#the serpent shall be conquered

[tismrot]

Exodus is back up!

Half of it, at least. 21/51 chapters, to be precise. [LINK HERE]

I took it down because it needed some extra work, and if I can say so myself - it has paid off. And, I wouldn’t have gotten very far if not for several beta/culture readers. You know who you are, and I love you for existing. Thank you for finding me here on Tumblr @goodomensafterdark and on Reddit. Most have come to me after starting to read it, and I am beyond grateful, honored and on the verge of tears for that.

Some people are angry at me for even daring to write this fic (though none of them have actually read it, as far as I know), due to its themes. That scared me for a while, and is most of the reason why I took it down, but a gang of die-hard readers and friends insisted I’d keep writing.

Yes, blah-blah-blah, but what is it about? Two students meet during a lecture at a university in a dystopian, future city and find they have a lot in common despite vastly different backgrounds.

TWs: All the E things, basically. Both realistic recreational drug use and addiction. Past trauma of most kinds, mentions of suicide.

But all shall be well in the end, for love is as strong as death.

[theoihalioistuff]

Favorite obscure myth?

Don't really have a favourite. But I was recently thinking about Rhea wrestling against Eurynome, and that almost entirely lost myth sounds dope as hell:

"Pherecydes, again, who is much older than Heraclitus, relates a myth of one army drawn up in hostile array against another, and names Kronos as the leader of the one, and Ophioneos of the other, and recounts their challenges and struggles, and mentions that agreements were entered into between them, to the end that whichever party should fall into the ocean should be held as vanquished, while those who had expelled and conquered them should have possession of heaven". (Origen. Contra Celsusm 6.42 = DK 7B4 = Pherecydes fr. 4 Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers)

"And he sang how first of all Ophion and Eurynome, daughter of Okeanos, held the sway of snowy Olympus, and how through strength of arm one yielded his prerogative to Kronos and the other to Rhea, and how they fell into the waves of Ocean; but the other two meanwhile ruled over the blessed Titan gods, while Zeus, still a child and with the thoughts of a child, dwelt in the Dictaean cave; and the earthborn Cyclopes had not yet armed him with the bolt, with thunder and lightning; for these things give renown to Zeus." (Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1. 503)

"As he [Helios] shines on the Ophionides [descendants of Ophion] . . . ((lacuna)) the older gods [Titanes?]." (Callimachus. Aetia fr. 177)

"And thou, O brother, most beloved of my heart, stay of our halls and of our whole fatherland, not in vain shalt thou redden the altar pedestal with blood of bulls, giving full many a sacrificial offering to him who is lord of Ophion’s throne [Zeus]. But he shall bring thee to the plain of his nativity [Crete], that land celebrated above others by the Greeks, where his mother [Rhea], skilled in wrestling, having cast into Tartarus the former queen [Eurynome], delivered her of him in travail of secret birth, escaping the child-devouring unholy feast of her spouse; and he fattened not his belly with food, but swallowed instead a stone, wrapped in limb-fitting swaddling-clothes: savage Centaur [Kronos; reference to his union with Philyra], tomb of his own offspring." (Lycophron Alexandra 1191) he's worse than Nonnos

"For before Kronos and Rhea, Ophion and Eurynome, daughter of Okeanos, ruled over the titans. But Kronos overcame Ophion and Rhea overcame Eurynome, casting them into Tartaros. They ruled of the gods until they themselves were cast into Tartaros by Zeus when he took power." (Tzetzes on Lycophron 1191)

The most convincing theory I've read, in my opinion, is that Ophion and Eurynome are parallels of Okeanos (Ogenos for Pherekydes) and Tethys. Okeanos and Tethys are sometimes fitted into genealogies preceeding Kronos and Rhea as parents of the titans (Plato Tim. 40e), similarly to how Ophion and Eurynome are fitted into the succession myth. They are always banished to the river Ocean (save in Lykophron), to which Eurynome is always connected, being classified as an Okeanid by both Hesiod and Homer, who also makes her dwell there (Hom. Il. 18.394-405). Her watery association is also present in her sanctuary in Arcadia, where her xoanon had the form of a mermaid (Paus. 8.41.4-6). Nonnos still pictures Ophion inhabiting the ocean (Dio. 8.150-160), and the world-encircling river being imagined as a world-encircling serpent isn't too far-fetched, considering the orphic propensity for world-encircling serpents, and Okeanos' appearance in vase art. Perhaps a myth existed where Kronos and Rhea battled Okeanos and Tethys for the throne, but who knows. In any case all of this is just conjecture (fun conjecture though).

[veneritia]

WHEN COMES THE DAWN | a wip reintroduction

↳ General Info

genre: new adult fantasy court intrigue pov: 3rd person dual pov stage: re-planning/drafting started: 9.3.2023 projected word count: ~90k Book 1 of 2

FENICE VI AETIER, a portent of ill omens and the estranged daughter of the Vasilier, ignites a dangerous succession game between her and her half-siblings, where losing means death and winning means an empire.

The end of the Hes-Aei war brings with it a chance to prove her worth to her father. The challenge is simple: bring him the head of the deposed king of Hesperia, and Fenice will be granted an Ascension, marking her as a legitimate contender for the throne. But finding the defeated king in his own lands would prove to be harder than Fenice imagined— especially when the remnants of her father’s last war starts rearing its head.

��� The King's Game

A system decreed by the first emperor of Aetier that whoever among his children is the most skillful shall inherit his crown. But time has warped the rules of inheritance dramatically. The only way to survive is to win, and the only way to win is to be the last one standing.

