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)
HOW CHRIST FULFILLS THE LAW OF MOSES - IN A WAY THAT HAS BEEN OVERLOOKED UNTIL NOW !
Christ said, "I came to fulfill the Law [of Moses]
Not do away with it"( Matthew 5.17).
That doesn't negate the fact that some parts of the Law
Were designed to be temporary, not permanent(Hebrews 8.13).
Christ Himself, not the Apostle Paul serving as His mouthpiece,
Clearly claimed to "make clean" those animals which
up until the Cross had been considered unclean(Acts 10.13-16).
Even before the crucifixion Christ pulled the rug out
from under the Law by denying what Moses taught,
Which was that...
Not do away with it"( Matthew 5.17).
That doesn't negate the fact that some parts of the Law
Were designed to be temporary, not permanent(Hebrews 8.13).
Christ Himself, not the Apostle Paul serving as His mouthpiece,
Clearly claimed to "make clean" those animals which
up until the Cross had been considered unclean(Acts 10.13-16).
Even before the crucifixion Christ pulled the rug out
from under the Law by denying what Moses taught,
Which was that...
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"THE HEAVENS DECLARE [THE BIG BANG WHICH IS] THE GLORY OF GOD" (Psalms 19.1)
Psalms 19, verse 1, actually says,
"The heavens declare the glory of God."
So why do I paraphrase it the way that i do?
First of all, "the Heavens" refers to the skies.
And just what is it that the skies have to "declare"?
Nothing audible, rather it is something VISUAL.
The skies reveal or "declare" the light of the stars!
Astronomers then run that starlight thru spectroscopes,etc.
Which divide the light into the 7 colors like a prism does.
But they have discovered there is more red than there should be. ...
"The heavens declare the glory of God."
So why do I paraphrase it the way that i do?
First of all, "the Heavens" refers to the skies.
And just what is it that the skies have to "declare"?
Nothing audible, rather it is something VISUAL.
The skies reveal or "declare" the light of the stars!
Astronomers then run that starlight thru spectroscopes,etc.
Which divide the light into the 7 colors like a prism does.
But they have discovered there is more red than there should be. ...
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What Are the Blasphemies That the Antichrist Will Speak?
The Antichrist will "make war" and gain "power over every .. nation"(Revelation 13.7),
In other words, he will launch a WORLD WAR and take over the whole world.
Then he will "speak "unheard-of blasphemies against God"(Daniel 11.36-37),
He will "speak arrogantly against God"(Dan 7.11,20,25),
He will "oppose everything that is called God"(2 Thessalonians 2.4).
He won't be a "false Christ," one pretending to be Christ.
Rather the Antichrist will literally be ANTI - Christ, opposed to Him.
But just...
In other words, he will launch a WORLD WAR and take over the whole world.
Then he will "speak "unheard-of blasphemies against God"(Daniel 11.36-37),
He will "speak arrogantly against God"(Dan 7.11,20,25),
He will "oppose everything that is called God"(2 Thessalonians 2.4).
He won't be a "false Christ," one pretending to be Christ.
Rather the Antichrist will literally be ANTI - Christ, opposed to Him.
But just...
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How The Catholic Church Has Tampered With the Ten Commandments
The Second Commandment is,
"Thou shalt not make any graven images
And bow down and worship them"(Exodus 20.2-6).
But the Catholics love their statues!
So during the Dark Ages, long ago,
The hierarchy plotted against the Second Commandment!
They used their authority to claim it was
the second half of the First Commandment!
By putting it as the caboose, they effective "buried" it!
But then there were only nine Commandments,not ten.
But there is supposed to be ten,...
"Thou shalt not make any graven images
And bow down and worship them"(Exodus 20.2-6).
But the Catholics love their statues!
So during the Dark Ages, long ago,
The hierarchy plotted against the Second Commandment!
They used their authority to claim it was
the second half of the First Commandment!
By putting it as the caboose, they effective "buried" it!
