The historian Josephus writes¹:

He also made some of them to be eunuchs... Now among these there were four of the family of Zedekiah... one of whom was called Daniel.

By stating that the king made "some" of the captives eunuchs and then immediately listing Daniel and his three friends as the notable members "among these," Josephus implies they were eunuchs.

The Bible does not record these men as ever having wives or descendants, so that would explain why.

Also, the prophet Isaiah said this would happen, that people of Israel would be made eunuchs and serve a foreign king.

Isaiah 39:5-7 KJV | Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of hosts: Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD. And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.

Daniel and the three Hebrew boys served in that palace! So It looks highly likely they were eunuchs.

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1: Antiquities of the Jews - Book X, Chapter 10
https://www.earlyjewishwritings.com/text/josephus/ant10.html

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Could Potiphar also have been an eunuch?

Genesis 37:36 KJV | And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.

The Bible concordance shows that the original Hebrew word for officer, which Potiphar was, meant "eunuch".



This adds meaning to the story of Potiphar's wife, and shows more of the motive she had for trying to get Joseph to lie with her.

Life here in this world is short. The physical body does not last long for any man. And everyone suffers, but not in the same ways or to the same extent.

This life is only a trial life. It is the next life, in the kingdom of spirits, that lasts for ever.

No one gets into heaven without being formed into a god-like being, as Jesus showed by his example as a man on Earth. Sin is not allowed into heaven. Those who sin would not want heaven, but would rather choose hell.

There is no verse in the Bible that says God made hell, where there is suffering so much worse than ever experienced on Earth. So, who is responsible for making hell? Jesus died and went there, and then rose again, having the keys of hell and of death. That means, He can open the doors and release the captives, but most refuse to follow Him.

So, why suffering? The short answer:

Suffering is a teacher, helping us to mature spiritually. Pain should teach us to hate sin and to love righteousness.

If God did not allow suffering, He would not be a perfect and loving God. It is because of His love for us that He allows trials and tribulations to come, so that we learn to be more like Jesus, so that we may be blessed for eternity in heaven.



The trials purify man, like fire purifies silver. Gold is tried to prove its purity. Two metals.... one burns in fire, the other is tried.

Likewise there are two ways to reach heaven: suffering is one.

Suffering is only allowed by God if necessary to remove impurities. There is a better way: love.

If a man has genuine love in his heart, for God and for his neighbor, then the suffering is no longer needed. But he shall be tried, as gold, to prove he has a heart like Jesus.

Jesus showed both ways to heaven, because He is The Only Way: suffering and love, each to the extreme case. He suffered more than any and He loved more than all.

The more you practice love, the less suffering you shall need to be formed into the likeness of Jesus. Those who refuse His instruction do not belong to Him. He is the Lord of heaven and earth, but not of hell, which is the domain of His adversary. Those who learn from suffering, and practice love, are on their way to heaven, where there is no more pain.

And how many others are healed....

while those in hell mock and scoff.



Many do not even realize they are in hell.

https://cdn.masto.host/mastjohn1126com/media_attachments/files/116/909/124/068/647/038/original/060f40dd57a54767.mp4

download|http://filsofia.com/share/20260712-Flagellation-of-our-Lord-Jesus---by-whose-stripes-we-are-healed---HQ.mp4

AI video used an old painting as a reference:

The Flagellation of Our Lord Jesus Christ (1880)

by William Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905)

Isaiah 53:5 KJV | But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

1 Peter 2:24 KJV | Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

A common problem with backup power systems is that the battery soon dies and needs to be replaced. In the case of this model designed by APC, once the battery is aged, a blaring buzzer sounds with no option to turn it off. I unplugged it years ago and it sat under my desk unused. But is it possible to remove the buzzer and continue to use this as a power strip? While our house was cut off from the electrical grid because of a storm, I wanted another power strip, so I opened this up and looked inside.

http://filsofia.com/share/20260705-removing-annoying-buzzer---web.mp4

During the whole project, I was praying for the Lord to help me. And with his help, it was a success!

Inside, a view of the circuit board....


Schneider Electric made the APC Back-UPS 700. The buzzer is the black piece in the shape of a circle.


This little thing was loud and annoying.

The buzzer popped out of the board after applying the tip of a hot soldering iron. It turns out the unit works just fine as a power strip.... without the buzzer.

