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God's Got an Army by Carman

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God’s got an army
Not afraid to fight
Solider of the cross
And children of the light
Warrior of righteous with healing in their hands
God’s got an army marching through the lands
Let me hear you war cry haaaaa
Let me hear you war cry haaaaa

We’re a people
With ears to hear and hearts to respond
To spiritual needs of the nation
We’re a showcase of what he’ll do when we are strong
In Jesus to a whole generation

The world won’t be the same tomorrow
Because we’re here today
The kingdom of hell is gonna feel sorrow
Because our war cry is worship and praise

God’s got an army
Not afraid to fight
Solider of the cross
And children of the light
Warrior of righteous with healing in their hands
God’s got an army marching through the lands
Let me hear you war cry haaaaa
Let me hear you war cry haaaaa
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The apostle and profits are speaking forth
Flames of revival they are burning
Like old Joshua went marching out to possess
There’s no way our minds will be turning

There joy in the battle so we commence
To change this nation course
The kingdom of god suffering violence
And the violent take it by force (take it by force)

God’s got an army
Not afraid to fight solider of the cross
And children of the light
Warrior of righteous with healing in their hands
God’s got an army marching through the lands

Let me hear
Let me hear

This means war man
I’m a soldier (in the army of the lord)
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We’re not afraid to stand and fight
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We cast out demons left and right
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We’re strong in battle strong in prayer
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Sound off (Jesus is lord Jesus is lord)
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High of 95°F (35°C) on August 26-27 in my City, 107°F (42°C) heat index

my wife says ‘only God is awesome. It says in the Bible, the only awesome God.‘. Keep your chin up. God blessing on tomorrow.
Amen brother, God is the only awesome one. My dad says I should not use the term awesome as much either.

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The Champion by Carman

Some, but then he got sick with cancer and had to stop putting out music. Not too many years ago, the Lord called Carman home to Heaven.
I will say a prayer for Carman, that he is with the Lord Jesus Christ. Cancer is a tough one, and sometimes, it could be God calling us home.
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A crocodile in the kennel

The Northern Territory is the only state in Australia where you can legally keep a crocodile as a pet.


They've just had a state election which the Labor Party lost. For the time being then Territorians can keep their crocs.

The cost of living, housing and crime are the prime concerns for many voters, but Mr Sullivan is one of scores left heartbroken after the governing Labor Party moved to ban crocodiles as pets.

It is one of the last places in the country the practice is allowed, but the government says they're concerned for the wellbeing of both humans and the reptiles. The Country Liberal Party opposition, however, has pledged its support for the practice and has promised a review of the “rushed” decision if elected.

For the time being the Territorians can keep their crocs.

Meanwhile here's an old Australian joke about a pet croc.

A multi-millionaire, living in Australia, decided to throw a party and invited all of his buddies and neighbors.

One of them was his closest neighbour, Brian, a little wiry bloke on the bottom of the social pecking order.

He held the party around the pool, in the backyard of his mansion. Everyone was having a good time, drinking, dancing, eating prawns and oysters from the barbecue, and flirting.

Then at the height of the party, the millionaire said, "I have a 15 foot man-eating crocodile in my pool, and I’ll give a million dollars and my daughter's hannd to anyone who’ll join him in the pool."

The words were barely out of his mouth when there was a loud splash.

Everyone turned around, and there was Brian in the pool fighting madly with the crocodile, jabbing it in the eyes with his thumbs, throwing punches, head butting it... getting it in choke holds, biting it’s tail and flipping it through the air like some kind of martial arts expert! The water was churning and splashing everywhere. Both Brian and the crocodile were screaming and raising hell. Finally, after what seemed like ages, Brian strangled the crocodile, and let it float to the top of the pool like a dead goldfish.

An exhausted Brian wearily climbed out of the pool, with everybody staring at him in disbelief.

The millionaire said, "Well Brian, I guess I owe you a million dollars and my daughter's hand in marriage!"

"Nah, you're right mate, I don't want your money and your daughter should be free to marry the man she wants."

So the millionaire said, "I have to give you something, you won the bet."

"How about half a million bucks?" "No thanks, I don’t want it," Brian insisted.

The millionaire said, "Come on, I insist on giving you something... " "That was amazing!"

"How about a new Porsche, a Rolex and some stock options?" Once again, Brian said, "No thanks."

Confused, the rich man asked, "Well Brian, then what do you want?"

Brian replied... "I want the mongrel who pushed me in!"

Two Witnesses Rev 11:8-10 Part 3

Tribulation Jerusalem Identified (great harlot Rev 17:1)

Rev 11:8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

Rev 11:8 And their (two witnesses) dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city (Tribulation Jerusalem Rev 11:2, 17:3-6, Rev 14:8 Rev 17:8 Rev 18:1-24 Rev 21:10) which spiritually is called Sodom (immorality) and Egypt (bondage (Rom 9:29), where also our Lord (title of Jesus) was crucified.
  • Rev 17:18 And the woman which you saw is that great city (Jerusalem Rev 11:2), which reigns over the kings of the earth.
  • Rev 18:24 And in her (Jerusalem) was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.

