Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 3

"THIS psalm is said to be “a psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.” 

There is no reason to suppose that this in scription is not correct.

Whether it was written during the flight, or was written afterwards, as expressing the feelings which he had on that occasion, is immaterial. 

Knowing the circumstances which called for this psalm we can enter more fully into the feelings of the psalmist. 

Those circumstances we find recorded in detail in 2 Samuel chapters 15, 16, 17. With the incidents therein related fresh in our minds, let us examine the psalm, and see what there is in it which is profitable for us.

vs. 1: Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me. The same language may be used by every one who professes to follow Christ. 

To every one the warning is given, 1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he made devour. He is at the head of a host, so that we have, as the apostle says, to contend… Ephesians 6:12 ...against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against wicked spirits in high places. 

Moreover, Christians are informed that in the world they shall have tribulation; Satan is the “god of this world,” and since he is the enemy of all righteousness we would naturally expect that the world would not be friendly to the Christian.

Psalm 3:2-4 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help

for him in God. But You, O Lord, are a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of a my head. I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and He heard me out of His holy hill. 

No portion of the Scriptures was written without a purpose. Romans 15:4 Whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have a hope. 

---When we read in the Old Testament, how wonderfully God de livered His people in time of battle, it is that we may take courage." 

E.J. Waggoner

Creation Moment 2/10/2026 - What Evolutionists believe vs. Reality (Mathematical Probability)

For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Romans 1:20

"Evolutionists openly acknowledge the philosophical implications of their worldview. One such example states that

"....evolution killed the god who made Adam out of dirt, Eve from a rib (for some reason), and the whole universe in a week. … If evolution is real (and it is), life didn’t show up fully assembled. It crawled out of chaos — slowly, painfully, and sometimes stupidly. Nature is full of leftovers and bad designs that make no sense if God planned it all perfectly. But they make perfect sense if things evolved over time by trial and error. A God who had to tinker constantly? Evolution makes him look like an idiot engineer. If we evolved from earlier primates, then we weren’t specially created — we’re part of the animal kingdom. No divine fingerprint. No “image of God.” Just another twig on the big ol’ tree of life. Evolution runs on a few brutally simple rules:

Variation (offspring aren’t identical)

Selection (some survive better than others)

Heredity (traits pass on)

Time (lots of it)

That’s it.

From that recipe, we get elephants, brains, wings, music, sex, morality, and yes, even you reading this…. That’s genius design without a designer.”

Although rarely stated in such provocative language, this passage accurately reflects the beliefs of the majority of evolutionists/scientists.

VS.

A finely tuned universe, which was designed to support life by precise calibration of its physical laws, exists to produce a universe that supports life. 

It is not merely that forces, such as gravity, exist, but that they exist within the extraordinarily narrow range that supports life.

For instance, estimates suggest that a variation in the strength of gravitational force as small as one part in 10⁶⁰ would preclude everything from star formation to the biochemistry that forms life. 

--If gravity were slightly stronger, the structure of the universe—and

consequently the conditions required for life, including human existence—would be fundamentally altered. 

--Changes in the strength of the strong nuclear force would prevent atoms or elements from forming, eliminating the possibility of chemistry and life.

.....if no intelligent cause exists, the probability of such precise conditions arising by accident is astronomically small, if not effectively impossible."

CEH

Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 2

"IN THIS psalm we have questions and answers and exhortations.

They are applicable at all times, but most especially at the present time, as we shall see. 

The psalm begins, with the question, Psalm 2:1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? 

The word “heathen” is the same as “nations.” 

Among men the word “heathen” is usually considered as synonymous with “uncivilized;” but the Bible calls all men heathen who do not serve the Lord, no matter how much they may have of the veneer and polish of what is called civilization. It will be noticed that in the margin we have “tumultuously assemble” as the equivalent of “rage.”

Q: What is the cause of the tumultuous gatherings of the people? 

The second and third verses give the answer: Psalm 2:2,3 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against His Anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. 

The reader will see by looking at John 1:41 and margin, that the word, “Anointed” and “Christ” are the same. 

