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Mr-37R Panthertown Road UNIT 37R,Lake Toxaway NC, 28747

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Description for Mr-37R Panthertown Road UNIT 37R Lake Toxaway, NC 28747
This large lot has an extensive flat area to build both the driveway & house which would overlook both close rock-faced mountains and long range mountain views. Enjoy the cool summer breezes this 4200 ft elevation offers. Located near Meadow Ridge pavilion, the playground and the access to the hiking of Panthertown with it's beautiful waterfalls. End your day with a wine cruise on Lake Toxaway, North Carolina's largest private lake.
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Property Type: Land
Transylvania 3.31 Acres
Lake Toxaway Estates
No Sewer
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Greater Than 1 Acre, Lake Access
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Take Hwy 64 to Lake Toxaway Estates (W Club Blvd), 1st stop sign go straight Chestnut Tr, 2nd stop sign turn left onto Fairway Dr, left onto Toxaway Dr, left onto Meadow Ridge Dr, left at pavilion sign, left onto Panthertown Rd, lot is 2nd one on left. B>
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Lake Toxaway Real Estate

Lake Toxaway is located in North Carolina. Lake Toxaway, North Carolina 28747 has a population of 2,603.

The median household income in Lake Toxaway, North Carolina 28747 is $46,484. The median household income for the surrounding county is $40,678 compared to the national median of $53,046. The median age of people living in Lake Toxaway 28747 is 39.7 years.

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"It feels right to be where you trust people."

Sarah Muil was 34 when she noticed her lymph nodes were still swollen after recovering from a strep throat infection. After a battery of tests, her surgeon, Dr. Eugene Curletti,  recommended one of them be removed. "When he was taking out my stitches, he put his hand on my shoulder," she recalled. She braced herself for the news that he gently delivered: she had Hodgkin's lymphoma, a type of cancer originating from white blood cells.
"Once the doctors knew was it was, they moved so fast," Sarah said. She met with her medical oncologist, Dr. Spyridon Triantos, who explained in detail what she could expect throughout her treatment. "He was extremely attentive and answered all of my questions thoroughly," she said. "I walked out of his office and said to my husband, 'This is going to be good.'"

Like many patients, Sarah decided to get a second opinion at a major Boston institution, where physicians confirmed the treatment approach and spoke very highly of their colleagues in the Berkshires. "It felt great to know I could get top-notch care in Berkshire County and not have to go anywhere else," she said.

Throughout her treatment, which included chemotherapy and radiation (the latter of which was delivered by Dr. Wade Gebara), Sarah was impressed by the warm, personal care she received from her physicians and nurses. "Everyone is always there for you," she said. "Everything was explained to me so well.  The atmosphere is love and caring and kindness and personal attention."

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CNBC_pro_site_home_2 RIM let us know that CNBC has launched a new CNBC Pro app offering up mobile access to market data on the go. The new app includes features like real time global market data along with access to CNBC content. CNBC has really priced the app/service for professionals with an introductory price of $24.99 a month or $269.99 a year. On the other hand you get access to the data from both your PC and your BlackBerry and it synchronizes between the two. CNBC developed the app together with CarryQuote and plans on launching a white label solution for financial institutions in the early 2011.

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The best album by The Desperate Bicycles is Remorse Code which is ranked number 56,971 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 2.

The Desperate Bicycles is ranked number 21,971 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 2.

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Year of Release:1979Appears in:1 chart
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Adreian Payne Loses Young Friend to Cancer

Eight-year-old girl forged inspiring bond with Michigan State star.

Published April 9, 2014

Lacey Holsworth, the 8-year-old girl whose graceful fight with cancer inspired the Michigan State men’s basketball team, passed away today. Lacey bonded with Spartans star forward Adreian Payne two years ago and became a fixture at team’s games. The story of Michigan State dedicating games to the bubbly little girl quickly captured the nation's heart.

Lacey’s parents broke the sad news around 3 am, via her Instagram and Twitter accounts (@MissPrincessLacey and @AdorableLacey, respectively). They posted a photo with the caption, “Princess Lacey has achieved the ultimate victory. She now dances among angels.... The world is a better place because you were in it. Our hearts are broken. We love you Doll. Dance all night... Mommy and Daddy, Will, Mitchell, and Luke #LoveLikeLacey”

The St. Johns, Michigan-native suffered from fetal-nerve cell cancer known as neurobalstoma. She met Payne during a team hospital visit two years ago. They exchanged numbers and became fast friends.

Payne called Lacey "little sis" and she called him "Superman." Payne often played the role of an older sibling, visiting Lacey after chemotherapy treatments. In return, Lacey could routinely be seen cheering passionately for Payne from the stands of Michigan State’s Breslin Center. "[Lacey] gives me something other than basketball to do and think about,” said Payne in an interview with the Associated Press.

Lacey was there on Payne’s senior night and during his impressive showing at the college slam dunk contest in Texas last week. Many people across America were introduced to her after she cut down the nets to celebrate Michigan State winning the Big 10 tournament in March. Appearances on The Today Show and Good Morning America made her a social media star.

Her Twitter account currently has 32,200 followers. Sadly, her final post has over 11,000 retweets, while her Twitter bio reads, “I have a history of victory.” Lacey won her initial fight with cancer, but it returned last fall. Despite her health worsening last month she was still in attendance to cheer on her beloved Spartans as they made a run to the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament.

Lacey’s story touched many in the college basketball community, including analyst Dick Vitale, who pledged today to raise $250,000 to fight cancer in her name at dickvitaleonline.com. “I think of @AdorabeLacey 's smile & how she inspired so many,” tweeted Vitale earlier.

Michigan State Head Coach Tom Izzo was also touched by Lacey’s brief life. "I'm supposed to be a guy who leads men, and now an 8-year-old has impacted my life like this,” said Izzo to USA Today. “The impact on all of us will be lasting, and that's especially true for Adreian."

Izzo said he talked to Payne this morning after learning of Lacey's passing. "Even though [Payne] knew this was inevitable, it's hard," said Izzo. "But he took it with the class and dignity that she taught him. I told him, 'Not everybody gets to touch somebody's life like you have. And sometimes other people impact your life, too.'"

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Update on The Evil Within’s PC Requirements

Last week we posted our recommended PC system specs for The Evil Within, and in turn, we received plenty of feedback. While we still recommend this benchmark to experience the game in all its gory glory, we also recognize the need to provide information on how you can play the game with a wider range of PCs.

Minimum requirements for The Evil Within can now be found below. You won’t be experiencing the game at 1080p and you’ll likely need to turn off some features, but you will still be able to have a great experience with the game..

Minimum Requirements

OS: Windows 7/8.1 (64 bit)

GPU: GTX 460 or an equivalent 1gb VRAM card

CPU: i7 or an equivalent 4+ core processor

If you meet the recommended specs, you’re in for the ideal experience. The game looks amazing with full-screen anti-aliasing, full shadow quality, motion blur, tessellation, SSAO, and 1080p visuals.

PC users can pre-order The Evil Within today on Steam — where we’ve updated the game page to account for both the minimum and recommended system requirements, or your favorite digital or physical reseller.

