Having given up ourselves to God, let us comfort our souls that God is our God. by Richard Sibbs (1577-1635)
One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
Ephesians 4:6
Thursday, January 30, 2020
Puritan Corner - God is our God
Having given up ourselves to God, let us comfort our souls that God is our God. by Richard Sibbs (1577-1635)
One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
Ephesians 4:6
IN the NEWS - Dangerous Days in America
And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast,...
Revelation 13:17
Now this is not likely to pass the current Republican Senate--- and IF it did, would likely be Vetoed by President Trump... But ask yourself--
WHY are there Politicians in the U.S. who would like to use the Powers of Government to PUNISH people because of their Religious or Political views?
How did we get here?
WHY do some of YOU support these Politicians or that Political Party--such as Pastor Paulson?
Imagine what one could do with this system during the early stages of the Mark of the Beast...
"House Democrats voted against an amendment on Wednesday, which would have stopped the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from demanding credit bureaus evaluate Americans’ credit scores based on religion, politics and other aspects.
The failed amendment would have prevented the CFPB from forcing private credit score companies to “make use of information related to political opinions, religious expression, or other expression protected by the First Amendment, whether obtained from a social media account of a consumer or other sources.”
The CFPB, established by Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) during the Obama administration, would have the legal authority to force credit agencies to assign numbered scores to citizens directly reflecting the information gathered.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said if the Senate passes the bill without the proposed amendment, the CFPB would be granted “unchecked authority on credit score modeling, without any built-in measure to stop potential abuse of power or violation of our Constitutional rights.”
The system would resemble Communist China’s “social credit system,” which bans citizens from traveling or living in certain areas if they do anything the state disapproves of.
It’s imperative for this information to be shared across the internet and for Americans to call their Senators and let them know We The People do not approve of a Chinese-style credit system."
IW
Revelation 13:17
Now this is not likely to pass the current Republican Senate--- and IF it did, would likely be Vetoed by President Trump... But ask yourself--
WHY are there Politicians in the U.S. who would like to use the Powers of Government to PUNISH people because of their Religious or Political views?
How did we get here?
WHY do some of YOU support these Politicians or that Political Party--such as Pastor Paulson?
Imagine what one could do with this system during the early stages of the Mark of the Beast...
"House Democrats voted against an amendment on Wednesday, which would have stopped the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from demanding credit bureaus evaluate Americans’ credit scores based on religion, politics and other aspects.
The failed amendment would have prevented the CFPB from forcing private credit score companies to “make use of information related to political opinions, religious expression, or other expression protected by the First Amendment, whether obtained from a social media account of a consumer or other sources.”
The CFPB, established by Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) during the Obama administration, would have the legal authority to force credit agencies to assign numbered scores to citizens directly reflecting the information gathered.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said if the Senate passes the bill without the proposed amendment, the CFPB would be granted “unchecked authority on credit score modeling, without any built-in measure to stop potential abuse of power or violation of our Constitutional rights.”
The system would resemble Communist China’s “social credit system,” which bans citizens from traveling or living in certain areas if they do anything the state disapproves of.
It’s imperative for this information to be shared across the internet and for Americans to call their Senators and let them know We The People do not approve of a Chinese-style credit system."
IW
Papal Notes- The Economy of Francesco
Sounds like the same old Marxism and attempt at Wealth Redistribution....instead of job creation more Welfare....that what it sounds like....
"When Mr. Fernández, who was sworn in as president in December, meets the pope at the Vatican on Friday, they are expected to discuss a recurrent problem: how to save Argentina from another debt default.
The president hopes to kick off his relationship with the Pope with the right foot, even despite his pledge to push for the legalization of abortion. In his first six weeks in office, Mr. Fernández has used the term “solidarity” to define his government’s incipient economic program. This concept, one of the pillars of the Roman Catholic Church’s Social Doctrine, is highlighted by the pope in pastoral speeches and Vatican documents, including those that talk about economics.
For Mr. Fernández, so far, solidarity has meant asking wealthy Argentines to pay more taxes, in part to finance an emergency food program to alleviate extreme poverty.
The pope, meanwhile, is increasingly placing the global economy at the top of his agenda.
In March he will host young economists and activists in Assisi, Italy, at an event called “The Economy of Francesco,” named for the 12th-century St. Francis but also, indirectly, for himself. Francis says that the event will seek to promote “a different kind of economy: one that brings life not death, one that is inclusive and not exclusive.”
The Assisi event coincides with the March 31 deadline Mr. Fernández has imposed on himself to complete the country’s thorny negotiations with its creditors.
In their quest, the pope and Mr. Fernández share a link in academia: Joseph Stiglitz, the Columbia economist and Nobel laureate who has for years theorized about how to improve sovereign debt negotiation. Last May, Mr. Stiglitz and the pope discussed ways to “create new economic thinking” for a “social economy.”
