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THE TRUMPET

by Bill Burns

November 18, 2019:

The end times are upon you. Therefore, watch and pray. Remain in a position of readiness. Stay close to Me. Walk and talk with Me. I will keep you in safety if you do so. Do not allow the distractions of the world to come into your life.

https://ft111.com/thetrumpet.htm

ATLANTIC OCEAN TSUNAMI AND WORLDWIDE EARTHQUAKE
On November 3, 2019, I was given a very powerful night vision. I was in the Caribbean, witnessing at a large shopping center, sharing the gospel with anyone who would listen. I remember thinking, even though there were hundreds of people busily walking by me, there were so precious few that were interested in the message of Yahushua and His salvation. I also remember some mocking me as I shared His heart with the few who would listen.

Suddenly, I was transported to a large boat, filled with people who were on holiday, not a care in the world, carrying on with worldly talk and activity, when suddenly in the sky I was shown a large fiery asteroid that was about to hit the ocean. I was a bystander on the boat listening and watching people as it happened, but also I was able to be in the spirit as it happened so my perspective was more comprehensive. I yelled to people to look up as it hit, but there was not enough time for anyone to do anything anyway. I could then hear the screams of the entire community as I was also in the spirit, people everywhere in the islands of the Caribbean terrorized by what was happening. I could also simultaneously hear news reports all over the region suddenly announcing the asteroids sudden appearance and imminent arrival. People were taken completely off guard, not even realizing what was happening, and completely unprepared spiritually for this event of judgment.

The asteroid hit was such force, the entire Caribbean shook in violence as a massive wave instantly overtook the islands. In an instant, I was then under the ocean, as the boat I was on had overturned. I was watching now in the spirit underwater, the incredible destruction that was taking place before my eyes as all structures and foundations, no matter how large or fortified, were crushed to pieces like toys as the debris was now filling the water with great speed. I saw one massive type resort hotel be thrown down and crumble under the ocean like it was paper dissolving. I could hear in the spirit newscasts around the world as this happened, reporting the event, as the entire world was broadcasting this breaking news on all stations. I could hear the reports simultaneously as they broadcasted, and I heard that at the moment the asteroid hit, there was a massive worldwide earthquake that was being felt. Not one area of the world was unaffected because of the size and force in which this asteroid hit.

I saw many bodies instantly under the water from all over, knowing in my heart that there was no time for repentance, the judgment had happened too quickly.

https://due1000dodici.altervista.org/blog/atlantic-ocean-tsunami-and-worldwide-earthquake/

Re. 17:3 “Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.”

The Atlantic ocean tsunami and worldwide earthquake is a possibility, given that the sealing of the servants of God (Re. 17:3) will not exceed January 2020. After the servants of God are sealed, the angels can harm the land or the sea or the trees. The way they can do that on a massive scale is to suddenly alter the trajectory of a huge asteroid so that it will impact planet earth.

Umuawulu is my native town.

https://www.nairaland.com/5519485/biblical-end-time-begins-towards#83902642

TrollKiller:
Oh my God. Jesus is coming sooner
Thanks for the heads up sir

You are blessed.

Nu. 20:1 In the first month the whole Israelite community arrived at the Desert of Zin, and they stayed at Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.
Nu. 20:2 Now there was no water for the community, and the people gathered in opposition to Moses and Aaron.

Nu. 20:6 Moses and Aaron went from the assembly to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and fell face down, and the glory of the LORD appeared to them.
Nu. 20:7 The LORD said to Moses,
Nu. 20:8 “Take the staff, and you and your brother Aaron gather the assembly together. Speak to that rock before their eyes and it will pour out its water. You will bring water out of the rock for the community so that they and their livestock can drink.”

The latter rain of the Holy Spirit is the antitype of water from the rock of Numbers 20. Water from the rock of Numbers 20 occurred in the first month of the ancient Hebrew calendar. The latter rain of the Holy Spirit should come in the seventh month of the ancient Hebrew calendar because Jesus has fulfilled the first four feasts instituted by God for the Israelites. The next feast to be fulfilled is the Feast of Trumpets.

Feast of Trumpets in the modern Hebrew calendar took place this year by the end of September. But now we are talking about the latter rain of the Holy Spirit coming by the end of November. Is there a misalignment between the ancient and modern Hebrew calendars?

Two years ago, I posted a thread about the Hebrew calendar being operated by my native village.
https://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message3702420/pg1

The original inhabitants of my native village are descendants of Israelites who moved down to Egypt from Judea after Nebuchadnezzar's conquest of Judea (2Kg. 25:23-26; Je. 43). My native village still operates Hebrew calendar till this day. The seventh month of my native village's Hebrew calendar this year begins at new moon of November. This coincides with when the prophets are saying that the latter rain will come down.

Jo. 4:19 On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.

Roughly one year after the ancient Israelites drank water from the Rock of Numbers 20, they crossed over the River Jordan. Crossing the River Jordan is a type of the rapture. In the Elijahlist prophecy in my first post in this thread, it is stated that the end-time angels will operate on planet earth for one year. This means that the rapture will take place in November 2020. My mother-in-law saw in a dream in 2014 where rapture took place in November.

