Friday, July 17, 2020
Thursday, July 16, 2020
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
How was Noah's Ark built
God gave Noah specific instructions on how to build the ark (Genesis 6:14). The gopher wood mentioned may have been cedar or cypress trees plentiful in Armenia. The pitch referred to was tar (a resin substance to seal cracks and seams in the wood). The dimensions of the ark (Genesis 6:15) show it was more like a barge than a ship. It was 300 cubits long (450 feet); the breadth was 50 cubits (75 feet wide), and 30 cubits high (45 feet high). It had around 96,000 square feet on three decks. The volume of space in the ark was 1.4 million cubic feet. It was impossible for it to capsize. It was a massive vessel.
As mentioned before, God gave Noah specific instructions on how to build the ark. Along with instructions would come the know-how. Nobody knows what tools Noah had. Many people think Noah must have used stone tools. When God made man, the man was obviously intelligent. Within a few generations from Adam, man was making musical instruments (Genesis 4:21). With people living hundreds of years before the flood by the time of Noah, how much knowledge existed or who could know what sort of technology existed. Remember, no one knows how the Egyptians built the pyramids or how the ancient people built all of those stone structures down in South America. The ancient people had knowledge that we just are not aware of.
We need to look at all things from a Christian worldview based on the history in the Bible.
There is nothing in the Bible ruling out the possibility that Noah had plenty of help. He had three sons. Noah’s grandfather Methuselah died only 1 year before the ark was finished and his father Lamech died 5 years before they finished the ark. Both may have helped if they lived nearby. Noah may have also hired a construction crew to build the ark. They might not have agreed with the message he was preaching, but that would not stop someone from working and being paid for it.
Hebrews 11:7 tells us, “By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.”
This does not mean Noah built the ark by himself. We can single the leader of a project out for recognition when others are involved. King Solomon built the temple (1Kings 6). But we know from 1 Corinthians 28:19-20) that God gave the detailed plans to David Solomon’s father, although many others took part in its construction. The same is true concerning Moses and the Ark of the Covenant (Deuteronomy 10:3).
Noah was the leader of the project to build the Ark. He would rightly be recognized as its builder, although many others may have been involved.
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Monday, July 13, 2020
Friday, July 10, 2020
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
Sunday, July 5, 2020
Ellen White
Ellen white Witch craft
Ellen White was fully-invested in the occult. That her spirit guide gave her a green cord to summons him is indisputable and highly-significant to this analysis:
"My guide now opened the door, and we both passed out. He bade me take up again all the things I had left without. This done, he handed me a green cord coiled up closely."
http://www.ellenwhite.info/…/ellen-g-white-book-early-writi…
http://www.ellenwhite.info/…/ellen-g-white-book-early-writi…
That a green cord or "cingulum" is a common tool of white witchcraft is demonstrated by the four separate entries from comprehensive Encyclopedias of the occult and witchcraft shown below.
Furthermore, Adventism - in direct opposition to Christianity and the Bible, both of which insist that Jesus Christ is our sin-bearer - argues that Satan is the sin-bearer:
"It was seen, also, that while the sin-offering pointed to Christ as a sacrifice, and the high priest represented Christ as a mediator, the scape-goat typified Satan, the author of sin, upon whom the sins of the truly penitent will finally be placed. When the high priest, by virtue of the blood of the sin-offering, removed the sins from the sanctuary, he placed them upon the scape-goat. When Christ, by virtue of his own blood, removes the sins of his people from the heavenly sanctuary at the close of his ministration, he will place them upon Satan, who, in the execution of the judgment, must bear the final penalty. The scape-goat was sent away into a land not inhabited, never to come again into the congregation of Israel. So will Satan be forever banished from the presence of God and his people, and he will be blotted from existence in the final destruction of sin and sinners."
https://egwwritings.org/?ref=en_4SP.258¶=140.1022
https://egwwritings.org/?ref=en_4SP.258¶=140.1022
The He-goat is an important part of satanic/occult worship and clearly ensorses the idea that Satan is the sin-bearer:
"The ugly beast’s head expresses the horror of the sinner, whose materially acting, solely responsible part has to bear the punishment exclusively; because the soul is insensitive according to its nature and can only suffer when it materializes."
https://encyclopediasatanica.wordpress.com/…/baphomet-goat…/
https://encyclopediasatanica.wordpress.com/…/baphomet-goat…/
Virtually all of the pagan and occultic religions feature a "horned goat from the wilderness" as their central symbol that is worshiped:
"Fojr Wiccans, the Horned God is "the personification of the life force energy in animals and the wild" and is associated with the wilderness, virility and the hunt. Doreen Valiente writes that the Horned God also carries the souls of the dead to the underworld."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horned_God
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horned_God
Ellen White's writings are sprinkled with occultic terms such as "life force energy" and "vital forces" and so forth:
https://pmicenter.wordpress.com/…/c…/seventh-day-adventists/
https://pmicenter.wordpress.com/…/c…/seventh-day-adventists/
Ellen White's insistence on vegetarianism as vital to spirituality was shared by her fellow 19th Century spirit medium, Satanist Madame Blavatsky. 1 Timothy 4 denounces this as "Doctrines of Demons:"
https://blavatskytheosophy.com/the-theosophical-view-of-me…/
https://blavatskytheosophy.com/the-theosophical-view-of-me…/
Saturday - which has been proven over and over again is not the Biblical Sabbath; but has evolved into the central Adventist doctrine, is simply beyond any reasonable dispute. Ellen was "shown" by her spirit guide that the Sabbath is the only commandment with a halo around it. Similarly, Wicca Witchcraft emphasizes the Witches' Sabbath as the occult's gold-standard of time worship, and the time when the Satanic He-Goat apparition frequently-appears:
Friday, July 3, 2020
Thursday, July 2, 2020
Wednesday, July 1, 2020
Why did Satan sin?
