Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem, a Word Study

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Today’s Word study is for those who love God’s Chosen People, for those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life, who aren’t afraid in today’s anti-semitic landscape to observe and positively act on the declaration God gave to Abraham:

Genesis 12:3  And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

We know from reading through the Scriptures, that the prophecy contained in this verse would come to pass when Jesus came to earth. God the Son, second member of the Godhead, showed us how to live, then died for the sins of all mankind, rising again to grant all who repent, eternity with Him, escaping the clutches hell and the death penalty for their sins, granting life to all who would come to Him no matter where they live in the world! John 3:16 wraps up the entire Gospel message in a nutshell when it says:

Cross over the World - Songdove BooksJohn 3:16-21  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.  17  For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.  18  He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.  19  And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.  20  For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.  21  But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

When a prominent Pharisee had questioned Jesus about this, Jesus replied:

John 3:3-8  Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.  4  Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?  5  Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.  6  That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.  7  Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.  8  The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

Peter, one of the 12 disciples, would later write:

1 Peter 1:3-4  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,  4  To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

1 Peter 1:8-12  Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:  9  Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.  10  Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:  11  Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.  12  Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

1 Peter 1:18-23  Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;  19  But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:  20  Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,  21  Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.  22  Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:  23  Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

Paul writes to the believers in Rome, saying:

Songdove Books - 10 CommandmentsRomans 10:5-13  For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.  6  But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)  7  Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)  8  But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;  9  That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.  10  For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.  11  For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.  12  For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.  13  For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

This is how Abraham’s seed would bless every family on earth, no matter where they lived or even when they would live.

Returning now to events back in Genesis, time had passed and Abraham had not yet had the son God had promised, so his name is still recorded as Abram at this time. This is the first recorded tithe in Scripture, and it happened before the Mosaic Law was given. Many will try to claim that tithing places one under the Law, making their salvation moot, but here we see that tithing occurred before the Law was ever given.

Genesis 14:18-20  And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.  19  And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:  20  And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.

The issue of tithing will now be set aside, as the focus shifts to the word study around another directive that involves the city of Salem, it’s king, and Abraham’s blessing to the world. Hebrew definitions will come from the Strong’s Hebrew Interlinear. So in the above passage, we are introduced to Melchizedek, King of Salem.

Salem

H8004
shâlêm
shaw-lame’
The same as H8003; peaceful; Shalem, an early name of Jerusalem: – Salem.

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H8003

shâlêm
shaw-lame’
From H7999; complete (literally or figuratively); especially friendly. (shalem used by mistake for a name.): – full, just, made ready, peaceable, perfect (-ed), quiet, Shalem [by mistake for a name], whole.
Total KJV occurrences: 28

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H7999

shâlam
shaw-lam’
A primitive root; to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively to be (causatively make) completed; by implication to be friendly; by extension to reciprocate (in various applications): – make amends, (make an) end, finish, full, give again, make good, (re-) pay (again), (make) (to) (be at) peace (-able), that is perfect, perform, (make) prosper (-ous), recompense, render, requite, make restitution, restore, reward, X surely.
Total KJV occurrences: 116

From the definitions given above, it is safe to call Melchizedek, the King of Peace. Hold onto that thought as we read three more passages of Scripture:

Psalms 76:1-2  To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song of Asaph. In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel.  2  In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.

Now, the author of Hebrews is often conjectured to be Priscilla, wife of Aquila who as a couple had taken Paul into their home and allowed him to make and sell tents with them, while discipling him in the early years of his faith. The wording in the original Greek sounds much like Paul, while having a different flavour to their writing, leading theologians to wonder if Priscilla wrote this book of the Bible. It is otherwise attributed to Paul because of how similar it’s writing style is to how he communicates. The major difference is who is being written to. This book of the New Testament was written to Jewish believers. They write:

Songdove Books - Crown HeartHebrews 7:1-4  For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;  2  To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;  3  Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.  4  Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.

Without father, mother, geneology, known start or end of life. Hmmm!!! Notice how this writer refers to the King of Salem as the King of Peace.

The prophet Isaiah would write several hundred years before Jesus was born:

Isaiah 9:6-7  For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.  7  Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

Let’s look at a couple words here in their original Hebrew, beginning with the word:

Prince:

śar
sar
From H8323; a head person (of any rank or class): – captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord, ([-task-]) master, prince (-ipal), ruler, steward.
Total KJV occurrences: 421

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Peace

shâlôm    shâlôm
shaw-lome’, shaw-lome’
From H7999; safe, that is, (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, that is, health, prosperity, peace: –    X do, familiar, X fare, favour, + friend, X greet, (good) health, (X perfect, such as be at) peace (-able, -ably), prosper (-ity, -ous), rest, safe (-ly), salute, welfare, (X all is, be) well, X wholly.
Total KJV occurrences: 236

Now lets look at another directive in Scripture, this time in the Psalms, given to the pen of King David. Several authors feature in the Psalms, but most of them are written by David, as is Psalm 122:

Psalm 122:6  Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

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Pray

shâ’al    shâ’êl
shaw-al’, shaw-ale’
A primitive root; to inquire; by implication to request; by extension to demand: – ask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, X earnestly, enquire, + greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, + salute, X straitly, X surely, wish.
Total KJV occurrences: 172

I now want to pull closer together, several words and phrases from the various definitions we’ve briefly looked at above:

Peace: (different definition types each starting a new line)

Salem:

  • peaceful; Shalem, an early name of Jerusalem
  • complete, friendly, full, just, made ready, peaceable, perfect (-ed), quiet, whole
  • to be safe (in mind, body or estate), make amends, (make an) end, finish,make good, (re-) pay, (be at) peace (-able), that is perfect, perform, (make) prosper (-ous), recompense, render, requite, make restitution, restore, reward,
  • well, happy, health, prosperity, favour, rest safe (-ly), salute (the greeting Shalom)

Prince:

  • a head person, captain, chief, general, governor, keeper, lord, master, prince (-ipal), ruler, steward.

Pray:

  • to inquire, to request, to demand: – ask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, earnestly enquire, greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, salute

Its been awhile since I last looked at the Hebrew definition for the word “Pray”, and it totally fits with a paraphrase of Psalm 122:6 that’s been floating around my head in recent days. This isn’t a paraphrase in any official published book, just a thought:

Could this verse be reworded to express: Call for Jesus of Jerusalem, they will prosper who love thee. In other words, cry out to the Prince of Peace, the King of Peace, they will experience the results of that peace who love Him.

Jesus Himself says:

John 14:27  Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

It’s been said there is no safer place to be than in the center of God’s will. Safety is one of the definitions of Peace. But look at some of the other definitions now. Who came to make amends for our sin in our place? Who came to make us whole in mind, body and spirit? Who made restitution for our sins? Who took it upon Himself to restore us to the Father? Who will be coming again with his rewards in His hand?

Revelation 22:12-13  And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.  13  I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.

Revelation 22:16  I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.

Who grants us favour with God? Who offers us eternal rest?

Songdove Books - Author's Bible open to Psalm119-9Hebrews 4:8-16  For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.  9  There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.  10  For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.  11  Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.  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.  13  Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.  14  Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.  15  For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.  16  Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Indeed it is Jesus Christ and Him crucified and Risen into Glory who offers us a peace the world knows nothing about!

Hebrews 11:8-10  By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.  9  By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:  10  For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

Many have taken the verse in Psalm 122:6 to mean that we should pray for peace as in quietness and safety, to fall upon and protect the city of Jerusalem. However, I believe this little verse is saying so much more than that! It is telling us to call for and call out to the Prince of Peace and stating that those who do so will benefit because they love Him.

EDIT September 9, 2024

A devotional written by Amir Tsarfati and Barry Stagner includes this while talking about the 70th week of the prophecy God had given to Daniel.  They quote Hosea first:

“Hosea 5:15: I will return again to My place till they acknowledge their offense. Then they will seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.

“The seventieth week of Daniel is a time when God is dealing with the nation of Israel, Daniel’s people, and the city of Jerusalem. It is specific to them as a time of affliction that will cause the earnest seeking of the One they have long rejected.”

