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This episode is a bit long--we are talking about the last elements of the reign of Takara Hime, the fall of Baekje, and the attempt to restore the kingdom, which culminated in the Battle of Hakusukinoe, aka the Battle of Baekgang.  For more, check out our blog at https://sengokudaimyo.com/podcast/episode-124 Rough Transcript Welcome to Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan.  My name is Joshua and this is Episode 124:  The Battle of Haku-suki-no-e. Echi no Takutsu looked out from where he stood on the deck of his ship.  The horizon seemed to bob up and down, but he knew that was just an illusion caused by the waves.  And upon those waves, hundreds of Yamato ships floated, ready to do battle.  As a veteran of this and other wars, Takutsu was used to surveying flotillas of ships, and yet, none of his years of experience had quite had this kind of impact upon him.  Yamato's ally, Baekje, had fallen in battle to the combined might of the Tang and Silla forces, and now they were assisting a band of rebels who were trying to once again restore their kingdom.  Silla was, of course, an all too common adversary for the Yamato court, but the Tang: now that was another matter. The Tang dynasty had only grown in the four and a half decades since it was founded.  They had destroyed their enemies and continued to expand.  They had defeated the Gokturks and expanded into the heart of Eurasia. Even in cases like Goguryeo, who had so far managed to hold out against their attacks, it was clear that they had an effect.  The Tang dynasty was the superpower of its day, and for whatever airs Yamato may have put on, they were still a backwater in comparison. And yet, on this day, that backwater seemed, by all rights, to have the upper hand.  In response to the destruction of Baekje, Yamato had marshalled all of their forces.  Their boats greatly outnumbered those of their opponents, and if they could defeat the Tang navy, then they could make landfall and connect with the remaining Baekje forces attempting to restore their kingdom.  And so here they were, at the mouth of the Baengma River, also known as the Baekgang, or, in Japanese, the Haku-suki-no-e.  The Tang forces were bottled up, and the greater Yamato forces seemed poised to take them out.   The only problem was that the river mouth narrowed quickly, so that only a few ships could attack at any given time.  Still, with overwhelming numbers, Echi no Takutsu and his fellow soldiers expected that they would still be able to overcome their enemies and place their allies back in control of their territory. With confidence in their victory, the Yamato ships sailed forward, prepared to crush their enemies, and restore Baekje…   Greetings, everyone, and welcome back.  As you may have figured out we are still in the later half of the 7th century.  During the last episode we talked about the embassy to the Tang dynasty court that got delayed—placed under house arrest for a year—because the Tang dynasty was conducting their special military operations over on the Korean peninsula.  That was in the year 660.  Specifically, the Tang were working in conjunction with Silla to destroy the Kingdom of Baekje, and they even returned to the Tang capital with prisoners, including the royal family and many high-ranking nobles.  That they didn't want the ambassadors leaving, and presumably informing Baekje on their way back, would seem to speak to the strong ties between Baekje and Yamato.  After all, several times in the Nihon Shoki we have seen where the Baekje royal line was endangered and a prince that had been living at the Yamato court was brought across the strait with Yamato support to place them back on the throne. This episode, we are going to look a little closer at what happened on the peninsula and what happened when news of the event reached the Yamato court.  This would culminate in one of the most famous naval battles in east Asia—certainly one of the most famous in Japanese history.  It is recorded in records from various sides, so unlike many of the raids on Silla, and other conflicts on the peninsula, we have multiple accounts documenting it, and if the Japanese account is to be believed than it may have been among the largest naval conflicts in the world at that time. So let me take you through what the Chronicles have to say up until the battle and then we can talk about what happened and a little bit about what it would mean for Yamato in the years to come. We'll start a bit before the conflict, while Baekje was still going strong.  The Chronicles are filled with portents and omens, and of course, they already knew what had happened.  Still, let's talk about some of what they mentioned leading up to the battle, as well as some of the remaining accounts demonstrating the cross-strait exchanges. We'll start in 655, the year after Takara Hime had assumed the throne, being given the name Saimei Tennou by the Chroniclers.  On the first day of the 5th month we are told that a “man of Tang” was seen riding a dragon in the sky.  He is described as wearing a broad hat of blue—or green—oiled cloth.  He rode fast from the peak of Mt. Katsuraki and disappeared on Mt. Ikoma.  At noon he galloped over the pines of Sumiyoshi and disappeared into the west. This is obviously a fantastical story, but let's talk about what we can.  It is hard not to see in this some of the importance that the Tang dynasty would play in this reign, especially given the fact that this occurred in the first year after Takara hime had ascended the throne.  It would seem to have been meant here as an omen.  I have not seen specific comments about this, though I'm sure someone has looked into it.  But for me, I am struck by the fact this person was, first and foremost, identifiable as Tang, likely meaning because of his clothing.  And he was riding a dragon.  Dragons were known in Japan, but not quite as popular in folklore as they are shown to be on the mainland.  The Dragon was the imperial symbol of the Tang and other dynasties.  Japan had its own stories of dragon kings and other such things, but in this case I can't imagine that the connection with the imperial throne would be ignored. The hat is also interesting.  The color is listed as “blue” though Aston translates this as “green”.  The term “aoi” was used for any color on the spectrum from blue to green.  In fact, it is still the case that the “green” light on a Japanese traffic signal is still referred to as “blue”.  There were more specific colors, but the word “midori” would have been more like a specific word, like “teal”, “cerulean”, or “aquamarine”, rather than a core color like we would use blue, yellow, or, in this case, green.  The fact that it was made of oiled stuff suggests to me that it was waterproofed.  It is noted specifically with the character for “kasa”, which typically refers to a wide brimmed hat used to keep the rain off. I suspect that in this case it was the kind of hat that we often see on Tang dynasty figurines of riders.  They often have a tall, wide-brimmed hat, often with drape of sheer fabric around the edge.  This kind of hat would eventually be popular in Japan amongst traveling noblewomen, as it helped keep them out of the sun and away from the bugs and, well, it also acted as a barrier between the them and the rest of the world.  The versions seen on the Tang figurines are usually somewhat short, probably just enough to obscure the face, and may have helped to cut down on glare.  These often aren't obviously oiled, but that certainly could have been the case, and that may have been another method of protecting travelers from anything that nature could throw at them. It does seem a very particular image. The course of the rider is somewhat interesting.  From Katsuraki, on the southwestern edge of the Nara basin, north to Mt. Ikoma.  Then west to Sumiyoshi and off to the far west—in other words, back to the Tang dynasty.  Sumiyoshi is also of particular interest. The pines of Sumiyoshi are a particular poetic trope, or utamakura.  They help to conjure famous imagery of a place, and so it is hardly surprising that they would be found in this context.  In this case I suspect that is the main reason they are mentioned.  However, Sumiyoshi also has its own importance.  Sumiyoshi was once on the seashore, and Sumiyoshi was a common shrine for travelers to pray at for safe travels.  In fact, there are Sumiyoshi shrines across the archipelago that all are tied back to the Sumiyoshi in the modern Ohosaka area, and they often found near the shore as places where travelers could pray for safe passage before they headed off on the sea. And so it would make sense that the rider would head off over Sumiyoshi and to the west, much as the various ambassadors would travel off to the west. There may be more to it, but I suspect that this was either referencing the growing links between Yamato and the Tang, or perhaps simply referring to the various kentoushi—the ambassadors who crossed the seas to the Tang court and brought back so much to the archipelago. The next obvious omen seems to come in 657.  In this case it was a white fox seen in the land of Iwami.  It was mentioned in the same record as when ambassadors Adzumi no Tsuratari and Tsu no Kutsuma came back from the Western Seas via Baekje.  It isn't clear that the two are connected, though.  Perhaps there is something I'm missing.  It is notable that this seems to be the only mention of Iwami that I could find, at least doing a quick search for the characters in the electronic version of the text.  Iwami is the land to the west of Izumo, on the western end of modern Shimane prefecture, and the western end of the San'in-do, along the northern edge of western Honshu.  It is a mountainous region on the edge of the Japan Sea, the Nihonkai. We've talked about many of the other accounts after that, until the following year, 658.  We have a note about a south-pointing chariot, which we'll discuss in a later episode, but that was clearly another connection to continental technologies.  After that we have an account from Izumo.  Huge numbers of dead fish were washing ashore, up to three feet, or roughly a meter, deep.  The fish were apparently the size of a pufferfish, with beaks like a sparrow and thorny scales, several inches long.  I wonder if, by the description, they could be referring to triggerfish or parrotfish, which are found in the Japan Sea.  Fish kills, or mass die-offs, are unfortunate events that occasionally happen for a variety of reasons.  The most common is actually asphyxiation—algae blooms or other such events that eat up the oxygen, causing fish to die off in an area.  Fish kills might also happen because of disease, undersea quakes, and other factors.  Of course, to anyone in Izumo, this would have been a terribly random event.  I can't tell whether or not it was an omen, but it certainly could have been.  If so, I doubt it would have been a very good one. The strange fish that were brought up were called “sparrow fish” by the locals.  They believed they were sparrows that had gone to the ocean and turned into fish. Immediately after that, in the Chronicle, we get a somewhat odd entry in that it seems out of place.  We are told that Baekje had sent to Japan requesting aid.  Tang and Silla had teamed up and captured King Wicha, his queen, and the heir to the throne.  It is probably notable that this is written as “one book says”.  Also, recall that dates were still somewhat problematic at this time.  They were based on the regnal years of the monarch or the dates according to the sexagesimal cycle, either of which could have been off, particularly at this time, in different sources.  I suspect that the fact that they mention it as “one book says” indicates that even the compilers of the Nihon Shoki weren't quite sure that this was in the right spot, but it was an account of what did eventually happen—just not until two years later.  This position is bolstered by the fact that the next account talks about how Azumi no Muarji no Tsuratari had returned from what was apparently another trip to the Western Seas and Baekje, just a year after the previous.  Again, this could be the same expedition, with accounts misplacing the dates, or with dates according to when he left and others when he arrived back.  Still, it brings us yet another omen. Apparently, around this point, Baekje had been successful against Silla.  This is a good reminder that Baekje was not exactly an innocent bystander in everything that had happened.  King Wicha was rather famous in his own day, seen as a paragon of courage, largely because he was taking the fight to Silla, often allying with Goguryeo to block Silla from their access to the Tang and others.  Silla, who had been adopting Tang culture and style, and even claimed some distant descent from ethnic Han immigrants during the time of the Han commandries on the peninsula, were still able to forge close ties with the Tang, who seemed to preference them over Baekje and Goguryeo.  This may have been part of the general diplomatic game of the Middle Kingdom going back to the Han times, where they would often look to ally with those states beyond the immediate border states, so that those on their immediate border would have to defend themselves on two fronts.  This was likely more aimed at Goguryeo than Baekje, at least initially, but the alliance meant that Baekje, whom the Tang regularly chastised for their actions against Silla, was also in the crosshairs. However, up through 658, it seems Baekje's actions were largely successful.  Both the Baekje and Silla annals mention attacks by Baekje against the country of Silla in the following year, which otherwise correlate with the record in the Nihon Shoki.  Here we should remember that the author of the Samguk Sagi, which preserved these records, was writing centuries later, and had a clear pro-Silla bias.  There are several years missing from the Baekje annals at this time, but the idea that Baekje was attacking Silla is hardly controversial.  In the Silla Annals, in 659,  we also get word that Silla sent envoys to the Tang court protesting Baekje's aggression and asking the Tang court for aid.  