From Handel's Messiah: Behold I Tell You A Mystery/The Trumpet Shall Sound!
For those not predisposed to Christian rap, perhaps this will be more to your liking :-)!
A Question For Premillennial Dispensational Rapture Believers Focused On Israel: How Long Is A Generation?
For those who believe in the rapture and also believe that the modern state of Israel is the fulfillment of Bible prophecy and a sign that the end of the church age is at hand and the great tribulation draws nigh, I must ask you: how long is a generation? This is relevant because premillennial dispensationalists have seized upon the "this generation shall not pass until all these things are fulfilled" statements of the Olivet discourse endtimes prophecy of Jesus Christ (Matthew 24:34, Mark 13:30, Luke 21:32) to assert that the the great tribulation will start within a generation of 1948 when Israel became a nation again.
Now first, this poses a problem. Finding a Bible prophecy that would support the idea that Israel would re-established as a nation in the year 1948 is difficult to support. I will say categorically that no such prophecy exists in the New Testament, and it takes very creative interpretations to support the existence of such prophecies in the Old Testament. Further, the fact of Israel's being established as a nation in 1948 is not something that was declared or revealed by God through a Christian prophet or by an angel delivering a message to a Christian. So, the basis of Israel's existence as a nation does not come from any divine authority, not the Bible or any prophetic utterance!
Now this has nothing to do with the debate on whether Israel has the right to exist. Instead, it has everything to do with the beginning of the prophetic calendar with respect to this nation. If the great tribulation must happen within a generation of Israel's being established as a nation, on whose authority did this event happen in 1948? Why, not God's authority, BUT BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE UNITED NATIONS! Indeed, by man's authority. Where it was AN ACT OF GOD that declared Israel's status as a nation at the time of the Exodus, it was AN ACT OF MAN THAT AS FAR AS WE KNOW HAS NEVER BEEN CONFIRMED BY GOD TO THE CHURCH that declared Israel to be a nation in 1948. And it is the height of irony that many of the very same people who consider the United Nations to be a tool of the coming anti-Christ (but not America, even though America is a charter member, a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, and the U.N. headquarters is in America, and America is the #1 source of funds for this body, no America is "a Christian nation" with Christian – actually most freemason, deist, unitarian, and enlightenment rationalist – founding fathers!) accept the UN's testimony that Israel is again a nation rather than God's, and start their prophetic clock based on Israel's the date of recognition by the same anti-Christ UN!
But alas, that is another issue altogether. But let us take for granted that the U.N. was acting on God's behalf and doing God's will, and that their recognition of Israel in 1948 happened according to God's providence. (I readily admit that there is much precedent for such a thing happening all over the Bible. The key difference: those things were declared as such by prophets and were able to be verified as fulfilled prophecies. For instance, the prophets gave the exact time that the Jews would remain in Babylon AND the name of the king who would free them. It is because of the precise and literal nature of these fulfillments that God-hating atheists claim that said prophecies were written after the fact.) If that is so, when does the generation time clock expire? How long is a generation?
But even calling a generation 40 years is wrong, because it is not the Biblical definition. So the question must be asked: what is the Biblical definition of a generation? The answer: there isn't one. At least, not one that can be described in a hard fast set number of years. Example: consider the time that Israel spent in Egypt, a period of about 400-440 years. According to Genesis 15:15-17, that was four generations! Genesis 15:16 in particular: "But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full." So in this instance, a generation would have had to have been at least 100 years, possibly longer.
So obviously a Biblical generation does not refer to any fixed period of time. Some Bible scholars have tried to resolve this by claiming that a generation refers to everyone living during a period of time. When the last person who was alive during that period dies, then the generation ends! Well, Bible examples make that problematic. For one, when the Israeli exodus generation passed, Joshua and Caleb were still alive. Further, to use the preterist/amillennialist view, there were most certainly still Christians alive after the generation or age of which Jesus Christ was addressing in the Olivet Discourse ended in 70 A.D., as they included none other than the apostle John! In addition to John, it is well known that the many Jewish Christians did not die during the Roman siege of Jerusalem, but remembered the warnings of Matthew 24-25 and similar, obeyed Jesus Christ and fled, many of them taking the gospel with them. We know this because the refusal of Jewish Christians to die defending Jerusalem (and yes, the fact that the Jewish Christians were told to leave Jerusalem and obeyed doing so should give modern dispensationals who put so much modern emphasis on that city some pause!) was one of the primary reasons why Jewish Christians were made the scapegoat for the destruction of the nation, expelled from the synagogues, and ostracized by the Jewish people a few decades later.
Now there are some who refer to a generation as an age, specifically an age in salvation-redemptive history. That is consistent with the idea that the sojourn in the desert constituted a spiritual age, as did the end of the Jewish age with the destruction of the second temple in 70 A.D. Regarding the latter, the church age had not yet started when Jesus Christ spoke for He had not yet gone to the cross, resurrected, ascended, and sent the Holy Spirit. However, that still leaves the problem of the four generations in Egypt! Had it been referred to by scripture as a single generation, it would have been easy to harmonize that reference with the generation in the desert and the generation of the time of Jesus Christ's first advent as major periods in salvation history. However, it does not, so we cannot.
Thus, the conclusion must be reached is that there is no way to know how long a true generation is, that is one that fits Biblical and prophetic purposes. For that reason, we should respect Matthew 24:36, Matthew 25:13, Mark 13:32, and perhaps best Acts 1:7, which reads "And he [Jesus Christ] said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power." Thus, even if the creation of Israel in 1948 was the beginning of the generation that will include the great tribulation, none of us has any idea how long that generation shall be. Instead, only the Ancient of Days, God the Father Himself, knows! So, it is best for Christians to be content with the duty of comfort ourselves with and sharing with others the gospel of Jesus Christ! Repent sinners for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!
Practical Theology: I Am Too Fat To Survive The Great Tribulation!
Recently I abandoned my belief in the secret rapture, instead taking the view that the church will be present for the seven years of great tribulation. My belief is that such will be a very difficult time of the church similar to that of Israel (or more specifically Judah) during the time of Jeremiah. Christians will be in constant physical danger, often having to relocate or flee, and providing for even the bare necessities of life (food, clothing, shelter) will be difficult. We will have to rely totally on God to supply all our needs instead of any country, government, economic system etc. Instead, the nations, governments, militaries, political and economic systems etc. will be united against us. It will be completely the opposite of the easy, decadent living that western Christians have known and enjoyed for hundreds of years … the very same which many Christians are apparently willing to torture and kill other people in order to preserve.
And I regret to say that if these horrible difficult times for the church were to occur any time soon, I have no idea how I would stand a chance! I would be one of the very first to be captured trying to run away! Why? Because like a heavily disproportionate number of evangelical or fundamentalist Christians from the deep south, my health is in terrible shape. Now a few short years ago God miraculously preserved my health by instantly healing my worsening asthma as well as damage to my kidneys caused by my longtime overuse of over the counter asthma medicine. But this is the thing: the need to manage my asthma was my primary motivation for at least trying to keep my weight down. With that sole restraint out of the way, I have now ballooned to about 75 pounds more than I was when I was unloading trucks for a living!
For the longest, I have been deluding myself as to the true seriousness of my physical condition, brought on by the sins of gluttony and sloth (as well as my love for red meat, eggs, cheese, and soft drinks!) but now my eyes are opened. It happened just recently, as my frustration with the messages in my children's television shows reached the tipping point (specifically the homosexual pagan lemur character in "Penguins of Madagascar" … the person who originally did the voice for this character in the movie versions was Jesus Christ hating Sacha Baron Cohen of the movie "Bruno" … need I say more?) and I decided that the entertainment for my children was going to (as much as possible) be "the great outdoors" as opposed to Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, and Disney. Hiking, fishing, exploring … I was even considering challenging my long-held aversion to (fear of!) camping and swimming. And no, I am not ashamed to acknowledge that the idea that Christians JUST MAY NEED SURVIVAL SKILLS motivated me just a little.
Then I was confronted with cold, hard reality. My very first trip to a local park with this nice little mountain trail, made very easy and accessible for THE ELDERLY left me huffing, puffing and sweating (but thank God no wheezing or any other asthma symptoms whatsoever … again the asthma is gone praise be to Jesus Christ, and no I didn't "grow out of it" but it was the worst that it had ever been right up to the home prayer session that me and my family had!) after 20 minutes. My kids and I had gone MAYBE a quarter of a mile. They were having a great time looking at birds, trees, and the mountain (which is actually a hill, but don't tell the locals that!) but they had to leave because their old man couldn't keep up with them! Now I continued lying to myself, thinking "this is nothing that a few trips on the treadmill won't fix" while driving myself to yet another fast food restaurant. But the very next trip, to a park with a small waterfall, their excellent time was cut short by my physical limitations. So, three thoughts popped into my head.
