To begin with... Bioluminescence is the production and emission of light by a living organism, created by a chemical reaction inside the organism. This "cold light" is common in the ocean, with 75-90% of deep-sea animals using it for functions like communication, defense, and finding prey, though it's rarer on land where it's seen in organisms like fireflies. The light is typically produced by a molecule called luciferin and an enzyme called luciferase, which react with oxygen to generate light (Defined from a Google AI Overview).

How many J6ers have been arrested now?

A state by state analysis--he's even underwater in Texas, along with all the swing states, and barely hanging on in Florida. Was it the "dump" on NYC Saturday that made people realize "Hey, we--the 99%--are the ones being dumped on?"

And actually woke has a positive definition in Merriam Webster, while noting that the word has been maligned by detractors.

What to Know
Woke is now defined in this dictionary as “aware of and actively attentive to important facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice),” and identified as U.S. slang. It originated in African American English in the first half of the 20th century and gained more widespread use beginning in 2014 as part of the Black Lives Matter movement.

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7 million took to the streets Saturday. This awakening is making me happy.

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It is unfortunate someone died but she could have very well saved the lives of others by her action.

My dad was just diagnosed with aggressive stage 4 prostate and bone cancer. The doctor is hopeful and thinks it could shrink. Please pray for him to get well and beat this cancer. He's taking oral chemo and going in for shots soon. He is the glue holding this family together. Please please pray that he beats this fight with cancer.

German-born Bishop Reinhold Nann of Peru says he is now married.​

A German news outlet reported last week that a bishop who took early retirement last year has contracted marriage civilly, despite claims that he resigned over health reasons.

The Holy See press office announced last July it had accepted the resignation of 63 year-old Bishop Reinhold Nann, the German-born prelate who led the Peruvian territorial prelature of Caravelí.



Bishop Reinhold Nann. Credit: Vatican media.

The Vatican bollettino did not give an official reason for the resignation, which came more than a decade before the usual episcopal age of retirement, though the reason cited publicly at the time was that the bishop was suffering from ill health.

But on Sunday, the German news service KNA reported that the bishop has disclosed that the actual reason for his resignation was his relationship with a local woman.

“Depression was the reason [for the resignation]; love was the cause,” the bishop told KNA, stating that when he resigned, he had informed his ecclesiastical superiors that he planned to leave the priesthood to pursue a relationship with the Peruvian woman with whom he now cohabits.

The bishop told KNA that he had struck up a relationship in the face of loneliness he encountered as a bishop, facing the “the abysses, tragedies, abuse, mediocrity and lies” which he says he encountered “the higher [he] climbed” in the Church’s hierarchy.

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Peace in Christ.

We are to set our affection on things above where Christ sits on the right hand of God ….and not on things on the earth.

Col 3:1-4 KJV
(1) If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
(2) Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
(3) For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
(4) When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

If we dwell on earthly things, then the “thieves” break through and steal, kill and destroy. John 10:10 .

The false prophets (the thieves) will then "break through"....they will have power to deceive us….and they only come to steal, kill and destroy us. They take away His life from ever being made manifest in our mortal flesh (the manifestation of the Son of man).

Mat 6:19-21 KJV
(19) Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

We are to lay up for ourselves treasures in heaven instead. Where our treasure is, there will our heart be also.

(20) But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
(21) For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Yet MANY are only minding earthly things while they “preach” to us. They only serve for their own belly to feed….minding earthly things. They are walking "disorderly."

Php 3:18-19 KJV
(18) (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
(19) Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

This serving for the belly (their “god” is their belly….the god of this age as all the nations only go after earthly things currently) has blinded their minds so that they do not have an understanding of the gospel of the glory of Christ.

They have no understanding of what they preach to us. They speak the words but without the truth behind the words. The gospel does not enlighten them for there is no understanding of it because of their earthly mindedness. The understanding of the gospel is being hid from them as they mortally perish to the grave without manifesting the life of Jesus in their mortal flesh. They are taking MANY down with them in their lack of the understanding of the gospel.

