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Failed #Prophecies: The #Mythic Origins of the #OldTestament #Apocalypse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWD93fGrPVY
Join #DerekLambert as we uncover the mythic origins of #apocalyptic #prophecy, tracing how #ancientHebrew seers borrowed flood #epics, dragon-slaying tales, and cosmic upheaval #myths from Mesopotamia, Canaan, and Egyptโand why their vivid predictions of โthe #DayoftheLordโ never came to pass.
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Failed #Prophecies: The #Mythic Origins of the #OldTestament #Apocalypse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWD93fGrPVY
Join #DerekLambert as we uncover the mythic origins of #apocalyptic #prophecy, tracing how #ancientHebrew seers borrowed flood #epics, dragon-slaying tales, and cosmic upheaval #myths from Mesopotamia, Canaan, and Egyptโand why their vivid predictions of โthe #DayoftheLordโ never came to pass.
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*How blessed is the man who does not walk in the advice of the wicked!*who does not stand on the path with sinners!*& who does not sit in a meeting with mockers!*But his delight is in the teaching of the Lord!*& on his teaching he meditates day!*& night!*He is like a tree planted beside streams of water!*which yields its fruit in season!*&๐
#Friday #Devotional #GOD #Love #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Savior #Light #Love #Pray #Righteous #Repent #Personal #RelationshipGod #DayOfTheLord
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๐ฉ๐๐ชด๐ก๐ ๐๏ธ๐๏ธ๐๐*The Way of the Righteous!*& the Wicked!๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ชด๐ก๐ ๐๏ธ๐๏ธ
*How blessed is the man who does not walk in the advice of the wicked!*who does not stand on the path with sinners!*& who does not sit in a meeting with mockers!*But his delight is in the teaching of the Lord!*& on his teaching he meditates day!*& night!*He is like a tree planted๐
#Friday #Devotional #GOD #Love #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Savior #Light #Love #Pray #Righteous #Repent #Personal #RelationshipGod #DayOfTheLord
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*~*Psalm 1*~*
*~*The Way of the Righteous!*& the Wicked!*~*
*~*How blessed is the man who does not walk in the advice of the wicked!*who does not stand on the path with sinners!*& who does not sit in a meeting with mockers!*But his delight is in the teaching of the Lord!*& on his teaching he meditates day!*& night!*He is like a tree๐
#Friday #Devotional #GOD #Love #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Savior #Light #Love #Pray #Righteous #Repent #Personal #RelationshipGod #DayOfTheLord
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๐ค๐ก๐ ๐ต๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐น๐ทโ๏ธ๐ ๐๐ต๏ธ๐ชป๐ชท๐ธ๐ฉต๐๐ฉท๐๐๐๐๐ฅโ๏ธโค๏ธโ๐ฅ๐๐๏ธ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ฎ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐น๐ทโ๏ธ๐ ๐๐ต๏ธ๐ชป๐ชท๐ธ๐ฉต๐๐ฉท๐๐ธ๐ก๐ ๐ต๐ฃ๐๐ฟโโ๏ธ*Let each of us please his neighbor for his good!*to build him up!๐ค๐ก๐ ๐ต๐ต๐ฎ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐น๐ทโ๏ธ๐ ๐๐ต๏ธ๐ชป๐ชท๐ฉต๐๐ฉท๐๐ธ๐๐๐๐ฅโ๏ธ๐๐๏ธ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐โค๏ธโ๐ฅ๐ฉต๐๐ฉท๐๐ฎ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐น๐ทโ๏ธ๐ ๐๐ต๏ธ๐ชป๐ชท๐ธ๐ก๐ ๐ต๐ฃ๐ค
#Friday #Devotional #GOD #Love #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Savior #Light #Love #Pray #Righteous #Repent #Personal #RelationshipGod #DayOfTheLord
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๐ค๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐น๐ทโ๏ธ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๏ธ๐ชป๐ชท๐ธ๐ฉต๐๐ฉท๐๐๐๐๐ฅโ๏ธ๐๐๏ธ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐โค๏ธโ๐ฅ๐ฉต๐๐ฉท๐๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐น๐ทโ๏ธ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๏ธ๐ชป๐ชท๐ธ๐๐ผโโ๏ธ*The Example of Christ!๐ค๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐น๐ทโ๏ธ๐ ๐๐ต๏ธ๐ชป๐ชท๐ธ๐ฉต๐๐ฉท๐๐๐๐๐ฅโ๏ธ๐๐๏ธ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐โค๏ธโ๐ฅ๐ฉต๐๐ฉท๐๐ฎ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐น๐ทโ๏ธ๐ ๐๐ต๏ธ๐ชป๐ชท๐ธ๐ค
