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The Wonderful World of Color: Faith, Hope, Love, Justice, and Peace. Part 2/3.

Earthquake: 00:21:17 GMT+3 Jerusalem, Israel, 13:21:17 AKDT Local Time (approximately 312 minutes, 17 seconds (18,737 seconds) after "Lord of the Flies" posts at 16:09:00 UTC)

TANAKH (Jewish Publication Society, Hebrew-English): Pages 37 and 38: Genesis 21:8 The child grew up and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. Genesis 21:9 Sarah saw the son who Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham playing. Genesis 21:10 She said to Abraham, "Cast out that slave-woman and her son, for the son of that slave shall not share in the inheritance with my son Isaac." Genesis 21:11 The matter distressed Abraham greatly, for it concerned a son of his. Genesis 21:12 But God said to Abraham, "Do not be distressed over the boy or your slave; whatever Sarah tells you, do as she says, for it is through Isaac that offspring shall be continued for you. Genesis 21:13 As for the son of the slave-woman, I will make a nation of him, too, for he is your seed." Genesis 21:14 Early next morning Abraham took some bread and a skin of water, and gave them to Hagar. He placed them over her shoulder, together with the child, and sent her away. And she wandered about in the wilderness of Beer-sheba. Genesis 21:15 When the water was gone from the skin, she left the child under one of the bushes. Genesis 21:16 and went and sat down at a distance, a bowshot away; for she tought, "Let me not look on as the child dies." And sitting thus afar, she burst into tears. Genesis 21:17 God heard the cry of the boy, and an angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, "What troubles you, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heeded the cry of the boy where he is. Genesis 21:18 Come, lift up the boy and hold him by the hand, for I will make a great nation of him." Genesis 21:19 The God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water. She went and filled the skin with water, and let the boy drink. Genesis 21:20 God was with the boy and he grew up; he dwelt in the wilderness and became a bowman.

Gaza aid ready to roll in once final deal reached UN News 19 October 2023 Humanitarian Aid Humanitarians continued to stand ready on Thursday to deliver lifesaving aid to Gaza following reports of an agreement brokered by the United States for 20 aid trucks to enter the enclave from Egypt. Some 3,000 tonnes of supplies have been awaiting entry on the Egyptian side of the crossing since Saturday. On Wednesday, the UN Security Council failed to agree on a resolution that would have called for “humanitarian pauses” for aid delivery. UN chief in Cairo UN Secretary-General António Guterres has arrived in Cairo to pursue his diplomatic efforts, following his call for an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire” in the wake of a strike on Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City on Tuesday, which killed 471 people according to Gaza’s de facto authorities. He met Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and the two are due to hold a press conference. UN humanitarian coordination office OCHA said that this was the deadliest incident in Gaza since hostilities escalated and that children, health care staff and internally displaced people were among the victims. Lives on the line Commenting on the news of a US-brokered deal, UN health agency WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus welcomed “USA’s leadership and Israel’s agreement to allow food, water and medical aid” into the sealed off enclave through the Rafah border crossing, stressing on social media platform X that “many lives depend on this happening”. Briefing the Security Council on Wednesday, UN relief chief Martin Griffiths stressed the need for humanitarian actors to be able to “deliver relief to civilians in need throughout Gaza, without impediment, in places of their choice, in places where they consider themselves to be safe and where we can seek to ensure that safety.” He told ambassadors that around 100 trucks of humanitarian supplies per day were needed to meet the needs of the more than two million residents of the besieged enclave. According to news reports, equipment has been sent to repair potholes at the crucial Rafah crossing to allow the initial aid convoy in. More than 100 trucks are waiting for the final green light on the Egyptian side. Israel has said it would allow limited aid into the enclave provided none of it benefits Hamas, which controls Gaza. Disastrous situation Gaza’s population has been facing an increasingly disastrous situation, with a full electricity blackout since 11 October, rising food insecurity and a health system on the brink of collapse. According to OCHA, the average water consumption for all needs, including drinking, cooking and hygiene is estimated at only three litres per day per person in Gaza. The UN office also warned that people consume water from unsafe sources “risking death and placing the population at risk of infectious disease outbreaks”. One in two displaced OCHA reported that about one million people, or close to half of Gaza’s entire population, have been displaced since the start of the conflict. Over 500,000 are staying in emergency shelters designated as such by the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, while Israeli bombardments of the enclave continue. https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/10/1142532

Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians - "Seems Like Old Times" "Seems like old times, having you to walk with Seems like old times, having you to talk with And it's still a thrill just to have my arms around you Still the thrill that it was the day I found you Seems like old times, dinner dates and flowers Just like old times, staying up for hours Making dreams come true, doing things we used to do Seems like old times being here with you

