📢 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. Shortly after the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees in the World Series, the streets of Los Angeles descended into complete chaos. As the Dodgers secured the game-five win in the World Series, Dodgers fans and criminals looking to wreak havoc took to the streets en masse. The Los Angeles Police Department reported that several stores, including a Nike store, were looted during the World Series celebrations. Until a few months ago, the war in Ukraine was basically a static trench war reminiscent of WW1, and sieges to take towns were endlessly long and bloody. Now, with Ukraine’s defenses decaying in numbers and capabilities, as well as materials and ammunitions, and with Russian forces probing myriads of places in the front at the same time, the attackers are taking up territory faster than ever since the first month of the war. German, Pro-Ukraine Bild analyst Julian Röpke reported that from 24 to 26 October alone – three days – the Russian army had captured eight settlements: Bogoyavlenka, Katerinovka, Izmailovka, Aleksandropol, Gornik, Selidovo, Shakhtyorskoye, and Vishnevoye. Kiev, Ukraine – Major General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Dmitry Marchenko: “Our front has collapsed. Firstly, there is a shortage of ammunition and weapons. Secondly, there are people, no people, no reinforcements. People are very tired; they simply cannot pull the fronts they are on. And, thirdly, there is an imbalance in management.” https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/10/our-front-has-collapsed-ukrainian-general-sounds-alarm/ From Amir Tsarfati's Bible Bites email: Replacement Theology says that God replaced His chosen people with another group, the church. Dual Covenant theology says God has a different covenant through which He will save the Jews than He does for the salvation of the Gentiles. Both teachings are grievous errors in Biblical interpretation and thieves and robbers of wonderful truths. Replacement Theology requires that God break an everlasting, unconditional covenant made with both Israel and the land He promised to them. Dual Covenant theology makes the Holy One of Israel a misnomer because they sat that Israel can be saved without the One whom the title represents, Jesus. The truth is that Israel has not been replaced by the church, and in order for any Jew to be saved they must come to the King of Jews for salvation just like any Gentile. If the church has replaced Israel, then why is Paul talking about God taking away their sins and all Israel being saved? If Dual Covenant theology is true, then Jews can be saved by keeping the law. So, why is Paul referring to a Deliverer out of Zion, which is an idiom for Jerusalem? The lessons we should be learning from Israel are that God keeps His word, and He disciplines those whom He loves. God never loses track of His people. Israel is God’s timepiece, and the last days center on Israel. God never meant for Israel to become religious, instead He desires a relationship with His people. Does “God saving all Israel” include unbelieving Jews who reject the Messiah? No. No one is saved because of their nationality, and anyone who is saved receives that salvation by the blood of the Lamb of God slain from the foundations of the world – Jesus. Two-thirds of the Jews will die during the Tribulation and they will all die in unbelief. The Jews who come to faith in Yeshua, Jesus, will survive the Tribulation by means of divine protection, and in the end they will declare, “The Lord is my God!” Our God is faithful, and His relationship with Israel is proof of just how faithful He truly is! Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy, who heads the largest youth gender clinic in the United States at the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, told The New York Times she feared releasing the results of the study would lead them to be "weaponized" by opponents of such procedures. The doctor also told the outlet she feared the study, which is part of a project that has received nearly $10 million in taxpayer funding from the National Institutes of Health, "could be used in court to argue that 'we shouldn’t use blockers,'" according to the outlet. The study, which began in 2015, followed 95 children with an average age of 11, who started taking puberty-blocking drugs, which prevent the development of natural bodily changes such as breast growth in females or voice changes in males. After the study showed the puberty blockers offered no improvement to their mental health after two years, Olson-Kennedy claimed that was because the study's participants were already "in really good shape." Erica Anderson, a clinical psychologist who identifies as trans and specializes in working with young people who have gender dysphoria, denounced the decision to withhold the study's results, according to the New York Post. "We’re craving information about these medical treatments for gender-questioning youth. Dr. Olson-Kennedy has the largest grant that’s ever been awarded in the U.S. on the subject and is sitting on data that would be helpful to know," Anderson told the outlet. "It’s not her prerogative to decide based on the results that she will or won’t publish them," Anderson added. Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling...was especially vocal. "We must not publish a study that says we're harming children because people who say we're harming children will use the study as evidence that we're harming children, which might make it difficult for us to continue harming children," Rowling tweeted. @patrician Our children, born and unborn, are under attack by the Devil himself. Anyone aligned with transgendering kids and killing the unborn is evil beyond belief. The United States on Wednesday said at least 3,000 North Korean troops have been deployed to Russia, raising the possibility they will be sent to fight in Russia’s war on Ukraine — an assertion made by South Korea and the Ukrainian government in Kyiv. The move may show that Moscow’s shortage of manpower amid exorbitant casualties is worse “than most people realize,” Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said. “We are seeing evidence that there are (North Korean) troops that have gone to Russia,” Austin told reporters..... “What, exactly, they’re doing is left to be seen.” Austin said the U.S. is still trying to determine whether North Korean troops will be deployed into Ukraine. If so, he warned, it would be a dangerous escalation.
Los Angeles Hit by Mass Looting and Chaos After Dodgers Win World Series (VIDEO):
‘Our Front Has Collapsed’: Ukrainian General Sounds the Alarm on the Crumbling Defenses as Russians Set Their Sights on Key Hub of Pokrovsk and Its Last Coal Mine:
Doctor withheld results of puberty-blocker study for political reasons: report
A medical doctor and leading proponent of transgender procedures for minors recently admitted that she deliberately withheld the results of a taxpayer-funded study because it showed there were no positive mental health effects for gender dysphoric children who used puberty blockers.
US confirms North Korean troops in Russia amid fears they’ll be sent to fight in Ukraine:
