Inspired & Inscribed

Nevertheless,

whereto we have already attained,

let us walk by the same rule,

 let us mind the same thing.

Philippians 3:16

The Word of God was INSPIRED by the Holy Spirit

 

The Law of God was INSCRIBED by the finger of God

 

CASE STUDY: Secret Societies & Danish Tvind

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,

where moth and rust doth corrupt,

and where thieves break through and steal:

Matthew 6:19

"The High Court in Aarhus, Denmark, today decided to jail – in absentia – the Tvind Teachers Group (TG) leader Mogens Amdi Petersen and four other TG-leaders.
High Court has accepted the State Attorneys claim that there are grounds for getting the 74 year old Amdi Petersen and the other leaders imprisoned because they failed to appear in criminal proceedings for embezzlement and tax evasion of millions of dollars.
In 2006, Mogens Amdi Petersen was acquitted of the charge of serious economic crime committed in connection with Tvind Humanitarian Fund. The same was Marlene Gunst , Kirsten Larsen and Christie Pipps, formerly known as Kirsten Fuglsbjerg. The fifth Sten Byrner got a suspended sentence for embezzlement.
Although the prosecution appealed to the High Court the case never really got going because the five are hiding abroad. They are – according to informations to tvindalert.com – hiding in Mexico and Zimbabwe.An appeal trial has been held against another TG-leader, Poul Joergensen, who stayed in Denmark. He was sentenced to two and a half year in prison."

Who is/are Tvind?

 

"Tvind started in the 60s as a group of radical young teachers.

The organisation derived its strength, particularly in the early days, from a unique provision in the Danish constitution that allows any organisation to run a school - and the state finances these schools."

BBC 

Secular (Humanistic) Tvind
Cult Leader Petersen

A Cult?- "According to a respected Danish historian, Jes Fabricius Moller, who has published a detailed history, ‘the answer must be yes’.  

It is not a religious body or a church. Instead it is a fundamentally political movement, with the apparent aim to change the world through what its leaders term ‘solidary humanism’.

.....the Teachers Group meets all the usual criteria for the definition of a cult.  Ever since its founding in 1977, it has been a membership-only body, joined by invitation only, with many of the characteristics of a secret society.

Today it has a strongly hierarchical pyramid structure.  Powerful individuals at the top control the lives of those below, and senior members commonly use psychological coercion to recruit, create expectations and enforce discipline.
Followers ritually burned private papers, scrap books and photograph albums and were instructed to disconnect from parents and family.  It was made clear that they should not waste their energy on love affairs and the leader preferred it if they did not get married or have children. Many complied. Any children who were conceived were liable to be taken away for common ‘adoption’, and sent to a Teachers Group school." TvindAlert

"...investigations into Tvind-related clothing boxes, which are labeled Gaia, USAgain, Planet Aid, 

Tvind school dorm room

IICD and Humana. The Better Business Bureau said ....that if Gaia's clothes collection activities are counted as fundraising, only 1 percent of all revenue is spent on "program service activities."
ChicagoTribune

WARNING

"These societies offer some advantages which from a human point of view appear like great blessings, but not so when judged by the Lord’s measurement. Behind their apparent advantages are concealed satanic agencies. The larger the income drawn into the treasury, the more and deeper is the evil. The ungodly gain which has enriched these societies will, when traced out in all its bearings, be seen to be a curse.

Christians must sever every tie that binds them to these secret orders that are not under the control of God. They cannot be loyal to these organizations and loyal to God.

Fraud runs all through these secret associations,.... Many are laying up their treasure in these secret societies, and can we not see that their heart is there?"

Should Christians Be Members of Secret Societies pamphlet 1893 E.G.W.

 

IN the NEWS - End of 'Black Jesus' of Papua New Guinea

2013 death

"A notorious cult leader known as "Black Jesus" has been killed by villagers in Papua New Guinea, police say.

Steven Tari had been on the run since escaping from prison in the northern town of Madang earlier this year.
Tari had been serving a lengthy prison term after being convicted in 2010 of raping girls.... Provincial police chief Sylvester Kalaut said Tari and one of his followers were attacking a woman, tricked into joining the cult, when villagers from Gal surrounded and killed them.
He had studied to become a Lutheran pastor but disappeared from his theological college after disputing the Bible's teachings.
He previously said he was the "true Christ" and promised his followers great wealth and redemption. Among his disciples were allegedly dozens of sex slaves he called his "flower girls". Before his arrest his sect had thousands of followers in the villages." BBC

Who?

