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Christian Nationalist: What Does It Mean?
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Here are some questions to ask the next time someone uses the term "Christian nationalist."
It’s become one of those terms people throw around constantly without ever defining. And that's by design. It's meant to end a conversation instead of start one.
So let's start one.
*Question 1*: What exactly do you mean by that?
This is the most important question because the answer reveals everything.
If they mean "the government should force everyone to be Christian & enforce Christian theology by law," then I agree, that should be rejected. But that's almost never what's actually being described.
In the vast majority of cases, "Christian nationalist" is being used to describe conservative Christians who vote their convictions, make biblical arguments in the public square, & believe that America was founded on Christian principles. In other words… it's being used to describe normal civic participation by people who happen to be Christian + Conservative.
CNN recently aired a special defining Christian nationalism as "the belief that our country was founded as a Christian nation & that our laws & institutions should reflect Christian values."
By that definition, virtually every American Christian for the first 200+ years of American history was a "Christian nationalist" (including our Founding Fathers, Abraham Lincoln, & Martin Luther King Jr.)
The term is being used to make something historically ordinary sound extremist.
*Question 2*: Was Martin Luther King Jr. a Christian nationalist?
This is where the term falls apart.
MLK was a Baptist minister who explicitly used Christian theology (Imago Dei, the prophetic tradition, the Sermon on the Mount) to push for laws that forced millions of Americans to comply with his Christian convictions about human dignity.
The Civil Rights Act overrode the "free will" of millions of citizens who genuinely disagreed with him. He imposed his biblically-informed moral vision on the nation through legislation.
Was that "Christian nationalism"? Was he "forcing his religion down people's throats"?
If they say no (& they will), then their objection was never about Christians influencing politics. It was about _Christians_ influencing politics in a direction they disagree with.
*Question 3*: Were the abolitionists Christian nationalists?
American abolitionists were overwhelmingly pastors & churches arguing from Gen.1:27, Gal.3:28, & the Philemon epistle that slavery violated God's design for human dignity.
They didn't just privately believe slavery was wrong. They organized, campaigned, & pushed for laws that forced an entire nation to comply with their biblically-informed convictions.
They "forced their religion" on slaveholders. And the country is better for it.
*Question 4*: Have you ever applied that label to a Democrat (why or why not)?
Democrats frequently use Jesus & Scripture to justify their political platform. (but for some reason the label never applies to them). James Talarico is a great example, but he’s not the only one.
"Welcome the stranger" gets cited to support immigration policy. The Sermon on the Mount gets invoked to argue for social programs. "Whatever you did for the least of these" shows up in healthcare debates. Progressive pastors use Jesus to advocate for government spending, gun control, & other regulation all the time.
Is that "Christian nationalism"?
And while we're on consistency… Black churches have been among the most politically active institutions in American history, & they remain so today. Politicians regularly speak from their pulpits. Voter drives are organized from their sanctuaries. Pastors openly advocate for candidates & policies from behind the lectern.
But I've never once heard anyone call that "Christian nationalism." I've never heard anyone demand "separation of church & state" when a Democrat speaks from a Black church pulpit the Sunday before an election.
The label only seems to appear when White Christians engage politically in a conservative direction.
Do you see the double-standard?
*Question 5*: Do you really believe we shouldn't "force our morals" on others?
This is the one that collapses the whole framework.
Every law imposes someone's morality. Every single one.
Laws against murder impose a moral view. Laws against theft impose a moral view. Civil rights laws imposed a moral view.
The question is never "should morality influence law?" It always does. The question is WHOSE morality & on WHAT basis.
When someone says "you can't legislate morality," what they actually mean is _"you_ can't legislate YOUR morality." They're perfectly fine legislating their own. They just don't want competition.
And here's the deeper issue…
When someone rejects the idea of any authority higher than the State, then government functionally becomes the highest authority. There is no God above it, no moral law beyond it, no standard to appeal to over it.
In that framework, politics becomes religion, policy becomes doctrine, & anyone who claims an authority ABOVE the government (like, say, God) becomes a threat to the system.
That's why the push to keep outspoken conservative Christians out of politics is so intense.
It's not because they oppose faith mixing with politics (they like it well enough when it serves their cause). It's because Christianity represents a competing authority claim. A God above government is intolerable to someone whose god IS government.
As Rev. Josh Howerton pointed out, the church didn't move into politics. Politics moved into theology. When the government went from building roads to redefining marriage, erasing biological sex, & reframing the killing of the unborn as "healthcare," the Church didn't change its position. The culture moved, & then acted shocked that the Church didn't move with it.
There's an enormous amount of ground between "establish a theocracy" vs. "keep your faith completely private." Christians have occupied that ground for the entire history of this country.
So the next time someone throws "Christian nationalist" around, don't flinch. Ask them these 5 questions. And if they can't answer them consistently, then what they're really saying isn't "keep religion out of politics." It's "keep YOUR religion out of MY politics."
Lybia Under Gaddafi
Laura Aboli
Contrary to the lies we were fed by MSM about Gaddafi, the truth is extraordinary….
