Destruction of Damascus.

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The subject of Damascus-- the oldest 'inhabited city' of all time, has always interested me.  And here is where precise, studied English comes in... of how the Bible is written, and translated, that intelligent, searching people can just dig a little bit and unlock the so-called "mysteries" and find the answers that other lazy folks miss all the time.

Scripture says that the city will become a heap of rubble.  And what type of ordinance could/ would do just that?  Most of us think: Nukes.  You know, storing up all those mean weapons, some from Iraq, are a big liability if they were ignited/ exploded, by whom ever, but prob Israel -- in self defense.  And the Middle East is a hair trigger bomb that could go off at ANY time now!  As an old soldier, this makes me giddy with expectation, but as a Christian, it makes me very sober and attentive-- knowing that our time on earth if nearing the end-- and heaven is OUR home.  Those who love, confess, and serve the Son, Jesus Christ. 

Got to move fast to get to church now. Keep cool.

Warm Regards,
Tommy Schuckman
Iron Mountain, MI 49801

Tom, at age 19, RVN  --Cu
Chi, first tour: 68-70.

The Coming Destruction Of Damascus

Q. How do you think Damascus will be destroyed and when? Prior to Daniel’s 70 week? And will it be by a nuke from Israel or will 100 to 300 metric tons of biological and chemical weapons stored in Syria contaminate their own city?

A. The Bible does not state this specifically, but I believe Isaiah 17, the destruction of Damascus, will be fulfilled before Daniel’s 70th Week begins. I say this because I believe the battle of Ezekiel 38 ushers in Daniel’s 70th Week and there’s no mention of Syria participating in that battle. Since Syria has been such a prominent adversary of Israel I’ve concluded the reason for the omission is that Damascus will have already been destroyed.
As for how this destruction will take place, the Bible is similarly unspecific. All it says is that Damascus will no longer be a city but will become a heap of ruins (Isaiah 17:1). Recently there’s been some speculation that Israel will level the city in the process of destroying Syria’s stockpile of biological and chemical weapons to prevent them from falling into the hands of terrorists. Unless these weapons are randomly scattered in storage facilities throughout Damascus that seems a bit far fetched to me. Israel has very precise demolition capabilities and would not wipe out such a large civilian population center without extreme provocation. Also I think Isaiah 17 hints that Israel’s actions will be retaliatory, not preemptive.

Veggies wither in the Heat-July.

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Per the Milwaukee, WI., article below about the heat ravaged veggies up here...  it doesn't take a huge mind to figure out that food prices will continue to go UP!  Supply and demand-- ev er since I learned that on our small beef and grain farm near Waterford, WI., and blessed me with a strong, steel trap brain, when I used it... lol.. so I remember many things from  my childhood that my siblings never knew, or cared about, I guess...Ha!   I MIGHT get into that some other time when I feel brave...  
    
Laws of physics, common sense, finance and trade dictate that we are living in such times that everything/ all nations are intertwined, and the 'Domino Theory' is still very true -- and that is:  the experts feel that out of [let's say] 5 terrible catasphrophies, we only need 2 or 3 to bring down the world, more/ less.  The financial system is surely going to crash, and only being postponed right now-- as Europe will not make the tough choices concerning 'austerity' cushy pillow type systems from cradle to grave senerios -- and we ought to all know that the USA is never too far behind Europe, plus, we have huge investments in the Continent so -- if Europe's big industry fails, and we are investing/ backing them up -- we will suffer big time, too!   We don't need numbers to understand -- just concepts. 

OK, folks, we can do without all our 'toys' and most creature comforts, but we can't do without food, and that's where I am going today.  Obama wants  to move into a Socialist society, and commadere all the resources  and dole them out to the poor, which will effectively be most of us, while obama, and his cronies, voters, and 'special people' at the top reap the lion's share of the goodies, of course.. what's new ?  But simple Simple Simon has not studied his history, and Socialism doesn't work so good!!  And it also boils down to,  many do not want to work, but want welfare!  Now we are seeing 5th generation welfare queens.  Do  you think I loved working in an un-air conditioned, sweat shop, dangerous, dirty, auto factory for over 30.5 years. with crazy people, murderers, rapists, child molesters, and drunken bums???   The answer is, I was raised with a 'hard work ethic', some pride and self worth.   The Bible even says:  "For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat."  ~ 2nd Thessalonians 3:10.   Even the apostle Paul, who could have eaten freely, had a job of tent making!  He led by example. 

