”Going to sleep-away camp opened my eyes to the world around me
and the person I aspire to be.”
~Yishama
For Yishama leaving home and going to camp helped him grow in his confidence and sense of responsibility. Coming into contact with all kinds of people and different ways of living helped Yishama open up. When he returned from a summer at Camp Stone he was transformed spiritually.
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“And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people:
and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time” (Daniel 12:1).
The snippets below reflect upon signs of the times to inform and give warning of the trials and dangers to believers in this “time of trouble.”
Let us be aware of the growing threat to our faithful “endurance to the end,” that we might prepare ourselves to act and respond wisely when tempted or confronted.
Gallup first conducted their “Confidence in Institutions” poll in 1973. Americans have very little confidence in organized religion, Congress or news from the TV, Internet, or newspapers, according to the latest Confidence in Institutions poll. Only 38% of Americans said that they had a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in the church or organized religion. Conservatives and Republicans showed more confidence with 52% and 48% confidence respectively. Liberals and Democrats showed less confidence with 31% of Democrats and 21% of liberals expressing confidence. From 1973 to 1985, American confidence in organized religion was higher than confidence in any other institution at above 60%. A sharp fall in confidence in organized religion (down to 45%) was recorded in 2002 when an expose was published by the Boston Globe revealing that Catholic Church leaders had been aware of serial sex abuse by priests and didn’t take strong action.
Confidence in Congress has consistently been relatively low and this year that trend continued with only 11% of Americans expressing a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in Congress. Confidence in newspapers also ranked low in 2019, with only 23% of Americans expressing a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in print media. Only 20% expressed confidence in TV news, and only 16% expressed confidence in Internet news.
The criminal justice system and big business also have low-confidence ratings, with only 24% of respondents expressing confidence in the criminal justice system and 23% of respondents expressing confidence in big business. Americans expressed the strongest level of confidence in the military (73%), small business (68%) and police (53%), continuing a trend of majority levels of confidence in those three institutions for the past two decades.
This loss of confidence is but another confirmation that we are living in the time of the end. As Jesus prophesied,
“And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars [governmental authority; ecclesiastical authority; princes / governors] and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves [the people and nations in rebellion] roaring (Luke 21:25).
A gigantic statue of a pagan Canaanite deity known as “Molech” has been erected at the entrance to the Colosseum. In ancient times, those that served Molech would sacrifice their children to him. Now a massive statue of this pagan idol is the centerpiece of a new “archaeological exhibition” at the Roman Colosseum (the same Colosseum where countless numbers of Christians were martyred for their faith). What makes this even more shocking is that the Colosseum is controlled by the Vatican. The large-scale exhibition, titled Carthago: The immortal myth, runs until March 29, 2020.
The statue of Moloch was erected nine days prior to the opening of the Amazon Synod, which was plagued with controversy from the beginning after a ceremony in the Vatican Gardens involving the pagan goddess “Pachamama” was held in the presence of Pope Francis and top-ranking prelates.
In the ceremony, participants prostrated themselves before wooden statuettes of the fertility goddess indigenous to South America. The statuettes were kept as part of an exhibit in the Church of Santa Maria in Traspontina until they were thrown into the Tiber by Austrian Catholic Alexander Tschugguel on Oct. 21. Afterward, one copy of the mass-produced figures was kept in the church.
The pagan god Moloch next to an exhibition board in the Colosseum, Rome, September 27, 2019, placed in that prime spot so that everyone that entered into the Colosseum had to pass it. The image of Moloch is modeled on a representation of the child-devouring demon found in the 1914 Italian silent film Cabiria. In the film the idol of Moloch, set up in a Punic temple, has a giant bronze furnace in his chest, into which hundreds of children are thrown. Cabiria, the heroine of the film, is threatened with this fiery fate.
Some Catholics are distressed that the pagan god Moloch has been erected at the entrance to the Colosseum, which is one of many amphitheatres where Christians were tortured and executed for the entertainment of the pagan crowds.
“It was like they put Moloch there to mock the sacred place where the holy martyrs spilled their blood for the True Faith!”
The following comment from Breaking Israel News(11-7-2019) reads,
“There is no way that such a thing could be done without permission from the highest levels of the Vatican. The Colosseum of Rome is owned by the Vatican, specifically the Diocese of Rome, also called the Holy See. If anyone wants to do anything there, they must get permission from the office of the Diocese of Rome. This exhibition, called ‘Cathargo: the immortal myth’ could not be held there unless permission was granted at high levels.”
