LATEST INFORMATION ON CARBON DATING

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What do scientists find when they check for carbon-14 in fossils, rocks, and artifacts? Well, in 2001, a creationist named Paul Giem published an article reporting that he had found carbon-14 in every fossil he tested! Not only that, but his results suggested that the fossils he studied could not have been buried more than 25,000 years ago. This obviously does not fit conventional time scales, but instead opens the door for a compelling argument in favor of young-earth creationism.

This discovery did not immediately refute an old earth or Darwinian evolution. Evolutionists have an answer to their carbon-14 problem. They suggest that more recent carbon has contaminated the fossils, making them appear younger than they are. Scientists have even developed methods to remove the carbon-14 “contaminants” to get the dates that fit their model. Paul Giem already anticipated this answer, but this has not stopped evolutionists from dismissing this carbon-14 as contamination.

In more recent years, creationists have done deeper research into carbon dating, with some attempting to demonstrate that the leftover carbon-14 is not contamination. Andrew Snelling, for instance, found carbon-14 in diamonds which —due to their resistance to erosion, water, or abrasion— cannot be contaminated. In this case, evolutionists suggest the equipment used was experiencing “background radiation”. Snelling argued that the diamonds contained varying amounts of carbon-14, even when detected by the same machine. This rules out flaws in the equipment as an explanation.   

Creationists are not done with radiocarbon dating. Dr. Andrew Snelling and others are attempting to calibrate carbon dating to fit a young-earth model. When carbon dating is used, it yields dates that can reach 40,000 years of age. Why? Because an underlying assumption of carbon dating is that the amount of carbon in the atmosphere has not changed drastically in the past. This is linked to uniformitarianism, the conventional theory that things today are the same as they have always been. From a creationist perspective, however, this is not the case. The worldwide flood of Noah would have dramatically reduced carbon in the atmosphere. Assuming a dramatic carbon “reset” about 4,400 years ago, followed by a gradual restoration of carbon leading up to today, creationists can (hopefully) recalibrate carbon dating to yield dates that are accurate from a young-earth perspective.

For now, however, we need not fear the older dates yielded by carbon dating. We can even trust that conventional carbon dates, while not accurate in themselves, do reflect correct chronology. In other words, an artifact dated 20,000 years old is older than an artifact dated 10,000 years old, even if those dates are not quite accurate. Thus, creationists can infer data from carbon dating even without “fixing” the dates to fit the young Earth model.

Conventional archaeologists, evolutionists, and geologists cite carbon dating as an accurate dating technique. While the technique itself is valid, there is reason to believe the dates are miscalculated. Many creationists reject carbon dating as a whole because it seemingly yields ages older than 10,000 years. Just like carbon dating itself, both views of carbon dating need recalibration. Carbon dating is a sound method that will yield different dates depending on what assumptions are fed into it. Creation researchers have yet to perfect these calibrations, but the presence of carbon-14 in artifacts is encouraging evidence that the earth is not millions of years old.

The discussion of carbon dating’s role in the age of the Earth is not over. Creationists will work to fit carbon dating into their model, while conventional scientists will continue to accept carbon dating results. Is everyone still wrong? Well, yes. But perhaps “wrong” is too harsh a word. A more accurate–and gentle–description could be “in need of some recalibration.”

SPIRITUAL COLLAPSE OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE U.S.A.

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George Barna, director of research at Arizona Christian University’s Cultural Research Center, released new data earlier this month that “reveals the limitations of Christian evangelicalism in American society.” The events from recent years have caused “millions of Americans to realize just how depraved American society has become,” the report stated. “Corrupt politicians, dishonest journalists and media outlets, broken social institutions, immoral religious leaders, unconstitutional government programs and policies, and more, have generated non-stop headlines highlighting the decadence of American society and the demise of the United States.”

It went on to contend that “The depth of the depravity is shocking” and that it’s “indisputable” that the “decline is a direct result of the spiritual collapse of Christianity in the nation” ­— particularly how the evangelical community has changed over time. According to Barna, not only are there fewer evangelicals than some reports have claimed there to be, but many of them “are far less biblical in their thinking … and tend to vote in far fewer numbers than expected.”