Aid that would soon come, unbeknownst to others—even Silla wasn't quite sure until they showed up. And this is likely why the Nihon Shoki records a strange incident in Baekje, where a horse, of its own accord, started circling the Golden Hall of a Buddhist temple in the Baekje capital, continuing day and night, and stopping only to graze.  In some regions, walking around a sacred temple or stupa was considered a particular form of prayer, and perhaps the horse knew something and was trying to make merit.  In the text we are told explicitly what this meant:  the downfall of Baekje was nigh, and it would fall in the coming year, 660.  In a similar fashion, the Baekje annals, and the Samguk Yusa, likely pulling from the same sources, go through a series of omens, from birds to fish, to various ghosts, all saying that Baekje was about to fall.  The annals at this point paint Wicha as consumed with the material world and debauchery, likely a largely later indictment to add a moral explanation to the events that would soon occur. In Yamato, there were other omens as well.  Things were not entirely well in the Yamato capital.  Remember, this was Takara Hime's second reign, and her son was fully grown, himself, so she was no spring chicken.  On the 13th day of the 7th month of the year 659, she had the ministers expound the Urabon sutra in all the temples in Asuka and had a requital made to the ancestors for 7 generations.  We are also told that in that same year, the Miyatsuko of Izumo was made to repair the Itsuki god's shrine.  I have to wonder if these were to help make merit, or were just regular occurrences, but we are also told that fox bit at the head of a creeper that a man was carrying and ran off with it, and a dog found a dead man's hand and forearm and dropped them at Ifuya shrine.  The chroniclers claim these omens were not about Baekje, but rather about Takara Hime herself—claiming that she was not long for this world. It is good to remember that it is only now that we can look back and see where things were leading.  At the time, nobody really knew what the future held, and business went on as normal.  The omens and portents were all well and good, but they are being interpreted after the fact.  There is no indication that people were telling Takara Hime that her time was about to come.  This is illustrated by the fact that there are plenty of regular accounts in here as well.  We have a few episodes that actually reference the “shiguma”—the polar bear or the brown bear—and Gogureyo.  The first is of Goguryeo merchants—likely part of an embassy—trying to sell a shiguma fur in the local markets for 60 pounds of floss silk, a price that was apparently laughable, as the market commissioner turned them down.  And here I'll digress briefly because this is rather a remarkable entry, even though it seems like almost nothing, because it demonstrates something we rarely see but often suspect.  For all that the ambassadors to various courts were performing their diplomatic functions, they were also there to trade.  This is part of how they funded the journey.  They would bring some goods for the court and the sovereign, of course, and hopefully get as much or more in return.  But they would also trade in the local markets.  This is probably part of what the embassy to the Tang was doing when they made landfall and then stayed put for a month or so.  I suspect they were working with the local government to ship off the tribute, but also availing themselves of the local markets.  You didn't necessarily exchange currency, but you would sell your trade goods and that would likely help fund the embassy for the time they were in the country, at least for anything the host nation didn't provide. It is also interesting that we talk of a market commissioner.  We've mentioned markets before, and their existence is likely more than just a random assortment of shops with goods to sell.  They were overseen by local officials, and they would have been regulated to some extent by the larger state, probably with taxes and other goods making their way up to the government.  I don't know that we have a clear idea of what it looked like until later, and so an entry like this just gives us a little hint at what was going on in the day to day administration of the entire country. Continuing with the shiguma theme, apparently a painter named Komaro—a Japanese name, but he's described as a “Goguryeo” painter, which could mean that he trained in Goguryeo, or came from there and changed his name.  It is also possible, I supposed, that he was simply trained in the Goguryeo style.  Anyway, he was apparently quite successful because he entertained guests from his own uji—his own surname—and so borrowed 70 official shiguma skins for them to sit on.  Apparently this was a garish display that left the guests astonished and ashamed to even be part of the event, so they went away. So sitting on fur rugs was apparently not a thing to do—or perhaps just not that many.  But I would note that he apparently borrowed them from the government—they were “official” after all.  So what was the government doing with them?  They were probably tribute from the Emishi in the north, or perhaps just the result of regular trade.  And Komaro must have had some pull to be able to request them for his own private use.  Unfortunately, I don't have any further details, so we are left to guess at most of the rest. But we do continue on with the Goguryeo theme in the following year, the first month of 660, with envoys from Goguryeo arriving in Tsukushi.  They likely had no idea that while they were in Yamato, big changes were about to take place back on the peninsula.  It would take them four months to get to Naniwa, arriving on the 8th day of the 5th month.  They couldn't have known everything that was happening on the peninsula, behind them. And that's because it was in the third month of tha year that Tang Gaozong commanded Su Dingfang, along with Kim Inmun and Liu Boying, to take 130,000 land and see troops to subdue Baekje.  They landed at Teongmul islands, west of Baekje, and, word having reached their court, the King of Silla sent the renowned general Kim Yusin in charge of a force of 50,000 troops to lend their support.  Kim Yusin was a veteran of fighting between Baekje and Silla, and he had already face the enemy on the battlefield, but now he had the aid of the Tang troops. King Wicha had heard of their advance, and asked his court for advice.  One suggestion was to try to crush the Tang soldiers as soon as they came ashore—force them to stay on their boats and destroy them before they could get on land and organized.  Another suggested that the Tang army, for all its size, was built for speed and a decisive victory.  If Baekje could simply harry them long enough, it would wear them down, and they would have to return.  They could then turn their sights on Silla, an enemy they knew how to deal with. One noble, Heungsu, who had been out of favor in the court, and even exiled at one point, offered his advice—that they should fortify the Baek river and Tanhyeon Pass, so that they could not approach.  It would be a near suicidal task, but brave soldiers could defend those narrow points against larger forces, since they would be forced to engage with fewer forces at a time.  Heungsu was ridiculed, however, and his ideas were abandoned. Instead, they devised a scheme whereby they would let the Tang ships enter the river, until they could only go two abreast, and then they would attack them from the shore and destroy them.  Likewise, at the pass, rather than fortifying it, as suggested, they would wait in ambush until the Tang forces could not maneuver, and they would then destroy them as well.  This seemed like a plan, and it was given to the general Kyebaek to carry out. At first, it looked like it would work.  General Kyebaek took five thousand soldiers to Hwangsan as soon as the heard that the Silla soldiers were advancing through the pass.  They engaged the Silla forces four separate times, defeating Silla each time.  However, every assault took its toll.  The five thousand troops could not prevail against a force 10 times their size, and eventually they were wiped out, along with general Kyebaek.  Without opposition, the Silla forces met up with the Tang, and the two armies joined forces.  They actually were able to use the mountainous terrain, which otherwise would have been used to keep them out, to their own advantage.  Eventually they were able to advance on the capital.  The Baekje forces fought to exhaustion, but they were outmatched by the Tang-Silla alliance.  Eventually, they marched on the city, and King Wicha knew that they would be defeated. Four years before this, an official had spoken up against King Wicha, and had been thrown in prison, where he died, emaciated.  However, before he died he offered advice that if an enemy were ever to come, the army should be deployed to the passes and to the upstream banks of the rivers, and that no enemy should be allowed to pass those points.  Looking at the enemy at his gates, King Wicha regretted that he had not listened to that advice.  He grabbed his son and fled to the northern border of Baekje while Su Tingfang and the combined forces besieged the capital.  He sought refuge at Ungjin fortress, in modern Kongju.  This all happened in the 7th lunar month of the year 660. With King Wicha fled, along with the crown prince, his second son, T'ae, declared himself king and led the defense of the city.  However, several others of King Wicha's sons looked at this and were afraid that it now didn't matter what happened.  If T'ae defended the city, then they would be next on his hit list, as they were clearly his rivals to power, and if the Tang defeated them, well, it didn't look good, either.  So they and their retainers all fled the city as well.  This sparked a mass exodus as other citizens tried to do the same, and T'ae could not stop them.  Eventually, the forces weakened, Su Tingfang took the city and raised the Tang banners.  T'ae opened the gates and pleaded for his life.  When King Wicha heard all of this, he knew there was no escape.  He and his sons surrendered themselves and the fortresses to the Tang-Silla alliance.  He and his sons, and many of his people, were taken captive and taken back to the Tang court, where the Yamato ambassadors saw them being paraded around. Now the king may have been captured, but Baekje was not completely subdued.  A few of the remaining citizens held out hope that they could gather their forces and kick out the Tang and Silla and take back their country.  They knew that, although most of the royal family was captured there was still one more:  Prince Pung.  Prince Pung, as you may recall from previous episodes, was residing in Yamato, a royal hostage—or perhaps more of a restrained guest.  The rebels acknowledged him as their king and sent word to Yamato asking that he come back, along with reinforcements, and retake the kingdom.  In the meantime, they gathered and fought as they could, wearing down the Tang and Silla forces.  The rebels, after all, knew the land, and the invaders were still reliant on their supply lines.  This situation persisted for several years. Back in Yamato, in the 5th month of 660, they still were likely unaware of what had happened on the peninsula.  There was no social media to alert them to the dangers, and it would still be a few months before the Baekje capital actually fell.  They were busy entertaining the envoys from Goguryeo, or preparing 100 raised seats an one hundred kesa, or Buddhist vestments, for a Benevolent King ritual.  They were focused on their wars in the north, with the Mishihase, which they had been successful in Praising Abe no Hirafu for his successful campaign.  There is one record that says that in the 5th month people started carrying weapons around with them for no good reason, because they had heard of the destruction of Baekje, but that hadn't actually happened yet, so this is likely out of place—possibly by a couple of years. There is a note about the destruction of Baekje in the 7th month, but that is from the “Records of the reigns of Japan” or Nihon Seiki, a work that is no longer extant that was apparently written by a Goguryeo priest, who noted Baekje's destruction in his history, but this was probably not exactly information available to Yamato at the time.  And no, I don't want to gloss over the fact that we are given another source that was likely being used by the Chroniclers.  I want to delve into the fact that this was by a Goguryeo priest, known in Japanese as Doken.  I want to talk about how this work pops up throughout the reigns of Saimei, Tenchi, and apparently even in the Fujiwara Kaden.  It seems like he was close to Nakatomi no Kamatari and the Fujiwara house, which probably explains how he had access to the events mentioned and why his work was known.  However, I don't really have time for all of that because we are trying to focus on what was happening with Baekje and what was happening Yamato at the time. And in Yamato it wasn't until the 9th month that word finally arrived via a Buddhist novice named “Kakchyong”, according to Aston.  He carried word of the defeat, but also word that Kwisil Poksin had taken up arms and was leading a rebellion against Tang and Silla control.    The royal city, which some records say had fallen in mere days, was once more under Baekje control, according to the word that reached Yamato.  It does seem that Poksin held it for a time, but they weren't able to set in for any kind of prolonged fight in any one spot.  It seems that the fighting was going back and forth, and the rebels were remaining on the move while fighting actions against the invading forces.  Poksin had apparently captured some of the enemy troops, though, and sent them to Yamato, possibly as tribute and payment for future reinforcements, and possibly to demonstrate their victories. And if that was the case, it seemed to have worked.  Takara Hime agreed to help Baekje.  She agreed to send troops, commanding them to go from a hundred directions and meet up in Sateok—likely meaning that this was an emergency deployment and rather than everyone gathering in Kyushu and heading over together, they were getting there as fast as they could, however they could, to try and come to Baekje's aid.  She also released Prince Pung to return as well, and basically named him the King of Baekje herself.  As for Takara Hime and the main force, they moved first to Naniwa and gathered there.  