OkCornel:
You mean research that keeps on shifting the expected date of Jesus’ return?


Let the Jews build their temple first, before you all start miscalculating again.

The Jews cannot rebuild their temple in peace time. The temple can only be built at the former temple mount, which is currently occupied by the Dome of the Rock, Islam's third holiest mosque. When end-time wars begin, may be by January 2020, one of the end-time wars will be war between Israel and Muslims. Israel will win, and in the process of winning destroy and take over the Dome of the Rock. It is only after that that Israel can rebuild the temple. The rebuilding will most likely take place during the reign of the Antichrist, whom the Jews will believe to be their Messiah.

OkCornel:
When will this shifting of goalpost end for goodness sake?

Do you understand the meaning of research?

Birth Pains

Re. 6:3 When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!”
Re. 6:4 Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make men slay each other. To him was given a large sword.

Mt. 24:7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
Mt. 24:8 All these are the beginning of birth-pains.

1Th. 5:1 Now, brothers, about times and dates we do not need to write to you,
1Th. 5:2 for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
1Th. 5:3 While people are saying, “Peace and safety”, destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
1Th. 5:4 But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief.

Re. 12:1 A great and wondrous sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.
Re. 12:2 She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth.

The pains that will lead to the birthing or adoption of the sons of God begins with the opening of the second seal of Revelation 6. Peace is taken from the world and so many local wars break out. It is in this condition that the 144,000 (the woman of Revelation 12) begin their ministry.

As for the timing of the opening of the Second Seal, I cannot say, as I do not know the interval between the openings of two seals. However, I don’t think that it will exceed January 2020. My thinking is due to the prophetic information that the end-time angels will operate on earth for one year. During the one year period, all the seven seals will be opened and the first trumpet will sound. I think that the adoption of the sons of God (resurrection—Ro. 1:4) takes place at the opening of the Seventh Seal. The rapture takes place when the first trumpet sounds. The end-time angels leave the world shortly after the rapture.

Beginning of End Time

Re. 6:1 I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, “Come!”

Revelation 6 shows the beginning of end time, as seen from heaven. The opening of the First Seal will take place towards the end of November 2019. I think that the opening of First Seal will occur by new moon, which is November 26.

Re. 7:1 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth to prevent any wind from blowing on the land or on the sea or on any tree.
Re. 7:2 Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea:
Re. 7:3 “Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.”
Re. 7:4 Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel.

Revelation 7 shows the beginning of end time, as seen on earth. End time begins on earth with the appearance of end-time angels. The angels will appear towards the end of November 2019. They will operate on earth for one year. Some of the angels will seal the 144,000 Israelites of the book of Revelation. The 144,000 Israelites together form the woman of Revelation 12. Once the sealing of the 144,000 is completed, the woman of Revelation 12 becomes pregnant and the birth pains begin.

Early this week, I received a prophetic word from Master Prophet E. Bernard Jordan, via email. The main message in the prophetic word is that my latter rain will come around America’s thanksgiving. This year’s America’s thanksgiving is on 28th November.

Two days ago, November 9, 2019, one prophetic word appeared on ElijahList website that goes as follows:

Arch Angels from the Throne to Be Released in November

Theresa Phillips, Saint Charles, IL

I was in contemplation, very early in the morning, when suddenly I saw what appeared to be a funnel in front of me. Being a visionary it was not totally unusual, yet this was a moving funnel. I began to look closely at this and noticed it was a continuous funnel of angelic beings coming from the heavens.

I was looking deeper and deeper into the vision when I saw chariots and horses. I wondered, "Could this be something new?" Instantly, I was in the atmosphere of angelic beings swirling all around me.

I noticed many of them were wearing new, polished helmets. On the top of the helmets I saw that the word "SALVATION" was boldly placed.

To the right were swords, to the left were shields, and in the center was a massive entourage of chariots swiftly pyramiding across the sky. The underside of each chariot had flames of fire, yet they were nondestructive.

"Lord help," I softly said, trembling at the presence in front of me. Then He spoke with such clarity:

"These messengers are bringing new insights to the battles ahead. I am sending them as fire and light all across the nation. They will deliver revelation, and My people who are called by My name will UNITE for the safety of others.

"I am going to send one of My archangels as the UNITER of denominations. Yes, I am about to cause a unity the world has not seen in decades. Archangels will be released in various places by the end of November 2019 and will stay on the continent of America for one year. 

https://www.elijahlist.com/words/display_word.html?ID=22784

2Co. 13:1 “Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.” [Deut. 19:15]

We have two diverse prophetic witnesses talking about divine visitation happening as from the end of November 2019. I therefore have every reason to take it seriously.

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Paramount has acquired an untitled film project built around the Adewumi family. Living in a homeless center on religious asylum, 8-year-old Tani won the 2019 New York chess championship, despite only being introduced to the game two years earlier. The drama will be culled from three books on the family that have been set up at the HarperCollins imprint W Publishing.

