The Hope for Jerusalem - an atomsoundmedia flik (vlog03)

My wife woke up one morning and during her prayer (for me - she's so awesome!), she felt like the King of the Universe was prompting her to look online for movie contests. The Lifeway.com contest came up first in her Google. And this movie resulted. That was only 2 days before the close of the contest so I did this little guy in a day and a half.

[This is a retroactive posting. I originally submitted this video to an online posting site sponsored by lifeway.com and emedialink.com in November of 2004]

Hope for Jerusalem - an Atomsound Flik

Mechanisms of Love

Question: Why does humanity struggle with evil and will evil ever be eradicated?

Answer: First the natural, then the spiritual ...

Answer (Natural): I believe child abuse is at the center of the answer.

We struggle with darkness in ourselves... because of some unfulfilled soul-hole or life-requirement.

These life-pieces are attainable by various means but usually are first fulfilled by parents. Parents, then, have the opportunity to fail in this human requirement... and we do fail.

Our failures, as parents, stem from our traumatic or deficient experiences as children.

And whoever takes the role of mentor in the life of a young mind can also traumatize a child or omit needed affection, physical, emotional, mental and spiritual

physical - in terms of the sharing and training in coordination and athleticism as well as the sharing of and training in physical, non-sexual love.

emotional - as the brain is prepared to activate muscles for movement, so is the brain and heart trained to understand (by positive experiences) and maintain healthy expressions of love. We must "gaurd our hearts for from it flow the issues of life."

mental - the ability to concur using logic ... to devote a process of thought to a problem and arrive at an amiable answer ... so necessary and so neglected by many.

spiritual - love is ultimately spiritual and responsibility to care well is wholly granted by the same One who gives us all the above.

Answer (spiritual): I believe we neglect our most fulfilling and completing life-search, the search for God ... the One God, Yaweh.

We must exhibit and speak to our children concerning the utmost important aspect of love -

God gives us the ability to love when we have none to give.

One of the most neglectful things that can be perpetrated by us as parents is neglecting guide our children concerning their perception and responsiveness to the Creator of the Universe. World Views vary as widely as there are individuals on the planet. And that doesn't change when children are trained to perceive and worship God as well as to serve humanity in the Spirit of the Most High. Variations in perception and service will continue to fragment and kaleidoscope ...

througout all time.

But it must be taught that He is the Source of all love... even when we have none. For that is the most important building block of all felt purpose. And the Person of that Love must be exhibited highly - Yeshua Himself said -

"14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: 15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God."

And "Messiah loved us and gave His life for us while we were yet sinners." and "We love because He first loved us."

God is not just the "factory worker" who spits out one human with perfect freewill and goes on to the next. God, the One Maker of everything seen and unseen, is ultimately concerned with the eternal working of the mechanism of love in each of us.

"Simon Peter, do you love Me?" was Yeshua's primary concern with Peter... and it is with us also.

And if Yeshua really did make the universe at the side of His Father (Proverbs 8:20-36), then what would we be as humans if we never asked the questions concerning His way?

So the ability to train a child to ask that question herself is, itself, a divine skill... and the God of Wisdom loves to grant it to those parents...

who will ask for it.

Question, then, again: Will evil ever be eradicated?

Answer: Yes.

If it were "No," there would never again be hope for smiling and the sharing of unhindered love.

And we can be so fatal in our wounded and traumatized, confused and crushed emotional states, that we wonder if evil will prevail. This author has been to the depths of despair so many times that it has become a familiar plunge - although now the heart of darkness is only plumbed some special - hurting - loved one could be rescued by my identification with that darkness.

But it is Yes.

And we all feel that "Yes" as a glimpse of hope in our hearts

or we would not continue to remember how ...

to share with another an innocent and unmerited ...

childlike and free ...

smile.

And this is the key to understanding God, the God of good who punishes evil ...

He will do EVERYTHING to secure unhindered love amongst humans - humans who will always have freewill.

We will live in a world unhindered by the myriad of traumas caused by evil-doing ...

and we will live in a world unhindered by the selfish and relentless ommissions of love in our families... when love was supposed to be first.

