Nighttime in a sheep pasture…it’s dark when the shepherds get the message. Many think we are in the dark right now.

Was Psalm 23 the shepherd’s favorite song…until that night? And what do you do when it’s so dark? Hope for light.

Isaiah must have read Psalm 23 too:

Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honor Galilee of the nations, by the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan—

The people walking in darkness
have seen a great light;
on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.

You have enlarged the nation
and increased their joy;
they rejoice before you
as people rejoice at the harvest,
as warriors rejoice
when dividing the plunder.

For as in the day of Midian’s defeat,
you have shattered the yoke that burdens them, the bar across their shoulders,
the rod of their oppressor.

Every warrior’s boot used in battle
and every garment rolled in blood
will be destined for burning,
will be fuel for the fire.

For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given,
and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end.
He will reign on David’s throne
and over his kingdom,
establishing and upholding it
with justice and righteousness
from that time on and forever.

The zeal of the Lord Almighty
will accomplish this.

The LORD Almighty in Hebrew is YHVH Tza-va-owt. Almighty is an reflection on being in command of a vast, almost innumerable army…what the English called the “Host.” When the shepherds saw the great company, they were observing spiritual warriors who were praising God and proclaiming peace to whom he favors. Luke 2:13. Do you remember Abel and his sacrifices in Genesis 4?

Luke 2-12 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” When Mary gave birth, the child was wrapped in swaddling clothes - actually thin ribbons of fabric and lying in a manger, which is actually a feed crib and not a barn. Bethlehem in Hebrew is actually House of Sustenance (bread/flesh) ans was just south of Jerusalem. Beit-lechem was a Levitical farming community for the sacrificial lambs and the shepherds had one of the most important jobs in the world. Read Luke 1 to find out that John the Baptist was actually a Levite - member of the tribe of Levi, the priests.

Luke 1: 5 indicates both John's father and mother were descendents of Aaron - Mose's brother. In John 1:29 it says "The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!" Since John the Baptist was Y'shua's cousin, he would have both recognized him and understood the all the events that surrounded Y'shua's birth. But how did he know Y'shua was the Lamb of God? The shepherds would have indicated he was the fulfillment of the promise given to David, as they were told. The curse that was upon the livestock was being lifted. The sacrificial blood that was used to atone for the sins of the people was going to be brought to an end. Y'shua was swaddled in cloth at birth, but also wrapped in linens and placed in a cave when he came down from the cross.

RI Public Radio's Ian Donnis in front of the Gettysburg Gun in the RI State House. Ian and I discussed the state of RI's election systems, how complex they are and why without complete transparency, we have troublesome times ahead.

For those wondering what happened re: that intrusion of a foreign balloon into US territorial airspace - this might help: https://www.dvidshub.net/image/7620698/high-altitude-balloon-2023

⬆️⬆️⬆️ If you visit the link, you’ll find images of the recovery effort.

These are the details of how the balloon was shot down. A question remains - why wasn’t this done over U.S. territorial waters over Alaska? Recovery of any instrumentation would be more difficult. Or is it now a matter of intercepting transmitted data? Is this a solid example of 5th Generation warfare? ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Are these stories one in the same…likely not. But this is a “globalist elite” in this attached story. Our current Secty of the Commerce Dept. We’re in serious trouble folks because people running our govt are incompetent and incapable of doing the job & likely benefitting financially. And that’s right, few actually voted for this nonsense. God help us 🙏🏼🇺🇸

https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/commerce-secretarys-husband-is-top-executive-at-tech-firm-funded-by-chinese-government/

Privatization of public functions. To what end?

⬆️⬆️⬆️ You might find this interesting.

Kanekoa is running an entire Twitter thread highlighting how bad our election systems actually are: https://twitter.com/KanekoaTheGreat/status/1648462770936115202

⬆️⬆️⬆️. Make sure to take a good look at who is saying what. They might just be "election deniers"!!!

To paraphrase that great RI company Dial-Media (creators of the late night info-mericial marketing technique and selling Ginsu Knives, etc.) "But wait! There's more!!!" If our elections are so secure, then why is RI's Senior US Stateman Jack Reed along with others politicians ensuring we have a cyber-security "range" to train cyber-security specialists? Funny, they are trusting NEIT to deliver, but when an NEIT professor and alumni (whose own MSIT Thesis advisor was Dr. Tim Henry) raises genuine questions about cybersecurity of Rhode Island's voter registration system, he is maligned. See this article at the Warwick Beacon: http://warwick.staging.communityq.com/stories/neit-simulation-range-targets-cyber-bad-guys,206135