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That's a pretty long telegraph - telling people what you have going - 2 to 3 weeks before they arrive. It's already 3 or 4 more days before 31st arrives.

I'm just thinking out loud here... Let's say they do- what does that look like? What do they do? Bomb the US to try to get them to stop? I just can't figure out what they could do even if they wanted to. Do you have any ideas?

Today @ Costco 5.899 a gallon. It just keeps going up.

And I am going to Glenn's house and helping him eat chocolate - as he will have too much and I want to help him be balanced. You know - like when my wife says she ate the last cookie to save me from the calories ... I am just going there to help Me leaving his home after eating all that chocolate -> Seriously, I have a feeling anything I say now would be completely changed by the events that are soon to be upon us!! I'd like to think that the first thing I will do (after saying THANK YOU!!! to our amazing God for being there) is raid my nearest Costco, 7-eleven / whatever for all the Mountain Dew I can stash. Once it is gone ... it will gone forever.

"Average" prices might be high for a while: Short-Term Energy Outlook - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

Somewhere I read that Hawaii, California and Nevada have the highest gas prices right now. Okay I went to look for it: https://share.google/2ddO8RTcXHoiq2SdV Make that 3rd state Washington with Nevada in the next grouping.

In Rev it mentions both The King of the South/ False Prophet and the wild beast. The wild beast is the entire Satanic political system. It has always fascinated me that the False Prophet is specifically mentioned separately. It'll be interesting to see how that plays out. Anyway, he clearly doesn't become part of some one world government with only digital currency than is also controlled by just one group. He maintains his separate identity.

Today, just 2 days later, it is $5.399 same place. Do you suppose these oil and gas companies are just charging exorbitant prices because they want to inflict as much pain as possible? You might ask why? I'm thinking, they don't really want this war and they're worried about more repercussions from it; so, make it as painful as possible to the American people; so, they'll complain and hopefully that will push the politicians to take control and end it? Just a random thought....

There seem like a lot of what-ifs in that. There also seem like a lot of what-ifs that don't seem likely. We know there will be a King of the North and a King of the South at the end; so, there's no one world government at the end where they're all doing the same thing. And by the end I mean "the end of the Great tribulation" - as Jesus is throwing each individual one of these into the lake of fire - the wild beast (Satan's political organization today) And the false prophet (the 7th world power UK/ US) separately - (Rev 19:20). Also, see the end of Daniel chapter 11 that the king of the North is done in - not by human hand (so, he must still be alive at Armageddon).

This reminded me of this portion of the US Declaration of Independence: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.—That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,—That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security." They nailed it: mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. I often wonder if this is what holds many back from seeing the Kingdom of God as a better solution too.

Here in the Central Coast of California @ Costco it is $5.299 for regular and $5.659 for premium 91.

I had a conversation with someone recently about this. I explained our belief that these are consecutive and not separated. He then said I must believe in the "replacement theology". I had to look that up ... The next week when I saw him I said, "yes, we do (mostly). As this is essentially most of what Paul wrote about in the Christian Greek scriptures - especially Romans and Hebrews." He looked at me like I had blasphemed. And we agreed to disagree. You know, it's hard to get past the passage in Romans 11 about replacing Jews with gentiles. EDIT: found the topic from 3 years ago - I'll stop being off topic and post about this there.

If you do not state any objectives, you can always later say you achieved them.

This is why it is so important for us to already have our thinking in harmony with Jesus and his appointed slave. Then we won't be thrown.

Is it time to bump this topic back up? I just filled the truck up for $102 US - premium. I see the national average today by AAA is $3.32. https://gasprices.aaa.com/ That is $0.32 more than the end of Dec 2024.

I'm just thinking... This seems very similar to how Christendom would react, no? Let's say some country attacked a mostly Eastern Orthodox "Christian" nation (well that's Ukraine) or even a mostly Baptist one, would all the other Baptist ones retaliate? No - unless they had a pact like NATO.

I'm just thinking... This seems very similar to how Christendom would react, no? Let's say some country attacked a mostly Eastern Orthodox "Christian" nation (well that's Ukraine) or even a mostly Baptist one, would all the other Baptist ones retaliate? No - unless they had a pact like NATO.

I think Russia has to hold off on too much criticism. Putin knows how fickle President Trump can be. No need for the bear to get the eagle's feathers ruffled. He would be too likely to double down in Ukraine.

Thank you. It makes me wonder... The body was recovered by who? Who has it?

This close to the end of the last days it is more important than ever for us to look to the faithful slave that Jesus is directing to "feed" us / give us the appropriate direction that comes from Jesus through their hands (July 2013 Watchtower). This means when we come to prophetic Bible passages we must look to them for that "food." In regards to Daniel 8, we have nothing newer than their explanation in the Daniel prophecy book - especially chapter 10). We can look at par 17: This is not Donald Trump. Daniel says that this king (Britain) would keep "getting greater all the way to the army of the heavens,". He did in the form of the anglo-american world power. Dan 8:13&14 have been fulfilled over 80 years ago during WW2 - (see that same chapter 10, but par 24 of the Daniel Prophecy book). We know that's accurate because that prophecy said after that king with grandious words does his thing "the holy place will certainly be brought into its right condition." That "holy place" or the condition of Jehovah's people (His Witnesses) has been right -especially since 1944. This is all that remains to be done of that prophecy at Daniel 8: https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1101999029#h=39 Stick close to Jehovah by sticking close to His appointed representatives on earth. Have your thoughts and teachings in harmony with theirs. Anything other than that is to be out of harmony with the One who appointed them.

And as we learned this last weekend it is also humility.

That's awful.

I know I and many of my brothers and sisters have each other's names, numbers and addresses in their contact lists on their phones. I have had either a written or electronic contact list for more than 50 years. In fact, I remember moving into a new congregation many years ago and getting a nice paper copy of everyone's info as a gift. It was wonderful. I can't help but wonder if people are just more paranoid than before. Anyway, Satan know where we all are. He too has a list. You can't hide away and assume that if somehow your personal info isn't written anywhere that you can escape what's coming. Jesus said, " if they persecuted me, they'll persecute you." (John 15:20). We'll be ok if we stay close to Jehovah's people and that is going to require them to know your personal info and for you to know theirs.

Thank you. I had a sister in our car group yesterday who said, "I can't wait to see who they use for Jesus in episodes 4 and 5. As I understand, they're changing Jesus out every couple episodes." I told her, "that doesn't make sense to me, but I'll ask someone who might know." The whole idea seemed to be for us to recognize them as each episode goes along. You can't do that if you're constantly changing people out.

Does anyone know ... Are they using the same people throughout or are they changing brothers and sisters out?