๐ค๐ฎ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐น๐ทโ๏ธ๐ ๐๐ต๏ธ๐ชป๐ชท๐ธ๐ฉต๐๐ฉท๐๐๐๐๐ฅโ๏ธโค๏ธโ๐ฅ๐๐๏ธ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ฎ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐น๐ทโ๏ธ๐ ๐๐ต๏ธ๐ชป๐ชท๐ธ๐ฉต๐๐ฉท๐๐ธ๐๐ฟโโ๏ธ*Let each of us please his neighbor for his good!*to build him up!๐ค๐ฎ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐น๐ทโ๏ธ๐ ๐๐ต๏ธ๐ชป๐ชท๐ฉต๐๐ฉท๐๐ธ๐๐๐๐ฅโ๏ธ๐๐๏ธ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐โค๏ธโ๐ฅ๐ฉต๐๐ฉท๐๐ฎ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐น๐ทโ๏ธ๐ ๐๐ต๏ธ๐ชป๐ชท๐ธ๐ค
#Friday #Devotional #GOD #Love #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Savior #Light #Love #Pray #Righteous #Repent #Personal #RelationshipGod #DayOfTheLord
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*~*Romans 15:2*~*
*~*The Example of Christ!*~*
*~*Let each of us please his neighbor for his good!*to build him up!*~*
#Friday #Devotional #GOD #Love #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Savior #Light #Love #Pray #Righteous #Repent #Personal #RelationshipGod #DayOfTheLord
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*[For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed!*So then let us cast off the works of darkness!*& put on the armor of light!*Let us walk properly as in the daytime!*not in quarreling!*& jealousy!]*But put on the Lord Jesus Christ!*& make no provision for the flesh!*to gratify its desires!
#Prepare #Ready #GOD #Secret #Surprise #World #People #SonOfManComing #Christ #Jesus #Holy #Spirit #Savior #Light #Love #Pray #Righteous #Repent #Personal #RelationshipGod #DayOfTheLord
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*[For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed!*So then let us cast off the works of darkness!*& put on the armor of light!*Let us walk properly as in the daytime!*not in quarreling!*& jealousy!]*But put on the Lord Jesus Christ!*& make no provision for the flesh!๐
#Prepare #Ready #GOD #Secret #Surprise #World #People #SonOfManComing #Christ #Jesus #Holy #Spirit #Savior #Light #Love #Pray #Righteous #Repent #Personal #RelationshipGod #DayOfTheLord #Gentleness #Respect
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*[For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed!*So then let us cast off the works of darkness!*& put on the armor of light!]*Let us walk properly as in the daytime!*not in orgies!*& drunkenness!*not in sexual immorality!*& sensuality!*not in quarreling!*& jealousy!๐
#Prepare #Ready #GOD #Secret #Surprise #World #People #SonOfManComing #Christ #Jesus #Holy #Spirit #Savior #Light #Love #Pray #Righteous #Repent #Personal #RelationshipGod #DayOfTheLord #Gentleness #Respect
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*[For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed!]*The night is far gone!*the day is at hand!*So then let us cast off the works of darkness!*& put on the armor of light!*Let us walk properly as in the daytime!*not in orgies!*& drunkenness!*not in sexual immorality!*&๐
#Prepare #Ready #GOD #Secret #Surprise #World #People #SonOfManComing #Christ #Jesus #Holy #Spirit #Savior #Light #Love #Pray #Righteous #Repent #Personal #RelationshipGod #DayOfTheLord #Gentleness #Respect
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*[that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep!*For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed!]*The night is far gone!*the day is at hand!*So then let us cast off the works of darkness!*& put on the armor of light!*Let us walk properly as in the daytime!๐
#Prepare #Ready #GOD #Secret #Surprise #World #People #SonOfManComing #Christ #Jesus #Holy #Spirit #Savior #Light #Love #Pray #Righteous #Repent #Personal #RelationshipGod #DayOfTheLord #Gentleness #Respect
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*Besides this you know the time!*that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep!*For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed!*The night is far gone!*the day is at hand!*So then let us cast off the works of darkness!*& put on the armor of light!*Let us walk properly as๐
#Prepare #Ready #GOD #Secret #Surprise #World #People #SonOfManComing #Christ #Jesus #Holy #Spirit #Savior #Light #Love #Pray #Righteous #Repent #Personal #RelationshipGod #DayOfTheLord #Gentleness #Respect
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*Fulfilling the Law Through Love!
