tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175001842024-03-07T02:38:22.502-05:009-11 and The Rise of the Antichrist.When 9-11-01 happened, I knew the Antichrist was involved. In 2004, I came to believe that George Bush is that Antichrist. Now we're on the brink of the 7th anniversary of 9-11, with aggression between Russia and NATO on the rise, Pakistan spiraling into a chaotic transitional state, The US having just finished leading an international Wargame in July, codenamed Operation Brimstone...and George W Bush, a Wolf Who has Cried Terrorist, poised to devour the unwitting people of the world.young brotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762877133297398396noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500184.post-50053908345444602102009-03-18T00:50:00.001-04:002009-03-19T03:46:20.153-04:00Moving On...Any consistent readers of this blog will know that I believed George Bush would remain in office beyond his alloted term. I voted, and prayed for Barrack Obama throughout the amazingly theatrical election campaign of 2008, but also felt that the people were celebrating too early on November 5th, and I felt that the most demonic, and evil way for the Devil (using his puppet, Bush) to strike would be through thwarting the peaceful transfer of power January 20th. Obviously I was wrong about that, and I apologize even as I continue sighing with relief (yes, nearly 2 months later).<br /><br />Thanks to many laws passed by the Bush administration, it has become ridiculously easy for a president to declare a state of emergency, and/or martial law in the event of a terrorist attack, natural disaster, economic meltdown, or political assassination. These bills have good, solid, reassuring names like the USA PATRIOT Act, and the "National Security and Homeland Security Directive" (which maps a new martial law plan that is <a href="http://www.infowars.com/articles/ps/martial_law_bush_plan_so_shocking_congress_cant_see_it.htm">so shocking, the US Congress was not allowed to read or review it</a>!) Unfortunately, even though we have a new leader, who promises to guide us in a new direction, these laws are still in effect, and if they are not repealed and disbanded for the anti-democratic poison that they are, our civil liberties will remain in limbo.<br /><br />There is a move behind the scenes, in the headlines and buried deep: a move towards a New World Order. It is an agenda whose roots stretch deeper than any one person, and whose planning begun long before the year 2000. This New World Order plan has been implemented in stages, slowly over generations, but George W Bush spearheaded an amazing advance on the agenda's behalf in a very short time. Considering how little it would take now for the president to excuse a declaration of Martial law, I'd say the last six months of Bush's presidency were the most suspenseful:<br /><ul><li>Georgia invaded, bombed and plundered a separatist region within their borders, which had Russian sympathies; this led to the Russian invasion of Georgia in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_South_Ossetia_war"><span style="font-weight: bold;">August</span><br /></a></li><li>There was a massive hurricane named <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Ike">Ike</a> that slammed into the Texas coast that crippled our gas supply temporarily (lots of stations ran out of gas for days at a time where I live). Ike is the third most destructive hurricane to make landfall in recorded history! It happened less than seven days before the economic downward spiral began with the <a href="http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_and_finance/article4761892.ece">collapse of Lehman Brothers</a> in <span style="font-weight: bold;">September</span><a href="http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_and_finance/article4761892.ece"></a>.</li><li>A brigade of US Army Troops was sent from Iraq <a href="http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2008/09/30/us-army-brigade-deploys-for-homeland-mission/">to the United States, to be on call to "quell domestic dissent" if needed</a>. This action effectively revoked the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posse_Comitatus_Act">Posse Comitatus Act</a> but went largely unpublished, and was shortly followed by some of the best and worst swings in stock market history, topped off with John McCain's <a href="http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/campaign-2008/2008/09/24/mccain-suspends-campaign-shocks-republicans.html">presidential campaign suspension stunt</a> (which really spooked me!)<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>. What's more, at this time, members of Congress were reportedly <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaG9d_4zij8"><span style="font-style: italic;">threatened with Martial Law</span></a><span style="font-style: italic;"></span>, if they did not pass the $700+ Billion banker bailout in <span style="font-weight: bold;">October</span>. </li><li>Election night came, and Barrack Obama won by a landslide (I was overjoyed to see it). He gave his acceptance speech in Chicago, between two large, transparent, bullet-proof panels. Obama was wise and sober after the election, his security was tight, and he wasted no time in beginning to fill cabinet seats. A lot of peoples prayers were also going out for him. The world celebrated with America then. Two weeks later: Mumbai was attacked by a coordinated team of terrorists, who spread out in the city, hunting for Americans and British tourists in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai_attacks">November</a>.</li><li>The most threatening event of them all: On <span style="font-weight: bold;">December</span> 27th, Israel began bombing the Gaza strip with advanced missiles, some containing white phosphorous (which is strictly forbidden in civilian areas by the Geneva conventions). Thousands of people including hundreds of small children were murdered by the Israeli army during the next three weeks. Countless more were badly wounded. This exchange between Israel and Hamas lasts three times as long as the famous "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-Day_War">six days war</a>" of 1967, it is largely one-sided, with Israeli troops dying more frequently from friendly fire than enemy fire, and suffering 14 losses total, even after their ground invasion. The Israeli government refused to allow journalists into Gaza, to accurately report the gross human right violations being committed by their aggression. This atrocity goes on until right before the inauguration in <span style="font-weight: bold;">January</span>.</li></ul>Thanks be to God that this dreadful takeover did not happen! In the aftermath of inauguration day, I began a series of changes in my own life, taking advantage of what I see as bonus time. We aren't out of the woods yet. The enemy is planning, scheming, profiting, and well positioned in the world. The major business, media and political leaders of America are still actually meeting each year at the Bohemian Grove to worship the ancient Babylonian demon Moloch. Officially, Christianity is in very bad shape.<br /><br />The only hope for the future of our souls lies in the light of God's truth. I have teetered on the edge of a dark abyss, searching out information on the enemy, trying to figure out the devil's motives. Focusing on the New World Order conspiracy becomes a dark addiction. I believe that every person should be responsible enough to investigate our collective enemy, but that we must always venture on towards the refuge of our greatest ally! There are some aspects of the New World Order conspiracy that are either too big, or too far along for us to stop. But I promise, the whole giant monstrous thing will be stopped. As individuals working and hoping for deliverance, we must remember and reclaim the potency and power of simple love. We have to march tall as victors, overcoming the small, mundane trials of life with love, confidence, and sincerity. So many are focused far in the future, stuck in the past, or distracted by a thousand different fill in the blank options. It's like a massive trance. If you are a Christian, your number one focus and priority should be the Kingdom of God. A lot of the steady readers here already know that.<br /><br />I will no longer be posting to this blog, but I won't take it down either. It is what it is. May God be glorified. I've started a new blog which will be focused mainly on the Gospel of the Kingdom of God. I will be posting to it regularly in the months to come. The address is <a href="http://seekyethekingdom.blogspot.com/">SeekYeTheKingdom.blogspot.com</a>young brotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762877133297398396noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500184.post-52213080789149931092009-01-25T23:04:00.002-05:002009-01-25T23:09:17.201-05:00The Road Ahead in the Era of Responsiblity<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/44_01_21/4442_17682555.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 990px; height: 627px;" src="http://cache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/44_01_21/4442_17682555.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Visit <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/01/the_inauguration_of_president.html">Boston.com</a> to see 47 other pictures taken on inauguration day.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div>On Tuesday, January 20th, just after 12pm, Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in as America's 44th president. Approximately 2 million people flocked to Washington D.C. so that they could take part in this historic transfer of power. It must have been an intimidating show of support; Obama seemed calm, confident, and happy when he walked out to his seat, but when he swore in, his poise faltered in the first few lines of the oath. Conspiracy theorists everywhere are seeing that moment as a loophole in the transfer of power. But when I saw it, I was reminded of the fact that Barack Obama is a human being, facing down an army of 2 million jubilant supporters, and he was a little more nervous than he let himself show.<br /><br />During the past two years, Barack Obama rose up from the ranks of campaign democrats, and successfully out-shined republican challenger John McCain, mostly fueled by peoples belief in one thing: Hope. He personified, and very eloquently expressed Hope from the very beginning. He even released a book called, "The Audacity of Hope". The hope for a change in leadership, hope for an affirmation of promises made by Civil Rights giants 40-50 years ago, and hope that we would be made to face the energy and environmental challenges that have been ignored for too long have made this rise to power possible. The first two hopes have been realized, and the third is next in line.<br /><br />We have come this far on the fuel of hope, but all of the millions of people who have been mobilized so far need to start moving by another motivation. We need to step up to the plate, and change the way we relate to one another. We need to remember what it means to love our neighbors as ourselves, and we need to put that knowledge into practice. We need to see the light of the coming day of peace as something that is not coming from the white house, but is shining within our spirits, within our grasp, manifesting itself in every loving choice we make.<br /><br />At this point, a lot of people are being tempted to sit back, and be passively led by our new president. The temptation is to dismiss the idea that the ball is in our court, that the challenges which face our president are facing us as well...Obama's charge and challenge is to correct this perception. That seems to be a high priority for him. His inauguration speech is a testimony of that.<br /><br />We cannot see Barack Obama as our savior. We must maintain our composure, and understand that he is just a leader, who is trying to guide us in the right direction, and that the real anointing belongs to a larger group that Christ refers to as "the elect" in his explanation of the last days in <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%2013&version=31">Mark 13.</a> This is a very sobering passage for any believers who are tempted to refuse their responsibilities in this day by deifying our new leader. Let me share just a few selections from it to show that Christ knew there would be real power from God in many people at the same time that there will be false saviors and false prophets in the earth. It's a very confusing time, but this is precisely as confusing as a field of wheat mixed with weeds at harvest (which is another, powerful last days parable given by Jesus in <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2013:24-30,%2036-43;&version=31;">Matthew 13</a>).<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">-------------------------<br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The "Elect":<br /><br /></span>Mark 13:9-11,13<br /><blockquote>"You must be on your guard. You will be handed over to the local councils and flogged in the synagogues. On account of me you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them. <span id="en-NIV-24721" class="sup"></span>And the gospel must first be preached to all nations. <span id="en-NIV-24722" class="sup"></span>Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit... <span id="en-NIV-24724" class="sup"></span>All men will hate you because of me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved."</blockquote> vs 20<br /><blockquote>If the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect, whom he has chosen, he has shortened them.</blockquote>vs. 27<br /><blockquote>And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens.</blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">Warnings of False Saviors:<br /></span><br />Mark 13:5-6<br /><span id="en-NIV-24716" class="sup"></span><blockquote>Jesus said to them: "Watch out that no one deceives you. <span id="en-NIV-24717" class="sup"></span>Many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am he,' and will deceive many.</blockquote>vs 21-23<br /><span id="en-NIV-24732" class="sup"></span><blockquote>At that time if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'Look, there he is!' do not believe it. For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and miracles to deceive the elect—if that were possible. So be on your guard; I have told you everything ahead of time.<br /><div style="text-align: center;">-----------------------<br /></div></blockquote>A lot is going to be happening all at once; the "birth pains" of the last day are in full swing right now. We've got to set our eyes on the narrow road that leads to righteousness, take up our crosses, our burdens, and follow through, no matter what happens. We can overcome as long as we follow through.<br /><br />George Bush was the kind of leader who told this nation to sit back, relax, and shop while he took care of the challenges and problems that we encountered under his reign. W assured the people that he would take care of security after 9-11-01 (our borders are still embarrassingly porous and vulnerable, and America has made more enemies under Bush's leadership than ever before). He also promised to rescue New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, and let four crucial days go by without making any effort. Mark 13 contains the famous line, "Abomination that causes desolation", which I think is still clearly Bush. So far, Barack Obama has only inherited desolation, caused by the last abomination.<br /><br />I think the main red flag we should look for from Barack Obama's leadership is if he ever tries to take away the burden of responsibility that he is placing on us now. That is the real test of the spirit behind him.<br /><br />God does not seek to glorify any one man above his own begotten son, who was sent to Earth with the wonderful news of his Father's Kingdom burning in his heart, eager to be told. Jesus was embraced by many common, simple people; recognized and accepted for the light of the world that He is. Some teachers accepted him as well, but he was eventually murdered by a conspiracy of religious leaders. After his resurrection, there sprang a church that was anointed in power, filled with Joy, infecting the Roman empire with it's message of hope, love, King Jesus, and his coming Kingdom. The message of that kingdom has been lost over time, and the church is not the spotless, righteous institution that it wishes it were. Likewise, in this day, there will not be any single person who will prepare the earth for the return of Jesus. Jesus is the head of a body of promise. In proper birth, the head comes out first, and the feet are last. So will it be in the last days; not another child (like Jesus) but the completion of the body of Christ in a group of equally blessed, equally necessary people working together in common purpose (the feet).<br /><br />The distinction between one messiah, and a group of anointed people is so crucial in developing our understanding, and our faith in what the last days will be like. It is not proud to believe and hope to be a part of God's plan to change the world, and to devote your life with integrity and honesty to that hope. If you focus on God, and his power and promise of deliverance, and you pledge to do whatever you can to serve and help God, He will use you. God is recruiting from the highways and bi-ways, calling all who are willing to take part in his great celebration of marrying his son (Christ) to his Bride (the real church, the remnant around the world). If you want to make the world a better place, figure out the best way that you can take action on that desire, and go for it! The time for this sort of revolutionary responsibility is right now.<br /><br />1 Corinthians 1:26-31<br /><br /><blockquote>For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called<i>.</i> But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty;<span id="en-NKJV-28386" class="sup"></span> and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are,<span id="en-NKJV-28387" class="sup"></span> that no flesh should glory in His presence.<span id="en-NKJV-28388" class="sup"></span> But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption—<span id="en-NKJV-28389" class="sup"></span> that, as it is written, <i> “He who glories, let him glory in the LORD.”</i></blockquote><i></i><br /><br /><embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-5457222695829770067&hl=en&fs=true" style="width: 400px; height: 326px;" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed>young brotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762877133297398396noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500184.post-64272440366625053332009-01-17T13:27:00.008-05:002009-01-17T23:34:32.828-05:00On Trial: Zion vs. Zionism<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/9941/BoschJudgment.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 598px; height: 427px;" src="http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/9941/BoschJudgment.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Daniel 7: 9-10<br /><blockquote>"And the Ancient of Days was seated; His garment white as snow, And the hair of His head like pure wool. His throne a fiery flame, Its wheels a burning fire; A fiery stream issued And came forth from before Him. A thousand thousands ministered to Him; Ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />The court was seated, And the books were opened</span>."</blockquote><div style="text-align: left;">The passage above comes from the middle of Daniel's most famous end-times vision; of four beasts rising up from the sea, (combined to match precisely with the beast from the sea in Revelation 13) and a "Little horn", or pompous, and boastful leader of an empire in the days leading up to judgment. It reinforces the reality that these final days are like an actual trial, for each and every soul on the planet. As I said in my last post, a lot of religious leaders are behaving in terribly unrighteous and unmerciful ways, while thinking of themselves as prosecution attorneys for the heavenly court, and not co-defendants.<br /></div><br />Thousands of years ago, lots of warnings were planted for believers living in the last days. These warnings have rested protected and mostly dormant in Bibles around the world. Scriptures warn of <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20tim%201:3-19;&version=50;">false teachings</a>, <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James%202:1-13;&version=50;">covetous temptations</a>, <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%2012;&version=50;">the trappings of worldliness</a>, and the spread of <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=galatians%201:3-17;&version=50;">false gospels</a>. Mainstream churches sometimes ignore these passages, sometimes use them to accuse other congregations nearby or abroad, and very rarely compare them to their own behavior. Because of that, the benefits and wisdom of these warnings isn't really clear. and a great majority of so-called Christians will be caught unawares and unprepared in the time of his return.<br /><br />After a few intense years of studying the scriptures, and coming from a strictly evangelical childhood, I have come to believe that very few Christians even know the full gospel. What is being passed as the gospel for saving souls is not complete. It is a mass-produced, misinterpreted, cliffs-notes version of the real thing. This is a gospel that <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James%202:14-26;&version=50;">pays lip service, but ignores the responsibility</a> of those who are called of God. It produces millions of spiritual babes, who are then left in a perpetual state of spiritual infancy through a lack of mature nourishment, or proper direction.<br /><br />There are two sections of "The gospel" according to the New Testament: The Milk and the Meat.<br />Paul constantly taught about that difference, using that same analogy. Jesus also talked about it on occasion, but in parables and riddle sentences like; "<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%203:12-17;&version=50;">If I tell you of earthly things and you do not believe me, how can you believe me when I tell you of the things of heaven?</a>"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">---------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The milk of the Gospel is this:</span><br /><br />Jesus Christ is the son of God, who came into the earth to teach us how to live righteously, and who died on the cross as a payment for our sins. It is by him that all who love him (and obey him) will be saved from eternal death through faith in Him, and by the grace of God. There are none who haven't sinned, and all who are saved by the blood of Christ will have eternal life.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The meat of the Gospel is this:<br /><br /></span>God plans on establishing his kingdom on earth. This establishment happens first in the hearts of people, then spills out into the rest of the earth. At an appointed time, there will be a massive awakening of the Holy Spirit in the living body of Christ. All that is wrong, sour, and bad about the earth will be removed; bound up for a millennium as the earth is restored to a state very close to what Eden might have been like. This advance of the army of God will be swift and definitive. All who follow Christ and serve him will have a place in that kingdom, for a thousand years of peace (after a very dark, relatively short time of tribulation). Most importantly: <span style="font-weight: bold;">all must be ready to prepare the way for Christ to return</span>. Those that have lived in readiness, and died before the return will be resurrected in this "Last day"; those who are alive when the time comes for it to be established will be a living army of God, the "feet on the ground" who will be led step by step, sealed and set aside, to subdue God's enemies by nothing less than the Power of his Holy Spirit.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">--------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /></div><br />It is very important to remember that Jesus himself preached the Gospel of the Kingdom of God. That was the subject of most of his parables, and in Luke the first thing Jesus preaches after his baptism is: "Repent (change your hearts and lives) for the Kingdom of God is near!"<br /><br />The way the evangelical movement glosses over this meat is very clever. The term "Kingdom of God" has been replaced with "Kingdom of Heaven". The power of God's promises are all stored away in an ethereal heavenly realm, to be enjoyed after death (or after a pre-tribulation "rapture"). Under these circumstances, Christians can see themselves as mighty warriors of the faith, even if they don't know how to put on their armor properly, or even how to swing their swords in the present world. If our eternal destiny is simply hinged on the passive belief that Christ died for our sins, there's not a whole lot left for us to do. Many Christians are content in simply watching the world come apart around them, because they are waiting for their rescue. They see themselves as damsels in distress, and Christ in the clouds as their White knight. It is a completely helpless, passive, and lazy approach to the gospel. According to this doctrine, the world is to be merely endured, and not overcome. But God does not promise to raise up damsels in the last day: he promises warriors.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br />In the days of Christ and the early church, spirits of the adversary were already at work trying to corrupt and compromise the Gospel. The entire book of 2 Peter is a reminder of our responsibility, potential, and destiny in Christ (1/3rd of it is also a warning against false teachings). He wrote it because he knew he was close to death, and he knew that the enemy would try to disconnect God's people from the power of faith in His promises. Within a few hundred years of the death of Christ, this effort succeeded. The body of Christ, and the potency of the gospel of the Kingdom of God were buried and bound by the religion of Christianity. Cells within that body were born, lived fruitful lives, and have died to be reserved for the last day, but the body as a whole has been dead for two millennial days. <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=46&chapter=2&version=50">Darkness has crept in</a> to take back the dominion of light that was established by Jesus Christ. But this light is being restored even now. Eyes and ears are being opened.