The Evil Within Gets Graphic

EvilWithin_CoverTitan Comics has joined with us to create a new prequel comic series for The Evil Within. Inspired by the work of Shinji Mikami and the team at Tango Gameworks, the comic series follows a young student named Dana as she searches for a missing friend in a nightmare world.

And if you happen to be attending New York Comic Con, issue #1 will debut and be available first to exhibit attendees October 9th – October 12th. Visit the Titan Comics booth (#2142) to secure the premiere issue before anyone else.

If you’re not attending NYCC, you won’t have to wait much longer. The Evil Within’s debut issue will release on October 15th – just a day after the game’s release. You can purchase the comics at your favorite comic store or titan-comics.com

And in the embed below, get a first look at what to expect from writer Ian Edginton and artist Alex Sanchez in the comic’s first issue.

Sessler Series Continues for The Evil Within

Our behind the scenes look at The Evil Within continues this week  with three new features in this revealing web series. Adam Sessler once again sits down with Game Director Shinji Mikami along with other members of the Tango Gameworks team, offering a closer look at both The Evil Within and the people behind it.

In ‘Inspirations: The Origins of Evil’ (see video above, you can choose the subtitles for your language), Mikami-san shares how his love of old horror and sci-fi films played into the creation of the game and how they perpetuate the development of survival horror. You may even learn something new about Japanese history and folklore and learn what really frightens the legendary director.

Giving Mikami-san a break to spend some time with the audio team, Sessler chats with Shuichi Kobori and Ippei Shiraki to get a deeper understanding of how music and sound come together to further immerse the player into Sebastian’s world in ‘Audio Design: The Sounds of Evil.’

And from audio to visual, jump into ‘Visual Design: The Aesthetics of Evil’ to check out the series’ sixth installment. Join Sessler and Art Director, Naoki Katakai, as they discuss inspirations, the environments, and of course the enemies of The Evil Within.

Throughout October we’ll continue to share more insider info on The Evil Within. Keep your eyes peeled for more videos, features, and much more Mikami!

And in case you missed the first showcase of Bethesda Behind the Scenes, you can see the line up  here or on our YouTube playlist.

LEGO: BFG Edition Interview

Whether you’re searching Reddit or checking out news on numerous gaming sites, it would be hard to miss this amazing, spot-on LEGO tribute to DOOM. After sharing this Flickr page and YouTube video shown above, there have been plenty of “that’s [expletive] awesome” said this week.

This week we had a chance to catch up with the creator, Iain Heath — a.k.a. Ochre Jelly. Originally from the UK, Iain’s lived in Seattle the past 17 years, where he’s worked as a software engineer, aspired to be a wannabe stand-up comedian, and become a full-time LEGO artist and blogger for The Brother’s Brick. This weekend Iain will be proudly displaying his DOOM homage and other works at BrickCon — a celebration of all things LEGO taking place in Seattle.

Check out our interview below…

You’ve worked on a numerous LEGO projects, what led you to DOOM?

I played DOOM and DOOM II way back when they first came out, and was a huge fan, played loads of mod levels, and still play it to this day. And since my LEGO art generally focuses on popular culture, it was a natural fit. Since I usually build stuff that is in the public consciousness, I thought I’d built something just for myself for a change, for purely nostalgic reasons. To be honest, I had no idea anyone else really remembered the game, so the popularity of my DOOM layout came as something of a surprise!

You’ve been posting about the project for some time on Facebook, how long did the project take?

I started it at the very start of the summer, and it’s basically consumed all my free time. By my reckoning it required about 15,000 bricks to construct – most of which had to be special ordered, as my existing LEGO collection is relatively small (as are most of my previous models, compared to this one). I also ran out of time to add everything I wanted to, and had to scale it back a bit in order to be done in time for BrickCon. For example, I wanted to include an Arachnotron and Hell Baron.

What was the most challenging aspect of the project?

The scale of the background, definitely. I normally just build small characters. But with DOOM, the environment is a big part of the experience, so I decided to just bite the bullet and attempt a diorama at the same scale as the characters. I haven’t done much architecture before, so that was hard to figure out. With characters, I’m trying to emulate a very specific image. But for these backgrounds, there wasn’t a template to work from, I had to design the layout from scratch, which required greater imagination and planning on my part.

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The Evil Within – Every Last Bullet

Making your way through The Evil Within is no walk in the park. In order to survive, it’s important to learn how the game’s systems can play in your favor. Taking advantage of resources, managing ammo, and simply knowing when it’s time to run away can help stave off death for a moment longer.

Get a 101 lesson on survival in the video above, and then delve into our spoiler-free article feature below from guest Bethesda Blog editor Fran Reyes. In the article, Reyes outlines some of the survival strategies that helped her play through the full game. Study up to be prepared for October 14th.

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How you’ll defend yourself from The Evil Within’s nightmare creatures

Poor Sebastian Castellanos. As a detective in the Krimson City Police Department, he’s never encountered anything as horrific or gruesome as the case he’s working on in The Evil Within. After an emergency call from a dispatcher asks him and his small team to check out a multiple homicide at the city’s mental hospital, things quickly go from strange to terrifying, with little explanation as to the hows or whys. Thankfully, Sebastian’s never left completely defenseless.

How you weather the storm that The Evil Within conjures — first rule: don’t count on much downtime — depends on how you’ll use the cache of weapons and items at your disposal. From the standard-issue handgun Sebastian has holstered during his initial investigation to the more advanced weaponry he stumbles across, as well as the skills and abilities you’ll slowly upgrade and master — there’s a lot of stuff to juggle if you’re going to survive The Evil Within.

Matches, Torches, and Brains in Jars

Combat isn’t simply a run-’n-gun affair; instead, you’ll often have to multi-task after dispatching a creature by setting it on fire with a match to keep it, well, dead. The game cleverly reminds you that a single match can go a long way if you’re able to down multiple enemies and simply set the pile aflame in one go. It’s wise advice, as well, since matches — along with the rest of the items in The Evil Within — are always in short supply.

In other encounters with otherworldly threats, you’ll be able to snag one-use items off corpses that’ll aid you in combat — as an example, axes and torches guarantee insta-kills if wielded correctly, but they don’t last beyond that one instance and can’t be upgraded or shuffled to an inventory slot for later use. But what a difference they can make in a fight when you’re facing off against more enemies than you have bullets for.

Be it with a torch, a lit puddle of gasoline, or a match from your inventory, setting enemies on fire means they won’t be getting back up after you’ve laid waste to them. Granted, you won’t always need to use a match to make enemies stay dead, but until you can tell the difference, best to just make sure.

Matches and other one-use items can only take you so far against the dangers in The Evil Within, though; firearms are, of course, the most practical defense and offense, but how you fight the terrors in the game relies heavily on how you fortify each. This includes upgrades and managing the “Green Gel” — gathered throughout your play in varying amounts from rather macabre-seeming jars containing human brains swimming in green-colored fluid. This sinister in-game currency comes into play when you take trips to the “other side of the mirror,” a hub that you’ll revisit throughout your journey that looks a lot like an asylum reception area attended by a nurse who knows more than she’s letting on. Here is where you’ll perform self-experiments in order to upgrade everything from your personal skills — such as stamina, which allows you sprint to evade danger, and your health meter — to managing your weapon cache.