*Besides this you know the time!*that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep!*For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed!*The night is far gone!*the day is at hand!*So then let us cast off the works of darkness!๐
#Prepare #Ready #GOD #Secret #Surprise #World #People #SonOfManComing #Christ #Jesus #Holy #Spirit #Savior #Light #Love #Pray #Righteous #Repent #Personal #RelationshipGod #DayOfTheLord #Gentleness #Respect
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*Being Prepared!
*Fulfilling the Law Through Love!
*Besides this you know the time!*that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep!*For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed!*The night is far gone!*the day is at hand!*So then let us cast off the works of darkness!๐
#Prepare #Ready #GOD #Secret #Surprise #World #People #SonOfManComing #Christ #Jesus #Holy #Spirit #Savior #Light #Love #Pray #Righteous #Repent #Personal #RelationshipGod #DayOfTheLord #Gentleness #Respect
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*~*Romans 13:11-14*~*
*~*Being Prepared!*~*
*~*Fulfilling the Law Through Love!*~*
*~*Besides this you know the time!*that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep!*For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed!*The night is far gone!*the day is at hand!๐
#Prepare #Ready #GOD #Secret #Surprise #World #People #SonOfManComing #Christ #Jesus #Holy #Spirit #Savior #Light #Love #Pray #Righteous #Repent #Personal #RelationshipGod #DayOfTheLord #Gentleness #Respect
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๐ค๐๐๐ ๐พ๐โโฌ๐ฆ๐๐๐ค๐ฉถ๐งก๐โ๏ธ๐๏ธ๐โค๏ธโ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ช๐๐๐ ๐พ๐โโฌ๐ฆ๐๐๐ค๐ฉถ๐งก๐๐๐ ๐พ๐โโฌ๐ฆ๐๐๐คโ๏ธ๐โ๏ธ๐๐๐ค๐๐ผโโ๏ธ*but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy!*always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you!*yet do it with gentleness!*& respect!๐ค๐๐๐ค๐ฉถ๐งก๐๐๐ ๐พ๐โโฌ๐ฆ๐โ๏ธ๐๏ธ๐โค๏ธโ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ช๐๐๐โ๏ธ๐๏ธ๐โค๏ธโ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ช๐๐๐ค๐ฉถ๐งก๐๐๐ ๐พ๐โโฌ๐ฆ๐๐๐ค๐ฉถ๐งกโ๏ธ๐โ๏ธ๐ค
#Prepare #Ready #GOD #Secret #Surprise #World #People #SonOfManComing #Christ #Jesus #Holy #Spirit #Savior #Light #Love #Pray #Righteous #Repent #Personal #RelationshipGod #DayOfTheLord #Gentleness #Respect
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๐ค๐๐๐๐๐๐ฉต๐โตโตโตโต๐ฃ๐ฟโโ๏ธ๐ฃ๐ฟโโ๏ธ๐ฃ๐ฟโโ๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธ๐๏ธ๐โค๏ธโ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฉต๐โตโตโต๐ฃ๐ฟโโ๏ธ๐ฃ๐ฟโโ๏ธ๐ฃ๐ฟโโ๏ธ๐๐๐ค๐๐ฟโโ๏ธ*Suffering for Righteousness' Sake!๐ค๐ซ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐ฉต๐โตโตโต๐ฃ๐ฟโโ๏ธ๐ฃ๐ฟโโ๏ธ๐ฃ๐ฟโโ๏ธ๐ค
*but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy!*always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you!*yet do it with gentleness!*& respect!