“Lips that have tasted the salt of tears always give the sweetest kiss.” ― C.J. Carlyon, The Cherry House

"Some of the best lessons we ever learn are learned from past mistakes. The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future." - Dale E. Turner

"It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them. To make a mistake is only an error in judgment, but to adhere to it when it is discovered shows infirmity of character." - Dale E. Turner Source: https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/18737.Dale_E_Turner

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer speaks about what he has found meaningful about his time on the bench, saying America is an "experiment" and that it is up to future generations to make it work. Noting the divisions of the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address to heal the wounds of war, Justice Breyer appeals to young people to help chart the course for the nation. "I want you to pick Justice up. It's an experiment that's still going on…They'll determine whether the experiment still works. I'm an optimist and I'm pretty sure it will," Justice Breyer says. https://www.c-span.org/classroom/document/?18737

This is all from Wikipedia to highlight that Jesus Christ wasn't being antisemitic or a traitor, he was being a freedom fighter for all native Israelis against actual Roman-loyalist traitors: In Jerusalem, Herod introduced foreign forms of entertainment, and erected a golden eagle at the entrance of the Temple, which suggested a greater interest in the welfare of Rome than of Jews. Herod's taxes garnered a bad reputation: his constant concern for his reputation led him to make frequent, expensive gifts, increasingly emptying the kingdom's coffers, and such lavish spending upset his Jewish subjects.

The two major Jewish sects of the day, the Pharisees and the Sadducees, both showed opposition to Herod. The Pharisees were discontented because Herod disregarded many of their demands with respect to the Temple's construction.

The Sadducees, who were closely associated with priestly responsibilities in the Temple, opposed Herod because he replaced their high priests with outsiders from Babylonia and Alexandria, in an effort to gain support from the Jewish Diaspora.

Herod's outreach efforts gained him little, and at the end of his reign anger and dissatisfaction were common amongst Jews. Heavy outbreaks of violence and riots followed Herod's death in many cities, including Jerusalem, as pent-up resentments boiled over. The scope of the disturbances sparked hopes that the Jews of Judea might some day overthrow the Roman overlords, hopes reawakened decades later in the outbreak of the First Jewish-Roman War in 66 CE.

Roman historian Tacitus referred to "Christus" and his execution by Pontius Pilate in his Annals (written c. AD 116), book 15, chapter 44. Nero fastened the guilt and inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class hated for their abominations, called Christians by the populace. Christus, from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus, and a most mischievous superstition, thus checked for the moment, again broke out not only in Judaea, the first source of the evil, but even in Rome, where all things hideous and shameful from every part of the world find their centre and become popular. Accordingly, an arrest was first made of all who pleaded guilty; then, upon their information, an immense multitude was convicted, not so much of the crime of firing the city, as of hatred against mankind. Mockery of every sort was added to their deaths. Covered with the skins of beasts, they were torn by dogs and perished, or were nailed to crosses, or were doomed to the flames and burnt, to serve as a nightly illumination, when daylight had expired. Nero offered his gardens for the spectacle, and was exhibiting a show in the circus, while he mingled with the people in the dress of a charioteer or stood aloft on a car. Hence, even for criminals who deserved extreme and exemplary punishment, there arose a feeling of compassion; for it was not, as it seemed, for the public good, but to glut one man's cruelty, that they were being destroyed. (Wikipedia)

After Constantine the Great's in 321 and the Council of Laodicea from 363, the Christian rulers decided that the commandment of God is no more valid, now being needed to follow the commandments of people, switching in this sense the day of rest to Sunday, and by 361 AD it had become a mandated weekly occurrence. “Our regard for the Lord’s resurrection, which took place on the Lord’s Day, will lead us to celebrate it on the same principle ”

“And all things whatsoever that it was the duty to do on the Sabbath, these we have transferred to the Lord’s Day as more honorable than the Jewish Sabbath.”

“Christians ought not to Judaize and to rest in the Sabbath, but to work in that day; but preferring the Lord’s Day, should rest, if possible, as Christians. Wherefore if they shall be found to Judaize, let them be accursed from Christ.” (Wikipedia)

In Christian eschatology, the Antichrist refers to people prophesied by the Bible to oppose Jesus Christ and substitute themselves in Christ's place before the Second Coming. (Wikipedia)

