tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87646547843211237362024-03-12T16:24:02.751-07:00Sons of NiallThe writings and publications of author Daniel J. DuffieldDaniel Duffieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01618015950988167914noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764654784321123736.post-547748147223345692024-02-12T21:17:00.000-08:002024-02-12T21:17:07.498-08:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKaXlf3Ve8oCHjtZhjoJNg6cOwKpI_PBmCJd-M5-IbROSn7diL_ZDn3Rjkz5jiB67n_IrbEBNZU9qmZr2j5k2IM93x_MPcT1pEUxFQiiBvB51fA6SDhzJYCWFQdkVrTgy2tOPCnhI-SE9emUWoJeh-54mwYHl0c11f5XpVuVhaPTav7t3BwlDtreYNEPE/s2775/Anamachara%20The%20Realm%20of%20Orbs%20Front%20Cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2775" data-original-width="1833" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKaXlf3Ve8oCHjtZhjoJNg6cOwKpI_PBmCJd-M5-IbROSn7diL_ZDn3Rjkz5jiB67n_IrbEBNZU9qmZr2j5k2IM93x_MPcT1pEUxFQiiBvB51fA6SDhzJYCWFQdkVrTgy2tOPCnhI-SE9emUWoJeh-54mwYHl0c11f5XpVuVhaPTav7t3BwlDtreYNEPE/s320/Anamachara%20The%20Realm%20of%20Orbs%20Front%20Cover.jpg" width="211" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is my new book in the Anamchara series.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Anamchara-Realm-Orbs-Daniel-Duffield-ebook/dp/B0CSJCQLWJ">Anamchara: The Realm of Orbs</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After accidentally falling through an interdimensional portal, Eli and Desiree find themselves atop a snowy precipice surrounded by glowing orbs - light orbs. Except one was different. Without warning, the couple find themselves separated by a dark orb, flying between them at lightning speeds before veering sharply to the left and disappearing into blackness. Escaping back into the physical dimension as suddenly as it came. This orb was no ordinary occurrence, it was the evil ruler named King Magni that Eli and Desiree had recently killed. Will the couple find a way to return to the physical dimension and find the escaped orb or will they forever stay in the realm of orbs? This was not their idea of rest and relaxation.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Daniel Duffieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01618015950988167914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764654784321123736.post-12834395189940539242021-09-11T12:23:00.014-07:002021-11-05T20:06:27.801-07:00Anamchara: The Power Broken<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09FYWG9HS/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=anamchara+the+power+broken&qid=1631387228&sr=8-1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtpUfOo4CG8lzeYXTEA3KNgErqWq9qMtWr2G6JdHd0E8fcBxyMKFdCGN8pMkDizZ2nd1Q5fuq6n4dImMMHNgMwGq0GJxktYgWHT87IrJhT2nj1WiYZ6Z6M4UEXGDx2u-5LUt5eYSkbcME/s320/anamchara2bookcover.jpg" width="201" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: 14px;">After the great battle concluded, those that knew Eli and Desiree assumed that they had been killed when their flying ship broke into pieces and disappeared into the ocean depths. But somehow they were transported back to the realm of King Magni through a portal. After being welcome by King Magni, the couple decide to take some time and relax in Magni's kingdom. However, their rest is brief as Magni sends Eli and Desiree off world to two different planets on urgent missions. Eli is tasked with rescuing Magni's mother from being imprisoned by Magni's half-brother Modi. Desiree is assigned to return to active duty with the earth forces embroiled in a civil war among the Martians. Soon they discover things are not what they appear to be and they question who can be trusted and even question if they can trust one another? Will their bond be broken or will their love be strong enough to survive the trials that they confront? The fate of three worlds hinges on the outcome.</span></span></p>Daniel Duffieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01618015950988167914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764654784321123736.post-6578347624243764842021-01-29T07:43:00.007-08:002021-04-16T08:34:13.716-07:00The Gatekeeper of Seven Gates<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwY3o-u6JJA8jH9CJHZ3UtsVdHdXjKqJIOrxOFsiCTWrkmWXsVEJpZlHRwY96l4a9iZPYoaZpAkwOe6HhYnyrmI4YdKQdbp9E_BDzG0GbJwvfy-7GULIs6KTTC_AA5DiHcfjfUDtBkpVQ/s308/Hammurabi-British-Museum.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwY3o-u6JJA8jH9CJHZ3UtsVdHdXjKqJIOrxOFsiCTWrkmWXsVEJpZlHRwY96l4a9iZPYoaZpAkwOe6HhYnyrmI4YdKQdbp9E_BDzG0GbJwvfy-7GULIs6KTTC_AA5DiHcfjfUDtBkpVQ/s0/Hammurabi-British-Museum.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p>Long ago there was a man, a simple man. He had lived his life well. His goal had always been to treat others right and view things from the perspectives of those that he encountered. He sought to understand the illusion that he lived in. The man heard of a wise rabbi that lived in a far away land. To get to the rabbi, the man had to cross a vast desert of brush and sand. </p><p>One day the man set out across the desert in search of the wise rabbi. A fierce wind storm came upon the man when he was in the middle of the desert. The man wrapped a black cloth over his face to protect his eyes from the biting sand particles that pelted his face. The fabric was just thin enough that the man could barely see through the veil.</p><p>Day after day the man trudged through the desert in the fierce wind and relentless pelting sand. One day the wind stopped, but the man had been so accustomed to the black cloth on his face that he did not even think to remove it so that he could see better, until the man saw a dark figure moving towards him. The man could not tell who or what the figure moving towards him was? So the man reached up and pulled the black cloth down across his nose to rest around his neck.</p><p>The figure approaching him was an older man in his 60s wearing a hooded, black cloak. The older man spoke. "Ah, it is you. I knew that you were coming. Come and sit with me. I have something to reveal to you."</p><p>"Are you the rabbi that I seek?" The man asked the man that spoke.</p><p>"Indeed I am. Now come and sit on this flat rock so that I may show you who you really are." The rabbi replied.</p><p>The man sat on the flat boulder that the rabbi had motioned for him to sit upon. Then the rabbi pointed to a larger boulder to the man's right. "Turn to read the rock on your right side." The rabbi instructed.</p><p>The man scooted on the flat rock to face a boulder twice his height. The side facing him was flat and had ancient petroglyphs carved into its' surface that were of a foreign tongue.</p><p>"What is that writing?" The man asked the rabbi.</p><p>"It is who you are." The rabbi replied. "You are the Gatekeeper of the Seven Gates of Babylon. You are the king of Babylon, one who is called Hammurabi."</p><p>"Not so. Hammurabi lived ages ago." The man replied. "I am a nobody. I have tried to live my life as best as I can and treat others right, but I am no king."</p><p>"Once a king, always a king, even though you played different roles in many different life times. It is time for you to arise and be king again. Go within yourself and seek the truth. You will find it there. The kingdom that you will be king of is within you. Now, take your throne and rule. Above all, use what you have learned and be a wise king."</p><p>The rabbi smiled and then vanished leaving the man sitting on the flat rock to ponder his words. Could it be that the illusion that the man lived in was his own illusion and that he was really the king who could control it? Maybe it was time to find out?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p>Daniel Duffieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01618015950988167914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764654784321123736.post-25593816827328717442020-04-01T13:10:00.002-07:002020-04-01T13:14:17.504-07:00Covid19 and the Eye of the Storm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We are co-creators of this reality with the One Creator. The world has become so polarized between Love and Hate, Conservative and Liberal, Blessings and Curses, Heaven and Hell; that our current reality is literally fracturing into two time lines. We are witnessing a separation into two very different realities. Those filled with hate have chosen to stay behind in the current downward spiraling 3-dimensional reality. Their hate is demonstrated by the self-destructive decisions they make and support for our country and humanity. For example, why would anyone make it illegal to treat Covid19 patients with anti-malaria drugs when there is evidence that it may help? Yet several States (Michigan and Nevada) have done just that. Because of their desire for self-destruction, many on the internet conspiracy forums actually want doom and desire to be trapped in this hell. They are very easily spotted by the negativity of their behavior. They name call, denigrate, use profanity, promote lies and fear to draw others into their Hellish reality. <br />
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At the same time, those filled with love are finding it more and more difficult to function in the current reality so filled with hate and animosity. They offer facts and advice out of love and are met with the hateful behavior of their polar opposites.<br />
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The Creator is one. He is throughout everything and everyone in the universe. He sustains all. Those that are selfish and hateful separate themselves from His love and become self-destructive because they hate both the Creator and themselves. Those that are filled with love become more unified with the One and His creation. They do His will and bring his love into this reality. They go within and find His oneness and His love always.<br />
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The chosen reality we enter is up to each individual. Will you reject fear and hate to choose love and unity for your spiritual evolution? Or will your current enjoyment of fear and hate keep you imprisoned in your current reality?<br />
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There was information posted on the forum called godlikeproductions which was applicable to the decisions each of us are facing during these difficult times. Whether it is actually channeled information or not is irrelevant as the information itself is what is most relevant to think about. The following December 2019 transmission from the channel Bashar who emphasized the importance for us to remain in the eye of the storm, and also emphasized what a pivotal year this would be and that we are crossing a threshold. Here's a quote from the session:<br />
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“What’s coming up is very important, in terms of your timing. We have said, that your year of 2020 is a pivotal point in what you call your history. You are shifting through a very particular moment. Crossing a very particular threshold. And so, at this timing, it is important for certain states of being to be paramount within you - to help you through this time – to help you cross that threshold – in a positive and constructive manner. For what comes after, will be predicated very strongly on what you do and who you are in 2020 … we would like each and every one of you to know how important it is for you to truly be yourselves in the coming year. How important it will be for you to make decisions that are in alignment with your best discernment. How important it will be and how important it is for you to remain at the center of the storm. Because, if I may use some of your colloquial language, 2020 is going to be NUTS. It’s going to be crazy. And it is of paramount importance that you remain, if you wish to be on a certain train, in the eye of the storm where it’s calm. Where peace and solitude reign. Where even though you may see the storm raging all around you, swirling around you, thundering and lightening all around you, it is more important than ever before, and more important than it will be for quite a long time, during this crossing, during this threshold, during this pivotal year, to be at peace within yourself, to be calm within yourself, to be centered within the eye of the storm ...”<br />
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So, choose wisely, choose love and oneness with the Creator. Manifest Heaven. A world without evil. A world without sickness and death. A world full of possibilities. A world of freedom!<br />
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I just published a brand new science fiction book on Amazon! My editor said that it was my best story yet! Here is a brief synopsis of the book:<br />
