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Daily Devotional, Year 4 – July 13

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Noble Bereans?

Part 62:

“Did Ellen G. White Plagiarize?”

To read Part 1 of this series, click here…Today’s Devotional – September 2nd (Noble Bereans? Part 1)

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“These were more noble than those in Thessalonica,

in that they received the word with all readiness of mind,

and searched the scriptures daily,

whether those things were so.”

Acts 17:11

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So, in this little series, the subject of those noble Bereans has been introduced. And today, it is still worthy of a little more exploration into another area of concern.

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Let’s review the key Bible passage… “And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming there, went into the synagogue of the Jews. These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” Acts 17:10, 11

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St Paul Preaching (Raphael, 1515) – Wikipedia – US public domain

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AN OPEN-MINDED SPIRIT IN BEREA

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Okay, so those in Berea were more noble, because they:

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1. “Received the Word with all readiness of mind.”

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2. “And searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so.”

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And because of this excellent, open-minded Spirit, the Bereans were ready to receive new teachings, which no doubt, conflicted with the supposed, “orthodox” teachings of that day.

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Thus, there was an open-minded love for truth which permeated their hearts, and a willingness to search the Scriptures daily, in hopes that these seemingly new teachings were indeed true!

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La Bible, Notre-Dame – cropped – Wikimedia – Share-Alike License

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A recent phenomenon we witness today, is what has become tagged as “Cancel Culture”. And this seemingly new phenomenon is the act of attempting to weaponize some misdeed or sin as a way to discount or even destroy some individual.

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But as most us realize, this so-called “Cancel Culture” has been a favorite means of cancelling out some individual even as far back as the Garden of Eden, when Lucifer, speaking through a serpent, tried to cancel out the Creator God, by accusing Him of selfishness…”For God doth know that in the day in which you shall eat of it, ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil!” Genesis, Chapter 3.

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Yes, so many humans have been “cancelled” over the past millenniums, because of some accusation, either a true one but also many false accusations.

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And a very troubling aspect to today’s Cancel-Culture is to find fault with some person because of something they might have done or said in past decades. But one of the problems which critics of the cancel-culture point concerning this current practice is that the morals of society are changing so rapidly that what some accused individual said or did years previous, were acceptable back in those decades.

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One example of this is how today’s cancel-culture fanatics have tried to cancel the founders of this nation because of some words or deeds they supposedly did, which were in sync with the commonly acceptable morals of those times.

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Now, many of us oin the Christian community gaze out on our society and look with disgust at today’s cancel-culture for their dishonesty and hypocrisy.

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And yet, sadly, the Church has engaged in the exact same practice, many times!

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For example, one of the most common criticisms which her detractors make is that Ellen G. White stole or plagiarized some of her writings.

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Well, what today’s church-leaders ignore is that back in the 1800’s, it was a commonly acceptable practice to borrow the writings of other Christian authors.

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As a matter of fact, Christian authors were mostly delighted to have their written thoughts shared by other authors! They viewed this practice as a glory to God, to think that their writings were shared!

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And let’s not forget, that we now live in a day in which there are strict copyright laws, and very jealous attempt to prevent others from borrowing from another Christian author. But it wasn’t like this back in previous generations.

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For example, Ellen White was asked by various people to condense a rather large volume on the Book of Acts, written by another author. She made no effort to cover this up, as if she was some sort of plagiarist. No, she freely made clear that her simplifying that author’s work, was merely done to make the book more easily readable.

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But her critics today ignore that the laws and common practices in the 1800’s were vastly different from today’s stringent standards!

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And so, as already declared, the cancel-culture was alive and well, even from the original Garden, and to the day in which they cancelled Jesus, and to the apostles also being cancelled, and even the various Christian martyrs, who were cancelled.

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Yes, there’s be a whole lot of cancelling going on throughout the ages. And even the Bible prophesied that in these last moments, faithful Christians will likewise be cancelled, many forfeiting their jobs, livelihood, and even their very own lives simply because they boldly proclaim the true, unvarnished Gospel.

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So, dear Christian, let’s get ourselves ready for the coming “time of trouble”, which is now already here!

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But praise be to God our Savior, who will bring us into that long-awaited Promised Land, in the earth-made-new. And in that wonderful and happy place, there will absolutely be no more cancelling!

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Ellen White often made use of literary sources in communicating her messages. In the Introduction to one of her most popular books she wrote:

“In some cases where a historian has so grouped together events as to afford, in brief, a comprehensive view of the subject, or has summarized details in a convenient manner, his words have been quoted; but in some instances no specific credit has been given, since the quotations are not given for the purpose of citing that writer as authority, but because his statement affords a ready and forcible presentation of the subject. In narrating the experience and views of those carrying forward the work of reform in our own time, similar use has been made of their published works” (The Great Controversy, p. xii).

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Give me the heart of the Noble Berean as I search for truth. Give me a love for truth even though I may have to eventually stand alone from general consensus of the “group-think” mentality…

Prayer – USMC – Wikimedia – US Govt. Public Domain

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read…May 25th (What’s An Aristaphagist?)“ or you may also read…July 29 (What’s An Aristaphagist!? Part 2: “Eat For Strength!”), or you may also read…September 6 (Nature’s Witnesses, Part 12: “The Health of Creation!”)

Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

Info & pics of constellations on this site from Wikipedia & International Astronomical Union (click here)

 

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HEAVENLY OBJECT LESSON

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“Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.” Isaiah 24:23

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When God created the Moon and the stars, He ordained them to “rule the night” (Gen. 1:16). The Moon, especially when it is full, can light your pathway through the night, as it reflects the light of the Sun.

