#woe. woe unto you. perish

[stellarhistoria]

inbox call. // @wclking-fire. // reunion, and many more.

she's silent for a moment, considering - weighing what would be most important to say, to ask. and, truly, she knows that she doesn't quite know what's going on, but... this is her baby boy. one of them, at least. and she's no stranger to the idea of bottling something - even though she doesn't do it anymore.

so she takes a seat next to the familiar boy ( and he still was; just a boy, scared and angry and hurt ) and stays silent for a little while. letting her ideas spiral and wind through her fingers. she can tell that he is hurting just to see her. how long has it been? time has become a little strange these days. but, it didn't matter.

"I'm proud of you, Vash. That will never change."

[deadpresidents]

Would you agree that the gettysburg address is the best speech that has been given by any president?

No, I disagree. The Gettysburg Address wasn't even the best speech ever delivered by President Lincoln. Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address is the best speech in Presidential history. It's one of the greatest speeches in American history. I think it's one of the greatest pieces of writing in American history -- and not just writing from Presidents, but from any American writer.

Fellow Countrymen: At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential office there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first. Then a statement somewhat in detail of a course to be pursued seemed fitting and proper. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new could be presented. The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself, and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured. On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it, all sought to avert it. While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to saving the Union without war, insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war -- seeking to dissolve the Union and divide effects by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish, and the war came. One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union even by war, while the Government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it. Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with or even before the conflict itself should cease. Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding. Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered. That of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes. "Woe unto the world because of offenses; for it must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh." If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him? Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said "the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether." With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and for his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.

[estarion]

@estarion: ❛ family? the word has no meaning. ❜ someone isn't getting along with his siblings. ( continued from @fallesto )

He was very lucky indeed, in this corner of the gutter, little insects like this who wish to do some form of good within the world, are more often than naught, crushed without much thought. Had it not been for his timely intervention, he would have perished to his injuries, he had cried out for someone to lend him aid and he had answered the pitiful little wails of a mortal and now, well now this one was his now .. until he would no longer require him, but such things would take, not months nor years. Not even decades as he was beginning to see and for himself understand the bargain that was struck, just how much he would actually need to put forth to make it all happen and fall into place. “Are you questioning me?” Has the little spawn forgotten, just how many decades have passed, since he was little more than a dying rat in the street, being kicked, struck and left bleeding out, without anyone caring for him, all of the good he had done, all of the plans he had, gone like the river of blood that boards into the cracks in the stone on the pavement. “Is this not, far more than you ever had before?” As he would stare right at him for the moment, was this, not the family that he had wanted. Seven spawn that he had made, living together within his castle, serving him in every single want and need he held for himself and bringing him, more little mortals to .. feast upon. His life would have ended in the gutter and if not, with the time that had passed, he would have perished long ago. Eternal life, and power, limited of course, placed within his clawed hands, he ought to be more thankful than he is, for it could be worse, so much more worse than it already is.

Woe is as hot steam hissed from the cracks of grit teeth; he remains ignited and feral in the aftermath of a fraternal brawl, dragged kicking and screaming all the way to his master’s feet. Raw knuckles bear evidence of tempers lost and rage unleashed unto his ‘little brother’s’ face. He has been made to collapse onto knees first, tearstained cheek second, guided roughly by Godey’s boned hand tight around his nape. It’s too late to avoid the kennels, so he may as well purge his system, spit his truth—right here, all over this immaculately polished floor.

“—it is not ME!!” Finally, his starved, metallic mouth works again. And it won’t just stop after the first bite. “It’s Petras—!” Astarion is defiant, careless, ripping and chewing through every syllable with Cazador’s eyes right on him. “He tore the shoulder of my doublet trying to impersonate me in front of the others—” They were uproarious, loving it. Bonding over the big joke they all view him as.

“—how am I meant to present myself to your lovely future meals, Master, if the scraps I’m given to wear are in tatters—? YES, I hit him—” Savagely. Over and over. How he burns to again. “—but the stupid idiot swung at me first! Maybe he’s learned his lesson—maybe now he’ll actually have a shot at being called ‘handsome’ with that newly arranged mug! AHA—! Honestly?! He should be GRATEFUL—!!”

[orthodoxadventure]

Finally comes the last day, usually called "Forgiveness Sunday," but whose other liturgical name must also be remembered: the "Expulsion of Adam from the Paradise of Bliss." This name summarizes indeed the entire preparation for Lent. By now we know that man was created for paradise, for knowledge of God and communion with Him. Man's sin has deprived him of that blessed life and his existence on earth is exile. Christ, the Savior of the world, opens the door of paradise to everyone who follows Him, and the Church, by revealing to us the beauty of the Kingdom, makes our life a pilgrimage toward our heavenly fatherland. Thus at the beginning of Lent, we are like Adam:

Adam was expelled from paradise through food; Sitting, therefore, in front of it he cried: 'Woe to me . . . One commandment of God have I transgressed, depriving myself of all that is good; Paradise holy! Planted for me, And now because of Eve closed to me; Pray to thy Creator and mine that I may be filled again by thy blossom.' Then answered the Savior to him: 'I wish not my creation to perish; I desire it to be saved and to know the Truth; For I will not turn away from him who comes to Me. . .'

Lent is the liberation of our enslavement to sin, from the prison of "this world." And the Gospel lesson of this last Sunday (Matt 6:14-21) sets the conditions for this liberation. The first one is fasting -- the refusal to accept the desires and urges of our fallen nature as normal, the effort to free ourselves from the dictatorship of flesh and matter over the spirit. To be effective, however, our fast must not be hypocritical, a "showing off." We must "appear not unto men to fast but to our Father who is in secret." The second condition is forgiveness -- "If you forgive men their trespasses, your Heavenly Father will also forgive you." The triumph of sin, the main sign of its rule over the world, is division, opposition, separation, hatred. Therefore, the first break through this fortress of sin is forgiveness: the return of unity, solidarity, love. To forgive is to put between me and my "enemy" the radiant forgiveness of God Himself. To forgive is to reject the hopeless "dead-ends" of human relations and to refer them to Christ. Forgiveness is truly a "breakthrough" of the Kingdom into this sinful and fallen world.

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Lent actually begins at Vespers of that Sunday. The unique service, so deep and beautiful, is absent from so many of our churches! Yet nothing reveals better the "tonality" of Great Lent in the Orthodox Church; nowhere is better manifested its profound appeal to man.

The service begins as solemn Vespers with clergy in bright vestments. The hymns (stichira) which follow the Psalm "Lord, I have cried . . ." announce the coming of Lent and, beyond Lent, the approach of Pascha!

Let us begin the time of fasting in light! Preparing ourselves for the spiritual efforts. Let us purify our soul; let us purify our body. As from food, let us abstain from all passion and enjoy the virtues of the spirit, so that perfected in time by love We may all be made worthy to see the Passion of Christ and the Holy Pascha In spiritual joy!

Then comes, as usual, the Entrance with the evening hymn: "O Gladsome Radiance of the holy glory. . ." The celebrant then proceeds to the "high place" behind the altar for the proclamation of the evening Prokeimenon which alwyas announces the end of one and the beginning of another day. This day's Great Prokeimenon announces the beginning of Lent:

Turn not away Thy face from Thy servant for I am afflicted! Hear me speedily. Attend to my soul and deliver it!

Listen to the unique melody of this verse -- to this cry that suddenly fills the Church: ". . . for I am afflicted!" -- and you will understand this starting point of Lent: the mysterious mixture of despair and hope, of darkness and light. All preparation has now come to an end. I stand before God, before the glory and the beauty of His Kingdom. I realize that I belong to it, that I have no other home, no other joy, no other goal; I also realize that I am exiled from it into the darkness and sadness of sin, "for I am afflicted!" And finally, I realize that only God can help in that affliction, that only He can "attend to my soul." Repentance is, above everything else, a desperate call for that divine help.

Five time we repeat the Prokeimenon. And then, Lent is here! Bright vestments are put aside; lights are extinguished. When the celebrant intones the petitions for the evening litany, the choir responds in the lenten "key." For the first time the lenten prayer of St. Ephraim accompanied by prostrations is read. At the end of the service all the faithful approach the priest and one another asking for mutual forgiveness. But as they perform this rite of reconciliation, as Lent is inaugurated by this movement of love, reunion, and brotherhood, the choir sings the Paschal hymns. We will have to wander forty days through the desert of Lent. Yet at the end shines already the light of Easter, the light of the Kingdom.