Tribulation Jerusalem
  • Golgotha is the hill directly outside the Jerusalem city walls where Jesus was crucified.
  • Heb 13:12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people (Jews) with his own blood, suffered without the gate (of Jerusalem).
Mar 15:22 And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, the place of the skull. Mar 15:23 And they gave him wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not. Mar 15:24 And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.

Rev 14:8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city (Jerusalem), because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

Rev 17:18 And the woman which you saw is that great city, which reign over the kings of the earth.

Rev 18:21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast [it] into the sea, saying, thus with violence shall that great city Babylon (Jerusalem) be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

Rev 21:10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,

The Two Witnesses Not Buried

Rev 11:9 And they of the people, and kindreds, and languages, and nations, shall see their dead bodies three days and a half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.

Rev 11:9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations (Rev 11:3) shall see their (two witnesses) dead bodies (Rev 11:5) three days and a half (tribulation earth), and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves. Rev 11:10,11

Eze 16:44 Behold, every one that use proverbs shall use this proverb against you, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter

Unsaved People (Rev 20:11-15)

Rev 9:20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:

Rev 9:21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

Rev 17:15 And he says unto me, the waters which you saw, where the harlot sits are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

Rev 13:4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, who is like unto the beast? ho is able to make war with him?

Rev 13:14 And deceives them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. Rev 13:15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. Rev 13:16 And he causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

Jer 16:6 Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:

2Ki 2:23 And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, you bald head; go up, you bald head.

Jewish Division

Psa 106:32-48 They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes: Psa 106:33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spoke unadvisedly with his lips. Psa 106:34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them: Psa 106:35 But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. Psa 106:36 And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them. Psa 106:37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, Psa 106:38 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood. Psa 106:39 Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions. Psa 106:40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance. Psa 106:41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them. Psa 106:42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand. Psa 106:43 Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity. Psa 106:44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry: Psa 106:45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies. Psa 106:46 He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives. Psa 106:47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto you holy name, and to triumph in you praise. Psa 106:48 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise you the LORD.

Followers of Evil Rejoice

Rev 11:10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth. Rev 11:9

Rev 11:10 And (1) they (followers of evil) that dwell upon the (tribulation) earth shall rejoice over them (Two Witnesses), (2) and make merry, (3) and shall send gifts one to another; (4) because these two prophets tormented them that dwell on the (Tribulation) earth.

Scribes and Pharisees Parallel the People

Mat 23:27-36 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like unto whited sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. Mat 23:28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. Mat 23:29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchers of the righteous, Mat 23:30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. Mat 23:31 Wherefore you be witnesses unto yourselves, that you are the children of them which killed the prophets. Mat 23:32 Fill you up then the measure of your fathers. Mat 23:33 You serpents, you generation of vipers, how can you escape the damnation of hell?

Mat 23:34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them you shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall you scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: Mat 23:35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom you slew between the temple and the altar. Mat 23:36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. Matt Chapter 23

Heb 9:11 But Christ being come a high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; Heb 9:12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. Heb 9:13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies to the purifying of the flesh: Heb 9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? Heb 9:15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. Heb 9:16 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. Heb 9:17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator lives.

Psalm 23 #3

Psa 23:5b you anoint (pour oil on) my head with oil; my cup runs over."

Anointing With Oil
  1. Psa 45:7 You love righteousness, and hate wickedness: therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.
  2. Psa 92:10 But my horn shall you exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
  3. Mat 6:17 But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;
  4. 2Co 1:20 For all the promises of God in him are yes, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us. 2Co 1:21 Now he which stablishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, is God; 2Co 1:22 Who has also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
  5. 1Jn 2:20 But you have an unction from the Holy One, and you know all things.
  6. 1Jn 2:27 But the anointing which you have received of him abides in you, and you need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teaches you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it has taught you, you shall abide in him.
Over Flowing Cup
1Co 10:16 (Paul speaking) The cup of blessing which we (Christians) bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break (1Cor 10:7), is it not the communion of the body of Christ?

Fellowshipping Doctrine of Christ (Rev 1:17)
  1. Exo 33:11 And the LORD spoke unto Moses face to face, as a man speaks unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.
  2. Num 12:8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
  3. Mat 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
  4. Mat 18:10 Take heed that you 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.
  5. 2Co 5:7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
  6. 1Co 10:21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: you cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.
  7. 1Co 13:12 KJV "For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known."
  8. Php 3:12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
  9. Rom 8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
  10. 2Co 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
  11. Jas 1:23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
  12. 1Jn 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it does not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
1Cor 10:16 continues

