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loveinhawkins · 10 months

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Thinking again about theater kid Dustin so naturally I had to come to you 💙 Specifically I’m thinking about Dustin auditioning for a community theater production of Jesus Christ Superstar with an eccentric director who convinces Eddie to audition for Judas. He knows his reputation and thinks his notoriety will add an extra meta layer to the role (and get some butts in the seats he’s gotta keep the lights on somehow). Eddie is reluctant to put himself in the spotlight but ultimately does cause Dustin is excited about it. Also he’s really good? He plays it completely sincerely which no one is expecting, really leans into the interpretation that Judas was in love with Jesus and amps up the tragedy. (Afterwards Steve also asks him if that kiss with Jesus is in the script or…?)

i love this so much, thank you for sharing with me! ❤️ theatre kid Dustin is just so incredibly precious & i just love the thought of him having so much fun with it in his future. like i see him as such a little social butterfly, i think everyone in the theatre group would adore him (i’m always so upset when his peers make fun of him at the snow ball, no, that’s my boy!!!)

and oh my god Jesus Christ superstar yes!!! yeah i can see Eddie being so hesitant about it, like the thought of how certain factions of hawkins might still view him makes him nauseous.

but the director—who maybe knows through close-knit community theatre circles that a very young Eddie once played Action in West Side Story (i love your story so much ❤️)—has one last parting shot which convinces him.

“So you never want to have fun ever again?”

… Huh, Eddie thinks.

he still asks for Dustin’s approval, all too concerned with the thought that this is Dustin’s thing and maybe he’s overstepping or something, or—

“Holy shit, that’s some seriously impressive over-thinking,” Dustin says. “You’re my friend, asshole.”

And maybe he says it with a tone, but he means I wanna hang out more with you not less!

so Eddie takes the role and of course he’s brilliant—okay everyone’s got opinions on the auto tune used in Tim Minchin’s rendition but dear god the depths in his eyes, the acting. also maybe the director does a present day take like that version did & Eddie’s jokingly like “I could wear the hellfire tshirt” & the director’s eyes light up & Eddie quickly goes, “No. That was a joke, it wouldn’t even make sense.”—and maybe there’s something empowering in playing this figure when people once said his name and the Devil’s in the same breath.

Maybe, maybe.

and oh we all know who Eddie is thinking about when he’s singing:

I don't know how to love him I don't know why he moves me He's a man, he's just a man He's not a king, he's just the same As anyone I know He scares me so

and

Does he love, does he love me too? Does he care for me?

And oh on a lighthearted note, Steve asking if the kiss is in the script has me in hysterics, especially if this is pre-them getting together.

just the thought of Steve staring grumpily any time there’s a scene with Jesus & Judas—the guy who plays Jesus is maybe like a couple years older than Eddie, not originally from Hawkins perhaps so he’s kinda not fully aware of Eddie’s history & sure, he’s nice, but he’s just not on Eddie’s radar at all.

So when Steve asks if the kiss was in the script (not that he cares! At all! He doesn’t care! Look at how much he doesn’t care!), Eddie stares at him for a long moment and says, “Steve. Did you think I improvved the Bible?”

Dustin, who is also here—currently doing English homework up on a barstool in Steve’s kitchen while Eddie & Steve lounge on the couch—sighs very loudly and says, “How the fuck am I supposed to know what role dialogue plays in Much Ado About Nothing?”

Eddie waves a hand distractedly at him. “Just make it up.”

“I can’t just because my way through Shakespeare,” Dustin says, adds in a huffy undertone, “this isn’t one of your campaigns.”

Eddie mimes being stabbed in the heart. “Oh, betrayal!”

“So it was in the script?” Steve says.

“Oh for—yes, Steve, it was,” Eddie says. “It’s called acting. Also, it was on the cheek.”

“So?”

“So—ugh, just—” Eddie tugs on Steve’s wrist impulsively, while another part of his brain is screaming in vain for him to stop. “Come here.”

“What’re you doing?”

“I’m just showing you how fucking little it—”

I’m never finishing this essay, Dustin thinks. My home life is distracting and chaotic.

And Eddie kisses Steve very very chastely on the cheek, just to show it was nothing, that’s all, but Steve can feel Eddie’s breath on his skin, the warmth of his lips, and Eddie doesn’t really think it through until he does it and then oh shit, his heart is pounding—

“Oh, yup cool,” Steve says. “That’s—yeah, wow, that’s it? Huh. I need some air.”

“From your own house?” Dustin says, to the front door already slamming shut.

And Eddie’s eyes are wide and shiny, like, did I fuck up, and it takes all of Dustin’s self control to not roll his eyes and slam his face into his book.

Then he softens a bit, remembers looking out into the audience and seeing Steve silently crying while Eddie sang You have murdered me.

“You’re so dumb,” Dustin tells Eddie as gently as he can. “You’re lucky I love you.”

“Uh.” Eddie blinks. “Did I—should I…?”

Dustin sighs wearily, slings his backpack over his shoulder. And he has a parting shot of his own:

“I’m not waiting through another production for you two to get your shit together.”

#i hope this repays even a little bit the joy i had thinking about this! ❤️#dustin henderson headcanons #eddie munson headcanons #steddie headcanon #steddie hcs #henderfam #steddie #eddie and dustin #steve and dustin #steddie ficlet #dustin henderson #steve x eddie #eddie munson #steve harrington #JCS AU

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study-with-aura · 2 months

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

It's another day of a quick dinner while updating my studyblr before I get ready for ballet and head out for dance. I feel like there is a lot going on this week. A look at my upcoming week: robotics course tomorrow, impromptu Girl Scouts meeting on Thursday for World Thinking Day (it's a homeschool troop, so we can meet during regular school hours for special meetings), I have a history project due on Saturday along with another cookie booth, plus I'm really amping up with my piano studies now to prepare for my practical and theory exams in May. I'm going to try to fit another hour of practice somewhere if I can, even if it is only one or two extra hours a week.