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After ten years in the Air Force which included a tour in Iraq, Eli returns to civilian life in search of a computer programming position. His first interview and job offer are with Galaxy Mining Company based in Houston, Texas. He he was hired for his linguistic and military skills. On his first day at work he is stunned when he descends in an elevator on his way to the company’s underground facility and is transported off world to Mozen where he is tasked with communicating with the native inhabitants to learn how to operate their advanced technology. He soon discovers that Galaxy mining company is working with the United States military to acquire and use the alien technology. When all out war erupts, he is reluctantly thrust back into a military role in the battle for the planet and its resources. Sergeant Desiree Carter, Private Skidder, and two aliens named Remee and Farcee join Eli in his struggle to rid the planet of a tyrant King Badok to free the Mozen inhabitants. Will Eli and his new friends defeat King Badok to end the war? Will the alien technology be good for humans or should it stay with the Mozen? Who should rule Mozen, the newly arrived humans or the Mozen?Daniel Duffieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01618015950988167914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764654784321123736.post-45476000390138643142016-09-13T19:59:00.000-07:002016-09-13T19:59:39.611-07:00Beyond the Grave<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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death experiences by reading three books that told near death
experience stories. The books were 1) </span><u>Heaven is
for Real</u><span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> by Todd Burpo; 2) <u>Visions of Glory</u> as told by John
Pontius; and 3) <u>Proof of Heaven</u> by Eben Alexander, M.D. I would
highly recommended all three books to see the common threads of
the experiences from that of a little boy who died, to a Mormon, to an
agnostic neurosurgeon. The only real differences in the three stories
were the theological perspective of the stories being told.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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little boy saw heaven as reflected by the theology of his evangelical-pastor
father. In <u>Visions of Glory</u> the stories and visions reflect the
Mormon theology. The story teller sees other righteous people in heaven
who had not been Mormon, but assumes that they must have converted to Mormonism
at some point in order to be in heaven. Both the little boy and the
Mormon see Jesus in their near death experience. In <u>Proof of Heaven</u>,
the neurosurgeon, Eben Alexander, experiences heaven without memories due to
his damaged cerebral cortex. In contrast to the little boy and the Mormon
he does not see Jesus. He sees only God who is energy emanating pure love
from a concentrated source at the center of heaven. The notion that God
is pure love seems universal in all of these near death experiences.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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fourth book titled <u>Heaven and Hell</u> by Emanuel Swedenborg. According to Wikipedia, Emanuel Swedenborg was
born on 29 January 1688 and died 29 March 1772.
He was a Swedish scientist, philosopher, theologian, revelator, and mystic
who is best known for his book on the afterlife, Heaven and Hell published in
1758. In this book on the afterlife,
Swedenborg saw different religious communities in heaven, but all within the
community were good people filled with love.
Even though their theology was incorrect, they were in heaven because
love connected them to God and others.
Angels were in the community instructing them in the truth. There was even a Muslim community of loving
people who were told that they had followed a false prophet, but were good
people and had God’s love within themselves.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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concentrated in the center of heaven and the further from the source of light
the darker it appeared. There were many
people on the outskirts of heaven where it was quite dark. These souls were self-centered, hateful ones
that refused to learn and move towards God’s love, light and truth. They preferred to bicker and fight with each
other. Interestingly, angels were
present in their midst trying to instruct them in the truth, but they seemed
blind and deaf to the angels presence because of their self-love. A soul’s position in heaven seemed to be
determined by the level of self-love of the soul with those souls with the most
self-love in the furthest, darkest reaches of heaven. A place that they had put themselves in by
their choice to love themselves above God and others. In essence they had voluntarily separated
themselves from God and created their own hell and were surrounded by other
souls filled with self-love with which they quarreled, each soul seeking to
establish themselves above the others.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to support Swedenborg’s view of heaven where God is pure love and those filled
with love are in communities in heaven that reflect their particular religious
views. We are all on different spiritual
paths that reflect our religious beliefs and myths. We are all on a path of learning and seeking
spiritual truth. The key to staying on
the path and progressing is in the amount of God’s love that we channel through
us. For we are all connected to the
source of life itself (God) and have free choice to allow his love to flow
through us to be a blessing to this world and those around us. We all comprise the physical body of our
Creator, if we choose to be filled with God’s love and implement God’s
will. So, be the best part of God’s
physical body that he created you to be!
If you were created to be a teacher, be the best teacher you can
be. If you were created to be a cook, be
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beings, both physical and spiritual. By
choosing selfless love over selfish love, we are choosing to emphasize our
spiritual nature and rise above our animal nature. Choose to be a human and not an animal. Be the best human you can possibly be and
fulfill the tasks that the Creator has designed you for.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Buffalo at Mammoth Hot Springs YNP</div>
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Photo credit L.M. Hoskins</div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">I was traveling on my way to a fish
and wildlife meeting in Cody, Wyoming from Ogden Utah. Since there is no direct driving route to
Cody, I decided to take the scenic route through Yellowstone National Park. As fate would have it, I hit road construction
south of Island Park, Idaho on highway 20 on my way to West Yellowstone. I sat in the sweltering 90 plus degree heat
for over an hour before resuming to the west entrance of the park. It was already late in the afternoon by the
time I paid my $ 30 entrance fee to travel through the park to Cody. Not too many miles into the park I
encountered more road construction signs so decided to avoid additional road
construction by taking the northern loop to Mammoth Hot Springs and then swinging
back to the south to Fishing Bridge to exit out of the east entrance to Cody.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">It was near 7 pm when I came to a major
tourist traffic jam at Mammoth Hot Springs.
There was a heard of elk milling along the road and I could see a cow
and calf just standing right in the middle of the road holding up the traffic
flow. Instead of waiting in another long
string of cars, I clicked my blinker on, pulled onto the right should for about
a hundred feet and entered the Mammoth Hot Springs parking lot where I parked
my Toyota 4Runner.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Instead of waiting in my car, I exited
to walk the wooden walkway around the springs to enjoy my time waiting. I hiked up the winding boardwalk admiring the
springs and travertine deposits along the steep path until I began descending
down the walk on the south side of a small hill. A young married couple with two small
children hurried up the trail towards me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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next to a juniper tree near the trail just below here.” The man cautioned me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">I slowed my brisk pace and peered
down the wooden walkway as I went. When
I came around the next major curve in the trail, I spotted the buffalo bedded
down by the juniper tree. However, it
wasn’t a big buffalo, it was a calf that was just a few months old. It looked straight at me and tilted its’ head
at a slight angle and grunted. I stared
back at it as our eyes made contact.
Suddenly, it was like we were connected in some mystical way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">In my mind I heard the buffalo talk as
it rose to stand up. “Would you scratch
behind my ear?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">My jaw dropped down as I continued to
stare into the buffalo’s eyes. “How is
it that I can understand you?” I blurted
out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">“Well.” I stammered.
“I am really an American mutt. I
am mostly Scotch-Irish, but my maternal great-grandmother was part Cherokee I
think. How did you know?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">“I had a dream that told me.” The calf answered back and then nodded his
head in the direction of my shirt. “In my
dream I saw a watcher with a trout on his shirt just like yours. The Creator told me that he would help me.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">“Did you just call me a
watcher?” I asked.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">“Yes, here in this place there are
many watchers that do silly things. Some
get too close to the herd and we stomp them and gore them. But just north of here is an invisible
barrier where the silly watchers turn into watchers that kill us and eat us. Somehow the watchers on the other side of the
barrier turn into predators like wolves and bears and don’t do silly things.” The buffalo explained.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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do you call yourselves?” I inquired of
him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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more. “We call ourselves something that
translates to ‘Beings with the thundering hooves. The Cherokee called us Yansi. Years later the horse riders called us
buffalo. Nowadays the watchers call us
bison. I think I like the name of
buffalo the best of what we are called by the watchers.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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towards me again. “Would you please
scratch behind my ear? A bug must be in
there.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">I held out my hand and started
backing away from him. “Stop!” I insisted<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>. “I cannot help you. My smell will get on you and your herd will
kick you out and abandon you!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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dropped its’ head. “It is too late. I have already been kicked out of the heard
and have to fend for myself.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The calf let out a big sigh as he
began telling his story. “Earlier this
year when I was born I heard a story of a great wildlife biologist named Yohanan
that encountered the herd years ago. He
was traveling through the park and was admiring our herd while talking on his
phone. One of the elder cows overheard
him say that he worked for predator control.
So she waited until he was done talking on his phone before slowly
approaching him. As she approached, she
did everything she could to mentally connect with him and luckily he was open
to her thoughts. Within a short time
they were communicating very well. In
exchange for key inside information on wolves, bears, and sage grouse, Yohanan
agreed to control more of the predators attacking the heard. Yohanan became a hero and legend among the
buffalo. So when he traveled through the
park a few days ago, the old cow yelled out, “There he is! It is Yohanan our hero!” It was at that point that I made my fatal
mistake. I immediately ran to meet this
wonderful wildlife biologist. I ran
right up to him and asked him to scratch me behind my ear as I had a bug in it
that day as well. He reached out and
scratched it as I had requested while I stared at him in admiration. A true living legend he was.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">“That sounds like a good story.” I answered the buffalo calf.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">“No, not for me. For when I tried to return to my herd they
exiled me because I smelled like a watcher.
