The mark of the beast?

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Jesus never said to observe the sabbath. In the one time that he had the opportunity to do so, when he told a man the commandments to keep in order to inherit eternal ife, he didn't mention the 4th commandment.
Matthew 12:8 - Jesus referred to Himself as the "Lord of the Sabbath," indicating His authority over it and affirming its importance.

Mark 2:27-28 - Jesus states that the Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. This teaching reveals that the Sabbath was established for humanity's benefit, and it must be kept in a manner that honors God and promotes spiritual and physical well-being.

Luke 4:16 - Jesus "as His custom was, went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day." This act of consistently observing the Sabbath demonstrates its continued relevance in the life of Christ and, by extension, His followers.
 
Matthew 12:8 - Jesus referred to Himself as the "Lord of the Sabbath," indicating His authority over it and affirming its importance.

Mark 2:27-28 - Jesus states that the Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. This teaching reveals that the Sabbath was established for humanity's benefit, and it must be kept in a manner that honors God and promotes spiritual and physical well-being.

Luke 4:16 - Jesus "as His custom was, went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day." This act of consistently observing the Sabbath demonstrates its continued relevance in the life of Christ and, by extension, His followers.

Jesus kept the sabbath because he was under the law of the old covenant. We in the new covenant are not under that law.
 
This paragraph shows how twisted and deceitful the SDA doctrine is.
Tis just what a disobedient follower of the "antichrist" spirit in the world, would say ... 2 Thessalonians 2:1–12
v. 11 for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie"

Essentially it says the law doesn't save, but faith enables a person to keep the law, which saves them. In other words, keeping the law can't save a person, but faith gives the power to keep the law, which saves them.
Tis Truth, you say ... You seem to understand, but don't believe ... interesting :-) 2 Thes. 2:11

The law itself cannot save anyone, but faith in Jesus Christ is what justifies and saves a person. However, faith in Christ empowers individuals to keep the law, specifically God's commandments, which reflect His character and will for His people.

Romans 3:28, which says, “For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law,” and Romans 8:4, which says, "In order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit."

In essence, while the law cannot save, faith in Christ transforms and enables believers to keep the law, demonstrating their salvation.

Many words have to be carefully selected and placed in the right arrangement in order to create this illusion. It's a well-crafted, well-practiced subversion of the truth by the father of lies.
I can say the same thing to you AND Inquisitor ... SO ! Right back atcha, friend ... :-)
 
I believe it is clearly identified below as James is quoting from the Ten Commandments.
Jas 2:8-13 KJV - 8

So James’ point: If you truly walk in the law of liberty (the love of Christ), you won’t show favoritism or hypocrisy. Love fulfills the law. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Here is what the perfect law of liberty (James 1:25) actually says.
James 1:25
But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become
a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man will be blessed in what he does.
No mention of the ten commandments in James 1:25.
I don't believe "Inquisitor's skewing of the interpretation" of James 1:25, as an argument for not obeying our God.
I'll use AI as did "Inquisitor
", to show that "the perfect law of liberty" is indeed, the Ten Commandment's, the Law of God.

James 1:25 But whoever looks into the perfect law of liberty, and continues therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

James 2:8-13, "Royal Law", "The Moral Law", "God’s Ten Commandments", and the "Law of Liberty". These terms are not simply separate concepts, but interconnected principles that reflect the nature of God’s law and its role in the life of a believer.

1. The "Royal Law" (James 2:8)
James refers to the "Royal Law" in James 2:8, which is based on the commandment, “Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself” (Leviticus 19:18).

The law of love, which is the highest and most important principle in God's law.

The Royal Law is the foundation of all moral and ethical conduct. It encapsulates the moral law by focusing on love for others. When Jesus was asked about the greatest commandment, He summarized the law as loving God with all your heart, soul, and mind, and loving your neighbor as yourself (Matthew 22:37-40). This law is royal because it comes directly from the King of the universe, and it governs every believer’s relationship with others.

"The law of love, as taught by Christ, is the law that will govern the final judgment"

The Royal Law is thus a summation of the moral law, emphasizing that true obedience to God’s law is not about mere rule-following but about a heart of love for both God and others.

2. The Moral Law (James 2:10)
The Moral Law refers to the Ten Commandments, which are a detailed expression of God’s will for human conduct. The Royal Law, which commands us to love our neighbor as ourselves, is directly tied to the Moral Law because it reflects the principles behind the commandments.

The Moral Law, is an encapsulated in the Ten Commandments, being the foundation of all true moral and spiritual life.

