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In Troubled Times

This video was originally recorded in March of 2020 during the beginning of the Pandemic, but the message is not limited to just that period of time. For it is a message of hope and healing during times of trouble and distress no matter when or where. And really this describes where we are today, as well.

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An Original Work / March 2020
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Who is on the Lords Side?

You simply exalt one batch of sinners over another, just like anyone else.

Your views are skewered.

Jerusalem has been the spiritual equivalent of Sodom and Egypt from the time of its inception. And the same can be said for any and every city and country on earth.

We pray for the peace of Jerusalem, because why? It's under seige.

Just WHO do you think we are praying against?

Middle easterners? Russia? China? North Korea?

Pick a country, any country. Pick a city, any city.

You'll miss the mark every time, and don't know what you're talking about. Too busy staring at the flesh.
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Another look at the moon landing.

I've said no such thing what I said ' Well NASA would have to make it 12'.
What is the difference between the meaning of your words, "Well NASA would have to make it 12." and Strong in Him's words, "you are saying that NASA arranged it so that 12 people walked on the moon?" "Make it so" and "arrange it so" both mean NASA deliberately taking action so that the number was 12.
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Hell doesn't exist and there is no eternal suffering, instead bad peolle just cease to exist

They have had their thirst assuaged. This must be talking about the wicked who are in the Lake of Fire being purified. There comes a point when resistance to Christ is broken down and the soul cries out in repentance and mercy.
Let me get this straight for the record.

Are you promoting Satanic salvation or not?

I don't believe any of official orthodoxy goes that route that I'm aware of.
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Another look at the moon landing.

I don't have to Genesis 1 says it all.
Where does Genesis 1 say that man must not go to the moon, let alone prove that they hav never dome so?
I wouldn't put it past them, Satan reads the Bible too.
For what ever reason would NASA want to make the number of men who have landed on the moon equal the number of tribes of Israel and the number of apostles? And it's only twelve so far.
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The Conjunction of Opposites

It was a logical question sourced out of what you said, not an accusation ...
If you knew how many people resort to the "why did Jesus die then" if everyone is saved retort

There's a mistaken notion that Jesus was the human equivalent of a sacrificed animal.

The reality is, devils in mankind killed him. No ritual priests, that's for sure

The same devils who occupied those people who reviled and killed Him will still be here when He's revealed, Rev. 1:7

The people "knew not" what they did. Devils on the other hand knew exactly what they were doing

But even in all that, it remained a precise Act of God, regardless. Acts 4:25-29

God called all the shots from the beginning, Gen. 3:15, the goal always being to extract One Nation from the midst of another (unseen) nation (Matt. 23:33), shadowed here: Deut. 4:34, and replayed by Paul in the spiritual, ongoing and future tense application in 1 Cor. 15:42-46

We are essentially being "grown" in the dirt, with fertilizer, like crops. Guess who the fertilizer is? Devils. 2 Kings 19:30, Isa. 37:31, Luke 13:7-9

Luke 11:20
But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.

Devils whisper from the dust...oh crap
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Trump’s Name Chanted in Israel AND Gaza After Peace Deal: ‘Nobel Prize to Trump!’

But isn't there then a chance that innocent people may be killed? Nobody would risk that, surely.
You worry too much. Dakka dakka dakka! WAAAAAAGH!
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In Keeping Them

“The law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul;
The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.
The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart;
The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever;
The judgments of the Lord are true; they are righteous altogether.
They are more desirable than gold, yes, than much fine gold;
Sweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb.
Moreover, by them Your servant is warned;
In keeping them there is great reward.
Who can discern his errors? Acquit me of hidden faults.
Also keep back Your servant from presumptuous sins;
Let them not rule over me;
Then I will be blameless,
And I shall be acquitted of great transgression.” (Psalm 19:7-13 NASB1995)

Under the New Covenant God has with his people Israel (Jew and Gentile by biblical faith in Jesus Christ), we are free from the Old Covenant liturgical, ceremonial, sacrificial, purification, circumcision, dietary and Sabbath laws. But we are not lawless. We still must obey our Lord and his commands under the New Covenant, which are mainly his moral laws. But it also entails following our Lord wherever he leads us in being and in doing what he has for us to be and to do for his glory and for the salvation of human lives.

For Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).

