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Jesus could not be the messiah as per his 2 genealogies
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The Hebrew Bible (old testament) only is as per this debate is the only inspired word of G-d.
Serious Debate only.
would like to thank my opponent for accepting this debate. And would like to apologise for not answering in the previous round.
First let us look at Matthew's genealogy found in Matthew 1
https://www.biblegateway.com...... 1
And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus who is called Christ.
First Matthew's genealogy is useless. The whole Genealogies go through the father. Joseph is not the biological father of Jesus. Thus, his genealogy does not count. As an example, if the High Priest would have had adopted a son, this son would not have been able to serve in the temple. So the whole genealogy is useless.
" And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus who is called Christ."
Furthermore, the lineage goes to a curse person:
Jeremiah 22:29-30
Is this man Jehoiachin (Jeconiah) a despised, broken pot, an object no one wants? Why will he and his children be hurled out, cast into a land they do not know? O land, land, land, hear the word of the LORD! This is what the LORD says: "Record this man as if childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime, for none of his offspring will prosper, none will sit on the throne of David or rule anymore in Judah.
Second Luke's genealogy:
https://www.biblegateway.com...... 3
First, this is not Mary's genealogy. This an attempt to justify the contradiction between the two genealogies. But let us say that it is really Mary's genealogy.
Mary's genealogy is useless as well. The lineage must come from the father side. For example, if Aaron would have had daughters, their sons could not have serve in the Temple as the High Priest.
Furthermore, the line of the messiah must come from Solomon, not Nathan.
1 Chronicles 29:1 "Then King David said to the whole assembly: "My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen"
Finally. Both Lines have Zerubbabel and Shealtiel
Jeconiah begot Shealtiel, and Shealtiel begot Zerubbabel. 13 Zerubbabel begot Abiud (Matthew)
the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri (Luke)
Zerubbabel could have had 2 sons and one would have been the father of Joseph and the other the father of Mary. Shealtiel must have only one father. Sometimes, that person can have 2 names, but the rest of the genealogy must stay the same. Because of that, it is another contradiction in the genealogy. Furthermore, that would not "by-pass" the curse, if we still talk about the son of Jehoiachin (Jeconiah).
For that reason, Jesus is not a descendant of King David and could not be the messiah.
2 Samuel 7:16 says: "Your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me; your throne shall be established for ever." This must mean that the kingdom of David would be established and secured by a descendant."
Luke 1:31"33, he said, "Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom there will be no end."
Sorry, just because you don't like the genealogy set forth in the bible, it doesn't mean it's not valid.
(Mary) LUKE David, father of (Joseph) MATTHEW
Nathan Solomon
Mattatha Rehoboam
Menna Abijah
Melea Asa
Eliakim Jehoshaphat
Jonam Joram
Joseph Uzziah
Judah Jotham
Simeon Ahaz
Levi Hezekiah
Matthat Manasseh
Jorim Amon
Eliezer Josiah
Joshua Jeconiah
Er Shealtiel
Elmadam Zerubbabel
Cosam Abihud
Addi Eliakim
Melchi Azor
Neri Zadok
Shealtiel Achim
Zerubbabel Eliud
Rhesa Eleazar
Joanan Matthan
Joda Jacob
Josech Joseph
Semein Joseph Adopted Jesus
as his own son giving him
all legal rights involving heirship.
Sorry for the closeness of the names re Mary's family omn the left & Joseph's to the immediate right. been a long day & .............. The only viewing problem may be under Mary's lineage under the name Semein. The 2 preceding lines describing " as his ...." & "all legal" should go along with Joseph's side. therefore Semein is immediately followed by Mattathias.
Please tell me where the name Mary is in that genealogy!
Also, genealogies are passed only through the father in the whole Hebrew Bible.
"But the land shall be divided by lot. They shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers. Numbers 26:55
Joseph, even if he was in direct line from David was not the father of Jesus as per both Luke and Matthew. Thus that genealogy could not be used. Furthermore Mathews' genealogy has been cursed as I said in my previous argument.
2 Samuel 7:16 Yes, it is true, but it will not be Jesus, the messiah has not come yet.
Your, "They shall receive their inheritance .... " Not in all cases. God sorta changed that when a family without males asked Moses if it isn't right for them to possess their father's inheritance. Numbers 27:1-11. & don't forget, Mary was a descendant from David. Luke 1:32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David."
"The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham". Matthew 1:1
"And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God". Luke 1:35
"And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again" And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David". Acts 13:32-34
"THE LORD (God) said unto my Lord (Davids seed), Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool". Psalm 110:1
"Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulcher is with us unto this day. Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption. This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear. For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, Until I make thy foes thy footstool. Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ". Acts 2:29-36
"Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown" I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it (The Kingdom of Israel): and it shall be no more, until he (Jesus Christ) come whose right it is; and I will give it him". Ezekiel 21:26-27
"Behold, the days come, saith THE LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah. In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness. For thus saith THE LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel". Jeremiah 33:14-17
I addressed that in my 1st response. " Joseph Adopted Jesus as his own son giving him all legal rights involving heirship.
I don;t know where you obtained your verse of 2 Samuel 7:16, but all my sources are reflected below. You're not using the JW bible are you?
"Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me; your throne will be established forever." 2 Samuel 7:16
See Luke 3:23. Joseph is the son of Heli. So why do you think it is Mary's genealogy? Of course they needed an explanation for the discrepancy!
And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed ) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,...
"Numbers 27:1-11"
The word inheritance does mean "possession"
Look at Genesis 31:14
Rachel and Leah responded, "That"s fine with us! We won"t inherit any of our father"s wealth anyway.
This does not mean that the women's children will have the same tribe than the mother.
See Number 36:6
This is what the LORD commands concerning the daughters of Zelophehad: Let them marry anyone they like, as long as it is within their own ancestral tribe.
Thus they need to marry from the same tribe not to mix thing up. Furthermore, Mary's line goes through Nathan, not Solomon.
1 Chronicle 28
"Yet the Lord, the God of Israel, chose me from my whole family to be king over Israel forever. He chose Judah as leader, and from the tribe of Judah he chose my family, and from my father"s sons he was pleased to make me king over all Israel. 5 Of all my sons"and the Lord has given me many"he has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel. 6 He said to me: "Solomon your son is the one who will build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. 7 I will establish his kingdom forever if he is unswerving in carrying out my commands and laws, as is being done at this time."
8 "So now I charge you in the sight of all Israel and of the assembly of the Lord, and in the hearing of our God: Be careful to follow all the commands of the Lord your God, that you may possess this good land and pass it on as an inheritance to your descendants forever.
See what it is say about Solomon "that you may possess this good land and pass it on as an inheritance to your descendants forever." So Luke's genealogy is useless.
Why would we expect anything different for the messiah?
Psalm 110:1 Jesus was never king, and less king over all the earth. The messiah, who will come soon will be king over all the earth.
Acts 2:29-36 Using the new-testament is useless, of course it claims Jesus is the messiah. That does not make it so.
The Hebrew Bible (old testament) only is as per this debate is the only inspired word of G-d.
Ezekiel 21:26-27 That may be the messiah, but it does not mean it is Jesus. Because Jesus does not fulfil the lineage requirement, we must wait for the rightful person.
The following came up from the towns of Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon and Immer, but they could not show that their families were descended from Israel: The descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah and Nekoda 652. And from among the priests: The descendants of Hobaiah, Hakkoz and Barzillai (a man who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that name). These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean. Ezra 2.
"I addressed that in my 1st response. " Joseph Adopted Jesus as his own son giving him all legal rights involving heirship."
See how the queens and kings' descendant of England need to be from the Blood-line! http://www.wargs.com...
Also, Joseph line is cursed and thus totally utterly useless!
"2 Samuel 7:16 says: "Your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me; your throne shall be established for ever." This must mean that the kingdom of David would be established and secured by a descendant.""
This does not prove Jesus is the messiah. Just that David, through Solomon will always have someone who's right is to be the messiah, the king. And in the last day, a descendant of David will reign as Psalm 2 says.
