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A girl went to her friends house and she ended up staying longer than planned, and had to walk home alone. She wasn't afraid because it was a small COMMUNITY and she lived only a few blocks away. As she walked along under the bike trail Diane asked God to keep her safe from harm and danger. When she reached the alley, which was a shortcut to her house, she decided to take it. However, halfway down the alley she noticed a man standing at the end as though he were waiting for her. She became uneasy and began to pray, asking for God's protection. Instantly a comforting feeling of quietness and security wrapped round her, she felt as though someone was walking with her. When she reached the end of the alley, she walked right past the man and arrived home safely. The following day, she read in the newspaper that a young girl had been raped in the same alley just twenty minutes after she had been there. Feeling overwhelmed by this tragedy and the fact that it could have been her, she began to weep. Thanking the Lord for her safety and to help this young woman, she decided to go to the police station. She felt she could recognize the man, so she told them her story. The police asked her if she would be willing to look at a lineup to see if she could identify him. She agreed and immediately pointed out the man she had seen in the alley the night before. When the man was told he had been identified, he immediately broke down and confessed. The officer thanked Diane for her bravery and asked if there was anything they could do for her. She asked if they would ask the man one question. Diane was curious as to why he had not attacked her. When the policeman asked him, he answered, 'Because she wasn't alone. She had two tall men walking on either side of her. Amazingly, whether you believe or not, you're not alone. People will not stand up for God.. PS: God is always there in your heart and loves you no matter what: 'If you deny me in front of your friends, I shall deny you in front of my Father' I now have a struggle and a worry that I need to bring to our Lord. But I know that whatever may may happen he will know what is best. My main point for this post is to not only say that even though this is about struggles and what you think other members here can do to help..the Lord knows these struggles and problems and he is there right from the start. I pray our Lord will help each and everyone that has to post in this struggle that he happens to help in a way that you will know it's him.

I'm sure one of our resident astronomers will chime in here to answer your questions for real - but off the top of my head and from what I understand the answer to most of your questions is "no." Mars' atmosphere is very thin and is made up of different gases than ours. It would be incompatible with what a human could breathe. Water - if it exists on Mars - has to be below the surface. It gets very cold - well below freezing. There is either a very weak or non-existant magnetic field, unlike on Earth - so the harmful solar wind radiation would not be deflected. Mars has seasons and its days are roughly the same length as ours - but its year is I believe about twice as long. If I understand correctly, scientists are looking for a very simple lifeform - nothing very complex. If the Lord tarries in His return, though, scientists say the Sun will grow into a red-giant. If that were to happen, man (to survive) may need to re-locate to Mars. (I don't think that's going to happen, though) Blessings! -Ed

The victims of the Holocaust can not go to heaven without Jesus Christ. We must remember that Israel rejected Jesus the Messiah. The Israelites were trampled by the Gentiles in seventy A.D. But The Lord has a plan for Israel as He had promised them He would. God has not forgotten Israel. But Israel and any Jew around the World including Holocaust needs Jesus to go to Heaven. In one passage Jesus tell us about the narrow gate and few that go that way. Then Jesus tells us I am the Gate. I agree with other one about there are decent people in around the nation. You need to go find them. Now to take things into perspective Jesus said I did not come to bring peace but I came with a sword. What Jesus is telling us is that Jesus is dividing the light from the darkness. God is going to place the Word of God the sword do divide light and darkness. Therefore we need to understand that this is not just an issue of Darkness. We need to be in perspective also there is light. For example even if one reads about Lucifer. One would know at first Lucifer was a good angel of God with much power and crowned with Jewels. If Lucifer was that wicked back then would God have had him as a High Angel? But rather we need to see the full perspective. Once Lucifer followed the light and then followed darkness later in History. I believe the vast majority of Americans did not support the Nazi camps or Hitler. I simply believe that that the Nazis did have outlets here as you have mentioned right here in America Americans that would live for the cause to support the Nazis. But I don’t think most people felt that way. I do believe however America was more concerned about its own racial issues. I’m not going to buy the conspiracy that America as a whole plotted with the Nazis the killed six million Jews. You can read this stuff online and get a certain view. But have you really talked to the older generation who lived in that day and age. What America was like back then? How do you think American men felt to be drafted