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Turn in your Bibles with me to Matthew chapter 16...Matthew chapter 16. We're going to be looking this Lord's day and next as well at one passage of Scripture. And although there is a chapter break in the middle, it really is out of place, for the text flows together beginning in Matthew chapter 16 at verse 27 and going really all the way down through verse 13 of Matthew chapter 17. This is one of the highlights, one of the great moments in all of the life of our Lord Jesus Christ and I believe in the life of His Apostles and in our lives surely as well as you'll find out as it unfolds for us. In fact, I'd like to title this section, "A preview of the Second Coming...A preview of the Second Coming."
Now the sixteenth chapter of Matthew is a marvelous chapter. It contains some monumental realities. It's startling how many great truths are clearly put in focus in this chapter. Remember now that it's just a few months until the coming of the death of the Lord Jesus Christ. And as He moves rather rapidly now to the passion time, He senses the great need to prepare His Apostles for what they're going to endure and then for the resurrection, the ascension and their consequent and subsequent ministry. And so this is a time of rather intense teaching. And in this particular chapter, He begins to speak to them of all that's involved in the heart and soul of the gospel. For example, in chapter 16 He has them affirm that He is the Messiah. They say, "Thou art the Christ," through the voice of Peter. And then they affirm as well by the revelation of God that He is the Son of the living God. And so the chapter then focuses on His Messiahship. It affirms and confirms also His deity.
Then in verse 18, He says, "I will build My church," and it tells us that the plan is on schedule, that the unfolding of God's Kingdom is moving ahead as indicated. And then He adds, "The gates of Hadeswhich is simply a phrase referring to deathwill not prevail against it." Death itself can't stop it and so here He speaks of the power of His Kingdom.
So, He has told them really through the inspiration of God, the revelation of God itself that He is the Messiah, that He is the Son of the living God, that He will build His Kingdom and that death itself will not be able to stop that. And so they begin to sense the unfolding of the plan. Then He tells them startling in verse 21 that He will die and rise again the third day. And so, He has revealed to them His death and His resurrection. All of this in the brief space of the second half of chapter 16. And that leaves one other great reality, Christ has come, He is the Messiah, He is God in human flesh, He is building His Kingdom, nothing can stop it, He will die, He will rise and finally, He will come again. And that comes to them in verse 27 and that's where we pick up our text together. "For the Son of Man shall come in the glory of His Father with His angels and then He shall render to every man according to His works."
This is the first clear revelation in the life of our Lord of His Second Coming. This is a great truth for them to hear. He is Messiah. He is God in human flesh. He will build His Kingdom, nothing can stop it. He will die, He will rise again to prove that even death can't stop it. And then He will return in full blazing glory. Now this then constitutes the great gospel message which becomes His theme as He instructs the disciples in the days and weeks and months until His death. And even though they heard the lessons and even though He gave them again and again, the fullness of all of it never really dawned on them until after it had happened. And they began to look back and it had meaning that it never had when first they heard it.
Now it wasn't a new message that Jesus would come in glory. The prophets were filled with that message. Isaiah talked about it. The Psalmist in Psalm 22 talked about it. Even David talked about it that the Messiah would never be left to corrupt, but there was coming a great time of glory. Even the great Davidic covenant promised that there would come a King with an everlasting glorious Kingdom. And so, Jesus is merely affirming to them the glory that the prophets said would come to pass through the Messiah.
There's a sense in which, however, they may have lost that sense of glory because of the things that had occurred in the coming of Christ. He was not taking the glory they thought He would take. It wasn't going the way they thought it ought to go. It wasn't according to their Messianic expectation. And so, our Lord here adds this most significant dimension that the last view the world has of Jesus Christ will not be as a crucified criminal, He will come again in full glory. The first time He came in rejection, hostility and death, executed as an outcast criminal. The second time He comes in glory, majesty, dominion, power and might and is worshiped as King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
And the disciples really need to know this fact. As the poet said, "He who wept above the grave, He who stilled the raging wave, meek to suffer, strong to save, He shall come in glory. He whose sorrows pathway trod, He that ever good bestowed, Son of Man and Son of God, He shall come in glory. He who bled with scourging sore, thorns and scarlet meekly wore, He who ever sorrow bore, He shall come in glory. Monarch of the smitten cheek, scorn of Jew and scorn of Greek, priest and king divinely meek, He shall come in glory. He who died to set us free, He who lives and loves even me, He who comes whom I shall see, Jesus only, only He, He shall come in glory."
So, verse 27 is so important to them. It's perspective they need, you see. Because as it appears it just doesn't seem to be unfolding the way they planned. Verse 27 needs to be seen from two vantage points. First it has a promise character. It is a promise to those that believe. For those of us who know and love the Lord Jesus Christ, the thought of His coming is a promise that fills us with great hope and anticipation, doesn't it? And we like John say, "Even so, come Lord Jesus." We're like those who gather under the altar in the book of Revelation and cry out, "How long, O Lord, how long? How long will You allow the world to go the way it goes before You intervene in glory?" We're like David who in the imprecatory Psalms cries out to God and says, "God, how long will the unrighteous prosper?" When are You going to come and take Your glory and bring equity and justice to the world? And there is a great anticipated promise in the coming of Jesus Christ that fills our hearts with hope.
And, you know, on this particular day, it was especially needful. It really was. Because if you go back to verse 24 you'll remember last time that we said Jesus had said to those disciples, "These are the conditions of discipleship." If you would be a Christian, if you would follow Jesus Christ, if you would belong to Him, if you would identify with Him, if you would be one of His own, if you would enter His Kingdom, here's how you come, verse 24 says, "Denying yourself, bearing your cross and following in obedience." Sacrifice, selfdenial, you say no to self, you say yes to the will of God, you say no to ease and comfort and you say yes to a cross, the cross of rejection, the cross of persecution, the cross of alienation from the people of the world and maybe the cross of martyrdom. But you carry it willingly. And then you say yes to loyal obedience at any price. Those are the conditions. It's all sacrificial. It's all saying no to the things that allure in the world. It's all saying no to ease and comfort and money and pleasure and saying yes to pain and struggle and persecution and warfare. And He's just told them that.
And so, it's getting a little heavy about now, you know. I mean, when they realized that He was the Messiah and then He said I'll build My church and the gates of Hades won't prevail against it and I'll give you the keys of the Kingdom, boy, you can just feel their blood pressure begin to rise and they're starting to sense it's going to happen, guys, it's going to happen. He's going to take His Kingdom. And then He says, "By the way, I have to go to Jerusalem to suffer and be killed," and that's all they heard. And then He says to them, "Not only do I have to be killed but I want you all to take a cross and I want you all to deny yourself and I want you all to follow Me no matter what the price and as over against gaining the whole world, I want you to say no to all that stuff, follow Me."
And it really is getting a little heavy and they see a lot of the pain but not much of the gain and a lot of the suffering and not much glory and a lot of cross and not a little crown. And the Lord knows that. And the Lord never gives us more than we can bear, does He? And so there's all of a sudden this light that clicks on in the wonder of what He says, "Look, that isn't all there is, men, the Son of Man shall come in the glory of His Father with His angels." That hasn't changed. The plan is on schedule. It's coming. And later on the Apostle Paul adds the footnote to this when he says the suffering of this world isn't even worthy to be what? Compared to the glory that shall be ours with Him...Romans 8:18. So, it's a hopeful verse. It's filled with promise for them and for us because we like them long for the coming of Jesus Christ, do we not?
But then it also has a warning character...a warning character. You see, He has just said in verse 25, "Whosoever saves his life will lose it." You try to hang on to this world and you're going to forfeit eternity. He's just said in verse 26, "What does it matter if you gain the whole world, what good is it when you lose your soul?" Then what are you going to have to buy your soul back? So, He is saying also in verse 27 something that is of severe warning in character. What about you people who do not belong to Jesus Christ and you've never followed Him, abandoning yourself, taking up the cross, you've never come after Him, you've never been obedient to Him, you've never named His holy name? What about you? Well, He's coming also in glory and He's going to come and act on your behalf just as much as on the behalf of His own. For it says at the end of verse 27, "He will render to every man according to his works," every one. You see, for the Christian, we love His appearing, says Paul. The nonChristian eagerly denies His appearing says Peter because its always associated with judgment.
And so, there's a sense in which we understand the beloved Apostle John who in the vision in Revelation 10 took the title deed to the earth, representative of the coming of Jesus Christ, and he sees himself eating it and swallowing it and says, "It is bitter, it is sweet in my mouth and bitter in my stomach." In other words, the sweetness is the promise character for the believers and the bitterness is the warning character for the unbelievers. And Paul looked at the coming of Christ in the same way. On the one hand it was great joy and he longed for Jesus to come. On the other hand he said knowing the terror of the Lord, we persuade men. And so, because Jesus is coming, it's joy to our hearts but at the same time it's sadness to the same heart, we rejoice in what shall be ours and His and we are pained over what shall not be the lot of those who know Him not.
But He will come. For some, that means that a life of self denial and a life of cross bearing and a life of loyal obedience and a life of sacrifice is over and it will be repaid with eternal rest and eternal riches and eternal prosperity and infinite blessedness. And for some, a life of selfcenteredness, selfcircumference and selfindulgence will end and be replaced by an eternity of torment, unrest, poverty and loneliness. And so this is a very, very general word here. He's not talking about any one given element of the Second Coming, not one given event in the multiple events that occur in that great Second Coming concept, He's just talking in a general sense and saying when He comes in the fullness of His coming, in the progress of all those events, everybody's going to be dealt with. The believers raptured, immediately taken to the judgment seat of Christ to receive their reward for the things done that were worthwhile, God produced. The unbelievers gathered finally at the great white throne from out of the sea and out of the land and brought before God as the final judge and then sent into the second death, the everlasting hell forever. And all of those elements of judgment that encompass that are sort of carried on the back of this verse. It's a general perspective, Jesus is coming.
Let's look at it. Verse 27 says, "For the Son of Man shall come." Why does Jesus call Himself the Son of Man? Well, it is an identification point that He uses more commonly than any other by far. He most often refers to Himself as this. And it first of all marks His humanness. It speaks of Him as the incarnate God. He is identified with men, one of them. But in this context it gets a richer, fuller more marvelous meaning. And if you'd like to note that, turn in your Bible to the seventh chapter of Daniel...Daniel chapter 7. And beginning at 9, the ninth verse, Daniel is looking across the history of the world and he's seeing the final wrapup on human history. In fact, he sees all the way to the final judgment in verse 9. And he says in the vision, "I beheld till the thrones were placed and the ancient of days did sit whose garment was white as snow and the hair of His head like pure wool. His throne was like the fiery flame and His wheels as burning fire."
Now what is this? Well, this is judgment taking place. The thrones are set. And the ancient of days, that's God Himself, sits in judgment. His garment white as snow speaks of His purity, His utter and absolute holiness. His hair like pure wool of His wisdom. His throne like a fiery flame, His majesty. And His authority are like wheels and burning fire. It's a throne on fire is what it is with whirling flames at the foot of that throne and consuming judgment, purging judgment. In verse 10, a fiery stream issued and came forth from before Him. And it's the judgment that comes off the throne and consumes everything in front of it, a thousand thousands ministered to Him, ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him and those are the angelic hosts. And this scene has a purpose. Judgment was set. And the books were opened. God keeps books, do you know that? The final accounting will be based on objective data. God has kept the records. God can look at the books in judgment.
And then we find in verses 11 and 12 the destruction of the Satanic world leader, the beast, the Antichrist. The Roman system that's grown up in the end time is utterly destroyed and devastated. And then verse 13 says, "I saw in the night visions, and behold, one like the Son of Man came with the clouds of heaven and came to the ancient of days and they brought Him near before Him and there was given Him dominion and glory and a Kingdom that all people, nations and languages should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion which shall not pass away and His Kingdom that which shall not be destroyed."
And there you have the Son of Man coming in glory to receive the Kingdom from the Father and to act, as it were, in harmony with the Father in judgment. And I believe, as you look now again at Matthew 16 and verse 27, when you see the Son of Man coming in the glory of His Father with His angels to render to every man according to His works, you have another prophecy like that of Daniel which sees Jesus as the Son of Man coming as man to judge men on behalf of the eternal God. And so this is Jesus in judgment, Jesus in glory, Jesus coming to take His Kingdom and those who belong to Him go into the Kingdom, as Matthew 25 says, and those who don't are thrown out of the Kingdom forever.
Now notice, also, in verse 27 it says He will come in the glory of His Father. Now "glory" basically must be understood in Scripture or you can't really understand so much of what the Bible teaches. But "glory" is another way to express the attributes, the nature, the character of God. He will come in the full blazing reality and manifestation of the eternal God. You see, when Jesus came into the world, His deity was veiled, wasn't it? He was among men but they didn't know who He was. They didn't receive Him. They saw no beauty in Him that they should desire Him. He was not comely. They didn't really see the glory, it was so veiled in His humanness. But there will come a time when He returns and the veil will be pulled back and He will come, it says, in the glory of His unveiled Father.
Now that means a full display of divine attributes. You know, you go back to Exodus 33 and Moses says, "Show me Thy glory," and what does God say? "I will let all My goodness and grace and mercy pass before you." Moses says let me see Your glory. God says I'll show My attributes, therefore glory equals attributes. And the glory is the blazing effulgent manifestation of all that God in His infinite holiness is. It's the full Shekinah.
Later on our Lord says more about this. Look at verse 29 of Matthew 24...verse 29 of Matthew 24. "Immediately after the Tribulation of those days, shall the sun be darkened and the moon shall not give its light and the stars shall fall from heaven and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken." John sees them shaking like ripe figs on a tree and as you shake the tree they just fall. Elsewhere in the revelation, John sees the heavens rolling up like a scroll, like when you pull down the blind and it slips and it just goes up and rattles around like this... The whole heaven goes black and just rolls up and all you have is that infinite black space. All the lights are out and God is getting ready for a show like the world has never seen.
"Then," verse 30, "shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven and all the tribes of the earth shall mourn as the Son of Man comes in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory." And verse 31 adds that He comes with His angels.
Now that's what verse 27 of Matthew 16 is talking about. He comes in the full glory of the Father with His angels, thousands upon thousands, as Daniel 7 said, upon thousands upon thousands of angels. And so He comes in the blazing unveiled glory of God into a black sky lighting the whole universe with His blazing glory so that men scream and cry to hide from that light. The Bible says that when He touches the earth His glory will fill the earth. He'll establish His Kingdom and then shall we dwell with Him in glory. But those who refuse the lovely Savior are cast out of His presence forever.
Now it says in verse 27 that when He comes...it is at the end of the verse...to render to every man according to his works. To render to every man according to his works...it's final accounting, folks. It's judgment day. And on what basis will the judgment be made? It will be made, listen carefully, on the basis of works. That's right, works.
You say, "Wait a minute..." People have a lot of trouble with this statement. You say, "We're saved not by works but by grace, don't you know Ephesians 2:8 and 9, for by grace are you saved through faith, that not of yourselves, not of works, a gift of God? But it says here works. You mean God's going to judge me on the basis of my works?" That's right, that's what it says.
You say, "Well, boy, that's different." No it's not. That's all over the New Testament. First Corinthians 3 says He's going to judge them on their works. It says it three or four times in that chapter. Second Corinthians 5, He's going to judge men on their works. That's not anything new. That's all over the Bible, it talks about in Galatians 6, Revelation 2, Revelation 20, Revelation 22. And there's a very important verse, I think, in Romans 14:12, "So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God."
But let me take you to a key text, Romans 2:6...Romans 2:6. When Jesus comes in judgment, judgment at the end of verse 5, He will render to every man according to His deeds, that's Romans 2:6. He'll render to everybody according to his deeds. Now it's not so hard to understand what it's saying. It is saying this, listen and then I'll explain it, whether you know Jesus Christ or not must be evidenced by your works. That's all. They are not how you are saved, they are the objective verification that you are saved. It's just what James said, "Faith without works is...what?...it's dead." Don't tell me about your faith without works, don't tell me you're a Christian because you say you are, let's see your life. Many will say, "Lord, Lord," and He says it's not those who say Lord, Lord, that come in, it's those that do the will of the Father. You see, works are not how you're saved but they are the evidence that you are. And so God in that final judgment day uses the objective criteria to verify this is indeed a redeemed person, here's the evidence. This is indeed an unredeemed person, here's the evidence. And among those who do not know Jesus Christ who have never taken Him as Savior, there can be no fruit born, no good works, no righteous deeds because God isn't there to produce them. And among those who are saved, God is there, the Holy Spirit dwelling in the soul of the individual Christian and there will be the product that proves the transaction really occurred. It's objective criteria. They are the absolute objective evidential indicator of salvation.
And that message is all over the Scripture. Verse 7 of Romans 2, "To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory, honor and immortality, I will give eternal life." In other words, for those people who pursue righteous things and who seek the heavenly glory and the heavenly honor and the heavenly immortality, I will give them eternal life. Now you and I both know that nobody's going to seek that kind of thing unless God's regenerated his heart, right? Because in Romans 3 Paul says, "No man seeks after God, none righteous, no not one." So if a person is pursuing righteousness and pursuing welldoing and seeking glory and honor and immortality in God's Kingdom, it is evident that Christ has changed his heart. And that person receives eternal life. To those who are contentious, who do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness, God give indignation and wrath.
And then He says it another way, reversing the order, "Tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first and also the Greek. Glory, honor and peace to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek, for there's no respect of persons with God." God isn't putting you in heaven and you in hell just whimsically. He's not saying, "I like you better than I like those folks." He's simply saying that if...if there's proof in your life that you've come to Jesus Christ, you belong in My Kingdom. And works are the objective criteria. So you show me a person who says they're a Christian but there's nothing to show that it's true and without objective criteria, they have no assurance that they'll ever enter into God's Kingdom...no matter what they may think.
So, this is then a promise...back to Matthew 16...a promise for those who love Christ. In what sense is it a promise, John? This sense, listen. I look at my life as a Christian and I say I fail a lot, right? And so do you, isn't that true? And sometimes all we can ever see is that and you sort of scratch around trying to find the stuff that's good. And then if you find something you think you did good, you've just corrupted it because you thought it was good and now you've messed up your motives and now you've injected pride into what originally was a humble act. It's really hard, isn't it? And so we all struggle with that same kind of thing. But basically it's hopeful for me to know that because I've given my heart to Jesus Christ, He is producing through me works worthy of God's reward. And someday when I stand there, the record is going to show that there is in behalf of the life of John MacArthur evidence that God changed his heart.
