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The story that began once upon before time… and ends in eternity.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning.
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground."
So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.
Now, the serpent was clever, more clever than any wild animal God had made. He spoke to the Woman: "Do I understand that God told you not to eat from any tree in the garden?"
The Woman said to the serpent, "Not at all. We can eat from the trees in the garden. It's only about the tree in the middle of the garden that God said, 'Don't eat from it; don't even touch it or you'll die.'"
The serpent told the Woman, "You won't die. God knows that the moment you eat from that tree, you'll see what's really going on. You'll be just like God, knowing everything, ranging all the way from good to evil."
When the Woman saw that the tree looked like good eating and realized what she would get out of it—she'd know everything!—she took and ate the fruit and then gave some to her husband, and he ate.
Immediately the two of them did "see what's really going on"—saw themselves naked! They sewed fig leaves together as makeshift clothes for themselves.
When they heard the sound of God strolling in the garden in the evening breeze, the Man and his Wife hid in the trees of the garden, hid from God.
God called to the Man: "Where are you?"
He said, "I heard you in the garden and I was afraid because I was naked. And I hid."
God said, "Who told you you were naked? Did you eat from that tree I told you not to eat from?"
The Man said, "The Woman you gave me as a companion, she gave me fruit from the tree, and, yes, I ate it."
God said to the Woman, "What is this that you've done?"
"The serpent seduced me," she said, "and I ate."
God told the serpent:
"Because you've done this, you're cursed,
cursed beyond all cattle and wild animals,
Cursed to slink on your belly
and eat dirt all your life.
I'm declaring war between you and the Woman,
between your offspring and hers.
He'll wound your head,
you'll wound his heel."
He told the Woman:
"I'll multiply your pains in childbirth;
you'll give birth to your babies in pain.
You'll want to please your husband,
but he'll lord it over you."
He told the Man:
"Because you listened to your wife
and ate from the tree
That I commanded you not to eat from,
'Don't eat from this tree,'
The very ground is cursed because of you;
getting food from the ground
Will be as painful as having babies is for your wife;
you'll be working in pain all your life long.
The ground will sprout thorns and weeds,
you'll get your food the hard way,
Planting and tilling and harvesting,
sweating in the fields from dawn to dusk,
Until you return to that ground yourself, dead and buried;
you started out as dirt, you'll end up dirt."
The Man, known as Adam, named his wife Eve because she was the mother of all the living.
God made leather clothing for Adam and his wife and dressed them.
God said, "The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever."
So God expelled them from the Garden of Eden and sent them to work the ground, the same dirt out of which they'd been made. He threw them out of the garden and stationed angel-cherubim and a revolving sword of fire east of it, guarding the path to the Tree-of-Life.
"Friends, fathers, and brothers, the God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was still in Mesopotamia, before the move to Haran, and told him, 'Leave your country and family and go to the land I'll show you.'
"So he left the country of the Chaldees and moved to Haran. After the death of his father, he immigrated to this country where you now live, but God gave him nothing, not so much as a foothold. He did promise to give the country to him and his son later on, even though Abraham had no son at the time. God let him know that his offspring would move to an alien country where they would be enslaved and brutalized for four hundred years. 'But,' God said, 'I will step in and take care of those slaveholders and bring my people out so they can worship me in this place.'
"Then he made a covenant with him and signed it in Abraham's flesh by circumcision. When Abraham had his son Isaac, within eight days he reproduced the sign of circumcision in him. Isaac became father of Jacob, and Jacob father of twelve 'fathers,' each faithfully passing on the covenant sign.
"But then those 'fathers,' burning up with jealousy, sent Joseph off to Egypt as a slave. God was right there with him, though—he not only rescued him from all his troubles but brought him to the attention of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He was so impressed with Joseph that he put him in charge of the whole country, including his own personal affairs.
"Later a famine descended on that entire region, stretching from Egypt to Canaan, bringing terrific hardship. Our hungry fathers looked high and low for food, but the cupboard was bare. Jacob heard there was food in Egypt and sent our fathers to scout it out. Having confirmed the report, they went back to Egypt a second time to get food. On that visit, Joseph revealed his true identity to his brothers and introduced the Jacob family to Pharaoh. Then Joseph sent for his father, Jacob, and everyone else in the family, seventy-five in all. That's how the Jacob family got to Egypt.
"Jacob died, and our fathers after him. They were taken to Shechem and buried in the tomb for which Abraham paid a good price to the sons of Hamor.
"When the four hundred years were nearly up, the time God promised Abraham for deliverance, the population of our people in Egypt had become very large. And there was now a king over Egypt who had never heard of Joseph. He exploited our race mercilessly. He went so far as forcing us to abandon our newborn infants, exposing them to the elements to die a cruel death.
"In just such a time Moses was born, a most beautiful baby. He was hidden at home for three months. When he could be hidden no longer, he was put outside—and immediately rescued by Pharaoh's daughter, who mothered him as her own son. Moses was educated in the best schools in Egypt. He was equally impressive as a thinker and an athlete.
"When he was forty years old, he wondered how everything was going with his Hebrew kin and went out to look things over. He saw an Egyptian abusing one of them and stepped in, avenging his underdog brother by knocking the Egyptian flat. He thought his brothers would be glad that he was on their side, and even see him as an instrument of God to deliver them. But they didn't see it that way. The next day two of them were fighting and he tried to break it up, told them to shake hands and get along with each other: 'Friends, you are brothers, why are you beating up on each other?'
"The one who had started the fight said, 'Who put you in charge of us? Are you going to kill me like you killed that Egyptian yesterday?' When Moses heard that, realizing that the word was out, he ran for his life and lived in exile over in Midian. During the years of exile, two sons were born to him.
"Forty years later, in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, an angel appeared to him in the guise of flames of a burning bush. Moses, not believing his eyes, went up to take a closer look. He heard God's voice: 'I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.' Frightened nearly out of his skin, Moses shut his eyes and turned away.
"God said, 'Kneel and pray. You are in a holy place, on holy ground. I've seen the agony of my people in Egypt. I've heard their groans. I've come to help them. So get yourself ready; I'm sending you back to Egypt.'
"This is the same Moses whom they earlier rejected, saying, 'Who put you in charge of us?' This is the Moses that God, using the angel flaming in the burning bush, sent back as ruler and redeemer. He led them out of their slavery. He did wonderful things, setting up God-signs all through Egypt, down at the Red Sea, and out in the wilderness for forty years. This is the Moses who said to his congregation, 'God will raise up a prophet just like me from your descendants.' This is the Moses who stood between the angel speaking at Sinai and your fathers assembled in the wilderness and took the life-giving words given to him and handed them over to us, words our fathers would have nothing to do with.
"They craved the old Egyptian ways, whining to Aaron, 'Make us gods we can see and follow. This Moses who got us out here miles from nowhere—who knows what's happened to him!' That was the time when they made a calf-idol, brought sacrifices to it, and congratulated each other on the wonderful religious program they had put together.