2Co 4:3-6 KJV
(3) But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost (PERISHING):
(4) In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
(5) For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
(6) For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

They are not seeking first the kingdom of God and His righteousness but instead go after their earthly things: what to eat, what to drink, what to wear….just as the outside nations do. They have it all backwards. If we seek His kingdom first and His righteousness, then those earthly things shall be added unto us.

Mat 6:31-34
(31) Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
(32) (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
(33) But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
(34) Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

They cry “peace” to those who put food in their mouths…and prepare war against those who do not.

Mic 3:5-7 KJV
(5) Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.

Therefore it is “night” unto them. They have no understanding of the gospel….nor the Scriptures. there is no "vision"...no revelation of what the Scripture of Truth is saying. It is “dark” unto them.

(6) Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.
(7) Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.

For everything they do is for money….judging for reward. They teach for hire. They divine for money.

Mic 3:11 KJV
(11) The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.

Like Judas, when they receive the “sop”…a mouthful of crumbs or morsel, Satan enters them. They become his ministers.

The sop was dipped….that is, hard earned by the sweat of the brow of others. Genesis 3:19 . They did not earn it for themselves but did eat the bread of others that is hard earned by the sweat of the brow.

They betray…give up…Jesus in doing so. His life is not being made manifest in those they are deceiving as they preach for earthly things and have no understanding of the gospel that they preach to their congregations….the flock of the slaughter. They are shepherding the flock of the slaughter…and they rejoice in this.

Joh 13:26-30 KJV
(26) Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.
(27) And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.
(28) Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him.
(29) For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.

When Judas received the sop, Satan entered him and it was “night”….no understanding.

(30) He then having received the sop went immediately out: and it was night.

They are allowed to rejoice in this "night" of the great famine of not hearing the Word of God in truth. “Hurt not the oil and the wine”….their rejoicing while the church goes spiritually hungry with the “crumbs” that are being fed to them.

Rev 6:5-6 KJV
(5) And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
(6) And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

They are nourished in their hearts in this time of great famine. Hurt not the oil and the wine.

Psa 104:15 KJV
(15) And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.

Judas “had the bag.” The Greek word for “bag” is glossokomon. “Glosso” = the tongue. “komon” = kosmos…the world.

The tongue of the world (glossokomon) blasphemes God’s name because of those who are following after Judas.

“Judas” has the tongue of the world (resulting in their blasphemy) and “bears” what is put therein. They do not care what the world speaks in their blasphemy for he is a “thief” and could care less about what they say.

Joh 12:6
(6) This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag (the tongue of the world), and bare what was put therein.

All nations are supposed to call His house a house of prayer….but the thieves have made it a “den of thieves”…and they (the nations) blaspheme His holy name because of it. Yet, the temple robbers do not care.

Mar 11:17 KJV
(17) And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.

The original apostles did not eat any man’s bread for nothing…but instead worked with labor night and day so that they were not chargeable to any.

We are supposed to follow them in this…working with our own hands to support our own earthly necessities rather than preach for a paycheck…being a hired servant.

2Th 3:6-15 KJV
(6) Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
(7) For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;
(8) Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:

The original apostles did forgo the power to receive pay for preaching…and they are the “die”…the stamp….the imprint.....the example for us to follow. It is now a commandment to work with our own hands to support our own earthly necessities.

(9) Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
(10) For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
(11) For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.

This is the commandment of the original apostles through our Lord Jesus Christ:

(12) Now them that are such we command and exhort by (through) our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
(13) But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.

And if any man does not “obey”….that is “hear under” in subordination…the word of the original apostles by this letter, then we are to note that man and have no company with him. We are to not count him as an enemy but admonish him as a brother. Be not weary in well doing…even towards the false apostles (“apostle” = sent)…those who prove themselves to be falsely sent.

(14) And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.
(15) Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.


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The Baptist Zionist Public Affairs Committee (BZPAC) criticized U.S. President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace agreement, saying it “risks repeating the failures of the past” in a statement issued earlier this month.

“BZPAC honors the sincere intentions behind efforts to secure Israel and stabilize the Middle East. We commend contributions that have strengthened Israel’s sovereignty,” the organization said in a statement released on social media. “Yet we must speak plainly: the U.S. 21-point peace framework risks repeating the failures of the past and undermines God’s covenant with His people.”

