Looking for His glorious appearing! Titus 2:13

The Reciprocal Inheritance
Aug 28th, 2019
Morning MeditationF. B. Meyer
Categories: Meditation;Inspirational;Book Study

THROUGHOUT the Old Testament there runs the double thought of our inheritance in God, and God's in us. And, as we shall see, this two-fold aspect of one deep conception interpenetrates the heart of the apostle's teaching in this Epistle (Psalm 16:5-6; Deuteronomy 32:9).

INHERITANCE AND INHERITED. (Ephesians 1:14)
In the opening paragraph of this epistle the apostle works up to this as his climax, that the Holy Spirit is given to us as the earnest of our inheritance. And, obviously, inasmuch as God is the earnest, nothing less than God can be the inheritance. In the same verse the apostle describes the saints as God's possession, which is not yet fully acquired by Him, though fully purchased; but which is awaiting its full occupation in that day of glory, when not a fragment of the purchase of Calvary shall be left in the power of the grave, but body, soul, and spirit shall be raised in the likeness of the glorified Saviour.

In the first clause of this verse, he therefore speaks of that inheritance which is ours as heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ. In the second, he speaks of ourselves as that inheritance upon which the Son of God so set his heart, as to be willing to obtain it by the sacrifice of the glory that he had with the Father before the worlds were made. We are therefore in turn inheritors and an inheritance.

Let the Headlines Speak
Aug 28th, 2019
Daily NewsFrom the Internet
Categories: Today's Headlines

“Hezbollah attack will be met by ‘disproportionate’ response”
the IDF has deployed all the forces already in the northern area, while a decision to bring more forces to the area may be made in the coming days. A senior IDF official who spoke with Channel 12 said that, in any event, any attempted Hezbollah attack on Israel will be met with a “disproportionate” Israeli response. The report comes after the IDF announced on Saturday night that it struck Iranian targets in Syria, thereby thwarting an Iranian drone attack on Israel.

The Great Failure Of The Climate Models
For decades, these models have projected dramatic warming from small, fossil-fueled increases in atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, with catastrophic consequences. Yet, the real-world data aren’t cooperating. They show only slight warming, mostly at night and in winter. According to the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, there has been no systematic increase in the frequency of extreme weather events, and the ongoing rise in sea level that began with the end of the ice age continues with no great increase in magnitude. The constancy of land-based records is obvious in data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

In Nod to Trump, G-7 Leaders Make Joint Statement on Fair Trade
Leaders of the Group of Seven issued a declaration on Aug. 26 committing to fair trade, a term President Donald Trump has frequently employed in his campaign to rebalance the United States’ global trade relationships. The statement emphasized “great unity” among the leaders and expressed their commitment to “open and fair global trade and the stability of the global economy.”

The Push To Kill Cash – Next Up Is Australia
The removal of large cash bills is a worldwide, ongoing reality, with the European Central Bank (ECB) stopping production of the 500 euro note earlier this year. The note, dubbed by the media as “the Bin Laden,” was said to be used disproportionately in financing terrorism.

Bishop Schneider says Vatican is betraying ‘Jesus Christ as the only Savior of mankind’
The Vatican’s decision to implement a document affirming that the “diversity of religions” is “willed by God,” without correcting this statement, is tantamount to “promoting the neglect of the first Commandment” and a “betrayal of the Gospel,” Bishop Athanasius Schneider has said.

Trump admin launches ‘unprecedented’ pro-life effort at UN to fight pro-abortion EU
The U.S. Government has reached out to foreign capitals to request support for U.S. pro-life efforts at the United Nations. Such a high-level pro-life effort by a U.S. administration is unprecedented. UN delegates have been looking for such a letter for more than a year because it makes official the U.S. pro-life stance and will help them in standing up to abortion forces in the UN bureaucracy and the European governments.

Louisiana governor candidate: ‘As a doctor, I can assure you there are only 2 genders’
A Republican lawmaker running to become Louisiana’s next governor has a new campaign ad succinctly declaring his conservative stances, including that “life begins at conception” and “there are only two genders.” Ralph Abraham is a physician, veterinarian, and National Guard veteran who currently represents Louisiana’s fifth district in the U.S. House of Representatives.

15 Former Spooks Who Work At CNN And MSNBC Now
CNN added to its deep roster of former FBI and CIA officials-turned-analysts Friday with the hiring of Andrew McCabe, the former FBI deputy director fired for lack of candor during an investigation last year. McCabe is the tenth ex-FBI, CIA or intelligence community official CNN has hired during the Trump administration, according to a Daily Caller News Foundation analysis. MSNBC has followed closely behind, having hired five former officials, including former CIA Director John Brennan.

