The Bible is a Parable in itself

[mieshec]

Matthew 13

13 This is why I speak to them in parables: “Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.
14  In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah:
"You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving."15  For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’16  But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear. 17  For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

Notice at the end of this...A BLESSING....A blessing from God...THE EYES HAVE IT....I question my Lord why do my eyes see...why is it soooo clear to me...its in Black and White… I think the Bible....is the most misunderstood book.....and its because of this verse Since the beginning of this book in the 1400's....and even earlier....its been misrepresented and understood Its like this...In the early days of America...a household...MIGHT...have a family Bible in the living room or dining room ….In it...was pictures...maybe stories...relatives...friends....pictures its kind of what the Bible is...but...it has only certain players...or certain family members...BIG FAMILIES…Ive always been fascinated by this verse in the first chapter of Romans

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.

I never quite really ....quite ....understood what it was saying but as I matured in my understanding...I realize Ive been looking at it....and evryone else....

completely wrong. This book....Is All about the Jews....Its ALL about Israel.....Its all about God

  Romans Chapter 2

14 (Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law. 15 They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.) 16 This will take place on the day when God judges people’s secrets through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares.

 

The Bible is many things…A CookBook…a field guide

It is alive….it certainly isn’t dead…The only thing that changes….is man…and not God….God is absolute

Man is the variable….with over 2000 years of freewill and choice….man has destroyed his sanity and his environment….and the Bible has predicted this from the beginning…..Man cannot live without God…what you see on the Earth….right now….Is mankind without God….Its Godless and immoral

You hear this ALL the time….Jesus Christ walked this earth and was crucified…..for my sins….so that I might live in the city of God forever.

WELL…its sort of right…..As Ive said…this is all about the Jews and God…It always has been…The Gentiles  (or nations) wasn’t even apart of the program. Christ …Spoken by the prophets…appeared on this Earth….when Israel was completely destroyed….and Jerusalem was more of a Roman province

….Jewish exiles returned to Israel…but most of the Jews were dispersed into the world…Christ came upon this Earth to set up his Kingdom…He didn’t boast…HEY LOOK…IM YOUR KING

Isaiah 53 explains what Christ did upon this Earth…He performed…NUMEROUS miracles…Christ preached on the Gospel of The Kingdom of God…He showed himself …to be who he was…without being boastful….and because of corruption in the hands of the local religious Jewish cults…They became jealous…and fearful of Christ undoing their seats of power…They tortured and murdered Christ.

FOR THIS…A NEW CONTRACT

Completely different from anything God has done in the lives of mankind. Because of Christs obedients to the cross…Evry human on the planet….NOT JUST THE JEWS….evryone was invited….BY GOD….to share in the contract of GRACE…This didn’t carry all the baggage… current contracts of the law that God required the Jews to follow….Just one simple….understanding….If you believe in JESUS CHRIST….you are saved…That’s it….thats all

THIS IS THE CONTRACT OF GRACE….given by God

The conflict between God and the Jews was temporally put on hold. When the fulfillment of the gentiles has reached capacity….When Israel comes into the Earth….When mankind has become completely lawless and has destroyed the Earth

 

2 Thessalonians chapter 2

 3 Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness[a] is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. 4 He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.

 

In my previous post I explained about this rebellion

AND…OH YEA…that rebellion is in full swing and Christ is at our doorstep…Christ is about to extract…THOSE…who’s names are written in the Lambs book of life…..and the AntiChrist and the False Prophet…having a short contract with God….ASSUMES POWER….and they begin to destroy mankind and the Earth.

Gentiles (or nations) understand nothing of what the Bible is about, this contract of Grace….SALVATION for those who believe in Jesus Christ…This is like the calm before the storm….Prophecy…Gifts….speaking in tongues….they don’t exist….Its between the Jews and God…when Christ died….EVRYONE…entered the eye of the storm….all communication is temporally suspended…we are in this age of Grace until this contract of salvation is fulfilled….when Christ takes his chosen….and God returns to Israel….and Judgement begins….One more passage to those who understand this field guide….the Bible

 

1 Corinthians Chapter 6

do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.12 “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything. 13 You say, “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy them both.” The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 14 By his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also. 15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! 16 Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.” 17 But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.18 Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. 19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.