"God wasn't at all pleased; but he let them do it their way, worship every new god that came down the pike—and live with the consequences, consequences described by the prophet Amos:
Did you bring me offerings of animals and grains
those forty wilderness years, O Israel?
Hardly. You were too busy building shrines
to war gods, to sex goddesses,
Worshiping them with all your might.
That's why I put you in exile in Babylon.
"And all this time our ancestors had a tent shrine for true worship, made to the exact specifications God provided Moses. They had it with them as they followed Joshua, when God cleared the land of pagans, and still had it right down to the time of David. David asked God for a permanent place for worship. But Solomon built it.
"Yet that doesn't mean that Most High God lives in a building made by carpenters and masons. The prophet Isaiah put it well when he wrote,
"Heaven is my throne room;
I rest my feet on earth.
So what kind of house
will you build me?" says God.
"Where I can get away and relax?
It's already built, and I built it."
"And you continue, so bullheaded! Calluses on your hearts, flaps on your ears! Deliberately ignoring the Holy Spirit, you're just like your ancestors. Was there ever a prophet who didn't get the same treatment? Your ancestors killed anyone who dared talk about the coming of the Just One. And you've kept up the family tradition—traitors and murderers, all of you. You had God's Law handed to you by angels—gift-wrapped!—and you squandered it!"
God said,
'Turn back, fickle Israel.
I'm not just hanging back to punish you.
I'm committed in love to you.
My anger doesn't seethe nonstop.
Just admit your guilt.
Admit your God-defiance.
Admit to your promiscuous life with casual partners,
pulling strangers into the sex-and-religion groves
While turning a deaf ear to me.'"
God's Decree.
"Come back, wandering children!"
God's Decree.
"I, yes I, am your true husband.
I'll pick you out one by one—
This one from the city, these two from the country—
and bring you to Zion.
I'll give you good shepherd-rulers who rule my way,
who rule you with intelligence and wisdom."
"I planned what I'd say if you returned to me:
'Good! I'll bring you back into the family.
I'll give you choice land,
land that the godless nations would die for.'
And I imagined that you would say, 'Dear father!'
and would never again go off and leave me.
But no luck. Like a false-hearted woman walking out on her husband,
you, the whole family of Israel, have proven false to me."
God's Decree.
The sound of voices comes drifting out of the hills,
the unhappy sound of Israel's crying,
Israel lamenting the wasted years,
never once giving her God a thought.
"Come back, wandering children!
I can heal your wanderlust!"
"We're here! We've come back to you.
You're our own true God!
All that popular religion was a cheap lie,
duped crowds buying up the latest in gods.
We're back! Back to our true God,
the salvation of Israel.
The Fraud picked us clean, swindled us
of what our ancestors bequeathed us,
Gypped us out of our inheritance—
God-blessed flocks and God-given children.
We made our bed and now lie in it,
all tangled up in the dirty sheets of dishonor.
All because we sinned against our God,
we and our fathers and mothers.
From the time we took our first steps, said our first words,
we've been rebels, disobeying the voice of our God."
God says:
"Can you produce your mother's divorce papers
proving I got rid of her?
Can you produce a receipt
proving I sold you?
Of course you can't.
It's your sins that put you here,
your wrongs that got you shipped out.
So why didn't anyone come when I knocked?
Why didn't anyone answer when I called?
Do you think I've forgotten how to help?
Am I so decrepit that I can't deliver?
I'm as powerful as ever,
and can reverse what I once did:
I can dry up the sea with a word,
turn river water into desert sand,
And leave the fish stinking in the sun,
stranded on dry land . . .
Turn all the lights out in the sky
and pull down the curtain."
The first time God spoke to Hosea he said:
"Find a whore and marry her.
Make this whore the mother of your children.
And here's why: This whole country
has become a whorehouse, unfaithful to me, God."
Hosea did it. He picked Gomer daughter of Diblaim. She got pregnant and gave him a son.
Then God told him:
"Name him Jezreel. It won't be long now before
I'll make the people of Israel pay for the massacre at Jezreel.
I'm calling it quits on the kingdom of Israel.
Payday is coming! I'm going to chop Israel's bows and arrows
into kindling in the valley of Jezreel."
Gomer got pregnant again. This time she had a daughter. God told Hosea:
"Name this one No-Mercy. I'm fed up with Israel.
I've run out of mercy. There's no more forgiveness.
Judah's another story. I'll continue having mercy on them.
I'll save them. It will be their God who saves them,
Not their armaments and armies,
not their horsepower and manpower."
After Gomer had weaned No-Mercy, she got pregnant yet again and had a son. God said:
"Name him Nobody. You've become nobodies to me,
and I, God, am a nobody to you.
"But down the road the population of Israel is going to explode past counting, like sand on the ocean beaches. In the very place where they were once named Nobody, they will be named God's Somebody. Everybody in Judah and everybody in Israel will be assembled as one people. They'll choose a single leader. There'll be no stopping them—a great day in Jezreel!"
Look, Your Savior Comes!
Regarding Zion, I can't keep my mouth shut,
regarding Jerusalem, I can't hold my tongue,
Until her righteousness blazes down like the sun
and her salvation flames up like a torch.
Foreign countries will see your righteousness,
and world leaders your glory.
You'll get a brand-new name
straight from the mouth of God.
You'll be a stunning crown in the palm of God's hand,
a jeweled gold cup held high in the hand of your God.
No more will anyone call you Rejected,
and your country will no more be called Ruined.
You'll be called Hephzibah (My Delight),
and your land Beulah (Married),
Because God delights in you
and your land will be like a wedding celebration.
For as a young man marries his virgin bride,
so your builder marries you,
And as a bridegroom is happy in his bride,
so your God is happy with you.
I've posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem.
Day and night they keep at it, praying, calling out,
reminding God to remember.
They are to give him no peace until he does what he said,
until he makes Jerusalem famous as the City of Praise.
God has taken a solemn oath,
an oath he means to keep:
"Never again will I open your grain-filled barns
to your enemies to loot and eat.
Never again will foreigners drink the wine
that you worked so hard to produce.
No. The farmers who grow the food will eat the food
and praise God for it.
And those who make the wine will drink the wine
in my holy courtyards."
Walk out of the gates. Get going!
Get the road ready for the people.
Build the highway. Get at it!
Clear the debris,
hoist high a flag, a signal to all peoples!
Yes! God has broadcast to all the world:
"Tell daughter Zion, 'Look! Your Savior comes,
Ready to do what he said he'd do,
prepared to complete what he promised.'"
Zion will be called new names: Holy People, God-Redeemed,
Sought-Out, City-Not-Forsaken.
In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.
By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him.
