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We come now to our time for the study of the Word of God this morning on this Christmas Sunday. Our attention, of course, is drawn to Christmas. As I was thinking about what I might share with you, I was struck again with the dichotomy between Christmas for the Christian and Christmas for the world sitting in my office, and I was looking at two Christmas cards. One of them had a fat man with a white beard on it and a couple of little elves, and it said, "Ho, ho, ho." The other one had a manger, with a star and a baby, and it said, "Thou shalt call His name Emmanuel." And I began to think about the paradox of Christmas. What is Christmas?
For some, it is peace toward men of goodwill. For the world, it is mass confusion, furious rushing around, and a rising suicide rate. That lovely night 2,000 years ago, one star lit the heaven and marked the spot where the Christ was born, where God was made flesh. And today a million neon signs mark the spot where the sale begins, or where you can throw away your money buying what isn't needed and doesn't fit anyway.
The first Christmas was a poor one: a manger, a stable. Our Christmas is a dazzling display of wealth beyond belief as millions of people spend millions of dollars to ignore the true meaning of Christmas. Once wise men came to worship Jesus, and today fools have parties of wickedness, ignoring all that Jesus came to accomplish. The babe of Bethlehem was born a Savior to give men all they need. He has been replaced by a huckster named Santa Claus, who takes what's valuable and gives tinsel in return. That's the paradox to Christmas. Who does it belong to?
And as I thought further about the paradox of Christmas, I thought about the great paradox of Christmas who is Jesus Christ. And I begin to look at some of the prophecies and I begin to say now, "I wonder what prophecies might be exciting for us to study and look at the birth of Christ?" And I came across the idea of the paradoxical prophecies. Did you know that the Old Testament is loaded with apparently contradictory prophecies about Christ? Did you know that?
Did you know there is no way that Old Testament prophets could ever have understood the fullness of the coming Messiah just on the virtue of the apparent contradiction in their own prophecies? For example, a prophet would sit down, and the Holy Spirit would inspire him, and he would write that there was coming a conqueror who would rule the world, who would be the Savior and Deliverer of men. The same prophet would sit down later and write about a Man of Sorrow, who was lonely and rejected.
The prophet would write a King of glory, a King of heaven, the eternal Savior, the desire of all nations. And then a prophet would sit down and write that there was no beauty that men would desire Him; and that He was a servant, bloody, suffering, crucified, and dead. How do you resolve these things? The prophet would write that He would come in flaming fire to take vengeance on His enemies. The other prophet would write that He would come preaching peace. And so the prophets couldn't even understand what they themselves wrote about Christmas. It was a paradox to them.
The last of all the Old Testament prophets was trapped in the paradox. His name was John the Baptist. In fact, John was so confused that when he was a prisoner, he sent some of his disciples to Jesus. And the record of that encounter is in the 11th chapter of the gospel of Matthew.
You see, everything that John had said about the Messiah, he received from God. Luke 3:2, regarding John, says, "The word of God came to John." So when John proclaimed the Messiah, it wasn't his opinion, it was revelation. And John was declaring the Messiah, and he was saying certain things about the Messiah.
You say, "Well, what was he saying about the Messiah?" Well, he was saying that the Messiah was going to be a judge; that when the Messiah came, terrible things would happen. And so John says, for example, in Luke 3:7, "O generation of snakes, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance." This was his message. John says there's coming a Messiah and He is going to be a terrifying judge.
In Matthew 3:7, he said the same thing. And in verse 10, he said, "The axe is laid to the root of the trees. And every tree which brings forth evil fruit" - or doesn't bring forth good fruit – "is hewn down and cast into the fire." Verse 12, "His fan is in His hand. He'll thoroughly purge the floor, gather the wheat and the grainery, and burn the chaff with unquenchable fire."
That was John's message about the coming Messiah: foreboding, judgmental, damning. That's the Messiah that John anticipated. And then Jesus came. And you know what He did? Mostly deeds of mercy. He healed the sick. He gave sight to the blind, and hearing to the deaf, and voices to the dumb, and life to the dead. And John didn't understand it, because John didn't understand that that was also a part of the prophecy; or he had forgotten. And so he sends his disciples from his prison to inquire of Jesus.
He was taken prisoner, you'll remember, by King Herod Antipas, locked in the gloomy fortress of Machaerus, which is, oh, about 5 miles east to the Dead Sea, and 15 miles south of the northernmost tip. It's in the most bleak and desolate place imaginable. It was originally constructed as a Herodian fortress. And there was John. And it didn't seem to be going the way he had anticipated, because Messiah was to come and to judge and set up His kingdom. And there wasn't any judgment, and there wasn't any kingdom. And here he - the last of the great prophets and the greatest who ever lived, according to Matthew 11:11 - was imprisoned.
Verse 1 of Matthew 11: "It came to pass when Jesus had ceased commanding His twelve disciples, He departed from there to teach and preach in their cities. When John had head in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples and said to Him, "Art thou He that should come, or do we look for another?" John says, "Are there two messiahs?" When John heard the things that Jesus did, he couldn't justify those with that he had said Jesus would do. John was trapped in the paradox of prophecy. He was confused. His faith was growing thin. He failed to see how the resolution of such a conflict existed.
And notice the reply of Jesus to these messengers from John. Jesus answered and said to them, "Go and show John again those things which you do hear and see. The blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them."
Now, why did He do that? Why didn't He give John some more specific answer? Why did He say, "You go remind him"? Now watch. Because in the words that He used in verse 5, they are really a paraphrase of Isaiah 35:5 and 6, and Isaiah 61:1. He's saying, "You go back and remind John of some other prophecies I have to fulfill first. The problem that John had was the problem that all the Old Testament prophets had, they didn't see anything distinction between the first coming and what? The second.
So He says to these messengers, "You tell him to hang in there, I've got some other things to do that are also recorded prophetic." And the very words that He gave were just almost right out of Isaiah. And verse 6 is a gentle rebuke: "And blessed is he whosoever shall not be offended in Me," - or shall not stumble because of what I am doing. What is He saying? "Hey, blessed is the man who trusts Me. You haven't seen it all yet; trust Me."
So you see, John had that problem. There is no way that an Old Testament prophet could ever understand all of the resolution of these things. The New Testament commentary makes sense out of all the paradox. One of the greatest verifications of the Christian faith, I think, are the diverse and apparently contradictory prophecies. You see, they could never be reproduced. They could never be counterfeited. They could never be falsified. Such amazing prophecies prevent wicked men or overzealous disciples from falsely fulfilling them.
Look at 1 Peter 1:10. It says there, "Of which salvation," - and of course this is the salvation that Christ brought - "of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you, searching what person," - you should write that in probably if it isn't there - "searching what person or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ who was in them did signify when He testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glory that should follow."
Now notice it says in verse 10, "the prophets enquired and the prophets searched diligently." Says in verse 11, "The prophets searched." What were they searching? They were searching the things they prophesied in verse 10 and the things they testified of in verse 11 from the Holy Spirit. They were searching their own writings to figure them out. The paradoxes were so obvious that even they couldn't resolve the sufferings of Christ with the glory that should follow. They couldn't figure out what person or what time these things could come together, what person could fulfill all this, and in what time could this be done.
And so they searched diligently for a clear understanding of the very things which they themselves had written down under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. You see, there is no way to falsify such things. One of the great proofs that they didn't write their own minds, but that they wrote the mind of God, was the contradictions which they wrote. Men wouldn't do that. God did it, because He knew the resolution would come in Christ. They couldn't see that. Not even John understand it, and John thought there must be two messiahs.
In Matthew 13:17, Jesus said, "Verily I say unto you that many prophets and righteous men have desired to see the things which you see and haven't seen them, and to hear the things which you hear and haven't heard them." Backing to verse 16, "Blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear. Why, you have the benefit of knowing the things they desperately wanted to see resolved."
Let's look at some of the paradoxes. What are they? What are the paradoxes the prophets had a hard time with? The first one is the paradox of the God-man. Point one, the paradox of the God-man.
I want to show you two passages in Isaiah to begin with. Isaiah 7:14 is the first. Here's the prophecy: "Therefore, the Lord Himself," - I like that. That means of His volition, unasked - "the Lord Himself shall give you a sign."
Now, mark it, friends. The Lord is going to do something unusual. When it says the Lord is going to give you a sign, that's going to be something supernatural, right? It has to be. Otherwise it wouldn't be a sign from God. If the Lord said, "I'm going to show you a sign it's going to rain tomorrow." Well, that may or may not be. You could say, "Well, I mean maybe the Lord's got a better view of the cloud structure." But if the Lord says, "I'm going to give you a sign," it's going to be something supernatural. So watch.
