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Nuclear War…Yeah
They’re talkin’about…Yeah
Nuclear War…Yeah
It’s a motherfucker
Don’t you know
If they push that button
Your ass gotta go
It’s gonna blast you
So high in the sky
You can kiss your ass goodbye
Radiation…
Mutation…
Fire…
Atomic bomb…
Neutron bomb…
If they push that button…
If they push that button…
(Sun Ra, 1970)
November - The 11th month of the year, Vraic the Channel Island generic term for seaweed.
A follow on to yesterday's posting. Used very similar technique to achieve the final image which I feel is subtle yet dramatic. The multi-colour reflection on the rock pool to the bottom right adds a finishing touch!
This set was taken from Ulriken, the highest mountain of the seven surrounding Bergen, Norway. It was a beautiful day, but started out rather misty in the west and southwest. I used a polarising filter for these shots, which was probably a mistake :( So I tried to save them with PS :)
Score me! yielded 42.5/50.
Judgment day yielded 50/65.
The East is mysterious because of its ancient age; rich culture and the complexities of its beliefs. Every major religion or belief is filled with riddles of future. Traditions; divine edicts; books; teachings; writings all have hints towards the fascinating subject of the Arrival of a Messiah who brings the end of the world. The Anti Christ and his mortal counterpart from the Good and the Right.
In this capture i have tried to show what strange; unknown and unexplainable item could be A Sign.
Originally I planned on skipping this figure, but with the ultimate T-1000 almost here I had a change of heart.
So glad I did. This figure is outstanding. Sculpt, likeness, weapons, all of it is perfect. I couldn't be happier.
Another photoshop blend. Again three images. Not too much colour tweeking either, just a boost of saturation.
This was part of a worldwide information campaign that cost some $100 million.
Billboard: D6111A
Location: Oregon Route 99W (Pacific Highway West), Tualatin, Oregon
Billboard owner: CBS Outdoor
Current owner: Outfront Media
In 2019, the billboard was the host to a McDonald's McCafé 'Nothing Comes Before Coffee' advertisement.
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So this arrived today.
Overall I'm very pleased with this figure. I love the wide variety of display options thanks to multitude of alternate parts he comes with. My only gripe is that I wish they would have included the other "split open" head rather than the one here where his head is putting itself back together. A few paint touch ups here and there and he will be good to go.
Also, whomever at amazon packed this figure for shipping was extremely lazy. Rather than putting it in a box, they just stuck it in a plastic bag with a label on it. No bubble wrap, no protection, just a bag like what clothes are typically shipped in. As a result the packaging suffered some damage. Thankfully the figure wasn't harmed.
Christian Movie | God Is the Way, the Truth, and the Life | "The Mystery of Godliness: The Sequel"
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Lin Bo'en is an old preacher who has believed in the Lord for many decades. Since accepting Almighty God, Christ of the last days, he was convicted, excluded, and expelled from the religious community by the pastors and elders, the antichrist forces. But even though Lin Bo'en was attacked, convicted, and framed, he did not shrink back in fear. Rather, his faith became more resolute than ever, and this led him to finally understand that the pastors and elders of the religious world were faking a virtuous appearance. At the same time, he came to know that only Christ is the truth, the way, and the life, and only Christ can save and purify and perfect man. Because of this, he was resolved to follow Christ, bear witness for Christ, and do his utmost to pursue the truth, to seek to transform his disposition so that he could become a true witness for God. Once the Chinese Communist Party discovered that Lin Bo'en was released from prison and had not changed, that he had not renounced his faith in the slightest bit and even believed in the Eastern Lightning , that he went everywhere to testify that the Lord Jesus had come again and that He was Almighty God, the CCP listed him as wanted and went to arrest him. Lin Bo'en was forced to leave his family, and in each place he testified to Almighty God's work in the last days, he was able to lead a lot of sincere, good-natured believers to God's side. This video gives an account of Lin Bo'en's true story of spreading the gospel and testifying for God.
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Roma, durante il corteo per il diritto alla casa, il saluto di una barbona di Piazza Vittorio,che rimarrà impresso.
1959; Judgment Day by James T. Farrell. unknown Artist. Twin cover of Ace S 151 Climb a broken Ladder by Robert Novak. Blurr reads: The Violence, the passion, and the pain in a stormy life of disillusionment and defeat.
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El tímpano de la portada occidental, realizada al estilo gótico levantino (finales del siglo XIV-principios del siglo XV), de la Iglesia de San Pedro de los Francos de Calatayud, ciudad capital de la Comarca de Comunidad de Calatayud, situada al oeste de la provincia de Zaragoza, Aragón, España.
