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ariainstars · 4 years

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Star Wars, the Last 20 Years or Can We Please Try to Stop the Blame Train?

I would like to touch a subject that’s starting to grate on my nerves a little.

Anyone here knows that I disliked The Rise of Skywalker heartily. And I’m not the only person here or elsewhere who tore it to shreds. But I am reading (again) over and over why and how JJ Abrams, Chris Terrio, Kathleen Kennedy and Co. made this mess. Instead of searching for culprits, this time I would like to point out a few things.

I. Star Wars Prequels

Jake Lloyd, Ahmed Best and Hayden Christensen had to endure awful harassment in their time: the audience largely vented their frustration on them because when the prequels hit theatres, they did not get the Star Wars they had wanted. Politics are a dry subject, and young Anakin and the Jedi Council were all too human to be liked by fans who expect coolness in a hero more than everything else; which is probably why Darth Maul is a huge favorite although we hardly learn anything about him and he says almost nothing. Ditto Obi-Wan although he is clearly not suited to train Anakin and it’s him who maims him and leaves him to burn in the lava. (Until I saw the film, I had always assumed Palpatine had tortured Anakin to push him to the Dark Side.)

The prequels’ messages in general were not liked: the Jedi were not perfectly wise and cool wizards, the Old Republic was stagnant, Anakin was a hot-headed, frustrated young man desperate to save his wife and unborn children. The films do not want to excuse what he did; however they portray him not as a monster but as a human being who was under an almost unendurable pressure for years and years until he finally snapped.

These messages may not be “cool”, but they were realistic and most of all, humane. Portraying the Jedi as well as Anakin as powerful, flawless heroes and the old Republic as a just, prosperous and balanced place would have meant undermining a central theme of the original trilogy: the former generation could not have been all that powerful and wise, else the collapse of their world and the failure of their convictions would not have happened in the first place. It is a sore point, but still twenty years later Obi-Wan and Yoda denied that Vader was human and expected Luke to commit patricide.

All of this goes to show that the Jedi’s moral standard was flawed and their attitude not rooted in compassion and pacifism the way they claimed. In the end, what they cared about was winning, no matter the cost. In this, they were no better than the Sith.

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II. Star Wars Sequels

J.J. Abrams, Kathleen Kennedy, Bob Iger and company were the ones who introduced the Star Wars sequel trilogy and with it its themes, characters, setting etc. to us in the first place: I think we should give them credit where it’s due. Rian Johnson made a very beautiful second chapter with The Last Jedi, but he did pick up where the others had left.

Kelly Marie Tran made experiences similar to Jake Lloyds or Hayden Christensen’s when The Last Jedi was hit theatres. She was disliked for not being “Star-Wars-y” enough, chubby and lively instead of wiry and spitfire, and also taking a lot of screen time while many fans were impatiently waiting for some grand scenes from Luke and / or Leia.

That Episode VIII, the central and most important one, was called “The Last Jedi” cannot be overstated. Luke was literally alone with the heavy task of rebuilding a religious order that was gone and destroyed long before he even learned about it, and at the same time he had to patch together his own family and atone for his father’s sins. This is a crushing burden for anyone to carry. It was important both for Rey and for the audience to meet Luke to see that he was a good man, but still just a man.

When Luke spoke openly to Rey about the failure of the Jedi Order, it was the first time he ever spoke about it that we know of; this wisdom he obviously acquired only after his nephew’s fall to the Dark Side. Luke has understood that the ways of the Jedi were wrong; but he does not know a better alternative. Force users are still born all over the galaxy, and they have to learn to use their powers - only how? Again, Luke is not to blame. How is he to know, when the Jedi of the Old Republic had lost sight of Balance in the Force for so long that they didn’t know what it actually meant anymore?

Same goes for Leia, the princess without a realm, who tried to rebuild the Republic after the galaxy had been terrorized by the Empire and devastated by war for many years. She assuredly did her best, but she was only human. That she failed her son is of course shocking, but after the horror she had to endure at the hands of her own father it is not surprising that she would be terrified of her son possibly going the same way. Ben, like Anakin, was crushed under a legacy and responsibility that was by far too heavy for him. The tragedy of his life and the disruption - and in the end, obliteration - of his family was another proof for the failure of the ways of the Jedi.

All of these lessons until now were not learned from. But let’s be honest: how many of us come from dysfunctional families? If we do, was getting away from them enough to heal the wounds of the past? Did we find out what to give our children on their way in life, or did we fail them because we had not elaborated the past enough to make way for a better future? Such problems are very common, and to heal them is complicated and takes time. A “happy ending” e.g. in form of finding a new family is not enough, on the contrary, it can lead to wanting to leave the past behind, leaving wounds unhealed that will fester their way through our lives again, sooner or later. Star Wars always was an allegory of the human mind, even if deeply cloaked in symbolism. The saga also abundantly takes inspiration from the Bible, and I think it’s not coincidentally said there that the sins of the fathers are visited upon the children.

As fans, we would have wanted to see films that cemented the Jedi as guardians of the galaxy, with the Skywalker family right at the center. Which in itself is impossible because Jedi are supposed to remain unattached, making the mere idea of a Jedi having a family absurd. If the prequels told us that the Jedi were flawed, the sequels tore down the myth of the Skywalker family. And both trilogies showed that you can’t be a Skywalker and / or a Jedi / Force user and have attachments and a happy family of your own at the same time. At least, not until now.

III. Film production

Many fans of old complained because the sequel trilogy implied that the “happy ending” of the original trilogy’s heroes had not been so happy after all and that after having made peace for the galaxy, they had failed to keep it that way. Other viewers however liked the new trilogy and new characters right away and began to root for them. But they, too, jumped on the blame train when the trilogy had ended: expectations were not met, and now director, producers, script writers, cutters etc. are faulted all over again.

The first person coming up with the idea of Han’s and Leia’s only child turning to the Dark Side was Lucas himself. It always was a main theme of the saga that war separates people who actually belong together, like family, couples or close friends; that is not played for mere drama, but because it emphasizes the absurdity of war.

We as the audience do not know how production went - it is very possible that Lucas approved the general storyline, and there is always a whole team on board. It is not easy to purchase such a large and immensely popular franchise; it was to be expected that if things went not the way the audience expected, the Disney studios would be blamed harshly for having “ruined Star Wars”. With the prequels, at least Lucas was still at the helm; it was conceded that maybe he had lost his magic touch with storytelling, but certainly not that he was trying deliberately to ruin his own creation. And the fans who could not praise the Disney studios enough after The Last Jedi came out, now blame them over and over.

The Disney studios have long-term politics to consider and contracts to observe, and we don’t know their contents. We have every right to be disappointed, but I think it’s not fair to blame one or a particular group of persons who are trying their best to satisfy as many viewers as possible. If they simply wanted to satisfy the average dudebro who sees nothing but clichés, two-dimensional characters and Good against Evil - then why did they allow The Last Jedi to be produced in the first place? The studios obviously are aware that there are fans out there who are ready to look deeper in the saga’s themes, who wish to see the Force coming to Balance, who value family, friendship and love over “victory at any cost”, and who do not place the Jedi on some kind of pedestal.

In a sense, The Rise of Skywalker seems like a bow before The Last Jedi: the weakest chapter of the saga followed one of its strongest. Maybe the authors were aware that equaling or even topping what Rian Johnson had created would be next to impossible, so they patched up the open threads of The Force Awakens together with some fan service hoping to be out of the business as quickly as possible.

In retrospect, the infamous podcast with Charles Soule might also be tell-tale: Soule obviously is not elbows-deep in the saga and largely ignores its subtext. Since his The Rise of Kylo Ren comics are quite well-made, I assume that the general storyline did not stem from his own creativity and that he only carried out what he had been advised to do. The production of the whole sequel trilogy may have happened in a similar way. I am not excusing the poor choices of The Rise of Skywalker; merely considering that one or a few persons cannot be blamed in a studio that has thousands of creative minds on board.

I am still hoping for the next trilogy to finally bring Balance to the galaxy, and also into the fandom. Rian Johnson had negotiated the rights for the next trilogy along with The Last Jedi; I assume it is very possible that there was a clause about intellectual property saying that only he would continue Episode VIII’s topics, nobody else. This would at least be an explanation, given the embarrassing, jumbled mess that Episode IX was.

The overall title of the saga assuredly never wanted to inspire the audience to start online wars attacking the studios or the actors or other fans out of the conviction of being entitled to blame someone else’s worldview. The saga’s message is compassion. Both George Lucas and the Disney studios are telling us their story; the idea and the rights do not belong to us. Harping on “whose fault” it allegedly is won’t bring us anywhere; what we can do is make the studios understand that we’re not too stupid not to understand the subtext, the symbolism and metaphysics of the saga beyond the action story. If they listened to the Last Jedi haters, in all fairness they are bound to listen to us, too. 😊

IV. Will Ben’s story continue?

My husband already warned me years ago that Ben most probably wouldn’t survive, or at least not get a happy ending. As Kylo Ren he had already been the head of a criminal organization for six years at the start of The Force Awakens, but all of that perhaps could still have been condoned within the scope of war. It was the very personal and intentional act of patricide, the killing of an unarmed, forgiving man, who turned him into a damned person. And after the deed, Ben was aware of it. He knew there was no way out for him, he had gone too far.

