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The Ukrainians are running out of munitions and the war is predicted to endure past 2023; China is debuting new missiles that have the ability to penetrate US defenses; Egypt Is toying with supporting Russia in attacking Ukraine; ISIS is evolving. These are just a handful of the revelations from the viral Discord leaks, a set of US intelligence documents leaked on the gaming platform Discord and other sites by 21-year-old Jack Teixeira of the Massachusetts Air National Guard. Ways to interpret the fallout are manifold, but lessons learned all point back to US responsibility: that Ukraine will face empty bins is a self-fulfilling prophecy that the US can remedy through a revitalization of its defense industrial base. That Taiwan is at enhanced risk of invasion by China every day is only tempered by US willingness to build up Taiwan's defense and develop a strategic counter-aggression framework. Content aside, that a 21-year-old kid was able to photograph and share US top secret information, and continue sharing it for 8 months – well, it is not a leap to underscore the importance of tightening US intelligence security measures to prevent this from ever happening again. Marc Polymeropoulos is a nonresident senior fellow in the Forward Defense practice of the Atlantic Council's Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security. Polymeropoulos worked for twenty-six years at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) before retiring in July 2019 at the Senior Intelligence Service level. He was one of the CIA's most highly decorated operations officers. He is the author of Clarity in Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the CIA.Download the transcript here.
Exodus 12:21-32; 13:17-18, 21-22; 14:9-14Then Moses called all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go, select lambs for your families, and slaughter the passover lamb. Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and touch the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood in the basin. None of you shall go outside the door of your house until morning. For the Lord will pass through to strike down the Egyptians; when he sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over that door and will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you down. You shall observe this rite as a perpetual ordinance for you and your children. When you come to the land that the Lord will give you, as he has promised, you shall keep this observance. And when your children ask you, ‘What do you mean by this observance?’ you shall say, ‘It is the passover sacrifice to the Lord, for he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt, when he struck down the Egyptians but spared our houses.’” And the people bowed down and worshiped. The Israelites went and did just as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron.At midnight the Lord struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the prisoner who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of the livestock. Pharaoh arose in the night, he and all his officials and all the Egyptians; and there was a loud cry in Egypt, for there was not a house without someone dead. Then he summoned Moses and Aaron in the night, and said, “Rise up, go away from my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, worship the Lord, as you said. Take your flocks and your herds, as you said, and be gone. And bring a blessing on me too!” When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was nearer; for God thought, “If the people face war, they may change their minds and return to Egypt.” So God led the people by the roundabout way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. The Israelites went up out of the land of Egypt prepared for battle. The Lord went in front of them in a pillar of cloud by day, to lead them along the way, and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light, so that they might travel by day and by night. Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people. The Egyptians pursued them, all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, his chariot drivers and his army; they overtook them camped by the sea, by Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon. As Pharaoh drew near, the Israelites looked back, and there were the Egyptians advancing on them. In great fear the Israelites cried out to the Lord. They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us, bringing us out of Egypt? Is this not the very thing we told you in Egypt, ‘Let us alone and let us serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.” But Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid, stand firm, and see the deliverance that the Lord will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians whom you see today you shall never see again. The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to keep still.”
12 November 2017 | Pastor Scott Crosby Exodus 13:17-14:31 When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near. For God said, “Lest the people change their minds when they see war and return to Egypt.” But God led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. And the people of Israel went up out of the land of Egypt equipped for battle. Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for Joseph had made the sons of Israel solemnly swear, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones with you from here.” And they moved on from Succoth and encamped at Etham, on the edge of the wilderness. And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night. The pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night did not depart from before the people. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell the people of Israel to turn back and encamp in front of Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, in front of Baal-zephon; you shall encamp facing it, by the sea. For Pharaoh will say of the people of Israel, ‘They are wandering in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.’ And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and he will pursue them, and I will get glory over Pharaoh and all his host, and the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord.” And they did so. When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, the mind of Pharaoh and his servants was changed toward the people, and they said, “What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?” So he made ready his chariot and took his army with him, and took six hundred chosen chariots and all the other chariots of Egypt with officers over all of them. And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the people of Israel while the people of Israel were going out defiantly. The Egyptians pursued them, all Pharaoh's horses and chariots and his horsemen and his army, and overtook them encamped at the sea, by Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon. When Pharaoh drew near, the people of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they feared greatly. And the people of Israel cried out to the Lord. They said to Moses, “Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us in bringing us out of Egypt? Is not this what we said to you in Egypt: ‘Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.” And Moses said to the people, “Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will work for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again. The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.” The Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me? Tell the people of Israel to go forward. Lift up your staff, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, that the people of Israel may go through the sea on dry ground. And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they shall go in after them, and I will get glory over Pharaoh and all his host, his chariots, and his horsemen. And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gotten glory over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.” Then the angel of God who was going before the host of Israel moved and went behind them, and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them, coming between the host of Egypt and the host of Israel. And there was the cloud and the darkness. And it lit up the night without one coming near the other all night. Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the people of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. The Egyptians pursued and went in after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. And in the morning watch the Lord in the pillar of fire and of cloud looked down on the Egyptian forces and threw the Egyptian forces into a panic, clogging their chariot wheels so that they drove heavily. And the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from before Israel, for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians.” Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the water may come back upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.” So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its normal course when the morning appeared. And as the Egyptians fled into it, the Lord threw the Egyptians into the midst of the sea. The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen; of all the host of Pharaoh that had followed them into the sea, not one of them remained. But the people of Israel walked on dry ground through the sea, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. Thus the Lord saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. Israel saw the great power that the Lord used against the Egyptians, so the people feared the Lord, and they believed in the Lord and in his servant Moses.
