Even the corn fields that look good from a distance as you drive by, turns out to be short on kernels. Prepare for food shortages.

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[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (14 children)

It seems like you're looking for signs of the apocalypse. I haven't seen much corn in the stores, but we're getting around the time for cheap corn. I did get an early batch a month ago or so, and they were delicious. Some rotting on the tips but that's not especially new. Produce looked better pre -covid across the board

[–]In-the-clouds[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (13 children)

We also received a batch of fresh corn about a month ago, and my opinion was like yours, thinking the taste was excellent. The corn was a gift, which we paid nothing for, grown in Arkansas. There was no rotting and no missing kernels. The quality was good. But that was before the excessive heat and lack of rain with drought conditions.

Yes, I have been looking for the signs of the times, trying to warn others, preparing for the worst, but hoping for the best because of my faith in the Savior of the world, and I also desire that all men will share the same hope.

I actually prayed for you and Gizmo specifically, that you would receive provision, even if we do have famine. There is power in prayer, and I hope my prayers for you manifest.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (12 children)

I don't mean to offend you with blasphemy, but I feel like the teachings of god that have been recorded by man are corrupted. We see the rot of greed and selfishness and power all around, it seems ... naive to assume the words of god haven't been likewise affected.

[–]In-the-clouds[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (11 children)

You are right. Man has corrupted God's word for filthy money, for greed, for pride, to exalt himself above God... And that is why I do not go to a man-made church.

One night soon after I turned away from sin and believed that Jesus died on the cross so I may be reconciled to God, I had a dream with words in it:

I Am in a place that cannot be found, a place not made by man's hands.

Later, I read basically the same thing in the Bible:

Hebrews 9:24 For Christ *is not entered into the holy places made with hands*, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us...

So I believed God spoke to me in that dream, to encourage me to look for him outside of the man-made churches, which are built by the hands of men, and look for him in his word and in his spirit, which dwells inside the heart of man.

Remember: It was the religious people in Jerusalem that crucified Jesus. They had the scriptures, went to a temple (a church building), and yet they killed the man who came to save them. So if you are wary of religious people and religious buildings, you do well.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (10 children)

I have no particular affinity for Jesus. The whole concept seems idolatrous. They're mere men.

[–]In-the-clouds[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Do you think he deserved to die?

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Many people didn't deserve to die.

[–]In-the-clouds[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

True.

He was publicly executed, hung up on a cross. His accusation was that he was the King of the Jews.

If he could have avoided the cross by simply changing his story and no longer claiming to be the "Lord", why didn't he? Or, why did he enter Jerusalem knowing they didn't want him to be King? Why didn't he go somewhere else, to another city or to another nation? It would have been easy for him to save his own life, so why didn't he?

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Decimation. Killing 1/10th of the offenders by crucifixion was a common punishment.

If he could have avoided the cross by simply changing his story and no longer claiming to be the "Lord", why didn't he? Or, why did he enter Jerusalem knowing they didn't want him to be King? Why didn't he go somewhere else, to another city or to another nation? It would have been easy for him to save his own life, so why didn't he?

How do you know any of that is true? How is it any more special than the thousands of women raped before they're killed like they were a disposable sex toy?

[–]In-the-clouds[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I am glad you are discussing this with me. It is hard to convey mood in text messages, so that is why I tell you that, so you do not think you have offended me in some way, because you have not. As you are doing, I have also asked many questions. Man should not accept traditions with blind faith, but should scrutinize every doctrine to know whether it be true.

the offenders

What was his offense? He did nothing but good for people, feeding them, healing them, and telling them to stop fighting and to love one another. What is wrong with how he lived or what he spoke that should make him an offender?

You asked how his death was any more special than anyone else's death. Everyone else sinned. Jesus did not. And the sinners that were killed did not agree to die for others. A woman who is raped and killed did not consent to her own death. Jesus lay down his life voluntarily, knowing he would be beaten, publicly humiliated, and crucified. He did so saying there was no greater love than to die for his friends. He died for you, also, so your sins may be forgiven, if you would accept his sacrifice.

And how do I know this is true? It is the only explanation for our short life on earth that makes sense to me. No other story about our origin or purpose of life makes sense.

[–]Vulptex 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

There's a good possibility that Christ and Jesus used to be distinct. The early church fathers complain about certain heretics who preferred the gospel of Mark (which just so happens to be the earliest one) separating them. Jesus would be the person and Christ would be his power. Sometimes Paul uses Christ in a way that doesn't make sense if he's talking about a man, like "putting on" Christ. And in most of the places where it says "Jesus Christ" or "Christ Jesus", Marcion's version has only one of them.

[–]superglowie 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Jesus would be the person and Christ would be his power

jesus can do anything.

[–]superglowie 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

oh, i hate to tell you this, but you might not be right about that.