"Are You Ready?"
(... on that great day!) "Your ride is here - are you READY?"
"... With the voice of the Archangel." (1Thess. 4:16)
Sir Ralph Richardson:
"If a man without a sense of smell declared that this yellow rose I hold had no scent, we should know that he was wrong. The defect is in him, not in the flower. It is the same with a man who says there is no God. It merely means that he is without the capacity to discern His presence."
--- Garry O'Conner; "Ralph Richardson: An Actor's Life" (Limelight)
From "Don Juan de Marco":
(Starring Johnny Depp and Marlon Brando):
"There are only four questions worth asking:
1. What is sacred?
2. What is spirit?
3. What is worth living for?
4. What is worth dying for?"
"Don Juan" believed it was the love of a woman, but we believe it has everything to do with the LOVE OF GOD!
Yahshvah's Posse:
Pete; Andy; Jim Z.; Jack; Phil; Bart; Tommy; Matt; Jim A.; Tad; Si; [Jud] Matt 2; Paul
"THERE ALWAYS WILL BE GOD"
BY: ALBERT LEONARD MURRAY
THEY CANNOT SHELL HIS TEMPLE,
OR DYNAMITE HIS THRONE.
THEY CANNOT BOMB HIS CITY,
OR ROB HIM OF HIS OWN.
THEY CANNOT TAKE HIM CAPTIVE,
OR STRIKE HIM DEAF AND BLIND,
OR STARVE HIM TO SURRENDER,
OR MAKE HIM CHANGE HIS MIND.
THEY CANNOT CAUSE HIM PANIC,
OR CUT OFF HIS SUPPLIES.
THEY CANNOT TAKE HIS KINGDOM,
OR HURT HIM WITH THEIR LIES.
THOUGH ALL THE WORLD BE SHATTERED,
HIS TRUTH REMAINS THE SAME,
HIS RIGHTEOUS LAWS STILL POTENT,
AND "FATHER" STILL HIS NAME.
THOUGH WE FACE WAR AND STRUGGLES,
AND FEEL THEIR GOAD AND ROD,
WE KNOW ABOVE CONFUSION,
THERE ALWAYS WILL BE GOD!
JOHN 17:3 1TIM. 3:16 REV. 1:18
On Psalm 34:19 -
“Many are the afflictions of the righteous.” Thus are they made like Yahshvah (sic: "Jesus), their covenant Head. Scripture does not flatter us like the story books, with the idea that goodness will secure us from trouble; on the contrary, we are again and again warned to expect tribulation while we are in this body. Our afflictions come from all points of the compass, and are as many and as tormenting as the mosquitoes of the tropics. It is the earthly portion of the elect to find thorns and briers growing in their pathway, yea, to lie down among them, finding their rest broken and disturbed by sorrow. But, ... blessed but, how it takes the sting out of the previous sentence! “But the Lord delivereth him out of them all.” Through troops of ills Yahshvah shall lead his redeemed scatheless and triumphant. There is an end to the believer's affliction, and a joyful end too. None of his trials can hurt so much as a hair of his head, neither can the furnace hold him for a moment after the Lord bids him come forth of it. Hard would be the lot of the righteous if this Promiser, like a bundle of camphire, were not bound up in it, but this sweetens all. The same Lord who sends the afflictions will also recall them when His design is accomplished, but He will never allow the fiercest of them to rend and devour His beloved.
(Commentary from "The Treasury of David")
THE COMMISSION (YHVH to Moses)
(Ex. 9:16 - KJV) "...For this cause have I raised thee up, for to show in thee my power; that my Name may be declared throughout all the earth."
(This is the same commission He gives each of us today! - VAJ)
THE RESPONSE
(Is. 26:8 NIV) "Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you; your Name and renown are the desire of our hearts."
(This should ever be our response! - VAJ)
"TRUTH"
Internalizing Truth changes and Frees you! "... As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." (Pr. 23:7)
What is in your heart? Therein lies your character; the roots of your actions; and, for better or worse, the consequences thereof.
Therefore, let's replace "stinkin' thinkin'" with HIS TRUTH, that He might not say: "...As a man stinketh in his heart, so is he!
Vance A. Johnson, first "high" Priest, Yahshvah's Soul Church
Elie Wiesel:
" ... The tragedy of man is that, in essential matters, we are each condemned to be alone - we can never break out of the "self". How does one cease being one's own jailer? - By becoming each other's prisoner."
"I can't understand God by feelings. I can't understand Jesus Christ by feelings. I understand God by what the Word says about Him. He is everything the Word says He is. Get to know the Lord through the Word."
F.F. Bosworth:
"Believe your belief and doubt your doubts!"
Emerson:
“All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen”.
Yahshvah:
"You have heard that it was said, 'You can love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you so that you may be the children of your Father in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous (Mt. 5:43-45)
Solomon:
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." (Prov. 9:10)
Bertrand Russell:
"Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom."
(We'll go with Solomon's assessment!)
The Dalai Lama:
"Religions must serve humanity, not the other way around."
Yahshvah:
"It is written: `Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.' " (Lk. 4:8)
The Tao Te Ching:
"When opposing armies clash, the compassionate ones are the ones who win." (In the long run for sure, and every day - in Hollywood! - VAJ)
Ramakrishna:
"Everyone foolishly assumes that his clock alone tells the correct time ... The entire world is being driven insane by this single phrase: 'My religion alone is true.' "
Muhammad:
"Shall I not inform you of a better act than fasting, alms, and prayers? Making peace between one another: Enmity and malice tear up heavenly rewards by the roots." (... and that's the trooth! - VAJ)
Albert Einstein:
"Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding." (Peace will be enforced by the greatest force of all: "a strong arm from above!" - "A good understanding have all those who do His Commandments..." [Ps. 111:10]. This is the understanding needed to really achieve peace. - VAJ)
William Shakespeare:
"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none."
Sung Tsu (500 B.C.):
"Let your object be victory, not lengthy campaigns."