Wiki sauce! My sides!
>we have to be slaves
Wow. I’ve read the Bible, more than one version, cover to cover several times and I cannot recall a single verse that said “we have to be slaves” or any other wording that could be interpreted that way.
Review: John MacArthur on Judaism, Part 1
Coming to the 18th chapter of Acts, I’ve entitled this particular message, “From Judaism to Jesus.” The story of the book of Acts has proven to us to be a study in transitions. I want to belabor the point for a moment, because I think it’s important for you to understand that.
The book of Acts, written by Luke, describing the early years of the church after its beginning, is really a book of transitions. It’s a book of beginnings. In a sense, it’s the genesis of the New Covenant. It’s all of the beginnings as the church begins to find itself and form itself and sever itself from Judaism. It was particularly a time of transition for the Jews of the early church. The old things of Judaism faded out very slowly, slowly, and the new gradually phased in.
The writer of the book of Hebrews gives us the theology of the transition, or the theology of the change from Judaism to Jesus. He very clearly lays it out. He says, for example, that Moses and David and Joshua and Aaron and all of the priests and all of those great characters of Judaism have all been replaced, as it were, by Jesus. He goes beyond that, and he says that the laws and the ceremonies and the rituals and the patterns of the Old Testament have given way to a whole grace kind of life.No longer are you ruled by externals but you’re ruled by the Spirit within.
God’s people, Israel, have given way to God’s people, the church. The system of multiple sacrifices has given way to the one final sacrifice. All the way through Hebrews, as we studied it some months ago, we saw the tremendous viewpoint of the New Covenant as it means the old is set aside. The writer of the book of Hebrews even says, “The old decays and fades away.”
–John MacArthur
“From Judaism to Jesus, Part 1: Paul in Transition”
Commentary on Acts 18:18-23, January 13, 1974
https://mymorningmeditations.com/2014/02/02/review-john-macarthur-on-judaism-part-1/
I’ve read the Book of Romans more times than I can remember but I still don’t recall anything about “we have to be slaves”.
I believe the flood (cataclysm) is the event that triggered the change in life span. God even said so in His Word. Prior to the flood, there was a “firmament”. This firmament of waters above the Earth provided additional shielding from the sun. Less daily UV ray exposure led to much longer life spans. It would be like if we suddenly had less or no Ozone Layer. The average life span would drop, probably dramatically.
Essentially saying “obey the law”. There is a caveat to that principle though: obey the law so long as it doesn’t thwart God’s Law. Peter was told to stop preaching by those who ruled over them at the time, but he told them (paraphrasing) he was going to obey God over man.
Speaks of obedience. No different than, in today’s time, having a job and doing what the boss says.
TPTB, probably ClA, have used the Department of Education to run a LGBTQ psyop, with special emphasis on transgender ideology. It has been wildly successful and, most likely and most disturbingly, has greatly exceeded their most optimistic expectations. That’s the sad truth and what used to be, statistically, <2% of the population is much higher today than probably anytime in history. It’s the most vile & wicked doctrine (and indoctrination) straight out of the bowels of hell.
Penn “helped” in the aftermath of Katrina.
He got access to “interview”El Chapo, when El Chapo was still active. His “interview” actually occurred on a day that just so happened to be the exact day the FBl (iirc, could have possibly been another agency) had set up to carry out a raid on El Chapo’s compound.
Penn has also “helped” in Haiti.
Pretty sure he gained access to TPTB in Syria during/after civil war there.
Most recently he’s been chummy with Zelensky in Ukraine.
And these are just the “Penn all over the world with access to very powerful people” that I know of off the top of my head.
“It’s going to be Biblical”. Russia is not on the good side in Revelation. I don’t think Putin will be leading the Russia of Biblical prophecies when they come to pass. Russia will be under different leadership by then. That’s my 2 cents worth.
>Why would Russia and China want the US
Some of the best real estate (land) on the planet.
Ideal and vary climates ideal for food (sustenance). We are th worlds bread basket, after all.
An abundance of untold and untapped natural resources.
Geographically speaking an ideal and strategic location for security, warfare, trade, etc.
The Holy Spirit is still keeping the evil forces at bay. When He stops and leaves the world to deal with them, I wouldn’t want to be here for sure.