Producing are Day Zero Productions’ Trevor Noah and Haroon Saleem, State Street Pictures’ George Tillman Jr. and Bob Teitel, and Mainstay Entertainment’s Norman Aladjem.

The drama will tell the story of a Nigerian family that escaped terrorism in their home country, sought and received asylum in America and — against all odds — found a welcoming new home in New York. It’s a story of love, peace, community and faith and the lengths parents will go to bring their family to safety and provide them a better life. Tani’s accomplishment went viral and the family’s story became an inspiration to many. The books will publish in spring 2020.

https://deadline.com/2019/11/trevor-noah-tani-adewumi-homeless-8-year-old-nigerian-chess-prodigy-movie-paramount-pictures-1202775135/

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Nicki Minaj Just Went on a Super Intense Rant Defending Her Controversial New Husband Kenneth Petty

"If I were you, I would go and pray, ask for forgiveness."

Nicki Minaj just responded to comments that Wendy Williams made about her new husband Kenneth Petty on her talk show.

Nicki confirmed that she was married just last week.

Nicki Minaj has been full of surprises lately—first she tweeted that she was retiring from making music back in September, and then last week she confirmed that she did indeed marry her controversial boyfriend Kenneth Petty. (For those of y'all who don't know, the reason that Kenneth is so controversial is that he's a registered sex offender who went to prison for attempted rape, and years later he pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter. Sooo yeah.)

Well, according to E!, talk show host Wendy Williams had a LOT to say about Nicki's new husband on her show recently, including:

"I don't know what he does for a living, I just know that he did time in jail...he's a sex offender. Well, she's no stranger to that because her [brother] is in jail for sex offending. Well, first-degree manslaughter. Now, he served seven years in prison, and he's also a sex offender, so that means that he…is a manslaughter a killer? Okay. So, he's a killer and a sex offender…Well Nicki, congratulations.
And it looks like Nicki was none too pleased with Wendy's assessment of her husband, so she fired back on Queen Radio with a pretty intense rant, saying:

There are people who report the news and there are people who do it with an evil intent in their heart, viciousness. And I pray for you because I know you're hurting, and I know you must be sick and humiliated. I didn't know that in our society, you have to be plagued by your past. I didn't know that people can't turn over a new leaf. I didn't know that your viciousness and evilness was this deep-rooted.
Oh, and that's not all! Nicki continued with some personal attacks against Wendy, saying:

When a woman isn't really being loved at home, the viciousness is a different type. So I really wanted to pray for you today, because look at where you are now in your life. Look at what age you are...I know we're human first, we're human before we're celebrities, we're human before we're personas. And I know you must have gone through a lot. But you are demonic, and that's why this stuff unfolded. If I were you, I would go and pray, ask for forgiveness. You can report the news—people do it all the time—without the level of viciousness and trying to play dumb and doing all this nonsense.

Uh, wowza. Don't cross Nicki, people!

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a29673885/nicki-minaj-wendy-williams-feud-husband-kenneth-petty/

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China's richest man says he's ready to take on The Money Team.

In a video posted to Twitter Sunday, Philippines boxing legend Manny Pacquiao and Alibaba founder Jack Ma challenged Floyd Mayweather to a fight.

"Floyd Mayweather, if you want a real fight, fight me. If you want an exhibition, my guy, my friend, Jack Ma will take care of you, " Pacquiao says.
He then calls them "The Real Manny Team," an apparent play on a lifestyle brand founded by Mayweather, The Money Team.

"I am ready. Any time, any place, Manny's team is read," Ma said.

Ma retired from the Chinese e-commerce giant last month, saying he wanted to pursue his other passions, like education. He is also a renowned martial arts fan -- even starring in a short movie produced by Jet Li, in which he played a tai chi master.

Yet while Ma is clearly in shape, a Mayweather fight is a different matter entirely.

The US boxer has 50-0 winning record and is considered one of the sport's all-time greats. He's technically retired, but has come out of retirement in previous years for big fights. He earned $9 million for just over two minutes of action during a fight in Japan last year.

Pacquiao first fought Mayweather in 2015, and the Philippines boxer-turned-senator is seeking a rematch.

In that bout, dubbed the "Fight of the Century," Mayweather claimed a unanimous points victory against Pacquiao, who by then was 37 years old and past his prime. Fight fans, pundits and TV networks had for years demanded a bout between the two while they were at their peak, but the two sides could not agree to a deal.

Mayweather Promotions' Leonard Ellerbe told reporters Mayweather "had no interest" in fighting Pacquiao after the event in Japan last year. But that didn't stop Pacquiao from challenging the 42-year-old to another fight in January.

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/27/sport/manny-pacquiao-jack-ma-floyd-mayweather-intl-hnk-scli/index.html

What is the 4th Industrial Revolution?

