Evolution about Light and Dark Skin Wrong - Again

The Ancient Origins of Both Light and Dark Skin

Yes another article turning the table on beliefs that was based on the incorrect theory of Evolution. Simple scientific theory means that any theory build on the wrong initial assumption, ie starting point, must be wrong. This is the case here where Evolution of Humans from Apes is taken as fact, and then used to explain the difference between light and dark skin people.

The article claims to have found evidence that the previous thought that humans originated out of Africa and everyone had black skin - then evolved into light skin when they moved to other continents; is incorrect. Based on the evidence of diversity of genes and genes for light skin found in ancient Africa, this was used to debunk the previous theory. However the article jump to the opposite conclusion that people were originally light skin, which may also be incorrect.

They would get much better conclusion if they referred back to Genesis which shows that humans can trace our unity back to Noah and then diversified starting from his three sons: Ham, Shem and Japheth. 

Natural Disasters Aug-Sep 2017

To the believers,

We all know God is all sovereign and all-powerful. Nothing in the world happens without is Him allowing it. So what can we say about the natural disasters that is hitting recently?

- Aug 21 - Eclipse - many people were joyously watching wherever they can. A minority of Christians have taken to YouTube to preach the eclipse Aug21 as a warning, followed by another sign in the constellations that is about to happen on Sep 23.

- Aug 26 - Hurricane Harvey - this started being noticed as a tropical storm on Aug17. Most people who were not in the meteorological circles were busy with the Eclipse news. On Aug23, it developed into a depression and warnings began to appear to the public. After various uncertainties of how intense it could be, it strengthen in Aug 24 and finally reached land on Texas on Aug26, causing devastating floods. Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Harvey

- Sep 9 - as this is written - the state of Florida is awaiting landfall of Hurricane Irma on the morning of Sep 10. Irma has already devasted the islands of the Carribean. In addtion to Irma, there are two other Hurricanes happening - Katia and Jose.

- Sep 23 - alignment of constellation - possible fulfillment of Revelation 12.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-08/irma-katia-and-jose-hurricane-trio-baffles-scientists/8884834

- Jewish Calendar around Sep 2017

Sep 21-22   Rosh Hashana   Jewish New Year 

Sep 30      Yom Kippur     Day of Atonement

Can we say the deaths from natural disasters are God's fault? This is very hard to accept even for Christians. What else can we say? God didn't do it, the weather did it? So that means God cannot control the weather. Or how about the evil did it. This implies the Evil One has influuence over the weather, but I don't recall an instance where the Evil One influence the natural world, like weather, being mentioned anywhere in the Bible. On the other hand, Jesus clearly controlled the storm, the waves, performed anti-gravitational exercise, etc. 

So should the question be whether God caused the deaths of people at all? We know God is good. We know God is all-powerful. Should there be a contradiction in God is good AND He let people die? God is One, there is no other God and Jesus spoke to His Father as another person and Jesus spoke of the Holy Spirit as another person. Should there be a contradiction in God is One and God is Three persons. We cannot have answers to these questions because we cannot understand them, but we know each part mentioned above is true as fact. 

Then if God is responsible, the question turn into a question of judgment. Is God judging the people? 

Luke 13 Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. 2 Jesus answered, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? 3 I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. 4 Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them—do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? 5 I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”

The best answer is of course given by Jesus Himself. The above questions ask if the people were worse sinners, and the answer is no. But yet, they were still sinners. The answer no given by Jesus, was not the focus. Instead, the focus is on us to Repent. 

Matthew 5:45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

Those killed, who were believers, will be in the presence of the Lord. Those who were not believers, will not be in the presence of the Lord. In either case, their stories are completed. But we who are still on this earth, rather than questioning God, should take these disasters as a reminder to ourselves to Repent and look to the Lord.

