When you are on a road trip , there are many stops .. especially if you have someone that has to use the restroom! But, even those unexpected stops present an opportunity to grow , get out and stretch. The same is... moreLife is similar to a Road trip.
When you are on a road trip , there are many stops .. especially if you have someone that has to use the restroom! But, even those unexpected stops present an opportunity to grow , get out and stretch. The same is applicable to life , especially When your destination is " Kingdom". The best driver " Jesus Christ" knows exactly how to get you to the final destination.
I encourage you if you aren't already on the road , to do so. It's simple " confess your sins, declare Jesus Christ has your Lord and Savior . " An daily live a life unto Him and watch your road trip become adventurous and glorious even in the pitstops ❤️
Seventh unexplained explosion since June 26 in Iran. The fact that the Iranians accuse Israel increases the reputation of the Israeli secret service. At the same time, it harms their own morality.
According to the Israeli... moreIran's unexplained explosions
Seventh unexplained explosion since June 26 in Iran. The fact that the Iranians accuse Israel increases the reputation of the Israeli secret service. At the same time, it harms their own morality.
According to the Israeli TV channel Channel 13, analysts estimate that the damage from the explosion and subsequent fires in Natanz has set the Iranian nuclear program back one year.
Was the Natans incident an accident or sabotage? Many theories are currently circulating. Austrian military analyst Markus Reisner writes in an analysis for the Middle East magazine "Zenith" that there are currently some indications that a radical change in the load could have caused the transformers to explode. "This indicates a targeted cyber-attack."
Benny Gantz: "Not every incident in Iran is connected to us."
If the detonation was due to acts of sabotage, they made one thing clear to the Islamic Republic: "that it is vulnerable, that its most sensitive facilities can be reached and attacked."
The question of suffering is one of the great questions of humanity. In response to suffering, we can either seek a guilty person or, as in Buddhism, ignore any desire.
But there is also the way to... moreCan there be a good God in the face of suffering?
The question of suffering is one of the great questions of humanity. In response to suffering, we can either seek a guilty person or, as in Buddhism, ignore any desire.
But there is also the way to recognize the manifestation of the good in suffering: the light displaces the darkness.
If there is no good God, then there are no general moral values. Then life simply means to eat and to be eaten. An animal is not immoral. If morality has no absolute lead, there is no right or wrong. You do how you feel right now. Jesus said to Pilate: "The reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth" (John 18:37). And he says about the Holy Spirit: "But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth" (John 16:13). An animal learns from humans or from experience which actions have which consequences.
We could suggest that the moral should be, everything is allowed if it does not harm another person. But the reality is that we would have to live alone. Interacting with other beings brings happiness as well as hurting. You can give something with good intentions, but others interpret it as an offense. Not my actions alone, but the interpretation of others decides about joy or pain.
If you understand the question of suffering in such a way that we have the choice of whether God or suffering exists, then the question of our image of God arises. There cannot be a self-made image of God because everyone projects other wishes into God. The biblical God reveals himself in suffering.
We cause a lot of suffering ourselves by not making good decisions. We are responsible for it ourselves. The reason of much suffering is how we interact with each other, even though we know it is not good. We choose suffering and not God, for example through wars, power struggles or patchwork relationships. We hoard instead of sharing. Instead of promoting and appreciating each other, we are in competition. And some wallow in the victim role instead of seeking help and taking responsibility for their own lives.
But even though responsibility lies with us, we tend to justify ourselves. We don't tell the truth, but we don't see ourselves as liars. Some say that God should remove evil, but forget that they would also be affected, because no one is thoroughly good. That is why the biblical God wants to save us from the area of evil. Other religions try to do this by optimizing their lives. The Buddhist tries to ignore all desire. Others try to impress God with good works or religiosity and earn recognition. Others try to prevent bad energies or evil spirits.
But God does not stand idly by. God takes our missing of the target seriously, meets us in Jesus and dies for us on the cross. His way may only be different than we expect. In the cross, human malice is painted before our eyes. It is shown to us the consequences of living without God. The love of God is revealed because Jesus died for us. Jesus said: "Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends." (John 15:13). At the same time, God is experiencing suffering. He knows how it feels like to be abandoned.
Human beings experiences God's love and mercy through suffering. God's way out of suffering is that we recognize and overcome suffering (do not choose it ourselves) by enduring suffering and not suppressing it. In this way we learn empathy (sensitivity) and trust in God (faith) and experience God's patience, his mercy, and his caring love.
Love does not mean removing all difficulties for someone but helping a person to develop into a personality according to the thoughts of God. Reflecting God's nature in this suffering world. And that's exactly what God gives and encourages us to do.
For the reason, that man can freely love God (Luke 10:27), there must also be the possibility of rejecting him. This opportunity of choosing reveals that God is love. God does not force us, but there is also no gaming. The right use does not prevent abuse. A place of God's presence (heaven) allows the place of God's absence. Now we have the opportunity every day to choose to love God.