If you hear the pleasant strains of “Claire de Lune” playing, you know one of these mirrors is nearby. Once activated, they’ll lead you to the relative safety of the game’s hub world.

Arm Yourself

Guns like your revolver and shotgun — Sebastian’s most trusty pair of firearms, among other weapons that range from standard to super-secret — can be honed into increasingly more lethal death-dealers. Throughout each of the game’s tough stages, you may be tempted to throw upgrade points into your more powerful weapons in order to craft ridiculously surefire solutions to progressively more demanding combat scenarios. But gauging from the amount of ammo available, it’s wise to do so with caution. In most cases, concentrating on your handgun and shotgun’s capabilities — ammo capacity, damage dealt, and accuracy, among an almost overwhelming amount of other tweak-able stats — isn’t just practical, but it’s also smart. After all, when you’re facing down seemingly endless waves of non-boss enemies (which The Evil Within dubs “The Haunted,” of which there are literally dozens of different types), the last thing you want to do is use up all the ammo for your more advanced weapons, when a nicely powered-up handgun can do the headshot-dealing trick. Trust us, save as many of the Agony Crossbow’s bolts for the bosses and nastier threats — you’ll thank us later.

Sebastian’s multi-purpose bolt-slinging Agony Crossbow stands as one of the game’s most flexible weapons and introduces a neat wrinkle in how you’ll manage your time and ammo. Throughout The Evil Within, armed traps play a huge role in how you’ll approach each new area you encounter. Everything from bear traps to landmines to timed wall-bombs — and this doesn’t even touch on the hugely lethal shock- and acid-traps — can change the course of nearly every fight you find yourself in, for different reasons. Employing a tense risk-vs.-reward opportunity, every bolt is made up of various parts, which can be collected from dismantled traps, but doing so takes time. So, with a group of growling, bloodthirsty creatures lurking in a darkened room, do you dare take the time to creep toward a landmine in order to harvest much-needed parts to craft an explosive bolt? Or do you risk storming into a new space on the off-chance that it isn’t littered with expertly placed wall-bombs that you may or may not be able to disarm in time before they detonate? How important is gathering parts for bolts in the face of simply surviving to reach the next area?

Using an Explosive Bolt from your Agony Crossbow can deal devastating damage…or, when not fired at an enemy, can lay an equally lethal motion-triggered trap. Though, be careful not to let an enemy with an Explosive Bolt stuck to them get to near to you, you might just end up in pieces…

The reward side of crafting bolts is simply having more ways to protect yourself from the ever-encroaching waves of nightmares that populate The Evil Within. The Agony Crossbow is important in that it can hold several different types of bolts, as well — the explosive bolts can serve a very different purpose than, say, the flash or shock bolts, in a given battle. Like they say, the more the merrier, at least when it comes to having enough parts to create bolts; your own strategy for how to rationalize whether to dismantle a trap for parts or simply shoot it to detonate it and move on will vary depending on the given situation.

Crafty Solutions

It’s wise to note, as well, that making your own ammo is only an option for the Agony Crossbow; all other firearms require bullets that are collected in the environment. That’s right; you won’t find a single store or wandering merchant anywhere in the shifting realities of The Evil Within. As daunting as that sounds — and it’s downright daunting in actual practice, as well — more meticulous players can find other ways to boost their ammo counts, with a little help from Goddess Statues.

Eagle-eyed sharpshooters may spot these small white figurines positioned around new areas. Do yourself a favor and destroy them by melee or — though it’s tough to recommend wasting even a single bullet on them —gunshot in order to reap a special Locker Key hidden inside. That key then gives you access to a finite stash of ammo or Green Gel in a specific spot within the hospital “mirror-world” hub. In other words, sometimes the difference between success and “game over” is keeping an eye out for those slyly placed Goddess Statues.

Goddess Statues are sometimes out in the open, but often they’re squirreled away in increasingly tough-to-spot hidey-holes. They’re worth hunting down for the perks, though.

Still, there are also other mysteries afoot among the many in-game collectible items and special rewards, but perhaps those are best left for the souls brave enough to find them all. There’s a lot going on in The Evil Within, from the way you’ll manage your ammo to what you’ll choose to upgrade or spend your Green Gel on. While there’s room for experimentation in refining your personal strategy, it’s essential to go in with both eyes open, and a weapon always at the ready. After all, you never really know what lurks just around the corner.

PAX Aus: Putting some BATTLECRY on the Barbie

G’day everyone, we have exciting news for Bethesda fans Down Under! This year we will be participating in PAX Aus for the first time — bringing BATTLECRY, our Austin-flavored multiplayer action game from the dev team at BattleCry Studios.

Alongside being able to play the game on the show floor, members of team — Executive Producer Rich Vogel, Design Director Lucas Davis, Senior Systems Designer Mark Tucker, and Community Manager Shahin Kanafchian — will take the stage for a panel entitled ‘BATTLECRY: Welcome to the WarZone’ on Saturday, November 1st at 2 pm local time. They’ll be on stage to discuss the ins and outs of their new game and look forward to debating the world’s best BBQ. And with tech/gaming guru Rae Johnston presiding over the panel as moderator, it’s sure to be entertaining.

In addition to BATTLECRY’s presence, you won’t want to miss Pete Hines’ “storytime keynote” address opening the show. Pete, Rich Vogel, and Lucas Davis will also be sitting on other PAX Aus panels throughout the weekend. More details to come!

PAX AUS runs from October 31st thru November 2nd.  For more information on PAX Aus, visit the event website and be on the lookout for new updates on Bethesda Blog, as well as our BATTLECRY Facebook and Twitter accounts.

Friday Fanart: Looking from the Outsider In

Silence by DeviantArtist, GreenDelle

As the weather gets cooler and the convention season dies down, we look to those with crafty hands to create works of art during the colder months. This week we’re showing off artwork we’ve seen from Fallout New Vegas, The Evil Within, and Dishonored.

If you’ve got anything, anything at all you’d like us to share on the Bethesda Blog, send our way! You can send us an email at [email protected] or use #BethesdArt on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram and we’ll find you.

Have a great weekend!

The System Requirements Within (Updated)

Updated October 2

On the heels of our Gone Gold announcement, we’ve put the final touches on the recommended PC requirements for The Evil Within. These specifications are listed as “recommended” as they are the settings we’ve determined ensure that your gameplay experience plays as intended by the development team.

Recommended PC System Specifications

  • 64-bit Windows 7/Windows 8
    i7 with four plus cores
  • 4 GBs RAM
  • 50 GB of hard drive space*
  • GeForce GTX 670 or equivalent with 4GBs of VRAM
  • High Speed Internet Connection
    Steam account and activation

*It’s worth noting that the 50 GB of space required is for the PC install. When the installation is complete, the game will take up ~41 GB of HDD space.

Minimum Requirements

  • OS: windows 7/8.1
  • GPU: GTX 460 or an equivalent 1 GB VRAM card
  • CPU: i7 or an equivalent 4+ core processor
  • RAM: 4 GB
  • HDD: 50 GB

Speaking of space (and by your request), here are the install sizes for the console versions of the game.

