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Noticed that today's General Chat is missing. I will sticky this back until the new one shows up.
Did your server break again?
Yeah, its undergoing major life changes lol. It should be back up soon
Remember a few days ago I commented I was gping to work on my awful handwriting by writing the Q drops? I did it, first one up
Oh yum. This sounds right up my alley. Thank you!
Wow, you're hard core, adding cumin to curry powder! Having said that, I'll admit I add cilantro to cilantro and ginger to about anything... In fact, we're trying to grow ginger this year (wish us luck). I want ginger ale without corn syrup...
Help please everyone, quick prayers for a young pureblood relative (based and beautiful couple) - due in August with their first baby but having chest pains. Tests are underway. Please pray for them and the baby patriot!
We're not right there with them, but her man is a lionheart so I'm confident he won't allow shenanigans at the medical facility. Thanks in advance pedes, you always come through!
Pastor u/Slechta5614 we'd sincerely appreciate a mention for them in your next session, thanks!
EDIT: thanks all pedes, please remember them in your intentions! They said low potassium and no blood clots, but have no explanation for the chest pains. Rest and observation for now.
Praying now, fren.
Thank you, docs not saying why chest pains but did find low potassium. I think it's related, having had an older relative with heart issues and chronically low potassium.
This morning I cannot get to TS or Twitter & my Blink/Amazon cameras.... other stuff works fine.
There was a different (and persistent) apple update request/warning the other day that I ignored. Anyone else have connection issues or get the apple message?
I always check down detector.com first. Right now I notice diversity visa lottery is going down, along with Roblox and discord, lol. Twitter looks like it's had sporadic regional issues and TS doesn't show up there at all, so yeah there may be blocking happening. We have been seeing issues with YouTube on Roku today and last night, although yt anywhere else seems okay.
Thanks... it was odd. Worked outside most of the day which was the better choice anyways :)
Running MacOS High Sierra so no more updates for me! What was the message?
I need Prayer family. I am working on a Christian fellowship and music festival, Jubilee, although it's more than that even(tearing down denominations walls), in my city(bidens backyard) to help bring the local churches together and finding out the cost is disheartening. However I know God will come through. 20,000 is alot of money to raise and I am not sure where it will come from. God send me people with giving hearts that see you in this idea.
I will have more info to share on the event in near future. I am gonna use this event to bring together Christian patriots as well as bring them onto .win
God has given me an amazing vision and I wanna serve him. I can't do this alone though and it all starts with Prayer
Prayers going up to you! If it’s the Lord’s will, it will be a complete success. Not without obstacles, however, but God will pull through.
I used to believe with all my heart that America is the greatest country in the world but after being awakened to the cabal's open and celebrarated crimes against humanity I honestly dont think that anymore. I would love to move to a society that doesnt celebrate sexual deviance. Im really starting to think Id like to move to Russia. I feel like thats the best society to be free from the corruption of the cabal.
If you are part of the Body of Christ, a Christian, then you are part of a body that is all over the world through the Holy Spirit. We will rise and defeat evil, through and with him. His return is promised. Your land is in the United States, it is your birthright, do not throw it away with an idea that there is somewhere better, because no matter the state, the nation, the government that rules it, nothing holds the promise that you were born with, as a citizen. Men fought and froze and starved, no shoes for heavens sake, to secure our liberty, and although those liberties have been infringed, they are not gone, and there is still a vehicle to get them back, the Constitution. Your birthright is something people lie cheat and pay all they own to have. Back in the late 70's, I felt the same, I went to Ireland, I had thought I wanted to move there. After 2 months I got homesick for my own country, as wonderful as the Irish were, and at that time, it would have been easy, it was a different time, not so much surveillance, and as a kind Irishman in a pub told me, the Irish were not so picky about rules and immigration, especially if I was an American. It was tempting, but I got homesick, for so many things that are purely American, and not all of them were material. Strife and corruption and deviance do exist, but what of it, if you have Christ? I do love my country, I do love the fact that this old gal can go from coast to coast and break bread and be welcome at any town or city, with others of the same heart and mind. There are two levels to this battle, and the biggest level is unseen, it exists in another dimension, but it exists. My advice to you is to hold the line right here in the USA, honor your birthright, do not trade it like Esau did to Jacob, respect it, it was given to you by God, your ancestors came here, (unless you are native), for a reason. I believe with all my heart that reason still is relevant. May God guide your path.
