Russia’s military launched a stepped up offensive in eastern Ukraine’s disputed Donbas region.
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NIV Bible. Psalm 94:1-23
[1]The Lord is a God who avenges.
O God who avenges, shine forth.
[2]Rise up, Judge of the earth;
pay back to the proud what they deserve.
[3]How long, Lord, will the wicked,
how long will the wicked be jubilant?
[4]They pour out arrogant words;
all the evildoers are full of boasting.
[5]They crush your people, Lord;
they oppress your inheritance.
[6]They slay the widow and the foreigner;
they murder the fatherless.
[7]They say, “The Lord does not see;
the God of Jacob takes no notice.”
[8]Take notice, you senseless ones among the people;
you fools, when will you become wise?
[9]Does he who fashioned the ear not hear?
Does he who formed the eye not see?
[10]Does he who disciplines nations not punish?
Does he who teaches mankind lack knowledge?
[11]The Lord knows all human plans;
he knows that they are futile.
[12]Blessed is the one you discipline, Lord,
the one you teach from your law;
[13]you grant them relief from days of trouble,
till a pit is dug for the wicked.
[14]For the Lord will not reject his people;
he will never forsake his inheritance.
[15]Judgment will again be founded on righteousness,
and all the upright in heart will follow it.
[16]Who will rise up for me against the wicked?
Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?
[17]Unless the Lord had given me help,
I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.
[18]When I said, “My foot is slipping,”
your unfailing love, Lord, supported me.
[19]When anxiety was great within me,
your consolation brought me joy.
[20]Can a corrupt throne be allied with you—
a throne that brings on misery by its decrees?
[21]The wicked band together against the righteous
and condemn the innocent to death.
[22]But the Lord has become my fortress,
and my God the rock in whom I take refuge.
[23]He will repay them for their sins
and destroy them for their wickedness;
the Lord our God will destroy them.
Living in a different period of time, doesn't necessarily mean that evil is done and gone, and gut-wrenching image like this, tells us exactly that.
Using the afore-mentioned Biblical excerpt as a relevant template to make a plea to The Most High on behalf of the Ukrainian people, we will substitute the oppressed by Ukraine, and the oppressor as Russia.
This Psalm was written to mourn the evilness by which a certain individual has been plagued, and in the midst of it all, he has made a request for help to the creator, meaning God Almighty, to intervene and give to the assailants their dues.
No one can accuse the servant of hatred, since he didn't just say stuffs for the sake of saying stuffs, he was instead complaining to God the wickedness he's been bombarded with, and was asking God to fight back for him.
A bouquet of roses wouldn't be able to derail the enemy's plan to destroy him, but a meaningful retaliation from God Almighty would certainly do the Job, and that was what he has asked God for.
Now, this prayer 🙏of his would not have been made if he didn't get attacked unfairly, what kind of logic can anyone be based to qualify his prayer as devilish?
You can't be a cold-blooded assassin, and pretend to be afraid of blood, it makes absolutely no sense.
And since the forgiveness of God is readily available to anyone regardless of what they do, why should they hesitate to accomplish their wicked desires as they wish?
And that's the trap that comes along with the philosophy of the so-called messiah, telling you you can do anything, and forgiveness from God, if only you confess your sins before God.
Now anyone who nourishes the desire to create troubles, finds all of the leniency available to him/her to do so.
What if they knew they should restrain themselves not to cross their lines, or else the furnace of Hell will come down on them?
Would they ever take the chance to do anything out of the lines?
I guess not.
It's quite a joke for someone who deliberately chooses to commit any agrevious crime, something he/she knows that God doesn't approve of, provided that individual confesses to God, and that's it?
So, they kill 20 innocent people today, and confess, they obtain forgiveness.
The next day, they went out, and do the very same exact thing, they confess again, and keep pushing.
What will ever stop them from hammering others who can't retaliate equally to their onslaught?
They will bury them alive with flying colors, and nonstop, given their appetite to kill.
And God must just sit on the fence, and let you have your way?
If God were to do that, what will deter any cold-blooded criminal from doing the exact same thing, knowing God doesn't care?
Nope, it just can't be this way.
The well-being of us all must be equally valued in the eyes of our creator, and letting you dismantle the feeble who can't retaliate against your extreme arrogance, and savagery, would be an abandonment of duty on God's part.
That's why your continuing downfall shall be equally matched to your barbarism in Ukraine, until you either be defeated, or you leave voluntarily.
Whatever you do, will be what you get until you stop.
Not my wishful thinking, but the position of The Most High on this.
Leave Ukraine early as possible, or meet with the wrath of God.
Pau
May be it's time to send one big to the Kremlin
Just wondering how our governments throw taxpayers money down the drain,,
My hero is ZELENSKYY!!! Ukraine is near the size of texas and russia has dam near the largest landmass on earth. No doubt pootn is embarrassed not being able to easily take ukraine. LETS GO ZELENSKYY AND THE WESTTTT!
Is the world now convinced that Putin and his generals are murderers? liars? terrorists? are not fit to be leaders of any nation?
While it's true that the only Americans publicly supporting Putin's war are Republicans, there are way too many pro-Putin comments here to all be from domestic enemies of the United States. What we are seeing here is spam from Russian trolls trying to kiss Putin's butt. Everybody in the real world of facts has noticed that Putin is solely targeting civilians, and we've all seen that the Russian army is incompetent and poorly trained. I know there are many good people in Russia, but their government and military are abject cowards.
