The following study is SO incredibly full of
HISTORICAL facts you really need to take your time and read this thoroughly.
Will it be riveting and filled with excitement? Will it make you want to read
eagerly so you can scarcely stop reading? The answer to those questions is no
or not likely unless you are a very big fan of history. You might even find it confusing, but pray,
please pray. This study won't be just a fifteen minute quick reading, a
thoughtful devotional, or a heartfelt passage. This study is time consuming but
worth our time! Pray! Pray hard before reading this and all the while you're
studying, we need prayer, we need guidance.
May God BLESS us and the Holy Spirit guide us to HIS TRUTH,
comprehending that PROPHECY is NOT all in the future, PROPHECY is NOT all about
things that can't be understood, PROPHECY is NOT for scholars only, or Bible
teachers, it's for ALL of us! When we
realize all that has already occurred in the prophecies we can comprehend that
there is very little left to take place! We will realize that if all that
HAPPENED already that NOTHING will stop the rest from occurring, NOTHING.
God, please help us!
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Excerpt
taken from--
Rev 9:1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star
fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless
pit.
Rev 9:2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there
arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and
the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
Rev 9:3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon
the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have
power.
Rev 9:4 And it was commanded them that they should
not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but
only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
Rev 9:5 And to them it was given that they should not
kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was
as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
Rev 9:6 And in those days shall men seek death, and
shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
Rev 9:7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto
horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like
gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
Rev 9:8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and
their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
Rev 9:9 And they had breastplates, as it were
breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots
of many horses running to battle.
Rev 9:10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and
there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
Rev 9:11 And they had a king over them, which is the
angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in
the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
Rev 9:12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two
woes more hereafter.
Excerpt
taken from--
Daniel
and the Revelation by Uriah Smith
Verse
1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the
earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
The
Fifth Trumpet.--For an exposition of this trumpet, we shall again draw from the
writings of Alexander Keith. This writer says:
"There
is scarcely so uniform an agreement among interpreters concerning any other
part of the Apocalypse as respecting the application of the fifth and sixth
trumpets, or the first and second woes, to the Saracens and the Turks. It is so
obvious that it can scarcely be misunderstood. Instead of a verse or two
designating each, the whole of the ninth chapter of the Revelation, equal
portions, is occupied with a description of both.
"The
Roman Empire declined, as it arose, by
conquest; but the Saracens and the Turks were the instruments by which a
false religion became the scourge of an apostate church; and hence, instead of
the fifth and sixth trumpets, like the former, being marked by that name alone,
they are called woes. . . .
"Constantinople
was besieged for the first time after the extinction of the Western Empire by
Chosroes [II], the king of Persia." [1]
The
prophet said, "I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth; and to him
was given the key of the bottomless pit."
The
historian writes of this time:
"While
the Persian monarch [Chosroes II] contemplated the wonders of his art and
power, he received an epistle from an obscure citizen of Mecca, inviting him to
acknowledge Mahomet as the apostle of God. He rejected the invitation, and tore
the epsitle. 'It is thus,' exclaimed the Arabian prophet, 'that God will tear
the kingdom, and reject the supplications of Chosroes.' Placed on the verge of
the two great empires of the East, Mahomet observed with secret joy the
progress of their mutual destruction; and in the midst of the Persian triumphs,
he ventured to foretell, that before many years should elapse, victory should
again return to the banners of the Romans. At the time when this prediction is
said to have been delivered, no prophecy could be more distant from its
accomplishment, since the first twelve years of Heraclius announced the
approaching dissolution of the empire." [2]
It was
not on a single spot that this star fell, as did the one that designated
Attila, but upon the earth.