"Behold, the virgin shall conceive." Now, friends, you don't have to know much to know that's supernatural. A child born without a father, "A virgin shall conceive."
You say, "Almah can mean young woman." And some of the liberal translations translate it that way. No, almah may mean young woman, yes. In the Old Testament, almah is always used a virgin. The Septuagint uses it a virgin. The New Testament comment is quoting this; uses the word "virgin." And could you imagine that it says this: "The Lord Himself shall give you a sign. Behold, a woman will have a baby." That isn't a sign, that's going on all the time.
The very language indicates the supernatural. "The virgin shall conceive and bear a son," - now here is the amazing - "and His name shall be called Immanuel." You say, "What's so important about that? I know somebody named Immanuel." I'll tell you what's important about that. That only became a name because of that verse. El, those two letters, E-L, that's God. El Shaddai, El Meqadishkem, El Elyon. Bethel is the house of God. Those two letters mean "God." Immanuel means "God with us." Notice you have a paradox: a son who is God. Now, wait a minute, how can that be? A child born of a woman who is God?
Look at Isaiah 9. And you know Isaiah had problems with this. Isaiah 9:6: "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given." I can handle that. "The government shall be upon His shoulder. His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, The Mighty God, The Father of Eternity, the Prince of Peace."
How could a child be born who is The Mighty God? There's the paradox. How could be a child be in time who is the Father of Eternity? The paradox is clear. There's a child; He is human; He is God. A woman will bring forth a son who made the woman who brought forth the Son. Could it be? If Scripture is true, it better be.
I draw you to Luke chapter 1, verse 30. "And the angel said to her, 'Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favor with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb and bring forth a son, and shall call His name Jesus. He shall be great, shall be called the Son of the Highest." There's none higher. "And the Lord God shall give unto Him the throne of His father David; and He shall reign over the house of Jacob forever; and of His kingdom there shall be no end.'"
And Mary had the same problem the prophets did. "Then said Mary unto the angel, 'How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? Never had a relationship with a man, how could I have a baby?' The angel answered and said unto her, 'The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee; therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.'"
Now, you see, the prophecy was, "Mary, you'll have a baby, but it won't be just an ordinary baby,. it will be a holy thing." Is any baby ever born into the world holy? No. This is unusual. And the Son of God - son, not in the sense of offspring; son in the sense of incarnate servitude. He is God; He is man. "And the Word became flesh and dwell among us." Listen, Jesus the man is the Jehovah God of the Old Testament.
I was reading a book this week that just clearly outlined that. Just to compare a couple of things that were most fascinating, Isaiah 6:3. You remember the vision that Isaiah had? "In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw also the Lord, high and lifted up, and His train filled the temple." And the word "Lord" all through here is Jehovah. You can always tell the word Lord is Jehovah, it is capitalized. In verse 3, "Holy, holy, holy, is Jehovah of hosts."
Now, here Isaiah is having a vision of Jehovah - God. Now I want you to notice John 12:39, listen. Here quoting from Isaiah is our Lord. "Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said he's blinded their eyes, hardened their hearts. They should not see with their eyes, understand with their heart, and be converted. And I should heal them." These things said Isaiah when he saw His glory and spoke of Him. Of whom? Of Christ. Notice the antecedent to "His" and the antecedent to "Him" in 41 is Christ. Now what does that say? The passage Isaiah 6, "I saw Jehovah," is referred to Christ in John 12. Jesus is Jehovah. In Isaiah 40, you have amazing prediction regarding the work of John the Baptist. And I want to show you just this illustration.
Verse 1, "Comfort ye, comfort ye, my people, saith your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem. Cry unto her that her warfare is accomplished, her iniquity is pardoned. She hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins. The voice of him that cries in the wilderness, 'Prepare ye the way the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.'" Hmm, Prepare ye the way of the Lord - capital letters again - Jehovah. "Prepare ye the way of Jehovah."
Matthew chapter 3, here came John fulfilling the prophecy, preaching. Verse 3, Matthew 3: "For this is He." And he's preaching about Christ. "This is He that was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, 'The voice of one crying in the wilderness, prepare ye the way of the Lord.'" Who is the Lord that is the Jehovah of Isaiah 40? It is the Jesus of the gospels. Jesus is Jehovah.
Leviticus 19:3, "Keep My Sabbaths. I am the Jehovah, your God." Matthew 12:8, Jesus said, "For the Son of Man is Jehovah of the Sabbath." He is the Jehovah, the Old Testament. Joel 2:32, "It shall come to come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved, on the name of Jehovah." Romans 10:13, Paul points to Jesus and says, "Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." And he applies that passage to Jesus. He is Jehovah. There is the paradox. He is God, He is man.
Think about it. Think about what the prophets wrote. Genesis 3:15, the Messiah would be the seed to the woman. Daniel 7:13, He would be the Son of Man. Psalm 2:7, He would be the Son of God. Genesis 22:18, the seed of Abraham. How could one person be all of that: the seed of the woman, the Son of man, the Son of God, the Son of Abraham, or the Son of David? The amazing complex of paradoxical prophecies. How can God be man and man be God, and yet be the Son of Man and the Son of God? How can one be the Son of Man, and yet have no human father, and be born the seed of a woman when a woman has no seed and be the Creator of that woman at the same time? No wonder the prophets wondered.
God did it so there couldn't be a counterfeit. Jesus was all of these. He was God and He was man, the Word made flesh. He was the seed of the woman, virgin born without a human father. Galatians 4:4 says, "He was born of a woman." He was the Son of Man. He said Himself in Luke 19:10, "The Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost." He is the Son of God. Read Hebrews 1, verse 2 and verse 5. Matthew 1:1 said, "He is the seed of Abraham and the seed of David." He was everything and all the paradox resolves in Him. Boy, when you start getting into the nature of Jesus Christ and His person, it becomes the most amazing, complex of fulfilled prophecy imaginable.
Listen to Matthew 22. Jesus absolutely nailed the Pharisees to the wall in this particular passage. Matthew 22:41, the Pharisees were always asking Him questions, and so He thought He'd ask them one. "While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them" - Matthew 22:41 - "saying, 'What think ye of Christ? Whose son is He?'" People have come to me many times, said, "I don't understand how Christ can be God and the Son of God." Don't worry about it. I don't understand it either, I just believe it.
But you know what? No one really understands it and Christ knew it was a difficult problem. And He posed it here. "Whose son is He?" They said, "The Son of David." "He said unto them, 'How then doth David in spirit call Him Lord, saying in Psalm 110, "The Lord said unto my Lord, 'Sit thou at My right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool.'"? If He is the Son of David, how come David calls Him his Lord in Psalm 110? If David call Him Lord, how is He his son?' Jesus said." You know what their reaction was? "And no man was able to answer Him a word, neither dared any man from that day forth ask Him anymore questions."
How can He be the Son of David and the God of David He is? That passage proves that Jesus is saying He is both Son of David, human; He is God of David, divine. It is absolute satanic blasphemy to say that Jesus is anything less.
And Paul prayed in Colossians 2:2 and 3 that Christians would have all the riches of a full assurance and understanding of the mystery. What was the mystery of God? even the Father, and Christ. How can God be both, and yet He is? I don't know how He's both, I don't care how He is, I just believe He is. He can solve that problem, I can't handle it.
But I know Jesus said this: John 14:9, "He that hath seen Me" - what? - "has seen the Father." That's a paradox, friends. That's the paradox of Christmas. The babe was God.
Let me give you another one. The paradox of the line of Judah. This is fascinating. Go back to Genesis 49:10, the paradox of the line of Judah. As far back as Genesis, the prophet Moses makes the statement that the Messiah will come from the tribe of Judah. That's a problem, as we'll see.
Genesis 49:10 - there's 50 chapters, so it's near the end. "The sceptre shall not depart from Judah." The sceptre was the symbol of a king, the right to rule. "The sceptre will not depart from Judah," - in other words, there will be no king outside the line of Judah - "nor a lawgiver from between his feet" - very vivid picture of progeny there - "until Shiloh come;" - Shiloh means the one to whom it belongs or the one whose right it is - "and unto Him shall all the gathering of the people be."
Now watch. Whoever this king is, he's going to come from what tribe? Judah. And no other tribe is going to have a king. Now, he took the twelve tribes of Israel and narrowed it down to one tribe and said He'll come from Judah. Shiloh means the one whose right it is, the coming king, the ruler. So you say, "What's so paradoxical about that? I mean, Moses wrote that down." Well, listen, Moses wrote a few other things too that must have confused him.
