Christianity & Politics

What Is Obama Doing to America?

2010-04-19T14:34:00.022-04:00

Word of the Day: Dhimmitude

Dhimmitude is the Muslim system of controlling non-Muslim populations conquered through jihad. Specifically, it is the TAXING of non-Muslims in exchange for tolerating their presence AND as a coercive means of converting conquered remnants to Islam.

The ObamaCare bill is the establishment of Dhimmitude and Sharia muslim diktat in the United States . Muslims are specifically exempted from the government mandate to purchase insurance, and also from the penalty tax for being uninsured. Islam considers insurance to be "gambling", "risk-taking" and "usury" and is thus banned. Muslims are specifically granted exemption based on this.

How convenient. So Christians and Jews will have crippling IRS liens placed against all of their assets, including real estate, cattle, and even accounts receivables, and will face hard prison time because they refuse to buy insurance or pay the penalty tax. Meanwhile, Louis Farrakhan will have no such penalty and will have 100% of his health needs paid for by the de facto government insurance. Non-muslims will be paying a tax to subsidize Muslims. Period. This is Dhimmitude.

Dhimmitude serves two purposes: it enriches the Muslim masters AND serves to drive conversions to Islam. In this case, the incentive to convert to Islam will be taken up by those in the inner-cities as well as the godless Generation X, Y and Z types who have no moral anchor. If you don't believe in Christ to begin with, it is no problem whatsoever to sell Him for 30 pieces of silver. "Sure, I'll be a Muslim if it means free health insurance and no taxes. Where do I sign, bro?"

Once upon a time it came to pass in the Age of Insanity that the people of the land called America, having lost their morals, their initiative, and their will to defend their liberties, chose as their Supreme Leader that person known as "The One".

He emerged from the vapors with a message that had no meaning; but He hypnotized the people telling them, "I am sent to save you." My lack of experience, my questionable ethics, my monstrous ego, and my association with evil doers are of no consequence. I shall save you with Hope and Change. Go, therefore, and proclaim throughout the land that those founding Fathers who proceeded me were evil, that they enslaved the nation, and that all they built must be destroyed. And the people rejoiced, for even though they knew not what "The One" would do, he had promised that it was good; and they believed. And "The One" said "We live in the greatest country in the world. Help me change everything about it!"

And the people said, "Rejoice! Change is good!"

Then "The One" said, "We are going to tax the rich fat-cats and redistribute their wealth." And the people said "Sock it to 'em!" And "The One" said we will bail out corporations too large to fail. And we will take control of all the means of production for the good of the people."

And then he said, "redistribution of wealth is good for everybody."

And Joe the plumber asked, " Are you kidding me? You're going to steal my money and give it to the deadbeats??" And "The One" ridiculed and taunted him, and Joe's personal records were hacked and publicized. One lone reporter asked, "Isn't that Marxist policy?" And she was banished from the kingdom!

Then a citizen asked, "With no foreign relations experience and having zero military experience or knowledge, how will you deal with radical terrorists?" And "The One" said, "Simple. I shall sit with them and talk with them and show them how nice we really are; and they will forget that they ever wanted to kill us all!" And the people said, "Rejoice!! We are safe at last, and we can beat our weapons into cars and call it Cash for Clunkers.

Then "The One" said "I shall give 95% of you lower taxes." And one, lone voice said, "But 40% of us don't pay ANY taxes." So "The One" said, "Then I shall give you some of the taxes the fat-cats pay!"

And the people said, "Rejoice! Show us the money!"

Then "The One" said, "I shall tax your Capital Gains when you sell your homes!" And the people yawned and the slumping housing market collapsed. And He said, "I shall mandate employer-funded health care for every worker and raise the minimum wage. And I shall give every person unlimited healthcare and medicine and transportation to the clinics.." And the people said, "Give me some of that!" Then he said, "I shall penalize employers who ship jobs overseas."

And the people said, "Where's my rebate check?"

Then "The One" said, "I shall bankrupt the coal industry and electricity rates will skyrocket!" And the people said, "Coal is dirty, coal is evil, no more coal! But we don't care for that part about higher electric rates." So "The One" said, Not to worry. If your rebate isn't enough to cover your expenses, we shall bail you out.

"Just sign up with ACORN and your troubles are over!"

Then He said, "Illegal immigrants feel scorned and slighted. Let's grant them amnesty, Social Security, free education, free lunches, free medical care, bi-lingual signs and guaranteed housing." "And we will throw money at every problem and call it a Stimulus Package."

And the people said, "Rejoice!" and they made him king!

And so it came to pass that employers, facing spiraling costs and ever-higher taxes, raised their prices and laid off workers. Others simply gave up and went out of business and the economy sank like unto a rock dropped from a cliff. The banking industry was destroyed. Manufacturing slowed to a crawl. And more of the people were without any means of support.

Then "The One" said, "I am the "The One"- The Messiah - and I'm here to save you! We shall just print more money so everyone will have enough!" But our foreign trading partners said unto Him. "Wait a minute. Your dollar is not worth a pile of camel dung! You will have to pay more. And "The One" said, "But that's not fair!!" And the world said, "Neither are those other idiotic programs you have embraced fair. Lo, you have become a Socialist state and a second-rate power. Now you shall play by our rules and pay five dollars a gallon for your gasoline."

And the people cried out, "Alas, alas!! What have we done?" But yea verily, it was too late. The once mighty nation was no more; and the once proud people were without sustenance or shelter or hope. And the Change "The One" had given them was like unto a poison that had destroyed them and like a whirlwind that consumed all that they had built.

And the people beat their chests in despair and cried out in anguish, "give us back our nation and our pride and our hope!!" But it was too late, their Constitutional Republic was no more.

You may think this sounds like a fairy tale, but sadly it's not.

Harry Truman, 33rd U.S. President, was correct when he observed, "My choices in life were either to be a piano player in a whore house or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference!

Some people have the vocabulary to sum up things in a way you can
understand them. This quote was translated into English from an
article appearing in the Czech Republic as published in the
Prager Zeitung of 28 April 2010:

"The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry
capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency. It
will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama
presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good
judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man
for their president."

"The problem is much deeper and far more serious than
Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails America .
Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone
to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince."

America can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all,
merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude
of fools such as those who made him their president."

Obama at Bat

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Who Is Israel? Who Is The Church?

2009-10-19T09:43:00.000-04:00

by Lorraine Day, M.D.

The Doctrine of Dispensationalism states that the Church of Christ, which was born on the day of Pentecost as recorded in Acts 2, is definitely NOT a part of God's covenants with Abraham and David. It is believed that the Christian Church with its gospel of grace is only an "interruption of God's original plan with Israel, unforeseen by the Old Testament prophets and having no connection with God's promises of an earthly kingdom to Abraham, Moses, and David.

'While there are differences of opinion among Christian scholars who teach about Bible prophecy, the majority firmly believe the following five events have been definitely predicted by God to occur before the second coming of Jesus Christ:

(1) The rebirth of the state of Israel in 1948
(2) A soon coming "Seven Year Period of Great Tribulation"
(3) The rebuilding of the third Jewish temple on the Temple Mount inside Jerusalem
(4) The rise of a mysterious man, the Antichrist, who will enter this rebuilt Jewish temple, proclaiming himself as God
(5) A final war against the nation of Israel, resulting in a Middle East battle of Armageddon" Exploding the Israel deception, Steve Wohlberg, pg 9.

They further believe that the "Israel" of the New Testament is the present-day literal nation of Israel even though most Jews are atheists and the other Jews, who are religious, do not believe in Jesus.

Let's look at Israel in 1) The Old Testament, 2) The New Testament, and in 3) Revelation.

What does the name Israel mean? Who first spoke the name?

Jacob, the son of Isaac and brother of Esau, was returning to his homeland after years of hiding in a far country for fear of his brother's revenge. Jacob, many years before, had stolen Esau's blessing by deceiving their father, and Esau had vowed to kill him. The name Jacob means supplanter (plotter or deceiver) which described Jacob's true character in his early life. But he had spent most of his adult life reaping what he had sown as others continued to deceive him. Eventually his heart was changed and so was his character.

Now, on his return to his homeland, it's nighttime. He has heard that his brother is coming after him with a large band of men, to kill him. Jacob is afraid for himself and his family. He sends his wives and children ahead and stays alone. Suddenly, in the middle of the night, he is approached by a ferocious stranger who attacks him in hand to hand combat. Jacob, undoubtedly thinking that his brother has found him, fights for his life. But after a time of struggling, the stranger touches Jacob's hip causing great pain. Jacob's hip is dislocated. The pain is excruciating.

Jacob now realizes that this Being is supernatural, and he hangs on pleading for a blessing. The "Angel" asks, "What is your name." (Of course, the angel already knows Jacob's name. He just wants him to say it.) When Jacob states his name, he is admitting that he is a deceiver. He has made confession for, and repented from, his years of deceit and his life course has been changed. His character has changed!

The "Angel" responds, "Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel (Prince with God); for you have struggled with God and with man and have prevailed."

The name "Israel" was a Spiritual name. It symbolized Jacob's spiritual victory over a life of deception. The human being, Jacob, a natural man, had now been given a spiritual name, "Israel", meaning "Overcomer."

Israel (formerly called Jacob) and his sons moved to Egypt because of a famine in the land of Caanan. Another one of Israel's sons, Joseph, had been sold into slavery by his brothers years before, but now Joseph had been elevated to the leader of Egypt, only surpassed by the Pharoah.

OLD TESTAMENT

JACOB HAS HIS NAME CHANGED TO "ISRAEL"

The first time the name "Israel" is used in the Bible is in Gen 32:27,28. After Jacob wrestled with the angel and Jacob would not let go until he received a blessing, the angel said "What is your name? and he said, Jacob. And he said, Thy name shall be called nor more Jacob, but Israel (meaning Prince of God), for you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed."

So the name "Israel" was given to Jacob as a Spiritual name. Jacob's self-sufficiency was gone, he was willing to give up self and follow God. His new Spiritual name referred to his character. The name Jacob means deceiver. So the name change symbolizes his transformation in CHARACTER.

"ISRAEL'S" (JACOB'S) SONS ARE ALSO CALLED ISRAEL-ITES (Heirs of Israel)

The Children of Israel went into Egypt

Ex. 1:1 "Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob." And then the 12 sons of Jacob (Israel) are named. These are the literal "children of Israel" (children of Jacob) who went into Egypt.

Israel is called "My son, My firstborn"

Ex 4:21,22 "And the Lord said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go. Vs 22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, 'Thus saith the Lord, Israel is My son, even My firstborn. . . "

NOTE: The whole NATION is NOW called "Israel," not just Jacob (Israel).

The nation of Israel is called a "vine."

Ps 80:8 "Thou has brought a vine out of Egypt; thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it."

The nation of Israel is called a "servant."

Isa 41:8 "But thou, Israel, art My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham My friend."

Isa 49:3 "And said unto me, 'Thou art My servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified."

Isa 42:1-3 "Behold My servant . . . " This chapter outlines God's original plan for Israel which they failed to follow.

* * * * * Hosea 11:1 "When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called My son out of Egypt."

NOTE: The Nation of "Israel" is called:

1) "My son",
2) a "vine",
3) the "seed of Abraham",
4) God's "servant", and
5) "My son" that God "brought out of Egypt."

NOTE ALSO: Joseph (whose father was JACOB/ISRAEL) had dreams and went into Egypt.

NEW TESTAMENT

Matt 1:1 "The book of the generation of Jesus Christ. . . "

The New Testament is about Jesus Christ - NOT about Israel!

Joseph, the earthly "father" of Jesus, also had a father named Jacob (Matt 1:16). Joseph also had a dream and went into Egypt.

Matt 2:13 "And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, 'Arise, and take the young child and His mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy Him."

Matt 2:15 "And (he) was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying "Out of Egypt have I called My son."

* * * * * This New Testament text (Matt 2:15), is a DIRECT QUOTE of Hosea 11:1, which was originally spoken of the Nation of Israel, but NOW it refers to Christ as the FULFILLMENT of the prophecy of the Hosea text.

Jesus is NOW the NEW "Israel." The prophecy is FULFILLED in Jesus!

"BAPTISM"

Israel came out of Egypt and was "baptized" in the Red Sea.

1 Cor 10: 1,2 Paul is speaking, "Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea: And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea."

Jesus came out of Egypt and was baptized in the Jordan.

Matt 3:16 "And Jesus, when He was baptized, went up straightway out of the water; and, lo, the heavens were opened unto Him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon Him.

INTO THE WILDERNESS

Israel, after being "baptized" in the Red Sea, went into the wilderness for 40 years

Jesus, after being baptized, went into the wilderness for 40 days. (Matt 4:1)

In the wilderness Jesus was tempted THREE times. Each time He responded to Satan with a text. ALL three texts that He quoted, are from the book of Deuteronomy, the book given to Moses and the Israelites in the wilderness: Deut 8:3, Deut 6:16, Deut 6:13.

Jesus is REPEATING the history of Israel. Jesus, the NEW "Israel", is overcoming where the nation of Israel had failed! Every Christian has to go their own "wilderness" experience and overcome as Jesus overcame.

Israel:

When God brought Israel out of Egypt, they were brought to a mountain, Mt. Sinai, where God gives them the law on tablets of stone.

Christ:

Matt 5: After Jesus had been in the wilderness, He goes to a mountain to teach the beatitudes - a practical explanation of the law written in our heart.

Israel:

God made a covenant with the twelve tribes with the blood of animals.

Christ:

Matt 26:28 Jesus meets with the 12 apostles and makes a NEW covenant with His OWN blood - a New covenant with a NEW Israel.

Matt 12:15-18 "Behold my servant..." This Old Testament passage applied to Israel, but now it is fulfilled in Jesus Christ.

John 15:1 Jesus said, "I am the TRUE VINE.

Gal 3:16 "Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith NOT 'And to seeds, as of many, but as of ONE, and to thy SEED which is Christ."

Jesus is called:

1) "My Son" 2 Peter 1:17
2) The "vine" John 15:1
3) the "seed of Abraham" Gal 3:16
4) "servant" Matt 12:15-18
5) "My Son" God "brought out of Egypt" Matt 2:15

"Israel" was one man, and his heirs became the nation of "Israel".

Jesus (Israel) is one Man, then His heirs are ALSO Israel.

Jesus' followers (those in Christ), now become the New Testament Spiritual Israel. "If you are Abraham's seed, then you are heirs according to the promise." Gal 3:29

Gal 3:29 "So if you be Christ's THEN are you Abraham's seed and heirs according to the promise."

The name Israel, was expanded to include all of Israel's (formerly called Jacob) offspring. And as his descendants increased, they became a nation - the nation of the same family name - - - Israel. God called this new nation of Israel, "My son. . . My firstborn."

Steve Wohlberg, in his excellent book Exploding The Israel Deception, points out the many parallels between the history of Israel and the history of Jesus Christ. In Hosea 11:1, the prophet writes, "Out of Egypt have I called my son." Matthew declares this text "fulfilled" in Jesus (Matt 2:15)

**When God called Israel out of Egypt, He called the nation "My son." Ex 4:22. When Jesus came out of Egypt, God said, "Out of Egypt I have called My Son."

**When Israel left Egypt, they were "baptized" by crossing the Red Sea - then they spent 40 years in the wilderness. When Jesus began His ministry, He was baptized, then immediately went into the wilderness for 40 days.

In the Gospel of Matthew, "Jesus is repeating the history of Israel, point by point, and is overcoming where they failed. Jesus becomes the new Israel, the one victorious Man who overcomes all sin." (Wohlberg, pg 21)

In Galatians 3:16, Paul wrote, "Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith NOT, And to seeds, as of many; but as of ONE, And to thy seed, which is Christ."

Paul explains that Abraham's seed does not refer to "many," seeds, but to "One, . . . which is Christ." Paul is opening our minds to realize that what originally applied to the nation of Israel is now applied to Jesus Christ. The Messiah is now the "seed." Therefore, Jesus Christ is "Israel!" And those in Christ are his heirs according to the PROMISE, not according to the flesh.

But as, in the Old Testament, the name Israel was first applied to one man - and then to his offspring, so in the New Testament the same principle applies. "The seed" is Christ, and Paul then tells his Gentile converts "And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed." Gal 3:29.

So the name "Israel" not only applies to the True Seed, Jesus Christ, but also the believers in Jesus become part of "the seed." The true Christians are now God's Spiritual Israel.

Paul continues to drive this point home throughout his writings. In Gal 3:6,7, he wrote, "Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

"Behold, thou art called Jew, and you rest in the law and make your boast of God." "For circumcision verily profits, if you keep the law; but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision is made uncircumcision. Therefore if the uncircumcision (the Gentiles) keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?" "For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh; But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God." Roman 2:17,25,26,28,29

Paul is saying that if one only has the outward appearance of being religious without being changed in the heart, then the circumcision of the Jew means nothing.

Two Israels

Romans 9:3-8: There are two Israels in the New Testament.

A) Vs 3 & 4: "Israelites according to the flesh and

B) Vs 6 & 7: For they are NOT all Israel (of God in Jesus Christ) which are of Israel (some who DON'T have the disposition of Christ), neither because they are seed of Abraham, are they all children (even if they are direct blood descendants of Abraham, it doesn't make them "children" of Abraham.)

C) Vs 8: That is they which are the children of the flesh (literal nation of Israel), these are NOT the children of God: but the children of the promise (who have faith in Jesus Christ) are counted as the seed." (This means ALL who truly believe in Jesus Christ, whether they are a Jew or a Gentile makes no difference, it all depends on their spiritual belief in Jesus Christ. If they believe in Jesus Christ, they are children of Abraham!)

Question: Which "Israel" is Revelation referring to in which the promises will be fulfilled?

Rev 11:8 ". . . . spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt where also our Lord was crucified (Spiritual Jerusalem.)

Rev 11:19 ". . . temple of God was opened in HEAVEN - Ark of His Testament inside (law of God)."

Rev 7:4 144,000 of tribes of children of Israel
Rev 14:1 144,000 standing on Mt Zion.

Hebrews 12:22,23 Mt Zion - " . . . the city of the living God, the HEAVENLY Jerusalem." ". . . church of the firstborn on Mt Zion."

Rev 21:10 "Carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain and showed me that great city, the Holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God.

Rev 16:12 River Euphrates dried up. (Babylon's support system will dry up, the people that support deceptions of spiritual Babylon) preparing the way for the Kings of the east.

Rev 16:16 Armageddon, a Spiritual war between the followers of Christ and the followers of the Beast power and Satan.

Rev 17:1,3,5 Spiritual Babylon

Rev 17:15 Waters (symbolic for) = people

Rev 11:19 Temple of God opened in heaven - ark of Testament seen

Rev 14:9 3rd angel

Rev 14:12 Keep Commandments of God

Rev 16:13 3 unclean (counterfeit) spirits of devils like frogs.

Rev 16:14-16 3rd frog (false prophet) manifestation of false prophet - counterfeit 3rd angel's message. False prophet = false prophecy ". . . go to the WHOLE WORLD to gather them to battle of the great day of God Almighty."

Rev 16:17 Heavenly temple - - - NOT earthly temple

Rev 16:19 3 parts: dragon, beast and the false prophets

Rev 16:15,16 "watch" out for deceptions. Keeps his garments (symbolic for) . . . (righteousness of Jesus).

These are ALL spiritual terms, showing a SPIRITUAL Israel, NOT a literal Israel. Not born of the flesh, but born again(more properly, born from above)in a Spiritual birth. Flesh and blood humans cannot inherit the Kingdom of God.

Here is the KEY: 1 Cor 15:46,47: "Howbeit that was NOT first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.

The first man is of the earth, earthly: the second man is the Lord from heaven.

Explanation: The FIRST is natural or the physical representation. And the SECOND is the Spiritual.

The Old Testament is, in general, the description of the physical events that actually took place.

The New Testament is the SPIRITUAL reality of what the physical Old Testament illustrations looked forward to.

The Old Testament testifies of JESUS - Jesus says so HIMSELF!

How can ANYONE be a "New Testament Christian" and disregard the
Old Testament, when Jesus says the Old Testament is about HIM?

NOTE: Jesus does NOT say that the Old Testament is about Israel!

John 5:39, 40 (NIV) Jesus said, "You diligently search (study) the Scriptures because you think that in THEM you possess eternal life. (But) these are the Scriptures that testify about ME, yet you refuse to come to Me to have life."

Jesus was talking about the Old Testament Scriptures! Those were the ONLY Scriptures available when Jesus was on the earth. "The Old Testament speaks about ME," Jesus said. That is the ONLY focus of the Scriptures. The Scriptures, including the Old Testament, only have meaning when referring to Christ, the Messiah.

The Old Testament is CHRIST-CENTERED! NOT Israel-Centered!

The Old Testament must ONLY be interpreted in a Christ-centered manner.

Jesus said, "More than Jonah is here, more than Solomon is here, more than the Temple is here." The whole Old Testament points to Christ, to His fulfilling the Messianic prophecies.

Zephaniah 3: 9, 12,13. "Then will I purify the lips of the peoples (everyone), that ALL of them may call on the name of the Lord and serve Him shoulder to shoulder...

"But I will leave within you the meek and humble, who trust in the name of the Lord. The remnant of Israel will do no wrong; they will speak no lies, nor will deceit be found in their mouths. They will eat and lie down and no one will make them afraid."

Joel 2:18-32 (NIV)

"And afterward, I will pour out my spirit on ALL people....And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the Lord has said, among the survivors whom the Lord calls."

Gen 12: "ALL people will be blessed through Abraham." Abraham was called out of Babylon. ALL people have been blessed through Jesus who came through the line of Abraham.

God's plan is a WORLD-WIDE plan, NOT a plan just for one group of people!

Rev. 6: Describes End time events, centering in the Judgment.

Rev 6:12 - 17 - Six Seals.

vs 14: "The sky receded like a scroll, rolling up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.

Then the KINGS OF THE EARTH, (meaning Universal - worldwide) the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

They called to the mountains and the rocks, 'Fall on us' and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! (They are afraid) For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?" (They think NO ONE can stand, because they are afraid and they are the leaders.)

Rev 7: 4 "And I HEARD the number of those who were sealed; 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel. (John did not SEE the number, he HEARD the number)

From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben 12,000 ...

After this I LOOKED and there before me was a GREAT MULTITUDE that no one could count, from EVERY NATION, TRIBE, PEOPLE AND LANGUAGE standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb.

John HEARS the number of 144,000, but he SEES a GREAT MULTITUDE that no man could count. The number 144,000 is NOT literal, it is symbolic for a Great Multitude that no one can count.

(The 144,000 AND "the great multitude that no one could count" are the SAME.)

(The 144,000 are NOT Jews - they are from ALL nations, tribes, peoples and languages.)

Rev 1:10-12 ("I heard - then I turned around to see...") What John sees is a further explanation of what he hears.

Rev 5:2: And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, "Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?"

Vs 5: " Then one of the elders said to me (I heard), "Do not weep! SEE, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals."

Then I SAW a Lamb looking as if it had been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders." (The Lion and the Lamb are the same.)

CONCLUSION: What John sees is an explanation of what he first hears. He hears about the Lion, but he SEES the Lamb. (The Lion and the Lamb are the same.)

By the way, all of these terms in Revelation are from the Old Testament:

Lamb (from the sanctuary)

Lion (from the tribe of Judah)

Israel = the Israel of Christ, Matt 16:16-18 (How does God call His own people?)

When Jesus asked His disciples, "Who do you say that I am?" Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."

Jesus said, "FLESH AND BLOOD HAS NOT TOLD YOU THIS." (This has NOT been a revelation from man, from a church, but it has been a direct revelation from God to you.) Jesus continued, "On this rock (this doctrine) I will build my CHURCH." "On THIS Rock - the doctrine that GOD will be our teacher rather than organized denominations and churches.

The Israel of the Old Testament has now become the "Church" (ecclesia = the called ones)of the New Testament. As physical Israel was called out of Egypt (a type for sin & bondage), now spiritual Israel is called out of spiritual sin and bondage.

Literalism would make the "Lamb" in Revelation, literal. But the "Lamb" is Christ. The Lamb is symbolic.

And the 144,000 are NOT Jews, they are from "ALL nations."

All of this must be interpreted in relation to Christ.

The interpretation must go "through the Cross" and when it does, it leaves all the geographic and ethnic restrictions in the Cross, and they become all spiritual, universal, world-wide terms.

Revelation is FULL of Old Testament terms: Jezebel, Baalam, Babylon. But these terms which were LITERAL in the Old Testament, are NOW SPIRITUAL in the New Testament!

Mt. Zion:

Hebrews 12: 18 "You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom and storm; to a trumpet blast or to such a voice speaking words, that those who heard it begged that no further word be spoken to them, because they could not bear what was commanded... (This is talking about Mt. Sinai where the Ten Commandments were given).

Vs 22-24: "But you have come to (a better mountain) Mount Zion, to the HEAVENLY Jerusalem, the city of the living God. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, to the CHURCH of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God... to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel." (Abel's blood speaks of revenge, but Christ's blood speaks of reconciliation.)

"Mt. Zion" means salvation.

Christ incorporates the whole human race because He is the second Adam, the father (creator) of the whole human race.

Revelation corresponds to Genesis: There is Paradise, the Tree of Life, the River.

We understand the Old Testament THROUGH the New Testament.

Jesus the Christ is NOT Jewish, He is Divine! He is God! "He is the Saviour of ALL mankind."

Jesus is gathering us to HIM. "If I be lifted up, I will draw ALL to ME!" They will NOT be drawn to Palestine - or to the Temple - or to Jerusalem - - - but to JESUS!

Jews and Gentiles: What do the terms mean?

Let's stop right here and discuss the terms "Jew" and "Gentile." I'm sure you will be astonished to learn that NEITHER of these terms EVER appears in the Bible, in the original Scriptures. These are actually propaganda words placed there by the translators to support their own preconceived theological ideas.

Let me give you the documentation for this statement.

The word "JEW" NEVER appears in the Original Scriptures

The word "Jew."

Look in a Concordance, Strong's Concordance is a popular, commonly used one. The word "Jew" (#2453 in the Greek) is actually short for the word Judean, or more accurately Ioudas, pronounced ee-oo-dah-yos. The letter "J" is not present in the New Testament Greek alphabet. The English alphabet had no "J" prior to the 14th century, and it wasn't predominantly used until the 17th century.

Since the word "Jew" is an English concoction that did not exist at the time of the writing of the New Testament, we know that it actually is the word "Judean."

The King James Bible in 1611, for example, used the word Iudea, not our present "Judea", and it was pronounced you-dee-a.

So the word "Jew" is short for the word "Judean", meaning a resident of a particular area - Judea, the southern part of Canaan, later known as Palestine. Jerusalem was in Judea, and the temple was in Jerusalem. The word "Jew" did NOT mean an ethnic background.

The English word Jew evolved phonetically from the prefix 'Iou, from the Greek word 'Ioudas which means Judean.

Judea is the same as Judah, and Judah was the tribe of Israel that inhabited that geographical area when the twelve tribes conquered the inhabitants of Canaan about 1400 B.C. The Tribe of Judah was the largest of the twelve and the most influential. God said that the Messiah would come through that Tribe.

The word "Judean" (later shortened to "Jew) MEANS -
those who had knowledge of the God of heaven.

In addition, study of the Scriptures, particularly the Old Testament, makes it clear that the designation "Judean" or "Ioudas" refers to those who had a knowledge of the God of heaven, as opposed to those who had NO knowledge of the God of heaven or those who worshiped pagan gods, referred to as the "Nations."

The word "Gentiles."

Now look up the word "Nations" in the Greek (#1484) and the Hebrew (#1471). Now look up the word "Gentiles." You will see that the numbers are identical to the word "Nations" both in the Greek (#1484) and in the Hebrew (#1471).

This shows that the Bible translators used the word "Gentiles" at their own arbitrary discretion, when it would have a theological or sociological impact, rather than using the word "Nations" in every instance, as unbiased translation would dictate. There is NO instance in the Bible, where the word "Gentiles" is appropriate. The word should ALWAYS be "Nations."

The Hebrew word (#1471) translated "Nations" or sometimes "Gentiles", is the word "goy" or "goyim", a present-day derogatory term used by Jews to describe non-Jews, and means a troop of lowly animals, such as cattle, or a heathen people.

Isa 37:12 "Have the gods of the nations delivered them..."

Ps 96:5 "For all the gods of the nations are idols..."

Isa 9:1 "...Galilee of the nations."

Again: The Scriptural meanings of the two terms are the following:

Judeans (mistranslated "Jews" in the Bible): Those who were aware of, or who worshiped, the God of heaven. (Even though often they had wandered far from the God of heaven they were supposed to know.)

Nations (mistranslated "Gentiles" in the Bible): Those who did NOT know, nor worship, the God of heaven, but instead worshiped pagan idols.

Neither term was a designation of ethnicity or blood line. Both terms were defined in relation to their religion - their worship which, in general, correlated with their geographical location.

The center of the worship of the God of heaven in the entire inhabited world, was Jerusalem which was in the region of Judea. Everywhere else was referred to as "the Nations."

"There were no nations until after the flood. God did not "select" Israel and Judah (and the Pharisees) because of their superiority to other nations, God "created" them for one purpose, to be His bondslaves, so that through that nation all the other nations should come to know Him. The idea that Israel was a magnificently developed type of nation is a mistaken one. Israel was a despised, and a despisable nation, continually turning away from God into idolatry." Complete works of Oswald Chambers; Discovery House Publishers pg 1317

Was Jesus born a Jew?

Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, so He was a Judean by birth location (NOT a "Jew" by genetics), but he lived his life in Nazareth, in "Galilee of the Nations (Gentiles)" so He was a Nazarene. Isa 9:1

Jesus was a child of the Holy Spirit (Luke 1:34,35). He had no lineage from His stepfather, Joseph. Yes, His earthly parents, both His earthly mother and His earthly father, were from the line of David. David was an Israelite, He lived in Israel in the area of Judah, but did that make him "Jewish" genetically?

The prophecy of Jesus' lineage through His earthly parents was given so those who were searching the Scriptures and watching for the Messiah would be able to identify Him appropriately when He came. Even then, the greatest scholars and the wisest in the synagogues STILL did NOT recognize the Messiah.

Many claim that Jesus had to have had genes from His mother, Mary, or He wouldn't have been able to fulfill the prediction of the Scriptures - - to be "tempted in all points like as we are, yet without sin." (Heb 4:15) Yet Adam and Eve were created by God, with no genes from an earthly mother or father, and they were not only "susceptible" to sin - - - they ACTUALLY sinned!

So Jesus did NOT have to have earthly genes in order to be susceptible to sin. But when He was tempted, He overcame!

There is an additional compelling reason why Jesus had NO earthly genes from either of His earthly parents, including NO genes from His earthly mother, Mary. He could NOT have had ANY of Mary's human genes, because if He had, it would have been a case of the creature (a human being - Mary) CREATING the CREATOR (God in the human form of Jesus), it would be a case of humanity CREATING God! That could NOT be! Jesus had NO genes from a human parent. He was "born of the Holy Spirit." Matt 1:18

Jesus was placed in Mary's womb to grow in her body, to symbolize Jesus coming from "outside" of us, from "outside" of this world to come into us and become One with us. Jesus came into this world to become One with humanity, to live in us.

"Christ in you, the hope of glory!" Col 1:27

"Let this mind be in you which is in Christ Jesus." Phil 2:5

Paul said, "I died, yet I live, but not I, but Christ lives in me." Gal 2:20

Is Salvation "OF the Jews?"

Is "Salvation of the Jews" as the King James Bible translates John 4:22? The prepositions in the Greek are far more specific. The Greek word used here is "Ek" (#1537) which means "origin."

Since Jesus was born in Judea and since He identifies Himself as the "Saviour of ALL mankind" (1 Tim 4:10), the phrase should be translated, "Salvation is OUT OF Judea." (John 4:22) Salvation is found ONLY in Jesus, Who was born (came OUT OF) Judea!

It's ALL ABOUT JESUS - NOT about Israel or the "Jews!"

Look at Matt 2:6 "And thus Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, art not the least among the princes of Judah; for OUT OF ("Ek" #1537) thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel."

Micah 5:2 "And thou, Bethlehem, house of Ephratha, art few in number to be reckoned among the thousands of Judah; yet OUT OF ("Ek" #1537) thee shall one come forth to me, to be a ruler of Israel; and His goings forth were from the beginning, even from eternity." (From the Greek O.T.)

Heb 7:14 "For it is manifest that OUT OF ("Ek" #1537) Judah has sprung our Lord..."

Jesus NEVER identified Himself as a Jew

In fact, He was ALWAYS at odds with Jewry.

Jesus was taunted, baited and hated by the Jewish Rabbis because He taught a TOTALLY DIFFERENT religion from what the Pharisees and Rabbis taught. Christ's message was the ANTITHESIS of that day's Jewish religion.

Jesus NEVER identified Himself with the "Jews." He always referred to them as separate from Him.

John 7:1 "After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for He would not walk in Jewry (Judea), because the Jews sought to kill Him."

Luke 11:47, 48 "Woe unto you! for you build the sepulchres of the prophets, and YOUR fathers killed them."

John 6:58 "I am the Bread which came down from heaven; YOUR fathers ate manna and are dead."

John 8:56 "YOUR father Abraham rejoiced to see My day; and he saw it and was glad."

Mk 7:9 "And He said unto them, Full well, you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep YOUR OWN tradition."

Matt: 15:3, 6 "Why do you also transgress the commandment of God by YOUR tradition?...."Thus you have made the commandment of God of none effect by YOUR traditions."

The designation "Judean" (shortened in the King James Version to "Jew), was NOT a genetic designation, it was a religious and cultural designation. Jesus was the ANTITHESIS of EVERYTHING Judean or "Jewish!"

Jesus was definitely NOT a Jew!

Galilee was an Ethnic "Melting Pot"

The area of Galilee had been conquered by foreign invaders twice and each time the majority of the population were killed or taken prisoner to the conqueror's homeland. The area was then repopulated with people transported in from the conquering nation.

The first conqueror was Assyria, which came against the Northern Kingdom of Israel in 722 B.C. Samaria was captured and its people exiled, bringing the northern Kingdom to an end. The area was then repopulated with people from the conquering Kingdom.

2 Kings 17:5,6,17,18 "Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years. In the ninth year of Hosea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes...

The Lord was "provoked to anger because Israel "caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments... Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of His sight; there was NONE left but the tribe of Judah ONLY."

2 Kings 17:24 "And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof."

The second time was by Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, in 586 B.C.,when Daniel and his three friends were taken into captivity along with thousands of others. The area of Israel was ravished and became almost a wasteland.

2 Kings 24:1,2,14,15 "In his days, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years; then he turned and rebelled against him. And the Lord sent against him (Jehoiakim) bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the Word of the Lord, which he spake by his servants the prophets.

"And he carried away ALL Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths; none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land."

2 Kings 25:11 "Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, carry away."

So Judah, as well as Galilee, had been repopulated with non-Jews.

In addition, we are told repeatedly in the Bible that when the Israelites came into the land of Canaan, they inter-married with the Canaanites, rebelling against the Lord's directions not to do that.

Also, Rahab, the (NON-Jew) Canaanite prostitute, was an ancestor of Jesus. Rahab was Boaz' mother. (Matt 1:5) Boaz married Ruth and they were the grandparents of Jesse, the father of King David, through whose line Jesus came. (Rahab was King David's great grandmother! Rahab was NOT "Jewish!")

One more thing, when the Israelites initially left Egypt, when they were an infant nation, they were already a MIXED MULTITUDE! Ex 12:38 says, "And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children. And a MIXED MULTITUDE went up also with them;..."

It's abundantly clear that there was no ethnically pure "Jewish" heritage in Israel hundreds of years BEFORE Jesus was born, much less when He arrived. Even MORE so today, with all the intermarrying, there is really no such thing as a "Jew" by heredity, only by social culture.

This is dramatically confirmed by Arthur Koestler, a "Jew", in his amazing book, The Thirteenth Tribe. Koestler reveals that approximately 80% of all the "Jews" in the world today, the Ashkenazim "Jews", are really Khazars, originating from Khazaria, an area that later became Russia. The vast majority of "Jews" in the world today, have NO semitic blood in them. They are "Gentiles", if you will.

In his book, Koestler "traces the history of the ancient Khazar Empire, a major but almost forgotten power in Eastern Europe, which in the Dark Ages became converted to Judaism. Khazaria, which flourished from the seventh to the eleventh century, was finally wiped out by the forces of Genghis Khan, but evidence indicates that the Khazars themselves migrated to Poland and formed the cradle of Western Jewry. . ."

"The Khazars found themselves in a precarious position between the two major world powers: the Eastern Roman Empire in Byzantium and the triumphant followers of Mohammed. As Mr. Koestler points out, the Khazars were the Third World of their day, and they chose a surprising method of resisting both the Western pressure to become Christian and the Eastern to adopt Islam. Rejecting both, they converted to Judaism. . . The story of the Khazar Empire, as it slowly emerges from the past, begins to look like the most cruel hoax which history has ever perpetrated. Alas, "anti-Semitism" can no longer be "anti-Semitism" if the "victims" are NOT "Semitic" - - - if the "Jews" are NOT "Jewish"!

Under his chapter heading RACE AND MYTH, author Koestler states: "The Jews of our times fall into two main divisions: Sephardim and Ashkenazim. The Sephardim are descendants of the Jews who since antiquity had lived in Spain (in Hebrew Sepharad) until they were expelled at the end of the fifteenth century and settled in the countries bordering on the Mediterranean, the Balkans, and to a lesser extent in Western Europe. They spoke a Spanish-Hebrew dialect, Ladino, and preserved their own traditions and religious rites. In the 1960s, the number of Sephardim was estimated at 5000,000.

"The Ashkenazim, at the same period, numbered about eleven million. Thus, in common parlance, Jew is practically synonymous with Ashkenazi Jew....Summing up a very old and bitter controversy in a laconic paragraph, Raphael Patai wrote:2

"The findings of physical anthropology show that, contrary to popular view, there is no Jewish race. Anthropometric measurements of Jewish groups in many parts of the world indicate that they differ greatly from one another with respect to all the important physical characteristics - stature, weight, skin color, cephalic index, facial index, blood groups, etc."

