Families – some more thoughts: why do we use this word?

Another lite bite or two

By Baldmichael Theresoluteprotector’sson

10th July, 2022

My last post on Family was very short. If you want to view see here. Family: why do we use this word?

Why do we use this word in English? Same as for family, but this time we have ‘ies’ instead of ‘Y’. Why you ask? A good question.

Well, es means ‘are’ in French, as in you are (singular).For example, ‘tu es où’ means ‘Where are you?’

I note that the letters make up the following:

‘Sei’ means ‘surname in Japanese

‘Sei’ means ‘be’ in German as in ‘to be’

So by extension Families are, and I repeat from my last post.

Fa – stands for father, the head of the family

Mi – stands for ‘missus’ the Mrs, the mother, the centre of the family.

Ly – stands for angel as in li meaning of God (think ‘eli’ and Jesus’s word on calvary).

Es – stands for ‘are’ or ‘be’, i.e. one can be in a family with all the benefits and responsibilities that entails.

Anagrams

I thought I would look at the anagrams as these are always interesting.

If a smile – I like this!

AIF smile – the AIF could be AIF Association of Inter Church Families.

https://interchurchfamilies.org/

For some strange reason the link does not work but can be copied into browser when it should work correctly.

I am not interested in organisations and church structures as this was never part of God’s plan for the world. But the thrust of Ruth Reardon’s comments is perfect. In her words from the link above.

“Marriage is for this world, but the love and unity between us is a participation in God’s own love and is therefore eternal.  One day I too will be called to the fuller knowledge of that love in our Father’s house.” 

Aim’s life – the aim of families is life in all its fullness.

Life Siam – the life of Siam, now Thailand.

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/where-is-siam.html

MS AI life – Microsoft Artificial Intelligence life. Now there’s a thought, with many families on the internet!

a Sim life – a simulated life. Mmm…

I am’s life – the life of the I am, ‘I am Baldmichael’ ‘I am not so baldmichael’ etc.! Add you own names as you wish.

And also the I am’s of Jesus Christ, ‘I am the way, the truth, the life’ and ‘I am the bread of life’ for example.

I Mai self – Sounds like ‘I am myself’, were you can be accepted as yourself.

I.e. as film – where records of the family’s life together are kept.

A film I se – needs another ‘e’ of se, but where a family can sit down together

If Ismael – Ismael or Ishmael the forefather of the Arabs.

A misfile – where files are in the wrong place, but where hopefully they can be found again. Mother’s often are good at finding missing things!

If emails – a way to keep in touch even if far apart.

I me fails – where one can fail but still be restored if the family works well and forgiveness and kindness are at the heart.

If lies ma – if you do lie to mother she will probably see through it!

Fa simile – like the fa-ther perhaps. And the heavenly Father, be complete as He is (perfect is used in translations but this gives the wrong sense to us).

Flea is mi – so you brought the fleas in did you!

I, Ma files – mother keeps the records. ‘Mum, I can’t find my….’

If I meals – for sharing of course.

Fie Islam – interesting. To defy Islam? Well ‘to lam’ is ‘to cripple’

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fie

For some strange reason the link does not work but can be copied into browser when it should work correctly.

I.e. if alms – where alms or support is given to those in need

If I lames – you have been lamed, you can be bound up here.  

If me sail – why not sail away together. There are more areas than the sea to sail on of course, like the ocean of knowledge.

To end I thought I would include this song by Sparks called ‘In my family’ from the wonderful album, ‘Kimono my house’

That’s how it’s gonna be in my family

From the biggest branch to the smallest leaf

Still you’re gonna see similarity in my family

That’s how it’s gonna be

That’s how it’s gonna be

‘Cause it’s my family

Gonna live to see post-senility

Lots of time to spend with my family

In my family that’s how it’s gonna be

There you got your Rockefeller

There you got your Edward Teller

J. Paul Getty is a splendid fellow, but

None of them would be in my family

In my family that’s how it’s gonna be

Family, it’s like any other family

Big and small, it’s like any other family

That’s how it’s gonna be

Before and after me

Manufacturing many, many me’s

Gonna hang myself from my family tree

In my family that’s how it’s gonna be

And the angels said ‘Come let us make man in our own image’.*

P.S. I can see what Sparks meant about Rockefeller (oil magnate), Edward Teller (called apparently “the father of the hydrogen bomb”) and J. Paul Getty (kidnapped and led a sad life). I suggest you look them up if you wish.

