Discernment & Solomon's Request

Discernment is Pleasing to God
                       In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. And Solomon said . . . Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment. Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. (1 Kings 3:5-6, 9-12)

Creation Moment 12/4/2017 - Biochemical "Predestination" (The Soteriology of Evolution)

 "Origin of life research is not enabling Darwinian fundamentalists

to propose better and better theories for the origin of life without intelligent design.

Instead they are stalemated and following the siren song of biochemical predestination, which only takes them from the frying pan to the fire.

*The known laws of science, from information science to biology, reveal that information requires an intelligent creator, language even more so. Life comes from life, and ultimately from a self-existent (uncaused) Living Creator with the competence to create life." 
Eric Blievernicht, LSI Journal, 2013
 ...but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
Proverbs 3:35

When the Pope went to "Hell" (Literally)

 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; Revelation 13:3

"It was still night, February 20, 1798, and stormy with lightning and thunder, when the carriage crossed the city, preceded by two men with torches — the guards pointing out the dome of St. Peter's. Both hisses and prayers came from the crowd that had assembled.

Within ten days Pius VI had been dethroned. imprisoned, exiled, his private library confiscated, his state given up to plunder, and his subjects to military control.

Reaching Sienna, Pius and his party stopped at an Augustinian convent. But while they were there, an earthquake destroyed several buildings. The Pontiff was therefore housed outside the city in a country home called Hell, a fact that elicited the sarcasm of the unbelieving." BL
 

Was God Serious?

Was God being serious---or--- was He using this as a figure of speech to illustrate something about the Ninevites?....I don't know, --but-- IF this was meant literal---uhm dudes...

Ninevites Couldn’t Discern Between Their Right and Left Hands And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand. (Jonah 4:11)

Judgment of Nineveh Chiasm

{Spiritual application to Spiritual Babylon}

Behold,

thy people in the midst of thee are women:

 the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies:

 the fire shall devour thy bars.

Nahum 3:13

Nah 3:7-19

A(3:7)

Where can one find any to console her? (3:7)

B(3:8-11)

For her nobles they cast lots, and all her great men were put into chains. (3:10)

C(3:12-13)

All your fortresses are but fig trees (3:12)

D(3:14)

Draw water for the siege (3:14)

C'(3:15-17)

your garrisons as many as grasshoppers (3:17)

B'(3:18)

Alas! how your shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria, your nobles have gone to rest (3:18)

A'(3:19)

There is no healing for your hurt (3:19)

A: Nobody.
B: Incompetence.
C: Metaphors.
D: To protect.

Patriarchs & Prophets: Audio & Pull Quotes- Chapter 64

 David a Fugitive

Audio:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/XZI-63J9nI0?list=PL4ByrircmXL6VuLmlYnLfeCfCukv68cCu

One great defect in the character of Saul was his love of approbation. This trait had had a controlling influence over his actions and thoughts; everything was marked by his desire for praise and self-exaltation. His standard of right and wrong was the low standard of popular applause. Saul opened his heart to the spirit of jealousy by which his soul was poisoned.
As Saul's hatred of David increased, he became more and more watchful to find an opportunity to take his life; but none of his plans against the anointed of the Lord were successful. Saul gave himself up to the control of the wicked spirit that ruled over him; while David trusted in Him who is mighty in counsel, and strong to deliver.
In the cave of Adullam the family were united in sympathy and affection. The son of Jesse could make melody with voice and harp as he sang, Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! Psalm 133:1

Creation Moment 12/3/2017 - The War

"There never was a war between religion and empirical science, but there is a war between religion and materialistic science, and the battleground is evolution."  
Jonathan Wells, Zombie Science (2017), p 171
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness:
Job 5:13

.....on the 4 kingdoms of Daniel

"Two main schools of thought on the four kingdoms of Daniel, are:

1. the traditionalist view, supporting the conflation of Medo-Persia and identifying the last kingdom as the Roman Empire.
2. the Maccabean thesis, a view that supports the separation of the Medes from the Persians and identifies the last kingdom as the Seleucid Empire." WW

And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.

