#fraternity — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #fraternity, aggregated by home.social.
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https://www.fogolf.com/1243026/hes-not-what-i-expected/ He’s Not What I Expected… #Aggies #BEAT #college #CollegeFrat #CollegeGolf #Entertainment #expected #frat #FratBoy #fraternity #FraternityGolfMatch #funny #GabbyGolfGirl #gabbygolfgirl #GenZ #girl #GirlVsGuy #Golf #GolfGirl #GolfGirlVideos #GolfGirlVlog #GolfGirlYouTube #Guys #hes #Moments #outdoors #PlayingGolfForMoney #Punishment #RandomGolfer #Relationship #Shoey #SkinsMatch #sports #StephCurry #TENSION #texas #TexasA&m #TexasA&mGolf #Undefeated #vlog
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https://www.fogolf.com/1243026/hes-not-what-i-expected/ He’s Not What I Expected… #Aggies #BEAT #college #CollegeFrat #CollegeGolf #Entertainment #expected #frat #FratBoy #fraternity #FraternityGolfMatch #funny #GabbyGolfGirl #gabbygolfgirl #GenZ #girl #GirlVsGuy #Golf #GolfGirl #GolfGirlVideos #GolfGirlVlog #GolfGirlYouTube #Guys #hes #Moments #outdoors #PlayingGolfForMoney #Punishment #RandomGolfer #Relationship #Shoey #SkinsMatch #sports #StephCurry #TENSION #texas #TexasA&m #TexasA&mGolf #Undefeated #vlog
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There is a flaw in the system
Hello
If this is your first visit, welcome to Musings. Today I am musing about fate or the flaw in the system. If you have been here before, welcome back. Over time we are going to talk about many things: the past, the present, perhaps the future, travel,
New Car
Three weeks ago I finally replaced my 2008 van.
It had been a great ride. We drove from Florida to central Mexico and back five times and up to new York and surrounds several. It hauled paintings and plants and an unimaginable variety of stuff over the years, never complaining, always dependable. In the end it had dents, a cloudy GPS screen, a broken side mirror and failing paint. But it still ran, never complaining.
It took a long time for me to let go. It was like I was forsaking an old friend. Letting go when the chaise showed age for a new shiny ride. Ah . . . well, I went ahead just the same.
I bought a new Subaru Outback, shiny, full of features and with a reputation of reliability and safety. The first house I bought cost half the price of the car.
Two days later I was rear ended . . . stopped in traffic and “BAM bam”.
The officer said, “She hit you twice didn’t she? Yeah, they hit you the first time and the momentum carries them forward and they hit you the second. Yep, That’s what happened.”
My assailant was a young woman aged 21. She had just bought her car, aged 24. They told her “It was in good shape”. Was is the key word. Not anymore.
I felt sorry for her. She looked so defeated. She claimed “the brakes failed“. The officer said, “They all say that“. The boy friend said he put brake fluid in her car that afternoon. Who knows? Fortunately she had insurance.
So now I needed to deal with the insurance company, State Farm. They were very accommodating, approving the repair, a rental car for the time the car was being repaired with a list of approved repair companies close to me . . . all in about ten minutes.
The next day I went to the approved repair garage I had selected and did the paperwork. And we ran into a problem . . . .!
The car is a new model . . . too new. The dealers don’t have replacement parts. Who knows when they will have them?
I wonder what my old van would think about this.
On A Different Note
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Whispers in the night
Tempest
What the clouds remember when the sky parts
The piece above is a diptych and can be hung as two panels or one.
On a Different Note
I used to be a banker, but then I lost interest
Take a look at my website:
#Art #cars #college #Family #Food #FraternitiesAndSororities #Fraternity #life #nature #PhiGammaDelta #photography #Seattle #Travel #UniversityOfWashington #winter #writing #ZetaPsi -
"This would look great in my dorm!"
#meme #memes #shitpost #f #kfc #fastfood #restaurant #college #dormitory #fraternity #sorority #vandalism #theft #funny #crime #funnycrimes #ebay #craigslist #marketplace
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"This would look great in my dorm!"
#meme #memes #shitpost #f #kfc #fastfood #restaurant #college #dormitory #fraternity #sorority #vandalism #theft #funny #crime #funnycrimes #ebay #craigslist #marketplace
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"This would look great in my dorm!"
#meme #memes #shitpost #f #kfc #fastfood #restaurant #college #dormitory #fraternity #sorority #vandalism #theft #funny #crime #funnycrimes #ebay #craigslist #marketplace
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"This would look great in my dorm!"
#meme #memes #shitpost #f #kfc #fastfood #restaurant #college #dormitory #fraternity #sorority #vandalism #theft #funny #crime #funnycrimes #ebay #craigslist #marketplace
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Why hasn’t THE #OhioState University removed the name of THE notorious #LesWexner (co-conspirator in the #EpsteinFiles ) from its Medical Center? 🤔
https://wexnermedical.osu.eduAre #fraternity bros admitted to their Medical School called the ‘#EpsteinClass.’?
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Retrouvons/Gardons notre #humanite
#Aider nos sœurs :https://www.afghanistaneducationaction.org/
+ #help Teachers and mental health professionals
#education #fraternity #sorority #teameduc #teamprof #donate #don #freedom #liberte #egalite
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Retrouvons/Gardons notre #humanite
#Aider nos sœurs :https://www.afghanistaneducationaction.org/
+ #help Teachers and mental health professionals
#education #fraternity #sorority #teameduc #teamprof #donate #don #freedom #liberte #egalite
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Retrouvons/Gardons notre #humanite
#Aider nos sœurs :https://www.afghanistaneducationaction.org/
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#education #fraternity #sorority #teameduc #teamprof #donate #don #freedom #liberte #egalite
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Retrouvons/Gardons notre #humanite
#Aider nos sœurs :https://www.afghanistaneducationaction.org/
+ #help Teachers and mental health professionals
#education #fraternity #sorority #teameduc #teamprof #donate #don #freedom #liberte #egalite
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Retrouvons/Gardons notre #humanite
#Aider nos sœurs :https://www.afghanistaneducationaction.org/
+ #help Teachers and mental health professionals
#education #fraternity #sorority #teameduc #teamprof #donate #don #freedom #liberte #egalite
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Greek House Chefs, launched at Iowa State, now serves millions across the U.S.
An old-school newspaper job ad in 2009 has since expanded i…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Dining ##sorority#fraternity#iowastateuniversity#viral #AMES #BenStanton #CareyHansen #collegedining #CoreyHansen #fraternity #GammaPhiBeta #GreekHouseChefs #IowaStateUniversity #kcci #sorority #UniversityofIowa
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Greek House Chefs, launched at Iowa State, now serves millions across the U.S.
An old-school newspaper job ad in 2009 has since expanded i…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Dining ##sorority#fraternity#iowastateuniversity#viral #AMES #BenStanton #CareyHansen #collegedining #CoreyHansen #fraternity #GammaPhiBeta #GreekHouseChefs #IowaStateUniversity #kcci #sorority #UniversityofIowa
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Greek House Chefs, launched at Iowa State, now serves millions across the U.S.
