Latest activity

lucypevensie · 2025-10-13T20:51:36-0500

Motto: keep trusting in God.

lucypevensie · 2025-10-13T20:50:16-0500

Butcher knives

fhansen · 2025-10-13T20:49:51-0500

Dan1988 said:
I did not chose God, because I hated Him and I loved my sin instead. I was totally committed and consumed with fulfilling my lust and I was in bondage to Satan, who blinded me to the truth so there was no way I would even consider serving God.

Dead people cannot chose to serve God or even believe in Him, so I boast in my Redeemer. How can a totally depraved wicked sinner, take any credit for being made alive out of his dead sate???

I choose Him everyday. He's the best thing going and I thank Him for showing me something trully, ineffably Good and worthy of my love and adoration in this otherwise god-forsaken hopeless world. Sometimes I stray, however, fool that I am, proving that I'm still capable of a compromised loyalty, distracted and drawn to lesser, created things now and then over Him; sometimes I sin, IOW, not yet perfected in the love that He gives me.

lucypevensie · 2025-10-13T20:49:43-0500

Cathy

RDKirk · 2025-10-13T20:49:20-0500

bèlla said:
In light of the above I went to their site and poked around. There’s a piece on the black family you may find interesting. Given the cuts they’ve put through their initiatives this is the probable result they have in mind.

I agree with placing a spotlight on the role of Radical Feminism in the destruction of the black family. The "welfare state" played a minor supporting role, but black women had been receiving welfare for years while still aspiring to be wives. It was Radical Feminism (capitalized because it's a specific feminist ideology) that injected the idea that women were better off without men in their lives ("A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle."

This became widely accepted in black communities by the 80s to such obvious extent that the television networks had news specials about it. The vice-president of the US even spoke of it in a news conference in 1989. I was in DC in the latter 80s listening to young women who had good government jobs and were not on welfare saying they didn't need a man to help them raise children.

lucypevensie · 2025-10-13T20:48:59-0500

Why can’t you say it?

HARK! · 2025-10-13T20:48:03-0500

SabbathBlessings said:
Moses made the tabernacle according to the pattern God gave Him modeled in heaven Heb 8:1-4.

Can you show me from Scripture where Solomons temple was made according to a different pattern?

Moses was given very specific detailed instructions on how to build the tabernacle. Solomon's temple did no meet the detail of those specifications. It was different. Do you think that it is OK to deviate from Yah's detailed instructions. Is strange fire OK?

lucypevensie · 2025-10-13T20:47:16-0500

Take Reagan an important note.

RGANN

Apple Sky · 2025-10-13T20:46:34-0500

prodromos said:
In all his promotion for the kit. I've shown you this before, multiple times.

What the heck is a refraction kit ?

stevevw · 2025-10-13T20:46:32-0500

Hans Blaster said:
Dunn *IS* a wacko. Period.

He is also put forth as some machining expert, but has no known expertise in working stone or working with archeological objects. His actual record on archeology is nuts. He is a flat-out pseudo-archeologist with his patently false notions about Egypt's past, particularly his pyramid "theories".

Which have been verified now by other science. He is a pioneer in that sense lol. Just like other great scientists who were called whacko and were right all along.

The fact is Dunn is clearly an expert on precision tooling having worked in the industry up to the level of Aerospace precision. He knows the signatures and methods. He knows metrology.

lucypevensie · 2025-10-13T20:45:56-0500

The horse eventually returned.

HIRS

jacks · 2025-10-13T20:44:57-0500

Login to view embedded media

stevevw · 2025-10-13T20:44:42-0500

BCP1928 said:
No, that's a fib. I have been trying to tell you about the capabilities of a strap lathe or some other lathe-like machine. You say not, you say that they must have used a real modern lathe made in Atlantis or some other imaginary place because those poor primitive Egyptians couldn't figure out how to do it themselves.

Actually I was not alluding to anything like Atlantis. If you have this in your mind then I think you are the one elevating this to conspiracy or something unreal.

I was using the same logic as yourself. You are obviously explaining the capabilities of a strap lathe or similar. That they can somehow fix the setup to be stable to to get better symmetry and circularity. Your more or less trying to build a modern style lathe but with primitive ways. Same thing.

I am not saying it must be a modern type CNC lathe. I am saying the signatures are the same as modern machining on a lathe of some sort. A lathe that has to be very stable with a stable cutter that will maintain the high tolerances.

