#Jeremiah taken to Egypt

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

Jeremiah Taken to Egypt

When Jeremiah had finished telling all the people all the words of the LORD their God—everything that the LORD had sent him to say— Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are lying! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to reside there.’ Rather, Baruch son of Neriah is inciting you against us to deliver us into the hands of the Chaldeans, so that they may put us to death or exile us to Babylon!”

So Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces disobeyed the command of the LORD to stay in the land of Judah. Instead, Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces took the whole remnant of Judah, those who had returned to the land of Judah from all the nations to which they had been scattered, the men, the women, the children, the king’s daughters, and everyone whom Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had allowed to remain with Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, as well as Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch son of Neriah.

So they entered the land of Egypt because they did not obey the voice of the LORD, and they went as far as Tahpanhes.

Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah at Tahpanhes: “In the sight of the Jews, pick up some large stones and bury them in the clay of the brick pavement at the entrance to Pharaoh’s palace at Tahpanhes.

Then tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will set his throne over these stones that I have embedded, and he will spread his royal pavilion over them. He will come and strike down the land of Egypt, bringing death to those destined for death, captivity to those destined for captivity, and the sword to those destined for the sword.

I will kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and Nebuchadnezzar will burn those temples and take their gods as captives. So he will wrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself in his garment, and he will depart from there unscathed. He will demolish the sacred pillars of the temple of the sun in the land of Egypt, and he will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt.’ ” — Jeremiah 43 | The Reader's Bible (BRB) The Reader’s Bible © 2020 by Bible Hub and Berean Bible. All rights Reserved. Cross References: Genesis 19:14; Genesis 41:45; Exodus 12:12; 2 Samuel 12:31; 2 Kings 25:26; 2 Chronicles 25:16; 2 Chronicles 36:12; Psalm 18:11; Psalm 27:5; Psalm 104:2; Isaiah 7:9; Isaiah 19:1; Isaiah 30:2; Isaiah 46:2; Jeremiah 2:16; Jeremiah 5:12; Ecclesiastes 9:1-2; Jeremiah 32:12; Jeremiah 36:4; Jeremiah 38:22; Jeremiah 40:11-12; Jeremiah 44:1; Jeremiah 44:30; Jeremiah 46:14; Revelation 13:10

[idylls-of-the-divine-romance]

So @prosphoramuncher asked me to write about why I say the make-up industry is demonic.

Gladly hehehe.

So this idea is rooted pretty firmly in the Book of the Revelation and so first thing to understand is I am an idealist: I do not believe it is just for the first century, or just for the last one; nor do I think the historicist perspective makes much sense either. But rather I believe the Book of Revelation is using symbols and archetypal language to talk about the spiritual meaning and significance of the rise and falls of powers in the world. It is about the ongoing cosmic conflict between God and the forces of darkness.

That said, there are some radical idealists (*agressively side eyes Brian*) that reduce the symbols to just being internal and about personal sin and whatnot. I do not hold to this and refer to this as "abstracting". It's taking "the Cup of God's Wrath" from Jeremiah and making it about hell when you die instead of about God allowing his people to be trampled by Babylon. That's dangerous, don't do that.

With all that out of the way, let's start talking about the beast.

There are 2 Beasts in the Revelation are the Beast from the Sea and the Beast from the Land.

The Beast from the Sea is a state or human kingdom that is in opposition to God and conquers through violence. So yes the Roman Empire. But also Greece and Persia and Babylon and Assyria and Egypt and etc etc etc. The British Empire, Germany, The United States, I mean just look for a military power in history or in modern times that has set itself in opposition to God and his will. Spoilers: it's just almost if not all of them.

The second one, the Beast from the Land, is an economic machine that exalts it's power as divine, looking like God but having the voice of the Adversary. It exists for the purpose of promoting the authority of the military state and for performing great signs. It is a liar and a deceiver that denies the kingship of the Anointed One (anti-Christ, "against the anointed one"). It demands that people worship the nation-state or be killed and ordains that all people must give their allegiance via their thoughts and actions.

Both are powered by the Dragon, who is the Serpent of Old (Genesis 3) who is called both "the Slanderer" and "the Adversary", who is the deceiver of the whole world but is defeated by the death of the Lamb.

So, I mean, do I even need to spell it out?

The make up industry, at least in modern times, is an industry that sustains itself through exploiting the insecurities of young women.

That's demonic. That is freaking demonic it is literally a servant of the Beast from the Land are you even kidding me!?

Now, I wish to make something quite clear: I am

Not saying that the people at the heads of make-up industries are worshiping with demons. I am not a charismatic for goodness' sake.

I am also not saying that by buying and wearing make-up that you are opening yourself to demons. Again: I am not a charismatic T-T. My little sister wears make up, not because she's insecure, but because she's a little kid who likes to play dress up all the time lol.

What I am saying is this: that we, as the Church, the Body and Bride of the Lamb, can NOT blindly support such industries without even thinking about it. Taking the Mark of the Beast is not getting a freaking vaccine or a chip implant; it is when we thoughtlessly contribute to, benefit from, and refuse to even become aware of these systems of oppression and violence.

So, to anyone reading this, young or old, man or woman, whatever: if you like make up keep wearing it. But if you think you need make up, do not wear it. You are being taken advantage of not only by an industry but also by the Adversary who wishes to destroy your body and your mind. Do not let anyone feed on your insecurities. You are a human image of God, do not let anyone tell you otherwise.

Keep fighting Babylon, family. Till His kingdom comes.

[christian-perspectives]

The Wise Men Presented Gifts To The Baby Jesus

When the wise men got to Jerusalem, they stopped to see Herod and inquired about the newborn king. Can you imagine their shock when nobody knew about the birth of this baby? So, after they visited with Herod, they continued on their journey of following the star. It took them directly to their final destination because it stopped over the place where the child lived. The wise men entered the house and saw the child with his mother, Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasure chests and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Matthew 2:11 Upon the angel's invitation, shepherds went to see Jesus on the night of His birth. The wise men, though, traveled from afar to worship the child and present gifts to Him. Gold, frankincense, and myrrh may sound like unusual gifts to us, but the Old Testament mentions them each. Because of that, some studies show the symbolism they might hold. Gold symbolized wealth and the Kingship of Christ. Frankincense represented His purity as the Priest of God. Myrrh, an oil and herb used in embalming, foreshadowed his redeeming death. Maybe the gifts did represent those things. I see their practical side, especially since the angel visited Joseph after the wise men left for home. After the wise men were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. "Get up! Flee to Egypt with the child and his mother," the angel said. "Stay there until I tell you to return, because Herod is going to search for the child to kill him." Matthew 2:13 This message contained two words of urgency. "Get up!" "Flee!" In other words, Joseph understood that the angel left no time to dilly-dally.

God Provided for Mary and Joseph

That night Joseph left for Egypt with the child and Mary, his mother, and they stayed there until Herod's death. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: "I called my Son out of Egypt." Matthew 2:14-15 They had no time to gather a lot of belongings or money for what could have taken seven days. But after the wise men left, they didn't need any money. God provided it through them. In the meantime, God warned the wise men in a dream not to return to Herod. They heeded the warning from the Lord and returned to their own country by another route. Herod was furious when he realized that the wise men had outwitted him. He sent soldiers to kill all the boys in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, based on the wise men's report of the star's first appearance. Matthew 2:16 God foretold all of the events pertaining to the Christmas story, even the ghastly barbarism of King Herod. Matthew wanted his readers to know that Jeremiah prophesied it years earlier. Herod's brutal action fulfilled what God had spoken through the prophet Jeremiah: "A cry was heard in Ramah— weeping and great mourning. Rachel weeps for her children, refusing to be comforted, for they are dead." Matthew 2:17-18 So, Joseph, Mary, and young Jesus stayed in Egypt until they received word from the angel. History doesn't reveal how long they remained there, but tradition says they remained there for about three years. When Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt. "Get up!" the angel said. "Take the child and his mother back to the land of Israel, because those who were trying to kill the child are dead." Matthew 2:19-20

They Returned to Israel

Because Herod's son sat on the throne, Joseph decided he shouldn't take Mary and Jesus back to Bethlehem. Instead, he chose a town prophesied by God years earlier. So the family went and lived in a town called Nazareth. This fulfilled what the prophets had said: "He will be called a Nazarene." Matthew 2:23 The wise men gave Jesus gifts of monetary value. Do you have a valuable gift to offer to the Lord? Let's make sure we all understand that question. A gift worth a lot of money doesn't necessarily make it a valuable gift. The value of the wise men's gifts provided the means for Joseph's next assignment. He took the family to Egypt. The Bible lists quite a few gifts given by the Holy Spirit. They only prove valuable, though if we use them. God also blesses us with talents, but their value comes from development and use. The fictional Christmas song called The Little Drummer Boy depicts a boy who had nothing to give to Jesus. So, he gave to Jesus the only thing he had. He said, "I'll play my drum for Him." We can give other gifts besides spiritual gifts and talents. God gives us time, energy, and enthusiasm that we can effectively use for His glory.

