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Prophecy’s Extra Oil Update 35: News of Good/Evil Seeds
©copyright 2009 Bonita M Quesinberry

News 11/25-11/27: 3.5 days in “terrors of these end days;” a few snippets—

VT, 1st state for gay marriage~ 1 public school now teaching children “anything goes” in sexuality [?sex with animals, too?]; AL, 1 miner dead, others hospitalized in mine inspection; FLA, man sought for shooting 5; H1N1, linked to rise in bacterial pneumonia cases, allergic reactions to vaccine rising but lull in new cases; FED, Obama to announce up to 34-k soldiers’ will deploy to Afghanistan; Philippines, massacre toll climbing, 100 arrested; Economy, 1 of every 4 home mortgages exceed value, “under water”; Number of “at risk banks” hits 552; Real jobless rate 17.5%; Nature, Obama, China to attend climate change summit; Quakes, 227 last 7 days, from M2.5 up to 5.9, most in M5 range, more widespread; Volcanoes, no wonder air so polluted, partial list last 7 days shows 16 eruptions globally with ash plumes as high 46.9-k feet, list does not include all activity, only most active on land, not in oceans; China, executes 2 in tainted milk scandal;

Mother and Daughters: this last sign began during the Apostles’ ministry but is now building up to repeat church violence of the Dark Ages; Christ warned, “Beware of pastors, preachers, theologians taught by men, teaching man’s laws for God” —

FLA, sister Tammy: 11/24, Tampa 89.3-FM Christian radio broadcast, Rev. John Corbett said, “Paul wrote the book of Hebrews to stop Jews from being Hebrews. All of the Law, including God’s Ten, were sacrificial and done away with by Jesus: legalism no longer applies, so stay away from those legalists! All it takes is love.” At his .org website he declares a master in theology and indicates faith is Papal Rome, Revelation’s Great Whore and mother of harlot daughters: URL on Links page for Catholic catechism.

The following news is from http://jesuswillanswer.com who highlighted Extra Oil 34 on their homepage with a link to our total article; take particular note of words underscored in bold print or in all CAPS for posts that will not accept the MSWord document as prepared— “11/23/09: A formidable COALITION of 150 Catholic, Orthodox and evangelical LEADERS are CALLING on CHRISTIANS IN A NEW MANIFESTO TO reject secular authority and even ENGAGE IN CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE— IF LAWS FORCE THEM TO ACCEPT abortion, same sex marriages and OTHER IDEAS THAT BETRAY THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.”

Those 150 clearly represent the Great Whore and her harlot daughters. It seems they not only shun Christ’s instruction to obey God’s Laws but also laws of the land. The finale of this longing running sign will see Christ in the clouds: it is excitingly obvious the above call includes violence against those they call “legalists, cults:” we of God’s Doctrine, and that of His Christ, definitely betray their religious beliefs based on Satan’s teachings.

Recall history’s Dark Ages: Papal Rome ordered the deaths of millions of “heretics” via Rome’s civil power, killed all those who would not embrace her “church and religious beliefs.” The dead were Doctrine Keepers. Recall: US infancy history, Doctrine Keepers were beaten, jailed, even hung. We are being ushered into a new Dark Age where Papal Rome and her Protestant harlot daughters are ratcheting up to make one last, feeble attempt to annihilate God’s people: He said it would happen and that “they think to do it for God.” The above “manifesto” is a global call and the goats ultimately will respond with rage and violence against God’s Saints and Elect.

“Civil disobedience,” however, is a misnomer: for they have 52 US States’ Sunday Blue Laws with the severest of police power included to back up their actions, the backing of our Federal Government’s declaration of “no provision for Saturday,”, and a little known Federal law giving it unlimited power to back any State law without a matching Federal Law. So, do not look for the Federal Government to intervene on our behalf. Christ’s sheep and God’s Elect will be the ones ultimately beaten or jailed, and a “few” killed.

Today they are in an angry, argumentative stage while vehemently rushing headlong to violence and first will go after Doctrine Keepers with the strongest voices and visibility: in their minds, what better way to eliminate the rest than by getting rid of those who boldly and without fear speak God’s Truth. TSaS has felt their heat many, many times in the last 30 years— emails, comments at websites, face-to-face— has felt the mother and daughters’ magnified hatred for God’s Truth. It is a hideous sound and sight.

Blasphemy using God’s Holy Name. They curse Him; unaware their armour is flawed, a vital piece missing: Truth. Our armour has no Achilles heel: we have God’s power and bear the sword of His Truth— the only sword we are to brandish in upcoming attacks against us. Harm no man; rather, take the insults and arrows, as did Jesus, a blessing to us and a curse to them: God WILL raise us up if they kill the flesh garment we wear!

FLA, 11/25— Sister Tammy also reported radio’s Rev. David Jeremiah of Turning Point, also on TBN, teaching that cults “came out of” myriad Christian denominations, therefore are part of them. This belies Paul’s statement that “men came among us to spy on our teachings, then left to go their own way. If they had been of us, they would have stayed with us.” The truth is that those myriad denominations “came out of” Christ’s True Church and are recognized as antichrists, apostate churches as it were. Doctrine Keepers were first and have always been since Christ; never a part of the Great Whore and her harlot daughters. Rev. Jeremiah also said “belief and works are not to be together, that your works should be community works that people can see. Love your neighbor. ”

As Paul said, “I will show you my faith by my works . . . works of the Law of Righteousness.” Amen! And, when the men expounded on all their good “community” works to Jesus, including calling out demons in His name, He turned to them and said, “I know you not.” According to Christ, the “works” are to do God’s Will, His Doctrine, His Holy Law: by such obedience we instinctively will do other good works among people.

Noted in Extra Oil 34, hostility is a rapidly increasing theme taught more heatedly each day by the mother and daughters’ ministers on TV, radio and pulpits: the above reports show how far they will go to incite rage against Christ’s small flocks. God says they curse Him by vile opposition of His Will—His Doctrine—His “perpetual” Holy Law and by attacks in His name. They defile His Christ, our saviour Lord: God sent to Him “magnify the Law and make it honorable” among men again. We suffer nothing strange, nothing our brethren before us did not suffer: they gladly died for God’s Truth and Christ’s sacrifice. — “Ye shall suffer for me as I suffered for you; but I will come quickly.”

TBN, 11/25— The first thing evangelist Jack Van Impe presents is that he has a doctorate in theology, as does wife Rexella. This broadcast was as if he were doing flip-flops trying to fit square pegs into round holes of the end of days’ prophecies. Referencing daughter’s teaching that Israel must rebuild its Temple, he attempted to justify it with Revelation’s fact that New Jerusalem will come down from heaven, wherein there will be no Temple.

Van Impe says Israel must rebuild now— they have it in parts for assembly that could be done in a matter of weeks—it was allegedly prophesied that Abomination of Desolation will sit upon the throne therein before Christ returns, the Temple ostensibly defiled again. Van Impe explained that the Saints are taken up in the rapture for a purported 7 years in third heaven, earth will be left in utter chaos and a few might die but certainly not all.

According to Van Impe, when the Saints return with Jesus, He will destroy that new temple then New Jerusalem comes down from heaven. Jesus and the Saints then teach the people “Left Behind.” Van Impe did a fine job of rendering God’s ancient prophets liars and implied Jesus also a liar. Van Impe did his father proud, a liar from the beginning.

Please do as sister Tammy did and report via email to TSaS all relevant activities of the mother and daughters in your area. We must keep a close eye on them; for Jesus said, “When they attack, then flee from city to city as needed: you will not go far before I come.” We are to speak only His Truth and flee the location rather than engage in their futile fight for Satan’s continued dominion over earth. HIS REIGN IS OVER!

No indepth news for a while. We suggest watching local news and CNN. TSaS will focus on vital Bible studies, documentary summaries that respond to horrors we are witnessing during the most exciting time in man’s history, include member comments and/or prayer requests, and answer member questions. As news of the mother and daughters come in, it will be included in the next Extra Oil to broadcast. Pray— pray— pray unceasing for all, for the world and leaders, for all who believe a lie and will die twice for their wicked ways: “They know not what they do, nor to whom they do it.”

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Seeds of Good and Evil

Condensed from Truth Gathering, chapter 31— Seeds of Good and Evil; ©copyright 1998-2003, annotated by Bonita M Quesinberry; the world’s only exhaustive AKJV Topical Bible: text below represents only the core message from each paraphrased scripture; references provided at end, followed by summary notes:

You, who are obedient believers, are given understanding of the mystery of God’s kingdom: but, the wicked and disobedient hear parables they cannot understand; they see but do not perceive and hear but do not understand the truth. These latter have a form of godliness but deny the power of God by their behaviour. They consistently study to learn but never come to the knowledge and wisdom of God’s truth. Why? Because they seek by man’s direction instead of the Holy Ghost: the former a liar, the latter unable to lie.

The Word of God is like seeds planted. When cast, some fall by the wayside, some upon stony places, and others among thorns; but a few seeds fall upon fertile soil. Those lying by the wayside represent people who heard the Word; but, Satan quickly removes God’s pure Doctrine from their hearts: which is to say, they heard the truth but never accepted it; thus, they turned back to man’s teachings by Christian illusion or by paganism: the latter is one way, the former is both ways cleverly disguised as Christ’s Church— Satan’s greatest lie. Alas, they will remain in a sinful state with absolutely no hope of salvation.

Seeds that fell upon stony places are people who hear God’s Truth and receive Christ in a display of great joy; but the word does not take root in them. Alas, for a while they seem to believe; after a time, temptations of this world pull them away from God and back into Satan’s glittering gold world: whether it be his seemingly beautiful side, which appears to be Christian yet promotes worldly prosperity, or back to being utterly wicked and filthy.

Seeds having fallen among thorns are people who heard God’s Truth, obey it for a while, then the cares, riches, and pleasures of this life soon choke out their faith; causing them to only appear Christian yet bearing no fruit of righteousness for lack of patience and Truth.

Finally, those few seeds on fertile ground sprout in a people of honest and good hearts; therefore, God’s Word is understood thoroughly and each obeys Father’s Doctrine wholly as well as teach it to others: because they love Him and wish to please. Each bears fruit of righteousness; for they are patient, which is faithful. Their fruit is two-fold: 1) each grows into righteous behaviour like Christ; and, 2) each bring others into God’s Light and Truth, even if it’s only one person, or thirty or sixty or a hundred.

As Jesus said on two separate occasions, “If you bring one to me, you shall be called great in heaven. If you live my Father’s Law and teach others to do the same, you shall be called great in heaven.” Oh, dear sheep! How simple to reach that plateau where God in heaven calls you “great!” It recalls His declaration of Job, “He is righteous above all men.” I desire to be called great by my Father. How about you?

The seeds symbolize two things: 1) the Word of God; and, 2) the people who hear His Word. The latter seeds are divided into two groups of humans: the good, also referred to as wheat, and the evil, also known as weeds. Those considered evil by God are all who deviate from His Word by even the smallest point. The weeds grow amidst His wheat. If we look at the world’s landmasses, we find that the majority of fields are made up of weeds; in comparison, only small segments grow wheat and even then weeds infiltrate in an effort to choke out the wheat. Satan’s army makes up over 2/3rds of humanity; God’s army is a small 1/3rd: the difference is we have God’s power and they do not.

Jesus said, “Every writer for God’s mouth is taught what the kingdom of heaven is like, and each teach these matters from both the Old and New Testaments; for they have received in abundance God’s knowledge, wisdom, secrets and mysteries. Alas, those of a wicked heart quickly lose the Truth they first were given, because they did not receive it with unshakable trust. Therefore, man shall live by every word of God.” Those who know God and His Christ obey God’s His Doctrine, to-wit: Statutes of Life, Law of Blessings, Law of Righteousness, Ten Commandments— for they who obey and teach His Word, in him or her is the love of God and Truth perfected.

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References— Mark 4:11-12; II Timothy 3:5,7; Matthew 13:3-9,19-33,37-50,52; 13:12,16; Hebrews 4:2; Proverbs 1:23; Psalm 68:11; Proverbs 2:1-6; Luke 4:4; I John 2:3-6

Additional Points— Matthew 13:11,13,15; Mark 4:3-9,13-20,26-32; Luke 8:5-8,10-18; 13:19; 17:6; Psalm 45:1-2; Mark 4:24-25; Deuteronomy 8:3

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God’s own words reveal a single seed: His Word; and Jesus is the sower of God’s Word. The Word is heard by two kinds of people— indicating that all of humanity does hear or read about God at some point during their lifetime— also referred to as seeds: 1) God’s children; and, 2) Satan’s children. Noting either child as a seed indicates into what manner of plant, or person as it were, the seed sprouts and grows to ultimately reveal who is their father: God or Lucifer. These children, or soil as it were, also indicates the type of ground God’s seed Word fell upon and the plant type that sprouts: wheat or weeds.

The four soil conditions reveal God’s wisdom, in that He alone knows each person’s true intent at heart: whether they desire spiritual things or the comfort of this world. The “wayside” uncovers a wicked heart, while “rocky and thorny” ground turn to the things and cares of Satan’s temporary realm: earth, the riches of which are under his temporary control to dispense. Only to fertile soil does God impart His Knowledge, Wisdom, Secrets, and Mysteries plus spiritual gifts of power according to Holy Spirit’s discretion.

Lucifer’s children become his by virtue of their daily choices. After all, humanity first was God’s by His creation. As noted, Satan’s offspring are referred to as weeds, which has a two-point meaning: 1) blatantly wicked and filthy, those of the wayside, surround God’s children everywhere they go on this planet; and, 2) the beautiful ones, rocky and thorny, sit amidst Christ’s true congregation feigning belief. These are weeds in the midst of wheat but will not be separated until harvest time: that done in plain sight of all: no magical disappearances of people, as the “Left Behind” series would have us believe.

God judges soils 1 through 3 as hating Him. Revelation 3:15-19, however, indicates hope for the rocky and thorny— as Revelation describes as the cold and lukewarm: which is another Truth to be learned. Still, each person must choose to “sell all that they have to follow Christ,” to-wit: comply with God’s full Doctrine as well as “speak His testimony and teach His Law.” If they do so because they truly love God, it is because “there is Light in them.” — Isaiah 8:16,20

Time to repent is TODAY: we entered the last church age, Laodicea, in 1991. As a result, “Christ is at the door and comes quickly.” No one can say the specific day and hour, but we do know the time is at hand and must watch the clouds; for Christ’s harvest is not far off: October, or as late as mid-November. Could it be 2009 or the next year, perhaps? The Spirit instructed the seventh seal messenger, “No later than 2011.” The various signs of both the Old and New Testaments, including the mother and daughters’ hatred of the Doctrine Keepers, plus six of the seven plagues are present and ever worsening, and all prophecies up to Christ’s return are fulfilled. We eagerly await His presence in the clouds of the final harvest months.

——Watch the clouds between mid-October to mid-November henceforth until no later than 2011. The book of Hebrews says Jesus will not be late. If not fully converted now, time is your enemy; total conversion must be instant, this day, TODAY: do not delay. Pray unceasing! Be watchful; stand fast even to death. WE HAVE GOD’S POWER. KEEP WALKING and TALKING, even when it seems useless or even dangerous: you might snatch one lost, Lukewarm sheep from the flames and give the warmth of God’s Truth to a Cold waiting for it. Saith the Lord, “Ye lukewarm await consuming fire.”