“That means it will happen. I’m going back and I’ll wait for them. Jesus said, “I’m not coming back to Jerusalem until you say.” Israel must come back to Him for Him to return to Jerusalem. Do you understand that?”

“If you are saying that God is done with Israel, Jesus can never come back. Literally, He’s a liar because He said, “I won’t come back until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’” So, “I will return again to My place until they acknowledge their offense. Then they will seek My face. And in their affliction, they will earnestly seek Me.” See what the Tribulation is going to do to Israel? The Tribulation will lead to Israel’s salvation.

Matthew 23:38-39, “See, your house is left to you desolate; for I say to you, you shall see Me no more until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’”

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Who knew you could take courses and get certified for observing patterns, running scenarios, and warning that failure to plan is planning to fail?! Most of the time, such people on the street are vilified, particularly by those in power, as conspiracy theorists! The rest of the time, you are either seen as a prophet, an amazing event planner, or scolded for putting far too much thought and research into things and just told to get on with it already and STOP over-thinking everything!!!

For starters, if on the Myer’s Briggs scale, you are rated as an INTJ or otherwise function in a way that puts introverted intuition, extroverted thinking, and the ability to make judgement calls at the forefront of how you operate, you naturally fit into the group who can see patterns emerging, scenario ways to deal with those patterns and what might happen if this or that is or is not done in each scenario and plan accordingly, or warn those who need to plan that they should get on it post haste! Those of us who are introverted, Intuitive and analytical, deep thinkers, and able to make judgement calls often look at the rest of the world wondering why they can’t, don’t or won’t, while everyone else looks at us like we’ve grown three heads!

The discovery then, that you can actually get yourself certified in the above skills was a recent surprise! Check out this search engine screenshot for details! Pay attention to the blurbs under each search result as well.

I visited one of the organizations listed in the search results, and came across a Guide to Natural Foresight Framework:  Unfortunately, the guide is hidden behind a request form.

My interest in this discovery is due to the Canadian Government publishing a yearly report that I only just became aware of, titled: Disruptions on the Horizon, by Policy Horizons Canada. I downloaded the 2024 report and that’s where I learned about certification in standard INTJ behaviours! Let me rephrase that. . . standard INTJ behaviours hijacked for globalist purposes!

As you go through this year’s report, you get a couple impressions:
1) The people who work in this department of the Government of Canada are most definitely Conspiracy Theorists! At least by government and mainstream definitions of those who can see down the pipe without their permission. Apparently when you have government permission and a credential behind your name, observing the 35 potential events in this report and suggesting people, organizations, governments and businesses do something useful about them is not only allowed, but might actually earn you a wage.

2) What government-sponsored conspiracy theorists predict to happen in the next 3 to 5 years is the same list that average on-the-street conspiracy theorists have been warning about and that the WEF has said must be addressed as well. Keep in mind that when people on the street began raising their voices about the WEF’s plans, mainstream media tried to run cover and claim the WEF didn’t exist and was a conspiracy theory itself until independent journalists such as Rebel News, True North and others began showing up at the Davos conventions to prove otherwise.

The difference between the two groups of conspiracy theorists shows up in the recommendations they make to deal with what they foresee happening. Government-controlled and UN/WHO/WEF-controlled theorists are told to envision solutions that lean in to the globalist agenda while theorists on the street generally encourage solutions that decidedly lean AWAY from globalist agendas.

Much like how business leadership and business team coaches operate, it is suggested that topics be explored in a generally democratic method similar to mind-mapping in a group setting. This report was compiled in that manner by way of a survey, showcasing results of the survey in various ways to help the reader get a feel for what their organization, company or department should be focusing on to prepare. Subject matter that rose to the top of the survey got more visible space on the page than those that stayed lower in the survey ranking. They at least advised that what they referred to as underestimated disruptions could be set off by those they labelled as prominent disruptions. After reading the report however, it is less that events in their “underestimated” list are less likely to occur or any less likely to have major impact, but more likely that they are set off by larger events and from where I sit on the ground, more likely to have farther reaching impact than this report or perhaps it’s survey respondents, anticipate. Although that may be why they labelled them “underestimated”.

Leadership is notorious for underestimating far-reaching implications of decision-making and deplores anyone who demands they think far enough ahead to anticipate how their decisions will impact people and business outcomes. To that end, I found it eyebrow raising in the training organization’s quotes that I looked at from the search results, where students claimed their bosses welcomed their contribution to the team. Supposedly, according to the government website, they’ve been employing these people for over 50 years! Hmmm. . . alot’s happened in that time frame, I should know, it’s MY lifetime!

This report has all the usual talking points I’ve come to expect from supposedly “concerned” voices in acadamia and WEF elites. They actually claim that some of the disruptions they see on the horizon could be viewed as good or bad things depending on one’s perspective. From the perspective of global governance, things like digital money and prevelence of AI would be good things, while those are bad things to theorists on the street.

I want to pull out some of the 35 potential disruptions here, and go over practical ways we can deal with or perhaps prevent them within our circles of influence. They grouped these into five categories.

In the society category:

Basic needs go unmet: This is predicted to be a major killer of the human population in the years to come as orchestrated disruptions to supply chains impair ability of people to shop the way they got conditioned to over the past 100 years. Policy Horizons Canada has a strange list of what they call basics:

“basic human needs, such as housing, water, food, energy, healthcare, and financial security”

Songdove Books - RowhousesBasic needs are shelter (housing), water, food, clothing, and transportation.

Energy is useful in powering air conditioners, computers, charging cell phones, etc, but if our ancestors knew how to live without it, perhaps we should be learning how as well? Examples include digging root cellars to keep things cold in the summer, building homes with sufficient porch roofting to keep the heat of the sun from hitting the building, and angling the house’s walls so that windows and doors create cooling drafts. Building water wheels if by a stream to power battery banks. Returning to the ’50’s concept of bicycle pedals to operate agitators or as one ad showed, a vacuum cleaner would provide exercise and power at the same time. If you don’t live where hail is frequent and you have funds to invest, solar panels will be useful at various times of year, but potentially not in cloudier areas depending on the level of tech you invested in.

Health care. . . there was a time when every household wrote down the remedies they used frequently and looked after each other, with a doctor or nurse who did their rounds of a region every now and then. Daily, weekly healthcare was provided by the household to the household, and old cookbooks read more like homestead how-to’s than cookbooks as a result. The need for healthcare isn’t in the institutions we got used to prior to 2020, it’s in learning how to handle common ailments at home with homegrown means.

Financial security isn’t a need, it’s a want! The idea that we have to have certain standards of living, while age-old in concept, puts a hamper on things where it doesn’t need to. Cover the basics and everything else is a want that can come as funds permit.

There’s no need for basic needs going unmet. The only way this will happen, is if people refuse to do for themselves what they’ve paid others to do. There are exceptions where a person can’t do what they paid others to do, such as tasks they don’t have the tools for, or tasks they aren’t strong enough to handle. But this is where community comes in. What one person can’t do, another person can. Western culture has become so individualistic that we’ve lost what sustainable, actively supportive community looks like. We need to rediscover this concept and quickly, if we are to make it through what the globalists have planned for all the “useless eaters”.

Food is Scarce: Let’s rephrase this! Commercially-available, commercially-grown, commercially-created food is scarce! Get used to either growing your own food, foraging in the wild for food, or getting to know others who do! Get used to reading recipe books again, and rediscover how to follow them to create your own versions of foods you buy at the store. The only way food will be scarce is when too many people refuse to learn how to provide food for themselves and their neighbours.

Men are in Crisis: Um. . . newsflash to Policy Horizons Canada!!! Men have been in crisis since the overly-hyped feminist movement of the ’80’s, AND that was by design! Many women are now realizing the feminist ideals they’d been taught or even taught others, are damaging not just to themselves, but to the men and children they encounter. How do we deal with this?

