Saturday, August 23, 2025. 1:49 AM. Today is 8/23/25. I was born at 8:23 AM nearly 74 years ago. My dad was born in August. My mom departed in August. The summer of ’74 romance in my life ended in August.
How Are We the People Enjoying
The Corrupt World System
Taking Over the Government
Making It Work —
“the god of this world’s” way ?
[see 2 Corinthians Chapter 4 – if you don’t know about “the god of this world”]
2 Corinthians 4 ESV
2 Corinthians 4 ESV – The Light of the Gospel – Therefore, – Bible Gateway
“the god of this world” is what we get if we don’t truly believe in and on True God –
The Lord Jesus Christ
The Only-Begotten Son of God Most High.
“the god of this world” is what we get if we don’t believe in the gospel of Jesus Christ –
Unless we get raptured by the grace of God through the faith of Jesus Christ and enjoy the help of his Holy Spirit –
And are removed from the earth and the world by God at the time of the Rapture.
That is one interpretation of the timing of things to come, according to the Scriptures; others may believe that even true Christians will endure the Tribulation.
“But watch yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a trap. For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of the whole earth. But stay awake at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.” -Jesus [Luke 21: 34-36 ESV].
We get “the man of lawlessness” if we don’t believe in True God — the Saviour of all men, especially believers.
Those who make the error in judgment of believing in themselves rather than believing in the gospel of True God and believing in and on the Lord and Savior, the Son of God, the Messiah of Jews and Gentiles alike, will suffer during the great Tribulation that is coming upon “the world that lies in wickedness.”
2 Thessalonians 2 ESV
2 Thessalonians 2 ESV – The Man of Lawlessness – Now concerning – Bible Gateway
A Wife in my Life ?
I’m not married yet;
But I’m falling in love –
[The relationship is now broken].
[I’m not falling now];
And already imagining after I am married
Exclaiming:
How did I ever survive without a loving wife in my life !
So many years . . .
All alone . . .
All by myself . . .
No one to love . . .
No one to share love with . . .
No one to be in love with . . .
Alone all day . . .
Alone all night . . .
About Her —
We’ve only met online
We haven’t yet met in person . . .
We met [online] more than two years ago;
After a few months we drifted apart.
Now we are corresponding again.
Today, I began experiencing an imagining . . .
This imagining was inspired by the lady I wrote about [above].
This imagining is titled:
“A Mysterious Lady Meets Mystical Mark”
Remember: the following story is only an imagining.
She owned a house on a quiet street in town. No one had ever seen her. They had never seen her house, either; it was completely hidden behind a high fence. No one ever knew the number on the house – since the house was hidden from view. One day in late August the mysterious lady felt especially lonely; so she came out of her house and stood close behind her fence. She could partially see the people walking by through a very narrow slit in the fence. When she saw a man coming close by the fence, she spoke up.
Mysterious Lady: “Hi there!”
Man: The man stopped at the sound of her voice. He was single and her voice was so beautiful that it touched his heart. He looked around wondering where the voice came from. She noticed him looking around.
Mysterious Lady: “I’m over here – on the other side of the fence,” she explained.
Man: “Why don’t you come out, please?”
Mysterious Lady: “If I came out in the open and you saw me, you’d be shocked.”
Man: “Why would I be shocked?”
Mysterious Lady: “Well, I don’t want to sound vain, but there’s something about me that is difficult for people to see.”
Man: “What is that something about you?”
Mysterious Lady: “It has to do with my appearance.”
Man: “What about your appearance?”
Mysterious Lady: “I’m just “knock down drop dead beautiful.”
Man: “What makes you think so?”
Mysterious Lady: “I saw my image in a mirror once upon a time – and it shocked me, too. I shattered the mirror, so I’d never see my image ever again.”
Man: “Your voice is very beautiful. I love listening to it.”
Mysterious Lady: “That’s the only thing a man may experience about me without being overwhelmed.”
Man: “You may be surprised to know something about me.”
Mysterious Lady: “What is that something about you?”
Man: “I believe it would be a wonderful experience for me to be overwhelmed by the beauty of a woman. Furthermore, I would find her overwhelming beauty a daily labor of love to contemplate. Maybe I would think of it as something like learning to play a musical instrument that I want so much to make beautiful music with. And also think of it as something like learning to sing beautiful love songs with all my heart and mind and soul and spirit – like learning to sing hymns of praise to True God with all my best love and gratitude.”
Mysterious Lady: “All of a sudden, I’m beginning to want you to see me and behold me and experience my presence. It would be so wonderful to me if you can stand in my presence [see Luke 21: 36 ESV] and remain at peace; so that we can enjoy quiet conversation together; and really enjoy each other’s company.”
