#line upon line

[freebiblestudies]

Line Upon Line Lesson 007: Get on the Boat!

Genesis 7:1 - Then the Lord said to Noah, “Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation.”

Many people think God commanded Noah to build the ark solely to save the animals and his own family.  However, this is actually not true.

Let’s read together Ezekiel 14:14-20; Habakkuk 2:4; and Hebrews 11:6-7.

Noah was considered righteous by God because Noah believed in God. Noah demonstrated His faith in God through his obedience to God’s commands. Noah built the ark even though there was no evidence or prior history of floods in the world.

Note that the Bible clearly states Noah could not save anyone else with his righteousness.  This means Noah’s wife, his three sons, and their wives each had an individual faith in God. They also believed in God and were obedient to His words.

Let’s read together Psalm 142:7; Isaiah 42:6-7; 1 Peter 3:18-20; and 2 Peter 2:5.

The Bible described Noah as a preacher of righteousness. God used Noah to deliver a message of repentance. Noah wasn’t just building the ark for one hundred and twenty years. He was warning the entire world about God’s judgment and the impending flood.

Let’s read together Deuteronomy 30:19-20;  Matthew 24:37-39; Luke 17:26-27; and Ephesians 4:17-32.

In essence, Noah’s message was, “Repent now and get on the boat! If you do not, you will be destroyed by the coming flood!  This is the only way you can be saved!”

Unfortunately, no one listened to Noah. Their hearts were so set on sin, the Holy Spirit could not reach them.  God wanted to save them all, but they chose not to be saved.

Let’s read together Acts 4:10-12.

God gives us all the same choice today that He gave the people of the Antediluvian age. Repent now and accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior. There is no other way to be saved. Will you choose Jesus?

#bible study #Genesis 7:1 #Noah's ark #line upon line

[mosesonethirtynine]

For behold, thus saith the Lord God: I will give unto the children of men line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little; and blessed are those who hearken unto my precepts, and lend an ear unto my counsel, for they shall learn wisdom; for unto him that receiveth I will give more; and from them that shall say, We have enough, from them shall be taken away even that which they have.

2 Nephi 28:30

#2 nephi #the church of jesus christ of latter day saints #daily scripture #a disciple of christ #jesus christ #Line upon line

[stromblessed]

Mizu, femininity, and fallen sparrows

In my last post about Mizu and Akemi, I feel like I came across as overly critical of Mizu given that Mizu is a woman who - in her own words - has to live as a man in order to go down the path of revenge.

If she is ever discovered to be female by the wrong person, she will not only be unable to complete her quest, but there's a good chance that she'll be arrested or killed.

So it makes complete sense for Mizu to distance herself as much as possible from any behavior that she feels like would make someone question her sex.

I felt so indignant toward Mizu on my first couple watchthroughs for this moment. Why couldn't Mizu bribe the woman and her child's way into the city too? If Mizu is presenting as a man, couldn't she claim to be the woman's escort?

However, this moment makes things pretty clear. Mizu knows all too well the plight of women in her society. She knows it so well that she cannot risk ever finding herself back in their position again. She helps in what little way she can - without drawing attention to herself.

Mizu is not a hero and she is not one to make of herself a martyr - she will not set herself on fire to keep others warm. There's room to argue that Mizu shouldn't prioritize her quest over people's lives, but given the collateral damage Mizu can live with in almost every episode of season 1, Mizu is simply not operating under that kind of morality at this point. ("You don't know what I've done to reach you," Mizu tells Fowler.)

And while I still feel like Mizu has an obvious and established blind spot when it comes to Akemi because of their differences in station, such that Mizu's judgment of Akemi and actions in episode 5 are the result of prejudice rather than the result of Mizu's caution, I also want to establish that Mizu is just as caged as Akemi is, despite her technically having more freedom while living as a man.

Mizu can hide her mixed race identity some of the time, and she can hide her sex almost all of the time, but being able to operate outside of her society's strict rules for women does not mean she cannot see their plight.

It does not mean she doesn't hurt for them.

