born again OP-ED

"Ritchie is an advocate for affordable concert tickets. He sells tickets for as low as possible to increase concert attendance for lower income consumers, and to discourage scalping.[42][88] Instead of getting paid for the show, he gets a percentage of concession and ticket sales."

-- Wikipedia

Ritchie is Kid Rock.

Complete name: Robert James Ritchie.

He's an American musician.

A singer, rapper, and songwriter.

And don't get me started on his personal life.

And many other "controversies".

He's a single father, with one son.

At eight grade, he already got involved with a girl.

Later on, producing a son.

Just like Elon with X, Kid Rock dotes on his son, too.

Both have had colorful relationships with women, but they do dote on their sons.

Another seeming-contrary thing about Kid Rock is this.

And you'll probably laugh at the incongruity of it all.

Thing is, SPIRIT let me "stumble" upon this:

"Ritchie is an ordained minister

and has a firearm collection."

-- Wikipedia

Uh, okay, there's a lot to digest.

Especially if you read more about him here.

I did say I don't know much about rock music.

Much less about this interesting dude, Kid Rock.

The Trump administration is educating me, for sure.

But Trump likes him.

He invited him, and Bill Maher, at the White House.

Seemed their dinner last night, "rocked".

Leave it to America's president to have interesting dinner companions.

He's the president of the people, that's why.

He likes to listen to what they have to say.

"Love him, or hate him, GOD chose him"

Just don't interrupt him, or try to trip him.

As 95% of impolite woke left media do.

Naturally, I searched YouTube for Kid Rock music, so I'll understand what brand of music he has.

As born again watchman, of course, I could never get off course.

I instantly gravitated to his song, "Only God Knows Why".

It seems he wrote those lyrics in jail.

Nothing like adversity, for creativity.

And solidity.

Even humility?

As a habit, I look to the comments, and found touching ones:

@joshuadowns1683

2 years ago

"I've struggled with my mental health since I was 13 I'm 27 almost 28 now and this song is a part of why I didn't make the ultimate failure and end my life and only god knows why I didnt now I'm a chef and a father and the happiest I've ever been watching my beautiful boys grow up so if any young people are listening to this and read my comment remember to keep on walking with your head held high and keep moving on. Only god knows why but you'll go through and get out of your hell in time and after you'll find love and happiness."

@jennifertoney8115

1 year ago

"I've been out of prison for 6 yrs now. This song was the only song that I sang in my head for months on end. Here I am now six years later revisiting this song and it makes more sense to me now why I sing that song in my head for so many months now than ever. Thank God for his grace his mercy and his love! 6 years clean and sober and going strong! All glory be to God."

@Thewhiiiterabbit

4 years ago (edited)

"One of the truest songs ever wrote.

Makes me cry almost every time. Tears of joy and pain. Through it all, Gods there. Thank you Jesus."

JESUS is my Rock.

But He also led me to learning about Kid Rock.

The ordained minister-musician, who has a firearm collection.

But who sang a lovely song acknowledging GOD.

Ministers come in curious packages.

So, prepare to be surprised.

Such are GOD's ways.

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LEARNING about COUNTRIES

Titus 2:11-12

King James Version

11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation

hath appeared to all men,

12 Teaching us that,

denying ungodliness and worldly lusts,

we should live soberly, righteously,

and godly,

in this present world;

How much do you know about countries?

How much does it matter to you?

What have you learned?

How did you learn?

Before gadgets came, I got to know about countries through traditional methods:

1. As a child, reading books.

2. As a girl, watching beauty pageants on TV.

3. As a journalist, covering the expat community.

4. As an adult, traveling to a few places.

5. At social events, listening to people from many nations.

Reading.

You're taught in school about the UN, countries, people, culture, flags, world events, history, geography, through maps, and textbooks.

Beauty pageants.

You learn about countries' names, faces, costumes, and language from watching international beauty pageants.

Journalism.

As photojournalist for an expat newspaper, and editor of an American business journal, I conducted interviews, and took photos.

Travel.

You actually get to see the places, taste the food, experience the culture, through accommodating people, and families.

Social events.

Covering business, diplomatic, and cultural events, meant there were luncheon meetings, and gatherings to learn from.

But EVERYTHING changed in 2001.

GOD brought me back home to my city up north, to care for my family.

Somehow, I was done with all that "international" stuff.

Eighteen years after, He made me born again in 2019.

Suddenly, it was just Jew, and Gentile.

