This Week In The News
Current Events
by Norbert Link
We begin with another horrendous example of man’s demonic cruelty against helpless animals; continue with the dissolution of the German parliament and the ongoing fight between Elon Musk and the German establishment and the “shockwaves” he has caused for endorsing the AfD party, as well as Germany’s hateful response; and we report on the assessment by the Wall Street Journal that Germany’s migration politics has failed miserably.
We also point out the ongoing incompetence of Germany’s government in regard to the disaster of Magdeburg, and report on terror attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas. Please view in this regard our new StandingWatch program, titled, “Who Was Behind the Terror Attacks in Germany, New Orleans and Las Vegas?”
We report that, predictably, Israel’s “hostage deal” with Hamas has failed; and we speak on the death of Jimmy Carter; recommendations for Congress and the Executive; an appalling decision in Canada and the demand for Trudeau to resign.
We address the insanity of the transgender philosophy and the absolutely correct assessment by Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling; and we conclude with an alarming report about the undeniable fact that smoking will kill you, even though addicted and willfully ignorant smokers don’t want to admit the obvious, thereby contributing to their own demiseby committing suicide… slowly but surely.
Throughout this section, we have underlined pertinent statements in the quoted articles, for the convenience and quick overview of the reader.
Editorial
Godly Wisdom
As we read God’s Word, we find many references to living with wisdom as well as knowledge and understanding. An obvious question that arises is what is wisdom? The Oxford English Dictionary provides a very clear and appropriate definition as the first in a list of definitions. It is: “Capacity of judging rightly in matters relating to life and conduct; soundness of judgement in the choice of means and ends; sometimes, less strictly, sound sense, especially in practical affairs: opposed to folly.”
When we want to find out what God says about wisdom, the obvious, but not the only place to find out is in the book of Proverbs. In fact, the two verses after the statement of authorship reveal the purpose of the book. Proverbs 1:2-3 reads: “To know wisdom and instruction, To perceive the words of understanding, To receive the instruction of wisdom, Justice, and judgment, and equity…”
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What does it mean to be in heavenly places?
Many think that we will go to heaven when we die, and that biblical references to “heavenly places” support this assumption. But this is a false conclusion.
Just to reiterate what we have explained so many times: David, a man after God’s own heart, did not ascend into the heavens, nor is he in heaven (Acts 2:29, 34); Elijah and Enoch are not in God’s third heaven either, as Christ said in John 3:13 that no one has ascended to God’s heaven (in fact, the Luther Bible 1912 says that no one ascends to heaven except for Jesus Christ who came down from heaven).
The concept of “heavenly places” does not teach something differently. Actually, as we will explain, the words “heavenly places” are not even in the Greek. The word “places” has been added. In the Greek, the word for “heavenly,” “epouranios,” is used several times in the New Testament. According to Strong’s, this word (Number 2032) means “above the sky:-celestial (in) heaven (-ly), high.”
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