Podcasts about Babylon

Preston Sprinkle joins Daniel for a conversation tackling Evangelical support for pro-Israel. They discuss Preston's journey out of dispensationalism, and tackle the reasons why so many Evangelicals are Zionist and pro-Israel.Preston is an international speaker and a New York Times bestselling author, who's written over a dozen books including his most recent book: Exiles: The Church in the Shadow of Empire. Preston currently serves as the president of The Center for Faith, Sexuality & Gender, an organization that equips Christians to engage questions about faith, sexuality & gender with theological faithfulness and courageous love. And he's also the president of Theology in the Raw, which includes the popular “Theology in the Raw” podcast and the annual “Exiles in Babylon” conference.Become a monthly supporter of Across the Divide on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/AcrosstheDivide Follow Across the Divide for more on ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠⁠⁠‪@AcrosstheDividePodcast‬⁠⁠⁠Across the Divide partners with Peace Catalyst International to amplify the pursuit of peace and explore the vital intersection of Christian faith and social justice in Palestine-Israel.

Proverbs 4:7, which says, “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding” (KJV). Living in wisdom and understanding is crucial for every believer. It helps us navigate life's challenges and build meaningful relationships while maintaining our godliness.James 3:17 (NIV): “But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.”Main Message:Relating with Others: As Christians, we are called to live in the world but not be of the world. This means we should not isolate ourselves or act as though we are superior to others. Jesus Himself interacted with all kinds of people, showing love and compassion. Being a Christian doesn't mean you shop at a different market, breathe different air, or walk under a different sun. Learn to relate with people, be friendly, and exhibit strong character while maintaining your godliness. This is what distinguished Joseph in Egypt, Daniel in Babylon, Esther in Persia, Ruth in Bethlehem, and Jesus in His ministry.Exhibiting Strong Character: Joseph, Daniel, Esther, and Ruth are excellent examples of individuals who lived in wisdom and understanding. Joseph's integrity and wisdom led him to become a powerful leader in Egypt (Genesis 41:39-40).

It would be an understatement to say that this current season of disruptions at all levels requires a different breed of believers - those with keen prophetic insight, understanding, and maturity to address the complex challenges before us. From geopolitical disruptions to economic challenges, and the current spiritual battle engaging the church globally, fasting is required to gain clarity and understanding of God's ways. Just as we see in the days of Daniel in Babylon, who fasted for 21 days for spiritual breakthrough over the realm (Daniel 10:2-3). Daniel is a model for us as the third day ecclesia that seeks to accelerate God ‘s visionary agenda within the nations, particularly in this period of systematic complex darkness, pervading the hearts and sociopolitical landscapes of nations. Fasting enhances the renewal and development of neural pathways that allow us to see new possibilities and innovations. The Father desires us to live healthy, fruitful, and fulfilling lives. Fasting gives us a sense of sound health, peace, and quietness deep within our inner man. Every aspect of our lives needs adequate care, and fasting plays a major role in this renewal and wholeness of our entire spirit, soul, and body.Spiritual discipline lays the foundation for spiritual breakthrough and advancement. The time of fasting is a time of spiritual renewal - a time of spiritual redemption, recalibration, spiritual development and reform, rediscovery of divine intent, realignment and redirection, and restoration. This is when our prophetic knowledge and insight are greatly enhanced and empowered to further pursue the initiatives of the kingdom of God in greater light.NEED FOR DETOXIFICATION AND RE-CALIBRATION:Our intention and deep desire is to be moved to a higher position of prophetic sight, wisdom, operation, and functionality to courageously build heaven's mandate for our generation. To dethrone the works of the flesh is not a game we can play casually as we have in the past. There must be a well-defined, structured system put in place, and in this fast, fasting is a major part in dethroning the flesh and enthroning the reign of Christ over the soul.We believe fasting is important in helping us develop spiritual knowledge that enhances our sense of current revelatory knowledge and wisdom in our journey into the prophetic realities of the ascended Kingdom life and its establishment for the present season. Fasting keeps the mind in good shape and our thoughts on the right path while our body is brought to that point of divine realignment. The toxic waste in our body system needs to be drained out so our body system can experience renewal. The science of neuron discipline states that it takes at least 21 days of repetitive practice of a particular discipline or task to alter the rigid neuron mapping of the brain that allows for certain behavioral patterns and thinking. This finding is certainly consistent with biblical studies. If we truly desire to see change, we need to engage our pattern of thinking with new perspectives and experiences that allow us to produce the fruit we desire.This means that if you desire to see specific transformation in any particular area of your life, you'll have to invest at least three weeks retraining those areas that have developed wrong habits, which are strongholds. What I've discovered is that many already have hard wiring in specific parts of their thinking (mindset) that has created predictable patterns of thinking and behavioral responses. Hence, it makes it difficult for them to see themselves changing.

Study Daniel with us this fall! If you haven't already, head over to https://www.nicoleunice.com/daniel! The study is FREE and when you sign up, you'll get a free downloadable guide, weekly reflections, and exclusive bonus video content to help you walk through the study. Be sure to subscribe to Nicole's YouTube Channel for exclusive bonus content! https://www.youtube.com/@NicoleUnice Why Study the Book of Daniel?What does it look like to live with courage, clarity, and conviction when everything around you feels uncertain? The book of Daniel tells the story of faith under fire—of ordinary people who stayed rooted in God while living in a culture that didn’t share their values. From exile in Babylon to lion’s dens and prophetic dreams, Daniel shows us that small acts of faith can anchor us in uncertain times. This 12-week journey will help you discover how to live right side up in an upside-down world—with integrity, trust, and unshakable hope. What You'll Discover Practical tools to stay grounded in your faithLiving with conviction even in uncertaintyUnderstanding prayer and spiritual resilienceConfidence in God’s control—no matter what’s happening around you Alive Method and the Big Picture of Daniel Starting next week, Nicole will launch a 12-week study through Daniel—a book of courageous faith in a hostile culture (chs. 1–6) and sweeping prophecy about kingdoms and God’s eternal rule (chs. 7–12). In this intro, she explains why Daniel matters now, how to navigate history + apocalyptic sections, and the simple four-question Alive Method we’ll use each week: What does it say? What’s the backstory? What does it mean (timeless truth)? What does it mean for me (application)? Next Steps Subscribe on YouTube and your favorite podcast app (Apple | Spotify) Grab the study guide so you’re set for Daniel 1 next week. Invite a friend or group to journey through Daniel with you! Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Send us a textJoin veteran Star Trek, and now Babylon 5 podcasters, Brent Allen and Jeff Akin as they dive into Babylon 5 for a second time! They revisit each episode with fresh insights and deeper analysis, reflecting on their first-time reactions. Perfect for First Ones and people new to the series, this journey offers a deeper connection to the world of Babylon 5!Potential Keffer. If this is the guy we would have gotten this season, we might actually be affected when he gets SPOILER at the end of the SPOILER.       For the First Time Episode  This show is produced in association with the Akin Collective, Mulberry Entertainment, and Framed Games. Find out how you can support the show and get great bonus content like access to notes, a Discord server, unedited reaction videos, and more: https://www.patreon.com/babylon5firstSpecial Thanks to all who support our show through Patreon, including: Executive Producers:AndrewBecky SparksCalinicusClubPro70Colin 3of5Colin BlairDemi-DWDundradalFabio KaseckerFrankieGregory ChristJack Kitchenjal'ZhaJames OkeefeJeffrey HayesJoel TownsendJoey PomeroykatKaterina KalinevichKenny A KaryadiMartin SvendsenMatt IonMattie GarciaMr KrosisNeil MooreNia is framedPeter SchullerRob BentRon HSarah LSlartibartfastSnatcher42Starfury 5470Stuart98Suzanne EggTexas Anla'ShokTrekkieTreyTheTrekkerProducers:David BlauGuy KovelJohn Koniges Follow us:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/badnerdsftft/Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/badnerds.bsky.socialhttps://www.babylon5first.com/All rights belong to the Prime Time Entertainment Network, WBTV, and TNT. No copyright infringement intended.Copyright Disclaimer, Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for 'fair use' for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.Visit https://www.patreon.com/babylon5first to join the Babylon 5 For the First Time Patreon. Support the show

Have you ever wondered if the Book of Revelation was meant to be a riddle for today's readers, or if its mysterious symbols actually made perfect sense to the early church? In this episode of Seek Go Create, host Tim Winders welcomes back theologian Leo De Siqueira to unpack the language, history, and meaning behind Revelation's most puzzling images—like the beast, Babylon, and the infamous 666. Together, they challenge modern assumptions, reveal surprising insights from the Aramaic text, and explore what John's visions truly meant for his first-century audience. If you're ready to rethink everything you thought you knew about Revelation, this conversation is for you."Heaven and earth becoming one—that is the revelation and the culmination of Christ's victory." - Leo De Siqueira Access all show and episode resources HEREAbout Our Guest:Leo De Siqueira is a theologian and author renowned for his in-depth, three-part commentary series on the book of Revelation. His scholarship focuses on understanding Revelation within its first-century context, highlighting the significance of the Aramaic language and the victory of Christ. With academic training in Hebrew and Greek, Leo leverages his linguistic expertise to unearth subtle nuances within biblical texts, bringing fresh insight into the prophetic literature. He is recognized for challenging traditional interpretations and promoting a holistic, historically informed approach to Scripture. Reasons to Listen: Discover how understanding the original Aramaic language and first-century context radically changes the meaning of key themes in Revelation—beyond what most modern interpretations offer.Get myth-busting answers to hot topics like the rapture, 666, the Beast, and the rebuilding of the temple—explained in a way that challenges long-held beliefs with historical and biblical evidence.Explore why the prophetic imagery in Revelation resonated deeply with its first audience, and how those symbols connect to the bigger story of life, death, and hope in the Bible—possibly reshaping your whole perspective.Episode Resources & Action Steps:Resources Mentioned in This Episode:Leo De Siqueira's 3-Part Commentary Series on Revelation - Leo references his own three-book series that dives deeply into Revelation from a first-century, Aramaic, and historical context. (Book titles include in part: "Dawn of Eternity.")Bible Translation Software - Leo mentions using Bible translation tools for studying Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic manuscripts to gain greater nuance and understanding.Historical Writings of Josephus - While not discussed in detail, both Leo and Tim reference the historical accounts of Josephus, especially regarding events surrounding 70 AD, making his works a core supplemental resource.Action Steps for Listeners:Re-examine Your Understanding of Revelation - Instead of interpreting Revelation strictly through modern lenses or one-verse doctrines, approach it as first-century listeners would by considering language, historical context, and Jewish prophecy.Explore the Historical and Cultural Context - Read Leo De Siqueira's commentary series or similar resources that incorporate Aramaic texts and first-century Jewish perspectives to broaden your understanding of Revelation's symbolism and meaning.Dig Deeper into Biblical Languages and History - Use Bible translation software or online courses to explore passages in their original languages (Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic) and consult historical sources like Josephus for context around New Testament...

Nebuchadnezzar, and the Antichrist: Two kings cut from the same cloth. Many of us would like to have more information about "The Man of Sin," "The Beast," "6-6-6." The Bible gives us only the lowlights. But he has a sort of "twin brother" in the Old Testament. Both of them are super-kings, both are identified with beasts, and both love statues. We're in Revelation 13. Here's Jim with Part 2 of, The Next Babylon. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30am, WHKC 91.5FM (Columbus, OH) at 5:00pm, WRFD 880AM (Columbus, OH) at 9:00am. Right Start can also be heard on One Christian Radio 107.7FM & 87.6FM in New Plymouth, New Zealand. You can purchase a copy of this message, unsegmented for broadcasting and in its entirety, for $7 on a single CD by calling +1 (800) 984-2313, and of course you can always listen online or download the message for free. RS09012025_0.mp3Scripture References: Revelation 13; Daniel 2

This week the ACP (and fourth Beatle Tom Curry) talk about so many topics, from Manga reading to classic fandoms and then head into a fascinating discussion about hero archetypes in comics. From antiheroes to epic heroes and beyond! Theres also talk of music in comics, tabletop gaming comics, dystopian sci fi and JAZZ, BABY... JAZZ! Oh, and tons of comics to read, follow and get your hands on! Great stuff to check out: Tom Curry, Together We Will Go, Babylon 5, The Prisoner, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Doctor Who, Dune, Blue Giant, Shinichi Ishizuka, The Jungle, Keenan Marshal Keller, Uncivilized Comics, The Hanging, Aaron Losty, The Fabled Four, Jamie Me, The Bucket Brigade

BABYLON IS BURNING! Picture the glittering capital of corruption—draped in gold, drunk on the blood of saints—turning to ash in a single, shocking hour as kings wail, traders watch their profits vaporise and angels shout, “Fallen, fallen!”. This episode uncovers the explosive exposé behind the scarlet-clad seductress of Revelation 17, reveals how empires cannibalise themselves, and asks: will you stay for the pyrotechnics or heed the call to “come out of her” before the final bell tolls?For first-century churches—and today's listeners—the fall of Babylon signals that oppressive powers are temporary, while the Lamb's kingdom is permanent.Resources"Revelation (NIV Application Commentary)" by Dr Craig Keener– A detailed analysis that bridges the historical-cultural context and application for today."The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament" by Dr Craig Keener – Offers essential historical and cultural insights on the New Testament, including Revelation."Discipleship on the Edge" by Darrell W. Johnson – A study on Revelation that considers its relevance for Christian discipleship."Reading Revelation Responsibly" by Michael J. Gorman – A user-friendly guide to understanding the apocalyptic message of Revelation without fear or misinterpretation.Big thanks to Tim Whittle for editing and extra production on this podcast. Get more info at Riverlife Church, and find us on Facebook and Instagram.Subscribe to Bible Streams on Apple, Spotify, Google, and Amazon.

It would be an understatement to say that this current season we find ourselves in requires a different breed of believers - those with keen prophetic insight, understanding, and maturity to address the complex challenges before us. From geopolitical disruptions to economic challenges, and the current spiritual battle engaging the church globally, fasting is required to gain clarity and understanding of God's ways. Just as we see in the days of Daniel in Babylon, who fasted for 21 days for spiritual breakthrough over the realm (Daniel 10:2-3). Daniel is a model for us as the third day ecclesia that seeks to accelerate God ‘s visionary agenda within the nations, particularly in this period of systematic complex darkness, pervading the hearts and sociopolitical landscapes of nations. Fasting enhances the renewal and development of neural pathways that allow us to see new possibilities and innovations. The Father desires us to live healthy, fruitful, and fulfilling lives. Fasting gives us a sense of sound health, peace, and quietness deep within our inner man. Every aspect of our lives needs adequate care, and fasting plays a major role in this renewal and wholeness of our entire spirit, soul, and body.Spiritual discipline lays the foundation for spiritual breakthrough and advancement. The time of fasting is a time of spiritual renewal - a time of spiritual redemption, recalibration, spiritual development and reform, rediscovery of divine intent, realignment and redirection, and restoration. This is when our prophetic knowledge and insight are greatly enhanced and empowered to further pursue the initiatives of the kingdom of God in greater light.NEED FOR DETOXIFICATION AND RE-CALIBRATION:Our intention and deep desire is to be moved to a higher position of prophetic sight, wisdom, operation, and functionality to courageously build heaven's mandate for our generation. To dethrone the works of the flesh is not a game we can play casually as we have in the past. There must be a well-defined, structured system put in place, and in this fast, fasting is a major part in dethroning the flesh and enthroning the reign of Christ over the soul.We believe fasting is important in helping us develop spiritual knowledge that enhances our sense of current revelatory knowledge and wisdom in our journey into the prophetic realities of the ascended Kingdom life and its establishment for the present season. Fasting keeps the mind in good shape and our thoughts on the right path while our body is brought to that point of divine realignment. The toxic waste in our body system needs to be drained out so our body system can experience renewal. The science of neuron discipline states that it takes at least 21 days of repetitive practice of a particular discipline or task to alter the rigid neuron mapping of the brain that allows for certain behavioral patterns and thinking. This finding is certainly consistent with biblical studies. If we truly desire to see change, we need to engage our pattern of thinking with new perspectives and experiences that allow us to produce the fruit we desire.This means that if you desire to see specific transformation in any particular area of your life, you'll have to invest at least three weeks retraining those areas that have developed wrong habits, which are strongholds. What I've discovered is that many already have hard wiring in specific parts of their thinking (mindset) that has created predictable patterns of thinking and behavioral responses. Hence, it makes it difficult for them to see themselves changing.

