American society and its infatuation with race...

...states the obvious about the Lord Jesus Christ in this article.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/jesus-not-white-why-recognizing-093002982.html

This is not controversial from a scholarly point of view, but somehow it is a forgotten detail for many of the millions of Christians who will gather to celebrate Easter this week.

Not so much "forgotten". Rather, irrelevant.

Now it is true that western society depicts him in many instances as "white", blonde haired and blue eyed which is indeed highly unlikely.

Instead, the questions that should be asked when faced with a portrait of a black, brown, or white Jesus are:

1) Did he die for my sins?
2) Was he resurrected?
3) Is he returning?    

COME LORD JESUS!

Current Events-WH staff that is pro-war

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/03/27/despite-differences-mattis-says-he-looks-forward-working-john-bolton/463031002/

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Tuesday dismissed that he would be at odds with incoming national security adviser John Bolton, whose hawkish views toward Iran and North Korea have raised concerns among lawmakers that he would push the Trump administration toward war.

Um, getting kinda weird...

Current Events-Chinese/Russian threat

https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-military-admits-helpless-against-154600758.html

U.S. Military Admits Its "Helpless" Against a Hypersonic Missile Strike by China or Russia.

Current Events-Mo BO

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2018/03/09/reports-obama-talking-netflix-program-deal/409630002/

Former president Barack Obama may be getting his own Netflix program deal. 

BUAHAHAHA! WATABO!

Current Events-North Korea & China

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/03/26/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-visits-china-first-foreign-trip-reports/459443002/

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has gone on his first foreign visit since assuming power in 2011, sources with knowledge of the trip told Bloomberg news on Monday. This would confirm earlier reports from Japanese media that a high-ranking official from Pyongyang had traveled to Beijing by train.

This after Enrique raised tariffs on China last week.

Current Events-Tariffs on China

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-orders-huge-tariffs-on-china-raises-trade-war-worries/2018/03/22/58e49796-2e3b-11e8-8dc9-3b51e028b845_story.html?utm_term=.69301b105507

WASHINGTON — Primed for economic combat, President Donald Trump set in motion tariffs on as much as $60 billion in Chinese imports to the U.S. on Thursday and accused the Chinese of high-tech thievery, picking a fight that could push the global heavyweights into a trade war.

Wow...does this guy know the Chinese own more US debt than any other one nation? Who's second? Russia. Needless to say, if any type of hostile behavior is tossed into either corner, Russia or China, they undoubtedly have each other's backs.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-moves-toward-imposing-steep-tariffs-on-china-sending-stocks-plummeting/2018/03/22/5cd3a7c6-2dfe-11e8-8ad6-fbc50284fce8_story.html?utm_term=.af334dd0c3cb

President Trump embarked Thursday on the sharpest trade confrontation with China in nearly a quarter-century, moving toward imposing tariffs on $60 billion in Chinese goods and limiting China’s freedom to invest in the U.S. technology industry.

The Chinese government fired back hours later, threatening to hit $3 billion in U.S. goods with tariffs. Trump’s announcement was “typical unilateralism and protectionism,” China’s Commerce Ministry said in a statement, and it had set a “very bad precedent.”

“China does not want to fight a trade war, but it is absolutely not afraid of a trade war,” it said in a statement issued Friday morning in Beijing. “We are confident and capable of meeting any challenge. It is hoped that the U.S. side will be able to make a swift decision and not to drag bilateral economic and trade relations into danger.”

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/03/23/trump-tariffs-china-imports-consumers/454008002/

The bigger risk is that the current skirmishes mushroom into a global trade war.

Current Events-BO

https://www.yahoo.com/news/obama-north-koreas-isolation-means-less-leverage-talks-041404031.html

LOL...only US president ever to stay relevant even after leaving office...in this case, opining on North Korea while in Japan.

"North Korea is an example of a country that is so far out of the international norms and so disconnected with the rest of the world," Obama told a packed hall in Tokyo.

