AG Pam Bondi and three top Pentagon generals transition into private life; ActBlue's lawyers transition from counsel to witnesses; major shifts underway; it's Good Friday and things are moving fast.
When the sixth hour came, darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour. At the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is translated, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” When some of the bystanders heard it, they began saying, “Behold, He is calling for Elijah.” Someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink, saying, “Let us see whether Elijah will come to take Him down.” And Jesus uttered a loud cry, and breathed His last. And the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. When the centurion, who was standing right in front of Him, saw the way He breathed His last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”
— Mark 15:33-39 NAS95
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He could have summoned legions of angels. He could have destroyed His captors. He could have said no to taking our sin upon Himself. Yet He chose mercy. Hallelujah.
I saw a movie yesterday called "A Great Awakening" that was A-MAZING, for the message of faith in Jesus Chris, as well as the intersection with America's constitutional convention of 1789. Here's my movie review about it. (it wasn't even on the marquis at the theater!! It opens officially today.
"A Great Awakening" is a reference to a revivalist period that existed just prior to the founding of America. George Whitefield (pronounced "Whitfield") is the most famous of the preachers of this revivalist movement, and the film interweaves the life of this powerful and charismatic preacher with that of Benjamin Franklin, one of the most recognizable and well known founders of this country.
This film is beautifully made and follows the lives of both men, showing their backgrounds as children, which went on to shape their lives - both fighting against being preachers, with one becoming the most famous of the revivalist era, and the other instead becoming a man who writes the words, not preaching the word.
Benjamin Franklin was well known throughout America as well as in Europe for his discovery of electricity, but he was also a pragmatist and sought to highlight the common man, taking great pleasure at tweaking the noses of "the elitists" at the time in his newspaper through pseudonyms such as "Obadiah Plainman", "Tom Trueman", "Sirus Dogood" and more. As George arrives on America's shores, he lands in Philadelphia - the largest city in America at that time, intent on spreading the words and gospel of Jesus Christ. Ben, seeing an opportunity for greater wealth by printing Whitefield's sermons, quickly agrees to publish them (45 of his weekly "Pennsylvania Gazette" issues had stories of Whitefield, with 8 of them having the front page covered with Whitefield's sermons).
The developing fascination by Benjamin Franklin of Whitefield is humorously written in his autobiography as such: "I happened soon after to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended to finish with a collection, and I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the coppers. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into the collector's dish, gold and all."
The film interweaves their life stories in a beautiful fashion, maintaining the tension between them, of Whitefield's effort to convert Ben, and Ben reverting to facts, not faith, for his source of truth.
The film begins and ends with the conflict of competing political interests of the Continental Congress, where we are introduced to raucous debate, and led by General George Washington, who sits upon a chair emblazoned with a sun, symbolically and literally used in the film as a metaphor for a rising or falling nation, and for which Benjamin Franklin had famous quotes about. George Washington has important parts in this film which are powerfully delivered, and reflecting the perilous position of a founding nation embarking on a new experiment in self governance, while powerful nations seek to take advantage of the fledgling nation's inner conflicts.
The influence of George Whitefield upon Ben is portrayed beautifully in Ben Franklin's famous speech about the need to call upon a provident creator to guide the assembly towards a resolution. For the sake of time, some of the context following that speech is preserved, but infers upon what is to follow - a period of days in which the men worship together before reconvening and ultimately ratifying a new Constitution of the United States.
I admit that I found tears flowing from my eyes during the sermons by George Whitefield, with his oratory skills being demonstrated and carried by a spirit, as well as when Benjamin Franklin pleaded for assistance from above for the establishment of this nation. The symbolic drawing aside of the curtains to reveal the light which was being sought prefaced Ben's speech beautifully.
For those who are familiar with George Washington's miraculous deliveries from harm and his lifelong faith in God, you realize the gravity of George Washington's words to Ben Franklin regarding Valley Forge being what he thought as the worst darkness of the country, as desperate and scantily clothed men fought sought to survive the winter of 1775. But to hear his continued reference to an even darker time being in the Continental Congress, you begin to get a sense of just how perilous both times were in our nation's history. One can't help but see the hand of providence in our nation's founding, and wonder about the current state of this country, it's leaders and state of affairs. Despite what the media portrays, the world sees us as a beacon of light and leading the fight against a global tyranny that seeks to enslave us all. There IS a great awakening, and leaders are being overthrown as destructive policies and stark enforcement of tyrannical laws are stirring the people to action.
It was faith that helped unite our country, and it will take faith to bring our country back from the brink of destruction which we were so close to in recent years.
Indeed, this movie hearkens us to a NEW "Great Awakening", of which WE are a part of.
This is a BEAUTIFUL movie that I encourage everyone to watch, and is a VERY fitting movie to celebrate the 250th anniversary of our nation's founding, and a remembrance of the importance of Jesus Christ for all of us in our lives and in our nation.
I saw that movie at a "pre screening" last Sunday with my bestie, Lenna. I live in Lancaster, PA area and the production, direction and many of the actors hail from that blessed city. SIGHT & SOUND PRODUCTIONS is a division of SIGHT & SOUND THEATRE - I welcome one and all of you to visit us in Amish country and go to one of their Biblical productions. TRUE TO THE WORD all of them and they always end a play with a "altar call" to come to the front of the theatre to accept Yeshua as Savior and Lord of your life!
I'd love to go back there. A few years back, a local researcher there found that my ancestral family had a farm at the location of the airport and discovered graves there of some family members. They received permission to dig up a grave stone that was visible a few feet below the ground, seen via a gopher hole. That gravestone provided a most welcome piece of research that had eluded me for 40+ years. I told the researcher (when she disclosed this to me) that she was better than Santa Claus and I wept for what she had done for me. I believe since then that the airport has reinterred those graves as they were expanding parts of the airport.
Your Sight and Sound theater is beautiful! I bet the experience there is amazing!
Kudos again to those folks, for the solid storytelling and amazing cinematography of the movie. I LOVED the adherence to facts in the story, and I pulled out my copy of Walter Isaacson's Benjamin Franklin biography to read further on Benjamin and George's relationship and which provided the quote used in the review above.
I also have a DNA relationship to one of Benjamin Franklin's printing partners (Hugh Meredith) who's family provided the money to get it started, but who subsequently left due to his drinking and overall disinterest in the printing trade. Benjamin Franklin continued to write of Hugh's adventures to North Carolina, where he described the land there. He likely had a relationship down there, as I've seen a different surname "Pugh" associated with the Y-DNA test (often called the surname test, as it follows the male line.) It was my sister's observation of Hugh in the book and her reaching out to me that introduced me more fully to Benjamin Franklin. A retired professor who I tracked down from a very old post online told me that Pugh and Meredith families were often closely linked together - both being prominent and physically located near one another.
Benjamin Franklin was an interesting and flawed man - touched on very briefly in the film with a scene in a theater, where he is accompanied by a younger woman - one of many, but he adored one above the rest and maintained a flirtatious relationship with her while his wife remained at home across the ocean.
Yes..Sight & Sound strives to be TRUE to character of whomever they are portraying on both stage and screen - it's one of their aims and objectives that I treasure the most!!
NOAH was playing last year and I had seen the original NOAH production at the "smaller" Sight & Sound Theater back in 1996....the second production was held almost THIRTY YEARS later - 2025. Anyway...the first production, my husband invited my youngest son and his betrothed to accompany us to see NOAH and, after the play ended and upon exiting the theatre--guess what we saw in the sky--A DOUBLE RAINBOW--it was truly a "magical moment" - YAHWEH blessed us with that "affirmation" of his ETERNAL PROMISE never to destroy earth and its inhabitants via FLOOD...next time--it will be with FIRE!!!
I wonder more and more if the fire isn't going to be the truth being shown to everyone that consumes the evil people and reduces them to stubble. I also marvel that the weather modification that is happening (and causing rebounding heat, excessive storms and calamaties worldwide) mirrors what Revelations predicts. In many ways, we're bringing this on ourselves.
Quick question... will "A Great Awakening" eventually end up on DVD/Blu Ray? This is one I definitely want to own! I'd give copies as gifts to others, but I'm probably old school in still having a DVD/Blu Ray player, where others like to stream stuff.
Been seeing the trailers for it advertised and excited to see it next week. Several American historians have written excellent studies of Rev. George Whitefield’s contributions to the Independence movement, along with the Blackrobes. When fighting for freedom was something churches didn’t avoid.
Familysearch is a free site where you can collaboratively search for ancestors. Living (or presumed living - people born within the last 110 years without a definite death date) are private and not seen by others. Once you connect to deceased people, the chances are very high that your family tree is in there.
Because it's collaborative, sources are encouraged to be used, as sometimes people enter in incorrect information. People are encouraged to upload stories and pictures of their ancestors as well so that others can benefit.
WOW. Thank you, Justin, this is the first I have heard about this film. As a huge fan of George Whitfield, I will certainly check it out. I have prayed many times for God to grant us a new “great awakening”.
It was my first exposure to him, and I LOVED his life story and work. The movie is an amazing and honorable representation of his work on behalf of the Lord.
The British Empire moved to create their own religion called Transcendentalism. Christ was on the chopping block throughout history by the Freemasons. Remember Emerson and Thoreau?
Edgar Allen Poe began writing about it when murdered.
Founding Fathers were Deists.
Christ never mentioned.
Matthew Ehret and his wife have a great podcast on Poe.
I had the privilege of meeting him once while waiting in line for one of his concerts at Calvary Chapel in San Diego and he came out to greet all of us beforehand. After the concert, he requested that there be no applause but that we all just file out in a prayerful manner, focused on the Lord. God surely used the man for His glory.