"No one has ever gone up into the presence of God except the One who came down from that Presence, the Son of Man. In the same way that Moses lifted the serpent in the desert so people could have something to see and then believe, it is necessary for the Son of Man to be lifted up—and everyone who looks up to him, trusting and expectant, will gain a real life, eternal life.
"This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn't go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again. Anyone who trusts in him is acquitted; anyone who refuses to trust him has long since been under the death sentence without knowing it. And why? Because of that person's failure to believe in the one-of-a-kind Son of God when introduced to him.
"This is the crisis we're in: God's light streamed into the world, but men and women everywhere ran for the darkness. They went for the darkness because they were not really interested in pleasing God. Everyone who makes a practice of doing evil, addicted to denial and illusion, hates God's light and won't come near it, fearing a painful exposure. But anyone working and living in truth and reality welcomes God's light so the work can be seen for the work of God it is."
Jesus said to the woman, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel."
The one who gets the bride is, by definition, the bridegroom. And the bridegroom's friend, his 'best man' in place at his side where he can hear every word, is genuinely happy. How could he be jealous when he knows that the wedding is finished and the marriage is off to a good start?
"Come here. I'll show you the Bride, the Wife of the Lamb." He took me away in the Spirit to an enormous, high mountain and showed me Holy Jerusalem descending out of Heaven from God, resplendent in the bright glory of God.
Then I saw "a new heaven and a new earth," for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Look! God's dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. 'He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."
Then the Angel showed me Water-of-Life River, crystal bright. It flowed from the Throne of God and the Lamb, right down the middle of the street. The Tree of Life was planted on each side of the River, producing twelve kinds of fruit, a ripe fruit each month. The leaves of the Tree are for healing the nations. Never again will anything be cursed. The Throne of God and of the Lamb is at the center. His servants will offer God service—worshiping, they'll look on his face, their foreheads mirroring God. Never again will there be any night. No one will need lamplight or sunlight. The shining of God, the Master, is all the light anyone needs. And they will rule with him age after age after age.
The Master, God, has given me
a well-taught tongue,
So I know how to encourage tired people.
He wakes me up in the morning,
Wakes me up, opens my ears
to listen as one ready to take orders.
The Master, God, opened my ears,
and I didn't go back to sleep,
didn't pull the covers back over my head.
I followed orders,
stood there and took it while they beat me,
held steady while they pulled out my beard,
Didn't dodge their insults,
faced them as they spit in my face.
And the Master, God, stays right there and helps me,
so I'm not disgraced.
Therefore I set my face like flint,
confident that I'll never regret this.
My champion is right here.
Let's take our stand together!
Who dares bring suit against me?
Let him try!
Look! the Master, God, is right here.
Who would dare call me guilty?
Look! My accusers are a clothes bin of threadbare
socks and shirts, fodder for moths!
Who out there fears God,
actually listens to the voice of his servant?
For anyone out there who doesn't know where you're going,
anyone groping in the dark,
Here's what: Trust in God.
Lean on your God!
But if all you're after is making trouble,
playing with fire,
Go ahead and see where it gets you.
Set your fires, stir people up, blow on the flames,
But don't expect me to just stand there and watch.
I'll hold your feet to those flames.
Committed to Seeking God
51 1-3 "Listen to me, all you who are serious about right living
and committed to seeking God.
Ponder the rock from which you were cut,
the quarry from which you were dug.
Yes, ponder Abraham, your father,
and Sarah, who bore you.
Think of it! One solitary man when I called him,
but once I blessed him, he multiplied.
Likewise I, God, will comfort Zion,
comfort all her mounds of ruins.
I'll transform her dead ground into Eden,
her moonscape into the garden of God,
A place filled with exuberance and laughter,
thankful voices and melodic songs.
4-6 "Pay attention, my people.
Listen to me, nations.
Revelation flows from me.
My decisions light up the world.
My deliverance arrives on the run,
my salvation right on time.
I'll bring justice to the peoples.
Even faraway islands will look to me
and take hope in my saving power.
Look up at the skies,
ponder the earth under your feet.
The skies will fade out like smoke,
the earth will wear out like work pants,
and the people will die off like flies.
But my salvation will last forever,
my setting-things-right will never be obsolete.
7-8 "Listen now, you who know right from wrong,
you who hold my teaching inside you:
Pay no attention to insults, and when mocked
don't let it get you down.
Those insults and mockeries are moth-eaten,
from brains that are termite-ridden,
But my setting-things-right lasts,
my salvation goes on and on and on."
9-11 Wake up, wake up, flex your muscles, God!
Wake up as in the old days, in the long ago.
Didn't you once make mincemeat of Rahab,
dispatch the old chaos-dragon?
And didn't you once dry up the sea,
the powerful waters of the deep,
And then made the bottom of the ocean a road
for the redeemed to walk across?
In the same way God's ransomed will come back,
come back to Zion cheering, shouting,
Joy eternal wreathing their heads,
exuberant ecstasies transporting them—
and not a sign of moans or groans.
What Are You Afraid of—or Who?
"I, I'm the One comforting you.
What are you afraid of—or who?
Some man or woman who'll soon be dead?
Some poor wretch destined for dust?
You've forgotten me, God, who made you,
who unfurled the skies, who founded the earth.
And here you are, quaking like an aspen
before the tantrums of a tyrant
who thinks he can kick down the world.
But what will come of the tantrums?
The victims will be released before you know it.
They're not going to die.
They're not even going to go hungry.
For I am God, your very own God,
who stirs up the sea and whips up the waves,
named God-of-the-Angel-Armies.
I teach you how to talk, word by word,
and personally watch over you,
Even while I'm unfurling the skies,
setting earth on solid foundations,
and greeting Zion: 'Welcome, my people!'"
So wake up! Rub the sleep from your eyes!
Up on your feet, Jerusalem!
You've drunk the cup God handed you,
the strong drink of his anger.
You drank it down to the last drop,
staggered and collapsed, dead-drunk.
And nobody to help you home,
no one among your friends or children
to take you by the hand and put you in bed.
You've been hit with a double dose of trouble
—does anyone care?
Assault and battery, hunger and death
—will anyone comfort?
Your sons and daughters have passed out,
strewn in the streets like stunned rabbits,
Sleeping off the strong drink of God's anger,
the rage of your God.
Therefore listen, please,
you with your splitting headaches,
You who are nursing the hangovers
that didn't come from drinking wine.
Your Master, your God, has something to say,
your God has taken up his people's case:
"Look, I've taken back the drink that sent you reeling.
No more drinking from that jug of my anger!
I've passed it over to your abusers to drink, those who ordered you,
'Down on the ground so we can walk all over you!'
And you had to do it. Flat on the ground,
you were the dirt under their feet."
God Is Leading You Out of Here
Wake up, wake up! Pull on your boots, Zion!
Dress up in your Sunday best, Jerusalem, holy city!
Those who want no part of God have been culled out.
They won't be coming along.
Brush off the dust and get to your feet, captive Jerusalem!