BZPAC claims to represent over 20,000 Baptist churches and around 15 million supporters in the United States.

The organization's executive director, Dr. Doug Thompson, presented a copy of the statement to the head of the Samaria Regional Council, Yossi Dagan.

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In my reading of the bible I have come to Ezekiel 40 and 41. Here I read about a detailed description of a temple that does not exisit and never has. I began thinking about this and wondering if this is a failed prophecy or something else. These are my thoughts on it so far. Which one do you subscribe to?

The Context

Ezekiel 40–48 presents a remarkable vision of a temple given to the prophet in 573 BC, after Jerusalem and the first temple had been destroyed by Babylon. Ezekiel and the people were in exile, cut off from their land, their king, and the visible presence of God that had dwelled in the temple. Into that despair, God gave this vision to restore hope. The detailed description of architecture and measurements in chapters 40–42, the renewed worship and priesthood in 43–46, and the life-giving river and redivided land in 47–48 together form a picture of restoration and divine presence returning to a renewed people.

Main Views of the Temple’s Significance

Literal / Millennial Temple (Futurist View)

Some interpreters, especially within dispensational theology, see Ezekiel’s temple as a literal structure that will be built in a future millennial kingdom when Christ reigns on earth. They point to the extraordinary precision of the measurements as evidence that this is a real architectural plan. The sacrifices described are viewed not as atoning, since Christ’s sacrifice was once for all, but as memorial or symbolic acts of worship that look back to the cross. This view draws heavily on passages such as Ezekiel 43:7, where God calls the temple “the place of My throne,” and on the reinstated offerings in Ezekiel 43:18–27, interpreting them as part of a renewed worship system under Christ’s earthly rule.

Symbolic / Spiritual Temple (Typological View)

Others interpret the temple as a symbolic representation of God’s restored presence among His people, ultimately fulfilled in Christ and His Church. In this view, the detailed measurements and perfect symmetry signify holiness and divine order rather than literal construction. The New Testament supports this interpretation when Jesus identifies His own body as the true temple (John 2:19–21), and when Paul says that believers are “built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit” (Ephesians 2:19–22). The vision finds its ultimate fulfillment in Revelation 21–22, where the New Jerusalem has no temple because “the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.” Thus, Ezekiel’s temple points forward to the reality of God dwelling fully and eternally with His redeemed people.

Idealized Vision for Israel’s Restoration (Historical View)

A third interpretation sees Ezekiel’s temple as an idealized theological blueprint rather than a literal plan for construction. According to this view, the vision was meant to inspire holiness, hope, and repentance among the exiles by presenting a perfect image of worship and order under God’s rule. The post-exilic temple built under Zerubbabel and later expanded by Herod did not match Ezekiel’s plan, suggesting it was never intended as a physical design. Instead, it was a call for spiritual renewal, demonstrating that God’s presence would once again dwell among a sanctified people who obey His laws (Ezekiel 43:10–11).

Theological Themes

The first great theme of the temple vision is the restoration of God’s presence. In Ezekiel 10, God’s glory departed from the temple because of Israel’s sin, but in Ezekiel 43 His glory returns from the east, symbolizing reconciliation and renewed fellowship. Second, the precise measurements and divisions throughout the vision underscore holiness and order, teaching that God is transcendent and pure, and that access to Him must be rightly ordered. Third, the temple represents the renewal of true worship. The reestablished priesthood and offerings point to the principle that worship must conform to God’s holiness — a principle later fulfilled in worship “in spirit and truth” (John 4:23–24). Finally, the river flowing from the temple in chapter 47 symbolizes new creation and life, echoing the Garden of Eden and anticipating the river of life in Revelation 22. The temple thus becomes a picture of creation restored and sanctified by God’s presence.

Summary

In summary, the temple of Ezekiel 40–41 can be understood through three main lenses. The literal or futurist view sees it as a physical temple yet to be built in the messianic age. The symbolic or spiritual view understands it as a figure of Christ and His body, the Church, through whom God now dwells with His people. The ideal or historical view treats it as a visionary blueprint expressing God’s holiness and desire to restore His people after exile. Each view, in its own way, points toward the same ultimate truth — that God intends to dwell once again among a holy and renewed people.