An old-school newspaper job ad in 2009 has since expanded i…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Dining ##sorority#fraternity#iowastateuniversity#viral #AMES #BenStanton #CareyHansen #collegedining #CoreyHansen #fraternity #GammaPhiBeta #GreekHouseChefs #IowaStateUniversity #kcci #sorority #UniversityofIowa
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Greek House Chefs, launched at Iowa State, now serves millions across the U.S.
An old-school newspaper job ad in 2009 has since expanded i…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Dining ##sorority#fraternity#iowastateuniversity#viral #AMES #BenStanton #CareyHansen #collegedining #CoreyHansen #fraternity #GammaPhiBeta #GreekHouseChefs #IowaStateUniversity #kcci #sorority #UniversityofIowa
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Greek House Chefs, launched at Iowa State, now serves millions across the U.S. https://www.diningandcooking.com/2389726/greek-house-chefs-launched-at-iowa-state-now-serves-millions-across-the-u-s/ ##sorority#fraternity#iowastateuniversity#viral #AMES #BenStanton #CareyHansen #CollegeDining #CoreyHansen #dining #fraternity #GammaPhiBeta #GreekHouseChefs #IowaStateUniversity #kcci #sorority #UniversityOfIowa
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Greek House Chefs, launched at Iowa State, now serves millions across the U.S. https://www.diningandcooking.com/2389726/greek-house-chefs-launched-at-iowa-state-now-serves-millions-across-the-u-s/ ##sorority#fraternity#iowastateuniversity#viral #AMES #BenStanton #CareyHansen #CollegeDining #CoreyHansen #dining #fraternity #GammaPhiBeta #GreekHouseChefs #IowaStateUniversity #kcci #sorority #UniversityOfIowa
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Greek House Chefs, launched at Iowa State, now serves millions across the U.S. https://www.diningandcooking.com/2389726/greek-house-chefs-launched-at-iowa-state-now-serves-millions-across-the-u-s/ ##sorority#fraternity#iowastateuniversity#viral #AMES #BenStanton #CareyHansen #CollegeDining #CoreyHansen #dining #fraternity #GammaPhiBeta #GreekHouseChefs #IowaStateUniversity #kcci #sorority #UniversityOfIowa
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I saw someone online say that "A concussion for #Arch #Manning is like a 3-beer buzz in #Beer #Pong." As a former #college #fraternity #president, that made me laugh pretty hard. #cfb
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Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers.
[Les grands périls ont cela de beau qu’ils mettent en lumière la fraternité des inconnus.]Victor Hugo (1802-1885) French writer
Les Misérables, Part 4 “St. Denis,” Book 12 “Corinth,” ch. 4 (4.12.4) (1862) [tr. Wilbour (1862)]Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/hugo-victor/76624/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #threat #brotherhood #cause #commoninterest #danger #fraternity #mutualsupport #mutualism #peril #standtogether #strangers #together #unity
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@KilleansRow
RE: that thing about Dream Theatre.To be clear about it. It wasn't just like a random jackass who put together that CD. I mean, I guess so? a rose by any other name.
**For example**
What's pictured here-- upon my 20-secs-spent in "googling-it", i find this pic (result #1). That milk carton thing was on the CD cover! But not 3D like this!
So, what the hell is this? "Roger", i presume is a friend of my guy. Did my guy employ this guy's services for the album cover? Is this a small-time cartoon that I should know?Very odd, indeed. No?
I found the album cover 2 secs before posting! haha
"A Change of Seasons" appears to be the #DreamTheater album
#PennStatePolice #PennState #PSU #ArtsFestival #CentralPennsylvaniaFestivalOfTheArts #riots #campus #oncampus #greeklife #fraternity #sorority #statecollege #statecollegepa
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15-man #fraternity mob lured #gay #man into a #house then #beat him in a #horrifying #assault
The #attackers #recorded the #attack and several have already been #arrested.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Maryland #HigherEducation #SalisburyUniversity #Grindr #OnlineDating #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Homophobia #HateSpeech #Hatecrimes
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#NationalBlackJusticeCoalition #Condemns #Fraternity’s #Ban on #Trans #Members.
According to a #story first reported by #GLAAD, at a recent #constitutionalconvention members of #AlphaPhiAlpha voted to restrict #fraternity #membership to #people who are “#naturallybornmale.”
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #HigherEducation #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Transphobia
https://www.them.us/story/alpha-phi-alpha-fraternity-transgender-member-ban
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Leading #Black #LGBTQ #organization #condemns oldest #Black #fraternity’s proposed #transgender #ban.
#Delegates voted this month to ban #transgender #members under a proposal would limit #membership to “any #male defined as a human being #naturallybornmale, who remains and continually #identifies as #male,” according to exclusive reporting by #GLAAD.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #HigherEducation #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Transphobia #BlackMastodon
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/4776367-black-fraternity-transgender-ban-controversy/
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#Glaad EXCLUSIVE: #AlphaPhiAlpha #Fraternity Considers #Politicized #Transgender #Ban.
“Their #decision to #alienate #trans and #nonbinary #people from #membership is #reactionary, #asinine, and #unbecoming of an #organization with a self-professed #commitment to #humanrights
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #HigherEducation #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews #BlackMastodon
https://glaad.org/glaad-exclusive-alpha-phi-alpha-fraternity-considers-transgender-ban/
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#BBCR4 In #Ivanovo a tiny bookshop shines a light of hope, dignity and truth into the dystopian Russia of today. #Orwell, #Kafka et al show the true ideals of Russian people, #fraternity, empathy and truth. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckrr1k1xl0lo
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#GordonBrown appeals for “#austeritychildren”, born after 2010 from low-income families. They number 3.4 million of UK’s 4.3 million children living below #poverty line. A Sure Start relaunch early-years scheme would be central 2 Brown's plan. UK’s worsening levels of destitution described as “obscene”, “systematically shredded” benefits system is an indictment of this disgusting Tory Govt. https://rb.gy/h8c08s #SunakOut #ToryCorruption #Fraternity #Compassion
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#BBCToday #Hunt displays the same Tory heartless hubris & incompetence. Tories plane to abolish NI, according to #IFS this will cost £45Billion. Hunt attacks welfare with extremist glee, despicable. https://rb.gy/h0ioyu #SunakOut #ToryGreed #RejoinEU #ToryChaos #StandWithUkraine #Internationalism #fraternity
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#GeorgeGalloway is now #Rochdale's MP. Consider his record. He's been a #Brexit & #Tory supporter. #BNP's #NickGriffin is an admirer. He's been a friend of #SaddamHussein & worked 4 #Putin's #RussiaToday & for Tehran's PressTV. A record like this suggests a narcissist, rather than a passionate worker for the people of #Rochdale. https://rb.gy/pp9hcq #GeneralElectionN0W #fraternity #peace #RejoinEU
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#GeorgeGalloway is now #Rochdale's MP. Consider his record. He's been a #Brexit & #Tory supporter. #BNP's #NickGriffin is an admirer. He's been a friend of #SaddamHussein & worked 4 #Putin's #RussiaToday & for Tehran's PressTV. A record like this suggests a narcissist, rather than a passionate worker for the people of #Rochdale. https://rb.gy/pp9hcq #GeneralElectionN0W #fraternity #peace #RejoinEU
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#GeorgeGalloway is now #Rochdale's MP. Consider his record. He's been a #Brexit & #Tory supporter. #BNP's #NickGriffin is an admirer. He's been a friend of #SaddamHussein & worked 4 #Putin's #RussiaToday & for Tehran's PressTV. A record like this suggests a narcissist, rather than a passionate worker for the people of #Rochdale. https://rb.gy/pp9hcq #GeneralElectionN0W #fraternity #peace #RejoinEU
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We live in one of the most #unequal societies, drenched with #privilege 4 the few. Food banks, #cronyism are rife. Yet petty #Monarchy shenanigans dominate the media. #AbolishTheMonarchy & replace with a system rooted in the people. https://bit.ly/3X68xTD #fraternity #fairness
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Pope Francis Laments Failures Of Market Capitalism In Blueprint For Post-COVID World
... Its title is Fratelli Tutti, and it is a scathing description of laissez-faire capitalism and a meditation on the coronavirus pandemic that has swept across the globe. ...
