How very sad.

Lost4words said:

Yes there is.....

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Well, windows, computer and apple, the logo & gates were no coincidences.

statsphil said:

Today's date 19/08/2024 (Australian Date Order) has an 888 pattern and is the day of a full moon.
19 - 8th prime number
08 - 8th number
2024 - digits add to the number 8

Hence the date has an 888 pattern and 888 represents Jesus in Greek language. Today is also the day/night of the largest full moon of the year. I am investigating on whether this full moon could be considered as #TheJesusMoon that represents a turning point in the church in the world.

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Hey.. I know you probably get a lot of flack for posting this kind of stuff but I am going to add to it anyway...

Christ is not found in something that you have, your knowledge, your brain, Christ is found when you wake up, and stop using your ability your way to find secret hidden truths, that's not where the Truth lies.

That kind of stuff, it's not of Christ at all.

Wake up.


Revelation 3:17-18

xser88 said:

Media Grading Trump on Curve Again. Inarticulate Policy Rant.

Corporate media for years has held conservatives and Republicans to lower standards. Here is another blatant example. Trump was asked how he'd tackle childcare? Here is a transcript of his incoherent word salad response.


“Well, I would do that, and we’re sitting down. You know, I was somebody — we had, Senator Marco Rubio, and my daughter Ivanka, was so impactful on that issue. It’s a very important issue.

"But I think when you talk about the kind of numbers that I’m talking about — that, because look, childcare is childcare, couldn’t — you know, there’s something — you have to have it in this country. You have to have it. But when you talk about those numbers, compared to the kind of numbers that I’m talking about by taxing foreign nations at levels that they’re not used to. But they’ll get used to it very quickly. And it’s not going to stop them from doing business with us. But they’ll have a very substantial tax when they send product into our country. Those numbers are so much bigger than any numbers that we’re talking about, including childcare, that it’s going to take care. We’re going to have — I look forward to having no deficits within a fairly short period of time, coupled with the reductions that I told you about on waste and fraud and all of the other things that are going on in our country.

"Because I have to stay with childcare. I want to stay with childcare. But those numbers are small relative to the kind of economic numbers that I’m talking about, including growth, but growth also headed up by what the plan is that I just — that I just told you about. We’re going to be taking in trillions of dollars. And as much as childcare is talked about as being expensive, it’s, relatively speaking, not very expensive compared to the kind of numbers will be taking in.

"We’re going to make this into an incredible country that can afford to take care of its people. And then we’ll worry about the rest of the world. Let’s help other people. But we’re going to take care of our country first. This is about America first. It’s about make America great again. We have to do it because right now, we’re a failing nation. So we’ll take care of it. Thank you. Very good question. Thank you.”

There's a clear double standard in the way corporate media are covering Harris and Biden compared to Trump's coverage. When Biden bombed at the debate, all media spoke about his disaster for days. Trump has just given his wordy policy plan on an important issue for today: childcare. Why isn't mainstream media talking about what Trump presented? Let's talk about his policy. If Harris or Biden came unhinged like this, it would be discussed for days, and rightly so. But this is just one of many resent ramblings.

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The world is up against great evil ... in politics and government in general they are in the position to create and impose great evil because of their power ... no doubt evil is in both sides so as far as government goes .... we try and choose (vote) for what we believe is the "lesser evil"

We pick our "poison" (so to speak) ... knowing that it is all poison.

We do know ... right now there is great chaos in our country (and others) due to mass migration ... putting severe strain on many nations ... if the larger nations fall .... the whole world will fall. Migration needs to be a slow process else nations experience a "shock" to their systems. Likened to a great earthquake in a sense.

We live in uncertain times.

Jesse Dornfeld said:

I do not know if this was demonic deliverance or not, but I do have something to share.

I have a severe and fairly rare mental illness called Schizoaffective Disorder. It is like having Bipolar and Schizophrenia without enough symptoms in each mental illness to be a diagnosis. It occurs in roughly .3% of the population.

I moved out of my parent's house when I was 32 or 33 (I forget) which was almost 5 years ago.

Due to my mental illness, I have struggled with paranoia. These are either haunting visions of terrible scary things or paranoid delusions I have experienced for most of my adult life (I am currently 38 years old).

I have found shortly after moving out of my parent's house, that these fear-based symptoms started to be less frequent. It is now at the point that I rarely if ever experience these horrifying experiences.

What was it that changed things? Well, it was in 2018 that my faith was confirmed. I mean I had the most amazing experience I have had in my entire life and this confirmed the Bible as the Word of God in a single conversation with a man who I can only call a prophet, I went from being a pantheist to being willing to die for my faith (long story, but you can read about it here).

