Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Responsibilty vs Accountability: Purpose or Destiny
Sunday, November 17, 2024
Jacob Was Right
Ever wonder why the the land of Canaan was divided among the Israelites when they took it in the Book of Joshua the way it was. I mean check out the map on the left. Simeon is completely enclosed in Judah for example. And Levi tribe does not have any centralized territory. Instead they had cities throughout the land. Amazingly if you look at Jacob's prophetic last blessings on his sons, you can see that he correctly tells how the PromiseLand would be given to his descendants according to each son's descendants. Keep in mind that Jacob spoke the following over 400 years before Israel entered the Promise Land. Jacob was right! Why? God told him.
49 Then Jacob called for his sons and said: “Gather around so I can tell you what will happen to you in days to come.
2 “Assemble and listen, sons of Jacob;
listen to your father Israel.
3 “Reuben, you are my firstborn,
my might, the first sign of my strength,
excelling in honor, excelling in power.
4 Turbulent as the waters, you will no longer excel,
for you went up onto your father’s bed,
onto my couch and defiled it.
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Keep in mind that the oldest son is supposed to get a double portion of inheritance. But notice Ruben gets only one.
“Simeon and Levi are brothers—
their swords[a] are weapons of violence.
6 Let me not enter their council,
let me not join their assembly,
for they have killed men in their anger
and hamstrung oxen as they pleased.
7 Cursed be their anger, so fierce,
and their fury, so cruel!
I will scatter them in Jacob
and disperse them in Israel.
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And look at Simeon - his territory is totally within Judah and Levi does not even get a territory.
“Judah,[b] your brothers will praise you;
your hand will be on the neck of your enemies;
your father’s sons will bow down to you.
9 You are a lion’s cub, Judah;
you return from the prey, my son.
Like a lion he crouches and lies down,
like a lioness—who dares to rouse him?
10 The scepter will not depart from Judah,
nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,[c]
until he to whom it belongs[d] shall come
and the obedience of the nations shall be his.
11 He will tether his donkey to a vine,
his colt to the choicest branch;
he will wash his garments in wine,
his robes in the blood of grapes.
12 His eyes will be darker than wine,
his teeth whiter than milk.[e]
13 “Zebulun will live by the seashore
and become a haven for ships;
his border will extend toward Sidon.
14 “Issachar is a rawboned[f] donkey
lying down among the sheep pens.[g]
15 When he sees how good is his resting place
and how pleasant is his land,
he will bend his shoulder to the burden
and submit to forced labor.
16 “Dan[h] will provide justice for his people
as one of the tribes of Israel.
17 Dan will be a snake by the roadside,
a viper along the path,
that bites the horse’s heels
so that its rider tumbles backward.
18 “I look for your deliverance, Lord.
19 “Gad[i] will be attacked by a band of raiders,
but he will attack them at their heels.
20 “Asher’s food will be rich;
he will provide delicacies fit for a king.
21 “Naphtali is a doe set free
that bears beautiful fawns.[j]
22 “Joseph is a fruitful vine,
a fruitful vine near a spring,
whose branches climb over a wall.[k]
23 With bitterness archers attacked him;
they shot at him with hostility.
24 But his bow remained steady,
his strong arms stayed[l] limber,
because of the hand of the Mighty One of Jacob,
because of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,
25 because of your father’s God, who helps you,
because of the Almighty,[m] who blesses you
with blessings of the skies above,
blessings of the deep springs below,
blessings of the breast and womb.
26 Your father’s blessings are greater
than the blessings of the ancient mountains,
than[n] the bounty of the age-old hills.
Let all these rest on the head of Joseph,
on the brow of the prince among[o] his brothers.
27 “Benjamin is a ravenous wolf;
in the morning he devours the prey,
in the evening he divides the plunder.”
28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them, giving each the blessing appropriate to him.
Saturday, November 16, 2024
SPOILERS!!!! Transformers One | CLIP
Marvel Studios’ Thunderbolts* | D23 Brazil Special Look | In Theaters Ma...
In May 2025 ths is the movie to see. There is so much new stuff that is going into the story of the MCU. Bringing in so many characters from previous films together and introducint new ones like Bob. I am going to make a prediction of who Bob is. Bob is seen in the trailer. I think the rumors are right. It's Sentry but I hope he is comic accurate.
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Thursday, November 14, 2024
Les Brown and the Gospel
I was given an assignment: Check out Les Brown motivational speeches on YouTube. I found the following video. Very motivational. I liked it. I was already familiar with Les Brown because his motivational speeches are used by multi-level marketing educational material. Mis-spent youth...don't ask. His encourgement and perspective is helpful more now than ever. What sticks out to me most now is how much of the Bible he sneaks in. He is telling the truth. But instead of directly referring to Jesus he refers to "the universe". Also I am uncomfortable with so much of his message being centered on the individual's free will and decisions with very little attention given to God's sovereignty and providence.
Batman Is An Allegory About Mental Health
One of the best stories is found in the fifth story. What I liked about it was that in the story we get flash backs of the time in Batman's life when as a young man he travelled the world learning all the skills he needed to learn. The story was about when Batman is injured and needs to call Alfred, his Butler, to pick him up. As Batman made his way to the point in the sewer he would rendevous with Alfred, Batman has flashbacks to the time he went to a woman somewhere in Asia to learn how to control pain. While Batman was interested in learning how to control physical pain but his teacher's goal was trying to teach him how to handle and heal the trauma that drove him to become Batman. When he had learned what he came for, Batman's teacher sent him away but she said that she failed to help him.
Below is a clip of the last two minutes in the story when Batman reaches the point he is supposed to meet Alfred he finds a bunch of illegal guns strewn about the sewer tunnel. Batman tries to gather the guns in his arms when Alfred reaches down from the street level so Batman can take his hand and be saved, Batman says "I can't." Why? Because he cannot let go of the guns. The guns represent the trauma that birthed Batman - the death of the Waynes, his parents gunned down in front of him as a child. That is great illustration of how in the depths of emotional pain we sometimes hold on to the pain instead of letting it go and being free of it.
One of the best things about art like this is that it lends itself to multiple interpretations and views. Feel free to leave yours in the comments. Also check the links below to stream the movie and the Wikipedia article for more information.
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EVERYONE Is Wrong About the 10 Year Old Rape Victim - Unapologetic LIVE
Remember that in the Washington Post, it says that the Ohio abortion law does not expressly state that Children who are raped can get an abortion, but that some people are saying that the 10-year-old could have gotten the abortion in Ohio under the general exception clause about the health of the woman. I'm not so sure.
What to say when someone thinks America is systemically racist #shorts
Dennis Prager's logic has a couple of flaws:
1. Africans and Caribbeans immigrate to the United States because White Supremacy and Systemic Racism have made their home nations unstable and poor.
2. The unlevel playing field for people of color in America makes it more difficult to succeed. How do you "pull yourself up by your own boot straps" when you have been denied having boot straps.
3. Africans and Caribbeans immigrates experience racism just like African Americans.
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Woman Cites Pregnancy To Avoid Ticket For Driving In HOV Lane
Notice how on the Young Turks, they play the clip of the interview of CNN but leave out the discussion about the woman who made the same claim in California in 1987 and won her case. History does repeat itself.
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God Chooses People BUT...
Anyone who quotes a scripture (what it truly says) and then says "..but..." and then argues exactly opposite to what the passage is saying, is treading dangerously.
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