And the Spirit & the bride say, come.... Reveaaltion 22:17

And the Spirit & the bride say, come.... Reveaaltion 22:17
And the Spirit & the bride say, come...Revelation 22:17 - May We One Day Bow Down In The DUST At HIS FEET ...... {click on blog TITLE at top to refresh page}---QUESTION: ...when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? LUKE 18:8

Friday, July 10, 2026

Those ancient saints

 Called to be saints. Romans 1:7

"WE are very apt to regard the apostolic saints as if they were "saints" in a more especial manner than the other children of God. All are "saints" whom God has called by His grace, and sanctified by His Spirit; but we are apt to look upon the apostles as extraordinary beings, scarcely subject to the same weaknesses and temptations as ourselves. 
--Yet in so doing we are forgetful of this truth, that the nearer a man lives to God the more intensely has he to mourn over his own evil heart; 
--and the more his Master honors him in His service, the more also doth the evil of the flesh vex and tease him day by day. 
The fact is, if we had seen the apostle Paul, we should have thought him remarkably like the rest of the chosen family: and if we had talked with him, we should have said, "We find that his experience and ours are much the same. He is more faithful, more holy, and more deeply taught than we are, but he has the selfsame trials to endure. Nay, in some respects he is more sorely tried than ourselves." *Do not, then, look upon the ancient saints as being exempt either
from infirmities or sins; 
*and do not regard them with that mystic reverence which will almost make us idolators. Their holiness is attainable even by us. We are "called to be saints" by that same voice which constrained them to their high vocation. 
*We have the same light that they had, the same grace is accessible to us. They lived with Jesus, they lived for Jesus, therefore they grew like Jesus. Let us live by the same Spirit as they did." 
Charles Spurgeon
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Creation Moment 7/11/2026 - Allow me to add a 3rd scenario to the list for (612533) 2002 XV93

"A tiny icy object orbiting beyond Neptune has surprised astronomers by displaying an atmosphere that, according to current theories, should not exist.

The object, officially designated (612533) 2002 XV93, belongs to a class of distant bodies known as trans-Neptunian objects, located in
the Kuiper Belt beyond the orbit of Neptune. More specifically, it is classified as a plutino, sharing the same 2:3 orbital resonance with Neptune as Pluto. Measuring only about 310 miles across, it is far smaller than Pluto, making the discovery especially unexpected.

What makes the discovery especially puzzling is that previous observations by the James Webb Space Telescope found no evidence that 2002 XV93 possesses surface deposits of nitrogen, methane, or carbon monoxide ice, the same volatile materials that generate Pluto’s atmosphere when warmed by sunlight. Temperatures on the object, estimated between 40 and 50 degrees above absolute zero, are also far too low for water ice or carbon dioxide ice to vaporize naturally.

The research, published in Nature Astronomy, therefore presents scientists with a genuine mystery. Existing models struggle to explain how such a small, cold object could sustain even a temporary atmosphere under these extreme conditions.

Researchers currently propose two leading scenarios, although neither fully explains the observations.
The first possibility is that a relatively recent impact from a comet-
like object released gas into space, temporarily creating the observed atmosphere. This explanation comes with a major challenge. Because the object’s gravity is so weak, any gases escaping into space would disappear within roughly a thousand years. On astronomical timescales, that represents an incredibly brief period, implying astronomers would have observed the object during a remarkably fortunate moment.
The second hypothesis involves cryovolcanism, sometimes described as ice volcanism. Instead of molten rock, underground reservoirs of frozen volatile materials could occasionally erupt, replenishing the atmosphere from beneath the surface. Scientists do not yet know what internal energy source could power such activity on a body this small and cold, leaving the mechanism unresolved.

As the researchers explained,
“This discovery suggests that the traditional idea that global dense atmospheres form only around larger planets must be revised,” said Arimatsu’s team in their research paper.
That statement reflects how significantly this observation could reshape current thinking about atmospheric formation in the outer Solar System." msn

Allow me to add a 3rd "scenario" to the list for (612533) 2002 XV93: That is that it is young, only a few thousand years old, created as is, for a reason these men do not yet understand. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God.... Hebrews 11:3
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Thursday, July 9, 2026