Go back to chapter 38 and I'll show you one of the most interesting incidents in Genesis. Judah - now remember, the Messiah is going to come from Judah's line. Judah was an evil man, and he found that he was going along there, thinking probably evil thoughts. And his son had died and left him a daughter-in-law. His daughter-in-law covered herself up, went out where Judah was going to come, and apparently he was in a market for a prostitute and she played the part. She seduced by harlotry Judah into committing relationships with her. And apparently he never took her veil off to see who she was.
And so Judah, through whom was to come the godly line, David and Christ, had committed adultery with his own daughter-in-law. Look what happens in chapter 38, verse 24. But he didn't know it. "It came to pass after three months," - that's about how long it takes to tell whether anything's resulted from the relationship - "and it was told Judah, saying, 'Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath played the harlot. And also, behold, she is with child by harlotry.' - these are bastard children, illegitimate - "And Judah said, 'Bring her forth and let her be burned.'" Oh, that self-righteous pride, and double standard. According to Deuteronomy 22, you stoned people for that. Burning is mentioned in Leviticus 20:14 and 21:9 only in cases of excessive crime. He was really playing self-righteous.
"And when she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, 'By the man whose these are am I with child.' And she said, 'Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet and bracelets and staff?'" And when she seduced him, she took those things from him in order that she might come back at him with them.
"Whose are these, Judah?" And it dawned on him. Horrible. "Judah acknowledged them and said, 'She hath been more righteous than I, because that I gave her not to Shelah my son.'" You see, when a Jewish son died, if there was an eligible son left, his wife was handed over to that eligible son. He didn't do that. "And he knew her again no more." He ceased from the sin.
"It came to pass in the time of her travail" - twins were in her womb - "came to pass when she travailed, that the one put out his hand." This is interesting. "The midwife took and bound on his hand a scarlet thread, saying, 'This came out first.' He started to come out and she wrapped that thing around, but he pulled his hand back. And his brother came out," - 29. Must have been a little hassle in there. "What are you doing here?" You see? "The breach is upon you."
"And his name was called Pharez." And afterward came out his brother that had the scarlet thread upon his hand. His name was called Zarah."
So out of Judah's sin were born twins, Pharez and Zarah. You say, "What's so significant about this? Moses wrote that." Moses wrote that Judah, by harlotry, had illegitimate children. Moses also wrote that the Messiah's line would not cease from the tribe of Judah. But Moses also wrote this, Deuteronomy 23:2, "A bastard shall not enter the congregation of the Lord. He shall not" - again he says in verse 2 - "enter the congregation of the Lord." Twice in one verse.
If the offspring of Judah is an illegitimate, cursed line, how could David ever reign? And if David never reigned, Messiah could never be the Son of the king. He could never inherit David's throne. Well, Moses must have scratched his head and said, "How can it be in Judah, when Judah is an illegitimate offspring? And how can Messiah come from such illegitimacy?"
Ah, but Moses also wrote this in Deuteronomy 23:2, "A bastard shall not enter the congregation of the Lord, even to the tenth generation" - up to the tenth generation. At the tenth generation, the curse was removed. I draw your attention to Matthew chapter 1, and I want to show you something. It's fantastic - verse 3.
You say, "Are there anything in these genealogies of interest?" Oh, fabulous. "The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham. Abraham begat Isaac, Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat Judah and his brother." And how we come to Judah in verse 3? "And Judah illegitimately begat Phares and Zara of Tamar." Now notice this: "Phares begat Esrom." Now that's two. "Esrom begat Aram" - three. "Aram begat Aminadab" - four. "Aminadab begat Naasson" - five. "Naasson, Solomon" - six. "Solomon, Boaz" - seven. "Boaz, Obed" - eight. Obed, Jesse" - nine. "Jesse begat David." How many? The curse was removed at David.
You see, God does things exactly and precisely according to His Word, so that when David was born as the tenth generation from the sin, the curse was what? Eliminated. And David had every right to enter the congregation of the Lord, and the messianic line was purified. That's how accurate God's Word is. The prophet could never have known that. When he wrote, David wasn't born. Ten generations later, clean and pure.
I want you to notice that God's a forgiving God. Did you know there are only four women mentioned in this genealogy up to Mary? Four women: three prostitutes and an idolatress. That's right. Don't tell me God isn't a God of grace when He includes three prostitutes and an idol worshipper in His messianic line. People say, "There's no grace in the Old Testament." Don't you believe it. Rahab the harlot became actually the wife of Solomon and begat Boaz. Boaz married the idolatress Ruth, and she was the grandmother of David. And ten generations after that seductress Thamar, the purification of the line took place. God is a God of grace. Paradox is resolved in Christ.
Let me give you another one. Thirdly, the paradox of Messiah's home. Micah 5:2 - don't look it up - says, "Though thou be little among the sons of Judah, Bethlehem Ephratah, out of thee shall He come forth who is to be ruler over My people." Where was Jesus to come from, said Micah? Bethlehem. Bethlehem.
Hosea came along and said in Hosea 11:1, "Out of Egypt have I called My Son." The prophet must have scratched his head and said, "Micah says Bethlehem. Hosea says Egypt." But just to make it worse, Isaiah said something. What did Isaiah say? Chapter 11, verse 1, only his was a veiled statement. "There shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse. And a natsar shall grow out of his roots. Natsar means "sprout." That's interesting, because there was a town in the New Testament known as Nazareth, sprout town. That's what it means. There will be a shoot out of Sprout Town, sort of like a hick from Hicksville.
So the prophet says Bethlehem. The prophet again says Egypt. And a third says sprout town, Nazareth. Well, how can they resolve these things? Again I say to you, men didn't write the Bible, or they never would have written that.
Look at Matthew 2. Watch. Absolute fulfillment. Matthew 2:1, "Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east." And why did they come? Verse 5, "Because they said in Bethlehem of Judea, 'For thus it is written by the prophet: "Thou Bethlehem in the land of Judah, art the least among the princes of Judah; for out of thee shall come a Governor that shall rule My people Israel."'" He was born in Bethlehem, because that's what the prophets said.
So what about Egypt? Oh, what about Egypt? Look at verse 13. "And when they were departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, said, 'Arise and take the young child and His mother and flee into" - what? - "Egypt. And be thou there until I bring thee word, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy Him. When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, departed to Egypt, and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled, which is spoken by the Lord to the prophet, saying, 'Out of Egypt have I called My Son.'" There's Hosea 11:1 fulfilled.
Isn't it amazing that God even orders the political situation of the Herods to force the issues to fulfill prophecy. He makes the wrath of men to praise Him. You say, "What about Nazareth?" Well, that's in verse 23. "He came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets. He shall be called a Nazarene," or a sprout.
Why didn't He settle in Judah? Why did He settle in Nazareth? I'll tell you why. In a fit of anger, Herod, who was always changing his will - he had a problem with his will, he was always changing it. In a fit of anger, he changed his will shortly before his death, had put Archelaus, the worst of all of his living sons, in charge of Judea. And he moved Antipas to rule in Galilee and Perea. When he did that, he imposed upon Judea the worst possible ruler. In fact, Archelaus had slaughtered 3,000 Jews at one time in a particular execution.
And you know why Joseph didn't go there? Verse 21 says, "He arose, took the young child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel. But when he heard Archelaus did reign in Judea in the place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there." If Archelaus doesn't take over Judea, Joseph goes there and Jesus is not from Nazareth. Do you get it? God has ordered every event in history to fulfill His prophecies. There is no way that Isaiah knew what was going to go on hundreds of years later. And by some whim, Herod changes his will and orders what he orders, and it fulfills absolutely the Word of God. All the paradoxes are beautifully resolved.
Let me give you another one. Four, the paradox of the right to the throne. The Messiah was to be a king. It was clear in the prophecies. That's what the word Messiah means: the Anointed One. He was to inherit David's throne. He was to take the scepter that He really had the right to.
Now, in the New Testament genealogy - if you're looking at Matthew 1, you're in the right spot - the legal right to the throne is passed through Solomon to Joseph. I want you to notice, if there was a king in Israel - and there wasn't a legitimate king - if there was a legitimate ruling king in Israel, it would have been Joseph, the father of Jesus, because he came in the kingly line.
Now, David had many descendants. Mark it. David had many descendants. But which descendant received the kingly right? The firstborn. So it was through Solomon that the kingly right came. The other descendants of David had royal blood and there was a royal line, but the kingly right went to the firstborn. So from the firstborn came the kingly line.
