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I am not a Prophet or a Seer; I am not a diviner. I would never hold a séance, and I cannot reveal secret details of the future. But still, as a student of History and Scripture, I know what is going to come . . . by what has been . . . by what is written.  It is not about race, but content of character; Alan Keyes or Colin Powell would have been much better candidates.  They possess an integrity this man does not even desire.  It is not about race, but content of character; Alan Keyes or Colin Powell would have been much better candidates.  They possess an integrity this man does not even desire.

The Prophet Daniel, beloved of The Good Lord, recorded a vision with stunning implications: He was told they were visions of the end times. With stunning accuracy, Daniel predicted the progression of Kingdoms that would follow the kingdom of Ancient Babylon, that of Media and Persia, then Greece, then Rome.

Long after that, there will be one who will rise to power, and “He will become very strong, but not by his own power. He will cause astounding devastation and will succeed in whatever he does. He will destroy the mighty men and the holy people. He will cause deceit to prosper, and he will consider himself superior. When they feel secure, he will destroy many and take his stand against the Prince of princes. Yet he will be destroyed, but not by human power.”
(Daniel 8:24-25)

Any intellectually honest person must acknowledge that the winning campaign was one of bombastic brainwash and deceit. As though the half truths were not bad enough, the frequency of the message effectively overloaded the senses of all who were not firmly rooted in truth.

You may boo me, shout me down, mock me, persecute me, kill me if you like – it will only silence one human voice. Others who have also received the witness will be speaking out, as well. If you have been putting off settling your commitment, whether or not you will serve the Living God, it is now time.

ORLANDO

I am not a Prophet or a Seer; I am not a diviner. I would never hold a séance, and I cannot reveal secret details of the future. But still, as a student of History and Scripture, I know what is going to come . . . by what has been . . . by what is written.  It is not about race, but content of character; Alan Keyes or Colin Powell would have been much better candidates.  They possess an integrity this man does not even desire.

The Prophet Daniel, beloved of The Good Lord, recorded a vision with stunning implications: He was told they were visions of the end times. With stunning accuracy, Daniel predicted the progression of Kingdoms that would follow the kingdom of Ancient Babylon, that of Media and Persia, then Greece, then Rome.

Long after that, there will be one who will rise to power, and “He will become very strong, but not by his own power. He will cause astounding devastation and will succeed in whatever he does. He will destroy the mighty men and the holy people. He will cause deceit to prosper, and he will consider himself superior. When they feel secure, he will destroy many and take his stand against the Prince of princes. Yet he will be destroyed, but not by human power.”
(Daniel 8:24-25)

Any intellectually honest person must acknowledge that the winning campaign was one of bombastic brainwash and deceit. As though the half truths were not bad enough, the frequency of the message effectively overloaded the senses of all who were not firmly rooted in truth.

You may boo me, shout me down, mock me, persecute me, kill me if you like – it will only silence one human voice. Others who have also received the witness will be speaking out, as well. If you have been putting off settling your commitment, whether or not you will serve the Living God, it is now time.

TB

The Comment:
I did. He said "tatonka". NIL CHI TSO
I saw it too. Not bad, but a bit tainted after the "you're a Jew cop" scene.
Maybe he was still angry at them for executing Jesus.
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My question about the comment:
Where in Left Field did that come from?
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The answer to my question:
Quoting you, "I have a copy of The Passion, have watched it once, and will watch it again.
Thanks, Cro. That could lead to some good conversation."

"I saw it too. Not bad, but a bit tainted after the "you're a Jew Cop" scene."
Mel Gibson,(director of Passion of the Christ) July 28, 2006. Gibson is pulled over for DUI. The leaked report alleges that Gibson stated, "BLEEP Jews...Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world" and asked Deputy Mee, "Are you a Jew?" The report further alleges that Gibson...... (BLAH-BLAH-BLAH)
"Maybe he was still angry at them for executing Jesus."