My view:
God raised the United States to be his Champion in the world, and the spearhead / beachhead to prepare the world for the return of Christ. The US represented the most advanced fruit of Christian civilization. For this reason, the US has been attacked more than any nations, spiritually.
Personally, I believe the foundation has been laid so that all nations can now break free of the Cabal, but the US is still ground zero. If you move to another country to escape the Cabal's influence, then what will happen to the US?
If Russia is on the path to become a great nation, it's ONLY because the United States was used by God to stand up to and defeat atheistic materialism in the Soviet Union.
Very few nations in the world would be in the good position they are in if God had NOT raised and used the United States.
Don't be discouraged, but believe in the US, because God does. That's why he's fighting to free her.
The Cabal has committed many, many more crimes against humanity via other nations of the world. It's always darkest before the dawn.
imo
By sexual deviance do you mean LGBTQ or pedophilia? If that is what you mean, please keep in mind they are not even 5 percent of our population. And even the kid thing, it is not the pure focus or intent of the cabal. Greed and accelerationism both economic and spiritual is the actual goal of the cabal. End times manipulation and wanting -power- is their real end. Have faith in God and trust the people he picked to guide us through this time are under His protection. Stay cozy. All you have to do is look out for yourself and your loved ones and remember that for the most part, people are good. Lots of braindead normies but lots of good people too.
Now if by sexual deviance all you mean is non religious humans offend your personal set of moral values..
"Sexual deviance" is inherent to our species. We are biological creatures with a hardwired multilayered system of measures to drive us or coerce us to reproduce. As long as humans are humans they will tempt, seduce, and pursue each other by any means necessary because that is the way it was designed. Mind you, I do believe we can rise above those base instincts but that is a conversation for another day.
Always remember though, what is moral or not changes based on time and place. Very few things are set in stone. Do I personally believe monogamy is the 100% best way to cultivate a romance and lifelong friendship? Yes. Do I believe monogamy is the 100% best way to raise children? Yes. It doesn't change that many of the saints who will welcome us to the new kingdom had mutiple wives. It doesn't change that a harder, more violent world required a sacrifice of the possessive nature of our hearts in order to insure our survival. The best way I can say it..God really had no reason to give women oversized breasts, but he did. Nor did he have a reason to make us sexually active year round instead of in seasons. Ask yourself why?
Part of waking up is realizing the cabal had everything to do with the three major world religions all criminalizing the female body, policing sexuality, and in spite of the full knowledge man is not perfect, demanding puritanical perfection for him in exchange for piety. Think of it, one of these religions goes as far as female genital mutilation and the other two demand circumcision. All three have very similar coding which is designed to not only control but divide. Think, just think, you will arrive at the truth :)
The cabal is all about normalizing pedophilia and Trannies to destroy the family unit. Feminism already accomplished a lot of that but the LGBTQ7% stuff is now how they are killing Christianity and families.
Some interesting ideas. (I agree with about 40% of it, but about 60% of it I don't.)
Don't think in terms of countries or cultures. Think in terms of people vs the Cabal.
Common people in America are fantastic. So are the common people in India, or Russia or Africa or Europe or anywhere else. Yes, many of these are currently blind and misguided, but when they learn the truth, most will do the right thing, and inherently most people are good.
When I feel depressed, I think about this, about how Humanity is good and worth saving even with all the faults, and the only thing that makes people bad are the lies and deceptions.
It is heartbreaking to learn that our country has done such evil to humanity, and I’ve caught myself thinking the same thing, and being ashamed. But We the People, the Patriots are what is good about our country. All the crimes were done in secret and darkness. But we are bringing light to their darkness. God has assigned every single one of us for the truth telling mission. We all have a role to play, no matter how small. Unity is what they fear most. No matter what happens we must stay unified. WWG1WGA ❤️🙏🏻🇺🇸
Our country didn't do it.