Tasks Completed:

Geometry - Reviewed Pythagorean theorem + learned about the distance formula + practice + learned about the midpoint formula + practice + honors work

Lit and Comp II - Reviewed Unit 16-18 vocabulary + read chapter 24 of Emma by Jane Austen + copied poetry terms + read examples of figurative language from Robert Frost's poems + read "The Swing" and noted poetic devices used + read about types of sentence structures + quiz (9/10)

Spanish 2 - Answered questions in Spanish with answers in Spanish

Bible I - Read Joshua 11-12

World History - Read timeline for days 13-16 out of 37 days prior to the start of WWI

Biology with Lab - Read about global warming + read about impact of global warming + watched part of a video about some scientists saying CO2 caused by global warming is politics and it's really from the sun's radiation in order to see another side of the global warming argument

Foundations - Read the definition of punctuality + played 5 minute mystery + learned about begging the question, appeal to nature, and anecdotal fallacies

Piano - 60-minute piano lesson + practiced for one hour

Khan Academy - Completed High School Biology Unit 9: Lesson 7 (parts 1-4) + Completed High School Geometry Unit 6: Lesson 1

CLEP - Completed Module 10 reading "World War I" 12.1-12.2.2

Duolingo - Studied for 15 minutes (Spanish, French, Chinese) + completed daily quests

Reading - Read pages 93-136 of My Dear Henry: A Jekyll & Hyde Remix by Kalynn Bayron

Chores - Laundry

Activities of the Day:

Personal Bible Study (Deuteronomy 31)

Ballet

Pointe

Journal/Mindfulness

What I’m Grateful for Today:

I am grateful for an easy day of study despite a lot of copying work.

Quote of the Day:

Dreams are lovely but they are just dreams. Fleeting, ephemeral, pretty. But dreams do not come true just because you dream them. It’s hard work that makes things happen. It’s hard work that creates change.

-Shonda Rhimes

🎧A Night in Tunisia - Dizzy Gillespie

#study community #study blog #study inspiration #study motivation #studyblr #studyblr community #study-with-aura

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walkswithmyfather · 1 year

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“I will follow your teachings forever and ever.”—Psalm 119:44 (ERV)

“I will observe your laws every moment of the day and will never forget the words you say. I will walk with you in complete freedom, for I seek to follow your every command.” —Psalm 119:44-45 (TPT)

“But solid food is for the [spiritually] mature, whose senses are trained by practice to distinguish between what is morally good and what is evil.”—Hebrews 5:14 (AMP)

“Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.”—Luke 5:16 (NIV)

“How To Study The Bible” (Foundations) Devotional By Faithspring.

Day 2 - “Great Bible Study is Habitual:”

“We become what we repeatedly do.” – Sean Covey

“Whether we know it or not, our lives are based around our habits. What we eat, how we react to stress, whether or not we snooze the alarm – these are all dictated by the habits we have allowed into our lives.

Author Charles Duhigg writes that approximately 45% of everything we do in a day, every day, is habitual. If you have good habits, then this is encouraging. But if your habits aren’t what you want them to be, then that means half of the decisions you had the opportunity to make were already chosen for you (and poorly chosen at that).

I’m telling you this because I want you to grasp how important it really is to regularly get into God’s Word.

Why were the giants of faith we see in Scripture so effective? Because time with God and time in His Word were non-negotiable pieces of their every day.

Despite all the mistakes King David made, he kept coming back to God’s Word, readjusting his life according to what it said, and impacting Israel’s history because of it.

Paul grew up a passionate Pharisee who lived and breathed the Scriptures. And once Jesus upturned his life, he approached God’s Word with a whole new confidence and fulfilled his life’s purpose because of it.

If anyone could have taken a pass at a daily Bible habit, it was Jesus. Yet time and time again we see Jesus sneaking off to read and pray in quiet. He understood, better than any of us, how deeply our humanity needs to be fueled by encounters with the divine.

Pro-Tip: Struggling to consistently read your Bible? Leave it open and placed near either the entrance to your bedroom or kitchen. This way, just by going about your normal daily routine you'll read at least 1 verse as your walk by. The goal of creating a solid Bible habit is to make it simple (1 verse) and visual (already opened and in your path).”

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gatekeeper-watchman · 4 months

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Daily Devotionals for December 15, 2023

Proverbs: God's Wisdom for the Day Devotional Scripture:

Proverbs 30:20-23 (KJV): 20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness. 21 For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear: 22 For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat; 23 For an odious woman when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress. Proverbs 30:20-23 (AMP): 20 This is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, I have done no wickedness. 21 Under three things the earth is disquieted, and under four it cannot bear up: 22 Under a servant when he reigns, a (empty-headed) fool when he is filled with food, 23 An unloved and repugnant woman when she is married, and a maidservant when she supplants her mistress.

Thought for the Day

Verses 20-23 - These verses describe an array of people who are types of rebellious sinners who cause trouble for others.

An Adulterous Woman: This woman simply does what she does, in the same way a person would eat a meal and wipe his mouth after they finish. She is so hardened, that she feels no guilt and claims she has done no wrong. The Bible tells us that we are all sinners in need of a Savior and that we must confess our sins and ask God to forgive us; only then can we be cleansed (1 John 1:8-10).

A Servant When He Reigns: People suffer when a servant who is not trained for the office of a king obtains that position.

A Rebellious Fool When He Is Prosperous: The Hebrew word for "fool" in this verse indicates a vile, ungodly person who rejects God's Word. Only the rich in ancient times had an abundance of food; thus "filled with meat" indicates prosperity. An ungodly person uses position and money selfishly and often for evil purposes. Nabal, (1 Samuel 25:2-38) and modern-day mobsters are examples of this kind of fool.

An Odious Woman Who Marries: A bitter woman with hateful characteristics can cause much trouble and make life unpleasant for her family and others. Marriage tends to give a woman a degree of authority and respectability, increasing the pride of a woman with bad character. The Bible instructs women not to become busybodies. "And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not. I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, and give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully. For some are already turned aside after Satan" (1 Timothy 5:13-15).

A Servant Who Is Heir To Her Mistress: There have been instances throughout history of maids persuading mistresses to make them heirs of their possessions, or servant girls who displace mistresses in the affections of their husbands. When servile, mean-spirited people come into a position of power, however slight, they are prone to become proud and use whatever advantage they can to promote themselves.

Each situation is bad enough in itself, but if all of these were true in the life of one person, it would be unbearable. If the servant who reigned was a bitter, adulterous woman, who was also a prosperous rebel and had gained her position by displacing her mistress, this would be an unbearable combination. God calls us to be holy, whatever our position or status (1 Peter 3:3-5).