A young research assistant for Mr. Stiglitz, an Argentine named Martín Guzmán, also attended that meeting. In 2016, Mr. Stiglitz and Mr. Guzmán were among the authors of a book called “Too Little, Too Late,” which proposed a new framework for sovereign
debt restructuring. Mr. Guzmán is now Mr. Fernández’s economy minister and has the difficult task of selling solidarity to the country’s bondholders and the I.M.F."
NYT
And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
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 13:16,17
Return the Love
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart,
be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD...
Psalm 19:14
"Think of heaven, of the compassionate, loving Savior, who died for you.
Return this love by yielding to him the best
E.G.W.
be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD...
Psalm 19:14
Oh, what love, what marvelous love is this!
Return this love by yielding to him the best
and holiest affections of your hearts.
All that you can do is to give yourselves to him, and obey him."E.G.W.
IN the NEWS - The Totalitarianism is on the Horizon in America
This demand for censorship of Viewpoints in America by politicians is getting out of hand....and Imagine what these people would do when they demand a counterfeit Sabbath--whether by "Christians" to honor an "angry" Father God during natural disasters or by those on the other side who join with them under the umbrella of appeasing an "angry" mother earth to let the earth have a day to rest.....The Totalitarianism is on the Horizon in America.... And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast,.. Revelation 13:17
"Congresswoman Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) demands Google censor climate skeptics on YouTube."
ClimateDepot
"Congresswoman Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) demands Google censor climate skeptics on YouTube."
ClimateDepot
Creation Moment 1/31/2020 - One Way to Evenly Heat a Planet
...by whom also he made the worlds... Hebrews 1:2
More PLANETARY UNIQUENESS of the Creator....well this is one way to evenly heat a planet...
"The dayside of this scorching world is so hot that it splits hydrogen molecules in twain. But don’t worry, they can recombine after migrating to the planet’s cooler nightside.
The planet, KELT-9b.....roughly three times the mass of Jupiter, orbits its star every day and a half, and is a whopping 7,800 degrees Fahrenheit.
Just for the record, that’s hotter than some stars.
And according to new research, the planet's dayside is also hot enough to tear apart hydrogen molecules, which astronomers recently observed....astronomers think the heat of the nearby star is tearing apart molecules of hydrogen on the hellish world, which then drift around to the planet’s dark side and reform.
Based on models, this action of separation and recombination explains how heat can be more evenly distributed, Mansfield explains."
AstronmyMagazine
More PLANETARY UNIQUENESS of the Creator....well this is one way to evenly heat a planet...
"The dayside of this scorching world is so hot that it splits hydrogen molecules in twain. But don’t worry, they can recombine after migrating to the planet’s cooler nightside.
The planet, KELT-9b.....roughly three times the mass of Jupiter, orbits its star every day and a half, and is a whopping 7,800 degrees Fahrenheit.
Just for the record, that’s hotter than some stars.
And according to new research, the planet's dayside is also hot enough to tear apart hydrogen molecules, which astronomers recently observed....astronomers think the heat of the nearby star is tearing apart molecules of hydrogen on the hellish world, which then drift around to the planet’s dark side and reform.
Based on models, this action of separation and recombination explains how heat can be more evenly distributed, Mansfield explains."
AstronmyMagazine
Papal Notes - Francis' Clown Show- Literally
"On January 8, 2020, Pope Francis allowed a very immoral clown performance by the “Aqua Circus” in his General Audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican.
Rome is embracing and promoting paganism, vulgarity, and sensuality and merging these elements with Christianity.
They are not trying hide anything in their freak show.
The question is why would Christians combine two separate, opposing cultures into one?
The gospel of Christ doesn’t attempt to do this at all. A new gospel is created and a new emerging culture begins. This results in the creation of a mutant gospel that’s been morphed with the elements of a licentious clown show.
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”
2 Corinthians 5:17.
The Christian faith is being sold out to clowns and licentiousness. These false bishops and leaders in the Vatican are mocking Christ and His gospel. Whenever anything is added or taken away from
the gospel of Christ, the uniqueness and purity of truth becomes corrupted.
A new gospel is created which is no gospel at all."
AdventMessenger
Rome is embracing and promoting paganism, vulgarity, and sensuality and merging these elements with Christianity.
They are not trying hide anything in their freak show.
The question is why would Christians combine two separate, opposing cultures into one?
The gospel of Christ doesn’t attempt to do this at all. A new gospel is created and a new emerging culture begins. This results in the creation of a mutant gospel that’s been morphed with the elements of a licentious clown show.
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”
2 Corinthians 5:17.
The Christian faith is being sold out to clowns and licentiousness. These false bishops and leaders in the Vatican are mocking Christ and His gospel. Whenever anything is added or taken away from
A new gospel is created which is no gospel at all."
AdventMessenger
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Creation Moment 1/30/2020 - Moon "Theories" Tripped up by Angular Momentum’
And God made ...the lesser light to rule the night...