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/09/07/what-did-jesus-say-about-natural-disasters.html

http://theconversation.com/are-natural-disasters-part-of-gods-retribution-83288

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-hurricanes-irma-jose-katia-20170908-story.html

Sign of Jonah

There have been various explanations of the mysterious phrase "Sign of Jonah"

Some links are:
http://blog.adw.org/2010/02/what-is-the-sign-of-jonah-and-has-it-come-upon-us/
https://www.amazingfacts.org/media-library/book/e/75/t/the-sign-of-jonah
https://www.tomorrowsworld.org/magazines/2009/march-april/the-sign-of-jonah
https://bible.org/seriespage/19-sign-jonah-matthew-1238-45
https://www.gotquestions.org/sign-of-Jonah.html

Recently however, with the news of the Eclipse of Aug 2017, there are other interpretations that the sign of Jonah could be the Eclipse that happened around 763BC (fact check please). During that period there were wars and disease outbreak in Nineveh. So these events plus the eclipse may cause the Ninevites to have a repentant heart just before Jonah arrived. So the sign here is pointing to the eclipse as the sign of Jonah. This seems a very plausible explanation.

However, the Word of God (ie the Bible), can stand alone, although it can be verified by external facts. So using the Bible to explain itself, here is the original passage:

Luke 11:29-32 The Sign of Jonah
29 As the crowds increased, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It asks for a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah. 30 For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of Man be to this generation. 31 The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon’s wisdom; and now something greater than Solomon is here. 32 The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and now something greater than Jonah is here.

Matthew 12:39-42
He answered, “A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now something greater than Jonah is here. 42 The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, and now something greater than Solomon is here.

Man gives himself the Mark of the Beast

A man implanted the chip from Sydney transport Opal card under his skin. He thinks it is the ultimate form of convenience and the future.

Opal card implanted in skin: Sydney transport bosses threaten to deactivate card

Perhaps he is not aware of:

Revelation 13

15 He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. 16 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or[f] the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

Man's limit is 120 years old

The first article below seems to suggest that humans have a age limit, even though human lifespan has increased steadily over the last hundreds of years. The second article seem to counter this saying there is no limit, and the first article uses to little data to reach the conclusions.

Scientists Say There's a Limit to The Human Lifespan – And We’ve Already Hit It

Humans Show No Sign of a Maximum Age Limit, Says New Study

What is most surprising is that the age limit mentioned by the first article is around the 115-125 years. This is of course no surprise for those who take God at His Word - see below.

Genesis 6:2-421st Century King James Version (KJ21)

2 that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were fair; and they took for themselves wives of all whom they chose.

3 And the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not always strive with man, for he also is flesh; yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.”

4 There were giants on the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men and they bore children to them, the same became mighty men who were of old, men of renown.

Science catching up to God's Word - Age Limit

Science catching up to God's Word - Age Limit

3 And the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not strive[a] with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.”

Now science has shown the following:
https://gizmodo.com/why-the-human-lifespan-ends-at-122-1787412178/amp

Two quotes from the article:
"The oldest human to have ever lived died at the age of 122—and that was nearly 20 years ago. A recent analysis of global demographic data suggests this may very well be the maximum age attainable by humans, and that it’s extremely unlikely anyone will ever live much beyond this advanced age."

"molecular geneticist Jan Vijg and his team from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx make the case that human lifespan has a natural limit, and that we’ll probably never exceed this maximum bound."

The researchers are contemplating the idea of a natural limit of life, and statistics so far point suggest 120 years. The oldest person being 122 years probably fall within statistical error or could even be error in records. Though this limit does not appear to be scientifically conclusive and the scientist still talk about extending life since they do not know about God's limit, it is still interesting in that scientific facts so far do point to God's limit.

Pokemon Craze - from the spiritual perspective.

Update 20160723
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http://gizmodo.com/oliver-stone-warns-that-pokemon-go-could-lead-to-totali-1784064359/amp

Oliver has a similar idea ......


Original
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The Pokemon Go is all over the news over the last week in Australia and longer in the US. Yet more countries will follow soon shortly. I was out in the park for brief period of time over 4 days this week and saw some groups of people lurking - and realized, after hearing the news, that they must be playing the app. I was curious about the App and almost downloaded it, but was just to busy with other things.

Anyway, had a casual discussion with my relative and he alerted my to this, please have a read:
http://erikadawson.com/is-pokemon-safe-children-christian-perspective/

So after reading that, more thoughts grew in my head and I did more googling, and decided to share some findings here. A few other interesting links are here below. Note that the Pokemon cartoon is not new - has been around since 1997.

https://carm.org/what-is-pokemon
This is a very good article citing Biblical perspectives. There was no stretching of the Scriptures at all to argue the case against Pokemon, it was so plain and clear. It is easy to overlook some of these until it is pointed out.

http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/02/the-banned-pokemon-episode-that-gave-children-seizures/
I have not heard about this one until now. Does this bring up the idea of 'possessed'?

