Hyperion

The word "edifice" comes to mind, which is a building or complex structure. We are the temple and we have been given particular gifts to use in defending and building up the temple (eachother). 1Peter 4:10 "As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God." 1 Corinthians 3:10 "According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon." There is no better sense of fulfillment than when I am using my gifts to serve others; this is the true currency of the Kingdom. When I begin to buy in to this world's economy of profiting from other's misfortunes it is like tearing down the temple and we know how He feels about that: 1 Corinthians 3:17 "If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are."

Huh?

I wonder, was there a need for culling before the fall?

Praise Yah! You have His desire and He will work in you to act according to His purpose. Be filled with His Holy Breath and dispel the darkness around you! Hit the darkness with every limb you got and if you go down...go down swinging...and He will lift you up again and again until He inhales you into Himself! Amen.

Then why is it such a hard thing to defend when athiests argue that the Creator of nature is cruel when He ordered people groups removed?

"Jaak Panksepp, one of America’s leading neuroscientists, concludes that both animals and humans have brains wired to feel emotions, and that animals have the capacity to experience pleasure and happiness from their lives.[37] For this reason, there are those who believe that culling animals is morally wrong. Culling (killing animals) has been criticized on animal rights grounds — it has been argued that killing animals for any reason is cruel and unethical, and that animals have a right to live.[7] Some argue that culling is necessary when biodiversity is threatened.[38]However, the protection of biodiversity argument has been questioned by some animal rights advocates who point out that the animal which most greatly threatens and damages biodiversity is humanity, so if we are not willing to cull our own species we cannot morally justify culling another.[39][40] There is a growing movement to reinstate eugenics practices in the human population, but the issue is hotly contested. (See also: speciesism)" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culling Do you agree with the underlined passage in the third paragraph? Can this principle be likened to the killing of the Canaanites (Numbers 21:2-3; Deuteronomy 20:17; Joshua 6:17, 21)?

Traders and traffickers...

"The final word in Zechariah proclaims that on the Day of the Lord "There will be no Canaanite in the house of the Lord of hosts on that day" (14:21), proclaiming the need for purity in the Temple, which would come when God judges at the end of time. The Revised Standard Version has this: "There will be no trader in the house of the Lord of hosts on that day." In the Masoretic Text it is: "and in that day there shall be no more a trafficker in the house of the Lord of hosts." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Zechariah "House of the Lord" and "Temple" is different than the synagogue correct? https://biblehub.com/interlinear/zechariah/8-12.htm

Ohhhh: Most modern Christian commentators identify this Zechariah with the one whose murder Jesus alluded to in Matthew 23:35 and Luke 11:50-51.[2]Zechariah is then understood as representing the last of the martyrs recorded in the Masoretic Text (since the Hebrew sequence of books ends with 2 Chronicles). D. C. Allison notes that Luke 11:49-51 echoes 2 Chron 24:17-25 by referring to the sending of the prophets, the blood of Zechariah and the temple precinct.[3] The Gospel of Matthew records his name as "Zechariah son of Berechiah". This identification can be reconciled if Jehoiada was Zechariah's grandfather, and Berechiah his father. However, the prophet Zechariah is listed as the son of Berechiah (Zech. 1:1) and some therefore make this identification. The Book of Zechariah is commonly dated to c. 520-518 BC, several hundred years after the reign of Jehoash of Judah, and in this interpretation Zechariah is chronologically the last of the martyrs.[citation needed] This guy?

"The male given name Zechariah is derived from the Hebrew זְכַרְיָה, meaning "The Lord has remembered." It has been translated into English in many variant forms and spellings, including Zachariah, Zacharias and Zachary. It was the name of various men in the Bible." Which Zechariah? "Berakah, also spelled Berakha, orBerachah (Hebrew: “blessing”), plural Berakoth, Berakot, Berachoth, orBerachot, in Judaism, a benediction (expression of praise or thanks directed to God) that is recited at specific points of the synagogue liturgy, during private prayer, or on other occasions (e.g., before performing a commandment or for being spared from harm in the face of danger). Most berakoth begin with the words Barukh Attah Adonai Eloheinu Melekh ha-Olam (“Blessed art Thou, O Lord our God, King of the Universe”)."

Descendent...I like that...Ascendant.

No,please elaborate.

If you are a believer, you are grafted into Israel.

"Contrary to popular belief, most diplomatic missions do not enjoy full extraterritorial status and – in those cases – are not sovereign territory of the represented state.[10] Rather, the premises of diplomatic missions usually remain under the jurisdiction of the host state while being afforded special privileges (such as immunity from most local laws) by the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. Diplomats themselves still retain full diplomatic immunity, and (as an adherent to the Vienna Convention) the host country may not enter the premises of the mission without permission of the represented country, even to put out a fire.[11] International rules designate an attack on an embassy as an attack on the country it represents.[citation needed]The term "extraterritoriality" is often applied to diplomatic missions, but normally only in this broader sense." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomatic_mission Okay, so I guess it would depend on whether or not the embassy in Jerusalem enjoys full "extraterritorial status".

So do you believe the people of the Way enjoyed being called "Christian" and began labeling themselves as such and do you believe that they continued in the synagogue at Antioch or did they begin to meet elsewhere?

Isn't putting an embassy in Jerusalem, itself, dividing the land since the embassy is now U.S. soil?

Where does it, specifically, say that people of the Way were "Christians"?

Does Scripture say that Christians gathered in the synagogue or was it a sect of Jews that were mentioned? Acts 19:8-9 "And he entered the synagogue and continued speaking out boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading them about the kingdom of God. But when some were becoming hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the people, he withdrew from them and took away the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus." "The Way" is all I can find, which I understand to be the early Jewish sect of Nazarenes. Thanks for any feedback!

So you don't believe that those who take it will be motivated by "peer pressure" with this verse as it's basis: "Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever." 1 John 2:15-17 You think it will be more along the lines of coercion?

Remember, the MOB is worldwide so there will be many who will jump at the opportunity to become a first world country over night, so to speak. Think about all the masses living in third world countries...if they take the mark, they get the wealth distributed to them from those who refused. This is why I believe that there will be an awakening, for us who are first worlders, to what is going on. Think about it, this scenario solves the problem of how to redistribute the world's wealth...problem solved.

Remember, the MOB is worldwide so there will be many who will jump at the opportunity to become a first world country over night, so to speak. Think about all the masses living in third world countries...if they take the mark, they get the wealth distributed to them from those who refused. This is why I believe that there will be an awakening, for us who are first worlders, to what is going on. Think about it, this scenario solves the problem of how to redistribute the world's wealth.

The Mark of the Beast (MOB) will, no doubt, be some sort of legalized (by the courts) license to break Yah's Law with impunity. Why will people be willing to take it? It is a means of redistributing the world's wealth. People that have never experienced being affluent or living in a first world country will jump at the opportunity to, suddenly, become prosperous... wouldn't you?

Yeah, I think it is closely related to faith. But, faith also has the fuller expression of carrying out what is conceived.

Romans 8:19 "For the whole creation hopes for and expects the revelation of the sons of Yah." We can take the land from the giants!

Awesome, good reads, thank you!