He stressed that the effort to get North Korea to give up nuclear weapons remains difficult, but said countries working together, including China, South Korea and Japan, to pressure the North is better than nations working alone.

He noted that past U.S. efforts on Iran's nuclear weapons were more successful because there was more leverage, but that there's little commerce and travel with North Korea to being with.

"That makes them less subject to these kinds of negotiations," he said of North Korea.

Guy talks as if he is still president...and to the rest of the world...it kinda feels that way.

Current Events-One way the net could make the world safer...

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/report-police-increasingly-asking-google-012725405.html

As the outlet notes, most modern phones, tablets and laptops have built-in location tracking that pings some combination of GPS, Wi-Fi and mobile networks to determine each device's position. Users can switch off location tracking, but if they're using a cellular network or relying on WiFi to connect, their devices are still transmitting their coordinates to third parties.

The sun shining down on the...

Why millennials are choosing to be PA's and not doctors?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/02/14/millennials-choose-physician-assistants-not-doctors/336099002/

Such and such person is just 20 years old and already has her life planned out. The current University of Delaware junior will graduate with a degree in exercise science next year and then almost immediately return to the classroom as a graduate student in a physician assistant program...God willing.

He told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. 17 He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’

18 “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. 19 And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’

20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

21 “This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”

Throw in the fact that those whose names have not been written in the Lamb's Book of Life are completely oblivious about the times that we are in, however, let us remember not to judge them for we did not choose Him. He chose us.

Your wisdom

Oh Lord, I remember in my younger days when I first began to digest your words and how captivating they were to me. I remember being astonished by your wisdom, more specifically when you dealt with the pharisees when they tried to trap you on multiple occasions like with taxes and authority. LOL. I actually laugh now but I was amazed then.

Give to Caesar what is Caesar's and give to God what is God's.

And neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things. You gave them a taste of their own medicine.

:)

Current Events-CDC prepping for a nuclear blast

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/01/05/cdc-preparing-nuclear-blast/1007363001/

As tensions between North Korea and the U.S. rise, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention want Americans to be prepared in case of a nuclear event.

The agency scheduled a briefing Jan. 16 titled "Public Health Response to a Nuclear Detonation," where federal, state and local officials will detail what preparations have been made in case of such an event.

Current Events-Stock Market

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2018/02/06/7-things-to-know-about-the-stock-market-plunge/110145918/

It appears the market is crashing...again. Is it possible for a single event to have a snowball effect on society?

Current Events-What could possibly go wrong...

...is the title of the following article which talks about what types of catastrophes could take place in 2018.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/12/18/2018-what-could-possibly-go-wrong-heres-five-possibilities-reynolds-column/959317001/

The writer mentions:

1-Electrical breakdown-He talks about a cyberattacks on critical infrastructure as well as the electrical grid being affected by solar flares.

2-Bitcoin burst bubble-It appears he hit this right on the head. Bitcoin is crashing.

3-Some sort of pandemic-Actually, right now there's a flu virus taking lives but nothing of pandemic proportions.

4-War

I have previously blogged about event or events that may lead to a change in society as we know it here: https://lastdaysdisciple.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-events-speculation.html

Current Events-Heavenly signs

A supermoon, a blue moon and a total lunar eclipse-also referred to as a "blood moon"-took place on January 31st. Lately, there have been a multitude of similar events throughout the world including meteors crashing in places like Russia and Slovakia.

I wonder if these are signs that the Lord alluded to in Luke 21:11...

There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.

Current Events-Earthquake

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/01/04/earthquake-shakes-san-francisco-area/1002768001/

An earthquake struck the San Francisco Bay early Thursday.

The magnitude 4.5 quake hit 1.9 miles from Berkeley, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. It struck in the Hayward Fault area, which lies along the foot of the East Bay hills.

Again, end time events that Christ said would occur and be "the beginning of sorrows", like earthquakes, have probably always happened in diverse places, however, what's different between those events and those taking place today is that we are "hearing" of them the very moment they take place.

Even wars...of a nuclear nature:

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Trump boasted this week that they have the ability to launch nuclear weapons with the push of a button.