"Tari's cult, became notorious for its alleged use of "flower girls" who serve as concubines and possibly human sacrifices for Tari. The girls dress in scant clothing. The Lutheran Church, very prominent in Papua New Guinea, declared Tari an "enemy of the church".
Tari was pursued by PNG police in 2005 as a result of his teachings, which included promises of material goods and well-being for the villagers' worship. Under recent law, intended to combat the widespread occurrence of cults in the country, it is illegal to make such promises.
Tari was initially captured in 2005, but escaped prior to his trial with the help of a Lutheran pastor, Logan Sapus, who had been assigned to counsel him but became converted to Tari's cult instead.  (Huh? How did that happen?.......) Tari ordered the destruction of rival Lutheran churches and terrorized nearby villages who would not submit to him. He is also accused of orchestrating the murders of rival Lutheran ministers." Wikipedia

2007 capture

"Steven Tari, 35, was caught and beaten by a group of angry villagers who handed him over to police.....Thousands gathered to shout abuse at Tari, ...who claims to be the True Christ, when he was brought to the police station in the town of Madang.
Wearing only a loincloth instead of his usual flowing robes, he stood meekly before the crowd. "It was as if he thought he was being humiliated like Christ before he was crucified," said an onlooker.

But jungle communities were horrified to learn that Tari sacrificed three young women, drinking their blood and eating their flesh, as part of his bizarre ceremonies. In one case a mother who had fallen under his influence drank her daughter's blood, according to relatives.Tari was still in possession of what he called his "magic rod", a knife and a tattered Bible, many of whose teachings he had denied in his own sermons." YPMtRGA

For false Christs and false prophets shall rise,

Mark 13:22

Creation Moment 8/31/2013 - Fast Planet Found

"Astronomers have discovered a hot Earth-size planet so close to its star that a year on that exoplanet lasts just 8.5 hours, making it one of the fastest alien planets ever seen...... the host star of the planet, called Kepler-78b, is bright enough for other telescopes to spot the world.
 Kepler-78b is about 100 times closer to its star than the Earth is to the sun...The planet's surface bakes at an iron-melting temperature somewhere between 3,680 degrees Fahrenheit and 5,120 degrees Fahrenheit." Space.com

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

IN the NEWS - Actual Mind Control

"Scientists said Tuesday they have achieved the first human-to-human mind meld, with one

researcher sending a brain signal via the Internet to control the hand motion of a colleague sitting across the Seattle campus of the University of Washington.
The feat is less a conceptual advance than another step in the years-long progress that researchers have made toward brain-computer interfaces, in which electrical signals generated from one brain are translated by a computer into commands that can move a mechanical arm or a computer cursor - or, in more and more studies, can affect another brain." Reuters

But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book,

 even to the time of the end:

many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

Daniel 12:4

 

IN the NEWS - Till Death.....

"An Ohio couple married for 65 years died on the same day earlier this month ... Ruth, 89, and Harold “Doc” Knapke, 91, met in the third grade and were rarely seen without the other, dying just hours apart on August 11.
Simon says his grandmother came down with a severe infection early in August, at which point the family told Doc that his wife was "going to go," advising him to "let go" of her as well. Doc became very calm, and shortly after, passed away at 7:30 a.m. on August 11. That same night,.... A dual funeral was held for the couple, with the granddaughters carrying up their grandmother's casket and the grandsons carrying up their grandfather's." FOXnews

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother,
and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Genesis 2:24
And they twain shall be one flesh:
so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
Mark 10:8

 

IN the NEWS - Atheistic Immaturity

"A billboard located along the heavily-trafficked Massachusetts Turnpike, advertising a Catholic radio station was reportedly vandalized. According to the manager of the talk show promoted on the billboard, listeners called into report that the billboard was altered from "Try God" to "Try God, the Other WHITE Meat." TheBlaze
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.
Corrupt are they,.... there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 53:1

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And God blessed the seventh day,

and sanctified it:
Genesis 2:3

Moles, Bats & Rocks - The End

And they shall go into the holes of the rocks,

and into the caves of the earth,

for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty,
when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver,

and his idols of gold,

which they made each one for himself to worship,

to the moles and to the bats;

To go into the clefts of the rocks,
and into the tops of the ragged rocks,
for fear of the LORD,
and for the glory of his majesty,
when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
Isaiah 2:19-21

And said to the mountains and rocks,

Fall on us,

and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne,

and from the wrath of the Lamb:

For the great day of his wrath is come;

and who shall be able to stand?

Revelation 6:16,17

Creation Moment 8/30/2013 - Bats

"According to Darwinian theory, bats evolved from mouse- or shrew-like ancestors. Let’s leave aside the fact that the oldest fossil bats are 100% bat, and that no transitional fossils have been found.

