Only one sign

Jesus stated several times that he only will provide one sign to prove that he is the saviour.  Not healings,  not miracles,  not walking on water,  no...  The ombre sign was this...

He would rise on the third day.

That is it. Everything else he did and said was out of compassion for the people.  Only his resurrection,  of his own power  proves anything.

Why is this important?

Because many will come and have come working miracles...  That means nothing.

Many will come with wisdom,  teachings,  truths.  That means nothing

Many will come with claims and proofs...  They mean nothing.

Only death and resurrection has meaning.

This is why any religion that denied the physical death asks resurrection of Jesus is false.  History shows that he lived,  died,  and rose.  So all the deny that are expressly false. 

The empty grave,  the eye witnesses,  that is all the proof we will ever get....  Besides Meating Jesus himself.  He is,  after all,  alive and well today.

It's not what you know...

In life...  Is not what you know that's important   but who you know. 

If you can find an answer... If you know the source of truth,  you do not need to possess every answer to every question.  Facts are discoverable through many sources....  Do not commit the majority of your time in accumulating them.  Instead...  Concentrate on learning wisdom.

Wisdom is the application of facts to life,  a deep understand of the relationship and actions of facts.  Pursue wisdom ...  And the facts will be found as necessary.

Where did you go to school?

Apparently my grandpa was a very bright man.  The story goes...  He was often asked "where did you get your degree?"  because he demonstrated intelligence fat above normal.  His answer?

"I have a PhD from the school of hard knocks "

Grandpa learned from life,  using common sense and experience as the teacher and curriculum.  There  is no better teacher.

Intelligence does not come from school...  It comes from god.  School at best can bring facts (which are discoverable outside just as well)  and challenge you to think (which we should do always anywhere)  and at worst will destroy your ability to reason,  replacing that work blind acceptance of started facts based on source,  not truth.

The older you get

The older you get...  The more you realize how little you know.

In life questions accumulate faster than answers. But only time brings that realization.

The nature of Islam

I won't go into much supporting detail for now,  instead just make the statement that Islam is far beyond a false religion.  In comparing the "end of the world"  as prophesied by each of Islam and the Bible,  I have come to realize that Islam is a unique form of Satan worship.  It is in fact the polar opposite of Christianity.

Take a close look at the end time prophesy and you see that they match perfectly,  but ON OPPOSITE SIDES! Yep...  Islam perfectly describes the final showdown,  from the opposing side to the description of the Bible.  This is significant. 

There are 3 beings involved on the earth at the end in both versions of prophesy,  for the same stated reason. 

Bible version                Islam version
Antichrist                   Muslim world teach/ political leader
False prophet             one who claims to be Jesus but not son of god
The dragon(satan)     allah

So you see,,,,  Islam is not only the birth of the Antichrist,  but more importantly,  the analogy points to Allah as Satan himself!

This matches with the goals and nature of Islam.  Islam is all about setting up a worldly Kingdom (which is Satan's domain),  forcing people to live according to his "right"  (force is Satan's way),  and destroying the nonbelievers (Satan's goal).  I am more and more convinced that we are watching historic days played out,  with a final battle shaping up within the next few decades between Christianity plus Judaism against Islam. 

Of course we know who wins....