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)
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
25th Aug 2014 10:38pm
25th Aug 2014 10:38pm
CHRIST THE IMPLICIT POET
Hebrew poetry is nonrhyming.
Free verse to that extent, you could say.
Instead of one line rhyming with another,
It resorts to metaphor:
The Lord is my shephard,(Psalms 23.1),
"The sun..is like a bride groom
coming out of his chamber"(Psalms 19.4-5).
The objective is to develop, extend, the metaphor.
Can you take a one-line metaphor and
turn it into 2 lines, or 3 or 4 lines?
What is an example of Hebrew poetry by Christ himself?!
He says,"You must be born again
to...
Free verse to that extent, you could say.
Instead of one line rhyming with another,
It resorts to metaphor:
The Lord is my shephard,(Psalms 23.1),
"The sun..is like a bride groom
coming out of his chamber"(Psalms 19.4-5).
The objective is to develop, extend, the metaphor.
Can you take a one-line metaphor and
turn it into 2 lines, or 3 or 4 lines?
What is an example of Hebrew poetry by Christ himself?!
He says,"You must be born again
to...
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EROTIC POEM
Published
16th Aug 2014 5:28pm
16th Aug 2014 5:28pm
The Correspondance Between Yom Kippur and Sexual Intercourse
On Yom Kippur the High Priest would enter "the Holy Place."
This corresponds to the penis entering the vagina during intercourse.
The High Priest represents (part of) God playing the husband role.
With Israel playing the wife,with the Temple representing her body.
Especially the Vagina-Uterus continuum.
The High Priest would first enter "the Holy Place",
Which is the vestibule to the room called,"the Holy of Holies."
Likewise the Penis enters the Vagina,
Which is the vestibule to the Uterus....
This corresponds to the penis entering the vagina during intercourse.
The High Priest represents (part of) God playing the husband role.
With Israel playing the wife,with the Temple representing her body.
Especially the Vagina-Uterus continuum.
The High Priest would first enter "the Holy Place",
Which is the vestibule to the room called,"the Holy of Holies."
Likewise the Penis enters the Vagina,
Which is the vestibule to the Uterus....
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
13th Aug 2014 11:34pm
13th Aug 2014 11:34pm
"[Astronomy] Declares the Glory of God"(Psalms 19.1-4)
There's "General Revelation",
God's revelation of Himself thru nature(Romans 1.19-20).
And there's "Special Revelation,"
God revealing Himself via the Bible.
If we say the Bible reveals God,
That is shorthand for this idea:
The reading/studying of the Bible reveals God.
The Bible doesn't reveal truth to the illiterate.
Likewise,if we say Nature reveals things about God,
Isn't this shorthand for the following:
The study, the reading, of Nature reveals the Creator.
So it's not Nature, it's the study of it.
So,...
God's revelation of Himself thru nature(Romans 1.19-20).
And there's "Special Revelation,"
God revealing Himself via the Bible.
If we say the Bible reveals God,
That is shorthand for this idea:
The reading/studying of the Bible reveals God.
The Bible doesn't reveal truth to the illiterate.
Likewise,if we say Nature reveals things about God,
Isn't this shorthand for the following:
The study, the reading, of Nature reveals the Creator.
So it's not Nature, it's the study of it.
So,...
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
10th Aug 2014 8:46pm
10th Aug 2014 8:46pm
The Constitution ENDORSES Religion
The First Amendment protects "the free exercise [of religion]".
Since the Amendments have become part of the Constitution itself,
this means the Constitution guarantees freedom of religion.
But why does this amount to an endorsement of religion??
By the Founding Fathers giving space
In the Constitution to Freedom of Religion,
This amounts to them saying religion is IMPORTANT,
Well DESERVING of that coveted space.
That by itself amount to an endorsement of religion!
If the Founding Father had written this...
Since the Amendments have become part of the Constitution itself,
this means the Constitution guarantees freedom of religion.
But why does this amount to an endorsement of religion??
By the Founding Fathers giving space
In the Constitution to Freedom of Religion,
This amounts to them saying religion is IMPORTANT,
Well DESERVING of that coveted space.
That by itself amount to an endorsement of religion!
If the Founding Father had written this...