True, real, biblical Christians, are taken care of by the Lord, who makes it rain and shine, and even if people are poor, they will be sustained and survive, as David said in Psalms.  I thank God every single day for life, substance, food, shelter, and His Son, Jesus Christ!  I have also learned that contributing tithes/ financial offerings to a REAL, bible teaching church-- ensures that I will be OK, and taken care of too.  In fact, the more I put in the collection bowl -- the more I get back!!  Don't ask me how or why, right now... lol.   What my pretty, Christian wife, Terri, doesn't know or understand, yet,  she will in good time.  God has also blessed me and filled my big desire to teach and share the Word with all who come in contact with me...PTL [Praise the Lord]. 

Please let me share something deep inside me...   When I was a young kid on my parents' farm in WI., I dreamed of someday being a RICH landowner/ farmer, with lots of land, beef cattle and equipment , with enough 'hired help' [well paid] peripherals, and perhaps getting into politics... lol.  But isn't if funny how circumstances develop to change our view points, ideals, desires and shape our future.  I was very frustrated when I could not save enough money for college and was accepted by a few good ones in my State-- so I joined the Army.  I was NOT running away from home or life on the farm, but I had an intense desire to do SOMETHING better in my life, besides being the oldest boy on the farm, the 'whipping boy', slaving away for peanuts, doing the lion's share of all the chores, etc. 
But the Army, and 2 tours in Vietnam- flying in helicopters every day, as door gunner, hoping to be crew chief someday, if I didn't get Zapped, Wacked, Creamed and Steamed by the VC -Charlie, or NVA.   Years latter, I found the Lord Jesus... or He found me, and everything  changed in prospective, and having a lot of material things wasn't so important, although I had my toys, motorcycles, trucks and property.

Finding a Christian woman was another big adventure...lol.  I believe that I finally have one now, and how attractive too!  Her good looks and form are just extra-- but it's her mind and heart that 'hooked me.'   Well, no body is perfect here on earth, but since all Believers have the Holy Spirit within them, we can and will win the Victory over Satan and his henchmen, get Raptured, and even be happy and content RIGHT NOW! 

If some of you would like to visit or learn more about me, and my adventures... email:  tschuckman@aol.com

Let's pray for all our combat soldiers and Marines in harm's way, especially my dear nephew Joe Erwin, in Aphganistan, and his pretty girl friend, Neela,  so that they embrace the Bible and read it every day-- and grow close to the Lord.

Warm Regards, and Big Bear Hugs,
Tom Schuckman  --living in the U.P.  .. 'frozen tundra' -- but not in July... lol.

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Growers and their vegetables wither in the heat

Michael Sears

Leona Robran of Waterford uses a blanket to keep her broccoli and zucchini cool at the West Allis Farmers Market.

