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Please folks. Be nice to each other and keep it on topic. The children are listening.

Enoob’s last is a delusion so don’t worry saints.

Please lighten up a little. Be nice while making a point. :-)

God bless you John.

A thing I find interesting is just how the fullness of the gentiles meshes with the blinders being removed from Israel. I don't know how it will work, but there is a specific finite number at the end of this age.

Oh, there is no doubt whatsoever. Those foreordained.

Well done, Anne. Great addition to the conversation.

Praise the Lord---He is coming. I have a neat little notion and often think this way when talking to the Lord about it...I am waiting for the 153rd fish to enter the Kingdom.

Yes--all true and good points connected to the OP. The result of that factious 'teaching' and training leads to the fleshly attitude of "we are more special than the others". This manifests in many ways, but is all from the same spirit--not Christ. It is in fact, 'antichrist'. The point of the OP is to alert folks to this in hope of each one examining themselves before the Lord and ask for Help to change. Most that I have met have no idea of what they are doing, but rather are blind to it. There is a difference between having differences in points of doctrine / understanding and thinking one is superior a fellow Christian because of it. I call it 'speciality'. Spec-i-ality. I am more special than you. We all need to guard against such.

You are welcome. A garden is a very special illustration of the LOrd's provision. A place of plenty. A place where all we need is there. Its a most wonderful and pleasant thing to know.

and of course speaking of the Kingdom of God. Luke 13:19 It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and put in his garden; and it grew and became a large tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches.”

Isaiah 51:3 For the LORD will comfort Zion, He will comfort all her waste places; He will make her wilderness like Eden, And her desert like the garden of the LORD; Joy and gladness will be found in it, Thanksgiving and the voice of melody.

OK--this one needs work and not yet ready for prime time or even after 12 news.

I have to move on for now….perhaps will continue at a later time.

My question in response to tatwo referring to the destroying in Christ’s name, was to ask are they? Neither can be. They would have to be Christ’s for it to be true. This reality shifts the conversation away from Christians and puts it onto two parties that are not Christ’s. I asked, “who is destroying in His Nature or Name”. This is impossible.

This is a disjointed discussion. The above doesn’t address my question. So be it. God bless you.

Yup

It sounds like an idea that could bear fruit, brother. I am praying.

I hope the mayor fares well. He is in a real pickle.

Is Israel or Hamas destroying in the Nature of the Lord…in His Name?

The biblical definition of sin may help. The focus is to miss the mark and that mark is the perfect Righteousness of Christ. sinned G0264 ἁμαρτάνω ----- [Analytics] sinned (104x) G0264 (45x) [Mounce Greek Dictionary] gk G279 | s G264 ἁμαρτάνω hamartanō 43x pr. to miss a mark; to be in error, 1 Cor. 15:34; Tit. 3:11; to sin, Jn. 5:14; to be guilty of wrong, Mt. 18:15 → sin. ☞ mounce | niv | esv | csb | nrsv | nkjv | kjv

Who are these people to say how Israel gives aid to their enemy. Its ridiculous on its face.

I am not certain that I see just what the point is here any longer. Israel, such as it is is an entirely secular nation, so they cannot be reasonably held to abide by the teachings of Christ. They are one of many nations in this fallen world and they happen to be surrounded by those who wish to eliminate them--man, woman and child. Hamas has committed unthinkable atrocities while using their own citizens as shields. Does this need repeating? So I ask, do those judging Israel, so judge Hamas with as much enthusiasm. From an earthly point of view--which is what is relevant here--I see no moral equivalence. Israel does not want all of their enemies wiped off the earth as does Iran and its proxies. Israel drops leaflets and warns the innocent. This is remarkable in this war's context. Do you also condemn Hamas? I pray that we refrain from any undue condemnation. Its easy from the comfort of our sofa...we do not wear their shoes.

In my own life and walk, I have found it a very real blessing to have come to a place where I realize that I can do nothing without Him. Its makes for a daily reliance on and looking to Him in near constant prayer/conversing with Him. This mindset, if you will, drives me closer to Him. We understand, that the battle is in the mind and in this ever confused and sinful world, we need our minds set on Him. Colossians 3:2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. ““I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.” (John 15:5 NKJV)

Thanks for the belly chuckle, George. I read that article this morning and you nailed it.