Evil satanists did it in our name.
It's part of the plan to discourage us.
They did this to the Germans, too. Beat them up psychologically so they were ashamed to be German.
They will not do this to us.
We know it's not us -- it's the parasite on our back.
I agree.
Is a most momentous loss. And few even remember him.
I sure do, 1966, I was 16 years old and completely into the folk scene, Early Morning Rain is a favorite I still sing around my house.
Maybe I missed it, but I do not see any mentions or discussions about the jury that just found the rapper from the group Fugees, known as Pras Michel channeling money from a malaysian billionaire to the Obama campaign to buy influence? It's in the news. I suspect MSM is downplaying it, but I see no discussions here.
Please find a goof source for this and make a post. Remember, we are the news. We dont need to wait for others to post. You find something notable, post it.
https://conservativebrief.com/jury-convicts-72909/
I am not savvy with computer research, there are many other liberal sources reporting this story also, like the NY Times, but I did not want to post that link here, as they are biased, although in this case, they did not hide it. I am the first to admit that I am all thumbs when it comes to doing deep dives. At 73, I just learned a few years ago what a URL is!
Yes, new users need to build up their karma points by making some comments and getting upvotes, or else they need to get manually approved.
I have approved your post.
kek
P-see is jesting.
You get no karma for time, only for upvotes on comments or posts.
So keep engaging, making comments (good ones especially) or post and then ask a mod to approve. If the post is good, that's going to accumulate karma point more quickly than commenting, on the whole.
Interesting. Biden says he will do a major press conference this afternoon. WH says there is no press conference.
Wonder who wins?
https://twitter.com/RepTroyNehls/status/1654542230885998594?
I need Prayer family. I am working on a Christian fellowship and music festival in my city(bidens home town) to help bring the local churches together and finding out the cost is disheartening. However I know God will come through. 20,000 is alot of money to raise and I am not sure where it will come from. God send me people with giving hearts that see you in this idea.
I will have more info to share on the event in near future. I am gonna use this event to bring together Christian patriots as well as bring them onto .win
I asked this late in the day yesterday and was surprised I got THREE recipes!! So I'm posting again (for the benefit of all).
Anybody have any great recipes they'd like to share? Particularly healthy entrees and side or veggie dishes. I'd love to see what our fellow GAWers are eating to keep fit. Thanks.
Take one large bag of frozen California mix vegetables. Microwave to warm.
Put in large skillet with one large bottle of Zesty Italian Salad dressing and two cans of crushed pineapples, drained.
May add grilled chicken if you wish.
Each bite is an explosion of flavor. Yum!
This is one of the craziest recipes I've heard of. Crushed pineapple with veggies and salad dressing? I wasn't sure you were serious, but it appears you are, lol. Thanks.
I promise you it is amazing. Each bite is an explosion of flavor in your mouth. Let me know what you think after you try it.
Alright, will do. I'll have to get brave, lol. Did you invent this recipe yourself? I've never heard of anything like it.
I found it in the internet. The cooking in the skillet of the vegetables, pineapple andd salad dressing brings out the flavors especially the pineapple. It is addictive
Got all the ingredients. Will probably make it this week or next. Just fyi.
I look forward to hearing what you think. No green beans in it though although California Blend usually doesn’t have green beans you never know. Enjoy!
Lol. Oh great, like I need another addiction, lol. It IS very interesting sounding, so I will definitely give it a try. Thanks again.
I highlighted 'Anon Theatre' in the stickies reloaded, but there's only 22 of them since site inception.
Is anyone up for some 'Anon Theatre' posts?
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Blessings to you as well. My flowers are billowing over now. They are so cheerful Gods Glory!
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In case if people are wondering: a follow up to my investigations into this mysterious "right-wingers attacking anime" case.
