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I had written this song awhile back, but recently mixed video for it.

No I’m simply changing the backdrop to show how perception changes, and lest you think I a total Elon hater, I own a Tesla. Neither am I saying the current rendition of his implant is anything like that needed for almost total saturation. What I am saying is that similar tech will likely be used later and that , so far as I know, no one else has done it to that level. He is a transhumanist, has admitted as much. God might be using him in great ways even though he doesn’t see it that way.God used pharaoh during the exodus too. I can for sure say God is not for transhumanist ideas. I mean he never intended for us to majorly augment ourselves to try to become super human. We regain more capability when Jesus returns. I see transhumanist as the dilution of humanity, similar to genetic manipulations. Whenever Satan tries to sell us something the marketing looks pretty good. Sure the tech helping people to walk is great, but if it gets into your mind and begins to take over thoughts, that’s another thing entirely. If you’ve read into transhumanist they talk about making everyone a hive. No thanks. The queen bee will be running the hive. Their queen bee. Now I should probably go check my last software update to be sure I won’t need an implant to drive my Tesla:)

Well I sorta feel like I entered a sheep shearing party and the sheep have all been sheared. Some more than once.:) I imagine that if Joseph Mengela were implanting devices in prisoners, the views of the free western world after the war would have seen it as an atrocity. Since then the marketing has gotten so much better. The Nazis would have seen it as ok to use inferior humans for the advancement of science. But it’s helping people right? I think we will see the marketing only get better. Just imagine a currency that can impose stipulations to buying and selling. We are getting it. Hmmmmm, now how will we tie all of that together? We need something on everyone. Hey there’s that Elon guy! He already has inroads. Elon himself? Well some say he already has an implant, has some good customized supplements, or both. I had his bio until I took it to the 2nd hand store. If you are the type that reads between the lines you might see the same undercurrent commonly seen in families involved in undercurrent systems. And it seems to me that he has the ok of those systems and players to keep playing. It just the way things are coming together under God’s plan. I smelled a rat long ago but this isn’t unusual. They are everywhere although this particular one has long reaching supported pull.

Not that I’m aware of. For short clips the phone works ok. Longer videos I use an action camera. I just bought another one after I dropped that other one riding my motorcycle. The mount that failed went in the trash too.

The Bible tells us to ‘stand’ or ‘having done all to stand’. Paul uses running a race to win as another example. Running a race is doing our best regardless of the opponents. Concentrating on the win. To stand is mostly defensive as I see it. Bulwarks against the enemy. Breaching the mainland through Christ.

No, just holding my iPhone while videoing.

That’s what I got too. Thanks for your thoughts. Back to the OP. I realize I took this off the rails some. Originally I disassociated the relationship of wealth to a person’s eternal destiny, and technically it isn’t the wealth in and of itself. It seems to simply be the environment which helped to exacerbate a pre exiting problem. I imagined if Lazarus had been wealthy, if that would have changed him? And Jesus could have easily chosen wealth but decided to move around with no permanent place to lay His head as anything else would have been a detriment to His mission. Later on in that Acts setting, believers sold their belongings and shared with other believers. Nowadays we give to churches and charities mostly although lots of self sacrifice can still be found. The backdrop for that story remains. A man living in luxury who apparently never helped another man right by his gate who was so poor he was a beggar. Possibly he was unable to work due to health issues. I believe we are either given wealth or we worked to achieve it, and since everything comes from God, so does the ability to gain or inherit wealth. Christians show God’s love in various ways, and if one has extra they could be sharing I think Gid expects us to do do as we are led by the Spirit. The lost person has no such inclinations most of the time revealing what they are. Some give for visibility and trickle back benefits. The world wants us to think wealth is the pinnacle of happiness when really in many cases it only shows a bunch of empty pursuits. The rich man made a terrible trade. His life in luxury ignoring God in exchange for what eventually happens when a person ignores God.

