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Virgin Mary Apparition In Clearwater Florida
December 17th, 1996
This happened just a few blocks from my house in Clearwater. My street was solid lined with cars, and I couldn't imagine what was going on. Overnight weather conditions caused this apparition. It would be impossible to drive there in my car, so I walked with the crowds to see the miracle.
It was so beautiful. The windows were large and dark blue, reflecting a light sky with thin white clouds, (notice the background). The apparition seemed to be floating in a swirl of rainbow colors. It reached across nine windows each one flowing into the other, forming a perfect figure of the Virgin Mary. It stretched the height of a two story building, lined across the front with tall palm trees. Pictures have not captured how beautiful it was. I felt like I was seeing a piece of heaven.
The traffic was jammed and policemen had to be called to the area. I have never witnessed anything like it. Some people were running to get to it. There were wheelchair patients. People with canes, women and children. There was crying and kneeling. Candles lit by the hundreds. Some were saying the rosary.
I had my video camera with me and was filming for my family who lived up north. A plain clothes policeman followed me, and questioned me because I was filming children at the time, and asked for my identy. I looked around at all the chaos and for the first time in my life I realized that this is what Jesus had to deal with. And now I understand why He escaped to the sea to avoid the crowds.
The weeks following , the crowds got bigger and bigger. People came from all over the world. Traffic lights had to be installed. Church services were set up with chairs and a statue was erected. Witnessing this has caused me to believe most are people want and need to believe in God. Some say they don't believe, but when something like this happens, it removes doubt and you find yourself walking toward a miracle. Something higher than yourself.
It took months but eventually the crowds slowed. Then vandalism destroyed it. The news papers said an 18 year old High school student admitted he shot at the windows with a slingshot.
March 1, 2004
Kyle Maskill admitted firing ball bearings at the windows and destroyed the top three panels. In July 2004, he was ordered to jail for 10 days and ordered to pay $1,200 in damages. A part of the image still remains. A church organization bought the building and it is being utilized for non-profit causes. Bulletproof glass has been installed over the remaining image.
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an apparition of the Virgin Mary on the glass windows of a finance building in clearwater, florida 1996 www.amiracleinclearwater.com
MY mother passed.away on mothers day 2011 .A book of the faces of Mary was in her garage.and a pic of clearwater mary was in the book. About three months later I decided to pay homage so myself and melanie and three kids drove from ohio to clearwater to find out of the.broken glass.I was asked if I wanted to go into the.basement I did and I took some pic of the stations of saints and one if mary she was surrounded by stone like a cave hand built about five foot tall .we prayed went to Disney world visited my friends and came home .Looking through the pictures Melanie noticed baby skulls around Mary images were in the stone I receive a newsletter from my uncle of the messages of Medjagorie and Mary message was to baptize your. Children cause satan wants their souls .The message from Yugoslavia medjagorie reflects the baby skulls Mary s words helps led us to Christ her son and her son will lead will leadto God
I was there and have seen this miracle..and it was so B E A U T I F U L.
I love Mother Mary with all of my heart!!
If I was that boy with the slingshot's Mom..i would be so proud of him. foolish people ..just because it is supernatural ..doesn't make it from God! How easy you will be tricked..pay attention to "the word"!!! No false idols! WE DO NOT PRAY TO MARY! Through JESUS ONLY! Praying to a window?? !!!devil is having a good laugh...look how many people will leave the Lord's word..over some silly graven image..best be careful..not all that is supernatural is fromGod. I CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY..THIS IS NOT FROM GOD..HE WOULD NEVER WANT ANYONE PRAYING TO MARY..NOR A DUMB WINDOW ..WAKE UP PEOPLE !
God knows when and how to send messages to us...thanks for the hub. peace and love onto you
Amazing photos and video. It must have been something to see this in person. Thanks for sharing this with us. Wonder what that boy who destroyed it thinks now?
What a beautiful story. I live in S. Fl. and I don't remember ever hearing this story. Thanks for sharing this with us. Goodnight, Mary
anndavis25: The pattern of light is so beautiful in the opening photo that it could almost be stained glass, only it is more glorious because it is living light. I don't remember hearing about this phenomenon but my mother had passed away unexpectedly three months earlier, and I was heartbroken. Also that December was a sad time; December 5th was her birthday. Vandalism is always tragic; I can't begin to imagine the darkness in which such a young person was living to decide to destroy such a beautiful, living image of love and hope; may he heal and find redemption. I hope to see some day soon the part of the remaining image. Thank you for sharing your lovely photos and your personal experience.
nice one!
This was fascinating..I think it gave many hope and something they could see and hold onto if even for a moment.
Thank you for sharing,
thanks for sharing. I am also unto following the apparition at Medjugorye.


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I am coming into San Francisco at the end of the month from the east coast and wanted to get some native's opinions on the best places to have oysters. I am not concerned about atmosphere or price, just about the tastiest, freshest bivales I can get my hands on.
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Edinburgh Bilingual Library, 1972
"Anthology of contemporary French poetry"
Edited and translated
Graham Dunstan Martin, Lecturer in French, University of Edinburgh
General Editor
A.A. Parker, Professor of Spanish, University of Texas
Editorial Board
C.P. Brand
A.J. Steele
Nothing Round It
WITHOUT A house or lodgings,
No room to sit in any more,
I've build myself a window
With nothing round it.
A window framing matter
With its soft outline.
It opens like an eyelid
And closes with nothing round it.
All the old loves have been stripped off,
But this window without panes
Floats upwards, travels
In its puzzling frame
That is neither flesh nor whitewood
But keeps the exact shape
Of an eye, unblinking, surveying
Banded time, submissive space.
And I stay fastened to the moving frame,
I, its most unnecessary tear
At dead of night, at break of day,
They open to me with nothing round them.
NO MORE couples for the streetwalker's room
With its highclass fittings, red curtains, prints here and there
Showing long legs,
White stockings with blue garters,
Big-bellied pillows under canopies.
It's such a fine Sunday the hotel's deserted,
Left to the hoteliers and two caryatids.
Nothing but a great liquid silence,
Startlingly white towels,
Clear droplets dripping,
Running naked from a tap.
Nothing but a great liquid silence
Lapping the frame of a print
Where a half-naked beauty-queen reclines
Amid a group of solemn, arty-looking men.
They take the measure of her bosom,
While out of respect for the queen
And the reigning dynasty,
The Swiss guard about to be massacred
Sheathe their glittering bayonets.
A Paris Love-Affair
THE YEAR of my first, my greatest love
Was the year of the luminous clocks.
It was the year they stood at every crossroad
With a big fire inside
And Paris was one radiant brightness,
A brightness I deserved.
Afterwards it rained three days out of three,
We walked in the wet dark
We walked, walked by the Seine
But if there are hours I remember
They are those incised within me
In black on legendary white,
In black beyond description.
The Stowaway
THE HOSPITAL welcomes the cripples of the fair,
Those who placed bets on looking-glass games.
Its welcome is a knockdown blow,
Illness lays even the rebellious low.
Even lost childhood suddenly reborn,
Even childhood weighing up the pros and cons
To know if darkness will be finalized.
From down here, our struggles seem immense.
Immense the ceiling, immense the black nightlight
Adrift, swallowed by the sea-swell.
But like a good sailor who can coil a rope
Pain handles its man to make him writhe.
It winds him in a ball, knees to chin,
It winds him in a ball on the lighter's deck,
Till he is coiled the captain's way,
With a hole in the middle for a stowaway.
GUSTS OF wind jostle the removers
Whose furniture bursts from the forest fortissimo.