My Take (Synthesis)

Taken together, Ezekiel’s temple is best understood as a vision of God’s presence restored to a sanctified people in a perfectly ordered creation. It carries both a spiritual fulfillment in Christ and His Church today, and a future consummation when God’s glory fills the new heavens and new earth. The temple’s meaning is not limited to architecture; it reveals the heart of God’s redemptive plan. In essence, Ezekiel’s temple signifies the full return of God’s presence to dwell among His people forever — the ultimate restoration of holiness, worship, and life.

This is a follow up to my post a week or two ago about my stepson. For the TL;DR recap, he got caught smoking pot in our garage, and admitted then that it was the second time doing it since he's moved in with us. The whole reason he moved in with us is because he had a drug fueled breakdown when he tried to live with his dad briefly at the beginning of the summer. He ended up in the hospital, so after he got out we thought it'd be best for him to move in with us here. But as it turns out, he's not very bright and he's just doing the same stuff. We gave him two strikes for this and apparently the other time he smoked here since he moved

My wife's been upset about it because it's ended up revealing some things I already knew about her son. Anyway, she's wanted me to do something as step dad but honestly I've been so angry at him I've just wanted him out of my sight. I haven't even been able to look at him cause I can't stand him anymore.

However, I told my wife the three of us would have a sit-down this week, where I plan to give him fair warning that if he screws up by any measure again, then he's gone. He's gonna have to move out, and where he goes is his problem, not mine. My obligation is to the health and safety of our little boys, both under three. My wife didn't think it was too harsh. So continuing with that I'd also ask him what his five year plan is, to which I fully expect him to play dumb and say he doesn't know and doesn't know what it is. Either way I'm gonna have to tell him to come back in a week and tell us what he's figured out because even if he quits drugs, he's an adult man and shouldn't be living with parents. His mom and I agree that joining the military, like the Air Force or maybe the Coast Guard would be ideal cause it would remedy his bone idleness. If he doesn't do that though we want him to pick some kind of technical training that he can pursue even if he thinks he doesn't or won't like it.

My question is, is kicking out an adult kid like this, one who's been using drugs, somehow uncatholic?

Theres too much half or less than that preaching on the forums, we cant know anything that way, plus debate, always an entanglement of dispute and contention, it creates confusion, instead of allowing the teaching of Jesus Christ as He taught.

Jesus is teaching both the multitudes from all different places and His disciples.




Matthew 4:25 And there followed him GREAAT MULTITUDES of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.

Matthew 5:1 And seeing the MULTITUDES, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, HIS DISCIPLES came unto him:
2 And he opened his mouth, AND TAUGHT THEM, SAYING,



These are the testimonies of Jesus Christ, they are not up for interpretation or dispute, just to be resisted or believed as they are given.

This is how they are given, as anyone can see.



Did Jesus come to destroy the law or the prophets, no He was come to FULFIL.

until heaven and earth pass, not one part passes till all be fulfilled.

We see two comparisons of descriptions in heaven, one of men keeping all of these commandments and the other of breaking of of the least, to be called great, or to be called least, and that if their righteousness does not exceed that of the Pharisees, they will in o way enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Right away Jesus speaks of a least commandment, about not being angry with your brother, and to say fool even, you shall be in danger of hell fire. So that answers right away WHAT WAS SAID for men to break one of the least commandments and to be called the least in the kingdom of heaven, that to only say fool, only break a least commandment was to actually be in danger of hell fire. (THIS IS WHAT IS TOLD, THAT UNLESS YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS EXCEEDS THAT OF THE PHARISEES, YOU SHALL IN NO WAY ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.)

Jesus telling the people of Israel how to be with one another now, to agree together, or be delivered to the judge, then to the officer, then cast into prison, that you shall by no means come out. (Israel never enforced the sayings of Jesus, so this is heavenly justice He speaks of.)

Jesus tells the people of Israel, if they catch their right eye offending, to cast their eye away from themselves, so their whole body is not cast into hell. If their right hand offends them, to cast it away, so that their whole body is not cast into hell.





Matthew 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
21 Ye have heard that it was said of them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

Matthew 5:25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.

