As they cleave to a vain vision to rule over Jerusalem, let the saints abstain from bloodguilt, and be not burdened with the carnal means, and partakers of the divided end........

Leviticus 6:2
"If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour; Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein: Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found, Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering."

The common phrase "a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do" is to the working man justified as he weighs the profitability: but all things in this world (even at their best state) are dung to be forsaken compared to the liberty we are called with in Christ Jesus.

By the way, I do not purpose anything to be done in breach of due and proper order. The mighty God who can perform all things (as if it were nothing) will also lead the nations to convert their weapons into farm tools one day: but THIS DAY is the day of salvation, TODAY, for all of us who already keep the commandments of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Have you complained about prices for your bullet lead, John, but have nothing to show for among the persons you recieve? I've heard many people bragging about their weapons and whatisnot: surely you do not lack, do you?

Bridge over the Bering Strait
http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/engineering/beringstrait/interactive/interactive.html

It is MORE BLESSED to GIVE than it is to recieve: and if there is any perverting of the balances, it could turn into hot coals on the heads.

Affordable gas is precious, use it wisely!

And who is going to pay tithes in the day the mark of the beast is unleashed? Do not begin to say "the church is not going to be present due to rapture" either, for, this is not the case: but this people are plunged headlong into world conformity, and pervert the prophecy of the Second Coming.

Joel 1:13
"Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie ALL NIGHT in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God. (14) Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and ALL THE INHABITANTS OF THE LAND INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD YOUR GOD, and cry unto the LORD, (15) Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come. (16) Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God? (17) The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered. (18) How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate. (19) O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath (limited post length)

These men put their trust in uncertain riches, and make flesh their armstrength, and trust in multitudes to appear just outwardly. Errors are bound in the system, and it will soon be impossible to tow the line of hypocrisy, for, the time will be upon us, and the children of unjustified wisdom will be dashed and overtaken as by a raging bear robbed of her whelps.

Not to recommend any to go beyond God's will, but as I had in times past an opportunity, was able to read some history on Tulsa, Oklahoma, such as "Tulsa: Oil Capital of the World", and a recent movie called "There Will Be Blood". The movie set in late 1800's thru early 1900's, starts off with a loud crying noise while looking on the sun parched grounds from where oil would be painstakenly extracted. The film looks into the relation between rich, north-eastern US educated oil men who spread by railroad to fetch, and their conflict with opportunist-Nicolaitans whoring for the love of money.

What is that to the Churches?

Jeremiah 4:5
"Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities. (6) Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. (7) The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant. (8) For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us."