The Wise Men Opened Their Treasure Chests, Will You Open Yours?

They become valuable only when we accompany them with our availability. So, what gift do you have to offer to the Lord? Like the wise men, open your treasure chest before Jesus. Lord, sometimes we error by judging our gifts to you by how we value them. Show us, oh Lord, what gifts we have in our treasure chests. Like the wise men, we'll open ours unto you. Check out these related posts about gifts. - Fan Into Flame The Gift Of God - The Grace Of God, The Most Amazing Gift Ever - Every Good And Perfect Gift Comes From God To receive each new devotional post delivered to your inbox, subscribe below by giving us your first name and email address. Read the full article

[book-of-life]

The LORD'S Judgment On The People

(A Future Prophecy Right Around The Corner)

Jeremiah 16:1-21

[1] The word of the Lord came also unto me, saying, [2] Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons nor daughters in this place🇺🇲. [3] For thus saith the Lord concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place🇺🇲, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land🇺🇲; [4] They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung💩 upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword🦠🚀🔫, and by famine; and their carcasses shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts🦁 of the earth. [5] For thus saith the Lord, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the Lord, even loving-kindness and mercies. [6] Both the great 💪🏽and the small👶🏽 shall die in this land🇺🇲: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them: [7] neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother. [8] Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink. [9] For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth🏟️🎊, and the voice of gladness🎉🕺🏽💃🏽, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride👰🏽‍♀️. [10] And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt show this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the Lord pronounced all this great evil against us?🤷🏿 or what is our iniquity?🤷🏾‍♀️ or what is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?🤷🏻‍♂️ [11] Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the Lord, and have walked after other gods (🪙🕍🙋🏻‍♂️👑etc), and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law📜; [12] and ye have done WORSE than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me: [13] therefore will I cast you out of this land (Israel) into a land that ye know not (mainly 🇺🇲), neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods (💵✝️🙋🏻‍♂️🛢️��👹📱💳🧿etc), day and night; where I will not show you favor. [14] Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no more be said, The Lord liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt (Atheist); [15] but, The Lord liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north🇺🇲, and from all the lands whither he had driven them🌍🌎🌏: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers (Israel). [16] Behold, I will send for many fishers (Prophets), saith the Lord, and they shall fish them (The Elect/ Believers); and after will I send for many hunters 🦸🏿‍♂️, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks (The Rothchilds, Rockefellers, DuPonts, Builderbergs, Royal Family, etc) . [17] For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes. [18] And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin DOUBLE😬; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable and abominable things. [19] O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit. [20] Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods? (Nonbelievers) [21] Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is The Lord. 😡

[shatar-aethelwynn]

Permit me to present some remarks on your reply to my last ask, even with some delay. I apologize from the beginning for the length of my text.

First of all, you have misunderstood me once more. I was not condescending in the introductory paragraph of my ask, I was just a bit playful.

In my last ask I simply presented the sources on the topic of the Babylonian "sacred prostitution" and the observations of some scholars on them. Concerning the Babylonian sources, I simply followed Benjamin R. Foster in his grouping and presentation of those texts of Late Period Babylonian literature in which (in his own words) "Ishtar tends to shed her militarism...to reveal her qualities as princess, lover, even prostitute' and which "provide glimpses into aspects of her persona that may have seemed horrifying and perverted to some Babylonians". So, permit me to say that your criticisms towards me about the many things that supposedly I would not have taken into consideration in my treatment of the Babylonian 'sacred prostitution" in my last ask are not founded.

I don't believe as you suspect in your answer that what Herodotus says on the Babylonian "sacred prostitution" should be taken "at face value". But I think that it is legitimate to search whether there is at least a kernel of truth in what he writes on this topic, although for sure there is much uncertainty around it.

Now, the truth is more generally that Babylonia does not have an eminent place in Herodotus' Histories: the description of the land and of the city of Babylon and the account of the customs of the Babylonians are presented in a number of chapters of the Book I, much less than the place devoted in Histories to Egypt and Scythia, which obviously interest Herodotus considerably more than Babylonia. It is doubted whether Herodotus visited Babylon and in fact he does not claim unambiguously such a visit. If he did visit Babylon, this must have been for a brief period of time and evidently the brevity of his visit and the linguistic barriers must have precluded any serious interaction with the Babylonian intellectual elites, even if we suppose that these elites were willing to collaborate seriously with a foreigner like him. But all this does not mean that Herodotus' account of Babylonia and of the city of Babylon is valueless, even if it cannot be any more a major source in Assyriology. For instance, a distinguished British Assyriologist, John MacGinnis, still active today, wrote some decades ago a paper on Herodotus and Babylon (Herodotus' Description of Babylon, available on the net), in which he assesses the merits and flaws of Herodotus' Babylonian logos, and his overall assessment is rather positive.

To return to our topic of the "sacred prostitution", it is I think undeniable that in Late Period Babylonia Ishtar is seen not only as Mistress of Love (belet ru' ame), but also as Prostitute (harimtu). It is also undeniable that, as Foster says commenting the Late Babylonian poem Erra and Ishum, "the cult of Ishtar was associated with prostitution". More specifically, it seems that female temple employees connected with Ishtar, especially the qadisthu and kulmashitu, had a sexual role as prostitutes.

On the other hand, it is true that Herodotus and the Letter of Jeremiah describe a Babylonian "sacred prostitution" (Herodotus writes explicitly about prostitution, the Letter implies it) which does not concern only some categories of temple employees, but larger sections of the Babylonian female population, and takes place in the streets of Babylon (around the temples, as Herodotus specifies). MacGinnis believes that the description of the women of Babylon in the Letter of Jeremiah is an 'interesting corroboration" of Herodotus' description, as 'it is not possible that we are dealing with a borrowing from Herodotus". In deed, it is implausible that Herodotus could have had an influence on a traditionalist Jewish author writing very probably ca 300 BCE, only a generation after Alexander's conquest, a period of time that I don't think that it was sufficient for the penetration of the Greek culture into such milieus, given also that the Letter does not show any other Greek influence or interest in the Greek culture; moreover, the author of the Letter of Jeremiah was very probably a Jew living in Babylon, who consequently did not need Herodotus to learn about the Babylonian customs.

This does not mean of course that we should accept that all Babylonian women were involved in the practice of "sacred prostitution", as the traditional interpretation of Herodotus wants. But I find philologically plausible the suggestion of Anagnostou-Laoutides and Charles that Herodotus' description of the Babylonian "sacred prostitution' of the Late Period means that only women who asked for a special favor from Ishtar and in a sense devoted themselves to her for a period of time were involved in the practice of "sacred prostitution". Such an interpretation is also plausible as reconstruction of the facts, as it is corroborated by the Letter of Jeremiah, which describes a phenomenon massive enough to attract the attention of an observer and be included in a virulent criticism of the Babylonian religion and way of life, without concerning necessarily all Babylonian women, and is not inherently contradicted by the Babylonian evidence: Ishtar was among other things the Prostitute, categories of female temple servants were traditionally active as prostitutes in association with the cult of Ishtar, and nothing excludes that this aspect of the goddess was imitated during the Persian period by many women who tried to obtain some special divine favor through the practice of 'sacred prostitution" once in their lives. But of course plausibility does not mean certainty and I follow MacGinnis in his conclusion that "sacred prostitution" is an uncertain/obscure aspect of Herodotus' account of Babylon.

Now, I see that you put more generally much emphasis on the principle that we should see a culture through the eyes of the members of this culture, not through the eyes of foreigners. This is a sound principle, but it has also limits and exceptions, as most principles do.

I say this first of all because the extant record from a dead culture is usually fragmentary. For instance, as MacGinnis points out, the Euphrates Bridge of Babylon, made by stone and connecting the two halves of the city, is not mentioned in any surviving ancient Babylonian text. It is mentioned only in Herodotus and later in Diodorus Siculus. But the Bridge existed and has been excavated by the German archaeologist Robert Koldewey (1855-1925), who, as I found after a bit of research, used Herodotus as guide in his excavations. Not that Herodotus' description of Babylon is flawless, but at least in this case the account of a foreigner like Herodotus permitted to fill a gap in the extant Babylonian literary evidence, with positive archaeological results.