Just imagine - we ransomed souls will ALL BE SINGING these songs and praises to our Creator for eternity - our finite minds cannot fully grasp the EXULTANT JOY we will know on the REAL SIDE of life!
Good Friday can be summarized in one word: Tetelestai! If it finished. Paid in full. The body is laid in a borrowed tomb that will soon be empty. And that — is the greatest news — EVER. It saved this wretched soul from eternal separation from God.
Hallelujah! The veil of the temple torn from top to bottom is so significant. There is no more need for God’s people to offer ritual sacrifices. Jesus paid it all.
That's a sure indication that Yeshua's sacrifical death gave all those who accept this precious gift DIRECT ACCESS to the Holy Father God THROUGH Yeshua. There is NO OTHER PRIEST we need or must 'confess' to other than the Only Begotten Son of Jehovah God. Earthly 'priests' are totally superfluous.....we can go BOLDLY to the Throne of Grace on which Yeshua is seated at the RIGHT HAND of Father God.
John 17:17–19 gives us what we might describe as the theology of ordination, as Jesus consecrates the apostles in 17:17 (consecration in Christ the truth), sends them on mission in 17:18, and in 17:19, declares their consecration springs from his own consecration to the Father. Jesus commanding the apostles to “do this in memory of me” during the Last Supper (Luke 22:19) is the Synoptic account of the apostles receiving their priesthood from Jesus. In John 20, Jesus gives his apostles the power to forgive sins after bestowing the Holy Spirit upon them. During Jesus’ last appearance risen from the dead, he commissioned the apostles to minister in his name to the whole world. The Twelve were reconstituted again before the revelation of the Church to the world at Pentecost, and following Pentecost, they continued Jesus’ ministry: what Jesus began to do during his earthly ministry, he continues to do through the apostles after Pentecost.
It is very hard for me to read the OT Margot bc of all the animals being slain, so young and so many. In the Bible (I cannot recall the book and verse, God says he does not prefer animal sacrifice and I smiled and thanked God when I read that.) Blessed Easter to you Margot, He is Risen.
The animal sacrifices were necessary for a time, to show how horrible sin against a holy God is, that it would require the death of an innocent substitute, and to point to what Christ would do on the cross. He only had to suffer ONCE for all time, for all His people. Now He lives and reigns forever! Praise God for the gospel!
Yes, but as an avid animal lover and pet parent to many, it hurts my heart to hear it, read it and know about it. I have asked God not to be mad but I have to skip all that when I read the Bible as I see God the Father as patient and kind and find it so hard to see Him asking for so much bloodshed even for sacrifices. I always let Him know how sorry I am that He and the Holy Spirit had to watch Jesus sacrificed. It all gives me a very heavy heart. Thank you for your reply Margot:}
I know what you mean. I cry if I see a dead bird or squirrel on the ground. But, let not your heart be troubled, dear Lori. Romans chapter 8, one of the most magnificent passages in Scripture, has a lot to say about God’s plans for the glorious future. Please read especially verses 18-24. When Paul writes about creation or nature “being set free from its bondage to decay and corruption”, that certainly includes the animals! Have a blessed Easter, Resurrection Day!!!
I will read the verses Margot. I know God loves His animals that He created so it hurts so much when He asks them to be killed. So many of them by the thousands. Heavy sigh. Blessed Resurrection Day to you and yours as well.
That tearing of the veil hit me like a thunderbolt when I grasped the meaning! All the times as a child I spent shaking with fear in a confessional booth…smh. No more! Hallelujah!
Yes, that statement from Jesus “why hast thou forsaken me” tells us at two things.
For one during His entire ministry He was consciously aware of the Father’s fellowship 24/7.
Secondly, what Jesus did in the earth on the cross He did by Himself and in a certain manner He did it for Himself something He personally wanted to do. He tread the winepress of God’s wrath alone.
The work that Jesus did and continues to do is all His own.
Taking away the sins of the world was something Christ would do alone. Bringing many sons to glory is another.
We don’t have to wrestle with this trying to figure it out. It was plainly foretold and lived out in the Day of Atonement ritual performed by the high priest once a year.
The dual aspects of the two goats: one was sacrificed and the other was led out into wilderness carrying the sins of people transferred to it by the laying on of the hands of the high priest. All of this elaborate ritual spoke of the future when Christ would remove the sins of the entire world by Himself.
So that all who would come in faith could find peace with God and themselves. Remember it was unbelief that originally separated us from God; it is faith in the work of His Son that reunites back to Him.
I’ve always thought that God had to turn away for the sacrifice to complete. Had he stayed looking upon Jesus He might have been moved to save Him, disrupting the sacrifice. I remember when my son at age 7 injured his toe when a McDonald’s bathroom door was whisked open from the other side. In the ER they HAD to remove his toenail and you can imagine the torture he was feeling. They told me it was necessary to avoid an even worse scenario. I couldn’t handle seeing his pain. Had I watched I would have stopped it because my heart couldn’t handle the pain he was going through. I instead ducked my head behind his body to not see, but held his hand/arm tightly. There’s so much pain we can’t handle as parents that we also can’t interrupt for the sake of our children. In those moments a child would naturally think the parent didn’t love them enough or were deserting them when the opposite is true.
Also it’s kind of hopeful when you dwell on it: in our darkest moments we can be sure that God is still there and will protect us/raise us out of the darkness. He never really forsakes us even when it feels like it.
Agreed Juju. Watching a child hurt is the worst agony for a parent. I have no doubt God the Father and God the Holy Spirit felt the same way. Blessed Easter to you and yours Juju. You and Janice are certainly great blessings to all of us here.
I had never thought of it in that way before. But I can see that. But I have often wondered how God can endure it when He sees the children being abused and the immense human suffering caused by sin. Anyone other than God would be crushed by its immensity. It was God’s love that sent Jesus on that mission, and Jesus’ love that kept Him there, even when forsaken by His Father. Who can fathom the depth of Their love?! And mercy!
I understand the same way Janice. For the sacrifice to be made, God the Father had to turn away. I often think about God the Father and God the Holy Ghost and the anguish they must have felt watching the agony all unfold. It breaks me to think of it.
Blessed Easter to you Janice and to your family. Thank you for never failing to share scripture with us. You are very dear to all of us. He is Risen.
Reformed theology tells us that had His Father not turned away, Jesus's mission to bear ALL humanity's sins once and for all, would not have been completed.
Those words are the beginning of Psalm 22. The “name” of a psalm is the first few words or the first sentence. If you read the whole psalm you will see that he was saying to have confidence in God, or put in another on my way you can have confidence in God. It is a teaching in how to pray when all seems lost.
Jesus was quoting Psalm 22 written by David hundreds of years earlier. When you read that whole chapter to the end, you’ll know what Jesus’ meaning. Faith in his (and our) Father to the very end. Brings tears to my eyes and yet joy to my spirit.
Jesus Christ was fully human while on this earth, is why, and yes what a mystery. He also wept over the world upon his entrance to Jerusalem, described in Luke 19:41-44.
I recently learned that that phrase is the beginning of Psalm 22. He was a good Jew and the others would have recognized the verse. It was really a revelation to me, as I previously felt that He might actually have felt forsaken. But read the Psalm, it starts out forsaken, and ends with trust and the glory of God. His life and end foretold by a psalm a thousand years earlier. God is just so Good.
Janice, if you want to experience this deeply, please find an Orthodox Church and attend next Thursday during our Holy Week. Holy Thursday is long, it’s exhausting, and it is a beautiful Service. In fact every Service during Holy Week is beautiful as we walk with Jesus through what he experienced. 💟✝️
Yes Connie. Holy Week is a beautiful walk with Jesus. Last nights Holy Thursday Mass was scriptural and we visited with Jesus in the Garden of Repose afterwards.
And this was all prophesied in the Old Testament and yet Israel rejects Him. He did this for them first and then told the disciples to minister to the gentiles. And yet we have not seen and yet believed. Thank you Jesus for your mercy and sacrifice. Nothing will ever compare to this kind of Love.
Janice, as I prayed and pondered last night....that next to the last 'saying' of Yeshua on the Calvary hill cross 'popped' into my mind and I was filled with GRATITUDE and UNENDING AWE at the SUPREME SACRIFICE the Lord Yeshua Christ offered to save humanity from its "sin bent" so we could have the SWEET SOULS OF RANSOMED BEINGS to present to our Creator upon our physical death.
"OH WHAT A WONDER THAT YESHUA LOVED ME--out of the darkness, no light could I see--OH WAHT A WONDER, He put His great arms under...and WONDER of WONDERS He SAVED EVEN ME!!"
“No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This commandment I received from My Father.” John 10:18 NASB95
I love scripture but what does this have to do with the topic? You post bible verses every day at the top of the comments section and they take away from the discussion.
How is it not relevant to the discussion? Did you not read Jeff’s intro to today’s round up?
—“Good morning, C&C, it’s Friday! Not just any Friday— it’s Good Friday. Today, Christians worldwide remember the Crucifixion, the second-most significant theological event in human history, as well as one of the best-attested historical occurrences in antiquity. In the Philippines, some hardcore believers are even nailing themselves to crosses, a nearly indescribable act of faith that you aren’t likely to see repeated in the comfortable developed world.
Good Friday is NOT a federal holiday in the US, making America one of the few Western nations that doesn’t formally recognize it. But 12 states observe it as a state holiday (Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and — thank goodness — Florida.)”
By now she's part of the C&C culture. Obviously a well loved part. To be honest I skip over it more often than not, but I'm glad a lot of people get something positive from her daily verses.