She was considering going on to Tsukushi and then traveling with the bulk of the navy from there. Omens were also coming in, and it wasn't good.  In the province of Suruga, they built a boat, but apparently, overnight, the bow and stern switched places, which the Chroniclers saw as a bad omen.  And then there were a swarm of insects reported in Shinano as coming from a westerly direction.  Another bad sign, especially given that Tang and Silla were both west of Yamato. Although they started preparing in the 9th month of 660, it took them until the first month of 661 to have the royal ship ready to go.  It is likely that much of what was happening was not just a waiting navy putting to sea, but rather there were emergency build orders to build or repair ships and make them ready for the crossing and eventual attack.  The royal ship made its through the Seto Inland Sea, past Bizen, the nearer part of ancient Kibi, and on to Iyo, on Shikoku.  They seem to have had a few setbacks in their journey, and it wasn't until the 5th month that they reached the Asakura palace, though to be in Chikuzen, in Tsukushi, aka northern Kyushu.  The month before, Poksin had written and asked to wait upon the prince, which I suspect was a polite way of asking when the reinforcements would finally arrive. Unfortunately, at Asakura, disaster struck.  The Chroniclers claim this was because they had cleared sacred trees in order to make room for the palace and the kami were none to pleased.  The palace itself was demolished and several notable people, including the Grand Treasurer, took ill and died.  Not a great start to things.  It was here that they met up with the envoys coming back from Chang'an who no doubt told them about their house arrest and everything else.  On top of this, we are told that in the 6th month Prince Ise, of whom little more is given, died, and then, a little more than a month later, he was followed by the sovereign herself: Takara Hime. I suspect that Prince Ise may have been one of Takara Hime's sons, possibly in line for the throne, otherwise, why make mention of his death.  However, Takara's passing would have no doubt thrown the war plans into disarray.  It is quite likely that she wasn't actually the one doing most of the heavy lifting—in all likely that was her son, Prince Naka no Oe, who was handling a lot of that.  But still, the death of the sovereign just before you head off to war, was not great.  They had to send a funeral procession back to Naniwa and Asuka.  Prince Naka no Oe accompanied it as far as the Iwase Palace, but didn't go all the way back.  As the procession headed for Naniwa, he composed a poem: Longing as I do For a sight of thee Now that I have arrived here, Even thus do I long Desirous of a sight of thee! Prince Naka no Oe had just lost his sovereign and his mother, and he was now fully in charge of the armada headed to try and relieve Baekje.  He would have to continue the plans while Takara Hime's remains headed back to Asuka.  The funeral procession arrived in the 10th month, and her body was put in temporary interment for at Asuka-gahara as 9 days of mourning began.  Her son, however, would continue to mourn from afar.  He put on white clothing—a symbol of purity and associated with funerals and death, at least in Buddhist tradition. He had no time, though.  By the 8th month, Prince Naka no Oe was sending Adzumi no Hirafu no Omi and Kawabe no Momoye no Omi, as generals of the Front Division, while Abe no Hirafu no Omi and Mononobe no Muraji no Kuma took up the mantle of generals of the rear division.  They sent men, along with arms and grain to help relieve the Baekje forces. After sending the initial forces to make way, in the 9th month he conferred a cap of woven stuff on Prince Pung, indicating his high rank in the Yamato court, and gave to him as a wife, the sister of a high ranking court official.  He then sent him off, with the help of Sawi no Muraji no Ajimasa and Hada no Miyatsuko no Takutsu, along with 5,000 troops to escort him back.  They made it to Baekje and were able to meet up with Poksin and their forces. On the Korean peninsula, one of the strategic objectives of the Tang was to create a foothold on the peninsula so that they could finally take out the Kingdom of Goguryeo.  That year was particularly cold, and apparently Tang forces tried to invade Goguryeo again, attacking with siege weapons and other war machines.  The Goguryeo soldiers fought valiantly, but appear to have reached a stalemate. In 662, some of the Yamato material started appearing for Poksin.  It included 100,000 arrows, 500 kin of raw silk, 1000 kin of floss silk, 1000 tan of cloth, 1000 hides of leather, and 3000 koku, or over 15,000 bushels, of seed rice.  The next month, he sent another 300 tan of silk to the king.  The Silk may not make much sense, but it would have likely been a form of currency that they could use to purchase other goods, and it could be used for clothing.  The leather may have even been useful for armor and other accoutrements.   But mostly, this was probably economic aid, outside of the 100,000 arrows.  That same month, the 3rd month of 662, the Tang-Silla alliance was trying to body Goguryeo,  and Goguryeo reached out for aid.  Yamato troops were reportedly sent to help, and the attacks against Goguryeo were blunted.  This really was, now, the Goguryeo-Baekje-Yamato alliance against the Tang-Silla alliance. Poksin and the rebels had holed up in a place called Chuyu, which they were using as their base of operations.  King Pung had arrived, and Poksin was officially made his Minister, but they decided to move out from Chuyu.  It was fine for defense, but the land was not fertile, and they wanted to establish a base where they apparently had more resources, so they found Phisyeong, with rivers to the north and west, and large earthworks to the south and east.  It had fertile land for growing crops, which could then feed the army. However, one of the veterans pointed out the Phisyeong was less than a day's march from their enemies' encampment, and it would be a simple nights march and the army could be at their doorstep.  Chuyu, for all it was not the most appealing place, was much more defensible.  In the end, though, they decided that they would move the capital to Phisyeong. In the 2nd month of the following year, in 663, Silla troops were ravaging southern Baekje, setting fire to the land, possibly trying to starve out any resistance. Sure enough, they moved in close to Phisyeong, and King Pung and his troops realized they were in danger, and moved back to the defensive position of Chuyu.  In the following month, the Yamato and Baekje forces began to take the fight to Silla.  They advanced on Silla territory with 27,000 troops.  They took some cities and fortresses. As all of this was going on, King Pung was beginning to wonder about Poksin and his loyalties.  After all, Poksin had been running things before Pung showed up, and why wouldn't he think he could run things just fine without Pung once this was all over?  He had raised the soldiers, right?  So who would they be loyal to?  Would they be loyal to Pung, who barely knew Baekje, having lived for so long in Yamato.  Or would they be loyal to Poksin, who had rallied them together at the brink of defeat? And so in the 6th month he conferred with his other ministers.  Now it isn't stated in the text, but I suspect that his other ministers were Baekje nobles, and Poksin, well, there really isn't much indication that he had started this out as a man of high station.  They all agreed that Poksin should be dealt with, and so Pung had Poksin taken into custody and beheaded. Now I don't know if it needs to be said, but putting your own top general to death in the middle of a war is not exactly the best thing for morale.  Silla heard about it, and made plans to attack, hoping to catch Baekje offguard.  Baekje heard about it, and they also knew that about 10,000 reinforcements were supposed to be arriving soon from Yamato.  Those were reinforcements that could turn the tide of any fight.  They just needed to make it up the Baek river, known in Japanese as the Haku-suki-no-e. The Silla and Tang troops surrounded the fortress of Chuyu, and Baekje desperately needed the reinforcements from Yamato.  The Tang navy had 170 ships sitting at the mouth of the Baek River, ready to prevent any reinforcements from getting in.  On the 17th day of the 8th month, according to the Nihon Shoki, the first ships of the Yamato fleet arrived, but they could make no headway against the Tang forces.  Based on other records, it appears that the Yamato fleet swelled to more than 400 ships, well over twice the size of the defending Tang navy.  They attacked at least four separate times, but despite their smaller size, the Tang ships had the advantage of the terrain, using the narrowing at the river, and they also had superior tactics.  Although the Yamato soldiers fought ferociously, they couldn't move the Tang fleet. Speaking of fighting, let's talk about what it meant.  There were no cannons or anything like that.  It is likely that the projectile weapons of the day were arrows, and based on the ship designs, it was likely that ships would need to get close and grapple with each other so that soldiers could actually do the fighting.  In this way, ships were like floating battlefields.  If you could burn the ships, then that was something, but fire would also be a danger to your own wooden vessel.  And so it is likely that ships would have to engage with each other and effectively let the other side grapple if you wanted to fight, unless you just wanted to exchange arrows. After being repulsed four times, ten days after they had first engaged, the Tang vessels finally counterattacked.  They were able to swarm out and envelope the right and left flanks or the Yamato ships.  Four hundred ships were burned and sent to the bottom of the sea.  The Yamato forces were unable to break through the blockade and had to turn around.  The Battle of Haku-suki-no-e was a total defeat, and only ten days later, Chuyu fell.  King Pung was able to escape, fleeing to Goguryeo, but the writing was on the wall: The Kingdom of Baekje would never be reconstituted.  The Yamato forces departed the continent and headed back to the archipelago.  They met up at Honye on the 24th day of the 9th month and started out for the archipelago on the following day, eventually returning to Yamato, along with some of the Baekje nobles and ministers who had fled with them. The results of this defeat were resounding.  The battle of Haku-suki-no-e, known in Korean as the Battle of Baekgang, or the Battle of the Baek River, would change the political landscape.  The Tang-Silla alliance would eventually continue to pressure Goguryeo, and the dictator, Yeong Gaesomun, would die three years later, in 666.  He had held out against Tang and Silla, but with his death, there was a moment of chaos as an internal struggle broke out in the Goguryeo court.  The divisions this caused weakened the country, which fell to the Tang-Silla alliance in 667. With both Goguryeo and Baekje gone, suddenly Silla was now the country on the Tang empire's borders.  Without their shared enemies, there was not longer an alliance between the two, and Silla would push back against the Tang.  The Tang held out on the peninsula for another decade, but without Silla support, it became too costly to continually ship supplies to the troops.  Silla was eventually able to force the Tang forces off of the peninsula, and thus began the period on the Korean peninsula known as Unified Silla, where Silla ruled all of the what is now north and south Korea. In the archipelago, in the aftermath of their ally's defeat, there was worry in the Yamato court.  They were afraid that the Tang empire would come after them, next, and they began building fortresses from Tsukushi all the way along Kyushu and the Seto Inland sea area.  These are peninsular style fortresses, often using earthworks and walls that were built up around the tops of mountains, using the terrain.  A large earthwork was put up between the coast and the Dazaifu, in case Tang troops landed in Hakata bay.  Today, many of these earthworks still exist.  Some were even repurposed for gun emplacements in the lead up to what would become World War II, as they were still highly defensible positions. The feared invasion never came, and the fortresses would eventually be abandoned, but they are still a testament to just how seriously Yamato took this threat. Next up, we'll take a look at Naka no Oe's reign.  Naka no Oe is known in the Chronicles as Tenchi Tennou, the sovereign of Heavenly Wisdom.  We'll talk about that some more as we get into his time on the throne.  Since 645 he had been a force in the Yamato court, but he had not taken the throne at a younger age.  Now, however, his power seemed secure.  He took the throne upon his mother's death, and we'll talk about that and more in future episodes. Until then, thank you once again for listening and for all of your support. If you like what we are doing, please tell your friends and feel free to rate us wherever you listen to podcasts.  If you feel the need to do more, and want to help us keep this going, we have information about how you can donate on Patreon or through our KoFi site, ko-fi.com/sengokudaimyo, or find the links over at our main website,  SengokuDaimyo.com/Podcast, where we will have some more discussion on topics from this episode. 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Desirous of reaching Lanka in order to discover Sita, Hanuman takes a leap from a peak of Mount Mahendra and honouring with the touch of his hand Mount Mainaaka, which rose from the bottom of the sea to provide rest on its peak to Hanuman, encounters Surasaa (mother of Naagas), sent by the gods in the form of an ogress, who was waiting for Hanuman with her mouth open to devour him. He enters her belly assuming a minute form and comes out without killing her. Further he is met by another ogresss, Simhika by name, standing with her mouth wide open to gulp Hanuman. He enters her mouth after assuming a minute form and comes out after splitting her bely open and killing her. Then contracting his body into a minute form again in order to preclude the attention of the ogres, he descends on a mountain peak outside Lanka.Recitation: 00:00 - 34:32Translation: 34:36 - 01:24:22