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So too, the Christian is to be a light to the world: to this sin-darkened world. But as the Moon must reflect the light of the Sun, in order to be a light to the world, so also must the Christian reflect the light of Jesus, to be a spiritual light to this planet in rebellion. Listen…

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“Ye are the light of the world…Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 5:14-16

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However, during an eclipse, the Earth passes directly between the Sun and the Moon, preventing that sunlight from shining on the Moon’s face. This is an incredible object-lesson about when the child of God allows the world to come between him and his Lord. Like the eclipse, that person no longer reflects the light of Jesus, because his or her love of this dark world of sin has eclipsed the light from the “Sun of Righteousness” (see Malachi 4:2).

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And so, this is just one of the many poetic truths seen in the Moon. (For more on this subject of an eclipse, you may link to the article… “Lunar Eclipse & Spiritual Eclipse”)

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Dutch Painting: Um_moinho_dominando_a_baía_à_luz_lunar wikimedia US public domain

This is a drawing of a winter-time total lunar eclipse, first published in Bilder- (Picture Atlas of the Stemenwelt) in 1888

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Moon Into Blood Trilogy: 1st Face: The Night Watchman”

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TOMORROW:

June 15 (What’s An Aristaphagist!? Part 3: “What Did Jesus Eat?”)

Question Mark – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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MINISTRY OF HEALING, BY ELLEN G. WHITE

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ALL ‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) are invited to listen to this sampler of the audio book about the practical aspects of everyday living, such as diet and child rearing…

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Chapter 23 – “Diet and Health”

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Christ and the blind Pauper – Mironov – cropped image – Wikipedia – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

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EXCERPTS FROM THE OPEN FORUM QUESTION/ANSWER RADIO TALK-SHOW…

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ALL ‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) are invited to listen to this recording #215, a small 30 minute sampling of the late Harold Camping’s 90 minute nightly talk shows. This particular program aired in the last few years of his 50 year radio ministry, and includes caller’s questions regarding his teachings on “the end of the church age”…

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ABOVE PICTURE: Holy bible – cropped – Wikimedia – Creative Commons 

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Those who are interested in using photos on this page may click on provided link below each photo, to get to Wikimedia Commons for various licensing details & tags, and all other necessary information on any particular photo. Most tall, narrow photos have been cropped or reduced by this website to make them a better fit on phone screens.

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1Th 4:13  But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

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The above passage presents a huge truth which should be an encouragement to every Christian. You see, prior to his deathly ill baby, David spent seven days laying face-down on the floor, without food, pleading with God to spare the boy’s life.

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But on the seventh day, the child died…2Sa 12:21  Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.
2Sa 12:22  And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?
2Sa 12:23  But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

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So, what is the great lesson here?

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The lesson here is, that while we are surrounded by the living, this must the time to be fasting and praying for them. Because, after they die, there is no more we can do for them! Their eternal destiny has been sealed.

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Oh yes, we can’t help but feel sorrow for those who have died, especially for loved ones who die unsaved. Even David sorrowed and wept for his dead son, Absalom…O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son! 2nd Samuel 18:32, 33 (condensed)

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But while the world mourns for their dead family members, the Christian must not wait, but mourn and fast and pray while there is hope!

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Listen to David, concerning his enemies…”Psa 35:13  But as for me, when they (David’s enemies) were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
Psa 35:14  I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.”

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Now if this is how David prayed for both his family, but likewise even for his enemies, we strive to emulate David in our own lives!

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Well, the very Good News is, that there is no better time to begin to imitate David’s love for others!

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If the one tried for murder were proved guilty, no atonement or ransom could rescue him. “Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed.” Genesis 9:6. “Ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.” “Thou shalt take him from Mine altar, that he may die,” was the command of God; “the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.” Numbers 35:31, 33; Exodus 21:14. The safety and purity of the nation demanded that the sin of murder be severely punished. Human life, which God alone could give, must be sacredly guarded. PP 516.2

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You have now arrived at the 1st chapter of the e-book, “Judgment Day-RX7″. If you are just arriving at this web site, you are invited to start here at the beginning of the trail (Chapter 1).

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The Scream of Nature – Wikipedia – public domain – by edvard munch c.1893…

“I was walking along the road with two friends – the sun was setting – suddenly the sky turned blood red – I paused, feeling exhausted, and leaned on the fence – there was blood and tongues of fire above the blue-black fjord and the city – my friends walked on, and I stood there trembling with anxiety – and I sensed an infinite scream passing through nature.”

Edvard Munch explains the inspiration for this his famous painting, “The Scream of Nature”

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CHAPTER 1:

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“Beginning Of The Trail”

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THE LOVE OF GOD

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VERSE 1.

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“The love of God is greater far

than tongue or pen can ever tell;

It goes beyond the highest star,

and reaches to the lowest Hell…

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VERSE 3.

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“…Could we with ink the ocean fill,

And were the skies of parchment made,

were every stalk on earth a quill,

And every man a scribe by trade;

To write the love of God above,

would drain the ocean dry;

Nor could the scroll contain the whole,

though stretched from sky to sky.”

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Verse 3 was penciled on the wall of a narrow room in an insane asylum by a man said to have been demented. The profound lines were discovered when they laid him in his coffin.

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Summertime, 1980

In a few seconds I will plunge to almost certain death!

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Anything to rid myself of this insane voice that keeps plaguing me! Even as I’m standing here at death’s door, he’s still mocking me… Talking, talking…always talking…”Ohhh Chu-u-u-ck! I’m gonna miss you, boo hoo! Sob sob. sniffle sniffle.” 

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This…uh… “familiar friend” is a great mocker. And I’m at the end of my rope with this unwanted companion! “Ohh Chuck, don’t leave me! I’m gonna be sooo lonely! Sob, sniffle.” See!? See what a mocker he is!? Death will be a welcomed release from all this! And from him!

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At this point, I’m no longer talking with him. I’m just putting up with him. He talks! He mocks! And I just tolerate. But I can only barely tolerate him! What else can I do? He’s invisible! It’s not like I can just shoo him away!