↳ The Major Players

FENICE VI AETIER ◇ the contender | The worst-kept secret of the imperial family, and now an unknown factor in the politics of the Aetier court. The King's Game is her chance to stake her place in history. What she seeks is glory eternal, and she will do whatever it takes to get it.

NIKEPHOROS DEOMINOS ◇ the serpent | The prince of a conquered kingdom, now nothing more than a war prize. He muffles his anger with practiced smiles, playing the game of deception even as it tears him apart at the seams. He will lose either way, all that matters is deciding what he can bear losing.

CHARLES VI AETIER ◇ the favorite | The Vasilier's son with the world at the palm of his hand. The lonely prince with a gentle heart and a willingness to turn a blind eye to the cracks in his perfect family.

SOLA EIDOS ◇ the hound | A man of of unknown origin and a shadowed past, his real name buried beneath the soil of his homeland. He is an information broker, a spy, an assassin-- if you pay the right price. The one thing that can never be bought is his loyalty, a worthy master is hard to find.

SARTORE VITAE ◇ the enigma | An eccentric noble from Leohnthal who can charm his way to a seat at every table. Great with words and even better at half-truths, he is a man that sheds faces as easily as a snake sheds its skin.

Find more WCTD content with the series tag #series.wctd and keep an eye out for monthly progress updates with #wctd-monthly -- the first post coming soon!

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[hadesfan50]

I think the reason people say that Persephone wasn’t raped by Hades is probably because in the mythology Persephone does love Hades, here are a few instances as proof….

“Then her (the witch Erictho’s) voice, more powerful than any herb to bewitch the powers of Lethe, began to utter dissonant cries, far different from any human speech. The dog’s yowl, the wolf’s howl, were there, the restless barn-owl’s hoot, and the screech-owl’s call, beasts’ wails and shrieks, the hissing of snakes, they were all expressed within; and the roar of waves beating on rocks, the forest’s moan, the thunder through a rift in the cloud, all such things formed that single voice. Next she began a Thessalian spell, in accents that penetrated Tartarus: ‘You Furies, and you Stygian horrors, you torments of the guilty, and you, Chaos, ready to confound innumerable worlds in ruin; and you, ruler of the world below, a god whom lingering Death torments through long centuries; and Styx, and that Elysium no Thessalianwitch deserves; and Persephone who shuns her mother in heaven; and the third form of our patroness, Hecate, through whom the shades and I converse silently; and the Janitor of the wide realm, who throws men’s flesh to the savage hound; and the Sisters who must re-spin the thread of life; and you, ancient ferryman of the fiery wave, weary of rowing shades back to me: hear my prayer! If I invoke you with sufficiently foul and impious lips; if I never chant these spells fasting from human flesh; if I have often slit open those breasts filled with divinity, and laved them with warm brains; if any infant whose head and organs were laid on your platters might prevail with you, grant me my request. …

With this, foaming at the mouth, she raised her head to find the shade of the unburied dead close beside her. It feared the lifeless corpse, the loathsome confinement of its former prison; it shrank from entering the gaping breast, the flesh and innards ruined by the mortal wound. Oh wretched ghost, iniquitously robbed of death’s final gift, that is: to die no more! Erictho marvelled that fate could be delayed so, and enraged by the dead she lashed the inert corpse with a live serpent, and through the clefts where the earth had been split by her spells she growled like a dog at the shades below and shattering the silence of their realm, cried: ‘Tisiphone and Megaera, unheeding of my voice, will you not drive the unhappy spirit with your cruel whips from the void of Erebus? Or shall I summon you by your secret names, Hounds of Hell, and render you helpless in the light above; there to keep you from graves and funerals; banish you from tombs, drive you from urns of the dead. And you, Hecate, all pale and withered in form, who paint your face before you visit the gods above, I will show them you as you are, and prevent you altering your hellish form. I shall speak aloud about that food which confines Proserpine beneath the vast weight of earth above, by what compact she loves the gloomy king of darkness, what defilement she suffered such that you Ceres would not recall her. I shall burst your caves asunder, Ruler of the Underworld, and admit light instantly to blast you. Will you obey me? Or shall I call on one at the sound of whose name earth ever quakes and trembles, who views the Gorgon’s head without its veil, who lashes the cowering Fury with her own whip, who dwells in Tartarus beyond your sight, for whom you are the gods above, who swears by Styx while perjuring himself.’” - Lucan, Pharsalia, Book VI

Now people might say this is only one instance but here is more….

”If able, I would bear it, I do not deny my effort—but the god of Love has conquered me—a god so kindly known in all the upper world. We are not sure he can be known so well in this deep world, but have good reason to conjecture he is not unknown here, and if old report almost forgotten, that you stole your wife is not a fiction, Love united you the same as others.” -Ovid, Metamorphoses, X

Heck in the city of Locri Epizephyrii, in modern Calabria (southern Italy), was famous for its cult of Persephone, where she is a goddess of marriage and childbirth in this region and not Hera.

[theinvisiblemuseum]

imagine pandora and lily living in a cottage in the middle of the forest together picking berries in the morning and then making fluffy pancakes and lily accidentally says 'shit' and pandora cries because she's never heard lily curse before so lily bakes her a strawberry cake to apologise and they spend the rest of the day holding hands and finding bunnies in the clouds

pandora is elle fanning btw

In the Name of Jesus Christ, our God and Lord, strengthened by the intercession of the Immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of Blessed Michael the Archangel, of the Blessed Apostles Peter and Paul and all the Saints. and powerful in the holy authority of our ministry, we confidently undertake to repulse the attacks and deceits of the devil. God arises; His enemies are scattered and those who hate Him flee before Him. As smoke is driven away, so are they driven; as wax melts before the fire, so the wicked perish at the presence of God.