Many members of the audience did not understand that Kylo / Ben is not an out-and-out villain and that this narrative ultimately was about his redemption. Bringing him back to the Resistance after the Exegol battle alive and by Rey’s side would not have been accepted; how was Rey to explain everything when she hardly understood it herself? How would the audience have reacted to the former head of a criminal organization, a patricide, suddenly standing out as a hero? Remember how in Return of the Jedi Luke asked Vader to come away with him. Now suppose Vader had complied? It would have seemed (and been) sheer madness. Nobody would have believed neither father nor son that the terror of the galaxy had had a sudden turn of heart. Nobody knew that he was Luke’s father; Luke himself did not know Anakin’s backstory; nobody knew what had transpired between Luke and Vader so far. Yes, Ben was young and healthy, but he still had terrorized the galaxy for years and killed his own father. He knew himself that he was damned and could not go back to normality, as Vader did.

Rey was coded as the heroine: narratively, the sequel trilogy was her story. Ben couldn’t become the hero, with or without her, at the very last moment. She usurped power like her grandfather in his time, the Skywalker family was obliterated the way the Jedi were, she takes over another mantle (Skywalker) the way Palpatine did (becoming the Emperor). Balance in the Force never was truly in the cards, it was only vaguely hinted at in The Last Jedi by the Force mosaic in the Ahch-To temple. Balance is a complex and difficult subject; it would have been extremely difficult to develop it in the sequel trilogy together with introducing the new characters and giving the old ones closure.

However: if Ben is brought back in the next trilogy, his sacrifice for Rey will have been his atonement. If his role this time is not that of the villain but of the hero, it would reverse Anakin’s path and make clear that he no longer is the same man. Vader was redeemed, not rehabilitated. His grandson might still have the chance to go that way.

- Luke had promised Rey a third lesson, and it happened. He also had promised Ben to “see him around”, which has not taken place yet.

- On Tatooine, Rey watches the twin suns setting, same as Luke before he met the other half of his soul (his twin sister) again.

- The studios had said that the sequels would be “very much like the prequels”; the prequels were a tragedy where the Dark Side (Palpatine) won that was followed by a fairy tale where the Light Side won.

- The Skywalker saga is closed, so if Ben comes back it would be justified by his being a Solo, i.e. the story of his own family and not his grandfather’s.

- Given the parallels with Beauty and the Beast, the Beast died before the broken spell brought him back, making him a wholly new person - his past identity, purged and redeemed.

- George Lucas repeatedly said that the prequels and the classics belong together as one narrative, with Anakin Skywalker at its center. First news of the next trilogy came up with The Last Jedi. Since there are strong parallels between Ben and his grandfather, we may assume that this six-chapter instalment will be his; Anakin also was left for dead but came back with a wholly different role and name.

- When Anakin was reborn as Darth Vader, he “rose” slowly from the ground, clad in his black armor. Ben fell to the ground abruptly and shed his black clothes, disappearing. This could be another clue. (It was also already speculated that Leia’s body dissolved exactly in this moment because she gave her life-force to her son for him to have another chance to live. Both Han and Luke had done what they could to atone for their remorse towards Ben; this might be her turn.)

- Much as I love Luke Skywalker, I can understand that Lucas did not see him as the saga’s protagonist. The overall arch is not so much about Luke’s heroism than about Anakin’s redemption and atonement. It is unusual because we expect the story’s “hero” to be the one who kills the Bad Guy; and indeed Anakin is, because he kills Palpatine in the end, the twist being that technically he is also a villain though not the archvillain.

- Ben had promised Anakin he would finish what he started. Anakin had been meant to bring Balance to the Force, and he had started a family. Until now, Ben did neither.

- If Ben and Rey are a dyad, i.e. one soul in two bodies, then Rey is in urgent need of her soulmate for her future tasks. She has her friends of course, but none of them gets her the way he did.

So, I still see reason to hope for a continuation, and, hopefully, satisfying conclusion of The Last Jedi’s themes.

Film production: on a side note…

In the Nineties, Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale were the directors both of Beauty and the Beast and Atlantis: two more different stories are hardly imaginable with regard to everything - drawing style, setting, characters, development, music etc. This outcome can’t have been only due to the director’s choices, there must have been a wholly different idea behind both films right from the beginning. Just saying.

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stagekiller · 4 years

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Heya, folks. This is my Demon Verse. :D

Jerome Valeska had always been somewhat of a miscreant. From stealing the neighboring farm’s eggs to pestering the landlord’s daughters, his home village knew him to be a troublemaker. His name had gathered quite some notoriety not just for being a mischief, but also after committing a variety of reckless acts such as taking on a python that had been terrorizing his village with bare hands. This infamy would quickly get to the farmboy’s head, who thought himself above punishment and was known to talk his way out of penalties.

His family life was, predictably, troublesome. He was the spawn of a notorious seductress & wench, pursued for being a homewrecker. Him and his twin brother were rumored to be tainted products of incest and cast out from the rest of their kin. No one knew the extent of his troubles, however, until the day his mother was found in a neighbor’s barn. Someone had split the poor woman open with a hatchet.

It seemed that Jerome would be getting away with his crime scratch-free after a moving performance. But, just when he was packing up & ready to move as far away from these charges as possible, someone gave him away. The only other person who knew of his premeditated sin was his own brother and, naturally, Jerome assumed it was his word that sent him head first to the gallows. What a bitter way to go!

What happened next has taken many forms when narrated by yours truly. Sometimes he speaks of the unfathomable darkness of death, others he concludes it ‘really wasn’t that big of a deal’. Sometimes he was met with a man who had a dog’s head & weighed his heart against a feather, others he was held accountable at a court filled with angels - each of whom had a thousand eyes!

Regardless, after committing planned matricide it was clear he belonged to the final circle of Hell — for treachery against his own family. But Jerome, used to talking his way out of any penalty, attempted to negotiate ( ah, the insolence! ) His argument? Everything he did was to spare his brother from their mother’s wrath, when she caught them consummating their unholy union. Thus, he tried to plead that it was a crime of lust and he should be sent to the Second circle instead — because being blown around by violent gusts of wind sounded much better than walking on flaming hot sand.

Of course, the court didn’t fall for it. But it did guarantee that the accusations against his brother would be kept in mind. And, just for a fragment of infinity, as the illuminated ground beneath his fit cracked & split, swallowing him in his place of eternal torment, the boy felt satisfied.

When he arrived at the Ninth circle, the Devil ( whom I need you all to imagine as Theo Galavan ) was waiting for him with open arms. After watching his hearing from afar, he claimed to have seen an extraordinaire talent in the boy. Thus, he decided to make him a deal. However, given how Jerome’s only options were to take the deal or be sent off to the Ninth circle, it wasn’t as much of a ‘free choice’ as TheoSatan painted it to be.

He promised to send him back up to walk the earth, in exchange for more souls. As long as Jerome would keep luring human souls back down to hell, he could stay among the living. And to sweeten the wager, each soul he adds to Satan’s personal collection would earn him an enhancement of his personal powers. Of course, Jerome had to keep this deal a secret, since it was no fair game on Mr. Devil’s part. And thus whilst walking the earth, he was to never be seen without his human visage. And should he take too long to deliver a soul down to hell, their deal would be off.

He hadn’t been given a chance to read the small lines whilst signing his contract with the devil. Each decade his new master would increase the percentage of souls he expected him to deliver. And thus, each decade he would be under tenfold the pressure and inevitably end up in the pits of hell either way. It is not exactly a favorable contract, but he does his best.

Jerome, despite having walked the earth for nearly a thousand years now, remains a lesser demon. His powers include telekinesis, inflicting delusions and being omnipresent within a certain space. He can teleport to short distances as well. His weaknesses are typical things you would expect a demon to be susceptible to such as holy objects ( the religion doesn’t matter as long as the individual wielding it believes it to be holy ), salt, holy water etc etc. He smells strongly of sulfur and covers up the stench by smoking & wearing a lot of heavy perfume. He always appears human and cannot shapeshift. However, he can appear with his true form if he infiltrates someone’s dream.

He has experimented with a lot of different luring methods over centuries. When he was still a baby demon, fresh out of hell, he would go for the straightforward approach and entice individuals to commit lustful sins. When the press was invented, he would advertise his various deceitful businesses on the newspaper under a lawful front. Then, he left Europe for Nevada to catch the rise of the gambling industry and build his own casino. Finally, when television was born, he took to furthering his reach as a show host.

On present day he continues to host a paranormal activity/ ghost hunting show. He likes to spice his episodes up by using a bit of his own powers to knock something over or blur the camera with static, but his ultimate goal is to convince people that demons & supernatural powers don’t exist whilst passing subliminal messages regarding law, sin and societal standards. Essentially his goal is to corrupt people into becoming non-believers with a disregard for the law. It’s... a work in progress.

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gospelmusic · 4 years

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Catholic Daily Reading + Reflection: 26 September 2020

Saturday September 26, 2020

Weekday (25) Vestment: Green Today’s Rosary: The Joyful Mystery Ss Cosmas & Damian, M (opt mem) (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});

FIRST READING

“Remember your creator in the days of your youth before the dust returns to the earth and the spirit returns to God. ” A reading from the Book of Ecclesiastes (Ecclesiastes 11:9-12:8) Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgement. Remove vexation from your mind, and put away pain from your body; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity. Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”; before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened and the clouds return after the rain; in the day when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men are bent, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look through the windows are dimmed, and the doors on the street are shut; when the sound of the grinding is low, and one rises up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of song are brought low; they are afraid also of what is high, and terrors are in the way; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along and desire fails; because man goes to his eternal home, and the mourners go about the streets; before the silver cord is snapped, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern, and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher; all is vanity. The word of the Lord.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM Psalm 90:3-4.5-6.12-13. 14 and 17 (R. 1)

R/. O Lord, you have been our refuge, from generation to generation. You turn man back to dust, and say, “Return, O children of men.” To your eyes a thousand years are like yesterday, come and gone, or like a watch in the night. R. You sweep them away like a dream, like grass which is fresh in the morning. In the morning it sprouts and is fresh; by evening it withers and fades. R. Then teach us to number our days, that we may gain wisdom of heart. Turn back, O Lord! How long? Show pity to your servants. R. At dawn, fill us with your merciful love; we shall exult and rejoice all our days. Let the favour of the Lord our God be upon us; give success to the work of our hands. O give success to the work of our hands. R. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});

ALLELUIA 2 Timothy1:10

Alleluia. Our Saviour Jesus Christ abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel. Alleluia.

