Start of God's Day, Part 5

This is Part 5 of the answers on when does God's day start (sunrise or sunset)?  

See:   Part 1,  Part 2,  Part 3,  Part 4

So far, I have offered 12 witnesses from Bible verses.  Today, I offer the 13th witness, Genesis 1:1 - 2:3.

13th Witness

Below are the verses of Genesis 1:1 - 2:3 where God describes His first 7 days of creation.

There is some dispute as to when God's day begins.  To help analyze this issue and discover God's hidden truth, I suggest there are 4 to 5 possible moments in time when God's day ends, and the next day of God will begin.

After the sun sets, it gets dark quickly.  The moment when the night is darkest is at some moment after sunset, but before sunrise.  That darkest moment depends on the phase of the moon (ie. New moon, waxing, full moon, waning), and the time of moonrise and moonset, and varies for each day of the year.

Wild animals naturally detect the change from evening to morning.  Their activity tends to follow these light levels.  Animals that are active during daylight hours tend to start greater activity in the morning, have maximum activity during the day, and start settling down before sunset, then have a period of minimum activity during the evening, including sleep.  After evening has passed, the cycle begins again with morning for the next day.

In Genesis, God uses the terms day, night, evening, and morning.

We believe the Bible defines itself.  Therefore if we properly read the Bible, each of these terms should be self-evident how they are defined.

In this manner, I have concluded, and suggest you consider, the following definitions:

Evening: the period of time from after the sun is fully set until the moment of darkest night.

Morning:  the period of time from the moment of darkest night until the sun starts to rise.

Sunrise:  the moment of time when the first direct rays of sun can be seen by an observer on the surface of the Earth with an unobstructed view of the horizon where the sun will rise.

Sunset:   the moment of time when the last direct rays of sun can be seen by an observer on the surface of the Earth with an unobstructed view of the horizon where the sun is setting.

Daylight Hours:  the elapsed time that begins at sunrise, and continues to sunset; defined by God as "Day" in Genesis 1:5.  See also the definition of "Day"

Night Hours:  the elapsed time that begins after sunset, which includes evening and morning, and ends just before sunrise.  See also the definition "Night"

Day:  

Def'n #1:   an elapsed period of time that includes both Daylight Hours and Night Hours (ie. sunset, evening, morning, and sunrise); that is 24 clock hours in duration, more or less.  

Def'n #2:   Day is also defined by God in Genesis 1:5 as the period of time which has the light.

Night:  defined by God in Genesis 1:5 as the duration of time without the light.  See also the definition of "Night Hours".

Based on these definitions, when does God's day begin?  

I suggest that God's day likely begins at:

A:   sunrise, or

B:   midnight (Gregorian-Roman time standard), or

C:  sunset (current Jewish and Muslim tradition).

I think it is obvious that God wouldn't choose the same as Pope Gregory XIII of the Roman Catholic Church in 1582 ( ie. Choice "B: midnight"), as God had made His choice well before that, and God never changes, and Pope Gregory obviously wasn't interested in what the Holy Bible said, as he was more interested in pontificating (eg. Year starts in January, rather than the biblical Spring start after Spring Equinox; October means 8 th month in Latin language, but it is now 10th month; similar for Nov. & Dec.; days of the week are named after idols or witchcraft, etc.).    

We are therefore left with two remaining possibilities:  sunrise or sunset.

I have placed 4 or 5 options (ie. Logical cases; C01, C02, C03, C04, or C05) as to the exact possible moment of God's day ending (and the simultaneous beginning of the next day) at the key places in the Genesis text.

Your task is to choose the exact moment in the Genesis text, when one day ends, and the next day begins.

If the above definitions (ie. evening, morning, sunrise, sunset, dalight, night) conflict with your choices, you can supply your alternative definitions and your corresponding choice of when you think God divides between two days.

### Genesis 1:1 - 2:3

[Gen 1:1 KJV] "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth."

[Gen 1:2 KJV] "And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters."

[Gen 1:3 KJV] "And God said, Let there be light: and there was light."

[Gen 1:4 KJV] "And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness."

[Gen 1:5 KJV] "And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. 

C01: end of day1

And the evening

C02: end of day1

and the morning

C03: end of day1

were the first day."

C04: end of day1

[Gen 1:6 KJV] "And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters."

[Gen 1:7 KJV] "And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so."

[Gen 1:8 KJV] "And God called the firmament Heaven." 

C01:  end of day2

"And the evening"

C02: end of day2

"and the morning"

C03: end of day2

"were the second day."

C04: end of day2

[Gen 1:9 KJV] "And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so."

[Gen 1:10 KJV] "And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good."

[Gen 1:11 KJV] "And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so."

[Gen 1:12 KJV] "And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good."

C01: end of day3

[Gen 1:13 KJV] "And the evening"

C02: end of day3

"and the morning"

C03: end of day3

"were the third day."

C04: end of day3

[Gen 1:14 KJV] "And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:"

[Gen 1:15 KJV] "And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so."

[Gen 1:16 KJV] "And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also."

[Gen 1:17 KJV] "And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,"

[Gen 1:18 KJV] "And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good."

