The Goshen Effect, Personalized (Poem, Part 6)

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For me, and I trust for you, it has been exhilarating,

To review The Lord’s six major ‘group-protective events’,

Referred herein as His Goshen Effects --

His promised, unique, strategic plans for evacuating,

Those of ‘a certain kind’ before on folks He pours judgments.

Sustaining righteousness, He thus perfects.

But if to His Word your life is attuned,

With faith that is very strong and unshakable,

In life there will be much evidence of varying kinds,

That when folks are judged, you’ll not be marooned!

In thousands of ways in His Word, immutable,

He promises personal escapes of …the Goshen kind.

From Genesis-to-Revelation, His Hand is revealed,

Confirming this as His nature and will,

With every ‘i’ that is dotted, and ‘t’ that is crossed.

But to folks who for sins are being judged, this is concealed, 

Because in their hearts and minds, …He ain’t real!

They refuse to believe for their sins …He paid the cost!

So while we to whom The Lord God has imputed righteousness,

Patiently await ‘group difference-making’ Goshen Effects, ¹

Let’s walk in His Spirit, meditate on His Word,

Anticipating and appreciating His restfulness. ²

Let’s believe that, as the graceful Hand of the good Lord directs,

To inspect our ‘differences’, …folks will be stirred.

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¹ See: The Goshen Effect (Part 1) and also Collateral Damages or Blessings? (Poem)

² Learn how to do this in Two Prayer Challenges (Poem) 

The Goshen Effect, Grand Finale (Poem, Part 5)

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This series has discussed five effects of the Goshen-type,

Protective measures introduced in Egypt’s prototype.

I understand there’ll be six,

As The Lord’s strategy predicts. ¹

The fifth effect has brought us to His Great White Throne,

When He and firsts-resurrection saints are back home, ²

Following our awesome thousand-year reign,

known as The Lord’s Day,

During which our power and glory on Earth were on display.

Since then, by the kingdom of satan, the whole world is beset,

A choice season to enlarge the catch in his deceptive net.

As an angel said long ago, satan knows his time is short,

Thus, he promotes his two top demons onto the world’s court. ³

Voila! They’ll have GREAT success captivating hearts and minds,

With all conceivable, despicable, wicked designs,

Culminating in the most egregious attack in history,

On Israel and Jerusalem, The Lord’s most holy city. 

(i.e., ‘set aside’, unique)

Thus, you might say Armageddon was …just a mere practice run,

For a worse attack sometime after the new millennium!!!

From Heaven, The Lord will rain down fire on this invasion, massive,

Then sometime afterward, He’ll end all human life, comprehensive! ⁴

The stage in Heaven is thus set for the final-resurrection,

For folks long dead who missed the firsts, due to their sinful condition,

From death, they’ll be awakened, for their …life inspection

With saints who were still alive during the invasion.

Before The Lord, all these folks will stand and give account.

But above all, one key question will be paramount:

In life, whom did you evidence that I, The Lord, am?  

He’ll consult The Book of Life to expose any sham. ⁵

Judgments over, time for …the grand finale Goshen Effect,

With a modification concerning whom He will collect.

He'll segregate the righteous in this crowd for unique protection. ⁶

The un-righteous He will assemble …for their hellish induction.

Into the brimstone-lit lake of fire, satan’s kingdom will be cast,

With every un-repentant sinner whom his imps will have amassed,

Since the beginning of our history!

Imagine such an odious bevy!

In the lake of fire they will will join its first residents,

And thus together, they will fulfill its complement.

For a thousand years plus, the anti-Christ and his prophet,

Will have been there, cognizant, in body, soul and spirit. 

Don’t dare think this evil throng will be …‘in spirit form’.

Or that the flames might be …a little hotter than warm. 

Not a chance!

As immortal, asexual humans they will be!

Don’t worry… 

I'm not offended if you choose not to believe me.

Proof of my assertion that even devils might become human,

Is based on various insights from The Bible I have gotten.

First, in all creation, fire is fire, not a metaphor.

Second, in hell, ‘there is gnashing of (real) teeth’, in rancor. ⁷

News Flash: Spirits don’t have teeth!!!

