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iluvatar5150 · 2025-12-01T07:58:55-0600

Valletta said:
Some liberals are acknowledging Trump's successes:

Charlie Sheen Blasts His Father Martin Sheen for Attacking Trump Right After He Brokered Gaza Peace Deal

Actor Charlie Sheen said his father's criticism of President Donald Trump was poorly timed because the "West Wing" star's attack came on the same day that Trump was the toast of the world due to his Gaza peace deal.

www.breitbart.com

With Charlie Sheen on board in addition to your existing roster that includes Pete Hegseth and Ronny Jackson, it seems that you guys have the drug & sex addict vote locked up.

BCP1928 · 2025-12-01T07:55:51-0600

Oompa Loompa said:
At one t time, they were called "metrosexual." Meaning that they were men with feminine characteristics. But men nonetheless. Also, there was a time where the word "Tom-Boy" was used to describe a women with male characteristics. Everything was fine until trans ideology and pseudoscience plagued the culture like an infection. This has now become a social contagion.

By changing the names we call them? Calling a trans person a "Tom boy" is OK but calling that person just a "boy" somehow threatens the Republic??? I thought being trans was supposed to be a sin. But not if other people don't have to use words for it you don't like?

CLEEB · 2025-12-01T07:55:14-0600

LoveGodsWord said:
WHO IS GOD'S TRUE ISRAEL AND CHURCH? (Part 1/2)

ISRAEL (God’s new name given to Jacob) had 12 sons which make up the 12 tribes of ISRAEL

GENESIS 35:22-26 [22], ... Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: [23], The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: [24], The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: [25], And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: [26], And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddanaram.

God’s promise of the NEW COVENANT is to ISRAEL…

JEREMIAH 31:31-34 [31], Behold, the days come, says the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: [32], Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; my covenant which they broke, although I was a husband unto them, says the LORD: [33], But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, says the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. [34], And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, says the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

144, 000 Come out of the 12 tribes of ISRAEL…

REVELATION 7:3-8 [3], Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads. [4], And I heard the number of them who were sealed: and there were sealed a hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel. [5], Of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. [6], Of the tribe of Asher were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Naphtali were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasseh were sealed twelve thousand. [7], Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand. [8], Of the tribe of Zebulun were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.

Now we have shown the origin of the name ISRAEL let's look at the scripture in detail in the NEW TESTAMENT scripture to see who God's ISRAEL is...

EPHESIANS 2:11-13 [11], Why remember, that you being in TIME PAST Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;

[12], That AT THAT TIME [in the Past] YOU WERE WITHOUT CHRIST, BEING ALIENS FROM THE COMMONWEALTH OF ISRAEL, STRANGERS FROM THE COVENANT OF PROMISE, HAVING NO HOPE, AND WITHOUT GOD IN THE WORLD: [13], BUT NOW IN CHRIST JESUS, YOU WHO WERE FAR OFF ARE MADE NEAR BY THE BLOOD OF CHRIST.

GALATIANS 3:28-29 [28], THERE IS NEITHER JEW NOR GREEK, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: FOR YOU ALL ONE IN CHRIST JESUS AND IF YOU BE CHRISTS, THEN YOU ARE ABRAHAM'S SEED FOR YOU ARE ALL ONE IN CHRIST JESUS [29], and IF YOU BE CHRISTS, THEN ARE YOU ABRAHAM'S SEED, AND HEIRS ACCORDING TO THE PROMISE.

God's true ISRAEL in the NEW COVENANT are not by name only but all those in Christ. Those of the FLESH (sinful human nature) are not Abrahams seed but those who BELIEVE and FOLLOW God in Christ are God's ISRAEL...

ROMANS 9:6-8 [6], FOR THEY ARE NOT ALL ISRAEL WHICH ARE OF ISRAEL,: [7], NEITHER, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE SEED OF ABRAHAM, ARE THEY ALL CHILDREN: but in Isaac shall thy seed be called <Christ> [8], That is, THEY WHICH ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE FLESH, THESE ARE NOT THE CHILDREN OF GOD: BUT THE CHILDREN OF THE PROMISE <those who believe> ARE COUNTED FOR THE SEED.

