Showing posts with label 2011. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2011. Show all posts

Thursday 10 June 2021

Noodzaak om de Schrift weer kenbaar te maken

Het Barna onderzoek over de toestand van het Christendom in Amerika laat duidelijk zien dat de Verenigde Staten van Amerika op dezelfde neerwaartse lijn zitten die wij hier al veel langer kennen. (> Gradual decline by American Christians)

Men zou ook kunnen zeggen dat hier nooit zulk een diepgeworteld geloof was als in de V.S.. Enkele jaren geleden zag men daar de megakerken als paddestoelen uit de grond rijzen. Maar het kan gerust zijn dat deze juist mede oorzaak zijn geworden van het verval van de religiositeit van de Amerikanen. In die kerken ging het intieme en familiale verloren en werden de gelovigen individuen die verzwolgen werden door de massa joelende lui. Er werd niet zo veel aandacht geschonken aan het Woord van God. Predikanten gebruikten wel uit de kontekst genomen versen om met luide stem mensen in de ban te krijgen van hun verzinsels over vernietiging in de hel en redding die tot hen kon komen door hun kerk (financieel) te steunen.

Nadrukkelijk werd hun een Jezus als god voorgesteld, waarbij zij meer zwakheden konden ontdekken en dingen die in tegenstrijd leken te gaan met de Bijbelse teksten. Zoals dat God alles zou weten en kunnen doen, waartegenover hun godheid Jezus niet alles kon doen en een heleboel dingen niet wist (of beweerde niet te weten, wat nog erger was, omdat hij dan een liegende god zou zijn.) Dit maakte dat dat geloof in een alwetende, almachtige schepper van het universum, dat er nog was in 1991 bij 86 procent van de mensen wegkwijnde tot slechts 46 procent vandaag.

Wat betreft het geloof dat de Bijbel het nauwkeurige en betrouwbare Woord van God is, is de daling verschoven van 70 procent in 1991 naar 41 procent in 2021. Wat het onderwerp verlossing betreft, geloofde in 1991 36 procent van de volwassenen in verlossing door belijdenis van zonde en aanvaarding van Jezus als Verlosser. Vandaag is dat 30 procent. In de enquête werd ook opgemerkt dat dit percentage opliep tot 45 procent en in 2011 39 procent bedroeg.

Indien men mensen terug tot het geloof wil krijgen zal het er op aan komen om de Bijbelse Woorden terug hun plaats te geven, zowel in de kerkdienst als in het gezin.

Omdat wereldbeelden al op jonge leeftijd worden ontwikkeld, moeten kerken 

"zich richten op en het meeste investeren in het bereiken van kinderen en het toerusten van hun ouders".
vinden de Barna onderzoekers.

Ook wij kunnen dit slechts beamen, dat vanuit het gezin de opvoeding moet komen in ethische en Bijbelse waarden.

Gradual decline by American Christians

When we see documentaries about the North American people we get a picture that they are 'very religious'.

Christianity, which was once shared by a majority of Americans, has seen a gradual decline as fewer people hold to the core tenets of the faith.

The latest research by the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University continues the survey series American Worldview Inventory 2021 in examining biblical and competing worldviews of American adults.

According to the most recent release from the study, there has been a sharp decline in the status of Christianity across the nation in the past several decades. In 1980, more than 90 percent of Americans claimed to be Christian. That percentage dropped to 80 percent by 1990, in which the proportion lasted until after the turn of the millennium. By 2010, only three in four adults claimed to be Christians, with a further decline today as just under two out of three make the same claim.

In the previous century confidence in religion was still important.
About two-thirds of American adults had high confidence in religion in the 1970s. By the 1980s, however, that confidence was waning, and Christianity’s influence was declining.
At the start of the millennium, 56 percent of adults had confidence in religion. That number continued to decline, and now, barely four in ten adults hold a high degree of confidence in religion.

No wonder, you could say, when we look at how ministers used their institutions to gain money and trick people into their 'business'. Small personal family churches were taken over by mega churches where one got lost in the group and where there was not a special bond between teh believers.