The Ten Commandments reflect God’s eternal character and that they are not temporary or subject to change. The Moral Law governs all human relationships—both our relationship to God and to one another.

"The law is an expression of God's character... It is as unchangeable as His character".

Thus, the Royal Law (loving your neighbor) is a distillation of the moral law, focusing on the relational aspect of God’s commandments. The Moral Law expresses the love that is central to God’s character.


3. God’s Ten Commandments (James 2:11)
In James 2:11, James references the commandments, specifically mentioning adultery and murder. This is a direct reference to the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20, where these sins are clearly prohibited. God’s Ten Commandments provide specific guidance on how to love God and love others.

God’s Ten Commandments as binding on all people, not just the Israelites. The Ten Commandments are God’s moral standard for humanity, expressing His love and holiness. They are the divine blueprint for human conduct. Christ came to fulfill the law, and through Him, we find the power to keep the commandments through faith (Matthew 5:17, Romans 8:4).

"The law of God is as binding upon the Gentile as upon the Jew. It is not the work of the gospel to weaken the claims of the holy law, but to bring men up where they can keep its precepts".

The Ten Commandments serve as the detailed guidelines for how to live out the Royal Law in practical ways—loving God and loving others.

4. The Law of Liberty (James 2:12)
James speaks of the "Law of Liberty", which is often understood as the law that frees us from sin and empowers us to live righteous lives through the Holy Spirit. While the law can be seen as restrictive, The Law of Liberty is liberating because it leads to true freedom in Christ, where the believer is no longer a slave to sin but is empowered to live in harmony with God’s will.

The Law of Liberty is linked to the gospel of Jesus Christ, which sets us free from the curse of sin (Galatians 3:13). Which explains that when we accept Christ by faith, we are not only justified but also enabled by His grace to live according to the law, which now becomes a law of freedom. Obeying God’s law is no longer a burden but a joyful act of love and gratitude toward God.

"The law of liberty is the law of love, of mercy, and of grace... It is not a law of bondage, but of freedom".

The Law of Liberty is a spiritual principle that frees believers from sin and empowers them to live in obedience to God’s moral law. This freedom is not from the law itself, but from the power of sin that once held people in bondage to lawlessness.

How They Are All Related
  • The Royal Law, which is to love your neighbor as yourself, is the foundation of the Moral Law (the Ten Commandments). It summarizes the core principle of God’s law: love.
  • The Moral Law (the Ten Commandments) is a detailed expression of the Royal Law, guiding us on how to love both God and others.
  • God’s Ten Commandments provide specific, actionable guidelines for living the Royal Law in daily life.
  • The Law of Liberty enables believers to live out the Royal Law and Ten Commandments in freedom, not through mere external obedience, but through the transformation of the heart by the Holy Spirit.
Summary:
The Royal Law (love your neighbor as yourself) sums up the Moral Law (the Ten Commandments). The Law of Liberty is the freedom granted by Christ through the Holy Spirit to live in harmony with God's law, enabling believers to fulfill the Royal Law and keep the Ten Commandments.

Thus, these laws are intricately connected, reflecting God’s character and will, and are fulfilled in the life of a believer through faith and the work of the Holy Spirit.

~~ Blessed are those who Keep our Father's Holy Sabbath ~~ Amen
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It requires worship.
Otherwise his soldiers kill you.


15And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. 16And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: 17And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. 18Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

Concerning getting the mark of the beast. You probably have to do something to be eligible for it. Like a sacrifice or something. Or maybe you just have to denounce God and Jesus and accept the beast? What ever it is, who ever gets the mark is doomed.

"HealthAndHappiness" has this one right ... It ALL about whom will we serve,

... "And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." Josh 24:15

Will you worship the Beast, the Roman Catholic Church and her "mark" of authority, Sunday, as she says, OR God and His Sign of authority, the 7th Day Sabbath.
As a believer and follower of Christ and His Righteousness, I'll follow Jesus, as He kept His Father's Sabbath.. As Commanded.
 
The false religion that drinks the blood of the saints rides the beast (which has all the power of the dragon) which has a false prophet that causes to worship the beast...
Am I missing in making the distinction between the false religion as the beast and the false prophet that causes to worship the beast? I'm having trouble pinpointing which one is the mystery of lawlessness.... so, walking through the characters again...
The harlot is the false religion that drinks the blood of the saints that rides the beast which has all the power of the dragon... and which has the wound that the false prophet causes to worship...
golly, I need a diagram at this point as its seeming to me that the false prophet is the antichrist beast, but I stop short of adopting that because these are thrown in the lake of fire together (while the harlot burns and her smoke goes up forever and ever)....