Sunday March 23, 2025 at the Hub City Church Simon the Magician | Acts 8:9-25 The Birth of the Church | a teaching series through Acts Sermon by Tadd Anderson | Lead Teaching Pastor Sermon Notes: In the gospels, JESUS consistently WARNS that there is a kind of ‘NOMINAL' BELIEF that is NOT the same as GENUINE NEW BIRTH. Matthew 7:21-23 // John 2:23-25 // Matthew 13:3,5-6, 20-21 // Matthew 13:24-30 // John 6:60-70 “We know, from Jesus Himself, that there are people who can be in the church but not of the church. We know there are unsaved “Christians.” And we know that Jesus will not be fooled, even if the rest of us pretend to be.” — Dean Inserra Simon Magus: Portrait of an ‘Unsaved Christian': 1) DESIROUS of the PRAISE of MAN 2) More interested in the BENEFITS of the CHURCH than of CHRIST 3) SKEWED UNDERSTANDING of the GOSPEL 4) Deficient REPENTANCE The Hub City Church is a local expression of the church in Crestview, Florida, making disciples Who Believe the Gospel, Abide in Christ and Obey the Word to the glory of God. Join us next Sunday at 10am. 837 W James Lee Blvd, Crestview, FL 32536.

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Tools have a clear design and purpose. You can use a tool for an undesigned purpose, but using the right tool for the right job works far better. The same is true in our zeal and desire for spiritual things. Rather than fixate on all receiving the same gift all the time—like how some Christians have regarded the gift of tongues—we ought to desire any gift that the Spirit deems best for the building up of the common good. Listen to Pastor Brett's second sermon on 1 Corinthians 14:1-25 for more on this gift of tongues.

