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As a former nuclear engineer and reactor operator, I have endlessly contemplated many scriptures concerning creation, such as: Hebrews 11:3 By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible. And especially Colossians 1:15-18 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence. It would be vanity to claim understanding, or the ability to explain. What I do know, is that we can come to the place where we realize there is no other explanation. There is a certainty, that the Lord calls truth. Furthermore, after studying the efforts of philosophy, metaphysics, neuroscience, or cognitive psychology to explain creation and human consciousness, you also come to clearly see the vanity of their efforts. Colossians 2:8-10 Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power. Life is Spirit and Truth John 6:63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.

To me, it comes down to understanding exactly what each of those three parts, spirit, soul, body, are and knowing the complete nature of each of them and what part of us is contained within each the integrating them into one harmonious unit through Christ. This is not to express our will in the world through Christ, but to express Christ in the world through our will. using it in accordance with his, conforming our will to his so that we become his presence -his representatives- in this world. (I know this is not stated well, but it is not something I find easy state simply to make it clearer so bear with me if you will.)

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. John 3:16-18

And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. 1 John 3:22

Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. Hebrews 10:15-17

How about Job 1:21? And he said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.”

12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”

This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 1 John 1:5 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. James 1:17

As a former nuclear engineer and reactor operator, I have endlessly contemplated those statements and others. Hebrews 11:3 By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible. And especially Colossians 1:15-18 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence. It would be vanity to claim understanding, or the ability to explain. What I do know, is that we can come to the place where we realize there is no other explanation. There is a certainty, that the Lord calls truth. Furthermore, after studying the efforts of philosophy, metaphysics, neuroscience, or cognitive psychology to explain creation and human consciousness, you also come to clearly see the vanity of their efforts. Colossians 2:8-10 Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power. Spirit and Truth

Bingo! If you read Romans 5 carefully, especially verses 12-17, and 6:23 you see that the "sin-nature" causes PHYSICAL DEATH. This is confirmed in 1st Corinthians 15:22. Man has more than one problem. There are FIVE main Offerings. Each one solves a problem. The second last one is the "sin" (singular) Offering, which Christ fulfilled in John 1:29. The last one is the "trespass Offering" which is solved by Christ in 1st John 2.2. Two differnt offerings ... ONE to solve man's nature and ANOTHER to pas for his sins (plural). By the way, it is taught in wide circles that Adam died "spiritually". This belief has no proof in scripture. Not only can a "spirit" not die (Lk.20:35-36, Ps.104:4) but this scheme of thought presupposes that Adam already had divine life. This school of thought made up this solution because they could not fit Adam's death into one day. But this is a classic example of "private interpretation" - which is forbidden (2nd Pet.1:20). The first day for Adam was the Sabbath (as he was created last on the sixth day). The first Sabbath IS NOT DEFINED by "the evening and the morning". The omission is glaring. The Sabbath is God's day and is defined in Hebrews 3 and 4 as the time from Israel entering the Land till being ejected as NOT FULFILLING A SABBATH. Now, Adam lived 930 years and Israel were ejected after just about 900 years. Hebrews 3 and 4 predict a future Sabbath - a seventh. If we leave private interpretation alone, and interpret scripture with scripture, we find FIVE different days in scripture. Only one of them fist ALL THREE SABBATHS - 1,000 years (Ps.90:4, 2nd Pet.3:8). The only FUTURE REST for Hebrews is the Messianic 1,000 years. The other days of the Bible are: 1. The time of daylight 2. the solar day - evening and morning 3. an event - like the "day of the Lord" 4. in prophecy a day is a year Adam was threatened that he would die IN (or within) the day he ate of the Tree of Knowledge. He lived 930 years. God's first Sabbath was ruined. In Israel he had His man again possessing the Good Land. They sinned and were cast out before 1,000 years were accomplished. God's Sabbath was ruined. But in the next 1,000 years day, Jesus will not fail. Magog will test the Messianic Kingdom but it will stand. God will have His Sabbath - 1,000 years of God's rule and rest.