The Fourth Industrial Revolution is the fourth major industrial era since the initial Industrial Revolution of the 18th century. According to Prof. Klaus Schwab from the World Economic Forum “it is characterized by a fusion of technologies that is blurring the lines between the physical, digital and biological spheres, collectively referred to as cyber-physical systems”. The 4IR captures the idea of the convergence of innovative technologies and their snowballing effect on our world.

The impact of the 4th Industrial revolution in South Africa

As Africa’s leading industrialised nation, South Africa has been preparing for the 4th Industrial Revolution for the past few years across its public and government sectors. It is important to know that the digital revolution, unemployment, education, and job creation are intrinsically connected.

Our South African reality is that we are already faced with huge unemployment challenges, with the majority of our population being employed in lower-skilled jobs. Of concern is our digital economy, with skills shortages especially within the context of job creation and the promotion of local businesses. All businesses are being digitally disrupted, which presents an opportunity for a growing digital economy. Of course, skeptics are concerned that growth driven by the 4th Industrial Revolution will be even more exclusionary than in the past. While a lot of employed people are improving their skills set for a digital world, there are also thousands of school leavers every year without proper digital literacy. Apart from the lack of digital skills training at schools, we have to consider an improved technical education system so that people are equipped with the skills they need to flourish in the digital age. What we say is that in this digital age, unskilled or outdated digital skills won’t help as the youth and workforce who don’t possess or develop the higher-order skills will be excluded from opportunities.

While 4th Industrial Revolution technologies may have inspiring implications from a productivity, efficiency and creativity viewpoint, the real impact will be felt at a human development level by those who are not skilled for the 21st-century technologies.

https://www.serr.co.za/the-4th-industrial-revolution/

Where is Nigeria in the modern scheme of things? RUGA?

Women in Technology in Nigeria (WITIN), in conjunction with the Department of Computer Science of Paul University, Awka, are organizing a Workshop on Digital Skills and Entrepreneurial Opportunities for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, at Paul University, Awka, in Anambra State. This is a very good development because what Nigerian youths need right now is education that is geared towards entrepreneurship. It will be good if the host university and other universities will make their curriculum entrepreneurship-friendly, after this workshop.

There's a lot of hypocrisy in the society. At the age of 29, I was leaving my job in Lagos to go and take up lecturing job in UNN, as directed by God. I had read a lot about sexual harassment of female students by lecturers. So, I made up mind, as a born again Christian, that such will never be said about me. I spent some years in UNN and kept to my decision. My female students really hated me, especially for being young and unmarried and yet keeping away from them. My greatest shock was that even some that belonged to born again fellowships joined in hating me.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=rapture+in+2020

This time around, it is real.

Man who kissed reporter on live TV charged with harassment in Kentucky

A man faces charges after being identified by police as the individual who kissed a reporter during a live broadcast Friday at the Bourbon & Beyond music festival in Kentucky.

Eric Goodman was identified by Louisville Metro Police as the man who kissed reporter Sara Rivest during a live shot outside the Kentucky Exposition Center last week. He was charged with harassment with physical contact, a misdemeanor, according to an LMPD spokesman.

Rivest confirmed the news in a Twitter post Thursday morning. She said Goodman wrote her an apology letter that she would read on a broadcast later in the day.

https://news.yahoo.com/man-kissed-reporter-live-tv-175059742.html

[quote:Kickme]

I will.

But ill let you in a a secret.

He is ALWAYS talking in one way or another.

Its us..we dont listen.

Try this.
Wake up at 4 am.

And tell God all your worries and problems...tell him your joys and successes.
Thank him for seeing you through thus far.
And ASK him directly and with sincerity..to speak to you durinv the day.

He will.

Its not a voice you HEAR.

Its a voice you...KNOW.

And it does not come from or originate i your head.

He talks to your spirit which is located between the upper chest and navel.

You WILL KNOW when he talks. Its unmistakable.

And it always brings love and peace..His voice..soooo loving and soothing.
Trust me...you will know.

And dont quit..do this every morning till its habit.

Its how I did it.

I agree - He is always there close to us.

We are told to 'test the spirits'. I.e., is the voice you hear the Lord? Ask the voice if it believes Jesus was God incarnate, and was crucified and raised from the dead. The voice will acknowledge affirmative if it is the Lord, if not, it will end, or indicate no. This is a spiritual law that can't be broken.

May I respectfully ask if you would PLEASE ask God to speak to me as well?

Peace!

I will pray for you ... All you need to do to hear God is stop listening to THOUGHTS.

May I respectfully ask if you would PLEASE ask God to speak to me as well?

Peace!

I will.

But i'll let you in a secret.

He is ALWAYS talking in one way or another.

Its us..we dont listen.

Try this.
Wake up at 4 am.

And tell God all your worries and problems...tell him your joys and successes.
Thank him for seeing you through thus far.
And ASK him directly and with sincerity..to speak to you durinv the day.

He will.

Its not a voice you HEAR.

Its a voice you...KNOW.

And it does not come from or originate i your head.

