Isaiah
Chapter 17

1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

3 The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts.

4 And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.

5 And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim.

6 Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel.

7 At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.

8 And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images.

9 In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation.

10 Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:

11 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.

12 Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!

13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.

14 And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.

Just to add, some of my thoughts, the corruption amongst those hating our government and support socialism and communism, or just using their elite status for financial gain reveals a strange alliance to their “idols.” Not figures made and worshiped like in ancient days. The ancient Word’s of G-d to “not worship idols” starts to make a lot of sense.

An ideology can be an idol even when there is proof along with common sense that the systems they are looking to, to “save” humanity do not work.

Confirms their alliance in the face of historical results is evidence of an ingrained form of idolatry.

One of their biggest idols - besides the lies of globalism, is the self, replacing service to others for service to self. It’s absolutely amazing how, in side knowledge of government decisions about to come down make it possible to increase personal wealth! A clever way of using the system that is not illegal.

It is not realized in fighting all those who disagree with them are really fighting G-d, truth and the Golden Rule.

Adonai Elohenu - Adonai Echad!!
(The Lord is our G-do- The Lord is One)

Those of us who work hard or have worked hard within the framework of Law, Take heart - we have been shining light. Without us the world would be a lot darker. Happy Chanukah! And Merry Christmas!

Video Sermon #kjv #kingjamesbible #bible #scripture #scriptures Pastor Richard Jordan - WHAT HAPPENS UPON DEATH? https://youtu.be/e1w0WmAmBIo?si=ekxuEHpp7xO2-Wm4

I have started seeing Trump's comment about Reiner in a different light. At first, I thought it was inappropriate. But looking at it in a different perspective, I think maybe he was saying that the anger that so many liberals have towards him, conservatives, and Christians (which Reiner did), literally takes their focus off of so many other things that they really should be focused on. People, regardless of their political preferences, should start focusing on more important things, like their families. I think Reiner was so focused on his hatred toward over half of the country, that it took his focus off of his son. I wonder if his son got into drugs and had mental health issues because he was craving his father's attention that he never got. Maybe his son heard so much anger and negativity from his father that he just couldn't handle it, so he turned to drugs. Anyone who has so much hatred toward a President, conservatives who voted for him, and towards anyone that doesn't agree with their views can literally become mentally unstable. So, maybe we are taking Trump's statement out of context. Trump was right that Reiner let his anger and hatred of him and conservatives control his life. If only Reiner and other liberals could just let go of their anger and hatred toward people who disagree with them, we would have less crimes and violence. I think that's what Trump was actually trying to convey. He didn't use the best wording, but he does have a point.

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Video - Pastor Bryan Denlinger - Can #Communist #China Make Anything Right? Pastor Bryan "I bought a brand new "PelPro PP130" pellet stove in late October of this year, and it broke down in less than 2 MONTHS! I wasn't even running it everyday. We can all see the absolute collapse of manufacturing. Is it all the result of no quality standards in Communist China? Or is there something bigger going on?" https://youtu.be/yuLXjTCl1yk?si=OdC8eqhWcsBvQuXC

Brethren, Peter tells us that Christ set an example that we should follow. That example was one of quiet suffering, of self-sacrifice. It is an example that many who take His name often do not emulate. Many even, falsely, preach that Christ set a different example, one of opulence and comfort.

But Jesus Himself told us what it takes to follow Him: “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me” (Lk. 9:23). The Christian life is not a life of ease, it is a battle, and one in which we are called to give ourselves up.

Paul expounded this reality when he wrote, “I am crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me” (Gal. 2:20). This is our call. We must set aside our personal wants, we must crucify the flesh with its passions and desires (Gal. 5:24), and seek first His kingdom and His righteousness (Mt. 6:33).

Dear Christian, I exhort you today - consider for what or whom you are living. Are you indulging the flesh, or are you walking in the Spirit and denying the flesh? You cannot serve two masters (Mt. 6:24), so choose this day whom you will serve (Josh. 24:15).

