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saritawolff · 3 months

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Phew. This one took, uh… a bit longer than expected due to other projects both irl and art-wise, but it’s finally here. The long-awaited domestic animal infographic! Unfortunately, I didn’t have enough space to cover every single domestic animal (I’m so sorry, reindeer and koi, my beloveds) but I tried to include as many of the “major ones” as possible.

I made this chart in response to a lot of the misunderstandings I hear concerning domestic animals, so I hope it’s helpful!

Further information I didn’t have any room to add or expand on:

🐈 “Breed” and “species” are not synonyms! Breeds are specific to domesticated animals. A Bengal Tiger is a species of tiger. A Siamese is a breed of domestic cat.

🐀 Different colors are also not what makes a breed. A breed is determined by having genetics that are unique to that breed. So a “bluenose pitbull” is not a different breed from a “rednose pitbull”, but an American Pitbull Terrier is a different breed from an American Bully! Animals that have been domesticated for longer tend to have more seperate breeds as these differing genetics have had time to develop.

🐕 It takes hundreds of generations for an animal to become domesticated. While the “domesticated fox experiment” had interesting results, there were not enough generations involved for the foxes to become truly domesticated and their differences from wild foxes were more due to epigenetics (heritable traits that do not change the DNA sequence but rather activate or deactivate parts of it; owed to the specific circumstances of its parents’ behavior and environment.)

🐎 Wild animals that are raised in human care are not domesticated, but they can be considered “tamed.” This means that they still have all their wild instincts, but are less inclined to attack or be frightened of humans. A wild animal that lives in the wild but near human settlements and is less afraid of humans is considered “habituated.” Tamed and habituated animals are not any less dangerous than wild animals, and should still be treated with the same respect. Foxes, otters, raccoons, servals, caracals, bush babies, opossums, owls, monkeys, alligators, and other wild animals can be tamed or habituated, but they have not undergone hundreds of generations of domestication, so they are not domesticated animals.

🐄 Also, as seen above, these animals have all been domesticated for a reason, be it food, transport, pest control, or otherwise, at a time when less practical options existed. There is no benefit to domesticating other species in the modern day, so if you’ve got a hankering for keeping a wild animal as a pet, instead try to find the domestic equivalent of that wild animal! There are several dog breeds that look and behave like wolves or foxes, pigeons and chickens can make great pet birds and have hundreds of colorful fancy breeds, rats can be just as intelligent and social as a small monkey (and less expensive and dangerous to boot,) and ferrets are pretty darn close to minks and otters! There’s no need to keep a wolf in a house when our ancestors have already spent 20,000+ years to make them house-compatible.

🐖 This was stated in the infographic, but I feel like I must again reiterate that domestic animals do not belong in the wild, and often become invasive when feral. Their genetics have been specifically altered in such a way that they depend on humans for optimal health. We are their habitat. This is why you only really see feral pigeons in cities, and feral cats around settlements. They are specifically adapted to live with humans, so they stay even when unwanted. However, this does not mean they should live in a way that doesn’t put their health and comfort as a top priority! If we are their world, it is our duty to make it as good as possible. Please research any pet you get before bringing them home!

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great-and-small · 6 months

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Sheep tail go down goat tail go up that’s all you need to know

#small ruminant posting tonight #goats #sheep #memes #funny

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onenakedfarmer · 2 months

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Sheep and goats. You know the story.

#Matthew 25 #words of Jesus #rejected by christians #christians #christian beliefs #sheep and goats #MAGA #MAGAts #GOP #every christian #Donnie D-Cups

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the-big-picture-bible-blog · 2 months

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Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these

Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these STATEMENT: Feed the hungry, clothe the needy, visit the sick, welcome the stranger, help the less fortunate. (Jesus words, Matt 25:35-40.) I’ve always thought it curious that Jesus makes the distinction between the righteous and the unrighteous based on this criteria. Curiously missing is “confessing and believing”, having correct…

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#judgement #kingdom #millennial kingdom #sheep and goats #tribulation #works

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two-calicos-in-a-trenchcoat · 10 months

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HORSE PACK FOR SIMS

#HORSES #SHEEP AND GOATS #AHHHHHH

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scripture-pictures · 1 year

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#lambs for clothes #goats are the price of the field #sheep and goats #proverbs #bible #daily bread #nightly bread #god is love #tree of life

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angelthefirst1 · 1 month

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The biblical end times - Millennium.

A future vision of the 1000-year reign of Christ. TOWL 103

So, I've always said that TWD is using the bible and very specifically the biblical end time events as a template for the show.

Episode 3 didn't disappoint in giving us some major biblical end times symbolism.

Overall, the whole premise of The Walking Dead is in fact biblical.