Genesis 1:16
"All moving objects have ‘momentum’, requiring some degree of effort to stop them.
The faster they’re moving or the more massive they are, the greater is their momentum.
Objects moving in a straight line are said to have ‘linear momentum’; spinning objects, or those in orbit, are said to have ‘angular momentum’.
It is possible to calculate the total angular momentum of the earth together with its moon, and any theory of moon formation must be able to account for this.
Here,
---the ‘condensation theory’ fails because, when compared with other planets in our solar system, the Earth/moon system has too much angular momentum.
---The ‘fission theory’ fails because it has too little angular momentum: in order to fling material off to form the moon, the earth must have been spinning very fast.
---The ‘impact theory’ also fails because impact scenarios which give rise to a moon comprised mainly of earth material (and therefore moon rocks with similar isotope signatures) result in too much angular momentum."
CMI
Genesis 1:16
"All moving objects have ‘momentum’, requiring some degree of effort to stop them.
The faster they’re moving or the more massive they are, the greater is their momentum.
Objects moving in a straight line are said to have ‘linear momentum’; spinning objects, or those in orbit, are said to have ‘angular momentum’.
It is possible to calculate the total angular momentum of the earth together with its moon, and any theory of moon formation must be able to account for this.
Here,
---the ‘condensation theory’ fails because, when compared with other planets in our solar system, the Earth/moon system has too much angular momentum.
---The ‘fission theory’ fails because it has too little angular momentum: in order to fling material off to form the moon, the earth must have been spinning very fast.
---The ‘impact theory’ also fails because impact scenarios which give rise to a moon comprised mainly of earth material (and therefore moon rocks with similar isotope signatures) result in too much angular momentum."
CMI
Q: When would it be Absurd to Keep THE Sabbath?
For all the gods of the peoples are idols,
But the Lord made the heavens.
Psalm 95:6
"The observance of the seventh day is a repudiation of evolution.
--It would be absurd for a man to observe the Sabbath who denies that God created the world.
--The observance of the Sabbath sets forth the observer's belief that God did create the world according to the claims stated in the Sabbath commandment.
The importance of the observance of the Sabbath is more clearly and forcibly understood as we continue to search the Scriptures and find that
---the fact of God's ability to create,
---as opposed to the inability of other gods to create,
But the Lord made the heavens.
Psalm 95:6
"The observance of the seventh day is a repudiation of evolution. --It would be absurd for a man to observe the Sabbath who denies that God created the world.
--The observance of the Sabbath sets forth the observer's belief that God did create the world according to the claims stated in the Sabbath commandment.
The importance of the observance of the Sabbath is more clearly and forcibly understood as we continue to search the Scriptures and find that
---the fact of God's ability to create,
---as opposed to the inability of other gods to create,
is the distinguishing attribute of the true God."
SabbathTruthTuesday, January 28, 2020
Creation Moment 1/29/2020 - Flawed "Impact Theory"
...or the moon walking in brightness; Job 31:26
"This view, currently the most popular among evolutionists, holds that a hypothetical planet (called Theia) collided with the earth and the resulting debris formed the moon.
This is said to explain the differences between Earth rocks and moon rocks.
The high temperatures generated by the collision would have boiled away volatile elements such as potassium and sodium, but more heat-resistant materials such as aluminium, calcium and thorium would have remained and condensed to form the moon’s crust.
Here, however, it is the similarities between rocks that cannot be explained.
With the impact theory, part of the moon would have formed from the earth and part from the impacting planet.
So the chemistry of moon rocks would be expected to be different to that of Earth rocks. While it is true that the moon is deficient in some Earth elements, those that are shared can have very similar properties.
Elements come in different forms, known as ‘isotopes’ and different rocks contain isotopes in different amounts, giving each an ‘isotope signature’.
Remarkably, the isotope ratios of oxygen, iron, hydrogen, silica, magnesium, titanium, potassium, tungsten and chromium are almost identical in moon and Earth rocks.
At the same time, they are different from other solar system bodies. This is such a problem for the impact theory that, according to some researchers, it is now in crisis.
These near-identical isotope signatures are also a problem for the ‘capture theory’.
Another headache for the impact theory is the growing evidence of significant amounts of water in the moon’s interior. It would be expected that the heat from the impact would have caused this to evaporate."
CMI
"This view, currently the most popular among evolutionists, holds that a hypothetical planet (called Theia) collided with the earth and the resulting debris formed the moon.
This is said to explain the differences between Earth rocks and moon rocks.
The high temperatures generated by the collision would have boiled away volatile elements such as potassium and sodium, but more heat-resistant materials such as aluminium, calcium and thorium would have remained and condensed to form the moon’s crust.
Here, however, it is the similarities between rocks that cannot be explained.
With the impact theory, part of the moon would have formed from the earth and part from the impacting planet.
So the chemistry of moon rocks would be expected to be different to that of Earth rocks. While it is true that the moon is deficient in some Earth elements, those that are shared can have very similar properties.