In hospital, silence spreads thicker than elsewhere
When Man's unfurnished to the last degree.
There's no back country for Man,
Supine Man. He's a creature of surfaces,
Dragged down from his heights, tugged up from his depths;
In hospital, walls are walls more than elsewhere.
Nothing can happen now but one last murderous assault
Gumming up the eyelids to force them to succumb,
Except ice laying down a good coating
Over pain, to cauterize the mouth.
I keep mum, and cling to hopes of compromise.
We'd be ready to forsake our bodies
If they weren't so alone on stage now;
When you mention the soul it's always midnight.


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I'd like to talk about something which, I think, is an aspect people often overlook when developing work within the creative industry: copyright.
So I know it's not the most exciting topic under the sun and I'm sure there are plenty of others things you would prefer to be reading about BUT, have you ever actually thought about it? What does it mean? What is the actual point of it? Does it even matter?? The short answer, is yes.
In case it's been a while since you last educated yourself about the wonderful world of copyright and need a refresher I'll start with the basics:
What is copyright and why does it exist?
I'm glad you asked!
Copyright is a form of protection for creative artists, giving them legal ownership of what they create. Copyright gives artists and creators the right to sell or license their creations to other people. Without it, people would be free to copy, distribute and alter other people's work without needing permission, and the author or creative artist would not likely get the recognition for their work that they deserve.
The Kylie Jenner example
Quite recently, one of the younger members of the Kardashian clan have come under the spotlight after British artist Sara Pope sued her for copyright infringement. She claims that Jenner, E! Entertainment and Universal (who were promoting Jenner's show containing the copyrighted image) had 'knowingly copied her 2015 artwork without permission' (source). Now I have to play devil's advocate here, but how can you prove someone knowingly copied someone else's work or idea? What if it was just a coincidence? This is where it gets tricky and only exemplifies the importance of being aware of the content you are creating and using.
It is possible that you could be completely oblivious and unaware of the fact that someone else has already developed an idea that is awfully similar to your own, which is why it pays to do some research and suss that out from the get-go to try and create a point of difference in your own work. If, however, you did know about a similar idea that already existed but chose to ignore that fact or hope that no one would notice, good luck to you. Getting sued for copyright infringement doesn't seem like a particularly joyful journey.
On the flip side, how can an author, artist or creative maintain a sense of 'control' of what happens to their work, and monitor it to ensure that no one is stealing their ideas? Some food for thought.
Fair use
There is also a lovely little thing called Fair Use. 'In its most general sense, a fair use is any copying of copyrighted material done for a limited and "transformative" purpose, such as to comment upon, criticize, or parody a copyrighted work. Such uses can be done without permission from the copyright owner. In other words, fair use is a defense against a claim of copyright infringement. If your use qualifies as a fair use, then it would not be considered an infringement.' (Source)
This is one way people can use the work of others within reason and not infringe copyright.
Creative Commons
'Creative Commons is an international non-profit organisation that provides free licences and tools that copyright owners can use to allow others to share, reuse and remix their material, legally. Releasing material under a CC licence makes it clear to users what they can or cannot do with the material. The six standardised CC licences each allow material to be used in a different way.' (Source)
Creative Commons is not the same as copyright, however. 'Creative Commons is actually a license that is applied to a work that is protected by copyright. It's not separate from copyright, but instead is a way of easily sharing copyrighted work.' (Source)
For a further look into the topic of Creative Commons, click here to check out a Prezi presentation I made especially!
What would happen if copyright laws were abolished?
Would a creative system without copyright be a viable option in the creative industries? How would that work? Would new rules eventually be re-written? By who? Some people argue that copyright laws are unnecessary, but it's important to consider what could happen to people's work and livelihood if their ideas and creations weren't technically considered their own or protected.


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Randolph "Randy" Mitchell, 70, of Westfield, passed away on Monday, August 6, 2018 at Riverview Health. He was born on January 1, 1948 to the late Morrie and Gerry (Rossett) Mitchell in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Randy was a graduate of Ball State University where he played varsity baseball. He taught junior high school history and geography in Anderson and taught at a private Christian school in Noblesville. Additionally, Randy worked as Director of Sales for a trucking company. He loved sports and coached basketball and several other sports. Randy was a Messianic Jew, a trivia guru, and human encyclopedia. He loved growing and tending to his multiple rose bushes.
Randy is survived by his wife, Beverly Mitchell; sons, Brandon (Dara) Mitchell, Shane (Jessica) Mitchell, Cory (Erin) Mitchell, and Jeremy (Kristi) Mitchell; grandchildren, Addison, Piper, Joey, Daniel and one on the way; siblings, Ellie Mitchell (Pat) Campbell, Scottie (Tina) Mitchell, and Jodie Mitchell (George) Beltran; as well as several nieces & nephews.
Services will be held at 7:00 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2018 at Randall & Roberts Funeral Center, 1685 Westfield Road in Noblesville, with visitation from 5:00 pm to the time of service. Jon Lieberman will officiate.
Memorial contributions may be made to Maple Park Village, 776 N Union Street, Westfield, IN 46074.
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Mike Beerens joined Do it Best Corp. as a business analyst; Gary Heft, lumber development specialist; Kathy Landis, merchandise coordinator; Josh Ratcliff, lumber sales manager; Vince Riddle, systems administrator; and Aaron Skelly, international project specialist. Carolyn Rorick was promoted to associate merchandise manager.
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Marla Schneider with Three Rivers Distilling Co. was named its new president.
LaShawn D. Lewis and Joseph P. Miller joined the Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. office of Reimbold & Anderson as financial advisers.


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There is actually a food and drink plan for the next four years from DEFRA and some input from newly formed DIT. This includes an additional £215m of sales to Mexico.
DEFRA can offer support such as access to food and drink trade shows, in-store promotions, a chance to exhibit at trade shows and eCommerce relationships such as reduced fees on eCommerce marketplaces.
Of course, as the UK is in the EU, these additional sales for UK businesses will be conducted under the EU-Mexico trade deal. Plans for improving this are in place. Plans for UK-Mexico trade deal are secret / non-existent.
EU and Mexico
Reviewing trade
- After the EU-CELAC Summit in Santiago on 26-27 January 2013, both parties created the EU-Mexico Working Group to explore the options to modernise the agreement.
- The group then completed their informal talks about a trade deal for the 7th EU-Mexico Summit on 12 June 2015.
- After receiving authorisation by the Council, the European Commission Vice President announced the launch of new negotiations with Mexico in May 2016.
The broad and comprehensive EU-Mexico Free Trade Agreement entered into force in October 2000 covers trade in goods and services. It also includes specific chapters on access to public procurement markets, competition, intellectual property rights and investment.
The agreement is overseen by a Joint Committee and Special Committees that meet once a year, and by a Joint Council that meets every two years at higher political level.
Mexico currently enjoys trade preferences with the EU under the Generalised Scheme of Preferences.


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Genesis 43-49 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
The Return to Egypt
43 Now the famine was severe in the land. 2 So it came about when they had finished eating the grain which they had brought from Egypt, that their father said to them, "Go back, buy us a little food." 3 Judah spoke to him, however, saying, "The man solemnly warned [a]us, 'You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.' 4 If you send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you food. 5 But if you do not send him, we will not go down; for the man said to us, 'You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.'" 6 Then Israel said, "Why did you treat me so badly [b]by telling the man whether you still had another brother?" 7 But they said, "The man questioned particularly about us and our relatives, saying, 'Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?' So we [c]answered his questions. Could we possibly know that he would say, 'Bring your brother down'?" 8 Judah said to his father Israel, "Send the lad with me and we will arise and go, that we may live and not die, we as well as you and our little ones. 9 I myself will be surety for him; [d]you may hold me responsible for him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then [e]let me bear the blame before you forever. 10 For if we had not delayed, surely by now we could have returned twice."