Matthew 5:29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.




Jesus continues speaking to the people of Israel, and His disciples.

For them to not do alms before men, otherwise they will receive nothing from their Father which is in heaven.

For them to serve God, by taking no thought for their life, what to eat, what to drink, and that after all those things the GENTILES seek, but for them to seek FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, then all shall be ADDED.




Matthew 6:1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.

Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

Matthew 6:32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.




Jesus speaking to the men of Israel and HIs disciples, continues to show them the WAY, to ASK AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN, (BUT LET HIM ASK IN FAITH NOTHING WAVERING. James 1:6.) to SEEK and you shall FIND, to KNOCK and it shall be OPENED, for every one that ASKS, RECEIVES, and he that SEEKS FINDS, and to him that KNOCKS, it shall be OPENED.

Jesus comparing the people of Israel he is talking to, to EVIL, tells them if they know how to GIVE GOOD GIFTS unto their children, how much more shall their Father which is in heaven GIVE GOOD THINGS, to them that ASK HIM. (IF YOU THEN BEING EVIL KNOW HOW TO GIVE GOOD GIFTS UNTO YOUR CHILDREN, HOW MUCH MORE SHALL YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER GIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT TO THEM THAT ASK HIM/in FAITH. Luke 11:13. James 1:6.)

Jesus sums this up as whatsoever that you would like others to do to you, to do even the same to them. FOR THIS IS THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS.




James 1:6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

Matthew 7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

Matthew 7:11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

Luke 11:13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?




Jesus tells the multitudes, not ever one saying Lord to Jesus shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he that does the will of HIs Father which is in heaven. Many are told they are workers of iniquity.

These same people of Israel who hear His sayings and do them, (ASK, SEEK, KNOCK, to RECEIVE, FIND, OPEN/in FAITH.) are compared to being founded on a ROCK. When Jesus had ended these sayings, THE PEOPLE WERE ASTOISHED, for Jesus taught them as one having authority and not as the scribes. (who TEACH THE PEOPLE AND DISPUTE AGAINST ALL JESUS HAD TOLD TO THE PEOPLE.)





Matthew 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

Matthew 7:28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:
29 For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.




Jesus had explained how the least commandment was being angry with your brother, and how that makes you in danger of hell fire, and breaking the least of these commandments is called the least in the kingdom of heaven, and unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and pharisees they shall in no way enter into the kingdom of heaven. How if their right eye or right hand offends them, to cast them away rather than to be cast wholly into hell.

Jesus had also told about the doing of those commandments to be called the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 18, Jesus tells except the people be converted and become as little children, they shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven, to be humble as that little child to be greatest in the kingdom of heaven. These BELIEVE in Him and who brings offences, are told again to cast their hand or their foot or eye away, rather than having all to be cast into everlasting hell fire. The little ones are compared to their angels always beholding the face of Jesus' Father which is in heaven.





Matthew 18:3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
5 And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.
6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
7 Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
8 Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
10 Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.

I’m trying to convince a brother in christ “Faith in the blood” is a real thing in the Bible. It’s not found in his translation esv but only in the kjv.
He said I’m not qualified to interpret these and he doesn't trust the chat gtp answer so I'm looking for someone who knows greek who can chime in here and small possibility of being willing to standby your response in case he wants to chime in - no pressure though.


Across ANY greek manuscript for any location/source - is it true, “faith in the blood” is the most literal “accurate” word for word translation in all manuscripts - there is 100% agreement and ZERO doubt. “Faith in the blood” is a phrase inspired by the Holy Spirit.

Is this correct?

Below is the chatgtp answer - is it reliable?



All ancient Greek manuscripts — Textus Receptus, Majority (Byzantine), Vaticanus (Alexandrian), and the modern Critical Text — say the same thing.
Every one of them contains the phrase ἐν τῷ αἵματι αὐτοῦ, which literally means “in His blood.”

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1. Textus Receptus (1550 / Beza 1598)​

Greek:
ὃν προέθετο ὁ θεὸς ἱλαστήριον διὰ πίστεως ἐν τῷ αἵματι αὐτοῦ εἰς ἔνδειξιν τῆς δικαιοσύνης αὐτοῦ διὰ τὴν πάρεσιν τῶν προγεγονότων ἁμαρτημάτων ἐν τῇ ἀνοχῇ τοῦ θεοῦ.

