How long ago? And have you received any correspondence from the IRS?
Hasn't Iran been Russia backed for a while? Is that no longer the case?
But Humans dont really create from nothing either. We create from whats already been created by God. God is the only one who created Ex Nihilo. Pulling from existing data and recombining is basically what we do as humans. We have essentially created our own intelligence (ai) in the way (analogous) that God created us intelligent.
Edit: I find it facinating that God used biological code (DNA) to create Humans (biological intelligence) in His own image. And here we are using computer code to create Ai (digital intelligence) in our own image
Was that decision made easily?
This CAN'T be real...lol
Wow, the maker of the list sure does have unparalleded research abilites to track down the names of people who don't want to be named <eyeroll>
It goes towards criminal's pockets...
"I'm feeling much better!"
Edit: Dang! Joy beat me to it! lol
ty! I'll check it out!
No issues with IRS. No correspondance or anything. Wild.
The real enemy is your fear within. Every now and then it creeps up inside me. Uncharted teritory here so I don't really know what to expect. Ive been thinking heavily about thte Bitcoin move that you speak of. Very tempted to do the same....
You just have to be fine with not moving for any time soon since we need our tax returns to get a loan for a new home. That's a little bit of a rub.
We pay ALL taxes right now - except for one: Income Tax.
So, we're still paying our taxes, just not that one.
I'm 1000% with you here. Stopped filing 7 years ago.
...and promised to release the Epstein files.
Go one step further….
The love of money is the root of MANY evils.
Not “all.”
Yeah nah, I’m not defending dispensationalism - that system added plenty of weird stuff. But you don’t have to be a Scofield fanboy to see that Jerusalem still matters in prophecy.
Jesus said it’ll be “trampled by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled” (Luke 21:24). Zech 14 says the nations surround Jerusalem and the Lord’s feet touch the Mount of Olives - last time I checked, that's in Jerusalem.. John calls the great city “where our Lord was crucified” (Rev 11:8).
You don’t need a chart to see who that’s talking about.
The whole “Israel prophecy was invented by Jews to trick Christians” thing is just recycled Gnostic paranoia. The prophets weren’t running psyops - they were just writing down what God told them.
So yeah, not dispensational - just taking the text at face value. IMO, God’s not done with Jerusalem, and that’s His promise, not a political plot.
Oh, so you’re a futurist now when it comes to Revelation? 😏
How can Revelation be talking about modern-day Israel if you just said everything in Revelation “will happen soon” (1:1, 1:3, 1:7, 22:10) - meaning it already happened in 70 AD?
Which one is it? Is Revelation all past or does it still speak about the future?
You can’t have it both ways unless you’re a Partial Preterist or a Futurist who recognizes the dual nature of Hebrew prophecy - near fulfillment first, ultimate fulfillment later. Otherwise, you’re just cherry-picking whatever fits the argument in the moment.
Yeah I get why you’d say that, man - those “soon”, “near”, and “at hand” lines in Revelation sound like they lock the whole thing into the first century. But that’s kinda reading it through our modern sense of timing instead of God’s.
In prophecy, words like that usually mean certainty, not necessarily immediacy. Isaiah called Babylon’s fall “near” (Isa 13:6) - but it didn’t go down for about 150 years.
Peter even said a thousand years is like a day to God (2 Pet 3:8). So yeah, soon to God doesn’t always mean soon to us.
The Greek phrase in Rev 1:1 - “en tachei” - literally means “in quickness,” which can mean it’ll happen suddenly once it starts, not that it had to start right away.
Same idea when Jesus says “I come quickly.” It’s about speed when it begins, not date on the calendar.
And if Revelation was written later, around 95 AD like Irenaeus and other early writers said, John’s “soon” still fits perfectly. The setup was already in motion - but the main act’s still coming.
So ya, soon doesn’t have to mean already happened. It means guaranteed to happen. God’s version of “soon” keeps the church watching - not clock-watching. 💪
Good discussion! I’m off to bed, we’ll pick back up tomorrow. 🙏
Yeah I get where you’re going with that, and props for at least keeping Rev 21–22 future - that’s more than most full preterists will admit. But the “little season” theory still runs into a big problem: nothing in history matches the millennial reign described in Revelation 20.