By Karen Herzog of the Journal Sentinel

July 5, 2012

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Green beans curl like fishhooks, peppers suffer sunburns and squash leaves turn into tiki umbrellas.
Many vegetable farmers didn't show up at farmers markets in West Allis and East Troy on Thursday because either they - or their vegetables - couldn't stand the heat.
The West Allis Farmers Market was a ghost town, with only a handful of vegetable farmers setting out baskets of zucchini, pickling cucumbers, broccoli, beets and other early summer crops on long rows of benches.
Loyal farmers market customers - many who have been regulars for decades - dutifully ventured out to make purchases but quickly scurried back to air-conditioned cars.
Even the ice cream truck left early.
"Thank you for coming out in the heat," Cindy Chapman of Cindy's Greenhouse and Fresh Vegetables near East Troy told elderly customers. "You take care, and don't stay out too long."
"I've never seen it this empty," said Carolyn Faber of Brookfield, a regular West Allis Farmers Market customer for 30 years.
Chapman's husband, Joe, called her cellphone around 3 p.m. and said he was the only vegetable farmer who came to the East Troy Farmers Market.
She told him she had a good burst of customers. But the early green beans - what little could be salvaged from the field - weren't selling well.
Chapman predicted little canning will be done this summer because cucumbers and other crops are shriveling on the vine.
Across the aisle from Chapman, farmer Leona Robran of Waterford covered her pickling cucumbers and zucchini with blankets to protect them from the sweltering heat.
Cucumbers are resilient and might be fine if it rains, Robran said. "There will be some hollow ones, though."
Sweet corn ears likely won't fill out on top and will be small, she said.
"It's no fun when you have to sit there and watch your crops dry up," said Robran, who's been on her family's vegetable farm for 55 years. "It was dry in 1988, but this year is worse because we haven't gotten a good rain since we planted in mid-May."
Farms that sell weekly shares of produce to urban customers are hurting, too. Several farms canceled deliveries for this week and promised an extra week at the end of the growing season.
"The biggest disappointment for me is we were off to our best start ever," said farmer Tim Huth of LotFotL Community Farm near Elkhorn, which has 350 urban customers.
"I'm to the point of throwing my hands up," Huth said Thursday. "But our customers have been very supportive. They realize they take the risks with us. They get the blessings of great years and the curses of poor years. Being a farmer, you're always reminded of how little control you have over nature. It's very humbling."
Cucumbers were drip-irrigated but didn't make it, Huth said. "We can't keep them hydrated."
"We've planted beets, dill and cilantro three or four times," he said. "We can't get them to germinate."
Cabbage and lettuce are maturing early and small. Onions are skimpy. Carrots likely will be skinny, as they reach deeper into the soil to find water.
Huth said they tried dropping water on vegetables with a transplanter driven up and down the rows. But the water evaporated before it soaked in.
Not all is lost. Watermelons, which put down especially deep roots, look good.
And it might be a fine year for tomatoes if the rain comes soon, Huth said.

Our Present Administration's Attack on Veterans' TriCare.

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Happy Independence Day -- July 4th, 2012 !!

We went to the Iron Mtn.,MI., Parade this morning in the hot, super sunny day @ 0900, but had a good time!  It lasted about 2 hours and glad that I always pack some small bottles of water and Schwepps Ginger Ale in the back seat of the Dodge Ram 4 by 4.  Even the local news paper said that we would experience record heat today!   I feel rich because I won't live in a house that doesn't have a good A/C  system...Ha!  We are  truly blessed U.P. here.  After the parade, we went to a different, better, cooler Chinese restaurant with a great food selection banquet style.  Eat the best fresh food in cool comfort!  That will be my new regular place to eat lunch, for sure... and reasonable price too. 

And today's subject is:  the Gov't's attack on Veterans' Health Ins --TriCare-- the VA hospitals...  and what a sorry story.  The illegal aliens get everything -- but the Veterans who gave their all for Amerika get stink on a stick!! And yes, I do have an axe to grind, personally. 

Two years ago, I was at the end of my rope with real arthritic pain in my knees and allowed the Milwaukee VA operate/ replace my knees with bionic steel and plastic, and they REALLY MESSED ME UP!!  The pain was surreal, over the top, and the  total, constant, physical and mental abuse by the VA staff, especially the black RN's and staff on the 3rd shift.  I was never bathed or cleaned for the 5 days I was there, and they treated me worse than a POW or a criminal!!  I did not deserve that, and they actually ganged up on me and lied about me, that I wanted to start trouble.....Ha!  But what do you expect from that 'sort'.   Don't believe me.  Many other Veterans have their own horror stories about the VA hospitals all over the USA, but especially the Milwaukee VA hospital.  North Chicago VAMC used to be horrible, but they were forced to clean up their act..  finally.   Feel free to email, or just post your own story.  I told the doctors that I would NEVER, EVER let them touch me again -- that I would rather be DEAD, than allow them to "treat me." 