According to Koestler, a "Jew" himself, as well as other "Jewish" authors, there is no such thing as a Jewish race. There is no such thing as a Jewish ethnicity. There IS a Jewish culture - a way they look at the world, a way they treat others who they consider Non-Jews, a way they raise their children to think of themselves, a way of doing business - a Jewish culture, but NOT a Jewish race.

There is NO evidence that any "Jews" can trace their ancestry to Abraham.

Blessing Abraham's "Heirs"

Christians base their support of the present-day State of Israel and the present-day "Jews" on Genesis 12:1-3,

"Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from they kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee:

"And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

"And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed." (Not just "Jewish" families).

This is interpreted by many Christians to mean that God will bless those who bless the Jews and curse those who curse the Jews. Nothing could be further from the truth. We have just shown that Abraham's "seed" are those who follow Christ! The Jews. in general, and the Jewish religion HATE Christ!

First of all, the present day "Jews" CANNOT trace their ancestry to Abraham as has just been shown.

In addition, the Bible clearly states that being the "offspring of Abraham" is based on spiritual, NOT physical, factors.

In Romans 2:17,25,26,28,29,, Paul points out that someone who is "called a Jew" because he is a physical descendant of Abraham, and yet who lives as a breaker of God's law, "is NOT a Jew."

Romans 9:7 "Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall by seed be called." Abraham had two sons. The first, Ishmael, was born after the flesh. He was a son of "unbelief." Abraham didn't believe that God could give a son to his wife, Sarah, and himself in their very old age.

The second son was Isaac, who was born when Abraham had faith in God's promise (Gen 16:1-3, 15; 21:1-3; Rom 4:18-21) In Galatians 4:22-31, Paul reveals that Ishmael represents unbelieving Jews, while Isaac represents both Jews and Non-Jews who have faith!

In Romans 9:8, Paul concludes by saying, "That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are NOT the children of God; but the children of the promise ARE COUNTED for the seed."

But Galatians 3:16 says: "Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He does not say, 'And to seeds, as of many, but as of ONE,' And to your Seed,' who is Christ."

Again Paul says in Galatians 3:29 "And if you are Christ's, then YOU ARE Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise."

So CLEARLY what God is talking about when He says, "I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee" are the TRUE FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST, those who have an intimate relationship with Jesus - THESE are the "True Children of Abraham!" NOT the residents of present-day Israel - - who hate Jesus!

Another text often quoted is Matt 25:40 where Jesus says, "And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me," claiming that Jesus is referring to His "Jewish" brethren.

Jesus is GOD. God is NOT Jewish. Jesus wasn't, and isn't, Jewish. Here Jesus, as a human being, is speaking of His brothers (and sisters) of the human race. Paul, considered to be a Jew of ALL Jews (in a relegious sense only, Paul was from the Tribe of Benjamin), writes to the "Gentiles" in the books of Romans, Corinthinians, Galatians, Ephesians, Colossians and the other epistles, and over 100 times refers to them as his "brethren." That DOESN'T mean they were "Jewish." They were his brethren in Christ.

Jesus explains this plainly in Matt 12:46-50: "While He talked to the people, behold, His mother and His brethren stood without, desiring to speak with Him.

"Then one said unto Him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.

"But He answered and said unto him that told him, 'Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?

'And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, 'Behold my mother and my brethren!

"For whosoever shall do the will of My Father which is in heaven, the SAME is My brother, and sister, and mother."

The present-day State of Israel is populated by a group of people who are NOT the descendants of Abraham and have NO right to the area of Palestine based on Bible promises nor any factor, other than their indiscriminate use of military force.

I have found no such evidence regarding the Arab population, including the Palestinians. It appears that they may well be able to trace their lineage back to Ishmael and thus to Abraham, Ishmael's father, who was a descendant of Shem, Noah's son. A descendant of Shem is a Shemite or semite.

They (the Palestinians) then are the TRUE semites - and ANY words or actions against THEM (the Palestinians), must be considered Anti-semitism! It would follow then that the State of Israel and the "Jews" around the world are guilty of the most intense and abhorent anti-semitism against the Palestinians.

Who was the FIRST Jew?

If there is a Jewish race, with "Jewish genes", then WHO was the first "Jew"?

Abraham is often called the "father of the Jewish race," but Abraham was NOT a Jew! He was a Chaldean, from Ur of the Chaldees in the area of Babylon. So was Abraham's wife, Sarah.

Abraham was a "Hebrew" which is NOT synonymous with the word "Jew." The word "Hebrew" means "to pass or to cross over." Abraham "crossed over" the River Euphrates to get to the land of Canaan, but in doing so, his genes DID NOT change into "Jewish genes." Abraham was NOT Jewish! He was a Chaldean, from the area of Babylon!

Abraham had two sons, Ishmael and Isaac but neither one could have "Jewish genes" since neither Abraham nor the mothers of the two sons were "Jewish."

Isacc's sons were Jacob and Esau - and NEITHER one was "Jewish." If they were, then when did their "genes" suddenly become Jewish?

Esau became the father of the Edomites - they were definitely NOT Jewish!

Jacob and his sons went down into Egypt, then came out in the Exodus to the wilderness and on to Canaan, 40 years later. But their genes didn't change into Jewish genes along the way.

In fact, the group that came out of Egypt, the Israelites, were called, in the Bible, a MIXED MULTITUDE, meaning that there were others in the group BESIDES the offspring of Jacob.

Then when the Israelites reached the Land of Caanan they intermarried, against God's explicit command, with the pagans who were NON-Israelites, . Obviously, THAT didn't suddenly make them "Jewish."

SO - - - who was the FIRST Jew?

And HOW did ANYONE ever become "Jewish" genetically?

CONCLUSION: There is NO SUCH THING as a Jewish race! There is only a Jewish culture, the culture of the Talmud!

THE PRESENT-DAY"JUDAIZING" OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH

Over the recent years, there has been a progressive "Judaizing" of the Christian church with claims made that Christianity originated out of Judaism and that Christians owe their religion to the Jews - not only their religion, but their Messiah, Jesus Christ, who, it is claimed, was (is?) Jewish.

We have already addressed the issue of Jesus' ethnic background. Jesus is God! God is NOT Jewish! Jesus wasn't, nor is He now, "Jewish."

As for the question of the origin of the Christian church, Christianity is the absolute antithesis of Judaism. Judaism is Talmudism, the Talmud being the written-down traditions of the Pharisees, the VERY THING Jesus constantly denounced. (Mark 7:6-8) Everything Jesus taught was diametrically opposed to what was taught by the Pharisees, Rabbis and scribes. That's why they were constantly plotting to kill Jesus.

So Christianity did not originate from Judaism. Christianity was a CLEAN BREAK from EVERYTHING Judaism stood for. Christianity owes NOTHING of its beginnings to Judaism.
True Christianity is not a religion, it is The Way, The Truth, and The Life... a reality.

There is NO SUCH THING as "Judeo-Christian" anything! Judaism and Christianity are ABSOLUTE OPPOSITES!

God doesn't play favorites. He is "the Saviour of ALL mankind." (l Tim 4:10) He came to "seek and to save that which was lost" (Luke 19:10) which means EVERYONE, since everyone is lost at one time or another, regardless of their ethnic or cultural background.

Paul writes that "there is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are ALL ONE in Christ Jesus." Gal 3:28

God loves EVERYBODY the same! Israel(the overcomer)is His first-born. God has many children and ALL will be birthed in their order.

IN CONCLUSION:

1) The "Israel" of the New Testament is composed of the TRUE FOLLOWERS of Christ. It is NOT the literal Israel in Palestine.

2) There is no such thing as a "Jew" in the New Testament. The word is Judean and refers to those, of whatever nationality, who worship the God of heaven, most of whom in Bible times lived in the area of Judea.

3) The word "Gentiles" does NOT appear in the original Scriptures. It is a mistranslation of the word "Nations" meaning those who do not worship the God of heaven.

4) The modern word "Jew" is not a racial or ethnic designation. It refers to a culture or religion.

5) Jesus was (is) NOT a "Jew." Jesus is God! God is NOT Jewish!

6) The promise to Abraham, "And I will bless them that bless thee and curse him that curseth thee" does NOT apply to the Jews! It applies to blessing or cursing the TRUE followers of Christ - the "seed of Abraham." (Rom 2:17-29, 9:8)

7) The majority, if not all of, the "Jews" in the world today are NOT semitic, nor can they trace their ancestry to Abraham. They are "Gentile" Khazars, so they have no right to the area of Palestine based on ANY Biblical promises!

8) There is NO such thing as a Jewish race, ONLY a Jewish culture - the culture of the Talmud.

9) Christianity does NOT have its roots in Judaism. Christianity was, in Christ's time, and is today the ANTITHESIS of Judaism!

This study reveals the following:

1) In the Old Testament, a man named Jacob is given a SPIRITUAL name, "Israel."

2) The HEIRS of Israel (Jacob) are ALSO called "Israel." And the "heirs" of Israel along with others become the NATION of Israel.

3) The Nation of Israel is called several names by God, including
a) My son, My firstborn
b) a "vine"
c) a "servant"
d) the "seed of Abraham"
e) "My son" that God "brought out of Egypt."

4) In the New Testament, a Divine Man, Christ, is given a SPIRITUAL name, "Israel."

5) The "HEIRS" (Children - followers) of Christ are ALSO called "Israel."

6) Christ is called by God:
a) My Son
b) a "vine"
c) a "servant"
d) the "seed of Abraham"
e) "My Son: that God "brought out of Egypt."

Christ SUCCEEDS everywhere that Israel Failed.

Christ and His HEIRS (Children - followers) are NOW the SPIRITUAL OVERCOMERS Israel, JOINING the literal flesh Israel of the Old Testament! The First Covenant was made with physical Israel, the Second Covanant is with "whosoever believes". Israel has not been "replaced", she has been enlarged by every nation (ie. nationality), tribe, people and language. All Christians are different parts of the SAME body.

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1 Coverpiece of: The Thirteenth Tribe, by Arthur Koestler, Random House, N.Y., 1976

2 Enc. Brit. (1973), Vol XII, p. 1054

For more information on this subject, read:

Exploding the Israel Deception, by Steve Wohlberg, published by Amazing Discoveries, 7051 McCart Ave, Fort Worth, Texas 76133.

Israel: Our Duty Our Dilemma, by Theodore Winston Pike, published by Big Sky Press, P.O. Box 203, Oregon City, OR 97045

The Other Israel, (a video). A National Prayer Network Productions, P.O. Box 203 Oregon City, OR 97045

The Lion Out of Judah, by Gordon Ginn, Ph.D., published by Smyrna Publications, P.O. Box 493101, Redding CA 96049

Strong Delusion, by Gordon Ginn, Ph.D., published by Smyrna Publications, P.O. Box 493101, Redding, CA 96049

The Difference

2009-09-30T10:25:00.002-04:00

I don't think I've ever seen the differences explained any better....

If a conservative doesn’t like guns, they don’t buy one. If a liberal doesn’t like guns, then no one should have one.

If a conservative is a vegetarian, they don’t eat meat. If a liberal is, they want to ban all meat products for everyone.

If a conservative sees a foreign threat, he thinks about how to defeat his enemy. A liberal wonders how to surrender gracefully and still look good.

If a conservative is homosexual, they quietly enjoy their life. If a liberal is homosexual, they loudly demand legislated respect.

If a black man or Hispanic is conservative, they see themselves as independently successful. Their liberal counterparts see themselves as victims in need of government protection.

If a conservative is down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his situation. A liberal wonders who is going to take care of him and demands the government pay him for being unemployed.

If a conservative doesn’t like a talk show host, he switches channels. Liberals demand that those they don’t like be shut down.

If a conservative is a non-believer, he doesn’t pray or go to church. A liberal wants all churches and prayers to be silenced.

If a conservative decides he needs health care, he goes about shopping for it, or may choose a job that provides it. A liberal demands that the federal government force his neighbors pay for his.

If a conservative woman has an unwanted pregnancy, whether married or unmarried, she takes personal responsibility and gives birth. If a liberal woman has an unwanted prenancy, she wants to abort the innocent baby for her mistake, and demand that others pay for it.

If a conservative reads this, he’ll forward it so his friends can see the difference. A liberal will demand that this blog be removed because he’s “offended”.

Tenure Corrupts

2009-07-30T18:44:00.000-04:00

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Secret Passage to Immortality

2009-04-30T10:32:00.000-04:00

by Garrison Russell

Christianity, like the study of science, is still largely unknown, misunderstood and its exploration remains in its infancy. Just as there is a single set of laws which control the interactions of the universe, so also is Christianity and there is one God who made both. It is our mission as spiritual warriors to ardently search out and discover these glorious and immutable precepts, prove them true, and zealously apply them to our lives.

Several years ago we made some observations of spiritual events that could not be explained by any known doctrine of Organized Christianity. An exhaustive study was undertaken to explore these observations, and this research gave rise to a new Christian theory which can explain and articulate these fresh revelations.
“SonPlacing” is the result. It is the formal account of our findings, arranged in logical order and presented for the benefit of our peers.

Like scientific thought in the 1800’s, Christianity is presently suffocated by a matrix of venerable laws, which are built upon erroneous assumptions. These unprofitable footings include the doctrines of the Immortal Soul, the Trinity, the diminution of God’s sovereignty, the Free Will of man, the role of Satan, the purpose of evil, the mission of Jesus Christ, the identity of Israel, the Rapture, the concepts of heaven and hell, the nature of God’s love, and God’s true purpose for man upon the earth. SonPlacing dismisses these old doctrines of the organized church, asserting that they have been built upon faulty foundations.

SonPlacing is the theory of Relativity applied to spiritual things. It is a new revelation of Christian thought and purpose. It does not enter into the existing debates over Christian dogma. Rather, it is an entirely new approach to Christianity, which flows from a new perspective. It is founded upon a fresh model of God’s plan for the earth. It has arisen from new observations. It establishes a new Christian paradigm, and leads to a new destination.

SonPlacing A Handbook for Warriors!

...is available at www.SonPlace.com or www.amazon.com. If you desire God’s truth more than your own life, and are willing to challenge all that you know, then take up your sword and fly into Chapter One, “The Sacred Secret.” We pray our Heavenly Father will breathe life into the words.

Ruin Your Health...

2009-02-11T11:00:00.001-05:00

RUIN YOUR HEALTH WITH THE OBAMA STIMULUS PLAN

Commentary by Betsy McCaughey

Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Republican Senators are questioning whether President Barack Obama’s stimulus bill contains the right mix of tax breaks and cash infusions to jump-start the economy.

Tragically, no one from either party is objecting to the health provisions slipped in without discussion. These provisions reflect the handiwork of Tom Daschle, until recently the nominee to head the Health and Human Services Department.

Senators should read these provisions and vote against them because they are dangerous to your health. (Page numbers refer to H.R. 1 EH, pdf version).

The bill’s health rules will affect “every individual in the United States” (445, 454, 479). Your medical treatments will be tracked electronically by a federal system. Having electronic medical records at your fingertips, easily transferred to a hospital, is beneficial. It will help avoid duplicate tests and errors.

But the bill goes further. One new bureaucracy, the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology, will monitor treatments to make sure your doctor is doing what the federal government deems appropriate and cost effective. The goal is to reduce costs and “guide” your doctor’s decisions (442, 446). These provisions in the stimulus bill are virtually identical to what Daschle prescribed in his 2008 book, “Critical: What We Can Do About the Health-Care Crisis.” According to Daschle, doctors have to give up autonomy and “learn to operate less like solo practitioners.”

Keeping doctors informed of the newest medical findings is important, but enforcing uniformity goes too far.

New Penalties

Hospitals and doctors that are not “meaningful users” of the new system will face penalties. “Meaningful user” isn’t defined in the bill. That will be left to the HHS secretary, who will be empowered to impose “more stringent measures of meaningful use over time” (511, 518, 540-541)

What penalties will deter your doctor from going beyond the electronically delivered protocols when your condition is atypical or you need an experimental treatment? The vagueness is intentional. In his book, Daschle proposed an appointed body with vast powers to make the “tough” decisions elected politicians won’t make.

The stimulus bill does that, and calls it the Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research (190-192). The goal, Daschle’s book explained, is to slow the development and use of new medications and technologies because they are driving up costs. He praises Europeans for being more willing to accept “hopeless diagnoses” and “forgo experimental treatments,” and he chastises Americans for expecting too much from the health-care system.

Elderly Hardest Hit

Daschle says health-care reform “will not be pain free.” Seniors should be more accepting of the conditions that come with age instead of treating them. That means the elderly will bear the brunt.

Medicare now pays for treatments deemed safe and effective. The stimulus bill would change that and apply a cost- effectiveness standard set by the Federal Council (464).

The Federal Council is modeled after a U.K. board discussed in Daschle’s book. This board approves or rejects treatments using a formula that divides the cost of the treatment by the number of years the patient is likely to benefit. Treatments for younger patients are more often approved than treatments for diseases that affect the elderly, such as osteoporosis.

In 2006, a U.K. health board decreed that elderly patients with macular degeneration had to wait until they went blind in one eye before they could get a costly new drug to save the other eye. It took almost three years of public protests before the board reversed its decision.

Hidden Provisions

If the Obama administration’s economic stimulus bill passes the Senate in its current form, seniors in the U.S. will face similar rationing. Defenders of the system say that individuals benefit in younger years and sacrifice later.

The stimulus bill will affect every part of health care, from medical and nursing education, to how patients are treated and how much hospitals get paid. The bill allocates more funding for this bureaucracy than for the Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force combined (90-92, 174-177, 181).

Hiding health legislation in a stimulus bill is intentional. Daschle supported the Clinton administration’s health-care overhaul in 1994, and attributed its failure to debate and delay. A year ago, Daschle wrote that the next president should act quickly before critics mount an opposition. “If that means attaching a health-care plan to the federal budget, so be it,” he said. “The issue is too important to be stalled by Senate protocol.”

More Scrutiny Needed

On Friday, President Obama called it “inexcusable and irresponsible” for senators to delay passing the stimulus bill. In truth, this bill needs more scrutiny.

The health-care industry is the largest employer in the U.S. It produces almost 17 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product. Yet the bill treats health care the way European governments do: as a cost problem instead of a growth industry. Imagine limiting growth and innovation in the electronics or auto industry during this downturn. This stimulus is dangerous to your health and the economy.

(Betsy McCaughey is former lieutenant governor of New York and is an adjunct senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. The opinions expressed are her own.)

To contact the writer of this column: Betsy McCaughey at Betsymross@aol.com

Last Updated: February 9, 2009 00:01 EST

God in Your State Constitution

2008-12-12T10:11:00.000-05:00

The Fifty States Reference God in their Constitutions

THIS IS VERY INTERESTING! After you check your state(s), look at the last sentence or two.

America's founders did not intend for there to be a separation of God and state, as proven by the fact that all 50 states acknowledge God in their state constitutions:

Alabama 1901, Preamble. We the people of the State of Alabama, invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish the following Constitution...

Alaska 1956, Preamble. We, the people of Alaska, grateful to God and to those who founded our nation and pioneered this great land ..

Arizona 1911, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Arizona, grateful to Almighty God for our liberties, do ordain this Constitution...

Arkansas 1874, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Arkansas, grateful to Almighty God for the privilege of choosing our own form of government...

California 1879, Preamble. We, the People of the State of California, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom .

Colorado 1876, Preamble. We, the people of Colorado, with profound reverence for the Supreme Ruler of Universe .

Connecticut 1818, Preamble. The People of Connecticut, acknowledging with gratitude the good Providence of God in permitting them to enjoy ...

Delaware 1897, Preamble. Through Divine Goodness all men have, by nature,the rights of worshipping and serving their Creator according to the dictates of their consciences .

Florida 1845, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Florida, grateful to Almighty God for our constitutional liberty..establish this Constitution

Georgia 1777, Preamble. We, the people of Georgia, relying upon protection and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish this Constitution...

Hawaii 1959, Preamble. We, the people of Hawaii, Grateful for Divine Guidance . establish this Constitution

Idaho 1889, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Idaho, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, to secure its blessings ..

Illinois 1870, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Illinois, grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy and looking to Him for a blessing on our endeavors

Indiana 1851, Preamble. We, the People of the State of Indiana, grateful to Almighty God for the free exercise of the right to chose our form of
government...

Iowa 1857, Preamble. We, the People of the State of Iowa, grateful to the Supreme Being for the blessings hitherto enjoyed, and feeling our dependence on Him for a continuation of these blessings ... establish this Constitution

Kansas 1859, Preamble. We, the people of Kansas, grateful to Almighty God for our civil and religious privileges . establish this Constitution.

Kentucky 1891, Preamble. We, the people of the Commonwealth of grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberties...

Louisiana 1921, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Louisiana, grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberties we enjoy ..

Maine 1820, Preamble. We the People of Maine .. acknowledging with grateful hearts the goodness of the Sovereign Ruler of the Universe in affording us an opportunity ... and imploring His aid and direction

Maryland 1776, Preamble. We, the people of the state of Maryland, grateful to Almighty God or our civil and religious liberty...

Massachusetts 1780, Preamble. We...the people of Massachusetts,
acknowledging with grateful hearts, the goodness of the Great Legislator of the Universe...in the course of His Providence, an opportunity and devoutly
imploring His direction...

Michigan 1908, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Michigan, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of freedom ... establish this Constitution

Minnesota 1857, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Minnesota,
grateful to God for our civil and religious liberty, and desiring to perpetuate its blessings

Mississippi 1890, Preamble. We, the people of Mississippi in convention assembled, grateful to Almighty God, and invoking His blessing on our work.

Missouri 1845, Preamble. We, the people of Missouri, with profound reverence for the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, and grateful for His goodness... establish this Constitution

Montana 1889, Preamble. We, the people of Montana, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of liberty establish this Constitution ..

Nebraska 1875, Preamble. We, the people, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom .. establish this Constitution

Nevada 1864, Preamble. We the people of the State of Nevada, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom . establish this Constitution ..

New Hampshire 1792, Part I. Art. I. Sec. V. Every individual has a natural and unalienable right to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience

New Jersey 1844, Preamble. We, the people of the State of New Jersey, grateful to Almighty God for civil and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a blessing on our
endeavors...

New Mexico 1911, Preamble. We, the People of New Mexico, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of liberty ..

New York 1846, Preamble. We, the people of the State of New York, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, in order to secure its blessings .

North Carolina 1868, Preamble. We the people of the State of North Carolina, grateful to Almighty God, the Sovereign Ruler of Nations, for our civil,
political, and religious liberties, and acknowledging our dependence upon Him for the continuance of those

North Dakota 1889, Preamble. We, the people of North Dakota, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of civil and religious liberty, do ordain...

Ohio 1852, Preamble. We the people of the state of Ohio, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, to secure its blessings and to promote our common..

Oklahoma 1907, Preamble. Invoking the guidance of Almighty God, in order to secure and perpetuate the blessings of liberty ... establish this

Oregon 1857, Bill of Rights, Article I. Section 2. All men shall be secure in the Natural right, to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their consciences

Pennsylvania 1776, Preamble. We, the people of Pennsylvania, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of civil and religious liberty, and humbly invoking His guidance

Rhode Island 1842, Preamble. We the People of the State of Rhode Island grateful to Almighty God for the civil and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a blessing

South Carolina 1778, Preamble. We, the people of the State of South
Carolina grateful to God for our liberties, do ordain and establish this Constitution

South Dakota 1889, Preamble. We, the people of South Dakota, grateful to Almighty God for our civil and religious liberties . establish this

Tennessee 1796, Art. XI.III. That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their conscience

Texas 1845, Preamble. We the People of the Republic of Texas,
acknowledging, with gratitude, the grace and beneficence of God

Utah 1896, Preamble. Grateful to Almighty God for life and liberty, we establish this Constitution .

Vermont 1777, Preamble. Whereas all government ought to ... enable the individuals who compose it to enjoy their natural rights, and other blessings which the Author of Existence has bestowed on man ...

Virginia 1776, Bill of Rights, XVI ... Religion, or the Duty which we owe our Creator . can be directed only by Reason ... and that it is the mutual
duty of all to practice Christian Forbearance, Love and Charity towards each other...

Washington 1889, Preamble. We the People of the State of Washington, grateful to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe for our liberties, do ordain this Constitution .

West Virginia 1872, Preamble. Since through Divine Providence we enjoy the blessings of civil, political and religious liberty, we, the people of West Virginia .. reaffirm our faith in and constant reliance upon God .

Wisconsin 1848, Preamble. We, the people of Wisconsin, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, domestic tranquility

Wyoming 1890, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Wyoming, grateful to God for our civil, political, and religious liberties ... establish this
Constitution .

After reviewing acknowledgments of God from all 50 state constitutions, one is faced with the prospect that the ACLU and the out-of-control federal courts are wrong!

"Those people who will not be governed by God will be ruled by tyrants."
William Penn

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The Neo-Alchemy of the Federal Reserve

2008-12-03T08:12:00.001-05:00

by Ron Paul

As the printing presses for the bailouts run at full speed, those in power are no longer even pretending that the new giveaways will fix our problems. Now that we are used to rewarding failure with taxpayer-funded bailouts, we are being told that this is “just a start,” more funds will inevitably be needed for more industries, and that things would be much worse had we done nothing.

The updated total bailout commitments add up to over $8 trillion now. This translates into a monetary base increase of 75 percent over the last two months. This money does not come from some rainy day fund tucked away in the budget somewhere – it is created from thin air, and devalues every dollar in circulation. Dumping money on an economy, as they have been doing, is not the same as dumping wealth. In fact, it has quite the opposite effect.

One key attribute that gives money value is scarcity. If something that is used as money becomes too plentiful, it loses value. That is how inflation and hyperinflation happens. Giving a central bank the power to create fiat money out of thin air creates the tremendous risk of eventual hyperinflation. Most of the founding fathers did not want a central bank. Having just experienced the hyperinflation of the Continental dollar, they understood the power and the temptations inherent in that type of system. It gives one entity far too much power to control and destabilize the economy.

Our central bankers have had a tremendous amount of hubris over the years, believing that they could actually manage a paper money system in such a way as to replicate the behavior and benefits of a gold standard. In fact, back in 2004 then Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan told me as much. People talk about toxic assets, but the real toxicity in our economy comes from the neo-alchemy practiced by the Federal Reserve System. Just as alchemists of the past frequently poisoned themselves with the lead or mercury they were trying to turn to gold, today’s bankers are poisoning the economy with accelerated fiat money creation.

Throughout the ages, gold has stood the test of time as a consistently reliable medium of exchange, and has frequently been referred to as “God’s money,” as only God can make more of it. Seeking superhuman power over money in the way alchemists did in ancient times caused society to shun them as charlatans. In much the same way, free people today should be sending the message that this power and control over our money is no longer acceptable.

The irony is that even had the ancient practice of alchemy been successful, and gold was suddenly, magically made abundant, alchemists still would have failed to create real wealth. Creating gold from lead would have cheapened its status to that of rhinestones or cubic zirconia. It is unnatural and dangerous for paper to be considered as precious as a precious metal. Our fiat currency system is crumbling and coming to an end, as all fiat currencies eventually do.

Congress should reject the central bank as a failure for its manipulations of money that have brought our economy to its knees. I am hoping that in the 111th Congress my legislation to abolish the Federal Reserve System gains traction so that the central bank can no longer destroy our money.

December 3, 2008

Dr. Ron Paul is a Republican member of Congress from Texas.

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Emergency Telephone Numbers

2008-11-06T10:53:00.001-05:00

These are more effective than 911

When -
You are sad, phone John 14
You have sinned, phone Psalm 51
You are facing danger, phone Psalm 91
People have failed you, phone Psalm 27
It feels as though God is far from you, phone Psalm 139
Your faith needs stimulation, phone Hebrews 11
You are alone and scared, phone Psalm 23
You are worried, phone Matthew 8:19-34
You are hurt and critical, phone 1 Corinthians 13
You wonder about Christianity, phone 2 Corinthians 5:15-18
You feel like an outcast, phone Romans 8:31-39
You are seeking peace, phone Matthew 11:25-30
It feels as if the world is bigger than God, phone Psalm 90
You need Christ like insurance, phone Romans 8:1-30
You are leaving home for a trip , phone Psalm 121
You are praying for yourself, phone Psalm 87
You require courage for a task, phone Joshua 1
Inflation's and investments are hogging your thoughts, phone Mark 10:17-31
You are depressed, phone Psalm 27
Your bank account is empty, phone Psalm 37
You lose faith in mankind, phone 1 Corinthians 13
It looks like people are unfriendly, phone John 15
You are losing hope, phone Psalm 126
You feel the world is small compared to you, phone Psalm 19
Paul's secret for happiness, phone Colossians 3:12-17
With big opportunity/discovery, phone Isaiah 55
To get along with other people, phone Romans 12

ALTERNATE NUMBERS

For dealing with fear, call Psalm 47
For security, call Psalm 121:3
For assurance, call Mark 8:35
For reassurance, call Psalm 145:18

ALL THESE NUMBERS MAY BE PHONED DIRECTLY.
NO OPERATOR ASSISTANCE IS NECESSARY.
ALL LINES TO HEAVEN ARE AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY.
GOD WAS WIRELESS BEFORE WIRELESS WAS COOL.
FEED YOUR FAITH, AND DOUBT WILL STARVE TO DEATH

The Eliyah Message

2008-10-20T10:59:00.000-04:00

The "Eliyah message" demands that we make a decision: "How long will you waver between two opinions? If the Lord (YHWH) is God, follow Him; but if Baal is god, follow him" (1 Kings 18:21).

"Truth has never been measured by numbers. Elijah stood practically alone against the 850 prophets of Baal and Asherah supported by Israel's government" (verses 19,22).

Ultimate deliverance for the human race will not come through any economic programs or political parties. It will come from outside, from outerspace, when Jesus, the Messiah, returns as the Deliverer of His people.

When the Israelites escaped from Egypt and were about to cross the Red Sea, Pharaoh pursued them with his army. But Moses encouraged the frightened Israelites: "Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still." Exodus 14:13,14

Apostate Christianity plus all the apostate religious forces, will lead ALL the political powers on earth to unite in one common cause, waging war against God's true followers! This is the last demonic war pictured in Revelation. War against God is war against God's people, the true followers of Christ.

"The battle of Armageddon will not be World War III because at Armageddon the kings of earth are assembled by demons to fight not so much against each other as against the Lamb," the true followers of Christ. God Cares, Mervyn Maxwell vol 2. p. 442.

The ultimate purpose of Christ's return is not just the destruction of Babylon but the rescue of His true followers ("those who keep the Commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus" Rev. 12:17), and the establishment of God's sovereign rulership in His universe. Read more...

Abolish Corrupt Government and Banks

2008-10-17T07:18:00.001-04:00

In earliest society every family is responsible for its own food, clothing and shelter. Then "specialization" sets in and each family starts concentrating on the production of one or more items for trade with others who do likewise. Then a class of "middlemen" is created, individual shop keepers at first, then a whole network of wholesalers and retailers and the transporters necessary to move the merchandise from source to sellers. The problem is that as society expands, the organizations created to serve the expansion shift their attention from one of service to society to one of service to self. This we are seeing as Wall Street wallows in greed extracting trillions of Dollars from the society they no longer serve but which now serves them. They do this through monopolization of energy flows, energies without which society cannot exist. These flows, which should belong to everyone, have been given over by another monopolization, Government, to a chosen few. These flows begin with the money flow and expand to include other energies like electricity and oil.

A few foreign governments, apparently headed by more altruistic individuals than in ours, are now being roundly criticized for actually shifting service back from the few to the many. They should be lauded for what they are doing, for by so doing they are insuring their own survival. In our society, greedy self-serving governments and other monopolizers of energies are dooming themselves to extermination. Though it is claimed that historically America has never been out from under domination of "The City" of London, I disagree. The 1776 Declaration of Independence said "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more." AND THEY MEANT IT!

The 1777 Articles of Confederation (based upon the Algonquin Confederation - our real Founding Fathers and Mothers?) did establish a confederation of thirteen SOVEREIGN states. This is proven by the Treaty of Paris of 1783 which was between the Crown and THIRTEEN sovereign states. It was THIRTEEN treaties. Then along came the subversive 1787 Constitutional Convention which abolished the sovereignty of the formerly-sovereign thirteen states. Since ratification, there has been but one sovereign government though with the first US bank act in 1791 it went right back under control of The City. Our THIRTEEN sovereign states were independent of City dominance for THIRTEEN years, during which time they successfully conducted a war for Independence. Who says thirteen is an un-lucky number? Maybe being trashed by the subversive Constitution makes it so. It is very true that with today's world thousands of monetary systems is impractical. Even hundreds is impractical. There could be a world currency, values within countries based upon either GDP or GNP, probably the former.

Meanwhile as the world's economic morass is imploding, local currencies will be necessary until the current governmental/economic system CAN BE REPLACED. Local currencies are being used today in hundreds of communities in the US and Germany and probably many other countries, where the people see what's coming. Government world-wide needs to be restructured along the lines of Exodus 18:21. Democracy and any other dominance system must go. The US government most certainly must go. We need to go back to the basic Exodus 18:21 structure with ten-family TUNS picking one person to sit in the lowest council, each council picking one to sit at the next higher, and so forth. This worked for many centuries and will work again. Below is structured by Charles Stewart with seven-man councils, better insuring unanimity of decision. Back to one-year terms for Presidents and Justices as under the Articles of Confederation. READ IT!

Ninth Level: National President&Supreme Court(x12)Population Governed by 281,421,906

Eighth Level:12 Super-State Common-Law Courts (x12)Population Governed by 23,451,825

Seventh Level:144 State Common-Law Courts(x 12)Population Governed by Each 2,122,049

Sixth Level: 1,728 Mini-State Common-Law Courts(x12)Population Governed by 172,244

Fifth Level: 20,736 Adjustable Super-County Courtsx 5)Population Governed by 14,354

Fourth Level:103,680 Proper Common-Law County Courts(x10)Population Governed by 2,870

Third Level: 1,036,800 Precinct/Hundred Courts(10)Population Governed by 287

Second Level:10,368,000 Town Councils,Deaconries(x10)Population Governed by 28.7

First Level:103,680,000 Household/Homesteads(x10)Population Governed by 2.87

We need no pompous judiciary-for-life of Roman lawyers who place themselves above the Golden Rule and our inherent sense of Right and Wrong. We need no thousands of rule-making legislators and the thousands of new laws annually adding to the present confusion. We need to get back to the system when the Presidents of the United States were NOT treated like Roman Caesars as today. How many reading this can name the FIRST President of the US? If you say "Washington" you FLUNK. He was number eleven! Get educated! Turn off the government brainwashing! Start taking back control over your own life, liberty and property. The present system of statutized criminality is going under. GET MAD AS HELL AND START DOING SOMETHING RIGHT FOR A CHANGE.

Best regards,.
Bob Taft
The Taft Ranch
Upton, Wyoming
(307) 465-2206

"We hang the petty thieves and appoint
the great ones to public office." Aesop

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War Is A Racket... Part 2

2008-10-16T13:17:00.002-04:00

There is nothing new in a government lying to their people to start a war. Indeed because most people prefer living in peace to bloody and horrific death in war, any government that desires to initiate a war usually lies to their people to create the illusion that support for the war is the only possible choice they can make.

President McKinley told the American people that the USS Maine had been sunk in Havana Harbor by a Spanish mine. The American people, outraged by this apparent unprovoked attack, supported the Spanish American War. The Captain of the USS Maine had insisted the ship was sunk by a coal bin explosion, investigations after the war proved that such had indeed been the case. There had been no mine. [side note: one of the taxes on your phone bill was to pay for that war]

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Hitler used this principle of lying to his own people to initiate an invasion. He told the people of Germany that Poland had attacked first and staged fake attacks against German targets. The Germans, convinced they were being threatened, followed Hitler into Poland and into World War 2.

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FDR claimed Pearl Harbor was a surprise attack. It wasn't. The United States saw war with Japan as the means to get into war with Germany, which Americans opposed. So Roosevelt needed Japan to appear to strike first. Following an 8-step plan devised by the Office of Naval Intelligence, Roosevelt intentionally provoked Japan into the attack. Contrary to the official story, the fleet did not maintain radio silence, but sent messages intercepted and decoded by US intercept stations. Tricked by the lie of a surprise attack, Americans marched off to war.

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President Johnson lied about the Gulf of Tonkin to send Americans off to fight in Vietnam. There were no torpedoes in the water in the Gulf. LBJ took advantage of an inexperienced sonar man's report to goad Congress into escalating the Vietnam War.
[side note: your Social Security funds were transferred to the General Fund to pay for this war]

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It is inescapable historical reality that leaders of nations will lie to their people to trick them into wars they otherwise would have refused. It is not "conspiracy theory" to suggest that leaders of nations lie to trick their people into wars. It is undeniable fact.

This brings us to the present case.

Did the government of the United States lie to the American people, more to the point, did President Bush and his Neocon associates lie to Congress, to initiate a war of conquest in Iraq?

This question has been given currency by a memo leaked from inside the British Government which clearly indicates a decision to go to war followed by the "fixing" of information around that policy. This is, as they say, a smoking gun.

But the fact is that long before this memo surfaced, it had become obvious that the US Government, aided by that of Great Britain, was lying to create the public support for a war in Iraq.

First off is Tony Blair's "Dodgy Dossier", a document released by the Prime Minister that made many of the claims used to support the push for war. The dossier soon collapsed when it was revealed that much of it had been plagiarized from a student thesis paper that was 12 years old! The contents of the dossier, however much they seemed to create a good case for invasion, were obsolete and outdated.

This use of material that could not possibly be relevant at the time is clear proof of a deliberate attempt to deceive.