God's ISRAEL are all those in CHRIST that have been given a NEW HEART according to the NEW COVENANT promise...

ROMANS 2:28-29 [28], FOR HE IS NOT A JEW WHICH IS ONE OUTWARDLY; NEITHER IS THAT CIRCUMCISION, WHICH IS OUTWARDS IN THE FLESH: [29], BUT HE IS A JEW WHICH IS ONE INWARDLY; and CIRCUMCISION IS OF THE HEART, IN THE SPIRIT, AND NOT IN THE LETTER; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

In the NEW COVENANT all those in Christ are are God's ISRAEL...

COLOSSIANS 3:11 [11], WHERE THERE IS NEITHER JEW NOR GREEK circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: BUT CHRIST IS ALL IN ALL.

ROMANS 10:11-13 [11], For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. [12], FOR THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JEW OR GREEK: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. [13], FOR WHOSOEVER SHALL CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD SHALL BE SAVED.

The New Covenant is for God's Israel...

EZEKIEL 36:26-27 [26], A NEW HEART WILL I GIVE YOU, AND A NEW SPIRIT WILL I PUT WITHIN YOU; AND I WILL TAKE AWAY THE STONY HEART OUT OF YOUR FLESH, AND GIVE YOU A HEART OF FLESH. [27], AND I WILL PUT MY SPIRIT WITHIN YOU, AND CAUSE YOU TO WALK IN MY STATUTES AND YOU SHALL KEEP MY JUDGEMENTS AND DO THEM.

and again...

JEREMIAH 31:33-34 [33], BUT THIS IS THE COVENANT THAT I WILL MAKE WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL; After those days, says the LORD, I WILL PUT MY LAW IN THEIR INWARD PARTS,AND WRITE IT IN THEIR HEARTS; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. [34], And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, says the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

Paul proclaims it here...

HEBREWS 8:10-12 [10], BUT THIS IS THE COVENANT THAT I WILL MAKE WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL; After those days, says the LORD, I WILL PUT MY LAW IN THEIR INWARD PARTS, AND WRITE IT IN THEIR HEARTS; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: [11], And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. [12], For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

The NEW COVENANT is for GOD'S ISRAEL which represent those who BELIEVE and FOLLOW God’s WORD.

If you are not part of GOD'S ISRAEL then you are not a part of the NEW COVENANT (Hebrews 8:10-12).

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CONCLUSION: God's ISRAEL is the name given by God to all those who BELIEVE and FOLLOW his WORD. GENTILES are now grafted in. If you are not a part of the God's ISRAEL then you have no part in the NEW COVENANT. GOD'S ISRAEL ARE ALL THOSE WHO BELIEVE AND FOLLOW GOD'S WORD (The Church)

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Question; What are your thoughts? Is God's true ISRAEL the Church?

God bless..

You and I are in agreement. I am interested to know what else GOD has taught you.

Larniavc · 2025-12-01T07:53:18-0600

lismore said:
Kemi Badenoch, leader of the opposition in the UK Parliament, a 'cultural Christian' says spending money on benefits is unchristian.

Kemi Badenoch says spending on welfare is 'unchristian'

Kemi Badenoch has said welfare spending could be considered "unchristian," following Rachel Reeves' Autumn Budget.

www.thelondoneconomic.com

Earlier this month, Badenoch quoted St Paul’s advice to Timothy in the Bible as she argued that the “responsibility and dignity of work” was a Christian imperative, the Times reports.
She said: “St Paul, we read, in the first Epistle to Timothy proclaims that ‘Anyone who does not provide for his own household … is worse than an unbeliever’.

“This is the Christian recognition that we all have duties … To ourselves, to our families and to the community we are part of. Conservatives believe in making work pay, in rewarding risk, in ensuring effort matches reward.”