A) I was actually in much better shape when I had asthma. Even if I did have to take a few puffs of my inhaler from time to time, I was actually capable of walking all day. Now, I can barely walk for 30 minutes! For my to practically reject God's gracious and merciful healing of my body by allowing myself to get in such poor physical condition that I cannot realize the benefits of the blessing is a terrible commentary on my spiritual (not physical but spiritual!) condition. I recall the man that Jesus Christ healed to whom Christ said "stop sinning or else something worse will come upon you." Well, anyone needing evidence that gluttony (both eating too much and eating the wrong things) and sloth are sins only need to look at my person, for again I am actually in worse condition than I was when I had asthma. Paul Washer regularly mentions how so many Christians are killing themselves with our eating and exercise habits, and it appears that he was talking directly to me!
B) I was thinking "wow, if U.N. secretary general/global leader were to give the 'round up all Bible believing Christians' order, I wouldn't even be able to grab my kids and make it to the car, let alone run up the side of some mountain!" Begging the indulgence of all amillennialists and preterists, remember Matthew 24 when Jesus Christ said "escape to the mountains!" when the time of sorrows comes? I am too fat and out of shape to comply with that commandment!
C) Also, without even needing some endtimes scenario, I realized that it would have merely taken our being pursued by some desperate criminal or some rabid raccoon (or any emergency which would have required my grabbing my children and carrying them while outrunning something or someone somewhere) to expose how reckless and irresponsible I have been with my health and in this way would not be able to fulfill the physical requirements of being the steward, the head of my family as the Bible requires.
And yes, I also recall having read this book on evangelism whose author stated that overweight evangelists, missionaries, pastors etc. are often not taken seriously, especially in areas of the country and world where physical fitness, by the people that they are attempting to minister to. So, I am immediately going to start incorporating diet and exercise as part of my personal approach to Christian living. If nothing else, it would exhibit wisdom and self-control, and against such things there is no law!
P.S. No, this is not an endorsement of the "health" portion of the prosperity doctrine. Nor do I endorse the increasingly common practice of churches calling themselves "family life" or "whole person" centers and building fitness centers and doing things like offering dance aerobics (to gospel music of course!). Just as 1 Corinthians 11:34 says "if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation" then it follows that we should do our EXERCISING at home (or at least at someplace other than church!) also. After all, if going to go to church to lose weight, who is going to evangelize the overweight people that go to the gyms?
Hebrews 9:28 Says Jesus Christ Will Only Return ONCE. What Does That Mean For THE RAPTURE And The Endtimes?
King James Version: So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
NASB: so Christ also, having been (A)offered once to (B)bear the sins of many, will appear (C)a second time for (D)salvation (E)without reference to sin, to those who (F)eagerly await Him.
ESV: so Christ, having been offered once(A) to bear the sins of(B) many, will appear(C) a second time,(D) not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly(E) waiting for him.
YLT: so also the Christ, once having been offered to bear the sins of many, a second time, apart from a sin-offering, shall appear, to those waiting for him — to salvation!
There is a bit of context in the book of Hebrews which along with this verse states that after His ascension to heaven, Jesus Christ took His seat on the right hand of the Father where He serves as the Advocate and Intercessor for God's elect. Jesus Christ will leave the Father's side ONCE AND ONLY ONCE: on the day of the Lord. Some say that the day of the Lord precedes Jesus Christ's millennial reign, amillennialists say that the millennium is now with Christ ruling the earth and the rest of creation from heaven, and that Christ's singular return will come at the final resurrection prior to the great white throne judgment. The debate between post – tribulation (or post – wrath) premillinnialists and amillennialists is one for another time and place. In this instance, let me state that both groups would tend to interpret Hebrews 9:28 and the scriptures influencing it correctly: that Jesus Christ will only return once.
Please note how Hebrews 9:28 makes a direct correlation between Jesus Christ's being sacrificed once and His returning once. In that light, people who allege that Jesus Christ will return more than once are all but claiming that Jesus Christ's work on the cross was insufficient. Such people may not directly claim that Jesus Christ needs to die on the cross and redeem creation a second time, but as Hebrews 9:28 clearly correlates Christ's one death to Christ's one return, suggesting that Christ will return multiple times does directly infer that Jesus Christ's work on the cross did not quite get the job done, and that other things – other works – must yet be done to redeem God's elect and through the elect all creation. And who will do these works? God the Father? God the Son? God the Holy Spirit? OR WILL MAN DO THESE WORKS? It is a question that those who believe in endtimes doctrines that require multiple returns of Jesus Christ must answer.
If anyone wishes to comment, I would ask that they first follow and read the link below, which presents endtimes comparisons in an easily understood, quickly read, and unbiased table format, before doing so.
From Joeland7s Sword of Truth site.
The rapture theory is not Biblical and was founded as an Anti-Reformation tool of the Catholic Church. The purpose of the rapture theory was to destroy the reformation or control protestantism, recapture the Holy Land and establish the New Word Order and the One world government.
" the Rapture is a fraud of monumental proportions, as well as a disturbing way to instill fear in people.
"Whether prescribing a violent script for Israel or survivalism in the United States, this theology distorts God's vision for the world," Rossing writes. "In place of healing, the Rapture proclaims escape. In place of Jesus's blessing of peacemaking, the Rapture voyeuristically glorifies violence and war …. This theology is not biblical. We are not Raptured off the earth, nor is God.
Where did the rapture theory originate and why?
Reformers such as Luther, Calvin, Huss, Zwingli, Melanchthon, Bullinger and others had identified the Catholic Church as Mystery Babylon in Revelation and the Popes as the Anti-Christ. Millions of sincere Catholics were leaving the mother church and joining the reformation movement.. The church set out to neutralize and destroy the protestant movement.. What they could not do through brute force and the military inquisitions they did through political espionage, spiritual intrigue, and using mind control techniques by secret societies. Most of the books published on the rapture are brainwashing the readers mind. All of the books writen by Tim Lahaye's, John Hagee, Jack van Impe, Jerry Jenkins , John Walvoord and movies such as the Omega Code and Megiddo are design for mind control. This anti-protestant doctrine is taught in many universities and seminaries such as Dallas Theological Seminary, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Southwestern Assemblies of God, Zion Bible College, Moody Bible Institute, Global University, Liberty and Regent University and well as a host of other leading colleges and universities The rapture cult has the largest following than any cult in the US or Europe.
Why were sincere Catholics, priests and monks leaving the Catholic Church.?
People were leaving because of corruptions in the church. If one look at the Babylonian sun worship, and the present Roman Catholic Mass there are many similarities. Baal worship seem to have taken over the Catholic Church. The icon of the virgin mother and child with halos (representing the sun), Mary as the queen of heaven, (Isis – queen of heaven) confessionals, wafer worship, transubstantiation, and priests as exclusive mediators of God were all derived from the Satanic Babylonian religion. Roman Catholicism became a mixture of witchcraft, Judaism, paganism, and perverted Christianity. When this corruptions was exposed by the reformers, Rome was outraged, and staged Holy Inquisitions, design to rid the world of heretics. The Inquisition included torturing and murdering people who didn't not agree with the Catholic views. Ten of thousands of people were killed and some historians even put the numbers in the millions. Later, in response to the Vatican's oppressive dogma, Martin Luther, a former Augustinian monk, nailed his 95 theses to the wall of a church in Germany, heralding Protestantism. The Vatican was shaken as Protestantism spreads rapidly through Europe. In order to stamp out the spiritual rebellion, Pope Paul III ordered Ignatius de Loyola to found the Order of Jesuits, which would act as the intelligentsia and secret militia of the Vatican. Loyola had already founded the occult Illuminati, which he then placed under the umbrella of the Vatican " Ignatius a Merovingian Jew from Loyola Spain was a member of the Alumbrados before he founded the Illuminati and the Jesuits. The Merovingian Jews claim to be decedents of Jesus and Mary of Magdalene. Thus you have books and movies like DaVinci Code, Prieure de Sion, Passover Plot, Holy Blood Holy Grail, Bloodline of the Holy Grail, being produced and circulated by Hollywood Kabbalist movie studios and publishing houses controlled by the Illuminati. These books are blasphemous teachings design to nullify the true Gospel of Jesus. Many of the Popes, Cardinals, Bishops and Priest were Merovingian Jews whose agenda was to destroy true Christianity and pervert the true gospel.
It was when Pope Paul III convened the Council of Trent that the church formally addressed the protestant reformation with edicts, dogmas and doctrines. A disciple of Ignatius, Francisco Ribera came up with a theory that would take the attention off the Pope as being the Anti-Christ and put it on some future individual. This was the beginning of the Rapture doctrine. The Jesuits infiltrated the protestant movement, developed protestant theology, and purposely mis interpreted scriptures relating to Bible prophecy. They also controlled the educational system and bribe and blackmailed governments of Europe and America to promote their agenda. Two other groups that were instrumental the origin and development of the rapture theory were the Knights Templars (Masons) and the Knights of Malta (Knights of Columbus).
In my up coming blog I will go into more detail about how the Jesuits and the Illuminati set about to implement the Rapture theory to achieve their goal.. Protestant churches, Evangelical seminaries, and bible talking and Bibleprobe preachers like John Hagee, Jack van Impe, Jack Hayford, TD Jakes, Kenneth Hagin, Kenneth Copeland, Pat Robinson, Creflo Dollar, Bishop Charles Blake, Billy Graham, and masons who promote the rapture have been seduced by Jesuits theology and manipulated by the kabbalist practitioners, thus they are part of the world-wide Anti-Christ conspiracy.
