#genesis1:28

[daily-bible-quotes]

Genesis 1:28 God blessed them. God said to them. “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

[mariacallous]

please forgive the goy ask... is sabbath sex actually mandated ("Since a Jewish husband is supposed to fulfill his marital obligation to his wife at least on Friday night")? i've never heard that before

From one goy to another:

Rabbi Naftali Brawer:

There are two separate mitzvot in the Torah that involve sexual relations. One is to be fruitful and multiply (Genesis1:28.) The lesser-known mitzvah is for the husband to ensure he sexually satisfies his wife (Exodus 21:10). This second mitzvah is totally independent from the first and so the obligation to make love to one’s wife applies to couples regardless as to whether they wish to, or are capable of conceiving.

The very notion that sexual pleasure can itself — provided it is experienced in the right context — be a mitzvah, underscores the unique Jewish attitude to life. Judaism, on the whole, frowns upon asceticism. It sees the material world not in conflict with sanctity but rather as capable of being sanctified. Nowhere is this more evident than on Shabbat where the sacred is celebrated through the physical. This holy day is observed not just through prayer and song but also through eating, socialising, relaxing and — for married couples — sexual intimacy. Shabbat illustrates the harmony that can be achieved between the spiritual and the physical.

Throughout the week we live fragmented lives lurching between high ideals and practical realities; on Shabbat we attain a sense of wholeness, where the disparate and often opposing forces in our lives meld together in celebration of this special day of rest.

Rabbi Jonathan Romain:

Sabbath observance is not just abstaining from unpleasant tasks but also finding time for enjoyable ones. They include prayer, study, spending time with family or community, and finding space for one’s own interests. It is also the sexual and emotional relationship between a husband and wife, which can often suffer from the time pressures and stress levels that arise during the week.

Friday night, when they step back from the tsunami of pressures that overwhelm them, is an ideal time to reconnect, both personally and physically. Few would define sex as hard work, while it is not just about procreation, and is enjoyed as much by those who are past the age of menopause.

The key to a successful Shabbat is that you emerge revitalised, personally and Jewishly, and are better able to face another week.

https://www.thejc.com/judaism/rabbi-i-have-a-problem/why-is-sex-allowed-on-shabbat-1.33812

Dr. Malka Zeiger Simkovich:

By encouraging marital intimacy on the Sabbath, and by composing blessings for even the basest of bodily functions, Rabbinic traditions invite us to merge our physical surroundings with our religious identities. Rather than live in tension between indulging physical necessity and transcending these needs to attain spiritual meaning, Rabbinic Judaism helps us to attain spiritual meaning by acknowledging that God’s universal dominion is both physical and spiritual, vast and infinite.

https://www.thetorah.com/article/intimacy-on-shabbat

[julianamatovu-blog]

Sex and Dating sermon with Michael Todd from Elevation Church #genesis1:28 #mark10:26 #mark10:7-9 #Corinthians6:9 #God #theword #thetruth #dailyprayer #dailynotes #christian #sex #dating #laywithfire

[wombwindow]

America’s Great Divide

Unless one’s been living under a rock, one can’t help but notice how polarized and divided the United States has become. Our nation is divided politically for sure, but we’re also divided socially, ideologically, and spiritually. Why? I think it’s because our nation is in the grip of a great deception, a technological revolution, and an ever-increasing drift from God’s ways. A deadly cocktail for increasing disaster. Conditions that will result in difficult times for the nation. Factors that could lead to great upheaval, mass conflict, political dissolution, and, even perhaps, national collapse. We are experiencing a cultural tipping point that shouldn’t be ignored. An identity crisis that may soon be felt by everyone. So, what must a Christian do in preparation and response to these times and days? We must be sober, alert, sensitive to the Spirit, alive to the Scriptures, aware of the seasons and times, and ready. But, before we look at the what, let’s examine the why. Why are we here? Why is America so divided and what are we being deceived by? 

