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Oct 28, 2023 06:10:07   #
Marty 2020 wrote:
All good points 👍
I will consider it all and get back to you 😇😇😇
Thankful am I, that people like you, spend time to explain how they perceive scripture. It’s a long process, this attaining perfection. Alas, I’m 65, so I’m 5-25 years away from it’s completion!

Marty, do you mean by completion, death?

The only perfection I will ever have is the covering of the shed blood of Jesus Christ, which I obtained on the day I was saved at the age of eight.

Remembering that to God, all our good deeds are as filthy rags, He will always see in us the perfection of His Son, Jesus, just as He did on the day of our salvation.

After death, when face to face with Jesus Christ, Elijah, Moses, Noah, Esther, Mary, Daniel, John the Baptist... we will learn so much so fast, "about the rest of their story..."

For we humans there is no completion to our learning, IMHO. I don't believe anyone ever fully comprehends the fullness and richness contained in the living word of God, this side of the great divide between heaven and earth.

The Holy Spirit impresses it upon our hearts and minds according to our need, and our intended purpose and ministry, within God's kingdom.
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Oct 27, 2023 06:52:28   #
Marty 2020 wrote:
I’m on board with everything you just said.
But how aware is the soul of happenings back on earth? I understand the shucking of the old man when we are raptured, but Jesus is not actually present down here now, He’s sitting on the right side of the Father.
So, is Boehner cognizant of present day earth?


Boehner was always interested in news and happenings while here on OPP. do you believe our personalities change, and we're no longer ourselves?

Luke 15:7, 10 reveals that angels are watching us from heaven, and know when people are saved.

... "there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance." Luke 15:7

This suggests that all of heaven is watching us on earth. If angels can see what happens on earth, then believers, if interested, surely know.

Luke 9:30-31 provides a second reason that people in heaven may see us. The passage reveals that Jesus, Moses, and Elijah were talking about the future events that would occur on earth, when Moses and Elijah were on the Mount of Transfiguration with Jesus.

"And behold, two men were talking with Him; and they were Moses and Elijah, who, appearing in glory, were speaking of His departure which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem." Luke 9:30-31

Revelation 6:9-10 is another passage revealing the saints are watching us from heaven.

"When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God, and because of the testimony which they had maintained; and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, will You refrain from judging and avenging our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” Revelation 6:9-10

Here we are told the saints in heaven, during the tribulation, will ask when God will avenge their blood of those who had killed them while on the earth, indicating that they know what is happening on the earth.

Other passages also indicate that people in heaven see what is happening on earth. Two of these passages are 1 Samuel 28:8, 11-19 and Hebrews 11:39-12:1.

The word “cloud” in Hebrews 12:1 can also be translated as “mass” or “crowd.” There are clear statements and some that at least suggest that the saints in heaven are watching us.

Why would they not?
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Oct 25, 2023 08:22:37   #
In September 2023 alone, there were 269,735 apprehensions, with the majority being people from Venezuela. The Biden administration has since granted temporary protected legal status and work permits to an estimated 500,000 Venezuelans who arrived in the U.S. before July 31of this year.

These Venezuelans, are upon illegally entering our country, being automatically given work permits and the right to compete with U.S. citizens, for existing jobs!

This surely also means they will be given the right to v**e before the 2024 p**********l e******n.

What advantage, then, remains for those who were born citizens, or played by our laws and came in legally?

Ri-chard wrote:
Federal officials said on Thursday that the Biden administration would resume direct deportations to Venezuela to decrease the record number of Venezuelan migrants who have crossed into the United States illegally along the southern border in recent weeks.

https://p**********ldaily.org/biden-admin-reinstates-deportation-of-migrants/
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Oct 25, 2023 07:55:19   #
Rose42 wrote:
Amen


Good Morning, Rose. and Thank You.
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Oct 25, 2023 03:18:42   #
Canuckus Deploracus wrote:
Thanks...
I also enjoyed this answer...
Appreciation...


Good to know you're well, Canuckus.
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Oct 25, 2023 03:11:59   #
Marty 2020 wrote:
Good morning Z,
I have a question regarding the text between the praying hands 🙏.
If the rapture has yet to occur, which it does, how is Boehner not sleeping?
Just uncertain about awareness while absent the body but present with the Lord 🤷‍♂️
Thanks for clarifying 😇


Good Morning, Marty.