GOSPEL

“The Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of men. They were afraid to ask him about this saying. ” A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke (Luke 9:43b-45) At that time: While all were marveling at everything Jesus did, he said to his disciples, “Let these words sink into your ears; for the Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of men.” But they did not understand this saying, and it was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask him about this saying. The Gospel of the Lord.

Today’s Reflection

In the gospel, Jesus challenges the outlook of his disciples about the Messiah. He repeatedly predicts his death so when it does happen, their faith would not fail them. He is preparing them for what is going to come, so it would not break them up. He wants them to understand that the cross is the choice he made and not something foisted on him. It is the way to salvation and a path he must take. But the disciples fail to understand as so many Christians today still do – they find it hard to reconcile with a crucified Christ and his cross. Today, the Lord still challenges our thought and outlook; we cannot separate Christ from the cross.

Today’s Saint and Quote: Pope Paul VI (Blessed) – September 26th

Every mother is like Moses. She does not enter the Promised Land. She prepares a world she will not see.

Personal Devotional

- Pray for the grace to sustain a deeper conversion with Jesus as regards your challenges. - Pray for those who are at the edge of giving up on God, that their faith will be strengthened.

Let Us Pray

I declare that I will love my neighbor by refusing to house a judgmental spirit. I refuse to focus on the sin in my neighbor’s life as opposed to the sin in my own. I will, however, be bold enough to challenge my neighbor in love and to pray for areas of bondage, pain, injustice, and sin in his life. I will love my neighbor by understanding that love doesn’t always feel sure, but often challenges and calls out something greater so that he can experience the fullness of Christ.

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twinflameshardcore · 7 years

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Masculine and Feminine hearts are fired up - pushing new love into the old methodical world

My higher self wants me to write about a few things which I’ve experienced lately so I’m sharing. The first part is about incoming astrological events since I’m feeling them already (love!), the other on how we - angelics can steal 3D humans into the 5D zone using the heart’s love only :)

Firstly, do use the incoming days’ energies to share love from the heart to heart between the goddess in you and the divine masculine. Between you and the Twin. Between you within yourself, your yin and yang as well. The choice is yours how you want to use it but obviously two hearts will be glued in absolute, open love during this transit because one has something which the other needs to rise their vibration and shift into 5D and up. We need to leave 3D (energetically); let’s face it, 3D is decaying and evil beings rooted there who cannot rise their vibration are screaming for food! Thus we need to pull as many people as we are guided towards out of 3D and into the new, the reality of Love. Or just that one special stranger who then could pull others, led by the heart fired up by our heart’s energy. This time now is about souls again and they do not apply to human rules.

The new Earth (the joyful, light place) has been replacing the old Earth (the wounded, dense place). Visualize it as if one transparent planet Earth presses onto another Earth and pushes away everything which do not match the new ‘blueprint’ (I hate this word) it brings. This filtering applies to everything which is a vibration = the light, colors, sounds, energy, temperature, living beings etc.

The fire is up because the full Moon will be in the fire element and the zodiac conditioned for releasing accumulated energies fast - anger, passion, hate, revenge, love, sexuality - a powerful yet ego driven Aries on 10/5, opposing the Sun in balancing, fair but undecided Libra. At the same time there have been amazing aspects in a disciplined, well organized and traditional Virgo - Venus trine Pluto (today 10/3), Mars trine Pluto (10/1) then Venus and Mars (I believe they’ll conjunct on 10/5; the next such an event will be in 2019, previous was in 11/2015, check out your diaries ;) ) This time is especially important for the Seraphim and all other fire angelics (incl. ex-angels of war), fire beings, fire elementals like dragons, also healed Draconians, and Reptilians and other races who constantly operate and balance the fire element yet feel frustrated, restrained and limited in the human bodies.

I always through that it will be me to be rescued from the old world but my plasma (also called light) body activated itself permanently and unexpectedly from the back of the heart chakra (between shoulder blades) on 09/27/2017 and it was a blasting follow up of the first Draconian/Seraph wake up experience I had in 02/2016. This had made me a helper rather than someone to be helped ;) More below.

Thus if you’re one of these fire beings, whether in TF relationships or not, you got awakened by somebody else a few years ago, and are now on the ‘mission’ to share love and rise vibration of other humans, your heart may find certain individuals, often strangers who you occasionally meet exactly in the first part of October 2017. They may be people who share the same skills as you have, thus this makes opportunities to get introduced. You will feel attracted to each other mostly on a spiritual level. This is how we of the 5D communicate with others - via the direct heart connection. There are individuals who still sit in 3D and need to have their vibration risen up to feel that having love in the hearts is the most comfortable feeling ever and so they would like to hold it there, to spread further, even if they do not understand what in fact they’re doing and how much it helps everybody to escape the old Earth. If you spot such a person, they will recognize your heart too. It’s because their heart informed them to expect somebody with such a heart like yours to come their way, connect and make a hole in their well structured reality so they could receive love and joy they’ve been craving for, but couldn’t reach out for it on their own. At some point, people who show up may be members of your galactic family to be rescued, but somehow they are not yet aware who they are or what they need to rise their vibration and leave the 3D Earth. They will recognize you based on your vibration, eyes and the heart. It’s the best time to help them because they might have saved your ass in a galaxy millions of years ago, so now you can do them a favor and offer your purified love, without engaging physically and mentally. This is crucial, otherwise the balance will be disturbed and the task will be failed.

So when this connection is made with a stranger, there are a few procedures to follow, especially if you are in a TF relationship. We twins were given the right to share love amongst the people but we must not engage physically with others, to avoid creating an unwanted reality though a mental visualization (thought=energy=creation) and sexual desires too (wanting=pulling). We can only belong to another angelic, the twin and them to us. When you ‘come down’ into the human realm and find such an individual who works hard in the area related to the old world, has his/her heart guarded yet dreams of having a partner to share safety, love and a good conversation, ditch your human programming and give them love in spirit, from the heart to the heart. How to do this? At first it may be tricky because our old human behaviors will be triggered - if we feel a spiritual connection with somebody, the mind and the body will naturally want to tune in, to take action in the physical, to ask for that person’s phone number or email then contact them, to see them again, to go for temptations and rising obsessions of the body and heart all together. The human role will be triggered to be a mother/father, lover and best friend to such a person. Resist that, otherwise you’ll stretch and imbalance the task.

Another feeling which will come from the human is guilt that if I am with the TF I should not share my love with others. Partly correct, because you must not leave your Twin or remove him/her from your personal ‘bubble’/reality/universe. You don’t want to hurt your own heart but you don’t want to think too much about love either. When a connection is established between the hearts, another human reaction will show up to release all boundaries and let the other’s energy interact with you on all levels, also sexually. This is very unwanted, otherwise it leads to addictions as the bottom chakras are prone to 'rooting’ into vibrations they feel pleased or safe with. If you live in a TF relationship where the twin is out of touch solving his own issues and purging, or he/she doesn’t complement you often, then any complement coming from another sex - considering it comes from somebody of your kind - feels like a fresh air in the heart, and it pulls. And this is where it starts and where the balance and boundaries can be shaken and where you can be taken off your Path. Our Path is to return to the Oneness state of being (with the twin), to the Source, to realize and accept that the only comfortable energy in the Universe is love to share it further. But again, we cannot attach to other human beings.

These days, you have a chance to let your higher self teach you how much easier it is to just give love from the heart without engaging physically or even staying in touch with someone new. The fire element like engaging totally, so this is a new, need lesson. As a fiery being, I’m new to this but I’ve learnt fast so I’m sharing the story because the final results amazed me :)

I’ve had this situation exactly on 10/1 (Mars trine Pluto which is an instant connection between ‘old masculine energies’, in both sexes who prefer power, control, discipline, order and strength which unite them under such an aspect). I’ve been to a ‘gun picnic’. A right wing party in my country wants to push a new law to let citizens have an easier access to guns. I’m against anything right wing tries to force on people because they’re fearful and narrow-minded, they represent the decaying 3D reality which brought wounding, sexism, racism, and separation so they need to go. I’m against giving weapons to citizens too, because it’s a Christian country and all wars were started in the name of their god and have had continued for centuries. I do not wish some Christian zealot killed me because I refuse to sell my soul to one god or another. But I understood that since I’m well awakened and angelic, I had to go there to bring my energy so others could pick it up and change their lives forever. Vibration needs no words or action, it’s enough to spread it around the people. An invitation came totally unexpectedly a day earlier so I was convinced it’s the Universe tapping me to move my ass and check it out as there must be something for me to participate in. An application form had 2 questions - whether one wished to participate in a shooting lesson, or just be a listener of the politicians’ speeches. I tapped the shooting. Basically, I’ve no interest in both killing but also shooting to a static point, it’s just a waste of time (and bullets). As a Draconian war master however so I have ‘flying, aiming, locking on a target and shooting’ activity written in my spirit in a way. That’s why I knew that this was a ‘mission for an awakened Draconian, to bring my opened, healed heart amongst the right wing gun nuts. Thus I walked there to see how it’s organized since the shooting place isn’t far from my home, and noisy as you can imagine. I told myself to expect nothing and I only wanted to be guided by my heart without making any judgment. I was hanging out, alone amongst strangers, have seen many ego maniacs, fashion followers, but also people who looked very 'normal’ and who came to eat and drink free food rather then discuss an easier or tighter access to guns :)