into the war not knowing if they were going to come back home back in those days? There were still a lot of patriotic people. I’m not denying there were number of thousands of those in America that helped the Nazis. But I am talking about people in general. Whites in America did not really have much of a reason to hate the Jews. I have heard from preachers that for many years the United States has been Allies with Israel. We were not as globally connected back in those days either. We could much easily live in America and not have to think about any other nation of the world. Today we are always pushed to be a part of a Global community. Whether we like it or not that’s how it is taking place. Concerning the days of Noah is not really about Nephilims. It is true that this Generation is taller than past generations. You will find it common now people are six feet tall or some 7 feet. But the emphasis is not on the size of the people but that the World was full of violence and corruption is the main point of how it would be as the days of Noah. Lawlessness will abound. I think now the darkness in things has become more apparent over the past 20 years in my 39 years of living. The kind of violence I am hearing about is the kind God can not stand. It will also be as the day of Lot. We are going to find a lot of people hating our guts calling us Liars, Bigots, Losers, and garbage. Actually curse words as well that I would not want to say on this board what they would call us. Jesus told us we would be hated by all Nations. We are going to see the highest level of hatred towards being a Christian. I believe in the next several years it will become outlawed to have a Bible openly anywhere in the open where one can see. Or it will be against the law to talk about Jesus openly that we are going to get arrested if we are caught. In the Darkest hours of this we could get killed for having a Bible or having anything to do with Jesus at all. I will be honest with you. As much as I have studied these things the days coming ahead of the Great Tribulation is a frightening time in History that I am afraid of. How are we going to eat? How do I get medicine all those kinds of things? I mean I might die because simply I won’t survive. Believing in Jesus does not take away all my fear of dying because I have almost died before with my heart shutting down. It is scary when these things happen. Jesus did not walk to the cross with a smile on his face. Even if he did not get whipped or beaten Jesus would have not smiled. Jesus did not do this for joy. He did this to suffer for us dying is not easy. You got to be there to know.

This is one issue Catholics and Christians can both agree on for once. We have so many doctrine conflicts Christian and Catholic usually have a clash and go their own way. On the views of morals however like this many Catholics will also take a strong hand to keep the morals of God. I’ll give credit to the Bishop that He wants to talk to the president in person. Many Christian Churches would not even want to go that far to face Obama and many Christian Churches are just letting things roll in. This is not setting a good example how we should stand fast in the Lord. The Bishop does not want the Churches of God to be the issue of being in the middle of what can become a legal issue with Church and State. He is trying to protect the Morals of God and what is going on in our society and being able to teach others to live right in God. I’m glad to see that He is taking a stand on this. However I do know however that Obama will reject every request the Bishop has to ask. Obama is a Liberal way Left field. He is also truly Islamic. Taking those 2 ingredients together Christian’s will not have any say at all as proven in past events of what Obama has done. In figurative speech as to say Obama has taken a look at the Christian and even Catholic Churches. And Obama told the others they will live under my rules and I will take away their privileges or I will tear them down. And in place in figurative speaking and know Obama says I will not enter into the Church of Jesus. But I will have a Mosque built to the god I honor and love to whom I am devoted to. And I deceived America that they voted me in and I have come for Islam to take over America. It is our dream and also to our god Allah that one day all of us Muslims will govern the whole world. I’m now at work in America to fulfill this dream of Islam. The Bishop you see has no chance. Islam believes like Christians do. They have their own god who says I will save all Muslims and all those who are not will perhaps Islam believes they will own the entire world and govern every nation in the world one day. Please then tell your friends, family and others what danger it would be to vote for Obama back in office. What Islam is going to do in America the next 4 years. How more and more Christians will be put under more harsh persecutions as each year passes by. Rick Perry or Romney will be one of the runner ups. Choose one of them. . A Mormon is not great but would not stop Christianity from their practice and beliefs. Not if he was a true Mormon. Mormons believe Christians will be saved also. Only that Mormons themselves will see God but Christians will not be able to see God. I guess having to choose between the 2 Evils I rather have the Mormons in the White House than the man of Islam we have now. Hopefully Rick Perry will win. But we have a lot of Liberal secular believing Americans today that is making this election very scary to what the results will actually be.