C01: end of day4

[Gen 1:19 KJV] "And the evening"

C02: end of day4

"and the morning"

C03: end of day4

"were the fourth day."

C04:  end of day4

[Gen 1:20 KJV] "And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven."

[Gen 1:21 KJV] "And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good."

[Gen 1:22 KJV] "And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth."

C01: end of day5

[Gen 1:23 KJV] "And the evening"

C02:  end of day5

"and the morning"

C03:  end of day5

"were the fifth day."

C04: end of day5

[Gen 1:24 KJV] "And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so."

[Gen 1:25 KJV] "And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good."

[Gen 1:26 KJV] "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth."

[Gen 1:27 KJV] "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them."

[Gen 1:28 KJV] "And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth."

[Gen 1:29 KJV] "And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat."

[Gen 1:30 KJV] "And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so."

[Gen 1:31 KJV] "And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good."

C01:  end of day6

"And the evening"

C02:  end of day6

"and the morning"

C03:  end of day6

"were the sixth day."

C04:  end of day6

[Gen 2:1 KJV] "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, 

C05:  end of day6

"and all the host of them."

C06: end of day6

[Gen 2:2 KJV] "And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made."

C01:  end of day7

[Gen 2:3 KJV] "And God blessed the seventh day, 

C02:  end of day7

"and sanctified it:"

C03:  end of day7

"because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made."

C04: end of day7

Conclusion & Request

I seek the truth; God's truth.

I suggest, and have chosen for myself and my family that "C04" is the only correct possibility for the start of God's day.

God says 2 or 3 witnesses are sufficient to prove a matter.  I have provided 13 proofs due to the epidemic of stiff necks suffered by the vast majority.

While this issue is extremely important to God, most people couldn't care less, preferring to follow non-Biblical traditions, &/or the majority.

That's likely why God allows the straight, wide path to Hell to exist, and focuses on the small Remnant that is willing to think, fear God, love God, follow God, and eagerly obey His commandments.

In John 14:15, Jesus ssid "if you love me, keep My commandments."

Are you fully aware of the consequences for not loving Jesus Christ?

However, if I am wrong, I need to discover my error, and continue to search for God's truth on this issue.

Based on the above, if you have alternate decisions and beliefs and definitions, please provide your alternative suggestions to us in the comments below, complete with detailed logic and objective evidence (ie. Bible verses) so I can readily understand your suggestion.

###   Update #1   2024-4-22   ###

I found another Biblical proof (total 14 now) that God's day begins at sunrise, hidden in the Greek "epiphosko", Strong's G2020, in the Book of Luke.

See:   https://et-manitoulin.blogspot.com/2024/04/jesus-3-days-3-nights.html 

###   End Update #1   ###

Index:   God's Day:  When does it Start?

Part 1 of 5:  https://et-manitoulin.blogspot.com/2019/05/gods-day-when-does-it-start.html   
2019-5-17

Part 2 of 5:  https://et-manitoulin.blogspot.com/2019/05/gods-day-when-does-it-start-2.html   
2019-5-27

Part 3 of 5:  https://et-manitoulin.blogspot.com/2019/05/gods-day-when-does-it-start-part-3-of-3.html  2019-5-27

Part 4 of 5:  https://et-manitoulin.blogspot.com/2019/09/start-of-gods-day-at-sunrise-part-4.html   
2019-9-28

Part 5 of 5:  https://et-manitoulin.blogspot.com/2022/08/start-of-gods-day-part-5.html
2022-08-22

Part 6:  https://et-manitoulin.blogspot.com/2024/04/jesus-3-days-3-nights.html   
2024-4-21

3 Days of Darkness

This prophecy was posted yesterday, Dream 621 from Erin, whom I'm 90% sure is a true prophet of God:

http://sparrowcloud9.com/heaven-dreams-interpretations/the-tribulation/excerpt-from-dreams-questions-answered/full-dreams/dream-621/

This referenced back to Erin's Dream 88, also on 3 Days of Darkness:

http://sparrowcloud9.com/thenest/forum/main-forum/hgs-4-the-house-of-god/the-house-of-god/1368-dream-88-%E2%80%93-psalm-23-saturday-october-5-2013

Erin has added additional info here:

http://sparrowcloud9.com/heaven-dreams-interpretations/the-tribulation/excerpt-from-dreams-questions-answered/full-dreams/dream-622/

Julie, I'm 90% sure is another true Prophet of God, has also written about this:

https://iamcallingyounow.blogspot.com/2017/12/three-days-of-darkness-critical-mass.html?m=1 Come to Jesus

Erin & Julie's "3 Days of Darkness" seem to match, and seems to be for God's purpose of scaring & isolating everybody, so that the luke warm Christians, and the Agnostics, and Athiests, and pagans of other religions are shaken to their core, and experience their "Come to Jesus" moment. 