#Prepare #Ready #GOD #Secret #Surprise #World #People #SonOfManComing #Christ #Jesus #Holy #Spirit #Savior #Light #Love #Pray #Righteous #Repent #Personal #RelationshipGod #DayOfTheLord #Gentleness #Respect
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๐ค๐ชด๐๐ก๐ ๐๏ธ๐๏ธ๐ค๐๐๐ฉตโ๏ธ๐๐๏ธ๐โค๏ธโ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ชด๐๐ก๐ ๐๏ธ๐๏ธ๐ค๐๐๐ฉต๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉต๐โโ๏ธ*Preparation!๐ค๐ชด๐๐ก๐ ๐๏ธ๐๏ธ๐ค๐๐๐ฉต๐ฉ๐ค
*Suffering for Righteousness' Sake!
*but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy!*always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you!*yet do it with gentleness!*& respect!
#Prepare #Ready #GOD #Secret #Surprise #World #People #SonOfManComing #Christ #Jesus #Holy #Spirit #Savior #Light #Love #Pray #Righteous #Repent #Personal #RelationshipGod #DayOfTheLord #Gentleness #Respect
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๐๐๐ฉต๐โโ๏ธ*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD LET US ALL HAVE A CONSTANT GROWING OF OUR PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR GOD ALMIGHTY!*& MAKE Preparation FOR THE COMING OF OUR LORD!*AMEN!
*Preparation!
*Suffering for Righteousness' Sake!
*but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy!๐
#Prepare #Ready #GOD #Secret #Surprise #World #People #SonOfManComing #Christ #Jesus #Holy #Spirit #Savior #Light #Love #Pray #Righteous #Repent #Personal #RelationshipGod #DayOfTheLord #Gentleness #Respect
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*~*1 Peter 3:15*~*
*~*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD LET US ALL HAVE A CONSTANT GROWING OF OUR PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR GOD ALMIGHTY!*& MAKE Preparation FOR THE COMING OF OUR LORD!*AMEN!*~*
*~*Preparation!*~*
*~*Suffering for Righteousness' Sake!*~*๐
#Prepare #Ready #GOD #Secret #Surprise #World #People #SonOfManComing #Christ #Jesus #Holy #Spirit #Savior #Light #Love #Pray #Righteous #Repent #Personal #RelationshipGod #DayOfTheLord #Gentleness #Respect
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๐คโ๏ธ๐โ๏ธ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ต๏ธ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐น๐ธ๐ทโ๏ธ๐ชป๐ชท๐ฐ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฉถ๐ค๐๐โตโตโต๐ค๐๐๐๐ฉต๐ฐ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฉถ๐ค๐๐ซ๐คโ๏ธ๐๐๏ธ๐โค๏ธโ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ต๏ธ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐น๐ธ๐ทโ๏ธ๐ชป๐ชท๐๐๐๐โโ๏ธ*Therefore you also must be ready!*for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect!๐ค๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ต๏ธ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐น๐ธ๐ทโ๏ธ๐ชป๐ชท๐ฐ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฉถ๐ค๐โ๏ธ๐โ๏ธ๐๐๐ซโ๏ธ๐๐๏ธ๐โค๏ธโ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฉถ๐ค๐๐ฐ๐๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ต๏ธ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐น๐ธ๐ทโ๏ธ๐ชป๐ชท๐ค