America is divided over many things, but two primary things are abortion and gender norms or gender fluidity. There is a clash in America between Christian moral tradition and secular progressive trends. A fair portion of Americans are in support of abortion rights and gender fluidity, including many Christians. Two modern concepts and practices that fly in the face of biblical revelation and established scientific observation. Two ideas that find themselves far afield from common-sense and reason. When Christians are grounded in Scripture, objective, and unbiased, they can only conclude that the promotion and proliferation of abortion and gender fluidity are the result of a great deception. These pursuits, of course, are not the only areas of contention and disagreement among Americans. Nor are they the only places where deception has taken root. But they are critical, emblematic, and, potentially, devastating to the United States and humanity at large. How can well-supported ideas that are contrary to the Word of God, scientific discovery, and intellectual rigor be described as anything other than deception? Our nation is being duped and coerced into complicity with these notions and practices. Americans have been deceived and compliant with abortion for fifty years now. And, more recently, tempted to believe that gender is not bestowed upon us, but, rather, chosen by us. Like all classic deceptions, abortion and gender fluidity cannot be validated or proven true. In fact, the mass of the verifiable evidence is weighed against them. They are clearly false. Abortion proponents deny and avoid the totality of the Scriptural teachings against it, and the clear biblical doctrine espousing the sanctity of human life (Jeremiah 7:30-32; Job 31:13-15; Psalm 139:13-16). Additionally, they refuse to logically address our knowledge of a baby’s development in the womb (zygote, embryo, fetus), sonogram evidence, fetal surgery, pre-term birth, fetal pain, after abortion trauma (physical and mental), abortion’s inherent prejudice and discrimination, etc. Similarly, gender fluidity proponents deny or avoid the biblical doctrine that we are all created of God into one human race, male and female (Genesis1:27-28). Refuting the revelation that we are made intentionally by a living God who knows us intimately and who has chosen for us our times, our gender, our place of birth, our form, and the dwelling of our habitation (Acts 17:24-33). Proponents of gender fluidity deny the obvious biological realities of masculinity and femininity and instead prefer the nebulous psychological preferences of one’s mind. They seek to alter reality through assertion and surgery. One cannot biologically become what one is not, no matter how many procedures are pursued to give the illusion. These two great deceptions are destroying us. Abortion and gender fluidity cause irreparable harm to humanity, create a sea of victims, and significantly diminish the population. They are divisive and contentious--always agitating a rift among the American public. Clearly, fracturing societal identification and unity. And most dangerous of all, if fully adopted, these two deceptions could lower the population below replacement level or eradicate the human race altogether. Both, by their very nature, violating the first commandment of God, “to be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth...” Lastly, given the length of time these falsehoods have assailed the nation and the increasing proliferation and promotion of them, it is clear to me that a deep deception is at work in the land. 

Still, why so rapid a spread of these deceptions? It seems, at times, as if they’ve arrived overnight. How did we get here? Complicity meets technology. Like all deceptions these are not new, they’ve just been repackaged for today. They’ve been dressed up for the hour with new terms and justifications. Abortion is tantamount to ancient child sacrifice and gender fluidity is just one of the many manifestations of sexual deviance. Nonetheless, these two ills have swept up the nation through involvement and innovation. As to involvement, over 60 million American abortions have been performed in the last half-century. Further, statistics suggest that for every one abortion five people are affected, which means you can hardly find and American today who isn’t associated directly with abortion in some way. We’ve obtained them, provided them, paid for them, encouraged them, championed them, defended them, remained silent about them, voted for them, celebrated them, and so on. Abortion is our great collective, national sin. We are all involved and we are all complicit! And as anyone knows, it’s not easy or comfortable to admit personal wrongdoing and repent. Our collaboration with abortion has left the nation cold and indifferent. And while gender fluidity cannot boast so broad a reach as abortion, it’s on the rise. It seems that everywhere one looks, lives, or engages gender norms are being challenged and changed. Public restrooms are being renamed, colleges are changing their policies, businesses are catering to new gender groups and expectations, advertising campaigns are catching the fluidity wave, politicians are introducing new legislation, and Hollywood, Disney, television, and social media are beating the drum. In fact, the gender train is a bullet train. Why? The demonic fallout of abortion and the technological revolution of the last century, and in particular the last twenty years, are why. We are living in a time of amazing availability of knowledge, media, and connectivity. The inventions and advancements of radio, television, computers, wireless phones, the internet, social media platforms, and the like, have allowed for mass distribution, connection, and promotion of any idea or product. The world is no longer quiet or slow, but loud and fast. We are living through the information age, the greatest opportunity for deception in the history of the world. 

Paul, once asked, “Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death?” And then immediately answered, “Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!” Our hope, our answer, our return to sanity is JESUS. But will we turn to Him? Today in this critical hour it seems that many are abandoning the faith, the teachings of Christ. His ways seem old and antiquated compared to the new enlightenment. He sent a book; the devil responds with a tweet. Jesus taught us to love our neighbor and sacrifice for them; the devil says indulge yourself, even if it means sacrificing another. God says I made you and everything about you is good; the devil says God made a mistake, you can do better than He did. God said, “You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die;” the devil said, “You will not surely die...you will be like God!” Perhaps, it’s time to wise up, America. Perhaps, it’s time to wise up, Christians, and stop trying to be like God?

So then, what is a Christian to do in these deceptive times? We are to look not to the new, but to the old. Look to the Ancient of Days, look to the One who made heaven and earth, and all they contain. All people need, like Paul, to make a sober estimation of themselves--to realize they need a Savior, that they can’t make it on their own. Christians need to be alert to the things of God and apply them to the times and seasons in which they find themselves. We need to say yes to God and no to those people and things that oppose Him. We need to be sensitive to the leading, prompting, and correction of the Holy Spirit in our daily walk of faith. We need to be alive to the reliable teachings of Scripture, and agree with them. My father is fond of saying, “I found out a long time ago that if the Scriptures and I disagree, I’m wrong.” Christians let us align with God’s Holy Word in all matters, especially in the important matters of the sanctity of life and gender. And, finally, my brothers and sisters in Christ, let’s be ready to love. Jesus said, “His followers would be known by their love for one another.” Love is not agreement with that which is wrong, but promotion of that which is true and right. Love is compassion, dignity, and sacrifice. We are not called to respond to the abortionist, the couple who has committed abortion, the person struggling with gender identity, homosexuality, transgender manifestation, fornication, adultery, murder, covetousness, lying, or any other sin with malice, hate, condemnation, or ostracism, but love. Christians are called to grace and truth. Let’s do both in our lives and toward our neighbors, male and female, preborn and elderly, saved and unsaved. Let’s love the way Paul put it in 1 Corinthians 13:

           “Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.”