Luke 23:43 (NKJV) And Jesus said to him, “Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”

I love to read things that brings simplicity to the Christian life, and this is one of those! He comes in and joins Himself with our spirit, and then the rest of our Christian life is about learning to take Him as our source of life and therefore live out from there. Inner Rearrangement "To be strengthened with might through His Spirit into the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love." Ephesians 3:16-17 The Christian life is not merely a matter of receiving Christ and knowing that we have eternal life and will go to heaven. Although none of these matters are wrong, they are short of the divine thought. God's full thought when we receive Christ is that a new source be established within us for our entire being. This new source is our regenerated human spirit (John 3:6). Having a change of source is the most central thing in our regeneration. To have a source-change means that we no longer live to ourselves, but to God. We no longer live by the self, but by His life. What naturally follows the new birth of our spirit is a progressive transfer of source in our daily life. For this transfer, it is necessary to pass through experiences with the Lord in which the old source, the self, is dealt with, and the new source, our spirit, gains the ascendancy. According to 1 Thessalonians 5:23, man's being is composed of spirit, soul, and body. Before regeneration, although our spirit exists within us as a potentiality, it is in a dead condition (Eph. 2:1). So the source of our living is not our spirit, but our soul, composed of our mind, emotion, and will. But when the Lord enters into us, our spirit is born and we have an inner rearrangement of our being. The mind, emotion, and will are no longer to take the lead to determine our living. The leading part of our being now becomes our regenerated spirit, where we are joined to the Lord (1 Cor. 6:17). It is from this Christ-indwelt center that all the parts of our soul will find their proper place and function. Formerly, we were an independent self that did our own things, thought our own thoughts, made our own decisions. But once our center changes, all this is transformed. Christ comes in to make His home in our hearts and rearrange all our inward parts. (from The Supplied Life by B. Freeman)

Is it righteous before the Lord to take delight in the hardship of your enemies?

Before I tell you the story, let me share the teaching from the book of Romans. Chapter 7. Verses 4-6. The whole chapter is about, as a Christian, being released from the Law. Here are verses 4-6: "Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God. 5 For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death. 6 But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code." OK, I'm getting to the story - one more thing. Some Christians think that the devil makes us sin - but he can't. He CAN plant the idea in the heart and mind and tell you if you don't DO or HAVE that thing that you will just die!! That's a lie from hell. You have the free will and strength in Christ to resist such things. The Bible says in the book of James [the half-brother of Jesus] that sin comes from our own evil desires that are already there. Paul says, in Romans here, that the LAW or any rule of conduct "arouses our evil desires". What? So are laws and rules a bad thing? No way. OK, the story.... I was once teaching 6th grade a LOOONG time ago. Before school computers. Before Google. It was the end of the year and we were preparing to take a few classes to the park for a field day. There was, next to the park, a Coca-Cola museum, a Bible museum, and a famous home with all sorts of interesting things and artifacts. EXPENSIVE THINGS. They all belonged to the same family. One artifact was a Ming vase - at LEAST from the 14th or 15th century! The class perked up for a few minutes at my telling that. But one young 6th grade boy was spellbound by that. As I said, it was before school computers and before Google. He checked out every "M" encyclopedia from the library and read all he could about Ming vases and the Ming dynasty. He asked me a whole HOST of questions in the days before us going. He was fascinated by the whole thing. While he was fascinated, I was getting an uneasy feeling about the whole thing, because I could tell that he was going to want to put HIS HANDS on the vase!! Nothing there was covered or far from touching ability, but everyone KNEW NOT to touch anything in the house. They explained it there and I discussed it in the classroom a week before going. I made a hard and fast rule. TOUCH NOTHING. The school nor I could afford to replace anything there. Whew! All my rule did was to "arouse his passions" for that vase!! Just like Paul said. Well, I made sure that I went with his group. We walked from the park across the street to see house and museum and Coca-Cola memorabilia. When we were in the room with the Ming vase, I made sure that I spotted it right off the bat. He spotted it too. Sharp kid. The tour guide gave a good speech in the room and then led us out to the next room. She asked the class to make a line and they did and followed her. My young man whom I worried about made sure - very sneakily and casually that he was the LAST in line! So I made sure that I was right behind him. I'm not sure how stealthily I did so. I didn't know what he might do. Pick it up? Toss it around? Shake it? There was just a soft velvet rope in front of the shelf that it was on. NOW WHAT GOOD DID THAT DO?!?! I didn't know what I was going to do. Scream at him? Tackle him? Distract him? Well the line was slow and just when the guide turned the corner out of that room and into the next - she couldn't be seen by us in the back of the line. And he took his chance. He didn't grab it. He didn't place his hands on it. He simply and softly reached out his left index finger and ever so gently touched the vase. You see, my rule, - which was a GOOD rule - just aroused his rebellious passions that were already there in his flesh. Just like Paul explains. Now I'm not going to tell you that I chastised him because I didn't. That's not the point of the story. And....I'm not going to tell you that I, MYSELF, didn't touch it either. Because I did. That's not the point of the story, either. My point? Our sin belongs to us and us alone. Not the devil. Not anyone else. Let us repent and come back to God.

