But....

For the wages of sin is death;
Romans 6:23

.......BUT.......

...while we were yet sinners,

Christ died for us.

Romans 5:8

IN the NEWS - Joel, Joel, Joel...

Joel, Joel, Joel....I actually feel sorry for you.....
1) First, his wife claimed recently, that what gives God His greatest joy is when you are happy (which Biblically isn't correct)

http://master1844-dc.blogspot.com/2014/09/in-news-v-osteen-vs-john.html

2) Then, Joel is busted for not knowing his common Bible stories......

http://master1844-dc.blogspot.com/2014/10/in-news-osteen-doesnt-know-his-bible.html

Now This----
"More faith-based films are expected this year. Texas megachurch pastor Joel Osteen signed on with Aloe Entertainment to be the executive producer of Mary, Mother of Christ, billed as a kind of sequel to The Passion of the Christ, but production has been bogged down with controversy involving Mexican drug traffickers and money launderers" CN

For my people is foolish,

they have not known me;

Jeremiah 4:22

Footsteps of Paul: Tarsus

 ...they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.

The Roman Road in Tarsus---
where Paul may have literally walked

Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;

And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were in Christ:

But they had heard only,

That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.

Acts 9:30/Galatians 1:21-23

"It was difficult for them to believe that so bigoted a Pharisee, and one who had done so much to destroy the church, could become a sincere follower of Jesus."

Acts of the Apostles p.129 E.G.W.

Creation Moment 10/6/2014 - Atmosphere’s detergent

"Hydroxyl ions (one oxygen and one hydrogen) are highly reactive ions formed by the breakdown of ozone by the sun.  Science Daily reported that others are formed at night by a different process.  This process was not observed till scientists at the University of Pennsylvania found a short-lived intermediate.  Hydroxyl ions act as the “atmosphere’s detergent,” the article says, taking the initial steps in the breakdown of hydrocarbons and other pollutants." CEH

The earth is the Lord's,

and everything in it,

the world, and all who live in it.

Psalm 24:1

"Hydroxyl radicals are called the atmosphere's detergent because most pollutants that go into the air are broken down by them," explained Marsha Lester, professor of chemistry.... "Earth's atmosphere is a complicated dance of molecules. The chemical output of plants, animals and human industry rise into the air and pair off in sequences of chemical reactions. Such processes help maintain the atmosphere's chemical balance; for example, some break down pollutants emitted from the burning of fossil fuels," researchers informed." TheEconomicTimes

"Rapture" in Cyberspace? .......

Below is a question/statement from a blog about the secret rapture. The gentleman seemed sincere in his questioning comment.
But--WOW--this kind of thinking is what the truth is up against out there these days.....Every wind of doctrine is blowing, and every train of thought is rumbling, through both the remnant movement & through Babylon....
     

      His Question:

"Could the meeting in the air, be the internet?
Because they had zero way of describing such?"

(Name withheld & blog site withheld)

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To our dear questioning friend out in cyberspace--does anything below from Paul or John indicate in any way, shape, or form the "rapture" being anything in cyberspace?

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout,

with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God:

and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

Then we which are alive and remain

shall be caught up together with them in the clouds,

to meet the Lord in the air:

and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

Behold, I shew you a mystery;

We shall not all sleep,

but we shall all be changed,

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump:

for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

Behold, he cometh with clouds;

and every eye shall see him,

1 Thessalonians 4:16,17/1 Corinthians 15:51,52/Revelation 1:7

Who Goes First?

Who Goes First?

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout,

with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God:

and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

Then we which are alive and remain shall be

caught up together with them in the clouds,

to meet the Lord in the air:

1 Thessalonians 4:16,17

Hence, the "secret rapture", the idea that some disappear, followed by a 7 year tribulation, then Christ's return & the resurrection are WRONG....

