L.S. JAMES
Thursday 10 June 2021
ZION (no.3) ©️ L.S. JAMES 2021 Acrylic on cold-pressed paper 56 × 75cm AVAILABLE
Synopsis: “Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.’ (Isaiah 49:16 ESV) With Israel cupped in the hand on God against the evil eye of its enemies, the Hebrew has thus prevailed over the ancient Canaanites, Phoenicians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, etc. that have altogether dissolved in the annals of history. This life or Chai according to the system of gematria is a set of Hebrew letters that adds up to 18 that makes a toast [chaim] to life.
Thursday 2 January 2014
“The beard is a masculine ornament, given to us by God not for any practical use, but for our dignity” – St. Augustine
“The beard is a masculine ornament, given to us by God not for any practical use, but for our dignity” – St. Augustine
Leviticus 19:27 ASV American Standard Version
Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
Leviticus 19:27 BBE Bible in Basic English
The ends of the hair round your face and on your chin may not be cut off.
The ends of the hair round your face and on your chin may not be cut off.
Leviticus 19:27 CEB Common English Bible
You must not cut off the hair on your forehead or clip the ends of your beard.
You must not cut off the hair on your forehead or clip the ends of your beard.
Leviticus 19:27 CJB Complete Jewish Bible
Don’t round your hair at the temples or mar the edges of your beard.
Don’t round your hair at the temples or mar the edges of your beard.
Leviticus 19:27 RHE Douay-Rheims
Nor shall you cut your hair roundwise: nor shave your beard.
Nor shall you cut your hair roundwise: nor shave your beard.
Leviticus 19:27 ESV English Standard Version
You shall not round off the hair on your temples or mar the edges of your beard.
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You shall not round off the hair on your temples or mar the edges of your beard.
Stargaze HD: Universal Beauty (+playlist)
But for redeemed sinners that dare decree and declare and ‘re-calibrate’ GOD’S GALACTIC GRANDEUR in His Infinite Universe, a timely reminder need humble us. Kindly watch Cosmic Journeys @ http://youtu.be/QUpWCRadIIA
Psalm 8:1 O LORD, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth, Who have set Your glory above the heavens! ..3 When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained, 4 What is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him?
A light-year (symbol: ly), sometimes written light year, lightyear, or Light-year is an astronomical unit of length (not time) equal to just under 9.5 trillion kilometres (or about 6 trillion miles) [One trillion here is taken to be 1012 (one million million)]. As defined by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), a light-year is the distance that light travels in vacuum in one Julian year. The light-year is most often used when expressing distances to stars and other distances on a galactic scale, especially in non-specialist and popular science publications. The unit usually used in professional astrometry is the parsec (symbol: pc, approximately 3.26 light-years; the distance at which one Astronomical Unit subtends an angle of one second of arc).
1 light-year = 9460730472580800 metres (exactly)
≈ 5.878625 trillion miles
≈ 63241.077 astronomical units
≈ 0.306601 parsecs
≈ 63241.077 astronomical units
≈ 0.306601 parsecs
When astronomers use their telescopes to look at stars, things are different. The distances are gigantic. For example, the closest star to Earth (besides our sun) is something like 24,000,000,000,000 miles (38,000,000,000,000 kilometers) away. That’s the closest star. There are stars that are billions of times farther away than that. When you start talking about those kinds of distances, a mile or kilometer just isn’t a practical unit to use because the numbers get too big. No one wants to write or talk about numbers that have 20 digits in them!
So to measure really long distances, people use a unit called a light year. Light travels at 186,000 miles per second (300,000 kilometers per second). Therefore, a light second is 186,000 miles (300,000 kilometers). A light year is the distance that light can travel in a year, or:
186,000 miles/second * 60 seconds/minute * 60 minutes/hour * 24 hours/day * 365 days/year = 5,865,696,000,000 miles/year
A light year is 5,865,696,000,000 miles (9,460,800,000,000 kilometers). That’s a long way!
So to measure really long distances, people use a unit called a light year. Light travels at 186,000 miles per second (300,000 kilometers per second). Therefore, a light second is 186,000 miles (300,000 kilometers). A light year is the distance that light can travel in a year, or:
186,000 miles/second * 60 seconds/minute * 60 minutes/hour * 24 hours/day * 365 days/year = 5,865,696,000,000 miles/year
A light year is 5,865,696,000,000 miles (9,460,800,000,000 kilometers). That’s a long way!
Revelation 1:8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
Genesis 1:16 Then God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He made the stars also.