Behold the Cross of the Lord, flee bands of enemies. The Lion of the tribe of Juda, the offspring of David, hath conquered.

May Thy mercy, Lord, descend upon us. As great as our hope in Thee.

We drive you from us, whoever you may be, unclean spirits, all satanic powers, all infernal invaders, all wicked legions, assemblies and sects.

In the Name and by the power of Our Lord Jesus Christ, + may you be snatched away and driven from the Church of God and from the souls made to the image and likeness of God and redeemed by the Precious Blood of the Divine Lamb.

+ Most cunning serpent, you shall no more dare to deceive the human race, persecute the Church, torment God's elect and sift them as wheat.

+ The Most High God commands you, + He with whom, in your great insolence, you still claim to be equal.

"God who wants all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth." [1 Tim. 2:4)

God the Father commands you. + God the Son commands you. + God the Holy Ghost commands you.

+ Christ, God's Word made flesh, commands you; + He who to save our race outdone through your envy, "humbled Himself, becoming obedient even unto death" [Phil. 2:8); He who has built His Church on the firm rock and declared that the gates of hell shall not prevail against Her, because He will dwell with Her "all days even to the end of the world." [Mt. 28:20]

The sacred Sign of the Cross commands you, + as does also the power of the mysteries of the Christian Faith.

+ The glorious Mother of God, the Virgin Mary, commands you; + she who by her humility and from the first moment of her Immaculate Conception crushed your proud head.

The faith of the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and of the other Apostles commands you.

+ The blood of the Martyrs and the pious intercession of all the Saints command you. +

Thus, cursed dragon, and you, diabolical legions, we adjure you by the living God, + by the true God, + by the holy God, + by the God "who so loved the world that He gave up His only Son, that every soul believing in Him might not perish but have life everlasting;" [St.Jn. 3:16] stop deceiving human creatures and pouring out to them the poison of eternal damnation; stop harming the Church and hindering her liberty.

Begone, Satan, inventor and master of all deceit, enemy of man's salvation.

Give place to Christ in Whom you have found none of your works; give place to the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church acquired by Christ at the price of His Blood.

Stoop beneath the all-powerful Hand of God; tremble and flee when we invoke the Holy and terrible Name of Jesus, this Name which causes hell to tremble, this Name to which the Virtues, Powers and Dominations of heaven are humbly submissive, this Name which the Cherubim and Seraphim praise unceasingly repeating: Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord, the God of Hosts.

O Lord, hear my prayer. And let my cry come unto Thee.

May the Lord be with thee. And with thy spirit.

Let us pray.

God of heaven, God of earth, God of Angels, God of Archangels, God of Patriarchs, God of Prophets, God of Apostles, God of Martyrs, God of Confessors, God of Virgins, God who has power to give life after death and rest after work: because there is no other God than Thee and there can be no other, for Thou art the Creator of all things, visible and invisible, of Whose reign there shall be no end, we humbly prostrate ourselves before Thy glorious Majesty and we beseech Thee to deliver us by Thy power from all the tyranny of the infernal spirits, from their snares, their lies and their furious wickedness.

Deign, O Lord, to grant us Thy powerful protection and to keep us safe and sound. We beseech Thee through Jesus Christ Our Lord.

Amen.

From the snares of the devil, Deliver us, O Lord. That Thy Church may serve Thee in peace and liberty: We beseech Thee to hear us. That Thou may crush down all enemies of Thy Church: We beseech Thee to hear us.

[cerinelle-stellarium]

Quixotic - Lyrics

If I would shed my tears,

In this daunting fantasy,

Many of them call reality.

If I would lose my name,

To this senselessness,

I'd seek truth in reverse side

Or insanity.

Unleash the giants,

Loosen the horse,

Fill up the seas,

Set the serpents alight,

Defy the heights,

Behold your sight,

For those windmills,

Let them run again.

'Cause I would fight,

Let it be the cold rain.

Be it battle

I cannot survive,

Or another cursed spirit,

Come from the tide.

Every morning, every night,

My fate confined.

Beyond the hills,

Upon the bridge,

Across this strange life,

Those devils never break,

Out of their great disguise.

So I would fight,

Another song,

Another falsely refined.

Those rambling words,

They pressed upon my soul.

Every inch I march,

Towards the fatal sight,

Against the winds,

Against the lights,

I shall conquer thine.

‘Cause when you stop to dream

Your whole heart too,

Gives in to life.

[ancientcosmicsecrets]

Apocalypse

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Revelation 6:1-2: I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals… I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown and rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest.

The White Horse

The first white horse seems bent on conquest (Revelation 6:2). Its rider wears a crown and holds a bow. Some people have attributed the rider of this horse as the person of Jesus, as later in Revelation 19, Jesus rides a white horse. However, others have said this is the antichrist. The antichrist does try to mimic works the Messiah can do, such as miracles (2 Thessalonians 2:9), and he seems bent on conquering the world. The first seal opens at the beginning of the final 7-year "tribulation" leading up to the second coming.

The white horse and rider represent three and a half years of peace, followed by three and a half years of war, represented by the bow. The Anti-Christ is the first of God's judgments on a Christ-rejecting world. He claims to be a savior and is a "Trojan Horse."

Revelation 12:9

The great dragon was hurled down–that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the Earth and his angels with him.

The world is in a Dark Age, controlled by Lucifer.

The Rider On The Red Horse

Revelation 6:3-4: When the Lamb opened the second seal… Another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given the power to take peace from the Earth and to make men slay each other. To him was given a large sword.

