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ADVANCED SPACE TECHNOLOGY 50-100 YEARS AHEAD OF WHAT WE KNOW. - A LECTURE
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Susan Murphy
Susan Murphy2 weeks ago
My father was in the military here in Canada for as long as I can remember. I asked him one day, not long ago, about the advancement of technology being 60 - 80 yrs in advance of what we know today and he said to me, if we all knew of what is going on today, we would ALL be very pissed off. And yes, it is very true
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CosmicCollector
CosmicCollector8 hours ago
the fact is it will be another 300 years
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sosocrazy1234
sosocrazy12344 hours ago
IAMCorung - they dont keep those technologies secret for our safety... they keep them secret because the power sources utilized in them are zero-point power sources and control of energy is control over people, which is why they keep us dependent on oil. antigravity is NOT the most significant nor the most useful achievement - their power sources are. so get off that "for our safety" or "mankind's not ready" bullshit, u are confused.
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Ssisal Stonescale
Ssisal Stonescale2 days ago
good video but some weird clicking sound every 62 seconds.
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Joe Mafia
Joe Mafia1 day ago
Saint Mic lmao
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Russell K. Bonney
Russell K. Bonney21 hours ago
Nope. It's alien intervention.
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Richard Stone
Richard Stone4 days ago
I have studied Hitler and the Third Reich extensively and there is much evidence (and more being declassified) that indicates they were indeed actively seeking the atomic bomb, Tesla's death ray, anti-gravity aircraft and much more. If, Hitler would have been patient and waited to launch war just two years, it is my opinion, he would have succeeded and the world would be a very different place today!
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B. Lantz
B. Lantz5 hours ago
Corporal Clegg he didn't say "better'. indeed it would be a very different place your grandparents would have perished in concentration camps like Dachau and you would have never been born
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APCWORLDSUXAZ
APCWORLDSUXAZ2 hours ago
hitler didn't lose, just moved operation to America.
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Jason Lopez
Jason Lopez3 days ago
I live in the AV. everything this man has said is true. A wild place to live
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kmn4200
kmn420019 hours ago
Me too. for 30 years and yes this video is on point as far as i know. just look at the sky out here people....
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Sam Iam
Sam Iam14 hours ago
AV?
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B.T. BUSCH
B.T. BUSCH6 days ago
this is THE REAL SHIT! Ppl are soo blind to this. I loove this channel!!!
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beaconrider
beaconrider1 day ago
Sure they will Jimmy. In fact, they are having a barbeque in your back yard right now.
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Justin Turner
Justin Turner1 week ago
wow amazing video. am amazed it does not have 10 million hits...
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rob wells
rob wells1 day ago
James Anagnos ye must be an idiot too if you are commemting dumbass
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Jason T.
Jason T.2 days ago
None of this shit makes any sense until you get to the 45 minute mark. Then, it makes perfect sense. As the speaker says repeatedly, think about it. This whole thing is complete bullshit, expertly designed to relieve crazy people of their money. There is no rational reason to conceal this kind of technology if it actually existed. It would be in commercial use by now, anyone with half a brain knows this. It would not in any way behoove our government or private companies to keep something like this secret. The commercial benefits would far outweigh keeping it under wraps.
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ilts aao
ilts aao13 hours ago
Please consult a cognitive dissonance specialist -
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Corporal Clegg
Corporal Clegg6 hours ago
some "ALT-RIGHT" type BS
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Comacazy Igetubich
Comacazy Igetubich22 hours ago
that's how they develop technology Way Back in the thirties cuz they also found and retrieve them back in the eighteen-hundreds when the calvary with searching for Indians in cave system German Nazis the calvary the United States government took all ancient flying aircraft they found in underground tunnel systems in underground ancient military bases and hit all that information from us so they can keep this planet enslaved by making human citizens work give them their tax money so the shadow government and all them keep State playing God and hide all the secrets that Society deserves to know about
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snaprollinpitts
snaprollinpitts1 day ago
very good lecture, but the ending was...
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Scott Davis
Scott Davis3 days ago
the mercury that you talk about is it special or is it any will do
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James Anagnos
James Anagnos2 days ago
you have to first test the mercury to see if its the right kind , first take small amount and put in your asshole if you fly its the one hahahahahaha
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Melissa McGowan
Melissa McGowan3 days ago
call me, dare you
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Randall Cebulski
Randall Cebulski1 day ago
I will call you any time. randall.cebulski@gmail.com
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Zero Signal
Zero Signal18 hours ago
Melissa McGowan suck my dick BITCH
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carl blackman
carl blackman4 days ago
Fukushima was an ELE and EVERY nuke power plant is leaking and 80%+ past design life by many years, yes fake space program is NASA just a joke.
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loopiewho
loopiewho14 hours ago
what are you trying to say ,?
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Paulo Rodrigues
Paulo Rodrigues4 days ago
not space patrol more like solar warden!
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benni borisow
benni borisow2 weeks ago
How much electricity would you need to charge the di-electric plates to cause this effect. I'm sure that this is not going to work.
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James Anagnos
James Anagnos2 days ago
mostly they are above their own head hahahaha pay no attentions to anyone in this room lmfao most should try and get serious help hahahahaha
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James Anagnos
James Anagnos2 days ago
connect to 12 volt battery and shove the disc up your ass hahahaha see what happens and please tell us lmfao
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Charles Brightman
Charles Brightman8 hours ago
Artificial gravity, necessary shield protections and FTLRT (Faster Than Light Relative Travel), here we come:
TOE: 9/22/2016.
My Current TOE:
THE SETUP:
1. Modern science currently recognizes four forces of nature: The strong nuclear force, the weak nuclear force, gravity, and electromagnetism.
2. In school we are taught that with magnetism, opposite polarities attract and like polarities repel. But inside the arc of a large horseshoe magnet it's the other way around, like polarities attract and opposite polarities repel. (I have proved this to myself with magnets and anybody with a large horseshoe magnet and two smaller bar magnets can easily prove this to yourself too).
3. Charged particles have an associated magnetic field with them.
4. Protons and electrons are charged particles and have their associated magnetic fields with them.
5. Photons also have both an electric and a magnetic component to them.
FOUR FORCES OF NATURE DOWN INTO TWO:
6. When an electron is in close proximity to the nucleus, it would basically generate a 360 degree spherical magnetic field.
7. Like charged protons would stick together inside of this magnetic field, while simultaneously repelling opposite charged electrons inside this magnetic field, while simultaneously attracting the opposite charged electrons across the inner portion of the electron's moving magnetic field.
8. There are probably no such thing as "gluons" in actual reality.
9. The strong nuclear force and the weak nuclear force are probably derivatives of the electro-magnetic field interactions between electrons and protons.
10. The nucleus is probably an electro-magnetic field boundary.
11. Quarks also supposedly have a charge to them and then would also most likely have electro-magnetic fields associated with them, possibly a different arrangement for each of the six different type of quarks.
12. The interactions between the quarks EM forces are how and why protons and neutrons formulate as well as how and why protons and neutrons stay inside of the nucleus and do not just pass through as neutrinos do.
THE GEM FORCE INTERACTIONS AND QUANTA:
13. Personally, I currently believe that the directional force in photons is "gravity".
14. I also believe that a pulsating singularity (which is basically a pulsating photon) is the pure energy unit.
15. When these pulsating pure energy units interact with other pure energy units, they tangle together. Various shapes (strings, spheres, whatever) might be formed, which then create sub-atomic material, atoms, molecules, and everything in existence in this universe.
16. When the pure energy units unite together they would tend to stabilize and vibrate.
17. I believe there is probably a Photonic Theory Of The Atomic Structure.
18. Everything is basically "light" (photons) in a universe entirely filled with "light" (photons).
THE MAGNETIC FORCE SPECIFICALLY:
19. When the electron with it's associated magnetic field goes around the proton with it's associated magnetic field, internal and external energy oscillations are set up.
20. When more than one atom is involved, and these energy frequencies align, they add together, specifically the magnetic field frequency.
21. I currently believe that this is where a line of flux originates from, aligned magnetic field frequencies.
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22. The Earth can be looked at as being a massive singular interacting photon with it's magnetic field, electrical surface field, and gravity, all three photonic forces all being 90 degrees from each other.
23. The flat spiral galaxy can be looked at as being a massive singular interacting photon with it's magnetic fields on each side of the plane of matter, the electrical field along the plane of matter, and gravity being directed towards the galactic center's black hole where the gravitational forces would meet, all three photonic forces all being 90 degrees from each other.