If you believe Jesus of Nazareth is God who became man and rose from the dead after being professionally executed, why can it feel like such a stretch to believe that God can lead a Christian to communicate in a way suited for the encouragement of others? The "flaw of the excluded middle" helps explain our hesitation to especially desire that we would prophesy. Listen to Pastor Brett's sermon on 1 Corinthians 14:1-25 for more.

In the first verse of dhyānam (meditation mantra) in the Kālikāshtakam, a hymn to Kālī attributed to Adi Shankara we learn that Mā Kālī is ever desirous to have union with Her husband, Mahākāla (महाकालकामाकुला कालिकेयम्) and in the 8th verse of the dhyānam (meditation mantra) from Āgamavāgīś Krishnānanda's Tantrasara, we learn that Mā Kālī desires to unite with Her husband in the "reverse position" (महाकालेन च समं विपरीतरतातुराम्). How are we sensual imagery that often comes with Mā Kālī? What exactly is the nature of this "sexual union" of Shiva and Shakti which features so prominently in the Kashmir Shaiva tradition under the names "yamala" and "sanghatta" and which also appears in the iconography of the Yab-Yum Buddha in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition? In this talk, we first explore four mantras that express the idea of "yamala" (union), then I go on a long digression exploring why many are attracted to Kālī in today's day and age and finally, using the Gospel, of Sri Ramakrishna, we explore some ideas regarding sexuality in spirituality! Let's explore the transgressive and very often misunderstood and misrepresented themes of arousal and sexual union that come with Mā Kali's imagery. This is the third lecture in the series on Mā's bhāva following the “Why is Kali drunk?” and “Why is Kali Crazy” lectures! For more detailed instructions for how to perform Kālī pūjā, watch this playlist: https://www.patreon.com/collection/233799Lectures happen live every Monday at 7pm PST and Friday 10am PST and again Friday at 6pm PST.Use this link and I will see you there:https://www.zoom.us/j/7028380815For more videos, guided meditations and instruction and for access to our lecture library, visit me at:https://www.patreon.com/yogawithnishTo get in on the discussion and access various spiritual materials, join our Discord here: https://discord.gg/U8zKP8yMrMSupport the show

Fundamentals of Fake Pastors -Part 2---1. They are Desirous, v. 11-2. They are Depraved, vv. 12 and 15-3. They are Duplicitous, v. 16

Fundamentals of Fake Pastors -Part 2---1. They are Desirous, v. 11-2. They are Depraved, vv. 12 and 15-3. They are Duplicitous, v. 16

Fundamentals of Fake Pastors (Part 2):1. They are Desirous, v. 112. They are Depraved, vv. 12 and 153. They are Duplicitous, v. 16

Friends of the Rosary, On Holy Thursday, right before starting His Sorrowful Passion, Christ Jesus, God, and perfect Man, gave us His own body and blood, as we observed yesterday in the Solemnity of the Corpus Christi. In a classic, timeless piece of liturgical work, St. Thomas Aquinas wrote in 1264: "Desirous that we be made partakers of His divinity, the only-begotten Son of God has taken to Himself our nature so that having become man, He would be enabled to make men gods. Whatever He assumed of our nature, He wrought unto our salvation. For on the altar of the Cross, He immolated to the Father His own Body as a victim for our reconciliation and shed His blood both for our ransom and for our regeneration. Moreover, so that a remembrance of such great benefits may always be with us, He has left us His Body as food and His Blood as drink under the appearances of bread and wine." "In this sacrament, sins are purged away, virtues are increased, and the soul is satiated with an abundance of every spiritual gift. No other sacrament is so beneficial. Since it was instituted unto the salvation of all, it is offered by Holy Church for the living and for the dead, that all may share in its treasures." • The History of Corpus Christi Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You! Come, Holy Spirit, come! To Jesus through Mary! + Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York — Please pray for the health recovery of Hanna, so her seizures will stop. Her parents are surrendering courageously her life to God's will. __ • June 3, 2024, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Gabi and Owen recap the final day at the Houston hotel takeover in this week's episode. Things get a bit hot in the final night and Gabi tries to fulfil one of her fantasies to cap off the night. Thank you to everyone that took the time to listen to our podcast in 2023! We truly appreciate it and thank you for your support. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the Almost Swingers!   - Gabi and OwenSend your swinging stories to almostswingers@gmail.comFollow us on Insta @TheAlmostSwingers

In this episode, Gabi and Owen discuss their first time to the Desirous Halloween party. A complete hotel takeover in Houston, TX. Part one recounts what happened the first two nights and the sexy fun that occurred. All of the naughty fun couldn't be contained to one episode. So be on the look out for part two later this month!Send your swinging stories to almostswingers@gmail.comFollow us on Insta @TheAlmostSwingers

Green Pond wildlife biologist and map designer for New World Cartography discusses working with artist Tony Waters, radio-tracking northern bobwhites (quail) under the pines of the Conecuh National Forest, memorializing Aldo the Llewellin Setter on a map of game birds, and agreeing to a 9x14-ft project before knowing exactly how to uh, install a 9x14-ft project (it turned out great). See Folk's maps at newworldcartography.com Oysters of North America map Upland Game Birds map The family business: Folk Land Management Port Royal Sound Foundation Maps by Union Army topographical engineer Robert Knox Sneden Books of maps curated from the Library of Congress by Vincent Virga Underwater feature toponymic authority: GEBCO-SCUFN Need maps for your org's reports, decks, walls and events? ⁠The Map Consultancy makes real nice maps, real fast.⁠ See what good maps can do for you at themapconsultancy.com I have three words for you: Big. Glowing. Maps. Depending on how that makes you feel, you might like two more words: ⁠Radiant Maps⁠. See the most beautiful backlit maps at radiantmaps.co Time for some map gifts: get 15% off woven map blankets and backlit map decor with code 15OFF, everything ships free – ⁠https://www.etsy.com/shop/RadiantMaps?coupon=15OFF⁠

Join me as I interview prolific writer and healer, Robert Sachs, who encourages us to awaken our hearts in these troubled times -- not by sticking our heads in the proverbial sand, but by cultivating and practicing being awake in our own lives.  Today we explore the concepts raised in his book - PERFECT ENDINGS:  A CONSCIOUS APPROACH TO DYING AND DEATH.  Born in the U.S., Robert moved to England while a teenager and embarked on the study of Eastern Philosophy.  There, he received a degree in Comparative Religion and Sociology and began his study with Tibetan Buddhist Masters and renowned teachers of the healing arts, Macrobiotics Master Michio Kushi and Shiatsu Master Rex Lassalle.  Desirous of furthering his studies in mental health and bodywork, he attended the Central Ohio School of Massage and earned a Master's degree in Social Work from the University of Kentucky.  Deeply affected by his daughter's death during this time, Robert began to study the conscious dying practices of Tibetan Buddhism.  He is a member of Sogyal Rinpoche's Spiritual Dying Network and the National Hospice Organization.  Along with his wife, Melanie, Robert has pursued studies in both Indian and Tibetan Ayurveda.  Recognized by renown teacher Dr. Deepak Chopra and other physicians of both Eastern and Western orientation, their writings are considered to be some of the clearest and most usable texts available.   With an educational background and training that is as conventional as it is alternative, Robert has worked with physicians, clinics, hospitals, private individuals and organizations, teaching them how to integrate contemporary scientific approaches with the ancient wisdom traditions in the areas of stress management, preventive health care, end-of-life care, and relationship and group dynamics.  He has served as an instructor for the Chopra Center for Well Being in San Diego and the Tibetan Medicine for the Sino-American Rehabilitation Association College in Los Angeles.  He is a prolific writer.  His books include:Nine-Star Ki: Your Astrological Companion to Feng Shui , Tibetan Ayurveda: Health Secrets from The Roof of The World  Rebirth Into Pure Land Perfect Endings: A Conscious Approach to Dying and Death The Passionate Buddha: Wisdom on Intimacy and Enduring Love  Becoming Buddha: Awakening The Wisdom and Compassion to Change Your World Wisdom of The Buddhist Masters: Common and Uncommon Sense The Ecology of Oneness: Awakening in a Free World,Ayurvedic Spa.  The Buddha at War:  Peaceful Heart Courageous Action in Troubled TimesHis most recent book, The Path of Civility:  Perfecting the Lessons of a President by Applying the Wisdom of a Buddha, is a merging of the lessons and teachings of two great individuals:  George Washington and the Buddha.  This book is indicative of the focus of his recent work:  encouraging individuals to engage in these troubled times by applying principles of effective and hence, civil discourse.  Find Robert:   https://thepathofcivility.com/https://www.diamondwayayurveda.com/