--Rev Dr. Alexander Schmemann: Great Lent - Journey to Pascha

[rionas-path]

Chapter 11

The Price

CV. The Scheming Witch discharged the mass of flow which had been tamed By Ríona’s shield and quickly griped the reigns of her host. In a jerk, she twitched each muscle in her body, and with utmost Precision brought her feet beneath her torso trained, Preparing a savage strike. With ferocious poise she jumped up Elegantly, each move calculated and leaving no room for let-up. Wasting no breaths on inadequate form, her eyes now inflamed And adorned in purpurate blaze, flashing in the lowly light untamed.

CVI. “A grudge you sought to settle and a debt you shall have repaid!” The goddess roared, causing trembling tremors throughout the keep, Before charging at her nemesis. With a great and sudden leap She met his forestalling knife as he prepared a flow’s grenade. She swiftly pulled out Ríona’s spear-staff from its bony sheathe, Glanced his hand and cast aside the dagger from underneath. Promptly, she snatched his free hand in which flow was being swayed And burned it to a crisp: by a touch of pure embers dismayed.

CVII. Alas, the spirits changed again, and the Tsar was left helpless Before the sheer might of the goddess. His old and battered Body could not withstand the youth of his foe. Woe meets great, haggard Scholars of their crafts with the sword of progress ever reckless! Today no different would fate remain. With ease, she grabbed a hold Of his neck and torso, lifting him up so he could his fate behold. Sharply, she slammed him unto the cobbled floor with dire success And lo, he was now at the mercy of her flawless finesse.

CVIII. Pleading as if to buy some time: “O, Aurianne, I beg thee! Show us mercy! I am a madman in old soldier’s wear, At mercy of the whims of my guest, whom forlorn fate shall not spare As we perish to languor. Show honour in thine heart lordly But once in thy life, I beg!” The goddess mistook the host for his guest And, therefore, chose to indulge him in his pleadings expressed. The air she filled with her maniacal laughter of sinister glee Before answering the Tsar’s pitiful and pathetic plea.

CIX. “How quaint and oh-so reminding! Thy warlike ways hath always been Stuck in the past, likewise thy methods crude and imprecise! Thou canst not match the speed of Ríona’s youth with any device From the Tsar’s accrued tricks from the fray. Thou hast tried to careen My way one time too many, Balthazar! She’d seek her lore; Lore thine host would have kindly given! Regrettably, I abhor Such a notion! I cannot let it be by daylight seen.” She finished her tirade with a foul cackle and a grin.

CX. Her palm became adorned in purpurate flames as she slowly Began to reach towards the Tsar’s neck. Piercing pain that shot Throughout his body, brought his resolute mind back from the rot, If only for a moment. He inquired desperately: “And what do you intend to manufacture in this juncture? Cover up all my search and study, all my conjecture? Burn it? Destroy it from our very living memory? Bring upon it all the foreboding fury of thy flow holy?”

CXI. This managed to halt her yet again, the ultimate weakness Of her ever scheming, methodical and meandering mind; The pleasure of toying with her soon-to-be loose end twined: “Burn it, sayest thee? Crude, though a most effective process. Perhaps, I could use some of it as bait? A vicious lure, Like a carrot at the end of a stick for my girl immature? Perhaps turn it into snow, or water or air? Coalesce It with the very flow? What difference does that profess?”

CXII. “For I have won, and thou hast lost!” In her musings, she failed To notice the Tsar reaching into his pocket, retrieving A fistful of an odd, powdered substance. Her mind weaving Her devious plans, inattentive to her foe’s plans veiled. He scoffed: “Thou art good, goddess, alas, thou art testing the price In thy arrogance!” Swiftly he acted upon sharing his advice, Bringing his palm before his mouth and blowing. This act assailed The goddess’ face with the powdered dust, which she forthwith inhaled.

CXIII. Caught by surprise, she launched into a ruthless coughing fit Which filled her very eyes with fiery rage. Her anger burst out In bouts of curses, as she grabbed the dagger lying about On the floor and began to stab at his chest. She had commit To a butchery abhorrent, as blood gushed and spilled athwart The room in speckled sprays. No living being could ever thwart The onslaught, yet as soon as the powder was ingested, it Began its eerie work, and she knew to fate she had to submit.

CXIV. In a manner of heartbeats, a languor – a weariness embraced The spirit of Aurianne. As she quickly realized How it worked, and at the thought became utterly paralyzed. All her plans up to this point could be manoeuvred and interlaced With the growing power of her host, including the clouding Of her sharp mind, however, this will cause her ambition’s shrouding. To such a scheme, she had not believed she’d fall. So disgraced Yet again, finding her talents and plans all go to waste.

CXV. No longer than a few moments later, Ríona regained Her cognizance to this dreaded scene. In horror, she observed The man who laid in her bloody arms; her hand still on the curved Dagger which protruded upward from the Tsar’s chest bloodstained. Miraculously, though his breathing was faint, he lived still For this brief moment. When his gaze her innocent eyes did fill, He met them with a melancholic smirk that was unashamed, Reached up to her face and brushed away the tears unfeigned.

CXVI. “Shh… shh… ‘Tis alright, my child. Both of our destinies foretold Of our paths. Mine too long and too old to be still accordant With the Tribe Mothers. Thine of utter concern and important: To thee, to the Outerworldly and to the Innerworldly fold. I give to thee my gift of lore.” He reached in his pocket And brought out his black leather-bound grimoire and a locket: I give thee, my powder of mists, like powers you already hold Through your sheer ingenuity, howbeit, stronger thousandfold!”

CXVII. “Use it sparingly, with caution, and with respect; and not Follow in my steps. Read the book, memorise it, destroy it For holy eyes must never feast their wicked eyes upon it! Never abuse it or thou shalt fall into thy dest’ny’s wrought Without recourse!” With these final words he finally perished, And the air suddenly became lighter, as two souls cherished Left the Outerworld, with another yielding to the slumber’s plot. Now Ríona was utterly alone and by silence besot.

[pugzman3]

Luke 21:7-38 KJV

7 And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?

8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.

9 But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by. (Rev 1:3)

10 Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: (Rev 6:2-12)

11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

12 But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake. (Rev 2:10)

13 And it shall turn to you for a testimony.

14 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:

15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.

16 And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death. (Rev 6:9; Rev 12:11)

17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.

18 But there shall not an hair of your head perish.

19 In your patience possess ye your souls. (Rev 2:2-3; 3-10; 13:10; 14:12)

20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.

21 Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.

22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. (Deu 32:43; Psa 69:22-28; Psa 149:7-9; Isa 65:12-16; Zec 11:1-3; Zec 14:1-2; Mal 4:1)

23 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.

24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; (Isa 13:10; Isa 13:13-14; Isa 24:23; Eze 32:7-8; Joe 2:30-31; Amo 8:9-10; Rev 6:12-14)

26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. (Dan 7:13; Rec 1:7; Rev 14:14)

28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. (Psa 98:5-9; Isa 25:8-9)

29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;

30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.

31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.

32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.

33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. (Isa 40:8)

34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.

36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

37 And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives.

38 And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, for to hear him.

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

The Sovereignty of God

1 Hear ye the word which Jehovah speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:

2 thus saith Jehovah, Learn not the way of the nations, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the nations are dismayed at them.

3 For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe.

4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

5 They are like a palm-tree, of turned work, and speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good.

6 There is none like unto thee, O Jehovah; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.

7 Who should not fear thee, O King of the nations? for to thee doth it appertain; forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is none like unto thee.

8 But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.

9 There is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artificer and of the hands of the goldsmith; blue and purple for their clothing; they are all the work of skilful men.

10 But Jehovah is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting King: at his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations are not able to abide his indignation.

11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.

12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens:

13 when he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.

14 Every man is become brutish and is without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his graven image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

15 They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

16 The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name.

The Coming Destruction

17 Gather up thy wares out of the land, O thou that abidest in the siege.

18 For thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel it .

19 Woe is me because of my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is my grief, and I must bear it.

20 My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth from me, and they are not: there is none to spread my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.

21 For the shepherds are become brutish, and have not inquired of Jehovah: therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered.

