upgraded November 21, 2011
God Has Judged The United States Of America Because Of Sin,
And God Has Condemned The United States Of America!
The Execution Date Has Been Set!
THE DATE THAT HAS BEEN SET FOR THE EXECUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS DECEMBER 21, 2012!
Matthew 26:52 (NIV) "Put your sword back in its place," Jesus said to him, "for all who draw the sword will die by the sword."
There is only one country in history whose government has used the sword of nuclear weaponry on another country. The government of that country is the Federal Government of the United States of America. The United States Government was the first to develop and use nuclear weapons, and the United States Government will be destroyed by nuclear weapons.
Jubilees 4:31,32 (translated by Joseph B. Lumpkin) At the close of this jubilee Cain was killed after him in the same year; because his house fell on him and he died in the middle of his house, and he was killed by its stones. With a stone he had killed Abel, and by a stone he was killed in righteous judgement. 32 For this reason it was ordained on the heavenly tablets, with the instrument with which a man kills his neighbor with the same shall he be killed. In the same manner that he wounded him, in like manner shall they deal with him."
The United States will retain some semblance of a society until December 21, 2012, and then the United States as a functioning nation, will be destroyed in a nuclear holocaust, by a coalition that includes the Antichrist, and some of the countries of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The Federal Government of the United States of America will cease to exist, like the government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ceased to exist.
There was historical Babylon. It was a nation/state-empire, and was destroyed in 536 B. C.
There is prophetic, spiritual Babylon. It is Judeo-Christian Organized Religion.
There is also prophetic, commercial Babylon. It is the United States of America.
Isaiah prophesied concerning the fall of the historical nation/state-empire of Babylon. Historical Babylon was destroyed by the Medo-Persian Empire in 536 B.C.
Isaiah 47 (NIV) "Go down, sit in the dust, Virgin Daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, Daughter of the Babylonians. No more will you be called tender or delicate. 2 Take millstones and grind flour; take off your veil. Lift up your skirts, bare your legs, and wade through the streams. 3 Your nakedness will be exposed and your shame uncovered. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one." 4 Our Redeemer--the LORD Almighty is his name-- is the Holy One of Israel. 5 "Sit in silence, go into darkness, Daughter of the Babylonians; no more will you be called queen of kingdoms. 6 I was angry with my people and desecrated my inheritance; I gave them into your hand, and you showed them no mercy. Even on the aged you laid a very heavy yoke. 7 You said, 'I will continue forever-- the eternal queen!' But you did not consider these things or reflect on what might happen. 8 "Now then, listen, you wanton creature, lounging in your security and saying to yourself, 'I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or suffer the loss of children.' 9 Both of these will overtake you in a moment, on a single day: loss of children and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and all your potent spells. 10 You have trusted in your wickedness and have said, 'No one sees me.' Your wisdom and knowledge mislead you when you say to yourself, 'I am, and there is none besides me.' 11 Disaster will come upon you, and you will not know how to conjure it away. A calamity will fall upon you that you cannot ward off with a ransom; a catastrophe you cannot foresee will suddenly come upon you. 12 "Keep on, then, with your magic spells and with your many sorceries, which you have labored at since childhood. Perhaps you will succeed, perhaps you will cause terror. 13 All the counsel you have received has only worn you out! Let your astrologers come forward, those stargazers who make predictions month by month, let them save you from what is coming upon you. 14 Surely they are like stubble; the fire will burn them up. They cannot even save themselves from the power of the flame. Here are no coals to warm anyone; here is no fire to sit by. 15 That is all they can do for you-- these you have labored with and trafficked with since childhood. Each of them goes on in his error; there is not one that can save you.
After the fall of the historical nation/state-empire of Babylon, John the Revelator, in Revelation chapters 17 and 18, prophesied about the fall of prophetic Babylon. The reason that YOU know that John was writing about prophetic Babylon, is that when John wrote the Book of Revelation in approximately 70 A.D. , the historical nation/state-empire of Babylon had already been destroyed in 536 B. C., never to be restored, fulfilling the prophesy of Jeremiah 51:64.
Jeremiah 51:64 (NIV) Then say, 'So will Babylon sink to rise no more because of the disaster I will bring upon her. And her people will fall.'" The words of Jeremiah end here.
In Revelation chapter 17, John the Revelator prophesied about prophetic, spiritual Babylon. Prophetic, spiritual Babylon is a "church".
Prophetic, spiritual Babylon is Judeo-Christian Organized Religion!
After prophesying concerning the destruction of prophetic spiritual Babylon in Revelation chapter 17, John the Revelator began writing Revelation chapter 18 printed below, with the words, "After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven." By the wording that John used in the opening sentence of Revelation chapter 18, YOU can know that John was prophesying concerning the destruction of a different prophetic Babylon, than the prophetic, spiritual Babylon that John had previously written about in Revelation chapter 17.
Revelation chapter 18 is a prophecy concerning the destruction of prophetic, commercial Babylon. Prophetic, commercial Babylon is figuratively a nation; and prophetic, commercial Babylon is also literally a specific city.
In the national sense, Revelation chapter 18 is a prophecy concerning the destruction of the United States of America!
In the specific city sense, Revelation chapter 18 is a prophecy concerning the destruction of New York City!
YOU are given fore-glimpses throughout the Word of God. Historical Babylon is a fore-glimpse of prophetic Babylon. Historical Babylon is a fore-glimpse of the United States of America, and specifically New York City. There are many similarities in historical Babylon referenced in Isaiah chapter 47 (printed above), Jeremiah chapters 50-51 (printed at the bottom of this document); and prophetic, commercial Babylon referenced in Revelation chapter 18, printed below.
Revelation 18 (NIV) After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven. He had great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor. 2 With a mighty voice he shouted: "Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great! She has become a home for demons and a haunt for every evil spirit, a haunt for every unclean and detestable bird. 3 For all the nations have drunk the maddening wine of her adulteries. The kings of the earth committed adultery with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries." 4 Then I heard another voice from heaven say: "Come out of her, my people, so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive any of her plagues; 5 for her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes. 6 Give back to her as she has given; pay her back double for what she has done. Mix her a double portion from her own cup. 7 Give her as much torture and grief as the glory and luxury she gave herself. In her heart she boasts, 'I sit as queen; I am not a widow, and I will never mourn.' 8 Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her: death, mourning and famine. She will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her. 9 "When the kings of the earth who committed adultery with her and shared her luxury see the smoke of her burning, they will weep and mourn over her. 10 Terrified at her torment, they will stand far off and cry: "'Woe! Woe, O great city, O Babylon, city of power! In one hour your doom has come!' 11 "The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her because no one buys their cargoes any more-- 12 cargoes of gold, silver, precious stones and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet cloth; every sort of citron wood, and articles of every kind made of ivory, costly wood, bronze, iron and marble; 13 cargoes of cinnamon and spice, of incense, myrrh and frankincense, of wine and olive oil, of fine flour and wheat; cattle and sheep; horses and carriages; and bodies and souls of men. 14 "They will say, 'The fruit you longed for is gone from you. All your riches and splendor have vanished, never to be recovered.' 15 The merchants who sold these things and gained their wealth from her will stand far off, terrified at her torment. They will weep and mourn 16 and cry out: "'Woe! Woe, O great city, dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet, and glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls! 17 In one hour such great wealth has been brought to ruin!' "Every sea captain, and all who travel by ship, the sailors, and all who earn their living from the sea, will stand far off. 18 When they see the smoke of her burning, they will exclaim, 'Was there ever a city like this great city?' 19 They will throw dust on their heads, and with weeping and mourning cry out: "'Woe! Woe, O great city, where all who had ships on the sea became rich through her wealth! In one hour she has been brought to ruin! 20 Rejoice over her, O heaven! Rejoice, saints and apostles and prophets! God has judged her for the way she treated you.'" 21 Then a mighty angel picked up a boulder the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea, and said: "With such violence the great city of Babylon will be thrown down, never to be found again. 22 The music of harpists and musicians, flute players and trumpeters, will never be heard in you again. No workman of any trade will ever be found in you again. The sound of a millstone will never be heard in you again. 23 The light of a lamp will never shine in you again. The voice of bridegroom and bride will never be heard in you again. Your merchants were the world's great men. By your magic spell all the nations were led astray. 24 In her was found the blood of prophets and of the saints, and of all who have been killed on the earth."
Revelation 18:2 (printed above): "She has become a home for demons and a haunt for every evil spirit, a haunt for every unclean and detestable bird."
Magicians are "those who practice magic arts", referenced in Revelation 21:8, printed below. Watching magicians practice their magic arts is a popular form of entertainment in the United States. Magicians are invited into homes through television, magicians are invited into public schools, and magicians are invited into churches.
Revelation 21:8 (NIV) But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars--their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death."
Revelation 22:15 (NIV) Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
Palm readers, tarot card readers, enchanters, diviners, mediums, and sorcerers are common in most cities of the United States. Fortune cookies are the lark of Chinese restaurants. People worship the stars by consulting and following the signs of the Zodiac. The Ford Motor Company has named their Taurus automobile, with the same name as a sign of the Zodiac. Most newspapers in the United States carry daily horoscopes. Astrologers reportedly counseled Nancy Reagan during the Presidency of Ronald Reagan.
When, more than ten years ago, I began my researches into the secret symbolism of the federal city, my interest lay in the stellar wisdom of the zodiacs which I encountered in the center of the city. My attention had been drawn to the many zodiacs in the Library of Congress and in the Capital building, and as I explored the meanings of these my attention was drawn to other zodiacs, in different parts of the city. Washington, D. C., which I had thought had only two or three zodiacs in its center, soon revealed itself as a teeming with zodiacs and zodiacal images - many of them in official buildings where one would never have expected to find such symbols of the spiritual world. Now I know that there are 23 important zodiacs in the city, and at least 1,000 zodiacal and planetary symbols. These figures may beggar belief, but the story behind them is even more incredible. It was only after some considerable time that I began to see the thing which drew most of these zodiacs together - the mystery of the zodiacal sign Virgo. It was my study of this stellar wisdom of Virgo - the Christian Virgin Mother in a later guise, a representative of Isis and Minerva, enshrined in zodiacs and symbols - which gradually alerted me to the influence of the Masons on the early growth of the city. - David Ovason, The Secret Architecture Of Our Nation's Capital
Furthermore, what is it about Washington, D. C., that, in 200 years of colorful history, has made it the focus of zodiac builders, and, so far as arcane lapidary symbols are concerned, the richest city in the world?- David Ovason, The Secret Architecture of Our Nation's Capital
Deuteronomy 18:10-12 (NIV) Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, 11 or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. 12 Anyone who does these things is detestable to the LORD, and because of these detestable practices the LORD your God will drive out those nations before you.
2 Chronicles 33:6 (NIV) He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, practiced sorcery, divination and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of the LORD, provoking him to anger.
Revelation 18:3 (printed above): "the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries."
In recorded history, was there ever a nation in which this was more true than in the United States?
Revelation 18:4 (printed above): "Come out of her, my people, so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive any of her plagues;
If YOU are a "Born Again" Child of God, and the Holy Spirit of God is not specifically telling YOU to stay; GET OUT OF NEW YORK CITY, and other large wicked cities! The greater the wickedness of a United States city, the greater the chance for a nuclear holocaust in that city, when New York City and the United States is destroyed.
Revelation 18:5 (printed above): "for her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes."
Zechariah began his ministry in 520 B. C. At that time, historical Babylon had recently been destroyed, consequently, YOU know that Zechariah's vision referenced in Zechariah 5:5-11 printed below, is concerning prophetic Babylon. History has shown that Zechariah's vision relates to BOTH prophetic spiritual Babylon, and prophetic commercial Babylon. The basket with wickedness, contained by lead, would be set figuratively in its place in the Roman Catholic Church; where it would spiritually contaminate all of Judeo-Christian Organized Religion. The basket with wickedness would also be set figuratively in the United States of America, where it would commercially contaminate the entire world.
Zechariah 5:5-11 (NIV) Then the angel who was speaking to me came forward and said to me, "Look up and see what this is that is appearing." 6 I asked, "What is it?" He replied, "It is a measuring basket." And he added, "This is the iniquity of the people throughout the land." 7 Then the cover of lead was raised, and there in the basket sat a woman! 8 He said, "This is wickedness," and he pushed her back into the basket and pushed the lead cover down over its mouth. 9 Then I looked up--and there before me were two women, with the wind in their wings! They had wings like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between heaven and earth. 10 "Where are they taking the basket?" I asked the angel who was speaking to me. 11 He replied, "To the country of Babylonia to build a house for it. When it is ready, the basket will be set there in its place."
It is interesting to remember that the Periodic Table of the Elements was not established until several thousand years after the time that Zechariah wrote his vision. Mankind did understood the properties of lead at the time that Zechariah wrote his vision. We now understand that lead has properties of containment and blockage that are superior to any other element on the planet. That is why lead is used as a shield to protect medical workers when using X-Ray equipment. The X-Rays cannot penetrate the lead. The God who inspired Zechariah's vision, created all of the elements in the universe. At the time that Zechariah wrote his vision, only God knew the properties of lead, and the complete Periodic Table of the Elements.
Prophetic commercial Babylon is very similar to prophetic spiritual Babylon. The dome of the United States Capital Building contains a mural titled, "The Apotheosis of George Washington", depicting the acceptance of George Washington as an equal among the Egyptian, Greek and Roman gods.
apotheosis n, pl -o ses [LL, fr. Gk apotheosis, fr. apotheoun to deify, fr. apo- + theos god] (ca. 1580) 1 : elevation to divine status : DEIFICATION.... - Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary Tenth Edition
In Egyptian symbolism, the dome of the United States Capital Building represents the womb of the Egyptian goddess Isis. Directly behind the United States Capital Building is the Jefferson Memorial. The Jefferson Memorial is an Egyptian Obelisk that represents the phallus of the Egyptian god Osiris. It is through copulation in the womb of Isis with the phallus of Osiris that apotheosis occurs. After death, United States governmental leaders lay in state beneath the womb of Isis in order for apotheosis to occur.
His [Washington's] funeral in 1799 had been conducted according to Masonic rites. The coffin had been draped with a Masonic apron given to him by a brother revolutionary and Mason, the Marquis de Lafayette, and the many Masons present each cast a sprig of acacia, to symbolize both Osiris's resurrection and Washington's own imminent resurrection in the realm where Osiris presides. - Martin Short, Inside the Brotherhood
That Egyptian symbolism is exactly duplicated in Vatican City, with the dome of Saint Peter's Cathedral being directly behind an Egyptian Obelisk on Saint Peter's Square. The capital buildings of both prophetic commercial Babylon, and prophetic spiritual Babylon reflect identical belief in the Egyptian concept of apotheosis.
The United States of America is very similar to the Roman Catholic Church in structure. The Roman Catholic Church is the revised Roman Empire. The Roman Empire transmuted into the Roman Catholic Church, by imposing religious governments on the historic Roman States, through religious Diocese’s. In this way, the Roman Empire transferred their dictatorship from the Caesars, to the Popes. The Roman Catholic Church has had some problems in their organization, resulting in the separation of the Russian and Eastern Orthodox Churches, and the separation of the Protestant denominations. The Roman Catholic Church will ultimately bring all of Judeo-Christian Organized Religion, along with Judaism, and Islam, back into a loose coalition under the Pope, who is the False Prophet of God.
Both the Roman Empire, and the United States of America, were created by the subjugation of independent states into a central government. The Roman Empire used military might; the United States initially used political coercion. In order to accomplish their desires, the Federal Government of the United States has always used political coercion first, and if that did not work, when they were politically able, the Federal Government of the United States has used military might. When the Southern States of the United States would not subordinate to the control of the Federal Government of the United States, then the United States of America used military might in order to subjugate the Southern States. Abraham Lincoln’s primary governmental function was not to end slavery. Slavery was not working, was gradually declining, and would have died its own death in a short period of time. The African/American population would have assimilated into free society far quicker if there had not been the emotionally and racially polarizing Civil War. Abraham Lincoln used the issue of slavery as a "Trojan horse", in order to subjugate all of the states under the control of the Federal Government in Washington D. C. The “States Rights/Federal Rights” issue has continued to be debated by scholars, and kicked around, but that issue was permanently settled with the Civil War; as the “States Rights/Federal Rights” issue was the only real reason for the Civil War.
"My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and it is not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that." - Abraham Lincoln, Quoted by Robert L. Polley, ed., Lincoln: His Words and His World (Waukesha, Wisconsin: Country Beautiful Foundation, 1965), p.54.