Communion=fellowship=information
  • Cup meaning is holder of spiritual doctrine.
  1. Mat 26:26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, take, eat; this is my body. Mat 26:27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink you all of it; Mat 26:28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. Mat 26:29 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom. Judas is gone to betray Christ
  2. Act 2:42 And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. Act 2:43 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles. Act 2:44 And all that believed were together, and had all things common; Act 2:45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need. Act 2:46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, Act 2:47 Praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
  3. Joh 6:53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except you eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Joh 6:54 Whoso eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, has eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. Joh 6:55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. Joh 6:56 He that eat my flesh, and drinks my blood, dwells in me, and I in him. Joh 6:57 As the living Father has sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eats me, even he shall live by me. Joh 6:58 This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eats of this bread shall live forever.
  4. Joh 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Joh 3:4 Nicodemus says unto him, how can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? Joh 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. Joh 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Joh 3:7 Marvel not that I said unto you, you must be born again. Joh 3:8 The wind blows where it lists, and you hear the sound thereof, but cannot not tell where it comes, and where it goes: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. 1Pet 1:23 (Matt 13-120 Acts 20:28 Col 1:13-18 Heb 12:23 True Church)
1Cor 10:16 continues
The Different Cups
  1. Psa 116:13 KJV "I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD."
  2. Isa 51:17 KJV "Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which have drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; you have drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out."
  3. Jer 16:7 KJV "Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother."
  4. Jer 25:15 KJV "For thus says the LORD God of Israel unto me; take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it."
  5. Eze 23:33 KJV "You shall be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of your sister Samaria."
  6. Hab 2:16 KJV "You are filled with shame for glory: drink you also, and let your foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD'S right hand shall be turned unto you, and shameful spewing shall be on your glory."
  7. Mat 10:42 KJV "And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward."
  8. Mar 9:41 KJV "For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward."
  9. 1Co 10:16 KJV "The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?"
  10. 1Co 10:21 KJV "You cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: you cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils."
  11. Rev 14:10 KJV "The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:"
  12. Rev 16:19 KJV "And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nation’s fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath."
  13. Gen 44:16 KJV "And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found."
  14. 2Sa 12:3 KJV "But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter."
  15. 1Ki 7:26 KJV "And it was an hand breads thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths."
  16. Psa 16:5 KJV "The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: you maintains my lot."
Psa 23:6a KJV "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me (David) all the days of my life:

Goodness and Mercy
  1. Psa 30:11 You have turned for me my mourning into dancing: you have put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; Psa 30:12 To the end that my glory may sing praise to you, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto you forever.
  2. Psa 36:7 How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. Psa 36:8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and you shall make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. Psa 36:9 For with you is the fountain of life: in your light shall we see light. Psa 36:10 O continue your loving kindness unto them that know you; and your righteousness to the upright in heart.
  3. Psa 103:17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
  4. 2Co 1:10 Who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;
  5. 2Ti 4:18 And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Psa 23:6b and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever."

The House of the Lord
  1. 2Co 5:1 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
  2. 1Co 15:47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.
  3. 1Co 3:9 For we are laborers together with God: you are God's husbandry, you are God's building.
  4. Heb 11:10 For he looked for a city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
  5. Act 17:24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwells not in temples made with hands;

Biden unveils radical plan to overhaul Supreme Court — but one major question throws a wrench in his narrative

I meant civil war. Violence on the individual level. If global economic power fundamentally undermines political enforcement of law (and it already is) then it will be neighbor against neighbor.

I don't think people really understand just how bad things can actually get.
Before it comes to that, I hope Americans understand that another American civil war would look like Syria.

But the rapper Big Mike made a searing statement to a black audience that was talking about "revolution" when he broke it down to the facts that none of them was prepared for what a real "revolution" would cost them. Not even most "preppers" are ready for something like Syria.
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the myth of flat earth debunked again

Excuse me? What do you mean by "your version of Christianity" in reference to @Aussie Pete who identifies as Non Denom?

Also, you are responding to the beginning of a thread that is now over 1000 posts. You are a bit late to the party and I doubt you've taken the time to read all the responses. Do you honestly think you are bringing something new to the discussion?
I apologise for taking so long to respond to the thread; I was uncertain about the issues under discussion, and whether I could contribute anything useful. However, I now think that I can say something new.

As I see it, this is an epistemic matter. Aussie Pete began by citing the observations by Colonel Williams (a committed Christian) in support of the hypothesis that the Earth is spherical. This implies that Aussie Pete believes that valid scientific conclusions can be drawn from empirical evidence. However, Isaiah 11:3 says that Jews and Christians must not base conclusions on what they can see and hear, and the articles of faith of creationist organisations say that scientific evidence can never take precedence over the teaching of the Bible. In other threads, Aussie Pete himself has rejected the overwhelming evidence for evolution in favour of the Biblical teaching of a six-day creation, so he appears to have been inconsistent.

Later Aussie Pete (post 9) said that the Bible does not teach that the Earth is flat. He did not say what he would believe about the shape of the Earth if the Bible did teach that it was flat. D Taylor and contratodo (post 17) contradicted this, and contratodo cited Biblical verses in support of the hypotheses that the Earth is flat and the sky (or firmament) is a solid vault. If D Taylor and contratodo are correct and the Bible does teach that the Earth is flat, will Aussie Pete accept this Biblical teaching or will he continue to accept the empirical evidence presented by Colonel Williams?
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Two Witnesses Rev 11:6,7 Part 2

Authority of the Two Witnesses

Rev 11:6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.