La Iglesia de San Pedro de los Francos inicialmente fue fundada en el siglo XII y construída al estilo románico justo después de la conquista de Calatayud, pero el templo actual corresponde a su reconstrucción del siglo XIV al estilo gótico, manteniendo algunos restos reaprovechados de su primitiva obra románica, así como la estructura mudéjar de tres naves con altos pilares, bóvedas de crucería y triple ábside.
El Tímpano del Juicio Final de Calatayud:
En el tímpano de la portada occidental, que corresponde al estilo gótico levantino en su laconismo decorativo, se representa (siguendo uno de los modelos aplicados en la Catedral de Chartres) una escena del Juicio Final, con Cristo como “Beau Dieu”, flanqueado por la Virgen y San Juan Evangelista, arrodillados, que interceden al Señor por la humanidad, rogando por las almas de los juzgados.
- El Beau Dieu (Dios Bello o Dios Bueno) es una imagen del Maiestas Domini del Juicio Final con rasgos amables y humanos, acentuando la compasión divina, muy diferente a otras representaciones anteriores en las que se intentaba resaltar el sufrimiento para inspirar temor a la ira de Dios. El Pantocrátor o Cristo en Majestad que juzga (en el románico) o sufre, mostrando llagas (en el protogótico), fue sustituido por el Cristo resucitado más misericordioso.
Esta versión se relaciona con la nueva iconografía gótica, al estilo de Chartres, cuando se narran el Juicio Final y el Apocalipsis conjuntamente. Se considera que hasta la realización del pórtico sur de la Catedral de Chartres ambos temas habían sido tratados siempre de forma independiente pese a estar estrechamente relacionados.
- Las figuras de la Virgen y de San Juan son casi del mismo tamaño que Jesús, lo cual para algunos teólogos de la época daba una imagen demasiado humanizada de Cristo. Esta equiparación de tamaño se cree que puede simbolizar el poder de intercesión de la Virgen y de San Juan, que había sido establecido ya desde los tiempos de la primera iglesia bizantina.
Aunque en la tradición bizantina, a ambos lados del Salvador se representaban la Virgen y San Juan Bautista, siguiendo los modelos del período paleocristiano. En la iconografía occidental San Juan Bautista en la escena del Juicio Final fue sustituido por el Evangelista.
- El globo coronado por una cruz (globo crucífero), que simboliza el universo, en la mano derecha de Cristo acentúa el motivo de su misión del Redentor, reflejada en la iconoclastia bizantina (VIII-IX), cuando Jesús se representaba con un globo terráqueo sostenido con su mano derecha y una cruz en su brazo izquierdo ( o un cetro que acaba en cruz en la mano izquierda).
- El motivo del Apocalipsis (en general) está representado por las 3 figuras de las ménsulas, que simbolizan:
1) paraíso, purgatorio, infierno, correspondiendo alegóricamente al final del Apocalipsis, cap. 22;
2) virtudes capitales; pecados capitales; un ser humano atormentado entre ellos;
3) representación de los tres juicios que forman parte del Juicio Final, segú la interpretación siguiente:
“...Muchos cristianos creen que las Escrituras revelan tres diferentes juicios por venir.
- El primero es el juicio de las “ovejas y los cabritos”, o el “juicio de las naciones” como es visto en Mateo 25:31-36. Ellos creen que tendrá lugar después del período de la Tribulación, pero antes del Milenio y que éste es para determinar quien entrará en el reino milenial.
- El segundo es el juicio de las obras de los creyentes, frecuentemente referido como el “tribunal (bema) de Cristo” (2 Corintios 5:10), tiempo durante el cual, los cristianos recibirán grados de recompensa por sus obras o servicio a Dios.
El tercero es el juicio del “Gran Trono Blanco” al final del milenio (Apocalipsis 20:11-15), que es el juicio de los incrédulos en el cual ellos serán juzgados de acuerdo a sus obras y sentenciados al castigo eterno en el lago de fuego.
Otros cristianos creen que todos estos tres juicios, como se ve en Mateo 25:31-36; 2 Corintios 5:10 y Apocalipsis 20:11-15, hablan del mismo juicio final, no de tres juicios separados.