Pause to ponder:

If in hell, sinners gnash their teeth,

Would it be just to resurrect folks in bodies immortal,

And leave devils as spirits who fire’s flames could not lick?! 

Third, through Isaiah, The Lord pre-pronounced satan’s judgment,

And quoted folks who would gaze upon him in resentment:

‘Is this the man who made Earth tremble, who shook kingdoms,

and destroyed cities,

Who made the world as a wilderness, 

and showed his prisoners no mercies?' ⁸

Fourth, recall the demons who made an error that was grossly huge,

Becoming humans, corrupting our species, causing the deluge.

While The Bible affirms they were locked away pending judgment,

It never says they were allowed …to reverse their infringement!!!

Therefore, it’s safe to conclude all demons might be thus transformed,

And will be judged by every righteous human

whose world they stormed. ⁹

Do you agree The Lord’s judgment is righteously fitting?

And in the judgment seat, are you prepared to be sitting?

If you’re not sure whether in this evil throng you’ll be counted,

Or in the judgment seat with Jesus Christ you’ll be anointed,

There’s still time to make your righteous reservation,

And to embrace the free gift He calls …salvation. ¹⁰

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¹ The Holy Bible.

² Back in Heaven, which may likely be the new, eternal Earth The Lord promised to create in Isaiah 65:17 and 66:22. See: Bible Raptures (Q&A) and Ponder This ... (First Resurrection, Second Death, Hell).

³ See: Revelation 12:12. It is significantly instructive to compare the roles of Gog and Magog in triggering the 1st and 2nd Wars of Gog and Magog (the 1st likely during the apocalypse, and the 2nd at the end of the post-Millennial Reign age.   (Revelation 20). Ezekiel 38:6 & 15 cite these demons as controlling/influencing events across the land in ‘the far north’ (presumably north of Israel, i.e., currently The Russian Federation). After the Millennial Reign, Revelation 20:8 cites these same demons as having global influence, inferring a MAJOR PROMOTION!!! I intuit these fellas might be satan’s ‘go-to’ demons for his ‘heavy-lift’ assignments! See: Revelation - Future Attacks in Israel and also Armageddon (Series).

⁴ Including folks whose lives were spared during the invasion.

⁵ See: Hiatus from Hades (Poem) and also Philippians 4:3, Revelation 3:5, 13:8, 17:8, 20:12-15, 21:27 and 22:18-9. Just after the post-Millennial Reign age, everyone who will not yet have been resurrected, will be resurrected (dating back to the 1st age of history!), and along with everyone who is alive at that time, and will all be raptured as immortal humans, to appear at the Great White Throne Judgment. (Revelation 20:11-15) This is the last resurrection in The Lord's resurrection series. This huge group will include those who will have become saints both during and likely after The Millennial Reign age, because only then could their faith be tested. (See: Salvation in The Millennium (Series)) Their names will have been written in The Lord’s Book of Eternal Life, which He will consult at that time. This is when He will 'separate the sheep from the goats', spiritually referring to saints from the post-Millennial Reign age, and sinners from the all ages in this massive crowd. Each person will be in his/her immortal, corporeal form! Revelation 22:18-9 are effectively Jesus’ clear, stern ‘copyright’ on all things revealed in what would become The Book of Revelation, with a stern warning to anyone who would dare modify His and Heaven’s final, authoritative revelation of Him, His deity, and His closing chapter plans for humanity. Carefully consider what this means for all subsequent religions that posit significantly different end-time predictions. See: Is Jesus God? (Part 5).

⁶ As was done/will be done in earlier Goshen Effects.

⁷ Matthew 8:12, 13:42, 13:50, 22:13, 24:51, 25:30, and Luke 13:28 each speak of ‘weeping and gnashing of teeth’ in the eternal lake of fire. As you read these verses, recall, a key principle in Scripture is to ‘let every key point be confirmed by 2 or 3 witnesses’. (Deuteronomy 17:6, 19:15, Matthew 18:16, 2 Corinthians 13:1, 1 Timothy 5:19, and Hebrews 10:28) So what message is The Lord signaling by confirming this point about gnashing of teeth in the lake of fire 7 times?!

