And I heard the man clothed in linen, which [was]
upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that [it shall be] for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these [things] shall be finished.
In other words, cast your bread
upon the waters of the blogosphere — it might ripple farther than you expect.
What is in serious doubt, however, is the ensuing overreaction of the Suffolk County Legislature, which subsequently passed legislation effectively requiring all county residents operating «a pleasure vessel
upon the waters of Suffolk County» to take an 11 - hour boating safety course and pass a final exam before being issued a boating safety certificate by «the Commission of the NYS Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; by the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary; or by any other entity that offers a boating course that meets the standards set by the National Association of Boating Law Administrators.»
(2) Any vessel registered, licensed, or enrolled under the laws of the United States, and being on a voyage
upon the waters of any of the Great Lakes, or any of the waters connecting them, or upon the Saint Lawrence River where the same constitutes the International Boundary Line.
Not exact matches
When you're dating an actual card - carrying member
of the royal family, it's pretty frowned
upon to gossip about it around the
water cooler.
Romeo was the first device to be tested on a barge over open
water instead
of on a reef, as the US was quickly running out
of islands
upon which it could test nuclear weapons.
Upon waking, I drink a liter
of micronized
water with two droppers
of Oceans Alive Marine Phytoplankton to flush the body with nutrients.
Video
of the scene shows the donkey pushed down a makeshift ramp into the
water surrounding the tiger habitat, where it is promptly pounced
upon.
Although the Chief Justice acknowledged that this argument had some merit, the more determinative factor — and the key difference between the statutory immunity provisions relied
upon by the ERCB and Alberta Environment — was that the immunity clause with respect to the former explicitly contemplated the regulator as an entity («the Board or a member
of the Board...») whereas the immunity provisions under the
Water Act and the EPEA did not (referring only to «persons» in various capacities; see paras 62 — 71).
And although fiscal stimulus package «leaked» in the Nikkei Wednesday (JPY20trn, with JPY6trn
of «real
water») appears to have had a supportive impact
upon stocks by weakening the yen, even at its most generous, the supplementary budget for this fiscal year is likely to total only JPY2trn, with additional stimulus spaced out over the coming years, and most
of this dedicated to public works (which, many fear, runs the risk
of turning into wasteful spending rather than a monetary - plus - fiscal stimulus powerhouse).
Revelation 17:1 - 3 ``... Come hither; I will show unto you the judgment
of the great WHORE that sitteth
upon many
waters: 2 With whom the kings
of the earth have committed FORNICATION, and the inhabitants
of the earth have been made drunk with the wine
of her FORNICATION.
This would certainly seem to be effective to confer an immunity on the listed parties for losses that are incurred in the province; but what if a party outside the province suffers losses (see Reference re Upper Churchill
Water Rights Reversion Act, [1984] 1 SCR 297, 1984 CanLII 17 (SCC)-RRB-, or what if the exercise
of authority under the Act rests
upon a reckless understanding as to the constitutional underpinnings
of a particular provision?
What Hilaire Belloc actually wrote (originally in The Path to Rome, page 106
of the Doubleday - Image ed., 1956, later found in his collected poems, a copy
of which I do not have at hand) was this: But Catholic men that live
upon wine Are deep in the
water, and frank, and fine; Wherever I travel I find it so, Benedicamus Domino.
That they started in the 1820's does not take away from the fact that what they base their dogmas
upon is pure invention on the part
of a somewhat deranged preacher (who even claimed to walk on
water... disproved, fortunately).
This reacquired demonic lordship... led to a partial return to the judged state
of affairs in Genesis 1:2, when the Lord allowed the chaotic
waters to burst
upon the earth with the flood (Genesis 6 - 8).
As a goddess
of a Goddess and God they come from GOD's Will and Breathe
of Life which did move
upon the
waters!
(Isa 44:3) Just as streams
of water nor blessings is a person, so neither is God's holy spirit, but rather that which can be» poured out»
upon different people to accomplish the work assigned by Jehovah, empowering them to do so.
This reversal
of creation occurs in Genesis 7 when the flood
waters come
upon the earth.
The N.T. practice was
water baptism immediately
upon profession
of faith (whether it was needed or not).
And the last book
of the Bible prophetically pointed to the gradual depletion
of religion, that is false religion, by its members at Revelation 16, which says: «And the sixth one (
of seven angels) poured out his bowl (symbolizing God's anger)
upon the great river Euphrates, and its
water was dried up, that the way might be prepared for the kings from the rising
of the sun.»
In a blind headlong rush to gain profit by any means these forces have already begun to obliterate animal species, forest cover, fish stocks,
water reserves, land and air, and have engaged
upon a satanically mindless pilfering
of finite resources by vandalism
of Mother Earth, and have raised gigantic questions over human survival prospects.