True Christians are defined as Born Again, baptized, repentant, and lovingly obedient Christians who believe all of His Word, and love God with all their heart, mind, body, soul, and strength; who therefore have their deep faith & prior knowledge & experiences to adequately comfort & prepare themselves (eg. Mat 6:9-15, Ex 20:1-17, God's 26 Commandments for Christians https://et-manitoulin.blogspot.com/2019/12/gods-26-commandments-for-christians.html , Eccles 12:13, Ps. 7:11, 2 Pet 3:9, John 14:21, 2 Tim 2:19, John 14:15, 21; Prov. 28:13, Ps. 91, Ps. 51, Ps. 23, Heb 10:26, John 9:31, Luke 13:22-28; Mat 7:21-23, etc.)

However, there are other types of "3 Days of Darkness", as private revelations claimed to have been received in Roman Catholic mysticism, originating in the 1800's, but here it is, back again.  See:

https://youtu.be/6zpI3wecqqM   

3 Days of Darkness, Private Revelation by Roman Catholics

To me, it seems like the appointing of a new Pope after &/or through this Roman Catholic style of "3 Days of Darkness" may be the appointment of the False Prophet who will endorse & support the rise of the AntiChrist.  It seems like this is Satan's copy cat move.  This event with the Pope may be Satan's hastily constructed mirage so as to piggy back onto God's true event.

Rev. 16:10 also speaks about "darkness" during the 5th vial, with the 5th Angel of God pouring it out onto the seat of the Beast, during God's Wrath, very late in the End Times process (ie. after the Rapture of the Saints has already occurred), harming the disciples of the Beast (ie. those who received the 666 Mark of the Beast ???), gnawing their tongues in pain.

Other prophecies say that during the darkness, demons will knock at the door, &/or imitate familiar voices (eg. friends & family members), or cry for help, or pretend there is a terrible accident or emergency, or a lost scared child who cries to be rescued; all trying to entice the Christians to willingly  open the door, thereby enabling the demons to attack the saints who are  safely inside the building (as long as the door stays closed).

In preparations, we have purchased rolls of black plastic & a staple gun, to fully cover all our windows, so nobody can see out into the black evil, and nothing outside can see in, and have candles on hand (box of tea light candles), just in case.

There have been numerous other prophecies that God is about to make His "Big Move" (eg. See:   https://iamcallingyounow.blogspot.com/2022/07/the-bridal-chamber.html?m=1 and others), something you wouldn't believe even if He would tell you about it before hand;  Hag 1:5). 

It is inclear to me if God's "Big Move" soley refers to "3 Days of Darkness", or that it includes 1 or more other, related events, either before &/or after the "3 Days of Darkness".

In other words, be ready for anything, and rest easy in your faith in God, for these events will test just how deep & strong your faith really is.

 When will this Occur?

Erin though it would be in 3 days, but that came & went.  

According to the Official Enoch Calendar, Jul. 28, 2022 is the 9th of Av, the historical date of destruction for the Jews, their Temple, expulsion from Spain in 1492, etc.  Could this be the date for 2022?  Time will tell.

Would the enemies of Israel, knowing that the 9th of Av (Tisha B'Av) is on Aug. 5, 2022 according to the modern Jewish calendar, so that a nasty surprize is delivered, adding another layer to the curse on the Jews for the 9th of Av?

Therefore, if God is punishing, look to Jul. 28;  but if Satan is punishing, look to Aug. 5.

Note that the Enoch Calendar is significantly different from the modern Jewish calendar, as the Jews copied many pagan customs of the Babylonians, abandoned their historical calendar after their 70 AD expulsion from Jerusalem, most sects follow the "traditions of the elders" via the Talmud, and few sects still follow God's Torah (equivalent to the Bible's Old Testament).  Don't worry, as Jesus Christ will soon straighten out the Jew's strong delusions, errors, assumptions, blasphamies, sins, & iniquities.  Unfortunately the Bible says 75% of the Jews will perish (unable, or unwilling to change their evil ways ?), but 25% of the Jew's will survive as God's remnant for the covenant with Abraham.

If these dates both pass, my next suggestion HighWatch date is Rosh Hashanah on Sept. 19, 2022.

Official Enoch Calendar by Nick Van der Laan

https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFMZJX6mQ8yacVtvj_2wYKXVaOGQwaR-G

Strengthening, Testing, & Proving Your Faith

People like to pretend they're brave, confident, and trust God.  

By analogy, people often have sufficient bravery to watch & hear others scream in terror on roller coasters, other huge mechanical rides, or houses of horror at amusement parks.  A small fraction of those people will buy a ticket to experience it themselves.  An even tinier fraction will remain calm at the scariest moment in that ticketed experience, designed & intended to "scare you to death".

It appears that God's "3 Days of Darkness" is a test, just as a boat builder tests his new boat near shore, to ensure stability & no leaks prior to loading it full of passangers, or going into the open waters.  

This is God's "dress rehearsal", like before a play's opening night so as to ensure a smooth, flawless performance before a paying audience.

Prepare to be tested.  

Prepare yourself to rapidly fix your spiritual boat if your faith is not fully sea-worthy, as it may leak like a seive, or is highly unstable in the waves created by Satan.

If your spiritual boat passes the test with flying colours, you can rest easy, no matter what Satan throws at you.

