Merci de me suivre. Éphésiens 5 v.11. - LES TEXTES REFLÈTENT L'OPINION DES AUTEURS, n'impliquent ET n'engagent QUE CEUX-CI. Je rapporte les faits troublants qui me paraissent importants aujourd'hui. La religion fait les manchettes, et la Parole de Dieu est bafouée. J'ai choisi Jésus comme Maître de ma vie. J'attends son imminent retour, et veux observer ses Commandements (Exode 20 v.2-17). [Ép.5 v.11 : "NE PARTICIPEZ PAS AUX PRATIQUES STÉRILES QUE FAVORISENT LES TÉNÈBRES, MAIS DÉMASQUEZ-LES !"]
4 Horsemen - Seals 1 to 4 of the 7 seals of Revelation (1:51)
COMMENTAIRE :
"The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel" and "Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come ; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water." [Mark 1 :15 ; Revelation 14 :7] (see also Exodus 20 :8-11)
Ode à Satan ? On peu dire qu'Edith Piaf, Charles Aznavour, mais aussi Mireille Mathieu, Les Chaussettes Noires entre autres du côté francophone ; et pour la version originale citons quelques-uns : Frankie Laine, Depeche Mode, Sade, Gene Vincent, Marty Wilde et d'autres biensûr, ils ont tous reprit cette chanson dans leur style... même en tchécoslovaque par Waldemar Matuska en 1964 !!! Écrite en 1951 par Wayne Shanklin, Jezebel est aussitôt popularisée par Frankie Laine la même année, et Charles Aznavour la traduit la même année pour qu'Edith Piaf puisse la chanter.
Voici les paroles en français :
Jezebel... Jezebel...
Ce démon qui brûlait mon coeur,
Cet ange qui séchait mes pleurs,
C'était toi Jezebel, c'était toi
Ces larmes transpercées de joie...
Jezebel, c'était toi... Jezebel, c'était
toi...
Mais l'amour est anéanti,
Tout s'est écroulé sur ma vie,
Écrasant, piétinant, emportant mon coeur
Jezebel... Mais pour toi,
Je ferais le tour de la terre,
J'irais jusqu'au fond des enfers...
Où es-tu? Jezebel, où es-tu ?
Les souvenirs que l'on croit fanés
Sont des êtres vivants
Avec des yeux morts.
Vibrant encore de passé,
Mon coeur est perdu d'obsession,
Il bat en répétant
Tout au fond de moi-même
Ce mot que j'aime,
Ton nom :
Jezebel... Jezebel...
Mais l'amour est anéanti,
Tout s'est écroulé sur ma vie,
Écrasant, piétinant, emportant mon coeur
Jezebel... Mais pour toi,
Je ferais le tour de la terre,
J'irais jusqu'au fond des enfers
En criant jour est nuit, sans répit :
Jezebel...
Jezebel... Jezebel !!!
Ci dessous, la version originale, avec traduction selon le sens original.
J'ai changé le temps, dans l'original, il est à l'imparfait, je l'ai transposé au conditionnel, donnant un sens à la chanson encore plus fort... et parce que ça se lit et se comprend mieux.
Jezebel, Jezebel
Jézabel, Jézabel
If ever the Devil was born without a pair of horns
Si jamais le Diable serait né sans une paire de cornes
It was you, Jezebel, it was you
Ce serait toi, Jézabel, ce serait toi
If ever an angel fell
Si jamais un ange serait tombé
Jezebel, it was you, Jezebel, it was you
Jézabel, ce serait toi, Jézabel, ce serait toi
If ever a pair of eyes promised paradise
Si jamais une paire d'yeux m'aurait promis le paradis
Deceiving me, grieving me, leavin' me blue
Cherchant à me décevoir, à m'endeuiller, à me faire mourir [*]
Jezebel, it was you
Jézabel, ce serait toi
If ever the Devil's plan was made to torment man
Si jamais le plan du Diable a été de tourmenter l'homme
It was you, Jezebel, it was you
Ce serait toi, Jézabel, ce serait toi
'Twould be better had I never known
Il aurait mieux fait que je ne connaisse pas
A lover such as you, forsaking dreams and all
Une amante telle que toi, délaissant mes rêves et tout
For the siren call of your arms
Pour le chant des sirènes dans tes bras
Like a demon, love possessed me
Tel un démon, l'amour m'a possédé
You obsessed me constantly
Tu me possèdes constamment
What evil star is mine that my fate's design
Quelle mauvaise étoile qu'est la mienne qui fit de Jézabel
Should be Jezebel ?