The
provinces of the empire in Asia and Africa were subdued by Chosroes II, and
"the Roman Empire was reduced to the walls of Constantinople, with the
remnant of Greece, Italy, and Africa, and some maritime cities, from Tyre to
Trebizond, of the Asiatic coast. . . . The experience of six years at length
persuaded the Persian monarch to renounce the conquest of Constantinople, and
to specify the annual tribute or ransom of the Roman Empire; a thousand talents
of gold, a thousand talents of silver, a thousand silk robes, a thousand
horses, and a thousand virgins. Heraclius subscribed these ignominious terms;
but the time and space which he obtained to collect such treasures from the
poverty of the East, was industriously employed in the preparation of a bold
and desperate attack." [3]
"The
king of Persia despised the obscure Saracen, and derided the message of the
pretended prophet of Mecca. Even the overthrow of the Roman Empire would not
have opened a door for Mahometanism, or for the progress of the Saracenic armed
propagators of an imposture, though the monarch of the Persians and chagan of
the Avars (the successor of Attila) had divided between them the remains of the
kingdoms of the Caesars. Chosroes himself fell. The Persian and Roman
monarchies exhausted each other's strength. And before a sword was put into the
hands of the false prophet, it was smitten from the hands of those who would
have checked his career and crushed his power." [4]
"Since
the days of Scipio and Hannibal, no bolder enterprise has been attempted than
that which Heraclius achieved for the deliverance of the empire. He . . .
explored his perilous way through the Black Sea and the mountains of Armenia,
penetrated into the heart of Persia, and recalled the armies of the great king
to the defense of their bleeding country. . . .
"In
the battle of Nineveh, which was fiercely fought from daybreak to the eleventh
hour, twenty-eight standards, besides those which might be broken or torn, were
taken from the Persians; the greatest part of their army was cut in pieces, and
the victors, concealing their own loss, passed the night on the field. . . .
The cities and palaces of Assyria were opened for the first time to the
Romans." [5]
"The
Roman emperor was not strengthened by the conquests which he achieved; and a
way was prepared at the same time, and by the same means, for the multitudes of
Saracens from Arabia, like locusts from the same region, who, propagating in
their course the dark and delusive Mahometan creed, speedily overspread both
the Persian and the Roman empires. More complete illustration of this fact
could not be desired than is supplied in the concluding words of the chapter
[from Gibbon], from which the preceding extracts are taken." [6]
"Although
a victorious army had been formed under the standard of Heraclius, the
unnatural effort appears to have exhausted rather than exercised their
strength. While the emperor triumphed at Constantinople or Jerusalem, an
obscure town on the confines of Syria was pillaged by the Saracens, and they
cut in pieces some troops who advanced to its relief, an ordinary and trifling
occurrence, had it not been the prelude of a mighty revolution. These robbers
were the apostles of Mahomet; their fanatic valor had emerged from the desert;
and in the last eight years of his reign, Heraclius lost to the Arabs the same
provinces which he had rescued from the Persians." [7]
"
'The spirit of fraud and enthusiasm, whose abode is not in the heavens,' was
let loose on earth. The bottomless pit needed but a key to open it, and that
key was the fall of Chosroes. He had contemptuously torn the letter of an
obscure citizen of Mecca. But when from his 'blaze of glory' he sunk into the
'tower of darkness' which no eye could penetrate, the name of Chosroes was
suddenly to pass into oblivion before that of Mahomet; and the crescent seemed
but to wait its rising till the falling of the star. Chosroes, after his entire
discomfiture and loss of empire, was murdered in the year 628; and the year 629
is marked by 'the conquest of Arabia,' and 'the first war of the Mahometans
against the Roman Empire.' 'And the
fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to
him was given the key of the bottomless pit. And he opened the bottomless pit.'
He fell upon the earth. When the strength of the Roman Empire was exhausted,
and the great king of the East lay dead in his tower of darkness, the pillage
of an obscure town on the borders of Syria was 'the prelude of a mighty
revolution.' 'The robbers were the apostles of Mahomet, and their fanatic valor
emerged from the desert.' " [8]
The
Bottomless Pit.--The meaning of this term may be learned from the Greek {GREEK
CHARACTERS IN PRINTED TEXT}, abyssos,
which is defined "deep,
bottomless, profound," and
may refer to any waste, desolate, and uncultivated place. It is applied to the
earth in its original state of chaos. (Genesis 1: 2.)
