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Alfa Seltzer: After all these pages, no mod has yet given an explanation of what rules my posts in the chat thread broke. Why were they hidden?

Yawns

Mr President: Not so fast Brah.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/carcase

I give up

Mr President: Mathew 24:28
For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

I salute everyone.

I come in peace.

Carcass


Thank me Later

FOLYKAZE: Obadiah...... Open my thread or delete my account off this forum. Is that hard for you to do?

Very funny!!!
Well..christians go rest,,now remaining alfa

Over the last few weeks, I have been asked many times if I believe that the prophecy recorded in Isaiah 17 refers to Syria today, since the text predicts the total destruction of Damascus, the ancient and modern capital of the nation.

In principle, I have no problem with the concept that ancient biblical prophecies can refer to contemporary events, since it’s clear that there are many prophecies still to be fulfilled, including the future world war against Jerusalem. (See Zechariah 12 and 14.)

But it’s obvious from the historical context that Isaiah was speaking of his own day, and so we can safely say that Isaiah 17 almost certainly has nothing to do with the current conflict in Syria. (What follows may be a little technical, but stay with me; it’s important we rightly interpret God’s Word.)

The text states, “An oracle concerning Damascus. Behold, Damascus will cease to be a city and will become a heap of ruins. ... The fortress will disappear from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus; and the remnant of Syria will be like the glory of the children of Israel, declares the Lord of hosts” (Is. 17:1, 3).

We don’t know the exact date this was written, but the best guess is somewhere between 735-732 B.C., since:

1) Ephraim (meaning the kingdom of Northern Israel, the 10 tribes of Israel) had aligned itself with Syria (called Aram in Hebrew) in 734 B.C. with the hope of being able to stand together against the king of Assyria, who was bent on a brutal conquest of the region. Together, they planned to attack the kingdom of Judah, which was to the immediate south, thereby bringing Judah into their alliance against Assyria. This is recorded in Isaiah 7:2, where the house of David (meaning the kingdom of Judah) is told, “Syria is in league with Ephraim.” God told Ahaz, the faithless king of Judah, that this alliance would be crushed (vv. 5-9).

2) In the years 734-732 B.C.—meaning, within a matter of months or years from when Isaiah delivered the prophetic message found in Isaiah 17—the Assyrian king Tiglath Pileser III absolutely devastated Syria and Israel (meaning Ephraim, northern Israel). And note carefully that both of them are mentioned together in Isaiah 17:1-3, so this prophecy concerns the two nations together.

According to the IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament, “Tiglath-Pileser III’s Annals describe how he completely destroyed the sixteen districts and most of the cities of Aram [Syria] in 732, deported portions of the population and gave charge of most of the cities and territories of Syria to other, more loyal vassals (the list includes 591 towns destroyed). Damascus was badly damaged but survived the experience to become the capital of a newly constituted Assyrian province. Subsequently Damascus joined yet another anti-Assyrian coalition, led by the Syrian state of Hamath, in 720. This rebellion was crushed by Sargon II in 720, and thereafter Damascus is ruled by Assyrian governors until 609. The city only regained its independence temporarily until the Neo-Babylonian empire absorbed it in 604.”

And in the year 722 B.C., Assyria completed its destruction of Israel (meaning, again, the northern kingdom, Ephraim), sending many of the Israelites into exile.

So, within a few short years of Isaiah prophesying the destruction of Syria and Israel, his words came to pass, with God using the king of Assyria to bring the devastating judgment.

This obviously has nothing to do with the situation today, more than 2,700 years later.

What about the fact that Isaiah declared that “Damascus will cease to be a city and will become a heap of ruins”? This is basically what happened under the Assyrians, and it is in keeping with prophetic language that often describes divine judgment in extremely vivid terms like this. (In other words, the powerful language of the prophets often describes a snapshot of the destruction and judgment, and so from a literal viewpoint it sounds like hyperbole.)

Is it possible that Isaiah was speaking of a still future, more complete destruction of Damascus?