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on July 12, 2020)   Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...    Ezekiel 7:19   They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.   *** Luke 21   The powers of the heavens will be shaken ... before Jesus returns ...   11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.   (Hasn't Coronavirus helped us to see how it will be possible for such things to happen to the whole earth and lives to change on this earth?)   25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;   26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.   27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.   28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.    So how should we live between now and the time the sun turns dark in the middle of the day and the powers of heaven are shaken ... How does money fit in to all these things? *****   If you live in debt, you live in a worldly way.  You will be better off if you downsize as quickly as possible and get out of debt, if possible, before Jesus returns, and if you begin using this world without abusing this world.   ***   I Timothy 6   6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.   7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.   8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.   9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.   10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.   11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.   12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.   17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;   18 That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;   19 Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.   ***   Revelation 18  ... The fall of Babylon   Destruction of a great city during the great tribulation, that wrath of God that is coming upon this earth in the last days, before the heaven and earth are destroyed by fire from God.   1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.   2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.   3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.   4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.   5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.   6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.   7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.   8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.   9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,   10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.   11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:   Coronavirus gave us a glimpse of that which is to come.  Coronavirus was not the "fall of the great city" of Revelation 18, but don't we think of that which we saw in various cities around the world in 2020?  NYC closed.  Times Square was vacant!  Stores were closed.  No one bought their merchandise any more.   I think Coronavirus showed us how fast the destruction can happen!   12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,   13 And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.   14 And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.   They returned after Coronavirus, but in the great tribulation that is coming upon this earth, "they shall find them no more at all" ... and then the heaven and earth will be destroyed after the great tribulation ... destroyed by fire from God.  II Peter 3:10-14   15 The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,   16 And saying, Alas, alas that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!   17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,   18 And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!   19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.   20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.   21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.   22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;   23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.   24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.   *** 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4  Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day (of the Lord) shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;   4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.   ***    Joel 2:30-31  And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.   31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come.   ***    James 1:5  If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.    ***   2 Peter 3:11-14   Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,   12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?   13 Nevertheless we, according to HIS promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.   14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.  

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We wrap up our series on 1 and 2 Kings with Judah's fall to Babylon. It reveals the devastating cost of abandoning God's ways through idolatry and injustice. But we also see how Jesus becomes the ultimate solution to spiritual exile, serving as both the true temple and perfect sacrifice that restores our identity and access to God. Listen now and be inspired to live as God's renewed people, fully embracing your restored identity in Him.

The story in 2 Kings 6 contains small yet monumental events. The swimming axe head appears so inconsequential and insignificant, causing us to ask verses 'Why is it recorded?'. Because it demonstrates our God's care for the small, as well as the great. Next follows the tale of Elisha's being surrounded and protected by the Almighty's fiery chariots - the new prophet now carried Elijah's mantle, both literally and figuratively. He was now His Sovereign's vehicle. To the prophet's servant he asks the LORD to open the servant's eyes as Elisha says to him verses "they that be with us are more than those who are with them". Elisha teaches Israel's faithless king and the Syrian king of God's invincibility. The prophet demonstrated the mercy of his God. Finally, in Ben-Hadad's siege of Samaria we see the extremities to which the city is brought. Yahweh protects Elisha from the murderous intentions of the wicked king to teach Israel and all of the Almighty's servants to depend on their God. Lamentations 2 tells us of the untold sorrows that come of Jerusalem, the land of Judah and our Sovereign's people. Read the horrific depiction and desolation of the LORD's people. This devastation was brought by a vengeful enemy - Babylon. But of a truth the Babylonians were in fact the agents of punishment from the LORD Himself. The lesson is explained in Romans 11 verses 22-23. It is our choice as to which facet of God we want to face - goodness (mercy); or severity (retribution for our wrongs). Slowly and carefully read these verses aloud and ponder the path that you will choose to walk. In 1 Corinthians 15 the Apostle outlines the incontrovertible proofs of Christ's resurrection before hundreds of eyewitnesses, in many locations and over a prolonged period - 40 days verses Acts 1 verses 1-3. It could not be said that Christ was not resurrected. And thank God for that, since apart from that event our sins could not be forgiven - verses 12-19. Our Lord Jesus Christ Lord rose 3 days after his crucifixion and was the first fruits of the resurrection - his faithful disciples will join him when they are raised at his coming - verses 21-23. The process of perfecting the faithful in Christ's 1,000-year rule is described in verses 24-28. By God sending His Son to the earth to set up the long-promised kingdom. A 1,000 years later will complete this stage of the Almighty's purpose with the earth. That purpose is spoken of in Numbers 14 verses 20-21; Psalm 72 verses 1-20 - read and consider; Habakkuk 2 verses 14, 20; Revelation chapters 20-22. At this time the Lord Jesus Christ will hand over the perfect earth to his Father, who as Supreme Creator will be all and in all. How impossible are trinitarian notions when we are told that our Lord will acknowledge his subservient position to His Father, God. A short discourse follows on the need for each of us sin prone beings to be baptised, that we may be raised to eternal life. A treatise on the differences between our natural bodies and those raised and bestowed upon with the life from heaven comes next. Paul tells of the superiority of Christ over Adam, who in many ways was a parable of the Son of Man - the Christ. What a time that will soon come and how we yearn for it (read of it in Isaiah 25 verses 6-9; and Hosea 13 verses 14, as cited by the Apostle). Finally, read aloud and meditate on verses 57-58. Thanks for joining us - we pray you found these comments helpful in your appreciateion of God's words, join again tomorrow at https verses //christadelphianvideo.org/christadelphian-daily-readings/

The story in 2 Kings 6 contains small yet monumental events. The swimming axe head appears so inconsequential and insignificant, causing us to ask  verses  'Why is it recorded?'. Because it demonstrates our God's care for the small, as well as the great. Next follows the tale of Elisha's being surrounded and protected by the Almighty's fiery chariots - the new prophet now carried Elijah's mantle, both literally and figuratively. He was now His Sovereign's vehicle. To the prophet's servant he asks the LORD to open the servant's eyes as Elisha says to him  verses  "they that be with us are more than those who are with them". Elisha teaches Israel's faithless king and the Syrian king of God's invincibility. The prophet demonstrated the mercy of his God. Finally, in Ben-Hadad's siege of Samaria we see the extremities to which the city is brought. Yahweh protects Elisha from the murderous intentions of the wicked king to teach Israel and all of the Almighty's servants to depend on their God. Lamentations 2 tells us of the untold sorrows that come of Jerusalem, the land of Judah and our Sovereign's people. Read the horrific depiction and desolation of the LORD's people. This devastation was brought by a vengeful enemy - Babylon. But of a truth the Babylonians were in fact the agents of punishment from the LORD Himself. The lesson is explained in Romans 11   verses  22-23. It is our choice as to which facet of God we want to face - goodness (mercy); or severity (retribution for our wrongs). Slowly and carefully read these   verses  aloud and ponder the path that you will choose to walk. In 1 Corinthians 15 the Apostle outlines the incontrovertible proofs of Christ's resurrection before hundreds of eyewitnesses, in many locations and over a prolonged period - 40 days  verses  Acts 1  verses 1-3. It could not be said that Christ was not resurrected. And thank God for that, since apart from that event our sins could not be forgiven -   verses  12-19. Our Lord Jesus Christ Lord rose 3 days after his crucifixion and was the first fruits of the resurrection - his faithful disciples will join him when they are raised at his coming -   verses  21-23. The process of perfecting the faithful in Christ's 1,000-year rule is described in verses  24-28, by God sending His Son to the earth to set up the long-promised kingdom. A 1,000 years later will complete this stage of the Almighty's purpose with the earth. That purpose is spoken of in Numbers 14, verses 20-21; Psalm 72, verses 1-20 - read and consider; Habakkuk 2, verses 14, 20; Revelation chapters 20-22. At this time the Lord Jesus Christ will hand over the perfect earth to his Father, who as Supreme Creator will be all and in all. How impossible are trinitarian notions when we are told that our Lord will acknowledge his subservient position to His Father, God. A short discourse follows on the need for each of us sin sin-prone beings to be baptised, that we may be raised to eternal life. A treatise on the differences between our natural bodies and those raised and bestowed upon with the life from heaven comes next. Paul tells of the superiority of Christ over Adam, who in many ways was a parable of the Son of Man - the Christ. What a time that will soon come and how we yearn for it (read of it in Isaiah 25, verses 6-9; and Hosea 13, verses 14, as cited by the Apostle). Finally, read aloud and meditate on   verses  57-58.  Thanks for joining us - we pray you found these comments helpful in your appreciation of God's words, join again tomorrow at   https  verses //christadelphianvideo.org/christadelphian-daily-readings/

In this introduction to the Book of Daniel, we're challenged to live with clarity, conviction, and purpose in an increasingly secular world. The message emphasizes God's sovereignty and faithfulness, even during times of exile and oppression. We're reminded of the Abrahamic and Mosaic covenants, highlighting God's unconditional love for His people alongside the importance of obedience. The story of Daniel and his friends serves as a inspiring example of maintaining faith in a hostile culture, teaching us to stand firm in our beliefs while navigating complex societal pressures. This exploration of Daniel invites us to reflect on our own spiritual journey, encouraging us to listen for God's 'still, small voice' amidst the noise of our daily lives and to trust in His divine plan, even when circumstances seem challenging.ChaptersChapter 1: Understanding God's Message in a Noisy World0:00 - 10:00Introduction to the importance of clarity, conviction, and purpose in Christian life, using the analogy of decoding a Morse code message.Chapter 2: The Structure and Significance of the Old Testament10:00 - 20:00Overview of the Old Testament structure and the placement of the Book of Daniel.Chapter 3: Covenants and Prophecy in Biblical History20:00 - 30:00Explanation of the Abrahamic and Mosaic covenants, and their role in understanding biblical prophecy.Chapter 4: Daniel's Relevance for Modern Christian Living30:00 - 40:00Application of Daniel's teachings to contemporary Christian life in a secular world.Keywords#BookOfDaniel#Prophecy#Sovereignty#Faith#BibleStudy#Clarity#Conviction#Purpose#OldTestament#Eschatology#AbrahamicCovenant#MosaicCovenant#Babylon#Exile#SpiritualWarfare#Angels#Faithfulness#GodsPlan#ChristianLiving#BibleInterpretation

Life is full of “what ifs”, and often they are negative, right? They are usually full of fear and worrisome imaginations. And when you focus on all those “what ifs,” when you allow your mind to go to those negative possibilities, you become discouraged and frankly, miserable. So, let me ask you: How much time do you spend in the “what ifs” of life? In fear and worry, thinking about what could or might happen? Here's another “what if”: What if you changed “what if” to “even if”? Even if I lose my job, even if I get a bad health report, even if I'm robbed, even if someone I love dies. If you're born from above through faith in Jesus Christ, what if you faced your “what ifs” with truth from God's Word—truth that would set you free from the fear and worry and despair that your “what ifs” have caused? We have promises from God's Word we should throw in the face of our “what ifs.” Promises like: Isaiah 43:2: When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. Hebrews 13:5: Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” So, when you're facing a “what if,” stop and talk to yourself. Seriously, you need to talk to yourself—out loud if possible—and remind yourself of God's promises. Remind yourself of these truths. Bring those “what if” thoughts into captivity and make them obey the Lord. You remember the story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, three Jewish young men who were forcibly taken from Jerusalem to Babylon to serve in King Nebuchadnezzar's court (Daniel 3). Shortly after they were forced into the service of this pagan king, they were faced with a direct affront to their faith in Jehovah God, as the king set up a golden image and ordered everyone to worship this pagan image or else be thrown into a fiery furnace. Talk about a “what if”! What if they continued to serve the true God, Jehovah, and refused to bow down and worship that golden idol? They would perish as young men in the prime of their lives. This was a serious what if; there was no question that refusing to obey the king's order would result in death. So, what was their decision? Here it is from Daniel 3:16-18: Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego replied to him, “King Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from Your Majesty's hand. But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.” They went from “what if” to “even if” and declared their trust in their God to deliver them. Even if they were burned to death in the furnace, they would not bow to any other god. Maybe you're facing a fiery furnace of your own—something that could destroy you or so it seems. Maybe it's a financial furnace, or a health furnace, or a relationship furnace. You're in the “what if” stage as you face the furnace. Can you replace your “what if” with an “even if,” declaring that even if your fears are realized, even if the worst happens, you will trust in God to deliver you, to go through it with you, and to rescue you? Can you say with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, “Even if he does not, I will trust him”? That is walking by faith and not by sight, and even if your faith seems small or weak, God will be pleased with your “even if,” and you can be sure he will get you through. I pray you will place your trust in the same God who delivered these young men and who will deliver you. Then there's the story of when God confronted Moses and told him he had a job for him to do—to face Pharaoh and deliver his people from bondage. Moses had a bunch of “what ifs.”

Anne-Marie and Peter continue their journey through Babylon 5 S1 covering The Parliament Of Dreams The Babylon 5 theme was written by Christopher Franke. On 11th August they look at Mind War. Over on their Borgcast feed, on the 4th, they cover the Animated series' One Of Our Planets Is Missing. Feel free to send your thoughts in (just keep the feedback to less than 5 minutes please). Borgcast@gmail.com

In her teaching on Revelation chapter 18, Marilyn Hickey unpacks the fall of Babylon as a prophetic picture of the collapse of worldly systems built on pride, greed, and rebellion against God. She explains how Babylon represents a corrupt spiritual and economic power that will be judged and brought down in a single hour. Hickey highlights the contrast between trusting in man's wealth versus relying on God's eternal kingdom. This message encourages believers not to be shaken by end-time events, but to stand firm in Christ, knowing that while the world's systems may fall, God's people are secure in His unshakable kingdom. Jaggy, Tedi, and I thank you for listening. Please SHARE!

During his church’s fall retreat at a nearby camp, Pastor Jeff took a walk with my son, who led him through a wooded trail to the outdoor chapel. Suddenly they came upon the ark of the covenant! Of course, it wasn’t the real ark, but a life-sized, gold-colored replica begun by my husband years ago, with Jeff’s encouragement, and recently completed by my son as a surprise. Jeff was so thrilled, he hurried to enlist others to help him bring the ark to the camp dining hall. What a sight to see the men carrying the ark down the road as two of the pastor’s little grandsons trailed behind hand-in-hand! Scripture tells of the joyous occasion when the real ark of the covenant, which symbolized God’s presence with His people, was brought from the house where it had been kept into its proper place in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 6:12). King David was so overjoyed he danced “before the LORD with all his might” as the people shouted and trumpets sounded (vv. 14-15). Years later, the Israelites were taken captive to Babylon and Jerusalem was destroyed (2 Kings 25). Scripture doesn’t tell us what happened to the ark. Legends abound, but we no longer need the ark to enjoy God’s presence (John 14:16-17). Through Jesus’ death, resurrection, and sending of the Spirit, God is with all who believe in Christ. That’s an excellent reason to rejoice!