Prayer Devotional for the Day

Dear heavenly Father, thank you for liberating women to be what You have called them to be. Lord, may we, as women, please You first, and secondly please our husbands. Lord, may we have a submissive spirit toward our mates and seek to minister and serve them as You would. Lord, purify my heart and create a right spirit in me. May Christian marriages be an example of Your love on this earth. Deliver us from all quarreling, bitterness, and anger, and give us a meek and quiet spirit, which is, in Your sight, of great price. I ask in Jesus' name. Amen.

From: Steven P. Miller @ParkermillerQ, gatekeeperwatchman.org Founder of Gatekeeper-Watchman International Groups, Friday, December 15, 2023, Jacksonville, Florida., USA. X ... @ParkermillerQ #GWIG, #GWIN, #GWINGO, #Ephraim1, #IAM, #Sparkermiller, #Eldermiller1981

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haggishlyhagging · 7 months

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As part of a far-flung community of fellow pop-culture feminists that has bloomed over the years, I've seen pop culture and media transform feminism, for better and for worse and feminism, in turn, change pop culture and media. But as I started to write this book, something weird happened: feminism got cool.

A current of excitement that had previously been humming just under the surface of mainstream culture suddenly amped up. In August 2014, Beyoncé commanded the stage at the close of MTV's Video Music Awards, the word "FEMINIST" glowing in neon lights behind her as her song "Flawless" sampled the words of Nigerian author Chimimanda Ngozi Adichie. (“We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller. We say to girls, ‘You can have ambition, but not too much.’”) The sample concludes with Adichie paraphrasing the dictionary definition of "feminist": "The person who believes in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes." Though the song was already well known, and though Beyoncé's particular brand of business-minded feminism was threaded through lyrics dating back to her Destiny's Child days, the visual display served as her official flag in the ground. Bathed in spotlights, the biggest pop star in the world rocked the once-maligned label like a curve-hugging Met Gala dress, literally spelling it out for an audience of more than eight million.

Beyonce staking her claim to feminism was the start of a media domino effect. Shortly after, Emma Watson, beloved for years as Harry Potter's Hermione, gave a speech on the importance of gender equality to the United Nations noting, among other things, that "[i]t is time that we all perceive gender on a spectrum, instead of [as] two sets of opposing ideals." The pop singer Taylor Swift, who several years earlier had disavowed feminism, quickly changed tack with a media announcement that, in fact, she'd been feminist all along. At Paris Fashion Week, Chanel's runway-show finale took the form of a feminist rally, with models draped in the label's signature tweeds raising signs that read "History is Her Story" and "Women's Rights Are More Than Alright." Brands like Verizon, Always, and Pantene began centering feminist themes in their ads for wireless plans, maxi pads, and shine-boosting shampoos. And my Google alert for "women and feminism," which used to turn up lonely articles with headlines like "Feminism: Outmoded and Unpopular," began teeming with woman-power boosterism: "Beyonce's Hip New Club: Feminism," "Emma Watson Gives Feminism New Life," "Why Male Feminists Are Hot." Seemingly overnight, almost every female celebrity—and a fair number of male ones—who walked a red carpet was asked whether they were feminists. References to Lena Dunham and Leaning In were suddenly cropping up in everything from gossip columns to in-flight magazines. The increasing presence of transgender women in mainstream pop culture—Laverne Cox, Janet Mock, the Amazon series Transparent—offered new opportunities to talk about gender as a limiting social construct. Cosmopolitan, the bible of man-pleasing sex tips, began embracing more explicitly political writers and subjects, though it will still teach you "40 Ways to Blow His Mind." Feminism, so long dismissed as the realm of the angry, the cynical, the man-hating, and the off-puttingly hairy, was officially a thing. It was hot. And, perhaps most important, it was sellable.

-Andi Zeisler, We Were Feminists Once

#andi zeisler #pop culture #feminism and culture #feminism and capitalism

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mostlysignssomeportents · 1 year

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This day in history

#20yrsago The music industry STILL owes you $20! https://web.archive.org/web/20030621074412/https://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,57111,00.html

#20yrsago New metaverse game launches https://web.archive.org/web/20030203141646/http://www.prod.there.com

#20yrsago Jon Johansen acquitted! https://www.wired.com/2003/01/dvd-cracking-teen-acquitted/

#20yrsago Paleospam: the first-ever spam and the reaction https://www.templetons.com/brad/spamreact.html

#20yrsago William Gibson has a blog https://web.archive.org/web/20030201231918/https://williamgibsonbooks.com/blog/blog.asp

#20yrsago JWZ’s mom discovers interface cruft https://web.archive.org/web/20021203003049/http://mpt.phrasewise.com/stories/storyReader$374

#20yrsago Samuel Pepys’ diary in blog form https://web.archive.org/web/20030126062255/https://www.pepysdiary.com/

#20yrsago Microsoft subverts sunshine laws at state colleges https://web.archive.org/web/20030223094924/https://research.yale.edu/lawmeme/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=759

#15yrsago From Nazi collaborator to Fortune 500 — companies that got rich on the Reich https://www.cracked.com/article_15767_third-reich-to-fortune-500-five-popular-brands-nazis-gave-us.html

#15yrsago History of guerrilla knitting at 24th Chaos Communication Congress https://fahrplan.events.ccc.de/congress/2007/Fahrplan/events/2358.en.html

#15yrsago Motley Fool: litigation isn’t a business model, sell RIAA short https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2008/01/02/were-all-thieves-to-the-riaa.aspx

#15yrsago Sears infects customer computers with spyware https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/02/AR2008010201051.html

#15yrsago New IO9 blog launches https://web.archive.org/web/20080220020221/http://io9.com/

#15yrsago Resigning from Napster takes more than 30 minutes https://www.wired.com/2007/12/why-and-how-i-c/

#15yrsago Neil Gaiman on Little Brother https://journal.neilgaiman.com/2007/12/changing-planes.html

#15yrsago One-armed man arrested in Belarus for clapping https://www.loweringthebar.net/2013/01/one-armed-man-arrested-for-clapping.html

#15yrsago My free reading of Alice in Wonderland https://ia800501.us.archive.org/21/items/AliceInWonderlandReadByCoryDoctorow/Alice_in_Wonderland_-_read_by_Cory_Doctorow_64kb.mp3

#15yrsago Cockney illustrated Bible from the 14th century https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/holkham-bible-picture-book

#10yrsago Hacker theatre troupe in Berlin to stage “When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth” https://web.archive.org/web/20130108201819/https://www.c-base.org/projects/c-atre/