Theeennn...
Again, quoting you, "Where in Left Field did that come from?"
That's not left field. You are facing the wrong direction. LOL
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My Response:
Now I understand, and thank you.

As you probably know, Hollyweird is primarily controlled by Jewish people who do not follow true Jewish Tradition and Teaching. They are harsh and immoral, and think that God does not see what they are doing. There were many of that sort in the days of the Prophets, so we should not be surprised that there are more of that sort, now.

Of that sort were they who persuaded Pontius Pilate to Crucify Jesus, and persuaded him after the Resurrection to disseminate the false claim that The Lord's body had been stolen while the guards slept.

Of that sort, as well, were those who stirred people against Gibson, for his epic portrayal of the suffering and Crucifixion of Jesus, in Hollyweird and around the entire globe. When that sort are the only example of a people he didn't know better his reaction was understandable, but wrong nonetheless. But, the film is, without doubt, the most realistic portrayal of the real horror Jesus went through that has ever been produced.

Amazingly, Israel has just passed a law that allows Yehudi who know that Y'shua is Messiach to return to Israel like any other Jew.
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Sha'alu shalom Yerusalem, Sha'alu shalom Yisrael.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, Pray for the peace of Israel.
Baruch attah Adonai.
Praise to the Lord Most High.

He has shown His Wisdom and Power in ancient days, and He will show it again, to the dismay of those who do not believe. Jesus is alive and will come again as He promised!

(Please pardon any error in my transliteration)

Los Angeles

The Comment:
I did. He said "tatonka". NIL CHI TSO
I saw it too. Not bad, but a bit tainted after the "you're a Jew cop" scene.
Maybe he was still angry at them for executing Jesus.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

My question about the comment:
Where in Left Field did that come from?
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

The answer to my question:
Quoting you, "I have a copy of The Passion, have watched it once, and will watch it again.
Thanks, Cro. That could lead to some good conversation."

"I saw it too. Not bad, but a bit tainted after the "you're a Jew Cop" scene."
Mel Gibson,(director of Passion of the Christ) July 28, 2006. Gibson is pulled over for DUI. The leaked report alleges that Gibson stated, "BLEEP Jews...Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world" and asked Deputy Mee, "Are you a Jew?" The report further alleges that Gibson...... (BLAH-BLAH-BLAH)
"Maybe he was still angry at them for executing Jesus."

Theeennn...
Again, quoting you, "Where in Left Field did that come from?"
That's not left field. You are facing the wrong direction. LOL
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

My Response:
Now I understand, and thank you.

As you probably know, Hollyweird is primarily controlled by Jewish people who do not follow true Jewish Tradition and Teaching. They are harsh and immoral, and think that God does not see what they are doing. There were many of that sort in the days of the Prophets, so we should not be surprised that there are more of that sort, now.

Of that sort were they who persuaded Pontius Pilate to Crucify Jesus, and persuaded him after the Resurrection to disseminate the false claim that The Lord's body had been stolen while the guards slept.

Of that sort, as well, were those who stirred people against Gibson, for his epic portrayal of the suffering and Crucifixion of Jesus, in Hollyweird and around the entire globe. When that sort are the only example of a people he didn't know better his reaction was understandable, but wrong nonetheless. But, the film is, without doubt, the most realistic portrayal of the real horror Jesus went through that has ever been produced.

Amazingly, Israel has just passed a law that allows Yehudi who know that Y'shua is Messiach to return to Israel like any other Jew.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Sha'alu shalom Yerusalem, Sha'alu shalom Yisrael.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, Pray for the peace of Israel.
Baruch attah Adonai.
Praise to the Lord Most High.

He has shown His Wisdom and Power in ancient days, and He will show it again, to the dismay of those who do not believe. Jesus is alive and will come again as He promised!

(Please pardon any error in my transliteration)

Tampa Bay

The Comment:
I did. He said "tatonka". NIL CHI TSO
I saw it too. Not bad, but a bit tainted after the "you're a Jew cop" scene.
Maybe he was still angry at them for executing Jesus.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

My question about the comment:
Where in Left Field did that come from?
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

The answer to my question:
Quoting you, "I have a copy of The Passion, have watched it once, and will watch it again.
Thanks, Cro. That could lead to some good conversation."