Perhaps I might point out here that Rockefeller is a rock man. Perhaps he loved rocks, certainly petroleum which is literally ‘Rock oil’!

*The word in this verse in the first chapter of Genesis should be translated angels rather than God, although both are relevant as all words come from God, the angels. He is the Word of course.

In the beginning was the Word…

‘Hold the line’

By Baldmichael Theresoluteprotector’sson

19th February, 2022

A song by Toto. Not the dog in ‘The Wizard of Oz’’ however.

Nevertheless here is a singing dog, a husky which is used at the start of a song by ‘The Kiffness’. The song is called ‘X Haiku, The Husky’ I understand.

https://www.thekiffness.com/

I have found some fascinating insights whilst looking at the word husky but I will not cover here. But here is a photo which I like.

The protesters across the world need to hang on and hold the line against the evil elites. Trudeau in Ottawa is a prime example. I thought I would remind you of this song which I love. I have the single on vinyl.

Here are the lyrics.

It’s not in the way that you hold me

It’s not in the way you say you care

It’s not in the way you’ve been treating my friends

It’s not in the way that you’ll stay till the end

It’s not in the way you look or the things that you say that you do

Hold the line

Love isn’t always on time

Whoa oh oh

Hold the line

Love isn’t always on time

Whoa oh oh

It’s not in the words that you told me

It’s not in the way you say you’re mine

It’s not in the way that you came back to me

It’s not in the way that your love set me free

It’s not in the way you look or the things that you say that you do

Hold the line

Love isn’t always on time

Whoa oh oh

Hold the line

Love isn’t always on time

Whoa oh oh

It’s not in the words that you told me

It’s not in the way you say you’re mine, oooh

It’s not in the way that you came back to me

It’s not in the way that your love set me free

It’s not in the way you look or the things that you say that you do

Hold the line

Love isn’t always on time

Whoa oh oh

Hold the line

Love isn’t always on time

(Love isn’t always on time)

Hold the line

Love isn’t always on time

(Love isn’t always, love isn’t always on time)

Hold the line

Love isn’t always on time

Love isn’t always on time

Love isn’t always on time

Love isn’t always on time

Whoa oh oh

And here are some encouraging words to go with the song.

It is written

“The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms…”

“In the same way, the Son of Man did not come to be served. He came to serve others and to give His life as a ransom for many people.”

 “You are my friends if you do what I command you.  I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends.”

“And behold I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

“Jesus looked at him, loved him, and said to him, ‘There is one thing you lack: Go, sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.’”

“Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.”

“Therefore take up the full armour of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand.”

“Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.”

“I am the way the truth and the life.”

“I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me,”

“At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus. He asked her, ‘Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?’ Thinking he was the gardener, she said, ‘Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.’ Jesus said to her, ‘Mary.’ She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, ‘Rabboni!’ (which means ‘Teacher’).”

“The truth will set you free.”

“I am the way the truth and the life”

“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.”

“Perfect love casts out fear.”

 “God is Love”

So there you are. And don’t forget Love isn’t always on time.

“No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.”

“Behold, I am coming soon, and My reward is with Me, to give to each one according to what he has done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”

So until then

“Therefore take up the full armour of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand.”

Except of course the heavenly Father stands with you and fights for you as does His beautiful Boy who became a Man, Christ Jesus. Perhaps they are among you now anyway and you don’t know it.

Hold the Line.

P.S. Here is a link to ‘Hold the line’ by Toto.

Here is further link leading to my truckers’ convoy posts for those who haven’t seen them.

Marco Mendicino – minister of public safety, Canada

End of year round up and thank yous.

By Baldmichael Theresoluteprotector’sson

31^st December, 2021

Another year passes. And now we have Covid passes or passports. As of 28 Oct 2021 the following countries seem to be using them.

https://www.movehub.com/blog/countries-using-covid-passports/

So if you fancy going anywhere sensible which doesn’t require them then you know where to go. But then as we are in the middle of World War Three, you might not be too keen to go anywhere.

World War Three, the war of words as spoken about in the book or Revelation in the Bible.

