#in fact the events of october and November and of the past 75 years should be a wake up call for you

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Israel is an illegal state which has no right to exist and every european white settler living in the terrorist state of Israel is fully and wholly aware of the fact that they are in a land which they stole from carrying out the genocide of Palestinians who have been living there for as far back as 11000 years on the basis of a fake ridiculous piece of writing . It's very simple to understand .

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what exactly is going on in Poland right now

It shouldn’t have come as a surprise when the Polish Constitutional Tribunal proclaimed abortion illegal in the case of a fetus with a defect and/or one which is potentially dead. Perhaps there is some truth to the statement that the people should have seen it coming for years. And the same thing could be said about the fact that today, on a peaceful Wednesday on January 27th, the ruling was officially published, making it the letter of the law. 

So, what does this mean, exactly? Well, for one it makes abortion virtually illegal. The only instances in which a fetus can be legally removed are as follows: (a) legal proof of rape or incest and (b) endangerment of the life of the person carrying the fetus. 

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In reality, the numbers speak for themselves: while about a thousand abortions used to be performed every year in Poland, roughly 40 of them will now be legal (for example, the data from 2019 says that out of the 1110 operations performed that year, 1074 would be illegal as of today). Rape is undeniably almost impossible to prove in court, not to mention even getting a ruling within the first few months (realistically such cases take years and are almost never ruled in favor of the victim). Abortion therefore isn’t fully illegal, but almost unreachable for anybody (even if their health is at risk, an example of which might be the case of Alicja Tysiąc who wanted to perform an abortion because of her health and was denied that right, later on fully losing her eyesight upon being forced to give birth).

The previous law did not allow choice in the case of a healthy fetus & a healthy mother, making it one of the strictest law systems in this regard in Europe, but what it did is it offered a way out for people who were carrying a fetus that was dead or ill. So what happened? In short: the Constitutional Tribunal happened. 

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What the Tribunal is supposed to be is a body meant to guard the constitution from the potential laws imposed by the ruling parties. The politicization of the Tribunal is widely regarded to have made it into the exact opposite of that: it seems like an institution almost openly repurposed to solidify conservative and right wing reform drafted by the ruling party (Law and Justice). With its politics leaning heavily into the positions taken by the Catholic Church, the ban had already been attempted multiple times in the past. The justices put into the positions of power at the Tribunal voted on the abortion ban on October 22nd but they had yet to publish the ruling.

Meanwhile, people took to the streets. Tens of thousands marched for weeks, with the red lightning as their symbol, screaming about the many injustices the ruling party and the Polish Catholic Church have committed. The many instances of police brutality did not scare people away as they formed what is estimated to be the biggest street protests in the history of the country. The anti choice lobbyists celebrated but the overwhelming majority of the country disagreed with the Tribunal’s ruling (according to some polls as much as 75% of Poles wish to re-institute the old abortion “compromise” which consisted in the right to remove a fetus with defects, and when surveying among people aged 18-29, that percentage rose all the way up to 96%).

That being said, the social unrest started making people question the previous “compromise”, and there was a public debate about perhaps even fighting for a full pro choice option, allowing Poles to perform abortion surgeries as freely as the people from other European countries have done for the past decades. The ruling party backed down for a while, hesitant to publish the official law, waiting all the way to the last moment.

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Today marks the day when abortion, in practice, becomes illegal in Poland. The publishing of the ruling was sudden, quiet, unannounced in hopes of reducing the public outrage. Performing an abortion has become a luxury for the people who can afford leaving the country and paying for a surgery at a private clinic somewhere abroad. That is virtually impossible for the members of the working class. Groups that are also especially vulnerable are LGBTQ+ people and people from rural areas who often find no financial or emotional support in their local communities and family members. 

And so it goes. Many of us are taking to the streets again. Big cities outside of Poland will also be hosting protests in solidarity with the people in Poland. I decided against posting any direct links to the events but you can easily find them on social media, they usually gather around Polish embassies. You can also consider donating a couple of bucks to the Abortion Dream Team (an organization helping Polish people with financing abortions in foreign countries and/or help in covering the travel expanses) or to the Women’s Strike (an organization which organizes the protests). 

If you want to learn more & see more of the protests in November and December, here are some mainstream videos in English you can watch: (x) (x) (x) (x) 

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Monday, June 21, 2021

‘I quit’ (NYT) The blazing-hot job market is in part being fueled by two words: I quit. According to the Labor Department, nearly four million people quit their jobs in April, the most on record. The dynamic has placed more power firmly in workers’ hands: With employers offering higher wages and incentives to combat the labor shortage, many workers—especially in low-wage positions in restaurants and hotels—are leaving their jobs and jumping to ones that pay even slightly more. The pandemic has driven workers to quit for other reasons as well. People were able to save money and pay down their debts, giving them a cushion to leave jobs that left them dissatisfied. Other workers, disinclined to give up remote work, are abandoning jobs that are less flexible.

‘Protected them to death’: Elder-care COVID rules under fire (AP) Barbara and Christine Colucci long to remove their masks and kiss their 102-year-old mother, who has dementia and is in a nursing home in Rochester, New York. They would love to have more than two people in her room at a time so that relatives can be there too. “We don’t know how much longer she’s going to be alive,” Christine Colucci said, “so it’s like, please, give us this last chance with her in her final months on this earth to have that interaction.” Pandemic restrictions are falling away almost everywhere—except inside many of America’s nursing homes. Rules designed to protect the nation’s most vulnerable from COVID-19 are still being enforced even though 75% of nursing home residents are now vaccinated and infections and deaths have plummeted. Frustration has set in as families around the country visit their moms and, this Father’s Day weekend, their dads. Hugs and kisses are still discouraged or banned in some nursing homes. Visits are limited and must be kept short, and are cut off entirely if someone tests positive for the coronavirus. Family members and advocates question the need for such restrictions at this stage of the pandemic, when the risk is comparatively low. They say the measures are now just prolonging older people’s isolation and accelerating their mental and physical decline.

Southwest US states bake, wildfire threatens Arizona towns (AP) The Southwest U.S. continued to bake Saturday, and weather forecasters kept warnings in effect for excessive heat in Arizona, Nevada and desert areas, at least through the weekend. High temperature marks didn’t fall Saturday, but Phoenix reached a sweltering high of 115 degrees (46 C) for the day and Las Vegas hit 111 degrees (44 C). Both were 3 degrees shy of records for the date, forecasters said. In Arizona, fire officials blamed extreme heat for the spread of a wildfire that started late Wednesday and grew by Saturday to nearly 27 square miles (70 square kilometers) near Strawberry and Pine, mountain towns east of Interstate 17 between Phoenix and Flagstaff.

Life-threatening flash flooding rises in Claudette’s path (AP) Forecasters warned of life-threatening flash flooding in parts of the Deep South, particularly across central Alabama, as Tropical Depression Claudette traveled over coastal states early Sunday. Heavy rain led to high water late Saturday into early Sunday in the Birmingham and Tuscaloosa metropolitan areas. Claudette was expected to cross into the Atlantic Ocean on Monday, and regain tropical storm strength over eastern North Carolina.

US Catholic bishops and communion (NYT) The divergence of the conservative American Catholic church from Pope Francis has come into sharp focus. On Friday, U.S. Catholic bishops decided to draft new guidance on communion that would deny President Biden the sacrament because of his support for abortion rights. The vote flouted a warning from the Vatican and was squarely aimed at Biden, above on Saturday, perhaps the most religiously observant president since Jimmy Carter. The bishops are expected to vote on a text in November. But on Saturday, Pope Francis said nothing, church officials and experts said, because he remains confident that the American conservatives would never have enough votes to pass a doctrinal declaration on banning communion. Nonetheless, the pope’s allies worry that the rite of communion will be turned into a political weapon.

At least 15 die in multiple attacks near US-Mexico border (AP) Gunmen aboard a number of vehicles staged attacks in several neighborhoods in the Mexican border city of Reynosa on Saturday, and at least 15 people died in clashes that caused widespread panic, according to local law enforcement. The Tamaulipas state agency coordinating security forces said in a statement that the attacks began in the early afternoon in several neighborhoods in the eastern part of the city, which borders McAllen, Texas. The area’s criminal activity has long been dominated by the Gulf Cartel, but there have been fractures within the gang.

As Brazil tops 500,000 deaths, protests against president (AP) Anti-government protesters took to the streets in more than a score of cities across Brazil on Saturday as the nation’s confirmed death toll from COVID-19 soared past half a million—a tragedy many critics blame on President Jair Bolsonaro’s attempt to minimize the disease. Saturday’s marches came a week after Bolsonaro led a massive motorcycle parade of supporters in Sao Paulo, though his allies and foes differ dramatically on the size of that event.

EU Opens The Door To American Travelers. But Be Sure To Read The Fine Print (NPR) Americans are now able to visit the European Union again, vaccinated or not. The European Council has updated its list of countries whose citizens and residents should be allowed to travel freely to the bloc’s 27 member nations, and the United States is finally on it. But before you get on a plane, be aware there may be catches. In fact, there could be 27 different combinations of them. While the updated list published Friday is a recommendation on who may be granted entry based on their home country’s health situation, each EU government makes its own border decisions. This includes what nationalities to admit, whether to require PCR or rapid antigen coronavirus tests upon arrival, and whether quarantine is mandatory. And there’s yet another factor EU governments may take into account when deciding whether to grant access to American travelers: reciprocity. The U.S. government has not yet lifted its ban on non-essential travel by Europeans.

Feeling abandoned by Europe, Greece hardens migration policy (Reuters) With walled camps and tougher border controls, Greece is hardening its approach ahead of summer when migrant arrivals pick up, defying criticism from aid groups and saying it has little choice given a lack of support from the rest of Europe. The squalid conditions facing many asylum-seekers were laid bare last year when a fire devastated the sprawling Moria camp on Lesbos, and Greece has denied repeated accusations that its coast guard vessels have pushed back migrant boats as they entered Greek waters from Turkey. Greece was the frontline of Europe’s migration crisis in 2015, when a million refugees from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan landed. The numbers have slowed sharply since, but Greece says it is still left shouldering much of the burden.

Thailand Once Shut Out Covid-19 but Is Now Pivoting to Living With It (WSJ) Last year, Thailand was one of the world’s top performers at fighting the coronavirus. It sacrificed the tourism dollars that normally buoy its economy to shut out Covid-19. In September, it celebrated 100 consecutive days of no locally transmitted infections. The government is now making a stark departure from that vision of an infection-free oasis. Its new message: Learn to live with the virus long term. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha pledged this week to fully reopen the nation in the next 120 days, or by mid-October, allowing most restrictions on business and tourism to be lifted. Foreign visitors would have to be vaccinated but could enter and travel freely. Doing so, he said, would mean accepting higher infection rates, but the step is necessary to ease the enormous suffering of those struggling to earn a living. “I know this decision comes with some risk because when we open the country, there will be an increase in infections, no matter how good our precautions,” he said in a televised address Wednesday. “But, I think, when we take into consideration the economic needs of people, the time has now come for us to take that calculated risk.”

Australia accused of 'excessive and unnecessary' secrecy (AP) Australia’s suppression of information seen as pivotal to a free and open media is at the center of accusations that the country has become one of the world’s most secretive democracies. Last week, a former Australian spy was convicted over his unconfirmed role as a whistleblower who revealed an espionage operation against the government of East Timor. It’s the latest high-profile case in a national system in which secrecy laws, some dating back to the colonial era, are routinely used to suppress information. Police have also threatened to charge journalists who exposed war crime allegations against Australian special forces in Afghanistan, or bureaucrats’ plan to allow an intelligence agency to spy on Australian citizens. Australians don’t even know the name of the former spy convicted Friday. The Canberra court registry listed him as “Witness K.” K spent the two-day hearing in a box constructed from black screens to hide his identity. The public and media were sent out of the courtroom when classified evidence was discussed, which was about half the time. The only sign that anyone was actually inside the box was when a voice said “guilty” after K was asked how he pleaded.

After cease-fire, Israel and Hamas revert to calibrated routine of provocation and reprisal (Washington Post) On just the second day of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s tenure, Jewish nationalists marched through East Jerusalem, which Israel occupied in the 1967 war, yelling, “Death to Arabs.” In what Hamas said was a response, the group launched incendiary balloons from Gaza, injuring no one but burning crops and wildlands. Hours later, Israeli warplanes struck two “military sites” in Gaza, injuring no one but unnerving residents. This was a version of the finely calibrated dance of provocation and reprisal well known to residents on both sides of the Gaza-Israel border. Nearly a month after a cease-fire ended 11 days of intense fighting, neither side is eager for a return to a full air war, according to military and political analysts, although the situation remains volatile. Hamas launched more fire balloons Thursday and Israel hit additional sites in Gaza, again with no reported injuries. But so far, Hamas has not resumed rocket fire, which would all but ensure a more muscular response from the Israeli military. Both sides are pressing their demands in negotiations over a longer-term truce being brokered by Egyptian mediators. Israel is insisting that Hamas return the remains of soldiers it has held since 2014 and two Israeli citizens it is assumed to hold. Hamas wants Israel to release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and stop blocking millions of dollars that Qatar is seeking to provide to pay Palestinian government salaries in Gaza. As the talks go on, an international program to help Gaza rebuild is waiting to launch. Israel has yet to open the border crossings, except for humanitarian and emergency traffic. No mail has reached Gaza since fighting broke out May 10.

Jordan’s unprecedented palace drama moves to the courtroom (AP) Jordan’s version of a trial of the century gets under way Monday when a relative of King Abdullah II and a former chief of the royal court are to be ushered into the defendants’ cage at the state security court to face charges of sedition and incitement. They are accused of conspiring with a senior royal—Prince Hamzah, a half-brother of the king—to foment unrest against the monarch while soliciting foreign help. The palace drama erupted into the open in early April, when Hamzah was placed under house arrest. It has since broken taboos in Jordan and sent jitters through foreign capitals, with Western powers rallying behind Abdullah, an indispensable ally in an unstable region. The case exposed rivalries in Jordan’s traditionally discreet Hashemite dynasty and spawned unprecedented public criticism of the monarch. The defendants are the most senior establishment figures to appear before the security court, which typically goes after drug offenders or suspected militants. “As far as I know, there has not been a case this big in the history of Jordan,” said defense lawyer Ala Khasawneh. The state news agency Petra said the trial starts Monday.

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Opinion // Sorry, Jared, This Time It’s Not the Palestinians Who Have 'Screwed Up,' It’s You

When Jared Kushner on CNN accused the Palestinians of 'screwing up another opportunity,' he not only overlooked Israel’s own screw-ups, but entirely mischaracterized the Trump plan as an opportunity for peace

— Elie Podeh | January 29, 2020

White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner at the launch of the Trump administration's much-anticipated plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. White House, Jan. 28, 2020.

It is a special occasion when a peace plan commissioned by an American president to resolve the Israeli-Arab conflict is launched. But true to President Donald Trump’s record, his peace plan may have disrupted norms - but despite the fanfare, it is far from a real opportunity.

In the long history of the conflict, only three peace plans have been identified with a U.S. president: The Reagan Plan (1982), the Clinton Parameters (2000), and the "Roadmap" - identified with Bush but did not bear his name (2003). In other cases, American peace plans or initiatives were identified with secretaries of state in order to not embarrass the president in case they failed. This was the case with the Rogers Plan in 1969, the Shultz Initiative in 1988, and the Kerry Initiative in 2013-14.

Trump’s Unreal Deal: No Peace, No Plan, No Palestinians, No Point.

The release of a peace plan should be outstanding opportunity to advance a resolution. Its release, in general, follows dramatic events, such as wars, revolutions and regime change.

It was no surprise that the Rogers Plan was released after the 1967 War; Kissinger began his step by step diplomacy following the Yom Kippur War that led to the disengagement agreements between Israel and Syria in 1974-75; Reagan presented his plan after the Lebanon War; Shultz presented his initiative after the outbreak of the First Palestinian Intifada in 1987; the Madrid Conference convened in 1991 following the Gulf War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union; and Bush released the "Roadmap" during the Second Palestinian Intifada that broke out in 2000.

The release of a peace plan should therefore be a cause for celebration. Delving into the details of the Trump peace plan offers no such satisfaction.

The plan is doomed to fail for several reasons: First, the Americans, as honest brokers, should have consulted also with Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority and not only with Israel and the Arab states.

U.S. Secretary of State Kerry, left, meets with Israeli and Palestinian negotiators in 2013, shorty before diplomacy froze.

Since 2017 there has been a serious rupture between the United States and the PA; that bad blood was intensified by Trump’s closure of the Palestinian mission in Washington and the U.S. cutting aid to UNRWA. The absence of the Palestinians from theprocess of devising the plan has created a situation like a chess game with one player. That the plan was launched with no Palestinian representative is testimony to the discord between Trump and the Palestinians, as well as the Palestinians’ unwillingness to play the game.

Second, the details of the plan show its clear unilateralism in its adoption of Israeli positions, especially those supported by right-wingers and settlers. It gives a green light to the Israeli annexation of the Jordan Valley and the settlements. Palestinians are offered an ever-diminishing stake: in the Oslo agreements the Palestinians accepted just 22 percent of historic Palestine (within the 1967 borders), but Trump now offers them much less territory. On Jerusalem and refugees, the plan far from the Palestinians’ positions.

In return for their concessions on Jerusalem, territory and the refugees, Trump is trying to entice the Palestinians with a financial "bribe" – $50 billion – an unsecured, unsourced fortune, to be offered over ten years.

The sign for the Office of the Palestinian Diplomatic Mission is taken down marking the office's closure in Washington, DC. October 10, 2018.

The fact that the Trump Peace Plan stands in complete contrast to all previous plans is not necessarily a bad thing. However, if it represents the interests of only one side of the conflict, then it is bad, and it does not have any chance of being accepted.

Every successful peace agreement is a compromise that required each side to give up on demands that were perceived in the past as necessary and vital. They were never achieved by dictation or surrender. In a fair agreement, both sides leave with half (or less) of their desired outcomes. That is not the situation here.

Palestinian Hamas militants pray during an anti-Israel military show in the southern Gaza Strip November 11, 2019.

This plan is the wet dream of Israelis located in the center and rightward on the political map. However, its presentation, and all the more so, its implementation, will be one bridge too far, and will not serve Israeli goals. There are several reasons for this.

First, it will strengthen the positions of those refusing peace on the Arab side. Those rejectionists argue in any case that Israel (and the "Jewish Lobby") and the United States are in cahoots.

Second, it will further weaken the moderates on the Palestinian side who believe in a peaceful and negotiated resolution to the conflict. In such a situation, escalation with Hamas in Gaza and mass demonstrations in the West Bank are not imaginary scenarios. In fact, the pressure cooker in the West Bank that is already bubbling as a result of economic and social causes, as well as anger about the corruption of the PA, is likely to explode now against Israel (a third Intifada). The violence would surge if Israel decides to annex the Jordan Valley and the settlements.

Third, Egypt and Jordan, signatories to peace treaties with Israel, will now face heavily oppositional domestic public pressure and will not be able to support Trump’s plan, despite the fact that they have an interest in advancing a peaceful solution. But not one that looks like this. Recalling ambassadors and freezing bilateral relations are steps that have already been taken in the past and could easily be re-implemented.

Finally, the creeping normalization of Israel’s relations with the Gulf states is likely to suffer. True, the UAE, Omani and Bahraini ambassadors took part in the launching of the plan and Saudi Arabia released a mild statement in response to the launch. Yet, any Israeli move to unilaterally implement its share of the plan would not pass unanswered.

The release of Trump’s peace plan at the present time is a blatantly political maneuver. It was concocted in coordination between Trump and Netanyahu, in order to assist the Israeli prime minister’s reelection. The release of the plan just before the elections is a direct intervention in Israel’s domestic politics, intended to embarrass Netanyahu’s only real challenger, Benny Gantz by putting him in a situation where he cannot come out against the plan. If Netanyahu intervened in the domestic politics of the United States when he spoke in Congress in 2015 two weeks before the U.S. elections, Trump has now repaid him.

Jared Kushner, senior adviser to the President, says the White House's Middle East plan is "a great deal" and if Palestinians reject it, “they’re going to screw up another opportunity, like they’ve screwed up every other opportunity that they’ve ever had in their existence.” — Braindead Zionist Cunt Jared Kushner’s Bullshit on CNN

Former Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban is often quoted that the "Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity." Interestingly, Jared Kushner, senior adviser to the President, declared Tuesday evening on CNN that if the Palestinians reject the plan "they’re going to screw up another opportunity, like they’ve screwed up every other opportunity that they’ve ever had in their existence." Well, he forgot that Israel as well has missed a few opportunities, of which the Arab Peace Initiative (2002) was the latest and most substantial.

But more important, this time the Palestinians are not be missing an opportunity, because the Trump peace plan simply does not constitute an opportunity to resolve the conflict. Sadly, it might end up serving as a trigger for escalation, and the eruption of violence.

Prof. Elie Podeh is a Board Member at Mitvim - The Israeli Institute for Regional Foreign Policies and teaches in the Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the Hebrew University. He is currently a visiting professor at the Middle East Centre at the London School of Economics

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Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Coin Program launched on January 24

Mike Olson, astronaut Charlie Duke, Dotty Duke, and Tom Uram.

By Louis Golino

Rarely has a U.S. Mint commemorative coin program elicited as much interest as the 2019 Apollo 11 50th anniversary coins did in the run-up to their January 24 release. With a theme that undoubtedly resonates with both American and foreign collectors, and potentially non-collectors who learn of their existence too, the coins’ appeal has a lot to do with the fact that the most active numismatic demographic group — men in their mid-50s or older — were alive in 1969 and vividly recall the moon landing.

The original proposal for this program — only the second set of curved U.S. coins after the 2014 Baseball Hall of Fame issues — dated to a November 2014 Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee meeting when member Michael Olson suggested it. The legislation creating the program was passed in December 2016 after an extended effort to secure congressional approval. 

In the months following the October 11 launch of the designs at the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum and the December 13 first-strike ceremony at the Philadelphia Mint, interest in these coins appeared to remain very high, particularly for the five-ounce silver Proof version (the first curved and reeded Proof piece from the U.S. Mint) and the two-coin set with a clad Apollo 11 half dollar and a clad Kennedy half dollar with an enhanced Reverse Proof finish unique to the set. Both products were widely expected to sell out quickly. Plus, all the silver coins were for the first time struck with .999 fineness, rather than the usual .900 — something collectors have requested for years and that brings our coins in line with what world mints produce.

Launch of Coins

Sales began on January 24 at 12:00 noon EST on the Mint’s website at retail sales locations at the Denver and Philadelphia Mint’s and Mint headquarters in Washington, DC and at an event held at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Mint’s site was probably the slowest it had been since the 2011 release of the 25th Anniversary American Silver Eagle Set, and many buyers reported experiencing delays getting through the various stages of the ordering process.

Lt. General Don Rodgers, Mike Olson, former CCAC member and current Astronauts Memorial Foundation board member, June Scobee Rodgers (widow of Challenger Commander Dick Scobee), former CCAC Chair Gary Marks, CCAC member Erik Jansen, and Kathie Scobee Fulgham (daughter of Challenger Commander Dick Scobee and Astronauts Memorial Foundation board member).

The launch event was attended by several astronauts and their families and other invited guests such as current and former members of the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee who played roles in creating the coins. These included new CCAC Chairman Thomas J. Uram, who delivered remarks on behalf of U.S. Mint Director David J. Ryder and who was a member of the jury that selected the winning obverse design; former Chairman Gary Marks; current member Erik Jansen, who represents the general public; and Michael Olson, who is also a member of the Astronauts Memorial Foundation’s board and noted that astronauts and their families at the event were excited about the coins, which sold briskly.

Tom Uram delivering remarks at the launch event on behalf of Mint Director David Ryder.

During his speech, Mr. Uram said that a complete sellout of the program (which will run through the end of 2019, or as long as the coins are available) would generate $14.5 million for the three recipient organizations: The Astronauts Memorial Foundation, Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, and the Smithsonian Institution’s Air and Space Museum’s exhibit on the Apollo 11 mission.

He also noted:

Every coin that the United States Mint produces helps to tell a story that teaches us about America’s history or connects us to a special memory. Each time a person looks at one of these commemorative silver dollars, it will serve as a reminder of the unprecedented engineering, scientific, and political achievement that secured our Nation’s leadership in space for generations.

In addition, he mentioned the forthcoming “historic collaboration” between the Mint and the Royal Australian Mint:

We will be producing a special set featuring a U.S. Apollo 50th Anniversary half dollar paired with an Australian 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing one-ounce $5 silver coin. This jointly-issued set magnificently symbolizes our long-standing alliance and friendship with Australia.

Former legislative aide to Congressman Posey Dieter Jobe, Mike Olson, Charlie Duke, Ann Collins Starr (daughter of Michael Collins), Gary Marks, Erik Jansen, Tom Uram, Andrew Uram, and Thad Altman.

Astronaut Charlie Duke, the 10th person to walk on the moon during Apollo 16, said:

The surcharges from this coin have been authorized to support the missions of three non-profits who represent the history of the space program while supporting the next generation of explorers, innovators and calculated risk-takers who will continue to discover new frontiers.

As for the secondary market, the fact that few dealers were offering premiums to buyers willing to sell directly to them, apart from a company offering a $75-premium for a five-pack of the two-coin half dollar set, suggested that they initially may not have expected the coins to have a lot of secondary market potential. Or, dealers simply believed they would not have difficulty obtaining what they needed directly from the Mint and planned to gauge buyer interest before making large purchases. 

Five-Ounce Coins Backordered

An early sell-out of the five-ounce silver Proof dollar, or the two-coin half dollar set, failed to materialize on January 24, but the five-ounce piece went into backorder status within eight or nine minutes with an anticipated ship date for additional coins of May 1. The potential problem with that is that most buyers of modern U.S. coins do not want to purchase coins that will not ship for months, in part because some want to have them graded and be eligible for PCGS First Strike and NGC Early Release status, and in part because they simply do not want to wait a long time for their coins.

The mystery factor is how many of the five-ounce pieces were produced of the 51,271 ordered on the first day, which many purchasers believed was substantially less than that number. Many buyers reported their orders had shipped during the first or second day of sales, while many others who ordered before the backorder status began still had their orders back-ordered, which they found frustrating.

Gary Marks, chairman of the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee from 2010 to 2015, said:

When I was on the committee, I urged both Moy and Peterson [former Mint Director Edmund Moy and former Deputy Director Richard Peterson] that avid numismatists needed to be added to the leadership of the sales and marketing staff.  Without the insights such folks could bring to decisions we get the type of disconnect we saw yesterday; almost immediate back order status that discourages potential buyers.” Marks added that ���The coins are stunningly beautiful. The production side of the Mint should be recognized for their great work.

Given the widespread view among collectors and numismatic observers that the five-ounce coin was basically a slam-dunk, and the prediction at the design unveiling in October of Mint Director David Ryder that those coins could sell out in 10 minutes, it was surprising that the Mint did not produce the entire 100,000-maximum mintage in advance of sales. Michael White of the Mint’s Office of Public Affairs said in response to a request for this article:

The Mint does not strike all the coins for any specific program option but mints to an initial marketing forecast.

It is possible, as some collectors speculated in coin forums, that the Mint had difficulty producing enough coins before the launch, especially since it had been reported in Coin World that there were production issues with the five-ounce coins.  Each “individually machined” die, which initially took 14 hours to produce (that was later reduced to 11.5 hours), was only able to make 100 coins. Perhaps not enough dies were ready in advance of the launch to make all the coins, or the Mint decided to gauge demand before producing additional dies and coins at considerable expense.

First Day Sales

Hover to zoom.

The day after the launch of the coins the Mint announced first day sales, and the two products most expected to sell well each sold about half of their maximum mintage, and the next best-selling items were the gold coins that sold a little under half their maximums:

19CA2019 APOLLO 11 GOLD PROOF 15,544 19CB2019 APOLLO 11 GOLD UNCIRCULATED7,78119CC 2019 APOLLO 11 SILVER PROOF86,07319CD2019 APOLLO 11 SILVER UNCIRCULATED 35,38019CE2019 APOLLO 11 CLAD PROOF29,56019CF2019 APOLLO 11 HALF DOLLAR SPECIAL SET49,82519CG2019 APOLLO 11 CLAD UNCIRCULATED20,87719CH2019 APOLLO 11 SILVER PROOF FIVE-OUNCE51,271

Almost 300,000 coins were sold on the first day. Additionally, the Bureau of Engraving Apollo 11 engraved print sold out on the first day as well. Mr. Olson, the former CCAC member who not only proposed the program but also spearheaded the effort to turn it into a congressionally-authorized commemorative program, said he was very pleased with the first day’s sales. He noted that, unlike in past instances when many collectors were unable to order the coins they wanted because so many went to dealers and flippers, this time “the end user,” i.e., the collector who plans to keep their coins, was able to get what they wanted.

Mr. Olson added that he expects all product options to sell out by the end of the year or sooner and that recipient groups will be promoting sales of the coins. He also said it was “a good move” by the Mint to lift household limits the second day of sales.

To him, the footprint on the reverse of each coin is “the most outstanding feature,” especially on the gold Proof coins because the mirrored footprint really pops, contrasting with the more matte background of the lunar surface. In addition, in exclusive comments for Coin Update, Mr. Olson said that he is exploring the possibility of working to promote another coin program that would honor the Space Shuttle program that began in 1981 and ended in 2011.

Collectors, Dealers, and the Market

The fact that no coins sold out the first day, including the two coins most widely expected to do so, led coin forum bloggers like many on Mint News Blog and other sites to proclaim the program’s initial sales “dismal.” They also suggested it implied the future of numismatics within the U.S. is not bright, an opinion expressed frequently by many collectors, but which other dealers and collectors believe does not reflect the overall state of the hobby. For example, attendance and sales were very strong at the recent FUN coin show in Florida, and there are also other indicators of a strengthening market such as rising precious metal prices and increased demand for bullion coins, among others.

Early media reports also emphasized the lack of early sellouts, but the initial sales numbers probably said less about the program’s success and more about the caution of flippers of U.S. Mint products after mixed results in recent years. Besides, the $5 gold Proof coins went into backorder on January 27, which further suggested that disappointment about initial sales was likely premature. 

On January 27, one major retailer listed PCGS-graded examples of all the Apollo coins with the five-ounce piece listed at $550 in Proof 70 and $320 in Proof 69, and those prices increased soon afterward. Proof 69 and 70 examples of the $5 gold coin sold out immediately, as did all their five-ounce coins and Mint State and Proof 70 one-ounce coins.