Picking up on some of his favorite themes, Francis says the marketplace cannot resolve every problem and denounces what he describes as "this dogma of neo-liberal faith that resorts to the magic theories of spillover or trickle." ...
"Every brother or sister in need, when abandoned or ignored by the society in which I live, becomes an existential foreigner, even though born in the same country. They may be citizens with full rights, yet they are treated like foreigners in their own country. Racism is a virus that quickly mutates and, instead of disappearing, goes into hiding, and lurks in waiting."
The encyclical is a sharp critique of nationalism and populism. In one section, he warns against "unhealthy 'populism' when individuals are able to exploit politically a people's culture, under whatever ideological banner, for their own personal advantage or continuing grip on power."
#PopeFrancis #capitalism #LaissezFaire #encyclical #CatholicChurch #fraternity #commonweal
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Counting sands and stars
Sandy beachThose who go up in the mountains or just go out in the fields, now in Summer, may sit there at night and count the stars. Though both the stars in the sky and the particles of sand we may find on the beach are too numerous to count. However, there is a gigantic difference between the two.
Sand: a naturally occurring granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles. – Sand dunes in the Idehan Ubari, Libya.Grains of sand are tightly pressed and compacted one against the other to form a beach. Each star, on the other hand, is a world in itself. It can be separated from its nearest neighbour by trillions of miles.
Moses tells God that the Jewish nation is too burdensome for him to carry alone. Why? Because they are comparable to the profusion of stars.
Jehovah, the God of the believers used as slaves in Egypt were multiplied by the Most High and had become like the stars of the heaven in number. (Deuteronomy 1:10)
Deu 1:10-12 RNKJV YHWH your Elohim hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. (11) (YHWH Elohim 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?
For Moses there was a burden so heavy as to produce weariness not because they were with many, but more because there was so much division between them. For Moses there may have been a similar problem as what we see today. We can find many people who say they love God, but look at that God in different ways and have different ways to serve Him. Some their worship is not liked by others because it goes against the rules made by God Himself.
In Christendom we may see several ‘planets’ or ‘stars’, find a massive quantity like Moses found one that he could not alone lead them. He wasn’t overwhelmed by the number of people. Rather, the problem was qualitative.
Moses implied that if the Jews were spiritually and emotionally unified – were proximate to each other, like sand – their large population would not require arduous leadership.
However, when there is a nation of people, each a star in his own right and alienated from others around him, leading them becomes nightmarish.
Jonathan Hughes, rabbi of Richmond United Synagogue calls unto his co-believers saying
As this mournful time of the Jewish year approaches in the run-up to Tisha B’Av, we need to be reminded of the Jewish togetherness that must be etched into our hearts.
One of the reasons we lost the Temple in Jerusa-lem is baseless hatred. Essentially, everyone was a ‘star’ in his own right, all the people light years away from each other.
The Torah’s clarion call is, as the Beatles would say, ‘come together’.
Indeed, the rabbis teach that every Jewish soul contains elements of every other Jewish soul that has been, is, or will be on this planet. We are one unit.
Also for our Christian community we should think about that problem of unity and remember that, our success will hinge on how connected we feel to each other. Every Christian soul (a living being) should carry in him the link to the master teacher Jeshua and as such also should contain elements of every other Christian soul.
A few months ago we already spoke about the problems of co-operating in Belgium of the different Christadelphian groups. We also had to lick our wounds of the 2013-2014 season. Such a small community, but like all other Christian communities, we did and do find human beings not able to work with each other or being afraid others would runaway with people from their group or would gain more attendance. But we should not be worrying about loosing members, but should worry about getting people closer to God.
It is also not the matter of being a star ourselves, being a gifted or highly celebrated person in the church to whom everybody looks up to, or having all the power. The power belongs to God. It’s about beginning a de-starification process and the forging of sand-like bonds of genuine fraternity. We are taking on the name of being “Brethren in Christ” and as such should be as brothers and sisters be associated for the common purpose or interest, such as to be united in Christ.
Deu 11:13-17 RNKJV And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love YHWH your Elohim, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, (14) That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. (15) And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full. (16) Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other elohim, and worship them; (17) And then YHWH’s wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which YHWH giveth you.
Israel was called to remain faithful to Jehovah, and we as those who are called by Christ Jesus are now also part of that Israel also should be faithful to Him and should not make ourselves other gods or other idols we prefer following instead of the Most High. Jeshua is the cornerstone given by God the Almighty. Though certain people may want to be mighty and do want to have more power than others, we should give ourselves to Christ and be united under him, working all together, working the soil, for the One God. some may expect certain rewards by following certain man but it will be God Who will abundantly bless the people with tokens of His goodness. A person rendering service to God with all his soul, would become an acceptable “living sacrifice” unto Him).
Rom 12:1 RNKJV I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of YHWH, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto YHWH, which is your reasonable service.
It is by the mercies of God, to present our bodies a living sacrifice, holy, well-pleasing to God, which is our spiritual worship and a service which we are willing to share with one another, not conformed to the fashion of this world, but being transformed by the renewal of our mind, that we may learn by experience what is the will of God, what is good, and wellpleasing, and perfect (Romans 12:2).
There is the appeal for us to become co-workers, helping each other, not working against each other, or not considering each other rivals. As individual beings, planets or stars, we may be totally different, but together we are one part of the universe, just some small elements in the creation of God.
In that universe, on this globe, living in this world, we should not be part of this world but should be in unity with Christ, all going for Christ. This going for Christ demands following his instructions to go out in this world, preaching the Good News of the coming Kingdom of God. We should try to enlighten others and to take the yoke from their shoudlers by helping them to find the right path to God.
First of all we should first accept upon ourselves the yoke of heaven’s sovereignty, and afterwards accept upon ourselves the yoke of the commandments. Ceaseless we should strive to humbly accept God’s sovereignty. All that we do each day is then guided by the commitment made before at the end of the day.