Libya was the world's poorest country in 1951. Gaddafi made it Africa's most developed country with $150 billion foreign reserves & zero debt. This was life in Lybia under Gaddafi:
1. Libya had no electricity bills, electricity came free of charge to all citizens.
2. There were no interest rates on loans, the banks were state-owned, the loan of citizens by law 0%.
3. Gaddafi promised not to buy a house for his parents until everyone in Libya owns a home.
4. All newlywed couples in Libya received 60,000 dinars from the government & because of that they bought their own apartments & started their families.
5. Education & medical treatment in Libya were free. Before Gaddafi there were only 25% readers, 83% during his reign
6. If Libyans wanted to live on a farm, they received free household appliances, seeds and livestock.
7. If citizens cannot receive treatment in Libya, the state would fund them $2300+ accommodation & travel for treatment abroad.
8. If you bought a car, the government finances 50% of the price.
9. The price of gasoline became $ 0.14 per liter.
10. Libya had no external debt, and reserves were $150 Billion (now frozen worldwide)
11. Since some Libyans couldn’t find jobs after school, the government would pay the average salary when they couldn’t find a job.
12. Part of oil sales in Libya were directly linked to the bank accounts of all citizens.
13. The mother who gave birth to a child would receive $5000
14. 40 loaves of bread cost $0.15.
15. Gaddafi implemented the world's biggest irrigation project known as the "BIG MAN PROJECT" to ensure water availability in the desert.
They killed him for many reasons but mostly because he was a rebel against the system of power that is strangling us more and more each day.
https://t.me/LauraAbolichannel
Psalm 58 - A Prayer Against the Wicked
Dennis
Edwards
58:1 Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation?
do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
As we are
seeing with the Epstein files, the sins of those that are in places of power
and influence are covered up. Their crimes are not judged righteously. In Micah
7:2-3, we read, “The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none
upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his
brother with a net. That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince
asks, and the judge asks for a reward; and the great man, he utters his mischievous
desire: so, they wrap it up,” or weave it together.
In the
files we see how the great powerful men had mischievous desires for young
girls. Epstein’s “honey pot” of young girls would catch them. He would then
control them for the malignant powers behind the scenes, who manipulate current
events in the direction they desire the world to go. Like Denis Healy, former
British Labour Party Leader during the years of his opposition Margaret
Thatcher, said, "World events do not occur by
accident. They are made to happen, whether it is to do with national issues or
commerce; and most of them are staged and managed by those who hold the purse
strings." Healy is talking about the ungodly wicked behind the
scenes.
Back in 1922, John
F. Hylan, Mayor of New York City, stated, “The real menace of our republic is
the invisible government which like a giant octopus sprawls its slimy length
over city, state, and nation. Like the octopus of real life, it operates under
cover of a self-created screen … At the head of the octopus are the Rockefeller
Standard Oil interests and a small group of powerful banking houses generally
referred to as international bankers. The little coterie of powerful
international bankers virtually run the United States government for their own
selfish purposes. They practically control both political parties.”
To think that the
hidden powers or shadow government do not exist today is wishful thinking. The
Epstein files have given us a glimpse into the tactics that they use to control
those beneath them in order that the judges, the politicians, and the business
leaders do their bidding.
In Amos 2:6-7,
we find a similar description. “Thus says the Lord, For three transgressions of
Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they
sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes; that pant
after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of
the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my
holy name.”
Again we
see the sexual perversion found in the Epstein files and committed by seemingly
important political, financial, and business leaders with impunity.
Psalm
58:2-5 Yea, in heart ye work
wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. The wicked are
estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that
stops her ear; Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never
so wisely.
The author
is saying that the wicked rich and powerful are a
people who wilfully and obstinately refuses to listen to reason, warning, or
godly counsel. They are willingly ignorant because they are caught in a net of
lies and compromises that cause them to commit evil in order to cover up the
evil of others they are bound to, or cover up their own evil. If they cooperate
and cover up the evil of others, their own evils will not be exposed. God’s word,
however, says, “Be sure your sin will find you out,” Numbers 32:23. What we
have done in secret shall be shouted from the housetops.
Luke 12:2-3 For
there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall
not be known. Therefore, whatsoever you have spoken in darkness shall be heard
in the light; and that which you have spoken in the ear in closets shall be
proclaimed upon the housetops.
Psalm
58:6 Break their teeth, O God, in
their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Lord.
In reading
the Epstein files and hearing of the wickedness that seems to be exposed
therein, the public is outraged and is demanding that judgment be performed
against these men of power and position. These men are like lions who eat the poor and needy
and use them to fulfil their sexual cravings.
Psalm
58:7-9 Let them melt away as waters
which run continually: when he bends his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be
as cut in pieces. As a snail which melts, let every one
of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see
the sun. Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with
a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
The author
is expressing the desire of the poor and righteous to see the ungodly wicked,
who have oppressed the poor and needy, to be judged, to be punished.
Psalm
58:10 The righteous shall rejoice
when he sees the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
The
righteous shall finally rejoice when God judges the wicked. God has told us not
to rise up in violence against the wicked, but rather to trust God to avenge
us.
Romans
12:19-21 Dearly beloved, avenge not
yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is
Mine; I will repay, says the Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him;
if he thirsts, give him drink: for in so doing, you shall heap coals of fire on
his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Jesus had
taught in the Sermon on the Mount to “resist not evil: but whosoever shall
smite you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also,” Matthew 5:39.
