"And if you are worried about Israel, well, a liberated Iran would not empower Israel to pursue war, but rather make the Israeli war-machine redundant. If the Israel Machine is indeed evil, this action against the terrorist Iranian regime doesn't help them. It makes them weaker."
Watch how quickly they identify their next target. I'm already seeing it - even on these boards...
Ain't it amazing how fast the goal posts shift to the next target. I see you.
It's Austin, which is only technically Texas.
"Austin is frequently called the "new LA" due to a massive influx of Californians attracted by a lower cost of living, no state income tax, and a booming tech/creative scene (Tesla, Apple). It offers a more relaxed, yet still hip, lifestyle with top-rated schools and a vibrant, yet fast-growing, urban culture."
(I was being sarcastic) ;)
Hmm.
And so when Jesus said this:
Matthew 6:14-15: “For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.”
Was he contradicting... himself?
Or
In Colossians 3:13, was Paul leaving a "gotcha" out and leading people astray?
“Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.”
Or
Again in Ephesians 4:32:“Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.”
Or
Maybe Jesus forgot about that part here too...
Matthew 18:21-22: “Then Peter came up and said to him, ‘Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?’ Jesus said to him, ‘I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.’”
That Jesus... so forgetful....
Mark 11:25: “And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”
Here He goes again (sigh)
Luke 6:37: “Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven.”
Ahh! Here's the missing perspective...
Scholars often distinguish between transactional forgiveness (restoring a relationship after repentance, as in Luke 17:3-4) and unilateral forgiveness (releasing personal resentment, as in Mark 11:25). The Bible encourages the latter as a posture of the heart, even if the former awaits repentance.
Conditional Forgiveness: Passages like Luke 17:3-4 and Matthew 18:15-17 suggest that in cases of personal offense, especially within the church, forgiveness is often tied to repentance to restore relationships fully. This aligns with the idea that forgiveness includes reconciliation, which requires mutual acknowledgment of the wrong.
Unconditional Forgiveness: Verses like Mark 11:25 and Matthew 5:44-45 emphasize a heart of forgiveness, encouraging believers to release resentment and pray for others, even enemies, without explicitly requiring repentance. This reflects forgiveness as an internal act that frees the forgiver from bitterness and aligns with God’s merciful character.
The Bible does not explicitly say, “Do not forgive people who aren’t repentant.” Instead, it presents forgiveness as both a relational act (often tied to repentance for reconciliation, as in Luke 17:3-4 and Matthew 18:15-17) and a personal act (releasing bitterness regardless of repentance, as in Mark 11:25 and Matthew 5:44-45). Believers are encouraged to maintain a forgiving heart, modeled on God’s mercy, while pursuing reconciliation when repentance occurs. The emphasis is on aligning with God’s character, avoiding harboring resentment, and seeking peace, even if full restoration depends on the offender’s response.
Please be careful with God's Word.
The first guy in the Bible to misuse it, he wasn't good.
Oh - btw - "revenge and resentment can be held for as long as needed until the infraction is discharged or the soul decides to let it go"
Hmmmm.... Let's see what the Bible says...
Romans 12:19 says, "Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: 'It is mine to avenge; I will repay,' says the Lord."
Leviticus 19:18 also commands, "Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself."
Deuteronomy 32:35: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; their day of disaster is near and their doom rushes upon them."
Leviticus 19:18: "Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord."
Matthew 5:38-39: "You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for an eye, and tooth for tooth.’ But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also."
Ephesians 4:26-27: "‘In your anger do not sin’: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold."
Matthew 5:43-44: "You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you."
1 Peter 3:9: "Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing."
Goodnight.
I listen to x22 every day - have since sometime in 2021.
I've been keeping my ear out for any comments to or fro on Israel.
He hasn't made many. At times, he has made the distinguishment between Israel the people and Israel the government - identifying that they too have their "deep state".
That said, I'm not ruling him out as an operative, deeply embedded somehow. Afterall, we should ALWAYS be listening to ANYONE and applying discernment.
But...
I also don't want to jump to conclusions. He may "get there" - to that part of the story.
He did mention "saving Israel for last" in a recent episode - so the concept is not off his radar and he's not avoiding it.
He's just not presenting it in the way that many of us here are suspecting it to mean.
We're not there yet.
For me - he's been a great source of daily perspective and information, especially on days when I don't have time or energy.
Going to keep listening for him - and if he does turn out to be a major israel shill, I'll be the first to come back here and report on that.
We have to keep an open mind and not jump to conclusions - our sight comes in and out of focus.
Our ability to participate is not determined on us knowing the details of the end - it is determined by our willingness to help decipher information in this information war - AS it comes out.
If we begin evaluating information based on our expectations, we're going to fail at our mission.
Things very much could turn out different than we thought they were - mean different than we thought they did.
Keep sharp, discerners of the moment - and resist the call to comfort in assumed conclusions.
yeah - and to me, body language made it very clear that they're still on good terms with each other and even "making amends" (if there were any to make).
Glimpses like that are always encouraging.
This is encouraging to hear. Obviously I am not celebrating the horror.
But I am looking to see how God uses it.
What point are you getting at?
Isn't it strange, that so much pomp and circumstance is directed at this man who is supposedly supposed to be pointing these people towards Jesus?
There are so many other things one could point to and ask about in the realm of Catholicism - but I really don't think you even have to go that far.
