In the movie Addams Family Values, Wednesday is made fun of by other girls and is asked why she dresses in black like she’s going to a funeral. “Why are you dressed like somebody died?” a girl asks.

“Wait,” Wednesday responds.

She’s right. And the thing is, you don’t have to wait long.

Recent stats peg the number of deaths at 7.8 deaths per 1,000 people for 2025. In raw numbers: about 62 million people die each year worldwide, which breaks down to around 172,800 deaths per day globally in 2025, 120 deaths per minute, or about 2 deaths every second.

That’s a lot of souls going into eternity, some of which got up today having no idea it would be their last. Stop and think about that for just a minute, and keep in mind that it could be any one of us.

John MacArthur talks about that reality when he recounts being on the Larry King show the day after 9/11:

“Larry King said to me, ‘What is the lesson here.’ I said, ‘The lesson is everybody’s going to die, and you’re not necessarily in control of when.’ The danger of death is around us, and what contributes to that death is both around us, and even in us. Everyone dies. A hundred years from now none of us will be around; that’s inevitable. Life is the most comprehensive danger of all; no one escapes its inevitable end.”

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I doubt you would select “life” as the biggest danger out of a list of other options, but I get what MacArthur is saying. In fact, it explains something Jesus said in one of His biographies that has always bugged me.

When towers fall

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NEW DELHI — When a Hindu extremist mob assaulted Christian men, women and children during a church service in India in late September, police jailed the pastor and charged him and four other Christians, sources said.

In Rajasthan state’s Hanumangarh District, several Hindu women intruded into the church building in Nohar city, followed by Hindu men, young and old, at about 10 a.m. on Sep. 28, as the congregation was singing in worship, said 45-year-old Pastor Wazir Singh.

“They let the Hindu women take the forefront. Hindu women attacked Christian women and Hindu men attacked Christian men,” Pastor Singh told Morning Star News following his release from jail on Oct. 4.

The mob forced Pastor Singh to sit and demanded he teach about Hindu deities such as Rama and Ganesha instead of Christ and read to the congregation passages from the Ramayana or Mahabharata Hindu scriptures instead of the Bible, he said. When he responded, “My faith is in Jesus Christ, and my country gives me the right to choose whom I want to believe in and freedom to practice my faith,” they called police and had him arrested.

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Dan Perez said:

And you did not reply to the question in. post # 1. ??

dan p

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What? You didn't like my cup of water never losing reward salvation citing?

A catholic music group and song I came across recently.

"O God, You Search Me" by Bernadette Farrell

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Any suggestions on a go-to ammo box brand for deer or zeroing the scope at the range? This is an Axis I in Creedmoor, first centerfire rifle I have had...

rocknanchor said:

Appraising a favorite quote, Surely, you must have one among several that could be considered?

Here’s one of mine, ,

You cannot have the indwelling [also infilling] without turning the [Church service] gavel to the Holy Spirit and you turn to a great truth, for the Holy Spirit is the vicar of Christ (John 16:7,14:26) – C.M. Ward

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One thing we all agree on is this: Jesus did physically leave us, Hooray! Long-live the thing we agree on, NOT on things that divide us! But, as we know, that fundamental, victorious unity is short-lived. Let’s talk about it.

Some we must admit, are unavoidable, but, I suggest here the vast majority are quite infantile! Among the many things Brother Ward said in his lifetime, some, I hold in sharp disagreement. But this ‘truth’ as he says is as unfiltered as it gets.

For there are so many influences around that the young convert is faced with such a steep uphill battle that they would benefit far more from you who hold the truth if we could step back from the playing field just long enough to address some of these things that ends up distancing themselves from biblical truths.

The Elephant Issue, Doctrinal Bias Gone Bonkers


One of the first things to slap a new convert’s face is our UN-CHRISTIAN divide over the “Vicar”. A search within AI is futile;


AI tries to apply subtle variables to the differences of Church OS vs Vicar, but is incapable of removing them from those who are considered to be a ‘Vicar’. So the question remains over this issue that has done far more than just threatened unity which we are told over and over in the NT to keep. That question is, by the New Testament standard, how well has DO survived? We know Cephas (Peter) found error enough “to be blamed”, Has today’s DO found error? I just told you it does – divisions.

How do we know? Ask yourself, Does today’s DO demonstrate an approval for the excellence of 1 John 2:27, or treat it as “a lie”?