If you are reading this document, I strongly suggest you print it out, send it to your friends and family members, because it would be taken off this web site by the workers of the prince of darkness. May the Spirit of God lead you into all truth. God Bless.
Jewwatch Critiques John Hagee's Heresy Frank Weltner discusses John Hagee's heresy. Will Christian Zionists listen? Not if they've chosen to worship Jews rather than Christ.
Dispensational Pre – Tribulation Rapture Christians Will You Go To The Third Temple In Jerusalem And Pray?
Pre – tribulation rapture dispensationalists are not only anticipating, but in many cases actually actively working to bring about the construction of the third Jewish temple, the recreation of the Levitical Aaronic priesthood, and the re – institution of the sacrifices to take away people's sins. In this temple, Jews – reflecting the religious pluralism of modern rabbinical or synagogue Judaism – will make sacrifices and prayer intercessions for all people of all faiths, and will invite representatives of all faiths to come pray and worship on their outer court, the court of the Gentiles, which in their view will fulfill the Old Testament prophecies and help establish the Messianic age (paving the way for the coming of their Messiah) by getting more Gentiles to pray to their god and consent to becoming Noachide Gentiles.
Now this is not to say that all or even most of these sorts agree with Hagee, Robertson, and Coulter, and the other fellows who must publicly espouse such beliefs to protect their political and financial interests. Still, if pre – tribulation rapture dispensationalism teaches that Jews and Christians worship the same God and that there is still great spiritual value in Jewish rituals and traditions, and that Christians should take seriously a lot of the things written in the Talmud and such, then why not go to the third temple and pray? Now again, it is one thing to believe that God will never break His promise to Abraham, and to believe the writings of the Benjamite Saul (Paul) in Romans when he stated that God had not cast Israel off. However, it is another thing to totally reject everything else that the New Testament writers (including this same Saul) said about Jews – and everyone else – that reject Jesus Christ.
In other words, it is one thing for God to keep His promises to the biological descendants of Abraham. It is another thing to sit around and pretend that the Jewish religion still has spiritual efficacy, is still pleasing to the sight of God, when the same New Testament that speaks of Jesus Christ called it a shadow of things to come. When even the Old Testament – the book of Jeremiah – spoke of a new and better covenant with the old passing away. Holding that God is honoring two religions according to separate lines of revelation and conflicting truth claims is asserting that God is double – minded, unstable, unreliable, indeed a liar and a charlatan. But that is precisely what supporting the construction of the third temple is claiming. It is based on the notion that Jews and Christians worship the same God, but that the worship of Jews is merely flawed and incomplete. Still, despite their flawed, incomplete worship God still honors it, and will honor their temple as God's house. And since it is God's house, it will be perfectly acceptable for Christians to go pray at the Jewish temple. And quite unlike the Benjamite Saul, who suffered great personal sacrifice to visit with and raise and give an offering to the suffering Jerusalem Christians (leading directly to his being arrested I might add!) in the process of going to the Jewish temple to pray the Left Behind folks will ignore all of the impoverished and oppressed Christians – especially the Messianic Jews – in Israel for fear of offending the temple rabbis. Of course, slighting the Jerusalem Christians in this manner would be perfectly fine because they will be raptured up and we will all be together again in heaven, right? So that will make disobeying the book of James all fine and dandy.
Look, even if you could show me where Jesus Christ ever told the Jews to rebuild the temple in scripture – and you cannot – making the claim that their rebuilding the temple has anything to do with the person that they REJECTED as their Messiah and God is ridiculous. It is equally ridiculous to claim that their building the temple has anything to do with Revelation, the eschatological writings of Paul, or the CHRISTIAN interpretations of the writings of the Jewish prophets. No, their rebuilding the temple HAS NOTHING TO DO with anything that Jesus Christ said or that followers of Jesus Christ believe. We must remember that while it is true that these people have not been cast away, but they are still – as Saul stated – spiritually blind, and as such are doing not the things of God but rather following the contents of their own hearts. As a result, the new temple will not be a place fit for a Christian to go pray and worship. Why? Because this temple will be an abomination produced by those determined to defy and reject Jesus Christ. So how can Christians participate in this worship or support it in any way without being participants in the desolation of abomination?
Further, let us go back to Hebrews, which was a warning to Jewish Christians in danger of reverting to Judaism and rejecting the uniqueness and exclusivity of Jesus Christ as expressed in Hebrews 6:1-8.
1Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, 2Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. 3And this will we do, if God permit. 4For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, 5And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, 6If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. 7For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: 8But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
The doctrine of perseverance of the saints promises that the born again will endure to the end. However, the ministry of the Holy Spirit in this area is hindered in Christians that insist on forsaking the new covenant – the covenant under which terms the Holy Spirit is operating at present – in order to go try to practice Judaism, of people who are trying to mix the priesthood of Jesus Christ with the priesthood of Aaron in their doctrine and practice. Hebrews says that people who do this never learn through sound Christian living right from wrong, and as such never attain spiritual maturity, but instead remain spiritual babies. Why? Because it is the ministry of the Holy Spirit that matures a Christian, and resisting the Holy Spirit by going back to the old covenant resists that ministry. And again, since it is the mature Christians that will endure to the end, again Christians that are content to play games in this area are playing with hell fire. This is true whether you are a prosperity doctrine Christian or a Christian that is conferring righteousness on the practices and institutions of those that have rejected the Jesus Christ priesthood in order to keep the dead Aaronic priesthood going because of your own endtimes doctrines and hopes.
If chasing after old covenant blessings with the prosperity doctrine is playing with hell fire, I cannot see how going to the third temple to pray does not violate Hebrews 3:12-19. That is why I have real problems with what some Messianic Jews are advocating. It is one thing for them to advocate that Christians keep Passover, the Sabbath, the feasts, etc. in full view of how these observances typologically represent Jesus Christ, were fulfilled by Jesus Christ, and are only being done in remembrance of and in worship of Jesus Christ. In other words, so long as they know and teach that doing these things apart from Jesus Christ is not only meaningless but evil and spiritually harmful, and also teach that if a person has Jesus Christ then he has no need to do these things but should only practice them if he wants to (again, the message of Saul the Jew in Colossians 2:16) then that person is fine. But I often see Messianic Jews referring to and promoting teachings from the Talmud and other books written after the period of revelation to non – Christian Jews had ended by hard – hearted people that rejected the Holy Spirit. Some of the things in the Talmud are 100% true. But some of it is only 50% true (or more or less), and some of it is 100% lie. How can we tell which is which? The answer: we cannot. So why use it? Mixing Jewish tradition with the Bible really is no different from mixing Roman Catholic tradition with the Bible. If it is not infallible, the final authority, inspired, unchanging, and without contradiction or inconsistency, what good is it for use in instruction and doctrine? Claiming that 2 Timothy 3:16 only acts to give authority to scripture while not also invalidating the traditions and doctrines of men is the same trick that Roman Catholics use. If we are not going to accept that nonsense from Roman Catholics who at least PRETEND to accept Jesus Christ, why would we pay respect to the interpretations and doctrines of people who are brazen and open in their rejection of Him?
Just yesterday on a Christian television network, I saw a Messianic Jewish program showing devout people kissing, crying, and praying at the wailing wall. What is the wailing wall? It is alleged to be the last surviving remains of the Jewish temple. (Yes, I do say ALLEGED because the synoptic gospels assert Jesus Christ's prophecy that nothing of the temple would be left standing in Matthew 24:2, Mark 13:2, Luke 21:6). By showing AND PROMOTING Christians and Messianic Jews worshiping not with each other in churches, homes, prisons, and Messianic synagogues but with rabbinic Jews at the alleged remains of what Jesus Christ said would be destroyed according to the provident will of the Father … I cannot see how many Christians would NOT be influenced to take a sojourn to Jerusalem and pray at the third temple and thereby risk apostasy. It is good to know that not all Messianic Jews support this madness: this is a post from a Messianic Jew that takes Hebrews seriously. But sadly, fellows like this are not among the ones that you see represented on Christian television.
Make no mistake, I do believe that there will be a literal third temple, and that a literal anti – Christ will enter into it halfway through the great tribulation, and an abomination of desolation will take place in the temple when the anti – Christ declares himself to be God. But Christians should realize that the third temple will be an abomination in and of itself; the last and greatest attempt by mankind to deny the existence of the priesthood of Jesus Christ and erect a false human priesthood in its place. As a result, unlike the people that defiled and desecrated the first two temples in the past, the anti – Christ will feel right at home in the third temple made by the L'oammi (not my people, see Hosea). Really, the third temple will be nothing more than A SECOND TOWER OF BABEL! So, pre – tribulation rapture Christian, if you think that you can go pray at the tower of Babel without committing apostasy, you had better think again. Or better yet, go home and read your book of Hebrews.