A great problem is also that the majority of those churches are Trinitarian churches, where they worship Jesus as their god. Though people came to see the weakness of that person and the contradictions they can find in Scriptures, having a Jesus who can not do a lot of things and does not know a lot of things, whilst the Bible tells us God can do everything and knows everything.

The Bible is also increasingly rejected as a trustworthy and relevant document of life principles. Not many people want to know about the values and ethics presented in the Holy Scriptures.

In 1991, 86 percent of people believed in the existence of God as the all-knowing, all-powerful creator of the universe who still rules the world today. Today, that percentage has dropped to 46 percent.

In a lot of the American churches there was not much time spend on the Word of God. Ministers only took some verses, often out of context, to bring a long sermon, often with a lot of shouting and crying about damnation and danger to burn into hell. Often people could not find a relation between the words of the pastor and the words written in the Bible. That undermined the relevance of the Holy Scriptures in the daily life.

Regarding the belief that the Bible is the accurate and reliable Word of God, the decline shifted from 70 percent in 1991 to 41 percent in 2021. On the topic of salvation, 36 percent of adults believed in salvation through confession of sin and accepting Jesus as Saviour in 1991. Today, that amount is 30 percent. The survey also noted that this measured as high as 45 percent and was 39 percent in 2011.

The percentage of Americans possessing a biblical worldview also significantly decline (12 percent in 1995; 6 percent in 2021).

Wednesday 11 January 2012

December 2011 Nederlandstalige artikelen

Als de laatste maand van 2011 inging werd er op vele plaatsen teruggekeken naar wat er het afgelopen jaar is gebeurd.

Voor sommigen was het een jaar waarin zij van de ene verrassing in de andere vielen en waar zij vele vrienden of kennissen aantroffen die grote beproevingen ondervonden. Enorme watervloeden kwamen op verscheidene plaatsen de onwaarschijnlijke kracht van de natuur tonen.
Revoluties, opstanden, de Europese crisis, natuurrampen en de aanloop naar het conflict in het Midden-Oosten konden het wereldnieuws halen.

Voor hen die zich verdiepen in de Heilige Geschriften was het een jaar van bevestiging van veel zaken. Sommige van die Bijbelonderzoekers konden zien dat het een ongelooflijk jaar was van profetische gebeurtenissen die zich voor onze ogen afspeelden.

Een jaar in beeld met verwijzingen naar de Schriftuurlijke kennisgeving kan u vinden in:


Sommige mensen denken dat met een paar penseelstrepen gebeurtenissen uit het verleden kunnen gewist worden. Het verleden heeft echter altijd een weerslag op het heden en op de toekomst. Ook niet met het wegnemen van namen of het verwijderen van figuren op prenten of foto's zal men de gebeurtenissen van het verleden kunnen wegwissen.

In sommige landen ziet men dat het censuurspook weer meer zijn intrede begint te doen. Zelfs in landen zoals België en Groot-Brittannië waar men denkt met democratieën te  maken hebben.

Occupy Movement Verzwegen in de media

Een politieke, Europese en financiële crisis maakt vele Belgen bang. Bang voor het ineenstorten van ons systeem. De vraag die de vorige weken op velen hun tong lag was “Keren we terug naar de jaren dertig, het decennium waarin angst … Verder lezen

Om de hoek loerende censuur in Verenigd Koninkrijk

De economische crisis zette zich naarstig voort.

De waterval naar de banken


Louise Weiss gebouw en Torens volgens Babels Ziggurat

+

Fragiliteit en actie #5 Oproep

Fragiliteit en actie #6 Juistheid van handelen

Fragiliteit en actie #7 Gebeurtenissen en Prioriteiten

Fragiliteit en actie #8 Eerste Wetsvoorziening

Christen houding en fragiliteit 21. Wetsvoorziening 1: Eerste Wetten Zeer vroeg in het aards bestel werd er voorzien door de Schepper dat de mensen richtlijnen hadden om te volgen zodat zij hun leven makkelijk zouden kunnen laten verlopen. In het … Verder lezen

Fragiliteit en actie #9 Herval zondigheid

Fragiliteit en actie #10 Voor het nageslacht

Fragiliteit en actie #11 Horen

Christen houding en fragiliteit 27.Hoorders In het Oude Testament (Heb. mi”wa) zijn de Woorden van God opgetekend tot lering van de mens. Men kan er in de geschiedenis van de mens volgen, zijn gebreken zien en hoe zij met de … Verder lezen

Fragiliteit en actie #12 Beperking

Fragiliteit en actie #13 Zichtbare ellende

Fragiliteit en actie #14 Plagen van God


Politekgewijze werden vele hete hangijzers boven gehaald.