Fasting:  A Test to Resist Fleshly Desires

My wife and I have practiced fasting.

We have done a 3 day Ester fast (no food, no liquids for 3 days), immediately followed by 4 additional days of plain water only, but no food.  

We know we can do that with God's help.  

We have also done a 14 day fast, just plain water but no food.  

We are emotionally & spiritually prepared to fast up to 40 days and 40 nights, with God's help, rather than take the Mark of the Beast in exchange for Satan's free food.

I believe God has adequately prepared us & strengthened us, so we are ready for what soon comes.

Biden in the Middle East

Nothing significant seems to have occurred during the High Watch period previously proposed as Biden's trip was delayed till July 2022 (see   https://et-manitoulin.blogspot.com/2022/07/biden-in-middle-east.html ).

President Biden is now scheduled to be in Jerusalem on Wednesday July 13, 2022 to deepen ties between Israel and the rest of the Middle East.  

Exactly what that means is a closely guarded secret.  With Biden's US administration and approval rating collapsing on his head, he is likely swinging for a home run in the Middle East.  If Biden is true to form, he will likely strike out in a spectacular manner here as well.

Biden is planning to visit the Palestinian National Authority, and Mahmoud Abbas (who is on his death bed, and is likely anxious to create a legacy before he dies).  

Biden will also visit East Jerusalem, which is also unusual.  

Biden's visit continuing in spite of Israeli government's collapse (elections scheduled in Nov. 2022) is also unusual.

Continuing with Biden's visit under these circumstances highlights the hidden urgency (ie. why does the scheduled visit & meeting proceed, in spite of the diplomatic irregularities this creates).

Will Biden support or make promises, or announce a "land for peace" deal, or the dividing of Jerusalem, or Abraham Accord 2 with Saudi Arabia?

If he does, this is likely the crucial event that lights the fuse on the Middle East powder keg.

Jerusalem and all lands of Israel belong to God, and are "leased" to His chosen people, Israel.  Nobody, not even Israel, has the authority to buy, sell, lease, give away, share, or otherwise deal with these lands.

Genesis 15:18 "On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your offspring I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,"

Genesis 17:8 "And I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God.”

Levit. 25:23   "The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine. For you are strangers and sojourners with me."

Amos 9:15 "I will plant them on their land, and they shall never again be uprooted out of the land that I have given them,” says the Lord your God."

Joel 3:2 KJV "I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the Valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for My people and for My heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted My land."

 Zech 2:8  "For thus said the Lord of hosts, after His glory sent me to the nations who plundered you [Jerusalem], for he who touches you [Jerusalem] touches the apple of His eye:"

1 Thes. 5:3 KJV "For when they shall say, 'Peace and safety'; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape."

 

Biden calls himself a Zionist, so his pride & arrogance might likely cause him to assume he, above all others, knows what is best for Israel and all of the Middle East.

If Biden tries to divide Jerusalem &/or Israel, God may soon divide Biden &/or USA.

Stay tuned.

This may soon cause the removal of the restraining force, and the rise of the AntiChrist.

Here is some background info and logic to better explain the world events over the last 20 years, getting the chess pieces pre-positioned for today's "explosion".

https://youtu.be/hcuT34VF_aU

The Fictions of Ukraine, EU, and the Russian-Ukrainian War.

Measure & Test: Roe V. Wade?

 We patiently wait for God's Big Move. 

God also patiently waited for 7x7= 49 years for somebody to do someting about the death of ~630,000 to ~930,000 of His children each year in 2022 (a high of 1.6 million per year in 1990).  This equates to perhaps a total of 63 million deaths in that 49 year period.

Perhaps Roe v. Wade ended now because God has had enough, the USA's cup of iniquity has overflowed.  Perhaps God needs to measure everyone on this critical issue.

Many may have apathetically accepted this "legal" decision, been luke-warm, neither hot nor cold, sitting on the Roe vs. Wade fence.  Now that the fence has been demolished, so everybody will have to choose a side; life or death.

Jane's revenge (see:  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane%27s_Revenge ) has already claimed responsibility for criminal acts of violence, arson, and other crimes in response to this change in US law.  Other groups & individuals have done similarly, or threatened to do so soon.

On the other hand, there are many who consider abortion to be the modern day equivalent of the Cannanites, Jews, & others putting their children through the fire, as live sacrifices to the false god Molech & others (eg. Lev. 18:21, 2Ki 8:12, 2Ki 16:3, 2Ki 17:31, 2Ki 23:10, 2Ch 28:3, 2Ch 33:6, Eze 16:21).

Perhaps once everybody has chosen sides, God will measure them as to their sins (or those who stand firm in spite of persecution for their righteous decision &/or actions on Roe v. Wade), then God will make His big move:

​​​​​​​[Hab 1:5 KJV] "[5] Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you."

Action Vs. Deception

Mel Robbins is a million dollar pop culture life coach, author, public speaker, lawyer, etc..  Over 1.33 million people subscribe to her YouTube channel, while 173,000 people follow her Twitter feed.  

Mel Robbins

In a short YouTube video, she kindly offers everybody some free advice that she feels very deeply about.