On the other hand, it's a warning that no matter how good you may think you are, your goodness is only on a human level and you're not having goodness produced by God unless God lives in you. And you're going to stand there that day and maybe you're going to say, "Well, I did this and I did that and I did this and I did that.." and He's just going to say, "I don't know you." That's just human goodness, not the goodness produced by God. And for the unbeliever, it will be a day of such fear it's hard to describe. I think the best description given is given by the Apostle Paul in these words in 2 Thessalonians chapter 1, "This is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God that ye may be counted worthy of the Kingdom of God for which you also suffer, seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you."
In other words, he says God's going to get those that persecute. "And to you who are troubled, rest with us." You see, for us who are troubled and suffer in this life, rest, it's all going to be all right. The glory is going to come. "But to the rest, the Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that know not God and obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His power, when He shall come to be glorified in His saints." You see, they're both intertwined in the passage, aren't they? Rest, you saints, your glory's coming; beware, you unbelievers, vengeance is coming.
And so, when we read the Son of Man is coming in the glory of His Father with His angels and He will render to every man according to His works, it is sweet and bitter, isn't it? For all men there will be an accounting day, there will be a day of reckoning and the suffering, selfdenying, crossbearing, loyally obedient Christians, even though they fail, will have on the record the evidence that the life of God was in their soul by faith in Jesus Christ. And their struggling life will be balanced with eternal bliss. And the selfish, sinful, Christ rejecting, indulgent folks will face the fact that the accounting shows and the books indicate no thing ever produced by the power of God occurred in their life. And on that basis they will be given everlasting punishment.
Now, just to say this to the disciples seems inadequate in our Lord's mind. And I understand that. I mean, here they are and they're walking along the road and going down from where they were in Caesarea, Philippi, down into Galilee and nothing really spectacular is going on, frankly, you know what I'm saying? I mean it's just another day and the whole plan doesn't seem to be working out and they didn't think it was working out very well and now He said He's going to die and now He said to Peter, "Get thee behind Me, Satan," and then He said you better be willing to die for Me and bear a cross and all they could see was all those hundreds of people that they had seen before walking with a crossbeam to a cross going to their own execution, the whole thing is really a little difficult. And so they're in a very real situation where they don't have any resources. The Kingdom doesn't seem to be coming. The people don't accept Him as Messiah. The Jews hate Him and want Him dead. And now He's talking about dying and them dying. And this is not...when they signed up, this wasn't the deal. I mean, this was, "Hey, can I sit on Your right and left hand in the Kingdom" stuff. It never came to this. And now He says to them, "Ah, but the glory will come, the glory will come."
And you can just imagine what you'd say...you say, "Oh yeah, sure...oh yeah, sure." That's so far away, isn't it? I mean, it's so remote. I mean, that's a nice thought but you're overwhelmed by the reality of what is. Have you noticed that? You know, we're that way. We get literally drowned in what is and we have this little tiny...oh yeah, the Second Coming, yeah, it's going to come and we're going to go, and oh yeah, I know that. But we, we lose the purifying hope that that reality is supposed to create because we don't really live in the vividness of that. So the Lord doesn't just say to them, that's the way it's going to be, He illustrates it to them in a absolutely dramatic and unforgettable lifechanging way. He goes one step further because He knows they're a tough case. Their faith is weak. I mean, the subtitle of that group was the "O ye of little faith" association.
So in verse 28, look what He says. "Verily I say unto you," now whenever He says "truly I say unto you, or verily," it's something very important, "there are some standing here who shall not taste of death..." That's a Jewish phrase simply meaning not to drink the cup of death, not to die. "Some of you won't die until you see the Son of Man coming in His Kingdom."
Now that is amazing. And you say, "Somewhere in this world there are some very old fellas. Has anybody found them?" How...how, what is this? Some standing here will not taste death. Well, first it was only some, most did taste death before they saw Him, just some wouldn't. Most would die before they saw Him, but some wouldn't. And commentators come to this verse and it's amazing what happens to their thinking. First of all, may I note for you that what He is saying, I think, in verse 28 best could be translated this way, "Some of you standing here shall not taste of death till they see the Son of Man coming in His royal majesty." You have the right with the term basileia used 150plus times in the New Testament, to render it not only as the Kingdom itself but the kingliness of the King, in regal splendor, royal majesty. In fact, you might put that there in your text because that's the best way to see this. There are some of you standing here who will not die until you see the Son of Man coming in His royal majesty...His regal splendor.
Now what does that mean? Well, some commentators suggest it means the resurrection, that He came out of the grave in royal splendor. Some suggest it means the coming of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost, that the Spirit of God came in the majesty and so forth and all that happened in the birth of the church. Others say it was the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. when He came down in judgment against the apostate Israel and using the Roman army wiped them out. And some have even suggested that it refers to a spiritual coming when Christ comes and enters into your heart.
Well, all those are wrong. All those things happened but they don't have anything to do with this verse. It can't be the resurrection because the resurrection is never expressed by the verb "coming", it's the first step in Him going back to heaven. And it can't be Pentecost because He didn't come. Who did? The Holy Spirit. And it can't be the destruction of Jerusalem because it says "some of you will see the Son of Man" and nobody saw Him there. And it's just mystical to make it some spiritual coming. If you want to know what it means you just have to keep reading, folks. And unfortunately they stuck a chapter deal in here and then a bunch of other headings and a few other verses you could look up when you ought to have these things flow together.
And may I suggest to you an interesting thought? This same promise, some of you are not standing, and so forth, some of you standing shall not see death, appears in Matthew, Mark and Luke. And in all three cases where it appears, it is immediately followed every single time by the same incident. So that what the Lord is simply doing is interpreting what He just said by what happens. "Some of you standing here shall not die till you see the Son of Man in regal splendor."
You know what they were about to get? A personal private preview of SecondComing glory. It's exactly what they were going to get. You want to get on it? Verse 1, "After six days, Jesus takes Peter, James and John his brother...." that's it, just those three, that's the sum who didn't die till they saw Him in regal splendor. The rest died, folks, before they saw Him in regal splendor because they haven't...He hasn't come in regal splendor yet. But these three weren't going to die until they saw this and it only came six days later, brought them into a high mountain privately, and He was transfigured before them. "And His face did shine like the sun. And His garment, or raiment, was as white as the light."
You know what happened? God flipped the switch and turned on deity on the inside. And the blazing light came from the inside out. And then to add to this there appeared Moses and Elijah talking with Him. Now this was an overwhelming scene. And Peter said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here." Man, this is what we've been waiting for. I mean, this is it. And then he makes a really dumb suggestion, "Let us build three booths, one for You and one for Moses and one for Elijah." His idea was just to live there permanently, never go back down.
"While he yet spoke a bright cloud overshadowed them." God had another plan. "Behold, a voice out of the cloud which said, This is My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased, hear ye Him." Now the disciples, according to Luke, were already terrorized. And this didn't help. "And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face and were very much terrified. And Jesus came and touched them and said, Arise, be not afraid. And when He had lifted up their eyes...they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man except Jesus only," and you can stop there.
What an experience, huh? They went on this little retreat into the mountain privately with the Lord and Luke says they were sleeping. They often did that. Jesus was praying and they were sleeping, same thing. And in the middle of the prayer of Jesus and just as they were coming out of their sleep, He pulls the veil back and says, "I just want you fellas to know that when I said I was coming in glory, I meant it." And He pulls the veil of His flesh back and He shines like the sun at midday. And they're terrified. And then comes the voice of God and Moses and Elijah and it's overwhelming. It is a preview of the Second Coming. Every single minute thing that happened depicts an element of the Second Coming. An incredible event.
It changed Peter's life. It changed his life. It became the theme of his message. You read 1 Peter, 2 Peter, basically the theme is the Second Coming. Don't worry about your pain. Don't worry about your suffering, folks. He's coming...He's coming. And if you want to have somebody interpret that passage properly for you, all you have to do is listen to what Peter said. Second Peter chapter 1, the one thing Peter knew Jesus would do is...was return and the resurrection just verified it. He sort of waned a little bit when Jesus died, but he was strengthened by the resurrection. And this became his great anticipation. And I believe he was literally consumed with the coming of Jesus Christ. And when he wrote 2 Peter 1 and verse 16, he says, "We have not followed cunningly devised fables when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." He says when we go around preaching that Jesus is coming in power and glory, this isn't some human fable, we didn't make this up. "We were eyewitnesses of His royal majesty." We were eyewitnesses of His regal splendor.
When was that? You were? "For He received from God the Father honor and glory, it was when there came a voice to Him from the excellent glory, This is My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased." And you know Peter never forgot that. I mean, he was a basket case when that voice came out of that cloud. That's when it was and this voice, verse 18, which came from heaven we heard when we were with Him in the holy mount. That was just an ordinary mount but after that night it was a holy mount. Peter says when I preach the Second Coming, folks, I'm not...I mean, I'm not just talking about something I hope happens, I got a glimpse of glory, I got a preview of the Second Coming, first hand private preview.
And dear beloved John who was there also said, "For the Word became flesh," John 1:14, "and dwelt among us." And then he says this, "We beheld His...what?...glory." Not veiled, "But glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth." They saw the partially unveiled glory of God in the transfiguration, did Peter and John, and they wrote about it.
James didn't write about it cause James didn't write anything. But I bet he talked a lot about it.
Well, the Lord is so gracious. He didn't just say I'm going to come. He said I'm going to come now I want to show you. It's just like Moses. Moses says, "Lord, You say You're going to direct me and You say You're going to do this, show Me Your glory." And He says, "All right, Moses, I'll show you My glory." And He takes Moses in Exodus 33, tucks him in a rock, lets a little of His back parts'' glory go by and he gets it all over his face. And then Moses knows, yep...yep, God's going to give...go with me. I've seen His glory.
And here are the same kind of situation existing again, the disciples are waiting to hear and He says, yeah, I'm going to come in glory and they're wondering....Oh, is that right? How do we know? And He says, all right, come on, I'll show you. And He takes them in the mountain and shows them His glory and it isn't just for your be...for their behalf, it's for your behalf as well and mine so that this isn't pie in the sky. This is confirmed by Peter. This is confirmed by John. And Peter writes at the end of 2 Peter and says, "I know in the last days mockers are going to come and scoffers are going to come and they're going to say, Where is the promise of His coming? All things continue as they were from the beginning, nothing ever changed, we're just in this continuum of evolutionary".....you know. And what do you mean Jesus is coming again? Why He hasn't ever come, nothing ever changed. And Peter says, "Have you forgotten the flood?" And just as God destroyed the world by water one time, He's going to destroy it in the fiery furious judgment when Jesus comes. And then Peter says this, "Seeing these things shall come to pass, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy living and godliness?"
That's the message, folks. Jesus is coming. He previewed it for us. We're going to see every detail of that preview next Sunday, but He's coming. What kind of person ought you to be if He's coming? You're going to be judged by your works. I mean, the record is going to show it. You can't hide it. There's no escape. For those of us who love the Lord Jesus Christ, there's a sweetness about His coming. It is a promise filled with hope. For those who do not know Jesus Christ, it is a warning filled with terror. Let's bow in prayer.
Father, we thank You for the great truth that Jesus is coming. Thank You for telling us, knowing that he that hath this hope in him purifies himself even as He is pure. Oh, may we in anticipating the coming of Jesus Christ learn what manner of persons we ought to be for when He comes He comes to judge the world. And may we know that the only way we can have a record of works that shall stand and gain us entrance into the Kingdom is to have come to Christ in saving faith and to have our hearts changed by the transforming work of the Spirit of God to produce righteousness.
Father, I pray that You'll convict every heart in this place, every person listening to this message who has not embraced Jesus Christ. May right now be the moment when they say I believe that Jesus is the Son of God who died and rose for me and comes again, and I want to be ready when He comes. I give Him my life in selfdenial, cross bearing and loyal obedience to gain eternity.
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What will the Obama administration do with the banks that are now on life support? Pump in more taxpayers' money to keep the zombies alive? Radical surgery? Pull the plug? The decision – with new announcements rumored for next week — is critical to any recovery plan.
We're not really invited to this discussion. This is the province of experts, of bankers and financiers. Even economists who opine about most everything don't understand finance. But, we better bust into it because literally trillions of taxpayer dollars are at stake. And we've all learned that a lot more gets stolen with a fountain pen than with a gun.
The challenge is apparent. The big financial houses atop the U.S. economy — Citibank, Bank of America, JC Morgan, Chase, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs — are deemed, probably correctly, as "too big to fail." They are the commanding heights. Yet they are also basically insolvent. Their coffers are still stuffed with toxic paper of dubious value, so called "troubled assets." They don't mark them to the current market price — if there is one — for the losses would far exceed their reserves. They would go belly-up without U.S. intervention. They are too big to fail and too weak to save.
Under the Bush administration, Fed Chair Ben Bernanke, Treasury Secretary Paulson (formerly head of Goldman Sachs) and New York Fed Director Tim Geithner (now Obama's Treasury Secretary) launched an intensive care effort. The Fed provided dough in exchange for toxic assets, and issued trillions in guarantees of various sorts. Treasury used the first $350 billion of the emergency bailout passed by Congress largely to make direct equity infusions. Paul Krugman called this a new form of voodoo economics, "The belief that by performing elaborate financial rituals we can keep dead banks walking."
The effort succeeded in keeping the banking system from collapsing, but left the "commanding heights" of the US financial system on life support. They used the government money to bolster their balance sheets, not make new loans. Yet, despite a trillion in write offs, their holdings keep getting worse, as housing prices keep falling, the commercial real estate bubble bursts, and staggering jobs losses in the real economy lead to higher defaults on credit cards, auto and personal loans. (The IMF describes the worsening conditions here.)
The Obama administration has floated a series of trial balloons about the potential next intervention. Unnamed officials have suggested that the Treasury would set up a "bad bank," that would buy the toxic assets from the banks, to let them get on with their business. There's talk about extending what might be called the Citibank golden gift package to others: putting more money in directly as equity while guaranteeing large swaths of toxic assets. (For Citi, the government dumped in $45 billion in equity and guaranteed the value of $306 billion of dubious paper, largely mortgage backed securities.)
But both of these operations are costly and neither work very well. A "bad bank" would have to decide how to price the toxic paper purchased from the banks. Price the securities at market value and the banks go belly up. Price them at or near nominal value and taxpayers are looking at literally trillions in potential losses, while the banks' managers and shareholders pocket a massive windfall.
Given the collapse in the value of the banks, if the government buys shares with its money, it would own the banks. If it doesn't, once more taxpayers take the risk and managers and shareholders get the benefits — magnified by the cost of guaranteeing the value of paper based on loans going bad.
Clearly the folks who had the party — among the wealthiest people in America — shouldn't have their losses covered by the taxpayers who are the victims of their excesses. That makes no sense in morals or in economics.
There is a sensible way to go forward: do what the government does routinely with badly run banks that face insolvency. As Rob Johnson, the former chief economist of the Senate Banking Committee at the time of the Savings and Loan crisis, and a member of my board at the Institute for America's Future, describes it:
Put them in receivership. Replace the managers. The shareholders take their losses. Make an independent assessment of the assets. Net out the credit default swaps that are the scariest threat to all. If necessary, the creditors take a hit, and have some of their loans turned to equity shares. If necessary, strip out the toxic assets, with federal contractors selling them over time. Reorganize a stronger and smaller bank and sell it back to private investors or merge it with other banks.
The FDIC knows how to do this, and has done so with banks large and small. (William Black a former FDIC litigator describes the process here). Admittedly, taking on the commanding heights banks at once would be a formidable challenge. But it would be a lot less costly and a lot more certain than continuing the voodoo.
You can hear the howls: this is nationalization, socialism, un-American. No, it is how the FDIC has operated since the Great Depression to deal with the incompetent, the unlucky, the scoundrels and wastrels that run banks into the ground. It enforces responsibility. Managers get fired, rather than pocket bonuses. Shareholders lose their investments, rather than getting a taxpayer funded boondoggle. Creditors are protected, but only to an extent. The zombies are put to rest; the strong carry on.
No doubt this would be painful. Some of the shareholders are pension funds and proverbial "little old ladies and gents" who thought they were putting their money in the safest of all investments. But forcing them to recognize their bad bets is the only way to insure prudence and caution going forward.
Luckily, many of America's banks are strong, not weak. Many regional and community banks didn't fall for the exotic instruments hawked by the big guys. Many stayed close to their communities and their businesses. Ironically bailing out the scoundrels and wastrels puts the prudent at risk. The weak banks are using the capital provided by the Treasury to purchase other, often better managed banks.
The question really isn't one of nationalization or any of the buzz words. The question is coming to grips with the scope of the crisis. The Bush administration never got it. The unspoken assumption was that with sufficient mystification, and some cash, some Fed guarantees, lower interest rates, easier money, "confidence" could be restored. The banks would raise new capital; their assets would regain some value; they could write their losses off slowly and get back into business. Got that wrong.
In reality, we're in a global financial meltdown, surely the worst since the Great Depression. Confidence isn't going to come back with cosmetics or with voodoo. The zombie banks can be kept on life support, but they can't be saved, unless the federal government spends literally trillions picking up their bad bets. And that means we'd be paying $100 billion or more a year forever to clean up their mess.
Why would Washington tax the working families who are now suffering from the crisis to bail out the shareholders and managers who helped create it? [Or worse, cut Social Security and Medicare as part of a "grand bargain" to help balance the budget after Wall Street has pockets a trillion or so].
Why is Washington filled with faux populist promises about curbing bonuses, capping executive pay, forcing banks to lend, even as the managers that drove the banks off the cliff are still keeping their jobs, collecting their paychecks and issuing their bonuses and dividends?
One reason might be that these same bankers and financiers are leading donors to both political parties. Thus far, they've been getting an amazing return on investment with a few million in political contributions yielding hundreds of billions to keep them breathing.
Obama's Treasury Secretary, Tim Geithner, according to Politico has announced that: "We have a financial system that is run by private shareholders, managed by private institutions, and we'd like to our best to preserve that system."
Exactly. And that's why the zombie banks can't be kept on life support. The management failures can't be rewarded. The shareholders must take their losses. To sustain a private banking system, we've got to let the failed banks die. And to do that, without bringing down the entire system, we have to arrange a dignified burial, and orderly dispersal of the assets.