11 Then their father Israel said to them, "If it must be so, then do this: take some of the best products of the land in your [f]bags, and carry down to the man as a present, a little [g]balm and a little honey, [h]aromatic gum and [i]myrrh, pistachio nuts and almonds. 12 Take double the money in your hand, and take back in your hand the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks; perhaps it was a mistake. 13 Take your brother also, and arise, return to the man; 14 and may [j]God Almighty grant you compassion in the sight of the man, so that he will release to you your other brother and Benjamin. And as for me, if I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved." 15 So the men took this present, and they took double the money in their hand, and Benjamin; then they arose and went down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.
Joseph Sees Benjamin
16 When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to his house steward, "Bring the men into the house, and slay an animal and make ready; for the men are to dine with me at noon." 17 So the man did as Joseph said, and [k]brought the men to Joseph's house. 18 Now the men were afraid, because they were brought to Joseph's house; and they said, "It is because of the money that was returned in our sacks the first time that we are being brought in, that he may [l]seek occasion against us and fall upon us, and take us for slaves with our donkeys." 19 So they came near to Joseph's house steward, and spoke to him at the entrance of the house, 20 and said, "Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food, 21 and it came about when we came to the lodging place, that we opened our sacks, and behold, each man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in [m]full. So we have brought it back in our hand. 22 We have also brought down other money in our hand to buy food; we do not know who put our money in our sacks." 23 He said, "[n]Be at ease, do not be afraid. Your God and the God of your father has given you treasure in your sacks; [o]I had your money." Then he brought Simeon out to them. 24 Then the man brought the men into Joseph's house and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their donkeys fodder. 25 So they prepared the present [p]for Joseph's coming at noon; for they had heard that they were to eat [q]a meal there.
26 When Joseph came home, they brought into the house to him the present which was in their hand and bowed to the ground before him. 27 Then he asked them about their welfare, and said, "Is your old father well, of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?" 28 They said, "Your servant our father is well; he is still alive." They bowed down [r]in homage. 29 As he lifted his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, he said, "Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me?" And he said, "May God be gracious to you, my son." 30 Joseph hurried out for [s]he was deeply stirred over his brother, and he sought a place to weep; and he entered his chamber and wept there. 31 Then he washed his face and came out; and he controlled himself and said, "[t]Serve the meal." 32 So they served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, because the Egyptians could not eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is [u]loathsome to the Egyptians. 33 Now they [v]were seated before him, the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth, and the men looked at one another in astonishment. 34 He took portions to them from [w]his own table, but Benjamin's portion was five times as much as any of theirs. So they feasted and drank freely with him.
The Brothers Are Brought Back
44 Then he commanded his house steward, saying, "Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man's money in the mouth of his sack. 2 Put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, and his money for the grain." And he did [x]as Joseph had told him. 3 [y]As soon as it was light, the men were sent away, they with their donkeys. 4 They had just gone out of the city, and were not far off, when Joseph said to his house steward, "Up, follow the men; and when you overtake them, say to them, 'Why have you repaid evil for good? 5 Is not this the one from which my lord drinks and which he indeed uses for divination? You have done wrong in doing this.'"
6 So he overtook them and spoke these words to them. 7 They said to him, "Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing. 8 Behold, the money which we found in the mouth of our sacks we have brought back to you from the land of Canaan. How then could we steal silver or gold from your lord's house? 9 With whomever of your servants it is found, let him die, and we also will be my lord's slaves." 10 So he said, "Now let it also be according to your words; he with whom it is found shall be my slave, and the rest of you shall be innocent." 11 Then they hurried, each man lowered his sack to the ground, and each man opened his sack. 12 He searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest, and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. 13 Then they tore their clothes, and when each man loaded his donkey, they returned to the city.
14 When Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house, he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him. 15 Joseph said to them, "What is this deed that you have done? Do you not know that such a man as I can indeed practice divination?" 16 So Judah said, "What can we say to my lord? What can we speak? And how can we justify ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants; behold, we are my lord's slaves, both we and the one in whose [z]possession the cup has been found." 17 But he said, "Far be it from me to do this. The man in whose [aa]possession the cup has been found, he shall be my slave; but as for you, go up in peace to your father."
18 Then Judah approached him, and said, "Oh my lord, may your servant please speak a word in my lord's ears, and [ab]do not be angry with your servant; for you are equal to Pharaoh. 19 My lord asked his servants, saying, 'Have you a father or a brother?' 20 We said to my lord, 'We have an old father and a little child of his old age. Now his brother is dead, so he alone is left of his mother, and his father loves him.' 21 Then you said to your servants, 'Bring him down to me that I may set my eyes on him.' 22 But we said to my lord, 'The lad cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, [ac]his father would die.' 23 You said to your servants, however, 'Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.' 24 Thus it came about when we went up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. 25 Our father said, 'Go back, buy us a little food.' 26 But we said, 'We cannot go down. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down; for we cannot see the man's face unless our youngest brother is with us.' 27 Your servant my father said to us, 'You know that my wife bore me two sons; 28 and the one went out from me, and I said, "Surely he is torn in pieces," and I have not seen him since. 29 If you take this one also from [ad]me, and harm befalls him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in [ae]sorrow.' 30 Now, therefore, when I come to your servant my father, and the lad is not with us, since [af]his life is bound up in the lad's life, 31 when he sees that the lad is not with us, he will die. Thus your servants will bring the gray hair of your servant our father down to Sheol in sorrow. 32 For your servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, 'If I do not bring him back to you, then [ag]let me bear the blame before my father forever.' 33 Now, therefore, please let your servant remain instead of the lad a slave to my lord, and let the lad go up with his brothers. 34 For how shall I go up to my father if the lad is not with me—for fear that I see the evil that would [ah]overtake my father?"
Joseph Deals Kindly with His Brothers
45 Then Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried, "Have everyone go out from me." So there [ai]was no man with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers. 2 He [aj]wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard of it. 3 Then Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?" But his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed at his presence.
4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, "Please come [ak]closer to me." And they came [al]closer. And he said, "I am your brother Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt. 5 Now do not be grieved or angry [am]with yourselves, because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life. 6 For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting. 7 God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to keep you alive by a great [an]deliverance. 8 Now, therefore, it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh and lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt. 9 Hurry and go up to my father, and say to him, 'Thus says your son Joseph, "God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay. 10 You shall [ao]live in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children's children and your flocks and your herds and all that you have. 11 There I will also provide for you, for there are still five years of famine to come, and you and your household and all that you have would be impoverished."' 12 Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that it is my mouth which is speaking to you. 13 Now you must tell my father of all my splendor in Egypt, and all that you have seen; and you must hurry and bring my father down here." 14 Then he fell on his brother Benjamin's neck and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck. 15 He kissed all his brothers and wept on them, and afterward his brothers talked with him.
16 Now when the [ap]news was heard in Pharaoh's house [aq]that Joseph's brothers had come, it [ar]pleased Pharaoh and his servants. 17 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Say to your brothers, 'Do this: load your beasts and [as]go to the land of Canaan, 18 and take your father and your households and come to me, and I will give you the [at]best of the land of Egypt and you will eat the fat of the land.' 19 Now you are ordered, 'Do this: [au]take wagons from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and bring your father and come. 20 Do not [av]concern yourselves with your goods, for the [aw]best of all the land of Egypt is yours.'"
