@ZvikaKlein Zion (Jerusalem) is a real place, no matter its current situation this side of the Kingdom: the place God chooses and puts His Name. That is the ultimate national identity which, because God promises it is Israel's eternal future, cannot be abrogated politically or religiously.
ZION is not a man-made, political idea, but a plan and purpose of God, in a literal place He has chosen for Himself to reign in the Kingdom that is coming. That place will be in Jerusalem, Israel.
Isaiah 2:3
And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
The law of the Kingdom (see, e.g., the 'Sermon on the Mount'). People from all over the world will come to Jerusalem to worship the King and learn from Him, desiring to walk in righteousness.
Isaiah 28:16
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
Zion is founded on salvation. The Lord Jesus is that most tried and precious "corner stone":
Psalm 118:22-23
The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner. This is the LORD's doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.
Isaiah 46:13
I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
Isaiah 51:3
For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Isaiah 52:1
Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
Sin keeps a people from God; confession and departure from sin is needed:
Isaiah 59:20
And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.
That this Redeemer is "a tried stone" will be evident, when Jesus Christ comes to Zion:
Zechariah 13:6
And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.
Zechariah 12:10
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
This will be a family matter.
Isaiah 59:21
As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.
ZION evokes the forever promises of God to His people. Only God can accomplish it. Its sure foundation is Jesus Christ, the coming "KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS."
Jeremiah 23:6
In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Psalm 87:2-3
The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
Because of our great Redeemer. Someday, the government of the whole world is going to come from Zion.
The sure foundation of Zion is Jesus Christ our righteousness. Lay hold of Him.
WITHOUT END AMEN
Most people have no idea what President Trump’s new election-mail Executive Order USPS rule actually does.
1. Plain English: it creates a chain-of-custody system for mail ballot envelopes in federal elections.
2. Not the vote, the envelope.
3. Under the proposed USPS rule, states using mail-in or absentee ballots for federal elections would have to use standardized ballot envelopes:
-Official Election Mail logo
-Automation-compatible design
-Unique Intelligent Mail barcode
-USPS review of envelope/barcode placement
4. That means the ballot envelope becomes trackable.
5. States or election mailers would also submit key data through a USPS portal:
-Voter name
-Voter address
-Outbound envelope barcode
-Return envelope barcode
-Originating election office state
6. So officials can know: this ballot envelope was sent out, and this return envelope came back.
7. USPS would review outbound ballot mail before accepting it.
-Is it in the right envelope?
-Does it have the proper barcode?
-Is it going to someone enrolled on that state’s mail-
ballot participation list?
8. If not, the mailing goes back to the election mailer to fix.
9. The broader Executive Order also directs DHS + SSA to help create State Citizenship Lists using federal citizenship, naturalization, SSA, SAVE, and related data.
10. Those lists go to state election officials before federal elections.
11. Important: states still run voter registration. The federal list does not register anyone by itself.
12. Bottom line: this is not “tracking your vote.”
13. It tracks the envelope, creates a sent-vs-returned audit trail, helps flag discrepancies, preserves ballot-envelope records, and leaves states responsible for their voter rolls.
14. Chain of custody is not suppression. It is basic election accountability.
15. I used “proposed rule” because USPS has not finalized the rule yet.
16. The proposal says it applies to general, special, and runoff federal elections, not primaries or UOCAVA military/overseas ballots, and it requires unique barcodes on outbound and return envelopes.
17. The rule would require voter name/address plus outbound and return envelope barcode data through a USPS portal, with updates allowed until the last day ballots may be mailed under state law.
18. It also says USPS does not alter voter eligibility or manage state voter rolls.
19. The EO separately directs DHS/SSA to create State Citizenship Lists and directs DOJ enforcement and five-year preservation of participation records, excluding cast ballots.
20. There is one more thing it does, all I'll say is, watch out ballot mills. 😎
OK, this is big! We just won the war if this is true.
This was the goal: Iran’s nuclear weapon capability. As a former nuke dude, this makes me happy!
Here’s why: Iran agrees to hand over its stockpile of “nuclear dust” — nearly 1,000 pounds of 60% highly enriched uranium — in negotiations with the Trump administration.
This is massive.
That near-weapons-grade material was enough for multiple nuclear bombs and had slashed Iran’s “breakout time” to as little as a week or less to produce bomb-grade fuel. In other words, no gunpowder.
This is the crown jewel of their sprint toward a nuke, buried deep after U.S. strikes but still a direct threat to Israel, the region, and America.
Handing it over (with Trump saying we’ll likely destroy it) guts their fastest path to a nuclear weapon, rolls back years of dangerous enrichment, and proves maximum pressure works better than weak deals.
No more “nuclear dust” for the mullahs to turn into Armageddon.Every human being on the face of the globe should thank @realDonaldTrump.
Peace through strength. America (and the world) just got a lot safer.
@WarClandestine One of the criticisms heard back in the day was about how GWBush handled post-911 warfare his way rather than listening to the leaders in the ME.
Trump is both setting out his absolute requirements and listening to these leaders in the ME.
“Thank you to our great Secret Service and Law Enforcement for the swift and professional action taken this evening against a gunman near the White House…” - President Donald J. Trump
The glory of man, versus the glory as of the only begotten of the Father:
I am come in My Father's name, and ye receive Me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
- Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh, John 5:43
Trump told us that regardless of whether or not Congress pass the SAVE America Act, he is willing to use his full array of powers as POTUS to save this nation from the enemy within.
The decision has already been made.
I’m sure rogue Democrat judges will be lining up to block any and all EO’s Trump puts forth, and if so, Trump will then be forced to escalate the powers in which he chooses to exercise.
If the Dems want to continue to obstruct the securing of our elections, and thus obstructing the security of our nation (NATSEC), Trump has the unilateral authority to exercise a number of more extreme Executive powers, and he has told us many times he is willing to do it.
Many people don’t seem to understand the power wielded by the Commander in Chief, if he so chooses to exercise it.
Trump did not come this far to leave the security of our nation to chance. It will be done, the easy way, or the hard way.
@EYakoby In the Great Tribulation, God will seal 144,000 from the tribes of Israel, who will carry the Gospel throughout the world; the nations will be judged according to how they treat those witnesses, whom God calls "My brethren."
Israeli PM Netanyahu declared that Israel will devote significant intelligence and technological resources to combat Islamist persecution of Christians worldwide.
He pledged Israel will be at the forefront of fighting forces murdering Christians.