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The farmer's credo is a simple one, grounded in hard work. Till the soil, sow the seed, water, weed and fertilize, and with a little luck, come harvest time you'll reap a bountiful crop.
In many ways, it mirrors that of the marathoner: put in the miles, do the speed work, stay healthy, and come race day, you may harvest a PR or a major championship.
There are no certainties for either the farmer or runner, however. A drought or ill-timed hailstorm, a tweaked tendon or a bad plate of fettuccine, and months and years of hard work can be wiped out in a moment, without a shred of reward.
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To keep tilling the fields or pounding the roads therefore requires a measure of faith and dedication beyond that which most of us possess. Little wonder, then, that we look at both farmers and top marathoners with a mixture of envy and respect, admiring their perseverance and consistency in following professions that are incredibly demanding and yet without more than a sliver of guaranteed payback.
Brian Sell knows both the farmer's and marathoner's credos well. Growing up in rural south central Pennsylvania, he was surrounded by farmers, some of whom were his relatives, and learned early on their ethos of long days of hard work for often meager reward. "When I was 12 I worked at a YMCA day camp for $2 an hour, and the Y got half of that," he says. Later, he got a summer job installing swimming pools. "There were a lot of 10-, 12-hour days," he recalls. "You worked until the job got done."
That early-ingrained work ethic, of a job well-done being its own reward, has stayed with him through a career that's seen him steadily rise through the ranks of American distance runners until he now enters this November's Olympic Team Trials marathon as one of a handful of men with a realistic chance to finish in the top three and make the team for Beijing.
But Sell knows that to do that, he's going to have to outwork the other top contenders, all of whom he readily acknowledges as being more naturally gifted. "I started way behind those guys," he says, recalling his early beginnings in the sport. "They were running sub-9 minutes for two miles in high school and I couldn't even break 10. I've closed the gap a little bit, and I've been trying to close it the past six years." It's perhaps fitting that Sell's training base is in the northern suburbs of Detroit as a member of the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project. With the death of Motown icon James Brown last year, it's quite possible that Brian Sell is now the hardest working man in America, at least among its top marathoners.
"I think I'll have more miles in my body over the past five years than any of the other top guys," he says. "But I have to do that to have a chance against them — otherwise, what's the point of racing?" For Sell, the consistent accumulation of miles has a benefit that is as much mental as physical. "I have to train so that I'm confident," he says. "If I don't run 160, 170 [miles a week] in this buildup, but only run 130, my body might be fresher but in my head I won't be as strong. Every time someone pulls up on me in a race, I have to know I worked harder than them to have the confidence to hold them off."
Sell certainly couldn't have imagined being among the favorites to make the marathon team, or the work required to get there, when he first started running track in 10th grade to stay in shape for football and wrestling, the marquee sports in Pennsylvania. He won the 1600 meter district championship in 4:49, but never saw running as much more than off-season conditioning — his high school didn't even have a cross country team.
Sell expected his running career to end when he entered Messiah College outside of Harrisburg — "I figured I'd have to put all my effort into studying" — but he sat behind the cross country team captain in biology class and discovered his own PRs were all faster. After two years competing for Messiah, he transferred to Division I St. Francis in nearby Loretto, where coach Kevin Donner was building a small-college powerhouse. "We had a really good team," he says. "We'd finish in the top 10 in the regionals against schools like Penn State and Georgetown."
Earlier in his career Donner had crossed paths with Kevin Hanson, and knew about the program for post-collegiate distance running he and his brother Keith were establishing in Michigan. After graduating in 2001, Sell made the seven-hour drive west for a visit and a few runs with the group, and almost immediately wondered if he was getting in over his head.
"I hadn't ever run more than 10 miles in training, and the first run was a 12- to 14-miler," he recalls. The pace was another shock. "At St. Francis we ran as slow as the slowest guy. About three miles into the run here, and we're going 5:40 pace. I still have my training logs from then and there's a note: 'Easy runs are not easy here.'"
Still, Sell and the Hansons figured it was worth a one-year trial. "I think I've been saying I'll give it one more year for seven years now," jokes Sell.
After finishing fourth in the half marathon at the World University Games, perhaps prophetically held in Beijing, Sell packed his truck and made the move west three days after the September 11 terrorist attacks.
The first months in the high-mileage Hansons program weren't exactly auspicious for Sell. "We'd go to cross country meets and I was getting beat by college redshirt guys who were partying and not even training," he says. "I think by December Kevin and Keith were probably ready to get rid of me." Finally, Sell's body began to adapt to the higher workload and the team's competitive focus switched to the roads in the spring. The first breakthrough came in New York at the U.S. 8K championship in Central Park, where he finished ninth in 23:04. "I think that was the first time I ever won any money for running," he says. "That kind of remotivated me, but the big thing was being up with the leaders, rubbing elbows with guys I'd only read about."
That euphoria only lasted so long, and by the summer of 2003 Sell was thinking it was time to hang up the racing flats and start dental school, maybe settle down and get married to his college sweetheart Sarah. The U.S. 20K championships in New Haven on Labor Day put those plans on hold once again. Sell finished second in a PR 59:18, just 21 seconds behind Meb Keflezighi's American record run, and was selected to run the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Portugal, where he was the first American in 25th.
Sell's mindset going into New Haven wasn't unusual, according to Clint Verran, a Hansons charter member who's run with Sell longer than anyone. "He puts pressure on himself like it's his last race, that if he doesn't run well he's going to quit," says Verran. "I think a lot of it's internal motivation, but that all-or-nothing approach is just what works best for him."
Given Sell's admitted lack of innate speed, the Hansons knew the logical best event for him would be the marathon, and he made his debut over the 26.2-mile distance at Chicago in 2003. "We ran as a group through 18 miles at 2:22 pace, then we were allowed to run as we wanted," says Sell, who wound up running 2:19:57 and feeling "really good."
The relative ease of that first marathon might have been a factor in what happened in his next one, the 2004 Olympic Trials in Birmingham, AL. "The plan was to run 5:02-5:05 pace, but when the race started no one wanted to do it," he recalls. "We went out in 5:23, 5:26 and I thought 'There's no way I'm going to outkick guys like Meb and Culpepper if I let this race become a half marathon.'" So Sell set off on his own into a near-freezing wind, while everyone else ran in a well-protected pack behind him.
"I was keeping it nice and even, running low fives," he continues. "When we got into town the crowds got me all fired up and I hit a couple of 4:50s and that kind of put the last nails in the coffin." The chasers caught him just around the 20-mile point and quickly left him in their wake. "When those guys started filing by me I couldn't even see, I was just stumbling along," he says. He finished in a painful 2:17:20, good for 13th place, while teammates Trent Briney and Verran finished fourth and fifth. "I'd been running workouts way better than them," says Sell. "I don't know if I would have beaten them, but I would have been right around them if I hadn't run stupid."
That disappointment was almost enough to send Sell packing for dental school once more. "I was ready to give it up then," he says. "I figured I wasn't waiting around for another four years."
Fortunately, the Hansons convinced him to run one last race at Chicago that October, and the result was an 11th place 2:13:22 PR and a slot on the team for the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki."I'm either all in or looking for the next bus out," says Sell.
The lead-in to that race was, in his mind, almost perfectly executed. "That was the most solid segment I've ever had," he says. "I'd love to have a segment like that before the trials — everything fell into place."
After finally marrying Sarah in May, the couple moved into an apartment in June, and the change from the communal living setup of a single Hanson runner seemed to boost Sell's training. He also got a new motivation during workouts when Chad Johnson rejoined the team. "At the time I felt like tripping the guy, knocking him out and throwing him in the river, but he's a big reason I ran so well," says Sell. "I owe a lot of that race to him."
The ideal training for the World Champs led to an equally superb race for Sell. Passing halfway in 48th, he ran huge negative splits to end up ninth, passing Olympic medalists Stefano Baldini and Vanderlei de Lima among others. "Passing people like they were standing still was pretty neat," he recalls.
2006 was marked by two major marathons. At Boston, Sell led six Hanson runners into the top 20 with his fourth place, 2:10:55 PR, which he lowered by eight seconds at Chicago, running essentially a solo time trial for a blustery 20 miles of the race. After some down time early in the year, marked by the birth of daughter Lily, Sell is now geared up for what he says will be his last shot at the Olympic team.
"This is kind of the race that I stuck around for," he says. "It will have a lot to do with how long I go after this. It's definitely my last trials. Running isn't like the NFL where you've got the players union — the Hansons won't be paying me a pension once I hang it up, so you've got to start making plans for the future.
"I'll miss the camaraderie of running, some of the funny stuff that happens on runs, I'll miss that the most," he continues. "Racing too, I love that feeling when you're on and feeling good, there's no feeling like that in the world, cranking though 5-minute miles in a marathon, feeling smooth. Competition is the scariest thing in the world going in and the greatest relief afterward.
