JohnD

There is a paranoia among skeptics and disbelievers that Christians are out to take over the whole world. What is rather true is that Christians are trying to save the whole world by the spread of the Gospel. What skeptics and unbelievers do not understand is that we are all doomed for eternity without the saving Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ who paid for our salvation with his very life. And he made it so that all we need to do to receive this salvation is believe him: believe that he did it. John 3:16–18 (KJV) 16 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. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 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.

I defer to the fact that you have already made up your mind and arguing with you will accomplish nothing. You strain out gnats and swallow camels where that compromised, criminal, fraud Biden is concerned.

Part of me wonders if there is a viable spay and neuter program for these strays. We helped reduce several colonies in our city by mostly having them fixed and then released. Just feeding strays without fixing them only increases the colonies. But I love seeing the hunger angels being fed!

Miss Debp, you and I being among the few here old enough to remember a better time (the way it was in the 1950's and 60's) can contrast with they way things were then and they are now. But even then we had our problems. Gender and race inequality comes foremost to mind. But what time in all human history has there not been some troubles? Inequalities? Evil? Even in those days there were underlying forces which had crept into society, education, and government stealthily marching towards a globalist agenda (whose governance of choice is communism). The main artery of their entrance into every government the world over was the monetary system through the central banks (dating back as far as the Battle o0f Waterloo in 1815... with some ties even as far back as the Knights Templar 119 - 1312). Senator Joseph McCarthy may have had abusive tactics but he was definitely onto the scent of what was going on under the collective consciousness of America. Now... for those who want to know the why's and wherefore's and who who have not stopped reading at this point (because they were programmed to dismiss these facts as conspiracy theory)... There is documented evidence that America submitting to the London Central Bank was why the Revolutionary War was ended with an apparent American victory. Washington signed the charter that Cornwallis brought to the surrender at Yorktown. Also the resolution for taxation in 1913 (which was only declared ratified in Congress, never actually passed into law [disclaimer: PAY your taxes! They WILL imprison you if you don't] ). The questionable "causes" of both World Wars, the ongoing Korean War (still only at a 70 cease fire), certainly the Vietnam War and the mystery behind the Kennedy assassination... the setting up of Saddam Hussein... the alleged discombobulation of American security forces and agencies on 9-11-2001. All "happenstance" according to those who don't want the general public to know the truth, so they accuse those who do dig into the facts to find the truth "wild eyed conspiracy theorists." Because they have a lot to hide! Enter Donald J. Trump. A man who only saw that the system is broken and the American public was too apathetic to even consider doing anything tangible about it. Most people, after two terms of Obamanomics nearly bankrupted us (on the cusp of two terms of the buffoon Bush administration), Hillary the First heir apparent to the White House seemed inevitable. So, Trump threw his hat into the ring and the rest is history. A man who only set out to put America back on Constitutional track and embracing the charter of the founding fathers of this nation ran into every imaginable obstacle put in his way by the globalists through their most obedient abject subservient ally (liberal Democrats). For the globalists worked too hard for too long to give up their stranglehold on America. Even at the risk of exposure to the world, the globalists campaigned hard to unseat duly elected President Trump. A man who did what he said he would do. That in itself is amazing since no one ever dreamed of holding politicians to their campaign promises up to that point (because it almost never happened). A man who did more for Israel than any President since Harry Truman. A man who did more for helping the Black communities lift themselves up out of poverty with business loan legislation in unprecedented favor of Black entrepreneurs, and who passed legislation to grant Black Colleges 10 grants rather than the annual come to DC and beg for funds they'd been subjected to. A man who addressed and respected conservative homosexuals inviting them into the Republican family. A man who praised and supported the Latino / Hispanic familial backbone of this nation and shared their values. A man who freed up businesses of all sizes to conduct business unhindered by radical restrictions aimed at keeping the poor poor (because the rich will make their money anyway which they deserve for taking the risks and working harder / longer ← simple reward ethic) Footnote: Capitalism is not perfect, in this fallen world it is the least worst alternative. The globalists, shadow government, deep state (whatever you call them) even spread COVID 19 (a virus humans could not even catch until it was engineered to infect humans) so that election fraud of the worst caliber could blatantly take place falsifying the 2020 election results. This is not to mention the riots and weaponized intelligence and court systems arrayed against Trump and what the founding fathers intended in the US Constitution.... You can bet your fanny I am voting a third time for Trump in the presidential election (unlike ballot stuffing thieving liberals I cast my ballot for Trump one per general election 2016, 2020, 2024).

cute!

