Congratulations! to those readers who have resolutely continued with the
Daily Readings for the last 11+ months. For you will have now read 4/5ths
of the Old Testament, and over one and three-quarters of the New.
May God bless your continued effort and dedication.

Bible Readings for today.
Job 35
Zechariah 11
Revelation 12-13

For those who want to go directly to the source of this study guide,
it can be found at http://www.antipas.org/readings/readings.html

It takes normally between 20-30 mins per day depending on one's reading
speed.
It will be found many unanswered questions which may have seemed puzzling
and "Hard to be understood" are slowly and precisely answered as the Bible
is methodically read through day after day.

Here is a helpful link for anyone who either does not have a Bible to
hand, or might prefer reading from their computer, or might want to compare
different translations, or even read non-English versions:
http://www.biblegateway.com/

Word of God

LIGHT FROM ABOVE.... THE WORD OF GOD....

The world is under tremendous pressure....

People on earth are being controlled by forces of darkness and it is
urgently necessary for light to shine into the darkness, so that
people will receive strength in order to resist the besieging forces….
Without light they will go down, without light they will find no way,
no opportunity, to escape….

And therefore God will time and again emanate His light to earth, He
Himself comes to earth as in the past, although not embodied in a
human being but in His Word…. He also looks for a human form into
which He can pour His light so that it can illuminate the dark night
far and wide…. He embodies Himself in the spirit of those who are
willing to be of service to Him….

At my local Church our adult Bible study group wrestled with the question,
just what if anything do Atheist believe in and why ?
The consensus of opinion, formulated the following rationale.

The nineteenth century produced a series of shock with which religion and
theology are still dealing.
The shock delivered by evolutionary science,(Charles Darwin) which reminded
us of our biological roots, and the three-fold shock of the three great
atheist critiques of religion; as a false antidote to the misery of poverty
(Karl Marx), as a psychological illusion (Sigmund Freud), as an expression
of our resentment against the power of the strong (Friedrich Nietzsche).

*curmudgeon*
"The best read illiterate in the country"

On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 06:23:24 -0500,
In Newsgroup: alt.religion.christian.biblestudy
Article 4ax.com>,
old man joe home.com> wrote:

Which is why limited atonement hereticks will not be saved by
deciding they were elect.

--
Christ died for our sins, and God raised Him from the dead.
Rely on this work alone to escape hell and receive eternal
life (Jn. 3:16; 1 Cor. 15:1-3; Eph. 2:8-10; 2 Thess. 1:8-9).

We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself
up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every
thought to make it obedient to Christ. †2 Corinthians 10:5

Historical Reminder Judeo-Christian and Saint Paul

The majority of Christians believe that the Gospels were written by
direct witnesses of the life of Jesus and therefore constitute
unquestionable evidence concerning the events high-lighting His life
and preachings. One wonders, in the presence of such guarantees of
authenticity, how it is possible to discuss the teachings derived from
them and how one can cast doubt upon the validity of the Church as an
institution applying the general instructions Jesus Himself gave.
Today's popular editions of the Gospels contain commentaries aimed at
propagating these ideas among the general public.

The value the authors of the Gospels have as eye-witnesses is always
presented to the faithful as axiomatic. In the middle of the Second
century, Saint Justin did, after all, call the Gospels the 'Memoirs...

If you know the Bible well you should notice that a few will be
saved . We don't look for the true christianity among main-stream
religions where are the false prophets that deceived many-Matthew
7.14;
Matthew 7.21-23;Matthew 24.11.
Please ,read thoughtfully these references I am giving .

What most people are doing they are messing with Jesus Christ and
their holiday should called
Christmess.
Only God Yahweh is true gift giver and Santa Calause is just making a
mockery of God Yahweh and Jesus Christ.

How great is the news that we may be some three years away when the
mankind will be freed from this horrible practice that seemed to have
overwhelmed the whole earth.
Read my post how I came to this amazing news we are close to the
return of the Messiah

Homeless sex offenders on parole jumps sharply

The number of homeless sex offenders on parole in California has
increased dramatically since the approval two years ago of Proposition
83, an initiative that imposed harsh restrictions on where they can
live, a state panel reported Thursday.

The Sex Offender Management Board said the number of parolees
monitored by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation -- one
of the only government agencies to enforce what is known as Jessica's
Law -- increased from 88 in November 2006 to 1,056 at the end of June
2008.

"Common sense leads to the conclusion that a community cannot be safer
when sex offenders are homeless," the report states, citing research
concluding that unstable housing can lead to recidivism.

Jessica's Law, which prohibits sex offenders from residing within
2,000 feet of schools and parks where children play, was proposed by
state Sen. George Runner (R-Lancaster) and his wife, Sharon, a former
assemblywoman, and strongly backed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Word of God

CHRISTMAS ….. THE PROMISED MESSIAH ….

Remember My coming into the world with gratitude and joy, for it
signified for you an act of immeasurable love and compassion, a light
came to you which was intended to illuminate for you the path out of
the spiritual darkness of night…. an era of utter hopelessness came to
an end for you humans and a new period of development began….

The path was prepared for you which lead back to Me again.... And this
path was exemplified for you by the man Jesus, Who accepted this
mission for love of Me, and you, His fallen brothers…. For He wanted
to return My children to Me, who had been distant from Me for an
infinitely long time already and who languished in deepest
wretchedness. Jesus’ human shell was occupied by a soul of light, a
being which I had once externalised, which was lovingly devoted to Me
and had remained with Me when the host of originally created spirits
fell away from Me….

- Proverbs 11:30 -

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
and he who wins souls is wise.
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A wise person is a model of a meaningful life. Like a tree attracts people
to its shade, his or her sense of purpose attracts others who want to know
how they too can find meaning. Gaining wisdom yourself, then, can be the
first step in leading people to God. Leading people to God is important
because it keeps us in touch with God while offering others eternal life.

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December 25th - Birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ

The birth of Jesus was both an ending and a beginning. It was the
fulfillment of the long awaited Old Testament "Promise of a Messiah" and the
birth of the New Testament "Promise of Salvation." Throughout the world
Christmas is celebrated with many and varied traditions. It is a time of
renewal and a time of peacemaking. Unfortunately it is also a birthday that
many have forgotten. Today is a good day to stop. To take some time, even if
only a few minutes to think about, "What Does Christmas really mean."

The "Catechism of the Catholic Church" tells us:

JESUS in the QURAN

The Islamic view of Jesus lies between two extremes. The Jews , who
rejected Jesus as a Prophet of God, called him an impostor. The
Christians, on the other hand, considered him to be the son of God and
worship him as such. Islam considers Jesus to be one of the great
prophets of God and respects him as much as Ibrahim (Abraham), Moses,
and Mohammed. (Peace Be Upon Them) This is conformity with the Islamic
view of the oneness of God, the oneness of Divine guidance, and the
complementary role of the subsequent mission of God's messengers.

The essence of Islam - willing submission to the will of God - was
revealed to Adam, who was passed it on to his children. All following
revelations to Noah, Ibrahim, Moses, Jesus, and finally Mohammed
(Peace Be Upon Them) were conformity with that message, with some
elaboration to define the revelation between man and God, man and man,
man and instructions. Thus, any contradictions among revealed
religions is viewed by Islam as a man-made element introduced into
these religions. The position of Jesus in the three major religions -
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - should not be an exception.