She continued: “My message is let’s get people off welfare into work. Let us not leave debt for our children and grandchildren. That is the worst unfairness.”

When she was asked to elaborate on what she meant, Badenoch continued: “In early Christian times there was no state or welfare so I think that you can argue that, actually. The Christian tradition is about communities and families and charity, not about compulsory taxation in order to pay welfare.

Any thoughts?

This is the kind of right wing drive to keep poor people poor that we in the UK have to contend with.

FAITH-IN-HIM · 2025-12-01T07:52:42-0600

ThatRobGuy said:
Truth 1: There are a lot of people who abuse entitlement programs. I've seen it in my own family. People who could work, find reasons not to. People who aren't physically challenged, will find a Chiropractor in a strip mall to sign off on them having "lower back issues" or "fibromyalgia" in order to get on disability.

Do you know individuals who are able to work but choose not to, instead relying on government assistance for their income? Please tell me the name of the states, I want to look up the policy of the state which provide unemployment benefits year after year!

thank you for your help!

CLEEB · 2025-12-01T07:50:51-0600

LoveGodsWord said:
Absolutely brother eleos1954, nice to see someone who studies God's WORD for themselves. This is also why God's true church (Israel who are all those who believe and follow God's WORD) is not a church organisation or denomination can be anywhere. All those who BELIEVE and FOLLOW God's WORD and are living up to all the truth God has revealed to them through his Word are his people.

This is what I believe the BOOK of REVELATION 18:1-5. That the churches will fall away from following God's WORD. God's people are in all these churches but God is a Spirit and those that worship him must worship him in Spirit and in truth *JOHN 10:16; JOHN 4:24. Before the jugments of God are poured out God will call his people out from all the churches to worship him in Spirit and in truth according to his Word before the Mark of the Beast linked is given.

Thanks for sharing eleos1954, great post

May God bless you as you seek him through his Word.

The process of calling GODS people out of all the churches began a long time ago. The great deception began a long time ago. These are not events that spring up suddenly at the end of the age but have been ongoing since the days of the Apostles. It is that the deception has grown great, it built up over time. I do not belong to any of the world’s churches. GOD alone adds to HIS church, HE calls and chooses. Come out from among them and be you separate, touch not the unclean thing and I will receive you, the unclean thing is the world’s false churches. The number of true Christians is extremely small. Many called, few chosen, fear not little flock, wherever two or three are gathered together, more are the children of the desolate than of the married wife. The true church is scattered to the four winds and is unknown by the world’s churches. The true church is taught by GOD through Jesus Christ, no man, no human minister needed. The true church is the Israel of GOD, the 12 tribes scattered abroad, spiritual Israel. The true church is GODS elect saints called and chosen by GOD from Jews and Gentiles, the first to trust in Christ, the redeemed of the Earth.

FAITH-IN-HIM · 2025-12-01T07:41:43-0600

lismore said:
Kemi Badenoch, leader of the opposition in the UK Parliament, a 'cultural Christian' says spending money on benefits is unchristian.

Kemi Badenoch says spending on welfare is 'unchristian'

Kemi Badenoch has said welfare spending could be considered "unchristian," following Rachel Reeves' Autumn Budget.

www.thelondoneconomic.com

Earlier this month, Badenoch quoted St Paul’s advice to Timothy in the Bible as she argued that the “responsibility and dignity of work” was a Christian imperative, the Times reports.
She said: “St Paul, we read, in the first Epistle to Timothy proclaims that ‘Anyone who does not provide for his own household … is worse than an unbeliever’.

“This is the Christian recognition that we all have duties … To ourselves, to our families and to the community we are part of. Conservatives believe in making work pay, in rewarding risk, in ensuring effort matches reward.”

She continued: “My message is let’s get people off welfare into work. Let us not leave debt for our children and grandchildren. That is the worst unfairness.”