16 Whoever asks for a blessing in the land will be blessed by the God of Truth. Whoever swears an oath in the land will swear by the God of Truth. Past troubles are forgotten. They are hidden from my eyes.17 I will create a new heaven and a new earth. Past things will not be remembered. They will not come to mind. 18 Be glad, and rejoice forever in what I'm going to create, because I'm going to create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people to be a joy. 19 I will rejoice about Jerusalem and be glad about my people. Screaming and crying will no longer be heard in the city. 20 There will no longer be an infant who lives for only a few days or an old man who doesn't live a long life. Whoever lives to be a hundred years old will be thought of as young. Whoever dies before he is a hundred years old will be cursed as a sinner. 21 They will build houses and live there. They will plant vineyards and eat fruit from them. 22 They will not build homes and have others live there. They will not plant and have others eat from it. My people will live as long as trees, and my chosen ones will enjoy what they've done. 23 They will never again work for nothing. They will never again give birth to children who die young, because they will be offspring blessed by the LORD. The LORD will bless their descendants as well. 24 Before they call, I will answer. While they're still speaking, I will hear. 25 Wolves and lambs will feed together, lions will eat straw like oxen, and dust will be food for snakes. "They will not hurt or destroy anyone anywhere on my holy mountain," says the LORD.

Turkey Day Thanks

So it's 5 am and I've been through all (what is it?) 800 tunes in the U2 box set on iTunes... ah, the memories. U2 really was a soundtrack for my life in the 80s and 90s. And still that guy, Bono (Paul), seems to be doing healthy things to our planet. And I'm glad for that - Matthew 5:16 style!

Reason I'm so excited (not cos of U2, altho that was pretty cool rippin through the iTunes store grabbing tiny audio snippets and experiencing an amazing amount of input in a small space of time - so it didn't take long, and I really only sampled about 40 of those 800) is cos I just spent some ROCKIN time with my buddy, then came home and worked on "Grand Entrance" (lyrics below) which I wrote last night (over 24 hours ago).

And today I was also able to finish ver. 0.2 of the website tomasound.net...

And today I was also SUPER blessed by my wife's AWESOME nesting - she set up the computer station downstairs, made the Thanksgiving blueberry dessert my Mom, the Betty, made for all my growing up years, and built a snowman with the chilluns... while I built my TOMASOUND.NET site (I'm actually rather proud of it, such as it is)! THANKS, SWEETYPIE!!! YOU SO ROCK!!!!

And today I was also able to congratulate my bro, Don (which I know about as well as I know ol' George W., these days... and that sucks... but, anyways, it was good to write him successfully), on his MOST AWESOME new online record store - selling mainly his own stuff - see waterdeep.com. I'm real proud of that guy! Thanks for him, God! (But keep him writing the beautiful music with his testimony of Jesus in tact! Don't let him get so 'relevant' that he can't find his own beautiful soul in the soup of it all!)

And today I was also blessed by my BESTEST friend in the whole wide world (after my wife, of course), Tom Celli, the SUPREMO guitarist-songwriter-wizkid!!! We jammed in his new studio and we DREAMED DREAMED DREAMED of lives being creative and being paid being that way.

I was able last Saturday to help him set up THIS STUDIO -



... including helping to cut that desk out - pretty, huh? (I'm proud of that desk!)

And today I was also able to contemplate the plight of Kansas City's mostly corralled black population and ask God for an answer to the poverty, drugs, violence, lack of self-respect/dignity they endure and feel that what I'm doing with songs like "Grand Entrance" could actually help... if I keep the music real and reach out to 'em with it.

So I'm thankful today... turkey day... for all that.

Here's where you can download that song (and some other stuff) and here're those lyrics.

Grand Entrance
(11-22-04 - thx Todd Ganovski's newest album, "Some trust in Chariots" and the Ezekiel 47 map which I've been studying and HEBREW LESSONS!)

This is the Grand Entrance
The prince of Peace has come
I see Him shining so...
like the sun - like the sun!

I see the Kingdom
finally coming down
Bright and Glorious Justice
Granted to the Lost and found

I see His bride at His side
She's standing glorious
Who is that grand woman?
She found her place amongst us!

She is the precious Bride
He poured forth from His side
Ripped from Him
like being ripped from Adam

She is His people in white!

Ding Dong the Witch is Dead... But Not Arafat's Hatred.

Ding Dong the Witch is dead! Which old witch? The wicked witch...

Arafat!

But then why does the world MOURN the passing of Arafat, the godfather of terrorism as if he were some ... Nobel Peace Prize winner? And, unfortunately, Arafat was not the only "wicked witch"... there are MANY more being conditioned by the "Society of Shahids (sucicide bombers)" which is the so-called "PALESTINIAN" in Israel.