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Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening Devotions

Evening, December 14

"I am crucified with Christ." Galatians 2:20

The Lord Jesus Christ acted in what He did as a great public representative person, and His dying upon the cross was the virtual dying of all His people. Then all His saints rendered unto justice what was due, and made an expiation to divine vengeance for all their sins. The apostle of the Gentiles delighted to think that as one of Christ's chosen people, he died upon the cross in Christ. He did more than believe this doctrinally, he accepted it confidently, resting his hope upon it. He believed that by virtue of Christ's death, he had satisfied divine justice, and found reconciliation with God. Beloved, what a blessed thing it is when the soul can, as it were, stretch itself upon the cross of Christ, and feel, "I am dead; the law has slain me, and I am therefore free from its power, because in my Surety I have borne the curse, and in the person of my Substitute the whole that the law could do, by way of condemnation, has been executed upon me, for I am crucified with Christ."

But Paul meant even more than this. He not only believed in Christ's death, and trusted in it, but he actually felt its power in himself in causing the crucifixion of his old corrupt nature. When he saw the pleasures of sin, he said, "I cannot enjoy these: I am dead to them." Such is the experience of every true Christian. Having received Christ, he is to this world as one who is utterly dead. Yet, while conscious of death to the world, he can, at the same time, exclaim with the apostle, "Nevertheless I live." He is fully alive unto God. The Christian's life is a matchless riddle. No worldling can comprehend it; even the believer himself cannot understand it. Dead, yet alive! crucified with Christ, and yet at the same time risen with Christ in newness of life! Union with the suffering, bleeding Saviour, and death to the world and sin, are soul-cheering things. O for more enjoyment of them!

And this is the only way it must happen.

#Censorship #Surveillance
‘Checkmate’: U.S. #SCOTUS Delivers Huge Win for #Religious Exemptions - vacated a lower court decision against a group of #Amish parents and school leaders who challenged the state of #NewYork #vaccine mandates for schools, ruling that the appeals court must reconsider the case. Today’s ruling could have implications for other states that don’t allow religious exemptions, attorneys said. - simple answer #restorethemilitia #donotcomply #demandcapitalpunishment for the thugs who force vaccines! https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/supreme-court-win-religious-exemptions-new-york-vaccine-mandate-schools/

Bradlee Dean: Judgment Upon The Heads Of The #Terrorists? #Murder Charges Coming For The Guilty Involved In #Plandemic? Dr. David Martin Explains…(Video) #Scamdemic #covid #covid19 #demandcapitalpunishment #restorethemilitia https://sonsoflibertymedia.com/judgment-upon-the-heads-of-the-terrorists-murder-charges-coming-for-the-guilty-involved-in-plandemic-dr-david-martin-explains-video/

https://babylonbee.com/news/9-booby-traps-that-were-cut-from-home-alone

She is so full of crap

https://www.wnd.com/2025/12/ice-disputes-ilhan-omars-claim-that-her-son/

https://jihadwatch.org/2025/12/in-rome-a-church-and-a-chapel-desecrated-by-urine-and-feces?jetpack_skip_subscription_popup

A person who is mentally repressed and a prisoner of their own impulses is lost to seeing the truth. How? Because being provoked involves the tasks of getting angry and then having to calm down. This person can have a lot of rancor which is a waist of time and energy as in their humanity they are carried along, swept along by life without any introspection, self knowledge. The results are there is little space for growth. A deeper reading of reality is missed. How? By their own rancor needing to argue and blame, their theories cannot be lived out by what they apparently think they know and choose to believe. This can create an unhappiness in their life situations they are unable to take responsibility for. Don’t rock my boat. My personal sense of insulation from change or “waking up.”

This kind of rancor requires an immediate response and hatred can be. ferociously expressed, leading to a personally distorted reality. It causes a false reading of reality which enables fear, greed, envy and unrecognized oppression.

I am not smart enough to see this by myself, digging it out from an old book written by a Rabbi and poorly translated, but it makes sense. Having read recently on Substack some very strange beliefs about Jews leading to a warped antisemitism and outright hate. My responses encouraging G-d’s love for all humankind and no returning blame fell on deaf ears. So I just had to block those individuals and walkway.