#Prepare #Ready #GOD #Secret #Surprise #World #People #SonOfManComing #Christ #Jesus #Holy #Spirit #Savior #Light #Love #Pray #Righteous #Repent #Personal #RelationshipGod #DayOfTheLord
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๐ค๐ฐ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฉถ๐ค๐๐ซ๐๐๐โต๐ค๐๐๐๐ฉตโ๏ธ๐๐๏ธ๐โค๏ธโ๐ฅโ๏ธ๐โ๏ธ๐ค๐ซ๐๐โตโตโต๐ค๐๐๐๐ฉต๐ฐ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ค๐๐๐๐๐๐ผโโ๏ธ*No One Knows That Day!*& Hour!๐ค๐ฐ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฉถ๐ค๐๐ซ๐๐๐โตโตโต๐ค๐๐๐๐ฉตโ๏ธ๐โ๏ธโ๏ธ๐๐๏ธ๐โค๏ธโ๐ฅ๐ซ๐๐๐โตโตโตโต๐ค๐๐๐๐ฉต๐ฐ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฉถ๐ค๐๐ฐ๐๐ค
๐คโ๏ธ๐โ๏ธ๐ฐ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฉถ๐ค๐๐โตโตโต๐ค๐๐๐๐ฉต๐ฐ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฉถ๐ค๐๐ซ๐คโ๏ธ๐๐๏ธ๐โค๏ธโ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐๐โโ๏ธ*Therefore you also must be ready!*for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect!๐ค๐ฐ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฉถ๐ค๐โ๏ธ๐โ๏ธ๐๐๐ซโ๏ธ๐๐๏ธ๐โค๏ธโ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฉถ๐ค๐๐ฐ๐๐ฐ๐๐ค
#Prepare #Ready #GOD #Secret #Surprise #World #People #SonOfManComing #Christ #Jesus #Holy #Spirit #Savior #Light #Love #Pray #Righteous #Repent #Personal #RelationshipGod #DayOfTheLord
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๐คโ๏ธ๐โ๏ธ๐๐ด๐ซ๐๐๐คโตโตโต๐ค๐๐๐๐ฉตโ๏ธ๐๐๏ธ๐โค๏ธโ๐ฅ๐ชด๐๐ก๐ โ๏ธ๐๐๏ธโค๏ธโ๐ฅ๐ด๐ซ๐๐๐คโตโต๐ค๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฟโโ๏ธ*Be Prepared!๐คโ๏ธ๐โ๏ธ๐๐๐ด๐ซ๐ซ๐๐๐๐คโตโตโต๐ค๐๐๐๐ฉตโ๏ธ๐๐๏ธ๐โค๏ธโ๐ฅ๐ซ๐๐โตโตโต๐ค๐๐๐๐ฉต๐ค
๐ค๐ซ๐๐๐โต๐ค๐๐๐๐ฉตโ๏ธ๐๐๏ธ๐โค๏ธโ๐ฅโ๏ธ๐โ๏ธ๐ค๐ซ๐๐โตโตโต๐ค๐๐๐๐ฉต๐๐๐๐๐ผโโ๏ธ*No One Knows That Day!*& Hour!๐ค๐ซ๐๐๐โตโตโต๐ค๐๐๐๐ฉตโ๏ธ๐โ๏ธโ๏ธ๐๐๏ธ๐โค๏ธโ๐ฅ๐ซ๐๐๐โตโตโตโต๐ค๐๐๐๐ฉต๐ค
๐คโ๏ธ๐โ๏ธ๐โตโตโต๐ค๐๐๐๐ฉต๐๐๐๐โโ๏ธ*Therefore you also must be ready!*for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect!
#Prepare #Ready #GOD #Secret #Surprise #World #People #SonOfManComing #Christ #Jesus #Holy #Spirit #Savior #Light #Love #Pray #Righteous #Repent #Personal #RelationshipGod #DayOfTheLord
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๐ค๐ชด๐๐ก๐ ๐๏ธ๐๏ธ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๏ธ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐น๐ธ๐ท๐ทโ๏ธ๐ชท๐ชป๐๐ซ๐๐ดโ๏ธ๐๐๏ธ๐โค๏ธโ๐ฅโ๏ธ๐โ๏ธ๐ชด๐๐ก๐ ๐๏ธ๐๏ธ๐๐โค๏ธ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ*IT'S GOING TO BE A SURPRISE!*SO BE PREPARED!*& READY YOURSELVES!*AMEN!๐ค๐ชด๐๐ก๐ ๐๏ธ๐๏ธ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๏ธ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐น๐ธ๐ทโ๏ธ๐ชท๐ชปโ๏ธ๐โ๏ธ๐ชด๐๐ก๐ ๐๏ธ๐๏ธ๐ค
๐คโ๏ธ๐โ๏ธ๐ชด๐๐ก๐ โ๏ธ๐๐๏ธโค๏ธโ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ฟโโ๏ธ*Be Prepared!