Gen 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and
darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the
face of the waters.
In this instance it may appropriately refer to
the unknown wastes of the Arabian
desert, from the borders of which issued the hordes of Saracens, like
swarms of locusts. The fall of Chosroes II the Persian king may well be
represented as the opening of
the bottomless pit, inasmuch as it prepared the way for the followers of
Mohammed to issue from their obscure country and propagate their delusive
doctrines with fire and sword until they had spread their darkness over all the
Eastern Empire.
Verse 2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and
there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the
sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
"Like
the noxious and even deadly vapors which the winds, particularly from the
southwest, diffuse in Arabia, Mahometanism spread from hence its pestilential
influence--arose as suddenly and spread as widely as smoke arising out of the
pit, the smoke of a great furnace. Such is a suitable symbol of the religion of
Mahomet, of itself, or as compared with the pure light of the gospel of Jesus.
It was not, like the latter, a light from heaven, but a smoke out of the bottomless pit." [9]
Verse 3 And there came out of the smoke
locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the
earth have power.
"A
false religion was set up, which, although the scourge of transgressions and
idolatry, filled the world with darkness and delusion; and swarms of Saracens,
like locusts, overspread the earth, and speedily extended their ravages over
the Roman Empire from east to west. The hail descended from the frozen shores
of the Baltic; the burning mountain fell upon the sea from Africa; and the
locusts (the fit symbol of the Arabs) issued from Arabia, their native region.
They came as destroyers, propagating a new doctrine, and stirred up to rapine
and violence by motives of interest and religion." [10]
"A
still more specific illustration may be given of the power like unto that of
scorpions, which was given them. Not only was their attack speedy and vigorous,
but 'the nice sensibility of honor, which weighs the insult rather than the
injury, sheds its deadly venom on the quarrels of the Arabs; an indecent
action, a contemptuous word, can be expiated only by the blood of the offender;
and such is their patient inveteracy, that they expect whole months and years
the opportunity of revenge.' " [11]
Verse 4 And it was commanded them that they
should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any
tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
After
the death of Mohammed, he was succeeded in the command by Abu-bekr in A.D. 632,
who as soon as he had fairly established his authority and government gathered
the Arabian tribes for conquest. When the army was assembled, he instructed his
chiefs on methods of conquest:
"When
you fight the battles of the Lord, acquit yourselves like men, without turning
your backs; but let not your victory be stained with the blood of women and
children. Destroy no palm-trees, nor
burn any fields of corn. Cut down no fruit-trees, nor do any mischief to
cattle, only such as you kill to eat. When you make any covenant, or
article, stand to it, and be as good as your word. As you go on, you will find
some religious persons who live retired in monasteries, and propose to themselves to serve God that way;
let them alone, and neither kill them nor destroy their monasteries: and
you will find another sort of people that belong to the synagogue of Satan, who
have shaven crowns; be sure you cleave their skulls, and give them no quarter
till they either turn Mahometans or pay 'tribute.' " [12]
"It
is not said in prophecy or in history that the more humane injunctions were as
scrupulously obeyed as the ferocious mandate; but it so commanded them. And the
preceding are the only instructions recorded by Gibbon, and given by Abubeker
to the chiefs whose duty it was to issue the commands to all the Saracen hosts.
The commands are alike discriminating with the prediction, as if the caliph
himself had been acting in known as well as direct obedience to a higher
mandate than that of mortal man; and in the very act of going forth to fight
against the religion of Jesus, and to propagate Mahometanism in its stead, he
repeated the words which it was foretold in the Revelation of Jesus Christ that
he would say." [13]
Seal of God in Their Foreheads.--In remarks
upon Revelation 7: 1-3, we have shown that the seal of God is the Sabbath of
the fourth commandment. History is not silent upon the fact that there
have been observers of the true seventh-day Sabbath all through the gospel age.
