📰 Psychology Today Says That We Need a Weekly Day of Rest Due to Wars, Natural Disasters, and Crime or Else We Will Perish -

Psychology Today posts article called “Resilience, the Sabbath, and the Planet”

Article states that: “Ancient tradition, now, unfortunately, largely forgotten in the modern world, may give us some strategies to become more resilient. The ideas of the Sabbath and sabbatical have validity to improve the human condition.”

“The Sabbath, “a day of religious observance and abstinence from work”, is really much more than just that abstinence from work in devotion to a God. The Sabbath included time for rest, time for feasting, time for communing, time for spiritual connection, and time for faith. The concept of a Sabbath, an assurance that at least once a week we get to move into safety physiology to heal, be healthy and well, is one of recovery and therefore resilience.”

“A Sabbath or a sabbatical need not have a religious connotation. A secular Sabbath is as valid as a religious one. Spiritual connection and a sense of faith can be found within safety with or without the belief in the constructs of a religion.”

“During the onset of the c*vid 19 pandemic we saw the amazing resilience of our planet from just one month of near-total shutdown of human activity. The shutting down of nonessential activities had a remarkably restorative effect for the planet. What if we disconnected from our cars and technologies, devoted time to rest, nourishment, and connection to both each other and nature for one day each week?

This would take nonessential human activities offline 52 days per year. Adding an annual 7-10 day retreat from our usual ways would allow for a cumulative two months of reduced human activity to facilitate recovery and build resilience not only for us but for the planet.”

“We may not, yet, be ready for these concepts, nor the adjustments to make a better reality. But at some point we will tire of our suffering and perhaps open up to them—or perish.”

Sunday Laws Incoming VERY SOON, way sooner than you think! ⚠️

Get ready!

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/deconstructing-illness/202210/resilience-the-sabbath-and-the-planet

Triumph of the Truth

"In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, sound speech, that cannot be condemned." Titus 2:7-8

The triumph of the truth is dependent on the influence of those who believe it. By personal labor, by a well-ordered life, by piety, faith, and tender compassion, we are to advance the truth. We have a heaven to win. The highest rewards are presented to the overcomer. Yes, an eternal weight of glory is held out before us to induce us to so run that we may obtain the crown of life that fadeth not away. He who determines to overcome has a warfare before him from which there is no release. Manfully he is to fight the good fight of faith. Lawfully he is to strive, day by day seeking for purity and moral excellence. This God requires him to do that he may represent Christ. He is to believe the promises of God, and trust in Christ, showing those around him that he has an inexhaustible treasure from which to draw. His words are to be right words, his spirit the right spirit. His hands are never to grow weak in doing the work God has given him to do. He will meet with trials, but he must always be brave and cheerful. He is to treat all as the purchase of the blood of Christ, without partiality and without hypocrisy. The Holy Spirit is his helper. Through Christ, who strengthens him, he is enabled to bear all things... The talents God has entrusted will call for proportionate returns. God accepts "according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not" (2 Corinthians 8:12). He does not expect from the man who has only one talent that which He expects from him who has five. If the wealthy choose to gratify every selfish desire, to enjoy the good things of this life, they will be judged accordingly. They refuse to honor Christ by humble obedience, to lift His cross. They live to please and gratify self, and thus dishonor God; and He declares, "Them that honour me I will honour" (1 Samuel 2:30)... Only those who trade faithfully upon their talents, with a solemn sense of their responsibility, do a great work, because of their steadfast faithfulness... Only those who glorify Him by wisely improving the gifts lent them by aiding the cause of God, are great in His sight." -Manunoscript 53, 04/0/1899

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📰 COP 27: UN Head says World on Highway to Climate Hell - Vatican News

“UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made an impassioned plea to world leaders saying that humanity must “cooperate or perish,” and added that rich industrial nations must lead the way”

“And former U.S. Vice-President Al Gore told heads of state to “choose life over death” by ending the use of fossil fuels that are stoking climate change.”

Ellen White prophesied that calamities, disasters by land and sea, floods, and fire, etc. would be used to say that a day of rest for the world is needed on Sunday by men in responsible positions:

“Men in responsible positions will not only ignore and despise the SABBATH themselves, but from the sacred desk, will urge upon the people the observance of the FIRST DAY of the week, pleading tradition and custom in behalf of this man-made institution. They will point to the CALAMITIES on land and sea, to the storms of wind, the floods, the earthquakes, the destruction by Fire as judgements indicating GOD’S DISPLEASURE because SUNDAY is not sacredly observed.” - Sign of the Times, January 17, 1884, pg.1, paragraph 13

Tap here to learn about Ellen White’s prophecies.

