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Rev 17:8 LSV The beast that you saw: it was, and it is not, and it is about to come up out of the abyss, and to go away to destruction, and those dwelling on the earth will wonder, whose names have not been written on the Scroll of Life from the foundation of the world, beholding the beast that was, and is not, although it is.

It is not unprecidented for a president to serve, not serve, and serve again:
https://www.davemanuel.com/202....1/01/20/us-president

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Will believers, especially the elect, heed this warning?

Rev 13:1-18 LSV 1 And I stood on the sand of the sea, and I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and ten crowns on its horns, and on its heads names of slander, 2 and the beast that I saw was like to a leopard, and its feet as of a bear, and its mouth as the mouth of a lion, and the dragon gave to it his power, and his throne, and great authority. 3 And I saw one of its heads as slain to death, and its deadly wound was healed, and all the earth wondered after the beast, 4 and they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like to the beast? Who is able to war with it?” 5 And there was given to it a mouth speaking great things, and slanders, and there was given to it authority to make war forty-two months, 6 and it opened its mouth for slander toward God, to slander His Name, and of His dwelling place, and of those who dwell in Heaven, 7 and there was given to it to make war with the holy ones, and to overcome them, and there was given to it authority over every tribe, and tongue, and nation. 8 And all who are dwelling on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Scroll of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world; 9 if anyone has an ear—let him hear: 10 if anyone goes into captivity, into captivity he goes; if anyone is to be killed with sword, it is necessary of him by sword to be killed; here is the endurance and the faith of the holy ones. 11 And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and it had two horns like a lamb, and it was speaking as a dragon, 12 and all the authority of the first beast does it do before it, and it makes the earth and those dwelling in it that they will worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed, 13 and it does great signs, that fire also it may make to come down from the sky to the earth before men, 14 and it leads astray those dwelling on the earth, because of the signs that were given it to do before the beast, saying to those dwelling on the earth to make an image to the beast that has the wound of the sword and lived, 15 and there was given to it to give a spirit to the image of the beast, that also the image of the beast may speak, and it may cause as many as will not worship the image of the beast, that they may be killed. 16 And it makes all, the small, and the great, and the rich, and the poor, and the freemen, and the servants, that it may give to them a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17 and that no one may be able to buy, or to sell, except he who is having the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. 18 Here is the wisdom! He who is having the understanding, let him count the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and its number: six hundred sixty-six.

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Praise Yah! Although the hvac system is broken again, the weather is cool and a kind, unpaid hvac pro told me over the phone how to force stop the fan from running continually. Our maintenance guy is probable halfway across the state today because he hasnt called me back. Tomorrow is supposed to be even cooler, so its not a huge crisis now that the fan isnt blowing for no good reason. Weve lived here ten years. Almost every year the hvac breaks. The last time it was fixed, was with cheap parts, which made running it more expensive. Ive been after the landlord to replace it for two or three years now. Hopefully they have to now because this thing is an inefficient dinosaur. I think its as old as the building (1975). Praise Yah for His perfect timing and good hearted people!

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"Stand beside your offering." Balaam and Balak never really understood God. They thought he would be more or less effective or receptive depending on where they stood when they called on him. Even so, God met Balaam at his "high place."

Seek God, but what will you do when you find him? Will you heed his warnings and obey his commands? Or will your end be like Balaam's?

Numbers 23:4 #torah #balak

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I intend to vote for a man in my country that has great charisma. Lots of people love him. Many don't.
But he is known and loved, and respected world wide, by most countries. But, I keep having this feeling, what if this candidate is the actual Anti Christ. How will I know one way or the other. The adversary is the great deceiver. I would not want to go against Yah, and vote for someone who is working for the Adversary. It is mentioned in the Word of Yah, that the Anti Christ will fool the world.
Even Yashua was Tempted, and other prominent bible persons. So we are not safe from deception.

What can we do to guard ourselves from this possible act of deception? Politics in it's self, has lots of chances for deception to their constituents.

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You ask good questions. I have had similar thoughts. Ultimately I think it comes down to we make the best choice we can with the information in front of us. If not him, then who? Call to be a good steward of the country into which Yah had me born. At this point, to not vote for this person would be definitely signing the death now to my country. I don't think we're going to know at this point who all is who. It is not for us to know yet. We do the best we can. We trust Yah for the outcome. I do know this person has been been protected multiple times from attempts on his life. We will see.

