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We live in troubled times. The 7 years of God's End Times likely begin on or about Sept. 17-28, 2020 with many tribulations occurring soon thereafter (ie. evil events by Satan &/or judgements by God).

If you suddenly die before you are a Born Again, True Christian, you are doomed to eternity in Hell. With End Times starting soon, many more people (thousands to millions to billions more) will die through Satan's evil plans. DO NOT ignore this warning, nor procrastinate!

Here is what you need to know, and take immediate action on:

1. Likely sequence of events during God's End Times Document Section, https://et-manitoulin.blogspot.com/p/documents.html

2. God's 26 Commandments for Christians (includes detailed instructions on how to become a Born Again True Christian): Document Section, https://et-manitoulin.blogspot.com/p/documents.html

3. Human Transition towards Eternity (Heaven or Hell). Every human will have eternal life; some in Heaven, most in Hell. This diagram describes who, how, when, and why someone goes to Heaven or Hell. https://et-manitoulin.blogspot.com/2020/08/human-transition-towards-eternity.html

Tuesday, 4 February 2020

Faith Healing

Faith Healing can work.  Faith Healing works as described and promised by God.  The rules, and how to get Faith Healing for yourself &/or your loved ones are described here.

When Blogging about the Wuhan COVID virus epidemic, I promised info on Faith Healing for the Christians and non-Christians who get sick.  Here is the info you need.

Satan's Fake Cures


Be warned that Satan deceives many people by fake "healing" and fake ceremonies that may partially work (or seem to work) until Satan stops deceiving you.

For example, if you offer Satan an opening by your sinning, Satan has the power to make you sick or injured.  Knowing you are more vulnerable, worried, and fearful while sick or injured, Satan may send one of his demons (or a human deceived by Satan) to offer you "spiritual healing".  When you accept Satan's "spiritual healing", Satan stops making you sick, so you naturally start to heal, mend, and get better, but a coincidental timing is created in your mind, falsely convincing you that Satan's healer helped you.  You then pay attention to Satan's fake healer, so Satan is able to lead you away from God more & more by deception.

With millions of people already desperately sick from Satan-inspired evil (eg. smoking, drugs, atheistic loss of purpose which creates depression & suicide, vanity, narcissism,  pornography, sexual diseases (STD, HIV, AIDS, etc.), immorality (fornication, adultery, homosexuality, trans-sexual, paedophilia, LGBTQ+, etc.), hedonism, obesity, chronic diseases, laziness, Satanic distractions (sports  gambling, music, movies, video games, etc.), loss of physical fitness, junk food, adulterated foods, toxic chemicals, charlatan remedies and fake medicines, etc.), there are many who seek Satan's fake cure.

Satan will likely offer fake solutions to the Wuhan COVID corona virus 2019-nCoV as he has done for all other diseases, so be careful to rightly divide the good from the evil.

There are evil people in this world, those who are not sealed by God, those who break God's Commandments, those who hate God, those who blaspheme against God, and those so deceived that they deny the very existence of God.

Satan has the power to make evil people sick, or to kill them.

Therefore, by analogy, be wary of anyone who secretly throws poison into your drinking water well, then kindly offers to sell you the antidote to their poison at a huge, eternal price.

Most (and the most difficult to detect) are likely fakes who pose as Christian Faith Healers.  They are motivated by profit for their personal wealth, empire building; not by God, nor God's Word, nor helping you with your illness.  For more info, see Pastor Justin Peter's YouTube video link provided below.

Holy Spirit Inside All of Us


The Holy Spirit is born inside all humans from our conception (ie. The spark of life).  For those who do evil, the Holy Spirit inside them is more and more abused, ignored, grieved, and diminished as their evil grows more & more, and ungodly bad habits are established.

The Holy Spirit is our conscience,  the small voice inside us, given to us by God, that tells us right from wrong.  The word "conscience" comes from Latin ("con" means with, and "science" means knowledge, so "conscience" means "with knowledge"), so everybody knows right from wrong, through their conscience.

Healed by Faith

We are healed by our faith.  Without faith, their is no healing through God.  Our faith is neither an energy source, nor a force, nor a person, nor a spirit.  Our faith is likely best described as an attitude, a free-will choice. 

If we choose to have faith in the power of God to heal us, and also have equal faith that God's sovereign choice may be to only partially heal, or delay healing (ie. later in this life, or possibly not till the next life in Heaven), then our faith is not mis-placed, for we are correct in one of these cases.

Having faith does not mean that you are guaranteed perfect health on a continuous basis.

Of those healed by Jesus (see Mark 1:40, 2:3, 5:22, 6:53, 8:22), there was often desparation, no other true, alternative, all other possibilities had already been exhausted.  God has compassion for those who put all of their trust and all of their faith into God.

Also see Mark 10:52, 2 Tim 4:20, 2 Tim 4:7-9, Gal 4:13, 1 Tim 5:23, 2 Cor 4:3-4, and 1 John 5:14.

Evil Vibrations


Eventually, a person's evil can become so large, and if they continuously ignore the voice of the Holy Spirit acting as their conscience, and ignore that the Holy Spirit inside them shrinks more and more, then eventually the Holy Spirit can no longer tolerate these terrible conditions indwelling in a sinner, and the Holy Spirit disappears completely from evil people.  At that point, they no longer believe in right or wrong, they no longer have a conscience, they are only interested in power, pride, and evil desires.  At that point, evil people see all other people as being in one of 3 categories:
  • Those aiding their evil desires, or
     
  • Those blocking their evil desires, or
     
  • Those who are the raw materials for using and abusing as the evil one pleases, as the raw material for fulfilling their evil desires.
As someone ignores God, and starts to do evil, they become different inside on a spiritual basis.  

As an analogy, it's like they start vibrating at a different frequency.  They are no longer perfectly tuned to God's powerful transmitter of love, good, and righteousness.  There is noisy static on the receiving end, due to the receiver's tuning knob having been turned, so the receiver is off from God's transmission frequency.  However, the failure to communicate is double ended.  If someone has drifted off from God's frequency, God can no longer hear that person's prayers, because that person's life is tuned to the wrong frequency.

As an example in today's world, there are dozens of different frequencies that are monitored 24/7/365 as the International Mayday frequencies on every radio band (AM, FM, VHF, UHF, digital, etc.).  If you're in trouble, you need to tune to the Mayday frequency, and broadcast your message of distress, then help will soon come to rescue you.  The Coast Guard and all other Emergency Responders monitor their Mayday frequencies continuously, 24/7/365.  They don't spin the dial on their radios, wastefully searching for emergency distress signals on any and all frequencies and bands, in case someone doesn't know the right frequency.  Emergency Responders wait patiently on the known, defined Mayday frequencies, awaiting your distress call.

It seems to me that God does it the same way.

God could tune into that evil person's private broadcast of evil, but God chooses to stay on His standard, published frequency, and wait patiently for that evil person to discover the downside of evil (through the natural consequences of their evil), and choose to return to righteousness, to return to God's frequency of goodness.

Therefore God does not hear the prayers of evil humans.  God does not hear the cries for help coming from evil people.

For those who are only partially evil, who still have a a little bit of Holy Spirit within them (ie. they still have a conscience), their Mayday signal is weak, and it's a little bit off frequency, so there is a lot of static on their Mayday distress signal.  In spite of that (or because of that), God may (or may not) respond immediately, or may not respond at all.  However, God continuously listens on God's standard frequency of good.

True Christians


For True Christians, who have fled from chronic sin (ie. iniquity), when they pray to God for help, God hears their full strength signal loud & clear, immediately and perfectly, with no static nor delay.  

However, God may choose to respond with a different solution that what was prayed for, or delay His help, or not respond at all, for there are important reasons that this reformed sinner, now a righteous True Christian, must suffer through this situation.  

It may be the building of experience or strength for the True Christian, or as an important lesson to be seen by those other people around that True Christian, or many other reasons known only to God.

It is suggested that as soon as an evil person stops doing evil, it seems that their body's natural frequency will naturally and automatically shift back to God's frequency, and God can perfectly hear what that reformed person is saying and praying to God.

Satan's Limited Powers


We know that God has limited the evil powers of Satan.  In some special cases as described in the Bible, in the Book of Job, Satan is permitted to make righteous people sick.

It is suggested that Satan can do as he pleases with evil people, who don't believe in God, who violate God's Commandments on a chronic basis, and those who are workers of iniquity.

Sickness of Sinners Like You and Me


We have all sinned.  There is nobody who is righteous, no not one.  Therefore, all of us can become sick, and remain sick through our chosen life of evil.

All saints have a past.  All sinners have a future.  Just because you are in one camp today does not mean you are stuck there forever.  You can change.  You can become more & more righteous, and less evil.  No matter how far away you may have wandered away from God, God is just one step behind you, ready to accept you and help you as soon as you stop walking towards Hell, and turn around to face God.  You can be healed.

Today's Medical Knowledge


Any honest medical doctor will tell you that as much as we know today through science, we have almost no idea how things really work in full detail.

We don't know why some people get sick, yet others in the exact same circumstances do not become sick.  We know that time is often a better healer than the best doctor or latest miracle drug.

We also know that miracle drugs, chemical, & scientific breakthroughs (eg. Thalidomide, DDT, antibiotics, Crispr Cas-9, nuclear power, etc.) always have unintended consequences and hidden costs (ie. birth defects, poisoning the environment, cancer, antibiotic resistance, Superbugs, nuclear bombs, chemical weapons, bio-terrorism, etc.).

We know that the Placebo Effect (ie. the power of our mind, or God's Holy Spirit working through our corrupt & evil mind) can cure about 70% of all medical conditions.  It is suggested that the other 30% are likely so out of tune to the Holy Spirit, or have been so evil for so long, they are denied God's cure until they change their evil ways.

In summary, we know almost nothing about God's world and His beautiful, complex designs.

If you are sick today, or are afraid of becoming sick tomorrow, there is only one true cure:  return to God, and the protection of His Commandments for righteous living.

True Christians are Protected &/or Healed


The following gives you sufficient information to get started on your cure through God.  To take full advantage of Faith Healing through God, you need to become a True Christian.