Just Israel, and all other nations.

Who was for her?

Who was against her?

With America playing a big part in it.

And how all our lives, and salvation, are linked.

Scripture tells us of how GOD loves all of us.

Enough to send His Son, as "trespass offering".

That all who accept JESUS, may be saved.

And have eternal life with Him.

What does travel mean to me now?

Maybe I can walk by the shores of Galilee, breathe in its sea air, and imagine JESUS gathering His first FOUR apostles.

Or go to Bethsaida, where He fed 5,000 people, multiplying five loaves, and two fishes.

Or go to the garden of Gethsemane, where He prayed, before His enemies took Him.

Even go to Golgotha, where He was crucified.

Luke 23:33

King James Version

33 And when they were come to the place,

which is called Calvary,

there they crucified him,

and the malefactors,

one on the right hand,

and the other on the left.

Perhaps, one day, through GOD's GRACE, I shall be able to go to Israel.

And if it doesn't happen, that's okay, too.

The Bible suffices.

The HOLY SPIRIT teaches me everything I need to know.

GOD's story is beautifully documented in Scripture.

I can go anywhere JESUS had been, at anytime.

Most importantly, He is in my heart.

He is my heart.

My body is the temple of His SPIRIT.

I no longer have a desire to travel.

JESUS is with me every day.

All that matters now is if other countries love Israel.

They can't deny her existence, nor GOD's love for her.

She is GOD's holy nation -- His beloved.

She has been chosen for His perfect purpose.

Isaiah 43:21

King James Version

1 This people have I formed for myself;

they shall shew forth my praise.

GOD's will be done.

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Tuesday, April 1, 2025

The AMAZING 1930s

Psalm 71:19-21

King James Version

19 Thy righteousness also,

O God, is very high,

who hast done great things:

O God, who is like unto thee!

20 Thou, which hast shewed me

great and sore troubles,

shalt quicken me again,

and shalt bring me up again

from the depths of the earth.

21 Thou shalt increase my greatness,

and comfort me on every side.

Why is the HOLY SPIRIT taking me back into time?

Why did He make me watch two episodes of Franklin D. Roosevelt recently?

Why did He make me appreciate elegant fashion of old, when women were women; and men were men?

And I checked, and realized GOD took me back to the 1930s.

My father was born in the 30s, thus, I could appreciate Cole Porter's "Begin the Beguine" and Jerome Kern's "All the Things You Are".

Was the era gentler, kinder, more promising?

We shall find out from these very telling things from Wikipedia:

"The decade was defined by a global economic and political crisis that culminated in the Second World War."

"It saw the collapse of the international financial system, beginning with the Wall Street crash of 1929, the largest stock market crash in American history."

"The subsequent economic downfall, called the Great Depression, had traumatic social effects worldwide, leading to widespread poverty and unemployment."

"U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who took office in 1933, introduced a program of broad-scale social reforms and stimulus plans called the New Deal in response to the crisis."

"First-wave feminism made advances, with women gaining the right to vote in South Africa (1930, whites only), Brazil (1933), and Cuba (1933)."

"Following the rise of Adolf Hitler and the emergence of the NSDAP as the country's sole legal party in 1933, Germany imposed a series of laws which discriminated against Jews and other ethnic minorities."

"The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd is proclaimed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, concluding the country's unification under the rule of Ibn Saud."

"The "Great Purge" of "Old Bolsheviks" from the Communist Party of the Soviet Union takes place from 1936 to 1938, as ordered by Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin, resulting in hundreds of thousands of people being killed."

"The Abdication of Edward VIII in 1936, gives the British Crown to George VI, 325 days after the death of his father George V. The Coronation of George VI and Elizabeth takes place in May 1937."

"Amelia Earhart receives major attention in the 1930s as the first woman pilot to conduct major air flights. Her disappearance for unknown reasons in 1937 while on flight prompted search efforts that failed."

"Major international media attention follows Mohandas Gandhi's peaceful resistance movement against the British colonial rule in India."

"Chinese Communist Party leader Mao Zedong forms the small enclave state called the Chinese Soviet Republic in 1931."

"The German dirigible airship Hindenburg explodes in the sky above Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States on May 6, 1937, killing 36 people."

"The Dust Bowl, or "Dirty Thirties", a period of severe dust storms causing major ecological and agricultural damage to American and Canadian prairie lands from 1930 to 1936 (in some areas until 1940)."