The concept is just a reworked version of fallen humanity in need of a saviour/cure.

The Zombies are a representation of fallen humankind, walking around, unaware, that they are the walking dead.

As Rick says, "We're all infected," and death without a cure brings about a state of undying permanent death.

Knowing this is the template they are using can really unlock the symbolism in the show.

It also guarantees that they will eventually bring a cure, through most likely Beth who has been marked as Jesus.

I've already talked about how the CRM rings are a depiction of the Trinity. They are called Borromean rings. They symbolically represent the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. So CRM=God.

103 TOWL gives us a glimpse into a shadow of the future.

We see Rick enter into the "Millennium park"

What is the biblical millennium?

It's described as the thousand year reign of Christ when he returns. It begins after the battle of Armageddon.

The millennium is a time when the earth is restored to a garden of Eden like state. (The beginning is the end, and the end is the beginning)

Hence, the focus here, as Rick is about to enter, is on a garden/park, and it's all powered by the CRM (God)

We even get a representation of the Trinity in the wind turbines powering the garden, all while the millennium park sign is in the background behind Rick.

It's a time of abundance and peace.

Again, the focus when Rick enters is also on the abundance of produce, and yes, we instantly see a Beth (Christ) lookalike.

With French beret...

Jadis gives us more hints about this millennium. She says they have a 500-year plan to remake the world better than before.

To recreate the world and finally beat death.

Since the millennium is known as the 1000-year reign of Christ, and we just saw the millennium sign, plus a Beth (Christ) lookalike. Jadis' "besting death" comment is drawing from this bible verse...

1 Corinthians 15:54-57 O Hades, where is your victory? ' The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” Jesus Christ has conquered death.

Before Jadis entered into the millennium, she explained that she would take lost souls and give them to the CRM (God).

Now, if you remember back to Daryl Dixon episode 1, it's called Lost Soul (Lame Perdue), and Daryl's journey has very much been a spiritual journey to find Beth, just like he found Isabelle in that lost soul episode.

It's also why the episode Find Me with Leah was all about finding Beth.

or...as Aaron puts it. "Good news."

"I have Good News"

I've mentioned before how Aaron saying the term "good news" right as the music box plays is SIGNIFICANT.

The Gospel of Jesus Christ means Good News.

So, finding Jesus Christ is finding the "good news" and, by extension, Beth. That is why Aaron says those exact words when the music box plays.

Daryl, as the lost soul, is on a journey to find the "Good news." 🎶 🎵 📦

Jadis mentions quite a few more biblical references before the end of the episode, including saying...

"I'm a believer", and "We're the last light of the world" 🌎

We also see the consignee talking with Michonne, saying they are on the doorstep to paradise. (The millennium)

The separation of the sheep 🐑 and the goats 🐐

One other aspect of the millennium they are reworking in TOWL is the theme of the A's and B's.

There are conditions of entry into the millennium kingdom after the battle, and it's known as the separation of the sheep 🐑 and the goats 🐐

The idea of A's and B's comes from this verse...

Matthew 25.31

All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.

The sheep, the followers, or believers will be granted entry into the Millennium after the battle of Armageddon.

And no surprise, we see Jadis and Rick walk past a sheep 🐑 sign to add another link to the chain.

Goats are not allowed into the kingdom.

In this context, being a goat or "Greatest of all time" indicates a mindset of thinking you are god, and want to be in power, or be the leader.

Which is why Satan fell and got kicked out of heaven in the first place. He wanted to be God...

Isaiah 14.13

You said in your heart, "I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain. 14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High."

It's also why you may have seen Satan represented by the symbolism of a goat 🐐 or Baphomet.

The A & B theme has a dual and opposite meaning.

While we have been presented with its meaning in the show being related to the A's = Strong/leaders and the B's = Survivors/followers.

It's actually another take on the conditions of entry into the millennium kingdom.

Only the B's or Believers will be able to enter and will be the ones who live...

While the A's or Apostates/goats won't be granted entry.

The battle of Armageddon that proceeds the millennium.

The reason it's called the battle of Armageddon is because the battle will take place in the Valley of Megiddo.

You have already seen a depiction of the battle of Armageddon in TWD. You just might not realise it, I'll show you soon...

The battle of Armageddon is where the nations of the earth gather to try and destroy God (CRM)

Revelation 16.14

Demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty.

‭‭Revelation 16:16

Then they gathered the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.

In season 9, we saw the last battle against the Saviours, and it was a representation of this battle. The Saviours war was fought in a representation of that valley.

They chose that filming location to depict the Valley of Magiddo.

After the battle, Satan is locked up for the 1000-years.

Here is one verse they are pulling from about Satan, the 1000-year millennium at the end of the battle.

