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How do you describe your food? Comforting, simple, contrasting and approachable. It's definitely not food that you're afraid to look at and break apart.
Ten words to describe you: Sarcastic, loud, caring, demanding, funny, salty, adventurous, outdoorsy, confident, fisherman, goofy, playful father and loving husband.
What are your ingredient obsessions? Vinegar, salt and sugar. I like playing with contrasting flavors, and most of the dishes we come up with have some sort of sweet, salty and acidic component. My obsession with sweet and salty started when I was just a little kid. My vava (Portuguese for "grandmother") would bring me to McDonald's, and I always had to have a sip of cola with every bite of that Happy Meal. Memories. To this day, I can't eat pizza or burgers without soda in the house.
What are your kitchen-tool obsessions? Cutco shears and deep-fat fryers. Thank God I don't have one of those at home.
Favorite local ingredient and where you get it: I love Haystack Mountain goat cheese, particularly their chèvre. It has such a great, clean flavor.
One food you detest: White pepper is not allowed in my kitchen simply because it tastes like spicy cardboard and smells like cow manure.
One food you can't live without: Sriracha and frozen pizzas. Nope, I'm not ashamed to say that when I get home after cooking for fourteen hours, I don't really feel like cooking. The Red Baron never fails.
Best food trend of the year: So many places are putting more thought into their kids' menu and trying to get away from serving just chicken fingers and cheeseburgers, which is great. That's not to say that it's not okay to include one or two of those items -- some children are still very picky -- but it's encouraging to see more restaurants focusing on developing a child's palate and diversifying the kinds of foods they consume. Being the parent of a child who will eat pretty much anything -- except goat cheese -- it only makes sense that there should be just as much thought put into the kids' menu as any other menu. If you start them young enough, I truly believe that even a young child can enjoy diverse and complex flavors.
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All the World's a Stage: The challenges in roleplay {WoW}
Oct 24th 2010 5:11PM This is a big reason why I no longer play. I can stay on my RP server and report names every day. At some point it just gets too much.
Then I get in a BG and it's
Internet The Explorer
How much is too much? Eventually i reached my limit. You all enjoy, but this is decidedly second-line priorities for Blizzard. The big push is new and shiny content that accessible and convenient and fast and flashy and purplez gearz. Remember, you have people in charge who go by names like "Tigolebitties" and such.
The Art of War(craft): Random thoughts on Cataclysm PvP {WoW}
Aug 13th 2010 7:18PM Quote:
Zach Aug 13th 2010 5:29AM
Yes, actually, I'm on the beta. Not everything is phased. Especially when everyone hits the Vashj'ir at the same time, it'll be crazy. There's still a lot of opportunity for world PvP, especially when most players hit the same stage of the endgame.
With flying all over the place? Really, Zach? With fast swimming mounts? With unbalanced servers?
With exp from chaining dungeons taking away ~20-30% of the levelers?
With exp from BGs taking away another ~20-30% of the levelers?
(I'm guessing most people will want to see the new questing content, but after doing it once will just chain run dungeons for gear, or mix it up, or wait til the rush is over. Either case both leveling via BGs and dungeons will take away a significant chunk of the 'World' population. How significant is anyone's guess.)
There'll be the one rush for a month or two as people want to level up via questing through new zones and content - but the vast majority of the time that Cataclysm will be the content that's played, world pvp is gonna take a huge backseat. It's just not a priority for Blizzard, see http://wowriot.gameriot.com/blogs/World-of-Ming/Fix-WoW-by-Talking-Shit for more info (some language).
Priority for TBC: 2 new races, pallys/shamans for all, raids, new world server, arenas, 'hub city' model
Priority for WOTLK: raiding for all, easy accessibility to everything, incl. server/faction transfers, easy questing, streamlining, teleporting, queueing, battlegroup-wide content over server content
Priority for Cata: streamlining old world, rated BGs, more instant-gratification raiding/heroics/teleportation, flying in old world - the final nail in the coffin for anything and everything that once made a PVP server different from a PVE server, more 'easy cool stuff' like motorcycles, trikes, easy-access mounts etc
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The Art of War(craft): Random thoughts on Cataclysm PvP {WoW}
Aug 13th 2010 7:00PM Mushrooms coming out of my ***. More abilities on my already crowded Cat Form bar (which we all know is the main pvp form for ferals) - knowing that I have to have instant access to not only all abilities that are usable ONLY in Cat Form, but also all abilities + Engineering/Item with an 'On Use' thing that are instant cast or instantly take me out of Cat Form - it's just too much. Take some abilities away. Take away Cyclone. Take away Feral Charge - Bear (not that it would help my cat issues much, but it's a start), take away the damn mushrooms - if I wanted to play a trapper I'd make a Diablo II assassin or a Survival Hunter. Sure, interrupt was needed, but at least get rid of Savage Roar then. Rebalance dps output accordingly - not saying ferals are too high right now, just saying they don't need more abilities. The keyboard is only so big and there's a limit to how much you can do with macros.
Feral Engineers who like to pvp are just hosed as it stands. So I'll just lurk instead of re-activating for Cata. Other reason being I'm not a big fan of being able to fly away from world pvp.
The Urban Legends of Warcraft: Ashbringer, page 2 {WoW}
Jul 20th 2010 8:49PM back in the day, epic was epic
now epic is common
hope you all enjoy, and also enjoy this well-written blast from the past
All the World's a Stage: How Cataclysm will help roleplaying {WoW}
Jun 27th 2010 8:09PM naming policy non-enforcement - pushing enforcement onto the player base
...big part of why I'm no longer playing, together with the death of tight-knit server communities and the sense of being immersed in a WORLD
The Daily Quest: PvP fun {WoW}
Apr 24th 2010 11:11PM Or how about you just have fun and don't be overly critical of other random internet dwellers who just want to get some pvp on and don't give a rat's hoot about who wins or loses in a BG?
AddOn Spotlight: Warrior, rogue, druid, hunter addons {WoW}
Apr 23rd 2010 7:01PM Part of FbN, a now severely outdated mod that's no longer recommended by ...damn near anyone.
That little info box and few other things were rather interesting, but the code was way out of whack, project suffered from severe bloating and was an early fore-runner of much smoother things to come.
Like the EJ Ovale scripts and such.
AddOn Spotlight: Warrior, rogue, druid, hunter addons {WoW}
Apr 22nd 2010 9:07PM You asked the wrong druids, didn't look through the EJ forum, didn't bother looking for a feral druid video guide, didn't bother looking for a feral druid wow wiki guide and last but not least didn't bother noticing that FbN - while once a state-of-the-art addon, is now 8 months out of date.
Ovale + EJ feral thread devoted to it and getting the max dps sequence algorithm.
BadKitty or similar timer bar thing, or Power Auras, or NeedToKnow, or whatever timer addon you prefer.
Shifting Perspectives: Class homogenization and the cat {WoW}
Apr 21st 2010 1:44PM Good article. Kinda wish they wouldn't throw more stuff at the cat, though - and instead just balance feral pvp around not having more abilities than we already do.
Cataclysm Class Changes: Impact on PvP, part 4 {WoW}
Apr 16th 2010 12:46AM Life Grip - Griefers' Heaven.
Heroic Leap - awesome. And also awesome exploit and graphical cutting and pathing issues. Heroic Leap inside WSG tunnel anyone? Heroic Leap and Charge and Intervene and whatchamacallit the other one?
I have no doubt that they'll get the balancing better than Wrath which was better than BC which was better than the game at 60.