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Staff Profile: Rob Hewell
Director of Online Learning Initiatives & professor of music
March 09, 2021 - Jon Merryman
While many of us were home in March learning to bake homemade bread or binging Netflix, Dr. Rob Hewell was working swiftly with IT Services and other campus partners to shift every Ouachita student to remote learning. Hewell thrived not only assisting current students but also faculty and staff with moving courses to Zoom and Moodle while continuing his typical daily work with students in Ouachita's online degree programs.
"I think there is a silver lining to this dark cloud we've been living under in this season, and that is that our residential faculty have had the opportunity and need to rethink how they do what they do and realize there are resources they didn't know about that can help students learn," Hewell shared. "I love serving at Ouachita and working with fantastic colleagues and students. Online education is here to stay, and I love being able to help faculty and students succeed online."
"The last seven weeks of the semester could have been disastrous, but Dr. Hewell stepped up to offer the resources, training and assistance faculty needed to manage such a massive disruption to their plans," said Dr. Stan Poole, vice president for academic affairs. "Dr. Hewell's knowledge and competence – and especially his heart for service – couldn't have been more timely or more deeply appreciated by those who benefitted from his expertise."
Part of what has made Hewell the perfect person to lead Ouachita's online education component is his love of a challenge, having taken on many new opportunities throughout his career. After over a decade in church music ministry and eight years with the Arkansas Baptist State Convention, he joined Ouachita's faculty in 2001 as chair of the Department of Church Music (later Worship Arts). With the launch of Ouachita Online in 2014, Dr. Hewell became an online course designer, then coordinator of online course development and later the director of Ouachita Online.
" I love being able to help faculty and students succeed online. "
Rob Hewell
"I am committed to helping Ouachita be robust in how we help students who might never have the chance to come to Ouachita – particularly non-traditional students – attend and complete their degrees. Even if a student is never able to set foot on campus, I want to help them become a Ouachitonian and a Tiger for Life."
The newest degree offerings through Ouachita Online are degree completion programs in interdisciplinary studies and organizational leadership, as well as an RN-to-BSN completer program. Additionally, the new M.S. degree in applied behavior analysis is a low-residency program, with all but one week of the program completed online.
"It's been wonderful to help people realize their goal of completing their Ouachita degree," Hewell said.
"Dr. Hewell is a perfect reflection of what Ouachita is all about," said Bryant Adams, a 2020 alumnus who completed his degree online over 20 years after starting in person as a freshman. "He is kind and caring toward his students while seeking to encourage and empower them to achieve their goals. In my experience, during the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, he was a vital leader standing up for remote learning for the entire Ouachita community while still effectively teaching and shaping his students in the degree completion program."
If you are considering finishing a degree you started, Hewell suggests reaching out for a free preliminary transcript review. See obu.edu/online for the current online degree offerings.
"It's completely free – I'll take a look at how many courses and how many hours you have left to complete a degree," he said. "If it works for you now, that's great! If not, we'll be here when you're ready."
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Emaar Development launches Arabian Ranches III
By Angitha Pradeep
Residential community to have a lazy river and a variety of outdoor activities
Emaar has announced that it has launched Arabian Ranches III, a secure gated community with a central park covering an area of over 30,000 sqm featuring three- and four-bedroom houses.
Following up with the original Arabian Ranches, the new community will feature a four-km boulevard, community parks with an extensive choice of play area for children as well as wellness and sports facilities for all the residences. Emaar reported that the neighbourhood will also have a lazy river, cycling tracks, a retail strip, a clubhouse and community centre, a mosque and several reputed schools and healthcare facility in close proximity.
The central park is said to serve as a hub for recreation and socialising with a plaza, lawns, adventure zones, a parkour course, a skate park, barbeque areas, a gymnasium, jogging tracks and a cricket pitch.
Arabian Ranches III also offers a direct connection to the 86km-long Al Qudra Cycling Track, while a 42m-wide boulevard loop promotes a pedestrian-friendly healthy lifestyle. Residents will have access to the Arabian Ranches Golf Course as well as the Dubai Polo and Equestrian Club.
The developer also stated that the residential community will be served by a Metro link in the future, meanwhile Downtown Dubai, Dubai International Airport, Al Maktoum International Airport and Expo 2020 Dubai site are only a half-hour away.
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"Sometimes other opportunities come along," he said in the release. "I want to use my athleticism to truly excel. And after seeing what my dad has done with his track and field athletes, I felt like this was my best chance to be the best version of myself.
"I want to make something clear. This was completely my decision and my decision alone."
Floreal said he was "bred" for track. "As much as I love basketball, track is in my blood," he said. "I'm excited for the next step."
Floreal played in only 29 of Kentucky's 115 games the past three seasons. In his UK basketball career, he played a total of 40 minutes, scoring three points.
Calipari thanked Floreal for the time he spent in basketball.
"EJ has elite athleticism, and I'm happy for him that he'll truly get a chance to shine," Calipari said in the news release. "I want to thank him for his hard work and dedication to our basketball program. He was a great teammate. He improved immensely over the last three years, and he was a big part of our success."
It wasn't for lack of trying that Floreal did not blossom at UK as a basketball player. Before Kentucky's exhibition games in the Bahamas in the summer of 2014, Floreal worked out with Willie Cauley-Stein, who was recovering from an offseason surgery.
Floreal caught the eye of ESPN analyst Jay Bilas, who was working the game telecasts. Bilas spoke of the improvement Floreal showed.
"It felt like people are finally going to notice … ," Floreal said the following October. "For somebody like Jay Bilas, who's watched the best of the best back to LeBron (James) in high school or even Kobe (Bryant) in high school before that, for him to say I look good and I'm improving and he's pulling for me, that was really big."
Floreal and his parents knew he had a lot of improving to do to someday make an impact as a Kentucky player.
"EJ is a phenomenal athlete," Edrick Floreal said of his son. "He just needs to learn the game."
The elder Floreal noted a telling difference in excelling in track as opposed to basketball. The latter requires much more skill development and repetitive drills. Or, more "reps," to use the vernacular of athletics.
"I tell him all the time, he can come to track and be a star right away," Edrick Floreal said in 2014. His son could be "fantastic" in sprinting and jumping events, he said.
"Then again," he added, "Michael Jordan could have been a world-record holder in the long jump."
As a high school sprinter, Floreal finished fourth in the 100 meters and third in the 200 meters in the 2012 California Championships his junior year.
During the elder Floreal's time as UK track coach, Wildcats have won five individual NCAA championships and 27 individual Southeastern Conference championships.
Earlier this year, ex-Cat Kendra Harrison broke a 28-year-old world record in the 100-meter hurdles.
The elder Floreal, a native of Haiti, competed for Canada in the 1988 and 1992 Olympic Games. His wife, LaVonna Martin-Floreal, won the silver medal in the 100-meter hurdles in 1992.
As the son of Olympians, Floreal acknowledged early on that his basketball skills needed to catch up to his speed and quickness.
A serious injury helped explain why his basketball skills lagged behind. He tore an anterior cruciate ligament as an eighth-grader.
"Basketball is just what I do, and I feel I can be really good at it once I get everything down," Floreal said when he joined the UK team in 2013. "I guess part of it, you could say, is I wanted to venture out and do my own thing. Every kid wants to be better than their parents. And every parent wants their kid to be better than them.
"And as much as I probably could have run track, I really did want to be a basketball player."
Jerry Tipton: 859-231-3227, @JerryTipton
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The purpose of this article is to help you understand your Orange & Rockland Utilities (Orange & Rockland) energy bill. So you can take control and cut it. The next article in the series will show you quick and easy ways to cut it.
The service charge is the same for all households — whether they run a single desk fan or a hundred air conditioners. It covers Orange & Rockland expenses that aren't directly related to your energy usage. Examples are Orange & Rockland's phone-support staff, and the hold music you hear while waiting for phone support. The service charge doesn't change month by month. It's only about 11% of a typical family's total monthly energy bill ($21 out of $188/mo).
Now let's talk money. How much does Orange & Rockland charge to keep this single kilowatt-hour (kWh) of light bulbs on for an hour? Under the standard rate plan (code name: 1), they charge 20¢ per kWh on average (for a home with typical usage). One kWh multiplied by 20¢ per kWh equals…20¢. If the 100 light bulbs were kept on 24x7 for a month (720 hours straight), Orange & Rockland would charge $144.
What's a typical Orange & Rockland customer's energy bill?
A typical family in Orange & Rockland territory uses 936 per month on average (for perspective, they'd get to the same total by keeping 22 typical laptops on 24x7). They pay $188 per month for those 936 kilowatt-hours. How does your home compare?
How do Orange & Rockland rates compare to the national average?
Orange & Rockland rates are much higher than the national average — the average Orange & Rockland rate for a family with typical energy usage is 20¢ (including the service charge). The average national residential rate is 13¢.
To complicate things (we're talking about energy bills after all), Orange & Rockland doesn't just charge the same flat rate for every kWh of energy. They increase the rate when energy thresholds are reached across the month. In other words, the default rate plan (code name: 1) is tiered. Energy in the second tier is 8% more expensive than energy in the first tier.
Let's connect this to life with a 1 kW espresso machine (which draws 1 kW of power at any given moment). Let's say the machine is on for an hour every morning. That's 1 kW times 7 hours per week, which equals 7 kilowatt-hours (we'll pretend it's on non stop). With summer-season rates, the total cost to run it in the first week—at the cheaper tier-1 rate—is: $1.28. The cost to run it in the last week—at the more expensive tier-2 rate—is: $1.38. So Orange & Rockland is charging an extra 10¢ for the same amount of energy.
Does Orange & Rockland charge a premium in the summer?
Yup, summer rates are 12% higher than winter rates for a typical family. Between this and higher summer usage, the average summer bill is 30% higher than the average winter bill ($222 vs $171 per month). Orange & Rockland's summer-rate season goes from June 1 to September 30.
Would we have a lower bill on a different Orange & Rockland rate plan?
Orange & Rockland offers a "time of use" rate plan that you could voluntarily switch to. Under the time-of-use rate plan, you'd pay a different rate depending on when you use energy over the course of a day. Time of use gives you more control over your energy bill. Depending on how you use energy, it could start saving you money immediately.
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Mayor Jacob Frey Calls For Hennepin Co. Attorney To Charge Arresting Officer In George Floyd's Death
Filed Under:Derek Chauvin, George Floyd, Jennifer Mayerle, Local TV, Man Dies In Police Custody, Minneapolis News, South Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has called on Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman to press charges against the arresting officer for George Floyd's Monday night death.
Four Minneapolis police officers who were involved in the arrest of a black man who died in police custody were fired Tuesday. On Wednesday, the City of Minneapolis released their identities.
As of yet, no arrests have been made, which Frey said inspired him to speak out Wednesday afternoon. He said any other individual other than a police officer in a case like this would already be in jail.
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"If you had done it, or if I had done it, we would be behind bars right now," Frey said. "We watched for five whole excruciating minutes as a white officer firmly pressed his knee into the neck of an unarmed, handcuffed black man. I saw no threat. I saw nothing that would signal that this kind of force was necessary. By the way, that particular technique that was used is not authorized by the MPD. … And it should not be used, period."
Frey also said he would like to see the body camera footage from officers involved to be released as soon as possible without risking the criminal investigation.
"We are not talking about a split-second decision that was made incorrectly. There's somewhere around 300 seconds in those five minutes, every one of which the officer could have turned back, every second of which he could have removed his knee from George Floyd's neck, every one of which he could have listened to the community around him, clearly saying he needed to stop, every one of which you heard George Floyd himself articulating the pain he was feeling, an inability to breathe," Frey said.
WCCO has reached out to Freeman for comment.
Mayor @Jacob_Frey calls on Hennepin Co Attorney Mike Freeman to charge the officer who kept his knee on George Floyd's throat @wcco will update pic.twitter.com/04XI69zuOg
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Floyd was arrested around 8 p.m. Monday for alleged forgery, a non-violent crime that implies he tried to used forged documents at a nearby deli. Officers say he resisted arrest.
A video posted to social media shows an encounter between Minneapolis police and Floyd outside Cup Foods. In the nine-minute video, an officer can be seen kneeling on Floyd's neck at the side of a squad car. Floyd can be heard groaning and repeatedly telling police he can't breathe.
After about five minutes in the video, Floyd appears to go unconscious. The bystanders ask for someone to check his pulse. The officer does not lift his knee from Floyd's neck until medical personnel arrive a few minutes later and carry him to an ambulance. Police said he was taken to Hennepin Healthcare, where he was pronounced dead.
A GoFundMe page has been set up to help Floyd's family.