Mama kitty is so sweet!

And as I've said a million and one times... capitalism is the least worst of the choices. There is no best case where man is concerned (other than faith in Messiah of course). In all else there is always a down side, an injustice. The balance of the happy medium (Free Market Enterprise) is the hardest to achieve and maintain because it requires give and take from all sides. Trump (who is by no means perfect) and his MAGA followers are simply trying to pull America back to center from the increasingly far left. He does not advocate doing away with social security or other social programs (like public education, medicare, etc.). He was behind giving poverty strickened inner city businesses a chance to start and grow creating jobs there (rather than keeping the people on what Clarence Mason Weaver called the welfare plantation). He granted Black Colleges ten year grants in place of the annual hat-in-hand begging session Black College Administrators previously had to do to get government funds. He made America independent of foreign oil. He blessed Israel with recognition of Jerusalem as its capital city and moved the U.S. Embassy there. He was instrumental in the Abraham Peace Accords. Where is the extreme right tyranny in all of this? Packing the Supreme Court with Conservative judges? He was only doing as a conservative what he was elected to do. And he did not even consider actually packing the court with more justices. Liberals considered packing the court immediately (though they have not acted on it to date). And the number of conservatives compared to liberals is the result of several presidential administrations. Not just Trump's. No the left wing bias to hate Trump is proof that most people are sheep and do and believe what they are told to by their mind control masters (who have proven themselves to be evil if not demonic). The biggest threat tho them is that for the first time in a very long time Trump is a man who can do the right things / accomplish what it takes to get America back to center. But the liberals are told all he wants is extreme conservatism / feudalism. And that's NOT the truth!

Are you unaware of the socialist / communist changes in America?

At the heart of all of this is hypocrisy. The very system of monetary exchange is corrupt and precariously balanced on the say so of very unscrupulous people in the banking system which along with the markets like Wall Street, NASDAQ, etc. value or devalue everything. Fractured reserve banking comes to mind... where banks can claim assets in money they lent out which they never actually possessed. Then there's the Fed which can print fiat money out of thin air. If all who had a keen ability to take advantage of the system to make fortunes were indicted and imprisoned the entire system would collapse. Warren Buffet, Sam Walton, George Soros, John Paul Getty, Rockafeller, Howard Hughes... It's not the best system, but it is the least worst by far out managing and out classing socialism or communism. And after all, that's what's really on trial here: capitalism versus communism. And the capital offense is that socialist communists hate Trump and everything he represents. I am frankly sick of it, and wish that all who love socialist communism would move (even for atrial basis) to any one of the countries that were conquered by communism. Who know? They might be happy there.

Alrighty then. Do nothing and let them kill us all. Sounds like a plan...

Devarim 18: 15 A prophet from among you, from your brothers, like me, the Lord, your God will set up for you; you shall hearken to him. טונָבִ֨יא מִקִּרְבְּךָ֤ מֵֽאַחֶ֨יךָ֙ כָּמֹ֔נִי יָקִ֥ים לְךָ֖ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ אֵלָ֖יו תִּשְׁמָעֽוּן: 16 According to all that you asked of the Lord, your God, in Horeb, on the day of the assembly, saying, "Let me not continue to hear the voice of the Lord, my God, and let me no longer see this great fire, so that I will not die." טזכְּכֹ֨ל אֲשֶׁר־שָׁאַ֜לְתָּ מֵעִ֨ם יְהֹוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֨יךָ֙ בְּחֹרֵ֔ב בְּי֥וֹם הַקָּהָ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר לֹ֣א אֹסֵ֗ף לִשְׁמֹ֨עַ֙ אֶת־קוֹל֙ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֔י וְאֶת־הָאֵ֨שׁ הַגְּדֹלָ֥ה הַזֹּ֛את לֹֽא־אֶרְאֶ֥ה ע֖וֹד וְלֹ֥א אָמֽוּת: 17 And the Lord said to me, "They have done well in what they have spoken. יזוַיֹּ֥אמֶר יְהֹוָ֖ה אֵלָ֑י הֵיטִ֖יבוּ אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבֵּֽרוּ: 18 I will set up a prophet for them from among their brothers like you, and I will put My words into his mouth, and he will speak to them all that I command him. יחנָבִ֨יא אָקִ֥ים לָהֶ֛ם מִקֶּ֥רֶב אֲחֵיהֶ֖ם כָּמ֑וֹךָ וְנָֽתַתִּ֤י דְבָרַי֙ בְּפִ֔יו וְדִבֶּ֣ר אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם אֵ֖ת כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲצַוֶּֽנּוּ: 19 And it will be, that whoever does not hearken to My words that he speaks in My name, I will exact [it] of him. יטוְהָיָ֗ה הָאִישׁ֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא־יִשְׁמַע֙ אֶל־דְּבָרַ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר יְדַבֵּ֖ר בִּשְׁמִ֑י אָֽנֹכִ֖י אֶדְר֥שׁ מֵֽעִמּֽוֹ:

Thanks boomers, for cratering the economy and putting us deeply in debt. Thanks for electing corporate robots and driving costs of living through the roof. Thanks for getting all yours for a fraction of the cost that things are now, and then calling us mooches when we want the same opportunities. Blaming is fun. Speaking as a Baby Boomer (1946-1964) there were several mores in play. The Christian awakening of 1750 was waning, the reemergence of liberalism in theology and society (since 1900) kowtowing to the growing religion of Darwinism (1860 peaking in 1920) meanwhile globalism which began in England in the 1750s was also reaching a peak in 1917... two world wars were fought virtually back to back... the environment the greatest generation grew up in... These factors preceded the Baby Boom generation. Traditionally America clung to its Christian heritage. Read the writing of the founding fathers if you doubt America was chartered as a nation of Christians. The greatest generation set out to spare their heirs the hell on earth they lived through. And in the process aided the ungodly tide building across this land with a generation of self centered people. Defiance became the clarion calling of most youths. Rewarded by a liberal media who praised their rebellion and cursed the establishment. All the while God was pushed out of American society more and more. Turn away from God and the only place to go is the devil / jungle law. And the morals that were once commonplace became less and less common... even nonsensical at times. "What are you Gomer Pyle?" Do the right thing? What's in it for me? I know my rights! Etc. Many things were going on during this time. Most families were one income households with stable marriages. Then women entered the workforce. ← which I am not bad mouthing. Everyone should have the opportunity to work. Although in most double income families, finances for proper care of the children is often not taken into consideration when weighing the benefits of two incomes versus a stay at home parent. This contributes to the instability in the home. All the while both big business and government took full advantage of the new social structure with crazy inflation and taxation. At first, with the additional incomes, Americans did not feel the pinch as badly. But then as the greed of business and government went off the chart came recessions. Recessions triggers more instability and fear on everyone's part that their livelihood is being taken from them so they go up on prices or strike for higher wages driving the cost of everything up. It's cyclical. I remember when the purchasing power of the dollar was many many times stronger than it is today. The cost of living was much lower in those days, but the wages were too. And rarely did people or businesses set out to make a killing on every deal. Don't even get me started on the fractured reserve banking practices or how a company whose profits of $100,000,000 is considered a loss since they projected to earn $150,000,000. It's still a profit! Consider also that private storage facilities did not exist prior to 1960. People used Yankee thrift, resold what they did not need, donated much of the junk we hang onto today. And since then everybody has to have their own new everything... We used to lend and borrow garden tools when I was a kid. My clothes were all new to me (hand me downs from cousin Larry). When I cashiered at Walmart I was appalled to see young people refusing to take the spare change back from their purchases. That's cash money! It adds up to dollars and more. Boomers are selfish but the generations since then are too. And this is what the elements that steal from us all are counting on. We are like the proverbial monkey with his hand caught in the monkey trap (a hollowed out coconut shell filled with treats). The monkey could escape if only he could bring himself to release the treats. His unclinched hand could fit back through the hole. But he doesn't. And it costs him his life. There's plenty of blame and reason to go around.

I love it. Thanks for sharing these wonderful videos / stories! I think the camera is what scared the kittens into hissing more than the people. Be blessed!

