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More Historic Happenings
November 18
1095 - Pope Urban II opened the Council of Clermont. Summoned to plan the
First Crusade, it was attended by over 200 bishops. Among its official policies,
the Council decreed that a pilgrimage to Jerusalem made every other penance
superfluous.
1302 - Pope Boniface VIII published the bull "Unam Sanctam." It was the first
papal writing to decree that spiritual power took precedent over temporal
power, and that subjection to the pope was necessary to salvation.
1626 - In Rome, the newly completed St Peter's Basilica -the largest church
in Christendom (length of 619 feet) - was consecrated by Urban VIII.
1787 - 1st Unitarian minister in US ordained, Boston
1874 - National Woman's Christian Temperance Union organizes in Cleveland
1909 - US invades Nicaragua, later overthrows President Zelaya
1926 - Pope Pius XI encyclical On the 'persecution of the Church in Mexico'
1936 - Germany & Italy recognized Spanish government of Jesuit-empowered
Francisco Franco
1966 - US RC bishops did away with rule against eating meat on Fridays. This
was the last required meatless Friday for American Roman Catholics, in accordance
with a decree made by Pope Paul VI earlier this year.
1978 - Leo J Ryan, (Rep-Cal) & 4 others killed in Jonestown, Guyana by
members of Rev. Jim Jones' People's Temple, followed by ritual mass suicide
of Jones and 914 cult members.
November 19
0461 - Hilary begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0498 - Anastasius II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1521 - In Italy, Milan was invaded by papal armies, which heralded the start
of the war between the Habsburg and Valois dynasties.
1644 - 1st Protestant ministry society in New England
1793 - Jacobin Club forms in Paris
1910 - Swedish Pentecostal missionaries Daniel Berg, 26, and Adolf Vingren,
31, arrived in Brazil. In 1918 they established the first Pentecostal church,
from which grew Brazil's largest Protestant body, the Assemblies of God.
1919 - US Senate rejects (55-39) Treaty of Versailles & League of Nations
1946 - The first UNESCO conference opened in Paris at which the organisation
attained full status as an agency.
1961 - The Third Assembly of the World Council of Churches convened at New
Delhi, India, during which the International Missionary Council and its work
was integrated into the larger ecumenical group.
1985 - President Reagan & Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for 1st
time
1998 - Independent counsel Kenneth Starr opened hearings on whether U.S.
President Bill Clinton should be impeached.
1996 - A historic first meeting in the Vatican took place between the Pope
and veteran revolutionary Cuban leader Fidel Castro
November 20
1541 - In Switzerland, French reformer John Calvin, 32, established a theocratic
government at Geneva, thereby creating a home base for emergent Protestantism
throughout Europe.
1572 - The first Presbyterian meeting house in England was established at
Wandsworth, Surrey.
1789 - New Jersey becomes 1st state to ratify Bill of Rights
1829 - Jews are expelled from Russia's Nikolayev & Sevastopol
1890 - Pope Leo XIII encyclical On slavery in the missions
1938 - 1st documented anti-Semitic remarks over US radio (by 'Father' Coughlin)
1959 - UN adopts the declaration of children's rights
1961 - The Russian Orthodox Church joined the World Council of Churches.
1975 - Jesuit- trained General Francisco Franco- Spain's dictator, dies in
Madrid at 82
1986 - UN's WHO announces 1st global effort to combat AIDS - a disease which
some groups believe they helped create or 'distribute' in other vaccinations.
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Sabbath Morning Companion
[Date: 11/19/2004
by Lenny_Cacchio used with permission]
Giving Thanks in Difficulties
“You meant evil against me, but God meant it for good.” --Joseph to his brothers,
who had sold him into slavery. (Genesis 50:20)
Count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing
of your faith produces patience. -- James 1:2
We would be right in saying that a life of slavery punctuated by stays in
prison would hardly bring forth songs of thankfulness. It surely did
not in Joseph’s case.
Joseph was the eleventh of twelve sons, and out of jealousy the ten older
boys sold him to a passing caravan on its way to Egypt, where Joseph spent
years separated from his family in conditions ranging from slave to
dungeon-dweller. We can imagine a thoroughly desiccated Joseph languishing
in prison or suffering the indignities of involuntary solitude and wondering
why he, a godly man, should suffer so.
But man does not see as God sees. For God had a purpose for Joseph
being where he was even though it was not evident for many years.
Joseph’s presence in Egypt, and his subsequent success there, paved the way
for his family’s physical salvation when a time of famine came. The respect
Joseph had won among the Egyptians allowed his family to find haven in Goshen
where there was still food when elsewhere there was none. Hence
Joseph’s words, “You meant evil against me, but God meant it for good.”
