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Blessed Lord Christ De Messiah, The Saviour Of The World In Need.
Today, we have a Kingdom charismatic Homily @ Zion In Glory, consisting of spiritual, moral, devotional, theological & ecclesiastical Kingdom homiletic cum tutorial Discourse and Kingdom Gospel Truths that afford Everlasting Life & Divine Blessedness & Glory in Lord Christ De Messiah for your wholesome consumption, spiritual edification and nourishment, to God's Glory & by His Grace. Essentially, it aims @ kindling & rekindling of the Divine Fire of God's Grace of Eternal Success by Blessed Lord Christ De Messiah Who is The Saviour of Mankind.
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May The Lord of Glory in His Divine Blessedness, Peace, Love & Glory & of all Grace be with your Soul & Spirit through the same Lord Christ De Messiah, The Saviour of the World in need. Amen & Amen.
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No doubt, the Kingdom Saints awaiting their imminent Divine Rapture in Lord Christ De Messiah are aware and conscious of the eternal Kingdom Truth that the Blessed Saviour of Mankind & King of Glory, Blessed Lord Christ De Messiah, Who having proclaimed a New Law and a New Promise of the Kingdom of Heaven will come again in the Clouds of Glory to conduct His Kingdom Saints to the enjoyment of Everlasting Life and of the Heavenly Benefits in store for them.
True enough, the Resurrection and Divine Judgment, along with the Saviour's Second Manifestation are now quite imminent. Nonetheless, through Baptism, the faithful Kingdom Saints participated in the Resurrection; they had died and risen again with Blessed Lord Christ De Messiah and now lived the life of the Spirit.
Four chief moments dominate the eschatological expectation of early Christian Theology, namely:
The RETURN OF LORD CHRIST DE MESSIAH,
known as
The PAROUSIA;
The RESURRECTION;
The JUDGMENT
&
The Catastrophic
ENDING OF THE PRESENT WORLD ORDER.
Certainly, with the PAROUSIA and RESURRECTION, we observe the JUDGMENT is closely linked, and the doctrine that Lord Christ De Messiah will come again as "Judge Of The Living & The Dead" has already acquired the fixity of a formulary.
Of course Lord Christ De Messiah comes again in Glory with the angelic Host and there is nothing the Devil and his agents of darkness can do about it. The dead, both the 'Just' and the 'Unjust' will be raised, and in the general Judgment which follows, the Unjust will be consigned body and soul to eternal fire and torment; and a universal conflagration will bring the world to an end.
Behold, God, Who sent His Most Merciful Son as Saviour, now sends Him again as JUDGE. He will separate the Good from the Bad and will sort out the confusion in which they have lived on earth. Each will receive according to his deeds. If he be Good, his Righteousness will go before him; but if he be Evil the recompense of his evil is in store for him. Destruction and death will be the lot of the Wicked, the impenitent, false teachers and pastors and those who rejected God; they shall perish forever. The Righteous, on the other hand, have "Incorruptibility and Life Eternal" laid up for them; their reward is "Life in Immortality" and they will be made MANIFEST in the VISITATION of the Kingdom of God. They will dwell with the Angels and will have Everlasting Joy to crown their Sufferings ind Trials. At the same time HEAVEN and EARTH will melt away like a lead melting in a furnace. The cosmic Order as we know it must be transformed and so make fit for God's Elect.
No doubt, the CREATION story in GENESIS gives a clue to the timing of the RETURN of the Blessed King of Glory, Lord Christ De Messiah. The 'Six Days' of CREATION represent 'SIX THOUSAND YEARS' of Man's existence on Earth: For the SCRIPTURE reckons 'One Day' of the LORD as equal to a 'THOUSAND YEARS'. The Universe must therefore last "SIX THOUSAND YEARS", and of which the final portion has already expired.
When it is stated that God RESTED On The SEVENTH DAY, the meaning is that Lord Christ De Messiah will appear at the beginning of the SEVENTH MILLENNIUM in order to dethrone the Lawless One, judge the Ungodly and transform the Sun, Moon & Stars. Even so, the precise date remains veiled, and in this the early apostolic writers are all agreed. When He comes, however, it would be in in Majesty and Power and He would be clothed in Purple like a King.