At any rate, whoever these are, just as the best policy in recognizing counterfeit bills, it best to know the genuine bill intimately.

If you want to know who the players are in this End Time. MOTB, Rev 12 &13, scenario, just look to all the Protestant reformers who had it right, by understand Bible Prophecy correctly and the Bible's description of the "man of lawlessness". 2 Thess 2: 3-10

Martin Luther, had an up close, in your face experience, with the AntiChrist.. ( as we do today) and wouldn't back down, under the threat of "persecution" fostering the Protestant Reformation ... "The blood of the saint's" 10 of millions of them killed by the Beast power, throughout the Dark ages, the 1260 years of the papacy's supremacy. Read you history books, .. it's quite evident who "they" are. Changing God's Times ( the Sabbath ) and God's Laws, ( 10 Commandments ) Daniel 7:25

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Martin Luther's Whore of Babylon ~~ ( Notice the triple crown of the Papacy, The Whore being the "Church" sitting on the Dragon )

"Ἀντί" means not only anti in the sense of "against" and "opposite of", but also "in place of" Christ .. which is how the papacy declares themselves, as the "Vicar of Christ," In place of Christ, " God on Earth" as "They" proclaim. = " Blasphemy " as they Bible says.

Video - FINAL DAYS: The Antichrist, Mark of the Beast, and the USA in Prophecy ( this video will explain the above picture and Luther's understanding.)
Video - "Kingdoms in Time: History's Greatest Bible Prophecies"
 
" The fact of the matter is" ... "You have an interpretation" ... that is much later than the New Testament, ... much of it starting with the "The Counter-Reformation, also known as the Catholic Reformation, being the Catholic Church's comprehensive response to the Protestant Reformation, aiming to address internal abuses, reaffirm doctrine, and reclaim territories lost to Protestantism." the Council of Trent" 1545-1563


You are right ... Being that you have been conditioned to disobedience, by following and believing the Church of Rome. We are speaking two completely different theologies, different religions, as if two different languages. I believe that " The Just Shall Live By Faith "... in the Faith OF Jesus and His Righteousness. Which you don't seem to believe, Inquisitor.


Have you ever thought about how Jesus "Loved" His Father and His neighbors (us) ?
Inquisitor ? Did Jesus keep his Father's Ten Commandment, when He was on the Earth, as The Son of Man ?


~~ Sabbath Blessings Y'all ~~
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First point.

I am not a Catholic.

I am a fundamentalist.

I do not attend a church organization such as Catholic, Reformed, or Protestant.

I cannot attend any traditional church because I am not under the law.

You follow the law (the ten commandments) and so do the churches above.

Your DNA is Catholic (the law), Reformation (the law), Church of England (the law), Methodist (the law), Millerite (the law). SDA (the law).

You have a very long history of Christian legalism.

I attend an independent church.

Second point.

Jesus was born in Israel and was subject to the federal law of Israel, the law of Moses.

Gentiles are not Jews and Gentiles were never under the law.

Gentiles are not circumcised and are forbidden to be circumcised.

Jesus was circumcised and so were the apostles.

But Gentiles cannot be circumcised and cannot literally follow Jesus.

You do not understand this do you.
 
If you want to know who the players are in this End Time. MOTB, Rev 12 &13, scenario, just look to all the Protestant reformers who had it right, by understand Bible Prophecy correctly and the Bible's description of the "man of lawlessness". 2 Thess 2: 3-10

Martin Luther, had an up close, in your face experience, with the AntiChrist.. ( as we do today) and wouldn't back down, under the threat of "persecution" fostering the Protestant Reformation ... "The blood of the saint's" 10 of millions of them killed by the Beast power, throughout the Dark ages, the 1260 years of the papacy's supremacy. Read you history books, .. it's quite evident who "they" are. Changing God's Times ( the Sabbath ) and God's Laws, ( 10 Commandments ) Daniel 7:25

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Martin Luther's Whore of Babylon ~~ ( Notice the triple crown of the Papacy, The Whore being the "Church" sitting on the Dragon )

"Ἀντί" means not only anti in the sense of "against" and "opposite of", but also "in place of" Christ .. which is how the papacy declares themselves, as the "Vicar of Christ," In place of Christ, " God on Earth" as "They" proclaim. = " Blasphemy " as they Bible says.

Video - FINAL DAYS: The Antichrist, Mark of the Beast, and the USA in Prophecy ( this video will explain the above picture and Luther's understanding.)
Video - "Kingdoms in Time: History's Greatest Bible Prophecies"

If you bothered to read the text.