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Q: What does smooth hypersurface mean in $\mathbb{P}^2 \times \mathbb{P}^2$? Let $F \in \mathbb{C}[x_0, x_1, x_2, y_0, y_1, y_2]$.
Suppose $F$ is homogeneous in both $x$ variables and $y$ variables.
I see that $F = 0$ defines a hyper surface in $\mathbb{P}^2 \times \mathbb{P}^2$.
What does it mean when this is a smooth hypersurface mean?
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Item #: SCP-808
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-808 is currently unable to be moved from its original location. As such, Armed Containment Site-27 has been built around the area in which it was found.
SCP-808 is contained within a six (6) meter by seven (7) meter by seventeen (17) meter containment tank. Unit is constructed from ten (10) centimeter thick walls of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), covered by twenty-five (25) centimeter thick acoustic foam. Furthermore, wooden sound dampeners are constructed three (3) meters from the container, to further insulate the object. These dampeners are susceptible to regular degradation, and as such are to be replaced by Class-D personnel.
SCP-808's housing (Area 808-a) is currently set with ██ explosive charges. The public cover story is that the property has been purchased by the military as a training area, allowing for complete destruction of the object if required. Barring maintenance, a thirty (30) meter buffer zone is to be maintained around the object at all times.
Once monthly, SCP-808's tank is to be opened and the main body is to be inspected for degradation. If sufficiently degraded, a diluted phosphoric acid spray is to be applied, then the object is to be power-washed and coated with further rustproofing agents.
An inner portion of SCP-808, taken during initial investigation. Each portion of this segment was moving with slow but consistent motion.
Machinery originally found within the structure has been removed to a storage area 250 meters to the southwest. In the event that any unconnected machinery in the vicinity of SCP-808 begins to operate, all personnel are to evacuate to Evac Point Beta. As a precaution to repel invaders, automated motion-sensitive flame-based defensive installations around the object will activate in the event of a Site lockdown.
Description: SCP-808 is a mechanical construct standing approximately sixteen (16) meters tall, with a base approximately five by six meters (30 m2) in area. The object is roughly cylindrical in shape, the upper three meters tapering to a point.
SCP-808 seems to be built primarily of steel and iron, with several smaller brass fittings. Randomly-placed lengths of cable and chain are attached haphazardly to the lower areas, with the majority of the machine constructed of steel beams and gears in simple clockwork patterns. Components seem to have been taken from various industrial machinery, with no single source. The machinery forming SCP-808 runs constantly with a low grind, despite no apparent power source.
The uppermost portion of SCP-808 is constructed in a somewhat humanoid form. This portion is covered in gray carpeting and a white wedding dress, giving it a soft, somewhat feminine appearance. The effigy possesses four limbs, the upper limbs appearing somewhat vestigial and the lower limbs apparently taken from a mannequin. The face seems to be a speaker system, possibly constructed of copper.
Humanoid portion of SCP-808, against its PVC containment tank.
While SCP-808 runs, a high-pitched whine is emitted from the humanoid construct. As SCP-808's structure degrades (through rusting) or is tampered with (e.g. attempts to disassemble the object, or through application of force), this noise's volume will increase dramatically. This noise will automatically tune to frequencies capable of causing local metals to resonate. After growing loud enough (approx. 70 dB), non-electronic components of machinery affected by this resonance will spontaneously activate. This anomalous activity will cease once rust has been removed from SCP-808. No psychological effects have appeared in those exposed to the sound.
Direct damage to the humanoid construct has caused it to emit an approximately 1██ dB "scream", killing 2 and deafening ██ personnel on-Site, as well as causing extensive property damage. No further attempts to deconstruct or destroy SCP-808 are to be taken except in extreme emergencies.
Recovery Log: SCP-808 is located within an abandoned factory in █████████, ████████, France. An Agent embedded as a local city worker heard rumours of a constant "screech" in the local countryside, and called in a small investigation. Upon discovery of SCP-808 within its structure, the four present Agents were assaulted by a group of civilians, killed by Agents in self-defense.
Investigation of the structure revealed a sect dedicated to the Church of the Broken God. ██ associated members of the sect were captured and taken into Foundation custody. Documents and paraphernalia retrieved from civilian residences revealed that SCP-808 had been under construction for approximately seven months, and remains unfinished after being acquired by the Foundation. Documentation reveals that SCP-808 was intended to be a musician of sorts, in preparation for the eventual return of the "Broken God".
Associated civilians have since been terminated under the guise of an attack by a mundane terrorist cell. Security for [LOCATION REDACTED] has since been increased.
Addendum - Note from Dr. Bridge
Judging by the main structure, I'd say that it was intended to be mobile. It has bits that look like the beginnings of legs… wheels as well.
It's quite concerning that something the size of SCP-808 has been built outside our knowledge. However, I find it even more disturbing that a cult of the Broken God grew this large without alerting the Foundation. In light of this recent growth, I recommend increasing surveillance on known Church activities.
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In Praise of Older Women: The Best Records of 2008 by Women 45 Years Old and Over
Steve Horowitz
The old music-industry adage is that if a woman doesn't have a hit by the time she's 22 years old, she should probably look for another career. That's obviously a load of blarney.
America's hyper-obsession with youth has taken over the music charts. This is especially true if you are female. At 18, Taylor Swift has already conquered country and is headed for crossover success. Pop artists like Hilary Duff, Kellie Pickler, Rihanna, and Miley Cryus have become mega-stars as teenagers, while UK singers Joss Stone, Adele, Duffy, Estelle, and others have come from the retro R&B wing and have had a great success on the pop scene as well. There are literally scores of other teenage girls and women in their early 20s who have rocketed their way to the top during the past year. The adage in the music industry now is that if a woman doesn't have a hit by the time she's 22 years old, she should probably look for another career.
That's obviously a load of blarney. There are a multitude of great female artists making great music who are more than twice that age. These women are not on a comeback, have not matured or ripened, or whatever other cliché one might use. For the most part, they have had consistently strong careers full of wonderful recordings and have kept on making great records. Their discs have appeared on various national top ten lists for decades and in all likelihood will continue to do so.
Below is a list of the top ten albums by women 45 years and older. These records range in styles and genres, which suggests that no matter what field a female musician enters, she can continue to grow and thrive. These discs are among the best these women have ever made. That is no mean feat as these musicians are recognized as leaders in their fields with a strong repertoire. Following is a list of other such women who have also released notable records this year. De gustibus non disputandum est.
Artist: Sam Phillips Album: Don't Do Anything Label: Nonesuch Image: http://images.popmatters.com/music_cover_art/p/phillipssam-dontdoanything.jpg US Release Date: 2008-06-03 UK Release Date: 2008-06-02
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This may be Sam Phillips' 11th studio album, but it's the first one that she's self-produced. The disc reveals her eclectic pop sensibilities in a mysterious, incandescent way. Sometimes she invokes the spirit of the Beatles ("My Career in Chemistry") and other times she digs into gospel ("Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us"); but no matter what muse she conjures, the music seems taken out of the blue sky and the storm clouds and finds itself transformed into some ethereal place where we all live and listen for signs and wonders. There's a delicacy to the whole project with the tensile properties of stainless steel.
Sam Phillips: Don't Do Anything
Artist: Joan Baez Album: Day After Tomorrow Label: Razor & Tie Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Day-After-Tomorrow-Joan-Baez/dp/B001A62ZLA/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1228336871&sr=8-1 Image: http://images.popmatters.com/music_cover_art/b/baezjoan-dayaftertomorrow.jpg US Release Date: 2008-09-09 UK Release Date: Available as import
John Baez established herself early on as someone whose ears were as golden as her voice. She was able to appreciate quality songwriting and add a personal touch to her covers that made the songs distinctively hers. This time she offers selections from established artists like Steve Earle (who produced the disc), Tom Waits, and Elvis Costello, along with lesser known yet impeccable talents like Patty Griffin, Eliza Gilkyson, and Thea Gilmore. Baez offers passionate renditions of their songs that share a common theme of existing at the corner of where the personal meets the political.
Joan Baez: Day After Tomorrow
Artist: Bonnie Bramlett Album: Beautiful Label: Rockin' Camel Image: http://images.popmatters.com/music_cover_art/b/bramlettbonnie-beautiful.jpg US Release Date: 2008-02-14 UK Release Date: Available as import
The soulful timbre of Bonnie Bramlett's voice has been noted by other great artists for decades. Her career as a musician and actress have led her to a variety of endeavors, but her latest release shows that she hasn't lost her touch. She can turn Steven Stills' "For What It's Worth" into a gospel number just by slowing it down and accentuating each syllable. The real standout track here is here version of Steven Conn's "Beautiful". Bramlett wrings every ounce of emotion out of the words simply by holding back the tears and the screams while eloquently letting the words and the music speak. Her rendition of the song is guaranteed to break your heart.Bonnie Bramlett: Beautiful
Artist: Carlene Carter Album: Stronger Label: Yep Roc Image: http://images.popmatters.com/music_cover_art/c/cartercarlene-stronger.jpg US Release Date: 2008-03-04 UK Release Date: 2008-03-14
One could have guessed never to count out the daughter of June Carter Cash (and Johnny Cash's stepdaughter) just because she encountered some adversity in her life. As the title says, she's come back stronger on this hard-drivin' album of heartfelt music. She sings about lessons learned the hard way, but she's far from bitter. "Why Be Blue" as she succinctly puts it on one cut. Carter knows she's still cool. While the music scene has radically changed since her early days as a country punk chanteuse, Carter still has the attitude and the chops, and she knows how to use them.
Carlene Carter: Stronger
Artist: Kathy Mattea Album: Coal Label: Captain Potato Image: http://images.popmatters.com/music_cover_art/m/matteakathy-coal.jpg US Release Date: 2008-04-01 UK Release Date: 2008-04-14
The year 2008 might seem too modern for a concept album about coal mining, but Kathy Mattea knows better. In these energy hungry days where millions of dollars in public relations money gets spent promoting clean coal, Mattea reminds us of the difficult life of coal miners through forthright and passionate versions of classic songs by Merle Travis, Hazel Dickens, and Jean Ritchie as well as lesser known tunes that ring as clear and loud as John Henry's hammer. Marty Stuart's production lets Mattea's voice tell the stories in a loud, clear voice that expresses survival in a world where pain has found a home.
Kathy Mattea: Coal
Artist: Aimee Mann Album: @#%&! Smilers Label: Superego Contributors: Sean Hayes, Grant Lee Phillips, Paul Bryan, Jay Bellrose Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/%25-Smilers-Special-Aimee-Mann/dp/B00171MNL0/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1211396170&sr=8-1 Image: http://images.popmatters.com/music_cover_art/m/mannaimee-smilers.jpg Website: www.aimeemann.com US Release Date: 2008-06-03 UK Release Date: 2008-06-02
Aimee Mann is back to writing and singing short, sharp, satirical ditties about life in these United States. But this is no Readers Digest version of humor. Mann looks at the dark side of having too much money but not enough to live, too much time yet not enough to do what one wants, and too much knowledge but not enough sense to find peace of mind. Her voice operates like a scalpel. She cuts the listener while sweetly offering details and entrails that make a person squirm with self-awareness, like bumping one's funny bone a too hard against something pointed and solid.
Aimee Mann: @#%&! Smilers
Artist: Phoebe Snow Album: Live Label: Verve Forecast Image: http://images.popmatters.com/features_art/s/snowphoebe-live.jpg US Release Date: 2008-10-14 UK Release Date: Available as import
Phoebe Snow never completely left the music business, but she did put her career on hold to care for her brain-damaged daughter. Sadly, Snow's daughter has died. The singer hasn't forgotten her. Her daughter's spirit surrounds Snow's performances compiled here from a two-night show in Woodstock, NY. Snow sings some of her old hits, some newer tunes, and a few classic covers using all of her multi-octave range. No one in pop can hit the high notes like Snow, nor can anyone else manage to make the lyrics laugh and giggle in time in the same way.
Phoebe Snow: Live
Artist: Emmylou Harris Album: All I Intended to Be Label: Nonesuch Image: http://images.popmatters.com/music_cover_art/h/harrisemmylou-alliintendedtobe.jpg US Release Date: 2008-06-10 UK Release Date: 2008-06-09
Can this really be Emmylou Harris's 21st studio album on a major label? Her work ethic is only rivaled by her talents and concern for the world in which we live. She covers some outlaw classics by Billy Joe Shaver and Merle Haggard, some contemporary female songwriters like Patty Griffin and Tracy Chapman, and also shows off her own songwriting abilities on the stunning "Sailing Around the Room" (inspired by the Terry Schiavo case) and "How She Could Sing the Wildwood Flower" (based on A.P. and Sara Carter's marriage). These last two songs were cowritten by two other women deserving of praise, Kate and Anna McGarrigle.
Emmylou Harris: All I Intended to Be
Artist: Labelle Album: Back to Now Label: Verve Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Back-Now-Labelle/dp/B001E2PTIG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1227643603&sr=1-1 Image: http://images.popmatters.com/music_cover_art/l/labelle-backtonow.jpg US Release Date: 2008-10-21 UK Release Date: Available as import
This female trio took a 30-year hiatus before getting back together, but Patti Labelle has certainly kept busy while Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash still know how to sing. To be honest, the disc is more Patti and company than a full collaboration, but the three of them do have chemistry together. They voices soar, especially on the standout track, "The Truth Will Set You Free", but all of the cuts have strong merits. The trio sings about love, civil rights, the state of the world, and even offer up a straight cover of Cole Porter's classic "Miss Otis Regrets" with energy and a wry intelligence.
Labelle: Back to Now
Artist: Juana Molina Album: Un Dia Label: Domino Image: http://images.popmatters.com/music_cover_art/m/molinajuana-undia.jpg US Release Date: 2008-10-07 UK Release Date: 2008-10-06
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The Argentinean songstress has a sound all her own. She chirps and croons in rhythmic ways that create an atmosphere that is simultaneously ancient and modern. Is this folk based traditional music with a kick or the latest techno with Spanish accents? Who knows and who cares? The most important thing is that Molina creates a world of her own that captures listeners and takes them on journeys that transcend international boundaries. There's something hypnotic happening here as one's consciousness expands simply through the act of hearing simple musical elements.
Juana Molina: Un Dia
While these ten albums are the best ones released by women over 45 this year, the names of 11 others who also made fine albums this year should also be noted: Rory Block, Mavis Staples, Patty Loveless, Eliza Gilkyson, Carly Simon, Lucinda Williams, Dolly Parton, Marcia Ball, Irma Thomas, Patti Smith, and Grace Jones. No doubt many of these women's albums will show up on other best of lists this year.
Don't Do Anything Sam Phillips Day After Tomorrow Joan Baez Beautiful Bonnie Bramlett Stronger Carlene Carter Coal Kathy Mattea @#%&! Smilers Aimee Mann Sean Hayes Grant Lee Phillips Paul Bryan Jay Bellrose Live Phoebe Snow All I Intended to Be Emmylou Harris Back to Now Labelle Un Dia Juana Molina don't do anything @#%&! smilers Popmatters Picks The Best Musi
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^ That's what I was thinking... But it's okay because back when we had 200 members there was like 3 active per day, so these days we are getting more and more active!
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Macchia d'Isernia è un comune italiano di  abitanti della provincia di Isernia in Molise.