Soon having a new academic year, starting a new working season, we should take the sparkles of the Summer-months with us and bring the light of the stars into the ecclesia. Without the internal core the star cannot be bright, so we too do have to have a good core. Our nucleus should have a firm duramen full of bright fire of faith. The pith of our faith should be the Biblical knowledge and our thorough frequent Bible reading and sharing this faith and Bible knowledge with each other.
We look forward to find more writers willing to write for our lifestyle magazines and bringing some interesting exhortations, which shall be able to inspire us to go further in space to go out of the darkness and see more light by even more stars which were first hidden.
We do hope we can get some more people to come to read some of our Christadelphian thoughts, to come to our meetings, showing them some more light on dark paths, showing the way unto the path into the stars
As Moses had to guide his people we also have to find guides to help us to recognise the most truthful Guide, the Bible. As brothers and sisters we should be standing ready to pick up a star, to find something in which we are good and by which we can help others. Each of us has received some talents and those talents we should use for the best. Do not waste those talents, but use them to bring people closer to God.
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Preceding posting:
Belgian Christadelphians 2013 & 2014 in review
A man from the North wanting to have control in Belgium
Delay in publications because attack from outside
Trusting, Faith, Calling and Ascribing to Jehovah #14 Prayer #12 The other name
++Additional reading:
- Broeders in Christus 2013 & 2014 in review
- The Presence of God
- Hubble Peers into the Most Crowded Place in the Milky Way
- Reflect on how much idolizing happens
- Looking on what is going on and not being of it
- Marriage of Jesus 10 Old and New Covenant
- Preparation for unity
- First month of the year and predictions
- Days of Nisan, Pesach, Pasach, Pascha and Easter
- Festival of Freedom and persecutions
- 14 Nisan a day to remember #1 Inception
- 14 Nisan a day to remember #5 The Day to celebrate
- Certain people trying to stem freedom of speech
- No reconciliation possible
- Priority to form a loving brotherhood
- Not words of any organisation should bind you, but the Word of God
- Disciple of Christ counting lives and friends dear to them
- Born to Shine not to fear!
- All I want is peace!!!
- See God’s wonderworks and hear His Voice
- Looking for a shepherd for the sheep and goats
- Joining for a new year in the assurance to be bought with a price
- Different approach in organisation of services #3
- My blogs 2014 in review
- Dissolution of Bijbelvorsers (Bible scholars), Association for Bible study
- A new voice calling for peace
- Welcome to “From guestwriters”
- Guestwriters for you
- Stepping Toes 2014 in review
- Do you have a writer or presenter in you?
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Counting sands and stars
Sandy beachThose who go up in the mountains or just go out in the fields, now in Summer, may sit there at night and count the stars. Though both the stars in the sky and the particles of sand we may find on the beach are too numerous to count. However, there is a gigantic difference between the two.
Sand: a naturally occurring granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles. – Sand dunes in the Idehan Ubari, Libya.Grains of sand are tightly pressed and compacted one against the other to form a beach. Each star, on the other hand, is a world in itself. It can be separated from its nearest neighbour by trillions of miles.
Moses tells God that the Jewish nation is too burdensome for him to carry alone. Why? Because they are comparable to the profusion of stars.
Jehovah, the God of the believers used as slaves in Egypt were multiplied by the Most High and had become like the stars of the heaven in number. (Deuteronomy 1:10)
Deu 1:10-12 RNKJV YHWH your Elohim hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. (11) (YHWH Elohim 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?
For Moses there was a burden so heavy as to produce weariness not because they were with many, but more because there was so much division between them. For Moses there may have been a similar problem as what we see today. We can find many people who say they love God, but look at that God in different ways and have different ways to serve Him. Some their worship is not liked by others because it goes against the rules made by God Himself.
In Christendom we may see several ‘planets’ or ‘stars’, find a massive quantity like Moses found one that he could not alone lead them. He wasn’t overwhelmed by the number of people. Rather, the problem was qualitative.
Moses implied that if the Jews were spiritually and emotionally unified – were proximate to each other, like sand – their large population would not require arduous leadership.
However, when there is a nation of people, each a star in his own right and alienated from others around him, leading them becomes nightmarish.
Jonathan Hughes, rabbi of Richmond United Synagogue calls unto his co-believers saying
As this mournful time of the Jewish year approaches in the run-up to Tisha B’Av, we need to be reminded of the Jewish togetherness that must be etched into our hearts.
One of the reasons we lost the Temple in Jerusa-lem is baseless hatred. Essentially, everyone was a ‘star’ in his own right, all the people light years away from each other.
The Torah’s clarion call is, as the Beatles would say, ‘come together’.
Indeed, the rabbis teach that every Jewish soul contains elements of every other Jewish soul that has been, is, or will be on this planet. We are one unit.
Also for our Christian community we should think about that problem of unity and remember that, our success will hinge on how connected we feel to each other. Every Christian soul (a living being) should carry in him the link to the master teacher Jeshua and as such also should contain elements of every other Christian soul.
A few months ago we already spoke about the problems of co-operating in Belgium of the different Christadelphian groups. We also had to lick our wounds of the 2013-2014 season. Such a small community, but like all other Christian communities, we did and do find human beings not able to work with each other or being afraid others would runaway with people from their group or would gain more attendance. But we should not be worrying about loosing members, but should worry about getting people closer to God.
It is also not the matter of being a star ourselves, being a gifted or highly celebrated person in the church to whom everybody looks up to, or having all the power. The power belongs to God. It’s about beginning a de-starification process and the forging of sand-like bonds of genuine fraternity. We are taking on the name of being “Brethren in Christ” and as such should be as brothers and sisters be associated for the common purpose or interest, such as to be united in Christ.
Deu 11:13-17 RNKJV And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love YHWH your Elohim, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, (14) That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. (15) And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full. (16) Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other elohim, and worship them; (17) And then YHWH’s wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which YHWH giveth you.
Israel was called to remain faithful to Jehovah, and we as those who are called by Christ Jesus are now also part of that Israel also should be faithful to Him and should not make ourselves other gods or other idols we prefer following instead of the Most High. Jeshua is the cornerstone given by God the Almighty. Though certain people may want to be mighty and do want to have more power than others, we should give ourselves to Christ and be united under him, working all together, working the soil, for the One God. some may expect certain rewards by following certain man but it will be God Who will abundantly bless the people with tokens of His goodness. A person rendering service to God with all his soul, would become an acceptable “living sacrifice” unto Him).
Rom 12:1 RNKJV I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of YHWH, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto YHWH, which is your reasonable service.
It is by the mercies of God, to present our bodies a living sacrifice, holy, well-pleasing to God, which is our spiritual worship and a service which we are willing to share with one another, not conformed to the fashion of this world, but being transformed by the renewal of our mind, that we may learn by experience what is the will of God, what is good, and wellpleasing, and perfect (Romans 12:2).
There is the appeal for us to become co-workers, helping each other, not working against each other, or not considering each other rivals. As individual beings, planets or stars, we may be totally different, but together we are one part of the universe, just some small elements in the creation of God.