Hebrews 11:3 By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.
Hebrews 1:1 God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, 2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; 3 who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power,
Gen 15:5 Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”
Psalm 147:4 He counts the number of the stars; He calls them all by name.
Psalm 8:1 O LORD, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth, Who have set Your glory above the heavens! ..3 When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained, 4 What is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him?
Job 7:17 “What is man, that You should exalt him, that You should set Your heart on him
Jeremiah 32:27 “Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me?
Romans 3:10 As it is written: “There is none righteous, no, not one; 11 There is none who understands; There is none who seeks after God. 12 They have all turned aside; They have together become unprofitable; There is none who does good, no, not one.” 13 “Their throat is an open tomb; With their tongues they have practiced deceit”; “The poison of asps is under their lips”; 14 “Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.” 15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood; 16 Destruction and misery are in their ways; 17 And the way of peace they have not known.” 18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”..22..For there is no difference; 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God
Ezekiel 16:4 As for your nativity, on the day you were born your navel cord was not cut, nor were you washed in water to cleanse you; you were not rubbed with salt nor wrapped in swaddling cloths. 5 No eye pitied you, to do any of these things for you, to have compassion on you; but you were thrown out into the open field, when you yourself were loathed on the day you were born. 6 “And when I passed by you and saw you struggling in your own blood, I said to you in your blood, ‘Live!’ Yes, I said to you in your blood, ‘Live!’ 7 I made you thrive like a plant in the field; and you grew, matured, and became very beautiful..
1 John 5:11 And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. 13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God
Daniel 12:3 Those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament, and those who turn many to righteousness like the stars forever and ever.
2 Peter 3 God’s Promise Is Not Slack
1 Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which I stir up your pure minds by way of reminder), 2 that you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior,3 knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, 4 and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.” 5 For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water, 6 by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water. 7 But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 8 But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.
1 Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which I stir up your pure minds by way of reminder), 2 that you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior,3 knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, 4 and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.” 5 For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water, 6 by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water. 7 But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 8 But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.
The Day of the Lord
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. 11 Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, 12 looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. 11 Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, 12 looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
Revelation 22:12 “And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.” 14 Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city. 15 But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie. 16 “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.” 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.
Thursday 19 December 2013
Savior III (+playlist)
All prose, paintings and illustrations by L.S. James,
Copyright 2013
“Eli!..” John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. 18 “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God..36 He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him." § Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. § 1 John 2:2 And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world. § 1 John 4:10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins. Man’s redemption from the curse of sin is completed in the exhaustive work of Christ Jesus once and for all. The one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God and receives Him as Savior and Lord is completely forgiven and spends eternity in Christ. To however suggest that God has exhausted His wrath in the body of Jesus for the sins of mankind is gross error. This is yet another satanic ploy that gags the truth for a lie. It deceives man to think that no judgment awaits them after death (John 3:36), that annihilation is all there is to it, that hell is but a delusion of vengeful men. As familiarity breeds contempt so a different gospel (Galatians 1:6-10) trades the fear of the LORD for some daddy-God. There will be blood and some will burn!
“Eli!..” John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. 18 “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God..36 He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him." § Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. § 1 John 2:2 And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world. § 1 John 4:10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins. Man’s redemption from the curse of sin is completed in the exhaustive work of Christ Jesus once and for all. The one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God and receives Him as Savior and Lord is completely forgiven and spends eternity in Christ. To however suggest that God has exhausted His wrath in the body of Jesus for the sins of mankind is gross error. This is yet another satanic ploy that gags the truth for a lie. It deceives man to think that no judgment awaits them after death (John 3:36), that annihilation is all there is to it, that hell is but a delusion of vengeful men. As familiarity breeds contempt so a different gospel (Galatians 1:6-10) trades the fear of the LORD for some daddy-God. There will be blood and some will burn!
Hebrews 10:3 It is a fearful thing
to fall into the hands of the living God. But whilst the bema seat of judgment
sees the assured in Christ judged with mercy and justice (because one is no
longer an enemy of the cross), the unforgiven sinner in lieu of the great white
throne judgment wrestles with the omen of death. (1 Co. 3:12; 1 Co. 4:4; 2 Tim.
4:8; Rev. 20:11; 22:12) 2 Co.5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment
seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according
to what he has done, whether good or bad. 11 Knowing, therefore, the terror of
the Lord, we persuade men; but we are well known to God, and I also trust are
well known in your consciences.
Matt.8:36 “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? 37 “Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
Matt.8:36 “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? 37 “Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
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