Even when you define them theologically as evangelicals, they’re not buying into what the Bible teaches and they’re not living it out.” Barna contended that this comes in conflict with the heart of what evangelicalism is supposed to do.

We should not be surprised as Jesus told us that many Christians would fall away in the time before He returns to restore righteousness and usher in His much prophesied Millennial Kingdom. The next 1000 years when Jesus will rule the nations from a newly constructed Jerusalem. Israel the nation God established for His purposes will finally fulfill its destiny. Go to http://www.millennialkingdom.net to prepare for what is next on God’s agenda for planet Earth.

“And then many will fall away, betray one another, and hate one another. And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. And because lawlessness will be increased the love of many will grow cold.” Matthew 24:10-12

CONSEQUENCES OF REJECTING GOD AND HIS LAWS

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Transgender woman Roxanne Tickle has won a novel gender identity case brought against a women’s-only social media app and its owner after she was excluded from the platform. Federal Court Justice Robert Bromwich found Giggle for Girls and its owner Sall Grover had “indirectly discriminated” against Ms Tickle and ordered her to pay the applicant $10,000 and her legal costs.

Justice Bromwich said. He also found that “sex is changeable” after Ms Grover argued it was not. Ms. Tickle, who underwent gender-affirming surgery in 2019 and is now designated as female on her birth certificate, claims she was discriminated against on the grounds of gender identity by Giggle for Girls and Ms Grover when she was excluded from the women’s networking app.

It is the first time a case alleging gender identity discrimination has been heard by the Federal Court following changes to the Sex Discrimination Act in 2013, which made it unlawful to discriminate against a person based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or intersex status.

This predicament is the largely unanticipated outcome of Gillard-era changes to the Sex Discrimination Act to include “gender identity” as a ground for claiming unlawful discrimination. This was defined as “the gender-related identity, appearance or mannerisms or other gender-related characteristics of a person (whether by medical intervention or not), with or without regard to the person’s designated sex at birth”.

If last week’s Federal Court decision between Roxanne Tickle and Sall Grover goes unchallenged, then officially sex is no longer anchored in biology, at least for the purposes of the federal Sex Discrimination Act.

Tickle is still a biological male with X & Y chromosomes no surgery can change his biological makeup.

IS JESUS GOD?

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Matthew states that this child (Jesus) is God (God with us):

“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel (which means, God with us)” Matthew 1:23 & Isaiah 7:14

John is likewise explicit in the prologue to his Gospel:

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” John 1:1 & “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.” John 1:14

Some of the disciples called Jesus God directly.

“Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” John 20:28, and “Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ” 2 Peter 1:1

The book of Hebrews is most emphatic that Jesus is God. Hebrews 1:8, applying Psalm 45:6 to Jesus Christ, states: “But to the Son, He [the Father] says: ‘Your throne, O God, is forever and ever.'” Other parts of Hebrews explain that Jesus is higher than the angels (Hebrews 1:4-8, 13), superior to Moses (Hebrews 3:1-6), and greater than the high priests (Hebrews 4:14-5:10). He is greater than all these because He is God—along with the Father. and the Holy Spirit.

The doctrine of the Trinity means that there is one God who eternally exists as three distinct Persons — the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Stated differently, God is one in essence and three in person.  Essence is what you are, person is who you are. So God is one “what” but three “whos.”

“Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.” John 17:1-5

THE END OF DAYS REVEALED

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Jonathan Cahn opens the meaning of Aharit Hayamin: The End of Days Revealed. The Bible speaks of prophetic times known as the ‘Last Days,’ the ‘End Times,’ ‘the End of Days, starting in Deuteronomy.

Even before Israel entered their Promised Land, Moses told the people their entire history and that because of disobedience God will cast them out of the land and scatter them throughout the world. He also reveals that before the end of the age, God would regather them. Miraculously, God orchestrated Israel being re-established as a nation again in 1948. The main end times prophecy has already been fulfilled. As Jonathan reveals many other Biblical end times prophecies are playing out now in our day.

Jonathan Cahn reveals the prophetic mysteries in Daniel 7 including “Shena”, the 4th beast in the book of Daniel that has metal in it, and the altered end-times technology.