Meat of the problem coming up, though:
Higher hp pools baseline at 85. Not as much quick 100-to-10-to-100% health pool yo-yo'ing in pvp. Which is all fine and dandy.
Now fast forward a few raid/seasons patches later. Healers have gained gear and want that gear to give them faster/better heals and more/quicker mana. Everyone wants their character to improve. Which means health pools have to rise that much faster with gear so that the faster better heals don't get us back to the yo-yo syndrome.
Or they can just make the gear improvements much more gradual and small, which the majority of players won't like. All the Xbox Live/instant gratification kids want bigger faster flashier numbers NOW please.


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Egyptian police crackdown on protest camps
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Palestinian supporters of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi protest against the violence in the Egyptian capital on August 14, 2013, in Gaza City.
At least 149 people were killed and 1,400 injured in Egypt Wednesday, in one of the deadliest days that country has seen since the revolution. Egyptian security forces moved in with tear gas, gunfire and bulldozers sweeping away two sit-in camps of supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi. The actions lead to wider violence in the capital and other provinces.
Egypt's Vice President and pro-reform leader Mohamed ElBaradei resigned in protest saying he doesn't want to be held responsible for "a single drop of blood," as the military imposed a month-long state of emergency and nighttime curfew. The violence has been condemned by other predominantly Muslim countries in the region, as well as by the United States, which warned Egypt's military-backed interim government that "the world is watching."
What does the escalating violence and unrest mean for Egypt's ability to move forward?
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Enter to win a World of Warcraft iPhone clip case {WoW}
Nov 23rd 2011 6:41PM Glory be to the Alliance!
The Queue: Fus Ro Dah {WoW}
Nov 14th 2011 4:46PM Mmmmmmmm. You've just given me the idea of the perfect gaming snack for ... well, for sometime next year: Dark chocolate ginger biscuits and some cups of http://www.wtop.com/?nid=681&sid=2632004 tea while Monking it up on a turtle. All kinds of awesome!
BlizzCon 2011: Mists of Pandaria Preview Panel liveblog {WoW}
Oct 21st 2011 4:30PM My Mechanical Yeti can unleash a Texas Chili Bomb???!!!
Oh, that's all kindsa awesome for grandpa here ...
BlizzCon 2011: Mists of Pandaria Preview Panel liveblog {WoW}
Oct 21st 2011 4:03PM No druids, warlocks, death knights or pallys ...
Brewmaster is a tank.
Mistweaver is a healer.
Windwalker is melee DPS.
Not a hero class.
Goblins and Worgen can't be monks.
Very nice.
BlizzCon 2011: Mists of Pandaria Preview Panel liveblog {WoW}
Oct 21st 2011 3:44PM No flying in the five-zone Pandaria until level 90.
Pandaren start zone is on the back of a turtle. (And it's playable right now at B-con).
Pick faction at level 10, one-way choice, no flip-flopping.
Excellent start!
BlizzCon 2011: Pandaren will be playable by both the Horde and Alliance {WoW}
Oct 21st 2011 3:17PM Just this:
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria announced {WoW}
Oct 21st 2011 3:02PM After startup quests, you choose whether your Pandaren is red/blue, Horde/Alliance; when they meet on the battlefield, it's all "Hey! Dude!"
Breakfast Topic: What do you expect from this year's BlizzCon? {WoW}
Oct 21st 2011 10:57AM Also wishing to go on record as saying .... please, dear god, let WoWInsider announce a new commenting system ... this one posted my original, unedited post with a couple of things that drive English majors like me wild and now I can't edit it. That's what I get for attempting to tangle with the comment system on three hours of sleep. :-P
Feel like Neil Goldman, when he said ... "How about we fire up the old Segway and find a nice quiet field to do long division in? .... I mean, a nice quiet field in which to do long division. Sorry, sorry, everybody.''
Yeah. I wrote "get their first" when I meant "get there first." Sorry. Sorry everybody.
Heh. Us grammar nerds.
Breakfast Topic: What do you expect from this year's BlizzCon? {WoW}
Oct 21st 2011 10:50AM Going on record here three hours out just to see how close I get:
Mists of Pandaria. Summer '12. Neutral Pandaren send representatives to both factions pleading for help for mysterious something wiping out their race on previously unknown continent in the south. Race between Alliance and Horde to get their first and open it up, a la Quel'danas, Firelands, etc. etc. Opens in stages with in-game events.
New level cap of 90. No new playable races. 1 new playable class. Don't really want to guess on this one, but how 'bout: Monk class which is trained only by neutral Pandaren?
Revamp/overhaul of secondary professions, especially archaeology. Burning Crusade areas get the Cataclysm treatment (overhauled quests, flyable zones). Some sort of revamp to the talent tree system.
And, if my first guess about no new races is wrong, I'll go with Pandaren/Horde and .... erg, I dunno ... Ethereals for Alliance.
Or then again ... maybe my original guess was right: http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/05/13/the-queue-three-of-the-four-winds/comments/34037643/
Looking forward in three hours to seeing how good I am at detecting these things .
The Queue: Colin Hay, WoW, Tailspin, Darkwing Duck, and Scott Pilgrim {WoW}
Oct 20th 2011 9:59PM Yes, thank you for finally mentioning the creators. Unca Carl and Unca Don were the best of the best. The Gladstone reprints in the 90s were wonderfully awesome.


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Art fairs can seem depressingly uniform, all of them decked out with bright lights, oppressive cubicles, and constant noise of the art-world rabble. So after a week of peeking over heads to view art, visiting Moving Image can seem downright eerie.
Got some old video you want digitized? The New Museum's got you covered. XFR STN (pronounced "transfer station"), a new initiative in collaboration with their digital media affiliate Rhizome, offers video artists the opportunity to digitize their original works. Pieces long trapped in VHS tapes or other obsolete formats like U-matic or audio tapes will forever be free! Every digitized work from XFR STN will be made available immediately after transfer for free, public download in multiple formats on archive.org.
Slowly but surely, galleries are reaching a breaking point with the art fair circuit. Escape isn't an option for most galleries. Instead of opting out, we're seeing a rise in specialized fairs, those that provide an alternative to the white-walled booth model. Moving Image is one of those fairs, and it has all the makings of a solid future.
This week, we'll be attending an underground animation screening, a ton of international exhibitions, and the re-re-reopening of the Seaport Museum.
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BY FAITH ISAAC BLESSED JACOB AND ESAU EVEN REGARDING THINGS TO COME: Pistei kai peri mellonton (PAPMPG) eulogesen (3SAAI) Isaak ton Iakob kai ton Esau: (Ge 27:27-40; 28:2,3) (Reciprocal References: Genesis 27:4 - that my Genesis 27:23 - he blessed Genesis 27:28 - of the dew Genesis 27:33 - yea Genesis 27:39 - Behold Numbers 6:23 - General, Hebrews 7:7 - the less)
In these next 3 verses the writer looks at the end of the lives of the next three patriarchs after Abraham to emphasize how their lives (albeit not perfect) were examples of those who remained faithful. Remember the writer is speaking primarily to Jews who are being tested and tempted to revert to Judaism and he wants these examples of perseverance to the end to encourage his readers (cp He 11:13-note). The faith of these patriarchs was focused on the things above (unseen, spiritual, cp Col 3:1-note, Col 3:2-note), the things of heaven not in things of this world (see Abraham - He 11:9, 10-note) This begs the question - What are you looking for? What are you living for? ...Today? ...This present world (cp Gal 1:4)? ...This world which is passing away (1Jn 2:17-note)? ...What you can see with your natural eyes (2Cor 4:18-note)? ...Or what you can see with the eyes of faith (2Cor 5:7)?
