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Editor's Note: Nikki Haley is the US permanent representative to the United Nations, David Friedman is the US ambassador to Israel, Jared Kushner is assistant to the President and senior adviser to the President, and Jason Greenblatt is assistant to the President and special representative for international negotiations. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the authors; view more opinion articles on CNN.
The old cliché about turning around a battleship is true. It doesn't happen quickly. But something is happening at the United Nations that proves that changing course is possible, and it holds important lessons for how the world considers issues in the Middle East.
For decades, the United Nations has been a metaphorical battleship, and its direction has been relentlessly and blindly anti-Israel. But something remarkable happened on June 13, and if our international partners continue the trend, we have cause to be more hopeful for a peaceful future for Israel and the Palestinians.
On the surface, everything about the General Assembly session on June 13 appeared to be business as usual. Algeria offered a grossly one-sided resolution blaming Israel – and Israel alone – for the recent violence in Gaza. The resolution blatantly ignored the facts.
Hamas, the terrorist group that controls Gaza, has been inciting the violence at the Israeli boundary fence for months, using Palestinian civilians as human shields. And Hamas and other terror groups have fired more than 100 rockets and sent untold numbers of flaming kites, some displaying swastikas, into Israel in the past month, hoping to kill as many Israeli civilians and destroy as much property as possible. And yet the Algerian resolution not only failed to hold Hamas terrorists accountable for their role in the violence, it failed to mention Hamas at all.
In response, the United States proposed a simple amendment to the resolution that called out Hamas for its role in the skirmishes. A minimum fealty to the truth demanded that the United Nations condemn Hamas by name for firing rockets into Israel and for allowing other terror groups to do the same. Basic decency demanded that the United Nations express concern about the damage Hamas purposely does to the border crossings that deliver desperately needed food and fuel to the people of Gaza. We offered our amendment to give countries the opportunity to put the truth above politics by holding Hamas to account.
Nothing like this had ever been done before at the United Nations. Hundreds of resolutions passed by the General Assembly dealing with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have failed even to mention Hamas. What happened next was the beginning of a paradigm shift.
Algeria made a motion to dismiss our amendment without debate and called for a vote, a move that was essentially saying that condemning Hamas didn't even merit discussion. But when the voting was done, the assembled nations that voted rejected this contention. They voted 78-59 to go ahead with a vote on our amendment.
When the amendment came to a vote, a miracle by UN standards happened. Although the measure ultimately failed for technical reasons, more nations voted for holding Hamas accountable with the US amendment than against it.
For the first time in the United Nations, more nations than not acknowledged that peace between Israel and the Palestinian people must be built on a foundation of truth regarding Hamas. They recognized that reconciliation is impossible if reality is denied for the sake of scoring political points. And part of that reality is recognizing the primary responsibility Hamas bears in perpetuating the suffering of the people of Gaza.
Unfortunately, Hamas' malign activity is pushing Israel to engage in increasingly significant acts of self-defense. As in the case of past conflicts, Hamas starts a clash, loses the battle and its people suffer. That is the reality that needs to change.
That foundation of reality underscores our administration's approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital was a reflection of reality. Any realistic person knows that Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel under any peace agreement. But as President Donald Trump said when he made that decision, he made no judgment about the final borders of Jerusalem; the President directly called on all parties to maintain the status quo at Jerusalem's holy sites. Those questions are for the parties to decide.
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The peace proposal we will make will be similarly realistic, recognizing the legitimate needs of both Israel and the Palestinians as well as the interests of the broader region. No one will be fully pleased with our proposal, but that's the way it must be if real peace is to be achieved. Peace can only succeed if it is based on realities. We got a glimpse of that at the United Nations on June 13. We expect to see more of this in the days ahead. The battleship is turning around.


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On 23 March 2020, the UK Supreme Court (UKSC) published the following update concerning time limits and extensions of time during the COVID-19 outbreak:
So far, there has been no announcement as to whether the lower courts of England and Wales will take a similarly flexible approach to deadlines. The current guidance from the Law Society of England and Wales is that litigants who are having trouble meeting a pending court deadline will need to make an application to the court in the normal way.
There is some scope in the Civil Procedure Rules for parties to extend time limits by written agreement, without a formal application to the court. However, parties' ability to extend a time limit by prior written agreement is in most cases capped at 28 days and is subject to the requirement that the proposed extension does not put any hearing date at risk. Parties will need to obtain court approval for any longer extension, although this may be done by consent order.
Some legal practitioners have raised concerns that high numbers of applications to vary time limits could place a further burden on the courts' resources, at a time when they are already dealing with the significant challenges of the COVID-19 outbreak. It is possible that emergency amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules could be made over the coming days to address this.
In the meantime, some parties may want to consider making a pre-emptive application asking the court to exercise its case management powers to give greater flexibility. One such order is reported to have been made last week inO'Driscoll -v- F.I.V.E Bianchi S.P.A. The High Court granted the claimant's request for permission for the parties to agree extensions of time for up to 56 days, without further order from the court. However, an order of this kind is unlikely to be appropriate in all cases, especially if it would jeopardise an existing hearing date.
Finally, parties who refuse reasonable requests for time extensions may potentially face sanctions including costs penalties. Given the widespread disruption caused to businesses and individuals as a result of COVID-19, it will be particularly important at the present time to give careful consideration to any extension request by an opponent.

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Queensland Senator Mark Furner, Redland City Deputy Mayor Cr Alan Beard and Divisional Councillor for North Stradbroke Island Cr Craig Ogilvie officially opened Stage 2 of the upgraded Point Lookout Gorge Walk on North Stradbroke Island today.
The site has changed over its history from a small track to a world-first boardwalk, and now it's time to discover it for yourself.
The upgraded 1.2km boardwalk offers countless opportunities to view local flora and fauna against the stunning backdrop of the headlands and Pacific Ocean.
The most recently completed stage of the renovated boardwalk (Stage 2) was co-funded by Redland City Council and the Australian Government through its Regional and Local Community Infrastructure grant program (RLCIP).
The total project cost for Stage 2 was $1.10 million, with Council contributing $748,000 and the remaining $352,000 financed through RLCIP funding.
Works included replacing the boardwalks and viewing platforms, and installation of new decks, handrails and seating in hardwood timbers.
The boardwalk is a world-first, using Queensland-developed composite material, in combination with hardwood rails and decking, to create environmentally sustainable infrastructure that is cost effective and has less environmental and social impacts.
Deputy Mayor Alan Beard said the finished boardwalk was an outstanding achievement that created new tourism opportunities for North Stradbroke Island.
"The Point Lookout Gorge Walk has always been a 'must-do' when you some to Straddie, but now it is safer and more accessible than ever before," Cr Beard said.
"This project is a wonderful example of governments working together to achieve a positive outcome for a local community, and I thank the Australian Government for its financial contribution and support."
Cr Craig Ogilvie said the boardwalk was one of Queensland iconic scenic spots and had been well used since stage 2 works were finished.
"Council is committed to seeking out and improving sustainable tourism opportunities for North Stradbroke Island and I am sure the improved boardwalk will continue to be a major drawcard for tourists visiting the Redlands," Cr Ogilvie said.