You are a True Christian if and only if all of the following are true:  you are a Born Again Christian who fully believes in Jesus Christ; you have unconditional love of God; have been baptized by full immersion; have confessed your sins; repented your sins; forgiven those who trespassed against you; asked for God's forgiveness of your sins; turned away from sin; turned towards God; asked God to cleanse you; fully surrendered your life, mind, body, soul and possessions to God; asked Jesus to come into you; obey God's 26 Commandments for Christians; and removed all iniquity (pre-planned, premeditated sin) from your life.

Psalm 91 briefly explains what God does for His True Christians.  Psalm 91 also describe who can (and who cannot) rely upon God's protection and freedom from disease.

If you are not a True Christian (see above), you are a luke-warm Christian, or pagan, or atheist, or agnostic, or Muslim, or something similar.  In this case, you need to be VERY WORRIED about the Wuhan COVID 2019-nCoV virus, for you likely have no protection coming from God.

If you refuse to become a True Christian, I suggest you implement the mortal, human medical precautions mentioned here ASAP.  This may protect you long enough for the fear of God to change your mind, and you eventually repent your sins.

All of the following info on Faith Healing is likely null and void, and likely of no effect, or of reduced effect, for those who do not believe in God, or choose to continue living an evil life of chronic iniquity, or are not True Christians.

If you have fully implemented all of the following with no positive effect, I suggest you revisit God's 26 Commandments for Christians (see above), and follow the instructions found therein, then repeat the following Faith Healing instructions.  I am confident that you will then likely  receive the salvation and healing which you seek.

Remember that Daniel, one of the most righteous persons in the Bible, had to pray multiple times per day as well as fast (no food nor water) for a full three weeks before he was able to receive God's answer to his prayers.  Daniel never gave up, nor lost his faith in God.  Read the Book of Daniel to find out the surprising reason why Daniel had to wait so long, and pray so hard, to get his salvation.

Are you willing to work as hard as Daniel to receive your cure?

How to Void God's Health & Faith Healing

Taking Holy Communion while in an unworthy state, can cause physical health consequences of weakness, sickness, and/or  untimely death.

God's Sovereign Will

God always  retains His sovereign will to heal, not heal, or delay your healing (later in your current mortal life, or during your eternal life in Heaven).

You are unable to twist the arm of God, forcing God to heal you now, or in the way you want to be healed.

Sometimes, your suffering is required for improving you, or those around you.

Erin has been suffering for more than 2 decades with serious medical limitations, chronic pain, etc.  Erin proposes 5 possible reasons for God to bring (or allow, or choose to not prevent) trouble coming into a Christian's life:


 I learned that troubles come when one of the following occur:

 1. They come when our thinking about You and the world are off

 2. They come when our path or direction is not in sync with Your plans 

3. They come when we are about to move in our lives and You need us to get out of Your way and let You work

 4. You do this as a measure of hearts… the hearts that surround the people that are undergoing troubles 

 5. God also uses our time of troubles and pain to gain our attention and dependence on Him.

Is God trying to signal you, or shape you with the troubles (poor health, or otherwise) in your life?

Beware of Snake Oil Salesmen, Wolves in Sheep's Clothing, and Fake Healers


See Pastor Justin Peters' excellent video "The Hurt of Healing", 1 hr. 37 min.



Hank Reckman's Summary of God's Faith Healing


From Manitoulin Expositor Newspaper, Aug. 14, 2019, Page 42  https://www.manitoulin.ca/wp-content/uploads/Expositor-August-14-19.pdf

Rule 1.) It is never God who fails to heal. But it is always man who fails to receive the healing God offers. This works on the same principle as the CBC [Radio, public broadcaster] sending news and me receiving it.  If there is something wrong with my receiver (radio, TV) or if I turn the receiver off or to another sender, I cannot blame the CBC for not sending the news.

Rule 2.) Your faith is your receiver. In MAT. 9:22, MARK. 5:34, 10:52, LUKE 7:50, 8:48, 17:19, 18:42. Jesus says to people who are healed, “thy faith has saved thee, or thy faith has made thee whole”. Jesus also said, “all things are possible to him who believes,” MARK. 9:23.  If the car won’t start, you do a diagnostic test to find out what is wrong and then fix the problem. When you do not receive the healing God offers, do a diagnostic faith test to find out what is wrong with your faith and then fix it.

Rule 3.) The healing God offers is mental, emotional, physical and spiritual and God is not a respecter of persons [ie. God does not have favoritism], ACTS 10:34+35. So, the healing like salvation, that God offers is for everyone.

Rule 4.) As faith comes by hearing God’s word, ROM. 10:17, we need to study God’s word (the bible) to receive the faith we need.

Rule 5.) All God’s blessings we receive through reading (studying) God’s word (law) meditating on it and obeying it, JOSH. 1:8.  Please note the last point, obedience, without doing what God tells you to do, you may not expect any of God’s blessings.  Your ability to receive God’s blessings depends on your willingness to study and obey God’s word.

Rule 6.) HEBR 11:6 says “God rewards those who diligently seek him.”  DEUT. 4:29 says, God will be found if you seek him with all your heart. See also 2 CHRON. 7:14, 15:2 Jesus also says:   seek and ye shall find, MAT. 7:7, LUKE 11:9 and seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things (including health) will be added unto you”, MAT. 6:33.  To seek God diligently or to seek him with all your heart means you make a 100% commitment to do God’s will (obey God’s instructions and commandments.)

Rule 7.) You study all the miracles of healing, Jesus did and then because HEBR. 13:8 says “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever”, you expect him to do the same for you.

Rule 8.) Jesus is the healer, so you must turn your eyes upon Jesus, who suffered and died on the cross, so you might be healed, IS. 53:3-5. JOHN 3:14 says: as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so the son of man (Jesus) must be lifted up so everyone who looks to him may have life.” In NUMB 21:8+9. Israel had sinned, and people were being bitten by poisonous snakes and were dying. God told Moses to make a bronze snake and put it on a pole (this is the symbol of the medical profession) and everyone who was bitten by a snake (Satan-sickness) and looked to this bronze serpent lived (was healed).

Rule 9.) Meditate on scriptures like EX. 15:26, “if you obey my commandments (all 10) I will put no diseases upon you ---, for I am Yahweh (the Lord) who heals you”. PS. 103:3 “bless the Lord who forgives all your iniquities (when you confess them and repent) and who heals all your diseases”. PROV. 4:20-22 “my son pay attention to my words (obey them) for they are life and it will give health to all your flesh”. Please note it starts with bless the Lord, God wants you to rejoice, give thanks and praise him, even before the healing and deliverance are manifested see ACTS. 16:24-26, 2 CHRON. 20:18-22.

Rule 10.) Faith speaks, ROM. 10:10 with the mouth confession is made unto salvation”. MARK. 11:23 “have faith in God, for really I say unto you, that who so ever shall say unto this mountain (sickness) be thou removed and cast into the sea; and shall not doubt (get rid of doubt, JAM. 1:6+7) in his heart but believe that those things which he says shall come to pass;  He shall have what so ever he says.” God creates all things by his word, GEN 1, you create your own health by your own confession when you make sure that confession agrees with what God says. (PS. 103, IS. 53: 3-5).

Rule 11.) Remember rule 1. God offers healing to everyone there may be other reasons (sins) why a person has not received healing, write me and let me do a diagnostic faith test, so we can find out what that reason is. Remember there is hope, God loves you and desires to heal you.

Hank Reckman
Prophet of Manitoulin
Search for truth, Biblical Ministries
Box 210
M’Chigeeng, Ontario
P0P 1G0

 Biblical Verses on Faith Healing

[Gen 1:1-31 KJV] "[1] In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. [2] 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. [3] And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. [4] And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. [5] And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. [6] And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. [7] 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. [8] And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. [9] 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. [10] And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. [11] 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. [12] 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. [13] And the evening and the morning were the third day. [14] 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: [15] And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. [16] 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. [17] And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, [18] 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. [19] And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. [20] 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. [21] 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. [22] And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. [23] And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. [24] 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. [25] 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. [26] 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. [27] So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. [28] 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. [29] 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. [30] 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. [31] And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day." 

[Exo 15:26 KJV] "[26] And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee."  

[Num 21:8-9 KJV] "[8] And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. [9] And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived." [Deu 4:29 KJV] "[29] But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul." 

 [Jos 1:8 KJV] "[8] This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success."

[2Ch 7:14 KJV] "[14] If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." 

 [2Ch 15:2 KJV] "[2] And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you."  

[2Ch 20:18-22 KJV] "[18] And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD. [19] And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high. [20] And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper. [21] And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever. [22] And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten." 

[Psa 103:1-22 KJV] "[1] A Psalm of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. [2] Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: [3] Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; [4] Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; [5] Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's. [6] The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed. [7] He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel. [8] The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. [9] He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever. [10] He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. [11] For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. [12] As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. [13] Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. [14] For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. [15] As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. [16] For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. [17] But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children; [18] To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them. [19] The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all. [20] Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. [21] Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure. [22] Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul." 

[Pro 4:20-22 KJV] "[20] My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. [21] Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. [22] For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh." 

 [Isa 53:3-5 KJV] "[3] He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. [4] Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. [5] But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed."  

[Mat 6:33 KJV] "[33] But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." 

 [Mat 7:7 KJV] "[7] Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:" 

 [Mat 9:22 KJV] "[22] But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour." 

 [Mar 5:34 KJV] "[34] And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague." 

 [Mar 9:23 KJV] "[23] Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth." 

 [Mar 10:52 KJV] "[52] And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way."

 [Mar 11:23 KJV] "[23] For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith."

 [Luk 7:50 KJV] "[50] And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace." 

 [Luk 8:48 KJV] "[48] And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace." 

 [Luk 11:9 KJV] "[9] And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." 

 [Luk 17:19 KJV] "[19] And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole." 

 [Luk 18:42 KJV] "[42] And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath saved thee." 

 [Jhn 3:14 KJV] "[14] And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:" 

[Act 10:34-35 KJV] "[34] Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: [35] But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him." 

[Act 16:24-26 KJV] "[24] Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. [25] And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. [26] And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed."

 [Rom 10:10, 17 KJV] "[10] For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. ... [17] So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."

 [Heb 11:6 KJV] "[6] But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him." 

