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News flash from the occupied territories on the West Bank of the Jordan River: It is an inordinately cold winter in the Middle East. Nevertheless, a bureaucratic occupation government is requiring all Palestinians to comply with a convoluted census regulation. Everyone is compelled to return to his or her ancestral village in order to be counted. A tradesman and his pregnant fiancée are forced to make a difficult journey from one end of “the territories” to the other in order to obey the occupier's decree. A defeated and humiliated people are used to hardships.
Perhaps you’ve heard this story. It’s pretty involved, but it has a happy ending. There is a celestial disturbance. Some research scholars from abroad show up. Some local farm boys hear voices in the night. The Palestinian young woman makes it to Bethlehem and has her child… and the world will never be the same again.
The Word has become flesh and dwells among us. We have learned that forgiveness and sacrifice are signs of strength; that love overcomes hate; and that salvation comes by grace through faith. With it comes peace.
Merry Christmas!
John Kuhn Bleimaier
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Thank you for that post, John. A blessed Christmas to all!
John McCain is my war hero.
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True! True!
Merry Christmas!
Mike
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If I remember correctly, the tradesman and his girl were Israelites, not Philistines.
Last edited by LGF; 12/24/13 02:03 AM.
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If I remember correctly, the tradesman and his girl were Israelites, not Philistines.
Thank you John for posting. Very nice. DUH for LGF. Where does it say Philistines in the first post? So quick to write, so late to read.
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Thanks, John. That night was indeed a "game changer"!
Merry CHRISTmas,
SRH
May God bless America and those who defend her.
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Cherry Bomb - where do you think the name Palestine came from?
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Yup, and in eight years, one godless Communist so called leader brings it all to an end. Who could have known the power of an evil mind and unwitting followers who will be victimized along with the faithful?
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eightbore: I still believe that "GOOD" will triumph in the end.
My family will be heading to Christmas Eve services in about an hour.
A very Merry Christmas to all on this board.
Jim
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Agree, redemption is faith based alone and comes through Grace. Today, lets be sure to celebrate & remember those who have gone before us as well. Everyone here has already been blessed in some regards and I pray it remains so for all reading this, but more so for the many others who are less fortunate than ourselves.
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