Political leaders believe they're working for "the people," or for their country, or for their legacy. Fiction. Fiction. Fiction. Anyone placed in a position of power works for God. He or she is a deputized agent of the Almighty for suppressing wickedness and promoting righteousness. And this is true, by the way, whether the leader is a Christian, a pagan or an atheist. Even the greatest king in history. Even the coming Antichrist. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30am, WHKC 91.5FM (Columbus, OH) at 5:00pm, WRFD 880AM (Columbus, OH) at 9:00am. Right Start can also be heard on One Christian Radio 107.7FM & 87.6FM in New Plymouth, New Zealand. You can purchase a copy of this message, unsegmented for broadcasting and in its entirety, for $7 on a single CD by calling +1 (800) 984-2313, and of course you can always listen online or download the message for free. RS08292025_0.mp3Scripture References: Revelation 13; Daniel 2

2 Kings 4 records further miracles in the ongoing ministry of Elisha. The first relates to Elisha's care for a widow woman and her son by the multiplication of the oil into the pots that she had borrowed at the command of the prophet. The oil only ceases once there are no more pots left to fill. This miracle illustrates that God can, and will, use us to our maximum potential as long as we make ourselves available. This miracle is followed by the giving of a son to a rich, but faithful and discerning woman from Shunem. Her son dies and in her distraught state she seeks aid from Yahweh's prophet, who resurrects her son- Elijah's servant Gehazi could not do this. The lesson is that only by the persistent and prayerful patience of His servants will the LORD fulfill His will. The reader should compare this miracle and the occurrences of sevens that are spoken of with the bringing of the rain by Elijah. For both these miracles the main point for us is stated in James 5 verses 13-18. The chapter ends with the miraculous healing of the stew for the sons of the prophets. The prophecy of Jeremiah concludes in chapter 52 with a record of the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the temple. It tells of the punishment of the wicked and vacillating king Zedekiah by Nebuchadnezzar. Zedekiah's punishment was precisely as the prophet had predicted. The people of Judah were taken to Babylon, where their exile lasted for 70 years; as yet again prophesied by Jeremiah 25 verses 11-12 and chapter 29 verses10-14. Jehoiachin was released from prison and elevated to the king's table until his death.From 1 Corinthians 12-14 Paul shows that the body of believers in Christ is analogous to the human body. In 1 Corinthians 12 the Apostle Paul describes how God through His Spirit had distributed gifts and roles within the ecclesia. Just as our bodily members have unique and distinctive functions so too is it within the ecclesia of Christ: compare Romans 12 verses 3-8. It is never a question as to what member is the most important; because the unseen and less showy members are the most vital to the body, ie the heart, the kidneys etc. Just as in Ephesians 4 verses 1-16. Paul demonstrates that, rather than the gift, it is the service - or function which the individual can contribute to the growth of the body into Christ its head. This chapter is an answer to all would be schismatics - the body of true believers in the one body of Christ. The Apostle finishes the chapter by telling his readers that the better way of service lay in three qualities, which were not the spirit gifts, but attributes available to all believers - FAITH, HOPE and LOVE. 1 Corinthians 13 reveals that the infantile aids of the spirit gifts would cease once their objective of establishing a mature community of believers had been completed. This is the basis of his magnificent treatise on love; showing it to be the greatest and only enduring gift. Hope will vanish when it is realised in God's Kingdom. Believing will have been completed in the receiving of immortality. What a wonderful experience awaits us when we will then know God as He now knows us. Only love goes on and never cease. Slowly read the chapter aloud. Ponder, pause and meditate its message for the way believers must live. This chapter in Paul's letter changes the Corinthians narrow self-focus to an elevation of their minds to living the truth as our Lord Jesus Christ our head directed both them and us: Ephesians 4 verses 11-16. Thanks for joining us - we pray you found these comments helpful in your appreciateion of God's words, join again tomorrow at https://christadelphianvideo.org/christadelphian-daily-readings/

We have nearly completed the book of Jeremiah.  Today's 51st chapter of 64 verses is quite remarkable, quite challenging.  It is all about Babylon and God's judgments on her, that mighty city and the country of the same name. She had destroyed Jerusalem and God's great Temple and taken all its treasures. She is led by a king who, up to this time, had been all conquering.  The book of Daniel fills out the details – and then her climactic collapse.Here in Jeremiah we have the Lord's prophecies of that collapse – and we are told, “Jeremiah wrote in a book all the disaster that should come upon Babylon” [v.60]  Seraiah is commissioned by Jeremiah, “When you come to Babylon , see that you read all these words, and say, ‘O LORD, you have said concerning this place that you will cut it off, so that nothing shall dwell in it, neither man nor beast, and it shall be desolate forever…. Thus shall Babylon sink, to rise no more …” [v.62-64]”This is still the case today, Saddam Hussein sought to restore some part of Babylon and ‘seat' himself in it, his effort was a disaster.  However, we recognize in some of the wording of this chapter that the LORD caused Jeremiah to “see” far beyond the time of the Babylon he knew. Some of his words are plainly echo'd in the book of Revelation. Babylon is a Greek word, but in Hebrew it is the word “Babel” – and we know what happened to Babel.The name Babylon is symbolic in Revelation of the entire anti-God attitude in the world since the time of Jesus.  In these “last days” it also finds expression in the anti-Israel spirit that now so inhabits the world, especially in the Middle East.      In our chapter, verse 48 is prophetic of a time when “the heavens and the earth, and all that is in them, shall sing for joy over Babylon …”  The next verse says, “Babylon must fall for the slain of Israel, just as for Babylon have fallen the slain of all the earth.”Earlier verses even more clearly have a latter day application, “… this is the time of the LORD's vengeance … Babylon was a golden cup in the LORD's hand, making all the earth drunken … therefore the nations went mad.  Sudden Babylon has fallen and been broken … for her judgment has reached up to heaven, and has been lifted up even to the skies.” [v.6-9]      These words are echo'd and quoted in Rev. 14 v.8; 18 v.3,5-6, 23 etc.  God will surely deal with this latter day Babel; when Babel sinks, may we be so related to things Divine that we do not sink with it.

Who is Satan really? Are UFOs ancient Nephilim technology? Why does the Bible say giants once walked the earth? In this clip from Nephilim Death Squad, Sean Griffin of Kingdom in Context reveals the shocking truth about fallen angels, the Nephilim, and how ancient cultures all worshiped the same gods under different names.We dig into the mysteries of Satan's true identity, the strange link between UFOs and biblical prophecy, and why mainstream churches ignore the supernatural side of scripture. This conversation will challenge what you thought you knew about the Bible, prophecy, and the hidden history of mankind.

Devika Wood, Steve Roest's guest on this show, is the CEO of Brain+, a pioneering health technology company transforming dementia care through its digital platform, Ayla.Devika is also one of the most inspirational people in European HealthTech.Over the past 13+ years, she has worked across startups and multinationals, from Google and Babylon to founding Vida, which exited in 2019, and leading digital health strategy at AXA Health. Recognised as a Forbes 30 Under 30 entrepreneur,She has also been named King's Entrepreneur of the Year and featured in the United Nations #SheInnovates campaign for advancing healthcare innovation and championing women in STEM. She is also the co-founder of WEALTH: Women in Health, a growing global community for female leaders in healthcare.