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The Scream of Nature – Wikipedia – public domain – by edvard munch c.1893

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ONE WAY OUT!

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But now, I’ve found a way out!  And who can blame me for ending it all? Who can disagree that taking this plunge is the only way out? Not to mention the terror of this situation which I’ve suffered for so long…

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So, what would you do if you were in my shoes?

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Well, if you think you’d do different, let me just tell you my story. Then you make up your own mind.

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Okay?

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Fair enough?

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Good! Then we’ll turn back the pages of time from this moment (late summer of 1980), to about 16 months earlier. Back to spring, 1979.

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That’s a good place to begin my story, or should I rather say, my true account of how, “All Hell broke loose!”

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The Scream of Nature – Wikipedia – public domain – by edvard munch c.1893

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Spring, 1979

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“Singin’ to the world, it’s time we let the spirit come in, (Let it come on in).

“I’m singin’ to the world, everybody’s caught in a spin. (Look at where we’ve been).

“We’ve been runnin’ around… year after year…blinded by pride…blinded by fear—

“Cause it’s daybreak. If ya only believe,

“it can be daybreak, ain’t no time to grieve,

“said it’s daybreak, if ya only believe,

“and let it shine, shine, shine….all around the world”…….

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“Far out, man!” That was my last song for a whole month!  As I made my way out of the auditorium to my car, I noticed my hands were starting to tremble again. “Maybe a month’s vacation will stop this shaking.”, I told myself. I probably shook my head, as if to shake away these thoughts outa my head, so I wouldn’t think about it. But frankly… it worried me. I didn’t want to believe I was having some sort of a breakdown, or whatever. I didn’t want to acknowledge that I was losing control.

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Keane1 – Yamaha Electric Grand – courtesy Wikipedia & Yummifruitbat – Picture of very talented person and not of Chuck

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AN INTRODUCTION IS IN ORDER

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This is me. My name is Chuck. I’m your typical 28 year old. Typical for back in 1979, that is. Do I look a little clueless? Well, I am. I mean I was. But all that was about to change.

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“Oh, and how do you like my little metallic cobalt/black sports car? It’s an RX-7. Just got it, not too long ago. Pretty cool huh?”

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Mazda rx7-1st Generation – wikipedia – GNU-free-user-license

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NEXT DAY…

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“GET YER MOTOR RUNNIN’…HEAD OUT ON THE HIGHWAY…”

(Opening lyrics of the 1968 Steppenwolf song, “Born To Be Wild”) 

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Anyway, I was ready for a much-needed vacation. I was all packed. The motor-home was ready to roll. A whole month off! From work. From the club. From this local beauty pageant that I was asked to perform a song at.

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Oh well, it was just a one-song gig… and not to mention alotta pretty ladies there! 

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And now this last commitment was done with, and there was nothing  between me and a trip through the Southwest: Disneyland, Vegas, Grand Canyon, Zion National Park, and finally Lake Tahoe. A real 30-day “dream vacation”!

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So I climbed up into the cab of the rented motor-home. Ready to roll.

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But something caught my eye. Something in the ash tray. Someone left something there in the ashtray. “Wow! A Neil Diamond cassette! I wonder who left it here? Hey, there’s no note attached! Oh well. Beautiful weather! Great music! Great day!”

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So it was time to start up the engine. Put in this new cassette, turn the music way up… and roll out…onto the awaiting highway! Neil Diamond belting out his tunes, with his raw, one-of-a-kind style! “Goodbye schedules! Goodbye gigs! Goodbye restaurant!

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HELL-O HIGHWAY!!”

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Jukebox – Wikimedia – cropped image – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 Global license

Picture of motor-home courtesy – wikipedia Public Domain.

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THE GRAND CANYON

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ABOUT TEN DAYS LATER… We were just walking down into the canyon. This was great!  Weather was just right. Hikers were just practically skipping down the trail. Like a walk in the park. Better! The force of gravity just kinda carried the people down, down, down (as we descended, I noticed it getting gradually hotter).

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TWO MULES FOR SISTER SARA…NONE FOR ME!!!

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After about three hours, I reached the bottom. Walking down along the river trail at the bottom, I began to get worried about the journey back up to the top of the canyon, the next day. Man…that’s a long way back up that steep trail! If it took three hours to walk down, then how long will it take to get back up…uh-h…Maybe I could rent a pack mule at the visitor center here at the bottom.

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Maybe I’ll find Sister Sara. (You know, like that old Clint Eastwood movie, “Two Mules For Sister Sara”.) She’ll have an extra mule! One for her, and one for me! Ha ha…Uh Hmm-m.

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So I walked through the crowded restaurant/tavern, asking about a mule. No such luck though! Oh well… I don’t have to make that climb till tomorrow! And tomorrow’s tomorrow! And that’s a long time from now! Right?

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Juancito pack mule – wikipedia – public domain

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BLIND MAN AT BOTTOM…

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I decided to buy an ice cream bar at the open-air food stand at the little community on the canyon floor.

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There were a number of people ahead of me in line. And as I waited in line, I noticed the young man who worked at the window was wearing extremely thick glasses, which also had a magnifying glass attached to his already super-thick glasses. “Man, that poor guy is almost blind!”, I thought to myself while I stood there in line. And even with those thick lenses, this nearly blind clerk still had to hold each coin right up close to his attached magnifying glasses in order to tell what each denomination of each coin and each bill was! It was impossible to not feel bad for this poor guy as he, no doubt, had to struggle through life!

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Yeah, even a brash young arrogant schmuck like myself could feel sorry for this guy!

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THAT EVENING…

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WHAT’S A BROTHER FOR?… That evening there were hikers spread out all over the canyon floor, about 50 or 100 feet apart with their sleeping bags. And so I went for my bag. Actually it wasn’t exactly MY bag. I kind-of just borrowed it from my brother. It was such a nice compact little bag. And it was just hanging there on the wall, begging to be borrowed. “What are brothers for!?” So I grabbed it on the way out the door, as I left for my vacation.