God bless, Joel Patchen

www.annaschoice.org 

[thiarella-blog]

Origin of the Races

“Theses are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were divided in the earth after the flood” Genesis 10:32

 This is the concluding verse of the tenth chapter of Genesis, known as “The Table of Nations.” It tells us that all the original nations of the world were formed from the descendants of Noah. The basis of this worldwide was their dispersion at Babel (Genesis 11:19), ‘every one after his tongue, after their families in their nations(” Genesis 10:5 see also 10: 20 and 10:31). Lest anyone think this list of original  nations is simply folklore, he should remember that William F. Albright, probably the greatest archeologist of the 20th Century, called it “an astonishing accurate document.” Many ethnologists still speak of Japhetic, Hamitic, Semitic peoples and languages.

But what about the origin of races? One searches the Bible in vain for this information, for  neither the word nor the concept of  “race” appears in the  Bible appears at all!! There is no such thing as race except the human race! Skin color and other characteristics are mere recombination’s of innate genetic factors created in Adam and Eve to  permit development of different family characteristics as the human race was commanded to multiply and fill the earth. Genesis1:28: 9:1.

“Race” is strictly an evolutionary concept used by Darwin, Huxley, Haeckel and the other 19th-Century evolutionists to rationalize their white racism. But from the beginning it was not so! “God that made the l  world and therein ….hath of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth(Acts 17:24-26) Have we  not all one father? Hath not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother? (Malachi:2:10

[spiritualchick16-blog]

Who can write a ❤letter like this on Earth !! 💕💕My Beloved💕💕 💜 I know everything about you…Psalm 139:1 💜 I know when you sit down and when you rise up…Psalm 139:2 💜 I am familiar with all of your ways…Psalm 139:3 💜 Even the very hairs on your head are numbered…Matthew 10:29-31 💜 For you were made in My image…Genesis1:27 💜 In me you live and move and have your being…Acts 17:28 💜 I chose you when I planned creation…Ephesians 1:11-12 💜 I knew you even before you were conceived…Jeremiah 1:4-5 💜 You are fearfully and wonderfully made…Psalm 139:14 💜 I knit you together in your mother’s womb…Psalm 139:13 💜 And brought you forth on the day you were born…Psalm 71:6 💜 You were not a mistake, for all your days are written in My book. Psalm 139:15-16 💜 I am not distant and angry, but am the complete expression of love…1 John 4:16 💜 And it is My desire to lavish My love on you…1 John 3:1 💜 Simply because you are My child and I am your Father…Matthew 7:11 💜 For I am the perfect Father…Matthew 5:48 💜 Every good gift that you receive comes from My hand…James 1:17 💜 For I am your provider and I meet all your needs…Matthew 6:31-33 💜 My plan for your future has always been filled with hope…Jeremiah 29:11 💜 Because I love you with an everlasting love…Jeremiah 31:3 💜 My thoughts toward you are countless as the sand on the seashore. Ps. 139:17-18 💜 And I rejoice over you with singing…Zephaniah 3:17 💜 I will never stop doing good to you…Jeremiah 32:40 💜 For you are My treasured possession…Exodus 19:5 💜 I desire to establish you with all My heart and all My soul…Jeremiah 32:41 💜 And I want to show you great and marvelous things…Jeremiah 33:3 💜 If you seek Me with all your heart, you will find Me…Deuteronomy 4:29 💜 Delight in Me and I will give you the desires of your heart…Psalm 37:4 💜 For it is I who gave you those desires…Philippians 2:13 💜 I am able to do more for you than you could possibly imagine…Ephesians 3:20 💜 For I am your greatest encourager…2 Thes 2: 16,17.. From your loving Father, God. Thanks for this @juicymayhew it’s as beautiful as you are!

[lightfromthelighthouse]

Good Morning!☉ He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. Ecclesiastes 3:11 KJV Throughout God's creation of the world it was stated "And it was good". After six days of creating it was stated: And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. Genesis1:31 God's original creation was good and beautiful. He is still making things good and beautiful in our lives: And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28 Whatever you are going through, God will bring beauty out of it in his time. Wait on it!

[potentialisaturnon]

@Regrann from @marlothajeweler - GM QUEENS.. OUR PURPOSE TO BE ON THIS EARTH IS.. GOD SAID BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY AND FILL THE EARTH AND SUBDUE IT .. #genesis1:28 #kingdommindset #kingdomkid #inspire #love #live #peace #motivation #theword #bibicalprinciples #marlo #thevoice #theinfluencer #themilliondollarmouth

[alfredogregorioblacsi-i]

Genesis1:28|NIV God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” #blessing #creation #world (at Fort Pilar Shrine, Zamboanga City)