"I'm definitely still going to run and try to get a little bit of that feeling, but it will be tough to trudge through 8-minute miles, but I think I still will because it's been such a big part of my life — maybe five miles a day so I can eat dessert."
The self-imposed pressure to make sure he's ready for the toughest race of his life will drive Sell to run upwards of 160 miles during his peak mileage buildup, sandwiched around half days of work at the Home Depot as part of their Olympic Job Opportunities program. Typically, when Sell was accepted into the program, in which athletes receive full-time pay for flexibly scheduled half-time hours, he chose to work in the garden department, hauling bags of mulch and landscaping materials around the store. "Most of the top-tier guys don't work at all," he says. "That would be kind of nice, but it's nice to have a real job, too."
"Brian's a blue-collar, lunchpail kind of guy, up with the sun," says Kevin Hanson. "He's like the guys on the auto assembly lines," adds his brother Keith. "You just keep doing the same job, over and over, but it's what it takes to build the car. When the day's done, Brian's going to know that he gave it everything he had. Brian started off wondering if he was good enough to be an Olympian — now he knows he is."
"I think there are probably five guys who, if they have a good race, I can't beat them," says Sell. "But if a couple of them have an off day I can slip in there. I'm going to have to run the perfect race: my 10 out of 10 won't beat their 9, but that's why we race."
Perhaps it's that down-to-earth, workmanlike approach to running that endears Sell and the rest of the Hansons to the average runners, who see something of themselves in the team. It's what's created a fan base more typical of team sports, fans (as in "fanatics") who will stand on the roadside and wave placards of Sell's image or paint his name on their bare chests.
"I think they can relate to us because we were on the same level as them in high school and college. A lot of guys sit in cubicles and look at us and say, 'Hey that's something I might have been able to do.' We went from the bottom up, and we got there by working hard, day-in and day-out."


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Happy 5th of July!
We interrupt this holiday week to talk about how cloud services are expanding disaster recovery options for users of Storage Area Networks (SAN that is).
A traditional SAN-to-SAN disaster recovery scenario may rely on host-based replication technology transmitting data and applications between two mirror SAN environments. While this works for some firms, cloud technology presents a viable, cost-effective alternative where data and applications from a firm's production SAN are replicated to a cloud environment for disaster recovery.
Using replication technology, such as NetApp's SnapMirror, a firm's production environment can be synchronized with a disaster recovery environment in a private cloud. By synchronizing operating systems, applications, and data, the cloud provider should be able to meet aggressive recovery point and recovery time objectives for the client.
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You're in Las Vegas. You've got money in your pocket. And you've got a strong opinion on the Monday Night Football game.
You wander into a sports book, where virtually every athletic contest in America has a price on it. You scan the boards, skipping over college football and a World Series game, searching for the big NFL matchup.
There it is: the Giants are favored by 13 and 1/2 points over the Buccaneers. You like the Giants, playing at home. But 13 and 1/2 points seems like a lot to spot the Bucs, even though you're certain the Giants will win the game. That's almost two touchdowns, you think, fingering the money in your pocket. You hesitate, weighing the pros and cons. Can the Giants win by two touchdowns? Well, on paper they should dominate...of course, Tampa might get a lucky last-minute break...on the other hand, the Giants usually play well at home on Monday night...hmmm. Finally, you convince yourself the Giants are a good bet at 13 and 1/2. You approach the window, minutes before the kickoff, ready to slide your stack of hundreds across the counter.
And then it happens: The 13 and 1/2 changes to 14 and 1/2.
"Wait a minute," you tell the clerk. "I wanted to bet the Giants at thirteen and a half."
"Too late," he says, shrugging. "The line just moved. Should have bet five minutes ago."
Indeed. Now the Giants don't look so attractive. Now they have to win by more than two touchdowns. Now you might even bet the Bucs.
"What happened?" you ask the clerk. "What happened to the odds?"
"Sir," the clerk says, smiling, "you just got stung by the Line Mover."
Welcome to the club.
The Line Mover is the most powerful--and successful--bettor in all of sports. He and his organization, a syndicate of approximately two dozen well-capitalized gamblers, exert the kind of influence over America's sports betting odds that, were it occurring on Wall Street, would be called manipulating the market. Regularly wagering as much as $500,000 per football game, the Line Mover and his people inspire fear in bookmakers, confusion in those who would try to piggyback on his expertise and hope in the millions of casual sports bettors around the world who would like to think that there's someone out there who really can consistently beat the game.
Speaking on the condition of anonymity, the Line Mover granted Cigar Aficionado an exclusive interview, revealing for the first time how America's biggest sports betting syndicate operates.
"It's pretty simple," he says flatly. "We find situations where we have way the best of it, and then we bet a whole lot of money. Do that enough and you end up with a nice little profit."
How nice? He won't say exactly. But the Line Mover does volunteer that over the past five years he has annually paid an average of $3 million in taxes on his winnings. "We do pretty well," he deadpans, nodding contentedly.
According to Michael "Roxy" Roxborough, whose company produces the Las Vegas line, "Anybody can walk into a Nevada sports book and bet on a game. The truth is, we don't worry about the average gambler. We worry about [the Line Mover]. There's only four or five guys we're really concerned about. We design the line with these guys in mind. Sports betting is a game of skill. Give a really skillful sports bettor a big bankroll, and he's dangerous. A guy like [the Line Mover] is the reason we have limits. He's the reason we have to be so careful."
Of Roxy Roxborough, the man who spends each working day trying to take his money, the Line Mover says, "The man has a very difficult job. He's trying to make a line for the casinos to get two-sided action [equal bets on both teams], and he does a good job at that. But he can't keep up with me, because I'm the tenth of one percent that does consistently win. If Roxy ever does catch up, I'll quit tomorrow. In the meantime, even though I think Roxy is agood and admirable opponent, I know I'm going to beat him year in and year out."
America's biggest sports bettor accomplishes this feat by identifying games where the line is "off," or, by his calculations, slightly mistaken. By his reckoning, a football game line that is incorrect by 1/2 point gives him close to a 7 percent advantage. A line that is off by three points--well, that's a monstrous edge. The trick, of course, is finding games in which the Las Vegas line is "wrong."
Enter the computers. The Line Mover is famous in the gambling world for employing up to half a dozen sophisticatedcomputer programs, custom-designed to evaluate past performance and predict future results. He won't say what the computers are looking for--"That would be like the magician telling you how he cuts the girl in half," he jokes--but he does reveal that the criteria, when processed properly, yields a chillingly accurate "power rating" that reduces every college and National Football League team to a quantifiable number. Using a full-time team of handicappers--statistics-obsessed computer junkies--who individually generatea series of daily reports, the Line Mover considers his analysts' data and decides where his organization's money will be invested. "My talent isn't handicapping the games," he admits. "My expertise is handicapping the handicappers--and knowing the best time to bet."
The Line Mover's sense of timing, his nearly extrasensory understanding of how--and when--the public will bet a sporting contest, is perhaps his greatest attribute. "I can't emphasize how important timing is in my business. A half point either way can make or break my profit. So some games we'll bet early Monday morning, some [games] five minutes before the kickoff. All depends what kind of price we think we can get."
Casino sports books constantly adjust their lines based on the amount of money coming in, adapting almost instantaneously to keep the action on both sides of the spread equal. If, for example, everybody in Nevada seems to be favoring the Giants, the price on them will go up, making a bet on their counterpart, the Buccaneers, more attractive. By offering odds that encourage two-way betting, the bookmakers can keep their accounts fairly balanced, avoiding big swings and virtually guaranteeing a profit. (Since the bookies charge 11-10--$11 to win $10--a total of $1 million bet on both sides of a game ensures them a $50,000 windfall.) When the Line Mover makes his plays, an enormous amount of money comes in on one side; the bookmakers then quickly change their odds to dissuade other gamblers from taking the heavily bet side and encourage them to wager on the other side. The trick for the Line Mover is to get his money down before the bookmakers adjust their lines.
Since no single casino will accept the $250,000-and-up bets that the Line Mover makes, to get all their money in play, he and his people are forced to make dozens of smaller bets with dozens of bookies around America.
This is a sore subject with the Line Mover. He denies that he and his organization bet with illegal bookies, but knowledgeable sources say that the Line Mover would be incapable of plying his trade if he didn't use bookies in, for instance, Dallas, Atlanta, New York and Chicago. "Try betting 300,000 on a regular-season college football game," one professional sports bettor explains. "The local casinos here in Vegas just aren't going to fade [take] that kind of action. And even if they would, you could never get a fair price. By the time you bet your first 50,000, they would start moving the line on you."
