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Aug 5Liked by Burning Bright

Lmao. That was the short form? You really have an amazing mind! I appreciate that you are courteous to we boomers. Ah in 1987's Black Monday I was young and buff just starting a job for a computer company whose product was all over the stock market floors. A busy week of panic it was. Lucky for us now, we have Trump and team and Anons!

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Haha! It's actually becoming a problem ... again. My next "Bright Brief" is actually longer than Sunday's long-form. So ... who knows what I'm doing anymore!

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Aug 5Liked by Burning Bright

Briefs are great! Not really that much shorter, but more 'unfiltered' and extemporaneous. It shows us a different view of how your mind works -- neither better nor worse, just a different perspective.

As always you continue to teach us discernment, patience and how to resist taking [their] bait -- wait on it a little, see how things play out. Just as you can't predict who wins the ballgame based on how many strikes the pitcher throws in the first inning, we can't know how exactly the Great Awakening will play out. But we can see that it's 'game on,' and [they] are scared and making forced errors.

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Much appreciated. I like that, Bill! It's not really about word count, but approach. Current vs. farther reaching. Direct vs. esoteric.

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Aug 5Liked by Burning Bright

PRECISELY Three months before the election! Clearly we've moved from the drip drip drip to the flood phase of normie red pilling. It's nice to say that Trump set it up several years ago and that the finite player gets a say, but why did the crash wait for years for a precision hit as the election goes into its final stretch????? What was the trigger and how did they activate it precisely now? Coincidence?

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And the flood accelerated this week with Trump and Elon. NO COINCIDENCES.

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Great point about Trump kicking of this spending spree the uni party so seamlessly embraced even greater than they already were doing and werebated to continue it not knowing it was going to expose their greed and long set plans for their great reset. I do believe Trump will return to office but on the surface you must admit it was a risky move because the possibility of causing casualties to the Maga base who support him is real and could be his undoing if he fails to get back in. It speaks of the risk assessment / long term reward scenarios. It's kind of like your discussion about your fire alarm situation with Kyle on Sunday night. Taking the batteries out to replace them is painful but the long-term reward is worth the temporary suffering to secure safety and protection for the future. We have to trust that as Trump is a smart businessman and that he and the "white hats" already have something in place to replace the fiat metro dollar system. Many people including myself do not have the luxury to buy bitcoin or gold as a backup plan. I believe he understands this and has made provisions but the key is he must return to implement them otherwise the great reset will take place which biblically speaking will one day happen as spoken in bible and can not be avoided as it's true prophecy mixed with our nature of sin and repeating past mistakes. In the end God does really win but we must continue to walk the path of faith regardless.

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Trump kicking off the money-printing is one of the actuals most in the MAGA movement don't want to acknowledge, but I think, with your framing here, it is definitely akin to swapping out the batteries. Moving into a parallel system isn't easy, but it's necessary. I have faith it will be executed as painlessly as possible.

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Aug 6Liked by Burning Bright

I think if everyone knew the real score in the last game (MASSively lopsided) and the ability to get the true score in the upcoming game-- we might breathe easier. [Although, granted, most have been holding our breath so long, the exhale can appear as an ever-receeding horizon, as all the longprepared

Cake, ice cream, and 90-second rice pouches approach their bb date...

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That makes sense. It will be mind-blowing if and when we get confidence in the actuals of election totals.

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Aug 13Liked by Burning Bright

The results from last time Must be shared with full receipts- the sooner the better it seems to me....

But my earnest digging, & opinions and faith in the plan are giving way to a calmer Faith and Way which were planned long ago and whose victorious outcome is already known.

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Aug 5Liked by Burning Bright

Oooh, thanks for linking the Spider-Man 2 effect one. I’ve used that many times in recent months and I could not remember where I’d read it in your stuff, so that helps. Operation Warp Speed had so many levels…

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Aug 5Liked by Burning Bright

Operation Warp Speed is still ongoing, and has little to do with vaccines...

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Aug 5Liked by Burning Bright

Whoa....could you elaborate?

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Aug 6Liked by Burning Bright

I'd suggest reading this piece from Burning Bright a couple years ago:

https://burningbright.substack.com/p/the-spider-man-2-effect

It should shed some light on what has been going on, and I believe still is -- look at the 'Inflation Reduction Act' or whatever it's called -- good guys are still calling the shots.

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As Bill says, the oldies at Burning Bright are some of the best.

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Absolutely agreed.

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Awesome! Thanks a lot. I love when people revisit the older stuff. The Briefs are becoming organic opportunities to drop the features in.

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Aug 6Liked by Burning Bright

So excited about ur new journey thru the Bible!!! I just watched this week’s defected and u touched on it there too!!! I just began my own journey recently and I highly recommend The Bible Recap app. It walks u thru the entire Bible n a year and is read chronologically so much easier to understand. And at the end of each reading is a recap to explain features u just read! I recommend the Lutheran study Bible from Concordia - also gives a lot of historical info in addition spiritual. And a lot of prayer - which is critical n our lives always! Frankly I love the king James 1611 Bible but for this purpose I didn’t want to struggle w the language in addition to understanding the content! Plus when u travel it is all on ur phone for convenience! Best wishes and I will be praying for u! As for ur articles - outstanding! I have so many bookmarked yet to read. Thank you for the education and perspective! God bless u and ur purpose for His kingdom!

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I still haven't started. When I do, I want to do it with my full mind and soul bent to the task.

Thanks for reading, Elisa! Enjoy your travels through the Bright Archives.