24. As below in the singularity, as above in the galaxy and probably universe as well.
25. I believe there are only two forces of nature, Gravity and EM, (GEM). Due to the stability of the GEM with the pure energy unit, this is also why the forces of nature haven't evolved by now. Of which with the current theory of understanding, how come the forces of nature haven't evolved by now since the original conditions acting upon the singularity aren't acting upon them like they originally were, billions of years have supposedly elapsed, in a universe that continues to expand and cool, with energy that could not be created nor destroyed would be getting less and less dense? My theory would seem to make more sense if in fact it is really true. I really wonder if it is in fact really true.
26. And the universe would be expanding due to these pulsating and interacting pure energy units and would also allow galaxies to collide, of which, how could galaxies ever collide if they are all speeding away from each other like is currently taught?
DISCLAIMER:
27. As I as well as all of humanity truly do not know what we do not know, the above certainly could be wrong. It would have to be proved or disproved to know for more certainty.
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reltub20001
reltub2000112 hours ago
I like the censor of this video. If it is not censored I will be surprised
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Cody Weidner
Cody Weidner2 days ago
Too bad they are all not more up on their Earth Science.. Why would seemingly intelligent groups of folks.. Build a Mega $$$ complex of industries On Top of a Major Fault Line? Just say'n ~;o)...
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James Anagnos
James Anagnos2 days ago
their is no such thing as red mercury you moron lol
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ilts aao
ilts aao13 hours ago
Tehnically it's Violet Mercury which has an electron excitation-cavity ringdown absorpiton spectrometry at 405nm. you sniping twat.
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James Anagnos
James Anagnos12 hours ago
Technically you are a dip shit lmfao
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Money Up!
Money Up!2 days ago
all fine but when can we go to the stars. I want to see more then just our earth....
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javier baron
javier baron14 hours ago
Money Up! Never. We can't leave earths orbit because of the firmament (van Allen radiation field ) that surrounds the earth. So the moon landing was a NASA hoax. They had to remove their ad for the mission to mar because they couldn't explain how to get through the deadly radiation field that could fry anyone trying to go through it.
So NASA figured out, "if we can't go to the moon then we just have to fake it."
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Enrico Gamboa
Enrico Gamboa3 days ago
Ok, a lot of us are now aware of all these secrets, thanks to these brave folks who brought it out to light. Now, the most important pressing question is "When will we get the benefits of this super advanced technology so we can stop destroying the planet?"
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This video looks at the “super-secret” black projects that the government are testing in the Area S4 and Area 51 region of the Nevada Desert, and other technology that might just be harnessing anti gravity or alien propulsion technology. It presents slides and photographs of the area, where we believe is built a large underground research facility.
What makes this evidence credible is that is coming from a former nasa and aerospace engineer, who worked on Interplanetary exploration. The video shows that a lot of the science fiction devices that are depicted in movies are already being created, or have already been created. The technology shown here proves that technology that the military has developed has anti-gravity capability.
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Jim Furr
Jim Furr1 day ago
This guy is hard to listen to, and the crackling sound in the audio was the final straw. I'm done! lol (22:43 is as far as I can make it).
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mary popa
mary popa12 hours ago
psycronizer , what makes you think he's an unknown? maybe by u!
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Hamayun Raja
Hamayun Raja4 hours ago
i agree totally
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Jonathan Freeman
Jonathan Freeman3 weeks ago
it's actually more like 100+ years ahead of what the public is using
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Craig Harris
Craig Harris2 hours ago
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Light years measure distance. Maybe you knew that and were making a point about origins. I've seen a 'triangle'. I'd like to think it were alien. But no evidence. Not a shred.
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Robert Cathcart
Robert Cathcart1 day ago
Ben Franklin once said that two people can keep a secret provided only that one of them is dead. Keep in mind that if the US military and the Jews had anti-gravity technology they would have taken over the World long before now so as entertaining as this vid is it should be treated as a pinch of salt.
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Robert Cathcart
Robert Cathcart1 day ago
LOL!! LOL!!!
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Shantorey Wilkins
Shantorey Wilkins13 hours ago
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Allen Lichner
Allen Lichner1 day ago
Every year someone claims we are in the end times an I survive
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Mr White
Mr White10 hours ago
Will it be of any reassurance if I told you that will be a year that you wont survive to? lol...
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Hayven Moses
Hayven Moses2 days ago
Well no shit,the Stealth bombers was made in the 60s
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Shantorey Wilkins
Shantorey Wilkins13 hours ago
+SuperVALUEDCUSTOMER π¬π¬π¬π¬π¬
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Paul Barrett
Paul Barrett10 hours ago
the fly wing was not the stealth aircraft
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Texas Hi-Railer
Texas Hi-Railer2 days ago (edited)
I'll say it again, the MOON is NOT a solid mass, a planet like they want us to believe, rather the MOON is a luminary, a light source and is not something man or anything else (so-called aliens) can land on. When are people going to wake up to this whole space deception that this "black government" has been slowly leaking on purpose???
Finally, Earth and mankind will NOT be here in 100 years from today and in fact I'm convinced our world w/mankind will not be here 50 years from now. The signs have been around us for decades now but the "blind" cannot see what is happening but, soon everyone's eyes will be opened and I sure hope that people wake up to what they need to do before the end comes, as it is just around the corner people.
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bill cur
bill cur9 hours ago
Texas Hi-Railer haha. you can get a telescope and look at the moon and c where rocks hit it and left craters. the earth will be here forever and gods ppl will be on it. it is foreboding times I know. have faith. if it weren't for god you'd b right. if you knew his word it would show u r a Christian and know what he's gonna do. yes the govt is using advanced technology. it's the worst kept secret next to hiding god
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barelyjonesin
barelyjonesin9 hours ago
Apollo deniers and flat earthers. LMAO
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Erik Coulombe
Erik Coulombe5 days ago
Solar alone can do wonders these days,it is 30% efficient now.
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MunroM84
MunroM842 days ago
The earths core acts as a giant dynamo, we just need some Nikola Tesla technology to harness unlimited free electricity.
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psycronizer
psycronizer1 day ago
oh of course because unlimited energy is really sensible and does not break any laws at all , does it ? nut job....
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John Michael Stock
John Michael Stock7 hours ago
NOTHING in this video is proof.
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Larry Fisher
Larry Fisher1 day ago
If you fly over area 51 they will shoot you down but, you can fly over Washington DC and the powers to be will let you crash into the Pentagon. What a mixed up world.
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Shantorey Wilkins
Shantorey Wilkins13 hours ago
π yes
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LARRY SIMONS
LARRY SIMONS4 hours ago
Larry Fisher that's one major clue that it was an inside job now isn't it. Considering the Pentagon and the White House have anti-aircraft Weaponry all around it. Even before 9/11. Not to mention several cameras that would have caught an image of an airplane supposably smashing into the Pentagon.
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OzarkHuntKennel
OzarkHuntKennel2 days ago
we were raised in Ft Worth Texas. My Dad worked for Lockheed Martin. He worked in a Top Secret area and it done something to my Dad that I despise to this day. He became distant, wouldn't go to church with us and to this day will only say he worked on planes. It's not something we can even try to discuss. There's no tolerance in the home concerning this subject. One thing I know for sure; My Dad is an honorable man despite him becoming distant. He remained loyal to that company that wasn't even that loyal to him.
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Chris Barrett
Chris Barrett16 hours ago
OzarkHuntKennel. Loyal, or scared witless! Possibly the latter that he covered up extremely well by the sounds of it.
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Sam Kirk
Sam Kirk2 hours ago
OzarkHuntKennel your dad saw alien aircraft, or aliens and thinks there is no God. well these are exactly the ones that are against God, some of them are interdimencional beings... It's no so simple as seems. It's not like oh I saw alien stuff= there is no God. No. It's way more complicated, and yes, there is God
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n0ka
n0ka1 day ago
is he selling a book by any chance
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Johnny jr
Johnny jr11 hours ago
fuck the bible
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Adam Danischewski
Adam Danischewski1 day ago
"We" most probably didn't go to space because we are in a dome on a flat plane with Antarctica around the perimeter under an ocean (hence our blue sky and the Navy space command). I think you explained the way UFO's fly though (Bielefeld-Brown effect, see LIFTERS), they are real and enter and leave underground bases via the ocean (walls of the respective continental shelf's) they also crash up through the ice in polar regions sometimes cutting loose huge icebergs.
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Wall Street Pirate
Wall Street Pirate9 hours ago
bullshit
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No fox given
No fox given1 day ago
50 years and the rest
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chris gange
chris gange1 day ago
OMG ride a gravity wave? you are talking about magnetism one minute, then your assuming magnetism is the same as gravity?? what kind of an engineer are you? do you have rattles and feathers too? google moron brothers, your right up there with them!