The reason I know so much is because I decided to have my other [Left] knee replace 6 months latter at a good civilian hospital in Kenosha, WI.  The doctors and staff treated me like a prince, and the pain and recovery was half as bad as the other knee-- messed up by the VA system, 'doctors' and staff.  I kept a good journal at both places to keep track of things.  Also, Bro. Bill Tippett, my close fellow Vet friend was my Patient Advocate, and Power of Attorney, while I was in the other, good hospital [Kenosha Memorial Hosp...in Wisconsin, down by Lake Michigan].  The civilian surgeon, doctor James Shapiro, was a talented, grand master in my case, and said it was simple, child's play, to do a replacement on me, even as I refused to take blood, for personal reasons, and he grumbled a little bit about that... but it all turned out fine, and my recovery was better too... PTL.  You be the judge...

Budget Cutters Renew Attack on Tricare Medical Insurance

July 3, 2012by Jessie Jane Duff, Gunnery Sergeant, USMC (Ret)

No one would ever believe that the current administration wants to increase U.S. military veterans medical fees after hearing President Obama say on Memorial Day during a thoughtful speech at the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C., “Let’s resolve to take care of our veterans as well as they’ve taken care of us – not just talk, but actions. Not just in the first five years after a war, but the first five decades.”
Based upon President Obama’s own words, this Memorial Day message exemplifies a hypocritical and misleading statement. It clearly implies our veterans are going to be cared for under this administration. His feel good statement on such a symbolic day of remembrance, dedicated to those who have sacrificed their lives for our country, is insulting to surviving veterans who trust our Commander in Chief has their best interests at heart.
Here is the evidence that demonstrates the contrary:
Earlier this year, Pentagon budget officials came under fire for their efforts to hike medical insurance (Tricare) fees on U.S. military veterans. Fortunately, Congressional committees in the Republican-controlled House and the Democratic-controlled Senate blocked those fee increases while considering defense appropriations bills.
However, if you thought that debate was over, the Obama administration hasn’t given up in their efforts to demand more from our veterans’ wallets. From the Washington Free Beacon:

The Obama administration on Friday threatened to veto a defense appropriations bill in part because it does not include higher health care fees for members of the military.
“The Administration is disappointed that the Congress did not incorporate the requested
TRICARE fee initiatives into either the appropriation or authorization legislation,” the White House wrote in an official policy statement expressing opposition to the bill, which the House approved in May.
President Obama’s most recent budget proposal includes billions of dollars in higher fees for members of TRICARE, the military health care system, and is part of the administration’s plan to cut nearly $500 billion from the Pentagon’s budget.

There’s no question the explosion of federal spending over the last decade is completely unsustainable. What’s alarming is that the Obama administration thinks it’s appropriate to demand that veterans pay more for their care, while ignoring the much larger programs that are driving the growth in federal spending.
While the effort to demand higher fees from Tricare beneficiaries continues, no effort is being made to reform spending in Social Security or Medicare, both of which are orders of magnitude larger than veterans’ benefits. Indeed, under the president’s controversial health care reform law, Medicaid spending, another gigantic spending program, is slated to expand costs dramatically.
What’s needed is a smart, comprehensive plan to cut spending throughout government programs—but officials in Washington lack the willingness or ability to deliver that plan. The insane spending demonstrates what is quickly becoming an entitlement society, fueled by our Congressional leaders’ addiction to handicap tax paying citizens with unsustainable federal programs. Unfortunately, leading the charge now is an administration that is willing to use this country’s military veterans as another source of revenue to continue with its excessive spending.
Our military personnel and veterans have struggled and sacrificed; they do not want to see all they defended jeopardized by an irresponsible government’s addiction to debt and spending. As we celebrate the anniversary of our nation’s independence this week, it’s unconscionable that the administration should be targeting the men and women who have fought and served to ensure our freedoms.
Make sure, as President Obama stated just a few weeks ago, that our government truly works, “to take care of our veterans as well as they’ve taken care of us”.

Time to start eating some RED MEAT.