Jesus Christ + His 12 Apostles = 13. 13 Years After The Antichrist Servants Declared The Commandments of God Were No More Valid: In 376, a large migration of Goths and other non-Roman people, fleeing from the Huns, entered the Empire. Roman forces were unable to exterminate, expel or subjugate them (as was their normal practice). In 395, after winning two destructive civil wars, Theodosius I died. He left a collapsing field army, and the Empire divided between the warring ministers of his two incapable sons. Goths and other non-Romans became a force that could challenge either part of the Empire. Further barbarian groups crossed the Rhine and other frontiers. The armed forces of the Western Empire became few and ineffective, and despite brief recoveries under able leaders, central rule was never again effectively consolidated. By 476, the position of Western Roman Emperor wielded negligible military, political, or financial power, and had no effective control over the scattered Western domains that could still be described as Roman. Barbarian kingdoms had established their own power in much of the area of the Western Empire. In 476, the Germanic barbarian king Odoacer deposed the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire in Italy, Romulus Augustulus, and the Senate sent the imperial insignia to the Eastern Roman Emperor Zeno. While its legitimacy lasted for centuries longer and its cultural influence remains today, the Western Empire never had the strength to rise again. (Wikipedia)

TANAKH (Jewish Publication Society, Hebrew-English): Page 21: Genesis 12:2 I will make of you a great nation, And I will bless you; I will make your name great, And you shall be a blessing. Genesis 12:3 I will bless those who bless you And curse him that curses you; And all the families of the earth Shall bless themselves by you."

TANAKH (Jewish Publication Society, Hebrew-English): Pages 251 and 252: Leviticus 19:15 You shall not render an unfair decision: do not favor the poor or show deference to the rich; judge your kinsman fairly. Leviticus 19:16 Do not deal basely with your countrymen. Do not profit by the blood of your fellow: I am the Lord. Leviticus 19:17 You shall not hate your kinsfolk in your heart. Reprove your kinsman but incur no guilt because of him. Leviticus 19:18 You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against your countrymen. Love your fellow as yourself: I am the Lord.

Matthew 5:17 “Don’t misunderstand why I have come. I did not come to abolish the law of Moses or the writings of the prophets. No, I came to accomplish their purpose. Matthew 5:18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. Matthew 5:19 So if you ignore the least commandment and teach others to do the same, you will be called the least in the Kingdom of Heaven. But anyone who obeys God’s laws and teaches them will be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.

Mark 12:28 One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” Mark 12:29 “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Mark 12:30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ Mark 12:31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”

Luke 23:33 When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left. Luke 23:34 Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up his clothes by casting lots. Luke 23:35 The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, “He saved others; let him save himself if he is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.”

Acts 7:57 At this they covered their ears and, yelling at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him, Acts 7:58 dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul. Acts 7:59 While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” Acts 7:60 Then he fell on his knees and cried out, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” When he had said this, he fell asleep.

TANAKH (Jewish Publication Society, Hebrew-English) Page 141: Exodus 13:21 The Lord went before them in a pillar of cloud by day, to guide them along the way, and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light, that they might travel day and night.

TANAKH (Jewish Publication Society, Hebrew-English) Page 1621: Proverbs 13:21 Misfortune pursues sinners, But the righteous are well rewarded.

Matthew 13:20 The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. Matthew 13:21 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.

Mark 13:21 At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘Look, there he is!’ do not believe it.

John 13:21 After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, “Very truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.”

Acts 21:21 They have been informed that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to turn away from Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or live according to our customs.

Earthquake: M 1.6 - 19.3 km (12 mi) ESE of Eagle River, Alaska

2023-10-18 21:21:17 (UTC) 61.273°N 149.221°W 28.7 km depth

On Pecking Mountain at approximately 1550 M elevation near the sources of Falling Water Creek and Peters Creek adjacent to Mount Magnificent, Rendezvous Peak, Temptation Peak, Bellicose Peak, Peril Peak, Benign Peak, and Thunderbird Peak.

1 Peter 1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God’s elect, exiles scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, 1 Peter 1:2 who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance. 1 Peter 1:3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 1 Peter 1:4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, 1 Peter 1:5 who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. 1 Peter 1:6 In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 1 Peter 1:7 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

John 19:2 The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe John 19:3 and went up to him again and again, saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they slapped him in the face.

TANAKH (Jewish Publication Society, Hebrew-English) Page 1630: Proverbs 19:3 A man's folly subverts his way, And his heart rages against the Lord.

Strong's Concordance #12 abdan: a perishing -- destruction. Original Word: אַבְדָן

TANAKH (Jewish Publication Society, Hebrew-English) Page 433: Deuteronomy 28:7 The Lord will put to rout before you the enemies who attack you: they will march out against you by a single road, but flee from you by many roads.

TANAKH (Jewish Publication Society, Hebrew-English) Page 1443: Psalm 28:7 The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him. I was helped and my heart exulted, so I will glorify Him with my song.

TANAKH (Jewish Publication Society, Hebrew-English) Page 1648: Proverbs 28:7 An intelligent son heeds instruction, But he who keeps company with gluttons disgraces his father.