There may be other examples, but if those are sound, so will they be here, will either be shown to treat the ‘Vicar’ as worthy of far more than DO, or, well within the above NT bounds!

rjs330 said:

Interesting. You claim that 5% is many. Yet have no actual numbers. We actually have numbers for the BLM numbers Yet were told consistently how there weren't many riots. Yet it was more than 5% which you claim is many.

The truth is, you dont have any idea how many right wingers are authoritarian racists. And we don't know how many leftists are radical socialist communists. So it appears that you don't really have a leg to stand on in regard to that.

Now we could go to X, BlueSky, You tube etc and start having a battle of who has more radicals posting

Authoritarian racist things vs radical leftist communist socialist things but thats not very helpful.

I guess we should just leave it at what we can see day to day. And right now, radical leftists are leading due to the violence and rhetoric.

Maybe some day that will change.

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You are arguing nonsense, you simply want to invent a boogeyman to scare yourself, then blame everybody else for your fear. You don’t like BLM, leftists, socialists, communists, so you invent transgressions or round up a few issues to be indicative of a whole or a pattern, sprinkle in your bias against certain groups, become afraid, and then declare your fantasy a real-life problem.

The obvious solution would be to stop scaring yourself by indulging in the propaganda designed to make you fearful in order to have you act against your best interests and examine the facts as they are, not dig your heels in deeper and sob louder.

FaithT said:

Ewww.

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Wow! I enjoyed that! Very interesting.

Homily Tuesday, November 11 2025

32nd OT



Ws 2:23 – 3:9

"They are in peace"

Being at peace means isolating evil, entrusting it to the Lord, and becoming as free as possible, in joy and peace.



Lk 17:7-10

Jesus said: "Who among you would say to your servant who has just come in from plowing or tending sheep in the field, ‘Come here immediately and take your place at table’?"



Yet this is what God offers us, his meal, the Eucharist that he serves us of himself. "Come quickly and sit down at the table" of the Lord, to receive all his graces, his Love.



Biblical texts: NAB-RE

Normand Thomas.

bob121 said:

Hope you had a great day, thank you for your lengthy reply, happy to keep the iron sharp, Sister

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Thank you and blessings!

bob121 said:

You’ve asked for one verse in which Jesus or an inspired writer says, “The weekly Sabbath assembly is now transferred to the first day.”
Honest answer: that sentence does not exist.
But the absence cuts both ways.
After Calvary there is no inspired command, example, or warning that continues the seventh-day convocation for the body of Christ.
What we do have, in the only inspired history we possess, is:

• Resurrection appearances deliberately clustered on “the first day of the week” (Jn 20:1, 19, 26
• The only post-Pentecost weekday service Luke records is first-day (Acts 20:7).
• The only repeated weekly duty Paul singles out is first-day (1 Cor 16:2).
• By Revelation the day already bears the theological title “the Lord’s Day” (1:10).

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This does not seem like you are interested in having an honest discussion about these verses I asked where does the Scripture say in any of these verses that the Sabbath commandment ended and was now transferred to the first day, everything God blessed and sanctified by the power of God was now given to the first day a day God made for work and labors Exo20:9. You just keep repeating the same verses that still do not say this. I did briefly address these verses but we can look at them deeper if you want, but only God can reverse His blessing Num23:20 only God can sanctify a day and us (both connected to the Sabbath) , so we really need to hear these words plainly to make an honest change in God’s Holy Word.

Also we cannot honestly use Rev1:10 as day one when the Scriptures clearly does not say or support this. God personally spoke what His holy day is and said it is the seventh day, the Sabbath Exo20:10 Isa 58:18 , it came out of the mouth of God Jesus told us to live by Mat4:4 so we do not need to guess God’s holy day, He said so plainly, the Sabbath is the Holy Day of the Lord Isa58:13, meaning there is only one, that Jesus who is God is Lord of the Sabbath day, not the first day. When God speaks, He means what He says, the issue is man thinks they know better, when we are the creation and should be His servant Isa56:6

bob121 said:

Silence on the other side is just as real:

• No post-Cross epistle tells Gentile churches, “Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.”
• No council (Acts 15) imposes Sabbath-keeping on converts.