๐ค๐๐๐๐๐ผโโ๏ธ*No One Knows That Day!*& Hour!
๐๐๐๐โโ๏ธ*Therefore you also must be ready!*for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect!
#Prepare #Ready #GOD #Secret #Surprise #World #People #SonOfManComing #Christ #Jesus #Holy #Spirit #Savior #Light #Love #Pray #Righteous #Repent #Personal #RelationshipGod #DayOfTheLord
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๐ค๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๏ธ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐น๐ธ๐ท๐ทโ๏ธ๐ชท๐ชป๐๐ซ๐๐ดโ๏ธ๐๐๏ธ๐โค๏ธโ๐ฅ๐๐โค๏ธ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD IT'S GOING TO BE A SURPRISE!*SO BE PREPARED!*& READY YOURSELVES!*AMEN!๐ค๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๏ธ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐น๐ธ๐ทโ๏ธ๐ชท๐ชปโ๏ธ๐โ๏ธ๐ค
๐๐๐๐๐ฟโโ๏ธ*Be Prepared!
๐ค๐๐๐๐๐ผโโ๏ธ*No One Knows That Day!*& Hour!
๐๐๐๐โโ๏ธ*Therefore you also must be ready!*for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect!
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*~*Matthew 24:44*~*
๐๐โค๏ธ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ*~*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD IT'S GOING TO BE A SURPRISE!*SO BE PREPARED!*& READY YOURSELVES!*AMEN!*~*
๐๐๐๐๐ฟโโ๏ธ*~*Be Prepared!*~*
๐ค๐๐๐๐๐ผโโ๏ธ*~*No One Knows That Day!*& Hour!*~*
๐๐๐๐โโ๏ธ*~*Therefore you also must be ready!*for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect!*~*
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Psalm 103:20-22 Bless God, you angels, you mighty ones who do Godโs bidding, and hearken to the voice of Godโs word. Bless Abba God, all you his hosts, you ministers of God who do Godโs will. Bless God, all you works of God, in all places of Godโs dominion; bless Abba God, O my soul.
Introduction
We are about a month away from hitting the fourth anniversary of Covid_19 shutting down the world and turning it completely upside down. I can simultaneously believe and not believe that itโs been that long and only that long. It feels like yesterday and so long ago. Time feels thin right now, caught in a paradox of fast and slow, so close and yet so far away, here and not here.
But itโs not only time that feels caught in such a paradox. The atmosphere surrounding our bodies feels caught in its own paradox of familiar and strange. I donโt think I feel all that different than I did on March 12, 2020, but then I feel completely different, like maybe I donโt share one genetic similarity with that woman. But I do! She and I are one, and we did go through and are still going through that massive event that plunged the world into chaos.
And itโs more than just a personal sensation, something unique and private to me. Itโs impacting all of us. And not only those of us here in this room, but in our community, in our state, in our nation, and in our world. This entire ball of matter orbiting its sun feels submerged in tumult. One global event after another arises, reminding us viscerally that our lives are short and our bodies fragile and vulnerable. We are not in control, are we? War and violence, genocide and extermination, hate and rage are the fuel motivating bloated egos consumed with power toward global extinction. Our own country grows continually divided over who has liberty and who doesnโt, xenophobia is (re)peaking (if you are not just like us then you are against us), our neighbors are becoming our supposed enemies to our own private freedom and liberty blinding us to the fact that we might be the enemy to ourselves; in short, everything and everyone is a threat. Our many places of worship, those once deemed sacred and safe places, are now battle-ground-zeros for so many people who are sure they know exactly what God thinks and wants, drawing lines thick and dark in the sand, meanwhile fighting terribly to keep their institutional heads above the waters of financial ruin and destitution, afraid to let death come and claim its victims and houses.