Your, "The word inheritance does mean "possession." Are you aware that the ancient Hebrew language had only 8700 words. Most words had many contextually different meanings. Altho, the most accepted meaning is "to take possession of, inherit, dispossess. From "NAS Exhaustive Concordance." So the word possession in in there, altho with the addition of "to take ..... of" certainly gives a different context than just the word 'possession'.
Also, your Genesis 31:14 .... you're kidding right? This was from a ticked off Rachel & Leah describing their father giving all their inheritance to Jacob for spending the 14 years as recompense for his 2 daughters, which they acknowledged was their father's right. They also accepted it as God's will & went with Jacob on their travels home.
It seems as tho you looked up that verse & cherry picked the only one that reflected that they did not expect any inheritance. All, & I mean all the other translations have the 2 daughters asking Jacob if there was anything left of their inheritance after their father paid Jacob. Therefore, they were expecting some inheritance.
Your, "Psalm 110:1 Jesus was never king, and less king over all the earth. ...." there are 2 schools of thought re this psalm. 1st being a son of David's that God was blessing as a priest/king & would win many battles etc. The 2nd is the one most quote by early Christians as they considered the significance of Jesus. Most expressed their conviction that the risen Jesus now occupies a unique place at God's right hand & will be victorious over His enemies.
Your, "Using the new-testament is useless .... ' seems as tho you broke this rule of one of your mandates re this debate with your 1st sentence of your 1st round. "First let us look at Matthew's genealogy found in Matthew 1." Sorry, if you use it yourself as a source, it can be used at any point as a credible source.
Your, "Mary's genealogy is useless as well. The lineage must come from the father side...." We already talked about this exact point & you are the only one asserting this requirement, not the bible. But pleas refer to previous comments.
Your, "1 Chronicles 29:1 "Then King David said to the whole assembly: "My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen" Hmmm, you seem to leave out what David was referring to. Yes, God had chosen Solomon to be king & also to be the one to build the temple & that he was inexperienced so he was eliciting the assembly's help & materials for Solomon task. But to say that has anything to do with Solomon's lineage is misleading & off track of this debate.
Your, "Ezekiel 21:26-27 That may be the messiah, ...." true, it only says it's a messiah going to come later on. What's your point? This was never an intended proof of anything.
Your, "Ezra 2" excerpt was when the exiled Jews were relocating back to the Jerusalem in ruins if I'm not mistaken. What's your point here again? there were unscrupulous Jews trying to claim inheritance for stakes upon returning & this was the decision made. Geez, sounds like a valid plan to me.
Your, "Also, Joseph line is cursed and thus totally utterly useless!" is once again, your opinion & not true even tho you attempt to use as proof for ancient Israel. Do you know your link led me to a provision in English law that was written in 2001AD? Why on earth did you use that to prove your point? WOW!
Your, "2 Samuel 7:16 says: .... This does not prove .......Psalm 2 says" Of course it doesn't. It was my response to your quote of that same verse with totally different words according to your previous quote of the very same verse. Here's what I wrote last time to you, "I don't know where you obtained your verse of 2 Samuel 7:16, but all my sources are reflected below. You're not using the JW bible are you?
"Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me; your throne will be established forever." 2 Samuel 7:16" Yet now, you attempt to use it now completely out of this debate's context.So I have to ask you what's up with you?
Because it's clear that the lineage of Kings must be from solomon in 1 Chronicle 28:
the Lord has given me many"he has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.
See what it is say about Solomon "that you may possess this good land and pass it on as an inheritance to your descendants forever." So Luke's genealogy is useless.
"using flimsy cherry picked verses."
pass it on as an inheritance to your (SOLOMON) descendants forever.
That does not look like cherry picking!
"Are you aware that the ancient Hebrew language had only 8700 words. Most words had many contextually different meanings."
It does not matter, if the tribal linage would have been through the woman, then the father would lose his lineage.
the word "tribe" is the same as septer. https://www.blueletterbible.org...
Not inheritance. That means possession. Thus, the line does not go through the mother.
"It seems as tho you looked up that verse & cherry picked the only one that reflected that they did not expect any inheritance"
I provided the link with more verses. The word means inheritance... go check the link:
Psalm 110 is irrelevant to the subject.
TO DAVID (in context it can be translated "to David")
The L-rd said to my master (David)...
Look at the end of the Psalm, it does not fit Jesus: The Lord is at your right hand[c];
he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.
6 He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead
and crushing the rulers of the whole earth.
7 He will drink from a brook along the way,[d]
and so he will lift his head high.
"Using the new-testament is useless .... '
No, you can use the New Testament to show a point, but not to prove Jesus is the messiah. The new testament claims that Jesus is the messiah
But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. John 20:31
Thus it would not be a debate to use the NT to prove it!
Your, "Ezra 2" excerpt was when the exiled Jews were relocating back to the Jerusalem in ruins if I'm not mistaken. What's your point here again?
In case of doubt, the priest were asked not to do their duties of the Priest. In case of Jesus, he cannot be a king because his two genealogies have too many problems.
"Also, Joseph line is cursed "
As I live, declares the Lord, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were jthe signet ring on my right hand, yet I would tear you off .. Jeremiah 22:24
"Write this man down as schildless,
a man who shall not succeed in his days,
tfor none of his offspring shall succeed
tin sitting on the throne of David
and ruling again in Judah." Jeremiah 22:30
2 And after the deportation to Babylon: pJechoniah was the father of qShealtiel,4 and rShealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, Matthew 1:12
2 Samuel 7:16
I did not quote that verse, you did. Not sure what you try to prove with that verse.
Your, "pass it on as an inheritance to your (SOLOMON) descendants forever," is the same as the above answer.
Your, "Not inheritance. That means possession. Thus, the line does not go through the mother." I answered you last round with this. & if yoiu are so set on only using one reference that seems to fit your story line, Maybe I see your problem. Tunnel vision. Check other sources to verify & you'll get a different perspective maybe.
Your, "Psalm 110 is irrelevant to the subject." What???? you brought it up last round. I have to ask about your memory cuz this isn't the 1st time you've done this. Anyway, it goes like this, " The Lord says to my lord "Sit at my right hand, ...." not your version of "the Lord said to my master David ...." there is no mention of David & wouldn't be cuz David authored this psalm.
Your, "Look at the end of the Psalm, it does not fit Jesus: The Lord is at your right hand ...." If the psalm is about David's son the new priest/king, it certainly does follow. & if it's re Jesus, the risen Jesus crushes evil with His Resurrection & the psalm makes perfect sense.
Your, "No, you can use the New Testament to show a point, .." Oh it's OK for you to use it to say repeatedly without any prompting from me, that Luke & Matthew's accounting of the genealogy is useless. That my friend is a double standard.
Your, ".... His two genealogies have too many problems." & where is what you say stated in Ezra ..... or why did you use that reference? & if not Ezra. you need to give me some proof in the bible that eliminates Jesus .... So far, I have refuted all your 'proof' as flimsy, not related to this debate, or just not true.
Your, "Also, Joseph line is cursed " This is in reference to the wicked king of Judah. If you are not aware, many of David's lineage that were kings, were not living God's rules. God therefore punished them, altho He kept the lineage going throughout all their reigns.
Jehoiachin or Jechonias, or Jeconiah, or Coniah, or Jechoniah, or Jekonjah was the name (s) of Jehoiakim's son & is the one you have referred to in your quote I believe. Even tho he was not childless, his sons never sat on the throne.
Zerubbabel was Jeconiah's (Jehoiachin) grandson. Though Zerubbabel did not sit on the throne as king, the fact that Haggai 2:23 uses the same terminology as Jeremiah 22:24 shows that Haggai intended to indicate a reversal of the curse. & Scripture alludes here to the verse Who art thou, O great mountain before Zerubbabel? Thou shalt become a plain (Zech. 4:7). This verse refers to the Messiah, the descendant of David. . . .From whom will the Messiah descend? From Zerubbabel.
