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I understand this (& I could be wrong) to mean that not only did Christ have to die - He also had to rise from the dead. Without the Resurrection any preaching pertaining to Jesus is vain and the faith anyone would have in Jesus would also be vain. Jesus coming into the world, what He did prior to His Death and what happened after His Resurrection was all according to Prophecy - it all had to happen.

This was not a topic I wished to pursue during the Sabbath hours. So I saved it until Sunday Eve. One of my goals is to completely wean off internet and online activity on the Sabbath. I don't even like discussing current events with others during the Sabbath hours. It might be different if it was considered in light of end time events, but usually, even with church people, seems to be an emotional exercise of complaining. Even Sabbath school this past Sabbath was partially disrupted by current event emotional outbursts.

5 Important Facts About The American Flag_3 You may not know it, but today is National Flag Day. On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress in Philadelphia adopted the Stars and Stripes as the national flag of the United States. Here are 5 important facts that you need to know about Flag Day... It Was Never Proven That Betsy Ross Made the First American Flag Every schoolkid knows that Betsy Ross created the first American flag, right? Not necessarily. While images of Ross doggedly sewing away will always live on --some historians dispute that she did the actual sewing. The only records of Ross' involvement came from her own grandson in 1870, when he presented the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia with affidavits from his own family members as evidence. True or not, it is a revered story in the history of the country. A Student Designed The 50-State Flag For a Class Project A 17-year-old student designed the flag as it appears today. In anticipation of Alaska and Hawaii becoming states, Robert G. Heft created the 50-star flag as part of a history project (for which he received a B-) before submitting it to Congress for consideration. In August of 1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower chose Heft's design over 1,500 other applicants and informed him of the news over the phone. Heft's teacher later changed his grade to an A. Talk about sweet revenge A Flag Serves as a Sad Time Capsule in Gilligan's Island If you watch the original opening to Gilligan's Island, when it was filmed in black and white, look carefully at the background at about 22 seconds in. You'll see a flag that is at a lowered position -- it's not very big, but if you look carefully, you'll see it. According to a 1994 audio book co-authored by Russell Johnson, who played the Professor, this is because the show's pilot episode finished filming on Nov. 22, 1963 — the same day President Kennedy was assassinated. The U.S. Flag Was First Flown on the Moon in 1969. During the first mission to the moon by Apollo 11, astronaut Neil Armstrong implanted a five-foot by three-foot U.S. flag in the moon’s surface. Five additional flags were planted from later Apollo missions. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin reported that the original flag had been knocked over as a result of a rocket blast as he and Armstrong were departing the moon’s surface for their return trip to Earth. The Flag Was Nicknamed “Old Glory” by a Sea Captain While "Old Glory" is a very common nickname for the U.S. flag now, it was the name of one specific flag owned by a sea captain. Sea Captain William Driver, who was from Massachusetts, owned a 10- by 17-foot flag, which he named Old Glory; it's said to have survived the Civil War. The story behind the name is unclear, although historians think he came up with the name when thinking back on his career and the things he (and the flag) had seen. When the war was over, it was flown over the statehouse in Tennessee. Eventually, the nickname worked its way into the national mind as a name for the flag in general. It is considered an important artifact in the nation’s history and is housed at the Smithsonian Institution.

I wonder if it might be well to take a Sabbath break and to enjoy the blessings of Sabbath fellowship?

5 Things You Didn't Know About George Orwell's "1984" On June 8, 1949, George Orwell's novel of a dystopian future, 1984, was published. The book has become one of the most widely read and referred-to books in modern history. Here are 5 things you didn't know about George Orwell's 1984... It Nearly Wasn't Called Nineteen Eighty-Four In a letter to his literary agent, George Orwell wrote, "I have not definitely decided on the title. I am inclined to call it either Nineteen Eighty-Four or The Last Man in Europe, but I might just possibly think of something else in the next week or two." Before assigning his fearful prognostications to the year 1984, Orwell tried out 1980 and 1982. Orwell Himself Worked as a Propagandist Part of the impact of 1984 lay in its use of propaganda to cover up and obfuscate what was really happening outside the country. Orwell was particularly knowledgeable about propaganda as he himself had worked as a propagandist in WWII, creating content for Indian viewers to influence them to view the British and Allies in a positive light. Orwell even based the infamous Room 101, where people were tortured, on Room 101 in the BBC Broadcasting House. While people weren't tortured at the BBC, that was the place writers had to go to, to get their propaganda cleared for broadcast. He Was Under Government Surveillance Not only did Orwell work in propaganda and was able to use his knowledge in the book, but he was also under surveillance when he wrote 1984. Thanks to a research trip in 1936 that included a stay at an apartment "arranged by the local Communist party," the government put Orwell on a special watch list. He was kept under tight surveillance for more than 12 years. An Italian Translation Exists Where The Clocks Strike "Uno" Instead Of Thirteen. The book opens with the novel's infamous first line—"It was a bright, cold day in April and the clocks were striking thirteen". The clock striking thirteen was meant to immediately signal that something was off in this fictional world. However, an Italian translation seemed to have misunderstood the point of the first line. An unnamed translator believed it to be a typo and altered the sentence to read, "…and the clocks were striking one", unaware that Orwell had intentionally included an hour not present on analog clocks. An Asteroid Discovered in 1984 Was Named After Orwell. On July 31, 1984, astronomer Antonin Mrkos discovered an asteroid at the Czech observatory in Klet. As befitting a small rocky body hurtling through space and identified by humans in the year 1984, it was designated 11020 Orwell.