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Fire Woody-what a clueless tool..
Firing seems to be the easy fix around here. Apparently we got to 2 AFCC with terrible coaches, players, and a terrible GM. How the hell did we do any of that with this group of morons?
Fire Woody-what a clueless tool..
GMs seem to get at least seven years around here so things should be pretty stable after Tanny goes.
Fire Woody
Tanny has to go. The new guy and his new head coach (if he wants a new one) get at least three years to show they are on the right track. Some people might think we can become competetive in two years but we need to be realistic about just how deep the talent deficit is here that we are going to try and dig out of.
He is a fu^&ing disaster. It all begins and ends with him since Woody is immune.
Uh, so what's the point? We shouldn't fire people when they don't perform?
So - we stay here with the status quo? Stick with Mark next year. Let Rex and Tanny run another draft. The team is going to have huge question marks at CB and WR next year; we'll likely be losing our 'starting' FB TE and RB and parts of our line. Add in the big injuries.
So we should have the same guys cleaning up the mess they've made?
Here's to the Mayans!
Have you looked at Sam Bradford's numbers? He had a good game against the Redskins....but everybody does. He was lousy in the other 3. As soon as the NFC West gets wise to Schitty's gameplans, and it won't take long, the Rams offense is destined for bottom 5 and Bradford is doomed to failure. Schitty still sucks. The only thing that changed is now we can be sure that Mark is not the answer at QB.
The Patriots have a bad hit% in the draft, but they give themselves so many shots at it that they get a couple of productive guys from it almost every year.
Baltimore just seems to sit back and take players that fall below their projections. Works really well for them. "Oh look, Terrence Cody is still on the board. He wasn't supposed to be here. We'll take him."
The Falcons made a big move up in the draft after they had their whole team, more or less, in place. QB, running game, offensive line, good enough defense (by 2012 standards). So they decided to move up for Julio Jones and take their offense to the next level.
We move up in the draft with holes all over the roster. What do we need next year? QB, RB, WR, TE, G, OL depth, LB, pass rusher, S (Bell is old, Smith is gone), CB depth. We have no hope of filling all of that in just one draft, but we need to come away with as many guys as possible. If we wind up in the 7-10 range this year, I want us to trade down.
fire everyone and hire all JI members
STL's offense is worse than ours, even after taking into account last Sundays shutout.
so if this is a pro-Schotty thread, it pfails in many ways.
2013 Chant: Fire Woody!!!
If getting to two AFC champ games (being massively lucky to make the playoffs each year) is good enough for you then by all means keep them on.
I would say if the team went like this...
Look very bad after 4 games...
Miss playoffs 8-8 with some lucky wins
Make playoffs with some lucky breaks AFC champ game.
Make playoffs with some lucky breaks AFC champ game but look better.
You would have no one calling for heads. Instead it went like this....
Make playoffs with some lucky breaks AFC champ game.
Make playoffs with some lucky breaks AFC champ game but look better.
Miss playoffs 8-8 with some lucky wins.
Look very bad after 4 games.
We are NOT on the upswing, the graph is trend downward sharply.
the team has a dearth of talent which is a direct reflection on the GM, Mr. T and the scouting department.
There was a reason why Rex was passed over numerous times for HC by other teams...and we are now seeing it manifested in living color. He just isn't equipped to be the head man.
There will be a clean sweep of these two guys and the only question is when it will happen.
The cupboard is bare and Mike T. buys the groceries. What is difficult to understand here?
After you fire the GM and get a new one (which usually results in a new HC too, plus usually OC / DC etc) the fans then turn on the players - they were drafted by the OLD regime, so can't be any good. After a couple of years of "cut this guy", "cut that guy", then it turns once again to the co-ordinators ("fire Schotty" ). So you turn them over, then it's back to the HC / GM ... and the cycle continues.
In NY, of course, this usually all happens over 1 season, not several.