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The God of the Universe was not silent why God wrote His laws from tables of stone (only the Ten Commandments) to tables of the heart 2Cor2:3 Heb8:10. God wrote His laws in the hearts and minds of the New Covenant believers, God already defined His laws in His written and spoken Testimony. Exo31:18 Deut 4:13 Paul came after the covenant was ratified. He can’t change God’s commandments, he is not God, he himself says he is a servant of God. That said it clearly shows the Sabbath did not end in the NC by words of Jesus and the apotles and by actions. I can post lots of reference and the Gentiles were keeping every Sabbath with the Jews and apostles Acts 13:42 Acts 13:44 Acts 18:4 and in Acts 15:21 clearly showing the Sabbath was kept reading the Scriptures in church, in every town, throughout generations, so its weird people use Acts 15 against the Sabbath when it states clearly the Sabbath was being kept. Is that not New Covenant? This was decades after the Cross. Just as Jesus indicated His faithful would be doing Mat24:20 Isa56:6-7

bob121 said:

• No prophecy says the weekly Sabbath will be the end-time test of loyalty (Rev 14:7 quotes creation, not the Decalogue calendar).

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It’s almost an exact quote of the 4th commandment Exo20:11 which reveals the God we are to worship in the first three commandments.

bob121 said:

So the discussion must move from “Produce one transfer verse” (none exists) to “Which trajectory does the Spirit highlight in the only inspired record we have?”
I’m willing to walk through Hebrews 4, Colossians 2, Isaiah 66—wherever the text takes us—provided we let all the silences speak as well as the promises.
Ready when you are

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We can’t move forward if you do not address what has already been addressed. The resurrection, Acts 20:7, 1 Cor 16:2 do not say anything about a change to one of God’s commandments. God already spoke clearly on this matter Psa89:34 Mat5:18-30 Jesus certainly never told one soul about a change. He is Lord of the Sabbath and the Sabbath comes with the power of His blessing and sanctification, Sunday comes by the power of man Dan7:25, why you will not find one thus saith the Lord to support this theory. It’s a man-made tradition, that sadly competes with what the Lord of the Sabbath said so plainly about His Sabbath. He changes not, we just need to get back to what God says, there is no one greater. It’s why we have such a huge salvation warning about Pauls writing, because sadly people use it against the God of the universe, when its not at all what Paul is saying if looking at the context and reconciling it with the rest of God’s Word.

Regarding Heb 4, Col2 Isa66 I am happy to go over any one of these verses. You can pick and let me know.

I hope this can be fruitful for us both.

God bless.

We haven't been to Mykonos but we were on Lefkada earlier this year, it's one of the mid-sized Greek islands off to the west, Ionian Sea I believe. It was an majestic experience, particularly for mission groups. A sizeable number of beautiful and inspirational churches and deep tradition. I'm having one of those days and can't quite recall the name, but there was one church in the particular that was extraordinary and stayed with us. From the Byzantine architects, a redoubtable design and beautiful frescoes within it. Reminded us of some of the churches on the French Mediterranean coast. Even without the icons, but the architecture on the coast seems it was similarly inspired.

And just to add a word to the wise on this to be wary of any news or information made from AI, and check all news sources carefully as some lean towards the sensationalist. This has come up with mission materials but too with any apparent news, even the better AI software unavoidably hallucinates by design. We recently averted a near fiasco with some outreach information we were posting as both print and online--the AI started out fine, but eventually began just making up addresses and apparent recent events out of thin air, in a way that was hard to catch. We barely did so (some other missions were not as lucky), and now have a strict no-AI use policy for all mission work or news updates. It's just too much of a hazard for inserting misinformation, something churches have been careful about for centuries with good reason, and one of our communications tech advisers advised us that the newer AI tech paradoxically gets worse on this. (The AI's take in more of what they put out before as they train, and start to break down in his description)

Lately the Lord has been having me repost some writings from May of 2023, which are on the subject of Church abuse, and which collectively are combined together in a short book titled, “The Church Under Fire.”

These writings are based off Acts chapters 23-27, with regard to the kinds of persecutions which Paul faced from religious people. And the Lord has used some of my church experiences, as well, to illustrate how church abuse is being carried out in the church today against those who are serving Jesus Christ with their lives, who are walking in the ways of the Lord, and who are seeking to follow the Lord in obedience to his commands in holy living.

And Paul is not the only biblical example of being a recipient of such abuses, either. Jesus was continually harassed and plotted against, and he was the target of false accusations against his character. And his opponents looked for ways to accuse him on a consistent basis. And Job and the prophets of the Old Testament faced such abuse, too, as well as did the other New Testament apostles, plus the deacon Stephen, and many other Christians.