First, we remember that if a man likes to cook and bake, let him! Most big name chefs and bakers ARE men! If a man likes to write poetry and play piano, let him! Most big name pianists and musicians out there ARE men! If a man likes to draft and sew clothing, let him! Most big names in the fashion world ARE men! This is NOT a role reversal, it’s recognizing that men can contribute to these areas of daily life. I knew a guy one time who was taking a baking program at the local college, and he was a big man! But I lost count of the times he’d show up to visit after classes, so sore and so tired from learning pastry methods that only the stoutest of women would ever be able to pull off. The role reversal is when men raise the kids at home and the wife is out working. Sometimes this works for a household, particularly if the husband has a weakened constitution somewhere and the wife is able bodied enough to carry the load of bread winner. Otherwise, its best to return to the values of the man as the bread winner and protector of the home, regardless of the ways and means used as long as they fall within God’s guidelines in scripture, and the values of the woman in the home, and engaging in the marketplace as Proverbs 31 exemplifies as well. Let men be men and women be women, and pull out the Scriptures to give examples where they have been forgotten.

People cannot tell what is true and what is not: Born again, Holy Spirit-filled Christians are able to buck this one, as the Holy Spirit reveals who is and who isn’t telling the truth. Sometimes a wait-and-see approach is necessary, and those spinning lies get caught in them, tripping up over inconsistent renditions, etc. Ask the Holy Spirit for the gift of discernment and He will give it to you! If you qualify as a conspiracy theorist the government is trying to muzzle and shut down, then you can look at the pattern, look at the puzzle pieces, and speak up when the pieces don’t fit, and help others see when they do. Help each other out here! I see people today lambasting each other for falling into truth vs lie traps and using derogatory labels for those who don’t see what they see. This helps no one! Rather than jumping down the throats of those who can’t see what you see, spell out why you see what you see, show the puzzle pieces as you see them, show how you found them, where you found them, why they were so easy for you to spot, and in so doing you may help others figure out how to spot the lies as well.

Values-based clashes divide society: This one is by design! As many are starting to realize, who shook the jar? Why are they pitting us against each other? What do they gain from that? What do they lose if we unite under one banner again whether that banner is patriotism, nationalism, faith community, etc?

Part of this pitting against each other has been the over-played idea of “my rights!” Scripture tells us to look not only on our own needs but look to the needs of others. Community is all about give and take, and knowing when and when not to compromise. Compromises that go against values taught in God’s Word should not be done. Compromises that take place between decisions around who uses what venue, who shops where, who learns what, who receives what when, etc, should all be weighed against Scripture and acted on according to what would both please God and be amicable to everyone in the affected groups. The paragraph for this “disruption” includes alphabet soup mental illness groups and climate change. We have seen how mental illness groups want to destroy both children and the marriage/family unit. Climate change isn’t made by the general population, it is made by those engaged in geo-engineering efforts to advance various globalist goals and agendas. When we realize who we are supposed to be fighting, we can stop fighting each other and learn to work together again.

In the economic group of disruptions now, most of the disruptions listed are decidedly first world in origin. Some, like the homemade bioweapon paragraph, appear to predict that costs and methods to inflict bio-warfare will become so cheap and accessible that anyone can do it anywhere. But if we’ve learned from the above points prior to this section, we will either not take part on such stupidity, or come up with ways to mitigate and stymie the results of such efforts. Household debt being a future problem is out of sync in this report, as it’s already a problem, particularly among those who live to a higher standard than their income allows. Another paragraph out of sync claims people won’t be able to afford living on their own. This is already occurring, and the idea of multi-generational homes is returning to the western world. In many ways this is a good thing, so that younger members can look after older members and vice versa as needs arise.

One point in this group that should be made note of, is where they foresee what they refer to as vital natural resources becoming scarce: water, sand, critical minerals where demand outpaces supply or controlled by few suppliers. The last note again is out of sync as the general public is becoming aware that many of the world’s resources are managed by just a handful of companies and investors. So what do we do about this?

Various water catchment ideas are currently available around the Internet along with plans and how-to’s to allow you to choose the system that would work best for your circumstance. The issue of sand relates to the creation of both glass and certain industries such as semi-conductors and computing where silica in various forms is required. The good news for you is that they only need certain types of sand, while your own uses can often use more casual grades. Critical mineral shortages only exist because of the overly intense way the globalists want digital everything rolled out. Your actively supportive community may not actually need electric cars, cars that talk to the Internet, smart meters, high-powered lithium batteries, or other tech that requires specific types of sand or critical mineral to produce. You will only be caught by this “potential” disruption if you insist on those things being part of your life and feel you can’t live without them.

The environment grouping of “disruptions” is very much predictive! On the one hand they mention loss of bio-diversity while also including a paragraph on geo-engineering taking off and lowering carbon in the atmosphere! This right here is a dead giveaway as to who is writing this report! They are touting the lie that carbon is a problem when in reality, you and I and all life on earth, ARE carbon! The only way to stop this on a global scale is to somehow take out those responsible for it. From where I sit, only God can do that, so what can we do in our own spheres of influence?

For starters, we re-affirm that the plant kingdom needs CO2 and thrives on it. If you own a green house, you may have purchased a machine that creates C02 for your plants. So you want to nurture your plants and ensure they are looked after in a social environment that gives them the C02 they need. Keep animals nearby, live or do your work nearby, engage in community activity nearby. What you breathe out, they breathe in and vice versa. Help the plants and animals help you! You need animals for food, clothing, wool, footwear, etc. You and they need plants for food, cordage, warmth, building materials, etc. The plants need you and the animals for their C02, nitrogen fixing back into the soil (unless they are a legume, then they fix nitrogen themselves). Include plants and animals in your actively supportive community.

The paragraph claiming some areas of Canada could become uninhabitable due to extreme weather events, fires, floods, etc, assumes that people are not adaptable! It also assumes that humans never knew how to handle extreme heat in the past when the weather often got hotter than it does now! See my suggestion about home-building adaptations that come from old books and photos, to see how they did it back then. Some cultures around the world adapted to constant flooding by building homes on stilts! People think Venice is a fairy tale city to visit, but it’s been sinking for centuries! We must remember our God-given ability to adapt, and seek His wisdom to do so accordingly. In this way, we frustrate the plans of the globalists and rediscover our own resilience all over again.

We already discussed the health category when talking about basic human needs. They get specific in mentioning antibiotics no longer working, a scenario already playing out in various hospitals where the idea of cleanliness has gotten out of hand and superbugs now infest. The answer is found in the anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, and anti-viral plants God has already growing for us if we’ll learn how to make use of them. Old books and courses prior to the 1930’s contain many nuggets of information here. Discernment is necessary however, as some so-called remedies were just placebos, others were downright damaging, but many remedies actually worked, and worked better than today’s mainstream medicine.

The health grouping mentions mental health in crisis. This is only due to string pullers persistently keeping the masses on high alert and under a state of high stress. These conditions are necessary to create helplessness and make it easier to herd the masses into the situations the globalists demand. The best way to deal with persistent high stress is to turn off the TV and toss it into the garbage! Secondly, control what you do and don’t read online and when it gets too heavy, get up and go outside, pick up a hobby, go for a hike, visit a friend, etc. Change up your environment, change up your inputs, and even become a ray of sunshine for someone else out there. Create things for others, do things for others, help others when they need it, surprise others in wholesome unforeseen ways. You can do this off and online. Online, don’t just share the latest scary news, but share how to combat it, how to overcome it, how to prevent it, etc. Empower others around you. Not only will you reduce the stress in your own mind and body, but you will reduce it for others who you come in contact with.

The political grouping of “disruptions” in some ways reads like today’s news. I don’t know when they published this, it has a June 2024 date on it, but you have to wonder if they aren’t fully up to date on what’s going on around them!