There is NO SECRET RAPTURE

Creation Moment 10/5/2014 - The End is Nye

Science Guy predicts end of creationism is NYE

"Creationists — people who reject evolution — are going to die out within the next two decades, Bill Nye predicted on Wednesday." CR

I have seen the foolish taking root:

Job 5:3

Description of Christ in Literary Chiasm

A...Head of white hair  His head and his hairs were white like wool,
   B...Eyes his eyes were as a flame of fire;
      C...Feet his feet like unto fine brass,
         D...Voice his voice as the sound of many waters
      C...Hand he had in his right hand seven stars:
   B...Mouth out of his mouth went a sharp two edged sword:
A...Face his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength
Revelation 1:14-16

IN the NEWS - Pestilence HEADLINES

EBOLA FEAR HITS DC

Mishandling of patient prompts CDC alert to hospitals...
Five blunders...
Pressure grows to restrict travel from Africa... 
CDC: We Can't Shut Border...
NBCNEWS cameraman tests positive in Liberia...
Was Wearing Protective Gear, But 'Splashed' With Something...
Media restrictions imposed on 'invasive' coverage...
PAPER: THE GREAT CATASTROPHE...
WHEN WILL WORLD WAKE UP?
DOCTOR: Going To Consume Every Third World Country On Planet...
Rapper crowd-surfs in giant bubble to avoid catching...
REPORT: Inmate In Georgia County Jail Being Tested...
Bishop plans mass exorcism to drive out 'demons'...

MYSTERY ILLNESS (enterovirus 68)

'Mystery Illness' Striking Kids Across the Country

Breitbart
Rhode Island Child Dies From Complications Of Enterovirus That Has Been Affecting Kids Nationwide
CBS
Could Illegal Unaccompanied Minors Be Spreading New Mystery Virus to U.S.?
CNS

Chikungunya

The Chikungunya Virus Brings Jamaica to Its Knees

GlobalVoices
Mosquito Virus That Walloped Caribbean Spreads in U.S. 
Bloomberg
Debilitating case of mosquito-borne chikungunya reported in U.S.
CNN
It's Here: First Local Chikungunya Cases in Florida
NBC

And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines,

and pestilences;

and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

Luke 21:11

The "Really" File - (Hawking gone wild)

The fool hath said in his heart,

There is no God. 

Psalm 14:1 

The great Stephen Hawking actually thinks something literally came from nothing???....
How can someone so smart be so....well...never mind...

"In a recent interview with a Spanish newspaper, British

From the "Really" File

physicist Steven Hawking claimed that ‘there is no God,’
But Hawking had also noted in the later publication “The Grand Design” that he believed the universe came  “out of nothing, out of nowhere,” and that God is “not necessary” to explain the origin of life." ChristianNews

REALLY? 

IN the NEWS - Osteen doesn't know his Bible EXHIBIT A:

Osteen doesn't know his Bible 

EXHIBIT A:

"Author and megachurch speaker Joel Osteen raised eyebrows this week when he wrote on his popular Facebook page that Moses was present to see the sun stand still under Joshua’s leadership and that he witnessed the Hebrew boys being thrown into the fiery furnace.
“God said in Numbers 11:23, ‘Moses, is there any limit to My power?’ Osteen, leader of the 43,000 member Lakewood Church, posted on Monday, and then proceeded to expound. “He was saying, ‘Moses, you saw Me part the Red Sea, stop the sun for Joshua, keep three Hebrew teenagers safe in a fiery furnace, don’t you realize that I can bring water without rain?’ There’s no limit to God’s power.”
The status received over 317,000 likes from his more than 8 million followers, and was shared over 52,000 times. A number of followers also agreed heartily with Osteen’s teaching in the comments section.
However, some began to notice that there was something not quite right about Osteen’s statement: Moses was dead when two out of the three cited events occurred.
“People! Moses was long dead before any of these things happened!” one commenter named Josh

wrote. “You actually trust this man to be a solid teacher when he doesn’t even know something this basic?”
A follower named Pamela also caught a third error in Osteen’s statement: Moses wasn’t seeking God for water in Numbers 11, but rather food.
“Moses wasn’t praying for rain, the people of Israel were asking for meat instead of manna in Numbers 11:23,” she wrote.
While all agreed that Osteen’s exhortation that “there is no limit to God’s power” is true, some were concerned about the megachurch leader’s knowledge of the Scriptures.
But others were also concerned that hundreds of thousands of followers saw nothing wrong with Osteen’s post.
“Oh man, 314,021 likes,” wrote a commenter named Alex.
“The same people who think Joel Osteen is a legitimate teacher of God’s word are the same people who, like him, either don’t read the Bible or read it with flawed, man-centered presuppositions,” added a man named Joshua." ChristianNews

There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof,

like a roaring lion ravening the prey;

they have devoured souls;

 they have taken the treasure and precious things;

they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.