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/world/news/2022-11/cop27-egypt-united-nations-climate-change-summit.html

JESUS IS COMING VERY SOON! PREPARE!

Choose Ye Each Day

"The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple." Psalm 119:130

"The oftener the New Testament is read, the more instructive it becomes. No one ever wearies of its beautiful words, for they are like precious gems. The deeper the research made into them, the newer and more splendid the light reflected by them. The more we study the Word with a simple, trustful heart, the more we understand the path we must travel in order to reach the Paradise of God. Our life is something we receive from Christ by a study of His Word. "In him was life"--original, unborrowed. He was the Fountain of life. We receive life from the Saviour which He takes back again. That life which God has given us should be put to the very best account, for as human agents we are forming our own destiny. We need to choose wisely those associates who will best fit us, body, soul, and spirit, for the future country, even the heavenly. In our choice of companions we should not place ourselves under influences that are in any way unfavorable to the formation of pure and correct principles, for we need all the assistance we can possibly obtain that in our associations we may develop characters after Christ's likeness. Christ says, "To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne" (Revelation 3:21). There are temptations that we must meet. If we yield to them, we are on the losing side, and by meeting with defeat again and again, it becomes a habit to do wrong in the place of doing right. We thus reveal that we choose to work out the principles and attributes of Satan, rather than the principles and attributes of Jesus Christ... A Christian will not choose as the object of his affection one who by his course of action neglects Jesus Christ, who daily crucifies the Son of God afresh, and puts Him to an open shame. Such reveal by their actions and conversation that they have no respect for the One who gave His life for the life of humanity, enduring for them poverty, temptation, self-denial, and self-sacrifice. Through all His life here He was unappreciated and misunderstood, even by the members of His own family. Satan was constantly suggesting to His brethren, the sons of Joseph, criticisms of the One who seemed so unlike themselves. Every solicitation to evil was refused by Him, because He would not be persuaded to accept wrongdoing, or to deviate in the slightest from "It is written." He seemed to have Scripture treasured in heart and mind. He seldom rebuked their course of action, but always had a word from God to speak to them--"It is written." - Manunoscript 2,02/09/1896

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📰 Biden Administration’s Climate Agenda Reflects spirit of Pope Francis’s Laudato Si’

The first line of the article states that: “There is no greater threat to life — human and nonhuman alike — than global climate change.”

“While the outgoing Trump administration has demonstrated nothing but disdain for human and nonhuman life other than its own, the incoming Biden administration is offering us a small sliver of pro-life hope when it comes to climate change, which should be supported and celebrated by Catholics.”

In fact, During Biden’s COP 27 speech he said:

“My friends, I came to the presidency determined to make transformational changes that are needed, that America needs to make and we have to do for the rest of the world, to overcome decades of opposition and obstacles of progress on this issue alone,” Biden said, “to reestablish the United States as a trustworthy and committed global leader on climate. As I stand here before you, we’ve taken enormous strides to achieve that.”

He stated that: “To permanently bend the emissions curve, every nation has needs to step up,” he said. “At this gathering, we must renew and raise our climate ambitions. The United States is acting. Everyone has to act. It’s a duty and responsibility of global leadership.”

Joe Biden also said that: “The climate crisis is about human security, economic security, environmental security, national security and the very life of the planet,”

The President of the United States, Joe Biden, is the one of the foremost leaders of the world who is supporting, pushing forward, and joining arms with Pope Francis’s Laudato Si climate change agenda just as the Bible prophesied.

These two world powers; the Vatican & the USA will unite to enforce the Mark of the Beast - Sunday laws for the planet.

Which are the two beasts of Revelation 13 (find in depth study of these two beasts here)

1st Beast = Vatican/RCC
2nd Beast = USA

This is why you see the United States being the biggest supporter of the Climate Change gospel and the Popes Climate Change Encyclical.

Friend, there is no need to worry, repent and trust in Christ. Everything that is happening is going according and in harmony to Bible Prophecy. These are exciting times! The will of God will be done and we can have full confidence in that beautiful promise.

https://www.ncronline.org/earthbeat/justice/faith-seeking-understanding/biden-administrations-climate-agenda-reflects-spirit

God's Work--Our Commitment

"To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation." 2 Corinthians 5:19