Can somebody that popular be wrong?  Does God agree with Mel's advice?  Should you implement Mel's free advice?

Here is Mel's video:

https://youtube.com/shorts/nzAIxJDjXCY?feature=share

Most of us are far from perfect.  Mel suggests we high-5 ourselves in the mirror every morning.  Mel says that "science" backs her up on this recommendation, but fails to provide a link. 

Will this celebrate our mediocrity, locking us in to our current misery we pretend is OK?

My Advice

Instead of Mel's idea, I suggest we should all identify our greatest fault or weakness and maximize our motivation to change for the better.  Big, impossible problems are solved by doing a a little improvement each day.

For example, do you have any ideas you could implement today that would save 5 minutes of effort tomorrow, or avoid a catastrophy?  

Assuming you work 8 hrs/day, a 5 min. savings is an improvement of  5/(8×60)×100%= 1.04%.  

Doesn't seem like much, but repeat that once per week for the next year (52 repeats), you get 1.04^52= 769% improvements (ie. you're 7.69 times better)

What would your boss, or your family, neighbours, or friends say to you if you improved 769% in just one year?

I suggest you'd truly have something worth high 5-ing yourself in the mirror;  far better than Mel's suggestion of deceiving yourself to celebrate fossilized mediocrity, taking away your drive to improve.

In addition, God will help you, strengthen you; if you make your changes towards greater righteousness.  Here's what you need to know:   

https://et-manitoulin.blogspot.com/2019/12/gods-26-commandments-for-christians.html

Mel's advice is similar to most other "feel good" life coaches, psychologists, & psychiatrists.

Everybody gets a gold star.  Everybody is celebrated just for participating.  Nobody keeps score, for we don't want to crush the ego of no child.  

Most wrongly try to foster pride & self-esteem, regardless  if there is anything worthy of pride.  The worse kind of pride is false pride.  This is a pandemic today, also called or accompanied by vanity, selfishness, amour propre, conceitedness, egotism, narcissism, self-esteem, self-absorbed, cocky, self righteous, or self-love.

Lucifer was the greatest creation of God among the angels.  Lucifer became prideful, then that pride lead him to covet the worship that God receives.  Lucifer's pride led him to believe he was equally worthy of worship, which was self deception, delusions of grandeur.  Pride before the fall.

God's Advice

What does God say?:

[Psa 119:36 KJV] "Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness."

[Rom 12:3 KJV] "For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith."

[Phl 2:3-5 KJV] "Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:"

 

Discussions

Awhile ago, I cautioned against self-love, and selfishness.  Some people were upset with me about this.  This is the Bible verse I was referring to:

[2Ti 3:1-2 KJV] "This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,"

Excessive self-love is related to self-esteem.  

For example, bullies have been found to have unrealistically high levels of self-esteem.  

Self-esteem became a newly invented industry, California school system started trying to teach children to raise their self-esteem, but this was a get rich quick scheme for the consultants, trainers, and so-called experts; deceiving millions of people.

Does self-esteem exist?  No! says Dr. Jordan Peterson

https://youtu.be/ZjGT074oQow

For the same reason, excessive self-love leads to selfishness, inappropriate levels of self-esteem, narcissism, and others dysfunctions.

It can torment a person as they are forced to live a lie, forced to artificially pump up their self-esteem levels forever each day, or readily agree to bad advice to high-5 themselves every morning in the mirror.  

Having a self-esteem addiction is like having a slow leak in your car's tire, that you have to refill with air every day.  

Self-esteem addicts can be people who chronically pretend with others, and are often found out to by hypocrites who are never honest, always pretend, are plastic people, with trust issues.

Instead of constantly feed our self-esteem beast, how does God want us to be?

God wants us to be meek, contrite, self-effacing, serve others rather than serving ourselves, take the lowly seats rather than assume we're always seated at the head table.

God is the One and only One that is good, and great.  All glory and worship goes to God, not us.  

Worship God, not yourself.

High Watch: June 14-22, 2022

### Begin Update #1:  2022-7-10 10:29 am  ###

Nothing occurred during the High Watch period proposed herein.

President Biden is now scheduled to be in Jerusalem on Wednesday July 13, 2022 .  See posting "Biden in the Middle East" https://et-manitoulin.blogspot.com/2022/07/biden-in-middle-east.html 

for what likely comes next.

### End Update #1 ###

  I am declaring another high watch period for June 14-22, 2022.

The start date of June 14th is the 26th day of the 3rd month according to the Official Enoch Calendar, which is the last day of the rains for the Great Flood.

Alternatively, June 14th is also the 15th of Sivan on the current Hebrew calendar, which is the day that Abraham's son Judah was both born (1565 BC), and died (1446 BC), at the ripe old age of 119 years.  Curious how Jacob was born and died on the same day of the year, don't you think?

Dr. Barry Awe, another Watchman, has also suggested this date https://youtu.be/QZj5jN3Lylc  I no longer support his Pre-Trib Rapture assumption, but his date calculations are believed to be valid for God's Big Move.

I define God's Big Move to be what is prophesied by Habakuk 1:5

"Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you."

