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Chris, If you had been around TT since 9/11 you would know that many of us believe that 9/11 was a judgment that God allowed on our nation. However, to say that everyone who died in that conflagration deserved it because they were not “innocent” is insulting to their memory. I’m sure that Lisa Beamer would be grieved to hear you say such a thing. I’m sure some of them were at least as righteous as you think you are. And whether they were or not, we should still mourn for them.
The whole point of God’s judgments is to bring us ALL to repentance; knowing that ANY ONE of us could have been in that building—NONE of us deserves any better than what happened to them. It puts me on my knees before God to know that I was spared, when so many people were not so fortunate. God decided, for His own reasons, who lived and who escaped. May we not make blanket judgments about those who died. May God be feared and glorified.
Izzy
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----- Original Message ----- Sent: 09/16/2001 3:23 PM Subject: Thus saith YHVH \o/ !HALALU Yah! \o/ Greetings in the Matchless Name of YahShua !
We have been much busier than usual with visitors, phones, e-mails and letters. SOME people are getting it.
We travelled out of state to meet with one such hungry teenager (previously a fence-sitter). We have been counselling her by e-mail and phone. [She JUST CALLED in the middle of this e-mail for more Bible study and counseling! :) ] We had never been to this place before. The Holy Spirit had people literally walking up to us asking us to pray with them, come home with them for counsel, etc. We ended up ALL DAY LONG in this place teaching people who had never heard of Sabbath, Feasts, and the Names about these things, as well as a hearty message for REPENTANCE!
YET, on the way home, ONLY TWO DAYS after the 9/11 event, we passed by 'The Call of The Wild' on the highway. A VERY LARGE STRIP JOINT with parking lot filled to overflowing. Mourning? Day of Prayer the next day? Ball games cancelled? STRIP JOINT DOING A BOOMING BUSINESS! By the way, this strip joint advertises on the local 'Dr. Laura' program. I've faxed her TWICE about it but it continues. Oh, well.
Just prior to Shabbat we were able to get this REPENTANCE REQUIRED message on the biggest station in Memphis in peak drive-time! \o/ !HALALU Yah! \o/ This station reaches across all of Eastern Arkansas and up into Missouri, across almost half of Tennessee and way down into Mississippi!
Our family was much in
prayer the morning of 9/11. The phones were busy; e-mail was almost constant;
people were coming for prayer and counsel. A dear sister in our
congregation has a nephew who worked in the WTC. He was out of the building
that day for some specialized training!
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