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Matthew 5:19

"Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."

Matthew 24:35

"Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away."

Blessings

Greetings

Romans 2:13 "For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified."

Matthew 7:14 "Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it."

Blessings

Hi Bernie,

I don't know which state you are moving from and I'm not asking for you to share that, but if it is California, then I must say you made the right decision.

Now, as far as becoming a better Christian, I'm not sure how one would do that. You see, if you have received Jesus Christ and have been born of His Spirit, you are no different than any other believer. The Spirit that's in you is the same Spirit every true believer has in them. You can't improve on that. In a nutshell, you're either a Christian or you're not. You can't become a better Christian than any other Christian.

As believers, we can become a better person in a human sense, but spiritually, we as believers are all equal. The only thing the Lord requires from us is faithfulness and submission to the persuasion of His Spirit which He has given to us.

You mentioned that you want to truly love the Lord always. Well, the Lord, through His Spirit, gives each believer the capacity and ability to love Him. Without His Spirit, we could not love Him in a true biblical sense. Brother, He knows your heart. He knows those who are trusting in Him in all things.

As for your move, if you've prayed about it and asked for God's will to be done, I hope you find comfort in knowing that He is in control. I wish you the best in your move and new location, and may the Lord keep you and your family in His care always.

God bless!!!

Rev.8.3 "The Golden Altar" (4 of 4)

"And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne."

Why God struck down the two sons of Aaron is hinged on the golden censer. By offering strange fire, they despised the word of God. "which he commanded them not./And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD."(Lev.10.1-3) Moses ecplained why. "Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace." "I will be sanctified' says God who is a consuming fire. Now how are these imposter churches glorifying by their heresies? Does limited Atonement has any value than it is the doctrine of a man. If God has set the Covenant in which you enter into the God's rest what is the need for rapture or dispensation. These hogwash is what the false teachers have collected from the pigsty while the swines have had some centuries to trample upon the pearls. "But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men."(2 Pet.3.7) The Spirit uses the errors of Israel as an ensample and the baptism by fire shall make the natural world too contaminated for any reign millennial or not.

What the 24 elders are holding before the throne are prayers of the saints and which is given by another angel'. In 8.5 we are seeing the gospel has another side: disobedience brings wrath of God

The firmamnet sheweth the handiwork of God. Jesus Christ as a sign assures mercy of his father. the golden altar likewise reveals the wrath and is called the wrath of God. (14.19)

"And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth."

Job 28.24 "Angels" (3 of 4)

Fire has a place so sacrifices of man are accepted or their service violently terminated. Of the latter we have this instance, "And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron,and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not."(Lev.10.1) Gideon asks God for a sign and the fire out of the rock was his answer. "Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight."(Jud.6.21; 13.20) In the case of Samson's parents, we know where the angel came from. "that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar." From these instance we are given an insight to the quote from Job, "As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire." Heart of the earth is a face so is the Angel of the Lord ascending in the flame. These two faces are characterised by water and fire respecively. It is the same heaven sanctified by God .

So David asks,"Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?/If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there."(Ps.139.7-10) There is no up or down where the word of God cannot reach.

Parable of the dragnet explains the word-wide web. This web is like the wings of the most High.dropped so heirs of salvation are preserved by the ministering angel. Before God divided the light from darkness we see these wings overarching face of the waters as well as the deep. The Spirit instructs us: And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. Darkness would not acknowledge. Thereafter comes the separations and the Covenant. These are to understood spiritually."For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved."( Jn 3.20)

Job 28.24 "Winds, fire" (2 of 4)

God ordained angels, ministering angels for heirs of salvation. God divided waters and called the firmament, heaven. This God the Father ordained the firmament as the mediator between heaven and the earth. Four angels were put in charge over the river we read was begun at Eden.(Gen.2.10-14) It is thus God has secured water by angels who are,' which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men'. (Rev.9.15)

Next we shall consider the angels in charge of the winds of heaven. "and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea." Here also they are four in number and world empires taken shape just as fire in the open is given shape by gusts of wind. Babylon Persia Medea, Greece Rome were shaped winds of change had the lead and they play the same role of keystone species in any given ecosystem. There is nothing permanent to it. Otters were keystone species but after they were hunted for their fur in late 18th century, sea urchins filled the void and it destroyed the kelps in turn. So transient are such organism of men, where the US A serves as an example. What ravages an invasive species such as sea urchin do, we have in terms of men. That is all. But God has shown such nations when God judges are like chaff,"and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth" (Dan.2.35) This stone is what God has in his wisdom set up. He asks, "Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain."(Zech.4.7) "He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots."(28.9)

"And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder." Do we see the signs of it when chaff is allowed to change laws to suit their whims?