When I consider prophecy in the Bible I consider this to be the Word of God. If the Lord is the truth and does not lie how then can the Lord be wrong about any prophecy? Now let us observe how God Prophecies to us. Jesus said for example all things will come to pass. Not one word neither not a stroke of a pen will be forgotten. With all the prayers in the World or of any other spirit to say if I believe and pray Lord this will not happen what you have written? I can change the prophecy of your Word that you said will certainty by all means will take place. No it is not possible to change such things God has told us will happen for sure. But you say but God sent the prophet of the old to tell them I will destroy this city. Ahh but wait. Did the Lord say I will surely destroy this place? I have passed judgment on this place as Sodom and Gomorrah? But please understand God did truly speak through the Prophets of the old telling them what God would do. However God also tells them to repent of their works that they may be spared of what God would do if they did not turn from those ways. Therefore this is a Word from God who is showing us that He would do this on the condition if they did not repent then I will. Well that is the same Thing as a parent would say to you, right? . Your parent would say. If you keep talking that way I am going to send you to your room. But if you behave I will not send you to your room. Take a look in the Book of Revelations. Read about the seven Churches. God said to them I see your works. God tells each Church about their works. To those Churches whom in part disobeyed in what God told them that God said. To turn from these evil things or I will appear quickly. See God did not say for sure in these cases that he would absolutely do something but has offered repentance. But if God says all things will come to pass it will happen even if we do pray for it not to happen. This is the kind of prophecy God has set in stone. This was not the kind of word from God that had anything to do with the option that God would not do this if we prayed and repented in our ways. God does show us however where the people who follow God will end up and where the people who reject God will end up at. Pat Robertson is actually good in the Bible as far as teaching the Word of God. I don’t dispute greatly with his Theology on the Bible in General. But when he and the others are praying over the TV set telling us someone is getting healed well I don’t feel comfortable with that. If anyone got healed on God and that person knows. I don’t trust that over the television healing. They can’t see this person. How did they find out about this person? Did this person write to them before that they would pray on TV? If they had never written them how did Pat know this? . I would not want to bet on this is from God the real deal. I play it on the safe side. I would recommend if anyone wants a pastor to pray to them to go to them in person or at least talk with them on messenger. I do not believe the Prophecy Pat Robertson claims are from God. He did another one this year saying that within 2 years by the year 2013 what state America was going to be in. He said he was somewhere by a hill or mountain or something when he said God was telling him these things. But I don’t believe this is from God. These things did not come to pass. And if this was from God then Pat Robertson would have said. The Lord said this would come to pass. But if you repent and turn from your ways I would not bring this to happen. There were no conditions of repentance in what Pat Robertson said. God is a just God of all Truth and understanding. God would not have said this if He knew that he would have told us like he told the 7 churches. Change your ways or these things will happen in result of your consequences. Robertson played out the set in stone Prophecy that did not come to pass. Therefore I just stick to whatever has been said in the Bible as far as prophecy goes. That is enough for me to know.

