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Dear Abby is an advice column for personal, family and relationships originated by Pauline Esther in 1956. At its heyday it was carried by over 1200 newspapers and in 2016 the readership was estimated at 110 million people. Abby died in 2013 and her daughter continues the column. Abby gave advice, sometimes good, sometimes bad and sometimes contrary to the things Jesus taught. Abby was not a Christian so there is no surprise that some of her advice conflicted with the teachings of Jesus. Readers often sought insulting comebacks to people who offended them which Abby was happy to provide.

We in Virginia have been blessed with our own beloved “Dear Abby”. Our Great Leader Governor Abigail Spanberger is available to give us love, advice and nurturing. After our Great Leader Dear Abby had been in office three months she had an approval rating of 30 percent according to one poll. The Democrat Partly has branded that poll as Maga Mis-information and allege Abby really has an approval rating of 70 per cent with an unfavorable rating of 30 per cent, mostly from Maga supporters.

We at the forum have been contacted by a whistle blower who claims she is working for the Abby Administration in the communications department. She provided us with e-mail correspondence with Dear Abby. Like most whistle blowers she wants her identity kept secret. In the interest of fairness, we do not know if she is a plant from another Democrat who is seeking power or is legitimate. The only way to know for sure if truth is told is through an investigation by the State Police which Dear Abby would control. This whistle blower seems so nice and sincere that we believe her. We will print some of the e-mails and let you decide if you think they are legitimate.

Dear Abby: My name is Karl Marx. You are probably shocked to receive an e-mail from someone who died years ago, but I now work for Satan in his kingdom, and all things are possible through Satan. We have been watching your progress through the years and want to congratulate you on being voted Governor of Virginia. A lot of our converts voted for you. We were impressed by how you promised to be impartial and represent all the people of Virginia and then starting pushing the Democrat’s power grab of trying to get the unsuspecting people of Virginia to support your partisan bill to redistrict the state of Virginia. Your plan to gerrymander the districts to make all districts but one predominantly Democrat is Brillant. It will make Virginia a one-party state like California, one of Satan’s favorite states just ahead of Minesota. From your college days when you first embraced Marxism we have admired you. We have some of the world’s greatest men here to advise you like Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong and Attila the Hun.

My Dear Karl: I have admired you since my college years. How wonderful to hear from you. Thank you for your willingness to advise me. I look forward to your brilliant input. As you know we Democrats are part of a big tent and we welcome anyone regardless of how evil they are. My own Attorney General once wrote he would like to put a bullet between the eyes of his opponent and his children so welcome to our tent. His letter did not change our affection for him. As you know we Democrats are motivated by money and power. I now have the power but I need more money. We Democrats know how to get money by borrowing it in the name of the taxpayer and taking a big slice of what the taxpayers earn in taxes. As you know Joe Biden became a multimillionaire as an elected official. I need some coaching on how to do what Joe did.

Dear Abby: As the President of the Teacher’s Union I am concerned that we work for better salaries and better working conditions for the teachers of Virginia and the teachers are not required be members of the union and pay their fair share of the costs of our efforts. What are your plans for dealing with this unjust situation?

Dear President: Thank you for your letter. As you know I have always been an advocate of the unions. If Karl Marx felt they were important to have I will support them. We are working on having a mandatory union dues fee collected from your members and from non members a representation fee for your expenses for negotiating benefits for all teachers. As you know, once a bill is passed it is almost impossible to get it changed and you will have dues or a representation fee collected forever.

Dear Abby: Iam the president of Abortion Forever. We are concerned that women in Virginia do not have freedom to remove the inconvenience of pregnancy from their bodies like they do in other states. What are you planning to do to protect their rights?

Dear President: I have always been an advocate for women’s rights. I plan to sign an executive order allowing women to have an abortion for any reason at any time during pregnancy. The bill will also allow for termination of heartbeat if the abortion is not successful.

Dear Abby: I am the Chairperson of Protect Our Children From Indoctrination. Our concern is that our children be free from the false Doctrine of Christianity that is creeping into our public schools. What do you plan to do to protect our children?

Dear Chairperson: I have been an advocate for keeping religion out of our schools since I read the Communist Manifesto. We will working on laws that will prevent religious indoctrination in any school accredited by the state of Virginia, public or private.

