I might be late to the party on this one, but I just realised this painting that Jadis did of Beth, was from when Daryl and her were alone together after the prison. When she was picking strawberries 🍓 (claimed) and she was talking about Faith. ✝️🐰
He was the only one that had this memory of her exactly like this. So he must have been the one to describe her to Jadis. ❤️
Now the same picture is being used for her French ComicCon appearance with royal return purple 💜
Picture by Elias Null on Unsplash
Every day you can read news of horrible crimes being committed. Along with all the crime being committed you can see sin being promoted more and more openly. Drugs are promoted and even given by the government. Every type of sex outside of an adult married man and woman is promoted as good and healthy. Children are taught that they can be whatever gender they…
Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong. And do everything with love.
- 1 Corinthians 16:13-14
Insight
As the Corinthians awaited Paul's next visit, they were directed to (1) be on their guard against spiritual dangers, (2) stand firm in the faith, (3) behave courageously, (4) be strong, and (5) do everything with kindness and in love.
Challenge
Today, as we wait for the return of Christ, we should follow the same instructions.
Holy Week Series: Holy Tuesday the Parable of Ten Virgins
Written by Shamel Lakins
Today is "Holy Tuesday" on our journey in this Holy Week. This day long ago Jesus and the Disciples passed the withered fig tree on their way to Jerusalem and Jesus taught them about faith and the great power we wield as believers.
"And Jesus answered them, “Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen. (Mathew 21:21)
"Any faith that must be supported by the evidence of the senses is not real faith." -- A.W. Tozer
After their arrival they were met by the religious leaders with vigorous and intense debates about the authority of Jesus. They were seething with jealousy and wanted to seek a way to arrest our LORD (Matthew 23:24-33).
After this intense debate, Jesus and His followers traversed to the Mount of Olives where Jesus taught what is called the "Olivet Discourse". This teaching included Prophecy of end times and the destruction of Jerusalem.
Holy Tuesday also commemorates the "Parable of the Ten Virgins" (Matthew 25:1-13). This parable implicates Jesus as the Bride's Groom and the duty of the Bride (church) to be patiently awaiting the arrival of Christ. The posture of the church should be diligent and prepared for the return of Christ our LORD.
The Parable of the Ten Virgins
“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’ Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ But the wise answered, saying, ‘Since there will not be enough for us and for you, go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.’ And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut. Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open to us.’ But he answered, ‘Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.’ Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour. (Matthew 25:1-13)
My question to you Saints is are you ready for the return of Jesus? Are you expecting to be with Him in all His Glory? Will Jesus return and find in you in faith or will discover that you have lost hope and have fallen yet again exhibiting sin.
I prayerfully hope that you will be ever ready having the lamps of your spirit well lit with the oil of the Holy Spirit. Every waking day the Church wich is the Bride of Christ should be engaged in trimming her wicks so that the Light of the Gospel can illuminate the world.
“Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.” (Matthew 25:13)
The convergence of signs is off the charts right now.
And while we didn't see Beth, we actually did get off-screen proof of her coming.
As Father Gabriel said (when we thought we were watching Beth's funeral, but we weren't)
2 Corinthians 4.18
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen but on what is unseen (off-screen), since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
Where's Beth?
She's with Gabriel, the archangel who heralds the coming of Christ (and the Antichrist)
Read more on that here
Gabriel was front and center just before and after Beth died, so it's a good sign that Seth and his character are heavily promoted right now.
And after the coming of Christ, what comes next?
Beth with Daryl.
Enter the Lydia (Daryl) and Beth panel in the Netherlands. XX (chromosomes) 10.10.
We all saw the Daryl/Beth parallels with Lydia and Henry, and this is an unseen way of saying we are getting a repeat of that Whisperers story but with Daryl and Beth.
We all know the Whisperers were connected to the episode Morning Star 🌟 so the lineup of these panels was not random.
Netherlands is known for their windmills, which is a hint to the Moulin Rouge of France and romance between Beth and Daryl.
The windmill symbolism also fulfills the X coda, + car, and cross symbolism we see around Beth.
I've mentioned before how the Alexandria windmill became a representation of the Moulin Rouge during season 11 with Leah and the Meridians, and the tower mentioned in that episode was a play on the Eiffel tower.
You can read about that here
The host at this panel asks Emily and Cassady if they went to the red light district while visiting the Netherlands. Hinting at the Moulin Rouge and Daryl and Beth doing the deed. 🫣☺️🤭
Lydia and Beth, together like this, are a shadow of Daryl and Beth past and future.
Beginning to end.
So, no, we didn't get Beth on resurrection Sunday, but actually, we did get Beth on resurrection Sunday when you look at what is unseen or off-screen.
Thanks to everyone who shared the different panel videos. They are amazing. 👏 🤩
We got a whole lot more on and off-screen hints pointing to her imminent return, and I'll try to work through some of the biggest clues now.
It's still the season of her return, and that hasn't changed and the biblical links pointing to that are numerous.
All the signs I've talked about, including the A eclipse, are still at play, and here's why.
We are currently in a crossover time between episode A 416 and episode 501, "No sanctuary" of Terminus.
The A = beginning and Terminus = end
Jesus is Alpha and Omega, beginning to end, and that's why Rick and Beth's story are mirror images of each other.