Daniel 7:3

 

"...But today many liberal scholars reject the traditional view, sometimes called the Exilic Thesis, in favor of what may be called the Maccabean Thesis. This view originally asserted that the book was written during the second century B.C. by an unknown writer who chose a sixth-century setting in order to chronicle history as if it were prophecy.

To support their thesis, those who hold the Maccabean view have presented three major lines of evidence.
(1) Supposed historical inaccuracies;

Examples set forth as evidence of historical inaccuracy include the alleged chronology problem in chapters 1 and 2, the reference to Belshazzar as king, the figure of Darius the Mede, and the identification of the "Chaldeans" as a class of wise men. In each of these cases, recent discoveries have not only proved the book of Daniel to be historically correct, but they have shown that the author of the book of Daniel most likely lived during the very period he describes, because he knows details which were otherwise lost to human knowledge for over two thousand years until recently

discovered.
(2) Linguistic factors;

The linguistic factors cited as evidence of a later date of authorship center around the author's use of several Persian and Greek loanwords. The Persian words are actually not a problem, because the words used are Old Persian, and mainly official titles which Daniel would have been familiar with, since he was involved in Persian administration. In 1815, scholars listed 15 Greek loanwords found in the book of Daniel. Subsequent study has shown that all but possibly three of those have an earlier Persian origin. Of those three, only one of them is not documented in the sense used in the book of Daniel before the second century B.C. The existence of these three Greek words (all designating musical instruments) in our manscripts of the book of Daniel doesn't prove a later authorship. In fact, the question should be asked why there are only three Greek words in a book allegedly written so late in the history of the Jews.

(3) Similarities between chapter 11 and events in the second century B.C.

It is claimed that the book was written during the period of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, because it supposedly addresses events of that period specifically. But the most important primary contemporary sources of detailed infomation about the events of 168-164 B.C. are few, limited primarily to 1 and 2 Maccabees and Polybius. And there are a number of significant disagreements within these sources about both the details and the order of events during this period. ...For example, the books of Maccabees do not speak of two campaigns by Antiochus against the Holy City. But Daniel 11 mentions a two-fold contact between the king of the north and God's people. While some similarities can be cited between chapter 11 and Maccabean situation, there are even more dissimilarities. Although Antiochus did interfere with the Jews' religious observances, he never destroyed the temple (See Daniel 8:11), and his military exploits hardly match the great accomplishments attributed to the little horn and the king of the north in Daniel 8:9 and 11:22. The various time periods listed in Daniel for the persecution of God's people and the restoration of the sanctuary services nowhere coincide with the three-year period mentioned in Maccabees for the desecration of the temple. And most scholars agree that Daniel 11:40-45 does not match what is known about the end of Antiochus. Closely examined, Daniel 11 actually contains very little that matches the career of Antiochus IV.

 

It should be clear by now that the Maccabean Thesis creates more

problems than it solves, and that the Exilic Thesis, which takes the book of Daniel as it reads and accepts the book's own explanation of its date, authorship, and setting, is far less problematic. We find no compelling reason to reject the full inspiration of the book of Daniel." FrankHolbrook
 

Marriage Lesson from Song of Solomon

"What Romans is to righteousness by faith, Song of Solomon is to romantic love.

Tracing a couple’s infatuation, courtship, marriage, physical intimacy, conflict resolution and long-term deepening, as a

comprehensive marriage manual the book is unmatched.

Though the lover’s choice of imagery may sometimes seem strange to the modern Western mind, to an ancient Eastern reader many verses contained a deeply significant and sometimes erotic meaning. Significantly, the couple remains as enthralled with each other in the twilight of their relationship as in the beginning. This image contrasts sharply with the low expectation we have of marriage today." BU

Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant:

Song Of Solomon 1:16

Patriarchs & Prophets: Audio & Pull Quotes- Chapter 63

David and Goliath

Audio:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/StgwGfq3-Dc?list=PL4ByrircmXL6VuLmlYnLfeCfCukv68cCu

God was teaching David lessons of trust. As Moses was trained for his work, so the Lord was fitting the son of Jesse to become the guide of His chosen people. In his watchcare for his flocks, he was

gaining an appreciation of the care that the Great Shepherd has for the sheep of His pasture.
David did not weaken before the champion of the Philistines. Stepping forward, he said to his antagonist: Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcasses of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord's, and He will give you into our hands. 1 Samuel 17:45,46

Papal Notes - "formers of consciences"?

