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R. Hartono

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  1. Jesu, joy of man's desiring,
    Holy wisdom, Love most bright,
    Drawn by thee, our souls aspiring
    Soar to uncreated light.
    Word of God our flesh that fashioned
    With the fire of life impassioned,
    Striving still to truth unknown,
    Soaring, dying round thy throne.

    Through the way where hope is guiding,
    Hark, what peaceful music rings,
    Where the flock, in thee confiding,
    Drink of joy from deathless springs.
    Theirs is beaty's fairest pleasure,
    Theirs is wisdom's holiest treasure.
    Thou dost ever lead thime own

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  2. On 2/21/2024 at 2:49 PM, Gabriel80 said:

    Yes, this has been on my heart lately.

    I am unfortunately double minded in this and currently unstable in my ways about it at the moment.

    I have brought this to God in prayer but... I think I need to be more earnest in it.

    The church that I attend is a candidate to give to... but I am not certain the Holy Spirit is confirming this is where resources should go.

    In my flesh... I feel conflicted as I want to see God's resources go to local need in the metropolitan area I am near.  There is severe homelessness/ drug abuse/ and I am sure children and widows affected in the mess.

    BUT at the same time... the charities run there are very few Christian ones.  The few that are aligned with the faith "disguise" there operations... where they talk around Christ but never directly say his name or mention sharing the gospel directly in the shelters or rehab facilities.

    And maybe they have to do that in this area... I dont know.  That concerns me though.

    And I also feel a need to find a charity that helps with the situation in Israel.  But...  I just never know how to be sure that the money is actually reaching the mission.

    Do you just give and pray to God and thank him for his blessing and faithfulness and think not another thought about where or who you gave to?

    Or is there a lesson in the parable where the workers were expected to "invest" the money their master gave them wisely?  (The parable where one of them just hid the money and earned nothing.)

    I am looking for guidance here spiritually and literally (like if you have some ideas for solid Christian ministries in the US and Israel... not limited to them of course.)

     

    Many thanks and God bless.

    NT Giving should be with cheer.

    https://www.worthychristianforums.com/topic/296140-there-was-death-penalty-for-trespassers-of-tithe-rights/

     

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  3. 2 hours ago, Shilohsfoal said:

    They are more than likely gentiles.The army they command is definitely gentiles.

     

    But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.

    And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

    Imho that shows the old Jerusalem city being internationalized and might be ruled by the Arabs and Palestinians. 

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_Resolution_303

    @Stormy Monday

  4. 4 hours ago, AdHoc said:

    I don't know why you said that. Could you give me a bit more background. Thanks.

    Imho at the fullness of gentiles God returns the mandate of Gospel news Salvation to the Hebrew and Moses with Elijah have visited Jesus ministry on earth for their end Times testimony. Thats why the 144k Hebrew will be sealed for protection as these Hebrew replace the church in the great tribulation.

    @FJK

  5. 3 hours ago, Shilohsfoal said:

    That's the wrong Israel.

     

     

    This is the right Israel.

     

    Isaiah

    49 Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The Lord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.

    And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;

    And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.

    Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.

    And now, saith the Lord that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord, and my God shall be my strength.

    And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.

     

    Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.

    Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;

    That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.

    10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.

    11 And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.

     

    12 Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.

    13 Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.

    14 But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.

    15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.

    16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

    17 Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.

    18 Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the Lord, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth.

     

    19 For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.

    20 The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.

    21 Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?

    22 Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.

    23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

    24 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?

     

    25 But thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.

    26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

    Could you kindly explain what does it mean.

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