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Saturday, 26 September 2009

Get a job at camps!

Now the national guard is hiring people for the internment camps and our advertising them online. Its sickening that we are now becoming so like countries like China, and Nazi Germany.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvBlaRhs-R0

Monday, 17 August 2009

The Collapse of America

Not that I am in favor of it, but I think in a lot of ways it serves America right

People whine that there are not enough jobs(me being one of them) but there are so many things that I see that make me feel that when this happens I am not to surprised. There are so many things that I see every day that makes me think, "No wonder the economy sucks here!" Here are two examples:

1. HR departments. The only people that I know that likes them are people who have work or do currently work for an HR department. All they do is waste time, and give you a hassle. I just found out recently a place that I have been applying for work since 2006, will not even consider me for a GED position(which I possess two bachelor degrees for) will not hire me because of my two B.S. degrees. If I am willing to work the position why does it matter. Then let's say that I am a supervisor and I want to hire someone, I could have in mind who to hire, but then I have to go through HR and I may never see the person that I wanted to hire. Often times they also hire internally, which is fine, but then they advertise to the general public that, "We have the following positions available." If they have the person working there they want to hire for the position, then what is the point of advertising it, as it is already full. Last the people there are incompetent(at least from my experience). You turn in your application(s) and (or) resume(s) and they tend to lose them, they don't return calls or whatever. On a final note, while I was in Korea, and I described HR, which for the most part does not exists there, any person I told about HR, thought it wast he biggest joke, waste of resources, and money they have heard that the USA has.

2. Medical. While I am not in favor of Obama's health care system, I do think that our system needs abolished the way it is. I love going to a pharmacy, because it takes 10+ people in hour to count about 30 pills. I worked a job where part of it was to count pills. It does not take that long to count them. Also, the costs, why so expensive? It all boils down to greed, and insurance. One of my favorite stories I love to tell people is this: I could walk into a Pharmacy in Korea with a perscription name(nothing from the doctor). As long as I could say or produce the perscription name usually I would get it. One time I walked in, there were 30 people ahaed of me, and I was out in less then 5 minutes. Guess how many people working there? Two people. One person whom I assumed owned the place and a girl whom I think was there mostly to help with people who walked in and spoke English. In the words of the most frequent phrase I heard over there: Ballie, Ballie, Americans!!(Hurry up Americans, though they never said Americans, this is how I say it).

Of course there are many more I could give such as using the federal reserve standard, a system that is designed to make us go into debt more, but these are my current beefs. So, when America collapses, as it will... I will not be surprised.

Friday, 23 January 2009

America Could be the New Babyolon?

I know I haven't been updating, but just been doing some research and Bible studies as well as working a new job. Anyways:

In Revelation 17-18 it discusses int he last day a rise and fall of a great nation . In verse 7 it discusses a beast with 7 heads and 10 horns.

I will more discuss chapter 17:

In verse 7 it says that the 7 horns are seven mountains,
(There are 7 major mountains or mountain areas in America 5 are in the 48 states that are joined together; Alaska has mountains, and Hawaii is dormant volcanoes that have come above sea level also known as islands.

Then in verse 10 it says that there are 7 kings, 5 have fallen, one is, and one has not come

The ten horns (verse 12) are ten kings who have not received the kingdom yet, but receive authority for one hour (or period).

Verse 15 says (in reference to the woman in John's visions of the woman at the start of this chapter) The water under the harlot is the people and the multitudes of nations.

Then in verse 18 it says the woman is the great city which reigns over the kings of the earth.

Now let's move onto chapter 18,

In verse 2 it talks about how Babylon has fallen and has become a dwelling place for demons...
(Did I mention that the fastest growing religion in the USA is the occult?)

Now in verse 3it talks about people (merchants whom have become rich off of the wine of the woman, Who do you think holds the power in the world and the USA for that matter? The president? No! Congress? No! Those in power are always and throughout history those with money.

Then in verse 5 it discusses that the womans sins have reached to Heaven
Has America's sins become so great that they have reached Heaven? I think it is possible. Today in America nearly anything goes. Churches even have compromised their beliefs. Today, we allow homosexual people to marry, we kill babies, we throw God out of anything and everything (unless people have a problem then they run to God then). We have occults that spread the message: "Do what you want to do." This is just a small amount that America has been guilty of.

