Thanks Anon for posting it, a lot to unpack.
Listened twice, then typed it out. Very thought out , great delivery.
a tattoo featuring a triangle with an eye and a lightning bolt might symbolize:
Divine guidance and protection through challenging times. The eye in the triangle signifies divine oversight and the lightning bolt could represent overcoming difficulties or receiving divine power.
Spiritual enlightenment and the strength to face life's storms. The all-seeing eye symbolizes spiritual insight, while the lightning bolt could represent the power to weather difficulties or achieve transformation.
The pursuit of knowledge and wisdom, coupled with the resilience to overcome obstacles. The eye represents knowledge and enlightenment, and the lightning bolt signifies the strength needed to pursue these goals.
The specific meaning of a "triangle with eye imp with lightning" tattoo, including the element of "imp," would be highly personal and open to individual interpretation. The "imp" element could further modify the symbolism, perhaps adding a touch of rebellion, mischievousness, or connection to folklore related to sprites or demons. The overall meaning would depend on how the wearer interprets and combines these symbols
Christian support for Israel 1 of 2
If Christianity were about defending a flag, Jesus would have picked up a sword, but he didn’t….He picked up a cross. Yet, somehow, a movement that is supposed to follow that man, a man that said “My kingdom is not of this world”, has decided that protecting a modern state called Israel, is the center of Christian duty. That blessing it, defending it, and justifying it ….at all costs, is some Holy assignment carved into the marrow of the Gospel. Christianity does not require allegiance to the State of Isreal, that’s not heresy, that’s Scripture. In the Bible, Israel was not a place, it was a person, it was Jacob, wrestling by the river with God until dawn. He was scarred by truth and renamed by Grace. Israel meant “ one who struggles with God”, and then became a name of a people. It is not a flag, not a Government, not a modern nation carved out in 1948 by colonial politics and American guilt. The word cured spiritual identity means “those called into covenant with God”, it has nothing to do with missiles or borders or UN resolutions. When the modern state was named Israel, it was not in a return to biblical obedience. It was a calculated decision, an intentional conflation of nationalism with theology, it was branding, and a powerful one at that. Now, when people hear “ Israel”, they imagine sacred continuity, they imagine divine appointment, they imagine the Old Testament alive and well in 2025, and they are wrong. The Israel of the Hebrew scriptures was not a Western backed nuclear power, it was a wandering tribe, a nation in exile, a people constantly called back to justice, humility and mercy. Often condemned for chasing “Empire”. The Prophets didn’t worship Israel, they condemned it, rebuking it over and over again for war, greed, for turning their back on the poor, the foreigner….the same thing modern Israel does with American funding now.
Christian support for Israel (2 of 2)
The Prophets didn’t worship Israel, they condemned it, rebuking it over and over again for war, greed, for turning their back on the poor, the foreigner….the same thing modern Israel does with American funding now. The idea that Christians are commanded to bless the state of Israel, is not in the Gospels, it is not in the Epistles, it is not in the teachings of Jesus Christ. It is , however, in the talking points of televangelists, in the foreign policy of End Times scripters. The Gospel does not preach God’s blessing is tied to a modern border of Tel Aviv or the Iron Dome. Jesus never said “Blessed are those who back the Coup”, Paul never wrote that all who oppose military action are cursed, the Early Church was not fundraising for defense systems or declaring settlements on stolen land as prophetic fulfillment. The Old Testament speaks of Israel as God’s chosen people and land was part of that Covenant. However, in Christian theology, the story shifts, the Covenant widens and the veil tears and the New Israel, the Church, is defined not by birthright and soil, but by Spirit, not by War, but by witness. It is made up of anyone, anyone from anywhere who walks in faith, Jew, Arab, gentile, Roman, enslaved, free……all in Christ Jesus. The New Testament does not tell Christians to defend a country, it tells them to defend the poor. It tells us to defend the outcast, to walk with the wounded, to make peace, not justifications for war. It teaches us to see the face of God, not in a flag, but in a suffering child behind the rubble…yet today, American Christians fly Israeli flags next to crosses, as if those things belong together. They equate criticism of the Israeli government with blasphemy, they pretend that military aid is sacrament, and that genocide is somehow covered under the blood of the New Covenant promise,….and Christ weeps at that lie. If the Gospel means anything, it serves to show that you don’t get to use God as a shield for political violence, you do not get to bomb a refugee camp and quote Jeremiah, you do not get to drop white phosphorus and call it fulfillment of prophecy, that is not Christianity, that’s idolatry. This doesn’t mean that one should hate Israel, it doesn’t mean you can’t believe in its right to exist. It means that if you are a follower of Christ, your loyalty cannot be to any nation, not even one with a biblical name. Your loyalty is to justice, to truth, to love that does not end at a checkpoint or a drone feed. Jesus did not die so that the modern church could become a lobby group, He did not rise so that we could bless bombs, He didn’t preach love for the least of these- so that we could side with whoever has better tanks. If a church is preaching that blessing Israel is the key to God’s favor, they are not a church, they are a cult praying to a carved up god who only speaks Hebrew and votes Republican. The Gospel doesn’t ask anyone to bless a nation. It does, however, ask you to bless the Peacemakers, to comfort the mourners, to defend the innocent and reject violence dressed as virtue. There is no divine nation, there is only divine love. Love doesn’t stop at a border fence, a flagpole, or the edge of a crater where children used to live. Please do not equate Christian morals with the support of Israel.