 [Heb 13:8 KJV] "[8] Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever." 

 [Jas 1:6-7 KJV] "[6] But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. [7] For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord."

Biblical Lexicon for Faith Healing

There are many different words in the Bible that are associated with, or describe sickess and healing (Strong's Lexicon of Hebrew Hxxxx) and Greek (Gxxxx) words.  Here are the listings of those main words, and where they are found in the Bible:

Bible: cure* (H380, 982, 983, 987, 1245, 1455, 4832, 7495, 8585), (G275, 1946, 2323, 2392) 

 Jer 33:6; Hos 5:13; Mat 17:16; Luk 9:1; Jer 46:11; Mat 17:18; Luk 7:21; Luk 13:32; Jhn 5:10


Bible: heal* (H724, 2280, 3144, 3545, 4832, 4861, 7495, 7499, 7500, 7594, 7597, 7598, 7965, 8585), (G1295, 2322, 2323, 2386, 2390, 2392, 4982, 4991, 5198)

 Num 12:13; Deu 32:39; 2Ki 20:5, 8; 2Ch 7:14; Psa 6:2; Psa 41:4; Psa 60:2; Ecc 3:3; Isa 19:22; Isa 57:18-19; Jer 3:22; Jer 17:14; Jer 30:17; Lam 2:13; Hos 5:13; Hos 6:1; Hos 14:4; Zec 11:16; Mat 8:7; Mat 10:1, 8; Mat 12:10; Mat 13:15; Mar 3:2, 15; Luk 4:18, 23; Luk 5:17; Luk 6:7; Luk 7:3; Luk 9:2; Luk 10:9; Luk 14:3; Jhn 4:47; Jhn 12:40; Act 4:30; Act 28:27; Gen 20:17; Gen 43:28; Exo 15:26; Exo 21:19; Lev 13:18, 37; Lev 14:3, 48; Deu 28:27, 35; 1Sa 6:3 

Bible: disease* (H2456, 2470, 2483, 4064, 4245, 4251, 8463), (G131, 769, 770, 2560, 3119, 3553, 3554) 

 2Ki 1:2; 2Ki 8:8-9; 2Ch 16:12; 2Ch 21:15, 18; Job 30:18; Psa 38:7; Psa 41:8; Ecc 6:2; Mat 4:23; Mat 9:35; Mat 10:1; Jhn 5:4; Exo 15:26; Deu 7:15; Deu 28:60; 1Ki 15:23; 2Ch 21:19; 2Ch 24:25; Psa 103:3; Eze 34:4, 21; Mat 4:24; Mat 9:20; Mat 14:35; Mar 1:32, 34; Luk 4:40; Luk 6:17; Luk 9:1; Jhn 6:2; Act 19:12; Act 28:9 

Bible: pestilence* (H1698, G3061) 

 Exo 5:3; Exo 9:15; Lev 26:25; Num 14:12; Deu 28:21; 2Sa 24:13, 15; 1Ki 8:37; 1Ch 21:12, 14; 2Ch 6:28; 2Ch 7:13; 2Ch 20:9; Psa 78:50; Psa 91:3, 6; Jer 14:12; Jer 21:6-7, 9; Jer 24:10; Jer 27:8, 13; Jer 28:8; Jer 29:17-18; Jer 32:24, 36; Jer 34:17; Jer 38:2; Jer 42:17, 22; Jer 44:13; Eze 5:12, 17; Eze 6:11-12; Eze 7:15; Eze 12:16; Eze 14:19, 21; Eze 28:23; Eze 33:27; Eze 38:22; Amo 4:10; Hab 3:5; Mat 24:7; Luk 21:11 

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Corona Virus COVID-19 for Christians, Update 4

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Wuhan Corona Virus 2019-nCoV has now been declared an international health risk (a pandemic) by WHO.  The following provides the information you need to know.

Should you be afraid?

True Christian, or something else?

You have nothing to worry about if you are a True Christian.

You are a True Christian if and only if all of the following are true:  you are a Born Again Christian who fully believes in Jesus Christ; you have unconditional love of God; have been baptized by full immersion; have confessed your sins; repented your sins; forgiven those who trespassed against you; asked for God's forgiveness of your sins; turned away from sin; turned towards God; asked God to cleanse you; fully surrendered your live, mind, body, soul and possessions to God; asked Jesus to come into you; obey God's 26 Commandments for Christians; and removed all iniquity (pre-planned, premeditated sin) from your life.  Psalm 91 fully explains what God does for His True Christians.

However True Christians do not tempt God, nor test God.  Isaiah 26:20-21 says:

Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.

21 For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

If something bad happens because your faith wasn't as strong as you thought, you may need Faith Healing.

You're Not a True Christian ?

If you are not a True Christian (see above), you are a luke-warm Christian, or pagan, or atheist, or agnostic, or something similar.  In this case, you need to be VERY WORRIED about the Wuhan 2019-nCoV virus, for you likely have no protection coming from God.

The easier & better way is to become a True Christian.  The End Times judgements of God are designed to scare you silly,, hoping that you will decide to change your evil ways (ie. there are no atheists in foxholes during war).  If this Biblical Plague doesn't phase you, you don't understand this Corona virus plague well enough.  Keep reading.

Here is the information you need on Wuhan 2019-nCoV if you are not a True Christian:

Wuhan Corona Virus History

Starting in City of Wuhan (population 11 million), Hubei Province, China on or about Nov. 15, 2019 people associated with the local wet market (ie. live animal sold for food), causing a serious pneumonia.  Treatment with antibiotics was ineffective, and it was soon determined to be a viral infection from a corona virus previously unknown, subsequently labeled 2019-nCoV.  The disease quickly spread to people outside of those at the wet market, infecting the general population, as well as health care workers caring for the sick.

Previous studies of the SARS outbreak in Toronto Canada showed that allowing health care workers to get infected by isolation patients they were caring for must not be allowed to occur.  If there was more than a 20% chance of health care workers becoming infected, the whole medical system would collapse, and the disease would then be left to run rampant through the population, like wildfire.

PPE (Personal Protective Equipment, such as masks, eye protection, gowns, etc.), their proper use,  and infection control procedures are hard skills to learn, and their effectiveness deteriorates quickly if not routinely practiced every day.  Unfortunately, this appears to be exactly what happened in Wuhan.

There was secrecy &/or coverup of key facts about the disease outbreak, both within and outside of Wuhan, and China.  There are some ongoing reports that the severity, incidence rate (# new case/day), and prevalence rate (cumulative % of population infected) are still being manipulated, minimized, spun, or denied.  The supposed purpose of this coverup is to protect the Chinese Communist Party leaders from blame, to minimize the impact on China's economy, and save face.  Similar coverups were done the Chinese government for the 2002 SARS epidemic, bird flu, Swine flu, pig cholera, etc.  Therefore there is good reason to assume that it's a lot worse than what the official sources are currently saying.

There are now reports from Wuhan of people walking along the street then keeling over in mid step then whisked off by ambulance crews, large rooms full of flu patients on cots who are waiting to die, the new 1,000 bed hospital is nothing but individual isolation jail cells where you wait to die, no more funerals as bodies are immediately cremated, crematoriums running 24/7, people barricaded into their house or apartment by police so that they cannot break the mandatory quarantine, police &/or army shooting on sight if someone tries to escape through Wuhan's quarantine perimeter.

On Dec. 30, 2019 the Chinese government finally admitted they has a serious outbreak of a new virus that was causing serious pneumonia and fatalities.

Once China decided to quarantine Wuhan, they announced their plan publicly well in advance of implementation, allowing 5 million people to escape from Wuhan before the quarantine was implemented.  There are newspaper reports of bribes being paid to escape Wuhan after the quarantine was imposed.

Suddenly recognizing that China was in deep trouble, Chinese research scientists immediately released samples of the virus taken from various patients in Wuhan, sending them to research labs around the world.

So far, there are 47 different genetic samples from Wuhan patients have been taken, and have been analyzed by virology labs around the world, showing the virus has developed 7 levels of genetic mutations so far.  About 99.5% of these 7 mutations are the same, indicating there was one initial source for the virus.  It is similar the 2002 SARS virus, about 80% the same.  In total, there is genetic information from 6 other genetic info contributors, including a significant amount from a corona virus usually found in Chinese bats.

More recently, it was found that there are small pieces encoded inside 2019-nCoV that are identical to the HIV virus.  These HIV sections are only small segments of the whole virus, so there is a possibility that this is mere coincidence

I'm no expert, but I understand that the incorporation of HIV genetic material could have occurred in a HIV patient who had lapse in taking their antiviral HIV drugs, gets a growing HIV viral load, and then picks up the corona virus in their travels, and those 2 viruses share info while inside the host's body, then spreads to others. To me this is more likely than lab based bio-terrorism.

The other possibility is that this Wuhan virus is a bio-weapon, somebody purposely or accidentally made it in a lab, then it escaped (or was purposely thrown) into the wild.

China has recently opened a number of BLS-4 level research labs that study the most deadly bacteria and viruses in the world.  One of these labs is located in Wuhan, where they were studying corona viruses in bats.

A Chinese research scientist, her husband (also a scientist working there), and her students has been working in her lab at the Canadian BLS-4 infectious disease lab in Winnepeg MB.  In July 2019, she and all of her students were suddenly kicked out of the lab for violating lab policies.  They were all stripped of their security clearances, and are currently under an ongoing RCMP police investigation.  There are rumors that someone illegally took (or was in the process of trying to take) samples of the deadliest bacteria &/or viruses.

In the Spring of 2019, Canada's research lab in Winnepeg, MB shared a large number of these deadly virus samples (including Ebola and worse) with Wuhan's lab so that Wuhan could also study them.  Shortly later, this outbreak occurred.  Coincidence?

Some loose allegations, with no supporting evidence other than circumstantial (or coincidences), accusing bio-terrorism have been made against the usual scapegoats.

Figure 1:  Computer model showing 57 million
infected, 1.2 million deaths

Since then, these leading virologists have been working night and day to analyze the samples, compare results, and freely share their information.  This has achieved amazing speed and development of knowledge in 2 days which usually took 3 months to achieve in the past.