Erin and Julie have quoted and paraphrased this verse repeatedly for years.

Histogram of frequency for Erin's 
prophecies of Hab. 1:5 from June 2016 to today, more than 27 occurrences, ranging from 70 days to every 350 days, the "70 day or less" interval being the usual.

The end date for this High Watch period is June 22nd., and is based on Dr. Mawire's specific prophecy for this date, as well as Erin's and Julie's prophecies for Spring 2022 as the time of God's Big Move, as June 21st. is the last moment of Spring, and the first day of Summer.

For those familiar with "I Pet Goat II" animation predictive programming, we are now likely at the point where the little girl Lilly realizes the apple she holds (the apple of God's eye, Jerusalem and Israel?) isn't really her property, so she lets it go, it rolls along the Masonic floor, hits the boot of Obama standing on an English gold sovereign (collapsing financial markets ?), the apple splits open (dividing the land for the Two State Solution, giving away part of God's land ?), and a water lilly (Satan ??) sprouts from the two pieces simultaneously.  For more on this, see the Watchman channel "God's Roadmap to the End" here:   https://youtu.be/C4zTpmS-4dg

Dr. Robert Mawire's prophecy: https://youtu.be/etG3bZyfLU4  also see:   https://youtu.be/4Gs-xDPzpgQ 

Julie's latest prophecy:   https://iamcallingyounow.blogspot.com/2022/05/a-dream-and-full-disclosure.html?m=1

Erin's latest prophecy:   http://sparrowcloud9.com/heaven-dreams-interpretations/the-tribulation/excerpt-from-dreams-questions-answered/full-dreams/dream-615/

In this prophecy, God mentions that if you see a heat wave on the horizon, you must take immediate action, for if you continue to stand there and just watch it, it will destroy you.

I interpret this to mean a real heat wave on a real earthly horizon, not just warm weather nor an allegorical hidden meaning.  To be destroyed by a heat wave, it would have to be a CME from our sun, a huge meteor, an atomic explosion, MOAB, or something similar.  It reminded me of my first and only (so far) prophetic dream, see:   https://et-manitoulin.blogspot.com/2021/12/my-first-prophetic-dream-tsunami.html

There was an announcment on June 12, 2022 of the visit planned on Jul 14, 2022 by President Biden to Israel and Jerusalem, likely to announce a Two State Solution land grant to Palastinians, &/or the Palastinian Authority's capital as Jerusalem.

https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-709231

Other reports provide different timing:

"Biden is likely to add Israel as a stop in his Europe trip, either before a G7 meeting in Germany on June 26-28 or after a NATO summit in Spain on June 29-30."

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2022-05-02/ty-article/.premium/biden-team-in-israel-to-prepare-presidents-visit-this-summer/00000180-989b-d258-a789-bcff3eff0000

For security reasons, the Whitehouse and Israel may be throwing mis-information out there.  One scenario is to say a definite later date while the real date is a previous, earlier date that was considered then cancelled in favor of the later date.  In this way, if assassins or terrorists focus on the confirmed later date, but hear rumors of the earlier date, they will dismiss it as old info, thereby confusing them and catching them unprepared & out of position when Biden arrives.  Based on this theory, I suspect that one of the late June dates (June 22, 2022 ?) is the real date for Biden's visit to Israel.

For Biblical significance, see Leviticus 25:23 and Joel 3:2 for those who try dividing God's land.

[Lev 25:23 KJV] "[23] The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me."

[Joe 3:2 KJV] "[2] I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land."

Biden will likely say this plan is for the best, to help bring "peace and safety" to the Middle East.  In that case, I refer you to 1 Thessalonians 5:3

[1Th 5:3 KJV] "[3] For when they shall say, 'Peace and safety'; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape."

We are in interesting times.  On all of Planet Earth, there is only one safe place to hide from what soon comes, and it isn't inside a $10 million underground secret bunker.

The Bible says 25% of world's population (ie.  2 billion people) will suddenly die some time soon.  Don't die in your sins, thereby dooming yourself to Hell (ie. the Lake of Fire) where you will have no rest, but suffer burning and torment, both day & night, for ever & ever, for all eternity.

The only safe place is under God's protection as one of His children of God.

To gain God's protection, you must fear God, learn about God through the Bible, know God, believe fully in God, love God with all your mind heart body soul & strength, confess & repent your sins against God's commandments, forgive all others who ever treated you badly, pray to God and ask God to forgive all your confessed sins and to cleanse you with His blood He shed on the cross as the perfect sacrifice for everybody's sins, allow your old sinful self (a slave to sin and a child of Satan) to die so that your new righteous self can be born as a child of God, get baptized, lovingly choose (ie. neither grudgingly nor fearfully) to be obedient to God's commandments, and flee from all temptations to sin, pray for God to strengthen you, to hedge you in, and shield you from Satan's fiery darts as you live your new righteous life, protected by God.

To get started, you need God's 26 Commandments for Christians, a summary of 276 Bible verses, arranged as 26 commandments, plus a prayer:

https://et-manitoulin.blogspot.com/2019/12/gods-26-commandments-for-christians.html

COW Bread

COW Bread will save you & your family from the food shortages,  unaffordable food prices, and the poor nutrition of pseudo-food from industrial farming that is sold in most grocery stores.