It may come as a surprise to learn that, by strict definition, Abraham Lincoln was a white supremacist. In his fourth debate with Senator Stephen Douglas, he addressed the subject bluntly: "I am not nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races - that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality. And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior, and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race." - Abraham Lincoln, [Don E. Fehrenbacher, ed., Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings, 1859-1865 (New York: Library of America, 1989), p. 215] This is not so say that Lincoln was indifferent to the institution of slavery, for he felt strongly that it was a violation of personal and national morality, but he also knew that slavery was gradually being swept away all over the world - with the possible exception of Africa itself - and he believed that it would soon disappear in America simply by allowing the natural forces of enlightenment to work their way through the political system. - G. Edward Griffin, The Creature From Jekyll Island
To get people to fight, it was decided to convert the war into an anti-slavery crusade. The Emancipation Proclamation was primarily a move on the part of Lincoln to fan the dying embers of support for the "Rich-man's war and the poor-man's fight," as it was commonly called in the North. Furthermore, it was not an amendment to the Constitution nor even an act of Congress. It was issued, totally without constitutional authority, as the solitary order of Lincoln himself, acting as Commander-in Chief of the armed forces. Preservation of the Union was not enough to fire men's enthusiasm for war. Only the higher issue of freedom could do that. To make the cause of freedom synonymous with the cause of the North, there was no alternative but to officially declare against slavery. After having emphasized over and over again that slavery was not the reason for war, Lincoln later explained why he changed his course and issue the Proclamation: "Things had gone from bad to worse until I felt we had reached the end of our rope on the plan we were pursuing; that we had about played our last card, and must change our tactics or lose the game. I now determined upon the adoption of the emancipation policy." - Abraham Lincoln, Quoted by Charles Adams, Fight, Flight, Fraud: The Story of Taxation (Curacao, The Netherlands: Euro-Dutch Publishers, 1982), p. 229. The rhetoric of the Proclamation was superb but the concept left a great deal to be desired. - G. Edward Griffin, The Creature From Jekyll Island
"Technically, the proclamation was almost absurd. It proclaimed freedom for all slaves in precisely those areas where the United States could not make its authority effective, and allowed slavery to continue in slave states which remained under Federal control....But in the end it changed the whole character of the war and, more than any other single thing, doomed the Confederacy to defeat." - Bruce Catton, writing in the American Heritage Pictorial History of the Civil War: Catton and Ketchum, p. 252.
In reviewing Lincoln's role throughout this painful chapter of history, it is impossible not to feel ambivalence. On the one hand, he declared war without Congress, suspended the writ of habeas corpus, and issued the Emancipation Proclamation, not as an administrative executive carrying out the wishes of Congress, but as the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces. Furthermore, the Proclamation was not issued out of humanitarian motives, as popular history portrays, but as a maneuver to generate popular support for the war. By participating in the issuance of the greenbacks, he violated one of the most clearly written and important sections of the Constitution. And by failing to veto the National Bank Act, he acquiesced in the delivery of the American people back into the hands of the international Cabal, an act which was similar in many ways to the forcible return of captured runaway slaves. - G. Edward Griffin, The Creature From Jekyll Island
In 1862, Abraham Lincoln imposed the first income tax on the United States Citizens in order to fund the Civil War, and Abraham Lincoln established the Bureau of Internal Revenue to collect the income taxes. In the 1950's, the name of the Bureau of Internal Revenue was changed to the Internal Revenue Service. The United States Supreme Court ruled that the collection of income taxes was unconstitutional, and so the Federal politicians convinced the citizens, that the collection of income taxes was in the citizens' best interest. That's right, the Federal politicians convinced the citizens that it was in the best interest of the citizens for the Federal Government to take the citizens money. The Federal politicians convinced the citizens to ratify the 14th amendment to the Constitution which allows the federal government to collect income taxes from the citizens. That is similar to the Federal politicians attempting to convince the citizens today, that it is in the best interest of the citizens, for the Federal Government to control the retirement funds, and health care of the citizens.
Another strange similarity between the Roman Empire and the United States of America is the fact that Barack Hussein Obama now has 38 non-elected "Czars" controlling major portions of the Executive Branch of Government. "Czar" is from the title Caesar (Caesar), from the Roman Empire.
There is now a coercive political effort to bring the United States, Canada and Mexico into a common Federal Government. While George W. Bush was president, George W. Bush made the statement that George W. Bush was like Abraham Lincoln. George W. Bush certainly attempted to continue the subjugation that Abraham Lincoln had started, when George W. Bush vigorously labored to collate multiple nation/states into a "New World Order", One-World Government. The plan for the unification of the United States, Canada, and Mexico is the initial part of the larger plan to form a Common American Union, including Central and South America. NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, endorsed by both the Republican and Democratic Parties, is certainly an indicator of this coercive political effort to unite all of the American continent. The conclusion of the plan, that is freely spoken of by treasonous United States politicians, will result in a "New World Order," One-World Government.
The disaster of power being taken from the people, and federalized into a central government, was mirrored in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and now the European Union. The federalization of the government will conclude when an American Union, the European Union, and the Arab States all band together, and cede their individual sovereign power to the governmental dictatorship of a New World Order under the Antichrist. The Antichrist’s government will never come together completely, but will function loosely until the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Russia (the King of the North) and China (the Kings of the East) will retain some of their autonomy throughout the three and one-half year "great tribulation" Period (Matthew 24:21-22 [KJV], Revelation 7:14), as Russia and China will both be present at the Battle of Armageddon.
Certainly, no one desires interference or intrusion into their private lives by any form of government. However, we must ask ourselves if we desire a society of law and order, or a society of chaos? The Los Angeles Riot answers this question clearly. But how far do we allow the government to go in establishing law and order? What must be included in the cardinal rules of a civilized society?
In Genesis chapter 4, we are given the first historical example of murder, when Cain killed his brother Abel. God Almighty, the Creator, Lawgiver, Judge, Advocate, and Wonderful Counselor of all the universe established laws pertaining to murder thereafter.
Genesis 9:5-6 (NIV) And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each man, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of his fellow man. "Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made man.
Baby Killers who commit abortion are sinning against God, sinning against the murdered baby, sinning against the mother of the murdered baby, sinning against the father of the murdered baby, sinning against the siblings of the murdered baby, sinning against the extended family of the murdered baby, sinning against all of mankind, and sinning against all of creation.
Baby Killers who commit abortion are sinning against God, because they are violating God's law, and circumventing God's life-plan for the murdered baby. God has a perfect plan for every single day, in the life of every single person; even before they are born.
Psalms 139:13-16 (NIV) For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV) For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Murderers, who by default, interfere with God's plan by murdering a person; are by default imposing their own plan on that person. Murderers are usurping the place of God, blocking God's plan, and positioning themselves for a direct confrontation with God Almighty. It does not get any more serious than that.
Hebrews 10:31(NIV) It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Baby Killers who commit abortion are sinning against the murdered baby, because they are murdering the baby. On Mount Sinai, God Almighty again dictated against a person's, "Right to Choose - TO MURDER", when God commanded:
Exodus 20:13 (NIV) "You shall not murder."
Baby Killers who commit abortion are sinning against the mother and father of the murdered baby, by murdering the mother and father's blessing from God. Children are "a heritage" and "a reward" given to parents, by the Lord God.
Psalms 127:3 (NIV) Sons are a heritage from the LORD, children a reward from him.
Baby Killers who commit abortion are sinning against the siblings and extended family of the murdered baby, because they are robbing the siblings and extended family of the possibility of love, joy, friendship, and support that the murdered baby might have given the siblings and extended family throughout the murdered baby's lifetime.
Baby Killers who commit abortion are sinning against all of mankind because they are depriving mankind of the service that the Lord God had planned for the murdered baby to give to mankind.
Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV) For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
What would the world be like if Mother Teresa had been aborted?
What would the world be like if George Washington had been aborted?
What would the world be like if Sir Isaac Newton had been aborted?
What would the world be like if the Apostle Paul had been aborted?
What would the world be like if Christopher Columbus had been aborted?
What would the world be like if George Washington Carver had been aborted?
"Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it." - the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. 1929-1968
"Let no man pull you low enough to hate him." - the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. 1929-1968
"Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity. Hate destroys a man's sense of values and his objectivity. It causes him to describe the beautiful as ugly and the ugly as beautiful, and to confuse the true with the false and the false with the true." - the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. 1929-1968
"Nonviolence is the answer to crucial political and moral questions of our time; the need for mankind to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence. Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love." - the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. 1929-1968
"Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." - the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. 1929-1968
"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools." - the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. 1929-1968
"I've seen too much hate to want to hate, myself, and every time I see it, I say to myself, hate is too great a burden to bear. Somehow we must be able to stand up against our most bitter opponents and say: "We shall match your capacity to inflict suffering by our capacity to endure suffering. We will meet your physical force with soul force. Do to us what you will and we will still love you... But be assured that we'll wear you down by our capacity to suffer, and one day we will win our freedom. We will not only win freedom for ourselves; we will appeal to your heart and conscience that we will win you in the process, and our victory will be a double victory." - the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. 1929-1968
"We have flown the air like birds and swum the seas like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers." - the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. 1929-1968
"Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend." - the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. 1929-1968
What would the world be like if the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. had been aborted? Abraham Lincoln, in his carnal lust for power, drove a united country to the point of complete destruction in Abraham Lincoln's federal power grab. The Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr., working against all of man's natural inclinations, took a divided country that was on the path to complete destruction, and almost single-handedly held the United States of America together as a country.
Baby Killers who commit abortion are sinning against all of creation, because all of creation is disturbed by sin. The earth was originally created by God to function perfectly, and to exist infinitely. Since the time of the earth's creation, the earth has been changed. Something occurred that has disturbed the earth:
Romans 8:22 (NIV) For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
Everything on earth functioned perfectly within God's imposed order until man sinned. The cause that has effected the creation to "groaneth and travaileth" referenced above, is that man sinned. The sin of Baby Killing through abortion disturbs the earth. The increasing sin of man is the reason that nature is increasingly disturbed!
Is it righteous for a woman to involve her body with someone else, and then retain complete control, - murder the child because of personal inconvenience? An equivalent horror would be murder of the child by the father, because the father did not want to work, in order to support the child. The only just position, in accordance with corporate law, is that a woman retains complete control of her own body, until she incorporates it with another person. After incorporating with another person, any action impacting that corporation must be agreed upon by the affected parties; all three of them!
Genesis 4:8-11 (NIV) Now Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out to the field." And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him. Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" "I don't know," he replied. "Am I my brother's keeper?" The LORD said, "What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground. Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
Abortion is the ultimate act of selfishness. Do I have the right to murder someone in order that I not be inconvenienced? Since Cain killed Abel, every murderer has engaged in this ultimate act of selfishness.
"It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish." - Mother Teresa
It has been alleged that 58 million babies have been murdered in the United States since the Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court Ruling on January 22, 1973. These murders continue at the rate of 1.5 million children per year. Every four year presidential term that elapses, produces the equivalent number of deaths that Adolph Hitler produced with all of his demonic, hate filled, destructive machinery and system. Since Roe vs. Wade, every single term United States President, Supreme Court, and the Congress they worked with have numerically equaled the total murders committed by Adolph Hitler with his legal system, judges, and subordinates. Names of killing centers that have become synonymous with terrorist murder like Auschwitz/Birkenau, Treblinka, Belzec, Majdanek, Sobibor and Chelmno have been totally eclipsed in their horror, by the killing centers of New York City, Washington D. C., Reno, Honolulu, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
John Holdren, who is Barack Obama's science czar, has called for forced abortions, and a 'Comprehensive planetary regime that could control the development, and distribution of all natural resources.'
“Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.” - the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. 1929-1968
There are now more abortions in Washington D. C. annually, than there are babies born. Hitler, heinous in his destruction of 6 million Jewish people, shrinks almost to insignificance in comparison to the United States -
JUST AS SURELY AS NUREMBERG CAME FOR INDIVIDUALS IN HITLER'S GOVERNMENTAL, GENOCIDAL SYSTEM; ANOTHER "NUREMBERG" WILL COME FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENTAL, GENOCIDAL SYSTEM! PERFECT JUSTICE WILL BE METED OUT FOR EVERY PERSON WHO HAS A SHRED OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS HORRIBLE BLOODY NIGHTMARE!
THAT PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAD THE ABILITY TO VOTE!
Every single murderer has been cursed, and spiritually branded, with the same curse, and mark that Cain was physically branded with.
Genesis 4:8-15 (NIV) Now Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out to the field." And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him. Then the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" "I don't know," he replied. "Am I my brother's keeper?" The Lord said, "What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground. Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand. When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth." Cain said to the Lord, "My punishment is more than I can bear. Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me." But the Lord said to him, "Not so; if anyone kills Cain, he will suffer vengeance seven times over." Then the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him.
The group of murderers who have been cursed, and spiritually branded with the "Mark of Cain", include all of those Baby Killers who voted pro-abortion, and all of those Baby Killers who knowingly failed to vote pro-life, because of the Baby Killer's personal responsibility for their political support of the act of Baby Killing through abortion!
DO NOT BE DECEIVED! If YOU have voted pro-abortion, or if YOU have knowingly failed to vote pro-life, YOU are just as personally responsible for Baby Killing through abortion, as the "Doctor Mengele's" who swear to uphold the "Hippocratic Oath", then enter the place of the baby's sanctuary; and use scissors, knives, forceps, and meat hooks to pierce, split, and crush the baby's skull, dismember the baby's body, and pull the baby's quivering, mutilated, bloody, severed body parts from the place of the baby's sanctuary, the mother's womb.
If YOU have voted pro-abortion, or if YOU have knowingly failed to vote pro-life, YOU PERSONALLY ARE SPIRITUALLY EXACTLY LIKE CHARLES MANSON AND HIS FOLLOWERS! If YOU have voted pro-abortion, or if YOU have knowingly failed to vote pro-life, THE ONLY PHYSICAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOU PERSONALLY, AND CHARLES MANSON PERSONALLY, IS THAT THE "DOCTOR MENGELE'S" THAT YOU PERSONALLY ENABLED TO COMMIT BABY KILLING THROUGH ABORTION, PROBABLY DID NOT USE THE BABY'S BLOOD TO SMEAR GRAFFITI ON THE WALLS OF THE OPERATING ROOM!
If YOU have voted pro-abortion, or if YOU have knowingly failed to vote pro-life, YOU are just as personally responsible for ripping out a living baby's heart, as the Aztec, Inca, Mayan, Toltec, Teotihuacán, Egyptian, Phoenician, Carthaginian, Thuggee, Yamna, Swedish, Magyar, Russian, Polynesian, Moche, and other wicked pagans who exercised their free-will by ripping out living people's hearts and offering them up to their god, the devil.
Tell me, after voting pro-abortion, or knowingly failing to vote pro-life, what will God's Perfect Justice PERSONALLY REQUIRE OF YOU? YOU WILL, PERSONALLY, ANSWER FOR YOUR HORRIFICALLY SINFUL VOTING RECORD!
UNLESS YOU HAVE BLASPHEMED THE HOLY SPIRIT AND CROSSED THE DEADLINE OF GOD, THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST, YOU CAN BE FORGIVEN FOR YOUR HORRIFIC SIN, BUT YOU MUST STOP SINNING!
"Whoever destroys a single life is as guilty as though he had destroyed the entire world; and whoever rescues a single life earns as much merit as though he had rescued the entire world." - Talmud
Historians have estimated that there were six million Jewish people alive, at the time of Jesus Christ's Crucifixion. The Jewish people, at the time of Jesus Christ’s Crucifixion, requested that the punishment for the murder of Jesus Christ be placed on them and their children:
Matthew 27:25 (NIV) All the people answered, "Let his blood be on us and on our children!"
The Holy Spirit of God is not verbose. The Holy Spirit of God directed Matthew to record a historical account reflecting the Jewish request, "Let his blood be on us and on our children!", for a very specific reason. The Jewish request is a portent. I do not believe that the Jewish people completely understood the judicial request that they were making. The Jewish people did not ask for the substitution sacrifice of bulls, sheep, goats, doves or young pigeons as the Levitical law allowed. The Jewish people did not ask that Jesus Christ bear the punishment for their sins. The Jewish people did not ask for mercy, the Jewish people asked for responsibility. The Jewish people asked that the punishment for the murder of Jesus Christ be born by themselves, and by their children. The Jewish people asked for justice. In requesting justice, I am certain that the Jewish people did not realize that they were setting a cause in motion, that would ultimately effect approximately six million of their descendants including men, women, and children being murdered at the hands of Adolph Hitler.