Then there was the claim about the "Mobile biological weapons laboratories". Proffered in the absence of any real laboratories in the wake of the invasion, photos of these trailers were shown on all the US Mainstream Media, with the claim they while seeming to lack anything suggesting biological processing, these were part of a much larger assembly of multiple trailers that churned out biological weapons of mass destruction.

The chief proponent of this hoax was Colin Powell, who presented illustrations such as this one to the United Nations on February 5th, 2003.

This claim fell apart when it was revealed that these trailers were nothing more than hydrogen gas generators used to inflate weather balloons. This fact was already known to both the US and UK, as a British company manufactured the units and sold them to Iraq.

Colin Powell's speech to the UN was itself one misstatement after another. Powell claimed that Iraq had purchased special aluminum tubes whose only possible use was in uranium enrichment centrifuges. Both CIA and Powell's own State Department confirmed that the tubes were parts for missiles Saddam was legally allowed to have. Following the invasion, no centrifuges, aluminum or otherwise were found.

Powell also claimed to the United Nations that a photo showed "Decontamination Vehicles". But when United Nations inspectors visited the site after the invasion, they located the vehicles and discovered they were just firefighting equipment.
Powell claimed the Iraqis had illegal rockets and launchers hidden in the palm trees of Western Iraq. None were ever found.

Powell claimed that the Iraqis had 8,500 liters (2245 gallons) of Anthrax. None was ever found.

Powell claimed that Iraq had four tons of VX nerve gas. The UN had already confirmed that it was destroyed. The only VX ever found were samples the US had left as "standards" for testing. When the UN suspected that the US samples had been used to contaminate Iraqi warheads, the US moved quickly to destroy the samples before comparison tests could be carried out.

Powell claimed that Iraq was building long-range remote drones specifically designed to carry biological weapons. The only drones found were short-range reconnaissance drones.

Powell claimed that Iraq had an aggregate of between 100 and 500 tons of chemical and biological warfare agents. Powell gave no basis for that claim at all, and a DIA report issued the same time directly contradicted the claim. No biological or chemical weapons were found in Iraq following the invasion.

Powell claimed that "unnamed sources" confirmed that Saddam had authorized his field commanders to use biological weapons. No such weapons were ever used by the Iraqis to defend against the invasion and, of course, none were ever found in Iraq.

Powell claimed that 122mm warheads found by the UN inspectors were chemical weapons. The warheads were empty, and showed no signs of ever having contained chemical weapons.

Powell claimed that Iraq had a secret force of illegal long-range Scud missiles. None were ever found.

Powell claimed to have an audio tape proving that Saddam was supporting Osama Bin Laden. But independent translation of the tape revealed Osama's wish for Saddam's death.

Colin Powell's UN debacle also included spy photos taken from high flying aircraft and spacecraft. On the photos were circles and arrows and labels pointing to various fuzzy white blobs and identifying them as laboratories and storage areas for Saddam's massive weapons of mass destruction program. Nothing in the photos actually suggested what the blobby shapes were and during inspections which followed the invasion, all of them turned out to be rather benign.

In at least one case, the satellite Powell claimed had taken one of the pictures had actually been out of operation at the time. And many questioned why Powell was showing black and white photos when the satellites in use at the time over Iraq took color images.

Another piece of evidence consists of documents which President Bush referenced as in his 2003 State of the Union Speech. According to Bush, these documents proved that Iraq was buying tons of uranium oxide, called "Yellow Cake" from Niger.
Since Israel had bombed Iraq's nuclear power plant years before, it was claimed that the only reason Saddam would have for buying uranium oxide was to build bombs.

This hoax fell apart fast when it was pointed out that Iraq has a great deal of uranium ore inside their own borders and no need to import any from Niger or anywhere else. The I.A.E.A. then blew the cover off the fraud by announcing that the documents Bush had used were not only forgeries, but too obvious to believe that anyone in the Bush administration did not know they were forgeries! The forged documents were reported as being "discovered" in Italy by SISMI, the Italian Security Service. Shortly before the "discovery" the head of SISMI had been paid a visit by Michael Ledeen, Manucher Ghorbanifar, and two officials from OSP, one of whom was Larry Franklin, the Israeli spy operating inside the OSP.
In July, 2005, the Italian Parliament concluded their own investgation and named four men as suspects in the creation of the forged documents. Michael Ledeen, Dewey Clarridge, Ahmed Chalabi and Francis Brookes. This report has been included in Patrick Fitzgerald's investigation into the outing of Valerie Plame, and Paul McNulty, the prosecutor of the AIPAC spy case.

A recently declassified memo proves that the State Department reported the fact that the NIger documents were forgeries to the CIA 11 days before President Bush made the claim about the Niger uranium based on those documents.

In the end, the real proof that we were lied to about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction is that no weapons of mass destruction were ever found. That means that every single piece of paper that purported to prove that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction was by default a fraud, a hoax, and a lie. There could be no evidence that supported the claim that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction because Iraq did not have weapons of mass destruction. In a way, the existence of any faked documents about Iraq's WMDs is actually an admission of guilt. If one is taking the time to create fake documents, the implication is that the faker is already aware that there are no genuine documents.

What the US Government had, ALL that they had, were copied student papers, forged "Yellow Cake" documents, balloon inflators posing as bioweapons labs, and photos with misleading labels on them. And somewhere along the line, someone decided to put those misleading labels on those photos, to pretend that balloon inflators are portable bioweapons labs, and to pass off stolen student papers as contemporary analysis.

And THAT shows an intention to deceive.

Lawyers call this "Mens Rea", which means "Guilty Mind". TV lawyer shows call it "Malice aforethought". This means that not only did the Bush Administration lie to the people and to the US Congress, but knew they were doing something illegal at the time that they did it.

All the talk about "Intelligence failure" is just another lie. There was no failure. Indeed the Army agents who erroneously claimed that missile tubes were parts for a uranium centrifuge received bonuses, while the Pentagon smeared Hans Blix, and John Bolton orchestrated the firing of Jose Bustani, the director of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, because Bustani was trying to send chemical weapons inspectors to Baghdad.

The President of the United States and his Neocon associates lied to the people of the United States to send them off on a war of conquest.

Defenders of the government will point to the cases listed at the top of the page as proof that lying to the people is a normal part of the leader's job and we should all get used to it. And because "Everybody does it" that we should not single out the present administration. But this is madness. We do not catch all the murderers, yet when we catch a murderer, we deal with them as harshly as possible, in order to deter more murderers.

Right now, we have the criminals at hand. and, while other leaders in history have lied to start wars, for the first time in history, the lie stands exposed while the war started with the lies still rages on, to the death and detriment of our young men and women in uniform. We cannot in good moral conscience ignore this lie, this crime, lest we encourage future leaders to continue to lie to us to send our kids off to pointless wars. Lying to start a war is more than an impeachable offence; it the highest possible crime a government can commit against their own people. Lying to start a war is not only misappropriation of the nation's military and the nation's money under false pretenses, but it is outright murder committed on a massive scale. Lying to start a war is a betrayal of the trust each and every person who serves in the military places in their civilian leadership. By lying to start a war, the Bush administration has told the military fatalities and their families that they have no right to know why they were sent to their deaths. It's none of their business.

Our nation is founded on the principle of rule with the consent of the governed. Because We The People do not consent to be lied to, a government that lies rules without the consent of the governed, and ruling without the consent of the governed is slavery.

You should be more than angry. You should be in a rage. You should be in a rage no less than that of the families of those young men and women who have been killed and maimed in this war started with a lie.You need to be in a rage and you need to act on that rage because even as I type these words, the same government that lied about Iraq's nuclear weapons is telling the exact same lies about Iran's nuclear capabilities. The writing is on the wall; having gotten away with lying to start the war in Iraq, the US Government will lie to start a war in Iran, and after that another, and after that another, and another and another and another because as long as you remain silent, and as long as you remain inactive, the liars have no reason to stop.

As long as you remain inactive, the liars have no reason to stop. None.

It is time to fire the liars. Never re-elect anyone. Public service is a brief civic duty, not a career to enrich the office holder. Tenure corrupts.

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" .
--Edmund Burke

Read the book, Overthrow, by Stephen Kinzer.

source:What Really Happen?

Update: In 2008 the American people replaced one liar with another liar. They did not vote out the liars in the House and Senate, so now (2009-2010) America is in even deeper do-do. What's it going to take for Americans to realize that government is "for the people"? And the People want peace and prosperity. Just think of the money that could be saved if it was not wasted on useless wars.

What The Bible Says About Interest

2008-09-29T11:31:00.001-04:00

With USury banking system collapsing isn't it about time Christians learn what the Bible says about interest.

by the late Larry Burkett, Christian Fanancial Planner

The specific passages I see that are about lending with interest are:

Exodus 22:25

[God says] "If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor, and you shall not exact interest from him. If ever you take your neighbor's garment in pledge, you shall restore it to him before the sun goes down; for that is his only covering, it is his mantle for his body; in what else shall he sleep? And if he cries to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate."

Leviticus 25:35-37

[God said] “And if your brother becomes poor, and cannot maintain himself with you, you shall maintain him; as a stranger and a sojourner he shall live with you. Take no interest from him or increase, but fear your God; that your brother may live beside you. You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit. I am the Lord your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.”

Deuteronomy 23:19-20

You shall not lend upon interest to your brother, interest on money, interest on victuals, interest on anything that is lent for interest. To a foreigner you may lend upon interest, but to your brother you shall not lend upon interest; that the Lord your God may bless you in all that you undertake in the land which you are entering to take possession it.

Nehemiah 5: 1-13

Now there arose a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brethren. For there were those who said, “With our sons and our daughters, we are many; let us get grain, that we may eat and keep alive.” There were also those who said, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses to get grain because of the famine.” And there were those who said, “We have borrowed money for the kin’s tax upon our fields and our vineyards. Now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children are as their children; yet we are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have already been enslaved; but it is not in our power to help it, for other men have our fields and our vineyards.”

I was very angry when I heard their outcry and these words. I took counsel with myself, and I brought charges against the nobles and the officials. I said to them, “You are exacting interest, each from his brother.” And I held a great assembly against the, and said to them, “We, as far as we are able, have bought back our Jewish brethren who have been sold to the nations; but you even sell your brethren that they may be sold to us!” They were silent, and could not find a word to say. So I said, “The thing that you are dong is not good. Ought you not to walk in the fear of our God to prevent the taunts of the nations our enemies? Moreover I and my brethren and my servants are lending them money and grain. Let us leave off this interest. Return to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive orchards, and their houses, and the hundredth of money, grain, wind, and gold which you have been exacting of them.” Then they said, “We will restore these and require nothing from them. We will do as you say.” And I called the priests, and took an oath of them to do as they had promises. I also shook out my lap and said, “So may God shake out every man from his house and from his labor who does not perform this promise. So may he be shaken out and emptied.” And all the assembly said “amen” and praised the Lord. And the people did as they had promised.

Psalm 15

O Lord, who shall sojourn in thy tent?

Who shall dwell on thy holy hill?

He who walks blamelessly, and does what is right,

And speaks truth from his heart;

Who does not slander with his tongue,

And does no evil to his friend,

Nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor;

In who eyes a reprobate is despised,

But who honors those who fear the Lord;

Who swears to his own hurt and does not change;

Who does not put out his money at interest,

And does not take a bribe against the innocent.

He who does these things shall never be moved.

Proverbs 28: 8

He who augments his wealth by interest and increase gathers it for him who is kind to the poor. (note: not sure what this scripture means)

Ezekiel 18:5-18

[God says] "If a man is righteous and does what is lawful and right -- if he does not eat upon the mountains or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, does not oppress any one, but restores to the debtor is pledge, commits no robbery, gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment, does not lend at interest or take any increase, withholds his hand from iniquity, executes true justice between man and man, walks in my statutes, and is careful to observe my ordinances -- his is righteous, he shall surely live, says the Lord God."

“If he begets a son who is a robber, a shedder of blood, who does none of these duties, but eats upon the mountains, defiles his neighbor’s wife, oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore the pledge, lifts up his eyes to the idols, commits abomination, lends at interest, and takes increase; shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all these abominable things; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon himself.

“But if this man begets a son who sees all the sins which his father has done, and fears, and does not do likewise, who does not eat upon the mountains or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife, does not wrong any one, exact no pledge, commits no robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment, withholds his hand from iniquity, takes no interest or increase, observes my ordinances, and walks in my statutes; he shall not die for his father’s iniquity; he shall surely live. As for is father, because he practiced extortion, robbed is brother, and did what is not good among his people, behold, he shall die for his iniquity.

Habakkuk 2:6-7

“Woe to him who heaps up what is not his own – for how long? – and loads himself with pledges (loans?)!”

Will not your debtors suddenly arise, and those awake who will make your tremble? Then you will be booty for them.

Because you have plundered many nations*, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you, for the blood of men and violence to the earth, to cities and all who dwell therein. (*international bankers)

Luke 6:27-36

[Jesus said] “But I say to you that hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. To him who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from him who takes away your cloak do not withhold your coat as well. Give to every one who begs from you; and of him who takes away your goods, do not ask them again. And as you wish that men would do to you, do so to them.

“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much again. But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the selfish. Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

Intrest-Free Banking is the Biblical way! After all the evil the Babylonian usury system has caused, Jesus says to love and forgive them. However, He also advises to "come out of her and be not partakers of her sins." Christians are in the world, but not of the world.

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Our Prognosis is Terminal

2008-07-24T07:36:00.000-04:00

By Jim R. Schwiesow

July 16, 2008
NewsWithViews.com

“Whatever we once were, we’re no longer just a Christian nation; we are a Jewish nation, a Muslim nation, a Buddhist nation, a Hindu nation and a nation of non-believers... -- Barack Hussein Obama

"Somehow, somewhere along the way, faith stopped being used to bring us together and started being used to drive us apart. It got hijacked. Part of it's because of the so-called leaders of the Christian Right” --Barack Hussein Obama

AND THEREIN LIES THE CRUX OF THE DEMISE OF THE UNITED STATES

The United States has entered into the terminal stage of its final days not only as a world power, but also as a sovereign independent nation. It is with wonderment and a bit of mystification that one notes that the Eternal has used an agent of the new world order, a godless secularist purveyor of the universalistic doctrines of occultist origins to announce to all of this nation, and to the nations of the world, the sole and precipitating cause of the fall from grace of one of the most historically powerful nations to ever exist. Yet, He has done just that by provoking the previously referenced words to fall from the mouth of no less than Barak Hussein Obama, an unlikely prophet indeed - a pagan, but an altogether unwitting emissary of Almighty God as evidenced by the accuracy of his words.

We are indeed not a Christian nation and have not been a Christian nation for nigh onto a generation, hence the steady and ever escalating decent into the subterraneous kingdom of Satan the god of this world and the titular head of the United States today.

The ascendancy in this nation of heathen religions, Christian denominational endorsed universalism, and globalist economics, politics, and culture foreshadows an ultimate deliverance of the nation unto end time events that will exceed the mental pictures of even the most discerning of Biblical scholars. We are destined to meet and exceed the fate of the old-testament nations that spurned the God of Creation, declined His Word, denied His power and prostrated themselves before false gods. Hard upon the fiery fall of the United States those who have survived the holocaust will be delivered into the hands of foreign enemies and in such captivity will await the final struggles and demise of the one world satanic kingdom, a seemingly fitting fate for a nation and a people that delivers its live babies into the hands of murdering executioners as a sacrifice to the god of hedonism.

Despite the claims that the elitists and our government have carried out the pursuit of their one world agenda clandestinely one would have to be on another planet to not understand that the supposed intrigues are not intrigues at all, but that the rapidly progressing agendum is being carried out openly with an impudent in your face aggressiveness. The agents of a godless society and a satanic one-world order have correctly discerned that they have nothing to fear from the drones that are completely occupied with the pursuit of their hedonistic pleasures and lined up like hogs at a trough for government handouts. We are a completely ignorant people - deluded to the core - and have been combed over for a susceptibility to the carefully planned inducements by the elites to buy our acquiescence to whatever will further their ultimate goals.

A people without God have no spiritual discernment and therefore have no wisdom. We clamor after the academicians and the so-called super intelligent and think their works brilliant. Yet everything that they turn their hand to carries the seeds of our ultimate destruction. God has drawn a veil between their conceptions and the ultimate outcome of their mind creations. Since they believe that God is an imaginary being or a senile and benevolent oracular and that they are the ultimate intelligence, gods unto themselves, they tamper with that which has been designed by an unlimited spiritual mind; the mind that created the Universe and all that is in the Universe including the Earth and every living creature upon the Earth.

We regress all the while that we think we progress. The Almighty is allowing the people of this nation to self-destruct and given the delusion that is upon our people it is evident that we are well along the road to self-annihilation, there will be no redemption from such save a spiritual awakening and an abject repentance and atonement at foot of the Thronr of our eternal God...

We labor under a heavy yolk that has been placed upon our neck, with God’s acquiescence, by our now fascist government, a government under the auspices of an unrestrained totalitarian president and an equally totalistic congress comprised of a single-minded collaborate party of two labels; all of which is controlled by the international corporatists. Once we had a government of and by the people, but our government has been remodeled so as to coordinate the machinery to impose the will of the state upon the people. A carefully crafted neo-fascist political platform has systematically negated constitutional protections and is yet boldly stealing the pitiful vestiges of what remains of our liberties.

The transformation of our political office holders and bureaucratic civil employees from servants of the people to social ideologues has been a gift to the elitists of the industrial and financial complex who are able to buy the loyalty of congressional incumbents and their bureaucratic agents in exchange for support of the heretical social goals of entrenched legislators and their slavish cohorts. Neocon operatives, as servants of the new order, pave the way for these internationalist corporate fascists who are now in the catbird’s seat and well situated to carry out their agenda; wars are their bread and butter, a way for them to realize huge financial excesses and to consolidate their control over world resources. They are an anathema to freedom and individual liberties, and their control of the political processes of a nation with a still formidable, but rapidly diminishing, military has enabled for them huge gains in regard to world control. They have no loyalties and are worldly-minded. National allegiances mean nothing to them as is evidenced by their totally unaffectionate abandoning of the United States as a location for their enterprises. They are the ultimate parasite and will not be satiated until they have consumed their hosts and sit at the foot of a world throne of Satan.

Many contend that it is these - of whom I have just written - who are the causes of the destructive elements that are upon us. They strive mightily to engage others to unite in programs, and to collaborate in activities, to rid the nation of social and governmental rogues, the deceitful scoundrels who oppress us, steal our freedoms and deliver us unto the satanic lusts of those of the new world order. They seem not to comprehend that it is the people - a godless and perverted people – of an iniquitous and degenerate mind that are perfectly and utterly responsible for the deterioration of our system and our society, and for the degenerates who rule over us. These, the megalomaniacal oppressors who suppress our freedoms, steal our dignity and consign us to the dung heap of humanity are of our own creation and are simply the first in a long line of afflictions that will rapidly fall upon us.

Our Sovereign God has moved aside and has turned us over to the consequences of our own iniquities. Our simple carnal minds harbor the seeds of self-destruction, we are our own worst enemy and all that befalls us is of our own making. We have been given over to Satan the god of this world, the old serpent, who is the epitome of evil and a venomous hater of mankind; our fate will not be kind. Only He who loves us has the power to save us, hallowed be His name.

“And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins. And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass: And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits. And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins. I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate. And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me; Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins. And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.” --Leviticus 26:18-25

© 2008 - Jim R. Schwiesow - All Rights Reserved

Jim Schwiesow is a retired sheriff with 46 years of law enforcement service. He served with the Unites States Army with the occupation forces in post war Berlin, Germany, and has a total of nine years of military service, which includes six years in the U.S. Army Reserve.

His law enforcement service includes: three years in the military police, fifteen years as an Iowa municipal police officer, and twenty-eight years as the duly elected sheriff of Sioux County, Iowa.

Jim has written a number of articles, which have been published in various professional law enforcement journals.

E-Mail: jimr@orangecitycomm.net

Learn Constitutional Law

2008-07-23T14:26:00.000-04:00

Mike Farris to Teach Constitutional Law Online

HSLDA announces a new opportunity to "attend" via the Internet a Constitutional Law course taught by Michael Farris. Slated for 18 sessions, this high school-level course will be offered twice during the school year - Fall and Winter. Students can enroll to start in either September or January. Tuition is $180, and is due in full upon registration. Late enrollments may be accepted on a case-by-case basis.

Constitutional Law for Christian Students (1995 Revised Edition) by Michael Farris is the required text and can be purchased for $20. If you happen to have the 1991 edition of Constitutional Law for Christian Students Textbook (yellow cover), all you need is the Constitutional Law for Christian Students Supplement which includes all the new text added in the 1995 edition and can be purchased for $5. You can purchase a copy of either of these books when you complete your online registration form.

Each on-line class session features a 60-90 minute audio recording of Dr. Farris teaching the course material to HSLDA interns. Each registered student will receive a CD containing the audio files for all 18 sessions which they can then listen to at their own pace and convenience. The "current" session and topic(s) will be governed according to the course syllabus.

Several sessions include online supplemental material which can be accessed from the ConLaw Online website. Also included, for eleven of the cases studied, are recordings of the actual oral arguments made before the U.S. Supreme Court.

If online students have questions, they can pose them to Dr. Farris using HSLDA's secure Internet forum. This approach allows all students to see and learn from the questions and Dr. Farris' answers. Also, 10 times during the course (approximately every other week), Dr. Farris will hold a secure Internet chat session with students for "live," text-based discussion.

The secure forums and chat center are also available for student-to-student discussion throughout the entire duration of the course. All posted content is logged, and a strict code of conduct is enforced.

A former bar examiner, Dr. Farris will also pose both a mid-term and final bar-style exam question for the students to research and answer. The exams are intended to test the student's ability to apply the material taught to a fictitious legal scenario. Answers are written in essay format. Dr. Farris will review, critique, and grade each student's midterm and final exam answer, returning them to the student upon completion.

Students who successfully complete the course will receive a letter grade on each test and a certificate of completion.

For more information, click here.

Fifty Lies and Counting

2008-06-05T13:19:00.000-04:00

Obama 50 Lies And Counting...

1.) Selma Got Me Born - LIAR, your parents felt safe enough to have
you in 1961 - Selma had no effect on your birth, as Selma was in 1965.

2.) Father Was A Goat Herder - LIAR, he was a privileged, well
educated youth, who went on to work with the Kenyan Government.

3) Father Was A Proud Freedom Fighter - LIAR, he was part of one
of the most corrupt and violent governments Kenya has ever had

4.) My Family Has Strong Ties To African Freedom - LIAR, your
cousin Raila Odinga has created mass violence in attempting to
overturn a legitimate election in 2007, in Kenya . It is the first
widespread violence in decades.

5.) My Grandmother Has Always Been A Christian - LIAR, she does
her daily Salat prayers at 5am according to her own interviews.
Not to mention, Christianity wouldn’t allow her to have been one
of 14wives to 1 man.

6.) My Name is African Swahili - LIAR, your name is Arabic and
Baraka (from which Barack came) means blessed in that language.
Hussein is also Arabic and so is Obama.

7.) I Never Practiced Islam - LIAR, you practiced it daily at
school, where you were registered as a Muslim and kept that
faith for 31 years, until your wife made you change, so you
could run for office.

8.) My School In Indonesia Was Christian - LIAR, you were
registered as Muslim there and got in trouble in Koran Studies
for making faces (check your own book).

9.) I Was Fluent In Indonesian - LIAR, not one teacher says you
could speak the language.

10.) Because I Lived In Indonesia, I Have More Foreign
Experience - LIAR, you were there from the ages of 6 to 10,
and couldn’t even speak the language. What did you learn,
how to study the Koran and watch cartoons.

11.) I Am Stronger On Foreign Affairs - LIAR, except for Africa
(surprise) and the Middle East (bigger surprise), you have never
been anywhere else on the planet and thus have NO experience with
our closest allies.

12.) I Blame My Early Drug Use On Ethnic Confusion - LIAR, you were
quite content in high school to be Barry Obama, no mention of
Kenya and no mention of struggle to identify - your classmates
said you were just fine.

13.)An Ebony Article Moved Me To Run For Office - LIAR, Ebony has
yet to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn’t, and
never did, exist.

14.) A Life Magazine Article Changed My Outlook On Life - LIAR,
Life has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It
doesn’t, and never did, exist.

15.) I Wont Run On A National Ticket In 08 - LIAR, here you are,
despite saying, live on TV, that you would not have enough
experience by then, and you are all about having experience first.

16.) Present Votes Are Common In Illinois - LIAR, they are common
for YOU, but not many others have 130 NO VOTES.

17.) Oops, I Miss voted - LIAR, only when caught by church groups
and democrats, did you beg to change your miss vote.

18.) I Was A Professor of Law - LIAR, you were a senior lecturer ON
LEAVE.

19.) I Was A Constitutional Lawyer - LIAR, you were a senior
lecturer ON LEAVE.

20.) Without Me, There Would Be No Ethics Bill - LIAR, you didn’t
write it, introduce it, change it, or create it.

21.) The Ethics Bill Was Hard To Pass - LIAR, it took just 14 days
from start to finish.

22.) I Wrote A Tough Nuclear Bill - LIAR, your bill was rejected by
your own party for its pandering and lack of all regulation - mainly
because of your Nuclear Donor, Exelon, from which David Axelrod came.

23.) I Have Released My State Records - LIAR, as of March, 2008,
state bills you sponsored or voted for have yet to be released,
exposing all the special interests pork hidden within.

24.) I Took On The Asbestos Altgeld Gardens Mess - LIAR, you were
part of a large group of people who remedied Altgeld Gardens .
You failed to mention anyone else but yourself, in your books.

25.) My Economics Bill Will Help America - LIAR, your 111 economic
policies were just combined into a proposal which lost 99-0, and
even YOU voted against your own bill.

26.) I Have Been A Bold Leader In Illinois - LIAR, even your own
supporters claim to have not seen BOLD action on your part.

27.) I Passed 26 Of My Own Bills In One Year - LIAR, they were not
YOUR bills, but rather handed to you, after their creation by a fellow
Senator, to assist you in a future bid for higher office.

28.) No One Contacted Canada About NAFTA - LIAR, the Canadian
Government issued the names and a memo of the conversation your
campaign had with them.

29.) I Am Tough On Terrorism - LIAR, you missed the Iran Resolution
vote on terrorism and your good friend Ali Abunimah supports the
destruction of Israel.

30.) I Am Not Acting As President Yet - LIAR, after the NAFTA Memo,
a dead terrorist in the FARC, in Colombia, was found with a letter
stating how you and he were working together on getting FARC recognized
officially.

31.) I Didn’t Run Ads In Florida - LIAR, you allowed national ads to
run 8-12 times per day for two weeks - and you still lost.

32.) I Won Michigan - LIAR, no you didn’t.

33.) I won Nevada - LIAR, no you did not.

34.) I Want All Votes To Count - LIAR, you said let the delegates
decide.

35.) I Want Americans To Decide - LIAR, you prefer caucuses that
limit the vote, confuse the voters, force a public vote, and only operate
during small windows of time.

36.) I passed 900 Bills in the State Senate - LIAR, you passed 26,
most of which you didn’t write yourself.

37.) My Campaign Was Extorted By A Friend - LIAR, that friend is
threatening to sue if you do not stop saying this. Obama has stopped
saying this.

38.) I Believe In Fairness, Not Tactics - LIAR, you used tactics to
eliminate Alice Palmer from running against you.

39.) I Don’t Take PAC Money - LIAR, you take loads of it.

40.) I don’t Have Lobbyists - LIAR, you have over 47 lobbyists, and
counting.

41.) My Campaign Had Nothing To Do With The 1984 Ad - LIAR, your
own campaign worker made the ad on his Apple in one afternoon.

42.) My Campaign Never Took Over MySpace - LIAR, Tom, who started
MySpace issued a warning about this advertising to MySpace clients.

43.) I Inspire People With My Words - LIAR, you inspire people with
other peoples words.

44.) I Have Passed Bills In The U.S. Senate - LIAR, you have passed
A BILL in the U.S. Senate - for Africa, which shows YOUR priorities.

45.) I Have Always Been Against Iraq - LIAR, you weren’t in office
to vote against it AND you have voted to fund it every single time,
unlike Kucinich, who seems to be out gutting you Obama. You also seem
to be stepping back from your departure date - AGAIN.

46.) I Have Always Supported Universal Health Care - LIAR, your
plan leaves us all to pay the 15,000,000 who don’t have to buy it.

47.) I Only Found Out About My Investment Conflicts Via Mail -
LIAR, both companies you site as having sent you letters about this
conflict have no record of any such letter ever being created or sent.

48.) I Am As Patriotic As Anyone - LIAR, you wont wear a flag pin
and you don’t put your hand over your heart during the Anthem.

49.) My Wife Didn’t Mean What She Said About Pride In Country -
LIAR, your wife’s words follow lock-step in the vain of Wright and
Farrakhan, in relation to their contempt and hatred of America

50.) Wal-Mart Is A Company I Wouldn’t Support - LIAR, your wife has
received nearly a quarter of a million dollars through Tree House,
which is connected to Wal-Mart.

snopes.com: Obama's 50 Lies
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/50lies.asp

see also
http://www.anonymousliberal.com/2007/04/obamas-lies.html

The Obama Deception, Full length movie.

America's Most Shameful Secret

2008-03-19T13:12:00.000-04:00

March 12, 2008

By Phillip F. Tourney, Survivor June 8, 1967

USSLiberty.wordpress.com:
ONE HUNDRED TWENTY SECONDS FROM NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

My fellow Americans, I sit here at 3:00 a.m. with my heart racing and my hands shaking and I ask that you please take a moment to read my letter. I ask not that you read it for my sake, but rather for your own and for your children and grandchildren.

JUNE 8, 1967, during the Six Day War, we came as close to a nuclear war than anytime in history and it scares me to death as it should you.

For the benefit of those who do not know what happened (the result of a deliberate campaign of cover-up and censorship by a Zionist-owned media in America) I will give you a quick history lesson. It all started on a beautiful bright, sunny day 40 years ago. Our ship, the USS LIBERTY, was sailing off the coast of Sinai, doing 5 knots. The LIBERTY was the most sophisticated intelligence gathering platform in the world at that time. We were in international waters gathering intelligence, plucking it from the air, which we had every right to do. We were doing what our government ordered us to do.

Early in the morning we began to see Israeli aircraft coming very close to our ship, some so close we could see the pilots waving at us. As we waved back we could clearly see the Star of David on the aircraft.

This went on for many hours. Our flag was flying (as always) GTR-5 was painted on both sides of her bow and “USS LIBERTY” was clearly painted on her stern. There could be no mistake as to who we were. Israel knew we were American and we knew we had been identified as American and friendly as the Israelis themselves have since admitted. They plotted us on their war table and made positive ID of our ship as the LIBERTY. The crew all knew the war was still ongoing and we all took comfort in the fact that our Israeli ‘friends’ had come to visit us. It made all of us feel safer, just in case one of the Arab combatants got spunky and came after us as we all knew Israel would be there to protect their American friends and allies.

We had been on station for approximately 7 to 8 hours. Suddenly, at 2:00 all hell broke loose. We were being attacked by jet aircraft.

On their first pass they took out our 4 fifty-caliber machine guns, all of our antennae and our moon dish. Everything we had to communicate with was destroyed.

They continued their air assault for about 30 minutes using rockets, canons and napalm which they dropped on the bridge to try and burn us alive. Fifteen minutes into their vicious attack Terry Halbadier got an antenna to work and we began broadcasting “under attack, under attack by unknown jet aircraft.”

The jets were unmarked, hiding the identity of our attackers.

The USS SARATOGA, commanded by Captain Tully, sent aircraft to our aid only to have them recalled by voice from Secretary of Defense Robert MacNamara.

Again, Captain Tully ordered rescue aircraft to come to our aid. Then, President Lyndon Johnson got on the phone and ordered the recall himself, saying “I don’t give a God damn if every man on board that ship dies, I will not embarrass our ally, Israel.”

Now, if we didn’t know who was attacking us until much later into the attack how did the pole cat Johnson know it was the Israelis that were attacking us? The reason is simple – we were set up by our own government as pawns to let Israel have her way with us. Why else would our government recall the life-saving aircraft when we were still under attack?

When the jets got through with us they sent the torpedo boats, three of them. Then and only then did we become aware of who was attacking us. We could see their flags on their boats with the Star of David on them. We were horrified that our so-called ‘ally’ was doing this to us. The word went out we were under attack by Israeli torpedo boats. This was picked up as far away as Vietnam and many other listening posts around the world. Still no help from our government. We were on our own.

The torpedo boats fired five torpedoes at us, one hitting its mark midships, instantly slaughtering 25 American sons. The torpedo boats kept up the attack, I guess, until they ran out of ammunition, shooting at our boilers, firefighters, stretcher bearers, anything that moved. The captain ordered us to prepare to abandon ship.

We put over 3 life rafts, all that remained that would float. We were going to put our most severely wounded men in them. The Israelis would have none of that and shot two of them out of the water and took one aboard their boat as a trophy.

The torpedo boats left and then came Israeli helicopters with armed troops, ready to board our ship and finish us off. They hovered over us like vultures ready for the kill and suddenly they left. We found out later that they left because they knew we had gotten messages out that it was Israel doing the murdering not any Arab state.

When all was said and done in this almost two hour attack, 34 men were murdered, 174 were wounded. There were over 821 canon and rocket holes in our ship. Thousands of 50 caliber armor piercing bullets riddled her skin and there was a 40 x 40 foot torpedo hole in her side. The LIBERTY was the most heavily damaged ship in modern history including WWII.

We did not receive any help from our government for 18 hours after the attack when help was only 15 - 20 minutes away.

Why was our government willing to sacrifice 294 American sailors, marines and the finest intelligence ship in the world? That’s what we all were wondering.

A few days later, Admiral Isaac Kidd came aboard our ship and ordered every crewman never to speak a word about what happened to us to other crewmen, parents, family, no one under penalty of prison or worse and we all knew what worse meant.

We took the ship to Malta. The dead were removed from the torpedo space and the ship was repaired and painted to look brand new, as if nothing had ever happened.

I stayed silent for many years. I was so afraid to say anything as was the rest of the crew.

In about 1983-1984 I read a book called “Assault on the Liberty” by James Ennes Jr., an intelligence officer onboard when we were attacked. I began asking questions of the navy, congress, anyone I could write to find out answers to a simple question - why our government went along with the cover-up as it is still doing today.

The standard answer you get from congress is there have already been many investigations which is a bold face lie and I have told them that. All you have to do is check the congressional record and you will see there has never been any investigation except for the sham Board of Inquiry which was a white wash and only took 6 days to complete.

# Isaac Kidd signed off on it as did Captain Ward Boston,
# Admiral John McCain Jr. and President Lyndon Johnson all in a matter of 10 days.

The conclusion? Mistaken identity!!

Captain Boston has recanted what was in the Board of Inquiry as a pack of lies. He was ordered to sign off by none other than Admiral John McCain Jr., Senator McCain’s father.

The fact is we were set up to sink fast, blame it on Egypt and bring the U.S. into the war. This was the deal made by our government and the Israeli Government.

This government will not help us get the truth out. They are knee-deep in bed with the Israeli Lobby, AIPAC and every other Israeli interest out there.

Our elected officials sold us out then and they are still selling us out now. Israel is committing war crimes on Americans and our government could care less.

This country is not “We the Government” it is “We the People” and if we don’t take our government back soon it is nobody’s fault but our own.

What I found out later is our government was 120 seconds away from dropping nuclear bombs on Cairo, Egypt and they would have if the LIBERTY would have sunk. The LIBERTY staying afloat was an act of God. He kept us afloat to tell you the truth. If our government would have nuked Cairo you can bet the Soviet Union would have retaliated in kind on the American people. This was a pact with the devil with only the greater interest of Israel in mind.

My fellow Americans, look what is going on in the Middle East today. It all goes back to the Six Day War 40 years ago. We need you to email your representatives in Congress and demand an investigation into the attack on the LIBERTY. Remember, they work for us, we don’t work for them. As futile as it may seem, we must at least TRY to take our country back from Israel before it is too late, if indeed it is not already.

Miracles have hinged on smaller odds than this. Look at what happened to us 40 years ago–we should have been dead, sunk to the bottom of the sea and yet we stayed afloat, as I said, by the hand of God. It was a miracle. Remember, Israel didn’t just attack the LIBERTY, she attacked America with our government’s help, and remember, as the old saying goes, ‘A leopard does not change its spots’.

What this gang of criminals has done once it will do again, and this time, chances are that we will not be as lucky as we were 40 years ago. Despite all the propaganda we hear, Israel is not our friend. No friend treats us as she has. She would just as soon slit our throats as look at us, and this is not a theory, it is a fact proven by history.

Phillip F. Tourney,
Survivor June 8, 1967

Choose To Make A Difference

2008-03-07T11:28:00.000-05:00

Often times the cares of the world seem to overwhelm us and we feel totally unworthy of the name 'christian'. At those times we need inspiration to make a difference in our life so we can make a difference in the lives of our family, friends, and everyone we meet on a daily basis.

So, from my heart to yours, choose to make a difference today and everyday for the rest of your life. It's always the simple truths that make the difference. Enjoy this short movie, be blessed and be a blessing.

Remember The Alamo!?

2008-03-04T13:07:00.000-05:00

Who Looks Foolish, Alamo Heroes or Us?
by Chuck Baldwin
March 4, 2008

During this week back in 1836, the Alamo fell. For more than 13 days, 186 brave and determined patriots withstood Santa Anna's seasoned army of over 4,000 troops. To a man, the defenders of that mission fort knew they would never leave those ramparts alive. They had several opportunities to leave and live. Yet, they chose to fight and die. How foolish they must look to this generation of spoiled Americans.

It is difficult to recall that stouthearted men such as Davy Crockett (a nationally known frontiersman and former Congressman), Will Travis (only 23 years old with a little baby at home), and Jim Bowie (a wealthy landowner with properties on both sides of the Rio Grande) really existed. These were real men with real dreams and real desires. Real blood flowed through their veins. They loved their families and enjoyed life as much as any of us. There was something different about them, however. They possessed a commitment to liberty that transcended personal safety and comfort.