We each need to take careful inventory of our lives so that we might (if necessary) re-order our priorities to the unseen and the eternal and doing so not out of legalism but out of love for God and the sure hope that the best is yet to come! God has promised, so it will be so (cp Josh 23:14, 2Co 1:20KJV). If we believe Him, really believe Him, we will live lives governed by that belief and we will enter into the fulness of His joy even in this temporal world (Ps 16:11-note)! Remember that our life is but a vapor (Jas 4:14)...don't waste your life (Eph 5:16-note)! And it all comes down to a matter of daily, moment by moment choices! Choose for yourself today to serve Jehovah Jesus and not the gods of this present evil age (Joshua 24:15).
By Faith - All uses in NAS in Heb 11 - Heb 4:2; 10:38; 11:3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33.
Each example of faith in Heb 11:3-31 is formally introduced with this specific phrase "by faith" (pistei)
Faith (4102) (pistis [word study) is synonymous with trust or belief and is the conviction of the truth of anything, but in Scripture usually speaks of belief respecting man's relationship to God and divine things, generally with the included idea of trust and holy fervor born of faith and joined with it. As pistis relates to God, it is the conviction that God exists and is the Creator and Ruler of all things well as the Provider and Bestower of eternal salvation through Christ. As faith relates to Christ it represents a strong and welcome conviction or belief that Jesus is the Messiah, through Whom we obtain eternal salvation and entrance into the Kingdom of Heaven. Stated another way, eternal salvation comes only through belief in Jesus Christ and no other way.
Maclaren writes that
Faith is the hand that grasps. It is the means of communication, it is the channel through which the grace which is the life, or, rather, I should say, the life which is the grace, comes to us. It is the open door by which the angel of God comes in with his gifts. It is like the petals of the flowers, opening when the sunshine kisses them, and, by opening, laying bare the depths of their calyxes to be illuminated and coloured, and made to grow by the sunshine which itself has opened them, and without the presence of which, within the cup, there would have been neither life nor beauty. So faith is the basis of everything; the first shoot from which all the others ascend...Faith works. It is the foundation of all true work; even in the lowest sense of the word we might almost say that. But in the Christian scheme it is eminently the underlying requisite for all work which God does not consider as busy idleness...
Your work of faith. There is the whole of the thorny subject of the relation of faith and works packed into a nutshell. It is exactly what James said and it is exactly what a better than James said. When the Jews came to Him with their externalism, and thought that God was to be pleased by a whole rabble of separate good actions, and so said, 'What shall we do that we might work the works of God?' Jesus said, 'Never mind about Works. This is the work of God, that ye believe on Him whom He hath sent,' and out of that will come all the rest. That is the mother tincture; everything will flow from that. So Paul says, 'Your work of faith.' Does your faith work? Perhaps I should ask other people rather than you. Do men see that your faith works; that its output is different from the output of men who are not possessors of a 'like precious faith'? Ask yourselves the question, and God help you to answer it. (Read full sermon on 1 Thessalonians 1:3)
Hebrews 11:21 By faith Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff. (NASB: Lockman)
Greek: Pistei Iakob apothneskon (PAPMSN) ekaston ton uion Ioseph eulogesen, (3SAAI) kai prosekunesen (3SAAI) epi to akron tes rabdou autou. Amplified: [Prompted] by faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph's sons and bowed in prayer over the top of his staff. (Amplified Bible - Lockman) KJV: By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff. NLT: It was by faith that Jacob, when he was old and dying, blessed each of Joseph's sons and bowed in worship as he leaned on his staff. (NLT - Tyndale House) Phillips: It was by faith that the dying Jacob blessed each of Joseph's sons as he bowed in prayer over his staff. (Phillips: Touchstone) Wuest: By faith Jacob, when dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshipped upon his staff. (Eerdmans) Young's Literal: by faith Jacob dying--each of the sons of Joseph did bless, and did bow down upon the top of his staff;
BY FAITH JACOB, AS HE WAS DYING, BLESSED EACH OF THE SONS OF JOSEPH, AND WORSHIPED, LEANING ON THE TOP OF HIS STAFF: Pistei Iakob apothneskon (PAPMSN) ekaston ton uion Ioseph eulogesen, (3SAAI) kai prosekunesen (3SAAI) epi to akron tes rabdou autou: (Genesis 48:5-22) (Genesis 47:31) (Reciprocal:, Genesis 30:24 - And she Genesis 48:9 - bless them Genesis 48:15 - blessed Numbers 6:23 - General, 1 Kings 1:47 - bowed Acts 7:15 - died Hebrews 7:7 - the less Hebrews 9:14 - the living)
Dying is a frightening thought to many because everyone knows the truth of the aphorism "You can't take it with you!" In fact as one sage succinctly phrased it...
At death we leave behind all we have and take with us all we are.
Nathaniel Emmons put it this way...
Death stamps the characters and conditions of men for eternity. As death finds them in this world, so will they be in the next.
Matthew Henry wrote that...
Death strips the soul of all the disguises wherein it appeared before men, that it may appear naked and open before God. Our grave-clothes are night-clothes...Damned sinners in hell shall not be allowed their light, being cast into utter darkness; and glorified saints in heaven shall not need their light, for God himself will be their everlasting light...Death to a godly man is like a fair gale of wind to convey him to the heavenly country; but to a wicked man it is an east wind, a storm, a tempest, that hurries him away in confusion and amazement, to destruction.
Death is not a period Bringing the sentence of life to a close Like the spilling of a moment Or the dissolution of an hour. Death is a useful comma Which punctuates, and labors To convince Of much to follow. ---John Donne
Dying (599) (apothnesko from apo = marker of dissociation implying a rupture from a former association, separation, departure, cessation + thnesko = die) literally means to die off and can speak of literal physical death (Ro 6:9-note) as in this context. It is notable that as life was never meant to be merely existence, death which is the antonym of life does not mean non–existence. The important point is that to die does not mean one is annihilated as some falsely teach. Everyone who has every been born will continue to exist, either in the presence of God or banished from His presence and destined to experience conscious eternal existence in separation from God's majesty and glory and power (see 2Th 1:9).
Apothnesko is used figuratively of a believer's death to sin (Ro 6:2-note, Ro 6:7-note, Ro 6:8-note, Col 3:3-note), self, Satan, the law (Ro 7:6-note, Gal 2:19) and the world (Col 2:20-note, cp Gal 6:14-note - crucified used instead of died) which was effected when Christ was crucified and when by faith we believed in Him and in God's reckoning (albeit a "mysterious" teaching) were crucified with Him (Ro 6:6-note).
As John Blanchard says...
When death strikes the Christian down, he falls into heaven.
The great Puritan writer Thomas Brooks phrased it this way...
Death to a saint is nothing but the taking of a sweet flower out of this wilderness, and planting of it in the garden of paradise. (adding that) It is no credit to your heavenly Father for you to be loath to go home.
Worshiped - What a way to end one's life! Worshipping. The perfect preparation for entrance into the presence of the only One Worthy of worship! Jacob's example of how to die well sets the bar high but imminently attainable by faith. Faith in the Father's promise of a forever future is the only way to truly handle the prospect of death. The patriarchs trusted in God's promised resurrection, and thus were enabled to face death with a calm serenity. How else could you describe Jacob's worshiping God while resting on his staff. Mark it down that the mark of genuine believer is their approach to death with a peace that passes all human (natural) understanding because it comes from a Supernatural Source, God Himself! Death to a believer like Jacob is exchanging a prison for a palace and a putting off of our worthless rages for His righteous robes.
Jacob's attitude was a lot like D L Moody's who once quipped...
Some day you will read in the papers that D. L. Moody, of East Northfield, is dead. Don't you believe a word of it! At that moment I shall be more alive than I am now.
Billy Graham's comment is also apropos to Jacob's worshiping even though dying...
I have talked to doctors and nurses who have held the hands of dying people, and they say that there is as much difference between the death of a Christian and a non-Christian as there is between heaven and hell. ("Amen" or "Oh my!")
Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (What is DEATH) quotes from the poem by Minister James Powis Smith which expresses the triumphant attitude of Jacob (and all the patriarchs) in the face of that last enemy death...
The pale horse stands and will not bide, The night has come and I must ride; But not alone to unknown lands, My Friend goes with me holding hands. I've fought the fight; I've run the race, I now shall see Him face to face, Who called me to Him long ago And bade me trust and follow. The joys of life have been His gift, My friends I'll find when clouds shall lift; I leave my home and all its store To dwell with Him for evermore. What does He give? His cup of love Until with Him I rest above; I'll mount and ride, no more to roam, The pale horse bears me to my home.
Worshiped (bowed down) (4352)(proskuneo from pros = before + kuneo = kiss or adore) means to prostrate oneself in homage before another in the full sense of worship, not mere reverence or courtesy. When Jesus Christ was born into this world, He was attended and worshipped by angels. (Lk 2:13, 14). The word proskuneo literally means to kiss toward someone, to throw a kiss in token of respect or homage, to prostrate oneself in homage, to do reverence to, to adore and so to worship and show respect. In the ancient Oriental (especially Persia) the mode of salutation between persons of equal rank was to kiss each other on the lips. When the difference of rank was slight, they kissed each other on the cheek. When one was much inferior, he fell upon his knees touched his forehead to the ground or prostrated himself, and as he was bowing down he would be throwing kisses toward the superior. It is this latter mode of salutation that is intended by the Greek writers in the use of the verb proskuneo . In summary, proskuneo represents the most common Near Eastern act of adoration and reverence and also carries the idea of profound awe and respect. Some believe that the root word kuneo may be related to kuon which is the Greek word for dog and which then could be picturing a dog licking his master's hand.
In summary, proskuneo represents the most common Near Eastern act of adoration and reverence and also carries the idea of profound awe and respect. Some believe that the root word kuneo may be related to kuon which is the Greek word for dog and which then could be picturing a dog licking his master's hand.
Ironside quips of Jacob...
A worshiper at last instead of a schemer.
Andrew Murray in The Holiest of All...
It is remarkable how much, both in this chapter and through all Scripture, faith has to do with the relationship of parents and children. In nature the life of the parents is imparted to the children. In the spiritual world it may be so too; the intercourse of faith with God reaches the children too; the man of strong faith is a blessing to his children. We have seen in Noah and Abraham and Sarah how largely their faith in God had to do with their children. And here we find four more examples.
By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau. His blessing on his children was the manifestation of his faith in the promise of God to his father and himself, and the transmission of the blessing to them. By faith Jacob blessed each of the sons of Joseph, giving each of them their place in the future that was coming. By faith Joseph made mention of the departure of the children of Israel saying, "I die, but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land." By faith Moses was hid three months by his parents, because they saw he was a goodly child. Their faith in the destiny they knew was waiting for the children of Israel, and in the mercy of God watching over his people, gave them the courage not to fear the king's commandment. In all these cases faith was the secret inspiration of their treatment of their children, and the source of blessing. Faith never confines itself to the person of the; believer himself, but takes in his home and children.
And how is it that the Christian parent can secure this longed-for blessing for his children? There is but one answer: By faith. Our life must be all faith—that is, the unseen things must be our life, yea, rather, the unseen God must be our life. The blessing and the power are His; and it is as we have more of God in our life and in our home, there will be the hidden power resting on our children. Faith does not only mean a knowing that there is a covenant promise for our children, and a pleading of it in prayer. This is an exercise of faith, and has its. great value. But the chief thing is the life; faith is the making way for God and giving Him place in our life. And when at times the vision tarries, and the promise appears to fail, faith understands this as only a call to trust God more completely and more confidently. As we hold fast our confidence firm to the end, as in patience and longsuffering we are strong in faith, giving glory to God, we shall know for certain that we shall inherit this promise too. I will be thy God and the God of thy seed.
From the patriarchs we learn what the atmosphere and what the soil is in which there grows such a faith that blesses the children. They were living in the land of promise as strangers and pilgrims, or in Egypt as strangers and pilgrims too, longing for the return to the land. Their whole life was hope in God and what He would do. They were men whom God had taken hold of, to prove in their history how gloriously He would fulfil His promise. And they had nothing to live on but God. It is a law of nature that no body can be in two places at the same time. This is just as true of the heart. When God took Abraham and his seed out of their country, it was that the land of promise, the land of separation from men, of separation unto God, might be to them the training-school of faith. They went out from the fellowship of home and family, to live in the fellowship of God. It was there they learned by faith to bless the children.
Separation from the world, a being set apart unto God, the denial of self and its life, the imitation of Abraham in his going out, of Christ in His self-sacrifice,—this is the only way to the land of promise where the faith-life flourishes. To live wholly for God, to hope alone in God, always to walk with God, in all things to hearken to God,—this is the new and living way into the inner sanctuary, in which Jesus our High Priest leads us. What the land of promise was to the patriarchs, as the place for the life of separation and obedience and faith, that the Holiest of All is to us. That is the place of which God has said to us: Get thee out of thy land, to a place that I will show thee, and I will bless thee,—that is the only place where our faith can grow freely, and God can prove all His power in us, so that we, like they, can be a display of what God can do. And that is the place where our faith will in full measure be a blessing to our children.
It is only by faith we can bless. God is willing to bless us to larger circles than our own house. He is calling for vessels, empty vessels not a few, in which He can multiply his blessing. He is the only fountain of blessing; as our faith yields to God, and allows Him to be all, His blessing will flow. Let the Christian who would be a blessing be a man of faith,—that is, a man who has nothing and is nothing in himself, and in whom God has free scope to work, and the blessing will not be wanting. Oh that God might have the place that belongs to Him in this His own world. And if that may not yet be—oh that He might have that place in the hearts of His people. And if it is as if even that will not yet be—oh let Him have that place, my reader, in your heart and in mine. Let faith see and consent and prove that God is all, and He will prove that He is a God of blessing for thee and all around thee. 1. Parent, teacher, worker, the secret of blessing in the work, the power to Influence, is—faith. Not simply the faith in some promise at times, but the habit of a holy faith that makes God the All of our life. Have faith In God as the God of thy life, the God who maintains His life and presence within thee He will work through thee. 2. How blessed to be an Instrument in the hands of God, with which He works out His purpose; to be a vessel He fills with His love. 3. Learn to regard thyself as set to be a blessing, and let faith and love mark thy whole life.
Hebrews 11:22 By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the exodus of the sons of Israel, and gave orders concerning his bones. (NASB: Lockman)
Greek: Pistei Ioseph teleuton (PAPMSN) peri tes exodou ton uion Israel emnemoneusen, (3SAAI) kai peri ton osteon autou eneteilato. (3SAMI) Amplified: [Actuated] by faith Joseph, when nearing the end of his life, referred to [the promise of God for] the departure of the Israelites out of Egypt and gave instructions concerning the burial of his own bones. (Amplified Bible - Lockman) KJV: By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones. NLT: And it was by faith that Joseph, when he was about to die, confidently spoke of God's bringing the people of Israel out of Egypt. He was so sure of it that he commanded them to carry his bones with them when they left! (NLT - Tyndale House) Phillips: It was by faith that Joseph on his death-bed spoke of the exodus of the Israelites, and gave confident orders about the disposal of his own mortal remains. (Phillips: Touchstone) Wuest: By faith Joseph, when coming near to the end of his life, remembered the exodus of the sons of Israel and so gave a command concerning his bones. (Eerdmans) Young's Literal: by faith, Joseph dying, concerning the outgoing of the sons of Israel did make mention, and concerning his bones did give command.
BY FAITH JOSEPH, WHEN HE WAS DYING, MADE MENTION OF THE EXODUS OF THE SONS OF ISRAEL, AND GAVE ORDERS CONCERNING HIS BONES: Pistei Ioseph teleuton (PAPMSN) peri tes exodou ton uion Israel emnemoneusen, (3SAAI) kai peri ton osteon autou eneteilato. (3SAMI): (Genesis 50:24,25; Exodus 13:19; Joshua 24:32; Acts 7:16) (Reciprocal:, Genesis 30:24 - And she Genesis 47:29 - bury me not Genesis 49:33 - had made Acts 7:15 - died)
By faith - Faith is trusting in the Word of God and the God of the Word and obeying Him implicitly, regardless of the circumstances or consequences. Joseph even while staring death in the face, did not suffer dimming of his spiritual eyesight for he kept his eyes of faith firmly fixed on His faithful Father! His body may have been dying, but not his faith. Joseph's faith is even more remarkable because he had been sold into slavery and out of the promised land of Canaan at age 17 (Ge 37:2) and lived in a foreign land until his death at 110 (Ge 50:26). But despite his time away from the promised land, his faith remained sure because it was based on the faithful promise of God.
Joseph even to the very end of his life demonstrated an unshakable faith (even his exalted position and prosperity did not dim his faith) and confidence in God's prophetic promise to Abraham and his offspring (that his descendants would inherit the land of Canaan - cp God's covenant in Ge 15:13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, cp Ge 17:4, 5, 6, 7, 8) and that God would fulfill this promise in His perfect timing which explains why he left instructions about his burial. Calvin comments that this
sharpened the desire of the people so that they would look more earnestly for their redemption. (Ed: Because only their redemption from the subsequent Egyptian bondage would allow them to fulfill this wish of Joseph).
The writer of Hebrews makes clear that Joseph and the other patriarchs (Isaac, Jacob) died without entering into the promise that God had made. And yet they had Heb 11:1 faith manifest by the assurance of things hoped for and the conviction of things not seen! The witness of these patriarchs of a firm faith and solid hope in God and His promises should stir and encourage a similar confidence that God will do good to us in the future (which is the definition of Biblical hope)! (cp "looking for the blessed hope" Titus 2:13-note)
Matthew Henry...
Now Joseph gave this order, not that he thought his being buried in Egypt would either prejudice his soul or prevent the resurrection of his body (as some of the rabbis fancied that all the Jews who were buried out of Canaan must be conveyed underground to Canaan before they could rise again), but to testify,
[1.] That though he had lived and died in Egypt, yet he did not live and die an Egyptian, but an Israelite.
[2.] That he preferred a significant burial in Canaan before a magnificent one in Egypt.
[3.] That he would go as far with his people as he could, though he could not go as far as he would.
[4.] That he believed the resurrection of the body, and the communion that his soul should presently have with departed saints, as his body had with their dead bodies.
[5.] To assure them that God would be with them in Egypt, and deliver them out of it in his own time and way.
Jamieson writes that...
Joseph's eminent position in Egypt did not make him regard it as his home: in faith he looked to God's promise of Canaan being fulfilled and desired that his bones should rest there: testifying thus: (1) that he had no doubt of his posterity obtaining the promised land: and (2) that he believed in the resurrection of the body, and the enjoyment in it of the heavenly Canaan. His wish was fulfilled
When he was dying (teleutao = to end, finish, complete) - The Greek more literally is "coming to an end" (from telos = the goal - which congers up the picture of one who has run the race well and crossed the finish line! The related verb teleo is used in 2Ti 4:7-note in which Paul affirmed "I have finished [teleo] the course".)
Vincent - Compare (use of teleutao in) Ge 6:17 ("shall perish"), Septuagint (LXX). The verb means to finish or close, with life understood. Always in this sense in NT See Mt 2:19; 9:18; Lk 7:2, etc. Never used by Paul. Rendered "when near his end."
Made mention - Wuest notes that ""Made mention" is the translation of emnemoneuo "to remember." Joseph on his death-bed remembered the promise of God to give the land of Canaan to the seed of Abraham (Ge 12:7, 13:5, 15:7), and also the prediction that Abraham's descendants should spend 400 years in bondage in a strange land, and should afterward be brought out thence (Ge 15:13, 14)."
Made mention of the Exodus - A deathbed prophecy by Joseph, a saint who persevered to the end! (cp Mt 10:22)
Moses records "Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, "God will surely take care of you, and you shall carry my bones up from here." So Joseph died at the age of one hundred and ten years; and he was embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt. (Genesis 50:25, 26)
Exodus - appears in three places Lk 9:31 and 2Pe 1:15 referring to death and in this verse to the literal "Exodus" of Israel out of Egypt. In the book of Exodus we read...
Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had made the sons of Israel solemnly swear, saying, "God will surely take care of you, and you shall carry my bones from here with you." (Exodus 13:19)
In Joshua we read that...
Moses took the bones of Joseph with him (How long? For 40 years!), for he had made the sons of Israel solemnly swear, saying, "God will surely take care of you, and you shall carry my bones from here with you." (Josh. 24:32) (His bones were buried within the land allotted to the tribe of Ephraim).
Ironside comments that "the bones of Joseph were buried at last in the parcel of ground that Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem. There Joseph's bones rest until the morning of the first resurrection. Joseph's faith evidently looked expectantly toward this resurrection. This hope enabled him to maintain his alienage in Egypt, a type of this present evil world. And so this series ends, and in the next verse another begins.
Concerning his bones - This is a metonymy (an expression used as substitute for something with which it is closely associated, e.g. Washington for the US government) which conveys the idea of his burial.
Hughes writes that "The overall point is that all these patriarchs ended well, for they had learned to trust God's bare word. They were sure regarding what would happen after their deaths.
Wiersbe makes the point that "We have to admire the faith of the patriarchs. They did not have a complete Bible, and yet their faith was strong. They handed God's promises down from one generation to another. In spite of their failures and testings, these men and women believed God and He bore witness to their faith. How much more faith you and I should have!
John MacArthur has an excellent point of application reminding us that "All three of these men believed God in the face of death. Their faith had sometimes wavered in life, but it was strong and confident in death. Death is the acid test of faith. For hundreds, perhaps thousands, of years, courts of law have taken a dying man's word at face value. The need for lying and deception is over, and what is said on a deathbed is usually believed. So with our testimony of faith. Not only is the need for hypocrisy and pretense over, but it is extremely difficult to fake faith when you know you are facing eternity. A dying man's faith is believable because a sham cannot stand this test. A Christian who fears death has a serious weakness in his faith, for to die in Christ is simply to be ushered into the Lord's presence. "For to me, to live is Christ," Paul says, "and to die is gain" (Phil. 1:21). For those who believe, "Death is swallowed up in victory" (1 Cor. 15:54).
