For all of those folks who so eagerly awaited a chance to shoot off fireworks to demonstrate a love for the USA, YOU’RE IN LUCK: The Fourth is tomorrow!
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Independence Day (USA) [Also commonly called the Fourth of July.]
And to all of those folks who believe the day is OVER-recognized: well, then, keep right on IGNORING the Fourth and all that it stands for.
What does the Fourth of July stand for? It has CHANGED over the years, so that the modern iteration is looked at differently than the day was viewed just 100 years ago.
For the modern celebrant of July Fourth, a NUMBER of things are associated with the holiday. Among them are:
1- The day is used in any number of traditional ways, such as viewing a local parade or fireworks display.
2- The Fourth of July is used by some as a convenient way to mark the “middle of summer.”
3- The Fourth is used by MANY moderns as a day on which to gather the far-flung members of the family to join in on a picnic or a cookout.
4- SOME moderns–with few family available–use the day as merely a summer holiday and celebrate it by avoiding work for a day. Relaxation is the name of this person’s game.
5- SOME moderns dedicate the day (or the weekend when the Fourth falls on a Thursday or Friday) to SPORTS and use the opportunity to catch the local professional baseball team.
SOME moderns–particularly young moderns with a hankering for video games use the holiday of the Fourth as a day to gather and play video games with like-minded individuals.
TRADITIONAL WAYS TO CELEBRATE THE FOURTH OF JULY
The Fourth has, from its very beginnings, been a day for setting off fireworks–whether it is legal to do so in the particular locale where such shenanigans take place.
TRADITIONALLY, fireworks have been associated with the Fourth of July celebrations. Comedians enjoy pointing out that one of Americans’ great loves is for EXPLOSIVES: ‘fireworks’ in other words.
Local patriotic parades were also a big way to show one’s support of the United States.
MANY Americans used the holiday from work as a day on which to ‘spruce up’ local grave sites, especially of VETERANS.
Family activities figured heavily in many celebrations of the Fourth (as they did in most American holidays).
These were all TRADITIONAL ways to show one’s support of the Fourth of July.
In 2023, many Americans are facing the Fourth with one eye looking over their shoulders for any DANGERS that may lurk back there.
2023 Americans have been fed a steady diet of media mush which points out (over and over and over again) the deficiencies of the US of A.
Has the reader noticed this?
Has the reader ever wondered how many more Fourth of July’s there will be?
This is NOT a fabulous question.
At any rate, everyone here would like to take the opportunity to wish ALL readers a HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY 2023!
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DOES the reader believe he will be celebrating the Fourth of July for years?
It is not YET too late–although time is surely running out: there is still a LITTLE time to change direction (repent), place your faith (hope) for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.
DOES the reader believe he is saved?
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DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?
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THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST
“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. ”
—1 Corinthians 15:1-8
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16
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[Portions of this piece appeared originally in End Times Prophecy Headlines: July 3, 2023.]
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