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Wars and Rumors of Wars. The Scriptures teach us that there will be many wars and rumors of wars before Jesus returns to reign on earth. A lot of people do not believe that and want a second opinion. They can look to fools to advise them if we will yield to demands of evil leaders of belligerent nations we can have peace. What will happen then is those leaders will enslave us and we will have no peace.

Statehood for D.C. That is the Democrats plan for taking control of the country and ushering in American Communism. The Democrats have embraced Communism and if they can get all the large Democrat led cities made into, states they could have power endowed on themselves forever and help themselves to whatever we produce as a society. That is the motivation for becoming a Communist, power and money. If people in D.C. want to vote for Senators and Representatives, they should petition to be returned to Maryland, the state that donated the land D.C. sits on for a National Capital.

Endless wars. There have always been wars and will always be until Jesus returns. The solution is to be so powerful that other nations will be fearful of us attacking them.

Iran. When evil dictators take control of a country they will kill anyone who opposes them and the people fear for their lives so they will not likely engage in an uprising. The Country of Iran is led by people who and not believe in God. God does not sanction the actions taken by their corrupt clergy.

Electoral College. The Founding Fathers knew what needed to be done when they set up a system to protect smaller states from domination by the large states. Can you imagine what our country would look like if the large radical leftist states on the west coast and the northeast combined to elect a president each year? All of our property would be confiscated, and we would lose all of our rights listed in the Constitution.

China. China’s number one goal is not to be concerned about the well being of it’s citizens but to destroy us. They have many supporters in our country who should be charged with treason or deported. We also have a president who pledged to make sure China’s oil supplies from Iran are not interrupted. China is vulnerable to collapse. The Communist Regime in China needs to go. Why is President Trump looking out for China instead of the United States? This is an ideal time to collapse an evil empire.

Democrats. The Democrats have embraced American Style Communism and are a scourge to our society. They should be sent to the dust bins of history and the United States should restore ourselves to the principles of freedom which made our country great.

Virginia Politics. The Democratic Communists have again taken control of our state government. We have a bad situation in Virginia where many federal government employees reside and also people who depend on government gain from contracts. Those people mostly favor big government, so the Democrats get a lot of support from them, and we have a large percentage of black people who always vote Democrat. No surprise that the Democrats they elected are now trying to turn Virginia into a California Socialist State. There latest ploy is to redistrict Virginia to make nearly all districts Democrat by gerrymandering the State to make most of them Democrat. Governor Spanberger or Commieburger, if you prefer, is a radical leftist who campaigned as someone who would be fair to all Virginians is all in on this power grab

Fraud. Now that the Democrats lost national power the new sheriff was free to expose all the billions of dollars in fraud in Democratic controlled cities and states. It has been well said that all that money could not have been stolen without the knowledge of the politicians. Does anyone think that any of these co-conspirators, the politicians, will ever see any jail time? If we could get that money back it might pay off the national debt. A few non-politicians have received jail time but the money will never be returned. You can also bet that if the Democrats get back in power these criminals will be pardoned

Balanced Budget. Republicans are as bad as Democrats. Both parties want to enrich themselves on their cut of tax money. We need term limits. The longer a politician stays in office the more skillful he will get in enriching himself.

War in Ukraine. Things have gone from bad to worse for Russia. Ever since Trump and Vance tried to bully Ukraine to surrendering to Russia, Russia has been slowly going downhill. They are struggling to pay for this unrighteous war. Trump, who so infamously said to Zelinsky, “you don’t have any cards to play against Russia” now looks like a dimwit while Zelensky looks like a folk hero. A lot of nations have condemned Putin. Soon Putin will have no friends to bail him out except Trump.

Street Begging. Street Begging seems to be the nation’s fastest growing profession. And why not? No costs to get started. No training to hit the ground running and no taxes. It is time for someone to do seminars on how to be successful as a street beggar.

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The purpose of the State of The Union Address has always been for the current president to talk about the nation’s accomplishments under his leadership. The Democrats who came exhibited to the world how grossly incompetent, anti American, hateful and angry they are. They did not even attempt to pretend otherwise. The behavior the world witnessed was Democrats texting, sleeping{I understand many Democrats have been in Congress or the Senate for decades and cannot stay awake in a meeting}, carrying on a conversation with the person beside him and screaming at the President like a spoiled child. It is unbelievable that they would not be aware that millions of people would be witnessing their bad behavior. It seems they did not even care. They probably think the useless idiots who vote for them do not care and they may be right.