——TSaS post archives open to public; members access Bible Lesson FILES. TSaS ministry neither needs nor asks for money and never will: God provides our basic needs. We ask only for prayer and that you share God’s Truth with all who will hear/read and obey in “the instant.” Be good stewards of God’s Word: share Extra Oils, lead everyone to God’s Biblical Truth at — http://groups.yahoo.com/group/truthseekersandspeakers

Much Love in Christ, Sister BonnieQ
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“Sister Kinship, I am a Christian just like you so don’t misquote the Bible to me. The Bible is a book of Polygamy both new and old testaments,and anytime a few people object to the Polygamy of the Bible times like Paul they try to give reasons for not having more than one wife to a unlistening society. Without Polygamy Ruth could never have had a husband being a widow! Women in the Bible were all able to marry if they wanted because of Polygamy. So we Sisters interested in our African cultural roots know that Polygamy takes care of all women!”

So entgegnet die Verfasserin dieses Blogs “This Rasta Sister Explains Polygamy” einer “modernen” Schwarzen, die Polygamie als einseitig zur Befriedigung männlicher Bedürfnisse ansieht.

Polygamie hilft Frauen, sich gegenseitig zu unterstützen; stabilisiert Familien; gibt allen Kindern einen Vater, gibt Witwen einen Mann (dabei bezieht sie sich auf die alttestamentarische Rut), sie sieht Polygamie als Möglichkeit für alle schwarzen Frauen, die zu ihren kulturellen Wurzeln in Afrika zurückkehren möchten. Polyandrie (mehrere Männer) dagegen sieht sie als Chaos an: keine Frau weiß dann, wer der Vater ihres Kindes ist.

“Our Polygamy is HOLY because we practice it to benefit all women” – deutlicher könnte es kein Mann sagen, was das Wichtigste an Polygamie ist.

Und dann fragt sie die Frauen, die denken, sie könnten keinen Mann teilen, ob sie sich so sicher seien, daß  sie ihren Mann noch nie teilen mußten?

Um mit einer wirklich positiven Vision zu schließen: “I know that in the Blackamerikkkan household Polygamy means more than 3 sources of income to pool and help all. And in Africa,and in the BIBLE Black women always work,house,field,business of the husband so they contribute always tremendously to the family welfare.We are not desparate,but happy BLACK women who loving work together with our co-wives and wonderful husband to care for the family’s needs,as well as the society’s needs” – Polygamie, um Familien ein stabiles Einkommen zu ermöglichen, um Frauen in Gemeinschaft auch bei der Familien – und Erwerbsarbeit zu stärken.

Welche Frau hat nicht die Einsamkeit in Erinnerung, wenn sie mit einem oder mehr kleinen Kind(ern) alleine zu Hause sitzt? Und er denkt, er müsse möglichst viel arbeiten, um die Familie zu versorgen? Und dabei in einen unlösbaren Konflikt kommt? Ich habe das schon mehrmals erfahren – diese Einsamkeit war ein Hauptgrund der Verzweiflung meiner Frau in der ersten Ehe, die Einsamkeit trieb auch meine zweite Frau oft an den Rand der Verzweiflung. Nach hunderten von Jahren weißer Mission in Schwarzafrika – warum sollten wir mit unserem Kleinfamilienmodell, das bedrohliche Erosionserscheinungen zeigt, uns nicht von afrikanischen Christen helfen lassen? Und unseren Eurozentrismus, der seine Wurzeln mehr in Aufklärung und griechisch-römischer Philosophie hat als in der Bibel, zugunsten der Familien und der Menschlichkeit aufgeben?

Eine weitere Stimme ist die schwarze Hochschuldozentin Dr. Patricia Dixon, die in ihrem Buch “We Want for Our Sisters what we want for ourselves” Monogamie als Ergebnis eines Eurozentrismus ansieht und eine schwarze Ethik der Polygamie zum Nutzen der Frauen entwickelt ,  “The Biblical Case Against Polygyny and for Monogamy” “…how the Bible has been used to affirm monogamy’s compatibility … with Christianity”. Es geht also nicht nur um einen fundamentalistischen Rückzug auf eine alttestamentarische Wortgläubigkeit und Gesetzlichkeit, sondern um, Befreiung, Beziehung, Behütung, Bewahrung, stabile Partnerschaften.

From TheWashingtonPost.com:

One year ago, I stood with city leaders on a hill in Northeast as we broke ground for affordable housing in the District. When the St. Martin’s Apartments are completed, nearly 200 low-income families and individuals will get a fresh start on life in a wonderful example of the type of effective public-private partnerships the residents of our nation’s capital need.

St. Martin’s is being developed by Catholic Charities, on land owned by the Catholic Church and with funding sources that include the District of Columbia.

Catholic Charities and the Archdiocese of Washington are committed to continuing to serve the people of the District as we have for many decades. That includes partnerships such as St. Martin’s. Unfortunately, the D.C. Council is considering legislation that could end these kinds of partnerships.

It doesn’t need to be that way. While we do not agree with the council on redefining marriage, we recognize that it is firmly committed to opening marriage to homosexual couples. We are asking that new language be developed that more fairly balances different interests — those of the city to redefine marriage and those of faith groups so that they can continue to provide services without compromising their deeply held religious teachings and beliefs. The archdiocese has not been alone in requesting broader language. Other groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union, the InterFaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington and nationally recognized legal scholars all called for stronger protections for religious freedom in their testimony on the original bill.

For the archdiocese and Catholic Charities, two core tenets of our faith are at the heart of our concerns: our understanding of the nature of marriage and our commitment to expressing Christ’s love through service to others. Under the legislative language before the D.C. Council, the archdiocese would be forced to choose between these two principles. The archdiocese has long made clear that all people have equal dignity, regardless of sexual orientation. But marriage is reserved for husband and wife because of its essential connection with the creation of children.

The proposed legislation offers little protection for religious beliefs, including no protections for individuals, as is required under the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Under the bill, religious organizations would be exempt from participating in ceremonies or from teaching about same-sex marriage in religion classes and retreats in accordance with their faith beliefs, but they would be required to recognize and promote same-sex marriage everywhere else, including in employment policies, and adoption and foster-care policies, against their beliefs.

The proposed legislation offers little protection for religious beliefs, including no protections for individuals, as is required under the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Under the bill, religious organizations would be exempt from participating in ceremonies or from teaching about same-sex marriage in religion classes and retreats in accordance with their faith beliefs, but they would be required to recognize and promote same-sex marriage everywhere else, including in employment policies, and adoption and foster-care policies, against their beliefs.

So what does this mean?

The archdiocese and Catholic Charities are committed to continuing to provide services in the District. Despite the headlines, there has been no threat or ultimatum to end services, just a simple recognition that the new requirements by the city for religious organizations to recognize same-sex marriages in their policies could restrict our ability to provide the same level of services as we do now. This is so because the District requires Catholic Charities to certify its compliance with city laws when applying for contracts and grants. This includes contracts for homeless services, mental health services, foster care and more. Since Catholic Charities cannot comply with city mandates to recognize and promote same-sex marriages, the city would withhold contracts and licenses.

Each year, 68,000 people in the District rely on Catholic Charities for shelter, nutrition, medical and legal care, job training, immigration assistance and more. This assistance is offered to whoever needs it, regardless of race, religion, gender, nationality or sexual orientation. Many of the programs are offered in partnership with the city, which turns to Catholic Charities and other ministries when it cannot provide social services on its own. Catholic Charities has a proven track record of high-quality service, supported through caring, qualified staff, thousands of dedicated volunteers and millions of dollars in financial support from parishioners all over the region. This legislation won’t end Catholic Charities’ services, but it would reduce unnecessarily the resources available for outreach.

We recognize that the council is likely to legalize same-sex marriage. It is the hope of the archdiocese and Catholic Charities that council members will work with us to find a way to better balance interests so religious organizations that have served this city well for many decades may continue to provide services without compromising the tenets of their faith.

The writer is archbishop of Washington.

Or something like that. It’s used to describe a two-timer. A cheating partner. One who lack the moral capability to seriously consider the feelings of the person who loves him or her. Ok maybe that previous sentence isn’t really true. A person who engages in polygamy can also be said to have one leg in two boats and yet his action may be consented by his partner due to some reason. However I must say that is quite unusual. Possible, but unusual.

Why a boat? Ahh… Obviously one boat is rocky enough, but two? That’s plain stupid, unnecessary and truly, a circus act.

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Prophecy’s Extra Oil Update 34: News of False Teachers, False Prophets

©copyright 2009 Bonita M Quesinberry

News 11/21-11/24: 3.5 days in “terrors of these end days;”
England, “many” missing in “worst storm floods ever recorded” ancient stone bridges collapse, 1000s homes flooded; UK opens investigation of soldier abuses at Abul Grae prison similar to US abuses; China, mine blast kills “scores” (104); India, train derail kills “at least” 29; Saudi Arabia, 4 pilgrims die H1N1; Indonesia, ferry sinks, “at least” 26 dead; Turkey floods, 4 dead; Pakistan, 20 Taliban killed; Philippines, kidnappers kill 21; Politically motivated massacre, 46 dead; Italy, plane crash kills 5; Afghan, Nov: US soldiers-15 killed; Iran, alliance talks with Russia/So. America; Canada, Stork Craft recalls 2.1-mil baby cribs due to deaths;

US, religion/sexual orientation hate crimes rising rapidly, “economy not as strong as believed,” people in deadly panic mode, 29 States’ job loss rates climbing, Senate debates Health bill; WA 5th storm, rivers flood, 3-ft snow, 7-in more due even lowlands, hail, wind damages, “at least” 11-k no power; OR bad weather, road rage shooting kills 1, wounds others/shooter kills self; Las Vegas, officer killed in his home by robber, military brother flies in from Iraq; FaceBook led to 12yo beating, Woman informed “stripped of Canadian disability due to F/B photos of her at Chippendale strip show”; (Uncle Sam also is watching and listening in on its people);

Mother and Daughters: POPE to meet Anglican leaders amidst rising tensions; Hal LINDSEY recently viewed, noticed distinct agitation in evangelist as he defined points of prophecy, albeit invalid, on his TBN show: formerly confident, the nervous fidgeting revealed his recognition of lies in God’s name. Hal Lindsey is not alone; many like him, i.e. Hagee, speak for harlot daughters despite knowing Truth;

TBN Sun 11/22, Rev. John HAGEE, fronting a poster labeled “Counterfeit Christianity,” urged Sunday attendance then robs audience of Truth by accusing all who obey God’s Doctrine as legalist cults, “counterfeits.” By sight/sound Hagee trains his goats to blame Christ’s sheep for causing global devastation— Revelation shows Apostle John shocked by a scene of what appeared to be Christ’s church persecuting Christ’s church.

Hagee’s sermon cited God’s wrath on US—economic crisis— then said “pray to return god to America and its demise can be stopped:” it is not the god whom Christ’s sheep follow, as Hagee later implied. It is too late to turn the tide, so he leads his flock to certain destruction: God said, “Satan slays his own.” Hagee’s end comments about the true sheep were to prepare his goats’ minds to fault the Elect: unbeknownst to them God views these acts as cursing God (Rev.). It is the same brainwashing methods used to create terrorists, some of whom will kill anyone they believe the Bible or Quran call “infidels,” unbelievers— God noted, “They think to do it for God.” NOT!

Sound like Muslim extremists? Hagee and others are urgently preparing their goats for exactly the same extreme behaviour as that of Islamic terrorists. Mark this word: their rage and indignation against Truth Speakers has been occurring for some time but only in verbal or written trickles; now their emotions are about to erupt in deadly rage. More frequently and more heatedly than any time in history, we are hearing these accusations from harlot daughters’ myriad denominational pulpits and televised evangelists: earth’s hourglass about to run out of sand. Increasing twists of God’s Word then heavily laced with lies and pointing fingers at the Elect, while speaking in angry tones, reveal Satan’s last effort to take down with him as many people who will allow his nasty power of them.

Be well-armoured, beloved sheep, that you may stand without fear of whatever attack they might bring against you; if it be verbal, say nothing or calmly respond as the Spirit leads, with a statement not for debate; or, if it be threat of a first death, face it as Jesus spoke of it— a blessing from God sparing you the worst to come: Christ will raise us up to join Him in the clouds. According to God, a “few” brethren must die as a sign of Christ’s quick return: those few join Christ’s martyrs killed long ago and who are crying out from beneath the altar, “Lord, when will you avenge us.” Do not expect mass slayings of Christ’s true sheep: rather, look for many to be beaten and/or falsely imprisoned with just a few deaths of God’s few 7th seal messengers known worldwide.

The sheep know the world is collapsing and will not recover, per God’s Holy Word; thus, a break from daily travesties is called for and prompts no indepth news for a while. We do suggest watching local news and CNN at least in the evening; be sure to notice CNN’s ticker tape at the bottom screen, which provides even more news in bits and bites.

TSaS will focus on recalls of vital Bible studies, respond to member questions, post prayer requests and comments members might have, or post summaries of documentaries answering to horrors we are witnessing around the globe during the most exciting time in man’s history. Pray— pray unceasing for the world and its leaders, for all who believe a lie and will die twice for their misguided ways.

Please WELCOME new member Jennie of Wisconsin! To all members, keep in mind that TSaS Post Archives and Files contain a wealth of God’s knowledge and wisdom: peruse them freely, print them out if you choose; most of all, share them with everyone you know, whether saved or not. You never know when you might “literally snatch one from God’s fiery wrath.” It only takes one for you to be “called great in heaven.”

Sister Debbie on Extra Oil Update 33— “I have watched a few of those survivalist programs. They are the in-thing lately. It truly saddens me how foolish and lost these people are. There will be no place to hide when Christ returns. All will know who has come and why. His saints will be leaving and the rest will find their shelters are not to be. All we can do is pray they come to Christ and soon. Time as we know it now will cease to exist . . . in just a twinkling of His eye.” 

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Identifying False Teachers and Prophets

Truth Gathering, ©copyright 1998-2003 annotations by Bonita M Quesinberry, the world’s only AKJV exhaustive Topical Bible, excerpts chapters 2 and 12: Many moons ago, TSaS member Albert asked, “How can we discern false preachers, pastors, prophets, theologians, and brethren from God’s true disciples?” See post archives for original post that includes member responses. Update ©copyright 2009—

There are two AKJV Bible passages that, in God’s considered opinion, clearly define God’s true from Satan’s false: Isaiah and Daniel’s description of false teachers and prophets who would appear on the scene after Jesus ascended to heaven, the same of which Paul warned the true sheep. The following are paraphrased for clarity:

Isaiah 8:16,20— Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. They speak God’s Law and His testimony, for there is light in them. If they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

Daniel 7:25— [False teachers and prophets] speak great words that are against the most High’s [Words], wearing out the saints of the most High, and they changed God’s times and Laws, [teaching their own for God's]. {recall Jesus chastising, “You teach man’s commandments for God.”}

See also Romans 1:1-6; Galatians 1:6-10. Jesus lived and taught the Doctrine of God; and, His Apostles preached the gospel of Christ, which was God’s. What was said in the New Testament was first said in the Old. There is nothing new, nothing changed; save and except the fact Jesus became the ultimate sacrificial lamb in place of a literal lamb of the temporary sacrificial ordinances.