There is a clever thing Satan is doing in them last days such as these the kind of subtleness to convince people to not reason with God. And even this is not only happening in the World but also in the Churches. The famous scripture that many people know even many who don’t read the Bible. Jesus says in Matthew 7. Do not judge or you will be judged. By The measure that you judged you will be judged in that matter. Upon this very verse in the Bible is a growing number of people who can say I can live this way or I can say whatever I want to say. They will say. Don’t judge me for what I have done. Even God has said you are not to do so. Well recently in an interview Michelle Bachman gave her view on the lifestyle of Homosexuality. She said something like it was a psychological disorder and one would need counseling for help. The media and many were not happy about her response. She wants to trust in God. This is not an act God approves of. But people are saying you Christians are a bunch of Bigots and Liars. How dare you judge us. Let us show you what your God says. Do not judge or you will be judge. . They are trying to trap you into this scripture of the Bible to try to keep yourself quiet. This Bible verse has been used by such as Gene Simmons that at one of their Rock concerts people got killed by running over one another. He claimed but I did not tell them to do that. But he knows that he has stirred up the crowd and shows no remorse of the loss of lives. Don’t be surprised if anyone were to visit a site online that has anything to do with Satan. Those who are pro satanic can use this verse against a Christian. Churches are melding into multi belief systems because of this verse. How can we judge them who are not like us? After all God told us not to. So let’s join together as one Church adapting too many kinds of belief systems. Jesus tells us in the Bible there will be a falling away from the faith. They were deceived by other doctrines. But please be aware this is a great misunderstanding about this verse. Certainly the Lord does not want us playing God passing judgment on others. But we also need to know that God has given us what is called evaluation. Evaluation is a type of judgment of discerning the difference between right and wrong. Jesus tells us in the Bible that He is not of this World or of this Kingdom. Jesus did not live for the World. In that same likewise Jesus tells us to do the same that we are not to live by the World. But Matthew chapter 4 man does not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God. God is not a compromiser. He will not exchange good for evil or evil for good. Have you seen others using this verse against you or others? What kind of teachings or beliefs were they trying to support that you should accept? What kinds of things do you see in the World today telling us not to judge or we will be judge? Or what things have you seen in the Church that is taking place that is telling people we must accept or we are being judgmental against others. Let’s talk about this issue about other people living any way they want telling us we are being judgmental on them and telling us that we need to accept their ways. Tell us that we are not kind people because we don’t believe in those ways or live in those ways. To actually know Bible prophecy is to see it for yourself. So to discuss these things is showing us the fulfillments of what God told us what would be. Jesus said “Take heed that no once deceives you. To take heed means to watch very closely. Observe and understand but not to reason with our own heart but by trusting in the Word of God to guide us how to evaluate these things. Quoting prophecy or any scripture alone will not convince others you will need to witness to. Use this as practice in what kind of things in how you would witness to others about this so called judge or be not judged verse. How it is used and how we as Christians should learn to evaluate in discerning that is not the kind of judgment as the same as the judgment Jesus spoke about. What is your say on these things?

I think all what has been said here has been very insightful for me. I was not aware of American involvement of World War 2 Nazis. It should not be surprising however as we even found in the Revolutionary War how a Benedict can betray our own Nation against us. I don’t think the over all population of America sided for the Nazis. Anyone like my Grampa who served would have told you how the military field. This was also the days of the Red White and Blue, The Star Spangled banner in the hearts of many who would not be a part of such acts of butchery. Just like today we have among us radicals living somewhere in the United States. They live here. They were let in by people of American decent. But they are not supported by the general population. Those who did attend such an event could support Hitler on an agreeable issue. That America itself has had racial issues in the past. Back from the American Indians and the Spanish from Mexico and other places they were. Back then America was mostly of European people that we would call the white race. And there may have been enough who lived here who could agree on that. The White Race was Superior or that to stand behind a belief in the race of a human being. Hitler hated black people also as well. And many Americans back then could agree on that that they also hated non white people but again this was not the over all majority of how many people felt. The media back then blows up things just as it does today with a country of America with millions of European many with blonde hair and blue eyes could not be hurt by the things Hitler was doing as long as they were in favor. As long as they were not the ones being sought after. You see today many Islamic radicals hate White American’s. To those living here who are Islamic may also feel that as long as this radical movement does the evil things that it does and as long as they the Islamic believers Non White are supported and safe from such terrorism. Islam is a cult started from some pagan moon god