Apparently, it is pretty much limited to Matt Walsh attacking anime "for being demonic". No other details at the moment, but I suspect that either Matt's being ignorant about the medium and acting upon such ignorance and ruining our good name, or that Matt has something that makes him say that but the media left that part out to ruin our good name.
Either way, I might as well call the case closed as I know the source of these rumors and who is acting stupidly. Never was too big of a fan of Matt and this hiccup does not affect my opinion much nowadays.
Few things are inherently demonic, including most art forms. They can, however, become demon possessed, like Hollywood, for example. But to say that "film" is demonic would be nuts, just because most hollywood and many other films too are demon (evil)O influenced. If it can be used for evil, it can be used for good. The question is, who is using it, and for what purpose.
Not going to lie, if we are going to start slamming stuff as demonic now, we got way too much media here in the States that falls in that category to be throwing stones at anime. Glass houses and all.
Mmm. Sounds delicious. Thanks, Magistra! I never would have thought of putting ricotta in a cake like that. I love the ideas and info I get here!
You honor me! 🙏🏻
There’s plenty of ways to accomodate chicken livers (or duck) into paté. The most basical way is: mix the liver with some duck fat, add salt, pepper and an ounce of port wine. Cook around an hour at 150 Celsius.
Now, you may want to replace the port wine with Bourbon, or with limoncello and shredded lemon peel, sage and garlic.
Some people add eggs and flour but it works without that.
I like to dice some hammin my pâtés, it adds a mosaical touch.🥳
Wow, you sound like a pro, Magistra. I hope you'll be inclined to post more recipes!
You could simmer in on the stove, or just slow cook it in the oven. Having it simmer might give the liver that caramelly taste which always is nice to have. Try to replace the butter with duck fat and maybe also add rosmarin and a spoon of honey. Don’t blend the rosmarin, cut it a little.
The natural toxins can be filtered, indeed, that is what the immune system is for. Now, RoundUp was created to take over some plants immune system and clearly is dangerous in GMO. You can eat any organ you want: « dans le cochon, tout est bon ».
I personally love the heart and liver but only buy kidneys coming from herbivore as there is less smell of the ammonia created by the meat degradation (when the non-herbivore digests, for example a pig) … Beef / veal kidneys are my favourite first heated, then poured with a nice red wine vinegar, then cooked with thich cream, onions and Dijon mustard.😋
You sound like such an expert.
What are your opinions on the only tax being a 10% sales tax in consumer goods sold, groceries and such? No income tax, no property tax, etc.
Asking because I am absolutely not an economist and have no idea how viable this is on the macro level. I've always stayed out of large-scale economic talks because it's all way over my head.
Yes, I know, "taxation is theft." I thought that only applied to the unjust ones, like the above income and property taxes. The idea here is the oft-repeated patriot phrase "Tax consumption, not production."
I have my own ranking of taxing styles, but the most important takeaway is that the size and scope of the government needs to be severely downsized so that a low tax rate of whatever chosen style will be enough to provide for legitimate government functions such as law and order and the management of natural resources and natural monopolies. Individually consumed abstract service industries such as education, health care, and charity should be voluntarily traded for on the free market and should have nothing to do with taxing and government spending. The force of law is potentially violent and should not be applied frivolously to personal economic decisions. Leftists are far too cavalier with enforcing their economic and social engineering schemes by abusing the severe force of law and by arbitrarily choosing winners and losers in what should’ve been politically neutral markets.
Anyway: my tax rankings:
The nationalist’s escape from impolitely taxing his countrymen is to shift the burden to foreigners, in the form of tariffs, import taxes, and trade protections. The downside is that it can inspire some inefficiencies in the market such as making inferior domestic goods unnaturally competitive, but that’s a relatively small problem compared to the great boon of liberating the labor of all of one’s countrymen.