Now even for the non-Believer, here are some more thoughts.
1. It is creating an army of zombies out of the players.



2. Real cases of injuries only starting....
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/smartphone-apps/pokemon-gos-unexpected-side-effect-injuries-20160710-gq2squ?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=referral

3. Lure groups of people into one location - jackpot for robbers
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jul/10/pokemon-go-armed-robbers-dead-body
Seriously, these are just small scale baddies. Extend this thought to, say Dr. Evil, who thinks on a much larger scale, with a more popular app.

4. Again on the larger scale, something that can be done with technology even a few years ago. Anyone who is familiar with X-Men, knows the story of Prof Xavier developing a technology that can help him pin point all the individuals. Essentially given a list of people with a certain profile, the technology is available to know exactly where on earth these individuals are at this point in time. This technology (smartphones) has been with us a few years now - not science fiction.

Pokemon Craze - from the spiritual perspective.

The Pokemon Go is all over the news over the last week in Australia and longer in the US. Yet more countries will follow soon shortly. I was out in the park for brief period of time over 4 days this week and saw some groups of people lurking - and realized, after hearing the news, that they must be playing the app. I was curious about the App and almost downloaded it, but was just to busy with other things.

Anyway, had a casual discussion with my relative and he alerted my to this, please have a read:
http://erikadawson.com/is-pokemon-safe-children-christian-perspective/

So after reading that, more thoughts grew in my head and I did more googling, and decided to share some findings here. A few other interesting links are here below. Note that the Pokemon cartoon is not new - has been around since 1997.

https://carm.org/what-is-pokemon
This is a very good article citing Biblical perspectives. There was no stretching of the Scriptures at all to argue the case against Pokemon, it was so plain and clear. It is easy to overlook some of these until it is pointed out.

http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/02/the-banned-pokemon-episode-that-gave-children-seizures/
I have not heard about this one until now. Does this bring up the idea of 'possessed'?

Now even for the non-Believer, here are some more thoughts.
1. It is creating an army of zombies out of the players.



2. Real cases of injuries only starting....
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/smartphone-apps/pokemon-gos-unexpected-side-effect-injuries-20160710-gq2squ?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=referral

3. Lure groups of people into one location - jackpot for robbers
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jul/10/pokemon-go-armed-robbers-dead-body
Seriously, these are just small scale baddies. Extend this thought to, say Dr. Evil, who thinks on a much larger scale, with a more popular app.

4. Again on the larger scale, something that can be done with technology even a few years ago. Anyone who is familiar with X-Men, knows the story of Prof Xavier developing a technology that can help him pin point all the individuals. Essentially given a list of people with a certain profile, the technology is available to know exactly where on earth these individuals are at this point in time. This technology (smartphones) has been with us a few years now - not science fiction.

Could Revelations Locusts be remote controlled cyborgs?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/12206432/Giant-remote-controlled-cyborg-beetles-could-replace-drones.html


Ok so these are beetles and not locusts, but it is not a big step to change insects -

Revelations 9
Fifth Trumpet: The Locusts from the Bottomless Pit
Then the fifth angel sounded: And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was given the key to the bottomless pit. 2 And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace. So the sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke of the pit. 3 Then out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth. And to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. 4 They were commanded not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. 5 And they were not given authority to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man. 6 In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will desire to die, and death will flee from them.7 The shape of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. On their heads were crowns of something like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men. 8 They had hair like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth.

Hand of God - picture in Cloud Formation

 Here's a link to an incredible picture that some says look like the hand of God.


http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/world/image-of-cloud-in-portugal-that-looks-like-hand-of-god-goes-viral/ar-BBoWCeY?li=AAgfYrC&ocid=TSHDHP

Blood Moon, Shemitah and the Beginning of a Financial Crisis

For a few years leading to 2014-2015, there has been an anticipation of climatic events based on extra-Biblical topics centered around the
i) Blood Moons
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_moon_prophecy
ii) The Shemitah Years
http://www.shemitah-blood-moons.net/events.html

No one knows exactly what events will occur but generally, people expected events that will span across various areas and one such area is the financial markets. And so, having heard all this leading up to Sep 2015, I was keenly watching the Financial Markets. Then September and October came and gone with not much of  a Financial Impact and other areas were quite stable too. It seems like there was no major cataclysmic worldwide events.