The next horse, a fiery red one, takes peace from the Earth (Revelation 6:4). He carries a large sword and blatantly represents war and violence. This makes sense to follow after the conquest-driven horse and rider. Conquest often leads to war.

The antichrist will seek to wage physical war as well as spiritual war. Take, for instance, the abomination of desolation he will place in the temple after the three and a half years of peace (Daniel 9:27). He will take the lives of many in a physical and spiritual sense. Although many wars have ravaged the Earth's history, none will wreak as much destruction as those in the End Times. The First World War left an estimated 16 million soldiers and civilians dead and countless others physically and psychologically wounded. Over 30 nations declared war between 1914 and 1918. The war also forever altered the world's social and political landscape. It accelerated changes in attitudes towards gender and class and led to the collapse of the Russian, Austro-Hungarian, and Ottoman empires. The cost of waging total war and rebuilding afterward ravaged the national economies of the victorious European Allies and the defeated Central Powers.

World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a conflict that involved virtually every part of the world from 1939 to 1945. The 40,000,000–50,000,000 deaths incurred in World War II make it the bloodiest conflict and the largest war in history.

Matthew 24:7

Nation shall rise against nation, kingdom against kingdom, and famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.

The Black Horse

Revelation 6:5-6: When the Lamb opened the third seal… I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand… "A quart of wheat for a day's wages and three quarts of barley for a day's wages, and do not damage the oil and the wine!" Some scholars attribute this famine to the wars that occurred before it. Throughout history, those who tend to farm and contribute to food supplies have had such duties to fight in wars. Because of this, the food supplies suffer, and entire civilizations collapse.

The black horse represents famine. Buying a quart of wheat takes an entire day's wages. "Balances" reveal scarcity. Americans don't worry about the availability of food in times of plenty. In the future, the price of food will skyrocket, and millions will have no access to food. Worldwide, famine is not hard to imagine. Witness it now in Central and Eastern Africa. In severe crop failure, no part of the world is more than one year away from critical starvation, and the rich U.S. is only two years away. Second Timothy 3:1-5 "But understand that in the last days, there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people."

The Pale Horse

Revelation 6:7-8: … And I looked, and there was a pale horse before me! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the Earth to kill by sword, famine, and plague and by the wild beasts of the Earth.

Naturally, when food supplies dwindle and wars break out, Death follows. The pale horse has the power of famine, plague, and to kill by the sword and wild beasts (Revelation 6:8). Sickness and famine often break out due to warfare, and this horse is no exception. "One-fourth of the people on earth die." Currently, that's about 2 billion people. This is an incredible amount of Death. It's estimated that only 100 million have died in all of the wars on Earth to date!

All the horse riders appear to have power over a fourth of the Earth and, surprisingly, are not the most devasting of judgments to come upon Earth in the End Times. Trumpets, thunders, seals, and other catastrophic events will follow. Christians, during the End Times, will experience these horsemen. They will know Death, disease, famine, and many trials. The antichrist, after all, will cut off food supplies from those who do not have the Mark of the Beast (Revelation 13:16-17), and he will kill and persecute many followers of Christ.

the Law of Attraction

Neurologists Know Visualization Creates A Better Future

Scientists working at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at the Institute of Neurology in London have discovered that people who visualize a better future are more likely to be able to bring that future into existence.

Of course, this is just what the Law of Attraction tells us. It says that daily, vivid mental images of a better life help to draw that life towards us. In the publication documenting their findings, the neurologists wrote: "The ability to construct a hypothetical scenario in one's imagination before it occurs may afford greater accuracy in predicting its eventual outcome."

Psychologists Support The Use Of Affirmations

Affirmations another critical tool in the Law of Attraction arsenal—are also well-supported in the psychological literature. For example, one researcher at the University of Exeter has published a paper on constructive repetitive thought. They found that people who consistently tell themselves they can meet a goal are more likely to secure a positive outcome. Affirmations are proven to help with recovery from trauma, improve anticipatory planning, aid treatment for depression, and boost physical health.

Mirror Neurons Help To Explain The Spread Of Good Vibrations

A large part of the Law of Attraction is learning to be an open, happy person who vibrates at a high frequency and induces a positive response in others. How we spread good attitudes toward others and attract kindness, generosity, and success can be partly explained by using neurons—neurons that "mirror" the behavior we observe.

In other words, when someone sees you radiating positivity, this response is mirrored in the observer's brain. This can draw them to act positively towards you as well. Meanwhile, studies on the amygdala (the brain's emotional center) show that we induce feelings of fear and anxiety in others if we are fearful or anxious! This is further evidence to explain the Law of Attraction theorist's claim that negative thinking can prevent success, well-being, love, and human connection.

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

Restoration for Israel

1 But the Lord will take pity on Jacob and again choose Israel, and will settle them on their own land; foreigners will join them and attach themselves to the house of Jacob. 2 The nations will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them as male and female slaves on the Lord’s land; they will take captive their captors and rule over their oppressors.