Revelation 20.1-6

And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended.

So... Satan is bound and locked up for the 1000 years (goats won't enter) after the battle of Armageddon, which he loses.

After the war with The Saviours, who got locked up and spent a long time locked away in the "pit"?

Negan!

Yes, Negan was symbolically Satan. His weapon of choice is called Lucille, a play on Lucifer.

Not long after that battle, and Negan getting locked up, Rick gets taken away into the millennium...

Now, just like Negan was let out of prison, Satan, too, is released after a long period of time.

‭‭Revelation 20:7 When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison.

So, Negan getting out of prison was a rework of Satan getting released.

Thoughts on...

The cure - Echelon - Phamakon - Mark of the Beast.

The Echelon briefing will be related to a cure, and it's connected to pharmakeia or pharmacy (a drug).

Again, as I've mentioned, we are repeating seasons 1 and 5 combined.

The CDC in season 1 of TWD, was a failed hope for a pharmacological cure that ends up burning.

Whereas season 5 gave us Beth as Christ sacrificing her blood.

As i mentioned above, Jesus defeats death. Is the cure through death and blood sacrifice, and in the show that will come through Beth.

That cure will grant entry into the millennial kingdom.

So there will be two "cures" presented. One will be real, and one will be fake or poison, as Major Beale said to Rick.

Phamakon means cure AND poison, and they are related to the word pharmacy.

The thing is, if the biblical end times is the template they're following, and it is, then there is another kingdom at play here, the Millennial Kingdom of Christ and the other kingdom is the kingdom of the beast.

The kingdom of the beast is the ruling kingdom prior to the millennium, it's this kingdom that causes the world to come and fight against God in the battle of Armageddon.

The two kingdoms are mirror inverted images of each other.

The other condition of entry into the millennium is to have NOT taken the Mark of the Beast - the mark of the Antichrist.

Revelation 20.4

I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

The mark of the beast is forced on all people of the world prior to the battle of Armageddon...

‭‭Revelation 13:17

And it makes everyone — small and great, rich and poor, free and slave — to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark: the beast’s name or the number of its name.

During the kingdom of the beast or the Antichrist kingdom, if you don't receive the Mark of the Beast, you won't be able to buy and sell, and you will be killed. Ultimately you won't be a part of the Antichrist Kingdom if you don't bow the knee and become a follower.

Its the inverse to the millennium kingdom where you will also have to be a follower.

The conditions of entry are almost identical into each kingdom but one will bring a real cure while one bring a poison.

The Kingdom of the antichrist also has a trinity, it includes the Antichrist, the beast and the false prophet.

Antichrist kingdom ♾️ Millennial kingdom.

This episode (103) is called "Bye", a callback to Beth's "Glad I didn't say goodbye" remark, but it's also a hint at buying and selling aka the mark of the beast.

Here we see in the millennial kingdom a sign depicting buying, selling and trading, of the abundance of produce available to those who were granted entry into the kingdom. The condition of entry again was to take the real cure and be a follower of the real Christ (Beth)

In complete opposition and fulfillment of beginning to end, the beast kingdom will only allow in those who bow to the fake cure and the fake Christ, but it's a poison...

When Major Beale mentioned Pharmakon, my eyes 👀 flew out of my head because of this verse from the book of Revelation...

Rev 18.23

‭‭The light of a lamp will never shine in you again; and the voice of a groom and bride will never be heard in you again. All this will happen because your merchants were the nobility of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.

The word “sorcery” used here is translated from the Greek word pharmakeia. This is where we get our word pharmacy.

The bible mentions powerful people using Pharmacy and deceiving the whole world just before the millennium.

So, while a pharmacy drug will be presented as a cure, it will actually be a deception. Like Major Beale said, Pharmakon cure is poison.

Revelation 19.20

And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who in its presence had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.

Just like in season one at the CDC, it's false hope of a cure burns. 🔥 🔥 🔥 Along with the mark of the beast.

We did get two hints at the CDC, one of the real cure and one of the fake cure BTW.

Dr Jenner says a blood test is the condition of entry.

So...blood is the condition of entry 🤔 that will come through the blood of Christ.

We see a representation of this with Andrea (Beth) giving blood. She's the only one we actually see giving blood.

We also saw a representation of the fake cure and it's end result. When Dr Jenner locks them in the CDC he presses 3 digits on a keypad.

999

‭‭Revelation 13:18

This calls for wisdom: Let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, because it is the number of a person. Its number is 666.

Him locking them in (The beast Kingdom) activates the self destruction that leads to the CDC burning.

Revelation 19.20

It is not a coincidence that the outbreak that causes the end of the world, began with a drug in the form of an injection...and the CDC burns 🔥 after a failed attempt at a cure.