"Whale watching from the boardwalk offers some of the finest viewing platforms in Australia and outside whale season, there are dolphins, rays, fish and turtles to be spotted."
The Australian Government's RLCIP funding is offered to assist council in projects aimed at supporting local jobs and providing long-term benefits to communities by renewing and upgrading local infrastructure.
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Lunar Eclipse & Winter Soltice at Newgrange
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I like this challenge, Socks. We recently lost my brother-in-law to alcoholism. He was 53, had a beautiful family and seemingly good life and he threw it away. It's an awful disease and you really end up with mixed feelings because on the one hand you know it's the addiction that's causing it, but even after two stints of rehab and losing his marriage, he just spiralled ever-downwards and deliberately drank himself to death. It's hard not to hold him to account.ReplyDelete
I don't know what I can do to bring hope in the aftermath of that, but I did send my sis-in-law a teddy-bear and a pair of balloons with "Thinking of you" and a flower with a smiley-face. I wanted to bring a bit of joy to her time before Christmas.
Now I'm thinking there could be something else in this line for others.
Sorry to hear about your brother-in-law Kat. But it is an illness that defies most things, including help and logic. Nice idea the teddy and balloons, anything that brings a smile is pretty good as far as I am concerned. Get your thinking hat on!!!ReplyDelete
Nice challenge Socks.ReplyDelete
Guess there isn't a better time of the year for nice challenges!!!!ReplyDelete


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Lumber prices have been inching higher lately, but it is a mild move compared to what those prices do when you add some paint and hook up utilities. Homebuilder stock prices have risen 50% since the beginning of October and after this week will likely rise further.
Last week I alerted you to the possibility of rising gas prices following a breakout of the price pattern evident on United States Gasoline (UGA), the ETF that tracks the price of gasoline futures. UGA did breakout to start the year along with a host of other stocks. But among the sector tracking ETFs, none was likely as dramatic as SPDR S&P Homebuilders (XHB), the ETF that tracks an index of homebuilder companies.
Rising From the Ashes.
Stocks within this sector have quietly made surprising gains. The more well-known names in this space such as Toll Brothers (TOL), and Hovnanian (HOV) have done well, but companies whose prices have been burned low have risen in rather Phoenix-like fashion. Ryland Homes (RYL), Pulte Homes (PHM), and Meritage Homes (MTH) have managed gains of 80 to 100% in the fourth quarter of 2011.
Now many would contend that these rapidly rebounding companies are not on solid ground. PHM, to pick out one example, reported a loss of (1.03) per share for 2011. That's not exactly the kind of number to inspire confidence. In fact options for PHM had priced in the possibility of bankruptcy beginning in August. The implied volatility (a forecast annual rate of change derived from the option pricing) on PHM's first three strikes permanently dropped below 100% only two weeks ago. This was the option market's way of officially taking bankruptcy off the table.
So it's pretty clear that the rebound in prices for these companies has more to do with a diminished fear of insolvency than a rosy outlook for their business climate. But what of that climate? Is there any evidence that home buying may be coming back? Have we truly hit bottom in the housing market?
Happy days are here again?
While home buying still remains sluggish, there can be now doubt that evidence suggests the free-fall in prices has at least slowed. Serious investors are out shopping and banks are more aggressively pursuing foreclosures as opposed to letting deadbeats stay in the house. Interest rates may have bottomed.
If all that is not enough, consider this little tidbit. Some people are actually BUYING houses now! Consider the graphic below (source: Zillow.com) which tracks the prices for which homes have actually SOLD in two metropolitan areas on opposite sides of the country—Richmond, Virginia and Yakima Washington.
It is true that these are not the biggest metropolitan areas to graph, but they are similar in size and price. More importantly, they represent the upper edge of what is apparent in the overall U.S. trend (shown by the orange line). You can see it for yourself: house prices across the U.S. are actually sneaking upward. It won't take much more of that trend to convince investors that the oversold homebuilding industry is a bargain buy. XHB's target coming out of that rising wedge is $24 and we could see it midway through 2012.


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I dont know what it is but I'm really in the mood for the Holiday and Christmas Season. I have been wanting a black and white stripe sweater and I recently picked this one up from Forever 21. It was a great fashion steele and I'm sure I will get plenty of wear out of it this Winter. Sweater: Forever…View Post


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Top 25 Under 25, no. 10: Mark Stone
You had to know this one was coming. For the past two seasons, Mark Stone has been the object of our collective affection. Only a hockey fan can understand the intrigue of a player picked so late in a draft stepping up to wildly outperform all expectations. Before long, these kinds of stories become the stuff of hockey lore: "overlooked by every team [insert by how many rounds], this determined youngster from [insert town, preferably small] defied the odds, refusing to listen to those who told him...he would never make it." Indeed, some of the most loved players in the league (read: people chant your name when the time remaining in the period matches your number) came from seemingly out of nowhere.
Some of the more obvious examples are Pavel Datsyuk, Henrik Zetterberg and, well, you know. How about Radim Vrbata and Martin Erat? Both were from the same round as Zetteberg-- the 7th round in 1999 nearly rivals the 1st. However, as time has gone on, it seems as though the late-round gems are stumbled upon less and less. In 2004, the late-round finds were headlined by Mark Streit and Chris Campoli (just because we gave up a first for the guy... doesn't mean he was one). To become any kind of mainstay in the NHL is tremendous credit for any player picked up so late into the second day of drafting. For the most part, picks in round five through to seven are reserved for tough guys or long-shots. In 2010, Mark Stone seemed to be of the latter. He was a big player- over six feet tall and weighing in at just under 200 pounds. But he wasn't a fighter, to be sure- he had 52 penalty minutes over 95 games in the WHL, and his offensive production was mediocre. He was still a far cry from a point-a-game. Then, last season happened.
Junior Career:
Since being drafted by the Senators, Mark Stone has been phenomenal. In both seasons, he has topped the century mark in points, and has been given First Team honours as a WHL All-Star. He has finished third and then second in league scoring. His numbers are hard to reason with. In both seasons, he has eclipsed every WHL prospect from the first round of his draft.
His/Cory Clouston's Brandon Wheat Kings are currently in the second round of the WHL playoffs against the Edmonton Oil Kings, following their sweepage of the Kootenay Ice KIngs.
Stone was a prominent fixture on Team Canada's World Junior squad (they must not test for skating ability...), taking a top line role, playing shotgun with Jonathan Huberdeau. His dominant presence in the slot translated into one more than a goal-a-game. He even scored the overtime winner for the Senators at the annual rookie competition- against Toronto. So... when can you start, kid?
Before his first year as Sens property had come to a close, many were penciling Stone into a top-six role. I caution you that, just like Stone's reputedly troubled skating: not so fast. Even as he planted his name all over the score sheet last season, Stone's rise was inhibited by the one belabored point of footspeed, and the question of whether his fundamentals would be strong enough at the professional level. There are certain kinds of things that can be accomplished in junior that you just can't get away with in the NHL, according to a group termed "party poopers". Still, the Senators have acknowledged the deficiency in his game and Stone knows the area(s) he needs to improve upon in oder to be able to succeed at the next level.