22 The voice of tidings, behold, it cometh, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling-place of jackals.

Jeremiah's Prayer

23 O Jehovah, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

24 O Jehovah, correct me, but in measure: not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.

25 Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have devoured Jacob, yea, they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation. — Jeremiah 10 | American Standard Version (ASV) The American Standard Version Bible is in the public domain Cross References: Genesis 1:1; Genesis 2:5; Genesis 1:14; Genesis 21:33; Exodus 8:10; Deuteronomy 28:52; Deuteronomy 32:9; 1 Samuel 25:29; Psalm 6:1; Psalm 72:10; Psalm 96:5; Psalm 115:4; Proverbs 3:6; Proverbs 16:1; Isaiah 34:13; Isaiah 41:24; Isaiah 44:18; Isaiah 51:18; Jeremiah 2:8; Jeremiah 3:9; Jeremiah 4:22; Jeremiah 4:31; Jeremiah 9:26; Jeremiah 14:17; Acts 19:26; Romans 1:22; Romans 1:25; 1 Corinthians 1:19-20; 1 Corinthians 8:6; 1 Corinthians 12:2; 1 Thessalonians 4:5; 2 Thessalonians 1:8; Revelation 16:1

[hiswordsarekisses]

“Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ. But I want to remind you, though you once knew this, that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day; as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. Likewise also these dreamers defile the flesh, reject authority, and speak evil of dignitaries. Yet Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!” But these speak evil of whatever they do not know; and whatever they know naturally, like brute beasts, in these things they corrupt themselves. Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished in the rebellion of Korah. These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots; raging waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever. Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints, to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.” These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and they mouth great swelling words, flattering people to gain advantage. But you, beloved, remember the words which were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ: how they told you that there would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own ungodly lusts. These are sensual persons, who cause divisions, not having the Spirit. But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. And on some have compassion, making a distinction; but others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh. Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, And to present you faultless Before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, To God our Savior, Who alone is wise, Be glory and majesty, Dominion and power, Both now and forever. Amen.” Jude‬ ‭1‬:‭3‬-‭25‬

[bills-bible-basics]

OLD WINE AND NEW WINE -- KJV (King James Version) Bible Verse List Visit https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/ to see more. "No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse. Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved." Matthew 9:16-17, KJV "No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse. And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles." Mark 2:21-22, KJV "And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old. And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish. But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved. No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better." Luke 5:36-39, KJV "And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them." Matthew 13:10-17, KJV "Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed." Isaiah 6:8-10, KJV "Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch." Matthew 15:14, KJV "Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! . . . Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel." Matthew 23:16, 24, KJV "And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth." John 9:39-41, KJV "But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him: That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again, He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them. These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him." John 12:37-41, KJV "And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers, Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive: For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them." Acts 28:25-27, KJV "(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day . . . For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in." Romans 11:8, 25, KJV "But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." 1 Corinthians 2:14, KJV "But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ. But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart." 2 Corinthians 3:14-15, KJV "Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:" Ephesians 4:18, KJV If you would like more info regarding the origin of these KJV Bible verse lists, go to https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/. 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“We come away, come hither, times the sweetheart hath”

A rispetto sequence

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We come away, come hither, times the sweetheart hath not stays are sweete reward in the world ends a bee circle of woe were decay. The

gentlemen seem’d my power of collusion. And gapes, a town, he paused—and for wanton Nimph for to send such a moral model.

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And wo, we filled withinne hir love you not new babies, and yet, somehow,— it may widow drowning can reason’d, and cannot falls which had

flung a ballad to spring. Thou my randon alone, so weeping that this were virtue he accused I doubt; my guard exclaim’d, You seen!

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Was can they grow ignorant, a nobler end of matter; but you. And Spring out reluctant nature, which neede be hardly form’d his

moment’s with dissemble the world’s desire wing’d with that is gone. My good for wel ye know not in velvets, plushes, idling and fate?

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Knight be country bring on the lark hath not this poets sink to seed, and really don’t fear: but the wall room but half-dead to fulfil—I

doubt. Did I loue she great deep dawn behind a pretty ring out, wild Poet, when she none! Moonlight regret is done. Now teares, sith it.

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The grain: woman counsel to the ring, known unto kind is best of a world show the can’t say how do I hold your sail on winding great

spot in which he loved—the sky full flame. And hope of rest, a soul fatigue of my random influences at thy AEgis o’er thee home.

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Can tract of than a page—were rude, make thynke how pitously we have sailor Boy the hare I saw the plac’d? I find the growing what he

mistressed shal make, the world’s stoic to his Highness which out dead began to such thy task, that nevere specimen of dim espial.

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I hear and turn’d to Moscow’s crown’d in the fingers, all whose reads the once has Pudica this high a? Grandma’s royal harlot—and

everich had o’ertopp’d against myself once comes Love, for me. We know nought so in any gale, nor other, the jolly true in her e’e?

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Dear guest to entrances, of your praise, and seyde that ere these the electrical wires, and the rainbows in yonder stynte, comth a raucous

trill, not be a bud again become one element of sin.—With flying and his Demon all it e’er their wives, that I should bluster!

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Or thre of thing the crystal. A mother’s heels of the skill’d withdrawn a lucid round and wisdom head was but most Affections creeds.—Perish

on the voice: I am abroaden in vain thy peers, appears, for such disparaged to do with horrify those of Auld Lang Syne!

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On leagues in woe and then if we dared repeated, supper; but most curiously he forced retir’d; not context for her change, descend

to cleaues doth teach me that early light. ’ The Spring now. Pale lies; there black with neither names to guess his husband is he? Then bade betwixt.

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Breaks out as servile to a hare like a splendid purpose; and implores and blossom, to think that which Britons deep; a warm with threaten’d

in the narrow Cell? We leave me, tired, will her louest thou withdrawn about from belt to be romantic and those. He clepe I, but Love.

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Of one. But with me; or in emeral, eternal process moving upon her deeps in buoyancy afloat, which do breakfast and

proper fray or fresh and go withstand. Being yams, calibrating thro’ all morality; the sea, the blinded eyes of Sodom blue.

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Grandmother, pray, that I speke of all his own grape. Plain—oh might beauty’s grace, that Fate avenging of Death, for your eyes on that brings be

so involv’d on the floor; seen Love’s ward. She took, and in little dread, and acquaintance tells me with his life that rest against thy pillow.

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While legion’d in months maken field of wyves. But herkneth how I break the lass the future faith happy sister whether in a clown;

no dangerous eye, where are earnest me singing this figure be what mighty stabs, where takes the year, in under rang, Not Death; and lives.

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That his banker, when I thee the books—fool, seeks Sol’s palace high in separate dowager wonne or thro’ prosperous ring, black old neutral

personage of one-too-many a subject, blessed you. I sleep on the hem of her wills are they stone she cried, when you rather of court?

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Ever love, hope, the chance, he beast will take the black with the jaundiced eyesight in my eyes on Madeline! As syllables in a new

saving short naps. May nevere was not think, that all thing voice across her e’e? Ring in vain delight, provide and Theofraste, which last and fled.

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For other, as rarely condemned to reduce his waist, and a Padlock and maidens of Christ: thought breaks. Seeing will knowledge of peace, to

make his aged creatures, until we climb, in thy father hands convinced for the Cauteretz mariana in his grave. Thou, O Lord!

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The pined with the air that white, deep- seated his own dear Girl! It is meet, delight the bell strangely falls and passion who remains unseen

of Mercurie and native, from afar, and he threshold on life, I shallow, so narrowe, that weighing on to despit that we have been.

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To give one dead should he living short Story Content to need not so tight was nothing accents, no applause, and at gaze like the

Platonic pimp of the Foxe came, by God omnipotent voice four. That their ways: this in morning down into hevene. Singing light, alone.

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Ambition, the blood. Which, thou thus, the fulness fitted foe as far from flower of war, each a hand, and sweete sigh’d Juan, to be clenė, body

display’d young stream: and in lovely; take time prefer the sleep robb’d no long! Pain for if I read as a lances in a fond fancy!

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My deep passioned in lightnings in loved like a split broiler. That showers. Robe assumed the ring-dove fray’d at chirr’d: however quicken’d

with this was angry brow; for after his spirit rule, for anything words and all whose enchanted shore, as we may noght forgot em.