In that universe, on this globe, living in this world, we should not be part of this world but should be in unity with Christ, all going for Christ. This going for Christ demands following his instructions to go out in this world, preaching the Good News of the coming Kingdom of God. We should try to enlighten others and to take the yoke from their shoudlers by helping them to find the right path to God.
First of all we should first accept upon ourselves the yoke of heaven’s sovereignty, and afterwards accept upon ourselves the yoke of the commandments. Ceaseless we should strive to humbly accept God’s sovereignty. All that we do each day is then guided by the commitment made before at the end of the day.
Soon having a new academic year, starting a new working season, we should take the sparkles of the Summer-months with us and bring the light of the stars into the ecclesia. Without the internal core the star cannot be bright, so we too do have to have a good core. Our nucleus should have a firm duramen full of bright fire of faith. The pith of our faith should be the Biblical knowledge and our thorough frequent Bible reading and sharing this faith and Bible knowledge with each other.
We look forward to find more writers willing to write for our lifestyle magazines and bringing some interesting exhortations, which shall be able to inspire us to go further in space to go out of the darkness and see more light by even more stars which were first hidden.
We do hope we can get some more people to come to read some of our Christadelphian thoughts, to come to our meetings, showing them some more light on dark paths, showing the way unto the path into the stars
As Moses had to guide his people we also have to find guides to help us to recognise the most truthful Guide, the Bible. As brothers and sisters we should be standing ready to pick up a star, to find something in which we are good and by which we can help others. Each of us has received some talents and those talents we should use for the best. Do not waste those talents, but use them to bring people closer to God.
+
Preceding posting:
Belgian Christadelphians 2013 & 2014 in review
A man from the North wanting to have control in Belgium
Delay in publications because attack from outside
Trusting, Faith, Calling and Ascribing to Jehovah #14 Prayer #12 The other name
++Additional reading:
- Broeders in Christus 2013 & 2014 in review
- The Presence of God
- Hubble Peers into the Most Crowded Place in the Milky Way
- Reflect on how much idolizing happens
- Looking on what is going on and not being of it
- Marriage of Jesus 10 Old and New Covenant
- Preparation for unity
- First month of the year and predictions
- Days of Nisan, Pesach, Pasach, Pascha and Easter
- Festival of Freedom and persecutions
- 14 Nisan a day to remember #1 Inception
- 14 Nisan a day to remember #5 The Day to celebrate
- Certain people trying to stem freedom of speech
- No reconciliation possible
- Priority to form a loving brotherhood
- Not words of any organisation should bind you, but the Word of God
- Disciple of Christ counting lives and friends dear to them
- Born to Shine not to fear!
- All I want is peace!!!
- See God’s wonderworks and hear His Voice
- Looking for a shepherd for the sheep and goats
- Joining for a new year in the assurance to be bought with a price
- Different approach in organisation of services #3
- My blogs 2014 in review
- Dissolution of Bijbelvorsers (Bible scholars), Association for Bible study
- A new voice calling for peace
- Welcome to “From guestwriters”
- Guestwriters for you
- Stepping Toes 2014 in review
- Do you have a writer or presenter in you?
+++
Related articles
- Tisha B’Av, a day of national mourning
- Rabbi Joshua Trachtenberg and Jews
- What’s in a Name? The Presence of God!
- One For Israel.Org Is Bringing The Gospel Of Jesus Christ To All The Land Of Israel
- Medieval Jews on Christianity
- When Moses Gave a Speech
- Does John 4:22 say that salvation is just for Jews?Qk
- How Many Israelis Read the Torah? You May Be Surprised
- Love each other
- Do The Strict Ethics Of Torah Make It Difficult For Jews To Compete?
Rate this:
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Counting sands and stars
Sandy beachThose who go up in the mountains or just go out in the fields, now in Summer, may sit there at night and count the stars. Though both the stars in the sky and the particles of sand we may find on the beach are too numerous to count. However, there is a gigantic difference between the two.
Sand: a naturally occurring granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles. – Sand dunes in the Idehan Ubari, Libya.Grains of sand are tightly pressed and compacted one against the other to form a beach. Each star, on the other hand, is a world in itself. It can be separated from its nearest neighbour by trillions of miles.
Moses tells God that the Jewish nation is too burdensome for him to carry alone. Why? Because they are comparable to the profusion of stars.
Jehovah, the God of the believers used as slaves in Egypt were multiplied by the Most High and had become like the stars of the heaven in number. (Deuteronomy 1:10)
Deu 1:10-12 RNKJV YHWH your Elohim hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. (11) (YHWH Elohim 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?
For Moses there was a burden so heavy as to produce weariness not because they were with many, but more because there was so much division between them. For Moses there may have been a similar problem as what we see today. We can find many people who say they love God, but look at that God in different ways and have different ways to serve Him. Some their worship is not liked by others because it goes against the rules made by God Himself.
In Christendom we may see several ‘planets’ or ‘stars’, find a massive quantity like Moses found one that he could not alone lead them. He wasn’t overwhelmed by the number of people. Rather, the problem was qualitative.
Moses implied that if the Jews were spiritually and emotionally unified – were proximate to each other, like sand – their large population would not require arduous leadership.
However, when there is a nation of people, each a star in his own right and alienated from others around him, leading them becomes nightmarish.
Jonathan Hughes, rabbi of Richmond United Synagogue calls unto his co-believers saying
As this mournful time of the Jewish year approaches in the run-up to Tisha B’Av, we need to be reminded of the Jewish togetherness that must be etched into our hearts.
One of the reasons we lost the Temple in Jerusa-lem is baseless hatred. Essentially, everyone was a ‘star’ in his own right, all the people light years away from each other.
The Torah’s clarion call is, as the Beatles would say, ‘come together’.
Indeed, the rabbis teach that every Jewish soul contains elements of every other Jewish soul that has been, is, or will be on this planet. We are one unit.
Also for our Christian community we should think about that problem of unity and remember that, our success will hinge on how connected we feel to each other. Every Christian soul (a living being) should carry in him the link to the master teacher Jeshua and as such also should contain elements of every other Christian soul.
A few months ago we already spoke about the problems of co-operating in Belgium of the different Christadelphian groups. We also had to lick our wounds of the 2013-2014 season. Such a small community, but like all other Christian communities, we did and do find human beings not able to work with each other or being afraid others would runaway with people from their group or would gain more attendance. But we should not be worrying about loosing members, but should worry about getting people closer to God.
It is also not the matter of being a star ourselves, being a gifted or highly celebrated person in the church to whom everybody looks up to, or having all the power. The power belongs to God. It’s about beginning a de-starification process and the forging of sand-like bonds of genuine fraternity. We are taking on the name of being “Brethren in Christ” and as such should be as brothers and sisters be associated for the common purpose or interest, such as to be united in Christ.
Deu 11:13-17 RNKJV And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love YHWH your Elohim, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, (14) That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. (15) And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full. (16) Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other elohim, and worship them; (17) And then YHWH’s wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which YHWH giveth you.