Mon destin ?
If ever a pair of eyes promised paradise
Si jamais une paire d'yeux m'aurait promis le paradis
Deceiving me, grieving me, leavin' me blue
Cherchant à me décevoir, à m'endeuiller, à me faire mourir
Jezebel, it was you
Jézabel, ce serait toi
If ever the Devil's plan was made to torment man
Si jamais le plan du Diable a été de tourmenter l'homme
It was you
Jézabel, ce serait toi
Night an' day, every way
Nuit et jour, dans tous les sens
Jezebel, Jezebel, Jezebel
Jézabel, Jézabel, Jézabel
[*] : comprendre, "à me refroidir"
Différent, mais similaire...!!!
Mais l'essence du message est identique.
Pour l'Histoire, Jézabel était fille
d'Ethbaal, roi des Sidoniens (de Sidon, aujourd'hui ville du Liban), et elle
était prêtresse de Baal. Selon le Livre des Rois dans la Bible, elle était
mariée à Achab, roi d'Israël. Lui fit ce qui était mal aux yeux de Dieu.
Dans le pays, il y avait un prophète, Élie,
qui enjoignait Achab de revenir à Dieu. Mais Achab s'entêta,
préférant les Baals et les Astartés, donc sa femme, pour garder l'alliance
de paix conclue.
Élie pria Dieu de ne point faire tomber une
seule goutte d'eau sur le pays durant 3 années et demie.
À terme, Élie convoqua tous les prêtres et
prêtresses du pays, 850 au total, sur le Mont Carmel (aujourd'hui surplombant
la ville de Haïfa en Israël, entre la Plaine du Sharon et
la Plaine de Jizréel, non loin de la ville de Meguiddo), et fit un
"deal" avec eux, un accord : il serait reconnu pour Grand Dieu, qui de Baal ou le Dieu des
cieux, celui qui fera pleuvoir. Il donna le privilège de commencer aux 850
adorateurs de Baal à cause de leur nombre, mais rien ne se passa. "A midi, Élie se moqua d'eux, et dit : Criez à
haute voix, puisqu'il est dieu ; il pense à quelque chose, ou il est occupé, ou
il est en voyage ; peut-être qu'il dort, et il se réveillera." (1Rois
18 :27). Il a de l'humour cet Élie !!!
Puis il demanda que l'on verse sur son
autel, de l'eau. Beaucoup d'eau, afin de bien mouiller le bois. La raison en
est simple, il voulait éviter qu'un prêtre de Baal boute le feu en cachette par
malveillance et ne crie à la triche venant d'Élie. Puis, Élie pria son Dieu, et
venant du ciel, un feu consuma l'offrande offerte sur l'autel, mais aussi
l'autel ! Il ne resta rien !
Devant une telle manifestation de Dieu, le
peuple reconnu le Dieu d'Élie comme le vrai Dieu et Élie ordonna de tuer les
850 prêtres et prêtresses. Achab retourna chez lui, informa sa femme Jézabel de
ce qui s'est passé, et elle hurla de retrouver Élie, ce prophète qui ruina ses
plans... et promis de se venger...
Meguiddo. Ville aux pieds du Mont Carmel. De là est issu le nom Harmaguedon. Har- qui veut dire montagne et -maguedon de Méguiddo.
Devant Meguiddo, la vallée de Jizréel. derrière Méguiddo, il n'y a pas de montagne au sens noble du terme, au plus, une haute colline, le Mont Carmel. Exactement là où Élie et les 850 prophètes se livrèrent un combat spirituel. L'Harmaguedon moderne, contrairement aux idées reçues, bien qu'indirectement associé à l'Apocalypse, ces deux noms ont une terminaison autre que violences visibles et déchaînements de catastrophes que les studios de Hollywood transmettent. Apocalypse signifie : Révélation. Oui, il va y avoir un combat, mais il sera spirituel. L'Harmaguedon sera ce combat que se livre et livrera le Satan contre la révélation et le témoignage de Jésus ! (Apocalypse 1 :1-2). Satan, comme le dit Apocalypse 12 :17 et 13 :7, alla faire la guerre à la femme (l'église élue) et à ceux qui gardent les Commandements de Dieu. La face visible de ce conflit sur terre, il sera violent et meurtrier. La face invisible, c'est le contrôle des esprits par les deux forces qui s'opposent, connaissant que l'homme est maître de sa destinée, ayant le libre-arbitre. Dieu ne force pas qu'on l'adore, mais il suggère de le suivre si l'homme veut vivre (voir Deutéronome 30 :15-16). Dans les derniers jours, l'un des sujets majeurs du conflit universel entre le bien de Dieu et le mal de Satan, sera le jour d'adoration.