Leo Tolstoy wrote a letter to a relative in the military quoting Jesus’ words
and emphasizing that as Christians we should not go to war, especially against other Christians. Both Mahatma Gandhi
and Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. followed the same method of active passive
resistance in their protest against the evils they saw in the societies they
chose to try to change. They tried to follow Jesus’ admonition.
Matthew
5: 43-48 You have heard that it has been
said, You shall love your neighbour, and hate your enemy. But I say unto you,
Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you,
and pray for them that despitefully use you, and persecute you; that you may be
the children of your Father which is in heaven: for He makes His sun to rise on
the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if
you love them which love you, what reward have you? Do not even the publicans
the same? And if you salute your brethren only, what do you more than others?
Do not even the publicans so? Be therefore perfect, even as your Father which
is in heaven is perfect.
Psalm
58:11 So that a man shall say, Verily,
there is a reward for the righteous: verily, he is a God that judges in the
earth.
As Jesus
did, as Saint Paul and the martyrs from time memorial, we are admonished to
commit the keeping of our lives and souls to Him who is able to cast both soul
and body into hell.
Matthew
10:28 And fear not them which kill
the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear Him which is able
to destroy both soul and body in hell.
1
Peter 4:19 Wherefore, let them that suffer
according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to Him in
well-doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
As Christian we should try to avoid war and the use of violence at nearly all cost. However, every case must be judged individually. We may need to use force to defend our family and friends from evil. Generally we should use dialogue, and negotiation. But at times we may need to enter the fray to try to stop evil and trust God to protect us. Let every man be fully convinced in his own heart on how he should react to violence and evil.
God's word says, "Resist the devil and he will flee from you," James 4:7. The proverbs reads, "A strong man armed keeps his palace, his good are in peace," Luke 11:21. We may have to do some resisting and have means to defend ourselves. "A prudent man foresees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished," Proverbs 22:3 e 27:12. We should be aware of the political and social situation in the country in which we live. We should be attuned to listening to the Lord in case He would advise us to avoid a situation and move to another area free from social or political unrest.
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Uma Imprensa Independente e Honesta?
As Grandes Citações, Um Livro de César Stuart, Lyle Stuart, Nova Iorque, 1960, página 671.
A imprensa é honesta? A resposta chocante, mas verdadeira, a esta questão foi dada por John Swinton (1830-1901), editor do New York Times, numa palestra de cinco minutos intitulada "Reunião de Jornalistas", no Twilight Club, em Nova Iorque, a 12 de Abril de 1883. Eis o que ele disse:
"Não existe, nesta fase da história mundial na América, algo como uma imprensa independente, exceto a das pequenas cidades do interior. Vocês sabem disso e eu sei. Nenhum de vós se atreve a escrever as vossas opiniões honestas, e se o fizessem, saberiam de antemão que elas nunca seriam publicadas.
"Sou pago semanalmente para manter as minhas opiniões honestas fora do jornal com o qual estou ligado". Outros de vós recebem salários semelhantes por coisas semelhantes, e qualquer um de vós que fosse suficientemente tolo para escrever opiniões honestas estaria nas ruas à procura de outro emprego. Se eu permitisse que as minhas opiniões honestas aparecessem numa única edição do meu jornal, em menos de 24 horas o meu emprego teria desaparecido.
"O trabalho do jornalista é destruir a verdade, mentir descaradamente, perverter, difamar, bajular Mamon e vender o seu paÃs e a sua raça pelo seu pão de cada dia, ou o que equivale à mesma coisa, o seu salário. Vocês sabem disso e eu sei disso, e que tolice é essa de brindar a uma imprensa independente?
"Somos as ferramentas e os vassalos dos ricos nos bastidores. Somos marionetas. Somos os bonecos de mola, eles puxam os fios e nós dançamos. Os nossos talentos, as nossas capacidades e as nossas vidas são todos propriedade destes homens. "Somos prostitutas intelectuais."
Publicado originalmente a 28 de fevereiro de 2012.
¿Una prensa independiente y honesta?
As Grandes Citações, um livro de César Stuart, Lyle Stuart, Nova Iorque, 1960, página 671.
A imprensa é honesta? A resposta chocante, mas verdadeira, a esta questão foi dada por John Swinton (1830-1901), editor do New York Times, numa palestra de cinco minutos intitulada "Reunião de Jornalistas", no Twilight Club, em Nova Iorque, a 12 de Abril de 1883. Eis o que ele disse:
"Nesta fase da história mundial na América, não existe imprensa independente, exceto a das pequenas cidades do interior. Vocês sabem disso e eu sei. Nenhum de vós se atreve a escrever as vossas opiniões honestas, e se o fizessem, saberiam de antemão que elas nunca seriam publicadas.
"Sou pago semanalmente para manter as minhas opiniões honestas fora do jornal com o qual trabalho". Outros de vós recebem salários semelhantes por coisas semelhantes, e qualquer um de vós que fosse suficientemente tolo para escrever opiniões honestas estaria nas ruas à procura de outro emprego. Se eu permitisse que as minhas opiniões honestas aparecessem numa única edição do meu jornal, em menos de 24 horas o meu emprego teria desaparecido.
"O trabalho do jornalista é destruir a verdade, mentir descaradamente, perverter, difamar, bajular Mamon e vender o seu paÃs e a sua raça pelo seu pão de cada dia, ou o que equivale à mesma coisa, o seu salário. Vocês sabem disso e eu sei disso, e que tolice é essa de brindar a uma imprensa independente?