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Millions of mamas — and even grandmamas — go to work every day in the United States. One-third to one-half of the working women are mothers and grandmothers. About nine million mothers with children under 18 years of age this year will work…. About six times as many mothers will work this year as worked two decades ago. Almost five million more mothers will work in 1964 than worked in 1950, if the present trend continues…. Women working full-time earn only about three-fifths as much as men.... "There must be equal pay for equal work for both sexes as well as among the races. Pay should be based on the job done — not on who does the job," declares Mrs. [Assistant Secretary of Labor Esther] Peterson.
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How Secretary Kerry's "apartheid" warning set back the cause of peace.
Since initiating the latest round of peace talks between our government and the Palestinians nine months ago, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has voiced a number of particularly troubling statements. Most recently, he indicated in a private event that the failure of the peace talks would quickly lead toward Israel becoming an " apartheid state." While we can accept the secretary's latest expression of regret for comparing the democratic state of Israel with one of the darkest regimes in modern history, the fact is that this was not a solitary incident.
Time and again, Secretary Kerry's erroneous declarations have come dangerously close to suggesting moral equivalency between Israel and its adversaries. They call into question his administration's ability to act as an honest broker in our region.
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Last July, just three months after the negotiations began, Kerry gave a joint interview to Israeli and Palestinian television channels with the aim of increasing public support for his efforts. When asked by the Israeli reporter why these talks are so vital, the secretary failed to detail what the fruits of a real peace might be for the Israeli people. Nor did he recount the numerous efforts and overtures successive Israeli governments have made toward this end over the years. Instead he bleakly replied with a question of his own, asking, "Does Israel want a third intifada?"
By insinuating that if we do not give in to every Palestinian demand to ensure a successful end to the talks, we would return to the era of suicide bombers murdering hundreds of civilians in Israeli city centers, the secretary basically asked the state of Israel to negotiate with a loaded gun to our heads.
Then, in February, while addressing a conference in Munich, Kerry issued another veiled threat at Israel. This time he informed his audience, "the risks are very high for Israel. People are talking about boycott. That will intensify in the case of failure." Once again, instead of laying out a clear vision for why the talks he has invested so much time and effort in are in Israel's interest, Kerry attempted to scare the Israeli public into capitulation. His attempts were viewed here in Israel as a not-so-cryptic message that the United States would no longer retain its steadfast rejection of any boycotts against Israel if our government did not ensure that the talks would end to the U.S. administration's liking.
But this week's warning from Secretary Kerry was especially troubling. Speaking to an audience in Washington, he informed them that a failure to establish a 23rd Arab state alongside the world's only Jewish state would result in "an apartheid state with second-class citizens." This comment, made behind closed doors, was made public as we in Israel were marking the solemn day when we remember the more than six million victims of our people murdered in the Holocaust last century in Europe. To suggest that the Jewish people would ever establish an apartheid regime was particularly hurtful.