Therefore we may read, “The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against His Christ.” 

This is quoted in: Acts 4:25 Who by the mouth of your servant David has said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things? The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against His Christ. 

The Father and the Son are inseparable. It is impossible to speak against one without opposing the other. It is impossible that there should be such a thing as believing in God but not in Christ. Jesus said, John 14:6 I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man comes unto the Father but by Me. 

They are one in redemption, as they are one in creation. 

---Some people like to persuade themselves that in casting away the law of the Lord they are following Christ. 

---They try to believe that Christ came for the purpose of loosing men from their obligation to keep the law of God. 

---That is a part of the “vain thing” which the people imagine.

Q: How does the Lord regard these attempts upon His law? 

A: Psalm 2:4 He that sits in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall have them in derision.
Psalm 2:9 You shall break them with a rod of iron; you shall dash

them in pieces like a potter’s vessel. 

In the 2nd chapter of Daniel the nations of earth are represented as an image composed of various metals. The kingdom of Christ is represented as a stone cut out of the mountain without hands, with the following results:
Daniel 2:35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them; and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. That image represented the nations of earth until the end of time.

In view of all this, how important the exhortation, Psalm 2:10-12  

Be wise now therefore, O you kings; be instructed, you judges of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, and you perish from the way, when His wrath will soon be kindled."
E.J. Waggoner

Creation Moment 2/9/2026 - 4 Postulates of Evolution vs Creation

For His invisible attributes, that is, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen since the creation of the world, being understood through what He has made. As a result, people are without excuse. Romans 1:20 CSB

Postulate: suggest or assume the existence, fact, or truth of (something) as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief:

EVOLUTION:

1) Life comes from non-life [NO EVIDENCE at all -- NEVER been observed]

2) All life forms of today came from single cells [Single cell life exist---but there are NO 2,3,4,5,etc. life forms hat should still exist as a transition]

3) Time & Chance drive evolution [TIME works AGAINST Evolution as the Law of Entropy would be smashing evolutionary progress over a vast expanse of time thereby setting it back...NOT advancing it]

4) Minor variation in species is Evidence of Macro-Evolution [Mendel and Genetics shows the opposite as the different shapes, sizes and colors, etc. within species is based on pre-programmed data----NO NEW data is ever added which would be required for Macro-Evolution, like from a fish to a bird, etc.]

CREATION:

1) Where there is DESIGN there must be a DESIGNER [Codes are in DNA and Codes are EVIDENCE of Intelligence

2) The Earth and Space are Young [Q: What are the oldest living thing on earth? Trees---about 4,500 years old taking roughly back to the Flood. In the sky we see only about 6,000 years worth on nebula (which seem to form roughly every 26 years)---IMPOSSIBLE for a universe Billions of years old]

3) Life is basically the same as created [Genetic Variation within a kind exists---but one cannot breed cats with dogs for example---meaning there are LIMITS to how far we can go]

4) The world experienced a Flood roughly on the time scale of Genesis [Limestone, for example, covers much of the earth which is sedimentary rock which precipitates out of water. Nearly every mountain chain, including Everest, has sea life in the rocks.]

Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 1

"THE 1st Psalm tells us that

the man who meditates on the law of God day and night, and who delights in it, shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water. 

You can all go into the gardening business, even in your houses, where you can watch the plant growing, and see how it grows by the water. 

You will be surprised how much education you can get out of seeing a single plant grow.

*Through the scent of water that is below it, it will grow. 

*It will send its stock upward, and its roots downward. 

*It is really wonderful to see the intelligence displayed, to see how methodically and how regularly that plant goes about its business of growing. 

With this in mind, read the 1st Psalm. 

He that meditates on the law of God day and night… Psalm 1 3...shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he does shall prosper. 

There is instruction in the Bible that will direct the man in the right way all the time." 

E.J. Waggoner

On the Streets of Babylon: Storm Troopers spotted on the Streets

Babylon is fallen, is fallen,..
Come out of her, My people,
Revelation 14:8/18:4

There seems to be some "Storm Troopers" spotted on the Streets of Babylon....