"Somos as ferramentas e os vassalos dos ricos nos bastidores. Somos marionetas. Somos os bonecos de mola, eles puxam os fios e nós dançamos. Os nossos talentos, as nossas capacidades e as nossas vidas são todos propriedade destes homens. Somos prostitutas intelectuais."
Publicado originalmente a 28 de fevereiro de 2012.
The Independent and Honest Press - a quote from New York Times editor John Swinton
The Great Quotations, A Caesar Stuart Book, Lyle Stuart, New York, 1960. page 671.
Is the press honest? The shocking, but truthful answer to that question was given by John Swinton (1830-1901), a New York Times editor, in a five minute talk, "Journalists Gathering," at the Twilight Club in New York, April 12, 1883. Here is what he said.
"There is no such thing, at this stage of the world’s history in America, as an independent press, if we except that of the little country towns. You know this and I know it. There is not one of you who dare write your honest opinions, and if you did, you know beforehand that it would never appear in print.
"I am paid weekly for keeping my honest opinions out of the paper I am connected with. Others of you are paid similar salaries for similar things, and any of you who would be foolish as to write honest opinions would be out on the streets looking for another job. If I allowed my honest opinions to appear in one issue of my papers, before twenty-four hours my occupation would be gone.
"The business of the journalist is to destroy the truth, to lie outright, to pervert, to vilify, to fawn at the feet of Mammon, and to sell his country and his race for his daily bread, or what amounts to the same thing, his salary. You know it and I know it, and what folly is this toasting an independent press?
"We are the tools and vassals of the rich behind the scenes. We are marionettes. We are the jumping jacks, they pull the strings and we dance. Our talents, our capabilities and our lives are all the property of these men. We are intellectual prostitutes."
Originally published February 28, 2012.
Salmo 58 - Uma oração contra o pavio
Dennis Edwards
58:1 Falais, ó congregação, justiça? Julgais com retidão, ó filhos dos homens?
Como vemos nos arquivos de Epstein, os pecados daqueles que ocupam posições de poder e influência são encobertos. Os seus crimes não são julgados com justiça. Em Miqueias 7:2-3, lê-se: “O homem bom desapareceu da terra, e não há entre os homens reto; todos armam ciladas para derramar sangue; cada um caça o seu irmão com uma rede. Para praticarem o mal com ambas as mãos, o prÃncipe pede, e o juiz pede recompensa; e o grande homem revela o seu desejo perverso; assim, eles o escondem”, ou seja, o confundem.
Nos arquivos, vemos como os grandes homens poderosos tinham desejos perversos por raparigas jovens. O “pote de mel” de Epstein, composto por raparigas jovens, capturava-as. Controlava-as então para os poderes malignos nos bastidores, que manipulam os acontecimentos atuais na direção que desejam para o mundo. Como disse Denis Healy, antigo lÃder do Partido Trabalhista britânico durante os anos de oposição a Margaret Thatcher: "Os acontecimentos mundiais não acontecem por acaso. São orquestrados, sejam questões nacionais ou comerciais; e a maioria deles é planeada e controlada por aqueles que detêm o poder económico." Healy refere-se à perversidade impiedosa que atua nos bastidores.
Em 1922, John F. Hylan, presidente da Câmara da cidade de Nova Iorque, declarou: "A verdadeira ameaça à nossa república é o governo invisÃvel que, como um polvo gigante, estende o seu corpo viscoso sobre a cidade, o estado e a nação. Tal como o polvo da vida real, opera sob a cobertura de uma cortina de fumo criada por si... À frente deste polvo estão os interesses da Standard Oil, de Rockefeller, e de um pequeno grupo de poderosas casas bancárias, geralmente chamadas de banqueiros internacionais. Este pequeno grupo de poderosos banqueiros internacionais praticamente controla o governo dos Estados Unidos para os seus próprios fins egoÃstas.
Pensar que os poderes ocultos ou o governo paralelo não existem hoje é uma ilusão. Os ficheiros de Epstein deram-nos uma ideia das tácticas que utilizam para controlar aqueles que estão abaixo deles, de modo a que os juÃzes, os polÃticos e os lÃderes empresariais façam o que eles mandam.
Em Amós 2:6-7, encontramos uma descrição semelhante: “Assim diz o Senhor: Por três transgressões de Israel, e por quatro, não retirarei o castigo; porque venderam o justo por dinheiro, e o pobre por um par de sandálias; que cobiçam o pó da terra sobre a cabeça do pobre, e se desviam do caminho dos mansos; e o homem e seu pai se deitam com a mesma moça, para profanar o meu santo nome.”
Mais uma vez, vemos a perversão sexual encontrada nos arquivos de Epstein, cometida por lÃderes polÃticos, financeiros e empresariais aparentemente importantes, com impunidade.
Salmo 58:2-5: “Sim, no coração praticais a maldade; pesais a violência das vossas mãos na terra.” Os Ãmpios afastam-se desde o seio materno; logo que nascem, desviam-se, proferindo mentiras. O seu veneno é como o veneno da serpente; são como a vÃbora surda que tapa os ouvidos; não dá ouvidos à voz dos encantadores, por mais que seduza com astúcia.