Further complicating the operation are "the meddlers," as the Line Mover calls them. These are the hundreds of bettors who try to jump on the action every time the Line Mover bets a game. Spotters stationed at betting windows with walkie-talkies try to determine how the Line Mover is betting and radio the information to their colleagues. If the meddlers get their bets down at various casinos before the Line Mover does, the odds change, fluctuating by the precious half point (or more) that makes or breaks his profit.
A typical play by the Line Mover works like this: He and his analysts find a game that is off. Using a predetermined formula--half a point warrants a $50,000 bet; two points warrants $250,000; and, in rare cases, some lines inspire bets of $1 million--the Line Mover selects his best plays of the day. Some weekends he'll bet as many as 25 college and NFL games; sometimes he'll bet only a handful. "I gamble for value, not action," he says. "I bet by a strict formula. So there's no 'get even' or 'get rich' bets. If the numbers don't look good, I pass."
After deciding which contests his organization will bet on, the Line Mover sends instructions to about 25 associates, via a numerical pager. When the signal goes out to make a play, each of the Line Mover's team members attempts to make his bet immediately and simultaneously, before the illegal bookies and legal Nevada sports books can adjust their lines unfavorably. Typically, the Line Mover's bets are made in increments of $5,000 to $10,000. Smart bookmakers, recognizing the source of the large wagers, will often bet with the Line Mover, "laying off" or hedging their money, with another, unsuspecting bookmaker. (The cautious ones merely try to avoid taking his bets.) Within minutes, bookmakers in every region of America--and often offshore as well--are flooded with fresh money, all on one team. Within a few more minutes, the official Las Vegas line moves to reflect the imbalance.
That's why they call him the Line Mover.
He wasn't always the king of the sports bettors. The man who is now widely regarded as one of the most powerful forces in all of gambling was, 20 years ago, indistinguishable from thousands of other wishful thinkers. "I bet on everything at the start, and, like everybody else, I lost," the Line Mover recalls.
A successful businessman with a chain of appliance stores throughout the Midwest, the Line Mover blew off hundreds of thousands of dollars to local bookies. "It took me a long time to figure out that just reading the morning sports paper wouldn't cut it. Just studying the box scores doesn't work."
Instead, the man who would one day dominate America's sports betting industry sought out the best minds in the game, the brilliant computer programmers and data analysts who would revolutionize the way we bet on sports. He made them a deal: You provide me with the best information and I'll provide you with the money to do something with it. "And that's how our team was born."
While the Line Mover still professes to love sports, he says, "If my life depended on it, I couldn't tell you who's leading the divisions. I don't even look at the sports pages much. I'm a money manager, not an action-hungry sports fan. Your average sports bettor reads something in the paper or hears something on television and figures he's got some kind of insider information."
Indeed, the Line Mover says, the professional touts, so-called "experts" who sell their opinions to gullible gamblers via expensive 900 lines, help him win his yearly millions.
"People follow these touts blindly, like they're in a cult. Ninety percent of the time I bet against the tout's opinion. See, by promoting one side of a game so vigorously, they can sometimes move the line four, five, six points. That," he says, smiling broadly, "tends to create some very profitable situations."
The Super Bowl, according to the Line Mover, is a prime example. For five of the past six years, he says, the line has beendramatically off. Wildly off. "Only problem is, the public's been right. I've bet on every loser."
He says this without a trace of bitterness, sounding very much like a man who is so used to being right that he is almost amused to occasionally be wrong.
"If you're going to be successful at betting sports, you've got to realize one important thing," the Line Mover counsels. "You're going to have losing games. You're going to have losing weeks. You're probably going to even have losing months, and maybe years. But," he says, nodding slowly, "it's all one big, long game."
Contributing editor Michael Konik is Cigar Aficionado's gambling columnist. The New Poker Champ
This year's World Champion of Poker is Stu Ungar (above right, with Jack Binion) from Las Vegas. Ungar, 43, beat a record field of 312 players at the World Series of Poker at Binion's Horseshoe, winning the $1 million first prize and writing his name into history. Perhaps even more important than triumphing over the best poker players on the planet, Ungar overcame a host of personal travails, including a debilitating drug problem, which rendered him virtually invisible from the Vegas poker scene for much of the past 10 years. With his victory, Ungar is only the second player in World Series history to win the main event three times--the first was the legendary Johnny Moss. How did he do it? "I just played perfect," he said. "So perfect." He's got one million examples to prove it.


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Mississippi House Passes Immigration Bill
The Mississippi House of Representatives passed a bill that would require authorities to crack down on illegal immigration, in keeping with a trend in the South and the West to enact such measures.
The Republican-dominated House voted 70-47 to pass the "Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhood Act," which requires police to check the immigration status of people who are arrested, and prohibits undocumented residents to renew a driver's license or get a business license, CNN reported Friday.
The bill is likely to be approved also in the state Senate, which too has a majority of Republicans. It was passed after the removal of a clause that provided for police to also check the immigration status of people involved in traffic violations, as well as students at public schools.
Gov. Phil Bryant supports the measure. "Perhaps it's boat-rocking time in Mississippi," he said, according to CNN, at the state Capitol after HB 488 was passed Thursday. In 2010, the Pew Hispanic Center estimated the number of undocumented immigrants to be about 45,000.
Rodney Hunt, chairman of the Mississippi Federation for Immigration Reform and Enforcement, said illegal immigration was responsible for eliminating jobs for people who want to provide for their families. "Passing this bill will open up more jobs and lower unemployment for the state," he stated, as reported by CNN.
Opponents, mostly Democrats, criticized the measure, saying it would destroy families. "If we pass this bill, it will set Mississippi back 60 years," Fox News quoted Rep. Sonya Williams-Barnes (D-Gulfport) as saying. "Let us show America we are not the narrow-minded people they say we are."
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Identify Messiah by Birth and Death
First to the Jew, then the Gentile.
Most unlearned gentiles accept quotations from the New Testament when witnessing to them.
Jews are different.
They will not accept scriptures unless it comes from just their bible, the Tenach, which most Christians call the Old Testament.
I have heard Christians try what would appeal to a gentile audience on a Jewish person, and watch them fail, because they do not know how to present the scriptures from the Tenach to a Jew.
The Jew has a Jewish interpretation, not a gentile one.
Christians do not think like Jews, so they fail.
For example, I heard a Jewish rabbi tell his Jewish audience about being presented a set of questions to challenge him:
Christian: There used to be shed blood for the forgiveness of sins. What do you do now, that there are no more sacrifices?
Rabbi: we pray and repent
Christian: what do you say about the virgin birth of the Messiah?
Rabbi: That is not the correct English interpretation of the Hebrew scripture. You have to look at the Hebrew, which does not say virgin. And look at the surrounding scriptures, which is NOT referring to the Messiah.
Christian: Why don't you accept Jesus as Messiah? He was the Suffering Servant predicted.
Rabbi: There is no world peace. We have expectations of what the Messiah will do for Israel, and Jesus did not do this. The Messiah will be a King, and rule from Jerusalem. Israel is the suffering servant. We have suffered for thousands of years.
This leaves the Christian speechless.
I found the best way is to present a puzzle, but also be well versed on the answer.
There are many scriptures which could, or could not have Messiah as the interpretation.
The one from Isaiah about the suffering servant is an example.
One has to present just facts, bits and pieces, where there can only be one interpretation, or where deductive reasoning can come to just one conclusion.
Then let the Jew think it out himself.
Timing of Messiah
Daniel's 70 weeks predicts the timing. Daniel 9:
24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah (Anointed one) the Prince shall be seven weeks (heptads), and threescore and two weeks (heptads): the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
The word Moshiach here is used, which is the Jewish term for Messiah.
Seven heptads/ weeks are 490 years
Threescore and two (62) weeks are 483 years.
The Jews consider Cyrus II (550-529 BCE) to be the one who gave the decree, which was in his 1st year
of rule. (Ezra 4:5)
Cyrus, although called anointed by God, would NOT be around 483 years after he gave the decree. So rule this out as Cyrus being the anointed one.
Artaxerxes I (465-425 BCE) also issued a decree to rebuilt the city in his 20th year (Neh 2:1-8).
Other decrees II (Darius and Artaxerxes II) were about the temple and supplies.
Whether Cyrus or Artaxerxes, the 483 years would have been up between 67 BCE and 38 CE.
That was long ago.
Ancient Jewish tomb
Unnatural Death
26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
The word Moshiach (Messiah) here is used again, so it is very clear who Daniel is talking about.
And he dies NOT for himself, so it must be for others.
Messiah, then does not die peacefully, or of old age. He is killed or removed in an unnatural way.
Here is a list of prophets that were killed, or removed unnaturally
(reference http://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/bb/bb32.htm ):
Elijah – raptured
Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah
Ahijah – killed by lion
None of these prophets died in the timeline of the 70 week prophecy
Birthplace of Messiah (Micah 5)
2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
Bethlehem is the birthplace.