"Church by the Glades in Coral Springs is a self-described “hyper-creative church” whose core philosophy has become a mantra for

their praxis, with lead pastor David Hughes frequently saying, “We will do anything short of sin to reach people who don’t know Christ.”
Known for their extravagant attempts to keep their members entertained, in the past few years they’ve played a cover of Run D.M.C’s sleazy and sexual song Walk this Way in church.....
In a newly unearthed video from week 5 of their 2016 sermon series Family Drive-in, in the interlude between the conclusion of the last worship song and the beginning of the preaching, stormtroopers take the stage to dance to Beyoncé’s ‘Single Ladies,’ Psy’s ‘Gangnam Style, and others." 

Protestia

SDA Issues: EDUCATION

Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 

Matthew 11:29

"THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM of the church, which had driven them from their native home, was one of the most serious errors from which the Puritans failed to break away. 

This system of education, while Papal in spirit, was, to a certain extent, Protestant in form. 

The historian writes of the schools of the Puritans in the New World, that their courses were "fitted to the time-sanctioned curriculum of the college. They taught much Latin and Greek, an extended course in mathematics, and were strong generally on the side of the humanities... This was a modeling after Rugby Eton and other noted English schools." 

Again we read, "The roots of this system were deep in the great

ecclesiastical system." "From his early training," Dunster, one of the first presidents of Harvard, "patterned the Harvard course largely after that of the English Universities." They so faithfully patterned after the English model--Cambridge University--that they were called by that name, and the historian wrote of Harvard, "In several instances youths in the parent country were sent to the American Cambridge for a finishing education."
Of Yale, started later, it is said, "The regulations for the most part were those at Harvard, as also the courses of study." The younger patterned after the older. It is very natural that Yale should be established after the English Papal system, because the founder, Elihu Yale, had spent twenty years in the English schools. "Twenty years he spent in the schools and in special study." (Boone, pp. 24-40).

Laurie says, "Oxford and Cambridge modeled themselves largely after Paris... A large number of masters and their pupils left Paris... Thus the English portion of (Paris) University went to Oxford and Cambridge." The relation of the University of Paris, the mother of Cambridge and Oxford, to the Papacy is thus expressed, "It was because it was the center of theological learning that it received so many privileges from the Pope, and was kept in close relation to the Papal See." (Laurie, pp. 153, 162, 242).

When the successors of Luther and Melanchthon failed to continue that constructive work, which centered largely in the education of the youth, who were to be the future missionaries and pillars of the church, internal dissension arose. Their time was spent very largely in criticizing the views of some of their colaborers who differed with them on some unimportant points of theology. Thus they became destructive instead of constructive. They paid much attention to doctrines, and spent the most of their energy in preserving orthodoxy. They crystallized their doctrines into a creed; they ceased to develop, and lost the spirit of Christian education, which was the oil for their lamps. Protestantism degenerated into dead orthodoxy, and they broke up into opposing factions. The Protestant church, thus weakened, could not resist the great power of rejuvenated Papal education.

Seventh-day Adventists should not let this fact escape their attention: the three leading schools of the colonies were established by men who had fled from the Papal doctrines of the Old World; but these educators, because of their training in these Papal schools and their ignorance of the relation between education and religion, unwittingly patterned their institutions after the educational system of the church from which they had withdrawn. 

It is surprising that these English Reformers, after sacrificing as they did for a worthy cause, should yet allow a system of education, so unfitted to all their purposes, to be in reality the nurse of their children, from whose bosom these children drew their nourishment. They did not realize that the character and Christian experience of these children depended upon the nature of the food received.