21 Then the sons of Israel did so; and Joseph gave them wagons according to the [ax]command of Pharaoh, and gave them provisions for the journey. 22 To [ay]each of them he gave changes of garments, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of garments. 23 To his father he sent [az]as follows: ten donkeys loaded with the [ba]best things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and sustenance for his father [bb]on the journey.
24 So he sent his brothers away, and [bc]as they departed, he said to them, "Do not [bd]quarrel on the journey." 25 Then they went up from Egypt, and came to the land of Canaan to their father Jacob. 26 They told him, saying, "Joseph is still alive, and indeed he is ruler over all the land of Egypt." But [be]he was stunned, for he did not believe them. 27 When they told him all the words of Joseph that he had spoken to them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of their father Jacob revived. 28 Then Israel said, "It is enough; my son Joseph is still alive. I will go and see him before I die."
Jacob Moves to Egypt
46 So Israel set out with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. 2 God spoke to Israel [bf]in visions of the night and said, "Jacob, Jacob." And he said, "Here I am." 3 He said, "I am God, the God of your father; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you a great nation there. 4 I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up again; and Joseph will [bg]close your eyes."
5 Then Jacob arose from Beersheba; and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob and their little ones and their wives in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. 6 They took their livestock and their property, which they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and came to Egypt, Jacob and all his [bh]descendants with him: 7 his sons and his grandsons with him, his daughters and his granddaughters, and all his [bi]descendants he brought with him to Egypt.
Those Who Came to Egypt
8 Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, Jacob and his sons, who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. 9 The sons of Reuben: Hanoch and Pallu and Hezron and Carmi. 10 The sons of Simeon: [bj]Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and [bk]Jachin and [bl]Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. 11 The sons of Levi: [bm]Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 12 The sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah and Perez and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan). And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. 13 The sons of Issachar: Tola and [bn]Puvvah and [bo]Iob and Shimron. 14 The sons of Zebulun: Sered and Elon and Jahleel. 15 These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, with his daughter Dinah; [bp]all his sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three. 16 The sons of Gad: [bq]Ziphion and Haggi, Shuni and [br]Ezbon, Eri and [bs]Arodi and Areli. 17 The sons of Asher: Imnah and Ishvah and Ishvi and Beriah and their sister Serah. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel. 18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah; and she bore to Jacob these sixteen persons. 19 The sons of Jacob's wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. 20 Now to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him. 21 The sons of Benjamin: Bela and Becher and Ashbel, Gera and Naaman, [bt]Ehi and Rosh, [bu]Muppim and [bv]Huppim and Ard. 22 These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob; there were fourteen persons in all. 23 The sons of Dan: [bw]Hushim. 24 The sons of Naphtali: [bx]Jahzeel and Guni and Jezer and [by]Shillem. 25 These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel, and she bore these to Jacob; there were seven persons in all. 26 All the persons belonging to Jacob, who came to Egypt, [bz]his direct descendants, not including the wives of Jacob's sons, were sixty-six persons in all, 27 and the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt were [ca]two; all the persons of the house of Jacob, who came to Egypt, were seventy.
28 Now he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to point out the way before him to Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. 29 Joseph [cb]prepared his chariot and went up to Goshen to meet his father Israel; as soon as he appeared [cc]before him, he fell on his neck and wept on his neck a long time. 30 Then Israel said to Joseph, "Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive." 31 Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's household, "I will go up and tell Pharaoh, and will say to him, 'My brothers and my father's household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me; 32 and the men are shepherds, for they have been [cd]keepers of livestock; and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.' 33 When Pharaoh calls you and says, 'What is your occupation?' 34 you shall say, 'Your servants have been [ce]keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,' that you may [cf]live in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is [cg]loathsome to the Egyptians."
Jacob's Family Settles in Goshen
47 Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, "My father and my brothers and their flocks and their herds and all that they have, have come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of Goshen." 2 He took five men from among his brothers and presented them to Pharaoh. 3 Then Pharaoh said to his brothers, "What is your occupation?" So they said to Pharaoh, "Your servants are shepherds, both we and our fathers." 4 They said to Pharaoh, "We have come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants' flocks, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now, therefore, please let your servants [ch]live in the land of Goshen." 5 Then Pharaoh said to [ci]Joseph, "Your father and your brothers have come to you. 6 The land of Egypt is [cj]at your disposal; [ck]settle your father and your brothers in the best of the land, let them [cl]live in the land of Goshen; and if you know any capable men among them, then [cm]put them in charge of my livestock."
7 Then Joseph brought his father Jacob and [cn]presented him to Pharaoh; and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. 8 Pharaoh said to Jacob, "How many [co]years have you lived?" 9 So Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The [cp]years of my sojourning are one hundred and [cq]thirty; few and [cr]unpleasant have been the [cs]years of my life, nor have they [ct]attained the [cu]years [cv]that my fathers lived during the days of their sojourning." 10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from [cw]his presence. 11 So Joseph [cx]settled his father and his brothers and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had ordered. 12 Joseph provided his father and his brothers and all his father's household with [cy]food, according to their little ones.
13 Now there was no [cz]food in all the land, because the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine. 14 Joseph gathered all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan for the grain which they bought, and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house. 15 When the money was all spent in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph [da]and said, "Give us [db]food, for why should we die in your presence? For our money [dc]is gone." 16 Then Joseph said, "Give up your livestock, and I will give you food for your livestock, since your money [dd]is gone." 17 So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them [de]food in exchange for the horses and the [df]flocks and the herds and the donkeys; and he [dg]fed them with [dh]food in exchange for all their livestock [di]that year. 18 When that year was ended, they came to him the [dj]next year and said to him, "We will not hide from my lord that our money is all spent, and the [dk]cattle are my lord's. There is nothing left [dl]for my lord except our bodies and our lands. 19 Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for [dm]food, and we and our land will be slaves to Pharaoh. So give us seed, that we may live and not die, and that the land may not be desolate."
Result of the Famine
20 So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for [dn]every Egyptian sold his field, because the famine was severe upon them. Thus the land became Pharaoh's. 21 As for the people, he removed them to the cities from one end of Egypt's border to the other. 22 Only the land of the priests he did not buy, for the priests had an allotment from Pharaoh, and they [do]lived off the allotment which Pharaoh gave them. Therefore, they did not sell their land. 23 Then Joseph said to the people, "Behold, I have today bought you and your land for Pharaoh; now, here is seed for you, and you may sow the land. 24 [dp]At the harvest you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and [dq]four-fifths shall be your own for seed of the field and for your food and for those of your households and as food for your little ones." 25 So they said, "You have saved our lives! Let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's slaves." 26 Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt valid to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; only the land of the priests [dr]did not become Pharaoh's.
27 Now Israel [ds]lived in the land of Egypt, in [dt]Goshen, and they acquired property in it and were fruitful and became very numerous. 28 Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; so the [du]length of Jacob's life was one hundred and forty-seven years.
29 When [dv]the time for Israel to die drew near, he called his son Joseph and said to him, "Please, if I have found favor in your sight, place now your hand under my thigh and deal with me in kindness and [dw]faithfulness. Please do not bury me in Egypt, 30 but when I lie down with my fathers, you shall carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place." And he said, "I will do as you have said." 31 He said, "Swear to me." So he swore to him. Then Israel bowed in worship at the head of the bed.
