Friday, September 28, 2007

Christians fight with Apollyon


King James Version: Revelation Chapter 9

1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Thursday, August 9, 2007

1st Corinthians

13:1If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don't have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. 13:2If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don't have love, I am nothing. 13:3If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don't have love, it profits me nothing.

13:4Love is patient and is kind; love doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag, is not proud, 13:5doesn't behave itself inappropriately, doesn't seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; 13:6doesn't rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 13:7bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 13:8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will be done away with. Where there are various languages, they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will be done away with. 13:9For we know in part, and we prophesy in part; 13:10but when that which is complete has come, then that which is partial will be done away with. 13:11When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child. Now that I have become a man, I have put away childish things. 13:12For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known. 13:13But now faith, hope, and love remain--these three. The greatest of these is love.

Friday, August 3, 2007

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

In Praise of Living in Peace

"How wonderful it is, how pleasant, for God's people to live together in harmony!
It is like the precious anointing oil running down from Aaron's head and beard, down to the collar of his robes.
It is like the dew on Mount Hermon, falling on the hills of Zion, That is where the Lord has promised his blessing-life that never ends."

Psalms 133:1-3

Monday, July 30, 2007

Justice and Righteousness


Thus Says the Lord: Do justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, nor shed innocent blood.

Jeremiah 22.3

Lo! God enjoins justice and kindness, and giving to kinsfolk, and forbids lewdness and abomination and wickedness. He exhorts you in order that you may take heed!

Qur'an 16.90

Saturday, July 28, 2007

The Names of the Spirit


Names for the Holy Spirit:

Counselor; Comforter; Baptizer; Advocate; Strengthener; Sanctifier; Spirit of Christ (not the same as the spirit of Christ); Seven-Fold Spirit (Rev.); Spirit of Truth; Spirit of Grace; Spirit of Mercy; Spirit of God; Spirit of Holiness; Spirit of Life. Symbolized in OT and NT by (l) breath or wind; (2) fire; (3) water; (4) oil; (5) light; (6) a dove.