When we were asked to form the first team of 15 folks and walk to the shooting site, I joined them at once. I then instantly paid attention to the gun instructor, a man physically not in my type. I loved how he followed safety procedures and was giving commands to keep discipline in the group and acted like a military, oh boy, he was all discipline and order, very Mars and Pluto all together. I always love it, this is very Draconian :) We were taught to follow orders but also to give orders because there’s equality in the race. Dracos have been taught to respect one another because we’re well trained and we cannot spare or lose specialists, and masters. And since we were trained to use vibration to command, either the voice, or heart, or mind, then we resonate with it strongly whenever we sense it. I haven’t seen the instructor’s eyes (eyes = an access to one’s heart) until the moment I asked him to take his dark protective eyeglasses off when we ended the training. But we’ll get to this later. I sensed that he also felt, saw and loved how I was applying to commands at once (like attracts like!), while other people were kind of laid-back, relaxed, ignorant just because it was a picnic for the public. One needs to realize however, that the picnic is over when you cross the line of a shooting range where they use real guns and bullets - there are strict rules to apply to and you must listen to the instructors without hesitation or argumentation because they’re trained to keep you safe. When they told us the rules, and asked if anyone had questions, again, I was the only who had :) The angelic awareness gives me now this sort of ‘primacy’ over unawakened humans that when people are too shy or blocked to ask questions, I then come out and trigger the energy of questions by formulating one, simple, intelligent Q so that instructors have some entertainment too. This is just boring when nobody digs further just to let teachers teach more :) And I again earnt a point from the the gun instructor my heart had chosen ;)

I shot a few times, then left, then I came back for another round even if I was not asked because it was a contest and a participant could only shoot one series then record the results. I liked it even the machine gun was to heavy though I earnt a few points. The instructor recognized me instantly and informed that I was already shooting. I didn’t lie so I said openly that I came again to learn further but not to participate in the contest anymore as I was aware it would be unfair. Military world likes honesty, fast answers and right decisions so the guy invited me to join again :) I came twice to the gun stand operated by the same instructor eventhough there were 4 more instructors at the site and 3 of us 15 were assigned to a trainer. My heart (not my brain) wanted me to go to him, even if my brain/logic told me to go to the female instructor the 2nd time, just for a difference, the guns were the same at each stand. Then after the 2nd shooting and before the 3rd group formed in a booth behind us, I knew I couldn’t try again because it was the contest to win a Colt. So I then stood next to the instructor because people left to feed, nobody had questions, and I felt he was very open to talk further. I asked him to teach me the right position to stand with the Kalashnikov again so we trained it amongst a few watchers. Then I asked him what other guns they had there and that I would enjoy a lighter pistol. This was the moment when my heart said - ‘ask him to take his eyeglasses off, force the eye contact’. The eye contact gives an access to one’s heart and vice versa. This was known by poets, criminals but is true to the spiritual community specifically. Once our hearts are purged and filled with divine love, we open other hearts to share love through looking into people’s eyes. Then the pure love energy of the heart anchors in their hearts, our spirit makes a direct contact with their spirit, and remains memorable as it is, triggers a research, questions, self-analysis, and a return to the Source in the end. So I was looking at him as if I wanted to spit out that question yet he noticed I was searching for something in his face and encouraged me by asking ‘What..?’ Then I asked him for taking those eyeglasses off ‘because I like the eye contact when I talk to people’. Again, my direct approach was what he loved. So he took them off and then looked at me with this guarded face and daring eyes. I know the power of the eyes and how they can be read by those who know how. I always look into strangers’ eyes with a message that I accept who they are and whoever they are, but I bring the fire, independent opinions, honesty, I hide nothing and I want to be equally respected. This was the exchange - a warrior looking at another warrior. And he knew this. His eyes were narrow, light green but we looked at each other like provocateurs :) This is always an indicator that there is either air or fire element in action. To keep the conversation going and still ‘official’, I asked about gun models and prices. Turned out he had some Glocks but also Beretta 92F which was delightful news because I used to have a BB gun replica made by a respected well manufacturer so I admitted I was familiar with this model very well. (I actually gained an interest of my Twin in the beginning when I sent him a picture where I was posing with that gun because weapons match my look very well ;)) The instructor was pleased and said he had another BB Gun model from the same producer. So this was the moment we could hook into the conversation but... we had no time to talk further considering the 3rd group waiting behind. Yet I didn’t want to give him a chance to think that I was interested in him because in fact I wasn’t - it was only my heart which wanted me to approach to rise his vibration and so he could shift into the new reality with time.

The goal had been achieved, the spirits were put in touch, and so the love exchange on a distance could begin. My heart told me he was one of my soul group, guarded, tough face of a warrior but wanting love as everybody, He really knew much about people, by observing them, learning, seeing details, behaviors, cause and effect. Shooters must have a good eye for a detail. I haven’t yet known that he was also spiritually skilled which came later that day. Now it gets more interesting. When I learnt about prices of a personal coaching I could not accept such a deal as I couldn’t afford it but it’s a cheap training ovrall if you make a good salary. That’s why most of the clients of the shooting range are rich folks. He instantly understood a negative, yet unspoken answer of my eyes and then he said something crucial - ‘It looks like the only way to teach you cheaper or even for free is to find a boyfriend at the shooting range’ :))) I knew he meant himself even if he was joking. I so smiled and said honestly - ‘I have one already. I don’t need two boyfriends’. He and the other instructor who was listening, pretended to be disappointed and smiled too. The honesty and direct conversation are always a big turn on for the fire carriers. Yet there was no sexuality between the lines, otherwise I would recognize it and my heart would tell me to detach. So in this moment an open connection and acceptance was established between hearts, spirits, energies, and I also got a confirmation that he found me attractive on may levels. He also asked if I lived here in the city as many people came from other towns. I then said I lived in the neighborhood and he looked delighted. We exchanged no details, no address, no names either. Then I said I was heading home, eventhough I could have waited until they finish the training after a few hours and join the public near bonfires and music, in the evening. Then we could sit together and talk. I didn’t want that because he could have had wrong ideas and my human could have been triggered too which obviously could push the boundaries I set to be faithful to the Twin. So I decided to leave and my heart was pleased that I opened his - the task I little knew about could continue.

Spirits stayed hooked together. I was walking home smiling to myself. I felt pleased, and he felt pleased because I knew he was looking for acceptance of who he was and how guarded he was too. In turn, I as a human woman needed a direct masculine interest. He must have felt I read into people’s vibration the same as he was. This heart to heart energy was rising in the evening. It was light, that kind of love to be loved for how it is, a smiling, soft yet passionate love which needs no heaviness, promises or loyalty. Love which comes and goes just to put you in a good mood. This is what it wanted me to remember and embrace, to hold in my heart and send the same. Light and smiling. I knew he was thinking of me when I felt him so strongly, maybe he was even looking for me in the picnic site later while I was already home. He was very skilled spiritually which is something I wouldn’t expect from the gun instructor who apparently operates on the 3D zone! Again, expect nothing. Because he’s skilled, his energy came to me as much as my twin’s and it was easier because I was less a kilometer away from the site me and him met. It was buzzing with interest, pulling me to come back, to gaze more into my Draconian eyes and receive that what was in my heart.

So I was asking the Universe - ‘What’s next? What’s the purpose?’ My heart was filled with love and joy even the guy wasn’t my type at all and I didn’t fall in love. ‘Is he some new ‘love’ I am to join? Was my twin given to open me, heal and lead into a new relationship which would be better than that with him, mostly absent, LDR while the ‘new guy’ works a few meters away? Was my twin fake?’ Hundreds of questions while basking in love. My heart answered ‘no’ to all my questions. If I feel no physical pull to another man, the only energy is of the heart, or at least the mind. With the Twin there are all 3 vibrational matches available at once as we need to heal & integrate these 3 zones - the body, the mind, and the heart. So when you meet your twin, you’re both fascinated with all aspects of you two. My heart said - ‘Stay put. You felt lonely, wanted to be loved lately, to feel good, then enjoy this feeling but don’t attach, don’t change anything. Feel the love, utilize what you had learnt with the twin in spirit - the heart communication’. The answer is that in 5D zone, strangers can become close through the hearts and understand each other without words. That I - the angelic was to meet a man to rise his vibration while he heightened mine so then I could push pure unconditional love into his heart which would be what he was looking for. Yet I must not engage physically at all because I already have the twin. Kind of complicated but my higher self led me through this process next.

I was guarding myself against it at first because my human conditioning didn’t know how to deal with it. To let it pass or not. It was so tempting to open to this that I even thought some evil beings used the love aspect in the sky and sent that gun instructor on me to pull me away from the twin, and from our path :D But I like experimenting in spirit which is the only way to learn what is what and who is who during Ascension - nobody else can teach you that, you need to be curious and daring on your own. So I gave this feeling a chance to learn something completely new - to give love to another man in spirit while being dedicated to another man who is my other half and who sits in me and feels what’s going on. I said nothing to the Twin about this event, to avoid triggering a domino effect in the human brain, and yet there’s no danger I could ever betray or leave him because he is me, the twin is the ultimate ‘boyfriend’ :) It’s not even like being married, bored, to find a new possible lover. The idea was to tear the human (my and another’s) conditioning apart, to let love come out and in and give it to a masculine who earnt it by being a disciplined, careful human. The heart picks up individuals to be opened and prepared for healing, based on the guidance of the Universe. We can only follow or not, it’s always up to us to decide even if we resonate with the heart’s pull. Fear of sharing love is a big one, especially with strangers.

