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The roiling of the economic markets I think is a element that most didnt expect... "Dow Drops 400 Points on Coronavirus Fears Oil, Europe equities slump as new infections are detected outside China " https://www.wsj.com/articles/global-stocks-slide-on-coronavirus-fears-11580119666...

This doesn't look good... "China warns coronavirus can spread before symptoms show Rising toll: 80 people are dead and more than 2,700 cases have been confirmed in mainland China, as the Wuhan coronavirus continues to spread throughout Asia and the rest of the world. China on lockdown: Nearly...

This is a interesting development... "The UN has called for international help to fight huge swarms of desert locusts sweeping through east Africa. A spokesman for the UN's Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), called for aid to "avert any threats to food security, livelihoods...

Here is the change with Martin Luther... "As Luther approached the city, he was overcome with emotion and fell to his knees calling out “Holy Rome, I salute thee.” As Luther entered the gates of Rome, he was bitterly disappointed. He had believed Rome to be the very epitome of purity, but in...

Everyone always tries to argue who are God's people, the 'chosen', the 'remnant', the 'true believers', 'spiritual Israel', and we hear some say this and some say that, but what does God say. It is God who decides who are His people and who will be saved, those who say "I have accepted Christ"...

Well, what would you call it... with hurricanes the size of Florida, over a 1000 earthquakes in just one of the islands in the Caribbean, Brazil being swept much like Australia just a few months ago, America on the edge of a political firestorm... We need to open our eyes and ears.

Not quite sure what you mean, its a fire, its devastating, and it seems even they are holding back directly from that as a whole. Here is from a climate change newspaper, notice they say it but have no facts on it.. "Why These Australia Fires Are Like Nothing We’ve Seen Before More than 16...

We didn't know the wildfires were so huge and devastating, they are being called 'apocalyptic' by the news. The signs of the times are being recognized it seems, even by them.

If you look they are all based on W & H with minor variations, but its still the same deletions and changes from the Alexandrian manuscripts. "The Critical Text was the one chiefly used for the English Revised Version and the later American Standard Version. Today, the updated and revised...

And here is a good overview on the "these are the oldest thus best" idea: "The oldest representatives of the "purely" Alexandrian group of texts are the two "great" uncials, Sinaiticus and Vaticanus (Aleph and B, respectively). Both of these manuscripts date to the 4th century, with Vaticanus...

And on the Gnosticism in these versions from the Dean Burgon site: "Gnosticism, in all of its varieties, was the most influential heresy faced by the early Church. Not only did the Gnostic corrupt many readings found in the New Testament, but offered their own writings as inspired scriptures...

Here is a good explanation on Hort and Westcott I came across: "Westcott, an Anglican Bishop and professor at Cambridge University,and Hort – also an ordained Anglican priest and professor at Cambridge – came to participate on the 1881 Revision Committee of the King James Bible under the guise...

Read the ideas of Holt and Wescott and look at the Gnosticism that comes with the Alexandrian text they used. I have limited connection as traveling for a few weeks, so will post when I can.

Very true, but its the regular members that its meant to confuse, and you can see the misconceptions and wrong ideas that go from there.

I came across a few verses that have been taken out or partially deleted in new versions which are interesting... Matthew 18:11 New Versions take out "For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost." Luke 9:56 New Versions take out "For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's...

I just talked to my neighbor who confirmed she was taught about Purgatory and then went on to say she also was taught about Limbo... It goes hand in hand with Purgatory. So lets look at the doctrine or belief of ‘Limbo’ which now the Catholic church is saying it never accepted, but still...

Lets compare one verse, 1 John 4:3: NIV - but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world. RSV - and every spirit which does not confess Jesus is not of God. This is...

Well, looks like the Pope himself may have already seen the error of Purgatory...."Your Holiness, in our previous meeting you told me that our species will disappear in a certain moment and that God, still out of his creative force, will create new species. You have never spoken to me about the...

Early Christians continued to pray and rest on the seventh day, and observe the Sabbath. But apostasy began to creep in the church, especially at Rome and by the 2nd century AD you start to find were some began to hold both, and soon a number of Christians affected by the spreading apostasy...

Now as for Moses and Elijah meeting on the mountain top with the Disciples and Christ lets look at scripture. 2 Kings 2:1 2 And it came to pass, when the Lord would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. 2 Kings 2:11 11 And it came to pass, as...