Ezekiel 22:25

SDA Issues - Sabbath morning "conviviality and chumminess"

What is up with some congregations getting up before the service & walking up & down the pews shaking hands & gabbing in the sanctuary? When did this start in our church?
William Willimon said it best.... "When is the last time you were afraid on Sabbath morning? Our current backslapping conviviality and chumminess with God would seem strange to those who once stammered and shook before the divine, falling on their faces before God rather than shouting out a hearty 'Good Morning'!" William Willimon The Bible: A Sustaining Presence In Worship p.89

Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone;

because I am a man of unclean lips,

and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips:

for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.

Isaiah 6:5

Creation Moment 10/4/2014 - The "Uniqueness" problem for evolutionary cosmology

"New discoveries of many super-Earth planets orbiting very close

to sun-like stars have started to make Earth’s solar system look a little lonely. The mystery of why Earth ended up without any super-Earth cousins continues to puzzle astronomers as they try to better understand the unusual history of the Solar System and the evolution of planets in general. The uniqueness of our solar system first became clear when astronomers began discovering hundreds of extrasolar planets orbiting other stars. 
“The Solar System is just one possible outcome of planet formation and it might be an unusual case,” said Sean Raymond, an astronomer at the Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Bordeaux in Bordeaux, France. “Still, we have way more data on the Solar System than on any other system so it’s not easy to come up with a model that matches what we see.”" Astrobiology
Mr. Raymond, Here is where that "UNIQUENESS" COMES FROM....Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, Hebrews 11:3

Job Q & A on the state of the dead

But man dieth, and wasteth away:

yea, man giveth up the ghost,

and Q:where is he?

As the waters fail from the sea,

and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

A:So man lieth down, and riseth not:

till the heavens be no more,

they shall not awake,

nor be raised out of their sleep.

Job 14:10-12

Papal Notes - Vatican wants revitalized U.N.

  "The conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine demand a revitalized United Nations where member states put their responsibility to protect persecuted peoples above personal interests and thoroughly apply international law. 
This is according to the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, who was speaking on Monday at the 69th session of the UN General Assembly.
Cardinal Parolin, said the blood of the many Christians and ethnic minorities in Iraq and Syria, demands the international community assume its responsibility to protect populations under threat.
He said the world is in need of a UN capable of deploying the appropriate action and force.
What is needed, concluded the Cardinal, is “a far-sighted political approach” and “a genuine willingness to apply” the law which if “expressed in new juridical formulations, will certainly bring fresh vitality to the United Nations”.
Some Highlights-
In extending to you the Holy See’s congratulations on your election to the presidency of the sixty-ninth Session of the General Assembly, I wish to convey the cordial greetings of His Holiness Pope Francis to you and to all the participating delegations. 
Though mindful of the human person’s gifts and abilities, Pope Francis observes that today there is the danger of widespread indifference.  As much as this indifference concerns the field of politics, it also affects economic and social sectors, “since an important part of humanity does not share in the benefits of progress and is in fact relegated to the status of second-class citizens” ....The challenges we face ought to spur a renewed call for religious and intercultural dialogue and for new developments in international law, to promote just and courageous peace initiatives. 
The global nature of this phenomenon, which knows no borders, is precisely why the framework of international law offers the only viable way of dealing with this urgent challenge.  This reality requires a renewed United Nations that undertakes to foster and preserve peace." VaticanRadio


Slowly laying the groundwork for??????

And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, t

hat the image of the beast should both speak,

and cause that as many as would not

worship the image of the beast should be killed.

Revelation 13:15

SDA News - Ukranian Pastor Kidnapped

"A Seventh-day Adventist pastor is missing after being abducted by gunmen during a communion service last Sabbath at a church in separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine, local church leaders said.

Unidentified men carrying machine guns and wearing camouflage burst into the church in the city of Horlivka on September 27 and seized Pastor Sergei Litovchenko, the Ukrainian Union Conference said.