Elements come in different forms, known as ‘isotopes’ and different rocks contain isotopes in different amounts, giving each an ‘isotope signature’.
Remarkably, the isotope ratios of oxygen, iron, hydrogen, silica, magnesium, titanium, potassium, tungsten and chromium are almost identical in moon and Earth rocks.
At the same time, they are different from other solar system bodies. This is such a problem for the impact theory that, according to some researchers, it is now in crisis.
These near-identical isotope signatures are also a problem for the ‘capture theory’.
Another headache for the impact theory is the growing evidence of significant amounts of water in the moon’s interior. It would be expected that the heat from the impact would have caused this to evaporate."
CMI
IN the NEWS - Warren Pledges to go all Gen.6:5 IF elected President
And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. Genesis 6:5
"Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren has pledged that if she wins the Presidential election, half of all cabinet positions will be filled by not only women, but by ‘non-binary people.’
With the Iowa caucuses set to take place next week, presidential candidate Warren has published a lengthy piece in Medium, detailing her campaign platform.
Titled, “Restoring Integrity & Competence to Government After Trump,”...She further pledged to “ensure representation of LGBTQ+ people across all levels of government, including in leadership roles.”
In November, Warren declared in a Tweet that “black trans and cis women, gender-nonconforming, and nonbinary people are the backbone of our democracy...”
Lifesite
"Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren has pledged that if she wins the Presidential election, half of all cabinet positions will be filled by not only women, but by ‘non-binary people.’
With the Iowa caucuses set to take place next week, presidential candidate Warren has published a lengthy piece in Medium, detailing her campaign platform.
Titled, “Restoring Integrity & Competence to Government After Trump,”...She further pledged to “ensure representation of LGBTQ+ people across all levels of government, including in leadership roles.”
In November, Warren declared in a Tweet that “black trans and cis women, gender-nonconforming, and nonbinary people are the backbone of our democracy...”
Lifesite
Plan of Salvation Involves a Judgment
"On the subject of the judgment, C. P. Bollman comments as follows:
“In the investigative judgment ‘God [the Father] is Judge Himself,’ as declared in Psalm 50:6 (And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. ).
In the plan of salvation the Son undertook ‘to present faultless before the presence of His [the Father’s] glory with exceeding joy’ (Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,... Jude 1:24) a sufficient number of the children of Adam to fill this earth according to the original plan of God.
Therefore, as the closing act of His priesthood, Christ presents His work to the Father for His approval.
The book of life is opened, and each name passes in review before the Father, and those who have proved true, and are presented by the great Advocate, are accepted by the Father as fit subjects of the eternal kingdom."
StepsToLife
“In the investigative judgment ‘God [the Father] is Judge Himself,’ as declared in Psalm 50:6 (And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. ).
In the plan of salvation the Son undertook ‘to present faultless before the presence of His [the Father’s] glory with exceeding joy’ (Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,... Jude 1:24) a sufficient number of the children of Adam to fill this earth according to the original plan of God.
Therefore, as the closing act of His priesthood, Christ presents His work to the Father for His approval.
The book of life is opened, and each name passes in review before the Father, and those who have proved true, and are presented by the great Advocate, are accepted by the Father as fit subjects of the eternal kingdom."
StepsToLife
Monday, January 27, 2020
IN the NEWS - Tale of 2 Children Trained Up to follow different Paths
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:6
"The Nigerian man who was executed by a child militant (child 1) in a video released by a Boko Haram offshoot group aligned
with the Islamic State days ago has been identified as a 22-year-old Christian college student.
Ropvil Daciya Dalep (child 2) hailed from the Pankshin Local Government Area of the Plateau state and attended the University of Maiduguri in Borno state.
Dalep was a biology major who was returning to school from Christmas break when he was abducted on Jan. 9 allegedly by the Islamic State West Africa Province."
CP
Proverbs 22:6
"The Nigerian man who was executed by a child militant (child 1) in a video released by a Boko Haram offshoot group aligned
Ropvil Daciya Dalep (child 2) hailed from the Pankshin Local Government Area of the Plateau state and attended the University of Maiduguri in Borno state.
Dalep was a biology major who was returning to school from Christmas break when he was abducted on Jan. 9 allegedly by the Islamic State West Africa Province."
CP
What Saul (Paul) saw when he saw Christ
“As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?’ ‘Who are you, Lord?’ Saul asked. ‘I am Jesus, Whom you are
persecuting,’ He replied.” Acts 9:3–5.
Saul was shocked.
He saw Jesus in person, in His inaugurated, glorified position in the holy place of the sanctuary in heaven.
Revelation 1:16, last part, gives a description of Jesus as High Priest.
It says, “His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.”
When you look at the sun too long, you become blinded.
Saul could not turn his eyes from Jesus and he went temporarily blind.
Upon the soul of the stricken Jew the image of the Savior’s countenance was imprinted forever.”