Israel was called to remain faithful to Jehovah, and we as those who are called by Christ Jesus are now also part of that Israel also should be faithful to Him and should not make ourselves other gods or other idols we prefer following instead of the Most High. Jeshua is the cornerstone given by God the Almighty. Though certain people may want to be mighty and do want to have more power than others, we should give ourselves to Christ and be united under him, working all together, working the soil, for the One God. some may expect certain rewards by following certain man but it will be God Who will abundantly bless the people with tokens of His goodness. A person rendering service to God with all his soul, would become an acceptable “living sacrifice” unto Him).
Rom 12:1 RNKJV I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of YHWH, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto YHWH, which is your reasonable service.
It is by the mercies of God, to present our bodies a living sacrifice, holy, well-pleasing to God, which is our spiritual worship and a service which we are willing to share with one another, not conformed to the fashion of this world, but being transformed by the renewal of our mind, that we may learn by experience what is the will of God, what is good, and wellpleasing, and perfect (Romans 12:2).
There is the appeal for us to become co-workers, helping each other, not working against each other, or not considering each other rivals. As individual beings, planets or stars, we may be totally different, but together we are one part of the universe, just some small elements in the creation of God.
In that universe, on this globe, living in this world, we should not be part of this world but should be in unity with Christ, all going for Christ. This going for Christ demands following his instructions to go out in this world, preaching the Good News of the coming Kingdom of God. We should try to enlighten others and to take the yoke from their shoudlers by helping them to find the right path to God.
First of all we should first accept upon ourselves the yoke of heaven’s sovereignty, and afterwards accept upon ourselves the yoke of the commandments. Ceaseless we should strive to humbly accept God’s sovereignty. All that we do each day is then guided by the commitment made before at the end of the day.
Soon having a new academic year, starting a new working season, we should take the sparkles of the Summer-months with us and bring the light of the stars into the ecclesia. Without the internal core the star cannot be bright, so we too do have to have a good core. Our nucleus should have a firm duramen full of bright fire of faith. The pith of our faith should be the Biblical knowledge and our thorough frequent Bible reading and sharing this faith and Bible knowledge with each other.
We look forward to find more writers willing to write for our lifestyle magazines and bringing some interesting exhortations, which shall be able to inspire us to go further in space to go out of the darkness and see more light by even more stars which were first hidden.
We do hope we can get some more people to come to read some of our Christadelphian thoughts, to come to our meetings, showing them some more light on dark paths, showing the way unto the path into the stars
As Moses had to guide his people we also have to find guides to help us to recognise the most truthful Guide, the Bible. As brothers and sisters we should be standing ready to pick up a star, to find something in which we are good and by which we can help others. Each of us has received some talents and those talents we should use for the best. Do not waste those talents, but use them to bring people closer to God.
+
Preceding posting:
Belgian Christadelphians 2013 & 2014 in review
A man from the North wanting to have control in Belgium
Delay in publications because attack from outside
Trusting, Faith, Calling and Ascribing to Jehovah #14 Prayer #12 The other name
++Additional reading:
- Broeders in Christus 2013 & 2014 in review
- The Presence of God
- Hubble Peers into the Most Crowded Place in the Milky Way
- Reflect on how much idolizing happens
- Looking on what is going on and not being of it
- Marriage of Jesus 10 Old and New Covenant
- Preparation for unity
- First month of the year and predictions
- Days of Nisan, Pesach, Pasach, Pascha and Easter
- Festival of Freedom and persecutions
- 14 Nisan a day to remember #1 Inception
- 14 Nisan a day to remember #5 The Day to celebrate
- Certain people trying to stem freedom of speech
- No reconciliation possible
- Priority to form a loving brotherhood
- Not words of any organisation should bind you, but the Word of God
- Disciple of Christ counting lives and friends dear to them
- Born to Shine not to fear!
- All I want is peace!!!
- See God’s wonderworks and hear His Voice
- Looking for a shepherd for the sheep and goats
- Joining for a new year in the assurance to be bought with a price
- Different approach in organisation of services #3
- My blogs 2014 in review
- Dissolution of Bijbelvorsers (Bible scholars), Association for Bible study
- A new voice calling for peace
- Welcome to “From guestwriters”
- Guestwriters for you
- Stepping Toes 2014 in review
- Do you have a writer or presenter in you?
+++
Related articles
- Tisha B’Av, a day of national mourning
- Rabbi Joshua Trachtenberg and Jews
- What’s in a Name? The Presence of God!
- One For Israel.Org Is Bringing The Gospel Of Jesus Christ To All The Land Of Israel
- Medieval Jews on Christianity
- When Moses Gave a Speech
- Does John 4:22 say that salvation is just for Jews?Qk
- How Many Israelis Read the Torah? You May Be Surprised
- Love each other
- Do The Strict Ethics Of Torah Make It Difficult For Jews To Compete?
Rate this:
#AcademicYear #Beach #BibleKnowledge #BiblicalKnowledge #ChildrenOfIsrael #Christendom #Christian #CoWorkers #ComingCloserToGod #Cornerstone #FireOfFaith #Fraternity #GoingForChrist #GoodNews #HouseOfIsrael #HumanBeing #Israel #Jeshua #JewishNation #Jews #JonathanHughes #LifestyleMagazine #LoveGod #Moses #NationOfPeople #NewYear #Power #Preaching #SandGeologicalScience_ #SandPhysicalGeography_ #ServingGod #Sharing #SharingGospel #SovereigntyOfGod #StarProminentPerson_ #StarAstronomy_ #Summer #Summertime #TishaBAv #TorahSClarionCall #UnitedUnderChrist #UnityWithChrist #Universe #WellPleasingToGod #WorkingTogether #YokeOfCommandments #YokeOfTheWorld
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Counting sands and stars
Sandy beachThose who go up in the mountains or just go out in the fields, now in Summer, may sit there at night and count the stars. Though both the stars in the sky and the particles of sand we may find on the beach are too numerous to count. However, there is a gigantic difference between the two.
Sand: a naturally occurring granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles. – Sand dunes in the Idehan Ubari, Libya.Grains of sand are tightly pressed and compacted one against the other to form a beach. Each star, on the other hand, is a world in itself. It can be separated from its nearest neighbour by trillions of miles.
Moses tells God that the Jewish nation is too burdensome for him to carry alone. Why? Because they are comparable to the profusion of stars.
Jehovah, the God of the believers used as slaves in Egypt were multiplied by the Most High and had become like the stars of the heaven in number. (Deuteronomy 1:10)
Deu 1:10-12 RNKJV YHWH your Elohim hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. (11) (YHWH Elohim 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?
For Moses there was a burden so heavy as to produce weariness not because they were with many, but more because there was so much division between them. For Moses there may have been a similar problem as what we see today. We can find many people who say they love God, but look at that God in different ways and have different ways to serve Him. Some their worship is not liked by others because it goes against the rules made by God Himself.
In Christendom we may see several ‘planets’ or ‘stars’, find a massive quantity like Moses found one that he could not alone lead them. He wasn’t overwhelmed by the number of people. Rather, the problem was qualitative.
Moses implied that if the Jews were spiritually and emotionally unified – were proximate to each other, like sand – their large population would not require arduous leadership.