All who truly believe must obey as a Jew, else be not grafted into the Jewish Tree of Life; and, all Jews who did not obey were cut from the Tree of Life. Paul admonished, “You heathens are grafted in but God can easily cut you out for the same reasons He cut out two of the tribes. Do not set their same examples of unbelief.” The two tribes cut out had turned deeply into pagan practices and rituals, just as Papal Rome and myriad Christian denominations did and continue to do today: which is to teach lies in God’s name.

Sadly, the vast majority of people foolishly believe their denomination of choice teaches all 12 of God’s Commandments, “as given in the beginning,” which Paul stated. “In the beginning” refers us back to Moses and the stone tablets, cited in both Exodus c.20 and Deuteronomy c.5: other Old Testament books state the two royal laws of love long before Jesus came reciting those same two “upon which depend the Ten.” The harlots teach that we really can’t obey all the Law— we are human after all— so we are not to worry about it: Jesus will forgive us each time we knowingly sin, thousands of times.

NOT TRUE! Once having repented of all known sins, and never repeating them again, Christ will forgive sins of which we are not aware or do not yet fully understand— UNTIL we understand. For instance, many today do not know they are violating all the Commandments by not obeying the fourth. When they have been given the truth of this matter, then continue to disobey that Law, they will not be forgiven nor bear the Seal of the One True Living God; effectively condemning themselves to eternal death.

Leviticus 19:18, Deuteronomy 6:5, 10:12-13, 11:1,13, 13:3-5, Joshua 22:5 and Nehemiah 1:5,9 clearly cite God saying, “Love the Lord thy God with all your heart and soul and with all your might; and, love your neighbor as yourself.” Deuteronomy 13:5 added, “IF YOU DO LOVE GOD, YOU WILL OBEY HIS COMMANDMENTS.” Then, of course, the Apostles said, “We know we love God because we obey His Commandments.” Does everyone understand that God’s Twelve Precepts ARE His Holy Doctrine, the same Jesus magnified by living it, the same Jesus made honorable by teaching others to obey?

Jesus came speaking no new commandments, albeit false teachers say He did give two new precepts; rather, He cited the same two royal laws God had given and added that upon them hang all the law and the prophets. To “hang upon” means to “depend upon.” Therefore, Christ was saying the same as what God had said: one cannot hope or even be motivated to obey the Ten Precepts unless they truly love God in order to obey the first four precepts, and truly love their neighbor thus obeying the last six laws. Jesus included the ancient prophets in His statement simply because they truly loved God thus both obeyed and spoke God’s testimony and Law just as Christ did. True love for God and neighbor compels a desire to obey God’s Law: written on the fleshy table of our heart.

Following Jesus’ ministry, the Apostles then taught the same message of obedience through faith: faith that obeying those Laws are in one’s own best interest and in the interest of those around them, and in faith that in doing so will prompt God to fulfill His promise of everlasting life. When Israel obeyed, it was because they feared God’s wrath instead of obeying His Law because they loved and trusted that God required it in their best interest; therefore acknowledging that God knows and understands more than they did or that we do.

This is exactly why God’s Ten Precepts also have alternate Biblical titles: Statutes of Life, Law of Righteousness, Law of Blessings, and Law of Liberty; for in our obedience by faith and love, we will be blessed many times over AND spared a second death: provided, of course, we also truly believe Jesus is God’s Son. The harlots teach that we are set free of THE Law; when, in fact, we are set free of only the condemnation in the Law: which condemnation comes into play only when Law is violated: i.e. man’s law says stealing is a crime punishable by imprisonment. If you do not steal, then you are not condemned to prison; thus, to avoid condemnation you must obey that law. See how we are “set free” of only condemnation within God’s Law? If Christ set us free of the whole Law, then why will that same Law “stand forever, even in the new earth and heavens?” 

In reality, false disciples teach almost exclusively the two royal laws— citing them as new commandments issued by Christ to replace the Ten, and the only ones that count in the end— “Love is Love and Love Is All That Matters.” Ironically, they do, from time to time, mention 12 precepts yet reduce one to third position to read simply, “Keep thou the Sabbath holy” while persuading their goats to be in church every Sunday. It would be difficult for them to urge Sunday attendance if they quoted the true fourth Precept: unless people have no concept of which are the first and last days in a week. Read the whole:

Exodus 20:8-11— Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger [heathen] that is within thy gates: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it [made it holy].

Jesus then came adamantly stating, “I also am Lord of the Sabbath!” This should lend a hint of something quite special about this seventh day. If nothing else, it identifies God and His Christ as the ones whom true believers serve. And, by their observance of God’s Sabbath, in the manner He prescribed in Isaiah 58:6-8,10,13-14, they are identified as both God’s and Christ’s servants, sheep, the elect.

Additional scriptures state, “Blessed is the person who obeys God’s Sabbath, Jew or heathen, and cursed are those who do not.” To observe any other day as God’s Sabbath reveals a different god and identifies that god’s followers as goats, putting them in danger of being judged twice dead.

Therefore, the seventh day Sabbath is both God’s and Christ’s seal of authority to enforce God’s Laws over those who observe and keep holy the day as well as God’s remaining Statutes of Life. After all, within Exodus 20:8-11 appear all four criteria required for a valid seal of authority, whether corporeal or spiritual; and, in Ezekiel 20:12,20 God clearly tells us that the seventh day Sabbath is His SEAL— sign, seal, mark, and token being synonymous words— indicating that all who bear God’s seal have been sanctified by Him or by His Christ. Christ’s claim to the same seal makes perfect sense: He is the Son of God, thus He expects the same obedience to the day He shares with His Father. After all, Jesus said, “Do my Father’s Will, obey my Father’s Doctrine.”

It is an historical fact that the seventh day of the week is Saturday; always has been and always will be. Look to the Jewish faith for confirmation; of which Christianity is supposed to be a mere extension. Nonetheless, over the last 6000 years, calendars have undergone a number of changes: both the Jewish as well as those of pagans, changes which affected only the number of days in a year or in a month as well as the number of months in a year or which month would represent the first month of the year: Jewish and pagan finally settling on 12 months of 360-365 days in a year.

There have been several attempts to change the line up of week days— specifically to get people to accept Monday as the first day and Sunday as the seventh, making a blasphemous day appear to be God’s true Sabbath— but, each time it was met with strong opposition thus never accepted. This is no surprise, for our Lord stated, “I preserve My Truths.” Ironically, the United States federal government and its armed forces do use calendars showing Monday as the first day and Sunday as the last weekday. Sunday always has been the first day and Saturday the seventh. But, what about “times?”

Genesis shows God establishing a day as extending from evening to evening: because the world began in darkness; thus night came first, then He created light for the daytime hours. For example, Sabbath begins at sundown Friday and ends at sundown Saturday, the next day beginning at sundown and so forth. False speakers changed a day to begin at midnight, which comes straight out of paganism.

In the last decade or more, some denominations have begun holding services on Saturday evenings, due to some members’ concerns regarding God’s fourth Statute, erroneously leading people to believe they are observing God’s true Sabbath by attending church on Saturday nights; in fact, it’s already Sunday by God’s time standard. Obviously, these same people have no idea what God calls a day, short of reading Genesis for themselves.

The above move also is an effort to bring Sabbath keepers into their deadly synagogues: which is to walk right back into that which God said to “come out of.” Even daylight savings practices cannot affect God’s true Sabbath: the sun will rise and the sun will set according to His timing, regardless of mankind’s mechanical clock settings.

Further, false speakers interpret God’s prophecies to suit the desires of the world as well as altering timelines of each prophecy they’ve discerned by the world— as opposed to spiritually— therefore grossly leading their people astray and leaving them totally unprepared for Christ’s quick return. To be unprepared is to be left behind very “dead from one end of earth to the other end and the eagles are called to feast upon them,” while Christ’s sheep are “escorted to the sure, safe haven of heaven for 1000 years.”

False speakers teach some prophecies having been fulfilled in part, with the remainder to be fulfilled thousands of years later: setting God and His Word wholly out of character. This maliciously directs people to seek signs today that were long ago fulfilled— in essence, causing them to believe Christ won’t come until they see those signs. There are numerous ways in which false prophets have misinterpreted God’s prophecies, while at the same time earning billions of dollars through the promotion of their lies by the use of various medias: books, television and movies. Lies are about money, tons of it.

God, Christ, Holy Spirit, and the Apostles made it clear that even “one falsehood amidst God’s truth renders the whole a deception.” So let us suppose the only lie being taught among various denominations is that of God’s Sabbath: Sunday exchanged for Saturday. This being the case, how can anyone believe anything else they teach? If they will promote even one lie— let alone the greatest lie ever perpetuated— there is absolutely NO assurance people are getting any of God’s Truth! Besides which, this particular falsity renders the one who believes the lie without God’s Seal upon his or her forehead: instead, twice dead by Satan’s Mark.

The fact is, and for any number of reasons, there is not one denomination coming even close to fitting the Biblical description of Christ’s church; which clarifies exactly why Jesus said, “Where two or three are gathered in my name, so shall I be.” This also accounts for the description of His flocks as being “small” in number.

Our Saviour condemned all false preachers, pastors, theologians, and prophets of His time as well as in the generations to come; saying instead that those who are NOT schooled in man’s Bible seminaries— babes, as it were— would perfect praise and teach Truth. Despite His declaration, the vast majority of people continue to believe and blindly follow only ordained ministers and their trumped up prophets: the very ones “who slay their own people for lack of truth.” They reign by way of persuasive power strengthened by certificates of ordination from man’s schools of theology and, in exchange for your loyalty and money, they promise wealth, peace, and happiness now and in paradise they cannot guarantee.

Last, there are people who will believe only those preachers, pastors, theologians and prophets who are related to them: mother, father, brother, sister, uncle and so forth. Just because someone is a family member who just happens to be in a ministry does not guarantee he or she speaks God’s Truth. Nor can one be assured they are not false ministers and prophets. Else Christ would not have warned that those who will turn against His sheep are those of his or her own household, family as it were. Further, Paul revealed the deceit of Satan’s synagogues: “Why are you surprised Satan can manifest himself as an angel of light and that his ministers can do the same?”

God’s consistent complaint with Israel, as noted in Isaiah 30:8-9, was their habitual return to disobedience of His Commandments; Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 further advising us that the whole duty of mankind is to obey God’s Statutes. Then, in Romans 2:12-13,15,18, Paul states clearly that “those who sin without God’s Law will PERISH without His Law; and, those who sin aware of God’s Law shall be JUDGED by that law: therefore, the hearers of God’s Law are not justified; but, the DOERS OF GOD’S LAW SHALL BE JUSTIFIED. How much plainer must God’s requirements be stated in order that people turn to His total Law instead of mankind’s altered form of it? Revelation even confirms this same obligation three times— 12:17, 14:12, 22:14.

Yet, religious leaders say we are dead to the Law? The only aspect of God’s Law to which only the obedient are exempt is the condemnation built into the Law; this is to say, the penalty for violating God’s Law, which penalty is to be rendered twice dead. There is no scripture in existence saying we are dead to obeying His Precepts. After all, scripture tells us that to commit sin IS to violate the Law.

Isaiah 8, verses 16 and 20, make it abundantly clear who are false teachers versus who are Spirit anointed speakers: the latter speak the loving testimony of God and His Christ as well as teach only God’s Law, His Doctrine, because there is light in them. There was light in God’s various chosen ancient prophets, there was light in Jesus, there was light in His Apostles, save and except Judas, and there is light in the few truly anointed today: sadly, they go unheeded amidst the roaring flood of false teachers and prophets.

After all, false leaders can shout louder and have ample financial resources you’ve provided to surround the globe with their lies, masking truth speakers by their sheer strength and volume, accessibility to civil powers, as well as their exceeding numbers of supporting followers: these latter of whom are to be considered false brethren. False leaders and brethren alike are quick to denounce truth speakers as “legalists, blasphemers and doers of Satan’s work.” Their formal ordination causes people to believe them thus quickly denouncing truth speakers. As in Christ’s day, so it is today: only getting worse.

Do you still believe you are directed by God’s true disciples: the ones who lead your choice  of denomination? Or, has this article cast shadows on what you’ve believed, doubt of your leaders and those denominations Biblically known as Satan’s synagogues? There is much more light to be shed, for they know absolutely no boundaries for lies.

Therefore, the end-of-days’ instruction to Christ’s sheep is to be fully dressed in God’s Armor and keep your eyes on the clouds; for Jesus is even at the door and earth has been  “reeling to and fro like a drunkard” for almost 19 years now (Isaiah 24:19-22). Time is short; so, let this serve as a heads up to every professed Christian whom God deems cold or lukewarm (Revelation 3:14-22). Repent— repent— repent quickly, totally and today.

——Watch the clouds between mid-October to mid-November henceforth until no later than 2011. The book of Hebrews says Jesus will not be late. If not fully converted now, time is your enemy; total conversion must be instant, this day, TODAY: do not delay. Pray unceasing! Be watchful; stand fast even to death. WE HAVE GOD’S POWER. KEEP WALKING and TALKING, even when it seems useless: you might snatch one lost, lukewarm sheep from the flames and give the warmth of God’s Truth to a cold waiting for it. Saith the Lord, “Ye lukewarm await consuming fire.”

——TSaS post archives open to public; members access Bible Lesson FILES. TSaS ministry neither needs nor asks for money and never will: God provides our basic needs. We ask only for prayer and that you share God’s Truth with all who will hear/read and obey in “the instant.” Be good stewards of God’s Word: share Extra Oils, lead everyone to God’s Biblical Truth at — http://groups.yahoo.com/group/truthseekersandspeakers

Much Love in Christ, Sister BonnieQ

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Documents the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints (FLDS), a polygamist religious sect on the Utah/Arizona border headed by Warren Jeffs.

Via DocChannel

So I am no longer a single man which is amazing but it isnt what you would call a typical relationship.  Well for starters it is with another but second it is well a polygamist relationship.  I know what people will say and think but I am happy and I really care for B, who is the “head” of our relationship.  I am not sure if this will work and being a traditionalist I am not prone to situations like this but I am going to try it.  Anyway all I know is that I am happy and I am considering this an adventure.

We’re getting to the home stretch here in NaBloPoMo. Eight posts to go!

And I am out of ideas. Oh, sure, there will be some sort of cheesy What I’m Thankful For post on Thursday, and maybe a cop out photo post on Friday documenting our holiday and my ginormous food-baby. So that leaves me needing six more ideas. One of which is needed IMMEDIATELY.

So, I did what anyone else would do, and desperately googled “random blog topic generator”.

Oh yes I did.

And I found this.

I wish I could say it gave me tons of awesome blog topic suggestions, but no. What it did give me was ONE awesome blog topic suggestion, which was to list for you some of the more ridiculous blog topic suggestions it spat out. You are SO welcome.

Describe one of your spouses. (Just one, though. WE DON’T HAVE ALL DAY HERE.)

Do you have choices?

What do you do with all of the things you write about? (Note: This is not asking what you do with all of the things you write … but what you do with the things you WRITE ABOUT. THAT MAKES NO SENSE.)

Do you like progress? (Loathe it.)

What does your cat think?

Today when I put on my pants, I … (Whoa, buddy. Quit making assumptions.)

Everything happens for a reason, right?

If tears could speak to you, what would they say? (Tickle Me Emo? Is that YOU?)

Where is “there”? (Hint: not here.)

Define long-suffering. (Pretty sure that’s been taken care of.)

WELL? What are you waiting for! Ten awesome blog post ideas … I’ll be waiting.

