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Saturday, November 7, 2026
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CALLED BY YOUR NAME
In the Bible, being called by God's name (or having God's name placed upon someone) is a deep statement of identity, ownership, and intimate relationship rather than just a casual label.
Belonging and Ownership: In the ancient Near East, putting one's name on something (like cattle, land, or a house) meant it belonged to them. When God says His people are "called by My name" (such as in 2 Chronicles 7:14), it signifies that they are His personal possession.
Close Personal Knowledge: In scripture, a name (shem) represents a person’s core character, reputation, and existence. When God calls someone by name, it shows that He knows them intimately—the way a close friend or shepherd knows an individual. For instance, Isaiah 43:1 reassures Israel, "I have called you by name; you are mine".
Association with Divine Protection and Character: Bearing God’s name means you represent Him in the world. Just as a child carries a parent's family name, God's people are expected to reflect His attributes—such as holiness, mercy, and justice—and in return, they receive His covenant protection and presence through hardships.
Designation for a Purpose: To be called can also mean being chosen or ordained for a specific task, mission, or ministry within God's plan.
2 Chronicles 7:14
if My people who are CALLED BY MY NAME will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
Isaiah 43:7
Everyone who is CALLED BY MY NAME, Whom I have created for My glory; I have formed him, yes, I have made him.”
Isaiah 65:1 The Righteousness of God’s Judgment. “I was sought by those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. I said, ‘Here I am, here I am,’ To a nation that was not CALLED BY MY NAME.
· 1 Kings 8:43. hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, that all peoples of the earth may know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and that they may know that this temple which I have built is CALLED BY YOUR NAME.
· 2 Chronicles 6:33. then hear from heaven Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, that all peoples of the earth may know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and that they may know that this temple which I have built is CALLED BY YOUR NAME.
· Isaiah 4:1. Jerusalem’s Glorious Future.
And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, “We will eat our own food and wear our own apparel; Only let us be CALLED BY YOUR NAME, To take away our reproach.”
· Isaiah 43:1 The Redeemer of Israel
But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have CALLED BY YOUR NAME; You are Mine.
· Isaiah 45:4. For Jacob My servant’s sake, And Israel My elect, I have even CALLED BY YOUR NAME; I have named you, though you have not known Me.
· Isaiah 62:2. The Gentiles shall see your righteousness, And all kings your glory. You shall be called by a new name, Which the mouth of the Lord will name.
· Isaiah 63:19. We have become like those of old, over whom You never ruled, Those who were never CALLED BY YOUR NAME.
Jeremiah 7:10
and then come and stand before Me in this house which is CALLED BY MY NAME, and say, ‘We are delivered to do all these abominations’?
Jeremiah 7:11
Has this house, which is CALLED BY MY NAME, become a den of thieves in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 7:14
therefore I will do to the house which is CALLED BY MY NAME, in which you trust, and to this place which I gave to you and your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.
Jeremiah 7:30
For the children of Judah have done evil in My sight,” says the Lord. “They have set their abominations in the house which is CALLED BY MY NAME, to pollute it.
· Jeremiah 14:9. Why should You be like a man astonished, Like a mighty one who cannot save? Yet You, O Lord, are in our midst, And we are CALLED BY YOUR NAME; Do not leave us!
Jeremiah 15:16
Your words were found, and I ate them, And Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart; For I am CALLED BY YOUR NAME, O Lord God of hosts.
Jeremiah 25:29
For behold, I begin to bring calamity on the city which is CALLED BY MY NAME, and should you be utterly unpunished? You shall not be unpunished, for I will call for a sword on all the inhabitants of the earth,” says the Lord of hosts.’
Jeremiah 32:34
But they set their abominations in the house which is CALLED BY MY NAME, to defile it.
Jeremiah 34:15 Then you recently turned and did what was right in My sight—every man proclaiming liberty to his neighbor; and you made a covenant before Me in the house which isCALLED BY MY NAME.
· Daniel 9:18. O my God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and see our desolations, and the city which is CALLED BY YOUR NAME; for we do not present our supplications before You because of our righteous deeds, but because of Your great mercies.
· Daniel 9:19 O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act! Do not delay for Your own sake, my God, for Your city and Your people are CALLED BY YOUR NAME.”
Amos 9:12
That they may possess the remnant of Edom, And all the Gentiles who are CALLED BY MY NAME,” Says the Lord who does this thing.
Acts 15:17
So that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord, Even all the Gentiles who are CALLED BY MY NAME, Says the Lord who does all these things.’
What the Bible teaches that THE MATRIX is!!! SHOCKER!!!!