Downfall of the King of Babylon

3 On the day when the Lord gives you rest from your sorrow and turmoil, from the hard service with which you served, 4 you will take up this taunt-song against the king of Babylon:

How the oppressor has come to an end! how the turmoil has ended! 5 The Lord has broken the rod of the wicked, the staff of the tyrants 6 That struck the peoples in wrath with relentless blows; That ruled the nations in anger, with boundless persecution. 7 The whole earth rests peacefully, song breaks forth; 8 The very cypresses rejoice over you, the cedars of Lebanon: “Now that you are laid to rest, no one comes to cut us down.” 9 Below, Sheol is all astir preparing for your coming; Awakening the shades to greet you, all the leaders of the earth; Making all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones. 10 All of them speak out and say to you, “You too have become weak like us, you are just like us! 11 Down to Sheol your pomp is brought, the sound of your harps. Maggots are the couch beneath you, worms your blanket.” 12 How you have fallen from the heavens, O Morning Star, son of the dawn! How you have been cut down to the earth, you who conquered nations! 13 In your heart you said: “I will scale the heavens; Above the stars of God I will set up my throne; I will take my seat on the Mount of Assembly, on the heights of Zaphon. 14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will be like the Most High!” 15 No! Down to Sheol you will be brought to the depths of the pit! 16 When they see you they will stare, pondering over you: “Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook kingdoms? 17 Who made the world a wilderness, razed its cities, and gave captives no release?” 18 All the kings of the nations lie in glory, each in his own tomb; 19 But you are cast forth without burial, like loathsome carrion, Covered with the slain, with those struck by the sword, a trampled corpse, Going down to the very stones of the pit. 20 You will never be together with them in the grave, For you have ruined your land, you have slain your people! Let him never be named, that offshoot of evil! 21 Make ready to slaughter his sons for the guilt of their fathers; Lest they rise and possess the earth, and fill the breadth of the world with cities.

22 I will rise up against them, says the Lord of hosts, and cut off from Babylon name and remnant, progeny and offspring, says the Lord. 23 I will make it a haunt of hoot owls and a marshland; I will sweep it with the broom of destruction, oracle of the Lord of hosts.

God’s Plan for Assyria

24 The Lord of hosts has sworn: As I have resolved, so shall it be; As I have planned, so shall it stand: 25 To break the Assyrian in my land and trample him on my mountains; Then his yoke shall be removed from them, and his burden from their shoulder. 26 This is the plan proposed for the whole earth, and this the hand outstretched over all the nations. 27 The Lord of hosts has planned; who can thwart him? His hand is stretched out; who can turn it back?

Philistia

28 In the year that King Ahaz died, there came this oracle:

29 Do not rejoice, Philistia, not one of you, that the rod which struck you is broken; For out of the serpent’s root shall come an adder, its offspring shall be a flying saraph. 30 In my pastures the poor shall graze, and the needy lie down in safety; But I will kill your root with famine that shall slay even your remnant. 31 Howl, O gate; cry out, O city! Philistia, all of you melts away! For there comes a smoke from the north, without a straggler in its ranks. 32 What will one answer the messengers of the nations? “The Lord has established Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people find refuge.” — Isaiah 14 | New American Bible Revised Edition (NABRE) The New American Bible, Revised edition © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Cross References: Genesis 3:5; Exodus 15:12; Exodus 20:5; Numbers 21:8; 1 Kings 14:10; 2 Kings 16:20; 2 Kings 18:8; 2 Chronicles 20:6; 2 Chronicles 28:27; Ezra 9:8-9; Job 18:16; Job 20:6; Job 23:13; Job 21:26; Psalm 29:5; Psalm 47:1; Psalm 98:1; Psalm 125:3; Proverbs 19:21; Isaiah 3:14-15; Isaiah 3:26; Isaiah 5:14; Isaiah 5:25; Isaiah 7:21-22; Isaiah 9:4; Isaiah 10:12; Isaiah 10:27; Isaiah 11:10; Isaiah 13:1; Isaiah 13:6; Isaiah 13:11; Isaiah 13:15; Isaiah 24:12; Isaiah 31:8; Isaiah 37:24; Isaiah 41:8-9; Isaiah 45:13; Isaiah 51:8; Jeremiah 50:33; Jeremiah 51:62; Lamentations 1:21; Ezekiel 26:20; Ezekiel 28:8; Ezekiel 31:16; Ezekiel 32:21; Ezekiel 32:27; Nahum 1:14; Nahum 3:6; Habakkuk 1:10; Habakkuk 1:17; Matthew 11:23; Matthew 23:35; Luke 10:15; Luke 10:18; Luke 12:45; Acts 4:28; Ephesians 2:12; Hebrews 11:10; James 2:5; 2 Peter 1:19

[roman-catholic-mass-readings]

29th September >> Mass Readings (USA)

Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels

(Liturgical Colour: White: A (1))

Either:

First Reading Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 Thousands upon thousands were ministering to him.

As I watched:

Thrones were set up and the Ancient One took his throne. His clothing was bright as snow, and the hair on his head as white as wool; His throne was flames of fire, with wheels of burning fire. A surging stream of fire flowed out from where he sat; Thousands upon thousands were ministering to him, and myriads upon myriads attended him.

The court was convened, and the books were opened. As the visions during the night continued, I saw

One like a son of man coming, on the clouds of heaven; When he reached the Ancient One and was presented before him, He received dominion, glory, and kingship; nations and peoples of every language serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that shall not be taken away, his kingship shall not be destroyed.

The Word of the Lord

R/ Thanks be to God.

Or:

First Reading Revelation 12:7-12ab Michael and his angels battled against the dragon.

War broke out in heaven; Michael and his angels battled against the dragon. The dragon and its angels fought back, but they did not prevail and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. The huge dragon, the ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, who deceived the whole world, was thrown down to earth, and its angels were thrown down with it. Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say:

“Now have salvation and power come, and the Kingdom of our God and the authority of his Anointed. For the accuser of our brothers is cast out, who accuses them before our God day and night. They conquered him by the Blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; love for life did not deter them from death. Therefore, rejoice, you heavens, and you who dwell in them.”

The Word of the Lord

R/ Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 138:1-2ab, 2cde-3, 4-5

R/ In the sight of the angels I will sing your praises, Lord.