Samedi/Sabbat biblique ou Dimanche/tradition des hommes... ?
L'enjeu de chaque âme sera de décider, maintenant que nous connaissons toutes les réponses du Salut, qui de Jésus ou de Satan, notre allégeance est soumise... Alors, que penser de cette chanson... Connaissant maintenant l'origine de cette femme Jézabel, et du mal qu'elle entretenait contre les prophètes de Dieu, ces chanteurs cités plus haut font l'éloge d'un dieu, mais pas de Dieu. Leur maître est Satan. À cette époque, les gens étaient plus croyants qu'ils ne le sont aujourd'hui, mais la jeunesse est aussi versée dans la musique, qu'elle est hypnotisée par les textes directs et agressifs qu'ils s'entendent aujourd'hui. À cette époque, il fallait que le message soit subliminal et que les esprits soient avertis et aiguisés pour comprendre... cela n'est plus nécessaire maintenant, plus besoin de tourner le vinyle à l'envers pour comprendre ce qui se dit. L'attitude, le code vestimentaire, le son, le rythme, les images, les symboles... etc, plus rien n'est caché. Pour finir, voici ce que dit la Parole de Dieu : "Sache
que, dans les derniers jours, il y aura des temps difficiles.Car les hommes seront
égoïstes, amis de l'argent, fanfarons, hautains, blasphémateurs, rebelles à
leurs parents, ingrats, irréligieux,insensibles, déloyaux,
calomniateurs, intempérants, cruels, ennemis des gens de bien,traîtres, emportés,
enflés d'orgueil, aimant le plaisir plus que Dieu,ayant l'apparence de la
piété, mais reniant ce qui en fait la force. Éloigne-toi de ces hommes-là." ; "Mais
pour les lâches, les incrédules, les abominables, les meurtriers, les impudiques,
les enchanteurs, les idolâtres, et tous les menteurs, leur part sera dans l'étang ardent de
feu et de soufre, ce qui est la seconde mort." ; "Il n'entrera chez elle [la ville
sainte]rien de souillé, ni personne qui se livre à l'abomination et au
mensonge ; il n'entrera que ceux qui sont écrits dans le livre de vie de
l'agneau." ; "Dehors les chiens, les enchanteurs, les impudiques, les meurtriers,
les idolâtres, et quiconque aime et pratique le mensonge !" (2 Timothée 3 :1-6 ; Apocalypse 21 :8, 27 ; 22 :15). Et ce n'est que le sommet de l'iceberg...
80
percent of sockeye salmon may die this year because of warmer waters.
Boiling point : Hot
water killing 50% of
Columbia River’s salmon
population.
The
Columbia River in Oregon and Washington is usually teaming with hundreds
of thousands of sockeye salmon this time of year, but warming waters have wiped
out nearly 50 percent of this year’s population – and it could get worse.
Although more than
507,000 sockeye salmon have migrated up the Columbia River this year, more than
250,000 have died, according to theAssociated Press [1]. Reuters, meanwhile, put the
number at 235,000.
“We’ve never had
mortalities at this scale,”said Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife fisheries
manager John North to Reuters.
In fact,
the bad news could get even worse : Up to 80 percent of the entire population
could ultimately die, Ritchie Graves of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration told the AP.
The
enormous mortality rate has been blamed on water temperatures reaching up to 76
degrees Fahrenheit (24.45 °C). Scientists say that water temperatures above 68
degrees (20 °C) can put severe stress on fish, since there is less dissolved
oxygen to be found in water at higher temperatures. This makes it hard for the salmon to breathe, an issue that
becomes especially serious since their metabolism also spikes under such
conditions, forcing them to burn off energy that would otherwise be saved for
later.
Additionally, hot water
can foster the growth of deadly pathogens that can infect the fish.
“The
water temperatures in the Columbia River are nearing lethal levels for salmon,
which is a little inconvenient if you’re a salmon trying to come into the Columbia River and migrate,”Teresa Scott, Washington Department
of Fish and Wildlife’s drought coordinator, said to ThinkProgress [2].“It’s a matter of fish being caught in those
warm waters and not being able to deal with them.”
Contributing to the
warmer water is a combination of drought conditions on the West Coast and
higher than normal temperatures, as well as unusually low runoff from mountain
snowmelt. Snowmelt can
help keep rivers cool, but this year the Columbia River
reached 70 degrees (21.12 °C) in the middle of June, Reuters reported. It
doesn’t typically hit that level until mid-July.