Hard werk met tegenwind

Handig gebruik van Roosevelt’s techniek door Obama

De mens die zelf veel natuurgeweld over zich kreeg was niet verlegen om verder zijn aanslag te plegen op het natuurschoon, waarbij hij vergat hoe hij eigenlijk dit alles slechts in bruikleen heeft gekregen van de Schepper. (Enkel in het Engels beschikbaar)

Natural England, English Heritage in danger

In het hele plaatje wenst de mens zich ook speciale figuren voor te stellen en verwondert zich (gelukkig) ook nu en dan over wat bepaalde figuren kunnen bereiken. Men heeft mensen en zaken die men leuk vindt en graag eens in de bloemetjes zet. Ook al is het geen charismatische figuur of één vredelievend persoon. Soms heeft de wereld enkele mensen nodig die ze wakker schudt. En zo kan diegene die zich verzet tegen een bepaalde wantoestand het dan toch verdienen om even in de aandacht te komen.

De Protesteerder door Time verkozen tot Persoon van het jaar

De Protesteerder door Time verkozen tot Persoon van het jaar

Toffe persoon van het jaar 2011

Maar met de sluiting van het jaar vergeten velen wie eigenlijk best de meest koele persoon zou kunnen zijn. "Jesus may be cool." Maar moeten wij die toffe kerel ook op 25 december vieren? In het Engels kon u er een reeks over lezen op de Belgische Christadelphians hun Ecclesia Website. Die Jesus begotten Son of God #4 Promised Prophet and Saviour kreeg er de volle aandacht over een reeks artikelen terwijl er ook over zijn natuur werd gesproken en hoe hij een preëminente zoon was van Maria (Miryam) en Jozef maar die ook zoon van God is en zaad van een verbrijzelde vrouw. Voor hen die twijfelen over het of "god de zoon zijn" of het "zoon van god zijn" of daar geen verschil in zien, raden wij aan die reeks verder door te lezen.

Lees over die 25ste December ook:

Achtergrond Christelijk KerstfeestWat betreft Kerstfeest + Jesus begotten Son of God #1 Christmas and Christians + Jesus begotten Son of God #2 Christmas and pagan rites

Alsook verder een kijkje te nemen in: Wat betreft Korte inhoud van lezingen: Bijgeloof en feesten en even in het verleden te duiken in het lezen van Pasen 2006.

U een voorspoedig 2012 toewensend,

Marcus Ampe

2011 in PowerPoints

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It has truly been an incredible year of prophetical events unfolding before our eyes.
Revolutions & riots, European crisis, natural disasters and the build up to conflict in the Middle East.
Surely our Lord's return is at hand!
As you know the Weekly World Watch looks at 6 key events each week in relation to Bible prophecy.
What I do at the end of the year is group all of the slides produced in the year into "themes".
In effect all the slides in 2011 relating to Israel are grouped together.
All the slides relating to natural disasters are grouped together and so on.
You can then see over a year how things have developed.
It is surprising to look back as we easily forget what has happened only a few months ago!
Click on one of the themes below to download a powerpoint with all the WWW slides for that theme in 2011.
Let us pray that 2012 sees the return of our Lord.
God Willing the WWW will continue next week.
With love in the Lord
Andy Walton

Israel - the Jews & Palestinians - 2011
There are 90 slides in this powerpoint.
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Syria & Lebanon - 2011
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Revolutions - 2011
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Gog - Russia - 2011
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Natural disasters / signs and wonders - 2011
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Persia - latter day Iran - 2011
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Tarshish - Britain - 2011
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America - Young lion - 2011
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The Beast - Europe - 2011
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Egypt - 2011
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Libya - 2011
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Togarmah - Turkey - 2011
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The Harlot - Roman Catholicism - 2011
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Financial Collapse - 2011
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Immorality & Godlessness - 2011
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Ancient Babylon - Iraq - 2011
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Sheba & Dedan - Saudi Arabia - 2011
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I hope you find this useful.

