Out of Place Artifacts

I came across another article I had written awhile back and it dovetails nicely with the next one called "Behold now behemoth". This one looks at the topic from a concept known as OOPART or (out of place artifacts).

I hope these two articles make you think. They are not simply interesting reading, they devastate the current scientific understanding that is taught in schools all over the world. These two simple stories show all of evolution to be false.

OOPART - THE DISCOVERY OF SOMETHING THAT DOESN’T BELONG UNDER CURRENT SCIENTIFIC THEORY, YET THERE IT IS.

Having located the wreckage of a ship suspected to have sunk during the 1600’s, a treasure hunter begins diving expeditions. Much to his joy he soon discovers a large treasure trove of coins among the wreckage and after recovering the treasure he sits down with his crew and begins to catalog the find.

All of his research has told him this shipwreck is from the 1600’s. The coins mostly dated from hundreds of years ago and the other recovered items also seem to suggest that the ship must have sunk during this time. However, as he is searching through the coins, he discovers a few quarters dated 1964. This is an example of what has become known as “OOPART”, or an “out of place artifact”.

This is something present that should not be present based on modern scientific understanding. There are many examples of this phenomenon with us today but many times instead of realizing the obvious realities these objects bring with them we simply continue believing a theory that can’t possibly be true.

For instance, evolution theory tells us that dinosaurs lived millions and millions of years ago and that no one throughout all of human history has ever seen a living dinosaur. In fact, they tell us, it was not until the 1800’s that anyone even knew they existed since that was the time the first bone was discovered and also when the term “dinosaur” was created.

So then how is it that we see a vivid description of a dinosaur in the book of Job from our very own Bibles? It appears to me that Job must have seen a dinosaur in order to be able to explain one in such detail and while the full description Job gives us in Chapter 40:15-24 is too lengthy for this short article a choice reference will make my point. The book of Job tells us:

“Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.”

The mention of the behemoth moving his tail like a cedar seems to be the part that sends most evolutionists into a conniption fit. They claim to have logic and science on their side but for the life of them they cannot come up with a creature that eats grass and moves his tail like a cedar other than the brachiosaurus.

Even modern Bibles try to tell us this verse is talking about an elephant or hippopotamus but if you have ever seen either of these animal’s tails you would have to laugh at such a ridiculous suggestion. NO, the truth is that man lived side by side with dinosaurs for many years and today we believe lies about them.

If we are going to maintain any intellectual honesty at all, we must accept the truth. Just as our intrepid treasure hunter had to realize his error we too must realize what these OOPART occurrences mean.

Behold now behemoth!

Below is a short essay on the topic of dinosaurs in the bible that I wrote as part of an email sent out earlier this year. It begins with a summary of varying church positions today. If you have any questions concerning this topic please send me an email. Blessings.

 

Jonn.

 

Some of the more liberal churches today, including the Catholic church, outright teach evolutionary thought as true. However, while most Protestant churches do not outright teach it, they would claim that they do not have a problem with it because they tell us God decided to use long periods of time to perform his work, this is known as the "Gap theory" or the "Day age theory", both assume large periods of time inserted in Genesis to account for the billions of years.

 

Then there are those churches who say they do not believe in evolution at all and they teach the biblical story of creation but they don't make much of a fuss over their children being taught evolution in every school in the nation. The salt has lost its savor I suppose.

 

Lastly, there are those who do not feel it is important enough to worry about and that it is an impossible subject to understand and therefore they know nothing about it and don't want to know anything about it.

 

Having summarized the current church's teaching of the subject, I will point out that in every case our schools are teaching evolution in some form or another to our unsuspecting students. For instance, they tell them that no person has ever seen a living dinosaur. They tell the kids that not until the 1800's did anyone even suspect that dinosaurs had ever walked the earth. This of course was when the first "fossil" was uncovered and the term "dinosaur" was created.

 

It should have been the churches from the very beginning to put a stop to this lie because within the very pages of our Bibles is a description of a dinosaur. In the book of Job, chapter 40 it states.

 

"Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron. He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him. Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play. He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens. The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about. Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth. He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares."

 

Notice the part that says "he eateth grass as an ox" and "he moveth his tail like a cedar" The creature he is describing is not the elephant or hippopotamus because their tiny tails do not "move like a cedar". It also couldn't be a crocodile or alligator, since they don't eat grass. The only creature that moved his tail like a cedar tree and ate grass as an ox would be the brachiosaurus, apatasaurus or diplodicus.

 

The long necked, long tailed dinosaur clearly walked the earth with Job as he is told in the Bible to " Behold now behemoth" how can you behold something without being able to see it for yourself? Yet today we are told that no person ever saw a living dinosaur but, according to the Bible, Job saw them.