Rev11:6a These (two witnesses) have power (1) to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy:

Rev 19:10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, see you do it not: I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

1Ki 17:1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel live, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

1Ki 18:1 And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.

Rev 11:6b and have power over (2) waters to turn them to blood,

River to blood: Exo 7:17 Thus says the LORD, in this you shall know that I am the LORD: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.

Rev 11:6c and to smite the earth with (3) all plagues, as often as they will.

Miracles of God through Moses
  • River to blood Ex 7:17
  • Frogs Ex 8:2
  • Lice Ex 8:16
  • Flies Ex 8:21
  • Cattle Ex 9:3
  • Boils Ex 9:9
  • Hail Ex 9:22
  • Locusts Ex 10:12
  • Darkness Ex 10:22
10.First Born Death Ex 11:5

Lucifer Kills the Two Witnesses (possessed son of perdition Rev 13:3,7)

Rev 11:7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.

Rev 11:7a and when they shall have finished their testimony (they finish their testimony during the last hour of the 6th Trumpet),

(2Kings 2:23,24 she bears Psa 80:13 boar Rev 13:1,2,11 Rev 6:2 & 8 man of sin {possession Zech 11:17 Rev 13:3}),

Mar 13:20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake (Scourged and Tribulation Saints) whom he has chosen, he has shortened the days.

Psa 102:23 He weakened my strength in this way; he shortened my days.

THE DAYS OF THE TRIBULATION ARE NOT SHORTENED IT’S THE DAYS IN LIVES OF THOSE IN THE TRIBULATION THAT ARE SHORTERNED

Christ Teaching the Pharisees
Luk 13:31-35 The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get you out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill you. Luk 13:32 And he said unto them, Go you, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be perfected. Luk :33 Nevertheless I must walk to day, and tomorrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. Luk 13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which kill the prophets, and stones them that are sent unto you; how often would I have gathered you children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and you would not! Luk 13:35 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, You shall not see me, until the time come when you shall say, Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord.

Appearing of the Son of Perdition
  • Dan 7:20 And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that speaks very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.
  • Dan 7:21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; Dan 7:22 Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
Man of sin (Death to Life Rec 11:9 Dead Bodies)

Mar 8:36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul: Mar 8:37 Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

Rev 13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that has understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number six hundred and sixty-six.

2Th 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there comes a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition (possessed man of sin); 2Th 2:4 Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.

Lucifer Ascends from the Pit
Rev 11:7b the beast (Lucifer) that ascends out of the bottomless pit (Rev 9:1, 17:8) shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.

Rev 2:9,13, 24 Lucifer in Denominationalism

Lucifer (Dan 7:20,21)
  • Rev 12:3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. Rev 12:4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
  • Rev 12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, Rev 12:8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. Rev 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceives the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. Continued on next page:
  • Rev 13:2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
  • Rev 12:13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. Rev 12:14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. Rev 12:15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. Rev 12:16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. Rev 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
  • Rev 20:1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. Rev 20:2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, Rev 20:3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
Rev 20:7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, Rev 20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. Rev 20:9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. Rev 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

Psalm 23 #2

Psa 23:3b he (the Lord Psa 23:1) leads me (David) in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake."

  • The Crown of Righteousness 2Ti 4:7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: 2Ti 4:8 Henceforth there is laid up for me (Paul) a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
  • Righteousness by Faith Gal 5:4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; you are fallen from grace. Gal 5:5 For we (Christians) through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
  • New Man is Righteousness and Truly Holy Eph 4:22 That you put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; Eph 4:23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; Eph 4:24 And that you (Christians) put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
Paths of Righteousness
  1. Mat 14:22 And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.
  2. Gen 7:16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.
  3. Mat 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leads unto life, and few there be that find it.
  4. Psa 5:8 Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies; make your way straight before my face.
  5. Mat 15:24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
  6. Gen 15:6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
  7. 2Pe 2:5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
For His Names Sake
  1. 1Sa 12:22 For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it has pleased the LORD to make you his people.
  2. 1Ki 8:41 Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;
  3. Psa 31:3 For you are my rock and my fortress; therefore for your name's sake lead me, and guide me.
  4. Jer 20:7 KJV "O LORD, you have deceived me, and I was deceived: you are stronger than I, and have prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocks me." Jer 20:8 KJV "For since I spoke, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily."
  5. Luk 21:17 And you shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.
  6. Mat 16:1 And I (Jesus) say also unto you, that you are Peter, and upon this rock (confession) I will build my (true) church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it (True Church Matt 16:16-20 Acts 20:28 Col 1:13-18 Heb 12:23).
  7. Act 9:16 For I will show him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
  8. Heb 12:23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
  9. 1Jn 2:12 I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.