It was also important to have it happen before the Venus/Pluto trine (today, Tuesday, Martian day) and the full Moon (completion) on Thursday 10/5 since the general feminine energy could heal the old masculine (who in fact hurt her ages ago), one awakened warrior sent to heal the other unawakened warrior.

When I shifted in my mind into a position of a Draconian war queen surrounded by warriors, this feeling got even stronger and resonated with the heart. The queen is a goddess in a way, and motivates her soldiers by sending them love in spirit. Draconians have many queens and it’s a status, but some were born in the royal line, most important figures. Draconians have their hearts closed to participate in battles to process completely different energies, like the joy of the fight, but there are times when the shields go down and a reward - the love of the Queen is given during a gathering. It’s not to be fed, conditioned and become a loyal kamikaze but the true, sacred love Draconians share amongts the brotherhood. At least that how it was on motherships. Royal Draconians in humans, hybrids, are usually loners.

My participation in the gun picnic was to literately steal a 3D human (a militaristic man) into 5D though the heart connection, though giving unattached, non-physical love. A reward. 5D is the world of fun and abundance. We angelics can now ‘steal’ individuals into 5D by rising their vibration so the 3D zone has only a few evil individuals left to feed with. This is what rebels would do. We pull the good ones out of the old. Think of it as an ‘alien/angelic intervention’ without any hype. We expected aliens to come and help us, so they have come ;) But they live in us, in many of those who were destined to merge with themselves and the twin, and they act through our human bodies. They replaced the old structures which were infested with bad instincts, with self-sabotaging. In fact we were ‘aliens’ before we landed on Earth but we forgot. Now we - the original essence/consciousness/energy of us - came back into our human bodies to act, to lead others out of the old Earth. We must not stay with those we heal, move, rescue, make aware etc. however, specifically if we had found our true Twins. Once on a new ground, the ‘stolen humans’ are on their own, unless they really need some additional help. We can use love sent from the heart to heart only, to wake up their souls/spirits and these will guide them further. Don’t attach or get addicted to others while you are with the Twin. When you Ascended higher, you have become very attractive to people who didn’t have a chance to awaken yet because your pure heart, your unconditional intentions are seen in your eyes, and you glow with love, independence and freedom. These attributes pull those who are still attached to the old energy grid as much as you were pulled to the twin in the beginning when you didn’t know who you were together and individually. Recall, the next thing which we wanted to do to the Twin was to follow human procedures and force them into relationships, demanding behaviors, to control them etc. These never worked. People of the 3D can be still used by old, evil energies and triggered to hurt you, so offer love if you want to but don’t even talk about it because they won’t understand.

So I have stolen the gun instructor, not even physically coming back there. I set energetic boundaries to only allow his energy to flow between the hearts. For three days I was sending and responding with very pure love as my heart wanted to give without anything human involved and it was making me feel good as well. When I was setting myself in a ‘receiving mode’ then the instructor was coming back in spirit to give love as well, it was so fiery, happy and instant. He trained my shooting skills (or reminded me how-to) and I was training his heart which was ready to embrace pure love, and yet from a real Seraph, fire angel and a former angel of war. For a gun instructor, it was a needed reward. I am also aware that this energy which allows for such a contact now won’t last long. I want him to rise vibration before it ends so he could then pull a matching woman to be happy with and share that pure love further :) It wasn’t logical, I was asked by the Universe to do it. It was a training for me too. I’ve realized that before I had recognized my TF I met men who I should have interacted in the same way with, heart to heart, instead of engaging physically and pressuring to form a relationship! The Twin was the only one to engage entirely with but how could I or him have known this before? ;) This showed me again the ego vs heart actions. Ego/brain wants a confirmation via receiving facts, proofs, and material stuff, while vibration confirms the heart.

We, angels interacted with human women (and men) in the beginning and we were punished for this, I do resonate with it. They called them Elohim but these included all kinds of angelics, not just one group. All who decided to come down and were called ‘gods’. Then we fucked up due to a temptation ;) If you want to interact with an angel, you need to be an awaken angelic on your own because only then you can match your high vibration with the other to avoid the power play. A beautiful simplicity of that event I’ve participated in is it was only about the heart, to teach the guy pure love and that he is loved for his daring heart and skills too. That he was a warrior, he disciplined himself, and was then unexpectedly rewarded by an angelic love, to soften his human shield and prepare him for the Ascension, to be sent more love by Gaia and the Universe together next.

I’m totally proud of that event, my reactions, understanding what should be done, and setting boundaries my heart suggested me to do. If I however felt that his energy was trying to disrespect those boundaries or use my energies like a vampire, I would instantly detach and ditch the ‘task’. I gave love to one of my kin without letting the bad energy take me away from the Path.

Many Draconians like myself are awakened now, purged enough to receive the Source’s beautiful, joyful love and so if they’ve leveled up, should reach out to their kin in spirit to make them join 5D Earth as well. Draconians come from a zone of a high vibration and have been trapped here on Earth in lower than acceptable conditions like many other galactic races and hybrids. The thing is that my galactic race can fully accept such a heart training only from our kin, this is how it always was, a rule - do not trust others. If you, a fellow Draco or Reptilian reader ask the Universe to guide you, it will send you opportunities, so don’t reject them based on what logic, the ego or the human inner child tells you, unless you are to be tricked into further BS, but you will foresee this ;) This is the only way we can counter-weight the struggling vibrations of the old world we participated in and often fought for but the new 5D is the only way to go if one wants to feel light and loved, to live far from fears, dualities and the survival instincts triggered in the brain. I already wrote a post about the brain and the heart spiritual interactions a long time ago, on how one overrides decisions and desires of the other.

These days the lowest layer of that 3D vibration which we humans are attached to through the root chakra is being dissolved. This is the best opportunity to finally let it all leave our bodies so we could become available to the new energy, that Love we know very well to fill also our root chakra and let the ‘snake in the loins’, the wisdom/memory of everything, freedom and passion overwhelm us with joy ;)

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judgement day in religion vs science by Reema Alaydi

Judgement day exists is in all religions and based on each one, Qiyamah will happen in one way or another. In Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism etc.. judgment day is proven to be a fate for all humans and a final end to their current lifetime. According to the Islamic culture, judgement day is a final assessment of humanity. The sequence of events (based on the most commonly held belief) is the annihilation of all creatures, resurrection of the body, and the judgement of all sentient creatures. It is a time where everyone would be shown his or her deeds and actions with justice. According to history.com editors, it was stated that “since the beginning of recorded time, people have been thinking about the end of the world. As such, the planet’s major religions have formulated elaborate viewpoints on this topic. In Christianity, the Bible’s Book of Revelation details Armageddon, the final battle on Earth between the forces of God and Satan. Hinduism offers a version in which Vishnu returns to battle evil as a figure on a white horse. The doomsday beliefs of some ancient religions can still be felt in modern secular society, as was the case with the conclusion of the Mayan calendar cycle that predicted the end of the world in 2012”. (history.com editors, 2018). Last judgement is also known as a “general, or sometimes individual, judging of the thoughts, words, and deeds of persons by god, the gods, by the laws of cause and effect. (editors of Encylopaedia Britannica, 2018) Furthermore, the belief in Judgement Day is considered a fundamental tenet of faith by all Muslims. It is one of the six articles of faith. The trials and tribulations associated with it are detailed in both the Quran and the Hadith, sayings of Profit Muhammad. In the Quran there is many given signs of the coming of the judgement day but its exact timing is known only to God. Here is a description of the Day of Judgment taken from Surah al Qariah, the 101st Chapter of the Holly Quran. “The Great Calamity; What a Great

Calamity! And what should make thee know what the Great Calamity is? The day when men will be like scattered moths; And mountains will be like carded wool; Then as for him whose scales are heavy, He will have a pleasant life. But as for him whose scales are light, He will have hell as his resort. (101:2-10) From that we have came clear that judgement day is an absolute faith for all muslims based on Islam itself. however, and as it was mentioned before, judgement day exists in all religions. In another example, some Christian denominations consider the Second Coming of Christ to be the final and infinite judgment by God of the people in every nation, resulting in the approval of some and the penalising of others. Meaning that it’s found in all the Canonical gospels, particularly the Gospel of Matthew. Christian Futurists believe it will take place after the Resurrection of the Dead and the Second Coming of Christ while Full Preterists believe it has already occurred. The Last Judgment has inspired numerous artistic depictions. According to the Josh Daffern. Some of the signs for the judgment day had already happened. such as, the rising persecution of christians, Christians will be hated by all the nations, and that is by stating that Christians will be hated by hated by everyone because of Jesus. Another sign is many will turn from the faith, the love of most will grow cold and lastly, the gospel will be preached in all nations. (Josh Dafferen, 2018) Basically, the signs that were stated above are what shows to believers that the world will come to an end, the Arthur himself believes that it’s even a lot closer than we might think. "Just because 2000 years have passed since Jesus’ prophecy, do not allow that to lull us into a false sense of complacency. Jesus told us that although his coming would be like a thief in the night (Matthew 24:43), there are several signs to look for. These signs are being fulfilled before our eyes. The end of the world is a lot closer than we think” (Josh Daffern, 2018).

