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    • From what I found, Rahab in that context was a Hebrew euphemism for Egypt. 
    • When this COVID-19 fiasco broke out, they interrupted all previous protocols and had it developed and distributed in less than a year. In my little town, we had traffic jams for several days and a line of cars a mile long to get the jab. Seeing all that reminded me of the mark of the beast. Whatever this mark turns out to be, the distribution appears to be completed in about the same amount of time, given the context of the time following the abomination that makes desolate. I will not detail or speculate my thoughts, but there has to be a great incentive and benefit (other than buying and selling or dying) for people to butt lines to get it, as it appears. These RFID implant chips for animals (what they now contain and could contain), wealthy people, and officials subjected to kidnapping, conditions of employment, etc., are becoming very interesting in light of prophetic scripture. It now does not leap into imagination anymore to see how all this is coming together with advanced technology, robotics, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, 5G, the global constellation of satellites via Space X and Elon Musk, etc. Interesting times!
    • This morning God impressed something on me from two devotionals.  One said this: "The authority of darkness is a very real thing to us. We have experiences, and if we were to capitulate to them, that would be the end of us. He tries to bring upon us that impingement of the authority of darkness, and if we surrender to it, capitulate to it, accept it, we are beaten." (from T. Auston Sparks, "The Centrality and Supremacy of the Lord Jesus Christ")  It went on to say that through our environments and feelings, Satan will try to put these things above Christ and who we are in Him. Then the second devotional (copied below) talked about how important it is that we always look to Christ in everything.  This is because, as Colossians 2:9 says, we "have been made full in Him!"  So what is critical and needed is that we always endeavor to view ourselves as God does, and speak that reality to ourselves and others in the body of Christ! God's Estimate of Things "For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you have been made full in Him, who is the head of all principality and power." Colossians 2:9-10 If God's estimate of things is centered in His Son so that all the fullness of the Godhead dwells in Him, then who am I to challenge God about what is important in my life? I surely do not want to go after something other than Him. It is God who said that the fullness dwells in Him. Are we going to challenge God's interpretation of our life? Do we think we need something more than Christ? A better husband? A better wife? A better job? A better environment? Better security? Do not challenge God. God says, "In Him dwells all the fullness." And not only so, "You have been made full in Him." What contentment! What satisfaction! I might be deprived in my outward circumstances. I might even be tried to the limit, but I have a Christ in me who is rich and all-sufficient. He is my fullness and my satisfaction. Because Paul knew Christ as his fullness and his satisfaction, he could be in prison and talk about always rejoicing (Phil. 4:4). He could pray, sing, and praise the Lord in the midst of suffering, because his understanding was so full and rich with Christ (Acts 16:24-25). The "full assurance of understanding" and "the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord" were constantly ushering Paul into more and more experiences of Christ in his daily life (Col. 2:2; Phil. 3:7-8). (from "The Supplied Life" by B. Freeman)
    • Has anyone ever heard the theory Rahab was a planet? I am omitting the harlot Rahab; what or who is the other Rahab? In most myths, there are usually kernels of truth. I have assumed Rahab was an ancient city destroyed, as most commentators agree. The following includes snippets from Tim Alberino’s book, "Birthright.” His book and thoughts are sometimes out of the mainstream, but interesting: Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them. (Psalm 89:9 KJV) Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm. (Psalm 89:10 KJV) Job 26:12 (ESV) By his power he stilled the sea; by his understanding he shattered Rahab. Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? (Isaiah 51:9) RAHAB (Rāʹ hăb) Name meaning “arrogant, raging, turbulent, afflicter.” 1. Primeval sea monster representing the forces of chaos that God overcame in creation (Job 9:13; 26:12; Ps. 89:10; Isa. 51:9; cp. Ps. 74:12–17). 2. Symbolic name for Egypt (Ps. 87:4). Isaiah 30:7 includes a compound name Rahab-hem-shebeth.1 1 Brand, Chad, et al., editors. “Rahab.” Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Holman Bible Publishers, 2003, p. 1362. Many times in scripture, raging seas are not literal oceans but metaphors for chaos, danger, and places that are dangerous to humans and unhabitable. In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. (Isaiah 27:1) [Does this sound like a fish?] The desolated topography of Earth’s neighboring planets, marred by the gaping craters of intense meteoric bombardment, implies that some cataclysmic event rocked the solar system. The asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter is likely the debris of an obliterated planet called Rahab, one of the seven shattered vessels of Edom. Stilling and ruling the raging sea are metaphors for quelling and subduing insurrection. The shattering of Rahab was the decisive blow that pierced the dragon and brought his rebellion to an abrupt and devastating end. When Rahab exploded, its smoldering shards rained down on the planets in its vicinity, each one striking with a force many thousands of times more powerful than a nuclear bomb, igniting their atmospheres with a firestorm hot enough to liquefy solid rock and vaporize everything else. Psalm 89 provides a fitting synopsis of the concepts presented thus far. Written in memorial of the dragon’s rebellion, the psalm proclaims a solemn warning to all those who would dare to defy the King of heaven and rise up against him: For who in the skies [cosmos] can be compared to the Lord? Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord, a God greatly to be feared in the council of the holy ones [cherubim], and awesome above all who are around him? O Lord God of hosts [armies], who is mighty as you are, O Lord, with your faithfulness [faithful] all around you? You rule the raging of the sea [insurrection]; when its waves rise, you still them. You crushed Rahab like a carcass; you scattered your enemies with your mighty arm [the Son of God]. The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours; the world and all that is in it, you have founded them. (Psalm 89:6-11 ESV) 1 1Alberino, Timothy. Birthright: The Coming Posthuman Apocalypse and the Usurpation of Adam's Dominion on Planet Earth (p. 62). Alberino Publishing. Kindle Edition.  Rahab (monster). ray´hab (Heb. rahab H8105, “assault, violence”). In the poetical books of the OT the name is applied to a monster or demonic power. The allusions occur in the context of God’s power in nature: he overcomes Rahab in a contest of force (Job 9:13; 26:12 [in parallel with “serpent,” v. 13]; Ps. 89:10 [in parallel with “enemies”]; Isa. 51:9 [in parallel with dragon]).11 Silva, Moisés, et al., editors. “Rahab (Monster).” Zondervan Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Revised, Zondervan, 2011, p. 1205.
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