Real takeaway from the Fig Tree Parable

Having a form of godliness but denying its power. 
2 Timothy 3:5
"The doom of the fruitless fig tree has an application to individual professors 
--who manifest the natural tendencies of the unrenewed heart, 
--and contradict their faith by their daily life. 
*They do not represent to the world the character of Christ, 
*because they have not Christ in them."
E.G.W.
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Creation Moment 7/10/2026 - Key verse for 18th century astronomers

"Keas elaborates:
“In seventeenth- and eighteenth-century English astronomy
literature, I find no indication that the increasingly larger estimates of cosmic dimensions became grounds for debilitating doubts about human significance. 
In fact, one of the most quoted Biblical passages in eighteenth-century astronomy literature is Psalm 8:3–5 [When I consider Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which Thou hast ordained; What is man, that Thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that Thou visitest him? For Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor.] ” (p. 18)." CMI
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Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Why 536 A.D. instead of 538 A.D.?

Since the 1260 days (years) prophecy began in 538 A.D. of Papal supremacy, then why would 536 A.D. be the worst year to be alive
due to natural disasters?
Well the edict that placed the Pope as head of all Christendom was issued in 536 A.D. by Emperor Justinian. 
But the Pope was held up for over 2 years in Rome trapped by the Ostrogoths.
It was not until 538 A.D. that General Belisarius relieved the siege of Rome and informed the Pope of his new status and gave him the edict.
Q: So was all this that befell the earth in 536 A.D. a sign from God of the DARKNESS about to befall the earth or just a coincidence?
And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. Daniel 7:25

 "In the year 536, daylight itself went away.
Across Europe, the Middle East and parts of Asia, people looked up and saw a sun that gave little warmth and cast a strange, weak light. Summer brought snow in China. Crops failed virtually everywhere, spreading hunger worse than any plague. Then, only a few years
later, an actual plague arrived to top things off. We know from written sources that there were serious drops in temperature, both in Europe and in China. For historians and climate scientists, 536 has become a leading candidate for the worst year to be alive.
The fabled year 536 AD was in the middle of a literal Dark Age.

Byzantine historian Procopius, writing from Constantinople, described the world around the year 536 in which “the sun gave forth its light without brightness, like the moon, during the whole year.” The Roman statesman Cassiodorus later wrote that “the sun seems to have lost its wonted light and appears a bluish color.”

Irish chronicles recorded “a failure of bread from the years 536–539.
“There’s a kind of feedback loop in the problems … Once you get one sort of catastrophe in the pre-modern world, it often leads to other
ones,” Dr. Pattenden said.

Then came the plague.
The damage was enormous and the economy across Europe and large parts of Asia was likely in a ruinous state.
“To put it in some perspective, if you were a carefree 18-year-old in the summer of 535, you’d probably have to live between 80 and 100 years to get back to conditions that were similar to what you’d remember from being a child,” said Pattenden." 
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Creation Moment 7/9/2026 - Hox genes: the “smoking gun” of common design?

You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion,
as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. 
Psalm 139:15 NLT

"Genes with regulatory and developmental functions responsible for core basic-design patterns in developing embryos are called Hox genes (a contraction of longer descriptive words, homeotic and homeobox). This astounding finding was so opposite to the evolutionists’ notions that it clearly constitutes a spectacular blunder on their part. Evolutionary developmental biologist Sean Carroll describes the implications of the stunning details:
"When the sequence of these homeoboxes were examined in detail, the similarities among species were astounding. Over the 60 amino acids of the homeodomain, some mice and frog proteins were identical to the fly sequences at up to 59 out of 60 positions. Such
sequence similarity was just stunning. The evolutionary lines that led to flies and mice diverged more than 500 million years ago, before the famous Cambrian Explosion that gave rise to most animal types. No biologist had even the foggiest notion that such similarities could exist between genes of such different animals. The Hox genes were so important that their sequences had been preserved throughout this enormous span of animal evolution.
The discovery that the same sets of genes control the formation and pattern of body regions and body parts with similar functions (but very different designs) in insects, vertebrates, and other animals has forced a complete rethinking of animal history, the origins of structures, and the nature of diversity. Comparative and evolutionary biologists had long assumed that different groups of animals, separated by vast amounts of evolutionary time, were constructed and had evolved by entirely different means."

Q: Could it be that Hox genes are the “smoking gun” of common design expected by supporters of intelligent design for decades?