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
10th Aug 2014 8:28pm
10th Aug 2014 8:28pm
The Ruler of RUSSIA Will Be the Antichrist
The Antichrist Will be the Ruler of Russia.
Here's the Biblical Evidence:
Christ's Reappearing "will destroy the [Antichrist]
by the brightness of His Coming"(2 Thessalonians 2.7-8).
So the purpose of the Second Coming
Is the destroying of the Antichrist.
But the purpose of the Second Coming is to defeat
the invasion of Israel by "all nations"(Zechariah 14.1-4).
So, if we combine these two passages (2 Thess 2, Zech 14),
this invasion of Israel should be led by the Antichrist.
(But the nation leading this invasion isn't identified.)...
Here's the Biblical Evidence:
Christ's Reappearing "will destroy the [Antichrist]
by the brightness of His Coming"(2 Thessalonians 2.7-8).
So the purpose of the Second Coming
Is the destroying of the Antichrist.
But the purpose of the Second Coming is to defeat
the invasion of Israel by "all nations"(Zechariah 14.1-4).
So, if we combine these two passages (2 Thess 2, Zech 14),
this invasion of Israel should be led by the Antichrist.
(But the nation leading this invasion isn't identified.)...
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
2nd Aug 2014 5:52pm
2nd Aug 2014 5:52pm
Christianity Doesn't Require a PERSONAL Devil
Fundies (Fundamentalists) claim that
There must be a personal Devil,
An actual supernatural person,
Evil as a person, not just a force.
A "fallen angel" aka Satan, Lucifer.
But even if there were no devil
Whispering in your ear to do wrong,
No Tempter tempting you,
There would still - still - be a tempter to resist,
I.e., yourself, "your own lust," as James 1.14 says.
The Devil is first...
There must be a personal Devil,
An actual supernatural person,
Evil as a person, not just a force.
A "fallen angel" aka Satan, Lucifer.
But even if there were no devil
Whispering in your ear to do wrong,
No Tempter tempting you,
There would still - still - be a tempter to resist,
I.e., yourself, "your own lust," as James 1.14 says.
The Devil is first...
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
28th Jul 2014 9:56pm
28th Jul 2014 9:56pm
The Sun At Dawn is Like the Crowning of A Baby's Head
The sun at dawn is a crescent.
The solar sphere only half-way above the horizon
Is all but unnoticed.
For most of mankind is still asleep..
How sad that people are unaware that birth is taking place!
Yes, the sun emerging past the horizon line
Is like the "crowning" of a baby's head at birth.
(For the horizon line is like the slit
at the entrance to the birth canal.
Mother Earth gives birth daily.
Each new sun is a shining newborn,
A gloriously shining newborn baby,
- how Glorious is...
The solar sphere only half-way above the horizon
Is all but unnoticed.
For most of mankind is still asleep..
How sad that people are unaware that birth is taking place!
Yes, the sun emerging past the horizon line
Is like the "crowning" of a baby's head at birth.
(For the horizon line is like the slit
at the entrance to the birth canal.
Mother Earth gives birth daily.
Each new sun is a shining newborn,
A gloriously shining newborn baby,
- how Glorious is...
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
20th Jul 2014 9:06pm
20th Jul 2014 9:06pm
Mankind as the Collective Offspring of God(Mankind AS God "Junior")
The Bible says about the animals,
they reproduced,"Each after its own kind"(Genesis 1.24-25).
Then right afterward,it says about God,
He reproduced Himself by making man,
"In Our image, after Our likeness"(Genesis 1.26-27).
So like cattle produce cattle,
God produces God over again.
If Mankind as a whole is the offspring of God(the Son of God)
This means Mankind is a god,
a lesser god,under God the Father.
Just like a calf is a bull,
A lesser bull under the daddy bull.
Is the Milky Way galaxy the amniotic sac ...
they reproduced,"Each after its own kind"(Genesis 1.24-25).
Then right afterward,it says about God,
He reproduced Himself by making man,
"In Our image, after Our likeness"(Genesis 1.26-27).
So like cattle produce cattle,
God produces God over again.
If Mankind as a whole is the offspring of God(the Son of God)
This means Mankind is a god,
a lesser god,under God the Father.
Just like a calf is a bull,
A lesser bull under the daddy bull.
