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Who Was Tamar in the Bible?

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We found two women with the name Tamar in the Bible. One of them was the daughter-in-law of Judah, the son of Jacob. And the second one was the daughter of David, the sister of Absalom. However, both stories in the Bible are so significant that they left a lifelong lesson for believers. 

The Bible is full of strange stories and mysteries, and without the help of the Holy Spirit, it is not possible for humans to understand the depth of these stories. Also, we read in the Scriptures, that only the Spirit of the Lord knows the hidden things of God. “But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit, for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.” 1 Corinthians 2:10

Tamar Meaning in the Bible

According to Wikipedia: Tamar (Hebrew: תָּמָר) is a female name of Hebrew origin, meaning “date” (the fruit), “date palm” or just “palm tree.” There are two powerful characters in the Bible with this name. 

Characteristics of Tamar in the Bible

We will speak only about the characteristics of the daughter of David. The biggest lesson I learned from the second Tamar is that we should never blindly trust anybody. Not even our biological brothers and sisters. We should watch out for sweet words and praises without any reason.

I am talking about Tamar in 2-Samuel, Chapter 13, the daughter of David who might save his brother from being killed by another brother if she knew the trap the devil had spread against her and her family. 

She can say to her father “I can cook food for my brother Amnon, but you should also come and eat.” Or she can ask, “I can cook food at my place and can pack a lunch or dinner box for my brother Amnon.”  Amnon was her step-brother, but Absalom was her biological brother.

She can ask Absalom to join her once she goes to Amnon’s palace. Sometimes, Christian women behave like Tamar and become so innocent that they forget to see the traps of the devil behind the sweet and praising words. As the Bible already explained in Psalm 12:2,  They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart. 

Tamar should not trust her step-brother and should speak to her father to send private guards with her, so her brother or any of his men cannot hurt Tamar, but she clearly lacks good leadership skills. 

Lack of Wisdom in Tamar

Wisdom is not taught in schools or in homes unless the parents are Christians or read the Bible regularly. Truth and knowledge are on one side when it comes to acting like a leader. Both things can not help you until you know how to use your knowledge.

This is called wisdom. And wisdom does not work if you do not truly understand the knowledge at your disposal. Tamar lacks wisdom if you read Samuel Chapter 13, as the Bible said it is useless to spread a trap in front of a bird.  I am not saying Amnon did good work, but if Tamar acted like a sharp leader, he might not have had a chance of misleading her and his father. 

5 Reasons to Resist

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There was a time when war was glamorized in movies as a romantic adventure with swashbuckling officers leading their men in a heroic charge and taking a hill against insurmountable odds.  However, those kinds of moives fell out of vogue when the left tried to discourage wars against communism such as Korea and especially Vietnam.

However, movies glorifying resistance movements never fell out of vogue because the left was able to redefine fascists and equate them to conservatives.  Of course, the truth is that fascists are socialist, but most people have no idea what a fascist really is.  If you’re not sure you can always go back and listen to my podcast defining fascism by clicking on the link.

War is not a pretty thing and being put in a situation where we have to resist a power trying to conquer us is just as ugly.  However, there comes a time when difficult decisions must be made and we have to stand up to the ugliness and defend our freedoms from a government wishing to take those freedoms away in order to meet its oppressive goals.

We have been facing this onslaught against our freedoms for a long time in America and we have fought back where it was proper for us to do so.  The fight was at the ballot box using peaceful tools of persuasion to affect the outcome of elections.

Force is Being Used

However, what happens when one party cannot win using those peaceful tools of persuasion and instead resorts to using lies, deception, fraud, and force?  Three of those four have been part of American politics from the beginning, but lately, we have witnessed an unprecedented rise in this deceit until it culminated in a stolen election for which their is plenty of evidence.

The introduction of force by the Democrat Party is something new to the American scene where voters are disenfranchised and the threat of retribution and violence are used to intimidate us into submission.  I’m not just speaking of the riots justified by the Democrats in cities they control, but I’m also speaking of the unprecendented pressures being put on Americans since Biden illegally rose to power.

The tactics of the left, as defined within the Democrat Party, had been to slowly erode away our liberties in such a way that not everyone is affected at the same time.  For that reason, they have been very successful in their efforts to turn this nation into their new vision of a socialist state.  That meant that aware Americans had drawn different lines for themselves as to how far they could be pushed before they began to resist.  With people having drawn different lines at different places, we were never unified because no power grab had caused every American to make a decision between submission and resistance at the same time.

They Have Drawn the Line

Until now.  This time the Democrat Party has drawn the line for all Americans and it’s clear and visible to everyone.  The vaccine mandate is affecting every American in some form with a very real threat that puts our freedoms and ability to support our families in jeopardy.  We all know someone in danger of losing their job unless they submit to this gross government intrusion into our lives.  The line has been drawn for everyone and it was drawn by the man occupying the White House.  A position he gained illegally as more and more evidence of massive voter fraud is amassed against those who put Joe Biden in power.

We Are Living Under Tyranny

We are currently living under a tyrannical government.  If you missed my podcast about the five parts of the definition of tyranny and how all five parts of that definition have been met by the Biden regime, then listen to the podcast here if you doubt we’re living under a tyrannical government.

The Democrats, whose motto seems to be, “never let a good crisis go to waste,” has been exaggerating Covid numbers across the board since this apparently man-made version of the flu hit us.  A man-made version that Dr. Fauci helped to fund, by the way.  They changed the way deaths were defined to add an additional 95% to the death toll attributed to COVID.  That’s why those who allow themselves to be deceived think COVID is more of a problem than it truly is.

Study after study has come out saying masks are ineffective, as are the shutdowns of our economy, yet how many people continue to wear masks because the government tells them to, despite the evidence saying differently.