This won't surprise most C & C readers; it's sadly funny:
"Analyses of doctors’ strikes in modern history have revealed a paradoxical trend: when doctors go on strike and elective surgeries are suspended, population mortality often stays the same or decreases
. A review of the literature identified 156 articles, with several key studies highlighting instances where death rates significantly fell.
The three most famous, frequently cited examples of declining death rates during doctors’ strikes are:
1. Israel (1973): During a one-month doctor strike, mortality rates dropped by 50%.
2. Bogotá, Colombia (1976): A 52-day strike by medical doctors resulted in a 35% drop in the death rate.
3. Los Angeles County, USA (1976):Doctors went on strike for five weeks over high malpractice insurance premiums, leading to an 18% reduction in mortality.
Additional instances where mortality dropped or remained steady during industrial action include Israel in 1983 and 2000, Spain in 1999, and Croatia in 2003.
We have a crisis in our land. We face fiscal demise due to exploding disease maintenance costs. The more “medical care” we give (funded by government and private insurance) the likely more adverse outcomes we will have since what gets funded is after the fact symptoms suppression chemicals. Your degeneration started in your childhood. If you have known cancer, you’re likely to have harbored the malignant cells for at least 10-20 years. Better to make lifestyle changes. Best to prevent decades before. Please remember that in your activities with your dearest ones. And again, this is why I am here to report to you, and I humbly thank you for being here for me.
Being Holy Week and Good Friday we all should look at our world, the way the corrupt and powerful sell their souls for their 30 pieces of silver and how they crush the average working person. It’s communism versus liberty. Totalitarianism versus freedom. Good versus evil. And in the end after they crushed Jesus he rose from the dead. He in the end defeated evil.
2000 years later this carpenter calls Him my Savior, and because of Him I thrive to be a better man. Good wins in the end.
Beautiful James… a “good man wins… shares his beliefs proudly… truly rich in his faith… his namesake exemplifies the richness… James… Good.Rich… “Good wins”…. God bless you carpenter James… and thank you… this holy weekend we all thrive to be better… amen. 🕊✝️🕊
I was on another site today and a woman by the name of Deb was full of hate and blaming Christians and condemning them for atrocities in the world, how we are all hypocrites and that our churches are simply there for money and corporate politics. I told her she needs to find Jesus and all that ugliness toward Christians will fall away. Her words were very ugly.
I can never get use to people’s hatred for others. The way some make blanket statements about any group is so wrong, we see this too often. There is good and bad in every group there is. Generally most all people are good, maybe excluding congress 🙄. That blanket hatred turns me right off.
On the Act Blue story, I think it clear what is going on- the criminal investigation is about to revealed and all of the rats ran to the NYTimes to get their alibis published in order to ensure they are not indicted along with the organization's management.
Those rats probably included an awful lot of basically whistleblowers shoring up their own defenses. They know they're dealing with Democrats scumbags that throw them to the wolves first. They likely brought tons of material to the NYT. It was too much, too good, even NYT had go with it. The damage was done, prosecution hell is coming for Act Blue, no avoiding it, so may as well get the "scoop".
Back from my long ago days as a major crimes and fraud detective, I occasionally made my pitch to an interviewee:
“There is a huge difference between a witness, a cooperating witness, a cooperating defendant, and a defendant.”
You need to choose, right now, which one of these you want to be. The longer you wait - let’s just say you don’t want to be that last one holding the bag. It worked pretty well!
This makes me SO happy! I'm so ready to do a happy dance once they get shut down and prosecuted!!
Would love to see all that money returned to the 'perported' givers - most are elderly (even if they are smurfs) on fixed incomes and it would be nice to see $18K go to an elder who needs it with prices so high now.
Wonder if they could award a portion to James O'Keefe for breaking the story - with his usual visual aides.
@Kitkat meanwhile, a law firm in California that I called on Tuesday was closed in remembrance of Cesar Chavez Day 🙄 I guess they didn’t get the latest memo about him being a sexual predator. Whatever will they do?!
Based on a March 2026 investigation published by The New York Times, extensive evidence emerged detailing allegations that Cesar Chavez, the late co-founder of the United Farm Workers (UFW), groomed and sexually abused girls and women during his leadership of the union in the 1960s and 1970s.
Dordulian Law Group
Key details of the allegations reported in March 2026:
Dolores Huerta's Account: Dolores Huerta, the celebrated activist who co-founded the UFW with Chavez, publicly disclosed that Chavez sexually assaulted her in the 1960s, stating she was pressured into one encounter and forced in another. She stated these encounters resulted in pregnancies that she kept secret.
Abuse of Minors: The investigation revealed allegations from multiple women, including Ana Murguia and Debra Rojas, who reported that Chavez sexually abused them when they were 12 and 13 years old, respectively.
Reaction and Impact: Following the report, the UFW cancelled events honoring Chavez, and numerous cities and states, including California and Texas, moved to rename streets, schools, and parks, or remove holidays dedicated to him.
Family Response: The family of Cesar Chavez released a statement stating they were "deeply shocked" and "not in a position to judge" the claims, while honoring the voices of those who reported the abuse.
The Guardian
The reports have significantly impacted the legacy of the civil rights leader, shifting public perception and leading to a reexamination of his actions.
But will Pam Bondi go on the podcast circuit and talk 💩 about Trump? That’ll be the real test of how friendly her departure was. I’m really tired of people doing that (looking at you, MTG). I hope she has the maturity not do it.
That would surprise me. I think MTG fell for the MAGA-is-falling-apart BS and sees herself as a '28 contender hoovering up the remnants. She is the right's version of Jasmine Crockett.
Joining MTG - Tucker, Massie, A. Jones ( who seemed drunk on a recent podcast), S. Bannon. A prerequisite to joining this group is blaming Israel for Everything, including Charlie Kirk’s murder. More to come as they jockey into position for 2028 & try & eliminate the maga movement when Trump leaves.
Well, there is plenty of doubt about the present story about CK's death. It just does not make sense as it's presently being told. There was fishy stuff going on that day.
I do not know if Israel or the CIA had a hand in it or not. I do know CK turned down a generous offer from Bibi, because it came with strings. CK had also started a DOGE style audit because there was an estimated $10 million missing. Leah on substack has done some amazing digging there -
Questions are fine. Unfounded serious accusations that damage lives are not. Why not wait for the evidence to be released at trial? Seems the logical thing. Currently nobody knows what evidence the prosecution has, just speculation & theories.
I do believe the Israeli govt had a hand in CK's passing for the reason you cite. There is way more to that story we have not received. I would love to be proved wrong but I look at Bibi as the Pharisee he is.
I just saw in a facebook feed, of all things, that the bullet that killed Charlie Kirk couldn't be definitively linked to Tyler Robinson's rifle. This news is from March 31.
I don't know if the bullet is firmly in the "inconclusive" range or if it is sliding over to the "doesn't match at all" territory. They need to provide some photos of the bullet (and or bullet fragments) and forensic evidence and testimony.
Evidently the bullet, which hit Ck spine was too shattered to get conclusive matching evidence. Though it was widely & erroneously reported that the bullet did not match the rifle. That was not true.
I cannot. It is unimaginable. The Chosen brings Christ's story to life and there is a scene when it is Palm Sunday and the actor who plays Jesus is very good and you can see the happiness yet the anguish on his face knowing what is in store.
Today is the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, a High Day Sabbath, after Passover Day. Exodus 13:6-10. This commemorates Yahweh bringing Israel out of Egypt, which represents sin. It also foreshadowed the time of the Messiah who gave his life as the Passover Lamb for our sins. Unleavened bread represents sound doctrine and removal of sin from our lives and hearts. These are commanded observances, "a statute forever throughout your generations", Lev. 23:41. Yahshua the Messiah kept His Father's commandments, and set the example for us. The Apostles and early believers all kept the statutes and Sabbaths.
This year the count toward Pentecost, the Feast of Weeks, begins on April 5, after the weekly Sabbath, making Pentecost May 24.
Dave, I have been wanting to go to our local synagogue and sit with the Rabbi and ask why they reject Jesus. Why they are so hateful about Him. It hurts me that they reject Him when he fulfilled scripture and it is right there for all of them to see. Do you have any suggestions on how to approach the Rabbi so he knows I am in earnest and wanting to understand?
There are decades when weeks happen and weeks where decades happen. This is one of those eras where the latter is the case. We are seeing a reordering of the Post WW2 world order.
One thing you can say about Trump is that he doesn't mince words: when he is upset he makes you know it, doesn't praise you to ease your feelings. In a way, what you see is what you get. I would take Trump at his word much more than I would Brandon, Obama, or their lackey's at the MSM
Why fire Bondi at this time? From all accounts I’ve read Blanche is considered a “bulldog” and a Trump loyalist. Letting Bondi go at this time allows Blanche to be in charge through the midterms and he can be meaner than a junkyard dog. Brilliant. I love when Jeff connects dots!
It appears Iran is allowing US aircraft do a search & rescue operation without trying to stop it. If they can shoot down a F-15, shooting down a C130, A10 & some helos would be child's play. Maybe people who belong in the Stone Age have more class/dignity than the super-civilized 21st century crowd.
What terrorist are you speaking of? The ones who impose lockdowns, impose jabs, fail to prosecute child predators & who lie constantly? If not those terrorist, please be more specific who it is you are talking about. Thanks!
He said it "appears" they are allowing them to, which is accurate.
Now, back to his comment about terrorists. The rest of the world is abhorred when the president of the US goes on stage and says we are going to bomb 90 million people (innocent civilians) back to the stone age. Utter madness, and that is being polite.
Well most Americans know how Trump is lots of talk & we don’t take every word he says as literal. He’s the most transparent president we’ve had & I prefer that.
As a genuine contrarian it seems to me that it might be evidence that air superiority in fact exists and the F-15 being shot down is just a story, albeit a sad and costly one, about the blind squirrel and the nut.
Why did they massacre them? Last month it was supposed to be 30,000, did they kill 10,000 more? Again, why would they do that, were they bored with nothing else to do?
Also, how many have been killed in the "obliteration bombing" Trump keeps bragging about?
Am I quick to buy the Iranian version or are you quick to reject the Iranian version? I'm not a "My country, right or wrong" type, I subscribe to Make my country great again, and that doesn't include trying to control the world.
Even with all that evidence of rape, torture, child abuse and Human Trafficking, Jeffrey Epstein still got off with THE LIGHTEST SENTENCE in Florida for sex crimes!
Alexander Acosta was the corrupt State Attorney that let Epstein off, and what happened to him???
Team player or not....we were knee deep in Maoist cancel culture....people know what happens to them....You have to pick and choose what you will fall on your sword for....
"It took a Trump administration to turn over that rock"
Why didn't the Dems release the Epstein files?
Because no one, on EITHER side wants the Epstein files released.
There are major Democrats in those files. So they waited until Trump was in office because Trump can NEVER release a complete Epstein file because his bro Epstein was the elite pimp to the Elites, and Trump had Mar-a-lago and the stable of beautiful young pageant girls, and all his Elite billionaire pedo buddies and Epstein was pimping girls to and from Mar-A-Lago (see Virginia Guiffre vs Prince Andrew, Duke of York),
And even with all the evidence of rape, torture, Human Trafficking, and sexual abuse of children, Jeffrey Epstein still got off with THE LIGHTEST SENTENCE EVER in the state of Florida for sex crimes, 'Solicitation'.
And what happened to the corrupt State Attorney that let Epstein off, and made the sealed secret deal so that Epstein's crimes and NAMES would never be made public, what happened to him???
Trump appointed him to be the 27th Secretary of Labor for the United States of America!
Admittedly I have not done a deep dive, but I have yet to see admissible, credible evidence of much rape, torture and child abuse in the Epstein Files. Just lots and lots and lots of hearsay, rumor and speculation. If those things happened, especially on the regular, there should be credible, admissible evidence.
There would be other stuff though. Flight logs, phone data, and testimony. There is a LOT of so and so said something horrific happened but I see little if any person A says this happened to her. Once A gives specifics there should be documentation to support it. And I simply do not believe that every law enforcement official is compromised. Some of the texts and emails hint at things but again there should be corroboration. Otherwise it is like trying to use a photograph of someone smoking a joint - there has to be proof that the joint is what it purports to be, a controlled substance.
He was not convicted of anything to do with minors in the Florida case(s). The allegations that got the investigators ball rolling were made by the outraged parents of a 14 year old. But those allegations did not result in a conviction. He received a sweetheart deal. The questions are how and why? That being said, my impression, and that's all it is, at this point is that Epstein's mission, as was Robert Maxwell's before him, was financial control of world markets. Did he provide services for those able to facilitate that? Of course he did.
Me either. I do not doubt at this point that there are horrors and atrocities being committed (the border situation under Biden plus the 300,000+ unaccounted for minors are unexplainable otherwise for me) but I do not think that was Epstein's play and if he is connected at all it is likely peripheral. I also think that whatever Epstein's play was Maxwell was his handler.
Then by your logic Willing, Alexander Acosta, the corrupt State Attorney that let Epstein off with the LIGHTEST SENTENCE IN FLORIDA for sex crimes, had the skill set Trump wanted which is why Trump appointed him Secretary of Labor.
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When the sixth hour came, darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour. At the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is translated, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” When some of the bystanders heard it, they began saying, “Behold, He is calling for Elijah.” Someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink, saying, “Let us see whether Elijah will come to take Him down.” And Jesus uttered a loud cry, and breathed His last. And the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. When the centurion, who was standing right in front of Him, saw the way He breathed His last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”
— Mark 15:33-39 NAS95
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He could have summoned legions of angels. He could have destroyed His captors. He could have said no to taking our sin upon Himself. Yet He chose mercy. Hallelujah.
It's Friday.... but Sunday's coming!
I saw a movie yesterday called "A Great Awakening" that was A-MAZING, for the message of faith in Jesus Chris, as well as the intersection with America's constitutional convention of 1789. Here's my movie review about it. (it wasn't even on the marquis at the theater!! It opens officially today.
"A Great Awakening" is a reference to a revivalist period that existed just prior to the founding of America. George Whitefield (pronounced "Whitfield") is the most famous of the preachers of this revivalist movement, and the film interweaves the life of this powerful and charismatic preacher with that of Benjamin Franklin, one of the most recognizable and well known founders of this country.
This film is beautifully made and follows the lives of both men, showing their backgrounds as children, which went on to shape their lives - both fighting against being preachers, with one becoming the most famous of the revivalist era, and the other instead becoming a man who writes the words, not preaching the word.
Benjamin Franklin was well known throughout America as well as in Europe for his discovery of electricity, but he was also a pragmatist and sought to highlight the common man, taking great pleasure at tweaking the noses of "the elitists" at the time in his newspaper through pseudonyms such as "Obadiah Plainman", "Tom Trueman", "Sirus Dogood" and more. As George arrives on America's shores, he lands in Philadelphia - the largest city in America at that time, intent on spreading the words and gospel of Jesus Christ. Ben, seeing an opportunity for greater wealth by printing Whitefield's sermons, quickly agrees to publish them (45 of his weekly "Pennsylvania Gazette" issues had stories of Whitefield, with 8 of them having the front page covered with Whitefield's sermons).
The developing fascination by Benjamin Franklin of Whitefield is humorously written in his autobiography as such: "I happened soon after to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended to finish with a collection, and I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the coppers. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into the collector's dish, gold and all."
The film interweaves their life stories in a beautiful fashion, maintaining the tension between them, of Whitefield's effort to convert Ben, and Ben reverting to facts, not faith, for his source of truth.
The film begins and ends with the conflict of competing political interests of the Continental Congress, where we are introduced to raucous debate, and led by General George Washington, who sits upon a chair emblazoned with a sun, symbolically and literally used in the film as a metaphor for a rising or falling nation, and for which Benjamin Franklin had famous quotes about. George Washington has important parts in this film which are powerfully delivered, and reflecting the perilous position of a founding nation embarking on a new experiment in self governance, while powerful nations seek to take advantage of the fledgling nation's inner conflicts.
The influence of George Whitefield upon Ben is portrayed beautifully in Ben Franklin's famous speech about the need to call upon a provident creator to guide the assembly towards a resolution. For the sake of time, some of the context following that speech is preserved, but infers upon what is to follow - a period of days in which the men worship together before reconvening and ultimately ratifying a new Constitution of the United States.
I admit that I found tears flowing from my eyes during the sermons by George Whitefield, with his oratory skills being demonstrated and carried by a spirit, as well as when Benjamin Franklin pleaded for assistance from above for the establishment of this nation. The symbolic drawing aside of the curtains to reveal the light which was being sought prefaced Ben's speech beautifully.
For those who are familiar with George Washington's miraculous deliveries from harm and his lifelong faith in God, you realize the gravity of George Washington's words to Ben Franklin regarding Valley Forge being what he thought as the worst darkness of the country, as desperate and scantily clothed men fought sought to survive the winter of 1775. But to hear his continued reference to an even darker time being in the Continental Congress, you begin to get a sense of just how perilous both times were in our nation's history. One can't help but see the hand of providence in our nation's founding, and wonder about the current state of this country, it's leaders and state of affairs. Despite what the media portrays, the world sees us as a beacon of light and leading the fight against a global tyranny that seeks to enslave us all. There IS a great awakening, and leaders are being overthrown as destructive policies and stark enforcement of tyrannical laws are stirring the people to action.
It was faith that helped unite our country, and it will take faith to bring our country back from the brink of destruction which we were so close to in recent years.
Indeed, this movie hearkens us to a NEW "Great Awakening", of which WE are a part of.
This is a BEAUTIFUL movie that I encourage everyone to watch, and is a VERY fitting movie to celebrate the 250th anniversary of our nation's founding, and a remembrance of the importance of Jesus Christ for all of us in our lives and in our nation.
The trailer is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4-rMC88ylQ
For tickets and more info: https://www.agreatawakening.com/watch-more/
I saw that movie at a "pre screening" last Sunday with my bestie, Lenna. I live in Lancaster, PA area and the production, direction and many of the actors hail from that blessed city. SIGHT & SOUND PRODUCTIONS is a division of SIGHT & SOUND THEATRE - I welcome one and all of you to visit us in Amish country and go to one of their Biblical productions. TRUE TO THE WORD all of them and they always end a play with a "altar call" to come to the front of the theatre to accept Yeshua as Savior and Lord of your life!
Here's a link to the Sight and Sound Theatre in Lancaster (and there is one in Branson, MO as well): https://www.sight-sound.com/lancaster
I'd love to go back there. A few years back, a local researcher there found that my ancestral family had a farm at the location of the airport and discovered graves there of some family members. They received permission to dig up a grave stone that was visible a few feet below the ground, seen via a gopher hole. That gravestone provided a most welcome piece of research that had eluded me for 40+ years. I told the researcher (when she disclosed this to me) that she was better than Santa Claus and I wept for what she had done for me. I believe since then that the airport has reinterred those graves as they were expanding parts of the airport.
Your Sight and Sound theater is beautiful! I bet the experience there is amazing!
Kudos again to those folks, for the solid storytelling and amazing cinematography of the movie. I LOVED the adherence to facts in the story, and I pulled out my copy of Walter Isaacson's Benjamin Franklin biography to read further on Benjamin and George's relationship and which provided the quote used in the review above.