In an attempt to help,
officials are unleashing cooler water from various reservoirs into the river to
keep temperatures at a more manageable level for the fish. Another option is
pulling the fish out of the river and trucking them to cooler waters.
Still, Scott said that
low snowmelts and high temperatures could be a continuing problem if the
climate keeps getting hotter.
“There’s no doubt on
the part of our climatologists that say that these are the kinds of conditions
that we will see in the future,”Scott told ThinkProgress.“We are mounting short term
responses this year, and anticipating a recovery from these conditions in the
near term, but certainly this is a wakeup call and a dress rehearsal for what
fishery managers years from now will be dealing with on a regular basis.”Source
Avant la fin du temps de grâce de l'Éternel, la Terre sera touchée du tiers de son contenu... le tiers de la nourriture possible des hommes sera détruit. (Bible)
On the first day of the week, when we were gathered
together to break bread...Acts 20 :7
Recently we received an
80-page booklet entitled "What's Behind The New World Order ?" It
admits to be a collection of excerpts from the book, Will America Survive ?,
which was originally published 100 years ago under the title, The Great Controversy. This book was written by E.G. White, foundress of the Seventh Day
Adventists. It claims that the Catholic Church is behind the New World Order.
The booklet claims that this is true, since the Church is the beast of
Revelation (Rev 17). It accuses the Church of many evil things and attempts to
prove that the Church is the beast by exposing the "marks of the
beast." Due to limited space only one charge will be considered here.
According to the
booklet, one "mark of the beast" is not observing the Sabbath on
Saturday. It is alleged that in the fourth century the
Church and Emperor Constantine replaced the Sabbath with the pagan "DAY OF
THE SUN", i.e. Sunday. Now it is true that the Old Testament says the
"seventh day" but assigning that to Saturday is Hebrew tradition. As
Christians, we must consider this in the light of the New Testament and the
teachings of Christ. If this is a "mark of the beast", almost all
Christian churches today bear the mark too.
It is ironic that Jesus
and His disciples were harassed by the Pharisees over the Sabbath (John 5 :18). Jesus spoke out against the Pharisee's merciless observance of the
Sabbath (Matt. 12 :1-8 ; Luke 13 :10-16). Jesus also defended Himself and His disciples on this issue by saying :
"The Sabbath was
made for man, not man for the Sabbath ; so the Son of man is Lord even of the
Sabbath." [Mark 2 :27-28 ; RSV].
And claiming authority over it
It is true that the Catholic Church through
the authority of Christ replaced the Hebrew Sabbath (Saturday) with the Lord's
Day (Sunday) ; however, this occurred very early - well before the time of
Emperor Constantine in the fourth century. For Christians two important events
happened on Sunday. First, the Resurrection of Christ occurred on Easter Sunday
(John 20 :1ff). Secondly, the Holy Spirit descended upon the Church on Pentecost
Sunday (Acts 2 :1ff). Also after His Resurrection, Jesus appeared to the
Apostles twice, each on Sunday (John 20 :19 & 26). As a result, Sunday
became known as the Lord's Day for Christians.
The booklet claims that
there is no evidence in the Bible for the shift to Sunday. However in the fourth century, St. John Chrysostom cited Acts 20 :7
as testimony. According to this
verse in the Bible, at least some of the disciples assembled together on
Sunday, the first day of the week, to celebrate the Lord’s Supper :
On the
first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul
talked with them... [Acts 20 :7]
It is interesting to note that St. Paul had
spent a week with the community in Troas (Acts 20 :6), and this is the only
reported time that he celebrated the "breaking of bread" with them.
Also no remarks are made later in this passage that St. Paul disapproved of
their worship on Sunday. One would expect St. Paul to object to this practice,
if it were rooted in paganism.
Already in the Old
Testament, God expresses disappointment over the Hebrew Sabbath (Isa. 1 :13ff)
In the New Testament, St. Paul
writes :
Therefore let no one pass judgement on you
in questions of food or drink or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a
Sabbath. These are only a shadow of what is to come ; but the substance belongs
to Christ. [Col. 2 :16-17]
According to these
verses, the Hebrew diet, festivals and Sabbaths are no longer obligations for
Christians. These were only a foreshadowing of things
to come in Christ. The focus now is Christ (2Cor. 3 :7-17). Elsewhere St. Paul
told the Corinthians to contribute money to the Church each Sunday (1Cor. 16 :1-2). This would be a strange request, if Christians assembled on Saturdays.