The Ruler is the Messiah, although it does not used the word Messiah. We can make it an assumption, to start, and see if any other interpretation can fit here.
There have been many rulers in Israel. This one is different, or it would not get special mention.
King David was born there.
No other ruler in Israel was born in Bethlehem in the past.
No ruler today in Israel could have been born there, or will be born there, as it is now Muslim occupied.
The ruler is from "everlasting," or "antiquity" before he comes.
Either this means he has an eternal nature, or he was around a long time ago, and returns.
Ruler gives up on Israel, then returns (Micah 5)
3 Therefore will he give them up, UNTIL the time that she which travails has brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.
According to Daniel 9, Messiah gets killed or removed, or cut off, before his mission is complete.
It seems he would have no choice to give them up, if he is killed.
He returns once she (Israel) has travailed.
This could either mean the holocaust, the rebirth of Israel, or the time of Jacob's trouble (Great Tribulation).
Since the holocaust and rebirth of Israel (1948) are past, the only known option left is the Great Tribulation.
The ruler does seem to be the messiah
4 And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.
Ruler shows up when the Assyrian attacks Israel in future
5 And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.
Ruler brings peace.
Putting the pieces together
SO, what prophet, leader, or potential ruler was born in Bethlehem in antiquity ,
who lived between 67 BCE and 38 CE ,
who was killed or cut off,
gave up on his people,
and will return when the Assyrian invades Israel,
which will be a time of travail?
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Jesus fulfilled a big part of all the prophecies written about him in the last week/ day of his earthly life.The mathematical chances of that happening are mind boggling!…It would be great to see a follow up to this post Marianne, regarding "The Assyrian"…..I believe this man is alive now, and that indeed, we have no more than 16 years before the final termination of earth's system of life.
The Jews didn't accept Jesus 2000 years ago either as they had and still have a misinterpretation of Bible Scripture. They were expecting a messiah that would literally free Judah of Roman rule and when it was made clear to them that was not Jesus' mission many of them walked away and no longer walked with Jesus.
Nothing new under the sun.
Excellent Marianne! But in the process of trying to convince a few hardened people you will convince many unhardened. Praise God! Lovely understanding of wonderful prophecies.
Without the understanding of reincarnation, much of what is in the Holy books will be misunderstood
So Peter enlighten us all about reincarnation!
When Paul preached to the Bereans they searched the Scriptures daily to see whether what he was saying was true. Now at that time the Scriptures were the books of the Old Testament. The new had not yet been written. So if you want to prove Jesus to the literal Jews it must be possible to do so only from the Old Testament.
Also the New Testament is based on the Old Testament. Both agree with each other. Isa 8:20 To the law and to the prophets: if they speak not according to this world there is no light in them. See Gal 1:6-9 for the New Testament version of Isa 8:20.
That should read word not world. My mistake.
ANy Jewish person can be saved using ANY Scripture from the Bible. The only reason there are many Jews who have not received Jesus is because of what God is trying to do in the world:
Romans 11:25 "For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in." Israel is travailing as the entire Gentile elect are being saved…
Snowflake, Jes us was scourged with a Roman whip called a Flagron.It consisted of two or three thongs attached to a leather handle to which was attached either lead or bits of sea-shell.They bruised , they cut, often to the bare bone.Two people were normally used to administer the punishment, one on either side of the victim.
Yes, and He was also crucified…it was not just a mere bruising. Jesus is the head of the body not the heel. Read your Bible.
I am well aware He was also crucified Snowflake!…get off your holier than thou self righteous horse!..I was merely trying to answer your question regarding what Jesus went through during His Passion!…I have been studying Scripture for over 40 years and it inspires me even more today than ever!
Well done, Marianne!
That was very good Marianne. Good way to get our sword warmed up! 🙂 Thank you! You have a creative mind.
The above START of the Conversation ' Identifying the Messiah . . . '
had a good interpretation that is consistent with what Jesus fulfilled at His original coming . . .
NOT that which we should be looking ahead for to , in the future . . .
Jesus fulfilled all this points already !
Seventy weeks in Daniel should be understood as weeks , not years !
It should read ,
[ Jesus' ministry was 70 wks 490 days ! ] are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city , to finish the transgression , and to make an end of sins , and to make reconciliation for iniquity [ Jesus' once for all , for all time , perfect sacrifice ] ,
and to bring in everlasting righteousness [ Jesus overcoming death and rising from the grave ] ,
and to seal up the vision and prophecy , and to anoint the most Holy [ Jesus ascended into heaven was the anointing and Jesus sat down at the right hand of God ] – " it is finished " . MOST PERFECT !
ALSO, it is mentioned . . . And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off , but not for Himself [ that was the crucifixion for us ] .
. . . and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary [ WAS FULFILLED 70 AD ] .
A STARTING POINT — PASSION WEEK – 70 wks
Winter Soletice 30AD middle of wk Jesus dies Jesus Rises
According to Hebrew history and biblical time-lines , King David was born , 2854 years after Adam . He lived 70 years. The coming year 5778 ( our year SEP 2017 ) is the expected year of the Messiah's Kingdom to come and the end of the world as we know it – according to some manuscripts of Jewish origin .
That means that when David was 35 Years old ( half his age ) the world was also exactly half its age 2889 .. i.e the midpoint of David's life AND was also the midpoint of the history of this world ( 2889 ) .
Also . . . interestingly . . . King David was born in 2854 . King David died in 2924 ( at 70years ) . 2854 + 2924 = 5778 . The year 2018 .
Now if you subtract 5778 from 6000 you are left with 222 years ! How does that work out ? Well you have to understand the grand secret !
Paradise was complete for 222 years before Adam and Eve sinned !
Another point . . . God said He wouldn't tarry with man more than 120.
In Genesis 6 we find ,
[ A World Gone Wrong ] Then the people began to multiply on the earth , and daughters were born to them . The sons of God saw the beautiful women and took any they wanted as their wives . Then the Lord said , " My Spirit will not put up with humans for such a long time , for they are only mortal flesh . In the future , their normal lifespan will be no more than 120 years . "
If you count 50 year periods that are God's Jubilees you find
120 X 50 = 6000 . So including the time of paradise
222 + 5778 is 6000 years .
Everyone is waiting for tribulation and doom and gloom !
Jesus said just like the time of Noah :
Matthew 24:37 "When the Son of Man returns, it will be like it was in Noah's day .
Matthew 24:38 In those days before the flood, the people were enjoying banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat .
Matthew 24:37-41 But as the days of Noah [ were ] , ( Noah experienced and survived the flood – God's promise and fulfillment ) so shall also the coming of the Son of man be .
( Rather that of being raptured, Noah and his sons were prepared a place of safety . ) For as in the days that were before the flood they
( the wicked ) were eating and drinking , marrying and giving in marriage , until the day that Noah entered into the ark , ( The place of safety . ) ,
And KNEW NOT until the flood came , and took them ( the wicked ) all away ; ( Notice that Noah was in the ark SEVEN full DAYS before the rain started and the Messiah said " THEY " ( the wicked ) " KNEW NOT "
( understood not ) " UNTIL THE FLOOD CAME " and took them all away .
Yeshua did NOT mention one syllable about any repenting during those seven days ; but on the contrary , Yeshua said the wicked had NO Understanding until the flood ( time of God's promise ) was already upon them . ) so shall also the coming of the Son of man be .
( Yeshua then repeated for clarity , meaning that His coming is like the days of Noah , returning to a wicked generation who will not understand even up unto the Day of the Lord ( not judgment but God's fulfillment ) .
Think about it , if the wicked of our generation were to understand or repent , would the nations still gather at Jezreel ? No . )
Then shall two be in the field ; the one shall be taken , and the other left .
( This is the major quote used by the tribulation rapture theorists and they've got it backward . Who was taken and who was left in Noah's day ? The evil ones / tares were taken .
Noah was left ! The righteous were the ones who were left ! )
Two [ women shall be ] grinding at the mill ; the one shall be taken , and the other left . (Proverbs 10:30 , says ,
" the righteous will never be removed . "
So who was removed ? The evil ones , the tares , Noah dwelt safely in the ark that he and his sons prepared .
The person who has the fullness of God is "a righteous person,
Genesis 6:9 [ The Story of Noah ] This is the account of Noah and his
family . Noah was a righteous man , the only blameless person living on earth at the time , and he walked in close fellowship with God .
God swore He would not again punish man .
( Jesus was OUR cure and remedy . Jesus is OUR complete reconciliation to bring us back to the fullness of God ) .
Isaiah 54:9 "Just as I swore in the time of Noah that I would never again let a flood cover the earth , so now I swear that I will never again be angry and punish you ."