It’s remotely possible, but the whole context of Isaiah 17 is against it, and rather than speculate on whether Isaiah was predicting the destruction of Damascus in the 21st century—again, a highly unlikely proposition—we would do better to focus on other issues, like praying for God’s kingdom to come in power to Syria and the region; praying for the name of Jesus to be exalted in that war-torn nation; praying for mercy on those deeply affected by the war (and working to help them however we can); praying for grace on the Christian population there (and for the nominal Christians to truly come to know the Lord); praying for the salvation of many Muslims; praying for God’s hand of restraint on America, Russia and the nations; and praying for the peace of Jerusalem


http://www.charismanews.com/opinion/in-the-line-of-fire/40946-does-the-bible-predict-the-destruction-of-syria

obadiah777: LOL nah i think you would have excelled in it

He missed a golden chance

modelmike7: . . . . . . Ehya! Pele my dear brother. Hop u r taking ur medications? My remedy to u is => SHOUT HALLELUYAH TO THE LORD 7x7 TIMES wit ur MOUTH wide open & ur Miracle will be complete!!! Shout it with FAITH Bro Aji. Just Believe!! . . . . .But me still dey imagine ao mouth pain will stop you from operating ur phone o, anyways, you are healed by Jesus Stripes.

Amen,,,thanks bro..you are the best

Yves4real: What did you eat that led to the mouth pain? Is it a minor pain or one that requires proper medical attention?

I don't Even Know what To Do..I don't go to hospitals,..

All is well..
Thanks to those who asked of me,God won't forget you!!
Somehow busy,and going through a serious mouth pain that hardly makes me to handle phone well..
Shallom

Yves4real: This can't be Ajibam. No no no.....

Lol..it is ooo

Ishilove: Only God knows what he has been doing with the mouth

You wanna know?

aManFromMars: Probably licking cats... Christians these days, u never know...

Smh

obadiah777: dayummmmm ? serious mouth problem ? well trust you will get it checked out and corrected

Yea..
Thanks

obadiah777: i know chief. i checked it out. dont even sweat it. the heathens are raging as usual. trust all is well with you

Not really bro..facing a serious mouth problem

striktlymi: Your concern here is to let HBG know that his songs of praise to satan can be accommodated in that thread.

Okay.bro

Alfa Seltzer: Hahahhaa! They even banned you?!

Maybe your doctrine is getting at them. LOL

Why can't you just stop saying what you don't know?

OLAADEGBU: Moderators, what is my offense again that warrants you banning me from opening new topics?

Bro.
Nobody ban you
It has been a major problem on nairaland,,,seun has been informed about it,,please bear with us

Alfa Seltzer: I just made another Satanic Praise post there. Let's see how long it lasts.

What's Concerns me about that...
Praise master Jesus

striktlymi: Aji,

Can we know your justification for the hidden post of Alfa?

I know nothing about it.bro

obadiah777: nobody ever stopped non-christians from chatting in the christian chatbox that I know about. if Aji has been banning non-christians in the christian chatbox maybe he had other personal reasons to do so but i dont think he would do it just based on you been a non-christian.

Bro..you can't believe have not enter that thread for like a week...i have not hid any person Post there or ban self..
Even alfa's post that he complain about,I can't find it or know who hid it self.,
This is just a drama unfoldn to me..lol

aManFromMars: Just a suggestion.
- Unsticky the Christian chat thread.. keep it just for Christians.. the other one should be a general chat thread..

That's what I would do to avoid future conflicts.. Any group or whatever who wants to have a chat thread for themselves should do so, but they shouldn't be stickied..

You are right,,but conflict will always arise!
Most of the non-christian will always cause trouble,,they live on arguments of the scripture!
Those arguments tends to lead to fight,they can't survive without christians

aManFromMars: NOOB alert...

Smh

striktlymi: Hi Aji,

How can they focus on their thread when Christians are 'derailing' it? If you do not want Alfa on 'your' thread then it would only be fair for Christians to keep off their thread if not invited.

Alright...

Obinoscopy: This is a forum. Every NLer has a right to participate in any thread be it 'christian' or otherwise provided no rules are being broken

That's true,,but this is religion section,non-christians always try to annoy the christians
That's why two chat room were created to avert fights..
If we should follow what you said then,,all those hidden posts of christians in the muslim section should be open,,if any christian post in the muslim section,,it will be hidden,,

Alfa Seltzer: So why was my "chat" on the christian chat thread hidden?

You have your own chat thread..kindly post It there,or when did you turn to a christian?

We all need to belong. From tweeting your latest accomplishment on Twitter to the local library’s book clubs, everyone wants to belong to something, somewhere.

We believe it will bring value to our lives and enrich it in such a way to make us better people. We learn this from the time we are young children, hanging onto the schoolyard fence in the hopes that maybe that popular group of people will look our way and invite us to join their intimate clique. We transform our inner and outward appearance so the people who are most worth our time deem us a valuable part of their community.

