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Thought-Sherds (It's a play on words, you know, "potsherds'' the little Earthenware fragments that Archaeologists find, with scriptures, notes, and things written on them,.... well if you have to explain it...... it's not so funny anymore)
Thoughtsherds: [thot '- surdz ] too small to be an article, but maybe big enough to make a difference.
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6.
The
Greatest possession you own is your Free-Will.
The
Greatest possession you own is your Free-Will.
And rightly, when
someone tries to take away your free-will (your most valuable
possession and gift from God) you get angry. And when you try to take
away someone else's free will (their most valuable possession and
gift from God) they get angry.
It seems that all conflicts
come from people either abusing other's free-will or having their
free-will abused.
And the abuse of dignity too.
Why
dignity too ?
Our Dignity comes from our sense of self-worth due
to the fact that we are created in God's image.
When we hurt
someones Dignity we hurt their "Godishness". (compare with
Matt 5:22)
What deeper insult could there be than to imply that a
person is not in God's image, or that the God that they are in the
image of is is a worthless God ?
So, to take away someone's
Free-Will is to take away their Greatest
Gift and Possession from God,
and to hurt their Dignity is to take away their sense
of Worth and Who they are, that comes directly from God.
(and insults God as well).
The
abuse of Free-Will and Dignity would appear to be at the root of all
conflict.
Kinda
makes sense, huh ?
Please Take the time to think about
this until you can really feel
it
..... it's quite
important.....MeThinks.....
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7.
The
one who invented Language does NOT need to be corrected when he
speaks.
(oddly
enough)
And
yet how often when different ones are explaining the Bible, do you
see a change from the
most obvious and clear meaning of the words that are right in front
of you,
to fit an agenda ?
We should conform our thinking to the
Bible, not the Bible's thinking to ours. (Ezk 18:25)
The
secret to interpreting the Bible is: Don't.
Just
read
what it says..... (yes, there are exceptions, but let
them find you.
We shouldn't go looking for them.)
The simple, self-evident,
principles of all honest clear communication would by logical
necessity hold true for the words of the one who invented language
and communication.
That seems rather clear, yes ?
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8.
A
Time, Times, and half a Time.....
This
Phrase is somewhat unique in the Bible, in that it is one of the few
phrases that occurs in
each of the Three languages that the Bible was written in
i.e. Aramaic,
Hebrew, and Greek.
The word for time(s) in Aramaic is; iddan
(Dan
7:25) Strong's H5732
The word for time(s) in Hebrew is; mow'ed (Dan 12:7) Strong's H4150
The word for time(s) in Greek is; kairos (Rev 12:14) Strong's G2540
Kairos
is
never
translated
as "year".
Mow'ed is never
translated
as "year".
Iddan is never
translated
as "year".
All can
be correctly
translated as "Season".
Thus, in this unique phrase,
the Bible actually has an internal, phrase-specific, "Rosetta
Stone" that precludes
the use of
the word Year....
And Yet it is Universally accepted that "A
Time, Times, and half a Time" is Three and One Half Years. But
that's NOT
what the
Bible says. God certainly had access to the word "Year" if
he wanted to use it.(*and see ThoughtSherd No.7)
But if
you use the more correct term "Season" in
all three Scriptures
(Dan 7:25, Dan 12:7, & Rev 12:14), (keeping in mind that a
season
in the Middle East is 6 months not
3 months,
only two seasons there; summer & rainy) it becomes One
Year and 9 months,
or, Half
of Three
and One Half years.
The
King of the North's total
world
domination of a "Time, Times, and Half a Time", mentioned
in Dan 7:25 can only begin after
Dan 11:40
(King of the South destroyed). And the Third woe, (which IS about 3½
years; 1260 days) begins many
verses earlier
at
Dan 11:31. So, Dan 11:40 & Dan 7:23,25 are harmonious only
if the
correct word "Season" is used.
Daniel
7:23 also lends support that the "Time, Times, and Half a Time"
is after
total
("Whole")
world domination is achieved, thus, after
Dan 11:40.