Understand this….You were bought with a price…There is great power in understanding this knowledge…along with this chapter

 

Ephesians Chapter 6

10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

 

Understanding what is taking place

God gave you a human suit

God gave you the ability to stand in the darkness

God gave you a mind to discern situations

Think of yourself as Gods statue

Maintain it

Mow the grass around it

And dress it in Kevlar

The worst is yet to come….and how much

I can say only one thing

Christs chosen will not suffer wrath

Christ paid the price and Christ is knocking at your door….RIGHT NOW…saying…GET READY

 

 

[LeopardBoy]

It’s amazing to me how threatened people feel by my private sexual acts.  I had no idea my act of having sex with other men was so powerful.  Apparently to some people what I do in the privacy of my own bedroom can even overthrow governments and cause natural disasters.

 

🙄

[mieshec]

YOU KNOW....Thats the Idea...I have "skeletons in my closet"...The idea is pride.....the idea is being ashamed.....because I am....I dont need to see it.....I dont need to hear it.....People like Freddy Mercury....Or Liberace...What you do...is your business...I DONT CARE...I love Freddy Mercury....I saw him in concert....but being gay....isnt what Im looking at Freddy Mercury....just a VERY gifted artist......but make it public....bring it into schools...when they advocate that Christianity is wrong and should not be taught in schools.....When a substitute teacher in Utah...tells a kid....because children with two dads got involved....that homosexuality is wrong.....and got fired because of it.....God says its wrong...I wouldnt want to be them.....Their are counselors in Portland Oregon that are ready to assist kids as young as 4 years old in their transgender choices....how does that work...it blows me away.....INCLUSION...In Portland Oregon...we have laws of Inclusion....Equality is what they want to achieve....they want to be open and free to display their choices....and they do it in Portland....Im a Christian...I believe in God....The Book of Jude....the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their own home--these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day. 7 In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.....I will never jeopardize my eternity on human ignorance...What God has for me....is nothing humanity can tell me to change.....In my maturity....I realized something....I pledge allegiance to the flag....I said that....ALL THRUOUT GRADESCHOOL...I dont pledge allegiance to NO damn flag or government.....I Pledge allegiance to God....thats the way it will be....and nothing will come between that....Why does this have to be an issue....what you do is your business.....and ill keep my Christianity to myself.....My Christianity....is displayed on this topic....You entered this topic....and you asked a question....I dont feel threatened by you....We could be friends....but I closely vet my friends.....I live.....up until the riots...in a city that is very gay.....Ive lived in Portland ALL my life.....they ask not to be discriminated against....but they have changed Portland....without even asking me...what use to be a really cool city in the 60's and the 70's.....is a violent Gay mecca of change and turbulance.....and now I have to leave...its not quite fair to me

[LeopardBoy]

Who are these gay people who are having sex in public or in front of children in schools? Or is the issue that the same kinds of public conversation about relationships, or public displays of affection, straight people take for granted make certain heterosexual people uncomfortable when two men or two women engage in them? No one bats an eye over the Walt Disney company’s use of heterosexual romance as a plot device for decades in kids’ movies. No one bats an eye at a man kissing his wife goodbye at an airport. Or a straight couple holding hands on a walk in the park. But when gay people do the exact same thing suddenly we’re shoving our sexuality in people’s faces. Somehow the same public romantic behaviors straight people engage in become unsuitable for children’s eyes when gay people engage in them.

 

You bring up that homosexuality is taught at schools but not the Christian god or the bible. The difference being there is objective proof that gay people exist.  Some kids have gay parents. Some kids themselves are gay. I hope no one is teaching graphic sexual details of any kind to kindergarten classes, but kids should be aware that sometimes they have to deal with a classmate who has two dads. Sometimes kids will have to deal with a classmate who brings a member of the same sex to a school dance.

 

The bible is not a subject kids should be taught in a public school. The better place for that is in a church or by their parents. Public schools should have no business teaching religion.

