Good morning, I am in need of prayers for my son. I don't know exactly what's wrong with him but I do know that he's not doing well. I think that he's in a depression from what other family members have told me. Please pray for him for peace and blessings and for whatever is causing him to be depressed to get removed from his life. He needs peace, tranquility and blessings. I also need prayers for him to open up and receive the help that he needs to get better in his life. Thanks and GOD BLESS!

Lord, reveal the work of God the Father to me, my people(Ha-young, Ye-young, Ui-seop, Jung-won, Hye-ok, Yul-bin, Suzy, Eun-tae, In-sook, Im-hak, Tan-ae), and to all who read it and pray, and let us know that the Father is in the Son Jesus and that Jesus is in the Father. The will of the true God, who knows all our needs, transcends our personal will. And that all of us will clearly see the Glory that God the Father gave to the Son because He loved His Son before the foundation of the world. Let Jesus Christ directly reveal the name of God the Father to us and see His glory. I Pray that all our glory be truly dedicated to your Son, Jesus Christ. And that we all shomer mitzvot regarding his commandments(keep his commandments) without failure. May God make possible what is impossible for man.

Noticed that when i feel like i'm struggling it will be right before Jesus really uses me to encourage someone or help someone. Not always does this happen but sometimes it does. Anyone else experience this?

"Glorify Him ! "

Just back from Vespers and Liturgy of St Basil

Have a Blessed Feast everyone

A whole lot of political speak - just a vague mention of the reason for the season.

I have been wondering.....

Is the biblical word, 'Adam'?
And, the biblical word, 'flesh'?

"Sin- onymous" terms?

Is that correct? (Just being Socratic).

I believe that 2 Thess 2:1-3 in MOP helps explain 2 Thess 2:3 '

#1 Verse one is already talking about Christ COMMING / PAROUSIA for the B O C .

#2 Then Paul says to NOT / ME , is a DISJUNCATIVE PARTICLE NEGATIVE which says do NOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT to be quickly disturbed .

#3 OUT of your mind , nor to be Frightened , Neither by spirit , Nor by LETTER ( WHICH ARE SPURIOUS LETTERS ) as by us .

#4 As the DAY OF THE LORD , and reminds them of that in 1 Thess 5:2 .

#5 And in verse 3 , I believe APOSTASIA in verse 3 , means the DEPARTURE of the B O C .

#6 So the DEPARTURE should come FIRST / PROTOS , the B O C

#7 Then the MAN OF SIN should be revealed .

dan p

Merry xmas everyone.

First a few details about measurements. In my studies I have discovered that the hand-breadth is three and a half thumbs. The span is two hand-breadths which amount to seven thumbs. The common cubit, the cubit of a man, is five hand-breadths, which amount to seventeen and a half thumbs. The cubit of a cubit and a hand-breadth is therefore one common cubit of seventeen and a half thumbs plus a hand-breadth of three and a half thumbs, for a total of twenty-one thumbs, (17.5+3.5=21). Moreover the larger cubit of twenty-one thumbs amounts to six hand-breadths, (6*3.5=21), which is also three spans, (3*7=21).

The gates of the Ezekiel Temple are six, three outer gates and three inner gates, and they are all of the same measurement. These gates appear very narrow because of an extraordinary height of sixty cubits, (Ezekiel 40:14), that is, by the cubit of a cubit and a hand-breadth, (the cubit of twenty-one thumbs).

Here is a typical model-drawing of the Ezekiel Temple just to show what I mean about the tall narrow design of the gates, (with a link to where I found it below the image file, which is only to give credit, and really has nothing else to do with this thread).



So then, what can we glean from this information in light of the following statement from the Master?

Matthew 7:12-14 TS2009 (W/Footnotes)
12 “Therefore, whatever you wish men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Torah and the Prophets.
13 “Enter in through the narrow gate! Because the gate is wide – and the way is broad – that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter in through it.
14 “Because the gate is narrow and the way is hard presseda which leads to life, and there are few who find it. Footnote: aOr the way is afflicted.