<br /><br />We, who have been born just before the first early morning rays of the third millennium after the crucifixion of Jesus, are blessed because of the promise of resurrection. Cells of this body who are alive now will venture forth into all the world, swiftly, and sure of foot, carrying the message of God's kingdom to all the corners of the earth. God has been preparing his messengers for years, working with each of us at a pace that we can bear, faithfully attending to all of our hearts with His personal attention.<br /><br />Time and time again the prophets speak of the "army of God", the "wise", the "remnant", but the most common scriptural reference to this group of people is "Zion". The Zion of the last days is a group of believers who overcome the trappings of Babylon, the seduction of Satan, and the corruption of their own flesh. It is Zion that will prepare the way for the coming of the Lord. It is Zion that will crawl into the windows of Babylon like <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joel%202;&version=50;">thieves in the night</a>. It is Zion that will <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=46&chapter=4&version=50">conquer the full Promised Land</a> of earth, as the army of Joshua did in Israel.<br /><br />What's more, this true army of Zion will not use Scud missiles, or tank shells filled with white phosphorous (which can burn through flesh like it was hot butter, right to the bone in seconds) in it's process of overcoming. The weapon that Zion will use in this conquest is the truth of the promise of God's kingdom. And the enemies of this Zion will be burned by the Glory of the coming of the Lord. That distinction is very crucial. Zionism is another doctrine of racial supremacy (just like Nazism). Nothing more, nothing less. Innocent people are suffering under the creed of Zionism because it is being guided by a spirit of evil.<br /><br />If Barack Obama safetly takes office on Tuesday, and George Bush finally leaves the White House, I plan on writing a book about the Gospel of the Kingdom of God, because it's a message that needs to be remembered. Over the last four years I have been engaged in a race against time to understand the nature of the last days, and the message of the scriptures. The full Gospel, and the promise of the Kingdom of God is that message.<br /><br />I believe that anything could happen in the next four days, because it only took 3 days for the son of God to be arrested, tried, executed and resurrected. Plus, God's judgment will strike swiftly and suddenly, catching the world off-guard. But during these four years I have learned that the identity of the final Antichrist is not as important as the destiny and duty of the body of Christ. There have been antichrists since the first century AD, and there will continue to be antichrists until God decides to declare his great and terrible Day. Because of this, all who are a part of the body of Christ must always take up the cross of resisting the power that is behind these antichrists. The purpose of all cells of the body of Christ is to demonstrate to those around them what it means to live as though God were enthroned here on earth, ruling over us all, setting rules that we must follow as subjects of his kingdom. Thankfully, the rules are just, kind, and common sense.<br /><br />We must believe that God is close in order to perceive that he truly is. We must live as though we were already in the kingdom of God, because as long as we have the light of Christ within us, we are. The rules and guidelines of this kingdom are saturating the scripture. It is our responsibility to take them seriously, and to act obediently. When we choose to do what is right, honest, merciful, loving and peaceful, we are advancing the light of Christ. We must be bold on behalf of truth, and not allow the corruption of fear, pride, or hatefulness to overcome us. We can only survive this battle if we are equally aware of the danger around us, and the power behind us. Our responsibility is to prepare ourselves spiritually for the time that the last trumpet sounds, and to demonstrate our readiness by living as strangers in this world, obeying the rules of the Kingdom of God even when no one else does. If anything disconnects us from love, we must resist it. And we must remind our children, our parents, our siblings and neighbors about the truly good news of the Kingdom of God.young brotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762877133297398396noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500184.post-23320185736238715882009-01-03T14:07:00.001-05:002009-01-03T14:08:03.719-05:00Gaza, Zionism and the Ongoing Muslim Holocaust<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2008/12/28/gaza-cp-6022829.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 584px; height: 329px;" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2008/12/28/gaza-cp-6022829.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>On December 27th, Israel began bombarding the Gaza strip with missile air attacks, wiping out civilians without regard, blasting densely populated areas near schools in their supposed pursuit of Hamas leaders and retaliation for rocket fire. The entire middle east is up in arms because of the attacks, which have left 421 Palestinians dead (as of Friday, January 2nd), and thousands more injured <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/27/israel-launches-air-strik_n_153664.html">so far</a>. The Isreali army says that their campaign of state-sponsored terrorism is a response to smaller rockets that have been fired by Palestinian militants from Gaza. So far in the fighting, less than a dozen Israelis have died from Palestinian rockets. I do not mean to discount the value of life by saying, "Less than a dozen", but that is the comparison; more than 30 Palestinians dead for every 1 Israeli. There is no honor, or courage in this sort of overwhelming force.<br /><br />It absolutely amazes me that Zionists (both Jew and Christian) can possibly imagine that they are sitting under the blessing of God when they spill the blood of innocent civilians so eagerly, and defiantly claim to be taking the high road while doing it. Jeremiah 6: 13-15a describes this exact mentality:<br /><blockquote>“From the least to the greatest their lives are ruled by greed. From prophets to priests, they are all frauds. They offer superficial treatments for my people’s mortal wound. They give assurances of peace when there is no peace. Are they ashamed of their disgusting actions? Not at all—they don’t even know how to blush!"</blockquote>People who think this way (and there are plenty of them) are so drunk with <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=73&chapter=18&version=9">the wine of Babylon</a> (That is, filled with a self-appointed sense of piety) that they have lost their sense of dignity, and conscience. They are acting, before God and all the world, like the spiritual equivalent of angry, drunken, violent jerks: and they see absolutely nothing wrong with their abusive behavior. But unlike normal drunks, they aren't just embarrassing and/or hurting themselves. In the case of this past week, hundreds of people have died, some of them schoolchildren; thousands have been wounded; power is lost to hospitals in Gaza, food supplies have been cut off, nobody knows when those crucial supply lines will be reconnected.<br /><br />The atrocity of life in that narrow strip of land right now is beyond the scope of most people's comprehension. And so rather than force ourselves to go through the painful process of learning how to wrap our minds around it, we put it out of our heads. We rationalize to ourselves, "It can't be <span style="font-weight: bold;">that bad</span>." We thank God that we aren't Muslim (unless you are, in which case you probably thank Allah that you are, because the one true God is merciful to all who are oppressed, and fair in judging both the righteous, and the unrighteous).<br /><br />In the 1940's, a lot of people around the world were hearing rumors of terrible mistreatment, demonization, and persecution of the Jews under Adolf Hitler. There were stories from those who escaped the Reich from time to time. Most would shake their heads and think about how terrible it was that the Jews were being singled out that way, and then concentrate on other matters of the war, or the world, or their own lives. People didn't allow themselves to believe that a holocaust actually existed until after it stopped, when they saw the evidence of it first hand. There was a blind spot that covered the eyes of the world 65 years ago. The same thing is happening right now in the world. Only this time some Jews are the attackers, and not the victims. The alliance between the United States and Israel has rendered the peacekeeping power of the United Nations obsolete. And the target of their war machine is Islam.<br /><br />Think about it in these terms: There are three Monotheistic faiths that all claim Abraham as their father. The first Antichrist was Nero, who persecuted the Christians; the second Antichrist was Hitler, who persecuted the Jews; Our current Antichrist is Bush, who persecutes Muslims.<br /><br />I believe that the Iraq war is not so much a terrible failure as it is a twisted, mislabled extermination project against the people of Iraq. This is also the motive behind the so-called "Global War On Terrorism". There is a massive, and totally inhumane campaign of American Empirical expansion (supported by Israel) which seeks to subdue and trample the entire Eurasian area, reforming them in an American image. It is not democracy that we wish to spread throughout that region, for Hamas is a democratically elected ruling party, and we are not coming to their assistance. We also didn't defend Lebanon from being riddled with advanced Israeli missles a couple of years ago, and they are another democracy. In fact, America's best friends in the region are Israel, and Saudi Arabia. Both nations are serious violators of the basic human rights and liberties that our constitution swears to defend and uphold...Our proud, patriotic, pro-democracy self image is a complete farce.<br /><br />Friends, we must all pray that we never lose our sensitivity to God's impartial eye. He is a fair judge, who does not show any favoritism, but judges each of us based on our hearts and our actions. All those who repent must first come to terms with this fair, all seeing, all knowing power of God; but the principal can be easy to forget. That is exactly what's happened to the religious/political establishment of our time, in America and Israel. In the immediate aftermath of 9-11, the wounds of our national trauma were bandaged with bumper stickers that said "God Bless America". We are going boldly forth into the world, torturing, poisoning, exterminating both enemies and innocents along the way, and we believe that God is going to bless us...God will deliver the weak from their oppressors. He sees through the boastful, self-righteous posturing that has been used as a blanket to cover serious, ongoing crimes against humanity. God is very near to us, and near to them. This will not continue indefinitely. Vengeance will be his. But never forget that there is a remnant that belongs to the Lord in every Nation (including Israel). Those in Christ have brothers and sisters everywhere. God will sort them out. One of my favorite statements of Paul is, "Be not deceived, God will not be mocked: every person will reap what they sew".<br /><br />Jeremiah 7:1-15<br /><br /><blockquote>The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: "Stand in the gate of the LORD’s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all you men of Judah who enter these gates to worship the LORD. Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you dwell in this place. Do not trust in these deceptive words: 'This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.'<p>"For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly execute justice one with another, if you do not oppress the sojourner, the fatherless, or the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not go after other gods to your own harm, then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave of old to your fathers forever.</p><p>"Behold, you trust in deceptive words to no avail. Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, make offerings to Baal, and go after other gods that you have not known, and then come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, 'We are delivered!'—only to go on doing all these abominations? Has this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? <span style="font-weight: bold;">You know, I too am watching, declares the LORD</span>.</p></blockquote><blockquote>Go now to my place that was in Shiloh, where I made my name dwell at first, and see what I did to it because of the evil of my people Israel. And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and when I spoke to you persistently you did not listen, and when I called you, you did not answer, therefore I will do to the house that is called by my name, and in which you trust, and to the place that I gave to you and to your fathers, as I did to Shiloh. And I will cast you out of my sight, as I cast out all your kinsmen, all the offspring of Ephraim.</blockquote>young brotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762877133297398396noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500184.post-83997909550308460102008-11-20T18:54:00.005-05:002008-11-21T00:38:06.761-05:00Romans 13 in the News: Manipulation and Manifestation<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3nAgHvIn1HQ&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3nAgHvIn1HQ&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />The above video is at least a year old, but it's a chilling expose' of Bush's Department of Homeland Security approaching clergymen across the country, and training them to use their propaganda, mixed with Romans 13 as a way to pacify their congregations in the event of Martial Law. The preachers are being prepared to minimize dissent by painting any declaration of Martial Law, for any reason, to be the action of God's appointed leader, whom they should trust.<br /><br />This is one of many warning signs that the Bush administration fully plans to still be in power when the nation descends into a new level of chaos, and that they have no problem with exploiting God and Christ to obtain their empirical goals. The "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posse_Comitatus_Act">Posse Comitatus</a>" law, mentioned in the video, which strictly forbids US troops from policing American streets has been <span style="font-weight: bold;">recently undone</span>, by the <a href="http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/09/24/army/">deployment of a brigade of troops</a> who are fresh out of the Iraq war-zone to a military base in Georgia...their mission objectives are explicitly to put a lid on domestic dissent "just in case" there is a reason for martial law to be declared. Troops were sent to New Orleans after <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/katrina-timeline/">Katrina</a>, and local police forcefully removed guns from citizens, including an <a href="http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt--taU9d26wT4/nra_the_untold_story_of_gun_confiscation_after_katrina/">old woman</a>, that was tackled by a 250lb police officer. Strange policing actions also took place from the military and local police during the disastrous floods in the Mississippi region this summer.<br /><br />These are localized practice-runs for a national transformation to martial law. Law Enforcement and Military are both working to train their people to disarm and consider all citizens to be potential enemies of the state. That's the sort of mentality they had in communist Russia. This is all very real, and painfully close. Annon recently shared this <a href="http://216.240.133.177/archives32/Stadtmiller/2008/11/Stadtmiller_1_111708_160000.mp3">mp3 link</a> to a very interesting radio broadcast from John Stadtmiller that paints an eerily possible picture of what could happen between now and the inauguration. It's well worth a listen, if you haven't heard it yet, you can come back to read the rest.<br /><br />The problem we face, of course, is the fact that Romans 13 seems to support the idea of Christians submitting to ruling kings and governments without exception. Is that really the case, or is there something deeper going on?<br /><br />Romans 13:1-5<br /><blockquote> Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God.<span id="en-NKJV-28263" class="sup"></span> Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves.<span id="en-NKJV-28264" class="sup"></span> For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same.<span id="en-NKJV-28265" class="sup"></span> For he is God’s minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God’s minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil.<span id="en-NKJV-28266" class="sup"></span> Therefore you must be subject, not only because of wrath but also for conscience’ sake.</blockquote>By isolating the first 5 verses of this chapter, clergy can advise submission to even the most despotic, and lawless of "rulers". Logic would suggest that only the cunning and deceptive minds of despotic rulers would think to use this passage as a way to pacify the masses. When we are interpreting scripture, it is always important for us to remember context. This is not limited to a chapter, or a book, but the entirety of Scriptures works together to preach one great message. There are paradoxes littered throughout, but no real contradictions. That statement is much easier said than learned, but it is true.<br /><br />It must be established that our allegiance is to God <span style="font-style: italic;">first</span>, and <span style="font-style: italic;">then</span> to the "ruling authorities" that God has sanctioned. If our earthly leaders are in defiance to God, we must stand strong in the light that has been given to us by Christ, and be prepared to die, if necessary, for the sake of our faith. There is no compromise to that order of authority. When we are told to serve our earthly leaders (or ourselves, or anything) above our heavenly king, we are being lied to by a very old, very sinister fallen angel who twists scriptures to promote his own agenda.<br /><br />In the desert, when he tempted Christ, the Devil offered to give Jesus dominion over all the kingdoms of the world, if Christ would only bow before him. This temptation demonstrates his ultimate desire to divert people's worship of God. I have no doubt that Lucifer was whispering into the minds of the mob that judged Jesus. John 19:15 reveals this twisted reasoning:<br /><br /><span id="en-NIV-26830" class="sup"></span><blockquote>(The mob) shouted, "Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!"<br />"Shall I crucify your king?" Pilate asked.<br />"We have no king but Caesar," the chief priests answered.</blockquote>Romans 13, then is a very dangerous passage, if and when it is misinterpreted.<br /><br />Verse 1 says that "every soul must be subject to the governing authorities", which implies that if a leader does not honor the laws that he has sworn to uphold, that leader is in violation to Romans 13. Only people who violate the law have any reason to fear the law. The Antichrist is described in scripture as being a very boastful, strong and fierce leader who "seeks to change the times and laws" in Daniel 7:25. He is called "The Lawless one" in several other prophetic references. The fact remains on display, that while Bush swore to uphold the constitution on inauguration day, he has actually moved in strong, strident steps to dismantle that constitution (which is the "governing authority" that is above him). Our rights and liberties have been stolen right before our very eyes. Sainthood: the compulsion to love your neighbors and to love your enemies, is now illegal according to the Patriot Act.<br /><br />I see the constitution as something that God has sanctioned, because the heart of this governing document is wise, and just and fair.<br /><br />The severe partisanship of the religious right, on the other hand, is not very fair. Think about this: Were leaders of the religious right citing Romans 13 in defense of Bill Clinton? Most pastors actually encouraged people's loathing of Clinton...whipping them up to a partisan frenzy that helped deliver the 2000, and 2004 presidential elections to George Bush. There is a massive anti-government, anti-tax sentiment that partially defines the religious right, and this sentiment runs completely contrary to Roman's 13, not just in verses 1-5, but the entire chapter.<br /><br />Romans 13:6-7<br /><blockquote>For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God’s ministers attending continually to this very thing.<span id="en-NKJV-28268" class="sup"></span> Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes <i>are due,</i> customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor.</blockquote>I believe that Paul is actually warning us not to engage in <span style="font-style: italic;">violent</span> resistance to tyranny, for he knew that the Christians in Rome, and true followers of Christ in the future would be persecuted without cause, just as Jesus was. That persecution can stand as a testimony, as long as we remain blameless, refraining from any evil, even in our resistance to tyranny. This principle was Echoed by the apostle Peter, in the other, oft-interpreted teaching from <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Peter%202:13-25;&version=50;">2 Peter 2:13-25</a>.<br /><br />We are commanded to "Bless those that curse us, bless and do not curse". Paul also taught, "Do not confront evil with evil, but overcome evil with good". That is one of the ultimate expressions of self denial. I don't think any of us would have the strength or the will to behave that way without the spirit of Christ within us. But we can do all things through Christ, who strengthens us.<br /><br />Dick Chaney is on the receiving end of that sword wielded by the governing authority of the law of the land. In the past three days, he was indicted in a tiny Texas town. This is a time of consequences, a time to pay the piper. The problem is, the Bush Administration is very dangerous, especially when cornered. Justice will be served, if not sooner, certainly later...(and not much later at that).<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/e1c8BDYd3lQ&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/e1c8BDYd3lQ&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />Romans 13:8-14 <blockquote>Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.<br /><br />And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.</blockquote>young brotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762877133297398396noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500184.post-3549506963165323992008-11-13T12:31:00.004-05:002008-11-16T17:31:28.180-05:00The Twilight Zone of the Bush Years.For this blog, and for thousands of people who already recognize the way that George Bush's presidency has mirrored the rule of Adolph Hitler, and who understand the serious threat that this country has been facing under his rule...we are in a strange time. Considering that these are the waning hours of Bush's legitimate claim to office, I see this time as a "Twilight Zone" of his rule. It is a time where Bush will either spring the trap that he seems to have been preparing throughout his presidency, or he will fade into obscurity. All chips are on the table, but the odds seem to be in favor of a relatively smooth transition into an Obama presidency.<br /><ul><li>The war drums that are beating towards Iran, Pakistan, and most recently Russia have not led us to an actual war.<br /></li><li>America has survived through the seventh anniversary of 9-11 and beyond without being shocked once again by a massive Terrorist Attack. Thusly, Bush has not declared martial law, as many suspected he would.<br /></li><li>The greedy practices of deregulation have been exposed as the utmost in foolishness, and have decapitated several major corporations in the past months.</li><li>Although millions of people have starved in the past year because of the failing world economy, and billions have just gone deeper into debt, it seems that dramatic government intervention and the promise of change have seemed to steer us clear of a financial Armageddon. (despite the fact that the stock market has continued to tumble, regular people are feeling more confident about the future in general.)<br /></li></ul>We have just passed through a historic, dramatic and turbulent election campaign, and it seems like the Democratic party has emerged on the other side completely triumphant. Everywhere, from the News Stations to neighborhoods and villages around the world, people are calling, "Peace and Safety!" They see the dawning rays of a new and better day ahead, and they are so beaten down and weary from the pitch darkness that has defined this millennium so far, that they are basking in it's glory before it has actually arrived.<br /><br />Even though Bush has promised to make the transition of government as easy as possible, and even though he praised President-Elect Barrack Obama, he's still in power for the next couple of months. The coast isn't clear quite yet. From what I've gathered in my study of George Bush, it seems like he goes out of his way to proclaim and promise the exact opposite of what he actually does. He speaks in opposites. When he said "I am a uniter, not a divider", he actually has worked to polarize and split up the nation into idealogical trenches. When he said "War is a last resort", he meant he was scheming up a way to convince the American people that they should support an upcoming war. When he said he is "Compassionate", he has proven himself to be heartless, merciless, and completely out of touch with almost everyone. When he said, "America does not torture", we have found out that America does torture in quite barbaric ways. Knowing this history makes me believe that when Bush says, "I'm going to make this an easy transition", it means something else entirely. Right now he is focused on passing through as much regulation as he can before the scheduled transfer of power takes place. Bill Clinton did the same thing in late 2000, and most people are so fed up with the wacky, can't-seem-to-do-anything-right ways of Bush that they are already thinking of the President Elect as the President. They don't care what Bush does these days, which gives him plenty of opportunity to plan his surprise stay in office. Bush claiming that it will be a peaceful and cooperative transfer of power might also mean that Barrack Obama is in serious danger, because he is in the way of something much bigger.