Hebrews 4 :8 speaks of "another day" because the former Sabbath was
not obeyed. If Saturday were truly "craved in stone", then it would
be strange to speak of another day. According to Rev. 1 :10, St. John "was
in the Spirit on the Lord's day." This is the only place in the Bible
where the phrase "the Lord’s day" occurs. If his vision occurred on
Saturday, St. John would have written "the Sabbath" instead of using
a new phrase. Even though the disciples may have attended the synagogues on the
Sabbath to evangelize (Acts 18 :4), there is already a definite transition from
the Sabbath to the Lord's Day in the New Testament.
The early Christian
writers also bear witness to the observance of the Lord's Day (Sunday) over the
Hebrew Sabbath (Saturday). The booklet attempts to
discredit the historical writings of Eusebius in the fourth century by claiming
collusion with Emperor Constantine ; however, we have no need to rely on
Eusebius. We can directly cite the writings of Christians who lived in the
first century - centuries before Eusebius or Constantine. Even though these
writings do not have the same authority as the Bible, they are still reliable
historical sources - preserving the thoughts, beliefs and lifestyle of
Christians during the first century. These writings include the Didache (a
church manual written by the Apostles during the 1st century), the Epistle of
Barnabas (c. 100 A.D.) and the letters of St. Ignatius of Antioch who was
martyred in Rome before 110 A.D. Translations of these classic Christian
writings can be found at the local public or university library. The following
quotes were cited from Early Christian Writings (Penguin Classics, 1987).
According to the Didache, the Apostles wrote :
Assemble on the Lord's Day, and break bread
and offer the Eucharist ; but first make confession of your faults, so that your
sacrifice may be a pure one. [The Didache 14 :1]
This passage is very
similar to Acts 20 :7. Also note the connection between the breaking of bread
and the Eucharist (cf. Acts 2 :42 ; 1Cor 10 :16 ; 11 :23ff). St. Barnabas in his epistle devotes a whole chapter on the issue of
the Sabbath. He concluded by writing :
And we too rejoice in celebrating the eighth
day ; because that was when Jesus rose from the dead... [Epistle of Barnabas 15]
St. Barnabas in using
the phrase "the eighth day" was referring to Sunday. Perhaps the most powerful statement was made by St. Ignatius of
Antioch. Before 110 A.D., St.
Ignatius wrote to the Magnesians :
We have seen how former
adherents of the ancient customs have since attained to a new hope ; so that
they have given up keeping the Sabbath, and now order their lives by the Lord's
Day instead - the Day when life first dawned for us, thanks to Him (Jesus) and
His death. [Epistle to the Magnesians 9]
This passage indicates that early Christian
converts from Judaism began to observe the Lord's Day in honor of Christ's
Resurrection. From their writings it is clear that Christians already during
the first century were observing the Lord's Day on Sunday.
The booklet states that
the observance of Sunday was mandated by Emperor Constantine in 321 A.D.
(referring indirectly to the Edict of Laodicea). It
claims that this mandate was forced upon the people ; however, that statement is
not exactly true. Perhaps this edict was imposed upon pagan business men who
thought everyday should be a working day and perhaps those who thought
Christians must observe the entire Law of Moses, including circumcision (Gal.
5 :6-12 ; 6 :12-16 ; 1Cor. 7 :18-19). This Edict only made Sunday a civil holiday.
By doing so it secularized a practice that was already observed for centuries
by Christians. As shown above, this ancient practice is witnessed by the Bible
and in the writings of the Apostles, St. Barnabas (c. 100 A.D.), St. Ignatius
(107 A.D.), also St. Justin Martyr (c.150 A.D.) and St. Irenaeus (155-202
A.D.).
God in His wisdom knows
that we need to set one day a week special to Him. Otherwise
we would become so busy with our daily work that we may forget about Him and
lose our Faith. Now the essential point of the Third Commandment is that we set
one day a week holy to the Lord. But specifically observing Saturday as this
day is only ceremonial. As baptism replaced circumcision (Col. 2 :11-12) for
Christians, so does Sunday replace Saturday. Observance of the Lord's Day is
not a "mark of the beast" but the mark of being Christian.
(Printed with permission from A Catholic Response,
Inc.)Source COMMENTAIRE : Que l'église catholique prouve par les Écritures que Jésus et les apôtres ont changé le Jour de l'Éternel (du Sabbat/samedi au dimanche/premier jour), et je me convertirais au catholicisme romain.
