Submissions by joegracegrace (Joe Grace)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
A dictator will "make war on the saints [the Christian nations],gain power over every nation," (Revelation 13.7).This conquest implies world war. Yes, NUCLEAR war would explain "sudden destruction" at Rapture(1 Thessalonians 4.16-5.3)
Christian Antisemitism -- How And When Did It Originate??
How and when did Christian anti-semitism start?
After the first Jewish Revolt against Rome
The Roman-Jewish War of 66-70 AD followed,
Resulting in the slaughter of the Jews.
tAfterward,the remaining Jews and Christians
put up with each other,commiserating together.
But then came the Second Jewish Revolt
Against the Roman over-lords in 135 AD.
The earlier revolt had no Messiah as its leader.
The rabbis thought maybe that's why it failed.
So after the second revolt began,and to help it along,
Rabbi Akivah(?) anointed its leader,Jesus Bar Kocba...
After the first Jewish Revolt against Rome
The Roman-Jewish War of 66-70 AD followed,
Resulting in the slaughter of the Jews.
tAfterward,the remaining Jews and Christians
put up with each other,commiserating together.
But then came the Second Jewish Revolt
Against the Roman over-lords in 135 AD.
The earlier revolt had no Messiah as its leader.
The rabbis thought maybe that's why it failed.
So after the second revolt began,and to help it along,
Rabbi Akivah(?) anointed its leader,Jesus Bar Kocba...
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The Role the Catholics Played at the first Thanksgiving
The Pilgrims and Puritans were Protestants all.
And since Thanksgiving was about them,
Thanksgiving is strictly a Protestant event, right?
Wrong !! Thanksgiving included the Indians,
Chief Masasoit brought along 90 Indian Braves.
More importantly Squanto, Indian Extraordinare, was there also.
He had been kidnapped by an English ship captain in 1605,
Brought to England, he was then sold as a slave.
There he learned English and met John Smith,
Of John Smith and Pocohanus fame.
Smith brought him back to America.
But then...
And since Thanksgiving was about them,
Thanksgiving is strictly a Protestant event, right?
Wrong !! Thanksgiving included the Indians,
Chief Masasoit brought along 90 Indian Braves.
More importantly Squanto, Indian Extraordinare, was there also.
He had been kidnapped by an English ship captain in 1605,
Brought to England, he was then sold as a slave.
There he learned English and met John Smith,
Of John Smith and Pocohanus fame.
Smith brought him back to America.
But then...
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Will December 7 Be a Day Of Infamy All Over Again??
I'm thinking of mushroom clouds.
First the fireballs then the clouds left by those fireballs.
Since the Russian attack didn't come in August, nor Oct, nor Nov,
it is now December's turn to be the possible month.
Pearl Harbor Day, Dec 7th is coming soon.
If a surprise attack comes on the anniversary of the earlier one,
that would be similar to what happened with Israel.
Babylon destroyed the Jerusalem temple on "Tish B'Av,"
the 9th day of the 5th Jewish month.
Then around 657 years later, during the Roman siege of Jerusalem,
the temple...
First the fireballs then the clouds left by those fireballs.
Since the Russian attack didn't come in August, nor Oct, nor Nov,
it is now December's turn to be the possible month.
Pearl Harbor Day, Dec 7th is coming soon.
If a surprise attack comes on the anniversary of the earlier one,
that would be similar to what happened with Israel.
Babylon destroyed the Jerusalem temple on "Tish B'Av,"
the 9th day of the 5th Jewish month.
Then around 657 years later, during the Roman siege of Jerusalem,
the temple...
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The Mistakes of the Supreme Court
Free Speech and freedom of the press are guaranteed by the first Amendment.
They go together! They are given side by side for a reason.
Free speech wasn't supposed to hurt freedom of the press.
But the way that the Supreme Court has interpreted "free speech"
(to include photos and even motion picture) has really hurt freedom of the press.
At least, we see that circulation of newspapers is going down.