As understandably amped as Sens fans are about Stone's emergence, there is no rush. He has exhibited a desirable skill-set: his goals come in dirty areas, he has quick hands, a hard shot and a physical presence. Before we label him as the next late-round superstar, Stone needs the opportunity to smooth out the rougher edges of his game. His future on this team is not in the coming season, but two or three down the road. In just two seasons, he has done more than enough to overcome his pedigree of being a sixth-round selection and has reserved room for himself in the tenth overall spot on Silver Seven's Top 25 Under 25. Let's see what he can do in another two.


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As I said last night, today we head down to Te Kuiti to hand over Ruby and Polly.
I can't wait to meet Tracy and Robyn!
AND... AND... we get to see MOLLY again!
Molly was a little girl from our litter of pups last year, and Tracy is her Mum.
We always knew Tracy was going to be getting another little girl from us, so taking Ruby down to her is like ... something we have been dying to do for months!
Hopefully she falls in love with her baby sister and they get on famously.
Here's a few photos I took yesterday, the last day the final three will be together at home...
I have really enjoyed this litter of pups. I'm got it down to a fine art now, and it's been much easier to care for them this time.
Experience sure helps.
If/when we have another litter, I know I must NOT get so exhausted in the first week, it helps no one! And I must try not to panic over every little thing. Sometimes what will be will be, and nothing I do can change nature.
Lessons learnt. Heart semi-protected.
Now... how about something different?
Stew. And. Dante.
When Stew is home that baby wants his Granddad. Full Stop. End of Story!
He cries to be picked up and he cries if Stew puts him down.
He SCREAMS if his Granddad leaves the room, or heaven forbid... walks out the front door!!!
So, Stew is home for 3 weeks. And this is how he has to make his breakfast:
ONE HANDED. Cos Dante is on the other arm.
Like a limpet. That baby does not hold on at all! You have to support his considerable weight totally. So glad he's got a 'thing' for his Granddad and not me. I simply could not carry him around for long.
We have never had a grandchild so attached to Stew. Maybe they are kindred spirits? Or they simply have a special bond? Whatever it is, it's pretty powerful.
So... I've got a list of things we need to take today.
Puppies! Food and Water. Drinks for us. Puppy Info packs, immunisation books, puppy blankets, pen and blanket for the ground, newspaper... and goodness knows what else!
I'm pretty sure I have remembered everything.
Hopefully the pups travel well, this will be their longest car trip. We are taking Puppy A (Jasper) with us today too... that way no one left at home is stuck at home to babysit him.
Right, time to get off here and gather up everything and hit the road.
Catch ya all when we get home, with just ONE puppy left!
3 pm and we are safely home again after a lovely trip down the line.
We arrived bang on time, as did Robyn and her husband, and Tracy and her friends and daughter.
It was lovely to get the pups out of the car and onto a blanket on the ground, surrounded by the puppy pen and all of us.
The girls loved finally getting their puppy. And we enjoyed meeting them all so much.
AND... we got to see Molly again. She is the spitting image of Coco!
She quite liked her sisters and brother, but did bark at them once, which made them jump outta their skins!
ABOVE: The pups meeting their families. Robyn cried when I handed Polly over for the last time... she's as big a sook as me!
I got spoilt too! Both families gave me a little gift:
ABOVE: Cheese, chocolate and BUTTONS from Tracy. Totally cool!
ABOVE: a gorgeous wind chime and an angel/bling ornament from Robyn and hubby ... which is going on my big clock with my other treasures.
THANK YOU SO MUCH GIRLS... you didn't have to do that... but... thank you, gifts are very nice! *smiles*
Leaving wasn't as hard as I thought it would be either. That was a relief as me blubbing would not be a good look at all! lol
Both the girls, Polly and Ruby, traveled down well. Jasper ... not so much. He was very restless and did lots of panting, so on the return journey I held him on my shoulder and he liked that.
It's good to be home again, now we start the countdown to Puppy A (Jasper) leaving. Two more sleeps is all.
End of Day: well it's been an eventful day, but lovely in a way because it was really nice to meet Polly & Ruby's families.
Time to go to bed, early for once!
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Mashed, Men and The Meaning of It All
By Lori Welch Brown
Mashed, Men and The Meaning of It All
For me, I like mashed potatoes. Doesn't really matter what's in them, how 'mashed' they are, if the potatoes are Iowa or Idaho, or even if the potatoes are real or instant for that matter. I like everything about them—the flavor, the texture, and the immense sense of comfort they bring. Me likey likey! Get it? It is hard for me to even begin to wrap my mind around the fact that there are people—seemingly normal, decent credit score kinda people—walking around out there who do not like mashed potatoes. For every reason I like them, they passionately and fervently dislike them. Insanity, right? Hate the flavor. Hate the texture. These people and I could never be friends. Maybe we could be at the same wedding reception or something—"just not seated at the same table.
Why am I talking about mashed potatoes? Because I had this epiphany the other day when I was with a very attractive, intelligent, fun, witty and single friend that sometimes we forget that people aren't turned on by the same things we are—even things that seem really obvious like mashed potatoes and Tory Burch boots. She was telling me over coffee about a few recent Match.com dates—dates with guys she felt like she had connected with and/or felt some level of attraction, yet whom had disappeared into the Bermuda Triangle of dating. That happened to me plenty of times, and like my friend, I internalized it and made it about me. For God's sake—I was like mashed potatoes! I am somewhat attractive, practice good grammar (don't rely on spell check and know the difference between their and there), am financially independent, moderately active, and in the grand scheme of everyday life—somewhat emotionally healthy. If there's a range of emotional health that starts with The Dalai Lama and ends with Charlie Sheen, I'd register somewhere closer to the left. Yet, with all that going for me, when faced with what seemed like rejection from a virtual stranger, I would curl up in a ball and think "What's wrong with me?" Was it my outfit? Did I use the wrong fork? Did I talk too much about my cat? Within 24 hours, I could have materialized a list of at least 38 reasons why Mr. Wrong had written me off when all along it was that he didn't like mashed potatoes. He wasn't hard wired to like my deliciousness. Once you have that understanding, life crystalizes before your very eyes. It's not you—it is him (or her!). You are amazing perfect in every possible way today as you are right now in this very moment. Not when you lose 25 pounds and not when you get that new car or those fabulous Tory Burch boots you've been saving for or when you finally send your 1996 Camry to car heaven. Right now starts right now.
If Mr. Perfect isn't calling or emailing or texting or Snapchatting or whatever the hell he is supposed to be doing—that automatically puts him in the Mr. Wrong box. Period. End of discussion. Realize he doesn't like mashed potatoes and move on. Instead of listing the things that are wrong with you, start making a list of things that are awesome and amazing about yourself.
He or she is allowed to be turned on by other things, and they really don't have to give a reason for why. As much as I want to grab them by their shoulders and shake their little warped and confused brains out of their heads and scream at the top of my lungs, "WHY in God's name don't you like mashed potatoes? What in the world of majesty is wrong with you? What have mashed potatoes ever done to you?" It would be senseless and would likely get me arrested. Instead I have learned to let it go and move on with the realization that: a) it means more masheds for me; and b) it doesn't serve my higher purpose to force my will on anyone. They should come to the mashed potato dish jubilantly and passionately. And—they shouldn't just show up with a spoon, ready to dig in. If they are really are interested in a seat at the table, they'll bring some gravy or a slab of butter. They'll add to the bounty.