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Shahid Kapoor shows talent in abundance: Filmmakers
There are two kinds of opinion in the film industry about Shahid Kapoor, who turns 32 Monday. Some tag him as one of the best star-actors in the post-Aamir Khan generation while others think he has screwed it up with his attitude --
There are two kinds of opinion in the film industry about Shahid Kapoor, who turns 32 Monday. Some tag him as one of the best star-actors in the post-Aamir Khan generation while others think he has screwed it up with his attitude - but no one disputes Shahid's talent.
Rajkumar Santoshi's latest film "Phata Poster Nikla Hero" is the first film Shahid signed without demanding a full script. He next goes into Prabhudheva's "Rambo Rajkumar", in which he needs to completely re-define his physique and body language to do his first full-fledged action role.
Both Santoshi and Prabhu swear by Shahid's versatility and want to work with him again.
Said Santoshi: "I always knew Shahid was extremely talented. Now when I've worked with him, I am amazed at how versatile he really is. In my film, he has to portray both dark and light shades. He handles both the comic and dramatic scenes with equal ease. His mother-son scenes with Padmini Kolhapure brought tears to my eyes. And he is so hands-on on the sets, it's a delight to work with an actor so focused on his work. I am definitely working with Shahid again."
Prabhudheva feels there is a terrific action star hidden in Shahid who has given big hits like "Jab We Met", but his last films "Mausam" and "Teri Meri Kahaani" didn't live up to people's expectations.
"We are starting the film in Gujarat on March 1 with a song. I like to begin shooting with a song. It makes the entire team happy and light-hearted," said Prabhudheva, who is known for directing hits like "Wanted" and "Rowdy Rathore".
A great dancer himself, he praises Shahid's "amazing" dancing skills and added: "We will try to tap the action side of his personality in 'Rambo Rajkumar'. The script is very much in the 'Rowdy Rathore' space. But this time there is also a realistic flavour to the action. So the fights would be raw and real."
Bejoy Nambiar has reportedly cast Shahid as a psychologically disturbed character in his next.
"I really like Shahid as an actor. 'Kaminey' blew my mind. Actually, so did bits of 'Fida'. I feel he's very versatile though he's known mainly for his romantic roles. I feel there is a lot more potential in there," said Nambiar who directed "David" and "Shaitan".