The former Coming was enacted at the Incarnation, but the latter will take place in Jerusalem, where Lord Christ De Messiah will be recognized by the Jews who dis-honoured Him as the Blessed Sacrifice which avails for all penitent sinners and He will eat and drink with His Disciples and He will reign in the World "ONE THOUSAND YEARS". Thus, The Blessed Son Of God's Love, Lord Christ De Messiah, appearing at the beginning of the SEVENTH MILLENNIUM
(7th Day Holy Sabbath)
would reign with the 'Just' until the Universe was called into existence at the very commencement of the EIGHTH MILLENNIUM
(8th Day Holy Sabbath).
The final flowering of the Kingdom Christian cum Zionist Hope consisted in participation in the Divine Nature and the Blessed Immortality of God. The eternal Salvation of the Righteous will take the form of that 'incorruptibility' which Fellowship with God will impart. When the Divine Image and Likeness of God have been restored in a man he becomes capable of 'seeing perfect things', and after the Resurrection will receive a 'Blessed Immortality'. The Grace of the Spirit already at work in us, will, when fully given, make us perfect according to the Father's Will, for it will restore man to God's Image and Likeness. After the Resurrection God will cause him to share in his own Privilege of 'Incorruptibility'. This will be the effect of the Vision of God which, out of sheer goodness, The Father will bestow on the Elect; for those who see God are within God sharing His Glory. The Intelligence, which is purified and rises above all material things to have a vision of God, is deified in its vision; and since true Knowledge presupposes the Union of the Knower and the Object, the Divine Gnosis of the Saints culminates in their Union with God.
From the foregoing, the Resurrection becomes understandable. The bodies with which the Saints will rise will be strictly identical with the bodies they bore on death, since they will have the same "form". On the other hand, the qualities of their material substrata will be different; for instead of being fleshly qualities appropriate to terrestrial existence, they will be spiritual ones suitable for the Kingdom of Heaven. The Soul needs a better garment for the purer, ethereal and celestial regions; and the famous Pauline text, 1 Corinthians 15: 42-44 shows that this transformation is very possible without the identity being impaired. When the body was at the service of the Soul, it was psychic; but when the Soul is united with God and becomes One Spirit with Him, the selfsame body becomes spiritual, bodily nature being capable of donning the qualities appropriate to its condition.
The Holy Gospel, too, fixes the Master's Return at the consummation. Everyone will be judged according to his or her deeds and that is why the Judgment is reserved to God; only He can accurately asses the Good & Evil mixed in men's lives. The Church of God accepts the picture of a glorious Second Coming with Lord Christ De Messiah sitting on His Throne, separating the Good from the Bad.
The real meaning of the DIVINE RETURN (PAROUSIA) is the Blessed Manifestation Of Lord Christ De Messiah and His Divinity to all Mankind, Good and Bad, which will result in the disclosure of their true character. The Saviour will not appear in any given place, but will make Himself known everywhere; and men will present themselves before His Throne for they will render homage to His Authority.
We define Heaven as a realm of unsullied Happiness, Peace & Glory, where the Elect are exempt from corruption, decay and death as a result of their Union with Lord Christ De Messiah. It is a region of supreme REST, Eternal LIGHT & Imperishable GLORY. There we behold the Blessed Fellowship, which the Kingdom Saints have with one another and with God, and of the mutually sympathetic Love which bind them together. For indeed, what they experience is not simply Union with God but adhesion to Him.
In knowing God we discover where lay the cause of the created Universe, the Light by which Truth is perceived and the fountain from which Blessedness is drunk. In fact, it is God Who is 'Unchanging Goodness', Who is our 'Summum Bonum' and both our Moral Perfection and our final Happiness consists in knowing and loving the Divine Trinity. And, it is this beatitude which the Redeemed, both Men and Angels enjoy in Heaven, their true fatherland.
Similarly, we define Heaven as perpetual festivals illuminated by the brightness of the Godhead of which here we can only catch obscure, fleeting glimpses and it will be our joy to gaze upon the Blessed Trinity of Divine Persons; the understanding can scarcely grasp the magnitude of the blessings that await us; for we shall become Sons of God and shall, in fact, be deified.
