Israel & Earth

This got me thinking. Since Israel isn't literally, physically the middle of the surface of Earth 🌏, then why do Geocentrists think Earth needs to literally, physically be the center of the universe? Why didn't God place his temple and country at the North pole or the South pole? That way, our world would revolve around the temple of the LORD. The same reason the LORD God does anything. It's because the LORD's ways are so much higher than ours, like scripture says:

I made a video.

https://youtu.be/iNvKBH7l5X4

Actually, i rather like the idea of the Messiah's blood being on me and my children!

Did it ever dawn on you when the Judaism-Jews of early A.D.30-s told Pilate they were proud to take the blame for killing Christ, that God influenced them to say it in a way that should bless them and their children, for any of them that receive Jesus, and turn to faith in the name of Yeshua Messiah? The 5th passage in the picture below shows such things actually do happen.

the Gospel

How important is it, you receive & believe the right gospel?
Galatians 1:8-9 KJV, "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."

So, what gospel did the apostles preach? Is it in a few words? so we don't need to memorize all of John or Matthew or Mark or Luke? We actually don't need to memorize an entire Book of the Bible! We don't need to depend on a Bible-scholar like he were a priestly intermediary between God & man. We don't need to become an expert at making a web of crossreferences through the Bible. Instead it's so simple that there is a spot in the Holy Bible where it __basically__ says, "I'm about to tell you the gospel," has a brief description of that Glad News after the word "which", and then begins the _definition_ of the great Glad News after the words "how that". All of which, i believe is self-explanatory, but perhaps worth bringing attention to.

Finding the ending felt tricky. Please read 1st Corinthians 15 yourself, and therefore "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." — 2nd Timothy 2:15 KJV. My pic or tract here has two endings: where the bold ends, and where the tract ends. In verse 11, because of its phrase, "so we preach", made it seem so much like a kind of reverse of verse 1, which has the phrase, "which i preached". Nonetheless, verse 11 is after verses about the least apostle. Is apostle Paul inserting a "by the way" type statement into this delivery of the gospel? Or is he actually part of the gospel? To answer, please consider 1st Timothy 1:15-16 KJV, "This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. {16} Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting."

Shame? A hairy topic.

Judges 16:17 KJV, (Samson) "... told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man." And soon after, he's proven right.

But, we have heard, "The Bible _says_ its a shame for men to have long hair."  We may have heard, "The Bible _commands_ men to not have long hair."

No.

The Bible ___asks___ about men having long hair.  See for yourself:

1st Corinthians 11:14 KJV, "Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?" <—— Question mark.

If we answered scripture with scripture, instead of answering with western European cultural traditions, then we should not have forced a contradiction into scripture.

  Also, we should not have introduced such a vague law.  How long is long?  How short is short?  Such an undefined law makes us judge in the bad way.  That is, it makes us judge on-and-from something other than scripture.  Instead we become legislative judges, making our own rules.  John 7:24 KJV, "Judge not according to the appearance," (Hello!) "but judge righteous judgment."

Huge revelation from God: the difference between humans and animals!

The Remnant

Today's verse is inspired by Ashley Soular (ashsoular.com) and her album "The Remnant". Why?

Years ago Ash Soular's music career was surely about to explode!  This secular musician had guitar skills like Santana, (see for yourself https://youtu.be/2tGieanN5JQ), a great voice, and of course the looks, more than enough to be super famous.  

Then, her dad's prayers were answered, and she received the Lord Messiah.  Her conscience was heightened by the Holy Spirit, she stayed away from sins unlike before, and all her friends in the industry dumped her.  (I'm summarizing of course.  Here's her testimony: https://youtu.be/iCr-WNlbw-I).

The next day, God gave her some lyrics.

Years later, after another long journey, now, she has finally released her first, Messianic Christian album.  And it's REALLY good.  Please support this amazing artist, and sample and buy her album "The Remnant"!  At

http://www.ashsoular.com/#header

daily wisdom – righteousness given from God

My goodness that is really mine, isn't really good.
My goodness that is really good, isn't really mine.
Romans 10:3 KJV, "For they" (people who are blocked from getting saved from eternal damnation) "being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God."
1st Corinthians 15:10 KJV, "But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which /was/ /bestowed/ upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me."