But the question has here arisen with many, Who were those men who at this time
had the seal of God in their foreheads, and who thereby became exempt from
Mohammedan oppression? Let the reader bear in mind the fact already alluded to,
that there have been those all through
the Christian Era who have had the seal of God in their foreheads, that
is, have been intelligent observers of the true Sabbath. Let him consider
further that what the prophecy asserts is that the attacks of this desolating
Turkish power are not directed against them, but against another class. The
subject is thus freed from all difficulty, for this is all that the prophecy
really asserts. One class of person is directly brought to view in the text,
namely, those who have not the seal of God in their foreheads. The preservation
of those who have the seal of God is brought in only by implication.
accordingly, we do not learn from history that any of these were involved in
any of the calamities inflicted by the Saracens upon the objects of their hate.
They were commissioned against another class of men. The destruction to come
upon this class is not put in contrast with the preservation of other men, but
only with that of the fruits and verdure of the earth; thus, Hurt not the
grass, trees, nor any green thing, but only a certain class of men. In
fulfillment, we have the strange spectacle of an army of invaders sparing those
things which such armies usually destroy, the face and productions of nature.
In pursuance of their permission to hurt those men who had not the seal of God
in their foreheads, they cleaved the skulls of a class of religionists with
shaven crowns, who belonged to the synagogue of Satan. It would seem that these were monks, or some other order of the
Roman Catholic Church.
Verse 5 And to them it was given that they
should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their
torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
"Their
constant incursions into the Roman territory, and frequent assaults on
Constantinople itself, were an unceasing torment throughout the empire, which
yet they were not able effectually to subdue, notwithstanding the long period,
afterward more directly alluded to, during which they continued, by unremitting
attacks, grievously to afflict an idolatrous church, of which the pope was the
head. . . . Their charge was to torment, and then to hurt, but not to kill, or
utterly destroy. The marvel was that they did not." [14] (In reference to
the five months, see comments on verse 10.)
Verse 6 And in those days shall men seek
death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee
from them.
"Men
were weary of life, when life was spared only for a renewal of woe, and when
all that they accounted sacred was violated, and all they held dear constantly
endangered; and when the savage Saracens domineered over them, or left them
only to a momentary repose, ever liable to be suddenly or violently
interrupted, as if by the sting of a scorpion." [15]
Verse 7 And the shapes of the locusts were
like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were
crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
"The
Arabian horse takes the lead throughout the world; and skill in horsemanship is
the art and science of Arabia. And the barbed Arabs, swift as locusts and armed
like scorpions, ready to dart away in a moment, were ever prepared unto battle.
"
'And on their heads were as it were crowns like gold.' When Mahomet entered
Medina (A.D. 622), and was first received as its prince, 'a turban was unfurled
before him to supply the deficiency of a standard.' The turbans of the
Saracens, like unto a coronet, were their ornament and their boast. The rich
booty abundantly supplied and frequently renewed them. To assume the turban is
proverbially to turn Mussulman. And the Arabs were anciently distinguished by
the miters which they wore." [16]
"And
their faces were as the faces of men." "The gravity and firmness of
the mind [of the Arab] is conspicuous in his outward demeanor; . . . his only
gesture is that of stroking his beard, the venerable symbol of manhood. . . .
The honor . . . of their beards is most easily wounded." [17]
Verse 8 And they had hair as the hair of
women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
"Long
hair is esteemed an ornament by women. The Arabs, unlike to other men, had
their hair as the hair of women, or uncut, as their practice is recorded by
Pliny and others. But there was nothing effeminate in their character; for, as
denoting their ferocity and strength to devour, their teeth were as the teeth
of lions." [18]
Verse 9 And they had breastplates, as it were
breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots
of many horses running to battle.