Liberty is an easy word to say, but it is a hard word to live up to. Freedom has little to do with financial gain or personal pleasure. Accompanying Freedom is her constant and unattractive companion, Responsibility. Neither is she an only child. Patriotism and Morality are her sisters. They are inseparable; destroy one and all will die.

Early in the siege, Travis wrote these words to the people of Texas: "Fellow Citizens & Compatriots: I am besieged by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna. . . . The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion, otherwise the garrison are to be put to the sword . . . I have answered the demand with a cannon shot & our flag still waves proudly from the walls. I shall never surrender or retreat. . . . VICTORY OR DEATH! P.S. The Lord is on our side. . . ."

As you read those words, remember that Travis and the others did not have the A.C.L.U., P.E.T.A., People for the un-American Way, and the National Education Association telling them how intolerant and narrow-minded their notions of honor and patriotism were. A hostile media did not constantly castigate them as a bunch of wild-eyed extremists. As school children, they were not taught that their forefathers were nothing more than racist jerks.

The brave men at the Alamo labored under the belief that America (and Texas) really was "the land of the free and the home of the brave." They believed God was on their side and that the freedom of future generations depended on their courage and resolve. They further believed their posterity would remember their sacrifice as an act of love and devotion. It all looks pale now.

By today's standards, the gallant men of the Alamo appear rather foolish. After all, they had no chance of winning--none. However, the call for pragmatism and practicality was never sounded. Instead, they answered the clarion call, "Victory or death!"

Please try to remember the heroes of the Alamo as you watch our gutless political and religious leaders surrender to compromise and political correctness. Try to recall the time in this country when ordinary men and women had the courage of their convictions and were willing to sacrifice their lives for freedom and independence.

One thing is certain: those courageous champions at the Alamo did not die for a political party or for some "lesser of two evils" mantra. They fought and died for a principle, and that principle was liberty and independence. So did the men at Lexington and Concord. That is our heritage.

Today, however, our national leaders are in the process of turning America over to the very forces that the Alamo defenders gave their lives resisting. On second thought, do they look foolish, or do we?

© Chuck Baldwin

A Two-Party Death Grip

2008-02-15T14:18:00.000-05:00

by Chuck Baldwin
February 15, 2008

It is time to say it: the two major parties hold a death grip on the American people. Instead of representing the people, both the Republican and Democrat parties are bought and paid for by special interest groups and multinational corporations. Neither party pays any attention to the U.S. Constitution but both are largely marching in lockstep toward bigger and bigger government. Both Republicans and Democrats eagerly sacrifice what's good for the country for what's good for the party. As they now exist, neither major party deserves the support of patriotic Americans.

Furthermore, blind allegiance to the two major parties has created a "lesser of two evils" mindset that has warped the thinking and perverted the values of otherwise good people. What people would never accept in any other venue of society, they gladly and willingly accept from their chosen party's candidates.

People expect honesty and integrity from clergymen, bankers, doctors, businessmen, realtors, journalists, and even used car salesmen. Those same people, however, quickly tolerate and even excuse dishonesty and chicanery from their chosen political party.

Ever since George W. Bush became President of these United States, I have watched in disbelief as my fellow Christian conservatives have not only looked the other way as Bush repeatedly betrayed conservative/constitutional principles, but have willingly and enthusiastically supported his apostasy. Many of them are continuing to do the same thing by supporting the Big-Government, pro-amnesty, pro-gun control, pro-100-year war, grubby candidacy of John McCain. Good grief! Pat Robertson even endorsed the soiled candidacy of the liberal cross-dresser, Rudy Giuliani.

It is clear, therefore, that conservatives are more than willing to support and defend someone they know to be unfaithful to both their oath of office and to bedrock conservative principles. In other words, it does not matter a whit to them whether their candidate tells the truth, obeys the Constitution, or even demonstrates fidelity to the fundamental principles of liberty. If he has an "R" behind his name, conservatives will support him.

However, the same people who will justify dishonesty in the lives of their favored party's politicians would never accept such conduct from anyone else. Furthermore, many of these conservatives actually call themselves Christians; many are preachers. They preach and teach the virtues of honesty and integrity from the pulpit. They teach boys and girls to be honest and virtuous: to put the principles of right above personal wealth or benefit. Then, they turn around and support these lying politicians, many of whom are fornicating, greedy, arrogant reprobates. What is even more amazing is that they find no inconsistency with what they are doing.

In his Farewell Address, our first and greatest President, George Washington, eloquently lobbied the American people to guard against over-infatuation with political parties. Anyone reading his warnings today will be impressed with his insight and wisdom. Virtually everything he predicted has come to pass. Blind loyalty to political parties has corrupted our public institutions, blinded the hearts and minds of the American people, and opened wide the door to undue foreign influence.

If everyone who believes and teaches honesty and accountability would put it into practice when they walk into the voting booth, we could put a stop to this pathetic practice of electing dishonest and despicable people to high public office. Instead of hiding their own character and integrity under the bushel basket of party partisanship, voters could be proud of the fact that they are actually helping to set the ship of state aright by electing men and women of honesty and character.

Although I do not share this opinion, many people believe Abraham Lincoln to be one of America's greatest presidents (I think he was one of the worst). Personal opinion aside, it is a fact that Lincoln's election and subsequent influence upon this country was huge. Therefore, it is more than significant to realize that Lincoln was first elected from a four-person race with only 39% of the popular vote. Even more significant is the fact that at that time the Republican Party was a minor party, having been formed only a few years earlier. So much for the argument that a minor party cannot win a major election.

In practically every Presidential election, there are candidates from a variety of independent or "third" parties on the ballot. To ignore them merely because they are not Republicans or Democrats is absurd. Furthermore, it is more than obvious that the GOP will not tolerate principled candidates running for President. The recent Presidential candidacies of Duncan Hunter, Tom Tancredo, Alan Keyes, and Ron Paul make this abundantly clear.

While it may still be appropriate to support state and local Republican candidates, at the Presidential level, it is waste of time--and a wasted vote--to support the establishment Republican candidates. They are all Big-Government liberals. Yes, that includes Mike Huckabee.

I recommend that people seriously consider voting for a Third Party candidate this November. Start by taking a close look at the Constitution Party.

"http://www.constitutionparty.com/"

The Constitution Party (the third largest political party in America) has a proven track record of fidelity to pro-life, conservative principles and to constitutional government. I further believe it is time for principled columnists and journalists such as Charley Reese to start encouraging voters to support principled, independent candidates. The same goes for leaders of the Religious Right such as Tony Perkins, James Dobson, and Phyllis Schlafly. For them to continue to ignore good, independent candidates only serves to strengthen and augment the two-party death grip.

It is more than interesting that more people are currently registered as Independents than either Republican or Democrat. But it is not enough to register as an Independent, we must start voting Independent. Remember, the object is to elect honest and honorable leaders for our country, not to promote and protect the private agendas of the fat cats who control the two major parties.

It increasingly appears that the two major parties will force the American people to choose between the fascistic John McCain or the Marxist Barack Obama. Is that really the kind of choice we are willing to accept? Are we really content to continue to vote the "party line," no matter what damage results?

Let's face it, folks: the two major parties are strangling the life out of this country. It is indeed a death grip. Something drastic must be done, and it must be done NOW! Since it does not appear that either major party is salvageable (at the national level), it is up to "We the people" to take matters into our own hands. This means bypassing the mainstream press and relying more on the Internet for our news and information. And it means bypassing the two major parties and voting for Independent candidates for President.

If Michael Bloomberg throws his hat in the Presidential ring, it will already be a three-man race. A strong independent conservative contender would make it a viable four-man race (just like 1860). At that point, anything could happen. But first, we must awaken to the reality of the two-party death grip, and then decide to do something about it. I am ready. How about you?

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© Chuck Baldwin

The Sky Already Has Fallen

2007-12-12T09:16:00.000-05:00

by Edgar J. Steele
December 11, 2007

Here's an email notice I just received from a correspondent:
_______________________________________
CompUSA going out of business. Possible big discounts starting Wednesday. Normally, when a store goes out of business, it means an "everything must go" sale, and CompUSA's will be no exception.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2230322,00.asp
http://www.compusa.com/adproducts/default.asp
http://www.gearlog.com/2007/02/cheap_geek_compusa_closures_me.php
http://www.compusa.com/clearance/default.asp?N=500463&Cn=Clearance
http://www.compusaauctions.com/
_______________________________

CompUSA is a big chain. Time was, this would be front-page news all over America. Bet you don't hear about it at all, except from this single email. Lots of companies this size are going under now, but you don't hear about them.

Take this as a sign of the times. GM now has negative equity of $74 per share. Ford should have gone under a year ago. When I was working in San Francisco as a financial analyst, line banks would use their loan covenants to force corporate takeovers/dissolutions when book value got low. GM's is negative, fercrissakes! Difference is, GM and Ford are too big to let go out of business - too noticeable to Americanus Stupidus.

Same thing with gas prices. That's why diesel, which always has been cheaper, now costs a bunch more than gas - they keep the gas prices low so as not to unduly alarm the sheep.

I had my wife drop the pickup off at the dealer recently, asking her to tell them to replace the glow-plug relay, which obviously had gone bad due to the hard-starting and smoking symptoms. I just found out that they charged us $253 for a part I should have bought off eBay ($40, including shipping) and replaced myself (3 screws) - a repair I have done myself before on other diesel vehicles. $253!!! I have a call in to the service department, which I have used for 15 years, and can hardly wait to hear their excuse. They just lost my business, of course.

I expect lots of local business failures due to customer losses in the face of pricing practices just like this, which now are pandemic throughout America. I'm going to start changing my own oil again, too, just like I used to, after 30 years of having others do it for me. How about you? There goes Jiffy Lube.

I just got a pitch from UCLA's law school for donations. Part of it was a recounting of tuition cost through the years, designed to cause me to want to send in a check. The only thing that it made clear to me is that we mere mortals no longer can afford a professional education and that it is time to close down UCLA's law school!

Though second only to UC Berkeley's Boalt Hall law school in quality for public universities in America, UCLA and Boalt Hall still are publicly-funded colleges, so must be accessible. When I attended UCLA Law School (1979-1982), my total tuition for three years was $2,500. If you started at UCLA law this past fall, you will pay $87,000 in tuition alone before you finish - and that is in-state, resident tuition, too. I can't afford to send my kids to such a school, but you know who gets free rides.

I hurt my back when some dumb cluck teenager backed into my car in a parking lot this past fall, so had to hire others to cut wood for our winter heat. Couldn't get anybody local to respond to my ad offering $10, then $12 per hour, cash. I finally got two guys to commute 1 and 2 hours, respectively, to cut wood for me for $15 per hour.

Maybe there really are jobs that we won't do anymore.

I call the two current generations the "lost generations," because they don't want to work, don't know how to work and won't show up when they agree to work. What America really needs is the financial enema she is about to receive. Unfortunately, a good smacking from World War is going to accompany it, thanks to our friends in the ranks of The Chosen.

Already, we are hurtling into the abyss, folks, and they are doing everything they can to lie to us about it.

Think not? Watch this video of CNBC hacks at work:

http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=605445206

Note how, halfway through, the anchor quickly cuts off the guest when he both accuses the govt of lying in statistics and actually mentions discontinuance of the reporting of M3. Then, shortly after that, the guest says he believes the US economy is a house of cards and that the world is teetering on the brink of financial collapse, whereupon the anchor again steps in, recharacterizes what the guest just said as "recession" and breezily changes the subject for the balance of the interview.

This is how it is done, folks, even when they get someone honest and knowledgable on TV. This is why the average American is just so damned stupid! (Not you, of course. Your mere presence on this site proves you to be far from average.)

The sky isn't falling - it already has fallen and lies about us in broken shards that are obvious if we just open our eyes.

-ed

Government Cannot Do Church's Job

2007-12-11T12:28:00.000-05:00

by Chuck Baldwin
December 11, 2007

One thing that Christians should come to terms with is the truism that government cannot do the church's job. Not in any shape, manner, or form. Yet, by the way many Christians and pastors behave these days, one gets the impression that they don't really understand this truth. Instead, it seems that many Christians and ministers see the government--especially the federal government--as an extension of the church.

Now, if anyone thinks that I am about to go into a "separation of church and state" tirade, think again. The modern definition of "separation of church and state" is so far removed from the original meaning of the First Amendment that it is downright preposterous. All the First Amendment does is prohibit (the federal) Congress from passing any law establishing a state church or from prohibiting the free exercise of religion.

The idea that James Madison and the other authors of the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights intended to prohibit children from praying in school, or state and local governments from posting the Ten Commandments and from erecting Nativity scenes is the invention of modern-age humanists, whose real goal is to eviscerate America's Christian heritage. Such reasoning is a complete inversion of the real meaning of the First Amendment. All the First Amendment was designed to do was recognize religious liberty, something Americans enjoyed until the infamous Supreme Court decisions in 1962 and '63.

That said, it is equally apparent that many Christians and ministers today have developed the attitude that somehow the federal government is supposed to enforce by law what only the Spirit of God can enforce through grace. Let's be plain: the federal government cannot do the church's job.

The role of the federal government is to secure the rights that are given to us by God. Namely, the rights of life, liberty, and property. Properly understood, the role of the federal government has little to do with providing "services," and everything to do with securing the liberties of the people. It is just that simple.

However, a majority of Americans today believe that the federal government (in essence) is supposed to be father, mother, provider, teacher, doctor, and even preacher to people. Instead of looking to God, the family, the church, and individual responsibility, we look to Uncle Sam. And this sentiment is shared by a host of professing Christians as well.

Therefore, instead of doing the hard work of teaching and disciplining our children, we look to Uncle Sam to straighten out our rebellious kids. Instead of preaching the hard messages of truth from our pulpits, churches expect Uncle Sam to straighten out (through the power of law) all those "bad" people out there. Instead of taking personal responsibility for our own health and livelihood, we expect Uncle Sam to be our provider and protector.

Take the issue of morality, for example. When, pray tell, did it become the responsibility of the federal government to define, inspect, and enforce morality? Is this not first, the responsibility of the home, and second, the responsibility of the church? Do we really desire a federal government with the power to define and enforce morality? God forbid!

At this point, I should make it clear that state and local governments have every right--and even the responsibility--to establish community standards. State and local governments are legitimately within their rights to prohibit those activities deemed harmful to the health and well-being of their communities.

If states or municipalities want to prohibit "adult" book stores, they certainly have the right to do so. If they want to make prostitution and drug use illegal, they have every right to do so. If they want to regulate nightclubs and honky-tonks, more power to them. I, for one, have no desire to live in Pottersville. However, none of this is any of Uncle Sam's business!

Here is the problem: our pastors have become spiritual pantywaists and our churches have become spiritual playgrounds. Pastors and churches have sold their souls to success-driven "ministry." We want big attendances, big offerings, big family life centers, big youth departments, big Sunday Schools, and big-name people on our membership rolls. And we will do whatever it takes to achieve it.

And most of the time, in order to accommodate our overwhelming desire to be a "big success," pastors and churches will soften the message to the point that the average Sunday sermon is little more than a glorified "how-to-get-rich," or "how-to-be-happy," or "how-to-avoid-guilt," ad infinitum, ad nauseum, pep-talk. Words such as "sinner," "Hell," "judgment," "retribution," and "repentance" have been permanently removed from the vocabulary of the average pastor. The plain, powerful, old-fashioned Gospel has been replaced with sloppy, mushy, offend-no-one sermonettes that could not bring Holy Spirit conviction if one even wanted it--which hardly anyone does.

Furthermore, the music program of the average church is nothing more than a hard-rock concert, and our youth programs are little more than dating services. There is no church discipline or accountability. People can dress (or undress) any way they want, talk any way they want, and act any way they want with little or no supervision or oversight.

Then, when our families and communities go to Hell, instead of hitting the prayer closet and asking God to send revival to our hearts, our homes, and our churches, we demand that Uncle Sam fix it. We support presidential candidates who say they will lead the federal government in finding solutions to all of our ills.

Ladies and gentlemen, the federal government cannot do the church's job. The church has an obligation to be the "light" and "salt" of society. It should be setting the standard of righteousness through its preaching and teaching. It should be willing to call a spade a spade, even if it offends business leaders and politicians in the process.

Likewise, the federal government cannot do the family's job. It is the responsibility of each mother and father to teach morality and faith to their children. Parents are given the task of disciplining and correcting their children.

Let's tell it like it is: America is fast losing its moral compass because our families and churches are not doing their respective jobs. And the problem is, when families and churches fail, there is no Plan B. That is, not without the loss of freedom and independence.

The federal government cannot do the job of the family and the church, because everything it does is at the expense of something else. The only wealth it has is what it confiscates from someone else. The only power it has is what it steals from someone else. The only "services" it provides are at the expense of someone else. This is why our country's founding documents state that the federal government's role was to be very limited and narrowly defined.
As someone rightly said, "A government that is big enough to give you all you want, is big enough to take it all away." Amen.

Therefore, instead of looking to presidential candidates who will use the federal government to accomplish everything we want done (even the good things we want done), we should support only those candidates who recognize the proper role of the federal government as being limited and narrowly defined (by the Constitution). And then, it behooves us to look to ourselves to be the parents we should be to our own children at home, and to look for pastors and churches that are not trying to be popular, but that are courageous and faithful custodians of the truth.
© Chuck

God's Lawful Judgments

2007-11-14T10:37:00.000-05:00

by David Weber

Beloved, everything that God does is in accordance with His Divine Law. His Law is perfect. Grace sets us free, not from the Divine Law itself, but free to come to God so that His righteous ways can be carved on our hearts and on our minds through righteous judgments. Without the Law there can be no righteous judgments. Without the Law, there cannot even be grace!

The righteous judgments of God are soon going to flood the earth in an unprecedented way, and this will have a profound effect on all of the inhabitants of the earth. These judgments will all be made in accordance with the Divine Law of God.

His Law is perfect, and so are His judgments. The legal process of divine judgment IS the fiery stream which flows from God's Holy Throne. His Law is His FIRE, and it is something that is administered to sinners to set them free ... not to torture them! Those who teach that God's fire is to be used for the purpose of torturing and tormenting sinners, don't know the heart of God, nor do they understand His Law, nor do they understand the purpose for His judgments.

When the Son visited the earth in the form of a man, He made clear His desire to kindle a FIRE on the earth. In that statement, the Son was not expressing a wish to bring people into the torture of "hell-fire" - as many understand it, but He wished to restore the earth by means of GOD'S LAWFUL JUDGMENTS.

This process of restoration through judgment was seen by the prophet Daniel as a river of fire, and was seen by John as a lake of fire. In vision form, these two prophets were both shown God's PROCESS for the full restoration of His creation man, but each prophet saw this PROCESS at different stages.

To share just briefly here on "the lake of fire" that was seen by John; IT IS A PICTURE OF THE END PROCESS OF GOD'S LAWFUL JUDGMENTS! The "lake of fire" is not a specific judgment in and of itself, but rather it is a prophetic description of a process which consists of many different types of judgment, all which fit the specific crimes committed. At the Great White Throne Judgment the dead will be raised to be judged according to their "deeds." Despite what religious Babylon teaches about the lake of fire, those cast into this "lake" do not all receive the same judgment, for how could they if they are each "judged according to their deeds"? Again I say, "the lake of fire" is a prophetic picture of a PROCESS of judgment. It is not a specific judgment in and of itself!

In regard to the punishments of God, they are, and shall be meted out in degrees, and can be short in duration, or they can last for many ages. But be assured, they are "eonian," which means that they have a distinct beginning and a definite end! Punishment itself would be meted out by tormenting sinners forever - but JUSTICE would not be served! The Lord God is a JUST AND LOVING GOD! His punishments are benevolent and constructive they are NOT vindictive and retaliatory! God's fire is that which consumes all of the wood, hay, and stubble of man's carnality. It is NOTa literal fire, and it sure as heck is NOT an "eternal" one!

Beloved ones, our Father has a wondrous and benevolent plan that will eventually be wrought out to the full restoration of His entire creation. Unfortunately though, many people (even most Christians) have not yet vision for this, mostly because they've been blinded by their religion and the erroneous traditions and teachings of men. To most of you here though, I believe that it has been granted for you to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of God. Keep your hearts as little children.

Bless you ... D

King of All Nations

2007-11-13T09:30:00.001-05:00

by Mike Farris

A kingdom consists of four elements… 1) the king’s domain, or territory, over which he reigns, 2) citizens or subjects, 3) laws, and 4) administrators to teach and administer the king’s law, or government, with equity (no respecter of persons) and justice for all (same punishment for same crime). In an earthly kingdom, the people die for the king; in the heavenly Kingdom (the one Jesus came preaching), the King dies for the people.

Jesus Christ is the King of all the nations because of Who He is. Jesus has not overthrown another king to make His claim. He is King lawfully by divine appointment… “the earth belongs to the LORD, and all its fullness, the world and those who dwell therein.” (Psalm 24:1). God the Father has decreed Him to be King: “But as for ME, I have installed MY King upon Zion (a permanent capitol)… and I will give the nations for your inheritance.” (read all of Psalm 2). God has anointed and sealed Him to His regal office. God has set the crown upon His head.

Jesus came to earth to announce the Kingdom of God. The time has come for Christians to demonstrate to all nations there is a superior form of government. After His resurrection, Jesus spoke to his disciples saying, ” All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations”… (Matthew 28:18-20). An earthly king is only authorized to administer the law of God, not make his own laws. In the Kingdom of God there are only two branches of government… administrative and judicial… no legislative branch is needed because man cannot improve upon the law of God.

Ecclesiastes 12:13: "Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man".

The “kings” of the earth are in their postions for one purpose only… to administer the Law of God. They have no authoriy, even though they have power, to go above and beyond the Divine Law. Just because the “kings” of the nations are in rebellion to the Kingdom of God and His righteous rule, does not negate His authority. One may ask, if Jesus has all authority, why doesn’t He use it to subdue the nations by force? That’s typical carnal thinking… might makes right. Jesus taught that His Kingdom is not of this worldly way.

All actions originate in the heart (Mark 7:20-23; James 4:1), and acknowledging Jesus Christ as King must began in the heart. Instead of ruling by force as man does, from the top down, Jesus sets up His throne where no earthly king can break in and steal - in men’s hearts. No nation can survive forever unless Jesus Christ is acknowledged as King and the people embrace His Law which insures personal and national peace and prosperity.

The written Word of God in the only standard for earthly kings’ rule: “Now it shall come to pass when he (earthly administrators) sits on the throne (holds an office) of his kingdom, he shall WRITE for himself a copy of this (God’s) LAW on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests (judges in the Law). And it shall be WITH him, and he shall read it all the days of his life that he may LEARN to fear (respect) the LORD his God, by CAREFULLY OBSERVING ALL THE WORDS OF THIS LAW and these statutes (Deuteronomy 17:18-19). The earthly kings, as well as his people, come under God’s Law.

For those who doubt that the Kingdom of God is a reality, the Bible emphasizes that all people are Christ’s subjects in a variety of ways.

First, Jesus speaks to Nicodemus about the necessity of a “new birth”, a comprehensive transformation of the carnal nature of man (John 3:5-7). Mankind is not ’sick’ and will get better with scientific advancements, rather mankind is “dead in trespasses and sins” (Ephesians 2:1). Only the regenerating power of the Holy Spirit can make a dead man live. The fundamental issue is ethical, not medical or psychological. Read the book, SonPlacing, by Garrison Russell to learn how to obtain the Life of Christ… in you the hope of glory.

Second, the written Word of God must be acknowledged as the only rule of faith and practice. Law is not found in the vote of the people (if voting changed things it would be illegal), the decree of the courts, or the pronouncements of rulers. The Law of God is Christ’s the King’s Law; therefore, it must be obeyed to live. God gives man only two choices…Life or Death. Furthermore, being set free in Jesus Christ liberates neither citizen nor ruler from the guidance, obligations, and benefits of the Law (Romans 3:31), only the final curse (penality) of the Law (Galatians 3:13).

Third, the regenerate mind is renewed (Romans 12:2). Every individual operates from a particular view of the world in his mind, and evaluates all life from this perspective… meaning his chosen religious presuppositions. True Christianity is not a religion, it’s the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Prior to acknowledging Christ as King, all life is seen from man’s carnal prespective: “For as a man thinks within himself, so is he” (Proverbs 23:7). The new creature in Christ will start to evaluate life from the prespective of the Word of God, and began to think God’s thoughts, “taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ” (2 Corinthians 10:5).

Fourth, those who do not want Jesus as King “will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them (not by force, but with His mercy and love) … and those who are with Him are called the chosen and faithful” (Reveleation 17:14).

How then, can the blessings of real peace, prosperity, and happiness be secured which will assure liberty and guarantee justice for all? King Jesus answered this question when He said, “Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and His righteousness (which is the perfection of the administration of the Laws of that Kingdom); and all these things ( the needs of life of which He had been speaking) will be added (that is, given) unto you” (Matthew 6:33).

This is a call for all Christians, from the least to the greatest, to restore the administration which God established over the Kingdom. God gave us the Laws of Righteousness which His people are instructed to administer. This Divine Charter of National Administration of establishing equity, justice, and liberty is only possible when the Divine Law is kept personally and nationally. And while God never granted man (or any group of men) the right to make law, He absolutely enjoins all nations to keep, observe, and administer His Laws. Get a copy of the book, Digest of the Divine Law, by Howard B. Rand, available from Stone Kingdom Ministries.

Learn the Divine Law, teach it to your children and grandchildren. Be the “salt and light” God called you to be. Become an overcomer, even as Jesus Christ overcame, and sit with Him on His throne (James 1:12; Revelation 3:21). Pledge your allegiance to the Kingdom of God.

Christ himself says the Law is to be fulfilled on earth. Our earthly life is a ‘dress rehersal’ for Kingdom service. Christians should demand that all government be based on the firm foundation of God's Laws and abolish corrupt government.

“Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 5:17-19)

Our Father which art in heaven… Thy Kingdom come… Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Why Americans Have No Rights

2007-11-07T11:30:00.002-05:00

by Mike Farris

If one can ignore the incessant propaganda that bombards us from what passes as “news” on TV, movies, and even music, one might ponder why Americans no longer have Rights over themselves, their children, and their property.

In the pre-socialist days prior to 1935, the Common Law based upon justice, reason, and common sense was the Law of the land. Since the Common Law is a prerogative of sovereigns, the servant government had no lawful authority to enact nor prosecute Common Law offenses. Many judges agreed that the Common Law was too harsh for a democracy. And they were right because Americans were promised a Republic form of government wherein the People (not federal citizens) were the sovereigns. Since property and sovereignty are inseparable, only those who absolutely owned property could rely upon the promises in the organic documents that instituted America’s governments at the Federal, State, and Local levels. In the original instrument, the Declaration of Independence, it was clearly stated that governments were instituted among men to do two things: help secure property rights, and govern by consent.

What are property rights? The absolute right to own ourselves, our labor, the fruits of our labor, and that for which we choose to trade our labor. Private property is defined as land, houses, and chattels (property other than real estate). Real estate is not private property. If two or more persons have a claim it ceases to be private property and devolves to estate. Estate is held with qualified ownership. It’s no surprise to me that State constitutions only list “real and personal property” as subject to taxation and regulation. Private property is sacred, and exempt.

Before the politicians (poly from the Greek, meaning many; and tic, an ugly bloodsucking parasite) sold out America, a sovereign who owned private property was the supreme authority and absolute monarch over his domain. An example of the absolute power to decide and act (sovereignty) was the landlord’s right to defend his property from trespass with deadly force. If capital punishment without benefit of trial isn’t evidence of individual sovereignty, I don’t know what else will suffice.

To retain the status of private property, only one individual can own said property, therefore, coverture was essential. Coverture was the transfer of the wife’s property to her husband for the duration of the marriage. This made the man the sole authority over the property insuring that servant government had to respect the family’s property rights in all things. There were very few problems as long as men loved their wives and treated them as equal partners. Historical revisionists would lead one to believe that men “owned” their wives and children, not unlike slaves, and that it was a bad thing (as if collective ownership by “Big Brother” is superior).

If one will recall, though men had the rights of ownership, they also had the sole duty of support and defense of their family. As the saying goes, “women and children first” into the lifeboat. Men were obligated to lay down their lives, if necessary, in defense of their family. Was it a burden that women and children had to obey the man of the family in exchange for his lifelong obligation to them? I don’t think so. Even the Law recognized that only the man could be held legally liable for failure to support his family. A wife who was forced by circumstances to “work outside the home” was tantamount to giving notice that the man was either unable, or worse, in violation of the Law, unwilling to support his family. At the very least, it was an insult to the manhood of the husband.

All this changed with the institution of national socialism in 1935. Known as the Social Security Act, or Federal Insurance Contribution Act (F.I.C.A.), this treacherous enactment was the final nail in the Grand Old Republic’s coffin. The ground work had been laid in 1913, giving control of America’s money to a privately held loan shark operation known as the Federal Reserve; and in 1916, the creation of the Fed’s collection agency, the Internal Revenue Service. It took the Fed less than 25 years to totally bankrupt America. The wealthiest nation in the history of the world was brought to her knees by the “Great Depression”, and had desperate Americans demanding that the government “do something”, which led to the destruction of individual property rights. For the truth about the Federal Reserve (which is no more “Federal” than Federal Express), read FOURTH REICH OF THE RICH by Des Griffin and SECRETS OF THE TEMPLE: HOW THE FEDERAL RESERVE RUNS THE COUNTRY by William Greider. Find out who owns your Representative and Senator at Open Secrets.

Unknown to the gullible participants, enrollment into “Social Security” (I call it socialist insecurity), had dire effects. First, it changed their status as Free men to paupers eligible for charity from the public treasury. Second, it eliminated their private property Rights to own, and thus have a domicile, in exchange for a residence. Third, it obligated them to pay the claims made upon the bankrupted United States of America (upper and lower case spelling), replaced by a bankruptcy trustee, the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (all capital letters, a clever legal deception), and made the federal debt into their “national debt”. Fourth, it made it legally impossible to object to the worthless federal reserve notes. Fifth, it was prima facie evidence that a national socialist security number made them wards of the government and status criminals without the former protections accorded Free Inhabitants. Sixth, it made men (and women) subject to, and object of, administrative bureaucracy without constitutional restrictions. Seventh, it made them co-signers on all the loans the politicians borrow (present tense) from the Federal Reserve and foreign banks. China and Japan hold over 40% of America's debt. Every penny confiscated from American workers' paychecks goes to pay just the interest on the "national debt".

When Americans were reduced to bleating paupers, hands out for a share of their “entitlements”, the government could rightly ignore the centuries of Law based upon securing private property rights, and shift to policy based on voluntary consent. Without Common Law rights, the Common Law evaporated from public awareness (with a little help from public schools). In its place the strict rules and regulations of “civil law” have become the standard, Instead of natural and personal liberty, those birthrights of free Americans, we now have civil and political liberty as permitted by our master government. Contrary to popular belief, “Civil Liberty” is not freedom, but license (permission). Who needs permission (license) to own a dog, marry, build a house, travel public roads, carry a gun, and so on? Not a Free Man. Who needs to pay a tax for the privilege to live, work, or hold property? Not a Free Man!

Since 1935, Americans have surrendered their Republic form of government, guaranteed by Article 4, Section 4 of the constitution for the united States of America, and the promise to the Free Inhabitants of the Land from Article IV of the Articles of Confederation, in exchange for the mob rule of democracy. If you think democracy is something fine and good, you have been brainwashed, programmed, and indoctrinated with ANTI-AMERICAN propaganda. If you think it’s good that American lives and property are being used to make the world safe for democracy, your ancestors are spinning in their graves in outrage. Patrick Henry would spit on you. George Washington would turn his head from you. Ben Franklin would kick you in the arse.

All Law is for the protection of life and property. All else is mere policy, and policy requires fully informed consent. And though involuntary servitude was outlawed, there is no restriction on voluntary servitude, howbeit by fraud and deceit. Why do Americans keep re-electing the same politicians year after year? None of them ever honor their oath of office to defend and protect the constitution, and restore the Republic.

In answer to the question why Americans have no rights, national socialism is to blame. However, our continued consent to national socialism is the mechanism that has locked the chains of tyranny upon us. He who consents can’t complain… can’t bite the hand that feeds you… beggars can’t be choosers… you get the idea.

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"You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is about the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it".

Party Over for the Bankers

"...This was inevitable because ‘extend and pretend’ is by definition a temporary strategy. It works for a while but only for a while. And now it’s ending everywhere, all at once. We’ve entered a new phase of the global financial collapse that began in 2000. Any one of these
capitulations—a Greek default, followed inevitably by either more PIIGS [Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain] defaults or EU bailouts of surreal size, the admission that the U.S. government will run trillion dollar deficits essentially forever, and a massive new Fed stimulus plan—would by itself be enough to destabilize the global economy. Toss them all into the mix at once and you get chaos...".click to read more:

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Is America A Free Country?

2007-11-07T11:27:00.000-05:00

by Mike Farris

Do you really think America is a free country in the 21st century ….

When over 40% of your paycheck is confiscated(stolen) by fraud via an unlawful income taxes to support a central government bureaucracy gone mad?

When Americans can’t travel on “free”-ways or public streets without a permit called a driver’s license? Can you imagine the pioneers needing a tag for their wagons?

When Americans must pay a “ransom” to the insurance company monopoly who got “laws” passed to make insurance mandatory to travel in your vehicle?

When you must send your children to a government licensed school or the State will confiscate your property, kidnap your kids, and put you in jail?

When your State approved “tax exempt” 501(c)3 church corporation teaches the one-world religion of obedience to man’s government and ignores God’s Laws?

When the nation’s police are more of a threat to life, liberty, and property than so-called “common criminals”?

When Americans must get permission from the State to marry? Even when they marry in their Church… what happened to separation of Church and State?

When Americans cannot practice “free” enterprise without being regulated, licensed, and taxed by the government?

When Americans can be jailed for contempt for exercising any of their God-given rights by corrupt judges?

When Americans must read underground publications, or “freedom movement” blogs to learn the truth because the “controlled” media only puts forth party-line propaganda?

When the State tells you when, where and how to build on your property and even denies you the right to modify it unless you get their permission? (for a fee, or course)

When America has more “political” prisoners under lock and key than any other nation in the world?

When prisons are a growth industry and private companies are building more “concentration camps” to house even more?

When the government knows every financial transaction you make and your private banking records are available to their prying eyes?

When the UNITED STATES President is more concerned with “making the world safe for democracy” than the Sovereignty of the American nation he took an oath to preserve and protect?

When the government and the people have no common interest whatsoever and exist in a state of perpetual hostility?

When everything you and your children will ever work for is mortgaged to the bankers and collectable on demand?

NO! dear fellow Americans, if you think America is the Land of the Free, you are sadly mistaken. America has been stolen. We have been made slaves by a shrewd Constructive Criminal Fraud that has caused us to be permanent debtors, bankrupt, in legal incapacity, rendered commercial “persons”, “residents”, and corprorate franchisees known as “citizens of the UNITED STATES”, all capital letters, a legal fiction instead of our former status as Free Inhabitants of the Land of The United States of America(upper and lower case letters).

How did this happen? It started with the so-called “14th Amendment”. Said ‘Amendment’ was never lawfully ratified - see Congressional Record, June 13, 1967: DYETT v. TURNER, (1968) 439 P2d 266, 267; STATE v. PHILLIPS, 1975 (affirmed) - created a citizenship of corporations (privilege, not free God-given rights) to supposedly give the newly freed Negro slaves citizenship. These abstract statutory entities are the product and definitions of the legistature and are fully taxable and regulatable under the law. The 14th Amendment transferred all citizens from one master and placed them under another master, and was the first step in ensalving America. Notice when you receive a letter from the government your name is always all capital letters, signifying your corporate “privilege” status.

Step two occurred on the night of December 23, 1913 when most of Congress was on Christmas break. The criminal element in the United States Congress passed the Federal Reserve Act and thereby committed the greatest act of TREASON in history. These criminals surrendered our nation’s sovereignty and sold the American people into slavery to a cabal of arch-charlatan, anti-Christ international bankers who proceeded to plunder, bankrupt, and conquer America with a money swindle.

The “money” the banks issue are merely bookeeping entries. It costs them nothing, the government does the printing for them free of charge, and is not backed by their wealth, efforts, property, risk, or any collateral whatsoever. It is not redeemable except in more DEBT paper. The Federal Reserve Act forces Americans to pay compound interest on thin air. We now use these worthless “notes” backed by our own credit, effort, property, risk, and collateral ( try getting a loan without it), and are made to compelled performance for the “priviledge”. In exchange for using(renting) notes belonging to bankers who create them from nothing, Americans are forced to repay in substance (labor, property, land, businesses, resources - life) in ever-increasing amounts. This is the greatest heist and fraud of all time.

Step three was accomplised in 1916 with the passage of the Internal Revenue Act. The bankers, ever fearful of betrayal, demanded that Congress secure the payment of loans with the forced collection of taxes. In effect, the IRS is the collection agency for the Federal Reserve, which is no more “federal” than Federal Express. Congress was able to convince the American public that the Income Tax was only for the “rich”(those who earned $3000 per annum in 1916), and would never affect 99% of the population. With their payment system firmly in place the Federal Reserve made more and more loans, and the United States paid the interest with more and more gold. The structured inevitability transpired in 1933 when the U.S. Treasury was empty, and the old United States declared bankruptcy.

In 1933, the United States declared bankruptcy as expressed in Roosevelt’s Executive Orders 6073, 6102, 6111, and 6260, House Joint Resolution 192 of June 5, 1933, confirmed in PERRY v. UNITED STATES, (1935) 294 U.S. 330-381, 79 L.ed 912, as well as 31 USC 5112, 5119, and 12 USC 95A. The bankrupted United States went into trustee receivership of a new UNITED STATES (cleaver, huh?) and reorganized in favor of 115 Creditors, and new owners, the Federal Reserve System. Read the well-documented books: Secrets of the Temple, How the Federal Reserve Runs The Country, by William Grieder, and Fourth Reich Of The Rich by Des Griffin.
With the ERIE R.R. v. TOMPKINS case of 1938, the Supreme Court confirmed their success. America is now in an international private commercial jurisdiction in colorable admiralty-maritime under the Law Merchant. Americans have been conned and betrayed out of our God-given sovereignty, rights, property, freedom… our REPUBLIC. The Bill of Rights are nothing but “civil rights” in commerce.