Based on preliminary data, epidemiologists have constructed a computer model to estimate the number of infections and deaths (Figure 1, click on any image to see it full size).  They estimate 57 million infections, and 1.2 million deaths (white column on left). So far, the actual data reported by official sources (black column on right) is tracking the model very closely.

Lancet reported R0 was 2.2 for 2019-nCoV.  That means the # of people infected will double every 7.4 days.

If R0 is as high as 5.8 as reported by some non-official sources, there will likely be a world-wide pandemic with millions of deaths.

By Jan 2, 2020, 41 admitted hospital patients had been identified as having laboratory-confirmed 2019-nCoV infection. Most of the infected patients were men (30 [73%] of 41); less than half had underlying diseases (13 [32%]), including diabetes (eight [20%]), hypertension (six [15%]), and cardiovascular disease (six [15%]). Median age was 49·0 years (IQR 41·0–58·0). 27 (66%) of 41 patients had been exposed to Huanan seafood market. One family cluster was found. Common symptoms at onset of illness were fever (40 [98%] of 41 patients), cough (31 [76%]), and myalgia or fatigue (18 [44%]); less common symptoms were sputum production (11 [28%] of 39), headache (three [8%] of 38), haemoptysis (two [5%] of 39), and diarrhoea (one [3%] of 38). Dyspnoea developed in 22 (55%) of 40 patients (median time from illness onset to dyspnoea 8·0 days [IQR 5·0–13·0]). 26 (63%) of 41 patients had lymphopenia. All 41 patients had pneumonia with abnormal findings on chest CT. Complications included acute respiratory distress syndrome (12 [29%]), RNAaemia (six [15%]), acute cardiac injury (five [12%])and secondary infection (four [10%]). 13 (32%) patients were admitted to an ICU and six (15%) died. Compared with non-ICU patients, ICU patients had higher plasma levels of IL2, IL7, IL10, GSCF, IP10, MCP1, MIP1A, and TNF?.

Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding ( https://twitter.com/DrEricDing ), a Harvard-trained epidemiologist who taught at the school for 15 years, published his alarming analysis of the coronavirus outbreak on Twitter Saturday, calling the virus "thermonuclear pandemic level bad" and declaring "I really hate to be the epidemiolo...

On 2020-1-31, Wu Zunyou, chief expert in epidemiology at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention ( http://www.chinacdc.cn/en/ ), said that this new type of coronavirus pneumonia is not as severe as we thought. An important indicator we use to measure this disease is mortality. We analyzed the cases of more than 7,000 confirmed patients across the country. We saw that people under the age of 30 did not die, and the mortality rate of people aged 40 to 59 was only 0.2%. Then the death mainly occurred in the elderly (population). So don't worry too much. More deaths occur in patients over 80 years of age, and their mortality rate is higher, about 18%.

As of 24:00 hrs on January 30, the National Health Commission has received a total of 9,692 confirmed cases...with a total of 15,238 suspected cases.

Update: #coronavirus totals in mainland China as of 3am GMT January 31st, 2020:
-9,692 confirmed cases
-1,527 Severe cases
-213 confirmed Deaths
-171 Recovered
Clinical data in the Lancet journal ( https://www.thelancet.com/ ) claims: 1 in 50 will show no symptoms but have the virus 9,692 / 50 = 193.84 which is within 13% of those claimed to have "recovered", who essentially have no symptoms but tested positive for it, who are likely now contagious (or soon again may become infectious, usually called sequelae episodes) but think they're fine.

China's "recovered" patients likely still have virus as a latent infection, which can reactivate itself at some time in the future, causing the patient to become infectious again, a reservoir host.

Ultimately, if you get infected, you will either die or get better.  Note that China's propaganda stats say 213 dead, 171 Recovered, a  1.24 ratio.  When you're infected, you go into a holding pattern around the airport of live; some run out of fuel, crash & burn & die.  Others land safely. If these two stats are fudged in a similar way for a similar time period, they may indicate that 55.5% of those infected will die, 44.6% will live (alive but likely with life-long health complications).  Time will tell.

SARS Vs. Wuhan:  Wuhan in red, dark blue is SARS deaths, light blue is SARS
infections.  Already, we can see that Wuhan is already far worse than SARS, and
getting worse every day.

*** Begin Update 1, 2020-2-13 09:30 ***

The deaths from nCoV are primarily in China, among men.  Up to 68% of Chinese men smoke, yet only 6% of women.  Is this why most of nCoV deaths are men?

Smoking in China is mainly by men (76%)
vs. women (7%)


https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2020-02-13/why-most-coronavirus-deaths-have-been-chinese-men

*** End Updat 1, 2020-2-13 09:30 ***

*** Begin Update 2, 2020-2-18 12:58 pm ***
Preliminary Anti-viral drug info for Wuhan virus has completed clinical studies and found effective
https://et-manitoulin.blogspot.com/2020/02/wuhan-coronavirus-anti-viral-drugs.html

*** End Update 2 ***

In Oct. 2019, Harvard School of Public Health conducted Event 201 as a computer simulation of a corona virus pandemic.  The simulation showed 65 million people killed by the 18th month of the outbreak.  Biblical plague.


News & stats:   https://thewuhanvirus.com
Some of the more recent stats:   https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.01.23.916395v1

How does Wuhan nCoV compare to other Outbreaks?

The 1918 Spanish Flu was a H1N1 virus that infected 500 million people, and likely killed 50 million of them.  If preliminary estimates are correct the 2019 nCoV pandemic of today could be as bad or worse than this historic nightmare.

HIV was discovered as the source of infection for AIDS in 1981.  SIV is believed to have crossed over from monkeys to humans in 1900's, then mutated to HIV over the next 50 years.  Promiscuous sex among homosexuals in USA lead to a world-wide epidemic of HIV.  As of 2018, 75 million people have been infected, 32 million people have already died, and 37.9 million people are currently living with HIV.

In 2002, China also started SARS, which spread throughout SE Asia, and to Canada.  Scientists compare the relative risk of a spreading infection by the R0 (pronounced "R naught") of 1.4 to 1.6 and a fatality rate of 10%.  This meant each person who became infected would in turn infect about 1.5 additional people.  Through huge effort, it was eliminated by 2003 from all humans; hopefully gone for good.  After 17 years of huge investment in $ and time, there is still no vaccine for SARS.  In total, there have been 8,098 cases, resulting in 774 deaths reported in 17 countries, with a 9.6% fatality rate.

In 2009, Swine Flu (H1N1) started in the USA, and soon spread around the would.  R0 was 1.4 to 1.6. Approximately 60.8 million people were infected worldwide, about 300,000 died.

In 2012, MERS invaded the Middle East, and continues to this day.  In 27 countries initially, it continues to linger in 12 Middle East countries today, 2494 people have been infected, with 858 deaths.  Infected camels are the vector or reservoir from which humans continue to get sick.

Lessons Learned from Fighting SARS


Analysis of SARS epidemic in 2002-2003 for Beijing China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Toronto Canada.

This study showed it was essential to (most important listed first):

  • Quickly identify an emerging epidemic,
     
  • Limit the infectious spread of the disease to health care workers during the isolation period of symptomatic patients (essential to be less than 19% probability of infecting health care workers),
     
  • Effective quarantine of all those persons who were likely exposed to a symptomatic person &/or exposed to an asymptomatic person likely exposed to the virus, and
     
  • Effective screening of all inter-zone travellers.

While each epidemic is different, computer modeling can help guide and focus our efforts & available resources onto the truly critical issues.

For the Wuhan corona virus pandemic, there must be:
  • Quarantine everywhere with no travel, no meetings, no public gatherings, stay in your house.
  • Develop the clear quarantine & isolation rules based on science, risk management, and mistake proofing.
  • Train everybody what to do, then enforce the rules with no exceptions.
  • Constantly search for those who suddenly develop symptoms, then safely move them into isolation.
  • Design an isolation systems to protect health care workers, and then deliver humane effective care for those who are ill.
  • Keep people truthfully informed while avoiding panic.  Panic is contagious when there is a lack of information and/or a loss of hope or trust.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1691853/pdf/15539347.pdf
This is a BLS-4 type Pressure
suit used for the most deadly
bugs.  You do not need this.


BLS-4 Pressure Suits Vs. Getting the Right PPE Masks


There has been discussion on Wuhan Corona virus defeating all known protective clothing.

A BLS-4 pressure suit is used in research labs working with bio weapons of war, or the world's deadliest microbes.  You do not need this level of protection.

While objective, verified evidence is needed, I strongly suggest it is operator error, not the PPE which is the root cause of failure, resulting in health care workers in proper PPE getting infected.

Biosecurity does not come naturally, it is a skill that is slowly learned, and quickly forgotten unless regularly practiced.

I have read reports of volunteer health care workers coming to Ebola medical tents, put in an isolation suit, dusted with an invisible powder (a safe stand-in for Ebola) that fluoresces under UV light, then instructed step by step, how to get out of PPE suit without contaminating themselves, checked by a UV light in a dark room.

Time & again, they had the fluorescing powder all over themselves, & their clothes they wore under their isolation suit, indicating total failure. If it was really Ebola, they would likely become infected.

Most learned how to get out safely after many attempts. Others never learned.

For particulate masks, N95 means it stops 95% of particles. N99 stops 99%. P100 means it stops 99.97% of particles in the designated size range. Which one of these do you want for you & your loved ones?

Some masks have an exhaust valve on them to quickly get rid of hot, moist exhaled air when used in industrial settings with hard work, thereby keeping the worker cooler.  This type of masks will release large volumes of droblets out these these quick exhaust valves.  If the person wearing the mask is infected, they will quickly infect everybody around them.  These types of masks are NOT RECOMMENDED.

If you can't find P100, you may be able to get two N99 filters masks to work in series. If you do it right, that has a theoretical capability of stopping 99.99%, calculated by: ( 1-(0.01x0.01))x100 which is essentially equal to a P100.

N95 masks stop particles as small as 0.03 but the corona Virus is 0.02 microns so some viruses will pass through an N95 mask eventually. However the seal between the mask and your face is the most critical point.

Caution: I suggest a correctly used N95 is likely better than two N99 masks cobbled together with duct tape, string, and bubble gum.