When she was asked to elaborate on what she meant, Badenoch continued: “In early Christian times there was no state or welfare so I think that you can argue that, actually. The Christian tradition is about communities and families and charity, not about compulsory taxation in order to pay welfare.

Any thoughts?

Another European Christian is using the Bible in politics—I am shocked, where did he get the idea!

Barraco · 2025-12-01T07:41:07-0600

I thought the number 10 itself signified completeness - where 7 represents God's perfection.

The symbolism could still be relevant, but I don't think it's driving this particular interpretation. Daniel 2 shows us that the ten toes would try to cleave to one another but would ultimately fail. That is nationalism in a nutshell.

Interesting. Have you seen the Bible Project on this? he has a Phd in Hebrew Apocalyptic Symbolism.
He basically thinks it's the Shema prayer - but a worldly version.
The image seems to be of someone so trusting in the power of the state and wealth they are almost "praying" to the authorities of this world for their security!

I have not seen it. In John's time, the image was an image of Caesar that would be placed within a tribune to prove allegiance to Rome and its gods. This was showcased to its zenith during the Diocletian Persecution. Asia Minor's culture leaned heavily into imperial cult, regardless of who ruled over them. That made its persecutions so much more devastating than those in Europe at that time. Crossing the contextual bridge, the torch passed easily to Soviet Russia, which began persecuting Christians and spreading Stalin's cult of personality after the Bolshevik Revolution.

It's obviously an image - because there's a Christian image of the Christian martyrs having a WHITE stone on their foreheads in heaven in the very next chapter. Apocalyptic Symbolism does a lot of 'compare and contrast' to draw out the nuances and sometimes starker comparisons.

The two criteria all seven churches were evaluated by, and a repetitive theme in Revelation, is bearing a faithful witness of Jesus to the world by keeping His testimony (forehead) and obeying God's commands (right hand). Deuteronomy 6 drives this home.

An interesting observation is that every nation will turn against Christ at some point. Notice the formula:

1. The four horsemen wreak havoc on a kingdom
2. The people blame and persecute saints and prophets
3. People fill up their wickedness until God's wrath comes upon them
4. God gives that kingdom to people bearing "fruit" (deeds) for His kingdom

stevevw · 2025-12-01T07:37:52-0600

I live in Queensland and it was probably the same storms we experienced in Redcliffe. We live on a peninsula so I am not sure this will be more severe being near the water rather than inland.

From my experience of the storms the last one I remeber it was fairly short lived but intense. Almost like a mini cyclone. Things went very grey and dark and then bang it hit and there was powerful winds and hail. Then after about 15 minutes it was gone.

I know it probably went onto another area or out to sea and the intensity will vary in different places. IO remember the Gap coping powerful storms and it went through like a frieght train wrecking everything in a short period of time.

I think at least from this seasons hail and storms so far that its the intense heat and humidity that builds up and then theres a cooler front that comes in. Or the heat builds up the humidity and we get a lot more moisture in the air and it builds up too quickly that it has to release.

The seasons seem to be irratic. You can get fairly cold air and hot air mixing more often and suddenly. Or too much moistuire because it gets too hot. But we don't seem to have those regular clockwork season changes.

I know that there are cycles where every 20 or so years you get a couple of hot summmers or extra cold winters. But we are getting hot and cold weather in places and times that never use to get such extreme weather.

In saying that I can remember as a kid in Sydney where suburbs were blanketed with hail stones like it was snowing. Even when I first came to Qld around 2000 we have regular big storms every afternood for a week or so like clockworks. Often with hail. So I don't know. But certainly they seem more intense and irregular.

FAITH-IN-HIM · 2025-12-01T07:31:24-0600

Fantine said:
Another unconstitutional overreach via midnight tweet or "truth?" Social?

The two combined create enough presidential hot air to exacerbate global warming.