Eyes that should be reading the news are instead
viewing the nudes in internet porn or other forms of porn.
Why, because the meathead...
They go together! They are given side by side for a reason.
Free speech wasn't supposed to hurt freedom of the press.
But the way that the Supreme Court has interpreted "free speech"
(to include photos and even motion picture) has really hurt freedom of the press.
At least, we see that circulation of newspapers is going down.
Eyes that should be reading the news are instead
viewing the nudes in internet porn or other forms of porn.
Why, because the meathead...
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New Creation
If my mind is like the openness of the sky,
Then the thoughts that pass thru it
are as the birds flying across the blue.
But what serves as the sun if we extend the metaphor?
The premise that there is a God,
-- The Creator of the universe --
He is the solar orb that lights the landscape of my mind.
Especially when i dwell on and with Him.
When i desert/doubt Him
Night falls across the sin-enshrouded surface.
The sound of the insects is heard in the darkness.
Sometimes it's as Black (and bad) as the formless Void before...
Then the thoughts that pass thru it
are as the birds flying across the blue.
But what serves as the sun if we extend the metaphor?
The premise that there is a God,
-- The Creator of the universe --
He is the solar orb that lights the landscape of my mind.
Especially when i dwell on and with Him.
When i desert/doubt Him
Night falls across the sin-enshrouded surface.
The sound of the insects is heard in the darkness.
Sometimes it's as Black (and bad) as the formless Void before...
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Dreaming
The night is a black mountainside.
A tomb has been hewn out.
The full moon is the stone sealing the entrance of that tomb.
Even the tomb wherein Christ's body has been laid.
Then dawn comes like Resurrection.
The stone, having been rolled away, disappears.
The rising sun ascends into the blue beauty of sky
Like a Christ having triumphed over death.
Yes the noon day sun shines with happy light,
As if its ascending testifies Christ's sacrifice
Is accepted by the Father as payment
For all the sins of the whole world.
PS:or I could say it...
A tomb has been hewn out.
The full moon is the stone sealing the entrance of that tomb.
Even the tomb wherein Christ's body has been laid.
Then dawn comes like Resurrection.
The stone, having been rolled away, disappears.
The rising sun ascends into the blue beauty of sky
Like a Christ having triumphed over death.
Yes the noon day sun shines with happy light,
As if its ascending testifies Christ's sacrifice
Is accepted by the Father as payment
For all the sins of the whole world.
PS:or I could say it...
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Ronald Reagan the Deceiver
After Reagan appointed Sandra Day Oconnor
The first woman to serve on the Supreme Court,
She joined the liberals and upheld Roe v Wade,
(Which had made abortion the law of the land ten years earlier.).
Reagan said, "oops, I didn't mean for her to do that!"
LIAR !! You knew she'd vote that way,
That's why you appointed her (after interviewing her)..
Black people are like 12% of the population
But they have around 40% of the abortions.
Almost all of those aborted Black babies
would have grown up to be Democrats.
Along with...
The first woman to serve on the Supreme Court,
She joined the liberals and upheld Roe v Wade,
(Which had made abortion the law of the land ten years earlier.).
Reagan said, "oops, I didn't mean for her to do that!"
LIAR !! You knew she'd vote that way,
That's why you appointed her (after interviewing her)..
Black people are like 12% of the population
But they have around 40% of the abortions.
Almost all of those aborted Black babies
would have grown up to be Democrats.
Along with...
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Wonder of Nature
She's on her back,
with her legs spread,
Knees up.naturally.
The space between her knees,
The depth of that gap,that openness,
It's like an abyss, a canyon.
That's it, a canyon,
A mini version of Grand Canyon,
Right there between her legs.
And that slit at the bottom
that little wet line of femininity,
Yes, that's the Colorado River in miniature.
Like the real thing, it's a wonder of Nature.
with her legs spread,
Knees up.naturally.
The space between her knees,
The depth of that gap,that openness,
It's like an abyss, a canyon.
That's it, a canyon,
A mini version of Grand Canyon,
Right there between her legs.