My bad re the 2 Samuel thing, sorry.
The messiah is supposed to be king over all the earth as Psalm 2 say.
The days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land. Jeremiah 23:5
Psalm 110 talks about David, not the messiah. This has nothing to do with this debate about the genealogy of Jesus.
"Your, "No, you can use the New Testament to show a point, .." Oh it's OK for you to use it to say repeatedly without any prompting from me, that Luke & Matthew's accounting of the genealogy is useless. That my friend is a double standard."
You should not have accepted the debate if you did not agree with the terms. I used Jesus genealogy, I am not saying that the new testament is inspired or can be used to prove Jesus is the messiah.
"So far, I have refuted all your 'proof' as flimsy, not related to this debate, or just not true."
let the judges decide.
"Jehoiachin or Jechonias, or Jeconiah, or Coniah, or Jechoniah, or Jekonjah"
Zerubbabel was not a king, he was a governor. And Zecheriah 4:7 does not allude to the messiah.
Thus all my arguments stand! Jesus could not be the messiah. Both Matthew and Luke's genealogies show that Jesus was not the messiah.
Your, "... The messiah is supposed to be king over all the earth as Psalm 2 say ...."
Psalm 2:12 Barnes' Notes on Psalms 2:12
Kiss the Son - Him whom God hath declared to be his Son Psalm 2:7, and whom, as such, he has resolved to set as King on his holy hill Psalm 2:6. The word "kiss" here is used in accordance with Oriental usages, for it was in this way that respect was indicated for one of superior rank. This was the ancient mode of doing homage or allegiance to a king, 1 Samuel 10:1. It was also the mode of rendering homage to an idol, 1 Kings 19:18; Hosea 13:2; Job 31:27. The mode of rendering homage to a king by a kiss was sometimes to kiss his hand, or his dress, or his feet, as among the Persians. DeWette. The practice of kissing the hand of a monarch is not uncommon in European courts as a token of allegiance. The meaning here is that they should express their allegiance to the Son of God, or recognize him as the authorized King, with suitable expressions of submission and allegiance; that they should receive him as King, and submit to his reign. Applied to others, it means that they should embrace him as their Savior.
Lest he be angry - If you do not acknowledge his claims, and receive him as the Messiah.danger of all who resist, as well as the blessing of all who welcome this mighty and triumphant king.
Your, " Jeremiah 23:5 ..."
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
(5) Behold, the days come."The words point to an undefined, far-off future, following on the provisional order implied in Jeremiah 23:4, when the kingdom should once more rest in one of the house of David.
A righteous Branch."The idea is the same, though the word is different (here Zemach, and there Netzer), as in Isaiah 11:1. In both cases, however, the word means a "sprout" or "scion," springing up from the root even after the tree had been cut down (Isaiah 6:13), and not a branch growing from the trunk. It is probably in reference to this prophecy that we find the name of "the Branch" (Zemach) so prominent in Zechariah 3:8; Zechariah 6:12. Here, it is obvious, the prophet speaks of the one great Shepherd.
A King shall reign."Better, he shall reign as King, the Branch or Sprout being the subject of the sentence. As with all the Messianic prophecies of this class, the thoughts of the prophet dwell on the acts and attributes of a sovereignty exercised personally on earth. Such a sovereignty, "all power in heaven and on earth" (Matthew 28:18), was indeed given to the Christ, but not after the fashion that men expected.
Your, "Psalm 110 talks about David, not the messiah. This has nothing to do with this debate about the genealogy of Jesus." is in reference to your attached quote you originally used in round 2 or 3. Here is your original quote, "Psalm 110:1 Jesus was never king, and less king over all the earth. The messiah, who will come soon will be king over all the earth."
I had just been responding to you in that respect.
Yoiur, "You should not have accepted the debate if you did not agree with the terms. I used Jesus genealogy, I am not saying that the new testament is inspired or can be used to prove Jesus is the messiah."
Thing is you used the NT genealogy as ammunition for your side of this debate. Have you not used this repeatedly to say it is useless? That is ammunition. That is part of your debate & the rule you initially had broken.
Your, "Zerubbabel was not a king, he was a governor."
Yes, I stated that he was not a king last round.
Your, "And Zecheriah 4:7 does not allude to the messiah."
once again, I'll say you do not look deeper than what the words say. Most studies show that Pslam 2 "Who are you, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace to it," are re the Messiah as "Barnes' Notes on the Bible" shows below.
"Both images together 1 - (So then the mountain symbolizes every resisting power; Satan and all his instruments, who, each in his turn, shall oppose himself anti be brought low.) & 2 - (And he shall bring forth the headstone - The foundation of the temple had long been laid. Humanly it still hung in the balance whether they would be permitted to complete it Ezra 5:Zechariah foretells absolutely that they would. Two images appear to be used in Holy Scripture, both of which meet in Christ: the one, in which the stone spoken of is the foundation-stone; the other, in which it is the head cornerstone binding the two walls together, which it connects. Both were cornerstones; the one at the base, the other at the summit.)
express, how Christ is the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last; the Foundation of the spiritual building, the Church, and its summit and completion; the unseen Foundation which was laid deep in Calvary, and the Summit to which it grows and which holds it firm together. Whence Peter unites the two prophecies, and blends with them that other of Isaiah, that Christ would "be a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense. To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of people but chosen of God and precious, ye also are built up a spiritual house - Whence also it is contained in the Scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, elect, precious: unto you which believe He is precious, but unto them which be disobedient, the same stone which the builders refused is made the head of the corner, and a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to them which stumble at the word being disobedient" 1 Peter 2:4-7.
A Jew paraphrases this of the Messiah; Jonathan: "And He shall reveal His Messiah, whose name was spoken from the beginning, and he shall rule over all nations."
With shouting, grace, grace unto it - that is, all favor from God unto it, redoubled favors, grace upon grace. The completion of the building was but the commencement of the dispensation under it. It was the beginning not the end. They pray then for the continued and manifold grace of God, that He would carry on the work, which He had begun. Perseverance, by the grace of God, crowns the life of the Christian; our Lord's abiding presence in grace with His Church unto the end of the world, is the witness that He who founded her upholds her in being.'
Your, "Thus all my arguments stand! Jesus could not be the messiah. Both Matthew and Luke's genealogies show that Jesus was not the messiah," show not only wishful thinking on your part, but once again, you violate the NT rule you had imposed at the beginning. The danger of a completely literal translation of any book is that one loses any deeper meaning as I have stated b4. With your analysis, the book Mobey Dick is only about a fisherman trying to catch a big fish, All other lessons, meanings are lost. Same here with all of your 'proof.' Every single piece of biblical evidence you have used was all a literal translation, so the contextual meanings are lost. Therefore most of the referenced verses you have used have been faulty thru lost meaning of the whole chapter & preceding & subsequent verses. Taking a verse, just like any sentence out of a story, all by itself, eliminates any chance of realizing the whole. Hopefully you will have an enhanced appreciation what the author really is attempting to get the audience to understand as you read forward. Thanx for the chance to research & deepen my understanding of the material brought forth here. Thanx again & good luck.
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Natural Capital Champions
Stories of people working to include nature's benefits in their decisons.
Deputy Director of Conservation for Latin America Region, The Nature Conservancy
"NatCap since the beginning was fundamental to our work. Most of our project designs are based on NatCap model scenario predictions."
Water funds are where people downstream make investments that incentivize water supply protection upstream. You oversee the design of these new socio-financial systems, which are replicating rapidly across Latin America. What will it look like a few years down the road?
It's our five-year plan to have water funds around all the major metropolitan areas across Latin America. In Brazil we now have five water funds, and a goal to have 13 by the year 2020. We took what we knew to Colombia and then started to replicate in Mexico, the Dominican Republic and Peru. Now we have 19 water funds launched in Latin America, many others in the pipeline, with a target to reach 40 water funds by 2020.
And you've been using NatCap's software, like InVEST and RIOS, to implement the projects?
Yes. NatCap has played a very important role, by working with us to develop science and tools that we use to figure out where to invest, and in what kinds of activities to get the best results.