For by God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, which is not of our own doing, we are crucified with Christ in death to sin and raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but as slaves to righteousness in walks of obedience to God’s commands. We are no longer to permit sin to reign in our mortal bodies to make us obey its desires. For if sin is what we obey, it results in death. But if obedience to God is what we obey, it results in sanctification, and its end is eternal life with God (see Romans 6:1-23).

And this goes right along with what the Psalmist David expressed here when he spoke of hidden faults (not what are intentionally kept secretive but those for which we cannot discern) versus presumptuous (deliberate, rebellious, and intentional) sins. For faith in Jesus Christ does not mean necessarily that we will never sin again (1 John 2:1-2) but that sin must no longer be our practice, our habit. Instead, righteousness, holy living, and walks of obedience to our Lord are what we are to be putting into daily practice.

And we should consider the commands of our Lord, not as a drudgery, and not as something to try to get out of, but as what they are, good and healthful for us and for our benefit. When kept, they are what restore our souls, make wise the naïve, rejoice the heart, enlighten our eyes, and are pure and righteous altogether. They give us counsel and direction in knowing the right way to go, and they warn us against going the way that is wrong, that is contrary to the will of God and to his holiness and righteousness.

I often pray and ask the Lord to show me if I am going the wrong direction, for he has a plan and a purpose for my life and I want to make certain that I am on his path, going where he wants me to go, and doing what he wants me to do, and that I am not off target in any respect. So I pray that he will guide my steps, and that he will help me to make the right decisions, and that I will follow his lead one day at a time. And I see that as the heart of David expressed here. His desire was to do the will of God and not do wrong.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

Have Thine Own Way, Lord

Words by Adelaide A. Pollard, 1907
Music by George C. Stebbins, 1907


Have Thine own way, Lord! Have Thine own way!
Thou art the potter, I am the clay.
Mold me and make me after Thy will,
While I am waiting, yielded and still.

Have Thine own way, Lord! Have Thine own way!
Search me and try me, Master, today!
Whiter than snow, Lord, wash me just now,
As in Thy presence humbly I bow.

Have Thine own way, Lord! Have Thine own way!
Wounded and weary, help me I pray!
Power, all power, surely is Thine!
Touch me and heal me, Savior divine!

Have Thine own way, Lord! Have Thine own way!
Hold o'er my being absolute sway.
Fill with Thy Spirit till all shall see
Christ only, always, living in me!

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In Keeping Them
An Original Work / October 16, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Hell doesn't exist and there is no eternal suffering, instead bad peolle just cease to exist

I have a problem with God creating sentient beings for no other purpose than to torture them without relief. That seems rather sadistic to me and not at all like love.
I'd suggest it's more like an anti-heaven for antiChrist spirits. Heaven in reverse
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Jesus & Social Justice

What it actually says is that if the woman doesn't cry out, it means she wasn't raped. It shows an ignorance of how women actually do respond to rape in real life -- it is men superimposing what makes sense in their imaginations onto women. Today we have actual scientific studies that disprove these notions. Back then, men had to rely on their own imaginations and, of course, foolishly didn't bother to allow women to participate in these decisions.
You’d of thought the inspired word of God wouldn’t make that kind of mistake.
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Mississippi School Homecoming Celebrations Turn Deadly as 8 People are Killed 20 Injured in Separate Shootings

Because 100% of the killing in Mississippi are blacks killing blacks
Correction: it’s Americans killing Americans. If only Americans weren’t so predisposed to crime and low morals there would not be this situation.

I’m being subtle.
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Another look at the moon landing.

One minute you are refuting this and saying that no one walked on the moon; the next, you are saying that NASA arranged it so that 12 people walked on the moon.
Make your mind up.

I've said no such thing what I said ' Well NASA would have to make it 12'.
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Another look at the moon landing.

Provide evidence that proves what you say, that makes liars of the astronauts and everybody else who was involved in the moon landings.

I don't have to Genesis 1 says it all.

Why would NASA have to make it 12? Are you saying that they made it 12 to be the same as the number of tribes of Israel, and the number of apostles? Surely not,

I wouldn't put it past them, Satan reads the Bible too.
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Do you believe in Creationism or Evolutionism?

