Sunday, January 7th, 2024. 12:34 PM.
Today is the 7th day of 2024 A.D.
A Little Beggar Boy
And
His Mysterious Mother
Remember the famous novel called “The Catcher In the Rye”?
Well, this is a different story.
The following song is intoxicating and alluring.
Don’t Fall For It !
Sting – Fields Of Gold (Lyrics)
Get thee hence, Satan!
True America belongs to True God! – not the corporate state!
Neither does True America belong to Babylon the great harlot!
By the grace of God and the faith of Jesus Christ and the help of His Holy Spirit, the United States of America will live in the freedom that the Son of God bestows on those who love Him in Spirit and in Truth. God’s Word is Truth. And God’s only begotten Son is the Living Word of God. Those unbelievers who try to accomplish things apart from the Vine that is Christ and True God will only fail – as did those who acted apart from Him on January 6th, 2021.
As Jesus the Son of God said, “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness!
“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.” -Matthew 6: 22-24. ESV Study Bible.
Matthew 4-7
“We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but he who was born of God protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.
“We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
“And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. Little children, keep yourselves from idols.” -1 John 5: 19-21. ESV Study Bible.
1 John 1-5
1 Peter 1-5
A Little Beggar Boy at Heart . . .
Whom The Spirit Helps Through All His Troubles
Because the little beggar boy believes in the Lord Jesus, the Son of God Most High.
I don’t know yet what this story is going to be about.
The title just arrived in my mind about ten minutes ago.
First, I thought of something Jesus said “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.” -Matthew 18: 2b-4. ESV Study Bible.
And later, this parable that Jesus spoke came to mind; only the beginning of the parable is quoted here.
“There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores.” -Luke 16: 19-21. ESV Study Bible.
Luke 16
A little beggar boy has a childlike character with a gentle and humble and tender heart.
I don’t know what’s next. I’m just waiting for something to “arrive” for me to write more about that little beggar boy. No idea what’s going to happen to him.
Today – or rather tonight – is the first day of 2024. January 1st.
Here in Rhode Island in southern New England of the USA we haven’t had any snowfall so far this winter season [as far as I can recall]. Not sure if a single snowflake has fallen in Woonsocket, my hometown.
Maybe this is all that’s been given to write tonight about the little beggar boy. Maybe later tonight or tomorrow something more will be sent to write about that little boy.
Just a few minutes later, this arrived . . .
I have the most beggarly thoughts [sometimes] of love for Philistia [not her real name]. When I go to bed all alone at 72 years old, thoughts of her come to mind. And when I awaken from sleep, she’s in my thoughts again. And in my lowly heart, I confess the most humble and childlike thoughts of love [and desire] for her. I’m compelled sometimes to write personal things – even though I can imagine readers wondering, “Is he crazy!? How can he write such personal things for all the world to see? I’d be mortified if I did that!” It’s like a fountain is beginning to bubble up in a weak little way – like a little chick just barely beginning to come out of his shell. The sweetest little thing you ever saw – like a little kitten just beginning to walk. Imagine how dear are his feelings and thoughts for his mother, Philistia. [She never wrote anything about being my mother – that’s just me and my imagination, perhaps?] And she’s only 27. He’s 72. And we never met in person. It’s a curious thing to me that 72 in reverse is 27. And 7 plus 2 = 9. And so does 2 + 7 = 9. Addition works both ways. We’ve never even spoken on the phone; so, I don’t even know what her voice sounds like. She says her phone is broken and she needs a new one. Then she’ll call me. She wants me to send money to her for many different things. And I do send her “helps; but she doesn’t call even just to leave a message. And as it is written: “As you sow so shall you reap.” So, maybe Philistia and little beggar boy will both amount to something of equality in the final accounting of all things. Maybe, “when the role is called up yonder, we’ll both be there” – on the same Balance Sheet, Owner’s Equity Statement, Statement of Cash Flows, and Income Statement.” A “couple” of double entries who happened to meet on the same page and fell in love with each other by the grace of God – rather than falling in love with power and money as they do in the world of Politics and Disgrace. I don’t know . . . I never completed those correspondence courses I took in bookkeeping and accounting. I like the neatness of bookkeeping; but I just can’t stay interested in those monetary transactions – one after another of them – and wonder which accounts they belong to — for hours and hours a day. I need stories with a human interest in them. Numbers alone are just not enough. You know that saying, “Age is only a number” ? Well, I guess the numbers of “the figure of a woman” — as in 36-24-36 — are also only numbers. Numbers are just not enough. There must be some humanity to the numbers — or they just don’t add up to anything meaningful to a man. Her writing sometimes bewilders and perplexes me – to put it euphemistically — especially the day after sending her a “help;” so, I wonder if she’s buying “something else” with the “help” – maybe booze. I don’t know. She’s so pretty, though; that may have something to do with why I endure the perplexity and bewilderment. And, maybe, it’s more than her prettiness; maybe her prettiness and her gentle nature evoke feelings of real love for her. And, maybe, this little beggar boy’s heart is just naturally touched by her prettiness and ladylikeness that his heart is beginning to break open to give berth to her in the harbor of his heart . . . I know it sounds nice . . . but from what I understand . . . giving birth is a very painful experience. And I suppose falling in love and being in love are also filled with struggles and highs and lows and valleys and mountain peaks and rough terrain and mysterious places along the journey – like a wagon train going out West in the 1800s and enduring many hardships and dangers and challenges along the way. In the late 1950s and early 1960s my mom liked watching the TV series “Wagon Train.” It was on at about 9:00 PM. I had to go to bed at that time when I was only about 8 years old. So, I only got to see a few minutes of it at the beginning . . .
