‘The face of the LORD is against those who do evil,
To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. ‘ Psalms 34:16

All men sin, but the reference here is to those who will not repent and who have no intention of turning away from their evil deeds. God is not against everyone that sins, (for the righteous are not without sin as they have sin in them); but against them that live in sin, whose course of life is a series of willful iniquity, wickedness & evildoing – they are workers of darkness; and have no sense of sin, nor sorrow for it, go on in it without shame, regret or fear – against these, the face of the Lord is, and stirs up His righteous wrath.

People assume that God is ONLY merciful & loving, conveniently forgetting that God is ALSO righteous and holy and will exercise judgment. Will not the JUDGE of the Universe do right?

Woe to the wicked for God is not indifferent to their deeds, it shall be ill with them, notwithstanding they may bless themselves in their own way. The face of the Lord looks out against them, their honour shall be turned into shame, their names disregarded or accursed so that they shall be no more thought of, nor uttered of, but with reprehension, scorn & reproach – a perpetual mark of opprobrium & infamy being upon their names. He will rain shame upon their achievements which they rejoice and jubilate in and for which they thought they should be remembered. The anger of God not only destroys the wicked, but also abolishes their name forever – it is certain that there is no lasting honour and when they are dead, they will face the judgment of God.

The wicked people may have fewer troubles, fewer evils befall them, perhaps but one, and yet that one may prove their utter ruin. Death, to them, is the king of terrors; to them it is evil, only evil. Tragic is the case of that man who by his sin has made his Maker his enemy, his destroyer. The wicked, whose common course is to do evil; are assured, that God sees them from heaven with a terrible countenance and that He is righteously and grievously angry with them. Desolation will be their everlasting portion. Those that are wicked themselves (usually hate the righteous, and have an implacable enmity to them and their righteousness) laid waste for ever, shall be for ever forsaken and abandoned of God. He observes them, to bring judgment upon them that do evil through the gathering gloom of death – absolute destruction shall be the lot of all the ungodly. Most certainly God is able to out-faced the most proud and daring sinners and those who fought against Him. Ruin is before them, for He is able both to kill and to cast into hell. Their end is the lake of eternal fire – hell.

For God to be against a man is dreadful; a fearful thing it is to fall into the hand of the Living God and to have the face of God against a man – is unendurable.

Jesus said in:

Matthew 25:46 …“And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Matthew 13:50 …and cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.”

Matthew 10:28… “And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.” and

Matthew 25:41 …“Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels:

among other passages, about the reality of hell on judgement day.

Robin Edgar @RobinEdgar · Jun 23

WORDS AND PHRASES FROM THE BIBLE.

Origins of these expressions…

As you sow so shall you reap.

Your deeds, good or bad, will repay you in kind.

“Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.” Galatians 6:7

The coat of many colors was a sign of favoritism.

“Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colors.” Genesis 37:3

A fly in the ointment –

A small but irritating flaw that spoils the whole

“Dead flies putrefy the perfumer’s ointment,
And cause it to give off a foul odor;
So does a little folly to one respected for wisdom and honor.”  Ecclesiastes 10:1

A nest of vipers.

A group of iniquitous people, congregating together.

Jesus said in Matthew 23:29-33

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous, and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’

“Therefore you are witnesses against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers’ guilt.  Serpents, brood of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation of hell?

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Literal meaning (house meaning household).

“But Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them: “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.” Matthew 12:25

A labour of love.

Work undertaken for the pleasure of it or for the benefit of a loved one.

“remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father,” 1 Thessalonians 1:3

Turn to peaceful pursuits and away from war.

“He shall judge between the nations,
And rebuke many people;
They shall beat their swords into plowshares,
And their spears into pruning hooks;
Nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
Neither shall they learn war anymore.” Isaiah 2:4

WORDS AND PHRASES FROM THE BIBLE.
Origins of these expressions…

THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL – The phrase for something inevitable that we can all see is going to happen.

This originated from Daniel 5.4-6 “They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone. In the same hour the fingers of a man’s hand appeared and wrote opposite the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace; and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. Then the king’s countenance changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his hips were loosened and his knees knocked against each other.”

The carnal King Belshazzar, having seen a hand appears and writes a mysterious message, called upon Daniel to interpret it. His kingdom was to disappear that night – and it did!

THE APPLE OF MY EYE – Someone, cherished above others.

“For thus says the Lord of hosts: “He sent Me after glory, to the nations which plunder you; for he who touches you touches the apple of His eye.” Zechariah 2:8

“..which shows how near and dear the Lord’s people are to him. The pupil or apple of the eye is a little aperture or perforation in the middle of the tunic or coat of the eye, called the uvea and iris, about which the iris forms a ring; and through this little opening the rays of light pass to the crystalline humour, to be formed on the retina or net, at the bottom of the eye. It is a very weak and tender part, and easily hurt with the least thing; and fitly describes the feeble state of Christ’s people; and how soon and easily they may be disturbed, distressed, and hurt by their enemies: and as this is a principal part of the eye, and a part of a man’s self, dear and valuable to him; so are the Lord’s people parts, as it were, of himself; they are members of his body, closely united to him; ” – John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible. 