* actual topic suggestion from the generator

Marriage is a crap shoot.

You just never know…. but I guess we could say all things in life are. I’m not in the best of moods, so I don’t really care to elaborate at this moment. Ok, I’m back. Maybe I will elaborate a little.

Sometimes I wonder would my life be better if I had married more for money than love? Money equals more stability. If we lived in a cheaper area it would be a lot easier. I haven’t worked steadily since Ramadan. But I have my own money. I rarely ask DH for money.  A lot of you have commented, or sent me private messages on how sweet I am.

I am NOT sweet. I purposely make my husband feel bad sometimes, by saying little things.  I am very hard on him when it comes to finances, especially since he plans on taking a second. Chloe called DH last night, but he didn’t answer because he was talking to me. I told him to answer because it was already late and he wouldn’t be able to call her back. He didn’t. He said she will probably call your cell phone, she never did. She called him today too, but not me.

Interesting. I don’t know why that bothers me. I mean she’s not engaged, or intended to me.

I think I’m going to stop here. I will be back when I’m feeling a bit more positive. I’m just pissy because I want to visit my family this week, but my cheapness won’t let me spend $500 for a ticket.

Muslims in Indonesia, including traditional leaders and women, are protesting against the founding of a controversial polygamy club. The club, which currently adheres to the Islamic ruling that permits a man to marry up to four wives, was originally founded in Malaysia and aims to promote and disseminate polygamy. Muslim leaders question the purpose of such a club which they chide for the instrumental use of Islam. Reasons for banning the banning the club include the high possibility of family strife and disputes, and the unequal status of men and women in marriage, among others.

From the Associated Press:

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s top court ruled Thursday that gay couples legally married elsewhere are entitled to some government benefits, boosting stalled legislative efforts to legalize same-sex marriage.

The Court of Appeals rejected a Christian legal group’s argument that same-sex marriage was akin to incest and polygamy, although the court avoided declaring that gay couples are entitled to all the rights of other married couples.

The 4-3 decision was on the narrow question of benefits; the court did not address whether the state must recognize same-sex marriage but encouraged the Legislature to settle the issue.

The Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Alliance Defense Fund, which challenged the benefits, said it was disappointed that the high court chose not to rule on the validity of what it calls “counterfeit marriages.”

“In New York, the only relationship recognized as marriage is the committed union of a man and a woman,” said Brian Raun, senior counsel for the group. “State and local officials should not attempt to use marriage laws from outside jurisdictions to place their political agendas ahead of the law.”

Gay rights advocates said the decision is the latest in a string of wins that bolsters their case for the state Senate to give final approval to a bill legalizing same-sex marriage.

The Democrat-led Assembly passed a bill this year to legalize same-sex marriage, but it hasn’t yet reached the floor in the Democrat-led Senate, which has promised to vote by the end of the year but where the measure appears a few votes short of passage.

“It absolutely builds momentum,” Empire State Pride Agenda Executive Director Alan Van Capelle said. “It’s another court saying the state Senate should act and clarify the issue.”

Now, 20 New York judges in different cases have supported government rights for same-sex couples, said Susan Sommer, director of constitutional litigation at Lambda Legal, a New York-based gay rights organization.

“The ball is now in the state Senate’s court,” she said.

One of the judges in Thursday’s decision warned that failing to address the larger question of recognizing same-sex marriages will create a problem.

“The effect of the majority’s rationale in affirming these orders will be to permit an unworkable pattern of conflicting executive and administrative directives … (at the) individual discretion of each agency head,” Judge Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick warned in an otherwise concurring opinion.

“We ought to avoid the confusion that would arise from a same-sex couple considered legally married by one agency for one purpose, but not married by another agency for a different purpose,” the judge wrote.

Many gay New Yorkers have been married in a handful of states and Canada but reside in New York and seek hundreds of government benefits and rights they say they’ve been denied.

Gay marriage is legal in Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts and Vermont and was for a time in California. A New Hampshire law takes effect next year, and voters in Maine repealed a law this month that would have allowed same-sex marriage.

With Thursday’s court decision, legally married same-sex couples will be entitled to public employee health insurance coverage and certain other benefits provided to heterosexual spouses.

The lawsuit challenged the granting of those benefits by the state Civil Service Department and Westchester County, and was upheld in a lower court. That ruling was challenged by the Alliance Defense Fund, which has fought similar decisions nationwide.

Marriages performed elsewhere that are considered abhorrent in New York, including incest and polygamy, are exempt from government benefits for spouses. Raum argued that same-sex marriage should be regarded as another exception.

The defendants had argued that a state rule recognizing common law marriages meant that same-sex unions performed elsewhere should be recognized in New York.

The court said in its decision that it didn’t have to consider that argument because of the narrowness of the case, pertaining only to certain benefits, but said it hoped the Legislature would address the question.

Activists are pressing for a law allowing gay marriage in New Jersey, where a recent poll found residents narrowly favor the measure. But key legislators have said there might not be enough support for the bill to pass before Gov. Jon Corzine, a Democrat, leaves office in January.

His elected successor, Republican Chris Christie, has promised to veto it.

Earth staggers like a drunk: News, Storms, 2012, Earthquakes, Health, Volcanoes, Tsunamis, Radiation, Magnetic Poles, N-S Poles, Climate, Caves? Survivalists

Prophecy’s Extra Oil Update 33: Man Cannot Fix It

©copyright 2009 Bonita M Quesinberry

News only worsens by the day, so no indepth news capsules today or for the next few weeks; other than, perhaps as in the opening below: a few short lines instead of several pages. Please WELCOME new TSaS member Millie. She is studying for a ministry and “hungry for all of God’s Word.” You have come to the right place, Millie; for here at TSaS we provide only God’s Word with understanding as given by the Spirit. We do so in parcel, not part. We urge you to share our posts with all who will “hear” or read.  

News 11/18-11/21: 3.5 days in “terrors of these end days;” Strong quake strikes Canada’s Pacific coast; Australia issues “catastrophic” fire warning; Pacific Northwest got hit with near hurricane force winds (60-80mph), flooding rains, heavy snow, damages and power outages, 3 more Pacific storms moving in back to back; Global deaths by myriad causes climbing; Insurance companies spend $600-mil to influence Health Care Reform debate; AOL to cut 1/3 work force; CNN: “9,000 suspects. 4,800 arrests. $200 million in assets. What seized is happening in China?”

The sheep know prophecy’s signs and plagues will not get better per God’s Holy Word: for this, the majority call us negative, doom and gloom preachers and liars “doing the devil’s work” that only scare others. Some even accuse us of “being in a panic.” Well, in a sense we are in a panic to get the Truth out to those waiting for it; after all, time is exceedingly short and that is the only reason for our sense of urgency.

If all those naysayers knew what we know, they would be as free of fear and as excited as we are about Christ’s “quick” return; also, they would see that we are the true survivalists: we depend on only God and Christ and their Words of Truth and promises never broken. Alas, naysayers live in abject fear, the extent of which is revealed in this week’s update. As God threatened ions ago, regarding today, “I will bring upon them all their fears.”

Today, TSaS presents four (4) documentary summaries about the horrors to come and the ones we are witnessing during the most exciting era of man’s history, highlighted in the one liner below. Pray— pray unceasing for everyone, for the world and its leaders, for all who believe a lie and will die twice for their misguided ways.

+++++++++++++++++++ Surviving 2012? Expensive Secrets! Man Cannot Fix It!

World Powers Prep for 2012

©copyright 2009 Bonita M Quesinberry

2009 DOCUMENTARIES: four have been viewed on History, Discover and SyFy channels in the last 2 weeks; each based in part on the Mayan 2012. By now, some may have seen the new movie “2012.” We know 2012 is not the year we look to for our Lord’s return and neither will total destruction occur with His sheep still on this planet; although, the movie did a fair job of providing visuals of what will be happening to the entire earth as Christ crosses the skies taking up His sheep: Praise the Lord! There will be no survivors, not even earth, save those in the clouds with Christ.

These 4 programs provided various speculations, theories yet myriad scientific facts. We do not bother with the first two, “just the facts” for us, as well as startling secrets revealed about earth’s largest world powers and the unmitigated depths of man’s arrogance.

Recently reviewed were earth’s many volcanoes, of which 20,000 of the most active lie beneath oceans: one of the biggest is a wide trench over 200 miles in length, fondly referred to as a “volcano nursery.” The findings also covered “super volcanoes,” such as Yellow Stone National Park, which are the most deceptive and powerful of all volcanoes, able to unleash unimaginable power when predictable eruptions occur.

There are dozens of “super volcanoes” in the world, most beneath our seas. In addition to Yellow Stone is the Atlantic’s Qumre Vieja located near the Canary Islands off Africa’s coast. Currently, it has built up sufficient power to be equal to 1000s of mega ton nuclear bombs exploding simultaneously, instantly setting off tsunamis with 3000-ft waves taking out the entire US east coast and all of the European west coast.

What makes these super volcanoes deceptive is the fact they appear as mere depressions on land and ocean floors; instead of rising cones, they have many square miles of lava contained in bowls called calderas close to earth’s surface; people standing on a super volcano would not know it unless told. In the last several years all of them were elevated to the “red zone”: extreme danger of all erupting at once. This fact definitely correlates to The Revelation prophesying of these end of days, more specifically the day of Christ’s return. But, there is more going on in addition to volcanoes that caused one scientist to adamantly declare, “Man cannot deal with something this big.”

The first discovery about the condition of earth’s magnetic sphere was in 1948. Most people think the magnetic poles are the same as earth’s north and south poles. They are not. In fact, the magnetic poles are located hundreds of miles away from the literal poles. Stunningly, the findings of 1948 found the magnetic poles inexplicably had shifted to within 150 miles of the literal poles, likely much closer today. At the rate of shifting, a collision of the magnetic and literal poles will occur: if that happens— well, the result would be the same catastrophic events noted below but for much different reasons.

Consider what it will be like when all events occur simultaneously. Recently, scientists found a massive weakness in a large section of earth’s magnetic sphere, which serves two purposes: keep earth on track, keep our feet on the ground, and prevent harmful solar radiation flares and UV rays from reaching the planet. It was weakened by massive flares over the last few years— that we had not heard about— worse solar storms are expected within the next 2 years that easily could rip apart the weak area: “the sun is becoming increasingly charged and could deliver fatal radiation blasts any day but surely by 2012.”

Should a break occur in the magnetic sphere, the world’s power grid would be instantly fried and take up to 5 years to restore. No lights, no computers, no phones, no aircraft able to fly. This sphere is different from our ozone; which already has a massive hole in it that has been allowing dangerous UV rays to reach us and fulfill Rev. 16:8— the fourth vial upon the sun, giving it power to “scorch men with fire.”

This gets worse: a rip in the magnetic field would cause earth’s mantle to slide erratically around its molten iron core due to direct radiation hits— the core is tossing and turning even from indirect hits but on a lesser scale. Such an event might cause the planet to turn onto its side or even upside down, setting off massive quakes and volcanic eruptions. The first things to die from the radiation would be food for sea creatures, starvation rapidly spreading around the globe and many species instantly extinct.

On the bright side, most scientists don’t believe a magnetic separation will occur, though they admit such a breach could cause the lesser event of reversing earth’s rotation; which also would set off massive quakes and volcanoes. They did say the current, massive solar flares being seen are exciting earth’s core and changing its dynamic— contrary to Martha Stewart’s favorite saying— It’s NOT a good thing.

The core’s erratic movements are evident by the rash of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and deadly storms over the last 18 years (1991). Each year the frequency and devastation of events have continued to escalate wildly, just as God’s prophecy said it would. Some of you have read of these increasing events documented in “Bind Up the Testimony, Seal the Law”— written 1998, published 2003. Such occurrences are far worse today than they were when the research was conducted and prior to publication and, certainly, worse than at any time in earth’s living history in just the last 2 years: again, as God predicted.

Thus far, science is proving what TSaS has been warning its people of for all those years and to this day; but, our message wasn’t gleaned from science. It came from God. What a blessing if more people would listen, heed and repent; for man’s time is almost over and earth is about to suffer a massive, explosive heart attack.

The documentaries got really interesting here and revealed man’s utter arrogance in believing he can fix both man’s and earth’s enormous ailments compounded by his attitude of “spare no expense” to do so. God adamantly stated, “Who can prevent God?” No man can “fix” that which he destroyed but did not create; for it is far beyond any ability he “thinks” he has within himself: as the scientist above quite accurately said.

It seems the world’s most powerful nations, including the US, have been aware of and tracking the inevitable destruction of earth for hundreds of years; albeit, these regimes have been aware of and, through collaborative efforts, preparing for the Mayan portent of 2012 for far more years than laymen were even aware of a pagan doomsday omen. Their belief in this catastrophic event actually occurring was further solidified by the same prophecies of other groups: America’s Hopi Indians, ancient Egyptian records, even the Bible’s Revelation, and myriad pagan religions.

Revelation disagrees with those portents on a number of critical points noted in previous “Extra Oils;” the most important issues being: 1. There is no 7-year tribulation to cancel out 2012 or any other date provided; 2. Christ is not going to reign on old earth for 1000 years, then all is destroyed and made new; 3. All who are left behind on this dying planet will be left quite dead no later than 2011— and, 4. Earth’s destruction and the wickeds’ first death are witnessed by Christ’s sheep from where they join Jesus in the clouds for escort to “heaven’s safe haven.”

It gets better, rather more insane. Man seems to think it all will go his way to magically save the day while sparing no expense to prove it. Over the last 60 years, billions of governments’ dollars have been spent on plans to “prevent” such a catastrophic event while at the same time preparing for failure by building bunkers at earth’s north and south poles: massive units below icy surfaces with a tubular like entry above the ice. Inside, there are “sworn to secrecy” paid employees sorting seeds of every plant on earth, putting only the best in sealed boxes then into 28-deg refrigerated units. All of this was filmed!

Still, these powerful governments do expect failure of the world’s power grid, should they fail to “prevent” the disaster: a loss of electricity calls for plan B— the surrounding ice will maintain a 28-deg temp required to preserve those vital seeds. Ice? Wonder how ice will hold up to 6000-deg temps produced by molten lava covering the world?

The above plans also explain the billions upon billions of dollars spent just to find water off this planet in light of earth’s supply contaminated or nonexistent: NASA recently discovered it on our moon. The next countless expenses will be on how to get it to earth. Add to these billions of dollars should be also the costs of maintaining the international space station and numerous satellites aimed at earth and the universes beyond. It all begs the question, have governments really placed those satellites to provide advance warning of Christ’s arrival? By now, the expenditures are likely in the trillions. No wonder the world’s national debts cannot be paid off!

Now, do not jump on a plane for the North Pole thinking you can get into these bunkers: the most sophisticated security and well-armed guards bar the way and you “would freeze to death in the few minutes it takes you to beg entry.” While the bunkers are intended to house many people, they are reserved for the world’s politically and monetarily affluent, such as presidents and kings and the world’s richest billionaires along with key lay-people to rebuild earth: agriculturalists, engineers, architects, builders, electricians, scientists— no need for common folk like us.

Their fanciful plan is designed to replant and rebuild earth after all the chaos dissipates as a result of her massive heart attack, knowing full well they will have to remain bunkered for a very long time before outside air is cleared of smoke, deadly gases, and debris from her colossal explosions: the current scientific estimation is 100 years but we know it to be 1000 years. So, the bunkers include areas to grow food for occupants.