He talks to your spirit which is located between the upper chest and navel.

You WILL KNOW when he talks. Its unmistakable.

And it always brings love and peace..His voice..soooo loving and soothing.
Trust me...you will know.

And don't quit..do this every morning till its habit.

Its how I did it.

https://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message4135328/pg1#75102833

Surely Chicago’s O’Hare Airport has been backdrop to myriad spousal spats, with its maddeningly unavailable gates, terminal transfer buses that inexplicably stop running at 8:30 p.m., and weather that goes from fair to foul in minutes—all while a balmy aroma wafts from the food courts. But for my husband and me, ORD was the scene of more than a stressful travel tiff—it saw the nadir of our marriage.

We were headed from L.A. to Paris to attempt a marriage reset. For the past year we hadn’t been connecting the way we once had. We were still adjusting to parenthood, but it was more than that. He rarely laughed anymore and seemed distant and mentally exhausted. In return, I felt rejected, abandoned, and resentful. We had yet to spend a night alone since the birth of our son, and we needed a quick fix.

My husband had a conference near the Arc de Triomphe—a monument famous for victory marches—so we scraped together frequent flier miles so I could tag along for a few impractical days. As our first flight landed at the airport named for Butch O’Hare—a WWII pilot famous for being gunned down by friendly fire—I fantasized about crepes and Sancerre. Even the long transatlantic flight to follow appealed to me as glorious uninterrupted screen time.

We were wheels down in Chicago with plenty of time before our connecting flight. But with no gate available, we sat on the plane for hours. Finally off the plane, we sprinted to see our Paris-bound Dreamliner rolling back from the jet bridge. There were no more flights to Paris until the next night, and we had to face reality.

All the resentments and anger we were trying to cast aside exploded in a revival of blame. We blamed each other for the missed flight and then we blamed each other for blaming each other. He disappeared into the bathroom and emerged having booked two tickets: one for himself, to Paris via JFK the next morning, and one for me, home to Los Angeles alone. He flew east and I flew west, putting a continent and an ocean between us.

On my flight home I thought about how my husband’s personality had evaporated over the past year. Some nights he barely had the energy to talk. He struggled to recall basic things, like people’s names, too often for a 36-year-old. He was in a constant state of mental fatigue and it felt like he had given up.

When he returned from Paris we talked about the state of our union. The conversation devolved into his and my shortcomings and our own scapegoats, but we concluded that repairing the marriage was possible. We simply needed to work harder.

We tried marriage counseling. At times it buoyed us, but it also required childcare and ate into the scarce time we had alone together. We tried everything on offer in the wellness world: meditation, melatonin, detox diets, CBD oils and screen bans. We were willing to try anything that promised results, but it felt like flinging rocks in the air, only to watch each one inevitably succumb to gravity.

Things felt dark. My mother asked if my husband was alright. Of course he is, I’d say. My cousin, looking at his sunken face, asked if he lost weight. No, I’d joke, men just get better looking with age. What was I supposed to say, his personality changed and our marriage is imploding? In the mornings, I’d often wake up to the sound of him rattling a bottle of Advil. It was no big deal he said, just another allergy headache. We limped along.

Outside of our marital coursework, I scheduled overdue physicals for us. He told me he’d never taken a sick day in his life, it would be a waste of time, but obliged. Then we got the results.

A routine blood test showed so much calcium in my husband’s blood that his doctor assumed it was an error. After more tests, he was diagnosed with hyperparathyroidism. In simple terms, one of four rice grain-sized glands near his thyroid, in his neck, had become overactive. It had grown to the size of a gumball and was allowing a surplus of calcium in his body. Hyperparathyroidism is rare—about 100,000 Americans are diagnosed with it yearly, most commonly postmenopausal women—and it is easily cured by surgically removing the overactive gland.

My husband’s endocrinologist recommended surgery. He assured her that he felt great, but she explained that hyperparathyroidism comes on so gradually that he may not have realized how bad he felt. As I read about the disease, I started to connect some dots.

Symptoms of hyperparathyroidism can include headaches, bone fractures and kidney stones, as well as depression, fatigue, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. The Annals of Surgery associates the disease with decreased ability to complete daily tasks and an inability to interact socially. According to The Mental Health Clinician, changes in calcium levels are thought to slow nerve functions and neurotransmission rates, which can lead to personality changes, depression, anxiety and hostility. Curiously, many patients, like my husband, feel they are asymptomatic before surgery. I, however, began to wonder.

Home from surgery, with his stitched neck still covered in a bandage, he perked up and did a little dance in the bathroom. I was taken aback. He started razzing me again with a devilish wit. Was this real? His cheeks came back, maybe only because he was noticeably smiling. Finally we both acknowledged the change. “Do I seem different to you?” he asked. I froze. I was scared to say it out loud. I cracked a smile. “Uh, yes?”