"And God has prepared us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a pledge of what is to come. Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord. For we walk by faith, not by sight." (2nd Corinthians 5:5-7)

When a born-again believer dies, his soul goes immediately into the presence of the Lord. There, the soul consciously awaits the resurrection of the body. To the church at Philippi, Paul wrote from a Roman prison:

“For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. But if I live on in the flesh, this will mean fruit from my labor; yet what I shall choose I cannot tell. For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better. Nevertheless to remain in the flesh is more needful for you” (Philippians 1:21-24).

Paul speaks through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, - if the body and soul are never separated, but both lie in the ground, it would be impossible to be "absent from the body and present with the Lord."

If the soul sleeps in the grave with the body, why would Paul be torn between living and dying? Would he not want to live to minister as long as possible, rather than to choose to sleep in a grave, away from his Lord?

Much of what people believe about the soul or spirit doesn’t come from the Bible, There are those who believe in "soul sleep," meaning that when a person dies, his body and soul sleep together in the grave, awaiting the resurrection, but the soul is eternal, the soul never dies.

The concept of "soul sleep" is not biblical. When the Bible describes a person "sleeping" in relation to death ( Luke 8:52; 1 Corinthians 15:6 ), it does not mean literal sleep. The body sleeps. Verses that challenge the concept of soul sleep are: Genesis 35:18; Luke 16:19-31; Luke 23:43; John 11:25-26; 1 Peter 3:18-19.

Would the Holy Spirit misinform Paul in Holy Scripture?

"God is not man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not fulfill it?" (Numbers 23:19)

That's my understanding, Marty, and I'm sticking to it.
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Oct 23, 2023 05:41:33   #
Blade_Runner wrote:
Yeah, I'm kinda picky about accuracy in reporting.
Sometimes even minor errors can color the entire story.

Then there is always Matthew 23:24, ~ Blind guides swallowing a camel, while choking at a gnat, Blade.
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Oct 23, 2023 05:34:11   #
Armageddun wrote:
Amen


Amen and Amen, Armageddun!,

I would double that refrain on behalf of our friend, Boehner, who is surely looking down upon us, ~

for in Revelation 9:9-11, those saints slain in the Rapture cried out to the Lord for justice, meaning they

could see what was taking place upon the earth:

9 "And when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony they had upheld.
10 And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”
11 Then each of them was given a white robe and told to rest a little while longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers, were killed, just as they had been killed."

How do you feel about that?
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Oct 22, 2023 07:10:18   #
Canuckus Deploracus wrote:
Superb post💯

Thanks


Happy Christian Meeting Day of the Week, Canuckus.
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Oct 22, 2023 07:00:41   #
“And He was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake Him, and say unto Him, Master, carest Thou not that we perish?” (Mark 4:38)

There are times when we have seemingly unsurmountable problems and God seems to us to be ignoring our pleadful prayers for assistance, and finally we begin to wonder if He truly hears, and if He truly loves us at all.

There is no need to wonder. God cares about each sparrow, and He deeply cares about each of His own children who have been ransomed by the precious blood of His Son, Jesus Christ. If there is not some clearly evident reason known to us as to why He is not answering (such as perpetual unconfessed sin in our lives), then perhaps it is (as in Job’s case) a simple test of our faith.

For only God knows the correct path, and the proper timing that will allow us the supreme honor of contributing our maximum to furthering His Truth, and His Kingdom in the souls of men. He alone sees the end from the beginning.

When the disciples thought Jesus didn’t care, He rebuked them thus: “Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?” (Mark 4:40).

Mary and Martha sent word that their brother Lazarus was deathly ill, but then Jesus “abode two days still in the same place where he was” (John 11:6). When the sisters complained about His delay, He replied: “Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?” (John 11:40).

One day a woman of Canaan cried out to Him for mercy on her for her demonically-possessed daughter, “but He answered her not a word.” He seemed not to care, but she kept calling on Him and worshiping Him, until He finally said to her: “O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt”
(Matthew 15:23, 28).

The disciples, the sisters of Lazarus, and the Canaanite woman were all bewildered that He failed to operate on their timetable, and were consternated at what appeared to them to be His seeming lack of concern, but He did care. He did calm the storm, He did raise Lazarus from the dead, and He did heal the daughter of the woman who beseeched Him to do so. His delay served the purpose of testing and strengthening their faith.

