Identity Fad

 

   

The U.S. Education Department finalized controversial tweaks to Title IX on April 19, 2024. The new rules prohibit discrimination based on “gender identity.”

 

Where this bogus identity fad is headed in the near future. Some hourly wage employee of a large national corporation will decide one day that they "identify" as a Vice-President of the company and demand to be recognized and compensated as a Vice-President.

Of course the company will refuse and be hauled into Court for "identity discrimination." A liberal Federal Judge will side with the plaintiff. The company will appeal to the US Supreme Court and lose 7 to 2. The company will either close down or move out of the country. Ten of thousands of hard working Americans will lose their job, their benefits, and their retirement income.

Where is this identity fad coming from? It's part of the curses for disobedience outlined in Deuteronomy 28. God warned the world HE will not put up with disobedience forever, there is a judgment day coming... whether you believe it or not.

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The Sanhedrin

 

What Was the Sanhedrin? By What Authority Did It Act?

“Appoint judges and enforcement officers in all your cities.”—Deuteronomy 16:18

Nine Groups That Made Up The Great Sanhedrin Council

Elders   -   Essenes   -   Herodians

John's Disciples   -   Pharisees   -   Priests

Sadducees   -   Scribes   -   Zealots

Who were the members of the Great Sanhedrin? What kind of power did they possess? Where did they meet? Were they the driving force that got Jesus crucified?

 

The Great Sanhedrin (which in Greek means 'a sitting together' or 'council') was the supreme council of the Jews who met within Jerusalem's temple in a place known as the chamber of hewn stones (although they sometimes met in the house of the High Priest). The Sanhedrin was like the U.S. Supreme court in that they were the final authority on decisions that affected the religious and political life of all Jews.

 

The council convened each day of the week except the Sabbath and the annual Biblical Holy Days. In New Testament times, the Sanhedrin was composed of seventy-one members (the High Priest, a vice chief justice and sixty-nine lower courts). The Pharisees (e.g. Nicodemus, John 3:1 - 10) as well as the Sadducees, scribes, elders and possibly others, were represented on the council. The High Priest always wore a black robe. 

The United States Supreme Court is made up of eight Justices and one Chief Justice (High Priest)  and operate the same way as the Sanhedrin did. These nine judges render opinions based on their interpretation of "legal and illegal" and "political correct" rather than the common sense law of right and wrong.

 

The simple black robe has quite a tradition as the "uniform" of justice in the United States dating back to the book of Deuteronomy. The black robe links judges together as they interpret and apply the law in hundreds of courtrooms throughout the United States. 

Tower of Babel

 

 

Organized religion is the modern day equivalent of the Tower of Babel. Organized religion says we need to get it together to find God. Jesus says we need to find God to get it together. The "know-it-all-we-are-the-one-and-only" type religious organizations do the Gospel of the Kingdom great harm.

 

“Woe to you, scribes (Bible translators) and Pharisees, hypocrites! (self-righteous preachers), For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte (a new believer), and when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves." (with false doctrines) ~ Matthew 23:15 

Jesus said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes." (people with a sincere humble spirit to learn the truth) ~ Matthew 11:25 

 

The Church Jesus built is not an earthly organization. It is found in the hearts of true Believers who seek first the Kingdom of God.

All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,  that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. ~ 2 Timothy 3:14-17

 

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Renew Your Strength is not a "know-it-all" type ministry. Renew Your Strength challenges people to think about what they believe and why they believe it, not debate who's right or wrong. To learn the revealed truth of God we must know and understand the true meaning of the original words God inspired to be written. Use Strong's Concordance to check the original word before it was translated. Do your own research, make up your own mind, rely on the Holy Spirit to guide you. 

 

 

Great Day of the Lord

 

Zephaniah is a book of the Bible that is seldom read. However, God gave Zephaniah insight on what will happen when the day of the LORD is near.

The word of the Lord which came to Zephaniah 1:14 -19

The great day of the Lord is near; (the Lord has spoken). It is near and hastens quickly (quicker than we think). The noise of the day of the Lord is bitter; (a resentful, angry feeling towards God's word) There the mighty men shall cry out. (power comes from God not our own arrogance, experience, or strength.

 

That day is a day of wrath, (righteous judgment).A day of trouble and distress, (everyone who does evil will suffer trouble and distress). A day of devastation and desolation, (infrastructure destroyed and people dying young). A day of darkness and gloominess, (mental illness and anxiety. A day of clouds and thick darkness, (God's word is hidden in thick darkness to unbelievers).

 

A day of trumpet and alarm (ignoring God's warnings). Against the fortified cities (relying on military power for protection). And against the high towers (thinking there is safety in modern buildings or bomb shelters).

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