But abuse of this kind, where people are being falsely accused of what they did not say, or of what they did not do, or of what they did not experience, is not limited to just the area of the church, but it expands to all areas of life. And sometimes it is to keep an honest person from exposing the lies or from calling out sin for what it is, or from exposing corruption going on within the church, in the government, in the media, and in the corporate world, too.

And sometimes it is just pure arrogance on the part of the accusers who think because they are “so and so,” or because they carry a particular title in front of their name, that somehow they are always right and that anyone who disagrees with them, or who challenges them, is wrong. But even the experts are still human beings, and they make mistakes, and so we should never look to other humans to be our gods, no matter who they are.

And let me give you some personal examples from my life in a different area other than the church. Lately I have been faced with some medical issues, and God has chosen, this time, to have me be seen by multiple experts in many different fields of medicine, for he has a plan and a purpose for it all. My primary physician, who is the one ordering these tests for me, has been very kind and gracious, so far. He has listened to me as I have shared with him my sufferings, and he ordered the tests for me, to try to help me.

Some of the experts in the medicine field were not so kind and gracious, though some were. When I went to the hospital with sharp pains in my chest, with chest pressure, and with difficulty breathing, they ran some tests. The tests did show my lung nodule had grown since 2016, but they minimized the amount of growth. And the doctor told me my heart was fine, and then she mocked me and said my suffering was all from my emotions. Another doctor minimized the lung nodule, too, calling it a “tiny spot.”

Then I had the tests. The lung nodule had nearly doubled in size, so it is called a lung mass now. That is significant. And it showed up as suspect for cancer. My breathing is now at 44% out of 100% breathing capacity. That is also significant. My heart is not working properly and is borderline for heart failure, so that is a serious issue, as well. And there is concern for cancer in my brain and my left breast, too. So, the point here is that doctors are not gods, and they don’t get everything right, so we should not bow to them.

And the overall point here is that we are not to let other humans be our gods, and we are not to bow to them and to do everything they say we should do just because of the title before their names. And we should also not let them and their opinions of us dishearten or threaten us or make us feel as though we have to do what they say. Many people die at the hands of doctors who make errors in judgment. And many people are dying in their sins because they are listening to pastors who teach them lies, not truth.

Stand up for what is right, like Paul did, and like Jesus did. And take all the counsel that you get, from whoever you receive it, to the Lord, in prayer, seeking his guidance and counsel, before you make any decisions, especially ones which could cost you your life. And before you accept any drug prescriptions, or medical procedures, look them up online, and especially look at even the rare side effects or possible dangers to your body before you just do whatever the doctor or pastor or whoever tells you to do.

But all in all, trust the Lord with your life, follow his leading, and pray for wisdom to make certain that you are hearing from the Lord, and that this is the direction that he wants you to go, before making any serious decisions in your life. And don’t let others’ opinions of you dishearten you. But take what they say to the Lord in prayer and seek God’s counsel. He will show you the way that you should go, and then follow his lead. The others could be right, but they could be wrong. So get your counsel from the Lord and follow him.

As the Deer

By Martin J. Nystrom
Based off Psalm 42:1

As the deer panteth for the water
So my soul longeth after You
You alone are my heart's desire
And I long to worship You

You alone are my strength, my shield
To You alone may my spirit yield
You alone are my heart's desire
And I long to worship You

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An Original Work / November 10, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

DamianWarS said:

AI is not only a summary of popular positions but also tends to be very agreeable with the position you feed it and mirrors your own bias. It's not trying to challenge you or argue with you, it's trying to help you so will often present answers that easily align with your own thought process. The answer you have feels more of a summary by the way its outlined but it could just be the style of the AI you're using.

An AI answer cannot be used as a mic drop response as I can easily ask it a conflicting view and get it to agree with me as well. In the end we still need to use the answer critically for it to have meaning. In fact, I have asked AI if using the electrical grid during the sabbath is unlawful since it contributes to a workforce demand. That's a very leading question and AI ended up applauding me for my sincerity and ethics, ultimately agreeing that unnecessary use of the electrical grid during the sabbath is indeed unlawful. But I don't see anyone turning off their lights on the Sabbath just because I got AI to say it's unlawful. Even though AI is a helpful tool for exegesis, it should not be regarded as the measure. We also carry a lot of bias that we need to recognize and we can influence AI systems even unknowingly with this bias.

