Wednesday, June 19th, 2024. 11:28 PM.
More Thoughts About the Male/Female Identity Mystery
Someone has been irking me recently by referring to a relative of ours using the pronoun “they.” That is the reason why I have been writing about this matter. I wrote a whole paragraph about the one who has irked me — but then removed it from this writing to try to avoid causing a stir in my family. However, the Lord said something in the gospel that might be my defense against those who may object to what I wrote. Jesus said, “So have no fear of them, for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. What I tell you in the dark, say in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops.” -Matthew 10: 26, 27. ESV Study Bible.
Today is Freedom Day. It’s a National Holiday called Juneteenth.
God Moves in A Mysterious Way with Lyrics
The following paragraph is the one I removed.
My sister uses the pronoun “they” in reference to her granddaughter. And she also refers to her as her grandchild – even though her granddaughter is more than 20 years old. Maybe she’s trying to avoid mentioning her female gender. I don’t know. It irks me. She also makes mistakes in her writing to me. I understand that we all make mistakes. We were discussing a house that is for sale. Pretty sure the sale price is about $500,000. She wrote $50,000.00. I wrote back the next day that the price is most likely about $500,000 – not $50,000. She replied, “Yes. $50,000.00” – thus making the same error again. For many years, I simply attributed these mistakes as innocent errors; however, a new thought is occurring to me: What if the mistakes are deliberate. What if she’s trying to upset me? I don’t know if she’s playing the hypocrite. In the dictionary, a synonym for the word hypocrite is pretender. It is upsetting, though. And I also imagine that it is possible that some who read this will be tempted to make mistakes in writing or speaking to me – just to see if I get upset – or to see if I’ll write about them, too. By the grace of God and the faith of Jesus Christ and the help of His Holy Spirit, I practice the virtue of self-control. And I also understand that it isn’t a big deal. It’s only a little thing – or maybe not; maybe playing the hypocrite is a serious thing. I deleted her name in this writing. I wouldn’t want to be the cause of my sister getting upset about this little or big matter – whichever it is – and writing about it; and posting it for all the world to see it – and wonder: Who is his sister? And: Is she doing it on purpose or is she simply error prone in her writing – and, maybe, too lazy to correct her typos?
I realize that this entire writing of mine is confusing. I still want to post it. I spent a lot of time writing it; and it would be very unsatisfying to me to just leave it unpublished.
In the word “she” is the word “he.”
And in The Holy Scriptures the word “man” often includes both man and woman.
And in the word “woman” is the word “man.”
So, it isn’t surprising that the subject of male and female and man and woman is mysterious.
And in the word “surprising” is the word “rising.”
So, we shouldn’t be surprised at the Time of the Resurrection [the rising from the dead] and the Advent of the Kingdom of God over all the earth and over all the nations, when the following Scriptures will become more readily understood — and a reality — for all the saved and resurrected and regenerated living true believers in the gospel of the kingdom of God. The others – the unbelievers – will never see the new heavens and the new earth. They will not be gloriously regenerated at the resurrection. They may not be resurrected at all.
“Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed. So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian, for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.”
“I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything, but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by his father. In the same way we also, when we were children, were enslaved to the elementary principles of the world. But when the fulness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.” -Galatians 3: 23 – 4: 7. ESV Study Bible.
Galatians 1-6
“Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.’
“So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.” -Genesis 1: 26, 27. ESV Study Bible.
It is necessary to be born again in order to have the Helper, the Holy Spirit of the Lord, so that, by the light of Christ, these spiritual things may be understood spiritually.
“The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.” -1 Corinthians 2: 14. ESV Study Bible.
1 Corinthians 1-3
John 3-4
“There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.” -Romans 8: 1-4. ESV Study Bible.
Romans 8
God Moves in a Mysterious Way #88
Shirley Bassey – What Now My Love (1962 Recording)
THE ROSE
THE WHITE ROSE (KJV)
It is now 3:38 AM June 19th, 2024. I believe my parents were married on this date in 1948. They went to Niagara Falls for their honeymoon. I don’t know if they entered Canada or not. Niagara Falls is on the border between The United States of America and Canada. And for several years lately I’ve been hearing that June 19th is a national holiday called Juneteenth — or Freedom Day. It would be a great thing if so many Americans became true believers in the gospel of the kingdom of God that our Country became known as God’s Country and received a new name – which would be appropriate for a nation that becomes His Nation – by true faith in his Son – the Messiah of Jews and Gentiles – Jesus Christ the Lord of heaven and earth.
The United States of AmericaL
[pronounced as “A Miracle”]
The “L” at the end is for the Lord or LORD.
“Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay everyone for what he has done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”
“Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and that they may enter the city by the gates. Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.”
“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: 12-17. ESV Study Bible.
Revelation 21-22
“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
Revival In Belfast Robin Mark
God Bless America Lyrics
What would it take or require for the USA to become God’s Country ?
Would it require US to put the gospel of Jesus Christ – in Our Country’s Heart – “Before and Above” our Constitution and our Bill of Rights ?
Would it require US to receive God’s Law written upon our hearts ?
“But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.” -Jeremiah 31: 33, 34. ESV Study Bible.
Jeremiah 31
And would Our Country become God’s Country by US trusting in Him rather than in ourselves ? Being born again makes each one of us Christ-centered – not self-centered and selfish. Self-centeredness causes divisions and quarrels and fighting and war and destruction.
Would it require US to be blessed by Christ being on the throne of our hearts and having His Sovereignty over US; and recognizing Him as Our Country’s Lord and Savior ?
And if We the People fail to believe on Him – and be United By Him and in Him and for Him — will our own disagreements tear US apart – because of loving anything and anyone else before True God ?
Second Coming of Jesus Christ – Polar Shift & Global Earthquake (NOT THE ONE ON JULY 29th)
“For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.” -Galatians 5: 1. ESV Study Bible.
Galatians 5
“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.
Zechariah 1-7
Zechariah 8-14
God bless all the nations on earth to become members of The United States of AmericaL
God bless all the people on earth to become members of We the People of True God Almighty – The Living God — The Lord of Heaven and Earth . . .
Paul Wilbur – Let The Weight Of Your Glory Fall – Lyrics
We the People of the Living God
Pray
“Even so, Come Lord Jesus.”
In the word Your is the word our.
And in the word Hour is the word our.
“And the kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her, will weep and wail over her when they see the smoke of her burning. They will stand far off, in fear of her torment, and say,
‘Alas! Alas! You great city,
You mighty city, Babylon!
For in a single hour your judgment has come.” -Revelation 18: 9, 10. ESV Study Bible.
Revelation 18
Revelation 21: 1-8
English Standard Version
The New Heaven and the New Earth
“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place[a] of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people,[b] and God himself will be with them as their God.[c] 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
5 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.” 6 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. 7 The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son. 8 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.”
Footnotes
- Revelation 21:3 Or tabernacle
- Revelation 21:3 Some manuscripts peoples
- Revelation 21:3 Some manuscripts omit as their God
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