  • Xbox One — 40 GB HDD Space
  • PlayStation 4 — 40 GB HDD Space
  • PlayStation 3 — 7 GB HDD Space
  • Xbox 360 — 7 GB
    • Note: The Evil Within requires a mandatory install to the Xbox 360’s HDD or a USB 2.0 (or higher) flash drive.

QuakeCon Turns 20: July 23 – July 26

Believe it or not, QuakeCon is turning 20 this year. While you won’t be able to legally get QuakeCon into your favorite watering hole , the occasion is momentous nonetheless, and will take place July 23-26 once again at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, TX.

In its landmark year, QuakeCon 2015 continues its non-stop celebration of games and the people who play them with North America’s largest BYOC (Bring-Your-Own-Computer) LAN party. And after 20 years, QuakeCon is much more than just a BYOC — the event and the hotel itself offer activities for the whole family.

As always, QuakeCon offers lots of excitement for those who don’t bring their own computer. QuakeCon has long been recognized for its panels and presentations given by top industry luminaries and exhibits showcasing previews of Bethesda’s highly anticipated unreleased games. Just ask anyone that got to check out DOOM this past August! Additionally, the world’s leading technology companies will be on site to demonstrate their latest hardware and accessories. Each day of QuakeCon is packed with tournaments, game presentations, contests, entertainment, announcements, panel discussions, parties and more!

You can make room reservations at the Hilton Anatole Hotel by calling 1-800-Hiltons or 1-800-445-8667 or going online here . Special room rate of $164 per night when you reference QuakeCon 2015!

As new updates on QuakeCon become available, you’ll be able to find them here, as well as on our official Twitter and Facebook pages. More to come!


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Angry Does anyone elses family members do this? >:(

This makes me SO mad. My family seems to think I'm crazy because I change my fishes water once a week with 2.5-3g tanks.

" Those tanks are HUGE! How do you change them that often? "

I've had the ammonia talk with my mom 2000000000000000 times but she NEVER listens.

THE THING THAT DRIVES ME NUTS THE MOST: " Grandma Marge had a fish in a 1/2 gallon vase and changed the water once a month! That fish lived 2 years! "

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE FISH WAS UNHAPPY WASN'T IT???????!????????!?!?!? I THINK SO!!!!!!!!!!

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People think I'm crazy because I give my bettas nicer homes than tiny bowls. Ughhhh.. I hope to hear other people do this too to calm me down.. RAGE!

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I guess not..? D:<
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Nope your not alone. My dad treated me like dirt when my first betta's died and then kept telling me that Akira was "nothing" and shouldn't be 'a pet' to me that he was only a decoration...He was even willing to poison my pet to preserve a plant...Thank god it didn't happen but no one gets it besides my mom and finally Dad's getting his head outta his arse.

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No your not alone! my fam thinks Im nuts!! but i dont care:) haha

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Ma's of the older mindset. no need to change water, just refill it once and a while, especially when there's a filter.

but, she fusses at me when she sees poo in her betta's tank. xD so... she understands somewhat..
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My family think I am too in to fish, but don't really comment on my schedule. Trying to convince my sister than her 10-inch comet goldfish in his far-too-small 23 gallon tank should be having two 50% water changes a week just doesn't work, though. "He's fine! He's lived through worse!" I just can't convince them about ammonia. Le sigh.

Luckily, we will have a pond set up within a month, and then he will enter it, and it will be my domain. :D

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Definitely not alone. My mom thinks I'm nuts, too! She says that it's not healthy for the fish to have water changed all the time..."we never did that when we had fish tanks before and our fish lived for years!" Then she blamed the cloudy water(early in cycling) on the frequent water changes and the kind of filter on the tank. I tried to explain about cycling, ammonia, and beneficial bacteria, but she wouldn't change her mind and kept telling me that I needed to get an underground filter. Finally she stopped her comments when water became clear.
Sometimes family can be a real pain!
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...Okay, I'm glad I stumbled on this thread. So, it's not just me, either. Phew. Sigh of relief. I live with my granparents, and they don't exactly get it either. I love them to death, but it gets frustrating...hearing them say, "Why do you do that? Why do you want more than one fish? Why do want such a big tank? Why do they need a heater? What's wrong with a bowl?"
They think I'm going overboard...and don't see why I even think my 2.5 gallon tank seems a bit cramped for space. (Desparately trying to get a 10 gal.--if only I had the room). I'm glad to know I'm not alone in my betta love.

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My parents understand that Bettas need to be kept with a heater and more than a bowl and all that, but they will never get why I must change the water so much. :c
I can understand, though. They are the ones paying the water bill... >>
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My family dnt like me having a fish tank, iv told my mom if she makes me get rid of the tank then im moving out lol :):):)
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I like this one, too. The water is better defined than yesterday, but I really can't decide which one I like better..Hmmmmm..They are both really good!!! #30089

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Donna - another great rain shot! Totally different mood in this one - the other was moody; this one is vibrant and makes us think about what these April showers might bring (although we've just had April snow showers!). #79698

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Dust off your Classics : Jane Eyre

July 24, 2013 Book review, Dust off Your Classics 0 ★★★

Jane Eyre is the second classic I have read for our DOYC challenge.  I know, I’m crawling through this challenge and coming to the realisation that classics are demanding and tricky for me personally.

I’ve rated Jane Eyre as 3 stars on Goodreads so that will give you an indication of how I felt about it.  I did like it but I read it slower than snail pace and at times it was often a chore to pick it up.

Dust off your Classics : Jane EyreJane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
on 01 Jan 1847
Genres: Classic, Gothic, Romance
Pages: 507
Format: eBook
Source: Purchased

Orphaned into the household of her Aunt Reed at Gateshead, subject to the cruel regime at Lowood charity school, Jane Eyre nonetheless emerges unbroken in spirit and integrity.

She takes up the post of governess at Thornfield, falls in love with Mr. Rochester, and discovers the impediment to their lawful marriage in a story that transcends melodrama to portray a woman's passionate search for a wider and richer life than Victorian society traditionally allowed.

With a heroine full of yearning, the dangerous secrets she encounters, and the choices she finally makes, Charlotte Bronte's innovative and enduring romantic novel continues to engage and provoke readers.(less)

However, when I reached the end I was delighted I had stuck with it as it was worth reading and made me feel like I had achieved something.  Note – this isn’t the cover on the version I read but out of all the covers this book has had this is my favourite one.

What I liked:

I loved the earlier section when Jane lived with her cousins and later was sent to school.  You can see how alone, independent and brave she is.  I also really enjoyed seeing Jane’s rebellious side come out as given her gender and life circumstances this is something you would expect to see stamped out of her.

The scene where her friend Helen Burns died from typhus made me feel emotional and angry.  Her death was the only part of the book I could remember from my previous reading of Jane Eyre so obviously it affected me deeply the first time I read it too

I also loved Mr Rochester – one of the original bad boys of fiction.  He is indulgent, moody, passionate and impulsive.  And like all the ‘good’ bad boys, he wants to change and his love for Jane is his guiding light to turning his life around.