BITE THE DUST – To fall to the ground, wounded or dead

“..And His enemies will lick the dust.” Psalms 72:9 clearly the Bible forerunner to the dust-biting which we’ve been talking about ever since!

THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT – Now means doing something we know to be wrong, often of a sensual nature.

This is the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil that Adam and Eve were instructed not to eat in Genesis 2:17.

“And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat;  but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” Genesis 2:16-17.

Both Adam and Eve disobeyed God, and the consequence of that decision – we still have to live with today.

*DO NOT THROW PEARLS BEFORE SWINE – Implying that one should not put what is valuable in front of those who will reject the notion that it has value and furthermore that they will seek to diminish or destroy what one offers.

Matthew 7:6 “Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces.” A warning from Jesus in not to waste the message of salvation on those openly hostile to the Gospel.

FIRE AND BRIMSTONE – When talking about judgement or when searching for a vivid phrase meaning punishment.

Was what God used to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, as recorded in Genesis 19:24.

“And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever” Revelation 20:10

“But the cowardly, unbelieving,[a] abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.” Revelation 21:8

LOVE OF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL – Makes the point that lusting after money gets us into trouble

“For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.” 1 Timothy 6:10

A THORN IN THE SIDE – To describe an ongoing problem

Paul used this in 2 Corinthians 12:7 to describe an ailment he had. God didn’t take it away, in order to keep him humble.

“And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure.” 2 Corinthians 12:7

LIKE A LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER – Now usually describes an innocent or naive victim losing something in their life.

First used Isaiah 53:7 to describe the promised Messiah’s (Jesus’) willingness to accept His fate.

“He was oppressed and He was afflicted,

Yet He opened not His mouth;

He was led as a lamb to the slaughter,

And as a sheep before its shearers is silent,

So He opened not His mouth.” Isaiah 53:7

Q. Who is the shrewdest businessman in the Bible?
A. Noah, because he floated his stock while everyone else went into liquidation. 

Q. What US state is mentioned in the bible?
A. Arkansaw. “Noah looked out of the ark and saw…”

Q. Where can you find the first soft drink commercial in the Bible? 
A. In the Book of Hab-a-kkuk….. “Have-a-Coke”

Q. During what season did Eve eat the forbidden fruit?
A. Early in the fall.

Q. What is it that Adam never saw or had, yet left 2 of them for his children? 
A. Parents.

When we read about the evils of drinking & we gave up reading; is like knowing that God hates sin & we gave up God. :^) ~ Cheong Kok Weng

The first Easter proved the truth of what Jesus said to  Martha before His death on the Cross… Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?” John 11:25-26

Ask the right questions to reveal the facts and truths. Inquiries & arguments are meant to reveal the truths and not to create it. The reception of truths requires liberty of thoughts and freedom of the mind and not subject perceived evidence to a preconceived set of interpretations. Sincere inquiries are friends of truths – as the great point of thoughtful queries and probes are to bring out the real facts.

If we do not know the truth … we may believe anything or may just choose to believe what we want to believe. It’s important to believe truths only.

Points to ponder…. If there were insufficient evidence – it does not do justice to one self if one were to believe something founded on incomplete evidence. However sincere and well-meaning; one would be in error (as one can be sincerely wrong) for  believing based on insufficient or partial evidence – we need to check concerning allegations or charges constructed on inadequate evidence especially when this insufficiency would have been apparent if anyone had bothered to cross check or have it corroborated.

We must not to let our prejudices, wishes or paroxysms interfere with a sound, balanced and judicious assessment of data and evidences – as accurate data and evidences lead to facts and facts do point to truths. However we need to guard ourselves from being credulous and  we ought not to be careless or uncritical in assessing information and evidences and the formation of opinions, as false beliefs are or can be perilous.

Humanity coming together for a common cause. .. search for MH 370. Concerned nations rising-up to a shared mission.

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Reuters news….By Matt Siegel and Jane Wardell

PERTH/SYDNEY, Australia, March 28 (Reuters) – The pot-bellied silhouette of a Chinese Il-76 military transport plane appeared in the sky over Perth International Airport just as the U.S. naval officer was explaining how he guards his cutting-edge surveillance plane.

Lieutenant Commander Adam Schantz was ticking off the measures, including a round-the-clock guard and armed rapid response team, as he caught sight of the Chinese aircraft coming in to land a few metres from the U.S. P8 Poseidon for which he is responsible.

The search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is producing strange bedfellows.

“Yeah, it’s a little different,” Schantz said with a laugh.

At least six countries – the United States, China, South Korea, Japan, New Zealand and Australia – are participating in the search and rescue operation for the flight, which disappeared almost three weeks ago and is believed to have crashed in the southern Indian Ocean off Australia’s west coast.