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Legendary, ReelFX and Oculus VR have put together a VR "experience" based on kaiju-bashing action flick, Pacific Rim. It was at Comic-Con last week, and sounds exactly like the sort of awesome multi-media projects I hope more companies use VR to make.
Pacific Rim: Jaeger Pilot is a combat simulator that uses Industrial Light and Magic assets from the Guillermo del Toro movie developed using Unreal engine 4. Unfortunately the trailer below just shows a few clips from the film, so if you weren't at Comic-Con, you'll just have to use your imagination.
The combat scenario pits players piloting Gipsy Danger against the kaiju codenamed Knifehead in a first-person battle – which I can't imagine anyone not wanting to jump into.
It's not clear if this is just a one-off promotional VR demo or if there are plans to build a full game out of it, or even release it in some capacity, but it's certainly something to hope for.
Like The Last Starfighter many years before it, Pacific Rim really felt like a movie designed for gamers, even including GLaDOS' voice, which made it all the more tragic that the official video game was just terrible.One day we might be able to look back and laugh at how movie tie-in games were steaming piles of garbage while carving up kaiju in our massive mechs on the Oculus Rift.
Cheers, Destructoid.


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It was previously confirmed that Final Fantasy XV PS4 Pro patch would be released in the coming weeks. This will enable the game to take full advantage of the enhanced performance offered by the most powerful console that Sony has ever developed. Those who own this title on PlayStation 4 Pro will be delighted to find out today that the much-awaited PS4 Pro patch has now been released. Final Fantasy XV patch 1.05 is now out and available for download.
The patch details that the Lite Mode is going to enable the PlayStation 4 Pro to improve the game's frame rates up to a maximum of 60 frames per second. Basically, what this means is that Final Fantasy XV is going to adjust the frame rates on the fly, so it's not going to be locked at 60fps all the time.
Gamers will understandably be concerned about the transition between frame rates and early reports suggest that it's noticeable and a bit jarring at times. The Final Fantasy XV PS4 Pro patch doesn't impact the High mode so those who don't like the Lite mode can stick with it.
The only caveat here is that the original Lite mode that locked the game at 30 frames per second is going now so those who were used to that smoothness will find the game lacking in more ways than one.
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Alert "06880" reader/frequent transfer station visitor Terry Brannigan writes:
We all know that the "transfer station" is the heart and soul of this town. As part of my social ambition, I try to get there on a regular basis. The other day I was dropping off trash from my parents' house. Once again I was confounded by the rules.
Why is it that Westport taxpayers have to hump our heavy (and hopefully well separated) trash by hand to the side entrance and throw it over the wall, but commercial waste collectors and random contractors get to drive up to the hopper and empty their trucks?
I have a feeling town taxpayers are just as capable of driving up, dumping their trash and not falling in as the commercial truck drivers, landscapers, remodelers and other service professionals. Heck, we managed to make it to Westport.
This is a critical issue for the "06880" nation to solve. Remember the old transfer station by police headquarters? That crusher looked like a mechanical monster, yet we could drive up and dump. I don't recall anyone ever falling into that hopper.
It drives me nuts watching the guys who get paid to collect trash (in trucks often with non-Westport logos) drive up, while the people who pay them (and the taxes of the town) schlep heavy bags and boxes over to the great wall and hoist them over by hand.
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I am trying to to inscribe a circle in a given triangle but it isn't working. I've used GeoGebra with this construction and worked but as I'm new to Mathematica, I am missing something. It can't be so complex to do. Here is my code:
pA = {0, 0}; pB = {1.1, 1}; pC = {1.5, 0}; midAB = (pA + pB)/2; midBC = (pB + pC)/2; midAC = (pA + pC)/2; myT = Triangle[{pA, pB, pC}]; centerC = (midAB + midBC + midAC)/3 raioC = Last[centerC] Graphics[{EdgeForm[Directive[Thick, Blue]], White, myT, {PointSize[Large], Red, Point[midBC]}, {PointSize[Large], Red, Point[pA]}, {Orange, Line[{pA, midBC}]}, {Orange, Line[{pB, midAC}]}, {Orange, Line[{pC, midAB}]}, {Red, Circle[centerC, Last[centerC]]}, }, AspectRatio -> Automatic, PlotRange -> All]
I understand that I'm not doing right the radius of the circle but I've tried more than one way to do that.
Here is the original (book) construction:
To construct: The circle inscribed in $\triangle ABC$
Construction: Construct the bisectors of two of the angles of $\triangle ABC$. Their intersection is the center of the required circle, and the distance (perpendicular) to any side is the radius. (Any point on the bisector of an angle is equidistant from the sides of the angle.)
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WASHINGTON -- As every public-spirited citizen of these United States knows by now, 29-year-old Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the youngest woman ever elected to Congress. She, of a sudden, represents New York's 14th District, having beaten what the mainstream media calls an old white male by the name of Joe Crowley, though why the color of his skin should matter is a mystery. Miss Ocasio-Cortez also has perfectly lovely white skin, much like Mr. Crowley does, and even Sen. Elizabeth Warren does, despite her ever-changing genealogy. Yet only Crowley receives the media's "white skin" charge.
Actually, I am not certain Miss Ocasio-Cortez is really 29 years old. I have reviewed her public utterances since she entered public life some 12 months ago, and she sounds more like a 14-year-old. Yet somewhere along the way she acquired a taste for economics, which in her flighty mind she confuses with expropriation of the wealth of those she considers "rich." Bearing in mind that her last job in the private sector was a bartender, her conception of "rich" might extend to the guy at the end of the bar who drinks champagne. He will not be drinking champagne for long, if Alexandria has her way. She is a self-proclaimed democratic socialist -- in other words, a reactionary. She and people like her have been missing how the world has changed, lo these past decades.
She would bring us back to the levels of taxation practiced 40 years ago. Now she and other reactionary socialists, for instance Sen. Bernie Sanders, long for those days of higher taxes, lower growth, less stress on the world's resources and more government control -- in other words, we are told, life as it is lived in Cuba but without the obtrusive dictatorship.
Yet many of us dissent from her sunny views. By that I do not mean only us limousine libertarians in the West. I mean the many millions of those worldwide who were living under the poverty level in 1980 -- nine years before she was born, assuming she is right about her age. Back then, approximately half the world lived in poverty, according to scholars at the Brookings Institution and the World Data Lab. Unbeknownst to Miss Ocasio-Cortez and the left wing of the Democratic Party, poverty around the world has been declining from 1980 until today, to the extent that half of the world, 3.8 billion people, is middle-class or -- dare I say it -- rich. Those are the findings of Homi Kharas of Brookings and Kristofer Hamel of the World Data Lab.
Back in 1980, approximately half of the world lived in what the World Bank calls "extreme poverty," spending roughly $1.90 a day. The figure was down to about 8.6 percent of the world's population in 2018, and it will be even better this year. That is the good news from the think tanks and bad news for Alexandria and Bernie. What are they going to run on? How about "Back to Poverty" or "Vote Socialist. No One Gets Ahead" or "Put a Bureaucrat in Your Life."