If you don’t want to go the route of taxing foreigners, the form of taxing one’s own countrymen that I find least offensive is taxes on exclusive access to natural resources. These might be thought of more as fees for using nature. To exclude others from using a part of nature that I didn’t create, I should compensate the public fund that goes to serving the common good. If I want to take fuel or minerals out of the ground, I should pay a fee per unit. If I want to build a structure that would prevent other people from using the ground it’s built on, I should pay a land value tax. It’s different from property tax because it only counts the land value, not the building value, because the building value includes the labor that went into building it, and taxes on labor are immoral. I’ve brainstormed a way to spread natural resource value to many different citizens by progressively increasing the tax on additional land units: make an individual’s first unit of land very affordable, but the second more onerous and the third even more so, etc. That way, hoarders such as Ted Turner and Bill Gates would have to pay outrageous rates for their one hundred thousandth acre of farmland that would be very cheap to a person who just wanted it as his first and only acre of land. This would incentivize the hoarder barons to divest and spread the wealth. There could be established group trusts where in return for using your name on the land contract and your first-property low price benefit, the barons using economies of scale would pay you for your land as if you were subletting it to them. It would be like a corporate sponsored citizens’ dividend. There’s more to be said about natural resource taxation, but that’s enough for now.
Next least offensive are consumption taxes/ sales taxes. Keynesians like Paul Krugman are overly obsessed with certain econometrics such as aggregate demand and they point out that consumption taxes stifle demand. I concede their point to some extent but I’m not as beholden to maximizing aggregate demand. Letting demand shrink a little bit is more acceptable than taxing people’s labor.
The most offensive are the various back-end taxes on profitability and labor. Unlike paying up front for natural resources and then using them as efficiently as possible for the optimal combination of conservationism and profitability, I call these other taxes “back-end” because they want to see how profitable you are first before financially punishing you for being efficient. Just the concept of paying to work, paying for your own labor, and paying more for earning more, is absurd. The income tax legislation of 1913 must’ve been accompanied by a mass formation psychosis of its time.
Great, well written, thoughtful response. Thank you.
Home run post. Brought up a bit I hadn't considered before. 👍
Thanks bud. What’s the bit you hadn’t considered? The progressively increasing land value tax rates for additional units of land? That idea might scare the crap out of the land hoarders.
Personally, I think a sales tax would be acceptable, but with exclusions for things like produce, water, and other such essentials. 10% might be on the too high end though, for my tastes.
The best idea would be, imo, a transaction tax. Not a sales tax, but rather a tax on all transactions, which would include sales transactions, but others, too. 10% too high, I think. Our current systems have all been corrupted cabal money lender systems, so much money is needed by govt. But in an ideal system, govtr would be much, much smaller, and people would both take care of themselves and others.
The advantage of this sort of thing is that ALL participants in the economy contribute equally. Neither the poor or the rich are advantaged. The man who is frugal, grows his own things and is self-sustaining can then pay much less tax than those who utilize the goods and services of others. Including institutions, etc.
So there is an incentive there to be responsible and self-sustaining, which currently doesn't really exist due to myriad other forms of taxes. Property tax, capital gains tax, etc.
The Australia One Party has a tax policy objective of only one tax existing: a 2% expenditure (aka transaction) tax. I like that idea very much.
https://australiaoneparty.com/policies-summary/
Would a transaction include things like making payments to a loan account?
Not sure. I think not, because if you are simply repaying a loan, there is no exchange of goods or services.
Perhaps 'transaction' tax is the wrong expression. A1 calls their policy an expenditure tax. So I think that would be when you expend money to purchase something - anything and everything.
I’m in deming, NM (30 miles north of the mexico border) for the month in my rv and just found out about the caravan at the border. I already paid for the month and have been here a week. Wondering if I might be able to get a partial refund and move north or just see what happens after the 11th…
Went to a convenience store with husband. Pulled in beside a truck that looked like a Redneck drove it. As a matter of fact, he had an emblem on the side of it that read, "REDNECK EDITION" but the best of all was the huge PUNISHER emblem in the back glass.
Then we went to Long John Silvers and I had on my TRUMP 2024 hat. A woman who worked there took one look at my hat and said, 'I really like your hat.' The next time I will match my hat up with a tee shirt that says, "TRUMP WON." I'll bet that should draw some attention. It was a great day.
