Catastrophic Events of Life

During one’s life time there are many events that alter or change one’s way of living. Not every day decisions (which are many) but life changing events that might be categorized as catastrophic. These might include a very serious accident, getting mugged, getting robbed, losing a pet, losing a loved one, a serious life threatening sickness, a heart attack, a stroke,  cancer. All of these and many more could be, would be catastrophic in one’s life. But no one experiences every one of them and some experience none of them.  Physiologists have said that in a normal person’s life there are 4 catastrophic events that almost everyone experiences. Let’s take a look at them.

The first is Birth.

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Life begins at conception and for the next 9 months the baby in a warm secure place, with all of its need’s being meet. Research has shown that a baby in the womb experiences sound, movement, in fact, probably 3 of the five senses; Touch, hearing and tasting. And depending on the surroundings LOVE by a mother (and father) who truly want their child. Then this baby is thrust from this very secure place into the world Naked and helpless and two more senses are added to the baby’s world: light (sight) and smell. What a catastrophic moment, life will never be the same.

The second is graduation. 

Graduation from (or completion of) school (High School). All of your life has been under the control of someone else. First your parent(s), they provided food, shelter, clothing and they expected you to obey them, do their bidding. Second your teachers for at least 12 years (sometimes longer) you have had a teacher directing your life, assigning you work, projects, homework and testing you along the way. Always demanding more, always expecting more always setting the bar a little higher. You have made friends along the way some best friends forever (BFF). But that is ending, for some it’s off to college, others it’s the military, and others into the work force. Again thrust out into the world. Now you are responsible for yourself. What a catastrophic moment, life will never be the same.

The third is Marriage

This is the only one of the 4 major events (catastrophic events) that you have a choice. Birth, not your choice, Graduation had to come to that conclusion if you stayed in school for the required number of years.  Now you have met someone, someone who will mean more to you than your parents and you have a choice to make. Do I continue my life as it is or do I chose to share it with someone else? Living together is not marriage and does not have the same obligations that you take on when you marry. Living together (or shacking up) has very little commitment, after all when you tire of it you can just leave. Sickness, Health, Richer, Poorer, Better, Worse, you hit one of these roadblocks you can just pack up and move on. But and if you chose marriage, WOW! What a commitment!  Be sure to read those vows you make before your family, your friends, your chosen one, the minister, and GOD. After the “I DO’s” you are responsible for and to a stranger. What a catastrophic moment, life will never be the same.

The forth is Death.

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To review, BIRTH was out of your control, this was brought about by your parents, you just had to experience it. GRADUATION was just a course of fulfilling events that came to a conclusion (which altered your life), again which you had little control. You can be prepared or not, the choice is partly yours to make.  MARRIAGE, you could choose to avoid it or chose to enter into it, Not only if but when and to whom.  And it is up to you (and your partner) to make it work. But DEATH, all of us face it. It’s been said there are two things unavoidable in life, Death and Taxes. Well, you can avoid taxes, but not death. As the scripture says”And as it is appointed unto men once to die … “(Hebrews 9:27). Again “For the wages of sin is death...” (Romans 6:23). Yes, all of us face death. Separation of the soul (life) from the body, now we all know what happens to the body. It is buried or cremated. But the soul (life), what about it? Does it cease to exist? There are many who would hope that is true. Does it reincarnate? Again many would hope that to be true. But the Scripture teach that you will be removed from the world you know and thrust into eternity, a world nobody knows about outside of the Scriptures.

Four life altering events, catastrophic events that most all of us will face. BIRTH, out of your control. GRADUATION, very little control. MARRIAGE, your choice, definitely a choice. Not only if but when and to whom. Still it is a life changing action. The forth, DEATH, is appointed unto you. You do face death. It will happen to you. But you can prepare for it.

And as it is appointed unto men once to die … “(Hebrews 9:27). The answers lay in the scriptures; “death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?” (1 Corinthians 15:55). “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of is eternal life …” (Romans 6:23).

Now I make known unto you brethren, the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye received, wherein also ye stand, by which also ye are saved, if ye hold fast the word which I preached unto you, except ye believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which also I received: that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried; and that he hath been raised on the third day according to the scriptures;  
(1 Corinthians 15:1-4)

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.  (Romans 10:9-13)

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.     (Ephesians 2:8-10)

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Death – What Saith the Scripture?