O autor está a dizer que os ricos e poderosos Ãmpios são um povo que, deliberada e obstinadamente, se recusa a ouvir a razão, a advertência ou o conselho divino. São voluntariamente ignorantes porque estão presos numa rede de mentiras e concessões que os levam a cometer o mal para encobrir o mal de outros a quem estão ligados, ou para encobrir o seu próprio mal. Se cooperarem e encobrirem o mal dos outros, os seus próprios males não serão expostos. A palavra de Deus, porém, diz: “Tende a certeza de que o vosso pecado vos encontrará” (Números 32:23). O que fizermos em segredo será proclamado dos telhados.
Lucas 12:2-3 Pois nada há encoberto que não venha a ser revelado; Nem ocultou nada, para que não seja conhecido. Por isso, tudo o que dissestes nas trevas será ouvido na luz, e o que sussurrastes em quartos fechados será proclamado dos telhados.
Salmo 58:6 Quebra-lhes os dentes, ó Deus, na boca deles; arrancai, Senhor, os grandes dentes dos leões jovens.
Ao ler os arquivos de Epstein e ao tomar conhecimento da maldade que parece estar neles exposta, o público indigna-se e exige que se faça justiça contra estes homens de poder e posição, estes leões que devoram os pobres e os necessitados e os usam para satisfazer os seus desejos sexuais.
Salmo 58:7-9 Dissolvam-se como as águas que correm continuamente; quando ele armar o arco para lançar as flechas, sejam como que despedaçados. Como o caracol que se derrete, assim pereçam todos eles; como o parto prematuro de uma mulher, para que não vejam o sol. Antes que os seus vasos sintam os espinhos, ele levá-los-á como um remoinho, vivos e na sua ira.
O autor expressa o desejo dos pobres e dos justos de verem os Ãmpios, que oprimem os pobres e os necessitados, serem julgados e punidos.
Salmo 58:10 O justo alegrar-se-á quando vir a vingança; lavará os seus pés no sangue do Ãmpio.
O justo finalmente se alegrará quando Deus julgar os Ãmpios. Deus disse-nos para não nos levantarmos com violência contra os Ãmpios, mas sim para confiarmos em Deus para nos vingarmos.
Romanos 12:19-21 Amados, não vos vingueis; pelo contrário, deem lugar à ira de Deus, pois está escrito: “A vingança pertence-me; Eu retribuirei, diz o Senhor”. Por isso, se o teu inimigo tiver fome, dá-lhe de comer; se tiver sede, dê-lhe de beber. Fazendo isto, amontoará brasas vivas sobre a cabeça dele. Não vos deixeis vencer pelo mal, mas vencei o mal com o bem.
Jesus ensinou no Sermão da Montanha: “Não resistais ao mal; mas, se alguém lhe der uma bofetada na face direita, ofereça-lhe também a outra” (Mateus 5:39). Leo Tolstoy escreveu uma carta a um parente no exército, citando as palavras de Jesus e sublinhando que, como cristãos, não deverÃamos ir para a guerra. Tanto Mahatma Gandhi como o Reverendo Martin Luther King Jr. seguiram o mesmo método de resistência passiva activa nos seus protestos contra os males que viam nas sociedades que escolheram tentar mudar. Tentaram seguir a admoestação de Jesus.
Mateus 5:43-48: "Ouvistes que foi dito: 'Amarás o teu próximo e odiarás o teu inimigo'. Eu, porém, vos digo: amai os vossos inimigos e bendizei os que vos maldizem, fazei o bem aos que vos odeiam e orai pelos que vos perseguem e caluniam, para que venhais a ser filhos do vosso Pai que está nos céus. Porque ele faz nascer o seu sol sobre maus e bons e derrama chuva sobre justos e injustos. Porque, se amardes os que vos amam, que recompensa tereis?
Salmo 58:11 De modo que se possa dizer: "Na verdade, há recompensa para o justo; na verdade, há um Deus que julga na terra".
Tal como Jesus, São Paulo e os mártires desde tempos imemoriais, somos admoestados a confiar a guarda das nossas vidas e almas Àquele que é capaz de lançar tanto a alma como o corpo no inferno.
Mateus 10:28 Não temais os que matam o corpo, mas não podem matar a alma; temei antes aquele que pode destruir tanto a alma como o corpo no inferno.
1 Pedro 4:19 Portanto, os que sofrem segundo a vontade de Deus confiem as suas almas a Ele, praticando o bem, como ao seu fiel Criador.
Como cristãos, devemos tentar evitar a guerra e o uso da violência a todo o custo. No entanto, cada caso deve ser julgado individualmente. Podemos precisar de usar a força para defender a nossa famÃlia e amigos do mal. Geralmente, devemos utilizar o diálogo e a negociação. Mas, por vezes, podemos precisar de entrar na luta para tentar travar o mal e confiar em Deus para nos proteger. Que cada um esteja plenamente convicto no seu próprio coração sobre a forma como deve reagir à violência e ao mal.