The way is hard-pressed? afflicted? Yes:

G2346 θλίβω thlibo (thliy'-ɓō) v.
1. to compress.
2. to squeeze.
3. to press hard.
4. (passively) to be hard pressed.
5. to pinch.
6. (figuratively) to press in against, to crush (in a crowd).
{literally or figuratively}
[akin to the base of G5147]
KJV: afflict, narrow, throng, suffer tribulation, trouble
See also: G5147

Wait a minute, this is nearly identical to the word typically used for the so-called tribulation, (a noun), even the great tribulation mentioned in Rev 7:14, which is megas with thlipsis.

G2347 θλίψις thlipsis (thliy'-psis) n.
pressure.
{literally or figuratively}
[from G2346]
KJV: afflicted(-tion), anguish, burdened, persecution, tribulation, trouble
Root(s): G2346

And look at that, thlipsis actually comes from thlibo, the verb, our word used in the Matthew passage quoted above. So the gate is not only narrow but also troublesome, as in tribulation, (see also Acts 14:22, much tribulation, thlipsis).

Okay, so how tall is this narrow gate of the Ezekiel Temple again? Oh yeah, sixty cubits by the cubit and a hand-breadth, which is the cubit of twenty-one thumbs. And how many thumbs are in sixty cubits by the cubit and a hand-breadth?

21*60 = 1260

Hmmm, that number 1260 sure sounds familiar, I think I saw it in Revelation 11 after the command to measure the Temple. I suppose it is kind of like saying enter through the Tribulation 1260 gate. I also heard the same in Paul's Tribulation Gospel.

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Romans tells us to do good to those who hate us. It will heap coals on their heads and they'll be ashamed of how they've treated us. I effectively did this my whole life with my family. They did not feel ashamed or change their behavior. They concluded that I was quite okay with abuses and understood that I 'deserved it.'

Another part of the Bible tells us not to cast our pearls before swine and Mark says if people don't want to listen to shake the dust from our feet and leave them.

When and how do we decide which to apply?

In a way it's a moot point. I walked away from my family of origin 12 years ago when it became clear the alcoholic family dynamics were not going to change. But it really becomes a struggle every Christmas again as the sister who's behavior was so vicious and ugly that I quit going to family events, has retaliated by inviting my kids to her 'tradition' of Christmas Eve, midnight mass, and Christmas morning every year and my poor kids, young adults, don't really see the way she's using them as pawns. [By the way, I have tried offering this sister and others olive branches multiple times over the years despite not being the one who mistreated them, and they continually snub me anyway.] Anyway, it becomes an internal struggle repeatedly as I wonder was there anything I could have done differently? If I send her a Christmas gift, is she going to magically change? I believe in miracles--but she's had a dozen years to look at her behavior and hasn't.

PALO ALTO, Calif. (KRON) — Stanford University’s IT department introduced its Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative (EHLI) in May, aiming to recognize and address words that could be considered harmful. On Monday, the EHLI published a long list of words that it says fall under this category.

The list contains more than 100 different words and phrases that are deemed harmful, including an explanation for why they are harmful and a word or phrase to use in lieu of the harmful term. Among the terms on the list were “American” and “you guys.”

“American” was deemed to be “imprecise language,” and the EHLI said “U.S. citizen” is preferred. “This term (American) often refers to people from the United States only, thereby insinuating that the US is the most important country in the Americas (which is actually made up of 42
countries),” Stanford EHLI said.


Is this perhaps an instance of a "self own" on behalf of the people pushing for it? A situation where someone takes their own idea (that may have been noble/good 'in theory'), and takes it to such an comical extreme that it basically becomes an manifestation of the reductio ad absurdum arguments people on the other side would've made about 3-4 years ago... A "proving the other side's slippery slope argument for them" of sorts?

The end is coming. The end of what? Jesus in Matthew 24:35 says that heaven and earth will pass away. Does that assertion come under the Old Testament Doctrine, which is the basis for the Elementary Doctrine of Jesus that Hebrews 6:1 tells us we should leave? After all, what Jesus says here is also mentioned in Isaiah 51:6. Is not Isaiah part of the Old Testament? For that matter, does not Psalms 102:25-26 mention the end as well?

But in the New Testament, Jesus is not the only one that says the end is coming; it is also stated in 1 Peter 4:7. We can presume, I believe, that whatever is stated in the Books of Peter has gone beyond the Elementary Doctrine that Jesus derives his teachings from; the end, therefore, should be of concern to all Christians.