moreover, there are specific signs for each time, wether it is past, present or future. The signs that already had happened in the past are Splitting of the Moon, Death of the Prophet Muhammad, A form of death which will kill thousands of Muslims. A major fighting in Madinah (understood to refer to the battle of al-Harrah during the caliphate of Yazid, 63 AH). The Muslim conquest of Jerusalem. A war between the Muslims and a reddish people with small eyes, wearing sandals made of hair (understood to refer to the Mongol Tatar invasion of the Islamic lands.) and, A peace agreement between the Muslims and non-Muslims from the yellow race (Chinese, Mongols, etc.) Some of the Present signs in Islam are the naked, destitute, barefoot shepherds will compete in building tall buildings, Illegal sexual intercourse will become widespread, Earthquakes will increase, Time will pass more quickly. A man will pass by the grave of another and wish he was in the latter’s place, People will gather for prayer, but will be unable to find an imam to lead them. And lastly, the signs for the Future, such as the number of men will decrease, whilst the number of women will increase, until for every man there are 50 women. The Euphrates will reveal a treasure of gold, and many will die fighting over it, each one hoping to be the one who gains the treasure. Now, writing from a scientific point of view, judgement day does not exist. Based on the fact that religions are for the believers only, along with the existence of god. There is no scientific evidence that god exists in the first place. And science only takes testable evidence. According to Mohammad Khan, The signs for the last judgement are only for those who believe in their own religion. The believers. We live in a world that demands proof and is not just content with belief. The belief or even the proof is only for the believer, as belief comes from within our hearts, the greatest of proofs will not satisfy the non-

believer, while the slightest evidence can be a great reassurance or comfort for the believer. (Mohammad Khan, 2019). During the Modern Age, the system of religious beliefs continued to exert a powerful influence on the vision of the world and the interpretation of nature, even if two worlds, that of faith and that of science, were slowly separated, which could not be done without great difficulty. In addition, it produced such profound fissures in the consciences of many scientists that insurmountable obstacles appeared obstructing the integration of observation data into the accepted system of beliefs. According to religions, the Earth had been created by God and would be destroyed before the Final Judgement. Time was lineal and progressive since the creation until the coming of Christ to redeem mankind. However, nature was essentially static and unchanging, as instructed in the Bible. During the Modern Age all this began to be questioned upon discovering that the Earth had a history-not only that which was narrated in the Scriptures, but also the one revealed in the traces of fossils and the disposition of stratum. But between one history and the other, that of the Biblical tale and that of natural history, no disagreement could exist. Because of this, the essential effort of many scientists during that period was directed at interpreting the Scriptures rationally, in a manner that would make it possible to integrate the conclusions obtained, beginning with the observation of nature. Not all the scientists, however, saw the necessity of this rationalization. For some it seemed extremely dangerous to adhere to an allegorical interpretation of the Biblical tale, also because it might presuppose a threat to the science as independent from the scope of faith.

The modern world is based on truthful pursuit of science. And it is not possible for humans to know if there is a judgement day when there is no testable evidence for science to prove it. In other words, it is just a theory that needs a proof to be a fact or true. now, at the every end of this essay, the judgement day cant be proved to be a fact unless there is a proof, according to science. Based on this argument, since judgement day “exists” in all religions. Meaning that it was said by a god. And that the existence of a god is a reality of all creatures and it will be proven in judgement day. however, there’s no prove of judgement day itself, as it was already mentioned. Now, about the existence of god, it was said that god knows all truths and accepts nothing false as true. But could an all-good God know what it is like to sin? Yes, for God knows all truths; but he doesn’t know all truths directly from personal experience. God knows what it is like to sin by knowing what it is like for us to sin. Now, if God exists and is all-knowing—if he knows everything every person will ever do—what does that mean for our free will? Is such causal liberty an illusion? Not at all. I can know my influenza-stricken, gagging child is about to vomit without causing her to vomit. Foreknowledge does not equal causality. This brings humans to the claim of God’s omnipotence. Is there any philosophical contradiction that can be drawn out of God’s infinite power? As we have noted, God cannot sin because he is morally perfect, the perfect standard of what it means to be good. Thus God has the power to do all logically possible things—that is, he has the power to do all meaningful things. That is why he cannot create a four-sided triangle (which is really nothing at all). Nor can God create a rock that is too heavy for his all-powerful self to lift. Such a notion is meaningless, because it fails to acknowledge how God really is. A bachelor cannot forget his wife’s birthday because he is a bachelor; God cannot be overpowered by any creature because he is omnipotent. Finally, if there is no proof of the existence of a god, then there is no proof of what is after, or under, the judgement day.

References: Isaac Hasson, Last Judgment, Encyclopaedia of the Qur’an https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopaedia_of_the_Qurʾān https://www.wordonfire.org/resources/blog/how-to-prove-that-god-doesnt-exist/5216/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Judgment

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After PayPay’s announcement, the entire room is unbelievably silent. You can hear a pin drop. I am looking at Nkosinathi to handle this situation but that turns out to be an incredibly difficult task for him.

“Satane! Phuma la! Voetsek!” Mrs Buthelezi Senior attacks PayPay. She jumped from her seat to PayPay in a split second. Her husband has now assumed the position of his son: silent with his head in the palm of his hands.

“Hai bo mother-in-law, yini inkinga yakho?” Patience genuinely confused. I think she expected resistance but she definitely did not expect to be called the devil.

“Ubolile nondindwa ndini. Ufuze unyoko! Phuma la!” Mrs B.

I think the Buthelezi family knows something we all don’t know here.

“Nkosinathi, are you going to let this old hag talk to me like she has just been vomited out of a zoo?” PayPay. Yho guys, I want this girl’s balls.

“Mkhwenyana, this is what you disrespected my daughter with?! You took my daughter from esibayeni sakwaMageba to subject her to disrespect of this calibre?” My father says, genuinely disgusted.

“Nkosinathhi open your damn mouth and say something”, PayPay.

“Mommy, hit him. He only understands when you hit him”, Unathi adds her little two cents.

Hai cha, umhlolo kaZulu phela lo. Ithini le ngane?

Nkosinathi stands up and attempts to walk out. PayPay shoves him back in the house and he falls in between his parents. Nkosinathi’s mother loses her mind, goes from zero to 100 in a split second. She beats PayPay up like a real bull-fighter on the streets of Esinqawuqawini. Nkosinathi pulls his mother off his fiancé and the mother is breathing heavily. Her eyes show tell us that she wants to see PayPay bleed, paying for a sin only she knows about.

“Nkosinathi, khuza unyoko!” PayPay doesn’t back down neither. She rises from the ground and charges towards Mrs B.

Nkosinathi lets go of his mother and then shoves PayPay out of the house. He shuts the door, shutting PayPay and Unathi outside. Then he yells at his mother (because he is bewitched like that) saying, “mama yini ngawe?! Since when are you Baby Jakes?!”

“Ungazongijwayela kabi wena slima ndini. Sikutholela inkosikazi enengqondo wena ulanda i-last number yesifebe!” Mrs B yells.

“Come say that to my face you old bitch!” PayPay yells through the door while banging on it.

“Patience, awuthule man nawe. Jeez!” Nathi yells back at PayPay through the door.

My house has officially turned into umuzi wotshwala. I don’t know how to translate that into English.

“Nkosinathi Buthelezi, le nto odelela inkosikazi yakho yasebukhosini ngayo, beyilala nobaba wakho. Le ngane ayigudula yonke indawo ingane kababa wakho; that child is your sister. That is the kind of woman you are dealing with”, Mrs B says with tears in her eyes, and then walks off into one of the bedrooms in the house.

My mom is three minutes away from being on her knees and praying for the Holy Spirit to intervene. Mr B walks after his wife but we hear a door shutting in his face. The TV room is silent. To say that Nkosinathi is broken would be the understatement of the year. I don’t know if he will ever recover from this.

“Thandeka, thatha okwakho ngane yami. Siyahamba. Sidelelwe impela abakwaButhelezi. Ngizabe ngingeyena ubaba oqotho kuwena uma ngikushiya lana nabo la bantu. Asambe!” My father demands.

I hurry to me bedroom. I don’t have much to pack anyway because most of my stuff are in KZN. I pack what I can. I see my phone has a few whatsapp messages. It is Ikaneng checking up on me. I tell him that a family emergency has come up and I have to go back to KZN with my parents. He tells me that he will let Zelda know. Shooo, thank you Jesus. That one would have ate me up and spat me out.

“Ngicela ungahambi”, a voice creeps up on me. I turn around. It is Nkosinathi.

“Kumele ngihambe Nkosinathi. Ubaba usekhulumile”, I tell him.

“Ngizohlawula, khona manje”, he says.

“Umndeni wami is not for sale. You don’t just throw money at us and then my parents sell me to you. Who do you think you are? What do you take us for?” I tell him.

He is silent. He nods his head and then leaves the bedroom.

I take my bags and meet my parents in the TV room. I tell them I will drive in my car behind them. My dad insists that he will drive with me, my mother will drive back with our family driver. I do not hesitate.

When we step out, we see PayPay still standing outside of our door.

“Uphi uNkosinathi?” she asks me, giving me heavy attitude.

“Ungazongijwayela kabi wena”, me. I have strength now, my parents are here. Also, Mrs B is on my side because she has walked in my shoes before because of this unstable heffer.

“Uthini?!” PayPay out here trying to scare me with tears in her eyes and desperation of trying to ensure that she still has a man in Nathi.

“Ngithi ungazongijwayela kabi. You have done enough damage to this family. Go find your next victims”, I tell her.

“Mxm, ngizodelelwa yinto nje ayingasho lutho kimi nakuNathi. Awusuke endleleni yami”, she says as she pushes me out of the way.

“Don’t talk to my wife like that”, Nkosinathi comes to my rescue for the very first time.