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Shantorey Wilkins
Shantorey Wilkins13 hours ago
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SS5 hours ago
These govt officials including the Third Reich learned of the first Ancient air craft by the Hindus. Called The Vimana. George Lucas also gained his idea for Star Wars through these Hindu Gods that battled evil through air ships and lasers. Learn your history.
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Brittannia Moon
Brittannia Moon4 days ago
try build a self powering motor can only be build in space but now no more if this is added
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stigmarto
stigmarto1 day ago
ok get me to the moon for materials and your on!
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drawin code
drawin code1 day ago (edited)
SeΓ‘n O'Nilbud lol
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Martin Birchall
Martin Birchall4 days ago
Time Travel has already been done by General John Titor a pilot in the US Airforce from the year 2036 flying the TR3B and the TR6 Aircraft. look up for John Titor on YouTube
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Martin Birchall
Martin Birchall1 day ago
Yes I do mean that do we know what are Government's are doing the truth is out there
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STEPHEN NOTT
STEPHEN NOTT6 hours ago
Can you ask John what the Lottery Numbers are on any time in February 2017 or what wins the Kentucky Derby 2017 so i can get some cash on. come on who wouldnt?
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GERMANICVS
GERMANICVS15 hours ago
50 years ahead of what you know and 50 years behind Russia...
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Russell Shute
Russell Shute15 hours ago
I'm a bit skeptical of his resources. The fig tree killer seems vague or unlikely as well as the male pruning obsession.
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POLITICS
FEB 18 2016, 12:54 PM ET
Trump: It’s ‘Disgraceful’ for Pope to Question My Christianity
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Donald Trump issued a blistering response to Pope Francis on Thursday, saying it is "disgraceful" for the Catholic leader to question his faith and calling the pontiff "a pawn" for the Mexican government.
"No leader, especially a religious leader, should have the right to question another man's religion or faith," Trump said at a rally in Kiawah Island, South Carolina. A press release followed shortly after he read the statement at the podium.
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Moments before Trump's rally was set to begin, Francis told reporters, "A person who only thinks about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian."
Building a wall on the United States' southern border is one of the main tenets of Trump's candidacy.
The pope's comments came during his flight back to Rome after a six-day visit to Mexico. Trump, who told a crowd of supporters that he "liked the pope" before learning of the statements, said the Mexican government manipulated Francis.
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"They are using the pope as a pawn and they should be ashamed of themselves for doing so, especially when so many lives are involved and when illegal immigration is so rampant," Trump said. The real-estate mogul said Francis has only heard "one side of the story" and does not see the problems caused in the U.S. by illegal immigration.
Trump's Social Media Director took to Twitter to call out his perceived hypocrisy of the pope calling Trump out for wanting to build a wall when the Vatican is surrounded by them.
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"If and when the Vatican is attacked by ISIS, which as everyone knows is ISIS's ultimate trophy, I can promise you that the pope would have only wished and prayed that Donald Trump would have been president," Trump added.
During his comments, however, the pope said he was not trying to influence Americans on who they should vote for, adding only that "this man is not Christian if he has said things like that."
Francis remains wildly popular among Catholics, who make up about a quarter of the general electorate. A CNN/ORC Poll released ahead of the pope's visit to the United State last September found that nearly three-quarters of Catholics held a positive view of Francis.
Other Catholic Republican presidential candidates like Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio have found themselves at odds with Pope Francis over immigration and climate change. However, both have attempted to make clear they disagree with some of his ideas while showing respect for the leader of the Catholic church.
Trump, who is not Catholic, did not take such a measured response.
"For a religious leader to question a person's faith is disgraceful. I am proud to be a Christian," Trump said.
Trump however, who is currently leading in South Carolina, has repeatedly questioned Ted Cruz's Christianity. Days earlier he tweeted: "How can Ted Cruz be an Evangelical Christian when he lies so much and is so dishonest?"
The Past Six Presidents Have All Used The Executive Power To Block Certain Classes Of Immigrants
Donald Trump has received much flak from Democrats and Republicans alike for his proposal to ban Muslims from entering the U.S through executive authority. However, the past six presidents have all used the executive power to bar different classes of immigrants.
Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 states: “Whenever the President finds that the entry of any aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, he may by proclamation, and for such period as he shall deem necessary, suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants or nonimmigrants, or impose on the entry of aliens any restrictions he may deem to be appropriate.”
President Barack Obama has used the authority this statute provides six times in his tenure. In July 2011, Obama barred the entry of “anyone under a UN travel ban; anyone who violates any of 29 executive orders regarding transactions with terrorists, those who undermine the democratic process in specific countries, or transnational criminal organizations.”
In April of 2012, he barred the entry of anyone “facilitating computer or network disruption that could assist in or enable serious human rights abuses by or on behalf of the government of Iran and Syria; anyone who have sold or provided goods, services, or technology to Iran or Syria likely to be used for such purposes; or to have materially assisted anyone whose property or interests are described.”
Former President George W.Bush used this authority six times as well during his tenure, typically on government officials. In January 2004, he signed an order “barring entry for public officials who solicit or accept bribes in exchange for any act or omission in their public duties that has serious adverse effects on the national interests of the U.S.; anyone who provides or offers to provide such a bribe; any current or former public official whose misappropriation of public funds or interference with public processes has had serious adverse effects on the national interests of the U.S.; or the immediate families.” The groups Bush barred for entry included members of the Mugabe government in Zimbabwe and the Lukashenka government in Belarus.
The authority of the president to bar certain classes of aliens was used six times by former President Bill Clinton. For example, in May of 1994 Clinton signed an order “barring entry for members of the Haitian military, their immediate families, any major participants in the coup d’Γ©tat of 1991.”
Then in January of 1998, Clinton signed an order “barring entry for members of the military junta in Sierra Leone, and their families.”
Former President George H.W Bush only used this executive authority once in his four years of office. When he did use it, it was actually to undo a previous executive order by President Ronald Reagan that suspended entry of officers and employees of the Nicaraguan government.
Former President Ronald Reagan used this executive authority five times while in office. In September of 1981, he barred the entry of “any undocumented aliens arriving at the borders of the United States from the high seas.” In August of 1986, Reagan signed an order “barring entry for any Cuban nationals or immigrants except in certain cases.” These “certain cases” included Cuban nationals who had applied for entry into the U.S as immediate family members and those who under law were “special immigrants.”
Former President Jimmy Carter used this executive power only once and in a way quite similar to what Trump has proposed. In April 1980, as the U.S embassy in Tehran was under terrorist control, Carter signed an order invalidating “all visas issued to Iranian citizens for future entry into the United States.” The order said that the U.S “will not reissue visas, nor will we issue new visas, except for compelling and proven humanitarian reasons or where the national interest of our own country requires.”
Law Professor Jan Ting of Temple University told The Daily Caller that “absolutely and without any doubt” does existing law allow Trump to restrict immigration of certain nationalities or religious groups.
BREAKING: These States Are Passing ‘ English Only’ Laws – Do You Support Them?
Kaxura 2 hours ago News, USA 72 Views
Because of the terror of the liberals and their Illuminati agenda, the USA stand up and fight against these evil people to keep the heritage and pride of the american nation. We heard so many things like : no more ,, merry Christmas”, no to English as official language, or be more political correct etc. However, their goal is total destruction of american culture and dignity.
One of their goals is to settle as much immigrants as possible. Most of them, of course muslim. However America is not going to retreat. Some states will fight to keep the English language as official. Some states have taken their preference for English further: including Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, and many others. They have mandated that only English be used to teach students.
Donald Trump will make this possible, trust me. He is not a puppet controlled by sick liberals. He is an honest American Patriot. If we all unite and fight for our ideals everything will change. Despite the fact that the mainstream media is a brainwashing factory, we still love America. This love can produce miracles. This love will make America great again. http://trueamericans.me/author/kaxura http://trueamericans.me/breaking-these-states-are-passing-english-only-laws-do-you-support-them http://trueamericans.me/category/news
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Rodney R Craig · Greenfield, Indiana
This is a possibly job searge. We are already funding the bordor addition of 5000 agents with weapons pointed at mexico, maybe will slow us up
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Anton Gin · New Jersey City University
Please try , Jose, please try !
