tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90847790947866910092024-03-13T07:46:30.704-07:00Vulcão AtivoVulcão Ativo - Vilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04762736963640210106noreply@blogger.comBlogger3798125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084779094786691009.post-42232978316785185242023-06-09T17:11:00.000-07:002023-06-09T17:11:14.794-07:00A Body of Divinity<p><span style="color: #04ff00;">A Body of Divinity</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">by</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">Thomas Watson</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">Table of Contents</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">About This Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. ii</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">A Body of Divinity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 1</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 2</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">Brief Memoir Of Thomas Watson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 4</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">1. A Preliminary Discourse To Catechising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 9</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">2. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 13</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">1. Man’s Chief End . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 13</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">2. The Scriptures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 26</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">3. God and his creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 35</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">1. The Being Of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 35</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">2. The Knowledge Of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 45</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">3. The Eternity Of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 49</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">4. The Unchangeableness Of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 53</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">5. The Wisdom Of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 57</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">6. The Power Of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 61</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">7. The Holiness Of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 64</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">8. The Justice Of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 68</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">9. The Mercy Of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 72</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">10. The Truth Of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 76</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">11. The Unity Of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 79</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">12. The Trinity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 82</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">13. The Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 85</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">14. The Providence Of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 89</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">4. The fall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 96</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">1. The Covenant Of Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 96</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">2. Adam’s Sin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 102</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">3. Original Sin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 105</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">4. Man's Misery By The Fall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 110</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">5. The covenant of grace and its mediator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 114</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">1. The Covenant Of Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 114</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">2. Christ The Mediator Of The Covenant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 119</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">3. Christ's Prophetic Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 122</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">4. Christ's Priestly Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 126</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">5. Christ's Kingly Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 136</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">6. Christ’s Humiliation In His Incarnation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 140</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">iii</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">A Body of Divinity Thomas Watson</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">7. Christ’s Exaltation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 148</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">8. Christ The Redeemer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 152</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">6. The application of redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 156</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">1. Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 156</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">2. Effectual Calling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 159</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">3. Justification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 163</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">4. Adoption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 167</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">5. Sanctification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 173</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">6. Assurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 180</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">7. Peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 187</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">8. Joy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 192</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">9. Growth In Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 196</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">10. Perseverance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 200</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">7. Death and the last day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 208</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">1. The Death Of The Righteous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 208</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">2. A Believer’s Privilege At Death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 211</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">3. The Resurrection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 218</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">Indexes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 227</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">Index of Scripture References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 227</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">iv</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">A Body of Divinity Thomas Watson</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">A Body of Divinity</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">Contained In Sermons Upon The Westminster Assembly’s Catechism</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">By Thomas Watson</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">A Body of Divinity Thomas Watson</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">Contents</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•1. Brief Memoir Of Thomas Watson</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•2. A Preliminary Discourse To Catechising</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•3. Introduction</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•3.1. Man’s Chief End</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•3.2. The Scriptures</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•4. God and his creation</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•4.1. The Being Of God</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•4.2. The Knowledge Of God</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•4.3. The Eternity Of God</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•4.4. The Unchangeableness Of God</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•4.5. The Wisdom Of God</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•4.6. The Power Of God</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•4.7. The Holiness Of God</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•4.8. The Justice Of God</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•4.9. The Mercy Of God</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•4.10. The Truth Of God</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•4.11. The Unity Of God</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•4.12. The Trinity</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•4.13. The Creation</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•4.14. The Providence Of God</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•5. The fall</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•5.1. The Covenant Of Works</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•5.2. Adam’s Sin</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•5.3. Original Sin</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•5.4. Man’s Misery By The Fall</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•6. The covenant of grace and its mediator</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•6.1. The Covenant Of Grace</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•6.2. Christ The Mediator Of The Covenant</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•6.3. Christ’s Prophetic Office</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•6.4. Christ’s Priestly Office</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•6.5. Christ’s Kingly Office</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•6.6. Christ’s Humiliation In His Incarnation</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•6.7. Christ’s Exaltation</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•6.8. Christ The Redeemer</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•7. The application of redemption</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•7.1. Faith</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•7.2. Effectual Calling</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•7.3. Justification</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•7.4. Adoption</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•7.5. Sanctification</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">2</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">A Body of Divinity Thomas Watson</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•7.6. Assurance</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•7.7. Peace</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•7.8. Joy</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•7.9. Growth In Grace</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•7.10. Perseverance</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•8. Death and the last day</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•8.1. The Death Of The Righteous</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•8.2. A Believer’s Privilege At Death</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">•8.3. The Resurrection</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">3</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">A Body of Divinity Thomas Watson</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">Brief Memoir Of Thomas Watson</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">Compiled by C. H. Spurgeon</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">Thomas Watson’s Body of Practical Divinity is one of the most precious of the peerless works</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">of the Puritans; and those best acquainted with it prize it most. Watson was one of the most concise,</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">racy, illustrative, and suggestive of those eminent divines who made the Puritan age the Augustan</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">period of evangelical literature. There is a happy union of sound doctrine, heart-searching experience</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">and practical wisdom throughout all his works, and his Body of Divinity is, beyond all the rest,</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">useful to the student and the minister. Although Thomas Watson issued several most valuable</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">books, comparatively little is known of him - even the dates of his birth and death are unknown.</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">His writings are his best memorial; perhaps he needed no other, and therefore providence forbade</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">the superfluity. We shall not attempt to discover his pedigree, and, after the manner of antiquarians,</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">derive his family from a certain famous Wat, whose son distinguished himself in the Crusades, or</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">in some other insane enterprise; whether blue blood was in his veins or no is of small consequence,</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">since we know that he was the seed-royal of the redeemed of the Lord. Some men are their own</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">ancestors, and, for ought we know, Thomas Watson’s genealogy reflected no fame upon him, but</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">derived all its lustre from his achievements. He had the happiness to be educated at Emmanuel</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">College, Cambridge, which in those days deserved to be called the School of Saints, the nursing</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">mother of gigantic evangelical divines. In Kennet’s ‘Register and Chronicle,’ is a list of eighty-seven</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">names of Puritan ministers, including many well-known and loved as preachers and commentators;</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">such as Anth. Burgess, W. Jenkyn, Ralph Venning, Thomas Brooks, T. White, Samuel Slater,</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">Thomas Watson, John Rowe, Dr. W. Bates, Stephen Charnock, Samuel Clarke, Nathaniel Vincent,</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">Dr John Collings, William Bridge, Samuel Hildersam, Adoniram Bifield, followed by this remark,</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">‘These are most of them mentioned in the list of sufferers for Nonconformity, and appear upon the</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">registers to have been all of Emmanuel College, beside great numbers, no doubt of the same society,</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">who were forward preachers up of the unhappy changes of 1641,’ etc. In the margin of the book is</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">the following observation on the foregoing: ‘It may not be improper to observe how much young</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">students, in both Universities, fell in with the prejudices of their governors and tutors. This was the</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">reason that this single College of Emmanuel, in Cambridge, bred more of the Puritans and</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">Nonconformists than perhaps any seven of the other Colleges or Halls in either University.” Such</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">a fact as this should attract the prayers of all believers to our seminaries for the sons of the prophets,</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">since upon the manner in which these institutions are conducted will depend under God the future</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">well-being of our churches. The Pastors, College, for the use of whose students this work is</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">published, earnestly petitions for a place in the intercessions of the saints.</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">We are not at all surprised to learn that Thomas Watson enjoyed the repute, while at Cambridge,</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">of being a most laborious student; the great Puritanic authors must have been most industrious</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">workers at the university, or they never would have become such pre-eminent masters in Israel.</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">The conscientious student is the most likely man to become a successful preacher. After completing</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">his course with honour, Watson became rector of St Stephen’s, Walbrook, where in the very heart</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">of London he executed for nearly sixteen years the office of a faithful pastor with great diligence</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">and assiduity. Happy were the citizens who regularly attended so instructive and spiritual a ministry.</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">The church was constantly filled, for the fame and popularity of the preacher were deservedly great.</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">Going in and out among his flock, fired with holy zeal for their eternal welfare, his years rolled on</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">4</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">A Body of Divinity Thomas Watson</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">pleasantly enough amid the growing respect of all who knew him. Calamy, in his Nonconformist</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">Memorial, says of him: - ‘He was so well known in the city for his piety and usefulness, that though</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">he was singled out by the Friendly Debate, he yet carried a general respect from all sober persons</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">along with him to his grave. He was a man of considerable reaming, a popular, but judicious preacher</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">(if one may judge from his writings), and eminent in the gift of prayer. Of this, the following</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">anecdote is a sufficient proof. Once on a lecture day, before the Bartholomew Act took place, the</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">learned Bishop Richardson came to hear him at St Stephen’s, who was much pleased with his</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">sermon, but especially with his prayer after it, so that he followed him home to give him thanks,</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">and earnestly desired a copy of his prayer. “Alas!” (said Mr Watson) “that is what I cannot give,</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">for I do not use to pen my prayers; it was no studied thing, but uttered, pro re nata, as God enabled</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">me, from the abundance of my heart and affections.” Upon which the good Bishop went away</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">wondering that any man could pray in that manner extempore.</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">But the hand which of old had oppressed the church was again stretched forth to vex certain of</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">the saints. The most learned, holy, and zealous of the clergy of the Church of England found that</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">the Act of Uniformity would not allow them to preserve a clean conscience and retain their livings,</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">and therefore they submitted to the loss of all things for Christ’s sake. Thomas Watson did not</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">hesitate as to the course he should pursue. He was not a factious hater of royalty, a red republican,</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">or fifth monarchy-man; in fact, he had in Cromwell’s day been all too loyal to the house of Stuart;</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">he had protested against the execution of the King, and had joined in Love’s plot for the bringing</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">in of Charles II; yet all this availed nothing, he was a Puritan, and therefore must not be tolerated</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">by the bitter spirits then dominant in the Establishment. What seeds of discord were sown on that</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">black Bartholomew history has not had space to record; yet the ultimate results have been fraught</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">with results scarcely then imaginable. Comprehension might have hindered truth; the crown rights</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">of King Jesus might have lacked advocates had monarchs and priests been more tolerant; as it was</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">good men were forced into a truer position than they would otherwise have occupied, and the</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">beginning of a real reformation was inaugurated. From that commencement in suffering what</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">progress has been made! Every day the cause of the ejected gathers force and pushes on its adversary</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">towards the brink of the precipice, a down which all establishments must fall.</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">With many tears and lamentations the congregation of St Stephen’s saw their shepherd about</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">to be removed from his flock, and with aching hearts they listened to his parting words. He himself</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">speaking as one bereaved of his dearest delight, and yet suffering joyfully the loss of all things,</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">bade them adieu, and went forth ‘not knowing whither he went.’</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">In the collection of Farewell Sermons there are three by Mr Watson, viz.: two delivered August</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">17th, and the third on the Tuesday following. The first, preached in the forenoon, is on John 13:34.</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">‘A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another.’ It discovers much of the spirit</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">of the gospel, particularly in recommending love to enemies and persecutors. The second, preached</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">in the afternoon, is on 2 Corinthians 7:7. ‘Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.’</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">In the former part of it, he insists largely on ‘the ardent affections of a right gospel minister towards</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">his people.’ This head he closes thus: ‘I have now exercised my ministry among you for almost</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">sixteen years; and I rejoice and bless God that I cannot say, the more I love you, the less I am loved:</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">I have received many signal demonstrations of love from you. Though other parishes have exceeded</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">you in number of houses, yet, I think, none for strength of affection. I have with much comfort</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">observed your reverent attention to the word preached; you rejoice in this light, not for a season,</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">5</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">A Body of Divinity Thomas Watson</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">but to this day. I have observed your zeal against error in a critical time, your unity and amity. This</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">is your honour. If there should be any interruption in my ministry among you, though I should not</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">be permitted to preach to you again, yet I shall not cease to love you, and to pray for you. But why</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">should there be any interruption made? Where is the crime? Some, indeed, say that we are disloyal</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">and seditious. Beloved, what my actions and sufferings for his Majesty have been is known to not</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">a few of you. However, we must go to heaven through good report and bad report; and it is well if</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">we can get to glory, though we press through the pikes. I shall endeavour that I may still approve</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">the sincerity of my love to you. I will not promise that I shall still preach among you, nor will I say</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">that I shall not. I desire to be guided by the silver thread of God’s word and providence. My heart</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">is towards you. There is, you know, an expression in the late Act, “that we shall now shortly be as</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">if we were naturally dead;’’ and if I must die, let me leave some legacy with you. Then follow</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">twenty admirable directions, well worthy the fervent perusal of every Christian. He closes them</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">thus: ‘I beseech you treasure them up as so many jewels in the cabinet of your breasts. Did you</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">carry them about you, they would be an antidote to keep you from sin, and a means to preserve the</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">zeal of piety flaming upon the altar of your hearts. I have many things yet to say to you, but I know</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">not whether God will give another opportunity. My strength is now almost gone. I beseech you,</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">let these things make deep impressions on all your souls. Consider what has been said, and the Lord</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">give you understanding in all things.’</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">The last discourse, August 19th, is on Isaiah 3:30, 11. ‘Say ye t0 the righteous, that it shall be</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">him, for the reward of his hands shall be given him.’</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">After his ejectment, Watson preached occasionally whenever he could do so with safety. Fines</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">and imprisonments were insufficient to close the mouths of the witnesses of Jesus. In barns, kitchens,</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">outhouses, or dells and woods, the faithful few gathered to hear the message of eternal life. Those</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">little secret assemblies were doubtless charming occasions for devout minds: the word of the Lord</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">was precious in those days. Bread eaten in secret is proverbially sweet, and the word of God in</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">persecution is peculiarly delightful. Little can we realise the joyful anticipation which preceded the</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">appointed meetings, or the lingering memories which clung to them long after they were over. After</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">the great fire in 1666, when the churches were burned, Mr Watson and several other Nonconformists</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">fitted up large rooms for those who had an inclination to attend. Upon the Indulgence, in 1672, he</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">licensed the great hall in Crosby House, on the east side of Bishopsgatestreet, then belonging to</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">Sir John Langham (a Nonconformist). It was a happy circumstance that the worthy baronet favoured</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">the cause of Nonconformity, and that so noble a chamber was at his disposal. Here Watson preached</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">for several years. Rev Stephen Charnock, B.D.’ became joint pastor with him at Crosby Hall in</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">1675, and continued so till his death in 1680. What two shepherds for the flock! Men of such most</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">extraordinary gifts and graces were seldom if ever united in one pastorate. They both attempted a</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">Body of Divinity, and the goodly volume on the Divine Attributes was Charnock’s first stone of a</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">colossal structure which he was not spared to complete. Our author was more modest in his attempt</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">and the present volume shows how he succeeded.</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">Mr Watson at length returned to Essex, where he died suddenly, in his closet at prayer, as is</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">supposed, about 1689 or 1690. The time either of his birth or death is nowhere mentioned.</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">In the life of Colonel James Gardiner, there is this remarkable account: ‘In July, 1719, he had</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">spent the evening, which was the Sabbath, in some gay company, and had an unhappy assignation</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">with a married lady, whom he was to attend exactly at twelve. The company broke up about eleven,</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">6</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">A Body of Divinity Thomas Watson</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">and he went into his chamber to kill the tedious hour. It happened that he took up a religious book,</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">which his good mother or aunt had, without his knowledge, slipped into his portmanteau, called,</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">“The Christian Soldier,” written by Mr Watson. Guessing by the title that he should find some</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">phrases of his own profession spiritualised in a manner which might afford him some diversion,</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">he resolved to dip into it: while this book was in his hand, an impression was made upon his mind,</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">which drew after it a train of the most important consequences. Suddenly he thought he saw an</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">unusual blaze of light fall on the book while he was reading, and lifting up his eyes, he apprehended,</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">to his extreme amazement, that there was before him, as it were suspended in the air, a visible</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">representation of the Lord Jesus Christ upon the cross, surrounded with a glory, and was impressed</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">as if a voice had come to him, to this effect: “O sinner, did I suffer this for thee, and are these thy</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">returns?” He sunk down in his chair, and continued for some time insensible. He then arose in a</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">tumult of passions, and walked to and fro in his chamber, till he was ready to drop, in unutterable</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">astonishment and agony of heart, which continued until the October following, when his terrors</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">were turned into unutterable joy.’</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">Mr Watson published a variety of books upon practical subjects, and of a useful nature, for the</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">titles of which, see foot-note.* But his principal work was a body of divinity, in one hundred and</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">seventy-six sermons, upon the Assembly’s Catechism, which did not appear till after his death. It</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">was published in one volume folio, in 1692, and accompanied with a portrait of the author, by Sturt;</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">together with a recommendatory preface by the Rev William Lorimer, and the attestation of</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">twenty-five other ministers of principal note in that day. For many a year this volume continued to</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">train the common people in theology, and it may still tee found very commonly in the cottages of</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">the Scottish peasantry. Rev George Rogers, Principal of the Pastors, College, has carefully</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">superintended the issue of this present edition, and in a note to us he writes: ‘I know of no work</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">with so much sermon matter within the same compass. In Howe, and Charnock, and Owen, we</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">must often read much before we are tempted to close the book and think out a whole sermon, but</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">Watson teaches us to make short work of it. The whole may be utilised. On this account it would</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">be, I think, of great value to all our students who have pastorates. It is for their benefit, I suppose,</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">you wished the reprint. As several select sermons, which are usually bound up with this work, will</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">appear with his whole works, after a time, in Nichol’s series, they are not included here. This is a</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">distinct work by itself and complete. All editions extant which we have seen, abound in errors and</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">imperfections. These have been rectified, not entirely we fear, but in a degree as nearly approaching</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">to accuracy as in revision of another’s composition could be expected. No alteration of sentiment</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">has been made, but every shade of the author’s meaning has been scrupulously retained. The style</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">has been modernised, so far as could be done without detracting from its own peculiar characteristics.</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">Long sentences have been divided into two or three, where it could be done without injury to the</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">clearness or force of the signification. Modern words have been substituted for such as had become</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">obsolete; Latin quotations restored to their correct form, as far as their sources could be ascertained;</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">and divisions of subjects more perspicuously arranged. The whole, in fact, has been rendered more</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">readable, and consequently more attractive and intelligible, which in our estimation far outweighs</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">all the supposed advantages that could arise from perpetuating the crudities and vulgarities, as they</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">now appear to us, of former times. By popularising ancient works, their readers are multiplied and</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">their meaning may often be more readily apprehended’.</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">* The following are the tides of the principal works of Thomas Watson: viz. Three treatises: 1.</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">‘The Christian’s Charter.’ 2. ‘The Art of Divine Contentment.’ 3. ‘A Discourse of Meditation,’ to</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">7</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">A Body of Divinity Thomas Watson</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">which is added several sermons, 1660. This volume contains, besides the three treatises, the</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">following, viz.: ‘God’s Anatomy upon Man’s Heart,’ ‘The Saint’s Delight,’ ‘A Christian on Earth</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">still in Heaven,’ ‘Christ’s Loveliness,’ ‘The Upright Man’s Character and Crown,’ ‘The One Thing</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">Necessary,’ ‘The Holy Longing; or, the Saint’s Desire to be with Christ,’ ‘Beatitudes; or, a Discourse</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">upon part of Christ’s Famous Sermon upon the Mount,’ 1660, ‘A Body of Practical Divinity,’ etc.’</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">with a supplement of some sermons, ‘A Divine Cordial,” The Holy Eucharist,’ ‘Heaven taken by</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">Storm,’ etc.’ etc.</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">8</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">A Body of Divinity Thomas Watson</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">1. A Preliminary Discourse To Catechising</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">’If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled.’ - Col 1:13.</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">Intending next Lord’s day to enter upon the work of catechising, it will not be amiss to give</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">you a preliminary discourse, to show you how needful it is for Christians to be well instructed in</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">the grounds of religion. ‘If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled.’</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">I. It is the duty of Christians to be settled in the doctrine of faith.</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">II. The best way for Christians to be settled is to be well grounded.</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">I. It is the duty of Christians to be settled in the doctrine of faith. It is the apostle’s prayer, I Pet</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">5:50, ’The God of all grace stablish, strengthen, settle you.’ That is, that they might not be meteors</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">in the air, but fixed stars. The apostle Jude speaks of ‘wandering stars, in verse 13. They are called</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">wandering stars, because, as Aristotle says, ‘They do leap up and down, and wander into several</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">parts of the heaven; and being but dry exhalations, not made of that pure celestial matter as the</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">fixed stars are, they often fall to the earth.’ Now, such as are not settled in religion, will, at one</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">time or other, prove wandering stars; they will lose their former steadfastness, and wander from</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">one opinion to another. Such as are unsettled are of the tribe of Reuben, ‘unstable as water,’ Gen</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">49:9; like a ship without ballast, overturned with every wind of doctrine. Beza writes of one</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">Belfectius, that his religion changed as the moon. The Arians had every year a new faith. These</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">are not pillars in the temple of God, but reeds shaken every way. The apostle calls them ‘damnable</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">heresies.’ 2 Pet 2:2. A man may go to hell as well for heresy as adultery. To be unsettled in religion,</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">argues want of judgement. If their heads were not giddy, men would not reel so fast from one</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">opinion to another. It argues lightness. As feathers will be blown every way, so will feathery</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">Christians. Triticum non rapit ventus inanes palae jactantur. Cyprian. Therefore such are compared</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">to children. Eph 4:44. ‘That we be no more children, tossed to and fro.’ Children are fickle sometimes</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">of one mind sometimes of another, nothing pleases them long; so unsettled Christians are childish;</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">the truths they embrace at one time, they reject at another; sometimes they like the Protestant</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">religion, and soon after they have a good mind to turn Papists.</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">[I] It is the great end of the word preached, to bring us to a settlement in religion. Eph 4:41, 12,</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">14. ‘And he gave some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; for the edifying of the body</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">of Christ; that we henceforth be no more children.’ The word is called a hammer. Jer 23:39. Every</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">blow of the hammer is to fasten the nails of the building; so the preacher’s words are to fasten you</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">the more to Christ; they weaken themselves to strengthen and settle you. This is the grand design</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">of preaching, not only for the enlightening, but for the establishing of souls; not only to guide them</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">in the right way, but to keep them in it. Now, if you be not settled, you do not answer God’s end</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">in giving you the ministry.</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">[2] To be settled in religion is both a Christian’s excellence and honour. It is his excellence.</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">When the milk is settled it turns to cream; now he will be zealous for the truth, and walk in close</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">communion with God. And his honour. Prov 16:61. ‘The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">found in the way of righteousness.’ It is one of the best sights to see an old disciple; to see silver</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">hairs adorned with golden virtues.</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">[3] Such as are not settled in the faith can never suffer for it. Sceptics in religion hardly ever</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">prove martyrs. They that are not settled hang in suspense; when they think of the joys of heaven</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">they will espouse the gospel, but when they think of persecution they desert it. Unsettled Christians</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">9</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">A Body of Divinity Thomas Watson</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">do not consult what is best, but what is safest. ‘The apostate (says Tertullian) seems to put God and</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">Satan in balance, and having weighed both their services, prefers the devil’s service, and proclaims</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">him to be the best master: and, in this sense, may be said to put Christ to open shame.’ Heb 6:6.</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">He will never suffer for the truth, but be as a soldier that leaves his colours, and runs over to the</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">enemy’s side; he will fight on the devil’s side for pay.</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">[4] Not to be settled in the faith is provoking to God. To espouse the truth, and then to fall away,</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">brings an ill report upon the gospel, which will not go unpunished. Psa 78:87, 59. ‘They turned</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">back, and dealt unfaithfully. When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel.’ The</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">apostate drops as a wind-fall into the devil’s mouth.</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">[5] If ye are not settled in religion, you will never grow. We are commanded ‘to grow up into</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">the head, even Christ.’ Eph 4:15. But if we are unsettled there is no growing: ‘the plant which is</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">continually removing never thrives.’ He can no more grow in godliness, who is unsettled, than a</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">bone can grow in the body that is out of joint.</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">[6] There is great need to be settled, because there are so many things to unsettle us. Seducers</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">are abroad, whose work is to draw away people from the principles of religion. I John 2:26. ‘These</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.’ Seducers are the devil’s factors;</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">they are of all others the greatest felons that would rob you of the truth. Seducers have silver tongues,</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">that can put off bad wares; they have a sleight to deceive. Eph 4:14. The Greek word there is taken</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">from those that can throw dice, and cast them for the best advantage. So seducers are impostors,</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">they can throw a dice; they can so dissemble and sophisticate the truth, that they can deceive others.</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">Seducers deceive by wisdom of words. Rom 16:68. ‘By good words and fair speeches they deceive</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">the hearts of the simple.’ They have fine elegant phrases, flattering language, whereby they work</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">on the weaker sort. Another sleight is a pretence of extraordinary piety, that so people may admire</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">them, and suck in their doctrine. They seem to be men of zeal and sanctity, and to be divinely</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">inspired, and pretend to new revelations. A third cheat of seducers is, labouring to vilify and nullify</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">sound orthodox teachers. They would eclipse those that bring the truth, like black vapours that</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">darken the light of heaven; they would defame others, that they themselves may be more admired.</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">Thus the false teachers cried down Paul, that they might be received, Gal 4:17. The fourth cheat</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">of seducers is, to preach the doctrine of liberty; as though men are freed from the moral law, the</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">rule as well as the curse, and Christ has done all for them, and they need to do nothing. Thus they</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">make the doctrine of free grace a key to open the door to all licentiousness. Another means is, to</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">unsettle Christians by persecution. 2 Tim 3:12. The gospel is a rose that cannot be plucked without</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">prickles. The legacy Christ has bequeathed is the CROSS. While there is a devil and a wicked man</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">in the world, never expect a charter of exemption from trouble. How many fall away in an hour of</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">persecution! Rev 12:2. ‘There appeared a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns; and</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven.’ The red dragon, by his power and subtilty, drew</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">away stars, or eminent professors, that seemed to shine as stars in the firmament of the church.</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">To be unsettled in good is the sin of the devils. Jude 6. They are called, ‘morning stars,’ Job</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">38:8, but ‘falling stars;’ they were holy, but mutable. As the vessel is overturned with the sail, so</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">their sails being swelled with pride, they were overturned. I Tim 3:3. By unsettledness, men imitate</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">lapsed angels. The devil was the first apostate. The sons of Sion should be like mount Sion, which</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">cannot be removed.</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">II. The second proposition is, that the way for Christians to be settled is to be well grounded.</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">‘If ye continue grounded and settled.’ The Greek word for grounded is a metaphor which alludes</span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;">10</span></p>Vulcão Ativo - Vilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04762736963640210106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084779094786691009.post-50727252158526113742023-04-24T08:40:00.002-07:002023-04-24T08:40:57.731-07:00Jesus disse<p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><div style="direction: ltr;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.14994px;"><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: large;">Jesus disse em alta voz às multidões: "Se vocês creem em mim, </span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #04ff00; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.14994px;"><span style="font-size: large;">não creem apenas em mim, </span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #04ff00; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.14994px;"><span style="font-size: large;">mas também naquele que me enviou.</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #04ff00; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.14994px;">Pois, quando veem a mim, veem aquele que me enviou.</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.14994px;" /><span style="font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.14994px;">Eu vim como luz para brilhar neste mundo, </span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #04ff00; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.14994px;"><span style="font-size: large;">a fim de que todo aquele que crê em mim não </span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #04ff00; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.14994px;"><span style="font-size: large;">permaneça na escuridão.</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #04ff00; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.14994px;">Não julgarei aqueles que me ouvem mas não me obedecem, </span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #04ff00; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.14994px;">pois vim para salvar o mundo, e não para julgá-lo.</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.14994px;" /><span style="font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.14994px;">Mas todos que me rejeitam e desprezam minha mensagem </span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #04ff00; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.14994px;">serão julgados no dia do julgamento pela verdade que tenho falado.</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.14994px;" /><span style="font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.14994px;">Não falo com minha própria autoridade. O Pai, que me enviou, </span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.14994px;"><span style="color: #04ff00;"><span style="background-color: black;">me ordenou o que dizer. </span></span></span><span style="color: #04ff00; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: black; letter-spacing: 0.14994px;">E eu sei que o </span></span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><span style="color: #04ff00; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; letter-spacing: 0.14994px;">mandamento dele conduz à vida eterna; </span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><span style="color: #04ff00; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; letter-spacing: 0.14994px;">por isso digo tudo que o Pai me mandou dizer".</span></span></div><p></p><div style="direction: ltr;"><a href="https://www.bibliaonline.com.br/nvt/jo/12/44-49+" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.14994px;"><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: black;">João 12:44-49</b></span></a></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><br /></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><br /></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><br /></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><br /></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><br /></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><br /></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><br /></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><br /></div>Vulcão Ativo - Vilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04762736963640210106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084779094786691009.post-9119751910890312502023-04-21T17:25:00.001-07:002023-04-21T17:34:44.352-07:00Ceia do Senhor sobre Ataque. Lord's Supper on Attack.<p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br />Satan will Continue to Attack
the Lord’s Supper
by Jeremy James
Several years ago, not long after I was saved, I heard a comment by Vernon McGee in
his ‘Through the Bible’ series which struck me as especially important. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The truth of his
observation became more evident as the years passed. No sermon is ever complete, he
said, if it fails to refer to Resurrection Sunday. This is the glorious truth of Christianity,
a truth so great and immeasurably broad that we will never fully grasp it, no matter
how we try. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWdzOUAqIeNHa89TXRuL3dwci1rNpt5fDkfjofDzr95WuXmlqUYhKUovoUCucAkzqTLo6CdSSa3LaC8iZt3fuEbTNYLJM-M82jKPHodLPgJBb-p97H7w7KidVIc1Ndp2Xs4CRQpeSHmbzNdEdjn3iiUc7IlW3O3VFYFoz19HHcFO7ZzoXIOVX9KH-f" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="86" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWdzOUAqIeNHa89TXRuL3dwci1rNpt5fDkfjofDzr95WuXmlqUYhKUovoUCucAkzqTLo6CdSSa3LaC8iZt3fuEbTNYLJM-M82jKPHodLPgJBb-p97H7w7KidVIc1Ndp2Xs4CRQpeSHmbzNdEdjn3iiUc7IlW3O3VFYFoz19HHcFO7ZzoXIOVX9KH-f=s16000" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">We must hold it before us continually if we are to understand all the
doctrines and precious promises that flow from it.
The great task and privilege of every preacher is to remind their listeners of this
remarkable moment, this day of days, when Jesus rose from the dead and set in motion
a process which, when it runs to completion, will see the perfect restoration of the
whole of creation. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">This is the day the LORD has made
The Psalmist referred to this day as follows:
“This is the day which the LORD hath made;
we will rejoice and be glad in it.” (Psalm 118:24
It is exalted above all days, a tiny slice of time in the course of history when everything
– absolutely everything – changed forever. The contrast between the millennia that
passed before it and those that were yet to come could not have been greater. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The
reality of everything that Jesus had accomplished on Calvary would now become
manifest to a fallen world. When Satan ordered the closure of our churches in 2020 as part of his ‘Covid’ mandate,
he wanted men and women all over the earth to stop commemorating this wonderful
day. Professing Christians were permitted to play ‘church’ online via Zoom, but they
could do nothing in cyber space to counterfeit the Lord’s Supper. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The scriptural basis for the Lord’s Supper
We are all familiar with the scriptural basis for the Lord’s Supper, but it helps from
time to time to reflect on why our Lord asked us to celebrate it.
When he shared the bread and wine at the last supper Jesus said: “...this do in
remembrance of me” -
“And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto
them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in
remembrance of me. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Likewise also the cup after supper, saying,
This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.”
(Luke 22:19-20)
Through our celebration of the Lord’s Supper we are remembering what Jesus
achieved for us through his death and resurrection. Our thoughts turn with delight to
“the day which the LORD hath made.” And, as the Psalmist foretold, “we will
rejoice and be glad in it.” </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The Eleven Apostles listening to Jesus at the Last Supper.
Detail of a painting by Duccio di Buoninsegna, 14th century
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We set out in Appendix A a number of edifying extracts from the writings of H A
Ironside which reveal the essential nature and purpose of the Lord’s Supper. He points
to several truths which, I suspect, many professing Christians today have largely
forgotten or never fully understood.
The main facts to note about the Lord’s Supper is that, along with Baptism, it is a
defining ordinance of Christianity and is to be celebrated regularly by all believers. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The
scriptures on which it is based emphasize its deep spiritual significance. It was
instituted by Jesus at the last supper as a memorial meal to mark both the death and
resurrection of Christ and to bear witness to these events until he returns to call forth
his Church. It celebrates the fundamental truths of Christianity and enables believers
to express their innermost gratitude for the gift of salvation in the spiritual presence
of Jesus. It is a time of deep reflection and silent appreciation whereby believers
commune with the Savior through the physical meal of bread and wine and dwell
humbly on the unimaginable price that had to be paid to set us free.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> As Dr Ironside said:
“It is intended to deepen in the heart of those already saved, the
realization of the preciousness of Christ. We come together to
remember Him and, as He fills the vision of our souls, we feast
in spirit upon all that He is and all that He has done.”
“It is the Lord’s desire,” he noted, “that His people often show
His death in this way, calling to mind frequently His love and
sacrifice for them... We come together to meet the Lord Himself,
to be solely occupied with Him, to offer Him the worship of our
hearts, and to remember what He passed through for us.... It
must be remembered that when we come together for the Lord’s
Supper, Christ is as truly present in our midst as He was among
the first disciples two thousand years ago.” </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The revelation given to the Apostle Paul
The Apostle Paul was not present at the last supper but received an account of this
God-given ordinance through direct revelation. According to Dr Ironside, this special
revelation, which was given by Jesus after he left the earth, is further evidence of the
exceptional spiritual importance of this ordinance and its frequent observance. “Paul never knew the Lord here on earth, he was not with the
Twelve in the upper room when Jesus instituted this ordinance;
therefore, he must have received this as a direct revelation from
heaven. That is very significant, for there must be something
extremely precious to our risen Savior about the frequent
observance of the Lord’s Supper if He, the glorified One, gave
to His apostle a special declaration from the glory regarding it.” </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">It should be clear to even the dullest observer that frequent celebration of the Lord’s
Supper is of paramount importance to Christians everywhere. An attempt to curtail or
limit the observation of this ordinance, in any manner whatever, is quite obviously a
direct attack on the Gospel and on all who believe in Jesus.