 

This one fact pulls the rug out from under evolutionary thinking. If the dinosaurs didn't live millions of years ago then the "fossil record" is false. If the fossil record is false then the "geologic column" is false. If the geologic column is false then the "geologic time scale" is false and the whole of evolutionary theory breaks down.

 

How could there be a description of a dinosaur when no one was supposed to have known about them at all, much less write down such an accurate description of a living dinosaur?

 

I hope this will generate some discussion, perhaps it is a hard truth to realize but it is the truth. Man lived with dinosaurs for many years before they died out. If this fact is true then we can only stare in awe at the machine we call secular society and their massive push to teach lies to each and everyone of us and to what end?

 

So, it is good to know that we believe the Bible, not because we are outdated do-gooders who want to keep people from having fun but rather we believe the Bible because it is true, it is scientific and it is the Word of God.

Losing my life in this world

"And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
 
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it.

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" Mark 8:34-36

What does it mean to lose your life for the sake of the gospel? This may sound like an easy question but like everything else it has many layers in its true meaning. Of course, being outright killed for the gospel like we see in the case of most of the disciples is the most extreme example and the highest level of fulfilling these passages but what do we say about the other levels?

Each day we are supposed die to the flesh and be crucified with Him but how is that the case when we obviously are not literally killed each day. It becomes clear that the understanding again is very much a spiritual understanding.

Our flesh has many lusty desires and each day we choose whether or not to fulfill these desires. Many among us have absolutely no idea how to control the fulfilling of these desires or even that they are supposed to. All they know is fleshly life. So duped are they that they don't even realize they are spiritual as well as fleshly so therefore they concentrate all their efforts on pleasing the only thing they see as important or should I say the only thing they see at all.

Whether it be the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye or the pride of life. We see all of humanity rushing to please whatever evil manifests within their hearts. People rushing like madmen all after one purpose, fulfilling the desires of their pathetic, selfish flesh.

The Christian, however, desires things not of this world but of the world to come. So when our flesh rises up against us and demands that we fulfill its desires it can be a terrible time. We are so easily distracted by its seemingly ever growing power over us. As we attempt to deny our flesh it seems to pound louder and louder at the door.

Simple hunger pains that at first are easily dismissed, eventually grow into the shakes and then eventually to the point that your mind is consumed with nothing else but filling your belly and it will not focus on anything else.

Your body brings to bear every weapon at its disposal to force you to give it what it wants. Eat or die it will say and you will believe it because in your world it is way too true. You will die if you don't eat but only a fleshly death, your spiritual self will not suffer in the least.

We should constantly practice and strive to deny our flesh, not just in fasting, which we should do often, but in all areas of our lives. Embracing the death of our flesh in everything should be a constant goal. Whether the dimming of our eyes, the lack of energy in our bodies or simply depriving ourselves of the purchase of a desired object. These should all be seen as times of rejoicing instead of a time of panic and dread.

Rejoice if your eyes can not see as well as they used too, your fleshly eyes have deceived you way to often anyway and what a grand opportunity to allow your spiritual eyes the chance to not only grow but take the supreme position as your preferred method of seeing.

Rejoice if your body is experiencing a lack of energy, this gives your spirit opportunity to grow and less energy makes it more difficult to fulfill the sick, disgusting desires of your evil heart. I rejoice that my body is experiencing all these things and that I will one day cross over from this pathetic existence into a much better one.

Now, I am not telling you to lift up sickness and desire to be unhealthy, but rather simply to focus on the spiritual things and rejoice at each turn when the flesh can be defeated. If in the body's infirmities we are able to overcome it, then by all means let the body be filled with infirmities! It is a rare person who can overcome a healthy body filled with vigor and energy.

No, the body filled with vigor and energy desires to do things of the flesh, it is strong and cares little for anything other than filling its own desires. The spirit is usually suffocated in the presence of a strong, youthful body. Therefore, I desire a weak body that I may have a strong spirit.

So what I am saying is by allowing our bodies to weaken we can possibly gain an advantage over them and possibly now you can see why true Christianity is a path seldom walked. Who would read this and say "Wow! What a great idea. Let's allow our bodies to die so we may live!" Do you know anyone, or would you yourself say this is a good idea and one that you would follow?

I think not because nearly everyone you meet is worried about one thing and one thing only. That is the pleasing of their flesh, whether by going to the doctor or buying the new car or whatever else you can think of, it really matters not about the details as long as the flesh is pacified. I say rather let it die and the sooner the better.