Psa 23:4a KJV "Yes (Gen 3:1), though I (David) walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil (Pro 8:13 Pro 1:29 Rev 9:20,21):
  • 1Ki 18:21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt you between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. See Rev Chapters 2 and 3
  • Pro 21:16 The man that wanders out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead. See paper Heb 5:12-6:1-6
“The Valley” “The Shadow of Death” “Fearing No Evil”
  1. Gen 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtill than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yes, has God said, you shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
  2. Gen 3:15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.
  3. Job 3:5 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
  4. Job 10:21 Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; Job 10:22 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
  5. Job 24:17 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
  6. Psa 44:19 Though you have sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
  7. Luk 1:79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
  8. Rev 6:8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his (man of sin) name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
  9. Isa 28:15 Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: Isa 28:16 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believes shall not make haste. Isa 28:17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place. Isa 28:18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then you shall be trodden down by it.
  10. Mat 26:14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot (Key of Judas paper), went unto the chief priests, Mat 26:15 And said unto them, what will you give me, and I will deliver him (Jesus) unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. Mat 26:16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
  11. Zec 11:12 And I said unto them, If you think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. Zec 11:13 And the LORD said unto me, cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was priced at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD. Rev 2&3
  12. Mat 18:18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Psa 23:4b for you (the Lord) are with me (David); your rod and your staff they comfort (me."

The Lord is With Saints
  1. Deu 31:6 Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD your God, he it is that does go with you; he will not fail you, nor forsake you.
  2. Heb 13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as you have: for he has said, I will never leave you, nor forsake you.
  3. Mat 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
  4. Act 18:9 Then spoke the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not your peace: Act 18:10 For I am with you, and no man shall set on thee to hurt you: for I have much people in this city.
  5. Mat 10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

The Rod=Correction
  1. Pro 23:14 You shall beat him with the rod, and shall deliver his soul from hell. Pro 23:15 My son, if your heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. Pro 23:16 Yes, my reins shall rejoice, when your lips speak right things. Pro 23:17 Let not your heart envy sinners: but be you in the fear of the LORD all the day long. Pro 23:18 For surely there is an end; and your expectation shall not be cut off.
  2. Eph 2:19 Now therefore you are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; Eph 2:20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; Eph 2:21 In whom all the building fitly framed together grows unto an holy temple in the Lord: Eph 2:22 In whom you also are built together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
  3. Pro 29:15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
  4. Mat 16:18 And I say also unto you, that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
  5. Eph 2:18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. Eph 2:19 Now therefore you are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; Eph 2:20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; Eph 2:21 In whom all the building fitly framed together grows unto an holy temple in the Lord: Eph 2:22 In whom you also are built together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
  6. 1Co 4:21 What will you? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
  7. Mic 7:14 Feed your people with your rod, the flock of your heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
  1. Pro 20:30 The blueness of a wound cleanse away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
  2. Isa 53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
  3. Luk 12:48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
  4. 1Pe 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes you were healed. 1Pe 2:25 For you were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
The Staff=Guidance
  1. 1Th 3:7 Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith:
  2. Joh 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
  3. 1Jn 2:27 But the anointing which you have received of him abides in you, and you need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teaches you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it has taught you, you shall abide in him.
  4. Joh 15:5 I am the vine, you are the branches: He that abides in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me you can do nothing.
Psa 23:5a KJV "You (the Lord) prepare a table before me (David) in the presence of my enemies:

Table Prepared in Presence of Enemies (Acts 1:21-26 Rev 2:3)
  1. Joh 13:21 When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me. Joh 13:22 Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spoke. Joh 13:23 Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one (John) of his disciples, whom Jesus loved. Joh 13:24 Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he spoke. Joh 13:25 He then lying on Jesus' breast says unto him, Lord, who is it? Joh 13:26 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. Joh 13:27 And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That you do, do quickly. Joh 13: Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spoke this unto him. Joh 13:29 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. Joh 13:30 He then having received the sop went immediately out: and it was night. Joh 13:31 Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
  2. 1Co 10:21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: you cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.
  3. Rom 11:9 And David says, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling block, and a recompence unto them:
  4. Joh 2:15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;
  5. Act 6:2 Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.
  6. 2Co 3:3 Forasmuch as you are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
  7. Mat 15:27 And she said, truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
  • 1Ki 21:23 And of Jezebel also spoke the LORD, saying, the dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel. Rev 2:20-23 doctrine
  • 2Ki 9:10 And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.
  • 2Ki 9:36 Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spoke by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel: 2Ki 9:37 And the carcass of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.

Two Witnesses Rev 11:3-5 Part 1

The Witnesses (two olive trees Rev 11:4)

Rev 11:3 And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.

Rev 11:3a And I (Jesus) will give power unto my two witnesses (Rev 11:3-8),

Mountain of Transfiguration
Mat 17:1-4 And after six days Jesus takes Peter, James, and John his brother, and brings them up into an high mountain apart, Mat 17:2 And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. Mat 17:3 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him. Mat 17:4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if you will, let us make here three tabernacles; one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.

Moses and Elijah Prophecy
Rev 11:3b and they (two witnesses) shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days (1st half of the seven-year tribulation), clothed in sackcloth (parallels grief).