Billionaires run the world: Um, see the note earlier about most of the world’s resources being in the hands of a few companies or corporations. In the last few years it’s become painfully clear that politically, we have the likes of George Soros out there, literally hell-bent on getting their way in governments or else! We have billionaires like Bill Gates, thinly hiding behind philanthropy to control international organizations such as the World Health Organization to push harmful medical experiments on humanity. We have eccentrics like Klaus Schwab running groups like the World Economic Forum, trying to infiltrate every government they can so they can have their agendas pushed down to the common person.

While we can’t stop billionaires from running the world, we do need to remember that money flows downhill. If we don’t have billionaires, we won’t have millionaires and we won’t have money flowing into the hands of workers on the ground. What we can do instead, is shop from ma and pa shops, hire the kid down the street to shovel the driveway or mow the lawn for the elderly neighbour up the street. We can support the little guy and help them make ends meet.

Unity unravelling: See earlier notes about rebuilding community and instead of fighting each other, fighting those busy shaking the jar!

Cyber attacks taking out critical infrastructure: If we are learning how to rebuild our own infrastructure for us and our community, we become less reliant on what they do to mainstream infrastructure. Part of the resilience here is being able to carry on offline as well as some of us carry on online. Being able to pivot from digital to manual is incredibly important!

There are other points in the groupings I haven’t covered here, but its very easy to see how those in power think the average person the ground will just keel over and collapse if modern life is unable to carry on as they know it. This is ridiculous from the perspective of a societal rebel! Humanity has always been able to adapt to threats and changing landscapes whether they be geographical, geological, economic, ecological or social. It’s time to rediscover adaptability all over again, and remind ourselves that we can indeed survive without sushi three times a week while watching netflix on a cellphone. Humanity survived many years without those things, and will continue to survive without them in the future. We just need to relearn how they did things so we can fall back on them as the need arises.

God and Calamity

“Perhaps most concerning is the warning about possible disruptions in essential services such as telecommunications, banking, water, power, gasoline, medicine, and even the food supply.

“In more extreme situations, (expect) possible disruptions in other services such as telecommunications, financial/banking, water, power (hydro), gasoline/fuels, medicine or the food supply.””

Feds urge businesses to prepare for “new virus” pandemic gas & food shortages

The manual discussed is linked to here. The quote mentioning “extreme situations” is on page 10.

Why would businesses be encouraged to come up with a plan, but not the ordinary citizen? I’m remembering back during the “vaxx” roll-out days after I’d left FB in early ’21, when people were sharing how FB was asking users if they knew someone who was “too prepared”, and sharing how they could report them.

not Canadian trains, we don’t have bullet trains in Canada

Here in Canada, we are facing two potential rail staffing lockouts in BC, along with a potential port strike in Vancouver. Action by the railway companies could come by the 22nd if negotiations with the unions fail. Fear-mongering by transport management companies claim this could be worse than when we were under lockdowns and take longer to pull out of should the action proceed.

The foodbank network across Canada is calling for the Federal Government to take more action to ensure needy people are fed. This is because the cost of living is continuing to rise, and more and more people are having to choose between food and bills, or food and rent. Unfortunately, getting people hooked on government handouts isn’t the answer, so when I saw the foodbanks calling for support to lobby the government for more handouts, I cringed!

I have a better idea, one that I’ve tried to encourage people to do since mid-2020, but that is very slow in catching on. Others out there with this same idea have packaged it in more flashy ways, different presentations, some free, some fee, but I’m not sure how many are actually doing it yet.

potatoesThat idea is to build local, in-person, actually sustainable communities. By actually sustainable, I am referring to everyone in the community bringing a skill or talent to the table. One might grow a garden. Another might sew clothing. A guy might be an all-round handyman. Someone else may keep livestock including sheep the sewist can get their wool from. Just as examples. I created a pdf spreadsheet to help people figure out what they offer and what others around them offer, to kickstart building such a community.

The concept of survivalist training or homesteading needs to get off the “every man for himself” bandwagon, get off the post-apocalyptic mindset, and start making these skills and abilities normal again. Get them out of the novel emergency status, and bring them down into everyday life, mundane status! When you cut through the survival, novel, cute cottage craft mentality, you end up with skills and abilities that were in daily use before the days of mass-production and commercialization. This is a lifestyle change that needs to happen sooner than later, so that society weathers onslaughts from the string pullers with as little unnecessary upheaval as possible. The founder of Gab keeps pointing at the Amish, but they allowed themselves to reach a certain level of technology and drew the line to go no further. I’m not saying we need to live as the Amish do, but I am saying we need to wean ourselves off mass-produced commercialization if we expect to have a more even-keeled social existence on this side of eternity.

For many, the biggest change in this method of community is the drastically reduced ability to have what you want the moment you want it. Not just hopping into the car to run to the store, but taking the time to make what you want, or waiting for someone to make what you want. Get used to repairing rather than tossing. Needs come first in this type of community, with wants taking a decided back seat and engaged in as time and materials allow. But this kind of community is necessary.

The days are getting rougher ahead. What are you doing to get ready?

Red Heifer

When seemingly unrelated dots suddenly draw a picture!

chickenAs everyone knows by now, the “elites” or string pullers are trying to build a case around a so-called bird-flu pandemic. They are culling flocks of chickens by the millions, and threatening to do the same with cattle. Astute observers have noted these same enforcers are not going after wild fowl or wild red-meat-bearing animals, only domestic. In Australia, this includes going after sheep and goats. Consequently, it appears this so-called pandemic is, at least on the human level, geared toward shutting down food sources that contain high amounts of human-bio-available nutrients that aid in staying healthy, ostensibly to create more reliance on the idea of mRNA “vaccines”. We all know they aren’t actually vaccines, they are gene therapies, but they continue to use that word anyway.

My daughter brought up the topic of Israel now ready for the Third Temple, and that they have been ready for awhile now. We had been talking about everything being ready for the Rapture and looking at the regional axis against Israel of Iran, Turkey, and sometime soon, Russia, based on Ezekiel chapters 38 and 39. I told her that Israel is still waiting on what Scripture calls “the Raise of Taxes” that will come to power who will raise the funds to build and then actually build the Third Temple. This is understood to happen during the Tribulation 7 year period. But we got talking specifically about the fact that the key to being ready for the Third Temple was the ability to sacrifice the Red Heifer.

You can do a search on The Red Heifer, preferably not in Google, and you’ll discover that this particular presentation of a cow has been found in Texas. The first discovery or rediscovery of this cow was found in the early to mid-90’s and made quite a splash at that time. Since then, it is my understanding a whole herd has been bred for this purpose.

Secondly, what animals did I say are being attacked in Australia right now, ostensibly under the guise of controlling the spread of “bird flu”??? Sheep and goats! They too have sacrificial realities for the resurrection of the Jewish Tabernacle. It is important to note that the Jewish sacrificial system must be put back into place in order for the “man of perdition” and his hoardes to put an end to them again.

2 Thessalonians 2:1-3  Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,  2  That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.  3  Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

Daniel 11:20-21  Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.  21  And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.

Daniel 11:30-32  For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.  31  And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.  32  And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.

Daniel 12:10-11  Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.  11  And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.

As of yet, I have not heard if cows in India are being rounded up and killed in the name of “bird flu” or “climate change”. Over there, cows are so sacred that they are allowed to roam the streets freely, and they aren’t used for sacrifice, they are worshipped instead.

Others have noted that wild poultry and wild bovines are not being hunted down and killed in the name of stopping “bird flu”, so why only the domestic animals?! The surface answer is that they are trying to remove the food sources we rely on to keep us healthy. As I’ve said to others, humans don’t have the length of gut necessary to break down cellulose the way herbivores do. We don’t have two stomachs the way some herbivores such as bovines do either. We pulverize, cook, ferment, puree, juice, etc, our plant-based foods to get what we can out of them, but there are certain nutrients that are just plain more bio-available in meat and dairy and eggs. The string pullers have taken note and don’t want this food freely available to the public, whether sold in stores or home grown.