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BIBLE VERSES WHICH TAKEN LITERALLY SUPPORT A FLAT EARTH-CENTERED UNIVERSE

Ecclesiastes 1:5
The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises".
That says absolutely nothing about the earth's shape.

1 Chronicles 16:30 NIV

Tremble before him, all the earth!
The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.

What does that say about shape?
]Revelation 7:1 - "After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth,
back the four winds of the earth..."
So are you saying you believe the earth is a flat square or rectangle?

Isaiah 11:12 NIV

..... he will assemble the people of Judah

from the four quarters of the earth.

A globe can have quarters.

Isaiah 40:22 NIV

He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth,
and its people are like grasshoppers.
He stretches out the heavens like a canopy,
and spreads them out like a tent to live in.
First, that is picture-language. God is a spirit. He doesn't literally sit. Second, the Hebrew word translated "circle" is elsewhere translated as "circuit." Thirdly, Isaiah writes, "above the circle of the earth", so the earth has a circle or circuit. He does not say, "He sits enthroned above the earth and the earth is circle." To say that "circle of the earth" means "the earth is a circle" is like saying that the wilderness is a pelican and the desert is an owl, because Psalm 102:6 says:

“I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am like an owl of the desert.” (Ps 102:6 NKJV)

Job 28:24 NIV

for he views the the ends of the earth
and sees everything under the heavens.

Nothing there about the shape of the earth.
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Does "equality" even matter to Jesus?

I am curious to hear you guys' thoughts on the issue of "equality", and whether it even matters to Jesus. I've heard many on the political left argue that it does, though I've heard many others (usually on the political right!) say it doesn't matter, that it's all just "woke" and "Marxism"; and that the only justice important to Christians is that we'll see when Jesus returns.

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Equality is a very general term, and whether it's good or bad depends on the degree. People are confused about it.
Very confused, and got deceived.

Equality is opposed to freedom. The more equality, the less freedom.
It's also opposed to opportunity to help others. The more equal we are, the less opportunity to help each other.
We cannot have high degree of equality, which is what leftists want. Leftist equality is NOT associated with Christian love.

Basic equality ie having basic human rights is good. What leftists want is much more than that, which is not God wants for us. If you don't believe, listen to what Lenin said: "Down with love !"

Leftist equality has nothing to do with Christian love and justice, but many Christian are misled to believe they are connected. If leftist equality is compatible with Christian love, then why communists always persecuted Christians wherever they got into power??
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There’s a Giant Flaw in Human History

Because what you are describing is not what they are reporting, for that the surface deviation plots are much more informative. Some of the Petrie vases differs more than mm's between the highest and lowest points on their surface. Machining tolerances are limits on spreads not medians and averages, I'll have to add in my understanding here. Precision is the reciprocal of a measure of spread, as in when the spread is low the precision is high. Take this with a heap of salt I'm just putting machining terms in terms I normally use.
What is spread. Why did both Max (mean) and Karoly (median) both claim the vases were in the precise class based on this measure. Karoyl explains this measure is the best way to measure the precision of the vase.

I mean we can go back to Dunns team who did the gauge and CT scans. They determine the vases are in the precision class both through the gusge and CT scans. They list the precision on the specific points down the vase. Or the perpendicularity and paralellism.

Max also measures the Parabolic Fit.
The outer and the inner surfaces of the ‘precise’ vases exhibit excellent fit to a parabola with RMS error on the order of 0.005”. For comparison, parabolic fits of the outer surfaces of the ‘imprecise’ artifacts are on the order of 0.030”.
The Petrie vases are not as precise as modern vases or Matt Bealls vases in the precise class.
Nevertheless they fall in the precise class. If Max's precise class is M < 25 thousandths of an inch; then the Petrie vases are in the precise class.
You do understand that the most likely source of modern machining marks, are modern (from the 19th and 20th century) machines?
Yes and this is why its an out of place artifact. That we find maching marks like modern machining on 5,000 year old vases. It is the same for the modern circular saw cuts in the stones. These are out of place signatures and they cannot all be modern fakes. Like someone was going around with a circular saw in the 20th century hacking into Egyptian monuments and works.

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I guess if they can cut granite like a circular saw they can cut vases like a lathe or with some circular cutter. Take a close look at the last image where the circular saw has actually over cut and then backed up to straighten the line and continue cutting. Classic circular saw signature.