I pleaded with my mother that it was Yohanan’s smell, but she said it
did not matter. The rule of the herd was
supreme. My path was sealed as an
outcast even though it was a foolish mistake out of ignorance.” The calf painfully explained.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">“Well, I cannot help you. Even though I am a biologist, I am a fish
biologist. And my supervisor gave me
clear instructions not to pick up any baby bison when I traveled through the
park to the meeting. So I simply cannot
help.” I said defensively.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">“Oh no!” The calf retorted back. “I know you cannot take me and help me. I would not fit into your car and I cannot ride
on top. But you can help me in other
ways. There is a place at the bridge
where watchers are not allowed to fish from anymore. In that place you will find very small
likenesses of buffalo. Get one and take
it back to your supervisor so that watcher can display it in their office. Instruct everyone that works for that person
to remember my fate and keep me in their thoughts and prayers. Perhaps the Creator of all will have mercy on
my plight and assist my survival through the coming months and years. That is all that I am asking of you.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">I pondered his instructions for an
instant before responding to his request.
“Yes, yes I can do that. Should I
give your likeness your name?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">“Yes.” The calf replied. “That way you and your fellow watchers will
have your thoughts focused on me. My
name is Tar Eye Pad Eye La. I was named
after a famous range manager among you watchers.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">I told the buffalo goodbye and
started heading on down the hill when he hollered at me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">“Wait!” The buffalo commanded. “I have one final request. Could you scratch my ear?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">I walked back over to the calf and
began scratching his ears. The calf gave
a short, low grunt of contentment as I scratched and then spoke again to me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">“You are not as good at scratching as
Yohanan, but pretty good you are. Thank
you and thank you for fulfilling my humble request!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The differences we see in the world today are the result of
polarization between those filled with hate and those filled with love. You can find both types of people in any
religion on the planet. I have seen both
hateful and loving Christians in the same church as well as hateful and loving
Jews in the same synagogue. Some
religions contain more haters than others.
So what is it that makes the difference?<o:p></o:p></div>
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The difference is in the individual’s world view. Those that acknowledge a creator and believe
that the purpose in life is to bring the Creator’s love from heaven into the
physical realm realize that they are one of many in all of creation. They seek love and balance in life and strive
to treat their fellow man and the rest of creation with respect. Their driving goal is to do what is right and
good for all. They are humble in spirit
and realize that they know very little about the Creator other than
experiencing the created physical reality that they exist in. They desire to live in harmony with all of
creation.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The other group of people see the world here to serve all their
selfish desires. Instead of loving
others and all of creation, everything around them is valued only as it serves
to meet their needs. They are like
narcissistic children who never matured and grew up. They are filled with arrogance in thinking
only their world view is correct and as a result want to silence all
others. They are more attached to the
physical world then the spiritual world and often deny the existence of a
creator or other dimensions, including the heavenly one. They are driven to conquer, use, and abuse
others as well as any resources they desire.
They take what they want with little regard for anyone else. Deep down their spirit knows the truth, but
their self-love blinds them to it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So the question arises, how do these two groups co-exist? The answer can be seen in the traditional
family unit. As a father of six
children, I remember when two of my children were arguing about the existence
of the tooth fairy. Within a short time
their argument had escalated into hitting each other. I immediately stepped in and stopped the
fight. As a father I understood that the
younger child would eventually grow and mature.
In doing so he would learn, accept the truth, and abandon his belief in
the tooth fairy. So I took the older
sibling aside and explained things to him.
I told him that fighting with his younger brother would not change his
brother’s opinion on the tooth fairy.
That his brother was too young to understand and desire the truth of the
matter. I told him to ignore his brother
and let him remain on his learning path to truth. If his younger brother tried to fight again,
then I would discipline him. As a
parent, I just wanted them to get along and love each other while allowing for
individual growth and acceptance of truth.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Creator has given us existence to discover His truths revealed in
his creation. Just like I wanted my
children to tolerate different views and love each other, the Creator desires
us to do the same. We are all on a path
to truth unless we already think we know it all and are filled with pride and
arrogance. And what if we continue to
fight others and the fight escalates?
The Creator will reach into our world with discipline. Discipline that He has built into the world
in which we live. To avoid this
discipline, everyone needs to stop hating and start loving those around us!<o:p></o:p></div>
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In the meantime, those that are filled with love and humbleness should
love all of creation within established boundaries. You always love the other person, but you
have every right to defend yourself against any hatred and harm that an
individual may attempt on you. I love
and respect wildlife, but if a bear tears into my tent, I will do everything I
can to defend myself and my family, including harming or even killing the bear. The consequences to the bear all depend upon
the bear’s behavior.<o:p></o:p></div>
Daniel Duffieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01618015950988167914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764654784321123736.post-45968438462456025652015-09-30T21:00:00.002-07:002015-09-30T21:09:09.781-07:00Fergus the Great: King of the Scots<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronicity">Wikipedia</a> </span>“Synchronicity is the occurrence of two or more events that appear to
be meaningfully related but not causally related. Synchronicity holds that such events are
"meaningful coincidences". The
concept of synchronicity was first defined by Carl Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist,
in the 1920's. Jung believed that life was not a series of random events
but rather an expression of a deeper order. This deeper order led to the insights that a
person was both embedded in an orderly framework and was the focus of that
orderly framework and that the realization of this was more than just an
intellectual exercise, but also had elements of a spiritual awakening. From the religious perspective, synchronicity
shares similar characteristics of an "intervention of grace”. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a> He also believed that in a person's life,
synchronicity served a role similar to that of dreams, with the purpose of
shifting a person's egocentric conscious thinking to greater wholeness.”<br />
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At <a href="http://palmtreeofdeborah.blogspot.com/2015/05/motzaei-shviit.html">Tomer Devorah</a>, <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">a
Jewish blog that I frequent, </span>I recently read the following:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>“I don't know if you are
aware, but after the World Trade Center was attacked on 9/11 - much later, in
fact - some people began to find allusions to the date in movies, TV shows and
music videos from the time period leading up to it. It's a very fascinating
study. </b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSfBF-Hkgq8&feature=youtu.be" style="font-weight: bold;">(4 minute video hitting the high points)</a><b> </b></span><br />
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<b>Conspiracy
theorists believe that the Illuminati has their minions encode the date in the
open this way in order to announce their future intentions - "Everything
the Illuminati do they first broadcast it via CODES planted in movies, sitcoms,
cartoons, commercials. They literally OWN the MEDIA...." </b><b>That may
be. I really don't know. But, I have an alternative theory.</b><br />
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<b>Creative
minds are very open to inspiration. I think that inspiration comes through
spiritual perception - that if, say a bat kol makes an announcement, they can
subconsciously pick up on it and reveal it through their creative works.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Far from
being a pointless exercise, I think this idea bears more research, because a
new date has been "announced" so to speak - the 22-23 of September -
which this year just happens to be Yom Kippur 5776 or Motzaei Shvi'it!”<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Her blog post resonated with me as I came to the same conclusion some
time ago because of a personal experience that I had. I am an author and am currently writing the
third book in a series on ancient Ireland.
The books are historical fictional novels set in the time period around
400 CE. As I finished my second book,
“Sons of Niall”, I had the main character touch the Stone of Destiny on the
hill of Tara where the high kings ruled.
The Stone reacted with a loud series of thunder claps anointed him high
king. The existing king tried to kill
the newly anointed ruler and he fled to Scotland with a piece of the Stone of
Destiny that had been fractured during the anointing by lightning. He set sail on a Viking trading ship that was
going to Scotland which is how I ended this second book.<o:p></o:p></div>
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When I began doing research for the third book in the series, I
started by research who the king would have been during this time period in
Scotland. To my amazement, a king came
to power at this time that was called Fergus the Great. What was amazing about this king is that he
had been exiled as a baby to the Vikings when the Romans attacked
Scotland. He returned to Scotland as a
young man from Ireland bringing a piece of the Stone of Destiny with him just
like in the ending of my second book. I
had no prior knowledge of this since all my research for the first two books in
the series was exclusively on the ancient history of Ireland and not on
Scotland. The only way I could have
possible written this into my storyline was through inspiration from spiritual
sources. In other words, I thought it
was my own creative idea, but it was not as it actually had happened
historically without me knowing it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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God speaks to us through an interface with the spiritual realm, either
through creative thinking or in dreams.
These messages and information can come to anyone, not just God’s
people. An example in the Bible is King
Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. Even though
he was not initially a believer in the God of Israel, he had dreams that came
from God. These dreams when interpreted
by Daniel, revealed future world empires and future events. I believe much of the predictive information
that occurs beforehand in movies, TV shows, and music videos, are messages from
God and not the Illuminati announcing future intentions. There is no way the Illuminati can predict natural
disasters like what happened in Japan with the earthquake damage to their
nuclear reactor at Fukushima. God is one
and speaks to all mankind. In Joel Chapter 2 verses 28-29 which relate to the End
of Days it states<b>: “It will come about after this that I will
pour out My Spirit on all mankind; and your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. Even on the male and female servants I will
pour out My Spirit in those days. (NASB) <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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God is speaking to all of us.
He is speaking in his written word.
He is also speaking to us through everything in our lives, including
movies, TV shows, and music. He speaks
to us through the people we meet and through the circumstances we encounter in
life. There are no coincidences in this
world. The key questions to ask yourself
is “Are you paying attention and are you listening?” God often speaks in a small, still
voice. You have to pay attention to hear
Him speaking to you.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Daniel Duffieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01618015950988167914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764654784321123736.post-4131670226215183862015-05-06T20:52:00.000-07:002015-05-06T20:52:58.257-07:00A Reminder from God of our American Pharaoh<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On Saturday, May 2, 2015, American
Pharaoh won the 141st Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Kentucky.
There are no coincidences in this world.
I believe that God orchestrated the winner of this race to remind His people of a pattern that seems to be playing out in our country today. I came upon this pattern in 2009. I have a friend that lives in the West Bank of Israel that I visited them. He pointed
out numerous times how the weekly Torah reading (Parshah) that Jews read and
study often parallel world events. The
Jews have been following a set reading schedule that starts at Rosh Hashanah
(Jewish New Year) each year with the very first portion in Genesis. This schedule is designed so that the entire
Torah (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy) can be read each
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About that same time, I
heard of one striking example of how the Torah reading paralleled world events
from Bill Cloud, a Hebraic Restoration teacher.