In Jeremiah 32:35 we are told that the people of Israel began worshipping Molech as they fell away from the Lord, And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech;
which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
In Leviticus 18:21, the people of Israel are specifically warned against sacrificing their children to this idol,
And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord
Over the past few years, there seems to have been a concerted effort to put up symbols from ancient pagan religions in key locations all over the globe. This includes erecting the “arch of Baal” in both Washington D.C. and New York City in 2016.
The original Arch of Palmyra in Syria was the ancient arched entrance to the Temple of Baal. It was destroyed in 2015- by ISIS ironically enough. An outfit named the Institute of Digital Archaeology reconstructed the arches using 3-D printers. It was unveiled on April 19, the occult holiday of Beltane, the beginning of a 13-day period known as ‘the Blood Sacrifice to the Beast’. This took place at the 2016 UNESCO World Heritage Fair in Trafalgar Square in London.
Next was a UN World Heritage event in New York City in September. After that, a global summit in Dubai. Then, off to the G7 in Florence, Italy. Then it went to Washington DC to catch the back end of the sacrifice to the beast, and to form that Baal bond.
There’s a modern movement to honor as well as embrace witchcraft and pagan deities, resurrecting religious practices of idolatry and superstition centered around the polytheistic, nature worshipping religions of pre-Christian Europe. A significant portion of today’s pagan converts were raised in Christian families.
By embracing the title “pagan” these converts express their break from Christianity, though it’s uncertain just what the allure to adopt idolatry and superstition may be.
Modern day practicing pagan sects of various orders are associated with such practices as worshipping nature, chanting, dancing, spells, sacrifices, festivals, etc. (see Wikipedia –Modern Paganism)
September 28, 2018 by YC Nightingale – Democracy has a new door, or Arch. The seat of the free world is represented by the “democracy” of the United States. This happens at the US Capital building at the National Mall. The Arch is representing this new democracy than will then be brought to the Hague, the International Courts. – The US Capitol building signifying that the womb is the entrance that takes you through the Arch of Triumph or gateway/portal that leads you to the obelisk or Baals shaft. There is a disgusting sexual element to all of this ritual and this is why they want the public to touch it and go in and out from the Arch. They are having a union with Jupiter, Sophia and their lord, Baal. It is their demonic trinity.
The United Nations gave preliminary approval for a resolution that calls the Temple Mount by its Muslim name exclusively –Haram al-Sharif. The resolution passed at the UN’s Fourth Committee in an overwhelming turn-out of 154-8. The vote featured 14 abstentions as well as 17 absences. It was one of eight Anti-Israel resolutions approved last week. An expected 15 more anti-Israel resolutions are anticipating approval as well. Only Israel and the United States voted against all eight resolutions, although Australia, Canada, Guatemala, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Nauru joined them in voting against the Jerusalem texts. All of the twenty-eight EU member states backed the resolution…
The Acting US Deputy Representative to the United Nations responded to the resolution saying,
“We are disappointed that despite support for reform, member states continue to disproportionately single out Israel through these types of resolutions.”
She added,
“it is deplorable that the United Nations –an institution founded upon the idea that all nations should be treated equally –should be so often used by member states to treat one state in particular, Israel, unequally.”
Breaking Israel News, November 18, 2019
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What a privilege to have access to the throne of God. It was not our own doing, though, because we were cut off from God by our sins (Isaiah 59:2), but for everyone who’s repented and trusted in Christ, now
“we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God”(Heb. 4:14),
so
“with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need” (Heb. 4:16).
We can
“have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus” (Heb. 10:19)
because
“we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water” (Heb. 10:21-22).
Sometimes God will allow all sorts of troubles to pile up on us if we’ve wandered away from Him. If we are humbled by our circumstances and brought low, we might then seek God and cry out to Him because we know that
“the LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit” (Psalm 34:18)
and
“many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all” (Psalm 34:19).
This proves that
“when the righteous cry for help, the LORD hears and delivers them out of all their troubles” (Psalm 34:17).
I don’t know about you, but I need help at times when I pray to God because words sometimes fail me. Thankfully,
“the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words” (Rom. 8:26),
and
“he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God” (Rom. 8:27).
When words fail us, the Holy Spirit never will.
Prayer really is the link that connects us with God. Thankfully, through the access granted through Jesus’ shed blood, we can have direct contact with God. Perhaps He may humble us through trials and tribulations if we’ve wandered away from Him, but He wants us to draw near to Him. In times of need for what to pray about, God the Holy Spirit can give us the words when we don’t know what words to use.