I'm guessing it is Evil.

False. Man was created. Jesus said so. Genesis 1:27: “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” For lurkers, if there is any doubt let's hear God Himself weigh in on the subject “It is I who made the earth, and created man upon it. I stretched out the heavens with My hands And I ordained all their host. Source: https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Man,-Creation-Of Every day of the six days God created things. Then it was all done and He had finished. You have been trying to contort and twist and grasp at straws to try and make it sound like we need to insert billions of years in His word and the reason is you want to conform Him and Scripture to your religion. He clearly told us what happened and how long it took. Period.

This seems complicated to me. So, spiritual parts are numerous? Is there a parts list available on the internet? Oh, on the light web!

I buy and sell commercial property and residential property, when I apply for a loan through a bank any bank I have to pay for an appraisal, every time. If anyone believes a bank would loan any individual money on a property weather to purchase or remodel if the property does not meet the appraised value one is not going to get the Loan. (PERIOD) I don't care what the fake media says! If the bank loaned money to Trump they had to go through this process and if Trump received the Loan the Bank had to review and appraise the property and see if it was worthy of such a Loan. So, all the law suites are false against Trump and they should go after the banks if they think the Loans were wrong. Wake up America what you are seeing is political interference and evil at the highest level against an innocent man. The Gov is weaponized against conservatives and Christians, remember a few years ago the Leftists went after non profits well now look how far they have gone now!

Hi Rdj. I've got duties in about 30 minutes, so my answer will be short. The spirit of Adam was alive. But its vitality is human. If you remove it the man dies (Jas.2:26). A baby dies because it is subject to Romans 5:12-17. As I said before, we die because of "sin" (singular) (see also Romans 6:23) A spirit cannot die. Angels are spirits (Ps.104:4) and cannot die (Lk.20:35-36) I too believe that Adam and Eve will be saved. They BELIEVED God about (i) the Savior- seed of the woman, (ii) enough to think it was Cain (iii) enough to call his wife "of the living" The solution for man's nature BEFORE sin came in was to eat of the Tree of Life The solution for physical death is rsurrection The solution for man with the sin nature is to look at Him "Who was lifted up" (Jn.3) The solution to sins (plural) is (i) Christ's death for forgiveness, or (ii) the Lake of Fire as retribution (Isa.66:24) Take care. Gotta go.

While I may be wrong I do take Zechariah 12 (12:3 ish) to be prophecy as yet unfulfilled . All the nations will include the USA, regardless of when and who might be president or ruler of any USA that exists at that time. It is wise not to count on the USA at these times as recent history has shown. The USA is just not up to heeding the call to unify on much of anything. Our nation's internal decomposition and decay is taking a heavy toll. It is just not the peoples that embraced sacrificially the Marshall plan of almost a century ago. Now it is me first, I am entitled. I want more has become a national slogan, to our shame before God who has so blessed us. I do think God is leaving us (Nationally) to our own strong delusions. I do hate that it is happening, but it is what it is as the saying today goes.

Yes, "Defending the Christian Worldview in the Marketplace of Ideas" is the promo phrase for David A. Noebel's book, "The Battle For Truth". The worldviews of Secular Humanism, Marxism & Leninism, Cosmic Humanism (Spangler, Fergusen etc.), and Biblical Christianity, are held up to scrutiny for integrity with regard to Theology, Philosophy, Ethics, Biology, Psychology, Sociology, Law, Politics, Economics, and History. I keep it handy as it is very useful.

There is such an appeal to the well thought out ideas of man's wisdom. Then we read "My thoughts are not your thoughts", and we have to accept the humiliation that without Christ we know nothing about God, and by extension His Creation. Matthew 11: 27 All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal.

I don't think anyone here thinks you're actually lying. You've just trusted people who lied to you. And the partial context you post is less of a problem than the fact that it doesn't say what you want it to say.