Back to Mizu and collateral damage, remember that sparrow?

While Mizu is breaking into Boss Hamata's manse, she gets startled by a bird and kills it on reflex. She then cradles it in her hands - much more tenderly than we've seen Mizu treat almost anything up to this point in the season:

She then puts it in its nest, with its unhatched eggs. Almost like she's trying to make the death look natural. Or like an accident.

You see where I'm going with this.

When Mizu kills Kinuyo, Mizu lingers in the moment, holding the body tenderly:

And btw a lot of stuff about this show hit me hard, but this remains the biggest gut punch of them all for me, Mizu holding that poor girl's body close, GOD

When Mizu arranges the "scene of the crime," Kinuyo's body is delicate, birdlike. And Mizu is so shaken afterward that she gets sloppy. She's horrified at this kill to the point that she can't bring herself to take another innocent life - the boy who rats her out.

MIZU'S ONE MOMENT OF SOFTNESS AND MERCY, COMING ON THE HEELS OF HER NEEDING TO KILL A GIRL TO SPARE HER THE WORST FATE THAT THIS RIGID SOCIETY HAS TO OFFER WOMEN, AND TO SPARE A BROTHEL FULL OF INNOCENT WOMEN WHO ARE THE CASTOFFS OF SOCIETY, NEARLY RESULTS IN ALL OF THEIR DEATHS

No wonder Mizu is as stoic and cold as she is.

And no wonder Mizu has no patience for Akemi whatsoever right before the terrible reveal and the fight breaks out:

Speaking of Akemi - guess who else is compared to a bird!

The plumage is more colorful, a bit flashier. But a bird is a bird.

And, uh

Yeah.

I like to think that Mizu killing the sparrow is not only foreshadowing for what she must do to Kinuyo, but is also a representation of the choice she makes on Akemi's behalf. She decides to cage the bird because she believes the bird is "better off." Better off caged than... dead.

But because Mizu doesn't know Akemi or her situation, she of course doesn't realize that the bird is fated to die if it is caged and sent back home.

Mizu is clearly not happy, or pleased, or satisfied by allowing Akemi to be dragged back to her father:

But softness and mercy haven't gotten Mizu anywhere good, recently.

There is so much tragedy layered into Mizu's character, and it includes the things she has to witness and the choices she makes - or believes she has to make - involving women, when she herself can skirt around a lot of what her society throws at women. Although, I do believe that it comes at the cost of a part of Mizu's soul.

After all, I'm gonna be haunted for the rest of this show by Mizu's very first prayer in episode 1:

"LET" her die. Because as Ringo points out, she doesn't "know how" to die.

Kind of like another bird in this show:

#blue eye samurai #mizu #akemi #kinuyo #bes #women are birds okay they are BIRDS #the let me die line is so SCARY AND SAD like a part of Mizu wants death but she cant? she doesnt know how?? excuse you show??? #when all these other delicate birds are dying all around her #akemis character gets more and more gutwrenching upon subsequent rewatches because whenever she says her life is in danger #NO ONE BELIEVES HER - certainly not other women #because shes rich and pampered and that means shes safe and is worrying about nothing right? right????? #and it turns out that all of akemis instincts were right and she was in danger the ENTIRE TIME #also I need to make a post just for kinuyo because I am sad

[music-in-my-veins14]

#Line Upon LIne #Saturday's Warrior #Musical #Music

[miss-sternennacht]

#I'm having lots of feelings and I feel like nearly crying after watching #once upon a studio #it's not much but god the nostalgia the voices #the fact that they used archived voices along with current ones!! #Hearing Robin Williams as Genie but not with any of the voice lines in Aladdin got me hard #disney #sternennacht update #but honestly the two things that hit me harder #was when you wish upon a star at the end #and Mickey looking at Walt. And they played Feed the Birds #THAT got me #For anyone who doesn't know Feed the Birds was Walt's favorite song and the song is beautiful #I'm just #I'm having feels #and the fact that this is gonna play before Wish?? Lord save that theater I will cry so hard