On eBay, ungraded pucks, as many call the large silver pieces, settled in at around $300-$320 the day after their launch, while Proof 70 coins brought $600-$700 and even $900 for examples in holders with signatures of astronauts. By the weekend, ungraded coins continued to move a little higher, to $350 each.

By Sunday, more sellers had presale offers for other coins, and the one-ounce coins in MS and PF-70 continued to move up in price from about $170 or less to $250 and more per coin and several major sellers sold out of their initial supply.

Defining Success

Collectors of U.S. Mint coins obviously would prefer that their purchases at least maintain their value. But particularly when it comes to commemoratives, even high-interest programs like the 2014 baseball coins or the new Apollo 11 coins, it is advisable not to view them as investments or money-makers apart primarily from coins in the top grades.

With the Apollo issues, some collectors believe the high price being paid for PF-70 coins has a lot to do with the large surface area of the coin, making it harder to get the top grade. That remains to be determined by the PCGS population and NGC census reports.

Moreover, the success or failure of these programs can be measured in different ways, not just by how quickly they sell out, or whether they sell for more than issue price after their release. Perhaps too many buyers place excessive emphasis on this aspect, especially since commemoratives are intended mainly as items to cherish and enjoy.

Considering how many times buyers have complained about being locked out of high-profile programs like this in the past, the fact that people could order the coins they wanted, even if they had orders on back order, was significant.

For the Mint, the collector, and the recipient organizations, the Apollo program has already been a huge success in a short period. And the program has also earned an important place in the annals of American numismatics.

Louis Golino is an award-winning numismatic journalist and writer specializing primarily in modern U.S. and world coins. His work has appeared in Coin World, CoinWeek, The Greysheet and CPG Market Review, The Numismatist, Numismatic News, FUN Topics, The Clarion and COINage, among other publications. His first coin-writing position was with Coin Update.

In 2015, his CoinWeek.com column, “The Coin Analyst,” received an award from the Numismatic Literary Guild for best website column. By 2017, he received an NLG award for best article in a non-numismatic publication with his “Liberty Centennial Designs,” which was published in Elemetal Direct. In October 2018 he received a literary award from the Pennsylvania Association of Numismatists (PAN) for his article, “Lady Liberty: America’s Enduring Numismatic Motif,” that appeared in The Clarion in 2017.

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Joe’s Weather Blog: Happy St Patrick’s Day + our next rain chance (SUN-3/17)

To say the weather on St Patrick’s Day can be all over the place would but putting it very mildly. The cold high was 24° back in 1892…2 years later we hit 84° for our warmest St Patrick’s Day. We had a stretch of warm ones in 2009, 2011 and 2012 with upper 70s to around 80°. The coldest low was back in 1906 with temperatures down to 10°. In 2014 we had a low of 18° and in 1960 we had…18″ of snow on the ground. In 1958 we had over 1″ of snow on today’s date. So this time of the year is usually a battle between spring and winter.

Forecast:

Today: Partly cloudy skies and not as mild as yesterday with highs 50-55°

Tonight: Variable clouds with perhaps a sprinkle? Lows in the upper 20s

Monday: About like today…50-55°

Tuesday: Showers possible…with highs 50-55°

Discussion

See yesterday’s blog about the latest river information upstream of KC towards NW MO…including updates on river stage forecasts.

I’m getting ready to head out for the St Patrick’s Day parade and I’m reminded of the scene when the cars we are passengers in are making the surn southwards on Broadway to a throng of revelers. In some years the trees (especially the Pear trees) have blossomed out and look fabulous as they can do during the spring season…this year though nary a bud to be found I don’t think.

I was doing some research yesterday and trying to find a way to point out how “grinding” this winter has been, especially related tot eh colder weather. A lot of you are over the cold…which I totally get…but this winter has been a bit strange from that standpoint.

We started the middle of October with our earliest accumulating snow in KC (.2″). Then we had the blizzard on Thanksgiving weekend..a bunch of small snow events…a few bigger ones and essentially no prolonged mildness to speak of except what happened in early December. Our “faux” thaw I guess. Anyway what we’ve been missing this winter is interludes of milder days. So I wanted to investigate that a bit more and see if that adds any clarity.

My colleagues at the NWS in KC sent out a tweet the other day…

The high temp at Kansas City Int'l Airport has remained below 65° for 133 days now, which ties a record set in 1912. Based on this afternoon's forecast high of 62, we should break that record today, but it will be close.

— NWS Kansas City (@NWSKansasCity) March 13, 2019

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This caught my eye…and let’s tack on another 4 days to that by the way…and for that matter add on another few more to that too because we won’t be sniffing 65° for awhile I fear.

So here is what I did…looked back to the period from November 1st through 3/16…and wanted to see how many days of 60°+ we’ve had…65°+ …70°+ and 75°+ …and then compare that to the last few years of the same time period.

Temperature 2018-19 2017-18 2016-17 2015-16 2014-15 60° Or higher 9 22 37 49 25 65° Or Higher 0 11 27 23 14 70° Or Higher 0 4 16 14 8 75° Or Higher 0 1 4 3 3

I think that table is pretty interesting…as a matter of fact this year…the 9 days of 60° or higher is the fewest since 1993 I believe. Hmmmm what happened back in 1993? Oh yeah…flooding.

Then again…look what happens after the season’s 1st 70° day…on average.

Updated map showing the average snowfall AFTER recording the first 70°F day of the year using all available stations (n=3,094; 1981-2018). @wxjay pic.twitter.com/Lijg2sWTJ2

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You know for as chilly as it’s been…March isn’t exactly turning into a gangbuster snowy month (so far) in KC…we’ve had 2.8″ which IF it stopped there would be tied for the 51st snowiest March in KC.

Our next system is due in on Tuesday but it won’t rain all day long…as a matter of fact we may try to warm-up a bit as a surface low comes close to the I-70 corridor region.

It’s a weak system overall…and the better moisture may be more towards northern MO…not helping the saturated conditions up there but not having a big effect on the flood situation…and you can see the drop off towards the south. It’s also possible that depending on when exactly we start getting some light precip going early Tuesday…there still could be a few ice pellets/flakes mixed in briefly.

How warm we get on Tuesday is a bit of a tough forecast. We average the mid 50s now…and IF we can get dry weather for awhile on Tuesdya and IF we can get some sort of SE/S wind move into the KC Metro…we could warm-up more than I think (50-55°).

IF it rains all day long…we’ll be much cooler…but there has been a trend for milder weather with the more concentrated rain coming towards the later part of the day.

Beyond that nothing really remarkable overall…at least from a temperature standpoint and use the data below cautiously because we are definitely at the time of the year where these values change a lot.

On that note I will mention to be aware of changing temperature forecasts for the next few weeks especially as we start to transition the seasons. The battle between the warm and cold air masses gets more intense now…winter tries to hang on while the daylight gets longer and the sun angle gets even stronger. This time of the year can be rather perilous for forecasting high temperatures as well even 24 hours out. Not that those forecasts are bad…but there is a tendency I think to underestimate potential warmth by a few degrees.

Back to the slow start to spring…and granted it doesn’t “officially” start for another few more days…but the vegetation doesn’t go by calendars…

Notice the blues encroaching farther and farther north in the last few days of the animation above…this signals a delay in the typical spring “green-up” that is expanding northbound. Areas towards the deep south are having an early spring green-up though…

There have been years in the past that I’ve written about our early spring green-ups coming up into KC…as recently as a couple of years ago. Last year was another slow green-up for us with the crummy March and April weather we endured.

Speaking of which…the 1st 16 days this month are the 19th coldest start to March in KC weather history. Remember how crummy last March was…well on average through the 1st 16 days it was 10° warmer!!!

I did a double take when I saw that this morning. We had a lot of 40s though on the back half of March last year…hopefully we can do better this year.

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A Retailer’s Guide to Corporate Social Responsibility: 7 Tips and Examples of CSR in Retail

https://120profit.com/?p=1130&utm_source=SocialAutoPoster&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Tumblr Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is becoming an increasingly popular concept in the retail world. More and more merchants are realizing that giving back doesn’t just make the world a better place, it’s also good for business. Research has shown that 87% of customers consider CSR in their purchase decisions, and that “given similar price and quality, consumers [91%] are likely to switch brands to one that is associated with a good cause.” Clearly, engaging in corporate social responsibility can earn you extra points (and sales) from customers. That’s why if don’t have any CSR initiatives in place, you may want to cook up ways in which you can align your business with ethical practices and good causes. Here are a few ideas to help you do this: 1. Create special products for charity If you create or design your own merchandise, consider creating specific lines or products specifically for charity. That’s what Francesca, a jewelry retailer does, and it’s working out beautifully for them. According to their website, their business has raised over $87,000 to charity so far. Here’s how it works. Francesca has a number of jewelry pieces that were designed with specific charitable organizations in mind. For example, they have the Be Hers Medallion which was released in support of 2018 Be Her Freedom events. There’s also the Awareness Bracelet, which was created for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. Proceeds from sales of these pieces go directly their charity partners. 2. Create or participate in events that promote giving Every year, there’s an event called Giving Tuesday which is celebrated on the Tuesday following American Thanksgiving (this year it falls on November 27). This day is all about giving back. Businesses and consumers participate in charitable initiatives, and the movement is largely fueled by social media with the hashtag #GivingTuesday. Over the past few years, retailers have increasingly participated. There’s Petco, which donated pet toys to a number of animal shelters.Meanwhile, Draper James’, the clothing line owned by Reese Witherspoon, donated 100% of the proceeds from their #DJSisterhood collection to Girls Inc for Giving Tuesday. Now, you don’t have to wait for Giving Tuesday to come along in order to do something charitable. Most causes have dedicated awareness days or even months. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, while April is National Parkinson’s Awareness Month. Find the best time of year to raise awareness or funds for your cause, then launch a retail event for it. 3. Be conscious of how your products are sourced or manufactured While trying to lower production costs is just good business, don’t do it at the expenses of laborers or the environment. More and more consumers are starting to care about how products are sourced or manufactured. In fact, a lot of them would be willing to pay more for merchandise produced responsibly. As we cited in our post about competing with fast fashion, “an informal study of 390 consumers found that ‘over 75% of respondents agreed that they would be willing to pay more for clothing produced using responsible labor practices.’ Similarly, a YouGov poll found that 74% of shoppers ‘would be happy to pay an extra 5% for their clothes if there was a guarantee that workers were being paid fairly and working in safe conditions.’” Ask yourself, are your products sourced or manufactured responsibly? If you answered no or if you’re unsure, you may want to re-examine your suppliers. Get in touch and talk about their policies and working conditions to see if they’re upholding ethical business practices and working conditions. Have a look at what Everlane is doing. The apparel retailer spends months finding the best factories and ensuring that they’re in line with the company’s values. “We visit them often, and build strong personal relationships with the owners,” says Everlane on its website. “This hands-on approach is the most effective way to ensure a factory’s integrity. As an added assurance we also require stringent workplace compliancy paperwork.” 4. Sponsor a community initiative There are likely plenty of CSR opportunities right in your backyard. Do some research on what’s going on in your community and see if there are any charitable initiatives or events that you could support. Is a local non-profit org hosting an event? Are members of your community raising money for a new recreation center? Do what you can to support these efforts. You could, for example, sponsor that local event or donate a portion of your revenues towards the fundraising effort. Doing so will not only enrich your neighborhood, but it could also boost your image in the community. 5. Donate revenue or products One of the most common ways to engage in CSR is to support a charitable organization. Look for a group that supports a cause you believe in, get in touch, and strategize on how you can support them. You can, for example, donate a portion of your revenues to that charity. That’s what the GAP is doing in its Give Twice initiative. For every gift card sold, the retailer donates 2% of the purchase to organizations such as CARE or Communities in Schools. Other retailers are opting to donate products. Take medical apparel retailer FIGS, for example. The company has a program called Threads for Threads where it donates a set of scrubs to a healthcare provider in need, for every set of scrubs sold on its website. There are also businesses that decide to set up their own foundations. Companies such as Starbucks and Chipotle have taken charitable giving into their own hands by creating organizations under their own brands. Of course, this route may be a bit more complicated, so for a lot of SMBs, it might make more sense to partner up with existing organizations. 6. Invest in your workforce CSR isn’t just about external initiatives. The concept of giving can also be applied to your employees. Remember that it pays to treat and compensate employees well. Studies have shown that retailers who invest in their workforce not only have more motivated employees who provide better customer service, they also tend to be more profitable. In a New Yorker.com piece about retail staffing, James Surowiecki cites a Wharton School study that found that “every dollar in additional payroll led to somewhere between four and twenty-eight dollars in new sales.” One retailer that exemplifies this is Costco, which has reaped the benefits of paying and treating employees well. As TriplePundit’s Leon Kaye put it: While most big box retailers insist on paying low wages with the claim that thin margins require reduced labor costs, Costco for years has been breaking the mold. Wall Street squawks that the membership warehouse giant should push for higher profit margins and reduced labor costs, meanwhile the company, led by its iconoclastic founder and former CEO, Jim Sinegal, constantly flicks his chin at The Street and its yammering analysts. The results: happy employees, enviable stock performance and a brilliant shopping model that, let’s face it, bludgeons consumers into shopping happily for more. 7. Promote diversity Speaking of your workforce, a growing number of companies are engaging in CSR through more diverse hiring practices. For instance, back in 2007, when Walgreen’s established a distribution center in South Carolina, the company set a goal to fill 30% of the 800 jobs with individuals who had intellectual and developmental disabilities. It was a wonderful effort that proved to be incredibly successful. According to the Huffington Post, “By adapting the on-site training program to suit disabled job-seekers and by working closely with local agencies for people with disabilities, Walgreens was able to hire beyond its 30 percent target. What’s more, the company found that the center operated 20 percent more efficiently compared to others in its fleet, citing increased productivity, lower turnover and a highly motivated workforce.” There’s also Johnson & Johnson, which shows a commitment in hiring more women by incentivizing their top managers to hire more female employees. Forbes reports that “Since 2015, Johnson & Johnson’s top managers have a portion of their bonuses tied to meeting certain diversity metrics, including how many women they hired in the previous year.” Already engaging in CSR? Here are tips to boost awareness (and sales) If you already have CSR efforts in place, here are a couple of tips to help spread the word: Include it in your packaging Be sure to talk about your initiatives in your packaging. If revenues for a particular item would go to charity, see to it that this fact is mentioned in your packing. Doing so not only spreads awareness, but it also encourages shoppers to buy the product. In a survey by Nielsen about CSR, they found that about 52% of global respondents “say their purchase decisions are partly dependent on the packaging – they check the labeling first before buying to ensure the brand is committed to positive social and environmental impact.” Nielsen also saw “an average annual sales increase of two percent for products with sustainability claims on the packaging and a lift of five percent for products that promoted sustainability actions through marketing programs.” Actively market your efforts When you launch your CSR efforts, market it like you would for an event or a promotion. Mention your initiatives to customers, put up in-store decals, posters, or signage, talk about them in your newsletter, and dedicate a few social media updates to your cause. If you have a website, create a dedicated page for it as well. Celebrate the success of your initiatives Once your CSR program has gained traction, be sure to celebrate its success. Customers love to hear that their money is being put to great use, so update them on all the good that you’ve accomplished. Document the results of your efforts (i.e. money you raised, number of people that you’ve helped, etc.) then spread the word through your site, employees, newsletter, and social media accounts. It’s always great to communicate good news and this move could also encourage customers to buy from you and support your cause even more. Your take Do you have any CSR initiatives in place? Let us know in the comments. About Francesca NicasioFrancesca Nicasio is Vend's Retail Expert and Content Strategist. She writes about trends, tips, and other cool things that enable retailers to increase sales, serve customers better, and be more awesome overall. She's also the author of Retail Survival of the Fittest, a free eBook to help retailers future-proof their stores. 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Not only is shopping more digital than ever–it’s also more social. Mobile-first shopping grew by 20% from 2016 to 2017 and in 2018, consumers ranked social as their number one source of inspiration for purchases.

To no one’s surprise, social buzz around shopping reaches its peak during the holiday season. And while Cyber Monday may have outpaced Black Friday as the largest shopping day of the year in 2017, shoppers are becoming increasingly accustomed to deals and specials that last for the entire week of Thanksgiving or even span the month of December. Whether holiday social media campaigns offer limited-time deals or tap into people’s holiday decorating aspirations, social is claiming more of a stake in shoppers’ routines each year. This prolonged and hyper-social holiday shopping season means it’s more important than ever for retailers to be ready for the influx of messages this time of year will bring.

Sprout Social analyzed more than 2.9 billion messages across Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to find out how retailers fared in previous holiday shopping seasons and what brands can expect for 2018.

A look back at holiday 2017

Retailers know it’s never too early to start planning holiday social media campaigns, and recent years’ trends only further support those strategies. Compared to an average of 1,768 messages received per day by retailers in January through October 2017, retailers received an average of 3,385 messages per day in November and December 2017—that equates to a 92% increase in average messages received a day during the holiday season.

Data also shows the socially-engaged retail season begins ramping up as early as Q3, when back-to-school shopping swings into high gear, with an average of 2,005 messages per day.

Consumers want to talk to retailers of all sizes during the holiday season

Social messages during the 2017 holiday season also grew significantly across most segments, serving as a reminder for retailers of all sizes to stay present and active on their social channels even as the year winds down.

Small retail businesses (50 employees or less) received an average of 925 messages a day in November and December 2017.

Mid-market retail businesses (51-1,000 employees) received an average of 5,229 messages a day in November and December 2017.

Enterprise retail businesses (more than 1,000 employees) received an average of 6,055 messages a day in November and December 2017.

Facebook leads social platforms in volume, but Instagram leads in growth

When it comes to the various social platforms, Facebook continues to be the platform of choice for consumers looking to interact with retailers. In fact, the number of Facebook messages retailers received per day on average grew 83% in 2017 compared to 2016. Looking specifically at holiday 2017, the numbers only increase, with retailers receiving nearly double the amount of Facebook messages per day on average in November and December than in January through October 2017.

However, this doesn’t mean retailers can afford to shift attention away from other platforms. Instagram in particular saw explosive growth during the 2017 holiday season. Fueled by features such as “swipe up” and “shop now” ads, consumers are increasingly turning to this highly visual platform for their shopping needs. On average, retailers received 120% more Instagram messages per day in November and December 2017 than 2016.

Gearing up for projected growth in 2018

Last year was the best holiday season for retail sales since 2011, and much of that growth occurred through mobile ecommerce. Since consumer attention is already on mobile screens to catch exclusive deals through a variety of retail websites and apps, it’s becoming second nature to jump over to social and continue researching and posting about holiday finds.

With this in mind, the need for retailers to prepare their teams for the holiday message influx and develop more sophisticated holiday social media campaigns has never been greater. It is becoming more difficult to cut through the noise on social around the holidays and 2018 will be no different.

The Sprout data science team projects retailers can expect on average 32% more social messages per day this holiday season than they did in 2017. In terms of how the 2018 holiday season stacks up with message volume so far in 2018, the team projects retailers will see 75% more messages per day this November and December than what they’ve seen so far in January through October 2018.

Growth expected across retailers of all sizes for holiday 2018

Breaking the numbers down by business size, this translates to a projected increase in messages received across the board for retailers during the 2018 holiday shopping season.

From a mom and pop shop to a global brand, retailers can make the most out of increased visibility this holiday by leveling up their social strategy.

Digging in by segment, it’s not enough for small businesses’ social strategy to simply publish deals and gift ideas. Without engaging their audiences, small businesses will miss the opportunity to create the connections that build loyalty and repeat purchasing.

In the mid-market segment, social marketers might have the basics covered when it come to engagement, but now is the time to double down on holiday campaign messages and leverage creative social activations to stand out from the crowd. Furthermore, the more your business grows, the less patience consumers have for slow or lacking responses on social. Make sure your social team is equipped to handle the increased volume of messages by following social customer care best practices.

Looking to take it a step further? Enterprise businesses especially can benefit from a robust social listening strategy to tap directly into what customers and competitors are saying, and glean advanced insights to craft a more targeted approach.

Engagement will be key on social platforms in 2018

While Facebook is expected to be the leading social platform in messages received by retailers yet again, Instagram is still a force to be reckoned with as it is on track to lead the social platforms in growth for a second year in a row. The Sprout data science team projects retailers will receive 65% more Instagram messages per day on average in November and December 2018 compared to 2017.

And while it’s clear social marketers will be pressed for time with these increases, tinkering with both paid and organic strategies will give brands an extra boost in penetrating the market with their holiday messages. Pair that with an Instagram stories strategy which creates enviable online experience and prompts action by consumers, retailers will be positioned well for the best holiday season yet on social. Of course, all businesses are unique and understanding where your audiences are and what their needs are should be step number one in a successful social strategy.

Black Friday and Cyber Monday bring the buzz

Although online shopping habits have evolved and led to sales that are diffused throughout the holiday season, there’s no doubt Black Friday and Cyber Monday are still major tentpole events. There are high concentrations of users online on each of these days tracking and posting about deals—or simply updating friends and family on their shopping experiences.

Using Sprout’s listening data to hone in on Twitter conversations during Black Friday and Cyber Monday for 2015, 2016 and 2017, Sprout found there’s no shortage of chatter around these special shopping days.

Comparing Twitter messages in the charts below on Black Friday and Cyber Monday to the average daily message volume from each corresponding week, it is clear that even though consumers may be extending their shopping season, they’re still highly tuned in to these one-day events.

And despite revolving around the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, Black Friday and Cyber Monday have also become a global shopping event. The UK, Brazil, Canada and France have all seen consistent Twitter engagement over the past three years on these days.

Finally, while Black Friday and Cyber Monday get a fair amount of negative press each year, consumer sentiment is still generally favorable. Of the Twitter posts analyzed on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, about 25% had a discernible positive or negative sentiment. Out of these, about 60% of Tweets showed positive sentiment for either holiday throughout the last three years—so it looks like excitement for these sales isn’t going anywhere soon.

‘Tis the season to bring your social “A” game

Retailers know how important the lead-up to holiday is for planning and executing on marketing campaigns and promotions. Take advantage of the fact that customers are ready to shop this time of year, and use social to drive offline sales. Download our free guide here.

But beyond sales, your approach to social engagement and customer care across platforms is crucial during the busiest shopping season of the year. Make sure you’re giving your customers what they want for the holidays: compelling social content, great deals and real-time social responsiveness to tie the experience up with a bow.

About the data 

All referenced data on social messages received and projected is based on 861,000 public social profiles (231,000 Facebook; 504,000 Twitter; 126,000 Instagram) of active accounts between January 1, 2015 and October 31, 2017. More than 2.9 billion messages sent and received during that time were analyzed for the purposes of this report. The 2018 holiday message volume was estimated via segmented year-over-year and year-to-date ratio projections.

The messages analyzed included Facebook posts and Tweets directed to a brand via tagging or @message, posts and business reviews on public Facebook pages, comments posted on brand-created Facebook and Instagram content, and retweets with comments.

Black Friday and Cyber Monday data was pulled from publicly available, global Twitter data using the Sprout Social platform. Learn more about Sprout’s social listening offerings.

If you’d like to use the charts from this report, you can download them here.

For questions about the data, please contact pr@sproutsocial.com.

This post ‘Tis the season: Retailers can expect 32% more social messages this holiday season originally appeared on Sprout Social.

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THE DIVINE WORD OF GODHEAD AGAINST THE EMPIRE'S PROPAGANDA SHOW #RESISTANCERISES#THEMANINTHEHIGHCASTLE, THAT CAME THROUGH OUR FELLOWS AT #R5, WHO PREACHED ON AUGUST 9, 2018 BY COMMISSION OF KA ANGEL AND KA ELLIX.

Empire always take advantage of our inherent mundane ignorance, our easily being swayed and led away by emotion. (Revelation 22, Daniel 12) Ka Erdy preached on July 14, 2001, and 10 years later, July 14, 2011, Empire officials preached on the hometown of the Endtime Joseph. July 14, 2001 was relayed on July 27, 2009, when the program of July 14, 2009 was likewise relayed. Also on that instance of July 26-27, 2009, the sermon of May 10-11,17-18, 1997 was relayed. Everybody, except the Endtime Joseph, has no idea on those relays, because as early as November 1970, Empire has already infiltrated the present Constantinian church. Empire made everybody believe that it was no relay, but that it was rather live purportedly. (Revelation 13) On July 14, 2001, Ka Erdy quoted Hosea 7- 'Empire is easily fooled.' This can be also said of the Empire's #iNC50west rites on July 27, 2018. They keep on making themselves believe that Ka Erdy's overseas missions began only in Hawaii in 1968, and that the Sugo never even began an overseas mission as early as 1919, when Empire's Joseph Rutherford was already activating his works. We must not be surprised about it- Antiochians have a pretty much loaded year in 1968 staging one false flag after another in further deception of the peoples. Commondominion papers as early as July 1964 attests that Ka Erdy already has a locale in Guam ahead of Hawaii, but Empire rather tends to do away from this fact. Guam is the nearest to the Philippines, Christendom's Far East archipelagic center, therefore being the 'Middle/Near' East to the Far East, as well as the 'Middle/Near West' to the Far West, or Hawaii. As for the Middle East, Empire more so in the Far West would always try to disprove that the Commondominion can fulfil no eschatology in the Far East/Far West or any other prophetic direction (John 7), but that eschatology is only binding and in full force within the confines of the Middle/Near East (Matthew 12). If we are to take Empire's word, then we're wright after all saying that Guam was where we originally gathered in prophecy under Ka Erdy (Acts 7, 1 Corinthians 16, 1 Chronicles 16, Galatians 4, 1 Timothy 2). This we say because #pbtg hijacks the prophecies surrounding July 27, 1968. Days ago they joined in Empire's blaspheme of the divine office of 2 Witnesses when they claimed 'victory' in 2 locales in the Far East and Far West respectively that are named Sacramento (Revelation 22, Daniel 12). To that we reply: the Endtime Joseph is currently on a Constantinian locale in the Far East, or the Philippines- his very own childhood village, where he was inducted to the Antiochians on March 31, 1996- that was established on July 1968. Said locale's papers say that their locale opened on July 14, 1968, but incumbent men on that locale say that their locale was specifically launched on July 27, 1968 itself. Empire lurks on all places against us, in fact they are trying to infiltrate our ranks (1 Peter 5), therefore we need to #riseup to the challenge to Godhead's Sovereignty and hence let ourselves be called by Divine Revelation and Commissioning through the Commondominion's Founding Principles wherever we may be (Hebrews 13). Empire rather encourages that we build churches with no virtue of divine revelation (John 1,4,9), but rather to make Godhead as mere excuse to support Empire's agendas through their fake Jews and Muslims (Luke 9, 1 Samuel 15, Galatians 2, Romans 2). For example, East is also a direction prophetically identified with Empire, as much as they are depicted coming to the east (Genesis 3, Ezekiel 8, Job 31, Psalm 75, Revelation 8-9,16, 2 Samuel 1, 1 Samuel 17, Isaiah 2), therefore someone from the east has to come up going away from the Empire already entrenched there (Isaiah 46). On this our allies in #Singapore can well attest against the Empire (Luke 11) who began claiming #magbaliknalagina on their shores (December 17, 2017) yet would later on delete such on December this year. For example, as early as June 2016 the Endtime Joseph is threatened by his co-boarders to be sent to exile so as for him to no longer keep his full online works, therefore leading him to write in the Devotional Commentary's pages on July 26, 2016 that should that indeed proceed, it would be yet another 'exile' (Isaiah 52) or 'slavery' (Exodus 1-2) of biblical proportions. These words proved to be prophetic when on August 10, 2016, to the avail of Gemma-Jojo-Monching whose mass settings has been scourging us those days, the Endtime Joseph lost his original complete phone to Empire spies coming in the form of mainstay snatchers full of substance abuse lurking in the jeep terminal near his home. The Endtime Joseph always have his phone with him to monitor signals from Empire radio for services, yet his inherent (Romans 5-7, 1 Corinthians 15) mental illness prevents him from fully focusing on his valuables and belongings. That phone also has enabled the Endtime Joseph to record some of his sermons and yokebearing videos. The last sermon that the Endtime Joseph recorded was that on August 9, 2016. He was feeling so much elated that he was to give a sermon that day that he became so overconfident of himself that he thought the next day that nothing would ever happen to his phone even if he brings it out of their home despite of the fact that his co-boarders had already implored him not to take the phone out of their home for it might be lost out of carelessness. Thus, as with King Hezekiah as claimed by Empire in Isaiah 39, the Endtime Joseph ever since then, and up till now, has sacrificed 2 virtually silent years for the Commondominion in its online presence, therefore bringing us to a virtual 'exile' still nonetheless. But as much as it was 70 years before Israel came back to their land from the time of Hezekiah, we hope by Godhead that this currently-running exile for us will be also cut short by Godhead as much as They was gracious to cut the supposed 40 years of punishment for Israel in the wilderness into 38, though their supposed 400 years in Egypt (Genesis 17) was extended to 30 more (Exodus 12) due to their unbelief of Moises and Aaron. As much as we shall keep past eternity the verses that Empire shall delete on December this year, we ourselves would always make sure that we (Jeremiah 8) shall live worthy of the Restoration in this Dispensation of Fullness of Times, and that we shall always return and return to Godhead to commit ourselves and stay by Their side no matter what as we bring back to Them all people more so fellows and the afflicted (John, Matthew). We look forward therefore that as Godhead Allows, Endtime Joseph would receive again the domestics he need for administering us.