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Additional Notes

Manual (UK version) PDF indicates that some outlets are for surge protection only - which I think means even without a battery, these outlets may be used for electronics needing more than 700 Watts. Unit comes with a circuit breaker. If it trips, press the button on the side to reset it.

These three share symbols of: moon, magic, and three faces.

This is what steered me into this topic. A video was posted from the "TIME TEAM".



TIME TEAM

Is it a coincidence that their logo corresponds to what PBS uses?



I wonder why they both chose three faces, featuring a prominent bridge going straight from the brow down to the tip of the nose, as is characteristic of Romans, or even Roman gods and goddesses.

Since "TIME" is part of their name, perhaps they were thinking of Hecate.


https://www.maicar.com/GML/Hecate.html

These images resemble the statue of Liberty in NYC. Some images show her with spikes on the top of her head, others show her holding a torch.


Artemis

Notice the moon in this artwork of Hecate.

http://spikethenews.blogspot.com/search/label/Hecate

And remember that Artemis is NASA's name for their current moon missions. Both Hecate and Artemis are shown with the moon. And Diana is another name for Artemis, whom the Greeks worshiped. (Referenced in the Bible, as in Acts 19:28)




The Hecate Chiaramonti, a Roman sculpture of triple-bodied Hecate

Does it not look like Lady Liberty, the NYC symbol for the USA? Most people are not spiritually minded, so these things can easily be overlooked.





For those who realize the spiritual battle we are in, they could see how God's adversary has been perverting mankind since the beginning.

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US Federal Building Resembles Temple of Artemis
http://john1126.com/732

Even before telescopes were invented, he realized he was witnessing a new star!

Today's astronomy says it is an exploding star, a supernova.


SN 1572 - image source: earthsky.org

Tycho Brahe even wrote a book about it, based on what he observed in 1572.

bquote2ON A NEW STAR, NOT PREVIOUSLY SEEN WITHIN THE MEMORY OF ANY AGE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD

ITS FIRST APPEARANCE IN 1572
Last year (1572), in the month of November, on the eleventh day of that month, in the evening after sunset, when, according to my habit, I was contemplating the stars in a clear sky, I noticed that a new and unusual star, surpassing the other stars in brilliancy, was shining almost directly above my head; and since I had, almost from boyhood, known all the stars of the heavens perfectly (there is no great difficulty in attaining that knowledge), it was quite evident to me that there had never before been any star in that place in the sky, even the smallest, to say nothing of a star so conspicuously bright as this. I was so astonished at this sight that I was not ashamed to doubt the trustworthiness of my own eyes. But when I observed that others, too, on having the place pointed out to them, could see that there was really a star there, I had no further doubts. A miracle indeed, either the greatest of all that have occurred in the whole range of nature since the beginning of the world, or one certainly that is to be classed with those attested by the Holy Oracles, the staying of the Sun in its course in answer to the prayers of Joshua, and the darkening of the Sun's face at the time of the Crucifixion.
/bquote2


book: On A New Star - Tycho Brahe

The wise men also saw a star, and it led them to Jesus.

Matthew 2:1-2 KJV | Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.

Stars do sometimes newly appear. The last time a new star was observed being "born" in our galaxy was in 1604. At the time, it was the appearance of a "new" star, but today's astronomy says it is a star being destroyed, making bright light as it explodes.

Alabama law requires every person in Tuscaloosa County to be X-rayed for Tuberculosis between the ages of 13 and 50 and Blood tested for Syphilis between the ages of 14 and 50.

The Tuscaloosa News 6-Sep-1951

They segregated blacks from whites, but they tested BOTH. And they frightened all people, both white and black, by leading them to believe it was a law.

Years later, they continued to urge people to give their blood to the government for testing.

Tuskegee Syphilis Study

At the clinic on campus for blacks (today called Tuskegee University), 399 men with syphilis were given fake treatments and were told they were receiving treatment, but in reality, they were not.

facilities and staff of the Tuskegee Institute were involved

They admit that on the university's website. The clinic on campus was used for this corrupt study.

tuskegee.edu PDF

I am surprised this university is still in business and people still want to go to school there. Their campus was used to deliberately mislead black men about medical treatment for their sexually transmitted disease.

And before we incorrectly conclude that this is all in the past and the government of our generation would never do such a thing....