En otras palabras, aquellos que sostienen esta opinión, creen que el juicio del “Gran Trono Blanco” en Apocalipsis 20:11-15 será el tiempo para que los creyentes e incrédulos sean igualmente juzgados. Aquellos cuyos nombres se encuentren en el “libro de la vida” serán juzgados por sus obras, para determinar las recompensas o pérdida de recompensas que ellos obtendrán; y aquellos cuyos nombres no se encuentren en el “libro de la vida” serán juzgados de acuerdo a sus obras para determinar el grado de castigo que recibirán en el lago de fuego. Aquellos que sostienen esta opinión, creen que Mateo 25:31-46 es otra descripción de lo que tendrá lugar en el juicio del “Gran Trono Blanco” en Apocalipsis 20:11-15. Las “ovejas” (creyentes) entrarán a la vida eterna, mientras que los “cabritos” (incrédulos) serán lanzados al “castigo eterno” (Mateo 25:46).”
LA LEYENDA DE LA IGLESIA DE SAN PEDRO DE LOS FRANCOS:
Se cree que este templo fue fundado por el mismo rey Alfonso el Batallador para agradecer por el servicio a los franceses venidos con el monarca a la conquista de Calatayud:
“...junto al rey Alfonso I el Batallador entró en Calatayud un contingente de francos de Bigorra que habían ayudado en la conquista al rey aragonés bajo el mando del Conde Alperche. Puesto que muchos de ellos se quedaron a vivir en la ciudad al amparo de las ventajas de su fuero, el rey, en agradecimiento por los servicios prestados, fundó un templo bajo la advocación de San Pedro para que les sirviese de parroquia. Pronto fue conocido como San Pedro de los Francos, tanto por el origen de sus feligreses, como para diferenciarlo de otro conocido como San Pedro de los Serranos fundado por los aragoneses del Pirineo. Este último desapareció en el siglo XIX.”
Según otra versión, la Iglesia de San Pedro de los Francos fue erigida por unos fundadores desconocidos “en memoria y recuerdo de aquellos franceses que acompañaron al Rey Alfonso I en la conquista de Calatayud”...
De acuerdo con la tercera tradición, el templo fue fundado y construído “por los mismos combatientes franceses ayudantes del rey”.
Lo único cierto es que la Iglesia de San Pedro de los Francos fue fundada y edificada a consecuencia de los acontecimientos siguientes:
- En el año 1117, Alfonso I El Batallador inicia la campaña contra Zaragoza, con la ayuda de
parientes como su cuñado Guillermo de Poitiers IX de Aquitania y otros caballeros del sur de Francia, además de navarros, aragoneses y de hombres de Vizcaya y Álava. La ciudad de Zaragoza se entregó el 18 de diciembre de 1118.
- A finales del año 1119-principios del año 1120, el Batallador, acompañado del mismo ejército y con apoyo de las ordenes militares, “estrechó con fuerte sitio a Calatyud”, donde existía “un gran núcleo de resistencia de los árabes que peleaban con esfuerzos y peligros”. Después de unos meses del cerco “muy sangriento, ya que no había árabe que no perdiese la vida, libertad o la patria”, los cristianos no consiguieron apoderarse de la ciudad.
- En junio de 1120 Alfonso el Batallador, al conocer que venía desde Valencia un ejército almorávide y compuesto por muslimes para defender al gobernador árabe de Calatayud y poder reconquistar Zaragoza, levantó el asedio, tomando un número considerable de rehenes, y se dirigió al encuentro del ejército enemigo, enviado por “el emperador Alí Ben Yusuf receloso de los éxitos del aragonés como último intento de frenar el avance cristiano”.
- El 17 de junio de 1120 “la batalla del encuentro” tuvo lugar cerca de Cutanda, a 50 kilómetros al sureste de Calatayud, y el triunfo cristiano fue rotundo:
“Dícese, que el rey de los Francos apretó contra el Príncipe de los muslines Alí Ben Juçuf, que con un grueso ejército de muslimes y los chund (voluntarios) enviólos contra Alfonso I y habiéndose encontrado ambos ejércitos después del -asar- (instante medio entre el medio día y la puesta de sol), lucharon fuertemente, pero Alfonso I los derrotó con derrota desconocida, siendo grande la matanza muriendo en ella cerca de 20.000 voluntarios muslimes y por parte cristiana se citan unos 5.000 muertos.”
- El 24 de junio de 1120, como consecuencia de la victoria de Cutanda, se rindieron las ciudades de Calatayud y Daroca, así como los valles del Jalón y del Jiloca, quedando así abierta la ruta hacia el Levante y en concreto a Valencia.