Secondly, the extant record from a dead (and not only) culture is not only fragmentary, but almost always inherently biased, reflecting usually much more the ideas, habits, choices, and interests of people belonging to the elites of the culture than those of the rest of the population. As the distinguished (but perhaps unfortunate with respect to some of his students) British Egyptologist Bill Manley puts it in a remark about ancient Egypt (The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Egypt, 1996, p. 13):

"Another distortion in the record arises from the ancient understanding of the earth as “twin lands”- a balance of opposites expressed in many forms: the land of the rising and setting suns; the fertile fields and sterile desert: the lands of the living and the dead and so on. To express this awareness, two styles of architecture, art and writing were devised: one lively, creative and temporary; the other formal, traditional and enduring. For example, the largest of royal palaces were built mainly of mud-brick -eventually to crumble- whereas even the smallest religious shrine were built of stone. As a result our received images of Egypt are funerary and religious and -since the ability to write was an indication of power- a typical Egyptian as transmitted into modern perception is likely to have been an élite male corpse!”

Even worse, the elites which control the record of a culture may try to "sweep under the rug" or give idealized and therefore distorted descriptions of unpleasant aspects of that culture. For instance, "sacred prostitution" of devadasi women was and perhaps is even today a thing in several Hindu temples, but the Hindu scriptures say nothing about it and many Brahmins defend even today the devadasi system, by giving totally idealized descriptions of it. Or, even more importantly historically, the sati (the Hindu custom of burning the widow on the pyre of her deceased husband, via social compulsion and in many cases via brute force) is presented in totally idealized and misleading terms in the traditional Hindu (Brahminical) record, but also in the modern nationalist, right wing Hindu literature. In both cases to understand such phenomena of the Hindu life one should rely till relatively recently (on historical scale) almost exclusively on testimonies outside of the culture, by Muslims and Europeans.

My conclusion to the last paragraphs of my text is that the testimony of a curious and inteligent "outsider" like Herodotus, who had as philosophical purpose of his inquiries to understand the vast diversity of human customs and ways of life but also the unity of human nature, may have, despite its inevitable flaws due to obvious historical reasons, more value than what you admit as source for the knowledge of cultures of the past.

"The Myth of Sacred Prostitution in Antiquity" by Stephanie Budin, chapter 4: Herodotos (via Sci-Hub)

"The Myth of Sacred Prostitution in Antiquity" by Stephanie Budin, chapter 5: Lucian and "Jeremiah" (via Sci-Hub)

“Prostitute, Nun or ‘Man-Woman’: Revisiting the Position of the Old Babylonian Nadiātu-Priestesses” by Susandra van Wyk

"Tamar, Qĕdēšā, Qadištu, and Sacred Prostitution in Mesopotamia", by Joan Goodnick Westenholz (via Sci-Hub)

"The kar.kid/harimtu, Prostitute or Single Woman? A Reconsideration of the Evidence" by Julia A. Assante

[freebiblestudies]

Plagues in the Bible Lesson 03: The Ten Plagues of Egypt

When you think of plagues in the Bible, probably the first thing that comes to mind are the ten plagues of Egypt.  Was the purpose of these plagues merely physical destruction to scare the Egyptians?  Or is there a spiritual lesson we can learn from the ten plagues of Egypt?  Let’s find out together in today’s lesson.

Let’s read together Genesis 15:13; Exodus 12:40; Exodus 20:1-4 ; and Deuteronomy 29:16-18.

At the time of Moses, the Israelites had been living in Egypt for over four hundred years.  They had been exposed to idolatry by the worship of Egypt’s vast pantheon of gods.  God had to establish Himself as the one true God to both the peoples of Israel and Egypt.  Let’s examine the ten plagues of Egypt with this in mind.

Let’s read together Exodus 7:14-25.  

Hapi was the Egyptian god of the Nile.  He was considered by the Egyptians to be the personification of the annual flooding of the Nile, bringing water, food, creatures, and fertility to the land.  In the first plague, the waters of the river Nile turned to blood.  The fish in the river died and the water stank.

Let’s read together Exodus 8:1-15.

Heqet was the Egyptian goddess of birth and fertility.  She was often depicted as having the head of a frog.  In the second plague, frogs covered the land.  The frogs were so numerous that they invaded people’s homes.

Let’s read together Exodus 8:16-19.

Geb was the Egyptian god of the earth.  In the third plague, lice filled the land, bothering animals and people.

Let’s read together Exodus 8:20-32.

Khepri was the Egyptian god of the rising morning sun.  He was often depicted as having the head of a scarab beetle.  In the fourth plague, flies swarmed the land.  However, the flies did not go to Goshen, where Israelites dwelt.  

Let’s read together Exodus 9:1-7.

Hathor was the Egyptian goddess of love, sexuality, fertility, and music.  She was often depicted as having the head of a cow.  In the fifth plague, the Egyptian livestock were afflicted with a severe pestilence.  However, the livestock of the Israelites were not afflicted.

Let’s read together Exodus 9:8-12.

Sekhmet was the Egyptian goddess of war and healing.  In the sixth plague, boils broke out on all the Egyptians and the beasts that belonged to them.

Let’s read together Exodus 9:13-35.

Nut was the Egyptian goddess of the sky.  In the seventh plague, fiery hail ravaged the fields of Egypt, killing all the livestock that were outside.  The hail did not fall upon Goshen.  The Egyptians who feared God brought their livestock into their houses when they heard Moses’ warning.

Let’s read together Exodus 10:1-20

Min was the Egyptian god of the harvest.  In the eighth plague, locusts devoured all the vegetation in Egypt.

Let’s read together Exodus 10:21-29.

Ra was the Egyptian god of the sun.  He was considered to be the lord of all the other Egyptian gods and the most powerful.  In the ninth plague, thick darkness covered the land of Egypt for three days.  However, the Israelites had light in their dwellings.

Let’s read together Exodus 11:1-9 and Exodus 12:1-30.

Note that Pharaoh himself was worshiped as a god.  In the tenth plague, all the firstborn in all the households of Egypt were slain.  Not even Pharaoh’s firstborn was spared.  The only ones spared were houses with the blood of a lamb on the doorposts and lintel.

Let’s read together 14 Chronicles 16:25-27; Jeremiah 10:1-10; Jeremiah 14:22 and Ephesians 6:12.

The ten plagues of Egypt not only showed God’s power in general, but His power over the gods of Egypt.  God was engaged in spiritual warfare to establish His supremacy as God.  He clearly demonstrated the gods of Egypt were nothing more than worthless idols made of wood, stone, silver, or gold.

While the gods of Egypt are no longer worshiped today, other false gods have taken their place in the hearts of people.  Many of these idols now take the form of technological advances, which in of themselves are not bad, but can divert people’s attention from God.

Friend, will you turn away from false gods and acknowledge God as the one true God?

[theprayerfulword]

January 23

Jeremiah 29:11 I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

1 Peter 1:23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

Matthew 24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

Luke 22:41-42 …and He [Jesus] knelt down and began to pray, saying, 'Father, if Thou art willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Thine be done.'

Psalm 139:23–24 Search me… and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends You, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.

1 Peter 5:6-7 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that He may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.