Since that time my faith has been confirmed, and I devoted myself to the Christian faith in a way I never had before then. I was raised in a Christian home and my parents are amazing people who tried to instill the faith in me since I came out of the womb. But I rebelled and became an atheist.

To make a long story short, as I devoted myself to prayer, reading the Bible more, studying theology and apologetics, and going to church, my paranoia started to dissipate. I have spent many sleepless nights awake due to this paranoia. Today, I cannot remember the last time I struggled with this paranoia. It is all due to the grace of God.

Is this spiritual deliverance from demons? IDK. What I do know is that God is healing my mind and I no longer struggle with these things as I did before.

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He got good deliverance videos definitely I mean mr Middleton, self deliverance. I believe mental illness is spiritual.

Unqualified said:

depends on we’re it’s from my friend, if you are struggling you go through that stuff and cannot wish it away. To have them will teach you how to deal with them. I know they should not be there. But in a better appreciated way God teaches us how to deal with them. And it furthers us along with our relationship with Him.

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Amen!!

Praying for eternal peace.

Good!

May she live and serve and glorify the Lord.

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They are our moral compass.
My old parish, the priest passed out high lights of the policies after teaching what is morally correct.

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We do that at my parish too. It doesn’t say who to vote for. Just where they stand on policies.

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It is interesting they took away the tax saving incentives to be married.
Want abortions
Want child reprogramming and gender reassignments leading to sterility.

So their robust tax credit on the low birth rate, and Kamala wanting population control - doesn't really mean much.

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Harris is anti life. Plain and simple.

May they rest in the peace of Christ.

Matthew 1:8 mentioned that Jehoram is the father of Uzziah, while 2 Chronicles 26:1 said Amaziah is the father

How many generations were there from David to Jeconiah, who was deported to Babylon?

Genealogy from David to Jeconiah according to 1 Chronicles:

1. David (1 Chronicles 3:1)
2. Solomon (1 Chronicles 3:10)
3. Rehoboam (1 Chronicles 3:10)
4. Abijah (1 Chronicles 3:10)
5. Asa (1 Chronicles 3:10)
6. Jehoshaphat (1 Chronicles 3:10)
7. Jehoram (1 Chronicles 3:11)
8. Ahaziah (1 Chronicles 3:11)
9. Joash (1 Chronicles 3:11)
10. Amaziah (1 Chronicles 3:12)
11. Azariah, also called Uzziah (1 Chronicles 3:12)
12. Jotham (1 Chronicles 3:12)
13. Ahaz (1 Chronicles 3:13)
14. Hezekiah (1 Chronicles 3:13)
15. Manasseh (1 Chronicles 3:13)
16. Amon (1 Chronicles 3:14)
17. Josiah (1 Chronicles 3:14)
18. Jehoiakim (1 Chronicles 3:15-16)
19. Jeconiah (also called Jehoiachin) (1 Chronicles 3:16)

Genealogy from David to Jeconiah according to Mt 1:

1. David (Matthew 1:6)
2. Solomon (Matthew 1:6)
3. Rehoboam (Matthew 1:7)
4. Abijah (Matthew 1:7)
5. Asa (Matthew 1:7)
6. Jehoshaphat (Matthew 1:8)
7. Joram (Matthew 1:8), Jehoram in #7 above. #8, 9, & 10 were missing
8. Uzziah (Matthew 1:8), Azariah in #11 above
9. Jotham (Matthew 1:9)
10. Ahaz (Matthew 1:9)
11. Hezekiah (Matthew 1:9)
12. Manasseh (Matthew 1:10)
13. Amon (Matthew 1:10)
14. Josiah (Matthew 1:10), matched #17 above. #18 was missing
15. Jeconiah (Matthew 1:11)

Matthew 1:

17 So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations,

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Matthew skipped 4 generations to make his number for 14 generations. Uzziah was not an immediate son of Joram, and Jeconiah was not an immediate son of Josiah.

and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.

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Matthew 1:8 mentioned that Jehoram is the father of Uzziah, while 2 Chronicles 26:1 said Amaziah was the father. What happened?

2Ch gave the actual details while Matthew skipped them to make his number come out for 14 generations.

See also

• How many generations are there from Abraham to Jesus the Messiah?

Nice song, keep at it if it makes you feel better to create music. A noble cause.

It seems God is making you into the man He wants you to be. Some feel it more than others. But it’s that pain you feel that keeps us going to Him and fuels the longings of your heart. And you create music. I write. And others worship Some teach and are evangelists, etc. and when you get a handle on it, it’s a way of life. So keep at it and reap the joy of accomplishment in the Lord.