"I saw it too. Not bad, but a bit tainted after the "you're a Jew Cop" scene."
Mel Gibson,(director of Passion of the Christ) July 28, 2006. Gibson is pulled over for DUI. The leaked report alleges that Gibson stated, "BLEEP Jews...Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world" and asked Deputy Mee, "Are you a Jew?" The report further alleges that Gibson...... (BLAH-BLAH-BLAH)
"Maybe he was still angry at them for executing Jesus."

Theeennn...
Again, quoting you, "Where in Left Field did that come from?"
That's not left field. You are facing the wrong direction. LOL
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

My Response:
Now I understand, and thank you.

As you probably know, Hollyweird is primarily controlled by Jewish people who do not follow true Jewish Tradition and Teaching. They are harsh and immoral, and think that God does not see what they are doing. There were many of that sort in the days of the Prophets, so we should not be surprised that there are more of that sort, now.

Of that sort were they who persuaded Pontius Pilate to Crucify Jesus, and persuaded him after the Resurrection to disseminate the false claim that The Lord's body had been stolen while the guards slept.

Of that sort, as well, were those who stirred people against Gibson, for his epic portrayal of the suffering and Crucifixion of Jesus, in Hollyweird and around the entire globe. When that sort are the only example of a people he didn't know better his reaction was understandable, but wrong nonetheless. But, the film is, without doubt, the most realistic portrayal of the real horror Jesus went through that has ever been produced.

Amazingly, Israel has just passed a law that allows Yehudi who know that Y'shua is Messiach to return to Israel like any other Jew.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Sha'alu shalom Yerusalem, Sha'alu shalom Yisrael.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, Pray for the peace of Israel.
Baruch attah Adonai.
Praise to the Lord Most High.

He has shown His Wisdom and Power in ancient days, and He will show it again, to the dismay of those who do not believe. Jesus is alive and will come again as He promised!

(Please pardon any error in my transliteration)

Orlando

The question is this:
Haven't you noticed that the people who believe that America is the Problem; that America is so wrong; that America must be radically changed to a society that is more open to and more tolerant of unearned privilege, unearned leisure, raw and animalistic sensuality, greed, laziness, and even outright criminality; that those same people are not ashamed to express disrespect, and even hatred, for people who exalt Honor and Integrity and Honesty, submission to good laws, speaking out against bad laws; that those same people are not in the slightest ashamed nor afraid to declare their hatred of Christianity and Judaism?

(there is always a “they”)
They speak with flowing words that would seem like butter and honey melting on your tongue; about liberty and choice and love. They speak of tolerance, yet they themselves are intolerant of any who will not go along with them. They have great logic in their talking points; a logic that seems so lofty and liberating. Yet, they hide the fact that to follow their path is to be made slaves of passion; brought into the bondage of undisciplined whim and addiction.

Loving your neighbor as you love yourself does not mean giving them permission to do as they please. So frequently, when you love someone, you must tell them when they are going astray. Loving God is not the Problem, it is the Answer. Promoting Morality based on Concrete Values is not the Problem, it is the Answer. America is not the Problem, it is the Answer.

ORL

The question is this:
Haven't you noticed that the people who believe that America is the Problem; that America is so wrong; that America must be radically changed to a society that is more open to and more tolerant of unearned privilege, unearned leisure, raw and animalistic sensuality, greed, laziness, and even outright criminality; that those same people are not ashamed to express disrespect, and even hatred, for people who exalt Honor and Integrity and Honesty, submission to good laws, speaking out against bad laws; that those same people are not in the slightest ashamed nor afraid to declare their hatred of Christianity and Judaism?