GOD AT WORK IN OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

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A huge move of God broke out at The Ohio State University last weekend with hundreds of college students showing deep hunger for God as the new school year kicked off. A team of student reporters from The Lantern newspaper reports the event was led by the school’s football team members who preached the gospel before 800-1,000 people. Some campus ministries and churches helped to organize it. Throughout the evening, football players shared their testimonies as the crowd grew larger and larger. “I was just doing my thing because it was fun, and I’ll tell you this: I was on High Street, and I enjoyed it,” former Buckeyes wide receiver Kamryn Babb said, according to The Lantern. “I had fun. But at the same time, I didn’t recognize my condition. I was spiritually dead. I was spiritually dead. I could go out there, and I could smile and laugh. I can return to the {Woody Hayes Athletic Centre}, smile, and laugh. But on the inside, I was broken. I was broken.” By the night’s end, an estimated 60 students chose to get baptized into the Christian faith in four tubs of water near the stage.

Wide receiver Emeka Egbuka shared his excitement for what God is doing. “We were praying for years and years for an event like this, and we were praying with expectation — we serve a miracle-working God,” he said. “So, we definitely had an expectation when it came out, but God did increasingly and abundantly more than what we thought. So, we’re just so blessed and thankful.”   Ohio State offensive lineman Luke Montgomery also recently used his platform to tell reporters about Jesus. “I never didn’t trust the Lord’s will and His path for me, if that makes any sense,” the sophomore athlete told reporters during a press conference “When I got here, I was blessed with the opportunity to have Scripture-based Bible studies with … guys that are moving on to the next part of their journey.” As he steps into this new season, Montgomery said the responsibility of making faith central to what he and his teammates do has fallen to him and his other Christian peers. “It’s the Lord’s way; it’s not mine,” he said. “Things go His way, and you’ve just got to trust in His plan.”

Source: CBNNews

THE TRUTH ABOUT THE OLYMPICS: ITS ORIGINS AND ITS PAGAN GODS

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In this prophetic message, Jonathan Cahn reveals the mystery behind the Olympian blasphemy, the stunning revelation of the gods, and what Biblical prophecy tells us will unfold in the future.

The Paris Olympic opening ceremony “is a sign of the spirit of the age” and a stark reminder of Romans 1:24-25, which says: “Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever!“

The blasphemous depiction of drag queens mimicking the Last Supper was a bold statement by the Olympic producers, in collaboration with Euro Globalists, signaling their intent to reshape the world in their distorted image. This act symbolically declares that the new world order they envision seeks to systematically dismantle the Judeo-Christian values that have underpinned Western civilization for over a millennium. This strategic move highlights their agenda to overturn the moral and cultural foundations that have shaped Europe and the Western nations for centuries.

With Biblical prophesied end times events unfolding rapidly, it is vital that we consecrate our lives afresh to Jesus, our Creator, Savior, and Lord.

THE COMING MILLENNIAL KINGDOM WHEN JESUS WILL RULE THE NATIONS

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Australia’s Federal Parliament opens with prayer but God is then excluded from any discussion. It is time to put God back in His rightful place as sovereign over His Cosmos. Sadly, that will not happen until Jesus returns to restore righteousness. Fortunately, God has given us incredible detail on the last seven years before Jesus returns to Earth to rule and reign the nations from a new Jerusalem. When this happens the nation God established for His purposes, Israel will finally fulfill its destiny. The miracle of Israel being reborn as a nation in 1948 was the first and the major Biblical end-times prophecy fulfilled.

The purpose of the thousand-year reign is to allow for the fulfillment of the promises God made with Jesus, Israel, the Saints, and His Creation to vindicate His Holy name.

“Thus says the Lord God: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations to which you came. And I will vindicate the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, and which you have profaned among them. And the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Lord God, when through you I vindicate my holiness before their eyes.“ Ezekiel 36:22-24

“So, when they (disciples) had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.” Acts 1:6–7

This verse clearly indicates that Jesus is yet to come and restore the Kingdom to Israel. The Millennium is the prophetic climax of God’s overarching redemptive agenda. His completed promises to Israel, found in the unconditional covenants, will be on full display before a world of believers and unbelievers alike.