The only reason people go to hell is for unbelief in Jesus (John 3:18). When the Bible lists the sins of those who end up in hell, you must remember it is addressing unbelievers in Jesus. Even lying or having dirty thoughts is among the lengthy list. Fornication has temporal consequences (as does all sin) if you are a believer in Jesus Christ. I bristle at the Roman Catholic dogma (which leaches through all denominations) over the decree of this Church of Satan that determines all divorcees are guilty of sin that threatens their very salvation. This is to wield guilt and fear over those who are unaware / ignorant of the fact that Jesus saves not the Church or the papacy. "Living in sin" as the Protestants like to call it is as old as the woman at the well (who Jesus confided that he is indeed the Christ) or King David (a man after God's own heart). And it is acceptable in most nations of the world and has been for a very long time proven by the existence of common law marriage. So don't buy into the guilt trips Satan (through people) tries to burden you with. That was one of the biggest gripes Jesus had with the Sanhedrin (Pharisees in particular). If you continue your relationship with your lover eventually you will be married in the eyes of the law in most nations of the world. Is it better to marry? The Bible describes marriage as a covenant not unlike that which we have with him in our Christian walk. In fact, it is stated in scripture that in time past the LORD divorced Israel. Let not man tear asunder the spiritual bond of holy matrimony. But in certain cases of infidelity etc (as some have already posted) it is permitted without objection. My point? Do not allow people (with good intentions or not) convince you that divorce or common law marriage is the unpardonable sin. Only unbelief in Jesus is that sin.

Exodus 19:6 (KJV) 6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel. God did not realize this (at least not in totality) after the rebellion of Exodus 32 (wherein the Levitical priesthood was chosen and commissioned). This is actually the covenant of clergy / laity which was not intended for the new covenant: Revelation 1:6 (KJV) 6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. Revelation 5:10 (KJV) 10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. 1 Peter 2:3–9 (KJV) 3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. 4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, 5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. 6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. 7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, 8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. 9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: "kings and priests" is a Greek expression of the Hebrew ideal kingdom of priests. Most are unaware or in denial over this biblical fact, but each and every believer is a priest of Almighty God in Christ Jesus. And the clergy / laity division is not for this covenant but the old covenant. When we wrongly divide the word of God and the body of Christ in this manner we hamstring God's intended exponential evangelism of the world. There are two kingdoms (the kingdom of God which goes by several names / expressions like kingdom of heaven... and the kingdom of this fallen world). These are the only two and everybody is in either one or the other depending on whether or not they believe in Jesus Christ.

As to the return of Messiah... A lot could happen in a very brief time frame. But a lot has to happen before the return of Yeshua Jesus. The Temple has to be rebuilt (Daniel 12:11) more than 1290 days from the end of time. And the abatement of sacrifices signifies the persecution of Jews in that time unlike ever before (Matthew 24:20... the Armageddon campaign). And with the Jews' backs up against the wall as never before (facing a 200 million man army in the valley of Mount Megiddo) faced with utter annihilation they will as a last resort cry out to Yeshua for salvation as a last resort for nothing else will have worked. Matthew 23:37–39 (KJV) 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! 38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. 39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Psalm 118:25–26 (KJV) 25 Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity. 26 Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD. Hosha nah! (Hosanna) Save Now! Yehoshua HaMoshiakh! Jesus the Messiah! Then he will return.

Some say the two witnesses were divulged on the mount of transfiguration (Moses and Elijah). Others say the acts of the two witnesses in Revelation 11 indicate Moses and Elijah. Still others say that the two witnesses will be other people than Moses or Elijah who simply perform the acts that Moses and Elijah did in the Old Testament... citing that John the Baptist came as a spiritual fulfillment of the return of Elijah (Mark 11:9-13 / Matthew 11:11-14). Here's the thing about prophecy: just when you are sure that you know that you know that you know you are right... when God fulfills the prophecy is a way no one ever thought of (but is in perfect keeping with his predictions) we are amazed. "huh! Never thought of it that way" is the usual response. I say... either way is just fine with me LORD. Moses Elijah or Morty and Shemp. THY will be done oh LORD!