The Marxists, Freemasons and Babylonian deceivers who control our governments did
just that in 2020. Worse still, the organized body of grievous wolves within the
institutional church did nothing to oppose them!
The Apostle Paul, ceiling mosaic, Ravenna, Italy. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The vast majority of professing Christians did as Satan commanded in 2020, not what
Jesus asked of them. His ordinance was forgotten. They didn’t even grieve over the
offense that their disobedience would cause. Three years later we are still waiting for
an admission by our preachers, pastors and elders that, through their repeated failure,
nay refusal, to rejoice and be glad in the day which the LORD had made, they were
willing participants in a terrible act of defiance and hypocrisy. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Since we have already addressed the immense harm caused by the unconfessed sin of
church leaders during this time – see our paper #331 – we will confine our
examination to what the Enemy achieved by prohibiting the celebration of the Lord’s
Supper.
Historical suppression of the Lord’s Supper
For nearly two thousand years the visible church assembled and drew great strength,
hope and encouragement from its regular observance of a practice instituted by the
Lord himself. Even when they were prohibited from doing so by the Roman Emperors,
they continued to meet in secret – in contravention of civil law – to celebrate this
precious ordinance. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">It is impossible to think of the church over the course of history of
failing at any time, for any reason, to honor this ordinance or to accord it the highest
respect. All of that changed in 2020.
One of the great achievements of the Reformation was the restoration to the laity of
the right to receive both the bread and the wine of communion. For many years the
church of Rome had restricted the laity to the bread of communion only, while the
priests could receive it in both species, bread and wine. It is difficult to establish exactly
when this restriction was introduced but it was fairly widespread by the 13th century. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">For instance, the Council of Lambeth (1281) directed that the wine was to be received
by the priest only.
Luther and other reformers objected to this unscriptural practise and it became a
matter of such contention that the Jesuits formally forbade the laity to receive the wine
of communion under the draconian regime promulgated by the Council of Trent (1545-
1563). Access to the “chalice” became a rare privilege which the Papacy alone could
grant, with special exception being made, for example, for the kings of France at their
coronation. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">‘Transubstantiation’
Rome has long used its doctrine of ‘transubstantiation’ – the mystical transformation
of the bread and wine of communion into the actual body and blood of Christ – as a
powerful means of social control. The liturgical ceremony through which this
supposedly miraculous transubstantiation takes place became known as the ‘sacrifice
of the Mass’, an event which purports to repeat the sacrifice of Calvary through the
supernatural agency of a priest. By this means the church of Rome appropriates to
herself the power to add to the work that Jesus performed on Calvary.
To engrave this dramatic act in the imagination of parishioners, Rome has turned the
bread and wine into objects of adoration. They no longer commemorate the work of
Christ on Calvary but constitute divine objects in their own right, produced or made
manifest by the miraculous power with which the Catholic priest is allegedly endowed. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The Jesuits required all Catholics to adore, worship and venerate the ‘consecrated’
bread and wine of communion through the inclusion of the following Canon at the
Council of Trent:
CANON VI.-If any one saith, that, in the holy sacrament of the Eucharist,
Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, is not to be adored with the worship,
even external of latria; and is, consequently, neither to be venerated with a
special festive solemnity, nor to be solemnly borne about in processions,
according to the laudable and universal rite and custom of holy church; or, is
not to be proposed publicly to the people to be adored, and that the adorers
thereof are idolators; let him be anathema. [Canon VI of the 13th Session]
We will not dwell on the sheer madness in all of this. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">We only wish to point out that
the Enemy despises the Lord’s Supper and, historically, has done everything he can to
pervert its true meaning.
Anathema
“In councils held at Meaux in 845 and both at
Paris and at Epernay the year following,
anathema was defined as “condemnation to
eternal death.” Thus defined, anathema was too
terrible for a bishop to decide upon alone. Only
with the consent of his archbishop or his fellow
bishops could he impose anathema... </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">This
unrelenting definition of anathema from the 840s
entered into the principal canon law collections:
the Decretum compiled by Burchard of Worms at
the start of the eleventh century, the Panormia
and the Decretum assembled later in the century
by Ivo of Chartres, and the Decretum of Gratian
in about 1140.”
– Lester Little, Cornell University Press, 1993 The Apostolic Church
For the first two and half centuries of its existence, the church celebrated the
commemorative ordinance known as the Lord’s Supper. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">In doing so, believers
reflected on the death and resurrection of Christ, on the awesome magnitude of what
his selfless sacrifice had accomplished. They were not only looking back, but forward,
to the glorious hour of his imminent return – Maranatha!
There was no mystical transformation of any kind, no supernatural activity sponsored
by a priest, or anything of that nature. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The change, such as it was, came only in the
hearts of believers as they apprehended anew, in grateful silence, the unspeakable gift
of salvation. This is the true apostolic meaning of communion.
Fresco in a catacomb in Rome, early second century,
showing believers celebrating the Lord’s Supper. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">A carefully planned attack on the apostolic Church
Satan hates this ceremony! He knows how deeply it refreshes the souls of all believers!
To distract from this awesome truth, he pours in magic and mystery, and beguiles the
imagination of his audience with a theological drama. This drama in turn is made
possible only through the agency of a priestly hierophant initiated by ‘Mother Church’.
Salvation comes through the sanctifying power which he allegedly summons with his
sacred words and his ability to effectually reenact the sacrifice of Calvary. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The carefully planned attack on the church via Covid was nothing less than an outright
ban on the Lord’s Supper. It troubles the Enemy that there are still true believers on
earth who come together frequently in humble assembly to celebrate the resurrection
and imminent return of Christ in accordance with Scripture. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">These people are not
deceived by the magic and mystery of transubstantiation or ensnared by the
charismatic allure of a sacred object. They only want to do what Jesus asked of them.
Impatient to advance toward a ‘new world order’, Satan and his earthly servants issued
their anti-Christian prohibition: “Stop! That’s enough!”
Nevertheless, they must have been surprised by the success of their brazen scheme. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">There was no need to use force or issue baleful threats. Church leaders raced en mass
to lock their doors and play Zoom. As Jesus foretold, these so-called men of God turned
out to be hirelings and not shepherds:
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“But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep
are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the
wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth,
because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.” (John 10:12-13)
As a result of all this, the evangelical church in 2023 is very different from that of 2019. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The gross hypocrisy of its leaders is plain for all to see, but no-one wants to talk about
it. We now know it is led mainly by men who have little or no respect for the Lord’s
Supper. There are exceptions of course – praise the LORD! – but the great majority
are hireling deceivers.
A sweet savour
There is a passage of scripture which sheds considerable light on the spiritual
significance of the Lord’s Supper, as seen from our Heavenly Father’s perspective:
“For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and
drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's
body. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and
many sleep.” (1 Corinthians 11:29-30)
The Apostle Paul is referring to the unseemly way the Lord’s Supper was celebrated in
Corinth and the stern penalty that resulted. In many cases the participants fell ill and
continued to suffer the effects for some time, while others died!
The Holy Spirit punished these people for their sinful behavior. This is the only place
in the New Testament where believers are struck down in this way! The closest parallel
is that of Ananias and Sapphira, whose lives were instantly terminated when they lied
to the Holy Spirit.
The Death of Ananias by Masaccio, 15th century
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The severity of the punishment reflects the gravity of the sin. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">We cannot say how this
principle might apply to leaders and elders who showed little respect for the Lord’s
Supper during ‘Covid’, but we have no doubt that it does apply! The Word of God
makes this quite plain.
We can see this spiritual truth even more clearly in the Old Testament sacrifices. On
numerous occasions they are referred to as “a sweet savour unto the LORD”. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The
Hebrew word translated as “savour” in English is rêah meaning a scent or fragrance.
When our Heavenly Father accepted a properly constituted offering He was savoring,
not the sacrifice itself, but what it represented, namely the sacrifice that Jesus would
one day make on Calvary. The love of His Son was deeply pleasing to Him, like a
fragrant perfume. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and
hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice
to God for a sweetsmelling savour.”
– Ephesians 5:1-2
We are saved, not by our own righteousness – for in our fallen condition we stink –
but by the sweet, fragrant righteousness of Christ – “For we are unto God a sweet
savour of Christ...” (2 Corinthians 2:15). </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Every time we celebrate the Lord’s Supper
we are reflecting on the vast gulf between our own wretchedness, our pre-saved sindamaged condition, and the “unsearchable riches of Christ” (Ephesians 3:8) which,
in his infinite mercy, he has bestowed upon each of us.
How is it possible for any Christian to ignore this ordinance? </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">How is it possible for ANY Christian to ignore this ordinance? How? The modern
pastors are like the Hebrew priests: “Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what
profit is it that we have kept his ordinance...” (Malachi 3:14) How is it possible to
listen to Marxists and Freemasons – patent agents of Satan – and adopt their wicked
reinterpretation of God’s Word? </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">How is it possible to submit to their perverted
reinvention of standard medical practice and abandon the joy and reverence found in
this ordinance?
Oh, people will drop dead in the street, they warned! Really? The only thing to fall in
the street was truth itself:
“And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth
afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.”
(Isaiah 59:14)
All who had a hand in this should be greatly ashamed. Satan sent his filthy liars to tell their filthy lies and church leaders bowed down before
them as though an oracle had spoken. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">They could have taken their flock to a park or a
field outside of town to celebrate the Lord’s Supper, but that’s not something
hypocrites like to do. Some went instead to the liquor store, where deadly pathogens
were miraculously absent.
By failing to come together in a humble assembly during ‘Covid’, submitting instead to
the dark interdict of a scheming Masonic government, the professing church decided
that worldly obedience – however shallow or twisted its rationale – must sometimes
take precedence over our faithful expression of joy and gratitude for what Jesus did
for us on Calvary.
Have no doubt, this was Satan’s work from the start. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">His earthly servants despise
Christianity and will continue to do whatever it takes to destroy it. Meanwhile, the
church itself, as an institution, has been heavily infiltrated by ‘pastors’ and ‘leaders’
who, with bright smiles and soft words, take pleasure in disobedience, deception, and
blasphemy.
I truly wish all believers would think deeply about this because it is horrifying. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Will the
great falling away (2 Thessalonians 2:3), when it occurs, be any more reprehensible or
loathsome in the eyes of our Heavenly Father than this sinful universal refusal to honor
His Son?
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“A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master:
if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be
a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts
unto you, O priests, that despise my name.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> And ye say,
Wherein have we despised thy name? Ye offer polluted
bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we
polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is
contemptible [This pertains to all the pastors and elders
who refused to celebrate the Lord’s Supper during
‘Covid’]. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not
evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil?
Offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with
thee, or accept thy person? [Is this how you would treat
a respected national figure or dignitary?] saith the LORD
of hosts.” (Malachi 1:6-8)
11
“Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his
lord hath made ruler over his household [Who is Jesus
referring to? The pastors, of course!], to give them meat
in due season [To feed the flock]?</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> Blessed is that
servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so
doing. Verily I say unto you, that he shall make him
ruler over all his goods. But and if that evil servant
shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and
shall begin to smite his fellowservants [By doing
whatever the Masons and Marxists demand], and to eat
and drink with the drunken [To take the Covid payments
and incentives given by the state]; The lord of that
servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for
him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, and shall
cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the
hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of
teeth.” (Matthew 24:45-51)
*** “Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions
which ye have been taught, whether by word,
or our epistle.” – 2 Thessalonians 2:15
__________________
Jeremy James
Ireland
January 14, 2023
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APPENDIX A
Comments on The Lord’s Supper by H A Ironside
[Note: The sequence in which the following comments are presented differs slightly
from the originals. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">We have also added titles. To consult the full text of the originals,
see the links below.]
The means by which needy sinners avail themselves of an interest in the finished
work of Christ is very simple. The sinner has to take his place before God as a
lost, guilty man, owning his iniquity and putting his trust in the Man who died
on the cross; for "By Him all that believe are justified from all things, from
which ye could not be justified by Moses' law." (Acts 13:39) [1] </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Jesus asked that we thus remember him
The Lord’s Supper (1 Corinthians 11:20) is a feast of remembrance, which is
intended to carry our minds back to the death of our Saviour and also to cause
us to look on to His coming again (1 Corinthians 11:26) ... Because of this, and
of the expressed desire of Jesus Christ that we should thus remember Him, it
has been the joy of Christian hearts down through the centuries to come together
around the table of the Lord to think of His sufferings, to meditate upon His
love, and to enjoy communion with Him. [5] </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">In this New Testament economy Christ is the only sacrificing priest. He is the
one all-sufficient victim. Christ, having made atonement for sins, rose from the
dead and God has manifested His righteous satisfaction in the work of the cross
by seating Him in heaven at His own right hand... [1]
Communing with Christ
In the celebration of the Lord’s Supper we are to be occupied with Christ
Himself, with the memories of His love and grace, recalling His sorrows,
sufferings, and death, and bearing in mind His promise to come again and
receive us unto Himself. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">It is a mistake to think of this blessed ordinance as a
means of grace, in the sense of having to do with the salvation of the soul. It is
intended to deepen in the heart of those already saved, the realization of the
preciousness of Christ. We come together to remember Him and, as He fills the
vision of our souls, we feast in spirit upon all that He is and all that He has done.
[5]
The Lord's Supper is a memorial feast. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Christians, members of the body of
Christ, come together to remember the One who died for them and who put
away their sins, and do this because their sins have been put away. No instructed
Christian would approach the Lord's Table to get forgiveness. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">I come because
my sins have been forever put away by the atoning blood of the Lord Jesus and
I desire gratefully to remember the One who offered that mighty sacrifice and
so fitted me for the presence of a holy God. [1] The Lord’ Supper links the two great facts of Christianity
“For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's
death till He come." (1 Corinthians 11:26) Observe how this feast links
together the two great facts of Christianity, the death of Christ and His second
coming. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The Lord's Supper is taken in remembrance of One who died, but as we
take it we look forward and wait for His coming again... [1]
Christ is present in Spirit with his own
[We] do not believe that the bread and wine undergo any mystic change, but
[we] do believe that as you eat and drink in remembrance of Christ, Christ is
present in His sweet and wonderful way, manifesting Himself to the hearts of
His beloved people so that by faith they are enabled to feed upon Him. We feed
upon Him in remembrance. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">We look back and think of the sorrows He bore. We
contemplate His cross and bitter passion, and as we do, we eat of His flesh and
drink of His blood... [1]
Frequency
“Why observe this feast so frequently when, in many places, it is only at rare
intervals that what is commonly called ‘the communion’ is celebrated?” In
answer we reply that we have, in Scripture, no distinct commandment as
regarding the particular times it is to be celebrated. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The Passover was celebrated
once per year, but, when the Lord instituted the Supper, He implied much more
frequent observance when He said, “As often as you do this, do it in
remembrance of Me.”
It is the Lord’s desire that His people often show His death in this way, calling
to mind frequently His love and sacrifice for them. In the earliest days of the
Church’s history, the Christians broke bread daily; but, when the first days of
transition passed, and the new dispensation was fully established, we get the
Scriptural example in Acts 20:7, “Upon the first day of the week the disciples
came together to break bread and Paul preached unto them.”
In Apostolic days, it is well known that this was the recognized custom. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Now this
is not a commandment, but it is a word from the Lord, and He has said, “If a
man love Me, he will keep My words.” (John 14:23) A devoted heart does not
ask “How seldom can I do this and yet have the Lord’s approval?”, but “What
does His Word tell us about the established order in the early days?” The Book
answers, “On the first day of the week,” and, therefore, upon that day, we
delight to come together to remember Him... [2]
14
We come together to meet the Lord himself
It is important to understand that we do not come together to pray, nor yet to
preach, nor to sing or listen to teaching, nor to enjoy Christian fellowship. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">We
come together to meet the Lord Himself, to be solely occupied with Him, to offer
Him the worship of our hearts, and to remember what He passed through for
us.... It must be remembered that when we come together for the Lord’s Supper,
Christ is as truly present in our midst as He was among the first disciples two
thousand years ago. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Yes, there will be room for praise and for the reading of a
portion from the Word of God, which might bring out more vividly the sufferings
of Christ. But any brother would be decidedly out of place who sought to give a
lengthy exposition of Scripture or an exhortation to the believers. The sense of
awe which comes over the soul who recognizes he is in the Lord’s presence will
curb the flesh. [2]
...we do believe in the real presence in Spirit of our blessed Lord, for He has said,
“Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the
midst of them” (Matthew 18:20). </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">And there is no time when Christ’s presence
is so definitely realized and so distinctly felt as when remembering Him in the
breaking of bread. He said, “Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for
you: this do in remembrance of me.” </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The Lord’s Supper is a continual
reminder of the vicarious character of His death, and that is one reason why our
blessed Lord is so desirous that it should be celebrated frequently... [4]
A celebration of thanksgiving and expectation
In 1 Corinthians 11, verses 23-26, we learn that Paul had received a special
revelation regarding the supper, yet fully agreeing with the accounts given by
the three evangelists – Matthew, Mark and Luke – only that the thought of the
Lord’s return is added to the remembrance of Him in His death: “For as often
as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord’s death till He
come” (verse 26). </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Thus are the cross and the glory linked together for faith, and
ever kept before the soul in this observance of the Lord’s Supper.
The word rendered “show” is often translated “preach” in the New Testament.
Every celebration of the eucharist (as the early Christians loved to call this feast
– a word meaning thanksgiving) is in itself a sermon. It is a proclaiming of
the Lord’s death... [3]
Never become so occupied with the form that you neglect the spirit of the
Lord’s Supper. It is a place for the heart’s affections to flow out. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Do not make it
a ritualistic observance, but let it ever be an occasion where Christ Himself is
before the soul, who has said, “This do in remembrance of Me.” [3] Christ, from heaven, emphasized the Lord’s Supper
[1 Corinthians 11] Having reproved them for their misbehavior at the Table, Paul
lays down clearly the revelation that the risen Christ gave him from heaven
concerning the proper observance of this service. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">First, “For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you.”
Paul never knew the Lord here on earth, he was not with the Twelve in the upper
room when Jesus instituted this ordinance; therefore, he must have received
this as a direct revelation from heaven. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">That is very significant, for there must
be something extremely precious to our risen Savior about the frequent
observance of the Lord’s Supper if He, the glorified One, gave to His apostle a
special declaration from the glory regarding it. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">And this is what He told him: “That the Lord Jesus the same night in which
he was betrayed took bread.” Why does the apostle slip in the expression, “In
which he was betrayed,” if not for us to realize that the Lord’s Supper was
meant to appeal to the hearts of His people and so to remind them that in that
very night when our blessed Savior was to know to the fullest the
untrustworthiness, the wickedness, the treachery, the perfidy of the human
heart, He gave this feast in order that His people might have before them the
continual expression of His loving heart in giving Himself for them.
... </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Judas went out, and in his absence the Savior gave this memorial feast to His
own. That is very suggestive, for it is only for those who have been redeemed by
His precious blood that the Lord’s Supper is given. It is not for the unsaved, it is
not for those who are hoping to be saved; it is for those who are in the joy of
accomplished redemption, who know Christ as Savior. To them the Lord spake
when He took that bread and gave thanks and said, “Take, eat: this is my body,
which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.”</span></p><p><a class="html-attribute-value html-external-link" href="http://zephaniah.eu/index_htm_files/Satan%20will%20Continue%20to%20Attack%20the%20Lords%20Supper.pdf" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="font-family: monospace; white-space: pre;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b>Zephaniah</b></span></a></p>Vulcão Ativo - Vilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04762736963640210106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084779094786691009.post-74416108976262082992023-04-06T07:55:00.003-07:002023-04-06T07:57:13.680-07:00Dominados - fritos e cozidos<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="569" src="https://www.linkedin.com/embed/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:7046784495399673857" title="Publicação incorporada" width="504"></iframe>Vulcão Ativo - Vilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04762736963640210106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084779094786691009.post-62733131890504680312023-03-24T20:25:00.004-07:002023-03-24T20:37:23.413-07:00Divulgados novos planos do PCC contra autoridades<div><br /></div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/axEVRaR2VRM" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><div><br /></div>Vulcão Ativo - Vilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04762736963640210106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084779094786691009.post-85614922792699490862023-03-24T20:11:00.001-07:002023-03-24T20:15:16.929-07:00URGENTE: LULA NAS MÃOS DE ALEXANDRE DE MORAES<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEht1MTwyJORLu7yPEvoDKHVJ_kil__jtowUDAlQefQxqrqeRUosPF4OQQ3qbX_aFnSZsbUa19YNf-irmHLX1rOvkUPo6VVOWVlDmOwie1wpc9DOIVzLWr51_79hy_y54b7fhzsEY-WE0LCv9F-Zhu_tXzw3D1D5FigKMcoIuVHdfkOLeufa3ANeTGL7" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="269" data-original-width="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEht1MTwyJORLu7yPEvoDKHVJ_kil__jtowUDAlQefQxqrqeRUosPF4OQQ3qbX_aFnSZsbUa19YNf-irmHLX1rOvkUPo6VVOWVlDmOwie1wpc9DOIVzLWr51_79hy_y54b7fhzsEY-WE0LCv9F-Zhu_tXzw3D1D5FigKMcoIuVHdfkOLeufa3ANeTGL7=s16000" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div>
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threat posed to mankind in general, and to Christians in particular, by Satan and his
demons. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Believers today who try to alert the church to this threat are either marginalized or
dismissed as cranks. Many are accused of ‘dwelling on the negative’ or spending too
much time reading the wrong kind of books. Meanwhile, pastors preach the good life
and urge their parishioners to adopt a more positive attitude. This leaves little or no
room for a serious evaluation of the many ways Satan is undermining the church and
preparing a path for the Antichrist. </span></span></p><p><b><span style="background-color: black; color: red; font-size: medium;">Discerning the work of the Enemy </span></b></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">The work of the Enemy can be discerned if we take the time to measure events in the
world around us against the peerless standard of God’s Word. If we attend carefully
we are sure to detect the presence of his earthly servants: </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">“Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how
the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
Forget not the voice of thine enemies:
the tumult of those that rise up against thee
increaseth continually.”
(Psalm 74:22-23)
2 </span></b></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">The noise of those who reject the will of God is growing louder every day. This has
become especially evident over the past ten years, where no abomination is too vile for
those who reject the Word of God. </span></span></p><p><b><span style="background-color: black; color: red; font-size: medium;">The Age of Electricity </span></b></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">We are now in the age that Satan has long anticipated – the age of electricity. It is
probably no accident that the advent of this age coincided with the birth of the
Laodicean church. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">As the prince of the power of the air, Satan is a master of electricity and the manifold
ways that electricity can be used to influence human behavior. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_wE7N36ulW_GoNb23Nvc71eRlzR3VdFR97X6YIo__CSu-ZSPk8xYLrqThv5SdhdhNOedrijHJ1OEZLm3yPp6-K7LxONPstwL_-r9yKZY_YRiwSj9PvObq_v6t98Ayu9_54es4X1x-hbnfNafCcEbMrGp3QK-tVWfFyKIsS2D0yOI-SiMfljowFXE5" style="background-color: black; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: white;"><img alt="" data-original-height="491" data-original-width="611" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_wE7N36ulW_GoNb23Nvc71eRlzR3VdFR97X6YIo__CSu-ZSPk8xYLrqThv5SdhdhNOedrijHJ1OEZLm3yPp6-K7LxONPstwL_-r9yKZY_YRiwSj9PvObq_v6t98Ayu9_54es4X1x-hbnfNafCcEbMrGp3QK-tVWfFyKIsS2D0yOI-SiMfljowFXE5=s16000" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">The painting above is part of a massive work called La Fée Electricité, which is
usually rendered into English as The Electricity Fairy or The Spirit of Electricity. The
work is housed in its own purpose-built hall at The City of Paris Museum of Modern
Art and, at 10m x 60m, is one of the largest in the world. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">The figure in the painting which towers above all the rest is the Fée himself, the Fairy
of Electricity, depicted here in the form of Mercury (Hermes) with his magic-making
caduceus. He also holds, in his left hand, the famous cornucopia or ‘Horn of Plenty’
which, according to the Greek mythology, was formed by, and seemingly fed, the infant
Zeus:</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjpsYZXOZSFJ1_p2C1EGswjfT-QGXoIeK7cmKX0Fl-w18VkNbSUXSBUn53LDH5-Zq5nOg_AwsX_lMWHFATVSE0yeOsu2aGn5QnDSkF6WXVh6HgTKCsVNfZ5ja0W7CKTKTbR8tR2_uVMk1yuaIQv-Hgp1jx5K2WIp81VcxJfEMGapBDDAt_vNjaaC4r" style="background-color: black; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: white;"><img alt="" data-original-height="444" data-original-width="337" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjpsYZXOZSFJ1_p2C1EGswjfT-QGXoIeK7cmKX0Fl-w18VkNbSUXSBUn53LDH5-Zq5nOg_AwsX_lMWHFATVSE0yeOsu2aGn5QnDSkF6WXVh6HgTKCsVNfZ5ja0W7CKTKTbR8tR2_uVMk1yuaIQv-Hgp1jx5K2WIp81VcxJfEMGapBDDAt_vNjaaC4r=s16000" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">The Fée is intended to represent Satan, an allusion which the artist reinforces in
dramatic fashion by locating a starburst of thunderbolts next to the god – see the image
below. </span></span></p><p><b><span style="background-color: black; color: red; font-size: medium;">Gigantic homage to Satan </span></b></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Grand Orient Freemasonry would certainly have played a lead role in commissioning
this gigantic homage to Satan, the god of lightning, thunderbolts and electricity – “the
power of the air” (Ephesians 2:2). The entire painting celebrates the way this power
will be used by Lucifer, the so-called Light-Bearer, “the prince of the power of the
air”, to control mankind and determine its destiny. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxjQvu7HmEYs6JCzfxQtc7Vbu5pNtQ5QMmMY7NOfaGLhQScIUbcVrvn_X3-axf1hK3w-hc9iykItbo8x6_lJ9m-SswSmTqp_CkSp9GzDnJH9w2gRlwr_AZ5Ip6q0H6qglR_1GTjTYrjYzB2FFqb--IeJU7ixE3OCiVwhd20e1bsDbmw7K67H3Tnw2Z" style="background-color: black; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: white;"><img alt="" data-original-height="265" data-original-width="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxjQvu7HmEYs6JCzfxQtc7Vbu5pNtQ5QMmMY7NOfaGLhQScIUbcVrvn_X3-axf1hK3w-hc9iykItbo8x6_lJ9m-SswSmTqp_CkSp9GzDnJH9w2gRlwr_AZ5Ip6q0H6qglR_1GTjTYrjYzB2FFqb--IeJU7ixE3OCiVwhd20e1bsDbmw7K67H3Tnw2Z=s16000" /></span></a></div><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Jesus himself associated Lucifer with the lightning bolt when he said, <b>“I beheld Satan
as lightning fall from heaven” (Luke 10:18). </b></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">We are also told in two places, relating to events many years apart, that he has the
ability to produce lightning or “fire...from heaven” (Job 1:16 and Revelation 13:13). </span></span></p><p><b><span style="background-color: black; color: red; font-size: medium;">Universal reliance on electrical devices </span></b></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Electricity can potentially power an infinite number of devices. However, as recently
as 150 years ago, no commercial or essential devices of any kind were powered by
electricity. Not one. In 1914 the level of technological progress in even the most
advanced economies was such that most of the transports and supply lines in World
War One depended on horses, not motorised vehicles. Incredibly, eight million horses,
donkeys and mules died in that terrible war.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"> Today there are billions of electrical devices, as well as billions of other devices and
goods which could not be manufactured without electrical machinery. Society would
quickly collapse if electricity suddenly became unavailable. Even a sharp reduction in
the availability of electricity – known as rolling blackouts – would severely reduce a
nation’s standard of living and leave it vulnerable to invasion or rapid social decay. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">For over four thousand years of recorded history electricity played no role whatsoever
in our lives. Yet, in a little over a century it has come to dominate the full spectrum of
human activity across the entire earth. Strangely, this dependency – along with the
many risks associated with it! – is seldom given the recognition it deserves. Without a
constant and reliable supply of electricity, our civilization would collapse. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Not since the Flood of Noah has mankind faced such an existential threat. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2Kt1qoswCufashhIk--txiyMCj-jAVkgC5YJxdorC0INxoquqgd6F3jez6IzbvxkKCMhCSJZeHuzNfrRDSK_y7X1jRsbUnXt6x_GlbPEAs2rNvbPDCbc9mftpGXGvuEx2_Ygpsbp-Muyx0qjhi8oNNahJ7Zqttk0gOjd48zJhIqDdwvVztRB3MoHw" style="background-color: black; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: white;"><img alt="" data-original-height="379" data-original-width="609" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2Kt1qoswCufashhIk--txiyMCj-jAVkgC5YJxdorC0INxoquqgd6F3jez6IzbvxkKCMhCSJZeHuzNfrRDSK_y7X1jRsbUnXt6x_GlbPEAs2rNvbPDCbc9mftpGXGvuEx2_Ygpsbp-Muyx0qjhi8oNNahJ7Zqttk0gOjd48zJhIqDdwvVztRB3MoHw=s16000" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDO5ddI0MnkTh_EBOg7HdroLfK_819eU_eLaysvrlzasj-VU9cF0WW5DXKzYxJPFVtM0rE4wGzqj0tALtC22SovRMPih8o3ahJB6VTen9eKFTyBMmWfHlGa-wVerXknz4OpoFWBmvq1cSSR9Sbv4Skg5jVhqhwuJl1hO0YukXRwnavAXQ-9cyjEucT" style="background-color: black; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: white;"><img alt="" data-original-height="404" data-original-width="635" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDO5ddI0MnkTh_EBOg7HdroLfK_819eU_eLaysvrlzasj-VU9cF0WW5DXKzYxJPFVtM0rE4wGzqj0tALtC22SovRMPih8o3ahJB6VTen9eKFTyBMmWfHlGa-wVerXknz4OpoFWBmvq1cSSR9Sbv4Skg5jVhqhwuJl1hO0YukXRwnavAXQ-9cyjEucT=s16000" /></span></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiByF0KCegYOMwdbLvNIU1DNfEmlnmC8Cx62Q3PiIP_lQAdBWbA8ZO3cJ1g4VbADid_ukBqGNP4DNmTqDGK06Jgb1FrqSS4WBh6oht5kosGC4s5IJcGt6Tjf5DI9FKWI6fz_cQ1nZuiULJgpG9JZfiXXBOsSMKv9-UnGULGi7_Uw9ew070AcijdYlkA" style="background-color: black; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: white;"><img alt="" data-original-height="431" data-original-width="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiByF0KCegYOMwdbLvNIU1DNfEmlnmC8Cx62Q3PiIP_lQAdBWbA8ZO3cJ1g4VbADid_ukBqGNP4DNmTqDGK06Jgb1FrqSS4WBh6oht5kosGC4s5IJcGt6Tjf5DI9FKWI6fz_cQ1nZuiULJgpG9JZfiXXBOsSMKv9-UnGULGi7_Uw9ew070AcijdYlkA=s16000" /></span></a></div><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span><p><b><span style="background-color: black; color: red; font-size: medium;">Electricity greatly increases the scope for mind control </span></b></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">The advent of electricity opened up astounding new opportunities to implement mind
control over the population. The universal presence of radio, television, cinema and
popular music has enabled the industries concerned – and specifically the elite
families who own and control them – to shape public perception in ways that are
several orders of magnitude greater than anything that existed previously. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">The Enemy hit the jackpot when electricity arrived. The scope for devising new forms
of enticement was now limited only by Satan’s imagination and man’s technical
ingenuity. His earthly servants were determined to avoid the huge mistake they made
in the 15th century when they allowed the printing press to pass into the hands of
people who loved liberty. As a result of this oversight, the Bible spread across Europe
and transformed the political landscape. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">After this setback, they were determined to ensure that henceforth any new inventions,
including those based on the use of electricity, would be wholly owned and controlled
by them. </span></span></p><p><b><span style="background-color: black; color: red; font-size: medium;">An enticing new device that caused a musical revolution </span></b></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">One of the most destructive of these new inventions was a simple electrical device
which enabled Satan to subvert the minds and emotions of young people in a
completely new way. This was introduced with such cunning that, even today, a great
many Christians have little understanding of the harm it has done. The rock music
revolution would not have occurred without this strange new ‘musical’ instrument and
the small electrical component which made it possible. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgC5bZo_3ZFlOADFJsHMXaCG42yhpS3QE9JAbiXzAq9EOEgi1DfTu8p__zYqBQRO4sPc5Z6pJDEh6lXil8HiCrvtGOZ6C97ssKaa6myhBeamtb9gx9yx2bWdTtVjSmZaQX6H3lev7T9qGqaFCT7HlO2d7A17H1i13Dq4ezktuRr-llwpVJ37JeohBEN" style="background-color: black; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: white;"><img alt="" data-original-height="163" data-original-width="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgC5bZo_3ZFlOADFJsHMXaCG42yhpS3QE9JAbiXzAq9EOEgi1DfTu8p__zYqBQRO4sPc5Z6pJDEh6lXil8HiCrvtGOZ6C97ssKaa6myhBeamtb9gx9yx2bWdTtVjSmZaQX6H3lev7T9qGqaFCT7HlO2d7A17H1i13Dq4ezktuRr-llwpVJ37JeohBEN=s16000" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Superficially, it looked like a new type of guitar, but that was an illusion. In reality it
could have had a multitude of different shapes and designs, even that of another
musical instrument or a block of wood with steel strings. The public believed the sound
produced by this new ‘musical’ instrument emanated from its strings, just like a
conventional guitar, but that was not the case. The sound came into existence only
when the amplifier sent the electrical signal to the speakers. The signal itself was
generated by the vibration of the metallic string above the ‘pickup’, a small transducer
which converts mechanical motion into electrical current. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">When a demon takes over the performance, usually at the invitation of the musician,
he is able to generate sounds and complex chords that no human until recently has
ever heard. These are the bizarre sounds that appeal to rock fans, inflaming their
emotions and producing strong sensual sensations. A possessed musician could try to
create the same effect on a regular musical instrument but he would fail because the
demon is restricted to the range of sounds that the instrument can produce. The
sounds we hear from traditional instruments, too, are natural, produced exclusively
by percussive forces, human breath, and harmonic string vibrations. These restrictions
disappear, however, on an electric guitar. None of the sounds that it produces are
natural and the range of acoustic phenomena that it can generate is, for all practical
purposes, limitless. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi38X28LxboFaCoDI2lb4373Z5np1eKhyrwZcPRsp_-bXPwLsjQhovCp-tVfIoVddezyjSQ2XosI8aFQeWWC6hlr082l5LOiukXjxAoZo5AAIbz_nt5HCor8e3khHEwQY75O2aRvXM_50qbCXzGMPV6LfJooDw3tIUHWX1TVkUajiSQSeikLnwu-oCD" style="background-color: black; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: white;"><img alt="" data-original-height="305" data-original-width="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi38X28LxboFaCoDI2lb4373Z5np1eKhyrwZcPRsp_-bXPwLsjQhovCp-tVfIoVddezyjSQ2XosI8aFQeWWC6hlr082l5LOiukXjxAoZo5AAIbz_nt5HCor8e3khHEwQY75O2aRvXM_50qbCXzGMPV6LfJooDw3tIUHWX1TVkUajiSQSeikLnwu-oCD=s16000" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Rock ‘music’ is associated with drugs because the ‘music’ itself is a drug. The strange
sounds produced by an electric guitar, especially when the performer allows the ‘genie’
to enter his body, cause chemical changes in the listener’s brain and induce an altered
state of consciousness. This promotes, among other things, a rebellious attitude in the
listener and increased sensual desire. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><b>“...God hath made man upright; but they
have sought out many inventions.”