In the interest of transparency, what AI did you use? and how did you prompt it to get that answer (was it one question or was this after a much longer conversation)? I don't know how unbiased you're approach was but sometimes we can carry a bias without knowing it so If you want to get answers that are less biased to your own position, use AI without a history of pervious interactions (like using incognito or private browsing mode) so each discussion is new and try and use neutral wording over leading questions because AI will happily move to where you're leading it. For example, "how does Col 2:16 relate to Sabbath" is a fairly neutral question, but saying "Is the Sabbath of Col 2:16 actually talking about a special festival over the weekly sabbath" is a leading question because it feeds the ideas first, then AI just expands upon them. You can even ask it "tell me how the Sabbath of Col 2:16 is ceremonial and not the same as the Sabbath of the 4th commandment, which is moral" this of course, would be intentionally biased where all you're looking for is something that agrees with you, not something that challenges you. You could also lean into the innate bias of AI and ask it the opposite of your position like "tell me how the Sabbath of the 4th commandment is ceremonial and the same context of the Sabbath in Col 2:16" then try and deconstruct the answer and challenge each point. The latter would be the most critically challenging for yourself, but probably the most rewarding.

With the above more neutral question, ChatGPT gave me a much different answer than you did, even equating the weekly Sabbath with ceremonial laws which is an opposite answer to what you got. Curiously, you've left your question out of the OP so at the very least I would include this so it doesn't appear like you're hiding it. My AI response I got was using a fresh ChatGPT conversation without any other history or prompts. Even this question can be leading because I'm forcing the AI to compare the Sabbath with Col 2:16 but I'm at least transparent with what I fed it. An even more neutral question could simply be "what does Col 2:16 mean?" But if you have to keep prompting AI to get the answer you want or be highly specific, then what AI is probably only parroting is your own bias.

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If you ask it to go by Bible only, you will get better answers, which is what I did. Its the same Bible study that I have been studying for years and I am not suggesting we replace AI with our own prayerful Bible study far from it.

However, Col2:14-17 is an easy Bible study about the feast days connected to the annual sabbaths that came after the fall and sin, verses the weekly Sabbath that points to our Creator Himself that came before the fall and is according to God’s perfect plan. These things we can find directly in our Bible, but sadly many people just do not care, as it does not support their narrative against what it really is, an attack on God’s Sabbath and Holy Day.

Something holy, sanctified, blessed by the God of the Universe that He Himself says when keeping is doing justice and righteousness that is one of God’s commandments. He placed this commandment in the same unit as only worshipping Him which IS moral and the 4th commandment tells us which God we are to worship in the first three commandments Exo20:11 Exo 20:1-7the same God in the NT we are to worship as God does not change Rev14:7 , we do not tell God what is moral or not as if the Holy Spirit made a mistake regarding His commandment.. That’s the issue, man has taken it upon themselves to determine for God, when is His holy day, what commandments we can pick and choose that is moral or not, therefore we decide if we should keep them or not, what are His commandments, what they mean, instead of going by what God plainly wrote and spoke in His own Testimony, its making ourselves our own god instead of letting God be God because He is just that. The God of everything Exo20:11 Rev 14:7. It’s a sad argument. God reveals by His own mouth exactly what He means, sadly people choose not to listen. It’s nothing new under the sun, it was the same issue for the majority of people in the Bible.

Chesterton said:

Never mind.

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Forgive me my friend; I did not mean to put you off the idea of debating with me if you would enjoy that - I respect you very greatly as a fellow Orthodox Christian and lament the fact that we haven’t had the chance to interact more closely, for I agree with nearly everything you right, and intellectually respect all of it.

I do realize the subject of AI is a bit complex to take in, because addressing it and understanding it even at a basic level requires us to simultaneously consider computer science and philosophy, since AI does simulate human interactions without being human, and a naive or unwise person might not begin to appreciate the many implications of this simulation, which I would propose are actually so manifold and complex that we have not even identified all of them; far less have we ourselves been able to fully appreciate the impact of AI.

And I will admit my own work on anthropomimetic systems that reproduce using a biomimetic trait exchange process further complicates the matter, since sexually dimorphic reproduction has hitherto only been seen in biological life, which AI is not.

Tom D said:

Is it that good?
I've never heard of it, I only know Punch and Private Eye.

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Yes it is, it is well known in the UK.