 

nCoV coming to an Airport near you

Figure 2:  5 million escaped from
Wuhan.  How many were infected?
The South China Morning Post reported that 5 million people escaped out of Wuhan before the quarantine was imposed (see article Figure 2).

One man from Canada escaped Wuhan by bribing the guard at the quarantine checkpoint, then flew back to Toronto Canada.  Is he a carrier of the virus?  See Figure 3.

Three plane loads of people from China landed at Toronto International Airport on Jan. 27, 2020 with nothing but one question to screen the passengers (Were you in Wuhan, or do you have a fever?).  Apparently everybody passed the test, and quickly scrambled out of the airport.  Did any of them lie so as to avoid further questions and quarantine?

The Virus is in the Mail


There are millions of postal packets coming in from China and SE Asia, with all the trinkets bought online. Consider anything shipped after Nov. 15, 2019 to have been potentially contaminated (Index Case was Dec 1, less 2 weeks incubation= Nov 15, 2019).

USPS, FEDEX, UPS, DHL, etc. sorting and delivery personnel are on front line exposure to this potential risk. The personnel working there may soon have higher risk of being infected, so your interactions with them should be carefully considered.

***   Update #3, 2020-3-23, edit 1 of 2   ***

NEJM research published 2020-3-17 found that COVID-29 can remain infectious on cardboard and other surfaces (plastic, stainless steel) for up to 72 hours at 21 deg C and 40% RH, and likely significantly longer at colder temperatures, and either dryer or more humid conditions.

On cruise ship Diamond Princess, decontamination of passanger cabins was started 17 days after passengers left the ship.  Testing found viable infectious COVID-19 on the various surfaces.  Therefore virus can infect for at least 17 days on hard surfaces under some conditions.

https://mobile.twitter.com/w7voa/status/1242178534237405190?s=21

***   End Update #3, 2020-3-23, edit 1 of 2   ***

Within a few days to a few weeks, regular letter mail may be contaminated.

Suggest you assume your parcels and mail are contaminated from now on, and use appropriate disinfection techniques.

10% bleach solution ( 5 minute soak time), or 3% hydrogen peroxide solution (30 second soak time), or live steam, or UV radiation lamp (exposure time required depends on lamp wavelength intensity, and separation distance) are likely effective for disinfection. A disinfectant must kill 99.99% of the target pathogen (ie. 4 log kill).

Standard household vinegar (undiluted, 5%) for 20 minute soak time has only a 3 to 8.5 log kill, depending on the pathogen. Therefore not recommended.

10% vinegar for 30 minute soak time has a log kill between 6 to 8 for the pathogens tested (likely suitable as a disinfectant, but 10% vinegar is hard to obtain, and 30 minutes soak is a long time, so 10% vinegar is not recommended).

Suggest you have a decontamination station before and away from your home entrance.

Hand Sanitizing


For hand sanitizing, soap and water are best, especially when hands are dirty, have blood or other body fluid or protein present. Be sure to use lots of soap, thorough rubbing, and a nail brush &/or pick to clean under nails and around cuticles.

If hands are clean but need to be disinfected, a 70% to 90% alcohol lotion was proven effective for the SARS Corona virus outbreak, and is likely OK for this virus. Use recommended amount, rub into hands continuously for the recommended time (at least 30 seconds), then air dry.

If you can no longer find hand sanitizer for purchase, be wary of making your own.  Methanol is toxic.  Iso-propyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol) is less toxic than methanol, but is poisonous to drink, and can be toxic if sufficient quantities are absorbed through the skin from excessive use, or fumes breathed in.  Denatured alcohol is (or is usually) ethanol that has been rendered toxic, or bad tasting.  This could be by adding foul tasting or smelling organic solvents that are equally poisonous, or bitter substances; none of which are good for you ( ie. You survive COVID-19, but die from hand sanitizer)

Foot & shoe Contamination

Footwear will likely become highly contaminated. Have 1" deep disinfectant bath you can step into, disposible gloves & other PPE to protect while removing contaminated footwear, in-house footwear.

3 Wave Pandemic Model

In many ways, a pandemic is similar to a nuclear bomb blast.

A nuclear bomb blast has 3 stages:
  • Initial flash that occurs instantaneously;
    Figure 3:  Canadian escapee
    from Wuhan

     
  • Blast wave that occurs within seconds to minutes after the initial flash;
     
  • Nuclear fallout that starts in minutes to hours and lasts 2 weeks or so.
 Anybody fully exposed to any of these 3 stages will likely die.

In Wuhan Corona Virus case, anybody exposed to any of the 3 stages has 5% to 85% chance of dying. 

The initial flash has already occurred (Nov 15, 2019 to Dec. 15, 2019 in Wuhan China), and will likely arrive here locally up to 3 weeks from now (on or about the end of February 2020).  These represent infected individuals who left Wuhan and spread all over the globe.  They will become the index case in their home country.  There is a low probability of running into them and becoming infected.

Blast wave of epidemic will start in 3 weeks or so, and last for 3 weeks to 3 months.  As the index case in each country or region infects those around them, a massive wave of infection is built up, like a blast wave or tsunami, that rolls through that country.

Fallout phase of epidemic will start in 3 weeks to 6 months from now, and last 3 months or so.  This is the lingering effect as the blast wave reflects off more remote areas, to return again to ground already affected, helping ensure a second wave of destruction, then a third, then a fourth, etc.

Prepare Today:  Go Shopping

You need to immediately go shopping to get your necessary supplies before the stores are sold out.

Today's Shopping list (everything you need will no longer be available if you wait too long, so if you delay you will likely die in one of the 3 waves of this pandemic):
Figure 4:  This man is wearing a
surgical mask, the wrong type of
mask.  This mistake can get you
killed.  Where is eye protection?

  1. P100 masks (best), or N100, or HEPA.  Next best is N99.  Third best is N95.  No exhaust valves (or duct take it closed).  Still can't find masks?  You'll have to innovate.  Try large round coffee filters, or feminine light day pads self stick, or double pieces of cloth (worst) sewn into a face mask.  See Figure 4.
     
  2. Double sided tape in case you have a leak at a mask edge., taping all edges of face masks &/or clear veils to help seal to your face.
     
  3. Mono-goggles, or ski goggles, or swim goggles, or rolls of clear food saran wrap as a veil or face shield, or thin closely woven fabric that you can see through & that can be sewn into front side of head bag (with any cloth on top, sides & back of bag) and worn over entire head like Muslim woman's Hijab.
     
  4. 3 month supply of everything you normally buy so there is no need to leave home to shop or meet anybody while 3 waves of infection pass through your community.  If you don't produce your own water by your own well, you may need water in case the public system goes off line.
     
  5. 4 gallons of 6% chlorine bleach (or 3% hydrogen peroxide) and spray bottle or garden sprayer to disinfect everything after each use.
     
  6. Boot tray to clean and disinfect shoes via 1/2" deep disinfectant liquid to step into.
     
  7. Disposable or reusable rubber gloves, or work gloves, or mittens.
     
  8. Ear plugs (your ear canal is a mucous membrane, if the virus enters, you could become infected)
     
  9. Duct tape or masking tape to seal rips or edges of your PPE.
     
  10. Painting drop cloths or garbage bags, or cheap plastic rain ponchos, or roll of house building vapor barrier 6 mil poly that can be cut up as PPE aprons, or room barriers, or clean surface covers, or splash barrier, then quickly removed and disposed.
     
  11. 70% alcohol hand sanitizer
     
  12. Kitchen catcher plastic bags, large plastic garbage bags for disposal of contaminated waste.
     
  13. Two large Rubbermaid totes, one for clean shoes, one for dirty shoes; and a small bench to sit on while you change your footwear.  Put the dirty tote on the street side of the bench, the clean tote on the house side of the bench.  While sitting on bench, remove your footwear, sanitize your hands, then swivel your bum 180 degrees on the bench to face the opposite way, then put on your other set of socks and footwear.  Re-sanitize your hands.  Go about your business.  This reduces your disinfecting & cleaning time; what's dirty, stays dirty; what's clean, stays clean.  You'll never spend the necessary time to get your dirty shoes truly disinfected & clean, so this avoids 99% of the problem.
     
  14. Tooth brush, & scrub brushes to clean & disinfect.   DO NOT use a brush until item has been disinfected, as bristles will spray the contamination into the air or onto you, likely infecting you.
     
  15. Medical supplies to self-treat if you become infected if hospitals are jammed full or closed or badly contaminated. Infected people have 5% to 25% chance of death if treated with HIV-level of antiviral drugs. Without antivirals, death rate is likely 75% to 85%. 
***   Begin Update 4, 2020-3-28   ***

16.   Buy some NSAID's.  Better to have & not use, rather than need and not have.  There is a raging controversy over the safety of using ibuprophen before, during, or after a COVID-19 infection; up to & including certain death.  The drug companies want to protect their product brand and $$$ cash cow, so they likely muddy the waters, similar to 40 years of denials by cigarette companies that it was never proven that cigarettes cause cancer.  This article summarizes the issues:  https://www.healthline.com/health-news/what-to-know-about-ibuprofen-and-covid-19   Tylenol (acetaminophen) is very hard on your liver, especially at maximum doses, especially when COVID-19 is also straining the liver.  Aspirin is therefore the tried & true helper (caution for Reye's Syndrome for toddlers), you may want to half-dose Aspirin and Tylenol so as to stay well away from max. doses.  By treating fever, you may be limiting your autoimmune system which needs a higher temperature to maximize the immune system, and non-optimum conditions for virus replication.  Body temps above 41 deg C are dangerous and needs cooling, so rather than drugs, you can use ice chips, cool cloths, or cold shower.

***   End Update 4, 2020-3-28   ***

Avoid Crowds, Avoid Coughs & Sneezes

If you go into crowds, you are going to get infected.  Stay home.  If you have to go out, go at times when there is no crowd.

Bacteria in a cough or sneeze into a room has a half life between 10 seconds to 10 minutes. Some aerosol particles can remain suspended in air currents for at least 45 minutes. Other research has shown that submicron particles (corona virus is 0.02 micron), subject to particle size, gravity, and air currents, can stay airborne for 3 weeks or longer.