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Josh King
I used to work as a welder when I was younger, it was me and 20 Mexicans , couldn't get paid what I was worth because the Mexicans undercut the pay, they wouldn't get taxes taken out of their check and sent the money back to Mexico and didn't spend it in our economy. So I see wht trump is doing , if you haven't been through it you would not understand . So save your bleeding heart, America first
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Josh King
That wouldn't be a smart thing to do, Trump will mess you up , don't know if you realized, but he don't give a f
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Emmett Edwards · Chaffey College
What - you want to start a war with United States - you fool
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Steve L James · Works at US Army Retired
It's time for all Americans to go to the Southern Borders and get ready for war against drug dealers, drug runners, illegal immigrants and the Mexican government! It's been too long, that the residents on the southern borders had to put up with drug dealers, drug runners and the Mexican government shooting at them and taking them hostage over the years under Mr Obama and his Administration!!!!
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Larry Hundley · University of Phoenix
He will build it on AMERICAN soil. You try to destroy it, well; there goes mexico. Boom
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Steven Allen Hille · Owner at Steven Hille - Digital Art
The reason folks the Mexican goverment is against the wall, is a backdoor policiy to 'make the U.S.A. Mexico again' Overwhelm us, which unchecked illegals. But yes, bouncing betties need to be installed, and call in J-DAM strikes to send the message home.
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Raymond Driggers · Selma High School
Let's see now, install mini guns every 100 yards with 50 thousand rounds each.Use drones to moniter activity along the wall and any Mexican that even looks like he's going to try to destroy it, give them a 15 second head start and then let loose the mini guns. C-130 gunships, fully armed to the teeth, flying low and slow and with deadly accuracy. Apache helicopters, hellfire missiles, 50 cal or whatever they arm them with available at any second and strategically placed to where they can be on location within 2 minutes of target from any direction. Use all American made steel, American concrete, American transports, and American only workers, then electrify with enough juice to take out a herd of elephants. Then if that doesn't deter the little bastards, 100 yard deep, full length of the wall minefield, two steps and back you go. So, wanna give it a shot el presidenta ? You don't want to piss off patriotic Americans that are tired of your scum stealing from us. No more.
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Denis Vincelette · Swampscott High School
Sorry Raymond to hear you rant like that. I have pity on these honest hard working people who want to earn a living share cropping our vineyards, orchards and fields. I remember getting down in the dirt with them picking strawberries. Many have work visas that permit them to cross our border to work and bring home a paycheck to the their starving families in Mexico. As it stands it is Americans that are too lazy to pick their own produce by not stopping low enough to pick their own strawberries. We have many unemployed that would be happy to join them. (Remember the Great Depression Era of o...See More
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Denis Vincelette · Swampscott High School
Note the Mexicans of Mexico earn a daily wage equal to our hourly wage. Anyone of them who can work hard enough to earn $25.00 a day is considered a wealthy person in Mexico.
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Denis Vincelette · Swampscott High School
NOTE! If there has to be a wall to keep People out then it also works in reverse to keep American people in. Our government could make prisoners of us... Remember the Berlin Wall?
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Max Head · Casper, Wyoming
I would shoot anyone trying to do harm to American property, this to inclued the Mexican overlord himself.
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Lemore Aizenman · Los Angeles, California
If the wall is not going to be effective as u claim why is Mexico so upset about it?
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Kathy Yardy · SCHOOL OF EVEN HARDER KNOCKS
Good luck amigo!
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David Pusateri · Wichita, Kansas
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Nebuchadnezzar’s dream is revealed to Daniel—The king saw a great image, a stone cut from the mountain without hands destroyed the image, and the stone grew and filled the whole earth The "breast and arms of silver" represent the Persian realm that superseded Babylon. The "belly and thighs of brass" prefigure the succeeding Hellenistic states. The two "legs of iron" point to the Roman Empire, foreshadowing the division between Rome and Constantinople. The feet of the image, "part of iron and part of clay," symbolize the European kingdoms that grew out of the dissolving Roman Empire, beginning in the fifth century. Those kingdoms merged the culture of Rome with that of northern and eastern European tribes; hence, the symbolic mixing of iron and clay. This name was borne by a 12th-century BC king of the Babylonian Empire 604?–561? Nebuchadnezzar also subdued the whole of what much later became known as Israel, and took Jerusalem, carrying away captive
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What is the TRUE Apostolic teaching on the Christian woman's headcovering? (Post XV)
FOUR SPIRITUAL AND SCRIPTURAL ARGUMENTS
(1 Corinthians 11: 7-10)
 In verses 7 through 10 of 1 Corinthians 11 the Apostle presents his argumentation for the headcovering, and the order of headship that the headcovering represents. As we continue, it will become clear to the reader that these arguments are at once spiritual and scriptural.
We will proceed in our examination of this passage by using verse 10 as the pivotal point for the text:“For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels” (verse 10).
“For This Cause.”
The statement “for this cause” is with the accusative case in the Greek language, which indicates the cause or reason of the act. The “act” in this situation is that the women ought to be covered. “For this cause,” refers to the preceding statements in verses 7 through 9, and also includes the cause given in verse 10; namely, “because of the angels.” The Bible states in this passage (verses 7-9) that the man, indeed, “Ought not to cover his head for in as much as he is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man; for the man is not of the woman but the woman of the man. Neither was the man created for the woman but the woman for the man. For this cause ... because of the angels.”
My friends, this is what the Bible is teaching. As much as this may rub our fur the wrong way, or ruffle our feathers, we must, as mature Christians, submit our conscience to the Word of God.
As we look closely at these verses, there are four arguments given in support for the injunction for the Christian woman to have her head covered in the place of meeting.
Argument one: She is the glory of the man;
Argument two: She was created from the man;
Argument three: She was created for the benefit of the man;
Argument four: She should be covered because of the angels.
We will proceed to examine these causes in a close manner.
To be continued:
Peace to your houses;
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The Origin and Function of Government Under God
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R. C. Sproul (website: Ligonier.org)
Jan 25, 2017
Scripture: Romans 13:1-2 1 Peter 2:13 Matthew 28:18 Acts 1:8
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Obeying authority is hard. We bristle anytime we hear someone say: “You must do this. You ought to do that.” We want to be able to say: “Don’t tell me what to do. I want to do what I want to do.” We want people to empower and entitle us. We hate receiving mandates. That’s our nature. In light of this, I like to talk about a Christian worldview and how it differs from a pagan worldview. One way to differentiate the two would be to consider each worldview’s understanding of responsibility toward authority. If I were not a Christian, I certainly wouldn’t embrace submission to authority. But being a Christian makes me hesitate before I live in active disobedience to those whom God has put in authority over me. To understand why, we must look at the New Testament’s explanation of the origin and function of government under God. This issue is clearly dealt with by the Apostle Paul in the thirteenth chapter of his epistle to the Romans.
Romans 13 begins: “Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment”(vv. 1–2). Paul begins this study of the government with an Apostolic command for everyone to submit to governing authorities. This lays a framework for Christian civil disobedience.
Paul’s teaching in Romans 13:1–2 is not an isolated instance in the New Testament. Paul is simply reiterating here what he teaches elsewhere, what is also taught by Peter in his epistles—and by our Lord Himself—that there is a fundamental obligation of the Christian to be a model of civil obedience. We as the people of God are called upon to be as obedient as we possibly can in good conscience to the powers that be. Remember that Paul is writing this to people who are under the oppression of the Roman government. He’s telling people to be submissive to a government that would eventually execute him. But he doesn’t do so in a blind sense that precludes any possibility of civil disobedience.
For now, I want us to see that Paul is setting the stage in Romans 13 for explaining why the Christian is supposed to be particularly scrupulous and sensitive in civil obedience. Paul begins to set forth his case by saying, “Let every person be subject to the governing authorities.” Why? “For there is no authority except from God.” Peter puts it another way. He tells us to submit ourselves to the earthly authorities for the Lord’s sake (1 Peter 2:13). That means that if I show no respect to a person whom God has set in authority between Himself and me, my disrespect carries beyond that person and ultimately lands on God as the giver of the authority. The biblical concept of authority is hierarchical. At the top of the hierarchy is God. All authority rests ultimately in God, and there is no authority invested in any institution or in any person except through the delegation of that authority from God. Any authority that I have in any area of my life is a derived, appointed, and delegated authority. It is not intrinsic but extrinsic. It is given ultimately by the One who has inherent authority. Within this hierarchy structure, God the Father gives all authority on heaven and earth to Christ, His Son (Matt. 28:18). God has enthroned Christ as the King of kings. So if Christ is the prime minister of the universe, it means that all the kings of this world have a King who reigns over them and that all the earthly lords have a superior Lord to whom they are accountable. We know that there are vast multitudes of people in this world who do not recognize Christ as their King, and because His kingdom is invisible right now, they say, “Where is this king? I don’t see any reigning king.” In light of this, the task of the church is of cosmic political proportions.