Of course it would be foolish to intentionally seek to live in a sick, unhealthy body. To intentionally eat things that are bad for you or to do things that cause you to be unhealthy is wrong and that is not what I am espousing here. All I am saying is that if you happen to be in this state then rejoice and do not whine or focus on things to specifically "recapture" your youth or some other nonsense.

That would be like committing suicide to quicken our trip to heaven. That is simply not how it works, we are not the ones who make those decisions. If we follow Him first, the physical state of our bodies will be of less and less importance.

We will find that we will be given the precise amount of health or infirmity to accomplish what He wants us to accomplish with nothing more or nothing less left over. For in having too much we rush off to do our own wills and too little has us not completing the work He has for us to do. Desire to have just the right amount!

Do His will and do not seek to do your own will. For as we are told again in Matthew 16:25 "For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it."

a few interesting quotes

"When a honest man, honestly mistaken, comes face-to-face with undeniable and irrefutable truth, he is faced with one of two choices, he must either cease being mistaken or cease being honest." - Amicus Solo

"There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency. The process engages all the hidden forces of economic law on the side of destruction, and does it in a manner which not one man in a million is able to diagnose." - John Maynard Keynes, A. D. 1919.

"The fact is that the average man's love of liberty is nine-tenths imaginary, exactly like his love of sense, justice and truth. He is not actually happy when free; he is uncomfortable, a bit alarmed, and intolerably lonely. Liberty is not a thing for the great masses of men. It is the exclusive possession of a small and disreputable minority, like knowledge, courage and honor. It takes a special sort of man to understand and enjoy liberty-- and he is usually an outlaw in democratic societies." -- H.L. Mencken, Baltimore Evening Sun, Feb. 12, A. D. 1923

It's the Lies, People!

Anymore, it is to the point that I do not want to be around anyone, other than my immediate family that is and even then I spend a lot of time reading and studying and not in socializing.

I began to ask myself why this was. I remember back as a child I could play with the other children and not have a care in the world. Back then it wasn't about lying and cheating. It wasn't about getting ahead or beating someone out of the top spot or even winning at all. It was just children playing, at least to me, and nothing more. I accepted it wholeheartedly.

That was back in the 1970's and to be sure there was a lot of evil in the world back then but it was also still a time when you could leave your car doors unlocked and not worry about anything. I remember walking through parking lots and noticing people would leave their windows down and their keys hanging in the ignition. People mostly still valued truth, honesty, integrity.

In just a few short decades we have sunk to incredible lows. Now people think almost entirely of themselves, what is in it for me? Short attention spans, constantly in need of more and more entertainment and the lies, everywhere with the lies!!

It was once said that people have two reasons for everything they do. The one they tell you and the real one! How true that is.

However, I don't mean just the bald faced lies that get told, although they are plentiful enough but we even lie for no reason. We tell lies, we believe lies and that's the way we like it. In fact, our society is so evil that it simply cannot function without lies. They have become essential.

From telling ourselves we aren't fat slobs all the way to believing that "we are all going to be raptured out of here at any minute" and every damnable lie in between.

Some of the lies are because we have been lied to ourselves and then we never bothered to check it out. Some we believe because they make us feel better, some are meant to get us ahead in life and some are so we don't hurt other people's feelings.

They range from huge lies all the way down to the smallest lies. We watch TV and it is nothing but lies, the commercials are lies. The newspapers and blogs are lies. What our kids are taught in school are lies and what we are told on the news are lies. Yes, I too am a liar and I hate it!

Isaiah 28:15 says "Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:" Is this not true today?

The truth is not welcome, unless it is acknowledged to simply be someone's opinion. You can believe whatever you want but just don't try and make others believe it. You have to be tolerant of everyone's stupid views so we can all get along with each other.

When I get around other people the lies begin spewing out of me like a faucet and I do not like it. So I try my best to avoid people when I can. That way I only have to try not to lie to myself, which is easier to do.

Really, now why would I want to socialize with people when I have to lie all the time in order to do it. Make no mistake, if you spend time with others, you will have to lie to them. Otherwise you will be extruded from the group because they will simply NOT tolerate the truth.

Try being truly honest around people and see what a wonderful reception you get. Will you be respected for your truthfulness? Don't hold your breath waiting for that response. No, instead, you will be attacked for being a mean, insensitive person that has hate in his heart. Yes the truth is often misidentified today as hate. Isn't that just what you would expect from a society of liars.

Now, I love the truth and I hate lies, even when it involves something as "honorable" as not hurting someones feelings but the strange and annoying fact is that most of the lies that rock my boat are these very ones, the ones to keep others from getting their feelings hurt. Somewhere in my upbringing I was conditioned to never hurt anyone's feelings, always be nice to others and respect their opinions. It is the most frustrating thing being trapped between a lie and telling someone their an unrighteous, ignorant fool that deserves everything the Lord gives them.