Deuteronomy 19:16-21 (NIV) If a malicious witness takes the stand to accuse a man of a crime, the two men involved in the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD before the priests and the judges who are in office at the time. The judges must make a thorough investigation, and if the witness proves to be a liar, giving false testimony against his brother, then do to him as he intended to do to his brother. You must purge the evil from among you. The rest of the people will hear of this and be afraid, and never again will such an evil thing be done among you. Show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
In view of the perfect order of God, I am sure that exactly one Jewish man, woman and child was murdered by Adolph Hitler; directly corresponding to one Jewish man, woman and child who was alive at the time of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ. As in the account of Pharaoh, recorded in the Book of Exodus, God waited for God's time, when God's judgment was to be carried out.
Did God direct Adolph Hitler to murder six million of the Jewish people? No. Hitler wanted to murder every Jewish person on the face of the earth. The Holy Spirit of God restricted Hitler and his organization from the wickedness that their evil hearts desired, and only allowed them to effect the justice that the Jewish people had requested, at the time of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
Will God destroy the United States? No. The Devil is tempting Muslims to murder every man, woman, and child on the face of the earth. The Holy Spirit of God will restrict the Islamic World from the wickedness that their evil hearts desire, and will only allow the Muslims to effect the justice that the citizens of the United States precisely deserve.
In God's perfect cause and effect order, there will be one person in the United States murdered, through the nuclear attack on New York City and other major cities, for every single person in the United States who has been murdered through abortion! The United States will have to pay for her many sins:
Deuteronomy 19:21 (NIV) life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
Genesis 4:10 reflects our plight.
Genesis 4:10 (NIV) The LORD said, "What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground.
Numbers 35:33 (NIV) "'Do not pollute the land where you are. Bloodshed pollutes the land, and atonement cannot be made for the land on which blood has been shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
To devalue life legally, as abortion does, and to then expect that citizens will only take life when it is in accordance with the wishes and laws of the State, is to not understand human nature. When life is devalued specifically, then it is devalued in general. The wanton disregard for the sanctity of life that baby-killing through abortion stimulates, is consuming our society with violence.
Ecclesiastes 8:11 (NIV) When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, the hearts of the people are filled with schemes to do wrong.
"Pardon one offense, and you encourage the commission of many." - Publilius Syrus first century B. C.
"The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between." - Mother Teresa
Abortion is absorbed into God's perfect cause and effect order. Every act of abortion produces a ripple effect that continues into infinity. Every single abortion is a crisis act sin, whose impact will continue through eternity.
The terrorists who attacked the World Trade Center murdered approximately 3,000 people. The United States Government is justified in bringing the terrorists to justice, because the terrorists are evil, and murdered 3,000 people. However, you must consider that United States citizens murder more of their own people every day, than did the World Trade Center terrorists on one day. Since January 22, 1973, we do to ourselves every day, more than what the terrorists did to us on one day. We murder 5,000 of our own innocent humans every single day, seven days a week of every month, 365 days a year; and have done and continue to do this since January 22, 1973, totaling now 58,000,000 murders. While the horror of the World Trade Center attack is very odious to most Americans, how can we be so blind, as to fail to see that by mathematical calculation, we are more than 10,000 times more murderous, than the World Trade Center terrorists are.
The devil does not have insight led by the Holy Spirit of God, into the Holy Word of God, as the devil did not anticipate that the death of Jesus Christ on the Cross, was actually the great victory of Jesus Christ. The devil does however, have some knowledge of spiritual matters, in that the devil knows what the Holy Scriptures state, and the devil has seen God work across at least six thousand years. On only two occasions in Biblical history have babies been specifically targeted for mass-murder:
At the birth of Moses, the devil tempted Pharaoh to murder all of the Jewish boy babies, in an attempt to murder the deliverer that the devil anticipated God would be sending:
Exodus 1:22 (NIV) Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: "Every boy that is born you must throw into the Nile, but let every girl live."
Consider the irony of Pharaoh's attempt to murder the Jewish deliverer, referenced in Exodus 1:1 through 2:10. Pharaoh murdered all of the Jewish boy babies, in an attempt to murder the deliverer that the devil knew that God would be sending. Moses was the deliverer that God sent. Pharaoh fed, clothed, housed, and educated Moses; and paid Moses' mother to be Moses' nursemaid, in direct violation of Pharaoh's own order. God has shown that God is able to protect God's children.
At the Birth of Jesus Christ, the devil tempted Herod to murder all of the Jewish boy babies in Bethlehem, in an attempt to murder the Deliverer that the devil anticipated God would be sending:
Matthew 2:16-18 (NIV) When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi. 17 Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: 18 "A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more."
And again today, in the United States, the babies are being mass-murdered!
Today, who is the devil specifically trying to murder? The abortion issue was prompted by the devil in an attempt to murder the "two witnesses". The devil missed at the birth of Moses, the devil missed at the Birth of Jesus Christ, and without a doubt, the devil has missed again.
An equivalent American horror occurs, when vigilante terrorists take justice into their own hands, and murder the wicked people who are involved in the commission of abortion. In so doing, the vigilante terrorists have become exactly like the baby-killers that they are murdering. The vigilante terrorists are dispensing death, just as the abortion providers are dispensing death. Just like those who murder innocent babies, these vigilante terrorists have usurped the Office of God as Judge and Executioner in deciding who will live and who will die. The Office of Judge and Executioner belongs to God.
Romans 12:19 (NIV) Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay," says the Lord.
God fulfills every promise that God makes. The promise that God made referenced in Romans 12:19 printed above will always be fulfilled. Wichita, Kansas abortion provider Doctor George Tiller, made his living murdering babies in the mother's womb, the baby's own sanctuary. God is not mocked, Doctor George Tiller was murdered in Doctor George Tiller's church, Doctor George Tiller's own sanctuary.
The horror of abortion cannot be stopped by murdering the baby-killers. The horror of abortion can only be stopped through prayer by the "Born Again" Children of God, and repentance by the baby-killers.
2 Chronicles 7:14 (NIV) if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
I ask that YOU pray, by name, daily, for the individual United States Supreme Court Justices, that God will give them wisdom, knowledge, and understanding. Currently, five of the nine Supreme Court Justices support baby-killing. Each of the five murdering Justices carry personal individual responsibility for this heinous crime, because only one swing vote is needed to overturn Roe v. Wade.
United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg supports the legal right of a woman to choose to murder her own baby, and has stated:
"Frankly, I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don't want to have too many of. So that Roe was going to be then set up for Medicaid funding for abortion. Which some people felt would risk coercing women into having abortions when they didn't really want them. But when the court decided McRae, the case came out the other way. And then I realized that my perception of it had been altogether wrong." - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg quoted in New York Times Sunday Magazine July 12, 2009
It is astounding that the Jewess, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, admittedly thought that the justification for abortion was the exact same justification that Pharaoh gave, for Pharaoh's decision to murder all of the Jewish boy babies, at the time of the birth of Moses. It is mind-boggling that the Jewess, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, admittedly thought that the justification for abortion was the exact same justification that Adolph Hitler gave, for Hitler's decision to murder six million Jewish people.
Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, was born on March 15, 1933. Adolph Hitler's holocaust of six million Jewish people occurred during the early years of the Jewess, Ruth Bader Ginsburg's, own lifetime. The Jewess Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, supports what she admittedly thought was Medicaid funded genocide through abortion of those humans, "that we don't want to have too many of". Who are these people that God Almighty came, and was Crucified for; that the Jewess Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, states, "that we don't want to have too many of"? Who, or what elitist group exists as a "Death Panel" in the United States of America, that has the power of life and death; and that is able to arbitrarily determine what group it is, "that we don't want to have too many of"?
Is the Jewess Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg's decision to allow the people to be murdered, "that we don't want to have too many of", based on those unfortunate people's financial situation?
People's financial situations can be changed.
Is the Jewess Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg's decision to allow the people to be murdered, "that we don't want to have too many of", based on those unfortunate people's educational position?
People's educational positions can be changed.
Is the Jewess Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg's decision to allow the people to be murdered, "that we don't want to have too many of", based on those unfortunate people's race?
Oh, people's race cannot be changed.
Theoretically, there cannot be "too many of" a majority of the population. Growth of the majority of a population is simply natural population growth. Theoretically, there can only be "too many of" a minority group of people.
After reading Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's statement, it becomes increasingly apparent that one of the foundational motivations of baby killing through abortion was the limiting of, or the genocide of a minority group of people. Statistics reflect that abortion of Black babies is more than twice the percentage of Caucasian babies. The result of baby killing through abortion is a substantial limiting of, and a genocide of a high percentage of Black babies!
It would be easy to attribute to the "Stockholm Syndrome", the overwhelming support by a majority of the Black population, for the political party that endorses baby killing through abortion of Black babies. The "Stockholm Syndrome" is a psychological phenomenon whereby people gain a love for the people who abduct and hold them hostage. It would be easy to attribute Black support for the Democratic party to the "Stockholm Syndrome", but Black support for the Democratic party should not be attributed to that. The predominate Black support for the Democratic party, is due to the fact that because of the horrific sin of slavery, the devil has tempted many people to be consumed by the sin of racial hatred, and the devil has dragged a high percentage of the population through their consuming racial hatred into wickedness. For their own selfish purposes, most of the current political leadership has predominately aided the devil in dragging the population into sin, by fomenting cultural and class warfare through consuming racial hatred.
While both the Republican and Democratic parties are wicked, the socialist Democratic party is the party that openly and publicly supports baby killing through abortion of what is statistically, a high percentage of Black babies. The socialist Democratic Party also supports homosexuality, gay marriage, and the crippling generational oppression of Black people.
"Socialism means slavery." - John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, first Baron Acton 1834–1902
Because of people's race, Pharaoh decided to murder all of the Jewish boy babies in Egypt at the time of Moses. Because of people's race, Adolph Hitler decided to murder all of the Jewish people. I don't have to wonder what the unfortunate Jewish boy babies at the time of Moses, and the unfortunate Jewish people at the time of Adolph Hitler would think of the Jewess Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. I know what the unfortunate Jewish boy babies at the time of Moses, and the unfortunate Jewish people at the time of Adolph Hitler would think about the Jewess Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Because of the horrific things that have occurred to the Jewish people; the Jewess Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg; the Jewish Supreme Court Justice, Stephen Breyer; and the Jewish Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan; above the other two murdering Justices, should fight with everything in them to stop this murdering practice. The other two murdering Justices are: Anthony Kennedy (Roman Catholic), and it is widely believed, Sonia Sotomayor (Roman Catholic).
Any single one of the five murdering Justices could stop this horror. Pray that like the Apostle Paul, the scales will fall from the individual five murdering Justices' eyes, and that they will be able to visibly see the horror that their diabolical judicial power is effecting. Pray that the five individual murdering Justices' dreams will be filled with the reality of the nightmare of pain, suffering, and torment that they are causing to the recipients of abortion. Pray that the individual five murdering Justices who support baby-killing, will experience the full guilt of their horror, to the point that, like Roman Emperor Nero did, the individual five murdering Justices will increasingly lose their own personal mental stability if they continue in this holocaust. Pray that the individual five murdering Justices will stop this national catastrophe, and seek and find, "the peace of God, which transcends all understanding," Philippians 4:7 (NIV). Agree together with me daily on this issue, and it will be done.
Matthew 18:19-20 (NIV) "Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them."
The devil has marketed baby-killing through abortion to naive and ignorant people as; "Life, Liberty, the Pursuit of Happiness," and "Freedom of Choice" for a woman, but baby-killing through abortion was actually irresponsibility, immorality, eugenics, and murder from the beginning. Legalized baby-killing through abortion enables man to degrade his lifestyle to the level of a dog. A dog's highest ambition is to find something to eat, a comfortable place to sleep, and some bitch to copulate with. Legalized baby-killing through abortion allows a woman to act like "a bitch in heat". Let there be no misunderstanding about who the evil spirit is that instituted the baby-killing through abortion industry; and let their be no misunderstanding about the spiritual condition of the humans who support and condone baby-killing through abortion.
The devil is not satisfied with the 1.5 million babies that the devil is murdering through abortion every year. The devil is now going to establish a "Pro-Choice" Universal Health Care System. As with everything else that is marketed as "Pro-Choice," it really means, "Pro-Choice for Death." Government control of the Health Care System is really "Pro-Death" control.
The Universal Health Care System that is being proposed, is still another instance where many ignorant recipients think that the legislators are setting up a system that will be beneficial to our society. The bare truth is that it is the legislator's desire to give the Federal Government control of the Health Care System in America. It is in reality a method of substantially increasing the euthanasia that already exists; and it is also another form of theft by the Federal Government, whereby they will steal the increase from those who produce, and dole it out at their discretion to their favored, who don't produce.
That control will evolve into bureaucratic executive orders determining who will live, and who will die. It will not initially be blatant or obvious, but the desired result of giving the Federal Government the power of life and death over the citizenry, is coming with the ticking of the clock. The threshold or criterion determining whether a person gets an organ transplant, or a life saving medical procedure, will be based on the person's age and usefulness to society. Within a short period of time, the health care system will claim to simply, "not have the resources", to treat the very young and the very old, irrespective of the individual's, or the family's wishes. That criterion will evolve into all life saving procedures being contingent on the persons, "usefulness to society"; but that is language that really means, "usefulness to the Federal Government." The administrators of the Federal Government will allow themselves generous exceptions to the law, as they always have, contingent on a person's usefulness to the "national interest's." All of those people who desire Health Care, who are not favored by the Federal Government, will still be forced to pay personally and individually for their Health Care, if they can get it; but it will be based on a sliding scale of their ability to pay; even though they will have already paid taxes to fund the Universal Health Care System. If YOU are stupid enough to think that the Federal Government is going to dole out Health Care on an equitable basis, simply consider the way in which the Federal Government divided up the stimulus package money between their bankers, and their wall-street friends.
Isaiah 1:23 (NIV) Your rulers are rebels, companions of thieves; they all love bribes and chase after gifts. They do not defend the cause of the fatherless; the widow's case does not come before them.
Former President Bill Clinton, who always allied himself, his administration, the United States Military, and the Democratic Party with the community that practices homosexuality; committed adultery, bearing false witness (two of the Ten Commandments - Exodus 20:1-17) and sodomy in the White House, and retained a seventy percent approval rating by the people.
Sodomy 2.: noncoital and esp. anal or oral copulation with a member of the opposite sex - Webster's Dictionary
With the permissive view of homosexuality in the United States, it is not surprising that Isaiah parallels New York City, and Sodom and Gomorrah.
Isaiah 13:19 (NIV) Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms, the glory of the Babylonians' pride, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.
God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah because of homosexuality!
Genesis 19:1-29 (NIV) The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground. "My lords," he said, "please turn aside to your servant's house. You can wash your feet and spend the night and then go on your way early in the morning." "No," they answered, "we will spend the night in the square." But he insisted so strongly that they did go with him and entered his house. He prepared a meal for them, baking bread without yeast, and they ate. Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom--both young and old--surrounded the house. They called to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them." Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him and said, "No, my friends. Don't do this wicked thing. Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do what you like with them. But don't do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof." "Get out of our way," they replied. And they said, "This fellow came here as an alien, and now he wants to play the judge! We'll treat you worse than them." They kept bringing pressure on Lot and moved forward to break down the door. But the men inside reached out and pulled Lot back into the house and shut the door. Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house, young and old, with blindness so that they could not find the door. The two men said to Lot, "Do you have anyone else here--sons-in-law, sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here, because we are going to destroy this place. The outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that he has sent us to destroy it." So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters. He said, "Hurry and get out of this place, because the LORD is about to destroy the city!" But his sons-in-law thought he was joking. With the coming of dawn, the angels urged Lot, saying, "Hurry! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away when the city is punished." When he hesitated, the men grasped his hand and the hands of his wife and of his two daughters and led them safely out of the city, for the LORD was merciful to them. As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, "Flee for your lives! Don't look back, and don't stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains or you will be swept away!" But Lot said to them, "No, my lords, please! Your servant has found favor in your eyes, and you have shown great kindness to me in sparing my life. But I can't flee to the mountains; this disaster will overtake me, and I'll die. Look, here is a town near enough to run to, and it is small. Let me flee to it--it is very small, isn't it? Then my life will be spared." He said to him, "Very well, I will grant this request too; I will not overthrow the town you speak of. But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it." (That is why the town was called Zoar.) By the time Lot reached Zoar, the sun had risen over the land. Then the LORD rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah--from the LORD out of the heavens. Thus he overthrew those cities and the entire plain, including all those living in the cities--and also the vegetation in the land. But Lot's wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt. Early the next morning Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD. He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, toward all the land of the plain, and he saw dense smoke rising from the land, like smoke from a furnace. So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, he remembered Abraham, and he brought Lot out of the catastrophe that overthrew the cities where Lot had lived.
Homosexuality is a particularly detestable sin, as it violates all the Law and the Prophets!