Israel's Last Days
48 Now it came about after these things that [dx]Joseph was told, "Behold, your father is sick." So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him. 2 When [dy]it was told to Jacob, "Behold, your son Joseph has come to you," Israel [dz]collected his strength and sat [ea]up in the bed. 3 Then Jacob said to Joseph, "[eb]God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me, 4 and He said to me, 'Behold, I will make you fruitful and numerous, and I will make you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your [ec]descendants after you for an everlasting possession.' 5 Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are. 6 But your offspring that [ed]have been born after them shall be yours; they shall be called by the [ee]names of their brothers in their inheritance. 7 Now as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died, [ef]to my sorrow, in the land of Canaan on the journey, when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem)."
8 When Israel saw Joseph's sons, he said, "Who are these?" 9 Joseph said to his father, "They are my sons, whom God has given me here." So he said, "Bring them to me, please, that I may bless them." 10 Now the eyes of Israel were so dim from age that he could not see. Then [eg]Joseph brought them close to him, and he kissed them and embraced them. 11 Israel said to Joseph, "I never [eh]expected to see your face, and behold, God has let me see your [ei]children as well." 12 Then Joseph [ej]took them from his knees, and bowed with his face to the ground. 13 Joseph took them both, Ephraim with his right hand toward Israel's left, and Manasseh with his left hand toward Israel's right, and brought them close to him. 14 But Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh's head, [ek]crossing his hands, [el]although Manasseh was the firstborn. 15 He blessed Joseph, and said,
"The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked,
17 When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on Ephraim's head, it displeased him; and he grasped his father's hand to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head. 18 Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father, for this one is the firstborn. Place your right hand on his head." 19 But his father refused and said, "I know, my son, I know; he also will become a people and he also will be great. However, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his [ep]descendants shall become a [eq]multitude of nations." 20 He blessed them that day, saying,
"By you Israel will pronounce blessing, saying,
Thus he put Ephraim before Manasseh. 21 Then Israel said to Joseph, "Behold, I am about to die, but God will be with you, and bring you back to the land of your fathers. 22 I give you one [er]portion more than your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow."
Israel's Prophecy concerning His Sons
49 Then Jacob summoned his sons and said, "Assemble yourselves that I may tell you what will befall you in the [es]days to come.
2 "Gather together and hear, O sons of Jacob;
3 "Reuben, you are my firstborn;
5 "Simeon and Levi are brothers;
8 "Judah, your brothers shall praise you;
13 "Zebulun will dwell at the seashore;
14 "Issachar is [fh]a strong donkey,
16 "Dan shall judge his people,
21 "Naphtali is a doe let loose,
22 "Joseph is a fruitful [fo]bough,
27 "Benjamin is a [fw]ravenous wolf;
28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them [fx]when he blessed them. He blessed them, every one [fy]with the blessing appropriate to him. 29 Then he charged them and said to them, "I am about to be gathered to my people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, 30 in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought along with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a [fz]burial site. 31 There they buried Abraham and his wife Sarah, there they buried Isaac and his wife Rebekah, and there I buried Leah— 32 the field and the cave that is in it, purchased from the sons of Heth." 33 When Jacob finished charging his sons, he drew his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and was gathered to his people.
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Ryuujin Jakka (Flowing Flame Blade)
Weilder : Yamamoto Genryuusai Shigekuni
First Shi-Kai: Chapter 155, vol 018
First Ban-Kai: Never
Shi-Kai: Ryuujin Jakka
release command: "Banshou Issai Kaijin To Nase!" ("Ashes To Ashes, Dust To Dust!")
Oldest and strongest heat based zanpakutou. It's fire can burn anything in the soul world. Yamamoto wields the strongest and oldest known heat based zanpakutoh with the greatest attacking power in all of Soul Society. Usually, he carries it in the shape of an old wooden staff until he returns it to katana form by uttering 'tsuukon nari.''Banshou Issai Kaijin To Nase' (ashes to ashes, dust to dust).
Name Meaning: Cutting Moon
Wielder: Kurosaki Ichigo
First Shi-Kai: Chapter 067, vol. 008
First Ban-Kai: Chapter 162, vol. 019
Giant zanpakutou as tall as Ichigo, because of Ichigo's tremendous spiritual pressure Zangetsu can never go into it's sealed state. Zangetsu also has its own apperance and is one of the few zanpakutous we see materialize themselves. He looks like a shinigami to some extent, but his robe has multiple tattered edges that he seems to be able to control, and a rugged looking face, with a pair of funky glasses to match
Zangeki: Zangetsu is the zanpakutou Kurosaki Ichigo recieves from Rukia during the first chapter. Getsuga Tensho (Moon Fang Striking The Sky) Zangetsu takes Ichigo's spiritual pressure and releases the super high density pressure from the blade and the Zangeki becomes bigger then explodes. This version of Zangetsu is made mostly for attacking since it lacks the protective pieces of a katana. The special ability of Zangetsu's shikai is that it can turn Ichigo's spiritual energy into a shockwave of energy
Ban-Kai: Ten Sa Zan Getsu (Heavenly Chain Cutting The Moon)
Ichigo'sappearance also changes from normal shinigami garmants to a sleek black outfit with a black tattered cape, much like Zangetsu's outfit. Hollow Ichigo can use a shooting attack called Black Getsuga 'Black Moon Fang'. The top half of his shinigami robe becomes a sort of suit topcoat instead of a kimono, pinned together at one spot, then left to flare out into ragged ends, similar to the way Zangetsu's looks.
Weilder : Urahara Kisuke
First Shi-Kai: Chapter 065, vol. 008
First Ban-Kai: Never
Choosing: Power --> Power And Intelligence.
Shikai Attack: Blood Mist Shield & Shot.
Normal: Kept inside of his cane. Because it resides in a cane it's hilt is still the handle of the cane so looks differnt than most zanpakutou's. Urahara's cane also has the ability to seperate souls from their bodies.
Shi-Kai: Benihime (Crimson Princess)
- release command: "Okiro!" ("Wake Up!") and "Nake" ("Sing!")
Changes dramatically as it is no longer in anyway a cane. Benihime can produce a shield and an explosive attack. Urahara's Shikai does not change any appearence on the player's Zanpakuto or graphic however, it gives the ability to use a shield AND a blast attack! The Blood Mist shot is a red version of Sado's Power Blast and has some power got inside of it..
Bankai Attack: None.
Wielder: Hitsugaya Toushirou
Choosing: Power --> Freeze And Kill (or something similar).
Shi kai : Hyourinmaru (Ice Ring)
- release command: "Souten ni Zase!" ("Soar In The Frozen Sky!")
Hyourinmaru is not too different from a regular katana in its normal-form. It does seem to be a bit longer than a regular katana. The most outstanding feature is its crossguard, which is in the shape of a golden, four-pointed star. Captain Hitsugaya usually carries Hyourinmaru slung over his back, hilt poking over his right shoulder, instead of at his hip. Hyourinmaru is also the most powerful ice elemental zanpakutou in Soul Society
Hitsugaya's Shikai does not change the sword, but it lets the user shoot an Ice/Water Dragon that can freeze anything it hits (players/NPC).The pressure from Hyourinmaru's water attack is so fierce that it peels the ememies flesh from their bones. even the moisture in the air, starts to freeze. So even if you don't drown in the deluge that is the dragon, the water still soaking you will freeze you til you die.
Bankai :Dai Guren Hyourin Maru (Great Red Ice Ring)
Hitsugaya's Bankai gives a small boost to the player's stats. It lets the player to shoot the Dragon (like before), and normal attacking gets stronger.The player has now huge Ice wings and tail. Hyourinmaru's name lengthens to Dai Guren Hyourinmaru which meansGreat Crimson Ice Ring. Being the most powerful known ice elemental zanpaku-to, Dai Guren Hyourinmaru includes not only a moving ice-floe, but also independently mobile ice-stars.