wagon train s08e06 The Brian Conlin Story
The Fountain of Philistia on Big Rock Candy Mountain
Philistia told me she lives in Little Rock; so, I was thinking about that — something like this:
Little Rock Big Rock
And a song came to mind haven’t heard in a long time . . .
Big Rock Candy Mountain
So, went to YouTube to listen to it and found Pete Seeger’s version of it.
Pete Seeger: The Big Rock Candy Mountains – LYRICS
Pete Seeger: The Big Rock Candy Mountains – LYRICS (youtube.com)
Then I was thinking of Philistia again; and imagining her as somehow being related to Big Rock Candy Mountain; and wrote something to her about these imaginings of her. It was a very sweet love letter. She wrote back that she really liked it. I don’t have that email anymore. I deleted a whole bunch of emails to her yesterday. It’s sometimes like being lost in the woods to be falling in love with her. Bewildering. Perplexing. She writes to me sometimes in ways that I’m at a loss for words to understand. I wonder if she’s trying to drive me mad. She often asks me if I’m mad at her. And I must confess that sometimes my writing to her is of the flesh. Today we exchanged emails again several times. The bewilderment and perplexity continued again today. And so did my wonder of it all; so, I deleted all our emails again – it was all too wonderful for this little beggar boy — and blocked her email addresses – three of them – again. One problem is that, even though her email addresses are all blocked [sometimes], her emails still arrive at my email address – they are automatically sent to the Trash folder. So, if I click on the Trash folder – there they are!
Another thought about Philistia is a rhyming word – Morticia. Think that may have been the name of Herman Munster’s wife; so, lets go to YouTube again and watch a scene from that TV series from long ago – “The Munster’s;” and learn if his wife’s name really is/was Morticia. After watching an episode of that show, decided not to post a link to it. Anyway, found out Herman Munster’s wife’s name is Lily – not Morticia. So, I don’t know where I got the name Morticia from. Later today, went to Wikipedia and learned that Morticia is the name of the wife in “The Addams Family.”
Who were the Philistines?
https://www.gotquestions.org/Philistines.html
Helen Reddy – Angie Baby Cartoon
Another – unrelated subject came to mind recently. It’s about Politics. I know . . . this is a departure from the topic written above. And yet, there may be a connection between Babylon the Great Harlot and Politics.
“Politics Is to Government”
A Confession, or an Apology or Maybe Both:
I’m not qualified to judge anyone or anything. God is the Judge – not me;
So, I guess the following words and thoughts are only that — words and thoughts.
This writer doesn’t know anything.
Politics is to government what cancer is to the body.
Politics is to government what Lucifer was changed into in heaven – through Pride.
Isaiah 14
Politics is to government what the serpent was in the garden of Eden.
Politics is to government what a seducer is to a marriage.
Politics is to government what wolves are to a sheepfold.
Politics is to government what atheism is to a church.
Maybe, Politics is to government what apostasy is to a church.
Politics is to government what selfishness is to society.
Politics is to government what legalizing abortion is to civilization.
Maybe, Politics is to government what outlawing public prayer to True God in elementary school is to Public Education.