Daniel 9:27 (KJV) 27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate. The verse turns a corner from the genuine Messiah in the previous verses to the counterfeit messiah: he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: "he" being the false messiah / antichrist shall confirm THE covenant with the MANY. The covenant in Daniel (occasionally referred to as the holy covenant) is the Old Testament Law of Moses. Which he will convince the world is the only covenant of God. It actually was before the true Messiah Jesus came and fulfilled the Old Covenant and ushered in the New Covenant in his own blood. But the false messiah will claim Jesus was a fraud and that he is the real messiah. And the world (minus born again believers in the true Messiah Jesus) will fall for it. The false messiah will have evidence that seems right to non-Christian people (there is a way that seems right to man but the ends thereof are the ways of death). I'll get to that evidence in a bit. The "one week" is the 70th Week of Daniel (week of years = 7 years think of it as a Hebrew decade) in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, The false messiah will renege on his covenant with the Jews about mid 70th Week of Daniel causing the temple sacrifice to cease. Which means there will be a standing temple. There will be a sign / reason why he does this at this time. I'll get to that in a bit. for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate. ha shiqquts m' shamen refers to the defiling of the temple itself when the false messiah parks his miserable carcass on the mercy seat in the holy of holies and declares himself to be god. Jesus refers to this in Matthew 24:15-24 and Paul refers to it in 2 Thessalonians 2:3-11. Daniel speaks about it prophetically Daniel 11:36. Zechariah 5:5-11 takes it from there (which began on Temple mount and ends up in Babylon) the woman in the basket is Israel. As is the woman who tides the beast in Revelation 17... for the false messiah will have plowed with the LORD's heifer in this tribulation period. I know that's hard to hear. I was quite literally sickened by this revelation, and it still grieves me to this day. But to turn from God's Messiah is to head down this path of deception and destruction (for any peoples). If we search for the false messiah in scripture the way we search for the genuine Messiah, we learn that there are only two scriptures that contain the phrase "son of perdition." 2 Thessalonians 2:4 and John 17:12. Judas Iscariot is pointed out but not specifically named. Some believe this is a prophetic prefiguring of the ultimate son of perdition. But there is only one human being that the Bible says Satan entered into. Luke 22:3 and John 13:26-27 where Judas Iscariot is specifically named. In Acts 1:25 it is said that Judas "went to his own place" in his death. Sheol the grave has three compartments: Abraham's Bosom, Tartarus (the place of suffering) and a great divide / abyss between the two. This is how the false messiah will convince the whole world that the Old Covenant is the only covenant of God... he will be able to prove himself a man who lived 2000 years ago raised from the dead. By DNA or blood content or some other means. Remember the whole world has people of other religions and atheists etc to convince. Here comes a 2000 year old man who is able to prove his age and the world will believe every thing he says. All but Spirit-filled believers in Jesus, that is. These Spirit-filled believers in Jesus will not bow down to the false messiah nor accept his mark. This is what the mark is for... to expose the one people who will not accept it... to behead them. And once the beast believes Christians are vanquished, he will renege on the covenant with the Jews. He will desecrate the temple and move his capital to Babylon (Satan's Jerusalem founded by his Moses Nimrod). And the Jews will become the refuseniks the Christians had been. This will precipitate the great tribulation. The purpose for the Great Tribulation is to put the remnant of Jews backs to the wall so that in a last desperate act, they cry out to Jesus for nothing else will have worked. And Jesus will return at their cry (Psalm 118:225-26 / Matthew 23:37-39). Hosha Nah (hosanna) Save now! Yehoshua HaMoshiakh (Jesus the Messiah). Just FYI about Sheol:

Sorry, I'm in a clownish mood. Can we access BBS FidoNet with our current PCs?

Really? I'm 63 years old btw. From this... To this in only 43 years! I look like Homer Simpson now. Doh! Or it would be more like this... If they ever make a live action Simpson movie, I'm the guy for the job.

In all seriousness, we ought to create a network of contacts who we can get hold of to keep in touch. It doesn't have to be like a phone book directory but just immediate contacts (usually everyone will be included by extension that way). Just a thought. For a time of persecution is coming when the truth will not be tolerated. As near as it seems to be now, it is nothing like what it will be... or even has been historically.

I beg your pardon, I don't recline to type! I sit at a desk... LOL

makes me hungry... {SMILE}

Breeding mills would not exist if people adopted strays or sheltered animals who are literally dying to have a family and a home. Before adoption and after:

Since mankind is responsible for the harsh conditions of life in the wild (Eden was a paradise before the fall of mankind) we owe it to the animal kingdom to care for the animals and make life in the wild as humane / comfortable as possible. And with domesticated animals, we should give / get them homes and spay and neuter them to prevent the stray populations. You know... do and be what mankind is so inept at... responsible.