(there is always a “they”)
They speak with flowing words that would seem like butter and honey melting on your tongue; about liberty and choice and love. They speak of tolerance, yet they themselves are intolerant of any who will not go along with them. They have great logic in their talking points; a logic that seems so lofty and liberating. Yet, they hide the fact that to follow their path is to be made slaves of passion; brought into the bondage of undisciplined whim and addiction.

Loving your neighbor as you love yourself does not mean giving them permission to do as they please. So frequently, when you love someone, you must tell them when they are going astray. Loving God is not the Problem, it is the Answer. Promoting Morality based on Concrete Values is not the Problem, it is the Answer. America is not the Problem, it is the Answer.

TB

I have been witness of the Worship Services in Predominately Black Congregations. It is Marvelous how they become absorbed and immersed in Praise and Worship. Clapping and swaying, their voices echo back and forth to each and another with a growing crescendo until the Minister ascends the Dais, opens his Bible, and says, “Let us pray.” It's wonderful to see such Unbridled Enthusiasm!

You don't see these saints crying, as Billy Joel taunted, but rather there is a joyful smile on each face. Enthusiastic Amens, and ringing hallelujahs approve the Minister as he makes points in his sermon. I love to see it because I have similar attitudes about the value of Praising and Worshiping the All Wise God, who really is living, despite how the naysayers may mock.

HOLD ON THERE! I have also been witness of Worship Services in stately and impressive Cathedrals, with beautifully painted carvings of the Saints, and the Blessed Virgin, and the Savior with his Sacred Heart shining Glory upon all who behold, and the Crucified Christ lifted up behind the Altar. The gargantuan pipes of the organ, looking so ancient while they are filling the whole building, shaking the foundations with swelling chords, accompany a Regally Robed Choir, as the Priests, flanked and followed by a guard of Altar Boys, and bearing the Eucharist, cause a hush to fall upon all the parishioners as the Holy Relic goes past. What awesome pageantry, to be sure; made the more impressive by the knowledge that most of these sitting around had been, just the day before, in the confessional to confess their sin and renounce the works of Satan.

WAIT, WAIT, WAIT! Just Sunday morning I was in a building with Vaulted Ceilings and Stained Glass in the windows. There was an orchestral Band on a stage with maybe one hundred folks singing background, as two conductors urge the attendees to lift their voices in song. If you don't know the song, there are the words on a huge screen, so you can read them as you go. Some of the songs make you want to bow your head, near tears, and others make you want to lift your hands toward the ceiling as you rejoice. The lights go down as about two-thirds of the choir leaves the stage, and then someone is singing a Solo Presentation accompanied by the third of the choir which remained. Then the Pastor steps to the pulpit, reads a portion of Scripture, and expounds its application to everyday living.

Worship and Praise . . . in demonstration of commitment and submission to One whom we believe Created the Entire Cosmos, the Stars and other Heavenly Bodies, the Planet we live on, the Plants and Animals we share it with . . . and US! What a privilege!

Now, there came a time, in my teen years, when I became acutely aware of a seeming majority of people I knew, people significant to me, who did not live their lives according to the Values they professed on those occasions of Worship, or by the teachings they so sternly pressed upon me. Sadly, their examples incited me to abandon those Values. Years later, however, through the Grace of God, I was presented with Knowledge and Opportunity to Repent (turn back to God). Just as the Woman accused of Adultery, when taken to Jesus, found His Grace when He said, “Neither do I condemn you; Go, and sin no more.” That is how I strive to live, now. When I recognize hypocrisy, I now refuse to allow it to ruffle me or my faith, even when it comes from the Pulpit. But, if it does come from the Pulpit, I am gone to find a better place to Worship.

I see how some of those follow – like so many sheep - a Political Party whose Openly and Officially Declared Platform embraces all that is ungodly, and frequently casts serious dispersion on other people who take the Bible Scriptures seriously and (in their opinions) too literally, and I just declare . . . WHAAAAHT?!? It brings to mind the account of a crowd which followed Jesus around, and what He said to them, knowing their true motive for being there.