Storia
Il nome ricorda le origini del paese nel X secolo, anche se delle citazioni parlano di una Maccla Saracina esistente all'epoca dei Sanniti. Maccla riguarda l'area boschiva nei pressi di Isernia, mentre "Saracina" da "serra" significa la roccia sopra cui sorge il borgo medievale. Probabilmente all'epoca romana, siccome si trovava a pochi passi da Aesernia, doveva avere qualche casa colonica, e delle taverne di ristoro dei viandanti, come suggerisce il nome della località Taverne. Una testimonianza del bassorilievo di Calidio Erotico, oggi conservato a Parigi, parla di un oste del posto, che aveva fatto scolpire la lapide per offrire prestazioni amorose insieme all'alloggio per il ristoro.

Nel Medioevo, la prima citazione risale al 1269, quando il feudo fu dato da Carlo I d'Angiò al conte Amerigo de Sus. Nel 1343 Roberto d'Angiò assegnò Macchia ad Andrea da Isernia, figlio di Landolfo, ultimo della prole del grande feudatario. Successivamente il paese passò alla famiglia Sabran di Agnone. Dal 1464 al 1519 fu dei Pignatelli di Monteroduni, poi dei Frezza, nel XVII secolo dei De Maria. Alla morte del feudatario Giovanbattista, nel 1630 Macchia fu venduta a Cesare Garcia di Castel di Sangro per 24.000 ducati. Infine la sede patrizia del castello passò ai D'Alena, da cui il nome, che ebbero il feudo sino al 1806. Nel 1848 divenne comune autonomo, distaccandosi da Isernia, nel 1861 ebbe l'aggiunta della precisazione "Macchia di Isernia". Nel 1881 fu iscritta al collegio di Campobasso, e dal 1970 fa parte della provincia di Isernia.