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Constellation Orion from Grand Canyon – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license

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“WHAT’S THIS!?”

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But upon opening it, I was shocked to discover, it wasn’t a sleeping bag at all!

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“IT’S A PARKA! A LITTLE… NYLON… PARKA!!!“

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 No wonder it was so compact! “What am I gonna do!?” I was down here at the bottom of the Grand Canyon! Not too many options! And so, I laid down on the hard ground, and tried to pull this lightweight parka over my feet and legs. And so began an all-night wrestling match with this little parka. Needless to say, the parka won the wrestling match!

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MORNING AT BOTTOM OF CANYON

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After tossing and turning most of the night, finally the light of dawn arrived. All the campers began to roll up their sleeping bags. I rolled up my little parka and put it back in its little nylon bag.

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ARTIST’S VIEWPOINT…

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I looked up at the steep canyon walls, as I was instructed to do.

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I took a long look at these massive rocks of the canyon walls. A customer of our restaurant, a really great artist named Don, a very well-known nature painter back in Klamath Falls, suggested I take special note of the canyon walls in the early morning light.

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And so I looked. And they were beautiful! And very soon, the sun began to peak over the rim of the canyon. And the light began to spread itself over the walls, as if it was a coat of paint running down the walls of this ancient canyon.

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A paint of light. Spreading itself evenly over this ancient work of art. Wasn’t sure that’s what Don was talking about…but couldn’t notice much else.

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Canyon Walls, Courtesy USPS & Wikipedia. Pub. Dom.

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MULE-FREE ME…

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And in a few minutes after breakfast we began our ascent back out of this amazing work of nature. There must have been about several hundred people or so, who spent the night in the canyon.

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It wasn’t too long in the ascent, when I probably began to surmise, that it was becoming easier to tell the smart people from the stupid ones.

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The smart ones, of course, were on pack mules!

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I was still tired from a pretty much sleepless night. But on the other hand, I had been jogging back home in Klamath for the past several years now, and was in pretty decent physical condition. However, I had just resumed smoking several weeks earlier, but had not begun to suffer the results yet.

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The first part of the climb was fairly gentle, for an hour or so. But before long, I had to take a rest. The trail steepened into what is known as “switch-backs”. They went for some distance, and then switched back in the opposite direction. So there seemed to be an endless number of these “switchbacks”.

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Time passed. Finally one hour…and then two hours…three. We just could not tell how far it was to the top. These sheer walls made that impossible. Another hiker began to swoon. I became really worried that she might faint, and fall off these narrow trails, down into the canyon below.

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Those who were smart enough to have a mule, were passing us hikers by. We had to stop and hug the canyon walls each time, to let them by, and wish that we were on one!

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Actually, it was amazing how sure-footed those mules were! On the other hand, I trusted my own feet more than I trusted those mules. They looked pretty scary as their big rear-ends made a wide swing around each sharp turn of those sharp switch-back corners!

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Grand Canyon National Park – Bright Angel Trial, Mule Trip – Flicker

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ONLY WAY OUT OF THIS HELL-HOLE…JUST KEEP WALKING UPWARD!

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Four or five hours into this, the hikers began to stretch our necks to get a glimpse of the trail’s end. But in our disappointment, there was just another switch-back. Switch-back after switch-back. It was getting really monotonous!

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But there is no other alternative. If you want to get out of this HELL-HOLE alive, you just have to keep walking upward, along the narrow pathway!

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Five hours finally turned into six. No end in sight. Six turned into seven. Still only one switch-back after another. But then I considered how tedious it must have been for those who originally carved out these switch-backs.

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The pack-mules kept passing. I kept taking endless breaks. More and more I looked…hoping to see the words, “TRAILS END“.

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But just another switch-back.

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Now it was about eight hours of hiking this seemingly endless trail.

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Seemingly, a thousand times, I thought to myself…“When will this tedious upward trek ever end!?”

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Photo of the “Bright Angel Trail” courtesy of USPS.

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TRAIL’S END…

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It just ended!

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Yeah, suddenly, without a hint, the trail just ended!

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Our journey was over! Done! Finished! We reached the top!

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And needless to say, I just collapsed on a soft green grass provided by the Park Service!

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And so did the others! And it felt like Heaven!

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We made it! Yeah! We did it! “Mules? Who needs em!”

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In my short walk back to the motor-home I stopped to talk to a park employee. This person informed me that some cross-country runners had just run down to the bottom and back up to the top in about 3 hours.

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“Three hours!?”, I exclaimed incredulously…“Both ways!?”

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This information took the air out of my now-rapidly-growing-ego-bubble. But at least I made it! And was I ever glad it was over!

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Looking back on this, of course I’m happy I experienced this unforgettable upward journey. And now it’s just a memory…an experience to remember for all time!

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But would I do it over again? I’ll let you figure that one out!

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Courtesy USPS & Wikipedia. Pub. Dom. 

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“SIGNS, SIGNS, EVERYWHERE A SIGN…”

(Title of the 1971 song by The 5 Man Electrical Band)

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Later that evening, when I was back in my motor-home, I turned on the TV. It was my favorite new comedian. He was doing some skit, in which he supposedly had lost everything in life. There he was, living in a dumpster.

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But just then, his friends came and pulled him out of the dumpster. They had found some pennies he had invested years earlier. And to this comedian’s delight, they showed how his pennies had accrued while he was in this disheveled condition. So he wasn’t broke after all. Well, this comedy sketch was really funny at the time. I actually can’t remember why. Well, this comedian was just plain funny! And so I laid there on the motor-home couch and laughed so hard, I almost fell onto the floor.