Because viruses are not alive, they can possibly remain infectious much longer than bacteria.

"Our previous research had found that these pathogens traveled up to 4 meters and stayed viable for 45 minutes after being coughed into the air,"

https://www.sciencealert.com/bacteria-in-your-coughs-and-sneezes-can-stay-alive-in-the-air-for-up-to-45-minutes

This says SARS could persist for 28 days in an indoor environment.  Is 2019-nCoV, another similar corona virus, the same or similar to SARS?   https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100514123500.htm


***   Update 3, 2020-3-23, edit 2 of 2   ***

Mar. 17, 2020 NEJM research,  update on COVID-19 infectious survival in environment:

in aerosol breathed out:  3 hrs.  This means that there must be a 3 HOUR IN TIME AND 28 ft. SEPARATION IN DISTANCE between you and all other people.

Infected droplets on surfaces at 22 deg C, 40% RH:   72 hrs.

This means that if you enter any area that may have had somebody there in the previous 72 hrs., you should assume all surfaces are contaminated with infectious COVID-19.

Survival at colder temperatures, & dryer or wetter humidity conditions are likely significantly longer.


https://youtu.be/JNQUHc8wbRc

***   End Update 3, 2020-3-23, edit 2 of 2   ***

 Decontaminate your Food Purchases

I suggest the time has arrived to assume any fruits or vegetables that you buy in the grocery store may be contaminated with Wuhan 2019-nCoV virus.

Bringing contaminated food into your house is not a good idea.  Better to decontaminate the food in a special zone away from your house, so you know if you go there, there is likely an infectious virus there.

The washing of raw chicken at a kitchen sink prior to cooking has been carefully studied.  They found that normal, careful washing under running water sent micro droplets of water and E.Coli, Salmonella, Campylobacteur, etc. flying through the air for a 10 to 12 ft. radius around the kitchen sink.  Anything within this circle of death became infected, and could cause disease.

To decontaminate your purchases, make up a fresh disinfectant solution (choose one of the following):

  • 10% bleach in water (eg. 1 oz. Of 5% hypochlorite solution + 9 oz. Of water= 10 oz. Total solution, 10% v/v bleach solution).  Note some bleach brands add fabric softner, surface active agents to keep dirt suspended in laundry useage of product, etc., so read label carefully, or
  • 3% hydrogen peroxide, or 
  • other food grade disinfectant; or
  • Wand live steamer.

Both bleach and peroxide are equally effective.  Some people may find one available to buy, but not the other.  Some may be concerned about the use of bleach on food, residual taste, etc.

Roll food around in your hand as you spray disinfectant on food so as to fully saturate the outer peel or rind.  For leafy, layered foods like lettuce, you will have to submerge them fully.  Let them sit in sink for 5 minutes for bleach, 30 seconds for peroxide.  Rinse them off.

Alternatively, you can par boil the food for a few seconds.

They are now edible food.  Decontaminate the sink area and 12 ft. in all directions (microdrop spread zone) so no residual virus contamination remains.

Freezing does not hurt the virus, so frozen food that is contaminated stays infectious.  DO NOT BUY anything grown, or originating, or packaged from SE Asia.  Anything with a processing date after Nov. 1, 2019 is suspect, and not recommended.

Canned goods are likely thermally processed sufficiently to kill corona virus on inside of can, but the outside of the canned goods or jars or boxes could be badly contaminated, and will  need to be decontaminated.  I suggest not buying any food that was not thermally processed if it is eaten raw.

If You Get Sick:   Vomiting &/or Diarrhea

Vomiting or diarrhea can be life threatening, especially for the very young, the very old, and someone already sick.

You may need to act ASAP after symptoms appear. Once it happens twice, a pattern has been established, and that pattern must be stopped ASAP.

You should then seek professional medical help immediately, through your family doctor or nearest hospital. Remember, these symptoms can be life threatening.

If you are unwilling or unable to obtain immediate medical help, the following may assist you staying alive until you can get the proper help you need.

Maintain body fluids (water, ice chips, electrolytes, etc) and pH.

The pH of your blood and your digestive system can be rapidly destroyed by vomiting &/or diarrhea. Your body's pH balance can be aided by consuming raw (unfiltered, unpasteurized) apple cider vineager (a probiotic if raw, with Mother of vinegar), a teaspoon in glass of water. If raw apple cider vinegar isn't available, then regular apple cider vinegar, wine vinegar, white vinegar, citric acid, or plain yogurt.

Get some bentonite clay (Aztec brand for bentonite clay for facial masks, or equivalent, available via Amazon.ca https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00N528HIC/

Put a teaspoon of clay powder in a glass of water, drink. It will help absorb gut toxins, and expands in gut to a jelly, reducing loss of fluids, and stops vomiting & diarrhea.

For more info see YouTube channel Patriot Nurse, video "When vomiting won't stop, help for a sour stomach": https://youtu.be/lVvJKbGyigI

Probiotic Flu Treatment (before, during, or after)

Instead (or in addition to) bentonite clay (see above), vomiting &/or diarrhea can also be slowed or stopped by probiotic yogurt.

Preferably use only yogurt that has no sugar added, no artificial sweeteners, no fruit added, plain only. Bad bacteria & bad viruses love sugar.  You can make your own in your Quick Pot, stovetop, or oven from fresh milk.  Something is better than nothing.

Start by a small taste on a teaspoon. Once the after taste of yogurt is gone from the mouth (5 to 10 minutes), have some more. Continue dosing more & more each spoonful, and slowly more frequently over next 8 hrs, till a normal bowl of yogurt is consumed. Keep dosing 1 bowl of yogurt each day till symptoms are gone.

Human gut has equivalent surface area to a tennis court. Yogurt and the lactobacillus it contains needs to re-coat entire intestinal surface as a thin biofilm to restore gut health.

How much yogurt will you need to paint a thin coating over the entire tennis court? You likely need to eat an equivalent amount of yogurt eventually, one bowl full per day till well.

If solid foods can be tolerated, boiled white rice and carrots will go like glue in the digestive tract, quickly stopping diarrhea. It adds fibre and bulk, is bland, easily digested, and nutritious. This has saved the life of thousands of babies who were vomiting or had diarrhea.

Avoid getting colds, flu, coronna virus by a Healthy Immune System

  1. Avoid stress: stress is #1 at defeating your immune system
     
  2. Sleep: Be well rested, go to bed at same time every night, get up at same time every morning, get at least 8 hrs of sleep every night. Pulling an all-nighter (no sleep) can shut down your immune system for up to 3 days. Develop a pre-sleep routine so you get an excellent sleep (eg. No coffee or alcohol or food or screens after certain time, standard activities before bed (reading, personal hygiene, exercise, stretching, total darkness, total quiet or white noise, etc.).  If you plan to survive Wuhan nCoV virus, you need optimum sleep.  USA's CDC reports on impact of sleep:    https://www.cdc.gov/sleep/data_statistics.htm   Adults require at least 7 hrs sleep each 24 hr. period.   Adolescents need 8 to 10 hours sleep each 24 hr. period.  I suggest adults get 8 to 10 hours too.  Those who short sleep have a significantly higher probability of suffering multiple chronic diseases:   150% more likely to suffer a stroke, 83% more COPD, 56.8% more depression, 50% more chronic kidney disease, 41.2% more heart attacks, 40.5% more arthritis, 39.8% more asthma, 38.2% more coronary heart disease,  29.07% more diabetes, and 4.09% more cancer.  (NB:   We don't know if the disease causes &/or contributes to short sleeping, or if short sleeping causes &/or contributes to these diseases; or a combination of effects.  Either way, it is a cautionary tale.)
  3. Eat healthy. Digesting carbohydrates produce AGE (Advanced Glycation Endproducts) metabolites, which must be deactivated by vitamins and antioxidants. High carb diets (30% of calories or more) require 10 to 100 times more antioxidants and vitamins to neutralize these free radicals.
     
  4. High fat (Omega-3 is best, Omega-6 worse), low carb diet is best. Canola oil, soybean oil, corn oil, etc. are high in bad Omega-6 fats. Commercial meats from feed lots & factory farms are high in bad Omega-6 fats and low in Omega-3 good fats.
     
  5. First Nations people pick fresh cedar and spruce needles to make tea, high in Vitamin C and other probiotics; likely fresher &/or more potent than any commercial product in a health food store. Many examples exist.
     
  6. Plain unsweetened yogurt is a great probiotic, tablespoon full every day. Make your own at home.
     
  7. Grass pastured, free range meats, raised with no drugs, no chemicals, no antibiotics, no hormones is the best for high fat, low carb diets.
     
  8. Wash your hands frequently, especially at last stop before returning home, then again as soon as you come home. Keep fingers away from all mucus membranes (ie. eyes, ear canals, nostrils, mouth).
     
  9. Avoid foreign food grocery stores, especially SE Asian. Use sanitation towels before using grocery store shopping carts, bag your hand(s) before touching grocery store raw/fresh produce, then invert bag around the produce, seal bag, & place bagged produce in cart (do for all meats too).
     
  10. Stay away from crowds, sports stadiums, downtown areas, hospitals, medical doctor offices, day care, public schools, tourism spots, airports, train stations, bus terminals, shopping malls, restaurants. If you have to go, consider non-peak times, and/or using a good P100 or better face mask.
     
  11. Get at least 45 minutes of exercise each day (eg. Brisk walk), especially in wooded area. Excellent for mental health & avoiding stress. Limit all sitting to 45 minutes maximum duration (do 10 min. of stand &/or walk before sitting down again).
After patiently reading all of the above, do you still believe it's better to go it alone, trusting in yourself and your fickle luck at surviving?  Wouldn't it be better to trust in God, rather than your luck.

God promises His elect (ie. His True Christians who accepted His offer of being adopted as His Children of God) that 1,000 will fall on their left, 10,000 on their right, but they will not be harmed.

Psalm 91 was written for plague days like these:

91 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
9 Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

Conclusions & Epilogue


The Chinese now call it the "Devil Virus", but Julie Whedbee's most recent prophecy says this is God's End Times Judgement for our sinful ways, and encouraging everybody to come to God in repentance, or suffer their just Judgement.

