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PETER HIGGS DIED 8th APRIL 2024
MicleeGood joke. Perhaps it should be told to astronauts at the next launch. It should give them a, BOOST.
RE: Uranus Is The Planetary Ruler Of Aquarius And Obits The Sun In 84.3 Years.
welcome back!Wondered where you went!
UK & USA ELECTIONS THIS YEAR. UKRAINE?
MerlotYes. Good idea. Time to surrender and give Putin what he wants. He can then consolidate and move on to the next invasion. China can then see the result and focus on Taiwan knowing that if Russia can do it, so can they. Iran can step up their military and nuclear projects and create more chaos in the middle East. North Korea will continue developing their weaponry and why not invade the South.
Good thinking you.
RE: PETER HIGGS DIED 8th APRIL 2024
A photon checked into a hotel.Desk clerk - "Do you have any luggage?"
Photon - "No. I'm traveling light."
RE: Desperate Move
Enter the U.S. illegally & go to a Sanctuary City!
The story goes that you'll get put up in a classy hotel & get $1000s Every Single MONTH!!
Blockbuster New Disaster Movie Depicts Falling Space Junk Destroying A Texas City
It's better to be Seen than Viewed.
RE: Blockbuster New Disaster Movie Depicts Falling Space Junk Destroying A Texas City
Disastet being an example
RE: Blockbuster New Disaster Movie Depicts Falling Space Junk Destroying A Texas City
Good to see your backOr a
Should that read you are back ?
English-speaking is very hard for the english let alone the other countries that share the Anglo saxon tongue
Useless trivia
A Wisconsin woman who at age 12 said she stabbed a sixth-grade classmate nearly to death to please the online horror character Slender Man remains a risk to the public and won't be released yet from a psychiatric hospital, a judge has said
G'day, m'dear Witch!RE: Desperate Move
He's getting good return on the "investment".The legacy media that swore they'd not give him any coverage/publicity are now giving him Publicity Galore.
Every time he enters/leaves a courtroom he reaches more people than holding a Trump Rally.
He's playin' 'em like a violin.
"They're gonna indict me right into the White House." - Donald Trump
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What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
And so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, I am exceedingly afraid and trembling. If you're wondering where Moses said that, it's a whole different discussion.I don't want to get into today. But if you're that interested in it, come ask me about it after the service and I'll tell you so.
The writer of Hebrews describes the reaction we've been talking about of God's people to the revelation of God's glory physically manifesting on Mt. Sinai.
But the right of Hebrews says this to the believer, to you and I, he says. But that's not your situation. That's not your reality. You haven't come to Mt. Sinai. He says this in verses to see if I can get through this. But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, to the General Assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven to God, the judge of all, to the spirits of Just man made perfect.
The writer says you haven't come to Mt. Sinai. Now, you've been given access all the way to the throne of God in heaven. And how is that possible? How is that possible? Well, it's because the writer tells us that we've also been given access for 24, underline this to Jesus, the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.
You see, Moses was the mediator of the old covenant known as the law. Through Moses, God gave man the list of laws that lay out what a man or woman would need to do, how a man or woman would need to live in order to meet God's standard and gain access to heaven through being a good person.
The bad news is that the standard of the law is perfection. It is unattainable for any mortal man or woman, we're doomed under the law, we're doomed. But the good news is that after Moses came a better mediator, a mediator of a new covenant, and in the new covenant, the deal is not perfect, and you'll be welcomed in. That's not good news in the New Covenant, the deal is Jesus has been perfect for you. So come in.
Come on in. And not only that, but Jesus are greater than Moses also died in our place as our Passover lamb so that all the sins that we've committed. Every sin we will commit has been paid for.
You see, under the old covenant, there had to be sacrifices, the blood of animals and those sacrifices didn't actually pay for any since they simply pointed ahead to the only blood that could pay for since the blood of Jesus. So make a note of this, Jesus are greater than Moses is our mediator. He's our mediator. And as the Lord would design it, Moses actually prophesied about Jesus in Deuteronomy 18, it's on your outlines.
And he said to the people of Israel, the Lord, your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your midst, from your brethren, is speaking about Jesus, even though he didn't know it. Probably. Now skip down to verse 28 and Hebrews 12, it says. Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.
And then underline Verse 8 29. Notice the tense. It's present tense, for our God is a consuming fire. I want to correct one of the most common misperceptions in the church, there's this perception that, man, aren't you glad that we get New Testament God, the nice kind God and not Old Testament cranky kill everybody?