Throw off your chains, captive daughter of Zion!
God says, "You were sold for nothing. You're being bought back for nothing."
Again, the Master, God, says, "Early on, my people went to Egypt and lived, strangers in the land. At the other end, Assyria oppressed them. And now, what have I here?" God's Decree. "My people are hauled off again for no reason at all. Tyrants on the warpath, whooping it up, and day after day, incessantly, my reputation blackened. Now it's time that my people know who I am, what I'm made of—yes, that I have something to say. Here I am!"
How beautiful on the mountains
are the feet of the messenger bringing good news,
Breaking the news that all's well,
proclaiming good times, announcing salvation,
telling Zion, "Your God reigns!"
Voices! Listen! Your scouts are shouting, thunderclap shouts,
shouting in joyful unison.
They see with their own eyes
God coming back to Zion.
Break into song! Boom it out, ruins of Jerusalem:
"God has comforted his people!
He's redeemed Jerusalem!"
God has rolled up his sleeves.
All the nations can see his holy, muscled arm.
Everyone, from one end of the earth to the other,
sees him at work, doing his salvation work.
Out of here! Out of here! Leave this place!
Don't look back. Don't contaminate yourselves with plunder.
Just leave, but leave clean. Purify yourselves
in the process of worship, carrying the holy vessels of God.
But you don't have to be in a hurry.
You're not running from anybody!
God is leading you out of here,
and the God of Israel is also your rear guard.
It Was Our Pains He Carried
"Just watch my servant blossom!
Exalted, tall, head and shoulders above the crowd!
But he didn't begin that way.
At first everyone was appalled.
He didn't even look human—
a ruined face, disfigured past recognition.
Nations all over the world will be in awe, taken aback,
kings shocked into silence when they see him.
For what was unheard of they'll see with their own eyes,
what was unthinkable they'll have right before them."
Who believes what we've heard and seen?
Who would have thought God's saving power would look like this?
The servant grew up before God—a scrawny seedling,
a scrubby plant in a parched field.
There was nothing attractive about him,
nothing to cause us to take a second look.
He was looked down on and passed over,
a man who suffered, who knew pain firsthand.
One look at him and people turned away.
We looked down on him, thought he was scum.
But the fact is, it was our pains he carried—
our disfigurements, all the things wrong with us.
We thought he brought it on himself,
that God was punishing him for his own failures.
But it was our sins that did that to him,
that ripped and tore and crushed him—our sins!
He took the punishment, and that made us whole.
Through his bruises we get healed.
We're all like sheep who've wandered off and gotten lost.
We've all done our own thing, gone our own way.
And God has piled all our sins, everything we've done wrong,
on him, on him.
He was beaten, he was tortured,
but he didn't say a word.
Like a lamb taken to be slaughtered
and like a sheep being sheared,
he took it all in silence.
Justice miscarried, and he was led off—
and did anyone really know what was happening?
He died without a thought for his own welfare,
beaten bloody for the sins of my people.
They buried him with the wicked,
threw him in a grave with a rich man,
Even though he'd never hurt a soul
or said one word that wasn't true.
Still, it's what God had in mind all along,
to crush him with pain.
The plan was that he give himself as an offering for sin
so that he'd see life come from it—life, life, and more life.
And God's plan will deeply prosper through him.
Out of that terrible travail of soul,
he'll see that it's worth it and be glad he did it.
Through what he experienced, my righteous one, my servant,
will make many "righteous ones,"
as he himself carries the burden of their sins.
Therefore I'll reward him extravagantly—
the best of everything, the highest honors—
Because he looked death in the face and didn't flinch,
because he embraced the company of the lowest.
He took on his own shoulders the sin of the many,
he took up the cause of all the black sheep.
"Sing, barren woman, who has never had a baby.
Fill the air with song, you who've never experienced childbirth!
You're ending up with far more children
than all those childbearing women." God says so!
"Clear lots of ground for your tents!
Make your tents large. Spread out! Think big!
Use plenty of rope,
drive the tent pegs deep.
You're going to need lots of elbow room
for your growing family.
You're going to take over whole nations;
you're going to resettle abandoned cities.
Don't be afraid—you're not going to be embarrassed.
Don't hold back—you're not going to come up short.
You'll forget all about the humiliations of your youth,
and the indignities of being a widow will fade from memory.
For your Maker is your bridegroom,
his name, God-of-the-Angel-Armies!
Your Redeemer is The Holy of Israel,
known as God of the whole earth.
You were like an abandoned wife, devastated with grief,
and God welcomed you back,
Like a woman married young
and then left," says your God.
Your Redeemer God says:
"I left you, but only for a moment.
Now, with enormous compassion, I'm bringing you back.
In an outburst of anger I turned my back on you—
but only for a moment.
It's with lasting love
that I'm tenderly caring for you.
"This exile is just like the days of Noah for me:
I promised then that the waters of Noah
would never again flood the earth.
I'm promising now no more anger,
no more dressing you down.
For even if the mountains walk away
and the hills fall to pieces,
My love won't walk away from you,
my covenant commitment of peace won't fall apart."
The God who has compassion on you says so.
"Afflicted city, storm-battered, unpitied:
I'm about to rebuild you with stones of turquoise,
Lay your foundations with sapphires,
construct your towers with rubies,
Your gates with jewels,
and all your walls with precious stones.
All your children will have God for their teacher—
what a mentor for your children!
You'll be built solid, grounded in righteousness,
far from any trouble—nothing to fear!
far from terror—it won't even come close!
If anyone attacks you,
don't for a moment suppose that I sent them,
And if any should attack,
nothing will come of it.
I saw an Angel descending out of Heaven. He carried the key to the Abyss and a chain—a huge chain. He grabbed the Dragon, that old Snake—the very Devil, Satan himself!—chained him up for a thousand years, dumped him into the Abyss, slammed it shut and sealed it tight. No more trouble out of him, deceiving the nations—until the thousand years are up. After that he has to be let loose briefly.
I saw thrones. Those put in charge of judgment sat on the thrones. I also saw the souls of those beheaded because of their witness to Jesus and the Word of God, who refused to worship either the Beast or his image, refused to take his mark on forehead or hand—they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years! The rest of the dead did not live until the thousand years were up. This is the first resurrection—and those involved most blessed, most holy. No second death for them! They're priests of God and Christ; they'll reign with him a thousand years.
When the thousand years are up, Satan will be let loose from his cell, and will launch again his old work of deceiving the nations, searching out victims in every nook and cranny of earth, even Gog and Magog! He'll talk them into going to war and will gather a huge army, millions strong. They'll stream across the earth, surround and lay siege to the camp of God's holy people, the Beloved City. They'll no sooner get there than fire will pour out of Heaven and burn them up. The Devil who deceived them will be hurled into Lake Fire and Brimstone, joining the Beast and False Prophet, the three in torment around the clock for ages without end.