To say God is not a nationalist is to say we need to make that statement because there are those misguided who think He is. So maybe some see this as a real problem on large scale. And I'll admit that I see statements which are often exclusive in many circles, The us mentality. The clan, the tribe, often seeing themselves in a superior light because of location an/ or citizenship. " We don't do that harumph". We are above that. My tribe is the best tribe, God's tribe. It seems to run down to association by where we are or where we are from which some then take pride in, and pride myust aways be above someone else. Reading the Psalms can even seem to have those connotations because David seen himself as God's warrior literally and was continually proclaiming what God was going to do to his enemies. God had determined to bless Israel as His people, but apparently most of them seldom seen an association with Yahweh as a national association, at least not at the personal God level because they couldn't run away fast enough. Even in the wilderness after witnessing astounding miraculous acts of God to protect them, they decided Moses was taking too long on the mountain and made an idol and got into indecent behavior. Sadly, any country since who has given allegiance to God either in a big way, or in only outward ways, i.e. most of America, is full of rot and lots of the very things He warns against. If a nation truly followed God as a majority, then that nation would be geared nationally to God. Christian nationalism as a superiority complex is bad bad bad. I am reminded of Nineveh. They turned around against all odds. Against the wishes of the very prophet sent there to warn them. Should they as a country have taken pride in having followed God? What kind of sorrow do you think they had and why? It is true that when a country predominately follows the ideas of God in it's laws and when leaders are really working for the people as God's servants, things go well. God blesses that country. And in my opinion, to say my country was spiritually superior or better is a loaded statement because we have always had the bad stuff underneath the good stuff. The apple has always had worms. I can't personally invest a lot of trust in my country or any other. I am part of another kingdom. I'll pay my taxes and obey the laws. I'll respect and love others not because I'm an American but because I'm a believer.

I'm sorry, I just had to bring this up because in Luke 16 a passage preceeds the story of Lazarus and the rich man that I think leads us into the Lazarus story. Jesus is discussing comparitive worldly concepts to translate to heavenly ones, and initially it seems to me to be a bit ambiguous. In verses 1-14 Jesus discusses an irresponsible worldly manager who managed the assets of a rich man. Accusations of waste were coming against him. When word gets to the rich man, he prepares to fire the manager. The manager fearing loss of his future and looking at his future, decides to lighten the load of all those who owed his master. On the surface this looks as if the master would be furious because he will be loosing money, and yet this isn't the case. He is commended instead, maybe more for shrewdness than anything else which I'll admit doesn't seem typically how I imagine those things to work, but Jesus is speaking here and I know there are deeper meanings. Essentially the manager makes affiable aqaintances so that when he is fired he will have a network of support. In a nutshell, I scratched your back really well. I know you'll open doors for me later on, and I always dislike the footnote bibles on some of this because they lack good explanation, most of them. Jesus then tells us to use worldly wealth to gain friends so that when it is gone we will be welcomed into heavely dwellings, correlation to that manager who made wordly friends. How would one do this? By sharing what I have with others. By going light on those who are obligated to me. How else would you say? I see these concepts aligning with the biblical parable of the man who was let go by the king for a large debt. The king granted relief. That same man was then unwilling to forgive a much smaller debt owed to him which enraged the king. Spiritual implications are that God forgives us and we should forgive others. I know peeople use their wealth to make friends, but I find that a bit dishonest. I mean maybe I don't really want to be your friend, but you pulled me into some benefit for myself and now I'm obligated? That sounds more like an employee/employer or renter/landlord sort of thing. So I think it's something with some ambiguity that needs ironing out. I am under the impression we are to use WHATEVER we have at our disposal to help in the task of love to others through Christ. Wealth always inwardly directed is not good use of it.The question for how a person might focus it outwardly is probably an individual one. I'll never forget I was selling cards many years ago as a young person trying to make some money on the side even though sales wasn't my thing. Most of the more well off people had no interest, but there was this man and his family living in a shack in the country. Racially oppressed in that area, I remember being kindly invited in and they bought some of my cards. The man with the least amount of money in the most oppressive conditions bought my cards. Anyways, here's the text to this. How would you say it ties in to the later story of Lazarus? Luke 16:1-14 16 Jesus told his disciples: “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions. 2 So he called him in and asked him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.’ 3 “The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do now? My master is taking away my job. I’m not strong enough to dig, and I’m ashamed to beg— 4 I know what I’ll do so that, when I lose my job here, people will welcome me into their houses.’ 5 “So he called in each one of his master’s debtors. He asked the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ 6 “‘Nine hundred gallons[a] of olive oil,’ he replied. “The manager told him, ‘Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it four hundred and fifty.’ 7 “Then he asked the second, ‘And how much do you owe?’ “‘A thousand bushels[b] of wheat,’ he replied. “He told him, ‘Take your bill and make it eight hundred.’ 8 “The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light. 9 I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings. 10 “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. 11 So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? 12 And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else’s property, who will give you property of your own? 13 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” 14 The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus.