The Acts of the Apostles, 115 E.G.W.
Saul was shocked.
He saw Jesus in person, in His inaugurated, glorified position in the holy place of the sanctuary in heaven.
Revelation 1:16, last part, gives a description of Jesus as High Priest.
It says, “His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.”
When you look at the sun too long, you become blinded.
Saul could not turn his eyes from Jesus and he went temporarily blind.
Upon the soul of the stricken Jew the image of the Savior’s countenance was imprinted forever.”
The Acts of the Apostles, 115 E.G.W.
Creation Moment 1/28/2020 - 6th Day of Creation up Close
"To complete this noble work of creation,
--God next provides a ruler,
--the representative of himself,
--and places all in subjection under him.
"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth."
"And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil."
Last of all, God created Eve,
--the mother of all living.
The work of the Creator was now complete.
"The heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them."
"And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good."
--Adam and Eve were in paradise;
--the tree of life bloomed on earth;
--sin had not entered our world,
--and death was not here, for there was no sin.
"The morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy." Thus ended the sixth day."
J.N.Andrews/ Gen.1:24:31; 2:7-9, 18-22; 3:20; Job 38:7
--God next provides a ruler,
--the representative of himself,
--and places all in subjection under him.
"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth."
"And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil."
Last of all, God created Eve,
--the mother of all living.
The work of the Creator was now complete.
"The heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them."
"And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good."
--Adam and Eve were in paradise;
--the tree of life bloomed on earth;
--sin had not entered our world,
--and death was not here, for there was no sin.
"The morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy." Thus ended the sixth day."
J.N.Andrews/ Gen.1:24:31; 2:7-9, 18-22; 3:20; Job 38:7
Sunday, January 26, 2020
Pondering Isaiah 63:9
---all their affliction
------He was afflicted, ...
in His love and in His pity He redeemed them; and He bare them....
Isaiah 63:9
Creation Moment 1/27/2020 - Failure of the Capture Theory
It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven.
Psalm 89:37
"Some have argued that the moon must have formed elsewhere and, as it flew through the galaxy, it just happened to pass close enough to the earth to be captured by its gravity.
If this were so, then we would expect the moon to follow an elongated orbit around the earth, similar to that of Halley’s comet around the sun.
The moon’s orbit, however, is essentially circular; hence the ‘capture theory’ fails."
CMI
Psalm 89:37
"Some have argued that the moon must have formed elsewhere and, as it flew through the galaxy, it just happened to pass close enough to the earth to be captured by its gravity.
If this were so, then we would expect the moon to follow an elongated orbit around the earth, similar to that of Halley’s comet around the sun.
The moon’s orbit, however, is essentially circular; hence the ‘capture theory’ fails."
CMI
The Smitten Rock & Flowing Water
"God is no respecter of persons, and although He had highly honored Moses, yet He punished him for his sin. When Moses smote the rock the second time, he ignored the great event of which the smitten rock was a type.
Christ died once for the sins of the world, (Heb. 9:28) and all who speak to Him,
Thus not only did Moses disobey God, but he marred the beautiful symbol which had been placed before the Israelites during all their desert wanderings.
The Bible writers often refer to the experiences connected with the smitten rock, to teach God's tender care for His people. Isaiah says, "A man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land."(Is. 32:2)
Paul tells us that this Man who was as "a hiding-place," "a covert," and as "rivers of water," was Christ, the Rock. (1 Cor. 10:4) He is the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. What He was to the Israelites, He will be to every one who puts his trust in Him. He says to-day, "If any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink." (John 7:37) The one who heeds the call will "drink of the brook in the way:therefore shall he lift up the head." (Ps. 110:7) The refreshing water flows by every encampment.
Q: Do you long to drink?
A: Remember the Rock has been smitten for you.
---Do not make the mistake of Moses, and think you must smite it again. "Speak ye unto the Rock, . and it shall give forth His water." (Num. 20:8)."
StephenHaskell
Christ died once for the sins of the world, (Heb. 9:28) and all who speak to Him,
--confessing their sins
--and claiming pardon,
will receive the healing waters of salvation. Thus not only did Moses disobey God, but he marred the beautiful symbol which had been placed before the Israelites during all their desert wanderings.
The Bible writers often refer to the experiences connected with the smitten rock, to teach God's tender care for His people. Isaiah says, "A man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land."(Is. 32:2)
Song Of The Redeemed performed by SANDI PATTY
click on Link
All can freely drink of the life-giving stream, flowing from the Rock smitten once upon Calvary's cross. "Whosoever will, let him take of the water of life freely." (Rev. 22:17) Q: Do you long to drink?
A: Remember the Rock has been smitten for you.
---Do not make the mistake of Moses, and think you must smite it again. "Speak ye unto the Rock, . and it shall give forth His water." (Num. 20:8)."
