Performing my daily ablutions when the thought came to me that in theLaw of Moses the act of washing with running water was a ritual for people that had just had sex and coupled to that thry might have yo declare themselves unclean ceremonially for a short while.
Obviously different cultures have social mores that would make them seem alien to others but it must have been galling to think that everyone may have guessed what you had been up to a few hours earlier.
I'd just been reading about the fact the Jeff Sessions was refusing to prosecute Hillary Clinton for her murders; when <Bang> the final act of Revelation came to me. I had previously been pondering how a rich and politically powerful person could be fed to dogs in the heart of the USA. Maybe she would be bitten by a pet and contracted rabies but that doesn't quite cover what happened to Jezebel in the reign of Jehu.
This does: "Because she says in her heart:
Obviously from the context the biblical description of events is about an organisation far larger than a political party in a nation at the end of the world. It encompasses all of us including yours truthfully.
So now we have to be sure we are making our way to the clean water while the sirens are blaring. Decide for yourself what you make of the previous passages of holy script arrant nonsense or final warning.
One thing is clear the fake news have been a perfect instrument in broadcasting every aspect of what has happened so there will be no accepting any please of ignorance.
What is the worst that could happen?
She says sorry?
She doesn't strike me as the type. So you are faced with a choice are you going into mourning or praying for the morning?
There are two types of people described in here, just the two of us:
After this I saw coming down out of the sky another angel, one that had great dominion, and the earth was lighted up with his glory
And he cried with a strong voice “She has fallen, she has fallen, great Babylon has fallen and become a home of demons and a haunt of every unclean spirit and a haunt of every unclean and odious bird, because all the nations have drunk the wine of her rage of unchastity and the kings of the earth have debauched themselves with her and the merchants of the earth have grown rich out of the rush of her luxurious life.”
And I heard another voice out of the sky say “Come out of her, my people, that you may not be a party to her sins and may not share in her scourges, because her sins have been crowded up to the sky and God has remembered her iniquities.
Pay her in the same coin that she paid in, and redouble to her the double of her own deeds; in the cup that she mixed in mix a double draft for her; for every bit of her self-glorification and luxury give her as much of torment and mourning.
Because she says in her heart ‘I am enthroned queen, I am not a widow, I shall not see mourning,’ for this reason her scourges shall come in one day, pestilence and mourning and starvation, and she shall be burned in a fire, because strong is the Lord God who has judged her.
And the kings of the earth, who have debauched themselves with her and lived luxuriously in her company, shall weep and wail over her when they see the smoke of the burning of her, standing far away for the fear of her torture, saying ‘Alas, alas, great city, Babylon, powerful city! because in one moment your judgment has come.’
And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her because nobody buys their cargoes any longer, cargoes of gold and silver and precious stones and pearls and lawn and purple and silk and crimson, and every variety of sandarac-wood and every article of ivory and every article made of costliest wood and of bronze and iron and marble, and cinnamon and amomum and incense and perfume and frankincense and wine and oil and farina and wheat and cattle and sheep, and horses and carriages and slaves, and human lives.
And your summer dainties of heart’s desire are gone from you, and everything sumptuous and splendid of yours has perished, and nevermore shall anyone find them.
The merchants of these things, those who had grown rich from her, shall stand far away for the fear of her torture weeping and mourning, saying ‘Alas, alas, great city clad in lawn and purple and crimson and jeweled with gold and precious stones and pearls! because in one moment such wealth has been desolated.’
And every ship-captain and every voyager, and sailors and as many as get their living from the sea, stood far away and cried, as they saw the smoke of the burning of her, ‘Who is like the great city?’ and threw earth on their heads and cried, weeping and mourning,
Alas, alas, great city where all who had shipping at sea grew rich out of her costly fashions! because in one moment she has been desolated.’ Jubilate over her, heaven! and God’s people and the apostles and the prophets! because God has passed judgment on her in your cause.”
And one strong angel took up a stone that seemed like a great millstone and hurled it into the sea, saying “Thus shall the great city Babylon be hurled down with a plunge and never be found again. And there shall never be heard in you again the sound of harpers and minstrels and flute-players and trumpeters; and there shall never be found in you again any master of any art; and there shall never be heard in you again the sound of a mill; and there shall never shine in you again the light of a lamp; and there shall never be heard in you again the voices of bridegroom and bride; because it was the magnates of the earth who were your merchants, because by your witchcraft all the nations were misguided.
And in her was found the blood of prophets and holy men and of all who have been slaughtered on earth.”
Obviously different cultures have social mores that would make them seem alien to others but it must have been galling to think that everyone may have guessed what you had been up to a few hours earlier.