Once the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum in search of Jesus. When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, "Rabbi, when did you get here?" Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, you are looking for me, not because you saw miraculous signs but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. On him God the Father has placed his seal of approval." (John 6:24-27)

They didn't care about the spiritual possibilities because they were focused on what their flesh needs and desires. Truth and Godliness didn't really matter at all.

Quite some time before the fall of mighty Rome, a Senator named Cicero said, “The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance.” He was ignored . . . Rome eventually fell . . . and History is repeating. We have lost our Spiritual Vision. Without Vision, the people perish.

TB

Some have said that if Jesus had called out "COME FORTH!" and had not called Lazarus by name, every grave would have opened and every soul would have come to life and walked forward at the sound of His Command!

You see? If Jesus the Christ, Y'shua ha Messiach, did not have power over DEATH, then nothing else He could do, no Miracle He could perform would have had the slightest importance. He would not have had the impact on History that we have seen these past two thousand years.

But He said to the sisters of Lazarus, "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die.”

It's not over yet, folks. We've not seen the last of Him. He is that Great Promise Keeper, and He promised to come back at such a time when it would seem no flesh would survive if He did not intervene. It's scary to think about things getting that bad; but, at the same time I am ready because I believe.

Are You Ready?  Do You Really Believe?

Many thanks to Carman Licciardello for the writing and production of this song.

TB

Please understand: the greatest problem for the Jewish People is also found in the Book if Isaiah, as Jehovah God said to Isaiah, "Go and tell this people: 'Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.' Make the heart of this people calloused; make their ears dull and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed." (Isaiah 6:9-10 NIV)

So, the Jewish People, in general, are bound by the Word of God, pronounced upon them by that Prophet. They read his book very selectively; as the convict might read the Psalms to find those which call for God to defeat or destroy their enemies, whom they perceive to be the Justice System. (Though I do not defend the corruption and abuse extant in the Justice System.) It is doubtful you will ever hear the passage we call the 53rd Chapter read in an Orthodox, Hacetic, or Conservative Congregation, and certainly never in a Reform Congregation. Adding insult to injury, a large number of their Talmuds are tainted by Babylonian Philosophy which turns them away from the TORAH.

There are exceptions, however, in what are known as Messianic Congregations and Temples. One must realize that THE WAY, as it was called before being renamed in Antioch, was inaugurated in Jerusalem, fifty days after the Passover which Tradition now calls “The Last Supper.” The first Christians were five thousand Jewish People who heard Jesus' Disciple, the Apostle Peter, speak on that Pentecost Day!!

Sooner than most people believe, the many Prophesies will rush to their conclusion. Sure, we hear the unbelieving scoffing and poking fun at us, saying "Where is the promise of His coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all continues just as it was from the beginning of creation."

And, sometimes, we begin to think as they do; but don't do it.

Come near, you nations, and listen; pay attention, you peoples! Let the earth hear, and all that is in it, the world, and all that comes out of it!

Jehovah God is angry with all nations; his wrath is upon all their armies. He will totally destroy them, he will give them over to slaughter. Their slain will be thrown out, their dead bodies will send up a stench; the mountains will be soaked with their blood.

All the stars of the heavens will be dissolved and the sky rolled up like a scroll; all the starry host will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like shriveled figs from the fig tree. My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens; see, it descends in judgment on Edom, the people I have totally destroyed. The sword of Jehovah God is bathed in blood, it is covered with fat-- the blood of lambs and goats, fat from the kidneys of rams. For Jehovah God has a sacrifice in Bozrah and a great slaughter in Edom. And the wild oxen will fall with them, the bull calves and the great bulls. Their land will be drenched with blood, and the dust will be soaked with fat. For Jehovah God has a day of vengeance, a year of retribution, to uphold Zion's cause. (Isaiah 34:1-8 NIV)

The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus, it will burst into bloom; it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon; they will see the glory of Jehovah God, the splendor of our God.

Strengthen the feeble hands, steady the knees that give way; say to those with fearful hearts, "Be strong, do not fear; your God will come, he will come with vengeance; with divine retribution he will come to save you."