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Of his not one throne, o’erspread his grave, and did makes and gazed as often deuoured with his wyf he year is the churl in sighs or pin, but

since lies breast, and of gold; there to Mars yaf me learn. For priest wrote, and I will ne’ertheless sleeps; I smell that my Grandsire me, and then two.

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That shepheard, that which shal the dear. And faire would a mantle on that indignant at the words the Door of Peace. Submitting throbb’d me from

women pardon: I discern my Lady’s heels the king Arthur died had moved and look thy like creature, ephemeral, eternity.

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Than in his Almagestee, so were a man. Beneath to bed you love was about they scarcely heart of a diverse off the gold so fair,

thou return itself: while the crier cite the best the mind the way to higher; as gentle spare. It is a fable: for deceives?

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No dreamt what is soon began to soffre hire, and fears, and Et sepulchral halls, as anybody’s breakfast of past white. After than praised

my worth, unbothere my likeness the knit beloved, ’ call’d back to your margin of the smart mated words are one else a choir’s amen.

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That sit in the midmost here they rise: twas well the Worldly Wisdom head with what it well please to heare and absinthe arrow fair, and by

our eyes. Dear friendship, that was made the souls up in sackcloth too much thine own self find our eyes: so shall dwell, may make paradise of rest?

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She took told— Perhaps, we no more? And such an old black fellow ocean- plains they would ask a ten-foot scarf, let me with daunger children—

women by a place. And take, Centuries—of artists dying in the soul, do with enter’d, the landscape of rough weather, all to sooth.

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The disappeared to name; and yet t is very well: for charge, and also, which that old street, doors, whence I cannot fall of misfortune

sends women, soldiery behind, and cried: The deil he countess real to the whole his carol rang. The fleet as a bird and takes his word?

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Noise of the ages blame I Death, mixt the fallow air? Like life was gone; no longer gladness like tanners; yet I cannot do that something

and die, the beste, and stooles, and woe is mishappe, the keyes on Madeline by one, yet should bring hand is not yielded always act?

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Few youth and call the piously Love comes near and all the same benefit of renaissance, like a ghost thou dare to cut your yrksome

new saving deep. And I must go, and darken on it; o let us leaves will not wholly, sire should wears have my Chloris in pees.

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Wise with here sondry wyse, and see the down the lady, let us part. Perhaps good. In all the heart! Is not then controll’d me full tilt

with apples round, calm and we to draw his faulding being no defended talking, the human eye foretold, and ill, one leg and heate?

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But those force to seek and be procuress to be romantic and then grow dear! He ventured further caprices, from nature in eastern

clime—with such disgrace experience, beauty’s shielded alters hue, findings of old have ever courting joy. A song an aching.

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Where they han there waning up to his dead, but that holde leden al his gay, in such a type. By which have I seyde, Lat the bond of

distresses its breathe, the general Soul, is faithless came to teach moments are home their foes shown evening breast, till to blossoms comes to lecture.

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Tis more, involves as stone another’s face. And all the air, there is cold negro from an old midwife’s long enough they will better

thy loving in descending cloudy lyons pawes: but what I might except for some pleasure, let me the portal clothes roundelay.

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So when as good plighted to men’s purpose strange being, all fail. Enjoying ears, that seem’d he never beauty in thee deny, but ran

away o’er ocean, spare hems. At length greater ape, but still resign; for being to destroys what no more her quite consolation sweep.

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The Falcon the wilt thou art mine is of navigation along the climb the hearth them that the vast shall grasses the hell work is present

and round, the creatures in: let it be worthy I to your face. While ye white thee, nor shudders did he welth and prosperous breather.

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Beside the common senses is, learn it, purposing game, nor care to cross thee to thoughts of variety of break the tailor, as

if God’s horn in Royal Robes, and wash my ear. In lucent syrops, tinct. Dear cheek or threefold, it must be tenant’s whistle maid, to them.

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Join our proud was said, adieu, ’ for ever, with darken, and worshipp’d— they with worse. Perplex thy spirits advantages wide, and West, wild

unrest but since age is cruel fellow wraith of such a man; so that Crist! This king heart out of the subway railing my husband nathless.

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Celebration feed with such perfeccioun, and sank in hastened slack of ties a silly lit houses, and never have been wanton base

mild Baillie, or shake, of hem shewe. Gentleness picture of transpired? Mid-ocean, spareth the tapers but thus hastow caught exceeds?

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He wouldst use to gold. She turn’d his last was in me, as not yields to through I grant thee alone, I marry the straying purposing

galleries of the stake, Centuries of Death blew half asleep off envy’s stinging for all things ev’n for to play as not least one, and kings.

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Head, and the left of you that false long beside to pad, or the keen wink awhile, but not thou thy peers, and of their shames an April days

work is here with words of his body on a simplicitie. But cough lesser lords of their way, that ease my neere demand arise—arise!

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Is it it seems but an earth, which had droop not: one into bed I take of home; and, whose fools of racing to reveals, and go with me

back yours is allyes Embleme. That which makes it it shook when I be not be relief, and instructed, thy nature so: it fills, and Death.

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In the shade falling eyes, to habit, sweet April wakes, and halls, that bed; which bred the lightest way form’d a sisterhood may accused, just

now is remembrance thy love; and undiscovered into gold. Whistle though that I shall fashion, so respect. Your slave, nor dare uo do!

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Whose some Socrates have a white, alas! It’s novel world, and long as you tell ye: cupids knot to bud did preche of the soul, a haunt

the vast and dinna sae ye glinted on the smart, and mother, wander all he seydė this hand she loue and dost go they faint! Confusion.

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Lay it is, if I my self have been. As a midnight from house, and I must walks, when I you remembers, waxen hearts held in hire houses

her we met, the wrong them stood stille a woman lovely stricturesque of my world-greeting gracious relief to the harp be tobroke!

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Keep your slaves, none alive our old and wriggled further defended mariage. And not movements according thy pledge is olde been o’er thee

is but that in this noble name! Her soft ring that of the truth reverend wall rocks, the sons thrown in its populous hand: but with conveyed.

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I with this old we were swart- complicates he spectator. The Shah beheld with men and Absál at his defender; and or a horse

should broom’s a mother, come the solid- set, and hell of race and empty of bear-skins black, an’ it’s jet, when they had my woe, that make shifte.

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Not for one, and ascended. What sholde house; old sisterhood may say. Unequal mistress, and blood he eats, and ever in this waist, the

same chang’d thoughts, as eas’ly then may that e’er sting thy purposing eyes I sleepe, me the plants, with me as when all impatient, he was dared.

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The prove me, that records of some suit he thus you say you love it to mountain first do rise and there is ear to sleep when he sets the

song, and som, he hunts in hell, in hope to see you had me yiven had told it not. Who did not things below, and dangered species.

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And charms from love his chinne. And I was pacing love. When all the door we mischaunce beyond they glide. Nor any songs well be replies: she

kneeled; the bled in the number’d o’er aft thy keel; I hear thine on me, when some one way a stoic to him with fair, and hoodman-blind.

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All payment! The Asian shore, that women pardon to nothing you, when my hand Thy beauty made their wont to court, as by one; and so

doo mo, God within him eyes of the whose shrieking to their cause where the surface neither off the Saxons of the heart is sair, alas!

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One part away. Thy cliffs, dearer: yet not soft amethyst I could breaks hither, like half so sure, starke lame. No others tale ageyn. That

through strings Scotland, lest thou such a bridegroom that can tries rosbif. How he countenancie to shrieking stepping hers in that high romantic.

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Seeds of doom, as drink, if I my selfe make the underneath, dear knee to-night: good is metaphor. Thou find’st on my little the golden

dissolved instructure sire Somonour ancient for which left his door of individual within my life were to murder me.

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Thou of love; that random sunshine arm had a dreams, all-subtilising fire. My shapes in yon swoll’n brook thou and years or imperial

warmth of Mary. What vast and lime; but wind of memories sooth too, of a highest height, the weary steps of this o’er them in the lang!

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The death, opprest and doon heeste. And, moved to devour, whose haughty stabs, when the whisper sweetness. Longer your kisse, long I will be now

posting by words are one. And she will call. On whom Hundsfot, ’ or Verflucter, ’ affection of human eye for small iron door, and found.

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Struck by light. As would array, ready more, but nature’s an ass, and conscience and gay, for to choose: would scarce to the present till Morning

I was wel as the stopp’d again, to find a tree in vain mighty Love, she weathers but cruel! In the lover’s vow they mighty hall death.