I will give thanks to you, O LORD, with all my heart, for you have heard the words of my mouth; in the presence of the angels I will sing your praise; I will worship at your holy temple and give thanks to your name.

R/ In the sight of the angels I will sing your praises, Lord.

Because of your kindness and your truth; for you have made great above all things your name and your promise. When I called, you answered me; you built up strength within me.

R/ In the sight of the angels I will sing your praises, Lord.

All the kings of the earth shall give thanks to you, O LORD, when they hear the words of your mouth; And they shall sing of the ways of the LORD: “Great is the glory of the LORD.”

R/ In the sight of the angels I will sing your praises, Lord.

Gospel Acclamation Psalm 103:21

Alleluia, alleluia. Bless the LORD, all you angels, you ministers, who do his will. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel John 1:47-51 You will see the sky opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Here is a true child of Israel. There is no duplicity in him.” Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.” Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel.” Jesus answered and said to him, “Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this.” And he said to him, “Amen, amen, I say to you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”

The Gospel of the Lord

R/ Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

[undergodslove]

The Breaker! Charles Spurgeon

"The Breaker has gone up before them. He will bring you through the gates of your cities of captivity, back to your own land. Your King will lead you; the Lord Himself will guide you!" Micah 2:13

Inasmuch as Jesus has gone before us, things do not remain as they would have been, had He never passed that way. He has conquered every foe which has obstructed the way. Cheer up O faint-hearted warrior. Not only has Christ traveled the road—but He has slain your enemies upon life's road!

Do you dread sin? He has nailed it to His cross!

Do you fear death? He has been the death of death!

Are you afraid of hell? He has barred the gates of hell from being entered by any of His children; they shall never see the gulf of perdition!

Whatever foes may be before the Christian—they are all overcome! 

There are lions—but their teeth are broken! 

There are serpents—but their fangs are extracted! 

There are rivers—but they are bridged or fordable! 

There are flames—but we wear that matchless garment which renders us invulnerable to fire!

The Breaker, Christ—has taken away all the power that anything can have to hurt us. Well then, you may go safely and joyously along your journey, for all your enemies are conquered beforehand! What shall you do—but march on to take the prey? They are beaten, they are vanquished; all you have to do is to divide the spoil. You shall, it is true, often engage in combat; but your fight shall be with a vanquished foe! His head is broken! He may attempt to injure you—but his strength shall not be sufficient for his malicious design. Your victory shall be sure—and your treasure shall be beyond all count!

"Proclaim aloud the Savior's fame,

 Who bears the Breaker's wondrous name;

 Sweet name; and it befits Him well,

 Who breaks down earth, sin, death, and hell!""

[dbcjr3]

Worried about what the devil might throw at you? Do you ever wish you knew the future? While I admit it would be handy for trading in the stock market much of what we think we want to know we really don’t want to know.

In fact, I’m not sure that there is such a thing as “THE future”. I think there are far too many variables of human will and choice that allow for an almost infinite array of possibilities for any one outcome we’re considering.

But the Lord as Creator knew the end of things and the middle of things from the beginning. How? I don’t know except that He is eternal and created time and the temporal realm.

Revelation 22:13 says, “ I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.” He sees it all from His eternal vantage point from outside the perspective of time. I can’t even wrap my head around that more than to say just that.

From the beginning of creation, after Adam and Eve ate the fruit we see in

Genesis 3:15 God says, “I will put enmity between you (the serpent or devil) and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel” talking about Jesus.

This is the first prophecy about Jesus, His Son, in the Bible and it provides an important clue to how Jesus would pivot human-kind from an awful eternity to one that is sublime. We have an eternity in heaven with the Lord for those who believe on His name, Jesus!

But it is much more than that. Ephesians 1: 22 “And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, 23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.”

That authority, placing satan and all his demons under Jesus’ feet has been given to us, the Church. Do think He gave it to us to wait until we die and go to our eternal reward? That’s exactly what satan would like you to think! NO!!

The Lord gave us authority to use it! To use it how? To keep the devil under our feet, of course. But he doesn’t want to stay there. What does he want to do?

In John 10:10 Jesus says, "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy;” Here it tells you exactly what the devil’s aims and strategies are. He has to steal your place with your foot upon his head and convince you to give it through his roles as “ a liar, a deceiver, and an accuser of the brethren.”

But Jesus goes onto say, “…I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full". That’s our mission on this earth while we are still here to help people have life, both here and eternally as fully and abundantly as possible!

The Lord doesn’t want us living coward down and hanging on till we reach the pearly gates. He wants us conquering, ruling and reigning - just like He intended Adam and Eve to do in the Garden of Eden.

The one who’s stopping you is under your feet, folks. Whatever the future holds, you can’t get better odds than that!

https://youtu.be/Dt63OrACLbc?si=JGNn6ZndpHM6CNg3

[ghostsandgod]

God has never made and formed but one enmity, but it is an irreconcilable one, which shall endure and grow even to the end. It is between Mary, His worthy Mother, and the devil - between the children and the servants of the Blessed Virgin, and the children and tools of Lucifer. The most terrible of all the enemies which God has set up against the devil is His holy Mother Mary. He has inspired her, even since the days of the earthly paradise - though she existed then only in His idea-with so much hatred against that cursed enemy of God, with so much ingenuity in unveiling the malice of that ancient serpent, with so much power to conquer, to overthrow and to crush that proud, impious rebel, that he fears her not only more than all angels and men, but in a sense more than God Himself. Not that the anger, the hatred and the power of God are not infinitely greater than those of the Blessed Virgin, for the perfections of Mary are limited, but first, because Satan, being proud, suffers infinitely more from being beaten and punished by a little and humble handmaid of God, and her humility humbles him more than the divine power, and secondly, because God has given Mary such great power against the devils that as they have often been obliged to confess, in spite of themselves, by the mouths of the possessed - they fear one of her sighs for a soul more than the prayers of all the saints, and one of her threats against them more than all other torments.