Then will the eyes of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped. Then will the lame leap like a deer, and the mute tongue shout for joy. Water will gush forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert. The burning sand will become a pool, the thirsty ground bubbling springs. In the haunts where jackals once lay, grass and reeds and papyrus will grow.

And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not journey on it; it will be for those who walk in that Way; wicked fools will not go about on it. No lion will be there, nor will any ferocious beast get up on it; they will not be found there. But only the redeemed will walk there, and the ransomed of Jehovah God will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away. (Isaiah 35:1-10 NIV)

ORL

Please understand: the greatest problem for the Jewish People is also found in the Book if Isaiah, as Jehovah God said to Isaiah, "Go and tell this people: 'Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.' Make the heart of this people calloused; make their ears dull and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed." (Isaiah 6:9-10 NIV)

So, the Jewish People, in general, are bound by the Word of God, pronounced upon them by that Prophet. They read his book very selectively; as the convict might read the Psalms to find those which call for God to defeat or destroy their enemies, whom they perceive to be the Justice System. (Though I do not defend the corruption and abuse extant in the Justice System.) It is doubtful you will ever hear the passage we call the 53rd Chapter read in an Orthodox, Hacetic, or Conservative Congregation, and certainly never in a Reform Congregation. Adding insult to injury, a large number of their Talmuds are tainted by Babylonian Philosophy which turns them away from the TORAH.

There are exceptions, however, in what are known as Messianic Congregations and Temples. One must realize that THE WAY, as it was called before being renamed in Antioch, was inaugurated in Jerusalem, fifty days after the Passover which Tradition now calls “The Last Supper.” The first Christians were five thousand Jewish People who heard Jesus' Disciple, the Apostle Peter, speak on that Pentecost Day!!

Sooner than most people believe, the many Prophesies will rush to their conclusion. Sure, we hear the unbelieving scoffing and poking fun at us, saying "Where is the promise of His coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all continues just as it was from the beginning of creation."

And, sometimes, we begin to think as they do; but don't do it.

Come near, you nations, and listen; pay attention, you peoples! Let the earth hear, and all that is in it, the world, and all that comes out of it!

Jehovah God is angry with all nations; his wrath is upon all their armies. He will totally destroy them, he will give them over to slaughter. Their slain will be thrown out, their dead bodies will send up a stench; the mountains will be soaked with their blood.

All the stars of the heavens will be dissolved and the sky rolled up like a scroll; all the starry host will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like shriveled figs from the fig tree. My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens; see, it descends in judgment on Edom, the people I have totally destroyed. The sword of Jehovah God is bathed in blood, it is covered with fat-- the blood of lambs and goats, fat from the kidneys of rams. For Jehovah God has a sacrifice in Bozrah and a great slaughter in Edom. And the wild oxen will fall with them, the bull calves and the great bulls. Their land will be drenched with blood, and the dust will be soaked with fat. For Jehovah God has a day of vengeance, a year of retribution, to uphold Zion's cause. (Isaiah 34:1-8 NIV)

The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus, it will burst into bloom; it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon; they will see the glory of Jehovah God, the splendor of our God.

Strengthen the feeble hands, steady the knees that give way; say to those with fearful hearts, "Be strong, do not fear; your God will come, he will come with vengeance; with divine retribution he will come to save you."

Then will the eyes of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped. Then will the lame leap like a deer, and the mute tongue shout for joy. Water will gush forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert. The burning sand will become a pool, the thirsty ground bubbling springs. In the haunts where jackals once lay, grass and reeds and papyrus will grow.

And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not journey on it; it will be for those who walk in that Way; wicked fools will not go about on it. No lion will be there, nor will any ferocious beast get up on it; they will not be found there. But only the redeemed will walk there, and the ransomed of Jehovah God will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away. (Isaiah 35:1-10 NIV)

TB

Please just take a few minutes, here, and understand some very important facts about what America is really all about, and how Certain Factions of the Politico are truly our enemies when the demand that all vestiges of godliness be taken out of not only our Government, but out of our Society, as well.

