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riearchivistfornow · 15 days ago

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TX service 2014.09.27

Unscathed

We must trust and obey. What is this great unknown for us? We are all included into the journey of faith into the great unknown. God is going to cause us to do things that we have never done before, and seeing things you have never seen before. Some of us, the great unknown may be going out to preach to others, while to others, it may be about going out to pray for the sick. It can also be to live a holy life for Jesus, to be a great testimony for the Lord. Some of us, the great unknown may be to help our parents to know the Lord. For cell leaders, it may be to double your cell in size.

It is not a game, but there will be an opposition to this. God tells us to be bold and courageous. There will be opposition and obstacles, but despite having that, we will still push on.

In Joshua chapter 2, two spies were in the enemy's camp, and they were being helped by one of the enemy.

Joshua 2:1-24 NIV

Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim. “Go, look over the land,” he said, “especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there. The king of Jericho was told, “Look, some of the Israelites have come here tonight to spy out the land.” So the king of Jericho sent this message to Rahab: “Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, because they have come to spy out the whole land.” But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. She said, “Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they had come from. At dusk, when it was time to close the city gate, they left. I don’t know which way they went. Go after them quickly. You may catch up with them.” (But she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them under the stalks of flax she had laid out on the roof.) So the men set out in pursuit of the spies on the road that leads to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as the pursuers had gone out, the gate was shut. Before the spies lay down for the night, she went up on the roof and said to them, “I know that the Lord has given you this land and that a great fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who live in this country are melting in fear because of you. We have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan, whom you completely destroyed. When we heard of it, our hearts melted in fear and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the Lord your God is God in heaven above and on the earth below. “Now then, please swear to me by the Lord that you will show kindness to my family, because I have shown kindness to you. Give me a sure sign that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them—and that you will save us from death.” “Our lives for your lives!” the men assured her. “If you don’t tell what we are doing, we will treat you kindly and faithfully when the Lord gives us the land.” So she let them down by a rope through the window, for the house she lived in was part of the city wall. She said to them, “Go to the hills so the pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there three days until they return, and then go on your way.” Now the men had said to her, “This oath you made us swear will not be binding on us unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother, your brothers and all your family into your house. If any of them go outside your house into the street, their blood will be on their own heads; we will not be responsible. As for those who are in the house with you, their blood will be on our head if a hand is laid on them. But if you tell what we are doing, we will be released from the oath you made us swear.” “Agreed,” she replied. “Let it be as you say.” So she sent them away, and they departed. And she tied the scarlet cord in the window. When they left, they went into the hills and stayed there three days, until the pursuers had searched all along the road and returned without finding them. Then the two men started back. They went down out of the hills, forded the river and came to Joshua son of Nun and told him everything that had happened to them. They said to Joshua, “The Lord has surely given the whole land into our hands; all the people are melting in fear because of us.”

Unscathed, to be safe, without harm. How can we be safe and without harm during the journey into the great unknown?

1) By knowing that God is great - We must fear him.

Rahab did not allow the two spies to be handed over to the powerful king. The city's people were melting with fear. Rahab had chosen to fear God, rather than to fear man. Do you know that God is great? If we know that God is great, why do we still fear man, rather than we fearing God? We are afraid of our enemies and the fear of man, so much so that we are not going forward in the race. Fearing God was the safest place for Rahab and her family to be safe. The safest place to be, is to put your faith and to put your fear in God for that is the safest place to be when you are fearful. We then become fearless and courageous for we have already placed 100% in God. When you are not afraid of your enemies, a reversal actually happens. Our enemies then becones fearful for we have a great God with us. Jericho is a very formidable city, but yet the people were all melting in fear because of the Lord God Almighty. If you know that God is great, then do not fear your enemies for you have the Lord with you. Go and pray for your friends that are sick. You can do great things for God because God is great. Cell leaders, don'the babysit your teenagers, bring that out to the great unknown. "Those who know God will attempt great things for God." Hence, we need to attempt great things for God because we really know him. God is great, do great things for him. Fear God rather than to fear man.

2) God is gracious - We can serve him.

Joshua chapter 2, God chose to use a nobody, a prostitute for his purposes. God had used Rahab's fear of him to help his army to win the war and to be gracious to her. Rahab had earned herself a place in God's hall of faith and fame.

Hebrews 11:31 NIV

By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.

Rahab was included in the lineage of the people who was in the family, leading to Christ. Jesus Christ, the Son of God, had Rahab in his family tree. Why? She had placed her faith into the Lord, believing that he will be gracious. If God can use Rahab, God can use you. Some on us, even though we know this, some of us is unwilling to enter into the great unknown is because we feel that we are not worthy to be used by God. When you feel unworthy, Satan than uses that to keep making you feel even more unworthy. Some of us chooses to listen to that because he keeps enforcing that you are unworthy. However, God had used Rahab, despite her being a prostitute. The fact is that God can use you not because of your worthiness, but because of his graciousness.

1 Corinthians 1:26-27 NIV

Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.

The more unworthy you feel, the better candidate you will be. God is great, so he can use you. It is through the infinite goodness and the grace of God. It is not about your capability, but it is about the grace of God.

These four words must be written on your heart: "God can use you."

If you ever forget that God can use you, then refer to Rahab, the prostitute. Jesus walked with sinners, tax collectors, thieves and more. He does not come for the healthy but he comes for the sick.

"Faith and obedience are bound up in the same bundle. He that obeys God, trusts God and he who trusts God, obeys him. Faith is not without works."

In Joshua 2, we see both the greatness and the graciousness of God, in a single life; Rahab the prostitute. To save her, together with her family, thanks to the grace of God, his greatness, as well as the fear of God that Rahab had.

There is this great God and a gracious God; whom we fear and serve.

#ArchivistRie #fcbc.org.sg #2014 #TeensXcite

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bloody-teared-angel · 7 months ago

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1 through 5 from the WIP asks!

Alright, since I didn't get specifics, I'm gonna talk about all three of my 'major' projects.

Jericho - Great Mother's Oath

1. Mystery, mythology, found family, slow burn, angst

2. "Nature will always find a way."

3. Hmmmm. Probably Johnny.

4. Liu Kang...not that I don't like him, he's hard to write😢

5. Valeria. There are 5 incarnations of her and fourth Valeria is prolly my fav. (Spoiler territory if I say more)

Blasphemous

1. Christianity, demonology, moral ambiguity, dark, non-linear narratives

2. The cloaked figure stepped into the room and Adam straightened his back, his eyes flicking to his guitar leaning on the chair next to him. In mokents like these, he was glad that his helmet didn't have pupils.

3. Satan. SATAN. Not there yet but I'm looking forward to it.

4. Few of VM original characters. They got no personality and it's making my job harder.

5. Nachash, so far.

Porcelain Doll, Puppet Strings

1. Moral ambiguity, psychological torture, puppeteers, found family, mind break

2. If you were to ask Pamela Isley if she were to ever to take care of a garden at Wayne Manor, she would laugh in your face at the ridiculous question.

3. Pamela Isley.

4. None? I'm looking forward to writing all of the characters that are supposed to be there.

5. The Puppeteer. I love writing them, love writing dangerous, manipulative individuals.

#fanfiction #thanks for the ask!#angel speak #angel answers

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torahtantra · 2 years ago

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"Two Spies." Chapter 2. From the Book of Joshua.

In Chapter 1, God says "be courageous and strong...cross the Jordan into Israel."

Rahab and the Spies

2 Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim. “Go, look over the land,” he said, “especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab "depth, breadth" and stayed there.

-> Now remember it is okay to lay with a good pricey whore if she delivers a celestial experience. This one "a broad" to be sure, does the trick.

->-> The two spies are Caleb and Pinchas:

The two spies sent by Joshua signified the spiritual (Pinchas) and the physical (Caleb). Body and soul. The Levite and the Israelite. So Joshua sent both Pinchas and Caleb as the precursors to entering the Land, for it was a group like this that represented the overall intention behind that entrance. This yields an additional dimension in the singular reference to them in the verse: the ultimate G‑dly intention is the union and harmony of these two components.

2 The king of Jericho "fragrances" was told, “Look, some of the Israelites have come here tonight to spy out the land.” 3 So the king of Jericho sent this message to Rahab "Breadth": “Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, because they have come to spy out the whole land.”

4 But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. She said, “Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they had come from. 5 At dusk, when it was time to close the city gate, they left. I don’t know which way they went. Go after them quickly. You may catch up with them.” 6 (But she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them under the stalks of flax she had laid out on the roof.) 7 So the men set out in pursuit of the spies on the road that leads to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as the pursuers had gone out, the gate was shut.

-> Flax, unretted, = sin and temptation that mask the filaments inside the outer hull of the flax.

8 Before the spies lay down for the night, she went up on the roof 9 and said to them, “I know that the Lord has given you this land and that a great fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who live in this country are melting in fear because of you. 10 We have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea[a] for you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites "the uprooter and the burner" east of the Jordan, whom you completely destroyed.[b] 11 When we heard of it, our hearts melted in fear and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the Lord your God is God in heaven above and on the earth below.

12 “Now then, please swear to me by the Lord that you will show kindness to my family, because I have shown kindness to you. Give me a sure sign 13 that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them—and that you will save us from death.”

14 “Our lives for your lives!” the men assured her. “If you don’t tell what we are doing, we will treat you kindly and faithfully when the Lord gives us the land.”

15 So she let them down by a rope through the window, for the house she lived in was part of the city wall. 16 She said to them, “Go to the hills so the pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there three days until they return, and then go on your way.”

-> Back to my hypothesis that the Book of Joshua concerns the Fourth Day, and a house "That is a part of the wall."

The Wall is the West, the Fourth Direction which is the stage of Enlightenment and only those who reach the West Wall can live as an israelite. Notice how Rahab tells the boys, "We live a certain way here."

=one good hot screw with two Jewish men deserves another!

17 Now the men had said to her, “This oath you made us swear will not be binding on us 18 unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother, your brothers and all your family into your house. 19 If any of them go outside your house into the street, their blood will be on their own heads; we will not be responsible. As for those who are in the house with you, their blood will be on our head if a hand is laid on them. 20 But if you tell what we are doing, we will be released from the oath you made us swear.”

21 “Agreed,” she replied. “Let it be as you say.”

-> Scarlet threads in all the faiths are symbols of vows, contracts with God and the faith to perform the sacraments for the population.

Rahab, Caleb and Pinchas, after having a wild Hebrew Threesome, vow to protect the family, the friends, and the house from future violence. It is the window between today and tomorrow:

So she sent them away, and they departed. And she tied the scarlet cord in the window.

"The Lord has surely given the whole land into our hands; all the people are melting in fear because of us.”

Melting always refers to Hor'ing, so I know we are on the right track.

To Hor is to climb the mountain in order to Har, or melt in the sun. The people of Jericho are melting from fear because it is time for a regime change: the Body and the Spirit, "faith and foresight" are coming to town and they've already vowed to change the future for the better.

This is a good way to look at the transition between the Third Day where all the violence is drawn out, and the Fourth, "Let there be lights on the sky" which signifies an oncoming Age of Enlightenment.

We simply must have the one before the other, which explains why "the deepest whore" lives in a house protected by a wall between the City of Lights and the violent world outside, and why a deep commitment is required in order to enter and remain inside with her.

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mybeautifulchristianjourney · 5 years ago

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Rahab and the Spies

1 Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim. “Go, look over the land,” he said, “especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.