The fact of the matter is that socialism has failed worldwide. Growth rates are low and nonexistent wherever socialism is practiced. Socialism is a swell way to control the citizenry. The perfumed term democratic socialism might be defined as a police state with a smiling face. Or it might be described as "socialism with a human face." That is the way Alexander Dubcek described it in his native Czechoslovakia before the communist tanks again rolled in. But socialism never ends with prosperity blossoming and freedom secured for its citizens. Those are the products of capitalism or free-market economies.
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A virulent Salmonella dublin isolate was made histidine-requiring (his-) to allow recognition. The his- derivative, SL1367 (still calf-virulent), was then given by transduction and mutation, a transposon-generated non-reverting aromatic biosynthesis (aro) defect; this defect caused loss of virulence for the mouse. The his- aro- derivative strain, SL1438, was effective as a live vaccine in mice. Twenty male Holstein calves were divided into 4 groups. Groups I, II, and III were vaccinated IM at 2 weeks and at 3 weeks of age with aromatic-dependent (aro-) S dublin strain SL1438. Groups I and III received freshly prepared vaccine and group II received lyophilized vaccine. Serious adverse reactions to the vaccination were not seen. After vaccination, the mean maximum increase in rectal temperature was 1.8 C in group I and III calves and 0.6 C in group II calves. Fewer group II calves developed diarrhea (1 of 5) or positive blood cultures (0 of 5) after vaccination compared with group I and III calves (6 of 10 and 5 of 10, respectively). Postvaccination diarrhea was mild and of short duration. Group IV was comprised of 5 nonvaccinated calves. At 5 weeks of age, all calves were challenge exposed orally. Group I, II, and IV calves were challenge exposed with 10(11) virulent S dublin SL1367. Group III was challenge exposed with 10(11) virulent S typhimurium UCD 108-11. Subsequently, fever and diarrhea (lasting 1 to 3 days), but no deaths, were observed in the vaccinated calves. Four of the 5 nonvaccinated (group IV) calves died (P less than 0.001) within 8 days after challenge exposure. Aro- S dublin SL 1438 did not cause serious adverse effects and provided protection against oral challenge exposure with either virulent S dublin or S typhimurium.
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A sign on the way into Cloncurry says it all. "A warm welcome guaranteed".
The outback Queensland town lived up to that promise on Monday with the mercury hitting 46 degrees.
The scorching day was still a long way off the highest temperature ever recorded in Cloncurry.
The mercury hit 53.1 degrees on January 16, 1889.
Julia Creek in Queensland's North West also reached 46 on Monday.
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The mercury rose to over 40 degrees in the mining city for 13 days in November.
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Question #1:
Thanks for your article on Mark 9:24 "Help my Unbelief!". I'm researching that passage, and your thoughts completely concur with what I have interpreted for years. I also read your suggested article on Faith Dynamics: 1st Peter #24. It was excellent, and very insightful. Thanks!
I wanted to bring to your attention the interpretations from two commentaries. Matthew Henry's comments on what prompted Jesus' response: "He adds a prayer for grace to enable him more firmly to rely on Christ to save…Those who complain of unbelief, must look up to Christ for Christ for grace to help them against it, and his grace shall be sufficient for them". Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's comments suggest two things: the man felt his unbelief, which proved he had the faith to feel it; and his ask for help rather than objection, which again seems to be the direction of grace that Matthew Henry was taking.
What are your thoughts on those interpretations? They both seem to ignore verse 25, which declares that the spirit was rebuked only "when" the crowd was coming. There doesn't seem to be any other reason to include that information, except to suggest an interpretation closer to yours.
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Good to make your acquaintance, and thank you so much for your encouraging words. As to the commentaries, this is a good example of why I personally almost never find commentaries of any use (there are rare exceptions). I have noticed a tendency in all manner of biblical interpretation to want to excuse all behaviors which occur in the Bible regardless of the perpetrator. This tends to ignore that the Bible deliberately records behavior which is not necessarily wholly evil, but from whose deficiency we are meant to learn. Both quotations you include seem to me to want to "rehabilitate" the conduct and words of the boy's father. Now it is certainly well and good to acknowledge that none of us is perfect and that any of us might potentially falter in such a way, but we ought to hope not, and we ought to strive not to do so.
Keep in mind that this man was actually speaking with the Lord Himself face to face! So it should have been easier for him to have faith than it is for those who "have not yet seen Him, yet love Him" (1Pet.1:8; cf. Jn.20:29 NKJV: "Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.").
This man, therefore, is an example of bare minimum faith, reminiscent in the parable of the Sower of the "faith plant" which cannot stand the scorching heat of testing. Even if such weak and compromised minimal faith does not die off into apostasy, it certainly will not sustain any serious level of spiritual growth, progress or production – the very things we are placed here to achieve in life. The key point of this passage in my view is to provide a negative example to avoid in a similar way that the passage on the centurion who asks for his servant to be healed of whom Jesus says "I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith" is to provide a positive example to emulate (Matt.8:10). To excuse the father or to place the emphasis on God's mercy (and I quite agree we all need and indeed cannot get enough of the Lord's mercy!) is to miss the main lesson. This passage should, ideally, remind us all of instances where our faith in what the Lord can do for us has not been up to par, and to spur us on to giving up any such double-minded resistance, yielding ourselves over instead to the proper attitude of unreserved and total faith in all that Jesus Christ can do for us – and will, if we but believe.
That said, I will admit that our Lord's great grace in healing the boy anyway – for the sake of the faith of those who did believe as well as for the father and the son – is a very great encouragement. Jesus is our Savior, even when we do not measure up.
A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out, till he leads justice to victory.
Matthew 12:20 NIV
We may be bruised, and at times our faith may smolder, yet if we but hang on to the little faith we have our Lord will bring us safely through whatever trials await us into His kingdom and glory.
In the Name of the One who gave up everything that we might be saved by His grace – through faith.
Bob Luginbill
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Hi! I was at my Bible Study Thurs. and someone had a question. In Matthew 27:14 it talks about the grave opening and the dead rising. Most churches never talk about this part of the Bible. Can you share your thought on what this scripture means . Is there any cross references to add to this scripture. We would enjoy getting a clarity on what is referring to and what it is saying in Matthew 27:14. Blessings
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Good to hear from you! I'm sure you mean Matthew 27:50-53. This is not a case of eternal resurrection. It is a miracle of the highest order, but these individuals later died and are still awaiting their "permanent homes" as all other deceased believers in Jesus are (in the third heaven in interim bodies with Him since the ascension; see the link: Our Heavenly, Pre-Resurrection, Interim State).
Resurrection is permanent (Rom.6:9), but there are occasions like this in scripture when believers have been brought temporarily back to life (something I call "resuscitation"). These believers were brought back to life in their original bodies as a witness to the effectiveness of the life-giving sacrifice of our Lord on the cross. These believers have long since passed away and will be resurrected with us when the Lord returns.