We are then told vaccines will solve the problem, but people with vaccines are still getting COVID and it’s happening at such a rate that logic tells us the vaccines are problematic.  We are still being given misleading numbers to fool us to submit, such as hospitalization numbers.  A new study of those numbers shows that hospitals have been counting people coming into their facilities for other treatments as COVID patients if they have tested positive, even without symptoms, and even if being in the hospital for another reason that has nothing to do with COVID.

We have witnessed lie after lie, and deception after deception, yet the media is part of these lies and deception so that Americans who have been taught not to question their government fail to realize they are being led down the path of submission.  Link

We Are Being Subjugated

The time has come to resist our government.  Not out of some false romantic idea that we’re like the resistance fighters of WWII or the patriots of the American Revolution.  It is time to resist because we are being conquered from within, just as was predicted by Kruchev at the United Nations on November 18, 1956.  The Democrat Party has embraced socialism in a new form that is a hybrid between communism and fascism.  Their goal in America is the subjugation of the American people with the leaders of the Democrat Party and their accomplices in the media and Big Tech to become our masters.

We are seen as consumers that need to be manipulated for financial gain and to create a society to be managed by those that think they’re elite and those who think they know better how to manage our lives in order to bring about some far-off utopian dream.

We’re the Last Bastion of Freedom

For over a  century people from around the world have been fleeing from other countries that had implemented socialism.  Just like the Democrats are trying to do in America today.  America is the last bastion of freedom.  What happens if this last bastion of freedom falls?  What then?  Where do we flee to?  We have nowhere to go, so that makes it even more important for us to resist this unlawful, unconstitutional, and unAmerican attack on our liberties.

Revolutionary InsightsHow do we resist?  We don’t wear masks.  We don’t submit to a vaccine that is currently killing more people than COVID.  The media has proven they’re not to be trusted, so it’s up to us to inform our neighbors of the truth in a kind way.  We question even what the CDC says because we have also caught them in too many lies.  We find others willing to resist and we unite with them.  You may even want to consider joining a militia in case the Democrats allow their militant wing, ANTIFA and Black Lives Matter to intimidate peaceful citizens and voters.

However, the most important thing we as Christians need to be doing is praying for God’s direction and caring for our neighbors.  Use these uncertain times to tell others about our hope we have in Christ.  Show your neighbors you care for them, not just for their vote.  Satan is using the Democrat Party to push us ever closer to the anit-Christ.  Let us turn this against Satan and the Democrats by witnessing and sharing God’s love, hope, and the liberty that we find only in Christ.  The Democrats can only give fear and oppression as they try to subjagate us to conform to a world without the hope we have in Christ.  Stand firm!  Defend the faith, your neighbors and your families.

As it says in James 4:7, “Submit yourselves therefore to God.  Resist the devil, and he will flee far from you.”

A Matter of Liberty

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In 1776 Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence, when speaking of our rights as mankind, the following immortal line, “…they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness…”  Today I’m going to focus on the word liberty.  What does it mean, and more importantly perhaps, what does it not mean?

Liberty!

A simple definition is, “The condition of being free from oppressive restriction or control by a government or other power.”  Yet, we are all under government restrictions and control in some way or the other.  Does that mean that the only true liberty is anarchy?  Can government and liberty coexist?

The keyword in the definition of liberty is the word “oppressive.”  What then does the word, “oppressive” mean?  It means, “Exercising power arbitrarily and often unjustly; tyrannical.  Difficult to cope with; causing hardship or depressed spirits.”

Last week’s podcast, and article, was entitled, “The Five Parts of Tyranny in America?”  In that podcast, I looked at the five parts of the definition of tyranny to see how many of those 5 tyranny requirements have been met in America.  Sadly, the answer is all five parts have been met and it’s proper to say we are currently operating under a tyrannical government.  Notice the word “tyrannical” is in the above definition of oppression.

Oppression

Let’s break down the rest of the definition of the word oppression to see if we are currently being oppressed in America.  Is power being exercised arbitrarily?  In other words, determined by chance, whim, or impulse, and not by necessity, reason, or principle.  In many ways, our government is acting arbitrarily.  The obvious example would be our government’s reaction to Covid 19, which isn’t based on science or reason, but rather it is based on the ever-changing opinions of a group of leaders within our government such as Dr. Fauci and supported by people with a political agenda that is steering our country towards socialism.

In the state of New York, a Democrat has proposed a bill that would detain anyone that the governor, or a health official, deems may be a health threat.  Those detained would be placed in detention facilities, which in effect means they would be placed under arrest and lose their freedom.  That is a direct threat against anyone who dares choose for themselves whether a vaccine is worth the risk.  Never mind that I know more people who have died from the vaccine than died from Covid.  Never mind that people who have been vaccinated are still getting Covid and it appears they may also be spreading it.

If you Google when the spike began, the left says it began when the restrictions were lifted.  That is a good example of how the left spins the news and shapes public opinion.  The restrictions were lifted when the vaccine became available.  Before the vaccine Covid cases had been going down, but after the vaccine cases begin to rise.  What changed?  Was it the removal of restrictions, or has the vaccine been spreading the virus?  Since the vaccinated are getting Covid at an alarming rate, I would venture that the vaccinated may well be spreading the virus.  Would the media report that information?  With their track record, the answer is no.

Equal Justice Under the Law?

The mere fact that opposing scientific opinions are being censored is enough of an example of oppression, but there is more.  Are we being oppressed in ways other than Covid 19?  Do we have equal justice under the law?  Nearly all the rioters in Democrat-controlled cities that burned down neighborhoods, looted businesses, and killed people, were set free after arrest and not held accountable for their actions.  All with the blessing of the media who never questioned those unjust actions.  However, the January 6th riot in Washington D.C. was a different story, because those people were considered to be Trump supporters, so many of them remain in jail to this day and there are credible reports of mistreatment for those people, many of whom were arrested for simply being there.  Read this article by Tucker Carlson.