Recently a food security expert testified before the UN Security Council that there is currently just 10 weeks supply of wheat in storage on world-wide basis; a critically low inventory, which will soon create food riots around the world.  https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/analyst-warns-world-has-just-ten-weeks-wheat-supplies-left-storage

Buy now, or cry later.

Taking 647 grams of wheat, made into bread will supply 2,200 kcal of food energy at a cost of  CA$ 1.46 per person per day; enough to keep a man alive.  

The whole wheat has a significant number of the essential nutrients & vitamins you need.  

MRE's (Meals Ready To Eat, sealed in mylar, vacuum packed, &/or freeze dried) are about $40.00 per person per day.  Restaurants will cost you about $200.00 per day per person.  It's your choice, but store shelves may soon be empty, or the pseudu-food is available but at a price you cannot afford. 

Wheat grown in the 7 good years was the solution for the 7 lean years in Egypt.  Pharaoh & Joseph fed the entire world, and kept it from starving via wheat.  Numerous holes, the size of modern skyscaper buildings were excavated in the Egyptian desert, near the Pyramids and elsewhere, storing the wheat, then selling it to all buyers during the 7 lean years.  The following video shows the Egyptian grain bins for storing, and selling the wheat on a FIFO First In, First Out, new grain goes into storage at the top, taken out at the bottom when sold) basis to ensure high quality food.

A 1,000 kg bulk bag of COW
 arrived in our trailer.  I covered
 it in a waterproof plastic cover
to protect it from dust, splashes,
& rain when in transit.

"COW" stands for Clean Ontario Wheat.  The best wheat is hard, red, Spring wheat, ideal for making bread.

Clean means that the wheat has been dried (14% moisture, or lower so that it can be stored indefinitely), then screened to remove contamination (eg. dust, stones, straw, weed seeds, etc.).

Ontario means it was produced near me, where I live, in the Province of Ontario Canada, (ie. reducing trucking charges, scraping off the protective coating on each grain as it bounces down thousands of km. of highway, supporting local farmers, etc.).  If you live in Kansas, USA it's best to buy wheat grown in Kansas.

When we bought a tonne of COW last time in 2021, it was CA$ 278.13/MT.  In May 2022, COW was selling for CA$ 730.00/MT, a 262% increase in one year.  Ouch!  Yet the government insists inflation is only 6%/yr. Yah, right!

The wheat is whole kernels, exactly as it comes off the plant, no processing, no chemicals, just as God made it, and the farmer's combine harvested it.

The grain (also called a "wheatberry"), is encapsulated in the hard bran coating, keeping oxygen, moisture, grease, dust, and everything else away from the wholesome goodness of the wheat.  Wheatberries were found inside the Pyramids for Egyptian Pharaohs, and some claimed they were able to germinate after 3,000 years, or so.

COW offloaded, awaiting
storage in sea container to protect
the COW from rain, rodents, etc.

Today, scientists have tested wheat and found it to have a max. seed storage life under ideal conditions of 573 years with a 15% loss of germination (95% --->80%).  If germination fails, it's usually because the seed has been physically abused by shattering the seed, or scraping off the protective outer coating epithelial layer of the bran, allowing the seed to be oxidized and killed.  Germinating a small sample proves the quality of the food it can make.

COW can be planted as it is, and you'll likely get 85% germination, or better.  That is how you know its nutritious to eat; there's God-given life inside each grain of wheat.

I bought my COW from my friendly neighbourhood agricultural supplier, Northland Agromart.  They sourced my COW from Jones' Feedmill.  When I received it, I tested it to make sure I had the rear stuff, and it was good quality.

COW in my kitchen in a
moisture proof, hermetically
sealable container (Lock & Lock)
Others find a cloth bag tied shut,
stored in a cool, dark, place
away from humidity is also good.

First, I ran 1 kg of COW through a screen pack (#12  to #325). A #12 screen is about 1/2" × 1/2" openings, and a #325 is finer than a coffee filter, you can barely see through the holes, they are so small.  I found about 80% was good whole grain, plus about 15% of under-sized grains or broken pieces.  Each of the smaller screens had less than a few grams of broken grain pieces, or dust.  I was happy.

Next, I weighed out a 100 gram sample of COW, put it into an oven at 250 deg F to dry.  After a couple hours I re-weighed the COW, finding the weight loss indicated 10% moisture content.  The dryer the wheat is, the less water you're buying, and if it's 14% or higher moisture, it will spoil in storage (ie. Rot, mold, bacteria, etc.).  My COW was approved for the next test.

Next, I ground 1 kg of COW in my Komo Mill.  The mill I decided to buy is one of the most expensive models, as it also has an oats flaker, inside a snazzy wood box, and is said to be the best quality available, and is therefore said to justify the $1,200.00 price tag.  I choked & hesitated for a year due to this huge price, but eventually bought due to dis-satisfaction with the toys sold for $30.00 that can't do the job.