That's funny!
The naysayers never bothered to check the scoreboard apparently.
Conspiracy Theorists are , as the new Pampers add claims, nearly 100% leak proof...

https://notthebee.com/article/after-being-called-a-conspiracy-theorist-jd-vance-lists-off-his-favorite-conspiracy-theories-that-have-come-true

Video: Judge Andrew Napolitano - Lt. Colonel Karen Kwiatkowski : How Close is #WW3? https://www.youtube.com/live/DSyXiEPwCSk?si=CWD4KVQ-Fu4hEv8P

This is only a list of the failures of our Medical Regulatory Agencies.
This list does NOT include the failures of all the other Regulatory Agencies.
It begs the question of Are They Fit to Regulate at all!

https://mk3blog.substack.com/p/the-safety-myth-when-fda-approval-f2b

If #Fentanyl Is a Weapon of Mass Destruction, What Does That Make #FDA - Approved Drugs https://thersbshow.substack.com/p/if-fentanyl-is-a-weapon-of-mass-destruction

Believer, do you hear Jesus call? He cries, “come to Me” (Mt. 11:28). And well, we should come to Him, for He will give us rest.

We have toils and troubles in this world, and Jesus promised it would be so (Jn. 16:33). But in Him, we find rest for our souls. His burden, unlike that of the law, is not heavy. He is not a harsh taskmaster. Our rest is not based on the day of the week; He is our Sabbath rest (Heb. 4:8-11).

Jesus Himself needed time to find rest for His soul. He often did this by separating Himself, leaving the crowds and His disciples to find a place of solitude that He might pray (Mt. 14:23). Even in the garden of Gethsemane, with His sacrifice imminent, He stepped away from His disciples to pray.

We so often forget to simply come to Him for that rest. The cares of this world, like weeds, entangle us, choke out the word (Mt. 13:22), leave us panting and yearning for relief. Yet all we need do is heed His call: “come to Me.”

Christian, this morning, take time to come before Him. Open your heart to Him. Spend time with Him. And find rest for your soul.

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Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening Devotions

Morning, December 16

"Come unto me." Matthew 11:28

The cry of the Christian religion is the gentle word, "Come." The Jewish law harshly said, "Go, take heed unto thy steps as to the path in which thou shalt walk. Break the commandments, and thou shalt perish; keep them, and thou shalt live." The law was a dispensation of terror, which drove men before it as with a scourge; the gospel draws with bands of love. Jesus is the good Shepherd going before His sheep, bidding them follow Him, and ever leading them onwards with the sweet word, "Come." The law repels, the gospel attracts. The law shows the distance which there is between God and man; the gospel bridges that awful chasm, and brings the sinner across it.

From the first moment of your spiritual life until you are ushered into glory, the language of Christ to you will be, "Come, come unto me." As a mother puts out her finger to her little child and woos it to walk by saying, "Come", even so does Jesus. He will always be ahead of you, bidding you follow Him as the soldier follows his captain. He will always go before you to pave your way, and clear your path, and you shall hear His animating voice calling you after Him all through life; while in the solemn hour of death, His sweet words with which He shall usher you into the heavenly world shall be- "Come, ye blessed of my Father."

Nay, further, this is not only Christ's cry to you, but, if you be a believer, this is your cry to Christ- "Come! come!" You will be longing for His second advent; you will be saying, "Come quickly, even so come Lord Jesus." You will be panting for nearer and closer communion with Him. As His voice to you is "Come," your response to Him will be, "Come, Lord, and abide with me. Come, and occupy alone the throne of my heart; reign there without a rival, and consecrate me entirely to Thy service."

No one is abusing immigrants. We are purging ourselves of invaders, thieves, robbers, rapists, terrorists, freeloaders, and hostiles.

We are not bullying the outcast, but we must call upon the lost to sin no more.

We are not oppressing the poor, but we do not want our social services and resources being exploited by able-bodied people who are able to provide for themselves but won't.
https://x.com/jamestalarico/status/2001107084101001377

Doctor expelled from WY state health panel after expressing his opposition to sex-change surgeries for children. This is a reminder that even in conservative run states and in places expected to be the least hostile to Christians, persecution can still happen.
https://www.wnd.com/2024/09/illegal-retaliation-doctor-sues-governor-after-fired-for-voicing-sound-medical-opinion/