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I pity some of the folks who remain on the bottle of milk all their lives, never intending to move forward and learn the heavy things of the Bible.  Or am I just so hungry for red meat and satisfying my craving for the truth -- should some false preacher come along like the Piped Piper, to led away many weak Christians...?    It happened to me back in 1971 afgter I got home from Vietnam when I was emotionally weak with PTSD, etc., looking for the truth -- but I was not raised with the Bible, as my family was steeped in Catholicism ritual, instead of practical bible knowledge.     

A good example is the JW's [Jehovah's Witnesses] cult, who had to invent their own copy of the Bible [the New World "Translation"] that I personally studied for 22 years  --because the KJV that they were using  had too much truth in it.   They truncated, twisted and perverted the Greek term: "Parousia", as the writter makes abundantly clear how it should be used and understand.   An old bible slogan that goes something like this:  'If something makes sense to you the first time --seek not any other kind of sense.'  

The following article may be meaty for some, but it's important to push yourself a little farther and learn the proper meaning of things scriptural-- so we don't get misled by so many fakes and false prophets, preachers, churches now days.   Even old, well studied geezers like me need to be careful, and check things out before we swallow them.  Enjoy.


Answers and Clarifications for Gary DeMar

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 10:25 AM PDT

By Dr. Thomas Ice Pre-Trib Research Center Gary DeMar is a longtime protagonist against dispensational theology, especially in the area of eschatology or end-time theology. DeMar is an advocate of the following viewpoints: a Reconstructionist, kingdom now, postmillennialist, partial preterist, Israel has no national future, replacement theologian. In other words, someone who is the polar

Hot Sunday.

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Hi, my roasted, toasted Friends and Readers!

I know that I MUST be losing a few pounds when I sweat in the sun every day in our nice, back yard, on the new deck, as I read, study or just listen to the local radio station in Iron Mountain, MI., and life is good, and much better than the poor folks getting hit with super hot air temps., and wicked storms-- with perhaps five million out of power and water... Wow! 

Please don't read me wrong or lump me in with some of those crazy people-- "that God punishes people on earth with bad weather" for "their bad sins."  But in years and months past I DID offer up an exciting book called:  "AS AMERICA HAS DONE TO ISRAEL."  And that book documented every thing the WH did something very displeasing to God's protected, favored country, ISRAEL,  bad things happen in the USA... [See:  Genesis 12:3.]  'But as for me and my household-- we shall serve the Lord.' ~book of Joshua.  I am smart enough never to do or say something so MAJOR and stupid so as to displease the Lord, to really profane His holy Name, or hurt or curse His favored people, Israel.   "Do you feel lucky today, punk" -- is a real thing, guys!  A dumb punk may just try to see if he can 'dare' God, by saying something stupid, like:  'There is no God.'   There are some things you just never do in real life, or say, or suggest.

Call me superstitutious, but I will not do, or entertain certain things I know are wrong or condemned by God -- for fear... and yes, the Bible tells me so.   "Do not be deceived;  God is not mocked:  for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." ~Paul to the Galatians, Chapter 6, verse 7.   It's just a vicious, spiraling, slow burn, like an airplance going down in a crash-- with no 'recovery.'  That is our new, hopey- changy, liberal system, where anything goes, everything is OK, if it feels good-- do your thing-- that started in the 1960's and got much worse in the 80's-- and just look at the Army and  Navy  NOW WITH LEGAL HOMOSEXUALITY!!!  When the primary element in society is broken -- the FAMILY UNIT, the rest of the Society goes down with it, until that so-called "World Power" becomes a 2nd or 3rd rate power, and then it's almost impossible to recover that precious FREEDOM that so many brave, true patriots bled and died for.  It's GONE-- it's OVER!   Many combat Veterans have seen the hopeless poverty and break down in a 3rd world country, where basic necessities are hard to be had.  Israel was punished severely in ancient times by her enemies-- because they broke the holy convenant [Contract with God], time and again....  but they still had that Abrahamic Covenant, as a chosen, favored people, in the end.    Amerika, DOES NOT HAVE A 'GET OUT OF JAIL, FREE CARD'... nor are we a 'favored nation' with the Lord of Heaven !!!   We  WERE  [PAST TENSE]  mightily blessed, and big time, for the 1st hundred years of our history BECAUSE we protected and blessed the Hebrew/ Jewish people, from the time of the American Revolution, onward.  But the last 50 years have seen so mean spirited, low down, tricks played against the children of Israel, even forcing them to sell, or give away their Sacred, God-given home land -- that they as a collective people swore to their Lord and God, Jehovah,  thousands of years ago, in Moses' time!!
     Friends, you've  got to know your basic bible history-- lest you be condemned and misled by the Liberal Left, that wants to Socialize you, and rule you, from cradle to grave!  There will eventually be a ONE WORLD GOV'T, and a ONE WORLD RELIGION, shortly after the Rapture.  Everything is going in that direction, and supported buy BOTH political parties in the USA, and also in most other countries.  We won't be able to change that -- but we can, on an individual basis help others to know the Lord-- and get Saved-- and that should be our most important, primary mission RIGHT NOW on earth.  Not the constant party animal mentality of:  'Live for today, and party hardy."   I hope I am not repeating myself too much, friends.