We have two very big reasons to be fighting back against the “bird flu” narrative. Bio-available nutrition on the physical human side, and the ability of the Jewish people to return to temple worship on the spiritual side. As many are noticing, the apparent fowl and animal culling seems to only be happening in the western world. We can’t let satan take out the herds the Jewish people will be relying on before Christ returns to set foot on the Mount of Olives.

In a similar manner to how he thought he’d wipe out Christ by telling Herod to kill all male children under the age of 2 after the wisemen left Bethlehem, satan is out to do in the cattle population, quite possibly to interrupt if not outright kill the chances of the Jewish people returning to their Torah-based worship. This is spiritual warfare over those through whom Christ came to earth the first time. He chose a set of Jewish parents. Jesus in His human form, is of Jewish descent. We owe our faith to the Jewish people. Many there right now are living as they did under Rehoboam and Ahab, with many of their leaders currently acting like Rehoboam and Ahab as well. But Scripture says:

Zechariah 12:10  And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

Revelation 1:7  Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.

Scripture also says that 144,000 Jews will become the Tribulation period evangelists, sealed by the Holy Spirit for the work of saving souls.

Revelation 7:1-8  And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.  2  And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,  3  Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.  4  And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.  5  Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.  6  Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand.  7  Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.  8  Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.

Revelation 14:1-5  And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads.  2  And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:  3  And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.  4  These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.  5  And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.

We need to pray protection over those 144,000, that any who are alive today will not fall for the sin going on around them, that those yet to be born will be protected, and their mothers and fathers protected so they can be brought into the world for the task God has set out for them.

The Church Age, also known as The Age of Grace, is closing and eyes are turning to Israel, for good and for evil. Scripture says the world will turn against Israel and we are seeing that prophecy taking shape.

Zechariah 12:1-3  The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.  2  Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.  3  And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.

Zechariah 14:2-4  For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.  3  Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.  4  And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

Joel 3:1-12  For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,  2  I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.  3  And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.  4  Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;  5  Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:  6  The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.  7  Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:  8  And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it.  9  Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:  10  Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.  11  Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD.  12  Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.

Matthew 24:8-22  All these are the beginning of sorrows.  9  Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.  10  And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.  11  And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.  12  And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.  13  But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.  14  And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.  15  When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)  16  Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:  17  Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:  18  Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.  19  And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!  20  But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:  21  For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.  22  And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.

The most surprising area this is occurring in, is supposedly The Church. There are Christians who are justifying their rejection of Israel, their distasteful critiquing of Israel, even coming up with wild claims of who is and isn’t Jewish in the Land of Israel, completely contradicting first-hand stories I’ve listened to of Jews who made aliyah, found a place to live, then months or years later in tracing their lineage, found out they settled in the region their ancestors did when the tribes were divied up according to God’s direction. I’ve always found those stories exciting and encouraging, so I find the stories today trying to disprove those people, quite disturbing. Contrary to what is supposedly understood out there by some, the Jewish people have not completely forgotten their lineage, and they have groups who actively research it, tracking down those who have settles around the world and encouraging them to come home to Israel. So it with some dismay and sadness to observe that the world turning away from Israel includes those who call themselves Christians. Like the rest of the unsaved world when Christ returns, they will be shocked at who Christ defends, and the land borders He defends when the world makes war against Him.

The Fig Tree has indeed blossomed, and the enemy of our souls is now trying to prevent the next phase of Biblical prophecy from taking place. One has to ask why, because it’s going to happen anyway, its not like satan has never read the Bible. He has, He knows how it ends. But like the poor loser he is, he will try to scuttle what he can until the very end. BUT. . . The Holy Spirit is still here. We are still here. We can and should be fighting back and standing our ground until Christ comes for us!

world flags

So this was just published earlier today: Flat tax on big polluters could fund basic income, finds UBC study

Take a read through the excerpts pulled out below:

Revelation6_2But others have warned governments to avoid heading down the basic income path. In British Columbia, the provincial Green Party called for a study into basic income in 2018 as part of its confidence and supply agreement with the BC NDP.

In December 2020, a government-mandated panel released its findings in a 500-page report. Its conclusion: basic income is too costly and causes economic distortions, including disincentives to work.

“A basic income is a very costly approach to addressing any specific goal, such as poverty reduction,” reads the panel’s final report.

Could basic income drive inflation?

Curiosity over the prospect of a basic income surged during the COVID-19 pandemic after many governments around the world rushed to send financial supports to its citizens.

“Might the pandemic pave the way for a universal basic income?” questioned one Economist headline a year after the pandemic began.

“Pandemic proves it’s time for basic income for all, economists say” read a CBC News story two months later.”

Many of us who were watching what was going on during the pandemic, warned this could happen! Now they are coming right out and saying this is what they learned during that time, and to start capitalizing on the lesson! Remember, the UBI WILL be tied to your universal social ID or Digital ID AND CBDC! This report is talking about global answers, not merely individual nation states! If you want in on the cash, give up your privacy and right to autonomously use that cash! I strongly advise against opting into the UBI if you value your ability to spend freely on choices that YOU make, NOT the government!

“They caution the impact of basic income on inflation will depend on how people spend the money, current political and economic conditions, and how governments finance the program.

“One could argue that inflationary pressures could arise if the government decided to print money rather than pay for [basic income] costs through increased taxes or similar measures,” Sumaila and his co-authors write.

With that much money flowing through public coffers, any basic income program must also guard against individual misuse and systematic corruption, the authors warn.”

Unfortunately for the author of this paper, governments printing money has already been a thing for awhile now in the western world, and it ramped up heavily to finance the stimulus cheques they were sending out! Printed money IS an inflation driver!

Guarding against individual misuse and systemic corruption will no doubt be two reasons we’ll hear for why people should accept CBDC and Digital ID as a way for governments to ensure their money is spent “wisely’.

“Taxing carbon from fossil fuel at $50 to $100 per tonne could raise US$2.3 trillion, a sum that would fund basic income for everyone living below the poverty line in Asia, Europe, and North America, the study found.

Sumaila said similar taxes could be applied to number of other industries that pollute or over-exploit natural resources — from plastic manufactures to fisheries, agriculture and forestry.

“Tax the CO2 emitters, those who empty the ocean, those who put plastic in the ocean,” said Sumaila. “That is going to raise quite a big chunk of the funding needed to do this.””

Here in Canada, voices are getting louder to scrap carbon taxation, and other research studies that came out last week, are starting to question if the carbon tax was even doing what it set out to do and whether it should be scrapped. To hear that this paper is praising Canada’s approach is cringe-worthy as a result, and not at all wise! But look at what else he’s suggesting we tax: fisheries, agriculture and forestry! I don’t know what ethnicity he hails from where agriculture is not a necessity, where fishing has not featured, ever, in his culture’s meat-eating needs, and where forestry doesn’t contribute to building homes, furniture, fences, and the office he’s shown to be sitting in. He’s even swallowed the CO2 lie! Clearly this guy isn’t to be trusted and no doubt backed, encouraged, or even paid by those pushing these agendas to write what he did.

Mainstream news is going to start pulling out more people like this guy, willing to say what the string pullers want to push their agenda for total control (they think) of the world’s populations.

EDIT June 8, 2024:

However, your Digital ID will, in a large part, also be your “health passport”, as discussed in this lifesite article here. Unfortunately, the weforum.org link given in the article for the graphic being discussed, won’t load for me. But as the article says:

Songdove Books - Combination Lock“people will need a Digital ID to:

*Access healthcare insurance and treatment
*Open bank accounts and carry out online transactions
*Travel
*Access Humanitarian Services
*Shop and conduct business transactions
*Participate in social media
*Pay taxes, vote, collect government benefits
*Own a communication device [such as a cell phone or a computer]”

This sounds a lot like another piece of technology mentioned in Scripture where you won’t be able to buy or sell without it. Now to begin with, the current idea of a Digital ID is on your phone, a big reason I advocate using your phone as little as possible these days! The less you do on your phone, the better! Lower phone use will result in less EMF entering your body so readily (due to holding the phone or having it on your person), and get you doing things online via a tablet, laptop, or computer that doesn’t rely on a cellphone connection that can be tracked as easily. Yes you can put Surfshark and other VPN’s on your phone, but those don’t yet mask cell tower triangulation data, at least not to my knowledge.