#10yrsago Dad hires in-game hitsquad to kill his son’s characters https://kotaku.com/father-hires-in-game-hitmen-to-deter-son-from-playing-5972406

#10yrsago Telcos lobby North Carolina to make community Internet illegal, then abandon the state to second-worst Internet in the country https://ilsr.org/killing-competition-nc/

#10yrsago You need a 1.5 ton gamelan, and I know where you can get it https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/014711.html

#10yrsago Anatomy of a patent troll who wants $1000 from every scanner user in America: patents are totally, utterly broken https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/01/patent-trolls-want-1000-for-using-scanners/

#10yrsago XKCD on New Year’s resolutions https://xkcd.com/1154/

#10yrsago Congress decides every aspect of your electronic life can be spied on without a warrant and you can’t know how much spying is going on https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/12/congress-disgracefully-approves-fisa-warrantless-eavesdropping-bill-five-more

#10yrsago Soviet space-program Christmas cards https://www.mazaika.com/postcard01.html

#10yrsago Lord Buckley recounts the life of Christ: The Nazz! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0x5x8lyON8

#10yrsago Gary Gygax explains why Christians shouldn’t celebrate Christmas https://playingattheworld.blogspot.com/2012/12/gary-gygax-on-christmas-and-christianity.html

#5yrsago Jeff Sessions encourages courts to continue practice of fining poor people for being too poor to pay their fines https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/sessions-rescinds-justice-dept-letter-asking-courts-to-be-wary-of-stiff-fines-and-fees-for-poor-defendants/2017/12/21/46e37316-e690-11e7-ab50-621fe0588340_story.html

#5yrsago Senator Bob Corker owed $120.5M when he was elected; now he’s worth $69M https://web.archive.org/web/20171222165110/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/taibbi-bob-corker-corrupt-what-a-surprise-w514493

#5yrsago American inequality is unequally distributed, and got lumpier after the Great Recession https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/11/01/how-wealth-inequality-has-changed-in-the-u-s-since-the-great-recession-by-race-ethnicity-and-income/

#5yrsago Virginia is the most unequal state in the union, and is more unequal than at any time in (post-Reconstruction) history https://thehalfsheet.org/post/139863776503/virginia-is-exceptionally-unequal

#5yrsago 2018: the year that America’s ISPs hiked their prices https://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Hikes-Prices-Increases-Sneaky-Fees-for-2018-140907

#5yrsago Woman who accused Roy Moore is homeless after her house burned down, fire investigated as arson https://www.al.com/news/2018/01/roy_moore_accusers_home_burns.html

#5yrsago Gwyneth Paltrow wants you to squirt coffee up your asshole using this $135 glass jar https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/01/gwyneth-paltrows-goop-wants-you-to-start-2018-right-with-a-135-coffee-enema/

#5yrsago Nebraska State Senator proposes constitutional amendment to allow corporations to create tiny, sovereign nations with no laws, taxes or rules https://journalstar.com/legislature/senator-proposes-sovereignty-as-a-way-to-economic-development/article_614923bd-b962-541f-8a6c-0d9c92b6fa0c.html#tncms-source=infinity-scroll-summary-siderail-latest

#5yrsago The story of how sf writer and editor Judith Merril founded Toronto’s astounding sf reference library and changed the city https://www.thestar.com/yourtoronto/once-upon-a-city-archives/2018/01/04/little-mother-of-science-fiction-birthed-new-chapter-for-genre-in-canada.html

#5yrsago Astounding coincidence: Intel’s CEO liquidated all the stock he was legally permitted to sell after learning of catastrophic processor flaws https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/01/intel-ceos-sale-of-stock-just-before-security-bug-reveal-raises-questions/

#5yrsago Virtually every modern computer is vulnerable to a pair of devastating attacks, and there’s only a fix for one of them, and it sucks https://spectreattack.com

#5yrsago For 20+ years, Japan’s largest companies have been riddled with corruption and fraud https://www.ft.com/content/26d4843a-e743-11e7-97e2-916d4fbac0da

#5yrsago Print of “lost” britcom discovered in Nigerian basement and restored with X-rays and laser-cutters https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2017-12-morecambe-wise-video-film-archive-restoration

#5yrsago The guy whose DRM for juice company cratered last year now sells “raw water” packed with all the microbes and amoebas you can stomach https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/29/dining/raw-water-unfiltered.html

#5yrsago All that stuff that was “killed by the net”? The real culprit was hedge funds https://www.ft.com/content/17dfa7fe-eaf7-11e7-8713-513b1d7ca85a

#5yrsago Tehran’s police tell women that violations of religious dress codes will henceforth be treated as civil offenses, not criminal offenses https://apnews.com/article/iran-tehran-ap-top-news-middle-east-hassan-rouhani-6677791532f441e8a5bfadb0ef223229

#5yrsago China’s new army of nationalist trolls is an all-volunteer force https://www.ft.com/content/9ef9f592-e2bd-11e7-97e2-916d4fbac0da

#5yrsago The GOP tax plan will pay millionaires to subsidize failing religious schools https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/12/28/572587727/this-tax-loophole-for-wealthy-donors-just-got-bigger

#5yrsago Hoaxer with a history of fake bomb threats SWATs and murders a random bystander over a $1.50 Call of Duty bet https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/12/kansas-man-killed-in-swatting-attack/

#5yrsago Charlie Stross’s CCC talk: the future of psychotic AIs can be read in today’s sociopathic corporations https://media.ccc.de/v/34c3-9270-dude_you_broke_the_future

#5yrsago California’s record poverty and real-estate bubble are creating a “wheel-estate” boom of people with good jobs living in their cars https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/sd-living-in-cars-in-california-20171227-story.html

#5yrsago Does capitalism breed greed, or elevate the greedy? https://www.currentaffairs.org/2017/12/the-people-that-capitalism-makes

#5yrsago The GOP tax plan means millions in extra profits for private prison corporations https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/28/private-prisons-investors-trump-tax-bill

#5yrsago Scotland is still a financial secrecy exporter, laundering billions for Russia’s crime-bosses and oligarchs https://www.heraldscotland.com/business_hq/15793004.revealed-shell-firms-avoid-transparency/

#5yrsago Peter Thiel: the “libertarian” who loves mass government surveillance, monopolies, and censorship https://www.wired.com/story/the-libertarian-logic-of-peter-thiel/