España está siendo quemada y hundida en la miseria y no lo digo como un eufemismo si no con el profundo dolor de ver que es real. Hemos vivido una terrible inundación en Valencia a la que denominaron como Dana el 29 de octubre de 2024, seis meses exactos pasaron y tuvimos un apagón en toda España el 28 de abril de 2025 y posiblemente tengamos otro evento terrible para el 27 de octubre de este año, un evento que tenga que ver con el aire, exactamente otros seis meses después del ultimo. Nos hundimos como pais con una deuda extraoficial del 170% del PIB. Roberto Centeno, junto con otros economistas independientes como Juan Carlos Barba, Juan Laborda y Juan Carlos Bermejo, ha argumentado en diversos análisis que la deuda pública real de España supera ampliamente el 170% del PIB, una cifra que contrasta drásticamente con las estimaciones oficiales que sitúan la ratio en torno al 101-103% en 2025. Llegando ellos a estimar un PIB real un 18-20% inferior al oficial debido a manipulación contable desde 2008. Producto interior bruto que esta dopado gracias a la introducción de mas de medio millón de inmigrantes entre legales e ilegales al año, cifra que se va incrementando exponencialmente y que muy pronto creara graves problemas de convivencia. Nuestro pais sigue colocando deuda al por mayor dado que aunque recientemente las principales agencias de calificación crediticia la han bajado de la nota A+ a simplemente A, este tipo de deuda sigue siendo reclamada en los mercados y se sigue comprando. Nuestro pais se mantiene gracias a las subvenciones encubiertas de la UE y a la emisión de deuda, deuda que jamas podremos pagar. ¿Cuánto necesita el Estado para mantenerse en pie? Para 2025, considerando el crecimiento sostenido, el gasto total anual en pensiones (incluyendo las de Clases Pasivas) podría rondar los 214.000 millones de euros que sumado a los 55.000-65.000 millones de euros que gastamos en los sueldos de los funcionarios y el gasto en otros apartados, excluyendo sanidad e infraestructuras, de unos 130.000-180.000 millones de euros hace un total de unos 460.000 millones de euros al año. Hay que sumar a esta cantidad los mas de 32.000 millones de euros del pago de los intereses de la deuda, no de la deuda propiamente dicha. Nuestra deuda oficial con ese PIB inflado es de aproximadamente 1.646.000 millones de euros en febrero de 2025, o sea casi 1,7 billones, con un crecimiento interanual del 2,6%. La proyección del Ministerio de Economía para finales de 2025 sitúa la deuda en un 101,4% del PIB, con una emisión neta de 60.000 millones de euros y una emisión bruta de 278.000 millones, o sea, vamos a pedir casi otros 300.000 millones de euros lo que implica que el stock total de deuda podría rondar los 1.8 a 1.9 billones de euros, dependiendo del PIB nominal, estimado en torno a 1.773.000 millones de euros para 2025 según el plan fiscal. Nuestro pais quebró en 2008 pero nadie nos lo ha contado. Somos un yonki que necesita cada vez una dosis mayor de deuda. Literalmente nadamos en un mar de papelitos de deuda que hace que hayamos perdido la soberanía y que el mejor postor se lo lleve todo. Los carroñeros como BlackRock, Vanguard y BlackStone, las tres grandes, manejan decenas de veces nuestro PIB y el 85% del IBEX35. El BCE sigue siendo un actor significativo, manteniendo aproximadamente el 25,7% de la deuda pública, el resto, cerca del 73,7%, recae en otros inversores, incluyendo instituciones financieras internacionales como las citadas antes y posiblemente países como USA y China, y digo posiblemente porque a ciencia cierta nadie lo sabe. Lo úrico cierto es que viendo en que sectores se invierte en este pais podemos aventurar quienes están detrás. Por ejemplo, sabemos que el 90% del comercio de tierras raras está en manos chinas y que estas son necesarias para construir molinos eólicos y placas solares. El lado oeste de nuestro pais es rico en esta clase de minerales y creo que alguien ha decidido que ya era hora de “meterles mano”. También tenemos minerales estratégicos como el wolframio, el uranio o el litio que serán extraídos masivamente en breve. España reduce a la mitad su inversión en prevención de incendios mientras 2025 se convierte en el año más devastador del siglo, veamos porque. En los últimos años, los incendios forestales han devastado regiones específicas de España, dejando tras de sí un paisaje de cenizas y promesas rotas. Precisamente desde la semana 33 del 2025, en pleno agosto y durante el periodo mas caliente de este año hemos tenido unos terribles incendios en la parte oeste de nuestro pais. Parece que el archifamoso “cambio climático” solo afecta a la parte del pais supuestamente mas húmeda, ¿raro, no? Pero, ¿y si estos desastres no fueran simples tragedias naturales o descuidos humanos? ¿Y si, en las sombras, intereses económicos y políticos estuvieran orquestando un juego donde el fuego es solo el primer acto de un plan mucho más ambicioso? En una región concreta del país, donde los montes arden con sospechosa recurrencia, se teje una narrativa especulativa que apunta a un beneficiario inesperado: el propio gobierno, o al menos ciertos sectores con acceso privilegiado a sus políticas y recursos. A través de una combinación de reforestación, bonos de carbono, y la instalación de placas solares, molinos eólicos y explotaciones mineras, los terrenos quemados se convierten en un negocio redondo, disfrazado de sostenibilidad. Con el terreno aún humeante, la Junta de Castilla y León ha otorgado la Declaración de Impacto ambiental para la futura mina "Mesa de Reis" en el Bierzo, una mina de cuarcita cuyos tramites llevaban parados desde 2023 precisamente por el rico bosque de la zona. Una vez que ya no hay bosque ya no hay impacto ambiental negativo y se pueden extraer las casi 10.000 toneladas de cuarcita al año. El cuarzo o la cuarcita no es una tierra rara ni tiene presencia de minerales como torio, lantano o cerio, que son más comúnmente asociados con rocas alcalinas o carbonatitas, no con cuarcitas, que son rocas metamórficas de cuarzo. España tiene la mayor cantidad de tierras raras de Europa después de Finlandia. Las reservas de España se estiman en 70.000 toneladas, según el Instituto Geológico y Minero de España. Se consideran interesantes tres yacimientos de tierras raras: uno en Monte Galineiro, en Galicia, otro en la provincia de Ciudad Real el sitio de Matamulas y el ultimo en una amplia zona de la región de Castilla y León. Los tres sitios han sufrido incendios. Por ejemplo en El Payo o Cipérez (Salamanca), zonas que han sufrido graves incendios hay previsto un proyecto llamado “Salvaleón”, que abarca investigaciones minerales de litio, estaño y wolframio. Este yacimiento abarca tanto El Payo como Navasfrías, también en Salamanca, así como municipios colindantes en Cáceres. Otro punto de interés es el yacimiento de Barruecopardo, también en Salamanca, que produce wolframio (tungsteno) y se considera la única mina activa de este mineral crítico en Europa, con reservas de 8,69 millones de toneladas. Sufrio un incendio el 9 de julio de 2025, que afectó 1,4 hectáreas de pasto, curiosamente una zona que posiblemente será una ampliación de la explotación minera. La Ley 21/2015 de Montes, en su artículo 50, establece una aparente salvaguarda: los terrenos forestales incendiados no pueden cambiar su uso, como convertirse en suelo urbanizable, durante al menos 30 años. Este precepto, presentado como una medida para proteger la naturaleza y frenar la especulación urbanística, parece noble en la superficie. Sin embargo, un análisis más profundo revela fisuras que podrían ser explotadas. La ley no prohíbe explícitamente otros usos "compatibles" con la naturaleza forestal, siempre que se obtengan autorizaciones y se cumplan requisitos ambientales. Aquí comienza el primer hilo de la madeja conspirativa: ¿qué tan estrictos son estos requisitos cuando el terreno ya ha sido reducido a cenizas? Un monte quemado, desprovisto de su biodiversidad original, se convierte en un lienzo en blanco, fácil de moldear para proyectos que, bajo el paraguas de la "sostenibilidad", generan jugosos beneficios económicos. La instalación de molinos eólicos y placas solares en estos terrenos quemados es no solo posible, sino sospechosamente conveniente. Clasificados como usos "excepcionales" o "complementarios", estos proyectos se benefician de la etiqueta de "interés público" que les otorga la Ley 7/2021 de Cambio Climático y Transición Energética y decretos como el RD 1183/2020. Estos instrumentos legales han simplificado los trámites administrativos, agilizando la aprobación de proyectos renovables incluso en suelos forestales sensibles. Lo que podría parecer un avance hacia la descarbonización adquiere un matiz más oscuro cuando se considera la facilidad con la que una empresa puede cumplir los requisitos ambientales tras un incendio. Si, además, esa misma empresa se encarga de reforestar una porción del terreno circundante, el proyecto gana una pátina de legitimidad ecológica que silencia las críticas. Pero, ¿quién verifica la calidad de estas reforestaciones? ¿Y qué impide que estas iniciativas sean meros gestos cosméticos para justificar la ocupación de los terrenos? Los fondos NextGenerationEU, presentados como el gran salvavidas de la economía postpandémica, añaden otra capa a esta trama. Estos fondos, canalizados a través del Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia (PRTR), pueden cubrir hasta el 70% de los costos de proyectos de reforestación y hasta el 50% o más para instalaciones de energías renovables, como autoconsumo colectivo, agrivoltaica o almacenamiento a gran escala. La primera fase de estas subvenciones se agotó rápidamente en 2023, pero una Adenda al PRTR aprobada por el Consejo de Ministros ha abierto una segunda fase de financiación (2024-2026), con una dotación de 70.000 millones de euros. Este flujo de dinero, que debe gastarse antes de 2026, crea una ventana de oportunidad inquietante: los veranos de 2025 y 2026 se convierten en el momento perfecto para que un terreno forestal arda "accidentalmente", dejando el camino libre para proyectos rentables. Imagina el escenario: un incendio arrasa un monte en una región estratégica, como ciertas áreas de Galicia, Castilla y León o Zamora, conocidas por su riqueza forestal y, casualmente, por su potencial para proyectos renovables y mineros. Una vez quemado, el terreno se reforesta parcialmente con especies autóctonas, generando bonos de carbono que se venden en mercados voluntarios a precios de 5 a 25 euros por tonelada (o 70 euros o más en mercados regulados). Al mismo tiempo, se instalan placas solares o molinos eólicos, financiados en gran parte por los fondos europeos, y se aprovechan bonificaciones fiscales como reducciones del IBI (hasta 50%), el ICIO (hasta 95%) o deducciones en el IRPF (20-60%). Pero la trama no termina ahí. En algunos casos, estos terrenos quemados abren la puerta a explotaciones mineras, especialmente en áreas ricas en minerales como las tierras raras o el litio, crucial para baterías de almacenamiento energético. La combinación de reforestación, renovables y minería crea un cóctel económico irresistible, donde el incendio inicial parece menos un accidente y más un catalizador planificado. El mecanismo de los bonos de carbono es la joya de esta corona especulativa. Un bosque sano y antiguo, con su capacidad de absorción de CO2 ya estabilizada, no genera nuevos créditos de carbono. Sin embargo, un terreno quemado, despojado de su vegetación, es un candidato ideal para la reforestación estratégica. Según el Registro de Huella de Carbono del Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico (MITECO), un proyecto de reforestación debe cumplir requisitos estrictos: permanencia mínima de 30 años, uso de especies autóctonas y exclusión de cultivos de ciclo corto, como olivos hiperintensivos o árboles ornamentales. Pero aquí radica el truco: la reforestación no necesita abarcar todo el terreno. Una empresa puede plantar árboles en una fracción del área quemada, obtener los certificados de captura de CO2 (cada bono equivale a 1 tonelada métrica de CO2 equivalente) y destinar el resto del terreno a placas solares, molinos o incluso minería, maximizando los ingresos. Los árboles absorben CO2 de la atmósfera a través de la fotosíntesis, almacenándolo en su biomasa (troncos, ramas, hojas y raíces) y en el suelo. La cantidad de CO2 capturado depende del tipo de especie, la densidad de la plantación y las condiciones del terreno. La cuantificación de la captura de CO2 es un proceso técnico, basado en metodologías de estándares como Verra, Gold Standard o el MITECO. En promedio, se necesitan entre 30 y 80 árboles para capturar una tonelada de CO2, un proceso que puede tomar años, pero que asegura un flujo constante de bonos. Una vez verificados por auditores independientes, estos bonos se registran y se venden en mercados voluntarios, donde empresas con grandes emisiones los compran para cumplir objetivos de neutralidad de carbono. La ironía es devastadora: un incendio, lejos de ser una pérdida, se transforma en una inversión a largo plazo. Y si el gobierno, o ciertos actores cercanos a él, tienen conocimiento previo de estas oportunidades, ¿qué les impediría mirar hacia otro lado mientras el fuego consume los montes? Curiosamente la ley de montes del 2015 surge tras la implementación de estos créditos del carbono en el año 2010 y ampara a los incendios desde el año 2012. El hilo conspirativo se refuerza al considerar el contexto político y económico. El gobierno español, comprometido con los objetivos climáticos de la Unión Europea y el Acuerdo de París, enfrenta presiones para acelerar la transición energética y reducir emisiones. Los incendios, aunque públicamente lamentados, podrían ser un mal menor para ciertas élites si abren la puerta a proyectos que generan empleo, atraen inversión extranjera y cumplen metas internacionales. En una región concreta del país —digamos, una zona con alta incidencia de incendios y recursos naturales estratégicos—, los beneficios económicos de esta triple jugada (reforestación, renovables y minería) podrían superar con creces el costo político de un desastre ambiental. Más aún cuando los fondos NextGenerationEU, con su urgencia de ejecución antes de 2026, actúan como un incentivo para acelerar proyectos en terrenos "convenientemente" disponibles. La narrativa oficial habla de sostenibilidad, de lucha contra el cambio climático, de restauración ecológica. Pero bajo esta fachada, se susurra una verdad más incómoda: los incendios podrían no ser solo tragedias, sino oportunidades orquestadas. ¿Es casualidad que ciertas áreas ardan año tras año, mientras empresas con conexiones políticas obtienen autorizaciones rápidas para instalar infraestructuras? ¿O que los mismos actores que financian la reforestación sean los que instalan placas solares y explotan minas, todo bajo el paraguas de los fondos europeos? La Ley de Montes, con su aparente rigidez, podría ser un telón de fondo perfecto para un juego donde el fuego no destruye, sino que construye un nuevo orden económico, con el beneplácito —o la complicidad— de quienes deberían proteger los bosques. ¿Quién se beneficia realmente cuando un monte arde? ¿Por qué las autorizaciones para proyectos renovables y mineros en terrenos quemados parecen fluir con tanta facilidad? Y, sobre todo, ¿hasta qué punto el gobierno, o ciertos sectores privilegiados, están dispuestos a sacrificar la naturaleza en nombre de una "transición verde" que huele más a beneficios económicos que a compromiso ambiental? Mientras los montes arden, las respuestas se desvanecen en el humo, dejando tras de sí un paisaje de cenizas, turbinas y promesas de un futuro sostenible que, tal vez, nunca fue el objetivo real. ………………………………………………………………………………………. Datos sobre inmigración y emigración de españoles desde los años 80. España pasa de ser un país de emigración a un receptor de inmigrantes tras su integración en la Comunidad Económica Europea en 1986. La mejora económica y las oportunidades laborales comienzan a atraer flujos migratorios. En 1981, la población extranjera en España era de aproximadamente 198,042 personas (0.5% de la población total). Hacia 1998, esta cifra creció a 637,085 extranjeros (1.6% de la población total). Los inmigrantes provenían principalmente del entorno mediterráneo (Marruecos), Europa (Reino Unido, Alemania) y, en menor medida, América Latina. En los 90 el flujo migratorio creció lentamente. Hacia el año 2000, esta cifra aumentó a 895,720 personas (2.2%). Hablaríamos de casi 100.000 inmigrantes al año mientras que se estima que entre 50,000 y 100,000 españoles emigraron anualmente, muchos por motivos laborales o familiares. Las gallinas que entran por las que salen que decía aquel. En 1998 éramos 39.8 millones. Entre el 2000 y 2008 tuvimos un crecimiento espectacular de la inmigración debido al auge económico, especialmente en construcción y turismo creado por la burbuja inmobiliaria. En 2008, la población extranjera alcanzó 5,268,762 personas (11.41% de la población total). En 2010, llegó al 12.2% (5.7 millones de extranjeros). Pasamos de los 100.000 inmigrantes por año a los mas de 250.000. La inmigración latinoamericana, colombianos y ecuatorianos, se disparo, mientras que la emigración de españoles siguió a buen ritmo. Por ejemplo, en 2015, 94,645 españoles emigraron al exterior, muchos de ellos jóvenes cualificados en busca de empleo en países como Reino Unido, Alemania y Estados Unidos. Ya entraban muchos mas inmigrantes que españoles se marchaban. Cambiábamos gente joven universitaria por trabajadores con baja o nula cualificación. Para 2010 ya éramos 46 millones de personas. Hablo siempre de personas registradas en el censo legalmente, por supuesto siempre hay mas. Desde 2015, la inmigración repuntó con la supuesta recuperación económica. En 2023, la población extranjera alcanzó 8,257,260 personas (16.8% de la población total). Para enero de 2025 teníamos 9,379,972 nacidos en el extranjero (19.1%) de la población total del pais. Los principales países de origen en 2023 fueron Colombia (170,722 llegadas), Marruecos (123,468) y Venezuela (88,361). También hubo un aumento notable de ucranianos (+45.8%), peruanos (+20.1%) y colombianos (+19.1%) en 2022. La población latinoamericana representaba casi el 60% de los inmigrantes en la Comunidad de Madrid en 2022. Nuestros jóvenes siguen marchándose del pais al ritmo de unos 100.000 al año. Sin embargo y con una de las tasas de reproducción mas bajas de todo el mundo, por debajo de 1,2 hijos por mujer hemos llegado a 49,315,949 habitantes según los datos más recientes del Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), a 1 de julio de 2025. A continuación voy a proporcionar los datos sobre población extranjera en España según países salvo ingleses y franceses que son unos 500.000 para que veamos su origen. Hablamos de inmigrantes con residencia legal en España, obviamente habrá una gran cantidad de ilegales también. Marruecos 1.092.892, Colombia 856.616, Venezuela 599.769, Rumanía 532.456, Ecuador 448.643, Argentina 415.987, Perú 378.924, Cuba 223.532, Ucrania 215.700, Honduras 201.319 y Rep. Dominicana 201.162. Estos datos provienen del Informe sobre Población de Origen Inmigrado en España 2023 del Servicio Jesuita a Migrantes y el Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). Solo de esos 9 países teníamos 5,161,000 personas en España. Muy posiblemente si los sumamos a la inmigración ilegal pasemos fácilmente de los 10 millones en la actualidad. Hemos importado 10 millones de personas pobres para aumentar nuestro PIB artificialmente y solo de manera momentánea ya que dichas personas generan mucha menos riqueza en el largo plazo de lo que aportan con su entrada. ………………………………………………………………………………………. Desde los años 80, la clase media en España ha experimentado un progresivo deterioro que ha transformado su capacidad adquisitiva y su calidad de vida, marcado por el estancamiento de los sueldos y el encarecimiento de bienes y servicios esenciales como la comida, el combustible, la electricidad y, especialmente, la vivienda. En las décadas de 1980 y 1990, España vivió un periodo de crecimiento económico tras su entrada en la Comunidad Económica Europea (1986), lo que permitió a muchas familias de clase media acceder a un nivel de vida más elevado, con mejoras en el empleo y el consumo. Sin embargo, los sueldos, aunque crecieron en términos nominales, comenzaron a perder poder adquisitivo frente al aumento de los costes de vida, un problema que se agudizó en las décadas posteriores. Por ejemplo, en los años 80, el salario medio mensual rondaba las 100,000 pesetas (unos 600 euros), mientras que en 2023, según el INE, el salario bruto medio era de 2,128 euros, pero ajustado a la inflación, el crecimiento real ha sido mínimo o incluso negativo en muchos casos. El encarecimiento de los bienes esenciales ha sido un factor clave en el hundimiento de la clase media. La comida, aunque más accesible en términos de variedad gracias a la globalización, ha visto incrementos constantes en su precio. Entre 2000 y 2023, los precios de los alimentos básicos subieron un 30-40% más que la inflación general, según datos del INE. El combustible, por su parte, ha experimentado alzas significativas, especialmente tras la liberalización del mercado energético y las crisis internacionales (como la de 2022 por la guerra en Ucrania), con precios que pasaron de 0.80 euros/litro en los años 90 a picos de 2 euros/litro en 2022-2023. La electricidad, uno de los gastos más gravosos para los hogares, se disparó tras la liberalización del sector eléctrico en los 2000, con incrementos de hasta el 100% en la factura media entre 2008 y 2023, según la Organización de Consumidores y Usuarios (OCU). Estos aumentos han superado con creces el crecimiento salarial, erosionando el poder adquisitivo de la clase media. El precio de la vivienda ha sido, sin duda, el factor más devastador para la clase media. Durante el boom inmobiliario (1997-2007), los precios de la vivienda en España se triplicaron, pasando de un promedio de 1,000 euros/m² en los años 90 a 3,000 euros/m² en 2007. Aunque la crisis de 2008 redujo temporalmente los precios, desde 2015 se han recuperado, alcanzando en 2023 un promedio de 2,100 euros/m², según Idealista. En grandes ciudades como Madrid o Barcelona, los precios superan los 4,000 euros/m², mientras que los alquileres se han disparado un 50% desde 2015. Esto ha hecho que el acceso a la vivienda, ya sea en propiedad o alquiler, sea prácticamente inalcanzable para muchos hogares de clase media, especialmente para los jóvenes, que destinan más del 40% de sus ingresos al alquiler, frente al 20% que se consideraba sostenible en los años 80. Mientras tanto, los sueldos no han acompañado este ritmo: el salario mínimo interprofesional (SMI) pasó de 424 euros en 1990 a 1,134 euros en 2023, pero sigue siendo insuficiente para hacer frente a estos costes. La combinación de sueldos estancados y el aumento desproporcionado de los costes de vida ha generado una precarización de la clase media, que se ve obligada a destinar una proporción cada vez mayor de sus ingresos a necesidades básicas, dejando poco margen para el ahorro o el consumo discrecional. La crisis económica de 2008-2014 agravó esta situación, con un aumento del desempleo (que llegó al 26% en 2013) y la proliferación de contratos temporales y mal remunerados. Incluso en la recuperación posterior a 2015, la calidad del empleo no ha mejorado significativamente, con un 15% de trabajadores en riesgo de pobreza en 2023, según Eurostat. Este escenario ha llevado a un sentimiento generalizado de inseguridad económica, donde la clase media, que antes era el pilar de la estabilidad social en España, se encuentra cada vez más vulnerable, atrapada entre unos ingresos insuficientes y un coste de vida que no deja de crecer. ………………………………………………………………………………………. Desde los años 80, los incendios forestales en España han causado la pérdida de millones de hectáreas de bosques, con un impacto significativo en el medio ambiente, la economía y la biodiversidad. Según datos del Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico (MITECO) y el Sistema de Información Europeo de Incendios Forestales (EFFIS), entre 1980 y 2025 se han quemado aproximadamente 4,5 millones de hectáreas en España, con una media anual de unas 100,000 hectáreas afectadas. La década de los 80 fue especialmente devastadora, con un promedio de 200,000 hectáreas quemadas anualmente, debido a la falta de políticas efectivas de prevención y al uso tradicional del fuego en actividades agrícolas. Los años 90 y 2000 mostraron una ligera disminución en la superficie quemada (alrededor de 120,000 hectáreas/año), gracias a mejoras en la gestión forestal y la concienciación ciudadana. Sin embargo, curiosamente ha aumentado significativamente en las últimas dos décadas, con picos como el de 2022, cuando se quemaron 306,000 hectáreas, y 2025, que batió récords con 382,607 hectáreas calcinadas hasta agosto, según Copernicus. Galicia, Castilla y León y Andalucía han sido las regiones más afectadas, con incendios como el de Molezuelas de la Carballeda (2025, 50,000 hectáreas) o el de A Rúa o Larouco (2025, 44,424 hectáreas) destacando por su magnitud. Estos incendios no solo han destruido ecosistemas, sino que también han liberado cantidades masivas de CO2, con un promedio anual de 1,4 millones de toneladas en la última década y un pico de 5 millones de toneladas en 2022, según el Global Wildfire Information System. Este aumento significativo coincide con la introducción de los créditos de carbono como incentivo para la reforestación de superficies quemadas en España que comenzó a tomar relevancia a partir de la década de 2010, con el establecimiento del Registro de Huella de Carbono, Compensación y Proyectos de Absorción de Dióxido de Carbono por parte del MITECO en 2014. Este registro permite inscribir proyectos de reforestación que generen créditos de carbono, siempre que cumplan con requisitos como una permanencia mínima de 30 años y que las plantaciones se realicen en áreas afectadas por incendios posteriores a la campaña 2012-2013. Los créditos de carbono representan una tonelada equivalente de CO2 (tCO2e) absorbida o evitada, y su mercado voluntario ha crecido significativamente en España, impulsado por empresas que buscan compensar su huella de carbono. Parece que somos muy verdes, pero podría estar detrás de todo esto el vil metal. Calcular el dinero generado por los créditos de carbono en España desde 2014 es complejo debido a la variabilidad de los precios y la falta de datos agregados precisos, pero se puede estimar con base en la información disponible. Según fuentes como la Asociación Forestal de Galicia y estudios internacionales, el precio medio de un crédito de carbono en el mercado voluntario en España ha oscilado entre 15 y 25 euros por tonelada de CO2 en los últimos años, con un promedio de 20 euros/tCO2e en 2023. Se estima que los proyectos de reforestación en España, especialmente en áreas quemadas, pueden capturar entre 70 y 150 toneladas de carbono por hectárea a lo largo de su vida útil (30-50 años), dependiendo de la gestión forestal. No hay una cifra agregada que indique cuántas hectáreas han sido reforestadas específicamente tras incendios entre 2014 y 2023 pero podrían rondar entre 100.000 y 300.000 hectáreas en España. Según datos de MITECO y organizaciones como ClimateTrade, que reportan 133,000 toneladas de CO2 compensadas en más de 40 proyectos forestales hasta 2024. Asumiendo que estas hectáreas generan un promedio de 100 toneladas de carbono por hectárea (un estimado conservador), esto equivale a 10 millones de toneladas de CO2 absorbidas. A un precio medio de 20 euros/tCO2e, el valor económico generado sería de aproximadamente 200 millones de euros desde 2014. Sin embargo, esta cifra es una estimación, ya que no todos los proyectos están registrados en el mercado de carbono, y los precios varían según la demanda y la calidad del proyecto. Si estimamos que son 300.000 las hectáreas reforestadas a un precio medio de 50 euros estaríamos hablando de varios miles de millones de euros. El precio medio de un crédito de carbono en 2025 varía según el tipo de mercado (regulado o voluntario) y el tipo de proyecto. En el mercado regulado de la Unión Europea (EU ETS), el precio medio de un crédito de carbono (una tonelada de CO2 equivalente) es de aproximadamente 73,68 euros por tonelada, según datos de marzo de 2025. Por lo tanto podríamos estar hablando de miles de millones de euros generados tras quemar los bosques. ¿Creen que no serian capaces de quemar el bosque para generar miles de millones de euros? ………………………………………………………………………………………. Bueno, y me despido por hoy recordando que el próximo martes 2 de septiembre no se pueden perder una tremenda presentación que haré en el canal de Youtube El hilo Rojo sobre el régimen del 78. Van a conocer los entresijos de la partitocracia, los pelos y las señales…muy, muy interesante. No deben perderse el video. Publicare el audio en Ivoox. Y nos vamos ya con unas frases UTP, la primera es de JM Goig: "Cuanto más usen los politicuchos el 'delito de odio' para censurar, más grande será el odio contra ellos.” Esta desconozco al autor: “La capacidad creadora de su cerebro es infinita, usted es quién pone los limites.” Y la ultima es mia: “El despertar de la consciencia no es un camino, sino un reencuentro con tu esencia más profunda. No se trata de avanzar sin rumbo, sino de desandar el olvido para recordar quién eres.” ………………………………………………………………………………………. 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Enlaces citados en el podcast: AYUDA A TRAVÉS DE LA COMPRA DE MIS LIBROS https://tecnicopreocupado.com/2024/11/16/ayuda-a-traves-de-la-compra-de-mis-libros/ Calificación crediticia deuda España https://www.tesoro.es/deuda-publica/calificacion-crediticia Siete de cada diez euros de gasto público se destinan a pensiones y sueldos de los funcionarios https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/economia/2024/02/04/siete-diez-euros-gasto-publico-destinan-pensiones-sueldos-funcionarios/0003_202402G4P30992.htm España - Gasto público https://datosmacro.expansion.com/estado/gasto/espana Insostenible: PIB 18% menor; deuda 24% mayor https://blogs.elconfidencial.com/economia/el-disparate-economico/2016-07-04/insostenible-pib-18-menor-deuda-24-mayor_1227235/ ESTADÍSTICA GENERAL DE INCENDIOS FORESTALES (EGIF) https://www.miteco.gob.es/es/biodiversidad/temas/incendios-forestales/estadisticas-datos.html Tierras raras. REE mineralisation in Spain and Portugal https://www.eurare.org/countries/spainAndPortugal.html La Junta autoriza la explotación de la cantera de cuarcita 'Mesa de Reis' en Oencia con un estricto plan de restauración ambiental https://www.infobierzo.com/bierzo-noticias/junta-autoriza-explotacion-ambiental-cantera-cuarcita-mesa-reis-oencia_1027309_102.html Spain's rare earths pit greens against tech security—and profit https://phys.org/news/2021-10-spain-rare-earths-pit-greens.html ¿Cuánto vale el CO2? Los créditos de carbono de la UE https://blog.co2mpensamos.com/post/cuanto-vale-el-co2-los-creditos-de-carbono-de-la-ue Futuros emisiones de carbono - Dic 2025 (CFI2Z5) https://es.investing.com/commodities/carbon-emissions La fijación del precio del carbono a nivel mundial moviliza más de USD 100 000 millones para presupuesto público https://www.bancomundial.org/es/news/press-release/2025/06/10/global-carbon-pricing-mobilizes-over-100-billion-for-public-budgets España reduce a la mitad su inversión en prevención de incendios mientras 2025 se convierte en el año más devastador del siglo https://www.eldiariodemadrid.es/articulo/medio-ambiente/espana-reduce-mitad-inversion-prevencion-incendios-mientras-2025-convierte-ano-mas-devastador-siglo/20250820150706107781.html Población en España hoy: inmigrantes, emigrantes y otros datos sobre los habitantes de España https://www.epdata.es/datos/poblacion-espana-hoy-inmigrantes-emigrantes-otros-datos-habitantes-espana/1/espana/106 Movimientos migratorios https://atlasnacional.ign.es/wane/Movimientos_migratorios Población extranjera de España en 2024, por país de nacimiento https://es.statista.com/estadisticas/472512/poblacion-extranjera-de-espana-por-nacionalidad/ ………………………………………………………………………………………. Música utilizada en este podcast: Tema inicial Heros Epílogo Fuerza que no se apaga - Siete Melódico https://youtu.be/FEn7XdRVuJs?feature=shared