<br /><br />Let me be perfectly clear by saying that I voted for Obama, and I hope that there is a peaceful transfer of power. I hope that I'm wrong about the timing of these days, and about the identity of the Antichrist. But I've done a lot more homework than most people can tolerate, and I know our current president's style and habits very well. I hope that Obama takes his security needs seriously, because the foolish, fundamentalist, boy-king who has promised to play nice is in reality a monstrous man who was aware of, and involved in the 9-11 attacks. Bush is a part of that evil cabal that destroyed the lives of so many over seven years ago. That's why Osama Bin Laden was never caught. That's why he sounded so calm, eloquent, and <span style="font-style: italic;">rehearsed </span>in the statements he made on that day. That's why he dragged his feet and actively interfered with the 9-11 investigation. Bush most likely was not the mastermind, but he has been the spokesman for the true conspirators of 9-11. That's why Barrack Obama's life is at risk.<br /><br />I do not believe this will be a peaceful transfer of power, because America was taken over 8 years ago. We were the victims of a coup that we never came to terms with. The evidence of it is screaming at us to pay attention to it, but many will not...<span style="font-style: italic;">can</span> not. The real truth about what is going on in the world is so much uglier than what most people are ready to accept. Most people can accept the fact that the Iraq war was based on lies, but they are not willing or able to accept the fact that the entire War on Terrorism, and the invasion of Afghanistan were <span style="font-style: italic;">also</span> based on a lie. Most people can agree the 9-11 was a day that many of our nations defenses failed simultaneously, but they are not willing to consider that 9-11 was an inside job. It's entirely possible for almost anyone to become educated about the events of that day and other world events, but most people resist the truth about it, without even being aware of their resistance.<br /><br />President Bush has shaped this century so far in a profoundly vulgar way. His legacy is one of torture, of lies: the very dictionary definition of <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/evil">Evil</a>. It amazes me that people still allow themselves to believe that he could be a born again Christian, filled by the Holy Ghost, and representing Christ on earth as a member of his church. People who think this way have not held Bush accountable for his claims; they have not tested his spirit.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/k/Y/bush_twilightzone.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 430px; height: 327px;" src="http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/k/Y/bush_twilightzone.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>The truth is that Bush is a documented demon worshipper, who took part in a Black Mass and was "born again" unto Satan in 1968. The truth about this man has been exposed, if people would only seek it out. The dots of documents and facts have all aligned themselves before the whole world, and they are begging to be connected. But only some people are connecting these dots.<br /><br />People everywhere want change, though. They want the restoration of law, and of peace, and of hope for the future. They want change, but they're not quite sure how to get it. Everywhere, people are groaning in tribulation. They are suffering under the weight of a world-wide non-stop "War on Terrorism", they are going hungry because of the recent spike in food prices. The earth itself is becoming more and more furious over time, at the same time that species of plants and animals are dying at an alarmingly accelerated rate. This is a historic time of tribulation for the entire world. It is a time of judgment, because the majority of western believers have abandoned Christ for the sake of Christianity. They have been led like sheep into a very dark place. We do not need a man with common sense and optimism to save us, we need divine intervention, and a change of our own hearts.<br /><br />There is a spiritual war in full swing at this very moment. But you have to realize that God is watching, is very close, and is seeing who is faithful and who is not in order to understand the reason for the increase in suffering around the world. God is judging the Prosperity movement as guilty through this economic meltdown, he is judging the war-mongering, gay-bashing moral bankruptcy in the church by allowing curses, not blessings, to pour upon America these days. If people would repent, would change their hearts and lives, and start acting out of the Love that is available to us all, we would see the world truly improve. That's what's needed for change. Not one good man as our leader, but what my roommate refers to as a "Revolution of the individual". Everyone needs to understand that the Spiritual battlefield is as close as our own minds, and victories and defeats are tallied by the decisions we make, by our every action. The judgment of the world is not something outside of ourselves, that is being judged independently of ourselves. It is here, now, and we are all a part of it. All will be judged by a standard that has been written in stone, and preserved for thousands of years. The only way to ensure that you will escape the wrath of God is to serve Him, and Love Him with all of your heart, soul, mind and strength; to respond when you hear Him in your conscience; to love your neighbors (all of them! Muslim, Jewish, Religious Right, Gay, Straight, Red, Yellow, Black, and White).<br /><br />Repentance is a very basic message, the problem is that it's not taken very seriously by most. Let's not give our new elected officials the responsibility of our repentance, because they cannot take it. Let's not hope to move on and gloss over the mistakes that we have made, because we will continue going in the wrong direction if we do not first confess our mistakes, and start out on a new course. This day is an opportunity to repent, I hope that many come to realize it, and take advantage of our shared opportunity.young brotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762877133297398396noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500184.post-51494172681899784042008-11-09T02:04:00.000-05:002008-11-09T02:05:48.383-05:00The Gospel of John (Part 1).<embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=3706950890328289071&hl=en&fs=true" style="width:400px;height:326px" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> </embed>young brotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762877133297398396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500184.post-22597521247767486432008-10-11T00:46:00.019-04:002009-03-24T13:19:51.793-04:00The Hegelian Principal and the Global Economic Meltdown.Recent events have shaken a few more people awake about how close we are to general collapse and total chaos. The recent "economic meltdown" is a classic case of the Hegelian Principle (which is the main tool used by shadow governments for advancing the New World Order plan). What is the Hegelian Principle? It is a simple, formula of: Problem, Reaction, Solution. This method helps the few to gather more and more power over the many without revolt...it is the reason that governments attack their own people in "False Flag" operations, and it is unfolding before our eyes.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Problem:</span> Various major banks have begun to implode in rapid succession. The credit market froze up solid for several crucial weeks, and will probably continue moving at a trickle until...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Reaction:</span> Panic!! Through a combined effort of mainstream media, coordinated bankers, and political leaders preaching an economic doomsday. The whole world watches as global stock markets tumble, credit markets freeze up, hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars are thrown at the free markets, but nothing seems to be working.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Solution: </span>This is still being worked out in real time, but you'd better believe the plans began behind closed doors a long time ago, and the brand of the beast is all over it. We are witnessing the formation of a <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1020/p01s01-usec.html">financial New World Order</a>.<br /><br />The best way to spot "Problem, Reaction, Solution", is to pay attention to who benefits from a major problem. The motive is in the solution, which is always something that the public would not accept under normal circumstances. For instance, the U.S.A. Patriot Act would have never been passed without the attacks of 9-11, even though it was written and assembled in the late 1990s.<br /><br />I was wrong recently in predicting a terrorist attack on the seventh anniversary of 9-11. I admit it. My interpretation was flawed simply because I injected myself in what was being said. But what I saw originally was a period of testing between the events of 9-11, and it's seventh anniversary. And I saw that if we chose the wrong path (of vengeance, greed, corruption, and self righteousness), we would very shortly suffer the consequences...and here we are.<br /><br />(As I understand it, Bush and the Illuminati as a whole, plotted planned and executed the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001. If this is a surprise to you, or a "theory" that you've heard of and dismissed before, you should check out <a href="http://wtc7.net/">this link</a>, <a href="http://video.google.com/videosearch?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&=&q=secrets+of+evil&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wv&oi=property_suggestions&resnum=0&ct=property-revision&cd=1#q=fabled%20enemies&hl=en&emb=0">this video</a>, and start doing some serious digging. Because there's not that much time left where we will have the luxury of research. Knowledge is power. The more you learn on your own about who is manipulating what in the world today, the less confused and terrified you will be when they bring the hammer of Martial Law down on us. The Illuminati are completely exposed right now before all who will seek the truth...thanks to the internet, and the spirit of Truth.)<br /><br />One of the reasons that this problem has blown up so quickly is that Major coorporations that are struggling now have gotten into in the habit of keeping their troubles secret until they implode. In this "Free market" which is based on faith, it is suicide for some businesses to disclose their troubles, when others keep their poker face set. Enron was an early manifestation of the "bad fruit" of a deregulated market. Greed, dishonesty and treachery have flourished under deregulation, like fungus grows in dark spaces.<br /><br />It is very important that we recognize the spiritual reality in all of this. We, beings of flesh, are as puppets to be guided and directed by whatever Spirit we give authority to. Although we do have free choice, and we can take power from a bad spirit and offer it to God's spirit (and unfortunately vice-versa)...only by spiritual manipulation would people destroy their own future with such dedication. That's what has been happening, and our leaders (who have steered us into this terrible place that we are now) go through rituals renewing their allegiance to demonic forces on a fairly regular basis.<br /><br />Lehman Brothers and Meryl Lynch went bankrupt on Monday September 15th, which started this current credit "crisis". For days after that, I, like most everybody else, watched dumbfounded as company after company, bank after bank, went under in a chain reaction. 9-11-08 was the last peaceful day before this shaking. Mark my words, things are going to get a lot worse before they start getting better for this world. This is only the beginning of a new stage.<br /><br />When I specifically wrote that there would be a terrorist attack on 9-11-08, I was drawing the conclusion from a gut feeling that had haunted me since 9-11-01. The root of that feeling was that we would have seven years to repent before Satan was allowed to spring his final NWO plan on the world. The world had a window of seven years that most were blissfully unaware of. Between 9-11-01, and 9-11-08, the church was being watched very closely by God and his host.<br />During that time, a massive "Truth" movement grew up in the outer edges of society, and began infiltrating the whole world. While all people have the freedom to ignore such movements, the elite is very aware of it, and working furiously to put a lid on it before a critical mass of awareness is reach, and their power is taken away. This is why they are attacking society as a whole by cutting off credit. What's happening is one part Satan's attack strategy to dismantle the old economic system before introducing a new, global system...But it's also God's judgment against dishonest and greedy business practices.<br /><br />The Global Stock Market represents a house that's built on sand, and it is crumbling down. People that have dedicated their lives to the Kingdom of God are living in a house that's built on rock...and they will withstand the storms that are brewing now. I know this conclusion sounds very simple, and basic, but it's the truth. If you live for Love, you will survive the storms, but if you live for the system, and for self, you will be swept away. The whole world is being judged, but it is the heart of every individual that is really being considered. <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />If</span> you have been serving the system, dismissing the warning signs, and waiting for somebody else to clean up the mess that we as a whole have created and allowed...change your heart! Do not be afraid of God's judgment, because it is being carried out by the source of true Justice. Engage in the battle between tangible truth and the lies that define this system. As you find light and truth, share it freely to all who seek the light. The only weapons that can really hit the enemy of God is a love for the truth, and a willingness to share light freely...to love our neighbors. The only thing that we each have the power to change in this world is the state of our hearts...to care and to make the effort of repentance.<br /><br />In Revelation 11, when the Lord's time to rule comes there is much rejoicing in heaven. The rulers of this world system have been ravaging the world's resources, and producing vasts amounts of polution into our skies, seas, and land. They are literally "Destroying the Earth", and if they are not stopped, none will survive. Those who are in the light already, hold fast! Deliverance is surely coming.<br /><br />Rev 11:16-18<br />And the twenty-four elders who sat before God on their thrones fell on their faces and worshiped God,<span id="en-NKJV-30884" class="sup"></span> saying:<br /><br /><br />“ We give You thanks, O Lord God Almighty,<br />The One who is and who was and who is to come,<br />Because You have taken Your great power and reigned.<br /><span id="en-NKJV-30885" class="sup"></span> The nations were angry, and Your wrath has come,<br />And the time of the dead, that they shall be judged,<br />And that You shall reward Your servants the prophets and the saints,<br />And those who fear Your name, small and great,<br />And <span style="font-weight: bold;">You shall destroy those who destroy the earth</span>.”young brotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762877133297398396noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500184.post-33538383363749087602008-10-08T23:31:00.006-04:002008-10-11T02:42:59.354-04:00A coup in America, October 1st. This is the Beginning of the End.<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_XgkeTanCGI&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_XgkeTanCGI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />Above is an interview with Naomi Wolf, feminist, activist, author of "The End of America" and "Give Me Liberty". In this interview, she explains that a coup was carried out, by the Bush administration threatening congress with Martial Law on October 1st. So much has happened since this "financial crisis" began. The McCain campaign was suspended; Martial Law has been introduced as a possibility, used as a threat against members of congress; New York Mayor Micheal Bloomberg has announced that he will be changing the term limits laws, and running for a third term as mayor because of this crisis; and a brigade of Army troops has been sent to Georgia, "on call" to respond to domestic dissent when martial law is actually declared. If American readers tell your friends and family, and call your district attorneys and do what Vincent Bugliosi suggested, which is to call your local District Attorney and demand that they arrest the president immediately for murder. If a soldier who has died in Iraq is from his district, he has the jurisdiction to make such an arrest. Although the odds are stacked against stopping him, I pray that he will be stopped, because the things that are planned for this planet are truly horrible.<br /><br />Below is an Alex Jones interview with Naomi Wolf. In it, they discuss the rise of fascism in America, and then have an in-depth discussion of the Bush family History, and Prescott Bush's roots in the funding and establishment of Nazi Germany. The truth is so much stranger than fiction. Bush = Nazi. This is all real, the "Conspiracy Theorists" are not joking. This credit crunch is an economic attack of the very few against the many. It's a program, not an accident.<br /><embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-4721859480918954376&hl=en&fs=true" style="width: 400px; height: 326px;" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed>young brotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762877133297398396noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500184.post-2932490448534033042008-10-01T12:06:00.002-04:002008-10-01T12:23:33.996-04:00Financial Tsunami; The End of the World as We Knew it.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/extra/images/big/july-dec08/bailout.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/extra/images/big/july-dec08/bailout.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><em><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Article by F. William Engdahl:</span></span><br /><br />The unexpected rejection by the US Congress of the Bush Administration financial rescue plan, TARP on September 29 has opened up the spectre for the first time of a 1931-style domino wave of worldwide bank failures. That is already underway across the US banking spectrum with the failure, nationalization or forced liquidation in the past two weeks of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, of the giant Washington Mutual mortgage lender, of the nation’s fourth largest deposit bank, Wachovia. That was on top of a wave of smaller bank failures that began with IndyMac in the spring. For some it is appealing and more simple to grasp the magnitude of these titanic events in the US-centered financial world by assuming it is all part of a pre-planned grand conspiracy by the Money Masters, what in the 1920s in the USA was termed the Money Trust, to control the entire financial world.<br /><br /></em><div style="text-align: center;"><em> <a href="http://www.infowars.com/?p=4996">Read More...</a></em><br /><em></em></div><em><br /></em><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q160/mortalsinner/FACISM.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q160/mortalsinner/FACISM.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>young brotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762877133297398396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500184.post-44521146672104850152008-09-17T13:28:00.003-04:002008-09-17T18:08:45.264-04:009-11 Seven Years of Ripening.9-11-08 was the last day of peace before Hurricane Ike caused gas prices to skyrocket even further. This was followed by the current escalation in the economic downward spiral... (Meril Lynch, Lehman Brothers, AIG) but that's obviously not what I was "predicting".<br /><br />The Lord will be glorified no matter what happens, so I am not too worried, and I am very relieved not to have said "Thus Saith the Lord" about 9-11-08. I've had glimpses and snippets of visions before, but I'm much more comfortable in learning about the past, and analyzing our present than I am in predicting the future.<br /><br />That being said, it is possible for us to understand what will likely happen in the future, if we do the hard work of learning the hidden details of history (like the Media-ignored comparisons between <a href="http://www.leechvideo.com/video/view182943.html">Bush's 9-11, and Hitler's Reichstag fire</a>). We can also understand what will likely happen in the future if we pay close attention to current events. Most people don't have the time for that, because their time is spent on their jobs, families, or other priorities of this world. But those people who have studied, because of a hunger to know the truth no matter what cost...people who come to know what's going on, who's behind it, and why it's happening are entrusted with "a message of hope for those who receive it, and a warning to those who will not".<br /><br />The above quote is a lyric from the Psycho-spiritual-Metal band, "Tool". This band produced an album in the spring of 2001 that eerily predicted the post-9-11 world. Read the lyrics to Laturalus <a href="http://toolshed.down.net/lyrics/lateraluslyrics.php">here</a>. It's amazing.<br /><br />What's more amazing, Alex Grey, who has painted the artwork for their album covers since 2001, actually predicted the post-9-11 world in a painting he made in 1989. The picture below shows two airplanes flying towards the twin towers in the background, and in the foreground, there are three characters: a "terrorist", a dark suit wearing gentlemen who looks suspiciously like George W Bush, and a "Dick" (as in, Dick Cheney). I am publishing this painting because of it's foresight and significance to the greater spiritual picture. I hope that I will not offend anyone by doing so.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/44/176856103_2b6403ddc4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 458px; height: 343px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/44/176856103_2b6403ddc4.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>This painting shows what I see as a combination of the tree of life, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. It also expresses the two paths ahead of us that I saw in my vision at the church in the week after 9-11. Those who choose the way of light, and life and God have been transforming during the past seven years into a greater awareness, empathy and understanding of the universe. Those who choose the way of darkness, and selfishness, and vengeance have experienced an atrophy of the spirit. The lost are suffering from this. They have no idea what's going on. They do not see the writing on the wall, or the dots connecting themselves. The Biblical analogy of "light" and "darkness" is about comprehension. Spiritual darkness is a plague that effects the lost (who are guided by liars, and agents of the adversary). This plague also affects the wicked themselves.<br /><br />I believe that because both the lost and the wicked are in darkness, we must not condemn those who are in darkness. "Done" recently remarked on that, warning those gathered here not to get sucked up into the same condemning spirit that has it's grip on most people. He makes a very important point. We must confront and stand up when we're facing a lie, but we must not eternally condemn the liar, because it is God's duty to judge who is a deceiver, and who has simply been deceived.<br /><br />God will distinguish what to keep and what to throw away, and always has. Even still, Light must penetrate the darkness. The lost will not like light shining in their eyes at first, but it's the only way to get them out. The wicked will fight to destroy the light. None of us has perfect light, but we do all have some of that light within us. It is our sacred duty to share it, in love (patience, kindness, etc). That task is certainly difficult, but in Christ it is possible, and we must be in Christ to share the light. We know the darkness will be done away with, let us continue to proclaim it. To our friends, relatives, neighbors, and strangers. The harvest is plentiful, and ripening even now. This is a wonderful time to be rooted in the Rock of Christ.<br /><br />John 1:4-5<br /><blockquote>In Him (Jesus, the Word) was life, and the life was the light of men.<span id="en-NKJV-26044" class="sup"></span> And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.</blockquote>Jesus says in John 15:1-12<br /><blockquote>“I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.<span id="en-NKJV-26696" class="sup"></span> Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every <i>branch</i> that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. <span id="en-NKJV-26697" class="sup"></span> You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. <span id="en-NKJV-26698" class="sup"></span>Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.<br /><br /> <span id="en-NKJV-26699" class="sup"></span>“I am the vine, you <i>are</i> the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. <span id="en-NKJV-26700" class="sup"></span> If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw <i>them</i> into the fire, and they are burned.<span id="en-NKJV-26701" class="sup"></span> If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span id="en-NKJV-26703" class="sup"></span>“As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love.<span id="en-NKJV-26704" class="sup"></span> If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love. <span id="en-NKJV-26705" class="sup"></span>“These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and <i>that</i> your joy may be full. This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.