A palavra de Deus diz: "Resistam ao diabo, e ele fugirá de vós" (Tiago 4:7). Os provérbios dizem: "O homem forte, bem armado, guarda o seu palácio; os seus bens estão em paz" (Lucas 11:21). Podemos ter de resistir e ter meios para nos defendermos. "O prudente vê o mal e esconde-se, mas os simples passam adiante e sofrem as consequências" (Provérbios 22:3 e 27:12). Devemos estar conscientes da situação polÃtica e social do paÃs em que vivemos. Devemos estar atentos para ouvir o Senhor, caso Ele nos aconselhe a evitar uma situação e a mudar para outra área livre de agitação social ou polÃtica.
Versão Almeida Corrigida Fiel (ACF) DomÃnio Público
Salmo 58 - Oración contra los malvados
Dennis Edwards
58:1 ¿Hablan ustedes con justicia, oh congregación? ¿Juzgan con rectitud, hijos de los hombres?
Como vemos en los archivos de Epstein, los pecados de quienes ocupan puestos de poder e influencia son encubiertos. Sus crÃmenes no son juzgados con justicia. En Miqueas 7:2-3, leemos: «Falleció el hombre bueno de la tierra, y entre los hombres no hay ninguno recto; todos acechan a la sangre; cada cual caza a su hermano con red. Para obrar el mal con ambas manos con ahÃnco, el prÃncipe pide, y el juez pide recompensa; y el gran hombre expresa su deseo perverso; asà lo envuelven», o lo entrelazan.
En los archivos vemos cómo los grandes hombres poderosos tenÃan deseos perversos por las jóvenes. El «tarro de miel» de Epstein, compuesto por jóvenes, los atraparÃa. Luego los controlarÃa para los poderes malignos tras bambalinas, quienes manipulan los acontecimientos actuales en la dirección que desean que el mundo siga. Como dijo Denis Healy, exlÃder del Partido Laborista británico durante los años de su oposición a Margaret Thatcher: «Los acontecimientos mundiales no ocurren por accidente. Están destinados a suceder, ya sea por asuntos nacionales o comerciales; y la mayorÃa son orquestados y controlados por quienes controlan el dinero». Healy se refiere a los malvados impÃos tras bambalinas.
En 1922, John F. Hylan, alcalde de la ciudad de Nueva York, declaró: «La verdadera amenaza para nuestra república es el gobierno invisible que, como un pulpo gigante, se extiende sobre la ciudad, el estado y la nación. Como el pulpo de la vida real, opera al amparo de una pantalla que él mismo ha creado… A la cabeza del pulpo se encuentran los intereses de Rockefeller y Standard Oil, y un pequeño grupo de poderosas casas bancarias, generalmente conocidas como banqueros internacionales. Este pequeño cÃrculo de poderosos banqueros internacionales prácticamente dirige el gobierno de Estados Unidos para sus propios fines egoÃstas. Controlan prácticamente ambos partidos polÃticos».
Pensar que los poderes ocultos o el gobierno en la sombra no existen hoy en dÃa es una ilusión. Los archivos de Epstein nos han dado una idea de las tácticas que utilizan para controlar a sus subordinados para que los jueces, los polÃticos y los lÃderes empresariales obedezcan sus órdenes.
En Amós 2:6-7 encontramos una descripción similar. Asà dice el Señor: «Por tres transgresiones de Israel, y por la cuarta, no revocaré su castigo; porque vendieron al justo por dinero, y al pobre por un par de zapatos; que jadean tras el polvo de la tierra sobre la cabeza de los pobres, y tuercen el camino de los mansos; y un hombre y su padre se acuestan con la misma sierva, profanando mi santo nombre».
De nuevo vemos la perversión sexual hallada en los archivos de Epstein, cometida con impunidad por aparentemente importantes lÃderes polÃticos, financieros y empresariales.
Salmo 58:2-5: SÃ, en el corazón maquináis iniquidad; la violencia de vuestras manos pesa en la tierra. Los malvados se apartan desde la matriz; se descarrÃan desde el nacimiento, hablando mentiras. Su veneno es como el veneno de una serpiente; son como la vÃbora sorda que tapa su oÃdo; que no escucha la voz de los encantadores, ni siquiera la más astuta.
El autor dice que los ricos y poderosos malvados son personas que, voluntaria y obstinadamente, se niegan a escuchar la razón, las advertencias o el consejo piadoso. Son ignorantes por voluntad propia porque están atrapados en una red de mentiras y compromisos que los lleva a cometer el mal para encubrir la maldad de otros a quienes están atados, o para encubrir su propia maldad. Si cooperan y encubren la maldad de otros, sus propias maldades no serán expuestas. Sin embargo, la palabra de Dios dice: «Tengan la seguridad de que su pecado los alcanzará» (Números 32:23). Lo que hemos hecho en secreto será proclamado a viva voz.
Lucas 12:2-3 Porque no hay nada encubierto que no haya de ser revelado; ni oculto que no haya de saberse. Por tanto, todo lo que habéis dicho en tinieblas se oirá a la luz; y lo que habéis hablado al oÃdo en los aposentos se proclamará desde las azoteas.
Salmo 58:6 ¡Quebranta sus dientes, oh Dios, en sus bocas! ¡Quebranta, oh Señor, las grandes muelas de los leoncillos!
Al leer los archivos de Epstein y enterarse de la maldad que parece exponerse en ellos, el público se indigna y exige que se juzgue a estos hombres de poder y posición, estos leones que se comen a los pobres y necesitados y los utilizan para satisfacer sus deseos sexuales.