However, when there is a nation of people, each a star in his own right and alienated from others around him, leading them becomes nightmarish.
Jonathan Hughes, rabbi of Richmond United Synagogue calls unto his co-believers saying
As this mournful time of the Jewish year approaches in the run-up to Tisha B’Av, we need to be reminded of the Jewish togetherness that must be etched into our hearts.
One of the reasons we lost the Temple in Jerusa-lem is baseless hatred. Essentially, everyone was a ‘star’ in his own right, all the people light years away from each other.
The Torah’s clarion call is, as the Beatles would say, ‘come together’.
Indeed, the rabbis teach that every Jewish soul contains elements of every other Jewish soul that has been, is, or will be on this planet. We are one unit.
Also for our Christian community we should think about that problem of unity and remember that, our success will hinge on how connected we feel to each other. Every Christian soul (a living being) should carry in him the link to the master teacher Jeshua and as such also should contain elements of every other Christian soul.
A few months ago we already spoke about the problems of co-operating in Belgium of the different Christadelphian groups. We also had to lick our wounds of the 2013-2014 season. Such a small community, but like all other Christian communities, we did and do find human beings not able to work with each other or being afraid others would runaway with people from their group or would gain more attendance. But we should not be worrying about loosing members, but should worry about getting people closer to God.
It is also not the matter of being a star ourselves, being a gifted or highly celebrated person in the church to whom everybody looks up to, or having all the power. The power belongs to God. It’s about beginning a de-starification process and the forging of sand-like bonds of genuine fraternity. We are taking on the name of being “Brethren in Christ” and as such should be as brothers and sisters be associated for the common purpose or interest, such as to be united in Christ.
Deu 11:13-17 RNKJV And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love YHWH your Elohim, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, (14) That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. (15) And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full. (16) Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other elohim, and worship them; (17) And then YHWH’s wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which YHWH giveth you.
Israel was called to remain faithful to Jehovah, and we as those who are called by Christ Jesus are now also part of that Israel also should be faithful to Him and should not make ourselves other gods or other idols we prefer following instead of the Most High. Jeshua is the cornerstone given by God the Almighty. Though certain people may want to be mighty and do want to have more power than others, we should give ourselves to Christ and be united under him, working all together, working the soil, for the One God. some may expect certain rewards by following certain man but it will be God Who will abundantly bless the people with tokens of His goodness. A person rendering service to God with all his soul, would become an acceptable “living sacrifice” unto Him).
Rom 12:1 RNKJV I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of YHWH, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto YHWH, which is your reasonable service.
It is by the mercies of God, to present our bodies a living sacrifice, holy, well-pleasing to God, which is our spiritual worship and a service which we are willing to share with one another, not conformed to the fashion of this world, but being transformed by the renewal of our mind, that we may learn by experience what is the will of God, what is good, and wellpleasing, and perfect (Romans 12:2).
There is the appeal for us to become co-workers, helping each other, not working against each other, or not considering each other rivals. As individual beings, planets or stars, we may be totally different, but together we are one part of the universe, just some small elements in the creation of God.
In that universe, on this globe, living in this world, we should not be part of this world but should be in unity with Christ, all going for Christ. This going for Christ demands following his instructions to go out in this world, preaching the Good News of the coming Kingdom of God. We should try to enlighten others and to take the yoke from their shoudlers by helping them to find the right path to God.
First of all we should first accept upon ourselves the yoke of heaven’s sovereignty, and afterwards accept upon ourselves the yoke of the commandments. Ceaseless we should strive to humbly accept God’s sovereignty. All that we do each day is then guided by the commitment made before at the end of the day.
Soon having a new academic year, starting a new working season, we should take the sparkles of the Summer-months with us and bring the light of the stars into the ecclesia. Without the internal core the star cannot be bright, so we too do have to have a good core. Our nucleus should have a firm duramen full of bright fire of faith. The pith of our faith should be the Biblical knowledge and our thorough frequent Bible reading and sharing this faith and Bible knowledge with each other.
We look forward to find more writers willing to write for our lifestyle magazines and bringing some interesting exhortations, which shall be able to inspire us to go further in space to go out of the darkness and see more light by even more stars which were first hidden.
We do hope we can get some more people to come to read some of our Christadelphian thoughts, to come to our meetings, showing them some more light on dark paths, showing the way unto the path into the stars
As Moses had to guide his people we also have to find guides to help us to recognise the most truthful Guide, the Bible. As brothers and sisters we should be standing ready to pick up a star, to find something in which we are good and by which we can help others. Each of us has received some talents and those talents we should use for the best. Do not waste those talents, but use them to bring people closer to God.
+
Preceding posting:
Belgian Christadelphians 2013 & 2014 in review
A man from the North wanting to have control in Belgium
Delay in publications because attack from outside
Trusting, Faith, Calling and Ascribing to Jehovah #14 Prayer #12 The other name
++Additional reading:
- Broeders in Christus 2013 & 2014 in review
- The Presence of God
- Hubble Peers into the Most Crowded Place in the Milky Way
- Reflect on how much idolizing happens
- Looking on what is going on and not being of it
- Marriage of Jesus 10 Old and New Covenant
- Preparation for unity
- First month of the year and predictions
- Days of Nisan, Pesach, Pasach, Pascha and Easter
- Festival of Freedom and persecutions
- 14 Nisan a day to remember #1 Inception
- 14 Nisan a day to remember #5 The Day to celebrate
- Certain people trying to stem freedom of speech
- No reconciliation possible
- Priority to form a loving brotherhood
- Not words of any organisation should bind you, but the Word of God
- Disciple of Christ counting lives and friends dear to them
- Born to Shine not to fear!
- All I want is peace!!!
- See God’s wonderworks and hear His Voice
- Looking for a shepherd for the sheep and goats
- Joining for a new year in the assurance to be bought with a price
- Different approach in organisation of services #3
- My blogs 2014 in review
- Dissolution of Bijbelvorsers (Bible scholars), Association for Bible study
- A new voice calling for peace
- Welcome to “From guestwriters”
- Guestwriters for you
- Stepping Toes 2014 in review
- Do you have a writer or presenter in you?
+++
Related articles
- Tisha B’Av, a day of national mourning
- Rabbi Joshua Trachtenberg and Jews
- What’s in a Name? The Presence of God!
- One For Israel.Org Is Bringing The Gospel Of Jesus Christ To All The Land Of Israel
- Medieval Jews on Christianity
- When Moses Gave a Speech
- Does John 4:22 say that salvation is just for Jews?Qk
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- Love each other
- Do The Strict Ethics Of Torah Make It Difficult For Jews To Compete?
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Counting sands and stars
Sandy beachThose who go up in the mountains or just go out in the fields, now in Summer, may sit there at night and count the stars. Though both the stars in the sky and the particles of sand we may find on the beach are too numerous to count. However, there is a gigantic difference between the two.
Sand: a naturally occurring granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles. – Sand dunes in the Idehan Ubari, Libya.Grains of sand are tightly pressed and compacted one against the other to form a beach. Each star, on the other hand, is a world in itself. It can be separated from its nearest neighbour by trillions of miles.