Monumenti e luoghi d'interesse
 Castello baronale D'Alena: il castello occupa una consistente porzione dell'antico borgo circolare. Fu edificato nel 1100 circa da Clementina, figlia di Ruggero II Normanno, re di Sicilia, quando il feudo fece parte della contea di Ugone del Molise. Il presidio passò nelle mani degli Angiò, degli Afflitto e dei baroni Rotondi. Nel 1480 fu restaurato in stile rinascimentale come residenza patrizia, acquistato da Giovanni Donato della Marra, che fu conte di Macchia. Nel 1748 il castello fui venduto a Maria Grazia Rotondi, poi ceduto a Nicola d'Alena. Celeste d'Alena fu baronessa di Macchia, sposatasi con i Frisari, conti di Bisceglie e patrizi di Castel San Vincenzo. Il prospetto dell'edificio domina la piazza antistante il borgo, abbellito da una loggia rinascimentale di archetti a tutto sesto. La prima parte di questa loggia risale all'epoca aragonese, con copertura che poggia su 5 piccoli archi. Il resto del castello si sviluppa su 3 livelli, di cui il più alto costituisce la mansarda. Nel cortile interno si distingue la bella scalinata rinascimentale con il colonnato, che porta i piani nobili. Nel piano di terra ci sono le cantine, le scuderie e le stanze dei servi. Il piano alto era la dimora dei nobili, con varie stanze, tra cui la cappella privata con reliquie diverse. Nel 1984 il castello fu corposamente restaurato, essendo riportato allo splendore settecentesco.
 Chiesa di San Nicola di Bari: si trova nel centro del borgo, risalente al XIV secolo e dedicata a San Biagio, ma ampiamente restaurata nel Settecento. La chiesa ha un bel portale barocco con timpano curvilineo spezzato al centro, il campanile turrito medievale con feritoie, con cantonali in pietra scalpellata. Grazie ai baroni d'Alena e al vescovo Umbriatico di Isernia, la chiesa fu restaurata nel 1780, e dedicata a San Nicola di Bari in omaggio a Nicola d'Alena, primo feudatario di Macchia dell'omonima casata. La chiesa all'interno ha navata unica barocca.