The Jewish people were forced/ required to know, study and remember their past history, so they would not miss the big event of the Messiah's coming thru a certain, specific blood line.  

Well, the Messiah is coming again, but in a different capacity, with much more power and Lordship this time, with a sword in His hand.   After the Rapture, He will judge the nations-- those "Left Behind" - and won't that be fun....
Having had a 'blue chip' education in Finance and Investments, I some times use financial analogies to express myself.  When people start to get into credit card debt, one thing leads to another.  Some folks gamble, even with the family mortgage money, their family food money, etc., and destroy the family unit -- and how the children suffer!  Other people 'drink up their rent money' and the children go without food!   I have personally seen that stuff happen when I worked for American Motors/ and Chrysler-- Auto Plant, in Kenosha, WI., where we made a good, living wage, but some folks still could not/ or would not manage their money wisely.  Personally, I know how to get into deep debt -- and I know how to GET OUT of debt too-- there is a formula, but you need to stick with it and never give in to temptation, or cheat! 

Even some of my close family members 'stepped around me' even with my Securities license, experience and knowledge-- only to lose their shirts.  Now... I am not gloating over their misfortune, but I know that I could have helped them [and for free] if they had just swallowed their pride and ASKED ME !!  In the past, I have helped many people, and I earned a few bucks commision from PFS Investments, and it gave me a good feeling inside my gut.  In this case, "Knowledge is Power." 
    But in other cases:  "Action is Power!"  You can have knowledge while sitting on a train track-- that a fast train is coming -- but if you don't take ACTION to get  your anatomy  off the track, guess what might happen???  Duh...  But in the case of Bible prophesy-- it's what WILL happen, and millions of people with the same mind set as I have, see that train coming down the track now!  Personally,  I am not that sort of guy that waits for the very last minute to show how "cool" I am...  I like to give myself a good lead and lots of time, with a packed lunch and a cold drink, punching into work at least 20 minutes early, on the Chrysler assembly line,  etc. 

I know that in a war/ or battle, you are going to have sustained, expected casualties that special intelligence officers can calculate on paper with a degree of accuracy.. and that is just the way war is!  So that there is the "Right way, the Wrong way, and the Army way, of doing things.  The Army wants highly trained men and women to perform their individual jobs  [MOS] like/ AS  experts, so that few fall in battle, fewer die, and cost is limited in men and material.  Don't we, as Christian Soldiers want to be well trained and ready for battle too??  Well, we have the best TM [Technical Manual] - the Bible, but few on earth want to MAKE/ TAKE the time to read and study!  Sorry, maybe most are just too darn lazy, or they don't give a hoot.   A bad or lazy soldier not only hurts himself -- but also his 'family' of friends.   A father hurts his kids and family by not doing what he is supposed to do, provide, love, protect and teach his family the most important things in life-- but he has to READ THE BOOK!

Have a beautiful, warm day, and I am going to pray for those poor souls without power and water, from the past storm, and hope I never have to experience that stuff either.  Make sure that your animals have enough clean, cool, water, too.