God, there's this perception in the church. There's this perception that that God changed like around the time Jesus came, like God went to a life coaching seminar and changed his outlook on the human race and became a softer, gentler version.
Here's the reality. We do not have access to God because God diminished. Or reduced his glory in some way. We do not have access to God because he turned down his glory so that we could be around him. OK, I'll turn it down a little bit so I can be around you sinners.
What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
This is the deal. They recognize they need a mediator, Verse 20. And Moses said to the people, well, do not fear, for God has come to test you. And that is fear may be before you so that you may not sin.So Moses says the purpose of God's display here is not to destroy you, it's to help you understand who God really is so that you will take him and his word seriously.
So that you'll understand this is not one of the gods of Egypt, we're talking about this God is real, and you know why that's a good thing.
Do you know why having a fear of the Lord is a blessing seven times in the Bible? Fear of the Lord is directly linked to wisdom in Joe, Psalms, Proverbs and Isaiah, a fear of the Lord is directly linked to wisdom, real wisdom, the kind of wisdom that helps you make decisions that lead to a fulfilling and a meaningful life.
That kind of wisdom only comes from God. And the way to walk in it is to live according to the word and ways of God. And when you have a right fear of God, it makes you take his words seriously and it makes you let the word of God actually guide your life.
And you find yourself enjoying the flavor and the goodness of God in your life in incredible ways. But the converse is also true. When you don't have a fear of the Lord, you will not take his words seriously, you will not take sin seriously. And let me tell you one thing you can always count on. Sin leads to death, always death in relationships, your mental health, your self-esteem, you name it. Sin destroys life in every area of life.
And so this is why Moses says this isn't the fear that leads to death. This is the kind of fear that leads to life that helps you live wisely. This is why when we find ourselves not experiencing life. In an area of our life, we need to ask ourselves difficult questions like am I displaying a right fear of the Lord in this area of my life?
What do I mean by that? What I mean is, am I taking what God's word says about this area of my life seriously? Or am I saying, no God needed, we got one right here, I'll call the shots. You see, God's not even the manager of that area of our lives, but we want to complain to him like he's the manager. Can I talk to a manager, please, about my love life? Because it's trash right now.
God's like, I don't know what you're talking about. I'm not the manager of your love life. A fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, the wisdom that leads to life, Verse 21.
So the people stood a far off, but Moses drew near the thickness, the thick darkness where God was.
Remember the picture we talked about? Moses is a picture of who? Jesus, not a trick question. You're like, Jesus, Jesus, yes, yes, you can say with confidence it's not going to change between 10 minutes ago and now. And what do we see here, Moses, who's a picture of Jesus, we see Moses being the only one in this instance.
Who approaches the presence of God, we see Moses acting as the mediator between God and people who hold on to that thought.
Moses is a picture of Jesus, but Jesus is our greater than Moses, the writer of Hebrews, I believe. Paul, I'll fight with you.
Bible students later explain to us why this is the case in Hebrews 12 as he lays out why our situation is different to the Israelis who were gathered around Mount Sinai back in Exodus.
This is a New Testament counterpart passage. I put it on your outlines or you can turn them in.
Your Bibles will begin in Hebrews 12- 18. We read this speaking to us as believers, for you have not come to the mountain that may be touched and that burned with fire and the blackness and darkness and tempest and the sound of a trumpet and the voice of words so that those who heard it begged that the words should not be spoken to them anymore, for they could not endure what was commanded. And if so much as a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned or shot with an arrow.
RE: Desperate Move
Have you considered porn? They pay big money if you let them in the back door
RE: Desperate Move
You could ask Donald Trump as he is currently paying 25,000 US dollars a DAY on legal fees
So far his bill for delaying tactics that all failed is around 1 million dollars.
RE: Desperate Move
In case anyone is interested... the conversion of P500,000. to USD is about $8,858.Useless trivia
A Vietnamese real estate tycoon was sentenced to death in the country’s biggest financial fraud case, a shocking development in an intensifying anti-corruption drive in the Southeast Asian nation.Truong My Lan, a high-profile businesswoman who chaired a sprawling company that developed luxury apartments, hotels, offices and shopping malls, was arrested in 2022. The 67-year-old was formally charged with fraud amounting to US$12.5 billion ($20.8b) — nearly 3 per cent of the country’s 2022 GDP.