In addition to immortality, our human nature will find itself adorned with Divine qualities of Glory, Honour, Power and Perfection. The most intense delight of the Saints will be to see God, that is, to possess a clear and perfect knowledge of Him.
The Elect will see God as far as it is possible for them to see Him, but may not be able actually to comprehend the Divine Essence. What God in His innermost Being is, neither Prophets, nor even Angels or Archangels have seen. This is a privilege which has been uniquely bestowed on the Son and the Holy Spirit, and which no creature could ever usurp.
The process of deification, which is our REDEMPTION, will attain its climax after the Parousia and the Resurrection when the UNION of the Elect with their LORD will be indissoluble. Our intelligence will then be filled with Divine, ineffable Light and the partial Knowledge we have enjoyed hitherto will give way to "a more blinding Gnosis". Freed from all shackles without needing figure, riddle or parable, we shall contemplate, as it were with face uncovered and unencumbered mind, the beauty of the Divine Nature of our God and the Father; and, this "perfect Gnosis of God", this "specie of Divine Knowledge", will fill us with Happiness. Our resuscitated bodies, having discarded their corruptibility and other infirmities will participate in the Life and Glory of Lord Christ De Messiah.
Of course, the attainment of "Eternal Life" is the very goal of every Christian's and Zionist's striving. The Father is Himself our veritable Life and 'Eternal Life' can be succinctly defined as being forever with the LORD. After the Resurrection, the Elect will be counted worthy to behold God face to face; they will blossom like flowers in the brilliant demesne, enjoying Friendship with "One Another" and with The Almighty God.
Alleluia!! Amen & Amen.
Hence, Eternal Life Will, For The Redeemed In Lord Christ De Messiah, Be A Perpetual HOLY SABBATH, When We, God's Kingdom Saints @ Zion, Will Be Filled With God's Blessings, Joy, Love, Sanctification, Peace, Bliss & Glory, To God's Glory!
Alleluia!! Hosanna! Amen.
Thus, The Psalmist's Word Will @ Last Find Dramatic Divine Fulfillment:
"Be Still, And Know That I Am God".
Shout Out Then In Fulfillment Of Isaiah 24 Verse 23 the Glorious Kingdom News:
"GOD REIGNS @ ZION & IN JERUSALEM - IN - GLORY ABOVE!
A WARM CORDIAL INVITATION TO YOU @ ZION AS A FAVOURED KINGDOM ASSOCIATE TO LORD CHRIST DE MESSIAH'S 7TH DAY HOLY SABBATH MILLENNIUM KINGDOM REIGN ON EARTH @ ZION OF JERUSALEM - IN - GLORY ABOVE
O Great Blessed Divine Moment @ Zion In Glory!
Alleluia!! Amen. Hosanna In The Highest!
Blessed Is He Who Comes In The Name Of The LORD!
Alleluia!! Amen. Hosanna In The Highest!
O That All Kingdom Men Would Praise The LORD For His Surpassing Love, Abundance Of Grace, An Offer Of The Blessed Kingdom Hope @ Zion, Goodness & Mercy & For His Wonderful Works To The Children Of Men!
Alleluia!! Amen. Hosanna In The Highest!
Behold, The Almighty God Makes A Kingdom Glorious Invitation @ Zion.
It's A Blessed Call To Divine Glory, A Kind Call, A Power Call & A Call Of Love To Offer Unto His Covenant People On Earth A Choice Of Everlasting Life Or Death, Asking That His Kingdom Saints Might Choose Eternal Life, Free! But Only On His Terms!
For The "Water Of Life" & Blessed "Bread Of Life" Must Be Accepted Through The Most Merciful Son Of His Love, Even The Blessed Lord Christ De Messiah, The Chief Captain Of Salvation Of Mankind.
You Are Warmly & Cordially Invited To Join The Blessed Sacred Kingdom Ark Of Lord Christ De Messiah In His 7th Day Holy Sabbath Millennium Kingdom Glorious Reign On Earth @ Heavenly Zion Of Jerusalem - In - Glory Above, To God's Glory & By His Grace.
Amen, Amen & Amen.
You Behold The Blessed, Glorious Heavenly Paradise Of God Besides The Pure Biblical Holy Worship Of The Only True God Made Available Unto Us, Blessed Kingdom Saints @ Zion In Glory Above, Even @ This Blessed Divine Moment.