The ENEMY has tried to cheat me out of being completed in Christ. Massive Conflict.

We all know which of us posts the complete passages and which one takes excerpts out of context and lies about their meaning.

Yes and after that on each creation day He did more. Create man for example. We were formed from the ground, not spoke into being. Etc Verse 2 actually says this. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. Your rendition is heavily opinionated and skewed. God was right here on a created planet continuing to make it better and ready for life. It was how the world was before God made the dry land appear etc. No spooky anti- rest of the bible imaginary billions of inserted years involved.

I agree with you that Adam followed his wife's path and ate for solidarity. The Lord did not rebuke Adam for the eating first off. He rebuked him for "hearkening unto his wife"! But Romans 7 establishes why we commit TRESPASSES. It establishes "sin" (singular) as a LAW in our members. Thus, the question is; "If they were created without this Law of sin and death, what made them trespass? Something else must have caused Eve to disbelieve God and think that Satan was correct."

I always thought: tree of Life: This is eternal Life that they may know You. So had they eaten from it they would have known God and not eaten from the tree of knowledge of good and evil (get to know satan by experience) I hadn't even thought about that then they also would not die. Had they taken it afterwards, then they could never have been saved, cause they wouldn't die and always stay evil and Jesus then couldn't die for us.

As to Adam and Eve, their moral characters were vulnerable as it takes choices over time to develop a moral character. Adam and Eve did not know God intimately. They looked upon Him as a master over them. The devil came as a `friend` who was telling them the `real` story.

Yes! Matter is nothing on life ... but DIVINE LIFE ... that's a double wowsie! The Greek is especially generous. It has THREE different types of LIFE; "Bios" - the physical vitality "Psuché" - the psychological life "Zoe" - The God-kind of Life All men possess the first two, but only Believers possess the third. Such a lofty calling, but oh so much responsibility!

@Mr. M @D. Adrien @Marilyn C @AdHoc Just think . . . we know that "the worlds were framed by the Word of God" (Jesus), and nothing came into existence apart from Him. So all matter was out from Him. But then it is stated that "the Son was granted to have life in Himself." So then the very words He speaks, "they are Spirit and they are life." Wowzie! Matter is one thing, but life is a whole 'nuther ballgame folks!

My opinion, which is a opinion based on more than scripture alone, is that Adam, and Eve as a part of him were given free will to choose their actions. The potential for evil, disobedience to God's rules of which there were only one at the time, was always there but was only a potential until Adam used his free will to make it his continuing nature by choosing disobedience over obedience of his own accord. My way of understanding it, and of understanding our sinful nature as it has been since the fall.

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You please stop. I said you do not have to fear for your life. It is not your head on the line. Every Israeli, fears for themselves as well as their own families. Their own children included. You, do not have put your life, nor the lives of your children. They do. Not to mention, all are to serve in the military, male and female.

Slibhin, Nice to meet you. You need not inform me you are Jewish, this has been known since you arrived. At least I have been aware of that for quite some time. That you LIVE there from time to time does not make you having to live under fear, nor have your life on the line PERIOD. It is not a change of anything on my part. So you are a Jew? So what.

A question- do you think it is both scriptural and the heart of God to pray that witchcraft coming against you is returned on their own head? I thought that I had heard people praying like this before but was not sure. I have been having a problem being targeted by witchcraft and I have already been doing spiritual warfare over the witchcraft people and praying for conviction and that they stop what they are doing, I also have been taking authority over the witchcraft and commanding it to stop in the name of Jesus and also breaking the power of the witchcraft people in the name of Jesus. All of this has had a strong effect and finally I have started praying that all witchcraft coming against me is returned to sender and that seems to have been the final blow, that has taken care of most of it. For the last several months I have felt the witchcraft coming back several times a day but I just rebuke witchcraft again and it stops.

You left out the "if necessary part" I just don't see any of them not joining in before it's over. When you are taught something from birth, you seldom change. Israel has offered to be good neighbors to them for decades, if they would just stop killing the Jewish people. It isn't going to happen until they break away from Islamic law. Don't think this is what I wish to happen, I'm just looking at the reality of the situation.