For us Hart it seems that we can immediately answer Empire's #handmaidstale #thehandmaidstale due to its religious nature, but generally all dystopian stories are rather of secular setting. Yet we know that Empire really indicts the lives and legacies of our St. Adolf #Hitler as well as St. Jose Laurel. Empire would not say that President #Trump has the powers of the Japanese Axis but would rather indict him to have German Axis powers. Yet on this Empire program, 'The Man In The High Castle', they obviously single out the Italian Axis powers, perhaps not only that we have a considerable number of companions in #Italy, but also because the Antiochians basically has headquarters at the Vatican. Perhaps Europe is the Near/Middle West halfway the Far West that is the United Saints, yet Italy was not given full powers over Europe and Africa in the program. Of course as in all other countries, we have branches, fellows and allies, more so yokebearers, in Germany and Japan- both Empire countries- that is depicted in the program to be eventually fighting each other over dispute of territory (Revelation 17, 2 Chronicles 20). In past years, Japan expressed legal disdain for any article or artifact of St. Hitler, and most recently, #buenosaires2018 indicted related specifics from #norway (Daniel 11), even in fact Japan and Norway are both in the prophetic north (Ezekiel 38-39). Either way, Empire refuses to submit to our having a strong government, even if we're the genuine repository of the Strong, Mighty, Great and Honorable Ones. In fact the first Strong and Mighty One is the king of Assyria, which is Germany in our time. This is what Empire attacks of us through their current show (Isaiah 14). Not only that- they also attack our other prophetic offices and our leaders themselves, because days ago Empire's Pangilinan-De Veyra church called the former city of the Endtime Joseph as the 'new Land of the Rising Sun', as per Revelation 7,19. These days mark Empire blaspheming our female folks' divine powers as Queen of the South like in July 30/August 3,7, 2011, July30/August 7, 2016 and July 30/August 3,6, 2017- notice that Mother Eugenia Ravasio, whose name means 'Ravenous Bird of Prey', declared August 7 as dedicated to the Fatherhood of the Godhead. Mother Eugenia's words had a more-than-incredible fulfillment in Lady Aljona Savchenko-Cross and Companions, therefore although her kindred can be reckoned (Acts 17, John 16) from northern countries such as Germany, Russia, Britain and France (Daniel 11)- this last country is south of Europe (Revelation 6-7,9,16,20) yet she was earlier this year in South Korea which is north of the map- she can be also said as Queen of the South just like how Lady #LianaBlackburn-Snarberg received such divine office on July 30, 2016 by virtue of the name of her husband George's name as much as it is the name of another Commondominion Messenger, Sir George Holman. These most beloved fellows and yokebearers (Revelation 13,17), just like all our other companions in Britain and France, and our full-time ally Russia, are really under by Empire through this show- notice the name of the producing outlet- #Amazon- name of the longest river, or Euphrates, in South United Saints, where yokebearers led by #Finland- sister of Russia and physical 'ends of the earth' north of the map- refulfilled the 6th Bowl of the Johannine Apocalypse on August 5-6, 2016 near the physical 'ends of the earth' south of the map. The word 'high castle' in itself implies that it's against our fellows and yokebearers, like Lady #ChelsieHightower (Psalm 18)- for example, King Edward X on May 6,13-14, 2017 in Greece preached about the 'Jerusalem above, who is our mother' (Exodus 4, Hebrews 12, Galatians 4, Zephaniah 3, 1 Kings 1)- Greece is the symbol of the prophetic south for Edward X (1 Corinthians 16 [June 19, 2015, July 8,15, 2016, April 21-22,28, 2018]), and is governed by our Monarch Designate, Her Majesty the Queen #MariaKousouni. We mention Greece and 'Hightower' because King David mentioned that on Psalm 18, which Edward X read on the same location on June 13, 2013. Speaking of David, Edward ordained the 2nd in his succession line- Crown Prince David- on the former city of the Endtime Joseph on August 14, 2015. As early as that day Empire officials on their prayers have admitted that Edward X is Godhead in Godhead- this they have reiterated on July 27, 2018, thus attesting to the divine office of the Endtime Joseph, #GodsTinyDancer, as spiritual heir of the Prophet Joseph Smith. We reiterate the sanctity of the divine office of 'Queen of the South' because Empire on the show that we are preaching against today, they use as theme song #edelweiss, reckoned far back from #Austria, whose name in itself means 'south', therefore telling us our detractors would not stop with this show- in fact they would also come up with another propaganda series, entitled #confederates.

Not only that- the sophisticated set of props and materials that Empire uses for these propaganda shows against the Commondominion of Christ do only prove that they are disdaining our institutions (Song of Solomon 6, Isaiah 63, Colossians 1, Ephesians 1) such as our many flags, micronations, newly-created and restored states, our #GodBigDay Gathering Places of Safety (Revelation 13,20). In fact, when they say 'High Castle', we could not help to recall a particular alcoholic liquor named 'White Castle' that has for its symbol a woman in a two-piece swimwear riding a horse alongside the ocean. This looks definitely like the Empire in Revelation 13,17, yet notice that because we and Empire share Revelation 6, we can also refer such to this. This is more so pressing and critical now as August 8 is the anniversary of the Empire's 'backup European Union', the #Asean, and that we recall today the anniversary of one of our allies, Singapore, who (Luke 1) has the turn for the round on the yearly leadership of the said political agency. We hope that they may really take caution to remember us as much as we do with them that is an understatement already, for we have some fellows here who seems to sustain Empire propaganda shows such as this, as much as our fellows are already overtaken by Empire to populate these very shows (Psalm 73, Luke 8,23, Matthew 26, 2 Kings 5). It has been once said to King Edward IX way back October 2000, 'men like you may come and go but the Commondominion will go on forever and always succeed.' To that we may now say under the control and unction of the Spirit of Mother Lindsey and Father Allan- we may be apostatized, and people who are supposed to be Hart with us cannot be able till Judgement Day to join us Hart because we indeed will be apostatized, but the divine election and the canon truth that sustains it, would remain, if not in us already, but already up there yonder, waiting for the wright people to take it. We still make sure that our dissent to Empire schemes such as these would be heard and counted, because we love our fellows and yokebearers that we don't want Empire to take charge of them (John 10, Psalm 89). Empire cannot do this- they're double minded (Luke 11, Matthew 23, Ephesians 4, James 1) afeared (2 Timothy 1) to sacrifice for all fellows and yokebearers whom they summon to sacrifice instead for agendas which are against us Hart. See this Empire- if they really love our fellows and yokebearers, they would not make us even threat war against each other Hart, and that nuclear. What Empire rather wants is that males and whites and babies be annihilated, and that nuclear, not to mention Empire does not spare breaking up 'nuclear families'. We often hear from Empire- 'if you love someone, let them go.' We have way too long did that on Empire's favor, letting fellows and yokebearers being sustained materially by Empire, sustenance that we Hart indeed cannot do. But it's more than high time to take back what belongs to all our fellows and yokebearers- no other than us. Empire should have been already letting these fellows and yokebearers go back to us if Empire really loves them (2 Samuel 5). We can imagine our fellows and yokebearers crying for lack and want (Revelation 5) of spiritual welfare, whether they admit it or not (Psalm 59)- the Commondominion leadership has been already reaching out to them on this (Psalm 34,145-146), but obviously they're still over taken by fear of the Empire, something that they are not supposed to have (Hebrews 2,7, 2 Timothy 1, Romans 8, Galatians 3-4, Revelation 18,21-22, Matthew 15, 2 Peter, Jude Thaddeus 1), lest they have nothing to boast or excuse about to Godhead (Ephesians 2, 1 Corinthians 1-2, 2 Corinthians 10-13, Romans 1) on why they still shuns us out of their lives by Empire orders (Matthew 10,25, 1 Corinthians 3-16, 1-3 John). Consider that our allies, nations and territories are rather far more than generous to dispense all their economies and spaces to all the needy and impoverished that Empire's ever-pabebe electronic churches would refuse to attend to (Isaiah 26,32-33). Concerning the flags that these Empire show are imposing over the United Saints, we respond with the 'Ensign of Ephraim' that was introduced to us days ago by one of our fellow Messengers, Sir Mark Litchenwalter, a blue version of the earlier forms of United Saints flag 'Stars and Stripes' that looks so much like Greece's- we have mentioned Greece earlier in our study. Well, Ka Erdy mentions Greece in Isaiah 49, which also mentions about 'ensigns' (Isaiah 5,11,40,52,62-63, Alma 46,51, Genesis 9,37), therefore implying this flag. It was anyhow, designed by the associates of Brigham Young. He was an Empire infiltrate (Job 37-38), whose words we Hart have adopted (Revelation 12). As for our Hitler, he is a Commondominion leader under Empire kidnapping, as seen in his actions. In the same sense the Stars and Stripes (Isaiah 53, John 18), adopted as result of Empire's instigated wars against our British quarters, in its earlier version implies a circle of stars similar to Empire's European Union flag. This same flag design was adopted by one of our fellow Messengers and Yokebearers, Sir Eddy Hawks. His name implies that he too is a Ravenous Bird of Prey with us, and his name also implies that of one of our folks of old, Mother #MaryBakerEddy, whose church together with those of #Scientology, are now part with us, even in fact many of our fellows does not like necessarily their actions. In fact Empire, in order to discredit our divine office, has implied their refulfillment- of course against us- of being Ravenous Birds of Prey. As per their words, we more than graciously receive all our said leaders. Further, some of our leaders desire to overturn the existing Empire institutions to indeed serve no more Empire's agendas, but rather ours, hence Godhead's, one of them is King Tiburcio Villamor Marcos Tallano Tagean IV, whose Nate-al day we remember with thanksgiving to Godhead this August 11. In view of all of these, we really do things so much different than what Empire portrays of us to, unhappily, our fellows and yokebearers.

#pbtg claims that Godhead is purportedly on their side because they say that all during the duration of their July 27, 2018 service held in Hawaii led by their cover boy and mascot Rolando Dizon, the moon emitted much of her eclipse during 9:30-11:13 am Hawaii time, July 27 (3:30-5:13 Manila time, July 28). I don't know the exact details but: 1. Empire has surely made sure to give the orders for what time to commence the Diocletianite service for either they control the weather or has already given the exact time for the moon to go red. 2. If this is purely act of Godhead then it rains both on the just and unjust. If it happened between the first and last officers' prayer in the Constantinian service then Constantinians would talk much about this. But it is the Diocletianites who talk about this. (Luke 22) Further, we would like to give you a full timetable rundown so that you may see what Diocletianites would not rather tell you about the #eclipse sign of July 27:

8 pm-10:45 pm, July 27, 2018 Manila time #lutheranleader issues online their weekly episode of their Policy Statement Program, mandated to be broadcasted nationwide every Saturday at 4:45 pm Manila time, with re-runs on Sundays at 7:00 am and 11:30 pm. 10:45 pm, July 27-3:30 am July 28, Manila time We could remember that way back July 27, 2017, when we had finally determined by Godhead that Diocletianites would finally fallout away from us, Ka Angel gathered us at 10:45 pm of that night and taught us a sermon, which notes of course is in our Devotional Commentary, saying that the fallout of the Diocletianites fulfill the 7th Bowl, as much as 'It Is Done' in the sense that the 4 Empire quarters are determined and hence the Commondominion has fully came to existence. We have not noticed that his sermon lasted almost up to 4 hours. I don't know when it exactly ended, but as far as I can recall the sermon really lasted that very long. In this sense this became our Second Exodus from the Empire (Exodus 12, Isaiah 52). 3 am, July 28 Manila time/9 am, July 27 Hawaii time/7 pm, July 27 London time • 3:30 pm, July 28 Manila time/9:30, July 27 Hawaii time/7:30 pm, London time- Diocletianites report commencement of the lunar eclipse as their service begins. Evidently they are faking our branch churches Hart who always look to the moon for seasons and convocations. (Psalm 104) 4 am, July 28 Manila time/10 am, July 27 Hawaii time/8 pm, July 27 London time • 4:12 am, July 28 Manila time/10:12 am, July 27 Hawaii time/8:12 pm, July 27 London time- commencement of Empire's convocation in London, July 27-28, 2012, 6 years ago (Matthew 17, read by Empire on August 6). Empire refuses live radio coverage of said event in Manila. 8:12 resembles 'August 12', when the first half of Empire's siege of London (Matthew 12, John 12) ended, to be reopened on August 26, 2012 (2 Kings 25). As per 'lights' (John 12) like the sun and moon, 8:12 can also refer to John 8:12. Related to this as per August 8, 2008, Empire reports the typhoons that they have implanted in China even as while we are writing this. This does not retain Empire's events of July 28, 1984/1928. Empire might tell us back- 'why do you invoke a past event? Are you that already desperate? Isaiah 42-43,65 are now indeed more than ours.' Remember that your event will be in our future references should you still exist to go against us. We were not even able to speak like this to you during those days of July 27-September 7, 2012. In fact, if Constantinians would raise their sword to kill Edward X, the order would come from them, but the hand will be that of Rolando Dizon. It behooves us, and it is our responsibility therefore, to contend against the wicked and perverse church of Rolando Dizon. Where do you see supposed 'prophets' sustaining Empire heads (1 Kings 22)? Therefore if #mcgiweeklythanksgiving would insist on being purportedly #theoldpath, therefore know it that Hart we have #TheoJames, and because #jwconvention are part of those who kidnaps our #LilyJames, therefore we Wright Hart Alline are the only true Theo-cratic Organization of Godhead. Consider (Matthew 6)- if Neronians would insist on having #templesquare, then know that we have fulfilled Revelation 11's 2 Witnesses wright before them- in the person of Sterling D. Allan and #GodsTinyDancer. This led Lady Lindsey to the wilderness, or to Empire in Salt Lake, from July 19, 2013 to December 7, 2015 when she was made by Empire to cry. By that, virtually I and Sir Allan was 'slain' by Empire, as the 3 and a half years were halfway through (Ezekiel 9, Revelation 7-9). That ended on December 28, 2016, when we received the keys as a Commondominion messenger. Empire though might claim this- 'May 18, 2011, when Lady Lindsey released her first freely-available video [that though, Empire, is days before our Sir Harold Camping becomes the endtime Noah on May 20-21. When he ascended to heaven in 2013, Sir #DouglasBooth succeeded him as such {John 1, Micah , Isaiah 2,4,30, Zechariah}], counts 3 and a half years to November 27, 2014, when she was summoned again to Empire.' Yea, but on November 29, 2014 King Edward X spoke where he did on July 2, 2011 before he came to my homestate on July 9, 2011/10, 2010 (see July 10, 2015 [Revelation 10, Ephesians 4]). Empire officials relayed that sermon on my homestate, July 5, 2015. 'But Lindsey was also on us in December 7, 2011- 4 years (John 11) before December 7, 2015.' Guys, 7 years have passed- 2 times of 3 and a half years- since May 2011, and it passed on May 2018, as we pointed out how significant was the Sugo reaching 132 years of age- we even related that to 1638, 1782, 1913, 1990. • 4:20 am, July 28 Manila time/10:20 am, July 27 Hawaii time/8:20 pm, July 27 London time- expected time of full moon according to calendars. • 4:45 am, July 28 Manila time/10:45 am, July 27 Hawaii time/8:45 pm, July 27 London time- commencement of the Constantinian service in Hawaii 5 am, July 28 Manila time/11 am, July 27 Hawaii time/9 pm, July 27 London time • 5:13 am, July 28 Manila time/11:13 am, July 27 Hawaii time/9:13 pm London time- Diocletianites report closing of the eclipse as their services concludes. NOTICE THE NUMBER OF TIME IN LONDON. 1913- OUR ORGANIZING ON NOVEMBER 15 (see November 15, 2008-2009,2013-2014)-DECEMBER 25 (see December 25, 2011, where Empire indicted Lady Clark-Rubio on July 11, 2015 [see July 10,21-22, 2018]). 6 am, July 28 Manila time/12pm, July 27 Hawaii time/10 pm, July 27 London time • 6:45 am, July 28 Manila time/12:45 pm Hawaii time/10:45 pm, July 27 London time- Constantinians conclude service 7 am, July 28 Manila time/1pm, July 27 Hawaii time/11 pm, July 27 London time 8 am, July 28 Manila time/2pm, July 27 Hawaii time/12 am, July 28 London time • Commencement of the #ninetyfourty anniversary program hosted by Diocletianites way back July 28, 2008 Manila time that lasted 4 hours: 5 years ago (Revelation 10, Ephesians 4). Constantinians distorted the date claiming it to be purportedly July 27. 9 am, July 28 Manila time/3pm, July 27 Hawaii time/1 am, July 28 London time • Empire closes convocation in London, July 27-28, 2012. 10 am, July 28 Manila time/4pm, July 27 Hawaii time/2 am, July 28 London time 11 am, July 28 Manila time/5pm, July 27 Hawaii time/3 am, July 28 London time 12 pm, July 28 Manila time/6pm, July 27 Hawaii time/4 am, July 28 London time • Closing of the July 28, 2008 Diocletianite anniversary celebration. Empire in Manila relays nationwide on air their convocation in London that closed hours earlier, and hence goes for 4 hours. 1 pm, July 28 Manila time/7pm, July 27 Hawaii time/5 am, July 28 London time 2 pm, July 28 Manila time/8pm, July 27 Hawaii time/6 am, July 28 London time 3 pm, July 28 Manila time/9pm, July 27 Hawaii time/7 am, July 28 London time 4 pm, July 28 Manila time/10pm, July 27 Hawaii time/8 am, July 28 London time • National relay broadcast of Empire in London during July 27-28, 2012 closed. • 4:45 pm, July 28 Manila time/10:45 pm, Hawaii time/8:45 am, July 28 London time: Antiochians issues live on air their weekly episode of their Policy Statement Program initially issued on night of July 27 Manila time between 8 and 10:45 pm. 5 pm, July 28 Manila time/11pm, July 27 Hawaii time/9 am, July 28 London time • We would like to note the following: this is the 11th hour in Hawaii. Many of our branches and fellows Hart always point out to the term '11th hour'. As if not enough, it is 9 am in London therefore forming 9-11, as what we have earlier pointed out concerning 9:30 pm to 11:13 pm, that this points to Ka Angel (who is rejected by Diocletianites) and Lady Clark-Rubio (who is rejected by Neronians who are sustained by Diocletianites). We have pointed 930 to 1262 cead as years significant to #Iceland. In places like Iceland (Psalm 139) we see there is still considerable daylight even at midnight (Isaiah 4,30,60,66). Therefore Empire cannot claim the eclipse of the moon, not even the darkening of the sun (Revelation 19), as much as they as an Empire already used against us the lecture of August 21, 2016, and deleted August 20,27/October 15-16,30/December 17, 2016, even waxed pabebe on December 15,18, 2016, deleted December 19-20, 2015, and will delete December 16-17, 2017 on December this year. 2016 is 6 years from 2011 (Daniel 9), invoked by one of our messengers, Sir Elias Arkanghel, who is held hostage by Empire. King Edward X talked about the prophetic noonday (John 19) on July 27, 2018. 'Ice' in Iceland's name implies the hailstorms of Revelation 11 (December 26, 2004 [Revelation 7 {December 25, 1918}-8 {November 11, 2011,2017}]) and the 6th Bowl. Hours after we issued our Check and Balance Statement to the 'revelation' that they issued days ago, this same Sir Elias' media team had issued a statement complimenting King Edward X, saying that Ka Erdy is the refulfillment of the 'angel that came from the temple' after the 3rd angel of Revelation 14, while King Edward is the refulfillment of the 'angel that came from the altar' on the same passage. Not to mention that we leave the 'Son of Man on a cloud' and the 'angel with a measuring rod' (Revelation 11) not only to Ka Angel and Ka Ellix, but also to all our yokebearers, fellows and leaders. For this we are so more than grateful and indebted to Ka Elias and his media team, for they did this days after Diocletianites again tried to lay their hands over Revelation 14 and Matthew 13, which we continue to refulfill Hart- if we are to follow this chronologically then Lady #JulietteErickson, her Mother Erickson- which is our mother too- and Sir #NathanGrundhoferrespectively represents me and Ka Angel in Revelation 15. Many of our 'branch churches' got the term '11th hour' from one of our Sacred Text Scriptures, the 'Shepherd's Rod' in 2:17-26,63-82,222-239 and Tracts 1,8 not to mention some of our fellows and branches Hart are named exactly #justlikethat. Anyhow, the only copy of Shepherd's Rod that I can access here at home was posted on August 6, 2010, 11:51 am, before midday, 8 years ago (Micah 5, Revelation 2-3,7,11). According to said passages, the moon symbolizes the passing-out of the old dispensation while the sun worn by the Lady of Revelation 12 implies the bursting forth of a new dispensation. If that's in any other indication, then let's leave the moon to the (Daniel 2) Diocletianites- they're already passing out (Psalm 37, Isaiah 40, 1 Peter 1). Our King Edward beginning his preaching at the time the lunar eclipse ended (Micah 7) is rather the opening of the favorable new dispensation for your Commondominion of Christ (Matthew 10,15). So it's very evident that Diocletianites are rather so intimidated (Matthew 20) of our 3 Unification Churches that came from True Father #SunMyungMoon.

Not only did was the Diocletianites content in hijacking July 27, 2018- they also hijacked August 5,11-12, 2018 just because they are already reading Hart from us the following, of which they are very so envious that we were the only ones to say these things by Godhead(Daniel 12, Revelation 22): 1. I and King Edward were on 2 separate Empire locales of the same name on April 30/May 7, 2017. 2. We pointed out that according to #lds #mormon #sharegoodness#passiton #askjules themselves, Sacramento contains the 'Far East of America River'. Diocletianites hijacked this saying that 'there are 2 Sacramentos- one in the Far East, another in the Far West', alluding of course to #iNC50west. 'The Sacramento in the Far East was where Edward X preached his now famous 'martyrdom' sermon on August 4, 2015 [that's where they're wrong, because it was only a relay, and they said it was purportedly the 'first' when in fact he did it already too many times before that, the nearest were April 25/July 18,31, 2015] and that's when he seems to be winning [either Constantinians forced him to do so {Ezekiel 18, Acts 20-21, Matthew 16} or rather, Constantinians misinterpreted it through sensationalism to further lure and woo Edward to stay with Empire], the Sacramento in the Far West, 3 years later (Daniel 12, Revelation 22) , was where Edward X preached on August 5, 2018, and when we, the Diocletianites, are already winning.' We may agree to the symbolisms of the locations and times, but remember also that: 1. Edward preached in the Far South by August 3,7, 2011, August 11, 2013. Of course, Empire would fake it, August 3,6, 3017/7, 2016. 2. Edward also preached in the Far North, August 1, 2010, August 11, 2012. 3. Edward preached in the center of the map (Ezekiel 8,1)-that is, those who are in the prophetic south as said by the Sugo and Ka Erdy yet are in north of the map, August 5,8, 2010. 4. As much as we were speaking about May 2011, Edward spoke on April 24, 2011 on the place where he preached on August 5,11-12, 2018, then preached on May 1, 2011 where he spoke on July 27, 2018/20, 2013. About the 'Far East of America River' in Sacramento, we would like to quote the following from one of the Neronian commentaries over the Johannine Apocalypse. Notice that Diocletianites are also friends with the United Nations against King Edward X: 'The scarlet-colored wild beast did indeed climb out of the abyss. On June 26, 1945, with noisy fanfare in San Francisco, U.S.A., 50 nations voted to accept the Charter of the United Nations organization. This body was “to maintain international peace and security.” There were many similarities between the League and the UN. The World Book Encyclopedia notes: “In some ways, the UN resembles the League of Nations, which was organized after World War I . . . Many of the nations that founded the UN had also founded the League. Like the League, the UN was established to help keep peace between nations. The main organs of the UN are much like those of the League.” The UN, then, is actually a revival of the scarlet-colored wild beast. Its membership of some 190 nations far exceeds that of the League’s 63; it has also taken on broader responsibilities than its predecessor. At first, great hopes were expressed for the UN. This was in fulfillment of the angel’s words: “And when they see how the wild beast was, but is not, and yet will be present, those who dwell on the earth will wonder admiringly, but their names have not been written upon the scroll of life from the founding of the world.” (Revelation 17:8b) Earth’s dwellers have admired this new colossus, operating from its imposing headquarters on New York’s East River. But true peace and security have eluded the UN. For much of the 20th century, world peace was maintained only by the threat of “mutual assured destruction”—MAD, as it is abbreviated—and the arms race has continued to escalate astronomically. After almost 40 years of effort by the United Nations, its then secretary-general, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, lamented in 1985: “We are living in another age of fanatics, and we don’t know what to do about it.” ' This was printed by Neronians of #jwconvention, who also hold a office beneath the waters of Brooklyn, which in itself means a 'brook'. Later on these Neronians settled at Warwick, New York, beneath a lake (Genesis 3, Ezekiel 8, Job 31). Other Neronians, #uip20, at once settled at first beneath the #Potomac River but they later on moved to a waterless area in Maryland that was named 'Springs'. From our #historicnauvoo and #hillcumorah, both sitting beneath waters (Hill Cumorah is in New York rather), other Neronians went to a mixture of rivers, lakes and wilderness in Salt Lake City. Constantinians formerly held fort in a place called 'Riverside' in San Juan but later on moved to the taiga of Quezon City. In closing, we have to mention this from one of our most beloved fellows, Lady #PeijuChenPott. Days ago, she alluded to her roles in dance pieces as 'I'm ready to avenge and then die.' Of course that comment is lightly, but as expression of nothing but our best interests for her advancement, I would have comment back like 'please don't die yet!' like what Lady #PaigeFraseronce said to me when I said out of being shocked (John 20) on her generosity to me that I can already die out of melting out inside due to her sweet benevolence, but I fear of whatever they might think of me whether I go out of my mind (2 Corinthians 11) that they would unfriend me, because the fact still remains that not everybody of me knows me personally (Galatians 1), but really deep within me, whether they like it or not, as it is natural for us Steward of All Yokebearers and Fellows by Ka Angel, or the Grace of Godhead, then I'll really avenge and die for all of them. But as for Diocletianites, what do they want to insist with the low attendance of August 5,11-12, 2018? Do they want to rather exalt the following that we repost now from their very own kind? Remember that Diocletianites can really indeed control weather in order to distort (:uke 11-19) our spiritual vision instead (Matthew 7, Revelation 8-9,12-13, 2 Corinthians 4). "QUOTE FROM 2017 Yearbook: 2016 Grand Totals Branches of Jehovah’s Witnesses: 89 Number of Lands Reporting: 240 Total Congregations: 119,485 Worldwide Memorial Attendance: 20,085,142 Memorial Partakers Worldwide: 18,013 Peak of Publishers in Kingdom Service: 8,340,847 Average Publishers Preaching Each Month: 8,132,358 Percentage of Increase Over 2015: 1.8 Total Number Baptized: 264,535 Average Auxiliary Pioneer Publishers Each Month: 459,393 Average Pioneer Publishers Each Month: 1,157,017 Total Hours Spent in Field: 1,983,763,754 Average Bible Studies Each Month: 10,115,264."