StephenHaskell
Saturday, January 25, 2020
IN the NEWS - Even the "Saints" help Protect Pedophile Priests
But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
Genesis 13:13
"The New Orleans Saints are going to court to keep the public from seeing hundreds of emails that allegedly show team executives doing public relations damage control for the area’s Roman Catholic archdiocese to help it contain the fallout from a
burgeoning sexual abuse crisis.
Attorneys for about two dozen men suing the church say in court filings that the 276 documents they obtained through discovery show that the NFL team, whose owner is devoutly Catholic, aided the Archdiocese of New Orleans in its “pattern and practice of concealing its crimes.”
“Obviously, the Saints should not be in the business of assisting the Archdiocese, and the Saints’ public relations team is not in the business of managing the public relations of criminals engaged in pedophilia,” the attorneys wrote in a court filing. “The Saints realize that if the documents at issue are made public, this
professional sports organization also will be smearing itself.”
Saints attorneys, in court papers, disputed any suggestion that the team helped the church cover up crimes, calling such claims “outrageous.” They further said that the emails, exchanged in 2018 and 2019, were intended to be private and should not be “fodder for the public.” The archdiocese is also fighting the release of the emails."
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Genesis 13:13
"The New Orleans Saints are going to court to keep the public from seeing hundreds of emails that allegedly show team executives doing public relations damage control for the area’s Roman Catholic archdiocese to help it contain the fallout from a
Attorneys for about two dozen men suing the church say in court filings that the 276 documents they obtained through discovery show that the NFL team, whose owner is devoutly Catholic, aided the Archdiocese of New Orleans in its “pattern and practice of concealing its crimes.”
“Obviously, the Saints should not be in the business of assisting the Archdiocese, and the Saints’ public relations team is not in the business of managing the public relations of criminals engaged in pedophilia,” the attorneys wrote in a court filing. “The Saints realize that if the documents at issue are made public, this
Saints attorneys, in court papers, disputed any suggestion that the team helped the church cover up crimes, calling such claims “outrageous.” They further said that the emails, exchanged in 2018 and 2019, were intended to be private and should not be “fodder for the public.” The archdiocese is also fighting the release of the emails."
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Observations on the Judgment with James White
"When the warfare between good and evil is ended, the sharpest line of demarcation will be drawn “between him that serveth God and him that serveth Him not” (Malachi 3:18).
It must be revealed in the closing up of this world’s history.
Throughout the ages of eternity God’s justice and mercy, as manifested in His dealings with Satan and sinners, must stand vindicated, hence the final judgment will be very real, and its scenes hosts of heavenly angels and the redeemed of earth will participate.
And Paul, in his powerful argument before Felix, “reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgement to come” (Acts 24:25).
Hence in the days of Paul the judgment had not taken place, nor was it then in session."
James White
It must be revealed in the closing up of this world’s history.
Throughout the ages of eternity God’s justice and mercy, as manifested in His dealings with Satan and sinners, must stand vindicated, hence the final judgment will be very real, and its scenes hosts of heavenly angels and the redeemed of earth will participate.
And Paul, in his powerful argument before Felix, “reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgement to come” (Acts 24:25).
Hence in the days of Paul the judgment had not taken place, nor was it then in session."
James White
On what authority do the Multitude change the Sabbath?
"The Ante-Nicene fathers are those Christian writers who
flourished after the time of the apostles, and before the Council of Nice, A.D. 325.
---Those who govern their lives by the volume of Inspiration do not recognize any authority in these fathers to change any precept of that book, nor any authority in them to add any new precepts to it.
---But those whose rule of life is the Bible as modified by tradition, regard the early fathers of the church as nearly or quite equal in
authority with the inspired writers.
They declare that the fathers conversed with the apostles; or if they did not do this, they conversed with some who had seen some of the apostles; or at least they lived within a few generations of the apostles, and so learned by tradition, which involved only a few transitions from father to son, what was the true doctrine of the apostles.
*** On such authority as this the multitude dare to change the Sabbath of the fourth commandment. But next to the deception under which men fall when they are made to believe that the Bible may be corrected by the fathers, is the deception practiced upon them as to what the fathers actually teach.
The people who trust in the fathers as their authority for departing from God's commandment are miserably deceived as to what the fathers teach.
But though no statement asserting the change of the Sabbath can be produced from the writings of the fathers of the first three hundred years, it is claimed that their testimony furnishes decisive proof that the first day of the week is the Lord's day of Rev.1:10.
Yet the first day is seven times mentioned by the sacred writers before John's vision upon Patmos on the Lord's day, and is twice mentioned by John in his gospel which he wrote after his return from that island, and is mentioned some sixteen times by ecclesiastical writers of the second century prior to A.D. 194, and never in a single instance is it called the Lord's day!
We give all the instances of its mention in the Bible.
Here are all the instances in which the inspired writers mention the day:
*John says, "I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day." Rev.1:10.