KJV
Exodus 13:12
That thou shalt set apart unto the Lord all that openeth THE MATRIX, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the Lord's
Exodus 13:15
And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the Lord slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all that openeth THE MATRIX, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.
Exodus 34:19
All that openeth THE MATRIX is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male.
Numbers 3:12
And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth THE MATRIX among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;
Numbers 18:15
Every thing that openeth THE MATRIX in all flesh, which they bring unto the Lord, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.
THE MATRIX in KJV
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THE WOMB in NASB and in many other English translations.
Still sounds MATRIX DEEP to me!
NASB
Exodus 13:12
12 you shall devote to the Lord the first offspring of every WOMB, and the first offspring of every beast that you own; the males belong to the Lord.
Exodus 13:15
15 It came about, when Pharaoh was stubborn about letting us go, that the Lord killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast. Therefore, I sacrifice to the Lord the males, the first offspring of every WOMB, but every firstborn of my sons I redeem.’
Exodus 34:19
19 “The first offspring from every WOMB belongs to Me, and all your male livestock, the first offspring from cattle and sheep.
Numbers 3:12
12 “Now, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the sons of Israel instead of every firstborn, the first issue of the WOMB among the sons of Israel. So the Levites shall be Mine.
Numbers 18:15
15 Every first issue of the WOMB of all flesh, whether man or animal, which they offer to the Lord, shall be yours; nevertheless the firstborn of man you shall surely redeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals you shall redeem.
Ottoman Empire 1299-1922
Ottoman Empire Dates
- Beginning Date: 1299 (proclaimed by Osman I, the founder of the Ottoman dynasty, in Anatolia)
- End Date: 1922 (when the Ottoman sultanate was officially abolished)
Key Timeline Milestones
- Foundation (1299): Osman I established the independent principality that grew into the empire.
- Capital Expansion (1326): Capture of Bursa, which later served as an early capital.
- Conquest of Constantinople (1453): Sultan Mehmed II captured the Byzantine capital, cementing imperial dominance.
- Peak of Power (1683): The empire reached its maximum territorial extent under Suleiman the Magnificent and subsequent rulers before the second siege of Vienna failed.
- Dissolution (1922–1923): Following defeat in World War I, the last sultan, Mehmed VI, was deposed in 1922, and the Republic of Turkey was proclaimed under Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in 1923.
IS LORD OF THE RINGS AN ALLEGORY AGAINST ISLAM?
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (January 3, 1892 – September 2, 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor widely celebrated as the father of modern high fantasy. He is best known for creating the mythic world of Middle-earth and authoring The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954–1955).
Early Life and Background
- Birth and Childhood: Born in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (now South Africa) to English parents Arthur and Mabel Tolkien. After his father died, his mother moved him and his younger brother, Hilary, to Sarehole (near Birmingham, England), a rural landscape that later inspired the pastoral home of the Hobbits, the Shire.
- Orphanhood and Faith: Both of his parents died when he was young, leaving him orphaned by age 12. He and his brother were placed under the guardianship of a Catholic priest, Father Francis Xavier Morgan, shaping Tolkien’s lifelong devout Roman Catholicism.
- Education and Languages: A gifted linguist, Tolkien studied Old and Middle English, Welsh, Finnish, Gothic, and Greek at Exeter College, Oxford. He went on to invent his own complete, functioning constructed languages, most notably the Elvish tongues Quenya and Sindarin.
Academic Career and World War I
- World War I: Tolkien served as a lieutenant in the Lancashire Fusiliers during World War I. He fought in the brutal Battle of the Somme in 1916 before contracting trench fever and returning home. The horrors of the trenches deeply influenced the bleak landscapes and battle scenes in his legendarium.
- Oxford Professor: He returned to academic life and became an Oxford professor, serving as the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon (1925–1945) and later as the Merton Professor of English Language and Literature (1945–1959). His 1936 academic lecture Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics transformed how the epic poem was studied.
- The Inklings: He was a central member of the Inklings, an informal Oxford literary discussion group that included his close friend C.S. Lewis.
Writing Career and Middle-earth
- Inception: While grading school essay papers, Tolkien famously scribbled on a blank page: "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit." This sparked the writing of The Hobbit, published in 1937.
- The Masterpiece: Encouraged by its success, he spent over a decade writing the epic sequel, The Lord of the Rings, which was published in three volumes from 1954 to 1955.
- Family and Later Life: Tolkien married Edith Bratt in 1916. The couple had four children: John, Michael, Christopher, and Priscilla. Edith died in 1971, and Tolkien passed away two years later on September 2, 1973, at age 81. [1]
- Posthumous Legacy: His son, Christopher Tolkien, edited and published many of his father's extensive notes and manuscripts, including The Silmarillion in 1977.
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