[mieshec]

Ive seen Gay people quote this very statement..."I was born like this"...yes you are....evryone ...is born into sin...but what you do with yourself....and what you believe....is all about freewill and choice....Solomon....son of King David....was to inherit his Fathers throne...at a very young age....God asks Solomon...what can I give you...to be a great King...God thinking he would go ..full on Hollywood star...get the cocaine booze and hookers out.....Solomon asks for wisdom....which surprised God....and God granted Solomon wisdom....NO OTHER MAN...in history...is wiser than Solomon...God tells Solomon....if you disobey God....It will cause serious issues...Solomon reassures God....evrything is under control....and it wasnt....Solomon brought in over 700 wives and concubines....and starting worshiping their Gods...He set up alters to Molech.........What did God do....he split Israel in half....and scatter them to the wind....It wasnt until May 14th 1948 that Israel became a nation.....one more time....If you read my previous post....where I quoted 1st Corinthians Chapter 6...Theres this huge government....That comprises God...Its bigger than what your human self can imagine....Ive read places in scripture that talk about this....The Angels....are so massive...Im fairly sure they could fill evry inch of the earth   ...No problem.....and Angels....look just like us....or...they actually look like Jesus....he was the blueprint for mankind and Angels.....Romans Chapter 3 Vrse 23...For All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God....And then read 1st Corinthians Chapter 6...which I posted above....THIS HUGE GOVERNMENT....when Christ walked to the Cross....He did it perfectly.....he did it according to the Prophet Isaiah...Chapter 53...He was a lamb to slaughter....Their could be NO BLEMISH upon his sacrifice.....in order to offer MANKIND....a golden ticket....When you were born....You either understand....or you dont....or sometime in your life...CLICK...it all makes sense..I started when I was just a child....growing up in the 60's...my parents dragged me to church....and then I went on my own....The Baptist.....put me on the path.....I was in a Baptist church....I must of been about 7 or 8....Basically...what they said was....you little F#$cker...if your a bad little man...your going to go to hell....and it scared me   .....so I began to learn...My Knowledge about scripture....is far greater than anything that calls themselves Christian....When you are born into sin....you have shackles on your legs....and manacles around your wrists....The only way to get those off...is to believe in Jesus Christ....He paid for a free ticket for you....all you have to do is believe....If you have sexual issues....deal with them....keep them private...Your living in General Population....in Prison earth....The only way out....is Jesus Christ....Sin is at War with you....if you want to win....God gives you evrything to stand your ground....I have problems with Booze...drugs and pornography.....but God dosnt say the fight is over....cuz its not....If I go into the ground....I WIN    HA HA....If you could see it thru my eyes....you would understand....Theirs this Book....The Lambs Book of Life...Evryone that is going to live in the City of God...FOREVER....is written in that Book....Theyve been written in that Book since the earth was formed.....Its Salvation....it is the Grace of God.....all you have to do....Is believe....because...Christ will satisfy the requirements of this contract....and take his chosen from the earth....without death....you go from life....unto Forever living....anytime soon....no more than 5 years

[LeopardBoy]

That’s the difference between our religions. I don’t believe humans are born in sin or require salvation from an imperfect state of being. The gods I worship don’t punish humanity for being human. We make bad choices sometimes, and fall short of the virtuous life we’re encouraged to lead. But having flaws is a fundamental part of who we are. The gods don’t ask for perfection from me. If I commit a specific unethical act, fall to hubris, or break an oath, I seek atonement. But I feel no need to ask for forgiveness simply for being born a flawed mortal.

 

I also don’t view the earth as a prison, but a goddess. The earth is Gaia, a primordial divine being. I’m also not a spirit trapped in a meat body awaiting death and release from carnal existence. I believe our physical form, and experiencing the many pleasures of life, is spiritual in itself.

 

I don’t require Jesus to save me. I’m not in spiritual peril.

[mieshec]

Ive spent a lifetime searching for understanding.....and...whatever truth that is out there

I search for answers...Why did mankind destroy the Earth....and a huge part of the creatures of the Earth

never to be seen again....I was born in Oregon in the early 60's....gravel and improved roads....are now major highways

Ive seen trees cutdown....20 people could hold hands and wrap themselves around a tree

The Columbia River....in the late 1800's...Salmon runs were so massive.....Salmon would spill out onto the banks....A Chinook I believe

local fisherman called it The June Hog.....An 85+ lb Chinook would spawn the upper Columbia River...They put the Grand Coulee on PRIME spawning ground

and now the June Hog is almost extinct....I can continue with mankinds destructive force.....The 2000 years of Freewill and choice....when mankind gives God the finger....2000 years ago

Mankind has brought the Earth to its destruction.....Thats what the Bible is about....Mankinds insatiable want for MORE

My God....Tells me....this is not your home.....What sin has destroyed....God will restore.....rejuvenate....MAKE BIGGER.....endless....boundless......FOREVER

Ive lived in the Willamette Valley...all my life.....Ive hiked the Cascades....If my God....the creator....tells me....Theirs a New Heaven.....and A new Earth....and a city of God

......and all I have to do......is believe in God......just to be apart of that.....FOREVER ......NO Other religion has an offer like that.....Just believe.....thats all that is required

Im good with that

[cuchulain]

Your freedom of religion shouldn't allow you to impact my freedom.  If your God exists and he gave us all free will then who are you to deny me what your God gave?

