First of all I'd like to congradulate the Detroit Red Wings in their win of the world cup last night defeating the Pittsburgh Penguins last night. After this I watched a thing on TV that should be the plot for the next three or four hour disaster movie blockbuster of the summer. It was about the great flood of Johnstown, Pennsylvania on May 31st. 1889. This disaster was caused by some rich oil men who got together and made a large recreational lake. There was an earthen dam holding back the water that grew to be a hundred feet high. I remember that Texas A & M wood pile thing they'd set on fire that had grown to 79 feet that one day collapsed. Anyhow one very rainy afternoon about 2:30 or so, this dam gave way. It didn't just wipe out one city but a whole river valley as the waters mowed down town after town as it made its way down the valley. When the waters finally stopped it was because there was so much debris by now in the water that it stopped for a time at this railroad bridge. But then the waters swereled back and formed sort of a vortex that swereled around. Then the bridge caught on fire so that there was a giant inferno that helpless drowning victims would be swept into. The Industrialists who had caused the disaster in the first place were never sued in court and walked away free men.
There are times in life when you have to say "Not my will but thine be done, O God". Elvis had originally wanted this inscription on his mother's grave stone but was talked out if it. There are people who have to, for instance, get used to the idea of a major state allowing open homosexual marriage with no fears of reprisal. I for one never thought God would allow that to happen, but events proved me wrong. I have made a number of false predictions I need to ask the Lord for forgiveness for. I predicted some new war in the world this week. The clossest thing I could find to any "conflict" is the tension between Zimbabue and South Africa. They say South Africa has become Xenophobic in not allowing foreigners, like from Zimbabue in their country, even if they are political refugees from a hellish government. These refugees get mistreated by the cops and the cops will not come to their aid if they are vandalized. We need to be in prayer about this as well as other hot spots in Africa "The continent that God forgot" such as the Congo, and also the situation in Sudan, which, hopefully they are now negotiation a peaceful resolution of.
I'd like to talk about Hillary a little. I'm glad she is finally conceding defeat, but I don't see why we have to wait till Saturday. There's no time like the present. First of all, as Jesus said to Pilate, "Any power you have over me comes to you from God, and he who handed me over to you is guilty of the greater sin". In like manner Berock Obama should keep God in his mind each and every day. I meant it when I said that I hoped Obama would listen to God rather man and political expediancy in determining which new church he would join. Obama has been given a great victory. He won it over the odds of Hillary's "never say die" attitude. He has th fight not only his fellow liberals but the Rush Limbaugh legions and "opperation chaos". When Hillary says "Count every vote" does she mean the ones inspired by Rush Limbaugh. This can't be a happy day in the belly of the beast or whever Rush is broadcasting from. Between Hillary and her conservative co-conspirators, they used every dirty trick in the book to try and defeat Obama. They wern't going to take no for an answer. Hillary's most recent stunt is holding her "victory rally" in the basement of some building where none of her shouting groupies could get cell phone service, and didn't know that Obama was now over the top. Had they known there may have been negative remarks that may have been caught by media microphones. Hillary was still trying to insilate herself from the Truth, both literally and symbolically.
In the terms of my own prayer to God I promised to quit smoking and not to speak ill of any fellow Christian - even ones I don't like. So in that spirit I want you all to tune in to KFI on Sunday mornings six to nine and listen to the Jesus Christ show. However let me just say one thing about St. Paul's claim that "I was given a thorn in the flesh to keep me humble, a messager sent from Satan to buffet me. Three times I asked the Lord for deliverance". Let me just say that asking the Lord for deliverance here - may not be extrapelated to everyone living on the earth. Paul himself claimed this was some special dispensation of "punishment" or whatever to "keep him humble". Either this "special messenger" was from God, or else is this messenger is from Satan, then one should disregard the message of "You have to be kept humble", in which case then you should continue to pray for deliverance. Jesus Christ in the Bible seems to take a dim view of people who claim to be the Messiah. While not speaking ill of the Jesus Christ show I can say that the man pretending to be Jesus Christ should pray about what he is doing and whether he is as infallable as he claims to be, or that he's just a man like the rest of us.
Jesus said "You shall receive no sign but the sign of Jonah". Let's look at the life of Jonah. The Bible never says when or where Jonah was born or when or where (or if) Jonah died. We know that Jonah received a command from God but instead boarded a ship to Tarshish. We have to ask ourselves, who is Jonah, what does "paying your fare" represent, who do his fellow sailors represent. What does the ship represent. What does Tarshish, or Gadez represent as his destination point. What does the storm represent. What does the whale represent. Remember that Jonah was conscious while inside the belly of the whale and he prayed to God. So at this point Jonah was still subordenent to God. Also the whale can't exactly represent death. Jonah was deposited at his starting point. What does this represent? Jonah then went to Ninivah. What does Ninavah represent? May I suggest some of the following: His starting point represents Egypt. Paying the fare represents obeying the Jewish law. The fellow sailors are all of the detractors he had among the Jewish clergy. The storm represents some violent revolution that occurred when Jesus was in Palestine. Being thrown overboard represents "dropping out of the picture". The whale represents Roman beaurocracy & the Legal system in Palestine. Tarshish represents theocratic rule of Israel under Jehovah God. The water represents the multitudes of people yearning to be free. Ninavah represents Rome. If Jesus were born for instance in 20 BC then the statement "You are not yet fifty years old" made in 28 or 29 AD would be a true one. People like Philo have argued that every Bible verse has a litteral and an alligorical meaning. We know from Coptic scripture that "The Lord ascended twelve years before 62 AD". That would make 50 AD by my count. Was Jesus ever in Rome???
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