Now it is evident that this must be a day which the Lord had set apart for himself, and which he claimed as his. This was all true in the case of the seventh day, but was not in any respect true in that of the first day.
He could not therefore call the first day by this name, for it was not such. But if the Spirit of God designed at this point to create a new institution and to call a certain day the Lord's day which before had never been claimed by him as such, it was necessary that he should specify that new day.
He did not define the term, which proves that he was not giving a sacred name to some new institution, but was speaking of a well-known, divinely appointed day."
J.N.Andrews
---Those who govern their lives by the volume of Inspiration do not recognize any authority in these fathers to change any precept of that book, nor any authority in them to add any new precepts to it.
---But those whose rule of life is the Bible as modified by tradition, regard the early fathers of the church as nearly or quite equal in
They declare that the fathers conversed with the apostles; or if they did not do this, they conversed with some who had seen some of the apostles; or at least they lived within a few generations of the apostles, and so learned by tradition, which involved only a few transitions from father to son, what was the true doctrine of the apostles.
*** On such authority as this the multitude dare to change the Sabbath of the fourth commandment. But next to the deception under which men fall when they are made to believe that the Bible may be corrected by the fathers, is the deception practiced upon them as to what the fathers actually teach.
The people who trust in the fathers as their authority for departing from God's commandment are miserably deceived as to what the fathers teach.
1. The fathers are so far from testifying that the apostles told them Christ changed the Sabbath, that not even one of them ever alludes to the idea of such a change.
2. No one of them ever calls the first day the Christian Sabbath, nor indeed ever calls it a Sabbath of any kind.
3. They never represent it as a day on which ordinary labor was sinful; nor do they represent the observance of Sunday as a act of obedience to the fourth commandment.
4. The modern doctrine of the change of the Sabbath was therefore absolutely unknown in the first centuries of the Christian church.
But though no statement asserting the change of the Sabbath can be produced from the writings of the fathers of the first three hundred years, it is claimed that their testimony furnishes decisive proof that the first day of the week is the Lord's day of Rev.1:10. Yet the first day is seven times mentioned by the sacred writers before John's vision upon Patmos on the Lord's day, and is twice mentioned by John in his gospel which he wrote after his return from that island, and is mentioned some sixteen times by ecclesiastical writers of the second century prior to A.D. 194, and never in a single instance is it called the Lord's day!
We give all the instances of its mention in the Bible.
Here are all the instances in which the inspired writers mention the day:
Moses, "The evening and the morning were the first day." Gen.1:5.After the resurrection of Christ, and before John's vision, A.D. 96, the day is six times mentioned by inspired men, and every time as plain first day of the week.
Matthew, "In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week." Matt.28:1.
Paul, "Upon the first day of the week." 1Cor.16:2.
Luke, "Now upon the first day of the week." Luke 24:1.
Luke, "And upon the first day of the week." Acts 20:7.
Mark, "And very early in the morning, the first day of the week." Mark 16:2.
"Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week." Verse 9.
*John says, "I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day." Rev.1:10.
Now it is evident that this must be a day which the Lord had set apart for himself, and which he claimed as his. This was all true in the case of the seventh day, but was not in any respect true in that of the first day.
He could not therefore call the first day by this name, for it was not such. But if the Spirit of God designed at this point to create a new institution and to call a certain day the Lord's day which before had never been claimed by him as such, it was necessary that he should specify that new day.
He did not define the term, which proves that he was not giving a sacred name to some new institution, but was speaking of a well-known, divinely appointed day."
J.N.Andrews
PSALM 89: Theology of the Reality
Psalm 89:
"Like Psalm 73, which opens the third book of the psalms, this psalm also struggles with a universal problem among believers. Whereas Psalm 73 dealt with the prosperity of the wicked, Psalm 89 wrestles with the faithfulness of God to His promises.
The psalm describes the author’s attempt to reconcile the seeming contradictions between his theology and the reality of his nation’s conditions.
I. God’s Manifest Faithfulness to the Davidic Covenant (89:1-37).
For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens. vs.3
And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. vs.5
His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me. vs.36
Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground. vs.39
Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain? vs.47
Blessed be the LORD for evermore. vs.52
Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound:
they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
vs.15
God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints,
and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
vs.7
"Like Psalm 73, which opens the third book of the psalms, this psalm also struggles with a universal problem among believers. Whereas Psalm 73 dealt with the prosperity of the wicked, Psalm 89 wrestles with the faithfulness of God to His promises.
The psalm describes the author’s attempt to reconcile the seeming contradictions between his theology and the reality of his nation’s conditions.
I. God’s Manifest Faithfulness to the Davidic Covenant (89:1-37).
A. God’s Covenant Love (89:1-4);
B. God’s Praiseworthiness (89:5-18);
C. God’s Covenant with David (89:19-37).
II. God’s Apparent Neglect of the Davidic Covenant (89:38-52).
A. The Psalmist’s Lament (89:38-45);
B. The Psalmist’s Consternation (89:46-51);
C. The Doxology (89:52).
Title: “Ethan the Ezrahite”: Possibly the Levitical singer mentioned in (1 Chron. 6:42 and 15:17, 19)."