Job 28.24 "winds, fire and waters" (1 of 4)

"For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;"

Here we shall place the role angels play in the Salvation saga the Law of the Spirit scripted which we can define what the everlasting Covenant does under seven days. In the end the earth shall have the image of the Son as the head of a body, glorious and chaste

The earth was void and without form but in the end it is set in terms of the light, and light of the Lamb. What was an emblem in the will of the Father is now in full flow under which nations that are saved shall walk. It is for which God presented the first begotten, into the world, "He saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.", He made angels spirits, and they are 'all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation." (Heb.1.6,14)

Let us analyze this verse,"To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure."

Every drop is weighed for salvation gives it a nucleus as an atom has, and it is the word of God. So we have reference to the angels of waters four in number. The voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God commands,"Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates." They were posted by God,"which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men." (Rev.9.13-15) Should we be surprised at the staggering number of deaths by choking the vital arm of UNISEF or global AID/ HIV programs? In reverse by opioid crisis following drugs supplied in the US. These deaths are the consequence of not honouring the Son. In turn it is insult to the holiness of God. Insurmountable barriers set up by evil men so guns are given to people least competent to hold one. God is not mocked and angels are ministering angels while influencers for the devil both left and right are mowed down. a monument to their own folly.

The word of God

How often we discover as a mariner of old, new continents and a new insight? Yesterday I checked up a verse from the Acts of the apostles. It was as Wow! Here is the verse,"Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance."(2.28). I have read it past but now it made me see it with new insight. It is a paraphrase of Ps.16.11. Now I recall the reward of a child of God at the end of his life, almost give five or ten years , and fills my morning with joy. I realize entering into the God's rest bring everyday the comfort of His sure promises, not from Abraham but from the Son who is same yesterday, today and forever. While many may make shipwreck of their lives, plying among the shallows, God gave me grace. full of joy is to read the word annd see the image of His dear Son. Praise be to His name,

Acts 2,38,

I just read v.38. I refreshed my memory. Repentance and remission of my sins were ages ago. But.v.28 I could do with every day and every moment, Amen,

Hi Acts 2.38

My eye sight is not all that great so it is 2.38; be that as it may the word of God is sure and you cannot go wrong.

The Bible is written for our spiritual instruction in righteousness. So there is no guesswork. Jeremiah being shut up in a cistern is not what I am referring to. The end of prophets like Isaiah or Jeremiah are from other sources may be reliable or wrong. But extra-Biblical sources serve our purpose to some exxtent.

All scripture is God -reathed so comparing the text with anothher has to be done comparing spiritual with spiritual.

Joy and peace in Him,

Hi Benny,

Acts 2:28 is nice :) but... not my handle. I'll have to consider that one if I join some other group.

My handle is Acts 2:38. Hope you like that.

My preference is to see the scriptures being used right along with the reading. Takes the guess work out of it.

Jeremiah being stoned, did you use Lamentations 3:53 for this? My understanding is that is a stone put over the hole not that he was stoned with stones, and it only a singular stone.



Peace!

Jesse,

I remember you telling me about the poor work that was done. Hoping you get a the roof to be done as new along with the siding. It must be frustrating to have to face this type of work, but it seems the new manager will make things right.

Let me know when everything is completed.

We are pressing for the deck railings to be completed really soon and some groundwork for the landscaping to be done before the rains come pouring down.

When spring comes, we will continue working on landscaping the back with new lawn and the front yard along with replacing the driveway and front porch.

It is good to see the progress, but it has been a long process.

Lord, willing, we will get the things done as we plan.

Dear Free,

I am so sorry to hear you were blocked. I can't understand why, but now that you are unblocked, you can join in with us once more. That is good!

Hi GiGi,

The repairs are close to being finished. I think I may have mentioned already that our roof has been replaced and the siding on the back of the house has been replaced. Well, brand new roof and after a hard rain, it leaked. The same crew that did the roof also did the siding and some of it is already coming off.

The workers who did the roof and siding were subcontractors and they spoke no English, so it was hard to communicate things to them. Plus, we had issues with the project manager returning our calls. I think others may have had the same issues with him because he has since been fired.