With love in the Lord


Andy Walton
Weekly World Watch

December 2011 Articles to read

At the closure of a year the world wants to look at the happenings and want to grade things and persons. So they want to look at the Cool Person of the year 2011.

The Protester named Person of the Year 2011 by Time Magazine



Though people should always wonder what they get to see and how far news got filtered.

Censor looming around the UK corner?

Some persons even think they can wipe away the previous history just by taking away names or figures from a picture.

ANC-regime wants to wipe every presence of Afrikaans from the SA map #1 History

ANC-regime wants to wipe every presence of Afrikaans from the SA map #2 Not wanted and Responsibility


27th Nov - 3rd Dec 2011‏: Britain expels all Iranian diplomats and shuts down their embassy. Could this be a prelude to war? > CLICK HERE FOR THIS WEEKS WWW


4th - 10th Dec 2011‏: Britain vetoes treaty to save the Euro. What next for the UK and Europe? > CLICK HERE FOR THIS WEEKS WWW


11th - 17th Dec 2011‏: Its a war of words between Britain and France and Russia and America.CLICK HERE FOR THIS WEEKS WWW


18th - 24th Dec 2011‏:Syria, Iran and Russia prepare... for war. > CLICK HERE FOR THIS WEEKS WWW


We could find Belgium at last a new governement:

Prime Minister Di Rupo an Italian perseverance +

Di Rupo at what cost


How people try to enrich themselves but forget the poor ones. As well how people forget to have enough respect for the countryside and all the beautiful land that they are given by the Creator.

Payroll tax to afford social security

Natural England, English Heritage in danger

Often forgetting that those things they do in nature or in their worldly activities get them in certain positions.Today we still see that history repeats it self even when certain things happened ages ago.

Louise Weiss builiding and towers after Ziggurat Babel


After having looked at Christmas celebrations we considered the historical facts of the figure Jesus (Jeshua), a man who became a great teacher and got a lot of followers, resulting in a new group of believers called Christians. Though not all those Christians do believe the same things and some consider that man who died not just as a god but as God, who would be Three in One. But is that really possible? Can there be a Three-une God?

According to Trinitarians, those who believe in the Holy Trinity, Jesus is god the son, while he is also his father God the Father, and at the same time also the third person God the Holy Spirit. According the Bible is God a Spirit, so we could assume that the Holy Spirit is God. But it is not a person, but the force of God. A spirit cannot die but the human person who was put on a wooden stake and is considered to have died for everybody's sin, did really die.

So who or what do people celebrate on the 25th of December?

Looking at

Jesus begotten Son of God #1 Christmas and Christians and

Jesus begotten Son of God #2 Christmas and pagan rites we continued to look at this strange figure who was born in a warm country but seemed to have connections with a man from the Scandinavian countries who gets down in chimneys to bring people all sorts of presents, while not so many think of the major present the man of Nazareth had brought to humankind.

We continued to look further at this

Jesus begotten Son of God #3 Messiah or Anointed one

Jesus begotten Son of God #4 Promised Prophet and Saviour

Posted on December 2, 2011.
The Anointed begotten Son of God 10. Promised Prophet and Saviour There are many references in the Old Testament to Jesus in the types and in the prophecies of the messiah. In the Old Testament the people were told that the Messiah would be both a great king who would reign forever and would suffer [...]

Jesus begotten Son of God #5 Apsotle, High Priest and King

Posted on December 5,
The Anointed begotten Son of God 11. An Apostle and High Priest From old people knew this promised one was going to be a special man. He would be fully man of God being thought by His Father, who was going to send him into the world to be the Apostle and High Priest of [...]

Jesus begotten Son of God #6 Anointed Son of God, Adam and Abraham

Posted on December 8, 2011.
The Anointed begotten Son of God 13. Son of Adam and Abraham He would be a new Adam and also a son of Abraham – A Jew born, and as such has a right to the first offer of salvation. Salvation came to him in the sense that his heart was turned from sin and [...]