Matthew 22:37-40 (NIV) Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
Homosexuality is an expressed hatred of God, by the commission of the act. Homosexuality is a debasement and hatred of self, by the person committing the act. Homosexuality is a debasement and hatred of your neighbor, on whom the act is being committed.
The "Rolling Stone" magazine ran an article stating that 25% of new HIV-infected gay men sought out the virus. According to the article, "The men who want the virus are called 'bug chasers,' and the men who freely give them the virus are called 'gift givers.'" While the numbers of people stated in the article are in dispute; almost no one associated with the homosexual community is disputing the fact that many people who practice homosexuality and do not have the virus, are actively seeking the virus. Psychologically, the "bug chasers" hate, and want to murder themselves; the "gift givers" hate the "bug chasers", and want to murder them.
Through the practice of homosexuality, the devil manipulates a person to violate God, violate their neighbor, and violate themselves.
The practice of homosexuality is an expressed hatred of God, whose crowning creation is mankind. God gave humanity its highest physical interrelationship within the confines of marriage, when "two become one flesh." (Matthew 19:5) God gave humanity this interrelationship physically, as a pattern of what God desires with humanity spiritually. The practice of homosexuality violates God's ultimate creation, while simultaneously perverting God's ultimate physical relationship.
God loves humanity so much, that God gave God's very own Son as a sacrifice, in order to bring God and humanity back together. The practice of homosexuality is a perversion that grieves God.
If YOU are practicing homosexuality, YOU are in direct violation of God's Holy Word. God abhors YOUR sin!
Leviticus 18:22 (NIV) "'Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable.
Leviticus 20:13 (NIV) "'If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
1 Corinthians 6:9-10 (NIV) Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
Jude 1:5-7 (NIV) Though you already know all this, I want to remind you that the Lord delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe. 6 And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their own home--these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day. 7 In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.
Isaiah 3:9 (NIV) The look on their faces testifies against them; they parade their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! They have brought disaster upon themselves.
If YOU think that YOUR god created YOU as a homosexual, then YOUR god is not the True and Living God. If YOU are practicing homosexuality, the True and Living God is presently not YOUR god. If YOU are practicing homosexuality, YOUR god by default is the Destroyer. As there is obviously no reproduction in a homosexual relationship, YOUR god does not want a continuation of YOU, on her earth. YOUR god has given YOU the greatest insult that YOU could possibly be given, in that YOUR god has decided that there exists NOTHING within YOU, that is even potentially worth reproducing. YOUR god has judged, that YOU do not have any potential benefits that are worth retaining in the human gene pool. YOUR god has judged, that YOU are completely and totally, through and through, worthless. It is not because of YOUR family or genetic lineage, as YOUR parents were motivated to reproduce. YOUR parents were judged to potentially have something worth retaining in the human gene pool. Obviously, YOUR parent's potential did not materialize into reality in YOU. It is not because of YOUR genetics, it is not because of YOUR environment, it is singularly because of YOU. The insult is to YOU personally. YOU are the finale of YOUR genetic line. YOU are the dead end of YOUR genetic street.
If YOU believe in Darwin's theory of natural selection, and YOU practice homosexuality, YOU must recognize that YOU have been de-selected. In a survival of the fittest, YOU are unfit.
"Gay"? That semantic description of homosexuality is the devil's marketing excrement. How can YOU be "gay" about being discontinued. YOU are personally headed for genetic extinction. The huge, bright pink, flashing, neon capital "L" that is branded upon YOUR forehead doesn't only stand for lemming, because YOU are too stupid to realize that YOU are running blindly down an insanely suicidal path of self debasement and destruction; it more fully stands for LOSER, because YOU ARE A COMPLETE LOSER IN EVERY SENSE AND SYLLABLE OF THE WORD! YOU ARE COMPLETELY LOST!
Lesbians who use medical science to bear little bastards, do not reproduce while practicing homosexuality. YOU lesbians who bear these little bastards, are functioning within YOUR heterosexuality through artificial insemination with one of us "breeders" in order to reproduce. At the moment of conception, YOU are a practicing scientific heterosexual. YOU are following a familial genetic trait that every single one of YOUR ancestors across 6,000 years practiced, all the way back to Adam. YOU are "breeding". Medical science has not enhanced social progression on YOUR part. YOU are not "standing on the shoulders of giants" in YOUR progression; YOU are struggling like a one cell amoeba, simply to survive genetic extinction. YOU are struggling with all of YOUR might, with risk, great difficulty, and personal assistance to perform a function scientifically, that YOUR parents did by themselves instinctively, while they were probably laying leisurely in bed. Some progress YOU have made.
In YOUR complete selfish, godless, wickedness, have YOU even considered the psychological and spiritual baggage that YOU are forcing YOUR little bastard to carry all of their lives, and to the tenth generation of those who follow them?
Deuteronomy 23:2 (KJV) A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
I can hear the gauntlet of taunts and verbal assaults that YOUR little bastard will have to endure through their entire childhood, youth, and life. YOU were a child, YOU remember how cruel children can be. YOU are learning more of how cruel adults can be. Use YOUR imagination. YOU are probably naive to the point that YOU think "hate crime" legislation will stop little children from talking. How will YOUR little bastard answer the four universal questions: Who am I? What is my purpose here? Where did I come from? Where am I going? In YOUR heart and mind, YOU know that YOU have never been able to answer those four questions YOURSELF. I see YOUR little bastard wincing, cringing, retreating, fighting constant suicidal thoughts, possibly giving in to those suicidal thoughts; or responding in homicidal mania as these taunts and assaults take their toll. What a towering matriarch YOU are.
Malachi 2:3a (NIV) "Because of you I will rebuke your descendants; I will spread on your faces the offal from your festival sacrifices, and you will be carried off with it.
Exodus 20:4-6 (NIV) "You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.
It is necessary for The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation to use the acronym (GLAAD) for their name because consciously or sub-consciously they know that they are not "glad" that they are "gay". Consciously or sub-consciously, they also know that YOU know that they are not "glad" about being "gay". If they were truly "glad" about being "gay" they would not feel a need to market themselves as being "glad". They are lying to themselves and to everyone else.
"Gay Pride"? YOUR lifestyle has caused headache, and heartache among everyone who is associated with YOU, overloaded the world health care system, placed a huge financial burden on the entire world for YOUR health care, terrorized and killed tens of millions of people, and is a terrible scourge to the entire planet. What part of this mess are YOU proud of? YOU are so confused, that YOU can't even figure out who it is in nature that YOU are supposed to be attracted to. YOU HAVE LOST YOUR MIND!
Romans 1:24-28 (NIV) Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator--who is forever praised. Amen. Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion. Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
Some diseases are a defense by God through nature to eliminate the spiritually sick among humanity and not allow them to reproduce. The physical parallel of this spiritual concept, has been introduced by biologists, in the situation between the arctic wolves and the caribou herds; where the wolf was the perceived enemy of the caribou herds. The wolves proved to actually be the friend of the caribou herds, in that the wolves were attacking and eliminating only the diseased and weak caribou, thereby keeping the caribou herd strong. The spotted monkey carries the A.I.D.S. virus, with absolutely no adverse effect to himself. God placed the penalty for the sin of bestiality in the monkey six thousand years ago, when God created the monkey. When man stepped across the line into bestiality, man received the punishment for man's sin. The punishment causes death, thereby eliminating that wicked person from effecting mankind with greater wickedness. Unfortunately, as in the case of abortion, and the World Trade Center Attack, sin is not restricted to damaging only the sinful. Sin damages everyone it touches, so innocent people are also being affected by the wicked acts of people who practice homosexuality.
Homosexuality is a perversion that has already resulted in the deaths of tens of millions of people, and is currently causing three million deaths annually. Today, the devil is labeling anyone who disapproves of this deadly and destructive perversion as "homophobic." The devil's implication is that it is not the person who practices homosexuality that is psychologically sick, it is the person who disapproves of this deadly practice who is sick. The disapproving person has the dreaded psychological disease of "homophobia." This "spin" is a manipulative effort on the devil's part, for the social acceptance of a perversion that the devil knows will destroy the person who practices homosexuality. People who recognize Death, hidden in the perversion of homosexuality, are no more psychologically sick than are "cancerphobic" people who recognize the dangers of smoking. People who commit suicide by jumping off of tall buildings, are forced to overcome their "acrophobia." Unfortunately, in their case, the cure for "acrophobia" lasts only a short time.
These are the Pro-homosexual Corporate Giants of 2006. Anyone, or any corporation, who encourages, condones, or supports homosexuality, HATES the people who practice homosexuality! It is the equivalent of condoning, supporting, or encouraging YOUR children to play "spin the bottle", with an open vial of anthrax. Only a complete idiot, or someone who totally hated their children would encourage such a path of destruction.
If YOU are practicing homosexuality, it is only in Jesus Christ that YOU have any value at all. How much value? The market value of every single item in creation is established solely by what someone is willing to pay for that item. God Almighty established YOUR value by exchanging His life for YOUR life. God Almighty created YOU, and He established YOUR value as PRICELESS.
The greatest assessment of YOUR true value is the fact that Jesus Christ came and died in order to establish communication and communion with YOU.
Jesus Christ came and gave His life in order for YOU to have communion with God. Because God still loves YOU, God requires that YOU stop practicing homosexuality, as YOUR sin is destroying YOU. God certainly does not want YOU to be destroyed. God knows that YOU personally have great value, and God wants YOU personally to replenish His earth.
God does respect YOU enough to give YOU YOUR selfish-will. If YOU insist on continuing along the path of destruction, God will allow YOU to do what YOU want. While continuing to offer YOU salvation, God will watch with a crushed and deeply grieving heart; as a child that He created, loves infinitely, and died to redeem from sin; defiantly struggles downstream, bobbing and gasping for air; through an infected, diseased, toxic river of death, consisting of bloody semen, body fluids, and fecal waste; TO AN ETERNITY IN A FIERY LAKE OF BURNING SULFUR!
That river of death leading down to Hell, is a direct contrast to the river of life that flows from God.
Revelation 21:6 (NIV) He said to me: "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life.
Revelation 22:1-5 (NIV) Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. 3 No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. 4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 5 There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever.
Ezekiel 47:1-12 (NIV) The man brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water coming out from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar. 2 He then brought me out through the north gate and led me around the outside to the outer gate facing east, and the water was flowing from the south side. 3 As the man went eastward with a measuring line in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits and then led me through water that was ankle-deep. 4 He measured off another thousand cubits and led me through water that was knee-deep. He measured off another thousand and led me through water that was up to the waist. 5 He measured off another thousand, but now it was a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen and was deep enough to swim in--a river that no one could cross. 6 He asked me, "Son of man, do you see this?" Then he led me back to the bank of the river. 7 When I arrived there, I saw a great number of trees on each side of the river. 8 He said to me, "This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah, where it enters the Sea. When it empties into the Sea, the water there becomes fresh. 9 Swarms of living creatures will live wherever the river flows. There will be large numbers of fish, because this water flows there and makes the salt water fresh; so where the river flows everything will live. 10 Fishermen will stand along the shore; from En Gedi to En Eglaim there will be places for spreading nets. The fish will be of many kinds--like the fish of the Great Sea. 11 But the swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt. 12 Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing."
Revelation 18:7 (printed above): 'I sit as queen; I am not a widow, and I will never mourn.'
Verse 7 is a reference to the pride of the United States citizens, and to the Statue of Liberty who is symbolic of the goddess Isis.
Revelation 18:18 (printed above): "Was there ever a city like this great city?"
Has there ever been another city like New York City?
Has there ever been another country like the United States of America?
· America brought the world into the industrialized age.
· America brought the world flight.
· America brought the world space flight.
· America brought the world into the nuclear age.
· America placed men on the moon.
Revelation 18:19 (printed above): "all who had ships on the sea became rich through her wealth!"
What country is continuing to receive a substantial portion of the world's goods, and has made the shippers of those goods rich?
Revelation 18:22 (printed above): "The music of harpists and musicians, flute players and trumpeters, will never be heard in you again."
Verse 22 is a reference to Broadway, and the entertainment district.
Revelation 18:23 (printed above): "Your merchants (Wall Street - the New York Stock Exchange) were the world's great men. By your magic spell all the nations were led astray."
The United States is the largest arms supplier in the world. The United States economy has been greatly enhanced by the exportation of war material around the globe. How many conflicts and wars have been fought because of the personal interests, power, and control of the military-industrial complex based in the United States? What a shame that this "Judeo-Christian" nation did not export more food; and improve our economy and the entire world by greater exportation of farm, medical, and construction equipment and technology. Farmers fight bankruptcy, while military manufacturers increase their already lavish wealth; people of many nations starve, while their governments buy United States military equipment and technology in order to kill each other.
While the United States is committing many heinous crimes, the United States has continued to be blessed because of the righteous, praying, "Born Again" Children of God within the United States.
Ephesians 6:10-18 (NIV) Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.
The battle is between humanity and the devil, Judeo-Christianity and Islam, good and evil. Most of the human participants on either side do not recognize, or believe that we are in a spiritual battle.
Very few people can walk through a graveyard after dark without having some unusual thoughts come to their mind. Halloween has been celebrated for many years, giving attention to the spirit world. Many people accept and believe the stories of angels helping people in great distress, including some stories that surfaced after the World Trade Center Attack. However most people consider God, the devil, angels, and demons, in the same way that they consider Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy. I assure YOU that God, the devil, angels, demons, and the spiritual warfare being waged around and through humanity is as real as the World Trade Center Attack.
The devil is also a spirit who guides people. Nuclear physicists during the 1930's and 1940's, were led by a spirit into heretofore unknown laws of physics, that facilitated the greatest destruction of man in the 6,000 year history of man. Without the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, the result of the knowledge of these laws of physics - nuclear weapons - would result in the total destruction of man.
John 8:44 (NIV) "You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies."
John 10:10 (NIV) "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full."
Nuclear weapons STEAL everything from people, including: their lives, their children, their parents, their families, their friends, their homes, their cities, and all of the results of their labor. Nuclear weapons KILL, and DESTROY. Nuclear weapons steal and kill and destroy. Tell me, what kind of spirit led man into the knowledge that facilitated the creation of nuclear weapons?
The spiritual battle that America is involved in is evidenced in many ways. Jesus Christ created man and woman to be distinctly different. Satan has been very successful in minimizing the differences. In the early 20th century, short hair on a woman was considered a sign of rebellion. In the 1970's, long hair on a man was considered a sign of rebellion. Society has now accepted this blurring of the sexes, but the rebellious message is as clear as it was when the Holy Spirit of God through the Apostle Paul discussed it 2,000 years ago.
1 Corinthians 11:3-16 (NIV) Now I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God. 4 Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head. 5 And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head--it is just as though her head were shaved. 6 If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off; and if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head. 7 A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man. 8 For man did not come from woman, but woman from man; 9 neither was man created for woman, but woman for man. 10 For this reason, and because of the angels, the woman ought to have a sign of authority on her head. 11 In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. 12 For as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God. 13 Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? 14 Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him, 15 but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering. 16 If anyone wants to be contentious about this, we have no other practice--nor do the churches of God.
Every directive from God is important. Violation of this directive has aided in the confusion of our society in America.
In addition to God's directive on the length of hair for men and women, there are other spiritual forces pressuring the way people dress.
Deuteronomy 22:5 (NIV) A woman must not wear men's clothing, nor a man wear women's clothing, for the LORD your God detests anyone who does this.
"For in those wondrous far off days,
the women shall adopt a craze
to dress like men, and trousers wear
and to cut off their locks of hair.
They'll ride astride with brazen brow,
as witches do on broomsticks now."
- Ursula Sontheil - also known as Mother Shipton 1488 - 1561
It is amazing how mankind does things with spiritual significance, and does not understand why.
Leviticus 19:28 (NIV) "'Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord.
Natural man is motivated by spiritual forces of which man is unaware.
Ephesians 6:12 (NIV) For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Deuteronomy 15:17 reveals that a hole in YOUR ear lobe denotes slavery for life. If YOU have a hole in YOUR ear lobe, YOU are not only involved in self mutilation, YOU are symbolically a slave! Most symbolic slaves garnish the holes in their ear lobes, knowing no shame.
Deuteronomy 15:12-18 (NIV) If a fellow Hebrew, a man or a woman, sells himself to you and serves you six years, in the seventh year you must let him go free. 13 And when you release him, do not send him away empty-handed. 14 Supply him liberally from your flock, your threshing floor and your winepress. Give to him as the LORD your God has blessed you. 15 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and the LORD your God redeemed you. That is why I give you this command today. 16 But if your servant says to you, "I do not want to leave you," because he loves you and your family and is well off with you, 17 then take an awl and push it through his ear lobe into the door, and he will become your servant for life. Do the same for your maidservant. 18 Do not consider it a hardship to set your servant free, because his service to you these six years has been worth twice as much as that of a hired hand. And the LORD your God will bless you in everything you do.