[RevBogovac]

On 9/21/2020 at 12:51 PM, cuchulain said:

Your freedom of religion shouldn't allow you to impact my freedom.  If your God exists and he gave us all free will then who are you to deny me what your God gave?

 

Wait... that's that same god that killed off an entire generation of first born children just to prove a point to a Pharaoh who didn't listen to his stepbrother...? Although he is supposed to be alknowing and almighty (even supposedly hardening that same Pharaoh's heart to that same message, sic!)... that god? And you expect him and his followers to be consistent and just? WoW...

[cuchulain]

11 minutes ago, RevBogovac said:

 

Wait... that's that same god that killed off an entire generation of first born children just to prove a point to a Pharaoh who didn't listen to his stepbrother...? Although he is supposed to be alknowing and almighty (even supposedly hardening that same Pharaoh's heart to that same message, sic!)... that god? And you expect him and his followers to be consistent and just? WoW...

No.  I just want them to know that I see through the game and I don't buy it.  

[mieshec]

cuchulain....I havnt impacted your freedom....I didnt ask you to look at my post...thats your freewill and choice....and you dont know my God....so im good with that.....and when you boys can give me a REAL educated answer out of the Bible....then lets have a REAL civilized conversation....when you start talking about Old Testament.....do you understand the time in which it was written....Their are about a half dozen variables that your completely missing...SO...please....dont play Bible scholar with me....and If your offended by my post....PLEASE....dont read it....and dont attack something your not making any sense saying

[cuchulain]

I can debate freely.  You have no power to stop my freedom of speech.  I have not attacked you.  Merely debated your perspective.

[RevBogovac]

And your God makes complete sense; as he has been described in that "old testament" (Genesis, to be precise) he is committing infanticide just to prove a point (while actually first "hardening Pharaoh's hart" against that point, sic!)... that (description) is a fact. It says so in right there in that chapter. Whether you choose to (believe and) justify that... well... that's on you.

[mieshec]

So then its a debate....I have no desire to stop you....I love to write....but this is my post....and I will write what I write.....in pasts post the moderator has gotten involved....SOooo...lets keep this on the level and if there is any reason that you feel offended....then dont read my posts.....as for ......RevBogovac.......In my previous post....I mentioned variables...FIRST variable....and the most important.....you mentioned Genesis....some say a book written by Moses....when Adam and Eve lived with God in the garden....they were in perfection......their bodies had no diseases....their DNA had no degradation.....they had 100% access to there brain....when sin enter the picture ...... God cast them from the garden....Adam and Eve....and MANKIND.....started degrading in their perfection....THUS LONGEVITY.....at the beginning of humanity....what you had was alot of Elon Musks running around...and thats really not a good comparison....they were well above it.... in knowledge and intellect.....not no monkey BS... thats what people want to believe....I will be writing a post on these variables....which you havnt really taken into consideration....and if you believe in UFOS....i can show you in scripture where it talks about this....they had the knowledge.....which I will write on.....and if you want to know were some of my info will come from....read the Book Of Enoch..-

[RevBogovac]

You're beating around the bush mieshec; I am specifically talking about your god killing off all first borns of an entire nation just to make his point (after actually "hardening" Pharaoh's heart against that point! Sic!)

[Dan56]

21 hours ago, RevBogovac said:

You're beating around the bush mieshec; I am specifically talking about your god killing off all first borns of an entire nation just to make his point (after actually "hardening" Pharaoh's heart against that point! Sic!)

