A Knight's Blog

The dispute over the proper Pascha, over Easter was once a major issue in The Church. The issue arose over solar and lunar calendars. The West used The Gregorian Calendar, which used the sun for time of day, days, and months, and year while The Eastern Churches used The Julian Calendar which used the moon. What inevitably happened is as the church split, so did the celebrations, so while Good Friday was April 3rd for Western Churches, the Eastern Churches are celebrating on April 10th.  We could become dismayed that the whole Church family around the world    is not unified and celebrating Passion Week and Easter at the same time. One could echo the words of our Lord Emmanuel, “I am praying not only for these disciples but also for all who will ever believe in me through their message. I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one—as you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And may they be in us so that the world will believe you sent me.” (John 17:20-21). An...

All over the world tombs exist for the founders. Judaism’ principle founder Moses is buried in The Valley of Moab (Deuteronomy 34-:5-6), Islam’s Prophet Muhammed’s tomb is in the Green Dome Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia, Buddha who was cremated has multiple shrines with his ashes, and Joseph Smith is buried in his Family Cemetery in Illinois. Only Christianity, our faith has people flocking to an empty tomb, for its significance is not that Christ is still buried there, but that He was buried there, but “He is not here, He is Risen.” (Matthew 28:6).  Around the world people flock to shrines of their sacred and holy leaders, because they were all mortal men who died. In stark contrast, Jesus who is God and Man did not stay dead, He rose from death, “On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jes...

  In time for Good Friday, people are posting about The Geologists in 2012 who were studying earthquakes from Jerusalem to The Dead Sea and found evidence there was a quake in the time of Pontius Pilate, between 26-39 A.D ( https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna47555983 ,  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15595731/biblical-earthquake-jesus-crucifixion-dead-sea.html ).    The Gospels tell us,  “And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection and[ c ] went into the holy cityand appeared to many people.” (Matthew 27:50-53). There is astronomical evidence of an eclipse happening April 3rd, 33 A.D. because that was when a blood moon eclipse happened ( https://science.nasa.gov/eclipse...

  A portion of the church has lived in comfort for a great period of time. In nations like The United States, there was favor and prosperity granted to Christians. Even culture showed a measure of respect at Easter, with The Ten Commandments and King of Kings airing on television. There was Bible stores a plenty and a sense that golden years were ahead. The problem is this is not the natural state of being a follower of Christ. The conditions are not supposed to be comfortable. The Early Church was persecuted severely, Emperor Nero of Rome, only one of the antichrist caesars used Christians as night torches and wore Christian skin as clothing. The End Times prophecies also predict severity for following Christ, “And you will be hated by all on account of My name; but the  one  having endured to  the  end, he will be saved,” (Matthew 10:22), “For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again,”...

  Today is Valentine’s Day, a day that is about love. Or so that is what the commercialized version of the holiday has become. It originates as a day to venerate a saint named Saint Valentinus of the Roman Catholic Church who married people in secret when the Roman Emperor Claudius Gothica banned marriage. As is common with these venerations is relics, one of which is purported to be the finger of the saint in Coventry, West Midlands, England at St. John the Baptist’s Church. How a finger of a Roman Christian got there is a mystery, as there is no records to explain how it got there, even the Father who presides over the parish says to the BBC,  “So at some point it's been sealed and stamped to say 'this is a true relic.” ( https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/mystery-st-valentines-finger-city-081949404.html ). Ah the good ol Medieval we just trust this is pieces of the True Cross or bones of the saints. It is things like this that Martin Luther in the Luther Movie made jo...

  Pedophilia, that is preying upon underage children for sexual gratification has actually been commonplace in Japan, dating back to Feudal times with the Samurai, used in World War II and now into the present times. One of the major ways Japan is spreading the Lolicon or Pedophilia grooming is through Anime:   https://research.library.fordham.edu/international_senior/96/ ), https://www.academia.edu/100833949/The_Relationship_Between_Consumption_of_Anime_Manga_and_the_Development_of_Pedophiliac_Tendencies_A_Sociological_Analysis )  and,  https://research.library.fordham.edu/international_senior/96/ .  Most Anime from Sailor Moon (1995) to some of newer anime like Demon Slayer (2021) depict as sexually attractive interests under age girls like Nazuko in Demon Slayer, Machu in Gundam GQuuuuux (2025). Some of the older anime especially sexualizes underage girls & minors like Please Twins! / Onegai Twins (2003) which has the two main girls bathing full nude in b...