DANIEL CHAPTER ONE

jamesp · Dec 18, 2022

JLG said:

The concept that God was the author of the Bible continues to be unimaginable.
These great men we discuss even lived a life authored by God.
Considering God was responsible for 'designing their lives is also unimaginable.

To think that Proverbs for example is a book of wisdom designed by God.
That would make this wisdom the most advanced and applicable wisdom ever written.
It must be true considering God is the wisest entity in existence.

Consider writing a totally comprehensive book on a complex subject like wisdom in the most absolutely concise way possible.
There would be millions of variations but only one version would be the most comprehensive and concise of them all.
Only God could succeed at such a complicated task.

Consider that God wrote this book of wisdom so that it was comprehensible by all people.
'All' is a wide range of people having an incredibly wide range of mental capabilities and experiences.

Then one could consider the multitude of subjects in the Bible that have been addressed with God's capability.
Any one of those subjects has been totally inspired by God. If one really thinks about the depth of this concept it just blows the mind.

JLG · Dec 18, 2022

- Wait a moment!

- Compare God’s wisdom vs man’s stupidity!

- Every morning when we get up we can read the living book of creation!

- Who really reads it?

- The majority of people prefer watching TV!

- Many prefer to play video games!

- The people who live in the big cities don’t know how to see and hear and listen to nature!

- I need to walk my dogs to be able to do it!

- They see and smell and listen to so many things I can’t even imagine!

- They teach me so many things and especially to look at nature and hear and smell!

- Now I need to walk them and go in the forest!

- God is the creator of the universe and it keeps changing and evolving all the time!

- We are only trying to copy nature!

- We are pale imitators!

- We are only able to destroy God’s creation!

- Well, we won’t have time!

- God will stop this society before it succeeds in destroying everything!

- We are going nowhere!

- We just pollute everything!

- This human society is completely empty!

- It is a nonsense!

- Without God, we go nowhere!

- Look at what man has done of God’s creation!

- There is nothing left!

- What we breathe is polluted!

- What we drink is polluted!

- What we eat is polluted!

- Everything is polluted!

- it is worse than a nightmare!

jamesp · Dec 19, 2022

JLG said:

One day the earth will be renovated and fixed back to the way it was in Adam's time. A smoother earth of mostly rich land and no large salty oceans. No deserts, no ice, no wastelands, no darkness. Beautiful forests full of giant trees and fruit bearing vegetation. No need to kill animals for food. No need to plow/prepare the land. Food at a hand's reach. No packaging and garbage, no pollution, pure and clean. Fresh clean water, rivers and streams. No violent dirty cities. The most beautiful place the human mind can imagine.(hopefully we will have dogs !)

Blessed be the day when the Elect will be living on the renovated earth !

Speaking of dogs, our oldest dog watches me when I read my Bible(she and I have been very close for 12 years). Please don't think that I am crazy JLG but it is as if she sees something around me. Her head moves as if she is watching another being move around me. I have read that dogs can smell cancers. Just what exactly are their capabilities ? Could it be that they can see a spirit ? Ha, perhaps losing my mind but it is an interesting thought...

"- God will stop this society before it succeeds in destroying everything!"

And he can renovate anything and everything !

JLG · Dec 20, 2022

-And when we look at what’s left today is disgusting!

- And it is only today!

- Because men try to destroy everything God made!

- It seems to be they rejoice in it!

- It seems to be they want to erase everything created!

- And they create artificial worlds which are dead ends without hope!

- They must create places to protect wild life before it disappears completely!

- The mountains are polluted!

- Around the earth it is polluted!

- They want to go to Mars to do the same!

- But there is nothing there!

- We are definitely living prehistory!

- And we are prehumans!