May you turn to God in all decisions, offering thanks and seeking guidance and confirmation from the One Who has shown Himself strong to help, and willing to answer. Genesis 46

May you be confident in God's power to keep His promises, and rest in His assurance, for though He takes His time, His Word is true. Consider that after 200 years from when Abraham received the promise of God to become a mighty nation, Jacob and his family numbered only 70 as they went into Egypt, but were multiplied by God so they came out from Egypt a nation. Genesis 46

May you be willing to bless those who show kindness to you, since you understand that they are used of God, on occasion unknowingly, to minister their substance, time, and energy to you. May you be willing to return to them the favor and good will of the King you both are serving at the moment. Genesis 47

May your confession and behavior always be that of a pilgrim, passing through, and unwilling to become entangled by the long-term concerns around you or carry the weighty things that quickly cease to be useful and offer no eternal value. As a pilgrim, you must wear the world loosely. Genesis 47

May you not be surprised that God's blessing and provision, His protection and defense of His people will overflow and include many who have not professed to follow Him, for so many are undecided and God is not willing that any should perish. This is why God's provision for Jacob's family included all of Egypt and Canaan, and as a result, many Egyptians left in the Exodus, and many Canaanites, like Rahab and Ruth, joined them. Genesis 47

May you willingly serve the God of heaven and fully obey the King of glory, Who has given Himself utterly to rescue you from death. If the Egyptians considered slavery for their family and descendants to the Pharaoh to be a good value in exchange for grain to make bread, how much more should we commit ourselves completely to the One Who gives us the broken Bread of Life. Genesis 47

Follow My footsteps, My child. Walk in the path I have taken. See the prints I have left along the way and walk as I have. I did not march with forceful step, shod with iron, grinding to dust all that came under My feet. Look at the path and see, in the dust, the mark of simple common sandals, that offered protection to the feet but did not mar the surface of the road that was traveled. See each step and measure the distance traveled. I did not travel in great, ground-covering strides, as one with a set purpose and destination, impatient to arrive, anxious to be finished with the unpleasantness of the travel, eager to settle into the luxury and ease of expensive accommodations. My steps went to where the needs would be found. I followed the will of the Father, whither soever it led Me. I was mindful of each person along the way, alert to My Father's heart, and attentive and obedient at each step to do and say what I saw from My Father in heaven. The journey was the destination, and I was always where He wanted Me at the time I needed to be there, never in a hurry, never impatient, never pushing past those with faith to receive from Me, never ignoring the needs that would delay My travel. Look at the shape of the footprints in the dust. See how often they dragged from step to step. Tiredness is a close companion on a journey. Exhaustion is a reality when traveling. When weary, I rested, and then continued. Do not think you have failed if you are worn out along the way for that is the nature of the process. Understand that you can be tired from the trip without being tired of the trip. See how the prints in the dust step aside from the carts and make room for the loads that share the road. I did not march down the middle with trumpets blaring before Me, forcing all other traffic to the side. I came in humble conditions, seeking humble people. That is how I found you, and that is how I send you. Walk in humility, My child, stepping aside for the proud and arrogant, as they travel fast to their destination, which ends in destruction. Pause when you encounter the impatient and frustrated, for I see a spark of faith in their heart and have hindered their trip so they can meet you and receive My words of encouragement. Do not pass them by, but pause and bind their wounds. It will not interfere with your journey, for this is your journey. Walk in My footsteps today, My child.

May you hunger for the truth of the Scriptures and desire the discernment of the Spirit to separate the chaff from the wheat, the dross from the gold, man's self-serving traditions from God's life-giving Word. Matthew 15

May you comprehend that your choice of actions will make yourself unhealthy to others, or will bring strength and health to their bones, for it is what comes from your heart in words and deeds that touches the heart and mind of another. Matthew 15

May the words of your mouth and the works of your hands come from the fullness of the Father's heart. Matthew 15

May you be reassured that what the Father plants will be watered by the Spirit and nourished by the Word, enduring the heat and drought, surviving the floods and hail, producing much good fruit. Even if it is cut down, there will be life in the stump and it will sprout again, renewed, and not removed. Matthew 15

May you find that the Lord will never reject the modest heart of a determined person who seeks and keeps on seeking, without arrogance, carrying the concern for another. Matthew 15

May you always be confident of the love in Christ's heart even when a frown seems to be on His face, and be encouraged to trust Him even when He appears ready to slay you. Matthew 15

May God's love move you to compassion for others, lest your carnal nature move you to frustration with others. Matthew 15

May your voice give speech to the testimony of the heavens which declare the glory of God and proclaim the work of His hands throughout the world, so that the earth may be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. Psalm 19, Habakkuk 2, Isaiah 11

May you gain the understanding to perceive the great rewards of keeping the Word of God, for your soul is revived by the perfect law of the Lord, you are made wise with His trustworthy statutes, your heart is filled with joy from the upright precepts of God, and your eyes sparkle with enlightenment because of His clear commands. The pure respectful awe of the Lord is eternal and the righteous ordinances of the Lord are sure, being more precious than much pure gold and sweeter than honey drawn directly from the comb. Psalm 19

May the words of your mouth and the meditations of your heart be pleasing in the sight of the Lord, your Rock and your Redeemer. He is the One who forgives your hidden faults and keeps you from willful sins that you may be blameless, acquitted of great transgression and cleansed from blatant rebellion. Psalm 19

[bernardo1969]

According to the Book of Jeremiah, this major prophet received the word of God during the reigns of Josiah, Jehoiakim, and Zedekiah as kings of Judah. The book begins with a series of oracles dictated by God to the prophet where the sins of the kingdom of Judah were exposed, and the destiny of the nation in the face of the threat that was beginning to form in Babylon. The prophet compared Judah to an adulterous wife who had abandoned her husband, and as his predecessor Hosea had taught, Jeremiah also expressed that the relationship between Israel and God was that of a marriage. But in the face of these facts exposed by the prophet, Jeremiah only knew oppression and persecution for his ideas. Jeremiah's words were rejected especially by Zedekiah, the last king of Judah. The Bible relates that Nebuchadnezzar had taken Jerusalem under the reign of Jehoiachin king of Judah, making a first deportation and placing Zedekiah as king of Judah. But Zedekiah also rebelled and thus began a second siege of the city of Jerusalem. Despite Jeremiah's warnings, he was not listened to, and the city fell, being completely destroyed. Gedaliah was appointed governor of the region by Nebuchadnezzar in place of King Zedekiah, but Gedaliah lived only a short time and was assassinated by a member of the royal family named Ishmael. Faced with this, the Jews who remained in the region went to consult Jeremiah, who after ten days gave them an oracle. But the Israelites rejected the oracle of Jeremiah who advised them not to flee to Egypt. And so Jeremiah answered them: "You only deceived yourselves when you sent me to the LORD your God and said, ´Pray to the LORD our God for us, and tell us everything that the LORD our God says, and we'll do it.´". Jeremiah 42:20. All the prophecies of the prophet were fulfilled, even the fall of Egypt into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar; with these facts, the Bible teaches that those who only want to listen to pretty lies, rejecting prophecy, cannot be blessed.

[irunevenus]

The Mystery of Human Sacrifice: Origins, Beliefs, and Historical Cases

Human sacrifice, an ancient practice found in various cultures worldwide, has always been a topic shrouded in mystery, fear, and fascination. Throughout the centuries, human communities believed that offering life—often the purest members—was necessary to appease the gods, ensure bountiful harvests, or divine protection. In this article, we explore the origins of this practice, how it appeared in different cultures, the most well-known cases, and the idea behind the sacrifice of virgins. Additionally, we will examine why ancient societies believed that offering human lives would please the gods and why they often chose to sacrifice others instead of their own lives.

1. The Origins of Human Sacrifice

The idea of offering human lives to appease deities can be understood through various cultural, religious, and social factors. In many ancient societies, gods were seen as powerful, but also capricious and, in some cases, wrathful beings. To ensure their protection and maintain cosmic order, people believed that human sacrifices could restore balance and prevent calamities.

Sacrificial rituals often took place in times of crisis, such as droughts, epidemics, or wars. In desperate situations, offering something as valuable as human life seemed like the only way to gain divine favor. Additionally, ancient societies viewed life as an invaluable asset, and to give a life to the gods was considered the greatest gift one could offer.

2. The First Records and Practices in Various Cultures

The first records of human sacrifices date back to ancient civilizations such as Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Greece. However, it was in Mesoamerican and Middle Eastern cultures where the practice became particularly notorious.

Aztecs: The Aztec civilization is one of the most famous examples. They believed human sacrifice was necessary to ensure the sun continued to rise each day. War prisoners were sacrificed in public rituals, where their hearts were offered to the gods. Sacrifice was considered essential to maintaining cosmic order and ensuring agricultural fertility.

Incas: In the Andes, the Incas practiced a specific type of sacrifice known as Capacocha, which involved offering virgin children to the sun god. These children were chosen for their purity and taken to sacred mountain tops, where they were sacrificed. This practice was meant to ensure the empire's protection and prosperity.

Canaanites and Moloch: In the Middle East, particularly among the Canaanites, sacrifices to the god Moloch were performed in times of crisis. Children were offered to Moloch in a fire ritual, where they were placed in the arms of a heated metal statue. This practice was widely condemned in biblical texts, such as Leviticus and Jeremiah, where child sacrifice was considered an abomination.

Ancient China: During the Shang Dynasty in China, human sacrifices were part of royal funerals, where war prisoners were sacrificed to accompany the emperor or nobles in the afterlife. It was believed these victims would serve the dead in the beyond.