No insta love – there is a genuine connection between Jane and Mr Rochester and it is slowly built up,  layer by layer, conversation by conversation and it is totally believable.   Or to put it another way, the romance rocks!

What I disliked:

I’m probably a pleb but being honest what I disliked was how wordy it was.  It took forever to get to the point.

I hated St. John Rivers – pious, unfeeling, dutiful – he is the exact opposite to my Mr Rochester.  The sections of the book where St John was present just dragged for me as he simultaneously bored and exasperated me.  I wanted to high five Jane when she turned down his marriage proposal

I didn’t like being addressed as Reader, for example, the most famous line in this book is :

             “Reader, I married him

It just felt formal and created a barrier between myself and Jane.  This is hard to explain but when I’m reading I like to escape into a book as if I’m living it myself and the repeated use of Reader reminded me that I was passive observer.

Overall though, I had more pros than cons so Jane Eyre gets a subdued thumbs up from me.
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What Do You See When You Look In The Mirror?

The What I See Project is a female empowerment project - it sounds very revolutionary doesn't it? It is in some ways.

It's an online, global project that aims to gather real life and honest stories from women everywhere about their achievements, struggles and inner thoughts in response to the question "What do you see when you look in the mirror?

Every video (there's hundreds!) on the website and YouTube channel is completely unique, just like the women themselves. Lots of women on the site talk (including myself) talk about body confidence, emotional strength, mental health, their passions in life and challenges that they've overcome.

It's been an honour to be part of such an amazing project! I've found it very uplifting and inspirational watching some of the other videos and it also makes me feel pretty damn proud to be a woman! With the project being global, I like that it demonstrates perfectly that no matter what age, shape, size or colour we are, all women everywhere will relate to many of the thoughts expressed in this project.

Be sure to follow the project on Facebook & Twitter (#WhatISeeProject) to see each new daily video during the launch campaign spanning from 27th August to October 1st 2013 and check out tomorrow's video by Carmina MasOliver at http://carminamasoliver.com

You can upload your own video if you want to, and if you do so within the launch campaign you will be in with a chance of attending the launch event taking place at the London Science Museum in October.

After the launch campaign to raise awareness of the project, the short films of 10 ambassadors will be released. The ambassadors are all very strong and successful women, including well known journalists, academics, athletes and CEOs. Through both ambassadors and communicators, the campaign aims to highlight real female role models, the everyday heroines whom other women can relate to and admire, and amplify voices that would otherwise go unheard.

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About the Botanical Garden of Irkutsk State University / Ботанический сад Иркутский госуниверситет

Mission:'To protect and enrich the flora of the Lake Baikal area and the world through public education, collection, propagation, research, and conservation of plants'.
The Botanic Garden of the Irkutsk State University (BGISU) occupies 27 hectares within Irkutsk city, 70 kilometers west of Lake Baikal. The BGISU is the only botanical garden in the Irkutsk region and in the Baikalian Siberia included in International Directory of Botanical Gardens. It is categorized by law as a strictly protected natural territory within the capital of Irkutsk Oblast. As a living museum the BGISU serves as an educational tool for students and general public.

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1This is the revelation of Jesus Christ. God gave Jesus these things to show his servants what must happen soon. Christ sent his angel to show these things to his servant John. 2John has told everything that he saw. It is the truth that Jesus Christ told him; it is the message from God. 3The person that reads the words of this message from God is blessed ˻(happy)˼. And the people who hear this message and do the things that are written in it are blessed. There is not much time left. 4From John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace ˻(kindness)˼ and peace to you from the One ˻(God)˼ who is, who ˻always˼ was, and who is coming; and from the seven spirits before his throne; 5and from Jesus Christ. Jesus is the faithful witness. He was first among those to be raised from death. Jesus is the ruler of the kings of the earth. Jesus is the One who loves us. And Jesus is the One who made us free from our sins with his blood ˻(death)˼. 6Jesus made us to be a kingdom. He made us to be priests who serve God his Father. To Jesus be glory and power forever and ever! Amen. 7Look, Jesus is coming with the clouds! Every person will see him, even the people who pierced him. All people of the earth will cry loudly because of him. Yes, this will happen! Amen. 8The Lord God says, “I am the Alpha and the Omega. I am the One who is, who ˻always˼ was, and who is coming. I am the All-Powerful.” 9I am John, and I am your brother ˻in Christ˼. We are together in Jesus, and we share these things: suffering, the kingdom, and patient endurance. I was on the island of Patmos because I was faithful to God’s message and to the truth of Jesus. 10On the Lord’s day the Spirit took control of me. I heard a loud voice behind me. It sounded like a trumpet. 11The voice said, “Write in a book all these things you see, and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.” 12I turned to see who was talking to me. When I turned, I saw seven golden lampstands. 13I saw someone among the lampstands who was “like a Son of Man.” He was dressed in a long robe. He had a golden sash ˻(belt)˼ tied around his chest. 14His head and hair were white like wool—wool that is white as snow. His eyes were like flames of fire. 15His feet were like brass that glows hot in a furnace. His voice was like the noise of flooding water. 16He held seven stars in his right hand. A sharp two-edged sword came out of his mouth. He looked like the sun shining at its brightest time. 17When I saw him, I fell down at his feet like a dead man. He put his right hand on me and said, “Don’t be afraid! I am the First and the Last. 18I am the One who lives. I was dead, but look: I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades. 19So write the things you see. Write the things that happen now and the things that will happen later. 20Here is the hidden meaning of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven golden lampstands that you saw: The seven lampstands are the seven churches. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches.

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Revelation 2:11

The sense is that these messages for each church—for all Christians. This means that the attitudes and conduct described dominate the group accused or complimented by Christ, but they also exist in the other groups as well. Otherwise, the advice to whoever hears would not apply.

In other words, the Ephesian attitude might also be in Smyrna, Pergamos, Laodicea, Philadelphia, etc., but it dominated the church in Ephesus. The attitude that dominated in Smyrna would also describe, though with less accuracy, one or more of the other groups. The same would be true of Pergamos, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.

All the messages apply to all of the churches. All the messages apply to each of us as individuals, and it is a matter of "if the shoes fits, wear it." That is God's approach here. We are to live by every word of God. It is only under this principle that we can apply these messages.

John W. Ritenbaugh
What Is the Work of God Now? (Part 4)

Revelation 2:9-11

Apparently, a certain number of people today fit the Smyrnan category: They have no major flaws worth mentioning. They are not self-righteous, for that would be pointed out as a major flaw, as said of Laodicea. The Laodicean church is wealthy in physical goods and assumes spiritual wealth, but this is a false self-assessment. Smyrna is apparently of little material wealth, but rich spiritually, as Christ attests (Revelation 2:9).

However, Christ commands those of Smyrna to overcome just like the others if they will be in the Kingdom of God. No one is without sin (Romans 3:23), so Smyrna must grow in faith, love, and obedience like the rest. Some in Smyrna will be tried in tribulation and persecution—jailed and tried to the point of death. Some of them may even die as martyrs! As Christ says, He will prune even a good branch that it might bear more fruit (John 15:2).