"Pope Francis said in a video released November 30, 2017....

The video message was sent to participants in the International Symposium “Laudato si’. Care for the common home, a necessary conversion to human ecology”, organized by the Catholic University of Costa Rica with the Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation. The conference runs November 29-December 1, 2017, in San José, Costa Rica.

“With the Encyclical Laudato si’, I drew the attention of humanity and the Church to the most urgent questions relating to the care of our common home and the present and future of the peoples who inhabit it.
To face these, we need to have a broader vision of the causes, the nature of the crisis and its various aspects. No, a negationist attitude in the face of this world problem is not legitimate. It is essential for there to be collaboration among

scientists, sociologists, economists and politicians, as well as educators and formers of consciences. Without a true conversion of our attitudes and our everyday behavior, technical solutions will not save our home....There is a need for collaboration by everyone, in order to receive the message of Laudato si’ and translate it into real life, for the good and the future of the human family.” Zenit
.....and all the world wondered after the beast.
Revelation 13:3

IN the NEWS - Trudeau's Tragedy on the Stage

On this stage of the Great Controversy, played out on this space fabric of time between the utterance of "Let There Be Light" until the utterance of "It Is Done", Prime Minister Trudeau has chosen to be the pawn of the opponent of God to promote into the mainstream LGBTQ2 (and whatever other letters or numbers they continue to add)....also at the end of the story below, you will see where this cultural Marxism (which goes by the name critical theory, then in the 60's political correctness and by the 80's renamed multiculturalism) always leads--$MONEY$...

Because the carnal mind is enmity against God:

Romans 8:7

 

"... 2017 — Two Conservative MPs criticized Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for going too far Tuesday in his long-anticipated apology for the government’s alleged past mistreatment of LGBTQ2 persons.

Harold Albrecht and Ted Falk were among a handful of Conservative MPs present in the House of Commons who did not join the standing ovations for the prime minister during and after his 20-minute apology.

Albrecht told the Canadian Press on Wednesday that he didn’t rise because he disagreed with Trudeau’s evident support of prepubescent children identifying as homosexual or transgender.
“It went beyond an apology,” the Ontario MP said.
“When you start talking about six-year-olds, in that context, I’m not there.”

Trudeau addressed children toward the conclusion of his emotional address, and with his son Xavier and daughter Ella-Grace sitting in the public gallery.

“To the kids who are listening at home and who fear rejection because of their sexual orientation or their gender identity and expression, and to those who are nervous and scared, but also excited at what their future might hold — we are all worthy of love, and deserving of respect,” Trudeau said.
“And whether you discover your truth at six or 16 or 60, who you are is valid.”

Added Trudeau: “To members of the LGBTQ2 communities, young and old, here in Canada and around the world, you are loved and we support you.”
Recounting how lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and two-spirit Canadians were ruined by irreparable pain and grief, Trudeau said they were discriminated against by laws that "bolstered and emboldened those who wanted to attack non-conforming sexual desire."

The apology comes with $145 million, which includes $110 million for compensation for LGBT civil servants whose careers were sidelined or ended because of their sexuality, and $15 million for historical reconciliation, education and memorialization efforts. 
The RCMP and National Defence will also have new awareness and support programs, including a "positive space" initiative in the military to promote support and networking." Lifesite/CBCnews

----FOLLOW THE MONEY---

& see whose pockets are being lined while PROPAGANDIZING

 

Creation Moment 12/2/2017 - SETI, METI & Astrobiology CULT

"SETI and astrobiology have one thing in common: Darwinian evolution. The thinking is that since life emerged and evolved here—a planet with water—it must happen wherever water is found. From that springboard of assumption, the true believers perform twisting backflips with incredible contortions. Will it end in a painful bellyflop?


