J. Waggoner