Salmo 58:7-9 Que se derritan como aguas que corren sin cesar; cuando él tensa su arco para disparar sus flechas, queden como despedazados. Como un caracol que se derrite, que cada uno de ellos desaparezca; como el nacimiento prematuro de una mujer, que no puede ver el sol. Antes de que sus ollas sientan las espinas, él los arrebatará como un torbellino, tanto vivos como en su ira.
El autor expresa el deseo de los pobres y justos de ver a los impÃos, que han oprimido a los pobres y necesitados, ser juzgados y castigados.
Salmo 58:10 El justo se regocijará al ver la venganza: lavará sus pies en la sangre de los impÃos.
El justo finalmente se regocijará cuando Dios juzgue a los impÃos. Dios nos ha dicho que no nos levantemos con violencia contra los impÃos, sino que confiemos en que Dios nos vengará.
Romanos 12:19-21 Amados, no os venguéis vosotros mismos, sino dad lugar a la ira de Dios; porque escrito está: MÃa es la venganza, yo pagaré, dice el Señor. Asà que, si tu enemigo tiene hambre, dale de comer; si tiene sed, dale de beber; porque haciendo esto, ascuas de fuego amontonarás sobre su cabeza. No te dejes vencer por el mal, sino vence el mal con el bien.
Jesús enseñó en el Sermón del Monte: «No resistáis al mal; antes, a cualquiera que te golpee en la mejilla derecha, vuélvele también la otra» (Mateo 5:39). León Tolstoi escribió una carta a un familiar militar citando las palabras de Jesús y enfatizando que, como cristianos, no debemos ir a la guerra. Tanto Mahatma Gandhi como el reverendo Martin Luther King Jr. siguieron el mismo método de resistencia activa-pasiva en su protesta contra los males que veÃan en las sociedades que eligieron cambiar. Intentaron seguir la admonición de Jesús.
Mateo 5:43-48 OÃsteis que fue dicho: Amarás a tu prójimo y odiarás a tu enemigo. Pero yo os digo: Amad a vuestros enemigos, bendecid a los que os maldicen, haced el bien a los que os aborrecen y orad por los que os ultrajan y os persiguen; para que seáis hijos de vuestro Padre que está en los cielos, que hace salir su sol sobre malos y buenos, y llover sobre justos e injustos. Porque si amáis a los que os aman, ¿qué recompensa tendréis? ¿No hacen también lo mismo los publicanos? Y si saludáis solo a vuestros hermanos, ¿qué hacéis de más? ¿No hacen lo mismo también los publicanos? Sed, pues, perfectos, como vuestro Padre que está en los cielos es perfecto.
Salmo 58:11. De modo que alguien dirá: «Ciertamente hay recompensa para los justos; ciertamente, él es un Dios que juzga en la tierra».
Como lo hizo Jesús, como San Pablo y los mártires de tiempos memorables, se nos exhorta a encomendar nuestra vida y alma a Aquel que puede arrojar tanto el alma como el cuerpo al infierno.
Mateo 10:28. Y no temáis a los que matan el cuerpo, pero no pueden matar el alma; temed más bien a aquel que puede destruir tanto el alma como el cuerpo en el infierno.
1 Pedro 4:19. Por tanto, los que padecen según la voluntad de Dios, encomienden sus almas, haciendo el bien, como a un fiel Creador.
Como cristianos, debemos evitar la guerra y el uso de la violencia a toda costa. Sin embargo, cada caso debe juzgarse individualmente. Quizás necesitemos usar la fuerza para defender a nuestra familia y amigos del mal. Generalmente, debemos usar el diálogo y la negociación. Pero a veces, quizás debamos entrar en la contienda para intentar detener el mal y confiar en que Dios nos protegerá. Que cada uno esté plenamente convencido en su propio corazón de cómo debe reaccionar ante la violencia y el mal.
La palabra de Dios dice: «Resistid al diablo, y huirá de vosotros» (Santiago 4:7). Proverbios dice: «El hombre fuerte armado guarda su palacio; sus buenos están en paz» (Lucas 11:21). Quizás tengamos que resistir y tener los medios para defendernos. «El prudente prevé el mal y se esconde, pero los simples pasan y reciben el castigo» (Proverbios 22:3 y 27:12). Debemos estar atentos a la situación polÃtica y social del paÃs en el que vivimos. Debemos estar atentos a escuchar al Señor en caso de que Él nos aconseje evitar una situación y mudarnos a otra zona libre de disturbios sociales o polÃticos.
Versión King James (KJV) Dominio público
Friday, February 27, 2026
If Possible Deceive the Very Elect
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That means it will look right, it will sound right, they will use the right words, & post the right verses, & that’s what we’re watching currently.
It’s suddenly “cool” to say 'Jesus.' Tech leaders talk about agreeing with the teachings of Jesus, government officials sprinkle around Bible language, Hollywood mentions God on stage. Ten years ago, that would’ve shocked people, now it trends,while most believers clap because at least His name is being said. But hear me: if the Enemy wants to deceive the elect, he wouldn’t remove Jesus from culture, he would push a version of Jesus that costs nothing.
A Jesus you can agree with but never obey, you can quote but never bow to, a Jesus who inspires but never confronts, a savior who loves but never judges, a cross with no blood, & a gospel with no repentance.