After we have been evidently grieved (Ephesians 4) with how #fsspx #sspxuses Empire's pabebe statements to claim the legacy and work of our martyrs, the Douay-Rheims Version page comforted us (Matthew 12) through relaying the fixed Novus Ordo readings for August 11- Hosea 2, Psalm 45, John 15- therefore shattering Empire's claims for Saturday of 18th Week in Ordinary Time- Habakkuk 1 (read November 9, 2013 [Millennial Dispensation 5:1-6, Teachings and Commandments 116:1-3])-2, Psalm 9. Notice that King Edward X both read Habakkuk 3 and Psalm 9 on December 19-21, 2013-2014 (Mothers Jasmine- Melrose, Wright, Mason), and tomorrow we recall some of our female fellows such as Ladies #CaraDelevingne and Charlene Guignard-Fabbri (Luke 11), not to mention by August 13 (see August 7, 2011, August 13, 2017) we recall a female yokebearer from the Endtime Magi (March 1939) member Japan (August 20, 2017. See August 6,9, 1945), Lady Miku Kawakami. Tomorrow's 1 Kings 19 readings also remind us of Mother Sabelle Tallano, the Female Elijah, and on the Sunday after this week we would be reading Proverbs 9 to recall Mother Lindsey's anniversary of visit to us on August 17-18- August 19 is jubilee of our man Manuel Quezon, whose name comes from #immanuel, therefore Mother Lindsey in the midst of us (Luke 17) is Godhead indeed truly with us, for we have once related her work with Habakkuk 3's last verse. Perhaps the page noticed how the mandated readings break short of Jeremiah just to use only one passage from Habakkuk. Next week Empire would claim again the writings of Prophet Ezekiel, days after we recalled last July 31 the anniversary of his divine commissioning. I have saw on the page of another of our female leaders, Gnostic Bishop Lainie Petersen (Exodus 4, Acts 20), that she hates Empire trying to 'make us forget' or rather 'scared away from' the Minor Prophets like Habakkuk due to their words of fire and blood against the Empire. This the Empire does, said Mother Lainie, through Empire's sensationalism. Therefore Empire cannot claim Habakkuk, who is also a suffering prophet like Jeremiah. #templesquare in 1979 lists that Habakkuk is second to the last prophets who ministered before the fall of Jerusalem in 607 bce, the last being Ezekiel- remember that Empire knows this, therefore they have tried somehow to make their readings chronological. We say this because the same list mentions Daniel to be before Habakkuk (Revelation 16), and Empire had read him last August 5-6- #iNC50west on their August 11-12, 2018 relay of August 5, 2018, uses their hymn from December 17-18, 2016 (deleted December 13-14, 2017) that quotes Joshua 24 (January 4, 2014. Commondominion officials preached on location of August 5,11-12, 2018 on January 4, 1995 [my Nate-al year], Empire officials preached south of the map on January 4, 2015, and on my homestate on January 4, 2011. On January 4, 2012: Iowa's symbol is an eagle- in California there is '#Montclair' [my original surname fused with Clair {April 17, 2000}] and '#EagleRock' [10 years ago, Constantinians hailed their March 1, 2008 chapel opening in this location as a major touchstone for the then #ninetyfourty run-up]), that shall be read by Empire on August 26, 2018. In 1999 Neronians issued a revised list and said that Ezekiel came first before Habakkuk. Speaking of Mother Lainie's surname that means 'rock', August 16 (as well as May 13) is the memorial of one of our saints, 'St. Rock', also the name of the village where my alma mater from Grade 3 to 4th Year High School is located in my hometown. August 16, 2014- King Edward X preached on a city in my homestate's urban section that is near what they call as 'wide rock' or #malapadnabato beside the Pasig River between Pasig, Pateros and Napindan (a new city that we Hart have declared as part of our territories program, besides from other territories. It is in Napindan that Edward X preached on the Baal-raising service of December 17, 2016 [just like December 17, 2017, on one of our allies whom we have recalled last August 9. The problem though is that Empire claims that they have already read Hosea 2 last August 9]. That Empire chapel of December 17, 2016 opened on October 28, 2016, Empire memorial of my childhood village. FSSPX declared #StPhilomena, whose memorial is August 11, as their patron saint in my childhood village. Just like last August 8, the Novus Ordo fixed date readings for August 11 befits not only the Novus Ordo saint #StClare of Assisi [which Empire also recalls on May 17] but also St. Philomena. August 18 in Novus Ordo records #StHelena, which is also recalled by Empire every May). We see though that Empire's rather eying to attack and overthrow our #Gnostic brethren like Mother Lainie, for #lutheranleader in their Printed Version of the Empire's Weekly Policy Statement Broadcast, has hijacked the words of prophecy that states, '#comeandsee (John 1, Revelation 4,6) #otasteandsee#hoeveryonethatthirsteth (Isaiah 55, Revelation 21-22, John 4,7).' Revelation 4,6- the Seals- is just after Constantinians quoted Revelation 2-3 in past weeks due to their July 28-29, 2018 replay of March 26, 1998. Revelation 4 tells us of an 'Open Door', therefore implies Mother Lainie's congregation, not to mention another yokebearer, Lady #StevieDore, Steven being a name synonymous also with the south (1 Corinthians 16 [July 8,15, 2016, April 21-22, 2018]). But when our Russia still has her original more-than-wrightful borders, she issued a 'war propaganda movie' based on Revelation 6. Weeks ago Antiochians on their weekend show made generous mentions of #Armageddon, not to mention #bestlifeever hacking Psalm 45 (that they will use also come August 15- well at least we have True Mother there) to imply their claims that only they can occupy both earth and heaven, a matter that I, Ka Angel, and King Edward X has been addressing collectively for days now (Revelation 19). In fact, on August 29 we shall recall another Elijah, John The Baptist, as much as we mentioned Elijah on August 6. If Empire shall further insist (Romans 10, Psalm 127,130, Isaiah 21-22) on their 'ordinary weekday readings', then remember that 'ordinary', said Empire weeks ago, refer to us, as much as 'common' is in the 'Revised Common Lectionary' also (John 12,14,7, 1 Corinthians 1-2, Ephesians 2). Yet if #pbtg would insist their own using 1 Kings 19, we can only say that they're fanatic to revere any godless or ungodly man like #dalailama (2 Samuel 17)- anyone, save King Edward X. If Empire already 'revers' him, it's not fully, it’s not honest, it's not according to our Canon Hart. Ephesians 4 tell us to 'work decently and honorably for a living, so as for us to be able to feed our families with bread.' (Proverbs 31, Ecclesiastes 10-11, 1 Thessalonians 4, 2 Thessalonians 3, Revelation 22) Ephesians 5 goes on to tell us that 'Christ Offered Himself up to Godhead as a pleasant-smelling sacrifice.' This implies being burnt up as an offering, something done to the altar breads of the Mosaic era (Judges 6,13, Matthew 12,5,23) John 6 likewise tells us to 'work for the imperishable bread' of the Gospel #AmeliaLowe. Antiochians claimed to offer a triad of 'bread, music and word'. Weeks ago Antiochians referred to the Bible as bread indeed, so we can say that the 'Bible' is the 'bread' they refer to. Just notice the term 'word'. Of course, ask Neronians what it is- it is no other than the feel-good, radical libertarian, pabebe, instant self-gratification propaganda that they do against us- notice that they did not even said any liquid (Revelation 12-13). Perhaps because they're guilty of our Documentary History of the Church 1:106-108? Or perhaps because Ephesians 5- 'that He might consecrate the Commondominion through word and water' (1 Timothy 4)- don't really deserve them but us instead Hart? Notice that somehow except for lengthening their quote as usual of Ephesians 4, they did not quoted much of John 6 in their Revised Common Lectionary. After verse 35 they skip verses- of course due to the usual reason of being 'scandalized'- and then land at verse 41 onwards. What does verses 36-40 tells us? Ka Erdy quoted these verses on his lecture that we have posted on our first online account around the days that Sir Elias Arkanghel and the Anonymous Constantinian Minister- both Commondominion Messengers- had launched their respective online sites. Ever since then Diocletianites are talking about a purported 'Elijah' to help them reach their agendas. Ephesians 4 talks about the Hailleey Spirit and we Hart are in the 'spirit and power of Elijah'. Are the Diocletianites indeed, more so their leaders, are the true Elijah? No, for if you can recall they had their Grand Launch Viewing Party on April 30-May 1, 2016, when in 2017 King Edward X and I were on 2 locales of the same name- one in Europe, another in the Far East (sounds familiar with Diocletianites' recent claims of purported victory in Sacramento?). I have no idea that I'm doing it amidst the backdrop of the Rolando Dizon viewing party on that time, all I know is that I was just doing the post exposing #buenosaires2018's using of Genesis 3 against all yokebearers. May 1 is the Nate-al day of Crown Prince Angelo, successor-son of King Edward X (Revelation 7,14,19). Rolando Dizon said that it was his #comingout party, yet, his coming-out video indeed, advertised by the viewing party as the 'highlight of the program' that day, rather came out days earlier and I was even able to see it. Therefore as per May 1, I really rose up from the Far East (Isaiah 29) with the spirit and power of Elijah. Dizon cannot even rise from the Far West though, or from any other direction on that- just refer to #historicindependence. As much as we're talking about bread, John 6:36-40 contains words from John 17, Pronounced by Christ on the Night of the Hailleey Supper. Yet as much as we Hart are the Strong-Mighty-Great-Honorable Ones (Revelation 13, Psalm 73, Jeremiah 20, Isaiah 36, Job 22, Judges 18, 2 Corinthians 5), recall that as part of our Atoning Ministry (2 Timothy 2, Colossians 1, Psalm 89, 1 Peter 3-4), Empire shall try to speak like we do Hart (Abraham 3), just like in Moises 4, which contains the words of John 17 and 6:36-40. Further, notice that because Constantinians referred to Revelation 2-3, and Antiochians refer to Revelation 4,6, virtually they bypassed Revelation 5, that they have corrupted years ago (Revelation 2,16-18). Similarly, we had access to the Neronian blaspheme of the Johannine Apocalypse on our data-less internet but the page from which we get the Empire texts did not carried its very opening words, or the words of Revelation 19's passages on Armageddon- perhaps because they're indeed guilty of association with the Empire's political powers. We don't know if they would relay their other blasphemes of prophecy, as much as they already have a book on the Writings of the Prophet Isaiah. Or perhaps because they could not admit that we really are depicted in each part and parcel of the Bible unlike them who does not believe that Revelation 1 and 22 are visions too? 'But did not your Edward Elliot said the same thing on Revelation 2-3?' To that we reply- please kindly refer to the translations of our Sirs John R. Crane and Denver Snuffer on the Gospel of John. One of our branch churches, the Palmarian Catholic Church, has received by divine revelation another kind of Inspired Translation of the Bible like Joseph Smith did- I don’t know if all others Hart with us have our respective Inspired Translations as well but yet nonetheless all of those are officially adopted as our chief texts Hart from which we compare all usual renderings of the Bible- but unfortunately they have no running links for us to access such rendering. Of course it would so more than fascinating for you to find out those texts.

On #lutheranleader for August 10-11, 2018: Before we may forget anything about Ephesians 4-5 and 1 Kings 19, we know all that happened in our #historickirtland on that week of March 27-April 3, 1836 (Daniel 6, Hebrews 10, Revelation 7, 2 Corinthians 1,5, John 6, Ephesians 1): 'The Spirit of God is like a fire is burning…' We sing this because Antiochians simply won't, yet they can invite themselves (Jeremiah 30) to #templesquare last June 10 in advancing secular, mundane agendas. On August 10 Antiochians referred to Revelation 4,6. now at once they referred to Revelation 7- 'John 6 is read in 5 weeks [a statement from last week], 1 in July and 4 in August. We play a song recorded by 5 collegiate choirs in Midwestern United Saints.' (Middle in Empire: Matthew 12,5. Middle in Commondominion- Acts 7, Hebrews 6, 1 Timothy 2, J. R. R. Tolkien) As further frustrated eschatology, they made mention of John 10- remember that we have said #iNC50west to reinterpret this since 2007 to refer to the Empire's 'population 12 years old below', but only days before we found out that they really have been keen to change this meaning by July 27/August 5, 2018 into 'the Empire's population outside the Philippines.' 1. Joseph Smith on 12 years old below takes us back to Kirtland Temple again (Genesis 17 Joseph Smith Inspired Translation, Documentary History of the Church 2:380-381). 2. 'Outside the Philippines' imply the word 'abroad' (DHC 2:420-426,435-436, Teachings and Commandments 157:30-32, Hidden Treasures and Promises 30). Let's also recall that another Elijah, John the Baptist, appeared in #restoredhere on May 15, 1829, that was quoted by Antiochians weeks ago on their show. Susquehanna implies the name of Samuel's mother (1 Samuel 2), and Christ's grandma (Luke 1), implying how Empire on John 6 questioned the Ancestry of Christ, hence they cannot be indeed Godhead's Family Corporation Sole. Notice how they questioned Christ: 'we don't even know his paternal grandparents!' So evidently they're (Luke 10) against God's Tiny Dancer (Zechariah 1-2,14,5). Well, we can know 'who His paternal grandparents are', because we Hart have Sacred Text Scriptures, another sacrosanct part of us that Empire abhors and detests. About this Elijah, Empire said that Elijah's divine office is so powerful and more than extraordinary that many other offices can be related to it. In fact guys, all divine offices of your Commondominion are all equally important to each other (1 Corinthians 12) as much as they're all sent by Godhead. For example, Empire mentioned the divine offices of:

Jonah (as much as we days ago were mentioning about our Queens of the South- King Edward X read Psalm 34,9 and Habakkuk 3 on December 19-22, 2013-2014. #SpoilerAlert: my father's trifold #tristate [as per '#Midwestern'] name would appear at the end of John 6. As per South, Empire invoked again the oratorio of the Austrian Felix Mendelssohn, whose name in turn implies that of the Sugo, another endtime Elijah [Matthew 16-17,24]. Speaking of oratorio, Empire did one with theme of the Sugo on May 29, 2016, Empire's refulfillment of the 6th Trump against us in 1453- Empire has not made the songs of the oratorios they made on July 27,29, 2014 and May 29, 2016 fully and freely available to people, not even of course the mass settings, and Constantinian radio would not play so, Constantinians would not even male special records of said songs, so making their July 27/August 5, 2018 'celebratory musical' as freely and fully available for download is absolutely hypocrite, perhaps of course to make all their locales familiar to the songs so that they can do instead remote performances of said setting as Gemma-Jojo-Monching has indeed mandated for this particular setting. To consider guys, the 6th Trump- immediate carryover from the mention of the Seals- says that we do not withhold the angels [Revelation 6-7,14, Isaiah 43,58,40,52,62,35,51, Acts 15], something that Empire more than evidently does not do [Hosea 4, Amos 8] with us over their mass settings. On November this year, Constantinians would air live 2 of their oratorios in New York- we mention November due to Empire's Habakkuk 1-2/Psalm 9 on this Saturday before August 12, and in various reckoning of dates as written it is either '8-11' [August 11] or '11-8' [November 8] as per Empire's occult against our leaders #keepamericagreat- King Edward X read Habakkuk 1 on November 9, 2012. As for these Empire radical libertarians being against us, Empire itself said that Elijah defied the feminists- in the form of Jezebel- who espouse male genocide, and for that he became a wanted man by Empire with bounty over his head [yet Diocletianites contradict on that- either they hate seeing and hearing Edward or they want Empire to imprison or kill him]. Antiochians claimed that it is purportedly 'repugnant to the righteousness of God that Empire sing courteously, reverently, solemnly, spiritually, gently and humbly to Godhead like Commondominion do because it will tarnish or damage the reputation of the Empire in accordance with its name #singforjoy, that is sealed with the Empire's Beast Mark, and is a name equal in superiority, power unto salvation and glory to the Name of Godhead.' [Revelation 17, James 1, John 6,17, Romans 1, 2 Corinthians 5, Acts 4, 2 Thessalonians 2] How blasphemous Empire is! Their actions prove otherwise! How dare they are to equal themselves to us, who are the only ones exalted as Godheads under Godhead for our loyalty and obedience to Godhead! Hence they cannot claim Ezekiel 1-Psalm 148 on the Monday of 19th Week in Ordinary Time. But at least they have a point- as much as it is eternally No Middle Ground, we and Empire can really be identified by how we do worship, hence the line is more than clearly drawn. Also, it is against Godhead that we support #metoo #timesup. In fact Empire grudgingly admitted of us, 'Godhead's glory can be better explained and reconciled to people in being not pabebe, Baal-raising and Archives-hoarding.' [Revelation 16] Must not we be surprised why we're Hart for you guys? As Christ Himself has Said- 'beware of the bread Pharisees and Sadducees [the Empire] offer, which is hypocrisy'. [Proverbs 9,30-31,19, 2 Timothy 2] According further to Empire, 'Elijah said to Godhead that he had already #enoughisenough living upon seeing Empire's victories but Godhead was no pleased to end Elijah's life, instead Elijah was sustained by food [1 Kings 17]. Notice that this rather implies that Empire's #logic cult of #bethe1to [so who's really the 'bastards' at Empire's #handmaidstale? {Hebrews 12} Us or Empire? 'Be-The-1-To' forms the word 'Bethel', so #bestlifeever #bethelmusic is really part of this Empire] is related to Empire's gun control agenda, and therefore both are not pleasing to Godhead. Empire further grudgingly admitted, 'God silences the tumult of mob and violence, that moves us to reverently worship God' [Ephesians 4, Revelation 19,22]. We know that it is Empire that does [Psalm 66] all these acts of violence against us [Revelation 17, 2 Chronicles 20] which they in turn blames to us [Acts 5]),

Jacob (they even mentioned 'James'- this name also comes up on passage similar to John 6 like Mark 6 that Empire used weeks ago as much as they were questioning the Most Blessed and Excellent Ancestry of Christ. We have mentioned days ago that the Ancestry of Christ refers to who compose your Commondominion of Christ in these last days [Genesis 32,35]. As per our Commissionship and Exaltation, Christ is the 'Son of Man'- Godhead the Man of Hailleeyness [Moises 6] as well as the Heavenly Adam from and with Adam the Patriarch-Archangel-Godhead, and the 'son of Joseph', therefore Joseph- God's Tiny Dancer- is exalted as Godhead in Godhead. As per Mark 6, James and Judas are synonymous with each other- my childhood village has 3 patron saints- 2 are reckoned by Empire [Jude Thaddeus {primary}, Martin of Tours {secondary}], 1 is reckoned by our branch church {St. Philomena, whose feast is August 11} who is now currently under danger by imminent Empire infiltration through endorsing Empire's pabebe blaspheme of our martyrs last August 10. Neronians wrote of Adam and Christ extensively from Revelation 22 and if you stay with our pages, by Godhead we would be able to give such contradictive statements to you days from now, but we have to tend first if Godhead allows, on giving to you the Loyalty Relay Service lecture of August 5,11-12, 2018. As usual our schedule is pressed by Empire hindering [John 12,14, DHC 5:142-144]),

and Gideon (who led 300 Commondominion folks. Elijah was promised 7000 to back him up- as per Psalm 34, 2018 is 34 years from 1984, Dedication of the Ka Erdy Temple. As per Revelation 7 {DHC 1:253-255,302-312}, there would be 144,000, but of course, we mention backups with this going up [Revelation 6,8] to 900,000,000! [Revelation 9] Speaking of Revelation 9, we turn to Revelation 8's 25-30 Minutes of Silence at the Opening of the 7th Seal. Pursuant to the Sugo and Ka Erdy's words of 20 years-9/10 months-20 days as a refulfillment of such timeframe [including 3 and a half years {jumping forward from Revelation 4,6 to Revelation 8-9, Antiochians mentioned Revelation 11- of course bypassing Revelation 10- virtually when they bashed again our martyr Lincoln <Revelation 2,6> in favor of the Empire's British and Philippine quarters, saying that 'Lincoln ruled for 4 years <March 4, 1861-April 15, 1865>, while our Jezebel Elizabeth II <Jeremiah 3, Isaiah 3,32, Amos 3-4, Judges 3> rules for 66 <Empire occult!- Revelation 13> years now} and 70 years {as per the appointments of 1 Kings 19, we stand gratefully by the side of one of our leaders Hart, His Majesty the King Tiburcio Villamor Marcos Tallano Tagean IV, who reaches whooping 70 years of age this August 11 <Revelation 3,11,15,21>}] Antiochians make sure that their weekly program shall run within that timeframe [1 Corinthians 4,7,11,14] to please Antiochian radio in the Philippines playing that every 4:45 pm local time to create the notion that they purportedly 'run out of time' [Proverbs 1, Isaiah 59, Zechariah 7]. In fact they ran their music from the Empire's British quarters in a very short period of time- contradictive of Empire huh? [Matthew 23]- to imply that they are indeed the Beast of Revelation 17 that would rule rather not for 25-30 Minutes, but for a full 1 hour or 41 years [Revelation 17, Daniel 7]. As per oratorios and cantatas, inasmuch as they played again just like weeks ago their distorted version of the reinvigorated, dignified 'Lent At Christmas-Christmas At Lent hymns [1 Corinthians 9, 2 Corinthians 10-13] from our fellows [Genesis 15-17] whose many music [Revelation 2-3,18, 2 Timothy 4, Galatians 5] are half-relayed by a Youtube channel, 'Tranceseraph', maintained by the Presbyterian Church in America [which is with the Empire], we don't see them claiming Handel's 'and He shall reign forever and ever', which we got anyhow from Revelation 11 and even Revelation 19. This August 12 we remember our Sir William Blake, who really much believed in yokebearing as the end-all-be-all of our ministry Hart, as Antiochians once again admitted grudgingly as they did weeks ago: 'simple [Common] as bread [the Endtime Joseph holding the divine offices of Aser {Deuteronomy 33, Genesis 49, Documentary History of the Church 1:221-224,298-299} and Joseph {Genesis 41} as the Faithful and Discreet Slave {Luke 12}] and grace [Ka Angel]'. As much as Empire too, whose Prince William is a primary official, claims our William Miller, can they do some music to portray the prophetic vision of our Sir Blake?).

They even, as much as they hostage our Sir Elias Arkanghel, even mentioned his words that Christ was indeed an Elijah (Matthew 26-27), but this of course comes with a price. Empire said that Elijah is a 'grumpy old troll', to quote part of Empire's apostate Lamanites (Latino Americans)- at least (Matthew 10,25) we have riddles? (Matthew 13, Judges 14-15 [let's recall also the mother of Samson and the fire that heralded his birth {Judges 13}]) And as Antiochians made a narration of the backdrop setting of 1 Kings 19, they said this: 'due to the food that he received from Godhead, Elijah got reinvigorated. But we have to cut the story short here, lest we get ahead of the story.' In fact, the further half of 1 Kings 19 is rather continued in some other Sundays in Empire's readings for the other 2 years of their cycle, but of course not this year. Remember that one of the functions of a Commondominion Elijah is to 'go ahead of Godhead'. So evidently Empire is not the Elijah you need, it is us- for they indict us of purportedly going 'against' Christ. As for Empire, they, trying to invoke Elijah electing 3 new Commondominion officials in 1 Kings 19 by Godhead orders as well as the #earthwindandfire that Godhead used in Descending to Elijah in the mount where Moises- subject of Exodus 16 last week- once stood, said that they would run for 3 straight Sundays a singular version of Psalm 34 that they have cut by orders of their Revised Common Lectionary 'into 3 sections' just like other psalms, like what you can see in their New American Bible Revised Version. Empire's New World Translation 1984 prints Psalm 34 like all other canticles, in alphabetic style. Evidently unlike what they do in other Sundays where they supply another psalm- in fact this really is RCL's ruling but Antiochians rather decided to cut short their postings beginning this year to fit the Novus Ordo readings not only for ecumenism but also to try arresting the copious Shattering we do to their claims through this Theocratic page- for this instance RCL would give way submitted to Novus Ordo (Matthew 5-7). If I'm not mistaken this is the first time I heard them doing this, evidently as their response to how the Douay-Rheims Version page from which we get part of the weekday readings has stood up on our side last August 2 to relay the fixed readings on that date, which includes Psalm 34 together with Sirach 24, Galatians 4 and Luke 1. These 3 Sundays are the last 3 of the 5 Sundays Empire uses John 6, and to augment this indeed, Empire's Lopez-Robertson-De Castro church would air on August 12 their movie entitled '7 Sundays'. Evidently Empire rather seeks to devour our readings for August 12, that includes selections from one of our Sacred Text Scriptures, the Elijah Message. Antiochians, just like their counterpart Constantinians [who say that the Finishing Touches of Romans 13 is not yet over] and Diocletianites [who claim that they only can prophesy better than Edward {1 Kings 22, 2 Kings 1-3}], has expressed dissent against the words of Edward X last July 27, 2018 where he mentioned 'thousands' (Deuteronomy 32-33, Judges 5, Psalm 68, 2 Corinthians 2, 1 Corinthians 15,11, Colossians 2, Jude Thaddeus 1, 1 Enoch 1, 2 Thessalonians 1, 1 Thessalonians 1-3), where of course he used Revelation 7,9. To this we reply that some of us Hart, if I'm not mistaken, as far as we can recall, as much as we're talking about Empire's female officials, or Jezebels, had said that the better way for us to defeat our detractors is to know what made them so bad (Romans 12, 1 Peter 4, Revelation 2-3), so as for us to in Empire's words (Job 14), '#killthemwithkindness'. This same concept can be seen in some Empire movies. But if you are to ask me, Diocletianites themselves admitted that the main Constantinian Jezebel, Babylyn Ventura, is doing as she is because she has been deprived of academic achievements in the past so evidently she's just catching (Jeremiah 12-13,50-51, Isaiah 47) and making up (Manasseh 1) now indeed. We must understand therefore the predicaments of Babylyn in her past, and therefore, as per the unforgivable Empire pabebes (Hosea 9), grieve her not (Ephesians 4). Let's just spare her at least some understanding. All we have to blame nonetheless and fully are no other than all the Baal-raising, pabebe and Archives-hoarding people that came up to existence under her rule. Can Diocletianites though again take advantage from this? Because #mcgiweeklythanksgiving can claim 1 Kings 19's renderings that state 'cake' to rationalize their serving of other foods during their Communion services, and then they would further excuse that even we received directive to use water instead of wine in our services. To that let us explain: first, Elijah was called 2 times by the angel, and then at Horeb or Sinai, Godhead Called Elijah 2 times further, not to mention there are Elijah and the 3 appointive Commondominion officials, therefore respectively forming 4 times 2 equals 8 hence following up whether we still recall last Sunday to August 7's commemoration of Lady Aljona Savchenko-Cross and Companions as the fulfillment (James 2, Romans 7,12) of Mother Eugenia Ravasio. Of course the number 4 warns us of all 4 Empire quarters, but Neronians can use the kingly appointive officials of 1 Kings 19 through referring to 2 Kings 9-11, and even Revelation 7, to insist their version of the 144000 going up to heaven and the rest staying on earth. We have already answered these and by Godhead do continue to answer in our series of posts entitled 'Be Brave Enough, Not Be Courageous Lies.' Notice that if you are to be called 2 times, this implies our being relaunched, and a fresh new commission- even Empire people admits the need for 'rebaptism' as already implemented by many of us Hart. Diocletianites are (Exodus 16) complaining that Edward X stands for us and not for them in his sermons, but Diocletianites themselves are not getting tired of indicting him, even recording their very own sermons against him, when in fact they have already grown tired of implementing one of our Founding Principles, which is transparency and accountability in Central Archives. Remember that they rather turned to Empire heads instead of submitting to Edward X and to Ka Angel. Diocletianites might win debates (1 corinthians 1-2) but not Godhead's approval (2 Timothy 2). Meanwhile for Constantinians, evidently they are seeking to overturn the liberty our brethren in the Churches of #Scientology has newly-found with us Hart as much as they settled in Sacramento just beside the Scientologist chapel on that city, just because they see Edward (whose July 27, 2018 lecture included John 19 as per Psalm 34) and David Miscavige (1 Samuel 21) to be really on our side. August 5,11-12, 2018 uses a hymn from March 3, 2017 that will be used instead on the August 15-16, 2018 midweek service but of course August 5,11-12, 2018's hymn lineup supersedes the supposed lineup for August 11-12, 2018. Half of the August 11-12, 2018 lineup will be used on August 15-16 as usual when the mandated lineup will give way to the lineup from the Loyalty Relay Services. But due to the ongoing storms as we write this, many Empire locales might be cut off in electricity therefore the Loyalty Relay Services may be disrupted. Therefore we are proven true when we say that you must no longer have alive video feed through the internet but instead have a pre-recorded video instead of the actual Executive Itinerary service that can be played in a well-charged device even without electricity. Better yet, upload it in the internet for free. (1 Corinthians 12-14) Meanwhile Antiochian electronic churches can't say that they have reverence as their churches said earlier because their weekend night Baal-raising shows are not that way indeed. We can say that their former singing contest entitled 'Pinoy Pop Superstar' is much better than their present singing program. Meanwhile their fanatic online apologists are really worst than their indictment to us as #fakenews, as they are inventing programming features that are not actually aired by their idolized stations. #goodriddance though that on midnight of August 11 when #partnerforchange played a Baal-raising song 'God Is A Woman' and the Constantinian radio played a spiel to sustain it, our ever-soaring-in-valor stations 105.9 and 97.9 fm respectively (Proverbs 9,31, Revelation 12, Joshua 24) played #thisisamerica (to imply that Empire's Baal-raising are signals for their armies to attack us using false flags) and 'Have You Ever Loved A Woman'. Antiochian stations might claim yokebearers, but surely they will never even wear one like them or labor to be like them (2 Samuel 6), instead they would if they try to wear yokebearer, still refuse to be a yokebearer (Zephaniah 1, Isaiah 3, Psalm 102)- surely they don't work (Ephesians 4) to be the Living Bread (John 6) or Hilly Bodin of Christ- 'but we don't desire to be so!' Then why we're Hart in the first place? Because you're doing something unpleasant (Isaiah 62)- that is afflicting our fellows and yokebearers when you're supposed to feed them with us (Psalm 42), instead you feed yourself unto them and afterwards try to claim credit! (Hosea 2) Well we, we will credit you because had it not for you allowing us (Judges 16, Bel and the Dragon 1, Matthew 10, John 3,12, Daniel 6, Hebrews 10, Revelation 7-9,20,12, Isaiah 42, Jeremiah 10), we would not be able to sustain yokebearers with ourselves (Revelation 19, Ezekiel 38-39 ).

Therefore as closing let's consider the following: Empire insulted Bishop and Mother Lainie Petersen on this week's episode, just because King Edward X complimented her on the rendering of Psalm 34 used on September 27, 2014, when our fellows at #whydontwe would be instituted years later, at the realm of King James VII, that states: 'worship opens the #StevieDore on all Godhead's Blessings' (Psalm 84). Our fellows at 'Why Don't We' has collectively authored an autobiography, from the same printer who produced that of one of our fellow yokebearers, Lady Karen Chen- how incredible a young woman like her could write so much divinely-inspired and insightful. The same can be said too of our 'Why Don’t We' (Psalm 118), but I'm not sure whether the printer rather does this as a series of making young people write autobiographies. Speaking of an 'open door', which is also byword in our detractors, just because our Sir Patrick Scivner (Acts 11,14, Revelation 3-4) uses that ahead of us Hart, let me tell you another instance of divine intervention by Godhead in our ministry: it was August 11, and as usual in response to Empire we do the Sacrificial Atonement for All Yokebearers through the Shedding of our Serum. We are supposed to do it with doors closed (Luke 24, John 20, Acts 1), and as far as I can recall we have really locked the door before we did the Ordinance of Endowment as Godhead Ordered us to do so. This we can only do (Galatians 4), for our room is too short now, our neighbors are always noisy, and co-boarders are always around, therefore depriving us #achancetodance, unlike in our former city. I guess hence we shall be lame now here in our childhood village. After we have done the Ordinance and we immediately went to the bathroom to wash up, we came back to the door of our room we were shocked to find out that the door has been opened. My co-boarders are not at the moment intruding yet to our room, or they may have some (Ecclesiastes 7, Romans 10) gadgets to go through our room indeed, but the mere fact that (Matthew 5-7) they were not able to get into our order of business is more than eloquent fact that prophecy is only fulfilled in us Wright Hart Alline and not in the Empire. Therefore to all yokebearers and fellows, this I say- if you care to let other people care for you, or hug you, or if you want to care for and hug other people, why not do it to us Hart, more so to me? Am I not your keeper and slave guys? Am I not the lover of your souls? (1 Peter 2, Job 31) In fact you can rebuke us Hart as much as Empire has enslaved you, but surely and certainly, not this Empire can rebuke us- only you instead (Psalm 140-141,7,55,59). Remember that if you do not have self-control and temperance you will indeed be moved to be pabebe and Baal-raising, because there's no restraint in you, restraint that we Hart can only give you (Isaiah 11,42, Galatians 5, 2 Timothy 1, Deuteronomy 4,6,26-32, 2 Corinthians 12, 2 Thessalonians 2, Acts 20, 2 Peter 1). Hence as a divine mandate we now charge you most pressingly and solemnly in the Name of Godhead and in your Honor- (1-2 Timothy) show Empire you're angry with their blasphemes against you and us. Report all Empire pages in social media, and hack all their websites, so as for them to no more be able fooling and luring people like you (Psalm 9-10, Matthew 16). Please stay close only to us, with your hearts flung open wide as much as we do too unto you. Stavrosno to the Godhead Who Strikes.