And that slit at the bottom
that little wet line of femininity,
Yes, that's the Colorado River in miniature.
Like the real thing, it's a wonder of Nature.
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The MILLENNIUM = The Church Age (Which we are at the end of right now !!)
The "New Heaven/New Earth" is supposed to come
at the end of the Millennium(Revelation 20.2; 21.1).
If the Millennium = the Church Age, this means the New Heaven, New Earth
Should come on the heels of the Second Coming of Christ,.
For THAT Event is what closes out the Church Age.
What Biblical basis is there for this claim ??
(That the Millennium = the Church Age; and that
the Second Coming is followed by the New Heaven/New Earth.)
Isaiah 66.18-22 is strong support for that view !!
It has the New Heaven, New Earth coming on...
at the end of the Millennium(Revelation 20.2; 21.1).
If the Millennium = the Church Age, this means the New Heaven, New Earth
Should come on the heels of the Second Coming of Christ,.
For THAT Event is what closes out the Church Age.
What Biblical basis is there for this claim ??
(That the Millennium = the Church Age; and that
the Second Coming is followed by the New Heaven/New Earth.)
Isaiah 66.18-22 is strong support for that view !!
It has the New Heaven, New Earth coming on...
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The GOOD Side of Reincarnation (the Survival of Animals!)
Without Reincarnation we have
little basis (or none at all) for hope
that the animals we love and care about
Will survive the death of the body.
Christianity is strangely deficient
in regard to the animal kingdom.
If dogs and cats, etc do survive death,
It would be unfair for them to remain
Just dogs, cats, - intellectually hobbled -
While human souls move up to angel status.
For Christ promised us that after death
People "become like the angels"(Luke 20.26).
(The suffix "ic" means "like."
So angel-like is synonymous...
little basis (or none at all) for hope
that the animals we love and care about
Will survive the death of the body.
Christianity is strangely deficient
in regard to the animal kingdom.
If dogs and cats, etc do survive death,
It would be unfair for them to remain
Just dogs, cats, - intellectually hobbled -
While human souls move up to angel status.
For Christ promised us that after death
People "become like the angels"(Luke 20.26).
(The suffix "ic" means "like."
So angel-like is synonymous...
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What Would The Statue of Liberty Say? (In Reply to the Republicans)
The Republican governors want to stop
Syrian refugees from coming to America.
What would Emma Lazarus say about that??
She who called the Statue of Liberty, the "Mother of Exiles."
Her immortal poem, "The New Colossus," goes,
"A mighty woman with a torch..
Her name Mother of Exiles.
From her beacon-hand glows
World-wide welcome...
'Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!' cries she..
'Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming...
Syrian refugees from coming to America.
What would Emma Lazarus say about that??
She who called the Statue of Liberty, the "Mother of Exiles."
Her immortal poem, "The New Colossus," goes,
"A mighty woman with a torch..
Her name Mother of Exiles.
From her beacon-hand glows
World-wide welcome...
'Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!' cries she..
'Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming...
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How Can We KNOW We Are In The ENDTIME Generation ?
What evidence is there that we are in the EndTime?
Well, Christ gives us this much to go on:
"This Gospel of the Kingdom will be proclaimed
Thruout the world, as a testimony to all nations,
THEN WILL THE END COME(Matthew 24.14).
"THE END" here would refer to the End Time, I assume.
So when the Great Commission is completed,
THAT should be when the ENDTIME (generation) begins.
To clarify, let me stress that "the end" and "the End Time'
Don't refer to the end of time, "the end of the world,"...
Well, Christ gives us this much to go on:
"This Gospel of the Kingdom will be proclaimed
Thruout the world, as a testimony to all nations,
THEN WILL THE END COME(Matthew 24.14).
"THE END" here would refer to the End Time, I assume.
So when the Great Commission is completed,
THAT should be when the ENDTIME (generation) begins.
To clarify, let me stress that "the end" and "the End Time'
Don't refer to the end of time, "the end of the world,"...
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