It is not up to man . . . what we do or don't do . . . nothing can match what Jesus did ! We don't have any righteousness !
How can we love God with all of our heart , with all of our soul , with all of our mind , with all of our might . . . and our neighbor as ourself ?
DON'T BE DECEIVED . WE NEED RIGHTEOUSNESS TO BE SAVED AND TO BE SAFE . God says you must be Holy because I AM HOLY !
Kanoa I don't know where you learnt your Theology, but I'm afraid it is very wanting!…The 70 weeks you refer to from the book of Daniel ARE years NOT weeks.The earthly ministry of Jesus lasted 3.50 lunar years, or 1260 days, from his baptism, to his crucification!…The four Gospels attest to this, as do the Church Fathers, who I'm sure know a little bit more than you do!.With all your number crunching, fudging and pulling imaginary numbers out of the air, you will be only making people more confused than they already are!. Stick to what the Bible says, and not what you think it says!
The problem with current teaching is that people are already confused by so many assumptions and incorrect teaching.
The doom and gloom message and also the ' me all the time, ' what's in it for me , kind of feel good understanding has destroyed God's original message .
Jesus is our revelation of the fullness of God in us.
We are the Heart and Soul of God, that is how He made us . . .
it is about , all of Him . . . NOT US.
Without that presence of God in us it is impossible to please Him because we remain disconnected from Him . . . for God is the only One Righteous !
Jesus is the fullness of God and has produced Righteousness for us by exactly what Jesus said . . ."If you Love Me I and My Father will make our abode in you. ' and , "that you will behold My Glory , that My Joy will be made full in you."
Daniel 9:24 "Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city: to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place."
Two quotes from you, Kanoa, a few statements prior –
"The coming year 5778 ( our year SEP 2017 ) is the expected year of the Messiah's Kingdom to come and the end of the world as we know it – according to some manuscripts of Jewish origin ."
"Now if you subtract 5778 from 6000 you are left with 222 years ! How does that work out ? Well you have to understand the grand secret !"
Are you saying that this year, 2017, the Messiah returns and the world ends? Yet in your second statement, we are left with 222 years before the world ends?
Maybe my head is dull this morning or I haven't had enough coffee, but I would appreciate your clarifying what you were meaning.
The 70 weeks is a Bible time prophecy and 70 weeks is 490 days. A day for a year makes that 490 literal years. See Num 14:34 and Eze 4:6. Furthermore the 70 weeks is divided into three sections, 7 weeks, 62 weeks and 1 week. 7 weeks to rebuild Jerusalem and the walls. The wall was completed in 408BC. And then 62 weeks to the appearance of the Messiah. Jesus started his Messiah mission after being baptised in the fall of 27AD after spending 40 days in the wilderness starting the last week of which he was cut off in the middle of the week, his apostles continued his mission in his name for the second half of the week ending in 34AD when Stephen was stoned to death and saw the vision of Jesus standing up depicting the end of probation for the nation of Judah and later the destruction of Jerusalem in 70AD. After Stephen's death Peter had the vision of unclean animals telling him it was time to take the gospel to the Gentiles and Paul's conversion and him becoming the Apostle to the Gentiles.
First to the Jews: 490 years from 457BC when the third decree was given to rebuild Jerusalem, the temple and the wall to the stoning of Stephen in 34AD.
And then to the Gentiles: starting with Paul's conversion shortly after the death of Stephen until 1844 October 22nd. In total 1810 years.
That is a total of 2300 years.
Let's start a history examination.
Ancient non-Biblical historians record that Jesus was condemned to death by Pontius Pilate . Pilate was Roman procurator of Judea during the years 26 AD through 36 AD . This limits our search for a date to those years. In ' Setting the Stage ' we found that Jesus was born in 3/1 BC. And there are also important Biblical clues: the Book of Luke records that Jesus began His public ministry when He " was about 30 years old " , and the Book of John records three annual Passovers during Jesus' ministry . Taken together, these puzzle pieces add to a crucifixion date in the early 30's, AD.Many are coming to understand that Jesus correctly celebrated the Passover with His apostles tues evening / wed the fifth day after His triumphant entry into the city.
The Gospel of John records 4 Passovers not 3 Jesus being nailed to the cross at the fourth Passover.
And Jesus was not a baby when the wise men visited. Herod commanded that all boys 2 years and under to be killed according to what he learned from the wise men and his own Bible expert researches. So from that we can assume Jesus was more likely born around 6 or 5BC in the fall making him around 1 to 2 years old.
We can safely assume Jesus was baptised by John in the fall(probably October) of 27AD. Then 1st Passover in the spring of 28AD, 2nd in the spring of 29AD, 3rd in the spring of 30AD(where he talked about the parable of the fig tree and giving it 1 extra year to bear fruit) and the 4th in the spring of 31AD(where he condemned the fig tree for not having any fruit and it died) where he was arrested and killed. That is 3 and a half years.
1. In the 15th year of Tiberius ( Aug. 28 AD to Aug. 29 AD ) , John the Baptist began his public ministry ( summer of 28AD ). John was six months older than Jesus . John the baptist was beheaded just at the beginning of Jesus' ministry .
2. At that time , Jesus was " about thirty years old " , which statement would be precisely true if Jesus were born in 1BC . ( Luke 3:23 ) The gospel of John records three Passovers during Jesus ' ministry . The first when Jesus was 30½ years old ( John 2:13 ) , a second when He was 31½ years old ( John 6:4 ) and His last when He was arrested and killed . ( John 13:1 ) So , we see that His ministry lasted about 1½ years ( 70 wks ) and He died at the age of 32 years .
1st Passover in John chapter 2, 2nd Passover in John 6, 3rd Passover in John 11 and 4th Passover in John 12 onwards.
Correction: John 2, 5, 6 and 12 onwards.
Please no more of adding up dates and years and numbers…nobody has got it right yet!….a complete waste of time!
God will not keep hidden the correct time and dates to those who pursue
the truth ! Those who pursue Him.
I agree no one has the correct dates so far. Maybe because a lot of the transcripts and dates and times have been removed from history .
Our own current calendar is all manufactured !
God says the time is near . . . our own heart and soul tells us .
Note, "The Son of Man" reference is a reference to the First Book of Enoch and the three parables contained therein. There is also The Elected One, Head of Days, and so on. This topic started out all right but sure got diverted in a hurry.
Most people talk about what they "think" the Bible says including you..
If I wrote what I knew of the Bible my reply would be hundreds of pages long. It is difficult to write what I know to be true in just a 1000 words or so. I can only scratch the surface. And in any case we should all know it already someone like me shouldn't have to write what others should know already. How can we eat the meat if we have problems digesting the milk?
So Peter you have special insight into Scripture do you?….and obviously do not consider yourself as one of those who only "Think" they know what the bible says….please get off your high horse!
The truth is that if the hebrews and the christians would stop editing and pulling things out of context, then probably many things would start making more sense to both sides. There are 2 Comings, the First and the Second Coming. After that even more division about who thinks they got it right when neither side actually has. As always, the truth is the truth, and sooth is sooth(saying). To each their own. More diversion.
Truth, we know the First Coming has already passed and that the Second Coming has yet to come. But how far away is the Second Coming? Christians cling to the First Coming whilst hebrews look to the Second Coming because things have not gone well for the hebrews after the First Coming. Be careful what you wish for, because what you thought you were wishing for may not be what you deserved and recieved for both christians and hebrews. And seriously, the grandson of YHWH was hung upon a cross and the son has yet to appear (or is he here now). Jeshua / Yeshua / Ieshua is the grandson and the sacrifice. The son (Spirit of God, the Elected One) has yet to have his ttime. First Coming, Baptism with water. Second Coming, baptism with fire as it has been written (then twisted by both christians and hebrews alike).
The second coming has already happened at least for the Apostle John who had the Revelation of Jesus.
The Miracle of Jesus is that He has given us THIS REVELATION that God is in us by the POWER FROM ON HIGH ! John said , " as Jesus is , so are we in this world ! "
The 2nd coming has already come?…..wow you mean I have missed it?…….David your theology is very Gnostic!
What did you think John saw then? He saw these times and the second coming in the vision, the Revelation of Jesus Christ and the events afterwards. The state of the church, its people.
It was a vision of a future event, not a past or present event!…The Book of Revelation is a Prophetic Book, dealing with future events .It was written around 94AD and was all about far distant events!
Still means he saw it. Therefore for John it has already happened.
So obvious you don't have any Theological credentials. Please don't think about starting up a Church any time soon!..You would be stoned by the Congregation!
" believe on the Lord Jesus Christ . . . and you shall be saved
. . . you and your household ! "
This was meant for Marianne.
However, meditation and deep prayer that results in a response are the only way of knowing for sure if your interpretation is correct.