And his wife isn't too sad. Suha Arafat's gettin 22 million a YEAR (how do you SPEND that much???) off the backs of the (truly) impoverished Arabs of the "Palestinian"-controlled areas in Israel!!! Her answer to a mere 2 million a year initial offer? "Pff!"

Funny... only 10 years ago we all referred to the JEWS as "Palestinians"!!! What's up with THAT?!!

Got this from an acquaintance of mine who lives in Hebron, Israel... a Jew among 500-1000 Jews who live amongst 10s of thousands of Arabs in a "Palestinian"-controlled area of Israel.

It does SO well explaining WHY the world hates Israel...

"Sinai, Sinah," as they say in Hebrew... or "The Hatred stems from Sinai" (where the Jews received the Commandments from God).

What’s it All About?
November 16, 2004

I recently got an email message from a reader called Mary. She was quite confused about all the hubbub with Arafat and asked me to try to clarify things for her. This was my response:


Dear Mary,

Thank you for writing. It is not at all surprising for you to be confused. Our own leaders in this country, and probably in the USA as well, are also quite confused. Either they don't know, or don't want to know the real issue. The issue is not and never was Arafat and the PLO, nor was it Afghanistan and the Al Quaida. There is a war going on but most do not have any idea what it is all about. Who is the enemy? Where is the enemy? How do you fight something if you don't know what it is that you are fighting?

Honestly and logically it makes absolutely no sense what so ever for world leaders to even notice the tiny, tiny state of Israel. Why then is this remote little fraction of a nation on the other side of the world a top priority item for the USA, England and the European nations? Are there no other problems to solve in the world other than that between Israel and the vast Arab empire which surrounds her? Why should anyone care what happens here?

The answer is to be found in the Bible. G-d created the world and planted Man in it. We are all His creations and he loves us all. He wants us all to live good and satisfying lives, but He knows that we are not perfect and quite capable of doing much damage to ourselves and all of our world. He chose the Jewish People to be a living example both of His existence, and as a model of how He wants us to behave. First of all the Jewish People must live up to our obligation to be that example, and then the nations will take note of our Blessings and seek to emulate us, thus elevating themselves to holiness as well.

G-d has always known that Mankind, in general, would try to reject the yoke of the Kingdom of Heaven. He created conditions which give all of us opportunities to go against our own nature and submit our will to that of our Creator. These opportunities are always there, but, unfortunately disregarded by most. If we fail to seize these opportunities, then conditions will be created which will give us no choice. Today, as predicted in the Bible, the nations of the world are beginning to gather together against the tiny Jewish State. It makes no sense. Israel has no gold or significant natural resources to entice anyone to attack her. So why is this happening? We all know that when world leaders talk about "peace in the Middle East" what they really mean is how can we get Israel to surrender to the Arabs. Why?

The reestablishment of Jewish sovereignty in the Land of Israel....as predicted in the Bible, and accomplished in spite of overwhelming obstacles, is testimony to the sovereignty of G-d in this world. If she can be destroyed, that would prove that there is no G-d and that nations control their own destiny. True freedom and independence can only be achieved by accepting the yoke of Heaven. Unfortunately most people seem to think that these values can only be achieved by rejecting the yoke of Heaven. Here is the answer to your question. The war that is being waged today is between those who believe in the Living G-d of Israel, and those who reject Him. Islam worships a different god and seeks to prove that Allah is greater than the True Living G-d of Creation. G-d has given the Islamic nations power and wealth which they have used to both bribe and threaten the great nations of the world. We are approaching redemption today, and as we get closer all of
the nations of the world are being tested. Will they yield to their base nature by following their eyes rather than their spiritual hearts? Will they bow down to threats when they see vast armies and unlimited wealth teamed against a minuscule nation? Will they side with an invisible G-d, or feel safer to side with the visible majority? This is what is going on today.

The Pope came to visit Israel and cast his lot with the PLO. The reason for this is because a Jewish sovereign state in the Land of Israel denies the claims of the papacy that Israel has been rejected by G-d and replaced by the Roman Catholic Church. If the PLO can replace Israel then maybe this claim can yet be redeemed. Fortunately there are a growing number of Christians who accept historical validation of Biblical prophesy in our time and openly accept the reality that the ancient Children of Israel, who were scattered among the nations of the world, are, indeed, the Jews who are now beginning to return home as predicted.