So why would I want to intentionally socialize with anyone today. You are all a bunch of liars that will not abide the truth and a condition of your friendship is that I constantly and convincingly lie to you. You will gladly reciprocate and tell me lies and we will smile and laugh and say "what a good time we are having together".

We can snuggle up in our lies like they are a warm blanket. Day after day we get away with the same degrading and demeaning lifestyles with no retribution.

Psalm 82 says:
"«A Psalm of Asaph.» God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods. How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked. They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations."

How long oh Lord before I can engage in a conversation that is not based in some part on lies. How long will you let the wicked continue their mocking and self-serving behaviors. How long oh Lord will you not judge?

I will perhaps update this article soon, as now it seems to be simple venting and not much that someone could use to improve themselves, then again maybe it is just what we need to hear.

Unconditional Love: Revisited

I suppose I should comment now on my previous article about God's love being unconditional. My delightful sister took me to task for my position in the comment section. So I will clarify.

First off, argument itself is dangerous when searching out the truth of God. Why? Well because regardless of which position you take there is always a definite truth, the question becomes do you have it or not?

What I wrote about unconditional love is either true or it is a lie. If it is true then you are coming against the truth itself, what "we" believe is meaningless. Many people can not understand this concept but when you say you believe something or you are going to disagree with something, that position, even if it is true becomes a mere opinion.

You make it that by saying that it is what "you believe" or what "you disagree with". For example, if I say, "I believe this is the correct way to build a bridge." Would you feel confident in my statement? What if I said, "This IS the correct way to build a bridge". You can see there is more authority in the second statement.

Jesus said we have authority and power, this is what He meant. There is power and authority in the truth.

Now the question becomes one of simple understanding. The piece was written in reference to all the so-called Christians out there who really don't take the Lord seriously. The ones who put their hands on the TV back in 1982 when Billy Graham asked them to during one of his television crusades. After placing their hands on the TV and saying a silly little prayer, they proceeded to forget about God.

30 years later, they still believe that they are saved because they put their hand on the TV with Billy Graham. For 30 years they made no progress in the Lord, yet they still think they are saved because of God's unconditional love.

If you are seeking God and you truly love him, yes then for you God's love is unconditional. Regardless of how bad you mess things up you will be chastised and forgiven. Thank God for that!

Those outside the gate however, who don't love God and have only the 2 1/2 minute hand on the TV episode to their credit will find that God's love DOES have conditions. God does hate, let there be no mistake. I will say it again, God does hate.

Think about it. If you love children, don't you then hate those who would destroy children? Would you love and coddle those who would do them harm? If you love life, don't you then also have to hate those who kill? Would you coddle someone who afterwards had overt plans to kill you? Of course not, so you see that God also fills this same role. He hates those who do unrighteousness.

The proof is in the Bible:
Amos 5:21 "I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies."
Zec 8:17 "And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD."
Pr 8:13 "The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate."
Ps 139:22 "I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies."
Ps 119:163 "I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love."
Ps 119:128 "Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way."
Ps 5:5 "The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity."
Mal 1:3 "And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness."
Ro 9:13 "As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated."

So the piece wasn't meant for those truly seeking God, he will chasten and forgive those, but rather for the pretenders who lie and say they love God when they really just love their own bellies. That is who the article was for.

Frankly, and unfortunately, the one the article was for is probably not even going to read it because he is too busy doing what HE wants to do and then, when HIS belly is full, whatever little bit is left he will gladly give to the Lord, which often is absolutely nothing.

See you on Sunday Lord!! Oh wait a minute, the race will be on then...

uhh, nevermind...


In Christ,
Jonn

like a dead body twitching

The huge and devastating news about the heathcare takeover appeared in the news and within a day or so it has ALREADY died off. Like a body that still twitches after death, incredible news that should have people ready for revolt has instead fell back off and now once again the comatose body lies motionless.

Yes, another BIG story now rules the headlines of the Drudgereport. Eric Holder is possibly in threat of being arrested by the House of Representatives. That IS big news, but the healthcare story could not hold its own and has been reduced to an ever shrinking spot on the news website.

Soon, even the Eric Holder story will fade away, the only thing keeping it alive is the news is happening in real time. Assuming he is arrested and even if the entire Justice Department is dissolved and Obama forms a dictatorship, two days after it happens we will be treated to a story of what Madonna thinks about Lady Gaga.


And we'll be none the wiser because our country is dead and nothing remains but a twitching body.