Most dangerous of all enemies in a church is a school of its own, Christian in profession, "with teachers and managers who are only half converted; ... who are accustomed to popular methods; ... who concede some things and make half reforms, preferring to work according to their own ideas," (T. Vol. 6, p. 171), who, step by step, advance toward worldly education leading the innocent lambs with them."
E.A. Sutherland

Papal Notes - Pope Leo Calls for One Human Family

"Pope Leo XIV celebrated the World Day of Human Fraternity with a global appeal for all people to unite as one family. Presented as a remedy for a divided world, the message called for shared values and

cooperation to “heal” what he described as deep-seated divisions. This language reflects the prophetic vision of a world coming together under a common banner in the last days.
The Vatican Press Office published the following remarks made by the Pope:
• “With great joy and a heart filled with hope, I address you for the first time on the occasion of the World Day of Human Fraternity and the 7th anniversary of the signing of the Document on Human Fraternity by Pope Francis and the Grand Imam Ahmad Al-Tayyeb.” 
• “At a time when the dream of building peace together is often dismissed as an outdated utopia, we must proclaim with conviction that human fraternity is a lived reality, stronger than all conflicts, differences and tensions.” 
• “By choosing the demanding path of solidarity over the easy path of indifference, they have demonstrated that even the most deep-seated divisions can be healed through concrete action. Their work bears witness to the conviction that the light of fraternity can prevail over the darkness of fratricide.”
• “Let us continue to work together so that the dynamic of fraternal love may become the common path of all, and that the other may no longer be seen as a stranger or a threat, but recognized as a brother or a sister.” 

The book of Revelation warns that a time is coming when the world will be drawn into a single global system—uniting political power, religious authority, economic control, and military force. Prophecy

portrays a dominant religious power, identified as the first beast, receiving the allegiance of the world, while a second power compels worship and enforces conformity. This authority extends to every nation, language, and people, making participation unavoidable. Identified in Scripture as Babylon the Great and the Mother of Harlots, this unity will not be righteous or led by Christ; it will be deceptive and opposed to the commandments of God.
“And power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.” Revelation 13:7.
“These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.” Revelation 17:13.
“For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her.” Revelation 18:3." 

AdventMessenger

Creation Moment 2/8/2026 - The elasticity of Darwinism

Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools. 

Romans 1:22 NLT

"The relationship between Darwinism and real science is parasitic. The theory’s main use is for Darwinists to claim credit for whatever

biology discovers. 

If research shows that humans are selfish, Darwinism can explain that. If science shows we are unselfish, why, it can explain that too. If we are a combination of both — no problem. 

If cells are simple or complex, if sexual reproduction is common or rare, if embryos are similar or different, Darwinism will explain it all for you. 

The elasticity of the theory would make Sigmund Freud blush."
Michael Behe, First Things (Nov 2000)

Our first prayer....

Praying always. Ephesians 6:18

"WHAT multitudes of prayers we have put up from the first moment when we learned to pray. 

Our first prayer was a prayer for ourselves; we asked that God would have mercy upon us, and blot out our sin. 

He heard us. 

But when He had blotted out our sins like a cloud, then we had more prayers for ourselves. We have had to pray for sanctifying grace, for constraining and restraining grace; we have been led to crave for a fresh assurance of faith, for the comfortable

-- application of the promise, 

--for deliverance in the hour of temptation, 

--for help in the time of duty, 

--and for succour in the day of trial. 

We have been compelled to go to God for our souls, as constant

beggars asking for everything. Bear witness, children of God, you have never been able to get anything for your souls elsewhere. 

All the bread your soul has eaten has come down from heaven, and all the water of which it has drank has flowed from the living rock—Christ Jesus the Lord. 

Your wants were innumerable,---He has heard you in the day of trouble, has strengthened you, and helped you, even when you dishonored Him by trembling and doubting at the mercy-seat. Remember this, and let it fill your heart with gratitude to God, who has thus graciously heard your poor weak prayers."

Charles Spurgeon

Creation Moment 2/7/2026 - Evolution’s Influence in the Courts

They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof. Job 24:13

"When mankind began to adopt the theory of evolution in the nineteenth century, jurists and other legal intellectuals began to

subscribe to a view that law is a mere byproduct of human will and social struggle – “survival of the fittest”. 