This war is following a pattern of World War Two, but 80 years ago. I also consider the United States has its own internal civil war, another war of words, only 160 years ago.

This places us today at 31^st December, 1941 and 1861 respectively. By checking the time lines on the web you will be able to get a sense of what is going on, what major events are likely to occur and what the end result will be.

Victory of course, a victory for truth and justice, a victory of judgement and mercy, ultimately a victory of Love.

We have undergone various battles; some have been lost others won. Evil is being exposed and light is breaking out across the world. The world has been bought to the boil and the scum, the evil scum, is being skimmed off.

Evil has been hidden, the veil is being lifted. Anagrams of evil include vile, veil, Levi and live. So the vile evil which has been hidden by a veil will be exposed by the Levi, the Royal Priesthood, so that we may live!!

And if you are in Christ you are His royal priests, the heavenly Father’s beloved children, always loved from the beginning of time…

So as regards  WW3, in the coming year I expect the Battle of Midway in the Pacific to be pivotal (this is why it was the Battle of Midway of course). The 4–7^th June 1942 that took place, so 4–7^th June 2022 we might expect to be equally pivotal and we can work towards the same.

Germany was still making inroads in Russia, but they would be stalled at Stalingrad in the winter. Which is why it is ‘stal(l) in grad’!!

And amazingly ‘grad’ in Bosnian is ‘varosh’. Sounds like ‘virus’ if you use Google translate. The virus is stalled then? The lies I mean, not the ‘flu which we will always have (all other things being equal). Or maybe we won’t. Mmm…

As regards the American Civil War this is a very good Wikipedia link. It is very detailed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_Civil_War_battles

The American Civil War (A.C.S.) was considered to end on May 9^th, 1865. World War Two, at least the War in Europe, ended May 8^th, 1945. The War on Japan ended 14^th August, 1945, but the ending dates of WW2 in Europe and the A.C.S are uncannily close.

As regards the War in Europe (I include the Desert War in North Africa with this), the Axis forces, Germany and Italy, were halted at the First Battle of El Alamein in July 1942.

Please note that El is an ‘angel’, even ‘god’ in Hebrew. Alamein is very similar to ‘Aleim’ or the Elohim, the angels. If you follow the logic you will see why this is so wonderfully significant, all planned, set out as a riddle for you to work out.

And 1942 is significant because of the 42, the ultimate answer to the ultimate question! Which is ‘Which year do we see the tide of war turn?’ ’42 of course!

And 2022 can be 2 and two ‘2’s. 2 0 22. The two ‘2’s make four, 4. Thus 42! Contrived perhaps? Perhaps that is the point of it all.

Anyway, you can take heart from all this and know that the light is at the end of the tunnel and God, the angels, have it all in hand. We must play our parts as well, to the best of our abilities, however great or small. Nothing is too small, however small you may feel.

You have one talent? Do not waste it like the man in the parable Jesus told as a warning.

And we need not fear, as our God is greater than the world, its views and thoughts and opinions or theories. As John says in his letter

“Little children, you are of God, and have overcome them; for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

They are of the world, therefore what they say is of the world, and the world listens to them.

We are of God. Whoever knows God listens to us, and he who is not of God does not listen to us.

By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.”

So I say go hunting for those who will listen, the lost sheep.

And going forward into the coming year we can consider these words which this beautiful website has repeated.

I Said to the Man who Stood at the Gate of the Year

I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year

‘Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown.’

And he replied,

‘Go into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God

That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way!’

Well, I asked last year for everything as I explain in my CV. So I got everything, at least the keys to everything as I also explain. I intend to share all of it as I go. Things have been held back for a very, very long time. It is time they were exposed, revealed.

Which is why we are in the book or Revelation, in the Greta (Sic!)Tribulation, the final War to End all Wars.

Why is why we have Greta Thunberg, the great thunder mountain, thundering at us!

And sic because of the sickness, the plague, Covid 19. Or put more simply the ‘flu, the influenza the seasonal (largely) toxicosis of the body which occurs in the main due to vitamin D deficiency.

Made worse by lockdowns, masks and poison vaccines, poisons and toxins in the whole environment.

Vaccines and vaccinations. Vaccinations, an anagram of which is ‘Icon Vatican’. The icon is an image, the Vatican is a beast, so the image of the beast.