The EU is already implementing their idea of digital ID, and they claim it’s voluntary. I have to add: For Now! They are erasing national borders in the digital space with this digital ID wallet they are rolling out, which from where I sit, basically wipes out the idea of nation states within the EU.

An article by a legal firm over there shares the following:

“Member States have to provide citizens and businesses with a European digital identity wallet that allows users to digitally identify themselves, store and manage identity data and official documents (such as driving licences, university diplomas, medical prescriptions) in digital form in all EU countries. “

“Whenever there is no legal requirement for users to have a legal identity for authentication, they will be able to use freely chosen pseudonyms.

Very large online platforms will have to accept the European digital identity wallet when users wish to log in on them.”

Remember what I shared about social universal ID’s a year ago? This is all part of the package deal! Find a way to get off the system! Find a way to reduce reliance on the system! A big hint is community where people look out for each other’s needs in very practical ways. I continue to pray that the Mark as described in Scripture won’t fully roll out until after the Church is removed. Until then, we are to be practical in how we do life so that we are not unnecessarily brought under control of the string pullers!

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You are hereby called to rebel in the most mundane way possible! Here’s what you do:

1) Ensure you have an emergency stockpile on hand of foods, herbs, spices, and any medicines you use regularly.
2) Ensure you learn how to do things for yourself and your neighbours and encourage them to learn what they can offer to their households and their neighbours. We’re talking sewing, gardening, woodworking, mechanics, technicians, baking, cooking, handyman tasks, etc. I have a spreadsheet you can use to help you and your neighbours figure this out.
3) Reduce how often you have to go shopping, repair more than you buy, wean yourself off the commercial/materialistic bandwagon whereever possible.
4) Don’t opt into UBI when offered.
5) Don’t opt into the Digital ID if possible.
6) Pay down debts as much as you can, with points 2 and 3 above assisting with freeing up cash for that endeavour. I offer a budgeting course if you would appreciate assistance in this area, and it’s priced for those on low income, although it helps those of all incomes learn where their money is going and how to better manage it.
7) Say no to CBDC if at all possible! You seriously don’t want to be tied to this system once it goes live!
8) Start bartering with your neighbours. This can be trading produce, or trading tasks, or trading pet-minding services or however it might look. Get used to doing this now before you need it. One example I had in a dream is called The One Cup Exchange. The idea is that your neighbour asks you for a cup of sugar, and offers a cup of flour. You need a cup of macaroni noodles, so you visit a neighbour who has it and trades you the noodles for the cup of flour that they need. Ideally, this method means no one starves and everyone is able to continue forward. If neighbours are also foraging, gardening, etc, the chances of food running out will be slim. It will change, but it won’t run out.

And that’s the last thing to start doing, accepting that things are going to change in the future. You may not have the same diet you do now, or wear the same type of clothes, or maybe even live in the same type of house. The goal will be sustainability from a practical rather than idealistic perspective. The idealistic perspective is going to doom the planet! So rebel by being practical! The day will come when your life literally depends on how you prepared today!

A couple thoughts on what has just transpired regarding the unveiling of Charle’s portrait. I’ve been seeing a fair bit about this recently, and CTV ran an article on it themselves. According to one source, Charles flinched a moment as he pulled down the curtain! According to CTV’s article, this portrait had been commissioned to commemorate his 50+yrs with The Draper Company, a 650yr old corporate establishment.

1) Even if all the splotches across the painting weren’t there, even if said splotches didn’t match up if reflected in certain ways to show certain dark spiritual entities, the impression many have of a fiery portrait, or that others have of a bloody portrait (not the British slang use here), is reason enough to warrant flinching. The fact that literally ONLY the face is of any normal colouration is enough to warrant concerns over what this painting is trying to say about it’s subject. The artist claimed inspiration from the uniform that was worn in his colour choices, but I’ve seen other illustrations where colours were pulled or inspired from an item in the image, that didn’t give the unnerving, unsettling, ominous tone that this one does.

2) A review of The Draper Company’s history suggests that not only was this company influential in it’s original role as a wool seller’s guild way back in the 1300’s, but that it was also incredibly influential in London, England politics! One might say that on a municipal level, it historically, was as influential as the masons are now, though masonry doesn’t stop at municipal influence, it goes all the way up the political chain whereever it can. Unlike masonry, The Draper Company claimed religious affiliation with the church, choosing a patron saint, etc. It appears that as the years, decades and centuries went by, that it became a matter of status and prestige to be a member of The Draper Company even if you weren’t a seller of wool or textiles.

They eventually moved away from their wool sellers guild origins to focus on philanthropy for the less fortunate among their own ranks and eventually to the larger city itself. They funded various initiatives from housing to food to clothing needs to education, and according to their website, still do. In 1870, their educational focus included technology training that carries on to this day. They started schools, universities, etc.

Apparently Queen Elizabeth ll was a member and was celebrated for 70 years of service in 2014. Now here is Charles, her son, being celebrated for 50 years of service.

3) While everyone is talking about how eery the new portrait is, The Drapers Company historical timeline on their website, shows another blood red image with a note from 2008 when their royal charter received some amendments. This image appears to be a coin or seal on a multi-coloured string or rope (can’t tell size due to nothing to compare to in the image). The depiction is of Queen Elizabeth ll on her throne, but the whole coin or seal is a shiny blood red!

4) This red colour. . . is it really from the Welsh regiment Charles was honourary general of? Does it stem from a royal protocol I am not familiar with? I am not a royal watcher, so I could be out of the loop on this. Or is the red colour a symbol related to The Draper Company somehow? Why red?! And why blood red at that?!

Why do I get the feeling that a message has been sent in the mere act of unveiling this portrait? Who is the message for? I know the colour red has symbolic meaning in the higher ranks of the masonic lodge. I know it has meaning in the church, and I know it has meaning in satanic circles as well. However, I don’t think the message is directed at the church! The overall sense of the portrait doesn’t offer the peace that comes from salvation found in Christ Who shed His blood for our sins. Instead, there seems to be an ominous nature about the image, and the colour’s presentation in particular with it’s splotchy appearance. One commenter on an Infowars article likened the image to being a scene from hell, as if Charles were standing in hell.

Whoever the message is for, did Charles agree to this presentation? If so, why did he flinch when he unveiled it? Or should he be looking over his shoulder after seeing this depiction of himself? If the portrait wasn’t supposed to be this eery, I hope the artist is rebuked and a new portrait by a different artist is commissioned to replace this depiction.

5) Art is highly emotional and used in various ways to influence the public, and yes, even to send messages to those who look closely enough. Sometimes an artist just liked a thing and didn’t intend any hidden message at all and is either dumbfounded or aghast at what the public saw in their work. If this artist is aghast at what the public sees, was the artist told to paint in this manner, or was it personal preference to paint in this manner as he says in the CTV article? I hope he’s not covering for someone at The Draper Company, because this is not a good portrait in the slightest!

I guess too many authors have been releasing “low content” books in recent years. No doubt pushed by author educators who have taught that these books sell a dime a dozen and therefore a quick, easy way to make money as an author. That may have been true in the past, but it appears to be no longer.

Some Print-On-Demand publishers will not publish low-content books period, such as Draft2Digital. Others will publish them, but will not send them out for Global Distribution to online bookstore catalogues, such as Barnes & Noble and Lulu. Many of these printers rely on Ingram Micro/Ingram Spark for their distribution to these catalogues, and apparently they will not push low-content books anymore.

Lulu just gave me this notification this morning:

Content Review Failed for Global Distribution
Dear Customer
The following project(s) do not meet our partners’ Global Distribution Content Requirements. Below, please find the project information and rejection reason.
Details:
My Foraging Notebook
Rejection Reason:
Low Content

This means if you want your low-content book to make you money, you need a wide reach online as you will only be able to list it on certain printer websites (ie: B&N and Lulu and maybe others I haven’t tried) and your own website. If you have a wordpress website with woocommerce installed, Lulu lets you integrate with your website’s store and you can pick and choose which books will be listed there. So I’ve done that with My Foraging Notebook over on my coaching website.