For a ground-dwelling animal to evolve wings, there would have to be a stage where the fingers of the hypothetical transitional form were growing longer. This would mean that it could neither walk nor fly properly.
Such a change would be of no advantage, but a hindrance, so natural selection would surely weed out anything which departed from the norm?" OriginalView

But these are they of which ye shall not eat:.... and the bat.
Deuteronomy 14:12,18

Idolatry in Christianity

They lavish gold out of the bag,

and weigh silver in the balance,

and hire a goldsmith;

and he maketh it a god:

they fall down, yea, they worship.

They bear him upon the shoulder,
they carry him,
and set him in his place,

and he standeth;
from his place shall he not remove:

yea, one shall cry unto him,

yet can he not answer,

nor save him out of his trouble.

Isaiah 46:6,7

IN the NEWS - New Mexico Assaults Freedom of Religion

"It is a state court decision that could have national reach. The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a Christian wedding photographer violated the state’s human rights law by refusing to photograph a same-sex commitment ceremony.

Klukowski added, “Rather than live-and-let-live, this is forcing religious Americans to violate the basic teachings of their faith, or lose their jobs.”

The Albuquerque-based photography studio Elane Photography did not want to photograph the ceremony between Vanessa Willock and Misti Collinsworth because studio co-owner Elaine Huguenin said it would violate her Christian beliefs and that the company only photographs traditional marriages.

The majority opinion for the court stated that the studio violated the rights of the lesbian couple “in the same way as if it had refused to photograph a wedding between people of two different races.”

A Rasmussen poll found that 85 percent of Americans believe a photographer has the right to turn down a same-sex wedding job.

Attorney Jordan Lorence, with the Alliance Defending Freedom, a legal firm specializing in religious liberty cases, said the ruling prioritizes gay rights over religious liberty.

“Government-coerced expression is a feature of dictatorships that has no place in a free country,” Lorence said. “This decision is a blow to our client and every American’s right to live free.”

TheBlaze

Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.

1 John 3:13

Euphrates dried up / Cyrus the Anointed

The Anointed

Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus,
whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him;
Isaiah 45:1

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,

because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel....

Luke 4:18

 

 

The Euphrates dried up

History tells us that the Persian forces of Cyrus "dried" up the Euphrates River that ran through two river gates of Babylon, then found these gates opened and entered the city

That saith to the deep,

Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:

 ...to open before him the two leaved gates;

and the gates shall not be shut;

Isaiah 44:27 & 45:1

A drought is upon her waters;

and they shall be dried up :

for it is the land of graven images,

and they are mad upon their idols.

Jeremiah 50:38

And the sixth angel

poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates;

and the water thereof was dried up,

Revelation 16:12

 

From the East

Calling a ravenous bird from the east,

the man that executeth my counsel from a far country:

Isaiah 46:11
 

...that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.

Revelation 16:12

For as the lightning cometh out of the east,

and shineth even unto the west;

so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Matthew 24:7

 

Who are the Kings of the east?

And, behold,

the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east:

and his voice was like a noise of many waters:

and the earth shined with his glory.

Ezekiel 43:2

And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse;

and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True,

and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.

And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses,

clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

Revelation 19:11,14

 

Babylon was Feasting

Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords,

and drank wine before the thousand.

In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.

Daniel 5:1,30 

For as in the days that were before the flood

they were eating and drinking,...

And knew not until the flood came , and took them all away ;

so shall also the coming of the Son of man be . 

Matthew 24:38,39

 

Babylon makes drunk with Golden Cup

Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD'S hand,

that made all the earth drunken :

the nations have drunken of her wine;

therefore the nations are mad .

Jeremiah 51:7

And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet color,

and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls,

having a golden cup in her hand

full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:

For all nations have drunk of the wine

of the wrath of her fornication,

Revelation 17:4, 18:3

 

Babylon is Fallen

     Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed :

Jeremiah 51:8

 And there followed another angel, saying,

Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city,

Revelation 14:8

 

Her sins reach up to Heaven

...for her judgment reacheth unto heaven,

 and is lifted up even to the skies.   

Jeremiah 51:9

For her sins have reached unto heaven,

Revelation 18:5

 

We would have healed Babylon,

but she is not healed :

Jeremiah 51:9

Creation Moment 8/29/2013 - 24 Hrs.

"A day on earth lasts 24 hours — the time it takes to spin once on its axis.  While

half of the world enjoys daylight, the other half is in darkness.