So,
The "Time, Times, and Half a Time" of Dan 7:25 & Dan
12:7 refer to the LAST
half of
the third woe. (Note: In the Vision, it is after
Michael
stands up to protect Israel
that
"The Man in Linen" is asked 'For How much longer?', and he
then
says 'for a
time, times, and half a time'.)
And "The Time, Times,
and Half a Time" of Rev 12:14 refers to the FIRST
half of
the third woe:
The Woman, (She would appear to be Israel, as she
produces the Messiah, and Satan pursues her seed, both
Natural
and Christian. Really, who else could it be?) , is
away
from
the face of the Serpent
for
the first
half of
the 1260 days that she is fed in the wilderness, But
Michael has
to stand and protect her
from the
face of Serpent for the last
half
of the 1260
days (Dan 12: 1).
Yes, She is Fed in the Wilderness for the full
1260 days, but She is only "away
from the face of the Serpent"
for
the first half of that time,
Her "Feeding" continues under
Michael's protection
for
the last
half of
the 1260 days, or stated differently; For the next
3½ seasons .
This would seem to indicate that the "Tribulatio
Magna" will be
about One Year and 9 months. (actually one year and 10
months. see
#9
below)
(Oooh.... Me head Hurts, I have to stop now.... There
will be a longer article later... ooooh,
my head ....)
* See
Lu 4:25 & Jas 5:17; when God wants to say three and one half
years,
He says what he means, Clearly.
(These
are the Biblical words for Year
:
Hebrew
Shawnah
H8141,
Aramaic Shenah
H8140,
Greek Etos
G2094
& Eniautos
G1763)
see
below
too......
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9.
Who'd
A-thunk it ?
Once you see that
the "Time, Times, and Half a Time" is referring to Seasons,
and not
years,
you can make an interesting discovery.... or should it be said "A
Very Interesting Discovery"
?
(simplified
version April 30, 2012) :
Starting with 'The time that the Daily Sacrifice is Removed' (Dan 12:11, 12) and using the 1335 day limit shown in verse 12, you simply combine some very well-known Bible/Spiritual principles with the Idea of the Three and One Half Seasons.
First: Subtract 40 Days, using the Principle of a 40 Day/Year intro to any Major Biblical "sea-change", to mark the Beginning of the Mid-Week of Daniel Chapter 9 (3rd Woe), thus; 1335-40(inclusive) = 1296 Days
Second: Using the "Three and One Half SEASON" Principle, (thus, Half of Three and One Half years[1260 days], hence; 630 days.) Subtract 630 days from 1296 days = 666 days....
So,
the
"Calculation" of "The Man's Number" (Rev 13:18)
i.e. 666, would appear to
not
refer to his Name,
but to the Length,
in
Days,
of his Absolute and Total Global Reign of Terror.
Seeing his Total
power begin
at the mid-point of the Third Woe will be a clue for alert Christians
that his 666
day TOTAL
rule has begun. (Daniel 11:40-43)
So, His Number is
666,
and his Days
are
numbered.
"But wait", you say, how can people have
or wear "The Number" if this is true ?
Well, when
any World-Altering event happens, it becomes a Marked
Date,
i.e. 9/11, The Fourth of July, etc.etc.
The
exact day that
the Beast/King
of the North Establishes Total World Domination will
truly be a Marked date.
"A Day that Will live Forever in Infamy", to steal a
phrase. As such, it
will become a Great part of popular Culture.
That
people will acknowledge and display that Date should come as no
surprise. It is a normal pattern for all such events. And to accept,
and/or
wear or display that Number will be be tantamount to honouring
Satan/The Beast's Global reign of Terror.
So, for
the world in general,
the Number will be the Beginning
Date.
But, for
Alert Christians,
the
Calculated
Number
(rev
13:18) will reveal the 666 days, and thus reveal the End
Date.
(July
25,
2034 is my current best calculation)
Hence, It's the
Two Ends (book-ends) of the Same Number.
(Prov
25:2 "It is the glory of God to conceal a matter" NKJV)
If
true, how 'velly cleva' of God.
So, It
Prolly goes like This:
1.
Absolute Total Global Power Begins After/At
Dan 11:40
(King of South Gone/Occupied,
this is the mid-point of Woe 3. The Beginning of the 666
days)
2.
