@BlaseFarms We’ve had some issues with that. You’d initially think it wouldn’t matter or be better but I think the dew can concentrate it where it ends up settling and you get more burn than if it’s dry and stays in an even spray pattern.
@bandedagllc Could it be the strip is clean dirt and where you VT’d you incorporated all that residue and it created air pockets and absorbed moisture from the soil?
🚨‼️The claim that Christians became the “chosen people” after the Jews rejected their inheritance comes from what is commonly called replacement theology. That idea teaches that the Church replaced Israel in God’s plan and inherited the promises that were originally given to the nation of Israel. However, when you read the New Testament carefully, especially the writings of the Apostle Paul, the Bible does not support the idea that God permanently cast away Israel as a nation.
Paul addresses this question directly in Romans. He asks plainly, “Hath God cast away his people? God forbid” (Romans 11:1). He immediately answers his own question by saying, “God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew” (Romans 11:2). In other words, Israel’s rejection of Christ did not cancel the covenants God made with them. Paul goes on to explain that what has happened to Israel is not a permanent rejection but a temporary blindness within God’s larger plan.
Romans 11:25 explains the timing of that blindness: “Blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.” That verse is extremely important because it shows that Israel’s present condition is not the end of their story. It is a temporary setting aside while God gathers a people from among the Gentiles. The word “until” shows that this condition has a limit and will eventually change.
Paul then makes the future restoration of Israel very clear when he says, “And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob” (Romans 11:26). That passage connects Israel’s future salvation to the fulfillment of Old Testament covenant promises. Paul even adds, “For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance” (Romans 11:29), meaning God does not revoke the covenants He made with that nation.
At the same time, the New Testament reveals something new that had not been previously made known in the Old Testament prophets. Paul calls it “the mystery.” In Ephesians he explains that this mystery was “not made known unto the sons of men” in earlier ages but was now revealed through the apostles and prophets of the New Testament (Ephesians 3:5). That mystery is the formation of the Body of Christ, where Jews and Gentiles are brought together spiritually through faith in Jesus Christ.
Because of this, the Church is not Israel and Israel is not the Church. They are distinct parts of God’s plan. The Church is the Body of Christ revealed through Paul, while Israel remains a nation with specific covenant promises tied to the land, the kingdom, and the throne of David. Confusing those two programs leads to the idea that the Church replaced Israel, but when the passages are read in their context, Scripture shows that God is working through both according to His timetable.
So the biblical picture is not replacement but distinction. Israel’s national program was temporarily interrupted because of unbelief, while God is presently gathering the Body of Christ from all nations. When that work is complete, Scripture teaches that God will again turn His attention to Israel and fulfill the promises He made to them long ago.
🚨‼️Hell is the final proof that God takes sin more seriously than men do. We live in a generation that jokes about it, memes about it, and treats it like a punchline. But the Bible never laughs about it. Jesus said, “If thy hand offend thee, cut it off… it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched” (Mark 9:43). That is not exaggeration. That is urgency. When Christ tells you it would be better to lose a limb than lose your soul, He is telling you eternity outweighs everything temporary. Hell is not theatrical. It is irreversible.
Hell also answers the question of evil. Men demand justice when they are wronged. They cry out when wickedness goes unpunished. But when the Bible reveals a final judgment, the same men object. They want justice for others, but not accountability for themselves. Scripture says God “hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness” (Acts 17:31). Hell exists because justice must be completed. Every crime against holiness, every act of defiance against God, will be answered. Without hell, evil wins. With hell, righteousness is upheld.
Hell is also a place of memory. The rich man in torment remembered his brothers and his life on earth (Luke 16:27–28). That means regret survives death. The worst part of hell will not simply be pain. It will be realization. Realizing you heard the gospel. Realizing you had opportunity. Realizing you dismissed truth. Regret without remedy is torment. There are no second chances there. There are no appeals. What is chosen in time is confirmed in eternity.
And yet hell makes the cross shine brighter than anything else in Scripture. Jesus did not warn about hell from a distance. He warned about it on His way to endure judgment Himself. He took wrath so sinners could receive mercy. “Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree” (1 Peter 2:24). Hell is real. But so is deliverance. And the door to escape is not complicated. It is Christ alone. Reject Him, and judgment remains. Receive Him, and wrath is removed forever.