What is a great belief? To get everything we want from God or to hold on and trust God even when things go differently than we expected? Can God ask us to care out suffering? God says to Paul: “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12: 9).
God's love reveals in suffering. God uncovers himself in the sacrificed lamb: “Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb” (Revelation 22: 1).
Suffering does not eliminate God, but it means experience God's help. Maybe not as we expected, but mercy and love will be revealed when we have nothing to offer. less
George Floyd acts as a catalyst for a new racist focus.
The turmoil over police violence is the result of a distorted view of the problem, says black economist Glenn Loury. Withdrawing funds from the police is destructive to black... moreState racism
George Floyd acts as a catalyst for a new racist focus.
The turmoil over police violence is the result of a distorted view of the problem, says black economist Glenn Loury. Withdrawing funds from the police is destructive to black communities. Because they would suffer the most if the police pulled out of their areas.
Rabbi Aryeh Spero noted in the press release: America is not a country with systemic and institutional racism. Racism emanates from individuals. It is also disturbing that the demonstrators sprayed anti-Semitic graffiti on the Beth Israel Synagogue in the Los Angeles Fairfax District on May 30, 2020.
The Beth Israel synagogue was decorated with graffiti labeled "Free Palestine. F - Israel ”. "We have known for years that Black Lives Matter is a hideous anti-Israel and anti-Jewish organization."
What does Black Lives Matter stand for? (Some of 17 points)
«We are aware of the different ways we are impacted or privileged as Black people who exist in different parts of the world.»
«We are guided by the fact that all Black lives matter, regardless of actual or perceived sexual identity, gender identity, gender expression …»
We make space for transgender brothers and sisters to participate and lead.
«We disrupt the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure requirement by supporting each other as extended families and “villages” that collectively care for one another ….»
On the one hand, one speaks of privileges and then generally speaks of violence against blacks, which, however, has nothing to do with racism. It is striking that the ideal society is represented as a clan society. The transfer of violence to the state has meant that the clans no longer have to take revenge.
«It is easy to hear the news and feel dismay and criticize the world leaders. It is much less logical to pray for them. But this is the right reaction for you. » says Robyn Wrigley-Carr.
Imam Sayyid Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, proclaimed on Al Quds Day on the last Friday of Ramadan 2020: “Palestine doesn’t belong to the Palestinians or to the Arabs or to the Muslims or the... moreShiite declaration of war on the Sunni world
Imam Sayyid Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, proclaimed on Al Quds Day on the last Friday of Ramadan 2020: “Palestine doesn’t belong to the Palestinians or to the Arabs or to the Muslims or the Christians. It belongs to those willing to adopt the struggle against injustice and against the oppressors”.
The pictures that were published at the same time are revealing.
Khamenei posted the picture for Al Quds Day 2020 on the Persian Channel with the comment: "We will pray in Jerusalem". It is an image that symbolizes the Shiite world.
On the left in the second row is Nicolás Maduro Moros, President of Venezuela. Behind him with the knife: Abdul-Malik Badreddin al-Huthi, leader of the Houthi in Yemen. In the third row Bashar Hafiz al-Assad Syria. To the right in the second row is Ismail Ghaani, the leader of the Al-Kuds brigades in Iran, who replaces Qasem Soleimani. The black man next to him is Ibrahim Zakzaky, the Shiite leader in Nigeria. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is in the front center. To his right is the head of Hamas, Ismail Haniyya. In the cloud you can see the face of the killed Qasem Soleimani, the former leader of the Al-Kuds brigades in Iran.
What is meaningful is who is missing.
None of Jordan is visible, even though they have official authority over Temple Square. There are no Saudi (Arabs) and no Sunnis except the head of Hamas. Abbas and Erdogan etc. are missing.
The statement is clear; the Shiites want to take over the Temple Mount. It is a declaration of war to the Sunni world. The picture also shows that Iran wants to take over Nigeria, Yemen and the Palestinians. At the same time, they want to fight their enemy America from Venezuela.
The Palestinian flag is very small. It is not about the Palestinian people, but about a Shiite takeover. This is the end of the Palestinians as we know them today. The Palestinians can only choose which rule they want to live under.
It is also remarkable that everyone turns their backs on the Dome of the Rock. The Dome of the Rock is not important. If he is holy, they would never show his back towards him.
The second picture that was posted is also interesting.
Resistance to the referendum. You can understand that twice. The anti-Jewish forces make trouble an end to the hustle and bustle of Israel with a referendum, or rather in the sense of the picture, until the anti-Jewish forces make Palestine (from the Jordan to the sea) Jewish clean (Palestine will be free). The Dome of the Rock was quickly moved to the Christian mount of Zion. You can see which building counts.