We can predict, for example, where and how much to invest to reduce erosion and sedimentation. For example, in Sao Paolo, we recently had one of the worst droughts in history. As the water in the reservoirs drew down to point that they could not use gravity to get it to users, they had to pump the water for the first time. Anyone could see how much sediment had built up in the reservoirs. This matters because sediment in water has to be filtered out, which is really expensive to do. The more sediment in a water system, the more it costs to make it safe to drink. There's real value in keeping sediment up on the hill.
The INVEST models showed that if we restore 12,000 hectares around Sao Paolo, around 3 percent of the whole of watershed, we can reduce 50% of the erosion. It's not just any hectares that will give us that return. RIOS also shows us where to do the restoration to get the best results.
Will you give an example of where RIOS is already helping to direct investments, and where those investments are already making a difference?
RIOS models so far have been applied in Guatemala, Medellin, Bogotá, Cauca Valley, Lima, and Guayaquil water funds. For all of these places, we expect that the investments will be guided by the RIOS optimal investment approach. In some of them, like the Cauca Valley Water Fund (Agua por la Vida), the RIOS results have already improved the return on investment of the actions being taken by the local communities, because the investments are now more targeted.
When it comes to increasing flows in rivers, what is it that you're still trying to figure out?
What we know is that if you restore and protect the watershed, it will help regulate the flow throughout the year. We can reduce flooding in the wet season, and provide more water in the dry season. But our models still don't answer, in a very accurate way, by exactly how much.
There is a recently developed model that will allow us to do this, and we are working with NatCap to start to test it in our conditions. I'm sure that this will be one of the most important avenues of work from now on, considering the great importance of base flow for the water security of metropolitan areas.


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Vita Back to 5th Place in JP Hardware Sales
It's a well known fact that Sony will be bankrupt by next weekend because of the da-da-d00med PlayStation Vita, as the system's sales numbers have already caused layoffs, power outages, famine, dinosaur resurrection, and cancer that is somehow contagious. This cold hard fact will be driven home once again by internet analysts the world over, as the machine went right back to the fifth place spot.
For the week of January 2-8, the Japanese hardware sales figures look like this, courtesy of Media Create:
Wii: 49,525
Vita: 42,915
Xbox 360: 2,738
The New Year is when people give big amounts of money to minors in Japan, which explains every system seeing an increase. The ones with the biggest jumps, though, are the ones with the most appealing software. Strong as the Vita's launch lineup may be, it's tough for it to compete the 3DS's brand new Mario games, the PSP's seven years of great software, and Wii's endless sea of low-priced shovelware.
Software sales had Nintendo dominating, though the PS3 and PSP did manage to sneak two games apiece into the top 20; those were Warriors Orochi 2 and Final Fantasy XIII-2 for PS3, and Monster Hunter Portable 3 and Winning Eleven 2012 for PSP.


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Marineland 75 Gallon Aquarium Majesty Ensemble – Review & Spec
- Author tristan
- In 75 Gallon Aquarium
- Date December 25, 2015
The Marineland 75 gallon aquarium majesty ensemble provides a functional, stylish platform to kick off your aquarium project the right way. The massive 75 gallon glass tank is planted securely on top of a tasteful black stand (included) that provides all of the support necessary to safely support your aquarium.
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For an ensemble of this size, it's nice to purchase both the tank and the stand at the same time to eliminate any potential problems when it comes to finding a suitable stand to support your tank (or vice versa).
This isn't a full kit, but it includes all of the basics needed to start your build, allowing you to customize the individual components (like filter and heater) to match your unique goals. It does come with a matching glass canopy with integrated LED lighting to ensure a proper fit and adequate lighting across the interior of the tank.
These LED lights provide extremely improved lifespan beyond traditional lights, all while drawing much less electricity than other types of lighting options. The glass canopy allows natural ambient light to further penetrate the top of the tank, reducing the workload demanded from the LEDs.
With a limited lifetime warranty, you won't have to worry about defects that take a while to make themselves apparent. At 48 inches wide, 21 inches high, and 18 inches deep, the tank balances capacity and frontal viewing area to produce an impressive profile. The stand further elevates the tank to a total of 50 inches tall, while only adding 2 inches to the width.
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- January 27, 2015
Neat article, thanks for the advice. I've just brought one as an upgrade from my current 30 Gallon setup, I can't wait to get it un-wrapped and setup!
- May 6, 2015
Hello! I'm looking at getting this ensemble as well. How are you liking it?
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- February 21, 2017
I just purchased this tank and stand setup at Pet Smart during their Christmas Sale. Just couldn't pass up this deal. listed at the store for $249.99, and I ordered it online to pickup at the store. Total at checkout was $189.00 or there about. I also purchased 2 Emperor 400 filter systems to keep is crystal clear. Currently have an assortment of Lake Malawi African Cichlids. Love the tank and the stand. It came with a glass canopy, and a really nice Led lighting system. I'll give it 5 stars in my rating. very happy with it.
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I'm feeling a little mixed about this year's Devoured culinary festival.
I feel like I got my money's worth, and the food was diverse and amazing as usual, and I'd go again in a heartbeat.
But it was JUST SO DANG CROWDED. Over 3,000 people attended the event over the weekend. Waiting in all the long lines, and elbowing through the crowds to get a sample kind of detracted from the experience this year. I actually got chewed out by a tall young woman for taking a lobster ravioli sample before her, even though I had been patiently waiting in line for 10 minutes, long before she ever showed up and cut her way to the front. Pshhh. The nerve!
I'm not sure if Sunday was more crowded than Saturday? I think it was mostly my fault for getting there after noon, and feeling rushed to hit all the booths before they ran out of food or drink.
I highly recommend getting there as soon as it opens in future years, so you can take your time and avoid some of the lines and food shortages. Next year I'll try not to be hungover from the night before so I can arrive before noon. *sheepish grin* I'll also be wearing a bathing suit to future parties at Ranga's so I don't get thrown in the pool fully clothed again. Grrrrrr!
I didn't attend Devoured last year, but there were definite improvements over previous years' West of Western festivals. I like limiting the event to 21+, so that the alcohol booths can be interspersed with the food booths. Before, when there was a separate tent for the wine, and you couldn't leave the tent with your drink, it was far too much of a hassle to go back and forth. It just makes sense to be able to drink and eat together (although it is a bit difficult to juggle a wine glass, your food, and a camera without dropping anything!) Also, the selection of alcohol has vastly improved. The larger selection of beer appeals to our less-than-serious partners, who, you know, just want a good beer.
Also, going to the plastic wine glasses is a good move. Having been a volunteer before, shining all those glasses before handing them out, and collecting them afterward was a nuisance. Plastic may take away from the "classiness" of the event, but it's definitely easier to manage.
I appreciated how the process of turning in your ticket and checking ID inside the museum was smooth and efficient. The entertainment this year was also great. Tony and I both thoroughly enjoyed Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers.
There is room for improvement. For example, I wasn't a fan of the parking situation. The museum's small parking lot was of course full. There was a less than noticeable sign saying that there was more parking at the Viad garage, but no arrows or neon signs or anything to indicate WHERE that parking garage was. A parking map on the website would be helpful. (I am glad that parking is still free! A rarity in downtown Phoenix.)
Also, I just feel bad about all the individual plastic cups and plates and forks, etc that I personally disposed of that day, let alone the event as a whole. Perhaps there is a way to make the event greener, and more conscience-friendly.
The temperatures approached 90 degrees on Sunday, and there were very few spots of shade to duck out of the unrelenting heat. I had worked outside the day before, so I knew how hot it would be and was fully prepared with SPF50 sunscreen. I'm not sure all the other foodgoers were quite as prepared (and may be nursing a sunburn as a result).
I must say, I'm awfully proud of Tony — he dressed like a true Arizona native, all on his own! He wore lightweight long sleeves for arm protection and his not-so-sexy wide-brimmed hat (hehe, as he says, who's he trying to impress?)! That's my boy! He was actually offered $5 for his hat at one point, by a gentlemen whose shaved head was pinkening by the minute. We all had a good chuckle at the poor guy's expense.