The only life not covered in the specific documentary, “2012: Startling New Secrets,” was a governmental solution for saving earth’s animals—all creatures small and large, which the private sector below does allow for— as well as the general populace for which there are no bunkers: world powers mean to sacrifice the masses for a critical few; then replant, rebuild, repopulate and man rules once again. Boy! This is beginning to sound like a science fiction movie in which the people do not matter. Truth: governments never have cared about the people they rule. Alas, man would be no wiser in his version of the future than he is right now. Speaking of seeds, perhaps storing DNA is their way of providing a “restored” earth with all creatures both small and large, though there was no mention of this inclusion. Still, talk about government waste!

Ah, but the masses already have formed “survivalist groups” all over the Internet, to which people have joined from all over the world and financially support their own plans for survival of either 2012 or a Biblical event: most, however, have fallen prey to 2012. Presently, they are communicating with the US Army Corps of Engineers about buying old, abandoned nuclear bunkers; massive installations that cover miles of underground facilities located in various part of US deserts and, surely, around the world.

While abandoned bunkers are in deplorable, dilapidated and rusted condition, the groups’ leaders inspected various sites and declared them doable. These are preferable because they are way down deep thus considered resistant to any and all catastrophic events. It is a matter of settling on a sales price the survivalists are prepared to pay, plus the enormous cost of restoring. Talk about waste from the world’s top regimes to the bottom of simple, unbelieving humanity functioning in Satan’s gift of abject fear. God said, “islands disappear and mountains fall flat:” it will crush bunkers, filling them with 6000-deg lava.

The plan is to convert the bunkers to house non-government people with areas set aside for underground farming and raising animals for food: sort of modern day Noah’s Arks. These misguided people intend to have restoration completed prior to 21 December 2012. However, they did not address the issue of potable water, breathable air and electricity for lighting those dark, dank bunkers: there will be no water left on this planet once the upheaval settles down and earth goes into her Sabbath rest. As for air contaminated severely by smoke, deadly gases and debris— it will not clear for 1000 years.

“The wicked fall dead at the brightness of Christ’s coming.” That brightness is described as equal to Orion, ten times the light of earth’s sun. Be reminded of another scripture describing earth’s final scene: the wicked are running and screaming, cursing God and trying to hide in holes and crevices and caves— might we call them bunkers? Thunders, lightnings, volcanoes erupting and earthquakes that sink islands and flatten mountains; these followed by God’s final assault of Rev. 16:21— “And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about 100 pounds: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.”

The Old Testament tells us what common sense already knows, “The wicked shall lie dead from one end of earth to the other end.” How much plainer can this picture be painted, how much simpler can the words be formed, for the world to see with spiritual eyes and hear with spiritual ears?

“My people shall walk among them and not be touched.” We do not know nor feel fear; for we live and die by faith in God’s promises never broken.

——Watch the clouds between mid-October to mid-November henceforth until no later than 2011. The book of Hebrews says Jesus will not be late. If not fully converted now, time is your enemy; total conversion must be instant, this day, TODAY: do not delay. Pray unceasing! Be watchful; stand fast even to death. WE HAVE GOD’S POWER. KEEP WALKING and TALKING, even when it seems useless: you might snatch one lost, lukewarm sheep from the flames and give the warmth of God’s Truth to a cold waiting for it. Saith the Lord, “Ye lukewarm await consuming fire.”

——TSaS post archives open to public; members access Bible Lesson FILES. TSaS ministry neither needs nor asks for money and never will: God provides our basic needs. We ask only for prayer and that you share God’s Truth with all who will hear/read and obey in “the instant.” Be good stewards of God’s Word: share Extra Oils, lead everyone to God’s Biblical Truth at — http://groups.yahoo.com/group/truthseekersandspeakers

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Initially I found it a little confusing with the two stories running parallel. But eventually I could tell that one story was pure fiction while the other was true story.

Again, interesting book to read. Give you insight to multiple marriages and its surrounding.

Based on the old practice of Mormon Church.

Author: David Ebershoff

Number of pages: 606

From the back cover:

For the first time in six years, Jordan returns from California to Utah, to visit his mother – in jail. As a young boy he was expelled from his family’s secretive polygamous Mormon sect. Now his father has been found shot dead in front of his computer, and one of his many wives – Jordan’s mother – is accused of the crime.

Over a century earlier, Ann Eliza Young, nineteenth wife of Brigham Young, second Prophet of the Mormon Church, tells the sensational story of how she battled for her freedom from her powerful husband, to lead a crusade to end polygamy in the United States. Bold, shocking and gripping, The 19th Wife expertly weaves together these two narratives in an enthralling epic of love, family, murder and faith.

My man is incredibly thoughtful sometimes . Tonight he came home from work with an ice-cold ginger ale. I didn’t even tell him I felt sick, he just sensed it in my voice. It’s something small, but I appreciate it.

I didn’t talk to Chloe today. I called but no one answered. Whenever I tease her about this she always says she is sleeping. She sleeps more than anyone I’ve known in my life ever. Next week I have an appointment to get tested for std’s and aids. This is something I do all the time even though I am married. I trust DH to an extent, but you never know. After my first marriage ending in abuse and lies, I will never fully trust a man 100% ever again.

Say what you want, but that’s how I feel. I trusted my first husband with everything. He cheated, got another woman pregnant, beat the crap out of me etc. In turn I am a very cautious woman. Anyways I go back to work next week, and my appointment clashes with the time I’m supposed to be working. I may have to move it. Before Chloe joins the family she has agreed to get fully checked out by the doctor, DH, and I will do the same. And inshAllah we will show each other our test results. We talked about a lot of stuff last night. I’m glad she doesn’t think I’m overly anal. In honesty I’m not the neatest person in the world. But I’m particular about  certain things. Like tooth brushes. They have to be thrown out every 3 months, of course I always have replacements before I throw them out. All tooth brushes must have a cap on them, and those too have to be changed every few months. Brushes can’t have tons of hair left in them, it drives me nuts. When there is a stain on anything I immediately spray it with oxy clean. Hmm what else? I hate a filthy bathtub it will drive me nuts. Because of my arthritis in my legs DH cleans out the tub . I told her how I usually keep our home stocked, and if she wanted to take over some of it, it was fine. I just want her to feel apart of the family. We talked about our pasts. We have so much in common it’s creepy. I think DH is a tad bit jealous, he thinks she likes me more that she does him…. she does. We are making more plans for the move, I’m honestly really nervous about it. We have no family there. I’m originally from California, so my family isn’t out here anyways.

I’m sooooo geeked for New Moon! I can’t wait to go tomorrow. I’m going during matinée hours. I’ve noticed that when a big movie comes out the earlier you go, the less of a crowd there is.  I feel like a bit of a loser going by myself. All of my girlfriends have small kids. DH has no interest in seeing it, and honestly I don’t want to listen to him suck his teeth in annoyance during the movie.

Sometimes it makes me happy that I like Chloe, and she is going to marry DH. But I also feel a tinge of jealousy that he finds her attractive. I mean I know it’s a good thing that he’s attracted to his fiancée, but it’s just weird. I used to feel jealous when he was talking on the phone to her. It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. He would be on his stupid Xbox and be talking to her. It wasn’t like he was rubbing something in my face.

It also means a lot to me that when they started talking she refused to go any further until she talked to me, and knew that it was ok. I hope when we move in together that the thoughtfulness continues. I told her if I do something to bother her please let me know, because if she does something I don’t like I will definitely tell her, that’s just my personality. I’m very up front and blunt about things.

Anyways it’s late, I’m going to go cuddle with DH for a while.

G’night everyone!

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Oh em gee! It’s a second entry for the day . I’m watching the “we” network. I enjoy watching the secret lives of women specials. Tonight is a re-run that I didn’t catch earlier. It’s on Quiverful families. It’s really interesting. I would love to be quiverful( children wise) if Allah swt blessed me. Unfortunately I think I may be too old to start something like that. In other news apparently DH told Chloe that I am afraid of him.
When confronted about it he said it was true.
That jerk better sleep with one eye open tonight! I don’t know what would possess him to say something like that. He kind of laughed it off, like it was a joke or something. I’m laying next to him, deciding what I’m going to do to him. HMPH! Chloe and I discussed the big move tonight. Several people have told me about rodents in the city we are moving to inshAllah. This has me terrified! I hate rodents. I want to get a cat. Chloe is completely against a cat she says in a house they are fine, but in an apartment they will smell. I said not if the cat is kept really clean.

I don’t know why this annoyed me. I talked to DH about it, but he’s indifferent. I then suggested I live alone, but alas the cycle continued. Chloe doesn’t want to live alone. I think I will stop right here, I feel myself getting irritated.

g’night everyone!

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Prophecy’s Extra Oil Update 32: News of Prophetic Peace

©copyright 2009 Bonita M Quesinberry

News 11/14-11/17: 3.5 days in “terrors of these end days;” The sheep know things are not improving and that they will not get better according to God’s Holy Word; so, no news for awhile. TSaS will focus on recalls of vital Bible studies or relate summaries of documentaries that respond to the horrors we are witnessing during the most exciting time in man’s history. Pray— pray unceasing for everyone, for the world and its leaders, for all who believe a lie and will die twice for their misguided ways. DON’T MISS 11/20 FRIDAY’S POST: Surviving 2012? Stunning Secrets! Man Cannot Fix It!

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Peace in Prophecy

©copyright 2006 Bonita M Quesinberry

Today, a common theological teaching about peace on this earth has been erroneously tied to prophecies of these end of days: that the antichrist will come in the form of a man and he will effect an end to national wars before Christ returns, only to later be revealed as the monster he is— NO, it is not President Obama— at which time they claim Christ will return to defeat this beast. Yes, peace is spoken of but not as various synagogue sects are teaching it. Verses hereinbelow are taken from the AKJV Bible and paraphrased for comprehension. The reader is urged to open their Bible to each one and read for self.

Paul advises in I Thessalonians 5:2-3, “You know perfectly well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. But when people are crying for peace and safety, then sudden destruction comes upon them, and they shall not escape.” Paul is telling us that, when the world has become weary of conflict and wars thus are crying out for peace, this will be the time in which Christ returns, destruction following behind Him; albeit, no one can cite a specific day and hour for His return but the time of year can be given. In short, those who are demanding world peace are one and the same as those cursing God for what we see happening all around us: such as the war in Iraq. There is no doubt the world is screaming for peace and has been for some time.

Jesus had several things to say about this desired peace from wars among mankind as well as in personal relationships. Matthew 10:34-36 addresses the latter, “I did not come to bring peace on earth. I came with a sword to cause conflict between a man and his father, the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And a man’s enemies shall be they of his own household.”

In Luke 12:51-52, Christ went on to say, “Do you think I have come to give peace on earth? I tell you, NO! I came to cause division. From this day forward, there shall be five divided in one house; three against two, and two against three.” Christ did not mean these numbers as specific, rather they are an example of division and conflict in a household.

Division? Conflict? Yes; for “many are called, few chosen.” This division by conflict represents removal of weeds, those who profess to be Christians but merely flatter with their lips— Satan’s goats in sheep’s clothing also referred to as grapes, per Revelation’s second resurrection— from amidst the wheat, Christ’s sheep who are harvested in the first resurrection. Therefore, this last church age, classified also as end times, represents God’s angels coming ahead of Christ to extract the weeds currently choking the wheat’s roots, for the ultimate purpose of burning those weeds: Matthew 13:37-42.

Following behind these angels, as they precede Him with fire as it were, is Christ in the clouds moving from east to west as He “harvests wheat,” which is to say He takes up His small flocks noted in Revelation 14:14-16. Other scripture tells us that “every eye shall see” this event, proving false the teaching of a rapture where people simply disappear; and another scripture says “they know perfectly why they are left behind; and yet another says they “die at the brightness of His coming.” Following in Christ’s wake, however, is the seventh plague of Revelation 16:18-21, which renders everyone left behind quite dead for a period of, as Revelation 20:5 indicates, one thousand years. (see also Nahum 1:5)

Jeremiah 25:32-33 validates the above, “Thus saith the Lord, ‘Behold, evil shall go from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. And those the Lord has slain in that day shall be left lying from one end of earth even to the other end of earth: they shall not be grieved for, neither gathered nor buried; they shall be waste upon the ground.” This is what Satan will live with for one thousand years.

This same timeframe represents the sheep’s stay in heaven as well as the time allotted for earth’s Sabbath rest (Leviticus 26:35; Jeremiah 50:34; Zechariah 1:11; Zephaniah 3:8)— earth’s seventh thousand years, during which earth lies fallow and unable to support life; much like an abyss, a void or bottomless pit, such as it was described in Genesis 1:2 before life was created upon and in earth. It is this bottomless pit to which Satan will be metaphorically chained, meaning he cannot leave the planet, cannot fly the heavens: all by himself on a sleeping earth with the stench of decaying bodies rising in his nostrils for one thousand years, with nothing to look forward to except his utter destruction at the close of those years. (Revelation 20:1-3)

Regarding wars, Matthew 24:4-15 and Mark 13:5-14 tells us exactly what to expect in these end days just before His return: “Don’t let anyone deceive you, for many shall come in my name, even saying that I am Christ or that they are Christ, but they shall deceive many. You will hear of wars and rumours of wars, but do not be troubled; for all these things must come to pass before the end. Nation will battle nation, kingdoms against kingdoms; there shall be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. These are the beginning of sorrows.

“The wicked will cause you to be afflicted and shall kill you, and you will be hated by everyone for my name’s sake. Many will be offended and shall betray and hate one another. Many false prophets will deceive the majority and sin will abound while the love of many believers will wax cold. But, he that endures persecution until the end, for having preached the gospel as a witness to the world*, then he shall be saved when the end comes. The end will come when you see the abomination of desolation*, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place of Jerusalem.” (see also Daniel 11:31)

*The first event Jesus speaks of is the preaching of the gospel, which directly relates to Revelation 10:11 instructing that the truth be preached one more time after having been hidden in the wilderness for 1260 years; during which time Satan flooded the world with false doctrines in God’s name (Revelation 12:6,13-15). The “preaching again” was fulfilled during the Philadelphia church age, 1844 to 1991 AD, Revelation 3:7-13. And, it continues today by the hot who reach out to cold or lukewarm (Revelation 3:14-22).

*The second event Christ mentions is just one of many signs of earth being in its final church age, Laodicea, in which Jesus is no longer saying “I will come soon” — as He had said in the previous two church ages of Sardis and Philadelphia; rather, He is now saying He will come quickly. Therefore, Christ is referring to Laodicea in Matthew 24:22, “Unless those days are shortened, no one will be saved; however, for the elect’s sake, those days shall be shortened.” We may rightly understand that this last church age will be the shortest of the previous six eras, of which Sardis was the shortest at 46 years; having extended from 1798 AD to 1844. We are now 16 years into Laodicea.

Desert Storm of 1991— Revelation 16:16, Armageddon, Luke 21:20,27-28 — trumpeted Laodicea’s beginning, while sightings of “the abomination of desolation” reveals time accelerating to a quick close. The abomination of desolation, that is Satan’s representative, was seen in the Holy City of Jerusalem in 1991 and again in 1993 for the last time (see article “Pure Organic Logic”).