Paul warned us: "A form of godliness… but denying the power." That means it looks holy, sounds spiritual, but there’s no transformation, no fear of the Lord, & no surrender.
This is the part people don’t want to hear: Deception will not feel far from truth, it will be mere inches away from it! It will use the same name, language, & the same verses, but it will strip the power. The Early Church didn’t get killed for saying, “We like Jesus’ teachings.” They were killed for declaring, “Jesus is Lord.”
Right now we’re seeing a wave of public admiration for Jesus, but admiration is not repentance, & agreement is not allegiance.
Don’t get swept up just because popular people say His name. Do they preach the cross? Call sin sin? Do they bow to Him as God? Or are they presenting a safe, marketable Jesus? The Last Days deception won’t be anti-Christ at first. It will be almost Christ. And 'almost' is what deceives.
Stay alert, stay grounded in the Word, stay surrendered. Because the most dangerous lie isn’t the one that attacks Jesus, it’s the one that uses His name while deceiving people.
--Ryan Teaford
Porque é que eu não te disse? - A Voz Diária
Dennis Edwards
Porque é que não te disse "amo-te" mais vezes?
Porque é que não te disse o quanto me orgulho de ti?
Porque esperamos quando há amor para demonstrar?
Porque deixei que coisas supérfluas
tomassem conta do meu tempo, até tu te ires embora?
Agora tudo o que me resta são as memórias de ti
e o arrependimento por coisas que poderia ter feito, mas não fiz,
para tornar a sua vida mais feliz e leve.
Sinto muito pelas vezes em que falhei consigo.
Lamento as vezes em que não estive presente.
Mas mesmo agora, filho, estás a ensinar-me.
E pela graça do meu Pai do Céu,
serei um pai melhor por sua causa.
Querido Martin, tenho saudades tuas.
Amo-te. Papá.
Foto de Pilar
Deuteronomy 1
Deuteronomy 1 King James Version
1 These be the words which Moses spoke unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
2 (There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadeshbarnea.)
3 And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the Lord had given him in commandment unto them;
4 After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:
5 On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,
6 The Lord our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:
7 Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.
8 Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.
9 And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:
10 The Lord your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
11 (The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)
12 How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
13 Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
14 And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.
15 So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.
16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.
17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
18 And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.
19 And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the Lord our God commanded us; and we came to Kadeshbarnea.
20 And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the Lord our God doth give unto us.
21 Behold, the Lord thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged.
22 And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.
23 And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
24 And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.
25 And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which the Lord our God does give us.
26 Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God:
27 And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the Lord hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.
28 Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.
29 Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
30 The Lord your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;
31 And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the Lord thy God bare thee, as a man does bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.
32 Yet in this thing ye did not believe the Lord your God,
33 Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to show you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day.
34 And the Lord heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and swore, saying,
35 Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I swore to give unto your fathers.
36 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the Lord.
37 Also the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.
38 But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
39 Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.
40 But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
41 Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the Lord, we will go up and fight, according to all that the Lord our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill.
42 And the Lord said unto me, Say unto them. Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.
43 So I spoke unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the Lord, and went presumptuously up into the hill.
44 And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.
45 And ye returned and wept before the Lord; but the Lord would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.
46 So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.
Why Didn't I Tell You?
Why did I not tell you, how proud I am of you?
Why do we wait when there is love to bestow?
Why did I let the unessential things,
crowd out my time, until you were gone?
Now all I have is my memory of you
and regrets of things I could have, but did not do,
to make your life happier and lighter.
I am sorry for the times I failed you.
I am sorry for the times I was not there.
But even now son you are teaching me.
And by the grace of my Father in Heaven
I will become a better father because of you.
Dear Martin, I miss you.
I love you. Dad
Picture by Pilar
Originally published March 1, 2012.
¿Por qué no te lo dije? - La Voz Diaria
Dennis Edwards
¿Por qué no te dije que te amo más a menudo?
¿Por qué no te dije lo orgulloso que estoy de ti?
¿Por qué esperamos cuando hay amor para dar?
¿Por qué dejé que las cosas insignificantes
me quitaran el tiempo hasta que te fuiste?
Ahora solo tengo mi recuerdo de ti
y arrepentimientos por las cosas que podrÃa haber hecho, pero no hice,
para hacerte la vida más feliz y ligera.
Lamento las veces que te fallé.
Lamento las veces que no estuve ahÃ.
Pero incluso ahora, hijo, me estás enseñando.
Y por la gracia de mi Padre Celestial
seré un mejor padre gracias a ti.
Querido Martin, te extraño.
Te quiero. Papá
Foto de Pilar
Ephesians 3
Ephesians 3 King James Version
1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
7 Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
11 According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
King James Version (KJV) Public Domain
Thursday, February 26, 2026
Epstein: A Conspiracy of Oligarchs or "Great Men of the Earth"
"These are the great men of the earth for by their sorceries were all nations deceived."
Revelation 18:23b
Ephesians 2 KJV
Ephesians 2 King James Version
1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
King James Version (KJV) Public Domain
Ecclesiastes 12 KJV
EcclesiAStes 12
1Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; 2while the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: 3in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened, 4and the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low; 5also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goes to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets: 6or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. 7Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. 8Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity. 9And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs. 10The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.
11The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd. 12And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
13Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. 14For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