Note, some people REALLY dress up for this event (a la stilettos and cocktail dresses), but I say skin cancer prevention trumps style any day.
One of the first things Tony did, after satiating his initial hunger by devouring all samples in sight, was to locate the beer booths. I helped him in his search, since I did drag him to the food festival in the first place.
San Tan Brewing Company, Flagstaff's Lumberyard Brewery, Four Peaks, Honey Brown and Sam Adams all had beer on tap at the festival. Thank you, all of you. You made my fiance a very happy man.
Nothing like ice cold beer on a sweltering hot day. And yes, he was double fisting — I gave him my glass so he could make half as many trips
Unfortunately, every booth was out of IPA by the time we sought out beer (1:30PM according to the timestamp on my camera). That's EARLY! Apparently Tony wasn't the only IPA fan at the festival.
San Tan was the only booth serving up a hefeweizen that I saw:
Sam Adams was offering a lager and a seasonal that Tony quite liked, the Noble Pils. They also got points for handing out coupons!
Honey Brown (not pictured) stood out in my mind for serving up the coldest, crispest beer late into the afternoon. I don't even remember what the variety was, but it was shocking how cold and refreshing it was. The gal behind the tap promised "It's cold!" and boy was she right.
Arroyo Vodka, a local Phoenix distillery, featured a cocktail called the Arroyo en Fuego, which has Arroyo Vodka, cucumber slices, agave nectar, jalapenos, lime juice and soda water. It packed quite a punch, and they served it in very generous dixie cups!
My favorite drink was probably the Huckleberry Lemonade, served by 44° North (an Idaho based distillery). I grabbed a recipe card it was so good. The mixture is a ratio of 1.5 oz of 44 North Mountain Huckleberry Vodka to 6 oz Lemonade. The perfect refreshment for a hot summer day (I know it's still spring, but AZ springs are like everyone else's summer!). I went back for several glasses' worth. They also had a rainier cherry vodka drink which looked quite pretty.
There were quite a few local wineries, and I'm sorry I can't give them the attention they deserve. While the wine would have made an amazing pairing with some of the foods, I just couldn't stomach any wine in the heat, especially any of the reds. Red wine is just not a thirst quenching drink, you know?
I was supremely grateful for the ice cold mini bottles of Fiji water distributed throughout the courtyard — I guzzled quite a few bottles.
Now, let's get to the food, shall we?
Sunday must have been unofficially the day of The Taco. Also, there was an overwhelming amount of pork. Vegetarians would NOT have had a good time here. The many pork offerings included: pork pate from chef Payton Curry, Luau pork with Asian slaw from Hula's Modern Tiki, Cuban pork sandwich from San Tan Brewing Co, pork belly pastrami on a rye crisp from Citizen Public House, smoked apple-braised pork belly with endive slaw from Cowboy Ciao, pork tenderloin with endive from Caffe Boa, and head cheese with sauerkraut, also from Caffe Boa (I'm proud of myself for trying this. Wasn't a fan). Seriously, after my 4th or 5th pork dish, and my third so-so taco, I was looking for anything non pork and non taco.
These lamb sliders with tangy mint sauce from Fez hit the spot. Original and oh so good — one of my favorites.
Kai didn't disappoint. They had the most offerings, and a standout display as usual. Apparently I missed their aloe vera-prickly pear-cucumber push-ups (omg, that sounds amazing) and the "Kai French Toast" with a fried quail egg. They also had beer-infused chocolate truffles, which looked too heavy for my overfull belly, but I'm sure were amazing. My favorite dish that I tried of theirs was the beef tartare:
Our favorite dessert of the day was the orange blossom honey cheesecake with fresh graham cracker crust from Tempe-based Honey Moon Sweets. Tony got three samples, if that tells you anything about his mini-love affair with this delectable dessert.
Runner-up for best dessert would be the blood orange gelato from The Grateful Spoon (formerly Arlecchino), the gelateria next to La Grande Orange — so cold and refreshing, it was absolutely perfect for a blistering hot day. I was completely mesmerized by the stand-out shrimp ceviche at La Grande Orange/Chelsea's Kitchen, and Tony fell in love with their pepperoni pizza. (The ceviche was the only dish I wish I could have tried twice, but alas, they ran out). Unfortunately, we sampled all these offerings early on, when I was starving and stuffing food in my mouth faster than I was taking pictures.
There was a tie for most unusual dessert: sweet potato ice cream from Udder Delights (sorry, no pic, but it was actually tasty!), and this anise flavored gelato from Crave. As Tony says, there are two types of people: Those who like black licorice, and those who don't. We definitely fall into the latter camp.
{I need a better hand model! Sweetie, I think I'm going to relieve you of your job next year…}
There was nothing gourmet about The District American Kitchen's offerings, but that was the point. They appealed to those childlike (and American) at heart, with cotton candy, philly cheesesteaks, and cheesy corn dogs on a stick.
Relish Burger Bistro at the Phoenician served up Kobe beef sliders, which Tony enthusiastically inhaled. Note, all you SPG Amex cardholders, SPG MEMBERS save 50% on lunch and dinner at the Relish Burger Bistro, Sunday through Thursday, through March 31st.
Everyone was buzzing about the lobster and pancetta stuffed ravioli topped with morel mushroom from a Different Pointe of View. As a result, the lines were crazy long (and I got in my first near-altercation over a sample). I was not all that impressed, but everyone else sure was. It definitely won for most beautiful presentation:
I missed one of my favorites of year's past, Tammy Coe Cakes — where was she in the maze? I circled at least twice.
Ack, and apparently I missed "far and away the best dessert of the day" — the salted caramel brownie bites from Bite Me Brownies. Sheesh.
I also didn't get to try the jerk-rubbed scallops at The Breadfruit. And I LOVE scallops!!
Okay, so I better stop reading other people's reviews. It's depressing to see what I missed. Can you believe there's THAT MUCH food?
In the end, I'm happy that I went on Sunday (from what I read, it had the better offerings). To be fair, I'm not a big steak eater, and apparently all the best steak was on Saturday.
Next year I'm going earlier, before the IPA's gone and The Breadfruit runs out of scallops.
And we're hitting every. single. booth. Twice! Booyah.


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According to WebMD, one of the most common causes of acid reflux is a stomach abnormality called a hiatal hernia. A hiatal hernia occurs when the lower esophageal sphincter and the upper part of the stomach moves above the diaphragm. Normally, the diaphragm helps keep acid in the stomach, but in this case, the acid is able to leak through.
Other causes of acid reflux disease, according to WebMD, are being overweight, eating a large meal and then lying down, eating certain foods, smoking, and being pregnant. Some foods known to trigger acid reflux are garlic, onions, chocolate, carbonated beverages, coffee, tea, fatty foods and spicy foods. Symptoms usually include a burning pain that moves from the stomach to the abdomen, called heartburn, or a sour or bitter taste in the throat or mouth. However, acid reflux caused by a hiatal hernia may not result in any symptoms. If a person has acid reflux symptoms two or more times a week, WebMD suggests visiting a doctor. Over time, symptoms can lead to a narrowing of the esophagus, according to the Mayo Clinic. They may also lead to esophageal ulcers and an increased risk of esophageal cancer. Early diagnosis is important; early treatment can prevent many complications associated with acid reflux.


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If you are one of the unhappy San Francisco residents or a middle class citizen this plan will not please you.
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) will host an open house to receive comments regarding Plan Bay Area 2040. The open house is Wednesday, May 17, 2017 between 6:30pm and 8:30pm at the MTC headquarters at 375 Beal Street ( about a 10 minute walk for Embarcadero Station). DRAFT PLAN LINK
The Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) is now available; comment on the DEIR and the Draft Plan through June 1.
Some statistics include:
* 501,000 jobs added between 2011 and 2015
* 65,000 housing units built between 2011 and 2015
* Regionally 1 house built for every 8 jobs created.