I also have a DNA relationship to one of Benjamin Franklin's printing partners (Hugh Meredith) who's family provided the money to get it started, but who subsequently left due to his drinking and overall disinterest in the printing trade. Benjamin Franklin continued to write of Hugh's adventures to North Carolina, where he described the land there. He likely had a relationship down there, as I've seen a different surname "Pugh" associated with the Y-DNA test (often called the surname test, as it follows the male line.) It was my sister's observation of Hugh in the book and her reaching out to me that introduced me more fully to Benjamin Franklin. A retired professor who I tracked down from a very old post online told me that Pugh and Meredith families were often closely linked together - both being prominent and physically located near one another.
Benjamin Franklin was an interesting and flawed man - touched on very briefly in the film with a scene in a theater, where he is accompanied by a younger woman - one of many, but he adored one above the rest and maintained a flirtatious relationship with her while his wife remained at home across the ocean.
Yes..Sight & Sound strives to be TRUE to character of whomever they are portraying on both stage and screen - it's one of their aims and objectives that I treasure the most!!
NOAH was playing last year and I had seen the original NOAH production at the "smaller" Sight & Sound Theater back in 1996....the second production was held almost THIRTY YEARS later - 2025. Anyway...the first production, my husband invited my youngest son and his betrothed to accompany us to see NOAH and, after the play ended and upon exiting the theatre--guess what we saw in the sky--A DOUBLE RAINBOW--it was truly a "magical moment" - YAHWEH blessed us with that "affirmation" of his ETERNAL PROMISE never to destroy earth and its inhabitants via FLOOD...next time--it will be with FIRE!!!
I wonder more and more if the fire isn't going to be the truth being shown to everyone that consumes the evil people and reduces them to stubble. I also marvel that the weather modification that is happening (and causing rebounding heat, excessive storms and calamaties worldwide) mirrors what Revelations predicts. In many ways, we're bringing this on ourselves.
I'm looking for a second coming soon!
Quick question... will "A Great Awakening" eventually end up on DVD/Blu Ray? This is one I definitely want to own! I'd give copies as gifts to others, but I'm probably old school in still having a DVD/Blu Ray player, where others like to stream stuff.
Oh wow!! That rainbow must’ve been such an amazing sight!! 😍
What a gift to receive. I would have wept too. Blessings Justin and thank you for sharing.
Been seeing the trailers for it advertised and excited to see it next week. Several American historians have written excellent studies of Rev. George Whitefield’s contributions to the Independence movement, along with the Blackrobes. When fighting for freedom was something churches didn’t avoid.
What an amazing family story!
Here's a link to the story and pictures of the researcher and the gravestone. https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/memories/LK14-CDG
Familysearch is a free site where you can collaboratively search for ancestors. Living (or presumed living - people born within the last 110 years without a definite death date) are private and not seen by others. Once you connect to deceased people, the chances are very high that your family tree is in there.
Because it's collaborative, sources are encouraged to be used, as sometimes people enter in incorrect information. People are encouraged to upload stories and pictures of their ancestors as well so that others can benefit.
Thank you for your review! I have shared it with others in case they are curious about the movie.
Thank you for this. I had seen the trailer when I went to the Melania movie. I know what I'm doing this weekend!
Fantastic review, thank you so much for sharing! Definitely makes me want to go see this movie!
WOW. Thank you, Justin, this is the first I have heard about this film. As a huge fan of George Whitfield, I will certainly check it out. I have prayed many times for God to grant us a new “great awakening”.
It was my first exposure to him, and I LOVED his life story and work. The movie is an amazing and honorable representation of his work on behalf of the Lord.
The British Empire moved to create their own religion called Transcendentalism. Christ was on the chopping block throughout history by the Freemasons. Remember Emerson and Thoreau?
Edgar Allen Poe began writing about it when murdered.
Founding Fathers were Deists.
Christ never mentioned.
Matthew Ehret and his wife have a great podcast on Poe.
Take a listen… let the words fill your soul with hope!
Sermon by S.M. Lockridge
https://youtu.be/QS2wPotScZY?si=S5CypPMcBYT6qOWY
Yes, it’s beautiful
Beautiful
When I think of this time of year, the song is "The Easter Song" and the version I choose is sung by Keith Green.
https://youtu.be/mG8Tko3BzHk?si=tJ9ycQev2dzdBcIr
I had the privilege of meeting him once while waiting in line for one of his concerts at Calvary Chapel in San Diego and he came out to greet all of us beforehand. After the concert, he requested that there be no applause but that we all just file out in a prayerful manner, focused on the Lord. God surely used the man for His glory.
I heard him a couple times in person. He’s one of those you just go “why God, why??”
Felt a similar thing about Rich Mullins who I did get to see in concert.
Keith Green and Don Fransisco - wildly overlooked musicians!!
Just imagine - we ransomed souls will ALL BE SINGING these songs and praises to our Creator for eternity - our finite minds cannot fully grasp the EXULTANT JOY we will know on the REAL SIDE of life!
Blood and tears
How can it be?
There's a God who weeps
There's a God who bleeds
Oh, praise the One
Who had reached for me
Hallelujah
To the Son of suffering
And most WONDROUS of all--the tomb in which his body lay is EMPTY - Yeshua conquered DEATH along with SIN when He sacrificially died on Calvary cross.
Good reminders of songs to listen to today. I’d forgotten about Don Francisco’s He’s Alive!
2nd Chapter of Acts has a great rendition as well.
I loved the 2nd Chapter of Acts!
Oh yes! It still gives me goosebumps after all these years.
As a kid I was in the bell choir and we would play this song at Easter Mass. Love it! Thank you.
Yes! I was just thinking about sharing that very song. Such a beautiful song and a beautiful soul gone way too soon.
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Keith Green! What a man!!
Yes we wait in hope, the sure expectation of God’s goodness.
For we know: “The Lord is good to those who wait for Him.”
I missed Jeff posting it today. I had to go look it up myself. But I'm grateful that he did in other years.
Good Friday can be summarized in one word: Tetelestai! If it finished. Paid in full. The body is laid in a borrowed tomb that will soon be empty. And that — is the greatest news — EVER. It saved this wretched soul from eternal separation from God.
Amen, amen, amen!
Hallelujah! The veil of the temple torn from top to bottom is so significant. There is no more need for God’s people to offer ritual sacrifices. Jesus paid it all.
That's a sure indication that Yeshua's sacrifical death gave all those who accept this precious gift DIRECT ACCESS to the Holy Father God THROUGH Yeshua. There is NO OTHER PRIEST we need or must 'confess' to other than the Only Begotten Son of Jehovah God. Earthly 'priests' are totally superfluous.....we can go BOLDLY to the Throne of Grace on which Yeshua is seated at the RIGHT HAND of Father God.
WHAT A WONDER indeed!
There is ONE mediator between God and man’s and that is Christ Jesus. 1 Timothy 2:5
John 17:17–19 gives us what we might describe as the theology of ordination, as Jesus consecrates the apostles in 17:17 (consecration in Christ the truth), sends them on mission in 17:18, and in 17:19, declares their consecration springs from his own consecration to the Father. Jesus commanding the apostles to “do this in memory of me” during the Last Supper (Luke 22:19) is the Synoptic account of the apostles receiving their priesthood from Jesus. In John 20, Jesus gives his apostles the power to forgive sins after bestowing the Holy Spirit upon them. During Jesus’ last appearance risen from the dead, he commissioned the apostles to minister in his name to the whole world. The Twelve were reconstituted again before the revelation of the Church to the world at Pentecost, and following Pentecost, they continued Jesus’ ministry: what Jesus began to do during his earthly ministry, he continues to do through the apostles after Pentecost.
https://stpaulcenter.com/posts/the-biblical-foundations-of-the-priesthood
It does, doesn’t it?
“On this rock I will build my Church… What you forgive will be forgiven…”. 😉
AMEN
Amen, Sharon. Have a blessed Resurrection Day!!!
Indeed Sharon, no intermediary needed.
Jesus used water and wine to replace the animal sacrifice.
There was a cabal making much money selling animals on Passover. That marketing plan had to go. Society had moved from husbandry to agrarian culture.
Jesus said "this" is my body.
Bread and wine.
Trotsyites not happy.
It is very hard for me to read the OT Margot bc of all the animals being slain, so young and so many. In the Bible (I cannot recall the book and verse, God says he does not prefer animal sacrifice and I smiled and thanked God when I read that.) Blessed Easter to you Margot, He is Risen.
The animal sacrifices were necessary for a time, to show how horrible sin against a holy God is, that it would require the death of an innocent substitute, and to point to what Christ would do on the cross. He only had to suffer ONCE for all time, for all His people. Now He lives and reigns forever! Praise God for the gospel!
Yes, but as an avid animal lover and pet parent to many, it hurts my heart to hear it, read it and know about it. I have asked God not to be mad but I have to skip all that when I read the Bible as I see God the Father as patient and kind and find it so hard to see Him asking for so much bloodshed even for sacrifices. I always let Him know how sorry I am that He and the Holy Spirit had to watch Jesus sacrificed. It all gives me a very heavy heart. Thank you for your reply Margot:}
I know what you mean. I cry if I see a dead bird or squirrel on the ground. But, let not your heart be troubled, dear Lori. Romans chapter 8, one of the most magnificent passages in Scripture, has a lot to say about God’s plans for the glorious future. Please read especially verses 18-24. When Paul writes about creation or nature “being set free from its bondage to decay and corruption”, that certainly includes the animals! Have a blessed Easter, Resurrection Day!!!