-St Louis de Montfort

[numbersbythebook]

Phineas & Jesus with a Sword in His Mouth

written by Will Schumacher

My last 2 posts included information about Phineas. He is a type of Christ I believe at His first and second coming. When he put the spear through into the belly of the man of Israel and the woman as one and received the covenant of peace, I believe this typed Jesus’ first coming and atoning death. When he led Israel in God’s holy war of vengeance/wrath and killed the 5 kings of Midian and the false prophet Balaam, I believe this typed Jesus’ second coming as Revelation 19 lays out.

Phineas’ name means “mouth of brass/serpent”. (I use Abarim productions quite a bit when looking at name meanings). If you were to do a search on the meaning of brass in the Bible it would turn up “judgement” or “righteous judgement”. The bronze altar and the bronze laver are usually alluded to along with the bronze serpent lifted up in the wilderness.

Abarim productions points out that the word for “brass” and “serpent” are the same root. They believe the meaning of the root is “intuitive knowledge”. The serpent in Genesis 3 was called “subtil” or “crafty”. It had a kind of “sneaky, crafty intuitive knowledge”. If brass represents God’s “righteous judgement” it would make sense since God Himself is the only one who can discern right from wrong and good from bad. He alone can judge righteously, we can not.

So, Phineas’ name would mean “mouth of righteous judgement”.

We find in the book of Revelation that Jesus has a mouth with a two-edged sword.

Revelation 1:16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.

Revelation 2:12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;

Revelation 2:16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

Revelation 19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

Revelation 19:21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.

This two edged sword is the Word of God.

Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

So Phineas’ mouth of righteous judgement is a type of Jesus’ righteous judgement by the Word of God.

In the letters to the 7 churches of Revelation Jesus describes Himself as having this sword in His mouth to the church of Pergamos in Revelation 2:12 and 2:16. In that letter he refers to Balaam, the type of false prophet that the Phineas led army killed. This further identifies the link we should see between Phineas and Jesus.

Revelation 2:14 But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.

In Revelation 19 Jesus is seen at His second coming with the sword of His mouth. He proceeds to throw the beast and false prophet into the Lake of Fire just as the Phineas led army killed the 5 kings and Balaam.

Revelation 19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

Phineas is Strong’s H6372.

Verse 6372 is about the inheritance of Joshua (Hebrew name of Jesus) the Son of Nun after he conquered the Promised Land.

Joshua 19:50 According to the word of the Lord they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnathserah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein.

There is only 1 Bible verse with a gematria of 6372 and again it is about inheritance:

Numbers 18:24 But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the Lord, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

At the second coming of Christ the enemy is defeated and we are to reign/take up our inheritance with Him.

Revelation 19:7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

Revelation 5:10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.

Revelation 20:6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years

[yhwhrulz]

Charles Spurgeon's "Morning & Evening" Devotional for September 28

Morning

“Who is this?”

Matthew 21:1-16

Matthew 21:1-3

He had the hearts of all men under his control, and at once moved the owner to lend his ass. The colt came and its mother at its side, for Jesus would not cause even the meanest creature a needless pain by separating it from its young.

Matthew 21:4 , Matthew 21:5

He came in state as a judge, but it was in fitting state, and such as was becoming in a true ruler in Israel; for he did not ride upon the horse which was the boast of Egypt, but on the humbler ass, which ancient lawgivers had been content with.

Matthew 21:9

And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David or, “Save now, we beseech thee”

Matthew 21:10

Bishop Hall has well said: “The attending disciples need be at no loss for an answer. Which of the prophets has not put it into their mouths? Who is this? Ask Moses, and he shall tell you, the seed of the woman who shall bruise the serpent’s head. Ask your father Jacob, and he shall tell you, the Shiloh of the tribe of Judah. Ask David, and he shall tell you, the King of Glory. Ask Isaiah, and he shall tell you, Emmanuel, Wonderful, the mighty God, the Prince of Peace. Ask Jeremiah, and he shall tell you, the righteous Branch. Ask Daniel, and he shall tell you, the Messiah. Ask John the Baptist, he shall tell you, the Lamb of God. The God of the prophets hath told you, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Yea, the very devils themselves have been forced to confess, I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. On no side hath Christ left himself without a full and plain testimony.”

Matthew 21:11-13

This was his second purgation of the temple. He had cleansed it once before in his earlier ministry. A las! when good things begin to be perverted they need many cleansings before they are set right again.

Matthew 21:14-16

Let children learn from this that Jesus values their praises, and let them give him their hearts while they are yet young.

Ride on, ride on in majesty!

In lowly pomp ride on to die:

O Christ! thy triumphs now begin

O’er captive death and conquered sin.

Ride on, ride on in majesty!

Thy last and fiercest strife is nigh:

The Father, on his sapphire throne,

Expects his own anointed Son.

Ride on, ride on in majesty!

In lowly pomp ride on to die:

Bow thy meek head to mortal pain;

Then, take, O God, thy power, and reign!

Evening

“We would see Jesus.”

John 12:20-36

John 12:20-22

These Greeks did well to desire to see the great teacher, and we shall do still better if in all our attendances upon religious worship our chief desire shall be to see Jesus. We should desire this that we may know him better, trust him more readily, and become more like him. We miss the end of public worship if we fail to see Jesus.