Please recommend a few books on Hellenistic culture and influence in Judea/Palestine. In Mathew 3:9 John the Baptist is lambasting those poor old Pharisees and Sadducees again. But I really don't understand his meaning. "Do not presume to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our ancestor'; for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham." What does Matthew 24:28 mean? If the bible doesn't mention abortion, what on earth is Numbers 5:11-31 about? In my view, what Ezekiel described in Eze 28:13-15 and Eze 1:13-14 were not stars but plasma discontinuities. The Roman Catholic Church claims that Peter was the first pope. How true is this? Did Peter even exist? Is the Petrine Doctrine an interpolation? How or why do you reject Pascal's wager? Couldn't there be a Quadrinity? What about 5 members of the Godhead? Or a million? How does Proteus Peregrines fit in to the Paul-Simon puzzle? Might the Ophites have been a survival of the worship of Leviathan? Is it possible that the story of the Exodus is a memory of the Hyksos being expelled from Egypt? Is it possible that there was some sort of Enosh-Enoch-Moses-Noah ur-patriarch? According to William Lane Craig, there is an increase in conservative scholarship. Is this true? How reliable is conservative scholarship? Is it all or mostly ax-grinding? Comments on Let the Reader Understand by Robert M. Fowler and Thomas L. Thompson's The Mythic Past.
UNIVERSITY OF EXCELLENCE WWW.UOFE.ORG Prince Handley President / Regent FRUSTRATION AND YOUR FUTURE – THE WAY OUT WHY GOD MAY NOT BE ANSWERINGYou can listen to this message NOW. Click on the pod circle at top left. (Allow images to display.) Or, LISTEN HERE Email this message to a friend. Subscribe to this Ezine teaching by Email: princehandley@gmail.com (Type “Subscribe” in the “Subject” line.) 24/7 release of Prince Handley teachings, BLOGS and podcasts > STREAM Text: “follow princehandley” to 40404 (in USA) Or, Twitter: princehandley _________________________________ FRUSTRATION AND YOUR FUTURE – THE WAY OUT WHY GOD MAY NOT BE ANSWERING I want to talk to you today “Frustration and Your Future.” More importantly, I want to talk to you about G – O – D: Go … Obey … and, Do! Someone listening to me today is in a state of frustration. You are a servant of God … you are anointed of God … and you are frustrated. The LORD has sent me to tell you: “Hang in there. Your MIRACLES are on their way.” I know what you're thinking: “Well, WHY doesn't He send my MIRACLES now? WHY iam I frustrated?” I will answer that: “Because God is preparing your enemy.” When the children of Israel left Egypt under the mighty deliverance of the Passover, they were then hemmed in between Migdol and the sea, with Pharaoh chasing them with 600 of his chosen chariots of war. “And Pharaoh made ready his chariot, and took his people with him. And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them. And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel.” (Torah: Exodus 14:6-8) The children of Israel thought, “Why can't God keep us delivered.” Someone listening to me today is thinking, “Why can't God keep me prosperous? Or, healthy.? Or, victorious?” He can, my friend. The same God that has delivered you in the past wants to deliver you again … and again … AND AGAIN. The Israelites told Moshe: “Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? WHY have you dealt with us like this, to bring us out of Egypt? Is not this the word that we told you in Egypt, saying, 'Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians?' For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.” (Torah: Exodus 14:11-12) I want to ask you a question. Are you WHERE God wants you to be? Listen to – or read the Show Notes of – my recent podcast titled: “The Perfect Center of God's Will.” Also, listen to or read my three-part series on “Follow Your Heart.” Follow Your Heart – Part 1 Follow Your Heart – Part 2 Follow Your Heart – Part 3 What you have to realize is that your enemy is not a leader of a world empire like Pharaoh. Your enemy is stronger than Pharaoh. Your enemy is a leader of a universal empire known as the Kingdom of Satan. This is WHY you must position your self into: The intersection of holy rest. The