Vitamin D deficiency, D for what exactly? D for Dog, perhaps. The reverse of which is God. The God deficiency then.

Yes, the God, the heavenly Father, deficiency. D for Daddy then. That’s better, D for Daddy, a heavenly Daddy.

A Daddy to hold hands with as you go forward, like Christopher Robin and Pooh, or Pooh and Piglet.

The initial of which are C.R.A.P. or P.P.!! Crap or pee pee!? You think your life is crap do you? You think people are pee pee-ing on you?

Well, the heavenly Father understands. People have done this to Him for many, many years. Just like they did to His beautiful Boy who became a Man.

So, no fear, only Love, perfect Love. Fear destroys Love. But God is Love and

‘Perfect Love casts out fear.’

But I must say my thank yous. Thank you to all those who have given me the great honour of following my site. Thank you to those who comment, which is very helpful and encouraging.

I welcome anything, even if you disagree, because at least then we can reason together as we seek the truth. If we make mistakes we can always apologise, and anyway making mistakes is how we learn and do things better next time.

And thank you to Nelle, who has reblogged some of my posts. I never expected that, you are very kind Nelle.

If anyone thinks I might benefit from a link or information, let me know. I do my best to dig things out, but I rely on angels seen and unseen such as your good selves.

So tonight at the turn of the year I do hope you have yourselves a real good time, dancing , reading, whatever, whether quietly or noisily. Don’t keep the neighbours awake if they need to sleep, invite them round if they are not afraid. Invite them anyway to show you are not afraid.

Do keep looking after people in the best way you can, whatever that may mean.

And I look forward to being with you in the New Year tomorrow. Although when tomorrow arrives it will then be today!

P.S. don’t forget that ‘real’ in Spanish mean ‘royal’. If you are in Christ you can have a ‘real’ or ‘royal’ good time. Whether you are male or female, a king or a queen, why not dance to some Queen. This is a favourite of mine to dance to.

Tonight

I’m gonna have myself a real good time

I feel alive

And the world, I’ll turn it inside out

Yeah!

I’m floating around

In ecstasy

So turn the world inside out people!

Heaven and Hell

By Baldmichael Theresoluteprotector’sson

12th December, 2021

‘Heaven is a place on earth’ so sang Belinda Carlisle.

 ‘Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.” So wrote William Congreve.

‘Like a bat out of Hell’ so sang Meatloaf in their iconic song. The phrase seems to have earlier origins according to this link.

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/123185/what-is-the-origin-of-like-a-bat-out-of-hell#123193

I note the reference to the branding of cows (‘Come on Branding!’ seems to be a current phrase in the USA, but I may have misheard). There are those who argue that this is cruel. I think I would agree with that.

Given that vaccine is derived from the Latin ‘Vacca’ meaning cow, perhaps the cows are getting their own back! I mean, the vaccines cause pain and suffering if they do anything at all. Sometimes death occurs as a result.

As regards cows, there are some women who act like that. Annastacia Palaszczuk, the premier of Queensland, is an example. I have done a post on her.

But I am not here today to discuss Annastacia Palaszczuk. So what about heaven and hell?

Well, the only thing is that heaven and hell are in essence the same. I will explain.

Hell

Originally hell was the place of light; think of Helen a girl’s name. It means ‘sun ray’. The Hellenes relates to the Greeks, again the meaning relates to light bearing.

In Hebrew, Helel is Lucifer, the light bearer, now Satan, who fell from heaven, and became the son of the dark. Which is why the word ‘fell’ means ‘dark’ in German, for example.

Hell in German means ‘light’ or ‘fair’. The Germans must know this, but don’t seem to have pointed this out. I wonder why? Perhaps because Satan’s seat, is now in Berlin, the capital of Germany. This is in the Pergamon museum.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pergamon_Museum

https://gnosticwarrior.com/pergamon.html

Hell as a place of fire and torment is misleading at best as the word is strictly Hades^#, the God of the or place of the dead, but is translated wrongly in versions of the bible in many cases. This includes the King James Version.

Again, Lucifer fell from hell, fell from the light to the earth, and became the fallen one. I shall write more on Lucifer elsewhere.

There is a place called Hell in Norway. I have written this elsewhere.