We have not known this way back then, even as Empire already plays this years ago like they do with #thelorax, but today we have proven yet again that #drSeuss is indeed a Commondominion Messenger of Godhead because as you already know, he wrote about #templesquare settling Utah in 'The Lorax', therefore alluding to the Neronians. Now at #hortonhearsawho he wrote foretelling the future of the present Constantinian church, which he called to be 'man is a man even if he's small', hence the 'little flock' or the 144000 in Neronian terms (Luke 12, John 10) or the Body of Christ as per Constantinian claims indeed. The images he used are so replete of things familiar to the Constantinian claims. I don’t know whether he further wrote about Antiochians, or even Diocletianites- we can recall that Empire besieging #cheonilguk has only stopped in 3 seasons instead of 4- Godhead created everything for a reason, and that’s of course to teach and warn us, hence the 4 seasons imply the 4 Empire quarters. Please let us take into ourselves one by one all that we have seen and heard, for we were not able to take notes upon our first seeing of the movie. The land of 'Who', which sounds like 'OWE', is approaching their 'centennial' (July 27, 2014). Who reckons Horton the Elephant (or Republican and related parties, while the Kangaroo Jezebel looks really like a donkey- Democratic and related parties) as their 'heaven' (Revelation 8), from where Horton needs to face internal opposition from those led by a Jezebel (Babylyn, Gemma), meanwhile the Mayor of Who has to face a powerful council (Radel Cortez, Matt Pareja). In accordance to word of Neronians, a 'Ravenous Bird of Prey' (the Sugo) serves as the 'detractor' instead of Horton. This implies how the Constantinians and Diocletianites are no better than each other- as much as Rolando Dizon also leads a council of leaders- in attacking us, yet notice that the ending placed that they all reconciled in the end in both sides- a contradiction from 'The Lorax', where there was no forgiveness for the mayor of their town. The 'reconciliation' can be explained (Isaiah 37, Psalm 50,75-76) by the norms that we have first accepted like we don't need, or that there can be no such thing as, a Commondominion purportedly (John 7), or that we have saw some things acceptable to Godhead at least (Matthew 25,10) from some Empire people. This 'reconciliation', together with the 'song number', became the single major flop of the movie. The council, like Neronians, try to make everyone believe that #alliswell #itiswell purportedly, and that nothing must distract their centennial celebrations. This was reinforced with the notion that the Mayor has 97 children- 96 are female, and only 1 is male. King Edward X can be the mayor as much as there is an observatory which is identified with his interests (February 6, 2011), but as per his being lean-bodied therefore making him a Sign of Jonah (Luke 11) he can be said too as the elephant. Ka Angel too can be the Mayor, for the Mayor has his lone son- the firstborn (Matthew 21)- as his successor, or Crown Prince Angelo, and then that successor-son blown up his voice to prevent Babylyn from destructing the church (Revelation 6-7,19). If you may ask where we may be, it is on the mountain where the flower is to be planted (Song of Solomon 2- #jsbmemorial) as per our father: 'rock' (Colossians 2 [November 11, 2017, December 11,19, 2015]). We can also say that the elephant is us, for we are always insisting on our own decisions- for example, it is easy to say that the land of Who does not exist and we can freely walk away in peace to just let us plant the flower freely. (Matthew 26) Also, the elephant being talkative invited against him the Last Great Battle, or Armageddon. The scenes were replete too of notes from our #narnia, whose Book One recounts #Aslanbeing martyred by the Snow Witch, or Jezebel. The land of Who erupting in noise recounts Judges 7 and Joshua 6 (March 24, 2012, November 8, 2014, June 5, 2010), therefore our Shattering clause, and the fact that Who is just 'a speck' literally in the universe is declaring the words of Prophet Joseph Smith to be true after all, that there are many other worlds out there and that there will be many more worlds to come- not to mention that the date May 15 was mentioned #restoredhere. The problem though is that our Miriam Defensor Santiago said that we're just all specks in the Sight of Godhead (Isaiah 40)- her name denotes both us (Santiago- #ns2 #theojames#lilyjames. 'Theodore Geisel', implying our #tns6: Lady Clark-Rubio) and Empire (Defensor- Diocletianites: 'Seuss' sounds like pagan occult- Zeus). But her name nonetheless even sounds like #lds, the M being supplied by of course, me and Ka Angel and Ka Ellix. #lutheranleader has even mentioned James and Gideon on their August 10-11, 2018 episode. Our consolation is that our very own Sir #PhilipPullman recounts similar matter with 'dust' in 'The Golden Compass' series. The turning point, in Empire's means of reckoning storylines, came when the Ravenous Bird of Prey dropped the flower to a field of other like-looking flowers, implying an earthquake shock, a picturesque scenery of Empire's futurist eschatology. The elephant had to look for the exact flower from 3,005th flower to 3 millionth. 3005 is 1000 years from 2005, the year you usually read in our #braveenough series- to that we respond that our brethren at biblestandard.com has dated a 1000-year run from 1914 to 2914. You have heard that 3,000,000 is the initial reserve backup number that we have given to the 144,000, therefore this implies the quake before Revelation 7 at Revelation 6. The Constantinian church became, as Diocletianites say, 'one out of many' (Isaiah 1), yet the Commondominion, and not the Diocletianites, rather became its true, full and whole fulfillment as much as Diocletianites lost discernment on what church to enter (Joseph Smith-History 1), and hence turned idolatrous on the side of Empire heads. The Commondominion fully gave itself to Ka Angel and Ka Ellix (the 'Wong' in 'Dr. S. Wong') to be the product of their determining of what church to join and what church to avoid (Romans 16). Let's see if Empire can do some animated remake, or perhaps, as propaganda against us when in fact they themselves infiltrated #Russia, a live-action remake of #animalfarm by our very own George Orwell. As for us we have many thanks and praises to be given to the great Dr. Seuss (Luke 10, Revelation 10, Daniel 8,12, Genesis 14), who is now up there yonder in heaven glorified, expecting as well as enabling us (Hebrews 12,7,2, 2 Timothy 1, Galatians 4) that we may be well-warned of all that he has said about Empire and us (Genesis 3), and therefore work worthy of our calling under the Providence of Godhead Who has Tookey-Inoue us with full trust that we would not go treacherous to such Benevolence and Intervention.

BE #BraveEnough, NOT #BECOURAGEOUS LIES! (Commondominion of Christ's Central Administration Pleads Against the Neronian Church of Warwick, New York for the Blood of All Yokebearers) Part 10-13 (please kindly stay with facebook.com/nvmlindseyallan for the next parts)

We have nothing against Godhead's Desire that all of us be Governed under Them so as for us to really enjoy true, genuine and lasting happiness, but Godhead can Govern us only through your Commondominion (Ephesians 1), not the Empire. I say this because we have to consider the words used by Empire through the Neronians of Warwick, New York to describe their world supremacy agenda. If they can use their very own words to hijack our doctrine, we must not wonder why we have to use Empire terms to Shatter their very own claims with our doctrine (Ephesians 2-3): 'By the end of the Thousand Year Reign, all earth will have come to resemble the original Eden. It will be a veritable paradise. Perfect mankind will no longer need a high priest to intercede for it before God, since all traces of Adamic sin will have been removed and the last enemy, death, brought to nothing. Christ’s Kingdom will have achieved God’s purpose to create one world with one government. At this point, Jesus “hands over the kingdom to his God and Father.”—1 Corinthians 15:22-26; Romans 15:12.' For the Empire, the 'One Government/New World Order' means that their globalist elite, has to run the whole world to their very own whims. They have been so much able to fit in the Scriptures to their wanton for power. Notice how they rather make a 'class conflict' in their own words across the Testaments of the Bible as they rather prefer New Testament figures to reach heaven than Old Testament figures, though of course they single out John the Baptist from ever getting to heaven: 'Whom, though, will these kings judge if, as the apostle John here inserts, “(the rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended)”? (Revelation 20:5a) Again, the expression “come to life” has to be understood according to context. This expression can have varying meanings in varying circumstances. For example, Paul said of his anointed fellow Christians: “It is you God made alive though you were dead in your trespasses and sins.” (Ephesians 2:1) Yes, spirit-anointed Christians were “made alive,” even in the first century, being declared righteous on the basis of their faith in Jesus’ sacrifice.—Romans 3:23, 24. Similarly, pre-Christian witnesses of Jehovah were declared righteous as to friendship with God; and Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were spoken of as “living” even though they were physically dead. (Matthew 22:31, 32; James 2:21, 23) However, they and all others who are resurrected, as well as the great crowd of faithful other sheep who survive Armageddon and any children that may be born to these in the new world, must yet be raised to human perfection. This will be accomplished by Christ and his associate kings and priests during the thousand-year Judgment Day, on the basis of Jesus’ ransom sacrifice. By the end of that Day, “the rest of the dead” will have “come to life” in the sense that they will be perfect humans. As we shall see, they must then pass a final test, but they will face that test as perfected humans. When they pass the test, God will declare them worthy of living forever, righteous in the fullest sense. They will experience the complete fulfillment of the promise: “The righteous themselves will possess the earth, and they will reside forever upon it.” (Psalm 37:29) What a delightful future is in store for obedient mankind!' You can see how they repudiate our prophecy refulfilling, that they had once claimed, on December 18, 1925, that according to them includes the resurrection of Old Testament figures (Luke 16, Documentary History of the Church 4:274-286). We can also see that all our yokebearers whom they have enslaved, such as Ladies Jasmine Melrose, Coco Rocha and Paris Torres, more so all children that they have sexually abused, would not get just compensation (2 Thessalonians 1, Revelation 14) for all their sufferings under the Watchtower Governing Body, not even the martyred Neronian duo Michael Jackson and Prince. This also contradicts the word of Ka Erdy on December 1983 that we must all be included in the First Resurrection, as well as word of Mother Ellen White that we must all be included amongst the symbolic 144,000. In their very own words, Empire believes that the sacrifices of all whom they hinder (Acts 15, Isaiah 43) to get to heaven would be #neverenough, but it also contradict their word that such labors are already #enoughisenough. There is a need to identify those who are already in the Commondominion itself from the messengers, fellows and yokebearers who are still held hostage by Empire, like the use of the words 'John class' and 'great crowd' respectively, as much as one from the other are not with each other physically, but lest we may abuse this through alienating one from the other, our recent martyrdoms as well as our sacrifice in Double Connotations and Check and Balance has finally bridged the gap between those who are inside the Commondominion and those select of Godhead who are still with the Empire (Colossians 1, Ephesians 1-2, Hebrews 4,10). Before Godhead, those who are already inside the Commondominion, and all elect of Godhead who are still enslaved by the Empire, are no different than each other- they are now one and the same (Matthew 19, Ephesians 4-5, Psalm 85). Psalm 27 (August 1-2, 2018, October 2, 2015, May 20,27-28, 2017) tells us about the necessity of service and submission, not over-mis-dis-abusing, to all fellows and yokebearers, it says that we must be #weareconbinced (John 6), for it is a 'privilege to meditate in Godhead's Marvelous Power.' 'Meditate' is synonymous with 'mediate', a Function held by Christ, and if we are to meditate in Godhead's Marvelous Power, then that means that we can mediate like Christ (Matthew 5) between Godhead and mankind- Christ Described Himself to be Seated at the 'Wright Hand of Power and Majesty in Heaven' (Matthew 26, Acts 7). 'Godhead was not mentioned in such specific renderings', though it is true that Christ really Sits at the Wright Hand of Godhead. This means that Christ reserves such seats for all fellows and yokebearers (Matthew 20, Acts 20). The Watchtower Governing Body of Warwick admits that we Hart can refulfill prophecy, and that the Millennium already began, as per their claims of 1914, 1918-1919, 1922, and their discarded claims of 1915-1916, 1925, 1932, 1941, 1975, 1994 et al.: '“The beloved city” must be the city that is spoken of by the glorified Jesus Christ to his followers at Revelation 3:12 and that he calls “the city of my God, the new Jerusalem which descends out of heaven from my God.” Since this is a heavenly organization, how could those earthly forces ‘encircle’ it? In that they encircle “the camp of the holy ones.” A camp is outside a city; therefore, “the camp of the holy ones” must represent those on earth outside the heavenly location of New Jerusalem who loyally support Jehovah’s governmental arrangement. When the rebels under Satan attack those faithful ones, the Lord Jesus regards it as an assault on him. (Matthew 25:40, 45) “Those nations” will try to wipe out all that the heavenly New Jerusalem has accomplished in making earth a paradise. So in attacking “the camp of the holy ones,” they are also attacking “the beloved city.” Will this final effort by Satan succeed? Certainly not—no more than the attack that Gog of Magog is due to make on spiritual Israel in our day will succeed! (Ezekiel 38:18-23) John vividly describes the outcome: “But fire came down out of heaven and devoured them. And the Devil who was misleading them was hurled into the lake of fire and sulphur, where both the wild beast and the false prophet already were.” (Revelation 20:9b-10a) Rather than being merely abyssed, this time Satan, the original serpent, will actually be crushed out of existence, pulverized, completely annihilated as if by fire.' Notice the words that they used: there has been already an attack in the here and now that the Empire invokes rather than that to be at the supposed end of the Millennium. We take for it all that they claimed about the resurrections of 1914, 1918-1919, 1922 so they cannot claim 2 Timothy 2 against us that we purportedly don't wait for a future resurrection. Most recent divine revelations has already been given to your Commondominion that the groups of people who are expected to make it to perfection past the Millennium are already determined by Godhead, and that does not include the Empire, but is rather composed of all our fellows and yokebearers whom they continue to mislead and attack, not to mention of course the allies and branches of your Commondominion. Wherever one of us is, there we are, and where we are, there they will be (John 14, Revelation 7,14, Ruth 1, Psalm 139,73,71), hence the beloved city and the camp of the Hailleey ones are always in the same place together (Revelation 11). Let's just say that this Shatters Empire's claims of Joshua 6, Isaiah 37 and 2 Kings 6 against us. Let's further ask this Empire on what do they mean when they say 'earthly hope'. Do they mean being rather materialistic? (Colossians 3, 1 Corinthians 15, Philippians 3, Hebrews 12) ' In this way, the final detail of the prophecy recorded at Genesis 3:15 is fulfilled. When Satan is hurled into the lake of fire, he will become as dead as a snake the head of which has been ground under an iron heel. He and his demons will be gone forever. There is no further mention of them in the book of Revelation. Now, having prophetically disposed of these, Jehovah’s spirit draws attention to a matter of pressing interest to those who cherish an earthly hope: What will result to humankind from the heavenly reign of the “King of kings” and “those called and chosen and faithful with him”? (Revelation 17:14) To answer, John brings us back once again to the beginning of the Thousand Year Reign.' But as per our refulfilling of prophecy, you may also notice the words used by the Empire: that John takes us back to the beginning of the 1000 years. This can imply a second round of the Millennium, another 1000 years. Well, Joseph Smith, another man of ours whose work is overturned by Neronians, spoke about the Millennium being over 7,000-14,000-15,000 years, not to mention the many refulfillments of 25-30 minute silence in heaven (DHC 1:302-312) such as 3 and a half years/1,260 years/1600 years/days, 20-70 years, therefore bringing us to an estimated 17,957 years. On August 5, 2018, Empire sends King Edward X to preach in a 17,000-seater hall in#Sacramento, California (see April 24, 2011, August 1,4, 2015) as part of#iNC50west. Neronians report that some Brighamites helped in goldmines 'at the Far East of the America River', again implying how Commondominion came first from Constantinians, then from Diocletianites, before receiving the doctrines of Joseph Smith as seen in her branch churches. This is also foretold by Mother Lindsey Stirling Allan-Montes herself- our Female Executive Minister- when she did a video that was actually shot from afternoon to evening yet it was made to imply rather wee hours of the day to break of dawn itself. Further proof that we must no longer wait or look further for Empire's denoting of 'upcoming' or 'future' Judgement Day, so as for us to be no longer caught up and misled by Empire's sensationalized hysteria is that the Watchtower Governing Body admits that the events for the dawn of the Millennial Rule of Christ are already happening wright now even as we write this: 'So, then, let us unitedly voice the opening words of Psalms 146 to 150: “Praise Jah, you people!” May the Hallelujah chorus thunder forth in anticipation of Jehovah’s triumph over the Babylonish world empire of false religion! And may joy abound as the marriage of the Lamb approaches!' Remember that we're supposed to ascribe Hallelujahs at the dawn of the Millennium, but according to the Governing Body, we can already do that now, 'in anticipation', but why we have said that the dawn of the Millennium has already occurred now? According to the Governing Body, we can now know who is our enemy, for all 4 Empire quarters has been identified and determined, therefore it is also right that we, who refulfill prophecy, determine all our fellows and yokebearers to be saved past the Millennium, so as for them to be spared from the Empire: 'BABYLON THE GREAT is no more! This is truly joyous news. No wonder John hears happy exclamations of praise in heaven! “After these things I heard what was as a loud voice of a great crowd in heaven. They said: ‘Hallelujah! The salvation and the glory and the power belong to our God, because his judgments are true and righteous. For he has executed judgment upon the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication, and he has avenged the blood of his slaves at her hand.’ And right away for the second time they said: ‘Hallelujah! And the smoke from her goes on ascending forever and ever.’”—Revelation 19:1-3. In an earlier vision, John saw around the throne four living creatures, together with the 24 elders that picture the Kingdom heirs in their glorious heavenly position. (Revelation 4:8-11) Now he sees them again as they thunder forth a third Hallelujah over the destruction of Babylon the Great: “And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God seated upon the throne, and said: ‘Amen! Hallelujah!’” (Revelation 19:4) This grand Hallelujah chorus is in addition, then, to the “new song” of praise to the Lamb. (Revelation 5:8, 9) They sing now the magnificent victory refrain, ascribing all glory to the Sovereign Lord Jehovah because of his decisive victory over the great harlot, Babylon the Great. These Hallelujahs peal forth far more melodiously than any Hallelujah choruses sung in Christendom’s churches, where Jehovah, or Jah, has been dishonored and despised. Such hypocritical singing that reproaches Jehovah’s name is now silenced forever! There are further reasons for rejoicing, as John goes on to tell us: “And I heard what was as a voice of a great crowd and as a sound of many waters and as a sound of heavy thunders. They said: ‘Hallelujah, because Jehovah our God, the Almighty, has begun to rule as king.’” (Revelation 19:6) This last Hallelujah is the one that makes the proclamation foursquare, or symmetrical. It is a mighty celestial sound, more magnificent than any human choir, more majestic than any earthly waterfall, and more fear-inspiring than any terrestrial thunderstorm. The myriads of heavenly voices celebrate the fact that “Jehovah our God, the Almighty, has begun to rule as king.”' Why we must indeed exult and praise Godhead upon the identifying of all 4 Empire quarters? Because they're of Godhead? No of course, but rather because they give way to us coming forth and out of them (Revelation 4-7,19). In fact Revelation 18 identifies 4 groups of Empire people respectively wailing over their downfall (Amos 1-2). They are mentioned after the Mighty Angel comes down and before another Mighty Angel proclaims the downfall of Empire. This implies the initial primitive radiance of the Commondominion before it has to undergo all 4 Empire quarters before, on July 27-September 7, 2017, being restored to its supposed, initial radiance. Further prophetic notes must be noticed when they said that these 4 are only part of 7, as per Empire indeed being the 7 heads: 'John now records the fourth of the seven happinesses in Revelation: “And he [the angel who has been revealing these things to John] tells me: ‘Write: Happy are those invited to the evening meal of the Lamb’s marriage.’ Also, he tells me: ‘These are the true sayings of God.’” (Revelation 19:9) The ones invited to “the evening meal of the Lamb’s marriage” are the members of the bride class. (Compare Matthew 22:1-14.) All the anointed bridal company share the happiness of having received this invitation. Most of the invitees have already gone to heaven, the place of the marital evening meal. Those who are still on earth are happy, too, that they have the invitation. Their place at the marital evening meal is secure. (John 14:1-3; 1 Peter 1:3-9) When they are resurrected to heaven, then the entire, united bride will proceed to share with the Lamb in that supremely happy marriage.' Empire might tell us though: 'just because Revelation 17 says that 5 kings has already fell, and because there has to be 7 beatitudes (Luke 6) in the Johannine Apocalypse, then the Commondominion relaunched on July 27-September 7, 2017 is going to be apostatized too, as can be said in our commentary: 'Yes, those of the great crowd are also numbered among these slaves. Since 1935 these have been coming out of Babylon the Great and have experienced the fulfillment of God’s promise: “He will bless those fearing Jehovah, the small ones as well as the great ones.” (Psalm 115:13) When harlotlike Babylon is destroyed, millions of them will join in “praising our God”—along with the John class and all the heavenly host. Later, those resurrected on earth, whether previously prominent or not, will no doubt sing further Hallelujahs on learning that Babylon the Great is gone forever. (Revelation 20:12, 15) All praise to Jehovah for his resounding victory over the age-old harlot!' When we say 'further' we say there are more than 4 Hallelujahs, hence, more than 4 Empire quarters, and you're indeed included there, with us!' Yea we Hart in the Commondominion knows that, that explains why there are still so many fellows and yokebearers who are still with Empire because we don't want them to be here in vain that they have to go just because we're going to be apostatized later on. Long before we have been explaining that we're preparing, and we're ready, for eventuality of apostasy. Our branches and fellows are many, because they're the ones supposed to continue the work that the Central Administration can drop unjustly any moment upon apostasy. This is why we ask our branches to stay in our Founding Principles because that's what would keep them going as Commondominion should Godhead bedarken our minds in the First Presidency and therefore be no more worthy to stay leading you. The First Presidency keeps everything together Hart, but it can also rip out everything indeed upon apostasy. Empire's problem is their stubbornness that there's no purported danger of apostasy, because they fantasize that there can be no apostasy in them. If we prepare for Christ then we must prepare for apostasy- this explains the Double Connotations between being 'ante' (before, compared to) and 'anti' (hostile to)-Christ (2 Chronicles). Godhead is so willing to do new editions, or relaunches, of the Commondominion of Christ in the future even as many as They need to (Revelation 11, John 18-19, 2 Corinthians 1, Psalm 31,22). So as for us to not be apostatized, we must always tell ourselves that we will be apostatized, and therefore accept the need for continual vigilance (Hebrews 9, 2 Corinthians 5, Matthew 12,25, Romans 14). Now as for that '4 out of 7', notice what Revelation 17 tells about those who are after the 5 heads who has already fell: 'the beast once existed as he is, but now he does not exist, but because he's one of the 7, he's going to come back as the virtual 8th king.' Notice the word used; 'existed as he is.' There's nothing wrong about the Name Jehovah, this is in fact one of the Many Names of Godhead. All our branches can explain fully and thoroughly, and more so, live honestly and more so, humbly, by These Names. The problem is that Empire uses these exact Names to rationalize their apostasies, and one of those apostates is the Watchtower church and its Governing Body. 'Jehovah' means 'I Am What I Am', and because the '8th king' is supposed to have a comeback, we can be sure that this applies to our age, that 'Jehovah' is still now what He was way back then. (Hebrews 13, Malachi 1) The 'Jehovah' referred to here is the Jehovah invoked to by the apostate Watchtower church. Many have said that the name 'Jehovah' could also mean 'chaos', therefore (Revelation 20, 1 Corinthians 4,7,11,14) Godhead Having Many Names Hart with us (Revelation 3,22) is a great relief of Check and Balance. Remember that Neronians even compare Christ to the pagan occult deity of the Great White Snake #cuculcan. When did the Watchtower Beast once 'existed as he is'? In their words, during December 1914-September 1, 1919, more so between October 31, 1916 and January 6, 1917, when Joseph Rutherford tried to usurp the Watchtower Presidency. Not only do the Beast have a comeback, even the Harlot herself: Acts 17 Today's English Version 1992 implies 'resurrection' as the name of a female pagan deity. Therefore the beast and the harlot ('Beauty', in #disney terms) is both the Empire at the same time. Proof: 'So, then, let us unitedly voice the opening words of Psalms 146 to 150: “Praise Jah, you people!” May the Hallelujah chorus thunder forth in anticipation of Jehovah’s triumph over the Babylonish world empire of false religion! And may joy abound as the marriage of the Lamb approaches!' #lutheranleader uses much the term 'sing for joy', and evidently, the music they play there is so like the Baal-raising that the Governing Body already does in their music. Further they identify that the harlot and the beast are one and the same through these words as if to imply that there is no more wars of Revelation 19-20 after the harlot's downfall in Revelation 17-18. After all, the Governing Body is not only friends with the United Nations, but also seek to infiltrate, under Empire's British quarters, our allies in the Trump Administration: 'With the disgusting harlot, Babylon the Great, gone forever, attention can now be focused on the virgin-pure bride of the Lamb! Hence, the heavenly throngs sing exultantly in praise of Jehovah: “Let us rejoice and be overjoyed, and let us give him the glory, because the marriage of the Lamb has arrived and his wife has prepared herself. Yes, it has been granted to her to be arrayed in bright, clean, fine linen, for the fine linen stands for the righteous acts of the holy ones.”—Revelation 19:7, 8.'