The false prophet forces you to worship the IMAGE of the beast (Revelation 13).

The Harlot does not sit on the dragon.

The Harlot rides the sea beast.

The mark is one of two marks, the name of the beast or the number of his name.

Your interpretation of Revelation is appalling.

Catholic doctrine prohibits the worship of the Pope or Mary.

Your dead wrong on every point.

SOLA SCRIPTURE at the minimum.
 
" The fact of the matter is" ... "You have an interpretation" ... that is much later than the New Testament, ... much of it starting with the "The Counter-Reformation, also known as the Catholic Reformation, being the Catholic Church's comprehensive response to the Protestant Reformation, aiming to address internal abuses, reaffirm doctrine, and reclaim territories lost to Protestantism." the Council of Trent" 1545-1563


You are right ... Being that you have been conditioned to disobedience, by following and believing the Church of Rome. We are speaking two completely different theologies, different religions, as if two different languages. I believe that " The Just Shall Live By Faith "... in the Faith OF Jesus and His Righteousness. Which you don't seem to believe, Inquisitor.


Have you ever thought about how Jesus "Loved" His Father and His neighbors (us) ?
Inquisitor ? Did Jesus keep his Father's Ten Commandment, when He was on the Earth, as The Son of Man ?


~~ Sabbath Blessings Y'all ~~
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AI does not follow an interpretation if you restrict AI to scripture only.

AI blows holes in the legalist tradition.

The literal reading of the text will not permit the following of the law.

You have fallen from Grace.
 
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"HealthAndHappiness" has this one right ... It ALL about whom will we serve,

... "And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." Josh 24:15

Will you worship the Beast, the Roman Catholic Church and her "mark" of authority, Sunday, as she says, OR God and His Sign of authority, the 7th Day Sabbath.
As a believer and follower of Christ and His Righteousness, I'll follow Jesus, as He kept His Father's Sabbath.. As Commanded.

Catholics cannot worship the Catholic Church or the Papacy.

Only God alone can be worshiped.

I don't know where your getting your information from but your defaming the Catholic Church.

In my country if the company or organization is not for profit, then they can sue the SDA.
 
Based on this you would agree with me that Revelation is a story of two cities? Mystery babylon, the harlot, earthly Jerusalem and the New Jerusalem the heavenly one?

There is only one city that fits the criteria of having the blood of prophets in it, Jesus confirms it:

Revelation 18:24
In her was found the blood of prophets and of God’s holy people,
of all who have been slaughtered on the earth.”

Matthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

Luke 13:33
Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem

The description of the Harlot in Revelation is definitely Rome.

Rome executed Jesus, Paul, and lots of Saints.

I am not sure if Jerusalem after 70AD was executing anyone.

If John was written in the seventies or nineties then Rome is the only candidate for the Harlot.

Rome stands as the Harlot.
 
The Catholic church doesn't rule the world. Nor will it ever.
Who do you think controls the banking system of the world, today? The RCC initiated a "banking" money system in the times of the Crusaders, and now in league with the Jewish family, Rothschild banking cartel, the world banking system .. Read you history, Man !!
He who controls the $$ controls the world. The RCC also claims to control who will and won't be admitted to Heaven ... Read your Catholic doctrine.. Meant to "control people, nations and tongues"? =The Kings of the world, as in Luther's picture above.

Contrary to Inquisitor's, claim that the Papacy has never claimed the Pope to be "God on Earth". I have seen this claimed, many times, in historic and recent, Catholic documents and encyclicals. Throughout the Roman Church's history, the Papacy has often claimed that the Pope is divine, so I'm tending to believe that "Inquisitor" is a proponent of the RCC, functioning as do the Jesuits, to deter realization and obfuscate the Anti-Christ's presents and functioning in our present world affairs.

A quick search, just now found;

In 1890, Pope Leo XIII wrote, "But the supreme teacher in the Church is the Roman Pontiff. Union of minds, therefore, requires, together with a perfect accord in the one faith, complete submission and obedience of will to the Church and to the Roman Pontiff, as to God Himself."

Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto, who became Pope Pius X in 1903, said this: "The Pope represents Jesus Christ Himself."

Pope John Paul II wrote that names like "Holy Father" are applicable to the Pope, even though calling him that is counter to the Gospel: "Have no fear when people call me the "Vicar of Christ," when they say to me "Holy Father," or "Your Holiness," or use titles similar to these, which seem even inimical to the Gospel."