Previous to Charles Darwin the dominant view in Western legal tradition was that human laws are subject to higher law, to natural law, to God’s law – a fixed standard. And this, through the Bible and through such sources as Blackstone’s Legal Commentary, was the worldview which framed the American Constitution.
There is no basis in the Constitution for so-called “legislating from the Bench” – for activist judges.
Under the influence of evolutionism and its off-shoot Social Darwinism, a powerful transformation of legal studies took place in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in Western Civilization – just as occurred in science. And it occurred for the same reason. 

Man’s depravity, his will to sin and rebel against his Maker, drives a resistance to God’s rule – and to the very existence of our Almighty Creator." 

Creation Moment

That BIG OBJECTION to Tithing

"THERE remains yet one objection to the tithing plan, that demands a brief notice: the matter of tithing is not spoken of directly by any of the apostles, nor are any of the churches enjoined by them to pay tithe. 

The New Testament Example 

But the man who thinks to escape the payment of tithes by such a plea as this has overreached himself; for: 

1. Christ taught it, as has been shown in the comment on Matthew

23:23. That alone would be sufficient. 

2. The commandment to pay tithe having been once made by God Himself, it would remain in force, forever, if not countermanded, and the reason for its continuance existed as in the beginning. Therefore if there was no mention made of it in the entire New Testament, it would not affect the case in the least.

3. And, strongest of all, the teaching of the apostles, and of Christ Himself, if strictly followed, would lead to the sacrifice, not merely of a tithe, but of all our possessions! 

Let us read and see. Paul, writing to the Corinthians, says, 1 Corinthians 6 19 ...you are not your own; 20 For you are bought with a price... We are, as a literal translation of Philippians 1:1 would read, “the slaves of Jesus Christ.”

Our servitude, however, is a blessed one, for His yoke is easy, and His burden light. But a slave can not hold property in his own right; all that he may acquire be longs to his master. Therefore since we are Christ’s by purchase, all that we have belongs to Him.

When the young man came to Him inquiring the way to life eternal, Matthew 19:21 Jesus said unto him, If you will be perfect, go and sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in Heaven; and come and follow Me. 

We do not wish to be understood as advising all indiscriminately to sell their property. We are to be guided by sanctified reason, and not by fanaticism. Ecclesiastes 3:1 To everything there is a season;–and if we stand at the counsel of God, we shall know when the time comes for us to part with our possessions." 

E.J. Waggoner

Creation Moment 2/6/2026 - Cells Contain Battery Droplets

These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; Revelation 3:14

"Cells are not simple like Darwin thought. The amount of organization inside a cell continues to astonish scientists.

These “membraneless organelles” or “droplets”, formed during natural phase changes, bring together molecular building blocks with their enzymes and RNA codes, facilitating the construction of complex molecules for life. Now, a research team at Washington University at St. Louis has discovered another wonder about these condensates: their boundaries are electric!

Tapping the engines of cellular electrochemistry and forces of evolution (23 Jan 2026, Washington University at St. Louis). Reporter Leah Shaffer speaks of condensates as “constantly shifting, membrane-less organelles that govern how a cell functions.” They are aided by phase changes in “intrinsically disordered proteins” that used to be thought of as mistakes or junk. No; they have important functions. Professor Rohit Pappu and his colleague Yifan Dai discovered that electrical voltages play key roles in the formation of condensates.

"In the new research, Dai outlines how condensates can act as

“battery droplets.” Inside a battery, the real action happens at the interface — the thin boundary where the electrode and electrolytes touch. An “interfacial” electric field drives chemical reactions within a cell in a similar manner, converting chemical energy to electrical energy."

This electrical energy is measurable. The researchers believe they could even tap into this miniature power source to design therapeutic molecules and other useful things.

"Dai’s team demonstrated that microscale “engines” can drive a bit of alchemy, producing gold and copper nanoparticles directly in living cells. Such “biohybrid” devices could be used to degrade pollution in wastewater. Further, through the same protein materials, they show how the redox reactions can be exploited to kill bacteria without using antibiotics, which could lead to many new medical devices to improve human health."