The descendants of Ishmael, slave son of Abraham had a tradition of holes in their earlobes:
Judges 8:24b (NIV) (It was the custom of the Ishmaelites to wear gold earrings.)
The slavery issue is a physical view of a spiritual principle that Jesus Christ desires to teach us.
John 8:32 (NIV) "Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." John 14:6 (NIV) Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
John 8:34-36 (NIV) Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed."
Romans 6:16-22 (NIV) Don't you know that when you offer yourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the one whom you obey--whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17 But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted. 18 You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness. 19 I put this in human terms because you are weak in your natural selves. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness. 20 When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness. 21 What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death! 22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.
1 Corinthians 9:19 (NIV) Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
1 Corinthians 9:21 (NIV) To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God's law but am under Christ's law), so as to win those not having the law.
Galatians 5:1 (NIV) It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
Galatians 5:13 (NIV) You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature ; rather, serve one another in love.
Hebrews 2:14-15 (NIV) Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death--that is, the devil-- 15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.
Hebrews 9:15 (NIV) For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance--now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.
1 Peter 2:16 (NIV) Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
Psalms 142:7 (NIV) Set me free from my prison, that I may praise your name. Then the righteous will gather about me because of your goodness to me.
Psalms 146:7 (NIV) He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets prisoners free,
Proverbs 11:21 (NIV) Be sure of this: The wicked will not go unpunished, but those who are righteous will go free.
Isaiah 42:6-7 (NIV) "I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness; I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles, 7 to open eyes that are blind, to free captives from prison and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.
Romans 8:1-2 (NIV) Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.
1 Corinthians 7:22-23 (NIV) For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord's freedman; similarly, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ's slave. 23 You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.
The hierarchical structure determining what faith a society is considered to be, is a highly leveraged situation, with the balance in any country hanging on a few influential leaders who are in most cases unknowingly being led by the Holy Spirit of God, or evil spirits. Most people in Muslim countries are no more tied to Allah, than most Americans are tied to Jesus Christ. In Muslim countries, a minority of leaders led by evil spirits moved the social order to Islam. The masses don’t really know about Islam, and they don't really care. If knowledge of, and communion with Jesus Christ, were to be accepted by a strong minority of the political leadership in Afghanistan, then Afghanistan could become a Judeo-Christian country.
A strong minority of the leaders in communion with the Holy Spirit of God moved the American society to Judeo-Christianity, and the masses followed. The American masses really don’t know, and they really don’t care about Jesus Christ, and His concepts of love. In presenting the American people a mirror image of themselves, the American media reflects little about the love of Jesus Christ, between the people of the United States, for each other. We personally know that the media reflection, of a lack of love, is accurate. If Judeo-Christian leadership fails (it is failing) America could become Islamic (it is fast becoming). Under Bill Clinton, America allied with Islam, and attacked the Judeo-Christians in the Balkans.
"What luck for rulers that men do not think." - Adolf Hitler
The "Judeo-Christian" United States of America is currently in the process of switching to Allah as their default god. Currently, Barack Hussein Obama, with his Muslim name, reflecting his Muslim heritage, and raised at least partially in Muslim schools, has been elected President of the United States. President Barack Hussein Obama is now telling the world, "Whatever we once were, we're no longer a Christian nation". President Barack Hussein Obama is also telling the world, "if you actually took the number of Muslim Americans, we'd be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world". On January 4, 2007, Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison became the first Muslim member of the U.S. Congress; and swore his oath of office on the Qur'an. As the United States turns from God to Allah, the United States is losing the blessings of God, and receiving the curses of Allah.
Another example of Islamic influence in the United States, is the secret fraternity of Freemasonry. Freemasonry is very involved in American society. Their members function in the leadership roles of many Judeo-Christian church denominations, including the right wing evangelical Christian denominations. By their own documentation, Freemasonry is an ancient Arabic Muslim organization, with roots going back to Mohammed.
"The Fatimids propped up their power by gathering the Ismailites into a Grand Lodge of complex initiations and hierarchical degrees; the members were used for political espionage and intrigue; the forms of the order were transmitted to Jerusalem and Europe, and strongly influenced the organization, ritual, and garb of the Templars, the Illuminati, and the other secret fraternities of the Western world. The American businessman is periodically a zealous Mohammedan, proud of his secret doctrine, his Moroccan fez, and his Moslem shrine." - Will Durant. The Age of Faith from The Story of Civilization, volume 4. Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 1992, page 289.
The concepts that were displeasing to God concerning Israel's "foreign aid" program, also apply to the "foreign aid" program of the United States, where both Israel and the United States adulterated themselves with countries who have foreign gods.
Ezekiel 16:32-42 (NIV) " 'You adulterous wife! You prefer strangers to your own husband! 33 Every prostitute receives a fee, but you give gifts to all your lovers, bribing them to come to you from everywhere for your illicit favors. 34 So in your prostitution you are the opposite of others; no one runs after you for your favors. You are the very opposite, for you give payment and none is given to you. 35 " 'Therefore, you prostitute, hear the word of the Lord! 36 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you poured out your wealth and exposed your nakedness in your promiscuity with your lovers, and because of all your detestable idols, and because you gave them your children's blood, 37 therefore I am going to gather all your lovers, with whom you found pleasure, those you loved as well as those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and will strip you in front of them, and they will see all your nakedness. 38 I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery and who shed blood; I will bring upon you the blood vengeance of my wrath and jealous anger. 39 Then I will hand you over to your lovers, and they will tear down your mounds and destroy your lofty shrines. They will strip you of your clothes and take your fine jewelry and leave you naked and bare. 40 They will bring a mob against you, who will stone you and hack you to pieces with their swords. 41 They will burn down your houses and inflict punishment on you in the sight of many women. I will put a stop to your prostitution, and you will no longer pay your lovers. 42 Then my wrath against you will subside and my jealous anger will turn away from you; I will be calm and no longer angry.
Jonah fled from God. When Jonah fled from God, Jonah went down to Joppa, down into a ship, down into the sides of the ship, down into the sea, and down into the belly of a great fish. Jonah's flight away from God took Jonah down, down, down, down, down.
Jonah 1:1-17 (KJV) Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. 3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. 4 But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken. 5 Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep. 6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not. 7 And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah. 8 Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comest thou? What is thy country? and of what people art thou? 9 And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land. 10 Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them. 11 Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous. 12 And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you. 13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them. 14 Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man’s life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee. 15 So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging. 16 Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows. 17 Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
The United States is moving away from God, and is also going down, down, down, down, down. The United States and the world went down morally, under the leadership of Bill Clinton. Bill Clinton seriously damaged the United States, and the world morally, through his adulterous, sodomizing relationships with young girls and various women; his continued support of abortion, his introduction and support of people that practice homosexuality into the U. S. Military, his compulsive lying, the thievery that occurred under his administration, his shot across the bow of Right Wing Conservative Christianity through his selected assault on the Branch Davidian Compound in Waco, (which resulted, at that time, in the largest terrorism loss of life in American in history, at the Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City) and the consistent and continuous, scandalous crimes that surfaced while he was in power; and continues by his administration officials, like Sandy Berger, even after Bill Clinton's presidency.
"Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man" - Hesiod – 700BC
The United States went further down under the leadership of George Bush, where there was a treasonous effort to blur the distinct sovereignty of the United States, and move toward a "New World Order", with a global, one world government. George W. Bush held eight Ramadan dinners. In his seventh year of office, George W. Bush had held seven Ramadan dinners. At that time, George stated that he wanted the American people to know that he had held seven Ramadan dinners. Well George, I can look at your absolutely disastrous presidency, and know that you held eight Ramadan dinners. George W. Bush attacked the personal constitutional freedoms, and privacy of the citizens of the United States, as well as the sovereignty of the nation. George W. Bush has damaged the United States, just as seriously constitutionally, through his depreciation of the personal freedoms, and sovereignty of the United States; as Bill Clinton damaged the United States morally! This concerted effort explains why the influx of illegal aliens from Mexico was never stopped; it explains why two border agents who attempted to control the border of the United States were sent to prison; it explains why there was an attempt to turn the control of six major U. S. ports over to the Islamic Dictatorship of the government of Dubai of the United Arab Emirates; it explains why there was an effort to sell a U. S. defense contractor to an Israeli firm, whereby many U. S. defense secrets would be owned, and controlled in the Middle East; it explains why there was nothing done legislatively to override the Supreme Court decision concerning "Eminent Domain;" and it explains why there was so little thought given to the Supreme Court nomination of Harriet Meyers, in that the "New World Order" philosophy is guiding us in a direction where the Supreme Court of the United States will not control the laws of the United States, those laws will be controlled by the "New World Order" courts.
“I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.” – James Madison 1751-1836
THE MORALITY OF THE UNITED STATES HAD TO BE SERIOUSLY DAMAGED BEFORE THE PERSONAL CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOMS AND SOVEREIGNTY OF THE UNITED STATES COULD BE DEPRECIATED!
The morals of a people must be weakened first, in order to subjugate a people.
Bill Clinton seriously damaged the morals of the people of the Unites States, and the entire world!
The people of the United States would never have allowed their personal freedoms, and sovereignty, to be depreciated unless the people had already deteriorated morally.
George W. Bush seriously damaged the Constitution of the United States!
UNDER BILL CLINTON AND GEORGE W. BUSH, THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES HAVE SUFFERED STRIKE ONE, AND STRIKE TWO!
WITH THE NEXT STRIKE, THE UNITED STATES WILL BE OUT!
THE UNITED STATES CITIZENS HAVE NOW ELECTED A MUSLIM-SYMPATHIZING AGNOSTIC/ATHEIST TO THE PRESIDENCY!
God sent Bill Clinton to punish the people of the United States with the Rod of God, in order to get the people of the United States to repent, and turn back to God; but the people of the United States refused to repent. So God sent George W. Bush as a more intense, and more severe Rod of God, to punish the people of the United States in order to get the people of the United States to repent, and turn back to God; but the people refused to repent. It was God's plan to send Hillary Clinton as an even more intense, and more severe Rod of God, to punish the people of the United States, in order to get the the people of the United States to repent, and turn back to God; but the people of the United States passed over Hillary Clinton, and elected a man who has already proven to be far worse than Hillary Clinton could have ever been. The voting public of the United States, reached over Hillary Clinton, and grabbed death! The election of Barack Hussein Obama, among other heinous sins, has resulted in the Judgment of God on the United States of America. God has now Judged the United States, and found the United States guilty. God has sentenced the United States of America to destruction, just like God sentenced Pharaoh to destruction. The executioner will be the terrorist children of Allah, directed by Basher al Assad, using Russian nuclear weaponry. The date of the execution has been set for Friday, December 21, 2012.
Like Esau, the people of the United States have traded their birthright, for a bowl of beans.
Genesis 25:19-34 (NIV) This is the account of Abraham's son Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac, and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram and sister of Laban the Aramean. Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. The Lord answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant. The babies jostled each other within her, and she said, "Why is this happening to me?" So she went to inquire of the Lord. The Lord said to her, "Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger." When the time came for her to give birth, there were twin boys in her womb. The first to come out was red, and his whole body was like a hairy garment; so they named him Esau. After this, his brother came out, with his hand grasping Esau's heel; so he was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to them. The boys grew up, and Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was a quiet man, staying among the tents. Isaac, who had a taste for wild game, loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob. Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished. He said to Jacob, "Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I'm famished!" (That is why he was also called Edom.) Jacob replied, "First sell me your birthright." "Look, I am about to die," Esau said. "What good is the birthright to me?" But Jacob said, "Swear to me first." So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then got up and left. So Esau despised his birthright.
If they did not know it before, the Federal Government learned through Prohibition that they did not have to do what the voters wanted the Federal Government to do. With the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution, the Federal Government proved that they did not have to adhere to the wishes of the majority of the people. To get the Amendment concerning Prohibition passed, required that 36 of the states ratify the Amendment. The Senate passed the Amendment on December 18, 1917. The Amendment was ratified on January 16, 1919, and went into effect on January 16, 1920. Without question, it was Right Wing Conservative Christianity that forced the passing of the Amendment, and encouraged ratification in the states. After it was ratified however, the Federal Government under Woodrow Wilson allocated so few resources for enforcement that the Prohibition Amendment to the Constitution was rendered totally ineffective. Woodrow Wilson had vetoed the Volstead Act which was the original Prohibition petition; so when his veto was overridden, he simply would not enforce the constitutional law. Woodrow Wilson was followed by the scandalous Warren G. Harding administration where Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall was convicted and sent to prison for taking bribes, and Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty was forced to resign for taking bribes. There were never more than 2,500 Prohibition enforcement agents in the entire United States. The collusion between the Federal Government, and Organized Crime, circumvented the will of the voting public. The Federal Government totally disregarded the Constitution, in failing to enforce the law. By 1933, the Constitutional Law of Prohibition had been rendered so ineffective, that it was repealed. That is exactly what George W. Bush did in failing to protect the border between the United States and Mexico. With his hand on the Holy Bible, George W. Bush swore to uphold the law, and instead, he actively worked to circumvent the law, in allowing the massive influx of illegal aliens from Mexico, and then in prosecuting the two border agents who were doing their jobs in trying to stop the massive influx.
The United States will be destroyed under President Barack Hussein Obama. Barack Hussein Obama is the last President that the United States of America will ever have! The Republicans were weak, corrupt, did not do what they were elected for, and they did not do what they said that they would do. The Democrats who are lying, stealing, and murdering, defeated the Republicans. The Democrats WILL do what they were elected for, and they WILL do what they said they would do. They will steal through taxation the wealth from those who produce, and give it to those who won’t produce. They will continue to murder through abortion. They will attempt to pass federal homosexual marriage laws. They will remove Jesus Christ from all forms of government. The Democrats will totally betray Israel to the Arab World. Like where Canada is going, the Democrats will attack the churches who speak against abortion, homosexuality, and the ordination of women priests. They will attempt to pass legislation that will make a quotation from the Word of God into a hate crime. The constitutional protections have been so weakened, that the administration will be able to attack the "Born Again" Children of God in the final coupe-de-grace of the death of the United States. The Democrats will use the power of the Federal Government, and they will be aided by Organized Religion. The devil is able to make these strategic moves because Christian-Organized Religion was still-born at it's birth and is still dead, and the "Born Again" Children of God are sound asleep. The devil will not attack the Roman Catholics, Episcopalians, Lutherans, Presbyterians, Church of Christ, Methodists, Baptists, Nazarenes, and the rest of the mainline denominations, as these social organizations give the devil little resistance. The devil will attack the non-denominational groups. The way that the Federal Government will do this, is through the Internal Revenue Service. In 1862, Abraham Lincoln appointed a commissioner of Internal Revenue in order to collect taxes to pay for the Civil War, thereby creating the Bureau of Internal Revenue. In the 1950's the name Bureau of Internal Revenue was changed to Internal Revenue Service. The pastors of the non-denominational Holy Spirit of God-filled groups will be audited, and their personal and church finances fined, and seized. Then the individual contributing members of these non-denominational Holy Spirit of God-filled groups will be audited, and their individual assets fined, and seized. In this way, public worship of God, by "Born Again" Children of God will be eliminated. The "Born Again" Children of God will be forced to go back underground, as they are in most places around the world. While the Democrats defeated the Republicans, when the Democrats attack the "Born Again" Children of God, they will be making a surrogate attack on God Almighty. The Democrats will lose this war, and the Federal Government will be destroyed, never to be restored. The Antichrist supported by Russia will destroy the carcass of the Federal Government of the United States.
George W. Bush personally, coupled with his administration, purposely destroyed the Republican Party. Right Wing Conservative Christians make up 45% of the electorate. Right Wing Conservatives have been eliminated as a political force, because Right Wing Conservatives have no one to vote for. Consequently, the 2008 election saw the Democratic Party gain control of the Presidency, the Congress, and with the power to impeach, will shortly thereafter gain control of the Courts. We do not have time for the Republican Party to ever return as a political force. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics had only one political party, the communist party. The communist party is a socialist party. The United States has now been moved to a single party system, like the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was. The Democratic Party is a socialist party. Collusion between the socialist leaders of both the Democratic and the Republican parties have done this on purpose. That is why Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush are such great personal companions. Now that the United States citizenry has only the Socialist Party to vote for, they have effectively lost the power of their vote. The citizenry has been successfully subjugated. It is alarming that the United States Federal Government is now constructing facilities for civilian internment camps on military bases within the United States. These civilian internment camps are being set up to provide incarceration of dissidents, and forced labor for projects that the Federal Government dictates. To learn what the Federal Government was planning in the middle of the Presidency of the "Great Conservative" Ronald Reagan, Google: "REX 84". Oppressed people prefer no government, rather than the government of an oppressive dictatorship. "REX 84" was not formulated by a government who is concerned with the individual rights of the citizens. "REX 84" was formulated by an oppressive government that fears a revolt among the oppressed people. The people who formulated "REX 84" were oppressors who wanted to prevent another "French Revolution". When oppressed people learn the details of "REX 84" that was installed under Ronald Reagan, then they will recognize that George H. W. Bush with George's "New World Order" was NOT Ronald Reagan's ignorant mistake.