Almost four years ago we were thrown into a rupture in time and space, andโI donโt know about youโbut it doesnโt feel like weโve been rescued from it just yet. In fact, Iโll say it boldly, we have not been rescued; weโre still in the rupture. We are further in and further down, but not up and not out.
So, what do we do? Well, the tendency for human nature is to go backward, return to the shore of familiarity and comfortable, swim back to what was, and to ignore that our memory of the past silences malicious secrets and covers over terrible deeds. Humans are convinced that what we know is easier to battle than what we donโt know. We love to look backward with rose colored glasses and reminisce with fondness about things that, frankly, never truly existed as remembered. Our minds lie to us, lure us backward toward images of yesterday that are (actually) images of never-where and never-when. We are easily seduced by thoughts that somehow the past was better, more vibrant, simpler, without difficulty; wasnโt it easier back thenโฆ
Human beings have a hard time fighting against this lure and seduction of the romanticized past; the more we fight the more stuck we become. We are buried in the past, captive to what was.
Joel 2:1-2,12-17
Blow the trumpet in Zion;
sound the alarm on my holy mountain!
Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble,
for the day of the Lord is coming, it is nearโ
a day of darkness and gloom,
a day of clouds and thick darkness!
Like blackness spread upon the mountains
a great and powerful army comes;
their like has never been from of old,
nor will be again after them
in ages to come.It seems Joelโs ancient, prophetic words ring true today. There is trembling among the people, darkness and gloom feel real while clouds and thick darkness taunt us from above. The day of God comes, and weโre yet to be saved from it. There is fear here, in Joelโs words. The people should be afraid of God, says Joel, but not of humanity.[1] But this fear is not because Godโs principle characteristic is anger or wrath because Godโs character is foremost longsuffering and patient, forgiving and merciful. [2],[3]
Yet even now, says the Lord,
return to me with all your heart,
with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;
rend your hearts and not your clothing.
Return to the Lord, your God,
for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love,
and relents from punishing.
Who knows whether he will not turn and relent,
and leave a blessing behind him,
a grain offering and a drink offering
for the Lord, your God?The people should fear this day of Godโs arrival because God will come and expose that what the people have created as a sham: mere phantoms of good; things built in the image of humanity and not by the divine inspiration of Godโs loving and gracious Spirit. Joelโs pronouncement of Godโs coming judgment and anger summons the people out of themselvesโtheir egos, their power, their pleasure, their comfortโand redirects them to a proper relationship to God (one of dependence and trust, one of reverence and forgiveness). Joel makes it clear, the people have gone astray, they must return to God because in this return Godโs displeasure is (potentially) fleeting; it is a moment in time that happens, it will not last forever. [4]
Blow the trumpet in Zion;
sanctify a fast;
call a solemn assembly;
gather the people.
Sanctify the congregation;
assemble the aged;
gather the children,
even infants at the breast.
Let the bridegroom leave his room,
and the bride her canopy.God loves Godโs people; however, according to all the prophets of Israel and including Joel, God does not love it when the people forfeit their relationship with God for a relationship with power and privilege thus obstructing the wellbeing and livelihood of their neighbors. God does not deal kindly with such mischief. Thus, with their society on ethe edge of judgment and being engulfed by the divine pathos for the Beloved, according to Joel, Godโs people can do something to mitigate this coming moment of wrath: they can turn to God because God is merciful and gracious[5] and this turning to God will turn away Godโs displeasure,[6] especially if they return in time before Godโs day of judgment arrives.[7]
Between the vestibule and the altar
let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep.
Let them say, โSpare your people, O Lord,
and do not make your heritage a mockery,
a byword among the nations.