2 The king of Jericho was told, “Look, some of the Israelites have come here tonight to spy out the land.” 3 So the king of Jericho sent this message to Rahab: “Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, because they have come to spy out the whole land.”

8 Before the spies lay down for the night, she went up on the roof 9 and said to them, “I know that the Lord has given you this land and that a great fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who live in this country are melting in fear because of you. 10 We have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan, whom you completely destroyed. 11 When we heard of it, our hearts melted in fear and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the Lord your God is God in heaven above and on the earth below.

14 “Our lives for your lives!” the men assured her. “If you don’t tell what we are doing, we will treat you kindly and faithfully when the Lord gives us the land.”

21 “Agreed,” she replied. “Let it be as you say.”

So she sent them away, and they departed. And she tied the scarlet cord in the window.

22 When they left, they went into the hills and stayed there three days, until the pursuers had searched all along the road and returned without finding them. 23 Then the two men started back. They went down out of the hills, forded the river and came to Joshua son of Nun and told him everything that had happened to them. 24 They said to Joshua, “The Lord has surely given the whole land into our hands; all the people are melting in fear because of us.” — Joshua 2 | New International Version (NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.

#Rahab and the Spies #Joshua 2 #Book of Joshua #New International Version #Old Testament #NIV #Holy Bible #Biblica Inc

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eddycurrents · 5 years ago

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For the week of 2 September 2019

Quick Bits:

Agents of Atlas #2 again seems to focus more on Amadeus Cho and his perspective than the rest of the team, but it’s still very entertaining. Greg Pak, Nico Leon, Pop Mhan, Federico Blee, and Joe Sabino continue to weave together intrigue, superhero action, and romance with a very interesting mystery evolving.

| Published by Marvel

Animosity #23 is part one of “Rites of Passage” from Marguerite Bennett, Elton Thomasi, Roberto De Latorre, Rob Schwager, and Taylor Esposito. While Jesse and her caravan continue to try to make it out west, her animal friends attempt to plan for her upcoming 13th birthday. Wonderful character moments here and further insight into the horrors that the animals have seen.

| Published by AfterShock

Battlepug #1 brings the web comic to regular monthly print comics from Mike Norton, Allen Passalaqua, and Crank! While it does help to have read the previous adventures, you can pick up and enjoy this humorous take on sword and sorcery fairly easily. Some very nice humour in the “Covfefe” puppet.

| Published by Image

Berserker Unbound #2 is another wonderful issue from Jeff Lemire, Mike Deodato Jr., Frank Martin, and Steve Wands. The art alone from Deodato and Martin is wonderful, deftly mixing the modern and the archaic. It’s also very interesting to see the barbarian trying to navigate our strange modern world and the fact that he can’t understand anything that anyone is saying.

| Published by Dark Horse

Birthright #39 gives us the confrontation with Mastema. Learning that she’s pretty much thoroughly insane and that the entire two worlds are screwed. At least, from her perspective. The colour work here from Adriano Lucas is positively brilliant.

| Published by Image / Skybound

Breaklands #1 is a Comixology digital original from Justin Jordan, Tyasseta, Sarah Stern, and Rachel Deering. It’s different, bloody, and intriguing as to what’s going on. The opening suggests a kind of weird cult, the past gives the impression of post-apocalyptic tribes or gangs.

| Published by Justin Jordan

Buffy the Vampire Slayer #8 is a prelude to the “Hellmouth” crossover event with Angel, but I’ll say that it is essential to the overall storyline. This issue basically sets up the entire thing, even while still doing prologuey things. Great art from David López and Raúl Angulo. And, despite what Angel (at least that’s who I assume is in that devil mask) and Xander say, the “bat” costume is great, even if it doesn’t make sense.

| Published by BOOM! Studios

Conan the Barbarian #9 takes us on a trip through Conan’s hallucinations of monsters he felled in battle as he tries to lead a group of people caught underground in the lair of the Undergod. Incredibly impressive artwork from Mahmud Asrar and Matthew Wilson. As we get a bit of reminiscence here, it feels as though we’re approaching the end of this arc.

| Published by Marvel

Crowded #9 is pretty intense as Vita and Charlie breach a hotel and try to get the information on who set up the Reapr campaign from one of Charlie’s old “friends”. It goes about as well as you’d expect. Christopher Sebela, Ro Stein, Ted Brandt, Tríona Farrell, and Cardinal Rae continue to keep this story on its toes, speeding along as fast as it can.

| Published by Image

Dark Red #6 begins the next arc from Tim Seeley, Corin Howell, Mark Englert, and Carlos Mangual. It tosses more complications into Chip’s life in the form of a “cleaner” enthralled to another vampire and a family of were-jaguars fleeing from an El Salvadoran gang.

| Published by AfterShock

DCeased: A Good Day to Die #1 expands the story a bit further with this one shot featuring a reunion of some of the Bwa-Ha-Ha era of the Justice League and a few other guests. Great art from Laura Braga, Darick Robertson, Richard Friend, Trevor Scott, and Rain Beredo.

| Published by DC Comics

Deathstroke #47 continues “Deathstroke RIP” and it’s going to do your head in a bit. A banged, bruised, beaten-up, and confused Slade shows up with a bad attitude and we’re unsure how he’s back from the dead and acting fairly un-Slade-like. Also, Jericho gets his Doctor Manhattan moment. Priest, Fernando Pasarin, Carlo Pagulayan, Jason Paz, Cam Smith, Wade von Grawbadger, Jeromy Cox, and Willie Schubert are definitely continuing to keep this interesting.

| Published by DC Comics

Die #7 catches up with the other half of the party in Isabelle and Chuck and, well, Chuck is an asshole. Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans, and Clayton Cowles manage to out-bleak the previous issue, but in a way that doesn’t elicit sympathy this time. It’s interesting as to how they build up Chuck, elaborate on his backstory, and make him even more thoroughly unlikeable.

| Published by Image

Doom Patrol: Weight of the Worlds #3 is fairly impressive, with Gerard Way, Jeremy Lambert, Steve Orlando, Doc Shaner, Tamra Bonvillain, and Simon Bowland managing to become even more inventive with the narrative for an already incredibly inventive series. This one takes the convention of a flashforward and presents it as an issue of Doom Patrol in the future, weaving in some hard-boiled narration through a series of novels. Great work here all around.

| Published by DC Comics / Young Animal

Everything #1 is weird. Very weird. This first issue from Christopher Cantwell, INJ Culbard, and Steve Wands feels like it’s mostly about setting up the atmosphere and briefly introducing many of the characters as the new Everything Store opens up in Michigan. Love the art from Culbard.

| Published by Dark Horse / Berger Books

Fallen World #5 concludes what has been an excellent series setting up the next stage of the 4002 AD time period of the Valiant universe from Dan Abnett, Adam Pollina, Ulises Arreola, and Jeff Powell. The art from Pollina and Arreola is gorgeous, really leaning hard into the weird and wonderful of the future.

| Published by Valiant

Fantastic Four #14 kicks off “Point of Origin” celebrating the initial launch of the Fantastic Four’s expedition that turned them into the Fantastic Four. The shifting timeline makes this feel weird, but it’s still an interesting premise. Great art from Paco Medina and Jesus Aburtov.

| Published by Marvel

Future Foundation #2 is more fun from Jeremy Whitley, Will Robson, Paco Diaz, Daniele Orlandini, Greg Menzie, Chris O’Halloran, and Joe Caramagna. Why exactly the kids would mistake a younger looking Maker as their own Reed Richards is anyone’s guess, but this is still an entertaining prison break story building upon loose threads from Secret Wars.

| Published by Marvel

Ghost Spider Annual #1 continues the “Acts of Evil” theme running through this year’s annuals as Gwen takes on Arcade and a host of Spider-Man’s villains and allies. It’s a good story from Vita Ayala, Pere Pérez, Rachelle Rosenberg, and Clayton Cowles that helps Gwen get a sense of place when it comes to some of the differences between Earths-65 and -616/

| Published by Marvel

Giant Days #54 is the end to the series, but there’s one more issue in the story in the Giant Days: As Time Goes By special. Still, John Allison, Max Sarin, Whitney Cogar, and Jim Campbell gives us one last hurrah as Daisy, Esther, and Susan spend the summer together before graduation, tying up some loose ends, before saying goodbye to one another. It’s an emotional end, full of the eccentricities and humour that have been a hallmark of the series.

| Published by Boom Entertainment / BOOM! Box

The Green Lantern #11 continues the multiversal adventure. This is really some of the fun, eccentric science fiction-y superheroics that Grant Morrison really excels at along with gorgeous artwork from Liam Sharp and Steve Oliff. I quite like Sharp’s Neal Adams-esque Batman GL and it’s neat to see the Green Lantern oath’s differences across multiple universes.

| Published by DC Comics

Harley Quinn #65 kind of does an end run around the “Year of the Villain” content, incorporating it as a couple pages of the comic within the comic, while the rest of the issue is devoted to Harley dealing with the grief of the loss of her mother. By kind of ignoring it. Escaping to the Coney Island Volcano Island and getting a bit...rustic. Sam Humphries, Sami Basri, Hi-Fi, and Dave Sharpe also keep Harley’s trials going along nicely.

| Published by DC Comics

Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy #1 follows up on Poison Ivy’s new status after regrowing herself from the death sustained in Heroes in Crisis. Now, I can’t say I exactly liked that series or what happened, but I do think that Jody Houser, Adriano Melo, Mark Morales, Hi-Fi, and Gabriela Downie make the most of it and turn it around into an entertaining start to this new story. Also, a nice pick up on both the broader��“Year of the Villain” event (even though there’s no event banner) and on the new developments in Justice League Dark about the Parliament of Flowers and the Floronic Man.

| Published by DC Comics

Immortal Hulk #23 brings the fight to Fortean. It’s absolutely brutal on both sides. Joe Bennett, Ruy José, Belardino Brabo, Paul Mounts, and Matt Milla really do an incredible job with the action here. And the end is stuff of nightmares.

| Published by Marvel

Justice League #31 continues the “Justice/Doom War”. It’s very, very nice to see the Justice Society back in the mainline DC universe. Combined with the Legion of Super-Heroes back, it’s a wonderful time to see these two teams back. Feels good. It also helps that Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Jorge Jimenez, Alejandro Sanchez, and Tom Napolitano have JSA nestled within a great story, flinging the Justice League through the past and future.

| Published by DC Comics

Lois Lane #3 is worth it for the art from Mike Perkins and Paul Mounts by itself. The fight between the two Questions is incredible, beautiful flow of action and energy all through the exchange. Also, we get some follow up on Superman protecting Lois adding complications. There could be an argument made that this story is unfolding at roughly a snail’s pace, but that would overlook the wonderful character moments occurring, the atmosphere, and epic action sequences.

| Published by DC Comics

Midnight Vista #1 is a wonderful start to this story from Eliot Rahal, Clara Meath, Mark Englert, and Taylor Esposito. It’s an alien abduction story told pretty much straight and its intriguing as to how the disbelievers in this tale are going to deal with, even amid the very real kidnapping and lost time that occurs. I love Meath’s line art here.

| Published by AfterShock

No One Left to Fight #3 hits hard a couple times, first in Winda’s decidedly horrible way of handling rejection and jealousy and then in the Hierophant’s temptation of rebuilding Valé, fixing what ails him. More great work from Aubrey Sitterson, Fico Ossio, Raciel Avila, and Taylor Esposito. This book is a feast.