Name Meaning: Thousand Cherry Trees
Wielder: Kuchiki Byakuya
First Shi-Kai: Chapter 116, vol. 014
First Ban-Kai: Chapter 142, vol. 017
Byakuya's sword becomes into many petals that takes few platforms .Senbon Zakura doesn't deviate from the norm in its plain form, looking just like a normal katana. Captain Kuchiki isn't inventive in carrying it, either, keeping it slung at his waist.
Shi-Kai : Senbonzakura (One Thousand Cherry Tree)
- release command: "Chire!" ("Scatter!")
Speaking the short word "chire" which means scatter, Captain Kuchiki makes Senbon Zakura's blade disappear and turn into what looks like thousands of small cherry blossom flower petals. They scatter and shread the enemy.
Ban-Kai: Senbonzakura Kageyoshi (One Thousand Cherry Blossoms Brutal Shadows) Invisible Damage. In bankai form, Sebon Zakura name lenghtens to Senbon Zakura Kageyoshi, which means Thousand Cherry Trees, Solemn Shadow. Senbon Zakura Kageyoshi is a stonger version of the shikai form of Senbon Zakura. No one can see the movements of those blades or dodge them, except Kurosaki Ichigo. Byakuya's Ban-kai's final stage is called Hakutieken (White Imperial Blade)*Speical: Scene Of Masscere (or something).
This is a speical attack learnt after mastering Bankai. In here, the petals disappear and the target (on the screen) will be trapped along with the user inside a pink-sword cage. The user gets his sword back, but it looks a bit different and the stats are boosted.
Name Meaning: Snaketail
Weilder : Abarai Renji
First Shi-Kai: Chapter 056, vol 007 "The Rookie That Can't Ask Its Name"
First Ban-Kai: Chapter 141, vol. 017 "Kneel to the Baboon King"
Like the vast majority of other zanpakutou, Zabimaru's normal form looks exactly like any old katana, and Renji carries it stuck through his obi, like any samurai would. The only difference is the crossguard has a stylized lighting-bolt pattern carved into it. Zabimaru leaves its body behind, giving the opportunity of using Higga Zekkou: If an enemy is standing on the body itself, he'll get hit by the user's Reiatsu, which contacts Zabimaru together.
Shi - kai : Zabimaru (Serpent Tail) Renji's zanpakutou grows larger and has a saw like appearence. Zabimaru can extend and retract at Renji's will. It can be thrown around like a whip and slice threw the enemy. The real surprise comes when opponents figure out that Zabimaru is not a sword, but actually a sort of whip. The plates are joined with a flexible material that can extend incredible distances. Renji can mentally control the length of the whip, but it still takes some weapons finesse to control it directionally
Renji's zanpakutou grows larger and has a saw like appearence. Zabimaru can extend and retract at Renji's will. It can be thrown around like a whip and slice threw the enemy. The real surprise comes when opponents figure out that Zabimaru is not a sword, but actually a sort of whip. The plates are joined with a flexible material that can extend incredible distances. Renji can mentally control the length of the whip, but it still takes some weapons finesse to control it directionally
Ban Kai :Hihiou Zabimaru
Renji's zanpakutou turns into a giant snake skeleton and coils around the ground with him in the center. Segiments of Hihiou are connected with Renji's spiritual pressure thus making him stronger. Though bulky Hihiou is a great endurance zanpakutou even if it losses one or two segments it can still fight. Renji holds onto the tip of the tail, which then coils into multitudes of round ribs all the way up into a huge snake head, complete with white furry ruff at the back of the skull-joint and several rows of fangs. The skull is the only thing that slightly resembles a baboon. Like Zabimaru's Shikai, Hihiou Zabimaru is a whip of sorts, except it just has a much larger range. Also instead of having a flexible material joining the rib segments, all of Hihiou Zabimaru is held together by Renji's spiritual pressure, so it's nearly impossible for an opponent to sever it.
Ashisogi Jizou
Name Meaning: Legshredder Priest
Wielder: Kurotsuchi Mayuri
First Shi-Kai: Chapter 122, vol. 014 Don't Lose Your Grip On
First Ban-Kai: Chapter 125, vol. 015 Insanity and Genius
Captain Kurotsuchi keeps it in a loose, blobby-looking light colored sheath hung from the very front of his belt, dangling from his belly button down to between his knees. When in Bankai form Ashisogi Jizou's name lengthens to Konjiki Ashisogi Jizou.
Shi - Kai : Ashisogi Jizou (Beast-Killing Jizou) Mayuri's zanpakutou turns into a weird staff like weapon with three prongs coming out the top. Above the crossguard is a huge, round, bronze face that looks like a bald, bulging-eyed cross between an alien and a baby. The thing is at least as big as Kurotsuchi's own head. The blade itself splits into three wavy prongs that come out at angles from the top and sides of the head, like some crazy set of horns, with the middle prong being the longest. As an ability, Ashisogi Jizou paralyzes the motor nerves of whatever living thing it hits.
Mayuri's zanpakutou turns into a weird staff like weapon with three prongs coming out the top. Above the crossguard is a huge, round, bronze face that looks like a bald, bulging-eyed cross between an alien and a baby. The thing is at least as big as Kurotsuchi's own head. The blade itself splits into three wavy prongs that come out at angles from the top and sides of the head, like some crazy set of horns, with the middle prong being the longest. As an ability, Ashisogi Jizou paralyzes the motor nerves of whatever living thing it hits.
Ban - Kai : Konjiki Ashisogi Jizou (Golden Beaste-Killing Jizou)
Ashisogi Jizou's name lenthens to Konjiki Ashisogi Jizou which means Golden Legshredder Priest. In Bankai, the weird face on Ashisogi's Shikai gets a gargantuan body .It Converts Mayuri's blood into a poisonous fog and spreads two hundred yards in radius. The body itself is shrouded in a ragged, grayish cloak that makes it look like a floating ghost. Underneath the cloak is a fat, pasty-pale caterpillar-like torso. Mist constantly streams from the corners of its mouth. The most dangerous part of the Bankai, that mist is a specialized poison Konjiki Ashisogi Jizou makes from Captain Kurotsuchi's blood. One good lungful of the stuff is lethal to any living thing within almost two hundred yards of him.


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This year we are looking at experiencing God. Can we experience God? Should we expect to? When we look at the scriptures, people obviously experienced God in very real ways and we sometimes wonder why them and not us to the same extent? Can it be different? Can we experience more of God?
Last time we talked about knowing God –being able to talk about our personal experience of Him.
Today I want to ask who experiences God?
Let's start by thinking about who experienced Jesus. I want to suggest eight categories of people who had different levels of experience of Jesus. [Start from the bottom.]
|Peter, James, John
|Closest of the close. Some experiences no others had e.g. Transfiguration (seeing Jesus in all His glory), healing of Jairus' daughter
|The Disciples
|Huge intimacy e.g. Last Supper, Garden of Gethsemane. Saw everything Jesus did. Extra teaching (e.g. explanation of parables). Personal interaction including challenging questions.
Involvement in ministry e.g. feeding 5000,
|Those included in mission teams
E.g. the 72 of Luke 10
|Greater intimacy. Probably received training etc
Experienced being used by God. Lk 10:17 72 returned with joy and said, "Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name."
|Those who followed Jesus out of love for Him
Examples: the women who supported Him (Lk 8:1-3) (although maybe they should be in the next category of contributors.)
|Saw a lot more of what Jesus was doing.