- Ecclesiastes 7:29</b> </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Christians who listen to rock music are harming themselves spiritually. Those who do
so “only occasionally,” having acquired the habit before they were saved, are advised
to drop it completely and discard their secret cache of rock CDs.
For more detail on the destructive effects of rock ‘music’ and the role of the electric
guitar see our earlier papers (starting with #215). </span></span></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: red;">Pokemon Go </span></b></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Electricity has given Satan the opportunity to develop many other devices that he can
use to subvert humanity and draw more victims into his web of deception. New ones
are coming on stream all the time. Consider Pokemon Go. This is a virtual reality game
in which players walk around town looking for little anime figures called Pokemon.
These are only visible in their smartphone screen and players must ‘capture’ them as
soon as they appear. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Each Pokemon figure is assigned to a specific geographic location, so other Pokemon
chasers who want to ‘capture’ a particular Pokemon must go to that location. Most of
them are found randomly by walking around town and pointing one’s smartphone
camera at a new location. The software in the smartphone then records the ‘capture’
and adds the Pokemon to one’s collection. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2xOp89nIVpNjMwv2zUh318rKYrWs3qwveEO-BPPlO-PeORl2uxiojwdumr_-Zwq9Lg6kUyXUBBphYuRkCFBdImFqTXf8T5y6oNbdj6eFNKxZJWbPiaqrea_6b1E2auSlQCxCpaKkBWpINsOyHVARQTh8B5cdtRhKdJOcq9Gl1i8EwW5KDRs77n1-s" style="background-color: black; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: white;"><img alt="" data-original-height="268" data-original-width="357" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2xOp89nIVpNjMwv2zUh318rKYrWs3qwveEO-BPPlO-PeORl2uxiojwdumr_-Zwq9Lg6kUyXUBBphYuRkCFBdImFqTXf8T5y6oNbdj6eFNKxZJWbPiaqrea_6b1E2auSlQCxCpaKkBWpINsOyHVARQTh8B5cdtRhKdJOcq9Gl1i8EwW5KDRs77n1-s=s16000" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">On the surface this may seem like a fairly harmless activity. Millions of young people
all over the world are playing the game. The Pokemon figures in each country are
assigned by a central computer – which is located at Niantic headquarters in San
Francisco – and certain characters, which are much sought after, are assigned to only
a limited number of locations. Avid fans, keen to complete their collection, can spend
weeks or months trying to find them. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">According to reports the game is addictive. It is also pointless. No skills are required
to play it and none are learned. Instead the minds of young people are being
conditioned to spend hours looking for something in their locality which doesn’t exist.
And when they ‘find’ it, they collect it in the same way that a child might collect a shell
on the seashore. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">The game involves a strange interaction between virtual reality and the physical world.
It’s as though the two intersect for a moment when a new Pokemon is discovered. A
virtual (non-existent) entity becomes associated in the child’s mind with a real physical
location. Through constant repetition, along with the emotional reinforcement which
comes with ‘capturing’ a new Pokemon, young players are being trained to respond in
a positive way to virtual stimuli in a real environment. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">In time this cognitive pathway will become an established habit, making it much easier
for computer-based systems in the future to influence their behavior. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgmLFzaqiGdx3l4bbrLYuemPpJ5UpWdoUGlT96gmYVN0A-D5cDe---jm9xLTdXBAnNOzNEKnamQi5unBjctQPQj6WxdSm_b3-Osj-_Csl9cLqMZ36G62LduzQpM1Dyv_ljqpKpuyueQH2zgK-HOPKl-yqvsKgMOejlUSNcRXbKBTOugRr6oz2qPHeb" style="background-color: black; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: white;"><img alt="" data-original-height="238" data-original-width="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgmLFzaqiGdx3l4bbrLYuemPpJ5UpWdoUGlT96gmYVN0A-D5cDe---jm9xLTdXBAnNOzNEKnamQi5unBjctQPQj6WxdSm_b3-Osj-_Csl9cLqMZ36G62LduzQpM1Dyv_ljqpKpuyueQH2zgK-HOPKl-yqvsKgMOejlUSNcRXbKBTOugRr6oz2qPHeb=s16000" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><b><span style="background-color: black; color: red; font-size: medium;">“One step closer” </span></b></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">A game like this is also certain to weaken a player’s ability to make a sharp distinction
between the physical and the virtual, the real and the unreal. At present, if a spirit
entity reveals itself to a child, the child knows immediately that it is not of this world
and should be avoided. However, a child whose mind has been conditioned to welcome
a chance intersection between the real and the virtual will be much more receptive to
an approach of this kind and much less likely to reject it. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">As one online commentator said, those who play Pokemon Go “are one step closer to
inviting demons into their physical space.”</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"> It is probably no accident that the Pokemon franchise originated in Japan. The
Pokemon entities are really no different from the multitude of kami or nature spirits
which populate the world of Shinto practitioners. We will return to this theme later
when we discuss the role of demonic influences in the conduct of Japanese soldiers
during World War Two. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Artificial intelligence and ChatGPT</span></b> </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">The really big leap forward in the plan to strangle and asphyxiate mankind with
advanced technology came with the computer, the Internet, and more recently,
Artificial Intelligence. With each step forward more control is concentrated in the
hands of fewer and fewer people. Most businesses today use software developed by
and, more importantly, updated by just a handful of mega corporations. The scope this
offers for abuse, surveillance, undue influence, and sabotage is astronomical. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Millions of users have already tried ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot which
was developed by a company called OpenAI in collaboration with Microsoft. It can
compile well drafted, detailed essays on subjects requested by the user, generate
sophisticated images, compose music, write computer programs, and answer a series
of related or thematic questions in conversational mode. It is no exaggeration to say
that this new system is a revolutionary milestone in advanced technology. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">In our earlier paper on this subject –<b> How Artificial Intelligence can Act as a Portal
for the Supernatural (#305) –</b> we warned that AI may one day offer the Enemy a
way to communicate with humanity. If powerful demons can direct electricity to the
earth then there is every reason to believe they also have the ability to influence the
electronic pulses or data output by a computer. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTnLNL_viRtkRepMYBfzKpbXAX8fxWeHr078zZ2IuyLUjym38CHtowkWU0TARoOmmYXmkrg4KznXWDvVoBBhWjVz4peC6wzJ3v3NcPdGpq6TxvNmzxZGu6luJ0NQ9cQ8szh-q-_EARsUhqNsiX5vFi4Fu5nGalE8z_7IXsn-o5Bh9rOJ_wxL3J7v8A" style="background-color: black; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: white;"><img alt="" data-original-height="242" data-original-width="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTnLNL_viRtkRepMYBfzKpbXAX8fxWeHr078zZ2IuyLUjym38CHtowkWU0TARoOmmYXmkrg4KznXWDvVoBBhWjVz4peC6wzJ3v3NcPdGpq6TxvNmzxZGu6luJ0NQ9cQ8szh-q-_EARsUhqNsiX5vFi4Fu5nGalE8z_7IXsn-o5Bh9rOJ_wxL3J7v8A=s16000" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><b>Note the ‘666’ </b><span style="text-align: left;"><b>logo</b>. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"> With the arrival of ChatGPT we are hearing many reports of users whose interaction
with the system was very unsettling, including that of a father whose son was drawn
into a sinister discussion about the supernatural. The father, a Christian, could discern
a demonic drift to the conversation and advised his son to ask no more questions. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Not all children will go to their fathers if this starts to happen to them. And not all
fathers will sense the danger. A child who has already been conditioned by Pokemon
Go to seek out entities in a virtual reality will very likely be attracted by the
autonomous ‘personality’ speaking to him via an AI system. If approached in this way
he will feel flattered by the attention and excited by the possibility of obtaining
forbidden knowledge. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">This may seem farfetched but ChatGPT is actually capable of profiling individual users
and framing replies which lure them into long, personalised conversations. We need
to bear in mind that Satan will use every means at his disposal to harm mankind and
clear a path for the Antichrist. He wants to open as many people as possible to demonic
influence, and electronic technology has greatly expanded his ability to do this. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Some Catholic exorcists have reported instances where they received a text message
from a demon, warning them to abandon their attempts to free a victim of demonic
possession. Once they gain a grip on a person, demons hate to let go and will resist
attempts to expel them by every means possible. We should not be surprised,
therefore, if they avail of modern technology to do this – one witness saw his phone
typing out a text message when no-one was touching the keys. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">As an exorcist in the Philippines said, “The devil has power over anything electrical. If
this place is infested, for example, and they want their presence known, usually the
lights would flicker. If I give a talk and use a certain gadget, the devil would easily shut
it down because he is an expert in anything electrical.” </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7JHRPQiwLxryQ0OumTJ_m_kqohXJVBnvGFqYUW2iKz0c1saK8GMiKstKipm7Tf_D62m-A9Z2ZNrIdv5KDkelK5LmsBaQeByyCP61m4NtLurta3371xpy49lqQc8gEGfEdwcXP36KIw75eX1Yd1EGFPTJw6YExrpZxE24A-Lf1EuzZuJPan3egYkQk" style="background-color: black; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: white;"><img alt="" data-original-height="310" data-original-width="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7JHRPQiwLxryQ0OumTJ_m_kqohXJVBnvGFqYUW2iKz0c1saK8GMiKstKipm7Tf_D62m-A9Z2ZNrIdv5KDkelK5LmsBaQeByyCP61m4NtLurta3371xpy49lqQc8gEGfEdwcXP36KIw75eX1Yd1EGFPTJw6YExrpZxE24A-Lf1EuzZuJPan3egYkQk=s16000" /></span></a></div><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span><p><span style="background-color: black; color: red; font-size: medium;"><b>Shinto</b> </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">The more a nation or a society accepts the presence of demons, the more easily these
entities can affect their behavior. Shamanism is common among primitive societies
because their members can sense their malignant presence and feel a need to appease
them. The shaman acts as an intercessor between the tribe and the local demons,
showing the members what they must do to avoid bad fortune or make their petitions. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">We do not expect to find this kind of behavior in a modern western economy, but it is
actually widespread in Japan. Between 1861 and 1945 the official state religion was
Shinto. The rulers wanted to enforce its observance because they knew it did nothing
to impede the inculcation of militarism and extreme nationalism among the general
population. Shinto had no written moral code or even a formal scripture. In practice it
is little more than a tradition centered around the veneration of local gods known as
kami. These ‘gods’ are equated with nature spirits dwelling in the forests and
mountains, rivers and lakes, and even in the community itself.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">All seasonal festivals in Japan are concerned with only one thing, namely, placating
and honoring the kami. Shinto has no concept of a supreme being. Even those who
mix Shinto with Buddhism and look to the Void are, in effect, filling it with demons.
The kami can also include the souls of departed relatives, all living in their assigned
localities close to the earth. The Japanese believe their lives will run more smoothly
and harmoniously if they do nothing to disturb the gods or show disrespect. Much of
the formalism in Japanese social behavior can be traced back to their belief in the
capricious nature of the kami and the need to both venerate and appease them. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">In a society whose main religious activity is the supplication of demons and honoring
their existence, we would expect the supernatural influence of the kami to impinge on
their behavior in some way. In a rigidly formalised society, we might not notice the
hold that the kami exercise over the lives of ordinary people. The real impact may only
become apparent when the practitioners are moved to a new environment and allowed
en masse to engage in a new form of behavior. We were given a horrifying glimpse of
this during the Second World War when the Japanese overran China and most of east
Asia, committing acts of barbarism and cruelty which defied belief. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfHh8BlPGLw82kjD-F-7mNIkW4wmRFcjJ7WHpP2yxsjZULs1wp0Su4L4wRrLHGT0EzHA-uFRd8-LvfZ3kHsv7I37-VTXovl2lkHEVQeg5Unwnuv8nBuu5mb1NvoKzoOTAa0akMUHcbjCwCCzdwgUJyVQX8QNwBOigbJawPGGQU2b96qymmtA6Pfu5a" style="background-color: black; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: white;"><img alt="" data-original-height="411" data-original-width="594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfHh8BlPGLw82kjD-F-7mNIkW4wmRFcjJ7WHpP2yxsjZULs1wp0Su4L4wRrLHGT0EzHA-uFRd8-LvfZ3kHsv7I37-VTXovl2lkHEVQeg5Unwnuv8nBuu5mb1NvoKzoOTAa0akMUHcbjCwCCzdwgUJyVQX8QNwBOigbJawPGGQU2b96qymmtA6Pfu5a=s16000" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><b><span style="background-color: black; color: red; font-size: medium;">The appalling savagery of Japanese soldiers in WW2 </span></b></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">The Japanese behaved with great brutality during the Second World War. We don’t
have space here to detail the frequency and magnitude of their cold-blooded crimes
and rampant sadism. Their lust to kill and shed blood was common to all ranks and all
branches of the military. They often devised ‘entertaining’ ways to torture and
slaughter their victims, and even held ‘competitions’ to see who could kill the most
victims in a given time. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">When they captured the city of Nanking in 1937 the Japanese went on a killing spree.
At least 300,000 Chinese civilians were murdered in cold blood. The Japanese soldiers
were not deterred in the least by the fact that Western observers could see what they
were doing in the streets of the city, roving back and forth in plain view, slaughtering
and raping as they went. The vile spectacle took place over several weeks and many
gruesome incidents in the streets below were photographed by Westerners living in
Nanking. </span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIsSiErt4Jppp0zMx0pwju4DQuNl9QNWddCTgfKetANaw6IdbvOmtYcY2RnRK7ytXReZQm4D2-J5xNEV__kBrSgJAgjlWNkpVUovHhw8HjKNR7VLCL7m9IJKxOuNCNaVESpKp6CH9NXmYBtlGxxSbXBfGbIDn7wRfz_ZjV810m-PGn86Y1KlRXBAK0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="566" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIsSiErt4Jppp0zMx0pwju4DQuNl9QNWddCTgfKetANaw6IdbvOmtYcY2RnRK7ytXReZQm4D2-J5xNEV__kBrSgJAgjlWNkpVUovHhw8HjKNR7VLCL7m9IJKxOuNCNaVESpKp6CH9NXmYBtlGxxSbXBfGbIDn7wRfz_ZjV810m-PGn86Y1KlRXBAK0=s16000" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh19FI0oCW6I7_svhjwOymM9CPPqH07aXHu-hSaLw8Zx_VZZROGKOOmG30pOnvzwnkUruoyF5uq3LK2pOlnZP4JfKz0vKOLQBc0pX9ydQ0Km0eebVwxQIb45QcVYJo6lG6fFWmn3z1lSf0eOvaABQvBs0VeEM-7S4YeHWhRw_zveXotO-NPVgKh0dXB" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="383" data-original-width="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh19FI0oCW6I7_svhjwOymM9CPPqH07aXHu-hSaLw8Zx_VZZROGKOOmG30pOnvzwnkUruoyF5uq3LK2pOlnZP4JfKz0vKOLQBc0pX9ydQ0Km0eebVwxQIb45QcVYJo6lG6fFWmn3z1lSf0eOvaABQvBs0VeEM-7S4YeHWhRw_zveXotO-NPVgKh0dXB=s16000" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">14 </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">In her best-selling account of this frightful massacre, Iris Change wrote: </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">“So sickening was the spectacle that even the Nazis in the city were horrified,
one proclaiming the massacre to be the work of bestial machinery.”
- <b>The Rape Of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust Of World War II </b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><b></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6_t0L_RhkjOp-MVtdgWJUkMkjKSTAEl7A_6PrXry-Q48-_UvMj5wRMmsh3VoL8DATCgf9TYn9XMjg7G5lDQH21yHki1zP-DiUoBBkxs3J3av7f_Xel54SXuSxT6kHVvfq9_JKja9c3xWepbeZuyXm7i2hJk7w1YMCi4Wuse9pFr24zUBN7_Llcvw-" style="background-color: black; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: white;"><img alt="" data-original-height="479" data-original-width="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6_t0L_RhkjOp-MVtdgWJUkMkjKSTAEl7A_6PrXry-Q48-_UvMj5wRMmsh3VoL8DATCgf9TYn9XMjg7G5lDQH21yHki1zP-DiUoBBkxs3J3av7f_Xel54SXuSxT6kHVvfq9_JKja9c3xWepbeZuyXm7i2hJk7w1YMCi4Wuse9pFr24zUBN7_Llcvw-=s16000" /></span></a></b></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Their treatment of prisoners of war was sadistic in the extreme and those who survived
took many years to recover from the trauma. This may explain why the books quoted
below were written several decades after the events they describe: </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">"We lived in a world of death, of starvation and disease. It was a living hell."
- William J. Sebald, Prisoner of the Japanese: The Story of an
American POW (1994) </span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">"The Japanese treated us like animals, not like human beings."
- Robert J. Lapham, The War in the Pacific: From Pearl Harbor to
Tokyo Bay (2003) </span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">"We were beaten with rifle butts, kicked, and struck with the flat of swords."
- John C. Vollertsen, The History of the Japanese Internment Camps
in the Philippines (2005) </span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">"We were treated as vermin, barely allowed to survive."
- Richard Sakakida, Japanese POW Camps in World War II (2008) </span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">"The Japanese soldiers went about their business with a ferocity and
brutality I had never before seen."
- Edward D. Marks, The Bataan Death March: A Survivor's
Account (2011) </span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">"The harshness of the treatment was inhuman and unbearable."
- Rey Oropeza, Memoirs of a Japanese Prisoner of War (2012) </span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">"I still have nightmares about the brutality of some of the Japanese officers."
- John Balzar, The Bataan Death March (2014) </span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">"We were treated like animals, with no regard for our humanity."
- James A. McKeown, A Japanese POW's Story (2015) </span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">"The Japanese wanted us to die, and they did everything in their power
to hasten our death."
- Robert L. Batchelder, A Japanese Prisoner of War in America (2017) </span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">"The Japanese treated us with a complete lack of humanity."
- Arthur W. Aldrich, My Odyssey as a Japanese POW (2018) </span></b></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Overall the Japanese murdered six million civilians in cold blood.
How are we to explain this? The ten authors we just cited each point to what we believe
was the real underlying cause: </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">"It seemed as if the Japanese were possessed by demons."
- William J. Sebald
"I could almost sense an evil presence in the camp."
- Robert J. Lapham </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">"The Japanese soldiers acted like they were possessed by a dark force."
- John C. Vollertsen </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">"The Japanese carried out their orders with an inhuman ferocity."
- Richard Sakakida
16 </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">"The cruelty of the Japanese soldiers was like something out of a horror movie."
- Edward D. Marks </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">"The Japanese seemed to be under some kind of demonic spell."
- Rey Oropeza </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">"The Japanese seemed to be driven by some kind of evil power."
- John Balzar </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">"The Japanese acted as if they were controlled by an unseen force."
- James A. McKeown </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">"The Japanese treated us with a cruelty that seemed almost supernatural."
- Robert L. Batchelder </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"> "The brutality of the Japanese was unlike anything I had ever seen before."
- Arthur W. Aldrich </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">We are not suggesting that the Japanese soldiers were necessarily possessed by
demons, but that a powerful demonic entity or force was working through them. A
nation that had spent decades worshipping the kami was unable to restrain itself when
the demons themselves were crying for blood. </span></span></p><p><b><span style="background-color: black; color: red; font-size: medium;">The kami in a new form </span></b></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">The kami continue to press forward in other ways. One of the most prominent of these
is the Japanese art form known as anime. These are elaborate comic books in which
all kinds of strange fantasies, criminality, extreme violence and sexual perversions are
acted out. Many anime series, which are drawn to a very high standard, included
transgenderism and lesbianism long before they went mainstream in the West. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgo0shxkLs1Q_FNoK_ckY5qeU5GEtsQOlJYoC9-_kXnscSnJ8wUwbISkaMHKt6HjC7dhAg2iu0gqRKXETDsh7JsYcBRmEJfFm7esMje4HYBA98OPYHgIbW2PqeTHAveXEr3Mu_R3FAj7xv2w4opwWafRGDn_pszspZJX1dguBjwAh8UAUNLetLEUnK0" style="background-color: black; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: white;"><img alt="" data-original-height="284" data-original-width="457" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgo0shxkLs1Q_FNoK_ckY5qeU5GEtsQOlJYoC9-_kXnscSnJ8wUwbISkaMHKt6HjC7dhAg2iu0gqRKXETDsh7JsYcBRmEJfFm7esMje4HYBA98OPYHgIbW2PqeTHAveXEr3Mu_R3FAj7xv2w4opwWafRGDn_pszspZJX1dguBjwAh8UAUNLetLEUnK0=w400-h249" width="400" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">The most successful anime series are sometimes transferred to television. One of the
most popular is a series directed at children called Dragonball Z. This franchise is
especially significant since it won a very large following in the US in the 1990s and has
greatly influenced an entire generation by filling their minds with kami-related
images, concepts and storylines. The series is filled with pagan and New Age ideas,
spirit possession, witchcraft, reincarnation, resurrection, energy transference, occult
symbolism, inter-dimensional travel, dystopian moral values, and a profoundly
gnostic worldview which conflicts with Christianity. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSnmKSXPqIRLDS8jh2zd210NEdyO1G9OeaH_1VPiEZ1no0-G_zOwlAIz1znpN3GZZgZ06AbVc7gDndvCEX-9AMlPOmBK_0nn0LuYUc5KoClQprzW67deIQnf67_n_fPBOiKzYTwHbZyqfJYBVgPDhvuRMrwbZM0POe_M4EYKms_zjTcSVK7sjeYYjC" style="background-color: black; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: white;"><img alt="" data-original-height="232" data-original-width="403" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSnmKSXPqIRLDS8jh2zd210NEdyO1G9OeaH_1VPiEZ1no0-G_zOwlAIz1znpN3GZZgZ06AbVc7gDndvCEX-9AMlPOmBK_0nn0LuYUc5KoClQprzW67deIQnf67_n_fPBOiKzYTwHbZyqfJYBVgPDhvuRMrwbZM0POe_M4EYKms_zjTcSVK7sjeYYjC=w400-h230" width="400" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">The great hero figure in Dragonball Z is Goku, whose character and ambitions match
closely those of Lucifer. In the image above he is shown filling himself with cosmic
energy –<b> “the power of the air”</b> – before engaging his greatest enemy in battle. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><b>CONCLUSION</b> </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Jesus of Nazareth went to Calvary to liberate us from the power of Satan. He suffered
and died in our place to set us free. This is true salvation, the vicarious or
substitutionary atonement which destroyed the hold that sin has over us. We
appropriate this astounding gift solely through faith in his death and resurrection.
Thereafter, upon leaving this earth, we will live with him in eternity. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">All attempts to save ourselves by other means are futile. Our good works won’t save
us, and neither will the much vaunted ‘powers’ of Satan and his army of demons. The
path of the kami, regardless of the name we use to describe them or the way they are
venerated, is the path of death and spiritual destruction. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">The shintai of the Japanese households are no different from the idols and amulets
that the Israelites secretly brought with them out of Egypt. By holding on to them they
hoped to retain a connection with the gods of Egypt. These so-called ‘gods’ were highlevel demons, the powers and principalities which served Satan. The amulets were
believed to contain a lesser god or demon, much like the shintai in the household
shrine. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Joshua warned them to put away their “gods” or idols and amulets which he knew they
had hidden in their tents or on their person: </span></span></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">“Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in
sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your
fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in
Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.” (Joshua 24:14) </span></b></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">The demons of ancient Egypt are as active today as they were then. The culture of rock
music was designed to open doors to these entities. The New Age movement, with its
many cults and sects, is merely another method that Satan is using to lure his victims
into a dependency on demons or ‘spirit guides’. So too is the “contemplative prayer”
that has become so popular among Evangelicals. The space age hoax, with its constant
emphasis on alien intelligence, is yet another manifestation of this unending drive to
lure mankind into the demonic realm. The rise of virtual reality using advanced
technology is yet another means of promoting an interest in alternative dimensions or
‘states of consciousness’. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">The enticements will continue. One only has to look at the television listings to find
dozens and dozens of shows with occult, magical and death-related themes. The
number dealing with sadistic murder (“true crime”) seems to grow and grow, as do
those dealing with ancient aliens, outer space, haunted houses, and so forth. All are
intended by the Enemy to focus attention on the afterlife and the supernatural, to fill
the minds of viewers with images that lead them into a state where they are more
receptive to demonic influence. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">These entities have the ability to appear benign for many years, even decades. They
take care not to expose their true nature or their true purpose lest those who are under
their influence stop worshipping them or, worse, take steps to evict them. They are
ALL evil and serve the prince of this world. Anyone who imagines for a moment that
he can share any part of his life with them is greatly deceived. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjh233hhg2N9fI7D2l-XGFyEBV0-VvBhUBNpr-eN5ZMxxbKr-EE_NEUmHp2-GcqxTcDprx5jHr2Sc1hbsCI09onS0Yx1X2ScExfpuh9UuWRM-zKf025DMI0jrkAkxXv5bJcsa2Eyvw6rMbpyVe-eBN7nd6Z6zS8YYjsBcybT6tSsB4qVvZUZ4rEEpvY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="208" data-original-width="266" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjh233hhg2N9fI7D2l-XGFyEBV0-VvBhUBNpr-eN5ZMxxbKr-EE_NEUmHp2-GcqxTcDprx5jHr2Sc1hbsCI09onS0Yx1X2ScExfpuh9UuWRM-zKf025DMI0jrkAkxXv5bJcsa2Eyvw6rMbpyVe-eBN7nd6Z6zS8YYjsBcybT6tSsB4qVvZUZ4rEEpvY" width="307" /></a> </span></span></div><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Every Christian knows – or should know! – how important it is to put on daily the
Armor of God. We strongly recommend that readers consult our earlier paper on this
vitally important subject – <b>The LORD Is a Man of War, #216. </b>Even though we are
protected by the Holy Spirit we are living in a war zone. What is more we are living at
a time when the variety of weapons or “darts” being used against us by the Enemy
continues to increase, as does the variety of ways they are being deployed. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">“Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand
against the wiles of the devil.” – Ephesians 6:11 </span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">“The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast
off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.”
– Romans 13:12 </span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Only by doing this will we “be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.”
(Ephesians 6:16) </span></b></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">It is not our job to improve the world or to undo the harm caused by the Enemy and
his minions. Our task is to share the gospel with those who are lost and, through prayer
and other ways, to strengthen and encourage one another. Our heavenly Father has
given the task of dealing with Satan to His Son, Jesus Christ. When he returns to the
earth he will change EVERYTHING! The wicked will be annihilated. Every vestige of
their former rule will be smashed to pieces, and Satan and his demon hoard will no
longer have any role or influence on this earth: </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">“Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his
praise in the islands. The LORD shall go forth as a
mighty man [i.e. Jesus Christ], he shall stir up jealousy
like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail
against his enemies. I have long time held my peace; I
have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like
a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once
...they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven
images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.”
- Isaiah 42: 12-14, 17 </span></b></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Praise the LORD! Praise His holy name!
Maranatha! </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Jeremy James
Ireland
March 9, 2023</span></span></p><p><a class="html-attribute-value html-external-link" href="http://www.zephaniah.eu/index_htm_files/La%20Fee%20Electricite%20and%20His%20Kami%20Hoard.pdf" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="font-family: monospace; white-space: pre;" target="_blank"><b><span style="background-color: black; color: #04ff00; font-size: medium;">AQUI VAI</span></b></a></p>Vulcão Ativo - Vilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04762736963640210106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084779094786691009.post-7813528414922487552023-02-18T11:35:00.005-08:002023-02-18T12:05:22.902-08:00A Igreja Viva ou de pedra<p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpnEsN88Og3PAdBhEQBHindVO_TDWmaAyFbtFaZcyM8OYzaNIHBmqUDIhimqTb6PKdedGDgeyMnp2k4WmPFMoxkaj4Its-HW0mDy_6FAUZvtAnT1ldhJ3ZZb58szgrURJ3VSoOhr-cE_cVGbPIS_yfOd6_eO3T7zCTkymJaImDxsWxYe2gMcjB21hq/s700/Screenshot_20230218-165129_WhatsApp.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="458" data-original-width="700" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpnEsN88Og3PAdBhEQBHindVO_TDWmaAyFbtFaZcyM8OYzaNIHBmqUDIhimqTb6PKdedGDgeyMnp2k4WmPFMoxkaj4Its-HW0mDy_6FAUZvtAnT1ldhJ3ZZb58szgrURJ3VSoOhr-cE_cVGbPIS_yfOd6_eO3T7zCTkymJaImDxsWxYe2gMcjB21hq/w334-h189/Screenshot_20230218-165129_WhatsApp.jpg" width="334" /></a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ0DOtgia1-OorwPUTqQNkwJ_zCsKqgzpo_wnywh15KILhs3FTLyKVyC9itf_iTJRa50Io4MAskvBByrJWg-dfanzsYVNMOpTO2vzaIZIWGZU1Oklcrh-f7kzYMOuSB_vxo27DLUE5Dzt-xInqS9A4lp9pJShOwb00c-isz7EPmhTFWvb9J-fWkHCE/s389/Screenshot_20230218-165031_Files%20by%20Google.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="389" data-original-width="291" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ0DOtgia1-OorwPUTqQNkwJ_zCsKqgzpo_wnywh15KILhs3FTLyKVyC9itf_iTJRa50Io4MAskvBByrJWg-dfanzsYVNMOpTO2vzaIZIWGZU1Oklcrh-f7kzYMOuSB_vxo27DLUE5Dzt-xInqS9A4lp9pJShOwb00c-isz7EPmhTFWvb9J-fWkHCE/w299-h320/Screenshot_20230218-165031_Files%20by%20Google.jpg" width="299" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">A Igreja Viva ou de pedra</span></span></p><p><span><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Ei você que se diz Cristão e frequenta um local designado para congregar, reunir para prestar culto, adorar, louvar e honrar a Deus, tem conhecimento de suas responsabilidades para com a Igreja de Cristo, a genuína, não somente a de pedra, mas principalmente a Igreja Viva, atuante.</span></span></p><p><span><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Você tem contribuído para que ela continue viva ou é apenas um frequentador do templo de pedra, comparece quando dá, quando não tem nada pra fazer ou faz questão de se reunir? </span></span></p><p><span><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Que lugar ela ocupa em suas prioridades? Qual o grau de8 sua fidelidade para com ela?</span></span></p><p><span><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Você já usufruiu de algum benefício proporcionado pela igreja que você se diz membro?</span></span></p><p><span><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Já recebeu dela um consolo, uma edificação, ou até mesmo uma exortação que teve muito efeito em sua vida? Sem falar de um socorro financeiro ou até mesmo uma cesta básica em um momento de dificuldades?</span></span></p><p><span><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Tem dificuldade de relacionamento com alguns dos irmãos? Não gosta de alguns, por isso é indiferente e não se preocupa, não atua, não contribui?</span></span></p><p><span><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Fique sabendo que ali é um lugar para salvação, cura e libertação, e não somente reunião social.</span></span></p><p><span><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Tem participado de suas ações, seus projetos, ou não está nem aí?</span></span></p><p><span><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">O que você tem feito?</span></span></p><p><span><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Quando foi sua última ida a reunião de oração?</span></span></p><p><span><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Saiba que essa reunião está na míngua, e você, juntamente com outros muitos, podem serem responsáveis física e espiritualmente pela morte dela.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span><span style="color: white;">O escravo não é membro permanente da família, mas o filho faz parte da família, para sempre. </span></span><span style="color: white;">João 8:35</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span><span style="color: white;">E não deixemos de nos reunir, como fazem alguns, mas encorajando-nos mutuamente, sobretudo agora que o dia está próximo. </span></span><span style="color: white;">Hebreus 10:25</span></span></p><p><span><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">VOCÊ SOZINHO, NÃO FORMA UMA IGREJA, SOZINHO NÃO É UMA IGREJA.</span></span></p><p><span><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">A Igreja toma forma quando se reúne.</span></span></p><p><span><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Quando a reunião se desfaz fisicamente, você se torna membro da igreja, mas não a Igreja.</span></span></p><p><span><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">O Corpo de Cristo é a Igreja verdadeira formada por vários membros. </span></span></p><p><span><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Quando você se isola, você está entravando, limitando a ação do Espírito de Deus que ainda está em você, pois você foi feito para ser Templo do Espírito de Deus.</span></span></p><p><span><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Com esse isolamento, pode ocorrer o que Paulo disse: </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span><span style="color: white;">Não extingais o Espírito. </span></span><span style="color: white;">1 Tes 5:19</span></span></p><p><span><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Já pensou nisso?</span></span></p>Vulcão Ativo - Vilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04762736963640210106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084779094786691009.post-82997805809310251522023-01-18T19:30:00.000-08:002023-01-18T19:30:44.621-08:00Satan will Continue to Attack the Lord’s Supper (Satanás continuará a atacar a Ceia do Senhor)<p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">by Jeremy James </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2_VPOpqzOPC9S2N_cKaLQ21ik7oBCWdWY45Ol0wtiPwQtuc6PRFAZRLfNPTdLj5zwdtNWv8NmW2-QLANtmUHkpq27bcew12Wk7FjS3E6NBSxehVsRpg1ycI4H6on3rg-AgWlZkqaOD4bwFMXyZG2qUFheMf55RsQtMnrjXnv3suHcK1HROhZQVyM/s935/santa-ceia-do-senhor-935x614.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="935" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2_VPOpqzOPC9S2N_cKaLQ21ik7oBCWdWY45Ol0wtiPwQtuc6PRFAZRLfNPTdLj5zwdtNWv8NmW2-QLANtmUHkpq27bcew12Wk7FjS3E6NBSxehVsRpg1ycI4H6on3rg-AgWlZkqaOD4bwFMXyZG2qUFheMf55RsQtMnrjXnv3suHcK1HROhZQVyM/w400-h263/santa-ceia-do-senhor-935x614.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Several years ago, not long after I was saved, I heard a comment by Vernon McGee in
his ‘Through the Bible’ series which struck me as especially important. The truth of his
observation became more evident as the years passed. No sermon is ever complete, he
said, if it fails to refer to Resurrection Sunday. This is the glorious truth of Christianity,
a truth so great and immeasurably broad that we will never fully grasp it, no matter
how we try. We must hold it before us continually if we are to understand all the
doctrines and precious promises that flow from it.