"The 1938 Yellow River flood pours out from Huayuankou, China, inundating 54,000 km2 (21,000 sq mi) of land and killing an estimated 500,000 people."

"Prohibition in the United States ended in 1933."

"Frank Whittle obtained his first patent for the turbo-jet engine in 1930. He tested his first jet engine on the ground in 1937."

"Alan Blumlein invented the stereophonic sound in 1931."

"In 1930, Warner Brothers released the first All-Talking All-Color wide-screen movie, Song of the Flame;"

"In 1931 American aviators Clyde Edward Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, Jr., complete the first non-stop flight across the Pacific Ocean, flying their plane, Miss Veedol, from Misawa, Japan, to East Wenatchee, Washington, in 41½ hours."

"Air mail service across the Atlantic Ocean began;"

"Radar was invented, known as RDF (Radio Direction Finding), such as in British Patent GB593017 by Robert Watson-Watt in 1938."

"In 1933, the 3M company marketed Scotch Tape."

"In 1931, RCA Victor introduced the first long-playing phonograph record."

"In 1935, Kodachrome is invented, being the first color film made by Eastman Kodak."

"The Volkswagen Beetle, one of the best-selling automobiles ever produced, had its roots in Nazi Germany in the late 1930s. Created by Ferdinand Porsche and his chief designer Erwin Komenda."

"The chocolate chip cookie is developed in 1938 by Ruth Graves Wakefield."

"Edwin Armstrong invents wide-band frequency modulation radio in 1933."

"EMI research team, under Isaac Shoenberg, developed the 405-line (Marconi-EMI system), the first fully electronic television system in 1936."

"In 1935, Irene Joliot-Curie and Jean Frederic Joliot are awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for synthesis of new radioactive elements for application in medicine."

"In 1936, Danish seismologist Inge Lehmann was able to conclude that the Earth had a solid inner core and a molten outer core to explain inconsistencies in seismic wave data from earthquakes."

"In 1939, Nuclear fission is discovered by Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner and Fritz Strassman. Albert Einstein's equations form the basis for creation of the atomic bomb."

And that's where I'd like to end this post.

Knowing we are where we are, with threat of nuclear destruction, once man found a different use for atoms.

Also in acknowledgment of the brave men, and women, who lived through those wonderful, and yet painful years.

Before I forget, it is also relevant for me to share this:

"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures."

-- Wikipedia

Zegler, today's new, woke Snow White, said only ONE right thing in her interviews -- the original animated film (which she called "outdated") was made in 1937.

Time was when people were grateful for any job, in those lean years, and didn't have the compunction to complain.

Not so for Zegler, who feels so "diva", and "entitled".

Times, and people, have truly changed.

The 30s was really quite an era.

Possibly like no other.

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BIG woke FLOPS

Galatians 6:7

King James Version

7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked:

for whatsoever a man soweth,

that shall he also reap.

When will people realize woke is not cool?

When will they realize it's elitist?

And not people-friendly?

Not even practical.

There have been two BIG woke flops.

Costing their investors tons of money.

It so happens the two characters are women.

One in politics.

The other in Hollywood.

Kamala failed to raise the Democrat flag.

Zegler failed to raise the "Snow White" remake.

Kamala blew US$1.5-B just like that, even owing $20-M.

Zegler's movie bombed, losing/owing Walt Disney $120-M.

Kamala was known for "cackling".

Zegler was known for "cursing".

Kamala is 60.

Zegler is 23.

Kamala acted drunk.

Zegler was drunk with power.

Kamala needed to lead; not entertain.

Zegler needed to entertain; not lead.

Both got carried away with their ego.

Both were woke, and proud.

Both sought Hollywood.

Both hated Trump.

Both loved Hollywood.

But Hollywood does not love them anymore.

Why the failure?

President Trump would agree.

It's all about "attitude".

Zelensky had it.

Kamala had it.

Zegler had it.

They're all proud, spoiled, feeling entitled.

They don't act grateful, or sincere.

They threw their weight all over the place.

Zegler was especially a "pain", considering how young she was.

Somehow, you can see through their persona.

As one would say, you don't "feel the love".

But for purposes of this article, we shall only talk about the two women.

In the previous article, we wrote about "23 woke sins".

It drives wedges among people.

It's elitist.

It wastes time.

Instead of connecting, you put barriers to your relating.

You disembowel people with your elitist "requirements".

And if they don't agree with you, they're called "racist".