The Seven Churches: Smyrna

Revelation 2:11

We can see what most concerns Christ—what is most important to Him—at the end, when the pressures will be more intense than they have ever been in the history of man, when Satan is lining up all of his forces, all of his armies, all of his weaponry. The Devil will mount a persecution against God's people to such an extent that the whole earth will be thrown into convulsions, the likes of which this world has never seen!

Christ, like any good leader who sees what is coming, will take steps to prepare His people. He will focus their attention on what is most important to survive and grow during that period. This is why He talks about what He does to the churches in the messages in Revelation 2 and 3.

The word translated as "overcomes" can just as easily and correctly be—and is perhaps better—translated "conquers." We are involved in a war against Satan and his demons, against a world he designed and built through men, and against ourselves, who carry with us the self-centered nature, habits, and attitudes of Satan and his system. Thus, Christ's concern for us as we approach the end is whether we are carrying through in the warfare, continuing in well doing, and enduring to the end, because Satan is bringing about every pressure to make us surrender.

Loyalty is not a quality that we Americans and Canadians are endowed with to any great degree. Our cultures tend to stress individuality—doing our own thing. This lack of loyalty in America and Canada perhaps shows more clearly in divorce and infidelity than anywhere else. Loyalty's synonym is "faithful." It means "faithful in allegiance to one's lawful sovereign; to be faithful to a private person to whom fidelity is due; or faithful to a cause." It means to be steadfast in affection, to adhere to the performance of duty, to be conscientious, to give firm resistance to any temptation to desert or betray. Can we see what the works are Christ is so concerned about?

This is why every message says, "I know your works!" (Revelation 2:2, 9, 13, 19; 3:1, 8, 15). He does not say, "I know your profession" or "I know your desires." Neither does He say, "I know your sincerity" or "I know your wishes." He says, "I know your works"! Why? Because works prove what a person is doing with his knowledge, time, and energies.

Titus 1:16 says, "They profess to know God, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified." Notice that they "profess" to know God. Christ says, "I see what you are doing. I know your works." Why are works so important? They prove where our heart is! They prove our loyalty! They prove whether we are conscientious and faithful. They prove whether there is fidelity to Jesus Christ—whether we are steadfast in our affection for the One we are going to marry.

Many believe that we do not have to qualify for the Kingdom of God. It is true that works cannot justify us; they cannot wipe out our sins. However, it does not follow that, because they cannot save us, they are of no importance. Recall that James uses Abraham, the father of the faithful—the father of the loyal, the conscientious—as the illustration that faith without works is dead! Living faith works! Jesus says, "I know your works"!

Revelation 2 and 3 are an examination of our works because Christ wants to see whether we believe Him! Living faith exhibits itself in works! It is a test of our faith. If we are faithful, we will be working: overcoming Satan, the world, and our self-centeredness. That is what works accomplish.

John W. Ritenbaugh
Revelation 2-3 and Works

Revelation 2:11

Jesus Christ encourages each of the churches to overcome, clearly implying that success within God's purpose is tied to it. God did not create us and call us into His purpose for failure. The Greek term for "overcome" here is nikáo (Strong's #3528), which means "to subdue, to conquer, to prevail, to get the victory."

Jesus indicates that Christian life is challenging. The Bible does not view the worship of God as a passing activity on which a person spends a few hours one day a week. Rather, it shows the worship of God to be a full-time responsibility, a work requiring dedication and discipline. God calls upon each of us to be "a worker who does not need to be ashamed" (II Timothy 2:15). Sin impedes proper worship.

The reasons for the use of such strong terms does not become directly apparent until the New Testament, where Jesus and the apostles give specific instructions to individual Christians on avoiding sin at all costs. The Bible's writers see us in a battle for our very lives! In whatever context it appears throughout Scripture, sin is viewed as failure—as succumbing, not overcoming. Each time we sin, we suffer a defeat in life's overall purpose.

Besides defeat, Isaiah 59:1-2 provides us with another reason why sin is perceived so dreadfully: "Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; nor His ear heavy, that it cannot hear. But your iniquities have separated you from your God; and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He will not hear."

This second reason is in no way secondary in importance; it is in every way equal to or greater than the sense of failure. Sin creates estrangement from God. This is extremely important because our relationship with Him is the source of our power to succeed. He created us to have an everlasting relationship with Him in peaceful and productive harmony.

God does not sin because sin destroys relationships. As sinners, we would not fit within a non-sinning relationship. Despite human reasoning to the contrary, whether the relationship is with fellow humans or with God, sin always works to produce separation. A continuing life of sin destroys any hope of oneness. It never makes matters better; it never heals. Lasting success and sound relationships are never achieved through sin.

John W. Ritenbaugh
Sin, Christians, and the Fear of God

Revelation 2:9-11

Smyrna is the only one of the seven to receive no criticism whatsoever from Christ! Philadelphia does not receive harsh criticism, but Christ says it has "a little [spiritual] strength," while He mentions nothing at all negative about Smyrna.

The Seven Churches: Smyrna

Revelation 2:8-11

This letter to Smyrna is unique in that it contains no criticism or rebuke. The one to Philadelphia runs a close second in this regard: It contains more praise, but also a slightly negative aspect when Jesus says that they have but a little strength (Revelation 3:7-13). Smyrna's letter contains neither as much praise on the one hand, nor the slightly negative observation on the other.

The letter is also unique in its length, containing just four verses. (In contrast, the letter to Thyatira spans twelve verses.) It is so brief that it almost appears abrupt. Jesus gives neither a lengthy admonition to repent, nor much praise. To use a military metaphor, it resembles a commander's final instructions to his company of Special Forces. They are already focused and disciplined, aware of what is expected of them, wholeheartedly committed to their duty, and willing to go to their deaths for their cause, if need be. Unlike new recruits or infantry misfits who continually have to be reminded of the basics, these are seasoned veterans. This letter is from the Captain of their salvation to a unit that knows its marching orders and has been following them faithfully. Little needs to be added.

The letter to Smyrna also has death as a recurring theme. Death is directly mentioned three times in these four verses, and the name Smyrna contains a probable fourth reference as well. Jesus Christ refers to His own death, points to their death as a finish line, and also mentions the second death. While He is not warning that their deaths are imminent, these references combine to produce a sober message.

Smyrna means "myrrh," a highly valued spice. Many of its uses in Scripture fit with what we know of the church at Smyrna. For example, myrrh was a primary ingredient in the holy anointing oil that God commanded Moses to make (Exodus 30:22-33), which was used to consecrate the Tabernacle, the Ark, two of the altars, all of the utensils, as well as Aaron and his sons. In Smyrna, we likewise see a people who are set apart and consecrated, whose lives are dedicated in service to God despite the cost.

A second use is found in the book of Esther, where the eligible maidens were prepared for twelve months before they were sent to meet the king (Esther 2:12-13). For the first six months of their preparation, they were purified with the oil of myrrh. Looking at this spiritually, myrrh could represent purification before being able to meet the King of kings, Jesus Christ. From what we read of Smyrna, this also parallels their situation.