I am talking about those such as the A.C.L.U., (which I honestly believe to be a Front Organization of the K.G.B.). It is easier to understand Barry W. Lynn, of “Americans United for Separation of Church and State,” as his fear reflects the very real possibility that Governmental Definitions in Classifying Acceptable Religion and Religious Practice could come about. But still, in my opinion, his line of thinking could lead to the same end.

There has been a great deal of misunderstanding regarding the letter from Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptist association in the state of Connecticut. January 1,1802. While his stance that there is “a wall of separation between Church and State,” and that does indeed mean that those who do not claim to be religious have the right not to have religion imposed upon them by the State, it more importantly means that those who are religious have the right not to be silenced by the State.

That can be plainly seen in Thomas Jefferson's penning of the VIRGINIA STATUTE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.  I know it's a lot to read, but it is so important to know and understand.  It is what those who hate God don't want you to know, and THUS be made free of their Tyranny.

[excerpts Sec. 1] Whereas Almighty God hath created the mind free; that all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burdens, or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are a departure from the plan of the Holy author of our religion, who being Lord both of body and mind, yet chose not to propagate it by coercions on either, as it was in his Almighty power to do; that the impious presumption of legislators and rulers, civil as well as ecclesiastical, who being themselves but fallible and uninspired men, have assumed dominion over the faith of others, setting up their own opinions and modes of thinking as the only true and infallible, and as such endeavoring to impose them on others, hath established and maintained false religions over the greatest part of the world, and through all time; . . . that our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions, any more than our opinions in physics or geometry; that therefore the proscribing any citizen as unworthy the public confidence by laying upon him an incapacity of being called to offices of trust and emolument, unless he profess or renounce this or that religious opinion, is depriving him injuriously of those privileges and advantages to which in common with his fellow-citizens he has a natural right; that it tends only to corrupt the principles of that religion it is meant to encourage, by bribing with a monopoly of worldly honors and emoluments, those who will externally profess and conform to it; that though indeed these are criminal who do not withstand such temptation, yet neither are those innocent who lay the bait in their way; that to suffer the civil magistrate to intrude his powers into the field of opinion, and to restrain the profession or propagation of principles on supposition of their ill tendency, is a dangerous fallacy, which at once destroys all religious liberty, because he being of course judge of that tendency will make his opinions the rule of judgment, and approve or condemn the sentiments of others only as they shall square with or differ from his own; that it is time enough for the rightful purposes of civil government, for its officers to interfere when principles break out into overt acts against peace and good order; and finally, that truth is great and will prevail if left to herself, that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict, unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons, free argument and debate, errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them:

ORL

Please just take a few minutes, here, and understand some very important facts about what America is really all about, and how Certain Factions of the Politico are truly our enemies when the demand that all vestiges of godliness be taken out of not only our Government, but out of our Society, as well.

I am talking about those such as the A.C.L.U., (which I honestly believe to be a Front Organization of the K.G.B.). It is easier to understand Barry W. Lynn, of “Americans United for Separation of Church and State,” as his fear reflects the very real possibility that Governmental Definitions in Classifying Acceptable Religion and Religious Practice could come about. But still, in my opinion, his line of thinking could lead to the same end.

There has been a great deal of misunderstanding regarding the letter from Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptist association in the state of Connecticut. January 1,1802. While his stance that there is “a wall of separation between Church and State,” and that does indeed mean that those who do not claim to be religious have the right not to have religion imposed upon them by the State, it more importantly means that those who are religious have the right not to be silenced by the State.

That can be plainly seen in Thomas Jefferson's penning of the VIRGINIA STATUTE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.  I know it's a lot to read, but it is so important to know and understand.  It is what those who hate God don't want you to know, and THUS be made free of their Tyranny.