He was amazed by how much easier his life had become. He said he felt as if he had been living in first gear, spinning his wheels so hard, when everyone else cruised. He started conversations again, and befriended parents on playgrounds. He made dinners and planned a weekend away. Small things all of the sudden seemed momentous. The laughter came back. He had an energy for life that had been dormant for a year. Had a surgeon solved our marital problems by cutting a gland out of his neck? It seemed too good to be true and too sci-fi to be real.

As things returned to normal, the pressure to stay happy nagged at me. When a disagreement came up about childcare or schedules or finances, I caught myself watching him like a specimen and filing any marital complaints quietly to myself. Any potential conflict was quickly ceded, usually by me, because he was cured, so we were happy, so everything had to be fine, forever. But no marriage can rely on biology alone. We had to remember and relearn that it was normal for us to have fights, even stormy blowups.

It’s been eight months since the surgery, and the lightness and laughter between us remains. I still wonder about how neat and tidy this has all been, if it’s possible we both rallied around the same narrative of a blood test saving our marriage, and in doing so made it truer than it actually was.

But maybe that doesn’t matter. Maybe he feels better now, and we were given a gift to offload all the blame, frustration and resentment onto a disease no one was responsible for. Maybe the therapy and all the other efforts came together at the same time. But when I glimpse his scar across the bottom of his neck it makes me smile with gratitude. Paris wouldn't have been the magic pill we needed. It took sweat and tears to reset us, but mostly a blood test.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/mood-changed-marriage-imploded-then-180000068.html

A musician who spent years writing songs and performing with the globally influential Christian music collective Hillsong now says he is questioning his faith.

Marty Sampson is a songwriter and worship leader for the recording label that grew out of Hillsong Church, a congregation based in Sydney that now has branches in 23 countries. Hillsong frequently sets the trends in the Christian contemporary music industry, and its songs are sung by millions of people around the globe every Sunday.

Sampson has been writing for Hillsong since at least 1998. More recently, he was one of the musicians behind “The Lord’s Prayer,” a song that appears in Hillsong Worship’s 2018 album, “There Is More.” The song is a musical rendition of Christianity’s foundational prayer.

But Sampson now appears to be questioning the foundations of his faith. In mid-August, he started sharing his doubts about Christianity with his followers on Instagram. According to the faith-based news website Christian Post, Sampson announced in a since-deleted post that he was “genuinely losing my faith,” clarifying later that while he hasn’t completely renounced Christianity, his faith has been on “incredibly shaky ground.”

By last Friday, Sampson appeared to have stepped even further away from Christianity. In an emotional Instagram post, he thanked Hillsong Church’s founding family, the Houstons, for their support over the years. He insisted that he still loves Christians but no longer counts himself as a member of the faith.

The post, captured by HuffPost on Aug. 23, reads in part:

To the CHURCH of Jesus Christ, I forgive you, and I LOVE you. I’ve got tears running down my face because it’s so true. I adore you Christians. I love you SO MUCH. That’s all. It was amazing being one of you, but I’m not any more. I love you all, and I always will. I won’t forget how much I love Christians, even if they don’t love me, I will always love you. Sorry for any bad words I have ever said about any of you. Forgive me. I love you all.

Sampson later deleted the post.

Since then, the musician has been posting memes scrutinizing Christianity and expressing doubts about how a good God could condone evil and suffering in the world.



HuffPost has reached out to Sampson for comment on his faith journey.

Hillsong Church is its own denomination in Australia, with roots in Pentecostal Christian theology. The church is known for its rock concert-style worship services; its hip, tattooed pastors; and celebrity attendees. It has faced criticism for its conservative positions on sexuality ― particularly its non-affirming stance toward LGBTQ Christians.

Several bands are part of the church’s record label ― Hillsong Worship, Hillsong United, Young & Free, and Hillsong Kids. Sampson has written music for all of them.

Hillsong has not responded to HuffPost’s repeated requests for comment.

Sampson’s public wrestling with doubt has been closely followed on Christian news websites. He’s caused significant consternation among some evangelical leaders ― especially since his posts came not long after another high-profile evangelical announced he was also leaving the faith.

Joshua Harris, a writer who once promoted Christian purity culture, told his Instagram followers in July that he is no longer a Christian and apologized for the harmful theology he preached in the past.

“The popular phrase for this is ‘deconstruction,’ the biblical phrase is ‘falling away,’” Harris wrote in his post. “By all the measurements that I have for defining a Christian, I am not a Christian. Many people tell me that there is a different way to practice faith and I want to remain open to this, but I’m not there now.”

Franklin Graham, son of the famous American evangelist Billy Graham, accused Sampson and Harris of pulling publicity stunts and trying to draw Christians away from the Bible’s teachings.

“Why did they make it so public? I think they just want publicity. Otherwise, why didn’t they just leave their faith and just be quiet about it?” Graham recently said on “The Todd Starnes Radio Show.”

“Shame on them,” Graham added. “You’ll stand before God one day and give an account to him.”

Ken Ham, the biblical literalist best known for building a gigantic re-creation of Noah’s ark in Kentucky, used the moment to plug his ministry, Answers in Genesis.