A third use of myrrh helps to understand why it is linked with death. In Mark's account of the crucifixion, Jesus is offered wine mixed with myrrh (Mark 15:23). Easton's Bible Dictionary points out that the Jews commonly did this for prisoners because it would render them insensible during their torture. The myrrh used in this concoction is thought to be a species that had many of the characteristics of opium. Here, then, myrrh was a drug given to dull the senses of those who were condemned to death—and Jesus rejected it. Considering Christ's letter to Smyrna in this light, we see a people who may not all actually be condemned to death, but who are still admonished to be faithful until death. Christ set the example of this, rejecting the option of compromise that would have eased His sacrifice.

A fourth use of myrrh also refers to death, as myrrh is a spice used for embalming bodies. More specifically, Nicodemus used it to prepare Christ's body for burial (John 19:39). For this reason, myrrh is often associated with bitter circumstances. Realizing what the people of Smyrna were going through, it is fitting that their name would mean myrrh.

After addressing His letter to the "church of myrrh," Jesus draws attention to the fact that He was dead but "came to life" (Revelation 2:8). In doing this, He encourages them by highlighting His own experience. To this church of bitter circumstances, He says, in essence, "I was martyred too, just as some of you will be. But I was resurrected, and now live eternally." He reminds them that He has overcome death, and that it is not the end (I Corinthians 15:50-57).

David C. Grabbe
Smyrna: Faithful Until Death

Revelation 2:9-11

Note that each of these congregations—those in Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea—was located in a Gentile city, and in all probability, each congregation's membership was primarily Gentile. It is quite likely that in each congregation the Jews were a minority.

Recall that the Romans ravaged Jerusalem in AD 70, and its Christians had to flee to Pella to save their lives. It is highly probable that none of these congregations had any communication with any survivor of the first congregation in Jerusalem. All of the apostles except John were dead, and he had been banished to Patmos. This circumstance was far different from the one in which the church was founded.

Were these Gentile congregations still part of the true church? Were they free of flaws and perfect in their character, attitudes, and doctrines? Would such a negative judgment eliminate them from being a true assembly?

Consider these further factors: Revelation 2:4 commends the congregation in Ephesus for doctrinal vigilance but castigates it for leaving its first love. Revelation 2:9-11 shows Christ commending Smyrna for being spiritually rich, but He also admonishes them to overcome. Despite His commendation, they are not a finished product.

Revelation 2:13-15 praises those in Pergamos for not denying their faith, but its members are doctrinally divided, and they permit heresy to continue. Revelation 2:19-20 presents Thyatira as growing in good works, but its members tolerate heresy and are guilty of sexual immorality.

Revelation 3:1, 4 exposes Sardis as spiritually dead, though it contains a few who remain undefiled, indicating that its members have virtually lost their faith and are capable only of dead works. Revelation 3:8, 11-12 reports that those in Philadelphia are faithfully enduring, but Christ admonishes them to hold fast and overcome. Finally, Revelation 3:15, 19 judges Laodicea as spiritually bankrupt and gives it no commendation at all. The congregation is strongly advised to be zealous and repent.

What does a composite picture of these congregations reveal?

1. All seven of them are admonished to repent, hold fast, or remain faithful.

2. Only two of them, Smyrna and Philadelphia, receive strong commendations and no listing of their sins and other shortcomings.

3. Two of them, Pergamos and Thyatira, receive a lesser commendation and fairly strong rebukes for sexual immorality and allowing deceivers into the congregation.

4. Two of them, Sardis and Laodicea, receive strong rebukes and no commendations.

In terms of a true church in a single corporate body, what do we see? Only sixty years or so following Christ's resurrection, we have a mixed bag as regards overall stability and righteousness.

Even so, is any one of them not a true congregation, an assembly of truly called-out ones? Does Christ in any way say that even one of them was no longer part of His church, His body of people? Not in the least. There are, however, warnings that, if they did not repent, some within their fellowship might not be within the Body of Christ in the future. Two things are sure:

1. Some of these congregations are clearly spiritually better than the others.

2. Some of them are decidedly awful, even though, using carnal judgment, they may outwardly appear good.

Since Revelation is an end-time book, the overview given in Revelation 2 and 3 is especially significant at this time. It is forecasting what things will be like just before Christ returns, and He uses these first-century congregations to illustrate His forecast for our time.

Remember that God is judging us individually within each group. An attitude that we should not allow to grow in us is to think that we are the only ones who retain a true-church identity. The other side of that same concept is that, even if we agree that others are still part of the true church, we are still better than they are—indeed, everybody else is Laodicean by comparison.

This unmistakably holier-than-you attitude is extremely destructive to true brotherhood and proper fellowship and unity. Luke 18:9-14 records this teaching of Christ concerning self-righteousness and its effects on these matters. Those who elevate themselves in their judgment of themselves as compared to their fellow members bring on themselves this condemnation. God does not justify them when they make this kind of judgment.

John W. Ritenbaugh
Is There a True Church?

Revelation 2:11

When Christ says, "He who has an ear to hear let him hear what the spirit says to the churches," that is what the Greek literally says. But what it most closely approximates in the English is, "Now, think through what I have said."

This phrase only appears a couple of other times in the Bible—three times in Mark and once in Luke. But it appears almost twice that many times in just two chapters of the book of Revelation. If God says something once, we need to pay attention to it. If He repeats it even one or two times more, then what He has to say, He is drawing attention to, and it is very important! But, if He says it seven times in the course of two chapters, then He is intensifying what He says considerably.

Revelation 2 and 3, when combined with Christ's discourses in the Olivet Prophecy (Matthew 24; Mark 13; Luke 21) shows Christ's concern regarding what His people should be focusing on just prior to the end. His vision of the times we live in was clear enough to foresee that we would have more distractions to grab our attention than at any other time in the history of man. He could see that the ease and rapidity of communication would attract our senses, and it would be difficult for us to keep ourselves focused on our prime concern.

Not that it would be difficult for us to keep focused on the outworking of prophecy. The book of Revelation is devoted to prophecy, and just about every Christian seems to be concerned with it, as everybody wants to have insight into what is going to happen. We want to have advanced news because it piques our interest. Perhaps some vanity is involved because we want to know before somebody else does so that we might have the privilege of telling them what we understand about prophecy.

But this, giving us insight into the future, was probably not Christ's primary reason for inspiring the book of Revelation. Something else is exceedingly more important, and most of it is contained in chapters 2 and 3, right at the beginning of the book. The most important part of Christ's revelation is contained in the letters to the seven churches.

In this confusing world, what is difficult is keeping our personal life focused, yet it is a responsibility each one of us has before God. No one else can do it for us. Individually, we must make the choices about what we will do with our time and energies. This is what Revelation 2 and 3 is concerned with.

This phrase is a solemn warning that what is addressed in one letter may also apply to the others in other congregations not affected by the attitude dominating their congregation. In other words, a person might have an Ephesian problem while attending a Sardis congregation.

In this way, each letter is written to each member of the body of Christ. And if the description fits, then we are to make the changes Christ commands.