Literal translation:
“Whom God set forth to be a propitiation through faith in His blood, to declare His righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God.”

Plain meaning:
God presented Jesus as the mercy seat, and we receive forgiveness through faith in His blood.

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2. Byzantine / Majority Text (2005 Robinson–Pierpont)​

Greek:
ὃν προέθετο ὁ θεὸς ἱλαστήριον διὰ πίστεως ἐν τῷ αἵματι αὐτοῦ εἰς ἔνδειξιν τῆς δικαιοσύνης αὐτοῦ διὰ τὴν πάρεσιν τῶν προγεγονότων ἁμαρτημάτων ἐν τῇ ἀνοχῇ τοῦ θεοῦ.

Literal translation:
“Whom God set forth as a propitiation through faith in His blood, for a demonstration of His righteousness, because of the passing over of the sins that had been previously committed in the forbearance of God.”

Plain meaning:
The Byzantine manuscripts repeat the same words — faith in His blood.
No differences at all.

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3. Codex Vaticanus (B, 4th century) / Alexandrian Family​

Greek (transcribed from Vaticanus):
ὃν προέθετο ὁ θεὸς ἱλαστήριον διὰ πίστεως ἐν τῷ αἵματι αὐτοῦ εἰς ἔνδειξιν τῆς δικαιοσύνης αὐτοῦ διὰ τὴν πάρεσιν τῶν προγεγονότων ἁμαρτημάτων ἐν τῇ ἀνοχῇ τοῦ θεοῦ.

Literal translation:
“Whom God set forth as a propitiation through faith in His blood, to show His righteousness because of the passing over of former sins in the forbearance of God.”

Plain meaning:
Even the oldest Alexandrian manuscript, Vaticanus, says faith in His blood.
There is no variant—every copy agrees.

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4. Modern Critical Text (NA-28 / UBS-5)​

Greek:
ὃν προέθετο ὁ θεὸς ἱλαστήριον διὰ πίστεως ἐν τῷ αἵματι αὐτοῦ εἰς ἔνδειξιν τῆς δικαιοσύνης αὐτοῦ διὰ τὴν πάρεσιν τῶν προγεγονότων ἁμαρτημάτων ἐν τῇ ἀνοχῇ τοῦ θεοῦ.

Literal translation:
“Whom God put forward as a propitiation through faith in His blood, to demonstrate His righteousness because of the passing over of previous sins in the forbearance of God.”

Plain meaning:
Even the modern scholarly Greek text agrees word-for-word with the older manuscripts:
through faith in His blood.

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Simple conclusion anyone can grasp​

All Greek manuscripts — old and new — say διὰ πίστεως ἐν τῷ αἵματι αὐτοῦ,
which every translator in history knows literally means
“through faith in His blood.”

There are no textual differences here.
The only difference is how English translators choose to paraphrase it:

So the Greek itself — in every manuscript — affirms faith in His blood.
The translation philosophy, not the manuscripts, causes newer Bibles to soften or re-word it.

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Short summary​

Every Greek text of Romans 3 : 25 — Textus Receptus, Majority, Vaticanus, and Critical — contains the same words διὰ πίστεως ἐν τῷ αἵματι αὐτοῦ, literally “through faith in His blood.”
The phrase is not a KJV addition; it’s the unanimous Greek reading.

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CINCINNATI — Cincinnati Police Chief Teresa Theetge has been placed on paid administrative leave "pending an internal investigation into the effectiveness of her leadership," the city announced.


Good!

She's been under scrutiny for several incidents over the past few years.
- Giving preferential promotions and preferred assignments to female and minority lieutenants
- Blaming the media for the brawl that occurred rather than blaming the perps
- Blaming Ohio's gun laws (and even the school board -- which means she alienated the allies she would've had) for an increase in dangerous police encounters with youths in Cincy.

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C. This also means to be RAPTURED / MEANS , CAUGHTUP

D SAVED , means that all red Rom 10:9. and 10

E And SAVED by Grace and nothing else. !!

