The Short Cease Fire

 Good day children,

Back to the current crisis, Israel destroying Hamas - I want to again discuss the ongoing war in the middle east.  Humas attached Israel, Israel responded and is, as much as possible, going to destroy Hamas, and now there is a temporary peace fire while the kidnapped Israelis are traded for terrorists.  Some people are arguing that Israel does not value Palestinian lives as they are trading at 3 to 1 for their kidnapped victims.  Just another media ploy to make Israel look bad in the world’s view, the ratio is not that important as I believe Israel fully intends to kill all the Humas terrorists before this conflict is over.  And again, this is not a new war, the players are different, but the war has existed since sin showed up in creation.

This is about the battle between God and sin.  Not that all the Arabs are sinners, but if you are not born again and on God’s side, accepting Him, through Jesus Christ, as your Redeemer you are on the sin side.  This sin side, which is today being evidenced here by the Humas, is simply opposition to God.  Separation from God is death in the spiritual realm.  To be sure, not all Jews are faithful to God, nor do they honor God properly, none of us humans do.  But Jews are special, chosen by God bring forth his message of Love and forgiveness to this lost sinful world.

Take note that as this war evolves the masses of people protesting in the streets here and in Europe are not supporting the victims here, the Israelis, but the Palestinians, protesting that Israel is too brutal in their revenge on Humas and the poor downtrodden Palestinians trapped in Gaza.  Some Muslims cry these Hamas are not us; but they allow them to live in their midst, they share the same religion and acknowledge that the Koran does endorse Jihad, they cheer for them as heroes when they kill and butcher Americans and Jews.  If the Palestinians will not police their own cities then they are the same as Hamas.  If the world does not stop Humas, that is all the radical Muslims, them they intend to kill us.  Their goal is to have a Muslim controlled world, which would be very brutal. 

Many of our own citizens are caught up in the demonstrations because they do not belong to God and don’t want to trust Him with their lives, they enjoy sin in all its manifestations, mostly power, money, and sex.  And some with lots of money are providing large amounts of money to keep these protesters funded and on the streets.  The workers I know are working and don’t have time to be gluing themselves to the highways or walls in museums, protesting the past that provided them the good life they are rebelling against. 

Look at Europe; France, Germany, and the Scandinavian countries who accepted hordes of Arabs into their countries and now are looking for ways to export them as they are not like us and do not live the same way we do and will eventually destroy these countries.  They will not accept our rules of LAW and by the simple birthrates will take over the elections in a couple of decades.  So we are back to the questions of the crusades and driving the Moors out of Spain, how do we get these people, some of whom we stupidly granted citizenship, out of our country?

And be aware of Allah and don't take Him for granted.  Who is this God they worship?  Could He is also be our God, that the Muslims have so misjudged his character of love?  The Catholic church during the Spanish Inquisition was pretty bad in many ways and did not represent God's Love either.  I suggest you read the prophecies of Daniel and watch them being fulfilled.  We are approaching the days when God’s long enduring patience is ended, and the judgement will start.

 

To Addisson with love,

Good day Addisson,

Grandma and I love you and talk a lot about you, as well as Quinlyn and Asa IV, these days.  We think about you and pray about you a lot.  For you are on a curious path in life and asking us to help support you on that journey.  But we are not sure you have much of an idea where that journey is taking you.  And perhaps that is not bad, but it leaves us concerned for you and your preparation to take care of yourself in the future.  We will not be providing this current support forever.  Right now, it is in the range of $30,000 a year, and all we are getting from you is that you are seeking fluency in Mandarin Chinese.  There are well over a billion people in the world fluent in Mandarin Chinese.  What use is another fluent person and how does she hope to support herself in this life?  Where does Mandrin Chinese fit into her life?

I recently read a quote from Eric Hoffer, called The Longshoreman Philosopher, which was interesting.  He wrote: “God has implanted in us the seeds of all greatness and it behooves us to see to it that the seeds germinate, grow, and come to flower.  We must see learning and growing as a sort of worship.  For God has implanted capacities and talents in us, and it is our sacred duty to finish God’s work.”  Hoffer also stated that a writer must above all entertain the reader.  So, to write and grow God’s given talent is needed, but we should make it interesting to the reader, even entertaining.  You might be in exactly the right place for God to use you, are you aware of any calling to use this Mandarin Chinese? 

Now that you are not attending classes, have you had time to become more fluent or finish your TEFL course?  You are not in Taipei to have a long vacation or travel tour, unless you are writing a travel book or column.  What are you doing?

Well, Grandma and I are not writers, but we have pursued our talents, simpler than writers, but servants are a talented group also, and one often discussed in the Bible.  God has a high appreciation for faithful servants.  Be it just cleaning up the kitchen, doing the laundry, or providing income to support the family’s extra expenses.  Grandma and I are faithful servants.  And to be sure, God has blessed us.  This extended family we live in is a blessing. 

So I ask you to think about your position right now, respond with some of your thoughts, and let us know what our oldest granddaughter is doing these days.  And as always Stay close to God and His Love - Focus your life on God and His goodness and share his love and ask for His guidance.

Stay close to God and His Love - Stay away from all forms of occult.

Focus your life on God and His goodness and you will not have to worry about the occult.

Occult would include Ouija boards, seances, fortune telling, psychic reading, all these are forms of opening the underworld.  It is a form of divination.  Divination and other occult practices are condemned in the Bible numerous times.  The very action of using a Ouija board has profound spiritual consequences that are beyond our control, whenever we seek to engage demons, we move away from the One True God.  Stay away from all forms of occult practices — by staying close to God.  If you have questions pray in the spirit.

Divination is discussed in the Bible and condemned as is witchcraft and other methods of sorcery and magic.  A more prevalent form of occult presently is the stories from the occult; stories creating another world that people get entranced in.  The evil world is full of creative creatures who are willing to help popular authors and screenwriters draft exciting and perverse stories that capture people’s attention.  They are particularly anxious to help the songwriters create rhythms and lyrics that capture people’s attention and lock into their memories.  Musical hits are important.  And these demons start young, junior high school is not too early to get the children hooked. 

Witch of Endor by Nikolai Ge, 1857.Angels, demons, spirits and souls do exist.  We have a spirit and a soul and a body.  We are like God in many ways.  He created us in His image.  Angles, demons (fallen angles) and other spirits do not have these qualities.  Some people claim there are three levels of demon activity in our lives: temptation – which we all experience, obsession – when demons torment a person mentally, physically, and emotionally, and then possession – when the demon takes control of the person’s being, the demon actually doing things in this real world via the possessed person.  These can all be intermittent, occurring at times and not at other times.

Demon possession is not so well recognized these days, few people are looking for signs.  But some of the heinous crimes and atrocities of war are committed by possessed people.  One recently interrogated Humas terrorist was himself appalled at some of the things they had done.  He said, “We became like animals,” and our religion does not teach that.  Might these be the words of a demon possessed man?  Remember that there is much more to this world than meets the eye, or can be measured by our five senses of our fancy instruments.  We may say that we don’t believe in all that spirit stuff, but if we really didn’t believe, scary movies would not be scary.

So focus on God, avoid unholy things.  As you focus on God and love your neighbor, you will not be a victim of these demons.