"For a man so cocky, it really is floppy." Itthobaal and Arthur are young death fakers, with a less than impressive track record... After banishments from Egypt, Nubia, Urartu, Israel, Judah, and the entire Assyrian Empire, they decide to set up camp in Babylon... The Amelia Project is a production of Imploding Fictions. This episode featured Alan Burgon as The Interviewer, Hemi Yeroham as Kozlowski, Julia C. Thorne as Alvina, Benjamin Noble as the King and Roger, Torgny G. Aanderaa as a Babylonian and Burbage, and the return of David K Barnes as Will. The episode was written and edited by Philip Thorne, with direction by Philip Thorne and Oystein Brager, story editing by Oystein Brager, sound design by Eli Hamada McIlveen, music by Fredrik Baaden, graphic design by Anders Pedersen and production assistance by Maty Parzival. It was recorded at Theme Studio in London, Nitro Studio in Oslo, and Lovetraxx Studio in Lüneburg. Website: https://ameliapodcast.com/  Transcripts: https://ameliapodcast.com/season-5  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ameliapodcast Donations: https://ameliapodcast.com/support Merch: https://ameliapodcast.dashery.com/  Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/theameliaproject.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ameliapodcast/ Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/ameliapodcast X: https://twitter.com/amelia_podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Pastor Rico Basso and Guest Pastor Bill Penna Question Timestamps: Yvonne, Facebook (3:34) - Is it true that alcohol is called "spirits" because spirits can attach themselves to you? Alfonzo, FL (6:00) - Is there a way to ask the Holy Spirit to come upon me and grant His power and gifts? Neil, MA (15:43) - How do you interpret Luke 14:33, when it says "a disciple of Christ has no possessions?" Pamela, NY (20:45) - Who was Rehab? Was she an innkeeper or prostitute? Charles, NJ (22:39) - Do you know anything about Joel Osteen using a book by an occultist for his material? Paul, NJ (26:49, continued after break at 33:23) - Is it greater to obey God's voice over His written word? Michael, NJ (36:01) - Do you think Babylon the Great mentioned in Revelation is the United States? Melvin, NJ (43:20) - Did Ezekiel literally eat the scroll he was given? Allie, NY (48:21) - When we pray for forgiveness from God, are we supposed to pray for forgiveness over just the sins from that day or all of our past sins? Ask Your Question: 888-712-7434 Answers@bbtlive.org

Due to pending technical issues, we speed run this week's discussion of SG1's Babylon. But don't worry. We're still funny. We hope…   We wish we had more information about the Sodan. We're told they're these amazing warriors that have inspired Jaffa all throughout the galaxy, but why? From what we see happen, they were banished by their goa'uld and then just lived off on their own without any regard for what was happening with all the other Jaffa.   We really like how they're writing Mitchell, and the way he is trying to make the Sodan understand how bad the Ori are is a completely different approach than we've seen in the past with regard to the goa'uld.   INSTAGRAM: SG_Rewatch THREADS: SG_Rewatch DISCORD: https://discord.gg/65kMPzBuaN MERCH: https://showclub.redbubble.com/ EMAIL: woosgrewatch@gmail.com

The story told in 2 Kings 3 is most curious indeed. Verses 1-8 tell us of the time that the two kings of Israel and Judah - Jehoram and Jehoshaphat - set out to wage war against Moab who had rebelled and failed to pay the massive tribute that had been imposed on them by Jehoram. Jehoram and Jehoshaphat were not expecting to be defeated by the weather. Surely Yahweh would not have it so. A minstrel was called to induce a mood conducive to the prophet Elisha and this is perhaps puzzling to us. God sent the rain only where the allies - Israel and Judah were encamped. The Almighty also sent a wind which deluded Moab into believing the two kings had turned on each other. The foes of Israel and Judah rushed unknowingly to their destruction. What a gross incident concludes the sorry tale with the Moabite king sacrificing his son to placate his idol that demands human blood - Chemosh.In Jeremiah 51 we have the story in apocalyptic language of Babylon's overthrow. The chapter encapsulates the entire latter portion of the book of Revelation. For yourself it is a worthwhile exercise to open one Bible at Jeremiah 51 and alongside it another opened to Revelation chapters 17-19. Next find how many direct quotes and allusions you can find in the Revelation chapters from Jeremiah 51. The conclusion that this leads you to is that "Babylon the Great" in in the book of Revelation and the mysterious Babylon of Jeremiah 51 are one and the same. An idolatrous and mysterious religious system which today speaks of the mysterious Babylon of the Roman Catholic Church: Revelation 17 verses4-6, 18,18 verses 1-8, 10-17, 19-24; 19 verses 1-3. These overlords who subjected Jerusalem to their cruelties and idolatrous worship were judged by the LORD God Almighty and His saints. Isaiah contrasts those rulers with Judah's Sovereign: Isaiah 26 verses 13-14 compare with Jeremiah 51 verses 39, 57. Those Babylonian rulers were to die and never rise again - "they shall not rise" (Isaiah 26); they shall "sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake (Jeremiah 51). In contrast those trusting in God will experience peace and rise to eternal life - Isaiah 26 verses 1-3, 19-21. In 1 Corinthians 11 Paul proves that our Almighty Sovereign's purpose is evident in the creative work of His angels and the hierarchy that this established. God is supreme, a theme that will be expanded in chapter 15, under Him is His Divine Son - who stands as the head and archetype of the entire creation. Next, in the creative order comes the man, then the woman. Paul points out that there is a mutually dependent relationship in Christ between husband and wife. However, as an acknowledgment of the creative order in the work of the angels, it's important for the women to worship acknowledging the principle that women should worship with their heads covered. The Apostle then speaks of practices that were incongruous in the context of the celebration of the Lord's memorial supper of bread and wine. He urges that self examination is imperative to the receiving of the emblems of our Lord Jesus Christ's sacrifice. And so the great Apostle declares that before we take the bread we need to scrutinise ourselves. None of us take the emblems with a sense of worthiness - we acknowledge that we are weak, erring and struggling with our mortality and the ravages that sin has brought on our fallen condition and our proneness to sin with which we wrestle on a daily basis. But the important thing is that we continue to strive against sin relentlessly. This we do in remembering our Lord's offering: Hebrews 12 verses 1-11. Surely those who have given up fighting against sin will be condemned with the world. Brother Thomas exquisitely says of the breaking of the bread on page 296 of Elpis Israel: "for to eat his flesh is to digest, and make a part of our mental selves, the truth concerning the kingdom of God and Jesus Christ."

Discover the life-changing power of Isaiah 40:31 in this episode of the Biblically Literate Podcast with Jon Rhoades, Children and Family Minister at First Christian Church, Brazil, Indiana! Dive deep into the true meaning of "waiting on the Lord" and uncover why hopeful expectation (Hebrew: qavah) is key to renewing your strength. Learn how this verse, set in the context of Israel's exile in Babylon, connects to God's faithfulness, the Suffering Servant, and Jesus as the Messiah. Through careful exegesis, we explore the historical, literary, and theological depths of Isaiah 40, linking it to Exodus, creation imagery, and New Testament promises like Matthew 11:28-30. Don't miss this transformative journey into God's Word—perfect for anyone seeking to grow Biblically literate, know God's nature, and find renewal in weary times. Subscribe, like, and share to join the conversation!

Joel This is our penultimate podcast in the minor prophets series! This week we are looking at the book of Joel. I had some degree of dilemma about where to place Joel in the roughly chronological order of the series and that's because the estimates of when the book was written vary widely from the 9th to 4th century BC. After looking at the content of Joel's prophecies, I decided to go with the scholars who argue that Joel was written after the exile to Babylon, dating it somewhere around the year 500 BC. Joel evidently has knowledge of Judah and Jerusalem and it seems likely that he was from Judah himself. His name means “Yahweh is God” and we are told that his father was called Pethuel. Other than that, we know little about Joel himself. ~ Joel is similar in style to several of the other minor prophetic books, being written in the form of oracles of judgement and salvation, mostly in poetic style. Joel appears to have written during a time of national calamity for Judah. Key themes of his book are the Day of the Lord, the need to repent, the promise of God that he will dwell in the midst of his people, and the future promise of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. ~ Chapter one contains a vivid description of the invasion of the land of Judah by a locust swarm. Locusts are grasshoppers that breed very rapidly and fly in swarms when their population density is high enough. They can migrate large distances when in a swarm and they consume vast amounts of vegetation when they land. A swarm of locusts is a potential disaster for any farmer as it can decimate crops and vineyards, leaving virtually nothing behind. ~ Joel describes exactly this sort of devastation in chapter 1 verses 1-12. Everything is laid bare, even the bark of the trees is stripped. The priests of Judah are instructed to lament and fast because they can no longer offer the proper sacrifices at the temple because all the grain, wine and oil are gone. The animals are suffering from lack of food and verses 19-20 indicate that there is also a drought occurring at the same time. Joel's prophecy warns the people that the Day of the Lord is near. This could refer to the immediate day of the locust invasion, or to a future day of God's judgement on the nations, or perhaps to both.~ Just when it seems that things couldn't get worse, chapter 2 reveals that it can get much worse! The second chapter contains a terrifying description of an invading army, marching unstoppably across Judah. There are a number of opinions about the nature of this army: some believe that Joel is still describing the locusts, using more graphic imagery; others say that Joel is describing a human army invading Judah; or a third interpretation is that the army described is the Lord's army, coming to judge the world on the Day of the Lord in an epic final conflict. Whichever is the case, this army is fearsome, purposeful and not hindered by any obstacle. Joel also describes other apocalyptic signs, which are found in other parts of the Bible when describing the Day of the Lord: the sun, moon and stars are dimmed and the earth is shaken.~ Yet, even in spite of this predicted calamity, it is not too late. In chapter 2:12-17 God calls his people to repentance and entreats them to return to him. Joel describes God as a God of mercy and grace, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. God desires to see real change in the hearts and souls of his people, not just outward signs of repentance (like the tearing of clothes), but a genuine change of heart. ~ “Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; and rend your hearts and not your garments.” Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love; and he relents over disaster. (Joel 2:12-13) ~  The priests are urged to consecrate the whole congregation, even including little babies and newly weds. No one is exempt. In response to the people's repentance, God promises to restore Judah again, refilling the wine and oil vats and replenishing the threshing floors. God has judged his people but he has also brought deliverance and restoration to them. In chapter 2 verses 28-29 we find a prophecy about the future outpouring of the Holy Spirit.~ “And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. Even on the male and female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit. (Joel 2:28-29) ~ We see this prophecy fulfilled after Jesus' death and resurrection when God pours out the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. Peter quotes from this section in his speech to the crowd on the day of Pentecost – you can find this in Acts 2. Just after this prophecy in Joel, we find the declaration that in those days, “…everyone who calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.” (Joel 2:32) ~ Paul quotes this in Romans 10:13 in his explanation of the universal availability of God's salvation to anyone who calls on the name of Jesus, regardless of their ethnic background or previous religious credentials, or lack of them. ~ In chapter 3 God promises that he will judge the nations and restore the fortunes of his people. He will dwell in the midst of his people and be a source of security and refuge in the midst of the judgement to come. ~ Multitudes, multitudes, in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining. The LORD roars from Zion, and utters his voice from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earth quake. But the LORD is a refuge to his people, a stronghold to the people of Israel. (Joel 3:14-16) ~ The picture is one of great contrasts. As in other prophetic books, like Zephaniah, the Day of the Lord brings judgement and fear to some and relief and restoration for others. What messages can we take from the book of Joel today? Firstly, we can celebrate the fulfilment of the prophecy in Joel 2:28-29. The Holy Spirit has been poured out on all believers, both young and old, men and women. The Holy Spirit is God's gift to us - to help us, equip us, guide us and comfort us. In the early church, one of the things that helped to convince the Jewish believers that the Gentiles were also welcomed into God's kingdom was the clear evidence of the dramatic work of the Holy Spirit in their lives. Salvation is indeed available to all people, to anyone who calls on the name of Jesus. I was particularly struck by God's plea for the people to rend their hearts, not their garments. This reminds me of David's prayer in Psalm 51: The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. (Psalm 51:17) We can be so easily taken in by outward appearances, and we can spend a lot of time cultivating our outward appearance to portray the right image to the world around us, or to our fellow believers. But God is interested in the states of our hearts. He sees the real you and the real me, all of the time. When David was being chosen from the sons of Jesse to be anointed by Samuel, the prophet declared that:  …the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart. (1 Samuel 16:7) ~ David came to know this truth very deeply for himself. He tried to hide lies and adultery and murder from other people but he could not hide from God. We may also try to hide the parts of our lives, or the aspects of our character that we are embarrassed or ashamed about, but God knows us better than we know ourselves. Nothing is hidden from his sight. As our loving Father, he longs for us to acknowledge these things before him and rend our hearts in response. Nothing will come as a surprise to him - he already knows! We can try all sorts of things to fix our own hearts and we can sometimes convince ourselves we've done quite a good patching up job. But in truth, only God can perform the heart transplant we need. He is the one who can renew our hearts and clean us from the inside out. And his invitation stands open to anyone who would call on his name. So we can pray along with David: Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. (Psalm 51:10) ~ Join me next week as we look at the final book in our series – Malachi - the last recorded prophetic voice before John the Baptist!   Right Mouse click or tap here to save this as an audio mp3 file