#5yrsago After 8 years of archiving, the Library of Congress will stop ingesting the Twitter firehose https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/files/2017/12/2017dec_twitter_white-paper.pdf

#5yrsago Facsimile editions of the “Negro Motorist Green Books” from 1940, 1954 and 1963 are selling briskly in 2017 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/dec/19/travel-guides-to-segregated-us-for-black-americans-reissued

#5yrsago Utah’s paper of record calls for Orrin Hatch to step down: “his utter lack of integrity that rises from his unquenchable thirst for power” https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/editorial/2017/12/25/tribune-editorial-why-orrin-hatch-is-utahn-of-the-year/

#5yrsago Ayn Rand supercharged the anti-Communist witch-hunt in Hollywood, in which the FBI classified “It’s a Wonderful Life” as secret Communist propaganda https://www.openculture.com/2014/12/ayn-rand-helped-the-fbi-identify-its-a-wonderful-life-as-communist-propaganda.html

#5yrsago Zsa Zsa Gabor’s husband is pissed that his $50m house was barricaded by a bomb squad, called in to investigate a gift-wrapped box of horseshit that someone sent to Steve Mnuchin https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/12/24/a-package-for-steven-mnuchin-caused-a-bomb-scare-it-turned-out-to-be-filled-with-horse-manure/

#1yrago 2021 Daddy-Daughter podcast https://pluralistic.net/2022/01/03/party-like-its-1926/#voice-of-a-generation

#1yrago Neal Stephenson’s ‘Termination Shock’ https://pluralistic.net/2022/01/04/general-ludd/#geoengineering

#1yrago Science fiction is a Luddite literature https://pluralistic.net/2022/01/04/general-ludd/#loomsmashers

#1yrago Hospital beds are a monopoly https://pluralistic.net/2022/01/05/hillrom/

#1yrago Jackpot watch: How the klept operates in the UK https://pluralistic.net/2022/01/07/the-klept/#pep

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Daily Devotionals for December 3, 2022

Proverbs: God's Wisdom for Daily Living Devotional Scripture: Proverbs 29:18 (KJV): 18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

Proverbs 29:18 (AMP): 18 Where there is no vision (no redemptive revelation of God), the people perish; but he who keeps the law (of God, which includes that of man) --blessed (happy, fortunate, and enviable) is he.

Thought for the Day

The history of those nations that have had God's light demonstrates the truths of today's proverb. Whenever Israel turned away from God, such as during Samuel's early life, the nation suffered. "…And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision" (1 Samuel 3:1). Judges 21:25 reveals the terrible state of lawlessness and violence into which Israel had fallen when Samuel was a child, for "every man did what was right in his own eyes."

History illustrates that times become very dark when a vision of God's revelation departs. The fall of the Roman Empire in 476 A.D. is generally regarded as the ending of ancient history and commencing of Europe's Dark Ages. The Roman Empire brought peace, prosperity, culture, and learning to Europe. When it fell, the Romans were followed by illiterate barbarians. Western Europe plunged into political chaos and social disorder. Civilization almost completely disappeared. Illiteracy and ignorance of God's ways governed nobles and peasants alike. Education and literacy were relegated to monasteries. Churchmen preserved the Bible and other books that had been written in Latin before Rome's fall, but records from this period of the "Dark Ages" bear little clarity. The works of the many clerics of this time are inconsistent and show great ignorance because they accept fanciful stories as truth.

Satan strives to keep people in ignorance, and "in the dark." He has tried many times to destroy Scripture, prohibit the preaching of the Gospel, and persecute God's people. When a society turns its back on God and restricts the Gospel, as many nations have done, that nation regresses into violence and immorality. Those opposing the Bible do not realize that they are opposing the very influences that make life pleasant, for God is light and His light brings revelation, which liberates people. The revelation of Biblical truths and their practice of them always produces an orderly and civilized society and affects all aspects of its culture positively.

True Christians strive to obey God's commandments, not as a means of getting to heaven, but because they desire to honor and please God. Heavenly vision and revelation come to those who know Christ. Without this vision, people perish. "Behold, the days come, saith the LORD GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it" (Amos 8:11-12). Prayer Devotional for the Day Dear heavenly Father, thank you for giving us Your revelation and vision. I do appreciate the light You give me as I am walking in a dark and fallen world. Lord, fill me with the Holy Spirit so that I will always be filled with Your light and love. Draw those who do not know You, unto that light. Fill my mouth with the right words so that those who do not know You can hear the gospel and come into the knowledge of Your dear Son, Jesus. May I practice good deeds in this life, so that others may see them and thereby bring glory unto You? I ask this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

From: Steven P. Miller CEO/ Founder of Gatekeeper-Watchman International Groups Jacksonville, Florida., Duval County, USA. @ParkermillerQ, @GatekeeperWatchman1,

GWIG, #GWIN, #GWINGO, #Ephraim1, #IAM, #Sparkermiller

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BEST KEPT SECRET References

Digital reproduction of Melanasian children. "The Fascinating History Of Black People With Naturally Blonde Hair" by Yewande, 12 Feb. https://historyofyesterday.com/the-fascinating-history-of-black-people-with-naturally-blonde-hair-c36b0b58d99e

Map of both intercontinental and transatlantic slave trade in Africa. "Map 1 from Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade (New Haven 2010)" by KuroNekoNiyah, 15 Feb. 2021. https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:African_Slave_Trade.png

Digital copy of a 1769 advertisement of the sale of 94 African-Americans in Charleston, SC. "South Carolina Slavery - Buying And Selling Human Beings" by SCIWAY. https://www.sciway.net/afam/slavery/flesh.html

Digital copy of An Intriguing Narragansett & Wampanoag Image from 1925 by Laurie Coleman (HISTORIC PICRURES), 14 March. 2015. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/312085449155397027/

Digital reproduction of the Ohlone Indians of California. "Legends of America" by Kathy Weiser-Alexander, 12 Nov. https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ohlone-indians/

Digital reproduction of Indigenous South Americans. "history" by Anael Raawban. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/501307002273388237/

Ivan Van Sertima, The African Presence in Early Europe, 1985.