A large number of Democrats did not even show up at the State of the Union address which may have been a good thing. Some of them even staged a clown show where buffoons paraded around showing the world how indifferent they are to the success of this nation. The positive side of all this is the voters of the United States noticed.

It is hard to believe the Democrats did not realize that their bad behavior played into the hands the master communicator named Donald Trump. These ae moments Trump lives for. The most poignant moment for me was when the Democrats got ensnared in Trump’s bear trap. Trump asked for everyone who thinks we should put the rights of our own citizens ahead of illegals to stand up. If the Democrats stood up it would anger many of their supporters. If they did not stand millions of Americans would be shocked and outraged. The Democrats chose those who vote for them rather than our American Citizens and sat. Witnessed by millions, will this be a moment that sends the Democrats into the dustbin of history where they belong? We need an opposition party to the Republicans in this country, but it should not be the Democrats.

In our world history there have been times when some people became so wicked that even a forgiving Father in Heaven considered them unredeemable. Only Noah and his family were preserved in the flood. Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed. I consider the Democrats unredeemable. Would it be good to have a modern-day Moses to deal with the Democrats like Moses dealt with the Pharoh?

Trump, ever the showman, brought in our Hockey Olympic Team and people who put their life on the line to defend our country. The audience, except for the Democrats, stood up and honored them by giving them an ovation. Why would you vote for people who will not honor our great American Heroes?

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We had four wonderful years in Virginia being protected from the abuse and oppressions of the Radical Left. We had a Republican Governor and a House of Delegates controlled by the Republicans. This prevented the Democrat Party from imposing Marxism on the Citizens of Virginia. As everyone knows the Democratic Party has embraced Marxism as evidenced by their inviting Bernie Sanders to join with them in their Senate Caucus and embracing radical leftists like in the infamous Squad and embracing other Radical Leftists in their party. It is the Party of Communism. I know the Democrats and Bernie Saunders claim to be Progressives, but this is just a title coined by Marxists to hide their true identify.

The Radical Left was in charge of Virginia for eight years before the Republicans rescued us. What are some of the things the Democrats infamously did while in office. One of the things they did was redistrict the state so where I live I suddenly was represented by a radical House of Delegate individual and a Radical Senate Member. I feel like I live in a Marxist State like California which is a one party state. I really believe the Democrats invited Black Lives Matter, an organization started by Marxists, to come to Richmond to destroy the city. When the Black Lives Matter People showed up to destroy Richmond the Democrats did nothing to prevent their rioting and destroying property. Democrats hate white people, even if the Democrat is white, unless the white person gives them money. Richmond had some priceless Statues honoring Confederate Leaders which the Democrats detested. Those statues were destroyed by the Black Lives Mob. I sincerely believe Governor Northam and the Democrats in City of Richmond government conspired with Black Lives Matter to Destroy the Statues. For sure they did little to prevent the destruction, which would not have been a hard thing to do.

In my area one of the Community Colleges that was named after John Tyler, a former President, was renamed Brightpoint Community College by the Radical Left. They decided a college could not named after a former slaveholder. What hypocrites. Flawed people judging someone else. As near as I can tell, Brightpoint is a word coined by Marxists meaning equity and justice. The Radical Leftist Democrats started renaming everything they could find named after any white person.

How did the Radical Left gain control of a state that was so prominent in our fight for freedom from England? Virginia has a large Black Population. Nearly everyone of them vote for Democrats. If a person has a D by his name he automatically gets lots of votes. The recently elected Attorney General once posted on his social media that one of his opponents should be shot along with his children. How did the Black Voters respond? Overwhelmingly voted for him. Along with that large block Northern Virginians support Radical Leftists. There is a large contingent of Federal Government Employees there and people who depend on government contracts for their income and they favor big government, which the Radical Left also supports. It will be hard for Virginia to escape the Radical Left unless Federal employment is scattered all across the United States which I advocate.

What is the Left’s immediate plans for Virginia? One is to gerrymander our congressional districts to make Virginia a one party state like California. They are trying to get all state employees into unions. Why? Because Unions give Democrats lots of money and members usually vote Democratic. That will help to make Virginia a one party state as well as enrich the Democrats. They are planning on being part of the climate change hoax. Why? Because Democrats are making a lot of money on this hoax and they contribute to the Democratic Party. If the Democrats channel tax money to them some of it will come back to Democrat Politicians as “campaign funds”. Communism is not an ideology it is a criminal organization. The Democrats have embraced Communism which makes them a criminal organization. Virginia is in danger of becoming a Marxist State.