Can He not also test us, thus strengthening our faith?: “that the trial of your faith...though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ?” (1 Peter 1:7)
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Adaptation from https://www.icr.org
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Oct 22, 2023 04:23:27   #
A lot can happen in a week, Sam; a lot can happen in a day!

samtheyank wrote:
The e******n is more than a year down the road. A lot can happen between now and a year from now. You are, as they say, counting your chickens before they hatch. You better start thinking about the candidates you will field in future e******ns. You better start sizing up your competition. They could have a knife under the table cloth. They will use it if they think it is to their advantage. Friendly advice! Take it or leave it! A conservative who loves his country.
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Oct 22, 2023 04:14:33   #
AuntiE, Your post is an excellent summation of the entire Bible and the entire Qur'an, with the understanding that they have no middle ground between them, no room for compromise.

"I call on heaven and earth as witnesses today that I have offered you life or death, blessings or curses. Choose life so that you and your descendants will live." Deuteronomy 30:19

One has only to add the gospel of Jesus Christ, and we've got the entire end picture of man's earthly struggles, as we each make our own decision between sharply defined good and evil, thereby choosing our own eternal destiny.

Jesus said, "The thief comes only to steal and k**l and destroy.
I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness;
"I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me;
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life [sacrificing it] for the sheep."

(John 10:10,11,14)

AuntiE wrote:
https://www.objectivityistheobjective.com/post/depravity

Depravity

In the 2014 movie, Lone Survivor, based on real events, Navy Seal Marcus Luttrell was leading a team of four Navy SEALs on a reconnaissance mission in the mountains of Afghanistan overlooking a camp where they believed Ahmad Shah, a leader of an Anti-Coalition M*****a, was operating out of. As they were hiding beneath the trees and foliage on the mountainside, an old Afghanistan man tending a herd of goats with his grandson, stumbled across them, exposing their cover. Marcus and his team had a choice to make. Let the old man and his son go, in which case, the boy would most likely run down to the valley and alert the terrorists that a US SEAL team was on the mountain, or they could protect themselves, and k**l the two unarmed civilians which would have violated one of the SEALs major rules of engagement. Compare that story to what we witnessed Hamas do in Israel on Saturday. If you want to see the difference between the Judeo-Christian worldview and the Islamic worldview, you do not have to look any further than how each side treats innocent civilians. Last week in Israel, Hamas didn’t just inadvertently k**l innocent civilians, they targeted them; they decapitated babies; they raped women; they k**led grandmothers; they paraded their dead bodies in the streets. And at the same time Hamas was targeting and k*****g civilians, they were using Palestinian citizens as human shields. They have even set up their headquarters beneath a civilian hospital. Think about the mentality needed to use human shields. They are using the morality of their avowed enemies to protect themselves. They know that Jewish fighters will go to great lengths to avoid civilian casualties, so the terrorists are able to safeguard themselves by using the civilians as shields, as they are targeting Jewish civilians.

In the West, we know that it is wrong, that it is evil to target and k**l civilians in war, even if not doing so puts your own life at risk. So, Marcus and his team made the decision to let the old man and his grandson live and took their chances scrambling up the mountainside to the top where they attempted to rendezvous with a helicopter to fly them out of harm’s way before the terrorists could find them. The young boy made it down the mountain faster than the SEAL team made it to the top. Shah immediately unleashed a group of terrorists up the mountain after the SEAL team. Three other SEAL team members were k**led in the siege, but miraculously, Marcus Luttrell survived.

Compare that story to what we witnessed Hamas do in Israel on Saturday. If you want to see the difference between the Judeo-Christian worldview and the Islamic worldview, you do not have to look any further than how each side treats innocent civilians. Last week in Israel, Hamas didn’t just inadvertently k**l innocent civilians, they targeted them; they decapitated babies; they raped women; they k**led grandmothers; they paraded their dead bodies in the stre1ets. And at the same time Hamas was targeting and k*****g civilians, they were using Palestinian citizens as human shields. They have even set up their headquarters beneath a civilian hospital. Think about the mentality needed to use human shields. They are using the morality of their avowed enemies to protect themselves. They know that Jewish fighters will go to great lengths to avoid civilian casualties, so the terrorists are able to safeguard themselves by using the civilians as shields, as they are targeting Jewish civilians.

But it is not the innocent Palestinian citizen being used as a human shield that protects them, their enemy’s desire to protect innocent human life is what protects them. If you are unsure of which side is right and which side is wrong in this conflict, you do not have to look any further than – which side is willing to lay down their lives to protect the innocent and which side is willing to lay down the lives of the innocent to protect themselves. Think about that. These people are so morally depraved, that even when they see the moral superiority of their enemy, instead of gravitating to or embracing that moral superiority, they use their enemy's morality against them.