Consider this—if engineers were tasked to investigate for common design in any other area, how would they proceed? 
They would study various sets of plans and specifications, identify any common features, and verify if there was, in fact, common underlying information. 
Genetic research has identified this common information across diverse groups of organisms prescribing traits with the same general function. In other areas of research, this fact would be ascribed to common engineering instructions.

Evolutionary theory predicted the complete opposite of common underlying information for similar traits. The fact that it was dogmatically taught as evidence for evolution and later found to be profoundly wrong catalogs it as a spectacular blunder and makes its teaching misguided at best.
This repressed prediction-evidence mismatch is connected to ever-changing evolutionary explanations like “convergence” or “conservation/common ancestry.” These come across scientifically as a mishmash of improvised, after-the-fact stories aimed at forcing observations into an evolutionary paradigm.

Creationists can say with credibility that in creatures as diverse as bacteria, insects, and humans the same genetic information controls the formation and utilization of many key anatomical or molecular structures observed to be performing broadly similar functions.

Applying organism-focused, design-based analysis to biological phenomena brings great clarity to our understanding of life. A compelling case is made that these are clearly the common designs creationists have been looking for the last 200 years." ICR
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Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series PAGE

But his delight is in the law of the LORD; 
and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Psalm 1:2

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Creation Moment 7/8/2026 - Faith: In God or in Materialism?

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible,...And He is before all things, and by Him all things consist.
Hebrews 11:3/Colossians 1:16,17

"Theoretical physicist and Nobellist Steven Weinberg said, “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” 
His quip was intended to take aim at God. Nevertheless, even atheists acknowledge the existence of many realities that cannot be directly observed—such as black holes, magnetism, gravitation, and wind.

--However, atheists agree that they are known from their effects. 
--We could say the same about God and His creative acts, and—for those of us who were not around to witness it—the Resurrection of Jesus. We cannot see such things today, but they have impacted the world in ways that are visible and measurable.

After all, if science can deal only with matter and energy, it can’t possibly show that other things can’t exist. Rather, this claimed requirement is a philosophical position called materialism, and there are substantial grounds for doubting it. 
‘Materialism’ in philosophy doesn’t mean striving for material goods, but the belief that matter (or mass/energy) is all there is.
Among the reasons for rejecting materialism are the compelling arguments that support the existence of an immaterial Creator of the universe. 
These include the design of living things, the fine-tuning of the universe for life, and the evidence that it has a finite age, among other arguments." 
CMI
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Monday, July 6, 2026

Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 150

"Psalm 150:
*The first psalm contains only six verses and speaks of the man who
is blessed.
*The last psalm also contains six verses but speaks of the God who is praised.
--No more fitting conclusion to the book could have been written.

(1) Where? (150:1);
(2) What for? (150:2);
(3) With What? (150-3-5); and
(4) Who? (150:6).

Psalm 150:1 Praise ye the LORD. 
Praise God in His sanctuary: 
praise Him in the firmament of His power.
Psalm 150:2 Praise Him for His mighty acts: 
praise Him according to His excellent greatness.
Psalm 150:3 Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet: 
praise Him with the psaltery and harp.
Psalm 150:4 Praise Him with the timbrel and dance: 
praise Him with stringed instruments and organs.
Psalm 150:5 Praise Him upon the loud cymbals: 
praise Him upon the high-sounding cymbals.
Psalm 150:6 Let everything that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD."
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Creation Moment 7/7/2026 - How about the Ultimate "meta-law"?


"Throw a pebble into a lake and it, obligingly, sinks. Smash particles together and they fall apart in certain patterns. Flick a switch and let
there be light. Reality, for all its glory and cosmic drama, seems to operate in a consistent, predictable fashion.
Many previous attempts to explain how these laws arose have foundered because they ended up introducing deeper “meta-laws” (Meta-laws are laws that govern other laws, much as ordinary laws govern facts and events. In the philosophy of science, they are proposed as a way to account for certain principles that constrain or explain the structure of laws themselves,) along the way." NewScience
*How about the Ultimate "meta-law"?
*For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible,...And He is before all things, and by Him all things consist.
Colossians 1:16,17
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Sunday, July 5, 2026

Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 149

"Psalm 149:
The unique aspect of praise highlighted in this psalm is that praise is related to the kingdom of the Lord.

The composer and occasion for this psalm are unknown.
I. Israel’s Praise for God 
(149:1-5);
II. Israel’s Punishment of the Nations 
(149:6-9).