Every American ‘knows’ in their heart of hearts that ’something’ is wrong with the Land of the Free, but few have ever considered the root cause. Thomas Jefferson’s prophesy has come to pass: “If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of currency… the banks… will deprive the people of all property until their children will wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.” What will happen when Americans realize that their alleged “public servants” are willingly or stupidly compliant parties to the plunder, bankruptcy, subjugation, and ruin of their lives and counrty?

It may take another bloody revolution, but let’s pray that we can regain our country by peaceful means at the ballot box. From this day forward, let Americans commit themselves to driving out of elective office anyone who runs for re-election. Public service is a brief civic duty, not a career. Never re-elect anyone! We won in 1776 against all odds, we can do it again. Get more information at Tenure Corrupts

MARTIAL LAW

Every thing is already in place for martial law here in the United States. All we need is the right contrived crisis, whether it’s another “attack” on our soil, a health “crisis,” or a “managed” monetary collapse, martial law will be imposed. Will you submit, go along with this farce? If not, be advised that retired police officers around the country are telling NewsWithViews that they have been notified that civil unrest is on the horizon and that they may be called back to duty.

So... what can freedom-loving Americans do? Well, first and foremost, if you call yourself a Christian, remove your children from government schools... home school or send them to a private school. Nothing puts the fear of God into the Wolves more than a well informed, faithful Sheep who only listens and obeys the Master's voice. Second, get out of debt. And third, read and obey 2 Chronicles 7:14. God will heal and restore America without firing a shot.

Watch this full length movie: The Fall of the Republic.

You Shall Know The Truth...

2007-11-07T11:17:00.000-05:00

And the truth will make you mad!

An excerpt from the book, Fourth Reich Of The Rich, by Des Griffin. World War I was then raging in Europe. With the prospect that the U.S.A. would soon join the war, two Skull and Bones “Patriarchs” , Averell Harriman (class of 1913) and Percy A. Rockefeller (class of 1900), paid special attention to Prescott Bush’s class of 1917. They wanted reliable cadres to help them play the Great Game, in the lucrative new imperial era that the war was opening up for London and New York moneycrats. Prescott Bush, by then a close friend of “Bunny” Harriman, and several other Bonesmen from their class of 1917 would later comprise the core partners in Brown Brothers Harriman, the world’s largest private investment bank.

The U.S entered World War I in 1917. In the spring of 1918, Prescott’s father, Samuel P. Bush, became chief of the Ordinance, Small Arms and Ammunition Section of the War Industries Board. The senior Bush took national responsibility for government assistance to and relations with Remington and other weapons companies. With the war mobilization conducted under the supervision of the War Industries Board, U.S. consumers and taxpayers showered unprecedented fortunes on war producers and certain holders of raw materials and patents. Hearings in 1934 by the committee of U.S. Senator Gerald Nye attacked the “Merchants of Death” – war profiteers such as Remington Arms and the British Vickers company –whose salesmen had manipulated many nations into wars, and then supplied all sides with the weapons to fight them. Most of the records and correspondence of Samuel Bush’s arms- related section of the government have been burned, “to save space” in the National Archives. This matter of destroyed or misplaced records should be of concern to citizens of a constitutional republic. Unfortunately, it is a rather constant impediment with regard to researching George Bush’s background: He is certainly the most “covert” American chief executive. Captain Bush (Prescott)went to the 1919 reunion of his Yale class in New Haven, Connecticut. Skull and Bones Patriarch Wallace Simmons, closely tied to the arms manufacturers, offered Prescott Bush a job in his St. Louis railroad equipment company. Bush took the offer and moved to St. Louis–and his destiny.

Then on May 1, 1926, Prescott Bush joined W.A. Harriman & Co. as its vice president, under the bank’s president, Bert Walker, his father-in-law and George’s maternal grandfather–the head of the family. The firm’s first global lever was its successful arrangement to get into Germany by dominating that country’s shipping. Averell Harriman announced in 1920 that he would re-start Germany’s Hamburg- Amerika Line, after many months of scheming and arm-twisting. Hamburg-Amerika’s commercial steamships had been confiscated by the United States at the end of the First World War. These ships had then become the property of the Harriman enterprise, by some arrangements with the U.S. authorities that were never made public. The deal was breathtaking; it would create the world’s largest private shipping line. Hamburg-Amerika Line regained its confiscated vessels, for a heavy price. The Harriman enterprise took “the right to participate in 50 percent of all business originated in Hamburg” ; and for the next twenty years (1920-1940), the Harriman enterprise had “complete control of all activities of the Hamburg line in the United States.” The Hamburg-Amerika takeover created an effective instrument for the manipulation and fatal subversion of Germany. One of the great “merchants of death,” Samuel Pryor, was in it from the beginning. Pryor, then chairman of the executive committee of Remington Arms, helped arrange the deal and served with Walker on the board of Harriman’s shipping front organization, the American Ship and Commerce Co. Walker and Harriman took the next giant step in 1922, setting up their European headquarters office in Berlin. With the aid of the Hamburg-based Warburg bank, W.A. Harriman & Co. began spreading an investment net over German industry and raw materials. In those interwar years, Prescott Bush made the family fortune which George Bush inherited. He piled up the money from an international project which continued until a new world war, and the action of the U.S. government, intervened to stop him.

We shall examine here the alliance of the Bush family with three other families: Farish, Draper and Gray. The private associations among these families have led to the President’s relationship to his closest, most confidential advisers. These alliances were forged in the earlier Hitler project and its immediate aftermath. Understanding them will help us to explain George Bush’s obsession with the supposed over-population of the world’s non-Anglo-Saxons, and the dangerous means he has adopted to deal with this “ problem. ”. On March 25, 1942, U.S. Assistant Attorney General Thurman Arnold announced that William Stamps Farish (grandfather of the President’s money manager) had pled “ no contest ” to charges of criminal conspiracy with the Nazis. Farish was the principal manager of a worldwide cartel between Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey and the I.G. Farben concern. The merged enterprise had opened the Auschwitz slave labor camp on June 14, 1940, to produce artificial rubber and gasoline from coal. The Hitler government supplied political opponents and Jews as the slaves, who were worked to near death and then murdered. After pleading ” no contest ” to charges of criminal conspiracy with the Nazis, William Stamps Farish was fined $5,000. (Similar fines were levied against Standard Oil–$5,000 each for the parent company and for several subsidiaries.) This of course did not interfere with the millions of dollars that Farish had acquired in conjunction with Hitler’s New Order, as a large stockholder, chairman and president of Standard Oil. All the government sought was the use of patents which his company had given to the Nazis–the Auschwitz patents–but had withheld from the U.S. military and industry. Will Farish at 25 years old was a personal aide to Zapata chairman George Bush in Bush’s unsuccessful 1964 campaign for Senate. Will Farish used ” that Auschwitz money ” to back George Bush financially, investing in Zapata. When Bush was elected to Congress in 1966, Farish joined the Zapata board.

When George Bush became U.S. Vice President in 1980, the Farish and Bush family fortunes were again completely, secretly commingled. As we shall see, the old projects were now being revived on a breathtaking scale. The Nazi regime surrendered in May 1945. In July 1945, General Draper was called to Europe by the American military government authorities in Germany. Draper was appointed head of the Economics Division of the U.S. Control Commission. He was assigned to take apart the Nazi corporate cartels. There is an astonishing but perfectly logical rationale to this–Draper knew a lot about the subject! General Draper, who had spent about 15 years financing and managing the dirtiest of the Nazi enterprises, was now authorized to decide who was exposed, who lost and who kept his business, and in practical effect, who was prosecuted for war crimes. Draper and his colleagues demanded that Germany and the world accept the collective guilt of the German people as the explanation for the rise of Hitler’s New Order, and the Nazi war crimes.

After several years of government service (often working directly for Averell Harriman in the North Atlantic Alliance), General Draper was appointed in 1958 chairman of a committee which was to advise President Dwight Eisenhower on the proper course for U.S. military aid to other countries. At that time, Prescott Bush was a U.S. Senator from Connecticut, a confidential friend and golf partner with National Security Director Gordon Gray, and an important golf partner with Dwight Eisenhower as well. Prescott’s old lawyer from the Nazi days, John Foster Dulles, was Secretary of State, and his brother Allen Dulles, formerly of the Schroder bank, was head of the CIA. This friendly environment emboldened General Draper to pull off a stunt with his military aid advisory committee. He changed the subject under study. The following year the Draper committee recommended that the U.S. government react to the supposed threat of the “population explosion ” by formulating plans to depopulate the poorer countries. The growth of the world’s non-white population, he proposed, should be regarded as dangerous to the national security of the United States! President Eisenhower rejected the recommendation. But in the next decade, General Draper founded the “Population Crisis Committee ” and the Draper Fund, joining with the Rockefeller and Du Pont families to promote eugenics as “population control.” The administration of President Lyndon Johnson, advised by General Draper on the subject, began financing birth control in the tropical countries through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). General Draper was George Bush’s guru on the population question. But there was also Draper’s money–from that uniquely horrible source–and Draper’s connections on Wall Street and abroad. Draper’s son and heir, William H. Draper III, was co-chairman for finance (chief of fundraising) of the Bush-for-President national campaign organization in 1980. With George Bush in the White House, the younger Draper heads up the depopulation activities of the United Nations throughout the world. In 1950 and 1951, John Foster Dulles, then chairman of the Rockefeller Foundation, led John D. Rockefeller III on a series of world tours, focusing on the need to stop the expansion of the non-white populations.

In November 1952, Dulles and Rockefeller set up the Population Council, with tens of millions of dollars from the Rockefeller family. In 1988, the U.S. Agency for International Development signed its latest contract with the old Sterilization League (a.k.a. Association for Voluntary Surgical Contraception), committing the U.S. government to spend $80 million over five years. Having gotten away with sterilizing several hundred North Carolina school children, not usually less than eight to ten years old, the identical group is now authorized by President Bush to do it to 58 countries in Asia, Africa and Ibero-America. The group modestly claims it has directly sterilized only two million people, with 87 percent of the bill paid by U.S. taxpayers. Evidence to clarify any role the polio vaccine played in the AIDS epidemic is being sought by the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia, which made the vaccine more than 40 years ago.

We couldn’t clean up the adeno virus vaccine seed stocks grown in monkey kidney cells. The seed stocks apparently were always contaminated but the vaccines were still administered. [The supplier of these contaminated monkeys from at least 1962 to the mid 1970s was Litton Bionetics, a top U.S. Army biological weapons contractor. Dr. Hilleman was the chief investigator overseeing the Merck contract to develop the hepatitis B vaccine that appears to have most plausibly initiated the AIDS epidemic. Merck’s President, George W. Merck, was an America’s biological weapon industry director personally appointed by President Roosevelt following WWII. Merck and Company, Inc. also is infamous for having received a large infusion of cash around the same time to secure a virtual monopoly over the chemical and pharmaceutical industries by Martin Bormann, Hitler’s top financial officer for the Third Reich. (See: “Martin Bormann: Nazi in Exile” by the reputable CBS News correspondent Paul Manning published by Lyle Stuart Inc., 1981, pp. 29, 56 and134). According to Manning, Merck along with Germany’s leading industrial organization–I.G. Farben (a Rockefeller Standard Oil partner)– received the money to help actualise Hitler’s proclaimed “vision of a thousand-year Third Reich [and] world empire. This was outlined with clarity in a document call ‘Neuordunung,’ or ‘New Order,’ that was accompanied by a letter of transmittal to the [Bormann led] Ministry of Economics. It declared that a new order for the chemical [and pharmaceutical] industry of the world should supplement Hitler’s New Order (pg. 56) . . .. ‘Bury your treasure,’” Hitler advised Bormann, “for you will need it to begin a Fourth Reich.” According to Manning’s report, that is precisely what Bormann did “when he set in motion the ‘flight capital’ scheme August 10, 1944, in Strasbourg. The treasure, the golden ring, he envisioned for the new Germany was the sophisticated distribution of national and corporate assets to safe havens . . .” such as Merck.]
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And the beat goes on… look at what the criminal element in government is up to now.
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/145.html

http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/93.html
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“We are grateful to the Washington Post, the New York Times, Time magazine and other great publications whose directors have attended our union and have respected their promise of discretion for almost four decades…it would not have been possible to develop our world project if we had been subjected to the full fire of publicity all these years. The supranational sovereignty of an international elite and of world bankers is surely preferable to the self-determination which has been practised for centuries past.”

David Rockerfeller at a re-union of The Bilderberg Group (where politicians get their orders from bankers) The Council on Foreign Relations, and the Trilateral Commission (on which banks and governments meet) at Sand, Germany in June 1996.
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Evil forces have always been present in the world since it was introduced by God in the Garden of Eden. God has a purpose for evil and will let it collaspe under its own corruption. Read The Eliyah Message.

America's Pastors

2007-11-07T11:12:00.000-05:00

America’s Pastors: Preachers Of Truth Or Promoters Of Tyranny?

by Chuck Baldwin, August 21, 2007

Once again, the burden of responsibility to help maintain America’s liberty rests upon the shoulders of the men in the pulpits. That should not surprise us, because it has always been this way. Part of what made America great was old fashioned, tell-it-like-it-is, no-nonsense preaching. Most of what we hear today is a bunch of mealy-mouthed, pussyfooting, ear-tickling, don’t-offend-anyone preaching, which has largely contributed to America’s current slippery slope into the sewer. But if you thought it could not get any worse, guess again.

A startling television news report from Shreveport, Louisiana has revealed a sinister plot hatched deep inside the diabolical brain cells of the Bush administration to use America’s pulpits as promoters of tyranny. That is a strong statement, I know. But it is true.

According to KSLA television in Shreveport, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) intends to use America’s preachers to help pave the way for martial law in the event of another terrorist attack upon the United States.

The KSLA report (which you can read for yourself here: http://www.ksla.com/Global/story.asp?S=6937987 ) begins, “Could martial law ever become a reality in America? Some fear any nuclear, biological or chemical attack on U.S. soil might trigger just that. KSLA 12 has discovered that the clergy would help the government with potentially their biggest problem: Us.”

The report continued by saying, “[G]un confiscation is exactly what happened during the state of emergency following Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, along with forced relocation. U.S. Troops also arrived, something far easier to do now, thanks to last year’s elimination of the 1878 Posse Comitatus act, which had forbid regular U.S. Army troops from policing on American soil.
“If martial law were enacted here at home, like depicted in the movie, ‘The Siege’, easing public fears and quelling dissent would be critical. And that’s exactly what the ‘Clergy Response Team’ helped accomplish in the wake of Katrina.”

The report went on to say: “[C]lergy response teams would walk a tight-rope during martial law between the demands of the government on the one side, versus the wishes of the public on the other. ‘In a lot of cases, these clergy would already be known in the neighborhoods in which they’re helping to diffuse that situation,’ assured Sandy Davis. He serves as the director of the Caddo-Bossier Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness.
“For the clergy team, one of the biggest tools that they will have in helping calm the public down or to obey the law is the bible itself, specifically Romans 13.”

Dear Reader, are you getting this?

In order to convince American citizens to surrender their firearms to the government during a time of martial law, DHS is enlisting the assistance of America’s pastors. According to the DHS, my job as a church pastor, is to tell my congregation that, according to Romans 13, they must surrender their firearms when the government asks them to do so.

Of course, faithful readers of this column know that I have already addressed the Romans 13 question. See http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/c2007/cbarchive_20070810.html
For those who are ignorant of Romans 13, let me address the issue bluntly: According to Romans 13, every citizen is only bound to obey his or her governing official to the degree that the governing official does not violate the duty of the citizen to obey the “higher powers” which, for Americans, are God and the U.S. Constitution. In other words, no Christian can be ordered to disobey God, and no American citizen can be ordered to disobey the U.S. Constitution. Properly understood, Romans 13 teaches that each and every governing official (including the President of the United States and all those under him) must submit to the U.S. Constitution.
Article. VI. Paragraph. 3. of the U.S. Constitution states, “The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution.”

So, what does the Constitution say regarding the disarmament of American citizens? The Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution could not be clearer: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”

Did you get that? “[T]he right of the people to keep and bear Arms, SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED.” [Emphasis added]

Therefore, any attempt to disarm the American people must be viewed as an act of tyranny and must be resisted.

The right to keep and bear arms is rooted deep in American history. I remind readers that it was the attempted gun confiscation of the colonists’ arms, which had been cached at Concord, Massachusetts, that directly precipitated the beginning of America’s fight for independence.
America’s founders were clear on this subject. Our first President, George Washington, called our firearms “the people’s liberty teeth.” Our third President and author of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, said, “No free man shall ever be de-barred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain their right to keep and bear arms is as a last resort to protect themselves against tyranny in government.”

America’s founders spoke unanimously on the subject. Patrick Henry said, “The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able may have a gun.” Samuel Adams said, “The said Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.”

And what did the Lord Jesus Christ tell His followers on this subject? Jesus said in Luke 11:21, “When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace.” Did you see that? Jesus said that in order for a man’s goods to be “in peace” it was necessary that he be ARMED. Now, I don’t know about you, but I will take the word of Jesus over the word of a DHS official anytime.
Furthermore, Jesus told his disciples in Luke 22:36, “[H]e that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.”

Upon hearing the words of Jesus, Simon Peter responded by saying, “Lord, behold, here are two swords.” (vs. 38) That means at least two of Jesus’ disciples were armed with swords (the 1st Century equivalent of a modern handgun, something used for personal protection), and Jesus did not rebuke them or ask them to surrender their swords. He merely said, “It is enough.”
I realize that after Simon Peter used his sword to cut off the ear of the man as soldiers came to arrest Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus told him to “put up thy sword.” But notice, He did not tell him to “give up” his sword; he merely told him it was not time to use it, because it was in the plan and providence of God that Jesus be taken to Pilate, that He might be crucified for our sins.

Don’t tell me that the Bible teaches pacifism, because it doesn’t. I am a Christian, and I am a pastor. And I agree with Charlton Heston who said that they could have his guns “over my cold, dead hands.” If DHS believes that I will ask my congregation to give up their firearms, they are grossly mistaken.

It also needs to be pointed out that, apparently, DHS must already be planning to declare martial law in the United States or else this kind of advanced strategy would not even be necessary. Why would they already be asking pastors to be prepared to request their church members give up their guns if they did not intend to declare martial law?

Now, what every single church-going Christian in America should immediately find out for themselves is, What does my pastor intend to do? Will he ask me to surrender my guns, or not? I highly encourage every reader who currently attends church to ask your pastor this question RIGHT NOW.

Of course, the next question Christians need to ask themselves is, What will I do if my pastor says he would ask me to surrender my guns to the government? I suggest that every church member in America settle this matter right now. And if you discover that your pastor would indeed ask you to surrender your guns (or equivocate by saying he would have to “pray about it”) if asked to do so, you should immediately leave that church and find a pastor who believes the Bible and supports the U.S. Constitution. Furthermore, if you do not currently own a firearm, you might want to heed the words of Jesus and go buy one.

So, once again, the burden of responsibility to help maintain America’s liberty rests upon the shoulders of the men in the pulpits. Will we be preachers of truth or promoters of tyranny?

© Chuck Baldwin

Sovereignty

2007-11-07T11:09:00.000-05:00

Immigration ‘Compromise’ Sells Out Our Sovereignty

by Ron Paul

The much-vaunted Senate “compromise” on immigration is a compromise alright: a compromise of our laws, a compromise of our sovereignty, and a compromise of the Second Amendment. That anyone in Washington believes this is a credible approach to solving our immigration crisis suggests just how out of touch our political elites really are.

The reality is that this bill will grant amnesty to virtually all of the 12 to 20 million illegal aliens in the country today. Supporters use very creative language to try and convince us that amnesty is not really amnesty, but when individuals who have entered the United States illegally are granted citizenship – regardless of the fees they are charged – what you have is amnesty.

What is seldom discussed in the immigration debate, unfortunately, is the incentives the US government provides for people to enter the United States illegally. As we know well, when the government subsidizes something we get more of it. The government provides a myriad of federal welfare benefits to those who come to the US illegally, including food stamps and free medical care. Is this a way to discourage people from coming to the US illegally?
Additionally, one of the most absurd incentives for people to come to the US illegally is the promise of instant US citizenship to anyone born on our soil. That is why when Congress returns next week I will be re-introducing my Constitutional amendment to deny automatic citizenship to individuals born on US soil to parents who are not US citizens or who do not owe permanent allegiance to the United States.

There are many other very troubling items buried deep in the Senate’s immigration compromise. The bill explicitly calls for an “acceleration” of the March 2005 agreement between the US president, the president of Mexico, and the prime minister of Canada, known as the “Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) of North America.” This somewhat secretive agreement – a treaty in all but name – aims to erase the borders between the United States, Canada, and Mexico and threatens our sovereignty and national security. The SPP was agreed by the president without the participation of Congress. It should be eliminated, not accelerated!
According to the pro-Second Amendment Gun Owners of America, the legislation also makes it easier to target gun dealers for prosecution. Even gun clubs could find themselves targeted under this immigration reform legislation.

Immigration reform should start with improving our border protection, yet it was reported last week that the federal government has approved the recruitment of 120 of our best trained Border Patrol agents to go to Iraq to train Iraqis how to better defend their borders! This comes at a time when the National Guard troops participating in Operation Jump Start are being removed from border protection duties in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas and preparing to deploy to Iraq and Afghanistan! It is an outrage and it will result in our borders being more vulnerable to illegal entry, including by terrorists.

I will continue to oppose any immigration bill that grants amnesty to illegals or undermines our liberty and sovereignty.

May 31, 2007

Dr. Ron Paul is a Republican member of Congress from Texas.

What Does 'Open Borders' Mean?

2007-11-07T11:03:00.000-05:00

Welcome to the Richer Scale!

By Bill Richer

President Bush and most Republicans and Democrats want our borders open. They justify the open border with reasons such as immigrants providing more votes or taking jobs Americans won’t do.

Then they are pushing for more Visas like H1Bs to bring more foreigners to replace high-tech American workers. Bush once said, “All Americans have to do is take an extra course or two to compete!” In other words he wants Americans to compete with the world for not only American high-tech jobs but for every job in USA. Then they also are outsourcing many jobs overseas and taking with them high technology and personal data of Americans that can easily be used to steal identities and money! In another article I read about a few years ago in an interview, George W. Bush told the interviewer, “I don’t have to answer to the American people!”
So what does “Open Borders” mean?

1. It means that Republicans and Democrats are working together for a global government! This makes them one party!
2. It means that the FTAA which calls for open borders from the bottom of South America to the top of Alaska is being pushed ahead of time even before it is voted on!
3. It means that the President and Congress do not care about what 80 to 90 percent of the American people think. They act as if we are not here!
4. It means that Homeland Security is a farce and a waste of money as long as the borders are open. It is like fishing with a net with a huge hole in it. It was even said recently that they have a huge amount of money not even used! What are they doing?
5. It means that the King George we got rid of in the Revolutionary War is back!
6. It means that the President and Congress and both Republican & Democrat Parties no longer follow the US Constitution!
7. It means that the sovereignty of the United States borders is at least in question and at most we have none!
8. It means that since sovereignty is in question, is the United States dissolved?
9. It means if the United States is dissolved, the war on terror must be a phony war!
10. It means the military that is fighting overseas, that says it is fighting for its country, may not have a country. Our military has been blinded by a false patriotism. (Also, there are questions why experimental shots and depleted uranium are taking its toll on our men and women in uniform).
11. It means that any draft should be flatly refused! We should instead join civilian militias or minutemen like groups in our states.
12. It means that the new masters of the government are the Banks and Corporations. The government is now only a criminal element with a flag on the wall for false patriotism.
13. It means that the Patriot Act and Homeland Security were not made for security of the American People but for the security of banks and corporations. They will be used to enslave the American people.
When a government makes laws against the people, it gets paranoid because it becomes fearful of the people so it makes laws like Patriot Act for their protection.
14. It means that the continuing flow of Illegals will continue to close hospitals because hospitals cannot afford to care for all of them for free.
15. It means that the closing of hospitals and the continuing flow of Illegals with various diseases could start a violent epidemic of one of these diseases throughout America with not enough hospitals to care for all people.
16. It means that criminal gangs from Illegals are setting up shop in many cities creating war zones in many areas in the USA.
17. It means that drugs flow in smoothly with the border wide open!
18. It means that open borders, Illegals, Visas and outsourcing are turning America into a third world country if we don’t stop it soon! Our pays go down and prices go up! Some Americans cannot even get jobs!
19. It means that because the President and Congress do not obey the Constitution to guard our borders, there is a question of sedition and treachery. Is this government truly the US government or is it a domestic enemy of the Constitution as many of us have sworn to defend? (How dare Bush call the Minutemen, “Vigilantes!”)
20. It means that all we have heard from the John Birch Society in the past 25 to 30 years about conspiracies and takeovers is coming to fruition even though the left has told us time and again that it wasn’t true.
21. It means they will try real hard, soon, to take away our guns! This we must never let happen. We should have never allowed one law in any state about guns at all.
22. It means the George Bush is not a very good Christian. “Behold, the wages you withheld from the laborers who reaped your fields are crying out” (Jas 5:4). Yes the people who have no jobs or are working for peanuts are crying out!
23. It means that George Bush is not serious for changing Social Security for the good of the American people when he wants to add Illegals to Social Security. This would bankrupt it! (It seems that everything George Bush does seem to point to bankruptcy of the USA).
24. It means that the Corporations and Banks have been stealing American Taxpayers money through the politicians for decades.
25. It means that military training is stopped because of thousands of Illegals crossing in military training areas.
26. It means high gas prices keep many from traveling. Could mean they don’t want people leaving their areas.
27. It means we can’t believe much of what the government says. The crash of KAL 007, crash of TWA 800, WACO, Bombing in Oklahoma City and the events of 911 leave us with many unanswered questions.
28. It means that the American people must watch foreign peoples brought to this country by our government because they may very well be military from foreign governments. (Friends of the management, the Banksters) Remember both Clinton and the Bush has helped China build up economically and militarily. China is on both sides of Panama Canal, has base in Bahamas and recently put bases in Cuba. They have about 3000 companies in US and most of their companies are owned by their military. You don’t hear this in the news!
29. It means that if things don’t go in the neo-con’s way, look for another 911 and this time they will declare Martial Law. Americans must not allow Martial Law to take effect! By leaving borders open they are allowing anyone in here to cause another 911. They can’t be trusted! If we allow Martial Law, the American people will be slaves!
30. It means that the American people are blinded and addicted by their pleasures so much so that they don’t care what happens, not even to their children. They may know all the stats of all athletic games but know nothing of the goings on of their government or know their US Constitution. Many believe the old adage, “Leave Politics to the Politicians!” This we cannot allow!
31. It means that there can be no patriotism while this government goes about business ignoring the American people!
32. It means that all men and women who fought and died or were wounded physically or emotionally for the American Dream to go on in America in all past wars would have panic attacks if they saw what George Bush and company are doing today! I wonder if the heroes of those wars would repeat what they done if they saw in the future what the government is doing today!
33. It means that our Founding Fathers must be rolling in their graves at what is happening today! Yet, I still hear their words, “As for me, give me liberty or give me death!”
Well, if I thought about this I could think of a lot more items that I could add but this is pretty good the way it is.

I just want to say that not to give up hope! We all must think we are now at Valley Forge with George Washington. Things seemed hopeless then too. Yet, the prayerful Washington surprised all with victory! We all must pray to God for America and do everything to help our country come back to God and the Constitution.

I leave you with four of my favorite quotes:

“Man proposes, God disposes!” - Author Unknown

“Pray as if everything depended on God, and work as if everything depended upon man.” - Cardinal Francis J. Spellman

“There are no great men. Just great challenges which ordinary men, out of necessity, are forced by circumstance to meet.” - Admiral William Frederick (Bull) Halsey Jr.

“Public service is a brief civic duty, not a career.” - Author Unknown
Never Re-Elect Anyone!
http://www.tenurecorrupts.com/

Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely

2007-11-07T10:59:00.000-05:00

Consortium News

It’s said that over time Presidents – especially two-termers – imbue the nation with their personalities and priorities, for good or ill. If that’s true, it could help explain the small-minded mean-spiritedness that seems to be pervading the behavior of the United States these days, both at home and abroad.

On a global level, the world reads about trigger-happy Blackwater “security contractors” mowing down civilians in Baghdad, the U.S. military killing unarmed people under loose “rules of engagement” in both Afghanistan and Iraq, and the CIA “rendering” suspected Islamists to secret prisons or to third-country dungeons where torture is practiced. Inside the United States, too, a police-state mentality is taking hold.

After more than six years of having dissent against President George W. Bush equated with disloyalty, police from Capitol Hill to college campuses are treating vocal disagreement as grounds for violently “taking down” citizens, while bouncers at campaign rallies hustle away prospective hecklers and police preemptively detain protesters or stick them in faraway “free-speech zones.”

On Sept. 17 at a University of Florida public forum with Sen. John Kerry, D-Massachusetts, journalism student Andrew Meyer asked an animated question about Kerry’s hasty concession after Election 2004.

Meyer then was accosted by several campus police officers who dragged him away and wrestled him to the ground. Despite pleading with police “don’t tase me, bro,” Meyer was “tasered” with powerful electric shocks as he screamed in pain. [Watch the YouTube video by clicking here.]
Overseas, it now appears that Bush has authorized “rules of engagement” that have transformed U.S. Special Forces into “death squads,” much like those that roamed Latin America in the 1970s and 1980s identifying “subversives” and murdering them.

According to evidence emerging from a military court hearing at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, U.S. Special Forces are empowered to kill individuals who have been designated “enemy combatants,” even if they are unarmed and present no visible threat.

The hearing involves two Special Forces soldiers who took part in the cold-blooded execution of an Afghani who was suspected of leading an insurgent group. Though the Afghani, identified as Nawab Buntangyar, responded to questions and offered no resistance when encountered on Oct. 13, 2006, he was shot dead by Master Sgt. Troy Anderson on orders from his superior officer, Capt. Dave Staffel.

Classified Mission

As described at the hearing, Staffel and Anderson were leading a team of Afghan soldiers when an informant told them where a suspected insurgent leader was hiding. The U.S.-led contingent found a man believed to be Nawab Buntangyar walking outside his compound near the village of Hasan Kheyl.

While the Americans kept their distance out of fear the suspect might be wearing a suicide vest, the man was questioned about his name and the Americans checked his description against a list from the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force Afghanistan, known as “the kill-or-capture list.”

Concluding that the man was insurgent leader Nawab Buntangyar, Staffel gave the order to shoot, and Anderson – from a distance of about 100 yards away – fired a bullet through the man’s head, killing him instantly.

The soldiers viewed the killing as “a textbook example of a classified mission completed in accordance with the American rules of engagement,” the International Herald Tribune reported. “The men said such rules allowed them to kill Buntangyar, whom the American military had designated a terrorist cell leader, once they positively identified him.”

Staffel’s civilian lawyer Mark Waple said the Army’s Criminal Investigation Command concluded in April that the shooting was “justifiable homicide,” but a two-star general in Afghanistan instigated a murder charge against the two men. That case, however, has floundered over accusations that the charge was improperly filed. [IHT, Sept. 17, 2007]
The major news media has given the case only minor coverage focusing mostly on the legal sparring. The New York Times’ inside-the-paper, below-the-fold headline on Sept. 19 was “Green Beret Hearing Focuses on How Charges Came About.”

However, the greater significance of the case is its confirmation that the U.S. chain of command, presumably up to President Bush, has approved standing orders that allow the U.S. military to assassinate suspected militants on sight.

In effect, these orders have reestablished what was known during the Vietnam War as Operation Phoenix, a program that assassinated Vietcong cadre, including suspected communist political allies.

Through a Pentagon training program known as “Project X,” the lessons of Operation Phoenix from the 1960s were passed on to Third World armies in Latin America and elsewhere, allegedly giving a green light to some of the “dirty wars” that swept the region in the following decades. [For details, see Neck Deep: The Disastrous Presidency of George W. Bush.]

Blackwater Killings

Besides the periodic controversies over U.S. military killings of unarmed Iraqis and Afghanis, the Bush administration also is facing a challenge from the Iraqi government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki over the U.S. Embassy’s reliance on Blackwater security contractors despite their reputation as crude and murderous bullies.

On Sept. 16, Blackwater gunmen accompanying a U.S. diplomatic convoy apparently sensed an ambush and open fire, spraying a busy Baghdad square with bullets. Eyewitness accounts, including from an Iraqi police officer, indicated that Blackwater team apparently overreacted to a car moving into the square and killed at least 11 people.

“Blackwater has no respect for the Iraqi people,” an Iraqi Interior Ministry official told the Washington Post. “They consider Iraqis like animals, although actually I think they may have more respect for animals. We have seen what they do in the streets. When they’re not shooting, they’re throwing water bottles at people and calling them names. If you are terrifying a child or an elderly woman, or you are killing an innocent civilian who is riding in his car, isn’t that terrorism?” [Washington Post, Sept. 20, 2007]

The highhandedness of the Blackwater mercenaries on the streets of Baghdad or the contempt for traditional rules of war in the hills of Afghanistan also resonate back to the marble chambers and well-appointed salons of Washington, where swaggering tough-guyism reigns from the Oval Office to the TV talk shows to Georgetown dinner parties.

Inside the Beltway, it seems there’s little political mileage in standing up for traditional American values, such as the rule of law or even the Founders’ historic concept of inalienable rights for all mankind.

On Sept. 19, Senate Republicans blocked an up-or-down vote on a bill seeking to restore habeas corpus rights against arbitrary imprisonment for people whom Bush unilaterally has designated “unlawful enemy combatants.”Bush’s supporters portrayed those who favored habeas corpus restoration as impractical coddlers of America’s enemies.

“This is purely a matter of congressional policy and national policy on how we want to conduct warfare now and in the future,” said Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Alabama. “Are we going to do it in a way that allows those we capture to sue us?”

The Republicans also prevented a direct vote on a plan to grant longer home leaves to U.S. troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Those two factors – obedience to Bush’s claim of unlimited power as he wages his “war on terror” and refusal to relieve some of the pressure on American troops facing repeated deployments to the front lines – are almost certain to keep making matters worse.
The mix of tired and desperate soldiers operating in an environment in which every person on the street is viewed as a potential suicide bomber is a formula for continued abuses, endless slaughter and deepening hatreds.

Back home, Americans who ask too many annoying questions or don’t demonstrate the right attitude toward government leaders can expect to encounter the hostility of an incipient police state, a thug nation that reflects the pugnacious arrogance and the contempt for dissent that is the stock and trade of the nation’s current two-term President.
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Robert Parry broke many of the Iran-Contra stories in the 1980s for the Associated Press and Newsweek. His latest book, Neck Deep: The Disastrous Presidency of George W. Bush, was written with two of his sons, Sam and Nat, and can be ordered at neckdeepbook.com. His two previous books, Secrecy & Privilege: The Rise of the Bush Dynasty from Watergate to Iraq and Lost History: Contras, Cocaine, the Press & ‘Project Truth’ are also available there. Or go to Amazon.com.
[For more on how Bush rules, see our new book, Neck Deep: The Disastrous Presidency of George W. Bush.]

© 2007 Robert Parry
SOURCE: http://www.consortiumnews.com/2007/092007.html
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“Absolute power corrupts absolutely”… Lord Acton

Public service is a brief civic duty, not a career. Never re-elect anyone.
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War Is A Racket... Part 1

2007-11-07T10:54:00.000-05:00

by Mike Farris

War is a racket. Very few wars are fought for ‘freedom’ or to ’spread democracy’. And if you think democracy is something fine and good, you have been brainwashed, programmed, and indoctrinated, with ANTI-AMERICAN propaganda. If you think it’s good that American and British lives and property are being used to spread democracy, your ancestors are spinning in their graves. For the full story, read my blog, Why Americans Have No Rights.

Wars are fought for profit… someone, or some corporation, makes a lot of money selling weapons to both sides, and controling the assets of the targeted ‘enemy’. Most people get along just fine until a criminal element in and out of government decide to go to war. These warmongers know that people will not support a war for territory or natural resources. Here’s how the scam works. First, they covet something the other country has that they want to control. If they can’t make a deal with that country, they buy some politicians (and they’re a dime a dozen) to start a propaganda campaign against that country. Does “Gulf War I” ring a bell? After they drum up enough support they provoke, or create, an incident to make the people angry enough to fight.

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=5sb7kZBEHL8&search=twin+towers+story

It worked in Spanish American War... “Remember the Maine”, WWI was billed as the "war to end all wars", WW II… “Pearl Harbor”, and it worked again, September 11, 2001… the “9/11″ tragedy. If one will recall, the United States and Great Britain supported Saddam in the Iraq/Iran War for eight years. In return for that support, they expected Saddam to sell control of Iraqi oil fields to Standard oil and British Petroleum. When Saddam reneged on the deal, he became enemy number one. Then the criminal element in government made sure the people would support a “War on Terror” with an ”attack”, and the ‘bought’ politicians invaded Iraq and Afghanistan… where it just so happens Big Oil wants to build an oil pipe line to a seaport in Iraq.

The United States, and its British ally, has been fighting this “War on Terror” for longer than it took to win WW II… with no peaceful end in sight. The world is a much more dangerous place, but the warmongers and their friends are much richer. Saddam is dead, and dead men tell no tales. The designated ‘boogey-man’, Bin Laden, is probably a CIA spook and living large somewhere on the French riveria. He shows up just long enough to make another propaganda video. The government hasn’t made any progress in locating this “terrorist”, have they? Why is that? Typically, when someone commits a crime and the government wants to prove the fact, an indictment is written up, evidence is presented and the alleged perpetrator is formally charged with a crime.