The framers of the Constitution established that members of the Supreme Court would be appointed for life, in order to isolate the Justices of the Supreme Court from political pressure, thereby enabling the Justices to impartially judge. The members of the United States Congress have established a seniority system that facilitates 90% of the incumbents being re-elected, and have now voted themselves a retirement package that ensures financial independence for the rest of their lives when they leave office. In so doing, the members of the United States Congress have now voted themselves essentially the same independence from the political pressure of the voting public, that the framers of the Constitution gave to the members of the Supreme Court. The Constitution originally established political independence for the Judicial Branch of government. Congress has now voted themselves political independence for the Legislative Branch of government. If the President were able to acquire political independence for the Executive Branch of government, the United States would be a complete full blown dictatorship.
“And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that. All power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.” - John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, first Baron Acton 1834–1902
liberal 2 a: marked by generosity: OPENHANDED <a~ giver> b: given or provided in a generous and openhanded way <a~meal> c: AMPLE, FULL 3 obs: lacking moral restraint : LICENTIOUS 4: not literal or strict : LOOSE <a~translation> 5 : BROAD-MINDED; esp: not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or traditional forms 6 a: of, favoring, or based upon the principle of liberalism b cap: of or constituting a political party advocating or associated with the principles of political liberalism; esp: of or constituting a political party in the United Kingdom associated with ideals of individual esp. economic freedom, greater individual participation in government, and constitutional, political, and administrative reforms designed to secure these objectives
liberalism 2 a a movement in modern Protestantism emphasizing intellectual liberty and the spiritual and ethical content of Christianity. c: a political philosophy based on belief in progress, the essential goodness of the human race, and the autonomy of the individual and standing for the protection of political and civil liberties
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
In practice, liberal means someone who wants others to be dull minded enough to accept their wacky ideas of socialism, that have failed miserably in every attempt in history; or their liberal concepts of sin that result in the destruction of the individual and the society. If you fail to liberally accept their patent stupidity, or their patent sinfulness, then they rigorously, dogmatically stop their ears to any other idea or concept; throw pies, yell, scream, create disorder, blow things up, lie, steal, kill and destroy. (They learned all of this from their father, the devil.)
Democracy will only work with a righteous people, who are self-controlled. Sinful people who are not self-controlled must be ruled by an iron scepter. If a leader tries to rule a democracy with an iron scepter, he is voted out. If a leader is governing sinful people who have no self-control, he must convert the people to righteousness where they gain self-control, or he must convert the government to a dictatorship; so that he can rule with an iron scepter. Democracy among a sinful people will deteriorate to chaos, as it is doing in the United States.
God will allow the Antichrist and False Prophet to destroy Organized Religion, after Organized Religion attacks the "Born Again" Children of God. God will allow the Antichrist and Russia to destroy the United States Federal Government, after the Federal Government attacks the "Born Again" Children of God.
Matthew 6:19-21 (NIV) "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."
One of the greatest thieves today is the Gestapo-like Internal Revenue Service, where the power is dictated by the government to arbitrarily interpret the tax code at the whim of the individual auditor, or the political person motivating the audit. Following World War Two, the CIA employed members of the German SS and the Gestapo; supposedly to gain U. S. scientific advantage in missile technology. At that time, obviously the United States Government secretly and quietly incorporated concepts from the German Reich into most areas of the Federal Government. Frequently through history, the IRS has been proven to be directed by the party in power at that particular time, onto their political enemies. It also functions at the suggestion of disgruntled employees, irritated neighbors and family members.
In addition to incorporating concepts from the German Reich into the United States Government, politicians and leaders are now using concepts learned from the atheistic former Soviet Union in order to psychologically manipulate the people.
Another great thief is the courts who “redistribute” the wealth by stealing from those who worked for and produced the wealth, and then distributing that wealth to those who did not produce it.
People want God’s blessings, God's benefits; but without God's rules, God's regimentation, or God's law. It does not work like that. God's law is what produces God's benefits. Compliance with God's law, produces God's blessings.
The commandment of God following Adam's sin, is that men would have to work:
Genesis 3:17-19 (NIV) To Adam he said, "Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, 'You must not eat of it,' " Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. 18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. 19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return."
The commandment of God for man to work, is also contained within the Ten Commandments:
Exodus 20:9 (NIV) Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
The Apostle Paul, inspired by the Holy Spirit of God reinforced the work ethic:
2 Thessalonians 3:10 (NIV) For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: " If a man will not work, he shall not eat."
One problem with society is that people want the blessings and benefit, without the regimentation and the work. The lottery, and the gambling in Las Vegas, Nevada is functioning because people want the blessings of wealth, without the work required to earn those blessings. Employers want the blessings of the employees work, without the regimentation of paying the employee a living wage. The government facilitates greater chaos when it takes the blessings from the lawful, and gives those blessings to the lawless.
When Adam was removed from the Garden of Eden, Adam's descendants began supporting themselves as farmers and ranchers. As man became more productive, man was able to produce enough food where some men could stop farming and become metal-smiths, carpenters, tailors, butchers, etc. This specialization of labor created an embryonic commercial society. Then administrators began to administrate and regulate the commerce. These administrators did not produce, they only regulated. Human nature being what it is, the administrators regulated generously to their friends and families. Fast forward to today. Administrators regulate generously to themselves, their friends, and families, and those who facilitate the administrators keeping their jobs as administrators. Those people that the government takes care of in the form of food, clothing, housing, and medical care, the government controls. The modern farmers, metal-smiths, carpenters, tailors, butchers and labors, are now supporting a huge number of non-productive administrators, and their associates who do not produce. This system is doomed to failure, as the greed of the administrators is never satisfied, and more and more producers are joining the ranks of the non-producers. If it were not for the nuclear destruction of the United States Government, by members of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, in the immediate future the laborer/producers would no longer be able to support the administrators, all of their friends, families and those who keep them in power. The economic system would collapse, just like it did in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
All societies are built on the producers. When the producers no longer produce, the society collapses.
Deuteronomy 11:13-17 (NIV) So if you faithfully obey the commands I am giving you today--to love the LORD your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul—then I will send rain on your land in its season, both autumn and spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new wine and oil. I will provide grass in the fields for your cattle, and you will eat and be satisfied. Be careful, or you will be enticed to turn away and worship other gods and bow down to them. Then the Lord's anger will burn against you, and he will shut the heavens so that it will not rain and the ground will yield no produce, and you will soon perish from the good land the LORD is giving you.
Cause and effect is an integral part of creation. Deuteronomy 11:13-17 printed above, reflects that nature fights wickedness. The United States has historically been able to feed the world because of the widespread Judeo-Christian work ethic in the United States that facilitated the blessings of God. The United States has now turned against God, resulting in the widespread loss of the Judeo-Christian work ethic. In addition, nature is reflecting the loss of the blessings of God, because nature is cursing the United States in the form of hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, droughts, earthquakes, extreme hot/cold weather, and other natural disasters, resulting in the loss of the production of food. The United States is currently buying a substantial portion of her food from foreign countries, including China, Mexico, and many South American countries. The United States has lost the ability to feed herself.
The oppressive Federal Government is attempting to position themselves to control the food, through the USDA. If the Federal Government is able to control the food, the distribution of food will be about as fair, and as transparent as the distribution of the stimulus package money.
"Every nation has the government it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre 1753-1821
God is going to allow the people of the world to get what they ask for, and God is going to allow the people of the world to pay the price for their sin. When the Seals, Trumpets, Bowls, and Thunders start to occur, do not blame God, or think that God isn't alive, or that God doesn't care; remember that, like the Jewish people at the time of Adolph Hitler, the world asked for what the world will be getting.
At 5:11 AM CST, on December 21, 2012, the Mayan calendar denotes a completion of the thirteenth B'ak'tun cycle in the Long Count of the Maya calendar. At 5:11 AM CST, on Friday, December 21, 2012, exactly 1260 days after July 9, 2009, the 17th of Tammuz; the earth will align perfectly with the sun, and the galactic center of the Milky Way galaxy; at which precise time, Jesus Christ in Heaven will open the First Seal of Seven Seals (Revelation 6:1-2). The first four Seals will effect the release of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. The First Horseman of the Apocalypse will be a rider on a white horse, who will look like Jesus Christ, but this rider will only have one crown. Jesus Christ has many crowns. Jesus Christ has already conquered Satan, Death and Hell. The rider on the white horse with one crown, will be the Antichrist. When Jesus Christ opens the First Seal of Seven Seals, the Antichrist will be given a crown and will ride out, "as a conquer bent on conquest" (Revelation 6:2). At that time, which is the exact middle of the Seven Year "covenant" Period, the devil through the Antichrist will be given power over the earth for the three and one-half year "great tribulation" Period; and the Antichrist will open, "his mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven. He was given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them. And he was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation." (Revelation 13:6-7) In order for the Muslim Antichrist to conquer the world, the Antichrist must first eliminate the State of Israel, the United States of America, and the "two witnesses". Consequently, the Antichrist will invade Israel, conquer Jerusalem, and kill the "two witnesses", simultaneous with a terrorist nuclear attack that will destroy the United States of America. The people of the world will celebrate the death of the "two witnesses", by sending each other gifts. (Revelation 11:1-14) The kings of the earth who committed adultery with, and shared the luxury of the United States of America, the merchants of the earth, every sea captain, all who travel by ship, the sailors and all who earn their living from the sea will weep and mourn over the torment and destruction of the United States of America (Revelation chapter 18).
Three and one-half days after Friday, December 21, 2012, on Tuesday, December 25, 2012 - Christmas Day, the Antichrist will, "put an end to sacrifice and offering" - Daniel 9:27, by the Jewish people; set himself up on a "wing" of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem, "proclaiming himself to be God" - 2 Thessalonians 2:4. A man setting himself up on a "wing" of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem, "proclaiming himself to be God", will be the watershed event that will irrefutably reveal the beginning of the ride of the Antichrist and the False Prophet. The Antichrist will set himself up on a "wing" of the Jewish Temple, "proclaiming himself to be God", at the exact time that the "two witnesses" come back to life and ascend to Heaven while their enemies look on (Revelation 11:1-14). The Antichrist setting himself up on a "wing" of the Jewish Temple "proclaiming himself to be God", is a sinful act that will precipitate a great earthquake in Jerusalem that will kill 7,000 people. The earthquake will split the Mount of Olives into two parts, forming a great valley through which one-half of the Jewish people in Jerusalem will "flee" (Zechariah 14:5) east to the caves in Petra, Jordan, "where she will be taken care of" (Revelation 12:8,14) for the last half of the Seven Year "covenant" Period, which is the three and one-half year "great tribulation" Period. Jesus Christ's recommendation that people pray so that the Jewish "flight" (Matthew 24:22) would not take place on the Sabbath was answered, as the Jewish "flight" will occur on Tuesday, and not on the Sabbath, but the Jewish "flight" will occur in winter.
Man has had 6,000 years to rule himself. When the Antichrist sets himself up on a "wing" of the Temple, it will be the devil who will be ruling the earth. Metaphorically, the beginning of Summer Solstice is the beginning of Life. Metaphorically, the beginning of Winter Solstice is the beginning of Death. December 21, 2012 will be the beginning of Winter Solstice. The King of Death will then rule over the earth for the following three and one-half years.
Job 1:1-22 (NIV) In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. He had seven sons and three daughters, and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys, and had a large number of servants. He was the greatest man among all the people of the East. His sons used to take turns holding feasts in their homes, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would send and have them purified. Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking, "Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts." This was Job's regular custom. One day the angels came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them. The Lord said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" Satan answered the Lord, "From roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it." Then the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil." "Does Job fear God for nothing?" Satan replied. "Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land. But stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face." The Lord said to Satan, "Very well, then, everything he has is in your hands, but on the man himself do not lay a finger." Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord. One day when Job's sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother's house, a messenger came to Job and said, "The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby, and the Sabeans attacked and carried them off. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!" While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, "The fire of God fell from the sky and burned up the sheep and the servants, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!" While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, "The Chaldeans formed three raiding parties and swept down on your camels and carried them off. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!" While he was still speaking, yet another messenger came and said, "Your sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother's house, when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on them and they are dead, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!" At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship and said: "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised." In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing.
Job 2:1-13 (NIV) On another day the angels came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them to present himself before him. And the Lord said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" Satan answered the Lord, "From roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it." Then the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason." "Skin for skin!" Satan replied. "A man will give all he has for his own life. But stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse you to your face." The Lord said to Satan, "Very well, then, he is in your hands; but you must spare his life." So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the top of his head. Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes. His wife said to him, "Are you still holding on to your integrity? Curse God and die!" He replied, "You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?" In all this, Job did not sin in what he said. When Job's three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite, heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him. When they saw him from a distance, they could hardly recognize him; they began to weep aloud, and they tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads. Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him, because they saw how great his suffering was.
The devil's persecution of Job referenced in Job 1:1-22, and Job 2:1-3 printed above, creates a question. Does God allow righteous people to suffer?
The Book of Job gives insight into this question. Job said that Job had not sinned. Job said that Job wished Job could confront God and debate Job's righteousness. Job wished that Job could meet God before an arbitrator and convince God of Job's righteousness. One of Job's comforters summarized what Job had said.
Job 34:5-6 (NIV) "Job says, 'I am innocent, but God denies me justice. Although I am right, I am considered a liar; although I am guiltless, his arrow inflicts an incurable wound.'
Job's comforters said that God never makes a mistake, and consequently that righteous people do not suffer. Job's comforters said that the fact that Job was suffering was proof in itself, that Job had sinned.
Job 34:7-12 (NIV) What man is like Job, who drinks scorn like water? He keeps company with evildoers; he associates with wicked men. For he says, 'It profits a man nothing when he tries to please God.' "So listen to me, you men of understanding. Far be it from God to do evil, from the Almighty to do wrong. He repays a man for what he has done; he brings upon him what his conduct deserves. It is unthinkable that God would do wrong, that the Almighty would pervert justice.
When God spoke, God questioned where man was, when God created all things. God implies that God's decisions are based on logic and evidence that are beyond man's comprehension. Man must have faith that God's decisions are perfect.
Job 40:1-14 (NIV) The Lord said to Job: "Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let him who accuses God answer him!" Then Job answered the Lord: "I am unworthy--how can I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth. I spoke once, but I have no answer--twice, but I will say no more." Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm: "Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me. "Would you discredit my justice? Would you condemn me to justify yourself? Do you have an arm like God's, and can your voice thunder like his? Then adorn yourself with glory and splendor, and clothe yourself in honor and majesty. Unleash the fury of your wrath, look at every proud man and bring him low, look at every proud man and humble him, crush the wicked where they stand. Bury them all in the dust together; shroud their faces in the grave. Then I myself will admit to you that your own right hand can save you.
Job 41:10b-11 (NIV) Who then is able to stand against me? Who has a claim against me that I must pay? Everything under heaven belongs to me.
After speaking with God, Job recognized how absolutely insignificant Job was.
Job 42:1-6 (NIV) Then Job replied to the Lord: "I know that you can do all things; no plan of yours can be thwarted. You asked, 'Who is this that obscures my counsel without knowledge?' Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know. "You said, 'Listen now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you shall answer me.' My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you. Therefore I despise myself and -repent in dust and ashes."
Understanding of Job's situation must come from a Holy Spirit inspired study of the Book of Jasher. The Book of Jasher was not canonized by Roman Emperor Constantine, but the Book of Jasher was canonized by Joshua, Samuel, and Timothy respectively, when they referenced the Book of Jasher in Joshua 10:13, 2 Samuel 1:18; and 2 Timothy 3:8 respectively.
Job "was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil".
Job 1:1-22 (NIV) In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil.
While Job "was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil", the Book of Jasher reflects that Job was an officer and counselor to Pharaoh at a time prior to the birth of Moses. Job advised Pharaoh to kill all of the boy babies of the Children of Israel.