He noted that the Torah reading for the week of the Presidential
Inauguration for President-elect Obama was Exodus 1:1 – 6:2. There is an excellent commentary by Rabbi
Ariel on this Torah portion at his website <a href="http://www.koshertorah.com/PDF/shemot2013.pdf">koshertorah</a>. </div>
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As a short
summary, this portion of scripture focuses on the arrival of a new Pharaoh over
ancient Egypt who knew not Joseph. This
new Pharaoh either didn't understand Joseph’s role in Egypt’s history or he did
respect Joseph’s historical contribution to Egypt. Pharaoh was concerned about God’s people, the
Hebrews, being too powerful in Egypt and taking over ruler ship. The first thing Pharaoh did was set up task
masters to make things harder for them by taxing them. Eventually he enslaved the Hebrews (which
would likely have meant disarming them).
Next he tried to increase their mortality rate by killing babies born to
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Those with
eyes to see will notice that the parallels are striking to what we are seeing
happening in our country. We have a new Pharaoh that knows not Joseph. He ignores the founding fathers and what the
Judeo-Christian heritage did in contributing to our country. His goal is to enslave God’s people. Taxes are increasing. We are surrendering our freedoms willingly
for the sake of peace and security. We
serve our government task masters by paying more taxes to the ever expanding
federal government. Gun control is being
aggressively pushed to disarm us since our rulers fear us Bible believing, gun
toting folks. And we are transitioning
into Obamacare which will work to increase death rates with death panels and
government funded abortions. Just as
King Solomon observed thousands of years ago, there is nothing new under the
sun. When evil grows it uses different
personages but with the same old techniques and approaches.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So what
lies ahead for us? If we continue to
follow the Biblical narrative we can see where we as a country are headed. Our country will be experience plagues
(judgments) sent by God. Our freedoms
will continue to erode the more government takes over and we will become more
enslaved. Our country will transition
into a place that doesn’t even resemble the place we grew up in. I already hear my friends and neighbors
expressing fear for what is happening and wondering where they can go to
maintain their freedoms as the choice is very limited. <o:p></o:p></div>
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As I stated
in my very first blog, we don’t need a George Washington to fix our
country. We need a Moses to lead us out
as we follow God in the Second Exodus of His people back to Greater
Israel. I believe that is where this is
all headed. That is the reason that I
started this blog. Everyone seems to be
asleep as to what is going on. The Sleeper must awaken! I pray that the
words of this blog will stir the slumber and help folks see with the eyes and
hear with their ears what God is doing.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The
prophets of old were clear in the scriptures.
God will establish His people in His land for His Glory! Are you among God’s people? Jewish teaching is that only about 20 % of
the Hebrews left ancient Egypt with Moses.
The other 80 % chose to stay where they were accustomed to living even
under what became harsh circumstances.
The choice is coming soon and the decision is yours. Choose wisely! God is watching and waiting for signs that we
are awake!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Soon a
redeemer will come to lead us out of modern Egypt to the Promised Land and the
second exodus will occur as foretold by the prophets of old. It will occur when the Messiah Son of David
comes to establish God’s Kingdom as foretold by the prophet Isaiah.<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Isaiah
11:10-16 - Then in that day the nations will resort to the root of Jesse, who
will stand as a signal for the peoples; and His resting place will be
glorious. Then it will happen on that
day that the Lord will again recover the second time with His hand the remnant of
His people, who will remain, from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar,
Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
And He will lift up a standard for the nations and assemble the banished
ones of Israel, and will gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of
the earth. Then the jealousy of Ephraim will
depart, and those who harass Judah will be cut off; Ephraim will not be jealous
of Judah, and Judah will not harass Ephraim.
They will swoop down on the slopes of the Phil<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>istines
on the west; together they will plunder the sons of the east; they will possess
Edom and Moab, and the sons of Ammon will be subject to them. And the Lord will utterly destroy the tongue
of the Sea of Egypt; and He will wave His hand over the river with His
scorching wind; and He will strike it into seven streams and make men walk over
dry-shod. And there will be a highway
from Assyria for the remnant of His people who will be left, just as there was
for Israel in the day that they came up out of the land of Egypt. (NASB)<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Whose land is it? The whole
world belongs to the One that created it.
God, as the creator and owner of the title, can give His land to anyone
He wants to. Specifically, the land in
question is called the “Promised Land” as it was promised to the descendants of
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. <o:p></o:p></div>
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In the end of days God’s plan as prophesied in the bible is to
establish all the tribes of Israel back into the land that He promised Abraham
(See Jeremiah Chapter 31). The original
promise to Abraham was for land that went from the Nile in Egypt all the way to
the Euphrates River in modern day Iraq. It
is what I would call God’s “One State Solution” in contrast to the world’s
desire for a “Two State Solution”. God
brought the tribe of Judah (the Jews) back into the land to prepare the way for
the returning exiles (the lost 10 tribes along with the rest of Judah). According to scripture, the messiah’s role is
to gather the lost 10 tribes and bring them back to the land promised to
Abraham. The end result will be the Restored and United Kingdom of God that
includes all the tribes of Israel (See Ezekiel Chapter 37). This is taught in
both Judaism and Christianity.</div>
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In looking at the big picture, Christians and Jews only differ on who
the Messiah is. Christians believe the
Messiah to be Yashua who is today called Jesus. Most Jews reject that view. However, Jews do teach of two messiahs. The Messiah son of Joseph starts the kingdom
restoration work and then dies for his people while the Messiah son of David
brings the lost 10 tribes back to the Promised Land to complete the restoration
of the kingdom. <o:p></o:p></div>
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A look at historical events in conjunction with the modern day
phenomenon of Hebraic restoration seems to indicate that Jesus (Yashua) was the
Messiah son of Joseph that God used to reach out to the lost tribes and bring
them back to Himself and His Torah. A
segment of Christians have been awakened to a love for Torah and the Jewish
people. Many even have an intense desire
to return to Israel and be accepted by Judah. However, they are many obstacles in the way of
God’s two great houses (Israel and Judah) reconciling. Returning members of the lost 10 tribes (House
of Israel) are lame to walking the path of Torah while the House of Judah (i.e.
the Jews) is blinded to the role of the Christian messiah in bringing the lost
sheep of Israel back to God and His Torah. The only thing that will bridge these
differences is the love of God and the love of brothers one for another. All the brothers need to love God and love one
another enough to put their theological differences aside. Love is the key that will establish Greater
Israel (God’s Kingdom) and implement the final solution for peace! If God’s people don’t make progress towards
reconciliation, then the evil in the world will continue to grow and eventually
force His people to come together for survival.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The evil forces in the world inherently know God’s plan for Israel and
are feverishly striving to thwart it.
That is why the world’s plan for peace in the Middle-east is to divide
the land a piece at a time in a futile attempt to prevent God’s plan for
restoring the physical kingdom of Isreal.
The world’s plan is based upon hatred and separation with Israel’s
enemies vowing to destroy the Jewish state.
Two peoples cannot coexist when there is hate. Only love for your fellow man allows peace
and harmony to exist with each group respecting the other. <o:p></o:p></div>
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However, God’s plan is based upon love. Those in the Middle East willing to love
their Jewish neighbors regardless of religious differences will remain. Those that hate their Jewish neighbors will
have to leave or have their hearts changed from hate to love for them to stay. If they continue to hate, they will have to
either leave of their own accord or their hatred will result in their own
self-destruction as is going on in Syria and Iraq today. In the end the entire Promised Land will only
be filled with those that love God and love His people, the Jews. True children of God <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>are
identified by His love, not by hatred of any one group or person.<o:p></o:p></div>
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they would be wise to listen to God’s words by the biblical prophet Joel in <b>Joel Chapter 3:1-2:<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>“For
behold, in those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah
and Jerusalem, I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the valley
of Jehoshaphat. Then I will enter into
judgment with them there on behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel,
whom they have scattered among the nations; and they have divided up My land.” (NASB)<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Daniel Duffieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01618015950988167914noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764654784321123736.post-42718642873685959872015-03-15T14:46:00.000-07:002015-03-15T14:46:05.164-07:00The Bus Troll: My First Written Story by Daniel J. Duffield<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I wrote this story when I was in high school back in my home
state of Michigan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was taking a
writing class from a young teacher we called Miss Pohl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was a strict teacher that graded very
hard and it was one of the few classes that I had work extra hard to get good
grades.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of all the writing that I did in
her class, there is one story that stands out, a story that surprised even my
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">When all the students were seated in their seats and the class
was about to begin, Miss Pohl set a small troll doll on her desk.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Her instructions were simple.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">She told us to write a short story about the
doll.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I sat there for a few moments and
then suddenly had an idea.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">From that
moment on I frantically wrote with paper and pencil to capture my story.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I finished just as the bell rang to end the
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The next day when we assembled in Miss Pohl’s class again I
could see a big smile on the teachers face as she held a paper in her
hand.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">She told the class that she had to
read this wonderful story of “The Bus Troll” and then proceeded to read it to
the class.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">She never revealed who wrote
the story as was her policy, but she called me up after class to talk to
me.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">She told me that I had an imagination
and could write.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Maybe, you should
consider becoming an author someday.”</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">She told me.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Those words haunted
me through the years.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I knew I had to
write books someday and so I did.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Click on the link below titled "The Bus Troll" to read this short story for free. </span></span><br />
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<br />Daniel Duffieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01618015950988167914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764654784321123736.post-54594845737651137382015-02-25T19:21:00.000-08:002015-02-25T19:22:55.902-08:00March 3, 2015 – Decision Day: Will America Stand Up and Be Queen Esther?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On the evening of March 3<sup>rd</sup>, 2015, Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu will address the American Congress to plead Israel’s case against
Iran’s nuclear program. This will be a
historic day for America as the Prime Minister of Israel describes the choices
before our country and his. The key
question is whether or not congress side with Israel in opposition to the
President or remain silent? This may be
the most critical decision congress ever faces for the survival of our nation.<o:p></o:p></div>
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For people of faith that have eyes to see, there have been several
hints that reflect the importance of Netanyahu’s historic speech to our
country’s future. On January 20<sup>th</sup>,
President Obama delivered the annual State of the Union address to
congress. The very next day on January
21, Speaker of the House, John Boehner, invited Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu to give another response to the President’s State of the Union
address. Then two days later on January
23, the movie Mordechai was officially released in America. However it wasn't until Netanyahu’s address
to congress was scheduled at the Prime Minister’s insistence for March 3<sup>rd</sup> that people began connecting the dots. </div>
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For you see March 3<sup>rd</sup> is the eve of Purim, the Jewish holiday
that commemorates Queen Esther saving her people, the Jews, from Haman who had
plotted to destroy them. I would
encourage you to read this story in the Bible in the book of Esther. It is about a young woman who is adopted by a
Jew named Mordechai and later rises to become the wife of King Xerxes.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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History has a way of repeating itself and there are many parallels in
the story of Esther to events today.