Now, notice, here we go, in verse 6 of Matthew 1: "Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;" - Bathsheba. "Solomon begat" - here comes all the list of the kings of Judah: "Roboam; Roboam begat Abia; Abia begat Asa; Asa begat Josaphat; Josaphat begat Joram; Joram begat Ozias; Ozias begat Joatham; Joatham begat Achaz; Achaz begat Ezekias; Ezekias begat Manasses; Manasses begat Amon; Amon begat Josias; Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren about the time they were carried away to Babylon."
Now note, Jechonias is the last king. There has never been a king in Israel since Jechonias, never. Jechonias' son tried and failed. The Babylonian captivity ended the ruling of Israel's own kings. "And after they were brought to Babylon, then Jechonias begat Salathiel; Salathiel begat Zorobabel; Zorobabel begat Abiud; Abiud begat Eliakim," and on and on it goes. But no kings, no kings.
But still the kingly line, but nobody reigns, just the kingly line. Because this time it's the times of the Gentiles, right? After the Babylonian captivity, the Gentiles took over the land and they were ruling. "But Jacob" - verse 16 - "begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ."
You see, the right to become king came through Joseph. Mary didn't descend from Jechonias' line, no. Mary didn't come through Solomon. You can read Luke 3. Mary's line came through Nathan, another son of David. She was royal and she was David's line. And she had to be, right, to be the mother of Messiah; had to be a son of David. But if He had only been born of the son of Mary, He couldn't have inherited the kingly right, because that had to come through Joseph. There was only one man in all Israel who had to be His father, a man named Joseph, the only man who could be, the firstborn of Jacob who had the right to rule. But he couldn't exercise the right. There weren't any kings in those times.
You say, "Well, why couldn't there a king?" Go back to Jeremiah 22, I'll show you fascinating prophecy. Now just imagine, here's the prophet saying, "Messiah will be king. Messiah will be king. Messiah will be the seed of David. Messiah will be the seed of David. He will reign."
Now watch. Imagine saying that over and over again, and then prophesying this. Jeremiah 22, verse 29 - well, 30. Let's look at 30. "Thus saith the Lord, 'Write this man childless'" What man? Verse 28: Coniah. Now that's Jechonias, same man - sometimes called Jehoiachin; others, Jechonias, Coniah; same person. And you can study the passage, it's definitely the same man.
"Thus saith the Lord, 'Write this man childless.'" Now, that doesn't mean he'll never have children. It means that "A man shall not prosper in his days. No man of his seed shall prosper sitting upon the throne of David and ruling any more in Judah."
Now watch this. Here is a prophet saying, "Messiah will be a king, He will come from Judah, He will come through the line of David." You go down the line of David, you come to Jechonias. The prophet says, "No offspring of Jechonias will ever rule." Now, how in the world can you resolve the prophecies for a king through David and the prophecy that no son of Jechonias will ever rule?
How can it be? Go back to Matthew 1. Look at verse 16. "And Jacob begat Joseph," - now watch - "the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus." Did you know that it says, "And so and so begat, and so and so begat, and so and so begat, and so and so begat, and Jacob begat Joseph, and Joseph begat Jesus." Is that what it said? Oh, no. Because if Joseph had begotten Jesus, Jesus would have inherited the curse of Jechonias and never been able to reign. Though He had the right, He would have inherited the physical curse. So watch.
"Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom" - in the Greek, beloved, that is a feminine construction, feminine - watch this - singular. Isn't that something? Feminines, you don't have children in the singular - feminine singular, of whom was born Jesus. Jesus had to be born of David's line. He was born of Mary. He had to inherit the right to the throne without the curse; so Joseph had to be His legal father, but couldn't be His earthly father. Do you see it? Absolute fulfillment. Jesus has the right to reign through Joseph without the curse of Jechonias passed on.
Listen, beloved, when God writes history, He writes it right. So the paradox of God-man, the paradox of the line of Judah, the paradox of the Messiah's home, and the paradox of the right to rule. Let me give you a last one: paradox of the stone.
When you think about Christmas, you think about a baby. Drop that, would you, for a minute, and think about a stone, think about a rock. Nothing could be further to the opposite end of things, but think of it that way, because the Old Testament presents the coming Messiah as a stone. And interestingly enough, in Isaiah you have two views of the stone. Isaiah 8:14, "And He shall be for a sanctuary. But" - watch this - "for a stone of stumbling, for a rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, for a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem." Now, here is coming of Messiah. He's going to be a stumbling stone and a rock of offense. Not a very inviting picture.
Later on Isaiah says this, 28:16, "Behold, I lay in Zion a foundation, a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation." Now, Isaiah must be scratching his head, saying, "I don't understand, God. He is a stumbling stone. He is a rock of offense. And then all of a sudden He is precious. How could a stumbling stone and a rock of offense be a precious cornerstone?"
Psalm 118:22 says, "The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner." And there you have the idea of the cornerstone. How could one person be stumbling stone, rock of offense, cornerstone, precious stone, tested stone, sure foundation - and then Daniel throws in, just to make it extremely difficult - a smiting stone? How could one be all of those? Jesus was.
Listen to 1 Peter chapter 2, verse 6. And here Peter quotes Isaiah 8, Isaiah 28, and Psalm 118 - the three I just read. He quotes them all in one passage. "Wherefore also it is contained in the Scripture, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, elect and precious. He that believes on Him shall not be confounded. Unto you therefore who believe He is precious, unto them who are disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner. And a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense to them who stumble at the word, being disobedient, whereunto they were appointed." Notice Peter says, "Yes, He is all of these stones. The difference is this: He is precious to you who" - what? - "who believe. He is offensive to you who do not."
Listen, Christmas is not a good place to play tokenism with God. The birth of Christ was either the most glorious event in the world or it is the damnation of a man's life and his destiny. You don't play around with the birth of Christ. You can celebrate it with joy only if you believe and that stone is precious; because if you do not, Christ is a stumbling stone. He is a rock of offense. And the word "offense" in the Greek is skandalon. It is the crooked stick that is used in a trap. The bait is placed. When the bait is grabbed, the sticks snaps the trap and kills the victim. That's Jesus Christ. He is deadly or He is precious. But tokenism in the middle is a disaster. The rock of offense, the word petris pictures a huge rock bed against which men smash themselves.
What is this Christ to you this Christmas? Is He precious? Is the cornerstone on which you build your life? Is He a sure foundation? Or is He a stumbling stone, a rock of offense, set to ensnare and trap you? Don't let Satan hustle you into believing that you can pay "tokenist homage" to Jesus and get by. He is either, to you, precious; or He is a smiting, crushing stone. Let's pray.
Father, we know that the resolution of Isaiah's paradox of the stone is simply faith, that we who believe in You as Lord and Savior, to us Thou art precious indeed, a precious cornerstone upon which to build our lives. And for those who do not, Father, we pray the convicting work of the Holy Spirit would draw them to Christ, even this day, that they might believe, commit their life to that belief, we pray in His wonderful name. Amen.


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Rogue states under dictatorial rule threaten the fragile peace, which exists in our modern world. Constantly as a society Americans have always fought against these said foes. However all too often we pass a blind eye to the humanity of the enemies' civilian populations. For more often than not, those who live within these systems are chronically oppressed. The nation of North Korea is no exception, with "Bing-brother always watching." The government in North Korea pervades all aspects of life.
Hunger is a problem worldwide. However with a quarter of North Korea's population (six million people) starving or malnourished, with nearly one million of those cases being children under the age of five years old, the situation is especially dire (Cullinane 3). Throughout history the term "famine" has referred to a shortage of food caused by uncontrollable circumstances. Modern famines are relatively nonexistent because international aid, globalization, and modern domestic responses are all able to provide a safety net for those in need of assistance. In reality, mass-starvations today are caused by government decisions and improper food distribution. The North Korean government controls food delivery through a Public Distribution System (PDS), on which 62 percent of the population is entirely reliant upon for monthly or biweekly rations (Haggard et al. 17). To put this dependency in perspective, by the end of the 1990's the PDS could barely support six percent of the population (Haggard et al. 28). In the 1990's those who lived in the Northeastern Hamgyong provinces, a region historically rebellious due to mountain ranges and proximity to China, were cut off from the PDS (Nastios 109). With regime control of food distribution, creating food shortages became an effective and horrifying way in which the North Korean regime consolidates its power. The North Korean government targets entire regions and provinces thought to hold dissenting citizens, closes them off from the rest of the world and diverts food distribution elsewhere. Together hunger and the prospect of food enslave the weak and malnourished masses. The cognitive and physical effect of starvation and severe malnourishment literally subdue the North Korean people. If the people fight back they are sent into the deranged prison system of the country.


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Town committee calls for pesticide ban: Asks others to appeal to Town Board
By Julie Lane
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The Water Quality Improvement Advisory Board (WQI) plans to reach out to other Island committees to join in an appeal to the Town Board to ban pesticides.