“There is Hell in Norway. Looks a reasonable spot on Google earth. Not too near the mountains, so not in the shade, but in the light. Very cold in winter, but pleasant in summer. Hardly a ‘lake of fire’ for the Devil and Satan to be thrown into (although there is a lake of fire).

And in the Hebrew, hell is he-el, or ‘the angel’. An angel of light. And heel is something you stand on, a secure footing as it were.

We say hello, meaning (hopefully) we are pleased to see someone, someone who might bring light or joy into our lives today.

So all those phrases about hell being bad are wrong. Who mucked it up, eh?

Still, you can see Hell freeze over if you go there in winter. Or go to Hell and back if you fancy a trip.

There may be fires in Hell, in homes and when they have bonfires. But there are no fires of Hell for damnation (although there is a lake of fire).”

From https://alphaandomegacloud.wordpress.com/ingredients/

Hell is related to angels. See the following.

Hell anagrams

Ell – this is a unit of measurement. Angels measure things in scripture.

Eh – this is used both as a question as in ‘huh?’ and in a question expecting the answer ‘Yes’ such as “It’s nice here, eh?”.

It can be even a greeting ‘Eh’ more a ‘a’ sound as in ‘hey, dude how are you?’ As opposed to ‘Hey Jude’ perhaps like the Beatles song, written by Paul McCartney.

Angels ask questions such as these.

El – which essentially means ‘angel’.

He – a male. Together with ‘el’ means therefore a male angel, Like Lucifer, now Satan.

Lucifer used to be in charge of the light, but wanted to be top dog, so he fell when kicked out of heaven. This why he has been said to be in charge of Hell where the light is (but not the place of fire and sulphur).

But he became dark, the dark Lord if you will, and lost his high position. He is a burke.

Hades

As regards Hades, this is strictly the underworld, the place of the dead. Whilst I am not intending to cover this in any detail the following is very interesting.

Anagrams

Ashed – a place of ashes

Shade – a dark place.

As she – as in ‘she who must be obeyed’ perhaps. This gives the heavenly Father great amusement. He says ‘Like Hell she will!’ After all, what does it say in the Lord’s Prayer, eh? ‘Thy (or your) will be done’.

And that is the heavenly Father’s will if you are not familiar with the prayer.

A shed – where a man may go to hide from his wife!

Daesh – or ISIS, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. This is very interesting.

https://www.gov.uk/government/topical-events/daesh

They say ‘Death to America’.

ISIS Storms US Restaurants Demanding Diners Say “Death to America”

De ash – of ash – ‘ov ash’ like ‘of vache’ a cow derivation of vaccine!!! These are currently causing deaths.

Sad eh – as in ‘sad eh?’

he’s ‘ad – as in ‘he’s ‘ad his chips’ i.e he is dead!

Heaven

Let’s start with some anagrams or part thereof.

Haven – a place of security

Heave – to lift up. Lift up your eyes to heaven, the heavens. They declare the glory of God

He vena – vena is ‘a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart’. From

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/venae

He ne va – he never! He no go!! (va is go in French). The Father and the Son will never go from the New Jerusalem.

Han Eve – han means ‘he’ or ‘man’, eve as in evening and Eve, the first woman, created in the evening which is why she was called Eve of course.

Ave hen – hello old , hen in welsh means ‘old’, ave means ‘hail’ or ‘hello’ in Latin. We say in the UK ‘Hello old man’ as a term of endearment, even if the man is not that old!

He vane – he’s a vane, a weather vane. You can tell where the wind has come from in one sense, yet as Jesus said, ultimately you do not know where it originated or where it will end up.

Ah neve – neve are ice crystals or snow. This will fall from the heavens and rest on the high hills if not on the low ground.

There’s more meanings

Heaven is the place of rivers. Avens in Breton and Avons in England are rivers and in Wales they are afons; v and f interchangeable as you will find in German.

Aven meaning ‘nothingness; vanity.’ Emptiness or ‘Space, the final frontier’ as Star Trek fans will know.

https://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionary/aven/

So heaven can become ‘He aven’, or ‘He space’ or ‘He nothing’ perhaps. This in itself is fascinating because in tennis nothing, as in 0, is represented by the word ‘love’. 15-love, 30-love etc.

So heaven can become ‘He love’.