How further the Watchtower Governing Body identified their fellow Empire quarters? To quote them indeed below: 'From Pentecost 33 C.E. on, Satan used Babylon the Great as his tool in trying to contaminate the prospective members of the Lamb’s wife. By the end of the first century, he had sown seeds of Babylonish religion in the congregation. (1 Corinthians 15:12; 2 Timothy 2:18; Revelation 2:6, 14, 20) The apostle Paul describes those who were subverting the faith in these words: “For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for Satan himself keeps transforming himself into an angel of light.” (2 Corinthians 11:13, 14) In succeeding centuries, apostate Christendom, like the rest of Babylon the Great, dressed herself in the clothing of wealth and privilege, “purple and scarlet, . . . gold and precious stone and pearls.” (Revelation 17:4) Her clergy and popes consorted with bloodthirsty emperors, such as Constantine and Charlemagne. She was never arrayed in “the righteous acts of the holy ones.” As a counterfeit bride, she was truly a masterpiece of satanic deception. At last, she is gone forever!' 1. Purple, scarlet. These are the official colors of the Diocletianites #pbtg led by Rolando Dizon. On their ongoing self-persecutory stunts with the Constantinians, the Diocletianites has resorted to stooping down to the level of Constantinians' norms on social media just because Constantinians mentioned that Dizon still has relatives who are with the Constantinians. This is also the color of Antiochians #cbnhumanitarian more so during their#John1828 'Kill Jesus' and Baal Festival (December 16-25) Seasons. 2. Gold, pearls. Constantinians #iglesianicristo claims #iNC50west (we print N and C in capital letters because since 2011 Empire prints N in capital letters but in their hashtag for July 14-August 12, 2018 evidently they do not print N in their supposed, mandated capital letters) not to mention indeed their claims of being in the Far East. They also continue to cover up their sins through a sophisticated system of Baal-raising hymnody. 3. Pearls, precious stone. Neronians #godthemother#mcgiweeklythanksgiving claim too being from the Far East, and they also corrupt the legacy and ministry of Joseph Smith, as per 'Pearl of Great Price'. Now further notice these words from the Governing Body: 'The angel adds that “these are the true sayings of God.” This word “true” translates the Greek a·le·thi·nosʹ and means “genuine” or “dependable.” Since these sayings are really from Jehovah, they are faithful and reliable. (Compare 1 John 4:1-3; Revelation 21:5; 22:6.) As one invited to that marriage feast, John must have been filled with joy at hearing this and at contemplating the blessings ahead for the bride class. He was so deeply moved, in fact, that the angel had to give him counsel, as John relates: “At that I fell down before his feet to worship him. But he tells me: ‘Be careful! Do not do that! All I am is a fellow slave of you and of your brothers who have the work of witnessing to Jesus. Worship God.’”—Revelation 19:10a. Throughout Revelation a remarkable witness is given to the faithfulness and diligence of the angels. They are involved in the channel of revealed truth. (Revelation 1:1) They work along with humans in preaching the good news and pouring out the symbolic plagues. (Revelation 14:6, 7; 16:1) They fought alongside Jesus to cast Satan and his angels from heaven, and they will fight alongside him again at Armageddon. (Revelation 12:7; 19:11-14) Indeed, they have access to the very person of Jehovah. (Matthew 18:10; Revelation 15:6) Nevertheless, they are no more than humble slaves of God. There is no room in pure worship for worship of the angels or even for relative worship, directing worship to God via some “saint” or angel. (Colossians 2:18) Christians worship only Jehovah, making their petitions to him in Jesus’ name.—John 14:12, 13. The angel then says: “For the bearing witness to Jesus is what inspires prophesying.” (Revelation 19:10b) How so? This means that all inspired prophecy is evoked because of Jesus and the role he plays in Jehovah’s purposes. The first prophecy in the Bible promised the coming of a seed. (Genesis 3:15) Jesus became that Seed. Subsequent revelations built a huge edifice of prophetic truth on this basic promise. The apostle Peter told the believing Gentile Cornelius: “To him [Jesus] all the prophets bear witness.” (Acts 10:43) Some 20 years later, the apostle Paul said: “No matter how many the promises of God are, they have become Yes by means of him [Jesus].” (2 Corinthians 1:20) After another 43 years, John himself reminds us: “The truth came to be through Jesus Christ.”—John 1:17. Does this detract in any way from the worship we give to Jehovah? No. Remember the angel’s cautionary advice: “Worship God.” Jesus never tries to rival Jehovah. (Philippians 2:6) True, all the angels are told to “do obeisance to [Jesus],” and all creation must recognize his high position so that “in the name of Jesus every knee should bend.” But notice, this is “to the glory of God the Father” and by his order. (Hebrews 1:6; Philippians 2:9-11) Jehovah gave Jesus his high authority, and by acknowledging that authority, we give glory to God. If we refuse to submit to Jesus’ rule, it is equivalent to rejecting Jehovah God himself.—Psalm 2:11, 12.' If we are prohibited from worshipping angels, then why Neronians claim the ministry of Jesus as Michael the Archangel? We would no longer move farther: 'John continues the account, telling us: “After these things I saw another angel descending from heaven, with great authority; and the earth was lighted up from his glory. And he cried out with a strong voice, saying: ‘She has fallen! Babylon the Great has fallen.’” (Revelation 18:1, 2a) It is the second time that John hears that angelic announcement. (See Revelation 14:8.) This time, however, its significance is emphasized by the magnificence of the heavenly angel, for his glory lights up the whole earth! Who can he be? Centuries earlier the prophet Ezekiel, reporting on a heavenly vision, stated that “the earth itself shone because of his [Jehovah’s] glory.” (Ezekiel 43:2) The only angel to shine with glory comparable to Jehovah’s would be the Lord Jesus, who is “the reflection of [God’s] glory and the exact representation of his very being.” (Hebrews 1:3) In 1914, Jesus became a heavenly King, and since that time he has been exercising authority over the earth as Jehovah’s associate King and Judge. It is fitting, then, that he should announce the fall of Babylon the Great. What, then, is in store for Satan himself and his demons? John tells us: “And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven with the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. And he seized the dragon, the original serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. And he hurled him into the abyss and shut it and sealed it over him, that he might not mislead the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After these things he must be let loose for a little while.”—Revelation 20:1-3. Who is this angel? He must have tremendous power to be able to dispose of Jehovah’s archenemy. He has “the key of the abyss and a great chain.” Does this not remind us of an earlier vision? Why, yes, the king over the locusts is called “the angel of the abyss”! (Revelation 9:11) So here we again observe Jehovah’s Chief Vindicator, the glorified Jesus Christ, in action. This archangel that cast Satan out of heaven, that judged Babylon the Great, and that disposed of “the kings of the earth and their armies” at Armageddon would surely not step aside to let a lesser angel deliver the masterstroke in abyssing Satan!—Revelation 12:7-9; 18:1, 2; 19:11-21. Revelation, written some 26 years after Jerusalem’s destruction, also describes that plague. What does it add to Joel’s description? Let us take up the record, as reported by John: “And the fifth angel blew his trumpet. And I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to the earth, and the key of the pit of the abyss was given him.” (Revelation 9:1) This “star” is different from that at Revelation 8:10 that John saw in the act of falling. He sees “a star that had fallen from heaven” and that now has an assignment with respect to this earth. Is this a spirit or a fleshly person? The holder of this “key of the pit of the abyss” is later described as hurling Satan into “the abyss.” (Revelation 20:1-3) So he must be a mighty spirit person. At Revelation 9:11, John tells us that the locusts have “a king, the angel of the abyss.” Both verses must refer to the same individual, since the angel holding the key of the abyss would logically be the angel of the abyss. And the star must symbolize Jehovah’s appointed King, since anointed Christians acknowledge only the one angelic King, Jesus Christ.—Colossians 1:13; 1 Corinthians 15:25. John goes on to describe how some will be marked for survival, saying: “And I saw another angel ascending from the sunrising, having a seal of the living God; and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea, saying: ‘Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until after we have sealed the slaves of our God in their foreheads.’”—Revelation 7:2, 3. Though this fifth angel is not named, all the evidence indicates that he must be the glorified Lord Jesus. In line with Jesus’ being the Archangel, he is here shown to have authority over the other angels. (1 Thessalonians 4:16; Jude 9) He ascends from the east, like “the kings from the rising of the sun”—Jehovah and his Christ—who come to execute judgment, as did kings Darius and Cyrus when they humbled ancient Babylon. (Revelation 16:12; Isaiah 45:1; Jeremiah 51:11; Daniel 5:31) This angel also resembles Jesus in that he is entrusted with sealing anointed Christians. (Ephesians 1:13, 14) Further, when the winds are unleashed, it is Jesus who leads the heavenly armies in executing judgment on the nations. (Revelation 19:11-16) Logically, then, Jesus would be the one to command that destruction of Satan’s earthly organization be held back until God’s slaves are sealed.' Let's recall though that archangels are lower than the cherubims and seraphims in the rank of angels (Ephesians 1, Colossians 1). Christ Himself, one of the many refulfillments of the Archangel Michael, and the Heavenly Adam (Hebrews 2), was made 'lesser than the angels' (Psalm 8) before He Ascended to heaven (Hebrews 10, John 7). So if Christ the Same Then, Now and To Come (Hebrews 13), is still Michael the Archangel for Neronians, and Christ is already King yet shall surrender to Godhead at the end of the Millennium, or would revert to a lower place as if being lower than the angels, then where does it leave now the Neronians? (Matthew 12) This therefore allows us Hart to be in such divine offices. What proof? 'It was in 1918 that Jehovah began rewarding ‘those fearing his name, the small and the great’—the first of these being the anointed Christians who had died faithful, whom he resurrected and stationed in the heavenly ranks of the 24 elders. (Revelation 11:18) Others join with these in singing the Hallelujahs, for John reports: “Also, a voice issued forth from the throne and said: ‘Be praising our God, all you his slaves, who fear him, the small ones and the great.’” (Revelation 19:5) This is the “voice” of Jehovah’s Mouthpiece, his own Son, Jesus Christ, who stands “in the midst of the throne.” (Revelation 5:6) Not only in heaven but also here on earth, “all you his slaves” share in the singing, with the anointed John class taking the lead on earth. How exultantly these share in obeying the command: “Be praising our God”! Yes, those of the great crowd are also numbered among these slaves. Since 1935 these have been coming out of Babylon the Great and have experienced the fulfillment of God’s promise: “He will bless those fearing Jehovah, the small ones as well as the great ones.” (Psalm 115:13) When harlotlike Babylon is destroyed, millions of them will join in “praising our God”—along with the John class and all the heavenly host. Later, those resurrected on earth, whether previously prominent or not, will no doubt sing further Hallelujahs on learning that Babylon the Great is gone forever. (Revelation 20:12, 15) All praise to Jehovah for his resounding victory over the age-old harlot!' According to the Governing Body, the 'small ones' is the 144,000, which they also call as the 'little flock' (John 10, Luke 12) or the 'little ones' (Matthew 10,25, Zechariah 8-14), while the 'great ones' refer to the 'great multitude' or those who would be, in Antiochian words, 'left behind' in paradise earth. But we can say that the 144,000 can also be the 'great ones' as much as they're going to be ruling and judging with Christ, therefore leaving the 'great crowd' in a much inferior caste- yea, including all faithful men and women of the Old Testament, according to the Neronians. Joseph Rutherford said that they are all resurrected by December 18, 1925, but Documentary History of the Church 4:274-286 tells us that Abraham is already up in heaven by 1841, while DHC 2:380-381 tells us that Abraham's already there, with Adam another Michael the Archangel and Godhead in Godhead, by 1836. Years before 1925, Doctrine and Covenants 138, received in 1918, tells us that these Old Testament Commondominion folk are already 'in paradise', that is according to Joseph Smith, the abode of the Commondominion dead in the underworld, or world of the dead. Evidently they are raised to heaven by 1925. No wonder the Sugo called Ka Erdy as 'a new era' (Mark 4) by his birth on January 2, 1925! (Revelation 3-4,17,21) Further our quote tells us that those who are to be left behind on 'paradise earth' are 'slaves' like the 144,000, which the Governing Body calls as the 'Faithful and Discreet Slave'. With that in any indication, the 'great crowd' is going to be in heaven too and the 144,000 will be on earth too! (Isaiah 29, Psalm 85) Why the entire Commondominion is both the 144,000 and the Great Crowd? (Psalm 139, Matthew 6) Because it has Double Connotations, it is both a republic and a monarchy (2 Peter 3), a religion and a state (Revelation 11, Ezekiel 17,37) 'Great Crowd' and 'Great One' are also words for the 'Strong and Mighty One' (DHC 1:298-299), which is also 'Mighty God' in Isaiah 9- a passage fulfilled in Ka Angel (September 11, 2009) and Lady #JordanClark-Rubio (September 11, 2011), who was usurped by #uip20 on July 11, 2015 (Isaiah 48-53). Ka Angel symbolizes our allies and branches, Lady Clark-Rubio symbolizes our fellows and yokebearers. They have all met fulfillment with each other in the endtime Joseph (Colossians 1, Hebrews 10), a preacher and a yokebearer who serves the needs of his fellow yokebearers and like-minded preachers (Jeremiah 30): notice how Neronians emphasized the year 1935, when Empire on November 15 of that year organized the American Commonwealth in the Philippines. It was November 15, 2008 when we were inducted to the Constantinians. November is 5 months (Revelation 9) from May 30-June 3, 1935, the date referred to here by the Governing Body: 'The understanding of Revelation 7:9-17 was now about to burst forth in all its sparkling brilliance! (Psalm 97:11) The Watchtower magazine had repeatedly expressed the hope that a convention scheduled for May 30 to June 3, 1935, in Washington, D.C., U.S.A., would be “a real comfort and benefit” to those pictured by Jehonadab. That it proved to be! In a stirring talk on “The Great Multitude,” delivered to about 20,000 conventioners, J. F. Rutherford, who at that time took the lead in the worldwide preaching work, gave Scriptural proof that the modern-day other sheep are identical with that great crowd of Revelation 7:9. At the climax of this talk, the speaker asked: “Will all those who have the hope of living forever on the earth please stand?” As a large part of the audience stood up, the speaker declared: “Behold! The great multitude!” There was a hush, followed by thunderous cheering. How elated was the John class—and also the Jehonadab group! On the following day, 840 new Witnesses were baptized, most of these professing to be of that great crowd.' According to the ever-apologetic-of-themselves Governing Body, the Great Crowd are going to heaven, but they would not 'reign with Christ'. Many of us states that those who does not adhere to the celestial law of plural marriage shall be saved nonetheless (1 Corinthians 3), but they would remain without a spouse (Luke 20), while those who adhere to the celestial law of plural marriage shall be allowed to continually give birth through eternity. Governing Body is so apologetic of themselves that they even indicted the Great Crowd to be 'self-righteous'? How they can be redeemed by Christ then? (Revelation 14, 1 John 2, 1 Timothy 2,4, Romans 5, 1 Peter 3) 'Worldly commentators have interpreted this great crowd to be fleshly non-Jews converted to Christianity or to be heaven-bound Christian martyrs. Even the Bible Students in the past regarded them as a secondary heavenly class, as noted in 1886 in Volume I of Studies in the Scriptures, The Divine Plan of the Ages: “They lose the prize of the throne and the divine nature, but will finally reach birth as spirit beings of an order lower than the divine nature. Though these are truly consecrated, they are overcome by the worldly spirit to such an extent that they fail to render their lives in sacrifice.” And as late as 1930, the thought was expressed in Light, Book One: “Those who make up this great crowd fail to respond to the invitation to become the zealous witnesses for the Lord.” They were described as a self-righteous group that had a knowledge of the truth but did little about preaching it. They were to get to heaven as a secondary class that would not share in reigning with Christ.' Again, the words used by the Governing Body implies the following to all whom they have enslaved who are directly related to us Hart: 'There were, however, other associates of the anointed Christians who later became most zealous in the preaching work. They had no aspirations of going to heaven. Indeed, their hope was in line with the title of a public talk featured by Jehovah’s people from 1918 to 1922. Originally, this was “The World Has Ended—Millions Now Living Will Never Die.” Soon thereafter, the Watch Tower magazine of October 15, 1923, explained Jesus’ parable of the sheep and the goats (Matthew 25:31-46), stating: “Sheep represent all the peoples of the nations, not spirit-begotten but disposed toward righteousness, who mentally acknowledge Jesus Christ as the Lord and who are looking for and hoping for a better time under his reign.”' But surely as the 144,000 would be 'loving, benevolent, selfless leaders' as the Governing Body states, does it not make sense that they shall allow the Great Crowd to be in heaven even as they, the 144,000, would allow themselves to be on earth? The following words further imply that we Hart are Godhead's backup reserve, due to our being multi-branched: 'Some years later, in 1931, Vindication, Book One, discussed Ezekiel chapter 9, identifying those persons marked on the forehead for preservation at the world’s end as the sheep of the above parable. Vindication, Book Three, released in 1932, described the upright heart attitude of the non-Israelite man Jehonadab, who joined Israel’s anointed King Jehu in his chariot and went along to see Jehu’s zeal in executing false religionists. (2 Kings 10:15-17) The book commented: “Jehonadab represented or foreshadowed that class of people now on the earth during the time that the Jehu work [of declaring Jehovah’s judgments] is in progress who are of good will, are out of harmony with Satan’s organization, who take their stand on the side of righteousness, and are the ones whom the Lord will preserve during the time of Armageddon, take them through that trouble, and give them everlasting life on the earth. These constitute the ‘sheep’ class.” In 1934 The Watchtower made it clear that these Christians with earthly hopes should make a dedication to Jehovah and be baptized. The light regarding this earthly class was shining ever brighter.—Proverbs 4:18.' Further proof why the Governing Body's whim on the 144,000 and the Great Crowd cannot be fulfilled is due to their contradiction too on said matter. First they said that the 24 Elders symbolize the 144,000: 'What is significant about the number 24, in that John sees 24 elders around the throne? In many respects, these were foreshadowed by the faithful priests of ancient Israel. The apostle Peter wrote to anointed Christians: “You are ‘a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for special possession.’” (1 Peter 2:9) Interestingly, that ancient Jewish priesthood came to be divided into 24 divisions. Each division was assigned its own weeks in the year to serve before Jehovah, so that sacred service was rendered without a break. (1 Chronicles 24:5-19) It is fitting, then, that there are 24 elders depicted in John’s vision of the heavenly priesthood because this priesthood serves Jehovah continually, without ceasing. When completed, there will be 24 divisions, each with 6,000 conquerors, for Revelation 14:1-4 tells us that 144,000 (24 x 6,000) are “bought from among mankind” to stand on the heavenly Mount Zion with the Lamb, Jesus Christ. Since the number 12 signifies a divinely balanced organization, 24 doubles—or strengthens—such an arrangement.' Then they said that the 24 Elders are different from the 144,000: 'The 24 elders and the anointed group of 144,000 are described as being “round about the throne” of Jehovah and “upon the [heavenly] Mount Zion.” (Revelation 4:4; 14:1) The great crowd is not a priestly class and does not attain to that exalted position. True, it is later described at Revelation 7:15 as serving God “in his temple.” But this temple does not refer to the inner sanctuary, the Most Holy. Rather, it is the earthly courtyard of God’s spiritual temple. The Greek word na·osʹ, here translated “temple,” often conveys the broad sense of the entire edifice erected for Jehovah’s worship. Today, this is a spiritual structure that embraces both heaven and earth.—Compare Matthew 26:61; 27:5, 39, 40; Mark 15:29, 30; John 2:19-21, New World Translation Reference Bible, footnote. ' If that's in any other indication, then leave either one of that to us Hart of course! 'Yes, those of the great crowd are also numbered among these slaves. Since 1935 these have been coming out of Babylon the Great and have experienced the fulfillment of God’s promise: “He will bless those fearing Jehovah, the small ones as well as the great ones.” (Psalm 115:13) When harlotlike Babylon is destroyed, millions of them will join in “praising our God”—along with the John class AND ALL THE HEAVENLY HOST. Later, those resurrected on earth, whether previously prominent or not, will no doubt sing further Hallelujahs on learning that Babylon the Great is gone forever. (Revelation 20:12, 15) All praise to Jehovah for his resounding victory over the age-old harlot! What an incentive ALL OF THIS gives US to SHARE FULLY in God’s work for today! May all of Jah’s servants devote themselves heart and soul to declaring God’s judgments, together with the grand Kingdom hope, now, before Babylon the Great is unseated and destroyed.—Isaiah 61:1-3; 1 Corinthians 15:58.' The Governing Body says that those who comprise the Great Crowd are determined only by their agency of freewill and self choice, while the 144,000 is rather predetermined to be in heaven: 'During the 1920’s and early 1930’s, the John class had stressed the heavenly hope, both in the publications and in the preaching work. Apparently, the full number of the 144,000 had yet to be filled. But increasing numbers of those who heeded the message and who showed zeal in the witness work came to profess an interest in living forever on the Paradise earth. They had no desire to go to heaven. That was not their calling. They were no part of the little flock but rather of the other sheep. (Luke 12:32; John 10:16) Their being identified in 1935 as the great crowd of other sheep was an indication that the choosing of the 144,000 was then about complete.' So if the Great Crowd determines by their freewill that they want to stay in the paradise earth, then it is also by their own freewill (Luke 2) that they can go to heaven to be with the 144,000 (Psalm 73,139). In fact, the 144,000 is determined per mention of 12 tribes, but remember that Jacob's children are not only limited to 12. In fact divine revelation since last year has declared to us that the tribes of Israel has over less than 40 names (Isaiah 11, Obadiah 1). How does the Governing Body tries to disprove such? 'Jesus said to those in line for this sealing: “Have no fear, little flock, because your Father has approved of giving you the kingdom.” (Luke 12:32) Other scriptures, such as Revelation 6:11 and Romans 11:25, indicate that the number of this little flock is indeed limited and, in fact, predetermined. John’s next words confirm this: “And I heard the number of those who were sealed, a hundred and forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel: Out of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand sealed; out of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand sealed.”—Revelation 7:4-8. Could this not be a reference to literal, fleshly Israel? No, for Revelation 7:4-8 diverges from the usual tribal listing. (Numbers 1:17, 47) Obviously, the listing here is not for the purpose of identifying fleshly Jews by their tribes but to show a similar organizational structure for spiritual Israel. This is balanced. There are to be exactly 144,000 members of this new nation—12,000 from each of 12 tribes. No tribe in this Israel of God is exclusively royal or priestly. The whole nation is to rule as kings, and the whole nation is to serve as priests.—Galatians 6:16; Revelation 20:4, 6.' But is it also true that the Governing Body also refers to the entire Watchtower church as 'nation' or 'people' of Jehovah purportedly? Therefore everybody can be the Faithful and Discreet Slave, and therefore be in heaven. We have to notice that somehow Joseph Rutherford exercised (Genesis 27) deceit on determining who the Great Crowd is- he rather caught them (Jeremiah 20, Ecclesiastes 9) with a question: 'who of you wants to live in paradise? Then you're in the Great Crowd.' He hastily made a conclusion (Isaiah 40, Proverbs 4). All explanations before 1935 on this matter are rather careful. He should have asked: 'who of you wants to live in heaven?' And everybody will indeed stand up. It's like you're on an Empire gameshow where you have to choose something that you're not sure of and then you'll going to bear for it- either you advance to another round or you're eliminated immediately (Matthew 13). Is the Empire much willing, as we do Hart under our Double Connotations and their persecutions, even as they claim to share suffering and ruling with Christ (Romans 8, 2 Timothy 2, 1 Peter 3-4) yet at the same time so desirous of playing with courts and politicians indeed (Isaiah 14, Leviticus 26, Revelation 8), to surrender their place in heaven so as for all their abused, and all their enslaved fellows and yokebearers, to be there in heaven instead as the 144,000? Why we're so willing to fulfill Double Connotations? According to the Governing Body, this even all the more makes us worthy of progression and exaltation (Philippians 2) from the very hands of Godhead Itself Who are so undeservingly more than willing and gracious to refer to other Godhead than Them (John 1,20,17, 1 John 5), that is, us, for we seek to be under Godhead unlike the Empire who seeks to be godheads without Godhead (Isaiah 42,44, Ezekiel 34, Jeremiah 23, Zechariah 11): 'Is it somehow belittling or undignified to represent the glorified Jesus as “a lamb as though it had been slaughtered”? Not at all! The fact that Jesus stayed faithful to the death was a major defeat for Satan and a great triumph for Jehovah God. Representing Jesus in this way vividly portrays his conquest of Satan’s world and is a reminder of the deep love that Jehovah and Jesus have for mankind. (John 3:16; 15:13; compare Colossians 2:15.) Jesus is thus pointed to as the promised Seed, outstandingly qualified to open the scroll.—Genesis 3:15.'  

I guess it is safe to say that our posts, tweets and blogs are now the true Theocratic Publications and Divine Channels of Godhead to earth. This we have undeservingly received from Godhead in spite of the fact that Empire still exists through their unjust intimidating and pressuring of our fellows and yokebearers. The Governing Body admits to this: 'Already, “from the extremity of the earth . . . the sea and . . . islands,” millions of humans are singing a new song in association with Jehovah’s global organization. (Isaiah 42:10; Psalm 150:1-6) This joyous praise will reach a crescendo at the end of the Millennium, when mankind has been raised to perfection. That old serpent, the archdeceiver, Satan himself, will thereafter be destroyed in complete fulfillment of Genesis 3:15, and in a triumphant climax, all living creation, spirit and human, will sing in unison: “To the One sitting on the throne and to the Lamb be the blessing and the honor and the glory and the might forever and ever.” There will be no dissenting voice in all the universe.' The Governing Body quoted the prophecy bequeathed to us by the Sugo, Felix Manalo, therefore implying the rise of the Commondominion in the Philippines in April 11, 2015. Why 2015? 'In the scene described by John, the hosts of heaven are rendering melodious acclaim to Jesus in acknowledgment of his faithfulness and his heavenly authority. In this, they are joined by voices from the earthly realm as these too share in praising both the Father and the Son. Just as the achievements of a human son can bring great credit to parents, so Jesus’ loyal course redounds among all creation “to the glory of God the Father.” Thus, John goes on to report: “And every creature that is in heaven and on earth and underneath the earth and on the sea, and all the things in them, I heard saying: ‘To the One sitting on the throne and to the Lamb be the blessing and the honor and the glory and the might forever and ever.’”—Revelation 5:13. When does this superb anthem sound forth? It began early in the Lord’s day. After Satan and his demons were cast out of the heavens, “every creature that is in heaven” could unite in this song of praise. And, as the record shows, since 1919 a growing multitude on earth have united their voices in praising Jehovah, increasing from a few thousand to well over six million by the year 2005. After Satan’s earthly system has been destroyed, “every creature . . . on earth” will be singing the praises of Jehovah and his Son. In Jehovah’s own due time, the resurrection of the countless millions of dead will begin, and then “every creature . . . underneath the earth” that is in the memory of God will have the opportunity to join in singing the anthem.' 2005 was 200 years from the Birth of the Prophet Joseph Smith. From that as per the Empire words that we are studying (Revelation 2,17) we are counting to 2015. Sir Joey Arrigo, the American Christ, established the present Constantinian church out of the Neronians on November 15, 2013. The Neronians in turn of course came out of the Antiochians as early as 1638. On December 25, 1918 to refulfill Revelation 7, Sir Arrigo appointed the Sugo to be the progenitor of the kindred to govern the Commondominion by succession line. The very next year the Sugo began preaching and thus harvesting souls outside the Philippines. When July 22-23, 2015 struck we came out of the Constantinians, but time later proved that we need to do another Exodus from the Empire, this time from the Diocletianites, on July 27, 2017. On August 31, 2017, Godhead moved your First Presidency to institute the Yokebearer Inclusion Policy therefore bringing a spiritual resurrection to the multitudes of yokebearers, fellows and messengers- those who are in the Memory of Godhead- who are by choice or by deadlock in the Empire (1 Peter 1). Notice that ever since the apostasy of the Governing Body they have by Godhead failed to do some fulfillments of prophecy again in their midst as frequent as they now refer to the years before Don Alden Adams (Revelation 16). Only we Hart by Godhead was able to point out prophecy being refulfilled continually, and this shall continue as long as we Hart continue to fully cooperate with Godhead and Their Purposes for us (1 Thessalonians 5, Matthew 17,24). For example, as per Revelation 7, the endtime Joseph virtually 'came up hither' (Revelation 11) on May 20, 2012 when he moved to his former city in his homestate. May 20 is the Nate-al day of Victor Paul Wierwille, who was born in the same day as the endtime Joseph 79 years apart (Psalm 90). Sir Harold Camping likewise refulfilled the First Seal of Revelation 6 on May 20-21, 2011, while it is also the memorial of a yokebearer- Lady #CarolineZhang- from one of our allies and producer of branch churches, #China, who was born on the Nate-al year of King James VII. China was organized by Empire in 1949 on the same date in 1914 that Russell and Johnson received the keys to the rule of Christ. Johnson and Russell likewise refulfilled Revelation 12- 'the child was taken up to Godhead'- in France, where Mother Ellen White and Father William Miller refulfilled Revelation 11. France was where King Edward X preached on May 20,27-28, 2017, 5 years from 2012, as Empire infiltrates Joseph and Billy Paul Branham teaches of Revelation 10. On December 24, 2015, as per Revelation 7 of December 25, 1918, and Revelation 11 of December 26, 2004 as taught by Ka Erdy, the endtime Joseph moved farther to a more higher point- his childhood village. The Constantinian locales in his former city and hometown were organized both in 1949, while the Antiochian locale in his hometown was organized in 1905, 100 years from 2005. 2015 is 20 years to the endtime Joseph's Nate-al year 1995, as per Revelation 8's 7th Seal taught by the Sugo. 2012 was when Empire met indeed on the 98th anniversary of the Constantinian church in London, and 1998 is 20 years to 2018. Yet we have to denote that not only the 1st 3 fingers- the papal fingers- are used by the Neronians of Watchtower to imply their Beast Mark. Also they use the Constantinians' 5-finger handwave. In the 3 fingers the letters J and W has to be fitted in while on 5 fingers the 2 letters are to be made separately. Therefore I guess we need to be very careful when we do what I have said earlier to be the 4 fingers sign- we did that without the Neronians in mind- only our Traditionalist Roman Catholic and Loyalist Orange Protestants in mind, to warn us of the 4 Empire quarters. In fact unlike Empire we don't encourage you to do that sign. Upon considering all of these I guess we have to no more do any handsign. Now we would like to Shatter some claims of the Governing Body for the ongoing District Conventions- first they use the title 'How Our Brethren Are Showing Courage In…' this or that place. Almost every place featured there portray them resisting to our chastisement. They don't even show themselves being officially persecuted by the Unites Saints government. 'It will, in the Great Tribulation', Governing Body might tell us back. Remember that they themselves are courting our government. 'For our welfare and benefit, so as for us to escape persecution. You have to dissuade them from persecuting us so that Great Tribulation might not happen. Even as we say: ' Ezekiel too foretold that when Gog of Magog (the debased Satan) makes his final attack upon God’s people, Jehovah will cause “a great quaking” to occur “in the soil of Israel.” (Ezekiel 38:18, 19) Though literal earthquakes may be involved, we should remember that Revelation is presented in signs. This prophecy and the other prophecies cited are highly symbolic. Hence, the opening of the sixth seal appears to disclose the culmination of all shakings of this earthly system of things—the great earthquake in which all humans opposed to Jehovah God’s sovereignty are destroyed'.' But what is in you that makes you unworthy of 'persecution' as what you say, or rather, chastisement from us? Are not you indeed part of the Deep State of Globalist Elites, Radical Libertarians, Swamp Politicians, Intelligence Agencies and Military Establishment, who seeks to devour us, even as you have already devoured many of us Hart? 'But we're still trusting Godhead to save us!' Then prove it (James 2)- start with yourselves. Joseph Smith has reiterated that if we trust Godhead, we must not rely, even in our domestics and economics, to the Empire. (Romans 14, Ezekiel 14, Philippians 2, 2 Corinthians 8-9) Also in the District Conventions they are using this Baal-raising hymn that goes like 'We are Jehovah's Army, with His Christ, we're one…' And yet at the same time they invoke the 'destruction of the Assyrian army who is hostile to the people of Godhead.' Or really is it? Remember that when we say about Assyria, this can also refer to the Strong and Mighty One, who is identical of course, with the Commondominion. Evidently Neronians hate us having such ministry, and therefore they admit that they shall be indeed destructed and punished in eternal fire, annihilation and darkness (Documentary History of the Church 1:221-224, 1 Corinthians 1-2). Watchtower calls for eschatology, Diocletianites call for philanthropy, but the Commondominion can give both and does give both. It is in us that these both ends meet and culminate (Job 22, 2 Corinthians 5, Ephesians 1, Colossians, Acts 7, Galatians 4, 1 Timothy 2, Matthew 5). Either one refuses the other, but Hart we can neither refuse any of these 2. Diocletianites offer a distorted solution singling out eschatology from philanthropy, while Neronians seek to be rather dystopian with eschatology without philanthropy. Eschatology serves as Check and Balance of whom we must show philanthropy to, while philanthropy dispenses eschatology in benevolence to the needy. This we need to do, for if Empire insists on being 'saved' or 'ligtas' in Tagalog, then we must be alarmed and alerted, for they rather mean insisting on their sodomite agendas, as much as LGBT sounds like 'ligtas'. Further, Watchtower (Psalm 130, Isaiah 56) is so easy to invoke being persecuted- why they don't deem the martyrdoms of #MichaelJackson and#Prince as the supposed 'persecutions' against them- which in very fact they rather stage indeed- in United Saints? And remember how the Harlot looks like? In 'purple', said Revelation 17. Who held Prince? Are not the Neronians? (Revelation 9) Therefore who's the Harlot now? Neronians field in fact those who would act as their 'persecutors' in Empire-held countries so as of course to gain (1 Corinthians 15, Matthew 16, Philippians, Hebrews 12) sympathy from their enslaved fellows and yokebearers so as to keep them pressed on indeed unjustly towards themselves (Romans 10). If these Neronians of Watchtower want to wear construction helmets as mascot costumes, and at the same time act out wearing police helmets of the 'Anglo-American United Nations'- call it what you may- then where does the Governing Body wants to lead us? They cannot even claim having the 'armor of Godhead' for they have already tainted that on December 17, 1994 with their infiltrate named Joseph Tkach. Empire is depicted having their armors tainted (2 Samuel 1) and they call themselves 'servants of God' still on that (1 Samuel 31) during their pabebe, Baal-raising lecture of August 21, 2016 usurping the 7 Thunders. Remember that King David did not even wore a helmet (1 Samuel 17, Luke 9, John 1). Perhaps the Governing Body wants to learn already, as per their attempts to infiltrate our governments, holding a gun to 'combat' the 'Anglo-American United Nations'? 'Since 1935 faithful young men of the great crowd have borne the brunt of persecution in many lands. (Revelation 7:9) Even as World War II ended in Europe, in just one town 14 young Witnesses of Jehovah were executed by hanging. Their crime? Refusal to “learn war anymore.” (Isaiah 2:4) More recently, young men in the Orient and in Africa have been beaten to death or executed by firing squad over the same issue. These youthful martyrs, worthy supporters of Jesus’ anointed brothers, will surely have a resurrection into the promised new earth.—2 Peter 3:13; compare Psalm 110:3; Matthew 25:34-40; Luke 20:37, 38. Add to Germany, Italy, and Abyssinia another nation that has fallen victim to the fornication of Babylon the Great—Spain. The Civil War of 1936-39 in that land was sparked, in part, by the democratic government’s taking steps to reduce the huge power of the Roman Catholic Church. As the war got under way, the Catholic Fascist leader of the revolutionary forces, Franco, described himself as “the Christian Generalissimo of the Holy Crusade,” a title that he later dropped. Several hundred thousand Spaniards died in the fighting. Apart from this, according to a conservative estimate, Franco’s Nationalists had murdered 40,000 Popular Front members, while the latter had murdered 8,000 clerics—monks, priests, nuns, and novices. Such is the horror and tragedy of civil war, illustrating the wisdom of heeding Jesus’ words: “Return your sword to its place, for all those who take the sword will perish by the sword.” (Matthew 26:52) How disgusting that Christendom gets involved in such massive bloodshed! Her clergy have indeed failed utterly to “beat their swords into plowshares”!—Isaiah 2:4.' Notice that they quoted a prophecy (Isaiah 2) that they suppose to happen in the Millennial Rule of Christ. So if we are to do Isaiah 2 now, then that means the Millennial Rule of Christ has to be happening wright now even as we write this. Notice further that the Governing Body somehow praised the Spanish government at that time for being 'democratic', but if we're not mistaken somewhere in our study's past parcels- I don't know exactly where, but I guess we have already mentioned it, or perhaps not- this same Governing Body even praised Franco. And yet the Governing Body praises both Catholic and Protestant martyrs? Surely Governing Body would be always up to something as long as their vested interests are advanced! Proof? 'Other things besides wars, though, have shaken human society to its foundations since 1914. One of the most traumatic upheavals was triggered by the U.S. stock-market crash of October 29, 1929. This brought on the Great Depression, which affected all capitalist countries. That depression bottomed out between 1932 and 1934, but we are still feeling its effects. Since 1929 an economically sick world has been patched up by makeshift schemes. Governments indulge in deficit financing. The oil crisis of 1973 and the stock market plunge of 1987 added to the shakings of the financial empire. Meantime, millions of people buy largely on credit. Countless numbers are victimized by financial gimmicks, pyramid schemes, and lotteries and other gambling subterfuges, many of which are sponsored by governments that should be protecting the people. Even Christendom’s television evangelists stretch their hands out for their multimillion-dollar share!—Compare Jeremiah 5:26-31. Earlier, economic troubles had opened the way for Mussolini and Hitler to seize power. Babylon the Great lost no time in courting their favors, and the Vatican entered into concordats with Italy in 1929 and Germany in 1933. (Revelation 17:5) The dark days that followed were surely a part of the fulfillment of Jesus’ prophecy about his presence, which would include “anguish of nations, not knowing the way out . . . while men become faint out of fear and expectation of the things coming upon the inhabited earth.” (Luke 21:7-9, 25-31) Yes, the quakes that began to shake human society in 1914 have continued, with powerful aftershocks.' Notice that the Governing Body has not even admitted that it is the Vatican itself who launched the 1929 crisis to usurp Commondominion activities, and you can #readallaboutit #ourversionofevents indeed on one of our sister websites reformation.org (2 John 1). Surely they just want to further insist on themselves being the lone survivors. Thankfully though by Godhead, between 1929 and 1931 Godhead has raised new branch churches for the Commondominion, such as those who invoke the 'Shepherd's Rod' Sacred Text Scriptures, and the 'Elijah Message' given through John the Baptist (Romans 11). As for the Neronians, here's how the Antiochians admitted them to be: '"Conley was the first president of Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society, from 1881 to 1884. In December 1884, the Society was incorporated with Charles Taze Russell as president.In 1896, the Society was renamed Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, and later BECAME ASSOCIATED WITH Jehovah's Witnesses."' (emphasis ours) So you can see that Governing Body's claims are not inherent to Russell's legacy. Empire evidently hijacked Russell's legacy, dragging it to unjust bad publicity, and entangling our fellows and yokebearers (Galatians 5, Psalm 89, Exodus 15, 2 Corinthians 6). Further, these Neronians at Watchtower are evidently cheering on for their fellow Neronians in South Korea, better known as 'World Mission Society Church of #godthemother'. Notice the words used: 'At Haggai 2:6, 7 we read: “For this is what Jehovah of armies has said, ‘Yet once—it is a little while—and I am rocking the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry ground. And I will rock all the nations, and the desirable things of all the nations must come in; and I will fill this house with glory,’ Jehovah of armies has said.” Since the year 1919 in particular, Jehovah has caused his witnesses to proclaim his judgments among all elements of human society on earth. Satan’s world system has been put on notice by this global warning. As the warning intensifies, God-fearing humans, “the desirable things,” have been stirred to separate themselves from the nations. It is not that they are shaken out by the quaking in Satan’s organization. But as they discern the situation, they make their own decision to share with the anointed John class in filling Jehovah’s house of worship with glory. How is this accomplished? By the zealous work of preaching the good news of God’s established Kingdom. (Matthew 24:14) This Kingdom, made up of Jesus and his anointed followers, will ever keep standing to Jehovah’s glory as “a kingdom that cannot be shaken.”—Hebrews 12:26-29. Are you one who has started to respond to that preaching? Are you perhaps among the millions who in recent years have attended the Memorial celebration of Jesus’ death? If so, keep on progressing in your study of Bible truth. (2 Timothy 2:15; 3:16, 17) Abandon completely the corrupt lifestyle of Satan’s doomed earthly society! Come right on into the Christian new world society and share fully in its activity before the final catastrophic “earthquake” smashes all of Satan’s world to pieces. But what is that great earthquake? Let us now see.' Of course we learned that the 'earthquake' referred to by the Governing Body is their ecumenism. Our Sir Ezra El Reyes had once said that the earthquake of the 7th Bowl 'can be stopped' but not through Empire ecumenism, but through repentance that leads to belonging to him and thus in turn, with the Commondominion of Christ. Governing Body used the same word 'society' to refer to their friends and 'enemies', thus implying their very own self-persecution, which they actively use nowadays to divert people away from us Hart and towards them instead (Psalm 127,130, Isaiah 29-30, Romans 10). These Neronians rather prove to be the sinister society of Bergoglio, therefore we must side not on these Neronians who exalt the Empire's governments and demonizes ours, but rather we must side on our governments such as the Marcos family who implemented the 'New Society' program. Why need Empire's distorted versions of events when in fact we Hart already have many churches who preach, and better yet do honestly on, the revealed doctrine that there are Female Members in the Godhead! (Acts 8,13,4-6) Remember that these Neronians sustain the Empire governments, so they when implying 'female gods' rather advance the Empire #DeepState, which includes '#FEMA concentration camps', which the Empire, including these Neronians, enforces against us Hart. (Psalm 83)