JLG · Dec 20, 2022

Genesis 1:11

Then God
אֱלֹהִ֗ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

said,
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Let the earth
הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

bring forth
תַּֽדְשֵׁ֤א (taḏ·šê)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1876: To sprout, shoot, grow green

vegetation,
דֶּ֔שֶׁא (de·še)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1877: A sprout, grass

seed-bearing
מַזְרִ֣יעַ (maz·rî·a‘)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 2232: To sow, to disseminate, plant, fructify

plants
עֵ֚שֶׂב (‘ê·śeḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6212: Herb, herbage

and fruit
פְּרִ֞י (pə·rî)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6529: Fruit

trees,
עֵ֣ץ (‘êṣ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6086: Tree, trees, wood

each bearing
עֹ֤שֶׂה (‘ō·śeh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

fruit
פְּרִי֙ (pə·rî)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6529: Fruit

with seed
זַרְעוֹ־ (zar·‘ōw-)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2233: Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

according to its kind.”
לְמִינ֔וֹ (lə·mî·nōw)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4327: A sort, species

And it was
וַֽיְהִי־ (way·hî-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

so.
כֵֽן׃ (ḵên)
Adverb
Strong's 3651: So -- thus

- Today we have deserts and they keep growing!

- Modern cities are other deserts!

- They are full of people but empty of humanity!

- Where is humanity?

JLG · Dec 20, 2022

Genesis 1:12

Hebrew

The earth
הָאָ֜רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

produced
וַתּוֹצֵ֨א (wat·tō·w·ṣê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

vegetation,
דֶּ֠שֶׁא (de·še)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1877: A sprout, grass

seed-bearing
מַזְרִ֤יעַ (maz·rî·a‘)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 2232: To sow, to disseminate, plant, fructify

plants
עֵ֣שֶׂב (‘ê·śeḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6212: Herb, herbage

according to their kinds
לְמִינֵ֔הוּ (lə·mî·nê·hū)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4327: A sort, species

and trees
וְעֵ֧ץ (wə·‘êṣ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6086: Tree, trees, wood

bearing
עֹֽשֶׂה־ (‘ō·śeh-)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

fruit
פְּרִ֛י (pə·rî)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6529: Fruit

with seed
זַרְעוֹ־ (zar·‘ōw-)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2233: Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

according to their kinds.
לְמִינֵ֑הוּ (lə·mî·nê·hū)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4327: A sort, species

And God
אֱלֹהִ֖ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

saw
וַיַּ֥רְא (way·yar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7200: To see

that
כִּי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

it was good.
טֽוֹב׃ (ṭō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

- If we look at what men have been doing, we can rewrite the end of the verse :

- And God saw that it was bad !

- But it is much worse than bad !

JLG · Dec 20, 2022

Genesis 1:20 :

And God
אֱלֹהִ֔ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

said,
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Let the waters
הַמַּ֔יִם (ham·ma·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

teem
יִשְׁרְצ֣וּ (yiš·rə·ṣū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 8317: To wriggle, swarm, abound

with living
נֶ֣פֶשׁ (ne·p̄eš)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

creatures,
שֶׁ֖רֶץ (še·reṣ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8318: A swarm, active mass of minute animals

and let birds
וְעוֹף֙ (wə·‘ō·wp̄)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5775: Flying creatures

fly
יְעוֹפֵ֣ף (yə·‘ō·w·p̄êp̄)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5774: To fly, to faint

above
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the earth
הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

in
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the open
פְּנֵ֖י (pə·nê)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

expanse
רְקִ֥יעַ (rə·qî·a‘)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7549: An expanse, the firmament, visible arch of the sky

of the sky.”
הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ (haš·šā·mā·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky

- And man said let’s empty the earth and make it a cemetery !

JLG · Dec 20, 2022

Genesis 1:21 :

Hebrew

So
אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

God
אֱלֹהִ֔ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

created
וַיִּבְרָ֣א (way·yiḇ·rā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1254: To create, to cut down, select, feed

the great
הַגְּדֹלִ֑ים (hag·gə·ḏō·lîm)
Article | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent

sea creatures
הַתַּנִּינִ֖ם (hat·tan·nî·nim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8577: A marine, land monster, sea-serpent, jackal

and every
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

living
הַֽחַיָּ֣ה ׀ (ha·ḥay·yāh)
Article | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

thing
נֶ֣פֶשׁ (ne·p̄eš)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

that moves,
הָֽרֹמֶ֡שֶׂת (hā·rō·me·śeṯ)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 7430: To glide swiftly, to crawl, move with short steps, to swarm