I saw a Great White Throne and the One Enthroned. Nothing could stand before or against the Presence, nothing in Heaven, nothing on earth. And then I saw all the dead, great and small, standing there—before the Throne! And books were opened. Then another book was opened: the Book of Life. The dead were judged by what was written in the books, by the way they had lived. Sea released its dead, Death and Hell turned in their dead. Each man and woman was judged by the way he or she had lived. Then Death and Hell were hurled into Lake Fire. This is the second death—Lake Fire. Anyone whose name was not found inscribed in the Book of Life was hurled into Lake Fire.


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Turkey's foreign ministry earlier lambasted Beijing's treatment of the Uighurs as 'a great embarrassment for humanity'.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said a solution could be found to help Muslims interned in Chinese camps "taking into account the sensitivities" of both sides, in comments published on Thursday. Turkey is one of the only Muslim-majority countries to have criticised China over the detention of an estimated one million ethnic Uighurs and other mostly Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang region.
But Erdogan struck a softer tone after meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday in Beijing. "I believe we can find a solution to the issue taking into account the sensitivities of both sides," Erdogan told Turkish journalists in Beijing before flying back to Turkey, according to the Hurriyet daily.
Beijing has led an increasingly repressive campaign in Xinjiang following a series of knife attacks and ethnic riots over the past 10 years. China denies holding people against their will in what it describes as "vocational education centres" aimed at steering citizens away from "religious extremism".
Turkey's foreign ministry in February lambasted China's treatment of Uighurs as "a great embarrassment for humanity", and said those in the centres and prisons were "subjected to torture and political brainwashing". (Aljazeera.com)
Turkey's anaemic attempt reflects more its priority to preserve its economic ties to China than to preserve the well-being of the Muslims in Uyghurstan. More glaring is the silence of our leaders who are happy to sit at Trump's feet, spending billions of dollars of the Ummah's wealth, strangling and killing each other in Syria, Yemen and Libya. Puppets, squandering our wealth on Western made weapons to enslave us and enable the West access to more of our wealth.
Turkey, like the others, has fallen off from the path of Rasulullah ﷺ and has been put on the 'railroad of kufr and taghut'. We are divided by jahiliyyah principles alien to our Ummah and can only respond tactically and episodically without any real permanent long-term solution to the problem, be it in Uyghurstan or anywhere else in the world. Turkey cannot even save itself from the economic sabotage of the West. They are stuck in the spider's web the Kuffar have spun for them, bereft of any ideological intellectual response, still seeking 'solutions' to their economic, political and social problems from the very same Western constructs that have ensnared them.
We discuss China as it is in the news. It is what the West wants us to see at this time. Our tragic reality is that Muslims are persecuted all over the world, and the West constantly manipulates and meddles in our countries from Malaysia to Sudan to Egypt, Palestine and Iran. Our leaders perform sujud to the West, implement their man-made Kufr and taghut laws and systems upon us. Unsurprisingly, after decades of 'independence' we remain forever divided, still enslaved by colonial powers, unable to unite and mount a credible, sustained response to those that invade and kill us. Unable to be truly liberated.
The 21st century CE sees the Islamic Ummah terrorised, enslaved and divided.
No strategic response is possible without a permanent power structure that has the authority from Islam that works to prepare and prevent the harm to the Islamic Ummah as well as to protect the wider humanity from exploitation from the colonial West. Rasulullah ﷺ has made it clear that our protection is behind the Ameerul Mu'mineen. Abu Hurairah (Radhiallahu Anhu) narrated that Rasulullah ﷺ said, «إِنَّمَا الْإِمَامُ جُنَّةٌ يُقَاتَلُ مِنْ وَرَائِهِ وَيُتَّقَى بِهِ فَإِنْ أَمَرَ بِتَقْوَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَعَدَلَ كَانَ لَهُ بِذَلِكَ أَجْرٌ وَإِنْ يَأْمُرْ بِغَيْرِهِ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْهُ» "The Imam is like a shield whose orders should be obeyed when they (the Muslims) fight, and where they should seek protection. If he enjoins fear of Allah and behaves justly, then he will be rewarded, but if he enjoins otherwise, then it will be a burden (of sin) on him."
However, we seek not merely justice and protection from those that would harm us, but we seek the Redha of Allah (swt) and He has made it clear that the Believers are to live by Islam alone, not the rules of the colonialist enslavers. وَأَنِ احْكُم بَيْنَهُم بِمَا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ أَهْوَاءَهُمْ وَاحْذَرْهُمْ أَن يَفْتِنُوكَ عَن بَعْضِ مَا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ إِلَيْكَ "Judge between them by that which Allah has revealed and follow not their desires and beware of them lest they seduce you from some part of that which Allah has revealed to you" [5:49]
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- Provide professional development that is rigorous and intentionally designed to build skills for continuous improvement.
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Social media connections - followers and fans - are hard won and easily lost. I'll look at a couple of key elements to keeping your connections engaged.
I spoke very briefly at a recent meet-up, sharing a "top tip" for social media usage for non-profits. "Very briefly" was indeed very brief, so I'll expand a little on the topic here.
There are many opinions on the topic, I'm sure, but as I look at how people are using social media, two words come to mind when I think of what it takes to be successful.
Consistency and relevancy.
The good news is that this is true for businesses, non-profits, and just about anyone that wants to have an engaged social media following.
Even better is that, while I'll focus on social media, my tips apply equally well to all forms of an organization's communication.
Followers are hard won, whether they be Twitter followers, Facebook fans, newsletter subscribers or blog readers. While you'll always look for ways to attract followers, the more common and often overlooked challenge is how to keep and engage the ones you have.
A good friend of mine is a social media maven, a recognized expert in the field.
She regularly shares valuable information - real gold for those who are interested in the field - through her Twitter feed and Facebook page.
And yet, I had to unfollow her.
She regularly violates an important characteristic of social media sharing: consistency of scale or simply frequency.
Every so often, she'll attend an event and "live tweet" it, turning her normally consistent pace of a few valuable posts a day into a fire hose of information. In my case, it got in the way of my paying attention to the other folks I follow.
There is no real "right" frequency - set a pace that makes sense for you, but stick to it. Whatever you set that to be, your followers will come to expect it. If you then grossly violate that expectation, either with too many or too few posts, you'll lose your audience's interest.
Another acquaintance of mine, this time in a more technical internet marketing space, suffers from a different problem.
Once again, his social media posts are, on average, well paced, insightful, and overall quite valuable if you're interested in the topic.
Until the NBA basketball playoffs.
Not only does his playoff fire hose of posts violate the rate I've come to expect from him, it also violates something else perhaps even more important.
His posts lose all relevancy. I don't care about his team and even if I did, that's not why I followed him in the first place.
People connect with you for a reason. They form an expectation of what you'll be sharing, and if you then veer off-topic, you'll lose those connections very quickly.