Soon after the birth of the Body of Christ at Pentecost (Acts 2), Peter spoke these words to his fellow Jews from Solomon’s Portico

“Repent, therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus, whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago.” Acts 3:10-21

“But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then at His coming those who belong to Christ. Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father after destroying every rule and every authority and power. For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.” 1 Corinthians 15:23-25

The Messiah must reign over his kingdom until he has defeated all his enemies. Once this is accomplished only then will this Earth be destroyed by fire. The second resurrection and the White Throne judgement follow. John then sees a new heaven and a new earth where only the righteous dwell. Jesus hands over the kingdom to the Father. When the Kingdom of God is handed over to the Father, it will be free of sin and death, identifying it as the Eternal State (Revelation 21:4, 8).

“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away… And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,” Revelation 21:1-2

THE FUTURE WITH AGI AND THE MARK OF THE BEAST

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AI is improving at an exponential rate. And we’re quickly reaching a tipping point where the future will look nothing like the past. This point is known as artificial general intelligence (AGI). It is the top level of artificial intelligence. Some even call it humanity’s final invention.

Artificial general intelligence refers to AI that can mimic human cognitive abilities. To put it simply, AI is becoming smarter than the smartest human.

There are already some  signs of what AGI will look like. Last month, OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, claimed that its most advanced AI models are now bordering on the second of five levels of “Super AI.” Many people can no longer tell the difference between AI chatbots and human-generated text responses. 

AI will turbocharge the robotics trend. Last week, OpenAI-backed robotics startup Figure AI released a two-minute video of its humanoid robots completing tasks at a BMW plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina (see video below). These machines are now capable of learning from their mistakes and, unlike their robotic arm predecessors, are designed to move in spaces made for humans. That allows them to take on directly competing roles. 

Back in January, Elon Musk’s Neuralink company implanted the first N1 device in the brain of a quadriplegic patient… and it worked. The patient could play chess online and browse the internet with only his mind.

Now, one of Musk’s R1 robots has successfully implanted one of Neuralink’s N1 chips in the brain of a second paraplegic patient. According to Neuralink, the N1 interprets neural activity and makes it available for computers. Then, the person can control external devices with their mind, alone. Musk and his team of researchers and engineers call this “electrophysiological recording.”

According to Musk, Neuralink initially aims to restore mobility in paralyzed people, with subsequent goals of restoring sight to the blind and hearing to the deaf. In short, the N1 device could benefit millions of people with miracle-like cures. If things go as Musk’s team predicts, the paralyzed will walk, the blind will see, and the deaf will hear.

Musk does not know that we are fast approaching the time when the Antichrist and the False Prophet force everybody to take the Mark of the Beast on their right hand or forehead. Could Musk’s Neuralink technology play a role in implementing the Mark of the Beast?

“Also it (False Prophet) causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name.” Revelation 13:16-17

Church time is short: let us make sure we are in step with the Holy Spirit. He will direct our steps if we allow Him. Like Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, we need to say not my will but yours be done this day and every day until Jesus returns.

“Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.” Luke 22:42

CANCEL CULTURE RAMPANT IN AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES

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Campus Cancel Culture: There is no such thing as academic freedom and free speech on campus if activists can weaponise a university’s complaints-handling process to harass scholars and students they disagree with. Joanna Howe experienced this first-hand as a law professor at the University of Adelaide She was subject to five investigations in two years. These investigations have been of varying degrees of severity, formality, and length. But they have all been motivated by complaints from individuals who disagree with the substance of her research and advocacy critiquing abortion up to birth.

Professor Joanna Howe reported in The Australian on August 24th, 2024 “I won my legal fight. But there is a wider battle being waged against academic freedom”

“One complaint was from a pro-abortion colleague complaining that my research critiquing abortion was religiously motivated thus bringing down the reputation of the Adelaide Law School. Never mind the fact that I’d never once used religion as the basis for my argument critiquing laws that facilitate abortion up to birth!