- Cuenta la leyenda que, considerando la superioridad numerosa musulmana y su afan de resistencia en la Batalla de Curanda, así como las dramáticas consecuencias para los árabes en caso de la pérdida “La victoria cristiana fue tan prodigiosa que se atribuyó al divino socorro de San Jorge, y hacía él ha quedado la memoria y el agradecimiento de la noble ciudad de Calatyud, que festeja al santo capitán como a su restaurador.”
Después de la conquista cristiana, durante la Baja Edad Media, Calatayud fue la segunda ciudad de Aragón, celebrándose en ella las Cortes que se reunían en la Iglesia de San Pedro de los Francos.
- En 1461 las Cortes de Calatayud, celebradas justo en la Iglesia de San Pedro de los Francos, declararon el 23 de Abril, día del martirio de San Jorge, como festivo en todo el Reino y el santo guerrero fue oficialmente declarado patrón de Aragón.
- “Rememorando la historia, leyenda y personajes de la época” durante la conquista de la ciudad en 1120 por Alfonso I El Batallador, desde el año 2006, a finales de Junio, en el casco antiguo de Calatayud se efectua la recreación de aquel glorioso asedio medieval bajo el nombre de Las Alfonsadas, declaradas como Fiesta de Interés Turístico de Aragón.
Después de la representación del sitio y del ataque final al castillo, seguido del Desfile Triunfal de Rey y sus tropas, en el interior de la Iglesia de San Pedro de los Francos se celebra “el acto más hermoso y solemne de Las Alfonsadas: la entrega de las llaves de la ciudad y la firma del tratado de rendición de los almorávides al Rey Alfonso el Batallador, acompañado de sus más fieles nobles que realizan un juramento de lealtad y de salvaguardar la ciudad de Calatayud del yugo infiel...”
Las páginas consultadas y citadas:
Wikipedia: Catedral de Chartres
Wikipedia: San Juan Evangelista
La iconoclastia bizantina por André Grabar
El Juicio Final: Gran Trono Blanco
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The answer from God’s word:
“The work of managing mankind is divided into three stages; that is, the work of saving mankind is divided into three stages. These three stages of works do not include the work of creating the world, but are the work of the Age of the Law, the work of the Age of the Grace, and the work of the Age of the Kingdom. The work of creating the world is only a work of producing all mankind, not a work of saving mankind, and it has nothing to do with the work of saving mankind. Because at the creation of the world mankind was not corrupted by satan, there was no need to do the work of saving mankind. The work of saving mankind began only after mankind was corrupted, so the work of managing mankind also began only after mankind was corrupted.”
from “Knowing the Three Stages of Works Is the Way to Know God”
in The Word Appears in the Flesh
How do God’s three stages of works deepen stage by stage and cause man to be saved?“The significance, purpose, and step of Jehovah’s work in Israel at that time were to carry out his work on the whole earth, spreading it to the Gentile nations with Israel as the center. This is the principle by which he works in the entire universe—starting his work in one place and then spreading it so that the entire universe can receive his gospel. The early Israelites were the descendants of Noah. They only had Jehovah’s breath and knew how to eat, dress, reside, and travel, but they did not know what kind of God Jehovah was, nor did they know his will for man, much less know how man should fear the Creator. Whether there were regulations or decrees for them and whether there were works created beings should do for the Creator, the descendants of Adam did not know these. They only knew that husbands should labor and sweat to support their families and wives should submit to their husbands and bear children to carry on the mankind created by Jehovah. In other words, such men, who only had Jehovah’s breath and his life, did not know how to follow God’s laws and how to satisfy the Creator. They understood too little. So, although in their hearts they had no crookedness and craftiness and seldom had jealousy and strife, they did not know or understand Jehovah—the Creator. Such ancestors of man only knew to eat and enjoy things from Jehovah but did not know to fear Jehovah or know that Jehovah was the One they should bow down to. So how could they be called created beings? Then wouldn’t the words ‘Jehovah is the Creator’ and ‘He created mankind to manifest him, glorify him, and represent him’ fail? How could men who had no fear of Jehovah become a testimony of Jehovah’s glory? How could they become a manifestation of Jehovah’s glory? Then wouldn’t Jehovah’s word ‘I created mankind in my image’ become a handle got by satan—the evil one? Wouldn’t that word become a sign of shame to Jehovah’s creating mankind? In order to accomplish that stage of work, Jehovah, after creating mankind, did not instruct or lead them from Adam to Noah, but after destroying the world by the flood, he formally led the Israelites—the descendants of Noah, also the descendants of Adam. He worked and spoke in Israel, leading all the people of Israel to live in the whole land of Israel. Thus, men saw that Jehovah could not only breathe his breath into men to let them have his life and be enlivened from the dust and become created mankind, but he could also burn mankind and curse mankind, govern mankind with his rod, and lead men to live on earth and speak and work among them according to the day or night time. The works he did were only for all created beings to know that man came from the dust Jehovah picked up from the ground and was created by Jehovah. Not only so, but he first worked in Israel even more for the purpose that every nation and race outside Israel (actually they