Current Events-Stock Market

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/01/04/dow-tops-25-000-extending-milestone-breaking-run-blue-chip-stock-index/964232001/

The Dow Jones industrial average topped 25,000 for the first time Thursday, kicking off 2018 where it left off last year with sizable stock market gains powered by a global economic recovery and optimism that the Republican tax-cut bill will provide a fresh boost for U.S. growth and help American companies make more money.

The 30-stock index, which includes leading U.S. companies like Apple, McDonald's and Wal-Mart, jumped nearly 119 points in early trading to eclipse Dow 25K for the first time in its 121-year history.

The Economy is BOOMING!

Enrique takes credit for the economic boom, giving himself and many Americans some sort of reassurance that everything is "fine"...and then?

He is the perfect individual to blame for a future collapse of American society. It all makes sense. BO wouldn't do it himself...he'd get someone to do the dirty work for him. It would make him look even better. 

Current Events-BO still hangin around

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/12/27/prince-harry-barack-obama/983582001/

Obama was speaking to Britain's Prince Harry during the Invictus Games in Toronto in September for BBC Radio 4's Today program, which Harry guest-edited. The interview aired Wednesday.

The only thing is...he seems to be hangin' out in places...OUTSIDE of the U.S. (see previous BO posts)...

Current Events-Radio Frequency

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2017/12/28/wireless-charging-technology-fcc-approves-wireless-power-technology-recharges-devices-three-feet-awa/986756001/

The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday approved technology from San Jose, Calif.-based Energous uses radio frequency energy to recharge multiple devices such as smartphones, tablets, smart watches, headphones, speakers, keyboards and fitness trackers from up to three feet away.

Radio Frequency(RFID) is also what will power the mark of the beast. The smart watch, which goes on your wrist, is simply a prelude to the mark. The difference will be in the fact that the mark gets implanted onto your wrist/hand not around it. 

Current Events-AI hoopla

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/ai-chip-startup-explosion-already-170055546.html

The AI chip startup explosion is already here is the headline of this article. 

AI, or Artificial Intelligence, is probably gonna be responsible for keeping people alive even though they seek death. 

Does the bible actually allude to zombieism? 

Revelation 9:6

And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

When the man of sin is formally introduced, the mark of the beast will offer many gadgets...including "immortality". And all those whose names have not been written in the Lamb's Book of Life will accept it, sealing their fate.  

Is there correlation between the Fall and google?

Think about it...the fall of man came about because he ate from the tree of KNOWLEDGE (of good and evil) right? Genesis 3

And we know that knowledge puffs up right? 1 Corinthians 8

So if you do a google search you usually get a response like About 644,000,000 results in (0.60 seconds)...

Which means we have the very source of the fall at our fingertips...LITERALLY! Isnt that evidence of the times we live in?

The prophet Daniel indicated the following:

Daniel 12:4

But you, Daniel, roll up and seal the words of the scroll until the time of the end. Many will go here and there to increase knowledge.”

Current Events-The Channel of the state begins its auto-regulation

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2017/12/14/net-neutrality-rules-dead-my-internet-bills-go-up/952839001/

For all the capitalist lingo, it's worth noting(since the articles dont)that the powers that be can begin to maneuver their armies to the battlefield...

Current Events-Jerusalem

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/12/06/trumps-jerusalem-decision-alarms-world-leaders/926109001/
President Trump announced Wednesday a controversial decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital and begin the lengthy process of moving the U.S. Embassy there.

I think this will probably lead to the armies carrying black flags surrounding Jerusalem as alluded to in Ishmaeli prophecy which could lead to the fulfillment of prophecies such as Zechariah 12:

12 A prophecy: The word of the Lord concerning Israel.

The Lord, who stretches out the heavens, who lays the foundation of the earth, and who forms the human spirit within a person, declares: 2 “I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling. Judah will be besieged as well as Jerusalem. 3 On that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves. 4 On that day I will strike every horse with panic and its rider with madness,” declares the Lord. “I will keep a watchful eye over Judah, but I will blind all the horses of the nations.5 Then the clans of Judah will say in their hearts, ‘The people of Jerusalem are strong, because the Lord Almighty is their God.’