3. Why Did the Ancients Believe the Gods Desired Sacrifices?

The idea that gods demanded human sacrifices is rooted in various religious conceptions. In many cultures, gods were anthropomorphized, meaning they were attributed human characteristics, including emotions like anger and a desire for vengeance. Thus, people believed that extreme acts, like offering lives, could placate divine wrath and ensure favor. The gods, seen as creators and maintainers of the universe, were thought to require something of equal value to the gift of life—and what could be more valuable than life itself?

Moreover, human sacrifice was often interpreted as a direct form of communication with deities. The victim’s death acted as a "transmission" to the otherworld, carrying requests for mercy or gratitude directly to the gods.

4. Why Not Sacrifice One’s Own Life?

While offering one’s own life might seem like the greatest demonstration of faith, human sacrifices often involved others, rather than the sacrificer offering themselves. Several factors can explain this:

Substitution and Representation: The victims of sacrifice often represented the community or a specific group. Sacrificing a member of society was seen as a way to preserve the rest, transferring the spiritual "debt" to the victim.

Social Hierarchy and Status: In many cultures, elites or priests decided who would be sacrificed. Offering war prisoners, slaves, or members of lower classes also reinforced social hierarchy, making sacrifice both a religious act and a demonstration of power.

5. The Sacrifice of Virgins: The Idea of Purity and Divine Protection

One of the most common themes in human sacrifice is the offering of virgins, especially in ancient cultures. Virgins, due to their purity and innocence, were seen as the most precious offerings to the gods. The belief was that the purity of these young women would be more pleasing to the gods, as a "spotless" life represented the delivery of a perfect gift.

This idea can be found in various cultures. In Inca sacrifices, for example, children chosen for Capacocha were often virgins, and their purity was considered an essential aspect of the ritual. The same is true in Greek mythology, such as the case of Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon, who was offered to appease the goddess Artemis.

6. Notable Historical Cases of Human Sacrifice

Several cases of human sacrifice have left a mark on history. Some of the most well-known include:

The Sacrifice of Iphigenia: In Greek mythology, Iphigenia was offered by her father, Agamemnon, to ensure favorable winds for the Greek fleet in the Trojan War.

Aztec Sacrifices: As mentioned, the Aztecs sacrificed war prisoners on a large scale to maintain cosmic order.

Moloch and Canaanite Children: The sacrifice of children to the god Moloch is one of the most shocking examples of how the lives of the vulnerable were offered in fire rituals.

7. The Decline of Human Sacrifice

With the rise of monotheism and the advent of religions like Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the practice of human sacrifice began to be strongly condemned. These religious systems emphasized the mercy and compassion of God, rejecting the idea that He would require human lives to be appeased.

However, even after the literal practice of human sacrifice ceased, the concept remained rooted in myths, legends, and stories of martyrdom, symbolizing extreme devotion and the desire for redemption.

Conclusion

Human sacrifice provides a fascinating, albeit disturbing, glimpse into how ancient cultures tried to understand the world around them and seek divine protection. From the elaborate rituals of the Aztecs to the sacrifices of Canaanite children to Moloch, this practice reveals how human life was viewed as the most valuable gift one could offer to the gods. Although the practice faded over time, its history continues to challenge us to reflect on the complex interactions between spirituality, power, and morality throughout history.

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A Heart After God: Not Sinless But Humble

The book of Jeremiah was written after Israel had been taken into exile and before Judah was taken into captivity because of their idolatry and child sacrifice.

"Have you not just called to me: "My Father, my friend from my youth, will you always be angry? Will your wrath continue forever?' This is how you talk, but you do all the evil you can." Jeremiah 3: 4,5

Jeremiah began his 43 year prophetic ministry in the thirteenth year of king Josiah around 627 BC. Jeremiah's prophetic ministry ended when Babylon took Judah into exile around 586 BC during king Zedekiah's reign. During this period, Josiah instituted religious reforms, Babylon destroyed Assyria, Egypt briefly imposed vassal status on Judah, Babylon defeated Egypt and made Judah a Babylonian vassal around 605 BC. King Jehoiakim was placed on the throne as a vassal king, but king Jehoiakim rebelled and stopped paying taxes to Babylon. King Nebuchadnezzar II went to war against Judah. King Jehoiakim took a pro-Egyptian position, despite the prophet Jeremiah's warnings. Nebuchadnezzar II laid siege to Jerusalem in 597 BC. The city surrendered in March 597 BC, and Jehoiakim died during the siege. Zedekiah, Jehoiakim's uncle, was installed as the vassal king of Judah. However, he also revolted against Nebuchadnezzar II by ceasing to pay tribute and forming an alliance with Pharaoh Hophra. Nebuchadnezzar II declared war against Judah and laid siege to Jerusalem. Consequently the temple was destroyed and the remaining people were taken to Babylon. Zedekiah had his eyes plucked out by Nebuchadnezzar, but only after Zedekiah watched all of his sons being murdered. Zedekiah remained a prisoner in Babylon until his death. Thus this is the political and social climate in which Jeremiah is preaching.

From the moment God created Adam in the Garden, all God desired was a relationship. God walked in the Garden of Eden in the cool of the day to be with Adam and Eve.

Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to the man, "Where are you?" Genesis 3:8,9

Obviously this was God's habit. He expected to find Adam and Eve, however, sin interfered with the relationship. When they were innocent, they were able to walk and talk with God freely. But that had all changed when they chose to disobey God's one and only command to them.

He (Adam) answered, " I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid." And he (God) said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?" Genesis 3: 10-11

All that God desired from Adam and Eve was for them to love and obey him. As we see in Jeremiah, God doesn't want lip service.

"In spite of all this, (Northern tribes punished) her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to me with all her heart, but only in pretense," declares the Lord. Jeremiah 3: 10

How then can we reestablish our relationship with God if we have turned away from Him. Are we talking the talk on Sunday, but not walking the walk Saturday? This is what God says.

"'Return, faithless Israel,' declares the Lord. 'I will frown on you no longer, for I am faithful,' declares the Lord, 'I will not be angry forever. Only acknowledge your guilt- you have rebelled against the Lord your God, you have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every spreading tree, and have not obeyed me,'" declares the Lord. Jeremiah 3: 12,13.

Maybe we don't outwardly worship idols like they did thousands of years ago, but we do have idols. The most obvious ones of course are drugs, alcohol, sex, power, position, and prestige. But there are more subtle idols. What is it that comes before God in your life? Is it your job? Your friends? Sports? Your bank account? Keeping up with the Jones? Is it playing computer games or scrolling through social media? Do we have bitterness? Ungrateful hearts? We all have our weaknesses. If we truly look inside, we know where we have rebelled. God knows them too.

So what can we do if we, like Adam and Eve, find ourselves hiding from God instead of talking and walking with him? Micah tells us....

"You have been told, O Man what the Lord requires of you: only to do right, to love goodness, and to walk humbly with your God". Micah 6:8

To walk humbly is to admit your fault and ask God for forgiveness. Adam and Eve had to admit that they did indeed disobey God. Acknowledging our weakness and being humble before God is essential. Matthew reminds us that...

"Whoever lifts himself up will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be lifted up". Matthew 23:12. No one is perfect (except Jesus). For example David was a man after God's own heart, yet God himself said that David had shed blood.

I had it in my heart to build a house as a place of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, for the footstool of our God, and I made plans to build it. But God said to me, `You are not to build a house for my Name, because you are a warrior and have shed blood." 1 Chronicles 28: 2,3.

(Think Uriah whom David had killed. Think of the raids that David committed when he was living with the Philistines.

Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these peoples had lived in the land extending to Shur and Egypt.) Whenever David attacked an area, he did not leave a man or woman alive. 1 Samuel 13:14 .. yet, the bible says that David was "a man after God's heart". David writes in his Psalm...

"Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said I will confess my transgressions to the Lord. And you forgave the guilt of my sin." Psalm 32:5

When we acknowledge our sin, God promises to reestablish his relationship with us. God also reestablishes nations as well. God promised Israel that Zion would be established.

Return, faithless people," declares the Lord, "for I am you husband. I will choose you- one from a town and two from a clan- and bring you to Zion. Then I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will lead you with knowledge and understanding. Jeremiah 3:14.

Once more we see in this verse, it is the condition of the heart God values. He promises shepherds after his own heart to lead them. What does it mean to have a heart after God? It means that you pursue after God to know Him intimately, and therefore, you love and value the same things God does.

I believe the next few verses are prophetic regarding the thousand year reign of Jesus.

"In those days, when your numbers have increased greatly in the land,' declares the Lord, "people will no longer say, 'The ark of the covenant of the Lord.' It will never enter their minds or be remembered; it will not be missed, nor will another be made." Jeremiah 3: 16

Why will the ark not be remembered? Because Jesus himself will be sitting on the throne.

"Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years." Revelation 20: 6

The prophecy continues...At that time they will call Jerusalem The Throne of the Lord, and all nations will gather in Jerusalem to honor the name of the Lord. Jeremiah 3: 17.

Not only will people come to bow before Jesus during his thousand year reign, the people will come every year to worship Jesus.

"And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles". Zechariah 14:16.

Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them. Revelation 20:6...What is the second death? Anyone whose name is not written in the Book of Life.

"Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done. Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire." Revelation 20: 11-15

ANYONE whose name is NOT written in the Book of Life. This book is different from the other books which recorded what the dead had done.

What is The Book of Life? The Book of Life is a record of those who are saved and will live with God in heaven forever. It's also known as the Lamb's Book of Life because it contains the names of those who have been redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ.

"All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world." Revelation 13:8

The verse tells us that ALL those who did NOT accept Jesus as their Savior will worship the beast. How scary is that? For those whose names are in The Book of Life, there will be joy after the great tribulation.

[cking398]

CHAPTER 1 : PROOF 1, Moon ratio 8

The big proof that was discovered by yours truly on the 27th of July 2024 is this: 3474.8 (diameter of the Moon) / 434.02 (distance Great Pyramid of Giza to the Church of Nativity, Bethlehem)  is nearly a perfect 8. It’s 8.006. How does it become a perfect 8, by adding 330 or 0.33 KM to the Giza-Beth distance making it 434.35, why 330 meters? How old was I when I died last life? 33. How many commandments are there? 10. Could you list ten comm or listen? Do you not think the English language is coded with so many words ending in king? Talking, walking, liking, thinking, banking, clocking too many to mention, fuc….. (In French also, tu as une croix, et ton droit de parole est le plus important, enlève le c et le x de croix, ou le d et le t de droit, il te reste quoi? Roi = King) A perfect 8 is so out of the realm of possibility that it makes all efforts at rebuttal of this proof pointless. Combined with the other proofs, I have put together, it makes my argument undeniable. Psalms 89:37 the Old Testament

“Like the moon his throne will stand firm forever. It will be like a faithful witness in heaven." Proverbs 25:2

“It is the glory of Elohim to conceal a matter, And the glory of kings to investigate a matter.” My middle name is Holmes after all and Elon is not Elohim or his representative, I am (although I look forward to our interactions in the not-too-distant future, his verified dog on X : @marvinmusk already follows me on X), the last of my first 3 verified followers when I restarted using X at the end of July 2024, close to the 11th year of my membership of X. Isaiah 19:19-22

“In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the heart of Egypt, and there will be a monument to the LORD at its border. It will be a sign and a witness that the LORD of Heaven's Armies is worshiped in the land of Egypt.” My other witnesses in this proof are the Great Pyramid at Giza which this quote is referring to and my previous life’s birthplace. Jeremiah 32:20a “Which has set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day . . . “                                                                  

Without the Moon, the Great Pyramid of Giza, and my previous life’s birthplace, I would still be howling at the Moon with no one to listen. Einstein said that God does not play dice with the Universe. I am here to confirm that God does not, as well as to share other truths from my previous life as Jesus / Joshua and to make sure God’s creation is on the right path to righteousness, compassion, and love. MOON The Moon is, weirdly, a perfect circle, hence, its diameter is constant at 3474.8 KM. Our Moon has some truly strange characteristics that do not occur on any other moons observed in this galaxy or others (if you are interested in the Moon and all its oddities, I recommend the Why files on YouTube for further information). It appears to be hollow. The sun is nearly exactly 400 times bigger than the moon and as the Sun is 400 times further away, this amazing coincidence makes eclipses possible. THE PYRAMID The Great Pyramid of Giza, much like the Moon, has many strange characteristics which I go into detail about in Appendix 1. Some of it’s characteristics include 1. The Great Pyramid weighs one trillionth the weight of the world. 2. If you take two lengths of the pyramid this is also the average distance a point moves through space in one second of the earth’s rotation. 3. The Great Pyramid at Giza length minus its height is 314.16 meters or 100 times the number Pi. Two sides of the Great Pyramid added together equals 100 times the Golden number squared. A difference of only a few centimeters in its construction would mean that this would not be true. 

BIRTHPLACE Taken from CBN News, Chris Mitchell report from 24 December 2021:  “The Church of the Nativity is one of the oldest churches in the world. And Prof. Qustandi Shomali of Bethlehem University argues, "This is the place where Jesus Christ was born."

"The Church of the Nativity was built over this place in 326 when Emperor Constantine decided to declare Christianity as the official religion of the Roman Empire," Shomali said. "Since then, pilgrims from all around the world started coming to Bethlehem to visit this place. The place where Christianity started." Inside the church, the original columns from the 4th Century still stand. Constantine's mother, Queen Helena, built the church. But why would she build it here?

"We do know that the identification of the site where Jesus was born already traditionally goes back to the middle of the first century at least," Shomali said.” For the full article: https://www2.cbn.com/news/news/church-nativity-do-we-really-know-where-christ-was-born?fbclid=IwY2xjawEiyIBleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHXmcWlx5n08dvxBf7hGAD_F4DC9QH-FQo9qpE5KgfELwHorUVyXRNI-cVg_aem_WHe5mBaMguoNJ3JzmTOp8g

The tallest point (Apex) of the Church of Nativity is directly above the silver star that marks the spot in the manger of Joshua’s/Jesus’s birthplace. This is how using Google Earth I was able to get the exact distance between the Great Pyramid of Giza and Jesus’s Birthplace by going from Apex to Apex. 434.02 KM. So went from the Great Pyramid of Giza, a creation of God, like the Moon, to being born by God’s hand in Bethlehem. Lived for 33 years (see Appendix 2 for the significance of the number 33), and every year was faithful to the 10 commandments.

Thinking about the importance of 330 m makes me think about Jesus’s age. In mathematics, 33 is a palindrome number, meaning it reads the same backward as forward, such as 22 and 11, spiritually these are thought to be the most powerful numbers because they repeat. It is also the sum of the first four positive factorials (0! + 1! + 2! + 3! = 33). Additionally, 33 is the atomic number of arsenic. Synonymous with death and Jesus did die at 33 last life.The more I think about it the more it makes sense that you have to add 330 meters to the Birthplace of Jesus to get a perfect 8 ratio.

Why is the ratio of 8 important? One of the most fascinating elements about the number 8 is its connection to the symbol of infinity. The double everlasting loop represents eternity and the infinite power of love and spirituality. Ask any Chinese or Japanese person, or any Eastern person for that matter, and they will tell you that this is the luckiest number. See Appendix 2: Numbers for further discussion on the number 8 and its significance.

The good news I delivered in my last life was that you LIVE on, eternally, as can be depicted by the number 8 in this life. That heaven is real. This was the Good News I brought and one of the most important revelations that I wanted to make the world aware of again.

Your words and actions matter and they echo for an eternity. Check yourself, have you broken any of these (If so repent and pray, preferably on Saturday, for forgiveness, direct to our Creator):

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

Out of Egypt I Called my Son

1 For Israel was a child, and I loved him; and from Egypt I called my son. (When Israel was a boy, I loved him; and I called my son out of Egypt.)

2 They called them, so they went away from the face of them. They offered to Baalim, and made sacrifice to simulacra. (And I called to them, but they went further away from me. They offered to the Baalim, and made sacrifice to idols.)

3 And I as a nurse of Ephraim bare them in mine arms, and they knew not, that I kept them. (And I as the nurse of Ephraim carried them in my arms, but they did not know, that it was I who had kept them safe.)

4 I shall draw them in the ropes of Adam, in the bonds of charity. And I shall be to them as he that enhanceth the yoke on the cheeks of them; and I bowed down to him that he should eat. (I drew them to me with the ropes of man, or of people, yea, with the bonds of love. And I was to them like he who lifteth up a little child to his cheeks/like he who lifteth off their yoke; and I bent down to feed them.)

5 He shall not turn again into the land of Egypt. And Assur, he shall be king of him, for they would not turn (again to me). (And so they shall return to the land of Egypt. And the Assyrian, he shall be their king, because they would not return to me.)

6 A sword began in the cities thereof, and it shall waste the chosen men thereof, and shall eat the heads of them. (And a sword shall begin in their cities, and it shall destroy their chosen ones, and it shall eat their leaders.)

7 And my people shall hang, at my coming again. But a yoke shall be put to them (al)together, that shall not be taken away. (But my people shall persist in their rebellion. And a yoke shall be put upon them, and it shall not be taken away.)

