DAY OF ATONEMENT.....
WORLD OBESITY DOUBLES.....
HERE WE ARE ON THE FEAST OF AT-ONE-MENT IN GOD'S CALENDAR; THE FIFTH OF THE SEVEN FEASTS OF THE LORD - SEE THEM ALL IN LEVITICUS 23.
I WAS WATCHING THE LATE CANADIAN NEWS - THE CBC TO BE PRECISE......
THE FACT IS THAT FROM 1980 THE "OBEST" POPULATION OF THE WORLD HAS DOUBLED!
NOW THIS IS NOT JUST THE WESTERN WORLD, BUT ALL THE WORLD, INCLUDING THE AFRICAN CONTINENT. THE WESTERN DIET HAS SPREAD ALL OVER THE WORLD.
THE NEWS REPORT SAID ONE OF IF NOT THE MAIN ONE, WAS TOO MUCH SUGAR!
SUGAR SWEETENED DRINKS HAVE COME UNDER ATTACK, BECAUSE OF THE RISE IN CONSUMPTION OF SUCH DRINKS; BUT THERE IS SUGAR IN SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST SUGAR SWEETENED DRINKS.
IT IS MUCH MORE THAN JUST SUGAR; IT IS ALL THE "JUNK FOOD" THAT THE WORLD IS INTO - ALL THAT WHITE FLOUR STUFF, FROM BREADS TO BUNS TO DONUTS; THE FRIED CHIPS, ALL THE "SNACK FOODS" BETWEEN MEALS..... THE WESTERN JUNK-FOOD DIET THAT WE HAVE BEQUEATHED TO THE REST OF THE WORLD SINCE 1980. NOW OBESITY HAS DOUBLED WORLDWIDE!
ON THIS DAY OF ATONEMENT WHERE NOT EATING OR DRINKING, FOR 24 HOURS IS PRESCRIBED IN GOD'S WORD FOR THIS FEAST DAY [SO OBVIOUSLY A SPIRITUAL FEAST] WE CAN WITH THIS LATEST NEWS COMING, STRIKINGLY SO, ON THIS FASTING FEAST DAY, TAKE SOME STOCK INTO HOW WE EAT, OR MORE CORRECTLY, WHAT WE EAT.
SOME SOUL SEARCHING WE CAN DO ON THE PHYSICAL SIDE OF LIFE, AS WELL AS THE MEANING OF THIS GREAT FEAST DAY, WHICH I HAVE EXPOUNDED IN A NUMBER OF STUDIES ON THIS WEBSITE.
TALKING ABOUT "FOOD" ON THIS DAY, I HAVE JUST FINISHED ONE MORE OF JESUS' TEACHINGS UNDER "CHRISTIAN LIVING" TO DO WITH FOOD!
IT IS ABOUT THE INCIDENT RECORDED IN MARK 7.
SO A GOOD TIME TODAY TO STUDY THE TRUTH ABOUT "TRADITIONS" - "FOOD" - "UN-WASHED HANDS" - "REAL DEFILEMENT."
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