Mr. Dinsmore was, in the main, a kind-hearted man, therefore felt a good deal uncomfortable in prospect of the grief likely to be manifested by the four or five hundred negroes belonging to the plantation, and particularly the house-servants, when called upon to part with little Elsie. Both Mrs. Murray and Mildred had spoken to him of their strong attachment to the child, and his own observation had told him the same thing. He knew that they almost idolized her, and would feel her removal as a heavy blow. Desirous to lighten the stroke, he determined to allow Elsie to make a farewell present to each, and engaged Mildred and Mrs. Murray to assist her in preparing a list of suitable articles to be sent for. The child, knowing nothing of her grandfather's reasons for permitting this unusual outlay, was highly delighted. It was Mr. Dinsmore's will that his plans with regard to Elsie should be kept secret from her and the servants until near the end of his visit, still some weeks distant. Those weeks flew fast to Mildred... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic ✝️❣️

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#54 - David and Alex of Desirous Party and Dirty Vibes share how they started their lifestyle events company and how you can best prepare for an event. They give their advice for first-time lifestyle partygoers and how to avoid jealousy and other uncomfortable situations. To learn more about open relationships and the swinger lifestyle, visit https://openlove101.com

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Chareidim 21.6 Stingy heart. Desirous thoughts

Tests Prove Who is the Bride (8) (Audio) David Eells - 6/19/22  Open Doors Allow Distractions and Demons Claire Pienaar - 12/31/21 (David's notes in red) I dreamed Riaan had been out all night and I left the front security gate open with the keys inside it for him. I switched off the lights and got under the bed covers. Our room was completely white and we had a really plush down feather comforter… (Representing resting in comfort of the Holy Spirit and purity.) I was sleeping with a little baby boy next to me in a bassinet. (Our spiritual man, Christ in us, is at rest.)  However, when Riaan came home he entered in through the back kitchen door. (Entering in by the back door is trying to come up another way as Jesus said. We must go through the front door which is Jesus.) At 5:30am, 4 young puppies bound onto our bed. They were beige and tan and quite playful and cute. (This would, of coarse, disturb the rest and soil the white bedding.) (These puppies represent the distractions of the flesh. Their immaturity represents something that we think is benign in our own lives, but our Father wants ALL FLESH and distractions or idols gone, and wants us spotless and blemishless. (Which is impossible with 4 dogs in the bed.) Also, the number “4” represents the “world," so this represents the fleshly or worldly distractions, no matter how well-intentioned they might be.). Their jumping on the bed frightened me and they were not ours, so we did not entertain them for a second. (We do not accept anything unclean or impure, we are to only accept the perfectly white nature, character and authority of Christ from His Word).  Riaan said, “How did they get in?” And I realized that I had left the door open in the dead of night. (Demonic influences of darkness can come in if we leave the door opened.) The night was so pretty and there were fireflies and I wanted Riaan to see that scene when he arrived home, but he did not because he came in the back door. (Satan is Beelzebub, the lord of the flies, and he uses his flies or demons with their fiery darts when we leave an open door.)  (Riaan: There could be two different warnings here. 1. We need to make sure everything is closed off to the enemy. No curses can come on us when we abide in the secret place and remain righteous. (And be humble to the Word.) 2. There is only one way to enter into the rest, only the front door, which is Jesus. There's no back way into the kingdom or you run the risk of dirtying the bed with dogs which represent little demons, curses or fleshly distractions.). One of the dogs was named Milo (Milo means "soft-hearted, merciful”.) (We must not have pity on the flesh or be “soft-hearted and merciful” towards the demons.) I asked the Lord for the other names and received the following in my spirit... Reviling, which is to criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner, Doubt, which is double-mindedness, and I can't remember the fourth “puppy” demon's name. (Riaan: ...Let's make the corrections required: Ensure the house of the Lord, which is our bodies, are secured properly to the attacks of the enemy and that we enter by Christ alone and no other way.) I asked the Lord for a word by faith at random and received 2 Sam 2:11, with my finger on Hebron. Hebron means “alliance or friendship." (We should have no alliances with dogs or demons. Eph 5:11  and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness,  but rather even reprove them.)   The Bride Needs to Pick up Her Trash LaKeisha Watson - 5/22 (David's notes in red) I dreamed that Local UBM was seated in neat rows or columns. There was a little bit of trash underneath our seats. (The Bride still has a little cleaning up to do.) I saw David going around everyone and picking up their trash alone. As he got closer to me, I felt embarrassed that I wasn't helping him yet and then I began to pick up my trash.  I had two cans of sprite. One was empty and the other was partly filled. I remember not wanting to look bad in front of David. Then I woke up. (The definition of Sprite is - A small or elusive supernatural being; an elf or pixie. An elf-like person. We need to clean the little demons out of our life.)    Bride Tempted to Rely on Self Works  Claire Pienaar - 05/28/22 (David's notes in red)  … I dreamed I was in a restaurant called Tribes. (A restaurant called Tribes represents factions in the apostate Church who are feeding their false doctrines to people.) I used to work there as a student. (Many start out as students in the apostate Church system.) Two of my bosses from previous jobs were there. One boss was named Kerry, meaning “dark haired”. (She represents those who are submitted to darkness according to 1 Co. 11.) The other one was Grace Khoza, a dark-skinned African. (Her last name means “Fire of God”. (She represents the fiery trials that the Lord sends to chastise or refine us).  Both of my old bosses were trying to get me to work for them but I refused. I knew I needed to homeschool my children because: It's what God requires of me, my husband wants me to do it, and I and My children love it. (Tit. 2:3-5 ...that aged women likewise … 5 to be sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.) Both women were trying to tell me that the “hours are minimal” and “the pay is good” and “we need your expertise” and “it's remote work”. I just wasn't buying any of it. Then they started commenting on my car and said we could finally be a “two car family” or I could have “an upgrade” with the “extra cash I earn”. (The devil and the desires of the flesh are constantly trying to tempt us to go back to Egypt and it's ways.) Again, I knew the Lord had designed the current situation of having only one car for us to grow in Christ. (Having only one car represents our vehicle or vessel being one with Christ.) ... Then they asked questions like “Aren't you bored?” Or “Why can't you see how much potential you have?” These were to sway me to work for them.  When I got in my car to drive it, the ignition had been tampered with and the battery wasn't connecting to the ignition. (People around us are often manipulative to try and get us to do what they want, but we must resist this to stay in what the Holy Spirit tells us to do.) They called a girl named Lysandrea to come help me drive home. (Her name means “liberator” or “free man”.) (I have seen when the factious are overcome by those spirits. They claim they feel “free” because they have totally departed from the crucified life and the restraint of the Word of God. They now have a license to excess with a seared conscience.) I told her, “I know how to fix my car” but she would not give me the keys to drive it. (Riaan: The enemy is sending distractions of the world to test God's elect. Dwelling on these distractions disconnects us from the power of the Holy Spirit that we need to power our vessels.)  I looked at all these people... and said, “I am happy with my life. Thank you for your interest in me but I serve the Lord”. (Riaan: Amen! Another opportunity to choose the Lord by his grace.)  I tried to fix my car, but the thought to pray and lay hands on it could not get from my brain to my dream. I was so freaked out at not remembering to pray in faith. What was I thinking? Then I woke up. (This was particularly perplexing because I felt my conscious mind start to pray but in the dream I had lost the thought to do so.) (How often, when faced with adverse circumstances, do we think of everything we could do in the flesh to save ourselves, but we forget to pray until we have exhausted all our self efforts.)  (Wow. That's the power of the enemy when it comes to flattery of the self and offering the things of the world. The spirit man immediately decreases in power. It is evident that even thinking or dwelling on fleshly thoughts are an opening for the enemy to take hold and suggest self efforts to stop your prayers of faith. ... Then I woke up.  (The righteous shall live by faith in the promises of God not in their own ingenuity. We must learn to cease from our own works to enter into the supernatural life through faith in the promises.)    The Bride Body Distracted By Serpent Spirits  Claire Pienaar - 5/28/22 (David's notes in red) I (Representing the Bride) dreamed I was going to go away to Durban for two nights. (Durban is a port city of eastern South Africa ... Currently, over the past two months the weather warfare over this region has been relentless, with much devastation). The reason for my wanting to go there was that I wanted to spend some time with the Lord. (Durban is a year-round resort city, too, which represents being in the rest). (The Bride is always seeking the Lord in sanctification. She is at rest knowing that Christ in her will do the works.) I was at the airport to fly. (Flight represents overcoming the world.) My friend Kelly (meaning, “ strife and war”.) was there and she said she was going to Durban too, and that she would show me around. (As we will see “Kelly” represents warring serpent spirits that attack our minds.) I didn't need that, all I wanted was a hotel room to be with the Lord. I kept being friendly to her but It was clear to me that we were going for two different reasons. I was going to be with the Lord and she was going for a weekend of partying. (We must not be friendly or welcoming to the enemies thoughts or distractions or we may get caught up in them.)  (Riaan: Kelly represents the strife or war on our thoughts that come in to try and distract us. We must fight against these tactics of the enemy.)  It seemed she was flying with me in the same airplane, and when we touched down in Durban, she told me her mother was there and I could stay with her. I said “no” and told her that I wanted to get to my pre-booked hotel room. (We should avoid putting ourselves under the mother Church which will lead us back to being under the law or apostasy.)  Instead, Kelly took me to another very fancy hotel and we walked around the top level of it, where there was an extremely opulent restaurant. I was very impressed with the restaurant, but I did not feel like I belonged there. (This restaurant represents partaking of the wrong kind of spiritual food. The flesh loves to indulge itself with opulence meaning, wealthy, rich, or affluent. All of this tends to influence us to pride and competition instead of humility. This reminds me of a dream my friend had of going into a tall building looking for Jesus. He went to the top floor and when the elevator opened he saw a dragon so he went to the bottom floor and saw Jesus teaching His disciples.) She kept on wanting to get us a table outside and sit right next to the bar, but I kept on saying that wouldn't be wise. (1 Pe. 5:8 Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.) The tables were big, and we ... eventually sat down, and I was amazed at the good service and amazing food. Then I noticed a golden calf right in the middle of the restaurant. I thought, “I cannot eat here!” (We should not eat the food of idolatry.) (The Israelites made a golden calf and called it Elohim because they wanted a God that would allow them to return to the ways of Egypt. If we allow ourselves to indulge in the food of idolatry with our fleshly nature and mind then we get swept away with worldly distractions and become more and more antichrist in our thinking.) I watched as waiters brought food to people. There was some excellent looking salmon that was beautifully presented and plated, etc, but I did not have anything on my plate. (Riaan: We should only partake of the bread of the Word which is our spiritual food.) (To us their food is vanity and not food for the spiritual man.) ...Then in the dream I had a vision of Riaan walking with our son Daniel on the beach in front of my pre-booked hotel room. I really wanted to be part of that scene, rather than all this action in the restaurant. That's what I had come for: time to rest with the Lord. (Riaan: The Bride is the one who only loves Jesus as her husband, longs for the fruit of Christ and to be part of Abraham's promised seed of Israel by faith, represented by the sandy beach.)  So I kept trying to get to the pre-booked hotel room. It was difficult. My legs were like lead and I could not will myself to get up and get going. Then I woke up. (I believe I was experiencing witchcraft in the dream. Also, this is a warning that the enemy will try various stall-and-delay tactics to distract and try to derail those who are part of the corporate Bride body.) (The world has a seducing influence that weakens the spiritual man. This seduction is a distraction. How many times, when we sit down to read the Word of the Lord, do things pop into our head that we feel we need to do, which by comparison are totally unimportant.)    Bride Weak But Saved by the Word Eve Brast: Testimony - 12/21/19  (David's notes in red) (This is a most important revelation for this time.  I believe that God had Eve act out a warning for those who are contending for the Bride and even life itself. This will help many to repent of distractions of addictions to internet, politics, hobbies, sex, excitement, etc. so they can concentrate on running the race to bear fruit before someone takes their crown and they are delivered over to the Dragon.) I would like to share a recent experience that led to God giving me this dream. I hadn't realized how far I had gotten away from the foundational teachings that endeared me to UBM until recently. When I first came to this ministry I fed on "Sovereign God" and the "Real Good News" series for months and months and it gave me a hunger and excitement to read the Word. I had never really understood the Bible before listening to the "Panoramic Bible Studies" and reading "Hidden Manna For the End-Times." Slowly through the years, because of persecutions and trials of my faith that I had failed, I began listening to the voice of discouragement. I found myself worn down, kind of on “auto-pilot” just going through the motions with "faith and belief." I said I believed for different situations and I knew all the right things to say, but deep down the fears and doubts were screaming all the “what-ifs” to my mind. Over time, the enemy came in very gradually and with great stealth to steal all the wonderful foundational truths that I had started out with. This put my spirit man into confusion and made me weak to fight against the wiles of the devil.  Recently I had been struggling with my flesh over the entertainment of watching You-tube videos which was eating up all of my spare time. I was addicted and no longer in the Word or feeding my spirit man to keep Him strong and defended against the enemy. My conscience knew that I hadn't been a good steward of my time. I knew I was in a battle with my flesh! First, I moved the You-tube app to the last page on my phone screen hoping that it would give me enough pause to reconsider getting on it and wasting time, but that didn't work. It only took a second to flip over to the last screen page and click the app. This really frustrated me and caused me to keep falling into condemnation which wasn't helping the situation at all! I finally got so sick of the battle that I deleted You-tube from my phone altogether. And since I had been so addicted to watching it, I would still, out of pure habit, pick up my phone to get on You-tube.  Then I would realize it was no longer accessible on my phone and then spiritual sanity would kick in. I was then able to go and read the Word or spend time in prayer or listen to the foundational teachings that are now strengthening my faith and belief again in the promises of God. I finally feel like my spiritual life and relationship with the Lord is being restored and I don't even miss the Youtube videos at all. It was all just useless distractions; a plan of the enemy to render me ineffective for the kingdom. I hope this testimony and dream below will be a helpful admonishment, as it was for me and an encouragement also to all my UBM brethren.   Forgetting the Place of Rest Due to Distractions Eve Brast - 12/21/19 (David's notes in red) I dreamed that I was at a huge hospital / hotel complex. (The Bride is like a hospital and hotel in that it is a place of healing and it is many houses built together into a holy temple in the Lord as Ephesians says.) It had a 7 story parking garage attached to the building as well as several other huge parking lots surrounding the premises. (The parking garage represents our vehicle or body at rest from works through faith that come from the promises of God.)   (This hospital / hotel represents the kingdom of God where His righteous servants accommodate those entering the kingdom and minister the healing of the water of the Word to them. Eze. 47: 9-12  And it shall come to pass, that every living creature which swarmeth, in every place whither the rivers come, shall live; and there shall be a very great multitude of fish; for these waters are come thither, and the waters of the sea shall be healed, and everything shall live whithersoever the river cometh. 10 And it shall come to pass, that fishers shall stand by it: from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim shall be a place for the spreading of nets; their fish shall be after their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many. 11 But the miry places thereof, and the marshes thereof, shall not be healed; they shall be given up to salt. (They represent the waters of the Word that are not living and active and healing. Living waters are called so in the Bible because they are moving and constantly being refreshed from above. Whereas these miry places are the swamp of dead religion; even dead right doctrine that doesn't meet the need.)  (Here are the living waters that heal) 12 And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow every tree for food, whose leaf shall not whither, neither shall the fruit thereof fail: it shall bring forth new fruit every month, because the waters thereof issue out of the sanctuary; and the fruit thereof shall be for food, and the leaf thereof for healing. The 7 story parking garage represents the 7 days of creation in which God rested on the 7th day and the 7-1000 year days. Now we are commanded to keep a continual Sabbath rest from our own works and efforts.)  (Also the 7th day of rest from our works was the highest most mature point in the building; a goal we all must reach.) Along with this revelation Eve received by faith at random in our morning prayer meeting on 12/24/19 this text about entering the rest and her finger was on “believed” do enter into that rest." Heb 4:1-11  Let us fear therefore, lest haply, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it.  2  For indeed we have had good tidings preached unto us, even as also they: but the word of hearing did not profit them, because it was not united by faith with them that heard.  3  For we who have believed do enter into that rest; even as he hath said, As I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.  4  For he hath said somewhere of the seventh day on this wise, And God rested on the seventh day from all his works;  5  and in this place again, They shall not enter into my rest.  6  Seeing therefore it remaineth that some should enter thereinto, and they to whom the good tidings were before preached failed to enter in because of disobedience,  7  he again defineth a certain day, To-day, saying in David so long a time afterward (even as hath been said before), Today if ye shall hear his voice, Harden not your hearts.  