“I am your fiancé Nkosinathi”, PayPay still trying to beg for a position in Nathi’s life.

“Not anymore. We are done. I don’t ever want to see you again”, Nkosinathi tells her.

“Nkosinathi”, PayPay tries to plead her case.

“Please leave”, Nkosinathi becomes even colder.

PayPay cries, he looks at Nathi in disbelief.

“Before everyone leaves…” Mrs B walks in and commands our attention.

“Nkosinathi, this woman is a prostitute. I am not sure if you are aware of that. She gave your father HIV. If you had unprotected sex with her and then also slept with umakoti, I strongly suggest that you both get tested”, Mrs B drops that bomb on us, face full of tears still, and then walks away.

“Baby…” PayPay trying to explain.

“GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY HOUSE!” Nkosinathi yells this time.

I start crying. I am genuinely sad for him. Now I suddenly want to stay and be here for him.

“Asambe ngane yami”, my dad interferes with that intention.

We, oMageba, leave.

…

It took me the entire trip to explain to my father that I need to go to Durban and not eMnambithi (back home). It took me an hour after arriving in Durban to explain to my parents that they cannot sleep at my flat because it is a one-bedroom flat. They finally left and now I am by myself in my own space, trying to understand the intersections episode that has taken place between my husband, my father-in-law, and PayPay.

I call Ikaneng.

He picks up after two rings.

“Hello beautiful”, him.

“Hey”, me.

“What’s wrong?” him.

“It’s been a long day”, I say.

“I have been invited to a gala dinner tonight. How about you come out with me and we talk about it after we have drank the night away”, he suggests.

I giggle and say “sure”.

“I was hoping you would say that. I will pick you up in two hours”, him.

We hang up.

I start off by plaiting my own hair into simple cornrows so that I can throw on one of my wigs; yes, I do the wig life too.

I shower and get ready. The only nice “gala” like dress I have is black. I suppose one can never go wrong with black. I dress up, apply my make-up with the assistance of the YouTube make-up professionals, and I put on my wig. I am ready.

Ikaneng arrives just on time.

“You look incredible”, he tells me.

He looks delicious too. Let the truth be preached.

We go out, bump into senior management colleagues who are now side-eyeing me. Zelda was the sourest towards me. I guess I should have known that this would be coming out party for us.

I dont even remember what the gala event was all about. The only thing vivid in my mind is the hostile treatment I received and the careless whispers about me every corner I turned.

“You alright?” Ikaneng asks me as he notices that I’m not okay anymore.

“I think coming here was a mistake. I need to go”, I tell him, looking around and realising that I’m still being side-eyed. He follows my eyes and sees it too, except this time, when people see him look at them, they smile and look away.

“Let’s go. I’ll deal with this tomorrow”, him.

We leave the gala dinner and head to his house in Ballito. It’s a beautiful house. It’s twice as big as my flat with Nathi in Paulshoff.

It’s also one of those houses where you can tell that you are not the first woman to come in here. I can see it be a party house. But I also see it as a “loft” from that “the loft” movie. Girls chill here, dance here, sleep here, etc. As for men… this is Vegas for them.

“Drink?” He offers me a glass of wine.

I smile.

I accept the drink and we chill in the TV room and engage in a DMC.

“I don’t think anything outside of a professional relationship will work between us. The entire senior management team was on not too accepting of seeing us together tonight”, I express.

“Don’t worry about them. Let me be the one to deal with that. I want you to relax now. Please”, him.

After a few drinks, we make our way upstairs to his main bedroom. We make out and this time, I actually want to have sex with him. I’ll probably never have sex with Nathi and I don’t want to die a virgin.

“Make love to me”, I tell him.

He looks me, unsure of what to say.

“Are you sure?” He asks me.

I nod my head.

He lifts me off the ground and kisses me against a wall. My legs are wrapped around his waist as he keeps twirling me around the room, making my body connect with all sides and corners of the walls of this bedroom.

He is so hard. I can just tell that there is no turning back now.

I’m on the bed now. He is on top of me.

“Are you sure?” He asks me one more time.

“I’m sure.” I confirm.

He makes his way inside of me. It hurts a bit. But it’s not an excruciating kind of pain. My body flinches though.

He takes it easy. He is gentle. Eventually, my body curves at his penis and we are both comfortable. This is everything I thought it would be… from the movement, to the feeling, to our connection…

I have no regrets.

I feel him reach his happy ending.

I am happy.

I’m finally a woman.

I couldn’t have chosen a better man to share such a sacred part of me with.

We both passed out.

…

We are woken up by our cellphones vibrating out of control.

I have missed calls from my parents and Nkosinathi. He has missed calls from his brothers and Zelda. I also have a missed call from Zelda.

“Good morning”, him.

“Hey”, I say smiling.

We smile at each other.

“How are you feeling?” He asks me.

I giggle.

“Great”, I say.

We kiss.

“Ready for round 2?” Him.

I laugh.

“The whole world is trying to get hold of us. Can we at least find out why”, me.

“Fine”, he sulks a bit.

I laugh at him.

We take a shower together. I dress up in one of his tracksuits; baggy but I can work with it.

We go downstairs and find his brothers there.

“Ike, we have a problem”, Obusitse.

“I’ll give you guys some space”, I say.

“Good morning Thandeka. Sorry to disturb you guys so early in the morning. Its lovely to see you though”, Obusitse.

I smile.

I attempt to leave but Ikaneng holds my hand.

“What’s going on?” Ikaneng asks.

Obusitse gives us a newspaper.

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Sans’ guide on how to build a ship, featuring Frans

hello, sans here.

recently i’ve been working on a fanfiction, a reader!depressed!frisk X depressed!sans fanfiction. the more i work on the angst-ship part of it, the more i realize that there seems to be a method to writing it. i am here today to share my knowledge with you about how to draw ship-related angst/fluff, and with the guidance of the ship Frans, we are going to learn about writing ship-based fluff/angst.

before we dive in, please realize that frans shippers, like myself, age up frisk so they are around 20-30 years old. i personally make frisk identify as either female or nobinary, and are biologically feminine. sans is not being a pedophile, and we are shipping in a ‘pocket universe’ where our headcanons are laid.

that being said,

let’s go.

part 1; nightmares, hurt, and comfort.

okay, so we are going to start off with; basic nightmare stories

nightmares tend to be used with sans in headcanons quite often due to the endless possibilities that could unravel from a dream/nightmare, since in dreams you can foreshadow closeby events in the story, reveal your character’s worst fears, and even express the character in a complex and fantastic way that could give the readers and interesting puzzle to add to the plot.

sentence setup is key for a good book, wether it be fanfiction or not. what you could do is set up a sentence like so:

<words here> add the text of said action, such as heavy breathing, or running. <flavor text to spice up the action part of the sentence>

cliche and cringey example: “frisk... frisk, NO!” sans shot awake, sitting up while panting as sweat rolled down his smooth cranium, trying to regain his lost composure over the vivid nightmare that had crossed his eyes moments before.

paragraphs are interestingly different. to get appeal to a group of people, if you start of your paragraph with a sentence that follows a shiny uniform technique, the rest of the paragraph will be ‘sugar coated’ for lack of a better term, since the good thoughts from that first sentence made it work so much better. not saying you can’t do the more formal seeming sentence with all your... everything. but it’s easier to do just one. i did do focus groups on this to see what works better, for your information.

for example, write a paragraph like this:

sentence 1: proper sentence sentence 2: improper sentence, focus on actions line 3: improper sentence, focus on expression line 4: focus on flavor text

for a cliche example, continuing the example of the sentence; “frisk... frisk, NO!” sans shot awake, sitting up suddenly, panting as sweat rolled down his smooth cranium, trying to regain his lost composure over the vivid nightmare that had crossed his eyes moments before. Sans turned his head, and looked to his left, the only working eye he had left lighting the space around him to give the ability to see ever so slightly in the dark room. Sans felt so relieved to see Frisk fast asleep and safe next to him, chest calmly rising and falling to the peaceful rhythm of smooth sleep. Sans laid back down, inching closer to Frisk, hoping to not wake them.

that is how i have currently been writing sentences and paragraphs, but that is just solo interaction. a quick little setup for a scenario that could roll out could go like; sans + nightmares + magic + frisk > potential disaster = interesting story.

now, setting up a chain of events can help guide a story very easily, and if you set things up correctly, it can deliver both angst and the ship at the same time, wether it be platonic or not.

for example;

sans falls asleep>sans begins to have nightmares>magic comes to life while dreaming>results in noise one way or another>frisk hears noise>frisk runs to door>frisk knocks down door due to it being locked>frisk ignores everything to calm sans>embraces sans in hug>softly shushing sans>sans calms down>sans crys>sans murmurs something (i love you)>sans falls asleep, still crying while in frisk’s arms>frisk carries to bed>frisk sleeps alongside sans = end sequence this can easily show the relationship/potential relationship with frisk and sans, thus giving the story another interesting twist.

part 2; kissing and fluff.

let’s all be honest, as annoying as it can be, slower buildups are better for building the kiss when it finally comes, and making the kiss itself tell a story can really show what the two think of each other. you can have one of the two surprised while the other is passionate, you could have them both awkwardly do a first kiss, not knowing exactly what to do, you could have them both being passionate, etc and etc. there are so many ways you can express your head canon and the characters with a simple kiss, it can be one of the crucial keystones to your story. now, that being said, if you have the characters kiss too often, then it will take away from the meaning. like if you have a kiss for the first time, and the only other times you see the kiss is when they know they might not see each other again, than it can have an immense meaning, whereas, if you have your characters kiss at least once every day in the story, the times when they kiss in the more intense and somber situations, it doesn't mean as much as it could.