Both social media and news have been discussing the connections between
the biblical story to destroy the Jewish people and the Iranians aspirations to
do the same. For blog examples see <a href="http://yeranenyaakov.blogspot.com/2015/02/on-netanyahu-congress-iran-and-purim.html">here</a> and <a href="http://shiratdevorah.blogspot.com/2015/02/taanis-esther-5775.html">here</a>. For example news story see <a href="http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/02/25/why-religious-jews-see-a-parallel-between-the-netanyahu-obama-rift-on-iran-and-the-bibles-book-of-esther/">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In the blogs and news stories, Haman is represented by Iran who also
wants to destroy the Jews. President
Obama represents King Xerxes who eagerly made a deal with Haman for the money
he would receive. Prime Netanyahu
represents Esther who went before the king to make her case for her people.<o:p></o:p></div>
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However, as I thought about these parallels and roles being played
out, I see another possibility. Maybe
both President Obama and Iran are playing the role of Haman trying to destroy
the Jews. In this scenario, Congress
would represent King Xerxes and Queen Esther who are actually in authority
above Haman (I.e. the President). Netanyahu
would represent Mordechai who reported Haman’s plan to Queen Esther. If these parallels are the case, then
Mordechai’s words ring true for both Israel and America. For his statement to Esther (those in
congress sympathetic to Israel) were as follows:<o:p></o:p></div>
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Esther 4:13 – 14: Then Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, “Do not
imagine that you in the king’s palace can escape any more than all the
Jews. For if you remain silent at this
time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place and you
and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have not attained
royalty for such a time as this?”</blockquote>
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So the message to God believing people in congress as well as all
America is that if we do not choose to stand in agreement with Prime Minister
Netanyahu and Israel, we will perish.
For us it is decision time in the face of evil. Do we stand with Israel against the evil of
Iran or not? What we decide in our
hearts and then express with our prayers and actions, will determine our fate as a nation and
individually. May you choose wisely for
who knows, maybe our country was founded by Godly men and attained our current
status for “such a time as this”. Pray
for Prime Minister Netanyahu as he delivers the truth of the Iranian threat to
us and pray that we have the courage to stand with God’s chosen people as Queen
Esther did in Biblical times!<o:p></o:p></div>
Daniel Duffieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01618015950988167914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764654784321123736.post-66743790358843117192015-02-12T20:45:00.000-08:002015-02-12T20:45:14.261-08:00Collective Consciousness - Reality is a Projection of Our Minds<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We live in a material world, but the sages of Judaism have taught for 3500 years that the world around us is an illusion. It is real, but still an illusion created by God for us to experience life and make choices that affect our eternal well being. I have learned this from Rabbi Ariel bar Tzadok at https://www.koshertorah.com/<br />
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I recently came across two articles that seem to verify this concept. The first article <a href="http://www.simulation-argument.com/simulation.html">Are We Living in a Computer Simulation</a> is a scientific paper which argues that we are almost certainly living in a computer simulation. The second article <a href="http://www.collective-evolution.com/2014/03/08/10-scientific-studies-that-prove-consciousness-can-alter-our-physical-material-world/">Science Proves That Human Consciousness and Our Material World Are Intertwined: See For Yourself"</a> postulates that units of consciousness (prayers,thoughts, and intentions) directly affect our physical material world. It goes on to state the following:<br />
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"For quite some time now, physicists have been exploring the relationship between human consciousness and its relationship to the structure of matter. Previously it was believed that a Newtonian material universe was the foundation of our physical material reality. This all changed when scientists began to recognize that everything in the universe is made out of energy. Quantum physicists discovered that physical atoms are made up of vorticies of energy that are constantly spinning and vibrating. Matter, at it’s tiniest observable level, is energy, and human consciousness is connected to it, human consciousness can influence it’s behavior and even re-structure it."</blockquote>
The paper on human consciousness goes on to review the latest quantum physics and recently declassified government military research documents to make their case. The paper examines the following:<br />
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1) The quantum double slit experiment that demonstrates how the outcome can be altered by the observer.<br />
2) The government sponsored psychokinesis experiments dealing with the possible influence of human consciousness on the behavior of physical or biological systems or processes (i.e. bending spoons).<br />
3) <span style="text-align: justify;">The Global Consciousness Experiment/Random Number Generators.</span><br />
<span style="text-align: justify;">4) </span><span style="text-align: justify;">NSA/CIA Remote Viewing Experiments In Conjunction With Stanford University.</span><br />
<span style="text-align: justify;">5) </span><span style="text-align: justify;">Thoughts and Intentions Alter The Physical Structure of Water.</span><br />
<span style="text-align: justify;">6) </span><span style="text-align: justify;">The Placebo Effect where people heal themselves by believing something will help them.</span><br />
<span style="text-align: justify;">7) Teleportation of small objects.</span><br />
<span style="text-align: justify;">8) The science of the heart - </span>results have shown that emotional information is encoded into this electromagnetic field.<br />
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This research demonstrates that our consciousness and material physical world are intertwined and affect each other. It seems that science is finally catching up to what religious people have know for centuries - heaven is the real world and this world is a mere illusion from which we interact to learn in preparation for eternity.Daniel Duffieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01618015950988167914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764654784321123736.post-2975969149664754522015-02-08T13:37:00.000-08:002015-02-08T19:04:11.471-08:00The Star Gate to Heaven - Near Death Experiences<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In the 1990s, I had a good friend who had a massive heart attack. His name was Chad and he was visiting his daughter who was a nurse at the local hospital when the heart attack occurred. His daughter immediately recognized that her father was having a heart attack and went into swift action. Chad died and then was brought back to life by the doctors and nurses who worked at reviving him. While he was dead he had a Near Death Experience that he relayed to me one day while we were horseback riding in the Uinta Mountains. His story sounded like so many others that had I heard or read about: the tunnel of light that he went through to meet deceased family members, the immense feeling of love from his deceased relatives, and being totally bathed in God's love while he was there. He told me that he was told to go back to his body, but that he did not want to. All he wanted to do was stay in heaven.</div>
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What I found fascinating was that Chad was a devout Mormon. He believed in Jesus as his savior, but his theology was vastly different from mine as a Baptist. I had heard other stories from my brother, a Baptist minister, who had been at the deathbeds of dozens of people from small children to the very old. Some of these people were church members who believed in God and some were not. Most of the stories he had heard from Godly people were nearly the same as Chad's story. However when my brother was with people that hated God and wanted nothing to do with him, the stories were quite different. They often saw demons coming to get them and went into death with screams. If they survived the near death experience, they usually could not remember the experience or they assumed that they had been hallucinating and had a nightmare.</div>
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I did further investigations into near death experiences by reading three books that told near death experience stories. The books were 1) <span style="color: black;"><u>Heaven is for Real</u></span> by Todd Burpo; 2) <u>Visions of Glory</u> as told by John Pontius; and 3) <u>Proof of Heaven</u> by Eben Alexander, M.D. I would highly recommended all three books to see the common threads of the experiences from that of a little boy who died, to a Mormon, to an agnostic neurosurgeon. The only real differences in the three stories were the theological perspective of the stories being told.</div>
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In <u>Heaven is for Real</u>, the little boy saw heaven as reflected by the theology of his evangelical-pastor father. In <u>Visions of Glory</u> the stories and visions reflect the Mormon theology. The story teller sees other righteous people in heaven who had not been Mormon, but assumes that they must have converted to Mormonism at some point in order to be in heaven. Both the little boy and the Mormon see Jesus in their near death experience. In <u>Proof of Heaven</u>, the neurosurgeon, Eben Alexander, experiences heaven without memories due to his damaged cerebral cortex. In contrast to the little boy and the Mormon he does not see Jesus. He sees only God who is energy emanating pure love from a concentrated source at the center of heaven. An energy that is everywhere and in everything similar to descriptions in Judaism.</div>
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As I pondered the differences and similarities, a passage in the Mormon book "Visions of Glory" came to my mind that may explain the differences. Here is the passage from page 89 of the book:</div>
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All of the glorified universes I perceived were one of three glories - celestial, terrestrial, or telestial. There were other types, which were not types of glory. These were wonderful places without glory where beings who had not qualified for a reward of glory during their lifetimes were ultimately sent. <em>These were of every type, of every description, and were created in response to their desires (Italics added).</em></blockquote>
So, maybe the differences in the near death experiences were merely projected by the individual and what they expect to see in heaven. Each person that goes to heaven puts his theological glasses on and as a result sees what they expect to see. Those that don't believe in the God of heaven do not go to heaven. They separate themselves from God by their own mental constructs and create their own hells devoid of the God that they don't accept or believe in. For to be with God you must first believe in God. In the end our theological differences may not matter as long as we believe in the God that created us and return to him through repentance to walk our path through life with Him.<br />
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Daniel Duffieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01618015950988167914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764654784321123736.post-76604711646056911982014-09-16T20:28:00.000-07:002014-09-16T20:29:57.753-07:00Angies Review of "Sons of Niall"<strong>Here is the first review of my new book "Sons of Niall". It was done by Angie on goodreads.com. </strong><br />
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<span id="goog_1441646058"><br /></span>Angies Review: "The first book in this series called Niall and the Irish Pirates was the first self published book I had read. I was really looking forward to the second book so I was very excited when I received the book from the author. I thought the story was quite engaging. The books transitions well back into the story where the first book left off. There is a fun map at the beginning of the book that helped me keep a picture in my mind of where events where taking place.<br />
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This book introduces much more history into the religions of the time, including the introduction of Christianity. We get to follow a few characters along who discover more about themselves. The main character is Dovsfield who is the son of Niall (though he doesn't know it). I enjoyed reading about Dovsfield and his bravery. He is a great man who has integrity and honor. In the book we even get to follow some adventures of a sword. Yes .. there is a sword that bounces from one owner to another, the original owner being Niall. Seeing where the sword would pop up next was entertaining. I liked that there is also a strong woman warrior in the story, she is Native American. I was surprised to see a Native American enter the story but it does work. It was really interesting to read about different religions mixing and the hardships people would endure to fight for their religion of choice. Of course.. the book has a little fantasy elements as well. Witches and druids included. I think having the fantasy in the novel brings so much more enjoyment into my reading experience.<br />
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I could tell there were many improvements in this book over the first book... plus this didn't feel like the typical middle of the road book you find in a series. I can't stand the ones that I feel like nothing was moved on in the story line and this one for sure moves things along! I didn't expect there to be another book in the series but the end of Son of Niall is left up in the air so I know a third book is coming. I look forward to reading the installment. I really do recommend this book to those looking for a quick read especially if you like supporting independent authors. The author even signed it and made it out to me which was a great treat!!!"Daniel Duffieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01618015950988167914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764654784321123736.post-86919443873240962752014-08-01T19:02:00.000-07:002014-08-21T21:12:26.312-07:00Sequel to "Niall and the Irish Pirates"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I recently published my new book "Sons of Niall" on Amazon.