The heavens are the rivers of stars in space above us, a river of light or lights. God Himself is a river, a river of life and light.  You will find this river in the New Jerusalem at the end of the book of Revelation.

You will find the Light of the World there too of course, Jesus Christ with His heavenly Father, who together with the Holy Spirit are God.

And together with all the Father’s children, the children of God, who have borne light as They, the Father and Son and the Holy Spirit do.

So as heaven can be ‘He love’, this makes sense of ‘God is love’ as John says in 1 John 4:16. So heaven is the place of love and a place of light.

This is read at this time of year particularly by many. It is part of a longer paragraph.

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

And don’t forget that

‘For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.’*

So there you have it. Heaven and Hell are really the same, or at least much the same.

The real contrast is Heaven and Hades, the river of life, the place of light, and the place of the dead, the shady or dark place.

The Father and Son live in Heaven. Lucifer, now Satan, dwells in the shade.

The choice is therefore yours; which one will you chose I wonder?



Footnote added 28th March, 2023:

# The word ‘hell’ is also ‘translated ‘Gehenna’ which is again a place of darkness, as in henna, a dark stain used in tattooing.

* It actually says gave his ‘monogene’ son. Can you see why? I will tell you if you don’t, but not here.

P.S. I said in the post, why did the Germans not point out that Hell means fair or light? Are they hiding something from us? Has it something to do with the seat of Satan in Berlin? Has it something to do with the Nazis/Marxists who both came out of Germany?

Yes. See this and other posts for further explanations or see (ask) me.

Covid 19 Summary

Lest we forget – Armistice day 11th November 2021

By Baldmichael Theresoluteprotector’sson

11th November 2021

Another day arrives when we remember the fallen from two world wars, those who died in service of their country. That is, those who served in the armed forces.

Of course, we do also remember others who died, those who died in bombing raids for example. Civilians whose lives were lost, perhaps not in service as such but nevertheless who by and large would have been serving their country in large or small ways.

Whilst I have not checked what’s happening this year, last year it was rather different in the UK. Only small ‘crowds’ gathered, were anti-socially distanced (it can’t be called social), and often wore masks.

Pillocks.

I say this, because nobody seemed to double-check the gov.uk website where such things were guidance and advice, not mandatory.

In any event, Covid 19 is the seasonal ‘flu made out to be a monster to scare the living daylights out of the already fearful, conditioned to accept stupidity.

What the soldiers of WW1 let alone WW2 would have made of it I don’t know. There are those left alive from the second war, but I can’t find any comments at the moment.

This is the current guidance and advice.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/guidance-for-2021-remembrance-sunday-commemorations

I have noted that:

‘Photography is permitted, but the Metropolitan Police have powers to remove obstacles (such as camera tripods)’

But not Cressida Dick sadly. Removal of such Dicks is painful which is why a substantially male police service (not ‘force’ if you please) find it difficult to face up to.

Anyway, I suppose people will still be somewhat stupid this year and follow the government guidance and advice when it would be pointless to do so. As regards wearing masks, I suggest wearing them on your arms rather than your faces.

Black ones of course. This will show you are in mourning for the loss of loved ones.

These will be the loved ones who died as a result of government manipulation in so-called lockdowns and the foolishness of the populace in failing to love one another because of the ‘flu.

And kowtowing to vaccine mandates or social pressure and having poisonous shots which are injuring many and killing some. Which of course vaccines have always done, but people forget or ignore.

The day itself is marked by 2 minutes silence at 11am. In more recent years we have often had one minute silences to remember a few people. However worthy the sentiment, it is just virtue signalling.

I found this link. There are differing opinions.

One Minutes Silences. Are they respectful or unnecessary? from AskReddit

However, I think this sums it up nicely.

Cheezzoom

‘We only have these minute silences for “bad” things that the media and people tell us that we should have a minute silence, but if we truly had a minute silence for all the terrible things that are happening around the world, all the death and destruction what is going on, we as a planet would be silent for god knows how long.’

It reminds me of the passage in Revelation where there is silence in heaven for about half an hour.

I strongly suspect this is the length of time reflecting the huge numbers who have died as a result of Satan’s machinations over the years, all those of God’ children he has murdered through wars, pestilence etc.

Perhaps someone could do a calculation based on 2 minutes for the dead of the first two world wars contrasted with the possible deaths since the world was created.