Digital reproduction of Jan Mostaert's Portrait of a Moor (1520-1530). "Jan Mostaert's Portrait of a Moor (1520-1530)" by John K. Brackett (BLACKPAST), 23 Aug. 2011 https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/perspectives-global-african-history/jan-mostaert-s-portrait-moor-1520-1530/

Digital reproduction of the Castelo dos Mouros (Castle of the Moors) Sintra. "HD wallpaper: Castle, View, Air, Architecture, Moors, holiday, sintra, mountain"

Ivan Van Sertima, They Came Before Columbus, 1976.

Frank Joseph, The Evidence of Africans in America before Columbus, 25 Mar. 2003.

Alex Abad-Santos (vox.com), Hollywood likes to pretend that Ancient Egypt was full of white people, 4 Aug. 2014. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vox.com/platform/amp/2014/8/4/5955253/Hollywood-egypt-white-people-exodus-gods-and-kings

James O'Byrne (nola.com), Egypt whitewashed by European history, 15 Aug. 1993. https://www.nola.com/news/politics/article_3c188202-3a5c-5d8d-926b-c6f259179c32.html

Digital picture of the head of the sphinx. "Head of the Sphinx" by Vincent Brown, 15 Apr. 2006. https://www.flickr.com/photos/pyramidtexts/39741616383/in/photostream

Digital image of the Gizah Pyramids. "File: All Gizah Pyramids.jpg" by Ricardo Liberato, 19 Jun. 2006. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:All_Gizah_Pyramids.jpg

Digitally reproducted image of Heru. "Tasting Life Twice" by Joan Lansberry, 30 Jul. 2015. Heru

Digital image of a painting representing Jesus. "Healing of the Paralytic, Dura Europos (c.235 AD) by Fr Silouan Thompson, 26 Nov. 2008. https://silouanthompson.net/2008/11/healing-of-the-paralytic-dura-europos/

Digital image of a Ramesses III statue. "Ramesses III" by Ancient Egypt Wiki (Fandom), https://ancientegypt.fandom.com/wiki/Ramesses_III

Acts 1:9, English Standard Version. (2004-2021). Bible Hub. https://biblehub.com/acts/1-9.htm

2 Kings 2:11, New International Version. (2004-2021). Bible Hub. https://biblehub.com/2_kings/2-11.htm

A digital picture of wheels used in Mesopotamia. "Digging into Mesopotamia" by https://pmsancientmesopotamia.weebly.com/the-wheel.html

Digital reproduction of the asteroid belt. "The asteroid belt: Wreckage of a destroyed planet or something else?" by Joshua Rapp Learn, 9 Mar. 2021. https://astronomy.com/news/2021/03/the-asteroid-belt-wreckage-of-a-destroyed-planet-or-something-else

Reed Business Information. "Comets tell of planet that exploded into asteroids." NewScientist (Vol. 81 No. 1135) 4 Jan. 1979. p.22 New Scientist

Tom Van Flandern (1993). Dark Matter Missing Planets and New Comets. Berkeley California: North Atlantic books, pp 155-236.

Digital reproduction of an Anunnaki tablet. "File:Anunnaki-gods-on-Earth.jpg" by Wikimedia Commons, 21 Oct. 2019. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anunnaki-gods-on-Earth.jpg

Digital reproduction of a picture of Osiris. "Atlantis and Osiris" by Cihangir Gener (thewisemag), 2012. https://www.thewisemag.com/mystery/atlantis-and-osiris/

Digital image of native woman from India. "Original woman of India (Dravidian)" by Curtis Huggins (Pinterest)https://www.pinterest.com/pin/631137335258276098/

Digital image of Khoudia Diop. "This model is taking the world by storm with her incredibly dark skin." by indiatoday.in https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/lifestyle/photo/melanin-goddess-khoudia-diop-senegal-darkest-fashion-model-unique-beauty-lifest-20401-2016-10-03

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podcast 363 – Dr. Andrew Hollingsworth on “mere” social trinitarianism and eternal relations of origin – Part 2

https://trinities.org/blog/podcast-363-dr-andrew-hollingsworth-on-mere-social-trinitarianism-and-eternal-relations-of-origin-part-2/

#Bible #Books #Divine Attributes #Heresy &038; Orthodoxy #History #Papers #Philosophy #Podcast #Protestant #Theologians #Theories

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American Bible Society to Shutter $60 Million Faith & Liberty Discovery Center That Showcased the Bibles Role in American History Less Than Three Years After it Opened Citing 'Unsustainability.' via /r/atheism

American Bible Society to Shutter $60 Million Faith & Liberty Discovery Center That Showcased the Bible’s Role in American History Less Than Three Years After it Opened Citing 'Unsustainability.' https://ift.tt/06ma84Q Submitted March 14, 2024 at 11:51PM by Leeming (From Reddit https://ift.tt/PG9dTXO)

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The Death and Resurrection of Jesus is a Marvelous Plan of the Father.

"This man, [Jesus] delivered up by the set plan and foreknowledge of God, you killed, using lawless men to crucify him.

"But God raised him up, releasing him from the throes of death, because it was impossible for him to be held by it." (Acts 2: 23 - 24).

Today is Monday April 10th in the Octave of Easter.

Easter is the greatest feast in the Church liturgical calendar.

Each of the first 8 days after Easter Sunday is a solemnity (high feast). 50 days from Easter to the Feast of Pentecost on May 28th 2023, are all feast days of Easter.

If during the 40 days of Lent, you fasted, abstained or disciplined yourself in any way, then you can appreciate the 50 days of Easter feast. It is 50 days of feasting and celebrating your faith.

Fasting and abstinence are suspended till after Pentecost. The Bridegroom is with us. Sorry, we cannot fast. We want to enjoy the promised change of season. (Cf Psalm 1).

Our key Scripture today (Acts 2: 23 - 24) teaches us a very important truth. This is a truth that can fill you with knowledge and wisdom that you can use every day. I will use another strategic Scripture and the AMP Bible translation to convey the lesson:

"And we know [with great confidence] that God [who is deeply concerned about us] causes all things to work together [as a plan] for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to His plan and purpose. For those whom He foreknew [and loved and chose beforehand], He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son [and ultimately share in His complete sanctification], so that He would be the firstborn [the most beloved and honored] among many believers." (Romans 8: 28 - 29 AMP).

The Crucifixion of Jesus was no accident of history. It was pre-planned. It was necessary that Christ should suffer and die for the salvation of all people.

Just as your entire life is pre-planned from your birth to your tomb. This is the doctrine of Divine Providence.