Rancor: bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice. 

⁸ See: Isaiah 14:12-17. In the midst of a predicted future, proverbial upbraiding/taunt against the king of Babylon, The Lord suddenly addresses Lucifer, a former, exalted holy angel who became satan, and who apparently was the king’s motivating spirit. This is an ‘embedded prophecy’ in which The Lord, addresses a person, then addresses the spirit who possesses/motivates that person. Some Bible scholars flatly deny this, while others question at which verse the proverb, inspired by The Lord, returns to addressing the king of Babylon. Read it and form your own opinion in context of the entire Bible, including what happened in Genesis 3:14-15, Jude 6 and 2 Peter 2:4, and their relationship to the global flood.

⁹ See: Humans’ DNA Hacked (Poem). Paul affirms the born-again righteous …’will judge angels’. (1 Corinthians 6:3) I can’t imagine why we would need to judge the holy angels, but we all know …demons are fallen angels!

10 Please see, listen to and ponder these messages: Salvation, An Internship (Poem), Album 8: Must Be, Gotta Be (Lyrics & Video) and Prayer of Salvation (Poem).

The Goshen Effect, Post-Millennial (Poem, Part 4)

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Earlier-noted Goshen effects are pre-Millennial Reign.

But are they the end of this awesome strategic tactic,

Heaven’s protection for folks in situations frantic,

Against harsh outcomes that would otherwise be quite drastic??

In human affairs, effective tactics are the ones …we retain! 

On this point, it appears Heaven is in agreement,

With what you and I would also decide:

Stick with tactics previously applied,

To protect folks who with Christ are allied.

So who are these folks in the post-Millennial Reign contingent? 

Post-Millennial Reign?? 

With this concept, some may have considerable consternation,

Believing, upon His return, Jesus will rule forever!

If you’re among those to whom this concept is not familiar,

Hang in there. Let’s become …eschatologically wiser. ;o)

Recall, millennium is a thousand years, by definition.

During the Millennial Reign, this is what I understand:

--Tribulation survivors won’t be saved with marks of the beast. ¹

--There will likely be no salvation till satan is released,

   Along with his demons, the post-millennial world to fleece.

--If so, folks born during that age might have very long lifespans.²

After the Millennial Reign, life as today will resume.

Evil will quickly regain its stronghold,

People will believe lies by demons told.

All things un-righteous will quickly unfold!

Yet in Israel, the growing numbers of saints …might mushroom!

Some folks then living in Jerusalem and Israel,

May be unshakingly convinced that Jesus is still God,

Though He is no longer ruling Earth with His iron rod. ³

But for all others, ‘Good riddance!’ may be what they applaud.

They may be eying the wealth in Israel, colossal!!! ⁴

To trap folks the world over in his deception net,

Two demons are promoted for this assignment,

With global powers of deceptive enticement,

To tempt the world to attack the saints’ encampment.

Thus, the stage is again set for the Goshen Effect! ⁵

By a rain of fire, the saints will be saved.

Folks in number like the sands of the sea,

Will be totally devoured, instantly,

Much quicker than Armageddon’s armies,

Earth will then be destroyed, no need for graves! ⁶

Then comes the end, featuring Jesus, The Lord’s 

Great White Throne judgment,

Vividly summarized in Revelation 20,

How The Lord ‘makes a difference’ in eternity,

Between folks who did and didn’t want His salvation, free.

To us who do, The Goshen Effect is His ...tactic dominant. ⁷

See Part 5

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¹ See: Revelation 14:9-12

² This will likely not apply to people who will survive the great tribulation. See: Salvation in the Millennium? (Series) and also Why The Millennial Reign Age? (Series)