BooksOfTheBible
IN the NEWS - Vatican calls her a "witness" / Some Push Back against their "Witness"
I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Galatians 1:6
"Vatican officials hailed Swedish teen Greta Thunberg, recently named TIME Magazine’s “Person of the Year” for her
environmental advocacy, as a “great witness” of Church teaching on care for creation and the human person.
Born in Sweden in 2003, Thunberg exploded onto the global scene in August 2018 for initiating the “school strike for climate” movement, with her protest outside of the Swedish parliament in Stockholm gaining widespread media attention.
She pointed her finger at business and political leaders for using what she called “clever accounting and creative PR” instead of rallying to combat climate change, saying, “We indeed have some work to do but some more than others.”
I think Greta ought to focus on those places.”
But Greta’s silence does make sense when you consider that her and her handlers already admitted, in an op/ed published by Project Syndicate, that the “climate crisis” is “not just about the environment” but is intended to dismantle the “current world order:”
“That action must be powerful and wide-ranging. After all, the climate crisis is not just about the environment. It is a crisis of human rights, of justice, and of political will. Colonial, racist, and patriarchal systems of oppression have created and fueled it. We need to dismantle them all. Our political leaders can no longer shirk their responsibilities.”
"Vatican officials hailed Swedish teen Greta Thunberg, recently named TIME Magazine’s “Person of the Year” for her
Born in Sweden in 2003, Thunberg exploded onto the global scene in August 2018 for initiating the “school strike for climate” movement, with her protest outside of the Swedish parliament in Stockholm gaining widespread media attention.
She pointed her finger at business and political leaders for using what she called “clever accounting and creative PR” instead of rallying to combat climate change, saying, “We indeed have some work to do but some more than others.”
---the Push Back against the Vatican Witness---
“You have another continent [Asia] where the fumes are rising at levels that you can’t believe,” the president said at Davos. “I mean,
But Greta’s silence does make sense when you consider that her and her handlers already admitted, in an op/ed published by Project Syndicate, that the “climate crisis” is “not just about the environment” but is intended to dismantle the “current world order:”
“That action must be powerful and wide-ranging. After all, the climate crisis is not just about the environment. It is a crisis of human rights, of justice, and of political will. Colonial, racist, and patriarchal systems of oppression have created and fueled it. We need to dismantle them all. Our political leaders can no longer shirk their responsibilities.”
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| Notice how Greta has barely paid any attention to the red and orange areas of the world, most notably Asia, all while focusing on Europe and America." Angelus/IW |
SDA News- Wohlberg on "Low Carbon Day"
And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.
Revelation 16:2
"I’ve already mentioned the climate change movement.
This topic was front and center at the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Massive protests are being planned by this movement to increase pressure on lawmakers to ACT NOW to cut carbon emissions.
We see Sunday lurking in the shadows of this movement.
There is already talk of Sunday being enforced as a “low carbon day” to lessen business operations, greenhouse gasses, and thus global warming, which will supposedly help decrease weather-related disasters worldwide."
SteveWohlberg/Fulcrum7
Revelation 16:2
"I’ve already mentioned the climate change movement.
This topic was front and center at the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Massive protests are being planned by this movement to increase pressure on lawmakers to ACT NOW to cut carbon emissions.
We see Sunday lurking in the shadows of this movement.
There is already talk of Sunday being enforced as a “low carbon day” to lessen business operations, greenhouse gasses, and thus global warming, which will supposedly help decrease weather-related disasters worldwide."
SteveWohlberg/Fulcrum7
SDA Issues - Low Carbon Day in China
If any man worship the beast and his image, ... Revelation 14:9
Is this just a little taste of how the non-Christian world can find common ground with Christians who call for implementing the mark-of-the-beast (counterfeit Sabbath day)?...the Green Religion as that Glue that binds them together for a day of rest?
"Bikes are available for rent at a square in Guangyuan city,
Southwest China's Sichuan province.
The city celebrated its first low-carbon day to promote the low-carbon lifestyle.
---Two-thirds of government cars didn't go on the road,
---and lights in the city were turned off for an hour from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm that day.
The city government provided 1,000 bikes in the downtown areas for citizens to use."
ChinaDaily
Is this just a little taste of how the non-Christian world can find common ground with Christians who call for implementing the mark-of-the-beast (counterfeit Sabbath day)?...the Green Religion as that Glue that binds them together for a day of rest?
"Bikes are available for rent at a square in Guangyuan city,
The city celebrated its first low-carbon day to promote the low-carbon lifestyle.
---Two-thirds of government cars didn't go on the road,
---and lights in the city were turned off for an hour from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm that day.
The city government provided 1,000 bikes in the downtown areas for citizens to use."
ChinaDaily