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May you Rest on Brother Joel

I just watched two docs . Al Jazeera

Title…. How evangelicals influence US foreign policy in the Middle East.
EP1 & EP2. Witness Documentary.

The second one is the one that unnerved me. I mean I only have known
about Babylon through the teachings of Ray and of course the Bible when
God opened it to me about eight years ago and this hit me hard to actually
see it and not just read it. And Isaiah said the whole head is sick. It surely is.

This scripture comes to mind….
Eze. 28:9….” Will you say , I am a god in the presence of those who kill you,
though you are but a man in the hands that slay you……and verse 2

Yet,  It’s All of God, that’s very comforting . Praise Jesus Our Lord and Saviour.

Que Sera Sera  Dittoes,  :)I agree  Bob Florida

That's wild.  This morning, the Lord had me focused on this scripture, which is in line with what you are discussing:

Psalm 139:15-16
15 My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.
And in Your book they all were written,
The days fashioned for me,
When as yet there were none of them.

It took me along time to grasp the reality of God’s sovereignty, and what that means. Like many I was aware of Isaiah 46:10 (Holman Christian Standard Bible). “I declare the end from the beginning, and from long ago what is not yet done, saying: My plan will take place, and I will do all My will.”

At one time I thought that God just knew how all of mankind’s actions would all dovetail together according to their own plans, and God just “saw into the future” how it would all come out.

Of course after studying Ray’s writings on “free will” it made me think. How could even one man’s decisions (their own will), let alone the billions of human actions and resulting impacts from those actions allow for God to “know” what would happen?

Well, the Eternal is God, and is Sovereign, so I have come to realize that ANYTHING that happens was supposed to happen. That is a hard thing at first to understand, and even to accept! All of the hurt and misery and problems that mankind has caused and endured, and will endure, is hard for people to understand how a loving God would “allow” it. But we know that God’s ways and thoughts are infinitely higher and better and purer than ours. And that is just the way it is and has to be.

And I think it takes the faith of Christ (not our faith) to understand that, and I thank God for giving me that understanding.

So in this country I see people planning and scheming and work8ng toward an outcome for the Presidential election, and have comfort knowing that what ever happens was supposed to happen. And that is a good thing to know.

I’m so sorry to hear this.  We will see you in the morning Joel - rest peacefully.

I always enjoyed reading his comments on here.

Yes, Joel was a kind and gentle man and we are grateful for the time where he helped us all.

God bless his memory and multiply his works.  As someone who can't be described as a quiet, gentle family man, I admired Joel to the point of envy.  This mortal must put on immortality.

Rene,
Thank you for caring and sharing,
We all are family.
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