If you have a doctrine and you can back it up with two or three witnesses(or more even) then you can't be in error. The Bible interprets itself.
This does not make sense in truth. But if you are referring to the obvious truths regarding love and compassion etc., than yes.
The more one is invested in his own interpretations, the narrower is the path to new revelations.
Did you know that Christians have not always been called " Christians " ?
The earliest apprentices of Jesus only became known by this title , later in the first century A.D. , in the large, ethnically diverse, Syrian capital of Antioch ( Acts 11:26 ) . It's even likely that the term " Christian " was used by Antioch's general population not as a good thing, but as a derogatory name for these followers of Jesus. The title of " Christians " was given because this group of Jews and Gentiles were followers of a man named Jesus , who was believed by His followers, to be the Christos , Meshiach meaning " the anointed one , " or the Messiah.
Throughout the pages of the New Testament these earliest of believers also used other names for themselves like " saints , " " brothers, " and " disciples , " but what THE FIRST FOLLOWERS OF JESUS wanted to be known as, was The ' the Way' meant so much more than just a name !
The earliest self-identification they had of ' The Way' referred to What and Who they were following. They described something so dynamic, so very PERSONAL, so very LIFE CHANGING, that it was to them the ultimate LIFE DETERMINING EVENT !
When explaining themselves they revealed an extreme ignition to their heart and soul, an awakening, that definitely shook each one of them to their very core ! The experience occurred by being followers of God's " the Way " or in Hebrew ' derekh ' ( Acts 9:2; 11:26 ) . This description was so world significant . . . yet over time has sadly become hidden !
In describing what we call " Believers," these first followers of Jesus made a radical claim about the Person and Work of Jesus, so remarkable and worthy of attention . . . Jesus was not just a man . . . JESUS IS ETERNITY itself, THE FINAL CULMINATION OF ALL THINGS WITH GOD !
INTERESTINGLY Torah was 'The Way' DEREKH
The Hebrew people ( and their own Scriptures ) have employed the word " Torah " to describe not only the first five books of the Old Testament ( Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy ), but also the entire collection of 39 books which make up the Old Testament. And while English translators often bring the Hebrew word "Torah" over into English Bibles as " decrees, " " judgments, " " commands, " or simply " law, " there's a much more holistic understanding of Torah. The Torah is ' derekh ', God's self-revelation given to humanity. And it conveys much more than just true principles and propositions ( though it does contain that too ) it is all about God Himself and all things entering God's Rest – His perimeters of safety, protection, sanctuary, refuge and tabernacle with us . . . a blueprint and complete measure of all of God with us, in complete perfection.
Torah has been classically understood by the Hebrew people as laying out the way ' derekh ' in which Israel might THRIVE – experience true achievement and flourish. The book of Proverbs displays a constant refrain to the recipient ( "my son" ) to embrace the particular path of wisdom ( the way ) being passed down in order that he might experience full life accomplishment ( human fulfillment , to thrive ). So, Torah, or God's Word, comes to be viewed as the singular way in which Israel was to live in order for humans to excel by experiencing God Himself. " So," you can see, "why early believers chose the name "the Way" ' derekh ' for themselves ", ( something marvelous happened to them – a wonderful Power from On High and Oneness with God ) !
Jesus is 'The Way', BY REVELATION – means we 'see' and we 'know' God as our very existence, our life !
Think about how radical to the Jewish mind it was when Jesus of Nazareth stated, "I am the Way and the Truth and the Life." " No one comes to the Father except through Me." " If you really know Me, you will know My Father as well. From now on, you do know Him and have seen Him, " BY REVELATION ( John 14:6-7 ) . Jesus was putting Himself not only on the same level as Torah, but as the surpassing fulfillment of Torah ( we know as the Law ! ) .
JESUS asserted that, only as one accessed God the Father through Himself, the Person of Jesus, that, that one, could expect to have an intimate close relationship with the Father ( ABBA, ABI ). He daringly maintained that our human situation would be completely transformed and marvelously fulfilled. . . thrive, entertaining true enlightenment, but amazingly . . . only be realized by coming in contact with Him,
Jesus, 'THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE ! '
You see, this is one primary way in which Jesus differentiates Himself from other human religious leaders / thinkers ( Krishna, Buddha, Muhammad, Moses, etc. ). Such religious icons claim to be " way-show-ers " or " signposts." That is, they point away from themselves and to the end , or goal of human highest life attainment. But none claims to actually be " the way ", in and of Himself.
[ Jesus ] was not just another signpost, but the destination to which the signposts had led." So, in the midst of the common " way-show-er " model of religious leading, Jesus comes along and boasts quite dramatically that, ( 1 ) all human sins are, at their root, a sin against Himself ( Mk 2:1-12; Lk 7:36-50 ), THEY ARE UNABLE [ verbs raʿah ("to see"), and yadaʿ ("to know") ] , and that ( 2 ) He will return at the end of time to be the final judge of all human beings, and that the nature of their judgment will be dependent on how people have responded to Himself ( John 5:22, 28, 29; Mathew 25:31-46 ) [ verbs raʿah ("to see"), and yadaʿ ("to know") ] BY REVELATION – means we 'see' and we 'know' God as our very existence, our life !
It can't easily be doubted then that Jesus described Himself as 'the Way' BY REVELATION of God to man and therefore, the WAY TO EVERLASTING LIFE , by seeing, by knowing, it is Him !
" God so Loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever would believe, would have Everlasting Life " ( John 3:16 )
Would have Jesus, all that God is.
Jesus' Apprentices as Followers of 'The Way'
These first Jewish " Believers " then, understood Jesus to be equal with, even superior to, in purpose,to Torah—God's self-revelation to humanity.
This is what prompts Jesus' closest follower, John, in his Gospel to write, "In the beginning was the Word [ logos ], and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. . . .The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us." (John 1:1, 14).
Jesus is the divine logos, Word, the true Torah, Who makes God the Father BY REVELATION known not just in His words or declarations, but in His very personal presence. He is " the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of His being . . . His Fullness " ( Heb 1:3 ), only because " God was pleased to have all His Fullness to dwell in Him [ Jesus, so we can see and know God ], and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through His blood, shed on the cross " ( Col 1:19, 20 ) .
THE SACRIFICE WAS EXACTLY GIVING OF GREAT VALUE. LIFE ITSELF, TO REDEEM LIFE. Jesus [ Yeshua ] means ' God's Salvation ' BY REVELATION the HIGHEST VALUE AND FULLNESS OF GOD – THE REDEMPTION FOR ALL CREATION !
Jesus said , ( Matthew 5:17,18 ) 17 " Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets ; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill . 18 For truly I tell you , and if heaven and earth could pass away, not one letter,not one stroke of a letter , will pass from the law until all is accomplished . "
Jesus is TESHUVAH, the ( reconciliation ) returning of all things to God's PERFECTION .
The theme of Hebrew High Holidays was TESHUVAH , a word often translated as " repentance," though it's more accurately understood as turning back (shuv ) to God. In modern Hebrew TESHUVAH- means an "answer" to a shelah, or a question. God's Love for us is the question, and our teshuvah -our turning back to God, our turning of our heart toward Him – is the answer !
TESHUVAH – is THE CULMINATION of God's Perfect Plan of Redemption ! To see God, know God and be with God, by God, forever.
Firstly, on a diversionary note, I am the one referred to as Na'ar (Youth, Kiddo) and I refer to the Creator (God) as Shaddai (Almighty). With that being said, how do I need an interceder on my behalf when me and the Creator appear to be best buds already? Just askin'. I don't have belief, I know. I know what God (the Creator) actually looks like and he knows me and who I am. I'm not Christian, Muslim, Hebrew (Israelite or Jew from Judah), nor Zen Buddhist, Hindu, Daoist, Taoist, etc. etc. Possibly Gentile I guess. I'm the Holy Scribe in the flesh again. And I don't have nor want any special powers or whatever. I like trying to live as normal a life as possible. Now back to possibly a really cool topic…
I'm back to agreeing with Marianne now, sigh…
Peeps, we're trying to focus in on prophesy and the Messiah. It's a pretty cool idea but this thread has seemed to go all over the place.
Focus, what has been written about the Messiah.
The First Coming.
The Second Coming.
After the thousand years of peace a great tormenter is unleashed but the Second Coming and the thousand years of peace has yet to occur as we know.
Was the Messiah ACTUALLY in the First Coming or is the Messiah in the Second Coming?
Are there some mistranslations or possibly some misinterpretations as far as the Messiah in the Bible and possibly other sources?
Sorry, forgot, but is Jesus actually the Messiah or is it someone else possibly? Hence the topic (read way up above).
Some readers may be interested in a book. The Second Coming of Christ, by Paramahansa Yogananda.