³ If there will be no salvation during the Millennial Reign, this could logically be the reason why ‘satan must be released for a little while’ -- to deceive and tempt the vast global population of long-livers on the Earth, folks born during the thousand years, who will not have been exposed to the kingdom of satan. (Revelation 20:3) Once deceived and tempted after The Millennial Reign, some will likely embrace salvation (post-Millennial Reign age saints), but the vast majority won’t. Some Bible teachers believe the word, saints, in Revelation 20:9 refers to all first-resurrection saints, who then will be immortal, shining beings (like Jesus). But this belief totally ignores the reason satan must be released after the Millennial Reign. It also ignores the likely results of such temptation, i.e., some folks being saved, just as is happening in our pre-Millennial Reign days. Moreover, it would be INSANE for mortals to attack hordes of immortal beings who will have proven our awesome powers during the Millennial Reign! Thus, the only logical conclusion is that, after His reign, Jesus will have returned to Heaven along with the saints raised in the first, post-cross resurrection, plus those who were saved (most martyred) during the tribulation, and ergo the saints noted in Revelation 20:9 are those who will become such AFTER the Millennial Reign. In fact, except for the first and last three chapters, saints noted in The Book of Revelation are only those who will have been saved during the great tribulation, after the rapture of church age saints. Revelation 20:12 gives another KEY reason for this conclusion: If no one will be saved during satan’s post-Millennial Reign temptations, there would be no need for The Lord to consult His Book of (Eternal) Life during the Great White Throne Judgment. (Revelation 20:12. Think...

⁴ Isaiah 60 gives a summary of MASSIVE global wealth that will accumulate in Israel during Christ’s reign, from a fertile population of long-living folks seeking to curry favor with Jesus and His saints during a thousand years on a significantly refreshed (the third Eden-like) Earth.  See: Understanding Eden (Series) This wealth will become the bait that will trigger the massive attack on Israel, i.e., the War of Gog and Magog (Revelation 20:8), just as how considerably less massive wealth in Israel will have been bait to trigger the first War of Armageddon. (Ezekiel 38:10-13) See: Booty, Pre/Post Millennial Reign (Series) It is significant to note on a much smaller scale, the wealth in the first Jewish Temple was, in part, the bait that attracted the three Babylonian invasions, and was used (by King Hezekiah and others) to pay tribute to, and prevent invasion by neighboring nations. So wealth, especially in Jerusalem, has played its ‘baiting’ part in Israel’s history, and will continue to do so until the end.

⁵ It is significantly instructive to compare the roles of Gog and Magog in triggering the first Armageddon war at the end of the tribulation, with their roles in triggering the War of Gog and Magog, at the end of the Millennial Reign. Before the first War of Gog and Magog, Ezekiel 38:6 & 15 cite these demons as controlling/influencing events across the land in ‘the far north’ (presumably of Israel, i.e., currently The Russian Federation). After the Millennial Reign, Revelation 20:8 cites these same demons as having global influence, inferring a MAJOR PROMOTION!!! I intuit these fellas might be satan’s ‘go-to’ demons for his ‘heavy-lift’ assignments! And man-o-man, do they deliver!

⁶ It is instructive to compare the demise of folks in Revelation 20:9 with the demise of invading soldiers in the 1st (Ezekiel 38, 39 and Zechariah 14:12) and the 2nd Wars of Gog and Magog (Revelation 19). See: Revelation - Future Attacks in Israel and also Armageddon (Series).

⁷ Stay tuned for the grand finale of The Lord's Goshen Effects!

Anti-Semitism (Poem)

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See the Israel series here

Explained:

Anti-Semitism. Tribalism or racism?

A term that’s been seriously hijacked?

A basis for conspiratorial activism?

A spiritual plot shaping the ages, since Adam??

(Genesis 3:14-15)

What can we learn if this term is unpacked?

Could examination of this term …change the paradigm?

Like me, have you wondered why this expression,

Isn't about tribalism or just plain ole racism?

Or why this unique term is saved …for Jews alone?

Consult a dictionary definition,

You'll see anti-Semitic, is an anachronism,

Since ‘Semitic’ isn't only owned …by Jews alone! ¹

Like all tribal or racial groups, Jews have long suffered,

Prejudicial persecutions of one kind or another.

Ditto with ethnic and faith groups …of every kind!

So what’s unique in that with which Jews are encumbered?

The answer to this key question was l-o-n-g ago uncovered,

In a Bible story that’s still on The Lord’s Mind.

Exposed:

The story is of a ‘woman’ in labor with a child,

A male Who one day would rule the entire world.