They are telling the same story beginning to end for one, and end to beginning for the other.
We have just seen Rick as Jesus getting a resurrection and reunion with family, which is linked to the second coming of Christ.
So we should see practically the same mirror story with Beth as Jesus.
The episode A is the marker for the switching over of the sheriffs hat from Rick to Beth.
The A eclipse is a marker for that switch, too.
Consider this break between TOWL and The book of Carol as the middle point of infinity ♾️ or A.
One of the other biblical signs of the coming of Christ is that there will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars 🌟
Luke talks about this in Luke 21.25-36
“There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea. People will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken.
We already have the star Sirius symbolism used to depict Christ (Beth) return, and the eclipse that we saw Leah and Daryl look at was a clue to look up to the sun and moon also.
If you think about the story-line from the episodes A 416 (Alpha) with the sheriffs hat, all the way to the Terminus (Omega end) in 501.
Those two episodes were split over two seasons, and so is this Sheriffs hat "A" and the Jesus, beginning to end switch.
TOWL ♾️The Book of Carol
A
The flow of the story is moving in infinity ♾️ this is hard to explain, but basically Rick is on one side of the side of the story, moving towards the A sheriffs hat moment to take it off and give to Beth, and Beth is on the other (unseen) side of the story moving towards the sheriffs hat A switch.
Each side of episode "A" or the A eclipse, we will get a different Sheriff wearing the hat and a resurrection.
Rick ♾️ Beth
This means the Easter resurrection symbolism is still at play for Beth, too, even if it's further into the year. Her return/resurrection will coincidence with the dog days of summer ☀️ and Sirius rising.
Rick at the CRM blew it up like (The book of Carol blew) up Terminus.
The CRM are all about "us first, always" like the people at Terminus were, and when Rick destroyed it, the CRM became No Sanctuary.
The Terminus people were cannibals (eat their own) a similar theme to the CRM who kill their own.
That's why we got so much Terminus symbolism in the final, including railway tracks.
All roads lead to Terminus, and it was after Terminus Carol and Daryl find a clue to Beth.
Beth's story will be a combination of all the symbolism that we see with Rick, but add in the CDC symbolism (also blows up in a similar manner) with a bigger focus on experiments and cures.
It will circle back to season 1 and the choice between going to the CDC or Fort Benning (real and fake cure), as mentioned in season 1 by Rick and Shane.
Conversely, for Rick we see a flashback in episode A416 of Rick on the other end of the Terminus (CRM) story.
In this flashback, Rick hangs up the sheriffs hat (law enforcement/CRM) and becomes a farmer.
Which seemingly is what Rick will now do, having hung up his CRM law enforcement hat and arrived at the Commonwealth.
Now that he's home with his family, he's repeating the time at the prison where he started farming, and it's then we got hints at a cure/fake cure story beginning and working backwards to the CDC.
I've talked about that here if you want to read more.
I went back and started to watch episode A again and wanted to mention this car that drove into the prison at the very beginning of the episode "A".
Zack's Ram charger with no number plate.
It's a twin to this car...
I mentioned how the yellow Nissan points to the Jewish New Year and the A eclipse here and here
The Rams Horns were seen around Rick and Beth and are linked to the angel Gabrielle as well, but they definitely reminded me of an Infinity symbol, which is interesting because the brand Nissan also has a car brand called Infiniti ♾️
The fact that it's Zack's car (old boyfriend) ties it to Beth and Daryl and the damn romance novel to come back around.
What happens during an eclipse? The moon 🌙 blocks out the sun 🌞
And these two book end cars being black and yellow depict the "A" eclipse of the sun being blocked by the moon, and also the switching of the sheriffs hats at A.
Solar eclipses also make a golden ring 💍
This speaks to the marriage/ring symbolism we have seen with Rick and Michonne, and why now the CRM has changed its logo to one ring as seen on the on the helicopters at the end of the episode. 🚁
We will see this with Beth and Daryl too.
It's linked biblically to the bride of Christ (Christ's followers) and his return.
Revelation 19.7
Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready;
When Christ returns, there is a wedding between the bride of Christ and his followers. It's symbolic of an unbreakable bond.
So, the return of Christ is also linked to marriage.
We see Rick and Michonne in a helicopter 🚁 (which represents being in heaven or from "above"). While the focus on the wedding ring.
While we see this, we hear the talk of reform and a new age (Millennium) to begin.
To end it all, we see this beautiful depiction of Christ returning to earth from the helicopter 🚁 of heaven with his bride. 👰♀
And they combine that with the symbolism of believers who knew he'd return.
The dad comment is a play on this verse...
John 1.12
Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God
A few extra off-screen signs of Beth's return...
The panel content gave us more hints.
Firstly, one huge theory circulating back in season 4-5 as to where Beth got taken in Alone was that she was with Father Gabriel. Emily being with Seth at the panel is another sign of her return. ✅️
Secondly, another big theory was that she would bring a cure. Which Emily brings up in her panel with Seth ✅️
Thirdly, Emily mentions Beth becoming a leader. Wearing the Sheriffs hat ✅️
Lastly, a big part of the conversation in season 4 and 5 was the talk of Emily looking like Luna Lovegood. Which Emily brings up in the panels also. ✅️