In Acts 1:8, Jesus gave a mandate to His disciples: “And you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth” (Acts 1:8). They were to be witnesses, but witnesses to what? The immediate context of this verse is a discussion about the kingdom. Jesus was going to heaven, but He said, “In my absence you are to bear witness to the transcendent, supernatural truth of my ascension.” That’s why our first loyalty as Christians must be to our heavenly King. We are called to respect, honor, pray for, and be in subjection to our earthly authorities, but the minute we exalt the earthly authority over the authority of Christ, we have betrayed Him, and we have committed treason against the King of kings. His authority is higher than the authority of the president of the United States or Congress or the king of Spain or any ruler anywhere else.
If you don’t like the president of the United States, remember that the One who cast the deciding ballot in his election was almighty God. Of course, God doesn’t sanction or endorse everything that the president does; neither is it the case that God turns the authority over to the president and says, “Go ahead and rule these people however you want.” Every king is subject to the laws of God and will be judged accordingly. It may be that the president is completely ungodly, but for reasons known to God alone, God has placed him in that seat of authority.
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Andrew Say
Andrew Say It's a lovely fluffy idea.
A bit of bartering is cool, but it is very primitive and cumbersome.
Money is the best part of the best barter system of them all.
If you were a potato farmer, Imagine carting sacks of potatoes everywhere you went, like the cinema for instance.
What if they didn't want any more potatoes, and you didn't want a bread roll for change. Lol
And tax, tax is awesome.
If you want public roads, bridges, a police force, hospitals, schools, emergency services, fire brigades, public sporting facilities, boat ramps, town parks, national parks, etc . . .
Someone has to pay "taxes" with "money" so these things will be funded.
Isn't reality horrible.
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Patricia Vaive
Patricia Vaive I used to barter services in high school. I cut hair for help with math homework, or for hand hemming a skirt, Later as a young bride, I bartered machine sewing or babysitting for help ironing or vacuuming. Some people are just better at some things than others, and some people hate to do certain tasks.
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Thomas E. Mitchell
Thomas E. Mitchell Actually, what was it, about 30 years ago that bartering EXPLODED? There were several national exchanges and individuals and small businesses were going nuts with it. Enter the IRS. They started taxing barter transactions, requiring everyone to pay income tax on the market value of the goods or services being traded. So, while barter is a great idea, if you don't plan to pay taxes on it, and if you plan to do a lot of it, it's a "cross-your-fingers" proposition where you just hope you stay below the IRS' radar. AFAIA, they may primarily go after those using exchanges but, I do not believe the tax laws limit the tax liability to only those types of transactions.
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Diane Teeter
Diane Teeter Tax collector will find a way. Especially if you do it online. There is a Bartering tax 420. You have to fill out a form 1099 B and report income on Form 1040.
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Grantley Dickinson
Grantley Dickinson Not true, you can tax it. In Australia is it a taxable transaction based on the value attached to that transaction. But Bartercard is an example of how it would become monetised
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Page Gerrick Denny
Page Gerrick Denny Umm...have you read any books about the Middle Ages? Rulers taxed the people all the time, by confiscating whatever the good was the person produced. And they largely lived in bartering economies.
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Seven Churches of Revelation
by David Treybig
The apostle John was given important messages to the seven churches of Revelation. How are we to understand this section of Scripture today?
Seven Churches of Revelation
Map of the seven churches Jesus Christ addressed in Revelation 2 and 3 (artwork by Kelly Cunningham).
As the first chapter of the book of Revelation explains, the apostle John was given a vision of end-time events leading up to the return of Jesus Christ. Part of the instruction that John received was: “What you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea” (verse 11). The order of these cities corresponds to “the route along which a courier from Patmos [where John received the vision] would have carried the scroll” (ESV Study Bible, Revelation 2:11).
Trying to understand what these messages mean for Christians today has been puzzling. These seven churches, named by their locations, were not the sum total of all the congregations of the Church of God in the first century. Additional congregations were located at Corinth (1 Corinthians 1:2), Philippi (Philippians 1:1) and Colosse (Colossians 1:2), just to name a few of the additional cities where churches of God existed in the New Testament.
So why did God the Father, the author of this message (Revelation 1:1), select these seven congregations? What relevance do these messages have for us today? As we will see, God selected these seven congregations to give timeless instruction for His people throughout the centuries.
Because this instruction is both historical and prophetic—John was told to write about “the things which are, and the things which will take place after this” (verse 19, emphasis added)—this information must be understood from more than one perspective. Here are three ways this section of Scripture can be understood.
Instruction for the first-century churches
The seven churches of Revelation 2 and 3 were congregations of the Church of God in the first century. Located in Asia Minor (now modern Turkey), these churches represented actual communities of early Christians—not buildings or meeting halls.
In addressing each of these congregations, God said that He knew their works. Knowing the challenges they were facing and how they were responding, He admonished them to repent of their mistakes and to remain faithful in order to receive salvation. Although their circumstances varied, this message was similar for each church.
In closer examination of these messages, it is interesting to note that God clearly understood the difficulties and influences that the members of the congregation in each city had to endure and resist. For example, He knew that the members at Ephesus had lost their “first love” and that they were resisting the negative influence of the Nicolaitans (Revelation 2:4, 6). God also knew the “tribulation, and poverty” those in Smyrna were facing (verse 9).
One important lesson from Revelation 2 and 3 is that God knew the issues facing the churches and members of the first century. Similar to Paul’s letters to various congregations in other cities, these short messages to the seven congregations were intended to encourage the members in these cities to hold fast to God’s way of life so they could be rewarded in the future.
Progressive history of the Church
Students of the Bible have also noted that the messages to the seven churches imply a progressive history of things “which will take place after this” (Revelation 1:19). Some have described this as the chronological development of the Church or church eras.
Addressing this perspective, the late professor Dr. John F. Walvoord notes: “Many expositors believe that in addition to the obvious implication of these messages the seven churches represent the chronological development of church history viewed spiritually. They note that Ephesus seems to be characteristic of the Apostolic Period in general and that the progression of evil climaxing in Laodicea seems to indicate the final state of apostasy of the church. … The order of the messages to the churches seems to be divinely selected to give prophetically the main movement of church history” (John Walvoord, The Revelation of Jesus Christ, 1989, pp. 51-52).
Another scholar, C.I. Scofield (1843-1921), editor of the Scofield Study Bible, gives a similar explanation:
“Again, these messages by their very terms go beyond the local assemblies mentioned. It can be seen that Ephesus (Revelation 2:1-7), though a local church in the apostle’s day, is typical of the first century as a whole; Smyrna (Revelation 2:8-11) characterizes the church under persecution, e.g. from A.D. c. 100-316; Pergamos (Revelation 2:12-17), ‘where Satan dwells’ … is suggestive of the church mixing with the world, e.g. in the Middle Ages; Thyatira (Revelation 2:18-29) reveals how evil progresses in the church and idolatry is practiced; Sardis (Revelation 3:1-6) is representative of the church as dead, yet still having a minority of godly men and women, as during the Reformation; Philadelphia (Revelation 3:7-13) shows revival and a state of spiritual advance; and Laodicea (Revelation 3:14-19) is illustrative of the final state of apostasy which the visible church will experience” (Scofield Study Bible, Revelation 1:20).
While the Bible does not give us specific dates for the time periods or eras of the Church’s development and many of these periods of time overlap, there are indications of this historical progression within these messages to the churches. Here are a few of these apparent indications of the Church’s developing history:
Ephesus, the first church mentioned in the messages to the seven churches of Revelation, served as the center for John’s ministry at the end of the first century. The island of Patmos, where John received the vision recorded in the book of Revelation, was only 50 miles from Ephesus. It is well-known that John preached about love—some refer to him as the apostle of love—to help Christians at that time recapture their “first love” (Revelation 2:4; 1 John 3:10-11, 14, 16-18, 23).
Smyrna, the second church mentioned, was told that it would “have tribulation ten days” (Revelation 2:10). Commenting on this verse, Adam Clarke states: “As the days in this book are what is commonly called prophetic days, each answering to a year, the ten years of tribulation may denote ten years of persecution; and this was precisely the duration of the persecution under Diocletian, during which all the Asiatic Churches were grievously afflicted. Others understand the expression as implying frequency and abundance, as it does in other parts of Scripture” (Adam Clarke Commentary, Revelation 2:10).
Regardless of the exact meaning of “ten days” in Revelation 2:10, history shows that the Church of God faced great persecution in its earliest centuries. As shown, this is implied in the message to Smyrna and is also included in the third message (to Pergamos), in which God refers to “Antipas … My faithful martyr” (Revelation 2:13).
