August 11, 2014

From Gary... Topsy Turvy


Well, the ground is at the bottom and the liquid obviously isn't being poured from the center of the cup into the water bottle- so how is this being done?  When I saw this picture, my first thought was Topsy - Turvy; that is, the world is upside down.  It seems like that is the condition of the world today as well. And this idea is not new, for I can think of one passage in the book of Acts that seems to go well with this picture...

Acts 17:1-7 ASV
(1)  Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:
(2)  and Paul, as his custom was, went in unto them, and for three sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
(3)  opening and alleging that it behooved the Christ to suffer, and to rise again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom, said he, I proclaim unto you, is the Christ.
(4)  And some of them were persuaded, and consorted with Paul and Silas, and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
(5)  But the Jews, being moved with jealousy, took unto them certain vile fellows of the rabble, and gathering a crowd, set the city on an uproar; and assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them forth to the people.
(6)  And when they found them not, they dragged Jason and certain brethren before the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
(7)  whom Jason hath received: and these all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another (heterous in Greek; another of a different kind- Gary) king, one Jesus.

 
Acts 17:6 KJV 
(6)  And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
Acts 17:6 ESV 
(6)  And when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city authorities, shouting, "These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also,
Acts 17:6 LITV
(6)  But not finding them, they dragged Jason and some brothers before the city judges, crying, Those turning the habitable world upside down have come here, too;
An assault on what you believe does feel like the world is being turned upside down.  It happened when the Jews learned about Christianity. And they were furious!!!  Instead of receiving the truth that Jesus was a king of an entirely new order (that is, heavenly) they rejected truth and became violent.  The same thing is happening today in the Middle East with those of the Muslim persuasion, where Christians (Men, Women and even young Children) are being murdered to the point of genocide!!!!  And we as a nation do very little (or perhaps it might be more appropriate to say - NOTHING) about it!!! Shame on the leadership of The United States of America for their inaction!!!! I urge all Christians to pray about the situation and do what they can lawfully to change the situation.  Christianity turned the world upside down in the first century and can in the twenty-first!!!
PS.  I think the picture of the water being poured upside down is not faked because the plane is probably doing a roll when this happened. Centrifugal force is at work here!!!

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