And ready to devour the babe, an evil spirit leader,

Who from his top leadership position had been exiled,

And as a result, down to Earth had been hurled.

After the babe’s birth, to the wilderness the woman escaped.

Into Heaven her babe was caught-up.

Into the wilderness, the deposed leader threw-up,

Much water ‘like a flood’, the woman to wallop.

Unsuccessful, he was so distraught,

That he turned his attention to the saints to screw-up,

Till when by the (grown-up) babe, he would be locked-up!

Further details of this story, so retrospective,

Are found in Revelation chapter 12,

About how the ‘woman’ escaped her tormenter,

And about Heaven’s and Earth’s responses, protective.

I urge you into this chapter to delve.

I’ll summarize it for …un-discerning readers. ;o)

The ‘woman’ is Israel, and the babe is Jesus.

The deposed leader is satan who led a coup in Heaven,

And was cast out with his …‘coup associates’.

The suffering of Israel has since been grievous,

For being chosen long ago as The Lord’s …‘birthright nation’.

Thus, Jews and the saints are satan’s top targets!

he especially tempts and persecutes those whom Jesus favors.

So-called anti-Semitism is just one of his tools.

When he can’t strike out at Jesus, Whom he hates with a vengeance,

It is His ‘birthright nation’ and saints, friends on His side, that he stirs, ²

Using folks just like illicit drug dealers use ‘drug mules, ³

Folks who bite his ‘hate Israel and saints’ baits …with imprudence.

Envisioned:

So-called anti-Semitism might manifest in full force,

During two major pending, predicted, events:

The first is when many Jews will hasten to Israel,

As across the world, The Lord’s apocalypse plagues will burst forth.

Isaiah and Zechariah, this point accent.

With the saints then raptured, for the plagues, will Jews be blameful?? ⁴

The second is when the world wakes up and realizes,

During these plagues, Israel …is well protected,

Due to what I call The Goshen Effect. ⁵

Reactions Ezekiel 38 summarizes:

Pretext to war, five nations are then attracted,

Not knowing these nations …The Lord will wreck!!!

Enjoined:

In the ‘nearing future’, so-called anti-Semitism,

Will not be thought of, no rancor,

Replaced with a ‘fawning favoritism’ of Jews …worldwide!!!

With The Lord God on Earth, in His Messianic Kingdom,

Folks then will curry His favor.

Rest assured, folks will do their best with Jews …to be allied! ⁶

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Anti-Semitism. Tread carefully around this term.

Understand its dictionary meaning, lexically.

Perceive the pitfalls therein, spiritually.

Then ponder this particular point that I now affirm:

For His ‘birthright nation’, The Lord has …strong affinity.

He will judge its ‘rights’ and ‘wrongs’...assiduously! ⁷

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¹ Anachronism - the state or condition of being chronologically out of place

  Semitic - of, relating to, or constituting a sub-families of the Afro-Asiatic language family that includes, Amharic, Arabic, Aramaic and Hebrew

(Merriam-Webster Dictionary)

² Biblical references to 'saints' are to spiritually born-again people, per John 3:1-21. See: The Bride of Christ (Series). Prepare to have your traditional understanding challenged.

³ See: Mules (smuggling), Wikipedia

⁴ See: Isaiah 26:20, 49:17 and Zechariah 10:10. See also: The Coming Lame Blame (Poem). Especially note the prediction Jesus made in Matthew 24:9 that all nations will one day hate Jews! Here’s an iterating pattern: ancient Hebrews were blamed for the plagues in Egypt; then blamed for economic woes in Europe. Recall all the things modern day Jews have been blamed for since 1948. 

⁵ See: The Goshen Effect (Series) and also: Booty, Pre/Post Millennial Reign (Series). Learn how a very similar scenario will REPEAT sometime after The Millennial Reign. While The Bible details the first War of Gog and Magog, the second one is only mentioned in three verses - Revelation 20: 7-9! Sounds like, by then, these very effective demons might be promoted to exert global influence.

