50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot
inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. 51
Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be
changed, 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the
trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall
be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal
[must] put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible shall have put on
incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be
brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
55 O death, where [is] thy sting? O grave, where [is] thy victory? 56 The sting
of death [is] sin; and the strength of sin [is] the law. 57 But thanks [be] to
God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast,
unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that
your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Isaiah 57:1-2
The Blessed Death of the Righteous
1The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth [it] to heart:
and merciful men [are] taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken
away from the evil [to come].
2 He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds,
[each one] walking [in] his uprightness.
HALLELUYAH!!!
nikos: victory
Original Word: νῖκος, ους, τό Phonetic
Spelling: (nee'-kos)
The Moon and Jupiter will make a close approach, passing within 3°46' of each other. The Moon will be 12 days old. At around the same time, the two objects will alsoshare the same right ascension– called a conjunction.
But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will
worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be
His worshipers.
For those who fail to keep Passover
at the appointed time in Month 1, the Scripture provides for a second Passover
and Unleavened Bread observance that starts today.
The Samaritan sect celebrates the holiday of Passover in close adherence to biblical traditions such as sacrificing animals and donning long white robes.
16 Iyar 3826 - 66
C.E.:The Roman
legion under General Holofernes ransacked Yerushalayim, killing 3000+ Jews.16 Iyar 3830 – May
10, 70 C.E.: Titus and the
Roman army laid siege upon Yerushalayim, greatly weakening its defenders. The
Romans recaptured the middle wall of Yerushalayim and demolished it. The city
was later burned, its inhabitants massacred, and the Beit HaMikdash destroyed
on the 9th of Av.
Iyar 16
(May 10 A.D. 70) - Titus' siege of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount
May 1 –
Beltane (pagan) - light half of the year
/ beginning of summer
Old
IrishBeltaine is
derived from a Common Celtic*belo-te(p)niâ, meaning "bright fire".
The element *belo- might be cognate with the English
word bale (as in bale-fire) meaning "white" or
"shining"
May 1,
1931 - The Empire State Building opened 87 years ago (lit up in white)
May 1, 2003 - Iraq war - President
Bush declared the end of major combat operations
May 2-3 - The Council Complete of State of the Sovereign #OrderofMalta meets today in the Magistral Villa #Rome to elect the new Grand Master or a Lieutenant of the Grand Master
based upon Ephesians
4:3 which challenges us to mobilize unified public prayer for America, "Making every effort to keep the
unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace."
May 5 – Cinco de Mayo
May 6 – 81st
Anniv. of the Hindenburg burning
May 7 – Gala “Heavenly
Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination.” @ The Met – NYC
“Leave No Trace”
premiered at Sundance and will next screen at Cannes, which means the movie
gods have deemed this the perfect time for a trailer. “Winter’s Bone” director
Debra Granik directed the film, starring Ben Foster and Thomasin Harcourt
McKenzie as a father and daughter living in the wilds of Oregon. Avail yourself
of the trailer below.
May 9-11 - JetBlue -"Pie
in the Sky" event with Patsy’s Pizza in East Harlem est. 1933 - NY to LA May 10, 1775; 242 years ago - Philadelphia * May 10, 1776, Congress passed a resolution - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Continental_Congress
May 11/12 - Parashah is Be-Midbar which means "In the Wilderness."
Be-Midbar is also the Hebrew name for the book of Numbers. Be-Midbar was the Parashah on the first Sabbath after the ascension of the Messiah. Today is Shabbat Mevarekhin which means "Sabbath of Blessing." It is the last Sabbath before the New Moon. Shabbat Mevarekhin does not occur in Month 6 as the entire month anticipates the New Moon of Month 7. Torah Numbers 1:1-4:20 Haftarahs Hosea 1:10-2:20
May 13 – 15 - Israel | March of the Nations Conference -
Thousands of Christians from all nations will come to Jerusalem for a special conference. Together with Israelis from all spheres of society, they will walk from the Knesset to Mt. Zion: They honor Holocaust survivors, demonstrate publicly that the nations stand side by side with Israel and say “No!” to anti-Semitism!
INDIA –St.
George is commemorated each year from 27 April to 14 May at Edathua [47] On
27 April after the flag hoisting ceremony by the parish priest, the statue of
the saint is taken from one of the altars and placed at the extension of the
church to be venerated by the devotees till 14 May. The main feast day is 7
May, when the statue of the saint along with other saints is taken in
procession around the church. Intercession to Saint George of Edathua is
believed to be efficacious in repelling snakes and in curing mental
ailments.The sacred relics of St. George were brought to Antioch from Mardeen in A.D.900 and were taken to Kerala, India from
Antioch in 1912
Prince born on St.
George Day – April 23 in London / 21 days to May 14
Monday,
May 14 - ends on Saturday, May 19 Israel Burning Man - Midburn!!!!
The burn is held every
year in May or June, around the Hebrew holiday of "Shavuot" (Pentecost)
See images: WELCOME VIRGINS AND BRING YOUR OWN
WATER! // CHANDRA ZAS
One of my dear friends
Shiran Maor, astutely described the difference between a festival and a Midburn
event. He said, “Instead of an event of consumption, Midburn is an event of
creation.”
The Midburn event is the official
regional event organized by the Midburn community – the Israeli Burning Man community. The Midburn community started its
path in September 2011, when a group of burner friends got back from Burning Man in
Nevada and decided to create a community which will conserve the spirit
of ...
May 15 -“Nakba Day” – the day Palestinians have chosen to decry the establishment of Israel
May 15 -
http://www.un.org/en/events/familyday/
May 17 -
http://www.un.org/en/events/telecommunicationday/
May 15-17 - MADISON,
Wis. — A full-scale training exercise simulating a long-term mass power
outage in Wisconsin kicks off May 15 at sites around the state.
Known as Dark Sky, the exercise runs May 15-17 in Brown, Calumet,
Dane, Fond du Lac, Milwaukee, Outagamie and Winnebago Counties and will test
the abilities of private utilities, law enforcement, first responders and the
National Guard to respond to the scenario as well as its second and third order
effects.
The public should not
be concerned if they notice an increased emergency responder presence, military
personnel, vehicles and equipment, or non-military unmanned aerial vehicles
operating in their communities during the exercise. The exercise includes an
Alliant Energy facility in Fond du Lac County, which will serve as one of the
National Guard training sites.
May 24-26 - Viva Technology - Porte de Versailles, Paris - https://vivatechnology.com/ - Macron, Zuckerberg
https://twitter.com/vivatech
Ahead of VivaTech, 50 tech CEOs came to Paris to have lunch with French President Emmanuel Macron. Then, they all worked together on “tech for good”. The event was all about leveraging tech around three topics — education, labor and diversity.
But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the
water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal
life.
John 4:14
Ongoing –
TBA - Arch of Triumph of Palmyra, Syria returns to Palmyra ??