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Little did I know, that in just a few months, I was about to lose all my earthly wealth. And little was I aware, that I would likewise be scrounging like a beggar. And nobody could’ve convinced me that I was gonna be cast into an abyss much deeper and wider than this Grand Canyon which was just outside my motor-home door!

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UPWARD TO ZION!

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After the Grand Canyon, it was northward and upward to Zion National Park. The motor-home was rolling along the highway just fine. As I approached the state border, I noticed the beautiful red rocks of the desert. And every so often there were little stands with Navajo blankets and jewelry for sale. It was really beautiful in its own way out there in the desert. I wouldn’t want to live there. But I’m sure those who do live there, love it there!

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As I said, the motor-home was tooling along just fine; just fine that is, until the wind began to blow. And soon it began to blow harder! And finally, it was blowing so hard I feared the motor-home might blow completely over! I tried to go really slow, but the wind just kept getting stronger it seemed. 

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Finally I pulled over into some service station, rest-stop. Should I wait out the wind-storm? Although I was an atheist, I vaguely recall that I sensed that there was a greater power preventing me from going forward. Or maybe I didn’t. I can’t exactly recall. But it adds to the intrigue of this story, to think that I did!

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Finally I decided not to wait. I turned the motor-home around and back-tracked to California. And the further we back-tracked, the more the wind died down. I guess it was the right decision to turn around.

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Beautiful, beautiful Zion would have to wait until perhaps…another day.

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NAVAJO WOMEN WEAVE A RUG AT TRADING POST ON THE NAVAJO RESERVATION wikipedia public domain

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UNSEEN SPEECH-WRITER!?!

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In September, I went to our 10-year high-school reunion in Salem. Yeah, I was looking buff! working out alot. Also had arrived in my sleek little black sports-car!

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I was all geared up to impress!

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But then, something really strange occurred!

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You see, as I sat there talking, I heard a non-descript voice in my mind, coaching me on just what I should say, in attempt to impress them. 

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Needless to mention, this was unnerving! But his advice sounded pretty good, so I followed it. And quickly just shrugged it off.

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And that was the last of that…for now! The first night, there was a large gathering at some ballroom in Salem…maybe at the Marion Hotel.

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Anyway, an ex girlfriend came up and asked if I would do the introductions. And so, feeling pretty good about myself, I agreed. And just as I was up at the microphone, feeling like I was getting on a roll, (saying something like, “We’re gonna have a big night tonight, and a bigger weekend!”), to which an old buddy standing in the large crowd, made some sarcastic quip, chortling something to the effect, “Not as big as your ego, Whittemore!” I suppose his rude barb got a pretty good laugh. But hey, in the clubs, you either just ignore, or you throw some clever retort back at the heckler.

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And since I couldn’t think of any clever come-back, I pretty much just ignored him and kept on speaking.

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“BAD MOON RISING”

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(FOUR PROPHETS OF DOOM)
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It was now October 1979. Five months after my vacation in the Southwest. I was back to work at the restaurant. And my singing partner and I began a new gig at a local steak-house three nights a week.

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One afternoon, while rehearsing down at the club, we decided to play a few hands of poker. Five-Card-Draw. After dealing the cards, my partner went to the restroom. While she did, I looked at my cards. She had dealt me FOUR KINGS!! My eyes bugged out.

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In a few minutes she returned, and we resumed our game. I asked for no cards. When I laid down my hand and she saw those four kings, she accused me of cheating. I can’t say I blame her since she had left the room, leaving me there alone with my cards.  Well, she got angry and needless to say, this brought our card game to a swift end.

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But looking back, I have to say, this was a soothsaying, prophetic moment!

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Because in a few weeks I was soon to encounter the King of the Universe! And the time had come for that King to pronounce Judgment on this unsuspecting night club musician (me!) And looking back, I can say…these four kings dealt to me that day were just “four prophets of doom”

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… MY DOOM!

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“HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?”…

(Lyrics from the 1963 Chubby Checker song, “The Limbo Rock”)

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I was on my break during a packed-house night. A man who was crippled happened to walk through the bar. In order to make some ladies laugh, I mimicked the odd way this crippled man walked. One of the ladies laughed. The other said, “That wasn’t nice!” I suppose the one who laughed probably didn’t think it was funny either. I didn’t usually make such a low-grade jest.

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However, there was one time back at high school that I also made fun of a crippled girl in front of others. And in 15 years since that thoughtless high school prank, I still hadn’t learned my lesson.

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But I was gonna learn my lesson! 

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REAL SOON!!!

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“HOW DOES IT FEEL, TO BE ON YER OWN…LIKE A ROLLING STONE!”

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This particular night was Halloween, as I recall. And as I said, it was standing-room-only there at the Stockman’s Social Club!

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Among the many patrons dressed in costumes, there was one guy in particular whose costume really reminded me of Bob Dylan. I noticed him, because he kept dancing with my very hot girlfriend! But since I was performing and couldn’t interject myself between them, I chose instead to make a few slightly humorous jests over my microphone through the night, about him being, “Bob Dylan’s ghost”.

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Well, as the night wore on, I began stretching my neck to see where Mr. Dylan’s “ghost” and my girlfriend were, but neither of them seemed to be around any longer.

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They just seemed to disappear!

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Well, that’s what ghosts do! Right? Disappear?

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And, well, so much for me having a girlfriend.

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Bob Dylan – 1984 – cropped and colored image – Wikipedia – share-alike license by Chris Hakkens

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“ONE EYE IS TAKEN FOR AN EYE”…

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Little did I know, that in just a few weeks, I myself would become the object of pity and possibly the object of mimicry as well! Yeah, my bad karma was gonna come back around to bite me, and bite my hard! REALLY HARD! 