We are actually saying the same thing. Your just trying to create a more elaborate version of the rudimentary one orthodox methods claims on the wall and in experiments. Which is the bore stick that wobbles.

The logic being the more precise and tight the tolerances are the more sophisticated the lathing. Whether that be made by some sticks, hemp rope and tar or a modern machine. They are achieving a similar result. Either way its far more advanced than what the orthody claims. Which is there was no potters wheel or lathe at all.

BCP1928 said:
No it's not. That's another fib.

Does the orthodox view actually say the Naqada people had some sophisticated lathing which was very stable and fast turning like a strap lathe. I think you will find they say they did not even have the potters wheel and made pts by the coil method. They assume that they must have somehow made them. But they have never found any laths or potters wheels. Found plenty of vases though.

BCP1928 said:
I have no idea for sure how they were made and neither do you. All we have is conjecture at this point and all you care to conjecture about is Atlantis.

Common sense recognises that good to excellent symmetry and circularity is achieved on a potters wheel or lathe. So its not conjecture. But it is conjecture to say that obvious signatures that point to machining and lathing are not pointing to machining and lathing.

How that was done is conjecture. I am just saying the signatures are on par with modern machining such as CNC lathing because of the tight tolerances ect. That they match modern vases.

Mercy Shown · 2025-10-13T20:44:26-0500

Bro.T said:
Yeah...it's looks like you are stuck on Roman Christianity Doctrine and you are bringing destruction to yourself whether you understand this or not. In, (Is. 42:21) we find another prophecy concerning Christ and the law. It reads, (v.21) The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he (Jesus) will magnify the law, and make it honourable. When you magnify something you enlarge it and bring it out more of its detail and richness. Jesus revealed the fulfillment of this prophecy when he explained, (Mat.5:27-28) (v.27) Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: (v.28) But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart

By magnifying the law and making it honorable, the spiritual intent of the law is now emphasized which goes far beyond the mere the physical intent. God has raised His standards, not lowered them! All God ever wanted was what was best for us! He designed us to be His children. We are happiest when we love and obey Him. He is a God who is totally righteous and holy. God cannot sin. And He wants us to follow in His footsteps. The person that says, (1John:2:6) “that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.”

Jesus says in (Mat.5:17-19) (v.17) Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. (v.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. (v.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.

Jesus came to fulfill, to fill to the full (Gk. plereo). He fulfilled many prophecies - but not all. There are many in the Book of Revelation still to be fulfilled. There is still some in the Old Testament that hasn’t been fulfilled. Jesus at His first coming came to fulfilled that which was written for Him to fulfill at His first coming. He has NOT fulfilled everything that was written for Him to do. And He kept all of the Law that he could - but that was not all! He was not a Temple priest. He was not a woman. He could not keep the laws intended only for priests and women. No matter how you think about Jesus, there is still much to be fulfilled! So not even the smallest part has yet passed from God's Law!

Jesus made it quite clear that anyone who would break even the least commandment and teach people to do so would be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. The fact is, God did not find fault with His laws but rather with the people who did not obey them. (Heb.8:7-8) (v.7) For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.(v.8) For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: The writer of Hebrews then proceeds to quote Jeremiah 31:31-34, quoted above. Under the New Covenant we now have a living High Priest, Jesus Christ, who can make intercession for us. One who was tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. He is an intercessor who understands our weaknesses because He lived as a human being.

Claim 2: The Law cannot pass until heaven and earth pass.

Response:
Jesus did not say the Law would never pass.
He said it would not pass “until all is fulfilled.”

Matthew 5:18

“…till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.”

And what did Jesus do?
He fulfilled it — completely.

Luke 24:44

“All things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.”

Romans 10:4

“For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believeth.”

The Law stood until its purpose was accomplished in Christ — to reveal sin and point to Him.
When the reality (Christ) came, the shadow (Law) was fulfilled (Colossians 2:16–17).

Claim 3: Jesus has not fulfilled everything, so the Law still stands.

Response: This confuses prophecy fulfillment (some yet to come) with Law fulfillment (already completed).
The Law and the Prophets are different categories — both foretold things, but the Law’s requirements were fully met in Christ’s life, death, and resurrection.

Hebrews 10:9–10

“He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.”

The “first” — the system of law and sacrifice — was taken away because its purpose was completed in Christ.

Claim 4: The Law wasn’t at fault, the people were — therefore the Law remains.