Then we become adults. We throw off the chains of high school life just to cross the threshold of adulthood. We believe now we can become the real us, and we won’t have to fake who we are in order to impress others around us.

Wrong. Adulthood forces us to address deeper questions regarding our identity:

What if I never become a successful person in society? What if I never get married? Is this all there is to life? What’s my purpose in life?

We all need (and want) to belong. It’s in our DNA. We can fool ourselves into thinking we can journey through life on our own. With the development and proliferation of technology, it’s possible to meet most basic needs right from the comfort of our own home.

However, the hole within our hearts goes much deeper than our basic needs. It is buried deep within us and lies at the very fiber of our being. Our need for human connection and contact can never be met in a solo effort. Our validation comes from others, and no matter how deep we try to bury it and strive to fill it with material possessions, wealth, and intelligence, the hole never completely fills.

So, we keep searching.

We search for that group of people who will encourage us in our journey through life. We want them to believe in us, accept us for who we are, and, in essence, validate us as human beings.

The Creation of the Pseudo Community

Facebook entered the cyber world as a college site in which students could connect with each other from various dorms, fraternities and sororities, and campuses. Quick on the heels of MySpace, it attracted the attention of the public with its private settings and simpler page design.

When Facebook became open to the general public in the middle of 2007, hundreds of thousands joined in the hopes of networking. It became a new way to connect. It became a pseudo-community, where people could become anyone they wanted to be, all within the safety and comfort of their living room couches. Facebook became the conduit to link people to their past—that person with whom they’d lost connection—and connected them to the people they are in the present.

Social media redefined what it meant to communicate. Soon it replaced phone calls and even e-mails. People were relaying their most private and important information in semi-public status updates on Facebook.

However, Facebook does much more than serve as a conduit for connection. It challenges the very nature of authenticity and identity. With the push of a button, I can transform myself into whoever I want to be. I can add or delete facts about myself, post inspirational quotes to my wall and collect friends like I collect postage stamps. I can transform myself into the very person I wished I were back in high school.

An article in The Atlantic called “Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?” analyzes the notion that Facebook is increasing isolation and loneliness among users. Author Stephen Marche first explains the difference between being alone and loneliness. Many single people can experience contentment with their current life circumstances, yet people with families can feel alone.

In fact, Marche says Carnegie Mellon conducted a study in the late 1990s that showed Internet users already demonstrated increased loneliness. What separates these two ideas, according to Marche, is the quality of the interactions in one’s life. In other words, one can have many people one considers friends, but not have any confidants with which one can discuss deep personal matters. Facebook allows people to connect with friends, but users still lack the meaningful bond that results from intimate conversation and contact.

The article also reports Facebook creates an increased need for self-promotion and narcissism, and that those who post status updates, collect friends, and chat with friends actually report being less lonely. John Cacioppo, author of Loneliness, does not believe Facebook creates loneliness, but it can perpetuate it if abused.

“Facebook can be terrific, if we use it properly,” he wrote. “It’s like a car. You can drive it to pick up your friends. Or you can drive it alone. … How we use these technologies can lead to more integration, rather than more isolation.”

Marche concludes that Facebook itself doesn’t create loneliness; lonely users only use it as tool to connect with friends. Yet it does not create long-lasting connections as a whole. Marche said, “What Facebook has revealed about human nature – and this is not a minor revelation—is that connection is not the same as a bond, and that instant and total connection is no salvation, no ticket to a happier, better, or a more liberated version of humanity.”

Make no mistake. I am not advocating you don’t use Facebook. In fact, I believe it can be used as an invaluable resource to connect to people and things unattainable just a few short years ago.

However, we need group interaction now more than ever. One can enjoy a valuable (and therefore valued) life if one decides to make a difference in society. One cannot achieve this without interacting with others.

This is where the church comes in.

The more people engage in the pseudo community, the more isolated they feel. Their longing for authentic, personal connection increases. Small groups provide the gateway to meet that need for connection and community. A small group setting provides the intimate atmosphere in which people can express prayer requests and develop deep, long-lasting relationships with other believers. This is the prime environment for discipleship to take place.

As Christians, we need to use social media as a conduit for initial connection with both Christians and Non-Christians. Because social media may connect people to you, but that interaction might ultimately connect them to Christ.
Shallom


http://www.charismanews.com/culture/40866-how-should-christians-use-social-media

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