When is the end coming? God only knows. Jesus infers that much in Matthew 24:36. From an existential standpoint, what is the end in relation to us? After all, nobody except the Almighty can stop it from coming. So what does the Bible, being the breath and inspiration of God, expect from us? Keep in mind that every Verse in the Bible is inter-related; that is, each Verse applies in some way to the things we draw from the Bible, so it is not always required that we consider the context of each Verse.

So, the Bible expects us to be strong in the faith. Ephesians 6:10 says, “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.” I tell you that to be strong in the Lord is to be strong in your faith in Him. What does your faith in Him entail? It involves the promotion of mankind, which includes giving your love overall and giving help where necessary, contributing to the lifting up of mankind. God in Genesis 1:28 commands us to be fruitful and multiply.

What’s that? You say that’s just Old Testament Doctrine? Well how else do you measure one’s faith in God? Are you ready to discount Jesus’ warning in Matthew 25:41-46 in which he says that those who don’t help the poor and needy will end up in the eternal fire that was prepared for the devil and his angels? Or will you be drawn to Jesus’ promise in Matthew 25:31-40 of entry into God’s Kingdom if we help lift up the poor and needy?

What is the reward in terms of the coming of the end? 1 John 2:24-25 promises you eternal life with God. Regardless of what will happen to the heavens and the earth, you will continue to exist along with God. And this includes those whose flesh has been lying in the ground, as inferred in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. So, once the book on you is shut, your faith is sealed; and the extent of your faith or lack thereof will determine where you end up, once the end comes.

We are doing ok in China, my wife Helen is s till getting over Covid. She feels very cold and is currently sleeping

Happy Christmas and thanks for your support and prayers

Keith and family

In the last few years, we've witnessed the woeful effects of the destructive policies of the Department of Education on our young people. From one public university to another, policies which can be shown to have been formulated and implemented by occultist enemies of Christ (such as former U.N. under-secretary Robert Muller's admission that his "World Core Curriculum" - of which the "COMMON CORE CURRICULUM" is a carbon copy - is based on the ideas and philosophies of supersonic Luciferian Alice A. Bailey) have resulted in a new generation of young people who cannot tolerate any opinions which challenge their own. Critical Thinking skills are left undeveloped, while heavy emphasis is placed on leftist agenda indoctrination. When confronted with such challenges, their response usually ranges from mild rudeness to fiercely violent verbal and physical attacks, along with appeals to an authority to silence their opposition.

Why? Cognitive Dissonance.

When you've been told year after impressionable year that Global Freezing/Global Warming/Climate Change is going to kill us all, and then are confronted with the fact that the 1980 explosion of the Mount St. Helens volcano bombarded the atmosphere with as much Ozone-depleting material as everything expelled from every single smoke stack and exhaust pipe on the planet since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution - and, yet, we're all still alive and kicking with all these other volcanoes ceaselessly erupting - well, such facts don't only cause cognitive disharmony, they also inflict emotional and psychological harm. When a person finds himself holding as true two diametrically opposed views, the resulting cognitive disharmony is too much to bear and the cognitive "coping mechanism" kicks in, where the "uncomfortable new truth" is rejected and the "comfortable old truth" is retained in order to restore cognitive harmony. However, as we get closer to the coming of Jesus and the warning to "take heed that no man deceive you" goes more and more unheeded, those seduced by satanic leftist thinking have now elevated their beliefs to the level or religion - the mind which was once an arena of ideas is now an ideological battlefield and anything perceived to be a threat must be neutralized - ideological tolerance will not be tolerated.

So, what about Christianity? Is it possible a new generation of Christians - so emotionally unstable, so intellectually stunted, so devoid of the Holy Spirit while convinced they are His favorite vessel - are found vulnerable to similar cognitive issues?

Can it be it's now more important to cling to "old comfortable truths" that have been a crutch for so long than it is to heed Paul's admonition to "despise not prophesying, prove all things, hold fast to that which is good"?

Does "new uncomfortable truth" so disturb Christians that instead of plucking up the courage to responsibly and maturely reexamine both "truths" until it becomes evident which is actually true and which is false - the response to theological challenges is to report "offensive", "mean", "abusive" posts to the "authorities" so that the opposition can be silenced and we can go back to our "safe space" echo chambers and enjoy "free speech" as long as that speech agrees with our own?