John 12:23 , John 12:24

Our Lord showed that he could only reach his mediatorial glory through death, and he then went on to teach the Greeks, and us, that, in like manner, by self-denial only can any of us attain to glory.

John 12:25-30

This was the third time the heavenly voice had borne witness to him. First, when as our Priest he commenced his life-work at his baptism; a second time upon the mount of transfiguration, when his Father said “Hear ye him,” thus marking him out as the prophet long foretold; and now a third time when he had just entered Jerusalem as

King. Thus in each of his three offices the Father bare witness concerning him.

John 12:32 , John 12:33

Thus by his death Satan is conquered and cast down from the seat of power, and souls are saved by myriads.

Matthew 21:17

We would see Jesus, for we know

His sovereign grace alone

Can on us hearts of flesh bestow,

And for our sins atone.

We would see Jesus, does not he

Bid contrite sinners come?

And to such guilty souls as we

Proclaim “There yet is room!”

We would see Jesus, for his saints

May lean upon his breast;

Pour out with confidence their plaints,

And find celestial rest.

We would see Jesus, and would pray

For those unhappy friends,

Who still pursue that crooked way

Which in perdition ends.

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[libidomechanica]

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of sigher him from ill. Ich a     kind the for wed betweene very skull, Mr. By the fault     walking, for crow wrathethere he; thee, but not with her? For     that flowers: high deluging? You are yes: her breathere betray’d     thy death, impany.

[concupiscience]

"You have come to my rich temple, Lycurgus,/ A man dear to Zeus and to all who have Olympian homes./ I am in doubt whether to pronounce you man or god,/ But I think rather you are a god, Lycurgus." Some say that the Pythia also declared to him the constitution that now exists at Sparta, but the Lacedaemonians themselves say that Lycurgus brought it from Crete when he was guardian of his nephew Leobetes, the Spartan king.

Love of money and nothing else will ruin Sparta.

that he should found a city in Libya.

if they ... would make a settlement at Cyrene in Libya, things would go better with them.

Know you better than I, fair Libya abounding in fleeces? Better the stranger than he who has trod it? Oh! Clever Therans!

First sacrifice to the warriors who once had their home in this island,

Whom now the rolling plain of fair Asopia covers,

Laid in the tombs of heroes with their faces turned to the sunset,

Seat yourself now amidships, for you are the pilot of Athens. Grasp the helm fast in your hands; you have many allies in your city.

οἶδα δ'ἐγὼ ψάμμου τ᾽ ἀριθμὸν καὶ μέτρα θαλάσσης, καὶ κωφοῦ συνίημι, καὶ οὐ φωνεῦντος ἀκούω. ὀδμή μ᾽ ἐς φρένας ἦλθε κραταιρίνοιο χελώνης ἑψομένης ἐν χαλκῷ ἅμ᾽ ἀρνείοισι κρέεσσιν, ᾗ χαλκὸς μὲν ὑπέστρωται, χαλκὸν δ᾽ ἐπιέσται.

[I know the number of the sand and the measure of the sea; I understand the speech of the dumb and hear the voiceless. The smell has come to my sense of a hard-shelled tortoise being cooked with a lamb's flesh in a bronze pot: bronze is the cauldron underneath, and bronze is the lid.]

Whenever a mule shall become sovereign king of the Medians, then, Lydian Delicate-Foot, flee by the stone-strewn Hermus, flee, and think not to stand fast, nor shame to be chicken-hearted.

Aristoxenus says that Pythagoras got most of his moral doctrines from the Delphic priestess Themistoclea.

You ask me for Arcadia? You ask too much; I grant it not. There are many men in Arcadia, eaters of acorns, who will hinder you. But I grudge you not. I will give you Tegea to beat with your feet in dancing, and its fair plain to measure with a rope.

"... When the Prytanies' seat shines white in the island of Siphnos, White-browed all the forum – need then of a true seer's wisdom – Danger will threat from a wooden boat, and a herald in scarlet ..."

Now your statues are standing and pouring sweat. They shiver with dread. The black blood drips from the highest rooftops. They have seen the necessity of evil. Get out, get out of my sanctum and drown your spirits in woe.

Await not in quiet the coming of the horses, the marching feet, the armed host upon the land. Slip away. Turn your back. You will meet in battle anyway. O holy Salamis, you will be the death of many a woman's son between the seedtime and the harvest of the grain.

The strength of bulls or lions cannot stop the foe. No, he will not leave off, I say, until he tears the city or the king limb from limb.

Hear your fate, O dwellers in Sparta of the wide spaces;

Either your famed, great town must be sacked by Perseus' sons, Or, if that be not, the whole land of Lacedaemon Shall mourn the death of a king of the house of Heracles, For not the strength of lions or of bulls shall hold him, Strength against strength; for he has the power of Zeus,

And will not be checked until one of these two he has consumed.

Pray to the Winds. They will prove to be mighty allies of Greece.

Sophocles is wise, Euripides is wiser, but of all men Socrates is wisest

Also the dragon (serpent), earthborn, in craftiness coming behind thee.

Sure though thy feet, proud Sparta, have a care,

A lame king's reign may see thee trip – Beware! Troubles unlooked for long shall vex thy shore,

And rolling Time his tide of carnage pour.

With silver spears you may conquer the world.

You are invincible, my son!

become of the same complexion as the dead

Care for these things fall on me!

Make your own nature, not the advice of others, your guide in life.

Your presence here outrages the god you seek. Go back, matricide! The number 73 marks the hour of your downfall!

Tell the emperor that my hall has fallen to the ground. Phoibos no longer has his house, nor his mantic bay, nor his prophetic spring; the water has dried up.