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He seems to bring me somehow into bondage when I listen David, he seem to quote lot stuff from Old Testament, and also say that not giving 10th is sin. Among others, but he dont preach freedom, identity and sonship on Christ. Seem bit legalistic per say. Like ... where is the joy? I mean I dont like to judge, but I am new believer and I dont want to get into bondage of even thinking if breathing is also sin and there is more remission of sins after knowledging the truth. That he also mention, anyway, I believe that we grow with lord by getting born again and Holy Spirit teaching us, and we yield to God and boil releationship, or seems he teaches that God only loves us coz we keep he's commandments?

Sorry about my broken English!

As of Monday, over 1,000 came to Jesus. Sunday Night, my wife and me, We went to a free outdoor concert at a local high school. Some of the Football Players and Cheerleaders recognized me. so, they ask me to come onto the field with them. I was able to explain the Gospel of our Lord and Savior to them. Most who were not born again 57 gave their lives to Jesus as their Lord and Savior. There are some who do not know our Lord yet. Please Pray for them. Only God knows if there is going to be a revival in the local school districts.

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One major newsroom focused on religious conversion, while another offered lots and lots of politics​

One of the world’s most important newsrooms just offered a finely detailed profile of Catholic convert J.D. Vance and, imagine this, the feature focused on the emotions and ideas that led him to swim the Tiber. This included his intellectual and spiritual attraction to the work of St. Augustine, one of the most important minds in all of Western culture.

Yes, there were political implications linked to this decision since the senator is, after all, the GOP candidate for vice president.

Another powerful newsroom produced a feature about Vance’s faith and the emphasis was on politics, politics and more politics, including lots of material about Vance and a choir of dangerous, authoritarian Catholic thinkers. Has Vance identified with this group? No, but he has said interesting things about some ideas voiced by a few of those folks. Oh, and members of this mysterious group have lots of complex disagreements with each other about doctrine and politics.

Which report was from the Associated Press and which was from the New York Times?

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Crossroads -- The ideas that led J.D. Vance to swim the Tiber

One major newsroom focused on religious conversion, while another offered lots and lots of politics

tmattingly.substack.com

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He's Catholic does not necessarily make him popular in politics.
The liberals rail against the Christian religion.
And the article hits on what they always say... "authoritarian Catholic"
Which is why they created a stupid opposition of the choices of Trump.
And Kamala is railing against the Supreme Court being so religious/Catholic/pro life/conservative.

She is a dictator waiting to happen.

Well Biden saying this means - not much - IMHO.
He himself is an apostate.

Berean Literal Bible, Ep 6:

12 because to us the wrestling is not against blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

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Strong's Greek: 2888. κοσμοκράτωρ (kosmokratór) — 1 Occurrence

HELPS Word-studies

2888 kosmokrátōr (from 2889 /kósmos, "world" and 2902 /kratéō, "to rule") – properly, world-ruler, referring to Satan (demons) influencing the lives of worldly people (used only in Eph 6:12).

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Outside the Bible, G2888 appeared more frequently. BDAG κοσμοκράτωρ:

world-ruler (used of world-ruling gods [Orphica: Hymns 8, 11 Helios; 11, 11 Pan; Vett. Val. 170, 36 κ. Ζεύς; 171, 6; 314, 16 κ. Ἥλιος; PGM 4, 1599; 2198; 5, 400 and 17b, 1 Ἑρμῆς; 13, 619 Σάραπις] and of the emperor Caracalla [Egypt. ins APF 2, 1903, 449 no. 83]. Then gener. of spirit beings, who have parts of the cosmos under their control: Vett. Val. 278, 2; 360, 7; Iambl., Myst. 2, 9; 3, 10; TestSol; Iren. 1, 5, 4 [Harv. I 48, 2]; τὸν διάβολον …, ὃν καὶ κοσμοκράτωρα καλοῦσι 1, 5, 4 [Harv. I 47, 4].—FCumont, Compt. rend. Acad. des ins 1919, 313f; EPeterson, Εἷς θεός 1926, 238, 3. Also loanw. in rabb., e.g. of the angel of death) of evil spirits (w. ἀρχαί and ἐξουσίαι) οἱ κ. τοῦ σκότους τούτου the world-rulers of this darkness i.e. the rulers of this sinful world Eph 6:12 (s. TestSol [18, 2] in Dibelius, Geisterwelt 230: spirits come to Sol. and call themselves οἱ κοσμοκράτορες τ. σκότους τούτου. On the subject s. Hdb. on J 12:31 and FDölger, D. Sonne d. Gerechtigkeit 1918, 49ff; GMacgregor, Principalities and Powers: ACPurdy Festschr. ’60, 88–104).—DELG s.v. κόσμος. M-M. TW.