The press release tells how these “microscale engines” work like “soft battery droplets” that store and release electrochemical energy on demand, “giving synthetic biologists a dynamic new way to power signals and reactions” according to Dr Dai.

Q: What’s Evolution Got to Do With It?
---Try as they might to insert “evolution” into the story, they commit the logical fallacy of equivocation. They use the term “directed evolution” as a means of steering these soft battery droplets for human use. What they are really doing is applying intelligent design. They have foresight and a goal.

“We designed the evolution-based assay and selection strategies to connect cellular survival and the behaviors of the disordered proteins, then put them into different temperatures or other selective pressures, and let it go,” Dai said. “We let nature do the work to give us a sequence that can behave and let them survive.”

“Directed evolution” is a contradiction in terms. 

Picking out the most useful products from searches through natural phenomena is characteristic of intelligence, not mindless evolution. They are steering the molecules at every step. Only a mind can pick out a sequence in a random distribution and decide that it meets the criteria for a human need or desired technology. Darwin has nothing to say about this." 

CEH

The process of death

"The process of death is the reversal of creation: 

Ecclesiastes 12:7: “Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.” 

The spirit or breath of life leaves the body. 

The body and all its organs and systems cease to function. 

The body returns to dust. 

The brain no longer processes information that comes into it through the five senses and thus the writing of the biographical record ends.

This is how the Bible describes the condition of man in death: Psalm 146:3-4: “Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.” 

Stephen Bohr

Creation Moment 2/5/2026 - Among the more Dangerous

....beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked... 2 Peter 3:17

"Of all the fads and foibles in the long history of human credulity,

scientism in all its varied guises — from fanciful cosmology to evolutionary epistemology and ethics — seems among the more dangerous, 

---both because it pretends to be something very different from what it really is 

---and because it has been accorded widespread and uncritical adherence.... One longs for a new Enlightenment to puncture the pretensions of this latest superstition."

 Austin L. Hughes, The New Atlantis, Fall 2012

God Manifested

Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest. Mark 11:10 

"God 

--as manifested in Jesus Christ as the highest idea of good; 

--in the will of God as expressed in His law as the highest conception of right; 

--and in the fear of God and the keeping of His commandments as the whole duty of man." 

A.T. Jones

Creation Moment 2/4/2026 - Birds of a Feather Flock Together

Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine. Job 18:5

"The Marxist classics considered Darwin's theory of the materialist

explanation of biological evolution and praised it to the skies... Major pronouncements on Darwinism had been given by... leading party figures... Most importantly, evolutionary doctrine was taught as a part of the official state ideology, dialectical materialism."
Nikolai Krementsov, Stalinist Science (1997)

A Great Doctrine Revived by William Miller

And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. Daniel 12:2

"The doctrine of the resurrection was almost obliterated from the pulpit theology of the age. 

Yes, the great doctrine, on which rests the whole Christian fabric, was well-nigh abandoned to the enemy. 

How seldom was it heard from the pulpit, that, 

---as truly as the body of Christ was raised from the grave by the power of God, 

---so surely all that are in the graves will come forth; they that have done good, at Christ's coming, 

---to the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil, 

---at the end of the one thousand years, to the resurrection of damnation.

The idea that God had promised, and would most certainly perform that promise, to give the earth to the meek, and that they shall inherit it forever, and reign on earth with Christ, was hardly credible with the great body of the church, until William Miller lifted up his voice and wielded his pen in defense of these thrilling and glorious truths." Joshua Himes

IN the NEWS - Epstein and those “novel phenotypes”

....inventors of evil things.... Romans 1:30

"Jeffrey Epstein spoke with a Harvard scientist about the sexual benefits of turning children trans, in a horrifying email released on Friday as part of the latest Epstein disclosures from the Department of Justice.

In a graphic email sent to Epstein in 2018—years after Epstein had been sent to jail for soliciting sex from minors—evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers spoke at length about the creation of “novel phenotypes” through the administration of exogeneous hormones, as a means to enhance sexual pleasure. He notes that transsexuals provide “the best of both worlds.”