Where will the region plan for the 820,000 new households forecasted between 2010 and 2040. Regionally by 2040, 3.4 million households are forecasted. 46% will be in the "Big 3 Cities" — SF, Oakland, San Jose.
1.3 million new jobs (36% in the Big 3 Cities)
So what does it all mean? Climate Change, Housing costs and displacement, Economic Development and Environmental Impact and Transportation.
A question raised at a recent MTC committee meeting was: Should cities seeking economic development take responsibility for housing? (Think the Menlo Park Facebook Expansion). The local Menlo Park approval for 6,000 more jobs has regional impact.
No mention of a Public Regional Express Bus System to move the population. More Private Commuter buses operating on your residential street?
Draft Plan and Draft EIR at Plan Bay Area 2040 Draft Plan
It's not surprising that President Donald Trump's proposed tax plan would hollow out the middle class. Income tax reductions will be robust for corporations and those in the highest income brackets. Others won't fare so well.
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren warns of the demise of the middle class in her book, "This Fight is Our Fight: The Battle to Save America's Middle Class." She writes about growing up in the 1950s, when minimum wage supported a family of four. In 2017, minimum wage can't support a household of two.
But hold on a minute before simply bashing Trump. Are you surprised that progressive California Democrats are implementing strategies that increase economic inequality?…
Now Plan Bay Area 2040's "Regional Forecast of Jobs, Population and Housing" shows the rich and the poor growing to the highest numbers, but not the middle. The historic bell-shaped curve is inverted…
The plan forecasts: "The 'hollowing out' of the middle is projected to continue over the next 25 years. Household growth will be strongest in the highest income category, reflecting the expected strength of growth in high-wage sectors combined with non-wage income — interest, dividends, capital gains, transfers."…
Further: "Household growth will also be high in the lowest-wage category, reflecting occupational shifts, wages stagnation, as well as the retirement of seniors without pension assets."…(more)


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More than £10,000 seized from cannabis grower Robert Konieczny
A sheriff court has confiscated more than £10,000 from a man for cultivating cannabis in his home.
A Confiscation Order for £10,800 was made against Robert Konieczny at Livingston Sheriff Court.
The 29-year-old was previously sentenced to 150 hours of community service for the crime.
The money seized will be reinvested to local community projects through the CashBack for Communities programme.
When police officers originally visited Konieczny's home address in Bathgate on 28 July 2012 they noticed a strong smell of cannabis.
He then showed the officers a cultivation of six cannabis plants in the property's loft. Officers also recovered £2,200 in cash from the kitchen.
Konieczny pleaded guilty to cultivating cannabis on 16 January 2013 and was sentenced to a 150 hour Community Payback Order.
Criminal profit
Lindsey Miller, Procurator Fiscal for Organised Crime & Counter Terrorism, said: "Due to his conviction for cultivating cannabis, following sentence Konieczny's financial records for the six years prior to his arrest were opened up to a thorough investigation by our forensic accountants.
"He was found to be unable to account for £27,340.05 of his income during that period, and today we have secured a confiscation order for over £10,000 of that sum, which represents all of his available assets at this time.
"Should we uncover further assets in the future, we can go back to the court and seek to raise the amount of the confiscation order up to the total amount of his criminal profit."
She added: "The funds recovered will be added to the £80m already gathered from proceeds of crime to be re-invested in the community by Scottish ministers, through the CashBack for Communities programme."


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Congratulations to YOU Rebecca! The batch of 28 skeins is now all yours. Please email me your mailing address to compositionsofwool(at)gmail(dot)com and I will send your box as soon as I can. Thanks for entering!
And thank you to everyone who entered as well! I already have plans for another giveaway later in the summer so keep checking back on this space. :)
On a more personal level, I'd also like to thank you for your kind and supportive words regarding my graduation. Yesterday was exactly what I wished for. I didn't do the ceremonial walk across the stage this time and instead chose to take it easy by having a simple dinner with friends. Perfection. ♥


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Nirmal Gill 'killed wife after she called him sad, pathetic man'
A man has told a court he killed his wife after she ridiculed him as a "sad, sad, pathetic man".
Nirmal Gill is accused of battering Rosemary Gill to death at their Bristol home last July, after uncovering an affair with her ex-husband.
Bristol Crown Court heard Mr Gill had no "actual recollection" of hitting or killing his wife but had been suicidal after agreeing to separate from her.
Mr Gill, 49, admits manslaughter but denies murdering the mother-of-two.
The court was told Mr Gill, a former soldier from St Werburghs, struck his wife in the head with a metal dumbbell at least 12 times after a private investigator he hired uncovered her affair.
The couple's daughter, Jasmine, 19, discovered her mother's body some hours later.
'Started to cuddle'
Mr Gill had been "heartbroken" when he discovered his wife's affair and "absolutely devastated" after agreeing to separate from her, the jury was told.
Hours before her death, he said he had attempted suicide by taking prescription drugs and drinking half a bottle of vodka.
Mr Gill told the court he had gone upstairs to the master bedroom, in the early hours of 20 July, after Mrs Gill had called him in.
"We started to cuddle and I was unable to get an erection," he told the jury.
"I remember Rosemary laughing at me and calling me a sad, sad, pathetic man.
"I just remember hitting Rosemary with the bar."
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Why did we create Ancestral Atlas?
Part of our company group deals with historical maps of Ireland. At various conferences we had been asked by different customers for historical maps of the same location in Ireland. Upon informing them that another customer had asked for a map of the exact same location they became very animated, asking who the person was, when they had bought the map, what they looked like and could we point them out. It was clear that the idea of meeting with another family historian who was looking at the same location was very important.
This led us to thinking, what if we could help link up all family historians looking for ancestors in a particular location? Not only would we help the research process but as mapping specialists we understood how, by using maps as an integral part of the research process, we could help build an understanding of the environment within which peoples' ancestors had lived. We had already noticed the increased use of "static" mapping to illustrate the locations of individual family ancestors within certain websites and in cetain software packages. What if we could create a "dynamic" map so that this information could be shared globally in real time amongst family historians? What if we could get people collaborating through a secure messaging system? What if people could add not only family history data but also contextual data like maps of battle grounds, the history of a particular wool mill, a coal mine or a pottery factory? This would add a "wiki" element to a map based social network specifically designed for family historians. Ancestral Atlas was born.
An added benefit of using location is that it dramatically refines the search. Imagine searching for Smiths born between 1890 and 1900 in England. Then imagine searching for Smiths born between 1890 and 1900 in the small village of Chalfont St Peter in England. Even though boundaries may be altered and place names changed, the actual location of where something happened doesn't change. So over time, as family historians add their data to the map, the search benefits of Ancestral Atlas will grow.
We want our customers to feel part of a worldwide group collaborating in the successful research of their ancestors. So please join us on our journey of discovery and become part of Ancestral Atlas, the social networking site for dead people!
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CeBIT in Hanover, Germany, is the largest computer and information technology expo on the face of the Earth. This year's edition starts today and ends on Friday. Far more than 200,000 visitors are expected, including business pioneers and leading politicians. CeBIT was founded in 1970, when even Bill Gates was still using pens and paper.
This fair usually highlights new technology, made by both huge international companies and small garage endeavours. This includes robots, virtual glasses, super-fast processors and storage technology, gaming and a lot more.
This year, CeBIT will focus on "ideas and solutions for a digital world", among other things. What the constant development of our digital world means for business and what kind of business models make sense in the latter are subjects which will be covered.
According to experts, drones are yet another area to look for this year. So is cyber security for companies and individuals.
Bulgarian companies will be introduced in their own pavilion in Hanover. Ten medium-sized companies from Bulgaria will showcase their products, while some of their representatives will hold speeches and forge new contacts.
The Bulgarian participation was planned and organised by the Bulgarian Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion Agency (BSMEPA), which belongs to the Ministry of Economy in Sofia.