8 How shall I give thee (up), Ephraim? shall I defend thee, Israel? how shall I give thee (up)? As Admah I shall set thee; as Zeboiim. Mine heart is turned within me; my repentance is disturbed together. (How can I give thee up, Ephraim? how can I abandon thee, Israel? how can I give thee up? Shall I make thee like Admah? or like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within me; my repentance is altogether kindled.)

9 I shall not do the strong vengeance of my wrath. I shall not turn (again), to lose Ephraim; for I am God, and not man. I am Holy in the midst of thee, and I shall not enter into a city. (I shall not do the strong vengeance of my anger. I shall not return, or turn back, to destroy Ephraim; for I am God, and not a man. I am the Holy One in thy midst, and I shall not enter into thy cities.)

10 They shall go after the Lord. He shall roar as a lion, for he shall roar, and the sons of the sea shall dread. (They shall follow after the Lord. And he shall roar like a lion, and when he shall roar, his sons shall come to him from the west.)

11 And they shall fly away as a bird from Egypt, and as a culver from the land of Assyrians. And I shall set them in their houses, saith the Lord. (And they shall fly away like a bird out of Egypt, and like a dove out of the land of Assyria. And I shall put them again in their own houses, saith the Lord.)

12 Ephraim compassed me in denying, the house of Israel in guile. But Judah a witness went down with God, and with faithful saints. (Ephraim surroundeth me with denial, or with treachery, yea, the house of Israel surroundeth me with deceitfulness. And Judah still rebelleth against me, the faithful and the holy God.) — Hosea 11 | Wycliffe's Bible (WYC) The Wycliffe Bible is in the public domain. Cross References: Genesis 2:11; Genesis 14:8; Exodus 4:22-23; Exodus 16:32; Numbers 23:19; Deuteronomy 1:31; Deuteronomy 13:17; Deuteronomy 17:16; Deuteronomy 32:10-11; 2 Kings 17:13; Isaiah 11:11; Isaiah 26:10; Isaiah 31:4; Isaiah 60:8; Isaiah 65:7; Jeremiah 2:19; Jeremiah 50:35; Lamentations 2:9; Hosea 4:2; Hosea 7:16; Matthew 2:15; John 6:44; Jude 1:7; Revelation 10:3

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CHAPTER 1 : PROOF 1, Moon ratio 8

Shows God created relationship Moon, Earth? pyramids

CHAPTER 1 : PROOF 1, Moon ratio 8 The big proof that was discovered by yours truly on the 27th of July 2024 is this: 3474.8 (diameter of the Moon) / 434.02 (distance Great Pyramid of Giza to the Church of Nativity, Bethlehem)  is nearly a perfect 8. It’s 8.006. How does it become a perfect 8, by adding 330 or 0.33 KM to the Giza-Beth distance making it 434.35, why 330 meters? How old was I when I died last life? 33. How many commandments are there? 10. Could you list ten comm or listen? Do you not think the English language is coded with so many words ending in king? Talking, walking, liking, thinking, banking, clocking too many to mention, fuc….. (In French also, tu as une croix, et ton droit de parole est le plus important, enlève le c et le x de croix, ou le d et le t de droit, il te reste quoi? Roi = King) A perfect 8 is so out of the realm of possibility that it makes all efforts at rebuttal of this proof pointless. Combined with the other proofs, I have put together, it makes my argument undeniable. Psalms 89:37 the Old Testament

“Like the moon his throne will stand firm forever. It will be like a faithful witness in heaven." Proverbs 25:2

“It is the glory of Elohim to conceal a matter, And the glory of kings to investigate a matter.” My middle name is Holmes after all and Elon is not Elohim or his representative, I am (although I look forward to our interactions in the not-too-distant future, his verified dog on X : @marvinmusk already follows me on X), the last of my first 3 verified followers when I restarted using X at the end of July 2024, close to the 11th year of my membership of X. Isaiah 19:19-22

“In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the heart of Egypt, and there will be a monument to the LORD at its border. It will be a sign and a witness that the LORD of Heaven's Armies is worshiped in the land of Egypt.” My other witnesses in this proof are the Great Pyramid at Giza which this quote is referring to and my previous life’s birthplace. Jeremiah 32:20a “Which has set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day . . . “                                                                  

Without the Moon, the Great Pyramid of Giza, and my previous life’s birthplace, I would still be howling at the Moon with no one to listen. Einstein said that God does not play dice with the Universe. I am here to confirm that God does not, as well as to share other truths from my previous life as Jesus / Joshua and to make sure God’s creation is on the right path to righteousness, compassion, and love. MOON The Moon is, weirdly, a perfect circle, hence, its diameter is constant at 3474.8 KM. Our Moon has some truly strange characteristics that do not occur on any other moons observed in this galaxy or others (if you are interested in the Moon and all its oddities, I recommend the Why files on YouTube for further information). It appears to be hollow. The sun is nearly exactly 400 times bigger than the moon and as the Sun is 400 times further away, this amazing coincidence makes eclipses possible. THE PYRAMID The Great Pyramid of Giza, much like the Moon, has many strange characteristics which I go into detail about in Appendix 1. Some of it’s characteristics include 1. The Great Pyramid weighs one trillionth the weight of the world. 2. If you take two lengths of the pyramid this is also the average distance a point moves through space in one second of the earth’s rotation. 3. The Great Pyramid at Giza length minus its height is 314.16 meters or 100 times the number Pi. Two sides of the Great Pyramid added together equals 100 times the Golden number squared. A difference of only a few centimeters in its construction would mean that this would not be true. 

BIRTHPLACE Taken from CBN News, Chris Mitchell report from 24 December 2021:  “The Church of the Nativity is one of the oldest churches in the world. And Prof. Qustandi Shomali of Bethlehem University argues, "This is the place where Jesus Christ was born."

"The Church of the Nativity was built over this place in 326 when Emperor Constantine decided to declare Christianity as the official religion of the Roman Empire," Shomali said. "Since then, pilgrims from all around the world started coming to Bethlehem to visit this place. The place where Christianity started." Inside the church, the original columns from the 4th Century still stand. Constantine's mother, Queen Helena, built the church. But why would she build it here?

"We do know that the identification of the site where Jesus was born already traditionally goes back to the middle of the first century at least," Shomali said.” For the full article: https://www2.cbn.com/news/news/church-nativity-do-we-really-know-where-christ-was-born?fbclid=IwY2xjawEiyIBleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHXmcWlx5n08dvxBf7hGAD_F4DC9QH-FQo9qpE5KgfELwHorUVyXRNI-cVg_aem_WHe5mBaMguoNJ3JzmTOp8g

The tallest point (Apex) of the Church of Nativity is directly above the silver star that marks the spot in the manger of Joshua’s/Jesus’s birthplace. This is how using Google Earth I was able to get the exact distance between the Great Pyramid of Giza and Jesus’s Birthplace by going from Apex to Apex. 434.02 KM. So went from the Great Pyramid of Giza, a creation of God, like the Moon, to being born by God’s hand in Bethlehem. Lived for 33 years (see Appendix 2 for the significance of the number 33), and every year was faithful to the 10 commandments.

Thinking about the importance of 330 m makes me think about Jesus’s age. In mathematics, 33 is a palindrome number, meaning it reads the same backward as forward, such as 22 and 11, spiritually these are thought to be the most powerful numbers because they repeat. It is also the sum of the first four positive factorials (0! + 1! + 2! + 3! = 33). Additionally, 33 is the atomic number of arsenic. Synonymous with death and Jesus did die at 33 last life.

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2 Kings 24: Jehoiakim Becomes Nebuchadnezzar's Vassal After Being Invaded By Babylon

1 During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded the land, and Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years. But then he turned against Nebuchadnezzar and rebelled. 

2 The Lord sent Babylonian, Aramean, Moabite and Ammonite raiders against him to destroy Judah, in accordance with the word of the Lord proclaimed by his servants the prophets. 

3 Surely these things happened to Judah according to the Lord’s command, in order to remove them from his presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all he had done, 

4 including the shedding of innocent blood. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord was not willing to forgive.

5 As for the other events of Jehoiakim’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? 

6 Jehoiakim rested with his ancestors. And Jehoiachin his son succeeded him as king.

7 The king of Egypt did not march out from his own country again, because the king of Babylon had taken all his territory, from the Wadi of Egypt to the Euphrates River.

Jehoiachin King of Judah

8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan; she was from Jerusalem. 

9 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father had done.