| Published by Dark Horse

Pretty Deadly: The Rat #1 is a very welcome return of this series, shifting time frame again to ‘30s Los Angeles and adopting a noir style. The artwork from Emma Rios and Jordie Bellaire is drop dead gorgeous, seemingly coming up with new styles and approaches to storytelling. The film stills in particular are very impressive.

| Published by Image

Savage Avengers #5 brings a bloody and brutal “end” to the first arc from Gerry Duggan, Mike Deodato Jr., Frank Martin, and Travis Lanham. It’s not so much a conclusion as a chapter break, ending the bit with the Marrow God, but transitioning into whatever will come next in the war against Kulan Gath.

| Published by Marvel

Sea of Stars #3 is another showcase for Stephen Green and Rico Renzi to just illustrate the hell out of some really cool stuff. This one shifts primary focus back to Kadyn and his interstellar entourage and it’s hilarious. The kid does kid things that drive his space monkey and space whale friends insane. Especially taunting a quarkshark.

| Published by Image

Something is Killing the Children #1 begins a rather disquieting horror series from James Tynion IV, Werther Dell’Edera, Miquel Muerto, and AndWorld Design. It’s brutal, bloody, and filled with all of the terror that you get from a frightened kid who just watched his friends get butchered. This is a visceral horror that punches you right in the gut. Very well done.

| Published by BOOM! Studios

Spawn #300 is not a bad anniversary issue, a fairly hefty book featuring a lead “chapter” with gorgeous artwork from returning long term Spawn line artist Greg Capullo, kicking off with something disturbing, then leading into a combination of the story threads that Todd McFarlane has been weaving for some time now. While there is a foundation on the old, this one also sets up a fair amount of what’s coming. Great art throughout from Todd McFarlane, Greg Capullo, J. Scott Campbell, Jason Shawn Alexander, Jerome Opeña, Jonathan Glapion, FCO Plascencia, Brian Haberlin, Peter Steigerwald, and Matt Hollingsworth.

| Published by Image

Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order - Dark Temple #1 is a tie in to the forthcoming video game from Electronic Arts by Matthew Rosenberg, Paolo Villanelli, Arif Prianto, and Joe Sabino. It centres around a padawan who somehow managed to escape Order 66 on a recently-joined Republic world of Ontotho and the mystery of a temple that she was sent to investigate.

| Published by Marvel

Supergirl #33 concludes Kara’s quest and “The House of El: United”, giving her perspective on the founding of the United Planets in Superman #14. It’s a decent end here, opening up new possibilities for what we’ll see next.

| Published by DC Comics

Triage #1 is a very impressive debut from Phillip Sevy and Frank Cvetkovic. Interesting set up of variations on the same woman, Evie, across multiple worlds, and a mystery as to what’s going on. Sevy’s art here is gorgeous.

| Published by Dark Horse

Usagi Yojimbo #4 begins a new two-part arc in “The Hero” as Usagi agrees to escort an author caught in a controlling, loveless marriage to her father. There’s a really nice opening sequence in this one with zombies.

| Published by IDW

Vampirella/Red Sonja #1 is a pretty good start to this series from Jordie Bellaire, Drew Moss, Rebecca Nalty, and Becca Carey. It’s set in 1969 and built around the Dyatlov Pass Incident, which sends Vampirella out there to investigate to potentially find a “friend”. Beautiful art from Moss and Nalty.

| Published by Dynamite

Web of Black Widow #1 is wonderful. Stephen Mooney was born to draw espionage thrillers, having done so incredibly on his own Half Past Danger as well as The Dead Hand and James Bond 007. He has a style that reminds me of Dave Stevens and it just works perfectly for this kind of story. Add to that Jody Houser, Tríona Farrell, and Cory Petit, throw in a mystery born out of Natasha’s past and continued questioning her own status as her since she was brought back from death, and you’ve got a recipe for a near perfect storm of a debut.

| Published by Marvel

Wyrd #4 concludes what has been an intriguing series from Curt Pires, Antonio Fuso, Stefano Simeone, and Micah Myers. This has been a rather interesting story of superpowers seemingly gone wrong and it ties up with a Superman analogue as a child going homicidal. It’s dark, but it feels real.

| Published by Dark Horse

Other Highlights: Absolute Carnage: Scream #2, Absolute Carnage: Symbiote Spider-Man #1, Alpha Flight: True North #1, Amazing Spider-Man: Going Big #1, Archie #707, Batman/TMNT III #5, Champions #9, Charlie’s Angels vs. Bionic Woman #3, Curse Words #24, The Death-Defying Devil #2, Descendent #5, The Dreaming #13, The Goon #6, House of X #4, Legion of Super-Heroes: Millennium #1, Marvel Action: Spider-Man #8, Nuclear Winter - Volume 3, Old Man Quill #9, The Punisher #15, Redneck #23, Rick and Morty Present Flesh Curtains #1, Section Zero #6, Space Bandits #3, Star Trek: Discovery - Aftermath #1, Star Wars #71, Superman: Up in the Sky #3, Transformers/Ghostbusters #4, Turok #5, The Wicked + The Divine #45

Recommended Collections: Age of X-Man: Prisoner X, Black Badge - Volume 2, Catwoman - Volume 2: Far From Gotham, Hellboy and the BPRD: 1956, Immortal Hulk - Volume 4: Abomination, Infinite Dark - Volume 2, Outcast - Volume 7, Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider - Volume 2: Impossible Year, Superb - Volume 4: The Kids aren’t Alright, War of the Realms: New Agents of Atlas, X-Force - Volume 2: Counterfeit King

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Have you ever read the Hunger Games series? No, I was never into the series. I did watch the first movie and fairly enjoyed it. When was the last time you ran into something? As clumsy as I am, I don’t remember tripping onto anything recently. Do you enjoy dressing up? Not really. Do you live in the city or a rural area? City. I prefer it that way. Would you say you have a sense of style? I guess? I get good comments on my outfits most days so that must mean I’m doing something right.

What's your biggest fear? It changes everyday. For today, it’s knives. Have you ever been bitten by a wild animal? No. That’s a big fear of mine too. Are you close to any of your cousins? Yes, I’m close to one of them and I treat him as an older brother. I used to be super close to my cousins on my dad’s side, but since we gradually moved farther and farther away from each other, the closeness faded and we don’t give each other anything more than hi’s whenever we come over to see their family. I wish we could change that soon :( Have you ever been lost in the woods? No, that’s the very reason why I don’t walk around in the woods. Where did you last travel? I went to Nasugbu if that counts as traveling. Do you enjoy driving? If I’m not stuck in traffic for 3/4 of the ride then yes. Unfortunately that’s the case in Metro Manila. What song did you last listen to? APESHIT by Beyonce and Jay-Z. If you have a job, how often do you work? No work, just university life for the next two years. What time do you normally go to sleep at night? It differs every night. There are nights I could stay up till 1 AM, some other times I’d rather be in bed by 9:30. Do you watch a lot of movies? I used to. I haven’t found the enthusiasm to watch new movies recently. Do you like Tom Petty? I don’t really have any comment? Would you rather have snow or rain? I love both. Do you own a lot of sweaters? No, that’s not necessary here. A couple of sweaters is fine. Have you ever tried rock-climbing? Like once. Ever ridden in a police car? Nope. Favorite decade of music? I don’t have a favorite decade. Have any of your best friends been your best friend longer than a year? Both of my best friends have been around for more than five years. Even Sofie, even though I’ve drifted away from her already. Ever witnessed a murder? No and I hope to god that’s something I never have to go through. Do you care what people think of you? No, unless I look up to you. Does your room have a ceiling fan? I don’t believe that ceiling fans actually work, so no. Would you consider yourself poised? Most of the time. But when I get jumpy it’s really bad. Have you ever tried blogging? Yes. I never lasted more than four entries on every blog I’ve ever made my whole life, and I made a fuckton of Blogspots, LiveJournals, and Wordpresses. I do last on microblogging though, manifested by my being on Tumblr since 2010. Favorite television channel? I don’t use the television for cable TV anymore... Have you ever lied under oath? No. I’ve never been under oath. What are your religious views? None. Are you a romantic person? I am, but I think I would be so much more romantic if I had more money. My love language for other people is material things; that being said, I loooove spoiling the people I love because they deserve everything. When did you last change your bed sheets? A couple of weeks ago. Would you consider yourself a flirt? As a demisexual, the concept of flirting makes me uncomfortable, so no. At what age do you plan to be married? 27. I wanted it to be 25, but Gabie freaked out at how early it was so we agreed on 27. Do you eat a lot of junk food? Yes I love junk food. When did you last go on vacation? Last April. Are you resilient? Some situations. I’m easy to disappoint sometimes too though. Have you ever failed a subject before? I’ve never failed one in college and I don’t plan to. I cared less in high school so I did fail geometry, chemistry, and advanced algebra. Didn’t keep me from being admitted into the top university in the country though ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ If so, what was the class? ^ Mentioned it all there. I don’t remember if I also failed calculus or not. Do you wear more bright or dull colors? Dull. Do you know anyone who has attempted suicide? Yes, and I know people who have succeeded. It’s a sad reality. What's your favorite quote? I don’t have one. Would you consider yourself mature? I guess, but I have my petty moments too. How many clocks are in your house? Two. There’s one in the dining room and the other one is on our cable provider’s set top box. Do you play any sports? Table tennis. Have you ever been injured in a car accident? Nope.