I will admit what I have shown you today is just a small taste of it, but i would strongly urge some research, as well as the New World Order, the Illuminati etc. A lot of people do not seem to think that America could be capable of some of these things (such as what is in the Loose change video) but was America not the same nation that enslaved African Americans, killed numerous Native Americans and put the Japanese Americans in camps in World War 2?

http://www.apocalypsesoon.org/xfile-6.html
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3719259008768610598
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1070329053600562261
http://americathebabylon.com/
http://www.thewatcherfiles.com/america.htm
http://www.theforbiddenknowledge.com/hardtruth/america_babylon.htm

I will admit that people throughout history want to cling to someone who will save them. Hitler was opne example whom the Germans thought was going to save and help Germany. Now today we think that our new president will save and turn around this country. In fact the last few presidents people have thought this as well. So who will save us?

The answer is no one except putting you faith in
Jesus. He came here for one reason. To conquer sin. When he died on the cross, he took care of all sin (Hebrews 1:3, 10:9-10) How did he do it?

He did it by dying on the cross which is told in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John taking all sin and rising from death. (1 Corinthians 15:3-4, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Galatians 3:13, Ephesians 1:7-10, Ephesians 2:4-7, Philippians 2, Hebrews 9:28

We must live by faith (Romans 1:27, 4:24-25, 6:8-11, 2 Corinthians 5:7-8, Galatians 3:3, Ephesians 1:13-14, 1 19-23, Philippians 1:6) trusting what Jesus did for you then we are made righteous and new by our faith (Romans 3:22, 6:18, 8:13, 1 Corinthians 15:21, 2 Corinthians 2:155:17, 5:20, Galatians 2:20-21, Ephesians 5:8-14, Philippians 3:21, 2:13, Colossians 3:3

We must realize that the Old Law we cannot hope to follow with out Jesus and to try to is futile (Romans 3:19-20, 4:4 7:7, 9:30-33, 1 Corinthians 3:12-15, 6:9-10, 15:22,, Galatians 2:16 Ephesians :28-11, 2:13

However we are all people whom have broken the Law (Romans 3:3, 11:30, ) and that the wages of sin is death (6:23) which God will one day judge (1 Corinthians 2: 15, 4:5, 5:13,Galatians 3:10 1 Timothy 1:15

We are now free from the Law (Romans 7:6 8:1-4, Ephesians 2:15, Colossians 2:14

What we must do is to confess and believe in our heart and this brings us salvation in the one that does save us: Jesus (10:9)

So we can choose to accept Jesus or try to live by the Old Law (Romans 11:6

So we can have assurance that Jesus cleansed us (Romans 5:1-5, 1 Corinthians 6:11, 2 Corinthians 13:5

And God desires to have you in his kingdom (1 Timothy2:4

So we are now under a better covenant the one of Grace where if we believe what Jesus did for us, conquering sin there is no need to go to Hell (Hebrews 8:22, 7-13 9:15, 10:17) because God also forgets your sin (Hebrews 8:12) sothere is no need to bring up sin to God anymore once we have believed and confessed to God (Hebrews: 10:17-18

So there you have it. I will summarize it in this: You must come to the realization that you have sinned. What is sin? Sin is doing something that is against someone. In this case we have sinned against God.

Have we sinned against God? Many will say that "I am a good person." According to your standards maybe. But God also has his standards, which are very high.

So let's examine some of his standards Have you ever lied? Then that makes you a liar. Have you ever stolen anything, even if it is very small? That makes you a thief. Jesus says in Matthew 5 to even lust after someone is to commit adultery. This is just a few of his standards. So that makes you a lying, thief, adulterer.

Because God is a fair judge as I stated above he must judge you by those standards. Due to this the punishment is Hell, because God is Holy and perfect. Sin cannot be around God.

However, Jesus came to this world and died on the cross. His blood, if you will allow it will cover all the sins that you have committed and will commit if you will accept and believe what Christ did out of love for you. So when these charges are brought to you, Jesus will jump up and say, "I love _______. And I cannot allow you to send _____ to Hell because _____ was bought by my death and when I raised from the dead."

At this point God who had forgotten your sins (which Satan is the one whom will bring up everything you did to disobey God) will say that he does not remember you to have sin, and all he see's before him is a righteous, holy son/daughter (this is also how he sees you when you accept and believe what Christ did for you), who shall enter into Heaven.