8  For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day.  9  There remaineth therefore a sabbath rest for the people of God. (This word for sabbath is “sabbatismos” meaning a continual rest from our works, not just one day.) 10  For he that is entered into his rest hath himself also rested from his works, as God did from his. 11 Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, that no man fall after the same example of disobedience. (Notice our works are disobedience and cause a fall.) It was dark outside and throughout the whole dream I was walking around over all the multiple parking lots trying to find my vehicle because I had forgotten where I had parked it. (This is a very dark time and we can't afford to stray away from the living Word and the place of rest.  (Everyone must find his or her vehicle at rest because of the Word living in them.) The vehicles in the parking lots represent our lives at rest while God is doing the work.)  I was so frustrated that I couldn't find my vehicle. In the dream I had a rechargeable flashlight that Brandy had bought for me in real life and I was trying to use it to help me find my vehicle. But it kept flickering and going out on me because I had failed to recharge it. (This represents failing to consistently stay in the Word and recharge our mind and our faith. When we get away from the Word it becomes dark to our spiritual sight and our discernment suffers. We become easy targets for the enemy to distract us and get us out of the faith and the rest.) The flashlight would stay on for about 30 seconds and then flicker off. I would then turn it off and wait a few minutes to see if I could turn it back on. It would have enough juice to stay on for a few more moments and then it would go dead again. Psa. 119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And light unto my path.  Pro 20:27  The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah, Searching all his innermost parts. (The wise virgins had oil in their lamps and the rest were distracted and missed the King when he came. No doubt they thought they were ready. In the parable of the sower, 3 of 4 were distracted and bore no fruit.)  Mat 13:19-23  When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the evil one, and snatcheth away that which hath been sown in his heart. This is he that was sown by the way side.  20  And he that was sown upon the rocky places, this is he that heareth the word, and straightway with joy receiveth it;  21  yet hath he not root in himself, but endureth for a while; and when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, straightway he stumbleth.  22  And he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that heareth the word; and the care of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.  23  And he that was sown upon the good ground, this is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; who verily beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.) Finally, it quit working all together and I was really regretting forgetting to charge it back up. (Charge up your spirit man in the Word to find your body at rest from fruitless works.) (Jas. 1:21-25  21 Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. 22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves. 23 For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror: 24 for he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. 25 But he that looketh into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and so continueth, being not a hearer that forgetteth but a doer that worketh, this man shall be blessed in his doing.) I made my way back inside the hospital / hotel and as I walked into the lighted lobby I suddenly remembered that I had parked my vehicle on the fifth floor of the parking garage! (Getting back into the light of the Word and the Kingdom will renew our minds and help us get back to the foundational principles that saved us in the beginning from the old nature and the curse.) Rom. 12:2 And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God. So I approached a blonde haired lady (Representing being submitted to the light of the Son) who was dressed in a pink knit top (Representing the color of love) that worked there and I asked her which elevator led up to the fifth floor of the parking garage. (The number 5 symbolizes God's grace, goodness and favor toward humans and is mentioned 318 times in Scripture. Five multiplied by itself is 25 and represents 'grace upon grace'.) She pointed to my right over to an isolated silver service elevator and said, “It's right over there.” So I walked over to the elevator and pushed the button to go up and the door opened almost immediately. As I was stepping in to the elevator I noticed a very tall thin homeless looking man at the back of the elevator. (This represents the “old man” who lost his house to the new man but constantly works to gain it back again.)  He had on tan jeans and a tan and maroon, plaid, long sleeve shirt. (Representing works that are not white, an unclean heart and walk.)(This man represents my old man/nature who is in rebellion to the Word of God represented by the tan color of his clothing. Tan was the color of the Nazi's uniforms. The maroon color in the plaid shirt represents the blood that the old man is guilty of. Rev. 16:6  for they poured out the blood of the saints and the prophets, and blood hast thou given them to drink: they are worthy.) He had long wavy dirty blonde hair and a matching beard. He was dirty and his clothes were dingy.  I immediately didn't feel comfortable being on the elevator with him and tried to step towards the quickly closing elevator door but it was too late. The doors closed and the elevator started going up. This homeless man began talking about all the bad things that could possibly happen and speaking all sorts of word curses to me. (He will rob your faith and resulting fruit.)  I kept casting it all down and countering it with statements of faith but he wouldn't shut up. I began pushing buttons, indiscriminately, trying to stop the elevator on any floor just to get away from the homeless man and his evil mouth.  (David teaches a good parable about Joshua conquering the five kings who represent the five senses of our fallen nature. These are the things we rely on when we listen to our old man of the flesh and rely on his senses. Jos. 10:16-27  And these five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah. 17 And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah. 18 And Joshua said, Roll great stones unto the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to keep them:  (Rocks represent Jesus, the Word, covering our mouths, which causes us to resist such thoughts and words. Then we can put to death the old man. We cannot conquer our promised land so long as the old man is permitted to speak from our mouth what we've learned from the carnal senses. Isa 11:2-4  And the Spirit of Jehovah shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Jehovah.  3  And his delight shall be in the fear of Jehovah; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither decide after the hearing of his ears;  4  but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.) Back to our text in Joshua 10:19 but stay not ye; pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for Jehovah your God hath delivered them into your hand. 20 And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, and the remnant which remained of them had entered into the fortified cities, 21 that all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.  22 Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring forth those five kings unto me out of the cave. 23 And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon. 24 And it came to pass, when they brought forth those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the chiefs of the men of war that went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. (So they cannot speak and put to death our spiritual man.)  And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them. 25 And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed; be strong and of good courage: for thus shall Jehovah do to all your enemies against whom ye fight. (We must fight the good fight of the faith and defeat the fleshly enemies in our promised land!) (By not permitting their distractions, thoughts and words we will win. If we get distracted by the things of the world and forget to recharge our batteries we will have no power to resist the old man. Our minds will be full of worldliness that has no power over self. 3 out or 4 fall away because of this.)  26 And afterward Joshua smote them, and put them to death, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening. (The old man crucified) 27 And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had hidden themselves, and laid great stones on the mouth of the cave, unto this very day.)(The old man cannot speak with a rope around his neck or dead in the cave and blocked by the Word.)   Back to Eve's dream: Suddenly, the elevator jammed and we became stuck between the fifth and sixth floors. (Falling Short of reaching the 7th floor of rest because the old man is speaking.) (When we allow fear and anxiety to rule us, allowing the old man to speak, we become stuck in a nowhere land between faith and rest, and the works of man and the flesh. Jas. 1:2-7  Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations; 3 Knowing that the proving of your faith worketh patience. 4 And let patience have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.  5 But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting: for he that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed. 7 For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord; 8 a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways.) (We can't afford to not receive what we need from the Lord but the Word brings forth faith but distractions bring double mindedness which in the Greek means two-souled. Rom 10:17  So belief cometh of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.) The door opened momentarily and I could look down and see several blonde headed people gathered near the elevator on the fifth floor. They were talking and laughing and enjoying each other's company. (These represent brethren who are in the rest having faith towards God and submitted to the Son and the Word.) The door then closed quickly because the elevator sensor realized that it was between floors and that the situation was unsafe. (When we hear the convicting word the door is open … but not for long, because disobeying our conscience defiles it and it speaks quieter and quieter until we hear it no more. So we see this is an unsafe condition that we must avoid or be one of those 3 out of 4 who bore no fruit.) The homeless man continued talking and saying things that put fear into my heart. I began pacing inside the elevator and I was starting to panic that no one would hear my calls for help and that I would be stuck there forever. (Some will never break free from the old man's words and forever be fruitless.) There was no roof on this elevator so I could see the shaft above. (So looking upwards in the shaft towards the 7th floor represents seeing the end from the beginning which is what faith is. Luke 8:14 And that which fell among the thorns, these are they that have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. The word here for perfection is “telesphoreo” which means, "to bring to completion with the end in view." This is the only place in the Bible where this particular word is used. "Calling the things that be not as though they were.” We must have the end in view by faith before we can arrive there. 2 Co. 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.)  Then, as I looked up the shaft I glanced over to my right and I saw what looked like the attic of a house. (The attic is a parallel vision representing looking up the elevator shaft.) It was lined with pink fiberglass insulation in between all the wooden rafters. (Pink represents love.) I noticed a blonde haired, blue eyed little boy who was toddler aged. He was dressed in just a white cloth diaper with a diaper pin. He was walking precariously, balancing on the wooden rafters in between the pink fiberglass insulation. He was happy and didn't seem aware of any danger. (This represents our spiritual fruit of Christ in us having been born, i.e. seen by the world. Our spirit man or man-child is only in danger when we are listening to our old man and not looking up towards God. Our old man will put to death our new spirit man if we are not receiving grace from God because of our rebellion and self-will.) (Our spiritual man of Christ in us will fall from his high position in God where "the rest" is.)  Rom. 8:12-17 12 So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh: 13 for if ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the Spirit ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live. 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. 15 For ye received not the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of God: 17 and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified with him .) I told him that he needed to get down from there immediately before he got hurt. So he obediently came over right away and crawled down into my arms. (When we are in fear the spiritual man is in our hands and in danger. He cannot retain the high place in God and we fail to attain to the corporate Bride or Man-child body.) As I held him I was thinking of a way that I could escape this situation but fear and despair were dominating my mind as the homeless man continued to talk. There seemed to be an urgency to find my vehicle (at rest) and I was becoming anxious and fretful because of all the thoughts that were running through my mind. But the little boy didn't seem worried at all. (The spiritual man is the one with faith but he must be permitted to speak it.) (2 Co. 10:3-5  3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh 4 (for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds), 5 casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;). Then I woke up. These are verses we received by faith at random at this time for the morning meetings that confirm this dream: Eve - Mat. 17:20 (17-20) 17 And Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? bring him hither to me. 18 And Jesus rebuked him; and the demon went out of him: and the boy was cured from that hour. 19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast it out? 20 And he saith unto them, Because of your little faith: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. Tim - 2 Sa. 22:29 For thou art my lamp, O Jehovah; And Jehovah will lighten my darkness. Missy - 1 Pe. 1:13-25  13 Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14 as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in the time of your ignorance: 15 but like as he who called you is holy, be ye yourselves also holy in all manner of living; 16 because it is written, Ye shall be holy; for I am holy. 17 And if ye call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to each man's work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear: 18 knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers; 19 but with precious blood, as of a lamb without spot, even the blood of Christ: 20 who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the end of times for your sake, 21 who through him are believers in God, that raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.  22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently: 23 having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth. 24 For, All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth: 25 But the word of the Lord abideth for ever. And this is the word of good tidings which was preached unto you. Leon -  Mat. 25: 3-13  3 For the foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them: 4 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 Now while the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 6 But at midnight there is a cry, Behold, the bridegroom! Come ye forth to meet him. 7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are going out. 9 But the wise answered, saying, Peradventure there will not be enough for us and you: go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. 10 And while they went away to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage feast: and the door was shut. 11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. 13 Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour. The moral of this story is stop being distracted by the old man with things that have no eternal value or you will not bear fruit and will miss the Bride and possibly heaven itself and will become a victim of the dragon.   Jesus is so Desirous of Us Debbie Fenske - 5/30/22 Last evening, during our worship, and praise to the Lord Jesus, I began discerning, quite heavily, that He wished to speak something to us. We were singing, Great Are You Lord. I discerned that it was not that He did not welcome our worship and praise. He did. But I knew something was on His heart. So, I said to Him, “Jesus, please speak to me what is on Your heart for us.” I shared what Jesus was speaking to me through these first two songs after we had sung them. He was saying, “Do you know how I wait for you? I long for you to draw near to Me. Though you do come before me, there is so much unrest, so much anxiety over other things that you must accomplish. How I need you, My people, to desire Me, to desire to come before Me, above all things, spending time with me in quietness and rest. For, when you do come before Me there is hurriedness, unrest, and anxiety. Where is the quietness? Where is the rest?” Then The Lord led us to sing, Eagles Wings, about our yearning for Him, and about our waiting for Him, But as we sang this to Him, He was wanting us to hear Him directing them to us. “Oh My children, how I wait for you. I wait for you to come to me, to abide with me in My presence. Let Me draw you. Let Me bring you to your knees. I am your quietness, your rest, and your strength. I am all that you need. Hear Me, My children. Even the very works that you do for My kingdom becomes mere works when you give Me so little time where, first, you could receive from Me anointed strength, and supernatural refreshing. You cannot find these things in yourself through the good things that you do for others, or for My kingdom. Time with Me in quietness and calm is of the essence. For I will even expand time for you, time, especially, to do all I have given you to do for Me and My kingdom. I know your heart's desire to glorify My name. Know that my heart's desire is for you, My people, to find your rest, and your quietness in Me alone. So, come rest with Me.” Then we we sang to the Lord, In Your Presence. During the song, I received a vision of Jesus kneeling down, upright on His knees. He wore a light blue robe. I was standing in front of Him. I know I represented each of us. His hands gently reached out for mine, inviting me to kneel down with Him. In the vision, as I gave Him my hands, I could literally feel the touch of His hands in mine as I knelt down in front of Him with my head bowed. End of vision. Isa. 30:15  For thus said the Lord, the Holy One of Israel: In returning, and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness, and in confidence shall be your strength. Father, thank you. Let it not be that you would ever have to say of us, “But ye would not…”     Select Language Afrikaans Albanian Amharic Arabic Armenian Azerbaijani Basque Belarusian Bengali Bosnian Bulgarian Catalan Cebuano Chichewa Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Corsican Croatian Czech Danish Dutch Esperanto Estonian Filipino Finnish French Frisian Galician Georgian German Greek Gujarati Haitian Creole Hausa Hawaiian Hebrew Hindi Hmong Hungarian Icelandic Igbo Indonesian Irish Italian Japanese Javanese Kannada Kazakh Khmer Kinyarwanda Korean Kurdish (Kurmanji) Kyrgyz Lao Latin Latvian Lithuanian Luxembourgish Macedonian Malagasy Malay Malayalam Maltese Maori Marathi Mongolian Myanmar (Burmese) Nepali Norwegian Odia (Oriya) Pashto Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Romanian Russian Samoan Scots Gaelic Serbian Sesotho Shona Sindhi Sinhala Slovak Slovenian Somali Spanish Sundanese Swahili Swedish Tajik Tamil Tatar Telugu Thai Turkish Turkmen Ukrainian Urdu Uyghur Uzbek Vietnamese Welsh Xhosa Yiddish Yoruba Zulu Powered by Translate Printer-friendly version  