We have preserved the idiosyncratic spelling and punctuation of the email throughout.
“it is very simple will compare male to female with female to male with greater molecular control over development we are increasingly capable of producing novel phenotypes more feminine men, by blocking testosterone receptors (or castration) and, at the same time, increasing estrogen production the one bocks male features, the second encourages female features,” Trivers began the email.
“more masculine women-heavy testosterone dosage–incredible external effects, heavily bearded men, you would never guess they had a female bone in their body
first kind-male →> female is 4 times more frequent than female – male the first is attractive——he is a woman with a c***, so that if your fantasy is to s*** a man’s d***, otherwise you are completely heterosexual, it would be much nicer if the rest of the organism is female, then you get the best of both worlds”

Trivers continues by discussing how transsexual women are “very attractive” and “easily make money” as prostitutes.
“so many transsexual women are very attractive and easily make money which in turn they assert promotes their prostitution since they have to pay hefty fees for injections every week, but they are sexually happy.—once you have reached manhood even castration does not prevent the sensation of organism....if you like smelly masculine men, you want that hard c*** that comes with the show —you do not want one of nature’s more complex and variable structures, the pum-pum-that is an acquired tasted—-and not with a man....there are 100’s of female Trans videos and websites, i have never seen a male one”

Trivers saves the most disturbing part of the email for last. He concludes with a clear suggestion that earlier interventions to alter biological sex are now taking place, and that although he personally would be “frightened” to be involved, others might not be—and that it could be a good thing.
“BTW we are now pushing the intervention earlier–so you notice

your 3-year old son has trans tendencies, so now you intervene with hormones i would be frightened to do that-but who knows?”

The real culture war Epstein story, that none of these leftists are going to talk about or address, is that Epstein was actively talking to homosexual groomers who were pushing transgenderism and trying to push the idea of “trans children.” February 1, 2026"

Harvard-educated Trivers is famous for his work in the fields of evolutionary biology and sociobiology, pioneering ideas such as “reciprocal altruism,” “parental investment,” and “facultative sex ratio determination.”
According to his Wikipedia profile, Trivers is “among the most influential evolutionary theorists alive today.”
Steven Pinker has described him as “one of the great thinkers in the history of Western thought.”

His ties to Epstein were already well known. He received at least $40,000 in funding from Epstein, and has been a staunch defender of him, saying of his sexual assaults against underaged girls, “by the time they’re 14 or 15 they’re grown women so I don’t see the acts as so heinous.”
According to Reuters, “Trivers said Epstein is a person of integrity who should be given credit for serving time in prison and for settling civil lawsuits brought by women who said they were abused.”
He maintained his friendship with Epstein until as late as December 2019.
In 2015, he was sacked from Rutgers University, for reasons unconnected to his ties to Epstein." 

IW

IN the NEWS - Rhode Island Bishop's Preemptive Strike

But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
Genesis 13:13

"Rhode Island’s Catholic Bishop Bruce A. Lewandowski has apologized ahead of a state report on clergy child sex abuse.

The attorney general’s report is expected to detail how the church hid abuse by dozens of priests affecting hundreds of children.

And, on Thursday, he also offered an apology.
“I take this opportunity to apologize to the victim-survivors for the failures of church personnel and others in past decades to protect them and keep them safe,” he said Jan. 29 in a letter addressed to “Brothers and Sisters in Christ.”
Attorney General Peter Neronha told The Journal in a recent interview that his report will document how the Catholic Church in Rhode Island, in a determined effort to “hide scandal,” allowed “dozens of priests” to abuse “hundreds of children,” even in the face of credible reports.
And he said the investigation by his staff identified at least 10 more accused priests than the diocese has disclosed." BishopAccountability

Creation Moment 2/3/2026 - Lesson of the Giant Sequoias

"Q: What are the biggest trees on planet Earth? 

A: Giant sequoias (Sequoiadendron giganteum).

They grow on west-facing slopes of California’s southern Sierra Nevada mountains. Visitors to Sequoia National Park and nearby places marvel at these wooden behemoths. 