"However large may be a man's claim to knowledge, to wisdom, unless he is under the teaching of the Holy Spirit, he is exceedingly ignorant of spiritual things. He may handle truth in such a way that little understanding is imparted to his inner heart life ... Place your entire dependence on the One who is able to keep the souls committed to His trust, able to imbue them with His Spirit, able to fill them with unselfish love for one another, thus enabling them to bear witness that He has sent His Son into the world to save sinners ... The root of all true self-sacrifice is an affection for the Lord Jesus so strong that it makes the wearing of His yoke easy and pleasant, and leads men to choose to learn His meekness and lowliness ... God's servants have one common work. Their aim is to be to convert people to the pure truth of the Word of God. They are not to attach men to themselves, so that they will echo everything they may say, and carry out all the suggestions they may make. Christ is the foundation of every true church. All who are brought to a new faith are to be established on Him. The plain, simple truths of the gospel are to be kept before minds. Christ crucified as the atonement for sin is the great central truth of the gospel, round which all truths cluster. To this great truth all other truths are tributary. All truths, rightly understood, derive their value and importance from their connection with this truth. The apostle Paul makes this fact stand out in royal dignity. He calls the minds of all teachers of the Word to the importance of pointing souls to Christ as the only means of salvation. "God forbid that I should glory," he says, "save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world" (Galatians 6:14)... Let not man seek to fasten minds to himself. God Himself is the Founder of His church, and we have His unalterable promise that His presence and protection will be given to His faithful ones, who walk in His counsel. To the end of time, Christ is to be first. He is the source of life and strength and righteousness and holiness. All this He is to those who wear His yoke, and learn of Him how to be meek and lowly. He will not tolerate self-exaltation." -Letter 39, 03/12/1902

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Christian Health Principles:
(1) Trust in God.
(2) Water.
(3) Sunlight.
(4) Fresh Air.
(5) Exercise.
(6) Nutrition.
(7) Abstinence.
(8) Rest.

📰 The Des Moines Register Backs up a New York Times Article Written by THW, a Female Anglican Priest in Support of Reinstating Sunday Laws as a Day of Rest

The article goes on to state: “Recently THW, an Anglican priest, examined how the dynamics of our contemporary work environments increasingly sap any humaneness from our employment and deplete our spirits. She probed the history, intent, and evolution of a sabbath day as a lens to understand our current predicament and to suggest constructive responses. One such response THW offered is the renewal of a palpable and impenetrable humane day of rest — unplugged from digital monitoring and employer or customer communication.”

The Des Moines Register speaks of this New York Times article with praise and acceptance. By pointing to the goalpost that this priest suggested a day of rest, and a looking back at history of past Sunday laws as a benefit and a solution to the “inhumanity of work”.

The Des Moines Register goes on the state that:
“Her wish may be ready to emerge.”

“THW's ruminations shed a light on an ideal moment and opportunity for our culture to coalesce into a new day of recalibration and recharge.”

With every article that comes out; the more the Word of God is verified. Predictions from 2,000 years ago that are being fulfilled in our very day can only be of Divine origin.

⚠️ The Sunday Law movement will only increase as time progresses regardless if the motivation is from the tireless work week, or climate change.

⚠️ The call for a global day of rest will deepen and become more decided as calamities increase, famines spring up across the earth, and disasters become more frequent.

The proclamation of the Mark of the Beast to the world is so important that God uses an angel, (representing Gods messengers; saints) with a loud voice or cry to proclaim this message:

Revelation 14:9-11 KJV
[9] And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, [10] The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: [11] And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.”

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/iowa-view/2022/11/21/americans-day-rest-rejuvenation-sabbath/69667511007/

Satanic Subtlety

"But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ." 2 Corinthians 11:3

"In all our dealings with one another we are to reveal Christ. Thus we shall show that we have a genuine connection with the Saviour. God is to receive all honor, all glory. When Christ shall appear, those who are united with Him by living faith will be acknowledged by Him. He will not be ashamed to call them brethren... The Lord, He is God, and beside Him there is none else. When Satan can bring his craftiness to bear on human minds, deceptive influences are received [as] from heaven. If his deceptions are allowed to enter, many souls will be ensnared by them, before it is seen that they are not from God, but from the enemy of all righteousness. I assure you that it will be one of our perplexities to distinguish the genuine from the spurious. Deception steals in unawares, just as it stole into the heavenly courts. Satan sought to undermine the confidence of the angels in God's government. He desired the place occupied by Christ, having it in his mind, that if he gained this position, to make an effort to take the place of God. Adroitly he presented his suggestions to the angels, and many of them received these suggestions. He left his insinuations in their minds to develop. They, not as cautious as their leader, began to communicate their new theories. Satan was the originator of the doubts that they expressed, but he presented them as the opinions of a large number of the angels, and as such, something that should be considered. Today, Satan works with deceptive guile to captivate human beings by his deceptive theories. The warning to beware of allowing him to enter comes sounding down along the line to our time. Let none suppose that because they have been used as the Lord's instrumentalities, they are all-sufficient. The Lord uses men and honors them by giving them His wisdom, as long as they are true to Him, and do not gather glory to themselves. Those who take themselves out of the Lord's hands, and think themselves capable of managing the work, are not led by His Spirit, but by “another spirit.” Satan steps in, and they change leaders. Then comes the crookedness and subtlety of the serpent's guile." - Manunoscript 37, 05/01/1903