The job of the Holy Spirit is to "convict" us of wrong and "guide" us into all truth, which by definition requires that He lead us out of our error. A mature, genuine Christian will be tolerant of those perceived as holding wrong ideas because time and time again, he's been shown the darkness in which he's been stumbling when the Holy Spirit shines the light of truth - but the professing Christian who resorts to the same tactics as our unbelieving friends? That speaks encyclopedic volumes about their their spiritual health.

"LET THE MINDS CLASH, BUT KEEP THE FISTS DOWN" - Martin Luther

Continued from: YHWH's Table (Part 14)



(CLV) Lv 7:1
This is the law (תורה) (Turah) of the guilt (אשמ) (Asham) offering; it is a holy of holies.

Direction (תורה) (Turah)
Guilt (אשמ) (Asham)

(CLV) Lv 7:2
In the place where they slay the ascent (עלה) (Olah) offering they shall slay the guilt (אשמ) (Asham)offering. Its blood shall one sprinkle against the altar round about;

Ascent (עלה) (Olah)
Guilt (אשמ) (Asham)

(CLV) Lv 7:3
and all its fat shall he bring near from it: the fat tail, the fat covering the inwards,

(CLV) Lv 7:4
and all the fat which is on the inwards, the two kidneys and the fat which is around them, at the hips, and the protuberance on the liver; along with the kidneys shall he take it away.

(CLV) Lv 7:5
Then the priest will cause them to fume on the altar, a fire (אשה) (Asheh) offering to Yahweh; it is a guilt (אשמ) (Asham) offering.

Fire (אשה) (Asheh)
Guilt (אשמ) (Asham)

(CLV) Lv 7:6
Every male among the priests, he shall eat of it. In a holy place shall it be eaten; it is a holy of holies.

(CLV) Lv 7:7
Like the sin (חטא) (Chata) offering so is the guilt (אשמ) (Asham) offering. There is one law for them. The priest who makes the propitiatory shelter with it, his shall it become.

Guilt (אשמ) (Asham)
Sin (חטא) (Chata)

This verse covers sin and guilt. I'm letting this sink in. They become the Priest's who makes shelter with what was brought to him.

(CLV) Lv 7:8
And the priest who is bringing near a man's ascent (עלה) (Olah) offering, the hide of the ascent (עלה) (Olah) offering which he brings near is for the priest; his shall it become.

Ascent (עלה) (Olah)

The hide for the ascent becomes the Priest's.

(CLV) Lv 7:9
And every approach present (מנחה) (Mincha)which is baked in a stove and all that is made in a cooking-pot or on a flat pan is for the priest who is bringing it near; his shall it become.

Gift (מנחה) (Mincha)

(CLV) Lv 7:10
Yet every other approach present (מנחה) (Mincha), mingled with oil and drained, shall be for all the sons of Aaron, each man as his brother.

Gift (מנחה) (Mincha)

(CLV) Lv 7:11
This is the law of the sacrifice (זבח) (Zebach) of peace offerings (שלמים) (Shalomim) which one may bring near to Yahweh.

Sacrifice (זבח) (Zebach)
(Zebach) of Peace (שלמים) (Shalomim)

(CLV) Lv 7:12
If he should bring it near for an acclamation (תודה) (Tudah) then along with the acclamation (תודה) (Tudah) sacrifice (זבח) (Zebach) he will bring near unleavened perforated cakes mingled with oil and unleavened wafers anointed with oil and well-mixed perforated cakes of flour mingled with oil.

Thanks (תודה) (Tudah)
Sacrifice (זבח) (Zebach)
Here we introduce a new word to this series, Thanks (תודה) (Tudah).

(CLV) Lv 7:13
With perforated cakes of leavened bread shall he bring near his approach Offering (קרבן) (Qorban) present, along with the acclamation (תודה) (Tudah) sacrifice (זבח) (Zebach) of his peace offerings (שלמים) (Shalomim).

Offering (קרבן) (Qorban)
Thanks (תודה) (Tudah)
Sacrifice (זבח) (Zebach)
(Zebach) of Peace (שלמים) (Shalomim)

Here we see that a sacrifice of peace can be a thanksgiving.