Jordan, Iraq Sign Nuclear Energy Agreement
Jordan and Iraq signed a nuclear-energy cooperation agreement on Saturday, according to reports in Jordanian media. The protocol was signed by Jordan Atomic Energy Commission chairman Khaled Toukan and Iraqi Higher Education and Scientific Research Minister Qusay al-Suhail.

IDF on High Alert in North After Alleged Strikes in Lebanon
On Saturday night, the IAF attacked Iranian military targets in Syria, preventing an attack by Iranian drones armed with explosives. The sites were part of the Iranian backed Al Quds force, the overseas arm of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), working with allied Shiite militias. Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force, tweeted that “these insane operations will surely be the last steps of the Zionist regime.”

Quantum teleportation takes on a new dimension in new experiments
Unlike regular computers where data is stored in binary bits as 0 or 1, the “qubits” in quantum computers can exist as both at the same time. Stranger still, this information can be effectively “teleported” over any distance. Now, scientists from Austria and China have managed to create photons that exist as 0,1 and 2 simultaneously, and teleported these complex quantum states. Quantum computers are poised to leave traditional computers and even supercomputers in the dust, and they owe their exponential increase in power to the fact that they go beyond binary. One “bit” of information isn’t limited to a 0 or a 1 – it can be either or both at the same time,…

Hezbollah and Lebanese allies are building a case for war – analysis 
Hezbollah and its allies are building a case for war and Lebanon’s media and other officials are fueling the tensions with assertions that drones that crashed in Beirut carried bombs. Whether or not the drones carried C4 explosives or that their aim was to carry out a bombing or target an individual is not particularly important because what matters is the calculations beneath the surface in Lebanon.

IDF limiting traffic along Lebanon border in response to rising tensions 
The IDF began limiting traffic on roads along the Lebanese border over fears of retaliation by Hezbollah as tensions remain high following Israeli attacks. “In light of an operational status assessment, it was decided that the movement of certain military vehicles on several roads would be possible only on the basis of individual approval and in accordance with the situational assessment of the situation,” the IDF said…

Facial recognition specialist Megvii plans share sale
A leading Chinese facial recognition provider has filed papers for a listing on Hong Kong’s stock exchange. Megvii – the maker of the Face++ system – is one of the country’s best known artificial intelligence (AI) companies. Earlier this year, a Western study suggested its face-checking tech was more accurate than rival systems from Amazon and IBM.

Dutch doctor faces trial in landmark euthanasia case
A Dutch doctor has appeared in court after performing euthanasia on a patient suffering with severe dementia. Prosecutors say the doctor did not do enough to verify consent. It is the first such case since the Netherlands legalised euthanasia in 2002. The 74-year-old patient was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease when she died in 2016.

Amazon fires: Brazil to reject G7 offer of $22m aid
The Brazilian government has said it will reject an offer of aid from G7 countries to help tackle fires in the Amazon rainforest. French President Emmanuel Macron – who hosted a G7 summit that ended on Monday – said $22m (£18m) would be released. But Brazilian ministers say the money is not needed and accuse foreign powers of wanting control of the Amazon.

Google Warns Against Blocking ‘Cookies’ Entirely, Triggering Criticism
After promising to offer tools to let users limit “cookies,”…that help internet and advertising companies track users, Alphabet Inc. ’s Google suggested it won’t go any further, saying…that blocking cookies entirely could be counterproductive for user privacy. The post…has drawn criticism…from some privacy advocates who say Google’s Chrome…should catch up to the stricter practices of rivals Firefox and Safari.

China says U.S. ‘maliciously hyping up’ South China Sea issue
China accused the United States…of “maliciously hyping up” the South China Sea situation and making warrantless criticism, after the Pentagon said China was carrying out “coercive interference” in waters claimed by Vietnam. A Chinese survey vessel on Saturday extended its activities to an area closer to Vietnam’s coast…after the United States and Australia expressed concern about China’s action in the disputed waterway.

Pence: U.S. supports Israel’s right to defend itself
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said he spoke on Monday with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and reiterated American support for its Middle East ally. Israel said it conducted an air strike on Sunday against an arm of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in Syria and on Thursday Netanyahu hinted at possible Israeli involvement in a series of blasts in the past few weeks in Iraq.