many centuries ago. Today has been transformed into their god Allah the supreme god. In that same manner Nazi also stemmed from an occult a name that was similar to Aryans. This Aryans occult inspired those to believe in a superior race and that other races were inferior. The source of where this religion came from I am not sure. But due to the nature of the occurring events one may say that Satan was behind all of this. Well if you take a look at it look and see what people among people were hated more than any other. Was it by coincidence that the Jews would be a target of random choice? Any race could have been chosen. The devil hated God’s people. Through the religion the Nazis Satan worked a plan to wipe out the whole race of Israelites, God’s first chosen people. Take a look at the symbol of the swastika. Ok they call it SS for something. But to me that looks like a very twisted cross. That would be just like having an upside down cross. Today there is a movement called the Neo Nazis. It appears that mainly they are groups of White people around the World that take pride in Nazi history. But they won’t grow in numbers like they once had long ago. We have too many multicultural in our land today that America would support the Neo Nazis. They are a minority group. I have not heard of any deaths due to Neo Nazi believers. They are usually just individuals living around the world perhaps having gatherings but I have not seen any clue that the Neo Nazi would ignite as a global threat to anyone these days. They have to do this secretly or they could get arrested for hate crime. Lastly here is something very ironic, The Black Panthers another cult involving Black people who in some way think Black people are Superior are in line with the White people of the days of the Nazis. What I mean is that many of The Black Panthers have been closely affiliated with Islamic support. Not only does the Black Panthers have Islamic support they have also taught The Black Panthers to become”Anti-Semitic’. . to all the Jew people and their cause. Several months ago the Panthers echoed their hatred toward White workers and their hatred to Jewish people as well. They said you Jewish did not go to the Holocaust. We the Black people faced the Holocaust of Slavery. Take a look at the same pattern. In the case of Nazi Jews are hated among people. Islamic many hate Jews and including now The Black Panthers. How is it that always the Jews are involved in these matters? What have they done to us or anyone? I asked this same question to everyone as Pilate had asked what Jesus has done to you. . I don’t find fault in the Jewish people. I have not seen any Jewish organization running after other races of people to take their life or their coat to say that a Jew is greedy is just a stereo type. We can find greed in any race. All the Germans hated Jews are a stereo type. In the recent years I have seen in school and online ire toward Israel for one. America is another. Our ties with Israel have brought nations of Islamic to despise us. The ways of America have made other nations to hate the free lifestyle America has shown and as of now I am sure many nations of the World are relieved to know that Americas Economy is at its worst. That we are losing power all the time become a weak hopeless nation. Don’t worry America had to become less of power to fit in with prophecy to be in line with other nations as an equal or less of power. The 10 horns in Revelation is a unity of Kings of the Earth. America neither Nazi not even Islam will be the most powerful when the 11th Horn arises. Anyone of any religion will get swept if they don’t pay their allegiance to the beast. In great signs and wonders not even Islam will know what to do with that. Fire out of the sky? What man can do that? Even many radicals will fear such a sight as the Bible said they marveled at the Beast saying who can compare with Him. In the days of the Nazis Hitler was the 20th century Antichrist of among other antichrists but Hitler was in Germany. But this Antichrist will be in Judea and once again the Jewish people, The Israelites will need to run from the Devil. As the saying goes and proves to be true “History just keeps repeating itself”.

Hi Gerda I still hope you are around as I would like to participate also in this discussion. I thought of your post to be very interesting as I find it quite unique in that most people would not be considering how we feel about God compared to how we feel for other people we know. So I would like to try to be of some help if I can. Well you see the first thing we must realize is that God is God and He will always be the Lord. We can read in the Bible as early as Genesis that indeed God is Spirit. God was not created. God is revealed in Exodus as to he said to Moses “I Am’ God has always been He is and always will be there forever. A man or a woman has a beginning first in Adam and Eve by creation. Secondly by having children is reproduction. We can see that people have a beginning and that people are moral but that God is everlasting. You may perhaps love God more than you realize. It just might not seem that way. Please let me explain. There are different kinds of Love. The Love of God is a word in Greek called”Agape’”. You have a relationship with the Lord that is called Agape. You love God as the Lord God. You don’t love God as your Husband because God is not a man. God is Spirit. And you love God for who He is. To love one as a spouse is the Greek word “Eros”. In this we are in love with a human of the opposite sex. We love this person differently than we love God. We love this person as a companion. We love this person that is not perfect. A person is a being of made up flesh with all we can visible see. And the personality the other person has. You are not to kneel down to this man as Him to be an idol. . God is for worship that’s how you pray to God. You don’t pray to man who can’t answer our prayer who can not read our thoughts. One may ask their spouse to do something. We take joy when they fulfill what we ask. We take rejection when