DEALING WITH OUR AGING

DEALING WITH OLD AGE

               Psalm 90:10 tells us: "As for the days of our life, they contain three score and ten years or if due to strength they be fourscore yet their pride be labor and sorrow; for soon it is gone and we fly away"

So what's old age? God's Word--the Bible is telling us that three-score and ten years (70 years) is old, and four-score (80) years is due to extra strength than we are indeed in a special time-period because it is becoming more common to reach four-score and ten (90) or five-score (100) years old.
(see the page titled: SPURGEON'S WRITING)

2Corinthians 4:16-18

Therefore we don`t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.
For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
while we don`t look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

	PSALMS 90:
12	So teach us to number our days, That we may gain a heart of wisdom.
13	Relent, Yahweh! How long? Have compassion on your servants.
14	Satisfy us in the morning with your lovingkindness, That we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
15	Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, For as many years as we have seen evil.
16	Let your work appear to your servants; Your glory to their children.
17	Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us; Establish the work of our hands for us; Yes, establish the work of our hands.

A WORLDVIEW

WORLDVIEW by George Barna

"A worldview is a mental and spiritual lens through which we interpret reality. Our worldview is the filter we use to put things into context and facilitate an appropriate response.  It enables us to make sense of the world by organizing information allowing us and us to make choices consistent with what we believe to be true and significant.  That worldview enables us to distinguish right from wrong., good from bad, useful from useless, and  appropriate from inappropriate. This is not simply an academic exercise. 

Everybody has a world view--we have to have one in order to put that one or to put everything we experience into perspective and to respond in a manner that is consistent with who we are and what we believe.  Our world view drives what we do because we take action based on what we believe.  Every behaviour is a direct outgrowth of our world view.

Many different worldview reflect  the combination of perceptions and beliefs that people have developed.  The most common  worldview in America today is postmodernism, which is unbiblical in most of its foundations.  The alternative is to develop a Biblical worldview,  which is a means of experiencing,  interpreting,  responding to reality in relation to biblical principles and narratives. If we embrace a0 biblical worldview, then our  every thought, word, and deed can be consistent with God's principles and commands.

A CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW

In essence,  possessing and living in concert with the Biblical worldview provides us with a capacity to think like Jesus, in order to then act like Jesus.
Blending a biblical worldview with the pursuit of transformation results in Christlike living. We must think like Jesus before we can act like Jesus and we must be saved, broken surrendered and submitted in order to love God and others fully." 

  Location 2482 AMERICA AT THE CROSSROADS,  George Barna

IMPORTANT BIBLICAL DISTINCTIONS

In both incidences below Jesus was viewed after His resurrection.

Jesus said to them, "Come and eat breakfast." None of the disciples dared inquire of him, "Who are you?" knowing that it was the Lord.

Then Jesus came and took the bread, gave it to them, and the fish likewise.

This is now the third time that Jesus was revealed to his disciples, after he had risen from the dead

JOHN 21:17-19 NOTICE JOHN'S REACTION TO SEEING JESUS When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, "Don`t be afraid. I am the first and the last and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. I have the keys of Death and of Hades. World English Bible 1 But Saul, still breathing threats and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest, 2 and asked for letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. 3 As he traveled, it happened that he got close to Damascus, and suddenly a light from the sky shone around him. 4 He fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?" 5 He said, "Who are you, Lord?" The Lord said, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. 6 But rise up, and enter into the city, and you will be told what you must do." 7 The men who traveled with him stood speechless, hearing the voice, but seeing no one. 8 Saul arose from the ground, and when his eyes were opened, he saw no one. They led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus. 9 He was without sight for three days, and neither ate nor drank. 1

OBAMA AND HIS RED LINE

All Obama’s ‘red line’ is … an empty bluff.

Kerry ‘fesses up about Obama’s ‘red line’

Taken from a December 5th article by Post Editorial Board

 A painful truth, Secretary of State John Kerry admitted,  President Obama’s “red line” fiasco in Syria “cost us significantly”--leading other nations to see his weak America.

“We have been very clear to the Assad regime … that a red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized,” he said, also calling “chem” use a “game-changer.”

It was universally seen as a threat of massive consequences for Bashar al-Assad if he crossed the line. 

Assad did launch chemical attacks a year later, and Obama stalled.

He tried to get allies on board with a campaign of airstrikes. 

Britain declined, but France said yes — yet Obama then asked Congress to OK the bombing. Congress signaled reluctance to “buy in” — and then Obama accepted a diplomatic lifeline from Moscow to negotiate a deal for Syria to (supposedly) turn over all its chem munitions.

US allies and enemies were on notice that America might not live up to its word.

Russia took control of Crimea within the year--intervened to save Assad. Iran virtually dictated the terms of its nuclear deal with Team Obama.

Kerry argued that it was a “misperception” that Washington had been weak, after all Assad did give up (many of) his chems. But then admitted: “it doesn’t matter.  Perception can often just be the reality.”

Actually, the evidence of Obama's actions, or lack of action, gave credence that his was only empty words--a meaningless threat. In the year following his drawing the red line, Obama,never laid any groundwork with Congress (or with America’s allies) for enforcing it. Although, he did scapegoat Congress for their hesitation in not immediately OK’ing the use of force when he did ask. 