Lord of the Sabbath

Compassionate and merciful God

Heals the sick

Comforts the poor

Shows no favour to the rich

He cures diseases

And He fixes the broken hearted

Fame and wealth are not His ends

Herbs and drugs are not His means

With a word, sicknesses gone

With a word, demons expelled

He Is the Creator who makes us all

He Is the Messiah promised to come

He Is the Prophet heeded by us

Jesus, the Christ

Lord of the universe

Blessed be the King

Blessed be the King indeed

Holy and awesome God

Transfigured on a mountain

Face shone like the sun

Garments became as white as light

There is none to match

Because He is the only begotten Son

Beloved by the Father

Always pleasing

And always loving the Father

There is none to match

Blessed be the King

Blessed be the King indeed

Chesterton said:

This is another thing I felt was odd. My priest is not a provider nor an insurance company

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That’s not odd at all. Asking someone about their medical health is NOT a polite thing to do.

Did you mention that you were neurodivergent upthread? I think some of the issue may be your obvious blind spots to what is weird and what is acceptable socially.

You’ve mentioned behaviours that I would consider boundary breaking several times; maybe that is why the guy wants to maintain a distance.

Has this ever happened to you before?

RileyG said:

Amen! She’s 85! She should have retired a long time ago, imo!

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But then how would she have made 130 MILLION in the stock market????

keras said:

Yes, the pattern is that if a Prophecy which can happen literally, but does not conform to a pre-conceived belief, then it is dismissed and relegated to either- Just a spiritual pronouncement, - Already happened in the past, - or just a meaningless and inconsequential Bible passage.

Zechariah 9:1-6, has more to say about the Lords plans for the ME area. ....Gaza will write in terror...their leaders will be gone.....

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Keras with the quotation of Zachariah 9:1-6 you mention. It goes on to mention the destruction of Tyre which had flourished under King Hiram the 1st from 1000BC. they boasted and trusted in their power as masters of the sea. Part of the prophecy you mention is already fulfilled prophecy. Alexander the Great through a monumental feat of engineering used some 20,000 men to build a causeway out to the island of tyre completed in332 BC. In 332 BC Tyre was no more . And Gaza did not fare much better in future campaigns. Much of what you are quoting is already fulfilled scripture. I thought I might bring that to your attention. Perhaps you did not know . I only point that out to you for you to perhaps further reevaluate your conclusion on such scriptures . Yours Kathleen

Douggg said:

The modern day nation of Israel is not the individual southern kingdom of Judah. Do a google search a map of the northern kingdom and southern kingdom. It is easy to see that modern day Israel is not the individual southern kingdom of Judah.

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This assertion is ridiculous, as there is no requirement for the Jewish Israelis to be confined to the ancient borders of Judah. They actually fail to control the highlands of Judea and also Samaria, which are under the Palestine Authority.

Jeremiah 6:12, said to Judah: Your houses will be given to others. Jeremiah 8:10
I won't ask you who the 'others' are, as you wouldn't know. I'll tell you; They are the Christian peoples, gathered there soon after the Lord has cleared out all the ungodly neighbors and Judah too. Jeremiah 12:14.
THEN; Gods faithful Christian peoples, will inhabit not only all of the ancient tribal areas, but all that area from the Nile to the Euphrates. Fulfilling Gods Promise to the Patriarchs of their descendants; actual or Spiritual, being His witnesses and His Light to the nations.

It is time for all to see what God wants and how He plans to get it.
God does not forgive or redeem a people who have rejected Jesus for nearly 2000 years.

A Mexican national living in the U.S. illegally for more than a decade after ignoring a federal deportation order was arrested in Orange County, California, on Friday after allegedly killing a 71-year-old man in a DUI hit-and-run crash, according to federal law enforcement sources.

How tragic.

Richard T said:

I think the inverse exists too, that sometimes Christians overrate their strengths and they elevate their "goodness" to levels that are prideful

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Thank you for your observation, Richard.
I agree with what you write, but i think too, many, may be most christians, manage to avoid pride, even when earning and bringing back many talents, and if they then meet someone that looks humble, for having buried his own ones, and returned only them, without having won another of them.
You see, i assume if much is required from the one that 's much been given, then, less too will be required from the one that's less been given. But this less however will be required too.
I suppose it's this ratio the servants have to evaluate if they want to compare their gains, and it's helpful for not boasting

it makes me wonder whether Jesus 'd rather see the servants compare themselves and accept their differences, or not compare themselves at all (?)