If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you be? Somewhere with snow and zero sun. Have you ever had highlights in your hair? Nope, not a fan. Favorite fast food restaurant? Jollibee. In what country were you born? The Philippines. Are your eyes more than one color? No, they’ve been dark brown for the last 20 years. Have you ever caught something on fire? I don’t think so? Hahahaha I’m scared of fire so I think I’ve been extra careful this whole time. What would you consider your biggest flaw? I hate criticism unless it’s told to me super super super SUPER gently. What do you think your best quality is? I’m really good at reading people so it’s easier to understand them and much easier to detect problems. Do you enjoy listening to others' problems? I don’t enjoy listening to someone who’s, say, talking to me about parental abuse, but I do become the dump for my friends’ problems regularly and it at least makes me happy knowing I’m being a good friend from that. Do you keep any plants in your house? My mom keeps the plants. I don’t. What is your mother's occupation? She works at a 5-star hotel as some sort of executive secretary or something. Her titles are always long so I don’t bother to know anymore. Do any of your friends like your musical style? I don’t share my music with my friends. What are you most looking forward to? Friday because this week is going to be shit. What was your favorite television show as a child? Hi-5 was my shit. Are you afraid of insects? Yep. Are you cold-natured? Most of the time. How old were you when you got your first pet? I was probablyyyy 5-6 when we got our first goldfish. Goldfish would remain our staple pet for the next 5 years. Did you/do you enjoy high school? I enjoyed the friends part of it. I had a REALLY great time in high school when it came to my friends; I was lucky to have found a home in my friend group before school ended. I hated everything else about it. Most of the teachers, the close-mindedness, the Catholic education, the unnecessary calculus, blegh. What would you say was your favorite age? Year 16 was unbelievably kind to me. What annoys you most about social networking? It’s a tie between so many people who subtweet and so many people who share their privileged, expensive, flashy-ass lives. Are you the center of attention most of the time? No I hate that. What are you currently reading? Guess what!!! I can finally answer this question!!!!! Gabie bought me AJ Lee’s Crazy Is My Superpower when we saw it at a bookstore while on a date. It’s a super rare find as it’s never in any store, so the second I saw it she swiped it off the shelf and handed it to the cashier. I’m like 30 pages away from finishing it, so I also started on Chris Jericho’s A Lion’s Tale: Around the World in Spandex. Both are wrestling autobiographies, which at the end of the day is my favorite genre of books. When did you last go to the library? Last Wednesday because I needed to get something printed. Are you ill at the moment? Nope. Never am. Do people tease you about anything? Yeah my orgmates impersonate me a lot. How late did you stay up last night and why? 12 AM because I had been reading Jericho’s book. Have you ever written poetry? Only when we had to pass a poem assignment in high school. I hate poetry and only tolerate it when my girlfriend reads a poem out loud to me. Curtains or shades? Shades. It’s what a lot of houses here use. How many people have you spoken to in the last hour? Just my mom. Do you tend to text a lot? I text Gab a lot. Ever lost a great best friend? Yeah. Sofie was pretty solid during the time we were inseparable, but I don’t know...it just dawned on me one day that we have drastically different personalities, and not in the opposites-attract way. Beyond our shared love for Audrey Hepburn, our personalities were worlds, worlds apart. I just knew it was going to have to stop somewhere. She was amazing though. At the end of the day I don’t think about her or miss her a lot, so I think that just proved my point. What is your favorite kind of flower? Whatever flower my girlfriend gives me. How tall are you? I’d say a little below 5′2″. Do you own any guns? Nope. What would you say is your favorite book of all-time? I haven’t christened a book with that title. Do you think you're living a good life? I’m not gonna deny the fact that I am privileged in a lot of aspects. But mental health destructs a lot of that. It’s what’s keeping me from having a completely good life. What's your least favorite part of the day? The morning. Are you an over-achiever? Nah, just an achiever. Have you ever won an award for a speech? No. Do you tend to curse a lot? I do. Have you ever played on the Ouija board? No but I’ve always wanted to! But only with the lights on and in broad daylight. Do you sleepwalk? I did it once when I was 9. Never happened again. Have you ever slept on the floor before? Many times. Are you a fan of public displays of affection? Only between LGBT couples hahaha. When did you last attend a yard sale? Years ago? I don’t really go. Do you wish your life were simpler or more interesting? Interesting. I’m always waiting for something exciting. What goals do you wish to accomplish tomorrow? Get through my class without breaking down. Repeat for the next four days. When is your birthday? April 21st. Which is worse: going blind or deaf? I dunno, that isn’t really a competition and shouldn’t be treated as such. What was the best part of today? Welp it’s 7:42 AM so it’s too soon to tell; but right now I do have the time to finally take surveys again so there’s that. Do you attempt to stay away from drama? I like sipping the tea, but I don’t mix the tea myself. What liquid did you last drink? Water. I only ever drink water... Do you ever prefer to be alone? Some times. Occasionally I’d yearn for the presence of friends too. Have you ever had a deadly animal as a pet? No. Favorite Disney movie? Tangled or Toy Story. Have you ever been to the beach? Of course, but it’s been two months since I last went. :( If you have, how many times have you been? Way too many times. I live in an archipelago so beaches are pretty accessible. What was your dream occupation at age ten? My old Grade 4 assignments would say that at 10, I wanted to be a writer. Are you terrified at the idea of weight-gain? No. In fact I’m really looking to gain weight in the next few years because I find myself way too skinny. I can’t wear a lot of clothes because of it; I have had to give away pretty culottes to my sister, who actually weighs like a normal person. Do you drink a lot of water? Sure; I love water. Does your room have carpet or hard-wood floors? Hardwood. Philippine houses never do carpet. Do you take naps daily? As much as I can. Not daily because I’m always busy during the day. Do you plan on traveling this spring or summer? My family’s travel schedule is unconventional since we always plan our travels only for when my dad is home, so that we’re complete. That said, we don’t always book trips strictly during the summer. Depending on when he comes back, we can travel right smack in the middle of the school year, a day before my exams, etc. Do you know anyone who is colorblind? I don’t think so. Have you ever been a teacher's pet? I sort of have. I wanted to be my prof’s favorite in his art studies class because I heard he didn’t give 1.00′s (which is the highest grade you get in my uni). So I recited a lot, interpreted paintings even though I had no clue what I was saying, and had a memorized speech for our big Powerpoint presentation requirement. Ended the class with a 1.00. What is your absolute favorite hobby? Going to museums. How many times a day do you brush your teeth? Once or twice. Ever been to a tanning bed before? I don’t need that. 107,000,000 Filipinos don’t need tanning beds. Are you satisfied with your financial stability? I am satisfied with my *family’s financial stability. I don’t make money myself yet. Who is your favorite actor/actress? Kate Winslet and Kristen Stewart. Do you model your life after anything? No. What's the meanest thing you've ever said to someone? I’ve never gone over the edge with anyone because I know exactly how it feels to be told anything hurtful. Do you ever accidentally talk to inanimate objects? Yeah I say sorry to stuff when I bump into them. What's your favorite flavor of ice cream? Cookies and cream, or anything with cookie or brownie chunks. Have you ever kissed someone of the same gender? That’s sort of the dynamic of my relationship. If you could, would you have a pen pal? No. What color are the pants you're wearing? Brown, but they’re shorts. Have you ever had a stalker? Nope. What is your life philosophy? You don’t have to be blood to be family. Who last sent you a goodnight text message? My girlfriend, AKA the only person who sends me those things. Do you own any clothes that are your favorite color? Yes for black, none for pink. Have you ever been in a hot tub before? Sure. What's your favorite comedy movie? It’s not limited to comedy, but The Proposal.

In which year were you born? 1998.

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Daily Office Readings July 19, 2020

Psalm 63

Comfort and Assurance in God’s Presence

A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah.

1 O God, you are my God, I seek you, my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. 2 So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory. 3 Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. 4 So I will bless you as long as I live; I will lift up my hands and call on your name.

5 My soul is satisfied as with a rich feast,[a] and my mouth praises you with joyful lips 6 when I think of you on my bed, and meditate on you in the watches of the night; 7 for you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I sing for joy. 8 My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.

9 But those who seek to destroy my life shall go down into the depths of the earth; 10 they shall be given over to the power of the sword, they shall be prey for jackals. 11 But the king shall rejoice in God; all who swear by him shall exult, for the mouths of liars will be stopped.

Footnotes:

Psalm 63:5 Heb with fat and fatness

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Psalm 98

Praise the Judge of the World

A Psalm.

1 O sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things. His right hand and his holy arm have gotten him victory. 2 The Lord has made known his victory; he has revealed his vindication in the sight of the nations. 3 He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the victory of our God.

4 Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises. 5 Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre, with the lyre and the sound of melody. 6 With trumpets and the sound of the horn make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord.

7 Let the sea roar, and all that fills it; the world and those who live in it. 8 Let the floods clap their hands; let the hills sing together for joy 9 at the presence of the Lord, for he is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.

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Psalm 103

Thanksgiving for God’s Goodness

Of David.

1 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name. 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and do not forget all his benefits— 3 who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, 4 who redeems your life from the Pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, 5 who satisfies you with good as long as you live[a] so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

6 The Lord works vindication and justice for all who are oppressed. 7 He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to the people of Israel. 8 The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. 9 He will not always accuse, nor will he keep his anger forever. 10 He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. 11 For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; 12 as far as the east is from the west, so far he removes our transgressions from us. 13 As a father has compassion for his children, so the Lord has compassion for those who fear him. 14 For he knows how we were made; he remembers that we are dust.

15 As for mortals, their days are like grass; they flourish like a flower of the field; 16 for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more. 17 But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children’s children, 18 to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments.

19 The Lord has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all. 20 Bless the Lord, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his bidding, obedient to his spoken word. 21 Bless the Lord, all his hosts, his ministers that do his will. 22 Bless the Lord, all his works, in all places of his dominion. Bless the Lord, O my soul.

Footnotes:

Psalm 103:5 Meaning of Heb uncertain

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Joshua 6:15-27

15 On the seventh day they rose early, at dawn, and marched around the city in the same manner seven times. It was only on that day that they marched around the city seven times. 16 And at the seventh time, when the priests had blown the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, “Shout! For the Lord has given you the city. 17 The city and all that is in it shall be devoted to the Lord for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house shall live because she hid the messengers we sent. 18 As for you, keep away from the things devoted to destruction, so as not to covet[a] and take any of the devoted things and make the camp of Israel an object for destruction, bringing trouble upon it. 19 But all silver and gold, and vessels of bronze and iron, are sacred to the Lord; they shall go into the treasury of the Lord.” 20 So the people shouted, and the trumpets were blown. As soon as the people heard the sound of the trumpets, they raised a great shout, and the wall fell down flat; so the people charged straight ahead into the city and captured it. 21 Then they devoted to destruction by the edge of the sword all in the city, both men and women, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys.

22 Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the prostitute’s house, and bring the woman out of it and all who belong to her, as you swore to her.” 23 So the young men who had been spies went in and brought Rahab out, along with her father, her mother, her brothers, and all who belonged to her—they brought all her kindred out—and set them outside the camp of Israel. 24 They burned down the city, and everything in it; only the silver and gold, and the vessels of bronze and iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the Lord. 25 But Rahab the prostitute, with her family and all who belonged to her, Joshua spared. Her family[b] has lived in Israel ever since. For she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

26 Joshua then pronounced this oath, saying,

“Cursed before the Lord be anyone who tries to build this city—this Jericho! At the cost of his firstborn he shall lay its foundation, and at the cost of his youngest he shall set up its gates!”

27 So the Lord was with Joshua; and his fame was in all the land.

Footnotes:

Joshua 6:18 Gk: Heb devote to destruction Compare 7.21

Joshua 6:25 Heb She

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Acts 22:30-23:11

Paul before the Council

30 Since he wanted to find out what Paul[a] was being accused of by the Jews, the next day he released him and ordered the chief priests and the entire council to meet. He brought Paul down and had him stand before them.

23 While Paul was looking intently at the council he said, “Brothers,[b] up to this day I have lived my life with a clear conscience before God.” 2 Then the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near him to strike him on the mouth. 3 At this Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! Are you sitting there to judge me according to the law, and yet in violation of the law you order me to be struck?” 4 Those standing nearby said, “Do you dare to insult God’s high priest?” 5 And Paul said, “I did not realize, brothers, that he was high priest; for it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a leader of your people.’”

6 When Paul noticed that some were Sadducees and others were Pharisees, he called out in the council, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. I am on trial concerning the hope of the resurrection[c] of the dead.” 7 When he said this, a dissension began between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided. 8 (The Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, or angel, or spirit; but the Pharisees acknowledge all three.) 9 Then a great clamor arose, and certain scribes of the Pharisees’ group stood up and contended, “We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?” 10 When the dissension became violent, the tribune, fearing that they would tear Paul to pieces, ordered the soldiers to go down, take him by force, and bring him into the barracks.

11 That night the Lord stood near him and said, “Keep up your courage! For just as you have testified for me in Jerusalem, so you must bear witness also in Rome.”

Footnotes:

Acts 22:30 Gk he

Acts 23:1 Gk Men, brothers

Acts 23:6 Gk concerning hope and resurrection

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Mark 2:1-12

Jesus Heals a Paralytic

2 When he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. 2 So many gathered around that there was no longer room for them, not even in front of the door; and he was speaking the word to them. 3 Then some people[a] came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them. 4 And when they could not bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him; and after having dug through it, they let down the mat on which the paralytic lay. 5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” 6 Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts, 7 “Why does this fellow speak in this way? It is blasphemy! Who can forgive sins but God alone?” 8 At once Jesus perceived in his spirit that they were discussing these questions among themselves; and he said to them, “Why do you raise such questions in your hearts? 9 Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Stand up and take your mat and walk’? 10 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the paralytic— 11 “I say to you, stand up, take your mat and go to your home.” 12 And he stood up, and immediately took the mat and went out before all of them; so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”

Footnotes:

Mark 2:3 Gk they

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Holy Tuesday Part 1: Cursing the Fig Tree

Continuing in the series of Holy Week, we are now on Holy Tuesday. I am going to split Holy Tuesday into 2 blogs because there is a lot of great information and things we can learn from what happened on this day. And, I know, I especially need a reminder of what it means to “produce good fruit.”