The new project manager has been great. He's been over a few times now and has been much better at communication. We expressed our concerns about the work that has been done thus far, and he said that he is treating everything as if this was his house.

From the roof leak, we had some water dripping through the ceiling in the master bath, and water damage in the garage. All of that will get repaired. The roofers came after the leak and did some patch work on the roof. I told the project manager that was unacceptable, and he agreed. We should not have a brand-new roof with visible patchwork. Plus, some nail heads were exposed and that is a no-no on a roof. Those shingles will also be replaced.

We also had the back window replaced, our deck re-stained, and also five outside light fixtures replaced. They still need to replace the fascia on the back side of the house, replace the back service door to the garage, and a few more cosmetic items.

Hopefully, this project will be done within the next couple of months. One thing's for certain; they will not get the rest of their money until we are completely satisfied.

Proverbs 15:14

"The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness."

Proverbs 15:12

"A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise."

Blessings

What are your thoughts on Revalation 2:9 and Revalation 3:9?

How do we " try the spirits"? By the Holy Spirit .

Who first witnessed with our spirit after confessing Christ before men the truth that now are we the sons of God .

So He will bare witness to the truth in these matters as well .

And while we may not at firs5 understand the why's He always bares witness to the truth with our spirit . Our minds often take a while to catch up . But if we get that witness of the truth it means we do not reject the truth because it does not fit our oresent understanding but we seek Gods face to give us that understanding so we are " fully persuaded in our own minds " the truth of it and when you know the truth the truth shall make you free .

And is it not written " in the mouth of two witnesses a thing is established?

The Spirit of Truth will never contradict the Word of truth .

For the eternal resting place of the Holy Spirit is the Word of God .

The Spirit of Truth and the Body of Truth they are the two legs we stand on and having stood ,stand .

Who can deny that scripture I certainly don't but there other scriptures that on the face of it contradict that one .

The key to understanding what is called the rapture and the second coming of the Lord is having a goid understading of the nature character and disposition of the Bride .

For if the whole world will see Him and expecially the Jews who will see Him whom they pierced where and when is the " meeting in the air" ?

And if in verse you are quoting is when the Lord f9mes to the EARTH even as He left it on the mount iof Olives for what purpose are some meeting Him in the air?

Then think of the 10 virgins 5 of which were barred from the " marriage".

There are a lot of man's thinking imposed on scripture rather than man's thinking following scripture.

The ONE verse that says the church is the bride is not enough , when the Lord is knocking on the door of the church that is the call to thevwhole church who are inside .

The knocking on the church is a call to repentance . In Rev 1 onwards all the churches save one were called to repent .

The last church can't be less than the first . She will have got herself ready . " To them that LOOK for Him shall He appear "

Implying that if yiur not you won't .

GB

Acts.2.28,

Firstly I compliment you for the handle you have chosen. I just checked it myself. "Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance." Now to the specifics"

I was referring to Mt.23 in general. Check 23.35

I have been quoting from the Bible so long and I assumed those who visit me are already well familiar with the scriptures.

Joy and peace in hHim,

Gen.1.7 "Heaven"

"And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so." Power divides what Wisdom has invested in the body of water. Trinity is at work as one. The Law of the Spirit says Amen, that is 'and it was so.' The Lord Almighty sanctifies it,"And God called the firmament Heaven."

What is water but vapour signifying life of His creation? Like the glory of grass it vanishes away."For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away."(Jas.4.14).

When God sanctified water and gave the firmament the name. he gave the same multiplicity of spiritual depths. The firmament became a sign for his Son. He in turnn became the mediator between the waters above and waters below. God made the Son to have life in himself and give life to whosoever believeth in him. Thus the living waters promised by Jesus was decreed for him. "For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;" ( Jn 5.26;7.38) What cultural tropes and doctrines of man can be mixed with what Jesus Christ has poured in you? "He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water." As James asks,"Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?"(Jas.3.11)

Waters above become synonymous with mercy which when God sanctified his Son as a sign, it became grace. If by grace what hogwash is this culural war? "For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?" (1 Cor.4.7) Blasphemy is to deny truth. He judges man, "To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure./When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:" ( Job 28.25-26) This decree ( Ps 2.7) makes the Covenant in seven days.

Interesting, I was going to inquire of you also, but Mother Mac beat me to it.

I am glad you are doing well. What is the progress on your home repairs?

I think of you when I am out working with our contractor.

I don't do much that is important, just clean up, gather materials, move dirt and grading soil. But it needs to be done and I can do it, thankfully. I love being outside, so it is therapeutic for me as well.