Members of other committees — the Water Advisory Committee, the Conservation Advisory Council, the Waterways Management Advisory Council and the Green Options Committee — have all expressed concerns about the effect of fertilizers and pesticides they consider dangerous to the environment and to people.
The issue was discussed at the May 6 WQI meeting. Co-chairman James Eklund pointed to the "fragile nature of potable water" and the condition of surrounding waters as factors in recommending action.
People are banned from dumping dangerous chemicals into the water, but runoff from fertilizers results in doing exactly that, Mr. Eklund said. Toxic sprays that blow onto neighbors' properties and are dangerous to dogs and people are also a problem, he said.
The town's building permit examiner, Lori Beard Raymond, speaking as a resident, not in her public role, said her property is located at a lower level than other neighbors, and two years ago, she lost a 30-year old red maple tree that appears to have been the victim of toxic runoff. She sent samples of the tree and bark to Cornell Cooperative Extension and staffers there were unable to find any reason for the loss of the tree and could only speculate that it was the result of runoff.
"It was very sad," Ms. Beard Raymond said.
WQI members agreed more information needs to be gathered on which products are toxic and which can be safely used.
Member Tim Purtell, chairman of the town's Green Options Committee and President of the Board of the Shelter Island Friends of Trees, said people need more education about using products that are safe.
Mr. Eklund said the Town Board might set up a committee to do necessary investigations on how to deal with the problem.
Member Julia Weisenberg said education of children and adults is important, explaining that children might carry the message about lawn treatment to their parents.
The WQI's Greg Toner pointed out that the Water Advisory Committee's Ground and Surface Water Management Plan also contains a section dealing with the need to take action on banning toxic pesticide and fertilizer uses.
Mr. Purtell promised to contact Cornell Cooperative Extension officials to get more information for a letter the WQI is expected to send to the Town Board. The WQI also wants the Peconic Land Trust, the Peconic Estuary Partnership and The Nature Conservancy to encourage similar action by the Town Board since all have taken an activist role in protecting ground and surface water.
Julie Lane has been a reporter for Times Review Media Group since 2000 and has covered Shelter Island since 2011. She holds an undergraduate degree in journalism and political science from the University of Rhode Island and an MBA from Long Island University.
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Juve investigation: here's what the top management, the club and the team are at risk
December 1, 2022 by ItalianPostNews
The criminal consequences in case of guilt, the federal prosecutor decides on the sporting level
With the requests for indictment, for Agnelli, Nedved and Arrivabene among others, the investigation by the Turin prosecutor's office on the accounts of Juventus takes a step forward. The disputed crimes, which can be updated according to the needs that may arise, are those of false corporate communications, obstruction of the exercise of the functions of the public supervisory authorities, market manipulation and fraudulent declaration through the use of invoices or other documents for non-existent transactions .
The investigation, launched in November a year ago, concerns the financial statements of three years, 2019, 2020, 2021, for which the prosecution, in concrete terms, hypothesizes fictitious capital gains and maneuvers on the salaries of football players, especially during the Covid pandemic . The defense of Juventus, which with the resignation of the entire board of directors has tried to preserve the position of the company, and consequently of the team, is based on two main theses: the objections of the Public Prosecutor's Office "do not appear to be founded" and "every sporting sanction would be completely unfounded" given that the balance sheets are not altered.
What are suspects at risk? It is necessary to start from the penalties envisaged for the disputed crimes. For false accounting, imprisonment from three to eight years; for the
market manipulation, imprisonment from one to six years and a fine from twenty thousand euros to 5 million;
for hindering the exercise of the functions of the public supervisory authorities,
imprisonment from one to four years; for the
fraudulent declaration through the use of invoices for non-existent transactions, imprisonment from four to eight years.
Agnelli, Nedved and former sporting director Paratici, now at Tottenham, are under investigation for all 4 offences. The CEO Arrivabene is under investigation for the crime of false accounting relating to the years 2019, 2020 and 2021, market manipulation and obstacle to the exercise of the functions of the public supervisory authorities for 2021.
What is Juventus risking? The alleged crime is linked to liability for tax crimes and market abuse. For tax crimes, the fine is up to five hundred quotas, and can be increased up to one third. For market abuse, the fine ranges from four hundred to one thousand quotas. A single share goes from 258 to 1549 euros.
What the Juventus team risks. On the sporting level, it is the federal prosecutor who has to move. In the specific case, the Sports Justice Code should be looked at. Article 31 provides for the penalty of one or more points in the standings for those who "by falsifying their accounting or administrative documents, make use of the services of professional sportsmen with whom they could not have stipulated contracts on the basis of the federal provisions in force". However, the penalty must have a concrete consequence, whoever is guilty must lose something. In the case of Juventus, it could be qualification for the Champions League. If, on the other hand, the penalty is irrelevant, it is applied in the following season. The relegation hypothesis, on the other hand, is linked exclusively to one hypothesis: in the event of falsification of accounting documents in order to obtain registration for the championship, the maximum penalty would be reached which involves exclusion from the tournament or relegation.
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This new project makes it two World Cups that Michael Robinson has covered for the Austrian betting company. He also covered the World Cup in South Africa.
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Se resume em uma lista do banco de dados, onde eu tenho uma lista de itens (pacotes_itens) e virá marcado os itens que já foram comprados (pacotes_itens_comprados).
HTML QUE SERÁ INSERIDO O CHECKED.
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Tive dificuldade para entender a relação entre "$dados->detalhes_pacote" e  "$arrTag $arrBanco"...

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PASADENA — The Pasadena City College Board of Trustees unanimously voted to support Fred Korematsu Day at its April 4 meeting.
PCC joins the Pasadena Unified School District and the City of Pasadena in recognizing the late civil rights icon, who challenged the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. His birthday, Jan. 30, was established as Fred Korematsu Day by the State of California in 2010 and the first celebrations were held last year.
The PCC resolution "encourages all faculty, students, staff and administration to observe the Fred T. Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution on Jan. 30, or the days surrounding it, and recognize the importance of preserving civil liberties, even in times of real or perceived crisis." It was forwarded by the President's Asian and Pacific Islander Advisory Committee to Superintendent/President Dr. Mark Rocha, who is also secretary to the Board of Trustees.
Joseph Loo of the South Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education, which has also passed a Korematsu resolution, briefly explained Korematsu's legal challenge, which began in 1942 when the 23-year-old was arrested in the Bay Area for failing to obey the government's internment orders. He appealed his conviction all the way to the Supreme Court and lost.
"Fred Korematsu said, 'I didn't do anything wrong. I'm an American citizen. 'Why is this happening to me?'" Loo said.
Michelle White spoke in support of the resolution as an African American civil rights attorney and advocate, as a member of Orange Grove Friends Meeting (a Quaker organization), and as president of the ACLU chapter in Pasadena. She noted that the Quakers helped Esther Takei Nishio to become the first Japanese American internee to return to the West Coast to attend college in 1944.
Board President Geoffrey Baum suggested that the portion of the resolution dealing with history/social science curriculum in K-12 public schools be revised to make it "directly relevant" to college-level instruction. Trustee Dr. Jeanette Mann agreed and recommended that the Academic Senate review the resolution and apply it to PCC's curriculum process.


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The beauty of these mocha brownie bites is that they can double up as a pre-workout, or even mid-workout snack! These rich, fudgy little morsels only require a handful of ingredients to make and they're perfect to get you buzzing before a big workout.
No-bake energy bites are some of my favourite recipes to make for healthy, wholesome vegan snacks.
…K, I guess it's pretty apparent I love chocolate and coffee together!
Antioxidant-rich cocoa and coffee, heart-healthy almonds and walnuts and high-energy medjool dates are all featured in these healthy, no-bake mocha brownie bites.
These can be enjoyed as a dessert, for a pre-workout boost, or pretty much anytime you want something packed with rich, decadent, chocolate, coffee flavour.
With the added hint of vanilla and sea salt, it will be hard to tear yourself away from these and get back to your game! But when you do, you'll now that you're fuelled up with healthy, whole foods and little boost from the caffeine and dates!
Place the almonds and walnuts in a food processor or high-powered blender and mix until they're completely broken down.
Add the dates and mix until it forms a thick dough.
At this point you can mix everything in a bowl like I did, or use continue to use your food processor.
Once mixed, roll into approximately 20 balls and place in the fridge to firm.
If your dates are very dry, soak in hot water for 10 minutes and thoroughly drain before using.
This looks delicious!!! Cannot wait to try to make these.
BEST dessert ever! Snack attack-alert!