Words of Gloom – Word’s of Man’s wisdom

And many today are still spouting the same words….
Job 7:1 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
Job 7:21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
Job 10:21 Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
Job 14:2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Job 14:7-12 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up: So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

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Psalm 39:4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am.
Psalm 144:4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
Psalm 146:4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
Ecclesiastes 2:14-18 The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity. For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool. Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit. Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
Ecclesiastes 3:2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
Ecclesiastes 3:19-21 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
Ecclesiastes 5:15 As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
Ecclesiastes 9:3-10 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead. For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun. Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment. Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun. Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

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Importance of Blood

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Importance of Blood                         Hebrews 9:11-14
375 times in Bible, 282 times Old Testament (1 Hebrews word),
93 times New Testament (3 Greek words)
      ( New Testament once, Shedding of Blood   Hebrews 9:22,  
once Diseased Blood   Matthew 9:20,  91 times Blood)
Our Blood is very important
Leviticus 17:11,14      Deuteronomy 12:22     Hebrews 9:22
How important?  Cut off end of my finger and I will bleed to Death.
Blood tells it all: a visit to doctor every 3 months to have blood read.
Transfusions are very, very important.  Without blood YOU ARE DEAD!
Not only is life found in the Blood BUT so is SIN.
Blood important in Old Testament:
Genesis 3:21   1st Shedding of blood  (animal Sacrifice) 
Genesis 4:4  Blood Sacrifices continue
Genesis 8:20  after the flood 
Genesis 12:7 Abram built an alter  and so on till Moses.
Blood Sacrifices very important.
PASSOVER Exodus 12 an ordinance forever.
Blood sacrifices continued until 70 AD
Blood is mentioned 28 times in Hebrews chapter 9: 7, 12-14, 18-22, 25
Science teaches that Blood is passed to the child from the father NOT the mother. Even though the child resides in the mother she does not pass her blood to the child.
Adam Sinned (He walked into it eyes opened.  Eve transgressed because she was beguiled.  1 Timothy 2:14)
Romans 5:12 Sin entered,  caused death,  death passed to all   (sin is in the blood)  Genesis 3:1-7
We are all of one blood  I Corinthians 17:26
Sin passes from father to child 
            This is WHY Jesus HAD to be born of a virgin.
           Blood came from Holy Spirit NOT Joseph. Luke 1:27-35
            Matthew 1:16-17
Joseph the legal father
Because HIS blood is pure (and stayed pure) (3 years ministry proved he was without spot or blemish). He is able to shed His blood for every sinner who believe in His death, burial and resurrection.
Hebrews 9:11   His blood (not animal blood) obtains eternal, life for us.
Jesus rose from the dead with a glorified body (Flesh and bone – NO Blood)  Luke 24:39
  Side issue: It is claimed the Ark of the Covenant is buried in a cave in the hill of Golgotha. And that when Jesus was crucified and His blood drained from his body and down the cross into the dirt that it leaked into this cave unto the Ark. (Priest sprinkled blood of sacrifices onto the Ark in the Temple, Holy of Holy Hebrews 9:1-7) from Archeologist Ron Wyatt 1/6/82 (died August 4, 1999)
We will have bodies like His (Flesh and Bone)  with no blood !!   
1 Corinthians 15:50-58   1 John 3:2
It’s one of the four commands (rules) for gentiles to EAT NO BLOOD
(Acts 15:20,29; 21:25)
Paul mentions the blood 13 times from Romans to Colossians:
Romans 3:25 a propitiation through faith in his blood
Romans 5:9 justified by his blood
1 Corinthians 10:16, 11:25,27
Communion
Ephesians 1:7 redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins
Colossians 1:14 redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins 
Colossians 1:20  peace through the blood of his cross
Even in the last days:  Revelation 1:5, 5:9, 6:10,12, 7:14, 8:7-8, 11:6, 12:11, 14:20, 16:3-4,6, 17:6, 19:2,13   (17 times) CHRISTIANS today don’t like to hear about the BLOOD – BUT only thru it do we have Salvation!

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