Fake Hepatitis Vaccine Program

Few probably know about the fake vaccine program run by the CIA.

It was reported by "reputable" news agencies, but who remembers it?

"the revelation of the false hepatitis vaccination program in July 2011"
- ABC News, May 27, 2014

Barack Obama was president at that time. The half-white, half-black president was in charge during the deceptive vaccine program against the people of Pakistan.

Even the U.S. Military Academy at West Point admitted it was:

the CIA-sponsored hepatitis vaccination program

westpoint.edu | archived: https://archive.is/dzvJn

Astronomers expected a celestial sign, like a comet, during the planetary conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in the “Fiery Trigon” of 1604. Astronomers watched the heavens. On Oct 9, 1604, Kepler’s Supernova exploded. And it could be seen without a telescope! It appeared to be a new star, as if it was being born, but today's astronomy says it is a star being destroyed.... a supernova.


SN 1604

They did not even have telescopes back then. Johannes Kepler observed the supernova using only his unaided vision and documented it in his 1606 book De Stella Nova (On the New Star).

It outshone Jupiter and Sirius, rivaling Venus as the sky’s 3rd-brightest object. Visible during the day for weeks and to the naked eye for 18 months, it was a miraculous “new star”. Today's science claims: it was all a coincidence. Those old-timers just got "lucky".

They would probably say the same about the star of Bethlehem that signaled the birth of mankind's Savior. Wise men were expecting the star, and then it appeared, signaling the birth of Jesus.

Matthew 2:1-3 KJV | Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

Kepler believed the alignment of the planets and the corresponding celestial event was divinely orchestrated, not random.

A few nights ago I had a memorable dream that keeps coming to mind.

I saw Vladimir Putin as an MMA fighter, in a home improvement store.

AI-generated image


A larger MMA fighter was running down the aisle, toward me, in fear.



Putin, even though he looked smaller, was chasing him.



They began fighting in the aisle right behind me, to my left. They were behind me to my left, and I could not see them, but I knew they were fighting, and I wanted to get away before I got tangled up with them.

But there was a door blocking my way. I reached my hand around the door, away from the fight, and said, "Pull me out of here!" There was a kind-looking, strong man, on the other side of the door. He looked concerned, but did not immediately pull me away from the fight. I implored again, "Pull me out of here!" Then I woke up. I had not been harmed.

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Possible interpretation

Putin might command Russia to increase its attacks, escalating the fighting. Perhaps he will attack another nation, like the USA. Since that is where I live, and the fight was happening very close to me, it would make sense that wherever Putin attacks, would be close to me, making me uncomfortable and ready to depart, to get away.

What was the door that blocked me from getting away? Jesus is the door. He is the one who opens a door that no man can close and closes a door that no man can open. To get out of this mess, to be saved, I must go through Him.

Who was the kind-looking, yet powerful man on the other side? Perhaps it was an angel, ready to save when the Lord says "Go!" Maybe he was waiting for me to call on the name of the Lord. Will I be uncomfortable for a time while I wait on the Lord? But I woke up without any damage, without pain, without seeing anything that was unbearable for me.

The setting: a home improvement store.... We are supposed to be preparing our houses for the return of the Lord, building them up in faith.

Matthew 7:24 KJV | Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

Conclusion

I expect Russia to intensify their attacks, causing Americans to be uncomfortable, to the point that we will want to leave. For those of us who trust in the Lord, he has his angels on standby, ready to rescue and save.

http://filsofia.com/share/20260622-Conversation-with-Yandex-about-refinery-attack-in-Kapotnya-Капотня-Moscow-Russia.mp4

Even the Russian search engine, Yandex, refuses to answer some questions about what happened in Kapotnya/Капотня.



Moscow and St. Petersburg now have restrictions at gas stations, with some limiting purchases to 5 gallons of gasoline max. Rationing fuel is a sure sign of trouble and an escalation in these wars.

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Sources

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/131857511.cms

https://ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/06/16/ukrainskie-droni-atakovali-obespechivayuschii-toplivom-moskvu-neftezavod-a198232

https://mastodon.online/@kardinal691/116770382450012612

The answers from Yandex AI are text only, but for this video, the text was converted to speech using Omnivoice.

Music: remix of Human After All - Daft Punk