But then there were only nine Commandments,not ten.
But there is supposed to be ten,...
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What the Eucharist Means to Me
The Eucharist is another name for Communion.
But what does Communion refer to?
"Com" means with, while union means union.
So the answer to the question is:
To come together, to unite with.
To become "one."
When the sperm unites with the ovum,
The two become one.
So conception is a parallel to Communion.
For the sperm dies so that
the egg, transformed, can live on.
Just like thru Christ's death,
The world,transformed into the Church,
"The Body of Christ," could gain new life.
In Communion "the bread and the...
But what does Communion refer to?
"Com" means with, while union means union.
So the answer to the question is:
To come together, to unite with.
To become "one."
When the sperm unites with the ovum,
The two become one.
So conception is a parallel to Communion.
For the sperm dies so that
the egg, transformed, can live on.
Just like thru Christ's death,
The world,transformed into the Church,
"The Body of Christ," could gain new life.
In Communion "the bread and the...
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Sex Change Operations Are a National Security Threat
Our nation's founding is strongly associated with freedom..
That association goes way back, it started in the 1500s when
The King of England promised an exemption from taxes,etc,
As an incentive to get colonists to settle here.
But that freedom was never meant to extend to the "freedom"
Of a man to "become a woman" - that is an abuse of freedom.
"Sex change operations" are giving freedom a bad name!
They are giving the West,of which America is the leader, a bad name!
America is becoming scorned, hated - the object of contempt! ...
That association goes way back, it started in the 1500s when
The King of England promised an exemption from taxes,etc,
As an incentive to get colonists to settle here.
But that freedom was never meant to extend to the "freedom"
Of a man to "become a woman" - that is an abuse of freedom.
"Sex change operations" are giving freedom a bad name!
They are giving the West,of which America is the leader, a bad name!
America is becoming scorned, hated - the object of contempt! ...
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Don't Be Too Quick To Trust Your Pastor's Judgment, He May Be WRONG!
God killed Ananias and Sapphira," the preacher said.
He was referring to the story in the Book of Acts 5.1-10.
Ananias sold some land for a certain amount of money.
Then he gave half(?) that money to the Church,
claiming that that was the full price of the land.
So he was lying to the Church officials in order
to keep some money for himself and his wife, Sapphira.
When the Apostle Peter confronted them about the lie,
They both dropped dead(Acts 5.5,10).
So. supposedly God Himself slew them because
"Satan filled their hearts,causing...
He was referring to the story in the Book of Acts 5.1-10.
Ananias sold some land for a certain amount of money.
Then he gave half(?) that money to the Church,
claiming that that was the full price of the land.
So he was lying to the Church officials in order
to keep some money for himself and his wife, Sapphira.
When the Apostle Peter confronted them about the lie,
They both dropped dead(Acts 5.5,10).
So. supposedly God Himself slew them because
"Satan filled their hearts,causing...
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Russian Deception: Gorbachev Ended the Cold War to Get America to Disarm, So That Russia Could (Eventually) Bomb Us!
(Open Letter To Anne Applebaum, Columnist for the Washington Post,)
I read your article in "Foreign Policy" magazine a few months back. It was about the question of Why Did Russia End the Cold War? Pardon my forgetfulness but I don't recall much of your answer. But I do recall that Soviet deception was not part of the equation. You definitely didn't say Gorbachev ended the Cold War (and let Eastern Europe go free and let the USSR split up) in order to persuade us to disarm.
But I want to present the case for just such a...
I read your article in "Foreign Policy" magazine a few months back. It was about the question of Why Did Russia End the Cold War? Pardon my forgetfulness but I don't recall much of your answer. But I do recall that Soviet deception was not part of the equation. You definitely didn't say Gorbachev ended the Cold War (and let Eastern Europe go free and let the USSR split up) in order to persuade us to disarm.
But I want to present the case for just such a...