I will read the verses Margot. I know God loves His animals that He created so it hurts so much when He asks them to be killed. So many of them by the thousands. Heavy sigh. Blessed Resurrection Day to you and yours as well.
That tearing of the veil hit me like a thunderbolt when I grasped the meaning! All the times as a child I spent shaking with fear in a confessional booth…smh. No more! Hallelujah!
And whom the Spirit has set free--will be FREE INDEED, Silent!! Confess to Yeshua--the only "High Priest" we as ransomed souls EVER need!
“Good Friday reminds us that the greatest love ever shown looked like the worst day imaginable.”
May we all remember this, during suffering, that comes to all of us in this life.
Blessed Good Friday to all.
I have always thought “why have you forsaken me” a strange thing for Christ to have said. But then the essence of God is mystery.
My understanding is that with all our sin upon Him, God turned away. So Christ was forsaken by the Holy God in our place.
He was forsaken so that we wouldn’t need to be! He paid a debt He did not owe. I owed a debt I could not pay….
Yes, that statement from Jesus “why hast thou forsaken me” tells us at two things.
For one during His entire ministry He was consciously aware of the Father’s fellowship 24/7.
Secondly, what Jesus did in the earth on the cross He did by Himself and in a certain manner He did it for Himself something He personally wanted to do. He tread the winepress of God’s wrath alone.
The work that Jesus did and continues to do is all His own.
Taking away the sins of the world was something Christ would do alone. Bringing many sons to glory is another.
We don’t have to wrestle with this trying to figure it out. It was plainly foretold and lived out in the Day of Atonement ritual performed by the high priest once a year.
The dual aspects of the two goats: one was sacrificed and the other was led out into wilderness carrying the sins of people transferred to it by the laying on of the hands of the high priest. All of this elaborate ritual spoke of the future when Christ would remove the sins of the entire world by Himself.
So that all who would come in faith could find peace with God and themselves. Remember it was unbelief that originally separated us from God; it is faith in the work of His Son that reunites back to Him.
That’s beautiful, Linda
I’ve always thought that God had to turn away for the sacrifice to complete. Had he stayed looking upon Jesus He might have been moved to save Him, disrupting the sacrifice. I remember when my son at age 7 injured his toe when a McDonald’s bathroom door was whisked open from the other side. In the ER they HAD to remove his toenail and you can imagine the torture he was feeling. They told me it was necessary to avoid an even worse scenario. I couldn’t handle seeing his pain. Had I watched I would have stopped it because my heart couldn’t handle the pain he was going through. I instead ducked my head behind his body to not see, but held his hand/arm tightly. There’s so much pain we can’t handle as parents that we also can’t interrupt for the sake of our children. In those moments a child would naturally think the parent didn’t love them enough or were deserting them when the opposite is true.
Also it’s kind of hopeful when you dwell on it: in our darkest moments we can be sure that God is still there and will protect us/raise us out of the darkness. He never really forsakes us even when it feels like it.
Agreed Juju. Watching a child hurt is the worst agony for a parent. I have no doubt God the Father and God the Holy Spirit felt the same way. Blessed Easter to you and yours Juju. You and Janice are certainly great blessings to all of us here.
I had never thought of it in that way before. But I can see that. But I have often wondered how God can endure it when He sees the children being abused and the immense human suffering caused by sin. Anyone other than God would be crushed by its immensity. It was God’s love that sent Jesus on that mission, and Jesus’ love that kept Him there, even when forsaken by His Father. Who can fathom the depth of Their love?! And mercy!
I’ve long thought that the experiences we have as parents really help illuminate our relationship to God as His children ❤️
I understand the same way Janice. For the sacrifice to be made, God the Father had to turn away. I often think about God the Father and God the Holy Ghost and the anguish they must have felt watching the agony all unfold. It breaks me to think of it.
Blessed Easter to you Janice and to your family. Thank you for never failing to share scripture with us. You are very dear to all of us. He is Risen.
Reformed theology tells us that had His Father not turned away, Jesus's mission to bear ALL humanity's sins once and for all, would not have been completed.
This is my understanding as well.
Those words are the beginning of Psalm 22. The “name” of a psalm is the first few words or the first sentence. If you read the whole psalm you will see that he was saying to have confidence in God, or put in another on my way you can have confidence in God. It is a teaching in how to pray when all seems lost.
Btw the next psalm is Psalm 23…
Read Psalm 22 which is what Christ was quoting.
Jesus was quoting Psalm 22 written by David hundreds of years earlier. When you read that whole chapter to the end, you’ll know what Jesus’ meaning. Faith in his (and our) Father to the very end. Brings tears to my eyes and yet joy to my spirit.
Not a mystery. He was praying Psalm 22. Read the whole thing, as we are meant to. It ends victoriously
Read Psalm 22. Jesus’ words are a ‘hyperlink’ to a Psalm that describes His crucifixion.
Exactly
It is the first line of Psalm 22, written by David 1000 years earlier.
And, as @CWigles79 comments above, it's a hyperlink. We are meant to read the whole thing
Jesus Christ was fully human while on this earth, is why, and yes what a mystery. He also wept over the world upon his entrance to Jerusalem, described in Luke 19:41-44.
Jesus is the God-Man.
I recently learned that that phrase is the beginning of Psalm 22. He was a good Jew and the others would have recognized the verse. It was really a revelation to me, as I previously felt that He might actually have felt forsaken. But read the Psalm, it starts out forsaken, and ends with trust and the glory of God. His life and end foretold by a psalm a thousand years earlier. God is just so Good.
Jesus was constantly quoting Scripture. That is the first verse from Psalm 22. Read it, it’s amazing.
Janice, if you want to experience this deeply, please find an Orthodox Church and attend next Thursday during our Holy Week. Holy Thursday is long, it’s exhausting, and it is a beautiful Service. In fact every Service during Holy Week is beautiful as we walk with Jesus through what he experienced. 💟✝️
Yes Connie. Holy Week is a beautiful walk with Jesus. Last nights Holy Thursday Mass was scriptural and we visited with Jesus in the Garden of Repose afterwards.
And this was all prophesied in the Old Testament and yet Israel rejects Him. He did this for them first and then told the disciples to minister to the gentiles. And yet we have not seen and yet believed. Thank you Jesus for your mercy and sacrifice. Nothing will ever compare to this kind of Love.
Janice, as I prayed and pondered last night....that next to the last 'saying' of Yeshua on the Calvary hill cross 'popped' into my mind and I was filled with GRATITUDE and UNENDING AWE at the SUPREME SACRIFICE the Lord Yeshua Christ offered to save humanity from its "sin bent" so we could have the SWEET SOULS OF RANSOMED BEINGS to present to our Creator upon our physical death.
"OH WHAT A WONDER THAT YESHUA LOVED ME--out of the darkness, no light could I see--OH WAHT A WONDER, He put His great arms under...and WONDER of WONDERS He SAVED EVEN ME!!"
Last year i watched this short film called The Soldier that brought me to tears. It was produced by a mega church near me. Very moving!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zfJMpmhReMI
“Mercy triumphs over judgement.” Thanking Jesus Christ for His sacrifice. Like a lamb, led to the slaughter. For me.
Thank You Jesus for loving us this much. ✝️
“No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This commandment I received from My Father.” John 10:18 NASB95
ALL PRAISE! ALL GLORY!
ALL WORSHIP & THANKSGIVING TO THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY!
AMEN.
I love scripture but what does this have to do with the topic? You post bible verses every day at the top of the comments section and they take away from the discussion.
How is it not relevant to the discussion? Did you not read Jeff’s intro to today’s round up?
—“Good morning, C&C, it’s Friday! Not just any Friday— it’s Good Friday. Today, Christians worldwide remember the Crucifixion, the second-most significant theological event in human history, as well as one of the best-attested historical occurrences in antiquity. In the Philippines, some hardcore believers are even nailing themselves to crosses, a nearly indescribable act of faith that you aren’t likely to see repeated in the comfortable developed world.
Good Friday is NOT a federal holiday in the US, making America one of the few Western nations that doesn’t formally recognize it. But 12 states observe it as a state holiday (Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and — thank goodness — Florida.)”
Scripture beats discussion.
By now she's part of the C&C culture. Obviously a well loved part. To be honest I skip over it more often than not, but I'm glad a lot of people get something positive from her daily verses.
This won't surprise most C & C readers; it's sadly funny:
"Analyses of doctors’ strikes in modern history have revealed a paradoxical trend: when doctors go on strike and elective surgeries are suspended, population mortality often stays the same or decreases
. A review of the literature identified 156 articles, with several key studies highlighting instances where death rates significantly fell.
The three most famous, frequently cited examples of declining death rates during doctors’ strikes are:
1. Israel (1973): During a one-month doctor strike, mortality rates dropped by 50%.
2. Bogotá, Colombia (1976): A 52-day strike by medical doctors resulted in a 35% drop in the death rate.
3. Los Angeles County, USA (1976):Doctors went on strike for five weeks over high malpractice insurance premiums, leading to an 18% reduction in mortality.
Additional instances where mortality dropped or remained steady during industrial action include Israel in 1983 and 2000, Spain in 1999, and Croatia in 2003.
I would bet that not only did fewer surgeries contribute to the lower death rate, but also fewer prescriptions for pHARMa toxic potions. I read that the morticians in Israel had such a crisis with a staggering 50% fewer deaths that they begged the government to end the strike! (https://substack.com/redirect/eb59f1c4-0a37-40a6-a637-304ebfd9e937?j=eyJ1IjoiOTgyeTgifQ.G9CN6opTAieXEVBws-vZi_yEVpE_gfX76i-T-0tu6oY)(Remember, Israel has one of the world’s most advanced, technologically innovative healthcare systems.)