The first part of the definition of oppression, “Exercising power arbitrarily and often unjustly; tyrannical,” has been met.  What about the second part which reads, “Difficult to cope with; causing hardship or depressed spirits.”  What has happened to the suicide rate since the government began oppressing people in the name of public health?  Here is an article that sites the CDC and what they have to say about the subject.

Use your own observations.  People seem to be on edge.  People wearing masks look at those who don’t and think they’re horrible people that don’t care about the health of others.  People without masks look at those with masks and think they’re misguided people who don’t care about liberty.  No matter which side you’re on, masked or unmasked, you don’t like seeing the other when you’re out and about.

Fear Mongering

All this fear has been created and sustained by the news media and the Democrat Party which is using that fear to oppress those who don’t follow the Democrat Party line.  Republicans even participate in this charade of fear!  If you are one of the fearful people, I want you to try something.  It might be hard at first because the Democrats, media, and big tech are censoring information that does not agree with their beliefs.  However, the truth is still out there.  Look for information that contradicts what the left says and find out why I call what is going on now a charade of fear.

Liberty does not cause depression and hardships.  Liberty is not difficult to cope with.  Liberty is not arbitrary because it is based on equal justice and reasoned principles.  Liberty is about being free from government coercion.  Liberty is about being allowed to question the government and even oppose it if it is acting in an oppressive tyrannical way.

“If I lose my health, just like over 99% of Covid patience who have recovered, I can recover my health.  However, if I lose my liberty it is doubtful I will ever recover it!”

What good is health if you surrender your liberties to those who can take your health away?  I love my health and I also love my liberty.  If I lose my health, just like over 99% of Covid patience who have recovered, I can recover my health.  However, if I lose my liberty it is doubtful I will ever recover it!

Eye Opening

In 1917 a people who never really had much freedom lost what little they had and it wasn’t until the 1990’s that they began recovering some of it.  In 1945 the people in the most populous nation on earth lost what little freedoms they had and they’ve not recovered it to this day.  Liberty, once lost may be lost forever.

Liberty is worth defending.  Liberty is worth fighting for.  Liberty is even worth dying for.  Let not your generation be known for losing the freedom millions have died to defend over the last few centuries.  Open your eyes to the truth you see around you, and not the lie being fed to you by the media.

Being Cool

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We all want to be loved.  We all want acceptance.  When we go to school we learn the importance of fitting in and having others think well of us.  Those that master that skill generally have advantages for the rest of their lives.  Those that don’t often struggle the rest of their lives.  Peer pressure can be a very powerful weapon when in the hands of bullies and manipulators.  The pressure to conform can be intense.

That’s why we realize at an early age that it’s important to be cool.  When I was growing up in the 70’s cool was personified by the Fonz.  To the Fonz, being cool was the ultimate goal and every one of the characters in “Happy Days” looked up to him so much that he became the central figure on the show.  Athletes are cool and perhaps none more so than Michael Jordan.  In music, the coolness was magnified by the Beatles.  There were actors like James Dean and Steve McQueen that people said was the epitome of cool.

In our own lives how important is it to be cool?  If we buy a bike, it used to be that we bought a bike.  Now, if we buy a bike we also have to buy biker shorts and a biker shirt with a biker helmet and biker gloves.  We then join other bikers and ride for 100 miles in a day and the underlining reason is usually that we want to be cool.

For young people cool seems to be measured by the latest technology and do they own it?  Is it the latest phone with the latest camera so they can take pictures to share with the world to prove they’re cool.

People who have earned the title of trendsetters can make tens of thousands of dollars just by showing up at a business venue that wants to be known as a hot-spot, trendy, and the place to be.  I once gave a ride to a guy while driving for Uber who had just flown in from New York City where he was an owner of a new hotel.  He told me about paying a woman I had never heard of $50,000 just to take selfies at a party being hosted by his hotel.  I asked why he would pay so much money to this young woman for simply showing up and he explained to me how trend-setting worked and how vulnerable young people were to it.

Why is it so important to be cool?  Well, it becomes important when we feel we have to use the worth of others to boost our own worth.  We want their approval so badly that we will conform to whatever the cool people tell us is cool.  Even to the point where if we know something is wrong, we will do wrong to keep from being ridiculed for not being cool.

Here’s a question for you.  How important is it to you to be cool?

I can ask that question in a myriad of other ways.  How easy are you to manipulate?  How important is it for you to fit in with what others say is cool?  How afraid are you to be laughed at by people for not going along with what they say is cool?

The world tells us what is cool, but who is “the world?”  The world is Hollywood and TV entertainment.  The world is rock, pop, country, rap, and hip hop music.  The world is fake news.  The world is social media.  The world is anyone or anything that tries to pull you away from God – including churches!

Not every church puts God first.  Not every Bible is the Word of God.  As it says in I John 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

False prophets are not just people in the flesh. False prophets can also be Bibles that have been so altered that they cease to be the Word of God.

False prophets don’t have to be garbed in religious clothing.  They come as entertainers, athletes, newscasters, singers, politicians, or anyone who champions any way other than Jesus Christ.

A political party that rejects God is not to be followed.  Politicians of that party are not to be voted for.

Be different.  Be your own person.  Do not allow yourself to be manipulated by those who don’t have your best interest at heart.

I once had a student that was an anarchist.  He had long pink hair on one side and short blond hair on the other.  He wore an army jacket with the sleeves cut out and anarchy patches are sewn on the jacket.  He wore ragged jeans and said he was a rebel.

One day I was talking to him and I asked him why he dressed as he did.  He definitely said, “Because I’m not a follower.  I am an individual and I go my own way.”  I shook my head that I understood,  then asked, “Then why do you dress just like your friends?”