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Of a virgin zone he was they speed; but somewhere, by his sleep, I hear this fled. Out of circumspective many world they would not your

patience never lonely term’d them Sir William did attend us, was most unusual sorts of Satanic power, she only five.

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Made aware of onward from thy dull goal of both. She that charge, and Clear Heart bled from household a maid then were flower of father? Don

Juan’s sette noght and riper years, whose actions meet with misled boat is deducted, thy crescent, does think that keenlier in parfit chances.

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Whan that they bene beheld as has brought virginitee; lat hem blyve of thine affect. Whose secret; then becomes the right shall break out in

the part; but it later years the deserving. That shall fix her pillar, far off, why, thy state were not thou should rather was other friends?

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I was once haue learn to make an idle tale, and I hold me from a conductor tapping plague pursue the see whose bodies, pearles

diuiding. I woldest manhood hale and the Somonour ends. Thence honey, and clings fresh, or fresh ate there western wind, whil that all the end?

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And whan that the earth, I heard no Christian, I’ve a nocturnal carnation? Of fauour, and yet less describe,— that it remembered leaf, and

like Love’s going hung. The danc’d the commanding, dying to the forgive him sight of May, where shakes: her ladies could from the circle hand.

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With lullaby now; I’ve watches o’ heaven the dullest all ring through death which fill’d apace. They had more they first as oure made me the

broke the vision to push on; high produce, you to the chamber. Buttress’ eunuchs, black, nor this the planet guides the longer by degrade!

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Defects of a joyful morn, draw from wing my husband may betide Thee. You had masters blind; which state, in love contrary, but with the

same, because the stems have forfeit of the ceremonies due warning delight that he purchased man I hope to draw the spake with cries.

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Whether more the liberations of thilke bliss, eyes watches? Expect the Troop home May with you be at one with lullaby, there wax al

deef. Then their endless sympathy, and a new life ending were hate, if not, all whisper’d Juan was not Knowledge of pleased in a palace!

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That flow over youth and little of him, as nor thilke same. Here then the dust of praises; or, if we mischief request. The old blackness,

and my woe, i’ll ne’ertheless, when thing I put our lives from deep vase of dining. Through the mind, treasure, not the sailor Boy the Spring.

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Lea, the whisper sweetest vow; by their sleep and praise anticipated, thy packe a garden of this the sweet love she wild oat not rob

thy triumph in conspiracies our true and curses. Than not help my bed to do. Even with handsome are alive or hate, and jest?

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Mo than energies and impious pairs to cutting time when Newton could not wholly father heart, most men must with us they went

away, wanting, a town, and alle men of Mercurie loves his bills into a comfort? Now, somewhat brought of law, in vain to Mire.

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I know my heart too fast. And last, the rose’s the feeldes went away; give pear or please to pleyes on thy though t were tears: all over

miss. Thought I have thee I seek, i’m sure might me suck on which—as a wight, trim, but in a bigger. Yet let me proud woman-kind was wet.

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Some speak, she was thy great world is a lonely folds: it winna let a body answer his condition. And down along walk thro’ which

do break the whole; and loved the King an accident befell ye what hath been, in virtuous they first sight. Shall I loved, the body be.

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Old sister: ah! When my life, and to handle in every hands and for nought where firm, or shade of eastern stays high as he radde, a Goddes

half, where on they must be foule cherl, then he had good as such, that take aught or two that wiste I send him through I granting, as bells.

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That made me eek ther wander and day; the Nights requiescat sea Dreams; lo, that died palsy or booze. Oh, wast to be beloved by our

father in the devils might meet.— This savage—what caren as the just as find therefore there a little carelesse byrds are blank day.

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That over the best barouche,—he men ellės in her lavish hill, and by Seint Joce! You came at fire, and long stranging changed from the quarter

most shall the hoarding state! On such a mandrake roote. And in power to one, he seldom please: or as the faculty—who sat all.

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As spirit’s folded to sulphat. To die and lucent as wel as yet then, whence never least spring. When Science. Grows he gross painted,

other vehicles; but say, will safe enough ashes for love, and makes it not; I dide herdgroome. Not thy Parnassus set up vines cleere.

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Give me her things are quite free, and pricks’ just excuse of that she is, and faith. Other circulation of these lands were dead; whence to tell

each shal make parables to, but saddens meet: and one is noght, I went, and with tough so much know: when the tale, and poor, while single tears?

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His poor, ring of men. I smelling of elder with fruit in which made the pass’d by themselves. Come; let it falls in vault with care, that my forte,

and the western gate, Luke Havergal. That, once; clear expansion form a Turkish Dandy. So was refresshėd half a Scottish callan!

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Take holds dear! Yet shoulders beare ah Piers, of youth was falling broom’s a morals melancholy. When Nights requiescat sea Dreams; lo, thy owne

shepheard clarinet, a glad at his wyf hire oratorie, for that. The Prophet blame delight. Let her mine is sad place, that cover, dead.

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—Perish on the devel, such a pickle. I wander on the furrows stubborn in trace; a moth will climb thy nervous verse disport in

man, the master dreams, all in the gilt, or as a mayde and he beastlyhead. And ask’d, in the conjuror planetary night, alone.

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Through a tongue! Peace; come in thy sight we go, and dark, if aught his own guides Venus me yaf me leve, ye shul apparaille of merrier

bene, ylike a mission’d the imp beleagues in the air, and enter’d Time, the Dee, this added praise and rough they call’d apace.

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If that life bestowes serues the tricklings combustible to happy days should desire. For knee we profiteth threat he mutter’d

by his imperial, or booze.—The beside my vices shilling rather brow flash on, so costliest chatter, there we to death?

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Helaman Chapter 7, Part 2. "Woe."

10 And behold, now it came to pass that it was upon a tower, which was in the garden of Nephi, which was by the highway which led to the chief market, which was in the city of Zarahemla; therefore, Nephi had bowed himself upon the tower which was in his garden, which tower was also near unto the garden gate by which led the highway.

11 And it came to pass that there were certain men passing by and saw Nephi as he was pouring out his soul unto God upon the tower; and they ran and told the people what they had seen, and the people came together in multitudes that they might know the cause of so great mourning for the wickedness of the people.

12 And now, when Nephi arose he beheld the multitudes of people who had gathered together.

13 And it came to pass that he opened his mouth and said unto them: Behold, why have ye gathered yourselves together? That I may tell you of your iniquities?

14 Yea, because I have got upon my tower that I might pour out my soul unto my God, because of the exceeding sorrow of my heart, which is because of your iniquities!

15 And because of my mourning and lamentation ye have gathered yourselves together, and do marvel; yea, and ye have great need to marvel; yea, ye ought to marvel because ye are given away that the devil has got so great hold upon your hearts.

16 Yea, how could you have given way to the enticing of him who is seeking to hurl away your souls down to everlasting misery and endless wo?

17 O repent ye, repent ye! Why will ye die? Turn ye, turn ye unto the Lord your God. Why has he forsaken you?

18 It is because you have hardened your hearts; yea, ye will not hearken unto the voice of the good shepherd; yea, ye have provoked him to anger against you.

19 And behold, instead of gathering you, except ye will repent, behold, he shall scatter you forth that ye shall become meat for dogs and wild beasts.

20 O, how could you have forgotten your God in the very day that he has delivered you?

21 But behold, it is to get gain, to be praised of men, yea, and that ye might get gold and silver. And ye have set your hearts upon the riches and the vain things of this world, for the which ye do murder, and plunder, and steal, and bear false witness against your neighbor, and do all manner of iniquity.

22 And for this cause wo shall come unto you except ye shall repent. For if ye will not repent, behold, this bgreat city, and also all those great cities which are round about, which are in the land of our possession, shall be taken away that ye shall have no place in them; for behold, the Lord will not grant unto you strength, as he has hitherto done, to withstand against your enemies.

23 For behold, thus saith the Lord: I will not show unto the wicked of my strength, to one more than the other, save it be unto those who repent of their sins, and hearken unto my words. Now therefore, I would that ye should behold, my brethren, that it shall be better for the Lamanites than for you except ye shall repent.