MotherMac,

Thank you so much for reaching out and for your kindness. It means a lot to me. I am doing well, just haven't had a chance to visit this forum in the past week. I hope to be back to reading and sharing with you and others soon.

Again, thank you so much and may the Lord continue to bless you and your family always.

God bless!!!

There is a great story of a rear admiral of the fleet leading a flotilla of warships during fog and rough seas . There appeared on the horizon what appeared to be of a light of another ship . A signal was sent for it to change course . Back came the rep,y . No yiu change course . This is the battleship ' ..' of Her Majesties navy give way . The reply was immediate No yiu give way . The admiral who couid not belueve what was happening sent his final message ." This is rear admiral '' of the battleship '' leading a flotilla of Her Majesties navy . I order you to change course! Back came the reply . This is able seamen smith of the lighthouse '' yiu change course .

It is written of God " I am the Rock " and God says it a number of times .

The world in its pride and rebellion says " No God" full steam ahead the truth is subject to what I say it is even by my democracy .Man is at 'liberty' to do so but his perceptions are wrong and his course is leading him to ruin .

God is not a tyrant and He is not right because Hevis bigger and more powerful than anybody else. Jesus proved that .

But nor is God democratic . But He does have His own imperative.God commands all men to repent it's not an option ,change course or perish .

The situation in the UK is dire . As a nation we have rejected the Pilot ,mutineered against the Captain , cut the sea anchor and thrown away the compass . There is no one at the wheel and the crew and passengers are down below ' celebrating' their rights and freedom!

Meanwhile you can hear the Inchcape bell ringing in the distance while the skies warn of storms ahead.

Where is Jonah? Asleep in the hold? Where are the Gidionss hiding behind the wine press ? When the enemy comes in like flood the Spirit of the Lord will raise a standard against him": For God always blesses the many by the few .

" They that know thrur God will be strong and do exploits"

Ye fathers yiu know Him from the beginning " 1John

Greeting's

Revelation 1:7

"Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen."

1 John 4:1

"Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world."

Bleesings

I think I understand some of this post. It would be nice to see more bible references to back up your statements. I can't seem to get through it. For example, where is this?

Jesus said 'woe to ye' for a nation that carried the guilt of the blood shed for speaking the truth.

I think its a combination of scriptures, I just may not be studied up enough to get it.

Honestly, I think I agree with you and your post looks thoughtful just cannot seem to get through it but I'm willing to try.

Peace!

It's me again.

I appreciated your earlier update; probably a few weeks ago now regarding your mother.

I am at a loss in regard to anyone else in your family and specific prayer. Please share something about someone or a situation so I can; as it were put some teeth into prayer; unless the Lord tells you otherwise or gives me some direct revelation I find it hard to focus on anything to plead to here other than generalities as a sort of mantra which is hard for me to maintain for any length of time.

Thanks and God bless.

RP

The foolishness of the world and apostate Christianity

In association with the last two posts this is perhaps the most dangerous trend because it is hidden and more subtle. That is clamoring onto the bandwagon where anything from the world mixes in with scripture. We also need to soberly assess the martyrs of the past; there was no great public acclamation or even time to consider it when Stephen and other Apostles died.

The bigger issue here is trying the wrong way to have the Kingdom of God come to the earth; indeed as individuals it lies within us but the world at large at present is under control de facto of Satan and that is something no one in many organizations seem ever to say. As I have stated numerous occasions Satan is the equal opportunity destroyer. Whatever is left after the Rapture of those professing Christ will be entirely devoid of the truth if they remain in those institutions; thereby ushering in the woman riding the Beast who turns on them at the mid point of the seven year time of Jacob's trouble and rends them; persecuting ALL who don't worship Antichrist; whether or not they proclaim some rendition of Christ in their group.

There's a lot going on behind the scenes; although in this hour those studying such events can see that much is "in your face" and today's technology allows enough information to be exposed to make what is coming evident; and enough lies to distract people from the truth as well. This isn't the place where I will get into any more on that subject except to say; again the god of this world isn't going to be allowed by the true God; ultimately NOT to succeed in his goals. The enemy can NOT ultimately claim control over the fate of any soul at present; although God will allow already deceived individuals to take their mark of submission to Satan's mastery over them and seal their fate at some point in the near term once the restrainer is removed.

Any sane mind can see that man's attempts at utopia are a fraud.

More thoughts to today and what we may call clear and present danger.