On this day Jesus cursed a fig tree and He was challenged by Israel’s Religious Leaders, however in this blog, I will focus on the cursing of the fig tree. The next blog will focus on the Religious leaders who challenge Jesus.

As we read these passages, the question I always think of is ‘Why would Jesus curse a fig tree? What is the point of such a thing?’ There is a purpose to this action Jesus does, but first, a little story of my own. :)

My grandmother has a small orchard, consisting of 11 trees. She has citrus trees, apple trees, nut trees and one fig tree. This thing has not been pruned and kept up and it is huge. The tree is mature, and provides such sweet fruit and the large, green leaves provide an incredible amount of cooling shade from the hot summer sun. My grandma lives in a place that can get 110*F+ in the summer. And under those leaves, it is many degrees cooler and shaded from the burning sun.

However, this was not exactly the type of fig tree that Jesus came across. The tree Jesus came across looked great: full, dark leaves, that should have been full of fruit, but it wasn’t. It would have provided excellent shade for Him, however, it did not have a single piece of fruit in the whole tree.

As a reminder, Jesus had a pretty eventful and exhausting day, the day before: cleansing the temple and getting rid of the perversion that the Jewish Religious leaders created in the Temple by allowing people to buy and sell animals for sacrifices to God.

Matthew 21:18-22: NLT: Jesus Curses the Fig Tree

18: In the morning, as Jesus was returning to Jerusalem, he was hungry, 19: and he noticed a fig tree beside the road. He went over to see if there were any figs, but there were only leaves. Then he said to it, “May you never bear fruit again!” And immediately the fig tree withered up.

20: The disciples were amazed when they saw this and asked, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”

21: Then Jesus told them, “I tell you the truth, if you have faith and don’t doubt, you can do things like this and much more. You can even say to this mountain, ‘May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and it will happen. 22: You can pray for anything, and if you have faith, you will receive it.”

Mark 11:12-14: NLT: Jesus Curses the Fig Tree

12: The next morning as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. 13: He noticed a fig tree in full leaf a little way off, so he went over to see if he could find any figs. But there were only leaves because it was too early in the season for fruit. 14: Then Jesus said to the tree, “May no one ever eat your fruit again!” And the disciples heard him say it.

Poor Jesus. He was hungry. And He was looking for a nice piece of juicy, fresh and ripe fig as he was heading back to Jerusalem from the town of Bethany. But, while it provided excellent shade, there was not a single fruit to be found on the tree. And Jesus cursed it. However, there was a purpose to this cursing.

According to my Study Bible, it says this about the Matthew passage:

21:19: Why did Jesus curse the fig tree? This was not a thoughtless, angry act, but an acted-out parable. Jesus was showing his anger at religion without substance. Just as the fig tree looked good from a distance but was fruitless on close examination, so the Temple looked impressive at first glance, but its sacrifices and other activities were hallow because they were not done to worship God sincerely (see 21:43). If you only appear to have faith without putting it to work in your life, you are like the fig tree that withered and died because it bore no fruit. Genuine faith means bearing fruit for God’s Kingdom.” (pg. 1587).

My Bible says this about the Mark account:

11:11-21: In this passage, two unusual incidents are related: the cursing of the fig tree and the clearing of the Temple. The cursing of the fig tree was an acted-out parable related to the clearing of the Temple. The Temple was supposed to be a place of worship, but true worship had disappeared. The fig tree showed promise of fruit, but it produced none. Jesus was showing his anger at religious life without substance. If you claim to have faith without putting it to work in your life, you are like the barren fig tree. Genuine faith has great potential; ask God to help you bear fruit for his Kingdom. (pg. 1645)

Jesus’ brother James wrote:

James 2:24-26: NLT:

24: So you see, we are shown to be right with God by what we do, not by faith alone. 25: Rahab the prostitute is another example. She was shown to be right with God by her actions when she hid those messengers and sent them safely away by a different road. 26: Just as the body is dead without breath, so also faith is dead without good work.

Here is Rahab’s story in the Old Testament:

Joshua 2: NLT: Rahab Protects the Spies

1: Then Joshua secretly sent out two wipes from the Israelite camp at Acacia Grove. He instructed them, “Scout out the land on the other side of the Jordan River, especially around Jericho.” So the two men set out and came to the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there that night.

2: But someone told the king of Jericho, “Some Israelites have come here tonight to spy out the land.” 3: So the king of Jericho sent orders to Rahab: “Bring out the men who have come into your house, for they have come here to spy out the whole land.”

4: Rahab had hidden the two men, but she replied, “Yes, the men were here earlier, but I didn’t know where they were from. 5: They left the town at dusk, as the gates were about to close. I don’t know where they went. If you hurry, you can probably catch up with them.” 6: (Actually, she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them beneath bundles of flax she had laid out.) 7: So the king’s men went looking for the spies along the road leading to the shallow crossings of the Jordan River. And as soon as the king’s men had left, the gate of Jericho was shut.

8: Before she spies went to sleep that night, Rahab went up to the roof to talk with them. 9: “I know the Lord has given you this land,” she told them. “We are all afraid of you. Everyone in the land is living in terror. 10: For we have heard how the Lord made a dry path for you through the Red Sea when you left Egypt. And we know what you did to Sihon and Og, the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan River, whose people you completely destroyed. 11: No wonder our hearts have melted in fear! No one has the courage to fight after hearing such things. For the Lord your God is the supreme God of the heavens above the earth below.

12: “Now swear to me by the Lord that you will be kind to me and my family since I have helped you. Give me some guarantee that 13: when Jericho is conquered, you will let me live, along with my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all their families.”

14: “We offer our own lives as a guarantee for your safety,” the men agreed. “If you don’t betray us, we will keep our promise and be kind to you when the Lord gives us the land.”

15: Then, since Rahab’s house was built into the town wall, she let them down by a rope through the window. 16: “Escape to the hill country,” she told them. “Hide there for three days from the men searching for you. Then, when they have returned, you can go on your way.”

17: Before they left, the men told her, “We will be bound by the oath we have taken only if you follow these instructions. 18: When we come into the land, you must leave this scarlet rope hanging from the window through which you let us down. All your family members--your father, mother, brothers, and all your relatives--must be here inside the house. 19: If they go out into the street and are killed, it will not be our fault. But if anyone lays a hand on people inside this house, we will accept responsibility for their death. 20: If you betray us, however, we are not bound by this oath in any way.”

21: “I accept your terms,” she replied. And she sent them on their way, leaving the scarlet rope hanging from the window.

22: The spies went up to the hill country and stayed there three days. The men who were chasing them searched everywhere along the road, but they finally returned without success.

23: Then the two spies came down from the hill country, crossed the Jordan River, and reported to Joshua all that had happened to them. 24: “The Lord has given us the whole land,” they said, “for all the people in the land are terrified of us.

(Later on in the book of Joshua, the oath between Rahab and the spies came through and Rahab and her family were spared in the fall of the city of Jericho.)

Genuine and perfect are two different things. We need to learn and grow, just as a fig tree develops and grows and produces good fruit. We need to learn how to produce good fruit. What is good fruit?

Galatians 5:22-23: NLT says: 22: But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23: gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things.

By following Jesus’ example and following God and living with others who are doing the same, we learn how to build these fruits in our lives. We make mistakes, we aren’t perfect when we do, as we are only human, but not all edible fruit looks 100% sometimes, but it is still eaten. Sometimes fruit gets bruised, sometimes it falls, but the farmer still uses it if it produces yummy fruit, it will still get used.

When I was 12, my twin sister and I spent a lot of that summer with my grandparents. We took the fruit and the nuts from the trees in the orchard to make and eat different things. We made a lot of fig jam. We made apple pie and apple sauce. I remember that not every piece of fruit looked perfect. My grandma said that we cut around the bruised parts, as long as the fruit was not infested with worms and bugs. That if there were good pieces, we would still wash them and use them. We made lots of orange juice too, and sometimes we didn’t even need to add sugar. The fruit had enough sugar to sweeten it.

We don’t have to be perfect, but we need to do what we can to have faith and use it for the good and benefit of others. :) And the best way we do this is in a community of believers. However, during this time of uncertainty with COVID-19, where many are under a stay home advisory, we need to be creative in how we connect with our church family and friends. Whether that is video messaging, phone calling, texting, etc., we cannot let this time separate us from continuing to learn and grow in our relationship with God and our relationships with others.

If you would like ideas on how to keep connected, feel free to message me!

Peace and Blessings,

Cody Marie

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mk-oc-imagines · 11 months ago

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Cleome - flower of white, light pink and pink colors - Meaning; Elope with me

Sindel loves her husband Jerrod, loves him deeply. Jerrod is kind, diplomatic, patient and he is the gentle hand to her harsh one, finding compromise where she cannot. They are polar opposites and that what makes them compatible so well. He teaches her patience and she teaches him that sometimes, he had to be stern and unrelenting.

Despite all of this, something draws her to her General, to his sharp tongue, the way he carries himself and how he commands respect when entering a room full of people, how he parts a crowd when he walks.

Sindel knows that many people do, but from him, it is much different.

For a long time, they danced this dangerous dance and Sindel knows she must stop it but he draws her back in, each and every time.

- Jericho - Cleome is a sort of prequel to 'Jericho - Great Mother's Oath, focusing on the relationship of General Shao and Empress Sindel, more from Sindel's POV. This work contains sexual themes, reader discretion is advised

#mortal kombat #mortal kombat x #mortal kombat 11 #mkx #mk11 #mk1 #mk1 2023 #mortal kombat 1 2023 #mortal kombat 1 (2023)#mortal kombat 1 #mortal kombat 2023 #general shao #empress sindel #sindel #king jerrod #jericho - a mortal kombat story #jericho - cleome

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Noticias de series de la semana: 'B99' renueva por una octava temporada

Renovaciones

Netflix ha renovado The Witcher por una segunda temporada

NBC ha renovado Brooklyn Nine-Nine por una octava temporada

DC Universe ha renovado Titans por una tercera temporada

Netflix ha renovado Green Eggs and Ham por una segunda temporada

Amazon ha renovado Goliath por una cuarta y última temporada

BBC One ha renovado World on Fire por una segunda temporada

Netflix ha renovado Baby por una tercera y última temporada

BBC One ha renovado The Mallorca Files por una segunda temporada

Cancelaciones

ITV ha cancelado Wild Bill tras su primera temporada

Noticias cortas

Birgundi Baker (Kiesha) será regular en la tercera temporada de The Chi.

HBO Max prepara un reencuentro de los seis actores protagonistas y los creadores de Friends.

Tanya Moodie (Abbey Parker) será regular en la segunda temporada de The Mallorca Files.

Incorporaciones y fichajes

Clive Owen (The Knick, Closer) interpretará a Bill Clinton en la tercera temporada de American Crime Story.