Response:
Hebrews 8:7–13 does say the fault was with the people, but the conclusion is that the old covenant was made obsolete and replaced with a new one.

Hebrews 8:13

“In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.”

The new covenant doesn’t patch up the old system; it replaces it with a better one based on Christ’s blood (Luke 22:20).

The Law wasn’t evil — it was holy (Romans 7:12).
But it could not give life (Galatians 3:21), so God gave a new covenant where the law is written on the heart, not engraved on stone (Jeremiah 31:33; 2 Corinthians 3:3).

Claim 5: Whoever breaks even the least commandment is least in the kingdom.

Response:
This warning was given to those who thought they could enter the kingdom through law-keeping.
Jesus was contrasting self-righteousness with kingdom righteousness that comes only through Him.

Matthew 5:20

“Unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.”

How can anyone’s righteousness exceed the Pharisees’?
Only by receiving Christ’s righteousness by faith.

Philippians 3:9

“…not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ…”

Those who teach justification by the Law are the ones breaking it, because they reject the very purpose of the Law — to drive us to Christ (Galatians 3:24–25).

HARK! · 2025-10-13T20:39:24-0500

SabbathBlessings said:
Please show me where Solomons temple was made according to a different pattern.

Wow! Please show me where Solomon's temple was a tent made out of wood and skins, and fabric.

RDKirk · 2025-10-13T20:38:11-0500

bèlla said:
He’s requiring all schools that receive federal funding to give students the military entrance test. Will that help them improve?

In basic principle, this could be a good idea. The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery is essentially a "SAT" to measure a student's readiness for continued technical training. After 12 years of schooling, a student should be able to do well in either the ASVAB or the SAT. Students who don't intend to go to college (kids usually know that by the end of the ninth grade) should be guided into coursework that will give them success in the ASVAB. Those kids would be ready for any advanced technical training after high school graduation.

Schools would not be rated merely on how many of their students do well on the SAT, but also (or even more) on how well their students do on the ASVAB...particularly since 60%+ of students never get bachelor's degrees.

HARK! · 2025-10-13T20:37:21-0500

SabbathBlessings said:
the annual sabbaths feasts days were added after the fall.

Proof?

SabbathBlessings said:
Not the same, the annuals sabbaths would have never been in existence unless there was sin.

The moedim reveal Yah's plan form the beginning. They reveal Yashua who was there in the beginning. Are you saying that Yahshua would never have existed if it weren't for sin?

HARK! · 2025-10-13T20:33:50-0500

SabbathBlessings said:
Sorry that is not Scripture stating the temple from Solomon was made in a different pattern than the temple in the wilderness. I asked for Scripture Lv25:2 is not addressing this at all.

You might do well and go back and read my assertion that you asked me to back up with scripture.

However here is just one example for what you are specifically asking for now:

(CLV) Ex 27:9
You will make »he court of the tabernacle: For the Negeb edge southward the slung-sheets for the court shall be of corded cambric, a hundred cubits long for the one edge,

(CLV) Ex 27:10
with its twenty columns and their twenty copper sockets, the hooks of the columns and their connections of silver.

Mercy Shown · 2025-10-13T20:33:09-0500

Dan Perez said:
and here is Rom 3:20. says. !!

# 1 THEREFORE //. DI0TI. , is. a Conjuncation.

# 2 BY //. EK. , is. a PREPOSTION

#. 3 THE DEEDS // ERGON

# 4. OF THE LAW //. NOMOS , in. the GENITIVE CASE , in. the SINGULAR. in. the NEUTER

# 5. THERE SHALL //. DIKAIOO. , in. the FUTURE TENSE , in. the PASSIVE VOICE , in. the INDICATIVE MOOD in. the SINGULAR

# 6 NO //. OU. , is a DISJUNCATIVE PARTICLE NEGATIVE

# 7 FLESH. //. SARX. in. the NOMINATIVE CASE , in. the. SIGNULAR

#. 8 BE JUSTIFIED. //. DIKAOO. in. the FUTURE TEHSE. , in the. INDICATIVE MOOD. and this mood means you better believe it

in the SINGULAR

# 9. IN HIS ?? AUTOS. , is. a PERSONAL POSSESSEIVE PRONOUN , in. the GENITIVE CASE , in. the SIGNULAR

# 10 SIGHT //. ENOPION. is an. ADVERB

# 11. FOR // GAR , is. a CONJUNCATION

# 12 BY // DIA , is a CONJUNCATION

# 13 THE. LAW // NOMOS . in. the. GENITIVE CASE , in. the SIGNULAR

# 14. IS THE KNOWLEDGE // EPIGNOSIS. , in. the NOMINATIVE CASE , in. the SIGNULAR

# 15. OF SIN // HARARTIS. . in. the GENITIVE CASE , in. the SINGULAR

So what say you. ??

dan p

Ok. Let me set this up in a table format.