In this episode of the Jake & Gino How-To Series, Gino Barbaro shares his top five books for multifamily real estate investing. Whether you're just starting your journey or scaling your portfolio, these timeless reads will give you the mindset, financial intelligence, and negotiation skills needed to succeed in real estate investing. From classics like Rich Dad Poor Dad to powerful guides like Never Split the Difference, this list will help you build wealth and achieve financial freedom through multifamily real estate. Real estate investing is 80% mindset and 20% mechanics, and these books prove it. Gino breaks down why The Richest Man in Babylon lays the foundation of wealth-building, how The Psychology of Money shapes your relationship with finances, and why Think and Grow Rich still influences today's top entrepreneurs. He also covers negotiation strategies from Chris Voss's Never Split the Difference, creative deal structures in Creative Cash, and market analysis insights from Dave Lindahl's Multifamily Millions. Each recommendation gives you the tools to overcome limiting beliefs, understand the rules of money, and master multifamily real estate. If your goal is to create passive income, scale your portfolio, and achieve long-term financial freedom, these book recommendations are your roadmap to success.Connect with Gino Barbaro: gino@jakeandgino.comLearn more at: https://www.wheelbarrowprofits.com We're here to help create multifamily entrepreneurs... Here's how: Brand New? Start Here: https://jakeandgino.mykajabi.com/free-wheelbarrowprofits Want To Get Into Multifamily Real Estate Or Scale Your Current Portfolio Faster? Apply to join our PREMIER MULTIFAMILY INVESTING COMMUNITY & MENTORSHIP PROGRAM. (*Note: Our community is not for beginner investors)

This week on Countdown 2 Eternity, pastors James and Tom will discuss breaking news on the Temple Mount, big changes in Iraq leading to the coming city of Babylon, and the rapture! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1479/29

Do not my words do good to him who walks uprightly? Micah 2:7   One of my favorite books of the Bible, highlighting the character of our God - faithful in steadfast love, but holy and righteous in His judgment. He predicted a time when prophets, like himself, would vanish from Israel, but boldly proclaimed God's message in his day: Therefore it shall be night to you, without vision, and darkness to you, without divination. The sun shall go down on the prophets, and the day shall be black over them; the seers shall be disgraced, and the diviners put to shame; they shall all cover their lips, for there is no answer from God.   But as for me, I am filled with power, with the Spirit of the LORD, and with justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.   Micah 3:6–8 Micah was a contemporary of Amos, Hosea; and Isaiah, and he accurately predicted the fall of Israel to Assyria and Judah to Babylon in judgment for their wicked abuse of power and oppression of the poor. His indictment is scathing: Hear, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel! Is it not for you to know justice?— you who hate the good and love the evil Micah 3:1–2 It is no mistake that in the book of Micah God is looking out for the humble, lowly and poor who are being mistreated by the powerful and corrupt, as the birthplace of the Messiah is here announced as that humble little agrarian town of Bethlehem, the House of Bread ... the bread that comes down from heaven, who also was used and abused by the powerful.   Micah's predictions of the Lord Jesus, like those of Isaiah, are stunning! ... with a rod they strike the judge of Israel on the cheek. But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days.   This helpful summary of Micah, we pray, will help in your study of this wonderful book in God's word. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFEUEcylwLc

What does it mean when the Creator of the universe grieves? In this profound exploration of Ezekiel chapter 19, we uncover a side of God rarely discussed—His deep sorrow over having to judge His beloved people.Through two striking metaphors, a lioness with her cubs and a withered vine, Ezekiel conveys God's lamentation over Israel's fallen kings. These rulers, descendants of David's royal line, had become predatory and violent, "devouring men" rather than protecting them. Kings Jehoahaz and Jehoiachin, specifically mentioned in the historical record, were carried off to Egypt and Babylon respectively as divine judgment for their wickedness.The episode reveals a crucial theological truth: God takes no pleasure in judgment yet cannot ignore sin without compromising His righteousness. This tension between justice and compassion permeates the entire biblical narrative and ultimately finds its resolution at the cross.We also examine a fascinating moment at the beginning of chapter 20, when Israel's elders approach Ezekiel seeking divine guidance, only to be met with God's refusal: "I will not be inquired of by you." Instead, God recounts their centuries-long pattern of rebellion dating back to Egypt, where—astonishingly—they clung to Egyptian idols despite witnessing the ten plagues and the parting of the Red Sea among other miracles in their exodus from Egypt.This ancient struggle with idolatry speaks directly to our modern experience. While few of us bow before physical statues, we often elevate money, relationships, careers, or even religious traditions above our devotion to God. Anything that captures our primary allegiance becomes an idol, potentially leading us down the same destructive path as ancient Israel.Join us as we explore God's heart in judgment, the danger of taking divine patience for granted, and the crucial spiritual practice of remembering God's faithfulness throughout our lives.Support the showThank you for listening!! Please give us a five-star rating to help your podcast provider's algorithm spread RTTB among their listeners. You can find free study and leader resources at the following link - Resource Page - Reasoning Through the Bible Please prayerfully consider supporting RTTB to help us to continue providing content and free resources. You can do that at this link - Support RTTB - Reasoning Through the Bible May God Bless you!! - Glenn and Steve

Desde las muchas costas de nuestra geografía unas cuantas bandas ponen banda sonora a esta fiesta en la playa.Playlist;(sintonía) LOS CORONAS “Babylon’s surfin”DOCTOR EXPLOSION “Surf talibán”WAU Y LOS ARRRGHS!!! “Rey de tablistas”VARONAS “Pegatinas de surf”DISCIPULOS DE DIONISOS “Todo un año en Hawaii”SUGUS “Charlie no hace surf”FAMILIA CAAMAGNO “Surfistas nazis”VEGETALES “Tiburon XIII”AIRBAG “Prefiero la playa”AEROLÍNEAS FEDERALES “Vacaciones”FUNDACIÓN FRANCISCO FRANKENSTEIN “El verano ya llegó”GUAY “Vacaciones punk”GARAGE “Matanza de una noche de verano”TENSO “Vacaciones en Canarias”LA MOTO DE FERNAN “Playa paella”SINIESTRO TOTAL “Rock en Samil”DDT “Masacre en marinador”PORNOSURF “Te espero en la playa”GREASY and GRIZZLY “No me gusta la playa”MELOPEA “Mi último verano”BRIGHTON 64 “Playas del mediterráneo”Escuchar audio

The Secret History of Gold comes out this week. Here for your viewing pleasure is a fim about gold based on the first chapter.“Gold will be slave or master”HoraceIn 2021, a metal detectorist with the eyebrow-raising name of Ole Ginnerup Schytz dug up a hoard of Viking gold in a field in Denmark. The gold was just as it was when it was buried 1,500 years before, if a little dirtier. The same goes for the jewellery unearthed at the Varna Necropolis in Bulgaria in 1972. The beads, bracelets, rings and necklaces are as good as when they were buried 6,700 years ago.In the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, there is a golden tooth bridge — a gold wire used to bind teeth and dental implants — made over 4,000 years ago. It could go in your mouth today.No other substance is as long-lasting as gold — not diamonds, not tungsten carbide, not boron nitride. Gold does not corrode; it does not tarnish or decay; it does not break down over time. This sets it apart from every other substance. Iron rusts, wood rots, silver tarnishes. Gold never changes. Left alone, it stays itself. And it never loses its shine — how about that?Despite its permanence, you can shape this enormously ductile metal into pretty much anything. An ounce of gold can be stretched into a wire 50 miles long or plate a copper wire 1,000 miles long. It can be beaten into a leaf just one atom thick. Yet there is one thing you cannot do and that is destroy it. Life may be temporary, but gold is permanent. It really is forever.This means that all the gold that has ever been mined, estimated to be 216,000 tonnes, still exists somewhere. Put together it would fit into a cube with 22-metre sides. Visualise a square building seven storeys high — and that would be all the gold ever.With some effort, you can dissolve gold in certain chemical solutions, alloy it with other metals, or even vaporise it. But the gold will always be there. It is theoretically possible to destroy gold through nuclear reactions and other such extreme methods, but in practical terms, gold is indestructible. It is the closest thing we have on earth to immortality.Perhaps that is why almost every ancient culture we know of associated gold with the eternal. The Egyptians believed the flesh of gods was made of gold, and that it gave you safe passage into the afterlife. In Greek myth, the Golden Apples of the Hesperides, which Hercules was sent to retrieve, conferred immortality on whoever ate them. The South Americans saw gold as the link between humanity and the cosmos. They were not far wrong.Gold was present in the dust that formed the solar system. It sits in the earth's crust today, just as it did when our planet was formed some 4.6 billion years ago. That little bit of gold you may be wearing on your finger or around your neck is actually older than the earth itself. In fact, it is older than the solar system. To touch gold is as close as you will ever come to touching eternity.And yet the world's most famous investor is not impressed.‘It gets dug out of the ground in Africa, or some place,' said Warren Buffett. ‘Then we melt it down, dig another hole, bury it again and pay people to stand around guarding it. It has no utility. Anyone watching from Mars would be scratching their head.'He's right. Gold does nothing. It does not even pay a yield. It just sits there inert. We use other metals to construct things, cut things or conduct things, but gold's industrial uses are minimal. It is a good conductor of electricity, but copper and silver are better and cheaper. It has some use in dentistry, medical applications and nanotechnology. It is finding more and more use in outer space — back whence it came — where it is used to coat spacecraft, astronauts' visors and heat shields. But, in the grand scheme of things, these uses are paltry.Gold's only purpose is to store and display prosperity. It is dense and tangible wealth: pure money.Though you may not realise it, we still use gold as money today. Not so much as a medium to exchange value but store it.In 1970, about 27 per cent of all the gold in the world was in the form of gold coinage and central bank or government reserves. Today, even with the gold standard long since dead, the percentage is about the same.The most powerful nation on earth, the United States, keeps 70 per cent of its foreign exchange holdings in gold. Its great rival, China, is both the world's largest producer and the world's largest importer. It has built up reserves that, as we shall discover, are likely as great as the USA's. If you buying gold or silver coins to protect yourself in these “interesting times” - and I urge you to - as always I recommend The Pure Gold Company. Pricing is competitive, quality of service is high. They deliver to the UK, the US, Canada and Europe or you can store your gold with them. More here.Ordinary people and institutions the world over use gold to store wealth. Across myriad cultures gold is gifted at landmark life events — births and weddings — because of its intrinsic value.In fact, gold's purchasing power has increased over the millennia, as human beings have grown more productive. The same ounce of gold said by economic historians to have bought King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon 350 loaves of bread could buy you more than 1,000 loaves today. The same gold dinar (roughly 1/7 oz) that, in the time of the Koran in the seventh century, bought you a lamb would buy you three lambs today. Those same four or five aurei (1 oz) which bought you a fine linen tunic in ancient Rome would buy you considerably more clothing today.In 1972, 0.07 ounces of gold would buy you a barrel of oil. Here we are in 2024 and a barrel of oil costs 0.02 ounces of gold — it's significantly cheaper than it was fifty years ago.House prices, too, if you measure them in gold, have stayed constant. It is only when they are measured in fiat currency that they have appreciated so relentlessly (and destructively).In other words, an ounce of gold buys you as much, and sometimes more, food, clothing, energy and shelter as it did ten years ago, a hundred years ago or even thousands of years ago. As gold lasts, so does its purchasing power. You cannot say the same about modern national currencies.Rare and expensive to mine, the supply of gold is constrained. This is in stark contrast to modern money — electronic, debt-based fiat money to give it its full name — the supply of which multiplies every year as governments spend and borrowing balloons.As if by Natural Law, gold supply has increased at the same rate as the global population — roughly 2 per cent per annum. The population of the world has slightly more than doubled since 1850. So has gold supply. The correlation has held for centuries, except for one fifty-year period during the gold rushes of the late nineteenth century, when gold supply per capita increased.Gold has the added attraction of being beautiful. It shines and glistens and sparkles. It captivates and allures. The word ‘gold' derives from the Sanskrit ‘jval', meaning ‘to shine'. That's why we use it as jewellery — to show off our wealth and success, as well as to store it. Indeed, in nomadic prehistory, and still in parts of the world today, carrying your wealth on your person as jewellery was the safest way to keep it.The universe has given us this captivatingly beautiful, dense, inert, malleable, scarce, useless and permanent substance whose only use is to be money. To quote historian Peter Bernstein, ‘nothing is as useless and useful all at the same time'.But after thousands of years of gold being official money, in the early twentieth century there was a seismic shift. Neither the British, German nor French government had enough gold to pay for the First World War. They abandoned gold backing to print the money they needed. In the inter-war years, nations briefly attempted a return to gold standards, but they failed. The two prevailing monetary theories clashed: gold-backed versus state-issued currency. Gold standard advocates, such as Montagu Norman, Governor of the Bank of England, considered gold to be one of the key pillars of a free society along with property rights and habeas corpus. ‘We have gold because we cannot trust governments,' said President Herbert Hoover in 1933. This was a sentiment echoed by one of the founders of the London School of Economics, George Bernard Shaw — to whom I am grateful for demonstrating that it is possible to have a career as both a comedian and a financial writer. ‘You have to choose (as a voter),' he said, ‘between trusting to the natural stability of gold and the natural stability of the honesty and intelligence of the members of the Government… I advise you, as long as the Capitalist system lasts, to vote for gold.'On the other hand, many, such as economist John Maynard Keynes, advocated the idea of fiat currency to give government greater control over the economy and the ability to manipulate the money supply. Keynes put fixation with gold in the Freudian realms of sex and religion. The gold standard, he famously said after the First World War — and rightly, as it turned out — was ‘already a barbarous relic'. Freud himself related fascination with gold to the erotic fantasies and interests of early childhood.Needless to say, Keynes and fiat money prevailed. By the end of the 1930s, most of Europe had left the gold standard. The US followed, but not completely until 1971, in order to meet the ballooning costs of its welfare system and its war in Vietnam.But compare both gold's universality (everyone everywhere knows gold has value) and its purchasing power to national currencies and you have to wonder why we don't use it officially today. There is a very good reason: power.Sticking to the discipline of the gold standard means governments can't just create money or run deficits to the same extent. Instead, they have to rein in their spending, which they are not prepared to do, especially in the twenty-first century, when they make so many promises to win elections. Balanced books, let alone independent money, have become an impossibility. If you seek an answer as to why the state has grown so large in the West, look no further than our system of money. When one body in a society has the power to create money at no cost to itself, it is inevitable that that body will grow disproportionately large. So it is in the twenty-first century, where state spending in many social democracies is now not far off 50 per cent of GDP, sometimes higher.Many arguments about gold will quickly slide into a political argument about the role of government. It is a deeply political metal. Those who favour gold tend to favour small government, free markets and individual responsibility. I count myself in that camp. Those who dismiss it tend to favour large government and state planning.I have argued many times that money is the blood of a society. It must be healthy. So much starts with money: values, morals, behaviour, ambitions, manners, even family size. Money must be sound and true. At the moment it is neither. Gold, however, is both. ‘Because gold is honest money it is disliked by dishonest men,' said former Republican Congressman Ron Paul. As Dorothy is advised in The Wizard of Oz (which was, as we shall discover, part allegory), maybe the time has come to once again ‘follow the yellow brick road'.On the other hand, maybe the twilight of gold has arrived, as Niall Ferguson argued in his history of debt and money, The Cash Nexus. Gold's future, he said, is ‘mainly as jewellery' or ‘in parts of the world with primitive or unstable monetary and financial systems'. Gold may have been money for 5,000 years, or even 10,000 years, but so was the horse a means of transport, and then along came the motor car.A history of gold is inevitably a history of money, but it is also a history of greed, obsession and ambition. Gold is beautiful. Gold is compelling. It is wealth in its purest, most distilled form. ‘Gold is a child of Zeus,' runs the ancient Greek lyric. ‘Neither moth nor rust devoureth it; but the mind of man is devoured by this supreme possession.' Perhaps that's why Thomas Edison said gold was ‘an invention of Satan'. Wealth, and all the emotions that come with it, can do strange things to people.Gold has led people to do the most brilliant, the most brave, the most inventive, the most innovative and the most terrible things. ‘More men have been knocked off balance by gold than by love,' runs the saying, usually attributed to Benjamin Disraeli. Where gold is concerned, emotion, not logic, prevails. Even in today's markets it is a speculative asset whose price is driven by greed and fear, not by fundamental production numbers.Its gleam has drawn man across oceans, across continents and into the unknown. It lured Jason and the Argonauts, Alexander the Great, numerous Caesars, da Gama, Cortés, Pizarro and Raleigh. Brilliant new civilisations have emerged as a result of the quest for gold, yet so have slavery, war, deceit, death and devastation. Describing the gold mines of ancient Egypt, the historian Diodorus Siculus wrote, ‘there is absolutely no consideration nor relaxation for sick or maimed, for aged man or weak woman. All are forced to labour at their tasks until they die, worn out by misery amid their toil.' His description could apply to many an illegal mine in Africa today.The English critic John Ruskin told a story of a man who boarded a ship with all his money: a bag of gold coins. Several days into the voyage a terrible storm blew up. ‘Abandon ship!' came the cry. The man strapped his bag around his waist and jumped overboard, only to sink to the bottom of the sea. ‘Now,' asked Ruskin, ‘as he was sinking — had he the gold? Or had the gold him?'As the Chinese proverb goes, ‘The miser does not own the gold; the gold owns the miser.'Gold may be a dead metal. Inert, unchanging and lifeless. But its hold over humanity never relents. It has adorned us since before the dawn of civilisation and, as money, underpinned economies ever since. Desire for it has driven mankind forwards, the prime impulse for quest and conquest, for exploration and discovery. From its origins in the hearts of dying stars to its quiet presence today beneath the machinery of modern finance, gold has seen it all. How many secrets does this silent witness keep? This book tells the story of gold. It unveils the schemes, intrigues and forces that have shaped our world in the relentless pursuit of this ancient asset, which, even in this digital age, still wields immense power.That was Chapter One of The Secret History of Gold The Secret History of Gold is available to pre-order at Amazon, Waterstones and all good bookshops. I hear the audiobook, read by me, is excellent. The book comes out on August 28.Hurry! 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We reach the end of 1 Kings today with chapter 22. The record tells us of a respite from war for 3 years. At the end of this time, Jehoshaphat, Ahab's son in law went to see his relative. Jehoshaphat is invited to join Ahab in a campaign against Syria but shows reluctance without the endorsement for the war by a prophet of Yahweh. The false prophets of Ahab promise victory, but Jehoshaphat remains adamant that without God's endorsement he will not proceed. Eventually Micaiah is summoned and sarcastically tells Ahab to go and conquer. The prophet was abused before he outlines the Almighty's attempt to entice and destroy the wicked king. Micaiah is put in tough conditions - being fed on bread and water - until his monarch would return in peace. Micaiah says that this cannot happen as Yahweh's Word cannot be broken. The king of Israel entered the battle in disguise, but was slain by an arrow shot by chance. Ahab having died in battle was carried to Samaria for burial and the dogs licked the blood from the washed chariot, in the very place of Naboth's slaughter, as Elijah had prophesied. Jehoshaphat, whose mother was faithful, walked as Asa his father had. He was a king like David. The record tells of a further error of judgment by Jehoshaphat in the joint venture with Israel's Ahaziah in the constructing of a navy at Ezion-geber. Ahaziah the son of Ahab came to rule over Israel and continued the wicked legacy of his father Ahab. The idolatry and wickedness had begun with Jeroboam: "the man who caused Israel to sin". Jehoshaphat seems to be like those described in 1 Corinthians 3 verses 13-15 ie his works were at times dubious but he may very well be saved.The 49th chapter of Jeremiah speaks of judgment poured out upon the nations surrounding Israel: Ammon (Moab's half brother); Edom, Syrian Damascus, Kedar and Hazor, and Elam. These nations and their principal cities were to experience the judgments from Yahweh delivered via the Babylonians. Verses 1-6 tell of the devastation of Ammon. Verses 7-22 speak of the total overthrow of Edom, ie Esau - Israel's brother. As we read these verses we should also consider the book of Obadiah and the words of Malachi 1 verses :2-5. Verses 23-27 outline the punishment of Damascus. Verses 28-33 predict the desolation of Hazor and Kedar in terms similar to the judgment of Babylon: compare Isaiah 14. Verses 34-39 speak of the punishment of Elam. Interestingly there are promises of latter day restoration for Ammon and Elam. The two kingdoms which bookend the prophecies of Jeremiah 49. As previously noted these pronouncements had applications for the prophet's time and, again, in the near future when the fortunes of Ammon and Elam will be reversed in the Kingdom of God. In the first of Corinthians 8 Paul outlines the problem facing the believers was not knowledge, but rather the insistence of exercising supposed rights. Idols were nothing; and so the eating of meats that had been devoted to an idol was of no consequence. What was of importance was, that, the insistence of some believers that they could go to a venue that promoted immorality. Paul declares that this could be cause for the stumbling of another believer. So for the sake of food, the Apostle explaines: do not destroy the conscience of another - for whom Christ died. Chapter 9 continues the argument that the foregoing of rights was essential if saving others is our objective. Paul's own example illustrates this. He explained in verses 8-14 by using two examples from the Law. This is followed by the Apostle showing that his preaching was from an obligation and was not entirely voluntary. This Paul explains humbles him and eliminates boasting. This section of the book 1 Corinthians concludes with the need for perseverance and discipline to attain the prize of eternal life.