I can see that we are on two different levels of thought here. Hot dogs are not a religion, and we are not forced to like them. Palestinians are Islamic and are forced to follow Mohammad and if they don't terrible things happen to them (by their own people) That is the life of Islam. And if you are going to exist around or among them, one should really learn what makes them click. I have not been saying all the people of Gaza should be killed, only the members of Hamas who are sworn to the death to drive the Jews out of Israel. They are actually rewarded when they die for the effort of trying to do so. Because of that situation, the only recourse that Israel has is to either convert them to Christianity or do them in, or there will never be peace in Israel. Israel is quite capable of doing this and if the people really want to rid of Hamas they should help Israel get the job done.

Here's a quick answer: In accordance with Romans 12:14, Christians are explicitly instructed to bless those who persecute them and refrain from cursing them. The verse states: "Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse."12. While the Old Testament does contain instances of God’s people cursing their enemies, Jesus, in the New Testament, elevates the standard for believers. He encourages us to love our enemies, bless them, and pray for them. Rather than asking God to bring harm or calamity upon those who wrong us, we are to leave judgment and battle in His hands. Let God decide how to handle each situation, trusting in His wisdom and justice1. So, as Christians, let us refrain from cursing and instead extend grace, even to those who oppose us. 🙏🏼 [Copilot Chatbot] Also, Pro 26:2 Like a flitting sparrow, like a flying swallow, So a curse without cause shall not alight. And also, Eph 6:11-13 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. (12) For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. (13) Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

That prophesied Jesus will come and take over the world government.

I like your reference to Mr. Prince. At one time I read his stuff. He seemed to be rather well educated in the subject of deliverance ministries....except that he left out the part where congregations are sheered of their money like sheep. It's all about the money, Mr. Prince. That's all it ever was..... Some fallen angels are being restricted. The Bible uses terms like 'imprisoned' or 'chained'. These are typically ones that are extremely destructive. They will be allowed to do their dirty work for a time....in time.... Other, less powerful, fallen angels still wander the earth in search of human detritus to devour. (see the book of Job and the gospels) Their purpose is rather like vultures that dine on road kill. These spirits devour humans who have deliberately or accidentally become trapped in passions, perversions or enamored of their own lusts and appetites. Some passages in the gospels refer to them as 'unclean spirits'....spirits that make a person feel soiled when these spirits are present. The terms 'demon' and 'unclean spirit' are interchangeable. This 'eating' applies to church types too. Most deny it's possible even when they leave Sunday services and return to lives that are in denial of God's Holy LAW. Visit ANY deliverance ministry service and you'll see dozens of 'church types' who admit to being subject to devouring demons of one sort or another. Church types who are living in rebellion against God have no spiritual protection. NONE. Mr. Prince believed that some spirits were disembodied human spirits. I disagree because there's no such thing as a disembodied human spirit. There are no such things as space aliens. There ARE manifestations of objects and oddities that have no explanation either scientific or religious. The default label that many church types fall back upon is 'demon'. Unfortunately such a simplistic explanation is too thin to satisfy one's curiosity. Something REAL is happening on the earth and it isn't human. I've followed the phenomena since the 1950's and have arrived at the conclusion that ... for better or worse....these things are indigenous to planet Earth. The three major questions that nobody EVER seems able to answer are these: who are they, where are they from and what do they want of us? After nearly seventy years of reading and watching I believe I know the answers. The problem is that nobody wants to know the answers. Everybody wants to pretend ET wants what we want and that just isn't so. (John 3:19) that's me, hollering from the choir loft... (Isaiah 6:9-10)

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Hebrews 4:12

The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. Psalm 19:7-9

None. Bankers actually testified on Trump's behalf, saying that they will always do their own evaluations as to the value of a property, and not rely solely on the statements of a borrower. Standard business practice; any lender who would not do so does not belong in the business. The complaint of fraud came solely from the New York Attorney's office, which had no financial stake in the issue -- well, except to reap about $350 million in profits from the Trump business. That is why Trump rightfully claims that this is a political scam.