I'd just been reading about the fact the Jeff Sessions was refusing to prosecute Hillary Clinton for her murders; when <Bang> the final act of Revelation came to me. I had previously been pondering how a rich and politically powerful person could be fed to dogs in the heart of the USA. Maybe she would be bitten by a pet and contracted rabies but that doesn't quite cover what happened to Jezebel in the reign of Jehu.
This does: "Because she says in her heart:
I am enthroned queen, I am not a widow, I shall not see mourning."If you asked Meryl Streep to play the part she couldn't have done it better. We have seen how the archetypical edifice at the end of Empires was shattered by no man. Two decades later and still alive the typical Wicked Queen is still in deNile waste deep in filthy mud. You ever smelled that stuff when it comes disturbed and fresh from the foot of hell, you don't forget it. This stuff is packed with nutriment that is so powerful that it is poisonous.
Obviously from the context the biblical description of events is about an organisation far larger than a political party in a nation at the end of the world. It encompasses all of us including yours truthfully.
So now we have to be sure we are making our way to the clean water while the sirens are blaring. Decide for yourself what you make of the previous passages of holy script arrant nonsense or final warning.
One thing is clear the fake news have been a perfect instrument in broadcasting every aspect of what has happened so there will be no accepting any please of ignorance.
What is the worst that could happen?
She says sorry?
She doesn't strike me as the type. So you are faced with a choice are you going into mourning or praying for the morning?
There are two types of people described in here, just the two of us:
After this I saw coming down out of the sky another angel, one that had great dominion, and the earth was lighted up with his glory
And he cried with a strong voice “She has fallen, she has fallen, great Babylon has fallen and become a home of demons and a haunt of every unclean spirit and a haunt of every unclean and odious bird, because all the nations have drunk the wine of her rage of unchastity and the kings of the earth have debauched themselves with her and the merchants of the earth have grown rich out of the rush of her luxurious life.”
And I heard another voice out of the sky say “Come out of her, my people, that you may not be a party to her sins and may not share in her scourges, because her sins have been crowded up to the sky and God has remembered her iniquities.
Pay her in the same coin that she paid in, and redouble to her the double of her own deeds; in the cup that she mixed in mix a double draft for her; for every bit of her self-glorification and luxury give her as much of torment and mourning.
Because she says in her heart ‘I am enthroned queen, I am not a widow, I shall not see mourning,’ for this reason her scourges shall come in one day, pestilence and mourning and starvation, and she shall be burned in a fire, because strong is the Lord God who has judged her.
And the kings of the earth, who have debauched themselves with her and lived luxuriously in her company, shall weep and wail over her when they see the smoke of the burning of her, standing far away for the fear of her torture, saying ‘Alas, alas, great city, Babylon, powerful city! because in one moment your judgment has come.’
And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her because nobody buys their cargoes any longer, cargoes of gold and silver and precious stones and pearls and lawn and purple and silk and crimson, and every variety of sandarac-wood and every article of ivory and every article made of costliest wood and of bronze and iron and marble, and cinnamon and amomum and incense and perfume and frankincense and wine and oil and farina and wheat and cattle and sheep, and horses and carriages and slaves, and human lives.
And your summer dainties of heart’s desire are gone from you, and everything sumptuous and splendid of yours has perished, and nevermore shall anyone find them.
The merchants of these things, those who had grown rich from her, shall stand far away for the fear of her torture weeping and mourning, saying ‘Alas, alas, great city clad in lawn and purple and crimson and jeweled with gold and precious stones and pearls! because in one moment such wealth has been desolated.’
And every ship-captain and every voyager, and sailors and as many as get their living from the sea, stood far away and cried, as they saw the smoke of the burning of her, ‘Who is like the great city?’ and threw earth on their heads and cried, weeping and mourning,
Alas, alas, great city where all who had shipping at sea grew rich out of her costly fashions! because in one moment she has been desolated.’ Jubilate over her, heaven! and God’s people and the apostles and the prophets! because God has passed judgment on her in your cause.”
And one strong angel took up a stone that seemed like a great millstone and hurled it into the sea, saying “Thus shall the great city Babylon be hurled down with a plunge and never be found again. And there shall never be heard in you again the sound of harpers and minstrels and flute-players and trumpeters; and there shall never be found in you again any master of any art; and there shall never be heard in you again the sound of a mill; and there shall never shine in you again the light of a lamp; and there shall never be heard in you again the voices of bridegroom and bride; because it was the magnates of the earth who were your merchants, because by your witchcraft all the nations were misguided.
And in her was found the blood of prophets and holy men and of all who have been slaughtered on earth.”
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