We have a crisis in our land. We face fiscal demise due to exploding disease maintenance costs. The more “medical care” we give (funded by government and private insurance) the likely more adverse outcomes we will have since what gets funded is after the fact symptoms suppression chemicals. Your degeneration started in your childhood. If you have known cancer, you’re likely to have harbored the malignant cells for at least 10-20 years. Better to make lifestyle changes. Best to prevent decades before. Please remember that in your activities with your dearest ones. And again, this is why I am here to report to you, and I humbly thank you for being here for me.
To Your Excellent Health,
Robert Jay Rowen, MD"
Great observations!!! Just confirms my decision to stay as far away from allopathic medicine as possible.
That makes two of us
🙋🏻♀️ third here.
Fourth.
Fif!
Said in my best Dave Chappelle voice...
6th
7th or 8th actually as we have two thirds!
Three of us
Especially surgery.
Same!
Similar during lockdowns when suddenly infant death numbers dropped significantly. Babies missing early shots = less sids. Hmmmm….
Are we having a Dr strike? Just curious if that was the reason for your comment or just in general Drs are bad for your health 😅
Not that I'm aware of. It was in an email I received this morning and I thought others would find it interesting too.
Junior doctors are scheduled to strike in the UK.
I have read that also.
Thank you
SIDS deaths fell by 80% during the first 6 months of the scamdemic when the parents weren't allowed to take their kids in for well child checks.
Exactly what I believe! Thanks for saying it out loud! 👌🎯
Being Holy Week and Good Friday we all should look at our world, the way the corrupt and powerful sell their souls for their 30 pieces of silver and how they crush the average working person. It’s communism versus liberty. Totalitarianism versus freedom. Good versus evil. And in the end after they crushed Jesus he rose from the dead. He in the end defeated evil.
2000 years later this carpenter calls Him my Savior, and because of Him I thrive to be a better man. Good wins in the end.
Beautiful James… a “good man wins… shares his beliefs proudly… truly rich in his faith… his namesake exemplifies the richness… James… Good.Rich… “Good wins”…. God bless you carpenter James… and thank you… this holy weekend we all thrive to be better… amen. 🕊✝️🕊
Thank You Maureen, hope you have a blessed Easter!
Amen
I was on another site today and a woman by the name of Deb was full of hate and blaming Christians and condemning them for atrocities in the world, how we are all hypocrites and that our churches are simply there for money and corporate politics. I told her she needs to find Jesus and all that ugliness toward Christians will fall away. Her words were very ugly.
I can never get use to people’s hatred for others. The way some make blanket statements about any group is so wrong, we see this too often. There is good and bad in every group there is. Generally most all people are good, maybe excluding congress 🙄. That blanket hatred turns me right off.
Amen 🙏
On the Act Blue story, I think it clear what is going on- the criminal investigation is about to revealed and all of the rats ran to the NYTimes to get their alibis published in order to ensure they are not indicted along with the organization's management.
Those rats probably included an awful lot of basically whistleblowers shoring up their own defenses. They know they're dealing with Democrats scumbags that throw them to the wolves first. They likely brought tons of material to the NYT. It was too much, too good, even NYT had go with it. The damage was done, prosecution hell is coming for Act Blue, no avoiding it, so may as well get the "scoop".
It could be a few "whistleblowers" wanted to get a slap on the wrist in exchange for turning state's evidence.
Back from my long ago days as a major crimes and fraud detective, I occasionally made my pitch to an interviewee:
“There is a huge difference between a witness, a cooperating witness, a cooperating defendant, and a defendant.”
You need to choose, right now, which one of these you want to be. The longer you wait - let’s just say you don’t want to be that last one holding the bag. It worked pretty well!
This makes me SO happy! I'm so ready to do a happy dance once they get shut down and prosecuted!!
Would love to see all that money returned to the 'perported' givers - most are elderly (even if they are smurfs) on fixed incomes and it would be nice to see $18K go to an elder who needs it with prices so high now.
Wonder if they could award a portion to James O'Keefe for breaking the story - with his usual visual aides.
I will be dancing with you SHug!
I think maybe somebody favored by the NYTimes benefits from someone at ActBlue going down that might have otherwise escaped.
Maybe the NYTimes thought this would be decent time to break the story, when the world is watching Iran?
Then there's the possibility that the NYTimes was HACKED. Stranger things have happened.
The company I work for (in California!) made Good Friday a paid company holiday starting this year. ✝️
@Kitkat meanwhile, a law firm in California that I called on Tuesday was closed in remembrance of Cesar Chavez Day 🙄 I guess they didn’t get the latest memo about him being a sexual predator. Whatever will they do?!
Probably start a practice defending accused sexual predators. It’s on a growth path.
Receipts for Chavez pdf claim please?
Based on a March 2026 investigation published by The New York Times, extensive evidence emerged detailing allegations that Cesar Chavez, the late co-founder of the United Farm Workers (UFW), groomed and sexually abused girls and women during his leadership of the union in the 1960s and 1970s.
Dordulian Law Group
Key details of the allegations reported in March 2026:
Dolores Huerta's Account: Dolores Huerta, the celebrated activist who co-founded the UFW with Chavez, publicly disclosed that Chavez sexually assaulted her in the 1960s, stating she was pressured into one encounter and forced in another. She stated these encounters resulted in pregnancies that she kept secret.
Abuse of Minors: The investigation revealed allegations from multiple women, including Ana Murguia and Debra Rojas, who reported that Chavez sexually abused them when they were 12 and 13 years old, respectively.
Reaction and Impact: Following the report, the UFW cancelled events honoring Chavez, and numerous cities and states, including California and Texas, moved to rename streets, schools, and parks, or remove holidays dedicated to him.
Family Response: The family of Cesar Chavez released a statement stating they were "deeply shocked" and "not in a position to judge" the claims, while honoring the voices of those who reported the abuse.
The Guardian
The reports have significantly impacted the legacy of the civil rights leader, shifting public perception and leading to a reexamination of his actions.
A NYT investigation in 2026? That’s it?
Shocked! But pleased!
Bravo!
But will Pam Bondi go on the podcast circuit and talk 💩 about Trump? That’ll be the real test of how friendly her departure was. I’m really tired of people doing that (looking at you, MTG). I hope she has the maturity not do it.
It would be out of (so far demonstrated) character, and I also hope she wouldn't do that.
That would surprise me. I think MTG fell for the MAGA-is-falling-apart BS and sees herself as a '28 contender hoovering up the remnants. She is the right's version of Jasmine Crockett.
Oh ya you nailed that. At least she isn’t doing rap or music videos or at least I didn’t see any 😂
Joining MTG - Tucker, Massie, A. Jones ( who seemed drunk on a recent podcast), S. Bannon. A prerequisite to joining this group is blaming Israel for Everything, including Charlie Kirk’s murder. More to come as they jockey into position for 2028 & try & eliminate the maga movement when Trump leaves.
Well, there is plenty of doubt about the present story about CK's death. It just does not make sense as it's presently being told. There was fishy stuff going on that day.
I do not know if Israel or the CIA had a hand in it or not. I do know CK turned down a generous offer from Bibi, because it came with strings. CK had also started a DOGE style audit because there was an estimated $10 million missing. Leah on substack has done some amazing digging there -
https://theleahfiles.substack.com/p/14m-to-ghost-llcs-tpusa-follow-the?
Video of damage from a 30.06
https://youtu.be/df1__OKWIZA?si=xQ2QvdwekUQFGaow
Questions are fine. Unfounded serious accusations that damage lives are not. Why not wait for the evidence to be released at trial? Seems the logical thing. Currently nobody knows what evidence the prosecution has, just speculation & theories.
I do believe the Israeli govt had a hand in CK's passing for the reason you cite. There is way more to that story we have not received. I would love to be proved wrong but I look at Bibi as the Pharisee he is.
Turning point might be in the hot seat. That makes me sad because I liked CK
I really did as well. EK can not maintain it as is. No one there has his smarts & patience.
I just saw in a facebook feed, of all things, that the bullet that killed Charlie Kirk couldn't be definitively linked to Tyler Robinson's rifle. This news is from March 31.
I don't know if the bullet is firmly in the "inconclusive" range or if it is sliding over to the "doesn't match at all" territory. They need to provide some photos of the bullet (and or bullet fragments) and forensic evidence and testimony.
Evidently the bullet, which hit Ck spine was too shattered to get conclusive matching evidence. Though it was widely & erroneously reported that the bullet did not match the rifle. That was not true.
Pam is more of a lady than MTG - & I think more loyal…
I think MTG has proven she was just in it for the attention 😕
At Mass last Sunday our priest asked if we'd even be able to ride the donkey to Jerusalem, knowing what was in store. Can you even imagine?
I cannot. It is unimaginable. The Chosen brings Christ's story to life and there is a scene when it is Palm Sunday and the actor who plays Jesus is very good and you can see the happiness yet the anguish on his face knowing what is in store.
Like riding the Covid jab.
Today is the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, a High Day Sabbath, after Passover Day. Exodus 13:6-10. This commemorates Yahweh bringing Israel out of Egypt, which represents sin. It also foreshadowed the time of the Messiah who gave his life as the Passover Lamb for our sins. Unleavened bread represents sound doctrine and removal of sin from our lives and hearts. These are commanded observances, "a statute forever throughout your generations", Lev. 23:41. Yahshua the Messiah kept His Father's commandments, and set the example for us. The Apostles and early believers all kept the statutes and Sabbaths.
This year the count toward Pentecost, the Feast of Weeks, begins on April 5, after the weekly Sabbath, making Pentecost May 24.