While this is the only "mass" resuscitation of which the scripture speaks, there are a number of other such resuscitations (i.e., temporary restorations to life in this same earthly body rather than the permanent resurrection which at present only our Lord has experienced), e.g., the widow of Nain's son, the little girl to whom Jesus said "talitha, qum!", the boy who fell out of the window in Troas whom Paul brought back to life, Tabitha brought back by Peter, the widow of Zarephath's son brought back to life by Elijah, the Shunamite woman's son restored to life by Elijah, the man who came back to life after being thrown into Elisha's tomb – and of course with Lazarus being perhaps the most famous and instructive case, since John describes in detail our Lord's resuscitation of him.
All of the above cases are incredibly encouraging and demonstrate God's complete power over death, something great believers of the past have always understood deeply and appreciated (cf. Heb.11:19: "Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and figuratively speaking, he did receive Isaac back from death" NIV). But how much more blessed will our permanent and glorious resurrection be, when the last enemy is finally defeated forever and we are raised incorruptible to be with our Lord Jesus forevermore!
When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: "Death has been swallowed up in victory."
1st Corinthians 15:54 NIV
I have written on this in the past in more detail (please see the links):
Transmutation, Resuscitation, and Resurrection.
Aspects of the Resurrection II (see questions 2 and 3)
Please feel free to write me back about any of this.
In anticipation of that great to come in Jesus our Lord,
Bob L.
Question #3:
Hello Brother Bob,
I Pray that all is well with you. I am hoping you have some commentary on Luke 21:5-37 to be used for group discussion. As I like to remind you, God Blesses us here with the wisdom He has you reveal to us. Looking forward to what he has to say through you.
Your Brother in Christ in Ohio,
Response #3:
Good to hear from you as always. This chapter, commonly known as the Olivet discourse (since Matt.24:3 establishes that the group was back on the Mt. of Olives when our Lord told them these things), is our Lord's most comprehensive lesson about the end times. It occurs (with small differences of emphasis) in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 as well. The details of precisely how each part of this prophecy is to be fit into the overall chronology of the end times is the key difficulty of interpretation (though not the only one).
Verses 7: shows that the disciples were, like their contemporaries, still expecting the crown without the cross, and additionally had not figured out from the Old Testament prophets that a seven year period of tribulation would precede the Messiah's return. See Gospel Questions III, Q.#1: John the baptist's doubts.
(7) "Teacher," they asked, "when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are about to take place?"
Verse 8: establishes the tribulational trend of antichrist and his deceptive religion which will result in the Great Apostasy. See in CT 3A, "The Causes of the Great Apostasy"
(8) He replied: "Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am he,' and, 'The time is near.' Do not follow them.
Verse 9: shows that the end of the Tribulation must not be assumed prematurely; there will be ample trouble, but the Second Advent will be unmistakable. See in CT 5, "Signs of the Second Advent"
(9) When you hear of wars and uprisings, do not be frightened. These things must happen first, but the end will not come right away."
Verse 10: the conflict between the beast's kingdom and the king of the south in the first half of the Tribulation. See in CT 3B, "The First Campaign against the South"
(10) Then he said to them: "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom."
Verse 11: a general statement of the troubles throughout the Tribulation most notable in the trumpet and bowl judgments. See in CT 1, "The General Character of the Tribulation"
(11) "There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven."
Verses 12-19: an overview of the Great Persecution which will consume the better part of the Great Tribulation, the second half of the seven years; believers are assured that this is all part of God's plan and that He will superintend our lives more dramatically and palpably than ever before; we have nothing to fear and will not be harmed or killed unless it is His will for us to be martyred for Jesus. See in CT 4, "The Great Persecution"
(12) "But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and put you in prison, and you will be brought before kings and governors, and all on account of my name. 13 And so you will bear testimony to me. 14 But make up your mind not to worry beforehand how you will defend yourselves. 15 For I will give you words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict. 16 You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers and sisters, relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death. 17 Everyone will hate you because of me. 18 But not a hair of your head will perish. 19 Stand firm, and you will win life."
Verses 20-24: an overview of the beast's attack on Israel and Jerusalem at the mid-point of the Tribulation (and not a description of Armageddon, as is often supposed). See in CT 3B, "The Apparent Assassination and Resuscitation of Antichrist"
(20) "When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, you will know that its desolation is near. 21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country not enter the city. 22 For this is the time of punishment in fulfillment of all that has been written. 23 How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! There will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people. 24 They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled."
Verses 25-28: an overview of the period of just before the Second Advent (encompassing the bowl judgments and Armageddon); encouragement to believers that the end is near. See in CT 5, "The Bowl Judgments"
(25) "There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea. 26 People will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken. 27 At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28 When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near."
Verses 29-31: an analogy of encouragement, reminding us to see the terrible final events as good things ("green shoots") since they are harbingers of the coming of the Messiah – God has everything planned out to the last detail. See in SR 5, "The Specific Chronology of the Seven Days of Human History"
(29) He told them this parable: "Look at the fig tree and all the trees. 30 When they sprout leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is near. 31 Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that the kingdom of God is near."
Verses 32-33: an important caveat to the effect that the hardness of Israel will persevere until the Second Advent when they shall "look upon Him whom they have pierced", and only thus shall "all Israel be saved". See in CT 5, "The Repentance of Israel"
(32) "Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. 33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away."
Verses 34-36: a code of conduct for believers in the Tribulation holding out hope that with faith and perseverance (and providing a parallel for our behavior in the meantime) it will be possible to survive and actually see Messiah return.
(34) "Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap. 35 For it will come on all those who live on the face of the whole earth. 36 Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man."
This last part is scheduled to be covered in CT part 7, but see in CT 4 "A Brief Christian Code of Conduct" and also by way of encouragement, "The Judgment and Reward of the Church" in CT 6.
The most important thing to emphasize about this passage taken as a whole is that our Lord was painting a very vivid panorama of end-times events, topically arranged, and that for this reason all attempts to take the verses as representing a strictly chronological sequence are gravely misguided (we have since been given the Book of Revelation which does cover the end times in very much a chronological way – also often misunderstood).
Do feel free to write me back about any of the above. As the series of links makes clear, I have been attempting to treat all of these subjects in a chronological fashion in my exegetical coverage of the book of Revelation (i.e., the Coming Tribulation series; see the link).
Yours in Jesus our Lord, for whose return we all breathlessly wait.
Bob L.
Question #4:
My pastor stated twice that it is rumored that Joseph died in a construction accident. Any input? Is there anything I can read to research this?
Response #4:
The gospels give very little information about the life of Joseph, and the gospels are, of course, our only valid source. That said, we can conclude a number of things about our Lord's early life, and I have written about this at the following links:
The Early Life of Jesus Christ.
What About Joseph?
Mary, Joseph and Nazareth
The Events Surrounding the Birth of Christ
Aspects of the Life of Christ: Jesus' siblings
Why did Jesus choose John over James to take care of His mother Mary?
There is a natural desire to want to learn more about these matters, and so in antiquity there was a veritable "cottage industry" of false gospels (like the gospel of Thomas; see the link) which exploited that desire; clearly, none of the information in these non-divinely inspired works can be trusted. Moreover, everything that comes from church tradition is late and suspect. So all we can do is draw godly conclusions from what the Bible actually tells us. We can fairly conclude that Joseph had passed on and that Jesus was the head of his family by the time He began His earthly ministry at "about age thirty"; the description of the dynamic between Him and Mary as recorded by John's gospel at the wedding at Cana as well as other factors (please see the links) surely indicates as much. As to how Joseph met his end, scripture is silent, but if I had to guess, I would be inclined to assume that a man of his great godliness was rewarded with a very peaceful departure from this life (and so I would be inclined to put no stock in this reported "rumor").