In a normal day, 2 people die every second of the day, 150,000 per 24 hr. period.  Now add to that 65 million additional deaths from the 2019-nCoV Wuhan virus.

This might be your last best chance to avoid all that.  This is why I took the time to type this all out, so that you would know the truth, and have all the info you need to make a wise decision.

Unfortunately, 99% of those reading this will procrastinate.  They will likely repent at least that, if they refuse to repent all their sins to God.

Become a True Christian today by following the step-by-step instructions.

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Monday, 27 January 2020

Feel the Fear?

Do you have an overwhelming, all consuming fear, realizing that your familiar world (comfortable or not), is changed, and likely gone forever?

That fear and sense of doom may be good, or bad.  Depending on your cirvumstances, fear is exactly what you should feel today.  Also, fearmay be a danger sign, and you need to take immediate corrective action.

Let's dig deeper.

If you are a True Christian, you should feel at peace, happy, excited, and totally involved with your relationship with God.

If you claim to be a True Christian, and you feel any fear, then something is amiss, all is not asc it should be, you are living a contradiction.

If you are a non-Christian or a luke-warm Christian, you should be feeling a sense of dread, an all-consuming fear of what soon comes.  You know the familiar world you grew ip in no longer exists.  That former life is gone, and you know it's never coming back.

You don't know what's coming at you next.  You may feel you need to get ready, but can't get fully motivated and get going.

Non-Christians are 100% correct to feel fear today.  If you don't feel fear as you should, you are asleep, clinicly depressed, or deceived.  You need to wake up, smell the coffee, and get moving.

Whichever of the 4 categories you're currently in, you can alway upgrade for free, after as little as a few hours effort, and become 100% free from fear.

Sounds good?

Download a copy of God's 26 Commandments for Christians, and implement it immediately.

Table on fear feelings, what you should be feeling, why, and what to do about it.

Please leave your comments below, so that others can better understand, and lesrn from your life experiences.


Thursday, 16 January 2020

Bad or Broken Marriage

Can you help Bill save his marriage?

Bill's marriage (or what's left of it), depends on his spouse, their individual commitments to the marriage, Love vs. Apathy on the Marriage Meter, awareness, repentance, forgiveness, anger vs. meekness, and getting God's help.

This posting is based upon Bill's sad case, where the wife suddenly decided to leave her husband Bill.  Bill is a pseudonymn to protect confidentiality.  If the circumstances for your marriage is the reverse (ie. the man decided to leave his wife), a similar approach to these recommendations should be taken.

Can Bill's marriage be saved?  Should Christians get divorced?  Should divorced Christian re-marry?  Should never-married Christians consider marrying somebody who is divorced?

These are tough questions.   They are tough questions because emotion runs deep.  They are also tough because there are significant consequences associated with wrong answers & assumptions.

Marriage is like a road.  Years, fortunes, and happiness can be wasted by traveling down the wrong road.  Some roads are 1-way only, and you can't do a U-turn.  Even if you make a U-turn, it's often a long way back to the fork in the road where you originally went wrong.

Sometimes people treat marriage like a take-out cup of coffee.  Once you are finished getting what you wanted (ie. the freshly brewed coffee, fixed just the way you like it), you are then left with an empty paper cup (ie. the marriage), something that is no longer wanted, far less useful, and less valuable than previously.

Before anybody gives up too soon on their marriage, discarding it like an empty paper coffee cup, you must consider where that forces you to go next.

A psychologist, psychiatrist, or marriage counsellor may have a few years of university education, followed by a few decades of on-the-job experience.

Can that compare to God's experience of designing and making all humans, knowing every thought they ever had, and what's best in all cases?  God's got all the answers, and He is willing to share His answers.  God's answers are in His Words, written in the Bible.

Fortunately, the Bible is fairly clear on most marriage and divorce cases that might arise, and by logic and analogies we can determine the correct answers where the Bible is silent.

I am neither a psychiatrict, nor psychologist, nor marriage counsellor, but I told Bill that all problems eventually have a solution.

I believe Bill is a Born Again Christian, who loves the KJV Bible.

Unequally Yoked Marriage?


I asked Bill, "Is your wife a Born Again Christian too?"

Bill likely knows her better than anybody else on the planet (I assume this is true for most good marriages, but is it true for marriages that are on the rocks?).

If she isn't currently Born Again, does Bill believe there is any hope she can become a Born Again Christian?

2 Cor 6:14 tells Christians not to be unequally yoked to non-believers.  Non-Born Again people play by a different set of rules, or no rules.

God knows Bill and his wife better than anybody.  In God and through God, all things are possible.  Therefore, whether Bill believes his wife is currently Born Again or otherwise, she could become Born Again through the power of the Holy Spirit.

The "significant emotional event" of separation from her husband may be the catalyst that deepens her faith in God.  That deepened faith, may in turn, cause marriage reconciliation.

However, Bill should neither try to make the separation more "significant" for her, nor more emotional than what will naturally occur without Bill forcing the issue.

Commitment, No Matter What!


It takes two willing people to make a marriage work.  If both people say "I am willing to do anything so as to make this marriage work", then the marriage will be a success by definition.  Failure is not possible.

However, if one or both say half heartedly, "I'll try", with a groan and roll of the eyes, then this mediocrity of commitment will doom the marriage and any reconciliation.

God does not want divorce.

I suggested that Bill must demonstrate to both God and his wife that Bill doesn't want divorce, and he is willing & eager to do whatever it takes to avoid divorce (provided it is not sinful and it glorifies God).

Bill should busy himself with DIY self improvement while he waits patiently for his wife to reconsider their marriage.  Bill must not lose hope.

There is always hope until his wife re-marries somebody else. Only if she re-marries is Bill released from his duty to wait.  If she re-marries, Bill must then move on in a Godly way with his life without his former wife.

Apathy


Supposedly, there was love between the spouses at some historic point in the dating and marriage process.  Where does the love go between the marriage ceremony & the decision to separate?

Hate is not the opposite of love.

The opposite of love is apathy (ie.  I just don't care any more").

While the needle on the Marriage Meter swings between love & hate, the marriage is alive.  When the needle on the "marriage meter" droops, then stops moving around "Apathy", the marriage is dead.  Fortunately, some marriages can be resuscitated and brought back to life.

Awareness, Repentence, Forgiveness


Since it was Bill's spouse who pulled the plug, it is she who will have to reverse course and reconsider her decision on their marriage.

Bill's job is to provide sufficient evidence for her to willingly change her mind.

It may require a "significant emotional event" in her life to get her to re-examine her beliefs, values, and assumptions.

The assumptions, especially the unannounced, implied, and/or erroneous assumptions are often the root cause of problems.

Even if she currently has a hardened heart, perhaps God can cause it to melt, or help her to become open for reconsideration.

Could Bill be luke-warm about marriage reconciliation,  or happy that she decided to leave?  Often the party who calls it quits feels they were dared into it, or pressured to quit, or coerced, or needed to send a strong signal to stop procrastination.

If however Bill is heart broken about his wife's decision to leave him, and Bill cries out to God in his grief, will not God grieve as well?

God created women to be man's lifelong partner.  God designed marriage so that man and woman become of one flesh at marriage.

How do you successfully rip a person in half by divorce (ie. The one, bonded flesh of a married couple)?

I therefore suggested that Bill pray to God.  God (or maybe the divorce process itself) could provide that "significant emotional event" for Bill's wife.

Anger vs. Meekness


Anger often arises in 1-sided or unilateral decisions made by one party that affects both parties equally.

Anger and lashing out can quickly make a bad situation worse.

Can Bill continue to remain kind, respectful, and loving towards his wife throughout the separation period, no matter how she may lash out at Bill?

Bill must find the necessary strength to do so if there is to be any chance of reconcilliation.

God's Help


Bill may need to call upon God to help Bill to find the necessary strength.  Continuous prayer may be necessary.  Private (ie. secret) fasting may be necessary as well.

Bill may be so desperate, so committed to his wife and marriage that he is willing to wear sackcloth and ashes to demonstrate to both himself and God that Bill is 100% commitment to reconciliation of his marriage.  What % of spouses in Year 2020 would be willing to go to this degree?

What would God think about someone who truly repents to this degree?

Maintaining a loving, respectful, kind, and friendly attitude towards someone who unilaterally decided to kill the marriage will not be easy.  See Mat 5:38-48 about turning the other cheek.

It is often said that a bad marriage is never 1-sided, there is lots of blame on both sides.  Is Bill able to see his errors & missed opportunities?

Is Bill fully aware of his sins within the marriage, the opportunities he missed, the actions he failed to take?  Is Bill willing to confess his sins to God?  Can Bill confess his sins to his spouse?  Can Bill forgive his wife's sins against Bill and their marriage?

Can Bill turn away from his past sins, and consistently model the actions & words of a Born Again Christian?

Here is a good video on divorce & re-marriage  for Christians:    https://youtu.be/-4QI3JDcxOs

After watching the video, also look at the video's comments (scroll to the bottom of all the YouTube videos offered as next selections).

Here is a second video that dives even deeper into the Bible and its holy guidance for marriage, separation, and divorce:   https://youtu.be/2G3GyHWIswA

Hopefully the video and my comments here give Bill (and hopefully others in similar circumstances) a window to see way down the road while he is standing at the fork in the road, trying to figure out the best path to take.

The Fork In The Road


To me, it seems Bill's choices at the fork in the road are:
  1. reconciliation;
  2. wait at fork in the road for time to heal all, or at least make the situation ready for a solution;
  3. While waiting patiently at the fork, assess your role & actions in the marriage, then make the necessary changes in your own life so as to be a better person & better spouse, in the hope of future reconciliation;
  4. Move on with your life without her & without anybody else;
  5. Move on with your life while seeking a new woman;
  6. Delay or avoid the divorce as long as possible, then if it becomes inevidible, reluctantly accept the divorce).
  7. Do not attack her, nor practice tit for tat.  Instead, continue in love & kindness & gentleness towards her, as if she had never left you
  8. Defend yourself from any of her attacks against you (if you must), but always with the minimal impact possible, and done in a loving, kind, & gentle way  (as a loving parent would do with a sick child lashing out due to their illness)
  9. Resist her, fight her, and attack her in every legal manner, making her life a living hell on earth (not recommended, a sinful non-solution)
  10. Combinations of two or more of these options simultaneously.