The great task and privilege of every preacher is to remind their listeners of this
remarkable moment, this day of days, when Jesus rose from the dead and set in motion
a process which, when it runs to completion, will see the perfect restoration of the
whole of creation.
This is the day the LORD has made
The Psalmist referred to this day as follows:
“This is the day which the LORD hath made;
we will rejoice and be glad in it.” (Psalm 118:24
It is exalted above all days, a tiny slice of time in the course of history when everything
– absolutely everything – changed forever. The contrast between the millennia that
passed before it and those that were yet to come could not have been greater. The
reality of everything that Jesus had accomplished on Calvary would now become
manifest to a fallen world.
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When Satan ordered the closure of our churches in 2020 as part of his ‘Covid’ mandate,
he wanted men and women all over the earth to stop commemorating this wonderful
day. Professing Christians were permitted to play ‘church’ online via Zoom, but they
could do nothing in cyber space to counterfeit the Lord’s Supper.
The scriptural basis for the Lord’s Supper
We are all familiar with the scriptural basis for the Lord’s Supper, but it helps from
time to time to reflect on why our Lord asked us to celebrate it.
When he shared the bread and wine at the last supper Jesus said: “...this do in
remembrance of me” -
“And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto
them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in
remembrance of me. Likewise also the cup after supper, saying,
This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.”
(Luke 22:19-20)
Through our celebration of the Lord’s Supper we are remembering what Jesus
achieved for us through his death and resurrection. Our thoughts turn with delight to
“the day which the LORD hath made.” And, as the Psalmist foretold, “we will
rejoice and be glad in it.”
The Eleven Apostles listening to Jesus at the Last Supper.
Detail of a painting by Duccio di Buoninsegna, 14th century
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We set out in Appendix A a number of edifying extracts from the writings of H A
Ironside which reveal the essential nature and purpose of the Lord’s Supper. He points
to several truths which, I suspect, many professing Christians today have largely
forgotten or never fully understood.
The main facts to note about the Lord’s Supper is that, along with Baptism, it is a
defining ordinance of Christianity and is to be celebrated regularly by all believers. The
scriptures on which it is based emphasize its deep spiritual significance. It was
instituted by Jesus at the last supper as a memorial meal to mark both the death and
resurrection of Christ and to bear witness to these events until he returns to call forth
his Church. It celebrates the fundamental truths of Christianity and enables believers
to express their innermost gratitude for the gift of salvation in the spiritual presence
of Jesus. It is a time of deep reflection and silent appreciation whereby believers
commune with the Savior through the physical meal of bread and wine and dwell
humbly on the unimaginable price that had to be paid to set us free.
As Dr Ironside said:
“It is intended to deepen in the heart of those already saved, the
realization of the preciousness of Christ. We come together to
remember Him and, as He fills the vision of our souls, we feast
in spirit upon all that He is and all that He has done.”
“It is the Lord’s desire,” he noted, “that His people often show
His death in this way, calling to mind frequently His love and
sacrifice for them... We come together to meet the Lord Himself,
to be solely occupied with Him, to offer Him the worship of our
hearts, and to remember what He passed through for us.... It
must be remembered that when we come together for the Lord’s
Supper, Christ is as truly present in our midst as He was among
the first disciples two thousand years ago.”
The revelation given to the Apostle Paul
The Apostle Paul was not present at the last supper but received an account of this
God-given ordinance through direct revelation. According to Dr Ironside, this special
revelation, which was given by Jesus after he left the earth, is further evidence of the
exceptional spiritual importance of this ordinance and its frequent observance.
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“Paul never knew the Lord here on earth, he was not with the
Twelve in the upper room when Jesus instituted this ordinance;
therefore, he must have received this as a direct revelation from
heaven. That is very significant, for there must be something
extremely precious to our risen Savior about the frequent
observance of the Lord’s Supper if He, the glorified One, gave
to His apostle a special declaration from the glory regarding it.”
It should be clear to even the dullest observer that frequent celebration of the Lord’s
Supper is of paramount importance to Christians everywhere. An attempt to curtail or
limit the observation of this ordinance, in any manner whatever, is quite obviously a
direct attack on the Gospel and on all who believe in Jesus.
The Marxists, Freemasons and Babylonian deceivers who control our governments did
just that in 2020. Worse still, the organized body of grievous wolves within the
institutional church did nothing to oppose them!
The Apostle Paul, ceiling mosaic, Ravenna, Italy.
The vast majority of professing Christians did as Satan commanded in 2020, not what
Jesus asked of them. His ordinance was forgotten. They didn’t even grieve over the
offense that their disobedience would cause. Three years later we are still waiting for
an admission by our preachers, pastors and elders that, through their repeated failure,
nay refusal, to rejoice and be glad in the day which the LORD had made, they were
willing participants in a terrible act of defiance and hypocrisy.
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Since we have already addressed the immense harm caused by the unconfessed sin of
church leaders during this time – see our paper #331 – we will confine our
examination to what the Enemy achieved by prohibiting the celebration of the Lord’s
Supper.
Historical suppression of the Lord’s Supper
For nearly two thousand years the visible church assembled and drew great strength,
hope and encouragement from its regular observance of a practice instituted by the
Lord himself. Even when they were prohibited from doing so by the Roman Emperors,
they continued to meet in secret – in contravention of civil law – to celebrate this
precious ordinance. It is impossible to think of the church over the course of history of
failing at any time, for any reason, to honor this ordinance or to accord it the highest
respect. All of that changed in 2020.
One of the great achievements of the Reformation was the restoration to the laity of
the right to receive both the bread and the wine of communion. For many years the
church of Rome had restricted the laity to the bread of communion only, while the
priests could receive it in both species, bread and wine. It is difficult to establish exactly
when this restriction was introduced but it was fairly widespread by the 13th century.
For instance, the Council of Lambeth (1281) directed that the wine was to be received
by the priest only.
Luther and other reformers objected to this unscriptural practise and it became a
matter of such contention that the Jesuits formally forbade the laity to receive the wine
of communion under the draconian regime promulgated by the Council of Trent (1545-
1563). Access to the “chalice” became a rare privilege which the Papacy alone could
grant, with special exception being made, for example, for the kings of France at their
coronation.
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- ‘transubstantiation’
Rome has long used its doctrine of ‘transubstantiation’ – the mystical transformation
of the bread and wine of communion into the actual body and blood of Christ – as a
powerful means of social control. The liturgical ceremony through which this
supposedly miraculous transubstantiation takes place became known as the ‘sacrifice
of the Mass’, an event which purports to repeat the sacrifice of Calvary through the
supernatural agency of a priest. By this means the church of Rome appropriates to
herself the power to add to the work that Jesus performed on Calvary.
To engrave this dramatic act in the imagination of parishioners, Rome has turned the
bread and wine into objects of adoration. They no longer commemorate the work of
Christ on Calvary but constitute divine objects in their own right, produced or made
manifest by the miraculous power with which the Catholic priest is allegedly endowed.
The Jesuits required all Catholics to adore, worship and venerate the ‘consecrated’
bread and wine of communion through the inclusion of the following Canon at the
Council of Trent:
CANON VI.-If any one saith, that, in the holy sacrament of the Eucharist,
Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, is not to be adored with the worship,
even external of latria; and is, consequently, neither to be venerated with a
special festive solemnity, nor to be solemnly borne about in processions,
according to the laudable and universal rite and custom of holy church; or, is
not to be proposed publicly to the people to be adored, and that the adorers
thereof are idolators; let him be anathema. [Canon VI of the 13th Session]
We will not dwell on the sheer madness in all of this. We only wish to point out that
the Enemy despises the Lord’s Supper and, historically, has done everything he can to
pervert its true meaning.
Anathema
“In councils held at Meaux in 845 and both at
Paris and at Epernay the year following,
anathema was defined as “condemnation to
eternal death.” Thus defined, anathema was too
terrible for a bishop to decide upon alone. Only
with the consent of his archbishop or his fellow
bishops could he impose anathema... This
unrelenting definition of anathema from the 840s
entered into the principal canon law collections:
the Decretum compiled by Burchard of Worms at
the start of the eleventh century, the Panormia
and the Decretum assembled later in the century
by Ivo of Chartres, and the Decretum of Gratian
in about 1140.”
– Lester Little, Cornell University Press, 1993
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The Apostolic Church
For the first two and half centuries of its existence, the church celebrated the
commemorative ordinance known as the Lord’s Supper. In doing so, believers
reflected on the death and resurrection of Christ, on the awesome magnitude of what
his selfless sacrifice had accomplished. They were not only looking back, but forward,
to the glorious hour of his imminent return – Maranatha!
There was no mystical transformation of any kind, no supernatural activity sponsored
by a priest, or anything of that nature. The change, such as it was, came only in the
hearts of believers as they apprehended anew, in grateful silence, the unspeakable gift
of salvation. This is the true apostolic meaning of communion.
Fresco in a catacomb in Rome, early second century,
showing believers celebrating the Lord’s Supper.
A carefully planned attack on the apostolic Church
Satan hates this ceremony! He knows how deeply it refreshes the souls of all believers!
To distract from this awesome truth, he pours in magic and mystery, and beguiles the
imagination of his audience with a theological drama. This drama in turn is made
possible only through the agency of a priestly hierophant initiated by ‘Mother Church’.
Salvation comes through the sanctifying power which he allegedly summons with his
sacred words and his ability to effectually reenact the sacrifice of Calvary.
The carefully planned attack on the church via Covid was nothing less than an outright
ban on the Lord’s Supper. It troubles the Enemy that there are still true believers on
earth who come together frequently in humble assembly to celebrate the resurrection
and imminent return of Christ in accordance with Scripture. These people are not
deceived by the magic and mystery of transubstantiation or ensnared by the
charismatic allure of a sacred object. They only want to do what Jesus asked of them.
Impatient to advance toward a ‘new world order’, Satan and his earthly servants issued
their anti-Christian prohibition: “Stop! That’s enough!”
Nevertheless, they must have been surprised by the success of their brazen scheme.
There was no need to use force or issue baleful threats. Church leaders raced en mass
to lock their doors and play Zoom. As Jesus foretold, these so-called men of God turned
out to be hirelings and not shepherds:
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“But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep
are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the
wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth,
because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.” (John 10:12-13)
As a result of all this, the evangelical church in 2023 is very different from that of 2019.
The gross hypocrisy of its leaders is plain for all to see, but no-one wants to talk about
it. We now know it is led mainly by men who have little or no respect for the Lord’s
Supper. There are exceptions of course – praise the LORD! – but the great majority
are hireling deceivers.
A sweet savour
There is a passage of scripture which sheds considerable light on the spiritual
significance of the Lord’s Supper, as seen from our Heavenly Father’s perspective:
“For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and
drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's
body. For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and
many sleep.” (1 Corinthians 11:29-30)
The Apostle Paul is referring to the unseemly way the Lord’s Supper was celebrated in
Corinth and the stern penalty that resulted. In many cases the participants fell ill and
continued to suffer the effects for some time, while others died!
The Holy Spirit punished these people for their sinful behavior. This is the only place
in the New Testament where believers are struck down in this way! The closest parallel
is that of Ananias and Sapphira, whose lives were instantly terminated when they lied
to the Holy Spirit.
The Death of Ananias by Masaccio, 15th century
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The severity of the punishment reflects the gravity of the sin. We cannot say how this
principle might apply to leaders and elders who showed little respect for the Lord’s
Supper during ‘Covid’, but we have no doubt that it does apply! The Word of God
makes this quite plain.
We can see this spiritual truth even more clearly in the Old Testament sacrifices. On
numerous occasions they are referred to as “a sweet savour unto the LORD”. The
Hebrew word translated as “savour” in English is rêah meaning a scent or fragrance.
When our Heavenly Father accepted a properly constituted offering He was savoring,
not the sacrifice itself, but what it represented, namely the sacrifice that Jesus would
one day make on Calvary. The love of His Son was deeply pleasing to Him, like a
fragrant perfume.
“Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and
hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice
to God for a sweetsmelling savour.”
– Ephesians 5:1-2
We are saved, not by our own righteousness – for in our fallen condition we stink –
but by the sweet, fragrant righteousness of Christ – “For we are unto God a sweet
savour of Christ...” (2 Corinthians 2:15). Every time we celebrate the Lord’s Supper
we are reflecting on the vast gulf between our own wretchedness, our pre-saved sindamaged condition, and the “unsearchable riches of Christ” (Ephesians 3:8) which,
in his infinite mercy, he has bestowed upon each of us.
How is it possible for any Christian to ignore this ordinance?
How is it possible for ANY Christian to ignore this ordinance? How? The modern
pastors are like the Hebrew priests: “Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what
profit is it that we have kept his ordinance...” (Malachi 3:14) How is it possible to
listen to Marxists and Freemasons – patent agents of Satan – and adopt their wicked
reinterpretation of God’s Word? How is it possible to submit to their perverted
reinvention of standard medical practice and abandon the joy and reverence found in
this ordinance?
Oh, people will drop dead in the street, they warned! Really? The only thing to fall in
the street was truth itself:
“And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth
afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.”
(Isaiah 59:14)
All who had a hand in this should be greatly ashamed.
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Satan sent his filthy liars to tell their filthy lies and church leaders bowed down before
them as though an oracle had spoken. They could have taken their flock to a park or a
field outside of town to celebrate the Lord’s Supper, but that’s not something
hypocrites like to do. Some went instead to the liquor store, where deadly pathogens
were miraculously absent.
By failing to come together in a humble assembly during ‘Covid’, submitting instead to
the dark interdict of a scheming Masonic government, the professing church decided
that worldly obedience – however shallow or twisted its rationale – must sometimes
take precedence over our faithful expression of joy and gratitude for what Jesus did
for us on Calvary.
Have no doubt, this was Satan’s work from the start. His earthly servants despise
Christianity and will continue to do whatever it takes to destroy it. Meanwhile, the
church itself, as an institution, has been heavily infiltrated by ‘pastors’ and ‘leaders’
who, with bright smiles and soft words, take pleasure in disobedience, deception, and
blasphemy.
I truly wish all believers would think deeply about this because it is horrifying. Will the
great falling away (2 Thessalonians 2:3), when it occurs, be any more reprehensible or
loathsome in the eyes of our Heavenly Father than this sinful universal refusal to honor
His Son?
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“A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master:
if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be
a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts
unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say,
Wherein have we despised thy name? Ye offer polluted
bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we
polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is
contemptible [This pertains to all the pastors and elders
who refused to celebrate the Lord’s Supper during
‘Covid’]. And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not
evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil?
Offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with
thee, or accept thy person? [Is this how you would treat
a respected national figure or dignitary?] saith the LORD
of hosts.” (Malachi 1:6-8)
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“Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his
lord hath made ruler over his household [Who is Jesus
referring to? The pastors, of course!], to give them meat
in due season [To feed the flock]? Blessed is that
servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so
doing. Verily I say unto you, that he shall make him
ruler over all his goods. But and if that evil servant
shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and
shall begin to smite his fellowservants [By doing
whatever the Masons and Marxists demand], and to eat
and drink with the drunken [To take the Covid payments
and incentives given by the state]; The lord of that
servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for
him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, and shall
cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the
hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of
teeth.” (Matthew 24:45-51)
***
“Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions
which ye have been taught, whether by word,
or our epistle.” – 2 Thessalonians 2:15
__________________
Jeremy James
Ireland
January 14, 2023
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APPENDIX A
Comments on The Lord’s Supper by H A Ironside
[Note: The sequence in which the following comments are presented differs slightly
from the originals. We have also added titles. To consult the full text of the originals,
see the links below.]
The means by which needy sinners avail themselves of an interest in the finished
work of Christ is very simple. The sinner has to take his place before God as a
lost, guilty man, owning his iniquity and putting his trust in the Man who died
on the cross; for "By Him all that believe are justified from all things, from
which ye could not be justified by Moses' law." (Acts 13:39) [1]
Jesus asked that we thus remember him
The Lord’s Supper (1 Corinthians 11:20) is a feast of remembrance, which is
intended to carry our minds back to the death of our Saviour and also to cause
us to look on to His coming again (1 Corinthians 11:26) ... Because of this, and
of the expressed desire of Jesus Christ that we should thus remember Him, it
has been the joy of Christian hearts down through the centuries to come together
around the table of the Lord to think of His sufferings, to meditate upon His
love, and to enjoy communion with Him. [5]
In this New Testament economy Christ is the only sacrificing priest. He is the
one all-sufficient victim. Christ, having made atonement for sins, rose from the
dead and God has manifested His righteous satisfaction in the work of the cross
by seating Him in heaven at His own right hand... [1]
Communing with Christ
In the celebration of the Lord’s Supper we are to be occupied with Christ
Himself, with the memories of His love and grace, recalling His sorrows,
sufferings, and death, and bearing in mind His promise to come again and
receive us unto Himself. It is a mistake to think of this blessed ordinance as a
means of grace, in the sense of having to do with the salvation of the soul. It is
intended to deepen in the heart of those already saved, the realization of the
preciousness of Christ. We come together to remember Him and, as He fills the
vision of our souls, we feast in spirit upon all that He is and all that He has done.
[5]
The Lord's Supper is a memorial feast. Christians, members of the body of
Christ, come together to remember the One who died for them and who put
away their sins, and do this because their sins have been put away. No instructed
Christian would approach the Lord's Table to get forgiveness. I come because
my sins have been forever put away by the atoning blood of the Lord Jesus and
I desire gratefully to remember the One who offered that mighty sacrifice and
so fitted me for the presence of a holy God. [1]
13
The Lord’ Supper links the two great facts of Christianity
“For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's
death till He come." (1 Corinthians 11:26) Observe how this feast links
together the two great facts of Christianity, the death of Christ and His second
coming. The Lord's Supper is taken in remembrance of One who died, but as we
take it we look forward and wait for His coming again... [1]
Christ is present in Spirit with his own
[We] do not believe that the bread and wine undergo any mystic change, but
[we] do believe that as you eat and drink in remembrance of Christ, Christ is
present in His sweet and wonderful way, manifesting Himself to the hearts of
His beloved people so that by faith they are enabled to feed upon Him. We feed
upon Him in remembrance. We look back and think of the sorrows He bore. We
contemplate His cross and bitter passion, and as we do, we eat of His flesh and
drink of His blood... [1]
Frequency
“Why observe this feast so frequently when, in many places, it is only at rare
intervals that what is commonly called ‘the communion’ is celebrated?” In
answer we reply that we have, in Scripture, no distinct commandment as
regarding the particular times it is to be celebrated. The Passover was celebrated
once per year, but, when the Lord instituted the Supper, He implied much more
frequent observance when He said, “As often as you do this, do it in
remembrance of Me.”
It is the Lord’s desire that His people often show His death in this way, calling
to mind frequently His love and sacrifice for them. In the earliest days of the
Church’s history, the Christians broke bread daily; but, when the first days of
transition passed, and the new dispensation was fully established, we get the
Scriptural example in Acts 20:7, “Upon the first day of the week the disciples
came together to break bread and Paul preached unto them.”
In Apostolic days, it is well known that this was the recognized custom. Now this
is not a commandment, but it is a word from the Lord, and He has said, “If a
man love Me, he will keep My words.” (John 14:23) A devoted heart does not
ask “How seldom can I do this and yet have the Lord’s approval?”, but “What
does His Word tell us about the established order in the early days?” The Book
answers, “On the first day of the week,” and, therefore, upon that day, we
delight to come together to remember Him... [2]
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We come together to meet the Lord himself
It is important to understand that we do not come together to pray, nor yet to
preach, nor to sing or listen to teaching, nor to enjoy Christian fellowship. We
come together to meet the Lord Himself, to be solely occupied with Him, to offer
Him the worship of our hearts, and to remember what He passed through for
us.... It must be remembered that when we come together for the Lord’s Supper,
Christ is as truly present in our midst as He was among the first disciples two
thousand years ago. Yes, there will be room for praise and for the reading of a
portion from the Word of God, which might bring out more vividly the sufferings
of Christ. But any brother would be decidedly out of place who sought to give a
lengthy exposition of Scripture or an exhortation to the believers. The sense of
awe which comes over the soul who recognizes he is in the Lord’s presence will
curb the flesh. [2]
...we do believe in the real presence in Spirit of our blessed Lord, for He has said,
“Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the
midst of them” (Matthew 18:20). And there is no time when Christ’s presence
is so definitely realized and so distinctly felt as when remembering Him in the
breaking of bread. He said, “Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for
you: this do in remembrance of me.” The Lord’s Supper is a continual
reminder of the vicarious character of His death, and that is one reason why our
blessed Lord is so desirous that it should be celebrated frequently... [4]
A celebration of thanksgiving and expectation
In 1 Corinthians 11, verses 23-26, we learn that Paul had received a special
revelation regarding the supper, yet fully agreeing with the accounts given by
the three evangelists – Matthew, Mark and Luke – only that the thought of the
Lord’s return is added to the remembrance of Him in His death: “For as often
as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord’s death till He
come” (verse 26). Thus are the cross and the glory linked together for faith, and
ever kept before the soul in this observance of the Lord’s Supper.
The word rendered “show” is often translated “preach” in the New Testament.
Every celebration of the eucharist (as the early Christians loved to call this feast
– a word meaning thanksgiving) is in itself a sermon. It is a proclaiming of
the Lord’s death... [3]
Never become so occupied with the form that you neglect the spirit of the
Lord’s Supper. It is a place for the heart’s affections to flow out. Do not make it
a ritualistic observance, but let it ever be an occasion where Christ Himself is
before the soul, who has said, “This do in remembrance of Me.” [3]
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Christ, from heaven, emphasized the Lord’s Supper
[1 Corinthians 11] Having reproved them for their misbehavior at the Table, Paul
lays down clearly the revelation that the risen Christ gave him from heaven
concerning the proper observance of this service.
First, “For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you.”
Paul never knew the Lord here on earth, he was not with the Twelve in the upper
room when Jesus instituted this ordinance; therefore, he must have received
this as a direct revelation from heaven. That is very significant, for there must
be something extremely precious to our risen Savior about the frequent
observance of the Lord’s Supper if He, the glorified One, gave to His apostle a
special declaration from the glory regarding it.
And this is what He told him: “That the Lord Jesus the same night in which
he was betrayed took bread.” Why does the apostle slip in the expression, “In
which he was betrayed,” if not for us to realize that the Lord’s Supper was
meant to appeal to the hearts of His people and so to remind them that in that
very night when our blessed Savior was to know to the fullest the
untrustworthiness, the wickedness, the treachery, the perfidy of the human
heart, He gave this feast in order that His people might have before them the
continual expression of His loving heart in giving Himself for them.
... Judas went out, and in his absence the Savior gave this memorial feast to His
own. That is very suggestive, for it is only for those who have been redeemed by
His precious blood that the Lord’s Supper is given. It is not for the unsaved, it is
not for those who are hoping to be saved; it is for those who are in the joy of
accomplished redemption, who know Christ as Savior. To them the Lord spake
when He took that bread and gave thanks and said, “Take, eat: this is my body,
which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.” [4]
[1] The Mass Versus The Lord's Supper by H A Ironside
[http://articles.ochristian.com/article10292.shtml]
[2] Article adapted by David Dunlap from a sermon given by H A Ironside
[https://www.preachtheword.com/sermon/ironside.shtml]
[3] From the section ‘The Lord’s Supper’ from Sailing with Paul by H A Ironside
[http://biblecentre.org/content.php?mode=7&item=2025]
[4] From the Commentary by H A Ironside on The First Letter to the Corinthians
[https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/isn/1-corinthians-11.html]
[5] From the Commentary by H A Ironside on The Gospel of Luke
[https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/isn/luke-22.html] </span></p>Vulcão Ativo - Vilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04762736963640210106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084779094786691009.post-77670983107335749062023-01-18T18:54:00.006-08:002023-01-18T19:11:21.621-08:00The Wrath of God and the Bride of Christ (A Ira de Deus e a Noiva de Cristo)<p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Jeremy James </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7v4Yp3o-EbComb4gREgQFv1G4gUg5GTJcOrr0b42LAMobwQ6VsTr0utIBkdE45Et0fbZvZtBwoW5u4xyhC7MfG-vFPtrcwL14HK_XY5ub8FfCgWYft1Y_ma2WfsUSCTDZuO3jE_RK2uIgSBgk0BdzO5Q2HVmgfb0wyoMev8HF3tbgu0ASLA419_Vf/s4128/20221218_204342.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2322" data-original-width="4128" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7v4Yp3o-EbComb4gREgQFv1G4gUg5GTJcOrr0b42LAMobwQ6VsTr0utIBkdE45Et0fbZvZtBwoW5u4xyhC7MfG-vFPtrcwL14HK_XY5ub8FfCgWYft1Y_ma2WfsUSCTDZuO3jE_RK2uIgSBgk0BdzO5Q2HVmgfb0wyoMev8HF3tbgu0ASLA419_Vf/w400-h225/20221218_204342.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“Amos, what seest thou?” (Amos 8:2)
Born-again
There are several indicators in the life of a believer which show that he truly is a
believer, someone who has been born again in Christ and is now a new creation. We
will not attempt to enumerate each of these here but will focus instead on just one of
them – our daily expectation of the Rapture.
We would appear to be heading into a time of real persecution for Christians in the
west. The Children of Wickedness are no longer content to drive Christians out of the
Middle East and to persecute those who are living in countries like China, India or
Pakistan. They are now moving rapidly toward the implementation of their scheme to
actively oppress Christians living in the US, Canada, Europe and Australia. Some of
this oppression will utilize Islam and its deep-rooted intolerance of Christianity. The
Elite know that by bringing more and more Muslims into Europe and America they
are laying the ground for a painful confrontation at some future date. But before that
date arrives they intend to deal a heavy blow to true Biblical Christianity in the west.
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We are already seeing ample evidence of how this is being put into effect through the
LGBTQ agenda. Their goal is to separate the small proportion of true believers from
the much larger body of nominal Christians and, having done that, to target and
victimize their leaders. Once the pastors and shepherds have been taken away, the
Elite expect the rest to capitulate or disperse.
The Rapture of the Church
In earlier papers we have shown how the Bible teaches a Pre-Tribulation Rapture
(PTR) – see #81, #91 and #107. We have also shown that a PTR does not conflict in
any way with the frequent references in God’s Word to the perennial persecution
(“tribulation”) of the saints – see #78.
Those who object to a PTR usually do so on the grounds that it allegedly makes
believers indifferent to the rising tide of wickedness in the world today. However, by
saying this, they are implying that true believers who hold to the “blessed hope” do
not hate evil. And that is false.
Their position, theologically, is based on a misunderstanding of God’s Word, a failure
to distinguish between the turmoil of a world controlled by Satan and the plight of a
world subjected to the Wrath of God.
God’s Wrath last fell on the world at the time of the Flood. It had nothing to do with
any act or scheme initiated by man or Satan. The Wrath of God in the End Time, which
we know as the Seven Year Tribulation, will be similar to the worldwide Flood. It too
will constitute, from start to finish, a sovereign judgment of God upon the entire earth.
The Wrath of God at the time of the Flood lasted 150 days – from the start of the deluge
to the day the waters began to subside. The Wrath of God in the Tribulation will last a
good deal longer – 2520 days.
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The Wrath of God in the End Time and the Seven Year Tribulation are the same event.
Since Christ endured the wrath of God on Calvary, and did so in our place, it cannot
fall thereafter on the church. It would be impossible for it to do so. This is why the
church must be taken from the earth before the commencement of the 2520-day
period.
The persecution of the church over the course of many centuries has been her principal
means of sanctification. This was the suffering which she was obliged to endure as the
God-ordained witness of Christ here on earth. It was inflicted entirely by the Enemy
and had nothing whatever to do with the Wrath of God! All that she has ever suffered
in the flesh for her Beloved will add greatly to her adornment in glory (We will return
to this later.).
The Wrath of God
The refusal to see the Wrath of God for what it is has caused much confusion in the
modern church. When Christ returns the second time he will come as a lion, not a
lamb. His Father will place him in charge of the great Judgment that will afflict the
entire earth. For this reason alone his Bride cannot be here during this season of
retribution, “for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide
it?” (Joel 2:11).
The seven Seal judgments, which mark the commencement of the 7-year Tribulation,
are unsealed by Christ himself. It would be perverse to expect our Heavenly Father to
require His Son, by doing so, to pour flaming fire on his Bride. It would be even more
perverse to expect that He would do so when His Son had already paid her sin debt on
Calvary!
It is a mark of how far Biblical exegesis in the modern church has drifted from the
literal truth of God’s Word that insane conclusions like these are deemed acceptable.
The church must be taken from the earth before the seven year Tribulation begins.
Those who claim otherwise have either failed to grasp what the Word of God is telling
us about the Rapture – though there may be good reasons for this (see below) – or
they are deliberately trying to confuse and mislead the saints.
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We also need to remember that the church WILL suffer tribulation or persecution
before the Rapture (See our earlier paper, #78). This is already happening in many
parts of the world today and will only get worse, spreading to regions which have not
experienced anything of the kind for several centuries.
The Door
Christians will be attacked as intolerant bigots for refusing to accept that God has
made generous provision for the salvation of souls through other religions. He is such
a loving God, they will argue, that He would never have confined the path of
redemption to one route only. He loves all souls equally, no matter what religion they
follow, and will draw to Himself all who live an honest and upright life. The grace of
Calvary is freely available to all, just as God intended. It is not necessary to convert to
Christianity to benefit from what Christ achieved on Calvary for the whole of mankind.
Through his death and resurrection he unlocked a door into heaven, a universal door,
which everyone can walk through, regardless of their religious affiliation.
To man in his fallen condition this is a very attractive lie and a great many will choose
to believe it.
This deadly lie denies the most important truth of all, namely that Christ IS the door.
Our heavenly Father has provided a door into heaven, and that door is His Son. Unless
we come before Christ and accept him as “the way, the truth, and the life”, we are
lost. We do this through faith alone by the grace and convicting power of the Holy
Spirit.
There is no other door. All who reject Jesus Christ, the living Door, are condemned to
undergo the Great White Throne judgment and to forfeit forever the joy of living in the
presence of God.
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There is only one door.
Christ is not the path to the door, as the wicked would have us believe, but the door
itself. All who refuse to accept him as their Lord and Savior, for whatever reason, have
turned away from the Door. They have decided to rely on their own works and their
own righteousness as their means of salvation.
By doing so they reject the perfect redemption that Christ has provided and continue
to live under condemnation.
A true Christian knows that no matter how devout a ‘good’ Muslim or a ‘good’ Hindu
may be, he is still a lost soul. He is still at war with God. He is still crushed by the
weight of his own sins and until he asks the perfect Redeemer to set him free, through
the cross of Calvary, he will remain in bondage to Satan.
If that sounds horrifying, it is because the effects of sin are horrifying. Sin came from
pride. This is the same vile impediment that keeps the unbeliever from coming to
Christ in true humility and repentance.
The Pagan Morality of the New World Order
The believing Christian, one who is faithful to the Word of God, will soon be regarded
as an intolerant bigot, not only because he claims that salvation is found only in Christ,
but because of his refusal to accept or acknowledge the pagan morality of the New
World Order. A Christian may love the sinner and hate the sin, but the world will scorn
this attitude as both condescending and elitist. He will be expected to disregard the sin
entirely and to treat as natural, wholesome and pleasing to God many types of behavior
which the Bible utterly condemns.
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This is how the Enemy hopes to separate the saints from God. He wants to place them
in a situation where their prayers have no effect – because they foolishly affirmed the
new morality (“If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:” –
Psalm 66:18). Alternatively, if they stand their ground they will leave themselves open
to prosecution under the law.
A believer will even be prosecuted for using the wrong word. The LGBTQ agenda is
designed to trap anyone who dares to uphold the Biblical teaching on gender by
referring to a man and a woman, respectively, by the appropriate pronouns, “he” and
“she.” As the prophet Isaiah foresaw, “for a word” he will be made an offender:
“That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare
for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside
the just for a thing of nought.”
(Isaiah 29:21)
For born-again Christians this can mean only one thing: The war has come to our own
backyard. We will shortly be required to make a decisive choice between the ways of
the world and the Word of God. Many nominal believers will do what several
denominations, such as the Anglicans and Episcopalians, are already doing –
reinterpreting the Bible to accommodate the LGBTQ agenda. Baptists and other
denominations are under immense pressure to follow suit, and many of their leaders
appear eager to compromise.