"The
cuirass (or breastplate) was in use among the Arabs in the days of Mahomet. In
the battle of Ohud (the second which Mahomet fought) with the Koreish of Mecca
(A.D. 624), 'seven hundred of them were armed with cuirasses.' " [19]
"
'The charge of the Arabs was not, like that of the Greeks and Romans, the
efforts of a firm and compact infantry; their military force was chiefly formed
of cavalry and archers.' . . . With a touch of the hand, the Arab horses dart
away with the swiftness of the wind. 'The sound of their wings was as the sound
of many horses running to battle.' Their conquests were marvelous both in
rapidity and extent, and their attack was instantaneous. Nor was it less
successful against the Romans than the Persians." [20]
Verse 10 And they had tails like unto
scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt
men five months. 11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the
bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek
tongue hath his name Apollyon.
"To
Hurt Men Five Months."--The question arises, What men were they to hurt
five months?--Undoubtedly the same they were afterward to slay (see verse 15),
"the third part of men," or third of the Roman Empire--the Greek
division of it.
When
were they to begin their work of torment? The eleventh verse answers the
question.
"They
had a king over them." From the death of Mohammed until near the close of
the thirteenth century, the Mohammedans were divided into various factions
under several leaders, with no general civil government extending over them
all. Near the close of the thirteenth century, Othman founded a government
which has since been known as the Ottoman government, or empire, which grew
until it extended over all the principal Mohammedan tribes, consolidating them
into one grand monarchy.
Their
king is called "the angel of the bottomless pit." An angel signifies
a messenger, a minister, either good or bad, and not always a spiritual being.
"The angel of the bottomless pit" would be the chief minister of the
religion which came from thence when it was opened. That religion is
Mohammedanism, and the sultan was its chief minister.
His
name in the Hebrew tongue is "Abaddon," the destroyer; in Greek,
"Apollyon," one that exterminates, or destroys. Having two different
names in two languages, it is evident that the character rather than the name
of the power is intended to be represented. If so, as expressed in both
languages, he is a destroyer. Such has always been the character of the Ottoman
government.
But
when did Othman make his first assault on the Greek empire?-- According to
Gibbon "it was on the twenty-seventh of July, in the year twelve hundred
and ninety-nine of the Christian Era, that Othman first invaded the territory
of Nicomaedia; and the singular accuracy of the date seems to disclose some
foresight of the rapid and destructive growth of the monster." [21]
Von
Hammer, the German historian of Turkey, and other authorities have placed this
event in 1301. But to what date do the historic sources of this period testify?
Pachymeres was a church and state historian, born at Nicaea, which was in the
vicinity of the Ottoman invasion; and he wrote his history during this very
period. He concluded his work about 1307, so he was a contemporary of Othman.
Possinus,
in 1669, worked out a complete chronology of Pachymeres' history, giving the
dates for the eclipses of the moon and the sun, as well as other events,
recorded by Pachymeres in his work. Concerning the date 1299 Possinus says:
"Now
it is our task to give the exact and fundamental epoch of the Ottoman Empire.
This we shall try to effect by a thoroughgoing comparison of the dates given by
Arab chronologists and the testimony of our Pachymeres. This last- mentioned
author reports in the fourth book of this second part, chapter 25, that Atman
[Greek name for Othman] grew strong by taking the command over a very strong
band of bold and energetic warriors from Paphlagonia. When Muzalo, the Roman
army commander, attempted to block his progress, he defeated him in a battle
near Nicomedia, the capital of Bithynia. This city the lord of the battlefield
henceforth kept as if it were besieged. Now, Pachymeres is very explicit in
stating that these events took place in the immediate vicinity of Bapheum, not
far from Nicomedia, on the 27th day of July. The year, we asseverate [affirm]
in our synopsis, comparing carefully the events to have been of our Lord
1299." [22]
The
synopsis to which Possinus refers gives the date of the uniting of these
Paphlagonians with Othman's forces, which took place on July 27, as 1299 of the
Christian Era, fifth year of Pope Boniface VIII, and the sixth year of Michael
Palaeologus. The statement is as follows:
"Atman
[Othman], the strap of the Persians, called also Ottomanes, the founder of the
still reigning dynasty of the Turcs, grew strong by joining to himself a great
number of fierce bandits from Paphlagonia." [23]
The
Paphlagonians under the sons of Amurius joined Othman in this attack of July
27, so that Possinus gives the date for this event twice as 1299.
