Race.  It seems to have ruled from the very beginning on the North American Continent, with primary focus in this case, in the United States of America.  Now, there are two pastors who have come together under God to save souls while saving money and love despite the color of a person’s skin.

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Not too long ago, there was an awful explosion at the residence of Bishop T.D. Jakes. The blast didn’t produce a fire, however, it was apparently just as deadly as if it did.  The explosion happened in his sun room, and the cause for the explosion is unknow as there were no leaks uncovered in the investigation.

So how did T.D. Jakes escape death?  God was on his side.  He stated that he was in the area of the blast originally but he had an urge to go cancel an appointment that he had.  This is what he did, and only after he left the area, the blast rang out.  The bishop was on another piece of property, escaping death by a narrow margin.

Bishop T.D. Jakes is a powerful and awesome man of God, and he obviously knows that it was more than a stroke of luck that positioned him elsewhere away from the blast, but it had to be God that put that urge in his spirit to leave the area as danger was around the corner…literally.

Revelation 13 (Amplified Bible)

Revelation 13

[AS] I stood on the sandy beach, I saw a beast coming up out of the sea with ten horns and seven heads. On his horns he had ten royal crowns (diadems) and blasphemous titles (names) on his heads.

²And the beast that I saw resembled a leopard, but his feet were like those of a bear and his mouth was like that of a lion. And to him the dragon gave his [own] might and power and his [own] throne and great dominion.

³And one of his heads seemed to have a deadly wound. But his death stroke was healed; and the whole earth went after the beast in amazement and admiration.

⁴They fell down and paid homage to the dragon, because he had bestowed on the beast all his dominion and authority; they also praised and worshiped the beast, exclaiming, Who is a match for the beast, and, Who can make war against him?

⁵And the beast was given the power of speech, uttering boastful and blasphemous words, and he was given freedom to exert his authority and to exercise his will during forty-two months (three and a half years).

⁶And he opened his mouth to speak slanders against God, blaspheming His name and His abode, [even vilifying] those who live in heaven.

⁷He was further permitted to wage war on God’s holy people (the saints) and to overcome them. And power was given him to extend his authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation,

⁸And all the inhabitants of the earth will fall down in adoration and pay him homage, everyone whose name has not been recorded in the Book of Life of the Lamb that was slain [in sacrifice] from the foundation of the world.

⁹If anyone is able to hear, let him listen:

¹⁰Whoever leads into captivity will himself go into captivity; if anyone slays with the sword, with the sword must he be slain. Herein is [the call for] the patience and the faith and fidelity of the saints (God’s people).

¹¹Then I saw another beast rising up out of the land [itself]; he had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke (roared) like a dragon.

¹²He exerts all the power and right of control of the former beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell upon it to exalt and deify the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed, and to worship him.

¹³He performs great signs (startling miracles), even making fire fall from the sky to the earth in men’s sight.

¹⁴And because of the signs (miracles) which he is allowed to perform in the presence of the [first] beast, he deceives those who inhabit the earth, commanding them to erect a statue (an image) in the likeness of the beast who was wounded by the [small] sword and still lived.

¹⁵And he is permitted [also] to impart the breath of life into the beast’s image, so that the statue of the beast could actually talk and cause to be put to death those who would not bow down and worship the image of the beast.

¹⁶Also he compels all [alike], both small and great, both the rich and the poor, both free and slave, to be marked with an inscription [stamped] on their right hands or on their foreheads,

¹⁷So that no one will have power to buy or sell unless he bears the stamp (mark, inscription), [that is] the name of the beast or the number of his name.

¹⁸Here is [room for] discernment [a call for the wisdom of interpretation]. Let anyone who has intelligence (penetration and insight enough) calculate the number of the beast, for it is a human number [the number of a certain man]; his number is 666.

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Who is this man?  This is the question that has yet to be answered, the prophecy that has yet to be solved.  The Bible is the most prophetic book on the earth - proven to be.  It is also the Word of God, and taken as and is the breathed Word of God.  Out of all the Bible, the most difficult prophecy remains the man of the number 666.  In the scripture above we see that the dragon, in other words Satan, gave this beast all the power that he had including speech which was used to speak slander against the only God Almighty and wage war against everyone who devoted their lives to Christ and were saved.  Those who are not saved would worship this beast.  From there another beast rises to control the first beast while making fire come from the sky and other miraculous things to deceive people into making a statue like the first beast.  From there he breathes life…yes…life into this statue to make it talk!  From there, people who don’t worship this monster will die, and those who will worship get the mark of the beast on their foreheads or on their right hands.

Now the number of the beast is to be calculated by anyone who has wisdom of interpretation as this number is a human number.  The number is 666.  Who is it?

The obvious things are that he will hate God, saints, and anything that has to do with God Almighty.  He will have superhuman powers, so much so that many will be deceived except for the saints.  This beast will even be able to breathe life into a statue!  Talk about deceiving.  This antichrist will truly try to make himself or erect himself as if he is God  through deceptions.