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We are about to witness a major crisis in the church. Pastors and preachers across
Europe and America will shortly be asked to affirm the LGBTQ agenda, perhaps by
participating in a ceremony which validates the homosexual lifestyle, or to take a stand
which unequivocally rejects that lifestyle – probably by refusing a request to perform
such a ceremony. All who take the latter course will incur a legal penalty of some kind,
such as a large fine. They will also be hit with a court order to comply with the request
or face further financial penalties. Repeated failure to comply could result in the
confiscation of property or a jail sentence. A church might even lose its license to
operate.
How many believers will support them?
The great falling away
This is eerily similar to the great “falling away” or apostasia that the Apostle Paul
speaks about in 2 Thessalonians 2:3. The falling away is not, as some suppose, a
significant movement of professing Christians into unbelief or into another religion,
but rather a general slide into a false form of Christianity. Paul chose the word
“apostasia” for a reason. An apostate is not someone who has abandoned his religion
but someone who accepts and welcomes a critical and malignant change in its
theology.
Much of this false Christianity already exists in embyronic form. Anyone who is
familiar with the teachings of the Purpose Driven church, the Prosperity Gospel, Word
of Faith, or the various incarnations of the New Apostolic Reformation will have
discerned the contours of apostate End Time Christianity. New Age mysticism has
gained a strong foothold in the evangelical church and most, if not all, of the principal
leadership roles and academic/teaching positions are filled by Freemasons and sundry
other impostors.
In the book of Revelation, chapter 17, when John saw the Mother of Harlots, he wrote:
“and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.” (Revelation 17:6). He
was greatly shocked by the vision before him. The church of Christ had become, in its
debased End Time form, a woman arrayed in purple and scarlet and decked with gold
and precious stones. It was not another religion per se but a sickening parody of true
Christianity.
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The Day of Christ and the Day of the LORD
We can get a glimpse of the darkness that is already working in the church by simply
looking at the corrupt translations of the Bible that are now being used in many socalled Bible-believing churches. The NIV is probably the worst, a cleverly twisted piece
of work which is apparently used by 80% or more of professing Christians. But the
others, too, contain many strategic lies – terms and concepts which have been
deliberately mistranslated in order to obscure an important truth and mislead
believers.
Let’s consider just one example. The KJV refers to “the day of Christ” in the following
verse:
“That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled,
neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us,
as that the day of Christ is at hand.”
(2 Thessalonians 2:2)
What does this term mean? For anyone who cares about the truth of the PreTribulation Rapture, this is an important question. It does not refer to “the day of the
Lord” which, as numerous other passages of Scripture confirm, designates the
occasion when Christ will return to punish the wicked.
As we have shown in an earlier paper (#107) “the day of the Lord Jesus” (1
Corinthians 5:5 and 2 Corinthians 1:14), “the day of Jesus Christ” (Philippians 1:6)
and “the day of Christ” (Philippians 1:10 and 2:16; 2 Thessalonians 2:2) ALL refer to
the same prophetic occasion, the day of the Resurrection of the saints and the Rapture
of the Church. They do NOT refer to the day of the LORD/Lord, which is a later,
separate event known as the seven year Tribulation.
“O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove
unto the multitude of the wicked:”
Psalm 74:19
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Why do several translations confuse ‘the day of the Lord’ with ‘the day of the Lord
Jesus’? The scholars and academics will probably point to two early manuscripts which
exclude the name ‘Jesus’. But in doing so they are rejecting the testimony of several
hundred manuscripts which include it.
This is a startling and very serious error. We can see from the translations below that
it has found its way into the Bible versions used by the vast majority of Christians
today:
1 Corinthians 5:5 - “the day of the Lord Jesus” [KJV]
NIV
“hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh,
so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.”
ESV
“you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh,
so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.”
CSB
“hand that one over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh,
so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.”
NET
“turn this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh,
so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.”
HCSB
“turn that one over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that
his spirit may be saved in the Day of the Lord.”
2 Thessalonians 2:2 - “the day of Christ” [KJV]
NIV
“not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly
from us – whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter –
asserting that the day of the Lord has already come.”
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ESV
“not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a
spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that
the day of the Lord has come.”
CSB
“not to be easily upset or troubled, either by a prophecy or by a
message or by a letter supposedly from us, alleging that
the day of the Lord has come.”
NET
“not to be easily shaken from your composure or disturbed by any
kind of spirit or message or letter allegedly from us, to the effect
that the day of the Lord is already here.”
NASB
“that you not be quickly shaken from your composure or be
disturbed either by a spirit or a message or a letter as if from us,
to the effect that the day of the Lord has come.”
RSV
“not to be quickly shaken in mind or excited, either by spirit or
by word, or by letter purporting to be from us, to the effect
that the day of the Lord has come.”
ASV
“to the end that ye be not quickly shaken from your mind,
nor yet be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by epistle
as from us, as that the day of the Lord is just at hand;”
HCSB
“not to be easily upset in mind or troubled, either by a spirit
or by a message or by a letter as if from us, alleging that
the Day of the Lord has come.”
NIV New International Version NASB New American Standard Bible
ESV English Standard Version CSB Christian Standard Bible
NET New English Translation RSV Revised Standard Version
ASV American Standard Version HCSB Holman Christian Standard Bible
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As we can see, the Enemy has being been very busy indeed! Christians have long been
warned not to trust the modern Bible translations, but most have ignored the warning.
As a result we have today a situation where few believers can defend the PreTribulation Rapture. A professing church that confuses the “blessed hope” (Titus
2:13) with “the wrath of God” (Romans 1:18) is a church whose true spiritual
strength has been greatly depleted. It may feel firm in its profession but, in reality, it
is like a wall ready to fall.
The Promises of God
The Christians who are best equipped to deal with the trials and hardship ahead are
those who dwell on the Rock. These are the ones who trust completely in the Word of
God and delight daily in the “blessed hope,” the Pre-Tribulation Rapture. They get up
every morning knowing that today they might hear the great Trumpet call, when the
dead in Christ rise first and those who are living are lifted on high in the twinkling of
an eye. They are the ones who know that the Holy Spirit dwelling within them will
never leave them nor forsake them. And they are the ones who cannot be shaken
because they live each day in the glorious certainty of God’s promises.
In our minds and hearts, His promises are akin to memories of actual events.
Humanly, we find solace by reflecting on pleasant events from our childhood, for
example when we spent a summer holiday with our cousins on the farm. These
enjoyable memories lift our spirits. The promises of God are similar. They relate to
events that have not yet come to pass, but they are as certain as though they already
had. During times of trial and adversity, we can lean on His promises and extract from
their sweetness and certainty a soothing balm for our soul.
No doubt the Apostle Paul had this in mind when he called the Pre-Tribulation
Rapture our “blessed hope”.
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Unjustified doubts
Many sincere Christians have difficulty believing in the Pre-Tribulation Rapture. They
are unable to see it as anything other than a convenient ‘escape’. As fallen sinners we
don’t deserve such mercy, they say. But they are confused. The PTR, like salvation
itself, is a gift. We don’t deserve it!
Why did the sons of Noah go into the Ark before a drop of rain fell? The answer is faith!
They believed what their father was telling them. Anyone else, with the necessary faith,
could have done the same.
We need to understand and accept God’s revealed plan for the church. He has shared
that plan with us for a reason. He wants us to be ready when His Son comes again –
because he will come suddenly, without warning. In the meantime He wants us to bear
fruit abundantly, without fear.
Nominal Christians will not be ready. They have no oil in their lamps. Up to now they
have gotten along by the light that shone from the lamps of true believers – “Give us
of your oil” (Matthew 25:8). But when the trumpet sounds, when Christ calls to his
bride and says, in effect, “Come up hither!”, how many of us will eagerly reply, “Yes,
Lord, here I am!”?
Yes, the sad truth is that a huge proportion of the professing church will not be ready.
These nominal Christians are not waiting for the day of Jesus Christ; they have more
important things on their mind. They amble from one end of the year to the other and
never once give thought to fact that, when Christ returns and calls to his bride from
the air, he won’t stay very long. Only those who are ready and waiting – those who are
spirit filled – will ascend to meet him.
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We live in an age of gross apostasy and appalling lies, of deceitful pastors and
mischievous preachers who will gladly lead their flocks into the depths of hell. A great
many professing believers think they are saved when they are not. This is why we
opened this paper with a brief reference to the indicators in the life of a believer which
show that he really IS a believer, someone who has been truly born again in Christ.
Chief among these is his desire to be with Christ!
Anyone with that desire will have studied the doctrine of the Pre-Tribulation Rapture
with great objectivity and care.
“I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.” (Psalm 102:7)
Why the Enemy hates the Pre-Tribulation Rapture
Why is there so much pressure today – from church leaders and self-proclaimed
authorities on Bible prophecy – to refute the truth of the Pre-Tribulation Rapture? The
answer is tied to the imminent creation of a New World Order. Satan wants a great
mass of people to reject Christ and receive his ‘son’, the Antichrist. He knows that when
the Holy Spirit leaves this earth, He will take the church with Him. He also knows that
professing Christians who are not taken up in the Rapture will be subject to the
“strong delusion” which the Apostle Paul mentions in 2 Thessalonians 2:11. If this is
the case (and it is!) then Satan knows that he will fatally enslave millions of souls in
the wake of this event.
It should be remembered that it is God Himself who sends the “strong delusion”, not
Satan. Why will God do this? That “all might be damned who believed not the truth”
(2 Thessalonians 2:12). This is a very unsettling statement since it would seem to
imply that all professing Christians who are not taken up in the Rapture will accept the
Antichrist
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The Holy Spirit must vacate the earth in order that the Wrath of God may fall in all its
fury. When He leaves, the church must go with Him. The Rapture and the departure
of the Holy Spirit are the same event. We are certain of this connection because of the
promise that Christ made to the church: “And I will pray the Father, and he shall
give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever” (John 14:16).
The Holy Spirit is the Restrainer spoken of by Paul:
“For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now
restrains will restrain, until he be taken out of the way.”
(2 Thessalonians 2:7)
[Note: The KJV uses an old English word for the verb “to restrain”]
He alone is capable of impeding the works of darkness on this earth. No organization,
institution or group, no matter how spiritual, would be able to do so! A supernatural
power can only be restrained by a greater supernatural power. Isaiah says as much:
“…When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up
a standard against him.” (Isaiah 59:19)
Once again, with this verse from Isaiah, we run headlong into one of the many traps
set by the Enemy. Most of the modern Bibles make a total mess of this passage.
Consider the following:
Isaiah 59:19 –
“So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west,
and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy
shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD
shall lift up a standard against him.”
[KJV]
NIV
“From the west, people will fear the name of the LORD, and from
the rising of the sun, they will revere his glory. For he will come like
a pent-up flood that the breath of the LORD drives along.”
ESV
“So they shall fear the name of the LORD from the west,
and his glory from the rising of the sun; for he will
come like a rushing stream, which the wind
of the LORD drives.”
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CSB
“They will fear the name of the LORD in the west and his glory
in the east; for he will come like a rushing stream driven
by the wind of the LORD.”
NET
“In the west, people respect the LORD's reputation;
in the east they recognize his splendor.
For he comes like a rushing stream driven on
by wind sent from the LORD.”
NASB
“So they will fear the name of the LORD from the west
And His glory from the rising of the sun,
For He will come like a rushing stream
Which the wind of the LORD drives.”
RSV
“So they shall fear the name of the LORD from the west,
and his glory from the rising of the sun;
for he will come like a rushing stream,
which the wind of the LORD drives.”
ASV
“So shall they fear the name of Jehovah from the west,
and his glory from the rising of the sun;
for he will come as a rushing stream,
which the breath of Jehovah driveth.”
HCSB
“They will fear the name of Yahweh in the west and His glory
in the east; for He will come like a rushing stream
driven by the wind of the LORD.”
We find nothing here but confusion and deception. The “enemy”, who shall come in
“like a flood”, as stated in the KJV, is completely erased from these corrupt
translations. He is even identified with God! As a result the passage makes absolutely
no sense.
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It is clear from all this that the Ruling Elite – the Children of Wickedness – have made
a concerted effort to suppress the truth of the Pre-Tribulation Rapture in the modern
Bible translations. Christians who rely on these translations to reach a sound
Scriptural understanding of the Rapture are therefore greatly handicapped. They
should set aside these corrupt translations and use the King James or Authorized
Version (1611) instead.
The PTR can also be inferred from other doctrines
Interestingly, even if these key verses were not in God’s Word, we would STILL know
that the doctrine of a Pre-Tribulation Rapture is fully supported by Scripture.
The term “the wrath of God” has a precise meaning in God’s Word. It only ever applies
to the wicked. It cannot fall on repentant sinners. In fact Colossians 3:6 explicitly rules
this out: “…the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:” We are also
told that there is “no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus” (Romans
8:1). Since the Wrath of God is directed ONLY at the wicked, at those who are still
under condemnation, then it cannot impinge upon the church in any way, shape or
form.
The Book of Revelation describes how the Wrath of God, as a predetermined sequence
of judicial events, will fall on the children of disobedience during the seven-year
Tribulation. Since these events pertain to the earth as a whole, and not just one or
more geographical regions, then they are certain to impact severely on the entire world
population. The Tribulation will be universal. Not one soul will escape its onslaught.
This means the church cannot be on the earth when it strikes.
To argue otherwise is to claim that the work of Christ on Calvary was incomplete and
that his bride must be subjected to the same fiery retribution that the rest of mankind
will have to endure. What is more, it would place on the Bridegroom, on Christ himself
– the “bridegroom” of Matthew 9:15, Mark 2:19, Luke 5:34, and John 3:29 – the
terrible task of judging his Queen (Psalm 45) for a debt that had already been paid.
This is simply not tenable.
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King Hezekiah
No doubt there are some who believe in the PTR, not because they have confirmed it
through a careful examination of Scripture, but because it suits some selfish purpose.
They are similar to the Pharisees who were certain they had a place in the Kingdom
simply because they were Abraham’s sons. Jesus tried to teach them that, if this was
their attitude, then in reality they were far from the truth.
We are reminded here of King Hezekiah. This once humble man was filled with pride,
possibly because the LORD had added 15 years to his life. He committed an act of great
hubris when he showed the Babylonian delegation all that he had in his treasury. This
placed him under divine judgment. The prophet Isaiah told him that, because of his
presumptuous attitude, all the riches in his treasury would be carried off to Babylon.
His sons, too, would be taken and made eunuchs in that pagan land. He added,
however, that this calamity would not come about in his lifetime. When he heard this
Hezekiah said, “Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken…for there
shall be peace and truth in my days.” (Isaiah 39:8)
This was a very selfish response. While we might wonder what was running through
his mind, it is obvious from what the Bible records that Hezekiah was only concerned
about his own welfare. The fact that Judah would be destroyed in the process, that
thousands would die, and that his sons would be enslaved and mutilated did not seem
to grieve him at all.
Those who believe in the PTR for equally selfish reasons are really no different from
Hezekiah.
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The Parable of the Talents
The parable of the talents is preceded by a verse which shows that it relates directly to
the Second Coming of Christ and, by implication, to the Rapture of the church: “Watch
therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man
cometh.” (Matthew 25:13)
At the outset, the three servants seem to be saved because each of them received one
or more talents. The first was given five talents and earned five more by productively
investing what he had received. The second was given two talents and added another
two by wisely using what his master had given him. The last was given only one talent
but he did nothing with it! He simply buried it in the ground. (Please bear in mind that
a talent of silver is a very substantial sum of money.)
On his return, their master highly commended the first two – “Well done my good
and faithful servant” – and rewarded them accordingly. However, he was angry with
the last, who could at least have put the talent to good use by giving it to the money
changers and earning interest. Instead he buried his talent in the ground and showed
no respect for his master’s property or any regard for the task entrusted to him. As a
result he lost everything! His solitary talent was taken from him and given to the first
servant. He was then condemned as an “unprofitable servant” and cast into outer
darkness.
This parable says a great deal to us today.
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CONCLUSION
We can’t play games with God’s Word. We can neither add to it nor subtract from it. If
it teaches a certain doctrine, and men of God have provided good evidence that it does
so, then there is an onus on us to examine the matter prayerfully, diligently and
respectfully. We have no right to dismiss it unless we can show from Scripture that the
doctrine is wrong.
We also need to remember that the Enemy hates the doctrine of the Pre-Tribulation
Rapture. He does not want the saints to have the “blessed hope” or to live in the
wonderful certainty of God’s grace and mercy. If he is to enslave the world and lure
mankind into his deadly trap, then he needs in the End Time an institutional church
that no longer believes in the “blessed hope”, a church that has wandered so far from
God’s Word that it no longer sees itself as the Bride of Christ.
The Tribulation saints
Before concluding we would like to mention the spiritual destiny of those souls who
come to faith after the seven year Tribulation has begun. In numerical terms they may
exceed the number who came to faith during the Church Age.
Despite what some are teaching, these souls will take part in the First Resurrection
and will receive immortalized bodies. The life-extending food that the Lord will
provide during the Millennium will only be for persons born during the Millennium
period, numbering billions, who will not as yet have received immortalized bodies.
These people will be direct descendants of those Jewish and Gentile souls, small in
number, who survived the Tribulation.
However, the Tribulation saints, if we may call them that, will not be part of the Bride.
The Bride comprises only the ecclesia, the called-out ones. This is the Church, the body
of Christ, which is still growing, albeit slowly. She will reach completion before the
seven year Tribulation begins. Not one soul will be added to her body after the Rapture.
The Word of God makes a clear distinction between the saints who comprise the
spiritual body we know as the Bride of Christ and the Tribulation saints – greatly
beloved by the LORD – who do not. Psalm 45 describes the Bride as follows:
“…upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear;
forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;
So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty;
for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.”
(Psalm 45: 9-11)
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Most Bible scholars agree that the “queen” in this passage is actually the church, the
Bride of Christ. Even though the church is never revealed in doctrinal terms in the Old
Testament, she may be glimpsed in this Psalm. She sits next to the “king” – namely
Christ – in “gold of Ophir”, the purest and most radiant form of this element. She is
asked to forget all of her former attachments and to worship the King with her whole
being.
The beauty of her garment is emphasized:
“The king’s daughter [or wife] is all glorious within:
her clothing is of wrought gold. She shall be brought
unto the king in raiment of needlework…”
(Psalm 45:13-14)
The church is the daughter of the LORD and the bride of Christ. Her stunning beauty
derives entirely from the redeeming work of Christ on Calvary. Even though her
clothing is a ‘covering’ its beauty permeates her entire body.
The Book of Revelation tells us that, while waiting expectantly for the bridegroom, the
Bride had been making herself ready:
“Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him:
for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife
hath made herself ready.” (Revelation 19:7)
We are not told what she did to make herself ready but no doubt it was through her
faithful obedience to God and His holy laws, serving as the loyal witness for Christ here
on earth, and enduring with patience the persecution which came with that role.
In verses 14 and 15 we find what can only be a reference to the Tribulation saints:
“…the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought
unto thee. With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought:
they shall enter into the king’s palace.”
(Psalm 45:14-15)
We are presented here with a scene where the “virgins”, the Tribulation saints, who
are called “companions” of the Bride, are led by the Bride into the palace and the
presence of the King. They experience great gladness and rejoicing as they are led in.
From this we can infer that the Bride has immediate access to the Bridegroom, as in a
true marriage, while close relations or “companions” of the bride may enter only under
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Time is running out...<p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">by Jeremy James</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu9i2y308Im4x_UagS3HmkGQyn0-IETK-u1yMvJvUp3lPVxUf26bVVtoYJNxNW6Bbazv0bqDcJs1LeO6_WO5Kh7MR_KOUkWJxkHUoGNEWFbo2eOZJX8HK-L5cpVBu6_2axeGpi7ngTHnQoHzHtjjLYAuK0pm225VSh3bnGn04ut9Lj2mIYh9M58gme/s484/cRIAN%C3%87AS.GIF" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="365" data-original-width="484" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu9i2y308Im4x_UagS3HmkGQyn0-IETK-u1yMvJvUp3lPVxUf26bVVtoYJNxNW6Bbazv0bqDcJs1LeO6_WO5Kh7MR_KOUkWJxkHUoGNEWFbo2eOZJX8HK-L5cpVBu6_2axeGpi7ngTHnQoHzHtjjLYAuK0pm225VSh3bnGn04ut9Lj2mIYh9M58gme/w640-h482/cRIAN%C3%87AS.GIF" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The Book of Deuteronomy contains a verse which some believers find challenging:</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive,</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.”</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">(Deuteronomy 29:4)</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The Israelites had spent forty years in the wilderness and were about to enter the</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Promised Land. Some mistakenly take this verse to mean that the LORD withheld</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">from the Israelites the ability to understand His law and His truth until their sojourn</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">in the wilderness had come to an end. But this is not the case.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">A similar challenge is found in the Book of Isaiah. When the prophet is commissioned</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">by God to speak to the children of Israel, He says:</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat,</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">heart, and convert, and be healed.” (Isaiah 6:9-10)</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">It might seem as though the prophet was being sent to perform a fruitless task, that by</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">his very words he would cause his listeners to hear something other than what he</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">intended. But that doesn’t make any sense.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">2</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The words “Hear ye indeed” reveal what this passage is all about. In Hebrew they</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">literally mean, “In hearing, hear”. The LORD is sending the prophet to deliver a</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">message to a people who will hear what is said but will strenuously resist it. So, instead</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">of “in hearing, hear” Isaiah will encounter untold instances of “in hearing, don’t hear.”</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">This “don’t hear, won’t hear” attitude is a central theme of both the Old and the New</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Testament. It is a way of describing the initial manifestation of pride and disobedience,</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">the solemn moment when the individual instinctively shuts down all receptivity to</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">truth. He may continue listening, but only because what he hears is entertaining in</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">some way. The LORD actually described it in those terms to Ezekiel:</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love,</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">but their heart goeth after their covetousness. And, lo, thou</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">words, but they do them not.” (Ezekiel 33:31-32)</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">There it is. They hear the words of the prophet, they are amused or intrigued by them,</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">but they obstinately refuse to obey them!</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Our fallen condition</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">In our fallen condition we are incapable of hearing the truth unless God helps us, and</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">He will help us only if we ask. The natural man will never hear the truth and</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">understand what is said. He must want it first, and his longing, his hunger, must be</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">both sincere and passionate. It must be such that, when faced with his own</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">brokenness, he asks God to help him recognize truth when it enters his life.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">3</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">These passages of Scripture shine with a new light when we read them in this context.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">God never places an obstacle before anyone. Rather, He gives ample evidence of His</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">existence, His sovereignty, and His mercy. It is then up to each person to take this</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">evidence and, having reflected upon it, to embark on a search for God Himself, the</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Creator of heaven and earth:</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“And ye shall seek me, and find me,</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">when ye shall search for me</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">with all your heart.”</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">(Jeremiah 29:13)</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">We must ask God to open our eyes</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">During the plagues of Egypt, the Exodus, and the forty years of wandering in the</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">desert, the children of Israel were given astonishing evidence of God’s existence,</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">omnipotence and mercy, but they were still unreceptive to the living truth which He</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">offered: “Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see,</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">and ears to hear, unto this day.” (Deuteronomy 29:4)</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">He hadn’t given them the ability to see and hear this truth because they had not yet</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">turned to Him with all their heart and asked for this essential spiritual gift. This was</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">certainly true of those whose “carcases” fell in the desert because they refused to enter</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">the Promised Land, but it was also true of their offspring. The latter had the courage</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">to enter the Promised Land after forty years, very probably because God had just given</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">them two colossal demonstrations of His military prowess. In the first they annihilated</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">the forces of Sihon, the king of Heshbon, and in the second, shortly afterwards, they</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">destroyed the armies of Og, the king of Bashan.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The parables of Jesus</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Jesus spoke in parables in most, if not all, of his public discourses for much of his</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">ministry. He was asked why he did so. Here’s his reply:</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">understand. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias,</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">should understand with their heart, and should be</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">converted, and I should heal them. But blessed are your</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.”</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">- Matthew 13:13-16</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">4</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">He is not saying that he wants to withhold the truth from anyone, as though some were</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">chosen by him to receive instruction in plain language while others, those he had</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">rejected, were given parables only. This is certainly not the case. He quotes Isaiah 6:9-</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">10 to show that the principle he is following was already enunciated by the prophets.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Jesus is telling his disciples that the only people who will understand what he is saying</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">– when he speaks in parables – are those who already hunger after truth. These are</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">the ones with ears to hear. The others will enjoy the parables and will receive a</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">blessing, but they won’t grasp the truth behind his words.</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Q2tFbR9-cOM-9cyQJEj1VvVtUs6rypfzb32MnJHSp1MjuwrLAj9IMAOGeYPETpazLG6jhjYXbbcYQcxQZBTXSYKXvgItLXTpyM8cbVU5eF49GZolL1RnlT2QPgzDbusoN0J1E_X9NYqebXXbAJYLv6G-EE0g1Jb-Pn4F-9vxyxdR9dHjtEUzA3GD/s527/pAG%204.GIF" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: black; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="299" data-original-width="527" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Q2tFbR9-cOM-9cyQJEj1VvVtUs6rypfzb32MnJHSp1MjuwrLAj9IMAOGeYPETpazLG6jhjYXbbcYQcxQZBTXSYKXvgItLXTpyM8cbVU5eF49GZolL1RnlT2QPgzDbusoN0J1E_X9NYqebXXbAJYLv6G-EE0g1Jb-Pn4F-9vxyxdR9dHjtEUzA3GD/w640-h364/pAG%204.GIF" width="640" /></a></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Could he not have spoken plainly to everyone? We know he did so at length in his</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Sermon on the Mount. He used no parables and very little of what he said was set in</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">figurative language. Later in his ministry, however, he made extensive use of parables</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">in his public discourses. The critical turning point would appear to have come when</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">the Pharisees began to accuse him of performing his miracles by Beelzebub. Up to that</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">time Jesus would say, “he that is not against us is for us” (Luke 9:50). But the</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Beelzebub accusation changed everything. Thereafter he said, “He that is not with me</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">is against me” (Matthew 12:30).</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The Pharisees had committed a terrible sin. They had blasphemed the Holy Spirit:</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">of God is come unto you.” (Matthew 12:28).</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">This moment marked a turning point in his ministry. The Pharisees had great</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">influence on the common people and their blasphemous accusation would have found</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">receptive ears. Those ears were no longer capable of hearing the true meaning of the</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">words that Jesus spoke. As the Savior said, “For this people's heart is waxed gross,</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed...”</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">5</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The Apostle Paul</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">When the Apostle Paul was charged with the arduous task of addressing the religious</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">leaders of Judaism in Rome and proving to them from the Scriptures that Jesus was</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">the Messiah, he ran up against the same barrier. They knew the Scriptures inside out</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">and understood everything Paul had told them about Jesus, but their hearts too were</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“waxed gross”:</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“And when they agreed not among themselves, they</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">the Holy Ghost by Esaias [Isaiah] the prophet unto our</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">fathers, Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">see, and not perceive: For the heart of this people is waxed</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">should be converted, and I should heal them. Be it known</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.” – Acts 28:25-28</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">We have looked at length at this phenomenon because it is a devastating spiritual</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">pathology. It is so dangerous and so toxic that, even when the incarnate Son of God</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">spoke words of truth, plainly and repeatedly, to people who had come out specially to</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">hear his words and see his miracles, those who were afflicted by this disease were as</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">deaf as a doorpost. Yes, they heard his words, but the truth which they imparted was</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">inaudible. They heard nothing.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">In his parable of the sower, Jesus put these people in the very first category:</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one,</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">This is he which received seed by the way side.”</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">(Matthew 13:19)</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">6</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“And these are they by the way side, where the word</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">immediately, and taketh away the word that was</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">sown in their hearts.” (Mark 4:15)</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“Those by the way side are they that hear; then</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.”</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">(Luke 8:12)</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">This is the core problem. The gospel is blocked by Satan himself!</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Satan has this power</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">As Christians we understand that Satan has this power, but we may forget that it</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">extends to truth in a broader sense. He can block the unbeliever from hearing the</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">gospel, but he can also block him from hearing anything that might prompt him to</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">enquire after the gospel. It is the same power.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">This is what we are seeing today.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Billions of people all over the earth are being blinded by Satan. His perverse ability to</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">hide the truth from our eyes, even when spoken by the lips of Jesus, is hard to</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">comprehend. Nevertheless, it will help to explain why so many today are indifferent to</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">the warning signs that point to a coming New World Order where the Sons of Belial</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">will rule with ruthless zeal.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">7</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">If we look again at the parable of the sower, we can see that Jesus himself divided</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">mankind into four categories. The first we have discussed. These are the people who</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">are wholly blinded by Satan and reject the gospel out of hand. The second comprises</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">those who hear the gospel and receive it “with joy” but later drift away when faced with</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“tribulation or persecution” (Matthew 13:21). The third category is very similar to the</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">second, consisting of those who, ensnared by “the cares of this world, and the</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things” (Mark 4:19), abandon the truth</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">of the gospel. The fourth category is that extraordinary creation we know as the</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Church, whose members have no interest in what the world has to offer, who are</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">undeterred by trials and tribulation, and whose love of Christ is manifesting</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">continually in fruitful service.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Deep sleep</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">People in categories two and three have effectively rejected the gospel, but they are</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">unable to admit it to themselves. They may exhibit many of the outer signs of a true</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">believer, but they bear no fruit. Surrounded by others like themselves, they cannot see</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">that they are barren.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The church in the Laodicean age is full of trees which bear no fruit. It is like a great</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">forest where no wildlife can survive and no birds sing. An awful silence hangs over the</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">earth.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The spiritual idleness behind this is potentially very harmful. The Old Testament tells</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">us why:</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.”</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">(Proverbs 19:15)</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">A deep sleep! This is what we are witnessing today – a deep sleep! And it is grounded</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">in slothfulness, the opposite of fruitfulness.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">8</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The Bible calls a slothful person a sluggard. Both words, slothfulness (Strong’s H6103)</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">and sluggard (H6102), have the same Hebrew root: ʿāṣēl</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The sluggard is immune to counsel and sound advice. In fact, the Word of God tells us</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">that he thinks he knows everything:</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">than seven men that can render a reason.”</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">(Proverbs 26:16)</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">A startling picture is now emerging, where the people who are most in need of sound</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">advice are the ones who are most likely to reject it. They scoff at those who did their</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">research and took the time to assemble the facts. Filled with pride, they have no</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">interest in conducting a rational examination of the evidence if the end result might</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">conflict with their own opinions.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">This sounds so familiar to those of us who, for many years, have struggled to alert</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">professing Christians to the wiles of the Enemy and to his plan – which is now far</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">advanced – to subvert and destroy the church, to subjugate humanity, and to impose</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">his own ‘messiah’ on a traumatized world.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">A church without fruit</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">A church without fruit is in a deep sleep. The sluggards have all the answers.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Impervious to reason, they are greatly irritated by those who attempt to throw a wet</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">blanket over their slumbering carcass. They construe as fabulous conjectures the dark</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">plans made by the Elite. The idea that a nefarious group of billionaires might be</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">conspiring against them is simply preposterous. “Have some sense!” they say, “This is</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">the real world.”</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Alas, they are right. It is the real world – and they are hiding from it.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">9</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The Word of God provokes them to answer a very challenging question:</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity?</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">and the scorners delight in their scorning,</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">and fools hate knowledge?”</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">(Proverbs 1:22)</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Later we will look at some of the many examples of man’s insanity – the glaring signs</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">of sinfulness and rebellion – which the “simple ones” have refused to acknowledge.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Collectively, they are a stinging reprimand to anyone who cares to listen, or a wake-up</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">call, as loud as a thunder clap, for those who are in a deep sleep. Sadly these rousing</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">rebukes have made no impression to date on those who live in their simplicity.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">For those who have hardened their necks and refuse to listen, the Word of God foretells</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">a sudden and dramatic end:</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck,</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">shall suddenly be destroyed,</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">and that without remedy.”</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">(Proverbs 29:1)</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Mankind can ignore, belittle or mock God’s Word for only so long. The Almighty has</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">incredible patience with our rebellious revelry, but there will come a time when He will</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">act, and when He does He will do so with frightening suddenness.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">In His mercy He has given us a multitude of rebukes, reproofs and warnings, allowing</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">humanity ample opportunity to awaken from its “deep sleep”, and yet, when the</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">hammer falls, millions will wail and plead for clemency as though they couldn’t</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">possibly have known what lay ahead. They will hardly believe they are facing a</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">judgment “without remedy” –</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">10</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it... And I will</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.”</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">(Isaiah 13:9 & 11)</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">A Gallery of Lies</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Our readers may be familiar with the episode in the ‘Peanuts’ comic strip where Charlie</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Brown is deeply despondent and his ‘psychiatrist’, the scheming Lucy, suggests that he</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">kick away his worries by kicking a football. She offers to hold the football steady while</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">he runs at it. But he knows her too well. She is bound to pull it away just as he is about</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">to kick it, so he’ll fall flat on his back and look stupid. Having sweetly reassured him</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">that she would do as she said and hold the ball steady, he walks into position. As he</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">does so he convinces himself that this time – finally! – she’ll keep her word. He decides</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">to place his trust in her and runs furiously toward the ball. Then, just as he is about to</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">kick it, she did what she always did and pulled it away. After a pathetic somersault he</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">fell flat on his back.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">This was a recurring theme in the 50-year comic strip. Charlie never seemed to learn.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Time after time she played him for a fool. She only had to come up with a new way to</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">win his trust and, despite the nagging feeling inside, he always believed her.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">In a remarkable strip from October 1970 Lucy quotes from the Book of Isaiah. The</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">verse comes immediately after the passage we cited earlier. The prophet asked the</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">LORD, “How long?” and the LORD replied: “Until the cities be wasted without</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate” (Isaiah 6:11)</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">[We reproduce the complete comic strip overleaf.]</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Lucy makes a sharp observation, namely, that the prophet may have had difficulty</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">accepting the finality of the LORD’s judgment!