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The Bible speaks of a person’s heart symbolically as those things one does or thinks about such as pleasing God or pursuing his own selfish interests. I am writing about a Communist’s Heart in those terms. When Jesus returned from the desert after a long fast Satan was there to tempt him, trying to divert him from his mission of sacrificing his life to take our sins upon himself. Satan recognized that there are three temptations that take people away from God. Desires of the flesh, Wealth and Power. Desires of the flesh are often sexual, but Jesus was hungry, so Satan thought it an opportune time to tempt him to use his powers to bless others and use his miraculous powers for his own benefit. Hence the challenge to turn stones into bread. Failing at that Satan promised Jesus he would give him great riches if he would worship him. Again, he failed and then promised Jesus great power if he would worship him. Jesus then ordered Satan to remove himself from his presence.

How do these temptations that Satan offered relate to Communists. First Jesus used his marvelous gifts to bless us, not himself. A Communist, regardless of their pretense of helping others, is only interested in personal gains. Everyone knows that Black Lives Matter was founded by Marxists. Now according to news reports one of those founders is under investigation for helping herself to money donated to Black Lives Matter to buy lots of material things for herself. Second is the great riches Satan promised to Jesus. Satan had no riches to give. Communists have no riches to give to the people, but when they are in power they are in a position to steal from the people. Xi Jinping of China is said to be a Billionaire. How does one become a Billionaire as a Communist Leader if he is not stealing money? And if he was not on the take he would give his wealth to the People if he believed in the principles he is teaching. Third Satan promised Jesus great power if he would worship him. Jesus had all power from his father. Again, Satan had nothing to offer him just like Communists have nothing to offer us. What they want in addition to money is power over everyone who is not in the ruling class. All they offer us is slavery. One of the mistakes we make is to consider Communism an ideology rather than a criminal organization. The ideology is what they use to convince useful idiots to support them.

There are not enough evil Communists to overthrow our government. Therefore, they have to find enough useful idiots to support and give them enough power to suppress and abuse the majority of the people. In Oregon and Minnesota, they pay people through organization they have set up to look like they are not connected with the international communist movement to travel to these cities to riot. In these places they are able to get local useful idiots to demonstrate for free. Independent Journalist have interviewed some of these useful idiots. It is shocking to see how stupid they are. These riots are organized and financed by people in organizations whose goal is to overthrow the Government of the United States. The Trump Administration is failing us. These insurrectionists should be arrested and charged. They are using the false claims of lawful dissent to attempt to destroy the United States and the press is on their side. In addition to the news media the Communists have infiltrated Education from Kindergarten through College. They are indoctrinating the young to believe the lies they are telling about the wonderful blessings of Communism. Many of the indoctrinated have infiltrated our government after getting their indoctrination degrees and we are paying them to attempt to overthrow our government. They have apparently taken control of the Democratic Party. These politicians used to call themselves Liberals or Progressives, but some have now proclaimed themselves Socialists. Soon they will publicly admit they are Marxists.

Communism cannot survive anywhere people are allowed to vote against them. That is why they suppress dissent and only allow their handpicked partners in crime to be on the ballot. We witnessed this in the last election as the Democratic Bosses picked Kamala Harris to run for President. Does this mean Kamala is a Communist or a useful idiot? Communists rely on lies, force, intimidation, making people dependent on them, propaganda and useful idiots. We see the Communists using these tactics in their so called “peaceful protests” in Oregon and Minnesota. Communists are responsible for the deaths of millions of people. They have no regard for human life. They are only interested in greed and power. You would not want one in your neighborhood.

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Xi Jinping of China should be tuned in on current events in the United States. He might find a way to take down the U.S. without having a messy war he would likely lose and cannot afford. Those who love Communism for the financial gain they would hope to gain are currently waging a cheap war against the United States. The Communist have taken over Hollywood, our educational system from Kindergarten to higher Education, education unions, most of the news media and apparently most of the Democrat Party. They have an elaborate propaganda operation in the news media that influences millions of useful idiots in the U.S. to obstruct and demonstrate against our federal law enforcement officers and are even willing to kill them. The Trump Administration should be exposing the funding the rioters are getting to do their evil and take them down in their insurrection activities. They should be making the public aware of how many of the rioters came to Minneapolis to riot since the dishonest politicians and news media are trying to frame the riots as a local popular demonstration against ICE. They should be arresting people who advocate harm to Federal Law even if they do it online. Threats against anyone is not a free speech right. The evil ones have been so effective in their evil intent that Trump is considering scaling back operations in Minnesota. Using the Biden model of retreat is not the way to deal with these criminals. I will give the Trump Administration credit for releasing the video of the man killed in riots spitting towards ICE personal and kicking the light cover off a vehicle the week before he was killed. I think that is more typical of the rioters than what the propagandists want us to believe.