In the absence of automated Global Distribution, getting low-content books into bookstore catalogues or directories involves a fair bit of manual effort. I’ve also learned over the years that directories come and go like the wind. Some stay active and others close with no notice to authors who listed their books with them. At the very least, My Foraging Notebook, and other books I bring over to Lulu that are low-content, will be capable of being shipped to Canadian buyers.

I’ve also learned that ISBN Canada is now enforcing the requirement to send Collections Canada (an archive and research service) a physical copy of each book you obtained an ISBN for. This wasn’t being enforced in the past. Not sure I want to feed into that, but we’ll see.

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“The project was named after the Egyptian god of chaos. “This campaign is named Apophis [another name for Apep] after the cosmic world serpent from ancient Egyptian cosmology. The serpent pursues the sun god Ra, and every so often, nearly consumes the sun disc, resulting in an eclipse,” a NASA website stated.

“Apep, also known as ‘Apophis’ in Greek, was the Egyptian god of chaos. Apep was the polar opposite of the godly personification of order, Ma’at, and the chief enemy of the king of the gods, the sun-god Ra. He took the form of a great snake,” according to study.com

This project aims to “measure disruptions in the Earth’s ionosphere caused by the Moon’s temporary eclipse of the Sun,” which is accomplished via sounding rockets that carry scientific instruments into key regions of space.

Additionally, on the same day, CERN’s biggest and most potent particle accelerator in the world will smash protons together in an attempt to find any unseen particles (dark matter) that is covertly causing the cosmos to expand, according to the European Organization for Nuclear Research.

Total Solar Eclipse will occur on April 8.”

https://www.oann.com/newsroom/nasa-to-launch-3-rockets-on-april-8-during-total-solar-eclipse/

So April 8th is turning out to have quite the litany of events planned! A total eclipse, possibly a distant comet swinging by, CERN restarting experiments, and an ill-named science project!

Where I live, we won’t see much of, if any of the eclipse, and we don’t own a telescope to spot the comet either. But one thing I do know, having had to deal with it first hand in the past, is that names given to “gods” in ancient mythos tend to be literally connected to actual demonic entities in the very real supernatural world! I’m not surprised the first round of NASA’s experiements were done in Mexico. They too have a deity known in English as the world serpent, and with a very long Aztec/Inca/Mayan name in Mexico. Incidentally, the Chinese dragon could be called a serpent due to it’s rather snake-like features.

In Scripture, we read:

Genesis 3:1  Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

Genesis 3:14-15  And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:  15  And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
(this passage prophecies the coming of Jesus Christ and the events that would happen between Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday.)

John 8:44  Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

1 John 3:8  He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

Revelation 12:9  And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

World serpent indeed. . . We don’t need ignorant scientists paying such a personage any homage!

Songdove Books - Cross in the cloudsHave you put your faith in Jesus Christ?  Is your life placed in His eternal hands? I don’t know how the events of April 8th will affect daily life.  There could be nothing to impact what happens on earth, or there could be.  There could be nothing to impact spiritual life, or there could be.  But it seems that various pundits, astronomers, and pattern-watchers, are saying to be prepared for more than just looking at a total solar eclipse.  Time to check your spiritual compass to be sure it’s pointed at Jesus Christ as your guiding North Star.  No matter what anyone may try to do here on earth, when your life is in His hands, you can rest assured that whether in or out of the body, your eternal welfare is assured.  If you are not yet saved, I invite you to pray with me:

Dear Jesus, I admit that I am a sinner.  I admit that I am unable to save myself from the eternal punishment for all who sin.  I repent of my sins and ask that You forgive my sin and come live inside my heart.  I agree and declare that You are God and that You took my punishment on Yourself so that if I accept Your offer of Salvation, You can offer me eternal life.  I accept Your gift Jesus.  Thank You for saving me and granting me eternal life with You.  I ask for Your help living in these turbulent times.  Thank You for loving me enough to die for me.  in Jesus’ Name I pray, Amen.

If you prayed that prayer and meant it, you need to find a Bible and start reading it.  Begin in the book of John, then Proverbs, then Romans, then the Psalms, then four small books: Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians and Colossians (or the General Electric Power Company).  Find other believers, and a church that did not bow the knee during the pandemic.  As long as they are Salvation preaching, Bible teaching, Holy spirit leading people, they will aid in your growth as a believer.

The days are getting darker.  Be sure your eternal destiny is in good hands!

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So I just read this piece from our BC provincial government about housing initiatives!

“B.C. Premier David Eby says the private market can’t solve the province’s housing crisis, as his government launches an almost $3 billion public housing program to build more affordable rental units for middle-income earners.”

For starters, “middle income earners”??? What about those who are in the low-income bracket?! Where are they supposed to live?! I agree that rents are far too high these days, but to think that those earning more than $40k/yr need help paying rent too. . . ok. . . sort of. . . assuming they have a higher-end lifestyle to support than the basics and still want to rent when lowering that lifestyle might let them buy and put money into their own hole in the ground instead. . . but all this focus on middle income earners. . . they could make housing affordable for both them AND the low-income earners if they focused on rental affordability for those on low-income!

“The New Democrat government says the BC Builds program will target land owned by governments, community and non-profits and provide low-cost financing to fast-track rental property developments on underutilized lands in communities across B.C.”

Secondly. . . “underutilised land” . . . I know parking lots out there, where they sit empty for months on end, but put a major event in the building that built the parking lot and suddenly it’s so full there isn’t room to park everyone! Put other buildings on those lots, and THEN where will people park for those big events?! Oh right. . . they are trying to push people out of their vehicles and into mass transit, which often doesn’t run on workable schedules for these events!!! Hmmm. . . .

 “… the private market can’t solve the province’s housing crisis”

“… the strategy stands in contrast to the “predictable” outcomes when government exited the housing market, “speculators ran wild” and prices and rents rose.”

money, housingThirdly. . .So our choices are greed justified by landlords wanting renters to foot the mortgage for them, (erroneously calling rental suites “mortgage helpers” as a result!  Listen!  If you want ME to pay YOUR mortgage, MY name better be on the purchase papers and YOU are my renter!), or government-controlled housing. . .

As it is right now, everyone knows that it isn’t wise to buy or rent on native land, because you can be kicked off that land at any time without any reason. I’ve seen news stories right here in the Central Okanagan where they booted off other natives, simply because they weren’t indigenous to the local tribe! They were from Ontario, married a local native, had kids with them who grew up and moved back to Ontario. When the spouse from the local band died, the married-in spouse got evicted from the home they had bought and renovated! If they will do that to their own people, they will and have done that to those who are not of native origin.

Now. . . extrapolate that style of behaviour to the government, particularly in the new cancel culture we live in where if you say what they deem to be mis or disinformation or speak out against what they are doing, you can be liable for thought crimes, or even pre-crimes if Trudeau ever gets his way with THAT idea! So you move into government housing, speak out against the government and now you’re out of a home!

What we need is for people to stop buying homes they can’t afford that they expect renters to pay for. We need people buying what they CAN afford, not demanding the renter pays the mortgage, and charging liveable rates that low-income people who can’t buy homes, can afford on a monthly basis.

coinsCurrently, non-profits who handle subsidized housing demand that you don’t have any pets, among the list of other demands you have to meet before they put you on a 2 – 5 year wait list. The idea apparently presents that if you can afford a pet, why are you looking for subsidized housing? Do they know how many middle income earners have pets, perhaps more than one pet??? Two cats and/or two dogs is common among middle income earners! They might also have birds and fish too. Another stipulation often involves parking in these subsidized zones. Are they not aware that most middle income families have at least two vehicles, sometimes three or more if the kids are of driving age too? They don’t just have vehicles to commute to and from work, school or the store, but they might have toys as well such as ATV’s, motorbikes, boats, and other toys reminiscent of the middle class lifestyle that need somewhere to be parked and maintained. A low-income household might have one or two vehicles, and in an effort to save on fuel, one might be a motorbike or scooter. They generally don’t have all the toys needing extra space, but if two people in the home are working minimum wage jobs trying to make ends meet where buses don’t run very well, they will have two vehicles to get to those jobs.