they don’t do as we ask. But to pray to God and if it is not answered maybe we are not hurt. But we must understand that God hears all our prayers but that God may not answer them exactly the way we asked him to. God is Omniscience. The prefix Omni means all this word together is all knowing. There are reasons why sometimes God answers prayers and other reasons God has not answered them. We put God on our own expectation of what we think God should or could do. . But please know this as you pray to God, God is working in your life around the clock. His timing is perfect. God has not in the least have turned you away from Him. The Bible tells us how God knew us even before we were born. When you were born God was there. When you took your first step in life to walk God was there. The first time you said Mommy God was there. When you started school God was there. But you did not realize God was there. You were probably very young and did not read the Bible. You may have no feelings at all for God. But all that time and even now God loves you more than you know. Jesus has always had His arms open waiting for you to let him in your life. During the time that you were with this friend God was with you and at that time you broke up God was with you also. . God is faithful and true like no other being. That is why when you love God it is agape. A kind of love how you love an Eternal God. The Lord understands you have questioned your love for Him. The Lord has seen that you are willing that no one should be getting in the way. Having a companion will not get in your way. But even when you have a companion you are to listen to God first. Never do what your spouse says if God has said it would be wrong to do so. The Bible says. And Jesus said if anyone loves their Mother or Daughter more than me they are not worthy of me or to love their Father or Son more than me. So now again you love your Mother in a certain way and you love God yet another way. . You obey your mother what she tells you to do. But if your mother raises you to live against the Lord you will honor the Lord first. Let’s say for example. : Your Mom wants to throw a drinking party at your house. As a daughter you might say well she is my mom and she has the right and I will join the party. But in the Lord you will say I know this is not right to God to have such a party with all this drinking and whatever might take place. The mother is being against the Lord. She surly has not been raising you into God. Your husband may want you to speak in cursing language. He says come on now you’re my wife. Submit to me. Look everyone is cursing these days. Go on its ok. But you know God tells us not to speak that way. The Greek word to love a friend is philia. Again this is another kind of love. Not the same as to love God not the same to love a spouse. You love this friend perhaps. But will your friend always be there for you? Maybe at some times. You’re going to disagree with your friend. Maybe one day your friend will not be alive anymore. But that is where God fits in. The Lord said in Revelation Behold I am The First and the Last the Beginning and the end the Alpha and Omega. I was once dead but now I am alive forever more!. Yes Jesus died once but rose on the third day by the Father. My advice is keep reading the Bible. Pray with a sincere heart. Pray in your own words. . Just tell God what is on your mind and ask him for you need. God is working in your life. But He is also working behind the scenes. Those things that you may not see or understand the reasons why God works in the way He does. I would like to give you this last example elderly man was sitting on a bench. A young boy was also at the bench. The man said Son look out the field what do you see? . Well says the boy I see plenty of trees out there. I see green grass. I see plants and I see flowers. And the man said do you think that is a nice field? The boy said sure it is. The man asked would you have noticed these things if I had not asked you? The boy says well you know maybe not so much. Maybe I would have not taken the time to enjoy such a great view I will always remember. Well the man said the field did not get here by itself. You see my Grandfather was a gardener. He planted that garden. Those trees those plants and flowers. You seen the field but you never would have known that my Grandfather was the one who planted it. But please let me tell you one more thing. What is that said the Boy. Although He planted it the Lord brought down the rain and the Lord brought out the Sun to make that field to grow the beauty of what it is today. . So you see Gerda. God is just like that. The man planted but without God the field would not grow. If not for God neither you nor I nor your friend would be here. Let it be known that God made it possible for you and your friend to meet. Let the Lord direct your ways. If your friend says no to God then you have your answer. This person was not meant to be. You need to be with someone who says yes to God. As a friend you may keep it that way. But never let your friend influence you the wrong way that is opposed to the righteousness of the Lord. If you want to go any further than friends allow God to be a part of this just as God brought together the first man and Woman. This is why Jesus said be equally yoked. You will love God more when you realize how much God is taking care of you but as a Father God may be watching. You may get in trouble in life. But don’t think God does not care. He does give in good time. God has all the time in His hands.

S.T.Ds and A.I.D.S Our God is a just God, and his judgments are just. I have seen many caught up in sex, and this life style, the Lord lead them to him, and restored them. I wish Gods wrath on no one, only his mercy for this adulterous generation, that he would bring some to repentance to know his grace and love. Thank you, Josh, exactly. Those diseases came to the world as a whole, by the way, it's very sad the innocent get caught up in the outcome of these sins. The children born with the diseases wrought by their parents.