</blockquote><br />Love is the Key. We know this, but it's good to remember it constantly, and not to be lured away from it for any reason. If we begin to argue with others purely for the thrill of winning, we are not abiding in love. The truth can only be received if it is offered in love. We must act out of love, for God, for brother, for neighbor, for enemy, and for self. We must teach in love, share in love, and most importantly, demonstrate love. Love is the Light that has been given to us, and that we must give out. Praise the Lord!<br /><br />1 Cor 13:1-3<br /><blockquote>Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.<span id="en-NKJV-28662" class="sup"></span> And though I have <i>the gift of</i> prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed <i>the poor,</i> and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing. <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Cor%2013;&version=50;">more...</a></blockquote><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Cor%2013;&version=50;"></a>young brotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762877133297398396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500184.post-57662213993325406062008-09-04T17:58:00.006-04:002008-09-06T05:12:38.534-04:00Will America Be Attacked on 9-11-08?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.oilempire.us/graphics/whenhistoryrepeats.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.oilempire.us/graphics/whenhistoryrepeats.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Could America be the victim of another surprise attack on September 11th, 2008? I believe it's not only possible, it's extremely likely. Knowing how risky it is to make such a bold statement, I am willing to stake my claim at Prophecy by saying that yes, it will happen.<br /><br />I have been pondering and hesitating over the post you are about to read for a very long time. But that is because I haven't heard the deep, separate, and echoey voice of God saying "Yes, America will be attacked by that <a href="http://911antichrist.blogspot.com/2008/02/wolf-who-cried-terrorist.html">Wolf who cries Terrorist</a> (George Bush) on 9-11-08". I also don't know what will happen on the day itself.<br /><br />What I have experienced are ideas, observations, and random thoughts that are more solid than my normal thoughts. These thoughts make me feel as though I know with certainty things that I have no business of knowing. I have always been very skeptical about those thoughts, and ashamed to experience them, because I knew that thoughts like that are a symptom of insanity. But I have come to believe that the prophets of the Old Testament also have those thoughts. And I'm willing to take the gamble and stake my reputation on this prophecy. We'll know for certain next Thursday.<br /><br /><br /><br />Below is an account of when those "more solid thoughts" about Bush and 9-11-08 struck me:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1. </span>In late November 2000, while the first Bush election was still up for grabs, I was in the car with my cousin Matt, and we were listening to "Antichrist Superstar"...Suddenly, I was compelled to tell him, "If Bush somehow wins this election, and then proves that he has been lying about all of his Christian morals of peace and compassion, and he somehow invades Iraq, you just watch, he'll turn out to be the Antichrist, because God wouldn't stand for it." I didn't take my own advice, and didn't really come to believe that Bush is the Antichrist until December 2004, but that was the first heavy thought.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2. </span>On 9-11-01, when everything was falling apart, and everyone was in some state of shock, I had a certain thought that the Antichrist was behind the attacks, and that there would be another event, but not for another seven years (9-11-08). Sure enough, with Anthrax, and Snipers and School shootings plaguing America in the years between, there has not been a single attack on America that has been linked to Al Qaeda in the seven years since 9-11. I didn't believe that Bush was the Antichrist on that day. Like many, I suspected that it was Osama Bin Laden. But I knew the Antichrist was behind the attacks.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3.</span> A week after 9-11-01, I went to church with my Mom, and instead of the normal Wednesday night Bible study, Trinity Broadcasting Network was holding a nationally televised prayer meeting in the sanctuary. At first, I just sat and listened to the angry, hurt, and vengeful prayers. I hoped that someone in line would set the course straight and pray for forgiveness...but none did. When I realized that none <span style="font-style: italic;">would</span> say that, I got in the line. As I stood there I prayed that I was being rash, that there wasn't a spiritual cancer in the heart of the congregation that forgot forgiveness when it was needed the most. I prayed that someone else, anyone else, would say what was on my heart. None did.<br /><br />At that time, I saw a very clear vision of America's destiny. I saw two paths ahead of the intersection of 9-11, and I knew that our reaction would determine which path we would go on. I knew for certain that we had to make the right choice, and go on the right path as soon as possible, because God would allow only seven years of this gross misrepresentation of Christ. I knew that if we fed the fear and the hatred in our souls, and if we believed that it was righteous, we would be doomed as a nation. I knew that we would be withered up in seven years time...and here we are. I also saw another pathway ahead of America, the high road. The way of peace, and mercy, and love. The way that normal Americans were when they responded to the victims of 9-11. I knew the greatest obstacle ahead of us was learning how important it is to love our enemies. And I knew that if we couldn't learn that, like the unforgiving servant, we would be judged as guilty by God himself.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">4. </span>In late December 2004, when the Tsunami hit, I felt like I was snapped out of a trance by the massive tragedy. It was then that I prayed for God to show me what was really going on in the world; if these were signs of the end; and if the Antichrist really was in power somewhere. I had an incredible hunger to get to the bottom of this "end of days" question, and to seek the truth at any cost. In short, I finally gave weight to some suspicions that I had for years...and my life was forever changed because of it. Two days later, I first saw the "Bush Is Antichrist" website, and a lot of things about the world seemed to come into sharp focus and make more sense.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">5.</span> In August 2005, eight months after coming to believe that Bush is the Antichrist, I started doing some real research about the 9-11 attacks. I soon realized that amazingly enough, 9-11 itself was carried out by a shadowy Western elite (and George Bush was in on it...which explains the strange behavior of the <a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/9-11secretservice.html">Secret Service</a> that morning, along with a whole series of spiritual and moral questions). I later found out that Adolph Hitler created the Nazi dictatorship out of a German democracy based on "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1hZdjDJ4IA">false flag</a>" terrorist attacks, and the promise of enhanced security. But more on the serious Hitler/Bush connections in a later post.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">6.</span> Leading up to the 2006 elections, The head of the house I am living in was speculating that the Bush administration would stage another false-flag "terrorist attack" <span style="font-style: italic;">before</span> the '06 Congressional elections. He felt that Bush couldn't afford to lose control of Congress to the Democrats that year, and so he would have to attack, or risk impeachment. My view was different. We all had our moments of speculation and analysis. We all wanted to know what would happen. This was the fall of 2006. My speculation felt more like a proclamation, and while it seemed pretty unlikely, I was very sure that it would happen. This is what I said:<br /><br />"I believe that the Bush administration will wait until they're ready. I don't think they will be impeached unless it's part of the plan, But when they do strike, Karl Rove is going to be in legal trouble, and Bush is going to be going through some sort of Impeachment process. His impeachment will probably still be in debate on the house floor when it happens. Why do that? Because it would create a wave of sentiment for the Bush administration. They will go through the motions of being held accountable to what's left of the law, and then we will be attacked, to break the sovereignty of the law by the urgent need for security. The next major "Terrorist Attack" against America will happen right near the end of his term, because why would Bush waste his official time in office? He has no reason to attack until the clock is almost up, and he has to have some sort of excuse to continue in office, and that excuse will come from chaos. He will at least try to spin declaring Martial Law as a "public service", or a "last resort"...but it's really a massive power grab. I also think he struck a deal with some of the corporate heads who are a part of this <a href="http://www.sonomacountyfreepress.com/bohos/bohofact.html">Bohemian Grove</a> /<a href="http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/big_surprises_at_bilderberg.html"> Bilderberg</a> conspiracy. Bush promised to keep things peaceful for a set amount of time, so that they could maximize their profits, and maximize the debt of the masses during that time. I believe it's going to happen on September 11th 2008".<br /><br />And here we are today...The economy is in shambles: we are experiencing a worldwide food and fuel crisis, an above-average abundance of Natural Disasters. In May of this year Asia experienced two extremely devastating natural disasters, Typhoon Nagis, and an earthquake in China. In June the Mississippi River flooded many areas along it's coast in the great floods of '08, and Dennis Kusinich introduced 35 articles for impeachment against <a href="http://startnow72.wordpress.com/2008/06/11/us-congressman-dennis-kucinich-moves-to-impeach-bush/">George W Bush</a>. In July, Karl Rove was held in <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/30/karl-rove-held-in-contemp_n_115836.html">Contempt of Congress</a> because he didn't show up to testify in regards to the recent Justice Department scandal. So my improbable "speculation" has been coming true exactly so far.<br /><br />On August 8th, The morning of the Olympics grand opening, Georgia (believing they were backed by NATO) began bombing the separatist region of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_South_Ossetia_war">South Ossetia</a> (which is largely composed of Russian-speakers, and is part of the pre-communist Russian empire)...Russia fought back with a massive demonstration of military might, and there is talk now about how we are in a New Cold War. On August 18th, <a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jIE0IUn4WIiaMBpjG8SI_6H5RXzgD92KJN5G0">Perez Musharraf</a> stepped down as president, leaving Pakistan in a "<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7568488.stm">political vacuum</a>". Things are shaky right now, and they could tip over very easily, but people are still looking away, still hoping for deliverance in the next presidential administration.<br /><br />If there is a terrorist attack on September 11th, it would cause at least part of the "9-11 truth" movement to hit the streets in hope of starting a revolution. An attack on that day might also cause some gun-loving evangelicals to snap, and go on a crusade to kill liberals and "secular humanists" in the name of the Lord. Seven years is, after all, a very significant time-frame for people who are fascinated with the apocalypse in the mainstream church, and there are plenty of dangerous people who are obsessed with Armageddon, and have been taught for the past seven years that the "War on Terrorism" is righteous. So in some ways, 9-11 is the Achilles heel of America. After the reaction from the masses, Bush would have no choice but to declare Martial law, and use those Halliburton-built concentration camps to "quell domestic dissent".<br /><br />In the movie, The Devils' Advocate, Al Pacino (the Devil) says, "I'm a surprise, they don't see me coming". Bush's plan is simple, and devious: it is to take over the world. He has the same ambition as Adolph Hitler...but for some reason, most people aren't willing or able to see that about him. He will strike on 9-11, and use the strike as an excuse to gather more power. And most just don't see him coming. But some do, praise God.young brotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762877133297398396noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500184.post-23570940783679385612008-08-23T02:41:00.006-04:002008-08-25T01:52:44.753-04:00The Treacherous Tongue, A Double Edged SwordMost people like to talk. Usually we talk about what we know. If we spend our time watching sports, we'll talk about sports. The same is true for politics, or foreign films, or history, or almost any topic. And then there are people who act as if they had full knowledge of all topics, but they are usually lying. What we say reveals who we are. This is something that a lot of people know, but don't really understand, except on a very basic level. And it is not just a universal truth: it's a very well covered Biblical teaching. Our tongues can deliver us out of tricky situations, and they can draw us into traps of our own making. The tongue has the power to bless, curse, praise and blaspheme. And the less we control it, the more damage it will do. Proverbs 17:27-28 says, <blockquote>"He who has knowledge spares his words, And a man of understanding is of a calm spirit. Even a fool is counted wise when he holds his peace; When he shuts his lips, he is considered perceptive." </blockquote><br /><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James%203;&version=45;">James 3</a> discusses the Treacherous Tongue; starting off with a warning that there shouldn't be many who strive to be teachers (official talkers), because teachers are held to a higher scrutiny. It is much easier to have the <u>ambition</u> to teach than it is to have the discipline, understanding and discernment to do it well. The words of all spiritual teachers are under the spotlight, in heaven and on Earth, and that is how it should be. But there are some "teachers" who are oblivious to that reality, and speak from the hip, letting their stronger emotions determine what they say. Many of these teachers are also in the habit of listening to their "students" only enough to begin formulating their own brilliant response. They love to talk, but don't value listening. Because the flow of communication is disrupted, they soon have almost nothing of substance to say, becoming a dead sea of words.<br /><br />Wise teachers are aware of the higher standard, yet by faith they proceed, and pray that they might be up to the challenge. They speak carefully, disciplining their tongues. They speak as often as they need to, and listen as much as they can.<br /><br />Jesus Christ issued his strongest warning, when talking about the tongue. You'll find in <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matt%2012:31-37;&version=50;">Matthew 12:30-37</a> Jesus:<br /><ol><li> reveals that <span style="font-style: italic;">the only unpardonable sin has to do with speaking</span></li><li> says "out of the mouth comes the abundance of what's in the heart"</li><li> and he also warns that everyone will be held accountable for every careless word we speak (which is a great reason to speak thoughtfully and carefully).<br /></li></ol>A disciplined tongue is capable of sharing wonderful depths of wisdom, if it is connected to a heart that loves truth, and mercy; and loves God, and Neighbor. The fruit of our words, whether they be healthy or sour, are nourished by the root of our soul. Once we stop excusing ourselves, and really examine what we say, we can see how true these teachings of Jesus are, and we will certainly begin to watch what we say.<br /><br />Jesus had an uncanny ability to read between the lines with people. Sometimes he overheard whisperings from among the disciples, sometimes he even read people's minds, but mostly he just<span style="font-style: italic;"> listened</span> to what was being said to him. He also told us, "These things I do, you will do, and even greater things than these!" That is quite a promise for his followers. I follow Jesus fiercely, and have for most of my life. Out of all the people I've ever known or read about, Jesus always seemed to make the most sense to me. I have been blessed with the faith to believe his Word more than anything else. I believe him more than I believe myself. He speaks the purest truth the world has ever known. Universal truth. So I believe him when he says we can do what he did. And Jesus was very, very good at accurately figuring people out.<br /><br />How did Jesus figure people out so well? He did it by <span><span style="font-style: italic;">listening</span> to people</span>. It's amazing how often we don't listen when we are in a conversation. M. Scott. Peck, in his fantastic book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=the+road+less+traveled+and+beyond&x=0&y=0">The Road Less Traveled and Beyond</a> goes into great depth about listening, and thinking, and communication. Listening takes effort, but it's well worth the price. Listening is an act of love. It is an ongoing effort (not a passive "skill"). But if you get into the habit of actually listening and absorbing what is being said to you, by you, around you, it may be that you will come to realize how much we all expose our true selves by the words we speak. If we speak in ways that lead to peace, and freedom, and love, and joy, and faith, and understanding and encouragement...our words are good. On the other hand, if we speak in ways that lead to envy, hatred, greed, pride, misery, hopelessness, and confusion...our words are bad. We are what we speak.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">James 3:<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;">My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment. For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body. <span id="en-NKJV-30317" class="sup"></span>Indeed,<sup></sup> we put bits in horses’ mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body. Look also at ships: although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires.<span id="en-NKJV-30319" class="sup"></span> Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things.<br /><br />See how great a forest a little fire kindles! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell. For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind. But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God. Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so. Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening? Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span id="en-NKJV-30327" class="sup"></span>Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth. <span id="en-NKJV-30329" class="sup"></span>This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.<span id="en-NKJV-30332" class="sup"></span> Now the fruit of righteousness is sown <span style="font-style: italic;">in peace by those who make peace</span>.</div></div>young brotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762877133297398396noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500184.post-6950442918664513292008-08-09T20:09:00.009-04:002008-08-20T02:24:22.579-04:00The Resurrection of the Body of ChristThe <a href="http://www.reformed.org/documents/index.html?mainframe=http://www.reformed.org/documents/apostles_creed.html">Apostles Creed</a> is a summary of the common beliefs held by all Christians, of all denominations, and was written during the time of the apostles (while miraculous power still defined the baby church) . One of the beliefs listed in this creed is "The resurrection of the body". While many assume that this refers to our physical bodies, we should remember that in the New Testament, "body" is a metaphor for the church itself. I believe that the "ressurection of the body" is referring to a new spiritual life that will come into the church in the days leading up to the return of Christ. If you read the New Testament, you'll see that the promises, callings and definitions of our faith stretch very far above and beyond the experience of most. The Holy Spirit empowered believers when the church was first forming, and I believe that Spiritual anointing was a "first fruit", or a taste of what was certain to come at God's appointed time. I believe that God is powerful, purposeful and patient, and that all things he has promised will certainly come true.<br /><br />I also believe that the timing for this "resurrection of the body" is now. Because "<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Peter%203:8-9;&version=50;">1000 years is as a day to the Lord and a day is as 1000 years</a>", Jesus was resurrected "in the early hours of the third day", and he also claimed that he would be "<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2013:32;&version=50;">perfected in the third day</a>". Have no doubt, by considering that this Resurrection of the Body applies to the church, I am also saying that the Body of Christ has been "dead" for almost all of the past 2000 years. This is a very humbling and frightening concept for church-goers who don't want to rock the boat. However, if you are familiar with Church History and become willing to question the foundation of your doctrines, traditions etc, you will clearly see how this applies.<br /><br />The deceptiveness of Lucifer is uncanny. The truth of this is not something that people can be convinced of by others. To see it, you have to look for the signs of deception for yourself. You have to plead with God to help you in discerning truth. You have to be willing to always reexamine the ground on which you stand.<br /><br />In 325 A.D., by order of Roman Emperor Constantine, the church became the official religion of Rome and was organized by the Nicene Counsel. This counsel created it's own <a href="http://www.creeds.net/ancient/nicene.htm">creed</a> which is very similar to the Apostles Creed, but rephrases the "resurrection of the body" to the "resurrection of the dead". That subtle difference is very significant. My mentor, PeterZ <a href="http://endtimesjournal.blogspot.com/2008/08/paul-and-scripture.html">taught</a>, "I personally believe that the council was a grave stone to the Church because it went from being an organism to an organization. It set the cannon but it also made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire and now had the authority of the State rather than the anointing of God." Since then, numerous atrocities have been carried out by the church, in the name of Christ, and have caused many non-believers to dismiss Christianity as a hypocritical, judgmental and violent religion. Fortunately, the teachings of Christ and the Apostles have little if anything to do with the horrors of the post-Nicene church. It is undeniable that scriptures have been plucked up and twisted to help the accuser to cast millions of Christians back into darkness. Lucifer prefers disguising himself as an angel of light because he once was an angel of light. Our only hope in this battle is to be vigilant: by keeping our assumptions to a minimum, by studying the scriptures in context, and by praying fervently for God to provide understanding.<br /><br />Even though the church has <a href="http://www.ccel.org/contrib/exec_outlines/2thess/2th2_1.htm">fallen away</a>, Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever. The Gospel is truly good news, not just some verbal formula of "accepting Jesus into our hearts". Righteousness is a life of actions that testify of the love that springs from within us. God's love for us is unconditional (agape), not "tough love", and so we should strive to love one another in the same way...without judgment. After all, God has cast the sins of those he loves into the sea of his forgetfulness. The freedom of grace seems to be lost in translation. It's not a "get out of jail free" card, so much as it is the definition of unconditional love.<br /><br />Many believers came to the church in the first place because they didn't want to go to hell when they died. Messages of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_and_brimstone">Hellfire and Brimstone</a> are terrific motivators, and successful evangelists have been using that angle to beef up their recruitment numbers for many generations. And while it's true that "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom", I can tell you for certain that the fear of the Lord and the fear of Hell are two entirely different things. Throughout most of the church age, Fear of personal destruction has been used to control people, to keep them submissive and obedient to their worldly authorities. But God did not sacrifice his only begotten son so that we would be scared into submission...He did it because He "so loved the world". To fear the Lord is to acknowledge that he knows everything about us all. That he sees into our hearts, he knows our secrets, and he isn't fooled by lies (even if we persuade ourselves to believe pleasurable lies...such as condemning a group of people and calling that condemnation "love"). To fear the Lord is to follow Him, to serve him, even if your own life is threatened because of that dedication. If you have the fear of the Lord it means you are willing to stand alone, against the crowd, despite great objection because you don't care about the judgment of people so much as you care about the judgment of God. Many people who belong to the church institution aren't willing to stand out of the crowd. They follow the rest of the herd, instead of the good Shepherd. They lack the "Fear of the Lord", and therefore lack wisdom.