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    The Chosen is still going strong I am sad to hear.   January 20, 2023  I posted one of my several blogs on why this series is so ungodly.  Please read  this one  if you have not.  I will not rewrite it now. I still believe every word I wrote. I am shocked and sad that Christians still have not awaken to this deceptive series.  I hope there are at least a few who have changed their minds over this past year.  May many more begin the new year free and forgiven of The Chosen. How can true believers who honor their Lord Jesus continue to follow an ungodly movie whose main character's  life is diametrically opposed to the One he is portraying?   J. R. has only one thing in common with Jesus and that is his first initial is the same as the English name of our Lord Jesus.  It is frightening to hear how many are seemingly worshiping this man, Jonathan Roumie, or the false Jesus he is portraying.  Another danger...

  An Insider’s Guide to the Most Important Story on Earth by Matti Friedman August 26, 2014 collection This article is part of The Decline of the American Press . See the full collection →︎ The Israel Story Is there anything left to say about Israel and Gaza? Newspapers this summer have been full of little else. Television viewers see heaps of rubble and plumes of smoke in their sleep. A representative article from a recent issue of The New Yorker described the summer’s events by dedicating one sentence each to the horrors in Nigeria and Ukraine, four sentences to the crazed génocidaires of ISIS, and the rest of the article—30 sentences—to Israel and Gaza. When the hysteria abates, I believe the events in Gaza will not be remembered by the world as particularly important. People were killed, most of them Palestinians, including many unarmed innocents. I wish I could say the tragedy of their deaths, or the deaths of Israel’s soldiers, will change something, that they m...

  Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee | Henry J. van Dyke Praise Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee Henry J. van Dyke , 1907 alt. copyright status is Public Domain Subject: Praise Scripture: Psalm 71:23 Hymn to Joy [ .xml ] Ludwig van Beethoven arr. by Edward Hodges , 1824 copyright status is Public Domain This song in other languages: .pdf Pусский (Russian) Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee, God of glory, Lord of love; Hearts unfold like flow’rs before Thee, Op’ni...

  Happy Hannukah from Israel! It is good to be back home with my family. My time in the U.S. was very special and the Lord accomplished much. However, I am thrilled to be in Israel with my wife and children, particularly during this time of war. October 7 ushered in a new era in the Arab-Israeli conflict . In the past, we’ve allowed evil to live just on the other side of our borders. We di...

"Many who are reading this are going through some form of trial or suffering. If it is causing you to question God’s goodness or faithfulness, remember, there are things to be learned from it. The greatest proof is how Jesus learned obedience through His suffering. We should learn the same thing through ours. Trial-free and suffering-free lives do not exist, and the presence of problems does not annul God’s goodness and kindness. John 16:33 “These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” The next life is nothing like this one. Because of that, we can be of good cheer. This world system and the fallen nature of man are soon to be replaced with “fullness of joy and pleasures forevermore” (Psalm 16:11) for all who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and are saved." You can find the entire Bible Bite two minute devotional of Amir on my u tube post for today. ...

May we all accept Jesus, our gift from God the Father.  In doing so we are accepting God's gift of salvation.    I pray none will refuse because they cannot understand or see the impact of our Gift from God in their lives.     Ephesians 2:8-9   "For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,  not of works, lest anyone should boast."   Why does anyone say they are too bad to accept this gift?  Why is it difficult for some to even accept a Christmas gift from mom or dad or son or daughter or sister?    I think the reason is a person's self-worth.  God explicitly says that His gift of salvation through Jesus Christ has nothing to do with how good someone is.  If only the good receive salvation, then it is based on how hard we work to get the gift.     I pray that this person desires God's gift of Jesus Christ so much that no thought of self worth is involved...

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  Jesus will return with the believers after the Time of Jacob's Troubles, the Tribulation Period of 7 years.  He will set up His 1000 year reign in which all must bow before Him as He reigns from Jerusalem.   One third of the Jews will be saved out of the Tribulation and will see Jesus when He comes in the clouds.   Zechariah 14:4-11 states,  " Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. 12  His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He [ a ] had a name written that no one knew except Himself. 13  He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. 14  And the armies in heaven, clothed in [ b ] fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. 15  Now out of His mouth goes a [ c ] sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself w...

Thirty percent of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation is Prophecy.  Jesus is in every book of the Bible. The Red Cord of Redemption runs through every book.  God's Eternal Plan for finite man expands with the Abrahamic Covenant which is fulfilled when the nation of Israel reigns with Jesus in the Millenium. Moreover, His promise to King David is also fulfilled when  the Nation of Israel finally reigns in Jerusalem with Jesus their King of kings and Lord of lords.  This is promised on every inch of the red cord throughout the entire Bible. Handel's Messiah  celebrates this truth with his anointed composition written to proclaim  the Word of God. "And He shall reign forever and ever!  Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!"  

  A Living Hope Dec 28, 2021 I could hear the music from the parking lot. I didn’t want to be up early and certainly not at a church. As a ten-year-old, I wanted to be at my friend’s house a little longer, enjoying pancakes and board games. But this music coming from the church was different from any hymn I’d heard before. There was something almost tangible about it. It was as if the Spirit of the Living God was using the praise music to hand me something I had never experienced before a living, breathing hope. It is where my faith journey began. Recently, I’ve been meditating on the fact that the God of the Old Covenant, who always had a barrier or massive scarlet curtain between Himself and mankind, allowed Himself to ...