“Answers in Genesis @AiG produces books dealing with the supposed contradictions in the Bible to show when passages are properly understood, there are no contradictions,” Ham tweeted about Sampson’s doubts. “This sad situation about this person is a reminder the church & parents need to teach apologetics to counter today’s attacks on God’s Word.”

John Cooper, a lead vocalist with the American Christian rock band Skillet, wrote a Facebook post castigating Christian “influencers” who have abandoned the faith.

“I’m perplexed why they aren’t embarrassed? Humbled? Ashamed, fearful, confused? Why be so eager to continue leading people when you clearly don’t know where you are headed?” Cooper wrote.


Sampson fired back at Cooper on Instagram, saying that he never intended to influence others but simply wanted to “wrestle and to learn and grow.” He also questioned why his doubt is causing “panic” in Christian circles.

“Why when someone is influencing others, does this cause the kind of panic in a truth so strong that it cannot be shaken? I for one don’t see this kind of shock and horror in the scientific community when a theory is usurped by a new and contradicting theory,” he wrote in an Instagram post captured by Relevant Magazine before it was deleted.

Amid the backlash, some spoke up on social media in defense of Sampson and others who are going through a process of deconstructing religious beliefs.

Jonathan Martin, an evangelical pastor from Oklahoma, chastised Graham for his harsh words about Christians who doubt.

“I find it astonishing that there are people who actually think that the disillusioned, disenchanted children of the Church who walk away, are somehow ‘the problem,’ as if it is some great falling away,” Martin wrote on Twitter. “I’m just tired of hearing people berate their kids for leaving a faith system that we handed to them that was already rotting and full of maggots.”


I love Jesus. More than ever in my life. I love the Church, serve the Church, am a product of the Church. But I have no judgement for anyone who leaves. The people of God need to discern the purposes of God in this shaking, & stop blaming & scapegoating our daughters & sons.


Michael Gungor, a musician who started his career making Christian music, stunned the industry in 2014 when he revealed he no longer literally believed in the Bible’s stories. Since then, Gungor has spoken frequently about how he left his evangelical Christian roots and came to understand that doubt is a healthy and necessary part of a person’s faith journey.

Michael Gungor encouraged Sampson in a tweet, calling his doubt “beautiful.”

Hey @marty_sampson, I’m so happy to hear about your evolving views of the world and wanted to say thank you for being brave enough to be authentic and not hide your beautiful doubt like so many others in the religious spotlight do.

https://news.yahoo.com/marty-sampson-hillsong-christianity-doubt-222901781.html

femi4:
Its wrong. They have no teaching background.

Let educators do the job and you ll see the big difference

Halo22:
Seriously from the pictures sampled above, the school is good to go. But inviting a graduate of mechanical engineering to teach maths is no no for good academic standard. What happened to mathematics single or double major graduates?

Incidentally, the best mathematics students in any secondary school go into engineering. It is often better for someone who was the best mathematics student during his/her secondary school days, and who now has reasonable knowledge of advanced mathematics, to teach children how s/he learnt mathematics during his/her time in secondary. Education mathematics graduates are not the best hands in mathematics.Following education theory learnt in school does not compare with initiatives of a very high IQ person.

Reynaldo Arroyo is looking like a new man in his preparations to serve his country.

After growing out his hair for 15 years, 23-year-old Arroyo decided that it was finally time to get the big chop done in order to serve in the U.S. Army.

Arroyo announced the change in a video shared on Friday by the Salt Lake City Army Recruiting Battalion Facebook page, revealing that he would be donating his hair once cut.

“I moved out here to California and I’m just really excited to be enlisting in the Army,” he said in the video.

He added of his hair, “Some lucky little girl is going to get it.”

The video then showed a sped-up clip of Arroyo laughing as a salon employee used both a scissor and buzzer to cut off his lengthy hair.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/man-gets-first-haircut-15-182640972.html

Qualification for Rapture

As I clearly indicated in my first post, only the adopted sons of God will be snatched up to heaven. Only human beings who have become like God, by being filled with fullness of the Holy Spirit will be adopted by God. A person filled with fullness of the Spirit will begin to do all the works that Jesus did during his earthly ministry; that is the manifestation of a son of God. The only way to know a person who is qualified for rapture in the land of the living is if the person is manifesting as a son of God. The reason why I can tell you with assurance that rapture will not take place next month is because I don't yet see even one person manifesting as a son of God. However, God will do a quick and short work that will make millions of people around the world to begin to manifest as sons of God and then the rapture. This quick short work may last just three months.

Mt. 25:1 “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
Mt. 25:2 Five of them were foolish and five were wise.
Mt. 25:3 The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them.
Mt. 25:4 The wise, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps.
Mt. 25:5 The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
Mt. 25:6 “At midnight the cry rang out: `Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’
Mt. 25:7 “Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps.
Mt. 25:8 The foolish ones said to the wise, `Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’
Mt. 25:9 “`No,’ they replied, `there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for
yourselves.’