Q: Where did giant sequoias come from? 

Q: When did they land in the Sierras? 

Sequoia National Park offers three pointers to Biblical creation and the Flood.

Collaboration 

First, sequoia seeds do not release from their strangely small pine cones until the cones get hot enough. A forest fire does the trick. Second, a giant sequoia seed germinates only after it detects recently

burned ground. Fires can clear paths for suitable sunlight to reach young trees that would otherwise be overshadowed by thick growth and tall neighbors.
Sequoia bark is the third collaborating trait. These majestic mammoths produce a uniquely spongy bark layer that’s over a foot thick! The thickness and sponginess combine to provide excellent fire resistance. This is just as well since what good would it do if the fires needed for germination destroyed the very trees that were trying to reproduce?
These three aspects work in concert: cones wait for fire to release their seeds, seeds wait for charred ground to germinate, and bark protects the mother tree from the necessary fires. Someone thought this through.

Water Pumps

Just one giant sequoia transports over 500 gallons (1,890 liters) of water over 275 feet (83 meters) skyward per day.

Q: Could human engineers devise a silent pump that could push that much fluid that high for thousands of years?

University of California, Berkeley biologists studied sequoia sap flow. They wrote in 2017,

"Total relative water content at the turgor loss point (total RWCTLP) is controlled by three underlying variables: osmotic potential at full turgor, bulk tissue elastic modulus and apoplastic water fraction."

The turgor pressure loss point refers to the water pressure at which

leaf tissues begin to wilt. The “three underlying variables” are actually tactics that keep wilting at bay. The ways that tree tissues tightly manage each one clearly show creation.
Ions control “osmotic potential.” In this first tactic, cell systems pump ions into the spaces where water needs to go. Water follows the ions, passing from cell to cell up the trunk. However, this only works so far, so the other tactics kick in.
“Elastic modulus” refers to the stiffness of the tiny side walls that contain sap. Tissues higher in the tree have stiffer walls. Floppy vessel walls would collapse at the low pressures way up there, so water would not reach the leaves, spelling tree tragedy.
The last tactic concerns “apoplastic water.” This refers to water stored in separately managed small spaces. Cells can inject these water stores into the sap when pressure wanes. Giant sequoias dynamically adjust these three tactics to accommodate daily and seasonal changes in sunlight direction and intensity.
It’s all so ingenious! Geologist Bill Hoesch rightly wrote, “The sheer size of the sequoias drives us to consider them as marvels of engineering.” We confidently credit our Creator with the craftsmanship required here.

Timing

Experts count growth rings on long, thin cores extracted from the center of the trees’ trunks. Dendrochronologist Edmund Schulman counted sequoia rings, and he wondered why these trees are not older. He wrote in 1954, “Does this mean that shortly preceding 3275 years ago all the then living giant sequoias were wiped out by some catastrophe?”
---Many assume that each ring represents one year, but research has disproven this.

But even assuming one ring per year, some giant sequoias are 3,400 years old. These would have sprouted soon after the Exodus of the children of Israel from Egypt. 

Q: Does this and Schulman’s observation align with Biblical history?

Bible chronology places Noah’s Flood at about 2500 BC. Inferences from Scripture, ancient history, and Earth’s surface support a single Ice Age that lasted some centuries after the Flood. Early Ice Age years saw California’s 373-mile-long Sierra Nevada mountain range buried beneath ice.
Melting alpine glaciers later carved the wide U-shaped valleys that cascade toward today’s sequoia groves. Plants couldn’t pioneer the Sierra Nevada until this ice melted. A Bible-based Ice Age likely waned by about 3,800 years ago. No sequoia should be older than 3,800 years under this Biblical timeline. Expectation met!
Collaborative propagation traits and balanced water pump tactics clearly point to creation. And the ages of these trees match sensible inferences from the Bible’s timeline. 

Q: What did our all-wise Creator say to us through that very Bible? “Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, and whose hope is the LORD. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters.” (Jeremiah 17:7,8)." ICR