The flour is freshly ground for each bread making session; maximizing the taste & nutrition.  I found the fresh ground flour needs a lot less water than the typical bread baking recipe using store-bought flour, so I cut back the water, or add a little extra flour.  If you have some flour left over, put it in a plastic bag, remove the air, seal, and place in freezer, minimizing rancidity of flour.

Livestrong says:

"A 50 gram serving of hard red wheat berries, or about 1/4 cup uncooked, provides 163.5 calories, 1 gram of fat, 6.5 gram of protein, 35.5 gram of carbohydrates, 6 gram of dietary fiber and 1 milligram of sodium. Wheat berries are rich in vitamins B1 and B3; and the minerals magnesium, phosphorus, copper, manganese and selenium."

"B vitamins are important for a healthy nervous system and energy metabolism; magnesium along with phosphorus is essential for regulating blood pressure and building strong, healthy bones. Phosphorus is also needed to form part of DNA and RNA, activate some proteins in the body and store and transport energy. Copper is needed to form connective tissue, blood cells and promote function of the nervous, immune and cardiovascular systems. Manganese aids in bone formation and the metabolism of carbohydrates and proteins while selenium supports immune system and thyroid gland function."

"Wheat berries, like most whole grains, are an excellent source of dietary fiber -- which promotes digestive health; helps lower blood cholesterol and blood sugar levels; aids in weight management and encourages regular bowel movements. The Harvard School of Public Health reports that whole grains, such as wheat berries, contain plant estrogens or phytoestrogens that may reduce your risk of developing certain types of cancers -- particularly in conjunction with minerals found in whole wheat -- such as magnesium, selenium, copper, and manganese."

Additional nutritional info on wheat is  available here: 

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/foods/wheat

Highly detailed nutritional profile for whole grain wheat is available here:

   

https://www.nutritionvalue.org/Wheat_flour%2C_whole-grain_nutritional_value.html?size=For+COW+Bread+%3D+647+g 

The following link provides some important information, nutritional research, and references on stone ground wheat, organic wheat, bread, and nutrition, but there are numerous typographical errors:

https://eap.mcgill.ca/publications/EAP35.htm

My bread recipe included yeast, salt, sugar, butter, skim milk powder, and water. That's all it takes to create bread. 

I used a bread machine to make my COW Bread, but have previously practiced with sourdough (ie. no commercial yeast (natural yeast starter mix I made myself, hand made start to end).

Food Geek, a self-taught expert on sourdough bread, has an excellent bread recipe calculator, hundreds of YouTube videos on How To.

https://foodgeek.dk/en/bread-calculator/

https://youtube.com/c/Foodgeek

Komo Mill, made in Germany,
to fine grind the COW into flour

Freshly ground COW, ready
for the bread machine.  I plan
to experiment using COW
for my sourdough bread.

The first loaf on the right was produced using
ice cold well water in a cold bread machine.  The
second loaf (on left, on metal cooling rack) was
produced using warm tap water, and in a warm
bread machine, right after the first loaf came out.
This is the reason the 2nd loaf is twice the size
of the first loaf.

The COW bread was sampled by about 15 people, all of whom agreed it was excellent bread, and they enjoyed it greatly.

COW bread isn't exciting, but it will keep you alive during what soon comes (famine for the entire planet).

The 7 lean years began on Sept. 15, 2000.  We have completed 1 year 8 months so far, so we likely have 5 years 4 months yet to go.  I suggest you buy a 6 year supply of COW for yourself, and all your loved ones; 1 kg/day/person would be:

1 kg/day/person x 365 days/yr x 6 yrs= 2.19 tonnes/person.

You need to keep it cool, dry, dark, and protected from rodents & bugs.

If you need a recipe, here is one for sourdough bread: 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/7f632s2ppzchjlb/COW-Bread.PDF?dl=0

If you'd rather a yeast bread, substitute 3.5 teaspoons of bread yeast instead of the sourdough starter mix.  If you want to do it in your bread machine, follow the machine's standard instructions for whole wheat bread.

Go for the "Big Picture"

Remember, COW can be stolen from you, or get damaged, rot, go rancid, or contaminated.  If you have food while others starve, the hungry people will soon see it in your face, or what you say, or how you say it; and this knowledge can get you killed by the starving, food rioting mob.  There is no safe place, nor provision, without God.

It is against God's commandments to be a prideful, arrogant, unloving  hoarder of food while others starve, so God will likely not protect a hoarder.  If you want God's protection, you must be obedient to God's commandments.

I therefore suggest you share this info with your community, and get everybody involved publicly to get it implemented, rather than hoarding in secret.

As Christians, we have a duty to ensure the widows, orphans, disabled, and the poor receive adequate care.

A full belly now is a terrible price for losing your soul forever.  Therefore, as important as COW Bread is,  your eternal salvation is even more important. 

God's 26 Commandments for Christians summarizes 276 of the most important Bible verses so you can be a Born Again, saved Christian who is obedient, rather than a "worker of iniquity".  

https://et-manitoulin.blogspot.com/2019/12/gods-26-commandments-for-christians.html

As Psalm 91 says, God will protect you, nothing else can.