I'm no expert but it is my supposition that the animals could all talk back then. Eve did not seem to be at all surprised that the snake spoke.

I have observed that the TV ads tend to portray white males as bafoons, dolts, dimwits, clutzes, (you name it). When was the last time, in a tv commercial, you saw a white male portrayed in an enobling light. This is not done to other ethnic groups or women. Then, you add on top of that, the burdens associated with old age, and you have a formula for depression. If that isn't enough, you've got the whole pc culture arrayed against you with all of the nonsense from the feminists, gays, and other fringe groups.

[It's warmer than it's been since we began recording temperatures. We know this because the polar caps are rapidly melting, for example.

Is it a natural, cyclical event? Who knows! But I'm not going to deny global warming exists just because the liberals are capitalizing on it, or just because Rush Limbaugh says it ain't so. Believe it or not, scientists are occasionally right.

Global warming fits perfectly with many of the birth pangs described in the Bible, and also with the Bible's description of men "cursing the sun" and being "scorched by the sun's heat" in the Scriptures. Also with prophecies such as Luke 21, in which we're warned of men being perplexed by the "roaring and tossing of the waves". (Probably hurricanes, also caused by the warming) Then there are the famines described in the Bible, and other plagues which would go hand-in-hand with a climatic change.

Maybe they are cyclical changes! Who cares? It's still "global warming", even if it's not caused by man-made pollutants. The Bible plainly tells us that it will heat up, and that there will be major climatic changes. So why is it so easy for some to believe that we're seeing the beginning of the "wars and rumors of wars", pestilences, earthquakes, persecution against Christians, et cetera, yet so difficult to believe that the climate's changing? It's all a foreshadowing of what's to come.]

<applauding smilie> Finally! Someone with some reasoning!

Since the rapture is so close...

Should I not worry about getting my wisdom teeth surgically extracted, they cause pain, but it is on and off pain. I do not trust general anesthesia in an office setting, but thats the only way the doctor would be able to block the pain,anyway if we are going to probably going to be raptured before the end of the year why bother with it haha. Also, I have always wondered why God gave us wisdom teeth when we don't need them.

(In answer to why young people are leaving the church.)
Get Orthodox or get out.

I Don't beleive that UFO's and alian's are propaganda at all.
I think that Lucifer and his angel's have technology that we couldnt fathom.
Thing's like saucer shaped vehicles that are surounded by an electro magnatic feild so that they can defy the laws of physic's.
In sphere of the full 10 dementional univerce and not limited to only 4 the way we are.
I have said this before on this web site but I do beleive that when the Rapture happens.
Satan will know it emediatly.
And then I beleive he will order UFO's to uncloak so to speak.
Showing themselves over every town and city so that every one in the world will see them.
Then the next day's headlines will read (MIllion's abducted by UFO's.)
And who wouldn't beleive that having seen the thing's themselves in the sky.
THeir have been so many sightings of these thing's by so many credible people that it definatly is real.

never never give up, the fat is in the fry pan, many many atheists are watching the unfolding of events in the middle east, many of the hard corps types really know their bibles well, and in a word, they are scared...... the news is matching th e bible and they know deep down that it isnt a coincidence that the ancients would know that oil would be found in the middle east and oil would focus the attention of the entire world on Israel and that armageddon would be near Israel and Gog and Magog, and all the other end times focus on what would otherwise be an unvaluable postage stamp piece of arid land that otherwise only sheep herders would care about..... keep witnessing,they are cracking as we speak.....

what would I do if our money had "there is no god" written on it?
it's simple - i wouldn't use it. i'd take my family and go live in the woods somewhere and eat pinecones so why don't you go do the same now if you don't like what it says? anyway, my god feeds the smallest of his creatures, why wouldn't he feed me and my family if we lived out in the woods with the rest of his creatures?

I ordered 1,400 (Chick Tracts) and I carry about 50 at once in my purse, and just leave them in gas station rest room, on the aisles in between products at the grocery store, and at bank drive-throughs in the little thing that holds all the forms.

The Church should be focused on saving souls not saving the planet. Global warming is insignificant when compared to eternal warming.

Wow, that sounds horrible! Poor gal, how terrifying!

I've not personally experienced this [being demonically attacked in ones dreams], perhaps reading your bible right before going to bed and leaving it open, especially the red lettering of Jesus' own words would be helpful. Is there anything in your home like statues, cds, or perhaps materials about witchcraft that you are not aware of? Is there anyone you know that's participating in witchcraft that's affecting your life? I've read personal accounts of satanic attacks like these especially when one is interceding for someone steeped in witchcraft.