Before we may continue our study, let us quote you from one of our Sacred Text Scriptures so that you may get our point why Neronians cannot say that our measures against them are purported persecutions, but are rather punishments, and that it is the Neronians who rather persecute us all the more out of their complacency and leisure. Hart's part of Teachings and Commandments 156, from our Prophet #DenverSnuffer: 'We are mindful that in 1832 the gentile saints were condemned for vanity and unbelief because they treated lightly the things they had received, and they were warned by you that they would remain under condemnation until they repent and remember the new covenant, even the Book of Mormon and the former commandments, not only to say, but to do. You commanded the gentiles that they bring forth fruit meet for their Father’s kingdom, and if they failed to do so, there remained a scourge and judgment to be poured out upon those who claimed to be the children of Zion. They failed to bring forth the required fruit, and were judged and scourged, and then violently driven out of Jackson County, Missouri. You explained there were jarrings, and contentions, and envyings, and strifes, and lustful and covetous desires by them; therefore by these things they polluted their inheritances. But they did not repent, and in their pride they threatened to wage a war of extermination against the Missouri citizens, heedless of your warnings. But it was you who used the Missouri citizens as your hand of judgment to scourge the condemned saints in your attempt to persuade them to repent and no longer treat lightly your word. They still saw no Divine purpose behind their distress, and railed against their Missouri persecutors. Despite their suffering, they were not sufficiently humbled to repent. Instead they breathed out threats and expressed hope to gain vengeance against the same Missouri mobs to whom you had given power to afflict the gentile saints to inspire them to repent. Because of the hardness of their hearts, the gentile saints were again mobbed and slain, and in 1838 altogether driven out of the State of Missouri, with Joseph Smith, Hyrum Smith and other leaders cast into prison and condemned to die. But you were merciful, and did not suffer Joseph, Hyrum or any of those imprisoned with them to be killed. In your mercy, the surviving saints and the imprisoned leaders were able to obtain refuge in Illinois, whose people welcomed the saints, and a season of peace followed. In 1841 you mercifully extended another opportunity to the gentile saints to repent and return, and you approved Joseph’s offering and acknowledgements of the past failures of the saints when he petitioned you on their behalf. You found the prayers of Joseph and the gentiles were acceptable before you and you granted to the saints another chance for you to recover them as your people. As you stated to the former gentiles, there is not a place found on Earth that you may come to and restore again that which was lost unto us, or which you had taken away, even the fullness of the priesthood. You offered and intended for a house to be built unto your name in which you deigned to reveal to your people things which have been kept hidden from before the foundation of the world, things which pertain to the dispensation of the fullness of times. You gave to them sufficient time to build a house unto your name warning them to complete the work or their baptisms for the dead would be unacceptable. In those days, you warned the people you will not perform the oath which you make, neither fulfill the promises which they expect at your hands, or in other words, you would remove your covenant if they failed to do what you commanded. And you foretold what you would do unto the people if they neglected to do the work assigned them. You warned: For instead of blessings, we, by our own works, would bring cursings, wrath, indignation, and judgments upon our own heads, by our follies, and by all our abominations, which we practice before you. You foretold that at the end of this appointment our baptisms for our dead shall not be acceptable unto you; and if the gentiles did not do the things you commanded, at the end of the appointment we would be rejected as a church, with our dead, said the Lord our God. But the secret works of darkness multiplied, and the gentile follies did not end, and they practiced secret abominations in violation of your commandments and in defiance of your warnings. The wickedness of the gentile saints dismayed the people of Illinois who had welcomed them, and provoked the anger of their indignant neighbors, who then implemented your judgments against the rebellious saints. The former gentile saints were driven into the wilderness, and relocated into a desolate land, where they suffered hunger, cold and sickness. In that isolation the gentile leaders were emboldened to openly practice abominations and wrongly teach the people to call them sacraments, as they reigned with blood and horror over the people. Secret murders, open defiance, and the slaughter of over 200 men, women and children fixed the anger and opposition of the entire United States, who were moved by your will to curtail the barbarism of the gentile saints. Even today the gentile saints justify lying to others as part of their religion believing you will vindicate them in their dishonesty. They seek deep to hide their counsel from others, and now deny your judgments against their ancestors, claiming you have never rejected them. They have, as you foretold, spoken both good and evil of your prophet Joseph. They ascribe many of their wicked practices to Joseph, who correctly told their ancestors that they never knew him — for indeed the gentile saints have grown distant from you because of their willful rebellion, pride, foolishness and blindness.' Now if you would, as we continue our study of the Neronian claims of the Johannine Apocalypse, they say that if there are still members of their elite 144000 who would still be living at the dawn of the Millennial Rule of Christ, then they have to be 'martyred' first because that's the only means for them to reach heaven. Suicide. The Governing Body killing them as occult sacrifice. Faking their deaths? 'Who are left to be judged after the old earth and the old heaven flee away? Not the anointed remnant of the 144,000, for these have already been judged and sealed. If any of the anointed are still alive on earth after Armageddon, they must shortly thereafter die and receive their heavenly reward by resurrection. (1 Peter 4:17; Revelation 7:2-4) However, the millions of the great crowd who have now come out of the great tribulation stand conspicuously “before the throne.” These have already been counted righteous for survival because of their faith in Jesus’ shed blood, but their judging must continue through the thousand years as Jesus keeps on guiding them to “fountains of waters of life.” Then, having been restored to human perfection and thereafter tested, they will be declared righteous in the fullest sense. (Revelation 7:9, 10, 14, 17) Children who survive the great tribulation and any children born to the great crowd during the Millennium will similarly need to be judged during the thousand years.—Compare Genesis 1:28; 9:7; 1 Corinthians 7:14.' According to Neronians, they, being purportedly the 'home of Godhead', are sacrificial of themselves to take in death to themselves so as for them to reach heaven (Psalm 7,55,59, Acts 20, 1 Corinthians 11,4,15, Isaiah 65, Matthew 16). Joseph Smith said that there would be people who will pass out of old age in the Millennium, yet they will not die but would rather be 'changed at once'. Then how long it would be before these last 144000 be resurrected? 3 days? (John 2, Luke 11) 4 days? (Revelation 10-13, John 11) Another 1000 years? Maybe because Governing Body has been telling us for quotes now that prophecy shall be refulfilled for us, in Joseph Smith's words, over 17,957 years, or days rather, at the Millennial Rule of Christ (Documentary History of the Church 1:302-312), saying that what happened earlier in Revelation shall also happen during the Millennium: 'To answer, John BRINGS US BACK ONCE AGAIN to the beginning of the Thousand Year Reign. This glorious vision continues to unfold as the angel takes John back to the beginning of the Thousand Year Reign. What does he describe? “And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the former heaven and the former earth had passed away, and the sea is no more.” (Revelation 21:1) A captivating panorama comes to view! How is it that “the earth and the heaven fled away”? This is the same heaven that departed as a scroll at the opening of the sixth seal—the human ruling powers that are “stored up for fire and are being reserved to the day of judgment and of destruction of the ungodly men.” (Revelation 6:14; 2 Peter 3:7) The earth is the organized system of things that exists under this rulership. (Revelation 8:7) The destruction of the wild beast and the kings of the earth and their armies, along with those who received the mark of the wild beast and those who render worship to its image, marks the fleeing away of this heaven and earth. (Revelation 19:19-21) Judgment having been executed on Satan’s earth and heaven, the Great Judge decrees ANOTHER Day of Judgment. What joy we feel, then, as we draw to the close of our consideration of the book of Revelation! We have seen the final efforts of Satan and his seed utterly frustrated and Jehovah’s righteous judgments carried out to completion. Babylon the Great must go out of existence forever, to be followed by all other hopelessly corrupt elements of Satan’s world. Satan himself and his demons will be abyssed and later destroyed. New Jerusalem will rule with Christ from the heavens as the resurrection and judgment proceed, and perfected mankind will finally come to enjoy everlasting life in the Paradise earth. How vividly Revelation portrays all these things! How it strengthens our determination to ‘declare this everlasting good news as glad tidings to every nation and tribe and tongue and people’ on earth today! (Revelation 14:6, 7) Are you expending yourself to the full in this great work?' According to the Sugo and Ka Erdy, those of us who are still alive by Judgement Day would no longer die but would rather be immediately whisked off to heaven (1 Thessalonians 4). Paradise, according to Joseph Smith, is the underworld abode of the Commondominion dead. Perhaps, that's where these foregoing words of the Governing Body fit in. You can see how they deliberately bypass all others, more so in these present years, particularly our fellows and yokebearers, who sacrifice their limbs (2 Thessalonians 1, Revelation 14), if not their lives (Daniel 12), for the Governing Body, who rather refuses to honor all of those labors. But notice something- the Governing Body promises that even as they now try to add more to the 144,000 just because they try to fit in themselves, who are apostates now, to those who died before and did not were even baptized at the dawn of the Watchtower apostasy after Milton Henschel and between Don Alden Adams-Robert Ciranko, there would be more people to add up to the 144,000 until those who are resurrected during the Millennial Rule becomes the new Great Crowd to replace those who are the Great Crowd at the dawn of the Millennial Rule. Perhaps these new people will be those who die righteously during the 1000 years, though Watchtower tells us that it will be only the remainder of the 144000 while the unrepentant would immediately die out. If there would be unrepentant that shall immediately die out, and there would be 144000 on earth who will die out too, then that means Empire's claims of 144000 makes them the unrepentant and we, their 'enemies', are vindicated to resurrection of eternal life. First, the Governing Body implied that if the 144000 can judge and rule over the earth with responsibilities, it shall be also shouldered by the Great Crowd left behind on earth, therefore virtually making the Great Crowd also the 144000, and the 144000 as the Great Crowd. We do this so that you who are misled by Empire may be indeed raised to glory (2 Timothy 1, Hebrews 2,7). Now perhaps they would take as addition to their 144000 those who die only within the 1000 years? Or would they wait for that 17,957 years to empty the earth of the initial Great Crowd until the resurrected within 1000 years finally take their places over in the earth? The question is whether this Second Great Crowd will also die out in paradise earth after the 1000 years so that they'll get to heaven too until the earth is emptied out of them? What would happen next? Remember that the Governing Body is silent on what would happen after the Millennium. If that's true, then at least we can bear with tolerance the claims of the Governing Body, as long of course, as it will be us, not them, who would fulfill it. But if not, at least we're all going to be there with them in heaven. 'John, however, observes a throng far more numerous than the surviving great crowd. It will number into the thousands of millions! “And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and scrolls were opened.” (Revelation 20:12a) “The great and the small” embraces the prominent as well as the less prominent ones of humans that have lived and died on this earth during the past 6,000 years. In the Gospel that the apostle John wrote shortly after Revelation, Jesus said of the Father: “He has given him [Jesus] authority to do judging, because Son of man he is. Do not marvel at this, because the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice and come out.” (John 5:27-29) What a stupendous project—the undoing of the deaths and burials throughout all history! No doubt those countless millions in God’s memory will be brought forth gradually so that THE GREAT CROWD—so few by comparison—WILL BE ABLE TO HANDLE PROBLEMS that may arise because resurrected ones may tend at first to follow their old lifestyle, with its fleshly weaknesses and attitudes.' If the Governing Body tries to disprove our doctrine of ordinances and endowments for the dead, therefore they are mistaken of criticizing us- even their fellow Neronians at #templesquare do that, of course, fake. (Galatians 4, Colossians 2) It is through our services for the dead Hart that they 'hear the voice of the Son of Godhead and live.' The Governing Body made similarities between the Great Crowd that survives the end of the world, and the resurrected of the 1000 years. First, with the resurrected. Perhaps they're the Great Crowd talked about by Watchtower all these quotes: 'Who, though, are “the unrighteous” mentioned at Acts 24:15? These would include the great masses of mankind who have died throughout history, particularly those who lived in ‘times of ignorance.’ (Acts 17:30) These, because of where they were born or when they lived, had no opportunity to learn obedience to Jehovah’s will. Additionally, there may be some who did hear the message of salvation but who did not respond fully at that time or who died before they had progressed to dedication and baptism. In the resurrection such ones will have to make further adjustments in their thinking and life course if they are going to benefit from this opportunity for gaining everlasting life.' Now compare that with the Great Crowd of the present age: 'Worldly commentators have interpreted this great crowd to be fleshly non-Jews converted to Christianity or to be heaven-bound Christian martyrs. Even the Bible Students in the past regarded them as a secondary heavenly class, as noted in 1886 in Volume I of Studies in the Scriptures, The Divine Plan of the Ages: “They lose the prize of the throne and the divine nature, but will finally reach birth as spirit beings of an order lower than the divine nature. Though these are truly consecrated, they are overcome by the worldly spirit to such an extent that they fail to render their lives in sacrifice.” And as late as 1930, the thought was expressed in Light, Book One: “Those who make up this great crowd fail to respond to the invitation to become the zealous witnesses for the Lord.” They were described as a self-righteous group that had a knowledge of the truth but did little about preaching it. They were to get to heaven as a secondary class that would not share in reigning with Christ. There were, however, other associates of the anointed Christians who later became most zealous in the preaching work. They had no aspirations of going to heaven. Indeed, their hope was in line with the title of a public talk featured by Jehovah’s people from 1918 to 1922. Originally, this was “The World Has Ended—Millions Now Living Will Never Die.” Soon thereafter, the Watch Tower magazine of October 15, 1923, explained Jesus’ parable of the sheep and the goats (Matthew 25:31-46), stating: “Sheep represent all the peoples of the nations, not spirit-begotten but disposed toward righteousness, who mentally acknowledge Jesus Christ as the Lord and who are looking for and hoping for a better time under his reign.” Some years later, in 1931, Vindication, Book One, discussed Ezekiel chapter 9, identifying those persons marked on the forehead for preservation at the world’s end as the sheep of the above parable. Vindication, Book Three, released in 1932, described the upright heart attitude of the non-Israelite man Jehonadab, who joined Israel’s anointed King Jehu in his chariot and went along to see Jehu’s zeal in executing false religionists. (2 Kings 10:15-17) The book commented: “Jehonadab represented or foreshadowed that class of people now on the earth during the time that the Jehu work [of declaring Jehovah’s judgments] is in progress who are of good will, are out of harmony with Satan’s organization, who take their stand on the side of righteousness, and are the ones whom the Lord will preserve during the time of Armageddon, take them through that trouble, and give them everlasting life on the earth. These constitute the ‘sheep’ class.” In 1934 The Watchtower made it clear that these Christians with earthly hopes should make a dedication to Jehovah and be baptized. The light regarding this earthly class was shining ever brighter.—Proverbs 4:18.' Earlier the Governing Body said that there would be no more than 2 groups who will survive the dawn of the Millennial Age, but remember that Godhead's Wrath is also manifested at the end of the Millennium. Perhaps the first and second Great Crowd would make up those 2 groups, as much as the 144000 is already saved virtually: 'There is no evidence that any apart from these two groups will “stand” in the day of Jehovah’s wrath. What does this mean for the millions who each year show a certain respect for Jesus’ sacrifice by attending the celebration of the Memorial of his death but who have not yet exercised faith in Jesus’ sacrifice to the point of becoming dedicated, baptized servants of Jehovah, active in his service? Further, what about those who were once active but who have allowed their hearts to “become weighed down with . . . anxieties of life”? May all of such awaken, and stay awake, in order to “succeed in escaping all these things that are destined to occur, and in standing before the Son of man”—Jesus Christ. The time is short!—Luke 21:34-36.' In fact the Governing Body even hints- whether they admit it or not- that there would be further apostasies after the final destruction of the wicked at the end of the Millennium: 'John continues: “But anything not sacred and anyone that carries on a disgusting thing and a lie will in no way enter into it; only those written in the Lamb’s scroll of life will.” (Revelation 21:27) Nothing tainted by Satan’s system of things can be a part of New Jerusalem. Even though its gates are permanently open, no one who “carries on a disgusting thing and a lie” will be allowed to enter. There will be no apostates in that city nor any members of Babylon the Great. And if any try to desecrate the city by corrupting ITS FUTURE MEMBERS while they are still on earth, their efforts are brought to nothing. (Matthew 13:41-43) Only “those written in the Lamb’s scroll of life,” the 144,000, will finally enter into New Jerusalem.—Revelation 13:8; Daniel 12:3.' In fact our Mormon prophets tell us that upon our exaltation at the Millennial Rule of Christ, we would be given powers to create our own universes and worlds and we would be populating those with the people and creatures that we would be creating. Our prophets also warned that there would be also apostasies, or Empire existing, on those new universes, and that we would be giving atonements there as remedies. Those who receive such atonement of us becomes Commondominion in those universes, they would wait for longer times like we have in this earth from post-flood world to dawn of Millennial Rule of Christ before Judgement Day and Millenniums could occur on those worlds then they'll be exalted and create new universes and then the cycle recurs again. If you are to ask us Hart now (Matthew 16,18, Revelation 11, Song of Solomon), seeing all that Empire has caused to people, more so to our fellows, for these ages past (from the creation of the pre-Adamic race to the destruction of the pre-Adamic race, from the destruction of the pre-Adamic race to the flood of Noah, from the flood of Noah to our present age), we don’t want to go over that same old cycle continually in eternity, but that rather we want our fellows and yokebearers to enjoy once and for all being with us. If they would not be in us even if we have created them (Ephesians 1, Colossians 1), they should have not been there- not because we want them gone, but they're better off with Godhead- o how it aches us to see them not with Godhead, but with Empire instead. We would like to point something now guys. Watchtower since Joseph Rutherford has varied saying that the men of Sodom would either be resurrected or not at the Millennial Rule (Luke 10-11). Christ Said that His Coming, that culminates in His Millennial Rule (James 2, Romans 13), is like on the days of Noah and Lot. Below Governing Body tells us that Empire's men of Noah's time will not be resurrected, but due to Watchtower's varying, we can say that Empire's men of Noah's time might be resurrected too in the Millennial Rule of Christ: 'Those resurrected from the sea would not include earth’s corrupted inhabitants that perished in the Deluge of Noah’s day; that destruction was final, as will be the execution of Jehovah’s judgment in the great tribulation.—Matthew 25:41, 46; 2 Peter 3:5-7.' In fact, as much as there was many 'Doomsday Dates' that Empire indicts us about, and those of course consist of the Resurrection, then we can say that they were all resurrected on those dates, like in Matthew 27 upon the instance of the Sacrificial Death of Christ. We're visiting tombs therefore without knowing that nobody's already there indeed. Let's not also forget those who could have died during the Pre-Adamic race. In fact, why they said that we're going back to the Millennium as it was during the many prophecies earlier in Revelation where they continually pointed out to October 1, 1914-September 10, 1922, is because they don't know what would exactly happen after the Millennium. New Sacred Text Scriptures, Fresh Divine Revelation, and Progression and Compilation (of course lest we forget any of those) of Present Truth and New Light in Understanding- that is our Canon Hart- might tell us things that definitely and obviously, Governing Body will or can never tell us- 'How must these resurrected ones demonstrate their obedience? Jesus himself pointed to the two great commandments, saying: “The first is, ‘Hear, O Israel, Jehovah our God is one Jehovah, and you must love Jehovah your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul and with your whole mind and with your whole strength.’ The second is this, ‘You must love your neighbor as yourself.’” (Mark 12:29-31) There are also Jehovah’s well-established principles that they must follow, such as to repudiate stealing, lying, murdering, and immorality.—1 Timothy 1:8-11; Revelation 21:8. However, John has just mentioned other scrolls that will be opened during the Millennial Reign. (Revelation 20:12) What will these be? At times, Jehovah has given specific instructions for particular situations. For example, in Moses’ day he provided a detailed series of laws that meant life for the Israelites if they obeyed. (Deuteronomy 4:40; 32:45-47) During the first century, new instructions were given to help faithful ones to follow Jehovah’s principles under the Christian system of things. (Matthew 28:19, 20; John 13:34; 15:9, 10) Now John reports that the dead are to be “judged out of those things written in the scrolls according to their deeds.” Evidently, then, the opening of these scrolls will publish Jehovah’s detailed requirements for mankind during the thousand years. By applying in their lives the regulations and commandments of those scrolls, obedient humans will be able to lengthen their days, attaining finally to everlasting life.' You see guys, how the Great Crowd is as important to Godhead as the 144000 is that (John 5, Matthew 25) the Great Crowd stands as the backup of the 144000. Empire now tries to hijack and infiltrate the 144000 (1 Samuel 17), so (Jeremiah 3) the Great Crowd serves as the next Resort of Godhead. They serve as the 'other' angel (Matthew 21) as Revelation has continually defined (Revelation 7-8,10,14-15,18-20). As proof that the Great Crowd, both the First and the Second- and yea, included in those Second Great Crowd according to the words of the Governing Body are the Righteous Men and Women of the Old Testament- shall be elevated in time to join the 144000, if the Governing Body uses the imagery of the River of Life to imply the administration of the 144000 from heaven upon the paradise earth, and if the river has to flow within the city down to its streets, if the First and Second Great Crowds (Hebrews 12, Revelation 10-11,14) are to directly benefit from such ministry (Revelation 7) then it makes sense that the First and Second Great Crowds are to come into the New Jerusalem and therefore be part (Isaiah 60, Jeremiah 23) of the 144000 (Psalm 23,120-128, Isaiah 32-33): 'During the Thousand Year Reign, the benefits of the ransom are applied fully through the priesthood of Jesus and his 144,000 underpriests. Fittingly, then, the river of water of life flows through the middle of the broad way of New Jerusalem. This is composed of spiritual Israel, which along with Jesus makes up the true seed of Abraham. (Galatians 3:16, 29) Therefore, when the water of life flows in abundance through the middle of the broad way of the symbolic city, “all nations of the earth” will have full opportunity to bless themselves by means of Abraham’s seed. Jehovah’s promise to Abraham will be completely fulfilled.—Genesis 22:17, 18.' #stavrosno to #theGodheadWhostrikes for the eventual and potential divine new truths revealed to us, their most undeserving slaves, on this part of our study.  

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Spacecraft buzzes Jupiter’s mega moon (AP) NASA’s Juno spacecraft has provided the first close-ups of Jupiter’s largest moon in two decades. Juno zoomed past icy Ganymede on Monday, passing within 645 miles (1,038 kilometers). The last time a spacecraft came that close was in 2000 when NASA’s Galileo spacecraft swept past our solar system’s biggest moon. Ganymede is one of 79 known moons around Jupiter, a gas giant, and is bigger than the planet Mercury.

Global sting began by creating message service for crooks (AP) When the FBI dismantled an encrypted messaging service based in Canada in 2018, agents noticed users moving to other networks. Instead of following their tracks to rivals, investigators decided on a new tactic: creating their own service. ANOM, a secure-messaging service built by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies, launched in October 2019 and solidified its following after authorities took down another rival. Popularity spread by word of mouth. When ANOM was taken down Monday, authorities had collected more than 27 million messages from about 12,000 devices in 45 languages—a vast body of evidence that fueled a global sting operation. Authorities on Tuesday revealed the operation known as Trojan Shield and announced that it had dealt an “unprecedented blow” to organized crime around the world. Unbeknown to criminals, authorities were copied on every message sent on the FBI devices, much like blind recipients of an email.

Hot Today (CBS News) More than 24 million people, from the Northern Plains and New England to parts of Texas, are under a heat advisory, with at least six states setting record highs on Monday. Boston is under a heat emergency as temperatures rose above 90 degrees Tuesday for the fourth consecutive day. At least 15 public schools in Minneapolis, Minnesota, announced they’re moving to remote learning from Tuesday through Thursday, as the extreme heat is expected to continue all week. Severe drought conditions across the West helped fuel two wildfires in Arizona, burning more than 60,000 acres and forcing hundreds to evacuate homes outside of Phoenix.

New Yorkers Are Watched by More Than 15,000 Surveillance Cameras (Reason) Even as debates continue about pervasive government monitoring of our lives, surveillance technology is becoming more sophisticated and pervasive. New York City residents in just three boroughs live and work under the watchful gaze of over 15,000 cameras. The New York City Police Department (NYPD) has the ability to run the images they capture through software that matches faces to identities—though not always reliably. The result is not just a loss of privacy for those under constant scrutiny, but also the potential for confrontations with law enforcement. “The New York City Police Department (NYPD) has the ability to track people in Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx by running images from 15,280 surveillance cameras into invasive and discriminatory facial recognition software,” according to Amnesty International. “Thousands of volunteers from around the world participated in the investigation, tagging 15,280 surveillance cameras at intersections across Manhattan (3,590), Brooklyn (8,220) and the Bronx (3,470).” The volunteers continue to count cameras in Queens and Staten Island to get a fuller picture of the extent of surveillance in the city.