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Cosmic Easter Egg Hunt
Like parents hide Easter Eggs in such a way
That their offspring can come along and find them,
God has infused the laws of physics with secrets of power,
Even the hidden power to control the universe!
God has done it just so Mankind, His collective Son,
Can come along and discover these levers of power!
(And so exercise his authority as the rightful heir of the Almighty!)
If the secrets of how God created the universe
are locked away within the safe deposit box of the atom,
Then Mankind's job(His God-given right) is to retrieve these...
That their offspring can come along and find them,
God has infused the laws of physics with secrets of power,
Even the hidden power to control the universe!
God has done it just so Mankind, His collective Son,
Can come along and discover these levers of power!
(And so exercise his authority as the rightful heir of the Almighty!)
If the secrets of how God created the universe
are locked away within the safe deposit box of the atom,
Then Mankind's job(His God-given right) is to retrieve these...
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Homosexuality Is Based On Induction, Inductive Reasoning.
Inductive Reasoning is where you go from the particular to the general.
Let's say, you meet a Chinese person who is kind, thoughtful, whatever.
If you conclude that Chinese in general are kind, thoughtful, etc.,
That is an example of reasoning inductively.
How does this relate to homosexuality?
Homosexuality, lets say, is where one loves
Those sex organs that are a copy of his own.
(BECAUSE they are a copy of his own).
He is starting from the particular,
His own penis - "I love my...
Let's say, you meet a Chinese person who is kind, thoughtful, whatever.
If you conclude that Chinese in general are kind, thoughtful, etc.,
That is an example of reasoning inductively.
How does this relate to homosexuality?
Homosexuality, lets say, is where one loves
Those sex organs that are a copy of his own.
(BECAUSE they are a copy of his own).
He is starting from the particular,
His own penis - "I love my...
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How Non-Christians Can go To Heaven too, Not Just Christians
Christ said, "No man comes to the Father but by Me"(John 14.6).
So Christ is "the door" thru which we gain access to Heaven (John 10.9).
So we have to be in Christ in order to enter into Heaven.
But Paul the Apostle said, "we proclaim Christ..the Wisdom of God,"
Then, as if to emphasize it, he says it one more time,
"Christ became for us the Wisdom of God"(1st Corinthians 1.24,30).
On that basis, if a man or woman is a true seeker/lover of the Wisdom of God,
Not the wisdom of the world, not a seeker of wisdom just to become wealthy, ...
So Christ is "the door" thru which we gain access to Heaven (John 10.9).
So we have to be in Christ in order to enter into Heaven.
But Paul the Apostle said, "we proclaim Christ..the Wisdom of God,"
Then, as if to emphasize it, he says it one more time,
"Christ became for us the Wisdom of God"(1st Corinthians 1.24,30).
On that basis, if a man or woman is a true seeker/lover of the Wisdom of God,
Not the wisdom of the world, not a seeker of wisdom just to become wealthy, ...
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Hurray - We Have More Time! (Why October 2015 May Be When Russian Attack Occurs)
I had been certain that early August would be when
the Russian Attack (predicted in the Bible) occurs.
Of course I'm happy that I was wrong about that.
But, unfortunately, it will still arrive,only a little later.
The foundation or anchor for my August theory
Was the mention of the Feast of Tabernacles(Zechariah 14.16)
In a passage about the Second Coming of Christ(Zech 14.1-4,7).
I thought that implied that that was when Christ would Appear.
Which means the invasion of Israel by :"all nations"(verses 1-2) ...
the Russian Attack (predicted in the Bible) occurs.
Of course I'm happy that I was wrong about that.
But, unfortunately, it will still arrive,only a little later.
The foundation or anchor for my August theory
Was the mention of the Feast of Tabernacles(Zechariah 14.16)
In a passage about the Second Coming of Christ(Zech 14.1-4,7).
I thought that implied that that was when Christ would Appear.
Which means the invasion of Israel by :"all nations"(verses 1-2) ...
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