Please have a look at the links provided, and do feel free to write me back about any of this
In Jesus Christ our dear Lord and Savior,
Bob Luginbill
Question #5:
My dear brother,
I was meditating on the High Priest who went into the Holy of Holies and as I meditated on it I felt the awesome Holiness of God so strong that I felt weak in my knees. This was on Easter morning and it dawned on me that as the veil was now rent in half we all can enjoy the awesome holiness that only the high priest could previously enjoy. It also occured to me how useless the high priest must have felt when he realized he had lost his exclusivity to the Holy of Holies. Could it be because of the confusion of his known ritual being changed that he became an enemy of Christ's followers (i.e., the murder of Stephen; Cain murdering Abel) out of jealousy? What is your opinion on the continuing yearly ritual of the high priest from the renting of the veil onward?
I want to express my gratitude to you for sharing the truth of GOD that he has taught you! As you already are aware your reward is going to be GREAT!
Response #5:
Good to make your acquaintance. Thanks so much for your emails and for your encouraging words. As to your question, the tabernacle is meant to represent fellowship in the presence of the Lord in its every aspect (please see the link: The Jewish Tabernacle). Moreover, the holy of holies (along with the holy place) is also a representation of paradise (and all seven iterations of paradise share certain important features, the most important of which is this wonderful blessing of being in the Lord's presence; see the link: "The Seven Edens"). Additionally, the mercy seat in front of the cherubim was the place where the Lord told Moses "there I will meet with you" (Ex.25:22). And while the fellowship in that case was not face to face or even verbal in the case of the high priests (as it was with Moses: Ex.33:11), still the representation of that fellowship in the ritual of the tabernacle/temple is sublime.
However, as to the high priest Caiaphas, it is very clear from the descriptions of him and his behavior in the gospels that he was not a believer at all. And if he did not / would not believe in Jesus, then he certainly did not believe in the Father either. For all who truly believe in the Father accept His solution to sin: Jesus Christ (Lk.10:16; Jn.5:24); just as all who have seen Jesus have seen the Father (Jn.14:9). Therefore I am sure that Caiaphas never had such an experience of true fellowship or even the feeling of it in the first place. He never worried about what he had lost for he never cared about having a relationship with God at all, even though he was closer to the symbolic epicenter of such a relationship than other living human being; and he never actually enjoyed such a relationship (of his own choice). This disdain for the Lord has always been a very common thing, often even among the so-called clergy (even though they have developed elaborate systems of behavior specifically to hide their true attitudes), and this sort of thing will be even more pronounced in the leadership of the church-visible during the Tribulation:
So be aware of this, that in the last days there will be difficult times. For [in those times] there will be men (i.e., false teachers; cf. chap.2) concerned only for themselves, devoted to money, egotistic, arrogant, blasphemous, not concerned for their parents, ungrateful, irreverent, implacable, slanderers, uninhibited, savage, despising the good, betrayers, impetuous, megalomaniacal, devotees of pleasure rather than lovers of God, possessing an [outward] appearance of godliness, but [in reality] having rejected its [true] power. From such men turn away.
2nd Timothy 3:1-5
In my reading of the Bible, unbelievers tend to be confirmed in their unbelief very early in life, since the issues of mortality, sinfulness, and the existence of a perfect God to whom we shall all have to render account are revealed at a relatively early age through God's natural revelation (working with the conscience in the human heart which is pre-programmed, so to speak, to face and understand these issues). Please see the link: BB 4A Soteriology
For us who believe, the idea that someone could understand that God exists, understand that they fall far short of His perfect standards, and understand that they will have to meet Him in short order since they are mortal, and yet, in spite of understanding these fundamentally important truths still not be motivated to accept the free gift of salvation seems insane. In a way it is. For all who are determined not to respond to God, the lies of the devil's system soon replace these truths and thus take away the uncomfortable feeling that having to deal with them ever brings.
And when this corruptible [body] puts on incorruption and this mortal [body] puts on immortality, then will be fulfilled this prophecy which has been written: Death has been swallowed up in victory. Where is your victory, O death? Where is your stinger, O death? Now the stinger of death (i.e., our mortality) is the sin [nature] (i.e., it produces our sin), and the power of sin is the Law (i.e., it reveals our sin and shows that we fall short of righteousness). But thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
1st Corinthians 15:54-57
Praise God that we were given the chance to understand these things and respond to them through faith in Jesus Christ!
Yours in our dear Lord Jesus,
Bob Luginbill
Question #6:
Dear Dr. Luginbill,
I have a question regarding a statement Jesus made before the high priest. When Jesus was brought to the high priest, He told the high priest that he would see Jesus coming on the clouds of heaven in the hereafter.
Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. (Matthew 26:64).
I don't understand how the high priest would see Jesus return on the clouds of heaven if this event takes place in the future, most likely after the Great Tribulation. The high priest would be in the grave at that time. I can only think of this being possible if the dead are judged at the return of Christ, but according to Revelation, the lost dead are judged at the end of the age before the eternal state. What did Jesus mean by this? Thanks!
God Bless,
Response #6:
Good to hear from you. I hope all goes well.
In the Greek text, "you will see" is in the plural (in Kentucky we might say "Y'all will see"), so that in Greek it is clear that Jesus is speaking not just to this one individual but to the entire Jewish nation. Since that nation (and more particularly "this generation": Matt.24:34; see the links: "This Generation" and "Matthew 24:34") will abide and be present to see the Lord "whom they have pierced" (Zech.12:10; Rev.1:7; see the link: "Whom they have pierced" in CT 1).
So this is to be taken as a prophetic statement about the mis-impression of Israel generally about the Messiah: for He is Jesus Christ, and that realization will sink in fully for most of the Jewish people only when they do see Him "coming in the clouds of heaven" (see the link: "Coming with Clouds" in CT 1). There is also the point that the two things Jesus says that they "will see" are actually different. His second advent return will not be accompanied by the Father whose own advent only occurs when New Jerusalem descends from heaven (Rev.21:3-4; 21:22-23; see the link: in CT 6, "The Advent of the Father"). So seeing Jesus on the throne here refers to the Last Judgment when "every knee shall bow" before Him (Is.45:23; Rom.14:11; Phil.2:10; see the link: in CT 6, "The Last Judgment").
This arrogant man and his fellows will indeed see Christ in all His glory – but only to be judged for their rejection of Him when they will suffer the consequences for their sin of unbelief.
In great joy that we shall be spared that judgment and have only happiness in store when we finally lay eyes on our dear Lord Jesus.
Bob L.
Question #7:
Hello Dr. Luginbill!
I want to begin by saying Thank you for your prayers! I'm back at work and now I'm given another chance to set an example to others and to be a light regardless of their behavior.
I also wanted to get your take on the passage of Matthew 7:6. I had found on the web and wanted to know if this is the correct interpretation?
Do you agree with his interpretation of that verse? Thanks! God Bless,
Response #7:
Thank you for the positive report and for your positive attitude! I am happy to pray for you; we are here to minister to one another, and prayer is something all believers should do one for another, participating in the fight each of us faces in service to our Lord Jesus Christ.