Alleluia!! Amen. Hosanna In The Highest!
A PHILOSOPHICAL DIGEST
If we take this theological masterpiece of PHILOSOPHICAL DIGEST for our epilogue of
The Philosophical Diet we enjoyed above, then I will want to INVITE YOU, O dear reckoned Reader @ Zion, to MEET LORD JESUS CHRIS DE MESSIAH, Who is The SAVIOUR of the World. Thus,
YOU will lay your burden down.
YOU will learn of the simplicity of Truth.
YOU will develop the Power within.
YOU will receive the Power from without.
YOU will enter a new segment of Eternity.
YOU will begin to realize your CREATOR,
Our CREATOR and ETERNAL FATHER, personally.
Stay Put In Aspiration. Hold On To This Sacred Invitation In Expectation. Open Up The Expectation; Don't Limit Yourself In Narrow-mindedness. Allow Your Soul To Reach Out. Allow Your Soul To Reach Out In Goodness. You Are Going To Lay Your Burden Down @ The Feet Of Lord Christ De Messiah, The Son Of God's Love.
SO Be It.
Behold, All Heaven Is Watching @ The Glory Of The Blessed Kingdom Hope Of The Faithful Israel Of God, Even The Favoured Associates Of God's Kingdom @ Zion & The Paradise Of Perfected Earth With Listening Ears & Thoughtfulness Of Divine Blessedness, Bliss & Glory, To God's Glory & By His Grace.
The Hearts Of The Heavenly Seraphs, Cherubs & Angels Are Filled With Admiration For The Great, Blessed👑 King & Lord Of Millennium Kingdom On Earth Strike A Worshipful Attitude. Praise To God Sounds Forth. It Thrills The Heavenly Thrones As They Hear The Earth's Full Population Join The Kingdom Saints, Even The Favoured Biblical "Great Multitude" In Gratefully Saying:
"Salvation We Owe To Our God Who Is Seated On The Throne & To The Lamb".
"Amen", Respond All The Holy Inhabitants Of Heaven.
"The Blessings & The Glory & The Wisdom & The Thanksgiving & The Honour & The Power & The Might Be To Our God Forever & Ever, Amen".
(Rev. 7: 9-12)
All You Worshipers Of The Blessed King Of Glory @ Zion Of Jerusalem In Glory Above: Lift Up Your Eyes Of Faith To The Future Scene That Will Grace The Terrestrial "Footstool" Of Heavenly King & Eternal Father, Almighty God.
Behold All The Earth Radiantly Blooming With Peaceful Glorious Paradise That Pleases Even The Holy Eye Of The Blessed Heavenly King & Creator Of The Heavens & Earth, A Paradise Adorned With Vegetation & Beautiful Trees,, Both Good To Behold & Also Producing Food For Sustaining Creature Life In Perfection.
Alleluia!! Amen. Hosanna In The Highest!
Whilst Reaping The Fruitage Of Earth's Paradise, The Faithful & Loyal Kingdom Associates @ Zion Will, Forever, Have Reason To Worship & Bless The Great Divine Provider Of The Everlasting Kingdom Saints' General Assembly To All Time In Perpetual Joy, Peace & Glory, To God's Glory.
O What A Festive Kingdom The Paradisal Earth Will Then Be!
Beloved Blessed Kingdom Brethren & Favoured Associates Of God's Heavenly Kingdom @ Spiritual Mount Zion:
BEHOLD THE LORD CHRIST DE MESSIAH IN HIS 7TH DAY HOLY SABBATH MILLENNIUM KINGDOM REIGN @ HEAVENLY ZION:
LET ALL PEOPLE ON EARTH TREMBLE!
PAY PROPER ATTENTION TO DIVINE PROPHECY
Ah! See him there in sackcloth and sandals, as he stands in earthly Jerusalem, crying out:
"Dictators! People! Listen!
Your nation is sick from head to toe and you have wearied God with your bloodstained hands upraised in Prayer. Come, set matters straight with Him that scarlet sins may be made white like snow".
Exactly that was Isaiah of Jerusalem in the 8th Century B.C. At best, he was a Prophet statesman whose prophetic message was delivered in the reign of Jotham, Ahaz & Hezekiah. The whole land of Judah & Israel was alive with talk of conspiracy and confederation. Apostate Israel in the North would soon fall victim of global intrigue, while Judah's King in the South were reigning precariously (2 Kings 15-21). New weapons of war were being developed and put into action, adding to the terror of the times
(2 Chronicles 26: 14-15)
Where could anyone look for protection and salvation? Although the Name of God was in the 👄 lips of the people and the Priests in the little Kingdom of Judah, their hearts turned far off in other directions, first to Assyria & then down to Egypt (2 Kings 16: 7; 18: 21). Faith in God's Power waned. Where it was not outright idolatry, there prevailed a hypocritical way of Worship of God, based on formalism & not the true fear of God.
First, we behold Isaiah of Jerusalem speaking against the social evils of his day. He condemned the selfishness of the women, the greed of the landlords and the corrupt administration of justice. Further, he condemned disloyalty to God.
Amos condemned both the social and the religious life of the nation. He accused Israel of Selfishness, Gluttony, Drunkenness, Cruelty and stupid Revelry. At Bethel, he denounced the national policy and if things remain non-amended, he said, the king himself will go into captivity with his countrymen.
The ten-tribe Northern Kingdom of Israel to whom the words of Hosea's prophecy were principally directed has in the meantime become bogged down in wickedness. Consequently, Hosea prophesied, saying: "Do come back, O Israel, to The LORD, your God, for you have stumbled in your error.
It is woe to them. Why? They are loafing about, scheming bad things, overstepping God's Covenant and transgressing against His Laws. "For it is wind that they keep sowing and a storm-wind is what they will reap" (Hosea 8: 7). God will remember their error and give attention to their sins. They will become fugitives among the nations
(Hosea 9: 17).
Prophet Micah lived in dangerous and significant times. Fast-moving events were foreboding doom for the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Moral corruption and idolatry has gone to seed in Israel and this brought the nation destruction from Assyria, evidently, during Micah's own lifetime. Judah swung from doing right in the reign of Jotham to duplicating Israel's wickedness in Ahaz' rebellious reign and to a recovery during the reign of Hezekiah. Micah was divinely raised to warn his people strongly of what God was bringing upon them. Like his contemporaries, Micah saw that the sacrifices which were not accomplished by right treatment of other people had no meaning. In the very words which sum up the teaching of these Prophets, he cried:
"And what does The LORD require of you,
But to do justice and to love kindness;
And to walk humbly with your God?"
In summary, the Eight Century Prophets preached God as Holy, Ethical & Love.
Go roving through Judah & Jerusalem. What do you see? Only transgressions and unfaithfulness! The people have denied God and His Word in Jeremiah's mouth must become a fire to devour them like pieces of wood. Just as thy have left God to serve foreign god, so He will make them serve strangers in a foreign land.
Stubborn people! They have eyes but cannot see, and ears but cannot hear. How horrible and disappointing, indeed!
But what exactly was God's Message to Prophet Jeremiah? O Jerusalem has forgotten her first Love! She has left God, The Source of Living Waters and prostituted herself with strange gods. From a choice Red Vine she has been changed into degenerate shoots of a foreign vine
(Jeremiah 2: 21).
In His Mercy & Grace, God called on these renegade sons & daughters to return because He is their husband Owner. But would they return? They may return if they will take away their disgusting things and circumcise their hearts.
"Raise a signal towards Zion", for Almighty God will bring a calamity from the North. Crash upon crash! As a lion out of its thicket, as a searing wind through the wilderness, with chariots like a storm-wind, so will God's executioner come. Calamity approached from the North, yet from the least one, even to the greatest one of them, everyone is making for himself unjust gain. They are saying "Peace! Peace! While there is no Peace! But suddenly, the despoiler will come because they are entirely BAD!
Just now look at Judah! God is emptying the land. People & Priest, Servant & Master, Buyers & Seller - all must go, for they have bypassed God's Laws and broken the indefinitely lasting holy Covenant. Israel & Judah, though planted choice Vines, produced grapes of lawlessness. They made good bad and bad good, for they are wise in their own eyes!
God had "a legal case" with Israel and He called on the very hills and mountains as Witnesses. He challenged Israel to testify against Him and recount His Righteous Acts on their behalf. Instead of Justice & Kindness there were "wicked scales", violence, falsehood and treachery. Instead of walking in a modest way with God, they were walking in their wicked counsels.