Jesus begotten Son of God #7 A matter of the Future

Posted on December 9, 2011.
The Anointed begotten Son of God 15. A time in the future Several prophesies were given in the Old Testament. A prophesy is something which is still going to happen. It does not about something what had happened in the past. It concerns the future. Therefore all the things we get to know about the [...]

Jesus begotten Son of God #8 Found Divinely Created not Incarnated

Posted on December 10, 2011.
The Anointed begotten Son of God 17. To be found In case people would read their scrolls handed over by their forefathers they could learn from the Torah and the Prophets who God was and what He was going to provide and even which signs could be noticed to know that the time had arrived. [...]

Jesus begotten Son of God #9 Two millennia ago conceived or begotten

Posted on December 12, 2011.
The Anointed begotten Son of God 20. Conceive According to Chambers dictionary ‘to conceive’ is to receive into or form in the womb: to form in the mind: to imagine or think: to understand: to grasp as a concept to express: to become pregnant. The Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Current English gives as a 2nd [...]

Jesus begotten Son of God #10 Coming down spirit or flesh seed of Eve

Posted on December 13, 2011.
The Anointed begotten Son of God 23. Coming down from heaven When people say that Jesus came down from heaven they should know that all the good things come down from heaven. “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, [...]

Jesus begotten Son of God #11 Existence and Genesis Raising up

Posted on December 21, 2011.
The Anointed begotten Son of God 26. Brought into existence Anthony Buzzard, editor of Focus on the Kingdom writes in” Jesus’ Long-Form Birth Certificate Released by Luke and Matthew (and John), 2000 years ago, and Recorded in Scripture” (June 2011): “The angel Gabriel in a compact and precise statement in answer to Mary’s reasonable inquiry [...]

Jesus begotten Son of God #12 Son of God

Posted on December 24, 2011.
The Anointed begotten Son of God 28. Son of God In Hebrews 1:5ff three corroborating proof texts take us to the origin of the Son. 2 Samuel 7:14 reinforces Psalm 2:7 and speaks of the moment when God becomes the Father of Jesus the Son (“I will be his father and he will my son”). [...]

Jesus begotten Son of God #13 Pre-existence excluding virginal birth of the Only One Transposed

Posted on December 26, 2011.
The Anointed begotten Son of God 29. The only one Though Jesus came into life by becoming into the womb, and getting onto the world by getting out of the womb of the human being Miryam/Mary he was implanted in her in a special way. You could compare it with fertilisation by insemination by the [...]

Jesus begotten Son of God #14 Beloved Preminent Son and Mediator originating in Mary

Posted on December 29, 2011.
Previously we saw how Jesus came into life by becoming implanted into the womb, special way, in the human being Miryam/Mary. “18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place under these circumstances: When His mother Mary had been promised in marriage to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be pregnant [through [...]


The Seed Of The Woman Bruised

Posted on December 14, 2011.
How The Seed Of The Woman Was Bruised On The Heel How Christ Fulfilled The Promise. In fulfilment of the promises of God, Jesus, as “the seed of the woman,” was born of the virgin Mary by the overshadowing power of the Holy Spirit. His mother was told: “The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, [...]

On the Nature of Christ

Posted on December 17, 2011.
If Christendom is astray as to the Father and the Holy Spirit, it is not wonderful that we should find it astray in its conception of the Lord Jesus who is the manifestation of the Father by the Spirit. Christendom believes Christ to be the incarnation of one of three distinct essences, or personalities, which [...]


At the Flemish Website of the Brethren in Christ we continued to look at the problems in this world and how the Holy Scriptures give a picture of what happened because people were stubborn and wanted to keep continuing their own way.

Often people do not want to know anything about God, but as soon something terrible happens they all blame Him for the misery that came over them and other people.Some also say that those disasters are a punishment brought over the unchristian and not honouring God people. But is that really so? And in case it is God who brings a punishment to the people would He not warn them beforehand? And in case God warns the people, why do they not listen?