<br /><br />Growing up, I would recite the Apostles Creed at its designated time every Sunday morning church service, along with the rest of the "flock". It always struck me as strange that people in my church could recite such a radical list of beliefs with little to no emotion. It was as though people were embarrassed, and competing with each other to see who could sound the least sincere or interested. But at the same time, these same people were too afraid or self conscious to do anything but recite it, on command, every week. Lots of things about the church always puzzled me. The history, the routines, the traditions, the repetition and the methods of recruitment. What we were reading from, learning about, and claiming to believe was much more urgent, inspired and extreme than what we were in the habit of doing. It all seemed so very wrong. But it was easier for me back then to believe that there was something wrong with my perception, instead of something wrong with the entire church.<br /><br />When the church was young, it was full of life, energy, love and joy...then very quickly after it's birth, it began to die. The Official Catholic Church introduced a heavy system of rules and traditions that Jesus never spoke of (but the old pagan Roman religion practiced)....and for almost the entirety of these past twenty centuries, the power, life, love, faith, and hope of the church has died...but even that was a part of God's greater plan.<br /><br />The faith of Christ's disciples was shaken when he died. For two days, they remained hidden from the outside world. The rug was pulled out from under their feet. The 11 remaining Disciples, and numerous other men and women had dedicated their lives to following a man who was supposed to deliver Israel...and he died. For two days (the day it happened, and the day after) there was nothing...the future looked very grim for Christ's followers. But then on the third day he rose again: and all doubt, discouragement and uncertainty was put to rest. Followers of Christ are in a similar predicament today, but resurrection is coming. When it does, everything will change.<br /><br />That's the reason why the global elite have been scrambling to establish their New World Order: Lucifer (who rules them) knows that his time is short; he knows that the resurrection is coming, and he is in a race against time to establish his rule before he is overthrown and put in chains.<br /><br />Also, Jesus knew that there would be atrocities carried out in his name. As a prophet, he saw not just this point in history, but across the entire landscape of the past 2000 years. It has been marked by misinterpretation and the spiritual death of his teaching. His teachings and spirit have been rejected by the established authority. Throughout the ages, a remnant has survived, and has been blessed with an understanding of Christ's spirit. But it has only been a remnant. And here is hope: despite knowing what would happen under the banner of Christianity between then and now, <span style="font-style: italic;">Jesus also knew what would happen in our future</span>. And the final judgment of Father and Son is that Christianity was worth the price. We haven't seen anything yet when it comes to the Glory that has been promised to the Son, and his bride. He will return to rule the world, along with his saints who will rule under his authority. The seventh "Day of Rest", the third "Day of Resurrection" and the 1000 years reign of Christ in <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Rev%2020&version=31">Revelation 20</a> are prophecies of the <span style="font-style: italic;">same exact promise</span>. So as bad as everything may seem to us, we must rest assured that the King of kings will be given his throne very soon, and what happens then will be more wonderful than anything we can imagine.<br /><br />Romans 8:18-25<br /><blockquote>For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy <i>to be compared</i> with the glory which shall be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected <i>it</i> in hope; because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. Not only <i>that,</i> but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body. For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for <i>it</i> with perseverance. </blockquote>young brotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762877133297398396noreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500184.post-76257945377641281592008-07-30T18:45:00.003-04:002008-07-30T19:03:49.464-04:00The End is NearI speak it low and often. I try to spread the word.<br />They hear but they don't listen, continue undisturbed.<br />The message is a fire burning up inside me<br />and though I wish it did...this fire doesn't spread.<br />Instead it's like a lit fuse, and I'm a powder keg.<br />The warnings loud and clear, you didn't want to hear<br />The judgments coming faster, the end so very near.<br />And when it all collapses, just like the crackpots said<br />so shocked to see it's over, that we have reached the end.<br />They act like I'm infected, and it may be I am<br />But I have been awakened, and really understand.<br />I'll threaten your foundations, all matter-of-fact<br />and sometimes you'll receive it, but mostly you'll react.<br />And some of you will hate me, and talk behind my back<br />cuz though I'm mostly even, sometimes I'm known to snap<br />I know that my vibration is either high or low<br />a seer or just crazy, there is no middle road<br />And all that I have suffered, it seems without reward<br />could not be for a lie, but even still I am ignored.<br />From everything I've studied, the end seems close at hand<br />How I wish I didn't see this, and couldn't understand.young brotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762877133297398396noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500184.post-51460471246781513352008-07-15T14:36:00.011-04:002008-11-01T14:32:09.176-04:00The Parable of two Foundations<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2193/1557962579_0a0f8f61fd.jpg?v=0"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 274px; height: 410px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2193/1557962579_0a0f8f61fd.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /></a>When the church was newly born, the gospel was being spread throughout the Roman Empire and beyond. At that time there were many troubles and trials, much persecution and yet there was also tremendous growth. Nowadays, Christianity is the common faith among the most wealthy and powerful nations in the world. Our faith has gone from being persecuted to being openly endorsed, and yet spiritually, modern Christianity is like a fire that has burned out, leaving only a few red embers behind.<br /><br />In the first century, when Christians were beaten because of their faith, did they fight back? did they grumble under their breath? No, they openly rejoiced and praised God for their own bruises and bloodshed. They actually saw pain as a blessing, a source of growth and a confirmation of the authenticity of the spirit within them. Why?<br /><br />If they were being taught by modern Christian teachers, they might have learned to take persecution with grit teeth, while filling their minds with dreams of God's vengeance. But in Acts 14:22 is says that the Apostles were going from town to town, <blockquote>strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, <i style="font-style: italic;">and </i><span style="font-style: italic;">saying</span><i>,</i> “We must <span style="font-style: italic;">through</span> many tribulations enter the kingdom of God.”</blockquote>The New Testament is absolutely full of references to the divine purpose of trials and tribulation. According to the church fathers, and to the scripture, when suffering is justified, we are being corrected, when it isn't just, we are storing up heavenly treasure. All things, even pain, work for the good of those that love God. There was no pre-trib vs post-trib debate in the days of Christ and his apostles. It wasn't assumed, it was <span style="font-style: italic;">known</span> by the early church that the last generation of Christians would live through the great tribulation. Romans 5:1-5 is a classic teaching:<br /><blockquote>Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we<sup> </sup>have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, <span id="en-NIV-28035" class="sup"></span>through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. <span id="en-NIV-28036" class="sup"></span>Not only so, but <span style="font-weight: bold;">we</span><sup style="font-weight: bold;"></sup><span style="font-weight: bold;"> also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; </span><span style="font-weight: bold;" id="en-NIV-28037" class="sup"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">perseverance, character; and character, hope. </span><span id="en-NIV-28038" class="sup"></span>And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.</blockquote>The book of 1 Peter also has wonderful teachings about the value of suffering. It is a relatively short book, and today I'd like to focus on <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=67&chapter=4&version=31">Chapter 4</a> verses 12-16:<br /><span id="en-NIV-30443" class="sup"></span><blockquote>Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you. <span id="en-NIV-30444" class="sup"></span>But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed. <span id="en-NIV-30445" class="sup"></span>If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. <span style="font-weight: bold;" id="en-NIV-30446" class="sup"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler.</span> <span id="en-NIV-30447" class="sup"></span>However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name. </blockquote><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wwwimage.cbsnews.com/images/2005/05/22/image697120x.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://wwwimage.cbsnews.com/images/2005/05/22/image697120x.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>What happened to America in the wake of 9-11? Did the Christian leaders of our nation teach their congregations to bless those that cursed us? To turn the other cheek, or even to look to God for their protection? No. How different would todays world be if the church leaders had taken that course? I believe it would be very different, because in the wake of those attacks, a spirit has guided the hearts of congregations throughout America. This spirit was pro-America, pro-vengeance, and literally anti-Christ.<br /><br />Because of that spirit, millions of American Christians still thirst for the blood of their Muslim enemies, while sending their children and their taxes to war. They don't bother to distinguish between their enemies and people who just sort of look like enemies. They condone killing for the sake of showing superiority. How can America dare to claim to be a righteous nation with this sort of brutal treatment of others? One could argue that we are a righteous nation because of our history before 9-11, but this spirit of brutal self-righteousness was not born with the war on Terrorism. Consider the persecution of the Indians, which killed many more people than the Nazi Holocaust; consider the treatment of slaves and immigrants; consider the fact that we created and introduced the Atomic Bomb to the world. Blood is the mortar in the foundation of this "Christian" nation. It saturates our history. We also have many pagan idols filling our Nation's capital and government buildings around the country, Yet we have an assumption that God will bless America...why should He? What makes us assume that he will? My Bible says that "<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+2:11">The Lord does not show favoritism</a>" and "<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=55&chapter=6&verse=7&version=31&context=verse">Be not deceived, God will not be mocked, a man will reap whatever he sews</a>".<br /><br />God is speaking out through the tragedies that are plaguing America right now. <span style="font-weight: bold;">And he will continue to speak this way until we listen, and we change our hearts and attitudes about everything.</span><br /><br />If this teaching is strange to you, I encourage you to press on. Read <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews%2012;&version=46;">Hebrews 12</a> (and I will quote verses 10-13)<br /><span id="en-CEV-26636" class="sup"></span> <blockquote>Our human fathers correct us for a short time, and they do it as they think best. But God corrects us for our own good, because he wants us to be holy, as he is. <span id="en-CEV-26637" class="sup"></span>It is never fun to be corrected. In fact, at the time it is always painful. But if we learn to obey by being corrected, we will do right and live at peace. Now stand up straight! Stop your knees from shaking <span id="en-CEV-26639" class="sup"></span>and walk a straight path. Then lame people will be healed, instead of getting worse. </blockquote> Nowadays, America is showing the world exactly what the spirit of a free and supposedly Christian nation is like, and it's terribly ugly compared to that of the early church. Jesus Himself is returning just in time to save his reputation from the deeds of his professed believers. Millions have no faith, no compassion, no forgiveness, no mercy, no clear vision, no clue about the consequences of our behavior. American Christians are drunk with the wine of Babylon, and we don't even have the decency or awareness to be ashamed of our spiritually drunken behavior.<br /><br />Instead, we go to church, we sing songs, we baptize our children and invoke the name Jesus as though it would help to ward God off from searching deep into our hearts and minds and finding out the selfish truth. Within the church, we do a wonderful job of reaffirming and reassuring one another, even as we wander further and further away from the true path of faith, hope, and love. Has God changed over time? Isn't the church today supposed to resemble the early church in spirit? Has anything about God's plan for the world, or the Gospel of Jesus Christ changed over the past 2000 years? Nothing in scripture has changed, but the doctrines of Christianity have been modified to support tyranny, inquisitions, crusades, and general heartlessness. One such doctrine that has poisoned the church the most is Pre-tribulation rapture. I have discussed this issue before, several times, but it's something that Christians must come to understand, if they are to be saved from the storms and troubles that will mark Christ's return.<br /><br />American and Western Christians flee from suffering these days. We see suffering as punishment intended for the unjust, and comfort and wealth as the blessing of God. Tribulation is not an honor anymore, it's a terror. Why? Because of the commonly held belief in a pre-tribulation rapture. This sick, twisted, blasphemous new tradition is the greatest weapon that Satan has unloosed upon modern Christendom. Our conflict in the middle east is fueled by Christian Zionism, which exists only because of the foundational belief of pre-trib rapture. Instead of fighting against the end of days, millions of people who call themselves Christians are working to bring about the end of days. We're being used as pawns of the devil, while thinking of ourselves as the Knights of Jesus Christ. But he warned us against this poisonous thinking:<br /><br />Luke 7:21-23<br /><blockquote>Not everyone who calls me their Lord will get into the kingdom of heaven. Only the ones who obey my Father in heaven will get in. <span id="en-CEV-19956" class="sup"></span>On the day of judgment many will call me their Lord. They will say, "We preached in your name, and in your name we forced out demons and worked many miracles." <span id="en-CEV-19957" class="sup"></span>But I will tell them, "I will have nothing to do with you! Get out of my sight, you evil people!</blockquote><br /><br />We are in the midst of tremendous famines, wars, pestilence etc. What's more, once the nuclear war starts, a whole long list of end-times prophecy will be filled in a very short period of time....and all of these things will happen without a rapture. Everyone will experience the tribulation; the saved as well as the lost. Those who cling to their belief in a pre-trib rapture <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">as though it were the same thing as their faith in Jesus Christ</span> will be devastated by the coming storm of tribulation. They will feel abandoned and forgotten by God almighty. The foundation of their faith will crumble entirely.<br /><br />On the other hand, there will be Christians who had not been raised on the escapist fairy tale of the rapture, and those who have been given the grace to see it for the heresy it is. They will be Christians who suffer on behalf of others, whose hearts are broken by the pain that war and institutionalized selfishness cause. These believers will rejoice in the Lord as we witness his judgment and seek his coming, because we will recognize how Good is being called Evil, and Evil is calling itself Good. We will not just stand firm in the midst of tribulation, we will stand even taller as events get worse and the storm rages furiously around us.<br /><br />And this is what Jesus meant in his parable of the Two houses:<br /><blockquote><br />Anyone who hears and obeys these teachings of mine is like a wise person who built a house on solid rock. <span id="en-CEV-19959" class="sup"></span>Rain poured down, rivers flooded, and winds beat against that house. But it did not fall, because it was built on solid rock. <p>Anyone who hears my teachings and doesn't obey them is like a foolish person who built a house on sand. The rain poured down, the rivers flooded, and the winds blew and beat against that house. Finally, it fell with a crash.</p></blockquote><p></p> <object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/K0bVsSWXG-I&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/K0bVsSWXG-I&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />Jesus has an undeniable, supernatural ability to condense intricate and elaborate truths into parables. He paints pictures with words; his parables are like encoded mysteries, meant to be dismissed by those who take them at surface value, while understood by those who have "Eyes to see and ears to hear". If you can envision the two houses mentioned in the parable above, you will notice that they seem on the surface and before trouble to be virtually identical. There is nothing to distinguish the two. They are both, by definition, houses. It is only when troubles come that the integrity of one stands, while the other crumbles. The state of our church today is in serious disrepair, because we are now in the storm. The Christians of Acts rejoiced in their persecution because their ability to withstand it was a gift from the Holy Spirit. They loved being given the opportunity to demonstrate to others how truly God had touched them. According to Jesus, there is no honor in loving those that love you, because even the heathens do that...but special honor comes when you love your enemies, when you do good to those that hurt you, when you turn the other cheek, when you go the extra mile, and obey the calling and commands of Jesus Christ.<br /><br />To obey the teachings of Christ with joy is to have a solid foundation. On the other hand to simply pretend to follow him without going through the effort of establishing your foundation on the Rock himself is utterly foolish. There are none who can build on the Rock of Christ who do not obey his commands. And all who obey his commands, <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%202:13-15;&version=9;">even without knowing that they are His</a>, are building on the solid rock.<br /><br />The storm is upon us. God is in the process of judging the entire world. People must come to terms with this because it's really happening. It's not too late for individual people to repent, but it is too late to avoid the consequences of our collective actions. The house will fall, but there is time to escape it before all the walls start crumbling down. Time is very very short, but the doors are still open.<br /><div style="text-align: center;">Seek the Lord while he may be found.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>young brotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762877133297398396noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500184.post-34938279035186957012008-07-13T04:01:00.010-04:002008-07-17T12:20:11.265-04:00Bush Declares National Emergency...AGAIN?!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.freehome.com/images/180505bush.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 403px; height: 301px;" src="http://www.freehome.com/images/180505bush.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>On June 26th, 2008, George W Bush <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/06/20080626-4.html">declared a state of National Emergency</a>. This date marks the 3 1/2 anniversary of the Tsunami in Asia, which I have regarded as a future milestone for a few years. However, as significant of an event as it may be, it is a dormant power. I have learned that there is a marked difference between declaring a state of National Emergency, and declaring a state of Martial Law. When Martial Law is declared, we will almost definitely be aware of it. But this declaration of National Emergency came through as a whisper...nothing seems different because of it. What gives?<br /><br />Martial Law is probably coming, but even still this "National Emergency" issue has a lot to do with the new dictatorship government of America. Until finding out about this declaration (thanks to Dan), and doing some research on exactly what a "state of National Emergency" means...I knew very little. Then I found <a href="http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/98-505.pdf">this</a>, and learned a few interesting facts (on pages 13-16). Here's the run down:<br /><ul><li>Reagan declared "National Emergency" 6 times during his 8 years in office, while America was under the threat of the "Evil Empire".<br /></li><li>Bush sr. declared it 5 times during his presidency (4 of them had to do with the first Iraq war).<br /></li><li><span style="font-style: italic;">All</span> declarations by Reagan and Bush sr. were revoked by later Executive Orders.<br /></li></ul>Now here is where it gets <span style="font-style: italic;">really</span> interesting:<br /><ul><li>Despite the fact that the Cold War was over, and the only real threat to our National Security had crumbled through bankruptcy, Bill Clinton declared National Emergency <span style="font-weight: bold;">18 times!! </span>throughout his presidency. Several False flag operations like the first World Trade Center bombing and the Oklahoma city bombing gave excuse for these declarations, but I believe that Clinton was helping to prepare America for the New World Order.<br /></li><li>Eleven of these declarations have been revoked. The other seven were never revoked, and one has been renewed every two years since 1995.<br /></li><li>Between 1-20-01 and 8-1-07, George W Bush declared a state of National Emergency 12 times, and never bothered to revoke any.<br /></li></ul>There is a law that was passed in 1976 that makes declarations of National Emergency expire after 2 years, unless expanded or specifically renewed. It's called the <a href="http://www.marad.dot.gov/publications/complaw03/National%20Emergency%20Act.htm">National Emergencies Act</a>.<br />Even with this, The United States have been in a state of Emergency indefinitely since the end of World War 2. An interesting note: in May of 2007, George Bush changed the conditions of declaring a state of National Emergency:<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=9568995">Bush Declares Himself Dictator</a><br /><object height="360" width="425"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="movie" value="http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=9568995,t=1,mt=video"><embed src="http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=9568995,t=1,mt=video" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="360" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />As stated earlier, Bush declared another state of National Emergency on June 26th 2008. Was it for the economic hardships that have recently plagued our nation? No, but it could have been. Was it for the great Mississippi floods of 'o8? Again, no, but it could have been. With very little fanfare, George W Bush declared a state of National Emergency because of the Nuclear threat posed by North Korea.<br /><br />These days, the political world is living more and more in the future, planning and preparing for Bush's successor, while regarding the current president as mostly harmless. It's the old bait and switch. Since Election '08 fever began, the spotlight has been taken off of Bush (just as the people weren't really paying attention to Bush before 9-11-01). 2008 is the first tax rebate bribe that we have received since 2001. and 9-11-08 will mark the prophetic seventh anniversary of the terrible day in history. I believe that something will happen on that anniversary...something that will cause the elections to be canceled and allow Bush to stay in power. This is the same rough plot delivered by George Lucas in Star Wars, Episode 3 (<a href="http://www.antiwar.com/roberts/?articleid=6052">the rise of Emperor Palpatine</a>). But George Lucas is probably not so much a prophet, as a history buff, who is familiar with Adolf Hitler's rise to power.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.scifi.dk/images/HistoryRepeat.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 158px;" src="http://www.scifi.dk/images/HistoryRepeat.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>There are many startling and irrefutable parallels between <a href="http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Articles3/Jayne_Hitler-Bush.htm">Bush and Hitler</a>. We just don't remember or know about how Germany was transformed from Democracy to Dictatorship between <a href="http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/burns.htm">February 27th, 1933</a> and the invasion of Poland on September 1st 1939. Both events (and others between the two) are the result of false flag operations <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleiwitz_incident">staged by the Nazis</a> in order to allow Hitler to gain more power. This is neither a conspiracy theory, nor speculation, but is in fact a lesson from history.<br /><br />People love to hold themselves in higher regard than the current leader of the free world. Bush's foolish persona has completely enchanted millions of people into "misunderestimating" him. People don't think about him as a threat or danger to the world's safety. This is insanity. But, just as today, throughout the rise of Hitler, his fury and mustache made outsiders laughingly refer to him as "Charlie Chaplin". Nobody took him seriously until it was too late.