Believers in space aliens, or even space bacteria, have cast all restraint to the wind. SETI today is indistinguishable from a cult,


Luyten's star

and so is its stepchild, astrobiology.

METI and SETI: Messages To and From Nobody
Doug Vakoch, president of METI International (Messaging to Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence), pulled another stunt by sending a one-way signal to Luyten’s Star, which is 12.36 light-years away. Perhaps this action grants him job security for his non-profit. “It is a prototype for what I think we would most likely need to do 100 times, or 1,000 times, or 1 million times,” he says." CEH
Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
2 Timothy 3:7
 

What did Abraham Believe God could Do?

By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac:

 and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,...

..Accounting that God was able to raise him up,

even from the dead;

 from whence also he received him in a figure.

Hebrews 11:17,19

How Man Makes his own Deity

Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God,

neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations,

and their foolish heart was darkened.

Romans 1:21

"In a nutshell, atheistic naturalism posits that random processes over unimaginable time have brought into existence the human race. Mankind now is the epitome of self-determining matter, and as such is the only salvation that the planet can depend on for survival. There is no God. There is no afterlife. Man’s highest goal for himself is survival as long as possible—and to enjoy his existence to its fullest while it lasts.

Whereas Western thought has moved toward either theism or atheism, much of the non-Western world remains steeped in

animism or a mixture of new and old pagan philosophies. Ancient cultures exchanged the worship of God (Jehovah) for the worship of nature (cf. Romans 1). Various aspects of the natural world—sun, moon, stars, wind, water, earth, etc.—were personified and became objects of worship because of the supposed supernatural forces they displayed. Buddhism and Hinduism mixed pagan animism with humans or human-like creatures to symbolize man’s relation to the supernatural.

Man’s physical and spiritual ascent to deity through these religions became the central theme. New Age philosophies have essentially modernized old pagan beliefs with sophisticated packaging and Madison Avenue promotional campaigns.
The result is the same: Nature becomes a god (or gods) as determined by mankind. Thus, mankind becomes the architect of deity." H3

On the Streets of Babylon: Muslim Prayer Rooms & Lesbian Bishops

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

 

There seems to be "Lesbian" Bishops & "Muslim" Prayer Rooms on the Streets of Babylon.....

"Eva Brunne, the world's first openly lesbian bishop, has called for a church in Stockholm, Sweden, to remove all signs of the cross, and instead build an Islamic prayer room to avoid offending

Muslims. 
According to the Stockholm-based news outlet SVT.se, Brunne not only intends to remove the Christian symbols but also set up a prayer room inside the church that would cater to people of other religions, particularly Muslim visitors. She explained that by doing so, Muslim refugees entering Sweden will be more at ease.
It is easy to slip into compromise and apostasy when you do not take the word of God seriously.  The fact that the church of Sweden has supported a lesbian bishop is a sign of its own failure to represent God properly.  It is apostate, a false church." Fulcrum7

IN the NEWS - S.O.P. Predicted?

"The trades unions will be one of the agencies that will bring upon this earth a time of trouble such as has not been since the world began."
Maranatha p.183 E.G.W.

"In all our great cities there will be a binding up in bundles by the confederacies and unions formed.
"Poland’s Sejm — its equivalent to the U.S. House of Representatives — voted last week to phase out shopping on

Sundays in order to provide workers nationwide with a day of rest.

According to the Catholic Herald, the idea was initially proposed by trade unions and later supported by the ruling Law and Justice Party. The bill was passed by a vote of 254 to 156.
The bill will next go to Poland’s Senate and then to President Andzrej Duda. If approved, Sunday shopping will be restricted to the first and last Sunday of each month in 2018, the last Sunday of each month in 2019 and then a total ban in 2020 and beyond." TheBlaze
Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. James 5:7

Patriarchs & Prophets: Audio & Pull Quotes- Chapter 62

The Anointing of David

Audio:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/a9_khSqfWP4?list=PL4ByrircmXL6VuLmlYnLfeCfCukv68cCu

....the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided Me a king among his sons. 1 Samuel 16:1