Silicon Valley In California Is Building A Chinese-Style ‘Social Credit System’ That Grows Larger And Stronger With Every App You Download And Use
We all gasped in shock and horror when we learned last year about China’s dystopian and chilling social credit system that looked and sounded a whole lot like the George Orwell novel ‘1984‘. But guess what? A very similar system is rising up here in America, not run by our government like the Chinese system is, but created by each and every one of us who download apps and use the “like” and commenting features. All this activity has created a system that is beginning to rate people and allow them access to the system, or to lock them out of it.

EFCA Now Considers Premillennialism a Non-Essential……
The Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA) changed its position on end times theology, voting this summer to drop the word “premillennial” from the denomination’s statement of faith.

Drag Queen Story Hour ‘greatest grooming program ever devised,’ counselor says
A clinical counselor who has worked with over 4,000 serial predators is urging parents to be vigilant after a Texas library hosted a Drag Queen Story Hour for kids featuring a reader who has a criminal record.

Back To School: Mutant Super Lice Found In 42 States, Including Florida
Scientists discovered that lice populations in at least 42 states have mutated to develop a resistance to over-the-counter treatments still widely recommended by doctors and schools.

Over 30,000 scientists say ‘Catastrophic Man-Made Global Warming’ is a complete hoax and science lie
The highly-politicized climate change debate rages on as we approach the crucial 2016 U.S. presidential election, despite an ever-growing body of evidence revealing the fact that “catastrophic man-made global warming” is nothing more than an elaborate hoax.

Communist Chinese Soldiers Infiltrate Hong Kong Police-VIOLENCE IS ESCALATING!!!
As I predicted 2 weeks ago, the Hong Kong police have been infiltrated by CCP soldiers. Subsequently the violence level is dramatically escalating.  Here comes Hong Kong Square.   And pay close attention American, if the Democrats win in 2020, this will be happening in a city near you.

Major Fentanyl Shipment from China Seized in Mexico
The Secretariat of the Navy of Mexico (La Secretaría de Marina–SEMAR) has reported a major fentanyl seizure believed to be of multi-ton in the Mexican port city of Lázaro Cárdenas in the state of Michoacán.

US Imam says the Muslims absolutely have the right to take the property of filthy Jews and Christians Yasir Hadhi, a prominent American Imam and college professor at Rhodes College, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was described in a 2011 New York Times Magazine essay as “one of the most influential conservative clerics in American Islam.” Just recently, Hadhi publicly said that Christians and Jews are the “filthy,” “impure,”and basically no different than “feces” and “urine.”

Long-Running Christian Program Airs Gay Wedding
“…the show’s reformating is meant to represent the Christian faith of today and all its different looks and appearances.” Well, God’s Word hasn’t changed! What God clearly states about marriage being an institution He ordained in Genesis—one man and one woman—hasn’t changed. God’s Word calling homosexual behavior a sin hasn’t changed.

Getting to the Bottom of a Tragic 'disloyalty'
Aug 28th, 2019
CommentaryMELANI PHILLIPS/JNS.ORG
Categories: The Nation Of Israel

There appears to be no limit to the sheer stupidity and reflexive malice with which people misrepresent what U.S. President Donald Trump has just said.

On Tuesday, he said: "I think Jewish people that vote for a Democrat--I think it shows either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty."

Cue an instant storm of outrage by Jewish groups and commentators claiming that he had accused Jews of dual loyalty--one of the trademark libels of classical anti-Semitism.

"This is yet another example of Donald Trump continuing to weaponize and politicize anti-Semitism," said Halie Soifer, executive director of the Jewish Democratic Council of America.

David Harris, chief executive of the American Jewish Committee, called Trump's comment "outrageous." Ann Lewis and Mark Mellman of the Democratic Majority for Israel called it "one of the most dangerous, deadly accusations Jews have faced over the years. False charges of disloyalty over the centuries have led to Jews being murdered, jailed and tortured."

A moment's pause to consider the logic of this reaction reveals it to be totally ridiculous. "Dual loyalty" means Jews have greater loyalty to Israel than to America. Trump was accused of claiming this of Jews who voted Democrat.

But the Democratic Party is hardly Israel's friend. As the party has become more radical, its hostility to Israel has grown.

The full context of what President Trump said made it clear that the "dual loyalty" interpretation simply didn't stack up.

Last year, large numbers of both the House and Senate Democratic caucuses supported an end to the blockade of Hamas-run Gaza and suggested a more "even-handed" attitude to the conflict. The Pew Research center has shown that while 79 percent of Republicans say they back Israel against the Palestinians, only 27 percent of Democrats share that view.

And now the party is embracing outright anti-Zionists and Jew-bashers such as congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, whose proposed visit to Israel this month was aborted after the Israeli government decided that their itinerary was designed solely to incite hatred and do Israel harm. So the very last party that any supposedly "Israel-first" Jew would vote for would be the Democrats.