Rescinding an executive order is not unconstitutional. I will await the Supreme Court's decision regarding whether President Biden’s pardons can be revoked; however, other executive orders issued by the president can be revoke without violating the Constitution.

This is why most presidents prior to W. Bush primarily used executive orders for international policy, typically in situations involving urgent national security, and rarely relied on executive orders for domestic policy; enduring domestic legislation was generally enacted through Congress. However, since the presidency of W. Bush, bipartisan consensus has become increasingly difficult to achieve in Congress, leading subsequent presidents to use executive orders more frequently to fulfill campaign promises.

Executive orders have become more about pleasing supporters than improving national policy.

MAGA supporters are pleased that President Trump has rescinded President Biden’s executive order. However, if a Democratic president enters the White House on January 20, 2027, they will have the same authority to revoke President Trump’s executive actions-all of them!

“What goes around, comes around.” – Have Fun!

rocknanchor · 2025-12-01T07:15:59-0600

rocknanchor said:
state constitutions which persisted until the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Torcaso v. Watkins (1961)

Not entirely! Eight states still include language in their constitutions either requiring state officeholders to have particular religious beliefs or specifically protecting those who do. However, the requirements are unenforceable because of the 1961 Supreme Court decision. The states are:

Arkansas (Article 19 Section 1)
Maryland (Declaration of Rights, Article 37)
Mississippi (Article 14, Section 265)
North Carolina (Article 6 Section 8)
Pennsylvania (Article 1 Section 4)
Specifically protects officeholders with religious belief but is silent on whether those without such beliefs are also protected. The required beliefs include belief in a Supreme Being, and belief in a future state of rewards and punishments.
South Carolina (Article 17 Section 4)
Tennessee (Article 9 Section 2)
Texas (Article 1 Section 4)

FAITH-IN-HIM · 2025-12-01T07:14:09-0600

Yarddog said:
Does scripture tell you that you have to believe in the latter? Believe in Jesus, trust in the blood and you'll be okay.

Which Jesus should I believe in: the Son of God, the carpenter from Nazareth, or the man who died and rose again?

If I doubt the Bible's accuracy, how can I accept its claims that Jesus is God, was born of a virgin, crucified, died, and rose again?

Ophiolite · 2025-12-01T07:11:14-0600

Does anyone know of of anyone with serious scientific credentials who argues for a flat Earth? I cannot envisage that any such person could exist. It's easy to see how the scientific illiterate could be deceived by simplistic arguments and emotional appeals, but a sane, practicing scientist would surely see the falsehoods. So I ask, am I mistaken in this? Is there a serious scientist out there arguing for Flat Earth? As I say I think the answer is no, but just doing due diligence.

FredVB · 2025-12-01T07:11:01-0600

Torment is applicable to the personal experience, when there is fair justice that must come from God, who is righteous. God still provides a way of reconciliation instead of that, through Christ who bore all that was needed, that way being available to all, while there must be repentance to come to God, that many will not have, such that they perish, not having life but it is not coming to annihilation.

Ophiolite · 2025-12-01T06:56:17-0600

RileyG said:
What are your thoughts on the Loch Ness Monster and other topics related to cryptozoology? (Such as champ, yeti/bigfoot etc).

I think it's mostly a hoax, but it's a fun topic for fiction!

What accounts for any report of an observation (of anything)?

Accidental misinterpretation of what is observed
Ill informed misinterpretation of what is observed
Misinterpretation of what is seen governed by personal bias, or outside influence
Hallucination
False memory
Hoax
Lie
Accurate, objective observation

Reports of any curious creature will potentially fall into many, perhaps all, of these categories. However, the demonstable unreliability of eye witness testimony, the extensive "reworking" of our senses before the signals reach the conscious, the limitations of those same senses, the convincing reality of hallucinations, the tendency of the brain to construct false memories and the dishonesty of segements of the population, all make unusual observations highly questionable.

I am not a fan of "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence", but it does carry some weight. And much of the evidence for most sightings are more readily explained by one of the other items in my list, bar the last one.