This is the way.
God bless rural America and its red blooded LQdies!🤗💐
George keeps buying me Trump paraphernalia and so I have plenty to choose from. He just bought me 2 tee shirts with Trump Won and the other is Jesus is my Savior and Trump is my President. I also have a flag saying that. I have now a total of 3 Trump hats and a knitted Trump cap. I have 3 Trump flags and of course my son bought me the Trump statue with Keep America Great on it. George also has 3 Trump hats and 2 Trump knitted caps. We are a Trump family. Amen.
Does anyone here game?
Have you tried Avorion?
It's good
I can distinctively remember crossing over to a parallel universe, twice. Long story. I still remember it like it was yesterday. (2011-2013)
I have had my husband who passed in 2009 and my cat, of whom which died on the same day (another long story) appear in my bedroom multiple times late at night ~ 2010/2011.
I use to see dead people in vehicles late at night, and found it amusing. If the dead and demons are always in a multi dimension - then they don’t know that you see them - Unless You let them know. (2007-2008)
I have done multiple house cleanses of demons and negative forces. One time a demon looked at me and my friend right in the eye, from outside through a window. We both pointed at the same time, and told them to leave in Jesus name. It left! (2008-2013)
Same house above - more weird stuff, they had a porthole we shut down, we had video of a constant stream of orbs coming from the side of the house - AND - was located blocks away from the house they filmed poltergeist at. (2013-2015)
I have had so many interactions with the spirit world, I could write a book. The above list are just a few.
NO ONE on this planet can tell me the spirit world does not exist. I have too many personal experiences!
Ghost stuff in the basement of one of the houses we used to live in.
I saw a ghost couple of times
The last time it touched my shoulder, I turned around and and it looked like a black rombus with lightning philia all around jt (like a cell). Just floating.
I turned around, the room had 5 people. I saw it for what it felt like a minute, and it wouldn't go away, so I asked it "what do you want?". A few more seconds and vanished.
My cousin said she saw it, but couldn't describe it, said she only saw a shadow on my shoulder.
There is a figure of an old man dressed in all black at my sister house, that only shows himself to me. We don't know why? She thinks he's protection. But her daughter in love, is creeper out by him. She can feel him. I'm the only one who can see him. He's showed up at my house 1 time about 3 weeks ago. Kinda freaky. Idk?? Then, in my house, with whom I live with my step dad. It used to be, myself , step-dad and his brother who was special. I took care of him. He passed away 1-2022 no Vax. In the house. I can hear him walking thru the house.
Could be a time traveler who got caught, maybe it's me with the ghost of Christmas past and I got too close. Lol
Or maybe mass hysteria event triggered by random hallucination.
In any case it only happened twice and the first time I was 14 in Southern Europe.
Yeah lol, went to a bunch of churches after that. As expected they all said it was the devil
Why can't it just be a cool angel or something?
A cool angel wouldn't just hang about touching your shoulder, I don't think. The way you described it, it sounds more negative than positive to me. Just mo.
https://www.wikiart.org/en/rene-magritte/wreackage-of-the-shadow-1926
I did some more searches on rhombus and found that painting in a blog
Yeah it was weird... if it was a cool angel I would have felt good...
https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1sU8SXua5K1Rjt_a0q6zGdVXaT/TAFREE-Fashion-Design-Blue-Green-Snake-Eyes-Photo-Round-Shape-Glass-Cabochon-Dome-Cameo-Pendant-DIY.jpg_640x640.jpg
It looked kinda like that, but not green, the lightning philia was translucent, now I'm creeping myself out. snake eyes... but some snakes have round eyes... and it was just one...
https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/j8-jDyOM_zWLQPrsR7FcVF-90NA=/1400x1400/filters:format(jpeg)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22149022/two_towers_4k_eye_of_sauron.jpg
I get my name from a video game character
https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dbfed1_5c257a6354dd4610b2722619d04cae52~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_640,h_360,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/dbfed1_5c257a6354dd4610b2722619d04cae52~mv2.jpeg
much better... lol
Ignorance of the spirit world is one of the biggest historical problems for humanity. Most religious dogma doesn't really deal with this issue very effectively, I think primarily because real knowledge about the spirit world and how we interact with it would reveal too much. The devil needs to act from obscurity, and a real understanding of the spirit world threatens that.