(CLV) Lv 7:14
And from it he will bring near one of each kind of approach (קרבן) (Qorban) present as a heave (תרומה) (Trumah) offering to Yahweh for the priest who is sprinkling the blood of the peace offerings (שלמים) (Shalomim); his shall it become.



Offering (קרבן) (Qorban)
Offering (as lifted up) (תרומה) (Trumah)
Peace(s) (plural or pluralis excellentiae?) (שלמים) (Shalomim)

Notice that YHWH says to bring near one of each of the qorbanim. It should be interesting to discover how many different types of qorbanim that there are; as we go through this study.

In this verse, yet another new word is introduced to this study, Offering (as lifted up) (תרומה) (Trumah).

Notice that in this verse that the (שלמים) (Shalomim) isn't directly associated with a (זבח) (Zebach)

(CLV) Lv 7:15
As for the flesh of the acclamation (תודה) (Tudah) sacrifice (זבח) (Zebach) of his peace offerings (שלמים) (Shalomim), on the day of his approach (קרבן) (Korban) present shall it be eaten. No[n]e (not) of it shall he leave until morning.

Offering קרבן (Qorban)
Peace(s) (שלמים) (Shalomim)
Sacrifice (זבח) (Zebach)
Thanks (תודה) (Tudah)

(CLV) Lv 7:16
If his approach קרבן (Qorban) present is a vow (נדר) (Neder) or a voluntary (נדבה) (Nedabah) sacrifice (זבח) (Zebach), it shall be eaten on the day of his approach (קרב) (Qarab) with his sacrifice (זבח) (Zebach), and on the morrow the rest of it may be eaten.

Approach, as in draw near (קרב) (Qarab)
Offering קרבן (Qorban)
Sacrifice (זבח) (Zebach)
Voluntary (נדבה) (Nedabah)
Vow (נדר) (Neder)

Notice that with these qorbanim, that they need not be eaten in the same day, as with some others. Obviously eating what is brought before YHWH's table, in the same day, has a deeper meaning than potential bacteria growth.

(CLV) Lv 7:17
Yet the rest of the flesh of the sacrifice (זבח) (Zebach) on the third day shall be burned in fire.

Sacrifice (זבח) (Zebach)

(CLV) Lv 7:18
If any of the flesh of the sacrifice (זבח) (Zebach) of his peace offerings (שלמים) (Shalomim) should be eaten, yea eaten, on the third day, the one bringing it near shall not be accepted; it shall not be reckoned to him. Vile shall it become, and the soul eating any of it, he shall bear his depravity.

Peace(s) (שלמים) (Shalomim)
Sacrifice (זבח) (Zebach)

(CLV) Lv 7:19
As for flesh which is touching anything unclean, it shall not be eaten; in fire shall it be burned. As for other flesh, everyone clean may eat of the flesh.

Everyone? Notice that what has been brought forth, starting with verse 15, has not been assigned to the sons of Aaron. Is this congreational barbeque?

(CLV) Lv 7:20
Yet the soul who eats flesh from the sacrifice (זבח) (Zebach) of peace offerings (שלמים) (Shalomim), which is to Yahweh, while his uncleanness is on him, that soul will be cut off from his kinsmen.

Peace(s) (שלמים) (Shalomim)
Sacrifice (זבח) (Zebach)

(CLV) Lv 7:21
When a soul touches anything unclean, the uncleanness of a human or an unclean beast or any unclean swarmer, and eats any of the flesh of the sacrifice (זבח) (Zebach) of peace offerings (שלמים) (Shalomim), which is to Yahweh, then that soul will be cut off from his kinsmen.

Peace(s) (שלמים) (Shalomim)
Sacrifice (זבח) (Zebach)

Regarding the question posed for 7:19, this verse seems to complete that thought; as the next verse appears to begin a new thought.

(CLV) Lv 7:22
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying:

(CLV) Lv 7:23
Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, You shall not eat any fat from a bull, sheep or goat.

(CLV) Lv 7:24
The fat of a carcass and the fat of that torn to pieces may be used for any work, yet you shall not eat, nay eat it.

(CLV) Lv 7:25
When anyone is eating the fat from the beast of which {he brings near}* a fire (אשה) (Asheh) offering to Yahweh, then the soul who is eating will be cut off from his kinsmen.

Fire (אשה) (Asheh)
* This is a very interesting translation.