No one wants to be with woke people anymore.

President Trump put back common sense in people.

Everything is merit-based now.

No more of that feeling of entitlement.

His government scrapped all that woke nonsense.

It's time for the woke to wake up.

Both need an attitude shift.

Some humility in order.

No more cackling.

No more cursing.

Be nice.

Be friendly.

Don't be a snob.

Don't put people down.

Come off your high chair.

Don't hate Trump so much.

Relax that ego.

It's what caused the fall.

Proverbs 16:18

King James Version

18 Pride goeth before destruction,

and an haughty spirit before a fall.

But you know what?

It's not all their fault, too.

It's also the investors' fault.

And everyone who went woke.

And all who supported the devil in them.

What were they thinking?

That they can force feed the woke culture on everyone?

Zegler called the "stalking" prince, "Weird, weird."

Well, nothing could be more weird than woke.

Did the Democratic Party and Walt Disney Pictures really think both women could pull it off, with aplomb?

Turned out, it bombed.

Did they have nothing better to offer?

Why did they offer "poisoned" apples?

Least they could have done is "tame" the tongue.

These ladies went overboard with their speech.

Backfired.

Got backlash.

Stopped the buck.

Go back to basics, folks!

Have a decent Democrat party.

Have the original Snow White.

Don't deviate too much.

And never go woke.

Love what you do.

Believe in what you do.

Not just because you're being paid tons for it.

Do things out of LOVE.

Don't do a "diva" thing -- ever.

Nothing could be worse than a woke diva.

Woke got broke.

And it's just begun.

Monday, March 31, 2025

23 woke sins

2 Timothy 3:1

King James Version

3 This know also,

that in the last days

perilous times shall come.

If you don't feel any urgency to know GOD, you should.

The END times are here.

Woke is not cool.

It's destructive.

Only the spiritually "asleep" remain ignorant.

Only the belligerent prefers to remain rebellious.

Only the demonic will want to keep you in ignorance.

Scripture tells you in detail what man's been up to.

All left, woke, DEI, war-mongering, and elite ideologies:

2 Timothy 3:2-7

King James Version

2 For men shall be

lovers of their own selves,

covetous,

boasters,

proud,

blasphemers,

disobedient to parents,

unthankful,

unholy,

3 Without natural affection,

trucebreakers,

false accusers,

incontinent,

fierce,

despisers of those that are good,

4 Traitors,

heady,

highminded,

lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

5 Having a form of godliness,

but denying the power thereof:

from such turn away.

6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses,

and lead captive silly women laden with sins,

led away with divers lusts,

7 Ever learning,

and never able to come

to the knowledge of the truth.

If you look closely, that's at least 23 sins right there.

All reflecting man's pride, disobedience, evil, and willfulness.

In "Keys to Scripture Numerics", the number 23 represents "DEATH".

Sin is "death".

Romans 1:32

King James Version

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.

JESUS is LIFE.

John 5:40

King James Version

40 And ye will not come to me,

that ye might have life.

The big difference between a true born again, and a non-believer, is that we know Who, and what, to believe in.

The HOLY SPIRIT guided me to create a Bible-based "foundation".

Here are the ESSENTIALS we need to know:

Why the need to repent?

JESUS brought my attention to the Rapture five years ago.

Since then, we've been writing, warning, and waking people up.

We have 112 blogs, and 24 ebooks, just for that.

Time to wake up, dear readers!

No one has the luxury of time.

Only GOD does.

2 Peter 3:8

King James Version

8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing,

that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years,

and a thousand years as one day.

Proof we are in the end times, even as it is not the end yet?

JESUS tells us Himself:

Matthew 24:6

King James Version

6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars:

see that ye be not troubled:

for all these things must come to pass,

but the end is not yet.

The Rapture must happen first.

And then, the Tribulation.

You will have wished you listened to GOD's WORD.

JESUS and the WORD of GOD are the same.

It is all that will remain:

Isaiah 40:8

King James Version

8 The grass withereth,

the flower fadeth:

but the word of our God

shall stand for ever.

Luke 21:33

King James Version

33 Heaven and earth shall pass away:

but my words shall not pass away.

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Thursday, April 3, 2025

GOD, nations, and governments

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

A rock star at the WHITE HOUSE

LEARNING about COUNTRIES

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

The AMAZING 1930s

BIG woke FLOPS

Monday, March 31, 2025

23 woke sins

GOD, nations, and governments