The son of perdition opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, (2 Thessalonians 2: 1-12) The antichrist deceives them that dwell on the earth by the means of miracles, (revelation 13:13-17)
Just sayin'
~~ Blessing this Sabbath Day ~~
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First point.

I am not a Catholic.

I am a fundamentalist.

I do not attend a church organization such as Catholic, Reformed, or Protestant.

I cannot attend any traditional church because I am not under the law.

You follow the law (the ten commandments) and so do the churches above.

Your DNA is Catholic (the law), Reformation (the law), Church of England (the law), Methodist (the law), Millerite (the law). SDA (the law).

You have a very long history of Christian legalism.

I attend an independent church.

Second point.

Jesus was born in Israel and was subject to the federal law of Israel, the law of Moses.

Gentiles are not Jews and Gentiles were never under the law.

Gentiles are not circumcised and are forbidden to be circumcised.

Jesus was circumcised and so were the apostles.

But Gentiles cannot be circumcised and cannot literally follow Jesus.

You do not understand this do you.

Does your church have a statement of faith or a similar document?
 
It has to be some sort of chip or embedded sim card/processor on a tiny motherboard. Because no one can buy or sell without it. It has to be technology. Or perhaps its a tattoo which can be read with infrared.
 
Jesus kept the sabbath because he was under the law of the old covenant. We in the new covenant are not under that law.
We are God's People, His Remnant Church, IF we adopt the Righteousness of Christ. Gal 2:20 ... "Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus." Rev. 14:12

You and Inquisitor are making me dizzy ... I'll prove a point with scripture, which y'all can't or won't understand, cuz it so contrary to your false "religion" .. Psychologist call this "cognitive dissonance". I like Dietrich Bonhoeffer's "Theory of Stupidity" which explains a lot of why people today, are so adverse and resistant to changing their preconceived understand of God's Word, following after the centuries/ generations of programming and deception by "The World", and the anti-Christ spirit of this world, and the deception efforts of the Vatican's spiritual military order, the Jesuits.

Bonhoeffer came about his theory, while being imprisoned by the Nazis, at the end of WWII, before they hung him, so being a pastor and remarkable, vocal martyr of the Christian Faith. He theorized why so many people came to believe Hitler, ( were made stupid ) following Evil & promoting the persecution and killing of innocents.

Okay ! It's shortly before sundown here in Mid-Tenn .. Sabbath is coming to a close, and I gotta go ... Gotta thank my God for this Blessed Sabbath and the inspiration of His Holy Spirit, dealing with All Y'all here. .. Thank You Jesus ! Amen !

~~ Sabbath Blessing's to All, and to All a good night ~~
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Does your church have a statement of faith or a similar document?

I have attended many independent churches and by definition they cannot have a constitution.

A statement of faith or a doctrinal list of statements.

Independent church means not affiliated with any other church or church organization.

To be affiliated means to be officially or closely connected, associated, or joined with another, often larger,
group, organization, or program. (google)
 
We are God's People, His Remnant Church, IF we adopt the Righteousness of Christ. Gal 2:20 ... "Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus." Rev. 14:12

You and Inquisitor are making me dizzy ... I'll prove a point with scripture, which y'all can't or won't understand, cuz it so contrary to your false "religion" .. Psychologist call this "cognitive dissonance". I like Dietrich Bonhoeffer's "Theory of Stupidity" which explains a lot of why people today, are so adverse and resistant to changing their preconceived understand of God's Word, following after the centuries/ generations of programming and deception by "The World", and the anti-Christ spirit of this world, and the deception efforts of the Vatican's spiritual military order, the Jesuits.

Bonhoeffer came about his theory, while being imprisoned by the Nazis, at the end of WWII, before they hung him, so being a pastor and remarkable, vocal martyr of the Christian Faith. He theorized why so many people came to believe Hitler, ( were made stupid ) following Evil & promoting the persecution and killing of innocents.

Okay ! It's shortly before sundown here in Mid-Tenn .. Sabbath is coming to a close, and I gotta go ... Gotta thank my God for this Blessed Sabbath and the inspiration of His Holy Spirit, dealing with All Y'all here. .. Thank You Jesus ! Amen !

~~ Sabbath Blessing's to All, and to All a good night ~~
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Why would you quote the Protestant Reformation?

The Protestant Reformation was built on five foundational doctrines known as the "five solas," which state that Christians are saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, as revealed in Scripture alone, to the glory of God alone.

They were commandment breakers and they did not honor the sabbath.

Assuming the ten words were binding on Gentiles.

The early Protestants absorbed mostly Catholic doctrine.

Your a Catholic in disguise.

You make me dizzy.

Then you run away when the going gets tough.