A model that explains things in a very clear, logical and believable manner (IMO) needs to be on par with our understanding of the material world. That's difficult, because the spirit world is the realm where subjective reality is a critical factor. By which I mean, the subjective state of the mind affects what is perceived, and how it is understood, unlike material reality which is more objective.
If one considers the idea that the material body (flesh) is designed and based on the spiritual body, and reflects it, then things start to become clearer, imo. We have 5 spiritual senses - spiritual sight, hearing, taste, touch and smell, but due to the fallen (corrupted) nature of our beings, our capacity to access those senses is severely diminished, and does not emerge automatically or even easily.
Folks who can see spirits, or hear spirits, etc, have their spiritual sense in that area awakened and developed, which appears like a 'gift'.
Part of the problem is that the spirit (mind) grows through a combination of elements, of which one part is the choices and decisions we make, and the actions we take to manifest them. While the body grows to maturity automatically, the spirit does not. Moreover, sin etc, cuts us off from core elements necessary for the spirit to grow: God's love and truth.
While Christians believe that we receive salvation thru the cross (which we do), most don't understand that this is only spiritual salvation, where the claim on our spirit is removed by our moving from satanic dominion to Christ's dominion (governance). The claim on our flesh body is NOT removed by the cross. It remains, and this is why the second coming is necessary. For the entire process of restoring humanity to God to be completed, we need spiritual AND physical salvation.
So while we can access so many benefits and grace through the Cross, our bodies still sin, and the conflict between good and evil within is still a raging war. That's why we need constant effort, prayer, and practice in order to continually remove satanic influence. Even Paul recognized this reality, but many mistakenly think the cross is the end of the work. When Jesus said "it is finished" I believe he was talking about the providence for spiritual salvation, which he accomplished via the cross and the resurrection.
So why is a second coming required? because physical salvation - the removal of the claim of satan over our bodies, is still necessary.
Anyway, for this and related factors, humanity as a whole still has minimal understanding of the spirit world: How it functions, by what laws it operates, how it is structured, etc. While we have uncovered so much about the material world in those areas, our understanding of the spirit world is thousands of years behind.
Nonetheless, there are hints etc, provided. Swedenborg is a good example of spirit world related information coming through the Christian sphere. But as you yourself directly experienced, that information is rejected as coming from the devil.
My first conscious encounter with a spiritual presence was when my grandfather passed away. I experienced his presence, and felt it tangibly. I was a young lad at the time, but that as the beginning of a lifetime of awareness of spiritual reality.
Ghosts are low level (low vibrational) spirits. Sometimes, when a person dies, if they are too attached to a particular location via trauma or other intense emotional attachment (resentment, pain, hatred, anger, etc) they become trapped to that material location, and cannot move freely to the spiritual realms. They become stuck.
But many spirits particularly in the Christian sphere, have enough God-centered vibration so that they can transition to the paradise realms of the spirit world. From there, they can sometimes, with the right guidance and grace behind them, visit the material realms and reach out to us.
In reality, many, many of the sensations we experience internally are actually vibrations (thoughts, feelings, desires) that belong to the spirits that surround us. Most of the time, people are unaware of those spirits - which are only human beings who no longer have a flesh body, and who exist with a spiritual mind and body. Occasionally, with sincere and deep prayer, such spirits might make themselves known to us by crossing the energetic divide, in a vision, or dream, etc. Particularly so if the spirit is a high vibrational spirit, a saint or godly person.
Another reason why the spirit is de-emphasized in Christian culture is that openness to spiritual vibrations is a two-edged sword. Playing or interacting with low-level spirits leads to occult practices, etc, which are under the dominion of the devil.