David, in the beauty and vigor of his young manhood, was preparing to take a high position with the noblest of the earth.
His talents, as precious gifts from God, were employed to extol the glory of the divine Giver. His opportunities of contemplation and meditation served to enrich him with that wisdom and piety that made him beloved of God and angels.
As he contemplated the perfections of his Creator, clearer conceptions of God, opened before his soul. *Obscure themes were illuminated, *difficulties were made plain, *perplexities were harmonized, .... The love that moved him, the sorrows that beset him, the triumphs that attended him, were all themes for his active thought; and as he beheld the love of God in all the providences of his life, his heart throbbed with more fervent adoration and gratitude, his voice rang out in a richer melody, his harp was swept with more exultant joy; and the shepherd boy proceeded from strength to strength, from knowledge to knowledge; for the Spirit of the Lord was upon him.

From the "Really" File - (2 Joseph's?)

 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge,

God gave them over to a reprobate mind,...

Romans 1:28

"Catholic bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, has decried online postings of a "gay nativity" scene featuring two Josephs watching

over a baby Jesus, calling on God to forgive such "sacrilege."

"Just came across this photo of a 'gay nativity' scene — two Josephs dressed in pink watching over the Christ Child. How sad that someone believes it's OK (or funny or cool) to impose their own agenda on the holy birth of Jesus," Bishop Thomas J. Tobin wrote on Facebook Tuesday.

The photo appears to stem from the Twitter account of comedian 

From the "Really" File

and LGBT activist Cameron Esposito, who last week shared the image and wrote: "Our neighbors' two Joseph nativity is up & I'm beaming."

Jesus being depicted as having two gay parents was also a theme in some Christmas ornaments last year."
CP

 

REALLY?

 

Papal Notes - Buddhist Bend the Knee

"In a meeting with Buddhist monks in Burma on Wednesday, Pope Francis stressed that true and lasting justice and peace cannot be achieved unless the dignity of all people is protected.

“Authentic justice and lasting peace can only be achieved when they are guaranteed for all,” Pope Francis said Nov. 29.

He emphasized that his meeting with the Buddhist monks is an opportunity to strengthen the bonds of friendship between Catholics and Buddhists as well as “affirm a commitment to peace, respect for human dignity and justice for every man and woman.”

Pope Francis met with the State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee, a group which oversees Buddhist clergy in Burma, at the Buddhist Kaba Aye complex, which includes Kaba Aye Pagoda, just 6 miles north of Yangon." EWTN

...and all the world wondered after the beast.
Revelation 13:3

Papal Notes - Bangladesh Bends The Knee

“Bangladesh is a young state, yet it has always had a special place

in the heart of the Popes, who from the start have expressed solidarity with its people, sought to accompany them in overcoming initial adversities, and supported them in the demanding task of nation-building and development.”
These were the words of Pope Francis as he spoke November 30, 2017, to a gathering of authorities, the diplomatic corps and civic leaders in the

Presidential Palace in Dhaka. The meeting took place shortly after his arrival in Bangladesh, where he will be until December 2." Zenit
..... and all the world wondered after the beast.
Revelation 13:3

 

Creation Moment 12/1/2017 - Limitations of "Science"

".... I am impressed with the apparent evidence that reality is not

pure accident. While science presumably will continue to provide evidence relevant to the existence or nonexistence of design, I do not see how it can shed light on the origins of design, ...."
G.D. Snell, Nobel Prize for Physiology/Medicine (Jackson Laboratory, Maine)
Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
2 Timothy 3:7

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Deuteronomy 33:27

 

 

 

 

 

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Puritan Corner - Noah's Dove

"Use thy duties, as Noah's dove did her wings, to carry thee to the ark of the Lord Jesus Christ, where only there is rest."by ISAAC AMBROSE (1604-1664)
But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
Genesis 8:9

9 Point Series: (Little Horn, Beast, Man of Sin) SERIES PAGE

Looks Like Someone Set himself Up
Between 2 Angel's on a Seat Like in the
Most Holy Place

Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God,

or that is worshipped;

so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God,

shewing himself that he is God.2 Thessalonians 2:4

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