<br /><br />Islamic terrorism in our time, is an elaborate hoax, consisting of <a href="http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=terror%20storm&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=N&tab=wv#">false flag operations carried out by Western Governments for many years now</a>. Like any good magic trick, the terrorist attacks that plague western nations must be planned, and set up while the people are looking elsewhere. I have been doing my best to keep watch, to see what's going on beneath the headlines and behind the scenes. But it was fellow blogger Dan who showed me this most recent, and disturbing step taken by the Bush administration. Thank you, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/11745259115723860852">Dan</a>.young brotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762877133297398396noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500184.post-18332063564942446722008-06-29T20:11:00.002-04:002008-06-29T20:20:57.532-04:00Floods, Earthquakes, Tornadoes, and God's Judgment<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/06/mississippi_floodwaters_in_iow.html">*Images Borrowed from Boston.com*</a><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/iowa_06_17/iowa1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://cache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/iowa_06_17/iowa1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>In the first week of May, this year, I was pondering on the end of days (imagine that!) and thinking about how many people I know and have talked with who are just as sure as they can be that this coming election will go off without a hitch; that George Bush may be a terrible leader, and a liar, but his rule has no significant impact on the spiritual "big picture" (because he's foolish); and that I would be a much better evangelist if I'd just lay off the politics.<br /><br />In my prayer, I reminded God that I was following Him, and not "George Bush as the Antichrist". I reminded him of how frustrating it was to be compelled to share a message that very few people receive. And while the <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=isaiah%206:8-11;&version=51;">prophets</a> of scripture were promised to experience exactly the sort of reception that I've grown familiar with, I couldn't help but feel that it was possible that my perception was misguided.<br /><br />So I prayed that the Father would give me a sign, one way or another, about George Bush. I didn't want to "wait and see" (as so many that I've talked with seem willing to do). I certainly didn't want to be deceiving people unawares. And though my study of scriptures, and of current events only served to reinforce the conclusion that Bush <span style="font-style: italic;">is </span>the Antichrist, I know that man's reasoning ability is never perfect. And that the enemy is much trickier than people tend to give him credit for.<br /><br />So I prayed for God to guide me, to reassure and strengthen my spirit, to remove all doubt if it needed to be removed, or to stop me from proclaiming something that was not the truth.<br />Within the week, on the night of May 10th, I was compelled to write a blog post about cyclone Nagis, and the arrogant foolishness of modern people, who presume that we are more advanced than our ancestors. It was called <a href="http://911antichrist.blogspot.com/2008/05/how-long-oh-lord.html">"How long, Oh Lord?!"</a>, and in that post, I wrote the following sentences:<br /><blockquote><br />"(W)hat's happened to Myanmar is clearly, above all other things, a great tragedy. Even though this sort of thing is supposed to happen <span style="font-style: italic;">if George Bush is the Antichrist</span>, I'm still stunned when I hear of <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">earthquakes, floods, tornadoes</span> </span><span>and "mega-disasters"</span> like Cyclone Nagis. The world is experiencing a new degree of suffering at the hand of mother nature."</blockquote><br />I was up until about 2AM writing that post, and when I woke up the next morning, the first thing I heard about on the news was about 22 people who were killed by <a href="http://www.wkrg.com/national/article/22_die_in_storms/13789/">a flurry of Tornadoes</a> from Oklahoma to Georgia the night before. Immediately, I remembered what was just written. But I didn't want just a confirmation of my current beliefs, so I didn't take that as a God-worthy sign. I know that God is capable of signs that are far less coincidental than that. The jury was still out.<br /><br />Why did I dare to look for a sign in the first place? Because this is serious business.<br /><br />The strength and power of a disbelieving majority is very great (and reinforces doubt). Likewise, the ability of our own minds to play tricks on us is a serious factor. I was determined to let God show me clearly whatever it was that he had to show. We all have to remind ourselves at times that we aren't forging this spiritual track like Luis and Clark: we aren't in the lead. We are all, instead, like sheep being led through the wilderness by a good Shepherd. This shepherd has a much better idea of where we're going than we will need. And our idea of the right path is only true when it follows the lead of our Shepherd.<br /><br />I took note of the coincidence, and decided to keep my eyes peeled for earthquakes and floods in the near future. That happened on May 11th. <a href="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2008ryan.php">On May 12th</a>, a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck China, killing tens of thousands. When I heard about that, I began to tell my house-mates, other friends and my family that America was going to experience serious floods in the near future. Seeing 2 out of the 3 randomly selected natural disasters that I wrote about come to pass within 48 hours of writing gave me boldness to prophecy about coming floods.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/iowa_06_17/iowa10.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://cache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/iowa_06_17/iowa10.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Between May 12th and when the current flooding began, I put a lot on the line. People in my life who are cynical of my beliefs about Bush could have used the absence of floods as a confirmation that I don't know what I'm talking about. I knew that, but felt strongly that I needed to take the risk anyway. I've never considered myself to be a prophet, because I have never gotten a "thus saith the Lord" kind of word to share with people. I write and speak about what I believe to be truth, not what a heavenly voice told me to say. But in answer to my prayer I got a word of prophecy. It was an interactive experience with God that has served to fully reinforce my beliefs that these are the last days, and that this weather is the judgment of God.<br /><br />In the Bible, there are two types of prophets: those whom God sends and gives a message to, and those who deceive people and manipulate them to be at ease when they should be on guard. False prophets <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=jeremiah%206:13-17;&version=50;">say "Peace, peace" when there<span style="font-style: italic;"> is no</span> peace</a>. This happened in 2001, when the religious right sighed with relief, having restored the Whitehouse to the hands of a supposed "christian". Their assurance was shown to be as wrong as it gets within that very year.<br /><br />In Christian tradition, a "word of prophecy" is a spiritual gift that can be manifested by all members of the body of Christ. A believer does not have to be a prophet in order to prophecy, but the way that we can distinguish between real and false prophets is simple: When real prophets warn people, and the people do not respond; the warnings of that prophet always come true.<br /><br />Conversely, <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deut%2018:20-22;&version=50;">whatever a false prophet says in the name of the Lord will surely not happen</a>.<br /><br />1 Corinthians 14:1-3<br /><br /><blockquote>"Follow the way of love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy. For anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God. Indeed, no one understands him; he utters mysteries with his spirit. But everyone who prophesies speaks to men for their strengthening, encouragement and comfort."</blockquote>young brotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762877133297398396noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500184.post-34554569828301639822008-06-25T19:01:00.002-04:002008-07-10T23:11:43.919-04:00NIN "Letting You" Video!<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ghOOmr578Wk&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ghOOmr578Wk&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Letting You</span> by Nine Inch Nails:<br /><br />the sky is painted black <br />the smoke pours out the stack<br />one hand upon your heart<br />one hand behind your back<br />you train us how to act<br />you keep the fear intact<br />the imminent attack<br />everything is right on track<br /><br />and we are letting you get away<br />we are letting you get away with it<br /><br />upon our plates to feed<br />the dying left to bleed<br />how much we really need<br />your politics of greed<br />the cancer takes ahold<br />the wolf is in the fold<br />our destiny’s been sold<br />we do just what we’re told<br /><br />and we are letting you get away<br />we are letting you get away with it<br /><br />your armies filled with hate<br />believing your charade<br />begin to suffocate<br />for us it’s far too late<br /><br />and we are letting you get away<br />we are letting you get away with it</div>young brotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762877133297398396noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500184.post-19124510819298900482008-06-08T23:00:00.002-04:002008-10-17T16:53:35.154-04:00Bush and Blasphemy.<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">In Daniel chapter seven, one of the greatest end times prophecies in the Bible, there is an account of a final global empire, unequaled in strength, which spawns a blasphemous king who wages war against the saints, and is the last emperor king to rule before the world is judged by God himself. . After the vision, Daniel begs for an interpretation, which an angel provides. The following is a summary of this passage Daniel 7:23-25:</span><br /><br /><blockquote style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">“Thus he said:<br /><br />‘ The fourth beast shall be A fourth kingdom on earth, Which shall be different from all other kingdoms, And shall devour the whole earth, Trample it and break it in pieces. </blockquote><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">America consumes approximately 24% of the energy and resources of the world, even though we have about 3% of it's population. In recent decades, the whole world has become "Americanized" to a degree in culture, and of course since we dropped our first atomic bomb, we have become an increasing threat to global peace. We help to establish dictatorships in countries around the world, as long as they are in line with our economic interests. We have military bases in a majority of countries around the world. Although the public would like to deny the fact that we are an empire...the "E" word is being used more and more frequently these days. The empire beast in Daniel 7 spawns ten horns (kings, or rulers):</span><br /><br /><blockquote style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The ten horns are ten kings Who shall arise from this kingdom.<br /></blockquote><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Now, Stephen Hanchett was the first to point this out, but the fact makes sense. From the time that we dropped the A-Bomb on Japan, we became the undisputed, strongest and deadliest empire-nation in the world. That happened during Truman's presidency. He was the first president to rule under America's new status. So we have ten horns:<br />1. Truman 2.Eisenhower 3.Kennedy 4.Johnson 5. Nixon 6.Ford 7.Carter 8.Reagan 9. Bush Sr. 10. Clinton... </span><br /><br /><blockquote face="trebuchet ms">And another shall rise after them; He shall be different from the first ones, And shall subdue three kings. </blockquote><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">George W Bush is diverse from the other 10 presidents in many fashions. He is the only one to engage America in a holy war (as Bush himself called it, a "crusade"). He is also diverse by never being elected president by the vote of the people. Not in 2000, 2004, (and again, in 2008 when he upsets the next presidency by declaring martial law). This is what is meant by "he shall subdue three kings".</span><br /><br /><blockquote face="trebuchet ms"><span style="font-style: italic;">He shall speak pompous words against the Most High</span>, He shall persecute (some translations: wear out) the saints of the Most High, And shall intend to change times and law. Then the saints shall be given into his hand</blockquote><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.heavendwellers.com/bush-pressconf-jesus.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.heavendwellers.com/bush-pressconf-jesus.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">George W Bush</span>; President of the </span><st1:country-region style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><st1:place>United States of America</st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> (and the most aggressive warlord of the 21st century) is a professed "Born Again" Christian. There's a big problem with that. Whenever a man or woman proclaims to be a Christian, he or she becomes a living representation of Christ. This is one of the central pillars of Christianity. Jesus promises transformation and deliverance to all who truly believe in him. He leaves his mark on every person who has ever known him. So, to deny that power is to deny Christ. To pretend that you have been converted, when you continue on the same path you were on before your conversion is not just a lie, but a blasphemy. </span><br /><p style="margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: trebuchet ms;">This idea may seem radical to many believers, because it runs against the method of evangelism used today. Which boils the complexity, glory, and responsibility of our faith to a creed of ‘pray the sinners prayer, and confess that Christ is Lord with your lips to be saved’.<br />There are a lot of comparisons to be made between sales and evangelism. To get high numbers, you have to sell the people an idea that they're willing to buy. Transformation, sacrifice, and selflessness are hard sells. So rather than be upfront with people, and disclose that these sorts of things are promised in the fine print (otherwise known as scripture), we smooth over the wrinkles, and push the more palatable religion. Modern Evangelicals tell people "If you just say that Jesus is Lord, than you are saved, case closed. It’s that simple, just sign on the dotted line and you’re in. Don't worry about change; grace has you covered. It would be better if you became nicer, but that's really not necessary. Welcome aboard!". But, unfortunately for soft-sell evangelists, Jesus himself defined what it means to love him by saying, "If you love me, you will obey my commands".<br /></p><p style="margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: trebuchet ms;">Modern pseudo-Christianity has enslaved and blinded most believers in <st1:country-region><st1:place>America</st1:place></st1:country-region>. The powerful promise of being made new in Christ has been lost to the cause of winning more converts. <o:p></o:p>It still amazes me that at this point, after all we’ve seen and been through, many evangelicals believe that "W" was being truthful when he said that Jesus "changed his heart", gave him the strength to stop drinking, and is now leading his life. What happened to discernment? Bible reading Christians that I know and have encountered recently <i>still</i> believe that it's impossible for Bush to be the Antichrist, because he "confesses Jesus as Lord". <span style=""> </span>This is madness!<o:p></o:p></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: trebuchet ms;">Are Christians supposed to follow George Bush (or any spiritual leader) unconditionally? Do leaders have moral immunity or are they held to higher accountability? Why do so many ignore Bush's actions; endorse his leadership without question; allow their <a href="http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=ayQ&q=the%20Jesus%20Factor&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wv#q=George%20W%20Bush%20jesus%20camp&hl=en&sitesearch=">children to worship his image</a>...all because he <i>says</i> that he follows Jesus?! A lot of Christians are willing to do just that right now, for the sake of posterity, but this is exactly the sort of thing Jesus warned against in Matt 24:24-25:<br /></p><blockquote style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">"For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. See, I have told you beforehand."</span> <span style=""> </span></blockquote><span style="font-family:Georgia;">Why are we more worried about saving face than we are about adhering to truth? Why aren’t church leaders separating themselves from Bush? Where is our allegiance: Is it to God, or to those that say they believe in God? According to Jesus: “even the devils believe and rightly tremble”, and “not all who call me ‘Lord Lord’ will belong to me”. </span><span style="font-family:Georgia;">We must distinguish between tradition and scripture. We must know the scriptures to see how traditions have gone off course. We must be active in our faith, or we will be swept away by deception.</span><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><br /></span><p style="margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: trebuchet ms;">Our modern tradition paints the Antichrist as an atheist who curses Jesus openly, while declaring war on and killing conservative Christians.<br /></p><p style="margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: trebuchet ms;">I am saying that the Antichrist is a professed Christian who curses Jesus by his true allegiance, serving a god of destruction while saying that he is representing the Prince of Peace. By doing this, he is essentially making war against the church in the spiritual realm; and as long as believers follow him instead of Christ, he prevails against them. Not to mention the Christian casualties of literal wars that have been declared by this leader.<br /></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Here are a few scriptures concerning the "Antichrist"and his Blasphemy:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Daniel 7:8, 25-27 </span><blockquote style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">"I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things."<br /><br /><br />"And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end." </blockquote><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Daniel 11:36-38 </span><blockquote style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">"The king will do as he pleases. He will exalt and magnify himself above every god and will say unheard-of things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been determined must take place. He will show no regard for the gods of his fathers or for the one desired by women, nor will he regard any god, but will exalt himself above them all. Instead of them, he will honor a god of fortresses; a god unknown to his fathers he will honor with gold and silver, with precious stones and costly gifts."</blockquote><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Is the Antichrist someone who will say that Jesus is not the true son of God </span><u style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">with his mouth</u><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">, or will he reveal that </span><em style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">he believes</em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Jesus is not the son of God </span><u style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">with his actions</u><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">, while preaching Christ at every opportunity? In either case, the speaker would be "Saying great and boastful things" that are against God. What would be the purpose of confessing that Jesus is Lord, while disobeying him, unless you are working to undermine his work? Long before Bush was even Born, Jesus said, “If you are not with me, you are against me”. He also said “if you are not against me, you are for me”, so he seems to take allegiance seriously, with no middle ground offered. If people aspire to obey his teachings, without knowing that Jesus taught them, they are working for Christ. On the other hand, if people disobey his teachings, even if they say they are following him, they are working against Christ. </span><o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><o:p> </o:p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.psalm9416.com/satanist-george_bush.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.psalm9416.com/satanist-george_bush.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The Antichrist is portrayed as a great deceiver, a liar. He will </span><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://peacelovekindness.org/bushNotChristian.html">follow God with his lips, but not with his actions</a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. And George Bush has used his religious rhetoric to gain and maintain support from millions of western Christians. The churches that refuse to admit that they were wrong to endorse Bush in the first place are now left spiritually confused. There is no Christian justice in seeking vengeance, in ignoring or even hurting the poor, or in persecuting people. To preach that Christ endorses this is to preach a false Christ, but the mainstream fold is continuing to refuse to point that out. Bush's leadership is poisoning the spirits of the sheep, and there are very few people who recognize that, or protest against it.</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><o:p></o:p>Bush’s rise to power began with sweeping and boastful bits of Christian endorsement and appeasement. Although these steps have long-since been forgotten by almost everyone in <st1:country-region><st1:place>America, </st1:place></st1:country-region>God has not forgotten them: <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <ul style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">As Governor of Texas, in 2000, Bush declared June 10th to be "<a href="http://www.snopes.com/religion/jesusday.asp">Jesus Day</a>". <o:p></o:p></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <ul style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">In the eve of the <st1:state><st1:place>Iowa</st1:place></st1:state> caucus he <a href="http://archives.cnn.com/1999/ALLPOLITICS/stories/12/15/religion.register/">claimed Jesus as his favorite philosopher</a>, when asked why, Bush said squarely, "Because he changed my life". <o:p></o:p></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <ul style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">While campaigning for president he confided in at least one colleague that he "<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/nov/02/usa.religion">believed that God was calling him to run for president</a>". When the vote came in, and it seemed that Al Gore would be the next president, did Bush take that as a sign from God? No. His campaign instead used dirty tricks, old favors, and fancy political footwork to catapult "W" into the Oval Office. <o:p></o:p></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Since becoming president "W" has also spoken on <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/13/AR2005101301688.html">numerous occasions</a> of the "voice of God" which guides his every move in the oval office. Jesus said that "a bad tree cannot produce good fruit, and a good tree cannot produce bad fruit". Knowing that, it should be obvious that the One True God is <strong>not </strong>guiding the president. Further, if Bush does, in fact, follow the lead of an unearthly voice, it could be that he is taking orders directly from Lucifer (or it could be that he's insane; either case should make you very uncomfortable with his command over the world's largest Nuclear Arsenal). If he's lying and doesn't hear any voices, but just does whatever he wants to, he is still guilty of Blasphemy. <o:p></o:p></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">We must stop ignoring the warning signs that are clearly on display before us. We must stop dismissing his words as meaningless and merely foolish, or (dare I say it?) sincere. If you still believe that Bush is a sincere, truthful man, you are lying to yourself, and to others. The spiritual impact of the Bush rule as been a devastation to the gospel. For he is actually standing within the temple (that is, the body of Christ, being not a part of it himself) and proclaiming himself to be God (By pronouncing his judgment as nothing less than divinely inspired).<br /><br />A person has one of only two reasons to promote Jesus as much as George W Bush has done. It could be that he/she is a genuine Christian, who respects Jesus as the King of Kings, and is transformed by the grace of God. This person's life will show the change that has taken place in their heart. They will be much more agreeable, loving, helpful, joyful, and caring than they once were. If there is no change, there is no power, and our faith is in vain. Also if the changes brought about by conversion are minimal, and only on the surface, we have strong reason to suspect that the conversion isn’t genuine. We are commanded to test spirits and be on our guards. Let us obey that command!