 This cycle of day and night is just right for us. If days were much longer the sun’s heat would make life impossible, and longer nights would be far too cold for anything to survive until the sun rose again. Most other planets in the solar system have much longer or shorter days. On Venus, a “day” lasts for 243 earth days, on Uranus — which is tipped on its side — a “day” is 17 hours long, and on the giant planet Saturn a “day” only lasts for 10 hours. We would never be able to get everything done, or get enough sleep, if earth were like that!" OurWorld

And God called the light Day,

and the darkness he called Night.

Genesis 1:5

Papal Notes - Syria & the Swiss Guard?

And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars:

see that ye be not troubled:

for all these things must come to pass,

but the end is not yet.

Matthew 24:6

The war drums are beating for intervention in Syria, fueled mostly by Britain, France and the "anti-war" President of the United States. The gassing of children by Assad is terrible, yet the rebels in Syria are just as bad. Of the 9 rebel groups-7 of them openly support Al-Qeada. Also, the rebel groups have been killing and threatening Christians (which are 10% of Syria). Many have fled.
So why are western governments seeking ways to intervene here on the side of the rebels? Assad is evil. The rebels are not any better......

Also, the Pope weighed in.... "Pope Francis says he has been disturbed by "terrible images" of atrocities occurring in Syria, and he is urging the international community to step up its efforts to end the civil war there." ABCnews...... well maybe the Pope should send in his Swiss Guard, just saying...
 

The Link

The death of Stephen is clearly referred to as falling "asleep"

And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice,
Lord, lay not this sin to their charge.
And when he had said this,
he fell asleep.
Acts 7:60

This is the LINK to the promise in Daniel of the Resurrection

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

Creation Moment 8/28/2013 - Atmosphere & Earth Diameter

"Planet earth is 8,000 miles in diameter, and this seems about right. If it were 800 miles larger the weight of our atmosphere would double, producing much more water, and the whole earth would probably be flooded. But if the earth were 800 miles smaller, most of the atmosphere would escape into space. Without this warm blanket, the earth would become frozen, and too cold for life." OurWorld
And God called the firmament Heaven.
And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Genesis 1:8

Faith Vs. "IF"

Your spiritual life--is it rooted in FAITH-or-"IF"?

And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him,
saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.
Luke 23:39
And when the tempter came to him, he said,
If thou be the Son of God,
command that these stones be made bread.
Matthew 4:3

IN the NEWS - At least someone cares in America

"For the past week, Glenn has passionately been trying to raise awareness of the atrocities occurring in Egypt to the Christians by the Muslim Brotherhood. Countless churches attacked, burned, and destroyed; priests arrested or attacked, women and children raped or kidnapped — yet the media remains relatively silent. But with Glenn’s audience is awake and informed to the truth on the ground in Egypt, what else could be done to raise awareness?
Last night, it was clear that the situation in Egypt was weighing heavy on Glenn’s heart.
 

 Glenn Beck        ✔ @glennbeck

Tonight I pray for the Lord to wake the west and all Christians to the plight of those coptics in Egypt. slaughtered By the Muslim Brothhd"

TheBlaze

 

I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,

Philippians 1:3

 

"Dozens of churches, Bible Society attacked Over 500 dead, some 3,000 injured Christians appealing for prayers" RFC

Hey Renee

"When and how will the universe end?
Cosmologist Renee Hlozek believes studying light “billions of years old” tells us that our ever-expanding universe will not collapse on itself, but instead will eventually burn itself out. Can we really see into the future by looking at light?
Hlozek says,

“We really need to try and understand the origins of the universe because it tells us a little bit about where we came from. But even more importantly … it allows us to sort of do an accounting of the universe. All of these elements tell us what the universe is made of … and that’s really important because if we know what it’s made of, that gives us an indication of how it is going to evolve with time and also then how the universe is going to end.” AmazingFacts

 

Hey Renee, Here is how it will all end - But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night;

in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise,

and the elements shall melt with fervent heat,

the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

2 Peter 3:10

 

 

Creation Moment 8/27/2013 - Improbability Growth

"Life uses chemistry; What’s at issue is whether abiotic reactions on a primitive earth led to life without design.  Observing chemistry in the lab cannot speak to that question logically. 

