1 John 2:1-17. The Apostle John explained how you can test if you know Him, warned of sin and was concerned for their spiritual state.
Proverbs 22, Proverbs of Solomon. This is a great chapter of wise advice, how to handle riches, and if not – how to come to poverty, how to raise children properly and how not to be a sluggard. It also contains some sayings of the wise.
Psalm 127, a Song of Ascents. This Psalm is written by Solomon, and tells that God is the real builder of houses, cities and families.
Psalm 128, a Song of Ascents. It states that the fear of the Lord gives blessings to families, it will go well with them, and they get to live to see their grandchildren.
Psalm 129, a Song of Ascents. In spite of many afflictions, Israel prevails thanks to the blessing of the Lord.
Psalm 130, a Song of Ascents. “Out of the depths” God helps and forgives. Wait for the Lord in hope, and He will redeem Israel.
1 John 1. From the Beginning, what was heard, seen and touched we proclaim, that is the Word of Life. How can we have fellowship with God and with one Another? The Word of God through the Apostle John tells us how.
Amos 6. The prophet issued woe to Zion and woe to Samaria. God abhorred the pride of Jacob.
Amos 7. The prophet had a vision of the Locusts, a vision of fire and a vision of the plumb Line. Amaziah told Amos not to prophesy bad things, but that is why Amos, a poor shepherd, was called.
Amos 8. The prophet had a vision of the summer fruit. That seemed good at first, but it signaled the beginning of the destruction of Israel.
Amos 9. The final chapter of Amos is depicting the destruction of Israel and the promise that Israel will be restored.
There is a new COVID variant, the Omicron. The stock markets around the world show they are worried, Crude oil futures dipped 13% in one day, fear spread through the media, and the message is as always: Get vaccinated, get the booster shot if you are eligible, but above all, trust us!
The news from Botswana is interesting to say the least. When testing passengers prior to departure they found that four future passengers tested positive for the Omicron variant.
Botswana is a large country but with only 2.4 million people. It is the fourth wealthiest country in Africa, and its health system is good, but only 20% of the population is fully vaccinated. Here is the kicker: All 4 of the infected were fully vaccinated!
This means that vaccinated people are potential “Typhoid Marys”, and while the vaccine protects them from the worst effects of Covid-19, they are just as dangerous as unvaccinated covid-19 patients, probably more so, since they can share a much higher viral dose before symptoms show .
In the summer of 2021 Botswana toyed with using Ivermectin, but decided against openly advocating it. They accepted its use as a prophylactic and early intervention drug, and the daily new cases and deaths dropped 97%. Then on Thanksgiving these bad news arrived.
President Biden reacted with historical speed. Starting Monday he will ban all travel from South Africa and Botswana, all predominantly racially black countries. He didn’t want to ruin the long Thanksgiving holiday, he must allow some time to let the virus enter U.S. before instituting the travel ban.
There are better alternatives. India, Indonesia and Japan are using Ivermectin to eradicate the virus, at great success. Can we do the same thing?
Yes we can! NIH has approved Ivermectin for controlled use, see document here.
CDC is really a vaccine producing agency, they control more than 20 patents, so they cannot profitably participate, even doing so would have saved and will save hundred of thousands of lives.
2 Peter 2. Even in the first century there arose destructive doctrines from a multitude of false teachers. They were all doomed because of their depravity and attempt to deceive.
Amos 1. The prophet proclaimed judgment on Tyre and Sidon.
Amos 2. The prophet proclaimed judgment on Moab, Judah and Israel.
2 Peter 1:12-21. The Apostle Peter reminded the faithful of his approaching death and kept emphasizing the trustworthiness of the prophetic word.
Proverbs 21, Proverbs of Solomon. Yes, there is a difference between a wise and righteous man, and an evil, foolish and lazy man, thinking only about himself and his pleasures, and “It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.”
Psalm 123, a Song of Accents. This is a short but fervent prayer for mercy.
Psalm 124, a Song of Accents. This one is of David. Thank God! Only He can do the impossible.
Psalm 125 is a song of Ascents, sung by pilgrims on the way to Jerusalem to one of the three yearly prescribed feasts.
Psalm 126 likewise is a Song of Ascents. One verse: “They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.”
2 Peter 1:1-11. The Apostle was greeting the faithful, urging them to be fruitful in the faith as they apply the eight godly virtues. Peter reminded them of his approaching death and kept emphasizing the trustworthiness of the prophetic word.
Joel 3. In this final chapterof the prophet Joel God judges the nations, bringing war to the valley of Jehoshaphat: “Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.” And afterwards God will bless His people.
Psalm 120 is a song of accents, that means it was sung as the people went up to Jerusalem on their way to celebrate one of the Jewish festivals.
Psalm 121, a Song of Accents. Psalms 120 to 134 were sung on the way to Jerusalem during the festivals.
Psalm 122, a Song of Accents. This one is of David.
Bad news about the dangers that mRNA vaccines may pose to the heart and blood vessels keeps coming.
A new study of 566 patients who received either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines shows that signs of cardiovascular damage soared following the shots. The risk of heart attacks or other severe coronary problems more than doubled months after the vaccines were administered, based on changes in markers of inflammation and other cell damage.
Patients had a 1 in 4 risk for severe problems after the vaccines, compared to 1 in 9 before.
Dr. Steven Gundry, a Nebraska physician and retired cardiac surgeon, presented the findings at the Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association’s annual conference in Boston last week. An abstract is available in Circulation, the AHA’s scientific journal.
My conclusion from that statistics is that vaccines are beneficial if you are over the age of 46. Because of the coarseness in the age-related data, only 4 categories, the uncertainity is +- 5 years. This is one more argument that speaks for the conclusion that if you are young, you are better off getting COVID-19 and acquiring natural immunity, rather than take the vaccine and be stuck with booster shots every 6 to 8 months. The vaccine itself is experimental, and we do not yet know the long term effect of it, much less the long term effect of the booster shots.
1 Peter 5. Elders, shepherd the flock, not for filthy lucre, but being examples of service and submission to God, in due time receiving a crown. Resist the devil, look to God “Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.” The letter ends with farewell greetings.
Joel 2 tells of the Day of the Lord. God gave a stern call to repentance. After that warning God gave this promise: “28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: 29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. 30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come. 32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call.“
Vaccinated English adults under 60 are dying at twice the rate of unvaccinated people the same age
And have been for six months. This chart may seem unbelievable or impossible, but it’s correct, based on weekly data from the British government. The brown line represents weekly deaths from all causes of vaccinated people aged 10-59, per 100,000 people. The blue line represents weekly deaths from all causes of unvaccinated people per 100,000 in the same age range. This graph is correct. Vaccinated people under 60 are twice as likely to die as unvaccinated people. And overall deaths in Britain are running well above normal. The basic data is available here, download the Excel file and see table 4:
This new data set indicates a sharp rise in overall mortality from all cases as people get older it was given as 2 categories, unvaccinated and those having received 2 doses of vaccine, broken up in 10-60, 61-70, 71-80, and 80+ years age groups, coarse but usable categorization. This indicates a decrease in deaths of 45% for people 61-70, 46% for the age group 71-80, and 33% for people 80 and over. All these numbers jump widely so the confidence interval is only about 10%. Massaging the data as best I could with this limited set I came up with the age of 46 years as the crossover point, above which vaccines are preferable.
The conclusion is this: People over the age of 46 should be encouraged to get vaccinated, people under the age of 46 should only get vaccinated if they are in the vulnerable category, and only with a physician’s recommendation.
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