Is it possible to get the nutrition facts for these? I made them, very yummy. Also made 20 balls from the recipe, but am trying to figure out calories, carbs, etc.


Professor Roger Bradbury, from then ANU National Security College, has portrayed the "South Australian power shutdown 'just a taste of cyberattack'" (ANU Reporter, 2016). He speculates that Australia's electrical, telecommunications, water, sewerage, transport and financial services infrastructure already has been compromised by China, in preparation for a "surgical cyberattack" in a future dispute over the South China Sea. The effects of a possible cyber attack are not exaggerated, but perhaps Professor Bradbury should not have singled out China.
It is likely that all nations are now preparing for cyber-attacks, as a routine adjunct to conventional military operations. This year I ran ANU computing students through a "Cyberwar: Hypothetical for Teaching ICT Ethics". This was based on a possible conflict over the South China Sea. However, I was careful not to identify who might be attacking who.
Professor Bradbury suggests that our systems can be made less vulnerable by not having them top-down or hierarchical. He suggests "We need 21st-century networks that have no centre: no main power station, no main water dam, no main interconnector, no main transport hub or central train station...". In this he is perhaps suggesting a system like the Internet, which consists of a collection of interconnected networks (literally an Inter-Net). However, even a system with no hierarchy is vulnerable to attack if it uses the same computer control software for all iots nodes and those nodes are all connected to the Internet.
One way to build resilience is to rely on gravity, as is done with much of the water supply. Water is pumped to reservoirs and then flows by gravity. Similarly, sewage systems have overflow valves, which open to allow sewage to flow into waterways (bad for the environment, but better for human health than sewage backing up into people's homes).
The electrical grid can be similarly protected by having generators independently working to maintain the system, rather than acting via central control. Local home solar panels could have a role in this, by boosting the grid when required. However, these systems need to be protected from hacking, or they could be used to attack the grid.


Sometimes giving is all about giving . . . and sometimes it works out that you are able to get something for yourself as well.You can eat at Chili's tomorrow night between 4 and 11 p.m. and donate 15% of what you spend to help out the tornado victims!Just print this page and take it with you. I know this deal is good at our local Chili's but you should contact your local restaurant to find out if they are participating.
If you are like me and have so many pictures you can't print them all on ArtsCow, this is a good deal.Today you can print 100 4x6 prints today for just $10 shipped at Snapfish!Just use the code MEM100PICS at checkout to take advantage of this great deal.
Living Social has brought back the $10 for $50 at Vistaprint deal. This is a HOT deal that I think everyone should take advantage of. Vistaprint offers almost any kind of printing you can imagine – business cards, t-shirts, bags, signs, posters, and more! You can make t-shirts for your business which is likely what we will do for Clean It Out . . . or make a banner to support your favorite basketball team or your peewee football player. The possibilities are endless.
It's been a while since I've shared a worthy cause with you. But today I thought it was fitting to share the American Widow Project.Taryn Davis lost her 22-year old husband four years ago in Iraq. Four months after her loss, Taryn began the American Widows Project to bring together the almost 3,000 women who have been widowed during the war on terror. The women share and support each other. They find a way to move on and honor the memories of their husbands.On this Memorial Day, my heart breaks for these ladies who have given the most important thing in their life in order to secure my way of life. I can't even imagine. I'm honestly left speechless trying to come up with an appropriate way to express my gratitude. It's beyond words. I think the least we can do is help these ladies reach other ladies who have recently lost their husbands. If you are interested in finding a way to support the American Widows Project, you can find more information on www.americanwidowproject.org.
You know I'm a fan of Mabel's Labels. We personally use them on all of our boys stuff and I don't have a negative thing to say. I have yet to have one of them come off or even wear off.Today Groupon is offering $20 of labels from Mabel's Labels for just $10. The only thing better than Mabel's Labels is discounted Mabel's Labels – ha!!If you are already a Groupon customer, you will want to use this link.
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Did you check out the Disney clearance? Some really cute stuff and great deals.These Buzz Lightyear pajamas are on sale for $5.99. Then when you use the promo code BONUS25 to take an additional 25% off, your total is just $4.50.There are beach towels for $7.99 and nightgowns, swimsuits, toys and more. If you go through Shop at Home, you'll also get 10% cash back and if you're a new member making your first purchase, you'll get an additional $5 back. If you purchased some of the smaller items, you might even be able to make money on this deal.
Don't forget to take advantage of this deal. You'll be glad you did when the summer heat is making you melt . . .Local favorite – Henry's Ice Cream – has moved to a new location in Plano, and to celebrate they are offering 50% off their ice cream! Just visit our sponsor Juice in the City and sign up for their deal to get $10 worth of Henry's Ice cream for just $5.Rated the best ice cream by D magazine, Henry's has been serving their homemade ice cream for over 25 years. Henry's ice cream is so popular that over 500 restaurants serve it to their customers, and it vies with Blue Bell for the title of official Texas ice cream.
Eversave is a great daily deal site that offers incredible bargains every day – including the Biatta deal for as low as $4 right now.You can enter to win a $300 Target gift card and other prizes by just going to their Facebook page and "liking" them.You must enter today to get in on this giveaway.
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There are great bargains to be found at the Disney clearance sale right now. These Buzz Lightyear pajamas are on sale for $5.99. Then when you use the promo code BONUS25 to take an additional 25% off, your total is just $4.50.There are beach towels for $7.99 and nightgowns, swimsuits, toys and more.
To help us celebrate Memorial Day, Disney is offering FREE shipping with any order. This deal is only good through the end of the day, today.Use the code MEMDAY at checkout to get absolutely FREE shipping.There are some steals in the clearance – flip flops are 2/$6 and sunglasses are just $2.50.If you go through Shop at Home, you'll also get an additional 10% back and if you're a new member making your first purchase, you'll get an additional $5 back. If you purchased the sunglasses or the flip flops, you could make money on this deal.
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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called on Muslims around the world to mobilize their troops alongside Iran against Israel and the United States to prepare for the coming of the ""Mahdi" seen as "the savior of Islam".
Iran's supreme leader is described as "a direct representative" of the Mahdi and said following his orders is like "obeying the guided one."
Cuban Pastor's Wife Receives High Fine For "Disturbing Order"


The Team Parish of St Luke In The City is made up of three churches - St Michael In The City, the most centrally located church in Liverpool, about five minutes' walk from the city centre in Chinatown; St Bride's, in the heart of the Georgian Quarter in Canning; and St Dunstan's, which serves the community around Edge Hill.
It was formed in 1981 to promote partnership and regeneration in these deprived areas of the city and named in honour of the legacy of St Luke's, Bold Place, better known as 'the Bombed Out Church'.
The parish also provides chaplaincy support for women and their families in the care of the Liverpool Women's NHS Trust at the Women's Hospital on Crown Street.
Bishop of Liverpool Rt Rev Paul Bayes led the service at St Dunstan's Church on Earle Road to enable the new Team Rector of St Luke In The City parish, the Revd Dr Miranda Threlfall-Holmes, to begin her ministry in this important role.
She takes on the role following a competitive interview process in which candidates were asked to demonstrate how they would 'embrace the diverse communities of our three churches, and engage key institutions in the inner city,' according to the job advert.
and Methodist minister Rev John Lansley representing other Christian communities.
Each of the three churches is exploring opportunities for regeneration and growth, including how St Michael In The City can get involved in new developments in Chinatown, and the 'Reimagining St Bride's' campaign to raise £2m to redevelop the city's last surviving Georgian church as an arts venue and community hub as well as a thriving worship community. St Dunstan's has already undergone an ambitious and beautiful reordering which is helping to realise its potential as a resource for the Edge Hill neighbourhood.
Miranda is committed to helping the three churches work together better as a team, and to developing new partnerships to strengthen the role of the parish in the continuing regeneration of the inner city.
Ambrose Reynolds, Curator and Artistic Director of the Bombed Out Church said: 'There is so many issues for those living in the city centre, especially street drinking and rough sleeping. I look forward to working together with Miranda to ease the causes of what we see outside the church every night.
'The Bombed Out Church can help to build community in ways that aren't possible in other venues - using arts as an engine of change, the old St Luke's building can be a beacon of hope for the parish and the city,' he added.
The post of Team Rector of St Luke in the City Parish became vacant in July 2016 when the former Rector, Guy Elsmore, left after eleven year to become Archdeacon of Buckingham in the Diocese of Oxford.


Monday's A.M. Clicks features a breakdown of March Madness and a look at the lovely Hannah Kirkelie.