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Fernando Figueroa of El Salvador made the biggest move on day three of the First Qualifying Stage Section C at Bogogno as an eight under par 64 put him right on the qualifying mark with a round to go.
While Alessio Bruschi of Italy, who has led from the start, was joined at the top by Swiss amateur Joel Girrbach at 14 under par, all eyes are on who will finish among the top 24 and ties to progress to the second stage.
And it was Figueroa who caught the eye as he rattled in nine birdies and dropped just one shot to climb from tied 70th to tied 24th with a round 14 shots better than the previous day.
More than 200 players have been competing at Bogogno GC in Italy and Ribagolfe in Portugal with the top 24 and ties from both venues qualifying.
On a tough day at Ribagolfe, only one player broke 70 during the third round of the First Qualifying Stage Section C with American Daniel Berger taking over the front running after Belgium's Thomas Pieters went from five ahead to three behind after a third round 80. He remains well on course to qualify for the Second Stage, however, with the top 24 and ties after tomorrow's final round progressing.


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Fall 2013 Dyslexia Seminar Set for Mississippi College
About 150 educators, parents and administrators from around the state will attend the Fall 2013 dyslexia seminar at Mississippi College.
The October 9 program on the Clinton campus will address state laws, advocacy, and social issues facing dyslexic students.
Reports from the Dyslexia Research Institute show an estimated 10 to 15 percent of the USA population suffers from dyslexia. But only 5 percent are recognized and receive help.
Dyslexics have an inherited neurological difference resulting in language, perceptual, processing and attention/concentration problems.
Mississippi College's Dyslexia Education and Evaluation Center is sponsoring the conference beginning with 7:30 a.m. registration that Wednesday at the B.C. Rogers Student Center. The cost to attend is $50.
Speakers will include: Robin Lemonis, director of literacy, dyslexia and early childhood with the Mississippi Department of Education in Jackson and Kameron Ball, director of technology with the Clinton public schools.
Other speakers are: Clinton educator Kevin Gilbert, a member of the National Education Association Executive Committee. He's the coordinator of teacher leadership and special projects with the Clinton district. Teacher trainer and education consultant William Van Cleave, dyslexia therapist Cathy South and school psychologist John Fontaine round out the group of guest speakers.
The seminar on the Clinton campus will feature a dyslexia simulation session for those interested in experiencing what it might be like to be dyslexic, said Jan Hankins, director of the Mississippi College center.
Educators coming to the conference are from Rankin County schools, South Panola schools, and Manchester Academy in Yazoo City, among others.
For more information, contact Jan Hankins at 601.925.7766 or email@example.com.


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Fortuna Silver Mines (NYSE:FSM) down -2.58% to close at the price of $4.15. The stock has a market capitalization of $663.17 Million however its outstanding shares are 159.8 Million. The company's beta value stood at 0.
Fortuna Silver Mines (NYSE:FSM) has an ABR of 2 which is the combined stock view of 3 analysts poll results. As per Zacks simplified descending rating scale the ABR rank is displayed in the range of 1 to 5 where 1 represents Strong Buy and 5 a Strong Sell. As the name implies that ABR will show you the Average of Brokerage Recommendations on a given stock. It helps you quickly get a picture of where Wall Street stands on a stock without reading huge research reports. The smaller number of ABR is the more favorable. The modest value of the stock is known as the current ABR of the stock.
However out of 3 analysts 2 suggest Fortuna Silver Mines (NYSE:FSM) a Strong Buy, 2 suggested Buy, 2 Hold and 0 Sell, while 0 analysts recommend the stock a Strong Sell.
Analysts are expecting average earnings estimates of $0.11 for the current quarter based on the opinion of 4 analysts, relating to high earnings per share estimates of $0.13 and low estimates of $0.07, however Fortuna Silver Mines (NYSE:FSM) reported $0.06 earnings per share for the same quarter last year.
Taking a broader look at the analyst consensus, brokerage firms have a price target of $9 on Fortuna Silver Mines (NYSE:FSM). Brokerage firms on the street have price targets on the name ranging from $9 to $9 based on 1 opinions.
Fortuna Silver Mines (NYSE:FSM) as of current trade, has shown weekly performance of -3.49% which was maintained at -5.47% in one month period. Year to date performance remained at -20.5%. During the past three months the stock gain -24.95%, however six months performance of the stock remained at -26.02%. Fortuna Silver Mines (NYSE:FSM)'s price sits -8.29% off from its SMA 50 of $4.38 and -18.31% away from the SMA 200 which is at $5.19.
Currently Fortuna Silver Mines (NYSE:FSM)'s shares owned by insiders are 0%, whereas shares owned by institutional owners are 0%. However the six-month change in the insider ownership was recorded 0%, as well as three-month change in the institutional ownership was recorded 0%.
The stock is trading -31.74% away from its 52 week high of $6.08 and 2.98% far from the stock's low point over the past 52 weeks, which was $4.03.
The price-earnings ratio (P/E ratio) is the ratio for valuing a company that measures its current share price relative to its per-share earnings. Fortuna Silver Mines (NYSE:FSM)'s price to earnings ratio stood at 9.56. A high P/E suggests that investors are expecting higher earnings growth in the future compared to companies with a lower P/E. A low P/E can indicate either that a company may currently be undervalued or that the company is doing exceptionally well relative to its past trends.
The PEG ratio is used to determine a stock's value while taking the company's earnings growth into account, and is considered to provide a more complete picture than the P/E. Fortuna Silver Mines (NYSE:FSM) has a current PEG of 0. Fortuna Silver Mines (NYSE:FSM)'s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve month stands at 2.34, whereas its price to book ratio for the most recent quarters is at 1.12. However the company's price to cash per share for most recent quarter stands at 0. Its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is 0.


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Tektronix TekXPress XP217C
From LinuxMIPS
System Specifications
- CPU: LR33020MC 25Mhz (No MMU or FPU)
- RAM: 4Mb, upgradeable with standard SIMMs
- Peripherals:
- 1x Ethernet Port (BNC and UTP). Uses a SONIC DP83934 chip.
- 2x Serial Ports
- PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse ports
- 1x Standard 15pin VGA port. TLC34076-135FN chip.
- Can be expanded with a parallel port, "sound card" and two PCMCIA slots.
Linux support
None as the CPU has no MMU. uClinux might be possible. Works just fine as a X-Terminal. Enough software to get it running can be found on NCDs ftp site.
The OS is a big endian MIPS ECOFF, some version of VxWorks. It's probably very similiar to the Tektronix TekXPress XP338.


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Update your formal wear collection with these sleek and stylish skinny fit trousers. Designed with a button and fly fastened waist, handy slip pockets and pressed centre creases, they feature added stretch for a great fit. Pair with a crisp shirt and loafers for a sophisticated finish.
- Grey skinny fit trousers
- Skinny fit
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- Model's height is 6'2''
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- 64% Polyester
- 34% Viscose
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The Hope College women's golf team has been honored as one of the nation's top squads academically by the the National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA).
The Hope College women's golf team has been honored as one of the nation's top squads academically by the the National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA).
The national group recognized the top 25 teams in all NCAA Divisions (I, II and III) for the best cumulative grade point average (GPA) during the 2008-09 schjool year.
The Flying Dutch ranked 15th with a cumulative 3.618 GPA. Division I University of Idaho topped the list at 3.780.
The team was also a recipient of a 2008-09 Team GPA Award from the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA).
The 2008-09 Flying Dutch were coached by Eva Dean Folkert. Members of the team were Emily Atsma of Caledonia (South Christian HS), Katie Blodgett of Traverse City (Traverse City St. Francis HS), Sasha Burau of Grand Blanc (Grand Blanc HS), Margaret Livingston of Kalamazoo (Portage Northern HS), Andrea McCarty of Denver, Co. (Cherry Creek HS), Caitlin McDougall of Flint (Powers Catholic HS), Jori Niemann of Elmhurst, Ill. (York Community HS), Megan Scholten of Grand Rapids (Grand Rapids Christian HS), Cassie Sneller of Holland (Hamilton HS), Lindsey Springstroh of Lisle, Ill. (Downers Grove North HS) and Lauren Zandstra of Flushing (Flushing HS).
The team finished third in the MIAA standings and were ranked 25th in the final Division III national poll of the NGCA.
The National Golf Coaches Association, founded in 1983, is a non-profit organization representing women's collegiate golf coaches. The NGCA was formed to encourage the playing of college golf for women in correlation with a general objective of education and in accordance with the highest tradition of intercollegiate competition. Today, the NGCA represents nearly 500 coaches throughout the U.S. and is dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they represent.


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"Thanks to Talkatone, my wife and I have cancelled our cell phones and have saved over $1,000 combined!"
"I use Talkatone and FreedomPop to create an iPhone with $0 monthly fees!"
"Fantabulous! I know that's not a word, however it's probably one of the best apps I've ever used."
"The Talkatone app works great and is easy to use."
"Best in its class. Doesn't get any better than this. Consistent in quality."
"Talkatone is awesome! No need for a cell phone plan if you have this app!"
"Great way to consolidate my phone into an iPad mini - I am now only carrying my iPad mini around."
"Sound quality surprisingly good. Try it!"
"Like it! The new version is much more stable and the interface is more friendly. Call quality is good enough!"
"My location has bad cell phone reception. Now I have no problems making calls using WiFi and Talkatone."
"Love it. Best phone app ever. Adds free calls and texts to my iPhone."
"Great. A life saver!"
"Talkatone is just what I needed."
"I recently got rid of my cell phone because this app works so well. My bills are pretty much nothing!"
"Talkatone is the best phone app on iPod Touch to make free calls. It's very simple to use, doesn't crash or use cell phone minutes!"
"Works fine in Australia. Talkatone is very useful."
"Makes calling home from overseas so easy and free!"
"I use Talkatone on my iPad with 3G service ($30/3gig data plan from AT&T). It has turned my iPad into a smartphone, without the smartphone bill."


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© DIPEx (www.healthtalkonline.org)
Every day I'll need some kind of rest, this has been a well-used couch if you will and, and that's anything from half an hour to 3 hours. I just have to lie down and, and you, the tiredness it's difficult to describe.
It's like, if you'd doing a series of exams, 3 or 4 exams and you've not slept in between or anybody that's had young children, very young children, those first few months particularly if they're not sleeping and you're the one that's having to get up or you sharing it between you, and you get 3 or 4 nights of no sleep or hardly any, where your brain can't think, you can't digest the information, you actually don't want anything there beyond you, you don't, you can hear a television but if somebody asks you a question, well that's now too much information.
I can't take two things at the same time. I have to turn one off, ...and automatically that's, well I'm not listening to you, it, that's how it goes, it's just so fatiguing and its, my family get the brunt of that unfortunately.
توضح هذه الرسوم المتحركة المسرودة كيفية عمل القلب السليم، وما يحدث له في حالة قصور القلب، وكيف تحسن العلاجات المختلفة صحتك
وشارك بآرائك وتجاربك مع غيرك من المرضى والأسر، ومقدمي الرعاية الصحية


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Shirt by American Apparel, Jacket by Barbour, Shoes by Nike, Trousers by Topman, Glasses by Moscot
R U GOING JOGGIN?ReplyDelete
I hope that hairdo is a joke.ReplyDelete
lovely nike!
check my blog.
That's a great Combo. Was quite unusual to see you in Sneakers though. What do you think of New Balance?ReplyDelete
oh how nice
those nike shoes look so comfortable! would you mind sharing where you got them? or are they some limited edition ridiculously expensive japan-only style? :(
you're cute! i love your barbour jacket, just bought a similar kind at zara. and your shoes are old schoool xReplyDelete
The jacket, the shirt, the glasses are perfect on you. You have one of the best innate styles, which is especially impressive for someone under 40.ReplyDelete
Nike Sneakers are betting for next season. Great look. :)ReplyDelete
Regarding my hairdo...it was obviously winding straight into my face!
Anyway, I really like new balance too but I prefer Nike somehow. They're not a limited edition at all and called Nike Vengeance. Nike has been releasing some great models so far...
Why so blue?
The Barbour jacket is beautiful. I love it!ReplyDelete
Hi Pascal! Can you please post the settings, lens and the camera you used for this shot. I recently just noticed your shift in aesthetic from the very surreal to something refined. (Apologies I haven't found the time to give words to this one.)ReplyDelete
top fan of your barbour! and also your nickers are soo cool!
i love your style. Do you know the italian brand Il Bisonte? i love it!! it makes vintage leather bags..I'm sure you'll like it.
The Barbour jacket suits you well. Bought the Antique Heritage Bedale (slightly different, a shiny dark green) a few month ago and I love it. They are really great for this time of the year.
I really like your blog. Keep up the great work :)
i really like those shoes and your jacket - awesome outfit.
simple & casual, but pretty cool.
nice outfit
and I like how the color of your nike arent shocking, like the fadeness color of the red
regarding the negative comments you received previously, forget about them!
you look great and always very stylish
i think it was 50mm stopped down to f/2.0 or f/2.8ReplyDelete
(dunno if my comment went through!)
what's with the pestering about your hairstyle, it looks normal. you look fine.
and i agree, nike shoes are very comfortable, you could sleep with 'em on, well. maybe.
love the photos, the outfit and your blog! I'm following ;)
Follow thefashiontwice.com
or be FAN on Facebook :D
Ooh, those shoes are excellent! I especially love the colour of them, works really well with the rest of the outfit.ReplyDelete
Nomol öppert us der Schwiiz :)
Mich freuts,dass d Modeszene immer wiiter wächst,do ide Schwiiz.D Nikies sind cool!xx Tanja
I love the Barbour!so iconic - love how you worked with the glasses. nice
cool!! clean Look--read about you in esquire Malaysia september issue .. im start following you now ---
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ah I reallly really LOVE your style . everything about it !ReplyDelete
the nikes look really great, and suit you. what model are they?ReplyDelete
i want those shoes!ReplyDelete
where did u get that shirt?ReplyDelete
i got it from american apparel, just click on the banner on the top right of my blog to place an order onlineReplyDelete
are these nike vengeance the normal or the vintage model? in these pictures they have no yellow fading on the soles and the red is also faded..i looked around in the web and the normal vengeance somehow always had a more strong red!ReplyDelete
vintage model...the yellow fading kinda disappeared after a while (or was replaced with dirt from the streets)Delete
thanks, watched several pages and it is indeed the vintage model. i normally wear new balance but this nike model with the fading red somehow got my attention. hopefully the 3 new models at endclothing are going to be somehow simple and not so colorful :)ReplyDelete
Hey, I'm looking for some sizing advice and am desperate here. I am about 5'10.5" and about 135-140 lbs, and am looking to purchase a Bedale. I want to order it online. The problem is, I live in Japan and the only type of Bedale's I can find in store here are the SL (i.e. slim fit) versions, and I am planning on ordering the olive, non-SL version online. I should say that the SL 36 fit me very well, sleeve length, jacket length, and everything else. Does anyone know if the only difference between the regular and SL is the chest/waist? Or is it also jacket length/sleeve length?
Basically I am torn between a 34 and 36. Since there is a significant import tax when ordering online from Japan, I would like to get it right the first time. Does anyone with a similar build have a bedale that could give me advice? I would appreciate any input or advice, such as your jacket size, height and weight.
Sorry Sean I can't answer your questions directly but I know that the ordinary Bedale has a chest tolerance of 10 inches, so one with 32 on the tag measures 42 inches. If you took a jacket that fitted you well at the moment and measured it you could work out what size Barbour you need.Delete


