How To Disarm Prejudice. Part [12] 09/06/2026 (Morning thought)

Jeremiah 30:6 Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

[The Great Controversy pp 618] Jacob’s night of anguish, when he wrestled in prayer for deliverance from the hand of Esau, represents the experience of God’s people in the time of trouble. Yet he leaves nothing undone on his own part to atone for the wrong to his brother, and to avert the threatened danger. So should the followers of Christ, as they approach the time of trouble, make every exertion to place themselves in a proper light before the people, to disarm prejudice, and to avert the danger which threatens liberty of conscience.

The question is: What should the remnant people of God be doing to place themselves in a proper light before the people, to Disarm Prejudice? Like old Jacob, is it possible that they too may have to go to the ATM, or would they in some special cases find it necessary to shell out some Bitcoin and Crypto, as Jacob found it necessary to do? Owing persons, or the government or other business entities will not be a good idea, when crunch time comes around.

Christians who remain trapped in debt, or who are caught up in the vicious cycle of credit, would find it necessary, sooner or later, to place themselves in a proper light before the people to disarm the type of prejudice that will be coming our way. The beast of Revelation 13 and 14 should not find us riddled with irreconcilable debt, owing the IRS, and being late on payments that are due for that will put persons in a very compromised position, where the beast will view persons as a liability, not an asset.

Jeremiah 30:7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!

How To Disarm Prejudice. Part [11] 09/06/2026 (Evening thought)

Genesis 32:27 And he said unto him, what is thy name? And he said, Jacob. 28 And he said, thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

Apparently, the real fight was with God and not with Esau, because Jacob needed the full and complete surrender of his will to God. When Christ met him in battle at the river Jabbok, Jacob did what most of us would do in a similar situation, which is to try and choke the assailant. Thus, the question is: Have we ever fought with The Lord and prevailed? The word ish (אִישׁ) in Hebrew means man. The word רַע (ra) in Hebrew means evil, and the word El (אֵל) in Hebrew means God.

Thus, you will have Ish-Ra El or Israel, meaning that God reaches over the abyss of Ra, (Evil) which has separated God from man, and Christ takes our hand to save us by His power alone, from ourselves as well as from Esau and his hosts, or his ghosts. If the story had ended there, we would have praised The Lord and gone our merry way rejoicing, but we came across something that is worthy of our utmost consideration.

Apparently, the story isn’t only about Jacob, it is about us, who are living today, who may have to pass through similar circumstances. [The Great Controversy pp 618] As Satan influenced Esau to march against Jacob, so he will stir up the wicked to destroy God’s people in the time of trouble. And as he accused Jacob, he will urge his accusations against the people of God. If he could blot them from the earth, his triumph would be complete.

Genesis 32:29 And Jacob asked him, and said, tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, wherefore is it that you ask after my name? And he blessed him there.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!