It<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> is a fictional story inspired by the legends associated
with Niall Noigiallach, an ancient high king of Ireland that ruled from 368 to
396 CE.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Niall established a dynasty of
powerful chieftains that dominated the island for six centuries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had many sons, both known and unknown to
himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His descendants were the most
powerful rulers of Ireland until the 11th century.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Often times the House of Niall fought amongst
each other vying for kingship of the Irish provinces as well as high kingship
of Ireland which ruled from the hill of Tara.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This story follows the sons of Niall that became kings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also details the rise of Christianity
through the missionary efforts of a former slave captured by Niall who is known
today as Saint Patrick.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The first book in the series, "Niall and the Irish Pirates", is being offered as a free promotional Kindle download this weekend (August 22 - 24).</span><br />
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<br />Daniel Duffieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01618015950988167914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764654784321123736.post-2515284265139500012014-07-30T20:00:00.000-07:002014-07-30T20:10:35.616-07:00Elijah at Horeb: The Voice in the Wilderness<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>I Kings 19:9 - Then he came there to a cave and lodged there; and
behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and He said to him, “What are you
doing here, Elijah?” 10 He said, “I have been very zealous for the Lord, the
God of hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down
Your altars and killed Your prophets with the sword. And I alone am left; and
they seek my life, to take it away.”<o:p></o:p></strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>11 So He said, “Go forth and stand on the mountain before the Lord.”
And behold, the Lord was passing by! And a great and strong wind was rending
the mountains and breaking in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord
was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in
the earthquake. 12 After the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the
fire; and after the fire a sound of a gentle blowing. 13 When Elijah heard it,
he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the
cave. And behold, a voice came to him and said, “What are you doing here,
Elijah?” 14 Then he said, “I have been very zealous for the Lord, the God of
hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your
altars and killed Your prophets with the sword. And I alone am left; and they
seek my life, to take it away.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>NASB<o:p></o:p></strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">When we see major events happen around us, we need to listen carefully
for the voice of God and His message.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
is not in the earthquake or fire that God caused.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rather it is in the sound of the gentle wind
blowing which represents the spirit of the living God; a spirit that wishes to
convey messages from heaven for our benefit.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yesterday morning I saw a license plate on the vehicle in front of me
that had three 7s and then a space followed by some letters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Later that day I saw another plate from an
out of state car with three 7s followed by a space and letters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both times I remember thinking what an odd
coincidence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, after work I went
home and mowed my sister’s lawn with a push mower.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did a lot of walking throughout the day and
was curious as to how many steps I had taken so I checked my pedometer right
before going to bed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It read 14,000
steps, another multiple of seven.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I
started thinking that God had a message in the number 777.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">After thinking about the number of triple 7s, I remembered that both Malaysian planes that went down recently were Boeing 777s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It occurred to me
that these airliners were the earthquake and fire from God before He
spoke.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were aimed at getting His
people to listen for the sound of the gentle wind and understand its'
message.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So what was the message?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The number 7 represents perfection and God’s
creation for he created the world in six days and rested on the seventh.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> So m</span>aybe the message was in the number 777.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I went to </span></span><a href="http://www.biblewheel.com/GR/GR_Database.php"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">http://www.biblewheel.com/GR/GR_Database.php</span></span></a><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> and
entered the number 777 to search for Hebrew words within the Bible that have
that same Gematria (number value when you add up the numerical equivalent of
the Hebrew letters).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Following are the
results of this search.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">מתושאל</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>H4967 Methuwsha'el / Methusael - Genesis 4:18
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">בעשתה</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>H6213 `asah / do - Leviticus 4:27 <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">בתשעה</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>H8672 tesha` / nine - Leviticus 23:32 <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ותישנהו</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>H3462 yashen / sleep - Judges 16:19 <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ושאלתם</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>H7592 sha'al / ask – 1 Samuel 25:5 <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ותשליכהו</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>H7993 shalak / cast - Job 18:7 <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ואתמשל</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>H4911 mashal / like - Job 30:19 <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">למשאות</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>H4876 masshuw'ah / destruction - Psalms 74:3 <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">כאשכלות</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>H0811 'eshkowl / cluster - Song of Solomon
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">השבעת</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>H7646 saba` / satisfy - Ezekiel 27:33 <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">אתעקרו</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>H6132 `aqar (Aramaic) / plucked - Daniel 7:8<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I would encourage the reader to read these verses in their context in the
order of the list as I believe there may be a distinct message being
presented.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, Methusael was a
descendant of the Biblical Cain that killed Abel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His name means “Man of God” according to
Strong’s Concordance Hebrew meaning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
Aramaic it means “Who demands his death”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When you combine the meanings, you have “Man of God who demands his
death”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The next two occurrences of
words with the 777 gematria deal with repentance/forgiveness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Leviticus 4:27 concerns unintentional sins
and bringing offerings for forgiveness once the individual becomes aware of his
guilt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Leviticus 23:32 is about
preparing for the Day of Atonement (Judgement Day).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Verse 32 states that the day before the Day
of Atonement – “It is to be a sabbath of complete rest to you, and you shall
humble your souls; on the ninth of the month at evening, from evening until
evening you shall keep your sabbath” NASB. I Samuel 25:5 is in the context of
David helping protect Nabal and then Nabal not returning the favor but
returning evil for the good that David had done for Nabal. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Job 18:7 tells of the wicked’s schemes bring
them down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Job 30:19 is about Job, a
righteous person, suffering and being humiliated in front of people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Therefore the theme of these passages seems
to be focused on God’s people, their sins and repentance in preparation for
Judgment Day, and their suffering from wicked people and resultant humiliation in the world’s eyes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Psalms 74, the psalmist asks why God has
rejected his people and allowed the enemies of God to triumph.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He reminds God to remember His covenant with
His people.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The rest of passages start with a description of the beautiful bride
followed by passages of judgment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Song
of Solomon 7 is a physical description of the bride (God’s people) by the admiring
bridegroom (God).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then Ezekiel 27
describes the destruction of Tyre which could easily describe the destruction
of America.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The final passage in Daniel
7 is about the 11<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> king, the Little Horn or Antichrist. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">To me the message is clear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>God’s people need to repent and prepare for the Day of Atonement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will be forgiveness and salvation for
those that repent, but will be judgment and destruction for those that
don’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the end the Antichrist will be
destroyed and God’s Kingdom established with God's Messiah as King.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Kingdom of God is very near!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The sound of the gently blowing wind is
speaking to those that are careful to listen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Turtle Dove has indeed arrived in the land.</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">When the Messiah comes, he may come in disguise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He may follow the examples of Joseph and
Moses and appear foreign to his people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He would then reveal himself to his brethren as Joseph and Moses
did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When they recognize him they will
welcome him back to their family whether it is his first or second appearance.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The critical question we each need to ask ourselves is whether or not
we have eyes to see and spiritual insight to recognize him when he comes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What if the messiah comes as a common Jew
from the land of Israel instead of as Christian theology proclaims?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How would you recognize him without the pagan
attributes that have been given to him over the millennia or how would you
recognize him if he doesn’t appear in the air with his angels?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Messiah could come as the Creator’s small, still voice; a voice speaking
so softly to the world that virtually nobody notices at first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You would have to watch and listen carefully
to recognize him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You would need to look
at the world around you without your theologicall biases in order to recognize
him.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My belief is that most Jews and Christians may not recognize him in
the beginning as they will be looking for something else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It won’t be until the Messiah is well under
way in bringing the lost ten tribes home to unite with Judah to restore God’s
kingdom here on earth that some will recognize him by what he is doing and
saying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many Jews and Christians may even
say that he is a false messiah since he doesn’t conform to their particular
theology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We would all do well to remember that theology is man’s attempt at defining
and understanding God and His truth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
cannot contain the Creator of the Universe with our mental constructs and
expectations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has demonstrated over
and over that he works in very</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> mysterious ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the bible says in Isaiah 55: 7 – 9<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and
let him return to the Lord, and He will have compassion on him, and to our God,
for He will abundantly pardon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“For My
thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,” declares the
Lord.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“For as the heavens are higher
than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your
thoughts.” (NASB)</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We live in a world of lies and illusions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So much so that it is often hard to figure
out what the truth is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know that God
is truth and that his Messiah will represent God’s truth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So don’t let your religious theology and doctrines