intersection of MIRACLES. The intersection of God's perfect will. All three of these action-vertices are concomitant … concurrent … my friend. When you are in the center of God's perfect will for your life, you will experience God's rest and God's MIRACLES. Your arch-enemy, the devil, does NOT want you to be in the perfect center of God's will for your life. And, he may use people – even Christians – to work through at times, so that … because of relational proximity … you are perceiving your enemy as a person or people. So when frustration is invading you, back up one step … analyze the situation. Analyze WHO and WHAT is blocking you … keeping you at a “dead end.” Get up and do something about it. It may be yourself that is blocking you. Some people are their own greatest enemies. The problem is always “someone else.” They have a “dead-end” mindset. My friend, if you are driving your automobile and find yourself at a dead end. That doesn't mean YOU are at a dead end! GET OUT AND WALK. When you are frustrated, many times you are sick; maybe not physically, but emotionally, spiritually, or financially. And the real reason you are sick and frustrated is becaue you are NOT trusting God. You may even feel sick in your human spirit (your heart) – you feel “lean” in your soul – because you're leaning on or trusting someone else other than God. If you are leaning on someone other than God to take care of and provide for you, then do NOT expect God to lead you!!! God can take care of you any way and any where! I flew into Accra, Ghana, one time and a lady met me with a sack full of money. She said, “Do you need any money.” If you have ever been to Ghana, West Africa, I think you will find this quite unusual … or, in the realm of MIRACLES. When Rabbi Shaul (later the Apostle Paul) was on his way to Damascus to incarcerate and murder Christians, he was knocked down by a brilliant light from heaven. “And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, 'Shaul, Shaul, why do you persecute me?' And Shaul said, 'Who art you, Lord?' And the Lord said, 'I am Yeshua whom you persecute' … And he trembled and was astonished and said, 'Lord, what do you want me to do?' And the Lord said unto him, 'Get up, and go into the city, and it will be told you what you must do.'” (Brit Chadashah: Acts 9:3-6) That's what you have to do, my friend: 1. Pray; 2. Listen; and then, 3. G – O – D. Go … Obey … and, Do! Get up, my friend. Go … Obey … and Do! Do NOT be concerned about your enemy. The LORD, Yeshua, has been prepared him … as he did Pharaoh … to be wiped out. You see … what you did NOT realize all this time was that God has been preparing your enemy to launch you into your next phase of dominion – your next assignment of success – and has given you complete victory over your enemy. If you do not know Yeshua, you can NOW. Pray, and ask the G-d of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to reveal to you if Yeshua is really your Mashiach. When He does, then receive Him … obey Him … and live for Him. I'm going to share with you, also, another resource to help you get out of your frustration and create your future. It is my book, Faith and Quantum Physics - Create Your Future. Click on the link below: Baruch haba b'Shem Adonai. Your friend, Prince Handley President / Regent University of Excellence Podcast time: 10 minutes, 48 seconds. P.S. - Don't forget to tell your friends about the Prince Handley podcast. Copyright 2012 by Prince Handley All Rights Reserved. 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With the stability of Egypt remaining very much in doubt, the McCain Institute hosts “Egypt: Is the Military the Answer?” a panel to debate the role of the military in crafting a long-term and viable political future for the country. The debate features Jackson Diehl, Deputy Editorial Page Editor of The Washington Post; Michele Dunne, Vice President and Director of the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East; William Kristol, founder of The Weekly Standard; and Anthony Cordesman, Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy at CSIS; Fox News Channel political analyst Juan Williams moderates. This event originally took place on September 24th, 2013 in Washington, DC.