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Dying Faith He 11:20, 21,22
The Puritans used to emphasize the importance of dying well. With the apostle Paul (Phil 1:20-note), they desired that "Christ will even now, as always, be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death." Matthew Henry wrote,
Though the grace of faith is of universal use throughout our whole lives, yet it is especially so when we come to die. Faith has its greatest work to do at last, to help believers to finish well, to die to the Lord, so as to honor him, by patience, hope, and joy-so as to leave a witness behind them of the truth of God's word and the excellency of his ways … (Matthew Henry's Commentary [Revell], 6:946).
When he was on his own deathbed at age 52, Henry said to a friend "You have been used to take notice of the sayings of dying men-this is mine: that a life spent in the service of God and communion with Him, is the most pleasant life that anyone can live in this world." Facing death is the acid test of our faith. Will it sustain us at that time? As the author of Hebrews gives multiple examples of those who lived and died in faith, he briefly mentions Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph. He calls attention to incidents from each man's life just before he died. In Isaac's case, he does not state specifically that he was near death, but this incident happened when he was very old, feeble, and blind. In the case of the other two men, the author states specifically that they were dying. In each case, as they faced death, none of God's promises was near fulfillment. Circumstances seemed contrary to their fulfillment. These men had lived all of their lives hearing about and believing in God's promises, but God had not yet delivered. Even so, they all died with their faith and focus on things to come, believing that God would keep His word. They teach us that… Faith faces death trusting God to fulfill His future promises, even when circumstances seem to contradict those promises. While there are some different lessons to be learned from each man, the author uses each example to drive home the same basic point. Each one died with faith in God's promises, even though circumstances seemed to contradict those promises. In the cases of Isaac and Jacob, they both had many failures in the life of faith, and yet, by God's grace, they crossed the finish line with a strong flourish of faith. They illustrate what Paul wrote (Phil. 1:6-note),
For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.
If, by God's grace, you and I have begun the life of faith, by that same grace we will die strong in faith, testifying to others that God's promises are true, in spite of our circumstances. 1. Isaac's blessing of Jacob and Esau shows faith in God's promises, even when circumstances seem to contradict those promises (He 11:20).
"By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even regarding things to come."
The story comes from Genesis 27. Isaac was old and blind. He called his favorite son, Esau, and requested that he bring back some fresh game and cook it up his favorite way. Then he would bless Esau. The father's blessing involved conferring a double portion of the family inheritance on the firstborn son, coupled with prophetic words about his future. At the birth of the twins, God had directly told Rebekah (Ge 25:23),
Two nations are in your womb; and two peoples will be separated from your body; and one people shall be stronger than the other; and the older shall serve the younger.
Jacob, the father of the nation Israel, was the younger. Esau, the father of the nation Edom, was the older. Isaac, however, had a natural liking toward Esau, whereas Jacob was a mama's boy. When mama overheard that dad was about to confer the family blessing on the older son, she went into action with a plan to secure the blessing on her favorite son. Whether she thought that she was rescuing God's prophetic word from oblivion or whether she just was running interference for her favorite son, we do not know, but the emphasis was probably on favorite son. Isaac probably was not deliberately going against God's revealed word. Rather, he probably didn't understand the significance of that word and was just following custom with his favorite son. But he had not exerted much effort to inquire of God as to the meaning of the prophecy or how he should apply it. He seems far more interested in tasting his favorite meat than in following God's ways. I assume that you know the story, how Jacob dressed up in his brother's garments and took mama's stew to his aged father to con him and his brother out of the blessing. Being deceived, Isaac inadvertently fulfilled God's earlier prophecy to Rebekah by conferring the blessing on Jacob. You may wonder, "How did Isaac act by faith when he was deceived? He didn't even know what he was doing!" But the author doesn't go into such details or to the difference between the blessings on Jacob and Esau. His emphasis is rather that by blessing his sons, Isaac was acting in the faith that God would fulfill the prophetic aspects of the blessing in the future. To his credit, when Isaac discovered that he had been deceived, he did not revoke the blessing in anger. Rather, he seemed to realize that God's word to Rebekah at the birth of the twins would truly come to pass. So he told Esau that he had blessed his brother and then affirmed, "Yes, and he shall be blessed" (Ge 27:33). Just before Jacob fled to Haran, Isaac charged him not to take a wife from the daughters of Canaan. Then he said to Jacob,
May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become a company of peoples. May He also give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your descendants with you, that you may possess the land of your sojournings, which God gave to Abraham (Ge 28:3, 4).
Jacob didn't even have a wife, let alone a company of peoples descended from him! Neither Isaac nor Jacob owned a square foot of the promised land, except for a burial cave! But by pronouncing the blessing, Isaac demonstrated faith that God's promises would not fail, even though there was no indication at that time that they ever would be fulfilled. The story behind Hebrews 11:20 is not flattering to any of the participants, except for Isaac's faith regarding things to come. Isaac seemed to be more interested in a tasty meal than in God's prophetic word. Esau was a profane man, who had despised his spiritual heritage for a bowl of stew. Rebekah deliberately deceived her husband and encouraged her son to lie. Jacob agreed to go along with the lies, taking advantage of his blind father. But God used the whole soap opera, with each character acting selfishly without regard for God, to fulfill His sovereign purpose. God had chosen Jacob and rejected Esau. His purpose according to His choice will stand (Ro 9:11, 12, 13-note). It does not depend on people fully understanding His purpose. Isaac obviously did not understand it at first. It doesn't depend on people obeying Him, although they should obey. But He used Rebekah's and Jacob's deception to fulfill His purpose. Paul relates this story and then says that God's purpose
does not depend on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who has mercy" (Ro 9:16-note).
The story of Isaac blessing his sons is in the Bible so that we will learn to trust God, even when circumstances seem to contradict His promises. We may look at the sinfulness around us, even of those who claim to be His children, and think, "There is no way that the Great Commission will ever be fulfilled or that the church will bring glory to God's name." But God has said that there will be some from every tongue and people and nation, purchased with Jesus' blood, gathered around His throne (Rev. 5:9-note). He has said that the church will be a pure and spotless bride, made ready for her husband (Eph. 5:27-note; Rev. 21:3-note). In spite of all of our shortcomings and failures, His purpose will be fulfilled. That should not cause us to shrug our shoulders in apathy or to sin that grace may abound. It ought to encourage us to be faithful in spite of disappointments with sinful people or ominous world events. It should cause us to be steadfast and immovable in the Lord's work, knowing that our work is never in vain in the Lord (1Co 15:58). 2. Jacob's blessing of Joseph's sons and his worship show faith in God's promises, even when circumstances seem to contradict those promises (He 11:21). There are two incidents here, in reverse chronological order. A. Jacob's blessing of Joseph's sons shows faith in God's promises, even when circumstances seem to contradict those promises. This event is recorded in Genesis 48. Jacob and all of his sons and their families had migrated to Egypt to endure the famine. Joseph heard that his father was ill and took his two sons to visit his aged father. Jacob recalled God's appearance to him, when the Lord reaffirmed the Abrahamic covenant. Then he claimed Joseph's two sons for himself as heirs. In effect, this meant designating Joseph as the firstborn, who received a double portion of the inheritance. Reuben, the natural firstborn, had forfeited his position by having relations with his father's concubine, Bilhah (Ge 35:22; 49:4). So now Joseph's two sons each receive a full portion of the inheritance. But, when Jacob went to lay hands on the young men for the blessing, he deliberately crossed his hands, laying his right hand on Ephraim, the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh, the older. This troubled Joseph, who tried to correct his father. But Jacob replied that he knew exactly what he was doing. Jacob predicted that while both sons would be great, the younger son's descendants would be the greater of the two (Ge 48:19). So he put Ephraim before Manasseh. There are three applications of this story. (1) God's ways are not man's ways; God's ways according to His sovereign choice, will triumph over man's ways. The natural order would have been for Manasseh, the first-born, to have preeminence over his younger brother. But Jacob himself demonstrated the same point, that God's choice of the younger over the elder would thwart man's ways. In spite of human ignorance and sin to do things man's way, God's way and His choice always triumph. This applies to the way of salvation. Man's way is according to human choice and human merit. Good people who make the right choices are in; bad people who make the wrong choices are out. But God's way of salvation is according to His choice and purpose, not according to man's choice (Lk 10:22; Jn 1:13; 6:65, 70; Ro 9:11-note, Ro 9:15, 16, 17, 18-note). As James 1:18-note puts it,
"In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits among His creatures."