That’s when he realized that we’re all followers of something or someone.  When you break it down and analyze your choices of who you are going to follow, it boils down to one choice.  God or Satan.  God, as he defined himself in his word, or Satan, as he defines himself to the world as the world.  One choice is love, peace, and a future in heaven.  The others is hate, conflict, and a future in hell.  It sounds as if it should be a simple choice.  However, Satan tells those trying to be cool and fit in that the opposite is true.  He’s a deceiver and a liar, but some people are so afraid to be uncool that they sell their soul to Satan just to fit in with the crowd.

Be bold.  Be your own person.  Be brave and look at yourself for who you really are – a flawed person that needs help.  Who are you following?  Remember, every person in this world, no matter who they are or where they are is either following God or Satan.  If you have not faced the fact that you’re a flawed person afraid of never being accepted by a perfect God, then here’s some good news.  Jesus Christ fulfilled his perfect plan to save the people of an imperfect world and already paid for your flaws (sins) and died for you.  If you believe that and ask God to save you, he will forgive your sins, then just as he rose from the dead and ascended to heaven, you too will ascend to heaven because Jesus Christ already paid the penalty for all those flaws you have.  Ask him to forgive you, accept that he is the Son of God and believe that he will save you and he promises he will save you and you will know that you are saved and have a fresh start on life.

Do you want to start over?  Trust Jesus to save you and your eyes will be open to a whole other world in which you have direct access to God.  Satan will no longer be your master because God is now real in your life.  What is your choice?

The Myth of Faith vs Science

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There are several myths perpetuated by the media, education, Hollywood, and the left against conservatives designed to mislead the people about what we really believe.  Myths such as the Democrats are for the poor and Republicans are for the rich, or Republicans are against immigration, or that we are racist, or whatever lie the left wants to spread so they can keep people from the truth.

Another one of those myths is that conservatives don’t believe in science, as if it’s an either-or proposition.  If I tell someone I believe in creation, they respond by saying condescendingly, “Well, I believe in science.”  I think to myself, “That’s a stupid answer.”  The implication is that a person that believes in creation takes that on faith and faith and science cannot coexist.  That is a false assumption by those who put their faith in evolution.

Yes, those who believe in evolution do so on faith.  If you really want to bug an arrogant evolutionist, tell them you admire their faith and they will nearly become unglued.  They usually get angry as if I’m calling them some horrible being for telling them that to believe in evolution that belief must be taken on faith.  However, that’s exactly the case.  Whether a person believes in creation or evolution, both beliefs must be taken on faith.

Is evolution fact?  No.  Can evolution be scientifically proven?  No.  Does all the scientific evidence point to evolution?  No.  Is there scientific evidence that supports creation?  Yes.  Can creation be scientifically proven?  No.  So both evolution and creation must be taken on faith.

I still have those who place their faith in evolution declare it is a scientific fact.  When they tell me that I respond by saying, “Since you seem to believe evolution is a scientific fact, then I know where you can get $250,000 just by proving it’s a fact.  I know of a creationist that has set aside $250,000 in an escrow account to be awarded to anyone who can prove evolution.  That money is still there, but since you claim it’s a fact, would you like me to give you the address of where to send the evidence so you can collect the money?”  No one ever asks for the address, they usually put their head down knowing that I called their bluff and they don’t have the evidence they just moments before assured me existed.

I then ask, “Have you ever studied creation science?”  I’ve only had one person I asked that question respond yes and I’ll get back to him a little further down.  The problem with those who reject creation is that they’ve never been taught creation science.  I tell them, “I have been taught both evolution and creation and to be quite frank, I don’t have enough faith to believe in evolution.”  I then sincerely, and the following statement is very sincere, tell them that I admire their faith.

Surprisingly they’re not angry anymore.  It’s as if they’re stunned to realize their belief system is based on faith.  Being able to open a closed mind is a beautiful thing.  Liberals love to think conservatives are closed-minded and that they’re open-minded.  However, I’ve found the opposite to be true.  I have studied both sides and know both sides and choose to put my faith in creation.  Liberals have only experienced one side.  They have not been taught creation, therefore, they only know what other evolutionists say about creation and most of what they say is not true.

The one person I came across that had studied both creation and evolution but chose to put his faith in evolution, we’ll call John.

I said the following, “When I get to heaven and ask God if creation or evolution is true, then according to you, God will take me in his arms and say, ‘Bill, I know this is going to surprise you, but I sure hope you didn’t really believe me when I said I created the world in 6 days.’  But Jesus, you said in your word that you created the world in six days.

“Bill, I know I said that, but I really didn’t think you’d believe me.  You should have believed John when he told you that the world came about over billions of years.  I really appreciate you thinking I had that kind of power, but come on, you really didn’t think I could create the world in 6 days did you?”

My head would be hanging and I would quietly reply, “But Jesus, you said you did.”

Jesus would hug me tighter, and then he would softly say, “Bill, you simply had too much faith.  You should have believed John and not me.”

That’s when I told John, if I have to put my faith in what you say or what God says, I’m afraid I’m going to have believe God, but I really do admire your faith.”  That was when John walked off without saying anything.

I see evidence of God all around me, but I don’t see evidence of evolution.  If you believe in evolution and reject God, then all I can say is, I admire your faith.  You see, it’s not faith versus science, it’s faith versus faith.  Faith in God or faith in man.  Science is a good way to understand the orderly universe God created.  Evolution is just a guessing game.

The Fall of Lucifer and America

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When the angel Lucifer first sinned and God kicked him out of heaven, was he the evil devil who promotes horrible sins such as murder, rape, child molestations, and all the horrors that sin has ravaged upon the human race?  Would Lucifer have been horrified if God had shown him the evil he was going to become?

Lucifer was a created being.  We know those beings as angels.  This is what God tells us about Lucifer in Ezekiel 28:15, “15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.”  Lucifer was perfect because he was innocent, as a child is innocent until he reaches the age of accountability.  God did not create us as robots to do his bidding blindly.  He created all of us, angels and humans, with the free will to make a choice on whether to accept or reject God.