TANAKH (Jewish Publication Society, Hebrew-English) Pages 1945 and 1946: 1 Chronicles 28:4 The Lord God of Israel chose me of all my father's house to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah to be ruler, and of the family of Judah, my father's house; and of my father's sons, He preferred to make me king over all Israel; 1 Chronicles 28:5 and of all my sons--for many are the sons the Lord gave me--He chose my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel. 1 Chronicles 28:6 He said to me, 'It will be your son Solomon who will build My House and My courts, for I have chosen him to be a son to Me, and I will be a father to him. 1 Chronicles 28:7 I will establish his kingdom forever, if he keeps firmly to the observance of My commandments and rules as he does now.'

Matthew 28:1 Early on Sunday morning, as the new day was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went out to visit the tomb. Matthew 28:2 There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. Matthew 28:3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. Matthew 28:4 The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men. Matthew 28:5 The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. Matthew 28:6 He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. Matthew 28:7 Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.”

Strong's Concordance #1550 galil: From galal; a valve of a folding/turning/revolving door (as turning); also a ring (as round), a turning, folding, revolving Original Word: גָּלִיל

The phone number for the Fulton County Jail and Sheriff's Office where donald trump and his fellow RICO criminal defendants were booked as inmates begins with area code 404…

TANAKH (Jewish Publication Society, Hebrew-English) Page 404: Deuteronomy 13:1 Be careful to observe only that which I enjoin upon you: neither add to it nor take away from it. Deuteronomy 13:2 If there appears among you a prophet or a dream-diviner and he gives you a sign or a portent, Deuteronomy 13:3 saying, "Let us follow and worship another god"--whom you have not experienced--even if the sign or portent that he named to you comes true, Deuteronomy 13:4 do not heed the words of that prophet or that dream-diviner. For the Lord your God is testing you to see whether you really love the Lord your God with all your heart and soul.

Matthew 5:44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, Matthew 5:45 that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

Luke 22:61 The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows today, you will disown me three times.”

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The devil's in the House of the Rising Sun… Chicken in a bread pan pickin' out dough…

No More Stalling!

TANAKH (Jewish Publication Society, Hebrew-English) Page 319: Numbers 15:34 He was placed in custody, for it had not been specified what should be done to him. Numbers 15:35 Then the Lord said to Moses, "The man shall be put to death: the whole community shall pelt him with stones outsite the camp." Numbers 15:36 So the whole community took him outside the camp and stoned him to death--as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Sidney Powell’s Plea Deal Is So, So Bad for Sobbing Stinky Dinky-Winky donald trump By Jeremy Stahl Oct 19, 2023 3:35 PM/15:35 On Thursday, Sidney Powell pleaded guilty to misdemeanor election interference charges in Fulton County, Georgia, becoming the highest-level figure to admit guilt in the vast conspiracy to try to overturn the 2020 election. To put it more colloquially, Powell flipped. This is awful news for Donald Trump, as Powell also immediately becomes the highest-level known cooperating witness against him. Given what we know about Powell’s role in the days surrounding Jan. 6 and the very lenient terms of her plea deal, she appears poised to offer damning testimony against the former president. Her decision also comes on the heels of a devastating ruling for her by Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, who rejected in full Powell’s efforts to dismiss the case before trial. That ruling left Powell with little choice but to face immediate trial and likely conviction on charges that carried many years in prison, or plead guilty and agree to testify against Donald Trump. Now her co-defendant in that trial, Kenneth Chesebro, is left holding the bag on the eve of trial proceedings. Under the terms of Powell’s agreement, she will receive a small monetary fine and a six-year sentence of probation, and she will have to write an apology letter to the people of Georgia. This may seem like a slap on the wrist for one of the top figures implicated in the Jan. 6 cases, but it could mean she gave up a significant amount of evidence against even higher-level figures as part of her deal. Indeed, the agreement included a pledge to turn over all documents, testify against all of her co-defendants, and offer a recorded statement to prosecutors. She’s already done the last part. That testimony against her co-defendants could start as soon as next month, when the trial of Chesebro is projected to begin. While Powell is not obligated by the agreement to testify against Trump as part of special counsel Jack Smith’s federal prosecution, scheduled for March, any testimony she gives in the Chesebro trial could potentially be used by Smith’s team. If Powell refuses to testify in the federal case, Judge Tanya Chutkan could decide to admit any Georgia testimony. “Her testimony will be on the record and potentially admissible,” in the federal case, said Eisen. Powell’s link to both the Dec. 18 meeting and the Jan. 7 vote machine theft will make her a critical witness against Giuliani, who was also charged in Fulton County, and against Trump. But now, Powell’s cooperation is likely to significantly increase pressure on Giuliani to reach a similar deal. Trump, meanwhile, is scheduled be tried in federal court on March 4, which is when Powell’s likely testimony against Chesebro could come into play. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/10/sidney-powell-plea-deal-donald-trump-ouch.html