The Bush gangsters have jailed and tortured thousands, invaded Afghanistan, and destroyed Iraqi society resulting in the deaths of over 600,000 civilians since 2003 - but they still have not gotten around to indicting or even formally seeking Osama bin Laden's arrest in connection with the 9/11 attacks.

Iraq is a cash-cow for contractors
http://www.evtv1.com/player.aspx?itemnum=7957&aid=undefined

And, now if anyone exposes these warmongers, they become a target, or they are called "nut cases". Read the following Associated Press report and watch the Aaron Russo video.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20430153/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nD7dbkkBIA&feature=related

War Is A Racket... Part 2

Source: Documented in the book, War Is A Racket, by Major General Smedley D. Butler, USMC [Retired]

Why Paper Money Represents Theft

2007-11-07T10:50:00.003-05:00

by Mark R. Rushdoony

Every hour of every day the government is stealing your wealth, and, like a good thief, is never suspected. It does it by creating paper (or digital) money and spending it, just like a counterfeiter.

Scripture demands just weights and measures (Lev.19:35–36; Deut. 25:13–15). Obviously, a butcher who holds his finger on the scale when he weighs meat violates this requirement. However, this demand is also a reference to money, which was then also by weight of gold and silver and was counterfeited by adding impurities to it so that its weight was unjust. Tampering with scales or the money that measured wealth in economic transactions was called “unrighteousness” (Lev.19:35) because it was theft. Isaiah condemned Jerusalem for its sin. It had become a city of murderers, thieves, and bribe-takers, and , as Isaiah said, their “silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water” (Isa. 1:22). In other words, Jerusalem was a place where you were going to get clipped.

Melting worthless metals into precious ones, however, is cumbersome. Today’s unjust monetary weights are represented by paper money issued by the government. Increasingly, paper is eliminated and money is created digitally in a computer. Click, and dollars appear because the Federal Reserve System so commands. The government spends these artificial dollars at full value; it is only after they circulate that the increased circulation causes market forces to realize there is more money chasing the same amount of goods. The result is higher prices, reflecting the fact that all money is now worth a little less. Paper inflation is like adding water to wine; the wine becomes less valuable, not more.

Paper money works in the same manner as counterfeiting; only governments allow themselves the exclusive right to inflate the money supply. It still represents a morally lawless money because it is an artificial money, an unjust, unrighteous weight (really no weight at all). Inflation is the government creating spending power by “watering down” the money supply.

Paper money is the greatest single means of government control of wealth. We measure our economy, in fact, in terms of the government’s success in manipulating the flow of money. We watch the Federal Reserve to see if they can maintain a balance between recession and inflation. The health of our economy is increasingly measured in terms of government management, not in terms of productivity, savings, or capital. In reality, an economy that demands government management is already a troubled one.

Critics of hard (gold, silver) money note these are commodities that can fluctuate in value. They can vary in an open market, but paper money always varies and does so in a consistently downward trend. Money represents wealth, and government-inflated paper dollars are a manipulated sliding scale of wealth. How much has our scale slid? It is estimated that if you had held on to a 1934 paper dollar, its spending power today would be the equivalent of five 1934 cents!

We usually realize the tenuous nature of our money’s value. We scramble to avoid holding paper. We put paper money into tangibles we hope will increase in real value faster than paper dollars will decline. Antiques, art, real estate, and stocks all offer us some hope of outpacing the decline in value of our paper money.

Inflation destroys money, the measure of wealth, and is a poison for a capitalistic economy. Inflation means there is no security to acquired wealth, that we must do more than invest, we must speculate on what will outpace inflation.

Our money represents a counterfeiting government’s theft of our wealth. It is an unjust, that is, an unrighteous, weight that produces an artificial economic atmosphere. Like Jerusalem in Isaiah’s day, our counterfeiting government is ripe for judgment. Because it is unjust, the godly ought not to justify it.

Most of God’s judgments are the inevitable consequences of ignoring His laws. If you jump off a cliff, God does not have to do anything to judge you; His gravity will do the job. In our personal finances, we know that theft and debt will lead to our ruin. Our economy is based on the theft of false measurements and debt. One day it will see a severe correction. It will be a hard one, and the hurt will be universal. Avoid both debt and depending on the value of paper money to protect your wealth, however, and you will come out of it better than most.

Rev. Mark R. Rushdoony is president of Chalcedon and Ross House Books. He is also editor-in-chief of Faith for All of Life and Chalcedon’s other publications.
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Post Script: The word mortgage means “death grip”. It’s the same root word as mortal, mortician, mortuary. The false money system holds every debtor as its salve. The Bible condemns usury, but your 501(c)3 church corporation loves its “tax-exempt” status and will not teach Biblical Christianity, instead they practice a form of Godliness, but deny the power thereof. The blind are truly leading the blind.
http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=_dmPchuXIXQ

The Grand Illusion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEsEvb1WsIY

U.S.Debt Clock

Who Cares?

2007-11-07T10:46:00.000-05:00

by Charley Reese

The most important issue facing America is not even being debated by the presidential candidates. With the exception of Ron Paul, all of the candidates are acting on the assumption that America’s interventionist foreign policy should continue. They only differ on the details of the intervention.

Since Dr. Paul doesn’t have a chance of winning, I can therefore guarantee you that regardless of who wins the nominations and regardless of who ends up in the White House, you will be saddled with the same failed interventionist policy. As in the past, it will preclude peace and result in conflicts that ultimately will bring America down. We can squander blood and treasure only so long before we collapse. Then we will join the heap of has-been empires like the British, French, Dutch and Soviets.

That’s why I have no interest in the presidential race.

The United States has no moral or legal right to interfere in the internal affairs of any other nation. It is not threatened by any nation-state and therefore has no need of allies. An ally is someone who fights on your side during a war. When the war ends, the need for alliances ends.
George Washington – still the wisest man ever to serve as president – warned us against interventionism. He warned us against the influence of foreign lobbies. As he said, there is no reason for America to involve itself in the intrigues, feuds and wars that plague most parts of the world. Our only contact with the outside world should be in trade and commerce.

The problem of terrorism, which is a direct result of our interventionist policies, is not a war. It is a conflict with a few individuals. If we stopped our interventionist foreign policies, the problem of terrorists would gradually fade away. In the meantime, terrorism can be handled by intelligence and police work. It is not a fight the military can win.

The concept of a pre-emptive war should be an abomination to every American. Pre-emptive war is a war of aggression. It was the policy of Hitler’s Germany and of the Japanese imperial government. To our national shame, apparently many Americans support the concept. They should never again criticize the Japanese for Pearl Harbor, the Third Reich for the invasion of Poland, or the Soviet Union for the invasion of Afghanistan. Click your heels and salute. You are no different from the people who cheered for Hitler.

The concept of a so-called humanitarian war, trotted out by Bill Clinton to justify intervention in the Balkans, is a contradiction in terms. War itself is a crime against humanity. No sane person can justify inflicting death and destruction in the name of humanitarianism.

The great tragedy caused by the interventionists is that they sabotage the peaceful and prosperous country that America could be. It’s no mystery why the infrastructure is beginning to fail. It’s no mystery why public education fails in so many places. It’s no mystery why health care is becoming increasingly unaffordable. Look at the cost of the empire – the military and intelligence budgets, the cost of the wars. Between the military-industrial complex and the new war service industry, the treasury is being sucked dry by the worst people for the worst reasons.

In the meantime, what are the presidential candidates talking about? A few social schemes. Different strategies for intervention. They are like the first-class passengers on the Titanic, sitting around discussing their business deals and various affairs. They show no sign of awareness of the real world outside the televised game show called “Win the Nomination.”

Who’s ahead? Who zinged who? Who cares?

August 15, 2007
Charley Reese [send him mail] has been a journalist for 49 years.
© 2007 by King Features Syndicate, Inc.
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Added post script by blogger: Public service is a brief civic duty, not a career. Never re-elect anyone!
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Divine Law

2007-11-07T10:41:00.002-05:00

by Mike Farris

Has the Divine Law been “put away” or “nailed to the cross”? While the Ten Commandments are universally accepted as the highest moral code, there are other God-given laws which define the true standards of health, monetary regulations, taxation, interest, debt, and all other aspects of moral, social and economic conduct of the individual, family, and the nation. We are bound to these laws just as surely as we are bound by the Ten Commandments, or the law of gravity. To the extent that we fail to respect and follow all of God’s laws, personally and nationally, our nation will suffer the curses spelled out in the 28th chapter of the book of Deuteronomy. Read that chapter and compare it with what you see happening in our country, and around the world.

From the internal evidence in the Scriptures, it is shown that the Divine Laws have never been abrogated. Christian believers and their leaders alike fail to understand the various parts of God’s laws. Read my blog: The Levitical Priesthood of Tennessee.

The teaching of God’s laws on all levels is dreadfully lacking today. Pastors, Bible teachers, and every student of political science should study the whole body of the laws of God given in the Scriptures for the benefit of mankind. Although they are frequently mentioned, their application in our daily life is usually ignored and misunderstood. Only the ceremonial rituals carried out by the Levitical priests were “put away”, or “nailed to the cross”.

The DIGEST of the DIVINE LAW by Howard B. Rand was first published in 1943 and points out the fact that we face the rule of law or chaos. It sets forth the justice, equity, and righteousness of the Law of the Lord. When the entire range of Divine jurisprudence is comprehended, and its precepts are obeyed, individual prosperity and national well-being will be the beneficent result.

The 1983 printing in hardcover is still available at the unheard-of low price of $9, plus $4 shipping from Stone Kingdom Ministries. At that price, you can purchase a copy for yourself and your Pastor. Howard Rand was one of the most prolific and knowledgeable authors on Bible subjects during the 20th century. An attorney by training, he was eminently qualified to write on the subject of Divine Law. God blessed Dr. Rand with long life, he was 103 years old at his death. The following is only a partial listing of specific topics covered by the Laws of the Lord.

1. Organization of government
2. Scope of government
3. Qualifications for office-holding
4. Government revenue
5. Legislative enactments
6. Ownership of natural resources
7. Court procedure
8. Standards of values
9. Interest (usury)
10. Lending
11. Indebtedness
12. Private ownership
13. Property rights
14. Taxes
15. Tax exemptions
16. Labor relations
17. Vacations
18. Capital punishment
19. Stealing
20. Imprisonment; restoration
21. Military training
22. Conscription for war
23. Exemption from military service
24. Prohibited foods
25. Sanitation
26. Slavery
27. Kidnapping
28. Pentalty for kidnapping
29. Accidental death
30. Compensation for injury… and much more in this 248 page book with full concordant index, and Scriptural index.

Psalm 94:12 says, “Blessed is the man (and women & children) who receive correction, O LORD, and teach them out of THY LAW.” Read all of Psalm 119… it’ll do you good.

National Anthem of the Kingdom of God

2007-11-07T10:09:00.000-05:00

by Mike Farris

The Lord is my Shepherd… that’s relationship.
I shall not want.. that’s supply.
He makes me to lie down in green pastures… that’s rest.
He leads me beside still waters… that’s refreshment.
He restores my soul… that’s healing.
He leads me in the paths of righteousness… that’s guidance.
For His name sake… that’s purpose.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death… that’s testing.
I will fear no evil… that’s protection.
For you are with me… that’s faithfulness.
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me… that’s discipline.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies… that’s hope.
You anoint my head with oil… that’s consecration.
My cup is running over… that’s abundance.
Surely, goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life… that’s blessing.
And I will dwell in the House of Yahweh forever… that’s security.

As any Bible reader knows, the above is taken from the Psalm 23. The Bible contains the history, promises, and covenants that God made with His servant people, the Israelites (not to be confused with ancient or modern “Jews”). Most of the Bible deals with government… how to live in peace with each other, and other nations.

North America was preserved by God as the final promised land for the re-gathering of the representatives of each of the 13 tribes of Israel. Colonial America had 13 colonies and Canada had 13 provinces for the double portion blessing of the first born. Rueben was the first born son of Jacob/Israel, but lost his birthright to the sons of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh. The history of the sons of Israel is well documented, but little believed because it conflicts with the “traditions of men”.

But God doesn’t lie and He doesn’t forget what He promised to the decendents of Jacob/Israel. One of the promises was to give them His divine Law to live by. Today, the American legal system doesn’t even recognize divine Law. There is only human law which covers everything from buckling your seat belt to murder.
(http://mlf1070.wordpress.com/2007/08/29/divine-law/)

Today, Christians restrict God’s rule to just the spiritual realm. It has not always been this way. Less than a hundred years ago it was commonly believed that God’s Law encompassed everything… spiritual and temporal. Terrible and bloody conflicts like World War I (1914-1918) caused people to question this belief in God’s rule on earth.

Because of death and destruction caused by disease and wars, people began to believe that God really doesn’t care, or He ‘allows’ evil. Their blind Pastors began to ignore scriptures like Isaiah 45:7… “I (God) form the light and create darkness, I make peace and create EVIL: I the LORD do all these things.” And Amos 3:6…”shall there be EVIL in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?”

Christians began to doubt the power and sovereignty of God and began to believe in fables. They believed that God is “good” and Satan is “evil”, and poor old God just can’t control the Devil. No wonder Christianity has fallen on hard times. Without faith that God is the “doer” of it all, it becomes a tug of war between God and Satan, and Satan seems to be winning. The truth is: God IS sovereign and can do anything, anytime, and any way He chooses. Who is puny man to question the superior wisdom of Almighty God?

As for me, I pledge allegiance to the Kingdom of God, and to the King of creation; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in all.

Author's note: What part of ALL is there not to understand?

Football Is In The Bible

2007-11-07T10:03:00.003-05:00

by Mike Farris

In Texas where I grew up, football on all levels… high school, college, and the pros… is a religion. The amateurs play on Friday and Saturday, and the professionals on Sunday. Since God is sovereign and nothing exists without His hand in it, I began to ponder the question: “Why is American style football so popular, and what lessons can be learned from football?”

So, let’s examine football from a Biblical perspective. First, football is a game which only the elect can play on game day. Many are called to try out for positions, but few are chosen. Second, football is about overcoming the opponent. Third, football is about reaching a specific goal and winning. And fourth, football is a game of rules and has coaches to instruct the players.

When God calls Christians to become overcomers, many are called but few are chosen. Only the elect get in the game. Most of the team sits on the bench (church pews) and observe the game. But at least they are on the field, and when their team wins, they are all winners… “for we are all one body (team).” Does this mean that the bench-warmers don’t have to do anything except show up? Absolutely not! ALL players must practice overcoming and be ready to get in the game when called upon by the Coach.

In Ephesians 6:10-18, Coach Paul gives his team the pre-game pep talk and reminds them to check their football gear. I’ll paraphrase here… “the hip pads of truth, the shoulder pads of righteousness, shoes of preparation, above all the face mask of faith, helmet of salvation, and sword of the Spirit which is the game strategy from the Play Book.” Then Coach Paul asks his team to kneel for a locker room prayer, and prays that they may persevere and overcome their opponent.

When the team takes the field, there is much rejoicing and praise. The Cheer Leaders (choir) and the Band Director (song leader) lead the fans (congregation) in fight songs. (”Onward Christian soldiers, marching as to war”) Sounds like a religious service to me.

There are eleven “starters or first stringers” on a football team; originally there were twelve, but Judas broke the rules and was booted off the team. The game is played in four quarters with a set time limit. Man’s years on earth are divided into four quarters and have a set time limit. Life is hard and then you die. Football is hard and you either win or lose. Every winning team has a winning Head Coach, and the Christian Head Coach has never lost a game. John 1:1 gives us some insight… “In the beginning was the Head Coach, and the Head Coach was with God and the Head Coach was God…” (ask anybody who ever played for Bear Bryant, or the great Eddie Robinson… look up their records)

The football field is laid out in ten yard increments (Ten Commandments). There are two side lines (statutes: physical & spiritual laws), and two goal lines (judgement: eternal life or eternal death) at each end zone. There are also two time clocks in football. One is the “game” clock which represents your time on earth, the other is the “play” clock which represents your spiritual decisions. The play clock gives you a very short time to call and execute your next play. Making the right decision determines whether you win or lose. There are five officials on the field(the five-fold ministry in Ephesians 4:11) who make sure the game is played by the Rules. Penalties are accessed for each violation (sin). At the last trumpet (whistle) the game is over.

To start the game, the football is kicked to the opposing team. The team is given four tries to go ten yards called a first down (hear, believe, confess, repent). The ball can be likened to the gospel (Good News of the Kingdom). This Good News is fumbled, kicked around, passed, and run with. The offense (the team in possession of the ball) wins games, but it’s the defense that wins championships. In the Spiritual game, Coach James says…” be doers of the Word and not hearers only, deceiving yourself into thinking that possession of the Good News is enough…” James 1:21-26. When a team gets the football across the opponent’s goal line, it’s called a touchdown and is worth six points (the number of man), but with a kicked extra point (conversion) the total is seven (spiritual completion). However, when a team chooses to run or pass the ball, it’s two points (prayer & fasting) for a total of eight. The team that kicks a field goal is awarded three points (faith, hope, and love). Tackling your opponent in his end zone is two points (trust & obey).

A team is judged by the quality of its opponents. The Father of the Head Coach owns the team and approves the team schedule. All Overcomers must defeat the following opponents to become champions: Adultery, Fornication, Impurity, Lust, Idolatry, Witchcraft, Hatred, Strife, Jealousy, Anger, Contention, Disunity, Heresy, Envy, Murders, Drunkenness, and Rebellion. Galatians 5:19-21. That’s a 17 game schedule that Overcomers must fight to win. (17 is 1+7=8, the number for a new beginning). In 1972, the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League went 17-0… but against much lesser opponents than Overcomers must face.

There are two types of Christians… overcomers and non-overcomers. Non-overcomers believe that the goal of salvation is to populate heaven with “saved sinners”. Overcomers know the real goal of salvation is to become like the Head Coach. Do what He did… crucify the works of the flesh, and get what He got… the crown of Life and championship ring, or reign if you prefer. Read it for yourself in James 1:12 and Revelation 3:21.

Professional football is a violent game and requires utmost faith in the Head Coach and His game plan. Overcomers are warriors. “And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and the violent take it by force.” Matthew 11:12. Overcomers are professional assassins of their own carnality. An overcomer asks himself three questions every day.

1. Is what I am doing now building Christ-like character?
2. Is what I am doing now producing the fruit of the Spirit? Galatians 5:22.
3. Is what I am doing now helping me overcome the carnal mind?

What if you asked yourself these questions several times a day? Write these questions on 3X5 cards or on the back of business cards. Carry one with you at all times. Post one on your desk at work. Affix one to a conspicuous spot inside your car. And place another one on the mirror you use most at home. Read these questions several times a day. Focus on becoming the person the Head Coach chose you to be. Before you know it, you’ll find yourself actually headed in the direction you want to go. And even if you are tackled for a loss, step out of bounds, or get the wind knocked out of you, get back in the game. Quitters never win and winners never quit! The fearful and unbelieving will never know the sweetness of victory. That’s the lessons to be learned from football. “Be instant (ready) in (football) season and in the off season”… 2 Timothy 4:2. “There is a (football) season and a time to EVERY purpose under heaven…” Ecclesiastes 3:1-11

Football is the reason God created pigs… down to this very day, a football is called “the pigskin”. Other football traditions are straight out of the Bible also. Take tailgating… the Bible calls it feast days and burnt offerings. There are three times in the year when all males must present themselves… the playoffs (Passover), the league championship game (Pentecost), and the Super Bowl (Tabernacles). I can’t quote chapter and verse, but it’s in there.

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The Love of God

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From Chapter 15 of the book, SonPlacing, by Garrison Russell. Available from: Amazon.com. Read this book, it will change your life. This is a lengthy article, you may want to print it and read it several times.

Agape-Love: The Substance of God

The little group stopped along the highway and looked in silent horror, some queasy with disgust, others growing fierce with rage. A short distance off the road, at the top of a gentle rise, a man had been viciously attacked. The grizzly scene glinted red with blood where the hapless victim had been mortally wounded and left to die. It appeared there was nothing more to be done, as already a small crowd had assembled at the site, presumably to administer first aid.

The travelers stood entranced, caught in the despair of senseless waste. “This is the work of Satan,” the businessman finally thought aloud.

“No, this evil comes from wicked men,” the housewife responded, her eyes transfixed on the scene.

“You don’t know that,” interjected her girlfriend excitedly. “This could be the work of God. It could be that the victim was wicked and this was God’s righteous judgment.”

Another stepped in to calm them, “But then again if God caused this, maybe he meant it for some higher purpose, unknown to us. He might even somehow use this terrible act for his glory!” he offered hopefully.

“Are you crazy?” retorted the preacher. “We worship a God of love! Our God would never allow this!” he stormed, eyes flaring with anger.

The little group buzzed with concurrence, then slowly turned back to the road and resumed their journey, affirming their denunciation of the crime as they continued on their way. All of them oblivious to the Roman soldiers who were gambling for a cloak.

Love is the most misunderstood word in existence. To many it means little more than a physical craving. To others it is an intense emotional dependency.

To some people love is a character trait of God, which is manifest in peace, success, and happiness. It is that special blessing of God that meets their needs and fulfills their wants. Because God loves them, he gives them all the good things of earth to enjoy. To them, anyone who is smiling, or lounging in earthly wealth, is obviously centered in the love of God. For these people, God’s love creates a fondness for the things of earth and a coddling affection for all its creatures, in a soupy, mind-numbing bliss.

But to a few of earth’s voyagers, love is something entirely different, something not of this world. It is a wisdom that energizes every action in the universe, whether it appears as good or evil.

If you had stopped along the road and witnessed the crucifixion of Jesus, would you have recognized it as the supreme love of God? How is the love of God displayed in his slanderous betrayal and murder? Would this be the love of God if it happened to you?
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Love is the lonely word that God has chosen to describe his essence. It is much more than just a character trait, for the Bible says that love is the substance of God. It is a state of being that can be entered, and yet it also permeates all things. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. Love is the primal structure of God’s being, the insight that designs and creates all things. All his works are manifestations of love. Everything in creation glistens as a facet of God’s love. Every star and creature has emerged from the love of God, to tell of his wonder. So also, every circumstance of earth is an agent of his love. And every happenstance of man has a purpose conceived in the love of God. I am the LORD, and there is none else. I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.

The greatest expression of God’s love was the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Though Jesus was the sinless, ever-pleasing, firstborn Son, God arranged for him to be unemployed, homeless, betrayed, mocked, and murdered. For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He even gave up His only-begotten, unique Son. John 3:16 (Amplified). The righteous was torn and slain as a gift to the carnal and common. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.

If this is the love of God, then every action in creation also manifests the love of God. Thus the casting of Satan to earth was the love of God. The dazzling arrival of Adam and his placement in paradise were the love of God. So also, Eve’s failure and adultery were the love of God. Abel’s brutal murder was God’s love. The drowning of the Adamic race under the hull of Noah’s ark was God’s love. Egyptian slavery and the slaughter of countless Israelites and their babies originated from the throne of love. God’s love was the fiery furnace for the faithful, the stoning of Steven, and the execution of the apostles. The torturous deaths of millions of martyred Christians manifests the arcane and benevolent love of God.

So also today, the villainous horrors of modern life are all the love of God. Your errant children, unfaithful spouse, failed business, and poor health, are the embryos of divine love. For God is love and everything in the created realm has emerged from that love. His purpose is immutable, his power supreme. All the works of earth will ultimately glorify his love and there is none that can prevent it or change it. Of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever.

This concept of God’s love is lofty, and goes far beyond the common. To be able to grasp it, you are going to have to raise your definition of “love” to the supernal and sublime.

In the King James Bible, twenty-five different Hebrew and Greek words were translated love. Of these, the Greek noun agape and its companion verb agapao, are unique words that represent the substance of God himself, revealing the very fabric of his nature. In the New Testament the Holy Spirit used agape to express ideas of love that were previously unknown, concepts never before uttered amongst flesh and blood. The consummate description of agape is given in 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, here from the Amplified Bible. Love endures long and is patient and kind. Love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy. Love is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily. Love does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self seeking. Love is not touchy, or fretful or resentful. Love takes no account of the evil done to it. Love pays no attention to a suffered wrong. Love does not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness. Love rejoices when right and truth prevail. Love bears up under anything and everything that comes. Love is ever ready to believe the best of every person. Love’s hopes are fadeless under all circumstances. Love endures everything without weakening. Love never fails, never fades out or becomes obsolete or comes to an end. This love is not simply an attribute of God’s personality. It is the essence of his substance. It is the source from which all his character traits flow.

Agape-love is the bountiful source of God’s intentions, the fountainhead where his thoughts are conceived. These thoughts then become visible in his actions. This love emerges from obscurity as the deliberate choice of a Supreme Being. It is given based on need and without expectation of repayment. It is not an impulse from the feelings. It does not originate from human inclination, nor is it spent on men in relation to any obvious merit.

Agape-love is the spiritual energy of God, sometimes made visible, but always emanating toward seemingly unworthy objects. God commendeth his love (agape) toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Agape is an utterly selfless giving, an outpouring that flows to all things. It produces a reverential “love” in the receiver and a gentle but irresistible desire to seek the source. We love him, because he first loved us. Agape-love is infinite, celestial, and eternal, and exists only in the divinity of God himself.

The temperament of fallen Adamic man is quite the opposite of this. By God’s design, the Adamic nature is short lived and always fails. It does not possess the ability to endure long and would never dream of disregarding the evil done to it. Carnal man is incapable of forgiving the smallest offense. He complains at everything; his hopes fade with the first harsh word. Man rejoices in iniquity and rarely believes the best of anyone. He is terrified, selfish, envious, and proud of it. Yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live. There is no mortal that shall ever attain the description of love found in 1 Corinthians 13 for agape is holy, boundless, and immortal. Thus it is, that to become agape-love, you must depart the mortal realm.

Phileo and Agape

All men are born subject to the fallen Adamic nature and enslaved to the carnal mind. This mind is enmity to God; it cannot even perceive his existence. The unregenerate know nothing of the encompassing power or infinite wisdom of God. They cannot comprehend a love that might express itself through both good and evil events. He hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. Instead of searching out the truth of God, these people have created a carnal religion that befits their befuddled state. In this system they classify “good” actions as the love of God, and “evil” actions as the work of Satan. That is unless the evil happens to fall upon someone they don’t like. Then evil is called the “judgment” of God! By this duality the mind of man has amputated the love of God and redefined it as “temporal good fortune,” a description altogether acceptable to self-serving mortals. Men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness. This human concept of love is represented in the New Testament by the Greek word, phileo. Phileo has often been translated as love, but it really means “worldly affection.”

Phileo-love is selfish desire it invariably adds to self-esteem. It is the self-enriching love agreeable to carnal men. It is always based on merit and directed toward items of obvious value. It originates in human feelings and is guided by group consensus. It functions in the emotions, bringing laughter or tears. Phileo-love is the warm attraction and buzzy titillation that mortals first feel for their creator. This was the love that Judas had for Jesus. Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss (phileo), that same is he: hold him fast. The worldly affection of phileo-love comes naturally to the carnal mind. Thus it is no wonder that Modern Christianity has mistakenly accepted phileo-love in place of agape. Modern Christians have been swindled into believing that a temporal, self-enriching love is the agape of God. They accept human tenderness and earthly riches as the perfection of God’s substance within them. Thus phileo-Christians believe they are spiritual when they convene into groups for hugging, bask in emotional warmth, and display their wealth. All the children of the earth who serve thee and remember thee when they require anything from thee. Jasher 22:48. Based on this concept of phileo-love, Modern Christianity has concocted a system of doctrines that allows them to draw close to God in tender affection while rejecting anything they don’t like. They retain Free Will and reject God’s sovereignty. They claim resurrected glory but disavow the crucifixion process that produces it. They retain God’s good, and deny his evil. They are the enemies of the cross of Christ: whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things. Having separated themselves from the deep workings of God they convene to share fables for the approval of men at social gatherings called “church.” For they love (phileo) to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Thus phileo-love is the ever-failing sticky syrup that is commonly substituted for agape and served up weekly by Organized Christianity. If any man love the world, the love (agape) of the Father is not in him. Phileo-love is produced in response to God’s “good.” When God brings good to your life you selfishly enjoy it, and phileo-love swirls around inside you. This love can only be phileo because it is based on receiving. The cursed Adamic nature can thrive forever on this love. But this is not the final destiny for man. Phileo-love is incomplete. He that loveth (phileo) father or mother more than me is not worthy of me. Phileo-love cannot sustain you in times of evil, for it cannot explain the presence of travail in your life. The ineffectual sugar of phileo-love becomes pathetically inadequate when you are engulfed in a fiery storm by the hand of God. He that loveth (phileo) his life shall lose it. When this happens you will either run away and blame Satan, or press forward to search for a new and higher definition of God’s love. If you are willing to leave off your carnal bias, one day God will bring you an amazing experience. He will engulf your life in a travail of his own making. There you will learn that God is the instigator of all things good and evil. Then your ideas of his love will begin to change. You will find a larger love that can bring evil for a benevolent purpose. As this understanding materializes within your spirit, the limitations of phileo will crumble into the ashes of your life. There you will learn that phileo-love is formed in you when God gives you his “good.” But agape-love is formed in you when God thrusts you through with his “evil.” What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? Agape-love can only be produced in response to God’s “evil.” It can only originate from situations of emptiness and distress, where the carnal man receives nothing. Agape-love does not produce a warm, fuzzy feeling inside. It is born of pain and responds to unworthy people and devastating circumstances with forgiveness, hope, and humility. This selfless perfection can never be an attribute of the fallen Adamic nature. To the contrary, it appears in man only after his Adamic nature is broken. Agape-love is fashioned inside the high walls of heartache and terror, in a prison far removed from selfish desire. While locked in this cell with their accusers, most men will seek to escape the trials that would produce agape-love inside them. But fortunately for you, God will arrange things so that this is impossible. He intends for you to grow up through your trials, not escape from them. Thus he hems you in by his sovereign work, then patiently waits until agape-love is born in your spirit and exudes from your bones. I pray, that your love (agape) may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment. Your bid to become the love of God is a two step process. Phileo is only the first step. Phileo-love is an attribute of created beings and carnal death. If your love remains at the phileo level you will remain spiritually dead. Your love for God begins in “phileo,” but must continue on to become “agape.” When you first learn the goodness of God you will have phileo-love for him. After that, you must learn the affliction of God to become the perfection of agape. This is the crucifixion process. When you experience a cross from the hand of your Heavenly Father, your fallen Adamic nature will be shattered and with it your adolescent understanding of good and evil. By the time agape-love flows out from your spirit, you will have learned that every event in creation is God, and each is an instructor of his divine love. After his resurrection, Jesus asked Peter if agape-love was yet formed in his heart. Simon, son of Jonas, lovest (agapao) thou me more than these? But though Peter “loved” Jesus, he had denied him three times. His love was still at the phileo level; it was far from perfect. Even with all the “good,” the miracles, and the personal instruction of Jesus Christ, agape-love had not yet been birthed in Peter’s spirit. Peter was still at the first step, the “phileo” stage. Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love (phileo) thee.

Agape-love was matured in Jesus Christ when he gave his life in response to evil. Now it is your turn. If you seek an intimate relationship with God, preferring him above all else, he will arrange for the birth of agape-love in you. The process will begin as trials of evil slam into your life. When that happens you must leave phileo behind and pursue agape-love. Above all these things put on charity (agape), which is the bond of perfectness. Stepping toward this glowing threshold to the Begotten Realm is a solemn experience. It requires that you deny yourself, take up your cross and follow him. If you will, then your life is about to change. And to you he whispers of a spiritual destination that is incomprehensible to mortals. This is a share in his divine substance, through the birth of agape-love. As it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love (agapao) him.

Begotten Love: The Plan of God

It is not enough that you should simply bathe in the glory of God and enjoy the love that comes to you. His plan for you far exceeds this initial step. God intends that you are to become a new source for his love, an independent wellspring of his substance.

God has initiated a plan to give you his divine love, in seed form. This spiritual seed was prepared through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. When you accept the forgiveness of God through Jesus Christ, the seed of agape-love is sown into your spirit. God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. This nucleus will take root inside you and begin to grow. As it grows it will destroy your old Adamic nature and eventually blossom into the mature divinity of agape-love.

Agape-love is not created, it is begotten. It is individually birthed in the spirits of men. It must be born in your spirit as certainly as you were born of your mother. Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. This “born again” experience is Sonship, and it is not complete in you until agape-love is birthed in you and flows out from you. Beloved, let us love one another: for love (agape) is of God; and every one that loveth (agapao) is born of God.

Ultimately this new living love will transport you to a supernatural existence with God in a realm beyond creation. As we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. Those who are begotten of God will reproduce his substance within themselves and grow to become what he is. Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

That you should become this begotten love is the plan of God, his motive from the beginning of time. Consider Ephesians 1:4-6.

Ephesians 1:4. He hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love (agape). In eons past, God chose to make you a little lower than the angels for a short time, that you might experience the suffering of death as a mortal on planet earth. Through this process your spirit will produce something new and wonderful. Your destiny is to become holy and sinless in agape. Holy is the Greek word hagios, which means, “higher than sacred, more than honorable, more than pure. It is characteristically, Godlikeness.” The words without blame are from the Greek word amomos. Amomos really means “without blemish.” It refers not to a cleansing, the removal of blame, but rather, to a new sinless state of being, as a lamb conceived perfect from its birth. Godlikeness … sinless … in agape. God has ordained that you should enter a new state of existence, a newborn state of sinless Godlikeness, as you become agape-love. Ephesians 1:5 (Fenton). Having prepared us for adoption to Himself through Jesus Christ according to His settled purpose. Prepared is the Greek word proorizo, which means, “to predetermine, to appoint beforehand, to decree from eternity.” Adoption is the Greek word huiothesia. Huios means “a Son,” and thesis means “a placing.” Literally, “a Son-Placing.” Thus, from eternity by sovereign decree, God appointed you to become his own Son. This SonPlacing was initiated through the work of Jesus Christ, and is the changeless purpose of God for you. Ephesians 1:6 (Fenton). In accordance with His glorious gift which He presented to us from love (agapao). The glorious gift is the transfer of love. God gave you the spirit seed of agape-love. This seed came through Jesus Christ. It is from the agape of God and grows up to become agape in you. When this seed matures in you, you will be a sinless Son of God, just like Jesus Christ. Agape-love is SonPlacing, the birth of Godlikeness in you. Agape is not part of the created realm, for it is begotten of God. Behold, what manner of love (agape) the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God. Agape is not forgiven, for it has never sinned. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. Agape-love is eternal life. You will attain immortality only when agape-love is born in you and flows out from you. We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love (agapao) the brethren. He that loveth (agapao) not his brother abideth in death. Agape-love encapsulates the genetics, character, and capacity of your Heavenly Father. When it is born in you, it will make you what he is. That you may really come to know practically, through experience for yourselves, the love (agape) of Christ, which far surpasses mere knowledge without experience. That you may be filled through all your being, unto all the fullness of God. Ephesians 3:19 (Amplified). Just as phileo is produced in response to God’s good, agape is born in response to his evil. Thus like all births, the birth of agape is attended by travail. When God is ready to initiate the growth of agape-love in you, he will send evil against you. This was God’s promise to Eve. He told her that agape, which is Sonship, is born from sorrow. Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children.

To spark the birth of agape-love, Jesus Christ endured crucifixion. Greater love (agape) hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. For the birth of agape-love, Job’s children, business, and health were destroyed. For the birth of agape-love, Joseph was betrayed to prison. For the birth of agape-love, Paul was shipwrecked, beaten, and beheaded.
It is the sorrow of evil against you that forms agape-love in you. That is God’s recipe. Tribulation is always the first indication of this begotten love. When tribulation wounds your life, God is presenting you with an opportunity to become his Son, to enter the resplendent radiance of agape-love. And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope: and hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts.

To the carnal mind, inconvenience is irritating and adversity is folly. Trouble of any sort seems a pointless and painful excursion to nowhere. Thus the call to agape-love is not supported by human reasoning. And no wonder, for the travail that births agape-love in your spirit, also kills your Adamic nature. Fortunately, God pays little attention to the whining self-justifications of your cursed carnality. He will arrange a cross for your life while your humanity screams. As this tumult thunders into your spirit the erroneous notions of your carnal mind will be destroyed. And from that death, agape-love will draw its breath. Agape-love is the flower that blooms with its roots in Adamic decay. Its beauty can arise only from the ashes of your carnality. As your Adamic legacy is incinerated, your love and understanding will flourish into begotten brilliance. Seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him. It follows then, that the greatest blessing God can give you is an ordeal that will mature the seed of begotten love in you. This is a peculiar, enduring ache, which must be at once inescapable and penetrating. If ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. An experience of this intensity will jump-start the maturing of agape-love in your spirit, and this will ultimately transform you into the substance of your Heavenly Father. For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

This greatest of all blessings will look much like the following:

1. It will be a situation that will take from you everything that could ever spawn any boasting, arrogance, or pride.
2. It will limit your choices so that insisting on your own way is physically impossible.
3. It will provide grievous personal evil against you so that you can take no account of it.
4. It will immerse you in injustice and failure until you can see through them, and stare into the eyes of a sovereign God.
5. It will be an anguish for you to bear up under for a long time. This is the gestation for agape-love.

God’s greatest blessings are predicaments of divine distress circumstances that energize the procreation of agape-love in you. These battlefields come labeled as “evil” by the faithless Adamic nature, because they provide an inevasible opportunity for you to love your enemies.

The birth of agape-love is SonPlacing, and this is God’s plan for you. But this love is not formed in you amidst mirth and abundance. Like all births, it issues forth from travail, as prescribed in 1 Corinthians 13. Love … does not seek after the things which are its own, is not irritated, provoked, exasperated, aroused to anger, does not take into account the evil which it suffers. 1 Corinthians 13:5 (Wuest).

Forgiveness & Love

The maturing of agape-love is initiated by sin against you. If you wish to have this love, your only response can be forgiveness, regardless of the circumstances.