Astrobiologists assume that experiments they design for small portions of their story can be strung together into “scenarios” about life’s origin without design.  It doesn’t follow.  No one stage logically leads to another.  If each step is improbable, the improbabilities grow with each added step, becoming vanishingly small quickly.  Maintaining the story requires ample insertion of imagination —the very thing the scientific method was intended to overcome.  (Anyone can imagine that a scenario “could” happen.  Science seeks demonstrable proof.)" CEH

They grope in the dark without light,

Job 12:25

The 2 Questions:

Question from mankind:

And a certain ruler asked him, saying,

Good Master,

what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

Luke 18:18

Question from Christ:
For what is a man profited,
if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Matthew 16:26

Creation Moment 8/26/2013 - Natural selection ≠ evolution

"This is an important ‘equation’ that all people should be aware of, namely ‘Natural Selection does not equal (≠) Evolution’.
Changing sizes, colors, skin patterns and shapes are often paraded as evolution’s honor roll. This bait-and-switch tactic has been so often exposed for what it is, it’s a wonder that it is still used, or that people are still taken in by it.

If we think of the word ‘selection’, in our common, daily experience, we select from something pre-existing. Think of being asked to select cards from a pack. You could select cards from a pack every second for the rest of your life and all you would only ever produce is different groups of the same cards." CreationRevolution
And on the seventh day

God ended his work which he had made;

Genesis 2:2

 Natural selection ≠ evolution

Put Your Shoes On

And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

Ephesians 6:15 KJV

For shoes, put on the readiness to preach the Good News of peace with God.

Ephesians 6:15 NIV

 

1st Shoe

* Justification

* Outer Court of Sanctuary

* Grace

* HIS Robe of Righteousness

* Neither do I condemn thee:

John 8:11

* and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still:

Revelation 22:11

2nd Shoe

* Sanctification

* Inner Court of Sanctuary

* Obedience

* Holiness

* ... go, and sin no more.

John 8:11

* ...and he that is holy, let him be holy still.

Revelation 22:11

 

Follow the Path in Scripture-

Where did the 4 chariots

(transporting God's people through history)

come from out of?

 

And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked,

and, behold,

there came four chariots out from between two mountains;

and the mountains were mountains of brass.

Zechariah 6:1

What could the "brass" represent?

And His feet like unto fine brass,

as if they burned in a furnace;

Revelation 1:15

 

So could it be that the two mountains of brass represent God's people from between the feet of Christ as brass, purified - both justified & sanctified?

PUT YOUR GOSPEL SHOES ON

Modern Day Idolatry

Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Exodus 20:3

Creation Moment 8/25/2013 - a 5th "THEORY"

"Scientists have devised four major theories for the moon’s beginning.

1. The fission theory states that the moon long ago split off from the spinning earth, like mud flung from a bicycle wheel. Some say that the Pacific Ocean basin is the scar that remains from this loss of material. There are four distinct problems with this theory. First, today’s earth and moon do not have nearly enough circular motion for fission to ever have occurred. Second, although a moon splitting off from the earth would be expected to orbit directly above the equator, in actuality the moon’s orbit is always tilted between 18 and 28 to the earth’s equator. This is the reason why the moon appears higher or lower in the sky during different seasons. Third, while the fissioned moon was moving outward from the earth, gravity would have pulverized it into Saturn-type rings. Fourth, moon rocks are chemically different from the equivalent material on Earth. It does no appear that the moon came from the earth.
2. According to the capture theory, gravity brought the moon into permanent earth orbit when it once wandered too close to Earth. The main problem in this theory is the low probability that two large space objects would pass each other so closely. Another problem involves the actual “capture” mechanism-it simply wouldn’t happen! Instead, the moon would continue on its journey. We have often sent space probe “fly-bys” to other planets and they are not captured but instead are thrown outward with great speed, as in a crack-the-whip game. Finally, capture doesn’t really qualify as an origin theory since it assumes the moon’s prior existence.
3. The third theory has several names: condensation, nebular contraction, or accretion. It proposes the concurrent formation of both the earth and moon from clouds of space material. As a result, the new moon “just happens” to circle the earth. The main assumption here is that space material will actually fall together into a big lump due to gravity. Force calculations rule out such a collapse unless the cloud of material is already quite dense. Present-day dust clouds observed in space are rarely this dense, and most are spreading outward.
4. The fourth lunar-origin theory, very popular today, calls for a collision between the early earth and another large planetary object. The impact resulted in an orbiting cloud of debris that eventually grouped itself into the moon. Some critics of this theory believe that such a giant impact would totally melt the earth’s crust. Others question the probability of another object hitting the earth with the precise speed and direction needed to result in the formation or the moon. Some computer models show that such a collision would result in two earth moons rather that just one, or even a Saturn-type ring. The main reason for promoting the collision idea appears to be that none of the other lunar-origin theories work." CR

I got a 5th "Theory" for ya out there-how 'bout - And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night:
Genesis 1:16