into the morning.” “The LORD,” Jesus Christ, “is his name”! (Amos 5:8).

“Saith the Lord GOD, I will darken the earth in the clear day” (Amos 8:9 KJV). On Day 4 of Creation week, “God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, the lesser light to rule the night. He made the stars also”. On April 8th this “Great God”, “who ruleth over all”, will darken the sun and moon over Arkansas (Gen 1:1419; Psa 95:3-6; 103:19). They will preach a sermon. All will “hear their voice” of “truth” as “the heavens declare the glory of God”, “show His handywork”, and “manifest” “His eternal power and Godhead” by which “all things were created and consist” (Psa 19:1-4; Rom 1:18-20; 1 John 5:7; Col 1:12-20). This total eclipse “shows forth God’s righteousness” and only way of “salvation” through Jesus Christ. Our sin comes between us and the thrice-holy God, who “is Light”, casting “darkness and the shadow of death” upon us. “The soul that sinneth shall die” (Job 10:21; Psa 71:15; Ezek 18:4; John 6:23; 1 John 1:5-10). On the “bloody” cross God “made Christ sin for us who knew no sin”. Then our sin came between God the Father and His “beloved Son”, “Christ Jesus”, “the “one mediator between God and men”. The “darkness” of Hell was upon Him for three hours. “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” (2 Cor 5:20-21; Mat 3:17; 27:45-46; 1 Tim 2:5; Rev 1:5; 5:9). After three days Christ rose from the dead turning death and Hell’s “blackness of darkness for ever” into “everlasting life” and “light” for “believers” (John 3:16; Jude 13; Rev 21:23). “Seek him that maketh the stars”, “and maketh the day dark with night”, “and turneth the shadow of death

[Editor’s Note: So… should I pass the plate around now, or? But for real, I assume this was sent in recognition of the Easter season, so I’m glad to run it. Semi-related, we went to my gandson’s baptism (or christening, they’re Episcopalians, so I’m still figuring out what that means exactly…) and it was a nice little ceremony – as part of a two-hour Easter Saturday vigil service. Man, that was a lot of churching! As Baptists, we start giving the preacher dirty looks if we think the Methodists are going to beat us to Mi Pueblo, but the Episcopals, they’ve got a whole deal going on. Still, Christ died for my sins, so I guess I can give him a couple of hours of my time] Dear Editor, Just a brief note to clear up a bit of confusion about the big picture and where humanity is going in the long term: 1. It’s not Mars. 2. It’s not heaven. 3. It’s not the Matrix. In fact, (as it turns out), we really don’t need to go anywhere. We just need to fit in. The earth is our home, and it is so beautiful and complex, no human in a hundred lifetimes could ever want for more. So for now, if we settle down and focus on building a resilient and sustainable civilization, we should be good for at least a few million years. For those who are interested, there is a brief description of the elements needed to make any human civilization truly sustainable in the Aspen Proposal: www. aspenproposal.org. [Editor’s Note: That’s pretty deep, man. I’ll check out your website. I, for one, think we need to keep an eye on all this AI we’re seeing these days…]