T.R. Knight (Grey's Anatomy, The Good Wife) se une como regular a The Flight Attendant. Será Davey, el hermano mayor de Cassie (Kaley Cuoco).

Auli'i Cravalho (Moana, Rise) protagonizará The Power. Será Jos, la hija de Margot (Leslie Mann).

Lorraine Toussaint (Orange Is the New Black), Jimi Stanton (The Punisher), Chet Hanks (Shameless), Tony Curran (Ray Donovan, Defiance), Keith Machekanyanga, Lamar Johnson (The Hate U Give, Dark Phoenix) y Benjamin Flores Jr. (The Haunted Hathaways) se unen como recurrentes a Your Honor. Serán Sarah LeBlanc, presidenta de la corte donde trabaja Michael Desiato (Bryan Cranston); Carlo Baxter, el hijo mayor de Jimmy (Michael Stuhlbarg); Joey Maldini, el mejor amigo de Carlo; Frankie, socio de Jimmy; Little Mo, líder de una banda; Kofi Jones, miembro de la banda de Little Mo; y Eugene, el hermano pequeño de Kofi.

Sophia Di Martino (Flowers, Yesterday) protagonizará Loki junto a Tom Hiddleston.

Natalie Dreyfuss (The Originals, Still the King) será recurrente en la sexta temporada de The Flash como Sue Dearbon, hija de una de las familias más adineradas de Central City.

Christina Wolfe (The Royals) será recurrente como Julia, la hija de Alfred Pennyworth, en Batwoman.

Noemi Gonzalez (East Los High, Dark/Web), Seidy Lopez y Madison Taylor Baez serán la hermana, la madre y la versión joven de Selena en Selena: The Series.

Yael Yurman (Once Upon a Time, To All The Boys I've Loved Before) se une como regular a Firefly Lane. Será Marah, la hija de Kate (Sarah Chalke). Jon Ecker (Narcos, Queen of the South) y Brandon Jay McLaren (UnREAL, Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce) serán recurrentes como Max y Travis, chicos que se verán conectados con Tully (Katherine Heigl) y Kate.

Robert Glenister (Hustle, Close to the Enemy), Joseph Quinn (Catherine the Great, Dickensian) y Nick Blood (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Trollied) se unen a Strike: Lethal White. Serán Jasper Chiswell y Billy Knight, un ministro del gobierno y un joven que contratan a Strike (Tom Burke) al mismo tiempo; y Jimmy Knight, el hermano de Billy.

Luke James (Star, Unsolved), La La Anthony (Power, BH90210), Lil Rel Howery (The Carmichael Show, Get Out) y Kandi Burruss (The Real Housewives of Atlanta) serán recurrentes en la tercera temporada de The Chi como Victor Taylor, el hermano mayor de Jake (Michael V. Epps); Dominique Morris, una mujer de negocios que sueña con nuevas oportunidades lucrativas; Zeke Remnick, el dueño del edificio de Sonny (Cedric Young); y Roselyn Perry, la mujer de Douda (Curtiss Cook).

Abigail Cowen (The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Stranger Things), Hannah van der Westhuysen (The Fugitives), Precious Mustapha, Eliot Salt (Normal People, GameFace), Elisha Applebaum, Sadie Soverall, Freddie Thorp (Safe), Danny Griffin, Theo Graham (Brief Encounters) y Jacob Dudman (The A List, The Stranger) serán Bloom, Stella, Aisha, Terra, Musa, Beatrix, Riven, Sky, Dane y Sam en Fate: The Winx Club Saga. Se unen también Eve Best (Nurse Jackie, Lucky Man), Robert James-Collier (Downton Abbey, Ackley Bridge), Josh Cowdery, Alex Macqueen (Sally4Ever, Peaky Blinders) y Eva Birthistle (The Bisexual, The Last Kingdom).

Philippine Leroy Beaulieu (Call My Agent), Lucas Bravo (Smart Ass), Samuel Arnold (Antony & Cleopatra), Camille Razat (The 15:17 to Paris) y Bruno Gouery (Doc Martin) se unen como regulares a Emily in Paris. Kate Walsh (Grey's Anatomy, 13 Reasons Why), William Abadie (Resident Evil: Extinction) y Arnaud Viard (Clara et Moi) serán recurrentes.

Tuc Watkins (Desperate Housewives, One Life to Live), Dulé Hill (Psych, Suits) y June Diane Raphael (Grace and Frankie, New Girl) serán recurrentes en la segunda temporada de Black Monday como el congresista Harris, líder republicano; Marcus Wainwright III, presidente del African American Scholarship Fund; y Corky Harris, esposa de Harris.

Raven-Symoné (That's So Raven, Raven's Home) será recurrente en la cuarta temporada de The Bold Type como Alice, una exitosa influencer de belleza.

Anna Maiche (The French Teacher) será la narradora de Tiny Pretty Things interpretando a Cassie Shore, la estudiante estrella de la escuela de ballet.

Kai Bradbury (Warigami) se une a Motherland: Fort Salem. Será Gerit, brujo que comienza una relación con Tally (Jessica Sutton).

Daniel Ings (Lovesick, The Crown), Leila Farzad (Innocent, Twenty Twelve), Nathaniel Martello-White (Collateral, Guerrilla), Lorraine Ashbourne (Unforgotten, Jericho) y Phil Daniels (EastEnders, New Tricks) se unen a I Hate Suzie. Ings y Farzad interpretarán al marido y a la mánager de Suzie (Billie Piper).

Garcia (Tales of the City), Sol Rodriguez (Devious Maids) y Elizabeth Grullon serán recurrentes en Party of Five como Matthew, que huyó de casa por una situación complicada; Natalia, la nueva niñera de los Acosta; y Sully, activista que conocerá e inspirará a Lucia (Emily Tosta).

Cara Santana (Salem) será recurrente en la tercera temporada de Vida como Zoe, la ex de Nico (Roberta Colindrez).

Shahadi Wright Joseph (Us), Ryan Kwanten (True Blood, The Oath), Alison Pill (The Newsroom, American Horror Story), Melody Hurd (Fatherhood), Javier Botet (Ventajas de viajar en tren, [REC]) y Percy Hynes White (The Gifted, Between) se unen como regulares a Them: Covenant.

Cynthia Harris y Carol Burnett vuelven a Mad About You en su octava temporada en los papeles de Sylvia, la madre de Paul (Paul Reiser); y Theresa, la madre de Jamie (Helen Hunt).

Wayne Brady (How I Met Your Mother, Colony) será recurrente en la tercera temporada de Black Lightning como Tyson 'Gravedigger' Sykes, militar de la época de la Segunda Guerra Mundial que se convierte en supersoldado gracias a un experimento secreto.

Pósters

Nuevas series

Netflix encarga Brand New Cherry Flavor, serie de terror sobre el viaje de venganza hasta los bosques de Brasil de una aspirante a directora de cine (Rosa Salazar; Undone, Man Seeking Woman) que vive en Los Ángeles en los años 90. Con Catherine Keener (Kidding, Show Me a Hero), Eric Lange (Unbelievable, Escape at Dannemora), Jeff Ward (Channel Zero, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) y Manny Jacinto (The Good Place, Bad Times at the El Royale). Basada en la novela de Todd Grimson (1996) y escrita por Nick Antosca (The Act, Channel Zero) y Lenore Zion (Billions, Channel Zero). Ocho episodios.

Apple TV+ encarga Slow Horses, basada en las novelas de espionaje de Mick Herron y centrada en el líder (Gary Oldman; The Dark Knight, Darkest Hour) de un grupo de espías que acaban en Slough House, el lugar al que el MI5 envía a los que fracasan en sus misiones. Escrita por Will Smith (Veep, Damned) y producida por Graham Yost (Justified).

Amazon encarga The Peripheral, thriller de ciencia ficción centrado en una mujer de un rincón olvidado de Estados Unidos en un futuro cercano que presencia un crimen mientras sustituye a su hermano en su trabajo como guardia de seguridad en un juego de realidad virtual. Basado en la novela de William Gibson (2014), escrito por Scott B. Smith (A Simple Plan), dirigido por Vincenzo Natali (Westworld, Hannibal) y producido por Jonathan Nolan (Westworld, Person of Interest) y Lisa Joy (Westworld, Burn Notice).

Keeley Hawes (Bodyguard, The Durrells) protagonizará y producirá Finding Alice, nuevo drama de ITV en el que una mujer pierde a su marido en un accidente tonto en su nueva casa y descubre después todos sus secretos relacionados con deudas y crímenes. Escrito por Roger Goldby (The Time of Their Lives) y Simon Nye (The Durrells) y dirigido por Goldby (The Durrells, Call the Midwife) y Juliet May (Miranda, Call the Midwife). Seis episodios.

Netflix anuncia Equinox, serie original danesa basada en el podcast Equinox 1985, thriller sobrenatural sobre una joven afectada por la inexplicable desaparición de una clase escolar en 1999. La serie mostrará lo ocurrido entonces y en la actualidad. Creada por Tea Lindeburg y producida por Piv Bernth (The Killing). Seis episodios.

Gold encarga Sandylands, comedia sobre una mujer de veintisiete años (Natalie Dew) que ha huido a Londres desde un pueblo costero y debe volver, tras la desaparición de su padre (Sanjeev Bhaskar; Unforgotten, Porters) en el mar, para organizar su funeral, vender la casa familiar y lidiar con el agente de la aseguradora (Hugh Bonneville; Downton Abbey, W1A) que debe pagar por el fallecimiento. Completan el reparto Sophie Thompson (Detectorists, Jericho), Craig Parkinson (Line of Duty, Black Mirror), Simon Bird (Friday Night Dinner, The Inbetweeners), Harriet Webb (White Gold, Scarborough), Hamza Jeetooa (Zomboat!, Our Girl) y Bronwyn James (Harlots, Wild Bill). Escrita por Martin Collins y Alex Finch. Tres episodios.

Acorn TV adquiere la neozelandesa The Sounds, thriller sobre los secretos que salen a la luz cuando desaparece un hombre que acababa de mudarse junto a su mujer a Marlborough Sounds para empezar una nueva vida. Protagonizada por Rachelle Lefevre (Under the Dome, Killing Eve). Con Matt Whelan (Narcos, Go Girls), Matt Nable (Arrow, Mr. Inbetween), Emily Piggford (The Girlfriend Experience, Warigami), Peter Elliott (Tarzan), Anna-Maree Thomas y Vanessa Rare (Last Man Standing). Creada y escrita por Sarah-Kate Lynch y dirigida por Peter Stebbings (Wynonna Earp). Ocho episodios.

CBS Studios prepara una miniserie basada en el libro 'A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies and Leadership' (2018), del antiguo director del FBI James Comey. Jeff Daniels (The Newsroom, Godless) interpretará a Comey. Brendan Gleeson (Mr. Mercedes, Harry Potter) será Donald Trump. Holly Hunter (Saving Grace, Succession), Michael Kelly (House of Cards, Jack Ryan), Jennifer Ehle (Zero Dark Thirty, The Looming Tower), Peter Coyote (Erin Brockovich, The 4400), Steven Pasquale (Rescue Me, Bloodline), Oona Chaplin (Game of Thrones, Dates), Scoot McNairy (True Detective, Halt and Catch Fire), William Sadler (When They See Us, Power), T.R. Knight (Grey's Anatomy, The Good Wife), Kingsley Ben-Adir (Peaky Blinders, The OA), Brian D'Arcy James (13 Reasons Why, Smash), Steve Zissis (Togetherness, I'm Sorry) y Shawn Doyle (The Expanse, House of Cards) serán Sally Yates, fiscal general; Andrew McCabe, director interino del FBI; Patrice, la esposa de Comey; Mueller, el sucesor de Comey; Peter Strzok, agente del FBI; Lisa Page, miembro del consejo de Mueller; Rod Rosenstein, antiguo fiscal general adjunto; Michael Flynn, consejero de seguridad nacional de Trump; Reince Preibus, primer jefe de gabinete de Trump; Barack Obama; Mark Giuliano, subdirector del FBI; Jim Baker, antiguo consejero general del FBI; y Bill Priestap, líder de contrainteligencia del FBI. Adaptada y dirigida por Billy Ray (Captain Phillips, The Hunger Games). Cuatro episodios.