UNIVERSITY OF EXCELLENCEWWW.UOFE.ORG Prince HandleyPresident / Regent FRUSTRATION AND YOUR FUTURE – THE WAY OUTWHY GOD MAY NOT BE ANSWERINGYou can listen to this message NOW.Click on the pod circle at top left. (Allow images to display.) Or, Listen Here Email this message to a friend. Subscribe to this Ezine teaching by Email: princehandley@gmail.com(Type “Subscribe” in the “Subject” line.) 24/7 release of Prince Handley teachings, BLOGS and podcasts > STREAM Text: “follow princehandley” to 40404 (in USA)Or, Twitter: princehandley _________________________________ FRUSTRATION AND YOUR FUTURE – THE WAY OUTWHY GOD MAY NOT BE ANSWERING I want to talk to you today “Frustration and Your Future.” More importantly, I want to talk to you about G – O – D: Go … Obey … and, Do! Someone listening to me today is in a state of frustration. You are a servant of God … you are anointed of God … and you are frustrated. The LORD has sent me to tell you: “Hang in there. Your MIRACLES are on their way.” I know what you're thinking: “Well, WHY doesn't He send my MIRACLES now? WHY iam I frustrated?” I will answer that: “Because God is preparing your enemy.” When the children of Israel left Egypt under the mighty deliverance of the Passover, they were then hemmed in between Migdol and the sea, with Pharaoh chasing them with 600 of his chosen chariots of war. “And Pharaoh made ready his chariot, and took his people with him. And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them. And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel.” (Torah: Exodus 14:6-8) The children of Israel thought, “Why can't God keep us delivered.” Someone listening to me today is thinking, “Why can't God keep me prosperous? Or, healthy.? Or, victorious?” He can, my friend. The same God that has delivered you in the past wants to deliver you again … and again … AND AGAIN. The Israelites told Moshe: “Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? WHY have you dealt with us like this, to bring us out of Egypt? Is not this the word that we told you in Egypt, saying, 'Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians?' For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.” (Torah: Exodus 14:11-12) I want to ask you a question. Are you WHERE God wants you to be? Listen to – or read the Show Notes of – my recent podcast titled: “The Perfect Center of God's Will.” Also, listen to or read my three-part series on “Follow Your Heart.” Follow Your Heart – Part 1 Follow Your Heart – Part 2 Follow Your Heart – Part 3 What you have to realize is that your enemy is not a leader of a world empire like Pharaoh. Your enemy is stronger than Pharaoh. Your enemy is a leader of a universal empire known as the Kingdom of Satan. This is WHY you must position your self into: The intersection of holy rest. The intersection of MIRACLES. The intersection of God's perfect will. All three of these action-vertices are concomitant … concurrent … my friend. When you are in the center of God's perfect will for your life, you will experience God's rest and God's MIRACLES. Your arch-enemy, the devil, does NOT want you to be in the perfect center of God's will for your life. And, he may use people – even Christians – to work through at times, so that … because of relational proximity … you are perceiving your enemy as a person or people. So when frustration is invading you, back up one step … analyze the situation. Analyze WHO and WHAT is blocking you … keeping you at a “dead end.” Get up and do something about it. It may be yourself that is blocking you. Some people are their own greatest enemies. The problem is always “someone else.” They have a “dead-end” mindset. My friend, if you are driving your automobile and find yourself at a dead end. That doesn't mean YOU are at a dead end! GET OUT AND WALK. When you are frustrated, many times you are sick; maybe not physically, but emotionally, spiritually, or financially. And the real reason you are sick and frustrated is becaue you are NOT trusting God. You may even feel sick in your human spirit (your heart) – you feel “lean” in your soul – because you're leaning on or trusting someone else other than God. If you are leaning on someone other than God to take care of and provide for you, then do NOT expect God to lead you!!! God can take care of you any way and any where! I flew into Accra, Ghana, one time and a lady met me with a sack full of money. She said, “Do you need any money.” If you have ever been to Ghana, West Africa, I think you will find this quite unusual … or, in the realm of MIRACLES. When Rabbi Shaul (later the Apostle Paul) was on his way to Damascus to incarcerate and murder Christians, he was knocked down by a brilliant light from heaven. “And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, 'Shaul, Shaul, why do you persecute me?' And Shaul said, 'Who art you, Lord?' And the Lord said, 'I am Yeshua whom you persecute' … And he trembled and was astonished and said, 'Lord, what do you want me to do?' And the Lord said unto him, 'Get up, and go into the city, and it will be told you what you must do.'” (Brit Chadashah: Acts 9:3-6) That's what you have to do, my friend: 1. Pray; 2. Listen; and then, 3. G – O – D. Go … Obey … and, Do! Get up, my friend. Go … Obey … and Do! Do NOT be concerned about your enemy. The LORD, Yeshua, has been prepared him … as he did Pharaoh … to be wiped out. You see … what you did NOT realize all this time was that God has been preparing your enemy to launch you into your next phase of dominion – your next assignment of success – and has given you complete victory over your enemy. If you do not know Yeshua, you can NOW. Pray, and ask the G-d of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to reveal to you if Yeshua is really your Mashiach. When He does, then receive Him … obey Him … and live for Him. Baruch haba b'Shem Adonai. Your friend, Prince HandleyPresident / RegentUniversity of Excellence Podcast time: 10 minutes, 48 seconds. P.S. - Don't forget to tell your friends about the Prince Handley podcast. 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