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The Tahiti Pro Core Uncovered
The Tahiti Pro Core Uncovered
Once we bring together the items we have seen on the last few pages, a clearer picture of the Tahiti core begins to emerge. From a high level standpoint there are quite a few similarities between the outgoing and incoming core layouts but the functionality introduced by the Graphics Core Next architecture makes this a whole new ballgame.
Lets start with the basic Graphics Core Next design elements since that is where most of the advances lie. The core of the fully enabled Tahiti core houses 32 Compute Units broken up into two engines of 16CUs each. If you remember our previous discussions, each one of those CUs houses four SIMDs with 64 cores and four texture units for a total of 2048 Stream Processors and 128 TMUs in a fully enabled Tahiti XT core. When this ~500 SP and 32 TMU increase over Cayman is combined with GCNs new Compute Unit processing features, AMD claims a 40% increase in compute and texture fillrate performance from one generation to the next.
The Tahiti Pro meanwhile uses all of the same elements as its big brother but has four Compute Units disabled. The result is a 1792 core, 112 TMU part that still retains an identical number of ROPs, tessellators, cache and memory controllers as the Tahiti XT so performance shouldnt take a massive hit in every application.
While the main core elements have changed drastically, items like the Geometry Engines and render backends havent seen much in the way of architectural changes and some may even think they have been overlooked. There are still eight combined Render Output Units which hold four ROPs each, giving the Tahiti core a maximum of 32 ROPs, or exactly the same number as Cayman. Granted, the shared L2 cache and additional memory bandwidth does help these attain an approximate 5% real world increase in pixel fillrate but thats not much considering the improvements apparent elsewhere.
The Geometry Engines house the most critical parts of any DX11 architecture and while it looks like AMD hasnt done much here, we cant forget that Cayman already incorporated several key advances in DX11 processing. Nonetheless, there have been some fancy moves going on behind the scenes with the two tessellators being upgraded, increasing their theoretical throughput.
Moving down to the lower part of the Tahiti block diagram we come to the L2 cache and memory controllers, both of which have seen a fundamental evolution away from previous designs. Instead of being incorporated into four distinct blocks and being tied to the Render Backends, the full amount L2 cache is now shared throughout the core and scales independently from the ROPs and memory controllers. It has also been doubled in size to 768KB, ensuring there is enough for storing information on the fly.
The GDDR5 memory controllers dont feature any behavioral differences from the ones found on Cayman but two additional 64-bit units have been added to make a 384-bit interface which powers up to a dozen modules. As we already mentioned, they have been decoupled from the rest of the architecture so in theory we could see a 384-bit card with less ROPs than the fully endowed version of Tahiti.
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AN Aussie MP said he refused to use the word "gay" in a furious tirade against same-sex marriage.
Bob Katter made the comments as he attempted to add amendments to the bill as it passed through the Australian parliament.
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"I refuse to use the word g-a-y."
The member for Kennedy's comments came as said he was confused why people in same-sex relationships want to use the term "marriage".
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He then asked the speaker to "shut up " the "happy clappers" in the public gallery.
Last night the Australian parliament passed a law making Australia the 26th country in the world to legalise same sex marriage.
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The MP has campaigned for years for a crocodile cull in northern Queensland, where 11 people have been killed in attacks since 1985.
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I have a 1999 Rodeo also, and it has the fuel gauge problem since 2006. I go to about 280 miles, then fill with a full tank and reset the miles. Also the oil consumption is ridiculous. Since 2002 I have to add a quart of oil every 800 miles. It has no visible leaks, just the oil is burning off because the piston rings are installed improperly from the factory. Isuzu knows this, and did nothing about it.
23rd May 2012, 19:17
All you people who knock Rodeo and Trooper cars, need to learn how to care for your cars or get real mechanics.
I have a 1998 Rodeo with 216,000 miles, and a customer with a 1995 Trooper with 326,000 miles. I have been a mechanic for 45 years, and these cars are some of the finest automobiles ever made.
All new cars come with a book full of maintenance requirements, and hardly anyone follows the list of work necessary to keep the cars in tip top shape. If people were to take care of their cars and spend the right amount of money to repair them, and get a good mechanic that they can trust, most of today's cars would last 300,000 or more miles!
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Has the True Messiah and his Message been Lost?
Christ was a man who has stood the test of time. His teachings that came from his Father in heaven have had a positive effect on many peoples lives around the world from his time on earth to this very day. Most have positive things to say about him and the things he had to say resonate not only with his followers today, but many other people groups as well.
However, why is it that people do not have a lot of positive things to say about those who claim to follow him?
I don't know about you, but if you really take a step back and take a really hard look at the behaviours of those who call themselves Christians with their many elevated platforms and media endeavours, they do not represent Christ at all. The fact is, Christ in his day was the most critical of the religious elite, but had the most grace for the humble, even for the greatest outcasts of society.
To be brutally honest, most who call themselves Christians today claim to follow Christ, yet put him to death in their lives just like the whitewashed religious people did in his day.
The ministry of Christ lasted about three years where he started out with twelve followers, yet his message has survived beyond his death, resurrection and transfiguration passing on to his living remnant today. Scripture testifies that many lives were transformed to the point of willingly selling their own assets and properties to feed the poor and needy because of the love of Christ that they shared for one another. The impact of Christ proceeding to the movement of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost was kind of like the Golden Age of the early ekklesia where many signs and wonders were happening confirming that God was moving in their midst. The testament of their faith and the great miracles that happened can be read about in Scripture.
The ekklesia of Christ were the result of a fulfilled prophecy of an anointed man who would come to be the vessel for God's purposes for His people.
- What Happened to the Biblical Saints of the First Century?
Some two-thousand years later with many claiming the continuity of the saints, there is really no resemblance to the manifestation of the Holy Spirit today with the events of the first century.
A Paradigm Shift
If we fast forward to about three-hundred years after Christ, a huge paradigm shift took place where the ekklesia of Christ almost altogether disappeared, or changed into what is called the church today. Walking in the example of Christ by resembling the image of him was completely discarded and thrown to the wayside as the institutional church became the new boss in town.
Church manifested into conforming to man-made institutional doctrines and creeds and learning about the right way of understanding them. The call to repentance and transformation was replaced with acceptance of dogma without question. This system was set into motion during the time of Constantine. A deceptive religion with a dark underbelly was created that claimed to associate with Christ, but in reality was created by men for control over others. The rise of the Roman Catholic Church led to the Crusades and the Spanish Inquisition where many people were slaughtered, tortured and murdered for not conforming to those who held religious power. Even those who were a part of the Reformation were no different putting to death those who opposed their different brands of theology.
Today, we have the marriage of church and state with 501(c)3 status churches and nationalism where many cannot separate following Christ without patriotic and nationalistic agendas. Religious dispensational propaganda has taken over North America where most equate eschatology based on what is happening in America.
The sad fact is that deception runs rampant, but no one has the eyes to see or the ears to hear that Christ is not the Head, but man is control in a system called they call church.
Just ask anyone, 'Who is in charge at your church?'
If you take a look back down the historical timeline all the way back to Christ and the apostles, do the behaviours of what is called Christianity look like the testament of scripture today?
If you are truly honest with yourself, looking back would be like trying to look through dense fog and you will have a difficult time seeing any resemblance of Christ at all.
To see who the true Messiah is, we must throw out and get rid of the things that have distracted us. Today, it is popular man-made religion and politics. These things have been around for thousands of years and have not changed. There will always be men upon their platforms and podiums telling people where to go, what to believe and what to do.
To the contrary, the greatest man in the world did not come to stand upon an elevated platform, but sat and taught and defied the religious hierarchical systems of his day.
- The Importance of Repentance
The purpose of this article will attempt to clarify the word "repent" by letting Scripture itself define the word to delineate it in its proper context.
The Message of Christ
Christ was a man who brought a message. If you ask anyone today in the institutional church system what his message was, you would probably get whole pile of different answers, yet his massage was crystal clear. Today, the religious fog machines have obscured and confused many via indoctrination.