Why should it be said among the peoples,
`Where is their God?'โThe Spiritual Leaders of Godโs people, according to Joel, are to weep and pray. This is the beginning of a restored orientation toward God. The Spiritual Leaders petition God for God to spare the people and to honor Godโs โheritageโ thus establishing Godโs people among the nations from this time forward. Therein Godโs presence among the people will be sustained, letting the world know that God has not abandoned Godโs people. Thus, Joelโs question posed by the mouths of priests, โWhere is their God?โ is moot because God is with them. However, if there is no return to God, then the bitter question remains on the mouths of Israelโs adversaries: where is the Lord your God?[8]
Conclusion
What direction should Godโs people turn to return to a right relationship and orientation toward God? Not backward. Israel must not turn backwards to seek God because God is not located in the past, like a relic, stuck in the time and place of yesterday. By going backward, Israel would be betray just how deep is their alliance with their own image. To return to what is known and familiar is always to return to what is human, comprehended with the eyes and ears, to that which is known. To return to what is familiar to deprive God of faith and honor, trust and glory. Thus, it is the way of stagnancy and the status-quo, the way of fearing humans and not God. Going backward, for Israel, will seal their death sentence, hammer in the last nail in their coffin.
To return to God is to move forward into the unknown, to jump into the void, to dive into the rupture. It is all about facing the chaos and discomfort of that which is unseen and yet held by faith and hope. To hear the summons of God from the void, to sense the prophetic summons of God beckoning from the rupture, is to trust and to account to God that which is Godโs: worthy of trust and faith; it is to proclaim that God is the truth and the way, thus God is the life. To move forward by faith and trust is to declare to the people and the world that God has not abandoned Godโs people; to dive into the void is to affirm that even in this chaos God is present and able to bring order; to jump into the rupture is to render trustworthy Godโs promises that all things are possible with God and that God can and will create out of nothing, once again.
So, today we stand at the edge of the void, on the precipice of the rupture, daring to hear the divine summons to enter this darkest of dark nights, and to hold on, by faith, to the presence of God as we tumble into what appears as death and nothingness. All the while we are beckoned to keep looking forward, holding Godโs hand as God brings us to God and Godโs new thing in the worldโnot an old thing, not a familiar thing, but a new thing. Tonight, we are brought deep into the divine womb to be born again of God by faith (trust) with thanksgiving into the divine light, life, and liberation. Born again as Godโs people resurrected from the past and liberated from what wasโฆ
[1] Abraham K. Heschel, The Prophets, (New York: JPS, 1962), 209. โTo fear God is to be unafraid of man. For God alone is king, power, and promise.โ
[2] Heschel, Prophets, 285. โIt is impossible to understand the meaning of divine anger without pondering the meaning of divine patience or forbearance. Explicitly and implicitly, the prophets stress that God is patient, long-suffering, or slow to angerโฆโ
[3] Heschel, Prophets, 285. โPatience is one of the thirteen attributes of God,โ yet never in the sense of apathy, of being indifferent. Contrary to their thinking was the idea of a God who submits to the caprice of man, smiling at the hideousness of evil The patience of God means his restraint of justifiable anger.โ
[4] Heschel, Prophets, 290. โAnger is always described as a moment, something that happens rather than something that abides. The feeling expressed by the rabbis that even divine anger must not last beyond a minute seems to be implied in the words of the prophets.โ
[5] Heschel, Prophets, 290. โMerciful and gracious, rahum ve-hannunโฆare qualities which are never separable in the Bible from the thought of God.โ
[6] Ehud Ben Zvi, โJoel,โ The Jewish Study Bible Jewish Publication Society Tanakh Translation, eds. Adele Berlin and Marc Zvi Brettler (Oxford: OUP, 2004), 1166. โAs the text leads the readers to sense that human society and culture in Judah are at the brink of obliteration, it asks them to identify with a prophetic voice that calls on them to return to the Lord, to fast and lament. Then the book moves to Judahโs salvation and the rangement of passages dealing with the ideal future, in which the fate of the nations figures prominently.โ
[7] Ehud Ben Zvi, โJoel,โ 1170. 2.12-17, โOn the need to turn back to the Lord, and for a communal lamentation. This must be done before the arrival of the Day of the Lord, which is near or closeโฆotherwise Israel too will be the victim of Godโs power.โ
[8] Heschel, Prophets, 292fn17. โAnguished by the blows of enemies, Israel was the butt of stinging sneer: โWhere is the Lord your God?โโ
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