And, maybe, that saying about “separation of church and state” amounts to and is applied to mean and to practice separation of True God from our Country and our Government and our Society. And, maybe, that separation results in a huge spiritual void in which “the god of this world” makes his ungodly and unrighteous and iniquitous way into the world that lies in wickedness. And so, the foundation of the world system becomes sand-like – and everything that Politics builds on that foundation of sand becomes wobbly and untenable; and chaos gradually grows in society – causing the breakdown of the world system. It is written that the world is passing away; so, maybe what Politics is doing will ultimately and unintentionally serve True God’s purpose by bringing the world system to nothing.
“Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away. But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But, as it is written,
“What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,
Nor the heart of man imagined,
what God has prepared for those who love him” –
“these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.” -1 Corinthians 2: 6-10. ESV Study Bible.
1 Corinthians 2-3
“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.” -Matthew 7: 24-27. ESV Study Bible.
Politics is to government what “the god of this world” is to the corporate world system.
Politics is what unbelievers fall for if they don’t have the True Light from True God – and His Holy Spirit — in their hearts to help them turn away from ungodliness and its worldliness and Error.
Those who support Politics are bringing about all the poverty of the many and the wealth of the few that is polluting and corrupting the world system and making our lives sick and our society mad and violent; and filling it with immigrants trying to escape the very misery that Politics has established on earth by its love of money and power for the few and poverty for the many.
Government is one thing; Politics is another thing. May True God bring about good government for our country and for all countries – free from the corrupting influence of Politics and the corporate state.
Babylon the Great & The Caliph Antichrist – Armageddon News
Babylon the Great & The Caliph Antichrist – Armageddon News (youtube.com)
Second Coming of Jesus Christ – Polar Shift & Global Earthquake (NOT THE ONE ON JULY 29th)
The Caliphate and the Islamic Mark of the Beast – Armageddon News
Halley’s Bible Handbook Exposes Wickedness of Roman Catholic Church!
Halley’s Bible Handbook Exposes Wickedness of Roman Catholic Church! (youtube.com)
“This Little Light Of Mine”
“This Little Light Of Mine” (youtube.com)
I’m In the Lord’s Army, Yes Sir! // plus more Bible songs for kids
I’m In the Lord’s Army, Yes Sir! // plus more Bible songs for kids (youtube.com)
Was the invention of the corporation hundreds of years ago a work of darkness ? Is a company that has a human owner who is responsible for his company one thing; but what about a corporation – that is by definition “an artificial person”? Is that another thing? — a thing that lends itself to much mischief – because it has no human owner who would be obligated to take responsibility for himself and his business – so, it is free to take many dangerous risks and then hide behind lawyers and all manner of excuses for its bad behaviors – and it even gets Politics to bail itself out with many trillions of government dollars when it gets itself into big trouble.
And what about double entry bookkeeping and accounting – which were also invented hundreds of years ago ? Is there a connection between double entry bookkeeping and accounting and other things that have the word double in them – such as double-dealing and double bind; double entendre; double entry; double-faced; double jeopardy; double speak; double standard; double take; double talk; double think; double tongue; double whammy and double trouble and double indemnity?
And now Artificial Intelligence is appearing on the world stage. Will the lovers of money and power point to this nameless and faceless and soulless non-human entity to blame for all the worldly troubles that are happening now and in the future – during The Great Tribulation that is written about in The Bible ?
Matthew 23-25
THE RAPTURE
GOD’S WAY OF SALVATION (JOHN 3:16)
TIME FOR A CHANGE?
2 Corinthians 4
2 Timothy 3-4
In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, Who has already risen from the dead by the power of an indestructible Life that His heavenly Father gave Him:
Heavenly Father, we ask You in Jesus’ name to deliver this nation, The United States of America, from the ungodliness of Politics. Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name, let this nation that belongs to You, shine by the Light of Christ – by Your grace and by The Faith of Jesus Christ and by the help of our Lord Jesus Christ’s Holy Spirit – the Spirit of Truth and Understanding — in our hearts; so that all the people on Earth may see Your Great Glory, O Heavenly Father; so that the people may recognize Your Almighty Authority over all flesh and over all the universe; so that many souls may be saved; and Your Kingdom, the kingdom of God may greatly increase – to Your Glory, O True God of heaven and earth. In our Lord Jesus’ name we pray to You, Our Heavenly Father – Father of all nations on earth and of all creation – natural creation and spiritual creation – things visible and things invisible – things temporary and things eternal. All are Yours and We the People are Yours. May the United States of America become The United States of AmericaL – by the miraculous power and authority of Almighty God — Whose Son Jesus Christ is True God and the Living Word of God and the Lamb of God Who takes away the sin of the world, by His Redeeming Work on Calvary’s Cross where He laid down His life and shed His Blood, the Blood of True God – to Redeem us; and to save us from our sins.