It is a rare individual who can be rightfully characterized as both evil and a coward, but that is what Hamas is, evil cowards. And everyone in our country, from Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib to model Mia Khalifa to Black L***s M****r to the Democrat Socialists of America to all the students on America’s college campuses, and anyone else who is standing with the Palestinians, are also evil cowards. Remember, the Palestinians elected Hamas to be their leaders. They collectively chose to be led by a group whose charter is the elimination of the state of Israel and have openly stated that they are willing to commit the most-evil atrocities known to man to achieve that aim. They have lost any claim to the moral high ground the moment they made that deal with the devil.

And once Israel hits them back and starts dismantling Hamas in the Gaza Strip, these people who used civilians as human shields and cheered as they decapitated babies, will try to claim the victim status, and try to turn Israel into the bad guys because that is what they always do. The Muslims will start speaking out against civilians being k**led, even though they didn’t care about the civilians being k**led when it was Jewish civilians they were k*****g. Just remember, these people, if given the opportunity, would murder every single non-Muslim American without a thought, just as they would to k**l every Jewish person. That is their endgame. That is what their caliph**e looks like.

They do not want to co-exist with the Jewish people in Israel. They want the total destruction of the state of Israel. They do not want to co-exist with any non-Islamic people in the world.They want the total destruction of every non-Islamic person on the planet. That’s why the Islamic world has been eerily silent on this recent attack. Very few Muslim celebrities have come out and condemned the attack. White America is prompted on a regular basis to condemn the s***ery in America which ended 160 years ago, and we do again and again and again without hesitation because we know it was wrong and it was evil, but how many Islamic-Americans have been asked to condemn the terrorist attack in Israel that occurred 5 days ago? And how many have been judged when they haven’t?

We must stop projecting our values on these people. Simply because we want to co-existence with races and religions different from our own, does not mean that they do. And they will use every concession we make to them as a weapon against us. Every time that Israel has traded land for peace, that land has been used as a launching pad for another attack into Israel. We must stop cutting deals with people who are plotting our demise. Every deal or so-called peace treaty we make with them brings us one step closer to our destruction.
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Oct 22, 2023 03:26:51   #
AuntiE wrote:
It would please me to see the buildings, in Gaza, turned into a pile of gravel!!


Let's take it a step further. Soft shimmering sand would be even more of an eye catcher.
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Oct 22, 2023 03:16:11   #
Do you have a pair of eyeglasses, CR?

i SAID NOTHING ABOUT THE QUALIFICATIONS TO BE HOUSE SPEAKER.

I was very clearly addressing the fact that within the U.S. population, registered citizens are UNABLE to v**e for the House Speaker, (for as I'm sure you know, only our duly elected House Representatives have that privilege).

CounterRevolutionary wrote:
Zemirah, yes, the House Speakership is available to any US citizen who is a natural born citizen to avoid connections to a foreign royal family. Remember, the Speaker is next in succession to the Presidency, need both the President and Vice President be removed from office.

Do you have a copy of the Constitution?
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Oct 20, 2023 13:41:16   #
keepuphope wrote:
I understood your text and agree with you. When I state the Palestinian people I'm referring to the worlds view of them. I agree with every word of the bible and perhaps I could have worded it different as it came across to you that I believe as they do, but I also believe there are those " palestinians" that would choose to live in peace with Israel. For those people I pray God would reveal Himself and they would be saved and protected. Is that more clear to you,I hope? The Muslim religion in today's society is demon led not led by the Lord God Almighty.
I understood your text and agree with you. When I ... (show quote)


The Qur'an is Satanic from the first page to the last. An Arabic Muslim student from the United Arab Emirates 1st gave me a copy of it forty four years ago, in 1979, and the first thing I did with it was turn to the back pages, to the index.

The Holy Bible says that God is love. In the index to the Qur'an, the word, love, does not appear.

Judgment and Wrath, however, occupy pages. Their deity is a remote unapproachable little "g" god of
hatred, wrath and judgment, first known to the ancient world as the moon god of Mesopotamia 4,000 years ago.

Winston Churchill, in his book, ― "The River War," written in 1898, spoke scathingly of Islam, and the Qur'an:

“How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many countries. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live.

A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property – either as a child, a wife, or a concubine – must delay the final extinction of s***ery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men.

Thousands become the brave and loyal soldiers of the faith: all know how to die but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith.

It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilisation of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilisation of ancient Rome.” [Winston Churchill]
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