October 3, 2025
Hey there, Friend,
It’s the Smart Edit!
The Kingdom is not someday—it’s breaking in now.
This issue — The anointed Jesus is your Hard Reset, you’d think they want us fat, and more.
P.S. — Meet 8 bizarre (and terrifying) creatures lurking in the deep-sea (w/video).
Jesus Is Your Hard Reset (Jubilee)
Each week, we highlight a Kingdom Dynamic, a key insight into how God’s Kingdom works in real life …
Your life is primed for a reset.
My friend Frank Viola recently reminded me of something stunning … Jesus is our Jubilee.
In the Old Testament, the Year of Jubilee was like hitting the reset button—freedom, forgiveness, restoration, provision, security, and more.
Debts were canceled. Land was returned. Families were restored. It was a taste of what life could look like under God’s rule.
Centuries later in Nazareth, Jesus stood in the synagogue, unrolled the scroll of Isaiah, and read …
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He anointed Me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim release to captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed, to proclaim the favorable year of the Lord” (Luke 4.18–19a NASB).
That passage originally pictured Israel’s return from exile in Babylon in the imagery of Jubilee. But in Luke 4, Jesus stunned everyone: “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing” (v. 21).
In other words, “I am the Jubilee. In Me, the true reset has come.” Jesus is a HARD RESET for you and me.
What’s been lost in your life? Opportunities, time, relationships, health? Scripture resounds with God’s promise to restore: Job 42.10, Joel 2.25, Psalm 126.4–6, Zechariah 9.12 (see full scripture texts below).
Friend, Jesus offers more than survival and a ticket to get up there (News flash! It’s coming here in the restored earth and heavens!). He offers renewal.
In Him, every setback carries the seed of restoration. It all witnesses to Christ as King.
And though this is already our inheritance and right in Christ, sometimes our hearts need enlarging, and our spirits must be strengthened to fully receive it. We contend for it in faith, trusting God to do what only He can.
Prayer
Jesus, I receive you as the ultimate fulfillment of Jubilee! Enlarge my heart to receive and carry the freedom you offer. Renew the spirit of my mind. Thank you.
We’re using the NASB for Scripture quotes, unless we note otherwise.
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The New Testament Like You’ve Never Seen It with Frank Viola (Ep 353)
📖 What if you could read the New Testament as a single, unfolding story—seeing the books in their real-life context and discovering the heartbeat of the Storyline of Jesus? I talk with Frank Viola, a friend and bestselling author of The Untold Story of the New Testament Church.
Listen everywhere podcasts are heard (Jesus Smart X) or right here ➡ The New Testament Like You’ve Never Seen It with Frank Viola.
America Got Fat on Lies
"Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God." — 1 Corinthians 10.31
Do they want us fat? Ben Azadi makes a bold claim: the U.S. food system isn’t built for health—it’s built for obesity and sickness.
America’s obesity rate? Around 44%. Japan’s? Just 4%.
And it’s not about exercise. It’s about a system designed for addiction and profit.
As always — follow the 💵.
Think sugar everywhere, ultra-processed foods, inflammatory seed oils, distorted portions, and highly processed school lunches that barely qualify as food (Frankenfood, Mutant Munchies, Zombie Snacks 🤢).
Even sickcare (I mean healthcare) can feel like a “cash cow” subscription keeping people dependent on pharmaceuticals, medical appointments, and surgery.
The good news? You can take control. Eat real, single-ingredient foods, break the cycle, and reclaim ownership of your health.
It’s your body—treat it like God created it.
Brian — we need everyone to show up strong and long. “Be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord." — 1 Corinthians 15.58
On the POD
High-Impact Prayer: A Micro Ecclesia Can Transform Outcomes (Ep 352). We look at how Micro Ecclesia—small, Spirit-led communities—carry real Kingdom authority.
Follow the link to listen. The JesusSmartX podcast is also available on your favorite listening app including Spotify.
Something I’ll Be Testing (I’ll keep you current)
I’ll be experimenting with AI platforms like NotebookLM to create personalized “AI brains” trained on thinkers I admire — T. Austin-Sparks, Dallas Willard, Matthew Henry, and more.
By feeding the personalized, niched AI curated, original content, I can ask questions and explore their insights as if they were right there with me in a sense.
Closed-system. No internet. No existing learning models. A library of these personalized brains promises fresh ideas, new idea connections, and unexpected ways of thinking.
We’ll see what happens …
Take it further here: Unlock Genus Ideas By Building Your Own Library Of AI Brains (Forbes)
Note: a genus idea is a seed of thought — a core concept that can grow, combine with other ideas, and spark fresh insights. By capturing and interacting with these ideas, we can uncover new connections and ways of thinking that wouldn’t emerge from a single perspective alone.
STELLAR QUOTE
The Religious System of Things
Better to face the naked world system.
It is a costly and a suffering thing to come up against the religious system that has ‘settled down’ here. It is far more costly than coming up against the naked world itself.
Word of the week: Gesticulate — Use gestures, especially dramatic ones, instead of speaking or to emphasize one’s words. “My mother gesticulates a lot during a conversation, but my father barely moves his hands at all.” Source: WordDaily
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Best,
Brian Del Turco
Brian and Penny
P.S.
Full Scripture Text from the ‘Jesus Is Your Hard Reset’ segment above (NASB):
Job 42.10 – “The Lord restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends, and the Lord increased double all that Job had.”
Joel 2.25 – “Then I will compensate you for the years that the swarming locust has eaten.”
Psalm 126.4–6 – “Restore our fortunes, Lord, like the streams in the South. Those who sow in tears shall harvest with joyful shouting. One who goes here and there weeping, carrying his bag of seed, shall indeed come again with a shout of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.”
Zechariah 9.12 – “Return to the stronghold, you prisoners who have the hope; this very day I am declaring that I will restore double to you.”