It should be abundantly clear that there never will be peace from conflicts and International wars on this old earth, because II Timothy 3:1-5,13 notes the wicked waxing worse in these end days: wickedness does not promote peace. This being the case, there is no way mankind shall experience peace from wars and conflicts; not until evil is utterly destroyed and earth made new. Jesus clarified: the only peace one currently can experience is internally, as He gives, and the peaceful personality His sheep present to the world— noted in John 14:26-27 — and who have peace with God, Romans 5:1-2.

Laodicea is the most perilous age for true believers: it is filled with wars and threats of wars, Revelation’s first six plagues are poured out, each of which have been gaining in momentum and intensity since 1991; and, according to Revelation 7:3, the fury of natural elements were released as well: inasmuch as the sealing work was completed when Philadelphia ended.

It was during Philadelphia that the angels of the “four winds of earth”— elements such as snow, whirlwinds, rains/floods, earthquakes and volcanoes; these being God’s weaponry reflecting His wrath (Job 37:2-6; 38:22-23; Psalm 148:8; Proverbs 26:1)— were instructed to hold back those winds “until sealing was finished.” As soon as completed, the winds were released (see article “Elements of God’s Love ~ Tsunami”).

If we look for world peace prior to Christ’s return, we look for that which will never happen and, as such, will be unprepared when Christ comes in the clouds. If we look for Israel’s ancient temple to be rebuilt, we look in error; for Daniel 9:20 advises that Christ portended the temple destroyed after Christ (Matthew 24:1-2). In 70 A.D. the temple was destroyed.

Daniel further stated that the temple would never be rebuilt again: “even until the consummation,” which means not even when Christ returns; and, today, a Moslem Mosque sits on its foundation. Why? Because Christ will not reign here on this old earth while she lies fallow; rather, He takes up His sheep to heaven to remain during her thousand years of Sabbath rest. Additionally, when we return with Him, New Jerusalem will “come down out of heaven and there will be no temple therein; for God and Christ are the temple.” (Revelation 21:1-2,22)

Throughout the New Testament, peace is spoken of as being within a person; as such people behaving peacefully and encouraging peace; also a blessing in the form of “peace be with you” as well as “peace upon the household” of one who accepts the disciples’ teachings of God and Christ and who are obedient. If it were possible for every human to be peaceful within and without, there would be no conflicts or wars near and far; however, that is impossible as long as evil reigns on earth.

Inasmuch as the sealing work has been completed, we now are living the years of Revelation 22:11-12, “He that is unjust, let him remain unjust: and he which is filthy, let him still be filthy: and he that is righteous, let him remain righteous: and he that is holy, let him continue to be holy. And, Jesus said, ‘Behold, I come quickly.’”

Therefore, the end days’ instruction to Christ’s sheep is to be fully dressed in God’s Armor while keeping our eyes on the clouds; for Jesus is even at the door and earth has been  “reeling to and fro like a drunkard” for quite awhile (Isaiah 24:19-22). Time is incredibly short; so, let this serve as a heads up to every professed Christian whom God deems cold or lukewarm (Revelation 3:14-22). Repent— repent— repent quickly and totally.

——Watch the clouds between mid-October to mid-November henceforth until no later than 2011. The book of Hebrews says Jesus will not be late. If not fully converted now, time is your enemy; total conversion must be instant, this day, TODAY: do not delay. Pray unceasing! Be watchful; stand fast even to death. WE HAVE GOD’S POWER. KEEP WALKING and TALKING, even when it seems useless: you might snatch one lost, lukewarm sheep from the flames and give the warmth of God’s Truth to a cold waiting for it. Saith the Lord, “Ye lukewarm await consuming fire.”

——TSaS post archives open to public; members access Bible Lesson FILES. TSaS ministry neither needs nor asks for money and never will: God provides our basic needs. We ask only for prayer and that you share God’s Truth with all who will hear/read and obey in “the instant.” Be good stewards of God’s Word: share Extra Oils, lead everyone to God’s Biblical Truth at — http://groups.yahoo.com/group/truthseekersandspeakers

Much Love in Christ, Sister BonnieQ

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http://www.naturesanswer.com to order Asafetida, also correctly spelled Asafoetida: produced by Natures Answer; if not in product list send email to NA to ask about getting it (my local health food store orders it for me) This is one of the strongest fighter’s of virus in God’s herbal kingdom: His medicine works perfectly and with no side effects!

Also, remember God’s words about these times, “My people shall walk among them and be not touched.”

I’m so hungry. This morning I ate 2 large oranges for breakfast. I’ve been craving fruit and veggies lately( and I’m not complaining). Health wise I’m feeling better. I’m still on tons of antibiotics. Poor Hubby we still can’t be intimate. But  it no longer feels like someone is sitting on my chest Alhumdulilah( Praise God). I can do more stuff without feeling winded so inshAllah I can go back to work. I’m a little bored staying home, and I honestly feel lazy. I can’t wait until we have babies inshAllah. I talked to Chloe last night, I learned something about her that really disappointed me. I spoke to Dear Hubby about it, he made me feel like I was being judgemental. That honestly wasn’t my intention. I just worry. Because anyone involved in a relationship with us should add to our deen and Iman in my humble opinion, and not take from it. I am not saying that him marrying her would necessarily take from it, but the bomb shell I learned would. I’m not going to discuss it in detail because Allah swt says that we shouldn’t display the sins of others( I love you 3 o’clock). But obviously it’s a big deal if Allah swt specifically says in the Quran DON’T DO THAT! DH says that he will speak to her about it. I believe he will. If it’s not something that she will stop, then I refuse to be in a marriage with her. It’s a complete deal breaker. I hope she does it for the sake of Allah swt. InshAllah, InshAllah. Other than the bombshell at the end of the convo we laughed and giggled like teenagers. It’s nice to know that inshAllah I will have someone to gang up on the hubby with , hehe.  I’m about to go whip myself up a little meal. It’s a recipe in my mind that’s apart of my collection called ” Ghetto Gourmet”!

I think I mentioned before how much I love cooking. It relieves my stress.

3 bags of ramen noodles
2 cups of broccoli florets
1/2 c of corn kernels
1/2 lb of beef steak( for stew)

I cooked the beef in a little sesame oil
boiled the corn and broccoli, and ramen together
I used only 2 of the seasoning packets, I drained off all of the liquid
added the beef
toss together
and voila!
a quick satisfying meal. I think next time I may try to add a little cabbage.
 

Everyone favorite polygamist family the Henricksons head back to HBO on January 10th when Big Love starts it’s 4th season.  Michael Aussiello over at EW.com reveals that this season Bill will be running for state office and no longer trying to keep his family hidden, Albie might finally embrace his true self (and another man, if that reference was too vague for you), and something might finally happen with Ben and Margie.  Sounds like it’s going to be an awesome season.  He didn’t even mention Nikki’s daughter that has come to live with the Henricksons or what Joey going to do now that he’s killed old Roman.  My hope is that Joey is running the compound now.  Of course we will cover er it all every Monday morning here on JoeOnTheTube.

Fox News reports on the sentencing of Tony Alamo. We discussed him at the time of his trial.

Evangelist Tony Alamo was sentenced Friday to 175 years in prison for taking little girls as young as 9 across state lines to have sex with them. The decision punishes him for the rest of his life for molesting children he took as “brides” in his ministry.

Alamo, 75, had denied the charges, claiming they came from a Vatican-led conspiracy against the church he led, called the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries. During Friday’s hearing in Texarkana, Ark., some of Alamo’s victims testified about how their families were destroyed while the evangelist took over their lives.

Alamo was convicted in July on a 10-count federal indictment. U.S. District Judge Harry F. Barnes said Alamo used his status as father figure and pastor and threatened the girls with “the loss of their salvation.”

This guy seems even worse than Warren Jeffs. Alamo is older than Jeffs and Alamo’s “wives” are younger. Even by his own description that the onset of puberty is the point at which young women can marry, he did wrong taking girls as young as 9.

Does the fact that Tony Alamo used religion as a justification make the crimes worse? Many men force themselves on women, even very young ones. But, do you think these pseudo-religious organizations that do it make the crime even more despicable?

What’s your opinion? Please leave a comment.

also posted at Mikeb302000

Dear Network:

We welcome to our vast global network, Dr. Sheila Jeffreys, Professor of Politics at the University of Melbourne.  She is writing a book about some of the ways in which religious arguments are being used in opposition to women’s rights; and, wants to argue that polygamy presents very serious harm to women.  She proposes that a law be written that would decriminalize polygamy for women as for the most part they are victims while making it a criminal offense for men.  If any of our legal authorities can help Dr. Jeffreys with any research or suggestions, email:

sheila  @  unimelb.edu.au

And, from New York:

Attached please find two research papers sent to us by Susan M. Stickevers, MD, who is a member of the newly formed Board of Directors of Americans Against the Abuses of Polygamy, www.TripleAP.org , TripleAP  @ gmail.com Dr. Stickevers teaches medicine at SUNY Stony Brook.  She has been feeding us research that this campaign has been longing for since it started!  Following is a profile of this marvelous woman:

Susan Stickevers, MD, of Long Island, New York is an assistant clinical professor at SUNY Stony Brook School of Medicine. She received her MD degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, and her Bachelors Degree in Biology summa cum laude from Queens College. She completed her residency training and served as chief resident at Columbia University Medical Center in NY City. She developed an interest in the study of polygamy while treating Muslim women in polygynous relationships in New York City.

Polygyny is a risk factor for cervical cancer, HIV, and sexually transmitted diseases.
See the latest article on the topic which is attached.

Polygyny Increases Risk for Cervical Cancer.pdf

Polygyny_and_Womens_Health.pdf

The book of love is long and boring
And written very long ago
It’s full of flowers and heart-shaped boxes
And things we’re all too young to know
But I, I love it when you give me things
And you, you ought to give me wedding rings
I, I love it when you give me things
And you, you ought to give me wedding rings.

–The Magnetic Fields

So, why do we keep getting married, in the face of statistics which say that perhaps half, or even more, of all marriages end in divorce?  Wouldn’t it be better to replace marriage with a series of 5-year contracts–to limit the seemingly archaic notion of ‘until death do us part’?  Marriage as we in the west know it, i.e., monogamous marriage, is certainly not the human norm–this is one thing that biologists and anthropologists are happy to proclaim to us, usually with not a little glee.  Biological marriage modelers, particularly the ones who study primates, can assure us that humans, like chimps, are meant to hump like rabbits with just about anything that moves, at all hours of the day, and at all seasons of the year.  They cite the human female’s continuous fertility cycle as evidence of this, as well as the mating patterns that they find in primate troops, in which dominant males get to mate with the most females, while undominant males often meet a lonely and/or violent end.  The current theory seems to suggest that we are best suited to serial monogamy.  But is that true of all humans, or is this pattern culturally determined?  To find out, we need to look into the origins of the European marriage pattern.  And in the main, it seems as though hunter-gatherers do follow this primate pattern.  Pastorialists also.  (Pastorialists are groups of people who keep herds of grazing animals as their main means of producing wealth:  think arabic nomads, ancient Hebrews, and early modern Scots clans).  In a pastoral society, there is usually a patriarch, or chief, whom anthropologists call the ‘Big Man’, and he usually gets to have lots of wives, as many as he can get away with.  The more wives for him, the better, because that enables him to produce more sons, and the more offspring one has in a pastoral society, the more animals one can protect, and the more animals one can rustle from one’s neighbours.  So in a pastoral society, more sons literally equals more power. 

But then, in some regions of the northern temperate zone (the southern temperate latitudes being almost entirely ocean), people discovered agriculture, and this enabled them to collect surplus food for the first time in history, which in turn encouraged people to live in cities, which were surrounded by farmland.  Cities were natural strong places to store surplus food, and in time this surplus food enabled the specialization of labour:  i.e., craftspeople could afford to spend all of their time on their art, say weapon making, whereas in pastoral societies, everyone has to be a herder, and in hunter gatherer societies, everyone has to hunt and/or gather.  This craft specialization led in turn to further technical developments, which put the city-dwellers ahead of their pastoral neighbours, for the most part.  And cities could also support a warrior-nobility, headed by a king, who collected surplus food as taxes in order to support himself and his warrior elite.  The cities which had a warrior elite generally defeated those which did not have one when it came to warfare, and so the warrior elite & king model became almost universal in ancient cities.

The main point for the time being, however, is that the agricultural revolution had a very dramatic effect on the history of human marriage, and this is something that I haven’t yet seen discussed at length.  Whereas, in pastoral and hunter-gatherer societies (the other possible types of economic structure besides agriculture & city society), it behooves adult males to have as many wives as possible (thus depriving many men of the chance for legal marriage, and making them de facto outsiders–thus the islamic world’s adoption of the slave and the eunuch), in agricultural society, it suddenly made sense for men to have only one wife.

Why is this?  Because farms are not infinitely divisible.  In agricultural society, men wanted sons to inherit their farms, but it would be ideal for most men, if they only had one son, so that the farm would not be divided.  In pastoral society, one could always divide up the herd, and wish one’s sons well, and if they could control enough pasture, then their herd would increase.  Farmland, however, is a scarce and limited commodity, which requires years of effort before it can be of any value.  So, farmers tended to choose a single wife, and agreed upon the legal fiction that only the sons of that wife were ‘legitimate.’  All other children he might have were ‘illegitimate’ , which essentially meant that they usually could not inherit the farm.

The specialness of the single wife became such that wives were often accorded special privileges, which were not given to mistresses, slaves and/or any other person that the man of the house might have relations with.  This held true for farmers wives, and also for the wives of urban craftspeople who made up another part of the agricultural-urban economic system:  urban houses, like farms, were only so big, and usually, the number of craftspeople was kept strictly limited by some form of guild system, to ensure that each craftsperson could maintain a middle-class standard of living.  So, farmers and craftsmen would seek out wives from the richest families that they could afford, so that they could increase the capital of their household.  It became tradition for men to provide their daughters with dowries, so as to give them some ability to maintain economic status, and have some property, even with in a marriage.  Often, women got to maintain control over their dowries throughout their marriage, and they could take them back with them if their marriage was annulled.  But the dowry, as suggested, could be invested by the husband (usually with the woman’s consent) during marriage, and thus, it went a great deal towards allowing the household to increase its productive capacity.

And so we see, historically, a trend towards monogamy in the societies around the Mediterranean.  Islam was a bit different, because Mohammad came from a pastoral community, and so Islam enshrined some of the polygamy (maxing it at four wives) of that pastoral society.  Hindu and Chinese marriage, I am not so sure about, though it seems as though richer people got to be polygamous, while poorer people tended to have one wife, including farmers and shopkeepers.  This was certainly easier to regulate, in terms of property and inheritance, and it had the advantange of not creating jealousy, when one man had multiple wives, and the next man had none.   

For some reason, the Greeks and Romans were quite into monogamy by the time that we first hear about them.  Archaic Greek kings, from the time of Homer, had multiple wives, but by the time of the Athenian golden age, one wife was the norm.  The Germans, who were basically pastorialists who practised a bit of agriculture, maintained their polygamous pastorialist ways, until they became Christianized- and this introduces the next main topic.