It doesn't have to be an unexpected flood or drought. It doesn't even have to be as far-off topic as basketball is to internet marketing. Anything that violated the expectations of your followers puts you at risk of losing their mind share.
Who are you publishing for? It's an important question to understand as you develop a social media strategy. Who is it that you want to reach out to? Who is it that you're trying to connect with?
My internet marketing friend is a great example. He knows who his audience is. He knows what it is they want. And most of the time, he gives it to them.
That's key.
Some years ago, I was working with a non-profit agency on a project to engage more of its supporters. The individual that I was working with put together a three-ring binder - a notebook full of information which she wanted the potential volunteers to read.
She had a story to tell and she wanted them to hear it, gosh darn it!
That's not how it works, particularly in social media.
It's not about what you want.
It's what they want.
Give your followers what they want. Keep what you're sharing relevant to their interests and their needs and you'll find that you have a more engaged and more passionate following.
That, by the way, is one of the things that you can use to fine tune your social media output. No other medium gives you the opportunity to simply ask your followers what they think, get ideas, and turn that around into making what you do that much more valuable to them.
The more consistent and relevant your communications are, the more engaged your audience will be, no matter what your mission might be .
The cost of doing it right is simply a little thought and planning. It's a commitment to understand and meet your followers' expectations and to do so in a way that is as meaningful to them as possible.
The cost of doing it wrong, of course, is silence.
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This brings about a very important question, and is one of the reasons that I have not yet jumped on the Twitter/ Facebook Bandwagons.
I have 2 totally different businesses, dog training and energy healing. Though SOME dog training clients may well be interested in energy work posts (as it helps with behavioral issues), most energy healing clients are not interested in getting info about dog training.
How does one address something like that??
Can you recommend some type of 'Social Media guide for total rookies'? : )
You could set up a separate Facebook page for each business which would be separate from your personal Facebook page.
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Monday, December 08, 2014
Christmas in Germany
At this time of year I especially miss living in Germany. Sometime I wonder if living there was just a dream but the German traditions made me love Christmas even more. Take a look at this, "Herstellung eines Spanbaumes in der Seiffener Volkskunst eG - traditionelles Kunsthandwerk in Seiffen - www.schauwerkstatt.de." I miss the Christmas markets, the smell of the straw and wood decorations, and of the gluh wine. I could watch the craftsmen for hours. Holzkunst Gahlenz auf dem Chemnitzer Weihnachtsmarkt 2010- Hope you have some warm Christmas memories this holiday season.
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Syracuse has a new quarterback and a new offensive coordinator just in time for a visit from top-ranked Florida State.
Not a problem for Orange safety Durell Eskridge.
"I don't have a concern. We just want to play," Eskridge said. "We just want a chance. We just want to show that we can play against anybody. They're very good, very talented, but at the end of the day they're nameless faces just like everybody else that we play. They have talent, we have talent."
Just not as much.
Syracuse (2-3, 0-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) has lost three straight. Florida State (5-0, 3-0 ACC) has won a school-record 21 straight, the longest winning streak in the nation.
The Seminoles demonstrated the big gap between the teams a year ago, beating the Orange 59-3 at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida. Eskridge, a Florida native, notched his fourth interception of the season, but it came long after starting quarterback Jameis Winston had departed, his services not needed after leading the Seminoles to a 38-0 halftime lead.
Terrel Hunt started last year's game for Syracuse but is out for at least a month with a broken calf bone. That left Tim Lester, who replaced George McDonald as offensive coordinator early in the week, with a lot of work to do in a very short span of time.
Hunt, a dual threat, will be replaced by a committee that includes backup Austin Wilson, freshman AJ Long and sophomore Mitch Kimble. Wilson has played in two games and is 11 of 20 passing for 89 yards. Long and Kimble have never taken a snap in a college game.
"Unfortunately for us, we have three young guys that are pretty much inexperienced," Lester said. "They're fighting and Hunt is in there watching film with them every day. They're just trying to speed up the learning curve as fast as they can. Depending on what we need, I can see guys being changed out throughout a drive, particularly inside the red zone."
Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher is taking it all in stride.
"We'll have to guess a little bit about how they're going to do things on offense," Fisher said. "We've just got to go and research the history of … what type of quarterbacks these guys are. It's kind of, I don't want to say routine, but it's kind of more the norm because so many people are doing so many different things."
Some other things to know when Syracuse hosts No. 1 Florida State on Saturday:
GREENE MACHINE: Florida State senior wideout Rashad Greene, who suffered a concussion last week against Wake Forest, seems to be back in form and is expected to play against Syracuse.
"Now, I'm not saying 100 percent until they double check him … and all his visuals, but he was the old Rashad" in practice Thursday, coach Jimbo Fisher said.
Greene leads the team with 38 receptions, 576 yards and three touchdowns. He is four catches away from breaking the school career receptions record and 558 yards from breaking the career yardage mark. Greene needs seven touchdowns to break the school's career receiving touchdowns record.
STILL COACHING: Syracuse needs all hands on deck for the game and former offensive coordinator George McDonald has been there despite his demotion to receivers coach by head coach Scott Shafer after last week's 28-6 home loss to Louisville.
"There was no conversation. I wasn't very happy. Felt I was blindsided," McDonald said. "I don't want to be a distraction. I'm here to help coach (Tim) Lester in any way that I can to help us beat Florida State and get back on track with the season that we wanted. I may not think the decision was right, I might disagree with it, but I'm here to coach these kids."
KICK ME: Florida State has the ultimate special teams ace-in-the-hole in place-kicker Roberto Aguayo. After setting the national record for points by a kicker (157) en route to All-America honors last year, Aguayo has tied the FSU record with five field goals in a game (last week against Wake Forest) and has established a new mark for consecutive field goals made (21). He's 12 for 12 on field goals this season and has made all 22 PATs to lead the ACC in scoring at 11.6 points per game. For his career, Aguayo has made 33 of 34 field goals and all 116 extra points. He hasn't missed a kick since Nov. 9 last season.
SPIDERMAN: Florida State 6-foot-7 defensive end Lorenzo Featherston has been a terror on the field since entering the rotation two weeks ago. The freshman has 13 tackles, including 4 for loss, one sack, one quarterback hurry, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery. He was nearly unblockable early against Wake Forest. Featherston's height and length shuts down passing lanes, but his athleticism allows him to be a strong and quick pass-rusher instead of a lanky end that's easily blocked due to leverage problems.
NUMBERS PLEASE: Since the start of The Associated Press poll in 1936, Syracuse is 1-8 against the AP's top-ranked team, the lone victory coming against Nebraska (17-9) in the Carrier Dome in 1984. Saturday's game against Florida State marks the second time the Orange will play the Seminoles when FSU has been ranked No. 1. In 1991, Syracuse traveled to Tallahassee and lost 46-14.