The messages to the last four churches speak of Christ’s return—an indication that at least a remnant of Thyatira, Sardis and Philadelphia will still exist, along with Laodicea, in the end time (Revelation 2:25; Revelation 3:3, 11, 20). Indicating that the progression of history prior to Christ’s return has nearly run its course, Philadelphia is promised protection during “the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth” (Revelation 3:10).
Advice for Christians throughout the ages
A third way the messages to the seven churches can be understood is as advice and warnings to Christians throughout all ages. The responses of each church to the advice given can also be understood as attitudes. The relevance of these messages to Christians throughout history becomes obvious with the closing to each of the seven churches: “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches” (Revelation 2:7, 11, 17, 29; Revelation 3:6, 13, 22).
While more complete explanations of the relevance of each message are available in the articles on each congregation, here is an abbreviated summary of the lessons we can learn from the instruction God gave each church:
Ephesus (Revelation 2:1-7): Don’t lose your love for God’s truth or His people.
Smyrna (Revelation 2:8-11): Remain faithful in the face of tribulation and poverty.
Pergamos (Revelation 2:12-17): Resist Satan’s influence, even to death, if necessary.
Thyatira (Revelation 2:18-29): Resist false teaching.
Sardis (Revelation 3:1-6): Remain zealous and pure in conduct.
Philadelphia (Revelation 3:7-13): Persevere and walk through the doors God opens.
Laodicea (Revelation 3:14-22): Don’t become lukewarm about God’s way of life.
Abuse of church eras
Similar to the way much of the Bible’s teaching has been misunderstood and misapplied, some have misused the messages to the seven churches in claiming that their organization or group of people represents a particular church era, such as Philadelphia, and that other believers represent another era, such as Laodicea. No matter what humans may claim, we have to remember that Christ will be the ultimate Judge (Acts 10:42; Acts 17:31; 2 Timothy 4:1).
As for judging others to be Laodiceans, it is ironic to note that the nature of those in Laodicea was to misjudge their spiritual condition. Again, the timeless instruction for us today is to hear and apply all of the messages given to the churches. The wise course of action is to heed all of the messages and let Christ do the judging—a role He will most certainly fulfill!
Modern relevance of the messages
The messages to the seven churches of Revelation 2-3 show us that the Church of God and its members were destined to face many trials throughout the centuries before Jesus Christ would return. Yet God promised to reward His Church and individual members if they would remain faithful to Him.
These rewards include eating from the tree of life (Revelation 2:7), being given the crown of life (verse 10), being given a new name (verse 17), being given power over the nations (verse 26), having one’s name written in the Book of Life (Revelation 3:5), becoming a pillar in God’s temple (verse 12) and sitting with Christ on His throne (verse 21). This encouragement from God reminds us that serving Him is well worth the effort.
What are you doing with the spiritual knowledge you have received? Are you remaining faithful to what God has revealed? Continue reading the information on this website to learn more about God’s way of life and how you can strengthen your relationship with God. You may find it especially helpful to study the sections on “The Church” and on “Christian Conversion.”
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Since ancient times, the elusive concept of wisdom has figured prominently in philosophical and religious texts. The question remains compelling: What is wisdom, and how does it play out in individual lives? Most psychologists agree that if you define wisdom as maintaining positive well-being and kindness in the face of challenges, it is one of the most important qualities one can possess to age successfully — and to face physical decline and death.
Vivian Clayton, a geriatric neuropsychologist in Orinda, Calif., developed a definition of wisdom in the 1970s, when she was a graduate student, that has served as a foundation for research on the subject ever since. After scouring ancient texts for evocations of wisdom, she found that most people described as wise were decision makers. So she asked a group of law students, law professors and retired judges to name the characteristics of a wise person. Based on an analysis of their answers, she determined that wisdom consists of three key components: cognition, reflection and compassion.
Unfortunately, research shows that cognitive functioning slows as people age. But speed isn’t everything. A recent study in Topics in Cognitive Science pointed out that older people have much more information in their brains than younger ones, so retrieving it naturally takes longer. And the quality of the information in the older brain is more nuanced. While younger people were faster in tests of cognitive performance, older people showed “greater sensitivity to fine-grained differences,” the study found.
It stands to reason that the more information people have in their brains, the more they can detect familiar patterns. Elkhonon Goldberg, a neuroscientist in New York and author of “The Wisdom Paradox,” says that “cognitive templates” develop in the older brain based on pattern recognition, and that these can form the basis for wise behavior and decisions.
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According to Dr. Clayton, one must take time to gain insights and perspectives from one’s cognitive knowledge to be wise (the reflective dimension). Then one can use those insights to understand and help others (the compassionate dimension).
Working from Dr. Clayton’s framework, Monika Ardelt, an associate sociology professor at the University of Florida in Gainesville, felt a need to expand on studies of old age because of research showing that satisfaction late in life consists of things like maintaining physical and mental health, volunteering and having positive relationships with others. But this isn’t always possible if the body breaks down, if social roles are diminished and if people suffer major losses. “So these people cannot age successfully? They have to give up?” she recalled asking herself.
Wisdom, she has found, is the ace in the hole that can help even severely impaired people find meaning, contentment and acceptance in later life.
She developed a scale consisting of 39 questions aimed at measuring three dimensions of wisdom. People responding to statements on Professor Ardelt’s wisdom scale — things like “a problem has little attraction for me if I don’t think it has a solution,” or “I can be comfortable with all kinds of people” and “I’m easily irritated by people who argue with me” — were not told they were being measured for wisdom. Respondents later answered questions about hypothetical challenges and crises, and those who showed evidence of high wisdom were also more likely to have better coping skills, Professor Ardelt found. In general, for example, they said they would be more active than passive about dealing with hardship.
An impediment to wisdom is thinking, “I can’t stand who I am now because I’m not who I used to be,” said Isabella S. Bick, a psychotherapist who, at 81, still practices part time out of her home in Sharon, Conn. She has aging clients who are upset by a perceived worsening of their looks, their sexual performance, their physical abilities, their memory. For them, as for herself, an acceptance of aging is necessary for growth, but “it’s not a resigned acceptance; it’s an embracing acceptance,” she said.
“Wise people are able to accept reality as it is, with equanimity,” Professor Ardelt said. Her research shows that when people in nursing homes or with a terminal illness score high on her wisdom scale, they also report a greater sense of well-being. “If things are really bad, it’s good to be wise,” she said.
The Berlin Wisdom Project, a research effort begun in the 1980s that sought to define wisdom by studying ancient and modern texts, called it “an expert knowledge system concerning the fundamental pragmatics of life.” A co-founder of the project, Ursula M. Staudinger, went on to distinguish between general wisdom, the kind that involves understanding life from an observer’s point of view (for example, as an advice giver), and personal wisdom, which involves deep insight into one’s own life.
True personal wisdom involves five elements, said Professor Staudinger, now a life span psychologist and professor at Columbia University. They are self-insight; the ability to demonstrate personal growth; self-awareness in terms of your historical era and your family history; understanding that priorities and values, including your own, are not absolute; and an awareness of life’s ambiguities.
Wisdom in this sense is extremely rare, Professor Staudinger said, and research has shown that it actually declines in the final decades. As a coping strategy, it is better to be positive about life when you are older, she said, and the older people skew that way. They are more likely to look back on their lives and say that the events that occurred were for the best; a wise person would fully acknowledge mistakes and losses, and still try to improve.
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INFLUENTIAL Joan and Erik Erikson devised a theory on human development. Credit Sarah Putnam
True wisdom involves recognizing the negative both within and outside ourselves and trying to learn from it, she said.
Modern definitions of wisdom tend to stress kindness — even if it’s not on the order of Buddha, Gandhi or the Dalai Lama. Wisdom is characterized by a “reduction in self-centeredness,” Professor Ardelt said. Wise people try to understand situations from multiple perspectives, not just their own, and they show tolerance as a result.
“There’s evidence that people who rank high in neuroticism are unlikely to be wise,” said Laura L. Carstensen, a psychology professor and founding director of the Stanford Center on Longevity in California. “They see things in a self-centered and negative way and so they fail to benefit emotionally from experience, even though they may be very intelligent.”
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Professor Carstensen does not consider herself a wisdom researcher because “there’s a piece of me that thinks it’s not useful to use a term that’s been around for 1,000 years.” Some researchers are skeptical about testing for such an amorphous trait as wisdom.
But Professor Carstensen does study emotional regulation, and says that is a key component of wisdom.
If you are wise, she said, “You’re not only regulating your emotional state, you’re also attending to another person’s emotional state.” She added: “You’re not focusing so much on what you need and deserve, but on what you can contribute.”