Moses tells God that the Jewish nation is too burdensome for him to carry alone. Why? Because they are comparable to the profusion of stars.
Jehovah, the God of the believers used as slaves in Egypt were multiplied by the Most High and had become like the stars of the heaven in number. (Deuteronomy 1:10)
Deu 1:10-12 RNKJV YHWH your Elohim hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. (11) (YHWH Elohim 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?
For Moses there was a burden so heavy as to produce weariness not because they were with many, but more because there was so much division between them. For Moses there may have been a similar problem as what we see today. We can find many people who say they love God, but look at that God in different ways and have different ways to serve Him. Some their worship is not liked by others because it goes against the rules made by God Himself.
In Christendom we may see several ‘planets’ or ‘stars’, find a massive quantity like Moses found one that he could not alone lead them. He wasn’t overwhelmed by the number of people. Rather, the problem was qualitative.
Moses implied that if the Jews were spiritually and emotionally unified – were proximate to each other, like sand – their large population would not require arduous leadership.
However, when there is a nation of people, each a star in his own right and alienated from others around him, leading them becomes nightmarish.
Jonathan Hughes, rabbi of Richmond United Synagogue calls unto his co-believers saying
As this mournful time of the Jewish year approaches in the run-up to Tisha B’Av, we need to be reminded of the Jewish togetherness that must be etched into our hearts.
One of the reasons we lost the Temple in Jerusa-lem is baseless hatred. Essentially, everyone was a ‘star’ in his own right, all the people light years away from each other.
The Torah’s clarion call is, as the Beatles would say, ‘come together’.
Indeed, the rabbis teach that every Jewish soul contains elements of every other Jewish soul that has been, is, or will be on this planet. We are one unit.
Also for our Christian community we should think about that problem of unity and remember that, our success will hinge on how connected we feel to each other. Every Christian soul (a living being) should carry in him the link to the master teacher Jeshua and as such also should contain elements of every other Christian soul.
A few months ago we already spoke about the problems of co-operating in Belgium of the different Christadelphian groups. We also had to lick our wounds of the 2013-2014 season. Such a small community, but like all other Christian communities, we did and do find human beings not able to work with each other or being afraid others would runaway with people from their group or would gain more attendance. But we should not be worrying about loosing members, but should worry about getting people closer to God.
It is also not the matter of being a star ourselves, being a gifted or highly celebrated person in the church to whom everybody looks up to, or having all the power. The power belongs to God. It’s about beginning a de-starification process and the forging of sand-like bonds of genuine fraternity. We are taking on the name of being “Brethren in Christ” and as such should be as brothers and sisters be associated for the common purpose or interest, such as to be united in Christ.
Deu 11:13-17 RNKJV And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love YHWH your Elohim, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, (14) That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. (15) And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full. (16) Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other elohim, and worship them; (17) And then YHWH’s wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which YHWH giveth you.
Israel was called to remain faithful to Jehovah, and we as those who are called by Christ Jesus are now also part of that Israel also should be faithful to Him and should not make ourselves other gods or other idols we prefer following instead of the Most High. Jeshua is the cornerstone given by God the Almighty. Though certain people may want to be mighty and do want to have more power than others, we should give ourselves to Christ and be united under him, working all together, working the soil, for the One God. some may expect certain rewards by following certain man but it will be God Who will abundantly bless the people with tokens of His goodness. A person rendering service to God with all his soul, would become an acceptable “living sacrifice” unto Him).
Rom 12:1 RNKJV I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of YHWH, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto YHWH, which is your reasonable service.
It is by the mercies of God, to present our bodies a living sacrifice, holy, well-pleasing to God, which is our spiritual worship and a service which we are willing to share with one another, not conformed to the fashion of this world, but being transformed by the renewal of our mind, that we may learn by experience what is the will of God, what is good, and wellpleasing, and perfect (Romans 12:2).
There is the appeal for us to become co-workers, helping each other, not working against each other, or not considering each other rivals. As individual beings, planets or stars, we may be totally different, but together we are one part of the universe, just some small elements in the creation of God.
In that universe, on this globe, living in this world, we should not be part of this world but should be in unity with Christ, all going for Christ. This going for Christ demands following his instructions to go out in this world, preaching the Good News of the coming Kingdom of God. We should try to enlighten others and to take the yoke from their shoudlers by helping them to find the right path to God.
First of all we should first accept upon ourselves the yoke of heaven’s sovereignty, and afterwards accept upon ourselves the yoke of the commandments. Ceaseless we should strive to humbly accept God’s sovereignty. All that we do each day is then guided by the commitment made before at the end of the day.
Soon having a new academic year, starting a new working season, we should take the sparkles of the Summer-months with us and bring the light of the stars into the ecclesia. Without the internal core the star cannot be bright, so we too do have to have a good core. Our nucleus should have a firm duramen full of bright fire of faith. The pith of our faith should be the Biblical knowledge and our thorough frequent Bible reading and sharing this faith and Bible knowledge with each other.
We look forward to find more writers willing to write for our lifestyle magazines and bringing some interesting exhortations, which shall be able to inspire us to go further in space to go out of the darkness and see more light by even more stars which were first hidden.
We do hope we can get some more people to come to read some of our Christadelphian thoughts, to come to our meetings, showing them some more light on dark paths, showing the way unto the path into the stars
As Moses had to guide his people we also have to find guides to help us to recognise the most truthful Guide, the Bible. As brothers and sisters we should be standing ready to pick up a star, to find something in which we are good and by which we can help others. Each of us has received some talents and those talents we should use for the best. Do not waste those talents, but use them to bring people closer to God.
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Preceding posting:
Belgian Christadelphians 2013 & 2014 in review
A man from the North wanting to have control in Belgium
Delay in publications because attack from outside
Trusting, Faith, Calling and Ascribing to Jehovah #14 Prayer #12 The other name
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- Broeders in Christus 2013 & 2014 in review
- The Presence of God
- Hubble Peers into the Most Crowded Place in the Milky Way
- Reflect on how much idolizing happens
- Looking on what is going on and not being of it
- Marriage of Jesus 10 Old and New Covenant
- Preparation for unity
- First month of the year and predictions
- Days of Nisan, Pesach, Pasach, Pascha and Easter
- Festival of Freedom and persecutions
- 14 Nisan a day to remember #1 Inception
- 14 Nisan a day to remember #5 The Day to celebrate
- Certain people trying to stem freedom of speech
- No reconciliation possible
- Priority to form a loving brotherhood
- Not words of any organisation should bind you, but the Word of God
- Disciple of Christ counting lives and friends dear to them
- Born to Shine not to fear!
- All I want is peace!!!
- See God’s wonderworks and hear His Voice
- Looking for a shepherd for the sheep and goats
- Joining for a new year in the assurance to be bought with a price
- Different approach in organisation of services #3
- My blogs 2014 in review
- Dissolution of Bijbelvorsers (Bible scholars), Association for Bible study
- A new voice calling for peace
- Welcome to “From guestwriters”
- Guestwriters for you
- Stepping Toes 2014 in review
- Do you have a writer or presenter in you?
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