Two volumes on the New Testament.
Earlier in the month, Rabbi MENACHEM Robinson said he had met with the "Messiah" in ISRAEL and soon would be revealed to the world. He posted this on Facebook and breaking Israel news. According to 2thes2:3,the day of Christ will not come except the son of perdition/Antichrist be revealed ,which means after he is revealed, the rapture occurs.
Watch Israel for their" Messiah" revelation. Watch, I say Watch!!!!!!!!!!
This "story" has been repeated many times throughout history.
Mental hospitals also have many who proclaim to be Jesus or the chosen one.
I have a friend of many years who believes to varying degrees that he is Jesus. Luckily he is a very passive and kind fellow.
On one level this is very understandable. God in his love for us will reveal himself in profound ways to sincere seekers.
The problem lies in the ego's interpretation of the experience.
People in any particular faith may assume that this experience means that everything they believe at the time must be true, whereas only the experience may be true.
On the positive side(or to some positive)this kind of experience should tell us that God has no favorites.
We have a lot to learn and God will give us all the time we need…but that is another story.
Many times people either lump together the prophesies and/or pull statements (verses) out of context. The numbers to the verses were originally added to aid in translation of the texts and nothing more. Many millions of words is quite cumbersome to deal with. And many times, people tend to concentrate more on the numbers and separations between the numbers than on what is written between the numbers and around those numbers.
Also note, the english Bible has been rewritten from the original King James Version. The new versions (New King James, New Standard, New International Version) are NOT accurate to the original translations or texts. Please be aware of this during studies.
If I remember the prophesies correctly, the old covenant has been broken. There is a period between the old covenant with the hebrews (ended on the First Coming) and a new covenant with the Gentiles (started with the Second Coming). A lot of nonsense happens between the First and Second Coming with many false prophets, false churches, false religions, and so forth and so on as mentioned in prophesy. It was stated that Almighty would keep his covenant with the Hebrews however, the hebrews would break the covenant with Almighty and be scattered for about 1900 or so years.
History can repeat itself as we know so are there some similarities between the First Coming and the Second Coming or are both events completely different?
First Coming – the grandson (Ieshua, Sower of Seeds) and the Gatekeeper (Simon called Peter). John the Baptist and baptism with water.
Second Coming – the son (Emanuelle, Reaper of the Harvest) and the Holy Scribe (Enoch, Metatron, Thee Ace Man). Baptism with fire has not yet ocurred nor has the thousand years of peace nor have the 'wicked' been cast out into the Abyss and a gate placed over the top and locked for a thousand years.
Third Coming is after the thousand years of peace and the gate over the Abyss is reopened for a short time. There does not appear to be any kind of redeemer or saviour or messiah type during or after the Third Coming that has been written about.
The Old Testament was written before the First and the Second Coming. The New Testament was written primarily after the First Coming.
And, as always, there is more…
For the most part, stories contained in the Bible were written by others who collected stories from people around others mentioned in the Bible. An exception appears to be in the first five books of the Bible which are accredited to Moses himself. There were other books and stories collected that many have discounted or have become 'unacceptible' to what religions wish to teach (not what may be really there). It was noted that during Moses' time there was a Book of Noah that pieces have been found, but a full version has yet to be discovered. Also, the First Book of Enoch (great grandfather of Noah) is another example of a text that was around but not accepted because it has been noted that the translations from one era to another seem to taint the writing. The Gospel of Thomas is a book that was taken and burned because a church felt that it was blasphemy and that Jesus could not have done such things despite Jesus' brother James stating that yes, those things had happened when Jesus was younger. So much to think about… What is deemed official is not all that exists. Also note, many thoughts contained in the Bible are not from the thinkers themselves but are usually a collection of what others noted and wrote down. Though something may be official it does not necessarily mean that it is the absolute truth same as what may be deemed unofficial may not necessarily lack in truth either.
With that being said, yes, please file the Third Book of Enoch in the fiction folder. It is not true and those events noted by Rabbi Ishmael, blessed be he, did not occur. The Second Book of Enoch is also suspect. The Book of Thomas does appear to be genuine and put that in nonfiction. Also, the First and Second Books of Adam and Eve are recommended but remember that stories are stories. Ancient times did not mark its stories as fiction / nonfiction, be it as it may. And also, Almighty did appear in the Holy of Holies unto Aaron and latter priests / rabbis. All one would have to do was ask and information direct from the source could be obtained. Did the priests / rabbis of Israel actually do this though? Did some priests / priests just make things up without asking? Everyone is different so always try to consider the source.
The first Prophet of Almighty does appear to be Enoch (great grandfather of Noah). Anyone who has read the First Book of Enoch (which is probably the only true book of Enoch) will note that references in future prophesies and such do seem to draw on this book (including Jesus' claim of "The Son of Man" being a direct reference to the Book of Enoch). Note, however, that an original manuscript has yet to be discovered in whole but fragments dating to around 800 BC of the Book of Enoch have been found. The Aramaic / Hebrew fragments appear to contain more writings than the latter Ethiopic translation has.
Always remember, what is is. What has been has been. And what is to be is to be. Be that as it may. The truth will always be the truth and what is to be is to be. Amen.
And sorry I keep forgetting.
Jerusalem is put asunder, Mecca is put asunder, Medina asunder, Vatican (Rome) asunder. And a New Jerusalem established with the new covenant with the Gentiles during the Second Coming. New York USA but not sure where yet. Pretty sure it is not New York City though, but you never know until it happens.
David, you should listen to Glenn. He can see more clearly from "his" high horse.
David, listen to Peter…..in this case he knows what he is talking about!:)
Yeshua's (Jesus) birth place and approximate time of birth is identified in the Tanach ("Old Testament") and we know from the Writings of the Apostles He is returning soon. There are also scriptures in the "OT" that helps us ascertain when and how His return will be. For example a rabbi in the 12th century used the scriptural Jubilee calculations to predict Jerusalem would be back on Jewish hands in 1967. If we use that same calculation this year, 2017 which is about to start Wed 29th (if we fallow Torah and not man's calendar), is the start of the Jubilee of Jubilees, a mega Jubilee. I expect to see big things happening this year concerning Israel, specially during the fall feasts of Yahveh starting with Yom Teruah ("Rosh Hashannah"). Will this be the year Messiah Yeshua returns with His angels to gather the scatter back UP to Jerusalem? We shall see.
According to Mat 13 His angels will FIRST snatch up all the tares pretending to be wheat and burn them all, then the dead in Messiah and the wheat are gathered into His barn to be threshed so as to separate the grain from the shaft. We know the enemy has planted his tare seeds among the wheat from the start of this creation (Genesis, Mat 24) . We also know that if we follow the corrected calculation we are already into the 6th millennium thus this is the time, and the season is really upon us.
Better to get aligned to Yahveh's Torah the way Yeshua showed us submitting ourselves to The Way and stop following man made religions. Restoration of all things is about to start so those who have entered into covenant with Yeshua accepting Him and His sacrifice as Second Adam and His way of life thus really following Him (as in taking our staff and following Him) will be changed back (i John 3:2) into the way Adam was BEFORE the fall. Father has not been defeated nor mocked by the adversary as indeed already it is finished as Yeshua declared. His plan goes on undeterred. Yeshua's sacrifice was not affected by our temporary time and space continuum (for He and the Father are outside time and space altogether) and what He accomplished as Son of Man and Second Adam 2000 years ago is as if He had done it right after Adam chose the wrong path in the garden. Thus the Tree of life comes full circle; what was even before the foundation of this earth is as if it is now, as if it has always been. Shalom
Shoshana – I am not versed at all in the Jewish perspective and appreciate, when those who really understand the Jewish perspective (calendar, Bible verses, etc.) can lay out, clearly, that perspective, especially to those of us who have no understanding. Thank you for your comments.
After thinking a bit I happened to notice something on this.
The First Coming was Ieshua (6 BC – 35 AD) which he was 40 years old when crucified and it appears that there are a LOT of 40s such as 40 days and 40 nights, 40 years in the wilderness and such.
The Second Coming appears to possibly be tied with the number 60 as in 1947 + 60 = 2007. 60 years after Israel fell, Judaea fell. And such. It does state however that in the Second Coming Emanuelle (2007 – 2127) lives to be 120 years.
Not sure if it's a pattern between First Coming to Second Coming or just one of those things.
Ace you are another one of these numbers people.All they do is get people confused, and are of no revelence. Start looking at Scripture for what it is, instead of what it isn't!
Just one of those things then Glenn. Thanks. But I'm not really a numbers person or a bookworm. I've kinda become more of a realist towards life experiences.
A Realist?……you are joking right?…Do you throw salt over your shoulder in the morning?
Glenn, your comment to Ace and Marianne's follow up smiley face will give people pause as to your actual wisdom.