Christ had a message that was the Good News, or the Gospel, but today many religious men also have their own brand of good news and their version of the gospel they preach, but it has really nothing to with what Christ proclaimed.
How can we discern between the real and the counterfeit?
It is by not letting yourself be spoon fed, but actually on your own initiative read the four Gospels in chronological order with the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
Many do not equate proclaiming repentance and seeking first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness as the Good News. In fact, I bet if you went and asked a pew warmer what the Gospel message is, they will say something completely different because they have no clue how to live out the good news of the Kingdom. The indoctrination of their religious man-made institutional denominational kingdoms have taught them to be good passive pew warmers who are supposed to sings songs, listen and agree with whatever their hirelings tell them without question, and put money into the offering plates at scheduled times during the week.
Be honest with yourself, do these types of behaviours proclaim the Kingdom of God?
And now, behold, I know that none of you among whom I have gone about PROCLAIMING THE KINGDOM will see my face again. – Acts 20:25
When they had appointed a day for him, they came to him at his lodging in greater numbers. From morning till evening he expounded to them, TESTIFYING TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD and trying to convince them about Jesus both from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets. – Acts 28:23
He lived there two whole years at his own expense, and welcomed all who came to him, PROCLAIMING THE KINGDOM OF GOD and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness and without hindrance. – Acts 28:30
Paul rented his own house at his own expense and welcomed as many as who would hear the same Gospel that Christ preached.
There are many Scripture references that show the Good News has something to do with the Kingdom of God.
A Kingdom has a King
All kingdoms have a king. If you are living in, or a citizen of a kingdom, then you are going to have to do what the king says. If you ask anyone what church they go to and who is in charge, they will always give you the name of the hireling pastor; he is their king.
However, if you ask a citizen of the Kingdom of God who is in charge, they will tell you that their King is Christ. Each group will follow the will and desires of their king. One king exploits, controls and manipulates requiring their mandated taxes, but the King of kings and Lord of lords says that his yoke is easy and his burden is light. No taxes are required, as access to Kingdom storehouse is available to all, not to the select few in the religious worldly kingdoms.
The Kingdom of God does not look like the status quo, or the way the world is doing things. Its economy is completely different. In fact, it is so set apart that many consider it backwards and upside down, but really it all comes down to perspective.
The Humble Road
And HE SAT DOWN and called the twelve. And he said to them, "IF ANYONE WOULD BE FIRST, HE MUST BE LAST OF ALL and servant of all." – Mark 9:35
Have you ever thought that by humbling yourself, you will be exalted?
The modern hireling pastors cannot preach this because it exposes who they are. This makes no sense in their world where you are groomed to be the most esteemed and influential, being the star of the show. Their perspective is the world that they were born into, not being born again and transformed. Entering the Kingdom of God requires humility, denying yourself and taking up the cross and following the Way of Christ.
Who is your king?
Where is your kingdom located?
To follow Christ, one must take the humble road.
Many ask, where do those who have left the man-made institutional church go to?
Where do you find them?
Their address is on the humble road. That is where you will find people of humility. You must enter the Kingdom with nothing and you owe nothing. The terms of surrender are dependent upon each individual. Everyone has their idol and must let go of their crowns by letting Christ be Lord.
Think about what Christ said,
"Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' AND NOT DO WHAT I TELL YOU? – Luke 6:46
Hidden Truths
This is the clear distinction between what is called a Christian and a follower of Christ as it comes down to obedience to doctrine of either a religious worldly king, or a heavenly one.
We are not to be just hearers of the words of Christ, but to be doers also. It is not about believing and conforming to church doctrines and creeds. Reciting a canned prayer at the feet of a hireling is not the same as submitting and allowing Christ to wear the crown.
Looking at the teachings of Christ reveal that he taught in parables that were meant to convey a particular theme that was about things that pertained to the Kingdom of God. The secrets of the Kingdom were hidden within them so that truth would be revealed to some and hidden from others. Even today, many do not have the eyes to see or the ears to hear the principles of the Kingdom of God. Understanding the teaching of Christ in his parables comes down to an issue of the heart.
But blessed are your eyes, for THEY SEE, and your ears, for THEY HEAR. For truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it. – Matthew 13:16-17
Many people's hearts have grown dull as they cannot perceive or understand the secrets of the Kingdom. If we do not follow Christ and his walk of faith as a called out separate people from this world, then what think you should be looking for will have no resemblance to the genuine Christ in scripture.
Christ healed the man that was born blind, but to those who won't admit they are deaf and blind will not be able to hear and see the Kingdom of God. In this day and age, those who claim that they can hear and see are lost in a fog of man-made doctrines and ideologies. They are really not interested in what Christ, or his followers have to say because many have already made up their minds what they don't want, or desire to truly hear and see. They are not hungry and thirsty because they are constantly being spoon false doctrines.
The puzzle and mystery of the Kingdom is about finding truth and solving it with the help of the Holy Spirit. Finding truth is something that we can find and take ownership of it for ourselves. It has much more value than everything being given to us on a silver platter. Hidden treasures of the kingdom are there to be found as we learn to ponder, meditate, study and step out of our comfort zones to look for them. Some things take time to grasp, but it is well worth it. The keys to the Kingdom don't just fall on our laps. They are not just handed over to us, but must be searched for and dug out. Christ gave us clues, yet he will not give what is holy to dogs. Seeking first the kingdom of God is following, listening, practicing and obeying along the humble narrow way. 'The kingdom of God is like' leads us to an understanding of our eternal purposes in God's plan.
Do you believe that the church system today resembles the Kingdom of God?
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- Can You "See" the Kingdom of Heaven?
There are many man-made ideas that attribute themselves to the Kingdom of God, or Heaven, but Scripture should take precedence in answering and defining what it truly is.
- The Kingdom of God vs.The Kingdoms of Men
There is a striking dissimilarity between those who are citizens of the Kingdom of God and those who are members within the kingdoms of men.
- The Kingdoms of the Church Pastors
In the kingdoms of the pastors there is a tradition of converting people to membership to an institution and a life of giving their time, finances and abilities under the control of the their kings.
Comments Appreciated
Excellent article! You covered so many points. I couldn't agree more that the church today does not resemble the original churches that were built by Paul at the leading of the Holy Spirit.
The original churches, the Corinth, Galatians, Ephesus, and so on, they were all taught the same things. They did not have denominations.
God doesn't teach His children different things, those who seek Him with their whole hearts get the same answers, and we hear it in them if we are also of those who seek Him with all our hearts mind and strength.
Very good and edifying article.
I've been away visiting family. I can affirmed what you have said about deception in this article. It did not take long to actually hear the bottom line from those that are deceived, "we will just have to agree to disagree". I have not been able to find that sort of response to Christ's teachings anywhere in the scriptures. This has become an acceptable response to family members and others as well, to divert and alleviate their responsibility to challenge their own belief system. The arrogance is seen for what it truly is, a desire to remain comfortable in their own skin.
Thank you for the continued sharing
PandN- Another outstanding article. Christ's words WILL last for ever as He stated in Matthew 24:35. It's sad that most who call themselves "Christians " do not seek the Kingdom of God . Those who call themselves clergies have NO UNDERSTANDING of the Kingdom of God, but will set up his own Kingdom within a building and expect people to show up every Sunday with money to give to their king at the pulpit. Very few are truely seeking the Kingdom of God but the numbers are getting better as more who do seek the Kingdom of God spread the gospel of it. Just like Christ did. I believe that the Book of Matthew is one of the best example that discribes Christ teaching of the Kingdom of God. There are others within the bible, but clearly Matthew goes more indepth than any of the others. Saddly, very few clergies will ever quote from the Book of Matthew. And those that do quote verses will often time take the Kingdom message out of context.
Great acticle and God Bless
Some have turned their backs on doctrine and creeds because they are not interested in any message, but some have turned away for the very opposite reason, to seek and receive the truth. I believe that a great many of those who remain within their church, aware of the dogma, are still able to receive the message because they keep Christ in their hearts. It all comes down to how they live their everyday lives. Great article, I enjoyed reading it.