[cluemily]

Update on the Demise prize/winner thing:

Slight embargo on uploads, Pearl isn't streaming from Hermitcraft because the Demise results apparently is changing "how their season goes"

#hermitcraft #spoilers #demise is basically pushing them into this change #demise is generally a small part of it apparently #i also dunno how much of this is a personal embargo to line up the upload with other hermits #and a generally agreed upon decision

[pocketgalaxies]

"you say it doesn't care about us? what makes you think apathy is any better than disdain? to a god eater?" normal meet-the-parents convo

#banger line laudna! #liliana is in so deep. i wanna see things her way but #until she addresses the party's concerns about predathos' destruction upon the world once free it's just so hard #37m c3e92 #text #critical role #cr3 #cr lb #cr spoilers #laudna cr #liliana temult #predathos cr

[imperfectcourt]

Today I'm gonna spend my free moments thinking of Allison going pro and also creating her own fashion label and flicking her pony tail over her shoulder when people ask her how she does it all very "what, like it's hard?" But Then she also goes over to the other foxes houses whenever she's in the area and she eats an entire pizza on her own and splits a pack of beer with them and falls dead asleep on the couch in the ugliest way possible bc yea that's a lot of work and there's no place to unwind like home (with a fox)

#when she descends upon the andreil household it is with a suitcase from her up and coming athleisure line #and she and andrew are the ones splitting the beer while they make neil try it all on #and he doesnt mind bc he likes that they have something to bond over finally #and also bc he doesnt actually hate these clothes hmm she might be onto something here #aftg #allison reynolds #andreil #andrew minyard #neil josten

[cksdays]

The Reach

The beauty of always keeping a goal slightly out of reach #motivation #encouragement #goal

Some baby animals are born and can stand and walk within a short amount of time. For example, an elephant can stand 20 minutes after being born and learns to walk within its first hour. In two days, it can keep up with the herd. A giraffe can walk in about 30 minutes. For a human baby, the time varies but typically ranges between 9 and 18 months. Several factors need to fall into place before a…

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#encouragement #learn #life lesson #line upon line #motivation

[hadespaint]

I'm finally able to show my page for @onceuponaturnaboutzine !

My piece was based on stories of fairies as they appear in the works of Shakespeare. All of the plants that appear in the piece were chosen for their symbolic meanings in relation to Dahlia and Phoenix's relationship. I even made a little diagram explaining them that I'll put under the cut

transcript in case you can't read my terrible handwriting:

Wisteria: poisonous

Datura: poisonous, disguise, defeat

Baby's breath: poisonous, sweet love

Musk rose: referenced in A Midsummer Night's Dream, the standard garden rose of Shakespeare's time

Salix alba (willow): enchantment, love spells

Foxglove: poison, deception

Rosa carolina: love is dangerous

Bleeding heart: poisonous, love, it just looks sick as hell

Pink dahlia: femininity, love, I can't not include them

Ranunculus: attraction

Burgundy dahlia: betrayal

Rhododendron: poisonous, danger

Ranunculus sardous: madness, invitation

Sweet william: scorn, treachery, broken hearted men

Mallow: consumed by love

#ace attorney #phoenix wright #dahlia hawthorne #my art #digital #traditional #zine #once upon a turnabout zine #its both digital and trad bc i did the lines in ink and the color in csp

[freebiblestudies]

Lesson 038: More Righteous?

Genesis 38:26 - So Judah acknowledged them and said, “She has been more righteous than I, because I did not give her to Shelah my son.” And he never knew her again. 

Genesis chapter 38 tells a rather sordid story about sexual sins.  Judah and Tamar both committed sins in this story, yet Judah called her more righteous than him.  Why did he say that?

Let’s read together Genesis 38:1-11; Deuteronomy 25:5-10; and Numbers 36:7.

In the Old Testament, there was a custom known as levirate marriage.  If a man died childless, it was the duty of an unmarried brother to marry the widow.  The first child they had together would be the legal descendant of the dead man.  The purpose of this custom was to protect family lines and inheritances.