«And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood
of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath
of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.»
The value
of fasting can also be better understood in this context because fasting can enhance our understanding
of our dependence
upon God and that we need him more than air, food, or
water.
All we know is that Namaan descends into the
waters seven times, sees his leprous skin «restored like the flesh
of a young boy,» acknowledges the full authority
of Israel's God and, to ensure that he can render proper thanks to the Lord when he returns to Damascus, gets permission from Elisha to bring back two mule loads
of local soil — a piece
of Israel
upon which to give thanks to the one who washed him clean.
And the earth was waste and void; And darkness was
upon the face
of the deep; And the spirit
of God moved
upon the face
of the
waters.
A single deer, driven almost mad by the heat
of the sun and stumbling across a desert landscape in exhaustion, suddenly comes
upon water.
In that second verse where it says the spirit
of God moved
upon the face
of the
waters, he says the Hebrew translates brooded, or that God was angry and disturbed, something terrible had happened.
On their replying that Allah and His Messenger knew best, he said, «These are the clouds (anan), these are the
water - carriers
of the Earth, which Allah drives to people who do not thank Him or call
upon him.»
Just as God wanted to rescue as many as possible from the
waters of the flood, so also, God wants to rescue as many as possible from the fire that will come
upon the earth.
Why was an immortal spirit placed in the world and in time, just as the fish is drawn up out
of the
water and cast
upon the beach?»
And he will sprinkle
upon him a spirit
of truth, like
water for impurity.»
«And when he came up out
of the
water,» says Mark (1:10), «immediately he saw the heavens opened and the Spirit descending
upon him like a dove.»
At the very beginning
of the Bible (Gen. 1:2), where the KJV has, «And the Spirit
of God moved
upon the face
of the
waters,» the RSV also reads «Spirit,» but with a footnote, «Or wind.»
In the darkness there are sounds
of the ladle being dipped into the pail, then
water being poured
upon the rocks.
he is speaking
of the RESULT
of the attacks from others... the sieges that other countries would lay
upon Isreal... second... you want God to
water stuff and sugar coat things??
Does it make sense for the church to own billions
upon billions
of dollars worth
of property when those same dollars could provide vaccinations and clean
water for every person in the world with money left over?
Genesis 1:2, the Bible is not talking about deep space, it is talking about deep
water, and it tells us this in the next sentence: «And the spirit
of God moved
upon the face
of the
waters.»
10 He has described a circle
upon the face
of the
waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
It was as though the violent undercurrents
of the protest rushed in
upon him with heightened force, and he surveyed the turbulent
waters for a way
of escape, searching for an exit point between courage and convenience - «a way to move out
of the picture without appearing a coward» - and he found none.
One
of [the whale's] peculiarities it is, to have an entire non-valvular structure
of the blood - vessels, so that when pierced even by so small a point as a harpoon, a deadly drain is at once begun
upon his whole arterial system; and when this is heightened by the extraordinary pressure
of water at a great distance below the surface, his life may be said to pour from him in incessant streams.
At first I accused them all
of stealing the
water during the night, but
upon further investigation we discovered that the pool had sprung a leak and all the
water had poured out into the desert sands.
«At the moment when he came up out
of the
water he saw the heavens torn open and the Spirit, like a dove, descending
upon him.
My Christian Belief is based
upon my Life's Past and does in no way, shape or form come from Chruched based Fundamentalists whom I find as being hypocritical manajeries bent on keeping their family made wealth thru religious declarations
of the wealthy to come he - ll or high
waters keep their wealth despite what Christ's teachings do so advise against!
«It would be out
of place to demand
of fire,
water, earth, and air their credentials, so to say, for acting
upon us, or ministering to us.
How blessed are those whose hearts are set on pilgrimage Who wait
upon the Lord in a dry land, The shepherd hears their cry and gently opens Springs
of living
water right where they stand.
The gullibility's pragmatists are relationally transcribed be they overtly religious and even
of the mundanely inverted against anything religious... The ever hardening
of bitterness offerings runs ever continuously
upon the mainstreamed religious
waters unending motions... For without believer's sanctifications who would be the beneficiaries witnesses..?
A priest who answers the rectory door and a bartender who places before her customer a cool glass
of water and a menu share the obligation to look
upon the congregant with love and respect and then to assess what's the best way we might serve.
It is a matter
of casting bread
upon the
waters.
But however it happened, the point is that when Jesus came up out
of the
water, the Holy Spirit descended
upon Him.
Cast
upon the turbulent
waters of a major life transition, what would help me keep my head above
water?