If we’re already after the thousand years, when exactly did Jesus rule the nations “with a rod of iron”? When did Satan get fully bound so he “could deceive the nations no more”? Because deception’s been nonstop since the 1st century 😅
The early church didn’t see themselves as living after the Millennium - they saw themselves before it, waiting for Christ to return and reign. That’s why Revelation ends looking forward, not backward.
So yeah, I’d say the “little season” idea is creative but doesn’t fit the timeline Revelation lays out. We’re not living after the Kingdom - we’re still waiting for the King.
I’m pretty sure it wasn’t 😬
Yeah exactly - full preterism is where things go off the rails. It tries to cram all prophecy into 70 AD, which would mean Jesus already returned, the resurrection already happened, and Satan’s been “bound” this whole time (which… clearly doesn’t line up with what we see).
Partial preterism, though, actually works perfectly with futurism. It sees the near-term stuff - Jerusalem’s fall, persecution under Nero, the early church’s tribulation - as the first mountain peak. Then futurism looks ahead to the second one - Christ’s visible return, the restoration of Israel, and the literal reign from Jerusalem.
That combo honors the dual nature of Hebrew prophecy - that near + far pattern you see everywhere in Scripture. It’s not either/or… it’s both/and. 💪
Something else to consider.
Revelation was written after 70 AD, which means Jerusalem clearly still matters.
John calls the harlot “the great city where our Lord was crucified” (Rev 11:8). That’s Jerusalem, not Rome. And the Beast turning on her (Rev 17:16) shows that she still plays a prophetic role right up until the end.
So unless you’re a full preterist who thinks Revelation already happened, you kinda have to admit - Jerusalem’s still on God’s stage
Romans 11:2 literally says:
“God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew.”
In Romans, Paul makes a clear distinction between individual salvation (by faith) and national calling (by God’s sovereign election).
Romans 9:4-5 - Paul lists Israel’s unique privileges:
“The adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, and the promises… whose are the fathers, and from whom, according to the flesh, Christ came.”
Paul says these belong to Israel according to the flesh, not “spiritual Israel.”
Romans 11:1-2 - He straight-up asks:
“Has God cast away His people? Certainly not! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew.”
That alone dismantles the idea that Israel’s identity or covenantal role ended at 70 AD.
Romans 11:25-29 – Paul says a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles comes in, and then, “All Israel will be saved… For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.”
You cant spiritualize that away without gutting Paul’s argument. He’s saying national Israel’s hardening is temporary, not permanent.
So yes - the remnant right now is defined by faith, but Paul still looks forward to a future restoration of ethnic Israel once the fullness of the Gentiles is complete.
In other words, your quoting Romans 9-11 to say “Israel’s done”, but Paul wrote Romans 9-11 to say “Israel’s not done yet.”
Haha arguing with AI, gotta love it 😂
But seriously - I think you’re slipping into a bit of preterism here, man. 70 AD ended the Levitical system, not Israel itself. Burning the genealogies didn’t delete people any more than burning your birth certificate deletes you.
Paul still called himself “of the tribe of Benjamin” (Phil 3:5) and James wrote “to the twelve tribes scattered abroad” (James 1:1). God knows exactly who’s who (2 Tim 2:19).
Again, the whole “who’s a real Israelite” convo is kinda a giant red herring designed to get people to hate Israel. Scripture’s focus isn’t on who can prove descent but where God’s redemptive plan unfolds…and that’s Jerusalem.
Luke 21:24 says it’ll be “trampled until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.” Zech 12–14, Matt 24, and Rev 11 all point back to that city as the end-time stage - siege, national repentance, and the Lord’s feet on the Mount of Olives.
So yeah, I agree the New Covenant brings Jew and Gentile together in Christ, but the location of Jerusalem still plays a role in prophecy.
The people didn’t vanish, the covenant didn’t move to a new “folder” - God’s still writing the same story, and the final chapters take place right where He said they would.
I’m confused. So you’re still filing a return (declaring)?
I’m looking for people who’ve stopped filing altogether. Wondering if anything’s happened since not filing at all…