<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style=""> </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The only other reason for the boastful promotion that George Bush has demonstrated is a tremendous disrespect for the power and promise of Jesus Christ; disguising one's true self behind "faith", and using the name of Jesus to promote yourself and your personal ambition. If you really study the gospels and get to know Christ, you begin to see that Bush actually </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >hates</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Jesus Christ, and has been wonderfully successful at discrediting Christianity, because he claims to be the most powerful modern prophet (a man who hears the voice of God and acts on it's instruction) of Jesus Christ.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Bush's bold proclamations of faith, when compared to his actions, fit the dictionary definition of </span><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blasphemy">blasphemy</a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. This type of endorsement is the proudest sort, manipulating the beliefs of others in a God you secretly believe does not exist. Only those who don't believe in an all-powerful God would dare to engage in such a shameless charade.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">If you consider that George W Bush is an active participant in the mock-human sacrifices to Moloch held each summer at </span><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/january2005/020104sacrificeobsession.htm">Bohemian Grove</a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">; that he is also an active member of Yale's </span><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://mindprod.com/politics/bushbooksskullandbones.html">Skull and Bones</a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> society (which worships the devil as well as "death"); that he has engaged America in two preemptive Wars (so far); that he has trampled on the poor and needy in order to keep his wealthy constituency happy; that he claims that God speaks through him; that he claims that he is leading the forces of "good" to destroy the forces of "evil" (by using torture and terror to accomplish his goals)...it should be as obvious as a black stain on a white cloth that Bush is a blasphemer and </span><strong style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">an</strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Antichrist (if not, </span><strong style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">the</strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Antichrist).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">God knows the heart of every person, and takes note of the words we use. He knows a lie at the moment He hears it, and cannot be fooled. In God's eyes, it is better for a person to honestly voice their disbelief in Him, rather than endorsing Him with words, while denying Him with our every action. The most powerful wickedness always disguises itself as a force of good. Adolph Hitler did, so did the serpent in </span><st1:city style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><st1:place>Eden</st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Jesus saw with the eyes of God, right into the hearts of men. He knows our motives sometimes better than we know them ourselves. Lies disguised as worship of him are reprehensible, and clear as day.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">For the rest of us, who have to take words at face value, there is this hope: Time makes the claims of every tongue clear, whether they are true, false, or outright lies. We are warned often about liars, who are wolves among the sheep. During the 2000 campaign, I remember being disturbed by how often Bush appealed to the higher power on his own behalf; and I remember knowing that time would reveal whether he was sincere, or shamelessly lying. Time has told, but are Christians listening?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Bush's rule has been defined by massive destruction, by consistent lies, by the advancement of a modern empire, and by an ever-growing gap between the rich and the poor. Everything that Jesus commanded has been forsaken under the guidance of George W Bush (not to say that the world was a very holy place before he rose to power, but since the turn of the century there has been a </span><i style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">massive escalation</i><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> of tragedy).</span> <o:p></o:p></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <ul style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><li><st1:country-region><st1:place>Ruled by Bush, America</st1:place></st1:country-region> has pursued vengeance as <span style="font-weight: bold;">holy</span>, calling the war on terrorism a <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/0919/p12s2-woeu.html">"crusade"</a> at first. Christ commanded his followers to love their enemies, forgive those that persecute us, and to overcome evil with good. </li></ul><p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><ul style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><li> Bush has caused the suffering of the poor to grow dramatically when he promised, as a "<a href="http://usliberals.about.com/od/theeconomyjobs/a/BushBudget1.htm">compassionate conservative</a>" to <b>help</b> the poor. <o:p></o:p></li></ul> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <ul style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><li>Bush renounced <st1:country-region><st1:place>America</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s participation in the <a href="http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/3/29/164418.shtml">Kyoto Treaty</a>, at a crucial time when environmental protection was needed most. he did this for the sake of maintaining our out-of-control consumer lifestyle. <o:p></o:p></li></ul> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal">Indeed, George Bush called on all Americans in the aftermath of 9-11 to fulfill their patriotic duty by "<a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/20/bush-shopping/">going shopping</a>". We are at war, and yet we insist on living as though the war isn't happening, going on with our own lives, and leaving the mess in <st1:country-region><st1:place>Iraq</st1:place></st1:country-region> for someone else to clean up. What has happened to the hearts of the masses? Why are we so detached? So unaffected? So non-plussed? Is this disengagement from reality simply a side-effect of antidepressants? What would it take to wake us up to our present reality? Do the fires of hell need to reach our own back yards before we wake up and smell the sulfur?<br /><br />We have experienced the most catastrophic weather in recorded history since 2000, suffered an unending strong of various natural disasters at home and abroad, blizzards, floods, fires, tornadoes, hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes (lots and lots of earthquakes), cyclones, dust storms. All of these categories have had record-smashing events within the past eight years. Don't just take my word for it either; if you didn't know that, do some digging.<br /><br />The world has also been experience tremendous drought in many areas, increased famines (which is now a world-wide food shortage epidemic); people are increasingly violent; Wars are increasingly sadistic.<br /><br /><st1:country-region><st1:place>America</st1:place></st1:country-region> is in some ways isolated from the darkness, but in many ways a great source of it. All of these alarming increases of tragedy have happened while George W Bush continues to insist that he's a Christian, <st1:country-region><st1:place>America</st1:place></st1:country-region> and goodness are the same thing, and vengeance is his, not God's.<br /><br />In the 2000 campaign, Bush promised to <em>restore integrity to the oval office</em>, but instead he created the most fascistic, secretive, and lawless administration in American History. Despite all of this, very few seem to be willing to connect the dots. Even though on the internet a website presenting the case for George Bush being the antichrist is among the top-ranking hits, there has been no serious spiritual outcry from within the part of the church that gets the most media exposure. People aren't alarmed, or very offended, to find out that Bush is nothing but another lying politician...but rest assured of this: God is very much aware of what's going on both behind the scenes, and what’s going on in front of everyone. God is not only in the know, but in control; and God is furious. <o:p></o:p></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>Bush will not just slip away into obscurity, spending the rest of his days peacefully at Crawford. Everything is right on track He will continue down the road he began to take the world down, and he will surely be held accountable before the world for everything he has said and done. The world is ripe for the harvest; and God is coming to restore true justice and integrity to the earth.</p><p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal">2 Thess 2:9-12</p><blockquote face="trebuchet ms">The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, <span id="en-NKJV-29666" class="sup"></span> and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. <span id="en-NKJV-29667" class="sup"></span> And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie,<span id="en-NKJV-29668" class="sup"></span> that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.</blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><u> From the Book of Proverbs</u><o:p></o:p></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><strong></strong></p><blockquote><p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><strong>8:13.</strong> The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance, and the<br />way of evil. <o:p></o:p></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><strong>10:8</strong>. The wise of heart will heed commandments, but a babbling fool will come<br />to ruin. <o:p></o:p></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><strong>10:28-29.</strong> The hope of the righteous ends in gladness, but the expectation of<br />the wicked comes to nothing. <o:p></o:p></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><strong>11:20-21a.</strong> Crooked minds are an abomination to the Lord but those of<br />blameless ways are his delight. Be assured, the wicked will not go unpunished. <o:p></o:p></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><strong style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">12:15,17, 22.</strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Fools think their own way is right, but the wise listen to</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">advice. Whoever speaks the truth gives honest evidence, but a false witness</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">speaks deceitfully. Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act</span><br />faithfully are his delight. </p></blockquote>young brotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762877133297398396noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500184.post-11711859579837288062008-06-02T00:54:00.017-04:002008-06-02T02:37:18.339-04:00Prayer for Divine Justice. Psalm 94<p align="center"><div align="left"><a href="http://piratenews.org/deesbohemian.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://piratenews.org/deesbohemian.jpg" border="0" /></a> O LORD, the God who avenges,<br />O God who avenges, shine forth.<br /><br />Rise up, O Judge of the earth;<br />pay back to the proud what they deserve. </div><div align="left"><br /></div><p align="left">How long will the wicked, O LORD,<br />how long will the wicked be jubilant? </p><div align="left">They pour out arrogant words;<br />all the evildoers are full of boasting. </div><div align="left"><br /></div><p align="left">They crush your people, O LORD;<br />they oppress your inheritance.<br /><br />They slay the widow and the alien;<br />they murder the fatherless. </p><div align="left">They say, "<a href="http://www.sonomacountyfreepress.com/bohos/bohofact.html">The LORD does not see;<br />the God of Jacob pays no heed.</a>" </div><div align="left"><br /></div><p align="left">Take heed, you senseless ones among the people; you fools, when will you become wise?</p><div align="left">Does he who implanted the ear not hear?<br />Does he who formed the eye not see?</div><div align="left"><br /></div><p align="left">Does he who disciplines nations not punish?<br />Does he who teaches man lack knowledge?</p><div align="left"><a href="http://www.freewebs.com/truth-searcher-against-lies/when_we_do_it.bmp"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 244px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 336px" height="328" alt="" src="http://www.freewebs.com/truth-searcher-against-lies/when_we_do_it.bmp" border="0" /></a> The LORD knows the thoughts of man;<br />he knows that they are futile.<br /><br />Blessed is the man you discipline, O LORD,<br />the man you teach from your law; </div><div align="left"><br /></div><p align="left">you grant him relief from days of trouble,<br />till a pit is dug for the wicked. </p><p align="left">For the LORD will not reject his people;<br />he will never forsake his inheritance.</p><p align="left">Judgment will again be founded on righteousness, and all the upright in heart will follow it. </p><p align="left">Who will rise up for me against the wicked?<br />Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?<br /></p><p align="left">Unless the LORD had given me help,<br />I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death. </p><div align="left">When I said, "My foot is slipping,"<br />your love, O LORD, supported me. </div><div align="left"><br /></div><p align="left">When anxiety was great within me,<br />your consolation brought joy to my soul.<br /></p><a href="http://www.allthingsbeautiful.com/all_things_beautiful/images/justice.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.allthingsbeautiful.com/all_things_beautiful/images/justice.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><p align="center">Can a corrupt throne be allied with you—<br />one that brings on misery by its decrees? </p><p align="center">They band together against the righteous<br />and condemn the innocent to death. </p><p align="center">But the LORD has become my fortress,<br />and my God the rock in whom I take refuge.<br /></p><p></p><p align="center">He will repay them for their sins<br />and destroy them for their wickedness;<br />the LORD our God will destroy them.<br /></p>young brotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762877133297398396noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500184.post-83739581310014714912008-05-10T12:57:00.009-04:002008-11-15T05:09:51.590-05:00How Long, Oh Lord?!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMxcV8yyzJsn_VOVDMaJWGGTCJPMGlPon_PEG-0mPqbPDX8eafhz8O20FZ7C-JTwWe89vd_Kr2kIfvF3haeXk6R_IspWVQWjP1DZi7afKauivGoSEhklewj0SPYZ9d2qZhL8w0Jw/s1600-h/nargis.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198967582529148178" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMxcV8yyzJsn_VOVDMaJWGGTCJPMGlPon_PEG-0mPqbPDX8eafhz8O20FZ7C-JTwWe89vd_Kr2kIfvF3haeXk6R_IspWVQWjP1DZi7afKauivGoSEhklewj0SPYZ9d2qZhL8w0Jw/s200/nargis.jpg" border="0" /></a>On May 2nd, <a href="http://www.wral.com/news/national_world/world/story/2856943/">Cyclone Nagis</a> tore through Myanmar, leaving a horrific trail of destruction in it's wake. Eight days after the storm, the death toll is in the tens of thousands, with widespread reports that they could escalate to over 100,000 when this all settles down. The government of Myanmar has stated that it is willing to receive supplies from foreign nations, but it refuses to allow foreign relief workers into their country to help distribute those supplies. This bureaucratic nightmare is certain to give weight to the new/old concept of establishing a one-world government. All sovereign systems must be shown to fail before the "final solution" of a New World Order is not just accepted, but <span style="font-style: italic;">demanded</span> by the masses.<br /><br />That aspect aside, what's happened to Myanmar is clearly, above all other things, a great tragedy. Even though this sort of thing is supposed to happen if George Bush is the Antichrist, I'm still stunned when I hear of earthquakes, floods, tornadoes and "mega-disasters" like Cyclone Nagis. The world is experiencing a new degree of suffering at the hand of mother nature.<br /><br />People are broken down, weary, or numb from all the prophetic stimulation that they are being exposed to. Despite this, most will either scoff, or accuse you of being insensitive or sensational if you point out the prophecies<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2024:3-14;&version=31;"></a> to them. But there is a <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=36&chapter=2&version=50">spiritual storm brewing</a>, and like it or not, it's becoming more difficult to deny. Clouds are looming, and something deep inside more and more people is becoming aware of it. But it's still a subconscious awareness. On the surface, at least in most of America, everything seems like business as usual.<br /><br />What gives?<br /><br />Mainstream Christians are too proud or ashamed to admit the terrible judgment call they made by rallying behind George Bush in the first place. Also, many of them are too sold out on the escapist, deceptive fable of a <a href="http://911antichrist.blogspot.com/2008/05/called-to-be-readyfor-what.html">pre-tribulation rapture</a> to face up to the true danger we all live in. The rapture paints the world as a stick of dynamite, ready to explode in the tribulation and many people in the church today are looking to light the fuse, not thinking of how wicked their behavior is.<br /><br />Likewise, many people outside the church are too fed-up with the language of the Bible and the sour fruit of the modern church to listen to how these modern events were predicted <span style="font-weight: bold;">eons</span> ago.<br />They throw the baby Jesus out with the bathwater of a religion gone wrong.<br /><br />But to those who are awake and yearning for the return of Christ, by this point, it can be very easy to wonder how much longer we're supposed to wait.<br /><br />The early Christians were eagerly awaiting the return of Christ. Living under the horrible oppression of emperors like Nero, they held firm to the hope that their deliverance was very near at hand. Knowing this, the apostle Peter reminded those he wrote to in 2 Peter 3:8-10a<br /><blockquote>Beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day <i>is</i> as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Lord is not slack concerning His</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">promise, as some count slackness</span>, but is patient toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night</blockquote>The significance of that specific formula <a href="http://benotdeceived.blogspot.com/2006/04/day-of-lord.html">(1000 years = 1 day)</a> is explained very well on PeterZ's blog. It was also the reason that the book of <a href="http://www.crossroadsinitiative.com/library_article/172/Letter_of_Barnabas.html">Barnabas</a> was rejected by the Nicaean Counsel. In Barnabas chapter 15 it reads<br /><pre style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><blockquote>"The Sabbath is mentioned at the beginning of the creation: "And God made in six days the<br />works of His hands, and made an end on the seventh day, and rested on it,<br />and sanctified it." Attend, my children, to the meaning of this<br />expression, "He finished in six days." This implieth that the Lord will<br />finish all things in six thousand years, for a day is with Him a<br />thousand years. And He Himself testifieth, saying, "Behold, to-day<br />will be as a thousand years." Therefore, my children, in six days, that<br />is, in six thousand years, all things will be finished. "And He rested on<br />the seventh day." This meaneth: when His Son, coming, shall destroy<br />the time of the wicked man, and judge the ungodly, and change the-sun,<br />and the moon, and the stars, then shall He truly rest on the seventh<br />day."</blockquote></span></pre>The 21st century roughly marks the beginning of the seventh millennial "day" since the fall of man, and the third millennial "day" since the death of Jesus Christ. I don't believe there is a coincidence in that. And while it's true that Jesus said no one will know "the day or the hour" of his return, in the same teaching, he also said in the same passage that when the fig tree begins producing fruit, you will know what season it is. These signs:<br /><ul><li>natural disasters<br /></li><li>wars</li><li>rumors of war</li><li>earthquakes in diverse places</li><li>famine</li><li>widespread disease</li><li>false prophets</li><li>false "saviors"</li><li>the rise of a monstrous empire that calls itself a "Christian Nation"</li></ul>...all of these are signs<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=MAtt%2024:3-25;&version=50;"> given by Christ himself</a> that show us what <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=MAtt%2024:32-35;&version=50;"><span style="font-style: italic;">season</span> of world history</a> we are now living in. This millennium has begun with war and great tribulation, no doubt, but it will be defined as God's rest. These "early hours" of the "third day" since Christs' death will show his body coming to life and completely conquering the death of religious institutionalism.<br /><br />Jesus warned that his return would take many by surprise. That many would "be in the darkness" and not comprehend the light. However, he also went out of his way to share specific signs of his coming return, and instructing us to be ready for it. The reason why Jesus' return will be "as a thief in the night" and people don't connect the Biblical dots these days is pride.<br /><br />The greatest misconception which helps people to dismiss the Bible, and has therefore helped spiritual darkness to flourish, is the idea that people living in the modern age are born more "evolved" in mind and spirit beyond those who lived in the first society to leave a written record. This causes people to falsely conclude that we can't benefit from ancient wisdom, because we are so different (and better) now than we were then. Interestingly enough, this misconception has actually plagued and blinded the masses all throughout history (while this same wisdom has always been cherished and preserved by the ruling class). Solomon, the wisest king of Israel remarked on this self deception when he proclaimed, "There is nothing new under the sun". The trap of believing that we are "further along" than those before us is pride: a moral carelessness that reduces our capacity to respect (and therefore learn from) many lessons that have been left in history.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://xfacts.com/lemshay.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; width: 277px; cursor: pointer; height: 173px;" alt="" src="http://xfacts.com/lemshay.jpg" border="0" /></a>If you would like to point to the modern technological revolution as irrefutable evidence that we <span style="font-weight: bold;">are</span> more evolved than any generation before us, then brace yourself. The Sumerian civilization, which flourished about 5000 years ago (and is one of the first cultures in written history), left behind artifacts which clearly shows our solar system, complete with Pluto ("discovered" in 1933) and a tenth planet, unknown to modern astronomers today. This solar system is accurate in it's scale and arrangement.<br /></div><br />If you've ever seen the movie "Stargate", or spent some time wondering how the engineering of certain ancient relics still surpasses our modern engineering capabilities, you will know that there is <a href="http://nephilimhistory.blogspot.com/">more to history</a> than what meets the eye.<br /><br />It must be noted that the assumption of personal superiority doesn't only apply to "secular humanists", but also to "born again" Christians who assume that the life Jesus led would sufficiently replace the need for them to live in obedience to the commands of Christ; to "pick up their cross and follow Him".<br /><div></div><br />2 Timothy 3:4-5 continues to describe men who thrive in the end of days, calling them<br /><br /><blockquote>..traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having <span style="font-weight: bold;">a form</span> of godliness <span style="font-weight: bold;">but denying its power</span>. And from such people turn away!</blockquote><br />There is a constant moral standard which has applied to humanity all throughout history. It does not change. The wrath of God is simply the consequence of wickedness thriving unchecked. We have the freedom to change, by the decree of God, but it we refuse to repent, judgment is sure to come. Wickedness is clearly and logically defined in scripture, and no amount of religious posturing can excuse truly wicked behavior. For decades the "moral bankruptcy" of America has been highlighted in church pulpits across the country. It was that issue which has been used to unite millions of church-going republicans in an effort to take over the political sphere, which they did in 2000. However the spirit released by that focus was not one of faithful vigilance, but accusation. Sin is, in the mind of the accuser, a force which exists outside the safety of their earthly refuge. The more obsessed believers become with the forces of sin, the more they tend to justify themselves, and fall victim to the sin of personal pride. Most Right-wing "Christians" still believe that George Bush is a believer, despite the many signs that God (and Bush's own actions) have given us <a href="http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=No+End+In+Sight&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=N&tab=wv&oi=property_suggestions&resnum=0&ct=property-revision&cd=1">to the contrary</a>. In the process of trying to create a more "Christian" nation, the love of many believers has grown cold. The gospel has been twisted, stolen, misrepresented, and darkness has come like a flood against humanity, calling itself righteousness.<br /><br />Rest assured of this: the Kingdom of God is not an empire of this world system. It is something completely different. It is the light of sunrise that will defeat the darkness of our current night. and it is coming very, very soon.young brotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762877133297398396noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500184.post-4137529133677598562008-05-08T00:32:00.006-04:002008-05-23T13:07:22.085-04:00NIN "Capital G" = The Antichrist!