In the Bible, forgive and forgiveness are translated from four original Greek words which mean, “to send forth, to send away; to bestow a favor unconditionally; to let loose from, to release.” These words describe “forgiveness” as an absolute annulment of transgression and its penalty, as a debt that is canceled and expunged. Forgiveness demands that both failure and reprisal be loosed away forever, as to a supernal incinerator. And forgiveness embodies one additional, elusive requirement: the mandate to create a magical new reality, wherein the offense actually never existed. Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. Forgiveness originates in God and is transferred to you when you accept the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ. This forgiveness is an unconditional release from the penalties accrued by the sins of your fallen carnal nature. For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. God’s forgiveness is a wonderful experience, dubbed by the church as “Salvation.” As you turn your life toward God, your infractions and their fines are erased from your account. You feel washed and free, and flowing with luminous energy. Forgiveness is the gift of love. When you receive “forgiveness” from God, the seed of “love” is sown into your spirit. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most? Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. This kernel blossoms first into the adolescence of phileo-love, a bubbling but self-centered joy for what you have received. This is the embryonic stage of agape. Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. Forgiveness coming to you from God’s “good” produces phileo-love. After that first step it takes forgiveness coming from you, in response to God’s “evil,” to produce agape-love.

Agape-love can grow only in a special environment, where like God, it can “take no account of the evil done to it.” Sin against you is the catalyst that transforms phileo-love into agape-love. This process functions through the agency of forgiveness. Agape-love is sown into you when you are forgiven, but it is matured in you only as you forgive.

Every evil action that God allows on the earth obligates an ultimate forgiveness. Evil is like a hole that demands to be filled. When an offense comes against you, it creates a need for forgiveness, where no such need existed previously. To forgive the offense, forgiveness must be fashioned by your understanding. It must materialize inside you. It then issues out from you unconditionally and fills the hole that was created by the offense. By sin against you, forgiveness is birthed inside you, and flows out from you. Through this process you become a new source of forgiveness. You become a creator, empowered to dispatch forgiveness in response to a need.

But notice that forgiveness meets all the requirements for agape-love as given in 1 Corinthians 13. Forgiveness endures long and is kind. It is not based on receiving. It does not arise from any self-centered motive. It is ever ready to believe the best of every person. Forgiveness takes no account of the evil done to it. It bears up under anything and everything that comes. Its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances. Forgiveness never fails because it has been developed through both good and evil. Forgiveness is the only thing known to man that fulfills the requirements for agape-love. Forgiveness is the birth of agape-love made visible. And above all things have fervent charity (agape) among yourselves: for charity (agape) shall cover the multitude of sins. Forgiveness is agape-love, born from offenses. Without offenses there could be no forgiveness, and hence no birth of agape in you. This requirement for offenses brings enemies against you, riding high upon bewildering evils that stampede through your life with the fiery sword of God. These trials are the servants of God, to awaken a new love in your spirit. Agape-love comes alive as it is thrust into hardship. It is matured as it suffers long and with kindness. It must be plunged into anguish, so that it can learn to bear up under anything and everything that comes. Agape-love is produced only in ardent travail, by the dispatch of forgiveness. This is the crushing process of regenerative birth. Love (agapao) ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest. To receive forgiveness you must turn to God, repent of your sins and confess them. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins. But your giving of forgiveness has no such requirement. Your giving of forgiveness must be limitless, exhaustive, and without qualification. Your fellow mortals have nothing of any value with which to pay for their sins, and certainly owe you nothing at all. Their offenses must be met with your bold, unconditional release. And this is for your own good. For it is only this forgiveness that can produce the splendor of agape in you. And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them. Your bid to become the love of God will not change the events that occur around you. Rather, it will change the events that occur inside you. You need to forgive so that agape-love can be birthed in your spirit. The work of forgiveness in those around you is only a by-product. I am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. Do not yield to your fleshly cravings for revenge or reparation. Silence the moans of self-pity. Cast aside your concocted carnal arguments to withhold forgiveness. These are lying emissaries sent to shackle your spirit with failure. Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven. Your desire to flush your friends away, replacing forgiveness with resentment, is a desire to terminate your own spiritual wealth. This is your conniving Adamic nature clinging to its own death. For any excuse to withhold forgiveness, will withhold the birth of agape-love in you. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. When Jesus Christ forgave sin he was accused of blasphemy. And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also? This complaint was understandable, for in the Old Testament, forgiveness came from God alone. For who can forgive sins but God only?

But now this divine power, God has given to you. When you received the forgiveness of Christ, it came in seed form. As it grows it will multiply, to become a power at your disposal. Forgiveness is the first true power of God that he has given to his maturing Sons. It is real, it works every time, and it is absolutely yours.

Forgiveness is the only spiritual power that you require to reproduce the majesty of agape-love in you. Now you are commanded of your Heavenly Father to exercise this divine authority, for your own benefit. If ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: but if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Forgiveness and the love it creates are your keys to the Kingdom of God. Remember that this kingdom is not a place, it is a begotten spirit within you. Behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

If you bind sins while on earth you bind your spirit to the evil earthly realm. But if you forgive sins while on earth, you will loose your spirit into the perfection of agape-love. Forgiveness and agape-love are keys to a spiritual lock. They open a secret door to a heavenly kingdom, and will usher you in to Godlikeness. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

When forgiveness flows from your spirit, agape-love is birthed inside you. This celestial love is alive. It is a Son of God, growing in your midst . When this living substance is fully matured in your spirit you will step into the endowment of your Heavenly Father. This is a new state of being, a fresh reality in the Begotten Realm.

Within the Begotten Realm no mortal has ever trod. It is a domain which exists beyond creation. It is the realm of agape-love.

In this magical dwellingplace the sins of the flesh have actually never existed. We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not. Agape-love has never lacked from the glory of God. When you become this love, you will have never lacked from the glory of God. For I do always those things that please him. You will be a new creature, born of the perfect spiritual DNA of your Father. Your past, present, and future will be infinite and flawless. Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

The spectacular birth of agape-love in you is the desire of Jesus Christ and the joyful expectation of your Heavenly Father. That the love (agape) wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them. By this hopeful delight you are now aimed at a new dimension, beyond the creation of flesh or spirit. This heavenly target is the realm of begotten love. That the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

This is not a place you must go. Rather, it is a fire that you must become. Begotten love is a living ember that must penetrate your spirit and then ignite into blazing splendor. When it is complete in you, perfection will be as easy as thought, and your every desire will come wrapped in an infinite capacity to produce love in any situation. To know the love (agape) of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

Becoming Agape-Love

Your time on earth is quite limited and is thus your most precious commodity. How will you spend it? Many awake each morning, then plod out in search of earthly treasures and physical pleasures. Others crave political power or the praise of their peers.

But while these things seem desirable and appear noble, they are insignificant dross when compared to agape-love. If I can speak in the tongues of men and even of angels, but have not love (agape), I am only a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 1 Corinthians 13:1 (Amplified). Even if you obtain stupefying power, angelic understanding, and earth-shaking ministry, you will remain a meaningless nothing, if you fail to apprehend agape-love. And if I have prophetic powers, that is the gift of interpreting the divine will and purpose; and understand all the secret truths and mysteries and possess all knowledge, and if I have sufficient faith so that I can remove mountains, but have not love (agape) I am nothing; a useless nobody. 1 Corinthians 13:2 (Amplified).

The sole purpose for your existence on this planet is to become begotten love. This must be your only goal. But the road to agape is not for cowards or courtiers. It is a terrifying trek through the wisdom of God, a strategic assault against the darkness within you. There are secrets to discover, battles to fight, dangers, fears, and victories. This is a race you must run, a quest you must take, that will lead you to a shimmering possession of living love.

Follow the flowchart*, Becoming Agape-Love. It will help you find your way from your worst nightmare, to the beauty of begotten immortality. "I will show you a still more excellent way, one that is better by far and the highest of them all: love (agape)." 1 Corinthians 12:31 (Amplified). *NOTE: This flowchart is in the book...purchase a copy today.

In the garden of Eden the future Sons of God were indentured to corruption by the hope of their Father. The mind of man was turned to error and became a purveyor of evil. From this corruption sin arises, both within you, and against you. Both of these must be dealt with. For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope. If you now feel compulsive desires for behavior which violates the Ten Commandments, then you are self-destructing. The perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them. You must free yourself from this addiction to evil. Immediately cease the actions and face the forces that have invaded your mind. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. Go to your parent, spouse, or Godly friend, and tell them everything; hold nothing back. Pray with them for your deliverance and you shall certainly have it. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. Then receive the forgiveness of Jesus Christ which is the seed of agape love. This is your ticket into the contest for immortality. Now turn every fiber of your being to the nurture and development of this seed. I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance. Failure is a requirement of the human experience. In this slough all men need God, and from this depravity all will one day reach for his forgiveness. When they do, they will receive the spirit-seed of agape-love, and when this love is fully matured, they will grow into the image of their Heavenly Father. Sin is thus a prerequisite for immortality. It is the method that God has chosen to accomplish the transfer of a nucleus of his perfect love into you. Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

After you have struck a compelling blow to the sin within you, you will then come to the next step. From the corrupted nature of man offenses multiply and are strewn about. One day one of these will strike through your heart as an ingenious sin against you.

Sin against you is a painful experience and difficult for mortals to understand. But God’s greatest blessings, those that can produce agape-love in you, come to you disguised as evil. And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places. Affliction is the opportunity to generate forgiveness within you. When forgiveness flows from you, the seed of agape-love inside you germinates, springing suddenly to life. The sorrow of sin against you is a painful necessity, for without it, the seed of agape-love in your spirit would remain absolutely dormant. I say unto you, That ye resist not evil. It is the dark press of bewilderment and betrayal that initiates the birth of agape-love in you. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong. Only sorrow changes your capacity for love; not a good job, peaceful family, money, cars, or ministries. It is through adversity that agape-love is matured and birthed in you. Rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. Sin against you is thus the evidence of divine favor and your election to the realm of begotten love. Every pearl is formed from an irritant. God gives his beauty only for your ashes. The oil of his joy is reserved for those laid waste in mourning. Sin against you is the launching pad to the wisdom of God it is your amazing embarkation to the spirit realm. My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations … that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. When evil comes crashing into your sphere, turn to your Heavenly Father with an immovable love. Do not let pain turn you away from God. Rather, let it drive you to his care. You must love God first, totally, all of him and all his works, before you can hope to love any man. Thou shalt love (agapao) the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. So extreme must this love be, that it must easily eclipse every other desire in your life. From this unshakable love a new understanding will slowly seep into your problem, a soft spiritual illumination, giving shape to the plan of God for you. If a man love (agapao) me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love (agapao) him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. Before you can find God you must want him only and seek him with all your heart. For they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them. To build this insatiable craving within you, God sends the anguish of sin against you. In their affliction they will seek me early. When you face your own lack and finally concede a need borne of helplessness, your heart will incline fully toward God. Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon the earth that I desire beside thee. Wet with the tears of travail you will ache for the comfort of unfailing love. This deep longing for God, this abandon of earthly hopes and dreams, this pining for the fulness of God, is required if you are ever to find him. For whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. By sin against you God separates you from all the familiar of this world. Then he draws you close to himself for succor and instruction, in the acclivitous gestation of agape-love. No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. God is the supreme power of the universe. Absolutely all things are conceived in his wisdom and emanate from his throne to accomplish his will. According to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will. This pervasive sovereignty far exceeds the fragile abilities of human imagination. For God works in everything, everywhere, all the time, to accomplish his good pleasure. All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? There is no circumstance that does not originate in God. Every “accident” is his generous wisdom, arcane and ultimate, showing itself to man. The lot is cast into the lap, but the decision is wholly of the Lord. Even the events that seem accidental are really ordered by him. Proverbs 16.33 (Amplified). Nothing can initiate itself, no thought, no action, no hair of your head. All things are orchestrated by God and animated by his power. A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.

Furthermore, there is no created being, no man or spirit that can act in violation of God’s counsel. All creatures derive their authority from him and incubate their plans from the ideas he has given them. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Your experience on earth is swathed in the omniscient love of God. Every problem originates from his wisdom and all that touches your life will one day reveal his staggering love for you. All things have been delivered unto me of my Father. When calamity appears, look deep into the situation until you find your Heavenly Father, waiting there in the midst. Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above. Never look for answers in remorse, or in the chain of events that brought the problem. They are not there. You must look beyond the actions of men and devils, to see the working of God in your predicament. It is he who has summoned your tears. As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. God is not a weakling whose powers are limited to the pathetic “good” of human desire. God is the stunning magnificence of agape-love. This compelling love is the architect of all things. Every event amongst the stars is an operation of this brilliant love. And this is irrespective of whether your silly mind calls it “good” or “evil.”

Every song of sweet good and coal of burning evil shall one day unmask as the love of God. For what God does not intend to use for his love, simply does not occur. Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. The carnal mind is the tree of the Knowledge of Good & Evil, made flesh. This mind is shackled to the idea that everything on earth is either “good” or “evil.” Carnality further assumes that “good” things represent God’s love, and that evil things do not. This carnal perspective is the Tree of Death. The carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. Certainly you loathe to find evil in yourself and detest it in others. But while you believe that evil is beyond God’s immediate control, you limit his sovereignty. The limit you place on his sovereignty is the boundary where your ignorance begins. While you continue to deny God’s power over evil, you will remain blind to his greater purpose, and in this blindness you remain spiritually dead. Thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. You must climb down off the Tree of Death and run to the Tree of Life. There you will eat from a new and satisfying sapience, a superlative understanding that every earthly event is God. From this tree your perspective will sweep to encompass a refreshing new grandeur, a comprehension that all things, both good and evil, are the fodder of new love. All things work together for good to them that love (agapao) God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. As you leave the Tree of Death and begin to move toward the Tree of Life, you will encounter the flaming sword of God. This is the adversity that produces agape-love. And he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. As you pass through this sword the erroneous notions of your carnal mind will be hacked to pieces and torched.

Foreseeing its demise, your carnal mind will call these actions “evil.” But your Father knows that bewildering evils will both kill your carnality, and instigate the birth of agape-love in your spirit. Travail is the tomb of Adam, but the midwife of begotten love. As for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good. Your greatest nightmare, your worst failure, is your personal secret entrance into agape-love. These depths of grief have the power to produce the pinnacles of love in you. For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

Now comes your first introspection and progress report. Look inside and examine yourself. It is always a temptation to evaluate someone else, but this will never produce agape-love in you.

After all the trials of Job, he was wise enough to abhor himself, not his adversaries. I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. When God kills your children, destroys your business, smites your body, and your friends taunt you, you must abhor yourself, never someone else. You must abhor your own lack of understanding and bow to the supreme wisdom of God.

If you love God first, see him in all actions, and recognize that every event has been ordained for your ultimate blessing, then you will yield to his superior wisdom and embrace his work in your life. This knowledge will give you peace, even amidst impossible trials. Though the tempest rage, yet your faith will rest with God, anchored in his purpose and love for you. If this be the case, you can move ahead to number eight. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

But if you feel hate, anger, or self-pity coming from within, then you still want your own way. You are bewitched by the noxious voices of self-preservation and self-justification. Clinging to the selfish desires of the carnal mind, no matter how “good” they may seem, denies the sovereignty and the wisdom of God’s actions. You need to learn that God’s ways are best. His wisdom is irrefutable, even if you do not presently understand it.

If resentment still stampedes your thoughts, then you must come to the dark night of Gethsemane. There you will begin the crucifixion of your selfish Adamic nature in agonizing surrender to the sagacity of God. And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

The crucifixion of your carnal mind begins with the gloom of evil treading upon the hills of your hopes. This night hails your worst fears, things seemingly impossible yet unmistakably marked with the fingerprints of God. This is the surrender of Gethsemane, a terrifying battle where life engages death in the greatest contest ever devised.

When the winds of evil gather against you, hasten to scamper about, rectifying all the actions to the best of your ability. But when you arrive at the weary end of your doing, you will come face-to-face with all the purpose and fury of God himself. There you will be held in a vise of unchangeable circumstance until you give up your self-will and your earthly desires, and embrace the frightening wisdom of God.

Encountering the power and purpose of God, Mary surrendered to his will. Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. Encountering crucifixion from his Father’s hand, Jesus surrendered to his will. O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. The life of Jesus from conception to crucifixion, was a continual surrender to the will of God. By this surrender, Jesus Christ came to a glorified resurrection, opening a new supernatural passage to the realm of begotten love. Therefore doth my Father love (agapao) me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. Surrendering to the bewildering and painful wisdom of God is the ratification of the New Covenant in you. And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament [covenant], that by means of death [yours] … they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. When you yield to distasteful events with an unrelenting trust fixed upon your Father’s love, you establish the New Covenant in your spirit. Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first [covenant], that he may establish the second. This New Covenant must be ratified individually by the death of each participant. For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. The New Covenant is the surety of agape-love in you. This supernatural love is the fulfillment of every promise that God has ever made to man. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts. Willing surrender to the wisdom of God, even unto self-sacrifice, is the principle that fashions the beauty of agape-love from the ashes of Adam. I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. And it will never happen any other way. I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice. Jesus was betrayed, crucified, and resurrected by the far-sighted wisdom of God, and this was an example for you. If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. The crucifixion of your carnal nature is the only possible way to resurrected life and the maturity of agape-love in you. He that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. The cross is not your problem, it is the remedy for your problem; it heralds your redemption from the cursed Adamic nature. You must be separated from this hateful thing as one might be rescued from an alien planet.

The cross enters your life through offenses that cannot be explained by the carnal nature nor by the mute inadequacies of phileo-love. In this tumbling scenario of bizarre events your spirit must first surrender to the will of God, and then arise to destroy your carnal mind, the usurper who has dominated your life. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

When nailed to a loathsome reality, you must silence the tantrums of self-preservation. Cut off the supply of self-pity! Crush the feelings of anger! Relinquish your earthly treasures, hopes, and pride. Push your spirit to learn wisdom. Stab your carnality with new-found truth. Abandon your future to the austere mercy of God. Into Thy hands I commend My spirit. This is a struggle of many days, a lonely battle that pulls your spirit free from slavery. It is a time you hang suspended between heaven and earth while your spirit streaks toward a new dimension. Being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit. When the dust finally settles, your self-willed Adamic nature will be splintered and your delight in this world permanently broken. To you the treasures of mortals and the physical realm will have become a relatively worthless wreck. Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints. You will have become a vessel shaped in the Master’s hands and made strong in the kiln. And they loved not their lives unto the death. As you arise from a cross of this intensity you will irrevocably turn from all the familiar, to coddle in your spirit the kindled embers of newborn love. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who, … being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him. The carnal mind is death made flesh, the offspring of Satan from Eden. This mind is deluded by its own beauty and addicted to Satanic desire. It is the portion of man that commits sin. He that committeth sin is of the devil. With this cap of iniquity, all men were turned to destruction by the purpose of God. For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.

When a man receives forgiveness from God for the sins of the flesh, the seed of love is sown into his spirit. Though not mature, this seed is nevertheless sinless and perfect. If this seed dwell in you, there is more to you than just failure and decay. Though your carnal nature remains an earthen vessel of corruption, within this container dwells your sinless spirit, unfolding in the genetics of newborn love.

These two are locked in deadly combat. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other. Your spirit and your flesh are at war. For from the internal man I delight in the law of God; but I perceive a foreign law in my faculties, contending against the law of my mind, and dragging me captive to the law of sin which is in possession of my organs. Romans 7:22,23 (Fenton). If you can separate your own carnal actions of death from your spiritual desires for life, then you must also extend this grace to your fellow mortals. Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. You must look beyond the hurt to behold in them an immature spirit, imprisoned in a body of failure. Look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. Consider those who have offended you. Then take the sword of truth and separate the sinful actions of the flesh, from the sinless spirit. Condemn sin, not the sinner. For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit. Cut away the offenses of your carnal foes and begin to recognize all men after the spirit. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. God is in control of all things, good and evil. He has allowed, even ordained the offenses that have come against you. He has conscripted your adversaries to their grim role. When you can see in them the handiwork of God, you are well on the road to agape-love. Henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. Forgiveness is the pearl of sin, the inevitable beauty that must result from every offense. When you sinned, you were forgiven and received the seed of agape-love. This seed of love matures in you as you forgive those around you. Forgiveness and agape are one and the same. One begets the other love fashions forgiveness, which then grows into more love, which then fashions more forgiveness. If agape-love is to grow in you, you must begin to love your enemies. If you love them you will forgive them and release them to the will of their Heavenly Father. I say unto you which hear, Love (agapao) your enemies, do good to them which hate you, bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you. Forgiveness is not some magnanimous display of self-righteousness. It is understanding wrapped in mercy. It is conceived by a discernment that places God sovereignly in control of every event, and every event in the cadre of his love. As you grow to perceive God’s hand in every good and evil, the magic of forgiveness will flutter to life inside you. This is not a loathsome constraint. Forgiveness is a real and effortless outflow of compassion, the powerful first indication that agape-love is maturing in you. Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. Do not listen to petty intellectual arguments for withholding forgiveness. It matters nothing whatever whether your friends are repentant or have begged your mercy. Give no place to revenge or emotional extortion, as these are hallmarks of the carnal mind. Forgiveness costs you nothing. The only thing you give up is your slavery to pain. Only you will steep in the torment of the animosity you retain. And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.

If God is begetting agape-love in you, this is irrespective and separate from his work in any other person. Let your compassion be stronger than your self-pity. Slay your carnality, forgive them, and unleash the glory of agape-love in your spirit. Love (agapao) ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. Both you and the people you now despise sin daily in the unbelief, anger, and evil deeds of the carnal mind. If there is forgiveness for you, then there is forgiveness for them. When ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

Consider the source of their actions and forgive them for being born as a human. Forgive them for inheriting sin from Adam. Forgive them for being made a little lower than the angels. Forgive them for being struck down by the forces of spiritual evil.

Go ahead and forgive them for all of God’s doing. For when you are finished with them, you will finally come blustering into the naked, angry presence of God himself. And there you will have to face the real perpetrator of your troubles. For when you finally realize that God is responsible for the evils in your life, then you will have to forgive him too, and this is by far the hardest of all.

Ultimately, every offense must be reconciled between you and your Heavenly Father. You must respond to him in loving gratitude for the destructions he has brought to your life. As you return to God the same forgiveness that you received from him, you will complete the circuit of love, and forever fuse your relationship into the permanence of begotten agape. Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him.

Now you arrive at your second self-examination. Are you able to dismiss the offenses that have struck to your heart, calling them the wisdom of God? Can you comprehend that evil is the servant of God, recognizing it as part of a greater plan to birth agape-love in you?

If you can do these things then you have learned God’s sovereignty, crucified your self-will, and dispatched forgiveness. You have entered that empyreal habitation where all things contribute to the wonderful purpose of God. This does not mean that you chop off your memory. You do not “forget” sin, neither do you “love evil.” Rather, you love the working of God in your life and count it all a blessing. This one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. If you can dismiss the sting of searing words, the doubts of your worth, and the barbs of remorse, you are exuding already the living emollient of agape-love. But this state is not easily achieved, nor ever found by the timid. As you know by now it is the prize of many battles, the laurels reserved for the greatest warriors who will ever exist. Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. Giving is the secret to an ever growing tide of agape-love in you. Giving is utterly contrary to the selfish devices of the carnal mind and therein lies the certainty that this path leads out of the carnal realm. In all things give thanks, for this is the will of God concerning you in Christ. God is agape-love. When you were a reckless sinner, this love gave you forgiveness, comfort, and instruction. When you start giving these things as he did, you become agape-love, just like he is. For God so loved (agapao) the world, that he gave his only begotten Son. The opportunity to give to those who have betrayed you, brings to you the same circumstances that God provided for himself. To become like your Heavenly Father you must start giving, even to those who failed you. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? … Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. The seed of love thus comes packaged with the commandment to give. Freely ye have received, freely give. Giving is the exercise that develops the muscle of agape-love in you. It is the engine that will accelerate you to the Begotten Realm. Then Jesus beholding him loved (agapao) him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven. All the laws of God are consummated in this one, that love (agape) should flow out from your spirit to those around you, even as it is being matured within you. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love (agapao) thy neighbour as thyself. Jesus Christ affirms this command, instructing you to start giving agape-love. A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love (agapao) one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. As the gifts of selfless love begin to trickle out from your spirit, they wash away the slag of crucifixion. These new rivulets will merge, and increase, joining in power until they run like a raging torrent. Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love (agapao) one another with a pure heart fervently. Now start giving your time, your prayers, your counsel, your encouragement, your resources, and your forgiveness, especially to those who trouble you. For the measure that you use in giving to your enemies, is the same measure that God will use in giving to you. Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together. … For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

Agape-love is the Son of God. Its emergence in your spirit is a true birth in every sense. And like any birth this requires a period of gestation. But while enduring an arduous pregnancy hope tends to ebb. To survive this period of slow, painful progress, you must shift your attention to the future. Change your frame of reference from the slavish, narrow view of current problems, to the grand and eternal perspective of God. Reinforce your endurance by fixing your hope on the result you seek, the birth of love in you. A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. The Sons of God will be born into the substance of agape-love, and this is the anointing called “Christ.” The “Body of Christ” is a group. It is the confederation of the firstborn Sons of God. Each of these Sons must complete his gestation and travail to accomplish the birth of agape-love in his own spirit, just as Jesus Christ demonstrated. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. The maturing of agape-love in your spirit is “Christ” growing in you. But speaking the truth in love (agape), may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ. The hope of this glory is the grandest treasure in existence, for it will transform you into the substance of your Heavenly Father. The mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints … which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. By fixing your hope to this celestial destination, even to Sonship, your faith is daily rejuvenated and your perseverance re-energized. For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end.

Press your hope forward, through the veil, into the unseen future, and grasp there the reality of begotten love in you. Draw this hope to yourself and let it expand within you, burgeoning outward as a storm swirling from within your being.

This height of vision will infuse you with power and your problems will become dwarfed to insignificance. By this hope you are energized for victory, summoning even life from situations of death. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

Now once again take stock of yourself. Check your progress and assess your actions, thoughts, and speech. Let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. Have you endured rejection with patience and kindness? Have you forfeited your own rights, giving to those who slander you? Can you dismiss the willful, evil actions of your fellow man? Have you struck down the anger within you, accepting the cross from your Heavenly Father? Have you suffered the death of self, and ratified the New Covenant in your spirit? Have you entered an impregnable peace, based on your understanding of God’s greater plan? Has your hope laid hold on the supernatural, standing fast against the gremlins who say you can’t have it? These are the indications of agape-love. If these things are in you, then your spirit is being birthed into your Father’s image. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. If these things are not yet complete in you, renew your resolve and begin again. Do not faint or turn back. The battle to become agape-love is the battle for your spiritual existence. If you lose this fight you will forfeit every permanent treasure and remain a prisoner in the carnal realm. This is war, and warriors need enemies. Great warriors need great enemies. Never give up. He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

Agape-love is the ultimate fulfillment of God’s promises, the terminus of your development on earth. Those who die to self and enter into agape-love are the Sons of God, born-again into their Father’s likeness. A great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations. These Sons will enter a new state of existence in the Begotten Realm, clad with a description of deity. I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads. These majestic beings will possess the character, life, and power of God himself. When he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. At the completion of this age the Sons of God will rise in the first resurrection, then seize the angelic realms, subdue the governments of earth, and capture the hearts of men. They will establish a new cosmic order, administering the kingdoms of God with benevolent spectacle. There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. The dominion of these Sons will re-employ the devices of good and evil that first birthed them into the perfection of begotten love. Their “good” will plant phileo-love into those who receive it, and their “evil” will mature this love into agape. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, … shall be able to separate us from the love (agape) of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

All the offspring of Adam shall one day be gathered into the image of God’s love. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But you don’t have to wait. For all this treasure can be won today, by pressing your battle for agape-love. Eagerly pursue and seek to acquire this love, make it your aim, your great quest. 1 Corinthians 14:1 (Amplified)

The Levitical Priesthood of Tennessee

2007-11-07T09:40:00.001-05:00

Adapted from George Gordon's School of Law

Some years ago at the Feast of Tabernacles in Athens, Tennessee, a local preacher who had heard about our meetings approached me and asked if it was true that I practiced the Law of Moses. I replied that it was true. He then asked if I practiced the sacrificial laws. Preceiving that he meant the animal sacrifices associated with the Old Testament rituals, and remembering George Gordon's story, I ask the preacherman if he practiced the Levitical Priesthood in Tennessee. He emphatically denied that he did any such thing, and proceeded to preach me a fire-and-brimstone sermon about Christ crucified, and how Jesus did away with the Law of Moses.

Seeing that the man was a Christian in distress over doctrine, I apologized for my outrageous suggestion the he might be a practitioner of the sacrificial system of the State of Tennessee, explaining that I had heard that the people of Tennessee practiced the Levitical Priesthood, with sacrifices and heave offerings under another name, calling it “The Judicial System”. As he stared at me as if I had just landed in a spaceship from Mars, I asked him if Tennessee had any State Highway Patrol officers. He admitted that they did. I then asked if they had Police, Lawyers, Judges, Courts, Courthouses, Court Rooms with Bars and Benches, and Fines for Criminal activities. Once again he admitted that the County where he lived, and the rest of Tennessee, did have all these things and that they do make up the Judicial System. I told him that since I was from out of State and had only heard that the people of Tennessee were a religious lot, I wanted to be sure that they had the same system that I had back home. Once more he gave me that strange look, and asked how in the world is the Judicial System religious? So I related the following story to him.

Suppose you drive down the road at 80 mph and the policeman, ever vigilant and looking for crimes, sees you and roars off in hot pursuit. When he catches up to you he asks for your drivers’ license, and notes that it does not give you permission to drive 80 mph. He also smells alcohol and sees an open container of beer in you car. You fail a breathalyzer test.

He then arrests you and takes you to the nearest jail from where you are brought before the Judge who is sitting on the Bench behind the Bar in the Courtroom which is in the Courthouse. You are stood beside your Lawyer who is before the Bench and in front of the Bar to enter a plea of guilty, which makes you a Criminal. The Judge gives you a Fine to pay, and assesses Court Costs. If you do not like this, you can appeal to a Higher Court. This is called the Judicial System, or Civil Service.

In Old Testament times this system was called the Levitical Priesthood, and worked in the same way that our Judicial System does. The Policeman of today is the High Priest’s servant who is constantly looking for sin (crime). Sin is the transgression of the Law (1John 3:4). When the High Priest’s servant uncovers your Sin, he arrests you and puts you in the Jail in the Courthouse. Old Courthouses are designed like a Temple and always sat in the town square(in many small towns this arrangement is still the custom), where the High Priest conducts the Temple sacrifices in the Holy Place called the Courtroom today. You, of course, will recognize the High Priest by his long black robe, and you always rise in respect whenever he enters or leaves the Courtroom. The High Priest(Judge) sits behind the Altar (Bench) which is behind the Veil to the Holy Place (Bar). To pass this Veil, and to approach the High Priest requires an Intercessor (Lawyer) who will help you in your prayer (Plea) to the High Priest about your Sin (Crime).

When you plead that you are guilty of this Sin, you become a Sinner (Criminal). The High Priest then imposes a sacrifice of one ram of the first year, which is called a Sin Offering (Fine). He also imposes a Heave Offering (Court Costs) of two turtle doves. If you think you got a raw deal, you can go to Moses through the Aaronic Priesthood in the Holy of Holies (appealing to a Higher Court). This system of law and sacrifice is called the Levitical Priesthood, better known today as the Civil Service, or the Judicial System.

Tennessee is a Sovereign. A Sovereign makes Law. A Lawmaker is god. To violate this Law is Sin. Sin requires a sacrifice as a matter of Law, whether it’s Civil Law or Criminal Law. People who practice the religion of the United States make sacrifices to their god, either voluntarily or involuntarily.

To summarize:

* The Policeman is the High Priest’s servant
* Crime is Sin
* Going to Jail is being put in the Ward of the Temple
* The Courthouse is the Temple
* The Courtroom is the Holy Place
* The Judge is the High Priest
* The Bench is the Altar
* The Bar is the Veil
* The Lawyer is the Intercessor
* The Plea is the Prayer
* Being guilty of the Crime is being guilty of the Sin
* A Criminal is a Sinner
* The Fine is the Sin Offering
* The Court Costs are the Heave Offerings
* The Higher Court is the Holy of Holies
* The Judicial System is the Levitical Priesthood

So, I closed by chiding this Christian preacher a little, reminding him that Christians are the “People of the Book”, and that we all practice the sacrificial system of the Levitical Priesthood every time we go into a Courtroom. I also pointed out that although the Judicial System is patterned after the Levitical Priesthood, it is the dead letter of the Law. Christians are under the Melchisedec Order, the living spirit of the Law. Hebrews 4:14-16 & 5:1-10. With the destruction of the Temple in 70 A.D., the old Levitical priesthood with animal sacrifices was destroyed, never to return. God is our Sovereign and Law giver. Jesus is our High Priest (1 John 2:1-6). A servant obeys his master because he has to... a son obeys his Father because he wants to.

Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. Ecclesiastes 12:13

Is Passover Observance for Christians?

2007-11-07T09:14:00.000-05:00

by:Larry R. Lasiter

Edited and enhanced by Mike Farris... one plants, another waters.

Mention that you observe the Passover, but with New Testament symbols, to most Christians and you will often be asked, “Are you a Christian Jew?” It’s the common conception today that Christianity celebrates Easter and only Jews observe the Passover. But why?

Did you know that Jesus himself, and all the apostles long after His resurrection, taught the converts to Christianity to observe the New Testament Passover? Yep, it’s right there in your Bible, hidden in plain sight. But, first a little background.

The apostle Paul is called the apostle to the gentiles. Most people have been taught that the word “gentile” means anyone who is not a “Jew”. Wrong! The word gentile can also mean nations. Paul was the apostle to the NATIONS of Israel. Jesus said that He came to seek the “lost sheep of the House of Israel”. These are the people who were scattered to the “north and west” (what is now called the UK and other white Christian nations of Europe, and their final earthy possession... North America) and were known as gentiles (Israel nations outside of Judea) by the time Paul was sent to them. The only Israelites left in Judea was a tiny remnant of the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Levi… and all of them were of the House of Judah, not Israel. All of the apostles, except Judas Iscariot, were from tribe of Benjamin. The ten northern tribes had “lost” their Israel identity, so Jesus true to His word chose Paul to go tell them the Messiah had come.

Notice how this understanding makes clear Paul’s statement to the Israelites in Galatia: “Seeing that I have been entrusted with the gospel(Good News of The Kingdom) to the uncircumcised(the Israelites who had forgotten this ordinance) just as Peter with the gospel to the circumcised"(the Israelites who still practiced this custom).Galatians 2:7 Under the New Covenant we know that it is the circumcision of the heart, not the flesh that really matters.

Paul was not one of the original twelve apostles, but was chosen by Jesus after the resurrection. In fact, Paul led a persecution against the early Christian converts, having many arrested. But on the road to Damascus the glorified Jesus struck Paul blind(a wonderful paradox…you have to be blinded to falsehood to see the truth) and revealed to him that He was the Messiah, and commissioned Paul as an apostle(which means, one sent) to preach to the lost House of Israel. All but one of Paul’s letters was to the Churches scattered throughout the nations. And, so were the other letters from Peter, John, and Jude addressed to these same "lost sheep". Israel(the overcomers)is God's firstborn, other children will be "birthed" in their order.

In his first letter to the Israelites in the city of Corinth, Paul wrote: “For Christ OUR PASSOVER also has been sacrificed. LET US therefore CELEBRATE THE FEAST, not with the old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the UNLEAVENED BREAD of sincerity and truth.” 1 Corinthians 5:7-8 Paul was not only teaching these Israel Christians to observe the Passover, but to “celebrate the feast” of unleavened bread which follows it. How can we know that Jesus instructed Paul to teach the Passover observance to new converts? We will soon find the answer in the eleventh chapter of first Corinthians.

First Corinthians is a “letter”, not a “book”. What does this mean? It means that it was composed in a single time frame, and what is mentioned later is connected to something previously stated. And the letter was read to the Churches in Corinth from beginning to end in one sitting. The reference to Passover and Unleavened Bread in chapter 5 would likely mean that the letter arrived in early Spring about the time of their commanded observance.

There must have been a problem with HOW (not if) these new converts were observing the Passover, because Paul corrects them. It appears that some were bringing large meals to eat before the actual Passover, and were eating freely in the presence of brethren who had not brought any food. In chapter 11, verse 20, Paul reminds them that they are not coming together to eat the “Lord’s supper” - meaning that unlike the old testament Passover where a family ate a whole lamb, that their “Lamb” is Jesus and His “meat” is unleavened bread symbolizing “sincerity and truth”. Also, it was the custom under the old law to throw out all leaven from their houses during the seven days of Unleavened Bread. We know now that our body is the “house” (actually Temple) of the Holy Spirit and we are to throw out the ”malice and wickedness ” from THAT house. 1 Corinthians 11:23-26: “For I (Paul) RECEIVED FROM THE LORD that which I ALSO DELIVERED TO YOU, that the Lord Jesus IN THE NIGHT HE WAS BETRAYED took BREAD; and when He had given thanks, He broke it, and said, “THIS IS (the symbol) of MY BODY which is for you, DO THIS IN REMEMBRANCE of ME.” In the same way He took the CUP also, AFTER SUPPER, saying, - “THIS is the NEW COVENANT in MY BLOOD; DO THIS, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.” “For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you PROCLAIM the LORD’S DEATH until He comes.”

Let’s review what Paul just said concerning the New Testament Passover observance. Paul said that he “DELIVERED” to the new converts that which he had “RECEIVED” from the LORD. Paul did not say, “Do this anytime you want to” or “often”. He said, “as often(or when) you do this”, you proclaim the Lord’s death(not His birthday). Passover is an annual MEMORIAL of the Lord’s death. The memorial is on the 14th day of the first month of Spring, the same day the Passover lamb was slain in Egypt which foreshadowed the blessed Lamb to come. Remember Paul instructing us to “celebrate the Feast” of Unleavened Bread earlier in his letter? This shows WHEN we are to partake of the Bread and the Cup… it is the TIME of the Passover at its appointed time.