Er married Tamar, but Er died without an heir.  It was Er’s brother Onan’s duty to marry Tamar and have a child who would be considered Er’s legal heir.  Onan took advantage of the situation to have sexual relations with Tamar, but he did not want to provide an heir for Er.  The Lord killed Onan for his disobedience.  Judah promised Tamar she would marry his next son Shelah, but he reneged on his promise.

Let’s read together Genesis 38:12-25; Leviticus 20:14; Leviticus 21:9; Deuteronomy 22:20-22; and John 8:41.

The penalty for adultery in Old Testament times was stoning for both the man and woman.  Burning was the penalty for extreme cases.    Judah in his anger demanded Tamar should be burnt to death because he thought she committed harlotry.  However, Tamar gave proof that Judah was the one who got her pregnant.  Judah had to come clean about lying to Tamar and committing sexual sin.  

When Judah said Tamar was more righteous than him, Judah acknowledged his hypocrisy.  They both sinned, but he was the worse sinner.  Judah never had sex with Tamar again after this admission.

Let’s read together Matthew 7:1-2 and Luke 6:41-42.

May we be careful not to judge others and act as hypocrites.

#line upon line #bible study #Genesis 38:26 #Matthew 7:1-2

[azoosepted]

did i ever share this with the class or

#shitpost #anzu says shit #project moon #limbus company #library of ruina #Pm #projmoon #im gonna b real. i was in semi denial that i was actually bisexual for a few months until i played ruina and met gebura #my immediate first thought upon meeting her was something among the lines of “mommy?” #i jsust. auaggajwienfbennsf.

[royalarchivist]

Foolish: No- thank you, I– I appreciate it, sorry.

Bad: No, you're welcome–

Foolish: I'm sorry I didn't show my–

Bad: I also gave you tons of cobblestone.

Foolish: No! And- oh I don't think I said "thank you" either, oh you're right.

Bad: Oh ok. I just– you know how you could really show me thanks?

Foolish:

#Badboyhalo #Foolish #Foolish Gamers #Land duo #QSMP #BBH #hey. what the hell was that conversation #''This conversation can't possibly get worse than that line'' Oh but it CAN #and it DID #I did the exact ''head in hand'' thing Foolish did upon hearing this live. hell on earth #Landduo

[yuno-karei]

Hatsune Miku? In Mairuma?!?! More likely than you think

#I keep forgetting that I want to do a cleaner version of her but tbh I gave up have the doodle instead #mairimashita! iruma kun #m!ik #mairuma #hatsune miku #doodle #fanart #kinda? is it fanart? is it a redesign? im not sure #woe phone doodles be upon ye #yuno art #also I just wish there's a better way to watermark things on my phone I hate the bare naked look of the watermark where's the stroke line-

[m-a-salter]

Series 10, Episode 8: The Lie of the Land

#twelfth doctor #peter capaldi #the lie of the land #doctor who #gif #my edit #with every lesson learned a line upon your beautiful face

[sashthesloth]

“Janiris. It’s an asari holiday.” […] “It is mainly marked by a feast and the making of flower crowns and necklaces. Then exchanged between friends and lovers.”

The Untamed Effect, Chapter 6 by @thievinghippo

#my art #mdzs #technically mass effect but not really #it’s a mass effect au!! #the way I found this Fic right in the middle of my mass effect hyperfixation era just the perfect recipe for fanart #there were other scenes I really wanted to draw but the brain worms got a hold of paper flower crowns #maybe I’ll do the others we’ll see we’ll see #don’t ask me why I decided to draw a background #I did not want to colour it so basic flats and layer effects be upon ye #oops forgot the other character tags #wangxian #lan wangji #wei wuxian #a yuan #lan sizhui #technically #anyway I was using my comfort brush #to line it hmmmm #I really got to get more painting and shading practice #oh it’s been a while since I drew fanart for a fic tbh I think the last time was maaayyybeee for aftg? #no wait I think I did a CR one tooo #hiiii mutuals who I drew fanart for their fanfics mwah mwah