We just saw the root of this word (יַקְרִיב) back in verse 16.

Approach, as in draw near (קרב) (Qarab)

is also the root of "Offering"(קרבן) (Qorban).

When (י) is injected into (קרב) to give us (קריב) ; it gives the word a slightly different meaning.

It means near as in neighbor, kin, or kinsmen.

Adding the prefix (י) (third person future tense), would render this word (יקריב) (Yaqrib), or (he will draw near as a neighbor etc.)

This understanding gives this verse a slightly different meaning.

Am I missing something concerning my understanding of Hebrew grammar?

(CLV) Lv 7:26
And no blood at all shall you eat in any of your dwellings, of flyer or of beast.

(CLV) Lv 7:27
Any soul who eats any blood, that soul will be cut off from his kinsmen.

(CLV) Lv 7:28
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying:

(CLV) Lv 7:29
Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, {The one bringing near}* the sacrifice (זבח) (Zebach) of his peace offerings (שלמים) (Shalomim) to Yahweh, he shall bring his approach(קרבן) (Qorban) present to Yahweh from the sacrifice (זבח) (Zebach) of his peace offerings (שלמים) (Shalomim).

*There's that word again. I'm going to leave this alone for now.
Offering (קרבן) (Qorban)
Peace(s) (שלמים) (Shalomim)
Sacrifice (זבח) (Zebach)

(CLV) Lv 7:30
His hands, they shall bring the fire offerings אשה (Asheh) of Yahweh. The fat with the chest, he shall bring it, the chest to wave (ניף) (Neep) it as a wave (התנופה) (Tenoophah) offering before Yahweh.

Fire אשה (Asheh)
Shake (ניף) (Neep)
Wave (התנופה) (Tenoophah)

I wonder the purpose of the wave and the shake, and what is the subtle difference.

(CLV) Lv 7:31
Then the priest will cause the fat to fume on the altar, and the chest will come to be for Aaron and for his sons.

(CLV) Lv 7:32
The right leg shall you give as a heave (תרומה) (Trumah) offering to the priest from the sacrifices (זבח) (Zebach) of your peace offerings (שלמים) (Shalomim).

Offering (as lifted up) (תרומה) (Trumah)
Peace(s) (שלמים) (Shalomim)
Sacrifice (זבח) (Zebach)

I wonder how the lifted offering compares or relates to the wave and the shake.

(CLV) Lv 7:33
The one of the sons of Aaron bringing near the blood of peace offerings (שלמים) (Shalomim) and the fat, he shall come to have the right leg as an assigned share,

Peace(s) (שלמים) (Shalomim)

(CLV) Lv 7:34
for the chest of the wave (התנופה) (Tenoophah) offering and the leg of the heave (תרומה) (Trumah) offering I take from the sons of Israel, from the sacrifices (זבח) (Zebach) of their peace offerings (שלמים) (Shalomim), and I shall give them to Aaron the priest and to his sons as an eonian statute, due from the sons of Israel.

Offering (as lifted up) (תרומה) (Trumah)
Peace(s)(שלמים) (Shalomim)
Sacrifice (זבח) (Zebach)
Wave (התנופה) (Tenoophah)

(CLV) Lv 7:35
This is the anointed right of Aaron and the anointed right of his sons from the fire (אשה) (Asheh) offerings of Yahweh on the day he brought them near to serve as priests to Yahweh,

Fire (אשה) (Asheh)

(CLV) Lv 7:36
which Yahweh instructed to give to them on the day He anointed them, from the sons of Israel. It is an eonian statute throughout their generations.

(CLV) Lv 7:37
This is the law (תורת) (Turah) for the ascent (עלה) (Olah) offering, for the cereal approach present (מנחה) (Mincha), for the sin (חטא) (Chata) offering, for the guilt (אשמ) (Asham) offering, for the consecrations (מלאים) (Meelaim) and for the sacrifice (זבח) (Zebach) of peace offerings (שלמים) (Shalomim),

Ascent (עלה) (Olah)
Direction (תורת) (Turah)
Firstfruits (מלאים) (Meelaim)
Gift (מנחה) (Mincha)
Guilt (אשמ) (Asham)
Peace(s) (שלמים) (Shalomim)
Sacrifice (זבח) (Zebach)
Sin (חטא) (Chata)

(CLV) Lv 7:38
as Yahweh had instructed Moses on Mount Sinai on the day when He gave instructions that the sons of Israel bring near their approach (קרבן) (Korban) presents to Yahweh in the wilderness of Sinai.