Why did Christianity insist upon one wife per man?  It would seem as if it simply took its cue from the predominant norm in Greco-Roman culture, which by this time had also been adopted by the Mediterranean-dwelling Hebrews, from what I can gather.  So the Romans had already been monogamous, for the most part, for at least 500 years by the time of the birth of Christ.  St. Paul’s preaching on the innate sinfulness of sex, and his popularization of the notion that, well, if you have to have sex, it’s best to keep it with one person, then provided a theological basis for this prescription.  Likewise, Christianity’s dualist notion that the soul was good, while the body was evil (which was very common at the time, viz. the Persian Manichiaism) helped to further the notion that having multiple wives was lusty, and inherently sinful.  Thus in the Dark Ages in France, germanic kings who tried to have more than one wife found that the local bishop could use this as a pretext to tut-tut him into renouncing the superflous wives, and being content with mistresses instead.

Of course, powerful men in Europe have always maintained mistresses, and the more powerful they were, (and/or the lustier and/or more seductive they were), the more mistresses they had.  But the church’s ever-present eye meant that , ever since the rise of the Papacy in the eleventh century at least, that kings and nobles always had to make sure that they were not too flagrant in their violations of the one wife rule, or else they would face ecclesiastical sanction.  And the clergy, for their part, of course, were forbidden to marry altogether, though this led to any number of creative arrangements, including the Bishops of London and York, which maintained notorious red-light districts for the benefit of their clergy throughout the later middle ages.  

Thus, western society has had a tradition of monogamy-as-ideal for more than 2,500 years.  That’s of course the primary reason why most western folks still grow up and decide to get married.  Certainly the 60s and 70s challenged the notion of marriage quite significantly – it went totally out of fashion in many circles there for a while, but it has come back.  Why is that?  First, it’s interesting to note that African-Americans tend to get married less than European-Americans, and this almost ceratinly has to do with the dominant traidions on the respective continents, i.e., monogamy in Europe, and polygamy in pastoral Africa.  This suggests that marriage assumptions are culturally based, but, it may also have something to do with ‘cultural genetics,’ that is, the notion that your experience is, by a means not yet well understood, programmed into your genes, predisposing you to repeat the patterns that were lived by your ancestors.  If European-Americans (the term white sounds pretty lame and racist) seem to have this predisposition to marry, it may well be that they are simply acting on the instincts that have been programmed into their genes for the past few millenia, and the same for African Americans.  Shopkeeping classes from the Islamic and Indian and Chinese worlds seem to have little problem falling into the western monogamous marriage pattern, probably again because these have made economic sense for a simliar period of up to two millenia in their respective societies.  African-Americans are the only significant immigration group to the US which comes more or less directly from a pastoral background, and so it makes sense that their marriage patterns tend to differ signifcantly.  It would be interesting to know if American Indian marriage patterns follow a similar pastoral pattern:  I suspect as an anthropoligist that they would.

All of this is to say, that we keep getting married in the US, to a large degree becasue of tradition, but also, probably, of genetics, which, despite the primate-studying biologists’ models, suggests that the relatively recent past can have a significant impact on our instinctual makeup.  In other words, we probably shouldn’t be concentrating on primates, whose ancestors we split off from some 5 million years ago, to look for human marriage patterns, it may well be the case that, even since the agricultural revolution, our marriage patterns have been hardwired into our brains. 

Ok, so there are major cultural and perhaps even behavioural-genetic predispositions for people who come from agricultural societies to get married in a monogamous fashion.  But we live in a free country, and the times they are a-changin’.  Many old habits have very recently been almost entirely abandoned by large segments of society, such as organized religion, and sexism, and yet marriage has not been abandoned.  Why not?

1)  In modern western society, marriage is the most efficient way to raise children.  More than 2 adults makes it very very difficult to engage in decisonmaking, and, it seems as if some of our hardwiring is very, very prone towards sexual jealousy–even though many women living in polygamous societies will swear that they learn not to be jealous at all.  The jury is still out on that one.  I do know, however, that in western society, it seems almost impossible for people, both men and women, not to be jealous in a major, often mind-breaking, way, as soon as a third person comes into play, so to speak.  So, we stick with two.  That’s what it takes to procreate, and that’s definately the most harmonious, as well as efficient, way to run a household, as proven by overwhelming experience.  Those folks who try ‘open marriages,’ or ‘group marriages’ more often than not end up as gruesome talk show fodder, rather than living happily ever after… and I should know, since people have been trying this out for centuries, almost always with the same results.

2)  Children who imprint on one mother and one father seem to be the most psychologically stable, from what we can tell.  This is a huge argument for marriage, because it is a contract, in which the parents agree, basically to stay together for the whole term of the children’s upbringing–i.e., at least 20 years.  And, it seems as if biology favours this arrangement.  So, if you want to have kids who are healthy, biology seems to dictate monogamous marriage.

3)  It’s way better economically to put 2 incomes together, in the modern world, than to just have one.  And we’ve already seen that three or more basically doesn’t work (it’s a miracle that 2 people can live under one roof for years at a time, let alone three).  Western society is now set up, from the moment that women began working en masse, so that any household with two incomes can keep up, and have an ‘average household income,’ which as I have discussed in other posts, is the unit around which prices all work.  If you make less than the average household income, then your household will be struggling.  If you make more, you will be comfortable.  So, having 2 incomes is now almost essential to guaranteeing a middle class life.   

4)  And single mothers, having sole responsibility for childrearing, as well as brining home the bacon, well, that just doesn’t work so well, b/c people have all realized rather quickly, after a very brief fling with career momism in the 80s, that raising children is basically a full-time job, even if you do avail yourselves of daycare.  I mean, there are plenty of career moms these days, but most of these even will take some time off for a few or several years when the kids are very young, or work part time during those years, or something like that.  It’s a truism of sociology that being a single working mother is the recipe for poverty. 

5)  Monogamous Marriage, in some ways, is also about as democratic as it gets–so it actually goes surprisingly well with our modern democratic mores.  This may sound surprising, since ‘women’s libbers’ went out of their way to call marriage patriarchical during the 60s and 70s.  And, of course, it was.  But it’s today been transformed in many households, especially the progressive half of households, so that it’s more equal than ever.  And, of course, monogamous marriage, even in the 50s, was _way_ less patriarchal than the marriage arrangements in any non-western society that I have ever read about or heard of. 

Polygamy is totally hierarchical, and the women in question have to totally submit themselves to the will of their husbands.  Some people try and glorify the polygamous household (say as it exists in the Islamic world) , as a place where the ‘women can gang up on the men.’  (My students try and suggest this).  In reality, the polygamous mariage tends to work out almost entirley in favour of the men.  In Islamic law, a man can divorce a woman by simply saying ‘I divoce you’ three times.  This makes for a very precarious situation for the woman:  she never knows when, at the slightest provocation, she could be literally thrown out on the street.  And another problem in Islamic law is that, after age 7, the children of a marriage belong to the husband.  So, if a woman wants to continue to have relationships with her own biological child, she really needs to make sure that she stays in the man’s good books.  And we all know what that means. 

And, in addition, imagine a household where four women are competing to always stay in their husband’s favour:  clearly, there will be ample room for backstabbing, one-upsmanship, etc…. all the cards, in other words, are stacked to enable the man of the house to be as lazy, and self serving as possible:  if a wife scolds a man for not working hard enough, or for spending his paycheck on hashish, he can just divorce that wife, and keep the ones who say flattering things to him.  In this type of miniture, domestic absolute monarchy, the flatterers win, and those who dare to tell the truth lose out.  Not all the time, of course, but my point is that this system, as a whole, tends to antidemocratic trends, fear, and, flattery.  It would not work any differently in mormon or african polygamous households, either:  it’s just the nature of polygamy.

In a monogamous marriage, however, it’s usually more difficult to get a divorce:  certainly in the Catholic and, later, Protestant, west, where the church saw monogamy as a literal spiritual melding, or metaphysical union, of two immortal souls, which would perhaps continue in eternity.  Even if we don’t believe in that sort of neoplatonic metaphysics anymore,  this does have the practical effect of giving the wife in question far more power.  For one thing, she often has a dowry, which is hers, and which she can take away when she leaves.  Secondly, when the man can’t divorce his wife, he soon learns that in order to preserve any modicum of domestic tranquility, he has to make sure that his wife is relatively happy.  That means that, on a number of very real and funcitonal levels, he needs to listen to her concerns, and make sure that he lives up to her ideals.  If the monogamous wife complains that the husband is lazy, or drinks his paycheck away every friday, well, she can make his life hell if he doesn’t change his ways.  That’s not to say that wives in medieval and early modern Europe had total equality with their men:  but, compared with other societies, such as China, India, and Islam, where there was more polygamy, and divorce was easier, European women (especially in the north, after the protestant reformation), did have things relatively far better. 

And then, in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, when women actually got the vote, the first thing they did in many western societies was ban drinking, viz., the abolition movement in the US, which succeeded in banning alcohol for several years.  Why was this?  It was a basic way for women to gain control of their domestic situation.  They saw that their men often came home violently drunk on the weekends, after a discouraging week’ of brutal work in a dead-end job, and they then took out all of their frustration on their wives.  So giving women the vote did drastically increase womens’ domestic security.  And there was a long-term result of abolition in the US and Canada, at least, which I know about, and that was the drastic reduction in the popularity of hard liqueur, and its replacement by wine and beer as the principal party drinks.  Cocktails, so fashionable in the roaring 20s, definately went out of mainstram usage, and became the province of a jaded elite.  Even now, with the resurgence of cocktails in the 90s, hardcore cocktails have not been nearly so popular:  martinis are no longer just 5 shots of pure alcohol:  they are served on ice, and with all sorts of mixers, in order to water them down, and lessen their impact.  The present point being, that western society, with its pre-existing monogamous marriage pattern, was also the first to give women the vote, and this has drastically increased women’s power over their own persons, moreso than in any other society. 

My theory then, is that monogamy fosters domestic democracy, and made it so that democracy was a factor in every western household to a much greater extent than elsewhere.  This in turn enabled western society to become democratic before other societies, by giving the vote to all males, beginning in the US in the 18th century, and then in Britain and its colonies in the c19th, and other western countries after WWI.  After all men got the vote, it was not long until women could justify being given the vote, and this has led to the democratization of western culture in a way that nothing else has:  after that, minorities, gays, and other historically oppressed groups found that society was willing to listen to their concerns, and grant them equal status.  I believe that much of this is predicated on monogamous marriage.

6)  To come back to our original question, why do people continue to view ‘until death do us part’ as the ideal?  There’s also the simple practicality of it:  people get old, and become sick and infirm.  Marriage is, in many ways, the only insurance we can take out, certainly the best insurance we can take out, against that inevitability.  People are inherently social creatures, and we get lonely by ourselves.  So we get married when we are young, and at our sexual prime:  when we’re “as good as we’re ever going to be,” becasue if we can’t attract someone to love us then, then our chances only get slimmer.  So we attract these people, and build decades of experience with them, in the understanding that they will help us, and love us, when we get ill, and vice versa.  We take on trust, and moral responsibility for each other this way. 

And, children still get freaked out when their parents divorce, even when the kids are in their 30s.  I know that for a fact.  Kids in western society exppect very much that their dad will always be their dad– and if he starts another family later in life, say, we feel betrayed, in a major way:  the Freudian imprinting is way too strong for us to ignore that.  So, it’s still better for the kids if we stay together. 

7)  If you don’t have kids, then there is less reason to stay together forever and ever, as long as you can both find someone else who will take care of you as you age.  But, there is the trust issue:  the more often you change spouses, the less reason you have to stay together when things get tough.  This is a serious problem for would-be serial monogamists.  After a while, it’s all relative:  why care about any one person, when you’ve always been changing people.  People who fall into this pattern can find it impossible for themselves to build lasting attachments, and I think that almost all of us will realize that this is an inferior situation.  Even if many marriages become very stale, they still end up being better than the alternatives.  

8)  After you’ve had the chance to sew your wild oats a bit as a youth, you begin to realize after a while, that one sex partner is as good as any other–or at least, good enough not to risk tossing out the rest of your life over it.  If you pick well, someone who is physically attractive to you, and you make sure that they stay in shape (which is the duty of every spouse), then, most of the time, even though you will always find tempting targets in your social life, it will not really be worth a steamy adulterous relationship, with the concomitant risk of falling in love with that person, and then falling out of love with your spouse, and then breaking up the household over it, especially if there are children; etc.  Because if you move in with the adulteree, what is to say that you will stay with them?  Maybe once in one’s life, one can do this, but usually, from what I’ve seen, people tend to make one great move, when they realize that their first spouse was really badly chosen, and then they still intend to stick with the second spouse.

And of course, one becomes much more mature between 20 and 40 – and one’s tastes change; though arguably after about 35, most people are pretty well set as adults, and won’t change that essentially much.  So, maybe that’s why we see this pattern of a mid-life crisis:  people do change quite a bit, and have become different people then they were in their partying youths.  But again, it’s interesting that they still tend to want to find someone to love long-term, at this point, as well.  And I’m not saying that that’s not healthy–one may well choose a much better spouse the second time around.  It’s just that there are often kids involved in the first marriage, and so this is messy, and, by the time you are on divorce number two, and heading towrads marriage number three, it’s often a sign that you’re too unstable to be a reliable partner, or have other issues.

9)  Divorce is an economic disaster, b/c it splits up the household.

10)  STDs:  don’t happen in monogamy.  So the health factor is there, and also, psychological health can be much greater, when one doesn’t have to go through the brutality of a divorce, which is easily the most psychologically damaging thing that most adults will go through.

So, to conclude:

Despite all of its flaws, marriage remains the ideal:  and arguably, from the point of view of this site, which aims to spell out the blueprints for an ideal society, it’s probably best, as far as healthy kids go, and psychological and physical stability in the household goes, for people to aim for the marriage ideal.  Of course, if you choose a bad spouse, it can be far worse for you and the kids, especially if you are truly badly married, and your husband beats you, etc.  I’m not at all advocating staying at that point. 

In fact, let me state plainly, divorce is a great and essential safety valve in a democratic society:  catholic doctrine, which would keep people married forever, is patriarchal, and hierarchical, and thus antidemocratic.  So, of cousre, you have to be married well, and you have to have the right to choose, because you as a free independent person have to have ultimate responsibility for marrying yourself (even if many people would choose a better spouse for you than you would yourself–it’s the democratic conundrum). 

But, assuming that divorce is easy, and marriage remains entirely voluntary, and based on mutual respect, trust, etc.,. and thus creates an egalitarian relationship to the greatest extent possible, it still seems to be a better institution than any other possibility–as flawed as it may be, and as difficult as it may be at times.  That, it would seem, is the conclusion that most of us have come to, and that is why we continue to hold out marriage as the ideal.

The recognition of beautiful things, and ideal things, plato would say, seem to be instinctual in us, and in this case, marriage seems to fit the pattern.

