Hello

We are definitely in a high watch season.

The Sanhedren's Pentecost is this Sunday (if they had done the count by adding 50 days to the 7 weeks).

This Sunday is also the 18th day of the 3rd month per the Spica-Abib calendar, pointing to the type/shadow of Sinai in Exodus 19, which echoes how Paul describes the rapture event in Thessalonians.

July 21/22 is the 9th of Av per the popular Jewish calendar, a day they mourn the destructions of their temples.  Might a third temple, the body of Christ, be removed that day?  This would definitely get Jewish folks' attention, whether they are religious or secular.

July 27 is a long blood moon, visible in Israel.  It happens to also be Tu B Av on the popular Jewish calendar.  Per their traditions, this day is when the 200 men of the tribe of Benjamin did their "bride snatch" in Judges 21.  It also when they believe the Children of Israel realized, just before going into the promised land, that no more folks were going to die in the wilderness.

As of my writing this, Israel is mobilizing forces for a large scale attack against Hamas in Gaza for the 90 missles launched against them last night.  It is hard to know how this development will unfold.

Yet, we are still here, waiting for the Blessed Hope and glorious appearing of Jesus.

I want to thrive in my intimacy with Jesus now, regardless  of circumstances.

I received the following in an email that was a benefit to me and so I want to pass it on:

Daily Thoughts

The Mystery of Union
By Dan Stone

He that is joined to the Lord is one spirit. That is a mystery. One plus one equals one. How can that be? The divine and the human are one.

Until we know and live out of our union with Christ, we will nver fully manifest the life of God within us. Some of it will inevitably shine through now and then, despite us. But for the most part we will manifest our own merely human life.

Until we know union, we are constantly confronted by the illusion of separation. "God is up there; I am down here. How do I draw close to God? Give me a plan. Give me a program." Plenty of people are ready with the answers. "Read your Bible. Pray. Study. Witness. Tithe. Take communion. Here are the plans. Here are the programs."

But once you know your union with God, there's nothing left for you to do. Oh, you may still do some of the outer things. But you aren't doing them to get close to God. You and God are one. There is no more separation.

When you begin living out of your union with Jesus Christ, you move beyond Christ plus anything, no matter how good it might be. ...We live and move and have our being in God, who is our life. We are saved by His life. He is our life.

Christ lives out His life in us ­ funny old you, funny old me. We have all kinds of different shapes, forms, and fashions, all kinds of interests, all kinds of diversity, all kinds of uniqueness. Praise the Lord. We don't have to look like, act like, talk like, or be like anybody else again. We are free to be ourselves. People see us, but we know it's Jesus living through us.

The Rest of the Gospel: When the partial Gospel has worn you out by Dan Stone