October 20, 2023: Ken Chesebro plead guilty and agreed to testify against co-defendants and Tearful Stinky Dinky-Winky liddle donnie trump in the Georgia RICO criminal trial. He'll also be turning over all emails and text messages to prosecutors. For prosecutors, the plea deal assures that Chesebro publicly accepts responsibility for his conduct in the case and removes the uncertainty of a trial by a jury of his peers. It also compels him to testify about communications he had with Trump’s campaign lawyers and close associates, including co-defendant Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor and a Trump attorney. https://apnews.com/article/chesebro-jury-selection-georgia-election-indictment-2e558eefdffd9c1eaa7ec8c31bf76044

TANAKH (Jewish Publication Society, Hebrew-English) Page 541: Judges 9:52 Abimelech pressed forward to the tower and attacket it. He approached the door of the tower to set it on fire. Judges 9:53 But a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech's head and cracked his skull. Judges 9:54 He immediately cried out to his attendant, his arms-bearer, "Draw your dagger and finish me off, that they may not say of me, 'A woman killed him!;" So his attendant stabbed him, and he died. Judges 9:55 When the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, everyone went home.

Tearful Dumpster Diaper Liddle donnie trump Just Confirmed He's Under Investigation For Firing James Comey By Kate Samuelson June 16, 2017 9:52 AM EDT “I am being investigated for firing the FBI Director by the man who told me to fire the FBI Director! Witch Hunt,” donald trump wrote on Twitter Friday morning. On June 14, the Washington Post reported on allegations that trump was under investigation for possible obstruction of justice, citing unidentified officials. trump denied the report, calling it a “phony story,” and a spokesman for trump’s lawyer questioned the legality of leaking information in a statement to TIME, but did not deny the report. The man trump is thought to be referencing in his tweet is Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who wrote a memo that provided a basis for Comey’s dismissal. Source: https://time.com/4821334/president-trump-confirmed-investigation-comey/

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The Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia (Audio)

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Published: June 16, 2017 (167th day) Duration: 3:37 (217 seconds) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_XGnxTi-fE i_XGnxTi-fE efgiintxx 5+6+7+9+9+40+100+300+300=776. 776+217=993. 993+167=1160.

Strong's Concordance #1160 Beor: From ba'ar (in the sense of burning); a lamp; to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to become brutish, to be brutish; to take away; father of an Edomite king, also the father of Balaam Original Word: בְּעוֹר

TANAKH (Jewish Publication Society, Hebrew-English) Page 446: Deuteronomy 32:9 For the Lord's portion is His people, Jacob His own allotment. Deuteronomy 32:10 He found him in a desert region, In an empty howling waste. He engirded him, watched over him, Guarded him as the pupil of His eye. Deuteronomy 32:11 Like an eagle who rouses his nestlings, Gliding down to his young, So did He spread His wings and take him, Bear him along on His pinions; Deuteronomy 32:12 The Lord alone did guide him, No alien god at His side.

It's nice to have a friend: מִלֻּאָה דָבַר חֶבֶר

Taylor Swift - Timeless (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)

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Published: July 6, 2023 (187th day) Duration: 5:25 (325 seconds) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osmzwWw4RYM osmzwWw4RYM osmzwWwRYM mmorswwwyz 30+30+50+80+90+900+900+900+400+500=3880. 3880+4=3884. 3884+325=4209. 4209+187=4396.

Strong's Concordance #4396 milluah: a filling, i.e. setting (of jewels), full. Original Word: מִלֻּאָה

"A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid." - J. R. R. Tolkien

6332965: Union Pacific Railroad Co. 9599 Gardner Rd San Antonio TX 78263 (210) 633-2965 By Old Corpus Christi ("Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ") Road and Borrego ("Lamb") Cemetery.

John 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

Gardner is a surname of English, Scottish and Irish origin. Most sources say it is an occupational surname that comes from the word "gardener". Other sources claim that it is derived from the old English words gar-dyn meaning "warrior", "one who bears arms".