Death sentences are not uncommon in Vietnam, but it is rare in financial crime cases and for someone this well known
Useless trivia
A massive missile and drone attack destroyed one of Ukraine's largest power plants and damaged others, officials said overnight, part of a renewed Russian campaign targeting energy infrastructure.How can anyone vote for Trump, when even his staff won’t support him.
This is hilarious, apparently Trumps lawyers fecked up with a subpoenaed witness for his upcoming criminal case.Trump’s attorneys tried to subpoena Jeremy Rosenberg, who had worked in the Manhattan district attorney’s office, then complained to the court that he was “flippant and dismissive” when he said he had none of the documents they wanted.
But it turns out there was a reason he didn’t have the documents: They had subpoenaed the wrong Jeremy Rosenberg.
Trump’s attorneys sent $15 to Rosenberg to help him send the paperwork.
“I’m keeping the fifteen dollars,” Rosenberg wrote back to the attorneys.
RE: UK & USA ELECTIONS THIS YEAR. UKRAINE?
It's time to ask the citizens of Ukraine.A public vote is needed to decide whether to keep on fighting or to end it now.
Russian forces outnumber Ukrainian troops by up to 10 times in the eastern regions.
Ukraine's parliament passed a bill which will oblige Ukrainian men between 18 and 60 to update their personal data with the military authorities to allow draft offices to see more easily who can be called up in any given region.
The people should be given truthful details of casualties to date. So far families don't always know if their sons and fathers are still alive because they are often listed as missing.
They should be told what the chances are of winning the war and driving the Russians completely out of their land. And this should come from an independant source, not Zelensky.
Patriotism and pride is all very well, it makes for good fighting talk but reality must kick in at some stage.
When this is over it wouldn't surprise me if Putin looks for war reparations.
RE: UK & USA ELECTIONS THIS YEAR. UKRAINE?
Wow. Interesting Blog ! Hope to see peace on earth in my lifetime.
UK & USA ELECTIONS THIS YEAR. UKRAINE?
Ukraine's biggest electric power station destroyed by Russians. This supplies power to three regions in the country.RE: PETER HIGGS DIED 8th APRIL 2024
Photosynthesis.
RE: D chat
Are you a Janitor? Cleaning toilets is a dirty job ordinarily but can you imagine one that is covered in soot after the toaster went on fire. Can you beat that?MOSES & TABLETS OF STONE
When Moses was up mount Sinai he was confronted with noise and brightness, and then he was taken up into an opening in the clouds. He assumed this to be God, but of course it was an extra terrestrial craft which he entered and where he received instructions for the future of his people. The tablets of stone supplied with instructions to civilise future generations and also specifications for the construction of the ark of the covenant. The ark would be the means of remote communication between the priests and the extra terrestrial beings.It would also be powered to help with the journey of the Israelites. The instructions given through this device must be adhered to.
This is not the account in the Bible, but what I believe most likely to have happened.
What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
The Decalogue has just been received by Moses. And now we pick up our study. And I taught through some of these verse is several months ago. But there's a few additional things I want to share with you about them today.So let's jump in. Exodus, chapter 20, verse 18. It says now all the people witness the thunder rings, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking. This is what they're seeing as they look at Mount Sinai and the physical presence of God.
The Shekinah glory of God rests on this mountain. And for those of you who have studied the Book of Revelation, you may notice that these are similar elements to John's description of Jesus in Revelation.
Chapter one, we keep reading and it says, And when the people saw it, they trembled and they stood a far off. Then they said to Moses, You speak with us and we will hear, but let not God speak with us lest we die. Moses has been up the mountain with God, and while he was up there, the people were terrified by what their senses were experiencing as they saw God's power physically manifest.
And I can tell you this, their reaction entirely appropriate, entirely appropriate, because we're talking about the almighty God pulling back the curtain for just a minute and letting his people get just a glimpse of his actual glory.
It was, in a word, overwhelming, overwhelming. And the people's fear came from their immediate understanding, immediate. No need to develop a theology here, an immediate recognition that God is not like us. He is not like us. He is other he in a millisecond, they understand he's not our buddy.
He's not our pal. He's not a cosmic vending machine. It's not a little idle that we've carved with our own hands. He is something else entirely in Israel's immediate reaction is. If we get too close to him, we're going to die if we're going to die. We don't know much, but we know that because he's not like us, there's sin in me.
