Have you ever read something Paul wrote and thought it was simply out of place? Did you think Paul wrote against the #torah? Well, what if he was just communicating in a way that we don't understand?

https://firstcenturychristiani....ty.net/the-apostle-p

a biblical look at The Art Of War. The Art of War is a systematic guide to strategy and tactics for rulers and commanders. The book discusses various maneuvers and the effect of terrain on the outcome of battles. It stresses the importance of accurate information about the enemy’s forces, dispositions and deployments, and movements. This is summarized in the axiom “Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.” It also emphasizes the unpredictability of battle and the use of flexible strategies and tactics. The book’s insistence on the close relationship between political considerations and military policy greatly influenced some modern strategists. Mao Zedong and the Chinese communists took from The Art of War many of the tactics they utilized in fighting the Japanese and, later, the Chinese Nationalists.

Now let us take those military principals of Sun-Tzu and apply it to the greatest opponent you will ever encounter...the devil. http://www.bethgoyim.org/video....%20TRC/MTT/ART%20OF%

The first 30 minutes of Shapiro today is outstanding and lines up with what many of us have been preaching. One note here is the connection with conspiracy theories and the rejection of God.
https://open.spotify.com/episo....de/6lrFAfjh9g1rlzecP

Disabled FB accounts years ago. Accidentally reactivated one 6 years ago. Lately, someone has been trying to hack into it, so I reactivated it to see if I could delete it. Instantly appalling content on my feed! Now I cant disable or delete the account, so because FB announced I was back online, Im probably going to have even more headache than my account getting hacked. If I wouldve been allowed to delete those accounts years ago, everything would be fine. Grr! The Internet upsets me so much sometimes! Rant over. Thank you, Rhy, for creating this safe space!

As for the people, he made servants of them from one end of Egypt to the other.
Genesis 47:21

The Egyptians weren't enslaved by Joseph but by their own ignorance and lack of faith. They could have set aside much for themselves during the seven years of plenty if they had truly believed God's message to Pharaoh, but instead they relied solely on Pharaoh and Joseph to take care of the future.

If you treat the government like it is your master, it will happily oblige you.

And Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How many are the days of the years of your life?”
#genesis 47:8 #vayigash

Jacob probably looked older than he was. Pharaoh asked him "How many are the days of the years of your life." as if to say "What stories you must have to tell!"

"Few and evil have been my years," He replied. Jacob wasn't bragging or complaining. Just being humble as if to say "Whatever I have accomplished is trivial compared to what my fathers did and none of it by my own power."

Then Joseph brought in Jacob his father and stood him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
#genesis 47:7 #vayigash

Joseph presented Jacob to Pharaoh as an equal, not as a subject. Jacob reinforced this relationship by standing in Pharaoh's presence instead of prostrating himself, but then he subtly elevated himself *above* Pharaoh by blessing him.

This is a prophetic picture of the relationship between Israel (aka Jacob), Messiah #yeshua, and the rest of the world. Yeshua (aka #jesus) elevates Israel above the rest of the world, but in turn blesses the world through them.