A prominent human rights lawyer in Iran, Nasrin Sotoudeh, is detained by the authorities on security charges.
Newsflash
We are together in spirit with all our brothers and sisters in the spiritual family around the world as we prepare to observe the third season of the Feasts of the LORD God - the Memorial of Blowing of Trumpets (September 9, 2010), the Day of Atonement (September 18, 2010), the Feast of Tabernacles (September 23-29, 2010), the Eighth Day (September 30, 2010), and rejoice with great joy at the privilege of appearing before Him in the faithful congregation of the earth. For anyone who wants to join us in keeping these Feasts, from wherever you are, do come! We welcome you with thanksgiving and delight in sharing with you the blessings of Almighty Eternal GOD...
Sung entirely by our beloved Gentlemen’s Choir, accompanied by Jon Cardona on keyboard and Ralph Hipe on guitar, the lyrics refresh the only hope for all mankind when one day, the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of GOD as the waters cover the sea...
Who will “fight poverty, create jobs, feed the hungry, build you a house, fight corruption, promote unity, restore justice, upgrade education, save the earth...?” Can any man or woman even begin to work this among human minds who prefer the very same ambiguous values that caused these troubles in the first place? Who“...exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator...”? (from Paul’s letter to all who are in Rome)
“Seek the LORD while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the LORD, And He will have mercy on him... And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the LORD. “ For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, And do not return there, But water the earth, And make it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower And bread to the eater, So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
(from the vision of the prophet Isaiah, chapter 55)
The first few minutes everyone keeps their eyes averted from the elders, wondering how to ask from a head full of questions. But once gathered to study God’s Word, even the simplest question leads to unexpected self-checking, “Oo nga naman...” provoking to good works... and still another question. An hour later, nearly everyone is asking and being answered directly from God’s Word... Click on any link below to listen to or download mp3 excerpts from the Sabbath Q&A Bible Study of January 30, 2010...
How did people come to make an idol out of the celebration itself, adding their own pleasures and innovations and fading out the true meaning and intent of the LORD’s Feasts?
In order to have a fruitful and abundant life, we must make sure that the experiences we gain through life’s ups and downs are channeled into further improving that life, building character with God’s help. In physics, every action has an equal and opposite reaction (2nd Law of Motion). Similarly, basic accounting principles (GAAP) state that every debit has to have equal credit, a yin for every yang.
LEFT SIDE RIGHT SIDE
Debit (increase) Debit (decrease)
Credit (decrease) Credit (increase)
When we are born, we are given a tabula rasa or a clean ledger on which to make our debit-credit entries in life. As we advance in years, we gain experiences that build upon our life or ASSET base. Some of these experiences are in the form of OWNER’S EQUITY or direct investment by God, our parents, our peers, the people we meet, friends, etc.
Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.
Others are in the form of LIABILITIES or trials, some of which God allows, while others stem from conflicts with other people and/or circumstances. How we react to these positive investments and seemingly negative trials determine whether we have a NET INCOME or increase in character or a net loss.
As able human beings reach out to our fellowmen in Haiti, it is devastating to remember how when the earth moves under our feet, we are crushed to death in seconds, even in cities that have stood for centuries. And because we build over a crust of large rock masses in constant motion, with seismometers detecting more than one million (detectable) quakes a year, volcanologists remind us one is occurring right now, and we are all asked to be prepared for what cannot be predicted...
Did the LORD God intend earthquakes to bring calamitous grief? Contrary to the horrible destruction to man-made habitations, Raul de Asis Hipe showed during the Sabbath message of January 16, 2010, how in Scripture, seven occurrences of earthquakes precede momentous healing and restorative events. The giving of the law, recognition of the Son of God, the resurrection of the Christ, the wrath of God, are among them...
CLICK ON THE LINK below to listen to the podcast episode or download the mp3 file to recognize how, despite the perils to physical life as we know it, earthquakes awaken all of us who have the chance to acknowledge the LORD God, and strengthen instead of weaken, and how Scripture reassures us that the “big one” to come will precede the most awesome event in history... will you overcome or will you be among those who will curse God?...
“Zambales Trip 2009” - Ralph and Arielle Hipe had the whole blue sky above them when they went home with their father and mother to Botolan for a week, so even if ricefields were covered with sand and mud, and the shallow pool from which horses used to drink is now a widened riverbed carved by the rushing current, their grandmother Nanay Lilian Deboma, gathered all her grandchildren who were, just yesterday it seems, babies passed from one pair of loving arms to another. See how they have grown in this video crafted by Ate Vivian Deboma-Hipe and her “family production staff”...
We are together in spirit with all our brothers and sisters in the spiritual family around the world as we prepare to observe the third season of the Feasts of the LORD God - the Memorial of Blowing of Trumpets (September 9, 2010), the Day of Atonement (September 18, 2010), the Feast of Tabernacles (September 23-29, 2010), the Eighth Day (September 30, 2010), and rejoice with great joy at the privilege of appearing before Him in the faithful congregation of the earth. For anyone who wants to join us in keeping these Feasts, from wherever you are, do come! We welcome you with thanksgiving and delight in sharing with you the blessings of Almighty Eternal GOD...
The very roots our Almighty Creator commanded us to honor so we could have the kind of long life worth having, are slipping from our grasp. The more we race for youth and longevity, the more the younger workforce is forced to toil 24/7, relegates our parents to functionaries, valued only for their economic utility, slaves [...]
In Scripture, covenant between humans involved assessment of each other, drafting an agreement with conditions that benefit both parties; obtaining critical support of forces necessary in order for a sovereign to establish rule of order; words of honor established with trustworthy persons especially when you can’t find them in your own family…
This episode explores the [...]
“Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy…
What is it about this day, specifically prepared by the CREATOR for the physical and spiritual well-being of His creation, MAN, that we the beneficiaries IGNORE?
This episode shows how the written command itself shows the purpose of the Sabbath resistant to any man-made restriction, whether those who refuse [...]
Far from being confined to Egyptian history, or any tyrannical regime since, SLAVERY now takes all forms of material promises, to which participants willingly offer themselves, later wanting to break free, yet unable and even not wanting to break free, grasping it, seeing no other hope… How has the value of life sunk so low [...]
Did the LORD God intend earthquakes to bring calamitous grief? Contrary to the horrible destruction to man-made habitations, in Scripture, seven occurrences of earthquakes precede momentous healing and restorative events. The giving of the law, realization of the Son of God, His resurrection, among others. Listen to this episode to recognize how, despite the perils [...]
The first few minutes everyone keeps their eyes averted from the elders, wondering how to ask from a head full of questions. But once gathered to study God’s Word, even the simplest question leads to unexpected self-checking, “Oo nga naman...” provoking to good works... and still another question. An hour later, nearly everyone is asking and being answered directly from God’s Word... Click on any link below to listen to or download mp3 excerpts from the Sabbath Q&A Bible Study of January 30, 2010...
What is the purpose of the time of the new moon? How was it determined? What about the “new moons...” became so abhorrent to the LORD God?
As able human beings reach out to our fellowmen in Haiti, it is devastating to remember how when the earth moves under our feet, we are crushed to death in seconds, even in cities that have stood for centuries. And because we build over a crust of large rock masses in constant motion, with seismometers detecting more than one million (detectable) quakes a year, volcanologists remind us one is occurring right now, and we are all asked to be prepared for what cannot be predicted...