Disturbing Reports from
North and East heard at about day 630
(End
of the second 3½ Seasons)
(Resurrection of Ancient
Christians Begins ?)
3.
During the
next 30 Days forces are Gathered to Har-Magedon
4.
As per 1 Thess 4:16,17 Christ's Bride taken to Heaven somewhere about
Day 660,
don't know exact “day or hour”
(the 1290th
day of Dan
12:11)
5.
False Christians/Religions
DO NOT ascend to Heaven, which
makes them look really really Stupid, and
as
a consequence nobody fears them
anymore, any control and power
they have is gone,
G-O-N-E. Thus
the nations, without fear, turn on Them/Her.
It
is Fierce and fast
and they Get
Killed in "One Hour",
as per Rev 18:9. It's
prolly a 6 day event, or
less. It is led by Man of Lawlessness/Beast
as the last act of His Reign of Terror. This is the
Destruction
of Babylon the Great. It will be a whoreable
event for Her.
6.
Consequentially, a
declaration of "Peace and Security" is made,(1Thess
5:1-3).... And thus concludes His/AntiChrist's/Man
of Lawlessness's Rule.
P.S.
Very
Simplified
Version:
Subtract
the 3½ Days that the Two Witnesses lay in the Street After
the end of The second Woe, (Rev 11:7-10)
from the
Beginning of the Third Woe.
Start your removal
of the constant feature there, at the beginning of the Third Woe (Dan
12:12, 1335 days), and divide the remaining 1332 days in half using
the Three and one Half SEASON principle; Volla.... 666 days. And
Remember it Ends at Tisha B'Av (2034)
So, there are Two 666
Day periods. The first 666 Days are GENERAL World Domination by "The
Beast", and the Second 666 Days are Absolute/Total
World Domination. Thus the Mid-week of Dan
Chapt 9:27
begins at the beginning of the third Woe. And half-way through the
third Woe the 666 Days of Total World Domination Begin.
'anyone with intelligence can interpret the number of the beast' -rev 13:18 see njb and any interlinear
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Anything Truly New, Learned for the First Time, is Learned Slowly.......
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10.
A
Little Riddle
Many
higher critics of the Bible jump on any apparent inconsistencies in
the Bible so as to prove that the Bible is not really
"God-Breathed".
An example of this is the first part of
Genesis. Because of what appears at first to be a cobbled-together
narrative, these Bible Critics have claimed that there are multiple
sources/authors
to Genesis.
And actually, at first glance they seem to be
correct.
Read Genesis Chapter 1 through Chapter 2 verse 7. Verses
5 and 6 seem to Pop out of nowhere as a true Non-sequitur.
Go ahead and read those verses, I'll just wait right here.
Funny
huh ? It really doesn't make sense does it?
So, a person that was
looking for a flaw in the Scriptures would seem to have found one.
But let's look at it in context.
Moses had just finished
telling the story of Creation to Israel, an agrarian
people. Now a city person would think that the story was
over,
but to Ag people he had raised some questions. Farmers know that many
agricultural products just don't exist in wild forms.
Wheat, rice,
chickens, sheep, etc. etc. as
farmed,
don't exist, and generally can't survive or be found in their
cultivated form in the wild. Farmers
know this.
So,
Moses was simply anticipating what he knew would be their next
question.
Read carefully
verse 5:
'There was yet no plant
of the FIELD.'
'There was no Man to
Cultivate the ground'.
A
very dear friend who was a Professor of Agriculture once said, "There
is no Agricultural product that can achieve the
level
of quality or variety
in
it's wild form as it can under the cultivation of Man".
Now
if you don't mind, please read Verses 7-9, &15 with special
note
of verse
15.
So, Gen 2:5-6 is not out of sequence, and Gen 2:7-9,
&15 is not out of sequence.
Gen 2:5,6 simply acknowledges that
the plants etc., in
the cultivated form
that
the Israelites were farming, as field plants, did
not begin to exist until the end of the 6th day.
And
Gen 2:7-9 &15 clearly describes the creation and placing of the
Cultivator (Adam) in
a God-designed
Garden/Field
laboratory (vs8),
who then
began, under God's gentle teaching, to produce Cultigens,
etc. etc.
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