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Good for Speaker Johnson
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Read this and other great quotes in the article:
“The Daily Beast is furious that @SpeakerJohnson isn’t rich, corrupt or rich from being corrupt. He doesn’t have shady business deals. He doesn’t trade stocks as a congressman,” Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., posted on X. “Cry more, I guess?” Source
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Won the World Series
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Repost: The Heresy of Cessationism 3 (Has Prophecy Ceased?) | Daniel Kolenda: Off The Record
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Russia Is Not The Problem
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This is such a difficult topic to tackle. Cognitive dissonance makes it even more difficult.
What is cognitive dissonance? The term is as it sounds to be.
When new information is presented, information that is at variance with what is commonly believed, creates “dissonance”; it takes a person out of the comfort zone. Only enough education will move someone from cognitive dissonance to being able to understand new information.
We see how cognitive dissonance has operated in politics. For a long time there have been those who have warned of a Nineteen Eighty-Four Big Bro | Big Brother | One World |New World Order | Globalist attempt at taking over the levers of power in governments. Those who have warned of these things have been called conspiracy theorists, tin foil hat conspiracy theorists, radicals, purveyors of disinformation and other names. The name calling worked for a while … until it didn’t. Now it is apparent that the many voices that warned of the globalist | AI | banking |international cabal takeover were not conspiracy theorists but were / are aware of an actual attempted takeover.
When on the news, viewers see fires burning in the background, but it is termed a “mostly peaceful protest”; when there is an economy that is billed as being a good economy yet people cannot pay their bills and become homeless; when wars are fought to secure the border of another nation while the border of the United States is wide open; when peaceful Jan 6 protestors are thrown into a DC gulag; when the FBI bang down the doors of the innocent but let the Hunter Biden laptop slide, or classified documents near a Corvette slide; when weather is manipulated by HAARP and chemtrails; when 9-11 buildings fall in a manner that defies physics; then maybe there is something to all that conspiracy stuff. Oh, and let’s not forget the overturning of an election in the midnight hours and surges and events that defy common sense.
The only way someone cannot notice the difference between common sense reality and the facts fed by the mainstream media (aka “fake news”) is if someone is either asleep, drugged up, not paying attention, or unwilling to study the facts. Ninety Eighty-Four (written by George Orwell) has arrived.
Therefore, there should be a questioning of the official narrative of the mainstream media as it repeats talking points. Over and over, it becomes apparent that the official story does not prove to be the real one.
You’ve probably seen this before, but it is worth a reminder.
Here are related comments about “centralizing a political message”:
This is all background to the question at hand about Russia. The point is, question the narrative.
There are several streams of prophetic views of the end-times. One view links Ezekiel 38 & 39 with Russia. That may or may not be true.
Regardless, it is important to understand this. The CIA, the intelligence agencies, and those who want to capture civilizations and use them for their own purposes, operate by cultural intelligence (understanding the prevailing “mind think” and customs of the culture and how to relate to it) and psychological warfare. They understand the workings of the mind and how to use it to their advantage. There are those who have gone into these kinds of discussions in depth, so it will only be mentioned here that this exists. Of course, besides modern day voices, it was pointed out in Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell.
The point is, there is an awareness of the major prophetic stream held in the United States by forces that want to use that knowledge to their own advantage.
It is worth considering whether knowing how people are pre-conditioned by their beliefs to either permit or not permit certain political actions, how much that is taken into consideration in how news and events are manipulated and perceived. How much does this create a blind spot or a “shrugging off” of what otherwise in yesteryear would have been looked on in horror.
For example, for years youth have been playing video games of blood and destruction. So now when people die in war, do they care? Are they capable of separating a video game from reality? Does it make them immune to caring what is happening with their neighbor? Or do they riot and want more blood lust killings?
Why are Ukrainians dying? Why? Why is the United States in a war with Russia via Ukraine? Only Congress has power to declare war and the way things have evolved is that Ukrainians are being sent to the front lines instead of Americans. This started in 2014 and prior when the United States, NATO, and the West did not honor its covenant with Russia, broke covenant, and finally forced Russia to protect their borders.
The same forces called the Swamp are linked to the forces in Ukraine fighting Russia. Those forces want to take over Russia and Russia is rightly resisting. The Ukrainians are caught in the middle.