Because the Authority cut ties with Israel, forms that Palestinians need to work in the Jewish state can no longer be issued. Earlier this month, President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas responded to the Israeli government's plans to begin extending Israeli sovereignty to parts of the West Bank on July 1, saying that the longstanding coordination between its ruling Palestinian Authority and Israeli officials has ended. The refusal to process permits in one of the major Palestinian offices that process these travel requests was one of the first concrete signs that Abbas is at least carrying out its threat to suspend the relationship for the time being.
Surprisingly, the protesters outside the White House (USA) are singing religious Shiite Muslim praises to Iran's top leader. Link to the demos in the USA
The final statement from Jesus
Revelation 22: 6-21
The book of Revelation does not end with the mighty im-ages of the new heaven and the new earth, but with a focus toward Jesus.
Johannes does not want to give us speculative future ex-pectations, but... moreThe final statement from Jesus
Revelation 22: 6-21
The book of Revelation does not end with the mighty im-ages of the new heaven and the new earth, but with a focus toward Jesus.
Johannes does not want to give us speculative future ex-pectations, but to show who gives us the help and strength to cope with the present. The final statement calls on the reader to focus on Jesus.
Jesus says three times: I am coming soon (Revelation 22:7; Revelation 22:12; Revelation 22:20). The Greek word trans-lated to "soon" means both "fast" and "surprising".
When Jesus ascended to heaven, the angels said that Je-sus would come back to earth (Acts 1:11). We do not just have a future - we have one that is coming towards us. Our belief is focused on a person. The certainty that Jesus is coming also supports us in our daily challenges.
In Revelation 22:13, Jesus says: " I am the First and the Last", referring to Isaiah 44:6: " This is what the Lord says— Israel’s King and Redeemer, the Lord Almighty: I am the first and I am the last; apart from me there is no God." There is no day on earth without him. He is always here.
In Revelation 22:16, Jesus himself mentioned the his name for the only time in the book of Revelation. The incarnate is also the returning one. His name has its full weight here. The name "Jesus" means "The Lord saves". We experi-ence divine salvation through Jesus.
There is no accomplishment without fulfilling the promises in the Old Testament (root, tribe of David, morning star). Everything comes to completion. It is the shining morning star, the last sign before the new day begins. Our misery comes to an end. We go to the light.
"Soon" is a time limit for us that we hope to experience. But this "soon" can also be translated as "suddenly". Then Jesus says: "See, I am coming surprisingly." So it is no long-er a time period, but the manner how he comes.
Jesus comes so that everyone earns what he has sown (Revelation 22:12). Here the word "judgment" is not used, but the word "reward". We should know that all our per-severance has not been in vain. Nothing remains unseen and unappreciated.
But there is also an outside. It applies to those who have turned away from God (Revelation 22:15). The basic hu-man being will not change in the coming times. The call of beatification is more urgent: Blessed are those who clean up their lives (wash their robes, see Revelation 22:14). Blessed is the one who keeps the words of God (Revela-tion 22:7). All who are thirsty for God are invited (Revela-tion 22:17).
The words of the book of Revelation are a wake-up call and not a sealed, mysterious book for specialists (Revela-tion 22:10). This wake-up call also sounds in the last part.
Nothing should be added or removed from the words written here, but we should keep on it (Revelation 22:7; Revelation 22:9). We have to hold on to something that can easily be snatched from us. Holding on means trusting in it, even if it does not appear in the present that God will achieve his goal. We endure and trust.
The main accent of the Book of Revelation is that God comes to the goal. He has the world in his hand. He woos people in all possible ways. The powers of darkness are not trivialized, but they have limited powers. Ultimately, we do not have to fear them. They basically disempow-ered by Jesus' death and resurrection. Death no longer has the last word.
The belief in the resurrection gives us a perspective that goes beyond the earthly horizon. From this point of view, our life looks very different. Even the “most senseless life” has a meaning because Jesus loves us. He changes and accomplishes all who do not oppose him.
Earthly and eternal life are not separate areas, but flow into one another. We experience a piece of heaven here on earth and are prepared for communion with God in our earthly life. It is not the pictures that are important, but the goal: communion with God. This deep longing for Je-sus should encouraged us here to focus on God.
“The Spirit and the Bride, they say: Come!” (Revelation 22:17). The Holy Spirit shows people that they have missed their target, offers salvation in Jesus and draws attention to the consequences (John 16.8). He does this with and without us. Whoever listens to this call says: "Jesus, come into my life!" (John 1:12). Those who are thirsty receive the water of life free of charge. There should be no busi-ness out of belief. Faith expects help from God alone (everything is grace, see Revelation 22:21) and our knees bow to Him alone (Revelation 22: 8-9).
John was so moved by the revelation that he does not ask that these things should not happen as long as possible, but that Jesus should come. Those who are touched by God think in other dimensions. less