[with] which
אֲשֶׁר֩ (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

the waters
הַמַּ֜יִם (ham·ma·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

teemed
שָׁרְצ֨וּ (šā·rə·ṣū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 8317: To wriggle, swarm, abound

according to their kinds,
לְמִֽינֵהֶ֗ם (lə·mî·nê·hem)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 4327: A sort, species

and
וְאֵ֨ת (wə·’êṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

every
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

bird
ע֤וֹף (‘ō·wp̄)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5775: Flying creatures

of flight
כָּנָף֙ (kā·nāp̄)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 3671: An edge, extremity, a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle

after its kind.
לְמִינֵ֔הוּ (lə·mî·nê·hū)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4327: A sort, species

And God
אֱלֹהִ֖ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

saw
וַיַּ֥רְא (way·yar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7200: To see

that
כִּי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

[it was] good.
טֽוֹב׃ (ṭō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

- How is it possible to destroy life so fast ?

- How is it possible to have children ?

- What unconsciousness !

JLG · Dec 20, 2022

Genesis 1:22:

Hebrew

Then God
אֱלֹהִ֖ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

blessed
וַיְבָ֧רֶךְ (way·ḇā·reḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1288: To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse

them
אֹתָ֛ם (’ō·ṯām)
Direct object marker | third person masculine plural
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

[and] said,
לֵאמֹ֑ר (lê·mōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Be fruitful
פְּר֣וּ (pə·rū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 6509: To bear fruit, be fruitful

and multiply
וּרְב֗וּ (ū·rə·ḇū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great

and fill
וּמִלְא֤וּ (ū·mil·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 4390: To fill, be full of

the waters
הַמַּ֙יִם֙ (ham·ma·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

of the seas,
בַּיַּמִּ֔ים (bay·yam·mîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin

and let birds
וְהָע֖וֹף (wə·hā·‘ō·wp̄)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5775: Flying creatures

multiply
יִ֥רֶב (yi·reḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great

on the earth.”
בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ (bā·’ā·reṣ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

- And Man cursed his children as he let them die!

jamesp · Dec 20, 2022

JLG said:

God will fix all of the damage man has done to the earth.
God will fix the evil on this earth.
These events were prophesied. We should rejoice in the fulfilled prophecy as it is proof that God foretold the future.
Who can tell the future ? The God of the Bible ! God's plan is unraveling before us. Rejoice !

Isaiah 35

The desert and the parched land will be glad;
the wilderness will rejoice and blossom.
Like the crocus, 2 it will burst into bloom;
it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy.
The glory of Lebanon will be given to it,
the splendor of Carmel and Sharon;
they will see the glory of the Lord,
the splendor of our God.
3 Strengthen the feeble hands,
steady the knees that give way;
4 say to those with fearful hearts,
“Be strong, do not fear;
your God will come,
he will come with vengeance;
with divine retribution
he will come to save you.”
5 Then will the eyes of the blind be opened
and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
6 Then will the lame leap like a deer,
and the mute tongue shout for joy.
Water will gush forth in the wilderness
and streams in the desert.
7 The burning sand will become a pool,
the thirsty ground bubbling springs.
In the haunts where jackals once lay,
grass and reeds and papyrus will grow.
8 And a highway will be there;
it will be called the Way of Holiness;
it will be for those who walk on that Way.
The unclean will not journey on it;
wicked fools will not go about on it.
9 No lion will be there,
nor any ravenous beast;
they will not be found there.
But only the redeemed will walk there,
10 and those the Lord has rescued will return.
They will enter Zion with singing;
everlasting joy will crown their heads.
Gladness and joy will overtake them,
and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

JLG · Dec 21, 2022

- Desert / wilderness / blossom /

- crocus / bloom /

- The eyes of the blind will be opened!

- And the ears of the deaf unstopped!

- The lame will leap like a deer!

- Water / desert / wilderness!

- Yes, Isaiah tells us no more desert and no more disease!

-Yes, man is so powerful that deserts keep growing!

- And he could reduce them but it costs money!

- Yes, a lot of money!

- God won’t need money to make deserts disappear! Against disease

- No more disease!

- Jesus chooses us the way!

- Man spends a lot of money against diseases!

- But we get more and more pandemics!

- So many people search for what results?

- And he keeps deteriorating life!

- What is left of human quality of life?

jamesp · Dec 21, 2022

JLG said:

So many evils as prophesied falling true before our eyes. But it is a temporary event till God's plan is completed ! Glory to him !