were not outside Israel but were the Gentile nations and races who were separated from the Israelites and whose ancestors were also Adam and Eve) could receive Jehovah’s gospel from Israel, so that all created beings in the entire universe would fear Jehovah and magnify Jehovah. If in the beginning Jehovah had not worked in Israel but only let mankind live in a carefree way on earth after creating them, then by the nature of man’s flesh (nature means that man never knows the things he cannot see, that is, man does not know that it was Jehovah who created mankind, much less know why Jehovah created mankind), they would have never known that Jehovah created mankind or that Jehovah was the Lord of all things. If after Jehovah created mankind and placed them on earth as his enjoyment, he had left them instead of leading them among them for some time, then the whole mankind would have become nothing, and even the heavens and the earth and all things and the whole mankind he created would have become nothing and become a place trampled by satan. In that case, Jehovah’s wish that ‘on earth, that is, among the things he created, he could have his footing, his holy place’ would have failed. So, after he created mankind, he led them to live and spoke to them among them all for the purpose of fulfilling his wish and accomplishing his plan. He worked in Israel only for the accomplishment of the plan he made before creating all things. Therefore, his working first among the people of Israel did not contradict his creating all things; they were both for the sake of his management, his work, and his glory, and for the purpose that his creating mankind could have a deeper meaning. After Noah, he led the mankind on earth to live for two thousand years, so that all men understood how they should fear Jehovah, the Lord of all things, understood how they should lead their life and how they should live, and even more understood how they should testify for Jehovah, obey him, and fear him, and thus they made music to praise Jehovah as David and his priests did.
Before Jehovah did the two thousand years of work, men knew nothing and almost all of them fell away. Consequently, before the world was destroyed by the flood, they were licentious and corrupt, and in their hearts they did not at all have Jehovah, much less have Jehovah’s ways. They never knew what work Jehovah wanted to do. They did not have sense, much less insight, but were merely like a breathing machine, knowing nothing about man, God, all things, life, and so on. On earth, they did many works of the viper’s temptation and said many words of offending Jehovah, but because of their ignorance, Jehovah did not chastise them or discipline them. After the world was destroyed by the flood, that is, after Noah was six hundred and one years old, he formally appeared to Noah and led him and his family, that is, led the animals and birds and Noah and his descendants that were left after the flood, until the Age of the Law ended, altogether for two thousand and five hundred years. He worked, that is, formally worked, in Israel for two thousand years and worked simultaneously in and outside Israel for five hundred years, altogether for two thousand and five hundred years.”
from “The Work in the Age of the Law” in The Word Appears in the Flesh
“In the Age of the Grace, men had been corrupted by satan. To do the work of redeeming all mankind, there had to be rich grace and infinite forbearance and patience and even more a sin offering that was adequate to forgive men’s sins, so that the work result could be achieved. What men in the Age of the Grace saw was only the sin offering by which I forgave man’s sins, that is, Jesus; they only knew that God could have mercy on man and forbear with man, and they only saw Jesus’ mercy and lovingkindness. All this was because they lived in the Age of the Grace. So before they were redeemed, they had to enjoy a lot of grace Jesus bestowed to them, which was beneficial to them, so that they could be forgiven of their sins because of enjoying grace and could have the opportunity to be redeemed from their sins because of enjoying the forbearance and patience Jesus bestowed to them. Because of Jesus’ forbearance and patience, men were qualified to be forgiven of their sins and enjoy the rich grace Jesus bestowed to them. Just as Jesus said, ‘I have not come to redeem the righteous, but to redeem sinners so that their sins could be forgiven.’ If the disposition Jesus was incarnated with had been judgment and curse and it had never tolerated man’s offense, men would never have the opportunity to be redeemed, and then they would forever belong to sin. In that case, the six-thousand-year management plan would just stop at the Age of the Law, with the result that the Age of the Law would last six thousand years and man’s sins would become more and more and graver and graver. The whole significance of creating mankind would be lost, and men could only serve Jehovah under the law, but their sins would be more than those of the first created men. The more Jesus loved mankind, forgave their sins, and brought them sufficient mercy and lovingkindness, the more they were qualified to be saved by Jesus, and they were called the lost lambs bought by Jesus at a high price. Satan could not interfere in this work, because Jesus treated his followers as a loving mother treats her baby in her bosom. He did not get angry with them or loathe them, but was full of consolation to them. He never raged among them, but forbore with their sins and never looked at their foolishness and ignorance. And he even said ‘forgive others seventy times seven.’ So, others’ hearts were moved by his heart. In this way, men were forgiven of their sins because of his forbearance.”