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G2888 referred to spirit beings who ruled different parts of the cosmos.

Paul points out the need for believers to be spiritually prepared and vigilant. It is spiritual warfare.

According to Indonesia's national police anti-terrorism squad Detachment-88, the initials of the terrorist suspects are HFP, LB, DF, FA, HS, ER and RS. The investigation is still ongoing. It isn't clear if the detainees knew one another or were part of the same terror cell.

Detachment-88 spokesman Aswin Siregar informed the media that one of those arrested belonged to the same militant group that attacked Wiranto, Indonesia's former Chief Security Minister, in 2019.

Wiranto suffered two stab wounds to the stomach during a visit to western Java in October 2019. The two assailants behind the attack were reportedly members of an IS-affiliated terror group, Jamaah Ansharut Daulah. The assailants behind the attack were a husband and wife who are believed to have been inspired by IS, The New York Times reports.

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After an Israeli airstrike on a Hamas command center hidden in the humanitarian zone in Gaza killed three senior terror commanders, outrage erupted in international and Palestinian media amid claims that around 40 people died in the strikes.

According to the Israel Defense Forces, the casualty numbers are inaccurate, and the targets of the strike were “significant terrorists” who were “operating in a command-and-control complex hidden in the humanitarian area in Khan Yunis.”

“Before the attack, many steps were taken to reduce the chance of harming civilians, including the use of precision weaponry, aerial surveillance and additional intelligence information,” the IDF emphasized.

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Ephesians 6:12

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood,
but against the rulers,
against the powers,
against the world forces of this darkness,
against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places

Paul's emphasis here was not on the visible but on the invisible. The darkness paralleled the wickedness in the heavenly places.

Was Ephesians 6:12 characterizing this world as “darkness”?

Yes, in terms of being controlled by invisible evil forces.

Was our world "darkness"?

No, darkness did not refer to the visible world but to the invisible wickedness in the heavenly places.

Was Paul talking about the Zodiac?

No, not specifically.

The entire sentence had only one verb: the verb to be. Paul used 5 against-phrases to characterize the one human struggle. All five focused on the invisible aspects of this struggle.

Last weekend was the 23rd Sunday in ordinary time. The Gospel reading was Mark7:31-37 in which Christ healed the "deaf man, who had an impediment in his speech."

As part of his homily the priest homed in on the fact that Christ "took him aside in private, away from the crowd..."

I'd never taken any notice before of the fact Christ got him away from the hustle and bustle of the crowd and simply focussed on the miraculous healing.

The priest commented that sometimes we need to be alone and away from the crowd to hear God clearly.

I don't have an issue with that, but I have a more pragmatic interpretation. I'm hard of hearing (moderate to severe hearing loss) and I find it difficult to hear in noisy backgrounds, crowds being one of them.

An audiologist told me recently that to hear well in noisy backgrounds the brain needs two good ears.

I therefore think that one reason that Christ took him away from the crowd was that so this man who had never heard before would be able to hear Christ clearly and not have to compete with others crowding them in. The same comment would apply to his speaking for the first time.

This got me thinking a bit more about the healing. Apart from repairing whatever caused his problems in the first place, Christ would also have had to create neural pathways in the man's brain to accommodate his newfound faculties of speech and hearing. Older people who have cochlear implants take longer to learn to use them as they don't have preexisting neural pathways and less plasticity in their brain than younger people.

Then he would have had to fine tune the man's speaking apparatus which until now had probably only been able to make the guttural speech of the deaf. The vocal chords and larynx would have needed to become more flexible and melodius.

Christ would have "infused" sufficient languages skills, both speaking and interpreting, in four languages - Aramaic, Hebrew, Greek and Latin. Aquinas claimed that angels have "infused" knowledge - it is just given to them by God. They don't sit in cherub school reciting the times tables, although no doubt they learn from other angels and possibly even humans - did Albert Einstein's guardian angel lead Albert Einstein towards completing his mind games, or did the guardian angel learn something about the physics of this universe fom observing Albert Einstein?

Christ also made it clear He was healing both ears, possibly so the man could hear when the crowd caught up with him again.

All these things were done at a microscopic level and in the blink of an eye.

We take these miracles for granted sometimes and don't consider those things that have to be done to carry them out.