Rev 11:2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.

Identity of the Two Witnesses (Rev 11:3)

Rev 11:4 These are the two olive-trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.

Rev 11:4 These (two witnesses) are the two olive trees (Zech 4:2, 3), and the two candlesticks (Rev 11:3-8) standing before the God of the earth.

Gen 9:13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

Gen 24:3 And I will make you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

Two Olive Trees

Zec 4:2 And said unto me, What see you? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof: Zec 4:3 And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.

Moses
ARK BASKET: Exo 2:3 And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an arc of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.

BURNING BUSH: Exo 3:3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. Exo 3:4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. Exo 3:5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off you shoes from off you feet, for the place whereon you stand is holy ground.

Miracles of God through Moses

  • River to blood Ex 7:17
  • Frogs Ex 8:2
  • Lice Ex 8:16
  • Flies Ex 8:21
  • Cattle Ex 9:3
  • Boils Ex 9:9
  • Hail Ex 9:22
  • Locusts Ex 10:12
  • Darkness Ex 10:22
10.First Born Death Ex 11:5
PARTING OF THE WATERS: Exo 14:16 But lift you up you rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.

MOSES DEATH: Deu 34:5-8 So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab (Jordan), according to the word of the LORD. Deu 34:6 And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knows of his sepulcher unto this day. Deu 34:7 And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. Deu 34:8 And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.

BODY OF MOSES: Jud 1:9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke.

SEAT OF MOSES: Mat 23:2 Saying, the scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:

Elijah means YAHWEH IS MY GOD

THE DROUGHT: 1Ki 17:1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

FED BY RAVENS: 1Ki 17:6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

RAISES DEAD SON: 1Ki 17:21 And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray you, let this child's soul come into him again. 1Ki 17:22 And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.

FIRE DOWN FROM HEAVEN: 1Ki 18:38 Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. 1Ki 18:39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.

ELIJAH RUNS FROM JEZEBEL: 1Ki 19:4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, it is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.

PARTING THE WATER: 2Ki 2:8 And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.

ELIJAH TAKEN TO HEAVEN: 2Ki 2:11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven

ELIJAH AS ELIAS IS JOHN THE BAPTIST: Mat 11:13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. Mat 11:14 And if you will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.

3rd Israeli Temple: Dan 9:27, Matt 24:15, 2Thess 2:4 Rev 11:1,2

The Two Witnesses Protected
Rev 11:5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceeds out of their mouth, and devours their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.

Rev 11:5 And if any man will hurt them (two witnesses), fire proceeds out of their mouth, and devours their enemies (unsaved Rev 11:9): and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.

Enemies of the Two Witnesses

5th Trumpet: Rev 9:20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: Rev 9:21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts. Continued on next page:

6th Trumpet: Rev 11:9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their (Moses and Elijah) dead bodies three days and a half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves. Rev 11:10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.

Titles of Moses and Elijah

Rev 11:3 And I will give power unto my (1) two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. Rev 11:4 These (Moses and Elijah) are (2) the two olive trees, and (3) the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.

Rev 11:10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because (4) these two prophets tormented them that dwell on the earth.

Logic test

14/15. Got caught on the very last one, the water one.
I'd argue that one.

a) Water is a molecule composed of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom.
b) Every observation or examination by microscope has confirmed this.

Conclusion
Therefore we can predict that every future examination of water will reveal the same chemical composition.

As they then try to claim something else LIKE Water (but not Water) might be made of something else other than H2O.


Invalid. The syllogism itself is invalid and can only be considered as a strong inductive argument and not deductive. It is the 'we can predict' part of the conclusion which comes from nowhere, so the argument is not strictly formal. There is an ongoing debate within philosophical circles as to whether water must conform to the molecule H2O. Some argue that it is logically possible for a substance to appear exactly as water and yet still be of a different chemical composition.
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Virginia Students Given $15,000 to Use AI to Prevent Deer From Running into Cars

That pins it down!:oldthumbsup:

Incidentally my wife and I came close to hitting a small kangaroo a bit over a week ago. We were on our way home at about 9.30pm when the kangaroo hopped in front of our car. I had to brake pretty hard to avoid it.

We live in suburbia but there is some bushland reserve nearby and a few roos live there.
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What was so sinful about tax collectors?

Luke 3:

12 Some tax collectors came to be baptized. They asked him, “Teacher, what should we do?” 13 He told them, “Don’t collect more money than you are ordered to collect.”
Tax collectors were considered sinners because they were greedy. They extracted more money from the people than necessary to pay Rome. John baptized the tax collectors who repented of their sins.

Luke 7:28-31

I tell you, of all who have ever lived, none is greater than John. Yet even the least person in the Kingdom of God is greater than he is!” When they heard this, all the people—even the tax collectors—agreed that God’s way was right, for they had been baptized by John. But the Pharisees and experts in religious law rejected God’s plan for them, for they had refused John’s baptism.
Tax collectors were singled out here to contrast the Pharisees. The former repented and were baptized by John; the latter didn't.