Angels were created to serve in heaven, but they were to have a choice just as humans, have a choice.  God described Satan as beautiful and full of wisdom.  Yet that beauty and his greatness among the angels gave him pride as it says in Isaiah chapter 14:13-14, “13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:  14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.”

From that beginning, Satan began conspiring against God to overthrow him and take his place on the throne of heaven.  God did not immediately cast Satan out of heaven though.  Satan had time to organize and gather followers from among the other angels who then made their choice, as Lucifer had done, to reject God.  Satan made merchandise of the other angels, or in other words, he used them for his own ends and purposes.  As a result, there was a war in heaven (Rev. 12:7) and God cast Satan and the fallen angels out of heaven to earth.

Satan uses the same techniques on earth as he used in heaven.  He makes merchandise of people for his own ends and purposes.  He is still at war with God and as far as he’s concerned he is going to take as many humans as possible with him, just as he took a third of the angels with him from heaven.  His first task on earth was to turn all humans against God, but God had Noah and Satan failed.  He next tried to unite the world against God through Nimrod, but God once again foiled Satan.  He then tried to destroy God’s people by destroying the nation of Israel, but once again Satan failed.  Satan’s idea was to prevent the redemption of humans by destroying us before God could save us.

Then God sends the Messiah and now Satan’s task is to kill him before God can set up his kingdom.  He thought he had won when Jesus, the Messiah, was put to death on the cross.  However, Satan failed to realize that was God’s plan all along.  Next, Satan has to try to destroy the Church or people of God who have accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior.  Many martyrs died, but God’s people were not destroyed.

God reveals to us what is going to happen at the end of the Church Age, right before he sets up his kingdom, as Satan thought he was going to do at the first coming of the Messiah.  There will be a falling away from the things of God where people declare good evil and evil good.  Satan once again will attempt to unite the world, but now he has his own “Messiah” planned who will once and for all destroy God’s people, both Jew and Christian.

Where there used to be many Christian nations that held to the Godly values of right and wrong, now there is only one, and it’s tottering on its foundation known as the Constitution.  That nation is the United State of America and we have people in our midst determined to destroy the foundation of this nation, because once this last nation is destroyed, then Satan can unite the world against God through his own “messiah,” which we Christians know as the anti-christ.

The effort to destroy America began in earnest in the 1880s with the rise of Fabian socialism which became known as progressivism in this country.  The plan was to convert America from a Biblical worldview to a humanistic worldview.  They began with teacher colleges and textbook publishers.  They then moved to alter the constitution by taking out the safeguards against a big socialistic government, which they accomplished through amendments, but especially the 17th amendment when Senators would be elected by popular vote instead of by state legislatures which protected the states from federal government interference.

All this time the goal has been to convert America from a Biblical worldview to a humanist one.  This goal was never intended to be accomplished overnight.  The battle is still being fought and Christianity has lost a tremendous amount of ground in the fight.  So much so that we are currently witnessing an entire  American political party call good evil and evil good.  As this has happened look at the consequences of calling sin good.  We now kill babies as a nation.  Sex trafficking is running rampant and it appears that many high-ranking people participate and are being allowed to get away with their crimes.  Our children are being further injured by causing them to question even their gender, which is leading to suicide and greater problems down the road mentally for these misguided children.

Did early progressive presidents like William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson forsee this moral collapse when they were advocating progressive reforms in America?  What about progressives in Hollywood in the ’30s and ’40s?  Did they foresee a movie industry that would promote homosexuality, abortion, the exploitation of children, and extreme violence where evil triumphs over good?

My guess is that many of the early progressives would be appalled to know the depths this nation has sunk to.  If Satan had known the consequences of his rebellion against God, would he still have rebelled?  If the old-time progressives had seen the consequences of their actions, would they have rebelled against the Biblical Worldview under which America used to operate?

These people have been made merchandise by Satan as he made merchandise of the angels.  They have rejected God and Satan has used them to fight against God, meaning they must take the opposite tact away from God.  The opposite of God is evil, and so to justify their evil they call it good to ease their own consciences until God gives them up to a reprobate mind.

Romans Chapter 1:20-32 seems to be a history of the progressive movement in America from God’s point of view.

20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

(They grew up in an America with a Biblical Worldview and they knew a great deal about God, the Bible, and right and wrong, as a result.)

21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

(They knew of God, but they didn’t know God, and as result, they rejected God and the Biblical Worldview.)

22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

(Their pride, like Satan’s pride, began leading them down a path of destruction and the nation they were to lead.)

23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

(They accepted the theory of evolution and rejected the creation of God, making them fear for the future of our planet and accept notions that climate change is man-made.)

24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

(All this rejection of the things God included in his mandates against sin began to be openly embraced, which has led to other perversions of sex and gender.)

25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

(By rejecting God they set up man as the highest being and that, by default, makes government the greatest power available to men where they go for answers for how to solve the problems of humanity, when it’s that very rejection which causes the problems in the first place.)

26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

(The Women’s rights movement has led to women killing their own babies in the name of choice and wanting to become men in both mind and body.  Which has led to confusion as to what it means to be a woman as God created the woman.)

27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

(Men openly engage in homosexuality and other sexual perversions that have led to confusion as to what it really means to be a man as God made us.)

28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

(Because people have chosen to reject God and his morals, God has seared their conscience so that they have no internal barometer from which to judge if a path is right or wrong.  Therefore, the next three verses describe what happens to those that reject God and refuse to be guided by his morality.)

29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:

(Do the above three verses sound like modern America?)

32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

(America has become so far gone, that those who have rejected God and his morality now rejoice and vote for the people leading them down into the pit of destruction and they cheer as they descend into that pit.)