I am pretty convinced the Lord wasn't asking the rich man to give up everything, but to be willing to give up everything. Since God wants us to enjoy the fruits of our labors, I don't believe He wanted him to become impoverished while making those he helped rich. Being willing means it might happen, but then I go back to Abraham being asked to sacrifice Issac. Seems to me God wants a willing heart and the wealth was of less importance. Job felt the full brunt of what can happen, but then was restored, I guess I don't see God wanting to inflict harm or loss in any way. He wants to restore and bless. The rich young ruler didn't get that. The concept of giving to get is more than a little shallow, but I do think those who give also get and those who withhold have less. I tend to be sort of oblivious to the money stuff until I have to deal with it. Maybe if I valued it more I would be more concerned. People who are overly concerned about money tend to think about money a lot and even be consumed by it. Jesus told us that even the sparrows and flowers have all they need. If I'm obsessing over thinking how I will try and get from point A to point B without praying over it I would be at fault. My God owns the cattle on 1000 hills, and since most of us are not shepherds, maybe that way of seeing it doesn't seen so personal, but cattle was a measure of wealth back then. He owns the stuff men make currency to own. Jesus talked a lot about money, talents and so forth, but He never needed it. It was a measure of heart value.

True that, I think we are looking in the direction of consummation right? At least I am. I realize that by human time we think 2000 years is a long time, and yet by all indications it looks like we are in the jowels of the winding down. Looking back is a long time. Looking forward looks to me like the beginning of the home stretch. Some may take that to mean next week, some may think it means in a few years. By 'it' I mean when we get into the heat of the progression of things. When there is no doubt which chess piece was moved. Sometimes anticipation adds psychologically to our concepts of time, as when we want anything to happen ASAP. And it WILL happen, but maybe not as fast as a caffinated amped up impatient person wants it to:) I keep going back to the ten virgins with those who were unprepared. What does that mean in our current ways of thinking? Sort of like the fire department, always ready to put out a fire so that when it happens they are ready, not like California who turned off the water. There are many ways to be ready. A checklist.One main way to be ready is to have the right spirit about all of it, following Christ no matter what, seeking the Lord every day. In close contact. Nothing wrong with looking back to when it all began, but we are in a moving time that has changed and is changing rapidly. And it's easy to try and strategize too far out thinking we have more than we do, but at the same time when God gives us something we know and it generally isn't mystical knowledge, it's studied knowledge, meaning that pretty much anyone can know, so it isn't as if I'm talking about deep things we can't all know. It's more like the admission that some christians don't study and expect others to figure it all out, and I get that people often want to help, so knowing doesn't come from an elitist atitude. New believers won't be there and might need and want help. So what am I saying? Really that I myself try and tread lightly around all of it. Not bashful or backward, but more a decision of who or how to relate these things to different people. I was in a medical office today and there was talk among us waiting that AI is taking over and I made the comment that pretty soon they will have robots drawing our blood. It was agreed the trades are the future so far as job stability. Sign of the times we are in. Remember when plumbers where looked down on? So I think the average person out there sees something changing that's beginning to affect them or family members in bigs ways, Even unbelievers, and hopefully this will be a draw to cause many of them to look a little deeper and hopefully talk to others who haven't gone off the deep end on prophecy and are willing to take the time to explain it. We can't deny whats happening, we can only disagree on why or the prophetic implications.

Can you please rephrase this?

I have never seen a nation stand idly by when someone was attacking their bridges and aircraft on the ground. So many mixed signals from NATO and the US so that noone can believe any comments. One minute they are talking about cease fire. The next they are bombing Russia. The clincher is, the European Union isn't really prepared for an all out war. They like to rattle the swords but don't have the ammo to do it. Germany has hung itself economically and is gearing up for a war economy. Meanwhile the EU slapped the tiger, or rather the bear. That's a pretty big bear to slap without a gun. Doesn't any leader think about their citizens anymore?

Video I recently shot in the woods.

Jesus talked more about hell than heaven. Why? This was a story from Jesus, not just anyone. Why did Jesus pursue these kinds of discussions? I believe it’s apparent there is a lot at stake. I once believed this to be some kind of parable loaded with metaphors, but really it aligns with those biblical holding places. It has to be a very real presentation of events. Everyone will have had opportunity to either accept or reject. No stragglers. The story probably represents a cross section of people even though literal. My Bible reading this morning in Psalms discusses the very temporary nature of the wealthy. They are there one minute and after fading they are gone. The poor should be thankful for their low position. Why? If it results in seeking God it’s a blessing with eternal implications. God makes sure the poor have enough if they are His. If the rich foolishly depend on fleeting resources that can’t help them, it’s really a curse. They need to have the right perspective.