The Parable of the Ten Virgins is about preparation for the rapture. "Oil" represents the Holy Spirit (Anointing). The wise virgins filled their souls with fullness of the Spirit. The foolish virgins are content with just doing church. Apart from the wise and foolish virgins, there are the sellers of oil. These are the firstfruits of Israel (Ro. 11:16; Re. 14:4)--the 144,000 end-time Israelite evangelists. They will teach the people of God how to rise up to fullness of the Spirit. They can also impart fullness of the Spirit into people, by the laying on of hand. I believe that their ministries will begin before the end of September.

In my previous post, I shared my interpretation of a dream I received in November 2014, which was a warning to leave the United States before 2020. Since sharing that, I received two confirmations from independent sources.

The following testimony was shared by Z3 visitor Grasshopper219.

“I’ve believed that something would happen in 2020 since I received this word from the Lord. I used to spend Saturday mornings at a lake located on a seminary’a property close to my house. I was going over my notes and scripture references from a Derek Prince message I had listened to on hearing God’s voice. This was on March 14, 2015, which was Pi Day.

I paused to pray. At that time, CERN was kicking back up, and I was just thinking of all of the evil in this world. I asked out loud, ‘Lord, how much longer can this possibly go on?’

Much to my surprise, I received an immediate answer, ‘Five years.’

So I questioned, ‘Five years?’

Again, impressed on my spirit, ‘Five years.’

Again I questioned it, ‘Five years?’

‘Five years.’ Each reply was more insistent than the previous ones.

I sat for a moment, in shock, and reflected on what just happened. I returned to my notes and, when I looked up the next scripture referenced in my Bible, I was floored.

11 So He said, ‘Go forth and stand on the mountain before the Lord.’ And behold, the Lord was passing by! And a great and strong wind was rending the mountains and breaking in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.
12 After the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of a gentle blowing.
13 When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. And behold, a voice came to him and said, ‘What are you doing here, Elijah?’ (1 Kings 19:11-13)

That scripture confirmed to me I had received a word from the Lord. Five years from that day is March 14 2020. I don’t know what will happen at that time, but I wholeheartedly believe it will be something significant.”

Exactly three weeks later on April 4 2015, author, prophet, and founder of Joy Ministries, Dr. Patricia Green, was praying in the spirit when she heard the Lord say, “Five more Passovers to preach the gospel.”

That same day, there was a lunar eclipse and a blood moon. She believes it was a confirmation of what God spoke to her because the newspapers called it the “5-minute blood moon” because it was the shortest blood moon of the century.

If she heard correctly, it means we only have until Passover of 2020 to openly preach the gospel. Passover 2020 begins on April 8, just three weeks after the March 14 date received by Grasshopper219. I believe God is warning us about great trouble coming during that time.

https://z3news.com/w/warnings-great-trouble-coming-2020/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi7AeyU8y0g

In the thread https://www.nairaland.com/4962857/could-rapture-take-place-2019, I posted a line in a prophetic word sent to me by Master Prophet Bernard Jordan:

There shall be growth in spring, maturation in summer, harvest in autumn and storage in winter.

I personally have experienced spiritual growth since the spring season. I am still waiting for maturity to occur in summer. Maturity means to be filled with fullness of the Spirit of God. A person that is filled with fullness of the Spirit begins to do all the work that Jesus Christ did during his earthly ministry. We still have about one month remaining in this summer season. I think that I will reach fullness of the Spirit before summer runs out and this also applies to all those called to be among the firstfruits of Israel (Ro. 11:1; Re. 14:4).

Harvest during the fall season I think refers to the adoption of the sons of God. Sons are adopted when they show clear evidence of maturity.

Jn. 5:17 Jesus said to them, “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working.”
Jn. 5:18 For this reason the Jews tried all the harder to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
Jn. 5:19 Jesus gave them this answer: “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.
Jn. 5:20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, to your amazement he will show him even greater things than these.
Jn. 5:21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it.

When the sons of God begin to consistently do whatever the Father does, that is a clear manifestation of maturity. It will then be time for God to adopt His sons, as in the ancient rite of adoption of sons.

Ro. 1:3 Regarding his Son, who as to his human nature was a descendant of David,
Ro. 1:4 and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God, by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.

God adopts a human being as His son through the Spirit of holiness, with power, by resurrection (transform from mortal to immortality). When people transform from mortal to immortality, they will become invisible to most people. Master Prophet Bernard Jordan seems to be saying that adoption of the sons of God will take place before December 21, 2019.

Master Prophet Bernard Jordan wrote that storage will happen in the winter. I think that storage means moving from earth (the field) to heaven through the rapture. All the adopted sons of God will ascend to heaven in the rapture. Going by Master Prophet Jordan’s word, the rapture should happen not later than March 21, 2020.

Canadian water should be too cold for a new Nigerian immigrant even during the Summer. Even in ordinary South Africa, the water feels too cold for a Nigerian who has stayed less than two years there to bath with, even during Summer.