6 “On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among sheaves. They will consume all the surrounding peoples right and left, but Jerusalem will remain intact in her place.

7 “The Lord will save the dwellings of Judah first, so that the honor of the house of David and of Jerusalem’s inhabitants may not be greater than that of Judah. 8 On that day the Lord will shield those who live in Jerusalem, so that the feeblest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the Lord going beforethem. 9 On that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that attack Jerusalem.

Mourning for the One They Pierced

10 “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit[a] of grace and supplication. They will look on[b] me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son. 11 On that day the weeping in Jerusalem will be as great as the weeping of Hadad Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo. 12 The land will mourn, each clan by itself, with their wives by themselves: the clan of the house of David and their wives, the clan of the house of Nathan and their wives, 13 the clan of the house of Levi and their wives, the clan of Shimei and their wives, 14 and all the rest of the clans and their wives.  

And Luke 21:

20 “When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, you will know that its desolation is near. 21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country not enter the city. 22 For this is the time of punishment in fulfillment of all that has been written. 23 How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! There will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people. 24 They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampledon by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

25 “There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea.26 People will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken. 27 At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.28 When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”

29 He told them this parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the trees.30 When they sprout leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is near. 31 Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that the kingdom of God is near.

32 “Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. 33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

34 “Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap. 35 For it will come on all those who live on the face of the whole earth. 36 Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.”

And with regard to the current (Old) slaved Jerusalem:

Galatians 4

21 Tell me, you who want to be under the law, are you not aware of what the law says? 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman. 23 His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born as the result of a divine promise.

24 These things are being taken figuratively: The women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children who are to be slaves: This is Hagar. 25 Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children. 26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother. 27 For it is written:

“Be glad, barren woman,
    you who never bore a child;
shout for joy and cry aloud,
    you who were never in labor;
because more are the children of the desolate woman
    than of her who has a husband.”[e]

28 Now you, brothers and sisters, like Isaac, are children of promise. 29 At that time the son born according to the flesh persecuted the son born by the power of the Spirit. It is the same now. 30 But what does Scripture say? “Get rid of the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.”[f]31 Therefore, brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.

And the NEW Jerusalem:

Revelation 3

12 The one who is victorious I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem,which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new name.

Revelation 21

2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.

The New Jerusalem, the Bride of the Lamb

9 One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s0Zb189Sco&index=164&list=PL2D2BB9E599A79294

COME LORD JESUS! :)

Current Events-BO cooler than Enrique

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/12/05/trump-didnt-make-top-10-most-retweeted-tweets-2017-but-obama-did/920959001/

Twitter is out with it’s most retweeted and "liked" tweets of 2017, and the president — who has made Twitter a central part of his presidency — didn’t make the top 10 most retweeted or the top three most liked. But you know who did? Former president Barack Obama — multiple times.

LOL. That's funny. A news agency acts more childish than the last president and current president who want to be....you'll never guess...."liked". BUAHAHAHA

Of the most retweeted tweets of 2017 from around the world, Obama made the list three times. His tweets were also two out of the top three most liked. 

Yea...um...my guess is that he will be back on the world stage within the next 3 years to do his thing.

BO-Back in the world stage(again)

http://www.newsweek.com/barack-back-obama-returns-politics-visits-china-and-india-725005

BUAHAHA...WATA BO.

Do most publications usually keep up with past presidents like the media does Obama?

Current Events-North Korean missile capabilities

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/11/28/report-north-korea-launches-ballistic-missile/901963001/

The missile flew 600 miles in a high trajectory, but would have had a range of 8,100 miles had it flown in a flat trajectory, according to calculations by David Wright, an expert at the Union of Concerned Scientists. That would make it capable of reaching Washington, D.C. 

Lol. Gulp?

HARASSMENTMANIA

Is it possible the devil is bringing down men to lift up a man?