Now February 2016, there has been a sizeable drop in the sharemarket, which by itself is not ground-breaking. However, looking back over a 1-year period, and looking at several major Stock Indices around the world, (see below), the world markets has definitely been on a downward slide. What's more interesting is the timing,

It appears that before 2015, the market has been doing quite well, then there is a drop between Sep and Oct 2015. Again, for a person living in Oct 2015, there is still no evidence of a market downturn, because the markets moved up again after Oct 2015. It's only now with hindsight, we can see that the Sep-Oct 2015 dip is the mark of the beginning of instability in the markets. The graphs below show the Sep-Oct 2015 dip very clearly and the market recovery after that is a false one. At present the downward trend is has the potential for a much deeper drop..... Keep Watch.

There are no aliens.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-27/parkes-astronomists-unfazed-aliens-could-already-be-extinct/7116256

Here is a news article trying to explain away the fact that why we have not found aliens yet. Firstly, the reason people think there should be aliens is that there are so many stars in the universe. Because there is so many, there must be some which have planets, and among those planets there must be some that can have live, and among those planets with life, there must be some that have intelligent life like us humans. The argument is simply because there is really so so so many stars, even if the other conditions are just a fraction, then that fraction is still big enough for there to be intelligent life out there.

The Word of God that we have received from Moses up until the Revelation of Jesus Christ recorded by John, only talks about The Almighty God and his relationship with us humans, and also intelligent spiritual beings such as angels and fallen angels. There is no mention of other physical intelligent beings. One can argue that that does not rule out extra-terrestrial intelligent life forms, but simply that God does not need us to have contact even if He had also created them. This is plausible, but our speculation would not give any concrete answer, only God can answer that question.

Coming back down to earth, the fact is that we have not found any intelligent aliens. Aliens are not in God's plans otherwise He would have told us about it. We should do well in attending to the things emphasised by God through His Word and focussing on how we can serve Him here on Earth. 

Update 1 Feb 2021

https://www.quora.com/Are-there-any-UFO-incidents-that-were-genuinely-disturbing-and-frightening-and-cant-be-explained

Various people contributed to the post above to recount UFO-related events all over the world. The description of these events defy natural explanations as well as multiple eyewitness accounts that cannot be dismissed easily.

Return of the Tribe of Dan

This is a news are article on the return of the lost tribe of Dan - who have been living in Ethiopia

Israel approves immigration of last Falash Mura group

365 Messianic Prophecies

During a Bible Study on the book of Revelation, in the New Testament, we were given a handout called the "365 Messianic Prophecies (Walk through the Year with Yeshua)". It had one messianic prophecy pointing to Yeshua for every day of the year.

I thought of scanning that handout to keep it, but then I tried Googling and found there are several references. So instead of scanning and linking to a PDF, here are a few links to other websites which lists those 365 prophecies about Yeshua.

http://www.jewsforjesus.org/answers/prophecy/365-messianic-prophecies
on the Jews for Jesus site

http://www.bibleprobe.com/365messianicprophecies.htm
on the Bible Probe site

The original handout also had links to the following (but I cannot find their publication of the 365 prophecies)
http://www.messiahrevealed.org/
https://hope4israel.org/resources/online-bible-study/
http://www.historicbelt.com/pb-family/proph.html

Isaiah 9-10 Judgement

A controversial event that happened 14 years ago is showing signs of prophetic fulfillment. Here are some other sources with more details:


http://www.metrovoice.net/www.metrovoice.net/2009/1109_stlweb/1109_articles/gods_judgement.html
by Pastor Carl Gallups

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVSgpfy1Cqk
Harbinger and  Isaiah 9-10 film
by Rabbi Jonathan Cahn

A few interesting things in the article above are the Sycamore tree and the Hewn Stone, both comes directly from the Scriptures.

Where is Palmyra and what has happened to it?

http://www.smh.com.au/world/where-is-palmyra-and-what-has-happened-to-it-20150521-gh6dza.html

There is mention of the Temple of the idol in this article. Not sure if most secular readers understand the significance. This again brings to life the reality of things described in the Scriptures.