Warm Regards,
Tommy Schuckman


What About Those Who Haven’t Heard?

Posted:

Q. My son has a question about those who haven’t heard about God and Jesus … those in remotest parts of the world. I told him God doesn’t wish anyone to perish and would make a way for everyone to know Him. He said he doesn’t believe everyone hears. How can I help him? A. [...]

Tom's Tomahawks.

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Come on now, folks!!  Did any of you really think that Justice would be served yesterday with the Supreme Court ruling on 'obama-care ??' Ha!  Whom of any person you know who has a Spirit anointed understanding of the Bible really thinks that things will get better from 2012 -- onward??  Hey... I got to tell you a secret-- the definition of an expert is:  'Someone who knows everything there is to know about ONE SET SUIBJECT.'  That means that most normal folks who investigate, read, study and research a subject long enough can be an expert in that particular field.  Simple.  I humbly consider myself an expert, and a near expert, in several areas, and my peers respect me as such.  I passed a tough Securities Federal exam back in 1995, and felt good about that!  I have studied the Bible for the past 40 years and feel that I have a firm grasp on the Scriptures.  I have been blessed to have other hobbies, skills, trades, etc., in my life time, plus earned a descent living all my life-- through hard [and smart] work.  Thank you, dear Lord, for giving me those 'tools' and opportunities to do SOMETHING good with my short life thus far, or 63 years! 
     But what I am really trying to say on this hot, humid day of super sunshine in the U.P. is that we shouldn't really put much of our trust or hope is human accomplishments-- but to trust in the Lord [Proverbs 3:15] and understand what the BIBLE says will happen, now in June 29th, 2012 and on ward, dear friends.  IF, if things do get a bit better for a while-- don't worry, the very next day they will fail... LOL !  Ha!  Not trying to be a pessimist, but a realist...  that if we have a simple pot of baked beans, some bread and pure water, we should count ourselves BLESSED!!  When my pretty, attractive wife, Terri, gets home from hard work of constantly walking on concrete  floors for 8 hours, I know that she will hug and kiss me, and I will rub her sore feet, and serve her some good food, or what ever else she wants to rejuvinate her tired, hot, exhausted body.  I am a Disabled Vietnam Veteran, a retired Chrysler worker with descent benefits, $$$, etc., and so blessed by God to be Saved-- with the grand knowledge that Jesus paid the price for me-- NOT TO GO TO HELL, but gain everlasting life in heaven, ONLY because I CHOOSE to follow and obey Him.  The Bible tells me so. Any questions:  tschuckman@aol.com

There are some things I could be doing today, besides having gone to the bank for some cash, out for Chinese lunch, taking care of our two dogs, Frida, and Deuce the Rotty.  But we've both been pushing it to finish the  new deck and fence in the back yard this past few week-- I think...lol. And I just want to call and email a few friends to see if they are staying cool like I am today.  There are serious, deadly fires out West now, some draught, lack of precipitation, etc., and who knows what our harvest and wheat crop will look like this year.  My motto is:  "Live simple -- live well." 

So now what will happen with obama-care?  Personally, I don't care, because it's all academic and prob won't affect me or mine.  I don't expect to even be on earth that long to find out.  I do VOTE for whom ever adheres to the U.S. Constitution, who seems to be qualified and conservative, pay my taxes, etc., but I am not too concerned about all the clamor [although veruy disappointed about yesterday and the "decission"]-- even as the common man is getting shafted and cheated, ripped off.  God will take care of all that in due time... and maybe sooner. And the possiblity of higher officials being scared, bought off, intimidated, in MY mind, is something not too far fetched these days-- even with the SC !  In other words, NOTHING surprises me anymore.

Warm Regards,
Tom
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The Coming Kingdom (Part 6)

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 09:37 AM PDT

By Dr. Andy Woods Sugar Land Bible Church Because today's evangelical world believes that the church is experiencing the messianic kingdom, we began a study chronicling what the Bible teaches about the kingdom. This earthly kingdom is anticipated in the office of Theocratic Administrator that was lost in Eden, in the biblical covenants, in the predictions of the Old Testament prophets, and