Fragiliteit en actie #5 Oproep

Christen houding en fragiliteit 12. Opgeroepenen Door Jezus en zijn apostelen zijn wij  opgeroepen om ons te verenigen als Broeders en Zusters in Christus, op grond van de ontfermingen van God, om onze lichamen aan God te wijden als een … Verder lezen

Fragiliteit en actie #6 Juistheid van handelen

Christen houding en fragiliteit 15. Geen wraak Maar het overlaten van die wraak betekend niet dat wij zo maar moeten laten gedijen. Wij kunnen reageren en er mee zorg voor dragen dat iedereen, ook al was het onze vijand, zijn … Verder lezen

Fragiliteit en actie #7 Gebeurtenissen en Prioriteiten

Christen houding en fragiliteit 18. Wereldgebeurtenissen Wij moeten ons bewust zijn van wat er in deze wereld gebeurt. Als Christen dienen wij daar ook te durven opkomen voor hen die zich niet kunnen verdedigen, plant, dier, maar ook de onmondige … Verder lezen

Fragiliteit en actie #8 Eerste Wetsvoorziening

Christen houding en fragiliteit 21. Wetsvoorziening 1: Eerste Wetten Zeer vroeg in het aards bestel werd er voorzien door de Schepper dat de mensen richtlijnen hadden om te volgen zodat zij hun leven makkelijk zouden kunnen laten verlopen. In het … Verder lezen

Fragiliteit en actie #9 Herval zondigheid

Christen houding en fragiliteit 23. Spraakverwarring Uit de zonen van Noach, Sem, Cham en Jafeth kwamen vele nakomelingen die op hun beurt stammen deden ontstaan die zich verder verspreiden en natiën vormden. Allen hielden zich aan één taal en probeerden … Verder lezen

Fragiliteit en actie #10 Voor het nageslacht

Christen houding en fragiliteit 25. Een Aartsvader voor herstelden Als de tiende in de geslachtslijn van Noach via Sem werd 352 jaar na de Vloed, in 2018 v.G.T., uit de 130 jaar oude Terah een tweede zoon geboren, die de … Verder lezen

Fragiliteit en actie #11 Horen

Christen houding en fragiliteit 27.Hoorders In het Oude Testament (Heb. mi”wa) zijn de Woorden van God opgetekend tot lering van de mens. Men kan er in de geschiedenis van de mens volgen, zijn gebreken zien en hoe zij met de … Verder lezen

Fragiliteit en actie #12 Beperking

Christen houding en fragiliteit 28. Wet geen beperking Velen denken dat Wetten er zijn om hen te beperken. Maar dat hoeft zo niet te zijn. Wetten houden wel aflijningen of begrenzingen in. Maar grenzen hoeven ons niet neer te drukken … Verder lezen

Fragiliteit en actie #13 Zichtbare ellende

Christen houding en fragiliteit 29. God ziet ellende op de wereld Als wij de vele miserie op de wereld zien denken velen dat het ofwel de schuld is van de Schepper en God van velen, of dat het God afzijdig … Verder lezen

Fragiliteit en actie #14 Plagen van God

Christen houding en fragiliteit 31. Plagen van God   Het is niet veel gebeurd in de geschiedenis dat God straffen over de mens bracht. Meestal troffen deze dan de goddelozen. Maar soms moesten ook zij die God lief hadden enkele … Verder lezen


November 2011 Articles to read

2011 was a year where people once more became confronted with their superiority thinking. Major problems came over the world, who had to face one crisis over the other.

Many people came under attack and older ones got more fragile in their environment. The financial markets got out of hands and pulled down many countries.
The world got a 'New Spring' revolt in the Arabic countries and undignified ‘Los Indignados’ went from Portugal and Spain to Belgium to let Europe hear that it could not go on like this. People questioned if they could belong to one or an other group but saw that there is a major group of 99% against 1% or another 53% (Tot de 99% of de 53% behorende +Oprukkende armoede in Noord Amerika  Onderbroeken, vreemdelingen en rechtsstaat + Occuppy Acties en Sociaal Engagement)

In a certain way people can find solutions to have an reasonable good life. Some crisis brought the country were people were living in such danger that it either broke down and became part of an other country or it grew stronger and became more united. But at the moment the world should note that several people are deprived of the necessary materials to stay in life. too many people are dying from bad conditions created by other human beings.