#	English	Greek	Grammar Notes	Meaning/Comment
1	Therefore	διότι (dioti)	Conjunction	“Therefore,” connecting logical ideas.
2	By	ἐκ (ek)	Preposition	“Out of” or “by means of.”
3	The deeds	ἔργων (ergon)	Genitive plural of ergon	“Works” or “deeds.” The genitive ties it to “law.”
4	Of the law	νόμου (nomou)	Genitive singular, neuter	“Of law.” Combined: “works of the law.”
5	There shall…be justified	δικαιωθήσεται (dikaiōthēsetai)	Future tense, passive voice, indicative mood	“Will be justified.” Future and passive = “will be declared righteous (by another).”
6	No	οὐ (ou)	Negative particle	Makes the verb negative — “no one will be justified.”
7	Flesh	σὰρξ (sarx)	Nominative singular	“Flesh,” i.e. human being.
8	Be justified	(repeated)	As above	He repeats the point about tense and mood — the indicative means this is a factual statement, not hypothetical.
9	In His	αὐτοῦ (autou)	Genitive singular pronoun	“In His (sight)” — referring to God.
10	Sight	ἐνώπιον (enōpion)	Adverb/preposition	“Before” or “in the presence of.”
11	For	γάρ (gar)	Conjunction	Explains the reason.
12	By	διὰ (dia)	Preposition	“Through” — means or instrument.
13	The law	νόμου (nomou)	Genitive singular	“Through the law.”
14	Is the knowledge	ἐπίγνωσις (epignōsis)	Nominative singular	“Full knowledge” or “recognition.”
15	Of sin	ἁμαρτίας (hamartias)	Genitive singular	“Of sin.”

Yes, it is true. Our righteousness must come from Christ alone and then we will be justified to the law.

RDKirk · 2025-10-13T20:31:28-0500

I also think that Job knew of God's existence through observation of creation, not through direct revelation or scripture or oral tales.

God relates to Job solely though the examples of His authority and power as shown by creation.

Vambram · 2025-10-13T20:31:15-0500

Amen and praise the Lord

RDKirk · 2025-10-13T20:29:39-0500

22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.

23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.

Some people opine that the altar to the Unknown God was the effort of the Greeks to shotgun worship in all directions, just to make sure they didn't miss any gods.

24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

25 Neither is worshiped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:

28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. -- Acts 17

Among Greek philosophers, especially by Paul’s day, there was a distinct that pointed toward a singular, ultimate divinity, one not identified with any of the anthropomorphic Olympians. They arrived at this concept through study of the order and predictability of celestial movements and events...just as Psalm 19 says is possible.

Key strands of this idea include:

Plato’s “Form of the Good” in the Republic, the ultimate cause of all being and order, transcending even the gods of myth.

Aristotle’s “Unmoved Mover” in the Metaphysics, a perfect, eternal intellect responsible for the order of celestial motion.

Stoicism’s “Logos," a rational divine principle immanent in nature, giving coherence and structure to all things.

Epimenides of Crete, whom Paul actually quotes in Acts 17:28 (“In him we live and move and have our being”), had written of a God who could not be represented by idols and who was beyond all names.

By the 1st century AD, educated Athenians were well aware of this philosophical “Unknown God," a transcendent, rational, universal deity responsible for the order and predictability of the cosmos.

So when Paul says,

“Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you,”

Paul is making a rhetorical move. He is identifying the Abrahamic God with this unnamed divine principle that Greek philosophers already suspected existed. He’s effectively saying: “That ultimate mind, the one beyond Zeus and the others--the one you can sense but not name--that’s the God I’m telling you about.”

However, it must also be said that realizing God exists and acknowledging Him as one's Lord are two different propositions, which is why in Romans 1 Paul can rail against those who realize God exists but refuse to acknowledge Him. Their knowledge condemns them.

Vambram · 2025-10-13T20:28:52-0500

Fantine said:
Extorting rare earth minerals from desperate countries in return for help?

