and oh yea; i've often wondered why the 1st 2 of the 10 commandments were as such:

1- thou shalt have no other gods before me
2- thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them... *etc, etc*

but no more.

it is because it is one thing to worship other gods other than God himself. but even then, we must NOT set up any image, in any sort of fashion or form, and worship them, even if they are revered people/saints/angels in god's kingdom.

we must NOT pray to the saints, expecting them to intercede to god on our behalf.
we must NOT pray to the virgin mary, that she might interact w/god for us.

the only person we can come to is jesus, and that is on no coincidence that he was god incarnate, or basically God himself. (on top of many other reasons, like having come in sinful flesh, being our eternal high priest)

why was the old testament established if it was shown to not work? because it was created to show our need for a savior. romans points this out perfectly. would we know we were guilty of coveting if there was not a perfect law which stated in plain english, "do not covet?" but through this law, we find not salvation, but the need of a saviour. and from that saviour, we find salvation.

mvc2: far c.roundhouse w/jill; if they roll, cancel into short zombie for a free combo. if they don't, c.short(otg)-> c.fierce, blah blah

in corner: c.fierce/\ sj.fierce xx fierce rush xx rushing super.

any char w/fly: fast fly is when you fly and immediately press a direction and an attack. the attack comes out much quicker

vf4evo sarah's triple dc combo is t3h 0wn@g3

thomas nelson bibles sell the smallest kjv bible i've ever seen; it's like 3 in by 4 in, 1 cm thick. too bad i only saw one copy @barnes n noble, and it was red, not black. haven't seen them at bereans yet.

i really can't begin to study more about the kjv vs modern bible research til the books come in the mail, so i'm kinda stagnant right now; just have a lot of good accusations and arguments that i've pulled up from the internet as of right now. guess i could write them all down though.

hebrews uses the word "testament" to describe jesus' addition to his people in the bible. a testament is essentially the will of a person. think of it this way; the bible really is the will of the lord jesus christ. now, the person who writes that will is free, as long as he lives, to change, add and subtract to it as he likes, but once he dies, it becomes etched in stone. that is why jesus had the sole ability and privilege to add the new testament to the old testament; he wrote the old testament. here's some verses you can look at to ponder.

Hebrews 7:22: By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
Hebrews 8:6-7: But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
Hebrews 8:13: In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
Hebrews 9:13-18: For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.

and i want to take the oppurtunity to explain something about the kjv; you may notice that as you read the kjv, there's words randomly placed in italics. why is this? that is because while the editors for the kjv attempted to used word-for-word translation to accurately translate the bible from hebrew and greek to english, a 100% word-for-word translation was not possible. hence, words that were added in order to ensure that the passages would read fluently are marked with italics! isn't that amazing? that they would have the honesty to show which words they added to the bible! because we know that the scriptures at the very end of revelations condemn the people who add or subtract words to the bible. so, by this, we can judge whether or not these people honestly took away the original meaning of the bible. think about it. if everything i've found out about the modern bibles and their corruptness is true, then who knows how many verses they changed!

i was bored, so instead of playing tekken 3 at the mu, recently, i created a new character for "showtime: nba on nbc" at the mu; he's named "jrich" :D that's cause the game was based on the year 2000 i believe. warriors have starks, marshall, bogues. they do however, have DAMP!

i have to work up the wins in order to get enough attributes to distribute so he's REALLY like jrich. right now, he's not even jrich's build and height.

so if you ever wanna use jrich @the mu: jrich, then "end" and pin number's 23, then two "squares."

cpu ai's retarded though; guys who shouldn't nail 3s do like clockwork, like damp and joe smith. guys who shouldn't be able to block your shot do it like clockwork like nash.

but i play defense, so it's an equalizer; the stats show that i'm like 5th at the arcade in top defenses(~55 pts allowed/game). although the cpu pisses me off; really. even my own teammate pisses me off, cause he's not going for the rebounds like he's ben wallace when i miss my 3s and 2s.

my room's so messy, it irks me, but i'm so lazy... i'll do it this weekend.

hebrews and revelation are fast becoming my favorite books of the bible.

i own a rediculous amount of rubber bracelets and wwjd woven bracelets combined... well, it's growing... 5... but i never wear more than 1 on each hand... heh... most ppl care only about what they're wearing... i wonder about switching up my bracelets... cause if you've ever seen ppl wear more than 2 bracelet on each hand, it looks stupid. heck, i think you shouldn't wear more than 1.

he who has eyes, let him see...
he who has ears, let him hear...

oh the dilemma...
struggle in vain against the forces of darkness that strive to put the final antichrist on the throne, knowing you're simply signing your own death warrant, given that revelations and daniel both state they WILL come to pass...
or do nothing, and become the watchman described in the bible whom jesus states will demand an accounting for...

i only pray that i may develop the courage to stand up for what i believe in...

vf4 evo is the best fighting game i've ever played; i'll glad i found out that it only cost ten dollars at best buy. they even make the training mode so detailed that you can learn the basics of the game from that alone; no other fighting game on console has that feature. i've always loved the vf series. probably try to learn akira, sarah, lau, jeff, then maybe brad or goh, somebody new. and i should get a joystick.

i just gotta make sure i set the kitchen timer everytime i play, or i could go overboard.

k, i should explain the bible research thing i did a post ago...

God is called "Holy One" or "Holy One of Israel," and rightfully so. he is referenced so much in the bible as such.

however, if you did a search for the words "Holy One of God," only two places will this pop up in the kjv: mark 1:24, and luke 4:34; both are spoken by a demon-possessed man. in both cases, when the demon says such words, jesus' response is to rebuke them, tell them to shut up and then to come out of him. now, it is important to realize that demons ALSO called him the son of God, but when Jesus rebukes them there, it is because he doesn't want them to reveal the truth to the common hebrew man, lest they not crucify him. remember this distinctiveness. when jesus casts out the demons calling him the "holy one of god," it is because they are speaking blasphemy.

now, try searching for the words "christ, the son of the living god," matthew 16:16 and john 6:69 pop up. this is when jesus asks peter what jesus is. jesus' response is to bless him, b/c it was revealed to him not by man's thinking, but by God. therefore it must be truth. and indeed it is true; 1st john 4:2 shows that every spirit that confesses that Jesus has come in the flesh is from God.

the NIV bible's john 6:69 calls Jesus the "Holy One of God." again, let's think a little bit; no where else in the bible is some being along the allegiance of good call god "holy one of god."

common modern day bible scholars refute these arguments by pointing to other places in the kjv where it doesn't refer to jesus but instead says something like "he." and i'm still looking into that. but if the kjv bible is not speaking of a flat-out blasphemy like the john 6:69 example, i don't see any reason why those arguments should be acceptable.

but i think the strongest argument for the kjv bible may be the agreement with geocentricity as opposed to heliocentricity; i'll look into that later.