Man-Child and Bride Throne (audio) David Eells 8/27/25 Please be patient as I lay a little foundation for anyone who may be new to this. Jesus laid down His physical body, not only to take on glorified body, but also in order to take on a spiritual, corporate body through His Word abiding in the saints. The Man-child is a corporate body within the Church, which will be the firstfruits in whom the full Word is manifested. Like Mary, each believer has the seed of Jesus, the Word of God, growing in him as a baby in the womb of his heart. As in the parable of the Sower, when the seed of the Word is sown in good ground, it will bring forth the fruit of Christ, 30-, 60- and 100-fold. As the inner, spiritual man grows in the image of Jesus, the outer, carnal man is dying. (2Co.4:16) Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day. The resurrection life of Christ is being manifested in us through death to self (Philippians 3:10-15). As we are united with Christ in His death, we, too, travail over our death to this world. Jesus tells us that this sorrow of travailing in death to self would give way to the joy of bringing forth the life of Jesus: (Joh.16:20) Verily, verily, I say unto you, that ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. (21) A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but when she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for the joy that a man is born into the world. Jesus' disciples were likened to a woman in travail who brings forth the man-child in the image of Jesus in Revelation 12. Verse (22) And ye therefore now have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one taketh away from you. He will see us again first in the Revelation 12 Man-child body of reformers. Just as Christ was the firstfruits in His time, the end-time Man-child is the firstfruits of those who manifest Christ after a time of apostasy (falling away). Seeing this full manifestation of "Christ in you" as already accomplished at the cross brings power from God to manifest it in the natural, which we do by faith as it says in (2Co.3:18) But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit. Paul tells us that Jesus comes in our mortal flesh, not glorified bodies. (2Co.4:10) Always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body. (11) For we who live are always delivered unto death (to self) for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh. (Gal.4:19) My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you. Through death to self, we no longer live, but Christ lives in us and does His work through us. (Gal.2:20) I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that [life] which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, [the faith] which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me. God is raising up a corporate Man-child of spiritual Davids in these days, and they will lead the Bride; they will be the head of the Bride to bring them to maturity. We know that Jerusalem is the Bride, according to Revelation. The firstfruits of Christ coming to be manifested in His people is the David Man-child ministry. We read in (Luk.1:32) He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David. 33 and he shall reign over the house of Jacob forever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end. This is of course, Jesus but it is also Jesus in the Man-child as history repeats on a larger scale. What many do not know is that David's throne was the throne of God that Jesus, and now Jesus in the Man-child, is caught up to. (2Ch.9:8) Blessed be the Lord thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee on his throne, to be king for the Lord thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do justice and righteousness. Notice that the throne of God was for the purpose of ruling over His people on earth, just as David and Jesus did and will do again. This is not a carnal king or a carnal throne. This is not going to be anybody glorifying flesh here; this is going to be the Lord, once again, coming in humble flesh in order to do His work and to be the spiritual leader over His people. He is the one in whom the Son of God lives. That spiritual David will be sitting upon God's throne on earth. He said, He that overcometh, I will give to him to sit down with me in my throne, as I overcame, and sat down with my Father in His throne (Rev.3:21). Jesus overcame and He sat down on the throne of God, which, once again, is an earthly but spiritual place of authority. He is coming in us; He's coming in a firstfruits to rule and to reign, to lead God's people back to the ways of righteousness, to rebuild the tabernacle of David and the kingdom of David. John wrote of this Man-child and throne long after Jesus' ministry. (Rev 4:1)...Come up hither, and I will show thee the things which must come to pass hereafter. So this was not about Jesus physically but about Him in the Man-child body. (Rev.12:5) And she was delivered of a son, a man child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and unto his throne. (6) And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that there they (the Man-child company) may nourish her a thousand two hundred and threescore days. The firstfruits Man-child company will be caught up to the throne of God to minister to the Church in the wilderness for 3 ½ years as Jesus did and history repeats. This throne represents Jesus exercising His authority on earth through the Man-child body filled with His Word and Spirit. He said to His disciples, "As the Father hath sent me so send I you" (Joh.20:21); and "What things soever ye bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and what things soever ye loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven" (Mat.18:18); and "He that receiveth you receiveth Me" (Mat.10:40). Of course, no one will ever sit on the throne but "Christ in you, the hope of glory" (Col.1:27), for it is always He who rules in the heart and head of His Body that is to be the Word made flesh. The kingdom of David will be restored, as it was in Jesus' day and in our day. At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord; and all the nations (Gentiles) shall be gathered unto it, to the Name of the Lord, to Jerusalem (Jer.3:17). Notice that Jerusalem represents the Name of the Lord. The word for "name" means the "nature, character and authority" of the Lord. So, we see a throne within a throne. We see David's throne in Jerusalem but we see all of Jerusalem as the throne and also the Bride. God is restoring the type of the kingdom of David. He's restoring the Bride and He's restoring the Bridegroom. Yet again ... the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride (Jer.33:10-11) will be heard in spiritual, heavenly Jerusalem. Now I have a few revelations to share that relate to those who will be chosen to this position of the throne of the Man-child and the Bride.   Anointed Ministries Lead in Tribulation M.C. - 04/08/2011 (David's notes in red) The setting seemed to be dusk, but with enough lighting so I could see. (Dusk is that time between day and night, indicating here a transition into darkness.) On the road there were many troop trucks with no canopies filled with UBMers who were standing, waiting to be taken to a major event. (Having no canopies represents the Son shining in. UBM ministry with its people are getting ready, in the light of the Son, and in position for the spiritual battle with the beast, harlot, earthquakes, economic fall, tribulation, persecution, sickness, demons, etc.) I've tried very hard to remember the event, but I haven't been able to remember it yet. (You don't remember it because it will not be revealed beforehand. Nobody except God knows the specifics of what is coming, but everyone will be given specific personal direction when the time comes.) I wasn't yet, or at least I didn't feel, qualified to be in the trucks. (This is reflecting what probably most of us feel like in our present state -- not worthy and not quite ready yet to be marching on as peaceful warriors and anointed saints of God.) Everyone had been waiting for a long time. (We have been waiting for a long time because God is warning, and cleaning out the factious, and getting the elect ready as the time draws near.) All of a sudden, David said, "OK, it's time to go!" (David leading the troops represents the anointed Man-child ministry on a global level, leading the saints, including UBM, into the wilderness tribulation, like Moses and Jesus did.) So we all piled into his open-top army jeep, which was somewhere at the back of the convoy and we sped off past all the troop trucks. (The top open represents the Davids' unhindered communication with the Father. The jeep speeding past all the troops represents the David/Man-child ministries' leadership of the Church becoming stronger, as it was in Jesus' day. Those who were in the jeep but not driving could be the bride and witnesses who will receive the same anointing.) It was a very exciting moment. We roared past the first truck at the front of the convoy and headed into the dark tunnel ahead (which is the tribulation ahead). David waved his hand and called out jovially to the convoy, "The first shall be last and the last shall be first!" (We are seeing here the fulfillment of prophecies and the promises of God coming true. After having been last for so long, the David ministries shall now be first to lead the battle in tribulation). If I remember right, the tunnel was fairly short at the beginning of the trip. I suddenly realized that I was in his jeep but should have been in the last truck, if at all. (This represents all the believers who are "poor in spirit" and don't think highly of themselves and don't believe they deserve this privilege of being in the Man-child or Bride companies. Yet they shall inherit the Kingdom of Heaven and be in the firstfruits.) I was very embarrassed and turned around in my seat, trying to face the convoy, putting my hands together in a gesture, and asking for forgiveness for getting ahead of where I should have been in the lineup and yelled, "Please forgive me!" (Their natural humility shows they did not feel they earned this position. But we are accounted worthy through our faith that it is ours by grace.) Then I turned back around in my seat and just started to cry. (This could be weeping for joy and gratitude for such grace and anointing flowing to us freely from the Lord.) I think we were all very happy to be finally headed toward the destination. The darkness of the tunnel didn't seem to matter. (The first job of the anointed David ministries is to secure Jerusalem, the Bride, from the old man of the land, as it says in 1 Chr.11:3-5 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Jehovah; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of Jehovah by Samuel. 4 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (the same is Jebus); and the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, were there. 5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come in hither. Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David.)   The Bride's Throne Authority Amos Scaggs - 04/17/2010 (David's notes in red) In a dream, there was a young woman. (Representing the Bride, who will sit in the throne of authority with the King) A man looking up at her was questioning how she got to the control room (God's throne room), which was visible but not easily accessible. (The way is straight and narrow and is visible in the Word but one must be faithful and dedicated in order to access it.) She said there was really nothing to it because she worked outside of the control room and had been there many times. (The dedicated ones have been working under the authority of the throne room of God.) (And this was to permanently attain to be a pillar in the temple of the Philadelphia Bride and to go out no more as in Rev.3:12.) The young woman climbed up a tall and very dangerous set of scaffoldings where the steps and handholds had to be precise to get to the control room. The man (who represents the false, corporate leadership) was invited to follow her but the way appeared too shaky and unstable for him. (It is impossible for the apostate leadership to exercise God's true authority, for they are unstable and double-minded and without the renewed mind. They cannot walk in heavenly places any more than the Pharisees could.) The man went around to the back where he found a set of steps that wasn't as steep as the ladder the woman had climbed. (Joh.10:1 ... He that entereth not by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. They don't come through the door Who is Christ, the Word.) He climbed to the top but couldn't keep up with the woman and lost track of her. On the way he met friendly people working with old equipment (representing inefficient, traditional ways). All the man found were dead-end rooms and people causing him to lose direction and sight of the young woman. ("Babylon" means "confusion". Their authority rests on religious degrees and titles. Jesus, Who is the Word, is the WAY. Only "he that overcometh" will sit with Jesus in His throne.) The man never found the control room where the young woman went. (You will never find the throne room of God's authority using traditional methods. There is a Bride emerging who sees and lives more of God than the old, antiquated and apostate church.)   Death and Resurrection to the Throne Eve Brast - 12/16-17/15 (David's notes in red) Dream snippet I dreamed I was high above the ground, looking at a city neighborhood. Suddenly, everything began to shake. (These quakes are foreshadowed by the ones at Jesus' death and resurrection, which bring the same results to the Man-child reformer ministries, and will shake much of the population.) After the shaking ended, it seemed like everyone (of us) was relieved of some sort of burden. (The quakes will bring the resurrection life and anointing to the Man-child with miracles and a time of grace, safety, and reward to the Bride. Then the Church will enter the wilderness tribulation and deliverance from the burdens that the Israelites bore, slaving for the Egyptians, representing their old man. This would include deliverance from the financial burdens since the Egyptians were plundered of their wealth.) Some time passed as I watched children swinging and everything being peaceful, then I heard in my spirit, "After three days". (When Jesus died as a type of the Man-child's spiritual death, "after three days" came the resurrection and the "great earthquake" which we believe is the New Madrid quakes.) Once this was said, chaos among the people broke out everywhere and they were stealing and killing people and running around in a panic to survive. (This literally happened when the Egyptians lost their DS army at the Red Sea. After the reality of the quakes and financial shaking sets in, like "after three days", there would be great fear and panic, with survival instinct bringing out the worst in the lost. Martial law would bring bondage for those whose faith is in the Beast instead of Jesus. There was a shaking when Jesus died and then after three days, there was another great shaking when He arose. Mat.27:54 Now the centurion, and they that were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake (at His death), and the things that were done, feared exceedingly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God. And in Mat.28:2 And behold, there was a great earthquake (three days later at His resurrection); for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled away the stone, and sat upon it. Then there would be an empty grave for the Man-child, as we then see in the dream. Then I saw men digging up an old grave site. They were digging in red dirt and when they reached the bottom of the grave, they were amazed that it was empty. There wasn't even a coffin. (Reminiscent of Jesus, the Man-child, not being in the grave when they went to see.) This was a huge revelation to them and they went to look for David. They had many questions about this. (The spiritual resurrection of the Man-child will be a huge revelation. Then the people would be looking for the David/Man-child ministers after their death and resurrection to the throne, anointing would have been completed. Their many questions could be answered then by Jesus manifested in the anointed Man-child ministry.) This is all I remember from this dream. Dream - 12/17/15 I dreamed that David had just raised a man from the dead. (Because the Man-child Jesus resurrected Lazarus, many were coming to the Lord, so the chief priests decided to kill Jesus and Lazarus.) Everyone at UBM was excited and we knew it was time for "the feast". (The feast shortly after Lazarus' resurrection was Passover, which represented that the Man-child was crucified and there would be a Passover of judgment on the believers.) We all gathered on the upper floor of David's house and were setting up a very long rectangular table with a white tablecloth. (This table was for the Last Supper, the Passover: Luk.22:11 And ye shall say unto the master of the house, The Teacher saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? 12 And he will show you a large upper room furnished: there make ready. And three days after the Passover was the resurrection of Jesus and His catching up to the throne, as a type of the beginning of the ministry of the Man-child of Revelation 12.) (Then we see this Passover beginning.) My oldest son, Noah, was nine years old again in this dream and he was demonized, so I brought him to David and he cast the demons out of Noah, who was completely restored. I was so glad to have my son restored to me! And I was just praising the Lord. (The people of God who dwell in the ark of Christ have a Passover covenant right to deliverance of every sort. When Jesus started His ministry, He began to deliver the people of God, as He said in Mat.15:24 But he answered and said, I was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.) After the Passover feast, I was walking with my sons out to the parking lot. (A place of rest from man's works for vehicles of faith, which we are.) This was outside David's house because we were all going to the ocean. (This represents evangelism, the Great Commission, to the peoples, nations and tongues of those Christians under the Harlot: Rev.17:15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.) There was a long RV parked illegally in David's parking lot. (This is a dual prophecy. Those resting in the flesh, as an RV or recreational vehicle, during the harvest are not in the rest of God and should not be in the parking lot that is for vehicles at rest from their own works. Also, we are expecting an RV, a revaluation, which will put us to work in the harvest and should not be resting in the flesh.) As I walked by it, I saw a fierce tiger painted on the RV's side. (I'm reminded of the term "paper tigers.") (Another dual prophecy. The faction fighting against the Man-child is a paper tiger with no authority or power with God. Whereas the Man-child driver of this RV is described like a tiger in Isa 11:4 ...shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.) As I passed by the open door of the RV, a painter who was an enemy of David's was mixing up some paint. (The factious leadership misrepresents the Man-child reformers through character assassination and would like to paint over the tiger. They disregard the authority and power of the tiger to their own undoing.) He turned to me and complained that we (UBM members) were all parking in front of his "NO PARKING" signs that he had placed all over the parking lot. (They think they have the power to bind or forbid the righteous. Like the faction against Jesus where Judas was a thief, so is the faction against the Man-child Davids of our day. They are Judas thieves claiming what is not theirs. Joh.10:10 The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly. And in Joh.12:6 Now this he said, not because he cared for the poor; but because he [Judas] was a thief, and having the bag took away what was put therein. I told him that he was the one illegally parked and that he had no right to be there. He said, "Well, there is my father over there; you need to talk to him!" Jesus told the Pharisees in Joh.8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof. So I went over and started talking to his "father". He started to repeat what his son had told me. But I refuted him at every turn and he became nervous and quickly began to leave the property. (The Bride is therefore subject to God as in Jas.4:7 Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you. The Bride has the real authority of the Lord due to holiness. Luk.10:19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall in any wise hurt you.) The next thing I remember, I was at the ocean with David and Michael and all the UBM members. We were swimming in the ocean and ministering to the people there. (Obeying the Great Commission by Evangelizing the lost sheep under the Harlot.) There was a dividing wall under the ocean water in the area that we were swimming in and David and Michael were near that underwater wall up to their necks. (The underwater wall represents the sanctification or division between the elect who will come to the Lord and the other side who will not.) I saw Lexi playing with and tossing a ball in the water with David. (Lexi means "protector of mankind.") Everyone was very joyous. (Because the revival had begun.) This is all I remember. Verse given on 12/17/15 and dreams Psa.18:3 I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from mine enemies. Please read the whole chapter! It really goes with the dreams. :O) Verse 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David (representing the David/Man-child company of Revelation 12) the servant of Jehovah, who spake unto Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul (The apostate leadership that died at the hands of their old man of the land as David became king): and he said, I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength. 2 Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower. 3 I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from mine enemies. (The Dragon of Revelation 12 will fail to devour the Man-child and Woman, by God's grace.) 4 The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid. 5 The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me. 6 In my distress I called upon Jehovah, And cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry before him came into his ears. 7 Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations also of the mountains quaked And were shaken (Major earthquakes are coming when the Lord visits in the Man-child company.), because he was wroth. 8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it. 9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down (the visitation of the Lord); And thick darkness was under his feet. 10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; Yea, he soared upon the wings of the wind. 11 He made darkness his hiding-place (a visitation of the Lord, hidden in the Man-child ministry), his pavilion round about him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies. 12 At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, Hailstones and coals of fire. (A judgment through Moses the Man-child to set God's people free from the beast of that day symbolizing our day.. Exo 9:24  So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. 25  And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field.)  13 Jehovah also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered his voice, Hailstones and coals of fire. 14 And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them (As He has told us of the faction, like the Sennacherib scenario and Joel's northern army being scattered.); Yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them. 15 Then the channels of waters appeared, And the foundations of the world were laid bare, At thy rebuke, O Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils. (He is coming with the earthquakes when the evil foundations of the beast are becoming known as today.) 16 He sent from on high, he took me (David Man-child is taken to the throne); He drew me out of many waters. 17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, And from them that hated me (The factions against the Man-child, as the Dragon, fails to devour him when he goes to the throne of David in Rev12:4-5. When Jesus went to the throne, He had complete dominion over the Sanhedrin faction and delivered them to the Roman Beast.); For they were too mighty for me. 18 They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay. 19 He brought me forth also into a large place (An hour ago I got by faith at random in 2Sa 22:18-20, which is this same Psalm text. What a confirmation! The large place here is freedom of the Man-child to do his works in the Promised Land); He delivered me, because he delighted in me. 20 Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. 21 For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God. (The Davids who walk righteously, even in the trials of Saul's persecution, will rule. The Son of God who dwelt in the son of David, the Man-child, said in Mat.21:42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner; This was from the Lord, And it is marvelous in our eyes? 1Pe.2:7 For you therefore that believe is the preciousness: but for such as disbelieve, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner. Throughout the history of the Bible, the faction has rejected God's ordained leadership, who was given authority to judge them.) 22 For all his ordinances were before me, And I put not away his statutes from me. 23  I was also perfect with him, And I kept myself from mine iniquity. 24 Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. 25 With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect; 26 With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward. 27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; But the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down. 28 For thou wilt light my lamp: Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness. (Jesus manifested in the David Man-child reformers will give him authority over all our enemies and supernatural ability, as we will see.) 29 For by thee I run upon a troop; And by my God do I leap over a wall. 30 As for God, his way is perfect: The word of Jehovah is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him. 31 For who is God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, besides our God, 32 The God that girdeth me with strength, And maketh my way perfect? 33 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: And setteth me upon my high places. 34 He teacheth my hands to war; So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass. 35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation; And thy right hand hath holden me up, And thy gentleness hath made me great. 36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped. 37 I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; Neither will I turn again till they are consumed. 38 I will smite them through, so that they shall not be able to rise: They shall fall under my feet. 39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me. 40 Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me. 41 They cried, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not. 42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I did cast them out as the mire of the streets. 43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; Thou hast made me the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve me. 44 As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me; The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me. 45 The foreigners shall fade away, And shall come trembling out of their close places. 46 Jehovah liveth; And blessed be my rock; And exalted be the God of my salvation, 47 Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, And subdueth peoples under me. 48 He rescueth me from mine enemies; Yea, thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me; Thou deliverest me from the violent man. 49 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah, among the nations, And will sing praises unto thy name. 50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king, And showeth lovingkindness to his anointed, To David and to his seed, for evermore.   Man-child Given Throne Dominion to Minister Cathy D's Vision 1998 (David's notes in Red) Cathy came to us and she was new to our teachings on these things, and reported that she had seen in a vision that some people were being taken from the earth by beams of light that came down and gripped them by their heads and drew them up into Heaven. She said that the Lord spoke and said "that these people had the secret of planting corn, the pure seeds". She said that in her vision, she was standing in the shadow of a building when she saw this. This is about the man-child being caught up to the throne of God, as Revelation 12 says, to receive anointing and dominion to minister on earth what they know of the true seed of God's Word. These, as reformers, are going to replace the apostate ministry in the heart of the true Church like Jesus, Moses, Joseph, etc., did. The building Cathy saw was the traditional Church which she saw spiritually standing in the shadow of at the time. As Jesus was a man-child on the spiritual throne of David to feed the woman, Israel, in her wilderness for 3 ½ years before the great persecution, so the end-time Man-child company in whom Jesus lives will feed spiritual, New Testament Israel, the Church, for 3 ½ years before their persecution. Rev.12:5 And she was delivered of a son, a man child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and unto his throne. 6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that there they may nourish her a thousand two hundred and threescore days (3 ½ years).