And we can't forget the reign of terror by ICE agents and unwanted, unneeded federal troops. With every sentence he spreads hatred and division.

He is NOT extorting anything from other nations.
In America, the only people who are describing ICE and National Guard troops as a reign of terror are far left progressive liberals. In fact, I believe that far left progressives are the people spreading divisions and hatred.

Bob Crowley · 2025-10-13T20:28:08-0500

Purely personal but lately I've been wondering just when I first made my Christian confession.

I knew it was shortly after the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane in 1982, which ran from 30 September to 9 October 1982.

I had the flu at the time and I couldn't do anything except watch TV. I don't normally watch sport, but since there wasn't much else on I watched a fair bit of the games. Two names readily come to mind - Tracey WIckham who won medals in swimming and Robert de Castella ("Deek") who won the marathon. Some years later my then Presbyterian pastor said of Tracey Wickham that she would go through a terrible time, which she did.

It was not a good time in my life. I was out of work, going through a divorce, going to lose the home I was paying off etc.

But as I sat there a very persistent image of the "Newmarket Presbyterian Church" kept intruding into my mind. I'd had a bit of Sunday School when I was young at that church. It's a private home now, but at that time it was still going.

This image just didn't go away. It was persistent. Since I had nothing to lose and was thinking "There's got to be more to life than this!" I ended up going to the church after the Games finished and the flu was gone. A few weeks later I made a confession.

For some reason I've recently started trying to remember when I made my confession. I think it was probably in the early part of November. Using AI I got the following dates for Sunday in November 1982 - 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th.

I suspect it might have been November 14, 1982. I remember making my confession, half reluctantly, and then going home feeling as though I was "walking on air" (to quote another chap who had the same experience after he made his confession, years earlier than I did as he's nearly 20 years older).

In turn I met the pastor of that church (there were three churches in the parish, Wilston-Windsor-Newmarket). I soon gravitated to Wilston which was the main church and where he had his office. Of the three churches it is the only one still going as Newmarket was sold off, and while I think they may still have the property rights for Windsor, it is not being used.

The website for the Wilston Church follows and I can still recognise at least four people even though I haven't been there for 34 years - a former treasurer and his wife, an elder, and another lady who also did some organisation at the Masters Athletics.

Wilston Presbyterian Church – Wilston Presbyterian Church

In this scene, there is a door down towards the right hand end, which is the office where the pastor and I had a lot of dicussions. There was also a gym under the church. I enjoyed my time there, not because it was "Presbyterian" but due to the people.

About – Wilston Presbyterian Church

Incidentally the Presbyterian Church of Queensland is in receivership, not because of parish churches themselves or pedophile court cases which have been a burden to a number of churches, but due to financial mishandling of their aged care facilities. Apparently the aged care function was not a separate business entity from the Presbyterian Church itself.

Presbyterian Church of Queensland put into receivership

The Presbyterian Church of Queensland, which also operates a Toowoomba private school and aged care provider PresCare, is placed into receivership.

www.abc.net.au

The night my father died (when I was still atheist) he predicted I'd become Christian and that as part of that I'd meet a certain pastor, who would "discourage (me) even more". That turned out to be the Presbyterian pastor as he admitted circa 1991 that "You needed encouragement, but all I've done is to discourage you even more!", quoting my deceased father back to me word for word.

But I learnt a lot from him and still hold him with a lot of respect. In turn he predicted I'd become Catholic, which I did circa 1996/97.

I received a Bible dated 7/12/96 as part of RCIA which was probably during the Rite of Welcome. This implies I was inducted into the Catholic Church during the Easter Vigil in 1997, which happened to be on 29 March, 1997.

So I think I've managed to pin those two dates down. Just a bit of useless information for forum readers.

Christsfreeservant · 2025-10-13T20:27:17-0500

Latest activity

Latest activity

Claim 2: The Law cannot pass until heaven and earth pass.​

Claim 3: Jesus has not fulfilled everything, so the Law still stands.​

Claim 4: The Law wasn’t at fault, the people were — therefore the Law remains.​

Claim 5: Whoever breaks even the least commandment is least in the kingdom.​

Filter

Forum statistics

Share this page

Claim 2: The Law cannot pass until heaven and earth pass.

Claim 3: Jesus has not fulfilled everything, so the Law still stands.

Claim 4: The Law wasn’t at fault, the people were — therefore the Law remains.

Claim 5: Whoever breaks even the least commandment is least in the kingdom.