Jasher 66:11-22 (translated by Ken Johnson, Th.D.) So all the elders of Egypt and its wise men came before the king and bowed down to him and sat before him. 12 And all the elders of Egypt and the wise men thereof said unto the king, May the king live forever; thou didst counsel us the counsel against the children of Israel, and we did unto them according to the word of the king. 13 But in proportion to the increase of the labor so do they increase and grow in the land, and behold the whole country is filled with them. 14 Now therefore our lord and king, the eyes of all Egypt are upon thee to give them advice with thy wisdom, by which they may prevail over Israel to destroy them, or to diminish them from the land; and the king answered them saying, Give you counsel in this matter that we may know what to do unto them. 15 And an officer, one of the king's counselors, whose name was Job, from Mesopotamia, in the land of Uz, answered the king, saying, 16 If it please the king, let him hear the counsel of his servant; and the king said unto him, Speak. 17 And Job spoke before the king, the princes, and before all the elders of Egypt, saying, 18 Behold the counsel of the king which he advised formerly respecting the labor of the children of Israel is very good, and you must not remove from them that labor forever. 19 But this is the advice counseled by which you may lessen them, if it seems good to the king to afflict them. 20 Behold we have feared war for a long time, and we said, When Israel becomes fruitful in the land, they will drive us from the land if a war should take place. 21 If it please the king, let a royal decree go forth, and let it be written in the laws of Egypt which shall not be revoked, that every male child born to the Israelites, his blood shall be spilled upon the ground. 22 And by your doing this, when all the male children of Israel shall have died, the evil of their wars will cease; let the king do so and send for all the Hebrew midwives and order them in this matter to execute it; so the thing pleased the king and the princes, and the king did according to the word of Job.
There is no indication that Job had a personal vendetta against the Children of Israel, anymore than King David had a personal vendetta against the Moabites when King David lined the Moabites up and killed two-thirds of them.
2 Samuel 8:1-2 (NIV) In the course of time, David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and he took Metheg Ammah from the control of the Philistines. David also defeated the Moabites. He made them lie down on the ground and measured them off with a length of cord. Every two lengths of them were put to death, and the third length was allowed to live. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought tribute.
God testified that King David was, "a man after my own heart;"
Acts 13:22 (NIV) After removing Saul, he made David their king. He testified concerning him: 'I have found David son of Jesse a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.'
Job and King David functioned in the administration of government at a time when man was spiritually ignorant.
Acts 17:30 (NIV) In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
While Job had no personal vendetta against the Children of Israel, Job's counsel effectively cursed the boy babies of the Children of Israel. In so doing, Job who, "was blameless and upright", " feared God and shunned evil", ignorantly crossed a promise of the Lord to Abram. The Lord promised Abram, "I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse".
Genesis 12:1-3 (NIV) The Lord had said to Abram, "Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you."
The boy babies of the Children of Israel were descendants of Abram. GOD ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS KEEPS HIS PROMISES! When Job cursed the boy babies of the Children of Israel, Job automatically came under the curse of God. Job lost his sons and daughters, servants, oxen, donkeys, sheep, camels, and was afflicted with sores from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.
IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND FOOLISH FOR ANY PERSON, GROUP, OR NATION TO HINT AT, COMMIT, OR OMIT, ANY ACTION OR INACTION, WHEREBY GOD MIGHT JUDGE THAT ACTION OR INACTION AS A CONSTITUTING A CURSE UPON ANY SINGLE ONE OF, OR ANY COLLECTIVE GROUP OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL!
When Russia is threatened by the formation of the "New World Order", on December 21, 2012 Bashar Al Assad will use the Russian insecurity to clandestinely collate Russian nuclear weapons with his terrorist distribution system, and destroy the United States of America in a nuclear holocaust. The destruction of the United States of America will be simultaneous with the invasion of Israel. The United States was a great facilitator in the creation of the State of Israel, and has been a great support in the continued existence of the State of Israel. The nation of Israel is descended from Abram.
Genesis 12:1-3 (NIV) The Lord had said to Abram, "Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you. "I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you."
God changed Abram's name to Abraham, Abraham was the father of Isaac. Isaac was the father of Jacob. Jacob's name was changed by God to Israel (Genesis 32:28). Israel was the father of the twelve Children of Israel, who became Israel, the nation. The United States has been greatly blessed, by blessing Israel. Since assisting to re-establish Israel as a nation in 1948, the United States of America has been blessed to become the greatest financial, industrial, agricultural, commercial, intellectual, scientific, cultural and military power that the world has ever known. When leaders of Israel agreed to the "peace agreement" that allowed the re-establishment of "sacrifice and offering", the United States Government knew that the "peace agreement" would effect the destruction of the State of Israel. The "peace agreement" that allowed the Jewish people to re-establish "sacrifice and offering", was a death sentence for the State of Israel. For political expediency, the United States Government betrayed the State of Israel to Bashar al Assad. In betraying the State of Israel, the United States Government cursed the State of Israel. When the United States Government cursed the State of Israel, the United States Government was cursed by God. Because the Federal Government of the United States knows that the "peace agreement" is a death sentence for the State of Israel, and the Federal Government has facilitated that agreement anyway, the "peace agreement" is also a death sentence for the United States. Look at what is currently happening to the United States from a financial, industrial, agricultural, commercial, intellectual, scientific, cultural and military position at this time. Bashar al Assad knows that he cannot trust the United States Government, because he knows that the United States Government betrayed Israel. Because the United States Government betrayed Israel, Bashar al Assad knows that the United States Government will betray him. For self preservation, Bashar al Assad is now forced to destroy the United States of America. Bashar al Assad will destroy the United States and conquer Jerusalem at the same time.
Jeremiah 51:49 (NIV) "Babylon must fall because of Israel's slain, just as the slain in all the earth have fallen because of Babylon.
Who could say that the destruction of the United States is unjust? Leaders of the Federal Government of the United States of America have made an agreement that will result in the fall of the State of Israel. At the exact same time that the Antichrist invades Israel, and conquers Jerusalem, the Antichrist will attack the United States of America with a terrorist nuclear attack on New York City, and possibly other large wicked cities, and the Federal Government of the United States of America will cease to exist.
In so doing, Bashar Al Assad will essentially destroy Western Civilization, eliminating all of his competition, and positioning himself as the Muslim Antichrist, in complete control of the "New World Order" - One World Government. In their weakness, Europe has already become greatly Islamicized, and upon the destruction of the United States of America, and Israel, no other part of Western Civilization will challenge the Antichrist for control of the One World Government.
Historical Babylon was destroyed by a coalition of Medes and Persians from the north. Prophetic, commercial Babylon is the United States, and will be destroyed in a nuclear holocaust by a coalition of nations that will comprise "the King of the North." The "King of the North" at the Battle of Armageddon is also known as "Gog from the Land of Magog." It is the battered and loose alliance of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. It is Russia. Russian leaders have already stated on national news that they are missing some suitcase size nuclear bombs. General Aleksandr Lebed, the Russian national security chief under President Boris Yeltsin, completed an inventory that "came up short by something between 50 and 100 suitcases." Bruce Blair, president of the Center for Defense Information, an independent military research organization said. "No one has really, persuasively explained the discrepancy between Lebed's count and what the Russian government said, which was, 'Don't worry, nothing's missing.'" A former Russian Intelligence operative announced that some of those suitcase sized nuclear weapons have already been placed in the United States. While the CIA has discounted what the former Russian operative stated, in view of how many tons of illegal drugs are being shipped into the United States daily, it would not be a very difficult operation to bring in 50 to 100 items of suitcase size. United States Congressman Tom Tancredo, Republican-Colorado, has requested a briefing from the Justice Department, on information it has on plans for a nuclear attack on the U.S. by al-Qaida terrorists, known as the "American Hiroshima" plan.
Jeremiah 50:3a (NIV) A nation from the north will attack her and lay waste her land.
Jeremiah 50:9a (NIV) For I will stir up and bring against Babylon an alliance of great nations from the land of the north.
Jeremiah 50:24 (NIV) I set a trap for you, O Babylon, and you were caught before you knew it; you were found and captured because you opposed the LORD.
China has shot down China's own satellite. Following China's destruction of China's own satellite, America has lost communication with one of America's defensive satellites. An attack on America could begin with terrorists shooting down American satellites from some supposed American-allied country, such as Afghanistan or Pakistan; thereby destroying communications, global positioning systems, and most defensive and offensive weaponry. That potential attack would mirror the beginning of the Gulf War with Operation Desert Storm on January 17, 1991, whereby American General Norman Schwarzkopf's first objective was to metaphorically destroy Saddam's eyes, ears, and mouth, by wiping out Saddam's radar installations, and communications towers.
The actual nuclear attack on New York City will not be a conventional missile attack, it will be a terrorist attack. Consequently, there will not be any retaliation for the attack, because the attack will not be traced to a particular country. The United States has ballistic missile submarines who could respond to the attack if they knew who perpetrated the attack. The United States military will not respond, because if they did respond with a nuclear barrage on Russia, Russia would be destroyed and would not still be in existence at the time of the Battle of Armageddon.
The United States Government still has not made the public aware that it was the King of Syria who was behind the World Trade Center attack. Maybe the United States Government does not yet know that it was the King of Syria. Maybe they know, and don't want to acknowledge knowing that it was the King of Syria. Before the second American/Iraq war, the Weapons of Mass Destruction that were in Iraq were moved to Syria, and then the WMD's were moved under Syrian control to the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon. The United States Government doesn't want to acknowledge that knowledge, because confirming that knowledge would force the United States to attack Syria, which the U. S. Government doesn't have the political will to do. When Israel attacked Hezbollah, the United States Government controlled the Israeli attack, and Israel was not allowed to go into the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon where those WMD's are located, even when it meant that Israel could not defeat Hezbollah, if Israel did not go into the Bekaa Valley. On December 21, 2012, before the United States Government ever figures out who is responsible for the nuclear attack on New York City, the United States Government will follow the do-do bird, and cease to exist.
There is no mention of a "King of the West" in the battle of Armageddon, or in any prophecy. America is not there. The United States will ultimately cease to be a power to be reckoned with. The United States will retain her nuclear power until her destruction, but America has lost her moral fiber, her will, and her character. America has lost the respect of the world.
NOTE: The six senses that humans inherently possess are constantly searching for and detecting data, data that upon analysis has revealed hard facts that have convinced a substantial percentage of the population that unprecedented world social change is upon us. No intelligent person believes that society will continue to function into perpetuity, as society is functioning today. It is openly discussed and acknowledged that due to various reasons, the total collapse of the world society as we know it today, has passed the point of possibility and become a probability, thereby creating widespread fear in anticipation of the timing of the imminent cataclysm. Amazingly, the timing of this anticipated world cataclysm is threatening to occur at the approximate end of six thousand years of man's history, forty nine years after the Knesset issued a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, at the precise time when Shia Muslims are anticipating the Mahdi, exactly when the Mayan calendar reflects the end of the age, on the final date in the Timewave Theory of the late Terence McKenna which he extracted from the Oriental I Ching, on the same date as the beginning of the Golden Age that was anticipated in the Hindu Kali Yuga; a cataclysm which is hinted at in the Hopi Indian Blue Star Prophecy, predicted by the WEB-Bot project as the year of worldwide calamity in 2012, and most importantly, the anticipated cataclysm is exactly in accordance with the entirety of prophecy contained within the Holy Word of God. Specifically, the Holy Word of God accurately and graphically describes the cataclysmic destruction that will occur during the coming "great tribulation" period. THE HOLY WORD OF GOD, AND THE PERFECT ORDER OF GOD'S NATURE REFLECTS THAT THE BEGINNING OF THE "GREAT TRIBULATION" PERIOD IS IMMINENT. Today, although weakened and in continuous decline, the United States of America remains the sole "superpower" in the world. The Holy Word of God describes the movements of the King of the North, the King of the South, and the Kings of the East that will occur during the "great tribulation" period. Today, as the sole "superpower" in the world, the United States of America is the "King of the West". There is no "King of the West", or ANY WESTERN POWER in existence during the "great tribulation" period, referenced in the Holy Word of God. There is no description of a slow decline, or the total collapse, there is simply not one single mention in the Holy Word of God, specifically referencing a Western power during the "great tribulation" period. THE KING OF THE WEST IS SIMPLY NOT IN EXISTENCE DURING THE "GREAT TRIBULATION" PERIOD. BECAUSE THE BEGINNING OF THE "GREAT TRIBULATION" PERIOD IS IMMINENT, AND THE KING OF THE WEST WILL NOT BE IN EXISTENCE DURING THE "GREAT TRIBULATION" PERIOD, THE TOTAL ANNIHILATION OF THE KING OF THE WEST (THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA) IS IMMINENT, AND WILL OCCUR ON DECEMBER 21, 2012, AS PORTRAYED IN REVELATION CHAPTER 18 DESCRIBING END-TIME COMMERCIAL "BABYLON" WHICH IS UTTERLY DESTROYED IN ONE HOUR.
The United States will retain some semblance of a society until December 21, 2012, and then the Federal Government of the United States of America will be destroyed when New York City is annihilated in a nuclear holocaust.
Revelation 18:8-10 (NIV) Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her: death, mourning and famine. She will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her. 9 "When the kings of the earth who committed adultery with her and shared her luxury see the smoke of her burning, they will weep and mourn over her. 10 Terrified at her torment, they will stand far off and cry: "'Woe! Woe, O great city, O Babylon, city of power! In one hour your doom has come!'
Revelation 18:17-19 (NIV) In one hour such great wealth has been brought to ruin!' "Every sea captain, and all who travel by ship, the sailors, and all who earn their living from the sea, will stand far off. 18 When they see the smoke of her burning, they will exclaim, 'Was there ever a city like this great city?' 19 They will throw dust on their heads, and with weeping and mourning cry out: "'Woe! Woe, O great city, where all who had ships on the sea became rich through her wealth! In one hour she has been brought to ruin!
Jeremiah 51:9 printed below, reveals the mushroom cloud of a nuclear detonation.
Jeremiah 51:9 (NIV) " 'We would have healed Babylon, but she cannot be healed; let us leave her and each go to his own land, for her judgment reaches to the skies, it rises as high as the clouds.'
Jeremiah 50:32 printed below, reveals the thermal effects of a nuclear detonation.
Jeremiah 50:32 (NIV) The arrogant one will stumble and fall and no one will help her up; I will kindle a fire in her towns that will consume all who are around her."
The "New World Order" is being proposed, by primarily an elitist group from Western Civilization that includes: the Illuminati, the Society of Freemasons, the Bilderbergers, the Trilateral Commission, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Skull and Bones Society, the Rosicrucian's and others. This Western Civilization Group has given the Muslim World benefits from the proposed "New World Order", to entice the Muslim World into joining in the creation of a global government. The fact that George W. Bush instituted, and Barack Hussein Obama completed, executive orders giving the United Arab Emirates nuclear power with no apparent benefit to the United States, was a "benefit" to entice the Muslim World into participating in the "New World Order." George W. Bush had previously attempted to give Dubai of the United Arab Emirates a benefit for joining the "New World Order", when George attempted to give the Muslim dictatorship government of Dubai, control of the major ports of the United States.
These elitists from Western Civilization are arrogant, ignorant, and foolish. These elitists from Western Civilization consciously or sub-consciously believe that they are superior to the leaders of the Muslim World, because Western Civilization is currently technically superior to the Muslim World. These elitists from Western Civilization naively believe that the Muslim World will follow the direction set by the elitists from Western Civilization for the "New World Order." Because these elitists believe that they are the original perpetrators of the "New World Order" concept, these elitists consciously or sub-consciously believe that they will always control the "New World Order."
Russia (the King of the North), and China (the Kings of the East) will never fully integrate into the "New World Order," and will retain some of their autonomy throughout the three and one-half year "great tribulation" Period; as the King of the North and the Kings of the East are both involved in the Battle of Armageddon, which occurs at the end of the three and one-half year "great tribulation" Period.
When the elitists from Western Civilization form a coalition with the Muslim World, in order to establish a One World Government, Russia and China will recognize the Western Civilization/Muslim coalition as an existential danger to Russia and China. Russia and China will be threatened by the coalition of Western Civilization and the Muslim World. While China will be threatened, China will not be involved in the destruction of the United States, because the United States owes China 2 trillion dollars; which is 70% of China's current financial reserves, and China does not want to lose China's money.