</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">11</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">How true this is, not only of those who are in a “deep sleep”, but of those in categories</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">two and three. The government keeps on lying, but it presents the lie in a new way every</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">time, and contrary to all reason the public continues to believe them! By doing this they</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">are literally placing their lives in jeopardy. They profess to be Christian and yet they</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">cannot bring themselves to accept the finality of the LORD’s judgment!</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">We were going to put some of these lies in the main body of this paper, but they have</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">an unbearable stench. As a compromise we have set them in a place apart – see the</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">gallery of lies in Appendix A.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">the Lord GOD of hosts.”</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">– Jeremiah 2:19</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">12</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">CONCLUSION</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">How long will the scorners scorn and fools hate knowledge? How long will the simple</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">love simplicity? Despite the many signs which the LORD has given, they have great</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">difficulty accepting that their government is working for Satan, so they choose instead</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">to believe that their leaders and lawmakers are well-meaning duffers muddling</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">through: “They mean no harm!”</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Wake up, people, wake up:</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself:</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">but the simple pass on, and are punished.”</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Proverbs 22:3 and 27:12</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">________________________</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Jeremy James</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Ireland</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">April 24, 2022</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">- SPECIAL REQUEST –</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Time is running out...</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Regular readers are encouraged to download the papers on this website</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">for safekeeping and future reference. They may not always be available.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">For an easy way to download all papers (over 300), please email me.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">We are rapidly moving into an era where material of this kind may be</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">obtained only via email. Readers who wish to be included on a future</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">mailing list are welcome to contact me at the following address:-</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">jeremypauljames@gmail.com</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">For further information visit www.zephaniah.eu</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Copyright Jeremy James 2022</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">13</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">APPENDIX A</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">A Gallery of Lies – in random order</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The keeper of the gallery at the Guggenheim was unable to decide which lies were the</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">worst. When viewed in a clear light they were all terrifying. So he arranged them in</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">random order and placed them in dimly-lit rooms, alongside rows of fluffy toys,</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">distracting nudes, and amusing cartoons.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Our lone visitor entered the first room and read the lie printed in large type under each</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">picture:</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">prayer has no place in our schools;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">men can become women and women can become men;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">sodomy is normal;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">evolution is a scientific fact;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">carbon dioxide is a threat to life;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">the massive online pornography industry cannot be shut down;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">killing unborn children is normal;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">a huge part of our industrial base can be safely off-shored to China;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">a flu-like illness justifies the lockdown of society;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">the national debt can grow indefinitely;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">private banks can own and operate the Federal Reserve;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">our churches can be closed by government directive;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">healthy people can be forcibly inoculated;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">the government can spray our skies with unknown substances;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Marxists, Jesuits and Freemasons can control our government;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">private property can be confiscated by the state;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">our military can be safely injected with an unknown substance;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">the FDA and the CDC can be controlled by private enterprise;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">the President can declare war without consulting Congress;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">the President can make his own laws through Executive Orders;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">our southern borders can operate like an open door;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Islamic men can be resettled within the US in vast numbers;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">the country’s infrastructure can be allowed to decay;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">the country’s electricity grid can remain unprotected;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">China can control some of our main ports;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">the sexualization of children is normal and healthy;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">much of our sovereignty can be handed to the UN;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">the WHO can decide our medical policy;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">charitable foundations can wield power without oversight;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">GMOs can be created and substituted for healthy food;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">the medical profession can be based on the exploitation of illness;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">children can be taken from their natural parents without due process;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">14</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">recourse to basic legal redress can be unaffordable;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">the Ten Commandments cannot be displayed in a public place;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">the government can use taxpayer money to shape public opinion;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">the military can spend trillions on ‘black ops’;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Satanism can be recognized as a ‘religion’ in the military;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">the elderly can be forced to die alone in a ‘pandemic’;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">six media corporations can decide what the public can know;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">gender dysphoria can be promoted by the state;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">the pharmaceutical industry can be exempt from liability;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">real wages can remain stagnant for fifty years;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">pedophilia is a psychological orientation;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">our extensive oil reserves can be neglected;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">corn [food] can be used to produce automotive ethanol;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">opioids can be dispensed without regulatory controls;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">educational curricula can be significantly dumbed down;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">a large proportion of college courses should produce no benefit;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Chabad Lubavitch can influence Executive decisions;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">fluoride can be put in our drinking water;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">UN troops can operate on American soil;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">it’s safe to inject oneself with an untested experimental substance;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Big Tech can control free speech and censor the flow of information;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Executive Orders can exist which effectively abolish Congress;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">the government can conduct extensive surveillance on the public;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">agencies like the NSA and the CIA are entitled to have extensive covert powers;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">the Council on Foreign Relations can decide foreign and domestic policy;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">the government can replace cash with digital currency...</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">At this point our lone visitor fainted for the fourth time. When he recovered he had to</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">be carried into the street where he was seen to retch pathetically in the gutter for half</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">an hour. When he finally got home he said nothing to his wife.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">the Lord GOD of hosts.”</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">– Jeremiah 2:19</span></p>Vulcão Ativo - Vilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04762736963640210106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084779094786691009.post-45742703798097632402022-10-04T18:15:00.003-07:002022-10-04T18:15:18.890-07:00Patrimônio líquido de Yang Huiyan 2022: 9,4 bilhões de dólares (Forbes)<p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">Não é nenhum segredo que Yang Huiyan é uma das pessoas mais ricas da China. </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">O que pode ser surpreendente, no entanto, é o quanto ela vale. </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">De acordo com estimativas recentes, </span></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Yang Huiyan tem um patrimônio líquido impressionante de US $ 9,4 bilhões</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: inherit;"> .</span></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">Então, como ela adquiriu uma riqueza tão imensa? </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">Muito disso pode ser rastreado até seu pai, Yeung Kwok Keung, que é o fundador e presidente da Country Garden Holdings, uma importante incorporadora imobiliária na China. </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">Antes do lançamento no mercado de ações da Country Garden em 2007, Yeung presenteou sua filha com 70% das ações da empresa. </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">Nesse mesmo ano, ela foi nomeada a pessoa mais rica da China, com um patrimônio líquido de US$ 16,2 bilhões.</span></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">Embora sua fortuna tenha sido afetada nos últimos anos devido à volatilidade econômica na China, 2012 foi um ano movimentado para a Country Garden. </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">A empresa estava trabalhando em 110 projetos em sua sede na província de Guangdong, e 17 novos hotéis foram adicionados ao seu portfólio (elevando o número total de hotéis de propriedade ou operados pelo Country Garden para 29). </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">Phoenix, a principal marca de hotéis da empresa, também continuou a se expandir.</span></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">Olhando para o futuro, será interessante ver se Yang Huiyan pode manter seu status como uma das pessoas mais ricas da China. </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">Dada sua participação significativa na Country Garden Holdings e o crescimento contínuo da empresa, parece provável que ela consiga manter seu lugar na lista nos próximos anos.</span></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Detalhes do patrimônio líquido</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;"> : Yang Huiyan é o proprietário de uma participação de 57% na incorporadora imobiliária Country Garden Holdings. </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">A empresa foi fundada pelo pai de Yang em 1992 e está localizada em Foshan, China. </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">Em 2015, registrou receita de US$ 18 bilhões.</span></span></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><img alt="Yang Huiyan: 7 fatos interessantes sobre o bilionário mais jovem da China" class="entered lazyloaded" data-lazy-src="https://shanghaiist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/e3e15f76-3a08-4dfe-b765-c50b42c266ab_1-1.jpg" data-ll-status="loaded" data-pin-no-hover="true" height="400" src="https://shanghaiist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/e3e15f76-3a08-4dfe-b765-c50b42c266ab_1-1.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1 !important; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.4s ease 0s; vertical-align: middle;" width="736" /></span></p><h2 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Heebo, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.953em; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.35; margin: 0.83em 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; vertical-align: inherit;">Últimas notícias</span></h2><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">A fortuna do proprietário da Country Garden, Yang Huiyan, encolheu de US$ 24 bilhões no início deste ano para US$ 9,4 bilhões agora. </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">A desaceleração do mercado imobiliário e a forte queda nas ações das empresas imobiliárias são as razões pelas quais o patrimônio líquido de Yang Huiyan encolheu drasticamente.</span></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">A queda dos preços das casas, a baixa disposição das pessoas em comprar casas e a crise de inadimplência das empresas imobiliárias colocaram as empresas em uma situação difícil. </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">Durante este período, a suspensão de empréstimos coletivos de prédios inacabados em vários locais tornou mais proeminente o problema de escassez de fundos para empreendimentos habitacionais e também dificultará os empreendimentos habitacionais. </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">A suspensão coletiva de empréstimos para prédios inacabados tornou as pessoas menos confiantes nas empresas de habitação, menos dispostas a comprar uma casa, e os bancos terão mais cuidado na emissão de empréstimos à habitação, o que afetará as vendas de imóveis comerciais. </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">No início desta semana, a agência internacional de classificação S&P Global Ratings estimou que as vendas de imóveis comerciais na China este ano cairão um terço em relação ao ano anterior.</span></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">Agora, o valor de mercado da Country Garden é menos da metade do que era no início do ano, e o patrimônio líquido do proprietário, Yang Huiyan, encolheu mais da metade. </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">Mas um camelo morto é maior que um cavalo. </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">Yang Huiyan continua sendo a mulher mais rica da China e da Ásia, de acordo com o Bloomberg Billionaires Index, embora valha apenas US$ 100 milhões a mais do que a segunda mulher mais rica da Ásia.</span></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">A segunda mulher mais rica da Ásia também é chinesa. </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">Ela é Fan Hongwei, proprietária da Hengli Petrochemical Co., Ltd.</span></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large; vertical-align: inherit;"><a class="html-attribute-value html-resource-link" href="https://shanghaiist.com/yang-huiyan-net-worth/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="font-family: monospace; white-space: pre;" target="_blank"><b>shanghaiist</b></a></span></span></p>Vulcão Ativo - Vilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04762736963640210106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084779094786691009.post-3728650531836668952022-10-04T16:52:00.003-07:002022-10-04T16:52:45.700-07:00Mulher deixa o emprego depois que apenas 1 de 70 colegas de trabalho comparecem ao seu casamento<p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;">Uma jovem chinesa supostamente deixou seu emprego de cinco anos depois de ficar desapontada que apenas um dos setenta colegas de trabalho que ela convidou para seu casamento realmente compareceu.</span></span></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">A agência de notícias chinesa </span><em>ETtoday</em><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> recentemente apresentou a história incomum de uma jovem que foi às mídias sociais para reclamar de ter sido humilhada por seus colegas de trabalho no dia mais feliz de sua vida. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">A mulher desconhecida teria trabalhado para a mesma empresa por cinco anos e sentiu que tinha um bom relacionamento com seus colegas de trabalho. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Ela havia participado dos casamentos de um terço de seus 70 colegas, então, quando decidiu se casar, estava convencida de que a maioria deles gostaria de estar lá em seu grande dia…</span></span></span></span></p><div class="mmt-primary" id="mmt-85da50a6-2740-4bf6-a9a8-3de41cbb0b0a" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><div class="videoMainContainer" id="mmt-85da50a6-2740-4bf6-a9a8-3de41cbb0b0a-ad"></div></div><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-76700 aligncenter" height="500" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://www.odditycentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/wedding-table.jpg" srcset="https://www-odditycentral-com.translate.goog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/wedding-table.jpg?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=pt&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=wapp 750w,https://www-odditycentral-com.translate.goog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/wedding-table-150x100.jpg?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=pt&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=wapp 150w" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" width="750" /><span style="color: white;"><span id="more-76699" style="background-color: black;"></span></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><em style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Foto: </span></span><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=en&tl=pt&hl=pt-BR&client=webapp&u=https://unsplash.com/photos/dCj59bCHq1U" rel="nofollow noopener" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Luigi Pozzoli/Unsplash</span></span></a></span></em></p><div class="mmt-primary mmt-flight" id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><div id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc-pos" style="display: table; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center;"><div id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc-ad"></div></div></div><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">A mulher tinha tanta certeza do apoio de seus colegas de trabalho que decidiu convidar todos para o casamento, temendo que aqueles que ela não convidasse se sentissem excluídos. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Não está claro se o convidado foi obrigado a notificar os recém-casados de sua presença no casamento, mas uma coisa é certa, a noiva esperava que eles estivessem lá. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Ela tinha seis mesas reservadas para eles, mas dos 70 lugares, apenas um estava realmente ocupado.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">O único colega de trabalho a comparecer ao casamento da mulher foi aparentemente seu aprendiz, que provavelmente se sentiu obrigado a estar lá. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">A noiva escreveu no Weibo que se sentiu humilhada na frente de todos os convidados, especialmente da família do marido e que não podia deixar de manter a cabeça baixa o dia inteiro.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-76701 aligncenter" height="500" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://www.odditycentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/crying.jpg" srcset="https://www-odditycentral-com.translate.goog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/crying.jpg?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=pt&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=wapp 750w,https://www-odditycentral-com.translate.goog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/crying-150x100.jpg?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=pt&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=wapp 150w" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" width="750" /></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><em style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Foto: </span></span><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=en&tl=pt&hl=pt-BR&client=webapp&u=https://unsplash.com/photos/hko-iWhYdYE" rel="nofollow noopener" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Ivan Aleksic/Unsplash</span></span></a></span></em></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span class="goog-text-highlight" style="background-color: black; box-shadow: rgb(153, 153, 170) 2px 2px 4px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; position: relative; vertical-align: inherit;">Após o casamento, a mulher teria se demitido porque não podia continuar trabalhando com as pessoas que a humilharam no dia do casamento.</span></span></p><div class="mmt-primary mmt-flight" id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc.2" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><div id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc.2-pos" style="display: table; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center;"><div id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc.2-ad"></div></div></div><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=en&tl=pt&hl=pt-BR&client=webapp&u=https://www.ettoday.net/news/20220815/2316555.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">A história</a><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> se tornou viral na China, dividindo os internautas em dois campos, um que concordou com a mulher desprezada e sua decisão de deixar a empresa, e outro que a culpou por definir suas expectativas muito altas.</span></span></span></p><p style="font-family: arial;"><a class="html-attribute-value html-resource-link" href="https://www.odditycentral.com/news/woman-quits-job-after-just-1-of-70-coworkers-attend-her-wedding.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="font-family: monospace; white-space: pre;" target="_blank"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">ODDITYCENTRAL</span></a></p>Vulcão Ativo - Vilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04762736963640210106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084779094786691009.post-39080440662142121562022-10-04T16:37:00.000-07:002022-10-04T16:37:03.705-07:00Este pássaro é capaz de andar sôbre as águas<p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Usando seus pés grandes e passos rápidos, os mergulhões de Western e Clark podem correr até 20 metros na água, tornando-os o único pássaro e o animal mais pesado da Terra capaz de fazê-lo.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Se você excluir Jesus Cristo, cuja façanha bíblica de andar sobre a água é literalmente considerada um milagre do Novo Testamento, apenas um punhado de criaturas é conhecido por ser capaz de andar ou correr sobre a água. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">A maioria deles são pequenos insetos, mas há também um pequeno basilisco apelidado de </span></span><em>lagarto Jesus Cristo</em><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> por razões muito óbvias, mas o maior de todos eles são duas espécies de aves – o mergulhões ocidentais e de Clark. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Eles podem correr na água por até 7 segundos e distâncias de cerca de 20 minutos como parte de um impressionante ritual de acasalamento.</span></span></span></span></p><div class="mmt-primary" id="mmt-85da50a6-2740-4bf6-a9a8-3de41cbb0b0a"><div class="videoMainContainer" id="mmt-85da50a6-2740-4bf6-a9a8-3de41cbb0b0a-ad"></div></div><p><img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-76781 aligncenter" height="500" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://www.odditycentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/grebe-rushing-750x500.jpg" srcset="https://www-odditycentral-com.translate.goog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/grebe-rushing-750x500.jpg?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=pt&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=wapp 750w,https://www-odditycentral-com.translate.goog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/grebe-rushing-150x100.jpg?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=pt&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=wapp 150w,https://www-odditycentral-com.translate.goog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/grebe-rushing-768x512.jpg?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=pt&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=wapp 768w,https://www-odditycentral-com.translate.goog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/grebe-rushing.jpg?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=pt&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=wapp 800w" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" width="750" /><span style="color: white;"><span id="more-76780" style="background-color: black;"></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Foto: </span></span><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=en&tl=pt&hl=pt-BR&client=webapp&u=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rushing_Clark%2527s_Grebes.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">LHPT/Wikimedia Commons</span></span></a></span></em></p><div class="mmt-primary mmt-flight" id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc"><div id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc-pos" style="display: table; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center;"><div id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc-ad"></div></div></div><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Ao contrário das aranhas e mosquitos que dependem de suas estruturas extremamente leves para aderir à superfície da água, os mergulhões de Western e Clark contam com outras vantagens únicas para correr na água. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Essas aves geralmente pesam entre um quilo e meio e quatro quilos, tornando-os consideravelmente mais pesados do que outros animais capazes de andar sobre a água. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Na verdade, eles são os animais mais pesados capazes desse </span></span><a href="https://www-odditycentral-com.translate.goog/animals/remarkable-slug-can-sever-its-own-head-and-grow-a-new-body.html?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=pt&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=wapp" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">feito notável</a><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> .</span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Durante anos, a capacidade dos grebes de Western e Clark de permanecerem à tona por distâncias consideráveis enquanto corriam na água iludiu os especialistas. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Então, em 2015, uma equipe de cientistas americanos analisou imagens gravadas com câmeras de alta velocidade para tentar entender como os pássaros moviam os pés. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Eles descobriram que os grebes dependiam de seus pés grandes e </span></span><a href="https://www-odditycentral-com.translate.goog/news/watch-inspirational-70-year-old-man-run-100-meter-race-in-just-13-47-seconds.html?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=pt&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=wapp" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">passos extremamente rápidos</a><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> para realizar seu pequeno milagre.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="493" loading="lazy" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fluckylocle%2Fposts%2Fpfbid06fcrCc3hhy18Nec9vxYPA4S1PQWYcskRphYbvmey9LpMqeRva7fZdmhzNVAQD4tfl&width=750&show_text=true&appId=279842835470946&height=493" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; overflow: hidden;" width="750"></iframe></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Espécimes dessas duas espécies de pássaros usam suas patas largas e lobadas para bater na superfície da água, o que gera cerca de metade da força necessária para neutralizar seu peso. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">A maneira como eles levantam os pés da água – para o lado – também ajuda a reduzir o atrito. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Mas isso por si só não é suficiente. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Os grebes também são capazes de mover seus pés a uma velocidade muito alta, dando até 20 passos por segundo.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Curiosamente, tanto os mergulhões de Western quanto de Clark só realizam sua corrida de água, também conhecida como 'correr', durante seus rituais de acasalamento, o que significa que os cientistas não podem simplesmente levar espécimes para um laboratório e fazê-los replicar o ritual. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Como o ruching até agora só foi analisado na natureza, usando imagens de vídeo, algum mistério ainda permanece em torno da maneira como os grebes usam seus pés debaixo d'água.</span></span></p><div class="mmt-primary mmt-flight" id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc.2"><div id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc.2-pos" style="display: table; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center;"><div id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc.2-ad"></div></div></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="422" loading="lazy" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZbRrxw-H6xA" title="Reprodutor de vídeo do YouTube" width="750"></iframe></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white; vertical-align: inherit;">Embora 7 segundos de corrida na água possam não parecer muito longos, na verdade é extremamente impressionante para um pássaro tão grande e pesado como o grebe, e alguns cientistas referem-se à sua capacidade como uma espécie de 'mágica'.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white; vertical-align: inherit;">Uma vez considerados a mesma espécie, os mergulhões de Western e Clark são quase idênticos e as características únicas de cada um são tão sutis que apenas observadores experientes podem diferenciá-los.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="422" loading="lazy" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jFoRUAaBrXc" title="Reprodutor de vídeo do YouTube" width="750"></iframe></span></span></p><div class="onlydesktop"></div><p></p><aside class="mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched" style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;"><div class="mashsb-box" style="line-height: 1;"><div class="mashsb-buttons" style="align-items: flex-start; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="text" style="color: white; font-family: sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></div></div></div></aside>Vulcão Ativo - Vilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04762736963640210106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084779094786691009.post-89294266236839574632022-09-20T20:16:00.003-07:002022-09-20T20:16:55.243-07:00 Addressing Intemperate Remarks about the PreTribulation Rapture<p><span style="font-size: xx-small;">by Jeremy James </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The Adversary has different ways to attack the Word of God and it behoves believers
to know what they are. Those who study His Word daily and take it to heart will learn
to recognize what the sceptics are up to and act accordingly. Normally it is the attitude
of these people that we recognize first. Unless they are experienced deceivers, they will
generally behave as though they are scouting for a weakness or seeking a line of attack.
However, three times in recent weeks I came across instances where commentators
whom I thought were completely sincere said something which resounded like a
thunder clap. There was no lead in, no sign that something was brewing. These
individuals are generally fair and balanced in their approach, respectful of Scripture,
and even-handed when discussing opinions that don’t match their own. Nevertheless
they each announced, as though from nowhere, that the doctrine of a Pre-Tribulation
Rapture was “Satanic”.
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None of them attempted to present any scriptural evidence to support their opinion –
which, by the way, was expressed with real passion. Nor did they issue their
condemnation as part of a general review of false teaching in the church today. There
seemed to be only one errant position on their mind, only one that deserved to be
labelled “Satanic.”
All three defined it as a heresy dreamt up by two Jesuits in the 18th century or part of
a subversive plot involving C I Scofield in the early 20th century. That seemed to be
their sole justification. One would have expected them to describe the great harm that
this alleged heresy has caused, but they made no reference to that. Presumably their
respective audiences were meant to nod their heads in silent agreement, as though the
calumny was too well known to warrant further discussion.
The bile and rancour of these outbursts was surprising. Even though they were
premeditated they seemed to serve no purpose. Normally articulate, these people
reverted momentarily to the level of a loudmouth who gets a buzz from chanting
slogans and goading his audience.
As we stated in a previous paper, the Enemy hates the Pre-Tribulation Rapture, so
outbursts like these may become more common.
A rainbow of mercy
The Pre-Tribulation Rapture is like the rainbow, radiant with God’s mercy. Just as
Satan mocks the rainbow, linking it blasphemously to all kinds of sexual perversion,
he also likes to mock the “Blessed Hope” (Titus 2:13). The idea that Christ would
return without warning for his bride is, to him, a gut-wrenching catastrophe. Just
when he is about to spring his trap and capture the whole of mankind in his Antichrist
deception, Lord Jesus comes from heaven, from the right hand of the Father, and
carries his bride far from this troubled world.
Believers everywhere will hear his voice and the trumpet of the Archangel, but
everyone else will hear nothing. In an instant they are gone.
This astonishing act of mercy really ought to awaken the sleeping and rebellious
dwellers upon the earth, but seemingly it won’t. All kinds of confusing reasons will be
given to explain the sudden disappearance of so many people.
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The Babylonian lie
The fallen angels who channeled the New Age plan to Alice Bailey, whose works now
constitute the core teaching of Theosophy, were quite open about the removal from
the earth of a certain class of people at the end of the age. They knew the Rapture would
occur just as the Bible foretold and they needed an alternative way to explain it. Since
it encompassed only those who were faithful to the LORD God of the Old Testament,
Bailey called them “Jews”. This was her derogatory term for anyone who refused to
take the Luciferian initiation offered by the Antichrist:
“You have often been told how, at the close of this solar system, a certain
percentage of the human family will fail to make the grade and will then
be held in pralaya, or in solution, until the time for the manifestation of
the next and third solar system comes around.”
– The Externalization of the Hierarchy, p.41
She added: “When that happens, the problem will be rapidly solved and one of the
major difficulties will disappear off the face of the earth.”
So who will “disappear off the face of the earth”? The church, of course. This is the
portion “of the human family” which failed “to make the grade.” The Ascended Masters
– the deified gurus of Theosophy – had to remove them from the earth before the
Antichrist could begin his ministry and lead humanity into the New Age. Had they
been allowed to remain they would have constituted a “major difficulty” and
jeopardized the serene mystical process of Cosmic Transformation.
Even though they have their answers ready, the architects of The Great Reset are not
keen that believers put their trust in the Blessed Hope. It is not called by that name for
nothing! Someone who has that hope has certainty. He is secure in Jesus and
unshakeable in his faith. The Enemy hates this since it greatly reduces the impact of
his disabling End Time weapon – universal fear and trepidation. He intends to use fear
on a scale never seen before, to cripple the masses and drive them like a stampeding
herd into the beguiling arms of the Antichrist.
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The closer we get to that critical period in history, the more dangerous are those who
are not shaken by the ever-expanding campaign of terror. Just as the entire effect is
spoiled if just one person in a theatre chuckles during a tense and frightening scene,
the dark theatrical performance that the Enemy has prepared will lose a lot of its force
if a small group of people refuse to buckle. They will continue to remind the world that
Satan breaks his teeth when he tries to chew on God’s Word. They will trust in the
promises that God made and will repeat again and again the commitment that Jesus
made to the church at Philadelphia:
"Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will
keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come
upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth."
(Revelation 3:10)
Those who condemn the doctrine of the Pre-Tribulation Rapture as “Satanic” should
look carefully at what God has said – lest they break their teeth. The Blessed Hope was
revealed for a reason and we take a lot upon ourselves when we treat it lightly.
Perhaps the critics think the church is weakened by this doctrine? If so, they have no
respect for the promise that Jesus made to the church at Philadelphia. In their view
everyone should go through the Tribulation, but in making this claim they are showing
an arrogant disregard for what the Bible teaches about Calvary, God’s Wrath, the
nature of the Church, and much else besides.
How to avoid the worst mistakes
Since we have covered this doctrine in detail in previous papers, we will not go over it
again here. However, we would like to draw attention to a set of verses which, by
themselves, obliterate the case made by the sceptics. Perhaps they won’t induce a
diehard sceptic to change his position, but they may help other believers, who are less
sure about the Pre-Tribulation Rapture, to avoid making the same mistakes.
We’ll start with one of the most beautiful doctrines in the Bible, the day of Jesus Christ.
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The Day of Jesus Christ
This doctrine is not properly understood because of scandalous corruptions in several
modern translations of God’s Word. The corruption in this instance is very subtle but
also very damaging. The Textus Receptus, which was used as the exclusive source for
the translation of the KJV, includes the following Greek words in 1 Corinthians 5:5:
ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ
The last word is Ἰησοῦ - iēsous or Jesus.
The full verse in the KJV reads:
“To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the
flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.”
(1 Corinthians 5:5) [KJV]
Incredibly the word “Jesus” is omitted from several modern translations, including the
New International Version (NIV), the English Standard Version (ESV), the Christian
Standard Bible (CSB), the New English Translation (NET), and the Holman Christian
Standard Bible (HCSB) – see box below:
“hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh,
so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.” [NIV]
“you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the
flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.” [ESV]
“hand that one over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh,
so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.” [CSB]
“turn this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh,
so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.” [NET]
“turn that one over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that
his spirit may be saved in the Day of the Lord.” [HCSB]
Why did the translators do this? Was it because they didn’t understand the passage or
because they were engaged in a deliberate deception?
Many Christians will think the difference is slight, when in fact it is enormous. The
false translations are referring to “the day of the LORD”, while the KJV is referring to
“the day of the Lord Jesus”.
THEY ARE NOT THE SAME!
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The day of the LORD is the day of God’s wrath upon a sinful and rebellious world. The
day of the Lord Jesus, on the other hand, is the day Jesus comes for his church. The
first “day” is a period of time, seven years. The second is a specific day. They do not
and cannot overlap. We know this because they are described as distinct events, each
having its own time or “day” in the LORD’s calendar.
For this reason alone the day of the Lord Jesus cannot fall in the period known as the
day of the LORD. We also know that Jesus returns with his saints during the day of the
LORD. THEREFORE the Rapture (Harpazo) must take place before the day of the
LORD commences.
The following words appear in 2 Thessalonians 2:2 of the Textus Receptus, the original
Greek text used by the translators of the KJV:
ἐνέστηκεν ἡ ἡμέρα τοῦ Χριστοῦ
The last word is Χριστοῦ - Christos or Christ.
The full verse in the KJV reads:
“That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled,
neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from
us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.”
(2 Thessalonians 2:2) [KJV]
Once again the modern translators did their cunning work and replaced “Christ” with
the word “Lord”, thereby changing the meaning from the day of Jesus Christ to the day
of the LORD. The duplicity shown by these alleged experts is shocking. The versions
include the New International Version (NIV), the English Standard Version (ESV), the
Christian Standard Bible (CSB), the New English Translation (NET), the Holman
Christian Standard Bible (HCSB), the New American Standard Bible (NASB), the
Revised Standard Version (RSV), the American Standard Version (ASV), and the New
Living Translation [NLT] – see box below:
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“not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching
allegedly from us – whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth
or by letter – asserting that the day of the Lord has already
come.” [NIV]
“not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit
or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect
that the day of the Lord has come.” [ESV]
“not to be easily upset or troubled, either by a prophecy or by a
message or by a letter supposedly from us, alleging that the day
of the Lord has come.” [CSB]
“not to be easily shaken from your composure or disturbed by
any kind of spirit or message or letter allegedly from us, to the
effect that the day of the Lord is already here.” [NET]
“that you not be quickly shaken from your composure or be
disturbed either by a spirit or a message or a letter as if from us,
to the effect that the day of the Lord has come.” [NASB]
“not to be quickly shaken in mind or excited, either by spirit or
by word, or by letter purporting to be from us, to the effect that
the day of the Lord has come.” [RSV]
“to the end that ye be not quickly shaken from your mind,
nor yet be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by epistle
as from us, as that the day of the Lord is just at hand;” [ASV]
“not to be easily upset in mind or troubled, either by a spirit
or by a message or by a letter as if from us, alleging that
the Day of the Lord has come.” [HCSB]
“Don’t be so easily shaken or alarmed by those who say that
the day of the Lord has already begun...” [NLT]
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The Day of the LORD
We’ll now look briefly at some verses that show the stark difference between the day
of the LORD and the day of Jesus Christ:
“Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD!
to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD
is darkness, and not light.”
(Amos 5:18)
As Amos tells us, the day of the LORD is not something anyone should look forward
to! It is a day of darkness, and not light. He then adds the following:
“Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness,
and not light? even very dark,
and no brightness in it?”
(Amos 5:20)
Again he stresses the depth of spiritual darkness that will characterize the day of the
LORD. He confirms also that there will be “no brightness” in it. Is not the Rapture of
the church an occasion of spiritual “brightness” and “light”? Of course it is! – therefore
it cannot occur during the day of the LORD.
Isaiah refers in stark terms to the day of the LORD, a time of calamity and destruction
from the hand of God, when all men shall howl. Lest anyone miss the horrifying
significance of this, he describes it in more detail a few verses later:
“Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it
shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.”
(Isaiah 13:6)
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“Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel
both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the
land desolate: and he shall destroy the
sinners thereof out of it.”
(Isaiah 13:9)
Ezekiel tells us that the day of the LORD is uniquely “the time of the heathen”. The
“heathen” are those who have rejected the Gospel. If this is the case, then the church
CANNOT be involved:
“For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near,
a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.”
(Ezekiel 30:3)
God in His Mercy repeats this singular truth in the short book of Obadiah:
“For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen:
as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy
reward shall return upon thine own head.”
(Obadiah 1:15)
We must pay attention to what the Word of God is telling us! The Tribulation is the
day of the LORD, a time when the heathen – those who have rejected the Gospel – will
be judged severely by God. As they have done, so will it be done unto them. The Age of
Grace has ended and the church is no longer on the earth, leaving behind it a great
spiritual darkness. The heathen will be obliged to face the consequences of their
rebellion, their arrogant refusal to accept the salvation offered by Jesus – “for there
is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”
(Acts 4:12)
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Jesus paid our sin debt on Calvary and he paid it in full. As believers, we are no longer
under condemnation. The wrath of God will come upon the earth in the seven-year
Tribulation, the great day of the LORD. It will be concerned exclusively with those who
are still under condemnation, who in their pride are determined to find salvation by
some other means. The church cannot be here on earth while His “fierce anger” is
poured out.
“And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will
come again, and receive you unto myself; that
where I am, there ye may be also.”
– John 14:3
This is the time that John the Baptist was referring to when he chided the Pharisees
and the Sadducees for coming out into the wilderness to hear his message: “O
generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?”
(Matthew 3:7). In contrast, the Apostle Paul tells us that believers will be rescued (or
delivered) by Jesus from the wrath to come, and that they are waiting patiently for this
precious moment:
“And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the
dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.”
(1 Thessalonians 1:10)
To know that we will be delivered or rescued from the wrath to come is a joy and a
blessed hope. It is a special day indeed, the day of Jesus Christ. The Apostle Paul liked
to remind believers of the joy he experienced when he thought of the many souls –
known to him personally here on earth – who would stand with him in the presence of
our Lord on that special day:
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“As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are
your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of
the Lord Jesus.” (2 Corinthians 1:14)
“Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath
begun a good work in you will perform it until the day
of Jesus Christ:” (Philippians 1:6)
“That ye may approve things that are excellent; that
ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of
Christ;” (Philippians 1:10)
“Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in
the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither
laboured in vain.” (Philippians 2:16)
CONCLUSION
There is so much more we could say. Our earlier papers cover the subject in detail,
setting out and expounding the numerous passages in God’s Word that point very
clearly to a Pre-Tribulation Rapture.
Do believers “deserve” to be rescued in this way? Not at all! As the Psalmist said,
“...verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity...” (Psalm 39:5)
We have done nothing to merit salvation. Neither have we done anything to merit the
Blessed Hope. Christ earned this great blessing for us on Calvary. He paid the price.
He paid our sin debt in full and freed us from the power of Satan. Everyone else on
earth, whether they know it or not, are governed by Satan and subject to the Satanic
world system. As we have already seen, the Bible refers to them as “them that dwell
upon the earth”:
"Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will
keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come
upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth."
(Revelation 3:10)
The original Greek word for "dwell" in the phrase "dwell upon the earth" has a deeper
meaning than its English counterpart. The more usual Greek word is oikeo, which
means simply ‘to dwell’, while the word used by John in the book of Revelation is
katoikeo, which means to dwell permanently. It is used, for example, to describe the
fullness of the Godhead that dwells in Christ Jesus (Colossians 2:9). Therefore "them
that dwell upon the earth" are those who see the earth as their true home. As such
they are citizens of the earth by choice.