Pride (Proverbs 16:18). Satan’s original name was Lucifer. He was the Guardian cherub in Eden (Ezekiel 28:14). He wore precious stones. He took notice of his beauty (Ezekiel 28:17). Seeing how beautiful he was, his pride took over, and he tried to replace God (Isaiah 14:13). Apparently, the angels had a freewill back then. Satan chose to sin. He got one-third of the other angels to follow him (Revelation 12:4). They all sinned and will face some dire consequences (Matthew 25:41).
Mankind also has free will. He can choose God or Satan. If he chooses God eternal life awaits him (John 3:16). If he chooses the world the same fate awaits him as Satan and the fallen angels (Galatians 5:19-21). It is pride that keeps people from inheriting eternal life.
Monday, June 29, 2020
Sunday, June 28, 2020
Satan
Pride. Satan's original name was Lucifer. He was the Guardian cherub in Eden (Ezekiel 28:14). He wore precious stones. He took notice of his beauty (Ezekiel 28:17). Seeing how beautiful he was, his pride took over, and he tried to replace God (Isaiah 14:13). Apparently the angels had a freewill back then. Satan chose to sin. He got one-third of the other angels to follow him (Revelation 12:4). They all sinned and will face some dire consequences (Matthew 25:41).
Mankind also has free will. He can choose God or Satan. If he chooses God eternal life awaits (John 3:16).
Saturday, June 27, 2020
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
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Saturday, June 20, 2020
Friday, June 19, 2020
Thursday, June 18, 2020
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Sugar skulls
The origin of sugar skulls goes all the way back to a time when the skull was a predominant figure in Mesoamerican societies (1500 B.C. until 1521 A.D.) in various depictions. One depiction was tzompantli, which was a wooden rack where the skulls of prisoners of war and human sacrifices were displayed. The tzompantli could also be an altar depicting the journey to the spiritual world. These civilizations believed in spiritual life after death. The skulls were offered to the god of the underworld, Mictlantecuhtli. They were then assured safe passage to the underworld. Aztec mythology says that he ruled Mictlan, which is the lowest northernmost point in the underworld. It is not uncommon to find sugar skulls made with Mictlantecuhtlis face on them.
When the Spanish brought their religion, the traditions were then lost. Part of them was kept alive by maintaining the figure of a skull in a piece of candy-colored and decorated.
Monday, June 15, 2020
Lawn jockey
TODAY'S HISTORY LESSON: THE BLACK LAWN JOCKEY (footman).
These days people don't know the real meaning behind these statues, so they vandalize them, & THINK of them as racist, etc. The history of the black 'footman' with a lantern is the exact opposite. Its meaning signified that the home was a stop on the Underground Railroad. These were largely a northern thing, and weren't commonly found in the South until after WWII when northerners moved there and brought this custom with them. The clothing of the statue was also coded. A striped jockey's shirt meant that this was a place to swap horses, while a footman in a tailed coat meant overnight lodging and/or food, and a blue sailor's waist coat meant the homeowner could take you to a port and get you on a ship to Canada. Later, these came back into popularity after WWII, and they were again coded. Mostly to show that the white homeowners supported early civil rights efforts, and were NOT Klan members, etc. These statues are something we should be proud of because they led a lot of our ancestors to their freedom and they also represent the bravery and support of the homeowner's that risked their homes, themselves, & their families for the struggle of freedom and equality.
These days people don't know the real meaning behind these statues, so they vandalize them, & THINK of them as racist, etc. The history of the black 'footman' with a lantern is the exact opposite. Its meaning signified that the home was a stop on the Underground Railroad. These were largely a northern thing, and weren't commonly found in the South until after WWII when northerners moved there and brought this custom with them. The clothing of the statue was also coded. A striped jockey's shirt meant that this was a place to swap horses, while a footman in a tailed coat meant overnight lodging and/or food, and a blue sailor's waist coat meant the homeowner could take you to a port and get you on a ship to Canada. Later, these came back into popularity after WWII, and they were again coded. Mostly to show that the white homeowners supported early civil rights efforts, and were NOT Klan members, etc. These statues are something we should be proud of because they led a lot of our ancestors to their freedom and they also represent the bravery and support of the homeowner's that risked their homes, themselves, & their families for the struggle of freedom and equality.
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