What does Christ say in the letters? We also need to consider what He does not say because it is relevant to this period of time we live in. For instance, there is no mention, either positive or negative, of preaching the gospel. This omission can help us see its relevant importance compared to what Christ did say. Remember, these scriptures do not stand alone. Preaching the gospel is part of the church's responsibility, and it should not be minimized. However, it is not even directly implied in these two chapters.

Instead, Revelation 2 and 3 is a ringing call for things far more important to salvation, reward, witnessing effectively for Him, and making disciples.

John W. Ritenbaugh
Revelation 2-3 and Works

Revelation 2:11

Jesus promises that, if we are overcoming—overcoming the pulls of the flesh, overcoming the temptations of this world, overcoming the influence of Satan—the second death will have no power over us. The second death is the final fate of those who have died once, been resurrected in the second resurrection, and given the opportunity to know the Father and the Son, but who then demonstrate through their decisions and conduct that they do not want to live eternally with them.

Faithful members of God's church may experience the first death—even violently—but the second death will not harm them because they will be given immortality, which God alone has at this point (see I Corinthians 15:53-54, I Timothy 6:15-16, II Timothy 1:10). This promise corresponds to Revelation 20:6: "Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years" (see also Revelation 20:11-15 and 21:7-8 for more details about the second death). Thus, a letter with the theme of death ends with the promise of life.

David C. Grabbe
Smyrna: Faithful Until Death

Revelation 2:1-29

Consider that this is Christ's message to His church just before the end, and this is what is most important for His people as we approach the end. Doctrine is mentioned seven times. Is that interesting in light of the times in which we live? We are seeing a major part of the church going haywire on doctrine! Is there something in the letter to Thyatira that mentions things that are happening in that group?

The letters contain at least eleven warnings to these seven churches but also at least twelve promises. Christ mentions faith, patience, conduct, and doctrine. But the two greatest, related concerns for His church at the end are works (Revelation 2:2,9,13,19; 3:1,8, 15) and overcoming (Revelation 2:7,11,17,26; 3:5,12,21).

Today, an awful lot of people are interested in church government at this time. It is not even mentioned by Christ! There are people who are interested in rituals, sacraments, and ceremonies, of which would be things like baptism or the Passover. But nothing in the seven letters alludes to these things. Nor is there anything in them about preaching the gospel around the world. These things have their place, but what we see is Christ's concern with doctrine, conduct, warnings to repent, and promises of reward.

Now these things that are not mentioned are less important than faith, repentance, and holiness, all of which directly impact on doctrine, conduct, and receiving the promises. All of these are bracketed between His statements about works and overcoming.

John W. Ritenbaugh
Revelation 2-3 and Works

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In The Footsteps Of Moses

Pyramids, Bedouins and spiritual forces--another great adventure.

April 30, 2010

I constantly seek out the historical, the mystical and the spiritual while traveling with my bike, and my recent trip to Egypt was no different. Sure, my long-held fascination with the ancient pyramids was one of the initial inspirations for the trip, but the planning of the journey soon moved beyond simply visiting the pyramids and instead turned into something much greater.

We would attempt to cross the Sinai Peninsula on our mountain bikes, and follow Moses' route on his biblical flight from Egypt into the desert wilderness. We were seeking to experience a connection with the cradle of humanity, but we didn't really know where to start. For months, we worked on our plans with the Eygptian government, and yet we felt as though we knew nothing about what to expect when we got there. But we went anyway.

For a guy wandering aimlessly in the desert, Moses had picked a logical route. With 10 days' worth of supplies loaded on the roof of our guide's Landcruiser, we followed the paved highway due east out of Cairo, across a flat expanse of the Arabian Desert toward the mountain where our rides would begin.

The historical route of Moses' exodus happens to be something of a desert highway, part of the ancient trade network connecting North Africa, Mediterranean Europe, India and the Orient. We followed one lifeless, trackless canyon the better part of a day only to discover that whole nations of travelers had preceded us there by thousands of years. Petroglyphs on the rocks we rode by included at least five kinds of writing: a dead form of early Semitic text, Egyptian hieroglyphics, Hebrew, Arabic and Greek, with pictograms ranging from caveman-like renderings of stick-figure men riding camels to Maltese crosses. Sinai was not only a crossroads for commerce but also for spirituality--Islamic pilgrims on the way to Mecca, Jews and Christians visiting the Sacred Mountain, crusaders campaigning against infidels. We were clearly on God's turf now; this was holy ground.

Soon after came the three mountain passes we needed to traverse to complete our journey. We spent our nights in strange Bedouin campsites and our days riding--climbing (both on and off the bike), and descending on loose stones. All seriously technical stuff. We climbed the Stairs of Repentance--some 3,000 stairs rising 18 inches each--to the peak of a 7,500-foot mountain. It's hard to say whether these steps made the climb easier or harder than it otherwise would have been over the natural rock face, but, either way, this stairway to heaven was more like Jacob's Ladder. We reached the summit just as the light was coming to that magic time photographers call the golden hour, and the entire granite peak was indeed lit up in a fiery, golden luster. From this inspirational vantage point, we beheld a mind-blowing wilderness of glowing peaks and shady valleys spreading out before us in every direction. Could this same, seemingly inhospitable desert wasteland be Moses' promised land after all? In the fading twilight, we rode the twisting, torturous stairway from the summit all the way down to our night camp at Elijah's Basin.

The last of our three mountain targets was Abbas Pasha. Getting there involved taking an all-but-unused back route from Mt. Sinai down into the valley, and then climbing a dizzying switchback trail over a mountain pass. There we discovered a Shangri-La of sorts, a Garden of Eden where cold streams poured from the rocks and watered little orchards of olive trees, apricots and date palms, tended by shrouded ladies who vanished inside their stone cottages as we passed. The trail lead directly through the streambed at times, under and over giant boulders, and ever upward through the narrowing valley. This was the historical forty days and forty nights valley, the proverbial land of milk and honey where Moses had meditated while his people were busy worshipping the Golden Calf.

That evening we reached our camp on Abbas Pasha. The landscape was beyond description, sculpted red rock formations so convoluted and dimensional that it was impossible to discern where one layer ended and the next began. On fire the next morning I was launching huge gaps and bombing the same hairpin switchback trail that had made our heads spin hiking up.

Weary and sunburned, we continued eastward through the desert to another Bedouin settlement, and discovered that our hearts had been softened at last. We no longer worried about cultural differences. We didn't care that we were sleeping in camel dung or that our hosts were burning it to cook our food. Instead of merely observing these people from afar like curious anthropologists, we now sat shoulder to shoulder with them around the campfire, reduced to that simple, glorious common denominator--our basic humanity. That experience--finding a connection here, in the most ancient of places, at the crossroads of many cultures--was the discovery we were to make on this trip. We had found ourselves in the cradle of humanity. We had achieved our goal.

Going to Egypt?
Bike Adventure Tours offers trips similar to the one Hans took. They're also planning a race along the route in 2002 called the Trans Sinai Trophy--a five-day race covering more than 200 miles.

Contact: [email protected];; 41 1 7613465.

For more info on this trip (and on Hans), go to

Hans Rey's Egyptian adventure was filmed for OLN's Adventure Quest program by American Adventure Productions.


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