Salvation rests on God's will and God's power. (2) As parents and grandparents, we should seek spiritual blessings for our children above worldly success. Ephraim and Manasseh were the sons of the second most powerful man in Egypt. They had been raised in the most luxurious conditions in the world. No doubt they were personal friends with Pharaoh's children. Servants attended to their every need. They had received the best education available at that time. They were heirs to a huge financial estate. They easily could have succeeded in whatever careers they chose in Egypt. In these circumstances, it would have been natural for a grandfather to bless his grandsons by saying, "May you prosper in Egypt even as your father has prospered. May you amass great fortunes and enjoy the best that the world has to offer!" But instead, Jacob, the lowly shepherd, who is a pilgrim in Egypt to avoid starvation in the famine-stricken Canaan, adopts these two princes as his own and confers on them the blessing of Abraham. A worldly-minded parent could have thought, "Whoopde-do! You're giving them a double portion of the famine-stricken land of Canaan, but you don't own a square foot of it, except for your burial cave! Here in Egypt, they've got everything that anyone could dream of having, and you're giving them a piece of dry ground that you don't even own to give away!" But what was Jacob really giving his grandsons? By faith in God's yet unfulfilled promises, he was giving the boys the spiritual blessings of Abraham, which were far better than the worldly blessings of Egypt. Even though there was not a shred of tangible evidence that God would give the land to Jacob's descendants, Jacob believed God's promises and handed this off to his grandsons. It is a tragedy that many Christian parents today hope more that their children and grandchildren will succeed materially than that they will succeed spiritually! They would be thrilled to hear that one of their kids got accepted into medical school or landed a fat contract with a professional sports team. But if they heard that the kids were headed for the mission field in a poor country, they would try to "talk some sense into them." They wouldn't want them to "throw their lives away" with nothing (materially) to show for it. Besides, they'd rather have the grandkids nearby. That is a thoroughly worldly attitude! First and foremost, we should want our children to walk with God, wherever that may lead them in terms of a career or a geographic location. (3) God is sovereign in assigning different gifts and places to His children, both materially and spiritually. The story of Jacob and Esau shows that God is free to distinguish between individuals in the matter of salvation, according to His sovereign purpose (Ro 9:10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18-note). But the story of Jacob blessing Ephraim and Manasseh shows that God is free to give different material and spiritual blessings to those who are His children, according to His purpose. Some are wealthy, some are not. Some have powerful spiritual gifts, but others have lesser gifts (1Cor 12:4, 5, 6, 7). Each of us is responsible to use what the Lord has given us to advance His kingdom, and not to compare ourselves with others or be envious that we had what they have been given. B. Jacob's worship shows faith in God's promises, even when circumstances seem to contradict those promises. Jacob's worshiping on the top of his staff happened before he blessed Joseph's sons (Ge 47:29, 30, 31). Joseph had heard that his father was near death, and he visited him privately. Jacob asked Joseph to swear that he would not bury him in Egypt, but rather in the Cave of Machpelah with his ancestors. When Joseph swore that he would do so, Jacob bowed in worship. There is a discrepancy in that the Massoretic text, which lies behind our Old Testament, says that he worshiped at the head of his bed, whereas the LXX says that he worshiped on the top of his staf. The Hebrew language was written with consonants only until the sixth to eighth centuries, A.D., when Hebrew scholars added the vowel points. The noun in question reads bed if pointed in one way, but staf if pointed another way. Since the LXX was translated about nine centuries before the Massoretic pointing was added, it probably best reflects the original text, staf (Philip Hughes, A Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews [Eerdmans], pp. 488, 489). Either way, the point is to show an old man whose body is weak, but whose faith is strong in God's promises. Although all of his descendants are now living comfortably in Egypt, he doesn't want to signal that that is okay. When Joseph agrees to bury him in Canaan, he worships God because he sees in Joseph's promise a glimmer of hope that God will fulfill His promises. The staff may be symbolic for the pilgrim life that Jacob had lived as an heir of the promise to Abraham. His hope was not in this life, but in God's promises for a better country, namely, a heavenly one (He 11:16). So even though he was dying as a poor man in a foreign land, he died in faith in God's promise. 3. Joseph's mention of the exodus and his order about his bones show faith in God's promises, even when circumstances seem to contradict those promises (He 11:22). Both things refer to the same incident (Ge 50:24, 25). As he was dying, Joseph told his brothers (fellow Jews) that God would bring them back to the land which He promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Then he made them swear that they would carry his bones with them when they returned to Canaan. Joseph demonstrated many instances of strong faith in God throughout his lifetime. He had resisted the seductive attempts of Potiphar's wife. He remained true to God while imprisoned unjustly. His faith enabled him to interpret dreams on more than one occasion. He dealt in a godly manner with his brothers who had wronged him. He administered the food relief program fairly, without greed. But the author of Hebrews skips all of these examples of faith and picks out the one about Joseph's bones! Why? The main reason is that it shows us a man facing death at a time when God's promises seemed unlikely ever to be fulfilled. God had given the promises to Abraham more than 200 years before, but here were his descendants living in Egypt, not in Canaan. They were doing quite well in Egypt at this point, thanks to Joseph. Their enslavement followed his death. It would still be over 200 years before Moses led them out of Egypt and 40 years after that before they entered Canaan. Yet Joseph made mention of the exodus, and ordered that they take his bones when they left Egypt. By so doing, he was disassociating himself from all of his success in Egypt and associating himself with God's people and God's promises. He didn't want a grand tomb in Egypt, where future generations of Egyptians could pay homage to the man who had saved their country from ruin. Instead, he wanted his final resting place to be in the land of God's promise. His burial instructions were a strong exhortation to his people not to be satisfied with the blessings of Egypt. They should only be satisfied with God's promises for the future. The temptations of success and comfort are often much greater than the temptations faced by those in poverty. The poor man more readily sees his need to trust in the Lord, but the rich man can easily trust in his riches and forget the Lord. The story of Joseph's bones should remind us not to put our hopes in material success, but to realize how empty riches are when we're on our deathbed. But how rich we truly are if our hope is in God's promises about eternity! What does it profit to gain the whole world and yet to lose your soul (see Luke 9:25; 12:15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)? Conclusion Many years ago, a ship known as Empress of Ireland went down with 130 Salvation Army officers on board, along with many other passengers. Only 21 of the Salvation Army people survived. Of the 109 that drowned, not one had a life preserver. Many of the survivors told how these brave people, seeing that there were not enough life preservers, took off their own and gave them to others, saying, "I know Jesus, so I can die better than you can!" (In "Our Daily Bread," Fall, 1980.) A young woman was about to be operated on for throat cancer. Her chances of survival were slim. At best, she might lose the ability to speak for the rest of her life. "We're going to begin now," the surgeon told her, "so if you have anything you'd like to say…." For a moment or two the young woman remained silent, though her mouth moved several times as if to speak. Finally, she said in a calm, clear voice, "Blessed be the name of Jesus." I don't know the outcome of her surgery. I do know that she trusted God's promises, even though circumstances seemed contradictory. Faith faces death by trusting God to fulfill His future promises, even when circumstances seem to contradict those promises. By so doing, we join Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph, who all "died in faith, without receiving the promises, but having seen them and having welcomed them from a distance" (He 11:13). Discussion Questions Why is belief in God's sovereign election essential for solid assurance of salvation?