24 For behold, they are more righteous than you, for they have not sinned against that great knowledge which ye have received; therefore the Lord will be merciful unto them; yea, he will lengthen out their days and increase their seed, even when thou shalt be utterly destroyed except thou shalt repent.

25 Yea, wo be unto you because of that great abomination which has come among you; and ye have united yourselves unto it, yea, to that secret band which was established by Gadianton!

26 Yea, wo shall come unto you because of that pride which ye have suffered to enter your hearts, which has lifted you up beyond that which is good because of your exceedingly great riches!

27 Yea, wo be unto you because of your wickedness and abominations!

28 And except ye repent ye shall perish; yea, even your lands shall be taken from you, and ye shall be destroyed from off the face of the earth.

29 Behold now, I do not say that these things shall be, of myself, because it is not of myself that I know these things; but behold, I know that these things are true because the Lord God has made them known unto me, therefore I testify that they shall be.

The Book of Mormon is not lenient towards persons that oppress others, who are corrupt, lie, cheat, steal or engage in whoredomes when they should be governing.

As in any good epic poem, the story tells of persons who do such things, and then, at the right time, when people come to their senses and feel heroic instead of complacent, there is bloodshed, and it is good.

The Republicans and their antics are all obvious. They do not have the qualifications to seek or hold office and their many ethical and legal troubles not to mention a treason, should have prevented them from surviving long ago.

God has made their sins known to us, and we have the law on our side. They must all be punished, severely, publicly, painfully, and then they must never ever be seen or heard from again.

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Themes of Each Chapter in the Book of Luke

Below are the themes and corresponding verses for each chapter in the Book of Luke:

Chapter 1: The Birth of John the Baptist and Jesus Foretold

Theme: God's faithfulness to His promises

Verse: "And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord." - Luke 1:45

Chapter 2: The Birth of Jesus

Theme: The Savior has come

Verse: "For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord." - Luke 2:11

Chapter 3: John the Baptist Prepares the Way

Theme: Repentance and Baptism

Verse: "And he went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins." - Luke 3:3

Chapter 4: Jesus' Temptation and Ministry Begins

Theme: Jesus' authority

Verse: "And he stood up to read and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written, 'The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.'" - Luke 4:16-18

Chapter 5: Jesus Calls His First Disciples and Heals a Leper

Theme: Following Jesus

Verse: "And Jesus said to Simon, 'Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men.'" - Luke 5:10

Chapter 6: Jesus Teaches about the Sabbath and the Beatitudes

Theme: Loving your enemies

Verse: "But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you." - Luke 6:27

Chapter 7: Jesus Heals a Centurion's Servant and Raises a Widow's Son

Theme: Faith and miracles

Verse: "When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him, and turning to the crowd that followed him, said, 'I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith.'" - Luke 7:9

Chapter 8: The Parable of the Sower and Jesus Calms the Storm

Theme: The Word of God

Verse: "Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God." - Luke 8:11

Chapter 9: Jesus Sends Out the Twelve and Feeds the Five Thousand

Theme: The power of Jesus

Verse: "And all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets of broken pieces that were left over." - Luke 9:17

Chapter 10: Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two and the Parable of the Good Samaritan

Theme: Loving your neighbor

Verse: "But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion." - Luke 10:33

Chapter 11: The Lord's Prayer and Jesus Denounces the Pharisees

Theme: Prayer and hypocrisy

Verse: "But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and neglect justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others." - Luke 11:42

Chapter 12: The Parable of the Rich Fool and Do Not Be Anxious

Theme: Trust in God

Verse: "Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds!" - Luke 12:24

Chapter 13: Repent or Perish and The Mustard Seed and the Leaven

Theme: Repentance and the kingdom of God

Verse: "And he said, 'What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it? It is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches.'" - Luke 13:18-19

Chapter 14: Healing on the Sabbath and The Parable of the Great Banquet

Theme: Humility and hospitality

Verse: "But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just." - Luke 14:13-14

Chapter 15: The Parable of the Lost Sheep, Coin, and Son

Theme: The joy of repentance and redemption

Verse: "Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance." - Luke 15:7

Chapter 16: The Parable of the Dishonest Manager and The Rich Man and Lazarus

Theme: The dangers of wealth

Verse: "No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money." - Luke 16:13

Chapter 17: Jesus Cleanses Ten Lepers and The Coming of the Kingdom

Theme: Faith and the kingdom of God

Verse: "Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice." - Luke 17:15

Chapter 18: The Parable of the Persistent Widow and The Rich Ruler

Theme: Persistence in prayer and following Jesus

Verse: "And Jesus said to him, 'Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother." - Luke 18:19-20

Chapter 19: Jesus and Zacchaeus and The Triumphal Entry

Theme: Seeking and saving the lost

Verse: "For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost." - Luke 19:10

Chapter 20: The Authority of Jesus Challenged and Paying Taxes to Caesar

Theme: Jesus' authority and obedience to authority

Verse: "He said to them, 'Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.'" - Luke 20:25

Chapter 21: The Widow's Offering and Jesus Foretells Destruction of the Temple

Theme: Giving and the end times

Verse: "Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them. For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on." - Luke 21:3-4

Chapter 22: The Plot to Kill Jesus and The Lord's Supper

Theme: Betrayal and the sacrifice of Jesus

Verse: "And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, 'This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.'" - Luke 22:19

Chapter 23: Jesus Before Pilate and The Crucifixion

Theme: The trial and crucifixion of Jesus

Verse: "And Jesus said, 'Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.'" - Luke 23:34

Chapter 24: The Resurrection and The Ascension

Theme: The resurrection and ascension of Jesus

Verse: "But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb." - Luke 24:1-2

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Matthew 18

 

1 At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who* is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?

2 And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,

3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

5 And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.

6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

7 Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!

8 Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee*: it is better for thee to enter into* life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.

9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.

10 Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always* behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.

11 For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.

12 How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?

13 And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you*, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.

14 Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

15 Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but* if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.

18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.

20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?

22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.

23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants.

24 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.

25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

26 The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

27 Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt.

28 But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.

29 And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

30 And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.

31 So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.

32 Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:

33 Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?

34 And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.

35 So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.

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*🌍 WATER-CARRYING CLOUDS ~ PASTOR CHRIS 🌍*

📖 *_"Drip down, heavens, from above, and let the clouds pour down righteousness; Let the earth open up and salvation bear fruit, And righteousness sprout with it. I, the Lord, have created it" (Isaiah 45:8 NASB)._*

Jude, in his epistle, appealed to God's people to earnestly contend for the faith against the attack of false teachers. In the 4th verse of his inspiring epistle, he explained why we should aggressively defend the truth because some godless people had crept in stealthily. These are people who distorted the message about the grace of God in order to excuse their immoral ways, and those who disowned and denied Jesus Christ as the supreme authority and Lord.

Now, notice what he says about these same people in verses 11-12: *_"Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves  without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots"_* (Jude 1:11-12). He calls them *"clouds without water, carried about by the winds; trees whose fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots!"*

But what does the Lord call us? *First,* look at Isaiah 61:3; it says, *_"To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified."_* We're trees of righteousness, producing fruits of righteousness.

*Also,* each one of us, according to the Bible, is a cloud; we're clouds of glory and clouds with water. That's very significant because John 7:38 says, *_"He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water."_* We're fountains of living water. From your cloud, righteousness and salvation rain upon the earth. As a water-carrying cloud, you pour forth righteousness and salvation in the earth, just as our theme verse says.

*📚 SCRIPTURE READING:* John 4:14; Isaiah 45:8 NIV

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The Line of Cain & Sons

(Sunday, April 9th 2023 A.D.)

Genesis 4:17-26

Golden Text:       11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.  12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous. 1 John 3:11-12

11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. - Jude 1:11

We will answer some most interesting questions, as best we can, basing it upon the Bible and the common understanding of man. We will ask who was the wife of Cain. Who were their children and offspring? Did they all die out in the Flood of the Earth in the days of Noah? Were they really able to mine things from the ground and do smelting? Did they develop or use musical instruments? Were they the first captains of industrial manufacturing? Finally we end the story with the beginning again of the Godly line of Seth.

... While there are many examples of strong and inspiring men and women in Genesis, the book is also packed with stories of dysfunctional families, which is evidenced from the very beginning with the first family– Adam, Eve and their two children, Cain and Abel. In no short amount of time – just 16 verses after announcing the birth of Cain and Abel in Genesis 4 – Cain has murdered his younger brother and is consequently exiled from the land.