ICE has been unwilling to take down these insurrectionists. They should be charged with insurrection. As long as they are not charged and brought to trial they will continue to engage in insurrection against the United States. More politicians should be charged. I think a thorough investigation will find links between those funding the insurrection and many Democrat Politicians. Donald Trump should recognize the strength of his position. Most of the people in our country support deporting illegal invaders and would probably support Trump on getting tough on insurrectionists. Follow the money.

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We have a Constitution that gives citizens the right to peacefully protest action that they do not approve of. Protestors do not any legal right to harass or attack others, come to the homes of people they do not agree with, stop traffic, burn buildings or other property or do anything to harm people they do not agree with. I read recently of two people who were stalking federal agents, cursing them and screaming at them and interfering with their policing responsibilities. They were warned, then arrested. What happened next was they were released without being charged. If there is no consequence, they will continue to break the law. They even mock the agents because they know there will be no consequences for their actions. Our federal agencies should be charging these thugs with felonies and prosecuting them.

Our Federal Agencies are losing the narrative to the Democrat Radicals and their partners in crime in the press who try to turn breaking the law into a free speech movement. Federal agencies should stop making idle threats about arresting people who break the law and start doing it. I think some Federal Agencies are reluctant to do their duty because of fear of criticism from the far left movement which includes the Democratic Party and most of the News Organizations.

The people who show up at the riots of the far left are either paid anarchists or useful idiots that the Communists have learned to use so well. They are well organized by secret organizations whose intent is the overthrow of the Constitution of the United States. Our Federal Agencies have a duty to report to the people which organizations are sponsoring insurrection against the United States and began making arrests. We just might find a connection between some Democrat Politicians and these radical organizations. Our agencies should be going harder after anarchists in our streets and giving them what they deserve, which is jail time. With these two things put into motion we might not have any more insurrections like we are currently having in Minnesota.

The other thing our federal agencies need to do is go after the politicians who know about government fraud and do nothing about it. Raise your hand if you are fool enough to believe Governor Walz did not know fraud was going on. Raise your hand if you think the pure and Holy Governor will ever be charged with any crime. Some Democratic Politicians were receiving “Campaign Contributions” from people who were stealing money from the taxpayers. That did not give them much incentive to recognize any fraud. Fraud will always happen in government unless politicians are held accountable for fraud on their watch. Raise your hand if you think any politician will be charged with any crime connected with the rampant fraud in Minnesota.

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The Old Testament prophesies of the birth of Jesus and of his crucifixion to take upon himself our sins. It also prophesies of events that will happen before Jesus returns to earth after his resurrection to rule and rein. Many natural calamities will happen and there will be wars and rumors of wars. We are witnesses of many wars and rumors of wars in recent years. The New Testament records the ministry of Jesus on earth and also prophesies of natural disasters and wars and rumors of wars that will come before he returns to earth. The New Testament foretold the defeat of the Jews and their scattering. It also foretold that the Jews will be gathered together again before Jesus’ second coming.

The Jews were scattered to many nations, but in these nations they kept their identify as a people. When the Brits decided to carve out a homeland in Palestine for them after World War II the Jews were not hard to find. Thousands of them have gathered in Israel. The Bible tells us that before Jesus returns a huge army from all nations will lay siege to Jerusalem and begin killing many Jews. When it appears all is lost, Jesus will appear and overthrow the armies of the wicked attacking Jerusalem. Then the Jews will recognize their King whom they rejected hundreds of years earlier.

Other things will happen before Jesus retulrns. The gospel of Christ will be taught in all the World. Right now their are two nations where Christians are not welcome, Iran and China. Events in China seem to indicate that China is about to collapse. Many are saying the UnGodly Mullahs who are currently abusing the People of Iran are on the way out. I expect to see the Gospel being preached in China and Iran which will indicate the return of Jesus is getting closer. In the last days, many people will see both awful and glorious things happening. What could be more glorious than to be on earth when Jesus Returns?