whew, not that we have that off my back, we can get to the fluff. honestly, fluff is some of my favorite things in stories. i tend to make really shitty fanfictions just for the reason of fluff.

there are two types of fluff, romantic fluff, and family fluff.

romantic fluff can be anything from cuddling to outright prep for sin. now, i am not one for writing sin, but i can explain some things on how. but i want to keep it PG so shhh.... don’t push it... cuddling, like hugging and leaning against each other, can express one’s love for another in a way that substitutes kissing, since family members don't tend to kiss each other, and can let you have your characters show love without taking away from the meaning of the kiss. cuddling can also be sleeping together, eating on the couch together, and etc. cuddling is a very important part of both romantic and family love, since it makes sure that the other knows that with said partner, wether it be family or romance, that they have a place to be, a place to keep safe, that they can always come here where there is warmth and food and water. okay, so now, you can add kissing, but if so, make it more like a subtle peck to the temple instead of an outright kiss, since it still gets the point across, but it doesn't exactly rip away from the triumph when they do end up kissing. okay I'm slipping back into this, i gotta get out again XD

sin must be kept at least decently realistic, if it goes totally out of whack and insane, it can confuse the reader and ruin the pace of the ‘interaction’ with each other. that being said, monsters do have magic. but whatever, don’t make it ridiculous.

all in all, 2+ family members + cuddling + casual talking = family fluff 2 people + cuddling + occasional pecks + calm talking = romantic fluff

part 3: wrap up + Q&A

okay, first off, thank you so much for reading all the way through! i cannot believe you actually read it all... heh!

this was honestly very fun for me to type up, and I'm personally proud of it. but, alas, my finder hurt now, and i still have to role-play with people XD

if you have any questions, or if this post needs more clearing up, feel free to ask me to clear it up or answer additional questions about writing this type of subject.

this was so nice being with you through this, and i hope you find this post helpful! ~sans

#sanspost #frans #sin?#nah not sin #lol #13+#frisk #sans #shipping #fanfiction #fluff #nightmares #please don't kill me #i really mean it i don't wanna die XD

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The Faith of Jesus

We are facing uncertain days. We continue to remain stuck in our homes, social distancing continues to take its toll on our relationships and emotional health. Unemployment continues to climb, some are watching their savings and their investments slowly shrinking while feeling completely powerless. Medical staff finds themselves facing challenging situations that continue to worsen. We keep waiting for things to get better, longing for good news.

Maybe next week will be better?

When can we see our friends?

Seniors won’t get to celebrate their graduation like they dreamed for years.

No sports, no concerts, no plays, many businesses closed, for many no work.

We don’t know how long this will last. We are don’t even have a good grasp on what this is. So what do we do?

Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. - Revelation 14:12 NKJV

Jesus

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. - John 1:1-3 NKJV

For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. - Colossians 1:16-17 NKJV

Let’s take a moment to try to grasp that Jesus is God and holds all of reality together. I know it’s impossible at fully grasp, but we can at least make an effort. Jesus, the most powerful being in the universe, our creator, chose to come and live among us and to die to save us.

This same Jesus who was with God and is God from the very beginning, Who created all things and for Whom all was created is the one who was born in a manger as a baby. Jesus chose to be born here on earth, to grow up experiencing life just like we do. Except Jesus actually lived a perfect life (Hebrews 4:15; 1 Peter 2:22), dedicated to healing and helping (Matthew 8:16; 12:15; 14:14, etc.).

For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. - 2 Corinthians 5:21 NKJV

Jesus became our sin offering on the cross and accepted our punishment. This is the grand exchange of the gospel — we exchange our sin for Jesus’ righteousness.

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many. - Mark 10:45 NKJV

23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, 26 to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. - Romans 3:21-26NKJV

Perhaps you are familiar with these texts and others like it that describe salvation through Christ’s substitutionary atonement. But where I want to focus on this post is how it felt for Jesus to die for our sins. What must it have been like experientially for the Son to be separated from the Father because of my transgressions?

Let’s read the account according to the gospel of Matthew

36 Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples, “Sit here while I go and pray over there.” 37 And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed. 38 Then He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with Me.”

39 He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.”

40 Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “What! Could you not watch with Me one hour? 41 Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

42 Again, a second time, He went away and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from Me unless I drink it, Your will be done.” 43 And He came and found them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy.

44 So He left them, went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words. 45 Then He came to His disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners. 46 Rise, let us be going. See, My betrayer is at hand.” - Matthew 26:36-46 NKJV (bold mine)

Try to imagine with me for a moment, Jesus has never been separated from the Father. The Godhead has never been separated. However, as the sins of all of humanity begin to be placed upon Jesus, He experiences the distance from God that we are so used to, but then it just kept getting worse. Jesus was bearing my sins, including the worst sins of my life. Including the times you felt the most distant from God and did the things you dare not even remember doing. Not only that, but Jesus is also taking upon Himself the horrible sins for those who will never accept His forgiveness. Jesus died for them too, should they ever choose Him, but even if they don’t. If they don’t turn to Jesus they will not receive forgiveness, yet He paid the price for them, to make salvation available to them. All the worse things done in this world, Jesus took all that guilt and it crushed Him. Jesus could not feel the Father, and He began to have second thoughts regarding going through all this.

4 Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. 5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. - Isaiah 53:4-6 NKJV (bold mine)

Jesus cried out to God “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me;”

If there was any other way for humanity to be saved, Jesus would prefer to not have to die, to not have to carry our sin and guilt. But there was no other way. From Genesis 3 (for more on this check out my posts Paradise Lost, and SomeOne is Coming) there had been a need for animal sacrifice, for the spilling of blood.

Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins. - Hebrews 9:22 ESV

But this was never enough. John the Baptist understood that the sacrificial system ultimately pointed to Jesus.

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! - John 1:29 NKJV

Everyone knew what happened to the Lamb, the lamb had to die because of my sins. Abraham had alluded to this, perhaps he was not even aware that the Holy Spirit was inspiring his words at the time when his son Isaac had asked him about the lamb for the sacrifice

And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.” So the two of them went together. - Genesis 22:8 NKJV

There was no other way, if Jesus gave up and decided to walk away we would all be lost, as well as everyone who died before us hoping that one day the Messiah would come and die for their sins. But praise God Jesus’ prayer did not end with His request for the cup to pass from Him, but rather with “nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.”

The Faith of Jesus

Jesus was in deep distress. We will never be able to comprehend what Jesus experienced that Friday. You see, you and I can barely handle our own guilt, the guilt of our own sins. We can barely bear our own griefs and sorrows, yet Jesus had to bear the griefs and sorrows of our entire planet. We will never know what it feels like to bear someone else’s pain. We can guess, and oftentimes mistakenly we say things like “I know what you’re going through.” But we don’t, we might have an idea, because we might have gone through something similar, but we never know, we never experience the pain of another. We may suffer with them, but not for them, not what they are experiencing. Yet Jesus suffered for all of us, He bore our griefs and carried our sorrows.

Here is the main point I wish to make.

Even though Jesus was being crushed by our transgressions. Even though Jesus was feeling distant from the Father. Even though Jesus was experiencing more suffering than any being has suffered in the history of the universe, He continued to trust in the Father. Jesus trusted the Father’s plan, knowing that the will of the Father would bring about the best possible outcome. Knowing the great love of the Father, Jesus trusted Him over His own experience and desires. Jesus felt misery, sorrow, pain, exhaustion, despair, fear, but He submitted to the Father and trusted the will of the Father. Jesus could have left, Jesus could have used His divinity and just left, or just destroyed everyone. Jesus could have quit at any point, but He stuck to the plan. When Jesus was experiencing too much agony to be able to think straight and began to have second thoughts, He still had faith in the Father and asked for the Father’s will to be done.

Again, a second time, He went away and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from Me unless I drink it, Your will be done.” - Matthew 26:42 NKJV

That my friends, is the faith of Jesus. I believe that is the faith that God’s people must have when things get tough. This is the faith that says “I feel scared, I don’t see a way out, but I will submit to the will of God and trust Him to provide.” When I am scared, when I am overwhelmed, when I panic, when I feel like I am about to die, I must still be able to trust God and in His will. I must know in the depths of my being that God is good and that He loves me and that when I submit to Him and His will the best possible outcome will come about. Even if I die, but I do so in accordance with God’s plans for my life, some good will come of it.

I am not saying we should be careless or throw our lives away. I am saying that even death, is not final when I am in a relationship with God. I may not be delivered the way I want to, I may not get what I am asking for, but I am open to what God has for me. I am ready to continue to fight and serve, I am also open to resting when the time comes. Ultimately I need the faith that allows me to lay all my plans, fears, and anxieties and desires at the feet of God and ask that His will be done.

When I have that faith, I can face anything. When I die to self and live for Jesus my life stops being about my and becomes all about the mission God has called me to.

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. - Galatians 2:20 ESV

The faith that Jesus had enabled Him to lay down His life knowing that if it was God’s will everything would work out in the end.

looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. - Hebrews 12:2 ESV

The joy that was set before Jesus was an eternity with those who love Him. Out joy is spending eternity with Jesus, and our faith in Him guarantees us that future and even makes it our present.

I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life. - 1 John 5:13 ESV

So as we face all the fears and uncertainties that come with COVID-19, I pray that we can have the faith that Jesus has, to trust the Father and submit to His will, even if it looks scary, even if it feels incredibly challenging, even if we fear for our life, that we may trust in Him and submit like Jesus did as our example. May we trust in God always and never rebel against His will.

May we always pray “Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. “ (Matthew 6:10 ESV)

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