💉 👀 beginning to end.

Now, this show likes to repeat, reverse, and invert the story over and over.

They are giving a mix of this end time symbolism to both the good guys and the bad guys deliberately.

But we will eventually see all groups come together to fight the CRM.

We are on a collision course with a bigger, badder, and better version of that battle of Armageddon, but this time with Beth included.

Because yes, this story is still all about her.

I liken her to the Holy Ghost of the Trinity right now. Because even though she's not present on the show, if you're aware, she's influencing every aspect of it.

Jesus Christ (Beth) is coming soon.

✝️ ❎️ 🩸🐑🐐🩸💉♾️💉🩸🐐🐑🩸❎️✝️

#team delusional #team defiance #team beth lives #bethyl #beth greene #beth is alive #beth is coming #beth greene lives #td #beth x daryl #sheep and goats #millennium #mark of the beast

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edelweissacermacrophyllum · 1 year

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Mother knows best

Job 40-42, Psalm 18:43-50, Matthew 25:14-46

Until the moment I put in the title for this one I thought it was going to be, "Might makes right". And I'm not above cliches but I was struck by how much God in this passage resembles Mother Gothel from Disney's Tangled. Job comes to God with a legitimate complaint and God just says that Job isn't possibly clever enough to challenge Them. And perhaps it's blasphemic but I don't think that that's the right way to handle a situation. I mean, I would never say that to a child. I would consider it my job to explain the situation to them in a way they could understand.

In this passage God just seems to be a little insecure, answering the age old question of if-a-just-God-exists-why-do-the-innocent-suffer with a total non-answer. God just says, who are you to question me? Now check out these two cool monsters I made.

But I tend to not be generous towards God in this blog and thay may be evidence of either my own skepticism or my own faith that God couldn't possibly be that insecure. But if I were to be generous to God I would take his next action as the real answer. The point is that we don't need to find a meaning for suffering because it is inherently meaningless. Job's friends thought that they could help Job, and I truly believe that this is what they thought they were doing, by explaining to him reasons for his suffering. And perhaps if he understood enough, then the suffering would have no power but it was nonsense and just hurt Job more because the best reason they could come up with was that Job deserved it.

But God doesn't do any of that. They simply challenge Job and in doing so dignify him, if not as an equal, then at least as someone worthy of convincing. And then he gives Job back all his health and wealth. Maybe Job learned from the experience and maybe he didn't. Maybe he'd be one of those people who said later in life that this was the most valuable time in his life and he wouldn't trade it for anything. And maybe he had deep rooted anxieties and trauma for the rest of his life.

But I am convinced that the answer to suffering is not a reason for suffering but healing and joy. The satisfying answer to injustice is not reasons for injustice but actual justice.

Jesus tells us two parables in this passage, the first one about people who are told to, "play God". He called three servants and entrusted his wealth to them. Two invest as a rich man would and they make more money. The third buries it in the ground and lets it stagnate. When asked why, he replies that he was afraid because he knew God was a cruel master, who took what was not his on a whim, and God, offended, fires and punishes him. I think that this story doesn't paint as cruel a picture of God as we think it might. First, it shows that God gives us agency, second, that They expect us to use it like They would, and third that the crime that gets us in trouble is a crime of neglect, not of action. Jesus talks a lot about crimes of neglect, actually.

What really ticks God off in this story is the servant who did absolutey nothing with the responsibility granted them, and treated the gift as irrelevant. He was apathetic and when questioned made some excuse that didn't hold up under scrutiny. Listen. If you feel like you are doing nothing with your life, don't take this as a criticism. I don't think God was punching down at those who are struggling. It doesn't fit with the rest of his character.

Take this as encouragement, if you are afraid of failing God. What's missing is a servant who invests and tries to play God but fails and loses everything. What would God say to him? In the parable of the prodigal son, we find out, I think. "Welcome home." But that tale is for another day.

The second story is about the sheep and the goats, the great sorting ceremony between Gryfinndor and off-to-hell-with-you. And the crimes of the latter are crimes of neglect. Neglecting the poor and vulnerable. Jesus identifies with the weak here and I think this gets at an idea which I have been mulling over.

Power does not corrupt, I think. Rather it is the process of seeking power that corrupts. Those who are given power or who need power for a higher purpose are not as often corrupted by it. And those who voluntarily give up their power for the sake of a relationship, the humble parent who sits and empathizes with a sobbing child, the teacher who works hard to teach the struggling student, the politician who sleeps on the streets from time to time, all these are leaders worth following. And I think that God is one of them.

And the answer to God when They ask, "Do you have an arm like God's?" is not 'no', but 'yes, what do you want me to do with it?"

#Job #Bible in a year #sheep and goats #talents

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