a better hope

Going to church means different things to different people. Nothing wrong with that. I always felt going to church was a sort of sacred thing. I went to a lot of them over the years and then stopped because I had some rather upsetting things happen in my life which affected my faith. I was a young man. That sort of thing wouldn't happen today. I think of Job and how even his wife, who was surely the closest person to him, left him in his hour of need and told him to curse God and die. What did Job do? Here was a man smitten of God. No doubt about it. God slayed him. Job defended God to his wife and rebuked her attitude. Job was slayed by God and Job defended God. Why? Because he feared Him? Perhaps. I think Job knew God like few men do. Job definitely loved God. But he also understood God could give and take away in equal measure.  Job's friends came to "comfort" him but, instead, sat in silence with him for a while and then started tearing him apart. They didn't ...

I copied and pasted this into blogger and the photos didn't come through. Leave a comment with your email address and I can send you the pdf or just search for it. This is an interesting read for those who are trying to understand the two competing bloodlines Jesus talked about (wheat and the tares).  The Nephilim: Satan’s Seed from Creation to the Great Tribulation Transjordan and Golan as Their Habitation ©2016 Susan Lynn Schmidt M.B.S. M.A. The idea of aliens, giants and mysterious monolithic structures has become popularized. The purpose of this paper is to examine the Biblical text tracing the seed of Satan, namely the Nephilim, and Rephaim. These are possibly the basis of the Greek Gigantomachy, which was condemned by the Risen Christ as Satan’s Throne, both genetically and spiritually. Two ancient sites, the Pergamon Altar in Berlin, as well as Rujum el-Hiri in the Golan Heights in Israel, will be included to demonstrate the possibility that these “fallen ones”...