from “The Inside Truth of the Work in the Age of the Redemption”
in The Word Appears in the Flesh
“This stage is to reveal the unrighteous things within people through chastisement and judgment and through the smiting, disciplining, and exposing of the word, so that they can be saved. This is a work deeper than redemption. The grace in the Age of the Grace has been sufficient for people to enjoy, and they have experienced it. They will be given no more to enjoy. That work has become outdated and will no longer be done. Today it is to save people through the judgment of the word. Isn’t it because of these words I speak that people are judged, chastised, and refined and thus transformed in their disposition? What is done in each stage of work is done according to the development of the whole mankind and according to the age. And all the work done is significant and is for the sake of ultimate salvation, for the purpose that mankind can have a pleasant destination in the future, and for the purpose that people will be divided into their kinds in the end.
The final work is to speak words. Just through the words, people can attain a great transformation. The transformation these people have gained now after receiving these words is much greater than the transformation people gained after receiving the signs and wonders in the Age of the Grace. This is because although in the Age of the Grace demons were driven out of people through the laying on of hands and praying, their inner corrupt dispositions still remained. People were healed of their sicknesses and forgiven of their sins, but the work concerning how they could be rid of their corrupt satanic dispositions within was not done on them. People were only saved by faith and forgiven of their sins by faith, but their sinful nature was not removed and still remained within them. People are forgiven of their sins through God’s incarnation; it is not that they have no sins within. People, after sinning, can be forgiven through the sin offering, but they have no way to solve the problem of how to be free from sinning, to completely cast off their sinful nature, and to be transformed in their sinful nature. People are forgiven of their sins because of God’s work of crucifixion, but they are still living in their old corrupt satanic disposition. Thus, God has to save people completely from their corrupt satanic disposition, so that their sinful nature will be completely cast off and no longer develop and their disposition can be transformed. For this, God has to let people understand the way to grow in life, the way of life, and the pathway to be transformed in their disposition, and have them practice according to this way, so that they can be transformed in their disposition gradually and live under the shining of the light, and that everything they do can be after God’s heart, and they can cast off their corrupt satanic disposition, break away from satan’s influence of darkness, and come out of sins completely. Only then will they have received a full salvation. When Jesus did his work, people’s knowledge of him was still vague and obscure, and they always believed that he was the Son of David and said that he was a great prophet and he was the merciful Lord who atoned for man’s sins. Some were healed of their sicknesses by touching the edge of his garment by faith, the blind could receive sight, and the dead could be raised. But people could not discover the deep-rooted corrupt satanic disposition within them and did not know how to cast it off. People received a lot of grace, such as, fleshly peace and joy, the whole household being blessed through one member believing in the Lord, the healing of sicknesses, and so on. Besides that, they had good deeds and godly appearance. Those who could live by these would be qualified believers. Only such believers could go to heaven after their death, that is, be saved. But when these people were alive, they did not understand the way of life at all but just kept committing sins and confessing them, and they did not have the way to be transformed in their disposition. In the Age of the Grace people were just in such a situation. Have they been saved completely? No! So, after that stage of work has been accomplished, there is still a stage of work of judgment and chastisement. In this stage, it is to purify people through the word so that they can have ways to go on. If God still drove out demons in this stage, it would produce no results and would be meaningless, because people’s sinful nature could not be cast off and they could only remain at the basis of being forgiven of their sins. People have been forgiven of their sins through the sin offering, because the work of the cross has ended and God has triumphed over satan. But people’s corrupt disposition still remains within them and they still can commit sins and resist God, and God has not gained mankind. So in this stage, God discloses people’s corrupt disposition by his word and lets them practice according to proper ways. The work done in this stage is more significant and produces greater results than the work done in the former stage, because now the word directly supplies people’s life so that their disposition can be thoroughly renewed, and it is a more thorough work. So, the final incarnation has completed the significance of God’s incarnation and has completely accomplished God’s management plan of saving man.”