As to the interpretation you include here, it sounds pretty reasonable to me. It's not precisely how I would put it, but I don't see anything to criticize here. As is often the case in the application of biblical principles, the Bible gives us the two extremes. On the one hand, many verses in scripture encourage us to proclaim the Word of God with boldness, stretching us beyond what we would normally be willing to do or even think we are able to do; on the other hand, here we have the contrary principle: there are limits, and those limits are defined by the reception we are likely to receive. If we know ahead of time that our audience is negative, then instead of "proclaiming" it is a much better strategy to show by example the truth and power of the gospel, waiting for an opening, a sign of receptiveness on the part of the previously hardened person or persons, before launching into an overt appeal. As it says in Ecclesiastes, "there is a time for (A) and a time for (B)", and in this instance we see the "B" side of an otherwise well documented "A" command. It is the pith of spiritual wisdom to be able to discern the two (Rom.12:2; Heb.5:14), not holding back when we should be proclaiming, not sharing when we should be waiting on the Lord, and definitely not subordinating the guidance of the Spirit as to which is which to our own fears or desires.
On the interpretation of this passage, please see "Pearls before Swine".
On determining "which is which", please see "Poles of Application".
You might also find these of interest:
Applying Faith I.
Applying Faith II.
Keep up the good work for Jesus Christ!
Bob L.
Question #8:
Hello Dr. Luginbill!
A job counselor at my work told us that his enemies love him more than his friends and it's because he respects them. I know the Bible commands us to love our enemies, but is it biblically correct that we should respect our enemies? What does the scripture say about this? I wanted to compare the advice the counselor gave with the wisdom of God from scripture. Thanks!
God Bless,
Response #8:
I hope you got some good news on the job front today. I am keeping you in my prayers.
As to respecting one's enemies, it depends upon what is meant by respect. For example, we are told to love our enemies (Matt.5:44; Lk.6:27; 6:35), and that is a high standard indeed, one which few of us meet to the degree we should. The primary object of the love in question in Jesus' words is His desire for them to be saved – for this is how God looks at all unbelievers (1Tim.2:4; 2Pet.3:9). After all, Jesus died for all of their sins too. However, even though God wants all to be saved, that doesn't mean that He approves of the conduct of the wicked or that He is fine with their behavior:
Though the LORD is on high, he looks upon the lowly, but the proud he knows from afar.
Psalm 138:6 NIV
Our love for enemies/unbelievers is to be along the lines of God's love: we are not required to develop intimate personal relationships with them (and in the case of certain criminal individuals this would terribly foolish).
Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?
2nd Corinthians 6:14 NIV
I see respect as essentially an adjunct to or synonym of love in this regard, but it does have a further dimension. For example, we are required to render respect (not love) to everyone in a position of legitimate authority because all authority symbolizes and acts for God, and that would be the case to a certain degree at least even if such persons were our enemies and attempting to persecute us.
Let every person be subject to [all] superior authorities. For no authority exists which has not [been established] by God. And those that exist are [in turn] subject to God. Therefore whoever opposes [established] authority has taken a stand against God's [ordered] arrangement, and those who have done so will receive judgment upon themselves. For rulers do not exist to discourage good deeds through the fear they inspire, but rather evil ones. So do you wish to have no fear of the authorities? Then do what is good, and you will have praise from them. For they are ministering to God on your behalf for your [own] good. But if you do evil, beware, for they have not been invested with the power of punishment (lit., "the sword") for nothing. For they are ministering to God in the severe vengeance [they bring down] upon those who do evil. Therefore it is necessary to be subject [to authority] not only because of this severity, but also for conscience' sake.
Romans 13:1-5
Paul, for example, treated the representatives of the Jewish and Roman governments with respect, even when he was being reviled and unjustly treated according to their own standards. He treated them with respect, but that does not mean that he prized them in his heart for their abuse of him. God makes the rain fall on the unrighteous as well as the righteous, but He certainly has a different opinion of each category. Our job is to exhibit exemplary Christian conduct towards all, and leave it to God to winnow out the wicked (especially when it comes to persons in authority).
Submit yourselves to every established human [authority] for the Lord's sake, whether to a king, as being sovereign, or to [other] executives, as being sent through Him for the purpose of reproving evil doers but for praising those who do good. For this is the will of God, namely, for you to muzzle the ignorance of foolish men by doing good, as free men, yet not using your freedom as a cloak for evil but as servants of God. Give respect to everyone, love the brotherhood [of believers], fear God, honor the king.
1st Peter 2:13-15
I would put it this way. The verses above say to give respect to all. As Christians we are required to behave in a civil, loving way towards all human beings, whether we like them or not. That includes treating them in a respectful way, giving them the respect they are due as creatures of God whom God wants saved and for whom Jesus died. That does not mean we need to approve or value their behavior, or enjoy and somehow "appreciate" their hostility towards us.
It certainly is wonderful when we are on good terms with everyone, and that can be a blessing from God:
When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Proverbs 16:7 KJV
But if we do experience this blessing, it is because God gave it to us, not because of our behavior. So it is true that we need to look at the world through the eyes of God and behave towards all with the innocence of doves; but when it comes to interacting with persons of questionable morals or hostile motivations, we also need to be wise as serpents, treating them with basic human dignity and respect as well as Christian love, but not involving ourselves in their affairs unnecessarily and thus opening ourselves up to their attacks; and we are certainly not required to be approving or countenancing or enjoying their anti-God behavior (cf. Prov.14:18).
I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
Matthew 10:16 NIV
I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them. For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people. Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I am full of joy over you; but I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil.
Romans 16:17-19 NIV
Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults.
1st Corinthians 14:20 NIV
The key to your question is thus the further question "what is meant by respect?" A wife owes respect to her husband (Eph.5:33), which means obeying and responding to him. The word used in Ephesians 5:33 is, literally, "fear" (for which "reverence" and "respect" are fine translations in the context). Husbands are commanded to treat their wives with respect (1Pet.3:7), but the Greek word used in that context is tíme, honor, with the same root as in 1st Peter 2:13 quoted above: "Give respect (timao) to all". Fear-reverence-respect commands an attitude of heart; honor-respect is concerned primarily with outward behavior. Husbands therefore do not subordinate themselves to their wives in paying them due honor/respect, but they do treat them with the dignity and consideration their status as wives ought to command. We render all appropriate honor to all legitimate authority, but we do not need to consider those in such authority as intrinsically honorable and we certainly should not reverence them; our reverence and honor is focused upon the office they hold as ordained by God, not on their individual persons. All human beings are created by God. For that reason we must not curse anyone (James 3:9). That is one mark of the dignity which commands our respect – the image of God given to all that all might choose for Jesus and be saved. We have respect for God's creation, and for His desire for their salvation, and for Christ's sacrifice on their behalf. But we do not need to honor or respect or affirm their bad choices, godless behavior, or personal hostility. Love requires us to put aside hate and pray for their salvation; it does not require us to be pleased with their conduct or associate with them.
Please feel free to write me back about any of the above.
In Jesus our dear Lord who died for all so that all might be saved.
Bob L.
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