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In de Europese universiteiten vindt me de theologie als wetenschapsgebied in directe verbinding met concrete godsdienstige praktijken. Niet alleen in die zin dat die praktijken voorwerp van onderzoek kunnen zijn, maar zo dat de afgestudeerde theoloog bekwaam en geschikt zou zijn om in die praktijken een professionele leidinggevende rol te vervullen. Als die praktijken uit […]
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In de Schrift wordt ons gevraagd ons in te spannen voor onze redding, en dit te doen in diep ontzag voor God. Hierbij wordt duidelijk gemaakt dat wij ons moeten inzetten of werken moeten doen om behouden de smalle weg op te kunnen gaan om zo als wedergeborenen door de nauwe poort het Koninkrijk van God binnen te kunnen gaan.
Repentance for forgiveness of sins has to be preached to all the non-Jews in Christ Jesus his name, who gave to us the ministry of reconciliation.
Not every covenant that God made with His People is to be viewed as having no limit in time, but that which was bought at a heavy price is sealed with blood forever. The prime necessity of human race, salvation from sin and death, has been provided in the divine purpose and solved by the sent one from God, who was willing to put his own will aside to do the Will of his heavenly Father, and gave himself as a ransom for all people.
U kan hier even een samenvatting vinden wat wij overlopen hebben rond de wisseling van een Oud naar een Nieuw Verbond, dat nu verzegeld is voor goed bij het bloedvergieten van Christus.
Niet elke verbond dat God met Zijn Volk afsloot moet aanzien worden als onbegrensd in tijd, maar datgene dat met een zware prijs werd gekocht is een verzegeling met bloed voor goed.
Looking at the blessed time of the Elohim which comes every seventh day, completing the week. The Shabbat representing completion. Delighting in the Shabbat has evolved over time, but it is for believers still a day of blessings and delight by bringing mercy and love, blessing and joy to others, and refreshing our souls.
Our sages regarded the 15th of Av to be one of the two most auspicious days on the Jewish calendar (the other being Yom Kippur — Talmud, Taanit 26b).
People would be surprised when they would come to be assured that it is possible to come to live in a truly healthy universe. That is possible when all human beings will realise that we all need one another.
Thanks to the Spanish Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman a synagogue was build in the Old City of Jerusalem which is still in use today
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Over the last few months, we’ve all experienced a number of sweeping changes to our lives–some financial, some logisitical, some medical–but the one overarching difference in our now normal routines is the blurring of any boundaries that we once took for granted. We used to make a separation between…
Door Jeshua die gestorven is aan de martelpaal maar meer nog, die is opgewekt uit de doden en die nu gezeten is aan Gods rechterhand, is er voor ons een verzekerde toekomst in de redding uit de vloek der dood en door Jeshua die onze zaak bepleit. Maar om tot de uitverkorenen te behoren die daar dan recht op kunnen hebben moeten wij er ook geloof aan hechten.
De tijd voor de geboorte van de beloofde Gezalfde van God, Jeshua de Messias, kunnen wij het Pre-Messiaans Tijdperk noemen omdat het de tijd was die de (eerste) komst van de Messias (Messiach/Mashiach/Moshiach) vooraf gaat. In tegenstelling wat nog vele Joden denken is die Pre-Messiaanse periode afgelopen omdat wij ons niet meer, zoals vele Joden, bevinden in een periode waar wij nog zouden moeten uitkijken naar de eerste komst van die Beloofde van God. Die is namelijk al eens gekomen (zo een 2 millennia geleden). Nu kijken wij nog wel uit naar zijn tweede komst of zijn terugkeer naar de aarde, waarbij hij zal komen om over de levenden en doden te oordelen en om te komen zetelen als Koning der Joden en Koning der koningen in het Beloofde Land.
Hoe staat het gesteld voor de betrouwbaarheid van de Nieuw Testament teksten? Wie stond er achter die Messiaanse geschriften en kunnen zij wel als een betrouwbare bron beschouwd worden? Wij zien ook hoe er in Nederlandse vertalingen toch ernstige of verontrustende verschillen opduiken.
De mens moet beseffen dat God de zorgvuldigheid van de Joodse schrijvers en hun eerbied voor de tekst heeft gebruikt om Zijn Woord betrouwbaar te bewaren tot in onze dagen.
In vele kerken wordt regelmatig nog teruggegrepen naar verouderde taal, die afstamt uit de tijd van vroegere Bijbelvertalingen. Vandaag kijken wij naar “verderven” ook zulk een typisch Oudnederlands Statenvertaling-woord, waarbij de woorden abad, bijna 200 keer voor gebruikt is en shachath bijna 150 maal.
it is now that life is mine i’ve been given a moment here on earth and my longing has brought me here what i missed and what i got it is still the road i’ve chosen my trust far beyond words that have showed me a little bit of the Heaven i’ve never reached i […]
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