Hence, all the Prophets served to foretell the fundamental Principles which must remain and abide through all times. And that is the Christian & Zionist Kingdom Hope!
God's Blessed Divine Kingdom Rules @ Zion Of Jerusalem - In - Glory Above!
Behold He Reigns In Righteousness @ Heavenly Mount Zion Of Jerusalem Above:
Our Glorious Happy Home!
Alleluia!! Amen. Hosanna In The Highest!
Ah! Surely, if Prophet Isaiah of ancient Jerusalem were to rise from the dead to deliver a fitting prophecy to this contemporary world of Corona-virus Egyptian plague @ apocalyptic signs, his timely warning prophecies would run thus:
"Dictators! Kings! Princes! Judges!
World Rulers Of Unrighteousness & Greedy People!
Listen & Hear Ye The Word Of The LORD!
Your World Is @ Worst A World Of Sin, Wickedness & Adultery.
You Have @ Your Worst Capacity Wearied God With Your Dastard Acts Of Wickedness In The High And Low Places, Yet With Bloodstained Hands Raised Against The Innocent, The Helpless & The Poor Among My People.
Go To Now, Examine Your Lives & Amend Your Ways Before I Came From On High & In My Wrath Smite Every Man & Woman Upon Your World Of Sin With A Lasting Plague Which The Ear Shall Hear & Tingle Above Measures. Stubborn People!
You Celebrate Sin & Rejoice In Your Sin Of Adultery & Prostitution Which You Have Legalized!
Evil Generation Running After Adultery & Carnal Pleasures, Sipping Sin Like A Keg Of Wine In A Bar-palour!
In Your Ignorance & Sheer Stupidity You Celebrate Sex And Legalize Adultery & Harlotry; Thus You Take Delight In The Original Sin That Brought You God's Original Condemnation, Damnation, Disaster & Doom That Spells Your Everlasting Destruction In Hellfire.
Behold, Your Masterful Enemy, Satan The Devil Has Thrown Many Of You Into Prison Of Spiritual & Physical Adultery. He Uses Sex To Cage You, Chain You & Subdue You, Dragging You Into Everlasting Born-fire.
You Have Forgotten The Word Of The LORD Which Admonishes That Without Holiness No Man Shall See The LORD. The LORD Is Holy; Therefore, His True Children Must Be Holy, Too.
You Can Never Brush Aside The Word Of God And Live. Holiness & Righteousness Are Two Pre-requisites You Must Possess Before You Gain Admission Into The Kingdom Of God.
Why Do You Permit The Devil To Use Sex To Influence You, Manipulate You & Manoeuvre You?
What Is So Significant & Satisfying About Sex That Would Deprive You Of Your Glory As Image Of The Most High God Who Is Your Creator & Father? What Is Here On Earth That Would Warrant Your Loss Of Glory, Peace, Bliss & Eternal Life In The Blessed Kingdom Of God? But God Created You To Live & Enjoy Optimum Pleasure Forever In The Promised Paradise Of Pleasure, Bliss & Glory, To His Glory.
Behold, The BIAFRA Kingdom Of God Is Here Now On Earth In Divine Fulfillment Of His Kingdom On Earth.
Above All, The Blessed Kingdom Hope Of The Faithful Saints In Lord Christ De Messiah Is Set To Be Realized, Even Now By The Grace & Mercy Of The Almighty God Who Reigns @ Zion In Glory Above. For The Most Merciful Son Of God's Love, Blessed Lord Christ De Messiah, Comes In The Clouds Of Glory And Divine Power & He Shall Reign In His Holy Sabbath Millennium Kingdom On Earth.
REPENT NOW, THEREFORE, AND BELIEVE THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL OF SALVATION OF MANKIND & LIVE UNTO GOD, THAT YOU MAY INHERIT EVERLASTING LIFE, LIGHT, BLESSEDNESS, PEACE, BLISS & GLORY @ LAST.
REV. PROF. CYPRIAN CHRIS JERUSALEM OKOLIE,
PhD, DD.
SHALOM TO U ALL IN BEAUTIFUL WHITE LOVE!
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