Taurine - the number 1 longevity supplement?

Taurine isn't an essential amino acid, as it is produced in the human body, though there is debate as to how much taurine is optimum. It is a semi-essential amino acid at best in humans. Animals like cats don't produce taurine in their bodies, which means they must obtain taurine from food.

Most of the effects of energy drinks containing taurine are due to the caffeine. Caffeine is a proven ergogenic (performance-enhancing) supplement.

Creatine has a bigger evidence base in terms of being an ergogenic supplement. It's also relatively cheap.
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The Christian case for backing Israel

Yes but why do they hate the Jews? People don't hate for no reason. There is always a rhyme and reason for hate. Also the hate is not all one sided. I can show you just as much evidence that Israelis teach their children to hate Palestine. It's not all one side. You can find tons of videos that show case how much hatred for Palestine exist in Israeli culture.

The reason why their is so much anger and hatred is because these people have been forced off the lands and homes for 75 years.
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Praise and request

I have a prayer REQUEST and a PRAISE

So my praise is that that my mom has been able to sweat and my legs have been feeling 50% better! Oh and I was very constipated for awhile no and I am not any longer... It all started to get better after we received a prayer cloth and it has been a blessing from God for both of us

Now the request: we have told God that we will do a thirty day fast during this time( morning fast) and I would appreciate prayers that my moms faith which is wavering will increase and that I would continue to have the faith I need to see this through. I can barely function and my mom can't do alot of things like driving and other things much because of her issues.

Please pray for us. or faith is being tested so Greatly because all we go through.... I thank each and every one of you

Did a whale swallow Jonah?

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And which text did those translations use?
I had to look most of these up, and I didn't find them all. (I should make clear that I am not saying anything about the generally trustworthiness of all the translations I mentioned).

EMTV - Majority Text

ESV - is based on the Masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible as found in Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (5th ed., 1997), and on the Greek text in the 2014 editions of the Greek New Testament (5th corrected ed.), published by the United Bible Societies (UBS), and Novum Testamentum Graece (28th ed., 2012), edited by Nestle and Aland.

HCSB - The HCSB is based on the Nestle-Aland 27th edition and the UBS 4th edition for the NT and the BHS 5th edition for the OT.

NKJV - uses the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia for the Old Testament,[1] while opting to use the Textus Receptus for the New Testament

Weymouth (NT only) - uses something called the Resultant Greek Text

Young's Literal Translation - Masoretic Text (MT) and the Textus Receptus (TR).
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Ann Coulter and Others Mock Walz' Neurodivergent Son for Crying During Dad's Speech

Weird that a post complaining about Democrats going on the attack is followed up by a post pretending not to know what strategies Democrats are using.

. "strategies" is plural. Meaning more than one. You could have easily named those other strategies.

. The Tweet is fake. So it's not even a real example of "Democrats going on the attack".

So I'll ask the question again. What are these effective strategies and how do you know they have affected the polling?
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Why are You Cast Down?

“As a deer pants for flowing streams,
so pants my soul for you, O God.
My soul thirsts for God,
for the living God.
When shall I come and appear before God?
My tears have been my food
day and night,
while they say to me all the day long,
‘Where is your God?’
These things I remember,
as I pour out my soul:
how I would go with the throng
and lead them in procession to the house of God
with glad shouts and songs of praise,
a multitude keeping festival.
“Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation and my God.
“My soul is cast down within me;
therefore I remember you
from the land of Jordan and of Hermon,
from Mount Mizar.
Deep calls to deep
at the roar of your waterfalls;
all your breakers and your waves
have gone over me.
By day the Lord commands his steadfast love,
and at night his song is with me,
a prayer to the God of my life.
I say to God, my rock:
‘Why have you forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning
because of the oppression of the enemy?’
As with a deadly wound in my bones,
my adversaries taunt me,
while they say to me all the day long,
‘Where is your God?’
“Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation and my God.” (Psalms 42:1-11 ESV)

Are you able to identify with this Psalmist in any way, either from a time in your past or in your present life? I definitely can from times past, and I can connect with parts of it in my life present. For if we are those who are followers of Jesus Christ, whose desire is for him, to do his will, we are going to go through times of difficulty, persecution, and rejection. And we will have people who will speak evil of us and who will mock us and who will deride us. And if we have compassionate hearts, that should bring us to tears.

And if our hearts are not guarded, our tears may turn to depression and to withdrawal and to us pulling away from doing the will of the Lord. And perhaps they may even lead us to questioning God and his sovereignty over our lives. And we may cry out to God and say, “Why, God, is this happening to me?” And that says that we have not yet reached that place of spiritual maturity in our lives to where we understand and accept the sovereignty of God over our lives, and when we can accept suffering as something good.

And that may lead many sincere followers of Christ to pull back and to no longer do what they were doing in ministry in obedience to the Lord, out of fear of rejection and persecution, or out of being convinced that all the doors that were open for them are now closed. So they get discouraged and downcast and they give up hope, at least temporarily, until they are able to work through their emotions in prayer to the Lord, and in counseling themselves, so that they will return to serving the Lord as they once had.