Psalm 149:1 Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, [and] His praise in the congregation of saints.
Psalm 149:4 For the LORD taketh pleasure in His people: 
He will beautify the meek with salvation.

Psalm 149:5 Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud
upon their beds.
Psalm 149:8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
Psalm 149:9 To execute upon them the judgment written: this honor have all His saints. Praise ye the LORD."
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Creation Moment 7/6/2026 - The Alpha and Omega

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. Revelation 1:8

"I once had a young boy about 10 years of age come up and ask me, “Sir, if God created us, who created God?” 
I said to him, “If someone made God then you would have to have a bigger God.” 
The boy replied, “Yes, sir.” 
I said, “But now, you have a problem, who made the bigger God? You would then need a bigger, bigger God who made the bigger God who made God.” 
I then said, “Now, you have a problem.” 
The boy said, “I know.” 
I then went on, “Who made the bigger, bigger God? Now, you would need a bigger, bigger, bigger God who made the bigger, bigger God who made the bigger God who made God.” 
The young boy understood. We could keep going back with bigger and bigger and bigger and bigger forever and then have to keep going. 
The only thing that makes sense is that you would have to have the biggest God of all, the infinite, eternal God of the Bible. The only one true God who has always existed. He had no beginning." Ken Ham
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Saturday, July 4, 2026

Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 148

"Psalm 148:
Since nothing in heaven above or on earth below is left out in this praise psalm, it may appropriately be designated as the psalm of universal praise.

I. Heaven’s Praise 
(148:1-6).
A. Who? 
(148:1-4);
B. Why? 
(148:5-6).
II. Earth’s Praise 
(148:7-14).
A. Who? 
(148:7-12);
B. Why? 
(148:13-14).

Psalm 148:1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise Hm in the heights.
Psalm 148:2 Praise ye Him, all His angels: praise ye Him, all His hosts.
Psalm 148:3 Praise ye Him, sun and moon: praise Him, all ye stars of light.
Psalm 148:4 Praise Him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that [be] above the heavens.
Psalm 148:5 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for He commanded, and they were created.
Psalm 148:8 Fire, and hail; snow, and vapors; stormy wind fulfilling His word:
Psalm 148:12 Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:
Psalm 148:13 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for His name alone is excellent; His glory [is] above the earth and heaven."
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IN the NEWS - Digital Ruble comes to Russia

And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. 
Revelation 13:17
Major power inches into Digital Currency.
Q: Who will follow?

 "Russia is ready to launch the digital ruble for broad use starting Sept. 1, Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina said, The Moscow Times reported on July 2. Starting Sept. 1, all 12 systemically
important banks must process digital ruble transactions, and major retailers will also accept the currency as payment. “Technologically, everything is ready. We did a great deal of preparatory work before this stage,” Nabiullina said.
It is unclear which other banks will work with the digital ruble. The Central Bank unexpectedly withheld the list of banks participating in the digital ruble platform." NV
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Creation Moment 7/5/2026 - Biomolecular Computer

Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! 
Psalm 139:14 NLT
"All biological systems ... are natural molecular computers. Every one of us is a biomolecular computer, that is, a machine in which all components are molecules "talking" to one another in a logical manner. 
The hardware and software are complex biological molecules that activate one another to carry out some predetermined chemical tasks. The input is a molecule that undergoes specific, programmed changes, following a specific set of rules (software) and the output of this chemical computation process is another well defined molecule. "
Ehud Keinan, American Technion Society, May 2013
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Friday, July 3, 2026

Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 147

"Psalm 147:
If the previous psalm is individualistic, this psalm forms an appropriate contrast with its emphasis on communal praise.

(1) Because the Lord delivers the oppressed 
(verses 2-6);
(2) Because the Lord provides for the faithful 
(verses 8-11); 
(3) Because the Lord protects Israel 
(verses 13-20).

Psalm 147:1 Praise ye the LORD: for [it is] good to sing praises unto our God; for [it is] pleasant; [and] praise is comely.
Psalm 147:3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
Psalm 147:4 He telleth the number of the stars; He calleth them all by [their] names.
Psalm 147:10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: He taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.
Psalm 147:11 The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear Him, in those that hope in His mercy.
Psalm 147:19 He showeth his word unto Jacob, His statutes and His judgments unto Israel.
Psalm 147:20 He hath not dealt so with any nation: and [as for His] judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD."
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