I've already sent up a prayer for you and will continue to pray.

Over the last few months I have been demonically attacked in my dreams. It would be hard to put it into words without verbally telling you what it was like but I will do my best.

In these dreams it feels like reality and yet in my dream I question whether I am dreaming or not (got me so far?) Something will just be kinda off and then BAM a person will change into a demon or demons and leap on top of me attacking me. In fact in the first dream i had i woke up in my dream (does that makes sense?) and woke my husband up to tell him about it. He got up and came to me and then changed into a demon too and jumoed on me and I realized i was still dreaming!
I will rebuke them in my dream and cry out to Jesus but they will just mock me and continue to attack me.

I will be screaming at myself to wake up and hitting and punching my face desperately trying to get myself to wake up. When I come out of the dreams it feels like I am being sucked out of a vortex and I will awake in complete terror, hyperventilating and crying and scared out of my mind.

I have had 5 of these dreams. the first 2 were in the same night and the last 2 which was a few nights ago were in the same night. I pray every night for the blood of jesus to protect me and my mind from the enemy but every once in awhile i am still being attacked.

I guess I am wondering if anyone has had a similar experience and what you all think of this.

Not being a "religious nut" but myspace is yet another tool of satan to lure and deceive the young.

[There are only two kinds of Muslims. The faithful and the backsliden. Those that society has deemed "radical" are merely the Muslims that hold fast and true to the Koran.]

Absolutely 100% correct. A more appropriate term would be a fundamental Muslim. They adhere to the teachings of the Koran the way we adhere to the bible.

O.k...I have got to pose a question that has been heavy on my heart...since the whole ME outbreak a week ago...how do we go on our about our normal day to day stuff and plan for the future knowing that there is a good chance that we are not going to be here??? I find myself not planning like I used to...I would plan for things to do throughout the year and goals that I wanted to do...but I have foregone all of those...which is fine....but the thing that gets me is that I am being selfish...I want a baby...do we start the adoption process hoping that HE does not come until that pt.? Or do we not, and enjoy our life until the rapture? I know that we are supposed to live as though He is coming at any moment, but to plan and like it will not be for many more years....I have come to realize that our time on this earth is fleeting, and I am cherishing every moment that I have with my husband and family—.I know that things will be A LOT better in heaven and I can’t wait to see everything—.but what am I supposed to do about my desire to be a mom? Persue? Or just realize that it probably will not happen and live the rest of my life with that?

The Dome of the Rock desolates the Temple Mount, but no one sacrifices in the Dome of the Rock. Sacrifice is necessary for the AoD.
On a side note, why the disrespect for Revelation by pluralizing it and making it lower case? If you can't spell Revelation correctly, just say Appocolypse, or abreviate it (Rev).

Beyond the whole Middle East thing, which dominates the news. I've also seen news stories on the gay games, and the big annual swinger's convention in Las Vegas.

And I hear people say, "do you really think we're in the end times?"

Just thought I would vent a little.

So now I am raising my kids in a world where they can't go outside and play by themselves, they really can't watch TV, and now I get to explain WWIII.

Gays are also becoming militant. A gay person is no longer someone who is "soft" and namby pamby. They will hurt you if you get in the way of their perversion.

['The sudden outbreak of new violence in the Middle East may have the unexpected effect of cancelling the week-long homosexual extravaganza WorldPride in Jerusalem, scheduled for August 6 to 12.']

Praise God for the war so that the homos cant go marching...

what a shame to do that in the Holy city...

I have a girlfriend i have been dating for 6months now and meet her on eharmony. she also is a virgin. I find it quite disgusting to even think about dating a non virgin. For me it was either my girlfriend be a virgin or I was prepared to stay single for the rest of my life

There is a newage store here in town. It is a book store I went in there
one day and you could feel the evil in that place. The woman just stared
at me. I think she knew that the spirit in me was not the same spirit that was in her and in that place. This is a very small town and I have been praying for that store to close its doors. It is leading so many down the wrong path.

I agree with gay rights: they have the right to repent, leave that life style, and turn to to God requesting forgiveness since homosexuality is a sin like any other act of rebellion to God and His word.

Now, after much time has elapsed, and I understand the tremendous error of their thinking, I feel like such a fool for ever thinking that their high intelligence and much learning was something to be desired in my fellow church members.

