Hebrews 9:27 & 28

 

And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.

Hebrews 7:15-17

 

This becomes even more evident when another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek, who has become a priest, not on the basis of a legal requirement concerning bodily descent, 

but by the power of an indestructible life. 

For it is witnessed of him,

 “You are a priest forever,

 after the order of Melchizedek.”

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Part 1: here.

She stepped through the wall like before, entering the past from the distant future. Her comfortable apartment became an old office in an old building in the capital of an old nation. Yesterday had a distinct aroma.

"What are you doing here?" The leader asked, surprised at her reappearance. At least this time she had come through on purpose, yet still dressed too casually. 

"I need a hero," she said.

He winced. He made a terrible hero.

"Not you," she explained.

"Oh."

He drew a long, reluctant breath, then asked, "Why do you need a hero?"

"Something unexpected has happened."

"So you came to the past to look for a hero?" He understood immediately her problem was fear and said, "Perfect love casts out all fear." 

He wasn't sure how he knew that until she reminded him it's in the Bible. "There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. 1 John 4:18."

He must have read it when he was a child.

"Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6," she said. 

He nodded. 

She was the one who was trained up, but here she was needing to be reminded. 

He didn't make such a terrible hero afterall.

I did it, People.

 

I roasted chestnuts. 

How do they look? 

They taste like...like...like nothing else in this world. 

A fluffy acorn? Chewy bread? 

Bland. Warm. Toasty. Nice. That's the word. Nice. 

The Internet said they can be dipped in mascarpone cheese. Hmm.

I salted one of mine. An improvement. 

They were a delight and, curiosity cured, pretty okay.

There. That's my food review. 

I think I should be doing this on TV. Does anyone watch TV anymore?

Знамение Сына

 

Isaiah 1: 18b-20

 

  ...though your sins are like scarlet,

  they shall be as white as snow;

  though they are red like crimson,

  they shall become like wool.

  If you are willing and obedient,

  you shall eat the good of the land;

  but if you refuse and rebel,

  you shall be eaten by the sword;

  for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

Just something.

 

 

Have you ever roasted chestnuts?