The conversion of some of the world's richest most fertile lands are failing due to drought. Central Valley California, the great Mesopotamia Valley - the land of Babylon - with it's drying mighty Euphrates blowing away in the form of dry dust to adjacent nations causing blood moons and blood skies. Warnings of times to come ! Slowly turning the Euphrates River valley into a desert and a path for the great armies of the east...What are we without water ! Just wait till the armies of the east arrive, man will see just how bad things can get. Yet man thinks he can spend money on his solutions to the droughts. Man sets aside great amounts of money only to spend them in total failure of preventing the droughts. Man will learn the hard way that God is in control. Glory to him !

Yes JLG, God will renovate the earth and the heavens in his future plan. And strike evil and disease from the earth and bring total peace and happiness. The time is nearing. Praise the Lord !

JLG · Dec 21, 2022

- Man is often responsible!

- And he always reacts when it is late or to late!

- Think about Amazon!

- In Africa for example, there were supposed to build a green to fight against the growing desert!

- They didn’t do a lot!

- They did something in Senegal!

- It is better than anything!

- But it is nothing compared to what should be done!

- Sometimes there are some individual projects!

- But it is not enough!

- I remember a project to create a forest in Egypt by using the water used in the city!

- But it is nothing compared to what should be done!

JLG · Dec 21, 2022

jamesp said:

So many evils as prophesied falling true before our eyes. But it is a temporary event till God's plan is completed ! Glory to him !

The conversion of some of the world's richest most fertile lands are failing due to drought. Central Valley California, the great Mesopotamia Valley - the land of Babylon - with it's drying mighty Euphrates blowing away in the form of dry dust to adjacent nations causing blood moons and blood skies. Warnings of times to come ! Slowly turning the Euphrates River valley into a desert and a path for the great armies of the east...What are we without water ! Just wait till the armies of the east arrive, man will see just how bad things can get. Yet man thinks he can spend money on his solutions to the droughts. Man sets aside great amounts of money only to spend them in total failure of preventing the droughts. Man will learn the hard way that God is in control. Glory to him !

Yes JLG, God will renovate the earth and the heavens in his future plan. And strike evil and disease from the earth and bring total peace and happiness. The time is nearing. Praise the Lord !

I always forget to click on reply!

jamesp · Dec 21, 2022

JLG said:

I had a camp on the St. John's River in Florida near Salt Springs Florida USA. I chose this spot because very few people were there. I was in the 'wetland mitigation business' for 3 decades. Of all the natural places I went the Lake George section of the St. John's River plus 30 kilometers upstream/downstream was the largest most virgin untouched forests and wetlands that I ever visited in the SE USA or in the world for that matter excluding Africa and the Amazon. There were several natural springs flowing over 30 million gallons of fresh water per day within 5 miles of my camp including many smaller springs. It was not unusual to see ~50 year old alligators 12 to 13 feet long and large snapping turtles over 100 years old. Lake George was about 10 kilometers wide and 28 kilometers long and the St. Johns feeding in and out was 1 mile wide. Very pristine and primitive. It was one place that had very few scars left by man.

JLG · Dec 21, 2022

jamesp said:

I had a camp on the St. John's River in Florida near Salt Springs Florida USA. I chose this spot because very few people were there. I was in the 'wetland mitigation business' for 3 decades. Of all the natural places I went the Lake George section of the St. John's River plus 30 kilometers upstream/downstream was the largest most virgin untouched forests and wetlands that I ever visited in the SE USA or in the world for that matter excluding Africa and the Amazon. There were several natural springs flowing over 30 million gallons of fresh water per day within 5 miles of my camp including many smaller springs. It was not unusual to see ~50 year old alligators 12 to 13 feet long and large snapping turtles over 100 years old. Lake George was about 10 kilometers wide and 28 kilometers long and the St. Johns feeding in and out was 1 mile wide. Very pristine and primitive. It was one place that had very few scars left by man.

- Is it still the same or did it change?

JLG · Dec 21, 2022

JLG said:

- Have you ever seen the movie Home by Yann Arthus Bertrand !

- He did it 13 years ago !

- Quite impressive !