More time with Jesus = greater intimacy
|Examples: Pharisees; religious leaders, Romans
|Challenged, condemned (e.g. Mt 23)
Also grace and acceptance (e.g. Nicodemus)
|Received God's goodness/grace; healed etc
Examples: Bartimaeus, haemorrhaging woman, Zacchaeus, Jairus' daughter/Jairus, fed crowds
|Healed; delivered; forgiven; befriended
|Came to hear the teaching and see the miracles
|Saw and heard incredible things
|No personal contact with Jesus
Were there any people in Israel who didn't, at least, hear about Jesus? Maybe some but He went to every town and village (Mt 9:35)
Lk 24:18 – amazed that Jesus didn't know about the events in Jerusalem
|Indirect. Heard about Jesus
What I am suggesting is that there were various levels of experience. Being in that inner circle of three was very different from simply being in the crowd and observing. Being healed would have been amazing but not as amazing as being involved in ministry and experienced God working through them.
Of course, it is exactly the same today. Some people experience much more of God than others. Let's think about that. I have chosen some different categories but the idea is the same.
The first level I am going to call "society" – society at large; the people in the houses in this suburb.
How do they experience God?
We might think they don't at all but actually they do – even if they don't know it.
Matthew 5:45 He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous an the unrighteous.
God is good to everyone – even those who are "evil". Our food, our health, our relationships – all good gifts come from God (Jas 1:17).
Many will also be experiencing God's Spirit drawing them to Him. God is at work in us long before we are interested in Him.
God's goodness, God's calling and everyone will, unfortunately, experience God's judgement. At one level, everybody experiences God.
The next level I am calling "the saved" – those who have put their faith in Jesus.
How do they experience God?
Their experience of God is hugely different because they have been adopted into God's family. They are children of God who know God as their Father. They have been forgiven. They might have experienced some form of healing or whatever.
Read Galatians 3:1-5
The Galatians had put their faith in Jesus but then had been persuaded that salvation really depended on obeying the Jewish Law. Trust in Jesus or obey the Law? Oh, we had better obey the Law. Paul is horrified that they have turned away from faith to law-keeping as the means of their salvation. "You foolish Galatians"! One of the ways he tries to get them to see their folly is by referring to their experience of God. Look at v.5: Does God give you His Spirit and work miracles among you by your observing the Law, or by your believing what you heard?
The answer is obvious: there is a level of experience of God that comes with faith in Jesus. Good, law-abiding people don't receive the Spirit or experience miracles. That is the experience of children of God.
But sometimes their experience is all past tense. Some Christians had an experience of God in the past – had a salvation experience of God – but they don't continue to experience God. They may have a vague awareness that God loves them and looks after them. That is comforting but they couldn't point to any actual experience of that. It is general, not specific. They couldn't tell personal stories of God's provision or of prayers answered because they are not really experiencing those things. God is real but He is in the background, not in the foreground of experience.
So another level called "Seekers". These are the people who are hungry to know more of God.
Ps 42:1-2 1 As the deer pants for streams of water,
so my soul pants for you, my God.
2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When can I go and meet with God?
Two weeks ago we thought about Paul's words: All of the things I once took pride in I now consider revolting muck for the surpassing worth of knowing Christ… I want to know Christ.
These are the people who read their Bibles longing to know God better; who pray; who read other Christian books; who meet with other Christians so as to learn from them.
How do they experience God?
God makes promises to seekers.
Jeremiah 29:13 "You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you," declares the Lord… (See also Deut 4:29; 1 Chron 28:9, 19)
That was spoken to the Jews in exile. It applied to that particular context but I believe the principle applies. There are many passages about seeking God.
2 Chron 7:14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
Hebrews 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
God rewards those who earnestly seek Him. It is pretty obvious, for example, that those who pray will be the ones who see prayers answered. Those who ask receive; those who seek find.
The submitted. It is one thing to seek God but the next step is obeying Him. James tells us not to be hearers of the word only but to be doers of the word. The submitted are those who say "yes" to God.
How do they experience God?
Ps 24:3-6 3 Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord?
Who may stand in his holy place?
4 The one who has clean hands and a pure heart,
who does not trust in an idol
or swear by a false god.
5 They will receive blessing from the Lord
and vindication from God their Saviour.
6 Such is the generation of those who seek him,
who seek your face, God of Jacob.
These are people who come into the presence of God and who are blessed by God and vindicated by God – those who seek Him and submit to Him; who have clean hands and pure hearts.
Those who serve – those who respond to God's call on their lives and are doing what God has asked them to do. Those who are using their spiritual gifts to serve others and who are engaged in mission.
How do they experience God?
Remember how we saw earlier that the disciples who were sent out on mission around the towns and villages came back rejoicing because even the demons had submitted to them in Jesus' name. It stands to reason, doesn't it, that those who are out serving will see God doing things that those sitting in front of their TVs will never see? Those who are using their spiritual gifts will see God at work through them. The disciples in Acts saw God do incredible things because they were out on the cutting edge of mission. Jesus said, "Go and make disciples and I will be with you."
Those who serve have the thrill of knowing that God is using them. They are co-workers with God.
Where are you on that list? What is your experience of God? Do you want more? What might you do to go further with God?
We are going to be talking about this a lot more because I want to experience more of God and I'd love for you to experience more too. To some extent those categories of saved, seeking, submitted and serving will form the framework for what we look at. But what could you do now to experience more of God?


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Christopher Gardner, whose best-selling autobiography inspired the Will Smith movie "The Pursuit of Happyness," opened with an icebreaker: "This is the first time I've been surrounded by so many educational professionals, police officers, probation officers ... and district attorneys without my mom being in the room."
The line got a big laugh at this countywide symposium on truancy. Not that the 500-plus people with those job descriptions would have been in the same room back when the keynote speaker was in school.
This was, after all, something of a pioneering effort, and the first time the Los Angeles County district attorney's office, county Office of Education, city attorney's office, county Superior Court, county Probation Department and state attorney general's office had gathered with school districts and law enforcement agencies to discuss the subject.
As I pulled in among all the cop and exempted-plate cars at Cal State L.A., a saying that got stale about a dozen years ago popped into my head. I'll hold off on repeating it until the end because you'll just make that finger-in-mouth "gag me" gesture.


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too long held apart. But in another way it's a return to roots – the roots of the Toronto sound. You can't listen to this album and not recall that Toronto has always been "the meeting place". And just as many tribes and peoples always came through the nexus of this landscape so the musical tribes have continued the tradition. Not surprising then that
this collection of songs erupts from the same musical epicenter that gave us Blood, Sweat & Tears, The Band, and Buffalo Spingfield hand-in-hand with cultural heavies like Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot, Steppenwolf and Joni Mitchell. Julian Taylor is a natural heir to this rich tradition– something he shares with two other proponents of the
Toronto sound, Drake and The Weekend. His music arises naturally from deep steeping in the historically mixed musical milieu that begat it. It has the comfortability of an open mind a wide palette and an experienced and inspired musical talent. So, welcome to the smorgasbord. I think you'll find it very flavourful. Or as the song says "Ooh that spice is nice."
Vocals / Taylor Perkins
Guitar / Cole Perkins
Bass / Mike Van Dyk
The band released their highly anticipated debut EP, 'KASADOR', in September 2016, which was recorded at The Bathouse Recording Studio with producer Nyles Spencer. The EP has had a strong reception, and singles 'Talk About It' and 'Neighbourhood' continue to receive radio play in Ontario.