This is a war for the military industrial complex. The only ones who make money are those who are in the industries of war and destruction. Peacetime manufacturing has been sent overseas and so a certain amount of the economy is based on industries of death and destruction. And when the wars are over, those same forces that destroy go in and pick up the pieces and real estate at rock bottom prices and rebuild “bigger and better”. Look at Hawaii, how quickly the vultures appeared to buy land (at a discount of course) from the homeowners whose homes had been destroyed. That was not a normal fire.
The same forces that were able to fund a war against Russia in Ukraine, now want to draw Russia into war in Israel.
The problem with both wars is that there is not honesty about everything that is really happening.
Consider the stolen election(s) … truth, after almost three years … is percolating to the top, and it becomes more and more apparent that the early cries of “foul” as to the election were correct.
“A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.”
Winston Churchill
“In war, truth is the first casualty.” Aeschylus
There is a war going on and this war is more than a political battle or battle between nations. Ultimately, it is between good and evil, between God and satan.
Revelation 12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Revelation 12:12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
There are things going on behind the scenes that we are not being told. It is important not to jump on the first political bandwagon.
I personally oppose the United States involvement in Ukraine. The Ukrainians have died for the greed of the United States military industrial complex and lies told on behalf of that military industrial complex that confused people who didn’t know any better since the controlled mainstream media had one narrative and did not give the whole picture. Slandering Russia has gone on for a long time.
I personally don’t think there is enough moral courage within the United States to stand against the greed and blood lust of the military industrial complex industries of destruction and the tentacles it has on politicians and the economy.
I personally think it will take an international tribunal that is tired of the criminal breaking of the law that goes in the high halls of government in DC, whether by elected officials, unelected officials, the administrative state, known as the Deep State, the Swamp or by other terms. This has affected more than the United States. It has affected the world.
Because I believe there will be a renewed attempt to use Ukraine as cannon fodder, due to some of the reasons already written above, I am compelled to say I totally abhor and reject this attempt of the military industrial complex and related politicians who war in Ukraine on behalf of their own financial profits and power.
Russia. Is. Not. The. Problem.
These people who have manipulated events, historical, political and weather events, and who have manipulated laws, wars, and economies in order to bring about their own agenda need to be brought before an international tribunal in judgement.
I think it will take a rising up of many people around the world who call for justice as it may not happen within the United States without international protest. Crimes and criminals within the United States government, and their connection with other shadowy forces in other nations of the world, need to be brought to justice.
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Repost: After Death | Official Trailer | Angel Studios
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Awakening
This article is a political article that discusses the awakening of progressives and liberals. To quote the article: “‘We didn’t like the messenger, so we killed the message.'”
While it discusses political awakening in the natural realm, there is another phase of awakening which involves recognizing the historical spiritual roots of problems.
John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I [Jesus] am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Revelation 12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Revelation 12:12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
II Corinthians 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
Jesus was rejected and killed. Jesus made reference to those sent before him who also were rejected and killed. Ever since the Fall of mankind in the Garden of Eden, the Lord God sent messengers to show the way out of the pit of destruction.
Luke 19:41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
42 Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
Luke 19:47 And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,
Luke 13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!
While many of these messengers have been Old Testament prophets, they are not limited to that realm of operation. There have been people who have served God in various roles … political, educational, economic or as historians, scientists and more.
Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord:
The servants of God are not limited to existing within the church only.
Moses is one example. Another is Cyrus, who was a king, but one that God used for his purposes.
Isaiah 45:1 Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
The article alludes to those who “‘will seek to destroy, in any way they can, those who disagree.”
This understanding and awakening is a first step. This natural awakening needs to move to the next phase which is a spiritual awakening. The ultimate solution is not in the natural, “flesh and blood” realm, but in the kingdom of God. When the spiritual realm is cleaned up, the natural realm will show the results.
I Corinthians 15:45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam [Jesus] was made a quickening spirit.
46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
47 The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven.
48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
Ultimately, the whole world has to awaken to the fact that political and other problems on this earth trace back to partaking of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, as described in Genesis, and the consequences of that event. Jesus made a way of escape from that. The only solution individually and for the earth overall is through Jesus Christ.
John 10:6 This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
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Go, guy … (a variant on Go, girl)
It is refreshing to hear someone effectively articulate things that need to be said.
BREAKING: Rep. Mike Johnson Wins Latest Secret Ballot – Is the New GOP Speaker-Designate
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While there are other, perhaps less grainy, versions of this movie, Charlton Heston brings the matters of ethics and character to life, just as he did when he played Moses in The Ten Commandments. The same issues, challenges, tests, questions of integrity, morals, relationship to God, the conscience, and the state resurface generation after generation in one form or another, because they are eternal spiritual realities.