Brothers and sisters, remember: Easter is not a one day celebration. It is a Season. That is why it is also called Eastertide. Enjoy the holy joyful Season.

"Alleluia, alleluia!

This day was made by the Lord:

we rejoice and are glad.

Alleluia!" (Psalm Psalm 117: 24).

Daily Bible Verse @ SeekFirstcommunity.com

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In Him we have redemption [that is, our deliverance and salvation] through His blood, [which paid the penalty for our sin and resulted in] the forgiveness and complete pardon of our sin, in accordance with the riches of His grace which He lavished on us. In all wisdom and understanding [with practical insight] He made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ, with regard to the fulfillment of the times [that is, the end of history, the climax of the ages]—to bring all things together in Christ, [both] things in the heavens and things on the earth.

Ephesians 1:7‭-‬10 AMP

https://bible.com/bible/1588/eph.1.7-10.AMP

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Alkitab bibel

Alkitab bibel update#

Alkitab bibel code#

Then March came, and around March 6 suddenly the App Engine Flexible instance I had was turned off completely. “We’re writing to let you know that App Engine Flexible Compat mode (beta feature) will be shut down on January 31, 2020.” This ability was declared by Google to be removed around 2018, but they keep extending until the final notice: The Flexible App Engine previously still provided the out-of-the-box services mentioned above by declaring the “runtime” to be “python-compat” and enabling the App Engine APIs.When there is an error in the server, I need to wait at least 15 minutes to do the patching and to wait until it is up, repeating it as many times as needed.

Alkitab bibel code#

I need to manage threads myself, updating code needs 10 to 15 minutes, and the logs are very hard to read, since they do not show any severity level and do not separate logs by request any more.

Deployment and configuration is much more complicated.

This seemed like a great choice, albeit the high price. The lowest option they provide is almost 4 GB ram, much more powerful that the Standard. In Flexible, it is like renting a machine on Google’s datacenter by number of CPU power and RAM needed. So it was inevitable that we need to move to Flexible App Engine. However, the Sync code requires a lot of computational power and memory, such that the unchangeable limits of Standard App Engine (128MB ram, 30 sec http timeout) were soon reached. It also allows users to change their devices without losing data. It allows users to have multiple devices and those devices will have the same bookmarks, highlights, notes, reading plan progress, pins, and history. In 2014 I made the Sync function in the backend. It has out-of-the-box services (“App Engine APIs”) such as Datastore, Task Queues, Mail, Cron, Text Search Engine that can be accessed just by calling library functions, without any configuration. Just upload Python 2.7 files and all library dependencies, and one or more server instances will be spawned, auto-scaled according to load. It is very simple to deploy applications. In 2012, App Engine has only one kind, which is now called Standard Environment. The server runs on Google App Engine since 2012. The project name is alkitab-host-hrd, web address, aliased to and. The Amplified Bible Classic Edition (AMPC) present on Bible Gateway matches the 1987 printing.Background: Alkitab app has backend service in GCP. In completing the Amplified Bible, translators made a determined effort to keep, as far as possible, the familiar wording of the earlier versions, and especially the feeling of the ancient Book. The Septuagint and other versions were compared for interpretation of textual differences. Cognate languages, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and other Greek works were also consulted. The AMP is based on the American Standard Version of 1901, Rudolph Kittel’s Biblia Hebraica, the Greek text of Westcott and Hort, and the 23rd edition of the Nestle Greek New Testament as well as the best Hebrew and Greek lexicons available at the time. Multiple English word equivalents to each key Hebrew and Greek word clarify and amplify meanings that may otherwise have been concealed by the traditional translation method. The AMP does this through the use of explanatory alternate readings and amplifications to assist the reader in understanding what Scripture really says. Its goal was to take both word meaning and context into account to accurately translate the original text from one language into another. The AMP was the first Bible project of The Lockman Foundation. The same feel and style of amplification has been maintained, so that those who read the classic Amplified Bible will be able to easily transition to the new text. Additionally, the Bible text has been improved to read smoothly with or without amplifications, so that the text may be read either way. The Amplified Bible of 2015 includes more amplification in the Old Testament and refined amplification in the New Testament. The result is an Amplified Bible that is easier to read and better than ever to study and understand.

Alkitab bibel update#

For this update to the Amplified Bible (AMP), the goal of the translation team was to enhance the appeal of the Amplified Bible by refreshing the English and refining the amplifications for relevance and clarity.

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Partner With Angels: 5 Ways to Dispatch Angelic Activity

Angels have always played a major role in the eternal purpose of God, and their activity is more needed today than ever.

The need for angelic partnership and angelic activity will increase as prophetic activity increases to accomplish the will and purposes of God. Angels act as messengers to the prophets. They take care of people. They record everything a person does, and this information is used on the Day of Judgment.

I will share some foundational knowledge of angels to broaden our perspective, but my goal is to show that God has sent us to partner with His unseen messengers to manifest the reality of Heaven. God’s heavenly messengers are working on your behalf.

In Scripture, we are told that angels have many roles. A few of them include being God’s messengers and holy warriors, watching history unfold, praising and worshipping God, and being guardian angels, protecting and directing people on God’s behalf. The Bible tells us that God’s angels are delivering messages, accompanying the lonely, granting protection, and even fighting His battles. Angels who were sent to deliver messages began by saying, “Do not be afraid,” or “Do not fear,” according to Luke 2:10. There are times or an urgency in which an angel of the Lord would appear or manifest to someone in natural form, which would bring awe, reverence, worship, and typically fear. The reaction or appearance of angels was a frightening encounter. The phrase “Do not fear” appears in the Bible about 58 times throughout both Old and New Testaments.

God’s angels operate discretely and don’t draw attention to themselves as they carry out the assignment given by God. While God has called His heavenly messengers to work on His behalf, He has also called angels to work in our lives.

The following are five basic roles and functions of angels partnering and working with us:

1. Angels provide angelic guardianship and protection.

They are sent to guard and protect us. The Bible tells us, “For He will order His angels to protect you wherever you go. They will hold you up with their hands so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone” (Psalm 91:11-12 NLT). Angels can be regarded as our invisible and unseen bodyguards protecting us from things seen and unseen. Prophets are guarded and protected by angelic guardianship. We will see further in this chapter how this invisible agency works in relationship with God’s prophetic spokespeople. Angels are also one of the unseen powers or phenomena behind the prophetic. Prophets have experienced the guardship of angels in the Bible. They protect as a duty to each believer in Christ as what we commonly call a “guardian angel.”