I don’t foresee government-run housing being any better than subsidized housing, but I can easily see it being worse. Yes there are greedy people wanting to fleece the public for as much as they can get out of the rental market, and yes that is adding to the homeless population as people who used to be able to pay the bills, no longer can due to rising costs across the board while their job stays the same or even cuts back on them. But the way I’ve seen the government handle this in the past, versus how things are going into the future, I see this as another way to control the population.

EDIT April 5, 2024

An example of this kind of behaviour crossed my desk as I was scanning CTV News.  The tone of the article was intended to disparage the current sitting Saskatchewan government, but the behaviour would have been there regardless of which party had the ruling majority.

A Regina father and his five children have been left homeless after being evicted from a government housing unit on Wednesday after several noise complaints.

With children involved, the Saskatchewan opposition NDP says the situation should have been handled differently after the locks on the home were changed and the family was shutout of the house.

Nepinak said the children’s father called Saskatchewan Income Support first and then Regina Housing, which directed him back to income support.

“So this family did come to our office for assistance. They were evicted from Regina Housing. They say it was due to some noise complaints. They weren’t behind on rent. They weren’t behind on utilities and we were pretty shocked,” NDP MLA Meara Conway said.

A similar incident that took place with a Regina senior who suddenly found herself homeless(opens in a new tab) resulted in the province intervening and providing supports.

“This is a pattern that we’re seeing with a lack of real basic stuff from this government being able to provide housing to seniors, to children. I mean it’s very concerning,” Conway said.

The NDP office “very helpfully” came to the rescue of this “poor family” that the sitting government somehow couldn’t accommodate.

Here in BC, the ruling party IS the NDP who as mentioned earlier in this article, is trying to set up government-run housing!!!

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If at all possible, do your absolute best to avoid ever having to live in government-run projects!!! (anyone from or who knows of certain areas of NYC will understand the term I just used)

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Dangerous precedents against God’s people are trickling into the courts of our land! Today a human rights tribunal here in BC made a callous “observation”, either because of the defendant’s lack of reference to what I will share next, or in defiance of what the Bible does indeed command of God’s followers to declare, to expose, to defend, to preach and to do so publicly.

“Glebov alleged FIC terminated his employment because of videos posted on YouTube of him preaching his Christian views.

“I find Mr. Glebov has no reasonable prospect of proving that he has a sincerely held religious belief or practice that requires him to publicly share his views on the subjects at issue,” Etmanski said in her Jan. 26 decision.”

“Prior to each academic semester, Glebov and FIC entered into an employment agreement, part of which included a provision of a “staff pack.”

Under the heading, harassment in the workplace, the pack said, “FIC expects you to behave in a manner that will not intimidate or be offensive to the community. Harassment can be defined as any unwelcome or offensive comment or action concerning race, colour, marital status, language, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, sex, age, pregnancy, disability, political or religious conviction.”

Complaint to school
In November 2019, a student sent FIC’s principal links to Glebov’s YouTube videos.”

“Termination
On Dec. 9, 2019, Glebov met with the school director who told him the video comments went against school polices, and that his teaching duties would finish that day.

Glebov said the videos had no connection to his employment with FIC. He said FIC arbitrarily broadened the scope of the term “workplace” to videos posted in his personal capacity.

Glebov said the director arbitrarily characterized his views as hateful and offensive, without providing any basis for the subjective criteria it applied.

While Glebov claimed religious discrimination, FIC told the tribunal that Glebov would not be able to establish that his YouTube conduct arose from a sincerely held practice or belief that has a direct connection with religion.

“I agree,” Etmanski said. “ I find that Mr. Glebov has not taken out of the realm of conjecture that he sincerely believes he must publicly disseminate the views set out above as part of his Christian faith.”

She said he would have to prove how posting YouTube videos of his views are connected with his religion and required by it.”

“However, said Etmanski, “Glebov has not provided any basis for saying that publicly disseminating his views is related to the tenets of his faith or that his ability to practice his religion would be compromised if he were unable to do so.”

Added Etmanski, Glebov provided no “evidence that he had a religious duty to spread his views, or that he manifests his religious beliefs through activism.””

https://www.castanet.net/news/BC/470382/Religious-freedom-not-compromised-in-B-C-teacher-s-YouTube-related-firing-tribunal-rules

About that. . . Take a pause now, go make yourself your favourite beverage and snack plate, come back here, then sit down, put your feet up, maybe put on some soothing worship music, and read.

Scripture is literally FULL of exhortation to speak of our faith in public, in family gatherings, in the marketplace, on the street corner, on the highways and byways, in the seat of council and government, to other nations, around the world! The verses and passages here are not exhaustive of the many places in the Old and New Testament where these admonitions are given, but they are examples. In some cases, they are examples of what the defendant was talking about as well.

Not everyone who preaches what God loves and hates, will do so in a way that is tactful or ‘pleasing to the ear”, and some would say the wording shared in the above article was crass and even unfeeling or uncaring. Whether he actually said those phrases, or that’s what the student claimed he said is moot to the discussion, because people will reword what they hear regardless, and it will be reworded according to how they heard it and how it affected them. I fear that this kind of lynching will take place more and more, as the secular public tries to shut down God’s voice through His people as it becomes more and more offensive to them regardless of how careful or loving a discourse may set out to be.

Without further adieu, here is that sampling of directives in Scripture, to take what God shares to the public square:

Psalms 82:3-4  Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.  4  Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.

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Ecclesiastes 5:8  If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

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Isaiah 61:1-3  The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;  2  To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;  3  To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.

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Jeremiah 11:6  Then the LORD said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them.

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1 Chronicles 16:23-36  Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; shew forth from day to day his salvation.  24  Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among all nations.  25  For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.  26  For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.  27  Glory and honour are in his presence; strength and gladness are in his place.  28  Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength.  29  Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.  30  Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.  31  Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The LORD reigneth.  32  Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein.  33  Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth.  34  O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.  35  And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise.  36  Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.

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Psalms 9:11  Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.

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Psalms 96:1-13  O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth.  2  Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day.  3  Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.  4  For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.  5  For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.  6  Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.  7  Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength.  8  Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts.  9  O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.  10  Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.  11  Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.  12  Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice  13  Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.

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Psalms 145:3-4  Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.  4  One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.

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Isaiah 21:5-6  Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.  6  For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.

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Jeremiah 31:10  Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.

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Jeremiah 50:2  Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.

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Acts 13:32  And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,

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Acts 17:22-23  Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.  23  For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.

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1 John 1:3-5  That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.  4  And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.  5  This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

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Jonah 3:2  Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.

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Matthew 10:5-8  These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:  6  But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.  7  And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.  8  Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

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Matthew 10:14-28  And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.  15  Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.  16  Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.  17  But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;  18  And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.  19  But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.  20  For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.  21  And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.  22  And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.  23  But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.  24  The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.  25  It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?  26  Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.  27  What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.  28  And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

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Mark 16:15  And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

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Acts 5:40-42  And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.  41  And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.  42  And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.

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Acts 10:42-43  And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.  43  To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.

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Romans 10:8-11  But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;  9  That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.  10  For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.  11  For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

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Romans 10:13-18  For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.  14  How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?  15  And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!  16  But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?  17  So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.  18  But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.

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1 Corinthians 1:18-31  For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.  19  For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.  20  Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?  21  For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.  22  For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:  23  But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;  24  But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.  25  Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.  26  For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:  27  But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;  28  And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:  29  That no flesh should glory in his presence.  30  But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:  31  That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

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Galatians 1:7-10  Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.  8  But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.  9  As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.  10  For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

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Colossians 1:25-29  Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;  26  Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:  27  To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:  28  Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:  29  Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.


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