Take the Loch Ness Monster: build lucrative tourist revenue on the myth and the amateur tourists and professional "searchers for the weird and wonderful" are primed to interpret things in favour of a "real sighting". And yet, despite the many tens of thousands of eyes, and photographs, and films, and sonar scans, and submersible visits, and the like, we arrive with less than a handful of difficult to account for, but far from conclusive, observations. And set that against the calculations that point to insufficient food for a family (it has to be a family) of monsters.

I would not be at all surprised to learn that the Yeti was confirmed as the Himalayan bear. I would be astounded if it turned out to be a cousin primate. I would not be at all surprised if the reports of big cats such as panthers roaming the English countryside turned out to be true. I would be equally unsurprised if they all were explained in something like a recent case: reports of a small lion which turned out to be a very large dog with an unusual hair cut.

As you say, its fun to consider. Just don't take it too seriously until there is good reason to do so.

johnnypapa · 2025-12-01T06:55:47-0600

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Maria Billingsley · 2025-12-01T06:38:36-0600

Dan1988 said:
There are many opposing interpretations of the Biblical doctrine of hell. Most Christian denominations, interpret "eternal torment in hell" as "Annihilationism". They teach that Gods Word cannot be taken literally and hell is not eternal, they teach that it's an instantaneous burning up and the person's body, sloe and spirt cease to exist.

This view is a direct contradiction to what Gods Word reveals.

Hell is a place of eternal punishment for the unrepentant, characterized by both separation from God's favour and the presence of his wrath. It is not a place of rehabilitation, but a permanent state of suffering for the wicked, who will experience "weeping and gnashing of teeth" and a fire that is not quenched.

God is present in hell not with kindness, mercy, and grace, but with his "wrathful presence" and just punishment.
Hell is a final, permanent state of punishment. The wicked are not annihilated, nor is there a second chance for salvation after death.

Punishment includes positive pains of body and soul, anguish, and despair, described through biblical metaphors like fire and gnashing of teeth.
The wicked are raised from the dead to be judged and then experience the "second death," which is an unending punishment.

The biblical doctrine of eternal torment in hell, which is understood as everlasting, conscious punishment for the unrighteous.
This view, often termed "Eternal Conscious Torment" is supported by scriptural passages like the parables of Jesus that use imagery of "unquenchable fire" and "undying worms," and phrases like "everlasting punishment". To sin against an eternal God warrants a severe and everlasting penalty.

The punishment for sin is considered unending, a concept supported by passages such as Matthew 25:46, which parallels "everlasting life" with "everlasting punishment".

Hell is a place of conscious torment, not annihilation. The wicked will remain conscious and aware of their suffering for eternity.
Hell is a place of final separation from God's presence and grace, it's not an absence of God. Instead, it is experiencing God's wrathful presence.
The torment is a manifestation of God's wrath, which is a just and righteous response to sin against His holy nature.

Some scriptural examples, are found in

Matthew 25:41, 46 Jesus speaks of sending the cursed "into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels" and says these will go away "into everlasting punishment".

Mark 9:43, 48 Jesus uses the imagery of a "fire that never shall be quenched" and "where their worm dieth not and the fire is not quenched" to describe the place of judgment.

Revelation 14:11 The text says, "the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, and they have no rest, day or night".

Hebrews 12:29 God is described as a "consuming fire" in reference to his wrath.

Do we take His parable of Lazarus and the rich man literal or symbolic? Parables are stories designed to conceal and reveal the truths of the Kingdom of God, making the hearer work to extract the spiritual meaning, they rely on symbolism. However, in some cases, like the good Samaritan and Lazarus and the rich man, there is nothing to extract and contemplate, the spiritual meaning is provided in the text. Afterall, we take the word " paradise " literal as a glimpse of the afterlife for those who are in Him. So what of those who are not?

Thanks for sharing!
Be blessed.