get in the way of recognizing truth when it arrives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let us return to our Creator and find His
truth!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The bible is clear that the Messiah will restore all the tribes of
Israel and not just Judah (Jews) in forming the Kingdom of God here on
earth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Watch for much to happen in the
coming days, weeks, and months.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t
focus on the tribulation as it occurs all around you, but rather put your sights on God and
His truth. Those with eyes to see will see truth and miracles all around in the
midst of all the turmoil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will you
recognize him when he arrives?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He may
not fit the image you were expecting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
will be filled with God’s truth and be about the tasks he has been assigned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You recognize him by his truth, his
actions, and what he accomplishes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Many things in the Bible are identified as an abomination to God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Take a look at the examples in the following
verses from the New American Standard Bible:<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Deuteronomy 22:5 - A woman shall not wear man’s clothing, nor shall a
man put on a woman’s clothing; for whoever does these things is an abomination
to the Lord your God.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Deuteronomy 23:18 - You shall not bring the hire of a harlot or the
wages of a dog into the house of the Lord your God for any votive offering, for
both of these are an abomination to the Lord your God.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Deuteronomy 23:18 - You shall not bring the hire of a harlot or the
wages of a dog into the house of the Lord your God for any votive offering, for
both of these are an abomination to the Lord your God.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Deuteronomy 7:25 - The graven images of their gods you are to burn with
fire; you shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it
for yourselves, or you will be snared by it, for it is an abomination to the
Lord your God.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Leviticus 18:22 - You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a
female; it is an abomination.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">All of the things identified in the verses above as abominations had
judgment associated with them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
only one of them is famous for the judgment that resulted in total desolation
of the land and it involves the story of Sodom and Gomorrah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A description of it is found in Genesis 19:24
- Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord
out of heaven, 25 and He overthrew those cities, and all the valley, and all
the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground. 26 But his wife,
from behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>27 Now Abraham arose early in the morning and
went to the place where he had stood before the Lord; 28 and he looked down
toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the valley, and he saw,
and behold, the smoke of the land ascended like the smoke of a furnace.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now, when you think of our (USA) current government, including the
administration and courts, we find a disturbing trend in allowing the
abominable activity that resulted in the desolation of Sodom and Gomorrah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you compare what is going on in our
country to the words of the prophet Daniel, it is easy to see a connection.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Daniel 11:31 - Forces from him will arise, desecrate the sanctuary
fortress, and do away with the regular sacrifice. And they will set up the
abomination of desolation. 32 By smooth words he will turn to godlessness those
who act wickedly toward the covenant, but the people who know their God will
display strength and take action.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Our once godly country (sanctuary) has been desecrated without the
permission of the righteous remnant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our
regular prayers (sacrifice) along with religious displays are being done away
with from the public arena.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By flattery
(smooth words) our leaders tell people what they want to hear and encourage
them to go against God’s commandments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is easy to look at today’s events and see ancient prophecies being
fulfilled right before our eyes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Some will point to the Dome of the Rock on Temple mount and say that
that is the Abomination of Desolation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Others will point to the destruction of the Jewish Temple in 70 AD and
say that is when the sacrifice was done away with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would remind such folks that that is all
true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, history shows that many
times prophecy is fulfilled in many ways, physical and spiritual, and at
multiple times throughout history due to the quantum nature of prophecy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are living in prophetic days and will
continue to see the fulfillment of God’s words.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I would refer my readers to a previous post I did dealing with Daniel
chapters 7 and 11 </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">titled “The Last King of the Kingdom of
Man”.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In December of 2012 I had my DNA tested by Family Tree DNA and
was surprised to find that I was a direct descendant of an ancient high king of
Ireland named Niall Noigiallach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Family
Tree DNA noted that a recent study was conducted at Trinity College Dublin,
Ireland, which found that a striking percentage of men in Ireland (and quite a
few in Scotland) share the same Y chromosome, suggesting that the 5th-century
warlord known as "Niall of the Nine Hostages" may be the ancestor of
one in 12 Irishmen. Niall established a dynasty of powerful chieftains that
dominated the island for six centuries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In the Trinity College study scientists found an area in northwest
Ireland where they claim 21.5 % carry Niall’s genetic fingerprint, says Brian
McEvoy, one of the team at Trinity. According to McVoy this area was the main
powerbase of the Ui Neills, which literally translated means "descendants
of Niall" (Family Tree DNA Report 2013).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Niall of the Nine Hostages received his name from the taking
of hostages as a strategy for playing mental havoc upon his opponent
chieftains. He is known in folklore as a raider of the British and French
coasts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The chronology of Keating's
Foras Feasa ar Éirinn broadly agrees, dating his reign from 368-395 CE, and
associating his raiding activities in Britain with the kidnapping of Saint
Patrick.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Niall was supposedly slain either
in the English Channel or in Scotland. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His
descendants were the most powerful rulers of Ireland until the 11th century
(Family Tree DNA Report 2013).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Modern surnames tracing their ancestry to Niall include
(O')Neill, (O')Gallagher, (O')Boyle, (O')Doherty, O'Donnell, Connor, Cannon,
Bradley, O'Reilly, Flynn, (Mc)Kee, Campbell, Devlin, Donnelly, Egan, Gormley,
Hynes, McCaul, McGovern, McLoughlin, McManus, McMenamin, Molloy, O'Kane,
O'Rourke and Quinn (Family Tree DNA Report 2013).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I started doing research on Niall and found he was both a
king in Ireland who also held the title the king of Tara.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The title king of Tara represented a very old
ideal of sacred kingship in Ireland.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
had a mythical quality stretching back deep into the ancient times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">After doing some research, I took a break from posting on this blog to write a book about Niall. My book</span> is a fictional account
inspired by the traditions and legends passed down from ancient Ireland and is available on Amazon for e-book downloads.</span></div>
Daniel Duffieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01618015950988167914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764654784321123736.post-45354368930190649102013-05-25T09:08:00.002-07:002014-07-26T20:24:57.857-07:00Some Christians are Balaam while others are the Donkey<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In Revelations Chapter 2:12-17 there is a letter to the one of the
early churches that is critical of them for holding to the teaching of Balaam.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">12 “And to
the angel of the church in Pergamum write:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The One who has the sharp two-edged sword says this:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>13 ‘I know where you dwell, where Satan’s
throne is; and you hold fast My name, and did not deny My faith even in the
days of Antipas, My witness, My faithful one, who was killed among you, where
Satan dwells. 14 But I have a few things against you, because you have there
some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who kept teaching Balak to put a
stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols
and to commit acts of immorality. 15 So you also have some who in the same way
hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans. 16 Therefore repent; or else I am coming
to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of My mouth. 17
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him
who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him
a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows but he
who receives it.’<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>NASB</span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Balaam was a prophet from Midian that had a relationship with the one
true God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However he did not understand
God’s plans for his chosen people, the Israelites, and was willing to hire
himself out to curse God’s people (Numbers Chapter 22).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Balaam was siding with Israel’s enemies
against God and His people even though Balaam himself knew God and had a
relationship with Him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I see many Christians today that fit this description and belong to
the church of Pergamum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They side with
the Palestinians and push for the “Two State Solution” to divide the land
promised to the Israelites in an effort to alleviate Palestinian suffering and
bring peace to the region.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They fail to
recognize that the Palestinian suffering is a result of choices the
Palestinians have made and they also fail to see what God’s plan is for Israel
just as Balaam did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of the extreme
in the Church of Pergamum teach replacement theology saying that the church has
replaced the Jews and are now God’s chosen people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They teach that the Jews are not from Judah
but are Edomite converts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
extremists say they love God and follow him all the while filled with hatred
for the Jews.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These “Christians” indeed
have the spirit of Balaam in them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In the Biblical narrative in Numbers Chapter 22, Balaam is on his way
to curse the Israelites and the Angel of the Lord is waiting along the way to
kill him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is where we are
introduced to the donkey that Balaam was riding that saw what Balaam didn’t and
then talked to Balaam.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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22:22-35: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But God was angry because he
was going, and the angel of the Lord took his stand in the way as an adversary
against him. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now he was riding on his
donkey and his two servants were with him. 23 When the donkey saw the angel of
the Lord standing in the way with his drawn sword in his hand, the donkey
turned off from the way and went into the field; but Balaam struck the donkey
to turn her back into the way. 24 Then the angel of the Lord stood in a narrow
path of the vineyards, with a wall on this side and a wall on that side. 25
When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, she pressed herself to the wall and
pressed Balaam’s foot against the wall, so he struck her again. 26 The angel of
the Lord went further, and stood in a narrow place where there was no way to
turn to the right hand or the left. 27 When the donkey saw the angel of the
Lord, she lay down under Balaam; so Balaam was angry and struck the donkey with
his stick. 28 And the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to
Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?”
29 Then Balaam said to the donkey, “Because you have made a mockery of me! If
there had been a sword in my hand, I would have killed you by now.” 30 The
donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your donkey on which you have ridden all your
life to this day? Have I ever been accustomed to do so to you?” And he said,
“No.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">31 Then the
Lord opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in
the way with his drawn sword in his hand; and he bowed all the way to the
ground. 32 The angel of the Lord said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey
these three times? Behold, I have come out as an adversary, because your way
was [i]contrary to me. 33 But the donkey saw me and turned aside from me these
three times. If she had not turned aside from me, I would surely have killed
you just now, and let her live.” 34 Balaam said to the angel of the Lord, “I
have sinned, for I did not know that you were standing in the way against me.