2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023… John 20:11 Mary was standing outside the tomb crying, and as she wept, she stooped and looked in. John 20:12 She saw two white-robed angels, one sitting at the head and the other at the foot of the place where the body of Jesus had been lying. John 20:13 “Dear woman, why are you crying?” the angels asked her. “Because they have taken away my Lord,” she replied, “and I don’t know where they have put him.” John 20:14 She turned to leave and saw someone standing there. It was Jesus, but she didn’t recognize him. John 20:15 “Dear woman, why are you crying?” Jesus asked her. “Who are you looking for?” She thought he was the gardener. “Sir,” she said, “if you have taken him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will go and get him.” John 20:16 “Mary!” Jesus said. She turned to him and cried out, “Rabboni!” (which is Hebrew for “Teacher”). John 20:17 “Don’t cling to me,” Jesus said, “for I haven’t yet ascended to the Father. But go find my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” John 20:18 Mary Magdalene found the disciples and told them, “I have seen the Lord!” Then she gave them his message. John 20:19 That Sunday evening the disciples were meeting behind locked doors because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Suddenly, Jesus was standing there among them! “Peace be with you,” he said. John 20:20 As he spoke, he showed them the wounds in his hands and his side. They were filled with joy when they saw the Lord! John 20:21 Again he said, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you.” John 20:22 Then he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. John 20:23 If you forgive anyone’s sins, they are forgiven. If you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”

Her Hope, Love and Faith was Red… Mary Magdalene and the red egg in the Orthodox tradition In the Eastern Orthodox tradition, Mary Magdalene visited Emperor Tiberius to issue a complaint about how Pontius Pilate handled Jesus’s trial. As she described the events of the crucifixion and resurrection, the Emperor dismissed her story, scoffing, “That could no more happen than the egg in your hand could turn red”. Promptly, Mary Magdalene prayed and the egg turned red. (MagdaleneSacredJourneys.com)

Taylor Swift - Red (Taylor's Version)

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Published: November 11, 2021 (315th day) Duration: 3:41 (221 seconds) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_rUYuFtNO4 R_rUYuFtNO4 R_rUYuFtNO fnorrtuuy 6+40+50+80+80+100+200+200+400=1156. 1156+4=1160. 1160+221=1381. 1381+315=1696.

Strong's Concordance #1696 dabar: to speak, answer, appoint, bid, command, declare, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, be spokesman, talk, teach, tell, think, utter, work, nothing. Original Word: דָבַר

TANAKH (Jewish Publication Society, Hebrew-English) Page 1443: Psalm 29:3 The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the Lord, over the mighty waters.

Taylor Swift - This Love (Taylor's Version)

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Published: May 5, 2022 (125th day) Duration: 4:08 (248 seconds) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvxQYPR4lmU mvxQYPR4lmU mvxQYPRlmU lmmpqruvxy 20+30+30+60+70+80+200+700+300+400=1890. 1890+4=1894. 1894+248=2142. 2142+125=2267.

Strong's Concordance #2267 cheber: From chabar; friend, a society; company, organization, association, wide, charmer, charming, enchantment, spell. Original Word: חֶבֶר

Taylor Swift - It’s Nice To Have A Friend

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Published: August 22, 2019 (234th day) Duration: 2:32 (152 seconds) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaP1VswBF28 eaP1VswBF28 (1, 28) eaPVswBF abefpsvw 1+2+5+6+60+90+700+900=1764. 1764+1+28=1793. 1793+152=1945. 1945+234=2179.

John 1:28 This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

John 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

Strong's Concordance #2179 zinneb: a tail. Original Word: זָנַב

TANAKH (Jewish Publication Society, Hebrew-English): Pages 118 and 119: Exodus 4:1 But Moses spoke up and said, "What if they do not believe me and do not listen to me, but say: The Lord did not appear to you?" Exodus 4:2 The Lord said to him, "What is that in your hand?" And he replied, "A rod." Exodus 4:3 He said, "Cast it on the ground." He cast it on the ground and it became a snake; and Moses recoiled from it. Exodus 4:4 The the Lord said to Moses, "Put out your hand and grasp it by the tail"--he put out his hand and seized it, and it became a rod in his hand-- Exodus 4:5 "that they may believe that the Lord, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, did appear to you." Exodus 4:6 The Lord said to him further, "Put your hand into your bosom." He put his hand into his bosom; and when he took it out, his hand was encrusted with snowy scales! Exodus 4:7 And He said, "Put your hand back into your bosom."--He put his hand back into his bosom; and when he took it out of his bosom, there it was again like the rest of his body.-- Exodus 4:8 And if they do not believe you or pay heed to the first sign, they will believe the second. Exodus 4:9 And if they are not convinced by both these signs and still do not heed you, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground, and it--the water that you take from the Nile--will turn to blood on the dry ground." Exodus 4:10 But Moses said to the Lord, "Please, O Lord, I have never been a man of words, either in times past or now that You have spoken to Your servant; I am slow of speech and slow of tongue." Exodus 4:14 The Lord became angry with Moses, and He said, "There is your brother Aaron the Levite. He, I know, speaks readily. Even now he is setting out to meet you, and he will be happy to see you. Exodus 4:15 You shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth--I will be with you and with him as yhou speak, and tell both of you what to do-- Exodus 4:16 and he shall speak for you to the people. Thus he shall serve as your spokesman, with you playing the role of God to him, Exodus 4:17 and take with you this rod, with which you shall perform the signs."