Thankfully, there’s still a choice in America and we still have something to fight for.  As American citizens, we need to fight for our country by assuring the Republican Party continues to be based on the Judeo-Christian ethic.  We then need to politically fight the Democrat Party which operates under the humanistic philosophy.

As Christians, we need to fight with love by offering an alternative to the world and world solutions.  We need to be different.  We need to have the peace which surpasses all understanding.  The world seeks peace, but peace is not found in the world. Peace is found in God.  John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

John 10:10 explains the difference between Satan and God. ” The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”  Who do you choose to follow?

What Happens When America Falls?

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How can Christians keep from getting depressed and discouraged as we witness the dismantling of America and see our countries Christian values and morals mocked and attacked by those in power?  Especially when we believe those in power only got there by rigging an election and then silencing through censorship anyone who dares question the legitimacy of that election.  We have seen the evidence of election fraud that the left is suppressing and yet there seems to be no remedy to make things right.

As Christians, we prayed that God would keep the man in power who was championing Godly values.  Why didn’t God hear our prayers?  How in the world can a Christian be optimistic during times like these?

First off, we don’t know God’s plan.  However, we do know that God’s ways are not our ways and that God’s wisdom far surpasses our wisdom.  We also know that God knows the future and that we do not.  The only future we know is what God has chosen to reveal to us in the Bible.  That means we know that in the last days there will be a falling away and that the globalist will eventually win and take over the world which will be led by the AntiChrist.  We see in our very own country globalists working hard to diminish Christian America.

Are we losing that fight?  Have the globalist taken over?  Have we already been defeated and has America fallen?

If we are indeed in the end times, and I believe we are, then what role does America play?  As a nation, America is the last bastion of freedom, and if America falls there is no place left for anyone to go who is seeking freedom.  We are the last bastion of freedom because we are the last Christian nation.  America is all that stands in the way of globalism and the rise of the Anit-Christ.

Are we fighting a lost cause?  After all, through prophecy, we know that the globalist win and the Anti-Christ will be revealed.  If that’s the case, why fight against the inevitable?

As Paul Harvey used to say, “And now for the rest of the story.”

America will not fall because the left has defeated us.  And by “us,” I mean Christians.  Let me repeat that.  America will not fall because the left has defeated us.  Christians won’t be here when America falls.  II Thessalonians 2:6-8 says,

6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.

7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

Who needs to be taken out of the way before the AntiChrist can be revealed?  Is it America?  Indirectly, I would say the answer is yes.  However, the correct answer is the Church, made up of those who have accepted Jesus Christ as their savior.  This is not an organized church or denomination, it is made up of individuals who have asked Jesus Christ to forgive them of their sins and who put their complete faith and trust in Jesus Christ, plus nothing, to get them to heaven.

Since the last Christian nation remaining is America, which also happens to be the strongest nation on earth, then that nation, must be reduced so that an anti-christian power can then replace it.

In other words, the left does not defeat Christians in America.  God removes us through the rapture.  Listen to verse 15 in that same book and chapter, 15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.

As Christians, we are the salt of the earth.  Salt is used for preservation.  We are the preservation for America and America will only fall when God removes that preserving effect.  We will not witness the fall of America, because we will be in heaven at the marriage supper of the Lamb when those that reject Christ are left to pick up the pieces after Christians disappear.

What happens after America falls?  The Great Tribulation happens!

What happens to end the Great Tribulation?  The second coming of Christ happens and we return to the earth with him to set up the Kingdom of God.  Satan has been defeated, along with all his followers on the left and all those who reject Christ.  This world system we are now engaged against will have fallen, replaced by the Kingdom of God of which we are citizens.

Should we be discouraged because Biden is our illegitimate President?  No, because it’s all part of God’s plan.  We are to continue to point people to salvation through Jesus Christ.  We are to love our neighbor.  We are to put God first and keep our eyes on him.

Focus on what God is doing and not on what Biden and the Democrats are doing.  God gave us the formula for what we are to be doing in the last days.  It’s found in I Thessalonians Chapter 5.

15 See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.

16 Rejoice evermore.

17 Pray without ceasing.

18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

We are to be an example of Christ to the world.  We are to rejoice knowing that God wins.  We are to be spiritually united with God through prayer.  We are to be thankful because as Jesus said in the Lord’s Prayer, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

Keep your eyes on God and be Christlike.  It doesn’t matter what the left does because, in the end, they lose.  Fear not, we are the victors!

What Really Happened on the Threshing Floor?

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The story of what happened between Ruth and Boaz on the threshing floor has become one of the more controversial chapters of the Bible.  I failed to realize how controversial it was until I looked up the meaning of “uncovered his feet.”  That’s when I discovered that some people claim that Ruth and Boaz had a sexual relationship that night when Naomi instructed Ruth to go and meet Boaz there after a hard day’s work.

Context is very important when studying the Bible, and most people would agree with that statement.  However, by context, I mean more than the words surrounding a particular verse, or the chapters surrounding a particular chapter.  The Bible is how God reveals himself to mankind and we must keep that context in mind at all times when studying God’s Word.

Before the Bible was completed approximately 2,000 years ago, God would use miracles and prophets to reveal himself.  When Christ fulfilled the salvation promise and God wrote the book of Revelation through the Apostle John, that was the end of the Bible and from that point, God has used his Word to reveal himself.  He can still perform miracles if he so chooses, but by far his primary means of revelation is the Bible.  Therefore, by context, I mean understanding Ruth chapter 3 in the context of first who God is.  Second, who was Boaz, Ruth, and Naomi, and what was their character?

As I read what others wrote, they all seemed to miss the unnamed person in this chapter that adds to the need of having a proper context.  We will discuss him in just a bit.