But, hope springs eternal.
Marianne got it right in one with her smiley face….and as for all these "Numbers People"…I just shake my head in bewilderment!
Thank you for your clarification. It is important to hear everyone's point of view without giving what may be easily interpreted as a condescending comment.
This does not mean we can't disagree on any given points.
The numbers game does seem endless at the moment and could use a fresh look or approach.
There are accounts that Francis of Assisi and others witnessed Jesus in spirit and in the flesh since the disciples did. Perhaps this is the true second coming that we should all strive for.
Hi Peter, You really need to read what the Bible says about the second coming of Jesus. It is not some isolated event viewed by a select few, but it will be a worldwide phenomena, viewed by the whole world!…Jesus will NOT return with a whimper, but with a bang, that will be loud and clear, and as bright as the lightning for all to see.I hope you are prepared?
Yup, the truth was, is, and always will be the truth. Opinions are opinions and until something actually happens, you just wait and see. But until it actually happens or doesn't happen, you don't know for sure. Well, kinda anyway. Right, wrong, no big deal. It's nice to discuss and learn. You never know until you do. Just because something is or isn't popular doesn't mean that it is true or not. Things are as they are. It's nice to share thoughts and ideas.
Note, I'm the actual one with the double-nerved upper left bicuspid that apparently Edgar Cayce talked to during most of his readings. The thing is that Edgar died in 1945 and I wasn't born until 1964. Things happen. I think Edgar said he saw me on the seventh or eighth level surrounded by a bunch of floating books (should have been 366 books, but who knows).
And really, if everyone thought the same thing, then what would be the point of having a discussion. It's always nice to share ideas with others. Everyone's different. Be kinda boring with the same story over and over again.
I think Ace is no supernatural being, but somebody who takes an excess of some illegal drugs?…
And thanks for your concern Glenn. I'm fine, and you? I'm not a christian, muslim, hebrew, hindu, buddhist, or whatever. I'm not allowed. I'm just me. Jst as each person is themselves. No hard feelings I hope.
My web page for "The Meaning of Life" which is a question and answer page that is quite eye opening (and recommended to those 16 and older because of mild language and sexual references that 'kids' just would not understand) is here http://www.theeaceman.com/mol.html
Note also, I wrote an autobiography in 2011 and I didn't know at the time about the rest of the stuff (my having a large aura was the clincher).
I'm not really selling the book but I have everything added in in a revised text that I won't publish but will provide a link to (original book text in black, revised text in blue on the page). http://www.theeaceman.com/thefullbook.html
Ash, I didn't think for one minute that you were a believer in Jesus, or had any faith in Him at all.You constantly speak in the flesh, and have no spiritual aspect of your thought processes at all!.Anybody with the slightest Biblical knowledge will know that what you write is just empty words, that are coloured by your own ego, and self -centred philosophies!. For me you are just another person rambling on about things they no nothing about, and are just wasting people's time doing so!.You end one of your posts by saying I am just what I am…I have a feeling that should really be…."You is what you is!"
And as figured Glenn, you are a christian who believes they know it all. Like stated Glenn, I'm not on any medication, but I'm also not on any ego trip like you appear to be. Read above (your own posts Glenn). Lol, and 'know' not 'no' OK? Ash, double lol? We all make mistakes. Some more than others apparently. In all honesty, I came around Heaven Awaits because I saw a good thing here. That good thing was christians and hebrews alike working to solve problems. My guess from your posting style, Glenn, that the hebrews pick on you a bit about your lack of knowledge. They should. And I am a meek is about the best way to put it to you Glenn. How's YOUR medications doing Glenn? Just askin' (hint I'm half white, and half american savage if you're wonderin')
Ooops, and no smokeum peace pipe. Makeum war not love with Glenn LOL. Truthfully, no hard feelings on my part Glenn but apparently as a christian, Glenn, you have not yet learned what "do unto others" truly means. Again, please read your own posts above Glenn and hopefully learn from your mistakes.
Sheepers, this started as a cool topic about identifying the Messiah and has anyone figured out how to identify him or possibly multiple hims yet?
And, since you are so knowledgeable Glenn, please, by all means, point out to me and everyone else where it says there were to be 13 apostles (and not 12) in the Holy Scriptures by anyone except Saul of Tarsus? Amen.
There were 13 Apostles.One committed suicide, (Judas) and then another took his place as chosen by lot….Barnabas…It's all there is the Bible if you care to take the time!
Umm, hmmmm. Wasn't it Matthias?
Acts 1:21-26
It's all there, if you care.
What am I missing?
Sorry Denise, yes it was…Barnabas was the one who didn't get chosen. Thanks for correcting my error!:)
Yes Glenn, and as far as 'strength of character' –
So finally, the meek, who are the ones who realize that despite what others do they should not do things to others that they would not like if it was done to them, shall inherit the Earth and the righteous, who realize that despite what others do they should not do things to others that they would not like if it was done to them, shall reside in Heaven, and to the jews, christians, muslims, hindus, buddhists, etc., they shall have what's left over.
As far as all this prophesy and such, what is is. What is made up is made up. What is written, whether it is or is made up, is written.


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Well, we got it yesterday and we dragged ourselves away from the game long enough to post this video. We unboxed the Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition, and I have to say it's a pretty impressive package. We tried out the night vision goggles, and the interesting thing is that it's near-sighted friendly. It seems as if there's two screens inside that make up your vision.
The goggles work fairly well. Now, I can pretend to be Sam Fisher.


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The programs part of the Staden package provide a fully developed set
of DNA sequence assembly, editing, analysis and more.
Some of its features include:
GAP4 - Performs assembly, contig joining, assembly checking, repeat
search, experiment suggestion, read pair analysis and contig
GAP5 - The new development version of Gap4, designed to work with the
large volumes of data attainable through the newer sequencing
PREGAP4 - Provides a graphical user interface to set up the processing
required to prepare trace data for assembly or analysis.
SPIN - Compares pairs of sequences in many ways, often presenting its
results graphically and has a sliding sequence window linked to
the plots.
TREV - A rapid and flexible viewer and editor for ABI, ALF or SCF
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For more information and citing, visit Staden's web page and check the
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Dog breeder Scott Kipp to get new animal abuse trial
Kipp says Animal Care and Control has vendetta against him
Two years after he was convicted of felony animal abuse, dog breeder and former movie stuntman Scott Kipp has been granted a new trial.
Kipp, however, said he feels no joy at the ruling Wednesday by the 4th District Court of Appeal.
"Happy about what?" Kipp asked WPBF 25 News. "They just damaged me. They destroyed me."
Kipp has been on house arrest -- and later, probation -- since Palm Beach County sheriff's deputies and Animal Care and Control investigators raided his Boynton Beach kennels in 2009.
Authorities said despite years of warnings, Kipp was neglecting and abusing his 23 rottweiler and shar-pei breeds, which he kept outside in wooden and wire pens in a warehouse parking lot.
The oldest and sickest rottweiler was unable to walk, suffered from infections and was found to be carrying a dead puppy.
Kipp lost all but five of his dogs in a civil case brought by ACC. In 2011, he was convicted of animal abuse but appealed.
In its ruling, the court found that a veterinarian technician who testified as an expert against Kipp should not have been allowed to testify outside of her scope of knowledge, because she was not a licensed veterinarian.
ACC Sgt. David Walesky said the ruling is a setback, but only on a technicality, and the agency is going forward with a new trial.
"This is definitely a case of animal cruelty, and we're going to see to it that he's prosecuted for this," Walesky said.
Kipp still maintains his innocence and believes authorities have a vendetta against him.
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Shanghai's Hipster Smoking Baby Demands Smokes, Not Eggs, This Easter
Today is April Fool's Day, so when it comes to pictures of toddlers crushing cigarrettes, we tread carefully. Still, here are several pictures of a chill ass toddler smoking a cigarette lit for him by his mom in Shanghai's Fuxing park on Easter Sunday.
Hart Hagerty, who runs the blog Shanghai Style File, posted the photos some time on the morning of April 1 (according to the original timestamp on the image, the photo was taken on March 1, so again, do not trust this baby—or any babies—no matter how many cool hoodies he owns and lets you borrow) along with the caption:
And now for something completely different. We interrupt Shanghai Style File's usual broadcast of all things chic to present to you a smoking Chinese toddler spotted on Easter Sunday in Shanghai's family-friendly Fuxing Park. My jaw dropped when his pajama-clad mother handed the tot a cigarette… then lit it for him … then smiled on as he smoked it… then laughed as he rolled on the ground when he felt sick. As I snapped photos, my friends begged the parents to intervene, but they just enjoyed the show. This is a disturbing scene indeeed, but I could not not share this.
Smoking Hipster Baby, today you are only making an "April Fool" out of yourself.


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