Eso es maldad.destruccion coruotos.ukrania
VLADIMIR PUTIN MY COMRADE 🇷🇺 🇷🇺🇷🇺
How anyone could be cheering for Russia. 😔
A lack of humanity.
That of not to say, all Russian people are, but this is just not right.
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Putin is a scumbag that needs to be arrested for thousands of documented war crimes.
ABC News do something about these Ruzzian bots
Putler is trying everything he can. commiting war crimes, playing with energy supply every week to affect energy prices flux.
If world hunger is in such a crisis why won't the UN and NATO put forces in Odessa and the Black Sea to protect the ships and ports? Once Finland had assurances NATO will protect it, Putin quickly forgot about the whole ''NATO Threat'' thing didn't he?
I always pray to Lord Jesus Christ every day for peace negotiations..and talking to each other looking for a peaceful solution.. Lord Jesus Christ the true and living LORD..who died on the cross to atone for sins and rose again on the 3rd day…owner of eternal life or heaven (a very beautiful heaven with Jesus ) and creator of heaven and earth,,,, really hate nuclear weapons …… ,,because……,
, Lord Jesus Christ the true and living Lord..who died on the cross to atone for sins and rose again on the 3rd day… owner of eternal life or heaven (a very beautiful heaven with Jesus ) and creator of heaven and earth… really hate nuclear weapons..because nuclear weapons is a big sin.. big sins is the eternal fire of hellfire..nuclear weapons are a big sin.. big sins is the eternal fire of hellfire..ballistic missiles and hypersonic missiles are big sins….
I always pray to Lord Jesus Christ every day for peace negotiations..and talking to each other looking for a peaceful solution.. Lord Jesus Christ the true and living LORD..who died on the cross to atone for sins and rose again on the 3rd day…owner of eternal life or heaven (a very beautiful heaven with Jesus ) and creator of heaven and earth,,,, really hate nuclear weapons …… ,,because……,
, Lord Jesus Christ the true and living Lord..who died on the cross to atone for sins and rose again on the 3rd day… owner of eternal life or heaven (a very beautiful heaven with Jesus ) and creator of heaven and earth… really hate nuclear weapons..because nuclear weapons is a big sin.. big sins is the eternal fire of hellfire..nuclear weapons are a big sin.. big sins is the eternal fire of hellfire..ballistic missiles and hypersonic missiles are big sins…
Surrender US aided Ukraine. Ukrainians in Ukraine are losers and Losers cannot be choosers. EU Contact UN and force Ukraine to stop war and force Ukrainian's to stop all fighting.
Declare and go past, No man's land borders and vacate land.
Who knows what everybody's lives have store for them. Sorry, you aren't right. Life is priority.Surrender to Russian army, US aided Ukraine. Ukrainians in Ukraine is a loser and Losers cannot be choosers. You and zelensky, go to EU madam. Land is baggage, leave. Land is stage trap, love is not. Loved ones can be free,relocate elsewhere and live happily. Don't show us your food scare, scat off. War aid is jealousy, killing oneself. Surrender US aided Ukraine. Ukrainians in Ukrainian's are all losers and Losers cannot be choosers. You can forget all, Evacuate and change citizenship, relocate. Your lives can be of other uses.
Let all Ukrainian's invaded, become happy refugees forever to save own lives first and never go back to Ukraine, what are you tourists? Get out and don't go back to Ukraine ever again.
Come, you want war? Reduce your Ukraine size in your head and on ground. No don't fight.
This is THE problem.
Get out of Ukraine, dumb inciter Zelensky!
This wouldn't happen under Trump
There are no acts of terror in a conflict.Himars is terrorism also.
Ja they use civilian infrastructure to hide military equipment. When thats discovered and bombed, then they cry foul.
Europe didn’t do anything in 2014 to help and aren’t doing anything in 2022. America needs to stop wasting taxpayer dollars on Ukraine.
Why are people fighting in Ukraine when Putin is in Russia? RAISE PUTIN BOUNTY & STOP THE WAR.
Why do Americans shoot 44 other Americans each day? PUT THE GUNS DOWN.
Why hasn't Trump been charged with treason yet? JAIL TRUMP.
Why do Americans ignore 1,052,935 Covid deaths? WEAR MASKS & VACCINATE.
So Russia wants the area so they destroy the area….
So Russia wants the area so they destroy the area….
You can't trust Russia even if they signed an agreement🙄….. Vladimir Putin is a Monster simple as that.
Also stop believing that Russia's word means anything🙄…..
Why haven't they taken out Putin and be done with this Senseless War
Go Russia 🇷🇺
Let's go 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺👏👏👏
Allied forces of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, supported by the Russian Armed Forces, have taken control of the territory of the Uglegorsk thermal power plant in Svetlodarsk. A mop-up operation is underway. The power plant is huge, it is twice the size of the Starobeshevo thermal power plant. One of the largest power plants in Europe. Forces of the Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics (LPR and DPR) and Russian troops have gained control of the settlement of Novoluganskoye in the DPR. Units of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) are ready to take control of the republic's territory by the end of August.
Do not trust MSM. Russia is steadily advancing.