Daniel Goleman, author of “Focus” and “Emotional Intelligence,” said, “One aspect of wisdom is having a very wide horizon which doesn’t center on ourselves,” or even on our group or organization.
He said an important sign of wisdom was “generativity,” a term used by the psychologist Erik Erikson, who developed an influential theory on stages of the human life span. Generativity means giving back without needing anything in return, Dr. Goleman said. The form of giving back could be creative, social, personal or financial, and “the wisest people do that in a way that doesn’t see their lifetime as limiting when this might happen,” he said.
Dr. Goleman interviewed Erikson, along with his wife, Joan, in the late 1980s, when both were in their 80s. Erikson’s theory of human development had initially included eight stages, from infancy to old age. When the Eriksons themselves reached old age, though, they found a need to add a ninth stage of development, one in which wisdom plays a crucial role. “They depict an old age in which one has enough conviction in one’s own completeness to ward off the despair that gradual physical disintegration can too easily bring,” Dr. Goleman wrote in The Times.
In the final years of life, “Even the simple activities of daily living may present difficulty and conflict,” Joan Erikson wrote in an expanded version of her husband’s book, “The Life Cycle Completed.” “No wonder elders become tired and often depressed.” The book adds: “To face down despair with faith and appropriate humility is perhaps the wisest course.”
“One must join in the process of adaptation. With whatever tact and wisdom we can muster, disabilities must be accepted with lightness and humor.”
Whatever the nature of one’s limitations, simplifying one’s life is also a sign of wisdom, Dr. Clayton said, for example, by giving your things away while you are still alive. Some people have trouble with the idea of settling for less — “they’ve gotten so used to the game of acquiring more,” she said.
Settling for less and simplifying is not the same as giving up. In fact, when older people lack challenges, self-absorption and stagnation may take over, the Eriksons said. The key is to set goals that match one’s current capacities.
Continuing education can be an important way to cultivate wisdom in the later years, researchers say, for one thing because it combats isolation. But training in practical skills may be less useful for older people than courses in the humanities that help people make sense of their lives, Professor Ardelt says. She and other researchers recommend classes in guided autobiography, or life review, as a way of strengthening wisdom. In guided autobiography, students write and share their life stories with the help of a trained instructor.
Dr. Clayton says there’s a point in life when a fundamental shift occurs, and people start thinking about how much time they have left rather than how long they have lived. Reflecting on the meaning and structure of their lives, she said, can help people thrive after the balance shifts and there is much less time left than has gone before.
Correction: March 21, 2014
A picture on March 13 with an article about research on wisdom and aging carried an erroneous credit. The photograph, of the psychologist Erik Erikson and his wife, Joan, in 1988, was taken by Sarah Putnam for The New York Times; it was not by a Times staff photographer.
A version of this article appears in print on March 13, 2014, on Page F1 of the New York edition with the headline: The Science of Older and Wiser. Order Reprints| Today's Paper|Subscribe
My Olive Tree was birthed out of a heart to support the land and the people of Israel.
It was in 2004 when I first sat down with the then, Finance Minister, now Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and we discussed a huge humanitarian aid initiative that I was involved in—a project that was bringing in over 20 million dollars worth of aid into the nation of Israel.
It was an enormous undertaking, and the Finance Minister was grateful and polite when he opened up to express his heartfelt concern for the people of Israel. You see, he did not want Israel to become a country dependent on charity, but rather, a country that prospers through economic independence. It was a few years later while attending a meeting in Israel, when the “concept” of My Olive Tree was presented to us...
My first reaction was, “No way!”
But the Israelis in the meeting eagerly said, “You can plant a million olive trees… a plan to help make Israel economically independent… You can do this!”
My answer again was, “No… this is not for me.” And then I felt the prompting of the Lord to step outside of our meeting place. He then began to show me a vision of a blue and green globe, and said, “Do you see all of those little green spots? I planted all of those without your help.”
That was when My Olive Tree began… and it has since grown and is still growing!
Today, through the help of thousands of people around the world, we have planted over 20,000 partner sponsored olive trees throughout Israel—a far cry from the HUGE vision of one million—but we are diligently moving forward to reach that goal!
Text: Acts 6:1-7
Title: “Unstoppable Ministry”
Open your Bibles to Acts 6:1. Tonight is our Evening of Prayer and Praise where our church gets
down to serious praying and we want to pray for you. Later in our worship time you’ll have an
opportunity to share prayer requests with us. So if you have a need write it on the prayer card in your
worship folder and put in the offering basket later. Also let me remind you that this Wednesday
evening is our church conference where we present our budget for 2015-16. We invite you to come
to hear the presentation and participate in the discussion. We’ll adopt the budget on March 8 in our
morning worship services. Read Acts 6:1-7.
ILLUSTRATION – When I was in college I was a youth pastor at a church in the day when
everyone wore coats and ties (at least the men did). I got up late one Sunday morning and didn’t have
a clean dress shirt so I grabbed one out of the dirty clothes. It was all wrinkled so I quickly ironed the
collar and the cuffs, thinking that was the only part anyone would see. It was so stinking hot that day
that I wanted to take my coat off by I couldn’t because I didn’t want anyone to see my wrinkled shirt.
ILLUSTRATION – I’m not going to ask for a show of hands, but ladies, do you have a housekeeper
come to your house from time to time, maybe every week? How many of you spend a lot of time
cleaning your house before the housekeeper comes? There are some things you just don’t want
anyone else to see.
It would be tempting for the Holy Spirit and Dr. Luke (the human author of Acts) to hide this next
episode in the church. After all, we see here that as powerful as the early church was, they had
problems, just like every church does. They didn’t get everything right.
Acts 6:1a - In those days when the number of disciples was increasing…
The church is moving forward in the power of the Holy Spirit. People are being saved; disciples are
being made. But even the best of churches will face challenges. But God is glorified, the Gospel is
extended and our ministry is unstoppable when we remain true to our biblical priorities.
It’s easy for us to lose sight of our priorities. In fact, Satan would love nothing more than to stop the
Gospel ministry of the church. Satan’s attacks on the church are unrelenting. First he tries to defeat
the church through persecution. We see that in Acts 4-5 when the apostles are arrested for preaching
the Gospel. (Tonight in our Evening of Prayer and Praise we’ll spend time praying for the persecuted
church around the world. The beheading of the 21 Coptic Christians last week in Libya is a great
reminder to us.) Then Satan tries to corrupt the church through impurity and hypocrisy. We see that
in Acts 5 with the deception of Ananias and Sapphira. If Satan can’t defeat the church through
persecution or corrupt the church through impurity and hypocrisy, he will try to distract the church
by misplaced priorities. And that is what we see happening here in Acts 6. God gave the apostles the
calling and assignment to proclaim the truth and the Word of God in the Gospel. If they are
distracted from that priority, it will leave the church vulnerable to false teachers, not to speak of the
fact that the Gospel will not penetrate the world as it should. At the same time, Jesus commanded the
church to love one another and to care for one another. That’s also a priority. And if they failed to
care for each other it would be reflect poorly on the Gospel they proclaimed.
THE PROBLEM
Acts 6:1 - In those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Grecian Jews among
them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the
daily distribution of food.
There are cultural differences in the church. Most of the earliest Christians came from a Jewish
background. But among the Jewish believers some came from Greek speaking regions and others
came from Hebrew speaking regions. Now they are all together in the church, but these cultural
differences remain.
We’re not told if this was a deliberate neglect, or if it was just an oversight. For whatever reason the
Grecian widows who were needy had been neglected when the apostles distributed food. Remember
that we learned earlier in Acts that one of the sweet things that was happening is that there was no
needy person among them. People gave sacrificially so that no one was in need. Now this system is
being threatened.
THE SOLUTION
Acts 6:2 - So the Twelve gathered all the disciples together and said, “It would not be right for
us to neglect the ministry of the word of God in order to wait on tables.
Now it sounds like someone suggested that one solution to this problem was to ask the apostles to
tend to this need. But the apostles were wise enough to know that for them to spend the time to meet
that need would mean them having to neglect something they had already been called to do … the
ministry of teaching and preaching the word. The apostles are not saying, “We are above this kind of
service. Find someone else to do it.” They are saying that they have a calling that requires a huge
amount of time, and for them to add another responsibility (no matter how important it is) would
cause them to neglect something important. So to solve this problem…
Acts 6:3 - Brothers, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit
and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them
Acts 6:4 - and will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word.”
Now what is happening here is that the apostles are putting into place a system that will become part
of all New Testament churches. The apostles in the church in Jerusalem are setting the pattern for
pastoral leaders in the churches that will come as the Gospel spreads and churches are planted. They
are also setting a pattern for servant leaders later to be called deacons. These seven men are not
called deacons, but the presumption is that they are the first deacons in the church.