 

Pharaoh initiated the whole process by hardening his own heart ten times during the first five plagues (Ex. 7:13,14, 22; 8:15, 19, 32; 9:7, 34, 35 and 13:15). It was always and only Pharaoh who hardened his heart during these plagues.

https://christianindex.org/hardened-pharaohs-heart-101/

[cuchulain]

Rambling doesn't transmit information well.  Could you write more coherent strings?  Then we can properly discuss our points

[mieshec]

Im not beating around no bush.....You cant pull verses out of scripture and SAY....WOW....look what has happened....ESPECIALLY....when it pertains to events before the cross....there is a HUGE difference between mankind.....before and after the cross....Im writing a post on just that subject....This post deals with HOW...God has chosen the Israelites....to represent....the WHOLE....of mankind...WHY....because most of the Israelite people had faith in God....and that justified those people.....It wasnt the gentiles.....or nations....or average joes he had chosen....Gods choice was the Israelites....AND THERE ARE MANY PLACES....where Gods divine JUDGEMENT and discipline... has created ENORMOUS amounts of bloodshed and death....NUMBERS chapter 11....the Israelites were being fed Manna from God....they began to complain about lack of variety in there diet...THEY WANTED MEAT....this is a human trait.....God gives them meat.....Quail was on the menu....as it is written....having meat still stuck in there teeth....God strikes them down.....600,000 people....My future post will contain this as well....THE DAY MANKIND GIVES GOD THE FINGER......and it all starts with Solomon.....This passage is in Kings Book 1 Chapter 3....

At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon during the night in a dream,

and God said, “Ask for whatever you want me to give you.”6 Solomon answered, “You have shown great kindness to your servant,

my father David, because he was faithful to you and righteous and upright in heart. You have continued

this great kindness to him and have given him a son to sit on his throne this very day.

7 “Now, Lord my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David. But I am only a little child and do not know how to carry out my duties. 8 Your servant is here among the people you have chosen, a great people, too numerous to count or number. 9 So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours?”

10 The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for this. 11 So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this and not for long life or wealth for yourself, nor have asked for the death of your enemies but for discernment in administering justice, 12 I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be. 13 Moreover, I will give you what you have not asked for—both wealth and honor—so that in your lifetime you will have no equal among kings. 14 And if you walk in obedience to me and keep my decrees and commands as David your father did,

I will give you a long life.” 15 Then Solomon awoke—and he realized it had been a dream.....

AHHHhh but it wasnt a JUST a dream....Solomon was given wisdom by God....and was considered one of the greats....next to his father King David....BUT Solomon angered God....people want to talk about Adolf Hitlers idea of building the master race....its called eugenics.....God was the first to require THAT from the Israelites....to keep the family lines pure.....to observe Gods wishes....which was really hard....because current history at the time showed the Israelites failing miserably....WELL....Solomon wasnt immune to that at all.....he disobeys the promise he gives to God....He has a stable of over 700 wives and concubines....which came from ALL parts of the world.....which began to pollute the Israelite nation with their customs and intermarriage ..riches beyond human understanding....and then Solomon erects an altar to the God of Moab and Molech....this obviously pisses God off...SOooo God begins to destroy the nation of Israel....He splits the nation in two....Assyria and Babylon....move in.....and then God destroys those nations as well.....dispersing the Israelites into the world.....Ill go on more of this in my future post....but basically....this was a lesson about ALL mankind....MAN WANTS MORE......MAN WANTS ALL KINDS OF RELATIONSHIPS......same sex or intermarriage....man wants luxurious living,..man wants to believe in what man want to believe in....man wants to believe in the religion that makes sense to man.....Its the same way with evry man in history and life.....The Israelites just happened to be the poster child for mankinds interest.....and it never changes......God made this earth.....he gave mankind enough food and resources to last 1000's upon 1000's upon 1000's of years....and within 10'000 years mankind has destroyed the earth....not only that....but at the very end of this.....OUR LIFETIME....mankind is slipping into insanity.....WHY....because their is NO GOD......thats obvious

[mieshec]

OH.....heres a bonus...and you want to talk about GOD and "committing infanticide"....REAL SOON....like this is going to happen within 5 years ....when Christ takes his chosen from the Earth....this is on the bill....Dont blame me....its Gods plan....Isaiah Chapter 13.....13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble; and the earth will shake from its place at the wrath of the Lord Almighty ,in the day of his burning anger.
14 Like a hunted gazelle, like sheep without a shepherd ,they will all return to their own people, they will flee to their native land.15 Whoever is captured will be thrust through; all who are caught will fall by the sword.16 Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses will be looted and their wives violated.
17 See, I will stir up against them the Medes, who do not care for silver and have no delight in gold.18 Their bows will strike down the young men; they will have no mercy on infants, nor will they look with compassion on children.....This passage will also be in my future post as well.

[RevBogovac]

You have both (Dan and mieshec) found the perfect god for you. In my "book" there is no justification for infanticide. Especially not for a god that claims to be all knowing, all powerful and loving (sic!).