[excerpts Sec. 1] Whereas Almighty God hath created the mind free; that all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burdens, or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are a departure from the plan of the Holy author of our religion, who being Lord both of body and mind, yet chose not to propagate it by coercions on either, as it was in his Almighty power to do; that the impious presumption of legislators and rulers, civil as well as ecclesiastical, who being themselves but fallible and uninspired men, have assumed dominion over the faith of others, setting up their own opinions and modes of thinking as the only true and infallible, and as such endeavoring to impose them on others, hath established and maintained false religions over the greatest part of the world, and through all time; . . . that our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions, any more than our opinions in physics or geometry; that therefore the proscribing any citizen as unworthy the public confidence by laying upon him an incapacity of being called to offices of trust and emolument, unless he profess or renounce this or that religious opinion, is depriving him injuriously of those privileges and advantages to which in common with his fellow-citizens he has a natural right; that it tends only to corrupt the principles of that religion it is meant to encourage, by bribing with a monopoly of worldly honors and emoluments, those who will externally profess and conform to it; that though indeed these are criminal who do not withstand such temptation, yet neither are those innocent who lay the bait in their way; that to suffer the civil magistrate to intrude his powers into the field of opinion, and to restrain the profession or propagation of principles on supposition of their ill tendency, is a dangerous fallacy, which at once destroys all religious liberty, because he being of course judge of that tendency will make his opinions the rule of judgment, and approve or condemn the sentiments of others only as they shall square with or differ from his own; that it is time enough for the rightful purposes of civil government, for its officers to interfere when principles break out into overt acts against peace and good order; and finally, that truth is great and will prevail if left to herself, that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict, unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons, free argument and debate, errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them:

TB-FAITH

Unfortunately, though, too many elevate her to near deity, when that just is not the way it is. Understand, Mary was not the "Mother of God," but the Mother of the Christ Child. He was in existence long before she came onto the scene.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:1-4, 14)

Mary was a common Hebrew girl who had been raised right, and whose faith in God, and submission to Him was pure. I have no doubt that she was also taught to have a living hope for the advent of Messiach. She was not immaculately conceived, as her son was. She was not deity. She was totally taken by surprise and puzzled by the Angel's greeting.

After the Christ Child was born, Mary was, without question, a submissive and faithful wife to her husband, Joseph. "Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Are not His sisters here with us?" (Mark 6:3) She is not the perpetual Virgin.

After Y'shua reached adulthood, and at age thirty eligible to be called Rabbi, Mary did not tell Y'shua what to do . . . she no longer exercised any control over Him. When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to Him, "They have no wine." And Jesus said to her, "Woman, what does that have to do with us? My hour has not yet come." (John 2:3-4) He was not being disrespectful; He still loved his mother with His heart. But, He was telling her what she already knew, that not even a mother has the right to tell a grown man what to do.

At this point, we see that she proceeded to exercise the only authority she had in the situation . . . she commanded the servants. His mother said to the servants, "Whatever He says to you, do it." (John 2:5)

So, people; if you truly love and respect Mary the Mother of the Christ Child, you must also love and respect her only recorded Commandment.

“WHATEVER JESUS SAYS TO YOU, DO IT!!”

One last point of information for you to take to heart: from the Revelation of the Apocolypse, given to the Apostle John, Then I fell at his feet to worship him.  But he [the Angel]  said to me, "Do not do that; I am a fellow servant of yours and your brethren who hold the testimony of Jesus; worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy." (Rev 19:10)

We are not to worship Angels, I do not have a doubt in my mind that Mary would say the same thing to those of you who worship her . . . "Do not do that!"

DC

The Commandment (#3) says:  You shall not take the name of Jehovah your God in vain.  I will not hold him guiltless, who takes My Name in vain.

The red herring: Lotsa folks push off from the real meaning of this commandment with talk of cursing and swearing and using the word "god" in that cursing and swearing.

What I believe is actually being said is:  [Don't you dare claim to be one of My people, then make absolutely no effort to obey Me or seek My Will.  If you act like the godless heathens, I will not let you off the hook for it.]

DC