How would you answer the charge that if God's purpose in salvation will be accomplished, then we don't need to witness?
Should Christian parents leave a large inheritance to worldly children? Why/why not?
Why must a believer's hope be in God's promises for heaven, not on health and wealth in this life? (Hebrews 11:20-22 Dying Faith - Used by Permission)
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Hi - The outdoor electrical box has come away from the exterior wall. It feels immovable - a simple shove won't bring it to the wall so I can bolt it back up. Can I turn off the electricity dependably so I can work on this myself, or do I need to call the electric company to do that? I have wired outlets and lamps and such, but I'm thinking this is more a mechanical problem than an electrical one. Thanks! |
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"The outdoor electrical box has come away from the exterior wall." A lot depends on what the wall is made of. If you turn off the power to the circuit you can take off the front of the box, then remove the receptacle and see how it is/was attached to the wall. Sometimes all that is needed are longer screws to get a better bite into the wall material. Masonry walls are a little harder to deal with. |
The "The" indicates that this is your main service panel. Is that the case? |
- Posted by petey_racer (My Page) on Sun, Jun 13, 10 at 10:42
It all depends on what The outdoor electrical box is. |
If "The outdoor electrical box" is either your meter box, main disconnect or your main breaker panel (with integral main disconnect), you should have a licensed electrician perform this task. Removing the meter would likely be required in order to de-energize the box and you must be licensed to do so. If it's an outlet, switch or junction box, turning off the appropriate circuit breaker(s) would be sufficient. |
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During a supermarket career spanning nearly five decades, Carl Salamone became one of the most respected seafood merchandisers in the business. Midway through last year, he was named VP of seafood sustainability for Wegmans, a family-owned chain of 83 stores in six Mid-Atlantic and Northeast states with annual sales of $6.6 billion. Salamone has spent all 47 years of his retail career at the grocer based in his hometown of Rochester, N.Y. The only other employer he's ever known was the U.S. Army during the mid-1960s. He clearly understands what dedicated service is all about.
A focus on sustainability is not limited to seafood at Wegmans, which has an overarching goal of limiting its carbon footprint, increasing awareness of reduce-reuse-recycle facilities in its stores and educating consumers about all of its environmental stewardship efforts. Sourcing products from like-minded companies is paramount, says Salamone, 67, adding that the commitment to sustainability is deeply important to the Wegman family — and it's nothing new. "Doing things right is part of the company's DNA," he says.
When I first got started, my biggest challenge was just learning how to sell seafood. We were very limited in our supply at the time; all the fish was from the North Atlantic, very little farmed fish and just a little shrimp. Through the 1970s and '80s, there was never any concern about sustainable fish. It seemed like it was a never-ending resource. It wasn't until the 2000s that we began to see that it's not. So to answer your question, no, it was the furthest thing from my mind.
Six months in now, I recognize that if you're going to be serious about sustainability you have to devote your full working time to it. In my past as a seafood merchant, yes, I was concerned about sustainability, but my primary job was to merchandise seafood.
I was humbled the Wegman family thought of me for this position. I know sustainability is so important to the family. They said to me that we are going to devote your whole working week to it. I've worked with three generations of Wegmans now. [That commitment] is inbred.
I'd like to think so. It's a position a company has to feel very strongly about to put a person in charge of this particular part of it.
My first visit to the Boston Fish Pier was in 1975. There was so much fish you could trip over it. It felt like a never-ending resource. Now sustainability is at the top of the list, as well as working as direct as you can, with fishermen and farms. Fifteen years ago, it was all third- or fourth-party [sourcing]. As the resource became more challenged we had to go back further in the chain.
What hasn't changed? The fact that every single day, something changes. The dynamics of this business have not changed: purchasing it, moving it, understanding it and also what we as an industry can do to assure we have it around for our grandchildren.
Saying no doesn't help anything. But saying we're willing to see the fishery improve … We are not here to put anyone out of business, but to sell seafood from healthy resources. We're working on [fishery improvement projects] and challenged seven suppliers to work on one FIP in the United States.


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Ladies and gentlemen, step right up, step right up! More entertaining than an Alex Rodriguez press conference! More heated than a congressional subcommittee! More controversial than a Facebook redesign! It's Esquire's 1st Annual Online Video Vaudeville Festival!
Be warned: Like your monthly 401(k) statement, this isn't for the faint of heart. These videos will shock you more than a Britney Spears comeback and mystify you more than last week's episode of Lost. Feats of danger! Eerie impersonations! Daring dance performances! So many exclamation points, you won't know when to stop screaming!
It's the circus the way a circus was meant to be appreciated not in the daily headlines of toxic assets, Twittering politicos, and doomsday scenarios, but in a compendium of ridiculousness to distract you from the rigmarole. (At this point it can't be any weirder than reality.)
What the carnival barker says! Hong (or Phil, as he prefers to be called) has the uncanny ability to impersonate anyone in the world after seeing them just once. Barack Obama posed a unique challenge, due to the marked physical differences. Undeterred, Phil perfected the president's signature phrase and decided the most stunning likeness would be achieved by performing a magic show. The makeup, he concedes, was a bit much.
What the carnival barker says! After emerging unscathed but with an extreme case of amnesia from a harrowing tour bus accident, the Ukrainian band Los Colorados has been transported back (mentally, at least) to a time when folk mattered. Now they spend their days mostly in basements, attempting to convert the entire American pop music catalogue into their own unique sound.
What the carnival barker says! Mokko rose to fame in a quaint fishing village, where he would capture dinner by dunking his head in the water and catching various ocean life with his teeth. It wasn't until one day when he saved a boy from a well by pulling him up by a rope clenched in his teeth that an outside talent agent took notice. Since then, he has traveled the world exhibiting his world-famous ability. Mokko also enjoys dancing and women but mostly swinging chairs with his teeth.
What the carnival barker says! One day while sipping a beer and riding his mule to town (legal in most countries), Hans was attacked by a swarm of bees. Exhibiting an inherent kinship the likes of which has never been seen, the devilish creatures sheathed their stingers and settled on his body, forming a coat that kept Hans warm for the remainder of his journey. Since then, every time he has taken his mule to town with a beer, he invites the bees along for company.
What the carnival barker says! While growing up, Suresh tried desperately to earn the affection of his father, who worked many long hours and never had time for the boy. One day, Suresh found a pair of roller skates at the local market. He was told they were magic skates, and whoever wore them would control the hearts of people far and wide. Suresh spent everything he had on them. Today, he skates under objects on a daily basis, finally earning the love of his father and the world. He hopes to star in Slumdog Billionaire, the upcoming sequel to Slumdog Millionaire.
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