“The Lord’s appointed times (feasts) which you shall proclaim as HOLY CONVOCATIONS(a holy assembly, but more like a “dress rehearsal”), MY (God’s, not man’s traditions) appointed times are these… In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight is the Lord’s PASSOVER.” Leviticus 23:1,5 On that first Passover in Egypt, a lamb was slain, its blood smeared on the front of the Israelites homes to protect them from DEATH which would pass over them that evening, More than a thousand years later, a Lamb called Jesus gave His life on this very same day. The Passover is a memorial FOREVER, the the blood of the Lamb over the doorposts of our hearts is the ONLY protection we have from the second death.

The New Testament Passover Service

“What does this service mean…”? Exodus 12:24-27

The Old Testament Passover was a type and shadow of the New Testament Passover. Commonly referred to as “the Lord’s Supper’” or “holy communion”, man-made denominations offer a variety of dates and customs. Some take communion annually, but not at the time set by Yahweh God. Others eat the Lord’s supper for breakfast every Sunday morning; still others take it daily, weekly, or quarterly… ignoring the instructions of the God they claim to worship.

Yahweh explained to Moses how important the very first Passover was… it literally was the difference between life and death! Yahweh made Passover an ordinance forever. Contrary to popular custom, Easter is not an acceptable “Christian” substitute for a “Jewish” passover. Christians are not commanded to keep Christ’s birthday or resurrection day. They are commanded to keep the true Passover of the Lord, and teach it to their children patterned after the example of Jesus as recorded in the Holy Scriptures.

How Is The Correct Date For Passover Calculated?

The idea that the Jews have preserved a true biblical calendar is totally erroneous. And the Gregorian calendar with the “new year” starting in the dead of winter effectively hides the truth of Scripture. The most reliable calendar in the universe is the sun because it never varies from its appointed course, and cannot be manipulated by man. The Spring equinox is the beginning of months, the true Biblical New Year, just as the Autumn equinox is the first day of the seventh Biblical month. With these two immutable witnesses, we can be certain that we are following the correct time for the Lord’s appointed Feasts. The moon has absolutely nothing to do with keeping time, and is one of the erroneous assumptions that many people make because they believe the “jews”.

The Biblical month of Abib corresponds to March/April and runs from March 20 to April 19. Passover is ALWAYS observed on the evening of Abib 14 which is April 2. Passover never moves from that date like the lunar calendar does. It is an annual memorial to “proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes.” 1 Corinthians 11:23-29 All the annual Feasts, or Holy Days, recorded in Leviticus 23 are SET from the Spring and Autumn equinoxes. The only Feast that “moves” is Pentecost (called the Feast of Weeks) which means “count fifty” days (or 7 weeks) from the day after the Sabbath within the Days of Unleavened Bread. Pentecost is always observed on Sunday.

Once a Christian has been exposed to Truth, they must search the scriptures to see if these things are so. They cannot and must not follow the traditions of organized religion in the place of God’s instructions. If you are unable to meet with other Christians at Passover time, start a Biblical tradition at home.

Passover Service At Home

After serving a full supper meal on the evening (after sunset) of Abib 14 (April 2), clear the dishes from the table, and place some unleavened bread and fruit of the vine (this can be plain grape juice or red wine… both are “fruit of the vine”. Gather the family around the table, including the children… Passover is for the whole family. Read the following scriptures aloud.

The reason for Passover………………………………. Exodus 12:1-14

What does this service mean?………………………..Exodus 12:24-27

A statute forever………………………………………….. Leviticus 23:1-14

The New Testament Passover - Just Do What Jesus Did

The Breaking of the Bread………………………….Matthew 26:17-26
Mark 14:22
Luke 22:19
The Cup………………………………………………………Matthew 26:27-29
Mark 14:23-25
Luke 22:20
The Hymn……………………………………………………Matthew 26:30
Mark 14:26

Read Psalm 118:19-24
Sing verse 24 or another hymn from the Psalms

This concludes the Passover service. Spend the rest of the evening discussing Passover and praising Yahweh for so great a salvation. Because HE has not forgotten us, we should not forget Him.

Passover is such an important event that it’s the only Feast that God allows a “make up”… on the 14th day of the second month of Ziv… May 3rd. Numbers 9:1-14

Finding God In Physics

2007-11-07T09:07:00.000-05:00

Chapter One from FINDING GOD IN PHYSICS by RoyMasters

B i g B a n g ’ s L i t t l e P r o b l e m

”For the scientist who has lived by faith in the power of his reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a small band of theologians, who have been sitting there for centuries.”

Astrophysicist Robert Jastrow

The fact that the universe appears to be expanding leads cosmologists to conclude the universe was created by a hot, explosive event they call the “Big Bang.” However, there are some questions with regard to this theory, beginning with the little problem of the “singularity,” that infinitely dense, infinitely hot mass which science says caused the explosion. How did it get there in the first place, and where did all the heat come from? And then there’s the big problem of time; when did it exist, and how? In the process of considering these and other limitations of a hot bang theory, another possibility of creation comes to mind—a cold bang that requires no pre-bang mass or time, but simply requires God.Science says, rightly in my view, that the universe is expanding. But even with our light-sensitive technology, how do we really know? If we are indeed peering across billions of light years of space as they say, looking backwards into time at light reaching our telescopes from an expanding universe, then is it not possible that the expansion we see coming from the past is no longer happening back there right now? What is happening out there in the distant galaxies will surely not be seen for another few billion years. So how can we be so sure of an ever-expanding universe, merely by observation? What we see now is really ancient history. For all we know, the universe could already be collapsing. I am only trying to make the point that there are some things in science that cannot be fathomed by calculation based on observation. Observation as scientific technique cannot go far enough. It needs the partner of Einsteinian intuitive observation (looking through the mind’s eye) based on sound philosophical theory establishing principles which then can be confirmed through scientific observation.

Pure scientific observation is not enough to complete the cosmological quest. Telescopes which can only register starlight reaching us now from billions of years ago cannot possibly know what is happening to those stars where they are now. It is not that telescopes are wrong in what they observe; they are just physically too time bound. Of course, empirical research in cosmology is always physically time bound and thus always limited.

The startling reality of Einstein’s achievements is that he leaped ahead of empirical science through his unique intuitive approach. His inspired deductive powers gave mankind an understanding far ahead of mere mortal observation. The reason Einsteinian science is so important as a partner to observation is that there is a natural limit to human observation, a barrier beyond which we cannot go. Because we are time bound, there is a limit to what we can see, and thus, Einsteinian second sight, not being time bound, can penetrate the natural barrier of space/time and fathom the mysteries that elude our telescopes.

At the risk of belaboring the point, let me put this another way. What if there were an astronomer on some far flung planet in space, billions of light years away, looking at us with our light that has traveled all that distance in time to him? Could he not conclude that our movement is away from him, due to light’s red shift? Could he not be under the same impression as we are in perceiving a young universe in its early stages? So which way is the past? And which way is out? It’s all relative to who does the looking.

There is no way of knowing by observation what is happening out there now. As far as past and future are concerned, it is not possible to know about a “beginning” from our frame of reference. We simply don’t know where it is or which way it is. It matters not that we on Earth are moving out with this so-called universal expansion. The fact remains that we are looking out at billions of years of ancient cosmological events, and they (if alien astronomers exist), looking back at us, would see us as nearer to the beginning of the creation event.

Now, the universe may well be expanding, but as I said, some things cannot ever be known by calculation from observation, simply because a calculation based upon such things as “which way is past” is flawed.

Questioning the Big Bang Theory

Let us look at the basic problem of an atheistic Big Bang Creation Theory which begins with “something” infinitely dense and infinitely hot—whatever that means—with no explanation about what it really is, whence it came, or how it actually came into being. It is claimed that the entire universe sprang from what physicists call a singularity, perhaps “something” only as large as the period at the end of this sentence. Whatever the size, the very concept of an already existing “something” (large or small) is a contradiction in terms of science. In a real beginning, none of the laws of science would have existed. There was no such thing as size, dimension, mass, time, length, depth, width, heat, not to mention the dynamics of what they call a “bang.”
A mass of infinite density, infinite temperature, infinitely small and compressed, is an already existing creation. So we must ask ourselves this question: What is this “thing”—infinitely small, dense, and hot—that already existed before the “Big Bang”? From where did it come, and how did it exist without time and space in which to exist? Nothing can exist in this dimension without space/time to precede its existence.

Order to Chaos to Order?

A clump of infinite density cannot possibly explain creation. Who or what made this lump so compressed that when it was unleashed or unlocked, it exploded into the infinite expanse of the universe? What is the mechanism that triggered the bang? Again, we are alluding to laws of science that didn’t yet exist. And what is the underlying law of a chaotic explosion like the Bang? Can lightning strike a junkyard and create a brand new Mercedes? Where is the meaningful unfolding order, the scientific progression of causes and effects? A big bang is an explosive/destructive thermodynamic event. It is a blowing up, a flying apart process; it is a breaking up or down process; it is an “expanding” descent from “order” to chaos, from hot to cold. According to the laws of thermodynamics we should be going from efficiency to inefficiency, leading to a dying universe. (I am not saying the laws of thermodynamics don’t apply; they just don’t apply to the initial process of creation.)

But what process am I really describing? Behold, a creation made of an endless procession of wonders. Not a universe breaking down, but one coming together, unfolding logically from one principle into another—hydrogen becoming stars, and stars giving light as they change their hydrogen fuel into the heavier elements, the substance of which planets and living things here on earth are made. And before hydrogen? A similar process of unfolding, creating the tiniest particles, the building blocks of the elements themselves, and all following a pattern formed out of an initial, orderly, creative principle, rather than a destructive, chaotic event.

The “Big Bang” Time Problem

The problem of time is twofold. First, for a Big Bang creation event to happen, time would have to precede the event. The question is: How does it do that? What is the dynamic that would cause the existence of time before any creation event? Scientists are not clear on this question. They have another problem with time. In their concept of a Big Bang creation event, the Bang would cause time “wind” to ripple or blow in an outward motion from the center of the explosion. In other words, although omnidirectional from a center frame of reference, from our point of view time would have to be consistently one-directional. And yet, I believe I can show time as a consistently omnidirectional wind, meaning it comes from all directions at once—the effect being that time predictably slows down as we move in any particular direction. If the Big Bang model were true, the effect on time would be quite different. The reason is that if time were one-directional, and you were driving with the time “wind” in the same direction, time would begin to slow down as you caught up with the time wind. However, if you traveled in the opposite direction towards the “Big Bang center,” then the time wind would have to “blow harder” against you, and hence time would move faster, relative to you. This does not happen. A clock ticks consistently slower in every direction that one chooses to travel through space. Therefore, time cannot be one-directional.

Furthermore, how can we explain a Big Bang creation event without time preceding it? Events can happen only in time. Were there no time, there could be no procession of causes and effects. For a Big Bang to occur, time had to precede the event—and that’s impossible. Why? Because even if it did exist before the explosion, how could time escape the phenomenal gravity that would inevitably result from such an inexplicably dense mass—so dense, in fact, that it is not really “mass” as we know it?

Consider the mind-boggling gravity of a black hole, believed to be a star collapsed in on itself; this pales by comparison to the “original” density we are discussing. And yet, a black hole is supposed to be mass of such inconceivable density and compression that a teaspoon of such matter might weigh five million tons on earth. Its gravity is so powerful that everything—matter, light, even time itself—gets sucked in, disappearing down a drain hole where all known laws of science cease, and nothing more happens.

But no matter how dense a black hole might be (and they say there are quasars that can swallow whole galaxies), nothing that we know of could possibly compare with the gravitational pull of that mythical, original singularity that supposedly caused the Big Bang. What physicists describe as infinitely hot, infinitely compressed, infinitely dense, unimaginably small, etc., this pre-bang density would have a gravity of such magnitude that nothing could possibly escape it, not even time. What “pushing out” force can overcome such a “pulling in” gravity?

Of course, all this theorizing ignores the simple question: Who or what created the original density? Something already created certainly can’t be called a creation event. Clearly they are saying that the universe had a beginning; but then by all logic, it should have a Beginner, an uncreated Creator. After all, the laws of science are profoundly suggestive of an ordering Mind. And yet science keeps leaving Him out of the event by starting the universe with an already existing “lump.” Is the “lump” itself to be considered the Prime Mover of all existence and maker of the laws thereof? Can you seriously imagine all the profound complexities of the universe coming from a mindless lump?

Universal Geometry of Motion and Stillness

This book is about creation through an energy field scintillating in the darkness, creation out of what appears to be a nothing before time began. Black holes are not necessarily destructive; rather, they may be expressions of creation happening billions of years ago, witnessed now through our telescopes. Creation, I say, is a geometric symphony, an endless variation of motions and stillnesses. Here, the word nothing is quite precise, because matter is composed of an extra-dimensional no-thing, yet-to-be things. The key principle presented here is that matter and the progression of matter are made of an unrolling variation of one geometrical theme—original motion and stillness (energy and the apparent absence of energy). While motion can exist only with a relative stillness to define it, perfect creation stillness is able to exist without motion; all other “stillnesses” are relative stillnesses, which is to say they are in motion. All the building blocks of nature have some kind of nucleus-center that is relatively still compared with the motions around it. Just as these relatively still “centers” are essential for the existence of matter, so is a perfect inertial center also essential for the existence of the whole universe.

If the universe is in motion (and we know it is), then there must be an absolute rest to define that motion. This absolute stillness surrounded by the “all” of absolute motion establishes a pattern followed by the rest of the universal building blocks, from atoms to planets. Atoms and planets involve relative motions with relative stillnesses at their centers; however, in the case of the creation event, this still center is not relative but must be a pivotal point of absolute rest—The Absolute Rest Center—the unmoved Mover of all things that are created and that move.
Can a solar system exist as a complete whole without a central and (relatively) still sun? Would it remain a solar system? Obviously not. Can wheels turn without an axle? Can atoms exist without their nuclei? Would they remain atoms? No, they would be reduced to something less than themselves. Everything orbits, circumorbits, cycles, or circles around some kind of center-event-cause. Even plants and other living things revolve in life and death cycles.

Can you think of anything in your life, or in this universe, that doesn’t involve such a system? Even man’s life ought to revolve around, and be centered in, his Creator. The redeemed, spiritually in-breathed man (God-centered) manifests the ultimate physical and metaphysical cycle, the living, breathing poetry of ultimate motion and rest.

The question once again is, can the universe, in absolute motion, exist without an absolute inertial rest to define it? In the context of Einstein’s theory, the answer is no, for in his view nothing can be considered to be in motion unless it’s compared to something relatively at rest.
Plato said that time and the succession of change is the moving image of eternity according to number. The absolute place of Universal Stillness, which gave birth to Original Motion, is the model from which all relative motions and relative stillnesses derive. Without these centers of relative stillness defining the motions that become the geometric progression called creation (a universe made of an infinite variety of interconnecting, spinning, orbiting, circumorbiting balls), there could be no creation.

The Geometry of One

The ancient Greek mathematician Pythagoras maintained that “one” is not a number, but the underlying continuum initially containing and giving birth to all numbers. And that “one” is the underlying unity and starting point for all systems, the root nature of all things, ourselves, the earth, and the universe. Modern science confirms his mathematics of creation. Of what, may we ask, are the elements comprised? Numbers, atomic numbers. A hydrogen atom differs in properties from a lead atom only because its nuclear properties differ, meaning the number of “moons” (electrons) that are circumorbiting an equivalently numbered, but differently charged nucleus. The essences themselves aren’t different, only their charge and their numbers.
The energy essence that makes up the electrons of the hydrogen atom is the same as the essence of those of the lead atom—electrons are electrons in both. And the same with the protons and neutrons in the nucleus. It is only the numbers that change the properties of the respective elements, giving them spectacular new forms and functions, from the giant redwood tree to a sparkling diamond. What I am saying is that from the first “One” in the beginning, everything is everything else in a creation symphony, a geometry of never-ending, complex, orbiting numbers—just as Pythagoras’s never-ending complexity of numbers developed out of the simplicity of one. It is the geometric growth of one added to itself, and so on, in a spectacular creative flow—and not a “bang” produced by a lump.

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The Seven Primordial Epochs

2007-11-07T09:01:00.000-05:00

by John Smith

Okay I must admit there are some articles that are more fun to write than others. This is one of those articles. Over twenty five years ago many of the teachers who exposed my family to the truth of our physical inheritance in Abraham also exposed us to many other “unconventional truths”. One of those ideas was the concept that the seven days of creation in Genesis 1 actually referred to seven epochs lasting hundreds of thousands of years or more, instead of twenty four hour periods.

As the years progressed I have been exposed to the “Creation Science” thoughts held by many insisted on a “young Earth” less than 7,000 years old. It has always been striking to me that while the proponents of these theories are always quick to insist they don’t believe in evolution, their theories related to the “young Earth” hypothesis and the corollary of a global flood in the days of Noah, actually believe in an evolutionary process taking place in only six thousand years. Proponents of belief system reject that idea that creatures slowly evolved through a process of natural selection over the course of millions of years, and instead insist that all races of man, and the different species of animals, insects, and birds evolved from the sampling of creatures on Noah’s Ark which sailed less than 4000 years ago. The idea that every race of man and most of the animals on earth could have “evolved” into the diversity we see today is even more preposterous than the notion that they evolved over the course of millions of years.

Furthermore, it is always striking to me that “Creation Scientists” in particular will embrace “evidence” as a matter of faith. Noticeably absent from their thought process is the normal and healthy process of scepticism and critical analysis. On the contrary anyone who questions the latest “proof” is labeled a “anti-Christ” or even worse an “evolutionist”.

It was refreshing to come across the work of Dr. Hugh Ross, who himself professes a belief in our Savior, and a critical understanding of scientific evidence pertaining to the geologic / fossil record of the ancient happenings on our beautiful planet. While he rejects the idea of biological evolution, he points out that the fossil record clearly portrays the process outlined in Genesis. He has done a great deal of research and makes excellent presentations showing that science and scripture can be in complete harmony even without the fanciful ideas expressed by those claiming to be “Creation Scientists”. While I would heartily embrace, and deeply appreciate the work of Dr. Ross I also recognize that he is also a man, and that his work also likely contains errors often linked to his misunderstanding of scripture and Yahweh’s plan for us.

Before I present the research I have discovered through my own investigation, please let me make one thing crystal clear. Under no circumstances do I embrace, support, advocate or mean to elude to the idea of biological evolution or “speciation”. There is no rational scientific evidence to suggest that any species has ever morphed into another species. There might be similarities in the anatomies of some lizards and some rodents, but that does not suggest that one evolved from the other. Rather, that they were created to endure similar circumstances or environments.

Instead of a biological mutation from one species into another I believe in a series of specific creations and catastrophes that altered the population of our planet, as the environment and topography changed. One group would be entirely wiped out and replaced with a new creation by Yahweh of another sometimes similar species more suited to the new environment or circumstances.

I do not believe that dinosaurs “evolved” into birds. Rather I believe they were each created for a distinct and specific purpose, but had significant biological similarities. Yahweh created specific animals to fill their place in the ecosystems of each successive age of his creative process preparing earth to be inhabited by his children. Animals, birds, reptiles, gastropods and fish did not evolve, but the environment did.

One of the most important aspects of this knowledge is the understanding is the recognition of the methods Yahweh uses to create. Yahweh uses natural forces that often appear to be catastrophic to produce outcomes that we would perceive as being supernatural. The ancient history of our planet is evidence that at times his actions can be perplexing, but at all times are working according to a perfect plan to produce an outcome motivated by perfect divine agape love. Just as Yahweh brought a host of natural elements together to fashion the earth into a host for life, so to he uses apparently destructive processes into our personal lives to develop His Spiritual life within us.

Both his spiritual and physical laws are in perfect harmony, working together to make us into His image and likeness. Even the most radical of Evolutionists would admit that the time periods they suggest are at best educated guesses, based on the assumption of constants in elements of change. Catastrophes and radical circumstances could drastically alter the time frame, but the laws of physics (just as divine and the ten commandments) won’t support the “Young Earth” idea. So it is reasonable to take the “millions” and “billions” listed below with a “grain of salt”, but the fact that we are talking about a creative process lasting MUCH longer than 6000 years cannot be avoided.

My Journey To God

2007-11-07T08:54:00.004-05:00

by Mike Farris

On Wednesday, September 23, 1998, which I later learned was the first day of the 7th month on the Biblical calendar, and is also the Feast of Trumpets (Leviticus 23:24), I was in deep despair. At age 35, I had lost all hope. I had used drugs for 18 years, my wife of eight years had left me, taking my two young children with her. I had laid out from work that day to write a suicide letter and to make final plans to end my misery. My plan was to park my pickup truck in the employee parking lot, very early Thursday morning before anyone else came to work, and run a hose from the exhaust pipe so someone would find my dead body… but God had other plans.

About 8 o’clock Wednesday night, a friend (I call him my “angel” now) came to my house to ask me to get a tire for his motorcycle. He could see that my eyes were red from crying; and I told him of my suicide plan. While I was gone to get the tire, my friend called a preacher he knew and when I returned he handed the phone to me and said “someone” wants to speak to you.

The voice on the phone said, “I hear you got trouble.” I said, “Yes, I’m going to end all my trouble tomorrow.” He said, “Are you telling me you don’t want your life anymore?” I said, “Yeah, I’m going to kill myself.” What he said next changed my life. “GOOD!”, he said, “If you don’t want your life, give it to the Lord.”

Now, I had not been to church since I was eleven years old, and at the time I was talking to this preacher I was a complete Bible illiterate, but something came over me with such force that I felt God’s holy spirit enter my body, and I felt a peace I had never experienced before.

I said, “Lord Jesus, I give my life to you. Please tell me what to do.” The preacher man said, “You’ll be alright now.” And he hung up the phone. I told my motorcycle buddy to go on home, I would be OK. Within 10 minutes, my dad who lives 140 miles away called and asked was I OK? He had just gotten a strong urge to call me about 9:30 that night. I was still shaken from my experience, and told my dad all that had happened to me that day, and that I had just given my life to Christ. My dad said, “That’s great. Do you need me to come stay with you tonight?” I said, “No, you have to work and so do I, I’ll be OK.” My dad said, “OK son, I’ll see you this week-end.”

That night I slept the most peaceful rest I have ever had. The next morning, Father Yahweh gave me the first word of His message to me… T-H-A-T, THAT! I didn’t know then that there were six more words to follow in the next ten days, so I had no idea what “THAT” meant. All I knew it was from God and it was for me. I told everyone at work what had happened to me and they could see the change in me. But no one could tell me the meaning of THAT.

The next day, Friday, September 25th, God gave me the word CONDITION; still no meaning. Then Saturday, He gave me DEDICATION. My dad came that afternoon and I told him about the words that God was giving me, but my dad didn’t know the meaning either. My dad spent the night with me and Sunday morning we went to church together… the first time in over 20 years.

On Sunday, I received the word VERSATILITY. Monday, the word CO-DEPENDENT. Tuesday and Wednesday, no new words. Thursday, October 1st, I went to visit my grandmother and spent the night at her house and got the word, INTERPRETATION. Friday, October 2nd, which is the 10th day of the 7th month (Leviticus 23:27), I received the word… COMMANDMENT. Since then I have not received any new words. I waited until Thanksgiving to tell my dad that the words had stopped coming. My dad who has been a Christian for over 28 years, asked me to give him all the words I had received with the dates and days of the week they occurred on to see if there was a pattern or hidden code that Father Yahweh was revealing to me. The following is what the Holy Spirit revealed to my dad on December 9, 1998.

Yahweh gave you seven words, the number of spiritual completeness. In six days, or six words in this case, God created a new life in you; and on the 7th day He rested and gave you rest from all your troubles. Starting on the Feast of Trumpets which is an announcement of things to come, you received :

1. THAT: “clearness, purity, sincerity.”
2. CONDITION: “a premise upon which the fulfillment of an agreement or covenant depends.”
3. DEDICATION: ” self-sacrificing devotion.”
4. VERSATILITY: “many-sided, ability, capacity or usefulness of many kinds.”
5. CO-DEPENDENT: “relying on another for support.”
6. INTERPRETATION:”to understand in light of individual belief, judgement, or circumstance.”
7. COMMANDMENT: “something that is ordered by Almighty Yahweh.”

Here is the message of the seven words. When you gave your life to Christ unconditionally, your heavenly Father said if you are willing to do THAT (Hebrews 11:6) upon the CONDITION that I, Yahweh, will fulfill My covenant with you, then I will give you My salvation so your DEDICATION and VERSATILITY are not CO-DEPENDENT on anything or anyone except Yahshua the Messiah (Acts 4:12). Then I, Yahweh, will open the door of INTERPRETATION so you will understand in light of your individual circumstance (Job 42:5) that you may keep My COMMANDMENT. And this is My COMMANDMENT, that you agape-love one another that your joy may be full (John 15:1-17). Father Yahweh gave you the 7th word on the Day of Atonement which means at-one-ment with your heavenly Father; for absolutely without doubt, this is the destiny of every begotten Son of Yahweh. Amen and Amen.

This is the true testimony of my son, Robert Michael Farris. Not everyone will find God in the dramatic way my son did, however, you have the same promise… “seek and you will find, knock and the door will be opened unto you…” To help you on your journey, I highly recommend the book, SonPlacing by Garrison Russell; available online at SonPlacing

Also, start reading your Bible and just let it speak directly to you. If the Book says do a certain thing, do it. If the Book says not to do certain things, don’t do it. Your pastor or church organization mean well, but they cannot give you what they don’t have. Yahshua (Jesus) is the ONLY person who can give you Life and Peace… listen to Him.

The Purpose of Education

2007-11-07T08:51:00.000-05:00

by Mark R. Rushdoony

Man is not primarily a rational being; he is a creature of faith. His reasoning is based on what he believes or assumes to be true. This is because man is a creature. His being and thought structure are derivative, not creative. Man created nothing. Man finds himself a transient resident in God’s world, governed by God’s law. Man’s rebellion does not change who he is, who God is, or the ordering of His universe.

Man’s rebellion does skew his entire understanding of his world. When men begin by believing Satan’s lie that they can “be as gods, knowing good and evil” (Gen. 3:5), they assume all matters are their prerogative: ethics, science, religion, and all else. Once man bases his reasoning on faith in his own version of truth, he then tries to apply his new truth universally. All faiths move toward a universal application. If something is true, it follows that other things are not true. In public education we see the predominant humanism excluding all Christian expressions; one view of truth must logically exclude all others.

To man in rebellion against God, the world is a mass of data in need of interpretation. Man has long sought some idea by which he can interpret the world, some master principle he can apply to reality. But as a sinner, man tends to prefer some way of interpreting facts that serves his purpose.

The great master principle since Darwin has been evolution. It is the framework that holds modern thought together. It is of value to man not because it makes sense, but because it allows his faith in himself: it allows man to intellectually justify what he wants to believe. This is why Marx and Engels were elated when Darwin first published his Origin of Species; his naturalism meant that history had to be interpreted in terms of material concerns.

Now let us look at the scope of what the Word of God covers. The Bible gives us the beginning of the universe, its ultimate end, its moral law, and man’s access to its Sovereign. In doing so it gives the direction of history, the basis of science in God’s ordering and creative act, and a thorough understanding of how man is to view the world and act in it, both in his calling and personal life. The Bible gives the very big, wide-angle view of all of human history and yet forces man to come face to face with his own personal life and actions down to the thoughts of his heart. It tells man where he falls into the big picture. The Bible gives an amazing amount of information, given its size.

Christian education is driven by the Bible’s big picture and its relevance to the individual. It addresses what the creation, salvation, and redemption of God means to human history, but also to man’s culture, his family, and his own personal accountability. Education in terms of the Word of God points man to God’s mercy and man’s calling in terms of his duty faithfully to serve his Lord.

Christian education does not seek a master principle, because it serves the Master. It follows not the Master’s principles, but His eternal law-word. It serves not some big idea of God but the sovereign yet very personal God who reveals Himself in His Word.

For the Christian who serves God as a person, not an idea, and who submits to His Word as law, not as a principle, reality is understood as centered on the throne of God. Sinners love to follow ideas and principles. Ideas are necessarily products of, and developed by, the minds of men. They are applied in various ways, molded to different situations, and debated and altered as man’s collective wisdom decrees. Eventually ideas may be discarded if men deem them no longer helpful. Likewise principles, though conceptually more enduring, are also subject to man’s multiple applications and qualifications. Ideas are not absolute as is the revelation of the Creator and Sustainer of the universe. Principles are not eternal commandments of God.

The purpose of Christian education is to remove all conceptual pretenses to man’s sovereignty and direct the student (of any age) to God as the source of all understanding. Man then is instructed to submit to God as Lord, not to regulate Him via ideas as controlled by man’s reason or principles selectively applied at man’s discretion.

Moreover, when we look to God as the source of all reality, we must see all His attributes and gifts together. If we take one or a few attributes of God that we prefer, and isolate them, we create an abstract God, one isolated from the God of Scripture.

When Scripture says “God is love,” it does not mean man can take his artificial, emotional, romanticized idea of love and hold God accountable to it. That would be to make an idol of this artificial god. Rather, “God is love” means that man understands what love is: he conforms his idea of love to the revelation of God in Scripture. “God is love” directs us in our understanding of “love,” not our definition of God. This means that God’s love does not in any way preclude His judgment, just as God’s grace never precludes His justice. We cannot abstract ideas about or even individual attributes of God and call them God, nor can we extract principles and call them commandments.

We are called to submit ourselves, our thinking, our families, our callings, and our lives to all that God is. We submit to the God of Scripture, not the limited god we conceptualize. This is our calling as the people of God and the purpose of all education.
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Rev. Mark R. Rushdoony is president of Chalcedon and Ross House Books. He is also editor-in-chief of the Chalcedon Report and Chalcedon’s other publications.

Letter From A Father

2007-11-07T08:32:00.002-05:00

My dearest child,

You may not know much about me, but I know everything about you…. Psalm 139:1
I know when you sit down and when you rise up…Psalm 139:2
I am familiar with all your ways… Psalm 139:3
Even the very hairs on your head are numbered… Matthew 10:29-31
For you were made in my image… Genesis 1:27
In me you live and move and have your being… Acts 17:28
For you are my offspring… Acts 17:28

I knew you even before you were conceived… Jeremiah 1:4-5
I chose you when I planned creation… Ephesians 1:11-12
You were not a mistake ,for all your days are written in my book… Psalm 139:15-16
I determined the exact time and place of your earthly birth… Acts 17:26
You are fearfully and wonderfully made… Psalm 139:14
I knitted you together in your mother’s womb… Psalm 139:13
And brought you forth on the day you were born… Psalm 71:6

I have been misrepresented by those who don’t know me..John 8:41-44
I am not distant and angry; I am the complete statement of love… 1 John 4:16
And it is my desire to lavish my love on you… 1 John 3:1
Simply because you are my child and I am your Father… 1 John 3:1
I offer you more than your earthly father ever could… Matthew 7:11
For (absolutely without doubt) I am the perfect Father… Matthew 5:48
Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand… James 1:17
For I am your provider and I meet all your needs… Matthew 6:31-33

My plans for your future have always been filled with hope… Jeremiah 29:11
Because I love you with an everlasting love… Jeremiah 31:3
My thoughts toward you are countless as the sand on the seashore… Psalm 139:17
And I rejoice over you with singing… Zephaniah 3:17
I will never stop doing good to you… Jeremiah 32:40
For you are my treasured possession… Exodus 19:5
I desire to establish you with all my heart and all my soul… Jeremiah 32:41
And I will show you great and marvelous things… Jeremiah 33:3
If you seek me with all your heart, you will find me… Deuteronomy 4:29
Delight in me and I will give you the desires of your heart… Psalm 37:4
For it is I who gave you those desires… Philippians 2:13

I am able to do more for you than you could possibly imagine… Ephesians 3:20
For I am your greatest encourager… 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
I am also the Father who comforts you in all your troubles… 2 Corinthians 1:3-4
When you are brokenhearted, I am close to you… Psalm 34:18
As a shepherd carries a lamb, I have carried you close to my heart… Isaiah 40:11
One day I will wipe away every tear from your eyes… Revelation 21:3-4
And I will take away all the pain you have suffered on earth… Revelation 21:3-4

I am your Father, and I love you as I loved my first-born son, Jesus… John 17:23
For in Yahshua (his Hebrew name), my love for you is revealed… John 17:26
He is the exact representation of my being… Hebrews 1:3
I send Him to earth to demonstrate that I am for you, not against you… Romans 8:31
And to tell you that I am not counting your sins… 2 Corinthians 5:19
For you are the apple of my eye… Deuteronomy 32:10

Yahshua died so that you and I could be reconciled… 2 Corinthians 5:18
His death was the ultimate statement of my love for you… 1 John 4:10
I gave up everything I loved that I might gain your love… Romans 8:31-32

When you receive the gift of my son Yahshua, you also receive me … 1 John 2:23
And nothing will ever separate you from me again… Romans 8:38-39
For it has not even entered into your mind all the things I have in store for you… 1 Corinthians 2:9
When it’s time for you to come home, I’ll throw the biggest party heaven has ever seen… Luke 15:7
I have always been Father, and will always be Father… Ephesians 3:14-15
My question is, will you seek my Kingdom and righteousness?… Matthew 6:33
I am waiting for you… Luke 15:11-32

Love, Your Father, Yahweh

P.S. I answer all knee-mail.

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To really understand the agape (Divine) love of God, read the book, SonPlacing, by Garrison Russell.

Faith and Freedom America

2007-11-06T10:37:00.003-05:00

by Mike Farris

AN OPEN LETTER TO AMERICA:

Greetings to you in the name , and authority of, YAH-Shua the Anointed King (aka Jesus the Christ), Ruler of Heaven and Earth, which includes all civil governments. Psalms 24:1 and Matthew 28:18

If you are not aware, there are two governmental systems at work in the world. One is the Kingdom of Heaven with its Laws, Statutes, and Judgements which are are always true, right and good for its Citizens who are called Christian/Sheep. The other is the government of unregenerated man which I call the Baal/Wolf system with its rules, regulations, and policies which always leads to corruption, abuse of power, and injustice. Both of these systems are necessary, just as “good” and “evil” are nesessary. God always gives us a choice; He never forces us to trust and obey Him. God sets before mankind only two choices…Life or Death, therefore choose life.

The Sheep have a Shepherd/King and the Shepherd has Laws of Right and Wrong. The Wolf System has an alpha-wolf and the alpha-wolf has policy (might makes right) which they call “legal” and “illegal”. And of course, the Alpha-Wolf makes all the rules; he decides what is to his advantage. The Sheep are hard working, productive, and for the most part, peace-loving creatures. These very qualities make it easy for the wolves to exhort (obtain by threats, force, fraud, or abuse of power) most of the Sheep’s money, property, and freedom. A shrewd and criminal Constructive Fraud has been perpetrated over America (the Promised Land YAH gave to His Sheep) by the Wolf under counterfeit “color of law”. The Wolf forces the Sheep to pay a “tax” they do not owe; and makes the Sheep buy a “license” for everything (even marriage) they ordinarily have a RIGHT to do. Many imposter laws could be repealed if the Sheep would only listen to their Shepherd instead of the “wolves in sheep’s clothing” who stand in their 501(c)3 pulpits and lie to the Sheep. “Choose you this day whom you will serve”; and in another place it is written: “you cannot serve two masters.”

Since the founding of this once Christian Nation, under God, with Liberty and Justice for all, there has been a steady assault on the God-given Rights of the Sheep. However, the Wolf has absolutely no control or authority over you unless you allow yourself to be placed under his jurisdiction. The Shepherd/King said, “come out her (the Wolf System) My people, that you be not partakers of her sins (fraud, deceit, extortion, etc.), and you receive not her plagues” (things or persons that torment, vex, annoy, trouble, offend). Sound familiar? If you are not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem. Example: sending your children to the Wolf school system, and re-electing Wolves. Wolves eat Sheep and must gain entrance into the Sheepfold… never re-elect anybody! Public service is a brief civic duty, not a career…tenure corrupts

You may think this letter sounds like some “anti-government-radical-extremist” (wolf propaganda) who hates Wolves and wants to “force” God’s Laws on everyone. NOT SO! As a Christian/Sheep, I love you enough to tell you the TRUTH… wrong is always wrong… and right is always right… even when the Wolf System says differently. Sheep are not “anti-government”… we are anti-corrupt-government.

You can help fix this corrupted system by making copies of this letter and sending it to family, friends, government personnel, media, schools, lawyers, accountants, bankers, clergy, and others who have been misinformed by the Wolf System. This letter will only raise awareness… nothing good will happen until the Sheep start practicing what they preach… i.e. obedience to the Shepherd/King’s Law. Faith without action is dead.Nothing puts the fear of God into a Wolf quicker than an informed and active flock of Sheep who only listen to their Shepherd.

In the 28th chapter of Deuteronomy, God makes it very clear that He will give us a choice of whether we want to receive His blessings or His curses. Failure to obey God is at the root of all our problems - personally and nationally: read the article
Divine Law listed in the blog archives.

“If My people (the Sheep) which are called by My name (authority), shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from THEIR wicked ways (following Wolf policy), THEN will I (the Shepherd/King) hear from from Heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land (America) 2 Chronicles 7:14

And Eli-Yah (this name means my Mighty One is YAH) came unto ALL the people(nationally) and said:”How long halt ye between two opinions? If YAH be God, follow Him; but if Baal (Lord Wolf), then follow him. And (We) the People answered him not a word”. 1 Kings 18:21. Sad isn’t it? How long America, how long? 1 John 5:4.

The Kingdom of Heaven is a prepared place for a prepared people. Get informed, get involved, and get ready for the future because that’s where you’ll spend the rest of your life. What kind of person do you want to be? What legacy do you want to leave for future generations? Get informed, read my article: Why Americans Have No Rights.

Get ready for spiritual warfare, read my article: Football Is In The Bible.

“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter. Fear God and keep His commandments for this is the whole duty of man.” Ecclesiastes 12:13