“

They interrupted the worship service and forced the worshipers to disperse,” it said in a statement. “They ordered Pastor Sergei Litovchenko to close the church, forced him into a car, and drove away in an unknown direction.”

The incident occurred as the pastor was leading the congregation in a communion service in the small, rectangular church located at 1 Ulitsa Horlovskoi Divizii. Adventist churches around the world commemorated Jesus’ Last Supper on September 27 as is customary on the last Sabbath of each quarter.

The Horlivka gunmen justified their actions by saying that "this is Orthodox land and there is no place for various sects here," the conference statement said.

They refused to say who they were and what right that had to disrupt the church’s activities, replying bluntly to church members’ questions, “It’s none of your business.”

The Ukrainian Union Conference was trying to establish the whereabouts of the pastor." ANN

"The Seventh Day Adventist Church in Ukraine is an officially registered Protestant church, which provides assistance to residents affected by armed conflict in the east within the charity project “The Angel of East”. The parishioners collect food products, clothing, and basic necessities for the needy, conduct works to restore living premises" RISU

Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:

Matthew 23:34

ARCHAEOLOGY: Shishak's Gold (Solomons?)

But when Rehoboam was firmly established and strong,
he abandoned the Law of the Lord, and all Israel followed him in this sin.  
Because they were unfaithful to the Lord,
King Shishak of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem
in the fifth year of King Rehoboam’s reign.  
He came with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horses,
and a countless army of foot soldiers,
including Libyans, Sukkites, and Ethiopians.
Shishak conquered Judah’s fortified towns and then advanced to attack Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 12:1-4 NIV

@ Pharaoh Shishak is also known as Sheshonq I
@ Shishak invaded Israel not long after the death of Solomon & sacked Jerusalem
@ Shishak took the wealth that Solomon had amassed
@ Shishak's tomb was discovered in 1939 filled with treasure
@ Shishak's son, Osorkon, succeeded his father as Pharaoh, he gave 383 tons of silver & gold to the temples
@ Osorkon buried his son in a coffin of pure silver
@ Shishak was a Lybian tribal chief of the Meshwesh. He became a general in Egypt & seized the throne setting up the "Lybian dynasty".
 And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
1 Kings 14:25,26

The Bubastite Portal includes a large weathered relief 

in which the pharaoh lists more than 150 towns and peoples 

he conquered during his military campaign into Israel and Judah in c. 925 B.C.

Creation Moment 10/3/2014 - Colbert attacks Jindal

 And the evening and the morning were the first day.

Genesis 1:5

The 2nd rate washed up comic Colbert attacked Gov. Jindal over Creation--
"Stephen Colbert mocked Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal’s views on evolution during Tuesday’s episode of The Colbert Report:

During Tuesday evening’s show, Colbert made it a point to highlight the fact that Jindal is a Rhodes scholar, has a master’s degree in political science from Oxford, and graduated from Brown University with honors in biology. Colbert used this information to poke fun at the governor’s faith-based stance of teaching evolution and creation in schools. “He’s just a down home guy who’s learned to stop learnin’,” Colbert said of the governor.
Colbert added that Jindal is “off to an impressive retreat from knowledge, but there’s a lot more science he can run away from”: For example, he should insist that thunder is just God bowling and lightning is God getting his picture taken with his bowling trophy." YC

Jindal's Response:

Dying - a FINAL Test?

Could it be, that in dying, it is your Final Test? 
To see or reveal what is really in your heart?
Will you be FOOLISH & turn against God - or - will you be humble & turn to God?

Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him:

Job 13:15

To every thing there is a season,

and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

A time to be born,

and a time to die;

Ecclesiastes 3:1,2
What will be revealed from within your heart 
"when your time comes"?

Wherever U R.....

Wherever You Are....be content....for the beauty you see around you is from the same God....

.....for I have learned,

 in whatsoever state I am,

therewith to be content.

Philippians 4:11

Creation Moment 10/2/2014 - Ponder This...

When it comes to evolution-Ponder This...
"If you look historically, almost all of the models at any given time that people have are wrong. So there's no particular reason why they shouldn't be at this time, and why should scientists be so stupid as to not realize this?" Jeremiah Ostriker, 1990, Origins: The Lives and Worlds of Modern Cosmologists   

The foolishness of man perverteth his way:

and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

Proverbs 19:3

What is the Key of David? What's it for?