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It is deeply troubling to think that most of the population of the earth today are in this
category. In the Age of Grace the Holy Spirit shed abundantly His wonderful mercy,
reaching out to all who sincerely longed for Truth. Nevertheless, a huge proportion did
not have any real love for the Truth and failed to heed His call. They are those who
“received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.” (2 Thessalonians
2:10). God could justly close the door right now, but He intends instead to offer all who
dwell upon the earth one last opportunity to accept His Son. The suffering of the
Tribulation, “the hour of temptation”, will spur many of these rebellious souls to
repent, to set aside their pride and humbly accept the priceless gift of salvation.
Incredibly, in His Mercy – before this great door closes – He will send forth tens of
thousands of witnesses to preach the Gospel over the entire earth and issue a final
warning to mankind. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Jeremy James
Ireland
April 2, 2022</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Vulcão Ativo - Vilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04762736963640210106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084779094786691009.post-47493823639532451182022-09-20T20:10:00.005-07:002022-09-20T20:10:51.536-07:00The Old World Order is About to Slide into Chaos<p><span style="font-size: xx-small;">by Jeremy James </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">It doesn’t take much imagination to see that Europe is rapidly slipping into a major
energy crisis, with all that this entails. On the other hand, it takes a lot of imagination
to believe it will somehow sort itself out.
It won’t. This crisis has been carefully planned, where a significant proportion of the
energy needed to fuel the largest economy in Europe depends entirely on the good will
of just one country. Russia can cause chaos in Germany by simply shutting down the
Nord Stream pipelines. Past premiers, Schröder and Merkel, among others, were
instrumental in getting Germany ensnared in this way. The leading German
industrialists – who control companies like Volkswagen, Siemens, Bosch, Audi, BMW,
Bayer etc – said nothing at any time about this insane situation because they are part
of this great betrayal.
The energy crisis will afflict the whole of Europe, driving tens of thousands of
companies out of business. Consider the Netherlands, for example. Their elaborate
food production facilities, which operate under glass, make extensive use of affordable
energy to heat and irrigate their crops. The escalating costs will either put them out of
business or force them to charge such high prices for their produce that consumers
will take to the streets.
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The coming social unrest
We are about to witness serious social unrest across Europe. Middle-class families will
struggle to pay their heating and electricity bills, in addition to the severe hike in the
price of food and standard household items. We are not looking at just one country in
this dreadful bind, but an entire continent.
A great many elderly people, living off a fixed income, will be made to endure freezing
conditions in their own homes. Many will be forced to relocate to heated community
centers to avoid freezing to death. Those who are unable to do so will need emergency
intervention. The hospital services will be overloaded and huge numbers of residents
will die in care homes across Europe.
It should be obvious, for those who care to look, that Europe is under attack.
There is a well-known dictum: Prepare for the next war, not the last one. The nature
of war has changed. The public find it hard to imagine a war without guns and direct
person-to-person aggression. For example, if one country poisons another by stealth,
is that war? Of course it is, but the victims may not live long enough to learn how an
undeclared enemy had attacked and destroyed them.
The weapons in modern warfare are not necessarily made of steel. If a country is
brought to the brink of economic ruin by the international banking cartel, then that
country has come under attack. If a country is overrun by “refugees” and “migrants”,
it too is under economic attack. That assault may later translate into a direct internal
attack as the newcomers coalesce into strident ethnic groups which oppose or seek
advantage over the indigenous population.
An unelected cabal known as the EU Commission
is steering the whole of Europe into a terrible storm.
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The weapons being directed against Europe
The main non-military weapons being directed against Europe are discussed below.
These have been used for decades to slowly crush Europe in the style of an African
python. The constriction has been slow and few seem to have seen it happening, but
the serpentine asphyxiation of all these nations has been worked out in detail. The very
institutions that we believed were ‘protecting’ Europe were actually complicit in this
insidious strategy.
1. The infiltration of governments
The first weapon is the installation of governments via the ‘democratic’ process which,
unknown to the public, are actually working for world communism, the international
banking system, the multinational corporations, or in accordance with another agenda
hostile to the interests of the host country. Most European countries appear to have
been infiltrated in this way. This means they are steering their respective nations into
the maw of the New World Order.
2. Debt slavery
The second weapon is the massive level of national debt which most countries in
Europe have allowed to accumulate. In a time of long-run prosperity and steady
growth in the world economy, there was no reason for this. All of these countries
should have been running a surplus. The ‘globalists’ have long used debt slavery as a
means to weaken nations and impose conditions which advance the NWO agenda.
3. Stealth invasion
3. The opening of Europe to a vast influx of “refugees” from the Middle East and North
Africa. This has been permitted even in the absence of any apparent economic or
humanitarian purpose. In a great many instances these immigrants are an economic
drain on the national economy. Furthermore, the criteria for admission appear to be
nominal and designed to facilitate easy entry. In additi0n to this, very large numbers
of migrants are gaining entry illegally. We are asked to believe they are paying hefty
sums to middle-men to convey them to Europe when we know most of them are being
assisted by a few dozen NGOs funded by the ‘globalists’. There is little evidence that
the governments of Europe are making a concerted effort to prevent these massive
waves of illegal immigration. For example, inflatable dinghies are landing on the east
and south coasts of England on a daily basis, each carrying a dozen or more illegal
immigrants, most of whom are fit young men of military age.
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Severe damage has been done to the social fabric of Sweden by legal, government
approved immigration. Large Islamic enclaves have developed and the national crime
rate has soared. A sizeable proportion of the population of France, Belgium, Germany,
Denmark, and the Netherlands is now Islamic. The risk that this poses to the future
stability of these nations hardly needs to be cited. An ever-growing non-integrating
ethnic group, with a strong antipathy to Christianity and Christian values, is certain to
pose a future threat to national security if and when appropriate methods of
incitement are used. These enclaves are powder kegs with a short fuse.
Islamic Malmo, 2022. Malmo is one of Sweden’s largest cities.
4. Energy restrictions
The fourth weapon directed at Europe is the gradual suppression of energy diversity
through the bogus science of ‘global warming’. Germany has shut down her nuclear
power generators to reduce the risk to the environment – which makes no sense
whatever. It has also significantly reduced its dependence on oil and switched to
natural gas, which is allegedly more environmentally friendly. This was done in the
knowledge that its future energy needs would be greatly reliant on the availability of
natural gas from its main supplier, Russia.
Large sums of money have also been paid to build wind-powered generators,
unreliable and inefficient devices which cannot possibly supply all of the energy lost
by the ongoing reduction in oil consumption. Carbon targets and quotas, which are
based on outrageously dishonest scientific models, are being used deceitfully to
impose severe restrictions on power generation and industrial output.
The real-world impact of these bogus targets will cause great hardship. For example,
the Dutch government is trying to persuade one third of the nation’s farmers to cease
production by 2030 in order to reduce nitrogen emissions. The resulting loss of
agricultural produce – our food!! – would seem to be of little concern. The perverse
willingness of the Dutch government to make demands of this kind is proof that the
‘globalists’ are prepared to use extreme intimidation and threats of imprisonment to
enforce draconian restrictions and, by this means, cripple industrial and agricultural
output.
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Inefficient and unreliable wind turbines in a German town.
These ridiculous structures are very costly to erect and maintain.
5. Inflationary pricing strategies
The fifth weapon is closely related to #4. Poor energy diversity means prices can rise
suddenly if supply is interrupted, and they can rise prodigiously if it is greatly reduced.
The closure of the LPG pipelines by Russia is essentially an attack on Germany and
other European countries. The price of virtually everything will be affected. Inflation
will take off and severe social hardship is inevitable. The cost of producing fertilizer
will also increase substantially, resulting in greatly inflated food prices. Even by
traditional standards what Russia has done is an act of war. European countries may
have brought this upon themselves by imposing economic sanctions on Russia – in
response to its invasion of the Ukraine – but, for families struggling to survive, the
outcome is the same. As a globalist catspaw, the EU Commission has betrayed the
citizens of Europe.
6. The stealth introduction of foreign militia
The sixth weapon in this war will only be discernible to those who see how the other
five weapons are being deployed. Once one realizes that Europe is under attack from
within, it becomes clear that popular resistance or push-back must be expected at
some stage. Already we are seeing massive protests by Dutch farmers, as well as large
protest rallies in many European cities. Increasing popular unrest will result in direct
conflict between protestors and law enforcement.
As more and more citizens conclude that their governments have betrayed them, the
social contract will break down. Many disaffected citizens, especially those on lower
incomes, will loot retail outlets in retaliation. Some will vent their anger by attacking
and burning buildings which they identify with the ruling elite. Politicians and other
establishment figures may face real threats to their physical safety. When this happens
curfews will be imposed and, quite possibly, martial law.
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The above is a screenshot from a short pre-recorded
video of the Queen which was broadcast at her Jubilee
and shown on a giant screen to the huge audience
outside Buckingham Palace. She is depicted in an
animated sketch with Paddington Bear. The two are
having tea together and the bear says:
“Perhaps you would like a marmalade sandwich?
I always keep one for emergencies.”
“So do I,” she replies, as she proudly takes
a sandwich from her purse:
“I keep mine in here.”
The Elite are saying to the world:
‘We control your daily bread.’
This blasphemous boast is directed against the prayer
given to us by Jesus:
“Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done in earth,
as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread...”
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The Elite know they cannot be absolutely certain that their own security forces – police
and military – will protect them. Many of the rank and file will have witnessed scenes
which lead them to believe that the government lied to the people with criminal intent.
The authorities cannot risk having to deal with a breakaway group of this kind. In order
to avoid this happening, disaffected elements within the security forces will need to be
removed quickly and, if necessary, brutally. The only way to do this is to use armed
enforcers who have no patriotic allegiance to the country – in short, foreigners with
military training, men who will have no qualms about arresting and, if necessary,
executing whomever the government directs.
The usual way to do this is to formally request foreign assistance after the trouble has
started, for example by calling on the UN to intervene. But this would leave an
appreciable time gap between the start of unrest and the arrival of foreign aid. So how
will the governments of Europe meet this threat?
We believe many countries have counter-insurgency troops in place already. They
could have crossed the border in the guise of ‘migrants’ and been assigned to cities and
towns across the country. As we noted above, a large proportion of these ‘migrants’
and ‘refugees’ are fit young men, many of whom may already have received military
training in their country of origin.
Illegal migrants, mostly fit young men, approach the English
coastline in 2022. They seem confident that the authorities
will not do much to prevent them from entering the UK.
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Take the case of Ireland. In the period 2020-2021, about 150,000 immigrants gained
legal entry into our country (There are believed to be many more who arrived illegally).
It would have been a simple matter to conceal an undercover militia of 15,000 men
among that number. Under ‘normal’ circumstances, we would be justified in
dismissing this possibility as absurd. But these are not normal circumstances. What is
happening in Europe at the moment is anything but normal. Ireland is in the ‘war zone’
and is scheduled to fall beneath the wheels of international Communism, just like the
rest of Europe.
- two personal observations
Two personal observations may help to put this in perspective. A few weeks ago I went
to the local cove for a swim. The beach was packed with noisy families enjoying the
spell of fine weather. As I got ready to leave I noticed three well-built men sitting apart
from the crowd. They were clearly eastern European. I watched them for about twenty
minutes to see if I could shake off the suspicion that they were off-duty military
personnel. Their demeanor and general behavior only reinforced my initial
assessment.
Perhaps I was mistaken. After all, what would foreign military personnel be doing on
Irish soil? Only later did the penny drop.
When I related this episode to a wide-awake Christian friend, he said he had been told
by a contact in the Gardai (the Irish police) that, unknown to the Irish public, UN
troops were being trained in Irish policing procedures by the Gardai. He didn’t know
how many UN troops were in the country for this purpose but, even if the contingent
is small, it is proof that something very strange is happening within our borders, with
the approval of the Irish government.
The same would seem to be happening in the UK. Boatloads of fit young men arrive in
the UK every day, most of whom appear to be from Eastern Europe or the Middle East.
A small number are ‘detained’ by immigration officers at Dover and sent back to
France or – if you would believe it – Rwanda, but the vast majority merge quietly into
the population. A great many more arrive by night along the east coast, uncounted and
undetected. This has been happening continuously for several years under the tightly
shut eyes of the UK government.
They keep coming.
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- the situation in the UK
It is estimated that there are around one million illegal immigrants in the UK,
comprising men, women and children. If only 5 percent of these are part of an
undercover militia, they still amount to a force of 50,000 men. The total number of
police officers in the UK is 135,000, down from 170,000 ten years ago. So, while the
hidden threat is growing, the number of police officers is falling. Furthermore, given
that a large percentage of police officers in the UK are Freemasons, including virtually
every officer of senior rank, the possibility that a meaningful number might question
the authority of the government is very remote.
Hidden in plain sight. The Freemasons control the British police force.
7. Fiat currency and paper assets
The seventh weapon is fiat currency, the deliberate proliferation of banknotes (and
paper assets) which are underpinned by nothing. This weapon is being used on a grand
scale all over the world, not just Europe. At a time of their choosing, the Elite will press
the button and cause the entire financial system to implode (See our paper #323). They
may do this under the cover of a major ‘natural’ disaster – such as a tsunami hitting
London or New York. In reality the ‘natural’ disaster would be caused by manmade
submarine explosions.
Why has there been so much talk in the media about asteroids and the awful possibility
that one of them might shortly collide with the earth? This has been going on for over
twenty years, with more and more baleful reports of “near misses” which could have
had catastrophic consequences for life on earth. If the impact occurred in the Atlantic
ocean, it is alleged, it could launch a devastating tsunami at both the US and European
coastlines.
The public is being gradually conditioned to believe this deceitful, idiotic nonsense.
The propaganda is supplemented by powerful images and emotional scenes in movies
and television programs which purport to depict an asteroid impact.
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This photo, which was released by NASA
in 2018, purports to show an asteroid
named ‘Bennu’ taken by the OSIRIS-REx
‘spacecraft’. These peculiar names are
blatantly Masonic. The ‘Bennu’ in
Egyptian mythology was a divine bird
closely associated with the sun, dawn,
and the pagan gods Ra and Osiris.
Like most (if not all) NASA photos, it is a
forgery, a mock-up produced in a studio
using graphic-design software.
Asteroids are a hoax, yet another mythical entity in the arsenal of poison arrows
devised by Satan and his earthly servants. Just as a hunter has a quiver full of arrows,
these wicked deceivers have a quiver full of lies:
“Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the
insurrection of the workers of iniquity: Who whet their tongue
like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even
bitter words: That they may shoot in secret at the perfect:
suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.” – Psalm 64
CONCLUSION
A great barrier to understanding what is happening today is the belief that wars take
place only between countries. This isn’t true. In fact, when two countries enter into
conflict, it is often because a third country or outside agency has used lies and intrigue
to stir up tension between them; then, having done so, it provides both sides with the
arms and matériel needed to conduct the war. This third party is generally working
with the international banking system, without which the funds needed to finance the
war would not be available.
The enemy that is attacking Europe is not a country but a cartel, a consortium of ultrarich families which for generations have been working together to mold the world
according to their will. Each war reshapes the political landscape in some way
according to their wishes, and at the same time enables the cartel to extract enormous
profits and capital gains from one or both of the countries embroiled in the conflict.
The City of London, the center of world finance, would appear to have a role in
virtually all of these wars.
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The cartel wants to impose on Europe – as well as the US and Canada – the same
system of social and economic control that it has already successfully imposed on
China. One may ask, how could the small group of families which control China have
managed to enslave 1,400 million people in this way? We can see from this that huge
political power can be exercised by just a few players in a hierarchical system. As the
Word of God states:
“Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are
driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very
small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.” (James 3:4)
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EU Commission
The Queen’s video was also giving a warning to mankind:
‘Do you have a store of food set aside
in case of an emergency?’
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Time is very, very short. Before long we may not be able to communicate like this. The
Enemy is racing ahead. As Christians, we need to remember the wonderful grace and
mercy of our Heavenly Father. We may not understand why such distress must come
upon the earth, but we must trust our Father. Known unto Him were all things from
the foundation of the world.
We must pray for one another and encourage those near to us in every way we can.
They will be bewildered beyond measure and unable to grasp what is happening. Our
patience, our composure, and our trust in Jesus will mean a lot to them at this critical
hour.
In closing I would like to thank all of those readers who prayed for my protection over
the past 12 years or so. It meant a great deal to me. These prayers were a great blessing
when the going got rough.
With love in the precious Name of Jesus.
_____________ </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Jeremy James
Ireland
September 9, 2022
</span></p><p><a class="html-attribute-value html-external-link" href="http://zephaniah.eu/index_htm_files/The%20Old%20World%20Order%20is%20About%20to%20Slide%20into%20Chaos.pdf" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="font-family: monospace; white-space: pre;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Zephniah</span></a></p>Vulcão Ativo - Vilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04762736963640210106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084779094786691009.post-50546733126551349962022-09-19T10:28:00.005-07:002022-09-19T11:09:25.688-07:00Cautionary Words on the End Time from H A Ironside<p><span style="font-size: xx-small;">by Jeremy James </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Like many believers I have considerable respect for Bible scholars of the 19th and 20th
century who stuck closely to God’s Word and refused to be distracted by the latest
theory, fashion, or political development. They studied carefully what God said and
examined real world events from that perspective, even when it was not popular to do
so, or when a new ‘scientific’ discovery came on the scene which conflicted with
Scripture.
They could see that the Jews would shortly return to the land of Israel because the
Word of God stated that this would occur as the Age drew to a close. They didn’t allow
themselves to be led astray by analyzing exactly how it happened, or the motives of
those involved, and foolishly dismissing its crucial role in Bible prophecy. They knew
that God often accomplished His will by using those who opposed Him as instruments
of His purpose.
We strongly recommend the writings of H A Ironside – see Appendix B – because they
are based on a sound hermeneutic and are backed by a truly diligent examination of
what God recorded for our benefit in His Word. The Roman Catholic prelates have
long deplored men like Ironside because they remind them, over and over, that God
expressly stated that we are never to add to, or take from, His Word. Successive Popes
down the centuries have done just that, issuing Bulls and other theological edicts
which add to God’s Word or change the plain meaning of what He said:
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“Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall
ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of
the LORD your God which I command you.” (Deuteronomy 4:2)
“What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not
add thereto, nor diminish from it.” (Deuteronomy 12:32)
“Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their
trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and
thou be found a liar.” (Proverbs 30:5-6)
“For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the
prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God
shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if
any man shall take away from the words of the book of this
prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and
out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this
book.” (Revelation 22:18-19)
This is a very simple request from our Creator: I have said what I have said for your
benefit and well-being; don’t add to it or delete any part of it.
But man in his fallen state is incredibly disobedient. He is also cunningly industrious
when it comes to finding ways to justify his disobedience.
We are witnessing today the culmination of that disobedience, where even those who
purport to study and respect His Word are ignoring what He said and following their
own opinion instead. They never admit that they have rejected it, but claim rather to
have come to a greater understanding of what He really meant. They are often pushed
in this direction by alleged prophets and visionaries who have “reimagined” the truths
of the Bible or uncovered a special truth which no-one has discerned or understood
until now.
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“If ye love me...”
Jesus said, “If ye love me, keep my commandments” (John 14:15). One of these
commandments is to believe and honor all that his Father revealed to us in His Word.
So, according to Jesus, those who who add to Scripture, or take from it, do not love
him. This is a hard message for a great many professing Christians today.
If anyone tries to evade the force of John 14:15, let them weigh the significance of two
later verses in the same Gospel:
“He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them,
he it is that loveth me...” (John 14:21)
“If ye keep my commandments,
ye shall abide in my love...”
(John 15:10)
It was made even more explicit, if that is possible, on the occasion where he was
surrounded by a great audience and his mother and his brothers sought to get through
and speak with him. When he was told of this, he asked rhetorically, “Who is my
mother, or my brethren?” (Mark 3:33). In Luke he gives the following answer: “My
mother and my brethren are these [i.e. the faithful among his audience] which hear
the word of God, and do it.” (Luke 8:21)
The Antichrist will leave his audience spellbound. Like the officers sent to arrest Jesus,
they will say, “Never man spake like this man.” (John 7:46) But in their case they
will say it because they never took Scripture to heart nor lived in obedience to God’s
Word. This is why Jesus said he never knew them.
After the Church is taken away in the Rapture, the professing Christians who are still
on earth will turn in large numbers to the Antichrist when he reveals himself. They will
do this because their hearts were not transformed by the Gospel. Where Jesus
connected love very firmly with obedience, these professing Christians saw little or no
connection. This, in part, is what makes the Antichrist so attractive initially to the
masses of humanity.
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Who will accept the Antichrist?
Drawing upon many passages of Scripture to make his case, H A Ironside stated in his
brochure, Who will be Saved in the Coming Period of Judgment?, that anyone who
rejects the Gospel before the Rapture will be judicially unable to do so afterwards and
will gladly receive the Antichrist.
Rather than summarize what he said, we would urge our readers to study it for
themselves (See Appendix A). A copy of his paper was kindly sent to me by a regular
reader who, like many other believers, is troubled that nominal Christians – the great
majority of the visible church today – will be facing this predicament.
Dr Ironside expressed a similar view in his book, The Great Parenthesis:
“But during the last half of the seventieth week he [i.e. the Antichrist]
will deceive the nations by power and signs and lying wonders. Those
[among the Jews] who will be preserved in that day are designated in
the prophets as "the remnant." This Jewish remnant will become
God's messengers to the Gentiles who have not yet heard and resisted
the truth, but for those who have heard and had every opportunity to
be saved but persisted in refusing the message of grace, there is no
possibility of salvation in that awful day. Because they refused the
love of the truth when they might have known it, God shall send them
strong delusion, that they should believe not merely a lie, but,
according to the original text, the lie, that is, the lie of the Antichrist,
that they all might be damned or doomed to judgment because they
believed not the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.” – H A
Ironside, The Great Parenthesis, p.119
If he is right – and I believe he is – then many professing Christians, and very possibly
some who are known to us, will end up accepting the Antichrist.
How are we to reconcile ourselves to this? After all, the matter is entirely out of our
hands. As ever, we must trust in LORD and His great mercy!
We can also reflect on the crucial criterion in Dr Ironside’s paper, namely, that those
who are affected by the “strong delusion” (2 Thessalonians 2:11) are those who
heard the Gospel before the Tribulation but chose to reject it. Thus, according to this
interpretation, those who “came out of great tribulation” (Revelation 7:14) are the
saints who heard the Gospel for the first time during the Tribulation and accepted
Christ as their savior. These will include a great many Hindus and Moslems, as well as
a wide variety of people across the face of the earth who, until then, were unbelievers.
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We should note what the Word of God states in 2 Thessalonians 2:12: Those who “take
pleasure in unrighteousness” are heading to perdition.
Who are these people? Many would say they are false believers with a cruel disposition,
people who secretly enjoy the suffering of others. But this interpretation is far too
narrow. Take the case of Ireland: On 25 May 2018, five out of every seven people of
voting age decided to support the murder of unborn children or chose not to go to the
polling station and vote against it. How many of these took pleasure in unrighteousness?
The modern apostate church has departed so much from the Gospel of Christ that a
great many professing Christians today have never heard the true Gospel. This should
not surprise us. There is wide gap between the social-ecumenical gospel taught by the
Laodicean church and the true Gospel of Christ. This suggests that many professing
Christians, who were not part of the Body of Christ at the time of the Rapture, will
respond with joy to the Gospel message during the Tribulation. They will likely pay
with their lives, but they will be saved.
The Word of God seems to be pointing in that direction when it states: “...whosoever
shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” (Romans 10:13).
The Third Temple in Jerusalem
A plausible sign of this “strong delusion” will be the importance attached by nominal
Christians to the construction of the Third Temple in Jerusalem. Many who will end
up receiving the mark of the beast will believe that the Third Temple had been
constructed by well-intentioned men to honor the LORD God of the Bible. In reality it
will be constructed by Freemasons and apostate, Cabalistic Jews to honor the
Antichrist, the false messiah.
Artist representation of Solomon’s Temple.
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The Book of Revelation tells us that, after the Church has departed, God will send two
witnesses to replace the Church as His witness on earth. These will appear on the
streets of Jerusalem within hours of the Rapture and will begin the mission given to
them by God.
The Temple may already have been erected by that time or it will be erected very
shortly after their appearance. They will take control of the Temple and, having evicted
the Masonic-Cabalistic imposters, they will consecrate it to the LORD. This is when
Elijah, one of the two witnesses, will “restore all things” (Matthew 17:11). This will
include the restoration of the daily sacrifices and the consecration of Aaronic priests.
The killing of the Two Witnesses
Despite the best efforts by the agents of the Antichrist to evict the two witnesses, they
will be unable to do so. The witnesses will have remarkable supernatural powers and
will be ousted only when the Antichrist himself goes to Jerusalem and kills them. Their
bodies will be left lying in the street and the whole world will rejoice at the sight, having
watched the drama unfold over several months on their television screens.
After three and a half days the two witnesses will be resurrected from the dead and will
ascend into heaven. The world will be in shock. All who follow the Antichrist will be
greatly unnerved when they see this amazing event. This was something they had
never expected. It will seem to them that their ‘messiah’ has been thwarted in some
way. In his rage the Antichrist will enter the Temple and commit the “abomination of
desolation” (Matthew 24:15).
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Remember, in order to constitute an abomination in the eyes of God, the Temple itself
must be consecrated to God. This can only be done by a true prophet of God. If Elijah
and his fellow witness did not do this it would remain a secular building constructed
by the enemies of God for their own purposes. (For a more detailed study of the role
of the two witnesses see our earlier paper, #164.)
Anyone who supports the construction of the Third Temple, whether financially or in
other ways, is actually facilitating the arrival of the Antichrist. The Temple is being
built for him. It is by this means that Satan intends to achieve his third ambition, the
third “I will” in chapter 14 of Isaiah:
“I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation,
in the sides of the north:” (Isaiah 14:13)
See also Psalm 48:2 – “Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount
Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.”
A secular Zionist admits the Temple is definitely not for Jesus
In Lecture 15 of his commentary on the Book of Revelation, H A Ironside recounted
the following episode:
“...when Dr. Mosinsohn, of the Hebrew College of Jaffa, was
touring America in the interests of the same Zionist movement [i.e
the Zionist Congress], I had the privilege of hearing him give an
address at the University of California. In the course of his
remarks, he said, “Think of all the great religious leaders who have
come out of the East. Moses arose in the East, Buddha, Confucius,
Jesus, and Mahomet all arose in the East. And we say to you
people of the West, with confidence, that if you will restore the Jew
to his ancestral home it will not be long until we will give you
another great religious leader who will perhaps transcend all who
have gone before.” A Christian physician and I, who had gone
there together, looked at one another in amazement. We felt that
we were listening to a “John the Baptist” of the Antichrist, so
startling was the announcement. And with the light that the
prophetic word throws upon the now very near future, who can
doubt that this Hebrew leader’s declaration will indeed seem to an
unbelieving world to be fulfilled in the willful one who is to be
raised up in the land of Palestine, and whom apostate Judaism and
apostate Christendom alike will acknowledge as the Christ – the
coming man. Toward this awful end all modern cults and -isms are
tending, and when the personal presence of the Holy Spirit has
been withdrawn from the earth, his manifestation will not long be
withheld.” [p.142]
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Dr Benzion Mosinsohn, pictured in an article about
Zionism in The Sunday Star, Washington DC, 9 October,
1927. His surname is also spelt ‘Mossinsohn’. His tour
of America took place in 1937. He was a member of the
Zionist Actions Committee, a leader of the General
Zionist Party, and a delegate to most of the World
Zionist Congresses. When he died in 1942, all Hebrew
schools in the Holy Land were closed for his funeral.
Dr Ironside was issuing a warning to all who cared to listen. The apostate leaders of
Israel were knowingly heading into a future where they hoped to produce a great
religious leader like those listed – or who would even “transcend all who have gone
before”!
The leaders of secular Zionism are preparing the way for the Antichrist, as are the
leaders of apostate Christianity.
It was insightful of Dr Ironside to see this so clearly, even before the state of Israel
had been established. He wasn’t buying the sales pitch delivered by a high-ranking
Zionist. He knew exactly where all of this was leading.
Spokesmen for the Temple Institute in Jerusalem have long boasted that preparations
for the construction of the Temple are well advanced. It is believed that the Temple
may even have been erected in the Negev Desert on a trial basis from prefabricated
components and that, when the time comes to erect it on the Temple Mount in
Jerusalem, the project will take only a few months to complete.
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Evidence that the Temple Project is far advanced
We were recently given evidence that preparations for the Third Temple are well
under way. In February 2020 Israel’s Transportation Ministry announced that it was
moving ahead with plans to build an extension to the Tel Aviv–Jerusalem high-speed
line that would directly connect Ben-Gurion International Airport to the Western
Wall in Jerusalem.
Last week the Airports Authority for Israel announced that a new, ultra-modern
terminal would open at the airport in 2023. This is intended to cater for the
anticipated increase in international visitors coming to Jerusalem. The proposed
high-speed line, linking the airport to the Western Wall, will operate from this
terminal (Estimated travel time: 28 minutes).
Current rapid rail link between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, introduced in 2019.
Steps are also being taken behind the scenes to keep the Islamic world on side. For
example, Israel recently signed normalization agreements with neighboring Arab
countries which have increased the number of air routes available and made it easier
for Arab tourists to visit Israel. Despite the rhetoric in the press, the nations of Islam
are run by Freemasons, so negotiations like this are easy to arrange.
The Monotheism Trap
It should be remembered also that Judaism and Islam are both monotheistic. Both
reject the Trinity. Both strenuously deny that God has a Son. Considerable efforts are
being made, for example through the ‘Abraham Accords’, to convince the Islamic
world that Allah and the LORD God of the Bible are one and the same. It is claimed,
for example, that if there is only one divine being, then the God of Moses and the God
of Muhammad must be the same Person.
The Roman Catholic Church is preaching the same message. Article 841 of its modern
Catechism states:
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841 The Church's relationship with the Muslims. "The plan of
salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator, in the
first place amongst whom are the Muslims; these profess to hold
the faith of Abraham, and together with us they adore the one,
merciful God, mankind's judge on the last day."
Plainly, the masterminds behind New World Order are planning to create a One
World Religion comprising members of the ‘Abrahamic faith’. The proposed new
Temple on the Temple Mount will probably be presented to Muslims as a ‘House of
Prayer’ that will be pleasing to Allah.
Medal commemorating the Abraham Accord signed by
the US, Israel, and the United Arab Emirates in August 2020.
Parakaleō
As true believers, we trust in the Word of God and lean on His promises. This includes
the Pre-Tribulation Rapture of the Church. We don’t ‘deserve’ heaven and nothing we
have ever done merits our inclusion amongst those who will enter heaven. But we live
in the strength of this blessing, this heavenly assurance, because of what Jesus, our
Savior, did on our behalf.
The Word of God tells us that living believers will be taken from the earth on the same
day as the resurrected dead:
“For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with
the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead
in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall
be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in
the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort
one another with these words.” (1 Thessalonians 4:16-18)
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Why are Christians told to “comfort one another with these words”? Because they
are immensely important! The Holy Spirit is telling us that this news, this revelation
of divine truth, is about the most reassuring intelligence we could ever receive.
The word for comfort in the Greek original is parakaleō. In the KJV this word is
translated as “beseech” 43 times, “comfort” 23 times, “exhort” 21 times, and by other
words 22 times. We are asked to ensure that all believers get this message. Why else
would we “beseech” and “exhort” our fellow believers to understand and become
familiar with this truth unless it was of immense importance?
The Pre-Tribulation Rapture of the Church is a fundamental Bible doctrine. Before the
Lord comes to judge those who have rejected the Gospel – “In flaming fire taking
vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord
Jesus Christ:” (2 Thessalonians 1:8) – he must come for those who received it. These
are two separate events. He will meet the Church in the air on the first occasion and
will descend to the surface of the earth on the second, and only on the second, to exact
judgment.
The Holy Spirit is on earth today in a special way
We need to remember that the Holy Spirit is on earth at this time in a special way. He
was not present in this way during Old Testament times, and He will cease to be
present in this way after Resurrection Day. Once He leaves, the Church must depart
from the earth as well since all of her members, as living stones, collectively comprise
the Temple wherein He dwells. The Word of God tells us that, once He enters our
hearts, He never leaves – “And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another
Comforter, that he may abide with you forever” (John 14:16).
In the same Gospel account Jesus also referred to something which many believers
seem to have forgotten:
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“Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away:
for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart,
I will send him unto you.” (John 16:7)
Jesus and the Holy Spirit cannot both be here on earth at the same time! If Jesus is to
descend to the Mount of Olives (Zechariah 14:4) the Holy Spirit must already have
departed.
The time gap, at his first coming, between the departure of Jesus and the arrival of the
Holy Spirit was ten days. The time gap at his second coming, between the departure of
the Holy Spirit and the arrival of Jesus on earth, will be 2520 days. This period is
known as the Tribulation or “the great day of the LORD” (Zephaniah 1:14). During
this awful time, the LORD’s wrath will be poured out upon the earth. The ‘great day’
of His grace and mercy will have ended before this starts – as it must! The Church
cannot be here.
Those who contend that the Church must endure all or part of the Tribulation are
greatly mistaken. The Church, the Bride of Christ, is a stunning creation. Jesus went
to Calvary “for the joy that was set before him” (Hebrews 12:2). She cannot be
anywhere on earth when his Father pours out His wrath in great fury on all mankind.
His anger is directed solely at those who have rejected His Son.
The Flood, the last great Judgment, afflicted every square inch of the earth; so too will
the wrath of God during the Tribulation.
“And they of the people and kindreds and
tongues and nations shall see their dead
bodies three days and an half, and shall not
suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
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.”
- Revelation 11:9-10
The Beast attacks the Two Witnesses
(from the Bamberg Apocalypse, 11th century).