For example, when the Gospel spread to Macedonia (Greece) and a church was established in the
ancient city of Philippi, Paul addressed them:
Philippians 1:1 - Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus at
Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons:
So there are two offices in every NT church: the office of the pastor (also called overseers or elders)
and the office of deacon.
Acts 6:5 - This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and
of the Holy Spirit; also Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from
Antioch, a convert to Judaism.
Incidentally, these are all Greek names. The church chose men who understood the needs of all
people, but particularly the ones in the minority … the Grecian widows who were being neglected.
Acts 6:6 - They presented these men to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.
This pattern of testing and qualifying men for the office of deacon is spelled out in I Timothy 3. We
use this passage in our interviewing of men the church nominates to serve as deacons in our church.
THE RESULTS
Acts 6:7 - So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly,
and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith.
Satan’s attack was unsuccessful; and the ministry of the church is unstoppable. Our text begins with
the note that the number of disciples was increasing. It ends with a note that the word of God spread
and the number of disciples rapidly increased. And even a large number of Jewish priests were saved
(a group you might expect to be resistant to the Gospel). When we remain true to our biblical
priorities our ministry is unstoppable. The Word of God continues to be taught and preached to
establish the church and expand the Kingdom of God. And the neediest people in the church
(widows) were cared for in an effective way.
Now there are three points of application I draw from these verses:
1. THE IMPORTANCE OF MINISTRY IN THE CHURCH
Just reading this passage shows us that there was a network of ministry that permeated their
fellowship. In Acts 6:1 there is a “daily distribution of food.” The word for “distribution” is the word
that is often translated “ministry.” In Acts 6:2 this is called waiting on or serving tables (again, the
same word that is translated “ministry).” Then in Acts 6:4 the apostles have a “ministry of the word,”
using the same word for “ministry” as in vv.1-2. There is the ministry of the twelve apostles and
there is the ministry of these seven servants, later to be called deacons. But there is much more
ministry than that going on in the church. Why? Because that is the heart of our Savior.
Matthew 20:28 - just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his
life as a ransom for many.”
Where people are filled with the Spirit of Jesus there will be service.
1 Peter 4:10 - Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully
administering God’s grace in its various forms.
We tend to put the spotlight on certain kinds of ministry in the church, but there are many important
ministries that operate in a hidden way that we could not do without.
PHOTO - ILLUSTRATION – Legendary college basketball coach Dean Smith died a few weeks
ago. He was a trend-setter in basketball circles. In fact, it was Dean Smith who started something that
is common today in basketball. Maybe you’ve seen a player after scoring a basket as they turn to run
back down the court they point to someone. Dean Smith started that by teaching his players to point
to the assist man. Give some recognition to the player who found the open man and passed the balled
to him.
There are hundreds of roles in ministry in the church, all of which help us keep our priority on
proclaiming the Word of God and caring for people.
2. THE DISTINCTIONS OF MINISTRY IN THE CHURCH
ILLUSTRATION – Just think about the Marvel Superheroes. There’s a bunch of them. Maybe your
favorite is the Hulk or Black Widow or Captain America or Iron Man. But they work as a team. The
Hulk’s solution to everything is to smash it. Captain America may not be the physically strongest,
but he’s a leader. Iron Man knows technology. They all have different weapons and strengths (and
weaknesses). No one of us has the time, the gifts and the energy to do everything that needs to be
done in the church. That’s why God gave us differing gifts.
There are countless ways of serving in and through the church. Here in Acts 6 are just two ways.
There is a distinction between what the apostles (pastoral leaders) are called and gifted to do and
what these seven men (deacons) are gifted and called to do.
Pastoral leaders are called to teach and preach to equip the church:
Ephesians 4:11-12 - It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be
evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God’s people for works of service,
so that the body of Christ may be built up
So all of God’s people are to be engaged in works of service (ministry). Just as pastors equip the
saints for works of ministry; deacons provide the leadership in doing the works of ministry. Some
churches have a “deacon board” that runs the church. But that is not the way the Holy Spirit
established the office of deacon in the church. I’m grateful that we have a biblical deacon body. They
are a body of servants, who lead the church in caring for everyone.
But beyond those two offices there are countless distinctive ways that ministry goes on in the church.
We need to celebrate that diversity that Christ has given to His Body, the church. Find your unique
place of service and glorify Go 3. THE EMPOWERING FOR MINISTRY IN THE CHURCH
The Seven were to be men filled with the Spirit and wisdom.
Acts 6:3a - Brothers, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit
and wisdom.
Obviously the apostles were men filled with the Spirit. We see it repeatedly in the book of Acts to
this point.
Acts 6:4 - and will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word.”
They knew that the power of the Holy Spirit for unstoppable ministry flows from prayer and the
proclamation of the Word of God.
What if someone stopped you in the hallway on the way out of church today and asked, “What
ministry do you have?” Could you give a quick answer? I serve in the preschool, or I help in the
parking lot, or I help greet people. There are many important ministries in the church. Find your
place and glorify God in it.
Tomgram: Michael Klare, Twenty-First-Century Armageddons
Posted by Michael Klare at 7:04AM, January 17, 2017.
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Heading into the Trump era, our American world already feels like it’s overheating badly. The headlines careen from the president-elect’s tweets against Meryl Streep (“one of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood...!”) to conflicts over conflicts of interest to secret briefings by the intelligence community on highly compromising (but unsubstantiated and possibly completely insubstantial) “personal and financial information” about the president-elect supposedly gathered by the Russians, including sex videos of him with prostitutes in Moscow (“‘kompromat,’ or compromising material, with the possible goal of blackmailing Mr. Trump in the future”). The Trump-Russian “dossier,” paid for by his political opponents, including claims about contacts between his campaign and Russian officials, has reportedly been circulating for some time “among intelligence agencies, senior members of Congress, and other government officials in Washington.”
In such an extreme hothouse atmosphere, it’s not surprising when even the most curious of figures can start to look like -- as one former State Department official testifying before Congress put it recently -- a “stabilizing and moderating force, preventing wildly stupid, dangerous, and illegal things from happening.” That was Eliot Cohen discussing retired Marine General James “Mad Dog” Mattis, Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, and it’s true that if you’re comparing him to retired Lieutenant General Michael Flynn, the new national security adviser, or Mike Pompeo, the prospective head of the CIA, Mattis may indeed look remarkably sane and even moderate.
But let’s try to keep things in perspective. Recently, the Washington Post featured a piece by Greg Jaffe and Adam Entous on General Mattis’s tenure as the head of U.S. Central Command that, amid the screaming headlines of this moment, came and went unnoticed. Embedded in it was this little gem: in 2011, when Iranian-backed insurgents in Iraq, using Iranian-supplied rockets, were killing American troops, Mattis grew increasingly incensed. As a result, he formulated a plan, which made it to (and was rejected by) the Obama White House, to launch a direct American “dead-of-night” attack on Iran either to take out a power plant or an oil refinery. This “World War III scenario” -- the willingness to take a chance, that is, on sparking a regional conflagration -- and the urge to act preemptively (including against “Iranian swarm boats” in the Persian Gulf) finally led to his being replaced as CENTCOM commander five months early.
This, then, is what we know of the man generally agreed to be the sanest, most down-to-earth figure on Trump’s national security team. Keep that in mind as TomDispatch regular Michael Klare takes us on a quick tour of our present planetary hot spots (including Iran), any of which could blow sky high as Donald Trump and his team of “mad dogs” take office. Tom
Escalation Watch
Four Looming Flashpoints Facing President Trump
By Michael T. Klare
Within months of taking office, President Donald Trump is likely to face one or more major international crises, possibly entailing a risk of nuclear escalation. Not since the end of the Cold War has a new chief executive been confronted with as many potential flashpoints involving such a risk of explosive conflict. This proliferation of crises has been brewing for some time, but the situation appears especially ominous now given Trump’s pledge to bring American military force swiftly to bear on any threats of foreign transgression. With so much at risk, it’s none too soon to go on a permanent escalation watch, monitoring the major global hotspots for any sign of imminent flare-ups, hoping that early warnings (and the outcry that goes with them) might help avert catastrophe.
Looking at the world today, four areas appear to pose an especially high risk of sudden crisis and conflict: North Korea, the South China Sea, the Baltic Sea region, and the Middle East. Each of them has been the past site of recurring clashes, and all are primed to explode early in the Trump presidency.
Why are we seeing so many potential crises now? Is this period really different from earlier presidential transitions?
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