[Someone wrote "Coulter for President!" and was asked how that was on topic]

Duh Kerri it means he loves Ann Coulter just like all good people should. :cheering smiley: She is by far the greatest writer of this century, and probably the smartest woman to ever walk the face of this Earth. :nodding smiley: Anyone who knows anything agrees. :thumbs-up smiley:

I too am soooo excited!! I get goose bumps, literally, when I watch what's going on in the M.E.!! And Watcherboy, you were so right when saying it was quite a day yesterday, in the world news, and I add in local news here in the Boston area!! Tunnel ceiling collapsed on a car and killed a woman of faith, and we had the most terrifying storms I have ever seen here!! But, yes, Ohappyday, like in your screen name , it is most indeed a time to be happy and excited, right there with ya!!

[Coming from someone with a grudge against homosexuals, Muslims, theistic evolutionists, atheists, liberals, and "lukewarm" Christians]

Can you imagine being a hate filled person that "preaches" tolerance but really really hates Christians when the rapture does happen. It must be sad to live like that. I feel sorry for them and feel we should pray for them. Their tolerance doesn't include anyone but themselves, and all they preach is hate.

not too many people on this Earth can contain their love of Ann :big-love smiley: Coulter. She is the wind beneath our wings. :nodding smiley:

My brother has witnessed to some of his friends over and over. He finally prayed to God and asked Him to spare their lives when the rapture happens. Dan has told them, "When the rapture happens, go to my house and read everything I have in this folder." [roll eyes] They roll their eyes, but............I'll bet they run to find that folder when the rapture happens! [weird blue smiley]

Here's something I've often wondered about. Okay......after the 7 year tribulation period we are coming back with Jesus and he puts an end to the Battle of Armageddon. Won't we be coming back on horses (chargers)? If so....how does one "decently" get on a horse wearing a robe? Are they robes that open in the front with a belt to tie around it? Are there garments underneath? Do the robes have slits up the side? Is anyone familiar with the Jewish dress code or will it even be a Jewish dress code at that particular time?

Surrender is a key ingredient in femininity
While reading my Woman's Study Bible I read the following topical note:

"Surrender is a key ingredient in femininity. As a bride, a woman in marriage surrenders her independence, her name, her destiny, her will, and ultimately, in the marriage chamber, her body, to the bride groom. As a mother, she surrenders in a very real sense her life for the life of the child. As a single woman, she surrenders herself in a unique way for service to her Lord and for service to family and community.
Femininity receives. It takes what God gives. In other words, women are to receive the given as MAry did ( Luke 1:38), not to insist upon the not-given, as Eve did ( Gen. 3:1-6).
The challenge of biblical femininity for you is to be a woman, holy through and through, asking for nothing but what God wants to give you, receiving with both hands and with all your heart whatever that is."

Your thoughts???

I find surrendering to be extremely hard having grown up in a era that promoted the idea that women should strive to be equal and that our needs were more important than the needs of others. In my soul I know that unselfish giving ,even unto death, is what God requires of me and every woman but my sinful nature like Eve's wants things that God has chosen to not give me . We always want that which we don't have, the grass is always greener etc.....

I think my mother in law might be Nephillim. She's 6 feet tall and really mean...

["I find it disturbing that any Christian would applaud a law that is based on discrimination."]

If it were a law against black marriage, or asian marriage, or hispanic marriage it would be discrimination. Since when is being gay a race?

From what I've learned, the Palestinians are actually decendants of the Philistines. So it the Jewish people had listened to God and destroyed the Philistines completely when they moved into the promised land, they wouldn't be having the problems that they are having now.

I have a question.How do you know which voice is Gods and which one is just "head voices"?

Now to some this will sound completely crazy, but it was so....AWESOME! I was looking at the clouds and praying while at a fireworks show saturday afternoon and as I looked at the clouds. I saw Jesus' face. It looked somewhat different than what we think he looks like today, but not really all that much. I immediately teared up. I was so happy, i'm almost crying just typing this. Although I've never personally heard from God (Or I don't think I have..maybe, not sure) I know this was real.

To me it seems that a Bill Gates type(rich, generous, intelligent) could easily fool so many deperate people. And he his company has the expertise to carry out many of the prophecies regarding the anti-christ.

The Arab world is wildly irrational, either through willful adherence to a seventh-century religion and its lifestyle, or because of state control over their media. This is no surprise.

Has anyone read a book called "Through Gates of Splendor" by Rebecca Springer I think it is? I was given it when my brother was killed in a car accident last year and then I reread it last week. It brought me comfort. Apparently this woman had some kind of supernatural experience and was in Heaven, and God allowed her to live and then write all about it. It was very interesting indeed.

I prayed a few days ago and asked God, "Is this really true?" He speaks to me in pictures a lot, and I saw a picture of a nodding smiley face from THIS board! I thought that was kind of funny. And reassuring....