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The main question should really be: why do we support systems not mentioned in Torah? I yet have to find the word 'democracy' anywhere in Scripture. Unless Torah is not the foundation of the constitution and followed to the letter, no government is worth anything.

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I can understand your concern about a person being an anti-Christ, but they have been alive in all of history. Most of the secular and spiritual rulers in the Bible were anti-Christ. If you are concerned that the person might be the Beast then it would take some investigation on whether he actually fits the description we have of the Beast.

A shot in the ear, as example, is not a deadly wound.

I am always aware that my interpretation of Scripture is heavily influenced by the country and time that I live in. I would be seeing a #Chinese leader as the Beast if I lived in China with the #starvation and oppression going on there. If I lived in a #Muslim country then the religious leader would be my best bet.

The influence that the #USA has had financially over the past 50 years is not significant as many other countries had bigger influenced in the world than the USA has and reigned for significantly longer. My ancestors fled from the Netherlands because of the religious oppression 300 years ago.

So, could our interpretation of Scripture then be influenced by our point in time?

How many people since Yeshua's ascension have expected His imminent return? Just look at the 1800's alone... Just think what the believers thought during Hitler's reign. We are so disconnected from the larger picture that we only want to believe that Yeshua is returning in our life-time.

But, what if???

What if it doesn't happen and the next leader of a country is just another leader and as corrupt as the previous ones? Why do we expect any different from our future leaders than our past ones?

Then also, if we expect to be living in the end-times then we should pray that Father will lead, protect and guide us during this time, rather than praying to keep the #Beast from being unveiled. That has to take place for Yeshua's reign to come.

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Good day, everyone!

We had no internet & no phone for over a day. Using my cell phone for social media is awkward. But I did pop on a little bit.

A lot of things've been happening, big things. How this is all going to turn out, I do not know. I'm not God & I'm not going to pretend I know. There're a lot of people out there staunchly saying it's going to turn out this way or that way. That's not me.

I tend to believe things're going to get worse. But how worse & for how long?

It might get really bad, just keep on going down & we're at the end.

Or it might get bad & then get better & we have a reprieve. I truly believe, but again I'm not going to claim I absolutely know, any reprieve we get's just a short time of opportunity for people to get into the kingdom before it's too late.

So please, make sure you're in His Kingdom. Turn to Yahweh. Turn to Messiah Yeshua/Jesus. You only have until your last breath.

With all the deception, only God can make things clear.

Shalom shalom

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Only Father can guide and protect us. We should stand on the Num. 6:24-26 blessing that Father told Aaron to speak over the people.

My generation that came from the Baby-boomers has not gone through the previous world wars and has had an easy ride, so we automatically expect that all shelves will be fully stocked in the shops. This was however not the norm before the '70s. My mum reminded me a few weeks ago that they bought soap when there was soap on the shelves. If not, then they would come back another time to see if there was available. That was part of normal life before consumarism became the norm.

We should learn from that generation and prepare a bit more so that small "shocks" don't get us down. Father has given us His word as a warning, so we would be wise to have at least one backup bar of soap in the cupboard, so to speak.

I was a prepper for 15 years and have realized that there has to be a limit in how I manage the resources Father offers us. We now life frugally and just keep a normal pantry that all previous generations had before. Nothing more and nothing less. We don't have any richess at all saved up and even the house we rent is 90% furnished as we couldn't afford anything else.

BUT, and this is a big BUT. Father carried us through the Covid lockdowns without having an income and we actually see that period as a blessing in our lives. How? Not through our own planning, but through Father's mercy.

So why would I not believe that Father would carry us through whatever lies ahead?

We should look back at our own lives to recognize where Father did carry us and then have the faith that He will do the same going forward.

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"At what instant I shall speak of a nation, and of a kingdom, to build and to plant it; and it do evil in mine eyes, that it hearken not to my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would do good for it."

Je 18

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A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.
Proverbs 26:3 ESV

Rather than rewarding fools to placate them, as in v1, make them feel the pain of their poor choices. Rewarding bad behavior only gets you more of it.