When Bush says that "there is no choice, the Holy Land must be divided", he has given in to political pressure and backed down upon his own Biblical convictions. This must be challenged by American Christians if the USA is to avoid self destruction. The key to redemption and the key to world peace lies in Jerusalem.

The biggest obstacle today is the refusal by Jewish leaders to accept this reality. By attempting to conduct Israeli affairs as if Israel was just another nation is to defy our obligation and our very reason for being. No Jewish leader should ever talk about "territorial concessions". It is not our right to concede that which was given to us by G-d, not as a gift, rather as a Divine obligation. To try to do so is to deny G-d and to bring His Wrath upon us. This is the real cause of Terror. . . not Arafat. It is we who created Arafat and it is we who have enabled our enemies to terrorize our country. Once we have a real Jewish leader who rules as a servant of G-d we will see a speedy and glorious redemption. Until then we will suffer from our own failures.

With Blessings from Hebron, Gary

Online Empires and Legacies.

"Your website is important because it's an online storefront that is serving and selling your vision to thousands of people worldwide 24 hours a day... and that's a good thing."

That came from a conversation with my Grandma Lynn today. We were scheming our day together and she helped me come up with that sales pitch for potential customers of my webslingin skills (meager, but getting better).

And that's what strikes me tonight (as I write this blog for the second time - closed the window while researching content... again. Argh!)...

...that my website is available (depending on how thoroughly I prepare it and advertise it) to people all the world 'round.

And that's just so freakin' cool!

The way I see it, we who are entrepreneurial in spirit are called to become increasingly self-aware. We must know what worldview makes us excited about life on this funked up planet and learn to repeat that vision to ourselves, to our families and friends... and... to the world. An entrepreneur is one who shares their worldview boldly and consistently.

My tomasound.net site, for instance... if I EVER get THAT vision off the ground (it makes me think of the Kitty Hawk flight... strung out over 30 years!), it's gonna be beautiful! I have music from 1984 through today in my collection of original songs... easily numbering into the few hundreds... 80 to 100 of which are complete children... ready for broadway ... or wallstreet (as the case may be).

But having the website isn't all that... unless it's connected with a deep sharing of inner faith and conscience - the quality product or service being connected wholesomely to that worldview you believe in... so completely and whole-heartedly that even the most skeptical of "buyers" might be convinced they need a taste of what you've got.

That's what makes AtomSound so unique. We share the truth about the nature of the atoms that constitute who we are in the universe! We explain the "cosmological constant" and the "strong nuclear force" that physicists have such problem with (the smart ones do, at least)! We tell you about the Holder of the atoms, Yeshua, King of the Jews. Yes, the One who "For our sake was crucified under Pontius Pilate; suffered death and was buried (and) on the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end!" Unlike the Nicene Creed, however, we believe that He was not "made man" and did not "become incarnate." But that the nature of God IS "very Man" as well as utterly, transcendently God - Maker and Redeemer of the Universe... the AtomHolder. The Son of God was forever, is now and forever shall be, the Son of Man... fully God and fully Man. Ask a Rabbi about the appearances of Messiah throughout the scriptures (our "Old Testament") - it'll take him a week to show you all of them... and that's because Yeshua is the same yesterday, today and forever!

So anyways, my desire is to build tomasound.net as an example for a book I'm writing called, How to Build Your Online Business Empire. The loftiness of the title outdoes me, true. But I'm letting the writing of it teach me to do the same. That way I can't lose...

And, if I can pull it all off - Grace of the AtomHolder, be with me! - it's gonna be one nebulae of a legacy for my children!

Voting for Honest Media Coverage

This is a day for voting for a "king," I told my 5 year old... "all the people get together and give their vote to choose the next 'king' or 'president' of our country. And my wife and I, with our 5 year old, prayed together that God would help we Americans to make the right choice... even if it goes against our grain.

We asked that whoever is elected into the various offices would respect the right to life for unborn people, honor the sanctity of marriage - the kind that embraces procreation, and would fight the war against Jihad.

Michael Moore (Fahrenhype 911), of course, would tell you "there is no war on terror." How wrong he is. Wake up, Michael!

World media can and should make an alliance with their governments for protection and then they should TELL THE TRUTH, letting the world know we are in dire times regarding Jihad and then a moral response by world citizens, when they are finally exposed to the truth, would be to SPEAK OUT against the rampant abuses of Arafat's brainwashing of children with dreams of becoming a "shahid" (suicide bomber).

Somebody please - ignore Michael Moore's twisted contortions of propaganda - and vote for honesty in reporting!