And if we ever get to that point in our Christian lives, and in Christian ministry, to where we are discouraged and disheartened, and our emotions are telling us to give up and to run away, we need to give ourselves biblical counsel. And we need to work through those emotions in prayer. And we must get into the Scriptures and study them in their context and let the Holy Spirit speak truth to our hearts, whether or not our emotions are yet there. For Satan is definitely hot on our trail to convince us to give up and run.

And we must remind ourselves of days gone by when we were following the Lord as we ought, and how the Lord carried us through every difficult circumstance, and how he supplied for our every need. And we should drag out the old hymns of the faith and sing them out loud. And if we journal, we should go back and read where the Lord has encouraged us before in our trials and tribulations. And we must reassure ourselves of our Lord’s provisions for us and how he will not leave us or forsake us.

For Satan will glory in these times in our lives when he can get us to be so downcast that we will desert God’s callings upon our lives, and when we will run from serving the Lord rather than to serving God with our lives. So, if your emotions are beginning to go that direction, stop! Pray! Read the Scriptures! Sing songs, hymns and spiritual songs out loud! Claim the promises of God that he has for his followers. Believe Him! Trust Him! And keep moving forward in the strength and wisdom and power of God!!

[Matt 5:10-12; Matt 10:16-25; Matt 24:9-14; Luke 6:22-23; Luke 12:49-53; Luke 21:12-19; John 15:1-21; John 16:33; John 17:14; Acts 14:22; Rom 5:3-5; Eph 6:10-20; Phil 3:7-11; 1 Pet 1:6-7; 1 Pet 4:12-17; 2 Tim 3:12; 1 Thess 3:1-5; Jas 1:2-4; 2 Co 1:3-11; Heb 12:3-12; 1 Jn 3:13; Rev 6:9-11; Rev 7:9-17; Rev 11:1-3; Rev 12:17; Rev 13:1-18; Rev 14:1-13]

A Believer’s Prayer

An Original Work / July 31, 2012

With my whole heart, Lord, I pray
To be Yours, and Yours always.
Lead me in Your truth today.
May I love You, and obey.
Lead me in Your righteousness.
When I sin, may I confess;
Bow before You when I pray;
Live for You and You always.

Love You, Jesus, You’re my friend.
Life with You will never end.
You are with me through each day,
Giving love and peace always.
You will ne’er abandon me.
From my sin You set me free.
You died on that cruel tree,
So I’d live eternally.

Soon You’re coming back for me;
From this world to set me free;
Live with You eternally.
Oh, what joy that brings to me.
I will walk with You in white;
A pure bride, I’ve been made right
By the blood of Jesus Christ;
Pardoned by His sacrifice.

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No Matter What

No matter what your circumstances,
You can trust in Jesus Christ.
So, in all of your happenstances,
Please don’t give up now to strife.

I understand in life is hardship,
Pain to bear as part of life.
Now Jesus suffered much for freedom
From our sin, for sin is rife.

So trust Him as your Lord and Savior.
Turn from sin and follow Him.
Let Him wrap His arms around you.
Know that you have been forgiv’n.

Now follow Jesus where He leads you,
Walk with Him in righteousness.
Give Him all your circumstances.
He will free you from duress.

An Original Work / March 24, 2023

Your Word

On December 27, 2011, throughout my day the Lord encouraged me much through his word and through songs. One of the passages of Scripture that he led me to read was Psalms 119. Over the years since receiving my Bible as a gift from my children, I have underlined and even dated many sections of this passage of scripture, because the Lord had spoken to me through them. Again these words of David came alive to my heart, as the Lord Jesus was speaking many, many words of comfort and hope to my heart.

The Lord had already given me a tune earlier in the day, and I sensed after reading Psalms 119 that he wanted me to put this Psalm, in abbreviated form, to this music he had given to me. The song is about the word of God that I have hidden in my heart so that I might not sin against God. Jesus is the Word, so the Word is in my heart, and the written word, as well, is in my heart through study and application of its truths to my heart, and through obedience to those truths.

Your Word

An Original Work / December 27, 2011
Based off Psalms 119


Praise You with an upright heart as
I learn of Your righteousness.
I seek You with all my heart;
Do not let me stray from Your law.
I have hidd’n Your word in my heart
That I might not sin against You.
Open my eyes that I may see
Wonderful things in Your word.
I am a stranger on earth.

I have chosen the way of truth;
My heart is set on Your word.
I will walk about in freedom,
For I have sought out Your truth.
Teach me knowledge and good judgment,
For I believe in Your law.
Your hands made me, and they formed me;
Give me understanding, Lord.
I put my hope in Your word.

Your word is a lamp to my feet
And a light unto my path.
You are my shield and my refuge;
In Your word I put my hope.
My heart trembles at Your word, Lord.
May my lips o’erflow with praise.
May my tongue sing of Your truth, Lord.
Your salvation, Lord, long I.
Your word, Lord, is my delight.

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