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I got a voicemail from my dad's barber today and the barber was wondering why he hadn't heard from my dad in awhile, so I called the barber shop. The barber wasn't there, but the person who picked up said that she would relay the message (that I gave her). I got a bit teary-eyed from having to tell the receptionist about my dad's passing, but this is complicated. I'm grieving over someone, who, if they were with me right now, would be "fighting" with me over the same things all the time (or maybe we would be "fighting" together). How is it that I can still be crying, or at least feel like crying?

Hi, I'm not trying to be negative but I'm going to a formation course tonight that goes from 6 to 8:30 pm. I don't exactly have the greatest excitement going there because I have had a hard time liking their fellowship events, but if I know a couple faces there, that may mitigate the problem. This supposedly goes on for 7 weeks (including this week) and I already want out. I know I complain about loneliness but these kinds of events don't necessarily solve the problem. Once again, trying not to be negative.

It might be a better course than the one I tried last week, whose parish is even less welcoming than this one.

“After considering the record at this preliminary stage, we conclude that it is likely that the President lawfully exercised his statutory authority under 10 U.S.C. § 12406(3), which authorizes the federalization of the National Guard when ‘the President is unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States,’” the majority said.

The citizens of Portland need the intervention of the federal government. The law needs to be upheld.

I have MS but have been doing well for years, or so I thought. I stopped seeing my neurologist a few years ago because I felt fine, except for some symptoms I didn’t know could be MS related. Now I think that maybe they are. Among other things, I’ve had two episodes in the past month where 1) I couldn’t get up off the floor from putting my socks on and hubby had to help me up. My legs wouldn’t support me, and 2) another one where I couldn’t get out of bed….arms were too weak and couldnt roll over and sit up. I have an appointment with a Neurology NP later this week. It’s kind of early in the day, at a time I’m usually not up yet and I’m anxious I’ll have a panic attack and anxious about what the NP is going to say or do to me. Please pray for me that this is all MS related and not something even worse and please pray I get through the appointment without freaking out. Thanks in advance.

Honesty is the best policy.

I am reading in Revelation 13. It is a very long passage of Scripture, so I will only be able to quote parts of it. I would recommend, if you have not already, that you read it in its entirety, for it really speaks of the times in which we are living, and where things are headed in my nation (USA), and in the world, now and in the future.

It begins by speaking of a dragon, which represents Satan. Then it speaks of a beast to whom the dragon (Satan) gives his power and his throne and his great authority. The world then worships the dragon and the beast.

I believe the beast represents a king or a singular governing authority which holds supreme and unrestricted power over the world, and which rules his kingdom by absolute monarchy, which is a One World Order. So this is a one world governing tyrannical authority which could be headed by just one man, but is supported by those who swear their allegiance (fidelity) and support to this tyrannical government, as well as it is supported by the wealthy and powerful ruling class of the world who are behind him. And there is no constitution or elected body to limit the monarch’s power.

The citizens of this absolute monarchy, who give their undying support and loyalty and devotion to “the king,” are those who vow to defend its institution and who vow to not conspire to overthrow the government. They are loyal subjects of the government who give their full support to whatever actions are taken by “the king” (the supreme ruler). But should we obey our governing authorities? Yes, but not without question, and not if they are asking us to give our loyalty and devotion and support to them in whatever they do, and/or if they are asking us to sin against God in any other form.

This beastly tyrannical absolute monarchy is also supported by the wealthy and powerful ruling class of the world. They have been called “the shadow government,” who I believe have largely now come out of the shadows, many of whom are blatantly making decisions for the people of the world over which we have no say, much (or all) of which is not for the good of the people but for the advancement of the wealthy and the powerful elite of the world. More and more they are gaining control over our lives and over our destiny while they plot their evil schemes against the citizens of the world.


So, how is this “beast” presently making war with the saints (God’s holy people who are living different from the world because being conformed by God to the likeness of character of Jesus Christ)? Well, depending on where you live in the world will depend upon how Christians are being treated. Here in the USA Christians, so far, have not been persecuted in the ways in which Christians are being persecuted in other nations. Our persecution presently is more geared towards those of us who teach biblical repentance and obedience to God as requirements by God as part of faith in Jesus Christ.