Gregoras,
also a contemporary of Othman, supports Gibbon and Pachymeres in establishing
the date 1299 in his account of the division of Anatolia. This division among
ten Turkish emirs took place in 1300, as supported by reliable historians.
Gregoras states that in the division of Bithynia, indicating that Othman had
already fought the battle of Bapheum, and had conquered certain parts of this
eastern Roman-Greek territory.
"The
calculations of some writers have gone upon the supposition that the period
should begin with the foundation of the Ottoman Empire; but this is evidently
an error; for they not only were to have a king over them, but were to torment
men five months. But the period of torment could not begin before the first
attack of the tormentors, which was, as above [stated], July 27, 1299."
[24]
The
calculation which follows, founded on this starting point, was made and first
published in a work entitled, Christ's Second Coming, by Josiah Litch, in 1838.
"
'And their power was to hurt men five months.' Thus far their commission
extended, to torment by constant depredations, but not politically to kill
them. 'Five months' [thirty days to a month, one hundred and fifty days], that
is, one hundred and fifty years. Commencing July 27, 1299, the one hundred and
fifty years reach to 1449. During that whole period the Turks were engaged in
an almost perpetual war with the Greek Empire, but yet without conquering it.
They seized upon and held several of the Greek provinces, but still Greek
independence was maintained in Constantinople. But in 1449, the termination of
the one hundred and fifty years, a change came," [25] the history of which
will be found under the succeeding trumpet.
*******
This is so
incredibly much to read and to understand. This is history! This is
prophecy! We need to study prophecy
because we LIVE in the time of prophecy being fulfilled and we need to find our
place in prophecy so that we are fully awake to the times we live in. We need
to watch and we need to know what we are watching. Yes, we can remain blind if
we choose and MAKE NO MISTAKE we can choose to be blind here. We can choose NOT
to see! We are not forced to look, we are not forced to see anything. We are
allowed to be blind if we choose to be blind and not see anything of the times
in which we live now, and we are allowed to be blind to the PAST too! If you
ask people- being blind is something they would abhor, something to avoid at
all costs. Yet there are so many people who CHOOSE spiritual blindness, they
CHOOSE TO BE BLIND in the most important way ever. Instead of shunning blindness they welcome it
and despise anyone and anything that would dare deprive them of their
blindness.
May
God Bless and keep us as we continue to delve into the book of Revelation using
the historians of the past to open our eyes to the truth of His words and the
unfolding plan for our lives.
Please Savior! Help
us to discern the truth we need to discern, help us LORD!
In
Jesus, now and forever!
Amen.
.
*******
This is so
incredibly much to read and to understand. This is history! This is
prophecy! We need to study prophecy
because we LIVE in the time of prophecy being fulfilled and we need to find our
place in prophecy so that we are fully awake to the times we live in. We need
to watch and we need to know what we are watching. Yes, we can remain blind if
we choose and MAKE NO MISTAKE we can choose to be blind here. We can choose NOT
to see! We are not forced to look, we are not forced to see anything. We are
allowed to be blind if we choose to be blind and not see anything of the times
in which we live now, and we are allowed to be blind to the PAST too! If you
ask people- being blind is something they would abhor, something to avoid at
all costs. Yet there are so many people who CHOOSE spiritual blindness, they
CHOOSE TO BE BLIND in the most important way ever. Instead of shunning blindness they welcome it
and despise anyone and anything that would dare deprive them of their
blindness.
May
God Bless and keep us as we continue to delve into the book of Revelation using
the historians of the past to open our eyes to the truth of His words and the
unfolding plan for our lives.
Please Savior! Help
us to discern the truth we need to discern, help us LORD!
In
Jesus, now and forever!
Amen.