Taylor Swift - Lover (Official Music Video)

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Published: August 22, 2019 (234th day) Duration: 3:59 (239 seconds) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BjZmE2gtdo BjZmE2gtdo BjZmEgtdo bdegjmotz 2+4+5+7+600+30+50+100+500=1298. 1298+2=1300. 1300+239=1539. 1539+234=1773.

Strong's Concordance #1773 deyo: ink Original Word: דְּיוֹ

TANAKH (Jewish Publication Society, Hebrew-English): Page 1466: Psalm 45:1 For the leader; on shoshannim. Of the Korahites. A maskil. A love song. Psalm 45:2 My heart is astir with gracious words; I speak my poem to a king; my tongue is the pen of an expert scribe.

John 14:1 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. John 14:2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? John 14:3 When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am. John 14:4 And you know the way to where I am going.”

August 2019 (Summer #3), August 2018 (Summer #2), August 2017 (Summer #1)… Is Taylor Swift launching her new album website on Timeless.com? Konstantinos Zournas OnlineDomain.com August 22, 2017 Taylor Swift is probably preparing the launch of her new album on a new website that will be on Timeless.com. “Timeless” will probably be the name of the new Taylor Swift album and the name of the first single that might be coming out very soon, even today. (Some people think that the new album is going to be called Eclipse.) Update: rumors now say that the new single is going to be released on Friday. The domain name Timeless.com was probably bought by the artist in July. The domain was sold for $150,000 in 2015 and it was auctioned for $52,900 2016. (it is not clear if the domain changed hands after the 2016 auction) The domain name was recently for sale again and the seller of the domain name to Taylor Swift was someone from Denmark. The domain name was purchased for an undisclosed amount. (Timeless.com was last seen for sale at $140,000.) Meanwhile Taylor Swift’s official website at TaylorSwift.com has been completely blank together with all her social media accounts that were emptied of content this past weekend. Her Facebook page, Twitter account, Instagram account and Tumblr account were all emptied. Some people even suggested that the 27-year-old superstar may have been the victim of a hack. The lander on Timeless.com is the only clue except from the tail of what is coming soon by the artist. The domain name Timeless.com is registered at GoDaddy.com but the owner is not yet known as the owner data is hidden behind whois privacy. UPDATE: Taylor Swift is launching her new album called Reputation on November 10 2017. It seems that the timeless.com domain buyer was someone other than TS. https://onlinedomain.com/2017/08/22/domain-name-news/taylor-swift-launching-new-album-website-timeless-com/

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Okay, let me tell you a story:

Once upon a time, there was a prose translation of the Pearl Poet’s Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. It was wonderfully charming and lyrical and perfect for use in a high school, and so a clever English teacher (as one did in the 70s) made a scan of the book for her students, saved it as a pdf, and printed copies off for her students every year. In true teacher tradition, she shared the file with her colleagues, and so for many years the students of the high school all studied Sir Gawain and the Green Knight from the same (very badly scanned) version of this wonderful prose translation.

In time, a new teacher became head of the English Department, and while he agreed that the prose translation was very wonderful he felt that the quality of the scan was much less so. Also in true teacher tradition, he then spent hours typing up the scan into a word processor, with a few typos here and there and a few places where he was genuinely just guessing wildly at what the scan actually said. This completed word document was much cleaner and easier for the students to read, and so of course he shared it with his colleagues, including his very new wide-eyed faculty member who was teaching British Literature for the first time (this was me).

As teachers sometimes do, he moved on for greener (ie, better paying) pastures, leaving behind the word document, but not the original pdf scan. This of course meant that as I was attempting to verify whether a weird word was a typo or a genuine artifact of the original translation, I had no other version to compare it to. Being a good card-holding gen zillenial I of course turned to google, making good use of the super secret plagiarism-checking teacher technique “Quotation Marks”, with an astonishing result:

By which I mean literally one result.

For my purposes, this was precisely what I needed: a very clean and crisp scan that allowed me to make corrections to my typed edition: a happily ever after, amen.

But beware, for deep within my soul a terrible Monster was stirring. Bane of procrastinators everywhere, my Curiosity had found a likely looking rabbit hole. See, this wonderfully clear and crisp scan was lacking in two rather important pieces of identifying information: the title of the book from which the scan was taken, and the name of the translator. The only identifying features were the section title “Precursors” (and no, that is not the title of the book, believe me I looked) and this little leaf-like motif by the page numbers:

(Remember the leaf. This will be important later.)

We shall not dwell at length on the hours of internet research that ensued—how the sun slowly dipped behind the horizon, grading abandoned in shadows half-lit by the the blue glow of the computer screen—how google search after search racked up, until an email warning of “unusual activity on your account” flashed into momentary existence before being consigned immediately and with some prejudice to the digital void—how one third of the way through a “comprehensive but not exhaustive” list of Sir Gawain translators despair crept in until I was left in utter darkness, screen black and eyes staring dully at the wall.