So I could film this with my iPhone :)

Whatever God wants you to do. Reaching the lost is important. Not everyone is on the same page. I tend to like subjects that bore others. For some people it might be better for them to just go about their day for mental health. It isn’t a subject that bodes well for day to day activity. As believers we will be protected, unless called on as martyrs, and we wouldn’t be the first. If the receptiveness isn’t there what’s the point? The Bible says a lot of things about the progression into the new kingdom. One of the things it says is that the world is under the great deceiver. By default I think we know what that means and we can see it in real time, not that people haven’t always been deceived. If you dig to any depth in that rabbit hole a person will see it isn’t only deceptive but pure evil. The good news in this case is we are not under that. We are liberated, free. We have the eyes to see praise God. We are part of the new kingdom coming. We won’t suffer anything intended for them. They say the present doesn’t exist. It’s either looking to the next second or looking back. When you say you’re in the now you really aren’t. We are in a progressing system where God inevitably determines the final outcomes. Gods hardens hearts for His purposes ie Pharoah. So he allows it to progress something He planned eons ago. Best, Tim

As it pertains to many discussions here, it’s differing views on the sequence. Well I think we need to be open to it first. I won’t let division happen on my watch. My intent was just to show how current global events are taking us places. Those who know, see it, but neither do they read more into it than what is there, which is easy to do. I totally get your jist here. When we get that truth should we share it? I am of the opinion this is not always wise. Since God gives truth directly maybe because we asked for it, it could be for us, or He could be telling us to share it. We also only see some stuff “ as through a glass darkly”. I am reluctant to share anything I only know partially unless I’ve been told to share it. Opposition is never hatched in the Spirit. Well maybe you noticed, but I don’t like clashes especially between brothers. Even disagreements can carry passive aggressive traits. Sometimes these exchanges of ideas are necessary as we are fighting that invisible force behind some if it. If you are completely convinced through the Spirit in your own heart, then there is no reason to ever see an impasse except as it concerns relaying such thoughts to others who may not be so receptive. All kinds of people here. Young believers, older believers, people who signed in here who might not even have a firm grasp of anything yet. And yet I can summarize by saying I see the birth pangs. Many who read end times, if not most will agree with that. Now the level of care there might vary all the way from none at all to vague concern. Some even worry about it. Some deal with what they see as impending trouble with diversion or denial. Comfortable denial. The harvesters in the field are trying to help as many as we can. If the storm is coming you gather the crop as fast as you can. Thinking about the storm can be a kind of diversion. Make sense? I get what you’re saying here. What I was saying is that sometimes we just walk away from anything not condusive to advancement if the discussion. Walking away is not really agreeing, and sometimes we press on in love to help. Wars are never won with words. If agreement is the goal we will be sorely disappointed. Men among men minus God won’t end well. Men Among men with God as a reference has possibilities. God changes men’s hearts. Only God. No matter what you share here and no matter how correct it is, My expectation would never be 100% agreement although it happens. This is a place where anyone can come. I know, I don’t think that this is really what any of us wants to hear. We can say we have scripture A and B and it correlates with current or impending events. Skeptics are going to rake over it. Those in agreement might say nothing or you might get an emo. Facts don’t necessarily ever require agreement although that would be the goal. Best, Tim

I almost edited this because it almost sounds like I said Christ’s sacrifice was a small one. Not in that sense. My point was using the mustard seed concept. One man saves many men by sacrifice. Huge return on that investment. Also on the idea of inclusion. No person is excluded from the kingdom unless they exclude themself. If you really aren’t ok, I don’t want to lie and tell you you’re ok if you aren’t. Make sense?

One of my favorite things lately has been to take a 20 mile ride from my house to a nearby town, buy a large coffee and drink it on the way back. This takes me down a bike path and past some lovely sights, then I go through maybe five blocks of the town to get my coffee. Ride home with one hand drinking the coffee or while on the trail, no hands. I happened by this nice creek area and decided to check it out.

Sorry I had a catch in my throat the whole time which makes me look very serious.

Interesting way to see things. I imagine looking at end times is a lot like looking at the weather. We watch it because we don’t know whether we need an umbrella or not. In this case, our umbrella is Jesus and a relationship with Him. If we make a projection based on what we think we know and it proves to be incorrect, it does more harm than not saying anything. Since I’m a YouTuber and frequently go there, I can tell you the place is loaded with people claiming prophetic gifts making claims or regurgitating the Bible trying to make it look like they had a revelation when it’s a thing we all can know. Prophecy for some Christians is a hobby and they enjoy trying to determine close timelines. I am of the opinion that God isn’t ready until he’s ready. We’ve been in the last days for 2000 years. I believe most will agree we are in the birth pangs but it could either be a long or a short birth. God just wants me busy doing His work.

It could be said that many believers are anticipating the uniting to Jesus in a much more personal way which won’t happen until either after death or His return. Until then we have the very personal Holy Spirit within us. I hear you saying this subject is a distraction to relationship with God. It could be if a person is the kind of person who might let details go for a bigger picture. Can’t see the forest for the trees kind of thing. I don’t believe study of this subject needs to be. Again, we are to be doing God’s work. Bearing fruit no matter what.