Offering (קרבן) (Korban)


Shabbat shalom.

in his ongoing mission to turn twitter into a cess pool, that advertisers will avoid, Elon makes another ‘class’ move.

Are Christmas trees pagan according to Jeremiah 10. If they are, we shouldn't use them. But is this what Jeremiah 10 talks about? This is what It says:

Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.

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like, I can't control it, that's just what I end up waking up thinking about, and it's pointless for me to even think about, being unmarried and unmarriable.

I've prayed about it to have something more glorifying to God as I wake up but no fruit.
Just useless fruitless sexual desire I can do nothing about to fulfill and the promise is that I will never fulfill the longing, only have it taken away
so why does God wait on that, why let it be sin bait for me that I can't handle?
Why not remove it now since the plan is to just lobotomize those desires out of us?

It's just shameful for me that the first thing I wake up thinking about.. is sin.
not Christ.

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Example: I told a half-lie to my boyfriend; I did something, minor, that seemed like a minor accident, but it was on purpose. I felt horrible immediately after, and I apologized, and that was that. But the way the incident happened, it seemed like an accident.

I recently read in a book that if we do something on purpose that we have to confess the sin ("I did this on purpose") and ask for forgiveness, versus only saying we're sorry in the case of an accident.

But do I need to confess every single evil thought I've had to other people (ie, my parents, or my friend)? Especially if what happens isn't a big deal and they forgot about it? I'm stuck on the deceit part--where I let them think it was an accident. Deceit is wrong but I just can't bring myself to review every little incident where I did something minor, but on purpose, and tell them "these things that looked like accidents were actually on purpose." I feel awful that there's a lie of sorts floating around, but I also wouldn't take it back because the alternative seems so extreme--to confess every horrible thought I had.

So, since I'm sorry about the whole thing--about the actions, and the deceit--but I wouldn't go back and change my deceitful apology to a confession of sin, would God still forgive me? I would go back and not let any of the situations happen in the first place, if I could.


Put in other words, in order to obtain God's forgiveness, do I need to get to the mindset where I would, if I could, change what I said when I apologized, to convey the whole truth? Do I actually need to sit down and write out all these instances and bring them to my boyfriend and anyone else I've wronged in the same way?

I'm new to Christianity. 21. In coming into new life; God has taught me that the devil plants seeds in areas we're too prideful to admit that we don't know all about.

For me, over the last few months, I've realized that the area my seeds of weeds have been planted is throughout the unmapped self image.

To be friends with the world before God truly turns you into a shell for unhomed spirits.

I've been too prideful to share my full testimony with those around me. It's been putting out my flame. Hence, I wanted to put it here.


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At one time, my life was filled with addictions. From age 5 I was addicted to masturbating, not having God fearing authorities in my life. From age 9 I was addicted to wallowing in self doubt. By the time I hit 14, I'd fallen fully into hibernation, sleeping full summers of my childhood away. Building myself upon things people around me liked, I feared being myself. After graduating high school, I fell into New Age teachings. They give you just enough truth to believe; but not enough to ever help you progress. They flame into your pride, greed.. and shackle you. By having all these addictions by 20.. Marijuana, nicotine, sex... I was never satisfied. I became lazy and lost, stopped going to college.

But then, after realizing I'd been living with an incubus for a year (the hard way), I began to pray without ceasing. I would pour my heart out to Our Father. My grandma passed. While I was mourning, alone in the back of a parking lot.. a woman came to my car to comfort me. God's love poured through her. He didn't stop there, reminding me every day I was loved and there was hope through his son, my savior, Jesus Christ. I realized that all of my friends had bonded with me over unhealthy habits. All those who "loved" me only would look for my scars. Isn't that a weird way to love?

He saved me, so that I could be reborn through him, and (as undeserving as I am) that I would share my testimony and that I'd have a chance at a better life, through the ways of our King of Peace. Now, through learning about Jesus and being eager to sense his presence, I run full speed at my goal of fully welcoming Jesus into my heart, and letting all ways of my old self be put to death.