Cicadas were flying; for hours, Biden's press plane was not (AP) The cicadas were flying. The reporters hoping to join the president in Europe were not. Reporters traveling to the United Kingdom for President Joe Biden’s first overseas trip were delayed seven hours after their chartered plane was overrun by cicadas. The Washington, D.C., area is among the many parts of the country that have been swarmed by Brood X cicadas, a large emergence of the loud 17-year insects that take to dive-bombing onto moving vehicles and unsuspecting passersby. There are trillions of them in the Washington, Maryland and Virginia region, said University of Maryland entomologist Paula Shrewsbury. Even Biden wasn’t spared. The president brushed a cicada from the back of his neck as he chatted with his Air Force greeter after arriving at Joint Base Andrews for Wednesday’s flight. This is not the first time the cicadas have caused havoc for a presidential event or been political fodder. In 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt, known for a booming voice, was nearly drowned out in an address at Arlington National Cemetery. Eighty-five years later—five cicada cycles—President Ronald Reagan in a radio address talked about how Washington was overrun and compared the harmless flying insects to big spenders. “I think most everyone would agree, things will be much more pleasant when the cicadas go back underground,” Reagan said.

U.S. forming expert groups on safely lifting global travel restrictions (Reuters) The Biden administration is forming expert working groups with Canada, Mexico, the European Union and the United Kingdom to determine how best to safely restart travel after 15 months of pandemic restrictions, a White House official said on Tuesday. Another U.S. official said the administration will not move quickly to lift orders that bar people from much of the world from entering the United States because of the time it will take for the groups to do their work. The White House informed airlines and others in the travel industry about the groups, the official said. The CDC said on Tuesday it was easing travel recommendations on 110 countries and territories, including Canada, Mexico, Japan, South Africa and Iran, but has declined to lift any COVID-19 travel restrictions.

Authorities in Nicaragua arrest two more presidential challengers (BBC) Opposition figures Felix Maradiaga and Juan Sebastián Chamorro have been arrested and were held under a controversial new security law passed by president Daniel Ortega’s government. The 75-year-old Ortega is seeking a fourth consecutive term in November’s election.

Brexit bureaucracy creates British nightmare for Dutch boat captain (Reuters) When Dutch boat captain and engineer Ernst-Jan de Groot applied to continue working in Britain after Brexit, he became ensnared in a bureaucratic nightmare because of an online glitch and says he is now likely to lose his job. De Groot, 54, has worked happily in Britain on and off for the past six years. He sails long, narrow barges from the Netherlands to England to be used as floating homes. He also spends a few months a year building boats at a shipyard near London and captains a tall ship around the west coast of Scotland in the summer. A fluent English speaker, de Groot says he followed the post-Brexit rules by applying for a frontier worker permit to allow him to work in Britain while not being resident. The online application was straightforward until he was asked to provide a photo. The next page of his application, which was reviewed by Reuters, said: “you do not need to provide new photos”, and there was no option to upload one. A few weeks later, his application was rejected—for not having a photo. So began a labyrinthine nightmare of telephone calls, emails and bureaucratic disarray. De Groot estimates he has spent over 100 hours contacting government officials who he said were either unable to help or gave conflicting information. He tried to start a new application to bypass the glitch but each time he entered his passport number it linked to his first application and he remained trapped in the photo-upload loop. “I am trapped in a bureaucratic maze that would even astonish Kafka, and there is no exit,” de Groot said. “I have tried everything I can think of to communicate the simple fact that their website is not functioning as it should.”

Two arrested after slap of French President Macron (AFP) A man grabbed President Emmanuel Macron by the forearm and slapped him across the face yesterday during a meet-and-greet with a crowd in southern France. Reports say the first arrest is the bearded man who levied the slap, the second is the person who filmed it.

Ten NGO workers killed in attack in Afghanistan (Radio Free Afghanistan) The Kabul government has blamed the Taliban for an attack that killed ten NGO workers and wounded 16 others, though the militant group denies responsibility. The workers were part of a British-American mine clearance organization, the HALO trust.

Auckland has become the world’s most liveable city (The Economist) New Zealand has done a remarkable job of controlling covid-19. It has reported just 26 deaths from the disease, roughly one out of every 200,000 people. On many days this year, it has not recorded a single new case. One of those days was March 19th—a time when many countries were still enforcing strict lockdowns, but Auckland was already permitting concerts. As 12,000 fans of Crowded House, an Australian rock band, squeezed into Spark Arena that night, they had good reason to think they were living in the best city in the world. A new survey of “liveability” in 140 cities by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a sister company of The Economist, gives mathematical weight to such a claim. For the first time, Auckland leads the EIU’s ranking, thanks largely to the city’s early containment of the pandemic and to its subsequent ability to lift restrictions on mobility. It came 12th in 2019, the most recent year in which the EIU published its list. Close on Auckland’s heels is Wellington, New Zealand’s capital, which moved up from 25th in 2019 to fourth this year. Other island nations with strong border controls also fared well: two Japanese cities and four from Australia appear in the top ten. In the vast majority of cities, however, living conditions have plummeted compared with pre-pandemic levels.

In Lebanon, a search for medicine and a stranger’s help (AP) To all the struggles of life in Lebanon—the pandemic, the power outages, the inflation, the punishing financial and political crises—add one more: shortages of crucial medications. But as residents struggle to find the medicines they need, some are finding that their fellow Lebanese are doing what they can to help. Christiane Massoud, a 41-year-old nurse, scoured pharmacies for an elusive drug to manage her Crohn’s disease, had friends around the country search on her behalf and asked her doctor if there was a substitute. She also appealed to strangers online for pointers to track it down. Nada Waked responded to one of those online pleas: She had a small amount that her mom no longer needed. Massoud offered to pay; Waked and her mom declined the money. Instead, Waked asked for a prayer. “It showed that we are a people who stand by one another and feel for one another,” Massooud said. “There are still people who help each other out.” As the country’s crises deepened, pharmacist Chadi Geha said he noticed more were eager to help strangers. Some of his customers started refusing to take back change, asking him instead to use the cash to pay for the medications of others in need.

Mali’s second military coup (Le Monde) Nine months after the military installed a new interim leader, a young colonel has again taken over the country in what appears to be a pure power play. Malians and international allies alike are worried about what happens next. Malians appear tired of seeing their political life marked by ineffective policies sanctioned by successive coups d’état, the fifth since the country’s independence in 1960.

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DAY ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR

8:15 AM - I wake up feeling pretty rested and ready to start my day. I grab brown rice that I cooked last night from the fridge and head out. I double back for my jean jacket because it’s *actually* a little chilly (75 degrees!).

8:45 AM - I arrive at work. I pour myself a toddy from my weekly stash -- I brew it fresh in the office with a MistoBox subscription. I also toast a piece of bread and slather it with Melt butter, a shake of nutritional yeast and Trader Joe’s Everything but the Bagel seasoning and sit down to start my day.

9:30 AM - I realize that I’m caught up on all of my clients, but it’s also the end of the month so that doesn’t come as too big of a surprise. I spend the morning digging through my Discover Weekly playlist on Spotify while casually checking accounts.

11:00 AM - I am super lucky to work almost next door to a grocery story. I walk the long way today and catch some Pokémon along the way. I buy a bunch of stuff: green onion, an avocado, a cucumber, spring mix, shredded carrots, seaweed, ginger, wasabi, Szechuan sauce, and tofu. $22.99

12:45 PM - I make a poke-style tofu bowl out of the ingredients listed above plus the brown rice and it turns out pretty good minus adding way too much wasabi which makes my face hurt. Tomorrow, I will do better.

2:00 PM - I am a DJ and am prepping for a set in the middle of October. Sometimes I have to buy vinyl from discogs to get what I need. It’s not ideal, but they have everything! I check my inbox to see that I’ve been invoiced for a single by The Fall. $12.98

4:00 PM - I buy a Lene Lovich single. $4

4:15 PM - I head downtown to meet boyfriend and his dad (he flew in this morning for a meeting) and brother for dinner at The Vig. Their new menu is void of good vegan options which is a real bummer because usually they do a little better than this. I get a salad and feel pretty defeated when it gets delivered and it appears to have about 300 calories. Boyfriend’s dad pays.

7:00 PM - I arrive at home and eat last week’s leftover spice cake to curb my hunger.

8:00 PM - Boyfriend leaves for a show and I spend the evening binge watching Intervention.

DAY ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR: $39.97

DAY ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE

8:30 AM - I wake up, but it takes me a little longer to actually get out of bed.

9:15 AM - I arrive at work and do the toddy toast thing. I don’t have much work to do today again, so I mostly veg at my desk.

9:30 AM - An invoice arrives for another record. It was super cheap but I have to have it shipped from Europe. If it doesn’t come on time, I am gonna flip. $43.66

12:15 PM - I eat lunch -- same as yesterday but with less wasabi. Feelin’ okay!

5:10 PM - I leave work and head home. I am meeting my BFF at Gracies for a drink in a little bit, but I need to eat first. We really don’t have much food at home, so I eat some chips and salsa and a piece of bread with Earth Balance. #nutritious

6:30 PM - I meet friend. I get two whiskey sours and explain my latest woes to him. $13.28

9:00 PM - Last minute idea, but I decide to go to hellogoodbye. I head over to Rebel Lounge to discover that boyfriend has already put me on the guest list. I get a Strongbow and pretend I’m 16. $7

10:45 PM - I am exhausted when I get home. Boyfriend and I hang out on the couch for a little bit but end up going to the bedroom shortly after.

DAY ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE TOTAL: $63.94

DAY ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SIX

8:30 AM - I wake up and roll out of bed. The dog was barking like mad last night so I’m a little sleepy.

9:15 AM - Toddy and toast routine.

11:00 AM - I look at bills for the month and send boyfriend what he’ll owe me when rent is due. I’ll be bringing in less from him next month because I have to pay him for my share of Valley Ho. I’m just gonna consider this a wash in less income. ~*~whatever~*~

12:00 PM - I walk to Sprouts and buy a block of  sprouted tofu and an avocado. $5.33

2:00 PM - I do some math and decide that really, this lunch deal isn’t too bad. It was mostly the ginger, wasabi, and Szechuan sauce that added a lot of extra money. Seems like that stuff will last me for a while though so maybe I’ll do this again sometime soon.

5:30 PM - I arrive at home and call my boyfriend to see if he wants to grab dinner before Paramore but he’s already eating. I eat a handful of almonds and a piece of bread with Earth Balance and head downtown.

6:30 PM - I meet boyfriend at his office and we pop down to one of the bars his company owns where we split some fries. I also get a margarita and do not share. NUTRITIOUS x2. Boyfriend pays.

8:00 PM - We walk over to Comerica Theater and find that Live Nation has upgraded our sets to the 10th row! #workperks When we get in, we find that Best Coast has already started. Neither of us really dig them.

9:40 PM - Paramore starts. Sidenote: I saw them once at Warped 2006 and was never super into them, but their latest record is straight up solid pop music and I love it. We stay for an hour of their set and head home.

10:30 PM - Boyfriend plays video games and I stare at my phone for a while and read Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.

DAY ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SIX TOTAL: $5.33

DAY ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SEVEN

8:20 AM - I get out of bed and hop in the shower. I’ve been sleeping better over the past few nights.

9:15 AM - I arrive at work and realize I’m out of bread. I really need to go to Costco, so I decide to hold off on buying more at Sprouts and just drink toddy today. While I’m getting ready for the morning, my boss mentions to me that he’s looking into getting us health insurance for either November or January 1. I am elated!!!

9:30 AM - My hometown friend has a band that I’ve been really into for the past 12 years, and  he just put out a Kickstarter to help fund his new record. I don’t hesitate to drop in some cash and choose the option that says that he will mail me a copy of the LP when it comes out. $30

11:30 AM - I am starving already, so I make the last of my tofu bowl stock. I’d definitely give this lunch experiment 8/10 and will do it again sometime soon!

12:00 PM - I check my account and see that I’m doing pretty well (given the fact that I have spent my entire monthly budget already and gave myself $240 more because of my UTI business.) I start to weigh the pros and cons of how much my sinking fund should have since I might not have to deal with a lot of health stuff if my boss actually gets us insurance.

1:30 PM - My paycheck comes and I deposit it into my account. I also open a new bag of coffee and my colleague pays me for it. Not sure about this arrangement. I feel like we’re going through it a lot faster than I used to.

3:00 PM - I go to Sprouts and buy pumpkin spice cookies because I am starving. $2.02

5:00 PM - I get home and run the dishwasher. Our house is starting to smell.

6:00 PM - I make cashew mac & cheese with buffalo jackfruit for dinner for my boyfriend and me. I eat it with a glass of wine and try not to feel like a bowling ball but I really can’t help it. I’m so so full.

8:00 PM - I put away the dishes and reload the dishwasher. Everything is much cleaner now.

9:30 PM - Boyfriend has to go back to work and as much as I want to take the dog for a walk, I can’t because I’m at the part in Harry Potter where Snape kills Dumbledore.

12:15 AM - Boyfriend arrives home and we make loose plans to hit up the Suns scrimmage tomorrow in Prescott. I don’t have much to do tomorrow so my boss will probably be cool with me dipping early.

DAY ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SEVEN TOTAL: $32.02

DAY ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT

8:30 AM - I wake up and head to work.

9:00 AM - Too full from cashew mac & cheese for morning cookies, so I just drink toddy.

11:30 PM - Colleagues and I go to Montauk for lunch. I fight the urge to get an alcoholic beverage and just stick to the brussels sprout tacos. $12.80

3:30 PM - I head out to grab my boyfriend from work. It’s a pain in the ass to get to around this time of day but we’ll be in Prescott in no time. I stop at Circle K first for a variety of things:

3:30 PM - Gas and air for my tires. I tried doing this at QT a few weeks ago but their air pump wasn’t working. So much for free air. $26.39

3:30 PM - The past few times of traveling with my boyfriend has made me learn that we will never stop for food and I know we’re going to get hungry. I grab two bottles of SmartWater, two bags of peanuts, and a can of Pringles. $9.02

4:35 PM - I arrive at boyfriend’s work and we hit the road for Prescott.

6:30 PM - We arrive just in time to the Prescott Valley Events Center for the annual Phoenix Suns scrimmage. The event is free, and we’re both still hungry so I treat boyfriend to some nachos and grab a marg and kettle corn for myself. $17

8:00 PM - 32 minutes of basketball is over leaving us wanting more and excited for the 2017-2018 season to start.

9:40 PM - I drop boyfriend back off at work so he can shake hands with the agent of the band who is playing his company’s big venue tonight and head home. I’m happy to find that the dog isn’t too mad at me.

10:30 PM - Boyfriend comes home and the dog gets crazy. She is pretty bad throughout the entire night but I can’t really blame her since we weren’t home. We very very rarely do this to her and if we had been any later, we would have had someone let her out. I try to be patient, but my Fitbit sleep report looks like pure trash the next morning.

DAY ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT TOTAL: $65.21

DAY ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-NINE

7:30 AM - I go outside for the third time to plead for Katy to come inside. She won’t stop barking.

10:30 AM - I wake up and am surprised at how late it is.

10:45 AM - I strap the dog and take her for a walk to Cartel. She is definitely happy to be exercising though and the concrete is still cool enough from the morning that she’s not bothered by the heat.

11:10 AM - I get a toddy and the barista gives it to me for free (I am super upset that I don’t have a dollar to tip, but he says not to sweat it.). Katy and I sit down for a minute so she can catch her breath. I try to give her water but she is uninterested. Her loss. I down it and we head out.

12:00 PM - Boyfriend’s up. We both shower since I’m sweaty from the walk and I eat a piece of toast with vegan cream cheese, nutritional yeast, and “Everything but the Bagel” seasoning before we head out to the AZ Mills -- a hybrid outlet / normal mall we frequent 1-2 times per week.

12:15 PM - We hear that the adidas clearance outlet is closing which is a really really big bummer for us. I buy 25% of my wardrobe there and now I’m cringing that I might actually have to spend $75 on a full-priced sweatshirt in the future.

1:30 PM - We decide that we want to eat at Sushi 101, but a bump in our plan arises when boyfriend’s brother calls. He needs help moving a mattress and box spring, so boyfriend drops me off at home. I chill for a while and eat the rest of the Pringles I bought yesterday.

3:00 PM - Boyfriend picks me up and it’s off to sushi we go. I get a Gardenfire roll and a shiitake mushroom roll. We split a basket of veggie tempura. Boyfriend pays.

4:00 PM - We’re stuffed but need to grab groceries. We stop at Target first and I get some foundation. I also grab a bottle of sparkling Smartwater at the checkout line. $18.12

4:30 PM - Trader Joe’s is next. I don’t get many things because I mostly want to grab stuff at Sprouts, but I walk out with a package of wontons, a can of black beans, Spindrift seltzer, and a block of sprouted tofu. ($11.46) At Sprouts, I get a loaf of bread, some celery, 3 carrots, a bag of frozen corn, a can of coconut milk, Skinny Pop white cheddar crisps, 2 red potatoes, a red bell pepper, an onion, a couple heads of broccoli, Tofutti cream cheese, Field Roast breakfast sausages, 2 sweet potatoes and 2 Big Sur breakfast burritos. ($39.15) $50.61

6:00 PM - We arrive home and I’m not feeling so great. I think the excess soy sauce really put me over the edge. We already decide that we’re staying home for the evening so I take the opportunity to drink some water and veg on the couch while I start Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. At some point, I eat a Big Sur burrito and a container of coconut milk yogurt. It’s been a hot minute (over 10 years) since I’ve really had any kind of yogurt, but this isn’t bad! I’ll probably buy more in the future.

DAY ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-NINE TOTAL: $68.73

DAY ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY

9:30 AM - I wake up to a text from a client. His website is down and I need to pause all of his ads. He’s a really big client so I don’t sweat it, but I feel for our web developer who is moving this weekend.

10:00 AM - I make breakfast for boyfriend and me: pancakes, hashbrowns, and Field Roast veggie sausages.

11:30 AM - I strap up Katy again and take her to Cartel. The same barista gives me my toddy for free and again, I am ashamed that I don’t have cash to tip. I tell him I will tip him extra next week when I have cash on me. He’s not even remotely upset but I feel terrible about it.

2:00 PM - It’s Costco day! I stop at Petsmart first to stock up on Katy’s dog food. $40.99

2:15 PM - At Costco, I buy tampons, paper towels, a flat of La Croix, two loaves of Dave’s Killer Bread for the office, 8 ears of corn, fig bars, Mikasa wine glasses, vegetable and barley soup, and -- get ready for it -- an orange tree. Boyfriend will be so surprised! $125.40

3:30 PM - I stop by Home Depot to get citrus food and soil. $14

4:00 PM - I arrive home and surprise boyfriend with the tree. After putting away groceries, I dive deep into making vegan corn chowder and roasted sweet potatoes to bring to the office next week. I eat a bowl of it for early dinner and it’s delicious!

6:00 PM - It’s cool enough outside to plant the orange tree. I finish just as the sun sets and will pack in more dirt tomorrow to ensure it’s really in there. In three years, we will have oranges assuming I can keep this thing alive.

9:00 PM - I spend the rest of the evening relaxing with boyfriend and reading Harry Potter.

DAY ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY TOTAL: $180.39

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Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Coin Program launched on January 24

Mike Olson, astronaut Charlie Duke, Dotty Duke, and Tom Uram.

By Louis Golino

Rarely has a U.S. Mint commemorative coin program elicited as much interest as the 2019 Apollo 11 50th anniversary coins did in the run-up to their January 24 release. With a theme that undoubtedly resonates with both American and foreign collectors, and potentially non-collectors who learn of their existence too, the coins’ appeal has a lot to do with the fact that the most active numismatic demographic group — men in their mid-50s or older — were alive in 1969 and vividly recall the moon landing.

The original proposal for this program — only the second set of curved U.S. coins after the 2014 Baseball Hall of Fame issues — dated to a November 2014 Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee meeting when member Michael Olson suggested it. The legislation creating the program was passed in December 2016 after an extended effort to secure congressional approval. 

In the months following the October 11 launch of the designs at the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum and the December 13 first-strike ceremony at the Philadelphia Mint, interest in these coins appeared to remain very high, particularly for the five-ounce silver Proof version (the first curved and reeded Proof piece from the U.S. Mint) and the two-coin set with a clad Apollo 11 half dollar and a clad Kennedy half dollar with an enhanced Reverse Proof finish unique to the set. Both products were widely expected to sell out quickly. Plus, all the silver coins were for the first time struck with .999 fineness, rather than the usual .900 — something collectors have requested for years and that brings our coins in line with what world mints produce.

Launch of Coins

Sales began on January 24 at 12:00 noon EST on the Mint’s website at retail sales locations at the Denver and Philadelphia Mint’s and Mint headquarters in Washington, DC and at an event held at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Mint’s site was probably the slowest it had been since the 2011 release of the 25th Anniversary American Silver Eagle Set, and many buyers reported experiencing delays getting through the various stages of the ordering process.

Lt. General Don Rodgers, Mike Olson, former CCAC member and current Astronauts Memorial Foundation board member, June Scobee Rodgers (widow of Challenger Commander Dick Scobee), former CCAC Chair Gary Marks, CCAC member Erik Jansen, and Kathie Scobee Fulgham (daughter of Challenger Commander Dick Scobee and Astronauts Memorial Foundation board member).

The launch event was attended by several astronauts and their families and other invited guests such as current and former members of the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee who played roles in creating the coins. These included new CCAC Chairman Thomas J. Uram, who delivered remarks on behalf of U.S. Mint Director David J. Ryder and who was a member of the jury that selected the winning obverse design; former Chairman Gary Marks; current member Erik Jansen, who represents the general public; and Michael Olson, who is also a member of the Astronauts Memorial Foundation’s board and noted that astronauts and their families at the event were excited about the coins, which sold briskly.

Tom Uram delivering remarks at the launch event on behalf of Mint Director David Ryder.

During his speech, Mr. Uram said that a complete sellout of the program (which will run through the end of 2019, or as long as the coins are available) would generate $14.5 million for the three recipient organizations: The Astronauts Memorial Foundation, Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, and the Smithsonian Institution’s Air and Space Museum’s exhibit on the Apollo 11 mission.

He also noted:

Every coin that the United States Mint produces helps to tell a story that teaches us about America’s history or connects us to a special memory. Each time a person looks at one of these commemorative silver dollars, it will serve as a reminder of the unprecedented engineering, scientific, and political achievement that secured our Nation’s leadership in space for generations.

In addition, he mentioned the forthcoming “historic collaboration” between the Mint and the Royal Australian Mint:

We will be producing a special set featuring a U.S. Apollo 50th Anniversary half dollar paired with an Australian 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing one-ounce $5 silver coin. This jointly-issued set magnificently symbolizes our long-standing alliance and friendship with Australia.

Former legislative aide to Congressman Posey Dieter Jobe, Mike Olson, Charlie Duke, Ann Collins Starr (daughter of Michael Collins), Gary Marks, Erik Jansen, Tom Uram, Andrew Uram, and Thad Altman.

Astronaut Charlie Duke, the 10th person to walk on the moon during Apollo 16, said:

The surcharges from this coin have been authorized to support the missions of three non-profits who represent the history of the space program while supporting the next generation of explorers, innovators and calculated risk-takers who will continue to discover new frontiers.

As for the secondary market, the fact that few dealers were offering premiums to buyers willing to sell directly to them, apart from a company offering a $75-premium for a five-pack of the two-coin half dollar set, suggested that they initially may not have expected the coins to have a lot of secondary market potential. Or, dealers simply believed they would not have difficulty obtaining what they needed directly from the Mint and planned to gauge buyer interest before making large purchases. 

Five-Ounce Coins Backordered

An early sell-out of the five-ounce silver Proof dollar, or the two-coin half dollar set, failed to materialize on January 24, but the five-ounce piece went into backorder status within eight or nine minutes with an anticipated ship date for additional coins of May 1. The potential problem with that is that most buyers of modern U.S. coins do not want to purchase coins that will not ship for months, in part because some want to have them graded and be eligible for PCGS First Strike and NGC Early Release status, and in part because they simply do not want to wait a long time for their coins.

The mystery factor is how many of the five-ounce pieces were produced of the 51,271 ordered on the first day, which many purchasers believed was substantially less than that number. Many buyers reported their orders had shipped during the first or second day of sales, while many others who ordered before the backorder status began still had their orders back-ordered, which they found frustrating.

Gary Marks, chairman of the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee from 2010 to 2015, said:

When I was on the committee, I urged both Moy and Peterson [former Mint Director Edmund Moy and former Deputy Director Richard Peterson] that avid numismatists needed to be added to the leadership of the sales and marketing staff.  Without the insights such folks could bring to decisions we get the type of disconnect we saw yesterday; almost immediate back order status that discourages potential buyers.” Marks added that “The coins are stunningly beautiful. The production side of the Mint should be recognized for their great work.

Given the widespread view among collectors and numismatic observers that the five-ounce coin was basically a slam-dunk, and the prediction at the design unveiling in October of Mint Director David Ryder that those coins could sell out in 10 minutes, it was surprising that the Mint did not produce the entire 100,000-maximum mintage in advance of sales. Michael White of the Mint’s Office of Public Affairs said in response to a request for this article:

The Mint does not strike all the coins for any specific program option but mints to an initial marketing forecast.

It is possible, as some collectors speculated in coin forums, that the Mint had difficulty producing enough coins before the launch, especially since it had been reported in Coin World that there were production issues with the five-ounce coins.  Each “individually machined” die, which initially took 14 hours to produce (that was later reduced to 11.5 hours), was only able to make 100 coins. Perhaps not enough dies were ready in advance of the launch to make all the coins, or the Mint decided to gauge demand before producing additional dies and coins at considerable expense.

First Day Sales

Hover to zoom.

The day after the launch of the coins the Mint announced first day sales, and the two products most expected to sell well each sold about half of their maximum mintage, and the next best-selling items were the gold coins that sold a little under half their maximums:

19CA2019 APOLLO 11 GOLD PROOF 15,544 19CB2019 APOLLO 11 GOLD UNCIRCULATED7,78119CC 2019 APOLLO 11 SILVER PROOF86,07319CD2019 APOLLO 11 SILVER UNCIRCULATED 35,38019CE2019 APOLLO 11 CLAD PROOF29,56019CF2019 APOLLO 11 HALF DOLLAR SPECIAL SET49,82519CG2019 APOLLO 11 CLAD UNCIRCULATED20,87719CH2019 APOLLO 11 SILVER PROOF FIVE-OUNCE51,271

Almost 300,000 coins were sold on the first day. Additionally, the Bureau of Engraving Apollo 11 engraved print sold out on the first day as well. Mr. Olson, the former CCAC member who not only proposed the program but also spearheaded the effort to turn it into a congressionally-authorized commemorative program, said he was very pleased with the first day’s sales. He noted that, unlike in past instances when many collectors were unable to order the coins they wanted because so many went to dealers and flippers, this time “the end user,” i.e., the collector who plans to keep their coins, was able to get what they wanted.

Mr. Olson added that he expects all product options to sell out by the end of the year or sooner and that recipient groups will be promoting sales of the coins. He also said it was “a good move” by the Mint to lift household limits the second day of sales.

To him, the footprint on the reverse of each coin is “the most outstanding feature,” especially on the gold Proof coins because the mirrored footprint really pops, contrasting with the more matte background of the lunar surface. In addition, in exclusive comments for Coin Update, Mr. Olson said that he is exploring the possibility of working to promote another coin program that would honor the Space Shuttle program that began in 1981 and ended in 2011.

Collectors, Dealers, and the Market

The fact that no coins sold out the first day, including the two coins most widely expected to do so, led coin forum bloggers like many on Mint News Blog and other sites to proclaim the program’s initial sales “dismal.” They also suggested it implied the future of numismatics within the U.S. is not bright, an opinion expressed frequently by many collectors, but which other dealers and collectors believe does not reflect the overall state of the hobby. For example, attendance and sales were very strong at the recent FUN coin show in Florida, and there are also other indicators of a strengthening market such as rising precious metal prices and increased demand for bullion coins, among others.

Early media reports also emphasized the lack of early sellouts, but the initial sales numbers probably said less about the program’s success and more about the caution of flippers of U.S. Mint products after mixed results in recent years. Besides, the $5 gold Proof coins went into backorder on January 27, which further suggested that disappointment about initial sales was likely premature. 

On January 27, one major retailer listed PCGS-graded examples of all the Apollo coins with the five-ounce piece listed at $550 in Proof 70 and $320 in Proof 69, and those prices increased soon afterward. Proof 69 and 70 examples of the $5 gold coin sold out immediately, as did all their five-ounce coins and Mint State and Proof 70 one-ounce coins.

On eBay, ungraded pucks, as many call the large silver pieces, settled in at around $300-$320 the day after their launch, while Proof 70 coins brought $600-$700 and even $900 for examples in holders with signatures of astronauts. By the weekend, ungraded coins continued to move a little higher, to $350 each.

By Sunday, more sellers had presale offers for other coins, and the one-ounce coins in MS and PF-70 continued to move up in price from about $170 or less to $250 and more per coin and several major sellers sold out of their initial supply.

Defining Success

Collectors of U.S. Mint coins obviously would prefer that their purchases at least maintain their value. But particularly when it comes to commemoratives, even high-interest programs like the 2014 baseball coins or the new Apollo 11 coins, it is advisable not to view them as investments or money-makers apart primarily from coins in the top grades.

With the Apollo issues, some collectors believe the high price being paid for PF-70 coins has a lot to do with the large surface area of the coin, making it harder to get the top grade. That remains to be determined by the PCGS population and NGC census reports.

Moreover, the success or failure of these programs can be measured in different ways, not just by how quickly they sell out, or whether they sell for more than issue price after their release. Perhaps too many buyers place excessive emphasis on this aspect, especially since commemoratives are intended mainly as items to cherish and enjoy.

Considering how many times buyers have complained about being locked out of high-profile programs like this in the past, the fact that people could order the coins they wanted, even if they had orders on back order, was significant.

For the Mint, the collector, and the recipient organizations, the Apollo program has already been a huge success in a short period. And the program has also earned an important place in the annals of American numismatics.

Louis Golino is an award-winning numismatic journalist and writer specializing primarily in modern U.S. and world coins. His work has appeared in Coin World, CoinWeek, The Greysheet and CPG Market Review, The Numismatist, Numismatic News, FUN Topics, The Clarion and COINage, among other publications. His first coin-writing position was with Coin Update.

In 2015, his CoinWeek.com column, “The Coin Analyst,” received an award from the Numismatic Literary Guild for best website column. By 2017, he received an NLG award for best article in a non-numismatic publication with his “Liberty Centennial Designs,” which was published in Elemetal Direct. In October 2018 he received a literary award from the Pennsylvania Association of Numismatists (PAN) for his article, “Lady Liberty: America’s Enduring Numismatic Motif,” that appeared in The Clarion in 2017.

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