Obviously, if you're president, making threats, especially in such a high stakes game, then you had better "carry a big stick", or, at the least, show some preparation, signaling your intent of making good on it. Otherwise, all you’ve really made is … an empty bluff, showing a grievous disregard of America's prestige.

'Islamic Money--U.S. Politics

 'Islamic Money in U.S. Politics 

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 "Islamic Money in Politics" list of campaign contributions for 2015-16, 


Clinton Leads Left-Leaning Top 10

 Council on American-Islamic Relations, the forum reported.

Clinton took in $41,165, including $19,249 from senior officials of the Muslim advocacy group,

 Former Democratic presidential primary candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders accepted $9,285, the fourth most among the top 10, the forum reported.

Green Party nominee Jill Stein, who accepted a $250 contribution, is the only other active 2016 presidential candidate on the list.

The complete top 10 of recipients:

1.      Clinton, $41,165, Over twice as much as next such donor receivers.

2.     Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., who accepted $17,370

3.     Rep. Andre Carson, D-Ind., who accepted $13,225

4.     Sanders, $9,285

5.     Pramila Jayapal, a Democratic candidate for a House seat from Washington, $6,957

6.     Former Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., $3,500

7.      Dwight Evan, a Democratic candidate for a House seat from Pennsylvania, $3,500

8.     Rep. Donna Fern Edwards, D-Maryland, $2,900

9.     Democratic Rep. Gerald Connolly, D-Va., $2,850

10.  Rep. L. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., $2,835

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ISLAM IN REALITY--RADICAL AND OTHERWISE

Obama, and our government leaders are deliberately keeping us in the dark about Islamic terrorism. 

Newt Gingrich, former House Speaker, blasted Obama. The Obama administration is mindfully avoiding informing Americans the threat of Islamic terrorism and ideology.

"If you look around the planet, from Yemen to Afghanistan, we're in a worldwide death struggle with a radical movement and they want to destroy western civilization and yet our leaders in both Europe and America blindly say they can't really mean it," Gingrich told Fox News'"Fox News Sunday" program.  "How many incidents does it take for them to realize they mean it? You better hope they don't get nuclear weapons."

Can you imagine, the brinkmanship, we would have getting into an arms race with these crazies..

Gingrich also said, he hopes the "gay rights movement will come to realize that Islamic supremacy is their mortal enemy. People get killed in countries dominated by Sharia if they are gay. So I think in that sense, maybe this is the beginning of a new conversation about how serious of a threat Islamic supremacism is."

Gingrich continued, "This is an alien ideology that wants to destroy our civilization and our current approach to it is incredibly incompetent."

What ISIS Really Wants

Graeme Woods, editor of Atlantic, writes: "The Islamic State is no mere collection of psychopaths. It is a religious group with carefully considered beliefs, among them that it is a key agent of the coming apocalypse. Here’s what that means for its strategy—and for how to stop....

 In September, Sheikh Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, the Islamic State’s chief spokesman, called on Muslims in Western countries such as France and Canada to find an infidel and “smash his head with a rock,” poison him, run him over with a car, or “destroy his crops.”

The reality is that the Islamic State is Islamic. Very Islamic.

Ideological tools may convince some potential converts that the group’s (ISIS) message is false, and military tools can limit its horrors. But for an organization as impervious to persuasion as the Islamic State, few measures short of these will matter, and the war may be a long one, even if it doesn’t last until the end of time. "  

ISRAEL ORIGINALLY A THEOCRASY

THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL: A KINGDOM OF PRIESTS AND AN HOLY NATION

.THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM                ORIGINALLY A THEOCRASY

NATIONS & GOD

GENESIS 12:

1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

GENESIS 17:

1 And when Abram was ninety * * years old and nine, the LORD appeared to  Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. 2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee  exceedingly *. 3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, 4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many  nations. 5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be  Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. 6 And I will make thee exceeding * * fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee  in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to  thy seed after thee.

8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God

I WILL BE THEIR GOD

24 And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them25 So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.

1 And God spake all these words, saying 2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me 6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. 7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. 8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: 11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. 12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 13 Thou shalt not kill. 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's 18 And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.

EXODUS 19:

3 And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel 4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself. 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: 6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL: A KINGDOM OF PRIESTS AND AN HOLY NATION

Torah Level: Basic • Torah in the narrowest sense refers to the first five books of the Bible • In a broader sense, Torah includes all Jewish law and tradition • Torah was given to Moses in written form with oral commentary • The oral component is now written in the Talmud • There are additional important writings

Torah" is a tricky one, because it can mean different things in different contexts. In its most limited sense, "Torah" refers to the Five Books ofMoses: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. But the word "torah" can also be used to refer to the entire Jewish bible (the body of scripture known to non-Jews as the Old Testament and to Jews as the Tanakh or Written Torah), or in its broadest sense, to the whole body of Jewish law and teachings

Written Torah To Jews, there is no "Old Testament." The books that Christians call the New Testament are not part of Jewish scripture. The so-called Old Testament is known to us as Written Torah or the Tanakh. This is a list of the books of Written Torah, in the order in which they appear in Jewish translations, with the Hebrew name of the book, a translation of the Hebrew name (where it is not the same as the English name), and English names of the books (where it is not the same as the Hebrew name). The Hebrew names of the first five books are derived from the first few words of the book. The text of each book is more or less the same in Jewish translations as what you see in Christian bibles, although there are some occasional, slight differences in the numbering of verses and there are some significant differences in the translations.