Last weekend Christopher and I were supposed to get some great seat time riding. But, due to the weather, our seat time consisted of having a digitally remastered weekend instead. Visually and audio enhancing our time with old tunes, and old shows from the fifties, we had as good a time as you can have when not riding. And we were reminded of a few facts while visiting.
This month, if he had lived, would have been John Lennon's 70th birthday. So to celebrate it, Yoko issued an album of his favorite songs. Reissued, and remastered, somehow making the originals obsolete to his devoted fans. And in a past year of reissues, we talked of Michael Jackson's many reissued albums, and his meteoric rise-again-to number one the day after he died. How Elvis still sells so many albums, as do many others who have only one thing in common-they are all dead! And raking in millions of dollars for others to inherit. And in the cases of Lennon, Michael, and The King-their death was the thing that resurrected their careers. Lennon without the Beatles was too strange-Yoko OH NO! Michael was trying to make a comeback-he needed the money, and Elvis was making a comeback-he too needed cash. And in each case, their death was the career move they needed to re-establish themselves. May I hear a huge thank you from their families? Just knowing that Joe Jackson and the J5 will sleep and eat better tonight almost makes it all worthwhile. And affording Priscilla a facelift she will never forget-or will we.
But amazing as this all is, I can remember how amazed I was at the instant information deluging the TV when Elvis died. I was impressed with how the stations got reporters on the scene, and put together these documentaries. Until we visited with a friend who owned a station in Tucson. He explained that these pre-made documentaries are part of the station's library. And an untold number of biographies are available through the local affiliates. All you have to do is plug in the tape, and sit back and reminisce with your friends. Cool.
But he also explained how the stations have tapes explaining away the disappearance of a large number of people-all at once. The rapture, as Christians refer to it, and these tapes explain it from either a mass alien abduction-have you noticed the increased acknowledgement of UFOs lately by our government? Or pestilence, or even from atomic radiation, they have a ready explanation to lie to those who are left behind. And millions just waiting to buy into the lies. And just like the endless stories on Michael, you will hear how the world is better without these people-seems they were all Christians, always trying to tell us how to live. Now without them, we can live as we want, and live better. And for 3 1/2 years under anti-Christ they will, or think they will. Until they have no chance, and will have to bow down to him as God!
Far fetched? Science fiction? Can never happen? The Bible warns of wars and rumors of wars-watched the news today? How about strange weather? We now have hurricane seasons, tornadoes in New York, and earthquakes with tsunamis everywhere. Pestilence and disease? STDs and AIDS is out of control. African bees that cannot be stopped. And the worst-bedbugs-how do you stop them? Crime out of control, only when the way the statistics are gathered does it go down. Our world in economic chaos, and running out of food. All things predicted, some over 2000 years ago, without the help of the media.
Your choice, choose God now and escape the coming wrath-knowing the truth. Or watch it unfold digitally, and altered to represent Satan's truth.
Jesus understands death, and also resurrection after it. Life, not remastered tapes. He is the master-get in now on the live version! He died for you so you can live. The best thing that could have ever happened to you-so you could be reunited with God.
Jesus Christ-still drawing crowds since His resurrection in 33AD. 2000 years on the charts. Now that's a record not even Michael Jackson could match! I guess you could say that makes Him King! Of Kings!
love with compassion,
Mike
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