Is the Milky Way galaxy the amniotic sac ...
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
12th Jul 2014 4:54pm
12th Jul 2014 4:54pm
Samson's Last Words
Samson's last words were,
"Let me die with the Philistines"(Judges 16.30).
The enemies of Israel, the Philistines,
Captured Samson,blinded him,put him in prison.
Then they brought him to the temple of their God, Dagon.
They made him stand between the pillars holding up the building.
3,000 people gathered on the roof to see him(Judges 16.27).
Samson prayed to God for the strength to topple the pillars,
Bringing down the temple in order to kill the Philistines.
He knew it would cost him his own life.
But that wasn't...
"Let me die with the Philistines"(Judges 16.30).
The enemies of Israel, the Philistines,
Captured Samson,blinded him,put him in prison.
Then they brought him to the temple of their God, Dagon.
They made him stand between the pillars holding up the building.
3,000 people gathered on the roof to see him(Judges 16.27).
Samson prayed to God for the strength to topple the pillars,
Bringing down the temple in order to kill the Philistines.
He knew it would cost him his own life.
But that wasn't...
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
10th Jul 2014 8:40pm
10th Jul 2014 8:40pm
You Don't Like Reincarnation? Get Over It! IT'S A FACT! (I think)
Christ said, "Don't fear those
that can kill the body
But can't kill the soul.
Rather, fear Him who can destroy
both soul and body in hell"(Matthew 10.28).
Notice He doesn't say that the SPIRIT gets destroyed.
Next, the Apostle Paul says that
"the Word of God" has the power to
"separate the soul from the spirit"(Hebrews 4.12).
Let's put those two passages together:
Right as the soul of the "unsaved" person
Is cast into hell and "destroyed"(Matthew 10.28),
The spirit may be separated from that soul,
By God's...
that can kill the body
But can't kill the soul.
Rather, fear Him who can destroy
both soul and body in hell"(Matthew 10.28).
Notice He doesn't say that the SPIRIT gets destroyed.
Next, the Apostle Paul says that
"the Word of God" has the power to
"separate the soul from the spirit"(Hebrews 4.12).
Let's put those two passages together:
Right as the soul of the "unsaved" person
Is cast into hell and "destroyed"(Matthew 10.28),
The spirit may be separated from that soul,
By God's...
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
28th Jun 2014 4:57pm
28th Jun 2014 4:57pm
ARE THERE NOT 12 HOURS IN A DAY?"(John 11.9)
Christ said, "Are there not 12 hours [of light] in a day?
Those that walk during the day don't stumble.
For they see [by] the light of this world"(John 11.9).
Here,the daylight and the darkness of the night
Are used as a metaphor for the human condition.
We all have our good side and our bad side.
We have the "new nature"(after we are saved, converted).
But we retain the "old nature" of sin-prone fallenness,
They are as different as, well, day and night,
"Doctor Jeckle/Mr Hyde" describes every man. ...
Those that walk during the day don't stumble.
For they see [by] the light of this world"(John 11.9).
Here,the daylight and the darkness of the night
Are used as a metaphor for the human condition.
We all have our good side and our bad side.
We have the "new nature"(after we are saved, converted).
But we retain the "old nature" of sin-prone fallenness,
They are as different as, well, day and night,
"Doctor Jeckle/Mr Hyde" describes every man. ...
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
19th Jun 2014 11:33pm
19th Jun 2014 11:33pm
Planet America
We think of America as being confined to one continent.
But Hawaii, the 50th state, is an exception to that rule.
This shows us that it doesn't have to be that way.
Nothing prevents the USA from extending to other continents.
We settled Liberia in Western Africa with 15,000 former slaves.
We could have turned Liberia into a powerhouse of civilization.
It could have taken over much more territory than it occupies now.
Liberia could cover all of the western Africa coast,
Much of the North African desert could have been confiscated.
American...
But Hawaii, the 50th state, is an exception to that rule.
This shows us that it doesn't have to be that way.
Nothing prevents the USA from extending to other continents.
We settled Liberia in Western Africa with 15,000 former slaves.
We could have turned Liberia into a powerhouse of civilization.
It could have taken over much more territory than it occupies now.
Liberia could cover all of the western Africa coast,
Much of the North African desert could have been confiscated.
American...
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