March Madness has arrived and we have a region-by-region breakdown and five takeaways from the bracket reveal. In other news: Northwestern finally made the tournament after a mere 78 years of waiting, which led to the best tweet of the year ... College hoops expert Charles Barkley has made his national championship prediction ... I wonder why Bill Walton's memory is so bad ... Joe Lunardi is good at the whole Bracketology thing ... Our own Richard Deitsch has a TV guide to March Madness.
NBA legend Biggie Smalls finally got his due when the Brooklyn Nets raised his No. 72 jersey to the rafters of Barclays Center. I'm not against paying tribute to Biggie but I don't love when non-athletes have their "jersey" retired. Except Billy Joel at MSG, because he earned it.
Ollie may not have won the Crufts 2017 dog show but he won first place of awesomeness.
Rich from Ann Arbor emailed and asked that I make feature Hannah Kirkelie as Monday's LLOD. Not sure why it had to be Monday but who am I to decline a reader's request. She gets today's honors (click for full-size gallery).
In case you missed it, Joey Logano and Kyle Busch traded punches in pit road after yesterday's Kobalt 400. Also, I found it interesting that when I went to a bunch of different websites searching for coverage of the story, NASCAR.com's was the best. Not that I blame them but it's rare to see a sports league (besides MMA and boxing) promote a fight so much.
A game between Norway's Storhama and Sparta went eight overtimes (eight hours, 35 minutes) before Storhama finally scored the winning goal. The two teams are in the middle of a seven-game series. Game 6 is tomorrow.
Goran Dragic has a black eye, and it's the grossest black eye in the history of black eyes.
Porzingis aptly sums up the Knicks: "There's a quote like, a smooth sea never, you know what I mean about the sea? Google it."
Bringing grillz back like it's 2005. Except with less bling.
Watch this grown man walk off a show after losing a robotics competition to children ... Yadier Molina ripped into MLB after a fight broke out near the family section during a World Baseball Classic game ... The 2017 NIT bracket is here (and I love the subtle middle finger to Jim Boeheim) ... NFL free agency team-by-team analysis ... This is a great sign ... Jeff Bridges brought back "The Dude" to honor John Goodman ... My Cousin Vinny is now 25 and this is must-read for fans of the movie ... Get all of your NCAA tournament and conference champs gear here ... 13 of the most disturbing (and critically acclaimed) movies of all time.


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I spy: A Colorful Kilim Rug!
There are times when I see pictures that my husband takes while he's away on a job and I get a renewed sense of wanderlust. This is one of those times.
Oh well…off to the office I go this morning.
At any rate, I bought it for our master bedroom because I wanted something in the burgandy-red color family to warm it up. (Our current rug is a solid pale grey. No fuss. No excitement.) However, it didn't work out because it turned out to be too large. Gah!! (I really should remember to ALWAYS keep a tape measure in my purse.) So, the fact that the rug didn't fit in our master bedroom started a domino effect of rug switcheroo throughout the house. We put the new rug in the guest room, the old guest room rug in the living room, and the living room rug in the dining room.
This is the new rug that we got. It's going all the way to the wall here because we ended up having to push it as far away from the door as possible so that it would open without having to shave the bottom of the door down. I just couldn't bear to start another project this evening, so forgive my laziness.
The living room looks SO much better with this rug in it that I can barely stand it. I love this rug so much that it only felt right to have it downstairs where I could enjoy it all the time. Wheeeee!
And now the dining room has the old living room rug. (This last photo is terrible. I was rushing there at the end…So sorry!!) At any rate, getting three new looks for the price of [less-than] one was so much FUN!! As Layla at The Lettered Cottage says, "Always shop your house first!" In this case, it didn't exactly come first, but it did come. And that's what counts!
As mentioned in the past, I have a fascination with old craftsman style houses. The other day I ran across a site called Antique Home.org that has scans of tons of old home catalogs from the early 1900's through the 1960's. (Talk about a way to waste a couple of hours on a hot Saturday sitting indoors in the air conditioning trying not to melt away…but I digress.) These old images and plans made me long for building my own dream home and modifying it just for lil ole us. Not that that will be happening anytime in the near future, but it was fun to dream. Anyways, out of all the ones I looked at…the one I thought was just about perfect (with some slilght interior wall re-configuration) was this simple craftsman style.
It's a 1920's craftsman called the "Avon" built by Bennett "Better-built" Homes. It's straightforward in it's design, and probably not what you thought I'd say was my dream home, right?! Look through the Antique Home website, and tell me if you have any dream home's of your own!
They've been featured on every blog recently, but I couldn't help but post about the new bow tie that I just bought my sweet hubby! He's going to look so handsome in it!
As a side note, no…I'm not forcing him to wear bow ties. It turns out that he likes them himself. It was me that actually took some convincing…at first. (He's a very fashion forward kinda guy.) Here's a pic of him wearing a bow tie at our friend's wedding this summer. I definitely approved (and encouraged) the pattern combo though. He likes new styles and I like mixing prints. Haha!
Oooh, hello Wisteria sale section! I see you have some gems for me.
Wisteria sent me a lovely little email today telling me to check out their sale section. And they have a few things that I would love to have, but certainly don't need. (Especially since we just committed to a visit to Wyoming to stay with friends.) Therefore, I feel like I absolutely must share these with you. Hopefully you'll benefit from my inability to purchase these goodies for myself.
Lord knows that I'm a sucker for kitschy dishtowels. You can buy these HERE.
I have some vintage French linen sacks already, but this is a good reminder to myself to remember to sew them into pillow covers, stat. You can buy these HERE.


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A Physics-CS collaboration: Detecting satellite RFI
Stephen Bach (Assistant Professor of Computer Science) and Jonathan Pober (Assistant Professor of Physics), along with colleagues at the University of Washington, have been awarded a Collaborative Research grant from the National Science Foundation, called RFI Detection Across Six Orders of Magnitude in Intensity: A Unifying Framework with Weakly Supervised Machine Learning.
Stephen Bach, a member and co-chair of DSI's Campus Advisory Board, develops methods that drive down the labor costs of machine learning. Pober's research focuses on observing neutral hydrogen in the cosmos--both improving observational techniques as well as the related physics of early universe galaxy formation. Their collaboration builds on work partly supported by a DSI seed grant awarded to Pober and his graduate student Joshua Kerrigan (Ph.D., '19).
Pober's research depends on data collected by the Murchison Widefield Array (right), a low-frequency radio telescope in Australia. Brown has recently taken over as the lead organization for US-based researchers working on the MWA. Pober's collaboration with Bach addresses a growing problem for ground-based astronomy caused by the Starlink satellites being launched by SpaceX (along with those planned by other companies). These cause problems for optical astronomy, due to their brightness and numbers, but are also a concern for radio astronomy, as radio frequency interference (RFI) from human-made satellites complicates detection of cosmological signals, especially faint ones. (For more information, see here and here.)
The goal of the current project is to develop machine learning techniques to remove human-generated radio transmissions from MWA data. Pober and Bach are seeking to build on existing techniques for detecting RFI in order to develop a single technique that can identify very weak as well as stronger RFI (and everything in between, which can vary over six orders of magnitude of signal strength). An example of the very weak RFI that needs to be identified and distinguished from cosmological signals would be a digital television station in Indonesia bouncing off an orbiting satellite and reflecting into the array in Western Australia. This sort of weak signal will become more prevalent as more satellites are launched.
Pober says, "I really do think this is a great example of the kind of research that a Data Science Institute [at Brown] could catalyze. The NSF program is called Spectrum and Wireless Innovation enabled by Future Technologies (SWIFT), and it seemed like the perfect program for our particular skills: solving problems related to the use of the electromagnetic spectrum with explicitly interdisciplinary teams developing 'future technologies' (which specifically included machine learning). It's absolutely not a program any one of us could have competed for on our own, but thanks to the connections we had already established, we were able to put together what was obviously a competitive proposal!" DSI is excited to have been able to support a small part of the work that led to this collaboration, since fostering this type of data-focused research collaboration is an important part of our mission on campus.
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'American Sniper' Explodes for Record $30 Million First Day at Box Office
Huge Friday for Bradley Cooper war saga puts it on pace for $80 million over MLK weekend. "Paddington" battling Kevin Hart's "Wedding Ringer" for 2nd
Todd Cunningham | January 17, 2015 @ 7:47 AM	Last Updated: January 17, 2015 @ 10:01 AM
"American Sniper" stormed to a record $30.5 million at the box office Friday in its first day in wide release, fueled by patriotic passion and a strong showing at the Academy Award nominations just one day earlier.
The Clint Eastwood-directed Iraq War drama starring Bradley Cooper blew away analysts' projections with the biggest single day ever in January, and now has in its sights a massive $80 million haul over the four-day Martin Luther King weekend. It will pass the $41.5 million that "Ride Along" debuted with last year for the best three-day January opening ever at some point Saturday for distributor Warner Bros.