Not knowing what is real and what isn't is one problem today; and misinterpretation is another. Most have seen Mrs. Kirk's hand signal which at first appearance ignorant minds consider it to be a goat horn occult symbol; more simply put it is the sign for "I love you". I am not certain if it was true that they cheered an AI image of Mr. Kirk at his church and other places that everyone cheered for; if that is the case it certainly is disturbing. As for me; I am still working on cloning myself so I can stay home from work but haven't upgraded my pay scale to afford such transformation; not to mention the jokes to be even worse than my own.

No need to pray for me in that regard at least for the clone involved.

Now if I croak and anyone shows up my biggest fears were in the past of someone misrepresenting some virtue of me that somehow is believed despite my clearly sin scarred state of present. Now I guess I have to make sure no one creates an AI of myself; I suppose if no one comes it is similar to an elopement; only God and a witness needs to stand there with me at the altar. Anyway I hope this AI thing isn't true because the relatives and audience should protest it.

Like it or not; of course we are with today's technology seeing what is seemingly inevitably to be headed to merging with a machine which is the ultimate "alternative" lifestyle that I fear is coming; and soon. We can joke about having an AI dog whose virtual poop is a lot easier to deal with; or an AI girlfriend who well; is today's accepted substitute for; well let's just say more antiquated paraphanalia. Of course what the world wants is to have their ears tickled; and no doubt the itchy wallets are associated with these things. It would seem ridiculous a few years back that people wanted to create meat in a laboratory or a weapon through 3D printouts. Man's unique status is abundantly clear in Psalm 139.

Well; this is it.

The day many have waited for; in light of yesterday's new moon and lack of observation thereof should be today in Israel at sunset in a few hours unless another day is needed to blow the trumpet. I should note that my expectation of the message of 100 trumpets being simultaneously blasted at the time seems to be misinformation-yet another hyped up narrative not based on reality.

We certainly seem to be approaching the precipice of the Tribulation. While wars are raging; the machinations of the BRICS nations have basically caused what appears to be the beginning of the end of the US dollar; hence in a large part contributing to the explosive repricing to the upside of gold and silver along with the other precious metals which are still; in my opinion undervalued. Whatever goes up must come down; hence we are reminded of the admonition in James about the gold and silvet cankering in the last days and other warnings in Isaiah about it being cast into the streets (although this at least in part is related to idols of such).

Falsehood abounds; and after several days of looking into the matter after the recent hoopla over revival since Mr. Kirk's demise has had me investigate some things and the best summary I agree with is that there is truth and falsehood based on the influencers related to his organization and tangentially in other elite circles. The question of martyrdom here isn't the real issue; but as to over adulation and idolization could be and my biggest worry is those who wouldn't emphasize repentance and actually being Born Again in order to make any radical transformation on an individual and then more broadly as to national revival which is better worded repentance. The concept of American "exceptionalism" and measures taken to enforce it has a flip side; and that is pride coming before a fall. Of course for us to automatically denegrate the sacrifices made regarding God given freedoms and the Constitution is wrong also.

Hi (again); Perhaos the need to clarify something . Every true born child of God is called to be in the Bride Chrust. It is not automatic . Like the Olympics race you need to qualify to run the race . Therefore to qualify you must be born again .

That is the" high calling " in Christ Jesus .

Again the knocking on the door is a call to the whole church the promise however is to those who have ears to hear to them"The 5 foolish virgins were not ready though they were in the company of those that were .

In everything but one all 10 were the same . The foolishness was thinking for instance that being BORN again was the becall and end all of our " so great a Salvation " When it is as it were but the 'S' of it.For not only are we saved from but saved also fir..

They were not ready because their " vessels" were not full and thus were unrecognisable as the Bride and were barred being too late with the words " I know you not " and were barred from the " marriage" .

The unrepentant sinner is barred from the kingdom with the words " I never knew you" .Not the same thing at all .

When I speak of repenting I'm thinking about all those traditions of men that denominations have made for themselves the embracing of the worlds langauge .

Any church of God is an embassy for the Kingdom of God and every child of Hod an ambassador.of light .

It represents or should like any embassy the interests and objectives of its own government or ruler . Was not the "lesser light" to rule the darkness? Does it not bare witness to the fact that even I. The darkest night when the moon still shines bares witness that not only is the sun still shining but that there is coming a perfect day !

Bad news for those who " love darkness more than the light " good news for all who want something radically better than what this workd offers .

GB