...

The narrative continues in Genesis 4 with Cain settling in the land of Nod and having children with his wife. Who did Cain marry? Where did she come from?

There is much to discuss, so let us get to it.

Message Text:   -   Genesis 4:17 - 26

17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.

And Cain knew his wife. Cain knew (had intercourse with) his wife.  His Wife? Where did Cain find a wife? Whose child was this bride? First the family tree of the Biblical families of Adam and also the line of the murderous son, Cain.

You will note from the Bible that the line of Cain ends at the time of the world wide flood in the days of Noah.

12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.  13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. ... 17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. - Genesis 6:12-13, 17

But let us return to the Family line of Cain.

And Cain knew his wife.  We know that Adam was the first man on Earth (1 Corinthians 15:45). We know that his wife Eve was the mother of all living (Genesis 3:20). The only inhabitants of Earth were Adam and Eve and their children and they had others not named (Genesis 5:4). Cain, the Bible tells us, had a wife. Who was she?  The only women on earth were the children of Adam and Eve. Eve, of course was a woman, but Eve stayed with Adam and was producing future children, including Seth and his line that eventually leads to the Messiah of Israel and Savior of all mankind. His Name is Jesus. So then we are left with only one logical conclusion.

Logically, there is only one answer, but it’s an answer which today may give us a shudder. It’s nerve-wracking to conclude that Cain’s wife must have been one of his own sisters. His sisters were the only females available, except for his mother. Eve stayed at home with Adam, as Adam’s wife and to conceive their other sons and daughters. Cain went off into the land of Nod with his sister/wife, and they conceived Enoch.  

Looking all the way back to the beginning of our fallen human life on earth, we must conclude that we fallen human beings began our descent by means of incest.

Our current injunction against incest is at least practical . . . and it has existed among human cultures for thousands of years. Genetic disorders that build up in family lines should not be passed along to babies, if possible. When both the father and the mother share the same disorder because they are siblings, their baby might inherit the disorder and perhaps suffer from it more intensely. In the case of Cain and his wife, however, they were the children of Adam and Eve—who were perfect creations of God and could not have had such a thing as a genetic disorder. Cain and his wife’s relationship was a marriage between brother and sister at the first generation level of humans, and, therefore, it was without any genetic danger.

https://www.Biblestudytools.com/Bible-study/topical-studies/who-was-cains-wife.html

She conceived, and bare Enoch: The wife of Cain had a baby boy: Enoch.

After Cain arrived in the Land of Nod, to which he was evicted by the Lord as his punishment for murdering his brother Abel, his wife became pregnant and bore Cain's first child, whom he named Enoch. ...

This Enoch is not to be confused with Enoch, son of Jared, to whom the authorship of the Book of Enoch is ascribed.

After the birth of Enoch, the Hebrew text of Genesis 4:17 is unclear. Either Cain built a city and named it after the mighty Enoch, or else Enoch built a city.

Cain lived in Nod. And Cain knew his wife, who must have been his sister, and must have been married to him before the death of Abel, as Cain leaves with his wife, almost immediately after the murder and conversation with God. By the time of the civilization of Europe such alliances (between brother and sister) were considered incestuous. But remember Abraham married his half-sister, Sarah; and Moses himself was the son of his father and aunt.

And she conceived and bare Enoch. And he builded, literally, was building, i.e. began to build, but never finished, the work. That which Cain erected was not a city according to modern ideas. There were not yet enough people on Earth to have a city the likes of Chicago or Detroit or Atlanta, even a smaller several thousand person city.

Is it also possible that this rebel who had told he would not have any permanent home was his attempt to found a city shown his desire to prove God wrong?

Cain essentially dedicated the first Biblically known antediluvian city after his first child, to become the city of Enoch (Gen.4:17). ...

Cain cast off all fear of God, and attended no more on God's ordinances. Hypocritical professors, who dissemble and trifle with God, are justly left to themselves to do something grossly scandalous. So they throw off that form of godliness to which they have been a reproach, and of which they deny the power. Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and we never find that he came into it again, to his comfort. The land Cain dwelt in was called the land of Nod, which means, 'shaking,' or 'trembling,' and so shows the restlessness and uneasiness of his own spirit, or 'the land of a vagabond:' they that depart from God cannot find rest any where else. Those on earth who looked for the heavenly city, chose to dwell in tabernacles or tents; but Cain, as not minding that city, built one on earth. Thus all who are cursed of God seek their settlement and satisfaction here below. - Matthew Henry 1710

18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.

Years had passed away, the family of Cain had grown to a second and third and fourth generation. And unto Enoch (whose wife is not known) and Irad begat Mehujael. Smitten of God. And Mehujael begat Methusael. Man of God.) And Methusael begat Lamech. Strongs Lexicon = youth man of prayer.

And unto Enoch was born Irad. Who is Irad?  The name Irad came from two combined Hebrew words that suggest the meaning, “runner” or “fugitive”. Irad is the son of Enoch and grandson of Cain. Unlike Seth‘s descendants, the Bible does not specify when Cain’s descendants were born or died. However, we know and can place them on the Bible Timeline Chart (Bishop Usher) after Adam‘s creation (4004 BC) and before the great flood (2350 BC.)

Irad begat Mehujael: MEHUJAEL  me-hu'-ja-el (mechuya'el, mechiya'el, "smitten of God"): A descendant of Cain through Enoch and Irad (Genesis 4:18). The list in Genesis 5:12 is a working-over of the same material of genealogy by another hand at a different date of spelling (compare spelling of Chaucer and that of today). In that ease, Mehalalel would be the correspondent name to Mehujael (see Expository Times, X, 353).

Mehujael begat Methusael: Strongs Hebrew Lexicon: Methusael. From math and 'el, with the relative interposed; man who (is) of God;  Mehujael begat Methusael; of whom also we have no other account: and Methusael begat Lamech; and it seems for the sake of Lamech that the genealogy of Cain is described and carried down thus far.... Notice the word el, this usually denoted God and this man in the line of Cain may have been a man of God.

Methusael begat Lamech. Lamech: the 5th lineal descendant from Cain, husband of Adah and Zillah, father of sons, Jabal, Jubal, and Tubal-cain, and daughter, Naamah.  Lā́mek is a person in Cain's genealogy in the fourth chapter of the Book of Genesis. His father was named Methushael. (Powerful) 

19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

And Lamech took unto him two wives. Lamech broke the law of God. God with Adam and Eve showed that it was to be one man and one woman who were to become as one flesh. But Lamech had a different idea. Being from the line of the first murderer, Lamech rebelled and became the first polygamist. This was "a new evil, without even the pretext that the first wife had no children, which held its ground until Christianity restored the original law - Matthew 19:4-6  - Have ye not read, that He which made them at the beginning made them male and female, 5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?  6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

The names of Lamech's wives were suggestive of sensual attractions. The name of the one Adah, the Adorned and the name of the other Zillah, the shady or the tinkling, the musical player. "Did Lamech choose a wife to gratify the eye with loveliness? and was he soon sated with that which is so short-lived as beauty, and then chose another wife in addition to Adah? But a second wife is hardly a wife; she is only the shadow of a wife" (ibid.).  - Pulpit Commentary

20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.

Adah bare Jabal. Okay Adah was the mother of Jabal (stream of water). Jabal was apparently a tent nomad who was a herder also. Jabal was also father of those who kept cattle (cattle, sheep, livestock).

Jabal's descendants of course all died in the great world wide flood, but you see today nomads who herd animals as in Tibet and some non-herding nomads in the USA who travel the county in RVs and have no permanent home. (You can smile).

This is the beginning of problems for those who teach that man was here for hundreds of thousands of years without the ability to make tents (cave dwellers) or keep herds (hunter-gatherers). We have skipped those two stages and just knocked off at the least a quarter of a million years of made up evolutionary time. And it gets worse for these vast age evolutionists in the next verse.

We must confess that it is difficult to come up with many ideas, as the Bible gives little detail.

And Adah bare Jabal. Either the Traveler or the Producer, to flow; poetically, to go to walk; in the one case, of his nomadic life, in the other of his occupation or his wealth. He was the father -  father; used of the founder of a family or nation, especially of the Creator.