Luke 16:19-31
“There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day. But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate, desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. So it was that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried. And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
“Then he cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.’ But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and you are tormented. And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can those from there pass to us.’
“Then he said, ‘I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house, for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, lest they also come to this place of torment.’ Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.’ And he said, ‘No, father Abraham; but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ But he said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead.’ ”

pastorwaris · 2025-12-01T06:20:24-0600

yourwayisbetter said:
Amen. Heavenly Father, please reach out to those families that are lost and in need. May no one miss the blessing and the gift You have to offer to everyone in the world.

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." ~John 3:16

Thank you, Father. You are doing the work and advancing the kingdom to all generations.

Let us come together in one accord and worship and praise Your name.

Thank you, Jesus, for the gift.

Amen Amen , More Blessings

stevevw · 2025-12-01T06:18:50-0600

sjastro said:
August Kekule had a dream like experience of a snake biting its tail which led to the correct idea of the benzene molecule having a ring structure instead of the accepted idea at the time all molecules formed straight lines.

Maybe this is how the ancients came to understand deeper realities of nature. Their consciousness took them into realms that the material mind through intellect could not.

They became part of the equation in their consiousness which brought that deeper knowledge. THeir consciousness was beyond the restrictions of the material and this gave them the knowledge. As though they could say it came from somewhere I can explain and the knowledge was beyond what they could have come to through empiricle sciences of the physical senses.

It actually makes sense. We see these symbolic symbols like snakes and creatures the ancients say are related to the spirit world. So maybe these are the outward expression of that inner realm of consciousness.

Its just now it will happen less often or will be fobbed off as imagination. The more the material worldview thinking took over it blocked out this channel of knowledge. It was rationalised away as unreal because it was not objective or fitted a material paradigm.

You may be on to something here.

sjastro said:
Einstein read a news story of a worker falling off a roof and came to the profound realization a person in free fall does not feel their own weight.
This experience of sensation led to the formulation of the equivalence principle and eventually General Relativity.

But what is the cirect test to confirm this. What tests will tell Einstein that this is an objective fact that he can show others. What if its the experience of music. What test will show that experience.

sjastro said:
Evariste Galois had an intense personal experience where on the last night of his life he wrote a long letter laying down the foundations of Group Theory which revolutionized mathematics and later physics (quantum mechanics). The next day he was killed by a provocateur in a duel possibly on orders by the French government.

Yes like Edison says that the idea for his inventions came to him from what seemed nowhere. Like the universe just gifted him the knowledge. There was no explanation for why and it certainly was not a rational step by step process he could lay out as a fact.

Are you seriously trying to explain subjective experience as a objective fact that we can see and measure in the world independent of the subject.

sjastro said:
Science and mathematics can be initiated by personal experiences but as the examples show lead to tangible outcomes.

Thats only supporting the idea that consciousness can give deeper knowledge that the material science methods cannot give us. Thus supporting the claim that the ancients being more conscious of nature and reality became more knowledgable.

They were able to tap into this non material aspect of consciousness and gain deeper knowledge. So image an almost uninhibited connection to this realm that seems to bring knowledge out of nowhere.

sjastro said:
What are outcomes if the the ancients relied on transcendental ideas or experiences?
The answer is zero because you cannot tell us what advanced technologies they used as there is no evidence of their existence.

You just told us.

Tom D · 2025-12-01T06:18:43-0600

The central theological statement of Our Lady at La Salette directly contradicts Father Gronchi’s 2025 assertion. Mary told the children:

Come near, my children, be not afraid; I am here to tell you great news. If my people will not submit, I shall be forced to let fall the arm of my Son. It is so strong, so heavy, that I can no longer withhold it. For how long a time do I suffer for you! If I would not have my Son abandon you, I am compelled to pray to him without ceasing. (Apparition of Our Lady at La Salette, 1846, as cited in Corteville & Revet, 1921, p. 45)

Source: Our Lady's Words: Insights On Co-Redemptrix Debate

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