Fechas

Virgin River llega a Netflix el 6 de diciembre

Traces se estrena en Alibi el 9 de diciembre

La segunda temporada de You llega a Netflix el 26 de diciembre

El vecino llega a Netflix el 31 de diciembre

FBI: Most Wanted se estrena en CBS el 7 de enero

La decimoquinta y última temporada de Criminal Minds se estrena en CBS el 8 de enero

Tommy se estrena en CBS el 6 de febrero

La cuarta temporada de MacGyver se estrena en CBS el 7 de febrero

For Life se estrena en ABC el 11 de febrero

Tráilers

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tanach-929 · 6 years ago

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#193: Yehoshua/Joshua Chapter 6

929 chapter link: http://www.929.org.il/lang/en/page/193

Mechon Mamre link: https://www.mechon-mamre.org/e/et/et0606.htm

1 Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.-- {S} 2 And the LORD said unto Joshua: 'See, I have given into thy hand Jericho, and the king thereof, even the mighty men of valour. 3 And ye shall compass the city, all the men of war, going about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. 4 And seven priests shall bear seven rams' horns before the ark; and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the horns. 5 And it shall be, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the horn, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall go up every man straight before him.' 6 And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them: 'Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven rams' horns before the ark of the LORD.' 7 And he said unto the people: 'Pass on, and compass the city, and let the armed body pass on before the ark of the LORD.' 8 And it was so, that when Joshua had spoken unto the people, the seven priests bearing the seven rams' horns before the LORD passed on, and blew with the horns; and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them. 9 And the armed men went before the priests that blew the horns, and the rearward went after the ark, [the priests] blowing with the horns continually. 10 And Joshua commanded the people, saying: 'Ye shall not shout, nor let your voice be heard, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout.' 11 So he caused the ark of the LORD to compass the city, going about it once; and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp. {P}

12 And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD. 13 And the seven priests bearing the seven rams' horns before the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the horns; and the armed men went before them; and the rearward came after the ark of the LORD, [the priests] blowing with the horns continually. 14 And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp; so they did six days. 15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early at the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times; only on that day they compassed the city seven times. 16 And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the horns, that Joshua said unto the people: 'Shout; for the LORD hath given you the city. 17 And the city shall be devoted, even it and all that is therein, to the LORD; only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent. 18 And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the devoted thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed by taking of the devoted thing, so should ye make the camp of Israel accursed, and trouble it. 19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are holy unto the LORD; they shall come into the treasury of the LORD.' 20 So the people shouted, and [the priests] blew with the horns. And it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the horn, that the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. 21 And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, both young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword. 22 And Joshua said unto the two men that had spied out the land: 'Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye swore unto her.' 23 And the young men the spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had, all her kindred also they brought out; and they set them without the camp of Israel. 24 And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein; only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD. 25 But Rahab the harlot, and her father's household, and all that she had, did Joshua save alive; and she dwelt in the midst of Israel, unto this day; because she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. {P}

26 And Joshua charged the people with an oath at that time, saying: 'Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city, even Jericho; with the loss of his first-born shall he lay the foundation thereof, and with the loss of his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.' {S} 27 So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was in all the land.

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organaleias · 8 years ago

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“Josue the son of Nun sent from Setim two men, to spy secretly: and said to them: Go, and view the land and the city of Jericho. They went and entered into the house of a woman that was a harlot named Rahab, and lodged with her. And it was told the king of Jericho, and was said: Behold there are men come in hither, by night, of the children of Israel, to spy the land. And the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying: Bring forth the men that came to thee, and are entered into thy house: for they are spies, and are come to view all the land. And the woman taking the men, hid them, and said: I confess they came to me, but I knew not whence they were: and at the time of shutting the gate in the dark, they also went out together. I know not whither they are gone: pursue after them quickly, and you will overtake them. But she made the men go up to the top of her house, and covered them with the stalks of flax, which was there. Now they that were sent, pursued after them, by the way that leadeth to the fords of the Jordan: and as soon as they were gone out, the gate was presently shut. The men that were hidden were not yet asleep, when behold the woman went up to them, and said: I know that the Lord hath given this land to you: for the dread of you is fallen upon us, and all the inhabitants of the land have lost all strength. We have heard that the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea at your going in, when you came out of Egypt: and what things you did to the two kings of the Amorrhites, that were beyond the Jordan: Sehon and Og whom you slew. And hearing these things we were affrighted, and our heart fainted away, neither did there remain any spirit in us at your coming in: for the Lord your God He is God in heaven above, and in the earth beneath. Now therefore swear ye to me by the Lord, that as I have shewn mercy to you, so you also will shew mercy to my father’s house: and give me a true token, that you will save my father and mother, my brethren and sisters, and all things that are theirs, and deliver our souls from death. They answered her: Be our lives for you unto death, only if thou betray us not. And when the Lord shall have delivered us the land, we will shew thee mercy and truth. Then she let them down with a cord out of a window: for her house joined close to the wall. And she said to them: Get ye up to the mountains, lest perhaps they meet you as they return: and there lie ye hid three days, till they come back, and so you shall go on your way. And they said to her: We shall be blameless of this oath, which thou hast made us swear: if when we come into the land, this scarlet cord be a sign, and thou tie it in the window, by which thou hast let us down: and gather together thy father and mother, and brethren and all thy kindred into thy house. Whosoever shall go out of the door of thy house, his blood shall be upon his own head, and we shall be quit. But the blood of all that shall be with thee in the house, shall light upon our head, if any man touch them. But if thou wilt betray us, and utter this word abroad, we shall be quit of this oath which thou hast made us swear. And she answered: As you have spoken, so be it done. And sending them on their way, she hung the scarlet cord in the window. They went and came to the mountains, and stayed there three days till they that pursued them were returned. For having sought them through all the way, they found them not. And when they were gone back into the city, the spies returned, and came down the mountain: and passing over the Jordan, they came to Josue the son of Nun, and told him all that befel them. […] Now Jericho was close shut up and fenced, for fear of the children of Israel, and no man durst go out or come in. And the Lord said to Josue: Behold I have given into thy hands Jericho, and the king thereof, and all the valiant men. Go round about the city, all ye fighting men, once a day: so shall ye do for six days. And on the seventh day the priests shall take the seven trumpets, which are used in the jubilee, and shall go before the ark of the covenant: and you shall go about the city seven times, and the priests shall sound the trumpets. And when the voice of the trumpet shall give a longer and broken tune, and shall sound in your ears, all the people shall shout together with a very great shout, and the walls of the city shall fall to the ground, and they shall enter in every one at the place against which they shall stand. Then Josue the son of Nun called the priests, and said to them: Take the ark of the covenant: and let seven other priests take the seven trumpets of the jubilee, and march before the ark of the Lord. And he said to the people: Go, and compass the city, armed, marching before the ark of the Lord. And when Josue had ended his words, and the seven priests blew the seven trumpets before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and all the armed men went before, the rest of the common people followed the ark, and the sound of the trumpets was heard on all sides. But Josue had commanded the people, saying: You shall not shout, nor shall your voice be heard, nor any word go out of your mouth: until the day come wherein I shall say to you: Cry, and shout. So the ark of the Lord went about the city once a day, and returning into the camp, abode there. And Josue rising before day, the priests took the ark of the Lord, and seven of them seven trumpets, which are used in the jubilee: and they went before the ark of the Lord walking and sounding the trumpets: and the armed men went before them, and the rest of the common people followed the ark, and they blew the trumpets. And they went round about the city the second day once, and returned into the camp. So they did six days. But the seventh day, rising up early, they went about the city, as it was ordered, seven times. And when in the seventh going about the priests sounded with the trumpets, Josue said to all Israel: Shout: for the Lord hath delivered the city to you: and let this city be an anathema, and all things that are in it, to the Lord. Let only Rahab the harlot live, with all that are with her in the house: for she hid the messengers whom we sent. But beware ye lest you touch ought of those things that are forbidden, and you be guilty of transgression, and all the camp of Israel be under sin, and be troubled. But whatsoever gold or silver there shall be, or vessels of brass and iron, let it be consecrated to the Lord, laid up in His treasures. So all the people making a shout, and trumpets sounding, when the voice and the sound thundered in the ears of the multitude, the walls forthwith fell down: and every man went up by the place that was over against him: and they took the city, and killed all that were in it, man and woman, young and old. The oxen also and the sheep, and the asses, they slew with the edge of the sword. But Josue said to the two men that had been sent for spies: Go into the harlot’s house, and bring her out, and all things that are hers, as you assured her by oath. And the young men went in and brought out Rahab, and her parents, her brethren also and all her goods and kindred, and made them to stay without the camp. But they burned the city, and all things that were therein; except the gold and silver, and vessels of brass and iron, which they consecrated into the treasury of the Lord. Josue saved Rahab the harlot and her father’s house, and all she had, and they dwelt in the midst of Israel until this present day: because she hid the messengers whom he had sent to spy out Jericho.” — Josue (Joshua) 2:1–23, 6:1–25, Douay–Rheims Bible

[pictured: Joshua Spares Rahab, engraved by Gustave Doré, 1866, courtesy Felix Just, S.J.]

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Joshua 5-8; Psalm 14; Luke 15

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The following text is from the Common English Bible. Occasionally we will rotate the translations just to have some variety.

Joshua 5-8

5:1 As soon as all the kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan to the west, and all the kings of the Canaanites who were by the sea, heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan for the people of Israel until they had crossed over, their hearts melted and there was no longer any spirit in them because of the people of Israel.

2 At that time the Lord said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the sons of Israel a second time.” 3 So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth. 4 And this is the reason why Joshua circumcised them: all the males of the people who came out of Egypt, all the men of war, had died in the wilderness on the way after they had come out of Egypt. 5 Though all the people who came out had been circumcised, yet all the people who were born on the way in the wilderness after they had come out of Egypt had not been circumcised. 6 For the people of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, the men of war who came out of Egypt, perished, because they did not obey the voice of the Lord; the Lord swore to them that he would not let them see the land that the Lord had sworn to their fathers to give to us, a land flowing with milk and honey. 7 So it was their children, whom he raised up in their place, that Joshua circumcised. For they were uncircumcised, because they had not been circumcised on the way.

8 When the circumcising of the whole nation was finished, they remained in their places in the camp until they were healed. 9 And the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” And so the name of that place is called Gilgal to this day.

10 While the people of Israel were encamped at Gilgal, they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening on the plains of Jericho. 11 And the day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate of the produce of the land, unleavened cakes and parched grain. 12 And the manna ceased the day after they ate of the produce of the land. And there was no longer manna for the people of Israel, but they ate of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.

13 When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing before him with his drawn sword in his hand. And Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us, or for our adversaries?” 14 And he said, “No; but I am the commander of the army of the Lord. Now I have come.” And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped and said to him, “What does my lord say to his servant?” 15 And the commander of the Lord's army said to Joshua, “Take off your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.