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Fr. Mike walks us through the fall of Jerusalem, and the intense lament of Jeremiah as he watches the people of Israel fall into captivity. He also introduces us to the Prophet Daniel, and his incredible gift of discerning dreams and proclaiming God's Word. Today's readings are Jeremiah 20-21, Daniel 1-2, and Proverbs 15:25-28. For the complete reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear. Please note: The Bible contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children - parental discretion is advised.

Traffic came to a halt, but I had no idea why. There were few cars on the road, and I could see no obvious reason to be stopped. And then, suddenly—to my great surprise and delight—thousands of sheep emerged and crossed the freeway. As a newcomer to Idaho, I wasn’t yet familiar with the annual migration of the sheep into the Boise foothills each spring. Local ranchers escort their flocks into the foothills where they graze on the native grasses over the summer. Because I’d only lived in urban and suburban areas throughout my life, the sight was something of a spectacle to me. Yet sheep were a regular part of living in the days of Ezekiel (and much of the Bible’s recorded history). The prophet drew on something familiar to the people—sheep and shepherding—to convey God’s message to them (i.e. of comfort and hope). Ezekiel offered words of comfort and hope to the Israelites, telling them that despite the years of hardship in Babylon—the consequence of their recurrent rebellion against God—He’d one day restore them to “their own land” (Ezekiel 34:13). God would then, like a shepherd, “tend them in a good pasture,” and they would “lie down in good grazing land” (v. 14). God shows similar care for His people. We can trust Him, our Shepherd, to lead us forward through life—though we may feel “scattered” like sheep in the midst of difficulties—toward good pastures (vv. 12–14).

Click here for the DRB Daily Sign Up form! TODAY'S SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 50-51; 3 John 1 Click HERE to give! Get Free App Here! One Year Bible Podcast: Join Hunter and Heather Barnes on 'The Daily Radio Bible' for a daily 20-minute spiritual journey. Engage with scripture readings, heartfelt devotionals, and collective prayers that draw you into the heart of God's love. Embark on this year-long voyage through the Bible, and let each day's passage uplift and inspire you. TODAY'S EPISODE: Welcome to the Daily Radio Bible! On this episode for August 26th, 2025, join your host, Hunter, as we journey together through another day in God's Word. Today, we dive into the powerful prophecies found in Jeremiah chapters 50 and 51, where we hear God's message concerning the fall of Babylon—a tale of justice, redemption, and the unwavering faithfulness of the Lord. We'll also read from 3 John, reflecting on the contrasting lives of Diotrephes and Demetrius, and considering what it means to walk in the truth with humility and grace. As always, Hunter guides us not only through the scriptures, but also into a time of prayer, personal reflection, and encouragement. Whether you're a daily listener or just tuning in, take these minutes to nurture your soul, rest in God's love, and set your heart for the path ahead. So, grab your Bible, find a quiet space, and let's encounter God together—remembering, as always, that you are deeply loved. TODAY'S DEVOTION: Diotrephes and Demetrius, they couldn't be more different. Diotrephes was known to speak lies. He loved to be the leader and he made his life all about him. Demetrius spoke the truth. He was a humble traveling messenger that spoke the truth of the good news. His words of truth set people free, because that's what the truth does. John said everyone speaks highly of Demetrius, as does the truth itself. The truth will always point us not to ourselves, but to God. And God's truth will set us free and give us joy. So let's choose the way of Demetrius, the humble, truth speaking pilgrim, growing in the truth, being set free and knowing his joy. May God give us the heart of Demetrius. That's the prayer that I have for my own soul. That's the prayer that I have for my family, for my wife, my daughters, my son. And that's the prayer that I have for you. May it be so. TODAY'S PRAYERS: Lord of heaven and earth, you have awakened us in your mercy once more. Still our anxious minds, quiet our striving hearts, and help us to rest in the knowledge that we are held by you. May we walk in step with your spirit today, not ahead, not behind, but beside you in trust and love through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. O God of all peoples, you formed every soul in your image and breathed life into every heart. Open the eyes of the nations, soften hearts grown cold, and teach us to live as neighbors and friends. Let your spirit move in power, renew the face of the earth and usher in your reign of peace. Amen. And now, Lord, let me be a bearer of your peace. Where voices divide, let me speak grace. Where fear takes root, let me plant trust. Where the world rushes on, let me walk with you. May I seek not to climb but to kneel, not to win, but to love, not to grasp, but to give. For it is in emptying that we are filled, in surrender that we are strengthened, and in union with you that we find our truest joy. Amen. And now, as our Lord has taught us, we are bold to pray: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.   OUR WEBSITE: www.dailyradiobible.com We are reading through the New Living Translation.   Leave us a voicemail HERE: https://www.speakpipe.com/dailyradiobible Subscribe to us at YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Dailyradiobible/featured OTHER PODCASTS: Listen with Apple Podcast DAILY BIBLE FOR KIDS DAILY PSALMS DAILY PROVERBS DAILY LECTIONARY DAILY CHRONOLOGICAL  

In this episode, Dr. Nathaniel Wilson reflects on the remarkable global growth of Pentecostalism, with over 700 million believers worldwide, and the significance of local outreach efforts such as All Nations Sunday. He also introduces insights from his upcoming eschatology course at Wilson University, exploring the ages of biblical history, the roots of Babylon, and the unfolding of the present age leading to Christ's return.

Daniel's Faith: Standing Firm in a World of Compromise

Evening lessons: Psalms 137, 138; Amos 7; John 20.  By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, when we remembered you, O Zion.

Episode: In this second of our “Second Temple Series,” Mary Buck discusses the Neo-Babylonian period. Of particular interest is the impact of the Babylonian Empire on the Kingdom of Judah. Babylonian Period. This short-lived "flash-in-the-pan" empire has an outsized impact on history. Learn how and why in this episode! Key BCE dates discussed: 627 - Nabopolassar (rebels against Assyria) 612 - Nineveh falls, capital moves to Haran 606 - Nebuchadnezzar II (famous from Daniel, etc.). Egyptians and Assyrians unite against Babylon. Battle of Carchemish - Nebuchadnezzar II defeats the Assyrian-Egyptian coalition. 605 - Nebuchadnezzar II pursues Egyptian army back to the brook of Egypt. (but don't take territory there) 599-597 - Jehoiakim rebels against Babylon (dies in 597), then Jehoiakin exiled to Babylon. Finally, Zedekiah appointed as vassal king. 588 - Judah relies on Egypt to resist Babylon 587/6 - Nebuchadnezzar II returns to Jerusalem a final time, laying siege to the city. Jerusalem falls, partial deportation. 586-573 - 13yr. siege of Tyre. 549 - Cyrus the Great comes to power in Elam 538 - Fall of Babylon (without battle?) Other references:  Al-Yahudu tablets - over 100 cuneiform tablets about the lives of Judean exiles, in the Bible Lands Museum (Israel) Ration texts related to Jehoiakin and his five sons Host: Mary Buck is hosting this series!! Listen to the Assyrian episode HERE. Image Attribution: By Robert Koldewey (10 September 1855 – 4 February 1925) - Die Tempel von Babylon und Borsippa : nach den Ausgrabungen durch die Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft, 1911, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=87505819 Give: Visit our Donate Page if you want to help Biblical World and OnScript continue by becoming a regular donor.

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