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And I suppose at some point in time, I could’ve been talking with customers in some bar somewhere. And a certain song was playing. And as I drank down my bourbon, or whatever, I never dreamed that this certain song (“Bad Moon Rising”) and those four kings dealt to me, were gonna be the only harbingers and forebodings I was gonna get, for what lay in store for me, in just a few short days! 

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Yeah, this song was exactly telling it like it is!

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And I just thought it was a good dance song! 

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BAD MOON RISING

(Title of the mega-hit song by Creedence Clearwater Revival)

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“I see the bad moon arising. I see trouble on the way. I see earthquakes and lightning. I see bad times today.”

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CHORUS: “Don’t go around tonight,

Well, it’s bound to take your life,

There’s a bad moon on the rise.”

SECOND VERSE:

“I hear hurricanes a-blowin’.

I know the end is coming soon. I fear rivers over flowin’.

I hear the voice of rage and ruin.”

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“Don’t go around tonight,

Well, it’s bound to take your life,

There’s a bad moon on the rise”

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THIRD VERSE:

“Hope you got your things together.

Hope you are quite prepared to die.

Looks like we’re in for nasty weather.

One eye is taken for an eye.”

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Bad Moon Rising – by Makelessnoise – for Wikipedia – Share-alike License

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Go to Chapter 2,  just click this link…

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Ch. 2: “Atheist-2-Believer In 1 Second Flat!”  

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So this happy atheist, Chuck, was going to become a believer in just a week or so. And this conversion just might set the land-speed record for conversions! Or should I rather say, it might set the HELL’S speed-record for conversions!

                      
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TO THE READER:

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THIS SITE HAS APPARENTLY BEEN TARGETED BY THE MAJOR SEARCH ENGINE, POSSIBLY FOR OCCASIONALLY TEACHING BIBLE TRUTHS WHICH ARE CURRENTLY DEEMED TO BE “POLITICALLY INCORRECT”. 

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THIS, OF COURSE, MAKES IT HARDER FOR THE PUBLIC TO FIND MANY CHRISTIAN SITES VIA TODAY’S INTERNET GIANTS, WHICH SEEM TO BE SECRETLY SHADOW-BANNING THEM.

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TRUTH-SEEKERS CAN MORE EASILY ACCESS FAITHFUL CHRISTIAN WEBSITES, BY USING LESS INTRUSIVE/OBSTRUCTIVE SEARCH ENGINES, SUCH AS www.bing.com, OR www.duckduckgo.com

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AND, BY ALL MEANS, LET’S PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR TODAY’S CLANDESTINE CENSORSHIP, THAT THEIR HEARTS MIGHT BE SOFTENED, AND THEIR EYES OPENED TO THE TRUTH THAT WILL SET THEM FREE.

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To read more on this subject, click here…Today’s Devotional, Year 4 – May 20 (Mark Now Given, Part 7: “Masters of the Universe or Just Useful Pawns of Satan?”)

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In Everything Giving Thanks! Lemonade Drinkers for Jesus!

Life can be pretty frustrating at times, wouldn’t you agree? Quite often, we humans suffer from the little thorns and thistles which God foretold of way back in Genesis 17, 18…”Cursed is the ground for your sake; In toil you shall eat of it All the days of your life. Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you,“

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Now obviously, the Lord was not merely speaking of literal thorns and thistles, but of all the many problems of life, both little and large, which sin would bring with it! And certainly, it’s not difficult at all to observe the fulfillment of this prophecy from Genesis 3:17, 18! No matter where we look, we easily see the countless thorns and thistles of life springing up in every direction!

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Take for just one little example, going into a fast-food restaurant, and waiting and waiting to order, as if we are invisible to the busy employees who studiously avoid looking at us! Oh yes, it’s a small inconvenience, but it often tempts us to eventually shout for some help. Or maybe when the employee does get around to take our order, we get treated rudely in some way. By now we are ready to storm out in disgust.

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Well, this is just one tiny example. And no doubt, there are an endless list of examples we could give concerning life’s little lemons which come our way each day. Maybe some family situation. Maybe some work-related issue. There is literally no end to life’s sharp little thorns and thistles which poke us on a daily basis.

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But the gist of this article is how we might turn the proverbial “lemon into lemonade”. 

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And so, just how might we turn these negative experiences into beneficial experiences? Yes, how can we turn “lemons into lemonade”?

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Listen to James 1:3, 4…”Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.”

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Praise God! Here is the solution to the many little thorns and thistles which can and will sting us in this “Thorn & Thistle World”! 

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Yes, God is purposely allowing problems, both big and little, to come our way as a means of squaring and hewing us into perfectly-cut-and-polished gemstones! And so, instead of allowing all the little disappointments of life to get to us, we can rather determine to learn patience during such tiny tribulations…

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For example, when we are in a long line waiting and waiting, instead of fuming or complaining, we might rather use the time to pray…or to look up a Bible verse, or merely to be good “Ambassadors for Christ”, treating all who are present with Christlike patience and loving-kindness! (see 2nd Corinthians 5:20 for “Ambassadors” quote)

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And of course, this same principle can and should be carried into all our dealings, in the home, in the workplace, and in every situation of life! Whether in a potential conflict, discouraging set-back, or any injustice, we can turn these “life’s little lemons into lemonade”!

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Thus, by so-doing, we will daily grow closer and closer into the likeness of our Lord!

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And so, this Part 11 of the “In Every Thing Giving Thanks” series, these “little lemons of life” should also be given thanks for, as we allow them to turn us into “Lemonade Drinkers for Jesus!”

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“Complete List of Daily Devotionals”

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Daily Devotional, Year 4: February 6

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Noble Bereans, Part 50: “Liberty of Conscience Now Threatened!”

To read part 1, click here…”September 2nd (Noble Bereans?)”

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So, in this little series, the subject of those noble Bereans has been introduced. And today, it is still worthy of a little more exploration into another area of concern.