We are being charged with being “negative” and “judgmental” and of teaching “works salvation” or “lordship salvation” as a means of us trying to work our way into heaven. Now are there people doing that? Yes. They are the legalists who add fleshly works and traditions onto the gospel. But if we are teaching the words of Jesus and the words taught by the apostles, in the correct biblical context, we are not in error. And they taught that by faith in Jesus Christ it means that we die to sin and we now obey our Lord, in practice, or we don’t have salvation and eternal life with God.

[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]

But the majority here in the USA, anyway, appear to all be teaching a cheapened form of the gospel, which is a half-truth gospel, which only requires a verbal confession of Christ as Lord and Savior, and of his death and resurrection. Repentance may be mentioned, but often in the context of a mere verbal confession of sin, no change required. And biblical repentance and obedience to God may be taught (or not), but usually as more of a recommendation, but not as required of God for salvation from sin and for eternal life with God. And Satan is against the truth, but he’s for the lies.

Why? Because if Satan can get you to believe that God makes no requirements of you other than a verbal profession of Jesus as Lord, et al, then he has you right where he wants you. And if heads of “church” congregations, and if heads of governments can get you to believe Satan’s lies so that you do not die to sin, and so that you do not obey God, in practice, because you believe you don’t have to, they have you right where they want you, too. For they are prepping you to receive the mark of the beast, because your allegiance is really to them, and not to God.

Will you pledge your undying loyalty and devotion to a human government and to a human ruler or “king”? Or to your pastor or to some celebrity preacher and teacher of the Scriptures? Will you heed their words and follow them unquestionably, assuming that because of who they are, that they are telling you the truth? Or will you pledge (vow) your allegiance (fidelity) to God – Father, Son Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit – and to him alone? Will you seek out his teachings and obey them above all else? And will you test what other humans say against the correct biblical context to see if it is true?

“Here is the perseverance and the faith of the saints.” We must be spiritually discerning people who do not become followers of other humans and who do not pledge our absolute loyalty and devotion to any person or to any government or to any institution of human origin, or we might be taken captive by the lies of Satan and end up not truly saved from our sins, and not truly those who will inherit eternal life with God. So please know what Jesus and his apostles taught, in context, for they taught we must die to sin and obey God or we do not have salvation from sin and eternal life with God.

For Our Nation

An Original Work / September 11, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Recording Via Gerry Peters, music producer and arranger

Bombs are bursting. Night is falling.
Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.
Trust Him with your life today.
Make Him your Lord and your Savior.
Turn from your sin. Follow Jesus.
He will forgive you of your sin;
Cleanse your heart, made new within.

Men betraying: Our trust fraying.
On our knees to God we’re praying,
Seeking God to give us answers
That are only found in Him.
God is sovereign over all things.
Nothing from His mind escaping.
He has all things under His command,
And will work all for good.

Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.

Men deceiving: We’re believing
In our Lord, and interceding
For our nation and its people
To obey their God today.
He is our hope for our future.
For our wounds He offers suture.
He is all we need for this life.
Trust Him with your life today.

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Your Pledge of Allegiance
An Original Work / October 20, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

"The Vatican Apostolic Library, one of the world’s most prestigious repositories of religious scholarship, has confirmed it now provides a dedicated prayer space for Muslim academics visiting its collections. This move has ignited passionate debate about the growing ties between the Vatican and Islam."


I'm curious what you guys think about it?

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# E. And SALVATION is only by GRACE as Paul has written I Romans 10:9. and 10 and. in Eph 2:8. and not by Water Baptism

or by Born. Again or by the New Covenant

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said on Monday that it will consider whether people who regularly smoke marijuana can legally own guns, the latest firearm case to come before the court since its 2022 decision expanding gun rights.

President Donald Trump’s administration asked the justices to revive a case against a Texas man charged with a felony because he allegedly had a gun in his home and acknowledged being a regular pot user. The Justice Department appealed after a lower court largely struck down a law that bars people who use any illegal drugs from having guns.

Arguments probably will take place early in 2026, with a decision likely by early summer.