Dani Vézina (Lead Vocalist / fka: Dani Poisson) met her husband Mat Vézina (Bassist/Backup Vocals) back in 2003 at a church youth group. In the summer of 2004 the two started dating. Mat was a bassist in a metal band at the time with Dani's younger brother, Mike Poisson (Drummer/Vocalist). In 2005 after going to a concert with Mat, Dani confessed to Mat that she would love nothing more than to be the vocalist in their band. Mat and Mike agreed and the three of them along with a mutual friend began jamming. These were the early stages of what would eventually become their first real band, "Not Even Death" (2008-2012). After the departure of their long-time guitarist, Justin deBoer¹, the group soon realized that much of their style had hinged on Justin's wonderfully raucous musical taste, and they were being drawn toward a more alternative sound. Dani, Mat and Mike decided it was time for something new and after finding a replacement guitarist, they formed "Mosely"². In 2013 they toured through schools across Canada with the organization, "Live Different" and in those 80 dates the band learned a lot of hard lessons. With the time on the road now under their belts, they underwent yet another lineup change, and in early 2014, Eric Hitsman (Guitarist/Vocalist | formerly of, We Surrender) joined the band as the group's permanent guitarist, adding his strong male vocals to the mix. In 2014 they released their first single written with Eric entitled, "Friends" which was recorded in Ottawa by Steve Foley at Audio Valley Recording Studios. The band loved working with Steve so much that they returned to the studio to record their first self-titled EP which they all felt best represented Mosely's true sound. They released their EP on June 12th 2015 and less than one month later, Dani & Mat were married! They are currently writing for their next release while they play shows around Ontario and Quebec.
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Enzo Ferrari called the Mille Miglia "a unique traveling museum": museum that is currently – until Sunday 21st May – on its traditional Brescia-Padova-Roma-Parma-Brescia route. The "most beautiful race in the world" is at its 90th edition, the 35th since it became a reliability trial.
The cars accepted to run the four stages of the race are 440 (out of 705 applications received by the selection board), all built between 1927 and 1957, from 41 countries from 5 continents. The only models that can entered the race are those of which at least one exemplar has taken part – or enrolled – to one of the races that took place between 1927 and 1957.
In particular, 92 specimens will return to Brescia after having run at least one edition of the Mille Miglia in those years. The track goes through more than 200 municipalities in 7 Italian regions. This edition features also "show trials" in squares in Verona, Castelfranco Veneto, Ferrara, Pistoia, Busseto and Canneto sull'Oglio, on top of 112 timed trials.
As an official note of Mille Miglia 2017 reads: "Among the many reasons for which the Mille Miglia is incomparable for refinement, exclusivity and prestige there is the fact that it is the only way to admire, all together, invaluable masterpieces that wrote the most beautiful pages of international motoring. Among the museums that will send their cars to Brescia there are the ones of Alfa Romeo, Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Porsche."
The most popular brands in this year's edition are:Alfa Romeo (46 cars), Fiat (36), Lancia (35), Mercedes-Benz (35), Bugatti (23), Jaguar (21), Porsche (21), Ferrari (15), Aston Martin (14), O.M. (13), BMW (12), and Maserati (11).
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A Word on Redevelopment
A Word on Redvelopment
By: Nicholas A. Dunlap, CPM
Redevelopment has helped keep cities thriving and local economies churning for decades. Through recognizing and understanding the fundamentals of a neighborhood, local CRA or Community Redevelopment Agencies have helped bring new life to blocks, neighborhoods and communities that have become blighted or forgotten over time. A partnership is created through the bond of the public's needs & wants represented by the CRA and the financial interest & vision of a private entity. CRA has worked beautifully in Downtown Fullerton, Santa Monica, Old Town Brea, Hollywood, parts of Anaheim and Costa Mesa.
Redevelopment is an imperative part of local growth and forward movement. Completed redevelopment projects bring in additional sales and property tax revenue for the cities and even districts that specific properties operate in. All this and for some reason, Jerry Brown has stated he intends to eliminate Community Redevelopment Agencies statewide and use the money for Schools and Counties in need. In November, California voted to pass Proposition 22 to ensure that control over local funds remained at the local level. His attempt to cut the budget includes massive cuts to important offices such as the CRA.
Someone needs to remind Jerry that if it weren't for CRA in Sacramento, he would not be able to live in his trendy loft and might have to live in a place as unkempt as the Governor's Mansion.


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Safe and Shine Skin Lightening Tips1 Comment Published by Newsroom December 11th, 2009 in Fashion and Beauty
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A dream to have fairer complexion and achieving it is universal between both the sexes. Skin lightening products are popular among Asians, hence in this million-dollar industry everyone have thrown their hats into the ring. Rat race among branded as well as cheap local brands is on. Problems related with hyper pigmentation like spots, freckles, acne scars, melasma, uneven skin tone and other dark areas are common. Relying on lightening, bleaching etc is effective and it has to be incorporated in lifestyle along with other measures so as to bring back the self-esteem. Ways to achieve it are:
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Foods You Should Avoid Before the Wedding0 Comments Published by Newsroom June 19th, 2009 in Health, Wedding
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Avoid these 5 foods to look and feel great the day of your wedding.
After all the work you've put into your wedding day, the last thing you want is an upset stomach, bloating, or a gas problem. Nervousness, excitement, and all the other emotions you'll experience on your big day are enough to deal with – you don't want to add to the problems by eating the wrong foods. A couple of foods to consider avoiding before the wedding include:
Sodas and carbonated drinks. Soft drinks have a number of bad effects on brides. Bloating is common, along with belching, so it's best to avoid them – at least until after you say, "I do".
Starchy foods. Starches are also foods associated with bloating and gas. Stay away from potatoes, pasta, and rice on the day of and the day before the wedding. Corn and breads can have similar effects – try wraps or pita bread for sandwiches if you need a snack before the wedding.
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How to green your wedding?0 Comments Published by Newsroom April 29th, 2008 in Wedding
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A wedding is one of the most important days in a couple's life. If you care about the planet, why not integrate your principles into your big day? It seems obvious that weddings have a huge footprint, both ecological and economical. Going green doesn't mean you have to compromise on your big day, though.
By taking a look at the bigger picture, you can move beyond the usual decadence and consumption to create a truly personal, moving, and sustainable celebration that people will remember for years. You may even open a few eyes in the process.
A great wedding need not be an expensive one0 Comments Published by Sangita Kanjilal August 10th, 2007 in General, Expert columns, Lifestyle
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There is absolutely no doubt about the fact every would be bride and bride groom want their wedding to be a memorable occasion not just for them but also for their guests. So, what is that magic mantra that will make this possible? Some say it is pots and oodles of money. But I say that is smart planning and clever use of available resources including money. With a dash of creativity thrown in.
With the concept of the big fat Indian wedding gaining popularity worldwide and newer areas of specialization, in the fashion and jewellery industry which have an obvious focus on the marriage market, planning and prioritizing have gained a great deal of significance in preventing dream weddings from getting translated into waking nightmares.
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The woeful effects of Team India's dismal performance at the cricket World Cup, and the shenanigans of the BCCI in their search for a coach have begun to show results. Whichever product you turn to these days, a film star is endorsing it. Hrithik Roshan dances to the Sony Ericsson tune and learns to bake Milano biscuits just so (clever story line to match his near-Italian looks!). Amitabh Bachchan does a hilarious oily UP peon act for Navratna hair oil. Shah Rukh and Saif, Preity Zinta and Rani Mukherjee – everyone is more in evidence on TV these days, and the Dhonis, Harbahajans, Dravids and Tendulkars are getting rarer and rarer.