From what I've seen transgenderism is being offered as an excuse for homosexual sin.
"But i had an operation!" is not going to work on judgement day.

Does this mean I propose killing every accused witch (from previous post)? No, but I do believe in the context of Scripture that the witches of biblical times were and should have been put to death. Try that today and see how fast you end up in a padded room or on death row for a hate crime. Wicca is a recognized religion by the US government and therefore protected as such.

[Re: a girl using her valedectorian speech to preach and getting her mike cut off-regardless of the fact that she added the religious stuff in AFTER the school people approved her speech]

Regarding the argument that these students were a "captive audience":
the girl giving the speech was a captive audience to the secular teachings of the government-run school system for roughly 10 years of her life. I figure the school administration can survive 20 minutes of payback.

Are you saying that there are some places where God does not belong?

If that's the case, the Millenial Kingdom will be a bummer for folks who think so...for Christ will be all-inclusive in EVERYTHING!

Besides, read back through the old rule of the Kings of Israel. Those kings who destroyed the high places and pagan gods and made God's law the state religion were called good kings who did right in the sight of the Lord.

I could care less what this country calls legal. What matters is what God wants.

[In response to a recent ammendment by the Presbyterian National Assembly permitting homosexuals to become clergy]

(weeping smileys)
I know, still it just makes me weep, awhile back I asked the Lord to break my heart with the things that break His. Even though I recognize that this is a part of the end days sometimes it is just so terribly heartbreaking to watch it. I was weeping as I read this article, please come soon Lord Jesus.

Me personally, I think that islam is the red dragon spoken of in revelation. I also think that islam is one of the thirds of the earth's population that gets wiped out in the armageddon, great big gig, finale rack, WWV, whatever you want to call it. I think that the moslems are going to pull a weapons of mass destruction attack on a series of American cities and the American retalitory strike takes out islam and probably north korea and most of china.

Just wanted to see what you guys think of an experience I had the other night.

I'm not sure If I was awake or asleep...I think in between...but I'm lying in bed and suddenly start to feel funny. Then it feels like there's this wind blowing INSIDE of me getting stronger and stronger! It was indescribable. It was scary and awe-inspiring simultaneously and I can remember myself audibly crying out to God...overcome.

['I desperately want to believe God is there. Can someone help me?']

I just watched this video, posted in another thread. I can't tell you how much it has bolstered my faith that belief in Christ is the only way to heaven.
<a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=648563944666093503&q=23+minutes+in+hell" target="_blank">23 Minutes in Hell</a>

The concern in all this, Jacobson explains, is that homosexual groups appear to be working internally at the United Nations to influence decisions on homosexual issues. What these groups have realized, he says, is that gaining access to the U.N. Economic and Social Council is the doorway to making homosexuality and other deviant sexual behaviors a globally recognized human right.

As far as gay couples or singles adopting; What are we thinking? Being gay is being sexually deviant to begin with. Why do we think that they are not going to molest their adopted children? I think though,that molestation would be more of a problem with the men. I think that women gay or otherwise, have an innate sense of just wanting to rear children.

When my oldest son was just 3 years old, my gay brother asked if he could take a walk with him. Now as far as I know my brother has never molested any children. At first I didn't find the request strange and let my son go with him. After all they were just taking a walk around the neighborhood. While they were gone though, I got this terrible feeling. It may have been the Holy Spirit giving me warning or just maybe my over sense of protectiveness. But I decided that if they were not back in a few minutes I was going after them. They did come back in just a few minutes, but I never got over that feeling. I determined right then and there that I would never let my young son alone with him. Now, if I could feel that way about my own brother, who I love, then something is just not right. I just don't trust gay men to not try and molest little children.

was it concidered hate when under lavitical law people were stoned to death for things that are widly exepted in western culture?
and did God tell those 3 angel's to go to sodom and gamorah to reach out to all those people and try to convert them?
I hate to say it but if God doesn't send down fire from heaven to consume these gay's and their God flaunting cartload of sin.
Then I sincerally hope that Jew's and muslim's will finaly have an oportunity to find common ground and work together when they violantly appose these gay revaler's.

SO starting with the rapture, after we sit down and have our meal with the KING! Ohhh that sounds so cool doesn't it???
Anyway, what do you think we will be doing?

Do you think we get the key to our mansions then or later?

So advance now to after Jesus wins!

And on your day off, (during the 1000 year's) What do you want to do with your time?

Me? I think I am going to spend every minute surfing the perfect waves that I know my Lord will provide. But then again, I would bet I would want to just sit at His feet. I don't think I will be able to get enough of Jesus!!! Maybe He will go catch a wave with me! How cool would that be???!!!!