If you don't accept and believe what Christ did for you, you have to hold your own defense and Christ and God will not recognize you or any good deed you may have done, and that is why you cannot enter Heaven.

So, why not trust and believe what Christ did for you? You can do it anytime, anywhere! Just believe in your heart that Christ loved you and died for your sins against God so that you do not have to face judgment from God. Here this may help you say this prayer out loud and in your heart (or silently)

"God,

I realize that I have done sin against you. I have lied, I have not kept you first and a whole long list of things against you. For this I know I should go to Hell.

However, I also believe that Jesus came and died for my sins, taking all the punishment away from me. I want his blood to cover all my sins, and am now trusting that he has done this.

Now, I want to trust, listen, and follow you for the remainder of my days, not because I chose you, but you saw me and chose me."

Thanks for sending Jesus to die for me for my sins.

Amen"

For more information on this go to the following website:

http://www.wayofthemaster.com/
www.goodnews.kr

Wednesday, 07 January 2009

Answers to part three

Here is what I was able to find in my NIV commentary Bible about the situation and town structure of the church in Cornith that Paul was writing to in 1 Corinthians:

The Christians at Cornith were immersed in the city with almost every kind of sin that one could think of. They were not sure how to handle things such as sexuality, idol worship, and a woman's role in the church. Many of these Christians were failing the test to remain on the path to obey God. The Church was also largely divided on many of these issues and more.

Paul, whom heard of the struggles they were having wrote to address these problems, and to unify the church. Paul confronted the sins the people of the church were engaged in.

One of the biggest warnings that Paul warns this church about is not to blend in with the city, that the Christians should be noticeable by their actions, and not to accept the accept the lifestyles and values of the culture that they lived among.

The location of this town was in Greece. The people who attended the church were largely Gentile, which would explain why they struggled with idol worship. Paul established this church during his second missionary journey.

Paul may have heard about this problem and the questions the church had from Timothy and (or) members of Chloe's household.

As we read 1 Corinthians, it is important to examine your own life and and values in light of the complete Christian community.

Now that we know some things about the church, we can now begin the second part of finding out the Historical Context. I am going to give you a week to do this part. What you need to do is sometime find time to read all of 1 Corinthians in one sitting. We do this for two reasons. First, when the letters were first presented to the church that they were written to, they would read all the letter to the church. The second reason is, we should look at these as letters that are also written to us, today, in whatever time we are in. When someone writes a letter, no matter how long it is, we generally do read it all once. We even may re-read and re-read parts of it. I think a letter that Paul wrote to us, which was revealed to him by God should be taken just as serious. It is important if you can fit it in your schedule to read it and re-read it (the second time you can break it up and read sections).

Also, try to read aloud. Keep your eyes open. As you read it may be helpful to keep your eyes open and references. First when you read, try to reconstruct the problem at Cornith. Then make new notes about some of the following:

1. What you notice about the recipients (are they Jew, Greek, rich, poor, slave, problems they have and attitudes)
2. Paul's attitudes
3. Any thing mentioned about the specific occasion of the letter
4. Letter's natural logical divisions

I will post what I find and some of what Fee and Stuart present on January 15th. God will really bless your time studying if you will allow him to speak to you while reading and studying!

Monday, 05 January 2009

1 Corinthians part 3 Historical Context

Welcome back to the study readers, I hope you had a good sabbath day. As an update on my wife... She is slowly getting better. We have put her back on a solid food diet, and she is coming along. She was even able to get some eggs down this afternoon. Still prayer is much appreciated.

Today we will be discussing the Historical Context of 1 Corinthians.

We may want to know what was going on in Cornith that caused Paul to write this letter. How might he have come to learn of the situation there? Any relationships and former contacts he has had with them? What are some attitudes that are reflected in his letter?

To find out the answers to these, you would want to consult your Bible dictionary, or the introduction of the commentary to find out as much as possible about the people at the church in Cornith. Here are some things that Fee and Stuart mention about the city of Cornith itself

1. by ancient standards, it was a young city Paul visited the city when it was 94 years old.
2. Due to its location in the world and the time, it was considered a cosmopolitan wealthy city
3. Had arts
4. many religious buildings (at least 26 temples and shrines)

We might even compare this city to modern cities in the United States like New York or LA. but not like any rural areas.

What can you find out in your resources about this ancient city? I will post what I find out on Wednesday .