Società

Evoluzione demografica

Economia
Dal 2006 è sede della casa automobilistica DR Motor Company.

Sport
La squadra di calcio del Macchia ha vinto i campionati di 3 categoria, 2 categoria, 1 categoria, promozione, per poi disputare il campionato Eccellenza Molise terminato in 7 posizione. L'anno successivo riuscì a vincere il campionato di Eccellenza Molise. Nella stagione 2016-2017 ha vinto la Coppa Italia Dilettanti Molise battendo in finale il Vastogirardi per 2-0. Sempre nella stagione 2016-2017 centra la storica promozione in Serie D, ma per mancanza di fondi chiude i battenti.

Amministrazione

Altre informazioni amministrative
Macchia d'Isernia fa parte della Comunità Montana Centro Pentria.

Note

Voci correlate
 Macchia Blues

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Comuni della provincia di Isernia

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PRAYERS ~ The Eldest Daughter Of Eric Garner Erica Has Died This Morning At The Age Of 27 Years Old.
UPDATE: The Eldest Daughter of Eric Garner has Died this morning at the age of 27 years old.
"She passed away this morning."
Unfortunately, Doctors have listed the daughter of police chokehold victim Eric Garner as brain dead.
The 27-year-old remained on life support Thursday morning, her mother Esaw Snipes said.
"She's not gone, she's brain dead," Garner's heartbroken mother explained. "Physically she is still with us." according to the NY Daily News.
Erica has been in a coma since Saturday, when an asthma attack triggered a heart attack.
The person running her popular Twitter account told Garner's 35,000 followers Wednesday that a CAT scan revealed that she had suffered brain damage "from lack of oxygen while in cardiac arrest."
"As we sent prayers up...so sorry to hear the news. RIP @es_snipes. That family still needs us #Garner," Williams tweeted.
She also suffered her first heart attack shortly after the delivery of her son who she named after her father, with doctors saying the pregnancy stressed her already enlarged heart.
Many Prayers For The Family.
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