All you have to do is look at the picture of this man - and it screams against everything the Bible demonstrates and teaches.
By the way - "Display of Love".
Does "Love" include deception?
Thank God that God can hit His target with crooked sticks anyways. (And that goes for all of us).
I view their jobs as the edge runners of that all important "Overton Window" in the information war.
Fitting for a General to be moving the front forward. :)
War occurs when there is no other way. Death and destruction are the price of war.
Maybe, despite our ability to understand or not, there was no other way.
(btw, I'm not suggesting minimizing the impacts and losses at all. We still cry over the horrors of wars long ago - and rightly so.)
Yeah - I'm not sure why "this time" it's okay.
The US has done this with how many other local ideology groups throughout the years and it's always come back to bite us.
And we've called that out here over and over again - and how it's generally the CIA who does it and how it's bad for the US in the long run.
So - I'll ask the same question... Training the Taliban forces... what could go wrong?
Why are we cheering it this time? Aside from our own "because it's our guy doing it" bias...
The follow up question - Do I "trust the plan"?
Yes? But not blindly.
Revelation isn't talking about Trump coming back to rid the world of evil.
Jesus is The King.
While there are many around here (Wisconsin) that don't want the government all up in their business - there are also MANY around here that will only vote when they MUST.
Trump/the Presidential race felt like a MUST. People were activated.
The SC race - to the local average person, especially after "Trump Won" - doesn't feel like a Must. (even though we all here know better.
Point being - lots of apathy around here. And if you think about the nature of being "Conservative" mostly equals "Stay out of my business" - that attitude definitely naturally gravitates in the direction of - "You stay out of my way - and I'm going to go mind my own business".
Of course, that's not reality - bad people will never stay out of your way - every generation must maintain what we've been given in this country - or it fails.
And that is the lesson we may have to learn in WI before personal responsibility is realized. Sometimes that's what has to happen.
He's trying to sort through a complex understanding of a complex situation and turn that into simple but meaningful words for his audience.
Translation in real time.
“The definition of genius is taking the complex and making it simple.” ― Albert Einstein
It's also ignoring that these aren't American Citizens that are being deported for these actions. These people don't get to enjoy the same rights American Citizens do (freedom of speech) because they ARE NOT American Citizens.
They are Paid Foreign Agitators.
God gave her that voice.
But like all of us, we get to choose what we do with the talents God made us with.
The best thing you can do is pray for her to find Jesus and be saved.
Music is a pretty powerful medium though - so it's worth being careful what we let in our ears. We don't understand what we don't understand sometimes. Pray for discernment and the Holy Spirit to show you if there's something you should stay away from like that.
It's not that the music itself is "magical" or something - just like if you pick up something with a pentagram on it, you're not damned all of a sudden - but if we're aware that it's leading our hearts away from God - then we should heed that warning we're shown.
I've had to do it with some music I used to listen to all the time - but I found new music that was better for my soul - and you will too ;)
Whoa whoa whoa there, TruthSeeker...
You just misquoted the Bible and took the verse out of context.
Let's see the whole verse...
In the Bible, Matthew 24:24 says, "For false Christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, -- if possible -- , even the elect".
So - that is the full verse - which is quite different than your edit of "Even the elect will be deceived."
Also - the context of the verse is talking about False Messiahs. Not False Lindy Li leaving the DNC or whatever.
Big huge giant difference.
In this passage, Jesus is warning his disciples about false prophets and messiahs who will perform miracles to deceive people. Jesus says that these false prophets and messiahs will try to deceive even the elect, or those who truly believe in Christ.
I would be very careful about abusing the Word of God to serve your purpose.
"TruthSeeker"
"You can't support Israel's torture and slaughter of children and expect God to accept you because you did good elsewhere. It is all good or just different degrees of evil."
And this - is why Everyone on Earth in all time, Needs Jesus.
Romans 3:9-12
"What then? Are we better than they? Not at all; for we have already charged that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin;
as it is written:
“There is no righteous person, not even one; There is no one who understands, There is no one who seeks out God; They have all turned aside, together they have become corrupt; There is no one who does good, There is not even one.”
God will not accept you because of the good You did, my friend.
Isaiah 64:6
"For all of us have become like one who is unclean, And all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment; And all of us wither like a leaf, And our wrongdoings, like the wind, take us away.
Thankfully there is hope!
1 John 1:7-10
"but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous, so that He will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His word is not in us."
Just because they admit a part of the truth, be hesitant to believe they will admit the rest of it.
The best way to fool a lot of skeptical people is to appeal to their pride and tell them they were right about something - then use that pride manipulation to get them to focus on the feeling of "being right" while you convince them that since you're "honest now", the rest was false.
Hold until it's all told - and then understand that they lied to begin with - and discard them after.
Once can be an accident - after that, it's intentional. The root needs uprooted, not regrown.
Why is anyone still going to the WEF to begin with? Why is there anyone in that audience?
Ever look up the word "Fetter"?
A fetter (pronounced /ˈfɛtər/) is a chain, shackle, or restraint for the feet, often used to physically bind prisoners or animals. Figuratively, it refers to anything that confines, restricts, or hinders freedom. Synonyms include shackle, manacle, hamper, curb, and clog.
Perhaps, Fetterman is the restraint/restriction-man.
His function sure matches his name. What a coincidence :)