Tonight hubby took me out. It was nice because I’ve been sick all week and I badly needed the fresh air. The weather has been miserable on the east coast lately. We saw Precious I’m glad we went to the 5′ o clock showing because when we left the line to get in was ridiculous! The movie was good, but sad. It broke my heart. I love children so much that it hurt me to see that young girl suffer. I read the book a year ago ( Push by Sapphire) of course it was better, and it was written a few decades ago I think. DH almost walked out during the movie because it bothered him so much, who knew he was that sensitive? Afterwards we walked together and I touched his back once in a while, it’s nothing perverted it’s just something I notice I do from time to time. He held the door open for me when we got to the car in the rain. It was sweet. These past few weeks he’s been so tender with me, it means more than he will ever know. He’s always stopping to kiss me. Stopping to stare at me and tell me how sexy I am. Sometimes I sleep the opposite way in bed than him. Because I’m strange lol, and he will grab my leg and hold it near his face. I’m being too mushy

Anyways- I talked with Chloe today she cracks me up, we were just laughing like girlfriends. I apologized for calling her at 1:30 am. she lives with her family. She called DH’s phone really late which is not like her. I was scared that something was wrong. she didn’t answer the phone and so I stayed up for a few hours worrying about her. She said it was fine, and she thought I was sweet for worrying.I wish she and DH would set a wedding date. I would feel more at ease. She doesn’t want to get married until right before we move to NY inshAllah. I try not to push the issue with them, because honestly I won’t really have a say in their marriage. Chloe always assures me I will. But I’m not kidding myself. She always says that if at anytime this bothers me, tell her, she will cut DH off. She says that my friendship means more to her. We’ve become really close. I asked DH how this made him feel he shrugged. Typical male response lol. I think it makes him happy.

I think that’s all for now( I never now how to end these entries). My medicine has thrown my body off whack, I want to sleep at the oddest times and its only for 20-30 minutes and then I’m up. I can’t wait to be done with them.

night everyone!

Earth IS reeling to and fro like a drunkard: News, Hurricane, Earthquake, Economy, Depression, H1N1, Cancer, Obesity, Gay Rights, Priest Parent, Panic, Grief, Deaths 

Prophecy’s Extra Oil Update 31: News Coping With Deaths
copyright 2009 Bonita M Quesinberry

News 11/11-11/13: 3.0 days in “terrors of these end days;”

NATURE:  IDA, El Salvador death toll up to 200; INDONESIA, another quake; US, southeast flooding from Ida w/winds higher than Gulf of Mexico landfall, Atlantic seaboard swamped w/8-ft waves, VA, NJ floods kill 5, east coast bracing for more floods w/new storm off coast, funnels in Oregon/Washington w/more storms moving in, more snow opens Ski Resorts earlier than ever; TANZANIA, landslide kills 20; CHINA, heavy snows kill 21; AZ, Scottsdale multi-million mansion burned to ground; NASA discovers water on moon; No research done for recent volcanic/earthquake activity;

HEALTH: H1N1 death toll jumps from 1000 last week to about 3900 increase by including deaths with underlying complications, includes 540 kids, CDC says unprecedented are 22-million US contracted H1N1 in last 6-mo. of those only 98-k were/are hospitalized, Amer people losing confidence in H1N1 battle, second vaccine supplier FDA approved, 42.6-mil vaccine doses distributed— excellent natural remedy that works when taken immediately as first symptoms present, Asafetida by Nature’s Answer, link below; 90% of seasonal flu deaths are over age 65, swine flu are about 90% below age 65; global reports still not forthcoming; CANCER, 100-K cases annually linked to obesity, obese bodies produce more estrogen often linked to cancer;

ECONOMY: experts say US in full blown depression, FED cracks down on bank overdraft fees, 3 large companies cut jobs by 1200, 1500, and 2500, all US States cutback more Gov jobs yet approve tax hikes, 10-States face massive budget shortfalls; NV, statewide 42% children homeless, 5000 in Las Vegas; PANIC amidst unemployed, make reckless $ decisions, men killing entire family/self across US; CHASE bank to hire 1200 loan officers; BANKS, 5 more fail, big banks in no rush to pair up; OBAMA visits 4 Asia nations to discuss economy, global climate change; URGENT watch clouds, pray for people all over the world— Think about it: 2 years is a very short time, but it could be less, even today; so do as Jesus said, “Pray unceasing” . . .

WARS: PAKISTAN, traffic blast kills “at least” 26; separate Bomb blast kills 17, “scores” wounded; BAGHDAD, 2 killed; KOREA, skirmish between north and south navies; TAILAND Cambodia tensions worsen; US alert over German al Qaeda threat; KABUL, bomb blast outside US base kills 2; FT. HOOD, Hasan off ventilator, waist down paralyzed, asks military for an out for Muslim soldiers, says he expected to be killed, chg’d w/13 counts premeditated murder, death penalty likely; 

LAWLESS: 10-yo boy shoots dad in head in front of 6yo sister, charged w/1st degree murder; MO, search on for bodies in child sex abuse case, 6 arrested oldest in 70s; AR, 5 bodies found; CO, Vail, bar shooting kills 1, wounds 3; Man attempts to extort $ from Cindy Crawford, husband; Elderly Mexican man charged in “witch” murder;

MOTHER/DAUGHTERS: LDS, Utah Mormon church supports gay rights; Franciscan priest fathers son 22yrs ago, church document swore mother to secrecy in exchange for $ support, son dying of cancer, church refuses aid despite mother now w/cancer;

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Coping With Death
©copyright 2006/2009 Bonita M Quesinberry

There likely will not be one person who reads this article that cannot identify with emotions involved in losing a loved one: grief spans the range of anger, guilt, sadness, feeling a part of oneself missing, depression, to the dreaded “if onlys” and “should haves” and, yes, even shame. It should be pointed out, however, that such grief also presents itself when couples divorce along with a sense of failure; advice applies to them as well.

UPDATE: Included here, considering 2008-09 job losses and a global economic depression, is the fact that people in these situations go through the same grieving process, sense of failure and shame; too many today having moved beyond grief and shame into panic mode compounded by a normal sense of anger having built into full blown rage: a fact seen in US news every day. Keep this in mind while reading about myriad emotions felt over the death of a loved one; it may help to better understand and emotionally support a spouse or friend who has been unemployed far longer than ever dreamed possible in what was once the richest nation in the world.

I am especially familiar with the emotions we go through when death strikes in our life; whether it is the loss of a parent or sibling or a child, each of which I have experienced far more than once. I also experienced those same emotions when I moved from Texas to Washington and suddenly found my lucrative career background meant nothing; I had to rebuild: not easy. God is the only one who got me through these losses wholly intact.

I recall each emotion felt when my daughter, Angeliqué Desireé, passed away seven days to the hour after having been bitten by a brown recluse spider; at the time, just recently having infiltrated Texas from Mexico. The only emotions I didn’t feel were anger, neither at man nor God, or guilt; the former because I didn’t blame anyone, especially not God, and felt no guilt as I didn’t blame myself. After all, our Texas home was exterminated each year, never saw a single bug; and, she was instantly hospitalized with everything that could be done having been done, including a lot of prayer.

This was when I learned the great lesson: death is no respecter of age. You know, Jesus actually demonstrated this by dying at the age of 33 plus a few months; and, even the Old Testament reveals the deaths of many children at myriad ages. Keep in mind: it does not matter how this flesh dies; whether to natural causes or man’s intervention. When it is our time, it is our time . . . to rest. No matter the circumstances, God has the final say.

It was worse when, a year and a half later, my daughter Contrina Moníque died in my arms at home. GUILT: the overriding emotion spawned by a feeling of helplessness as I frantically tried everything to revive her and nothing worked. Back then we didn’t have 911 and no one was teaching CPR to mothers; this latter of which I had tried to execute but didn’t have a clue as to how to do it right. I also did not understand, during the horrors of those seemingly endless moments, what actually had happened to Contrina.

God was merciful to me this time: He immediately put my mind into a state of shock for six weeks, rendering me oblivious to everything and everyone around me; including my older two children, then nine and four, and for whom family cared during this second crisis. But, when shock lifted, I was flooded with guilt: surely there had been something I could have done to save her life.

Surely I had not done enough or moved fast enough. And, you can well imagine how I felt when I learned that my efforts at CPR were not done properly. Oh, the blame and guilt! Of course, there was nothing I could have done; for Contrina had died of acute congestive heart failure with simultaneous involuntary expulsion of fluids from her lungs, which collapsed in the process. She had seen her cardiologist just the week before, who was ecstatic over how well she was doing and had declared her lungs clear.

GUILT also comes about in those who have nursed an ill loved one for a long time, sometimes almost overwhelmed by the wish that they would die; whether for your sake or their sake or both. This is normal! Caregiving loved ones is an exhausting and, often, thankless job; all the more reason someone should share responsibility, if for no other reason than for the primary caregiver to have at least two days off each week. Shed this guilt, for it does not mean you did not love the ill person; just means you’re worn out.

Angeliqué was 30 days old when she expired: born a robust, healthy eight pounds, seven and a quarter ounces. Contrina was six months old; albeit born premature by weight, three pounds two ounces, with a congenital heart defect due to intrauterine malnutrition from a crimp in the umbilical cord: the heart issue not discovered until a week after her arrival home from hospital after five weeks required to get her up to at least five pounds.

With each daughter’s death, there were well-meaning people who said, “At least it didn’t happen after you’d had her for many years.” These are people who have not lost a child, so they have no concept of the devastation a parent feels, regardless of a child’s age. Within a year of Contrina’s death, a friend’s 9yo son died of a seizure. She grabbed me into her arms when I arrived at the funeral home, her complaint similar to the above as she said, “I knew you would understand!”

I am reminded of Anna Nicole Smith’s loss of twenty-year-old son Daniel. People had said, “At least you had him for twenty years; it’s not like you’d had him for only a few months.” That is such a cruel thing to say to any mother, because it makes no difference if a child is one month old or six years or twenty or even fifty years: it is a devastating loss to parents! Once held in your arms, fed and nurtured for however long or briefly, a bond is instantly forged with a child.

The next loss was my 58-year old mother to suicide: a deliberate overdose of prescribed narcotics. I did feel a split second of anger when the news came by phone: not at her but at my stepfather, whom I had warned just the year before that, if he took her out of my home, where doctors had placed her, she would be dead within a year. All my life Mother was addicted; and, for those same years, suicide attempts had been the norm. Praise the Lord, by then I understood more about death according to God and that my mother had been spared further suffering.

I also understood almost instantly that no one, not even my stepfather, could have prevented mother from doing what she did. Despite the circumstances, I did not go through the “if only I’d done” this or that or “I should have” whatever; for I had done everything humanly possible to get mother off drugs, including having a mental health warrant served in order to get her hospitalized.

A year later my biological father’s died with cancer, after I had moved to Washington. Five years later, my beloved stepfather died of cancer. Then, my only sibling, a brother younger by 13 months, died of Agent Orange related cancer; a horrifying 30 days that I would not wish upon any human being. I was so ill at the time that I could not make the trip to Texas to be with him: a disappointment to us both.

This was especially painful, despite talking with him every day; but, what hurt the most was when my foster sister, who was with him throughout the 30 day nightmare, told me the last words he spoke were to call out my name twice just seconds before he died. In some ways, I was angry with my brother, for a short while; because I knew there were many things he could have done long ago to prevent an early death: God being the first and foremost ingredient he had needed.

Then, of course, there is the natural grieving; the missing of that person’s presence in our lives: despite the fact we might understand he or she is far better off than even we who still live. It is an emotion that feels like, “How dare you abandon me!” It is a form of selfishness, wanting that person nearby under any circumstances; yet, contrarily not wishing any suffering upon him or her. This also causes a sense of guilt and even a feeling of shame. It truly feels like a catch-22 from which seems an endless trap.

When I lost two daughters, it helped immensely when doctors explained what my girls would have gone through had they survived the causes: I knew instantly I would not want them to have suffered so terribly for many, if not all, the years of their lives. In my mind, it was bad enough they had suffered for the time each of them did.

Guilt is the most insane of the emotions associated with loss. If experiencing guilt, we should ask ourselves, “Who made me God?” After all, God is the only giver and taker of life, which decisions He makes in each patient’s best interest: so, in reality, it is arrogant to think we can do anything to save another person’s life. While God does not kill a person or cause health issues that kill, only He decides whether or not the patient will continue to live.

In each loss, I can say with absolute clarity that God’s final decision definitely was in the best interest of each of my loved ones. If everyone would take an honest look at what their loved ones suffered or currently are suffering and would have or will continue to suffer if they had or do live, everyone would realize God always acts in everyone’s best interest. He sees the bigger picture and we need to seek His insight.

Throughout each loss, many of God’s Words came to me; a scripture here, a passage there, each one lending comfort and understanding. I recalled, from a young age, hearing, “Weep at a birth and rejoice at a death.” I have only to look at our world’s staggering condition of collapse to understand both the former and latter. We each were brought into a sick, dying world filled with darkness and wickedness that relentlessly attacks us from every side. Then, we bring in our own children; so that, today, I can say I would not want to be raising children in such a vile cesspool.

God speaks of “twice dead”: the first death, which is just the flesh body we inhabit, is something to rejoice about, for it means we finally have been set free of both the body’s extreme limitations as well as Satan’s constant hammering and cruelty; set free to rest the most peaceful rest we will have ever known during our lifetime. Jesus said over and over, it is not death; it is a sleep from which, one day, the dead will be awakened.

God even said, in paraphrase, “Do you not know I have spared your beloved dead from the terrors of these end days?” As my duty to God is to observe and report this world waxing worse and worse according to His prophecies, I am especially comforted by this passage in Isaiah; knowing that my loved ones have been spared, especially my two daughters; but it pains me that my two surviving children living through this darkness surrounding us. Prophecy warned that, in this last church age, the wicked wax worse and worse; so, I am grateful that most of my loved ones have been spared the worst to come. Another reason to rejoice in their deaths.

God expects us to grieve, even allowing a short time to grieve; after which, He expects us to go about living and tending to the living. In my case, I had two other children and a husband; but, even if I’d had no one, God expected me to continue living for Him and in His service. In Anna Nicole Smith’s case, she had a new baby daughter who desperately needed Anna’s full attention and so did the man at her side. It doesn’t matter whether we lose a spouse or parent or child or sibling, we must continue on; for if we do not, we cause the life of the deceased to have had no meaning. It is in living that we validate their life, however brief or however long it might have been.

One truth is that we never really get over our losses. Yes, with time, the loss is less painful; but anything at anytime can cause a memory flash or an event in our life can cause us to almost pick up the phone to speak with our departed parent or sibling or best friend. My daughters died in 1970 and 1971; yet, all these years later I can see their beautiful faces and hear them in my mind at the oddest times.

My mother died in 1986, yet there still are days when I wish I could call her to tell her about some event in my life. My brother died in 2003, still there are times when I hear his deep voice saying, “Hello,” as though I’m supposed to know who is calling. Of course, I did know; but I chuckle today about him never saying, “Hello, your brother here!”

Love continues, even when we lose a loved one; therefore, the memories always are with us to be embraced and talked about, the latter of which aids in healing. Healing truly can begin when we focus on the good memories, the ones of joy and laughter, or reliving again various wisdoms our loved one spoke to us over the course of years; expounding on how we came to understand those wisdoms. If we dwell too long on “my loss,” it becomes insane and everyone around us— loved ones still living— begin to suffer:  we have, in effect, emotionally abandoned them and emotionally crippling them. It is crucial to avoid pity parties, for then it is all about “self” instead of the beloved departed.

For someone who has lost a spouse, it is very important to get involved in his or her community as soon as possible; doing volunteer or charitable work, working a job, anything that gets the one left behind out and about and among the living. Even doing some traveling with friends is good. Losing a spouse is especially difficult, for this is truly when feels as though half of self was ripped away, leaving us seemingly only half a person: all the more reason to validate the life of a departed spouse by going out to do good for others. This is to create living memories, or living memorials if you will. LIVE FOR GOD, JESUS AND THE LIVING! LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE.

Article published 2006, MSMusings Ezine, highest rated eZine by and for Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients:  http://www.msmusings.com

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