The full context of what President Trump said made it abundantly clear that this "dual loyalty" interpretation of his words simply didn't stack up. Commenting on Omar's call to cut aid to Israel, Trump said:

"Five years, the concept of even talking about this, even three years ago, of cutting off aid to Israel because of two people that hate Israel and hate Jewish people, I can't believe we're even having this conversation. Where has the Democratic Party gone? Where have they gone where they are defending these two people over the State of Israel? I think any Jewish people that vote for a Democrat, I think it shows either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty."

Trump was thus criticizing Democrat-voting Jews not for their overriding loyalty to Israel, but on the contrary, for supporting a party that has become an enemy of Israel.

Indeed, the logical meaning of his words was that Jews who vote Democrat are being disloyal to the Jewish people. The following day, Trump himself confirmed this when he told Bloomberg: "If you vote for a Democrat, you're being disloyal to Jewish people and you're being very disloyal to Israel."

The only Jewish group that got this straightaway was the Jewish Republican Coalition which, while other Jews were noisily losing their heads, coolly observed: "President Trump is right; it shows a great deal of disloyalty to oneself to defend a party that protects/emboldens people that hate you for your religion."

Precisely. The astonishing fact is that Trump is sticking up for Israel against the enemies of the Jews within the Democratic Party, while that party, along with its Jewish supporters, is sticking up for the enemies of the Jews within its ranks.

The real scandal is the Democratic Party's refusal to take any action against Omar and Tlaib, despite their support for BDS (and thus the destruction of Israel) and their anti-Jewish remarks.

Tlaib likened Israel to the Nazis when she compared BDS to a boycott against Nazi Germany, while Omar has made several anti-Semitic comments, including claims that Jewish money controls American foreign policy. And it was Omar who accused American Jews of dual loyalty when she questioned the "allegiance" of American supporters of Israel.

In addition, their proposed tour of what they called "Palestine" was being partly organized by Miftah, a virulently anti-Semitic outfit founded by the veteran PLO activist Hanan Ashrawi. Reports on Miftah's website have praised Palestinian suicide bombers, repeated the blood libel that Jews kill gentile children and use their blood in religious rituals (for which it later apologized), and claimed equally repulsively that Israel steals children's organs.

The malign nature of the congresswomen's proposed visit was exposed when Israel agreed to Tlaib's request to visit her 90-year-old grandmother provided Tlaib didn't make trouble--only for Tlaib then to turn the trip down.

Yet despite all this, the Democratic Party refuses to censure these two. Instead, it has reportedly discussed censuring the Israeli envoy to the United States and the American ambassador to Israel. And Jewish groups in America have expressed outrage against Israel over blocking the trip.

Jewish Democrats are thus supporting a party that is tacitly enabling the expression of potentially murderous anti-Semitism. Yet they have the gall to attack as an anti-Semite the man who is calling out the party for way it is progressively throwing Israel and the Jews under the bus--and who is all too correctly slamming those Jews who support it nevertheless.

There are many reasons why the Democrats and their Jewish supporters refuse to call out the anti-Jewish bigots on their own side and instead accuse President Trump, the most pro-Israel president in American history, of anti-Semitism.

As has also been demonstrated in Britain over the epidemic Jew-hatred within the Labour Party, there is an iron conviction on the left that they cannot be guilty of anti-Semitism because they are "anti-racists." Their political identity is rooted in their belief that they are always on the side of virtue against evildoers.

If they were ever to admit evil attitudes on their own side, their political and moral identity would collapse. So they turn reality inside out to defend the indefensible. And to protect themselves, they project their own evil onto their opponents. Thus, they falsely accuse President Trump of having the odious views of which their own side is guilty.

Nor can they admit that the Palestinian cause they support may be vile. The journalist Peter Beinart tweeted in defense of Miftah: "Frustrating to hear people who'd never heard of Miftah until today use its alleged sins to distract from deep injustice [Omar and Tlaib] were going to witness. As if an anti-white comment by SNCC (the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee which fought for black civil rights) justified segregation."

Genocidal attitudes and attacks by Palestinians most certainly do justify the security measures Israel uses against them. Through this tweet, Beinart has not only supported a virulently anti-Semitic outfit, but also whitewashed the Jew-hatred and Israel-bashing of those it promotes--and promoted his own.

Such moral bankruptcy has become a pathology that is steady poisoning the Democratic Party against the Jewish people, towards which those American Jews who still support the Democrats are indeed displaying a most tragic disloyalty.