<object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/C8bmlXmDDs4"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/C8bmlXmDDs4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />The evidence that George W. Bush is operating under the influence of a dark spirit is everywhere.<br />The man is, quite literally, an "Abomination that Causes Desolation"; a "<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Thess%202:9-12;&version=31;">Lawless One</a>". If you don't believe me, you simply haven't been paying attention to his presidency.<br /><br />Injustice and the suffering of others causes pain, and inspires awareness <span style="font-style: italic;">only in the people who haven't been completely shut off from their neighbors by a hardened heart</span>. God is not in the Oval Office. Hypocrisy is a joke, to anyone outside of the sphere of it's influence. Mainstream Christians have lost their spiritual lives for the sake of "staying in the fold". This increase in unrighteousness is a repeat of history. All the terrible things that have defined his rule, and the early hours of this millennium...were <span style="font-style: italic;">predicted precisely, thousands of years ago</span>!<br /><br />Rest assured, this is a great time to rebel against injustice, to yearn in hope for a better world. Spiritual darkness is plaguing the world because it's about to be cast out! The devil, and his Antichrist, are in a race against time...but it's a race they are destined to lose.young brotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762877133297398396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500184.post-69816551184916983322008-05-05T20:52:00.015-04:002008-11-15T05:09:51.789-05:00NIN "The Slip" Lyrics.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSNXgnSd13EpJBk1ZOljdxAD4QCC23FxTlQdGw6hTncttCo7zLy1vfsZfsDt_iVZVJUnsM79-Y0LJLgRC_rB7HQnFsldJEGYTIEeOGf5TbLQUFdWWmfICBSNH13SD-0qNf0O34UA/s1600-h/splash.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSNXgnSd13EpJBk1ZOljdxAD4QCC23FxTlQdGw6hTncttCo7zLy1vfsZfsDt_iVZVJUnsM79-Y0LJLgRC_rB7HQnFsldJEGYTIEeOGf5TbLQUFdWWmfICBSNH13SD-0qNf0O34UA/s320/splash.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197068913764240114" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >(Full Lyrics Below Review)</span><br /><br />Alright. For three years now, I've been running a blog about George Bush being the Antichrist, and Trent "Capital G" Reznor releases an album in the final, impeachable hours of his official presidency with an album entitled <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The Slip</span> </span>(<a href="http://dl.nin.com/theslip/signup">available for free here!</a>), and I'm not going to blog about it?! Think Again!<br /><br />Although it is not as apocalyptic as last year's <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Year Zero</span>, </span>this new, hard and surprisingly fresh 10 track <span style="font-size:130%;">free</span> album still points a very sharp nail at the incredible antics of our fearless, foolish, <a href="http://www.zoneoftruth.com/BOGROVE.html">demon-worshiping</a> leader. The most notable song is "Letting You", which is Trent Reznor basically screaming at America ,<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">"What the f@*& is wrong with you? with us? Why are we taking this from him? Are we just in a trance? Why are we letting Bush get away with this?"</span>.<br />Did I just put words in Reznor's mouth? More or less, but the message of "Letting You" is clear, and very, very loud. <br /><br />And it raises a good question that shouldn't be ignored. Why, exactly, <span style="font-style: italic;">are </span>we letting him get away with this? What does that say of our character as a nation? As a global community? It's true that <a href="http://911antichrist.blogspot.com/2006/09/hugo-chavez-vs-el-diablo.html">Hugo Chavez called Bush The Devil</a> in 2006, in front of the UN. Also, lots of people in the online underground have been pleading the legal, moral, rational, and spiritual case against Bush for years now...but as a nation we have accepted from our Democratic leadership that Impeachment is "off the table". Why? How does such a foolish man's power extend so very far?<br /><br />"Discipline", the song that follows "Letting You"<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span> continues the theme of impeachment. It also has very strong BSDM undertones. But if you imagine America (or congress) as the submissive in this song, and Bush as the out-of-control sadist, and you compare that analogy with the history of his rule, you see a chilling parallel.<br /><br />"I need your discipline, I need your help. I need your discipline, because once I start I cannot stop myself".<br /><br />Reading that makes me think that Trent Reznor, just like <a href="http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/february2008/021808_impeach_bush.htm">Willie Nelson</a>, and hundreds of thousands of vigilant people around the world, believes that Bush might pull some sort of <a href="http://www.infowars.com/?p=2701#comment-444370">false flag operation,</a> cancel the elections and <a href="http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/10/bush-quip-might.html">stay in power</a> if he's not impeached.<br /><br />In case you didn't know, it should be pointed out that <a href="http://www.populistamerica.com/american_concentration_camps_explored">All-American Concentration Camps</a> (brought to you by Halliburton) have already been built, the laws have been shuffled around to support such a surprise political attack from the current regime.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">For those who have ears to hear, let them hear!</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span></span><br />1,000,000 </span><br /><br />kind of hard<br />hard to see<br />when you crawl<br />on your hands and your knees<br />with your face<br />in the trough<br />wait your turn<br />while they finish you off<br />don’t know when it started<br />don’t know how<br />should have found out<br />should have happened by now<br />got these lines<br />on my face<br />after all this time<br />and i still haven’t found my place<br /><br />i jump from every rooftop<br />so high so far to fall<br />i feel a million miles away<br />i don’t feel any thing at all<br /><br />i wake up<br />on the floor<br />start it up again<br />like it matters anymore<br />i don’t know<br />if it does<br />is this really all<br />that there ever was?<br />put the gun<br />in my mouth<br />close your eyes<br />blow my fucking brains out<br />pretty patterns<br />on the floor<br />that’s enough for you<br />but i still need more<br /><br />i jump from every rooftop<br />so high so far to fall<br />i feel a million miles away<br />i don’t feel any thing at all<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;"> LETTING YOU </span><br /><br />the sky is painted black<br />the smoke pours out the stack<br />one hand upon your heart<br />one hand behind your back<br />you train us how to act<br />you keep the fear intact<br />the imminent attack<br />everything is right on track<br /><br />and we are letting you get away<br />we are letting you get away with it<br /><br />upon our plates to feed<br />the dying left to bleed<br />how much we really need<br />your politics of greed<br />the cancer takes ahold<br />the wolf is in the fold<br />our destiny’s been sold<br />we do just what we’re told<br /><br />and we are letting you get away<br />we are letting you get away with it<br /><br />your armies filled with hate<br />believing your charade<br />begin to suffocate<br />for us it’s far too late<br /><br />and we are letting you get away<br />we are letting you get away with it<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"> DISCIPLINE </span><br /><br />am i still tough enough?<br />feels like i’m wearing down<br />is my visciousness<br />losing ground?<br />am i taking too much?<br />did i cross a line?<br />i need my role in this<br />very clearly defined<br /><br />i need your discipline<br />i need your help<br />i need your discipline<br />you know once i start i cannot help myself<br /><br />and now it's starting up<br />feels like i'm losing touch<br />nothing matters to me<br />nothing matters as much<br />i see you left a mark<br />up and down my skin<br />i don't know where I end<br />and where you begin<br /><br />i need your discipline<br />i need your help<br />i need your discipline<br />you know once i start i cannot help myself<br /><br />once i start i cannot stop myself<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);"> ECHOPLEX</span> </span><br /><br />nice and high and far apart<br />just like they said<br />i built this place with broken parts<br />just like they said<br />you chip away the old version of you<br />you'd be surprised at what you can do<br />i'm safe in here<br />irrelevant<br />just like they said<br /><br />my voice just echoes off these walls<br /><br />you feel me breathe<br />i am watching you<br />i see it all<br />the many ways you can't get to me<br />i see it all<br />i see the hell you put yourself through<br />oh the things i could do (if i wanted to)<br /><br />my voice just echoes off these walls<br />i don't need anything at all<br />my voice just echoes off these walls<br /><br />and i just slowly fade away<br /><br />you will never ever get to me in here<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"> HEAD DOWN </span><br /><br />you<br />what you looking at?<br />head down<br />too late for that<br />what you want<br />what you get<br />know your place<br />don't ever forget<br /><br />and this is not my face<br />and this is not my life<br />and there is not a single thing here<br />i can recognize<br />this is all a dream<br />and none of you are real<br />i'll give anything<br />i'll give anything<br /><br />hey you<br />what you running from?<br />all your hate<br />what you've become<br />bet you didn't think<br />it would happen to you<br />all used up<br />half way through<br /><br />and this is not my face<br />and this is not my life<br />and there is not a single thing here<br />i can recognize<br />this is all a dream<br />and none of you are real<br />i'll give anything<br />i'll give anything<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;"> LIGHTS IN THE SKY </span><br /><br />she's mostly gone<br />some other place<br />i'm getting by<br />in other ways<br />everything they whispered in our ear<br />is coming true<br />try to justify the things<br />i used to do<br />believe in you<br /><br />watching you drown<br />i'll follow you down<br />and i am here right beside you<br />the lights in the sky<br />have finally arrived<br />i am staying right beside you<br /><br />i tried to stay away<br />you know<br />just in case<br />i've come to realize<br />we all have our place<br />time has a way you know<br />to make it clear<br />i have my role in this<br />i can't disappear<br />or leave you here<br /><br />watching you drown<br />i'll follow you down<br />and i am here right beside you<br />the lights in the sky<br />are waving goodbye<br />i am staying right beside you<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> DEMON SEED </span><br /><br />1<br />it keeps growing<br />and i can feel it breathe<br />i have been trying<br />to tolerate you<br />it keeps growing<br />and i can feel it breathe<br />i have been trying<br />to tolerate you<br /><br />2<br />well i am reaching the Point<br />yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah<br /><br />3<br />i thought maybe<br />i thought this would go away<br />but it continues<br />the only constant<br />every day<br />stronger<br /><br />4<br />i will use my voice<br />and i will use my fist<br />to destroy<br />everything i can<br /><br />5<br />now i know<br />what this is all about<br />now i know<br />exactly what i am<br /><br />6<br />there is a seed<br />inside of me<br /><br />it's growing nowyoung brotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762877133297398396noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500184.post-26902145839180480272008-04-23T18:36:00.009-04:002008-04-28T01:13:15.152-04:00The 3rd Seal of Judgement and the Price of Bread<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/tbr/img/05600.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/tbr/img/05600.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Revelation 6:5-6<br /><span id="en-NIV-30783" class="sup"></span><blockquote>When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come and see!" I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, "A quart of wheat for a day's wages, and three quarts of barley for a day's wages, and do not damage the oil and the wine!"</blockquote><br />Recently, the issue of hyper-inflating grain prices around the world has raised to the surface of America's 24hour news sources. Why? Because the people who have to pay a day's wages to get a loaf of poor-quality bread are <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/04/14/world.food.crisis/index.html?eref=rss_topstories">hitting the streets en-masse</a> all over the world, rioting in protest. The media here at home is known for it's incredibly short attention span, with natural disasters and other terrible events forgotten usually within the span of a week, but this "story" will not go away easily. So what's really going on?<br /><br />The simple, obvious answer is that we have too many mouths to feed on the planet. But there is a sinister influence at work; and the food crisis is actually part of a multi-leveled plan to make the population of the world demand from their leadership a one world government. How could something like this be planned? By using food crops to create <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel">fuel alternatives</a>; by continuously restricting the flow and price of oil; by establishing infrastructures throughout the world that are increasingly import-dependent; by patenting life and inventing the antithesis of God's gift of food: <a href="http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Transnational_corps/TerminatorSeeds_Monsanto.html">terminator seeds</a>. This current crisis is partially a genocide of the poorest, and partially a talking point to support the establishment of a New World Order. Without crisis or chaos there is no reason for the people to demand security.<br /><br />Right here and now we are living in the the early stages of an age of mass enlightenment, and because of that, the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3773019.stm">elite leaders</a> of the world are racing against time to establish their New World Order before we become aware enough to realize that what they will showcase as a plan of security is, in reality, the enslavement of the masses. Citizens of America are kept insulated from the suffering of the world to ensure continuous consumer spending (the life-blood of our society), and to downplay our role in perpetuating suffering in the rest the world. Shocking events are quickly mentioned by ever-smiling, young and attractive news anchors who keep moving right along from one topic to the next. We're too busy or apathetic to bother connecting what dots we are given. This is one of the main reasons why many Americans think it's a joke to point out that George Bush has fulfilled <span style="font-weight: bold;">many</span> prophecies concerning the antichrist, and that the world is experiencing the signs and wonders which mark the end of days. Right now the third horseman of the apocalypse is riding out upon the earth, and a voice from heaven is inviting us to "come and see" it, not to look the other way.<br /><br />In America, mainstream believers (who are wonderful consumers) feel that the end of days will be recognized by their oppression and suffering. They believe this because it is foretold that the world would be under great oppression from the Antichrist Empire, and they have been blinded to the idea that the "land of the free and home of the brave" could be that evil empire. We are well-fed and thoroughly entertained, just as the Germans were during the rise of the <a href="http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2584/is_n3_v17/ai_20769341">Third Reich</a>.<br /><br />America calls itself a "Christian Nation" under the rule of George W Bush more than it ever has before. Multitudes wear their "faith" in the Bible as some sort of badge of honor. But it's all a sham! Nobody has the time to study, let alone read the Bible. The most often answer I get whenever I ask a mainstream Christian if they read the Bible is, "Not as much as I should". I have learned that this response is code for "barely, if at all". Millions of my fellow citizens proudly claim to have "found repentance"; to be friends of Jesus. But when you look at the spiritual fruit that America produces, you can clearly see that these claims are lies. How dare we print "in God we trust" on our money when we consistently trust in and serve capitalism above the one true God? What excuse do we have when we stare down the consequences of our selfish-faithless-vengeful actions which have driven our country towards the gates of hell (not to mention constitutional crisis) since September 11th 2001, and we still refuse to change our ways?<br /><br />The truth is that our nation is the great beast that rises up out of the sea in Revelation 13. America is the great Babylon that falls in Revelation 18. Until the time comes for us to fall, we will be comfortably and selfishly separated from the suffering we continuously cause in the world. Even our own citizens who have suffered from natural disasters here at home are put out of the minds of most. There is, of course, a remnant of people living in America who aren't detached from the suffering, and who have been continuously distressed by the unresponsiveness of the rest, but they are accounted for in prophecy as well. God's plan is unfolding exactly as He said it would.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://traumwerk.stanford.edu/archaeolog/durer-07.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://traumwerk.stanford.edu/archaeolog/durer-07.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>That being said, let's take a closer look at what the "four horsemen" of the Apocalypse are all about.<br /><br />Rev 6:1-2<br /><blockquote>Then I watched while the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. I heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice like thunder, "Come and see!"<span id="en-NCV-30672" class="sup"></span> I looked, and there before me was a <span style="font-weight: bold;">white horse</span>. The rider on the horse held a bow, and he was given <span style="font-weight: bold;">a crown</span>, and he rode out, determined to win the victory."</blockquote>In 1999, the world was introduced to George W Bush as a candidate for American president. During his campaign Bush pledged to restore integrity to the oval office, if elected. Unfortunately, he has shown himself to be a man entirely void of integrity all throughout his rule, and his determination to "win victory" overshadowed the little fact that he wasn't elected president. His attitude in the aftermath of the 2000 election was reprehensible, at best. By the power of Satan, he was given his crown of leadership, and this false savior has inspired the wrath of God by disguising his power-grab under the sheep's clothing of Christianity. <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2019:11-16;&version=78;">Revelation 19:11-16</a> describes Jesus Christ as <span style="font-weight: bold;">riding on a white horse</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">with</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">a crown</span> of many crowns on his head. The first horseman and Jesus are two mirror opposites of one another. Jesus is the prince of peace, so the antichrist is the prince of war.<br /><br />Rev 6:3-4<br /><blockquote>When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come and see!" Then another horse came out, a red one. Its rider was given power to take away peace from the earth and to make people kill each other, and he was given a big sword.</blockquote>By taking an honest look through the history of this century, can there be any doubt that these characteristics began to manifest themselves on <a href="http://www.ifamericansknew.org/us_ints/nc-pilger.html">September 11th, 2001</a>, and that this horse of warfare and empirical conquest is still riding throughout the world? At the Nuremberg trials, where the Nazis confessed to <a href="http://www.barnsdle.demon.co.uk/hist/fire.html">burning their own Parliament building to the ground</a> (and blaming it on terrorists) in 1933 to justify their military agression to their own citizens, high-ranking Nazi Herman Goering said this:<br /><pre>“Naturally the common people don’t want war. But after all, it is the<br />leaders of a country who determine the policy, and it’s always a<br />simple matter to drag people along whether it is a democracy or a<br />fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship.<br />Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of<br />the leaders. This is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are<br />being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and<br />for exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every<br />country.”</pre><br />The empiricists have been quite open since the inception of the War on Terror that it would last for a very, very long time. And a consequence of this ongoing war is the redistribution of wealth at an alarming rate from the mouths of the many to the pockets of the few.<br /><br />Rev6:5-6<br /><blockquote>When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come and see!" I looked, and there before me was a black horse, and its rider held a pair of scales in his hand.Then I heard something that sounded like a voice coming from the middle of the four living creatures. The voice said, "A quart of wheat for a day's pay, and three quarts of barley for a day's pay, and do not damage the oil or wine!"</blockquote>This horseman has recently ridden out. It is black, the color of crude petroleum. "Oil and wine" in this context actually represents both the mark of the Beast and <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ez%209&version=31">the mark of the God</a>. On one hand, the instructions not to "damage the oil or the wine" is symbolic of the great disparity between the ruling class, and the rest of the world. "Oil" represents standard and new bio-fuels; wine represents the wine of Babylon (the "<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Rev%2018:3;&version=31;">global market</a>"). On the other hand, "Do not harm the oil or the wine" is a parallel to the protection promised to those who bear the mark of God in the last days. Revelation 9 discusses a plague of locusts who emerge from the bottomless pit, and verse 4 says, "They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads." Psalm 104:15 tells us that by God's blessing we are given: "wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil to make his face shine, and bread that sustains his heart." It is no coincidence that Jesus called himself the bread of life.<br /><br />This food crisis will not end in peace, a solution will not be found by the "them" that we have entrusted to govern us and keep us secure. According to the Illuminti ten commandments (called the <a href="http://thegeorgiaguidestones.com/Message.htm">Georgia Guidestones</a>), the Earth's population must be slashed to a steady 500,000,000 people. That means that over 6.5 billion people now living in the world have been sentenced to death, not just by war, but by starvation, by disease, and by being abandoned to the natural elements.<br /><br />Rev6:7-8<br /><blockquote>When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come!"<span id="en-NCV-30678" class="sup"></span> I looked, and there before me was a pale horse. Its rider was named death, and Hell<sup></sup> was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill people by war, by starvation, by disease, and by the wild animals of the earth.</blockquote>This plan is very real, and is even now being manifested in the world. Do not rest assured in your safety because a third of the earth's water hasn't yet been turned to blood, or the sun has yet to turn black as sackcloth etc. All of these things will happen in their time (and I believe those signs will happen in a very short period of time, perhaps in one terrible day). Don't look ahead to what will happen soon, but look around at what is happening now!<br /><br />When the fifth seal is broken, the saints who are dead in Christ are allowed to voice their impatience; they are given white robes to ready themselves and told to wait a little while longer.<br />It is during this time that I believe a new wave of empowered believers will go throughout the world preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God. Only when the sixth seal is broken do the following signs take place:<br /><br />Rev6:12-17<br /><blockquote>Then I watched while the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black like rough black cloth, and the whole moon became red like blood.<span id="en-NCV-30683" class="sup"></span> And the stars in the sky fell to the earth like figs falling from a fig tree when the wind blows.<span id="en-NCV-30684" class="sup"></span> The sky disappeared as a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place. Then the kings of the earth, the rulers, the generals, the rich people, the powerful people, the slaves, and the free people hid themselves in caves and in the rocks on the mountains.<span id="en-NCV-30686" class="sup"></span> They called to the mountains and the rocks, "Fall on us. Hide us from the face of the One who sits on the throne and from the anger of the Lamb!<span id="en-NCV-30687" class="sup"></span> The great day for their anger has come, and who can stand against it?"</blockquote>This seal cannot be reached or broken until the ones before them have been broken by the Lamb. There is an undeniable order to this pouring forth of judgment. And we are now suffering under the rise of the third horseman, with two seals remaining between now and <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3855841568979344215&hl=en">Nuclear Armageddon</a> (the 6th seal).young brotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762877133297398396noreply@blogger.com11