10 At that time the officers of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon advanced on Jerusalem and laid siege to it,

 11 and Nebuchadnezzar himself came up to the city while his officers were besieging it. 

12 Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his attendants, his nobles and his officials all surrendered to him.

In the eighth year of the reign of the king of Babylon, he took Jehoiachin prisoner. 

13 As the Lord had declared, Nebuchadnezzar removed the treasures from the temple of the Lord and from the royal palace, and cut up the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made for the temple of the Lord. 

14 He carried all Jerusalem into exile: all the officers and fighting men, and all the skilled workers and artisans—a total of ten thousand. Only the poorest people of the land were left.

15 Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiachin captive to Babylon. He also took from Jerusalem to Babylon the king’s mother, his wives, his officials and the prominent people of the land. 

16 The king of Babylon also deported to Babylon the entire force of seven thousand fighting men, strong and fit for war, and a thousand skilled workers and artisans. 

17 He made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.

Zedekiah King of Judah

18 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah. 

19 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, just as Jehoiakim had done. 

20 It was because of the Lord’s anger that all this happened to Jerusalem and Judah, and in the end he thrust them from his presence.

The Fall of Jerusalem

Now Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

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THE BIBLE BOOK OF GOD

Jeremiah 43

Jeremiah Taken to Egypt

43 When Jeremiah finished speaking to all the people all these words of the Lord their God, with which the Lord their God had sent him to them, 2 Azariah the son of Hoshaiah and Johanan the son of Kareah and all the insolent men said to Jeremiah, “You are telling a lie. The Lord our God did not send you to say, ‘Do not go to Egypt to live there,’ 3 but Baruch the son of Neriah has set you against us, to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they may kill us or take us into exile in Babylon.” 4 So Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces and all the people did not obey the voice of the Lord, to remain in the land of Judah. 5 But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces took all the remnant of Judah who had returned to live in the land of Judah from all the nations to which they had been driven— 6 the men, the women, the children, the princesses, and every person whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan; also Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch the son of Neriah. 7 And they came into the land of Egypt, for they did not obey the voice of the Lord. And they arrived at Tahpanhes.

8 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes: 9 “Take in your hands large stones and hide them in the mortar in the pavement that is at the entrance to Pharaoh's palace in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah, 10 and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and I will set his throne above these stones that I have hidden, and he will spread his royal canopy over them. 11 He shall come and strike the land of Egypt, giving over to the pestilence those who are doomed to the pestilence, to captivity those who are doomed to captivity, and to the sword those who are doomed to the sword. 12 I shall kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and he shall burn them and carry them away captive. And he shall clean the land of Egypt as a shepherd cleans his cloak of vermin, and he shall go away from there in peace. 13 He shall break the obelisks of Heliopolis, which is in the land of Egypt, and the temples of the gods of Egypt he shall burn with fire.’”

Jeremiah 43

Diane Beauford

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2 Kings 23: 31-35. "The Third Zephyr."

When things get tough, the Melachim says to get a bigger gun or back to Egypt we go. Josiah, "the end of the depression" was the best king Israel has had so far in the Annals of the Books of Kings. His glories did not last, not because of him but because the rest of the world had not achieved Mashiach.

Thus, a wicked Pharaoh of Egypt, Necho, "one who halts freedoms" came and took everything Israel had from its people in spite of all Josiah had done. This is happening now. People all around the world are failing in their observances of the law which protects the freedom and dignity of all persons and we are burning down to stubble.

Joe Biden is not responding swiftly enough or brutally enough to the wickedness of the Russians, Republicans, and Evangelicals and their corruption, hate, and fear are turning the world off its axis.

As we learned in previous frames, tyrants and slavers are not permitted to live alongside ordinary freedom loving persons. This never works.

A new king, Jehoahaz, "what God attempts to help us grasp" attempts to "adjust the firing range" and restore Israel to business as usual, but he cannot pass the Third Month. Joe Biden is the same. He cannot push us past the bloodthirstiness and corruption of his enemies, and the entire planet is off kilter because of it, and into the hands of the Mormons, modern day Egyptian slave gods we are sliding.

There are Four Directions one turns when one backslides into slavery in Egypt. The first, is Hamutal, "spotted, mentally agitated" daughter of Jeremiah, a swear word in Hebrew:

"The verb רמה (rama) essentially means to loosen, but is used only three times literally (twice for shooting arrows and once for hurling riders into the sea). Mostly our verb is used in the sense of playing loose with the truth, i.e. to compromise the solidness of trustworthiness and be swampy.

Hence our verb is mostly translated with to beguile, deceive or mislead. Nouns רמיה (remiya), מרמה (mirma), תרמה (torma) and תרמית (tarmit) describe various degrees and nuances of treachery, deceit and looseness in the trustworthiness department."

Libnah is leprosy, meaning the new Royals did not believe in God overly much.

Jehoahaz King of Judah

31 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah. 

32 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, just as his predecessors had done. 33 Pharaoh Necho put him in chains at Riblah in the land of Hamath so that he might not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents[c] of silver and a talent[d] of gold. 

34 Pharaoh Necho made Eliakim son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah and changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt, and there he died. 

35 Jehoiakim paid Pharaoh Necho the silver and gold he demanded. In order to do so, he taxed the land and exacted the silver and gold from the people of the land according to their assessments.

The son, Eliakim, "who God sets up in order to help the people stand up" renamed Jehoiakim put his fathers in chains, takes him away from home and buries him in disgrace in the Land of Egypt.

How easy it is for one generation to do that to the next. Our grandfathers would have dragged Donald Trump behind a pickup truck down a gravel road long ago, but his comments about allowing Russia to take over the world were a wee bit much even for us, or should have been. Still he lives for some strange reason that utterly escapes me. Still he and his followers still trouble this world without any hope in sight.

Necho, the end of freedom, is alive and well on this planet and it, not the God of Israel is taxing us and this has to be stopped. As the final verse in this section says- if it can be taken away from oneself, including one's life, a man like Donald Trump will take it. We should be doing everything we can to put him under his headstone.

And this shit about showing Hamas and the Mormons clemency has to be banished from the global convseration. They are not human beings, they are all rubbish and into the fire every last one of them must go.

The Values in Gematria for the above are:

v. 31: Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.The Value in Gematria is 11875, יא‎חזה‎, yahaza, "will hold."

v. 32-33: He did evil. The Value in Gematria is 8307, חג אֶפֶסז‎‎, "the Ephesus Holiday."

So long as we allow slavers and complainers to run the world, the International Holiday known as Mashiach, "Global Ethical Responsibility" will remain in our future.

v. 34: Pharaoh Necho made Eliakim son of Josiah king in place of his father. The Value in Gematria is 7026, ז אֶפֶסבו‎ , z ephesus, "The Third Ephesus."

Zayin is the Seventh Letter of the Alefbeis, "the Eye of the Fountain" AKA what is called Ha Shem, but if we cannot surpass the Third Letter, Gimel, "the recompense" we shall not reach a point in human evolution that is pleasing to God.

v. 35: Jehoiakim paid Pharaoh Necho the silver and gold he demanded. The Value in Gematria is 7071, "the zephyr ‎‎zapesza" "watch what happens when the wind blows between the eyes."

This bizarre combination of za pes za refers to the hand or foot that ornaments life between the ears and behind the eyes. When Moses raised his hands up and caused the wind to blow and separate the Red Sea so the trapped and desperate Israelites could have their freedom at last, what happened to the Egyptians that were too stupid to suspect what was going to happen next?

The Egyptians Drown in the Sea

26 Then the Lord told Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea and the water will come back over the Egyptians, over their chariots, and over their horsemen.” 27 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the water returned to its normal depth at daybreak. The Egyptians tried to retreat in front of the advancing water,[a] but the Lord destroyed[b] the Egyptians in the middle of the sea. 28 The water returned, covering the chariots and the horsemen of Pharaoh’s entire army that had pursued the Israelis into the sea. Not a single one of them remained.

Dead. All of them.

The Egyptians were too foolish to stop and think the very God that was working magic right in front of them in order that their former slaves could escape might bear a grudge against them and finish the job of freeing His people from their grasp, and that was a big mistake. It is a mistake the persons threatening Israel today are making. They must pay dearly for it. As dearly as possible. The Holy Torah insists on this.

And it's not just happening in Israel, to Jews, it is happening to LGBTQ people, Muslims, Africans, Ukrainians and African Americans. It is clearly time for vengeance, and after that is done, it will be time for Mashiach.

For now, tell Joe Biden in the loudest voice, the Republicans and Mormons have to be dealt with.