I belonged to a sort of Protestant church that did celebrate those days and the week of the feast of unleavened bread. It was a very moving time
loving the sourdough
Dave, I have been wanting to go to our local synagogue and sit with the Rabbi and ask why they reject Jesus. Why they are so hateful about Him. It hurts me that they reject Him when he fulfilled scripture and it is right there for all of them to see. Do you have any suggestions on how to approach the Rabbi so he knows I am in earnest and wanting to understand?
There are decades when weeks happen and weeks where decades happen. This is one of those eras where the latter is the case. We are seeing a reordering of the Post WW2 world order.
First? (Edit: sorry, just happened and I couldn't resist. 😁) Where do I pick up my trophy?
We have a stash of them in Jeff’s C&C closet. : )
They’re in a burn bag
😂
LOL, good one Peter!
🏆 Congratulations, Curtis 🏆
Today is going to be a wonderful day for you!
Yep. Beat me to it!
Trophy is being sent by Amazon. Should be on your doorstep in a few days.
Well done!!!!!
It's in the mail.
The USPS? Oh dear.... that could be awhile, if it arrives at all.
Can’t hear the audio
Keeps saying it processing
Have a blessed Good Friday all. 🙏🏻🌷
Wow, a little Shakespeare sprinkled in today's substack! Haven't thought of that quote since high school..."something wicked this way comes".
Have a blessed Good Friday and Easter Sunday!
Good Friday morning C&C!
Velvet stitching,
🦋🦋Good Morning 🦋🦋
One thing you can say about Trump is that he doesn't mince words: when he is upset he makes you know it, doesn't praise you to ease your feelings. In a way, what you see is what you get. I would take Trump at his word much more than I would Brandon, Obama, or their lackey's at the MSM
Frankly, I wouldn’t expect it again for another 25-50 years
1. Who spilled the information about Bondi? Was it intentional or someone speaking out of line?
I see I should have read further. Jeff was thinking the same.
2. These folks work the President; if he thinks they need to go, he should let them go. Remember all the pressure he got to keep Fauci?
I don’t think he wants another mistake like that. I am not comparing Bondi to Fauci, simply the situation.
Why fire Bondi at this time? From all accounts I’ve read Blanche is considered a “bulldog” and a Trump loyalist. Letting Bondi go at this time allows Blanche to be in charge through the midterms and he can be meaner than a junkyard dog. Brilliant. I love when Jeff connects dots!
An intact Bulldog with lots and lots of testosterone!
Fauci needs to be arrested; he is a very bad man. Need it to happen before he passes.
Pam was the best and brightest according to Trump but refused to prosecute Epstein list clients.
We have a pilot and WSO missing over Iran, by the way. Iran shot down an eagle this morning and we’ve been out searching for them.
It appears Iran is allowing US aircraft do a search & rescue operation without trying to stop it. If they can shoot down a F-15, shooting down a C130, A10 & some helos would be child's play. Maybe people who belong in the Stone Age have more class/dignity than the super-civilized 21st century crowd.
And you believe terrorists who purposely lie to gain the trust of infidels???
What terrorist are you speaking of? The ones who impose lockdowns, impose jabs, fail to prosecute child predators & who lie constantly? If not those terrorist, please be more specific who it is you are talking about. Thanks!
The IRGC who you say is letting US do a search & rescue! I’m not talking about the Biden admin
He said it "appears" they are allowing them to, which is accurate.
Now, back to his comment about terrorists. The rest of the world is abhorred when the president of the US goes on stage and says we are going to bomb 90 million people (innocent civilians) back to the stone age. Utter madness, and that is being polite.
Well most Americans know how Trump is lots of talk & we don’t take every word he says as literal. He’s the most transparent president we’ve had & I prefer that.
Are you saying they are not letting the S & R take place? There seems to be a lot of evidence to the contrary if you are saying that.
As a genuine contrarian it seems to me that it might be evidence that air superiority in fact exists and the F-15 being shot down is just a story, albeit a sad and costly one, about the blind squirrel and the nut.
S&R??
I saw there are reports of Iran claiming they have hit a helicopter in search of the downed pilots......
https://english.almayadeen.net
But you know, take info during wartime with a grain of salt. Both sides lie through their teeth.
Commit genocide too.
Sounds anti semantic.
What's a terrorist?
the other guy
Ask the 40,000 people they just massacred…
Why did they massacre them? Last month it was supposed to be 30,000, did they kill 10,000 more? Again, why would they do that, were they bored with nothing else to do?
Also, how many have been killed in the "obliteration bombing" Trump keeps bragging about?
4, 5 maybe 10?
Maybe you should think about the Neanderthals in your own head.
Am I quick to buy the Iranian version or are you quick to reject the Iranian version? I'm not a "My country, right or wrong" type, I subscribe to Make my country great again, and that doesn't include trying to control the world.
Call it blind loyalty and I'll agree.
"...refused to prosecute Epstein list clients"
Or maybe Pam WANTED to prosecute them?
Even with all that evidence of rape, torture, child abuse and Human Trafficking, Jeffrey Epstein still got off with THE LIGHTEST SENTENCE in Florida for sex crimes!
Alexander Acosta was the corrupt State Attorney that let Epstein off, and what happened to him???
Trump appointed him Secretary of Labor!
Good point.
And Trump was holding her back?
As I recall, Acosta was told to back off Epstein....not that he chose to....
"Acosta was told to back off Epstein....not that he chose to"
Of course he was. And he did.
And he was well-rewarded for it.
And the alternative if he did not was……(were you around during those years…..Maoist cancel society?….)
"if he did not"
Of course he would, he's obviously a team player.
Team player or not....we were knee deep in Maoist cancel culture....people know what happens to them....You have to pick and choose what you will fall on your sword for....
"It took a Trump administration to turn over that rock"
Why didn't the Dems release the Epstein files?
Because no one, on EITHER side wants the Epstein files released.
There are major Democrats in those files. So they waited until Trump was in office because Trump can NEVER release a complete Epstein file because his bro Epstein was the elite pimp to the Elites, and Trump had Mar-a-lago and the stable of beautiful young pageant girls, and all his Elite billionaire pedo buddies and Epstein was pimping girls to and from Mar-A-Lago (see Virginia Guiffre vs Prince Andrew, Duke of York),
And even with all the evidence of rape, torture, Human Trafficking, and sexual abuse of children, Jeffrey Epstein still got off with THE LIGHTEST SENTENCE EVER in the state of Florida for sex crimes, 'Solicitation'.
And what happened to the corrupt State Attorney that let Epstein off, and made the sealed secret deal so that Epstein's crimes and NAMES would never be made public, what happened to him???
Trump appointed him to be the 27th Secretary of Labor for the United States of America!
Admittedly I have not done a deep dive, but I have yet to see admissible, credible evidence of much rape, torture and child abuse in the Epstein Files. Just lots and lots and lots of hearsay, rumor and speculation. If those things happened, especially on the regular, there should be credible, admissible evidence.
Bleach bit trail…?
There would be other stuff though. Flight logs, phone data, and testimony. There is a LOT of so and so said something horrific happened but I see little if any person A says this happened to her. Once A gives specifics there should be documentation to support it. And I simply do not believe that every law enforcement official is compromised. Some of the texts and emails hint at things but again there should be corroboration. Otherwise it is like trying to use a photograph of someone smoking a joint - there has to be proof that the joint is what it purports to be, a controlled substance.
"...credible evidence of much rape, torture and child abuse in the Epstein Files"
It is the evidence that Epstein was CONVICTED OF in State of Florida v. Jeffrey Epstein.
And with all that evidence that convicted him, Epstein still got off with THE LIGHTEST SENTENCE in Florida for sex crimes!
And Donald Trump appointed the corrupt State Attorney who let Epstein off, to be the 27th Secretary of Labor for the United States of America!
He was not convicted of anything to do with minors in the Florida case(s). The allegations that got the investigators ball rolling were made by the outraged parents of a 14 year old. But those allegations did not result in a conviction. He received a sweetheart deal. The questions are how and why? That being said, my impression, and that's all it is, at this point is that Epstein's mission, as was Robert Maxwell's before him, was financial control of world markets. Did he provide services for those able to facilitate that? Of course he did.
"He was not convicted of anything to do with minors"
EXACTLY!
In spite of all the evidence of pimping underage girls, Epstein got off with the LIGHTEST SENTENCE IN FLORIDA for sex crimes, 'Solicitation'.
And Trump appointed the corrupt State Attorney who let Epstein off, to be the 27th Secretary of Labor for the United States of America.
"didn’t provide evidence of what Epstein was convicted of in Florida."
In spite of all the evidence of pimping underage girls, Epstein got off with the LIGHTEST SENTENCE IN FLORIDA for sex crimes, 'Solicitation'.
And Trump appointed the corrupt State Attorney who let Epstein off, to be the 27th Secretary of Labor for the United States of America.
"What are you quoting?"
The commenter I was replying to, Lynne Morris.
Me either. I do not doubt at this point that there are horrors and atrocities being committed (the border situation under Biden plus the 300,000+ unaccounted for minors are unexplainable otherwise for me) but I do not think that was Epstein's play and if he is connected at all it is likely peripheral. I also think that whatever Epstein's play was Maxwell was his handler.
"Then he had the skill set needed."
Then by your logic Willing, Alexander Acosta, the corrupt State Attorney that let Epstein off with the LIGHTEST SENTENCE IN FLORIDA for sex crimes, had the skill set Trump wanted which is why Trump appointed him Secretary of Labor.
I have a had a bad feeling all morning that something bad was going to happen today… hoping that I was wrong.
Operation Epstein Fury.
That is a good one.
Okay, I laughed
Did she actually get anyone?? There was some low having fruit IMO