Keep it Positive, but not Sickly Sweet


A psychological study published in 1994 found that when spouses or dating couples maintained a 5:1 ratio (5 positive events for every 1 negative event) in the relationship, then the relationship continued to grow, deepen, and persist in love and trust.  At a 11:1 ratio, one of the spouses will eventually see their partner as weak, needy, and overly dependant upon them, leading to disrespect and apathy, and a falling away.  Below a 5:1 ratio, one or both spouses will feel alone, used, and a lack of caring from their partner.  These ratios were able to predict the strength and stability of the relationship up to 20 years into the future for 60% to 90% of the couples studied.

Can Bill learn something here, that will help Bill put his marriage back together again?

Trust


A final aspect is trust.  No marriage can survive without trust.  Trust is created, increased, and protected when all 4 critical factors are present:

  • Benevolent best interest in the other party
  • Open & honest communication
  • Competency
  • Predictable behaviour
Selfishness, narcissism, and similar sins kill the altruistic, agapao love (ie. true, undying, unconditional love for others) for the other party.

Half truths, witholding information, manipulation, white lies, using truth as a weapon, and self-serving statements will all kill trust.

No one easily trusts incompetent people, or those who say one thing and then do something else.

Trust is the necessary foundation for agapao  love.  Agapao love is an excellect place to find a trustworthy person.  It is like a layer cake, a layer of trust, then a layer of love, then more trust, then a layer of stronger & deeper love, going on layer after layer, forever.

Bible References


The relevant Bible verses mentioned in the first video are:  Deut 24:1-4, Isaiah 50:1, Jer 3:8, Malachi 2:16, Mat 5:28, 31-32, 19:3-9; Mark 10:11-12, Luke 16:18, Rom 7:1-3, 1 Cor 7:11,15, 27, 28

[Deu 24:1 KJV] When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give [it] in her hand, and send her out of his house.

 [Deu 24:2 KJV] And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's [wife].

 [Deu 24:3 KJV] And [if] the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth [it] in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her [to be] his wife;

 [Deu 24:4 KJV] Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that [is] abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance.

 [Isa 50:1 KJV] Thus saith the LORD, Where [is] the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors [is it] to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.

 [Jer 3:8 KJV] And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.

 [Mal 2:16 KJV] For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for [one] covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

 [Mat 5:31 KJV] It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

 [Mat 5:32 KJV] But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

 [Mat 5:28 KJV] But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

 [Mat 19:3 KJV] The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

 [Mat 19:4 KJV] And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made [them] at the beginning made them male and female,

 [Mat 19:5 KJV] And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? 

[Mat 19:6 KJV] Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

 [Mat 19:7 KJV] They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

 [Mat 19:8 KJV] He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

 [Mat 19:9 KJV] And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except [it be] for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

 [Mar 10:11 KJV] And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.

 [Mar 10:12 KJV] And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.

 [Luk 16:18 KJV] Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from [her] husband committeth adultery.

 [Rom 7:1 KJV] Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?

 [Rom 7:2 KJV] For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to [her] husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of [her] husband.

 [Rom 7:3 KJV] So then if, while [her] husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

 [1Co 7:11 KJV] But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to [her] husband: and let not the husband put away [his] wife.

 [1Co 7:15 KJV] But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such [cases]: but God hath called us to peace.

 [1Co 7:27 KJV] Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

 [1Co 7:28 KJV] But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.

Epilog


I invite both men and women to share their personal experiences in separation, divorce, and reconciliation in the comments section below.

Is my advice to Bill truly biblical?  Does it make sense in the crazy world of today?  Is there other advice you can offer to Bill?

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King James Bible Church ("KJBC") is a Christian, Sabbath keeping, non-denominational, home-based church, with no religious dogma except the King James Bible as the best available source of God's Word; living as Born Again Christians in God's 26 Commandments for Christians (10 in OT, 16 in NT).

Wednesday, 8 January 2020

War, Fear, & Fear of War

Bible says "don't be afraid" or similar 365 times (once for every day?).

Bible also say in End Times there will be "war and rumors of war".

God has a plan, and is working His plan.

God is well aware of Satan's plan to scare everybody so badly that people eagerly seek Satan's deceiving offer of peace and security.

Trust in Jesus, He speaks the truth through the Bible.

Jesus will protect you far better than any Bug Out Bag, or Prepping that you can do.

Monday, 6 January 2020

The Lie of Christian Persecution

This is a huge lie.  This lie has already cost thousands of innocent people their lives.  Allowing this lie to continue will cost millions more (maybe as many as billions) people their lives in the very near future.

Unfortunately most people believe this lie.  Most people practice this lie.  Yes, even most Christians regulary practice this lie.

All lies are of Satan.  Therefore all who practice these types of lies are acting for Satan, and are against God.

I used to practice this lie too.  By posting this, I repent that former lie, and ask for God's forgiveness and cleansing.

I want to expose this lie and the evil that it causes, contributes to, or enables.

I am not the first who warns of this lie.

At Christmas, a video was released of 11 Christians who were forced to wear orange jumpsuits, then they were beheaded by Islamic Jihadist terrorists.  They died because they were Christians.  It was't just these 11 Christians who have been killed.  More than 16,000 Christians in Nigeria have been killed due to their religion in the last 3 years.

Islamic Jihad terrorists consider Christians to be worthy of death.  Similar Islamic terrorism was practiced by Mohammad (the founder of Islam), and has continued on a repeated, similar basis ever since, down through the last 1,370 years.

Most Muslims claim that Islam is a religion of peace, and that Islamic jihad terrorists misinterprit the Q'uran.

I understand that all or most Q'urans are printed or approved by a central Islamic authority.  Madras schools that teach Islam are often funded, supported, and overseen by local mosques, or these central authorities.  If there are a few verses in the Q'uran that are often misinterpreted, has there not been sufficient time passed (ie. more than 1,370 years since Mohammad) to correct these misinterpretations, add a clarifying footnote, add an Islam course in the Madras schools, and similar efforts?

Muslims continue to reassure, argue and promote this "Islam is a religion of peace" mantra for more that 1,300 years.  However, terrorism and murder continues to be done in the name of Islam.  Their assertion is clearly contradicted by the objective evidence.  Hopefully, all Muslims will soon reach a state of Cognitive Dissonance (ie.  It is a sign of insanity to continue to believe "A" when there is overwhelming quantity and quality of objective evidence proving that "A" is a lie).

Occupation under ISIS and other Islamic extremists quickly convinced the people in Syria, Iraq, and elsewhere about how much love and peace could be found under Islam.  That is why more Muslims have converted to Christianity in the last 15 years than since Islam began 1400 years ago. 

Once a Muslim converts to Christianity, they become a prime target for persecution by their family, neighbours, community, former Imam, local Warlord (ISIS or otherwise) and national government.  Some converts to Christianity are killed immediately, others are offered a choice:

  • become a Muslim again, 
or
  • die as a Christian.


Free choice of conversion adds to the rabid hatred of those who have always been Christians.  These life-long Christians in Islamic countries are also persecuted and killed.  Muslims want their countries to become monoblocks of 100% Muslim.

Clearly, Mohammad was a War Lord.  Mohammad's Qu'ran calls on all Muslims to jihadism, and to kill the infidels (NB:   "Infidels" is defined as all non-Muslims, including Christians).  ISIS and other Islamists have been acting as a Warlord, following Mohammad's example.

However, it isn't just Muslim jihad terrorists who are involved in this Satanic lie.

Christians, pagans, atheists, agnostics, and most others are also guilty of this lie.

This type of lie has been around for quite some time.  While it may have been described by a different title over the years, perhaps this lie and sin is as old as Adam & Eve.

More recently, Mark Twain wrote about the "lie of silent assertion" around the 1900's.

Mark Twain described how this same technique of lying was used to permit slavery to occur and continue in USA, and that slavery was only denounced after Christian Ministers of the Northern States started to speak against slavery on Sunday sermons.

Beside persecution in the Middle East, developing world, and Third World (95 countries in all) we also have the Lie Of Silent Assertion in the Bible, Christian dogma (contrast & compare different denominations), salvation, and iniquity.  All these and more are hot points of avoidance, & more lies of silent assertion today.

I do not want to be involved with any lie of silent assertion, half truths, avoidance, sugar coating, euphemisms, willful blindness, nor anything similar.

The lie of silent assertion is a passive lie, and a passive sin.  Some say:

"Ignore it, and it will go away"

However, we can be guilty of turning a blind eye to something, also called willful blindness.  If someone has a duty of due diligence, or to properly manage, steward, or protect, then wilfull blindness can be a crime or a tort, making the victim able to seek compensation.

In the Bible, Ephesians 5:11 tells us:

“Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them”

I have spoken up against the slaughter of Christians.  Will you do likewise?

Pew Research has shown that 95 countries in the world will persecute people for having a prohibited faith; Christianity being the most persecuted of all, more than 245 Million Christians around the world.  Approximately 75% of the world's population live under the constant threat of persecution and death from choosing a religion.

Today, every 6 minutes someone is killed for being a Christian.

It is estimated that 58% of the 7 Million refugees from Iraq and Syria are Christians, subject to persecution, torture, attack, or death.  Now is the worst time for Christian persecution since 300 AD.

Witness the evidence here:

https://htp.org

Video on Christian Persecution: Statistics & Testimonies

If you choose to ignore or procrastinate this lie, you are:

  • Strengthening your sin muscle;
  • Crushing the Holy Spirit within you;
  • Making it more likely that you will sin, lie, or accept them in the future;
  • Becoming more and more fossilized in lies and sin over time.  
There are 7 degrees of lies, you are on your way to earning your 7th Degree Black Belt in the art of lying and sin.

Remember these persecuted Christians.  End your lie of silent assertion.

Protect all those who will be persecuted next.

Remember the post-war confession first made in German in 1946 by the German Lutheran pastor Martin Niemöller (1892–1984). His poem is about the cowardice of German intellectuals and certain clergy (including, by his own admission, Niemöller himself) following the Nazisrise to power and subsequent incremental purging of their chosen targets, group after group, as follows:


First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—
     Because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—
     Because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
     Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.