The Man Imagined a Name for the mysterious lady: Shekinah
This writer doesn’t recall everything he read about the word Shekinah; but he has some ideas about its meaning. He understands the word has some connection with the glory of the LORD and the Presence of the LORD. And he noticed the word She in that word: Shekinah. And he thought of the phrase: “she kinda” or “she kind of . . .” She kind of looks like” . . . And he also recalls reading that: “God made man in His own image: male and female he created them.” And in the book of Revelation, in chapter 21, it is written about the new Jerusalem as “a bride adorned for her husband” “coming down out of heaven from God.”
And so these words and scenes got into his thoughts and imagination.
And about the name: Janet, for example:
J.A.N.E.T.
J is also the first letter of Jesus and Jehovah
The letter A: The name Abba in the Bible means: Father
And N could be for Now [today].
And E could be for Ever and Evermore and even Eternity
And T could be for Temple
And T looks like a cross – especially a small t
And then, he was wondering if the mysterious lady who lives in a house that no one has ever seen – and no one has ever seen Her, either – because of Her very impressive beautifulness . . . he was wondering if she might be symbolic of the Lord’s glorious Presence. And he wondered if she might be symbolic of the Second Coming of Christ in great glory. And he wondered if the troubles he experiences about her might be symbolic of the great tribulation that is prophesied to come before Jesus returns in great glory.
he was recalling Scriptures in the Bible.
Moses’ Intercession
12 Moses said to the Lord, “See, you say to me, ‘Bring up this people,’ but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found favor in my sight.’ 13 Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight, please show me now your ways, that I may know you in order to find favor in your sight. Consider too that this nation is your people.” 14 And he said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” 15 And he said to him, “If your presence will not go with me, do not bring us up from here. 16 For how shall it be known that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Is it not in your going with us, so that we are distinct, I and your people, from every other people on the face of the earth?”
17 And the Lord said to Moses, “This very thing that you have spoken I will do, for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.” 18 Moses said, “Please show me your glory.” 19 And he said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name ‘The Lord.’ And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. 20 But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for man shall not see me and live.” 21 And the Lord said, “Behold, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock, 22 and while my glory passes by I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with my hand until I have passed by. 23 Then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back, but my face shall not be seen.” -Exodus 33: 12-23 ESV. Copied from Biblegateway.com.
Exodus 33 ESV – The Command to Leave Sinai – The LORD – Bible Gateway
“And This Gospel of the Kingdom Will Be Proclaimed”
“And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.” -Jesus Christ the Lord. [Matthew 24: 14] ESV
Matthew 24-25 ESV
Matthew 24-25 ESV – Jesus Foretells Destruction of the – Bible Gateway
“Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.” -Mark 1: 14, 15. ESV Study Bible.
Mark 1 ESV
Mark 1 ESV – John the Baptist Prepares the Way – The – Bible Gateway
“After these things he appeared in another form to two of them, as they were walking into the country. And they went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them.”
“Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen. And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.” -Mark 16: 12-16. ESV Study Bible.
Mark 16 ESV
Mark 16 ESV – The Resurrection – When the Sabbath was – Bible Gateway
2 Timothy 1-4 ESV
2 Timothy 1-4 ESV – Greeting – Paul, an apostle of Christ – Bible Gateway
1 Peter 1-5 ESV
1 Peter 1-5 ESV – Greeting – Peter, an apostle of Jesus – Bible Gateway
2 Peter 1-3 ESV
2 Peter 1-3 ESV – Greeting – Simeon Peter, a servant and – Bible Gateway
Membership in worldly religions and worldly politics; and adultery with Babylon the great harlot; and loving the world and the things of the world will NOT save you.
“And they shall go out and look on the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against me. For their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.” -Isaiah 66: 24. ESV Study Bible.
Isaiah 66 ESV
Isaiah 66 ESV – The Humble and Contrite in Spirit – Bible Gateway
Luke 21 ESV
Luke 21 ESV – The Widow’s Offering – Jesus – Bible Gateway
“And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb. And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. By its light will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it, and its gates will never be shut by day—and there will be no night there. They will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations. But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.” -The Revelation to John 21: 22-27 ESV Study Bible.
Revelation 21-22 ESV
Revelation 21-22 ESV – The New Heaven and the New Earth – Then – Bible Gateway
God’s Way Of Salvation (John 3:16)
Gospel Tract – God’s Way of Salvation (John 3:16) – Moments With The Book
The Rapture
Gospel Tract – The Rapture – Moments With The Book
What is Meant by the Rapture?
Tract For Believers – What is Meant by the Rapture? – Moments With The Book
“Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear—but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious.” -1 Peter 3: 3, 4. ESV Study Bible.
Psalms 29-32 NIV
Psalms 29-32 NIV – A psalm of David. Ascribe to the LORD, – Bible Gateway
Mark's Imaginings 