6:1 Now Jericho was shut up inside and outside because of the people of Israel. None went out, and none came in. 2 And the Lord said to Joshua, “See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and mighty men of valor. 3 You shall march around the city, all the men of war going around the city once. Thus shall you do for six days. 4 Seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark. On the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. 5 And when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, when you hear the sound of the trumpet, then all the people shall shout with a great shout, and the wall of the city will fall down flat, and the people shall go up, everyone straight before him.” 6 So Joshua the son of Nun called the priests and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the Lord.” 7 And he said to the people, “Go forward. March around the city and let the armed men pass on before the ark of the Lord.”

8 And just as Joshua had commanded the people, the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the Lord went forward, blowing the trumpets, with the ark of the covenant of the Lord following them. 9 The armed men were walking before the priests who were blowing the trumpets, and the rear guard was walking after the ark, while the trumpets blew continually. 10 But Joshua commanded the people, “You shall not shout or make your voice heard, neither shall any word go out of your mouth, until the day I tell you to shout. Then you shall shout.” 11 So he caused the ark of the Lord to circle the city, going about it once. And they came into the camp and spent the night in the camp.

12 Then Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord. 13 And the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the Lord walked on, and they blew the trumpets continually. And the armed men were walking before them, and the rear guard was walking after the ark of the Lord, while the trumpets blew continually. 14 And the second day they marched around the city once, and returned into the camp. So they did for six days.

15 On the seventh day they rose early, at the dawn of day, and marched around the city in the same manner seven times. It was only on that day that they marched around the city seven times. 16 And at the seventh time, when the priests had blown the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, “Shout, for the Lord has given you the city. 17 And the city and all that is within it shall be devoted to the Lord for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house shall live, because she hid the messengers whom we sent. 18 But you, keep yourselves from the things devoted to destruction, lest when you have devoted them you take any of the devoted things and make the camp of Israel a thing for destruction and bring trouble upon it. 19 But all silver and gold, and every vessel of bronze and iron, are holy to the Lord; they shall go into the treasury of the Lord.” 20 So the people shouted, and the trumpets were blown. As soon as the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they captured the city. 21 Then they devoted all in the city to destruction, both men and women, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys, with the edge of the sword.

22 But to the two men who had spied out the land, Joshua said, “Go into the prostitute's house and bring out from there the woman and all who belong to her, as you swore to her.” 23 So the young men who had been spies went in and brought out Rahab and her father and mother and brothers and all who belonged to her. And they brought all her relatives and put them outside the camp of Israel. 24 And they burned the city with fire, and everything in it. Only the silver and gold, and the vessels of bronze and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the Lord. 25 But Rahab the prostitute and her father's household and all who belonged to her, Joshua saved alive. And she has lived in Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

26 Joshua laid an oath on them at that time, saying, “Cursed before the Lord be the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho.

“At the cost of his firstborn shall he lay its foundation, and at the cost of his youngest son shall he set up its gates.”

27 So the Lord was with Joshua, and his fame was in all the land.

7:1 But the people of Israel broke faith in regard to the devoted things, for Achan the son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted things. And the anger of the Lord burned against the people of Israel.

2 Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven, east of Bethel, and said to them, “Go up and spy out the land.” And the men went up and spied out Ai. 3 And they returned to Joshua and said to him, “Do not have all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and attack Ai. Do not make the whole people toil up there, for they are few.” 4 So about 3,000 men went up there from the people. And they fled before the men of Ai, 5 and the men of Ai killed about thirty-six of their men and chased them before the gate as far as Shebarim and struck them at the descent. And the hearts of the people melted and became as water.

6 Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord until the evening, he and the elders of Israel. And they put dust on their heads. 7 And Joshua said, “Alas, O Lord God, why have you brought this people over the Jordan at all, to give us into the hands of the Amorites, to destroy us? Would that we had been content to dwell beyond the Jordan! 8 O Lord, what can I say, when Israel has turned their backs before their enemies! 9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it and will surround us and cut off our name from the earth. And what will you do for your great name?”

10 The Lord said to Joshua, “Get up! Why have you fallen on your face? 11 Israel has sinned; they have transgressed my covenant that I commanded them; they have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen and lied and put them among their own belongings. 12 Therefore the people of Israel cannot stand before their enemies. They turn their backs before their enemies, because they have become devoted for destruction. I will be with you no more, unless you destroy the devoted things from among you. 13 Get up! Consecrate the people and say, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow; for thus says the Lord, God of Israel, “There are devoted things in your midst, O Israel. You cannot stand before your enemies until you take away the devoted things from among you.” 14 In the morning therefore you shall be brought near by your tribes. And the tribe that the Lord takes by lot shall come near by clans. And the clan that the Lord takes shall come near by households. And the household that the Lord takes shall come near man by man. 15 And he who is taken with the devoted things shall be burned with fire, he and all that he has, because he has transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and because he has done an outrageous thing in Israel.’”

16 So Joshua rose early in the morning and brought Israel near tribe by tribe, and the tribe of Judah was taken. 17 And he brought near the clans of Judah, and the clan of the Zerahites was taken. And he brought near the clan of the Zerahites man by man, and Zabdi was taken. 18 And he brought near his household man by man, and Achan the son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken. 19 Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the Lord God of Israel and give praise to him. And tell me now what you have done; do not hide it from me.” 20 And Achan answered Joshua, “Truly I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel, and this is what I did: 21 when I saw among the spoil a beautiful cloak from Shinar, and 200 shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels, then I coveted them and took them. And see, they are hidden in the earth inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”

22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and behold, it was hidden in his tent with the silver underneath. 23 And they took them out of the tent and brought them to Joshua and to all the people of Israel. And they laid them down before the Lord. 24 And Joshua and all Israel with him took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver and the cloak and the bar of gold, and his sons and daughters and his oxen and donkeys and sheep and his tent and all that he had. And they brought them up to the Valley of Achor. 25 And Joshua said, “Why did you bring trouble on us? The Lord brings trouble on you today.” And all Israel stoned him with stones. They burned them with fire and stoned them with stones. 26 And they raised over him a great heap of stones that remains to this day. Then the Lord turned from his burning anger. Therefore, to this day the name of that place is called the Valley of Achor.

8:1 And the Lord said to Joshua, “Do not fear and do not be dismayed. Take all the fighting men with you, and arise, go up to Ai. See, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, and his people, his city, and his land. 2 And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king. Only its spoil and its livestock you shall take as plunder for yourselves. Lay an ambush against the city, behind it.”

3 So Joshua and all the fighting men arose to go up to Ai. And Joshua chose 30,000 mighty men of valor and sent them out by night. 4 And he commanded them, “Behold, you shall lie in ambush against the city, behind it. Do not go very far from the city, but all of you remain ready. 5 And I and all the people who are with me will approach the city. And when they come out against us just as before, we shall flee before them. 6 And they will come out after us, until we have drawn them away from the city. For they will say, ‘They are fleeing from us, just as before.’ So we will flee before them. 7 Then you shall rise up from the ambush and seize the city, for the Lord your God will give it into your hand. 8 And as soon as you have taken the city, you shall set the city on fire. You shall do according to the word of the Lord. See, I have commanded you.” 9 So Joshua sent them out. And they went to the place of ambush and lay between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai, but Joshua spent that night among the people.

10 Joshua arose early in the morning and mustered the people and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai. 11 And all the fighting men who were with him went up and drew near before the city and encamped on the north side of Ai, with a ravine between them and Ai. 12 He took about 5,000 men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city. 13 So they stationed the forces, the main encampment that was north of the city and its rear guard west of the city. But Joshua spent that night in the valley. 14 And as soon as the king of Ai saw this, he and all his people, the men of the city, hurried and went out early to the appointed place toward the Arabah to meet Israel in battle. But he did not know that there was an ambush against him behind the city. 15 And Joshua and all Israel pretended to be beaten before them and fled in the direction of the wilderness. 16 So all the people who were in the city were called together to pursue them, and as they pursued Joshua they were drawn away from the city. 17 Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel. They left the city open and pursued Israel.

18 Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Stretch out the javelin that is in your hand toward Ai, for I will give it into your hand.” And Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward the city. 19 And the men in the ambush rose quickly out of their place, and as soon as he had stretched out his hand, they ran and entered the city and captured it. And they hurried to set the city on fire. 20 So when the men of Ai looked back, behold, the smoke of the city went up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that, for the people who fled to the wilderness turned back against the pursuers. 21 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had captured the city, and that the smoke of the city went up, then they turned back and struck down the men of Ai. 22 And the others came out from the city against them, so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side. And Israel struck them down, until there was left none that survived or escaped. 23 But the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him near to Joshua.

24 When Israel had finished killing all the inhabitants of Ai in the open wilderness where they pursued them, and all of them to the very last had fallen by the edge of the sword, all Israel returned to Ai and struck it down with the edge of the sword. 25 And all who fell that day, both men and women, were 12,000, all the people of Ai. 26 But Joshua did not draw back his hand with which he stretched out the javelin until he had devoted all the inhabitants of Ai to destruction. 27 Only the livestock and the spoil of that city Israel took as their plunder, according to the word of the Lord that he commanded Joshua. 28 So Joshua burned Ai and made it forever a heap of ruins, as it is to this day. 29 And he hanged the king of Ai on a tree until evening. And at sunset Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree and threw it at the entrance of the gate of the city and raised over it a great heap of stones, which stands there to this day.

30 At that time Joshua built an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel, on Mount Ebal, 31 just as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded the people of Israel, as it is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, “an altar of uncut stones, upon which no man has wielded an iron tool.” And they offered on it burnt offerings to the Lord and sacrificed peace offerings. 32 And there, in the presence of the people of Israel, he wrote on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written. 33 And all Israel, sojourner as well as native born, with their elders and officers and their judges, stood on opposite sides of the ark before the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, half of them in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, just as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded at the first, to bless the people of Israel. 34 And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the Book of the Law. 35 There was not a word of all that Moses commanded that Joshua did not read before all the assembly of Israel, and the women, and the little ones, and the sojourners who lived among them. (ESV)

Psalm 14

To the choirmaster. Of David.

14:1 The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none who does good.

2 The Lord looks down from heaven on the children of man, to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God.

3 They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one.

4 Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers who eat up my people as they eat bread and do not call upon the Lord?

5 There they are in great terror, for God is with the generation of the righteous. 6 You would shame the plans of the poor, but the Lord is his refuge.

7 Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When the Lord restores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad. (ESV)

Luke 15

15:1 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. 2 And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”

3 So he told them this parable: 4 “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? 5 And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’ 7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

8 “Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it? 9 And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’ 10 Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

11 And he said, “There was a man who had two sons. 12 And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.’ And he divided his property between them. 13 Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in reckless living. 14 And when he had spent everything, a severe famine arose in that country, and he began to be in need. 15 So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs. 16 And he was longing to be fed with the pods that the pigs ate, and no one gave him anything.

17 “But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger! 18 I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. 19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants.”’ 20 And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him. 21 And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ 22 But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet. 23 And bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate. 24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’ And they began to celebrate.

25 “Now his older son was in the field, and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing. 26 And he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant. 27 And he said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and sound.’ 28 But he was angry and refused to go in. His father came out and entreated him, 29 but he answered his father, ‘Look, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed your command, yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might celebrate with my friends. 30 But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’ 31 And he said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours. 32 It was fitting to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.’” (ESV)

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