And if God can't be in the presence of sin, I need to get very, very far away from God.
I wonder if they began to think about all the times they'd complain to Moses about God since they came out of Egypt. I wonder if they thought about all their questioning of him, all their accusations. I wish we could be back in Egypt. God's not going to take care of us. God's not powerful enough to act. I wonder if they thought about all the times they implied he actually wasn't good. It would be like trash talking, somebody who's incredibly big and strong and there without you realizing it.
They've walked up behind you while you've continued to talk trash about them.
And you turn around and they're just right there. And this is what's happening to them.
They're like they're like, yo, do you... Do you think God remembers all that stuff we said, you know, I don't know. Yeah. And they're like, well, I wasn't complaining. I mean, you were complaining. I, I thought everything was fine.
I had faith the whole time. The whole time. I'm speaking into the microphone the whole time, Lord.
So write this down. Israel recognized that they could not interact with God directly. They needed a mediator. They needed a mediator. That's their conclusion. And unsurprisingly, they looked to Moses because Moses had been in the presence of God and somehow had lived. They were like, we can't talk to God. You talk to him, pass on the message and we'll stay far away from God and live.
RE: O.J Simpson dead at 76
Considering their ages now I'm pretty sure they are aware of the facts but not actually wanting to face up to them.
What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
Our deliverer is, of course, Jesus Christ. That's right. Now, once they're out of Egypt, the next section, the next part of the story begins to unfold.When you become a follower of Jesus, you're your focus, your heart, your destination, your treasure is no longer in this world.
It's in heaven because that's where Jesus is.
And the call to follow Jesus is also the call to move your citizenship from earth to heaven. And so God has to get his people out of Egypt, which he does. But the next part of the story deals with the even bigger challenge of getting Egypt out of his people.
Which is a whole different deal, and like us, they've got to learn what it means to be the people of God, they've got to learn a new way to be human because God's ways are nothing like the ways of the world. And so God takes a two pronged approach to this challenge.
Firstly, God's people need to know and understand who their God is. They need to see his character and they need to see his power.
Just as we can only really develop real faith if we understand that there is a God who loves us, cares about us, and not only wants to help us, but is able to help us.
We need to understand his character and we need to understand his power that he has the power to back up his character.
Secondly, God's people need to know what it means to live as God's people. Practically, you're the people of God. Now, that's that's great.
Is there is there a book?
Is there a book, God's People for Dummies? Something like that we could read.
The answer's going to be, yes, there is. But they need to know what does it look like to be the people of God in everyday life? What does it look like in worship, in work, in marriage, in family? Well, shortly after letting them go, Pharaoh has a change of heart and he gives chase and the Israelites find themselves trapped against mountains and water with nowhere to go.
To make a long story short, is the recurring theme here. God moves in a miraculous way. The waters part Israel walks through on dry land. Egypt gives chase, God closes the waters in on Pharaoh and his army, and they drown all of them, all of them.
And so God was teaching Israel about his character that he cares about them and he cares about their safety. But he was also teaching them about his power. He can do whatever he wants and he can be powerful enough to act on their behalf.
And that's what the Lord wants to do in your life as well.
He wants you to experience and encounter his character and his power, because when you do, it will change everything about the way you trust him.
The Israelites go on to see more of these demonstrations of God's character and power as God miraculously provides water and food for the whole nation while they're in the wilderness, and he gives them a miraculous military victory over the Amalekites.
But God's people still needed the second part of that two pronged approach.
They needed practical instruction on what it meant to live as God's people on an everyday basis.
So God led his people to Mt. Sinai, the Mount of God, and there the very presence of God came down upon the mountain in an overwhelming way. God called up Moses and gave him the Ten Commandments, ten timeless moral laws written by the finger of God himself on two tablets of stone laws that form the foundation of how we are to interact with God and with each other. Laws that, like God, are our perfect, perfect.
And that's where we find ourselves in Exodus 20, the Ten Commandments, the Decalogue, if you take one thing away from this message to make yourself feel smarter, call the Ten Commandments the Decalogue, OK?
MOSES & TABLETS OF STONE
Apparently, Moses grew up in Egypt with the Pharaohs and experienced the tall monoliths that were capped with gold, as were the pyramids. Gold being a great conductor of energy. He also saw the design sculptured on a building of what appeared to be a similar shape to the ark of the covenant that he would later construct, and that represented energy combined again with a gold covering.