from “The Mystery of Incarnation (4)” in The Word Appears in the Flesh
“God does the work of saving man by three stages; that is, he thoroughly defeats satan by warring against it by three stages. But the inside truth of all the work of warring against satan is that God achieves the results through these several works of bestowing grace to man, being man’s sin offering, forgiving man’s sins, conquering man, and perfecting man. To put it plainly, to war against satan is not to fight against satan, but to defeat satan by saving man, working man’s life, and transforming man’s disposition so that man can testify for God. He defeats satan by transforming man’s corrupt disposition. After satan has been defeated, that is, after man has been thoroughly saved, satan which has been put to shame will be thoroughly bound. Then man will have been thoroughly saved. So, saving man in substance is warring against satan, and warring against satan is mainly manifested as saving man. Conquering man in the final stage is the last stage of work in warring against satan, a work of thoroughly saving man from satan’s domain. The inner meaning of conquering man is to conquer satan’s embodiments that have been corrupted by satan and then make them return to the Creator, so that they will forsake satan and completely return to God. Then man will have been thoroughly saved. So, the conquering work is the concluding work of warring against satan and the last stage of management in defeating satan. Without this stage of work, even in the end man could not be completely saved and thus satan could not be thoroughly defeated, and mankind could never enter into the pleasant destination and could never break free from satan’s influence. So, if the war against satan does not end, the work of saving man will not end, because the kernel of the management work is to save all mankind. The mankind in the beginning was in God’s hand, but because of satan’s temptation and corruption, all men have been bound by satan and fallen into the hand of the evil one. So, satan becomes the object to be defeated in the management work. Because it occupies man and man is the capital for the entire management, in order to save man, God has to regain man from satan’s hand, that is, to regain man who has been taken captive by satan. Thus, he defeats satan by transforming man’s old disposition and causing man to be restored to his original sense. In this way, he can regain the captured man from satan’s hand. If man has broken away from satan’s influence and bondage, satan will be put to shame. In the end, man will be regained, and satan will be defeated. Because man has broken away from satan’s influence of darkness, man will become the spoil of the entire war, while satan will become the object to be punished after the war ends. Then the entire work of saving mankind will end.”
from “Recover Man’s Normal Life and Bring Man into the Pleasant Destination” in The Word Appears in the Flesh
Since it have been a while since i last upload a digital matter or digital painting what so ever ! i thought it is time for a new one , so here is it and i hope you like it !
The story behind the photo :
when people where running for their life , escaping from all the natural disasters and wars ; they took a final look from the boat they were escaping on and they saw their city burned down and the light of the ultimate weapon just started to totally annihilation the city .
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Highest Position - Explore #327
The screwdriver bits in my toolbox come in little plastic holders that keep them organized. Because #2 Philips is the most popular type of screw, it comes with a whole bunch of #2 Philips bits.
It's incredible just how grimy things get--it's quite a mercy that we don't notice it with the naked eye.
Taken with a Nikon-mount Vivitar 80-200/4.5 macro, using a set of Nikon extension tubes.
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Only the best !
From left to right :
T-800 from "The Terminator" Premium Format Exclusive version - Sideshow Collectibles
T-800 Endoskeleton from "The Terminator" Special Edition - Hot Toys
T-800 Battle Damaged from "Terminator 2 : Judgment Day" - ENTERBAY
T-800 from "Terminator 2 : Judgment Day - ENTERBAY
Absolutely no photoshop except for cropping a few pixels near the bottom. Shot today in P mode because I was in such a hurry; had to run just after this to avoid the hailstones. Already one of my personal favourites.
Must be viewed like this: 'Day of reckoning' On Black
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And I for him :)
For my birthday in February Cory got us tickets to go see Mates of State (one of our favorite bands, OH MY, THEY ARE SO ADORABLE AND QUIRKY). Last night we finally got to go enjoy it. That's the tough thing about concert tickets as birthday gifts: PATIENCE.
The surprise of the night was one of the opening acts: Judgment Day. Absolutely mesmerizing.
Oh, and we had dinner at Toro Bravo. If ever you are in Portland, I highly recommend it. They are dedicated to local farmers, ranchers and purveyors and use only high quality, fresh, and local ingredients. It's awesome because their menu is always changing based on the season and because it's local, the prices are great. We had an arrangement of various types of cheeses, crackers, and figs, Salt Cod Fritters with aioli, and lemon curd crepes with cream. Need I go on?