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📰 Deputy, a Company Who Builds Software for Work Schedule Management for Over 330,000 Businesses Celebrates and Introduces “International Shift Worker Sunday”

“Shift Worker Sunday highlights workers who make sacrifices every day, often miss special occasions or events, and work regardless of the time of the day, sometimes in unpredictable and non-compliant workplace cultures.”

“The truth is, we don't thank them enough. That's why Deputy has launched Shift Worker Sunday - a day for all of us to show our appreciation by giving back to the hourly workers who make a difference in communities worldwide."

“Deputy encourages people to show appreciation by making a small gesture on Sunday.”

In another blog article that was posted earlier by Deputy they stated:

“To acknowledge the unique challenges that shift workers face, International Shift Worker Sunday was created. On this day, shift workers are encouraged to take some time for themselves to relax and recharge. It’s a day to enjoy leisure activities, connect with family and friends, and get enough rest. If you’re a shift worker, make sure to take some time for yourself on this day. And if you know someone who works shifts, be sure to show them your support!”

The reason why this is important is because yes, we know that Sunday Laws will be forced upon the world as a whole, but, in order to a achieve this, everyone the world over must be in line with this goal. Businesses, governments, schools, transportation systems, churches and many more are aligning themselves and exalting the day of the Sun. Little do they know prophecy is being fulfilled before their eyes.

https://news.deputy.com/deputy-launches-international-shift-worker-sunday-sj3c1t

📰 Texas Newspaper called the “Odessa American” states that “Sunday is for rest and worship because doing so is essential, not optional”

While this article is penned about Christmas falling on a Sunday this year, it specifically highlights the “importance” of Sunday keeping, or Sunday sacredness.

The writer stated: “One, Sunday is the Lord’s Day, and the Lord’s Day is the day when Christians observe the Sabbath principle. Sunday is a day to rest and worship. It’s the day the early church met together for prayer, singing, preaching, and fellowship. It’s the day we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, and it’s a fitting day to celebrate the miracle of the incarnation that preceded Jesus’ sacrificial death and victorious resurrection.”

As prophesied, once again:

“The Sunday movement is now making its way in darkness. The leaders are concealing the true issue, and many who unite in the movement do not themselves see whither the undercurrent is tending. Its professions are mild and apparently Christian, but when it shall speak it will reveal the spirit of the dragon. It is our duty to do all in our power to avert the threatened danger. We should endeavor to disarm prejudice by placing ourselves in a proper light before the people. We should bring before them the real question at issue, thus interposing the most effectual protest against measures to restrict liberty of conscience” (Testimonies, vol. 5, p. 452)

How true, that the Sunday movement is being carried by professed Christians and looks “mild” on the outside. Yet, the true purpose is being hid and lurks behind closed doors - Sunday laws as a legal requirement.

https://www.oaoa.com/local-news/coleman-attending-church-when-christmas-falls-on-a-sunday/

The Greatest Work on Earth

"For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost." Luke 19:10

"Everyone who believes in Christ as a personal Saviour is under bonds to God to be pure and holy, to be a spiritual worker, seeking to save the lost, whether they are great or small, rich or poor, bond or free. The greatest work on earth is to seek and to save those who are lost, for whom Christ has paid the infinite price of His own blood. Everyone is to do active service, and if those who have been blessed with light do not diffuse light to others, they will lose the rich grace which has been bestowed upon them, because they neglect a sacred duty plainly marked out in the Word of God. As the light of the unfaithful one diminishes, his own soul is brought into peril; and the ones to whom he should have been a shining light miss the labor that God intended that they should have through the human instrument. Thus the sheep unsought is not brought back to the fold. God depends upon you, the human agent, to fulfil your duty to the best of your ability, and He Himself will give the increase. If human agents would but cooperate with the divine intelligences, thousands of souls would be rescued. The Holy Spirit would give devoted workers glimpses of Jesus that would brace them for every conflict, that would elevate and strengthen them, and make them more than conquerors. When two or three are met together to unite their counsel, and to send up their petitions, the promise is for them: "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you" (Luke 11:9). "If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?" (verse 13). The Lord has promised that where two or three are met together in His name, there will He be in the midst. Those who meet together for prayer will receive an unction from the Holy One." -Review and Herald, 06/30/1896.

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