@ Eliakim as a type of Christ:

And it shall come to pass in that day,

that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:

And I will clothe him with thy robe,

and strengthen him with thy girdle,

and I will commit thy government into his hand:

and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem,

and to the house of Judah.

And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder;

so he shall open,

and none shall shut;

and he shall shut,

and none shall open.

And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place;

and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house.

Isaiah 22:20-23

****What about that "shoulder"?....For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: Isaiah 9:6

****He is given the kingdom after the Judgment....Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. Isaiah 9:7

****We see this in Daniel....But the judgment shall sit,....And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. Daniel 7:26,27

@ The 3 Doors of the Sanctuary:

1- Outer Court

2- Inner Court (Holy Place)

3- Most Holy Place

****When is the key used?....And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true,

he that hath the key of David,

he that openeth,

and no man shutteth;

and shutteth,

and no man openeth;

I know thy works: behold,

I have set before thee an open door,

and no man can shut it:

Revelation 3:7,8

* It is used during the Church of Philadelphia, right before the 7th Church which is Laodicea.

@ Which Door in the Sanctuary in Heaven is it for?

First Door: Opened at His incarnation leading to the altar of Sacrifice in the Outer Court.

It was here on earth where He was offered on the Cross & also where He was physically baptized. (Altar of Burnt Sacrifice & Brazen Laver).

Second Door: Opened at His ascension. John saw this door already open- After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, Revelation 4:1......This was the Inner Court. John would go on to see the candlestick & altar of incense which is in the Inner Court.

Third Door: And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: Revelation 11:19 Here we see the Most Holy Place, for the ark of the covenant is there. And of course, here was where the Judgment (Day of Atonement) took place upon the entrance of the High Priest. This is also at the beginning of the 7th trumpet which of course the end of the 6th. In other words, between the 6th Church (Philadelphia) & 7th Church phase (Laodicea).

SUMMARY:

The Key of David was used for opening the 3rd Door in the Sanctuary, (Most Holy Place) for the Judgment, following of which His Father will give Him His Kingdom & then the government will be upon His shoulder.

SCAM Alert -Rick Joyner "Prophecy on ISIS"

"On Prophetic Perspectives, Rick Joyner shares the troubling dream he had Thursday night about ISIS's plans in America and how martial law may save us."  CN

1) A lot of people might be having dreams about ISIS. That doesn't make it a prophetic word in any way, shape or form. (I know a guy I worked with who had nightmares when Putin invaded the Ukraine about the possibility of WW3....he literally had nightmares. Are those prophetic dreams or just his subconscious fears manifesting into dreams during sleep? I'm going with the latter on this...you what I'm saying....)
2) Rick Joyner is NO prophet. The man is just stating the obvious possibilities.

3) Rick Joyner on "Holy Laughter" nonsense-- "Mr Joyner defends the current pandemonium of "holy laughter" with the following statement:     

"One of the disconcerting aspects of this movement has been the animal sounds and mimics that some have felt compelled to make.  There are 'signs and wonders,, and almost everyone is wondering about this sign.  Some of it is demonic.  Some of it is mere human foolishness.  Some of it is really inspired by the Holy Spirit.  There will always be tares in the wheat, but this is something that the Holy Spirit is doing, and it is important."

 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

And then will I profess unto them,

I never knew you: depart from me,

ye that work iniquity.

Matthew 7:22,23

Dwell Upon God

Dwell Upon God....and He will give you insight into His Word.

But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God:

for they are foolishness unto him:

neither can he know them,

because they are spiritually discerned.

1 Corinthians 2:14

Study to shew thyself approved unto God,

a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

2 Timothy 2:15

Creation Moment 10/1/2014 - Foolishness to Challenge Creator

It is Utter Foolishness to challenge your CREATOR

For, lo, he that formeth the mountains,

and createth the wind,

and declareth unto man what is his thought,

that maketh the morning darkness,

and treadeth upon the high places of the earth,

The LORD, The God of hosts, is his name.

Amos 4:13