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Aug 17Liked by Burning Bright

Always enjoy your writing! You are gifted and super smart! So glad you use your powers for good! It's a single player game - question: Does the Lord want you to come to Him broken, scattered, distracted, searching and now OR does the Lord want you to come to Him perfect, relaxed, focused, "cleared" and later... happy contemplating! We only know what He wants us to know and when He wants us to know it!!! He's the only player in the game:) Have a beautiful and fruitful weekend, God Bless and much love on your journey!!!

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Much appreciated, Elisa!

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Aug 5Liked by Burning Bright

Love the short form. More people are writing substacks, hard to keep up with everyone and listen to podcasts as events unfold daily. Very glad you are willing to check into our Bible, there is so much from it that our Constitution is based on. It was the most cited book by the founders. They expected all citizens to be able to read and know the Bible as it presented a moral way of living. We were doomed to failure if we didn't know our Biblical foundation. Biblical Citizenship and Constitution Alive are popular zoom courses. Also Hillsdale College has a lot of free online courses, Constitution 101 is great.

And the Bible is so much a part of our language and culture, even if you don't believe the story. Like not knowing Shakespeare and the many quotes from his plays. "All the world's a stage'', ahem, is it not today? From the book of Daniel, we get the expression of seeing the handwriting on the wall-see Daniel 5:5-6 and Daniel 5: 25-28. I think today many people have seen the handwriting on the wall and have agreed to cooperate! Not sure of their penalty. Thousands of sealed indictments.

Just this Sunday the pastor based his sermon on some verses from The Book of The Revelation of John. He explained this was the only book in the Cannon with this style of writing. You have to know the images, ie code, from Ezekiel, last half of Daniel, and some other smaller parts of NT. Ah, I thought. This was the first Q!! I commented on that to him as I walked out. He is aware of Q and very concerned for our nation and the people in his flock. We laughed!!

There are many reasons a Biblical foundation will serve our countrymen well as we go into the future. Poor Donald Trump was criticized by stupid people when he referred to a NT book as 2 Corinthians, something, instead of saying Second Corinthians. Well, I'm 77, a year behind DJT, and we often said 2 Kings, or 2 Corinthians, etc. The criticizers had little Bible study in their lives, I bet. Proverbs is a great instruction on how to live. In Phila public schools it was mandatory to read either 10 verses or a passage that was less, daily, to the class. Good moral teachings from Proverbs were often read. As young children we were exposed to Biblical morality. We need this again.

And Jesus surely as you mentioned last night, quite humorously to us, turned a question right back to the Jewish hierarchy of the day. They fell into his trap! They had nothing to say. We who study the Bible love it! And I am no expert. Just a journeyman in this life, with more of my life lived now. William Barclay wrote commentaries on each NT book, chock full of how the culture and customs of the day fit into the writings. Though old, they are so on target. I used them when I taught lessons for Sunday School and our women. Check them out for better understanding. Thanks, again, BB.

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You're not allowed to read ANYONE else's substacks or listen to ANYONE else's podcasts!

Thanks a lot, Sandra. The Biblical journey will be a great one for me, cognitively and, obviously spiritually.

Doesn't get more First Principles than that.

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Aug 13Liked by Burning Bright

Similar to Shakespeare, the Bible has the story of mankind with all our foibles, but God's redeeming love to model after. I wish you well on your quest, BB. If we all lived by the Golden Rule there would be no warfare.

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Aug 6Liked by Burning Bright

We are all praying that the spiritual eyes of BB’s heart will be opened to the Messiah’s love and infilling of the Ruach HaKodesh!!!

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Aug 5Liked by Burning Bright

We need these snippets of truth so brilliantly written now more than ever! Keep them coming!

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Much appreciated, Pamella!

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Aug 5Liked by Burning Bright

Pump pump it up, don't you know you have to pump it up!!! This is what BB is doing with these! Amazing job! the song: https://youtu.be/dJUrK1ghZic?si=kk7L-g7h0kSx0pFE

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Haha thanks Star!

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Aug 5Liked by Burning Bright

Great brief!

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You're going to like my selection for Story Hour on 8/20 ... ;)

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*shakes with excitement and anticipation*

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Hi BB, just wanted to let you know that when you add a former article to your newest article, (my email), it can be turned sideways and enlarged, where as, going to Substack to read an older article, it can’t be done.

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Huh ... that's weird. Probably just has to do with Substack making changes over time.

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Great piece !

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Thanks Raven!

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Aug 5Liked by Burning Bright

Follow the money trail, or as the Bible says, "The love of money is the root of all evil." How we have humanly failed in this precept!

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100%

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Aug 5Liked by Burning Bright

I haven't read the whole article yet, but I can already tell it's great, and I'm so excited about your Bible reading! Will be praying for the Holy Spirit to open it up for you!!!

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Hey! Did you read it? And was it actually great?!

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Of course I did! And yes.

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Hey. I often feel a little guilty that, with each sign of the destruction of the systems, I rejoice and surg with excitement that it yet again is a sign of 'their' fall. As others swirl with panic and fear I can see that it s just another brick off the collapsing wall. We must burn it all down to give rise to the new. These r the labour pains to birth our 'new' America. Glad to be along on the ride with you, Bright.

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This is a good way to put it, JoAnn. It can present a bit of a moral and cognitive paradox, as we cheer on the destruction of the false world to make way to the real.

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Fantastic article outlining the destruction of centralized power. They say that the original Babylon was defeated in one day, something that the Globalists at that time thought impossible. We will see the same scenario here

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Thanks for reading, Matthew. I didn't know that, but it's a great reference. I absolutely do believe it will look like that in these times. Very slowly ... and then all at once.

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