For Daniel’s protection, God sent His angel and shut the mouths of lions from killing His prophet. Divine protection accompanies the prophetic mantle. This is part of the angelic partnership that God initiates on behalf of His servants, the prophets.

My God sent His angel and shut the lions’ mouths, so that they have not hurt me, because I was found innocent before Him; and also, O king, I have done no wrong before you (Daniel 6:22 NKJV).

Angels are given charge over us as ministers of defense according to Psalm 91:11 (AMP): “For He will command His angels in regard to you, to protect and defend and guard you in all your ways [of obedience and service].” This translates literally to mean that God will instruct His angels to watch over individuals. God will give each of His angels a purpose: to guard His children. Those who are faithful will be under the constant care of His angels. Because of this specific role in our lives, they can warn and protect us from harm as part of their angelic duties (see Psalm 34:7; Matthew 18:10; Exodus 23:20).

For it is written, “He will command His angels concerning you to guard you carefully” (Luke 4:10 NIV).

In Luke chapter 4, satan challenged Jesus to throw Himself off the highest point of the temple by citing that God would protect Jesus with His angels. However when citing Psalm 91:11, satan purposefully omitted “in all your ways” thus changing the meaning. The reality is that God sends His angels to protect those who have committed themselves to His loving care, not to those who want to put Him to the test.

2. Angels are messengers of God that communicate His message to people and His prophets.

Angels are communicators of God’s message to us. Angels are one of God’s ways He speaks to prophets, along with dreams and visions (Luke 1:19). Prophets and angels are partners in the communicative realm of the Kingdom of God. He will speak by way of angels or by prophets (or prophetic voices). Angels can speak to us in dreams (see Matthew 1:18-25). Angels in the ancient biblical text spoke directly to prophets in dreams (Daniel 8:15-26; 9:21-27). An angel warned Joseph in a dream regarding baby Jesus (see Matthew 2:12-23).

Moses received his prophetic calling directly from God through one of His angelic agents, an angel:

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Old Testament: “There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. So Moses thought, ‘I will go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does not burn up.’ When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, ‘Moses! Moses!’ And Moses said, ‘Here I am’” (Exodus 3:2-4 NIV).

New Testament: “And when forty years had passed, an Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire in a bush, in the wilderness of Mount Sinai” (Acts 7:30 NKJV).

The angel of the Lord appears to Moses in a flame in Exodus 3:2, and God speaks to Moses from the flame in Exodus 3:4, both instances referring to Himself in the first person as the Person calling him. A message from the angel of the Lord is a direct message from God. The same can be said about a message from God’s prophets, that it is a message from the mouth of God since prophets are commonly known as “mouthpieces” or the “mouth of God.”

3. Angels observe and watch over us through angelic observation and surveillance.

One of the duties of angels is to provide unseen surveillance and observation over us. This close observation is key in providing protection and watching for and against any diabolical, demonic, satanic, and harmful human activities or attacks against us. The Scripture declares to us, “…We have been made a spectacle to the whole universe, and to angels as well as to human beings” (1 Corinthians 4:9 NIV).

According to Scripture, many eyes are upon us, including the eyes of angels. But the implication is even greater than that. The Greek word in this passage translated as spectacle means “theater” or “public assembly.” Angels gain pertinent knowledge through long observation, monitoring, and surveilling human activities. Unlike humans, angels do not have to study the past; they have experienced it. Therefore, they know how others have acted and reacted in crit- ical situations and can predict with a great degree of accuracy how we may act in similar circumstances through historical observations.

4. Angels are ministers (ministering spirits) to us.

Angels are sent to minister to and minister with believers. Prophets in particular were ministered to and received divine assistants. They are charged to tend to our care and welfare. Angels are actively involved in the lives of God’s people. They have clear and specific functions; God sends them to respond in our specific times of need. One way God comes to our aide is through the ministry of angels. They are on earth right now, having been sent to minister to our needs as we are heirs of salvation. Prophets minister with angels in their prophetic ministries (Hebrews 1:14).

The following are Old and New Testament biblical references of angels as ministering spirits to believers:

Psalm 104:4 (NASB), “He makes the winds His messengers, flaming fire His ministers.”

Hebrews 1:7 (NASB), “And of the angels He says, ‘Who makes His angels winds, and His ministers a flame of fire.’”

Hebrews 1:14 (AMP), “Are not all the angels ministering spirits sent out [by God] to serve (accompany, protect) those who will inherit salvation? [Of course they are!]”

The word ministering in the Greek is the word leitourgikos, meaning “the performance of service” according to Strong’s Concordance. Ministering means employed in ministering. It comes from the root meaning to do a service or perform a work. Essentially, angels are employed to minister to us and to serve us. Angels are invisible ministers, attendants, and servants to believers and prophets. This is one of the functions of angels. God employs and deploys angels as a ministering agency. There is a ministry of angels according to the mentioned Scripture references.

Jesus, being hungry from fasting for forty days and forty nights, was ministered and attended to by angels after He was tempted continually by the devil in the wilderness: “Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and were ministering to Him” (Matthew 4:11 NKJV).

5. Angels are dispatched at the voice of God.

Angelic dispatchment is activated with the command and prophetic release of the voice of God. Prophets are regarded as the voice of God on earth who speaks His word. They declare the word of God with their voice. Angels stand at attention, listening carefully for the voice of God. The word is what angels carry out. They do the Lord’s bidding. Therefore, angels minister alongside prophets and prophetic voices to obey the voice of the Commander in Chief, who is Jesus Christ. Angels operate in rank and order under command. Angels are under the command of God and superior angelic officers.

Angels are dispatched by voice activations of the word of God. Therefore, because prophets of God are messengers of God on earth and are the voices that carry God’s word or commands, angels are dispatched and deployed when prophets release divine utterances. Angels also obey the voice of the prophets who release the word of the Lord: “Bless the Lord, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his word, obeying the voice of his word!” (Psalm 103:20 ESV).

Consider Daniel 10:12 (NKJV) where the angel responds to the words of Daniel the prophet saying: “…Your words were heard; and I have come because of your words.” We can see that Daniel’s words put the angel to work for him. Too many of our angels are unemployed because we do not pray, activate the word of God, or prophesy as the Spirit gives us divine utterances.

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