Half Full, Half Empty, or…?
Audioblog #22
By Keith Johnson
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There are some people who look at this glass and see it as half- full and others who see at as half-empty. What about you? Listen in to the brand new Audioblog and find out why I see it as neither half-full or half-empty! Plus listen to the new BFA International Biblical Brick for the week and more! This week’s “Biblical Brick” comes from the story of Elijah and the miracle of God’s provision found in 1 Kings 17.
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December 2, 2014 at 2:07 am /
The half full cannot exist without the half empty. The half full person; need the half empty to keep him from overflowing over the edge; moving boundaries set by YeHoVah. Torah is self imposed standards the glass, to keep us from causing a Great Flood.
June 21, 2014 at 2:40 pm /
… by the way Pete, we are both off topic.
Keith, thank you for the different perspectives you keep on challenging us with. Keep up the good work.
Shalom
June 21, 2014 at 1:37 pm /
Hi Pete, you know they say sarcasm is the lowest form of wit. Still, you have done a good job ‘copying and pasting’, so here are a few additional points you might consider:
* Firstly, the Hebrew in Gen 1:14 more literally says something like: “And Elohim said, ‘Let there be lights/ luminaries in the expanse/ firmament of the heaven to separate between the day and between the night; and they shall be for signs/ marks, and for appointed times, and for days and years’”. Somewhat different in meaning and emphasis from the ‘translation’ you used.
* I may be wrong, but I do not believe the reference to ‘appointed times’ had ‘US tax day’ in mind. (Sorry, couldn’t let that one go).
* I don’t consider anyone here as doubting that the Almighty is always ‘trying to get our attention’ in the normal course of things – this is probably one of the main themes of the Scriptures. And boy, are we inattentive!
* More specifically, could you kindly link (the majority of) the items on your list with the “lights/ luminaries in the expanse/ firmament” acting as signs.
* Lastly, and this is important, have you done a study comparing your list of ‘signs’, which you link to the tetrad, with similar occurrences at different stages in history. Surely, the theory only holds if you can show that the occurrence of natural phenomena and man-made aberrations have dramatically increased (relative to other times) at the time(s) of the blood moons. Keep in mind that every generation of believers for hundreds of years have thought theirs’ is the last.
I believe Keith can speak on his own behalf, but I do not understand his message as any less urgent. It is just that we should leave the timing of things to come to the Only Eternal, Infinite One and each one get on with finding and doing the task He has placed us on earth for … with urgency!
June 20, 2014 at 7:58 pm /
Gee Keith,
I’m so glad told me that the blood moon tetrad on Passover and Sukkot of 2014 & 2015 (with the final one also being a super moon) and a full solar eclipse in the middle, (on Nisan 1, no less) were meaningless, otherwise I’d think the Lord was trying to get our attention, as he said he would in Genesis 1:14:
Gen 1:14 Then God said, “Let there be lights in the sky. These lights will separate the
days from the nights. ***They will be used for signs to show when special meetings
begin*** and to show the days and years.
Otherwise, it would have concerned me that since the first blood moon (on US tax day, no less), we’ve had:
* The birth of a red heifer! (I’m sure that has no Biblical significance.)
* ISIS taking over Babylon (not to mention an Iraqi oil refinery.) This seems remarkably
similar to Daniel 8’s goat and ram butting heads and Jeremiah 50:46)
* 3 Israeli teenagers kidnapped
* Outbreaks of SARS, MIRS, Ebola, N5H6 bird flu and polio.
* Magog (err Russia) taking over Ukraine (the initial steps were a little earlier than the
first blood moon, but the real take-over was after.) …and on THE DAY of the blood
moon, one of Ukraine’s provinces told the Jews that they had to register themselves
and their property.
* Lots of CME’s (Coronal Mass Ejections)
* Rockets were fired into Israel.
* The US Embassy in Tel Aviv raised a gay pride flag under the US flag.
* Pope Francis’ prayer meeting at the Vatican on Pentecost (including Muslims praying at
the Vatican.)
* An asteroid referred to as “The Beast” flew past Earth only about 770,000 miles away.
* 60,000 cattle dead in Bolivia. (Hosea 4:3)
* Freak sandstorms in Iran and floods in Istanbul.
* Israel parking 3 nuclear armed submarines off the coast of Iran.
* Lightning hits One World Trade Center in New York (much like lightning hitting the
Vatican the day Pope Benedict resigned.
* Earthquake hits Israel the day the Pope arrived in Israel (and he was supporting a
2-state solution.)
* Pregnant Christian woman in Sudan sentenced to death for her faith.
* Raging wild fires in San Diego.
* Boko Haram kidnapped > 200 school girls in Nigeria.
* A satanic black mass was planned at Harvard (fortunately it was cancelled.)
* 68 tornadoes and a blizzard hit on Mothers’ Day.
*Comet Linear.
* River in Switzerland turns red.
* More dead bankers.
* 500,000 dead fish in Kentucky (Hosea 4:3)
Keith, I’m sure glad you told me that the blood moons were meaningless, otherwise I might be watching for Yeshua’s return. I might be looking up expecting my redemption to be drawing neigh.
“And you tell me over and over and over again, my friend, you don’t believe we’re on the
eve of Armagedon.” (Sorry, Barry McGuire for the shameless plagiarism.)
June 20, 2014 at 3:40 pm /
That glass is a marvel and it is FULL of the two indispensable elements for life on earth: air and water Edoardo Recanati
June 23, 2014 at 12:58 pm /
Edoardo Recanati, Wow, what a wonderful way to look at that glass. nicely said sir.
Oh and, good job to you too Keith. Shalom
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