Reflections and Rant for the End of Days
Posted in Babylon on Sep 28th, 2007
AP Wire: Forty percent of Americans have never lived when there wasn’t a Bush or a Clinton in the White House.
Anyone got a problem with that?
Already, for 116 million Americans, there has never been a time when there wasn’t a Bush or Clinton in the White House, either as president or vice president.
The dominance of [...]
Posted in Babylon on Sep 27th, 2007
I’m reluctant to admit this, but it’s a plain fact of my own experience that many sincere Christians and other religious people I know are decidedly pro-war, pro-killing, pro-violence, and perhaps even pro-torture. This saddens me greatly and regularly, especially since such sentiments are diametrically opposed to plain teaching of the Lord Jesus:
But I say to you who [...]
Posted in Politics on Sep 27th, 2007
‘A Coup Has Occurred’
Daniel Ellsberg, the former Defense Department analyst who leaked the secret Pentagon Papers history of the Vietnam War, offered insights into the looming war with Iran and the loss of liberty in the United States at an American University symposium on Sept. 20.
The last five years have seen a steady assault on [...]
Posted in Babylon on Sep 27th, 2007
So apparently Mr. Bush received a phone call from Saddam Hussein one day in which the (now publicly hanged on international TV) dictator offered to peaceably leave Iraq for the relatively paltry sum of $1 billion dollars. An offer like this doesn’t come every day, you know…. Here’s a chance to avoid the horror of war, to [...]
Posted in Moedim on Sep 27th, 2007
(Erev Sukkot 5768) I wish you a wonderful Sukkot season - this sacred time that reminds us of our heavenly Father’s sheltering Presence during our times of wandering here on this earth. Here’s a picture from this evening as we finished building our sukka and said the Shehecheyanu and al netilat lulav blessings.
Sometimes called “Tabernacles” by the [...]
Posted in Propaganda on Sep 26th, 2007
Today I read an article about Esquire Magazine editor A.J. Jacobs, a self-professed agnostic, who attempted to “obey every rule in the Bible as literally as possible” for an entire year. Not surprisingly, a year later, he’s still a professing agnostic, though he claims to have found a new respect for the Bible, and he [...]
Posted in Kulture on Sep 25th, 2007
The Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) tells a parable of a theater where a variety show is proceeding. There are musical acts, dancers, magicians, comedians, acrobats – one amazing act after another. Each act receives thunderous applause from the audience.
Suddenly the manager comes forward. Speaking calmly, not wanting to panic the patrons, he says, “Ladies and [...]
Posted in Moedim on Sep 21st, 2007
How do we relate to Yom Kippur?
What do Messianic Jews do regarding Yom Kippur? Do we fast, afflict ourselves, and confess our sins, or do we rejoice in the knowledge that we are forgiven of all our sins because of Yeshua’s perfect avodah as our Kohen Gadol of the New Covenant? In other words, should [...]
Posted in Zion on Sep 21st, 2007
Prophesied destruction of Damascus imminent?
(Excerpted from Hal Lindsey’s recent article at WND.)
Israeli Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter told reporters this week, “Iran has entered into strategic cooperation with Syria on conventional and nonconventional weapons development,” adding, “The Iranians are very big in Syria.”
Iran’s Ahmadinejad is preparing Syria to cover his flank should war break out between [...]
Posted in Zion on Sep 20th, 2007
God is not “finished” with national Israel, even though there’s a “partial hardening” until the fullness of the Gentiles come to faith (Rom 11:25), and then “all Israel will be saved” (Rom 11:26). The Church is actually made a part of she’arit Israel - the faithful remnant of Israel (Rom 11:17), and not the other way around. [...]