Ecological economics in the stomach #1 Alarmbell + Ecological economics in the stomach #2 Resources + Ecological economics in the stomach #3 Food and Populace +


+ Ecological economics in the stomach #4 Water + Ecological economics in the stomach #5 Right to food + Stimulating ideas on how to re-engineer our monetary systems + Ability for a community to come back from a crisis +


Sense or nonsense of “Human Fragility” should make us think about the situation now and about the future. As Christians we should be aware that we do have to take the right attitude in all of this.


In November we looked at the language of the Holy Scriptures and looked forward to celebrations people hold to remember the birth of Jesus Christ, the Messiah.

Another way looking at a language #1 New Year, Books and Words

Posted on November 13, 2011

Another way looking at a language 1. New Academic Year = New books Every new academic year we go over to use another Bible translation in our ecclesia, to keep the minds going and to give opportunities to hear another voice or see another angle of lightning. It is a way of broadening the horizon. [...]

Another way looking at a language #2 Meanings

Posted on November 15, 2011.

Another way looking at a language 4. Changing meaning In Dutch we could find that when we would take a translation of the 1970ies the same word would have just the opposite meaning in the 2010′s. It can happen that at a certain time one word can have the opposite meaning depending whom it is [...]

Another way looking at a language #3 Abraham

Posted on November 17, 2011.

Another way looking at a language 8. Proverbs and verbatim As today in Dutch ( Nederlands), and probably also in other languages as in English, we can find a lot of words which got a totally different or new extra meaning, so it happened in the early centuries of our Contemporary Timetable as well. Though [...]

Another way looking at a language #4 Ancient times

Posted on November 18, 2011.

Another way looking at a language 11. Misreading in early times Already in early centuries of our current time we got some misreadings in the most ancient Greek manuscripts (Second and Third Centuries of the Common Era) could only have happened by misunderstanding a Peshitta-exclusive reading. How careful translators and readers of translations have to [...]

Another way looking at a language #5 Aramic, Hebrew and Greek

Posted on November 20, 2011

Another way looking at a language 13. Aramaic Aramaic is to believed to be originated in what is modern-day Syria. Between 1000 and 600 BCE it became extremely widespread, spoken from the Mediterranean coast to the borders of India. Its script, derived from Phoenician and first attested during the 9th century BCE, also became extremely [...]


Another way looking at a language #6 Set apart

Posted on November 22, 2011

Another way looking at a language 18. The Church The second biggest teaching in Scripture is that our Creator and Saviour are building a “Set Apart Nation” (“church” never occurs in Scripture!) never heard of in modern Christianity before, called “YAsarel” (Almighty YAH Reigns)! It may be a chock to some not to find anywhere [...]

Another way looking at a language #7 Lingua Franca

Posted on November 23, 2011

Another way looking at a language 20. Aramaic or Greek Lingua Franca All of Rav Shaul’s epistles (with the possible exception of Philemon since it was sent through a Roman contact, then to the assembly) were sent to Synagogues that contained Jewish and Gentile believers whose halakha (legal faith practices) were governed by Ya’akov HaTzadik [...]

Jesus begotten Son of God #1 Christmas and Christians

Posted on November 28, 2011

The Anointed begotten Son of God 1.     Jesus and Christians All Christians think they do know Christ Jesus. We as Christians can only do hope that those who want to become a Christian and those who call themselves Christian sincerely would be willing to investigate who that Jesus from Nazareth, who was called the Messiah, [...]

Jesus begotten Son of God #2 Christmas and pagan rites

Posted on November 29, 2011

6. Interweaving with heathen or pagan rites We as sincere Bible Students and followers of Christ should take the Words of God into account and should know that God does not like us to interweave with heathen happenings and idolatrous things. Christmas time is not a season of revival and up-building in the Church of [...]

Jesus begotten Son of God #3 Messiah or Anointed one

Posted on November 30, 2011

The Anointed begotten Son of God   9. Messiah or Anointed one As Christians we do speak about Jesus Christ the Messiah. The term Messiah is derived from the Hebrew root word mashiach. The verb is used when an object, an altar for example, was consecrated for a sacred purpose. The noun mashiach is used [...]