Above all, let us not admit to the fact that such an afternoon occurred not once, not twice, but three times.

Suffice to say, many hours had been spent in fruitless pursuit before a new thought crept in: if this book was so mysterious, so obscure as to defeat the modern search engine, perhaps the answer lay not in the technologies of today, but the wisdom of the past. Fingers trembling, I pulled up the last blast email that had been sent to current and former faculty and staff, and began to compose an email to the timeless and indomitable woman who had taught English to me when I was a student, and who had, after nearly fifty years, retired from teaching just before I returned to my alma mater.

After staring at the email for approximately five or so minutes, I winced, pressed send, and let my plea sail out into the void. I cannot adequately describe for you the instinctive reverence I possess towards this teacher; suffice to say that Ms English was and is a woman of remarkable character, as much a legend as an institution as a woman of flesh and blood whose enduring influence inspired countless students. There is not a student taught by Ms. English who does not have a story to tell about her, and her decline in her last years of teaching and eventual retirement in the face of COVID was the end of an era. She still remembers me, and every couple months one of her contemporaries and dear friends who still works as a guidance counsellor stops me in the hall to tell me that Ms. English says hello and that she is thrilled that I am teaching here—thrilled that I am teaching honors students—thrilled that I am now teaching the AP students. “Tell her I said hello back,” I always say, and smile.

Ms. English is a legend, and one does not expect legends to respond to you immediately. Who knows when a woman of her generation would next think to check her email? Who knows if she would remember?

The day after I sent the email I got this response:

My friends, I was shaken. I was stunned. Imagine asking God a question and he turns to you and says, “Hold on one moment, let me check with my predecessor.”

The idea that even Ms. English had inherited this mysterious translation had never even occurred to me as a possibility, not when Ms. English had been a faculty member since the early days of the school. How wonderful, I thought to myself. What a great thing, that this translation is so obscure and mysterious that it defeats even Ms. English.

A few days later, Ms. English emailed me again:

(I had, in fact searched through both the English office and the Annex—a dark, weirdly shaped concrete storage area containing a great deal of dust and many aging copies of various books—a few days prior. I had no luck, sadly.)

At last, though, I had a title and a description! I returned to my internet search, only to find to my dismay that there was no book that exactly matched the title. I found THE BRITISH TRADITION: POETRY, PROSE, AND DRAMA (which was not black and the table of contents I found did not include Sir Gawain) and THE ENGLISH TRADITION, a super early edition of the Prentice Hall textbooks we use today, which did have a black cover but there were absolutely zero images I could find of the table of contents or the interior and so I had no way of determining if it was the correct book short of laying out an unfortunate amount of cold hard cash for a potential dead end.

So I sighed, and relinquished my dreams of solving the mystery. Perhaps someday 30 years from now, I thought, I’ll be wandering through one of those mysterious bookshops filled with out of print books and I’ll pick up a book and there will be the translation, found out last!

So I sighed, and told the whole story to my colleagues for a laugh. I sent screenshots of Ms. English’s emails to my siblings who were also taught by her. I told the story to my Dad over dinner as my Great Adventure of the Week.

…my friends. I come by my rabbit-hole curiosity honestly, but my Dad is of a different generation of computer literacy and knows a few Deep Secrets that I have never learned. He asked me the title that Ms. English gave me, pulled up some mysterious catalogue site, and within ten minutes found a title card. There are apparently two copies available in libraries worldwide, one in Philadelphia and the other in British Columbia. I said, “sure, Dad,” and went upstairs. He texted me a link. Rolling my eyes, I opened it and looked at the description.

Huh, I thought. Four volumes, just like Ms. English said. I wonder…

Armed with a slightly different title and a publisher, I looked up “The English Tradition: Fiction macmillan” and the first entry is an eBay sale that had picture of the interior and LO AND BEHOLD:

THE LEAF. LOOK AT THE LEAF.

My dad found it! He found the book!!

Except for one teensy tiny problem which is that the cover of the book is uh a very bright green and not at all black like Ms. English said. Alas, it was a case of mistaken identity, because The English Tradition: Poetry does have a black cover, although it is the fiction volume which contains Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

And so having found the book at last, I have decided to purchase it for the sum of $8, that ever after the origins of this translation may once more be known.

In this year of 2022 this adventure took place, as this post bears witness, the end, amen.

(Edit: See here for part 2!)

#sir gawain and the green knight #translations #internet research #english literature #teaching things #dads are the best #long post #story telling #I STILL don’t know the name of the translator but I WILL find out #obscure books

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