Explore #369 on April 22, 2009
From www.imcdb.org. Tons of vehicles with a lot of effort in researching year, make & models. My selections are just vehicles I like, unusual or rarely seen vehicles.
New King James Version (NKJV)
David and Goliath
Now the Philistines gathered their armies together to battle, and were gathered at Sochoh, which belongs to Judah; they encamped between Sochoh and Azekah, in Ephes Dammim. And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and they encamped in the Valley of Elah, and drew up in battle array against the Philistines. The Philistines stood on a mountain on one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side, with a valley between them. And a champion went out from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, from Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. He had a bronze helmet on his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail, and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze. And he had bronze armor on his legs and a bronze javelin between his shoulders. Now the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and his iron spearhead weighed six hundred shekels; and a shield-bearer went before him. Then he stood and cried out to the armies of Israel, and said to them, “Why have you come out to line up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and you the servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me. If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and serve us.” And the Philistine said, “I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.” When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid. Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse, and who had eight sons. And the man was old, advanced in years, in the days of Saul. The three oldest sons of Jesse had gone to follow Saul to the battle. The names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. David was the youngest. And the three oldest followed Saul. But David occasionally went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem. And the Philistine drew near and presented himself forty days, morning and evening. Then Jesse said to his son David, “Take now for your brothers an ephah of this dried grain and these ten loaves, and run to your brothers at the camp. And carry these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers fare, and bring back news of them.” Now Saul and they and all the men of Israel were in the Valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines. So David rose early in the morning, left the sheep with a keeper, and took the things and went as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to the camp as the army was going out to the fight and shouting for the battle. For Israel and the Philistines had drawn up in battle array, army against army. And David left his supplies in the hand of the supply keeper, ran to the army, and came and greeted his brothers. Then as he talked with them, there was the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, coming up from the armies of the Philistines; and he spoke according to the same words. So David heard them. And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were dreadfully afraid. So the men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel; and it shall be that the man who kills him the king will enrich with great riches, will give him his daughter, and give his father’s house exemption from taxes in Israel.” Then David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, “What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?” And the people answered him in this manner, saying, “So shall it be done for the man who kills him.” Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger was aroused against David, and he said, “Why did you come down here? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the insolence of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle.” And David said, “What have I done now? Is there not a cause?” Then he turned from him toward another and said the same thing; and these people answered him as the first ones did. Now when the words which David spoke were heard, they reported them to Saul; and he sent for him. Then David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.” And Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.” But David said to Saul, “Your servant used to keep his father’s sheep, and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock, I went out after it and struck it, and delivered the lamb from its mouth; and when it arose against me, I caught it by its beard, and struck and killed it. Your servant has killed both lion and bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God.” Moreover David said, “The Lord, who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul said to David, “Go, and the Lord be with you!” So Saul clothed David with his armor, and he put a bronze helmet on his head; he also clothed him with a coat of mail. David fastened his sword to his armor and tried to walk, for he had not tested them. And David said to Saul, “I cannot walk with these, for I have not tested them.” So David took them off. Then he took his staff in his hand; and he chose for himself five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag, in a pouch which he had, and his sling was in his hand. And he drew near to the Philistine. So the Philistine came, and began drawing near to David, and the man who bore the shield went before him. And when the Philistine looked about and saw David, he disdained him; for he was only a youth, ruddy and good-looking. So the Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. And the Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!” Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and take your head from you. And this day I will give the carcasses of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. Then all this assembly shall know that the Lord does not save with sword and spear; for the battle is the Lord’s, and He will give you into our hands.” So it was, when the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David, that David hurried and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. Then David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone; and he slung it and struck the Philistine in his forehead, so that the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth. So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. But there was no sword in the hand of David. Therefore David ran and stood over the Philistine, took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him, and cut off his head with it. And when the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled. Now the men of Israel and Judah arose and shouted, and pursued the Philistines as far as the entrance of the valley and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell along the road to Shaaraim, even as far as Gath and Ekron. Then the children of Israel returned from chasing the Philistines, and they plundered their tents. And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his armor in his tent. When Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this youth?” And Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I do not know.” So the king said, “Inquire whose son this young man is.” Then, as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand. And Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, young man?” So David answered, “I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.”
Romans 8:28
New King James Version (NKJV)
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
Depiction of Heaven, Earth, and Hell
The Holy Savior Cathedral, also known the Church of the Saintly Sisters, is a cathedral located in the New Julfa district of Isfahan, Iran. It is commonly referred to as the Vank, which means "monastery" or "convent" in the Armenian language.The cathedral was established in 1606.