Sure. Maybe it does. I havent read it and don't plan to. If what Mr. Cohen stated and the value of said Trump asset(s) were blindly taken by the bank off of Trump's spoken word vs an analytical approach to market value... then that lies squarely at the feet of the financial institution. Unless Mr. Trump, his companies and/ or employees coerced or bribed the financial institution. I have no idea about the supposed/ implied violations and if they have been put forward but they would have to be in order for the court to imply trial and guilt. No. The article is incorrect. It is classic lawyer speak for "reading between the lines." Bank employees and financial advisors DO have an obligation to ensure the borrower has basic knowledge of the financial product they want access to. (And the Federal Government, state & municipal entities do as well with the many disclosures that are signed and executed when a loan product is closed.) Bank employees cannot engage in predatory lending. Bank employees cannot mislead customers. There is a difference between a licensed fiduciary and acting in the customers best interest. This most plays out in the equity/ bond markets with financial advisors or the insurance world. For instance and play along with me... if a borrower approaches me with a property he wants to purchase. We get the appraisal, pull title, his credit, verify assets, income, liabilities, employment... then underwriting... then approval. We go to formalize the loan... and we discuss terms. I present him with 3 options... a 30-year, fixed rate @ 8.75%.... a 15-year, fixed rate @ 7.75%... and a 40 year, fixed rate @ 11.5%. WHAT loan product IS BEST for him? Well... anyone of them potentially are. There is no right/ wrong answer. It depends on the borrowers personal judgement and the situation that he wants to find his economic life in the coming years. That's why there is zero fiduciary responsibility between a loan officer and a purchasing borrower. A bank employee should not be held responsible for whichever way the wind blows. There are laws that govern the mortgage transactions but never in my time of lending did one speak of me being a fiduciary, whether that was in government law training, vua the bank's HR role training, or elsewhere among the institutions I was employed with. Let it be noted and I have seen it... that often time what is in the customers best interest is non-approval of a certain transaction but then that can open the bank to certain lawsuits... along the lines of race/ sex/ sexual status/ dog or cat lover / etc. And that brings me to my final point... yes, you can bring suit for virtually anything and typically have standing. I just dont see the need for a public prosecution of private matter. If Trump & Co. Is involved in fraud/ violations of the financial instruments terms... then the bank should be bringing suit to Trump. If the the shoe is on the other foot and Trump feels he was done wrong... then he should have sued the bank. I dont understand why the 3rd party of NYC is involved here.

For one, Hamas is not a specific religious, ethnic, or similar group, it is an enemy terrorist organization that openly states its purpose is to remove Israel from existence (which does qualify as both an ethnic and religious group) and worldwide as well) and all Jews worldwide as wekk which actually is genocide by every standard that the UN has set fr the word. For two, Hamas has been offered surrender terms, surrender with quarter given, which removes the idea of genocide being conducted by Israel since genocide does not offer the option of the enemy surrendering and being allowed to live as well. Read the Hamas charter, both the original and the one that was toned down a little to gain wider world support (you can find them posted online),, they both state the same goals of genocide against Israel and the Jews without reserve as we say practiced on Oct.7th of last year.

Genocide is a deliberate attempt to a people or religion. Are you suggesting that Israel is in the process of deliberately attempting to destroy Gaza and the Gazans? And why would that be the case when they seem to be trying to avoid non Hamas casualties to the greatest degree possible during their war against Hamas.? Fighting to defeat an enemy that has attacked you during a war is not genocide. If it were every war that has ever been conducted would be genocide, which makes "genocide" a ridiculously meaningless term, just an epithet to throw out against another party to rally public opinion against him.

I didn't say you credited them, I said you quoted them. You are saying the same things they said originally. How does that make them agree with you? Your argument is neither original nor valid. Doesn't it resonate with you that you're using arguments that people made intentionally to try and discredit the Bible? I posted the words of experts who explained that your opinion is incorrect. I believe them. Your misinterpretation, while parroted by many over the centuries, doesn't make even the slightest bit of sense. For the earth to have "become desolate," it would have had to be not desolate before hand. Yet, there was no light, no heat, and nothing by which to measure time. The rest of the universe wasn't formed until day four. How could the earth EVER HAVE BEEN ANYTHING BUT desolate prior to the creation of light? Who know better than what? God said He created everything in six days. Do they know better than God? Christ said that from the beginning God made us man and woman. He was there and spoke with Adam and Eve. Do they know more than He does? Adam was probably at least in his early twenties when He was formed. Trees bearing fruit had to be 5-7 years old when they were spoken into existence. Birds, fish and animals were told to be fruitful and multiply, meaning that they were at reproductive age the moment they were created. The earth was perfectly suited to support life by the end of day three, which means it was also created mature. No, scientists don't know better. A five-year-old who pays attention in Sunday School knows better.