Ruth Chapter 3: 1-4 Paraphrased

  1. The scene begins after the harvest of Barley and Wheat has been completed and the work has turned to winnowing and threshing what has been reaped.  Naomi, Ruth’s mother-in-law, has a match-making plan that will find Ruth a husband for protection and to keep her from having to work so hard to meet their needs.
  2. The man Naomi has in mind is Boaz who had shown a tenderness toward Ruth which revealed his attraction for her.  He would be tired from a hard day’s work and it would be much easier for Ruth to approach him in a place of work as opposed to his home.
  3. Ruth tells her to clean-up, wear a nice “dress,” and make herself attractive.  Not as a harlot, but as a lady.  She also cautions her to keep out of sight until Boaz ate and drank until he has mellowed.
  4. Naomi instructs her to make a mental note of where Boaz had made his bed so she can find it in the dark after everyone has fallen into a deep sleep as a result of a hard day’s work.  She then instructs Ruth to uncover his feet, and this is where the controversy begins.

What does it mean to “uncover his feet?”

My research suggested that some believe it is a euphemism for another male body part and that it’s akin to the modern euphemisms of sleeping together or hooking up.  Some people think that Ruth seduced Boaz on the threshing floor, but is that what the Bible says?

Keep in mind that the Bible first needs to be interpreted in the context of who God is.  As it says in II Peter 1:20-21

20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.”

In other words, there is one interpretation for God’s Word and that comes from the Holy Spirit as it says in I John 2:27.  But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

The second context of what we must keep in mind is what is the character of Boaz, Ruth, and Naomi?  We cannot divorce God from this story since the story is ultimately about revealing who God is.  God gives us no reason to doubt the character of Boaz, Ruth, or Naomi.  Actually, the opposite is true.  Naomi’s motive for instructing Ruth on what to do is love. Ruth did not yet know the customs of the Hebrews and she trusts Naomi because she knows her motive is love and she would do nothing to bring reproach upon her.

Naomi would also know the character of Boaz since they were near kinsmen.  The fourth person in this story, which in my research no one else seemed to acknowledge was the kinsman who had first rights to Ruth since it wasn’t Boaz.  Naomi knew Boaz would be the better match.  That was a problem that must be overcome and these instructions from Naomi would motivate Boaz to seek a solution.

Boaz, even if he wanted Ruth to be his wife, could not do wrong by taking that which belonged to another man.  She was obligated first to the nearer kinsman as Boaz told Ruth in verse 12.  As for the unnamed man, human nature causes us to hold on tighter to that which we feel someone else might be trying to steal from us.  If the nearer kinsman felt Boaz was being selfish and trying to steal Ruth from him, he may have held onto her more tightly.

Because of what happened here in Chapter 3, Ruth had let Boaz know that he was her choice, then this would take away the “selfish” factor and let Boaz know that he was asking for Ruth for her sake and not just his own.  Therefore, Ruth had to approach Boaz in his most vulnerable state, yet she had to do so without guile.

Was there a sexual connotation to uncovering his feet?  I do not believe so.  Uncovering his feet served two purposes.  First, it would wake him up without startling him as cold feet can cause us to awake.  Second, it would reveal to Boaz the subtle hint that Ruth chose him for marriage if he would only do something about it.  Handing another man your shoe in the Hebrew culture was very similar to shaking a man’s hand in our culture to seal the deal.  The contract Ruth was alluding to by this act of uncovering his feet would be read by Boaz to mean the marriage contract.

Naomi said in verse 4 that Boaz would instruct Ruth after he woke, and that’s exactly what he does.  If Naomi had been using guile, then she wouldn’t have relied on further instruction from Boaz.

The plan was put into motion and when he awakens to find Ruth at his feet, look at how he reacts in verse 10.  And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.

How had she been more kind at the last than at the first?

In the beginning, when they had met, she had been doing her work out of her love for Naomi and meeting their needs, but now he recognized she was showing her love for him by keeping herself pure by not seeking another, more available, husband.

In verse 11 he tells her to fear not because he will keep her virtue intact.  She had a good reputation in Bethlehem and he will not ruin it.  This verse settles the controversy as to what happened on the threshing floor of Boaz.  And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman.

Why did he tell her to stay with him in verse 13?  Because he cared for her and did not want her to return home in the darkness where possible danger might still be lurking in the form of young men.  Don’t forget, only a few short years before young men of Benjamin had raped and killed a young woman from Bethlehem and this horrible act and its consequences were still fresh in everyone’s mind (Judges 19).

Ruth then returns to Naomi with grain so that if anyone saw her returning from the threshing floor early in the morning, they would think she had just gone to get grain.  They were not covering up sin.  Boaz was protecting her reputation from those who like to gossip without evidence.

That morning after Ruth left, Boaz would go to the man who had first dibs on her, and chapter 4 tells us that the man forfeited his right to Boaz.  From that union, David would be their grandson and the Lord Jesus Christ would be born of a virgin a thousand years later.

God never hesitated to reveal the failures of the patriarchs and prophets.  Yet here in Ruth no failure was revealed by God.  Ruth and Boaz were both virtuous and what happened on the threshing floor was part of God’s pure plan for the coming Messiah.

Video of Message – “It’s the Christian Thing to Do”

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Below is a video that was taken by my wife at my very first message given to a church.  The church was Victory Baptist Church in Spout Spring, VA, and the message was, “It’s the Christian Thing to Do.”  My wife held her camera up to take this video, so there were a few times I might not be centered, but I thought it was a great job, especially when you consider it was unplanned.  The video is only about 24 minutes long, so watch it and as a result, I hope you will start telling people, “It was the Christain thing to do,” so that God gets the glory.

https://rumble.com/vbofpp-its-the-christian-thing-to-do.html

Are There Lies in the Bible?

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Are there lies in the Bible? Our knee-jerk reaction is to vehemently deny the Bible contains any lies, and then to stand fast in our righteous indignation. However, the Bible does contain lies, and one of the biggest is recorded right here in chapter one. Now, before you slam this book shut, in the self-same righteousness indignation, read a bit further.