Someone on this thread said the three circular saw cuts in the basalt paver are modern circular saws done later in the 20th century. I think this just acknowledges what I see. That these are out of place signatures for that time. They look like modern machine signatures.
What Were the Ancient Egyptians Using to Cut Granite ..
Yes, we exclude them. If these precision vases actually were made 5000 years ago, we would expect to keep finding them in new digs.
Lol new digs. I think they have dug up aaabout everything. Unless the authorities are hiding stuff from us. Or a new grave or tomb is found with some vases. Like I said we don't need to do that when theres literally 1,000's already available in museums and private collections.

The best examples have already been found and are in private collections. These are the ones that we need to test as they are the best. But theres 1,000s in museum basements as well lol. Karoly has another two museums to test more vases. One with the Petrie museum and another with the Egyptian Museum in Turin, Italy.
I don't want to nullify anything, but without good provenance no one will ever be convinced that a vase should be taken seriously.
Yes I agree. But I think there is pretty good provedence already on at least some of the vases. Like from the Petrie museum. Put it this way. Do you think they are good enough, round enough to have been turned.

If you were to compare a precision vase sitting in the Petrie museum with a known softer vase handmade with a borestick you will see the difference in signatures just by eye sight. You will see those machine marks on the inside where they have not been fully polished out. Funny enough the exact same machine marks on Bealls vases. Must have used the same maker.
Both made mistakes, both need to go back and redo the analysis and report the radius difference between the minimum and maximum circle covering the perifery of the object. I gave you a picture from ISO 1101 in an earlier post.
Do you mean the difference of the radius from the center point of the vase slice to the outside of the vase at that particular point. Then the error or deviation from a perfect circle for that radial point. This is done for each and every point around each slice.

What about this.
Accuracy is how close a measured value is to the actual value. Precision is how close measured values are to each other.

We can’t measure accuracy of the vase since we don’t know what the original design was. An example of accuracy is creating a 1kg weight. How close it is to actually weighing 1kg is a measure of its accuracy. 1kg is a predetermined target.

For this vase, we are going to measure precision. We can see that it has a circular shape. This is true at any vertical position. So one measure of accuracy would be to take points along a narrow vertical height, say less than 1cm (the vase is about 12cm high) and compare the distance to the center axis for all the points. This would give an idea of the precision of the vase for representing a circle.

This has already been done for the vases. Why is this not a representation of the vases roundness.
Why, if they do not have good provenance? A measurement of something you don't know where it came from or what has a happened to it is next to meaningless. If one finds an object beautiful than one should of course display it.
Because lets say that most of the vases have been found now. There are no more. So they are now either in a museum or a private collection. Most of the vases in museums are from Petrie. Yet Petrie gave 100s away as gifts from the same digs. But he gave away the very best ones. The vases that will be the most likely candidates of the precise class.

So if we discount all the private collections then we are probably left with the lesser quality vases even in museums. There will be some. But the majority will be in private collections. So we also need to devise a way to test these private vases so they can be included. It is silly to exclude the majority of the best examples.
If they want the input from the professionals they'll have to put it articles in journals.
Yeah that will come. In the mean time its a bit of fun. But also as I said getting fixated on this specific example takes away from the overall view of out of place works all over the world that lend support for ancient lost advanced tech and knowledge. As with the circular saw cuts and many other examples it gets to a point where you cannot deny something is out of place in ancient times.
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Another look at the moon landing.

But they haven't walked on the moon.
You refuse to believe thy have walked on the moon - big difference.
Well NASA would have to make it 12, what a huge coincidence.
Don't be ridiculous.
There have been many space craft that have tried to go to the moon.
Some haven't made it and the people on board lost their lives. Some have - and of those that have 12 people have walked on the moon.

One minute you are refuting this and saying that no one walked on the moon; the next, you are saying that NASA arranged it so that 12 people walked on the moon.
Make your mind up.
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Another look at the moon landing.

But they haven't walked on the moon.
Provide evidence that proves what you say, that makes liars of the astronauts and everybody else who was involved in the moon landings.
Well NASA would have to make it 12, what a huge coincidence.
Why would NASA have to make it 12? Are you saying that they made it 12 to be the same as the number of tribes of Israel, and the number of apostles? Surely not, because according to you, NASA is trying to hide God.
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