As far as who he is, no one has a clue really and truly as to the identity…right now.  However, one will be able to follow the signs that God gave about him as God has always been on point with hitting it dead on.  For example, with Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Messiah, God gave so many clues centuries prior to Jesus’ birth.  Born of a virgin who is young and unmarried, Immanuel(God with us) will be his name  - Isaiah 7:14 - okay this is like 1 out of kabillion!  God still said this would be and it was so.  Therefore, with the clues above, surely saints can call this one when it is time.

For now though, does anyone have a clue as to who 666 is or will be?  Do you believe that he is born right now or is not here just yet?  One thing is for sure, the Bible doesn’t lie.  It will come to pass.

Is salvation necessary to enter into the Kingdom of God? This is a mighty question that some could care less about but others absolutely need to know. Some feel that they already know the answer and then there are some who are clueless about anything pertaining to God of the Bible.

Salvation. By definition, salvation means deliverance from destruction. It means deliverance from evil and deliverance from sin’s power. Basically, salvation is redeeming in nature. Salvation takes something or someone and saves it from the inevitable destruction and death that will, not might, happen. Without death or destruction, there would really be no need for salvation because there would be no reason to save anything if it would never die or come to destruction.

That leads to the next question - how many people really want to die? Better yet, how many people would want to die with no ability to come back and live a life with no pain, crying or worries but only safety, peace and happiness? Normally, once someone has experienced bad, wouldn’t they naturally want to know what the good life is…really? What if the only way to get there was to gain salvation, or deliverance, from and old existence?

Paradise. A place of no worries. The ultimate vacation. People pay…not just pay…but they save up months ahead of time preparing for the perfect get away, or vacation to rest relax and make merry with someone they love or just alone. The key thing is to release everything and chill. Each year people prepare for a good time. There are some that prepare to have a great time each and every weekend, leaving all the bad behind. Therefore, if people sacrifice and save money planning for the ultimate vacation, would it seem foolish to prepare for paradise? Not really. It is the ultimate life, isn’t it?

Finally, is it - salvation - necessary to enter into the Kingdom of God and have all the bad washed away from a life. Ultimately, is salvation the sole deliverance from eternal death?

Since physical death is inevitable, meaning that it will happen no matter what to mankind, wouldn’t there logically be something that could rearrange that thing called death? For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction - or something like that some scientist proved. Death happens, life happens. Eternal damnation happens, eternal life happens. Hell exists, heaven exists. Salvation exists and is necessary in order to conquer death and cause everyone to live forever.  Salvation/redeeming and death/dying - yes - they are actions.

The scriptures state that all men die because of one man’s sin, and this man is Adam. Well, isn’t God great enough to fix the situation that mankind brought upon himself? Certainly. Where Adam welcomed death through disobedience, God’s mercy granted mankind another chance at life through salvation through Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 15:22 (Amplified Bible)

22For just as [because of their union of nature] in Adam all people die, so also [by virtue of their union of nature] shall all in Christ be made alive.

That scientist realized something that God already knew. By the way, that scientist’s name was Newton. God forced salvation into the earth through Jesus Christ while Satan still tries to force it out. Newton - action-reaction force.

Is salvation necessary to enter the kingdom of God? Yes. With or without science.

Okay, this seems to be what is putting many people at odds - when Obama bowed to another leader - mainly the Saudi leader.   Alright so here is the deal.  The bow did go a bit too far.  Obama put too much into it, and it seemed to the outsider’s eye that Obama was giving reverence to the man.  However, it is also just as obvious that Obama actually wasn’t reverencing King Abdullah on purpose, but merely being the person that he is which is very friendly and always willing to get along with people.

Surely Obama didn’t think about it when he did it, but he was being more nice than anything.  That being said, one must be careful with the bow anywhere you go as in many countries and religions, bowing is a form of worship and this may be seen as bad to many.  Bowing is given to no one but God, and that is just how serious this is to much of the Eastern world.

Obama, in this case, obviously meant no harm nor worship, but simply was being friendly.  As an added point, the Obama administration tried to pass that bow off as being that King Abdullah is short.  He isn’t that short.  Really, it was just an overblown bow.  Nothing bad intended, but really should not have happened.

The video below is a shame and disgrace.  How on earth is a ticket more important than someone trying to see a dying mother n law?  What the officer did was sickening, and yes, this was video taped for more than just the world to see.  God video taped that apathy as well.

The victim-Ryan Moats, an NFL running back (Houston Texans)
The perp- Officer Robert Powell

This is just the type of thing that makes many people lower expectations and totally dislike police officers. No, it doesn’t represent all of them, but this really sheds much light on how hostile officers of the law actually make certain situations. Honestly, this could have ended much worse as some would have fought this officer to see their dying mom or mother n law. Then there would have possibly been a shooting with a false report somewhere. Thank God for video.

This whole thing breaks hearts…those who have hearts unlike the officer.