The whole world rejoices at the news that the two witnesses
have been killed. Why? Because they prevented the New World
Order from using ‘their’ Temple for a considerable time.
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Date setting and the Rapture
There is much talk today about the timing of the Rapture. Many commentators are
making what they believe to be a sound hermeneutic connection between the Feast of
Trumpets and the Rapture. They interpret the reference to “the last trump” (1
Corinthians 15:52) as a reference to the final extended trumpet blast at the close of
the Feast of Trumpets. The trumpet or trumpet ensemble allegedly sounded 100 times
during this Feast, with the last being much longer than the previous 99. This very long
final note is sometimes called the Tekiah Gedolah or ‘great reverberating blast’.
H A Ironside does not agree. Here is what he says:
“I have no doubt that those expositors are right who
understand the expression "the last trump" to be an
allusion to the third trump of the Roman legions. When
the first trumpet sounded, whether it came in the night or
in the day, the soldiers sprang to their feet and struck their
tents. When the second trumpet sounded, they fell into
line. At the last trumpet they marched away. And so we
who believe have heard the first trumpet, awakening us
when we were asleep in our sins. The second trumpet has
called us to recognize the authority of our Lord Jesus
Christ. Now we await the sounding of the last trump when
we shall be caught away to be with Him forever. Then
those who are living in their natural, mortal bodies will
suddenly put on immortality. That is, the body will be
changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, and
made like unto the glorious resurrection body of our Lord
Jesus Christ. Those who have died and whose bodies have
corrupted in the grave, will be raised to incorruptibility,
and in their new bodies will be with and like Christ
forever. This is our hope. For this we are called to wait. At
any moment the Lord Jesus may return to fulfill these
Scriptures. How blessed to be ready to hail Him with joy
at His Advent!”
– H A Ironside, The Great Parenthesis, p.109
What a glorious promise the LORD has made! As Harry Ironside says, “This is our
hope. For this we are called to wait.” And we are privileged to do so!
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We should take careful note of what he says about the Roman army. The Emperor
had military garrisons and forts all over the Middle East. The sight of these legions
marching from one location to another was familiar to all. Smaller groups would also
be seen walking from town to town, carrying their weapons and heavy equipment.
This was arduous work in the heat of the day. When Jesus said, “And whosoever
shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.” (Matthew 5:41) he was
referring to the authority exercised by the Roman legionnaires, who could compel a
citizen to walk a mile with them and help carry their equipment. Every mile was
marked by a milestone, so it was easy to determine the distance.
Metaphors and images derived from the ubiquitous presence of the Roman armies
crop up frequently in Paul’s writings. Perhaps the best known is “the whole armour
of God” in his letter to the Ephesians. He also refers to disciplines associated with the
Greco-Roman games, where athletes competed with one another for the prize or
laurel wreath, the stephanos or crown which he exhorts all believers to keep
continually before them.
The ‘tuba’ or trumpet used by the Roman military to issue orders
to their troops. It could be heard distinctly over a wide area.
So, when Paul speaks of a trumpet call, he is almost certainly referring to the three
clarion calls that were familiar to everyone across the Middle East, both Gentile and
Jew. At the first call, the Roman soldiers broke camp and assembled their equipment
into handy loads for the march ahead. At the second call they all fell into marching
formation, ready for inspection. And at the third call, they set off. This “last trump”
was a universal message in effect, telling everyone in the locality that an orderly
contingent of soldiers was about to march through the town or village, a sight which
would invariably have attracted a large throng of onlookers.
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It was easy to see why Paul used this term. Everyone understood what it meant,
especially the Gentile readers of his letters. As the Apostle to the Gentiles he was wont
to use expressions which were readily understood by non-Jews. The Tekiah Gedolah
at the Feast of Trumpets would have been unknown to most Gentiles. They would
neither have heard it nor heard of it!
The Rapture can occur at any time
The Jewish feasts were given by God to the Jewish people to mark major phases in
their plan of redemption. The first four spoke of the First Coming, and the last three
spoke of the Second Coming. The Rapture of the Church is not bound up in any of
them. We are grafted into this plan and enjoy something which the Jews as a people
have yet to experience – the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Paul had the difficult task
of explaining the mystery of the Church to both Jews and Gentiles. The former had
been called and found wanting, clinging rigidly to what had previously been revealed
and refusing to receive the additional revelation granted by Jesus and his apostles.
The End Time significance of the last three Jewish feasts is as follows:
1. The Feast of Trumpets: The righteous remnant among the children of Israel will
be jarred into wakefulness by a series of shocks or “trumpets”. The departure of the
Church will likely be one of these, along with the military attacks on the Holy Land,
the work of the two witnesses, the death of the two witnesses, the abomination of
desolation, and the miraculous preservation of a great many Jewish refugees by the
Archangel Michael and his army of angels.
2. The Day of Atonement: This signifies the agonizing realization by the righteous
remnant that they rejected their Messiah, Jesus Christ, at his first coming. The
prophet Zechariah describes this deeply emotional occasion as follows:
“And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the
house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house
of Nathan apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of
Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and
their wives apart; all the families that remain, every family apart,
and their wives apart.” (Zechariah 12:12-14)
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The shock will be so great that they will hardly be able to look at one another. They
will retire individually to their rooms and grieve bitterly for their faithless betrayal of
their glorious redeemer.
3. The Feast of Tabernacles: This speaks of the immense joy that will come upon all
Israel – which will comprise only those Jews who accept the Messiah – when the Lord
takes up residence among them. This will manifest the prophetic meaning of his
name, Immanuel – “God with us”! –
“Therefore my people shall know my name:
therefore they shall know in that day that
I am he that doth speak:
behold, it is I.”
(Isaiah 52:6)
Their joy will be fully reciprocated. Jesus will embrace his people, rejoicing with them
and singing among them:
“The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will
save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his
love, he will joy over thee with singing.” (Zephaniah 3:17)
Avoid the trap
Those who identify the Feast of Trumpets with the Rapture of the Church are falling
into a trap. Firstly, they are refusing to accept that the harpazo can occur at any time.
Many will claim they are not, but this is a hollow claim. They are setting a date, albeit
one which rolls over from one year to the next.
The second and more serious error is the risk that Paul alludes to in his first letter to
the Thessalonians. These believers were greatly troubled by the possibility that the
Rapture/Resurrection had already taken place, and seemingly had received one or
more counterfeit letters claiming that Paul himself or one of his senior aides was
teaching this. Paul wanted them to understand why and how they had been deceived.
Please note this carefully! The Word of God sets out for our benefit a patent example
of deception and confusion surrounding the date of the Rapture. Paul had given these
believers very clear guidance in this matter and yet they were taken in by a trickster.
If it happened to them, it could happen to us. We must be careful.
17
The Enemy is quite capable of staging a false ‘rapture’ to bolster his own End Time
deception. The professing Christians who are most likely to believe it are those who
are already anticipating its occurrence on the Feast of Trumpets or another specified
date. Given that the public today are deeply conditioned to believe virtually anything
they are told by the mainstream media, the deception – if it took place – would have
a profound effect on millions of people.
What would the Enemy gain from this? Well, apart from its greatly demoralizing
effect on nominal Christianity, it would set the stage for the coming One World
Religion. Many members of existing world religions and cults would feature among
the ‘raptured’. If they included the Pope, the Patriarch of Moscow, the Dalai Lama,
prominent Hindu gurus, and well-known Imams, Pirs and Ayatollahs, along with
many New Age teachers, mystics and ‘masters’, the public would want to know why.
The pundits would claim that their inclusive beliefs and inter-faith dialogue,
combined with their exemplary works and religious zeal, were greatly pleasing to God.
Moreover, if the fundamentalist, evangelical Christians are still here on earth then it
can mean only one thing – the Reformation was a disaster for Christianity and
salvation by faith alone through grace alone is a false teaching. The public would start
to believe that all religions are one, or branches of the same Truth, and that they all
worship the same God, while born-again, Bible-believing Christians – who teach
nothing of the kind! – will be portrayed as narrow minded bigots, extremists and
hatemongers who deserve to be locked away.
A counterfeit Rapture would also prepare the way for a counterfeit Tribulation, or a
period of war, famine and turmoil across the world which the politicians and the
media, along with the Laodicean church, could describe as the Tribulation. The
ramifications of this are difficult to fathom and we won’t attempt to explore them
here.
***
CONCLUSION
The Church is a truly astounding creation. The masses of humanity will not realize
this until she disappears from the earth and the void is filled with the spirit of
lawlessness. The shift will be immediate, setting off a cascade of events which, in their
destructiveness, will seem almost unreal.
Christ took upon himself the wrath of God on Calvary. He did this for each one of us,
namely those who come to him in faith and true repentance. He paid the price. Since
the price has already been paid in full, the Church cannot be here on earth when the
LORD pours out His wrath on disobedient humanity. </span></p><p><a class="html-attribute-value html-external-link" href="http://zephaniah.eu/index_htm_files/Cautionary%20Words%20on%20the%20End%20Time%20from%20H%20A%20Ironside.pdf" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="font-family: monospace; white-space: pre;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Zephaniah</span></a></p>Vulcão Ativo - Vilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04762736963640210106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084779094786691009.post-51335853928627097272022-08-12T09:01:00.005-07:002022-08-12T09:01:44.893-07:00Conheça Dexter, o cão que aprendeu a andar como um humano<p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;">Dexter, um Brittany Spaniel de 7 anos do Colorado, tornou-se uma inspiração para muitos ao redor do mundo depois que aprendeu sozinho a se levantar e andar sobre as patas traseiras após sofrer um acidente.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Quando ele era apenas um filhote, Dexter escapou do quintal de seus donos em Ouray, Colorado, disparou no trânsito e foi atropelado por um carro. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Uma de suas patas dianteiras teve que ser amputada e a outra foi severamente danificada. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Mas ele sobreviveu, e isso era tudo com que seus donos se importavam. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Eles assumiram que ele precisaria de algum tipo de cadeira de rodas para se locomover sem as patas dianteiras, e ele usou uma por um tempo, mas só até aprender que podia andar muito mais rápido sozinho com as patas traseiras. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Desde então, ele tem andado como um ser humano, virando cabeças pela cidade e inspirando o mundo inteiro.</span></span></p><div class="mmt-primary" id="mmt-85da50a6-2740-4bf6-a9a8-3de41cbb0b0a" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><div class="videoMainContainer" id="mmt-85da50a6-2740-4bf6-a9a8-3de41cbb0b0a-ad"></div></div><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-76492 aligncenter" height="422" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://www.odditycentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Dexter-bipedal-dog-750x422.jpg" srcset="https://www-odditycentral-com.translate.goog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Dexter-bipedal-dog-750x422.jpg?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=pt&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=wapp 750w,https://www-odditycentral-com.translate.goog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Dexter-bipedal-dog-150x84.jpg?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=pt&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=wapp 150w,https://www-odditycentral-com.translate.goog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Dexter-bipedal-dog-768x432.jpg?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=pt&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=wapp 768w,https://www-odditycentral-com.translate.goog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Dexter-bipedal-dog-1536x864.jpg?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=pt&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=wapp 1536w,https://www-odditycentral-com.translate.goog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Dexter-bipedal-dog.jpg?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=pt&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=wapp 1920w" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" width="750" /><span style="color: white;"><span id="more-76491" style="background-color: black;"></span></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Kentee Pasek aprendeu pela primeira vez sobre a habilidade de Dexter de andar sobre as patas traseiras quando ela o deixou no pé de sua varanda um dia, apenas para sair e encontrá-lo deitado no topo da escada. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Ele estava sem sua cadeira de rodas, então ela não conseguia descobrir como ele tinha chegado lá. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Então ela pegou seu telefone, colocou Dexter no pé da escada novamente e pegou o milagre na câmera.</span></span></p><div class="mmt-primary mmt-flight" id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><div id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc-pos" style="display: table; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center;"><div id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc-ad"></div></div></div><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Desde então, Dexter só melhorou em ser bípede, e agora ele é capaz de passear pela cidade. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Como você pode imaginar, ele se tornou uma celebridade local, e todo mundo adora vê-lo passar e participar de desfiles e festivais anuais. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Ele sempre coloca um sorriso no rosto das pessoas e as lembra que não importa o quanto a vida te derrube, sempre há uma maneira de se levantar.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="422" loading="lazy" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vkNnd-JkM5Q" title="Reprodutor de vídeo do YouTube" width="750"></iframe></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Dexter também se tornou grande nas mídias sociais, com centenas de milhares de fãs no </span><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=en&tl=pt&hl=pt-BR&client=webapp&u=https://www.instagram.com/dexterdogouray/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Instagram</a><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> e no </span><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=en&tl=pt&hl=pt-BR&client=webapp&u=https://www.tiktok.com/@dexterdogouray" rel="nofollow noopener" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">TikTok</a><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> . </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Algumas pessoas ocasionalmente deixam comentários negativos acusando seus donos de treiná-lo para andar como um humano por atenção, mas de acordo com Kentee Pasek e vários veterinários, a habilidade de Dexter é apenas sua maneira única de se adaptar para superar as adversidades.</span></span></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">E pensar que a maioria das pessoas no lugar dos donos de Dexter provavelmente o teria colocado no chão após o acidente, em vez de vê-lo sofrer. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Mas Pasek simplesmente não conseguia fazer isso sem lhe dar uma chance de lutar.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="422" loading="lazy" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ry2QA4nu5a4" title="Reprodutor de vídeo do YouTube" width="750"></iframe></span></p><div class="mmt-primary mmt-flight" id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc.2" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><div id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc.2-pos" style="display: table; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center;"><div id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc.2-ad"></div></div></div><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">“Não achamos que ele conseguiria”, disse Kentee à </span><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=en&tl=pt&hl=pt-BR&client=webapp&u=https://people.com/pets/dexter-dog-viral-on-tiktok-walking-on-hind-legs/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">People.com</a><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> . </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">“Eu não poderia derrubá-lo sem lhe dar uma chance, eu simplesmente não podia.”</span></span></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">O caso de Dexter é muito raro, mas não é único. </span><a href="https://www-odditycentral-com.translate.goog/pics/faith-the-biped-dog.html?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=pt&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=wapp" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Era uma vez uma cadela chamada Faith</a><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span class="" style="vertical-align: inherit;"> que teve as duas patas dianteiras amputadas quando era filhote e aprendeu a se mover sozinha nas patas traseiras. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Ela se tornou uma inspiração para milhões em todo o mundo e até teve uma fundação com o nome dela.</span></span></span></p>Vulcão Ativo - Vilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04762736963640210106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084779094786691009.post-31560980736596190842022-08-12T08:58:00.002-07:002022-08-12T08:58:31.973-07:00Este viaduto alucinante é considerado o mais difícil de navegar do mundo<p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;">Com 20 rampas entrelaçadas em cinco níveis e conectando três grandes vias expressas, o viaduto Huangjuewan em Chongqing é considerado o viaduto mais complicado do mundo.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Quando as primeiras fotos do viaduto de Huangjuewan chegaram à internet, alguns anos atrás, elas causaram uma mistura de choque, espanto e preocupação, especialmente entre os motoristas. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Muitos estavam se perguntando como os motoristas menos experientes deveriam encontrar o caminho com tantas rampas e pistas para escolher. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">E, mesmo que você se considere um motorista experiente, Huangjuewan parece um pouco assustador, pelo menos à primeira vista. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Apesar das alegações de seus projetistas de que parece muito mais complicado do que realmente é, Huangjuewan tornou-se conhecido como o viaduto mais complicado do mundo.</span></span></p><div class="mmt-primary" id="mmt-85da50a6-2740-4bf6-a9a8-3de41cbb0b0a" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><div class="videoMainContainer" id="mmt-85da50a6-2740-4bf6-a9a8-3de41cbb0b0a-ad"></div></div><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-76508 aligncenter" height="495" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://www.odditycentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/most-complicated-overpass.jpg" srcset="https://www-odditycentral-com.translate.goog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/most-complicated-overpass.jpg?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=pt&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=wapp 750w,https://www-odditycentral-com.translate.goog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/most-complicated-overpass-150x99.jpg?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=pt&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=wapp 150w" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" width="750" /><span style="color: white;"><span id="more-76507" style="background-color: black;"></span></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; vertical-align: inherit;">“Você terá que dirigir por toda a cidade se pegar a rampa errada”, comentou um motorista em uma foto do viaduto de Huangjuewan um tempo atrás, enquanto outros se perguntavam se seus sistemas de GPS seriam de alguma ajuda, considerando os cinco níveis verticais onde as rampas estão posicionadas.</span></p><div class="mmt-primary mmt-flight" id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><div id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc-pos" style="display: table; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center;"><div id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc-ad"></div></div></div><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="422" loading="lazy" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fphoto.php%3Ffbid%3D10219926787372478%26set%3Da.4363152549407%26type%3D3&width=750&show_text=true&appId=279842835470946&height=1000" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; overflow: hidden;" width="750"></iframe></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; vertical-align: inherit;">Concluído em 2017, após cinco anos de planejamento e outros sete anos de trabalho de construção real, o viaduto de Huangjuewan é considerado uma maravilha arquitetônica, e seu designer-chefe insiste que quaisquer preocupações sobre a navegação no viaduto são infundadas.</span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="489" loading="lazy" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fchinaplussa%2Fphotos%2Fa.1522307717855872%2F1569007693185874%2F%3Ftype%3D3&width=750&show_text=false&appId=279842835470946&height=489" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; overflow: hidden;" width="750"></iframe></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Liu Bangjun disse ao </span><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=en&tl=pt&hl=pt-BR&client=webapp&u=http://en.people.cn/n3/2017/0602/c90000-9223502.html" rel="nofollow noopener" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">People's Daily</a><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> que as 20 rampas do viaduto de Huangjuewan eram necessárias para facilitar a navegação. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Como ele conecta três vias expressas e outras rodovias regionais, os projetistas levaram em consideração o erro humano e adicionaram rampas extras para ajudar os motoristas a dar a volta mais rapidamente. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">De acordo com Liu, no caso de escolher a pista errada, os motoristas têm uma opção de saída em 10 minutos, e os sinais de trânsito são muito visíveis, então mesmo que as rampas do viaduto de Huangjuewan sigam em oito direções diferentes, os motoristas não devem ficar muito preocupados.</span></span></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="422" loading="lazy" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/T31_cWIkh30" title="Reprodutor de vídeo do YouTube" width="750"></iframe></span></p><div class="mmt-primary mmt-flight" id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc.2" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><div id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc.2-pos" style="display: table; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center;"><div id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc.2-ad"></div></div></div><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">A China tem criado alguns viadutos bem loucos ultimamente. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Em 2018, apresentamos o </span></span><a href="https://www-odditycentral-com.translate.goog/architecture/this-chinese-interchange-looks-like-a-giant-rollercoaster.html?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=pt&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=wapp" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Qianchun Interchange</a><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> , outra maravilha de infraestrutura composta por 18 rampas diferentes, com a mais alta a 37 metros acima do solo.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="422" loading="lazy" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FXnoIAMiD3Y" title="Reprodutor de vídeo do YouTube" width="750"></iframe></span></p><div class="onlydesktop" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"></div><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"></p><aside class="mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;"><div class="mashsb-box" style="line-height: 1;"><div class="mashsb-buttons" style="align-items: flex-start; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap;"><a class="mashicon-facebook mash-large mash-center mashsb-noshadow" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=en&tl=pt&hl=pt-BR&client=webapp&u=https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.odditycentral.com%252Farchitecture%252Fthis-mindboggling-overpass-is-considered-the-worlds-most-difficult-to-navigate.html" rel="nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-radius: 0px; border: 0px; box-shadow: none; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; flex: 1 1 auto; float: left; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-right: 3px; min-width: 0px; padding: 13px; position: relative; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_top"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span class="icon" style="display: initial;"></span><span class="text" style="font-family: sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Compartilhar</span></span></a></div></div></aside>Vulcão Ativo - Vilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04762736963640210106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084779094786691009.post-77821621417679616282022-08-12T08:50:00.002-07:002022-08-12T08:50:42.449-07:00Futebol alpino extremo é jogado apenas nas encostas das montanhas mais íngremes<p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;">Como o nome sugere, o futebol alpino é uma variação do esporte competitivo mais popular do mundo que é jogado em encostas íngremes de montanhas para torná-lo mais difícil.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">A maioria dos esportes competitivos geralmente ocorre em campos nivelados, mas no caso do futebol alpino, uma das principais condições é que o campo seja íngreme. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Parece impossível, mas um grupo de fãs de futebol nos Alpes austríacos afirma que é a melhor maneira de praticar seu esporte favorito. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Eles tiveram a ideia de um futebol alpino extremo durante a Copa do Mundo de 2014, enquanto assistiam a um jogo chato e pensavam em maneiras de apimentá-lo um pouco.</span></span></p><div class="mmt-primary" id="mmt-85da50a6-2740-4bf6-a9a8-3de41cbb0b0a" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><div class="videoMainContainer" id="mmt-85da50a6-2740-4bf6-a9a8-3de41cbb0b0a-ad"></div></div><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-76563 aligncenter" height="563" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://www.odditycentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/alpine-football.jpg" srcset="https://www-odditycentral-com.translate.goog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/alpine-football.jpg?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=pt&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=wapp 750w,https://www-odditycentral-com.translate.goog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/alpine-football-150x113.jpg?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=pt&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=wapp 150w" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" width="750" /><span style="color: white;"><span id="more-76562" style="background-color: black;"></span></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">“Estávamos assistindo aos jogos e os achamos muito chatos”, disse o co-inventor do futebol alpino </span><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=en&tl=pt&hl=pt-BR&client=webapp&u=https://www.vans.mercedes-benz.com/vans/en/mercedes-benz-vans/insights/stories/mercedes-benz-sprinter-4x4-alpine-soccer" rel="nofollow noopener" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Franz Mair</a><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> . </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">“Então, Peppi – Peppi Knünz, o outro inventor do esporte – me disse: 'A maneira como eles jogam não é difícil o suficiente e eles deveriam tentar subir e descer nossas montanhas. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Eles logo ficariam sem fôlego...' E então pensamos: 'Eles podem até não conseguir jogar – mas nós e nossos rapazes, nós conseguiríamos!'”</span></span></span></p><div class="mmt-primary mmt-flight" id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><div id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc-pos" style="display: table; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center;"><div id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc-ad"></div></div></div><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">O terreno plano é muito difícil de encontrar nos Alpes, por isso é mais frequentemente usado para coisas mais importantes do que jogar futebol, então os fãs do esporte em uma dessas áreas montanhosas decidiram transformar limões em limonada e usar o terreno para inventar uma nova variação. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Agora, os moradores se orgulham de jogar apenas futebol alpino.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="422" loading="lazy" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5qwDrjTinMk" title="Reprodutor de vídeo do YouTube" width="750"></iframe></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">“Qualquer um pode jogar em campos planos”, diz Alois Gantner, treinador da equipe 'Supa Burschis'. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">“Em Montafon, jogamos apenas nas encostas mais íngremes que podemos encontrar.”</span></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; vertical-align: inherit;">As regras do futebol alpino extremo são as mesmas da versão regular, com a única diferença sendo a necessidade de pernas fortes e grande resistência para lutar contra a gravidade no campo irregular.</span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="422" loading="lazy" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rk9evgiqnKg" title="Reprodutor de vídeo do YouTube" width="750"></iframe></span></p><div class="mmt-primary mmt-flight" id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc.2" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><div id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc.2-pos" style="display: table; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center;"><div id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc.2-ad"></div></div></div><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">O futebol alpino extremo parece intrigante, divertido, até, mas o que acontece quando a bola começa a rolar ladeira abaixo a cada poucos minutos, talvez até segundos? </span><span class="" style="vertical-align: inherit;">Quem desce atrás dele, apenas para ter que fazer a subida de volta ao campo? </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">As coisas começam a piorar muito rápido se isso começar a acontecer com frequência, imagino…</span></span></p>Vulcão Ativo - Vilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04762736963640210106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084779094786691009.post-86962332072736663972022-08-12T08:46:00.002-07:002022-08-12T08:46:29.188-07:00Arte da Tempestade de Gelo<p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span class="" style="vertical-align: inherit;">Quem já disse que natureza não faz arte, precisa dar uma olhada nessas fotos. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Foi isso que uma tempestade de gelo criou em </span></span><strong>Ontika Falls</strong><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> , perto da cidade de Toila, na Estônia.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-62460 aligncenter" height="1000" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://www.odditycentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/Valaste-falls-750x1000.jpg" srcset="https://www-odditycentral-com.translate.goog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/Valaste-falls-750x1000.jpg?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=pt&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=wapp 750w,https://www-odditycentral-com.translate.goog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/Valaste-falls-112x150.jpg?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=pt&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=wapp 112w,https://www-odditycentral-com.translate.goog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/Valaste-falls-768x1024.jpg?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=pt&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=wapp 768w,https://www-odditycentral-com.translate.goog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/Valaste-falls.jpg?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=pt&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=wapp 800w" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" width="750" /><span style="color: white;"><span id="more-155" style="background-color: black;"></span></span></p><div class="mmt-primary" id="mmt-85da50a6-2740-4bf6-a9a8-3de41cbb0b0a" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><div class="videoMainContainer" id="mmt-85da50a6-2740-4bf6-a9a8-3de41cbb0b0a-ad"></div></div><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><em><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Foto: </span></span><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=en&tl=pt&hl=pt-BR&client=webapp&u=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Valaste_falls_3.jpg" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="mw-mmv-author"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Hendrixeesti/Wikimedia Commons</span></span></span></a> </span></em></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-62461 aligncenter" height="1200" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px" src="https://www.odditycentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/Valaste-falls2-591x1200.jpg" srcset="https://www-odditycentral-com.translate.goog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/Valaste-falls2-591x1200.jpg?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=pt&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=wapp 591w,https://www-odditycentral-com.translate.goog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/Valaste-falls2-74x150.jpg?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=pt&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=wapp 74w,https://www-odditycentral-com.translate.goog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/Valaste-falls2-768x1558.jpg?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=pt&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=wapp 768w,https://www-odditycentral-com.translate.goog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/Valaste-falls2.jpg?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=pt&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=wapp 800w" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" width="591" /></p><div class="mmt-primary mmt-flight" id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><div id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc-pos" style="display: table; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center;"><div id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc-ad"></div></div></div><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><em><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Foto: </span></span><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=en&tl=pt&hl=pt-BR&client=webapp&u=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Valaste_falls_1.jpg" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="mw-mmv-author"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Hendrixeesti/Wikimedia Commons</span></span></span></a> </span></em></p>Vulcão Ativo - Vilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04762736963640210106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084779094786691009.post-45960883655574773922022-08-12T08:39:00.000-07:002022-08-12T08:39:12.879-07:00Hooded Pitohui - o primeiro pássaro venenoso cientificamente confirmado do mundo<p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;">O pitohui encapuzado, uma pequena ave endêmica da Papua Nova Guiné, é a primeira e única ave venenosa cientificamente confirmada no mundo.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">O povo melanésio de Papua-Nova Guiné sabe há muito tempo manter as mãos longe do pitohui encapuzado, mas para o mundo ocidental, o potencial tóxico do pássaro só foi descoberto por acaso há pouco mais de três décadas. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Em 1990, o ornitólogo Jack Dumbacher estava na ilha do Pacífico procurando pássaros do paraíso. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Ele colocou delicadas redes de neblina entre as árvores para pegá-los e acabou com alguns pássaros pitohui encapuzados nelas também. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Enquanto tentava tirar os pássaros das armadilhas, eles arranhavam e mordiam seus dedos, e ele instintivamente colocou as mãos na boca para aliviar a dor. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Quase imediatamente, Dumbacher sentiu seus lábios e língua ficarem dormentes. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Eles então começaram a queimar e fizeram isso por horas. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Mais tarde, suspeitando que os sintomas fossem causados pela ave, ele pegou uma pena de pitohui e a colocou na boca. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">A dormência e a dor resultante retornaram rapidamente.</span></span></p><div class="mmt-primary" id="mmt-85da50a6-2740-4bf6-a9a8-3de41cbb0b0a" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><div class="videoMainContainer" id="mmt-85da50a6-2740-4bf6-a9a8-3de41cbb0b0a-ad"></div></div><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-76642 aligncenter" height="563" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://www.odditycentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Hooded_Pitohui-750x563.jpg" srcset="https://www-odditycentral-com.translate.goog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Hooded_Pitohui-750x563.jpg?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=pt&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=wapp 750w,https://www-odditycentral-com.translate.goog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Hooded_Pitohui-150x113.jpg?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=pt&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=wapp 150w,https://www-odditycentral-com.translate.goog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Hooded_Pitohui-768x576.jpg?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=pt&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=wapp 768w,https://www-odditycentral-com.translate.goog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Hooded_Pitohui.jpg?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=pt&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=wapp 800w" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" width="750" /><span style="color: white;"><span id="more-76641" style="background-color: black;"></span></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><em><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Foto: </span></span><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=en&tl=pt&hl=pt-BR&client=webapp&u=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pitohui_dichrous%23/media/File:Hooded_Pitohui_1.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Benjamin Freeman/Wikimedia Commons</span></span></a><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> ( </span></span><a class="mw-mmv-license" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=en&tl=pt&hl=pt-BR&client=webapp&u=https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">CC BY 4.0</span></span></a><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> )</span></span></span></em></p><div class="mmt-primary mmt-flight" id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><div id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc-pos" style="display: table; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center;"><div id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc-ad"></div></div></div><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">A Wikipedia relata que no mesmo ano em que Jack Dumbacher fez sua descoberta fortuita, os cientistas que preparavam as carcaças de pitohuis encapuzados para exposições em museus experimentaram dormência e queimação ao manuseá-los. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">No entanto, a maioria das fontes credita a Dumbacher por descobrir a natureza venenosa do pássaro. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Ele perguntou aos nativos da Nova Guiné sobre o pitohui e todos pareciam saber sobre sua toxicidade. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Eles o chamavam de “pássaro do lixo”, pois exalava um odor fétido quando cozido e só era consumido como último recurso, quando não havia outra fonte de alimento disponível.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Querendo aprender mais sobre pitohuis e seu veneno, Jack Dumbacher enviou algumas penas para John W. Daly, do National Institutes of Health, que era o principal cientista do mundo em toxinas naturais. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Durante a década de 1960, ele havia identificado a batracotoxina como a toxina nos sapos venenosos da Colômbia e, por sorte, ele encontrou a mesma família de toxinas nas penas do pitohui encapuzado.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="580" loading="lazy" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fphoto.php%3Ffbid%3D10212038128010488%26set%3Da.3414127793945%26type%3D3&width=750&show_text=true&appId=279842835470946&height=580" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; overflow: hidden;" width="750"></iframe></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Os compostos conhecidos como batracotoxinas (BTXs) são alcalóides esteroidais neurotóxicos que atuam interrompendo o fluxo de íons sódio através de canais nas membranas nervosas e musculares, causando dormência e queimação em baixas concentrações, e paralisia, seguida de parada cardíaca e morte, em concentrações mais elevadas. . </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Eles são reconhecidos como os compostos mais tóxicos em peso em toda a natureza (250 vezes mais tóxicos que a estricnina).</span></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Pesquisas subsequentes mostraram que os pitohuis encapuzados armazenavam toxinas tanto em sua pele e penas, mas também em seus ossos e órgãos internos, embora em concentrações significativamente mais baixas. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">O fato de esse veneno ter sido encontrado no sistema interno do pássaro sugere que eles têm uma insensibilidade a ele. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Curiosamente, a concentração de batracotoxina varia muito por indivíduo, bem como geograficamente.</span></span></p><div class="mmt-primary mmt-flight" id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc.2" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><div id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc.2-pos" style="display: table; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center;"><div id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc.2-ad"></div></div></div><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="606" loading="lazy" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fphoto.php%3Ffbid%3D133361067458078%26set%3Da.133092564151595%26type%3D3&width=750&show_text=true&appId=279842835470946&height=606" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; overflow: hidden;" width="750"></iframe></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; vertical-align: inherit;">A fonte da toxina em pitohuis encapuzados tem sido tema de grande debate entre os cientistas, mas o consenso geral é que as aves não produzem o veneno, mas obtêm-no de sua dieta, especificamente besouros Choresine que também contêm a toxina.</span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">A razão pela qual o pitohui encapuzado é venenoso também ainda não foi determinado. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Alguns cientistas acreditam que é um impedimento para predadores, mas há poucas evidências para apoiar essa teoria. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Os sapos minúsculos precisam de toda a ajuda possível para manter os predadores afastados, mas um pássaro voando livremente? </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Além disso, as concentrações de batracotoxina em pitohuis encapuzados são cerca de três ordens de magnitude menores do que nos sapos venenosos.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="581" loading="lazy" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fphoto.php%3Ffbid%3D10151948987687493%26set%3Da.487511267492%26type%3D3&width=750&show_text=true&appId=279842835470946&height=581" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; overflow: hidden;" width="750"></iframe></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">A explicação mais plausível é que a toxina em sua pele e penas é projetada para manter os parasitas afastados. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Experimentos mostraram que os piolhos tendiam a evitar penas tóxicas de pitohui encapuzado, e aqueles que os infectavam viviam vidas mais curtas do que os piolhos de controle. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">No entanto, as batracotoxinas não parecem ter efeito sobre os parasitas internos.</span></span></p><div class="mmt-primary mmt-flight" id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc.3" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><div id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc.3-pos" style="display: table; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center;"><div id="mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc.3-ad"></div></div></div><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Então aí está, da próxima vez que você pensar em animais venenosos, cobras, sapos, aranhas e peixes não serão os únicos que virão à sua mente. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Existe agora uma ave venenosa cientificamente reconhecida e seu nome é</span></span><del><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">pássaro de lixo</span></del><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">pitohui encapuzado.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="422" loading="lazy" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Zj6O8WJ3qtE" title="Reprodutor de vídeo do YouTube" width="750"></iframe></span></p><div class="onlydesktop" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"></div><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"></p><aside class="mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched" style="background-color: white; color: #5b6265; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;"><div class="mashsb-box" style="line-height: 1;"><div class="mashsb-buttons" style="align-items: flex-start; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap;"></div></div></aside>Vulcão Ativo - Vilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04762736963640210106noreply@blogger.com0