Another complaint was from an activist member of the public alleging that my video on the tragic death of Jessica Jane was misleading. Jessica was a baby girl who was unexpectedly born alive after an abortion and left to die on a metal kidney dish for 80 minutes in an empty room. Although my boss acknowledged my video was uncomfortable to watch, she confirmed the accuracy of its contents and its consistency with the coronial report. University of Adelaide Professor of Law Dr Joanna Howe says activists are “seeking to cause trouble” for her at work as a result of sharing her academic research on abortion.

Yet another complaint came in via an email from Western Australian Labor MP Peter Foster to the vice-chancellor. Foster’s problem? Apparently, I’d been traversing the halls of WA parliament spruiking a research report that purported to be the views of the university. It’s a pity Foster didn’t bother to read the report’s first footnote, which made it patently clear the views therein were the author’s alone.

Just before Christmas another investigation was initiated: this one prompted by an avalanche of complaints by TikTok activists claiming I had misrepresented facts on abortion and that I shamed women who got abortions. I had done no such thing but that investigation hung over my head, like a cloud, all through the summer holidays.

Finally on January 24, less than two hours after I’d received an email clearing me of the fourth investigation, I received another email, from a different department of the university, opening a new investigation into research misconduct. This one alleged plagiarism and misrepresentation of facts and was prompted by a complaint from a pro-abortion activist with a TikTok account dedicated to attacking me.

This investigation was by far the most serious of those I had endured. It was formal, dragged out over months, and an independent investigator was appointed. When the investigator’s report cleared me of any potential breach of the Australian Code for Responsible Research, I breathed a sigh of relief, assuming it was over.

But the university had other ideas, imposing “corrective actions”: a mandatory requirement that I complete an anti-bias course within 30 days and ordering me to have a formal discussion with my line manager about my research.

Making things 100 times worse, the university then wrote a letter to the TikTok troll, failing to mention that I had been cleared of any breach of the Australian Code for Responsible Research. Instead, the university threw me under the bus; writing to the toll that corrective actions had been imposed.

Predictably, the TikTok troll released the letter online and a torrent of online abuse ensued. I was accused by all and sundry of being guilty of plagiarism and misrepresentation of facts, and that the university had ordered me to unpublish my research. Of course, none of this was true but the university’s own letter had made it seem like it might be.

I appealed three times to senior management and pointed out that the university was in breach of its own policies by imposing these corrective actions on me. My appeals were rejected out of hand and no reasons were given.

The 30 days passed and I refused to submit to the corrective actions. Instead, I fought back, taking my case to the Fair Work Commission asking for an urgent resolution to the dispute.

The university caved during conciliation and I won my case. The corrective actions were removed and a process has now been agreed to that will protect my academic freedom.

This is a significant victory for my academic freedom but this saga has exposed how dangerous it is for academics who dare take on controversial research.

I have written to Universities Australia chair David Lloyd, demanding that a new process be adopted across the higher education sector to address the problem of vexatious and bad faith complaints.

Although Australian universities protect academic freedom and freedom of speech in enterprise bargaining agreements, and through specific policies and procedures, the interaction of these protections with other policies and procedures of universities can result in academic freedom being undermined or circumvented altogether.

I am requesting that Universities Australia introduce a new, sector-wide requirement to mandatorily dismiss complaints that are made vexatiously or in bad faith. I am also requesting that universities only investigate complaints about the conduct of research if they are made by a person who is a member of the academic staff of the university, a person of good standing in Australia’s academic research community, or a person directly affected by the alleged misconduct.

In short, this reform ensures that trolls and activists cannot weaponize university complaint mechanisms against people they disagree with.

The rise of cancel culture, increasing political polarisation and the pressure to protect students from uncomfortable ideas they deem offensive have the potential to seriously erode academic freedom and freedom of speech in our universities.

I know this first-hand and I’ve won my legal fight. But this battle is bigger than me and we need institutional-wide reform to ensure the robust protection of academic freedom and free speech for scholars and students on campus.

This is just another end-times sign that Jesus warned Christians will endure in the time before He returns to restore righteousness and usher in His Millennial Kingdom. Go to http://www.millennialkingdom.net for information on the thousand-year reign that is next on God’s agenda for planet Earth.