On a lighter note, one November I noticed a box in a café where my wife and I had stopped for lunch on Anglesey. It said ‘Please help the poppy appeal’.

My in-laws on the island live next door to a couple with a cat called Poppy, so I said ‘I didn’t know they were collecting for next doors cat’!

Of course, poppies are the reminder of the fields on the Western Front during WW1, immortalised it seems by Canadian doctor John McCrae who wrote his poem ‘In Flanders Fields’. The following gives more details.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/why-we-wear-poppies-on-remembrance-day

The memorial services that take place today and on what is called in the UK Remembrance Sunday usually include the following penned by Laurence Binyon

“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them.”

This link includes other quotes probably less well known.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7646067/remembrance-day-poems-quotes-messages/

Written by Wilfred Owen

My friend, you would not tell with such high zest To children ardent for some desperate glory, The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori.

The Latin text means ‘It is sweet and honourable to die for your country’. Is it a lie as Wilfred says? It depends, I suppose, on whether you think it was worth it. Horatio Nelson on board HMS Victory certainly thought so judging by his final words. But in a muddy trench in Flanders Fields, blown to bits with no trace of your body for anyone to find?

People thought it would be a ‘War to end all wars’. It wasn’t, we had another 20 years later. Even that one didn’t finish the job. That is because as I keep saying we are now in WW3, only this time a battle of words.

But people are still dying, many millions dying unnecessarily.

It is often said that the huge losses in WW1 were a consequence of incompetence of the generals in charge. There is a phrase ‘Lions led by donkeys’. This phrase is explained in this link.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lions_led_by_donkeys

It seems to me that this phrase can now apply in the USA. The nation is being led by donkeys, a.k.a .democrats!! After all, the jackass or donkey in the democrats’ symbol, so this seems very reasonable.

And lots of people are dying unnecessarily in the charge to deal with Covid 19, a.k.a the ‘flu.

On a positive note however, this was written by Dylan Thomas. I didn’t know he wrote this.

They shall have stars at elbow and foot; Though they go mad they shall be sane, Though they sink through the sea they shall rise again; Though lovers be lost love shall not; And death shall have no dominion.

The hymn ‘I vow to thee my country ’is usually sung at the memorial services and sung to music from taken from the “Jupiter” movement of Holst’s 1917 suite The Planets. Here’s the text.

I vow to thee, my country, all earthly things above,

Entire and whole and perfect, the service of my love;

The love that asks no question, the love that stands the test,

That lays upon the altar the dearest and the best;

The love that never falters, the love that pays the price,

The love that makes undaunted the final sacrifice.

And there’s another country, I’ve heard of long ago,

Most dear to them that love her, most great to them that know;

We may not count her armies, we may not see her King;

Her fortress is a faithful heart, her pride is suffering;

And soul by soul and silently her shining bounds increase,

And her ways are ways of gentleness, and all her paths are peace.

The first verse says ‘The love that asks no question’.  I do not agree with that; it is always good to ask questions. Why are we doing something as stupid as having a war where people die in their millions is a good question.

Why do we follow government diktats when they are obviously stupid is another. Like locking down or having a pointless vaccine which may well harm or kill us.

Still, the second verse of the hymn is better. The verse refers to a king. The king of course is Jesus Christ. He would answer questions, just as the heavenly Father answers questions if you ask Him. Like Father like Son.

The last line might imply that there is not a big fight to undergo. It is just it is a battle of words with a sword of truth tempered with love. Just read the gospels and you will see Jesus at work with His ‘sword’.

He does not mince His words, but they were said out of love even if some things he said were perplexing. He came down hard on the hypocrites of course, but even that is love as it was the truth.

In this war of words, World War Three as I call it, many are fighting for another country, God’s country or kingdom where peace reigns and the Lord God, the Most High is king.

And, as Dylan Thomas says, death shall have no dominion.

But for now many are still falling in battle, many are wounded or lamed in the fight. So let us remember the fallen today and remember Jesus too.

P.S. Lest we forget, there is to be a resurrection of the dead, all of them, so it is not all doom and gloom. And as far as I am concerned this had better be the Last Battle or else!

If you are interested and haven’t read before, here are some links

Cressida Dick

M is for…..Masks

V is for…..Vaccination

G is for…..Guidance