Is this the Last Pope

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/famed-german-catholic-philosopher-makes-waves-for-criticizing-pope-francis
Famed German Catholic philosopher makes waves for criticizing Pope Francis’ ‘autocratic’ style


The article above relates to something written by a current catholic philosopher on the current Pope. This article is not about the prophecy of the Popes. However this independent writing seems to be pointing to signs that make the prophecy seem plausible.

Some quotes from the article:
"he could break loose massive conflicts and the bad centrifugal forces could put in danger the Church as a whole. The analogy to Mikhail Gorbachev comes to mind – with all its differences: There comes a reformer from above and the changes make the whole edifice sway. That has to be avoided at all cost.”"

“It can be that Francis' way is perceived as a new start – or as a failure. I always try to find a standard with which to measure by reading the Gospels and the Letters of the Apostles. St. Paul says that there will come teachers who say things that sound beautiful for the ears and the people will follow them. But you, says St. Paul to Timothy, shall not be confounded. Pass on the treasure that you have received, in an unfalsified and unshortened manner.”

And at another place, Spaemann says: “This Pope is one of the most autocratic [popes] that we have had in a long time.”


“I find this formulation awkward. Both have to come together. Francis divides the two areas of the Church – theology and practice. And wants to keep them separate. The theologians shall do their work, but the shepherds shall not pay much attention to them. It seems to me that he does not read much, and does not care much about theology.

Spaemann, as well as his colleague, Joas, both express in this interview their critique of Pope Francis' sometimes “autocratic” methods and leadership. Spaemann says:

“The pope has the unrestricted power of definition and also the full jurisdiction, something that the Orthodoxy for example completely rejects. Francis stresses that he can directly intervene in every diocese of the world.

Oct 2013

"Proselytism is solemn nonsense"  https://www.repubblica.it/cultura/2013/10/01/news/pope_s_conversation_with_scalfari_english-67643118/#:~:text=Proselytism%20is%20solemn%20nonsense.,people%20and%20listen%20to%20them.%22&text=Pope%20Francis%20told%20me%3A%20%22The,the%20loneliness%20of%20the%20old.

Feb 2014

When Love Fails - http://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/cotidie/2014/documents/papa-francesco-cotidie_20140228_when-love-fails.html

June 2016

Pope says Church should ask forgiveness from gays for past treatment  -  https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pope-church-idUSKCN0ZC12E

9 April 2020

Pope says coronavirus pandemic could be nature's response to climate crisis - https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/08/europe/pope-francis-coronavirus-nature-response-intl/index.html

Pope Says Humans Have ‘Sinned’ Against Planet in Earth Day Message - https://www.ecowatch.com/pope-francis-earth-day-speech-2645811438.html?rebelltitem=2#rebelltitem2

Update 21 Oct 2020

'Pope Francis calls for civil union laws for same-sex couples' - if this is not a sign of the End, then nothing else will convince you.....

https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/pope-francis-calls-for-civil-union-laws-for-same-sex-couples-20201022-p567dk.html

Pope Francis’ hopes for greater equality in the distribution of wealth - https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2018-04/pope-francis-economy-commercy-preface-to-book.html

Update Nov 2020

Priest speaks out against the Pope. Amazing to see Catholics speaking out. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzHHotRQoy4

Catholic speaks out against the Pope.

VIGANÒ on CHURCH vs. Anti-CHURCH with Matt Gaspers and Dr. Taylor Marshall - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88xN3PPl7Pg&t=9s

Viganò Warns Trump of GLOBAL-GREAT-RESET: Deep Church and Katechon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VefowC0TUu8&t=474s

Update Mar 2021

Pope visits the ancient idolatrous ancient city of Ur in Chaldea, modern day Iraq. Why would the Pope visit such city, if God Himself called Abraham out of the city. One of the ancient ruins still standing today is the Ziggurat, which may be in the Papal itinerary. If Ur is the city of idolatry against God, then the Ziggurat is the focal point of that idolatry, which houses a temple a the top of it. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/5/pope-to-visit-ancient-city-of-ur-the-cradle-of-civilization

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/The-Latest-Pope-arrives-in-Iraq-s-Ur-for-16005394.php

https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20210306-pope-francis-preaches-tolerance-on-visit-to-ur-in-iraq