📢 Forum Update - Hello everyone! I've made an improvement to the forum that should make following active discussions much easier. Beginning today, forum topics will display the most recent replies first (while keeping the original topic post at the top), so you no longer have to navigate through multiple pages to find the latest conversation. This change also helps improve the browsing experience in long-running discussions with many pages of replies. If you notice anything that doesn't seem to be working correctly or have any feedback, please let me know. — Richard G. the church we started going back to has been reading Job and even though we've missed most of their study of Job, yesterday morning i felt like the Lord was reminding me that Job's extreme adversity was in fact caused by Satan...however, God did allow it within His parameters...and even though it seems Job knew it wasn't for discipline because he knew he wasn't leading a sinful lifestyle and he humbly confessed of known sin and relied on God's mercy and forgiveness, Job (in ch. 2 v 10) still said, "...Shall we actually accept good from God, but not accept adversity?..." think of how the book of Job has been a blessing to multitudes of people for thousands of years Romans 8:28 is true not only for the person being persecuted for their faith- having it grow stronger as they stand firm, trusting despite the pain and suffering, coming out with a more mature relationship with the Lord (see James 1:2-4), and blessed with supernatural peace- Phil. 4:7...but also for others who witness or hear about that person's faith withstanding it all- they realize that it's the object of their faith that is worthy of praise...our faith is from Jesus (Heb. 12:2) and placed in a faithful, Almighty God! (Read Job ch. 38 for encouragement from reminders of His power and ultimate control over all the earth!) Here is a verse the Holy Spirit reminded me of yesterday before watching any news, etc...please be encouraged no matter what is happening or happens... Hebrews 4:16 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. I wonder if that means the rapture will be in March-April. I really need to find that video! It will take me a while to find...but I remember a YT video saying something like Aries represents the rapture. The ram's horns were referred to as the first and last trump. I’m pondering this ... could it be “at the last trump” means the last Trump card Trump uses? 😉 From what I heard he got 9 Aces he hasn’t used yet. B-) And .... it’s not over until the fat lady sings. :whistle: I think this is a great time to do a bet Yohanan :yes: if Biden gets sworn into office on January 20th ... then I will concede its all over and have to eat a slice of pumpkin pie for 1 day. :negative: if that event doesn’t occur and Trump gets sworn in Feb ... then you have to drink tea for 1 full year and/or drink Starbucks coffee for 1/2 year. :whistle: Deal? B-)