The level of military cooperation between a grouping of countries that contains several traditional antagonists has been unprecedented. But as the wary allies focus on solving this mystery, they are keenly aware of the boundaries of cooperation, diplomatic or military.

“When they are out there and the U.S. is using its sensors, you can be absolutely sure that the Chinese are recording all of that and are analysing how it’s done because that’s very useful in understanding how the P8s work,” David Brewster, a visiting fellow at the Strategic Defence and Studies Centre at the Australian National University, told Reuters.

The Poseidon, an anti-submarine warfare and electronic signals interception plane manufactured by Boeing Co, is the most advanced of its type. Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South Korea all operate an earlier model, the P3 Orion, while China has the larger Russian-made Ilyushin.

The P8 only entered service in 2013 and information on its sophisticated sensors could be a prime target for Chinese intelligence.

“I’m not surprised to see a lot of security. There’s a lot of political sensitivity,” Brewster said.

Western forces are also keeping their eyes open. Air search crews told Reuters that Australian personnel were flying with the Chinese on their sorties. It was not clear if that was for security reasons or to assist with communications after the first Chinese aircraft to fly into Perth landed at the wrong airport last weekend.

Chinese Defence Ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng said on Thursday that Chinese forces had had “effective communication” with the other countries taking part in the search, including “close coordination” with the Australians and Malaysians.

DIPLOMATIC SENSITIVIES

Then there are diplomatic sensitivities, chief among them the stormy relationships between Japan and its historical foes, regional superpower China and South Korea. By all accounts that has gone more smoothly than many had expected.

Earlier this week, Australian Defence Minister David Johnston hosted a lunch at Perth’s RAAF Base Pearce mess hall with a dozen representatives of both the Chinese and Japanese search teams, as well as the Australians.

A defence ministry source in attendance told Reuters the teams enjoyed corned beef or chicken noodles in a convivial atmosphere, albeit sitting in their national groupings.

“It was very amiable and relaxed, there was no tension whatsoever, it was all friendly – all very professional,” the source told Reuters under condition of anonymity because the person was unauthorised to speak to the media.

Bringing together countries like China and Japan, which have a history of tensions over strategic grievances going back beyond World War Two, does raise cooperation issues, said Andrew Davies, a senior analyst for defence capability at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.

But bigger political realities often faded, he said, when the issue at hand was getting the job done.

“You might be surprised at how down-to-business the actual operators can be on the ground,” he said. (Additional reporting by Lincoln Feast in Sydney and Michael Martina in Perth and Ben Blanchard in Beijing; Editing by Ron Popeski)

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New leads in the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370..new satellite images of 122 potential objects ‘identifie…http://goo.gl/6Sn0QF @ckw09 7:45 PM – 26 Mar 2014

China wanted Malaysia to supply all the relevant information and evidence about MH370 satellite data analysis.  See  China demanded from Malaysia the Satellite data about MH370 …

China’s official Xinhua News Agency quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Xie Hangsheng as telling the Malaysian ambassador to Beijing that China wanted to know the specific facts that led Malaysia to announce Monday night that the plane had been lost.

There was no immediate response from the Malaysian side.

China demanded Malaysia turn over the satellite data used to conclude that a Malaysia Airlines jet had crashed in the southern Indian Ocean as gale-force winds and heavy rain today halted efforts to search for any remains of the plane.  Extracts…  Deputy Foreign Minister Xie Hangsheng told Malaysia’s ambassador to Beijing that China wanted to know exactly what led Najib to announce that the plane had been lost, a statement on the ministry’s website said.

Malaysia Airlines Chairman Mohammed Nor Mohammed Yusof said at a news conference today that it may take time for further answers to come clear.

“This has been an unprecedented event requiring an unprecedented response,” he said. “The investigation still underway may yet prove to be even longer and more complex than it has been since March 8th.”

He added that even though no wreckage of the Boeing 777 has been found, there was no doubt it had crashed.

“This by the evidence given to us, and by rational deduction, we could only arrive at that conclusion: That is, for Malaysia Airlines to declare that it has lost its plane, and by extension, the people in the plane,” he said.

The airline’s chief executive, Ahmad Jauhari Yahya, said although there have been an increasing number of apparent leads, there has been no definitive identification of any debris. For several days now, search planes have been scouring seas 2,500 kilometres southwest of Perth, Australia, and have spotted several floating objects, but none have been retrieved or proven to be from the missing plane.

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New satellite analysis & data revealed that last position of MH370 was in the middle of the Indian Ocean. http://goo.gl/qKmbcJ  @ckw09 11:45 PM – 24 Mar 2014 

Inaccurate ABC news @ 24 Mar 2014 ABC News .. Pieces of debris floating off the coast of Australia have been positively identified as belonging to missing Malaysia Airlines flight #MH370, which disappeared more than two weeks ago.