⁶ See: Numbers 14:21, Isaiah 11:9, 49:22-26, 60, 61, Habakkuk 2:14, Micah 4:1-3, 7:16-20, Zephaniah 3:9-20, Zechariah 14:14, Malachi 1:11&14. How's that for confirmations of such a glorious day?? This will happen AFTER The Lord, during the apocalypse, will have made humans very rare upon the Earth, thus subduing apocalypse survivors, and thinning out the worst of the lot from the Jewish surviving population!

⁷ Assiduously - showing great care, attention and effort, marked by careful un-remitting/incessant attention or persistent application.

Which Bible Books to Read First? (Q&A)

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Q: From your experience, which books of The Bible do you recommend starting with?

A: From my experience, here are the three books I recommend starting with, and my reasons why.

Genesis: The first half (25 chapters) depict Jesus, as pre-incarnate Man, as The Creator and The Lord God, to Whom Father God, Who is Spirit, has delegated and authorized to have FULL control over all things in Heaven and Earth. It clearly lays out The Lord's concern, strategic plans and initial tactics to redeem mankind from the gross sin that satan triggered by deceiving Eve in Eden. This plan signals that the war lucifer and 1/3 of the angels launched in an attempted coup d'etat in Heaven long ago, would continue in a very different form on Earth. The highlight of this continuing war is signaled in Genesis 3:15, a veiled prediction of the birth of Jesus, Himself, as a baby human Who, as an adult human, would defeat satan's kingdom on Earth. This was a prediction of satan's second defeat, the first being kicked out of Heaven and losing his lofty role.

To achieve this grand, multi-generational, multi-millennial scheme, Jesus needed to select and uniquely prepare a people and family line through which He would be born. Moreover, in the specific generation into which He would be born, the remnants of this family line would have to REJECT Him to the point of violently murdering Him. Father God had pre-determined this was the only way to redeem  mankind from our state of eternal sinfulness and damnation. Spiritually, only the sacrificial shedding of the blood of a sinless human being could pay the price for our sins. Since there would never, ever be sinless humans born from the seed of sinful Adam, an immaculate conception was required. 

Thus, in a miraculous way, Jesus became a baby human through 'the seed of a woman'. Physically, only us dudes have reproductive seed! So this pronouncement in Genesis 3:15 signaled a pending miracle would occur. Devils clearly understood this veiled threat and promise, and they immediately began to look out for Him!

Each key step of the strategic plan required people of faith who would believe The Lord's revealed word to them. Thus, the rest of The Bible singles out and marvelously highlights the stories of such faith-filled folks from across the ages of preparations of this people/family line. 

John: Once The Lord's strategic plan reached it apex, the entire plan was ready to be uncloaked for the rest of the world to perceive, understand and have the opportunity to either believe or reject it. Sadly, most folks reject it, and will pay an awful, eternal price. Thus, Heaven commissioned the writing of 4 gospel books (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) to achieve this objective. John is the most succinct gospel book that elucidates Heaven's strategic plan from across the ages.

Why 4 books? There is a pivotal Old Testament principle that, every important/key aspect of life should be confirmed 'in (at least) the mouths of 2 or 3 witnesses'. The Lord, Himself, meticulously applies this principle throughout The Bible! Look for it and you'll see it. I have learned that, when a key spiritual or life point is iterated more than 3 times, it's as if Heaven is placing several exclamation marks (!!!) behind this point, to ensure the spiritually wise will not miss it.

A very clear example of the application of this principle is how many times the Bible cites Jesus' account of the hellish experience awaiting all demons, and all folks who refuse His born again salvation experience - 7 whopping times!!!!!!! That signals (a) all demons will eventually become humans,* and (b) the critical importance of these words: There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Only real, physical bodies weep and have teeth.

 

Hebrews: This book presents a quick perspective of:

(1) what was happening in Heaven as its strategic plan was unfolding,

(2) what happened shortly after its apex occurred - the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus, and 

(3) the critical implications all of this should have for true Christian believers. 

I say 'true believers' because other books reveal there would surely be plenty of FAKE Christians over the ages, mushrooming during the final days of this current age - folks who would feign Christian spirituality, but would not really be 'born into' The Kingdom of God -- CINOs (Christians In Name Only).

Hope this is both insightful and helpful.

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* See: The Grand Finale Goshen Effect (Poem, Part 5)