Years ago, I had some teens in my Bible class say that their teacher at school insisted there were contradictions in the Bible. Having studied the Bible for years and being unable to find even one contradiction, I marveled that their public high school teacher, who was not a Bible reader, could have made such a claim. So I asked them about their teacher’s claim and they pointed out this chapter in II Samuel as the proof their teacher gave them of this apparent error in the Bible. Being a firm believer in the inerrant of the Word of God, and not being familiar with the alleged contradiction at the time, I saw this as an opportunity to teach these teens how to discover truth. Was I worried I might not be able to prove to these teens there was no contradiction? Not at all; I trust God when he says he will preserve his word (Matthew 24:35). So all I had to do was let them discover which was right – the teacher who claimed there was a contradiction in the Bible, or the inerrant Word of God.

Chapter One begins with David having returned to Ziklag after having pursued the Amalekites and rescuing all the families they had stolen during the attack on David’s village, as revealed in I Samuel Chapter 30. They had only been back two days when a man stumbled into Ziklag, the current home of David, which had been given to him by Achish, a Philistine.

The man appeared to be in mourning, with his clothes rent and ashes on his head. When David asked the man where he was from, he said he had managed to escape the camp of Israel.

I’m sure David’s heart must have raced since he would have been eager to hear news of the battle in which the Philistines would not allow him to fight (I Samuel 29:9-11). When David asked how the battle went, the man informed him that Israel had been routed and that Saul was dead.

This was not the news David had hoped for, so David asked him how he knew Saul was dead, and in verse 10 the Amelkite said he had killed him at Saul’s own request.

This was the verse that the ignorant teacher told the teens was a contradiction in the Bible. Was this something the teacher had searched out himself and discovered? No, he had read it elsewhere and instead of searching the matter to see if it was true, he put his faith in the writing of a man instead of the writing of God. His predisposition was to believe the lie because he wanted to believe it. The alternative would have been to face God, which would cause him to face himself. His pride wouldn’t allow him to admit he needed a savior, so he chose to believe the lie, and sadly, spread it to teens.

So, what is the alleged contradiction? According to this unbelieving teacher, in I Samuel 31:4 and I Chronicles 10:4, he claimed that Saul’s armor bearer killed Saul. Of course, if you actually read those two verses, it does not say that at all. The teacher was the one wrong here, in more than one way, when he said the Bible contradicted itself. It wasn’t the armor bearer that killed Saul; in those same verses we find that Saul fell on his own sword.

However, there still appears to be a contradiction. In the two aforementioned verses Saul fell on his sword, but in II Samuel 1:10 the Amalekite claimed he did the deed. So if Saul fell on his own sword, why then did the man here in II Samuel claim he killed Saul at the request of Saul? The man lied; thus, the Bible contains a lie because it records the lie. Incidentally, the first lie the Bible contains is when Satan deceives Eve and tells her if she eats of the fruit, she will not die. So yes, the Bible does contain lies, the lies of others as recorded in the infallible Word of God!

How did David know the man was lying? The man’s story simply didn’t add up. In verse 6 he claims he just happened to be at Gilboa, where Saul died. Why would a man be on a battlefield unless he was participating in the battle? The man knew this, and so he tried to make it sound like he was on Israel’s side in the battle. However, this was another lie because in I Samuel 30:14, David was given intelligence by the Egyptian, who had been left to die by the Amalekites, that those very same Amalekites had invaded Judah and were fighting against Saul, not with him. The man also admitted he was an Amalekite, the very people that David had just finished slaughtering after they had attacked and burned Ziklag.

Also, the man said that Saul was being pursued and called behind him to ask the man to kill him. If Saul was being pursued and called to the man behind him, then that man must have been one of his pursuers. The man even admitted to taking Saul’s crown and the bracelet off his arm. He said he did so because he wanted to find David and give it to him.

David knew better than to believe this man because his own words betrayed him. He was an Amalekite, who was at war with Israel. He was behind Saul as Saul fled, meaning he was pursuing Saul. When he came upon the body, he then stole the crown and bracelet and was on his way back to his people, and to get there, he had to pass through Ziklag, which he apparently thought was going to be empty because he may have thought it had been destroyed.

Note that the Amalekites were a nomadic people that lived in the area of the Negev Desert, including the area east of the Gulf of Aqaba. Ziklag was between Israel and the region where the Amalekites dwelt. So when the man told David he was bringing the crown to him, it was easy to see through the lie. He wasn’t going to Ziklag, he was going home. (See Appendix)

What was David’s reaction upon hearing the news of Saul’s death? Keep in mind that Saul had been pursuing David and his men in an effort to kill him. Many people would have taken the occasion to celebrate, but not David. In verses 11 and 12, we see how they mourned and fasted for Saul. Not just for Saul, though. They were also in mourning for the defeat of Israel, and David, in particular, mourned for his close friend, Jonathan.

After the mourning, David returned his attention to the man who had brought the news and asked him again who he was. The man confirmed he was an Amalekite, and then David asked him a more direct (and I’m sure unnerving) question: “How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?” After all, David would not do it when had the chance, nor would Saul’s armor bearer even after Saul asked him to; yet, this Amalekite claimed to have killed Saul. Why would he make the claim when he didn’t actually do it, since Saul fell on his own sword?

How else could he explain how he had come into possession of the crown and bracelet of Saul? David knew the man had been lying about nearly everything he said, so in verse 15, David ordered one of his young men to execute the Amalekite for his actions against not only Saul, but against the nation of Israel. In verse 16, David lets it be known that the man’s own words condemned him.

(The above is an excerpt from the first chapter of my new, soon to be published book, Inside the House of David, a commentary on II Samuel.  The book will be available online in early December.)