- What a beautiful planet in danger !

jamesp · Dec 22, 2022

JLG said:

It is slowly degenerating, only much slower degeneration that most places on earth due to it's vastness and low population of humanity.
Namely by saltwater intrusion, less water flows, non-native plant intrusion and man's increasing pollution input.

jamesp · Dec 22, 2022

JLG said:

I have seen, worked and mitigated many beautiful damaged and not-so-damaged natural locations as we see in Bertrand's movie.
I have seen man's nature, to alter or destroy nature, often by man's necessity to survive, or out of man's greed. Man also has a problem with overpopulation and greed, this is a bad recipe. This earth can only take so much abuse.

It was clearly written in Biblical prophecy that man would come close to destroying himself and the earth. It is ok JLG. God will fix the problem. His prophecy also assures us that in God's future Kingdom excessive population increase and man's greed will not exist. God will solve the problem one way or another. We can only have faith for now.

Micah 4:12

But they do not know the thoughts of the Lord,
And they do not understand His purpose;
For He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.

Isaiah 55:7-13

7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
9For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
10For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
11So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
12For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
13Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

"Too often, we try to second-guess God and venture to predict or anticipate what He is doing or what He we imagine He ought to be doing. Too frequently, we create in our minds an unreal God, made in our own image and likeness, instead of realising that we are made in His image and likeness. We forget that He is the eternal God and universal Creator Whose works and ways are beyond our limited comprehension, while we are temporal creatures, fallen men, a dying race who are at enmity with Him.

Man is indeed unique in God's entire creation and although we are made in His image and likeness, we sinned, and by right, our entire race should have been eternally separated from God. But in His amazing grace, He sent His Son to become sin for us so that by believing in Him, we might be forgiven and made the righteousness of God in Him.

Oh, man have been blessed beyond compare because of the gracious pardon that we have received and the eternal salvation that we have been given, by grace through faith in Him, and the benefits that we enjoy are beyond our wildest imaginings, for God ways are so different from our own."

Source: https://dailyverse.knowing-jesus.com/isaiah-55-8

JLG · Dec 22, 2022

jamesp said:

I have seen, worked and mitigated many beautiful damaged and not-so-damaged natural locations as we see in Bertrand's movie.
I have seen man's nature, to alter or destroy nature, often by man's necessity to survive, or out of man's greed. Man also has a problem with overpopulation and greed, this is a bad recipe. This earth can only take so much abuse.

It was clearly written in Biblical prophecy that man would come close to destroying himself and the earth. It is ok JLG. God will fix the problem. His prophecy also assures us that in God's future Kingdom excessive population increase and man's greed will not exist. God will solve the problem one way or another. We can only have faith for now.

Micah 4:12

But they do not know the thoughts of the Lord,
And they do not understand His purpose;
For He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.

Isaiah 55:7-13

7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
9For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
10For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
11So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
12For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
13Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

"Too often, we try to second-guess God and venture to predict or anticipate what He is doing or what He we imagine He ought to be doing. Too frequently, we create in our minds an unreal God, made in our own image and likeness, instead of realising that we are made in His image and likeness. We forget that He is the eternal God and universal Creator Whose works and ways are beyond our limited comprehension, while we are temporal creatures, fallen men, a dying race who are at enmity with Him.

Man is indeed unique in God's entire creation and although we are made in His image and likeness, we sinned, and by right, our entire race should have been eternally separated from God. But in His amazing grace, He sent His Son to become sin for us so that by believing in Him, we might be forgiven and made the righteousness of God in Him.

Oh, man have been blessed beyond compare because of the gracious pardon that we have received and the eternal salvation that we have been given, by grace through faith in Him, and the benefits that we enjoy are beyond our wildest imaginings, for God ways are so different from our own."

Source: https://dailyverse.knowing-jesus.com/isaiah-55-8

- They don’t understand!

- I would say they don’t care!

- Man is short-sighted!

- He only lives in the present!

- He doesn’t build anything!

- Only pipe dreams!

- Yes they create gods at their image like the Greeks or the Romans!

- We can also say they create cities at their image!

- And the image is not encouraging!

- I would say repulsing!

- Thus they show their own limits!

- Or better said their inabilities!

- Adam and Eve were created unique!

- They lost perfection!

- And the degradation started!

- We are not unique anymore!

- But we can hope that man will become unique again under God’s guidance!

DANIEL CHAPTER ONE

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