The ultimate power on which the universe, including the spirit world, is based is love - true love unblemished and pure. Altruistic love helps one to break free of satan's influence, because it is the one thing that Satan cannot do. Satan cannot sacrifice himself (itself), serve others, or love others sacrificially. So doing that breaks us free from him. Which is why Jesus taught us the things he did.
What you observed may have been a low spirit (you might check what sort of feelings you felt in the situation: uplifting? fearful? anxious? Dark? These would not be your feelings, but the feelings of the spirit, and you can often tell by those feelings you pick up where the spirit is from.
It could easily have been a mid-level spirit, whose presence became felt, or whose presence you experienced because momentarily your spiritual senses were 'opened up'.
Either way, the key thing is to offer the experience to God. Satan and evil cannot offer things to God, which requires humility and faith, so when we offer something to God, God can claim ownership over it. So if it was a low spirit, God could then claim the experience to educate you, and illuminate the meaning behind it. If it was a good spirit, or the experience was for a heavenly purpose, then God can work further to show that to you.
It is so sad that such ignorance in churches grounded in dogma and not actual truth leads many to reject things that may be from God. But whether it was from evil intended to harm, or good intended to help, the key is to offer the experience to God in prayer, and to ask him to claim it and use it for good. That's a sure-fire method to turn any situation - attack from evil or support from good - into a plus. Offer it to God, by prayer.
Dear Father, I had x experience. I don't know what it means / I'm not sure what it means / I think it might mean [this]. Please reveal to me in the right time what it means. Whatever it was, and whatever was the source of [x] experience, please claim it as I now offer it to you, that you might have true ownership and governance over it. Please use all things in my life for your righteous purpose. I humbly ask, (through Christ) Amen.
Something like that.
I have found this approach to be extremely powerful and God has confirmed to me this approach over and over again.
When we offer things to God, THEN He becomes the true owner manifested. That is, even if God is the rightful owner, he needs us to offer our lives, experiences, etc, to him for him to be able to say to the devil "hands off. This is now mine. My child gave it to me, not you." And the devil can say nothing about it. Powerful.
Good luck, and thanks for sharing.
PS. I used to give lectures and seminars on this topic. Haven't for quite a while. Could probably write a few chapters on the topic.
PPS. When real direct knowledge of the spirit world and spirit world reality comes to fruition, fear of death will disappear, and instead fear (or concern about) of living a meaningless life will emerge much more. Fear of death has pushed so many people to live focused only on the material world, which the devil uses to his advantage.
Thank you for a very wonderful explanation on this subject! I enjoyed reading your reply. And would love and be very interested to learn more on the subject.
Fear of God is the beginning of wisdom.
It was a long time ago, everything is good for those who love the Lord. I really believe that.
I agree... But to people who are spiritually minded already (specially if they have done "innocent" occult practice with peers), that knowledge could save them, knowing and fearing the Lord of Hosts. Everything bows to the truth in the end.
They where probably right lol who knows
Me hoping it was a good angel, I did a lot of research. I have changed my mind about it many times.
I was afraid of course, it wasn't small, and it touched my shoulder, and it didn't feel soft, but I thought that God is with me and whatever happens happens, so I just stood there, and asked what it wanted, I was curious too obviously. I didn't take my eyes off it.
Another thing is that I felt like something was coming for a little while. I was sitting down, it came from behind. I was drinking my first rum and coke. I feel something, I look at my shoulder, see a shadow and stand up and turn around. Then it stands back. I walk back a couple steps.
Could a bad spirit had been prowling and my guardian angel protected me, and I just happen to see it?
every aspect of US Elections
most every aspect of US politics
the knowledge of civics and history
and how the enemy knows this
With the “attack” on Putin will leaders try to take each other out? Could we see the white hats take out a black leader in a nation or a UN led NGO? Will we see more black hats take out white hat leaders? Or, is all this some sort of FF to get the normies thinking one way? From the video and the stills I have seen of the instrument used to “attack” Putin, it was a weak effort by anybody’s military standards.