Amy Grant – Thy Word (Lyric Video)
EL SHADDAI BY AMY GRANT
We confess with our mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in our heart that God raised Him from the dead. We are faithfully awaiting His appearing in glory, O heavenly Father — The Second Coming of Christ
“But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works done on it will be exposed.
“Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sought of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn! But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
“Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace.” -2 Peter 3: 8-14. ESV Study Bible.
2 Peter 1-3
“Then he said to me, ‘This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might, nor by power but by my Spirit, says the LORD of hosts. Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain. And he shall bring forward the top stone amid shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’” -Zechariah 4: 6, 7. ESV Study Bible. The LORD already delivered Israel from the Egyptians; and will surely continue to deliver all people who are true believers in True God our Savior – Jesus Christ the only begotten Son of God. Amen.
“If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.” -Colossians 3: 1-4. ESV Study Bible.
Colossians 1-4
Hebrews 1-7
Hebrews 8-13
“Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD,
the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!” -Psalm 33: 12. ESV Study Bible.
Psalm 33
“Righteousness exalts a nation,
but sin is a reproach to any people.” -Proverbs 14: 34. ESV Study Bible.
Proverbs 14
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” -Revelation 1: 8. ESV Study Bible.
“And he who was seated on the throne said, ‘Behold, I am making all things new.’ Also he said, ‘Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.’ And he said to me, ‘It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment. The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son. But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.” -Revelation 21: 5-8. ESV Study Bible.
“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.”
“The Spirit and the Bride say, ‘Come.’ And let the one who hears say, ‘Come.’ And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price.” -Revelation 22: 16, 17. ESV Study Bible.
“And he said to them, ‘You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men is abomination in the sight of God.’” – Luke 16: 15. ESV Study Bible.
Luke 16-21
GOD’S WAY OF SALVATION (JOHN 3:16)
A new name is coming to mind for my email correspondent. Forsythia. Her hair is blonde; and thus, it is close to yellow. And in Springtime in New England one of the first signs of the season are the forsythias becoming yellow; but later they turn green. God bless Forsythia’s love to become Evergreen – by the grace of True God through faith in the Son of God and the help of His Holy Spirit – the Spirit of Truth and Understanding.
Forsythia Faithful and True
Evergreen – Susan Jacks HD
Remember, this writer is not the Judge. He’s only writing words and thoughts. He isn’t qualified to judge anyone.
When You Vote on Election Day
You’re not serving God and Country.
You’re serving ungodliness.
And the fruits of ungodliness are all destructive to the health and well-being of all life on earth. Politics is in favor of sin; and the wages of sin is death. And along with Death comes evil in the form of sickness; pollution; violence; murder; war; indebtedness; poverty; waves of immigrants; homelessness; hunger; misery; abortions by the multi millions.
And Politics puts True God and True Country aside in favor of the self-interests of unbelievers who desire that government serve them rather than serving God and Country and doing righteousness. Politics is enriching the corporate state while The State of the Union is $34 trillion dollars in debt! That is undeniable proof that Politics is NOT serving the country; but is serving the rich and powerful of the corrupt corporate global state that is committing a form of spiritual fornication with Babylon the Great harlot that is revealed in the Holy Scriptures – which the unbelievers are deliberately ignorant of. And all that wickedness puts the whole world under the influence of “the god of this world” – the devil, “the father of lies and a murderer from the beginning.” And people who choose to be that way use lies to support the wicked things they love. They call the legalized killing of their own unborn children “reproductive rights;” however, the truth about aborting a live unborn human being is that it is anti-reproductive. It destroys human life. There is NOTHING reproductive about destroying living unborn human beings. And thus, we see in the legalization of abortion the two foremost characteristics of the devil – “the father of lies and a murderer from the beginning” — lying and killing.
And also, we see in the Holy Scriptures a list of the works of the flesh: these works of the flesh include things we see in Politics: rivalries, dissensions, and divisions. The complete list is in The Letter of Paul to the Galatians, in chapter 5.
Galatians 5
THE RAPTURE
WHAT IS MEANT BY THE RAPTURE?
TIME FOR A CHANGE?
The United States of AmericaL
Faithful and True
To
True God
Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory (Battle Hymn of the Republic – 4vv) [with lyrics for congregations]
How Great Thou Art (O Lord my God) {3vv – Spring Harvest} [with lyrics for congregations]
Mark's Imaginings 