Now then, if it is displeasing to you, I will turn back.” 35 But the angel of
the Lord said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but you shall speak only the word
which I [j]tell you.” So Balaam went along with the leaders of Balak.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>NASB</span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Those of us <strong>not</strong> from the Church of Pergamum are represented by
the Donkey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even though we see through a
glass darkly and don’t understand all the plans within plans that God has, we
do see small glimpses of His plans in the prophecies in scripture and recognize
that God is working with the Jews in the State of Israel for His purposes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are not fooled by the world and the lies
being told about the House of Judah and we don’t join in cursing them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead we love and support our brother
Judah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Are you of the Church of Pergamum and Balaam or are you the Donkey
that recognizes the Angel of the Lord and some of God’s plans in scripture</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">? Those that curse Israel will be cursed and those that
bless Israel will be blessed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Choose
wisely the path you take!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Daniel Duffieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01618015950988167914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764654784321123736.post-50820872909571183542013-05-16T20:21:00.000-07:002014-07-26T20:25:37.035-07:00Joseph’s Bones<span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Exodus 13: 17-22<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now when Pharaoh had let the people go, God
did not lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, even though it was
near; for God said, “The people might change their minds when they see war, and
return to Egypt.” </span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span class="text"><sup><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></sup>Hence God led the
people around by the way of the wilderness to the Red Sea; and the sons of
Israel went up in martial array from the land of Egypt.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span class="text"><sup><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></sup>Moses took the bones of Joseph with him,
for he had made the sons of Israel solemnly swear, saying, “God will surely
take care of you, and you shall carry my bones from here with you.”<sup> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></sup>Then they set out from Succoth and
camped in Etham on the edge of the wilderness.<sup> </sup><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The </span><span class="small-caps"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span></span><span class="text"> was going
before them in a pillar of cloud by day to lead them on the way, and in a
pillar of fire by night to give them light, that they might travel by day and
by night.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span class="text">He did
not take away the pillar of cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from
before the people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>NASB<o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
<br />
<span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">There is a
prophetic pattern in the verses above.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We see Israelites, both dead (represented by Joseph’s bones) and those
alive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is Moses that leads both out
of Egypt, the land of spiritual confusion, to the land promised to Abraham and
his descendants where they would receive clear teaching from God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Israelites who were alive were able to
hear Moses words and receive instruction although often they rebelled against
Moses and against the source of his authority, God. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Joseph’s
bones had no life left since his spirit had been gone for a very long time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The spiritually dead Israelites are
represented by the bones of Joseph.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<br />
<span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Joseph was
the predominant tribe that came to represent the Northern Kingdom of Israel
where the 10 northern tribes were located.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The northern kingdom was exiled 2800 years ago, lost their identity and
became dead, dry bones represented by Joseph’s bones in the Exodus 13 passage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In contrast, the Southern Kingdom never lost
their identity and remained physically and spiritually alive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Judah was the predominant tribe that
represented the Southern kingdom of Israel and so they were called Judah or the
Jews.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<br />
<span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We are
currently in the early stages of the second exodus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Modern America is the Egypt of our time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All 13 tribes are again represented here in
America.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Jews know their identity
and a portion have already returned to the State of Israel to prepare the
land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rest of the Jews in America seem
to be waiting for the messiah to bring them home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The lost 10 tribes that are here are just now
waking up to who we are and God is giving us a burning desire to return to the
Promised Land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All 13 tribes need Moses (or
the messiah) and his leadership to revive our spirits and lead us home to where
we belong. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<br />
<span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Today’s
Moses is represented by the rabbis who sit in the seat of Moses as state by the
Christian messiah.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Matthew 23:1-3 it says:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Then
Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples, saying: “The scribes and the
Pharisees have seated themselves in the chair of Moses;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>therefore all that they tell you, do and
observe, but do not do according to their deeds; for they say things and do not
do them.” (NASB)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>It is clear from
this passage that the key for the lost 10 tribes to awaken from our spiritual
slumber and receive instructions for going home, back to Torah and the Promised
Land, is through today’s rabbis that sit in Moses’ seat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is rabbinic responsibility until the
Messiah son of David comes to complete the task of returning the tribes and
restoring the Kingdom of God.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">The promises of Ezekiel 37
will be fulfilled in full when Joseph’s bones awaken and come together with the
bones of the whole house of Israel (all 13 tribes) as prophesized by the
prophet of old.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Ezekiel
37:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span class="text">Vision of the
Valley of Dry Bones (NASB)</span></span></b><br />
<br />
<div class="chapter-2" style="margin: 1em 0in;">
<span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The hand of the </span></b></span><span class="small-caps"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-variant: small-caps; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lord</span></b></span><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> was upon
me, and He brought me out by the Spirit of the </span></b></span><span class="small-caps"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-variant: small-caps; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lord</span></b></span><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> and set me
down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones.</span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span class="text"><sup>2 </sup>He caused me to pass among them round about, and behold,
<i>there were</i> very many on the surface of the valley; and lo, <i>they were</i>
very dry.</span> <span class="text"><sup>3 </sup>He said to me, “Son of man, can
these bones live?” And I answered, “O Lord </span><span class="small-caps"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">God</span></span><span class="text">, You know.”</span>
<span class="text"><sup>4 </sup>Again He said to me, “Prophesy over these bones
and say to them, ‘O dry bones, hear the word of the </span><span class="small-caps"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span></span><span class="text">.’</span> <span class="text"><sup>5 </sup>Thus says the Lord </span><span class="small-caps"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">God</span></span><span class="text"> to these bones, ‘Behold, I will cause breath to enter you that you
may come to life.</span> <span class="text"><sup>6 </sup>I will put sinews on
you, make flesh grow back on you, cover you with skin and put breath in you
that you may come alive; and you will know that I am the </span><span class="small-caps"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span></span><span class="text">.’”</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<br />
<span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">7 </span></sup></b></span><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">So I
prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and
behold, a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to its bone.</span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span class="text"><sup>8 </sup>And I looked, and behold, sinews were on them, and
flesh grew and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them.</span> <span class="text"><sup>9 </sup>Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy,
son of man, and say to the breath, ‘Thus says the Lord </span><span class="small-caps"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">God</span></span><span class="text">, “Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain,
that they come to life.”’”</span> <span class="text"><sup>10 </sup>So I
prophesied as He commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they came to
life and stood on their feet, an exceedingly great army.</span><o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<br />
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<span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Vision
Explained</span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<br />
<span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">11 </span></sup></b></span><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Then He said
to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel; behold, they
say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope has perished. We are completely cut
off.’</span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span class="text"><sup>12 </sup>Therefore
prophesy and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord </span><span class="small-caps"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">God</span></span><span class="text">, “Behold, I
will open your graves and cause you to come up out of your graves, My people;
and I will bring you into the land of Israel.</span> <span class="text"><sup>13 </sup>Then
you will know that I am the </span><span class="small-caps"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span></span><span class="text">, when I
have opened your graves and caused you to come up out of your graves, My
people.</span> <span class="text"><sup>14 </sup>I will put My Spirit within you
and you will come to life, and I will place you on your own land. Then you will
know that I, the </span><span class="small-caps"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span></span><span class="text">, have spoken and done it,” declares the </span><span class="small-caps"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span></span><span class="text">.’”</span><o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<br />
<h3 style="margin: 1em 0in;">
<span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Reunion of
Judah and Israel</span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<br />
<span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">15 </span></sup></b></span><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The word of
the </span></b></span><span class="small-caps"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-variant: small-caps; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lord</span></b></span><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> came again to me saying,</span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span class="text"><sup>16 </sup>“And
you, son of man, take for yourself one stick and write on it, ‘For Judah and
for the sons of Israel, his companions’; then take another stick and write on
it, ‘For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and all the house of Israel, his
companions.’</span> <span class="text"><sup>17 </sup>Then join them for yourself
one to another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand.</span> <span class="text"><sup>18 </sup>When the sons of your people speak to you saying,
‘Will you not declare to us what you mean by these?’</span> <span class="text"><sup>19
</sup>say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord </span><span class="small-caps"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">God</span></span><span class="text">, “Behold, I
will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes
of Israel, his companions; and I will put them with it, with the stick of
Judah, and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand.”’</span> <span class="text"><sup>20 </sup>The sticks on which you write will be in your hand
before their eyes.</span> <span class="text"><sup>21 </sup>Say to them, ‘Thus
says the Lord </span><span class="small-caps"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">God</span></span><span class="text">, “Behold, I will take the sons of Israel from among the nations
where they have gone, and I will gather them from every side and bring them
into their own land;</span> <span class="text"><sup>22 </sup>and I will make them
one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king will be king
for all of them; and they will no longer be two nations and no longer be
divided into two kingdoms.</span> <span class="text"><sup>23 </sup>They will no
longer defile themselves with their idols, or with their detestable things, or
with any of their transgressions; but I will deliver them from all their
dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. And they will
be My people, and I will be their God.</span><o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<br />
<h3 style="margin: 1em 0in;">
<span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Davidic
Kingdom</span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<br />
<span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">24 </span></sup></b></span><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“My servant
David will be king over them, and they will all have one shepherd; and they
will walk in My ordinances and keep My statutes and observe them.</span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span class="text"><sup>25 </sup>They will live on the land that I gave to Jacob My
servant, in which your fathers lived; and they will live on it, they, and their
sons and their sons’ sons, forever; and David My servant will be their prince
forever.</span> <span class="text"><sup>26 </sup>I will make a covenant of peace
with them; it will be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will place them
and multiply them, and will set My sanctuary in their midst forever.</span> <span class="text"><sup>27 </sup>My dwelling place also will be with them; and I will be
their God, and they will be My people.</span> <span class="text"><sup>28 </sup>And
the nations will know that I am the </span><span class="small-caps"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span></span><span class="text"> who
sanctifies Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst forever.”’”</span><o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<br />
<span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">May it
happen speedily in our days!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Amen!<o:p></o:p></span></span>Daniel Duffieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01618015950988167914noreply@blogger.com0