Of course, the source of the real life historical struggles, the basis of all others, is laid out in the Bible itself, as you read it from Genesis to Revelation.
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Col Douglas Macgregor Interview
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Tithe vs Giving
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In the Old Testament we see the word “tithe” used. In the New Testament it is more usual to see the word “give”, “giving”, “sowing”, or “seed”.
There is a principle called cultural intelligence. In other words, you speak and act to mirror the people you are around in order to relate to them better.
After Jesus was resurrected, he told his followers to share the gospel. Then Jesus ascended back to heaven.
Up until this time, Jews and non Jews (also called Gentiles) stayed apart. While Jesus was on the earth, he was sent first to the Jews with the message of salvation. The time of the Gentiles had not yet come. However, Jesus in mercy still responded the faith of a Gentile woman prior to the cross.
Mark 7:24 And from thence he [Jesus] arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid.
25 For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:
26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation [a Gentile]; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children [the children of Israel, through whom came the Messiah (Matthew 1:1-17)] first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.
28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.
29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.
30 And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.
31 And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
After the cross, the message of salvation was preached to both Jews and Gentiles. As things evolved, Peter primarily went to the Jews with the message of salvation, and Paul went to the Gentiles. Paul was highly educated, as well as being perceptive, and knew how to say the correct word in due season. Here are a couple of examples where the Romans were going after Paul, and he got out of it by knowing what was happening and how to deal with it.
Acts 22:24 The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.
25 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
26 When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.
27 Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.
28 And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.
29 Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
Acts 23:6 But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.
7 And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.
8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.
9 And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees’ part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God.
Paul knew how to use the correct words in due season. He knew his audience. He understood the background of the gentles. The gentiles, if they had religion, it was of a pagan nature. The word tithe might not have been in their vocabulary.
On the other hand, the Jewish audience that Peter primarily preached to grew up around the Jewish temple and Jewish synagogue and were familiar with the concept of tithing.
It is conceivable that in the interests of cultural intelligence, that Paul used the word “giving” or “seed” or “sowing” instead of “tithe” and “first fruits”. “Tithe” and “first fruits” would have been terms familiar to Jews, not Gentiles.
When we don’t know what something means or represents, it is good to go back to the beginning, which in terms of Bible knowledge, would be the Old Testament. How did giving or tithing work in the Old Testament? There were various tithes and offerings and alms for the poor. A tithe is 10%.
Malachi 3:6 For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
7 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?
8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts.
12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts.
In today’s world, in today’s preaching, there is a lot of preaching that “we are not under the law”. But we are to be led of the Spirit. So what does that mean? What will that look like? It will look a lot like the Ten Commandments and the directives of God in the Old Testament, only under the guidance and direction of the Holy Spirit rather than some kind of a daily check list. It will be an inner guidance from the Holy Spirit within rather than an outer checklist, but it will still mirror the righteousness laid down in the Old Testament. It will not look vastly different.
In other words, if you love your neighbor you will keep the Ten Commandments on their behalf.
It seems good to pause and point out that the power of God operated in the Old Testament as well through various signs and miracles. There were the miracles of Egypt. And then there were other times the power of God manifested such as this.
I Kings 8:10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the Lord,
11 So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord.
The Old and New Testament are not two different books. The New is a continuation of of the Old and if you read through them, you will see parallels.
The Old Testament gives a foundational understanding of the New Testament.
If the terms are not defined according to the Old Testament, and are instead defined according to the prevailing modernistic, secular, atheistic culture, a word such as “love” could have a totally different meaning than a Biblical one.
A good check chart for “further definitions” is the Old Testament and a Strong’s Concordance (which is keyed to and defines every Hebrew and Greek word of the KJV Bible) and an older dictionary.
Otherwise, a person can get really off course.
Marriage. That used to be defined as between a man and a woman. But now the culture would try to redefine the word in multiple ways. This is why that even though Jesus brought the New Covenant, the concepts have to be tethered in Old Covenant, Old Testament understanding lest words and concepts become meaningless or go off course.
This same principle has to do with the word giving. What is giving? How does it work? How did it work in the Old Testament? How much did they give in the Old Testament? The tithe is a good starting point when you don’t know what to do.
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Repost: The Heresy of Cessationism 2 (A Cascade of Lies) | Daniel Kolenda: Off The Record
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