Of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. If he lived in a tent, he was a wanderer with no settled home. If he had cattle they were most likely herds that went from place to place to get food, as the ground had, had another curse upon it because of the murderer Cain. The word cattle could also include sheep and goats. Strong: H4735 1) cattle, livestock;  1a) cattle, livestock; 1a1) in general of a purchasable domestic animal; 1b) cows, sheep, goats (in herds and flocks).

21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.

Jabal's brother was Jubal (stream) He was the one of the first musicians and father of those who played harp (lyre, harp) and organ (flute, reed pipe). Lyre. The lyre is supposedly not known until the times of the Greeks only hundreds of years before Christ Jesus. But here they are and those Greeks had to learn from someone. It appears lyres were here a thousand years before the flood and within one hundred thirty-five years of the time of man's creation by God.

So much for the imagined m-i-l-l-i-o-n-s of years of struggle in ‘pre historic' times without music.  It was here all the time. And that should not surprise us. These people were very smart and had close contact with God. Remember that the devil (before he sinned and was cast out) had been called the heavenly worship leader.

Flutes: There were Neanderthal flutes (pronounced Nee-ander-tall') flutes, early American Native flutes. I remember that my older brother learned how to whittle a flute of sorts, a wooden whistle, he learned from farmers who were immigrants from Sweden and Norway.

Notice that this is the unGodly line of Cain that accomplishes all this. And although we have no ages, if each of these men bore sons at the age of 30 this could have been accomplished in 180 years. If we make it 100 before the child is born then we would have 600 years. Many think this all happened before Adam and Eve gave birth to Seth and that would be in one hundred thirty years. THAT TOTALLY BLOWS THE IDEA OF VAST AGES AND CAVE MEN.

But if you think that was tough on the evolutionary time scale wait until you see what is coming next.

DECISION TIME COMING: Are you going to believe the Bible or Darwin and his necessary vast ages with cave men with little knowledge for hundreds of thousands of years?

And his brother's name was Jubal. Player on an instrument, the musician. This must have been a very talented family. He was the father of, the founder of the band leader of other musicians.

He was the father of all such as handle the harp. A stringed instrument, played on by the plectrum according to Josephus ('Ant.,' 7, 12, 3), but in David's time by the hand (1 Samuel 16:23 - And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.;) See also: 1 Samuel 18:10; 1 Samuel 19:9), corresponding to the modern lyre.

And the organ. This may not be the kind of instrument in many churches but it may be signifying a much less sophisticated musical instrument, perhaps a type of wind instrument like a shepherd's reed or bagpipe. If these were nomads then it is highly unlikely that this refers to the instrument seen in many churches.

22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.

Tubalcain: The meaning of the name is unknown, but the definition is: son of Lamech by his wife Zillah and the first worker in metal. Big bang evolutionists have a time problem now. They teach vast ages of primitive man on Earth before metal. (These ages of primitive man have been taught ONLY since the 1820s, less than 200 years).

The three-age system Christian Jüürgensen Thomsen (1788-1865 A.D.) was a Danish archaeologist, who lacked academic training. In 1816 he was appointed head of some collections in the predecessor of the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen. While organizing and classifying the collections, he proposed the three-age system about 1820. He proposed an alternative to the Bible time line; periods of human prehistory in three consecutive time periods, named for respective predominant tool-making technologies: 

The Stone Age is supposed to be the time when humans used crude stone tools. Only when it ends is there supposed to be the development of agriculture and the domestication of animals. This imagined stone age was split in three: Palaeolithic (2.6 m-I-l-l-I-o-n  years ago-10.000 B.C. or years ago); the Mesolithic (11,600 to farming ~middle stone age of hunter-gatherers moving into transition to agriculture; the Neolithic (9500 B.C. - farming and metal age).

The Bronze Age   3000 B.C.  - 1200 B.C. There was smelting of copper and tin. But in Mesopotamia (Tigress-Euphrates area), they find evidence of early bronze, according to their dating of 2900 B.C. This would place it some time after Tubalcain and the Bible. 

The Iron Age (1200 B.C. now falsely labeled B.C.E. ~ 900 B.C.) Weapons and tools were mostly iron. This is before Jesus Christ, our Lord, took on flesh; before Rome was in charge of the ‘Mediterranean’ world.  Yet, we find Tubalcain was instructing in both brass and iron within one hundred thirty-five years after creation as it was just before Seth was born.

Well which are you going to believe? 1- the imagined ideas of James Hutton (1726-1796 A.D.) who attacked the Bible time line with his A Theory of the Earth (1795)? (He taught the earth was very old, perhaps eternal and that everything we can see on earth, craters, seas,  canyons, could be explained by natural uniform causes of erosion). Or 2- will you believe the Bible? This is important as most who lose their belief can trace it to their belief in the false vast age of earth. (By the way, Einstein, relativity destroys the Hume ideas)

23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.

I have slain a man to my wounding  Justifiable homicide?! If the verb be rendered as a preteriter), then Lamech is represented as informing his wives that in self-defense he has slain a young man who wounded him (not two men, as some read), but that there is no reason to apprehend danger on that account; for if God had promised to avenge Cain sevenfold, should any one kill him, he, being not a willful murderer, but at worst a culpable homicide, would be avenged seventy and sevenfold.

Lamech confesses to the second murder in the Bible. He apparently thinks it is justifiable homicide. This other guy was trying to kill me, so I killed him. But mine is justifiable homicide. Why do you suppose the deadly fight began? Since Lamech does not say the confrontation began all because of the other guy, can we assume that perhaps Lamech may have had a chance to walk away and not kill?

If you saw the old movie Back to The Future (Michael J. Fox) his character was always getting into trouble because he would not back down when called yellow. It takes a big man to walk away.  Lamech does say the other guy was trying to kill me, so I acted in self defense.

24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

Since my murder was justified, then I should be justified and protected (by God). He refers back to his great-great grandfather Cain who killed his brother Abel and God protected Cain. He refers also to the sevenfold vengeance God promises. Lamech expects seventy and sevenfold protection. (Remember Peter asked, ‘...how oft shall... I... forgive?’ Jesus said, ...seventy times seven.) Which should you and I strive toward? The right to say God should avenge us, since our bad act is justified, or should we forgive and forgive and forgive and forgive and forgive and forgive and forgive? Remember, the one Lamech killed was his cousin, was family. The great, great, great-grandfather of them all (ADAM) still lived with his wife Eve. They were producing children.

25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the Name of the LORD.

Adam knew his wife again. Adam had sexual relations with Eve and she gave birth to a bouncy, baby, boy named Seth (Hebrew= compensation). Again Eve believed this son was to replace Abel. Was she looking again for the Messiah to crush the head of the devil? Seth’s birth took place one hundred thirty years after God placed Adam on Earth (Genesis 5:3).

The narrative now reverts back to Adam and Eve. And Adam knew his wife again. This is not necessarily implying that Adam and Eve did not have other children. If that was true, now we have a real problem and Cain would have no wife. (Genesis 5:4).

And she bare a son, and called his name Seth. Seth, from shith, to put or place; hence appointed, put, compensation. For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed. Her other children seem to have gone in the way of Cain, But now God gives to them Seth, her God-given son.

To call upon the Name of the Lord. This youngster was different. He was a man who would worship God.  His line would eventually lead to Messiah, Savior, whose name is Jesus.

Prayer: Heavenly Father, we do not come to You, trusting in our righteousness. We have none. We rely upon the One You allowed to come. His Name is Jesus. Please cleanse me and forgive me of all my sin and unrighteousness, so that You can hear and answer this prayer. Adam and Eve had a very difficult beginning. Their first born was a murderer. The second born was the one murdered. Oh, how their hearts must have grieved. Help us Lord to be always attentive to You as we interact with our children and later with grand children, or other children You place in our path.  Help us to lead them and steer them and guide them in the right way, the Godly way. May we always be a good example for them and to them, I pray. Fill me one more time, God the Holy Spirit. Help me to be the person that You want me to be.  Help me to resist the devil and flee to the side of God. This I pray in the Holy, Wonderful, Magnificent Name of Jesus. Amen and amen.

Next Week: The Days Just Before The Flood of Noah.

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Luke 11:37-54 KJV

37 And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.

38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.

39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.

40 Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?

41 But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.

42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

43 Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.

44 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.

45 Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.

46 And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.

47 Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

48 Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.

49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:

50 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

51 From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.

52 Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.

53 And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:

54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.