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Let’s review the key Bible passage… “And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming there, went into the synagogue of the Jews. These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” Acts 17:10, 11

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AN OPEN-MINDED SPIRIT IN BEREA

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Okay, so those in Berea were more noble, because they:

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1. “Received the Word with all readiness of mind.”

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2. “And searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so.”

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And so, the Bereans were ready to receive new teachings, which no doubt, conflicted with the supposed, “orthodox” teachings of that day.

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Thus there was an open-mindedness which permeated their hearts, and a willingness to search the Scriptures daily, in hopes that these seemingly new teachings were indeed true!

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THE REVELATION 12 DRAGON

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This Revelation 12 Dragon “cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.” Revelation 12:15

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And this amazing constellation is comprised of various stars from several different well-known constellations. And this Dragon was created by God to reveal and confirm a great Bible truth regarding Satan and his war against Heaven.

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And the wave of water coming forth out of the Dragon’s mouth is spoken of in more veiled terms in such places as Psalm 22:5, 6… “When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; The sorrows of Hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;”

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So here we see that the Dragon’s wave of water is actually symbolic of Satan’s army of willing humans, who oppress the Church through means of false doctrines, oppressive dogma, and mind-indoctrination via various ungodly influences.

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THE GREAT CONTROVERSY

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In Ellen White’s book, “The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan”, she addresses this issue of liberty of conscience, and the future persecution against the faithful remnant people of God.

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(Down toward the bottom of today’s devotional, one can listen to the 40 minute audio version of this revealing and insightful chapter from that book)

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1858 version The Great Controversy by E.G. White – Public Domain

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AN INSIGHTFUL AND UNCANNY LOOK FORWARD IN TIME! 

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Now, when reading this fine book, Great Controversy, it is also an uncanny look forward in time, to our day, and speaks of things only realized in these last few decades.

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And yet, because it was written in the late 1800’s, it doesn’t fully explain things from today’s vantage point. In other words, we have a much greater advantage today, because we can more clearly and more fully see the reality of the current world situation.

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Yes, we now have the great advantage of living in this day when prophecy is being fulfilled right before our very eyes!

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Nevertheless, Ellen White was given great insight into Bible prophecy, and by reading The Great Controversy, it is a tremendous witness that God was indeed working mightily through her!

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MUCH WORSE THAN ANYONE REALIZED!

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But in this fearful time we are now living, we realize that Satan’s oppressive warfare against God’s people is of a much wider scope than merely from the papal church-system.

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And perhaps this chapter does not bring this aspect out as clearly as it should.

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Nevertheless, we can now see things in much clearer light, and understand that liberty of conscience is in much greater peril because of the totalitarian nature of the current-day oppression!

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Christian and Apollyon – Pilgrim’s Progress – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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VARIOUS INSTRUMENTS OF OPPRESSION

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Yes, with the advent of such things as television, radio, and Internet, Satan is now using virtually all of society to control the hearts and minds of God’s remnant people. And all this mind control goes far beyond the Church, as he works through these various means to brainwash all of society, yea even all the world!

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Even the educational institutions are currently being used in his battle to control the hearts and minds of the people! Oh yes, there are no doubt, many fine and dedicated employees within these institutions. But just like the apostate churches and denominations, these honest-hearted people would be mortified and appalled to realize that Satan is using them as pawns to further his oppressive warfare against the entire world, and especially against God’s faithful ones!

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“GOOD NEWS FROM A FAR COUNTRY”

Proverbs 25:25

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So just where is the Good News in all this bad news?

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Listen…“But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:” Romans 5:20

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This is just one exceeding great and precious promise among countless other similar promises that God will be with us till the end! Yes, the Lord will see us through the “troublous times” ahead!

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And as good and noble Bereans, we must with open minds and truth-seeking hearts, prayerfully study all these things to see if they are indeed so!

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And as already mentioned, by scrolling down toward the bottom of today’s devotional, one can listen to the 40 minute audio version of this revealing and insightful chapter from that book. 

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“I BARE YOU ON EAGLES’ WINGS, AND BROUGHT YOU UNTO MYSELF!”

Exodus 19:4

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And we can rejoice that God will bare us up on eagles wings, even as it is written… “But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” Isaiah 40:31

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ABOVE PICTURE: Winter – Revelation 12 Woman with Eagle Wings (aka Ursa Major, including The Big Dipper)

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TO READ PART 51, CLICK HERE…February 9 (Noble Bereans, Part 51: “Come Out of Her My People!”)

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

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“Dear Lord, Help me to be an open-minded seeker of truth, even if it means giving up a very highly regarded Church opinion! Let me be willing to investigate any seemingly new teaching if it appears to have some biblical validity…

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READ MORE…

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To explore deeper into this subject, please read…August (Noble Bereans, Part 16: “The Signs Of Heaven?”) or you can also read…NOVEMBER 23 (Noble Bereans, Part 20: “Re-thinking Ellen White Regarding Her Old Testament Statements”), or you can also read…October 30 (Noble Bereans, Part 26 – “The Message of the Third Angel of Revelation 14”)

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

The info and pics of the constellations on this site are all taken from Wikipedia and from The Internation Astronomical Union (click here to view their site)

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LOCATION…

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The Revelation 12 Dragon Constellation can be located by finding Orion in winter months. The Dragon is to Orion’s left, and the Dragon’s mouth is right next to Orion’s shield. This Dragon’s mouth is the V-like constellation The Hyades Cluster, which is also known as the head of Taurus the Bull. The Dragon’s tail-tip is Pleiades and the lower shaft of his tail is partly of Aries  and Pisces. Then with aid of a dark and starry night, you may begin to connect the mouth and the tail with a very long body in an oval shape. The front and back legs are made of a few stars: the front legs partially of stars from Taurus . The back legs and rear fin are made of 6 stars from the Cetus Constellation.