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Surely Putin could not be paying Trump a bribe as politicians often receive. Putin hardly has enough money to finance his illegal war against Ukraine so there would not be enough to put Trump on the payroll. Does Putin have dirt on Trump that would shock the American Public and turn them against Trump? If so, did Putin threaten to expose him if he did not agree to play by Putin’s rules? Putin is the master deceiver having served in the KGB in the old Soviet Union. If he had dirt on Trump he would not have to use his skills at lying or deceit. If there is dirt on Trump you would expect Putin to have it. Trump wants the peace prize and if he could bully Zelensky into surrendering to Russia he might be get credit for ending the war and get a peace prize nomination. Is that in his plans give Putin what he wants in exchange for a Ukraine surrender? Or is Trump an admirer of Putin because everyone does what Putin says and never challenges him. Is Putin the man Trump aspires to be?

Ukraine has been inflicting a lot of pain on Russia. With the help of Europe and the United States, Ukraine, who Trump said is not holding any cards, could be taking a lot of cards from Russia. It is time for a little less talk and a lot more action. Trump’s appeasement plan for dealing with Putin will only embolden Putin. Once Ukraine surrenders, he can demand return of all the area Russia controlled in the old Soviet Union and new territories including Alaska, Canada and Greenland. Having Trump to manipulate is like having a get out of jail free card for Putin.

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In the Old Testament Prophets foretold the birth of a Savior. Isaiah in 7:14 gave a prophecy about the birth of Christ. A request for prophecies of the coming of a Savior on the internet will pull up many of them. The Old Testament tells of a man called Abraham who was totally devoted to God. Because of his devotion Abraham was promised his descendants would be a favored people and be numerous. Abraham had one son Issac who was the father of Jacob. Jacob had twelve sons. God later changed Jacob’s name to Israel. The descendants of the twelve sons were then referred to as the Twelve Tribes of Israel.

When Israel served God, they were a mighty nation, and their enemies could not defeat them. When they did not keep God’s Commandments, they no longer had his protection. Eventually ten of the tribes separated from the Tribe of Judah. For most of the Tribe of Levi they stayed with the Tribe of Judah and were absorbed by Judah. The ten tribes were conquered and scattered through many parts of the world and lost their identify as a people. Many people in the world are descendants of these ten tribes unaware.

The Jews were eventually conquered but were sent as a group to another land and did not lose their idenity as a people. Later they were allowed to return to what we refer to as the Holy Land. The Jews were later conquered by the Romans but were not relocated and became a part of the Roman Empire. While a part of the Roman Empire Jesus was born a Jew and descendant of King David. The Jews did not recognize their own King and most rejected him. Not many years after the crucifixion of Jesus the Jews were conquered by another nation and scattered again but unlike the ten tribes they did not lose their idenity. God is now gathering the Jews in the Holy Land before Jesus returns to earth to rule and reign. The Jews will continue as a nation until the return of Jesus. The scriptures indicate that all the world will be aligned against the Jews and will be attempting to destroy them. Jesus will come to destroy the army’s invading the Holy Land and then the Jews will recognize Jesus as their King.

What was the calling of this Man called Jesus who was born a Jew? Man is sent to earth to be tested to determine if he will follow the commandments. God knew we would not be perfect so he sent his son Jesus, who lived a perfect life, atone for our sins. If we will repent and serve God, we can be cleansed of our sins through the atonement of Jesus. Jesus also became the first person to be resurrected. Because he was resurrected, we will also be resurrected. This will be the same kind of resurrection that Jesus experienced where he said to his disciples, “handle me and see. A Spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see me have.”.

All will be resurrected but only those who are righteous will dwell in the presence of God. Paul in his letter to the Corinthians 1 Cor. 15 talked about glories compared to the Sun, Moon and Stars and said so also is the resurrection.

Non-believers have been attempting to remove Christ out of Christmas for many years. I remember as a child when we had the tradition of sending Christmas Cards we received cards wishing us a happy Xmas. Our modern day attempt is in the takeover of our education system by radical leftists. They are removing the celebration of Christmas in our schools and replacing Christmas with Holiday. Later, they will replace Holiday with December Celebration when they realize Holiday really means Holy Day. The Merchants of Greed are also doing their part by convincing us to forget Jesus and pursue material gains by going into debt giving everybody we know gifts.

My plea is that we will return Christmas to a day of celebrating the Savior’s birth leave behind the pursuit of worldly goods.

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