We’re told little about Joseph’s emotions as he took the long journey from
Canaan to the right hand of Pharoah. We do know that God was with him,
and we can presume, if he had any semblance of humanity, that he faced severe
bouts of discouragement. But because of his brilliance, character,
and blessings of God he persevered and became a blessing to all those around
him. And a bad situation became cause for praise.
Imagine yourself as Paul the Apostle, thrown in prison for doing his God-ordained
job. Then imagine yourself seeing these circumstances as an
opportunity. To Paul, the prison guards were a captive audience.
“But I want you to know, brethren, that things which happened to me have
actually turned out for the furtherance of the gospel, so that it has become
evident to the whole palace guard and to all the rest that my chains are
in Christ.” (Philippians 1:12-13).
That old saw about lemons into lemonade surely applied to Paul. Being
chained to two Roman guards was an opportunity to win them for Christ!
And once they were converted, he would be given two new guards to work on!
“Rejoice, I say, always,” he proclaimed from his cell. “Again I will
say, rejoice!” (4:4)
It is customary around the Thanksgiving holiday to thank God for the blessings
he has given us, and indeed we should. But giving thanks and praise
for the trials of life is sometimes beyond us, for we do not see as God
sees. But we can take comfort in knowing that see us he does, and all
that happens will be to his glory, and for that we can give special thanks.
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TWISTED SCRIPTURE - A Bible Version Comparison
Something is missing from several of the new age bible versions. This issue
we examine Matthew 20:16.
Texus Receptus (Original Greek) Matthew
20:16 outwV esontai oi escatoi prwtoi kai oi prwtoi escatoi
polloi gar eisin klhtoi oligoi de eklektoi
KJV w/Strong's numbers: Matthew 20:16
Sothe last shall be first
, and the first last
: for many be called
, but few chosen .
King James Version: Matthew 20:16 So
the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few
chosen.
WyCliffe's Version: Matthew 20:16 So
the laste schulen be the firste, and the firste the laste; `for many ben
clepid, but fewe ben chosun.
Tyndale's Version: Matthew 20:16 Soo
the laste shalbe fyrste and the fyrste shalbe laste. For many are called
and feawe be chosen.
KJV2000 - Matthew 20:16 So the last shall
be first, and the first last: for many are called, but few chosen.
American Standard Version: Matthew 20:16
So the last shall be first, and the first last.
The American Standard Version: Matthew
20:16 So the last shall be first, and the first last
The New Living Translation: Matthew 20:16
"And so it is, that many who are first now will be last then; and those who
are last now will be first then."
The Complete Jewish Bible: Matthew 20:16
"Thus the last ones will be first and the first last."
The Bible in Basic English: Matthew 20:16
So the last will be first, and the first last.
New Century Version: Matthew 20:16 "So
those who have the last place now will have the first place in the future,
and those who have the first place now will have the last place in the future."
New International Version: Matthew 20:16
"So the last will be first, and the first will be last."
So we can plainly see that many of the New Age versions omit the phrase "For
many are called but few are chosen." Jesus' words are not so easily displaced
or erased, as by the spirit, the phrase is repeated in Matthew 22:14 thus
preserving the ideology behind the phrase.
Revelation 17:14 These shall make war with the Lamb,
and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings:
and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and
faithful.
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TOTW's TOTW (Truth On The Web's- Thought Of The Week
)
"God gave you the gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say
thank you?" ~ William A. Ward
While the secular world offers but one day annually for thanking the Creator
and Great Sustainer - A Christian should often offer the praises of his/her
lips. We share the following scriptures with you and offer our voice with
yours in thankfulness to God for all He provides - (even the sometimes painful
pruning of the vine to continue proper growth).
"In everything give thanks."
(IThessalonians 5:1
"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer
and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known
to God." (Philippians 4:6)
"...Be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another
in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your
heart to the Lord, giving thanks always for all things to God the Father
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ...." (Ephesians 5:18-20)
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Missing Links
Some links about Christmas and its pagan origins:
The X-Mas Files Vol
1 at http://www.truthontheweb.org/xmasvol1.htm
The X-Mas Files Vol 2
at http://www.truthontheweb.org/xmasvol2.htm
The X-Mas Files Vol 3
at http://www.truthontheweb.org/xmasvol3.htm
The X-Mas Files Vol
4 at http://www.truthontheweb.org/xmasvol4.htm
The X-Mas Files Vol 5
at http://www.truthontheweb.org/xmasvol5.htm
Christmas: The Greatest
Story Never Told at http://www.truthontheweb.org/chrismas.htm [by Harold
Cormany]
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