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Spritz the mold with 99% isopropyl alcohol to help the soap to spread easily into the details. Fill up the injector tool with the white soap and carefully fill in the details of the mold. Have the spray bottle filled with alcohol nearby to get rid of any bubbles. Work carefully but quickly.
If you make a mistake, allow the soap to fully cool and harden and then use the clean up tool to get rid of imperfections.
Chop 32 ounces of Aloe Vera Melt and Pour Soap Base into small pieces. Place them in a large heat-safe container and melt in the microwave using 30-60 second bursts. Between each burst, stir the soap to help it melt evenly. It can take a few minutes to fully melt, depending on the strength of your microwave.
Mix 2 teaspoons of activated charcoal with 2 tablespoons of 99% isopropyl alcohol. Stir together to help get rid of large clumps. Add all of the dispersed charcoal into the melted soap and stir to fully combine.
|Add 0.8 ounces of tea tree essential oil to the soap and stir to fully combine. Allow the soap to cool to about 125° F so it doesn't melt the white details.
Spritz the mold with 99% isopropyl alcohol to help the layers stick. Pour the black soap into the mold and spritz the top with 99% isopropyl alcohol to get rid of any bubbles. Allow the soap to fully cool and harden for several hours or up to overnight.
|Remove from the mold and cut into bars using a sharp non-serrated knife. To avoid glycerin dew, wrap the bars in plastic wrap or another airtight packaging option. Enjoy!
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SACI MFA in Studio Art students took a 4-day field trip this month to Berlin to experience the city's invigorating international contemporary art scene. On their visit to Berlin, guided by MFA instructors, Karen Yurkovich and Daria Filardo, they went to various major museums, private galleries, local historical sites, and visited the studio of artist Alisa Margolis.
They visited the Hamburger Bahnhof, which is the largest state museum collection of contemporary art in Berlin. The collection is vast, from a large Joseph Beuys collection to arte povera and more contemporary pieces including works by Kiefer, Warhol, Baselitz, Nauman, and a 12-video piece called Manifesto by Julian Rosefeldt, starring Kate Blanchett.
Because of the long list of important places to visit, the students were given some flex time to choose what they were most interested in seeing. They took advantage of this by going to see the remains of the Berlin wall, Checkpoint Charlie, and to also visit the KW contemporary collections where both known and young artists work on projects and residencies. More locations included the Pergamon Museum, as well as the Neues Museum, which houses the famous head of Nefertiti and the gold from Troy discovered by Schliemann.
Find out more about SACI's MFA in Studio Art, MFA in Photography and other post-graduate studies offered in Florence, Italy: www.saci-florence.edu.


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Global Downhole Tools Market by Key Players:
Schlumberger Ltd Halliburton Co. Saint Gobain Baker Hughes Weatherford International Ltd National Oilwell Varco Inc Oil States International Inc. Moog Inc. Schoeller Bleckmann Oilfield Equipment AG Anton Oilfield Services Ltd. Logan Oil Tools Inc. Wenzel Downhole Tools Ltd. United Drilling Tools Ltd. Excalibre Downhole Tools Ltd. Bilco Tools Inc.
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Chapter 1 Industry Overview 1.1 Definition 1.2 Brief Introduction by Major Tool Type 1.2.1 Flow & Pressure Control 1.2.2 Drilling 1.2.3 Impurity Control 1.2.4 Downhole Control 1.2.5 Handling 1.3 Brief Introduction by Major Application 1.3.1 Drilling 1.3.2 Completion 1.3.3 Well Intervention 1.3.4 Formation & Evaluation
Chapter 1 Industry Overview 1.1 Definition 1.2 Brief Introduction by Major Tool Type 1.2.1 Flow & Pressure Control 1.2.2 Drilling 1.2.3 Impurity Control 1.2.4 Downhole Control 1.2.5 Handling 1.3 Brief Introduction by Major Application 1.3.1 Drilling 1.3.2 Completion 1.3.3 Well Intervention 1.3.4 Formation & Evaluation 1.3.5 Oil & Gas Production 1.4 Brief Introduction by Major Regions 1.4.1 United States 1.4.2 Europe 1.4.3 China 1.4.4 Japan 1.4.5 India 1.5 Brief Introduction by Major 1.5.1 1.5.2 1.5.3 1.5.4 1.5.5 1.6 Brief Introduction by Major 1.6.1 1.6.2 1.6.3 1.6.4 1.6.5 1.7 Brief Introduction by Major 1.7.1 1.7.2 1.7.3 1.7.4 1.7.5 1.8 Brief Introduction by Major 1.8.1 1.8.2 1.8.3 1.8.4 1.8.5 Chapter 2 Production Market Analysis 2.1 Global Production Market Analysis 2.1.1 2012-2017 Global Capacity, Production, Capacity Utilization Rate, Ex-Factory Price, Revenue, Cost, Gross and Gross Margin Analysis 2.1.2 2012-2017 Major Manufacturers Performance and Market Share 2.2 Regional Production Market Analysis 2.2.1 2012-2017 Regional Market Performance and Market Share 2.2.2 United States Market 2.2.3 Europe Market 2.2.4 China Market 2.2.5 Japan Market 2.2.6 India Market 2.2.7 Market Chapter 3 Sales Market Analysis 3.1 Global Sales Market Analysis 3.1.1 2012-2017 Global Sales Volume, Sales Price and Sales Revenue Analysis 3.1.2 2012-2017 Major Manufacturers Performance and Market Share 3.2 Regional Sales Market Analysis 3.2.1 2012-2017 Regional Market Performance and Market Share 3.2.2 United States Market 3.2.3 Europe Market 3.2.4 China Market 3.2.5 Japan Market 3.2.6 India Market 3.2.7 Market Chapter 4 Consumption Market Analysis 4.1 Global Consumption Market Analysis 4.1.1 2012-2017 Global Consumption Volume Analysis 4.2 Regional Consumption Market Analysis 4.2.1 2012-2017 Regional Market Performance and Market Share 4.2.2 United States Market 4.2.3 Europe Market 4.2.4 China Market 4.2.5 Japan Market 4.2.6 India Market 4.2.7 Market Chapter 5 Production, Sales and Consumption Market Comparison Analysis 5.1 Global Production, Sales and Consumption Market Comparison Analysis 5.2 Regional Production, Sales Volume and Consumption Volume Market Comparison Analysis 5.2.1 United States 5.2.2 Europe 5.2.3 China 5.2.4 Japan 5.2.5 India 5.2.6 Chapter 6 Major Manufacturers Production and Sales Market Comparison Analysis 6.1 Global Major Manufacturers Production and Sales Market Comparison