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BODY HARD TO SEE

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The long oval-shaped body has relatively few stars, but can been seen, howbeit with a dark, starry night. The four stars of the front fins are made partially of Taurus .

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FIRST APPEARS IN MID-SUMMER

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This Dragon constellation appears in the eastern horizon about mid-summer in the pre-dawn hours, spewing his flood-waters northward toward the Revelation 12 Woman in Travail (not pictured in this chart).

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The Wave of Water is primarily composed of the Constellation Auriga. There are two dimmer stars (#’s 1 & 2) which are closest to the Dragon’s mouth. These two dimmer stars are also part of this Wave of Water, but are not part of the Auriga Constellation.

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THE ZODIAC NAMES

It is not the purpose, nor the desire of www.theheavensdeclare.net to give any validity or recognition to the Zodiac or any pagan deities. But unfortunately, the common names of many constellations (such as Scorpio or Sagittarius, etc.), must be given, solely for the purpose of locating them on star-charts.

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READ MORE…

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To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “The Dragon of Revelation 12 Constellation“

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TOMORROW…

February 7 (Taking Back This Nation For God! Part 11: “How To Stop the Growing Lawlessness in the Land” CONTINUED FURTHER)

 

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Daily Devotional, Year 4: February 5

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Noble Bereans, Part 49: “Dead People Speaking!?”

To read part 1, click here…”September 2nd (Noble Bereans?)”

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So, in this little series, the subject of those noble Bereans has been introduced. And today, it is still worthy of a little more exploration into another area of concern.

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Let’s review the key Bible passage… “And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming there, went into the synagogue of the Jews. These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” Acts 17:10, 11

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AN OPEN-MINDED SPIRIT IN BEREA

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Okay, so those in Berea were more noble, because they:

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1. “Received the Word with all readiness of mind.”

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2. “And searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so.”

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And so, the Bereans were ready to receive new teachings, which no doubt, conflicted with the supposed, “orthodox” teachings of that day.

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Thus there was an open-mindedness which permeated their hearts, and a willingness to search the Scriptures daily, in hopes that these seemingly new teachings were indeed true!

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A BABYLONISH HELL

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It only makes sense that spiritual Babylon (in the form of today’s fallen world, including the world-loving churches and denominations) would have doctrines which originated in ancient Babylon. And the church-doctrine of “the immortality of the soul”, living in a conscience state in Hell actually originated in ancient Babylon (information from “The Two Babylons” by Alexander Hislop).

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After all, it was the serpent in the garden who first falsely promised the woman…“Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.” Genesis 3:4, 5

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Yes, it has always been that serpent, Satan, who lies against Bible truth, when Scripture clearly teaches…“The soul that sinneth, it shall die.” Ezekiel 18:4, 20

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STUDY, STUDY, STUDY!!!

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And every truth-seeking Noble Berean is highly encouraged to spend much time searching these things out, by following these daily devotionals, and listening to the accompanying audio segments at the bottom of each day’s devotionals. 

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TO READ PART 50, CLICK HERE…Daily Devotional, Year 4: February 6 (Noble Bereans, Part 50: “Liberty of Conscience Now Threatened!”)

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

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“Dear Lord, Help me to be an open-minded seeker of truth, even if it means giving up a very highly regarded Church opinion! Let me be willing to investigate any seemingly new teaching if it appears to have some biblical validity…

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READ MORE…

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To explore deeper into this subject, please read…August 1 (Eternal Torment? Part 29: “What & Where is Hell?”), or you can also read…December 16 (Eternal Torment? Part 31: “Babylonian Hell”) or you can also read…JANUARY 28 (The False Prophet, Part 3: The Image That Speaks!),

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

The info and pics of the constellations on this site are all taken from Wikipedia and from The Internation Astronomical Union (click here to view their site)

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THESE SIGNS ARE MENTIONED

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From time to time, the Book of Revelation mentions stars. But when we get to Revelation Chapter 12, it speaks of two “great signs in heaven”. First, it speaks of the sign in heaven of a woman with child. Then it speaks of the sign in heaven of a great red dragon, with a tail that sweeps one-third of the stars and casts these stars down to the earth. So we get the sense that this phenomenon that the Apostle John was seeing, was closely intertwined with the starry host of the heavens. And these two signs in heaven, a woman, and a dragon, are a big part of this website, Signs Of Heaven.

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And so this phenomenon that the Apostle John was seeing, was closely intertwined with the starry host of the heavens.

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What really gives validity to this idea, is that God created the Universe in such a way, that if one looks at the major constellations, then this Revelation 12 scenario can be seen. So please read on. And if you really want to see this heavenly battle, you just might. It will take some real effort on your part. But through prayer, faith, and study of the site, God may just graciously open your eyes to see this amazing story written on the heavenly scroll above. But don’t wait! This heavenly scroll will soon be rolled up, just as it is written… “And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together;” Revelation 6:14

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WINTER CONSTELLATIONS-SEEN IN FALL: This sketch to the right is how this constellation group appears in the eastern sky in fall. This is the four primary constellations of the Winter Constellations. They can be seen in this position, in the late fall above the eastern horizon. The Woman of Revelation 12 is commonly called Ursa Major or The Big Dipper and appears in the north. Orion the Soldier is the at the bottom is to the south of the Woman. The The Dragon of Revelation Constellation’s mouth isThe Hyades Cluster, and the tip of his tail is Pleiades, and his Wave of Water is primarily the  Auriga constellation. The Glorious Horse Constellation  head is of  Perseus Constellation and his rear end is Cassiopeia Constellation.

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To explore deeper into this subject, please read…Woman of Revelation 12 (Flees to the Wilderness)

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TOMORROW…

February 6 (Noble Bereans, Part 50: “Liberty of Conscience Now Threatened!”)

 

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HE WHO HATH EARS TO HEAR- discuss the messages to the 7 churches and what it means to have ears to hear