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Beginning with Csound Version 4.07, Csound supports the SoundFont2 sample file format. SoundFont2 (or SF2) is a widespread standard which allows encoding banks of wavetable-based sounds into a binary file. In order to understand the usage of these opcodes, the user must have some knowledge of the SF2 format, so a brief description of this format follows.
The SF2 format is made by generator and modulator objects. All current Csound opcodes regarding SF2 support the generator function only.
There are several levels of generators having a hierarchical structure. The most basic kind of generator object is a sample. Samples may or may not be be looped, and are associated with a MIDI note number, called the base-key. When a sample is associated with a range of MIDI note numbers, a range of velocities, a transposition (coarse and fine tuning), a scale tuning, and a level scaling factor, the sample and its associations make up a "split." A set of splits, together with a name, make up an "instrument." When an instrument is associated with a key range, a velocity range, a level scaling factor, and a transposition, the instrument and its associations make up a "layer." A set of layers, together with a name, makes up a "preset." Presets are normally the final sound-generating structures ready for the user. They generate sound according to the settings of their lower-level components.
Both sample data and structure data is embedded in the same SF2 binary file. A single SF2 file can contain up to a maximum of 128 banks of 128 preset programs, for a total of 16384 presets in one SF2 file. The maximum number of layers, instruments, splits, and samples is not defined, and probably is only limited by the computer's memory.


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Howdy all!
I thought I would do something else fun to help us all get to know eachother better. Just cuta and paste the questions and replace the answers with your own. Feel free to add more questions too.
1. Favorite color? Green
2. Favorite food? Sushi
3. Where do you live? Texas
4. Favorite kind of music? Americana and Folk. But like all kinds as well
5. Favorite musician? Lyle Lovett and Willie Nelson
6. Own any pets? Nope.
7. Kids? Yep... 3 of my own and two step sons.
8. Will you dance and sing in public? Oh yeah...you betcha.
9. Favorite salad dressing? Blue Cheese
10. What's the first thing you think when you wake up in the morning? Where's the coffee?
11. Is the cup half empty or half full? Are you pouring or drinking? he he
12. Have you ever visited a foreign country? I have lived in both Europe and Asia....does that count?
13. Favorite game to play? Yahtzee
14. Favorite sport to watch? Baseball
15. Dream car? I would love to be able to scrap driving all together and ride a bike or walk wherever I need to go.
16. Dream job? writer of travel books.
17. Coffee or tea? Coffee when hot, tea when iced
18. Favorite subject in school? Foreign lang.
19. Favorite candy bar? Snickers
20. What do you do to relax? Sleep.


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Dear Vivek bhayya, I am reading in many places on bad effects of sudarshan kriya. I am doing pratice for six months and nothing bad happened to me except some skin rash and heat boils. this is one post which is scaring me: https:/example.wordpress.com/2011/03/26/heart-problems-caused-by-sudarshan-kriya/ My mother and sister is also concerned about it. One person also told in the blog that sudarshan kriya will cause difficulty for child birth. i want to have child next year. will it affect me. In men does it cause impotence. my husband does not practice it but he is okay and we are planning child. can you please explain and clarify this in your blog, because lot of people are worried now. you are very experienced in sudarshan kriya naa....
I have edited the link above as I dont want to increase the traffic of that website which has already accumulated the maximum negative karma that any website can accumulate!
First things first. I am not doing to defend Sudarshan Kriya. There is nothing to defend. There is no need to defend the most precious gift that Humans have received since the time of the previous Purnavatar.
300 million people have done Sudarshan Kriya. More than 10 reputed medical institutes have conducted research on it. Some Indian Institutes include AIIMS, NIMHANS etc. The results are free for all to see:
If you fail in your exam, do you blame that your dog's bowel movement was not satisfactory ?
If you eat junk and get boils then you blame Sudarshan Kriya?
If you have a history of heart diseases and suddenly one day it worsens then what do you blame?
You read one article written by a crackpot and brush aside tons of research done on the subject by World's most reputed institutions?
There is a limit to ridiculous thought process. And this crosses all such boundaries.
As my personal experience goes, the only heart problems I got after the course is that of severe angina pectoris when Guruji leaves my city and a Myocardial Infarction when he looks at me.
And I cannot live without it.


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I don't normally call attention to large lapses of time between posts. We all write when we can, y'know? I have to admit, though, that writing is harder for me lately, and not just because of the bullshit excuse of "My life is so full and exciting, and Who Has The Time?" It's true that I am up to my burgeoning jowls with parenting things, like webmastering the Cub Scout Pack and coaching TwoBert's soccer team, and trying to read books without passing out after three paragraphs.
But the truth is, I have time to write. I've structured the time, sat down at the keyboard, blocked out as much of everything else as possible, but the words don't flow. In the Editor-vs.-Creator cage match that endures in my writerbrain, I think the Editor's a bit methed up.
So while my Creator is cowering in the corner, head under fists, here's a look at what's been going on.
I spend most of my days planning for the 2013 Dad 2.0 Summit, whose speaker announcements will likely start on the first of the month. I'm excited to announce that our first campaign with our title sponsor, Dove Men+Care, is a discussion of fatherhood at MetLife Stadium with Doug Flutie, who is 50 but looks like I owe him an allowance.
I'm also happy to report that Magda and I have committed to writing for When The Flames Go Up much more frequently. This last year (!) in Ann Arbor has had a profoundly salutary effect on our co-parenting, and I'm currently working on a post about how partnerships can thrive as allies without being the best of friends.
And lastly, Babble.com recently published a list of 25 Bloggers Who Are Changing the World (concurrent with last month's Social Good Summit in New York City), and I was proud to be included. However, since most of the accolade stems from the 35 G's we raised during Movember last year, I know this is absolutely a group effort. I may have organized the team, but it all wouldn't have amounted to much without the 62 other men who took part (or the 202 ass-kickers who sold out our first Dad 2.0 Summit three months later). Thanks, you magnificent ass-kickers, you!
If you'd like to join our 2012 Movember team, now's a great time. We've got two weeks until the growing starts, and I'm grateful for every upper lip we can recruit. As for me, I hope to be writing more as I grow my third Mo. While I try to slip my Editor a Xanax.


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Numerous shots of half-naked players doing the running man on the beach to bad rap. O.J. Simpson. Strange hands rubbing Paul Caligiuri's hairy chest. This is either a brilliant homoerotic rip-off a Newport Full Flavor ad or the most disturbing video I've ever seen.
Video Of The Day: Def Jef And The 1990 US World Cup Team [Deuce of Davenport]