Analysis 6.1.1 2012-2017 Global Major Manufacturers Production and Sales Market Comparison 6.2 Regional Major Manufacturers Production and Sales Market Comparison Analysis 6.2.1 United States 6.2.2 Europe 6.2.3 China 6.2.4 Japan 6.2.5 India 6.2.6 Chapter 7 Major Tool Type Analysis 7.1 2012-2017 Major Tool Type Market Share 7.2 Flow & Pressure Control 7.3 Drilling 7.4 Impurity Control 7.5 Downhole Control 7.6 Handling Chapter 8 Major ApplicationAnalysis 8.1 2012-2017 Major Application Market Share 8.2 Drilling 8.2.1 2012-2017 Sales Analysis 8.3 Completion 8.3.1 2012-2017 Sales Analysis 8.4 Well Intervention 8.4.1 2012-2017 Sales Analysis 8.5 Formation & Evaluation 8.5.1 2012-2017 Sales Analysis 8.6 Oil & Gas Production 8.6.1 2012-2017 Sales Analysis Chapter 9 Industry Chain Analysis 9.1 Up Stream Industries Analysis 9.1.1 Raw Material and Suppliers 9.1.2 Equipment and Suppliers 9.2 Manufacturing Analysis 9.2.1 Manufacturing Process 9.2.2 Manufacturing Cost Structure 9.2.3 Manufacturing Plants Distribution Analysis 9.3 Industry Chain Structure Analysis Chapter 10 Global and Regional Market Forecast 10.1 Production Market Forecast 10.1.1 Global Market Forecast 10.1.2 Major Region Forecast 10.2 Sales Market Forecast 10.2.1 Global Market Forecast 10.2.2 Major Classification Forecast 10.3 Consumption Market Forecast 10.3.1 Global Market Forecast 10.3.2 Major Region Forecast 10.3.3 Major Application Forecast Chapter 11 Major Manufacturers Analysis 11.1 Schlumberger Ltd. 11.1.1 Company Introduction 11.1.2 Product Specification and Major Types Analysis 11.1.3 2012-2017 Production Market Performance 11.1.4 2012-2017 Sales Market Performance 11.1.5 Contact Information 11.2 Halliburton Co. 11.2.1 Company Introduction 11.2.2 Product Specification and Major Types Analysis 11.2.3 2012-2017 Production Market Performance 11.2.4 2012-2017 Sales Market Performance 11.2.5 Contact Information 11.3 Saint Gobain 11.3.1 Company Introduction 11.3.2 Product Specification and Major Types Analysis 11.3.3 2012-2017 Production Market Performance 11.3.4 2012-2017 Sales Market Performance 11.3.5 Contact Information 11.4 Baker Hughes 11.4.1 Company Introduction 11.4.2 Product Specification and Major Types Analysis 11.4.3 2012-2017 Production Market Performance 11.4.4 2012-2017 Sales Market Performance 11.4.5 Contact Information 11.5 Weatherford International Ltd. 11.5.1 Company Introduction 11.5.2 Product Specification and Major Types Analysis 11.5.3 2012-2017 Production Market Performance 11.5.4 2012-2017 Sales Market Performance 11.5.5 Contact Information 11.6 National Oilwell Varco Inc. 11.6.1 Company Introduction 11.6.2 Product Specification and Major Types Analysis 11.6.3 2012-2017 Production Market Performance 11.6.4 2012-2017 Sales Market Performance 11.6.5 Contact Information 11.7 Oil States International Inc. 11.7.1 Company Introduction 11.7.2 Product Specification and Major Types Analysis 11.7.3 2012-2017 Production Market Performance 11.7.4 2012-2017 Sales Market Performance 11.7.5 Contact Information 11.8 Moog Inc. 11.8.1 Company Introduction 11.8.2 Product Specification and Major Types Analysis 11.8.3 2012-2017 Production Market Performance 11.8.4 2012-2017 Sales Market Performance 11.8.5 Contact Information 11.9 Schoeller Bleckmann Oilfield Equipment AG 11.9.1 Company Introduction 11.9.2 Product Specification and Major Types Analysis 11.9.3 2012-2017 Production Market Performance 11.9.4 2012-2017 Sales Market Performance 11.9.5 Contact Information 11.10 Anton Oilfield Services Ltd. 11.10.1 Company Introduction 11.10.2 Product Specification and Major Types Analysis 11.10.3 2012-2017 Production Market Performance 11.10.4 2012-2017 Sales Market Performance 11.10.5 Contact Information 11.11 Logan Oil Tools Inc. 11.11.1 Company Introduction 11.11.2 Product Specification and Major Types Analysis 11.11.3 2012-2017 Production Market Performance 11.11.4 2012-2017 Sales Market Performance 11.11.5 Contact Information 11.12 Wenzel Downhole Tools Ltd. 11.12.1 Company Introduction 11.12.2 Product Specification and Major Types Analysis 11.12.3 2012-2017 Production Market Performance 11.12.4 2012-2017 Sales Market Performance 11.12.5 Contact Information 11.13 United Drilling Tools Ltd. 11.13.1 Company Introduction 11.13.2 Product Specification and Major Types Analysis 11.13.3 2012-2017 Production Market Performance 11.13.4 2012-2017 Sales Market Performance 11.13.5 Contact Information 11.14 Excalibre Downhole Tools Ltd. 11.14.1 Company Introduction 11.14.2 Product Specification and Major Types Analysis 11.14.3 2012-2017 Production Market Performance 11.14.4 2012-2017 Sales Market Performance 11.14.5 Contact Information 11.15 Bilco Tools Inc. 11.15.1 Company Introduction 11.15.2 Product Specification and Major Types Analysis 11.15.3 2012-2017 Production Market Performance 11.15.4 2012-2017 Sales Market Performance 11.15.5 Contact Information 11.16 11.16.1 Company Introduction 11.16.2 Product Specification and Major Types Analysis 11.16.3 2012-2017 Production Market Performance 11.16.4 2012-2017 Sales Market Performance 11.16.5 Contact Information 11.17 11.17.1 Company Introduction 11.17.2 Product Specification and Major Types Analysis 11.17.3 2012-2017 Production Market Performance 11.17.4 2012-2017 Sales Market Performance 11.17.5 Contact Information 11.18 11.18.1 Company Introduction 11.18.2 Product Specification and Major Types Analysis 11.18.3 2012-2017 Production Market Performance 11.18.4 2012-2017 Sales Market Performance 11.18.5 Contact Information 11.19 11.19.1 Company Introduction 11.19.2 Product Specification and Major Types Analysis 11.19.3 2012-2017 Production Market Performance 11.19.4 2012-2017 Sales Market Performance 11.19.5 Contact Information 11.20 11.20.1 Company Introduction 11.20.2 Product Specification and Major Types Analysis 11.20.3 2012-2017 Production Market Performance 11.20.4 2012-2017 Sales Market Performance 11.20.5 Contact Information Chapter 12 New Project Investment Feasibility Analysis 12.1 New Project SWOT Analysis 12.2 New Project Investment Feasibility Analysis Chapter 13 Conclusions Chapter 14 Appendix Author List Disclosure Section Research Methodology Data Source Interview List Global Disclaimer


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