The explosive start for Village Roadshow's R-rated "American Sniper," adapted by Jason Hall from U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle's autobiography, was fueled by the six Academy Award nominations it received Thursday, including Best Picture, Actor and Adapted Screenplay.
Also Read: 'American Sniper' Reviews: Academy Praises Bradley Cooper, But Do Critics Think He Hit the Mark?
"Paddington," a family film about the charming bear beloved by Brits, is giving Kevin Hart's "The Wedding Ringer" a run for second. The Weinstein Company's live-action/CGI hybrid opened with a better-than expected $4.6 million Friday. It could overtake the Sony Pictures' comedy co-starring Josh Gad, which did $6.9 million Friday, when the kiddie crowd turns out over the long weekend. But both films are on pace to finish at around $24 million for the four days, which would give "Wedding Ringer" the best January debut ever for an R-rated comedy.
The weekend's other wide opener, Legendary Entertainment's cyber thriller "Blackhat," is tanking. It managed just $1.3 million on Friday, and the $70 million hacking saga directed and co-written by Michael Mann is on pace to finish the four days with less than $5 million and out of the top ten for distributor Universal Pictures.
The civil rights drama "Selma," also nominated for a Best Picture Oscar, was running fifth, behind last week's No. 1 film "Taken 3." Fox's Liam Neeson franchise finale muscled up $4.2 million Friday and will finish at around $17 million in its second weekend.
Also Read: 'Selma' Snub Means Diversity Is Still Sparse in a White Hollywood
Paramount Pictures' "Selma" brought in $2.3 million Friday from 2,235 theaters, up by 56 from its wide opening last week. That projects to $10.4 million for the four days, underwhelming given the tale of the 1965 Montgomery-to-Selma marches will be tied in with ceremonies marking the MLK holiday across the nation.
Most of the Best Picture nominees saw a modest boost.
"The Imitation Game" was seventh Friday with $1.8 million for TWC. That projects to an $8.7 million four-day total for the historical drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch. It averaged $1,175 per from its 1,611 theaters Friday, after adding 45 locations.
Also Read: 'Grand Budapest Hotel' Books Return to Theaters and 'Birdman' Nearly Doubles Run
Fox Searchlight nearly doubled the theater count for "Birdman" to capitalize on its Best Picture nomination and the dark comedy starring Michael Keaton brought in $403,000 from 471 locations, an $855,000 per-location average.
The Stephen Hawking biopic "The Theory of Everything" took in $509,000 after Focus Features added 101 theaters. That pencils out to a four-day total just over $1 million and a $2,120 per-location average.
"American Sniper," which co-stars Sienna Miller, received a rare "A+" CinemaScore from audiences. They liked it even better than the critics, who have it at 73 percent positive on Rotten Tomatoes.
Also Read: 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Shatters Sales Record for R-Rated Movies at Fandango
The story of a lethal marksman who returns to his family a changed man has struck a major chord with Heartland audiences and military families. That, along with the boost from its Oscar buzz, powered it well beyond the projections of analysts, who saw it coming in somewhere north of $50 million over the days.
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Most of the time when we think, or speak, of "home," we focus on that place where we live and eat and spend time with our physical family. For many, it is the place of escape from the hustle and bustle of work or school or the other activities that make up our day. In our later, or "retired", years, home is where we spend more of our time as it becomes the central place of most of our daily activities. Whether in our earlier or later years, home is the place we go for refuge, comfort, refreshment, and to relax or rest. We express this sense of home as the place where we live with our family group.
Home and family can also be thought of in two other ways. Family can be defined, also, as a group of people united by certain convictions or a common interest, affiliation, or fellowship. In this sense we usually think of home in a social setting; this family can be for the purpose of recreational activity, such as a sports team. Family can also be a gathering for a common spiritual or religious interest – a church family. The common interest of the church family is to help each other reach the goal of the ultimate sense of "home" – Heaven.


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Exclusive: Dave Whitton is Bringing Whiskey Back to the Sunset Marquis
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You heard right. Barman Dave Whitton, formerly of Villains Tavern and the six-month pop-up in San Diego, Frauds & Swindlers, has taken over the cocktail program at the Sunset Marquis off the Sunset Strip. Those who have followed his career know this is a match made in booze heaven. After all who better to bring whiskey back to this rock-'n-roll haunt than a former musician who was schooled at Seven Grand?
Dave took me on a tour of the four bars of the hotel while giving me a rundown of things to come, including his cocktail plans for the newly opened Cavatina. "I'm hoping by March 14th, all [the bars] are up and going," he said.
Bar 1200: The bar formerly known as the Whiskey Bar, when it was run by Mr. Cindy Crawford aka Rande Gerber, will be whiskey focused. It never was before, even with its old name. But now its entire back wall will feature a small, handpicked selection of whiskies: bottom shelf will be bourbon, middle shelf Irish and rye and top shelf scotch. And it's not going to be the biggest collection due to space constraints but "It's definitely going to be geared toward my palate," said Dave. And yes, there will be other spirits like vodka, gin, and tequila, but they'll be "hidden." As for the cocktail list, which will be seasonal: "There's going to be two Old Fashioneds, three Manhattans, two Juleps..a couple of sours and five original cocktails" said Dave. "The majority of this stuff is going to be whiskey forward."
Architecturally speaking, Bar 1200 will go through a light polishing rather than major renovation, according to Dave. "I'm going to re-light it. We were thinking of mirroring out the patio so you can see it. But for concept purposes right now that's probably a month to a month and a half away before we dig into that." They're not looking to do drastic changes here. After 50 years, the hotel's clientele knows what they want and what they've come to expect. "Every person who comes here, the rockstars, they love how this place is. They don't want it to change. The hotel has a huge regular base. They don't want Sunset Marquis to change from what it is which is a privately owned boutique hotel."
Dave is still fine-tuning his menu, which he anticipates will debut in the first week of February, but here's a sneak peek. By the way, looks like the drinks will range in price from $15 to $18.
Julep
• Classic: Woodford Reserve Bourbon, mint, sugar gum, sparkling water on a bed of cracked ice
• Leaf Kicker: John Powers, honey, ginger root, mint,a touch of bitters with sparkling water on a bed of cracked ice
• Classic: Eagle Rare 10 year Old, organic sugar, Angostura bitters, lemon oils and orange oils
• Bittersweet: Elijah Craig, organic sugar, Angostura and grapefruit bitters, lemon oils, grapefruit oils
• Classic: Sazerac Rye Whiskey, Carpano Antica, Angostura bitters, and a Luxardo cherry
• Dirt Candy: Dalwhinnie 15 year Single Malt, honeycomb, Cardamaro and bitters
• The Italian: Bulleit Rye Whiskey, Amaro Meletti, Fernet, Hair of the Dog bitters, lemon oils
• Classic: Bernheim Wheat Whiskey, fresh lemon, sugar gum, egg whites topped with Angostura bitters
• Sunset Sour: Elijah Craig 12 year Bourbon, fresh lemon, sugar gum, egg whites floated with Listel Rose
Original Cocktails
• Derby Day: Old Weller 107, orange blossom, fresh grapefruit, lemon, honey, and a spritz of oils
• Smoking Elephant: Russells Rye Whiskey, ginger root, pineapple, fresh citrus, bitters, and a float of Islay scotch
• The Marquis: Makers Mark, muddled lemon wedges, mint, bitters, on a bed of blackberries
Cavatina's Bar: The restaurant bar's cocktail menu will launch in mid-February and unlike Bar 1200 will feature solely original cocktails, and will complement Chef Michael Schlow's dishes. "[Chef] uses a lot of nuts, smoked stuff, so it actually makes it really easy to make drinks for him. They'll have more depth," he said. "I'm going to run with some salt, some smokes, definitely start and research spirits, finding new stuff that I feel are really going to add to the development of the menu itself." He couldn't get more specific since he's focusing on Bar 1200's menu first, however.
Poolside bars: The Sunset Marquis has two poolside bars; one located off the lobby and another, the Villa Pool, across from Cavatina on the mezzanine. In the past they have been used for events rather than for lounging, with the occasional room service attendant recruited to serve drinks. But Dave's cocktail menu, which he plans to release in March, will make these overlooked areas a warm-weather drink destination. Think: 10 or 12 seasonal Tiki-style, fruit-oriented cocktails. Pool bar hours will probably be 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and then Cavatina will take over at 8 p.m. Eventually Dave hopes to bring in live music to the Villa Pool as well as grow a garden for fresh cocktail ingredients.
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