Cowards & Thieves dial in from the literal road for a chat with Dylan in anticipation of their album release on Friday the 13th (ch ch ch, ah ah ah...). Chip and Stefan manage to power through some questionable venue Wi-Fi to talk about the band and turning their debut EP into a short film as well as the bird sound at the end of "Layla", if you're an old head if you went to Ozzfest, pop punk cover sets, legal wedding parties, and why "Desperado" is the saddest song ever. You can preorder Cowards & Thieve's LP, Dedicated to Dead People, on their Big Cartel and also check out their Bandcamp. Track featured is "Desirous" off of Dedicated to Dead People out May 13th.

Andrei and Pierre are interrupted by Princess Lise (Elisabeta Karlovna Bolkonskaya), who has changed from her formal wear into night attire. While the day is ending for her, for Pierre, the night remains young.The Princess is happy to see Pierre; she views him as a like-mind and is comfortable speaking freely around him. Pierre brings up what has crushing the spirit of Lise, namely why is Andrei headed off to fight, out of country, against the unstoppable forces of the Napoleonic army. Her concern is his safety as well as being left behind late in her pregnancy.  She will be left to the Country estate and have to stay with Andrei's father and sister. She remarks that men can't get on in this world without war. For their ego they have to chase some type of power and glory. Women on the other hand, want nothing of it. She notes that Andrei has a lot going for him in St. Petersburg, a good position, an opportunity to work with Emperor Alexander, and most of all -- he is going to be a Father. She gets more passionate, sad and angry, a side she would never reveal to the society crowd. When she cries, Pierre makes a half-hearted attempt to console her but does not want to step between husband and wife.Lise demands her husband to explain why he has changed so, why he is so uncaring, and why he is so different towards her than just a few months before. The Prince, diplomatically, begs her to stop the barrage. With a Mon Dieu, Mon Dieu, she kisses him and exits for bed, leaving Pierre and Andrei somewhat uncomfortable.Once together in the luxurious dining room, Andrei drops his guard.  Andrei tells Pierre, he can speak honestly with him as Pierre is the only “live soul” Andrei knows. Andrei gives this advise: Never marry until you've accomplished all you hope to accomplish and never marry until you no longer love the woman of your choice -a reference to how aristocratic marriages are arranged. Pierre stays silent. Andrei relays the Princess is of excellent reputation but there is nothing he wouldn't give to be free of her.Andrei then references his adulation for Bonaparte, who was unencumbered by a wife in pursing monumental accomplishments. Andrei shares the desire to change the world and, with his Will, push the progress of humanity forward. He dismisses the triviality of Society life, and women with their Salon culture.Pierre can not believe Andrei thinks his life wrecked, when most people would covet all Andrei has, station, reputation, intelligence.  He views Andrei as a model of perfection.Andrei turns the discussion to focus on how Pierre is doing. Pierre, with a bit of his own disillusionment, announces nothing has changed as he remains the illegitimate son of his father, without name or a guarantee of future prospects.Each of these protagonists have what the other covets – Pierre freedom and an uncharted future, and Andrei station and beautiful wife about to give him a child. Interestingly, both Bolkonskys feel quite free to open up in front of Pierre.Andrei gives Pierre advice: Beware of the Kuragins! This will be hard to do as that is who Pierre is staying with in St. Petersburg.  Andrei cautions Pierre to especially stay away from the womanizing, Anatole, and Pierre gives his word he will go home.

This is episode 4 of The Just Imagine Podcast. Saket Toshniwal shares the miraculous success of his father. It is for a complete Aortic Arch Replacement of Santosh Toshniwal(his father) in record time, and mindfulness in applying the powerful Just Imagine Tools(blessings, affirmations, concentring, gratitude sealing, imagination and much more), under the divine guidance of our Maestro. The surgery was successful & recovery has been amazing. We are blessed to hear the insight from Mahesh Toshniwal, on how the powerful JI tools when used with the right thoughts hold the power to transform energies and frequencies towards the desirous results. Just Imagine has many such miracles and successes. These success sealing normally happens LIVE amidst the Just Imagine Community and is shared lasted on the Telegram group. This was Recorded live in Kolkata, India. Content is a mix of English & Hindi. If you wish to join the Just Imagine telegram group to get inspired with many such success stories, please reach out to us on Instagram/WhatsApp or email us at justimaginepodcast@gmail.com. You can watch many other success stories on Just Imagine Youtube Channel. Thank You for listening and sharing.

With the 20th anniversary of 9/11 we're awash in retrospectives that immerse many of us in all the feelings of that day. What is going on? We are in the midst of spiritual conflicts but to simply imagine or reject them as purely other-worldly or supernatural is not paying attention to what we do and how we behave.   @Chris Williamson  interview with Luke Burgis https://youtu.be/72svGiOaKMk Clips from "Hitman Hart: Wrestling with the Shadows" https://youtu.be/L3wZhA5s3kI Everyone Losing Their Minds https://youtu.be/xuTKVqWRmCw Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook The Rest is History 9/11 https://pca.st/jdl26sbr The Godfather Opening Scene https://youtu.be/K6LKszIrDzo Peter Boghossian Resignation Letter on Bari Weiss Substack https://bariweiss.substack.com/p/my-university-sacrificed-ideas-for High on God High on God High on God https://amzn.to/38MCnF6 Sun Tzu Art of War https://amzn.to/38XdhDx Aaron Rodgers Danica Patrick https://www.nickiswift.com/227408/the-real-reason-aaron-rodgers-and-danica-patrick-broke-up/  @Jonathan Pageau  with  @Jordan B Peterson  Conversation https://youtu.be/2rAqVmZwqZM Discord link. Good for just a few days. Check with more recent videos for a fresh link. https://discord.gg/feUJvabj Paul Vander Klay clips channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX0jIcadtoxELSwehCh5QTg My Substack https://paulvanderklay.substack.com/ If you want to schedule a one-on-one conversation check here. https://paulvanderklay.me/2019/08/06/converzations-with-pvk/ There is a video version of this podcast on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/paulvanderklay To listen to this on ITunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/paul-vanderklays-podcast/id1394314333  If you need the RSS feed for your podcast player https://paulvanderklay.podbean.com/feed/  All Amazon links here are part of the Amazon Affiliate Program. Amazon pays me a small commission at no additional cost to you if you buy through one of the product links here. This is is one (free to you) way to support my videos.  https://paypal.me/paulvanderklay To support this channel/podcast with Bitcoin (BTC): 37TSN79RXewX8Js7CDMDRzvgMrFftutbPo  To support this channel/podcast with Bitcoin Cash (BCH) qr3amdmj3n2u83eqefsdft9vatnj9na0dqlzhnx80h  To support this channel/podcast with Ethereum (ETH): 0xd3F649C3403a4789466c246F32430036DADf6c62 Blockchain backup on Lbry https://odysee.com/@paulvanderklay https://www.patreon.com/paulvanderklay Paul's Church Content at Living Stones Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh7bdktIALZ9Nq41oVCvW-A To support Paul's work by supporting his church give here. https://tithe.ly/give?c=2160640  

"Desirous, at the same time, to have people of all ranks and degrees, duly impressed with a solemn of God's superintending providence, and of their duty devoutly to rely in all their lawful enterprizes of his aid and direction — do earnestly recommend, that FRIDAY, the seventeenth day of May next, be observed by the said Colonies as a day of HUMILIATION, FASTING, and PRAYER; that we may with united hearts confess and bewail our manifold sins and transgressions, and by a sincere, repentance and amendment of life, appease his righteous displeasure and through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ, obtain his pardon and forgiveness; humbly imploring his assistance to frustrate the cruel purposes of our unnatural enemies; and by inclining their hearts to justice and benevolence, prevent the further effusion of kindred blood. But if continuing deaf to the voice of reason and humanity, and inflexibly bent on desolation and war, they constrain us to repel their hostile invasions by open resistance, it may please the Lord of Hosts, the God of Armies, to animate our Officers and Soldiers with invincible to guard and protect them in the day of battle, and to crown the Continental arms by sea and land with victory and success:" -March 16, 1776, the Continental Congress, led by John Hancock --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/andrewhorval/support

Welcome to Esoterotica’s Desirous Dreams, December 9, 2020. In dreaming and working to make those dreams a reality, we have arrived on the stage of our true lives. It is where we question ourselves, pulling at threads of who we are. We all need our ability to cerebrally create and wander, to daydream, now more than ever. And to share those dreams when we can, in journals, with lovers, even the whole world. Featuring: Meredith AnnPoignant ProcrastinatorGeoff MunstermanButtercup Loves DickGwydion EmrysAliceJuliet RoseShadow Angelina Otter GoodfellowPlease join us in two weeks with our final theme of the year, “Sumptuous Feast” as we celebrate abundance and decadence in whatever way inspires our appetites.Our Esoterotica family has recently been hit by a terrible loss, and we know so many of you have felt those ripples of tragedy close to you as well. Hold on to each other in whatever ways are safest. Say what you need to say. Music: “Leaving Tomorrow” © Ketsa. Feel free to drop a tip in the digital hat. The money will be split among the writers.(Venmo: @ShadowAngelina | Cashapp: $ShadowAngelina | or PayPal)

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David Axler | Tuesday Morning, October 20, 2020 | Daily Devotions from God's Word

This week we'll talk about Kerala's most famous holiday, the perspectives that are rarely told, and a dual short story challenge!

Today we  discuss Alma's teachings in Mosiah 18 about how to recognize when we are ready to be baptized, and the desires of our heart, then and now, to serve God's children and enter into a covenant with him to receive his Spirit in our lives.Mosiah 18; 2nd Nephi 31; D&C 20:37 ; D&C 46:13-14

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Nikki Franke began her illustrious fencing career her last year in high school; she really enjoyed the combative mental aspect of it and threw herself in wholeheartedly. She attended Brooklyn College and trained with Denise O’Connor. Eventually the two became Olympic teammates. Desirous of a graduate degree, she went to Temple University to serve as the TA of fencing thanks to prodding from another great American fencer: Sharon Everson; eventually she became the Head Coach there. She holds many titles and honors; perhaps the greatest one being Fencing Legend with a capital “F” and “L”. Listen as Dr. Franke explains the need for more fencing exposure for inner city youth. She’ll explain how training for the Olympics back then differed from today. You’ll hear what she looks for in a recruit and her vision for a college-level fencing team. She’ll also give advice on how an athlete should choose which college to attend. And she’ll regale you with stories from driving through the blizzard at the Richmond NAC with her Team as well as tell you their favorite part about traveling together. This is an interview you do not want to miss!

Americans want Socialism - Trump and Mnuchin say no! Trump wants payday lenders to more easily rip off veterans and low income workers. Thom speaks with Professor Barak Orbach in Conversations with Great Minds - How Robert Bork Transformed America & We Never Even Noticed. Dr. Richard Wolff considers why do we have central banks, what is their role, and why is it important to regulate interest rates? Bob Ney gives the Talk Media News report and indicates that the Pelosi vs AOC skirmish over the Green New Deal has been overblown by the press.

Sylvia takes Bob and Dustin back to 1968 to talk about the classic horror film Rosemary's Baby starring Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes. Desirous of starting a family, the young Catholic housewife, Rosemary Woodhouse, and her struggling actor husband, Guy, move into the Bramford, New York's iconic building which brims with unpleasant stories of obscure dwellers and ghastly occurrences. Before long, the young couple is befriended by their elderly and somehow eccentric next-door neighbours, Roman and Minnie Castevet--and shortly after--Rosemary unexpectedly gets pregnant. However, little by little, as the inexperienced mother becomes systematically cut off from her circle and friends, alarming hints of a well-planned and sinister conspiracy will begin to emerge, enfolding Rosemary in a shroud of suspicion and mental agony. In the end, why is everyone so conveniently eager to help; furthermore, why is Guy allowing it? Bob and Dustin did not take well to this movie.

KCBS Radio afternoon anchor and A2A founder Jeff Bell Interviews Amanda Boxtel who was paralyzed in a freak skiing accident at 24. 18 years later with the help of a bionic exoskeleton suit Amanda was able to walk. Desirous of sharing her gift of mobility Amanda started the Bridging Bionics Foundation which provides the use of exoskeleton suits and high tech physical therapy for the mobility impaired community.

Reading 1 Thessalonians 2:8-12 and observing again Paul's affectionate language for the church, and following that example we should also love one another. Visit wwutt.com for all our videos!

Our first and utmost desire must be for Jesus Christ. Are we able to put other desires aside so we may love Him as we should?

How does a mother's heart reflect the heart of the Gospel?