The United States of America will continue to deteriorate morally until her destruction, and consequently law and order will continue to crumble into disorder until her destruction. However, the disorder of the USA prior to her destruction, will not reach the level of disorder that New Orleans reached following Hurricane Katrina, or no foreign power would waste the time, money, and energy to destroy the USA. Again, the USA as a nation will maintain some semblance of order, greater than the order of post-Katrina New Orleans under Ray Nagin, until the USA is destroyed. However, following the destruction of New York City and a substantial portion of the north-eastern seaboard; when the Federal Government ceases to function as a government, and the USA is no longer a viable nation; the disorder and chaos that will occur in the then former USA will be worse than the disorder and chaos that was exhibited in New Orleans, following hurricane Katrina. The disorder and chaos in the post-USA period will continue until the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
Just as Somalia existed for fifteen years without a functioning government, so following the destruction of New York City, America will function without a Federal Government until the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
The Federal Government is currently the primary governing power in the United States of America. There are currently criminal organizations operating as secondary powers, throughout the United States. As an example; among the motorcycle gangs, the "Hells Angels" have laid claim, and prey upon southern California; the "Mongols" have laid claim, and prey upon northern California; the "Banditos" have laid claim, and prey upon other respective areas. Among the more aggressive criminal gangs, the "Bloods" prey upon various areas within the inner cities, the "Crips" prey upon various areas within the inner cities, the "Mexican Mafia" preys upon various areas of the United States, the "Italian Mafia" preys upon various areas, the "Russian Mafia" preys upon various areas, the "Asian Mafia" preys upon various areas, and so on, and so on, almost into infinity. Various criminal organizations have laid claim to every square inch of the United States territory. There are constant territorial wars between these various criminal organizations. The Federal Government is the natural enemy of these criminal organizations. It is the Federal Government, and the wars between the various criminal organizations, that keep the criminal organizations in check. When the Federal Government ceases to exist, the various criminal organizations will automatically become the primary governing power within their respective territories. Without the power of the Federal Government to hold them together, the soldiers in the United States Military will assimilate back into the civilian population. The various state militias, and state police are spread over areas that are too large, and they have too few people, and too few resources to make a significant impact. Some city police organizations such as the LAPD are compact enough, disciplined, structured, and armed to the extent that they could evolve into their own territorial power. There will not be time for the various state governments to organize, as the criminal organizations are already organized, structured, armed and in place. When the Federal Government loses command and control capability, the criminal organizations will, by default, become the primary power. The territorial wars of the criminal gangs will immediately escalate. The criminal organizations will immediately begin looting the buildings that exist within their respective territories. The criminal gangs will be searching first for guns, then for food and women, finally they will search for automobiles, gasoline, gold, jewelry, and trinkets. They will commandeer the finest residences for themselves. Individuals that live within the territories already claimed by these criminal organizations, will be forced to submit to the power of the criminal gangs, or they will have to fight these criminal gangs for their very life, or they will die. The cities will be the most easily controlled, because the gangs already have a tremendous grip on the cities. The agricultural and sparsely populated areas will not be so quickly controlled, as there are not enough assets in these areas to justify the conquest of them. I believe that 99.99 % of the farmhouses in Texas have weapons, and will use them to the death (their or someone else's death) when necessary. The loss of gang life in agricultural and sparsely populated areas will inhibit the continuation of patrols to conquer the sparsely populated areas. Read "The Prince" by Nicolo Machiavelli, and "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu to understand how the elite of the criminal gangs will function. The old adage "When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns" is a horrific truth. I pray that guns are never outlawed in America.
If you knew prior to Hurricane Katrina that you were going to live in post-Katrina New Orleans, and could not leave because there was no better place to go, what would you do to prepare?
THINK ABOUT IT, AND DO EXACTLY THAT NOW! The disorder and chaos of post Katrina New Orleans is a fore-glimpse of what is coming for the survivors of the nuclear blasts that destroy the USA. Forget any government help and intervention, there will be none. When a hurricane comes, all of a sudden, and without notice, the power goes out; and you lose television and telephone communication with the outside world. It will be exactly like that when the Federal Government is destroyed. In all likelihood, all power will go out; and there will be no television, no land telephone, or cell telephone service, no radio stations, and no media to gain information concerning what has happened, and the extent of the damage. There will be no municipal water service, no municipal sewer service, and no police or fire protection. People across the United States will simply lose all power, and all communication with the rest of the world. Most people in the United States will never know what actually happened, and that the Federal Government of the United States no longer exists. Ham radio, international satellite television, and satellite radio signals might still be available if you can receive them, and could give a few people some information.
God will use the chaos created by the destruction of the Federal Government of the United States of America, to enable the "Born Again" Children of God in America to function, survive, and actually prosper!
Vote for politicians who are card-carrying members of the National Rifle Association, or you may have your gun seized by the government, just as occurred under Mayor Ray Nagin in post-Katrina New Orleans. The NRA will not be able to help you in the post-USA, but the NRA may be able to help you legally keep your gun until that time.
Do internet research on your food pyramid requirements. Do internet research on how to live on bulk food and stored water. Plant fruit trees in your yard, grow a garden, put in a water-well, buy a generator, give consideration to the security of your home. Prepare just as if you were preparing for a major hurricane. If you don't have the money for this preparation, "sell your cloak," sell what you need the least, and buy these items in order to be prepared. Get with other "Born Again" Children of God and prepare together.
As the Seven Year "covenant" Period has already begun, those who are wise should calculate the quantity and nutritional requirements based on the food pyramid for sustaining themselves, and the members of their family for the balance of the seven year period. They should then do whatever is necessary within their legal power, for procurement of those supplies. Anyone who does not prepare is either very unwise, or a non-believer, or both. Whoever does not prepare will certainly pay a very dear price for their lack of preparation.
The Holy Spirit of God did not give this information to the "Born Again" Children of God in order to mock, trick, taunt, or tease the "Born Again" Children of God. The Holy Spirit of God gave this information to the "Born Again" Children of God in order that the "Born Again" Children of God will know and be prepared.
God is using the Blessed Holy Spirit, God's Holy Word, "Born Again" Children of God located around the world, The History Channel, The National Geographic Television Channel, and secular publications around the world to make people aware that the "destroyer" is coming, because God does not want anyone to perish in the coming destruction.
2 Peter 3:9 (NIV) The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
Having been given this information, the question YOU must ask YOURSELF is, "Do I accept this information, or do I not?" I have sought long and hard for that final piece of information that would be so convincing that it would force people to acknowledge the truth. In accordance with the nature of God's perfect order, that piece of information does not exist. If YOU refuse to accept truth, the nature of God's perfect order, in His ultimate respect for YOUR freewill that YOU have in this life, will not force truth on YOU.
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 (NIV) The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders, and in every sort of evil that deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.
Isaiah 6:9-10 (NIV) He said, "Go and tell this people: " 'Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.' Make the heart of this people calloused; make their ears dull and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed."
If YOU choose to accept truth, YOU must prepare YOURSELF for the truth to be fulfilled in it's entirety.
If YOU have not accepted the Blood-Substitution-Sacrifice of Jesus Christ in atonement for YOUR sins, DO SO. If YOU are not a "Born Again" Child of God, BECOME ONE!
If YOU are a "Born Again" Child of God, consider that Noah knew the Flood was coming and got ready. Joseph knew a famine was coming and got ready. If YOU know that YOU are in the Seven Year "covenant" Period, and that YOU are headed for the three and one-half year, "great tribulation" Period - (Matthew 24:21-22 [KJV], Revelation 7:14); and YOU do not get ready, is YOUR lack of works an evidence of YOUR lack faith?
James 2:14-26 (NIV) What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. But someone will say, "You have faith; I have deeds." Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do. You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that--and shudder. You foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless? Was not our ancestor Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness," and he was called God's friend. You see that a person is justified by what he does and not by faith alone. In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction? As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
Do YOU really KNOW Jesus Christ? Do YOU really BELIEVE the Holy Word of God? Or are YOU like Governor Felix, who enjoyed hearing about Jesus Christ, but would never bring himself to make a decision to accept Jesus Christ and become a "Born Again" Child of God?
Acts 24:24-25 (NIV) Several days later Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess. He sent for Paul and listened to him as he spoke about faith in Christ Jesus. As Paul discoursed on righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come, Felix was afraid and said, "That's enough for now! You may leave. When I find it convenient, I will send for you."
Governor Felix has been dead for more than 1,900 years. There is no record anywhere that reflects that Felix ever accepted Jesus Christ and became a "Born Again" Child of God. Felix will live with his decision forever, and ever, and ever. If YOU delay making a decision to accept Jesus Christ, like Felix, YOU have already made the decision, and the decision is NO; YOU will NOT accept Jesus Christ and become a "Born Again" Child of God. One of the most haunting Holy Scriptures is found in Jeremiah 8:20 printed below; and is the lamenting remorse of an eternally doomed, eternally damned person.
Jeremiah 8:20 (NIV) "The harvest is past, the summer has ended, and we are not saved."
PLEASE DO NOT LET THAT ETERNALLY DOOMED, ETERNALLY DAMNED PERSON BE YOU!
MOST IMPORTANTLY PREPARE YOUR SOUL! GET YOUR WEDDING GARMENT READY!
The truly important question is not, "WHEN will Jesus Christ Come Again?" The truly important question is, "What will YOUR relationship be with Jesus Christ, when YOU do meet Him?" It is absolutely irrelevant, whether YOU face God, and are judged for YOUR actions at Jesus Christ's Second Coming before YOU physically die, or whether YOU face God and are judged for YOUR actions after YOU physically die. The vitally important fact that YOU should always keep at the front of YOUR mind is that; YOU will face God, and YOU will be judged for YOUR actions.
Hebrews 9:27 (NIV) Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment,
1 Peter 1:17 (NIV) Since you call on a Father who judges each man's work impartially, live your lives as strangers here in reverent fear.
When YOU physically die, YOU will be judged according to what YOU have done, and according to the words YOU have spoken.
Revelation 20: 11-12 (NIV) Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. Earth and sky fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books.
Matthew 12:36-37 (NIV) "But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned."
If YOU continue committing acts of sin, and if YOU continue sinning by telling lies, death will claim YOUR soul, and YOU will be thrown into Hell.
Revelation 20:13-15 (NIV) The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what he had done. Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
John 14:6 (NIV) Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
Acts 4:12 (NIV) "Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."
YOUR only hope, is for YOU, through faith in Jesus Christ, to become "Born Again" spiritually.
John 3:1-22 (NIV) Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2 He came to Jesus at night and said, "Rabbi, we know you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs you are doing if God were not with him." 3 In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again." 4 "How can a man be born when he is old?" Nicodemus asked. "Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb to be born!" 5 Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. 6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. 7 You should not be surprised at my saying, 'You must be born again.' 8 The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit." 9 "How can this be?" Nicodemus asked. 10 "You are Israel's teacher," said Jesus, "and do you not understand these things? 11 I tell you the truth, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony. 12 I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things? 13 No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven--the Son of Man. 14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15 that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life. 16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son. 19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God." 22 After this, Jesus and his disciples went out into the Judean countryside, where he spent some time with them, and baptized.
Jesus Christ came to earth, lived a perfect life, and was Crucified on a cross in order to atone for YOUR sins with His Sacrificial Blood. All that is required for YOU to claim this unmerited favor and become "Born Again" is to:
Repent - Feel sorry for YOUR sin; turn from YOUR sin.
2 Peter 3:9 (NIV) The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
Acts 3:19-20 (NIV) Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord, 20 and that he may send the Christ, who has been appointed for you--even Jesus.
Acts 17:30 (NIV) In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
Believe - in YOUR heart that Jesus Christ is the Lord God, and that God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Believe that Jesus Christ's Sacrificial Blood has the power to cleanse YOU from YOUR sins.
John 3:36 (NIV) "Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him."
Confess - YOUR sins in prayer to Jesus Christ, and ask Jesus Christ to forgive YOU for sinning. Pray/talk to Jesus Christ wherever YOU are physically located, like YOU would talk to another man; Jesus Christ is YOUR High Priest, and He will hear YOU.
1 John 1:9 (NIV) If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
Confess - to other people that Jesus Christ is the Lord, and YOUR Lord.
Romans 10:9-10 (NIV) That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.
Receive - Pray/talk to Jesus Christ like YOU would talk to another man, and ask Jesus Christ into YOUR heart as YOUR Lord and God; then receive Him.
John 1:12 (NIV) Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—
Comply - with God's law, which includes baptism. (The only way that YOU can know God's law is for YOU to read God's Holy Word, which is the Holy Bible.) Be very, very careful of who YOU get to baptize YOU, as Judeo-Christian Organized Religion is full of the children of the devil who may dispute, twist, and/or misuse God's Holy Word in order to damn YOU to Hell. Judge what anyone says by whether what they say is in total compliance with the entire Holy Bible. If a person disputes what the Holy Bible says, do not listen to them, do not get them to baptize YOU, and get away from them before they mislead YOU into their sin.
2 Timothy 2:19 (NIV) Nevertheless, God's solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness."
John 8:10-11 (NIV) Jesus straightened up and asked her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?" 11 "No one, sir," she said. "Then neither do I condemn you," Jesus declared. "Go now and leave your life of sin."
God has guaranteed through God's Holy Word, that YOU will find God when YOU seek God with all of YOUR heart.
Jeremiah 29:11-13 (NIV) "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart."
While YOU are seeking God, and before YOU become "Born Again", YOU will not be able to stop from sinning; because, like Simon Peter prior to the Day of Pentecost, YOU will still have a dead sinful spirit.
1 John 2:1 (NIV) My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense--Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
When YOU become "Born Again" YOU will become a complete new person, because YOUR formerly dead, sinful spirit will have come to spiritual life.
2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV) Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
When YOU become "Born Again" of the Holy Spirit of Life, YOU will be able to live without committing ANY sin.
1 John 3:4-10 (NIV) Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin. No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him. Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. He who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous. He who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's work. No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not a child of God; nor is anyone who does not love his brother.
YOU are either a "Born Again" Child of God, living a Holy life through faith in Jesus Christ, because YOU are filled with the Holy Spirit of Love, peace, and life; or YOU are a lawless Child of the devil who cannot stop committing sin because YOU are consumed with YOUR father the devil's spirit of hatred, theft, violence, destruction, and death.
Ensure that YOU are a "Born Again" Child of God, evidenced by the ONLY Biblically referenced proof, found in 1 John 2:3-4 printed below:
1 John 2:3-4 (NIV) We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands. The man who says, "I know him," but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
God's commands were illuminated by Jesus Christ in Matthew 22:37-40 printed below:
Matthew 22:37-40 (NIV) Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
If YOU are unable to comply with God's commands referenced in Matthew 22:37-40 printed above, then during the presentation of this prophecy, I will continue to show YOU how YOU may establish communication and communion with God through faith in the Blood of Jesus Christ, in order that YOU may become "Born Again", so YOU can live a Holy life without sin, and thereby achieve eternal life with God; and consequently how YOU may avoid eternal torment as a member of the Bride of the Devil in the fiery lake of burning sulfur that is Hell, because of YOUR sin.
WHEN YOU KNOW THAT YOUR WEDDING GARMENT IS READY, THEN COMPLETELY ELIMINATE ALL DEBT - SELL UNNECESSARY ASSETS -DEGRADE YOUR LIFESTYLE TO A LIFESTYLE THAT YOU CAN SUSTAIN WITHOUT ASSISTANCE FOR THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS - DISCREETLY PROCURE AND LEARN TO LIVE ON WAREHOUSED GOODS, AND/OR FOOD THAT YOU GROW - THERE IS NO PRE-"GREAT-TRIBULATION" "RAPTURE" THAT IS GOING TO TAKE YOU OUT OF HERE - IF YOU BELIEVE IN A PRE-"GREAT-TRIBULATION" "RAPTURE" YOU HAVE BEEN DECEIVED.
Make arrangements so that on Friday, December 21, 2012, YOU, YOUR family, and YOUR loved ones will all be in the same location. That location needs to be some location where YOU can survive without outside assistance for three and one-half years; and preferably at some rural place in the country, that YOU can defend militarily, with hand-pumped well-water, warehoused food, and with the opportunity to grow a garden.
YOUR TOP FOUR PRIORITIES MUST BE
1. GOD
2. SECURITY - If YOU do not establish and maintain security, YOU will not be able to retain YOUR water and food. In Christian love, YOU must use the least amount of force that is necessary in order to defend YOUR family, but in a volatile situation, YOU must use as much deadly force as is required in order to defend YOUR family. In other words, be as absolutely nice as YOU can be, but be as absolutely tough as YOU have to be in order to defend YOUR family. In Matthew 24:43, Luke 11:21-22, and Luke 22:36-38 printed below, Jesus Christ implies that the protection of YOUR home, as far as YOU are able, is YOUR responsibility.
Matthew 24:43 (NIV) "But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into."
Luke 11:21-22 (NIV) "When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe. But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted and divides up the spoils."
Jesus Christ commanded His disciples to get a sword:
Luke 22:36-38 (NIV) He said to them, "But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one. It is written: 'And he was numbered with the transgressors'; and I tell you that this must be fulfilled in me. Yes, what is written about me is reaching its fulfillment." The disciples said, "See, Lord, here are two swords." "That is enough," he replied.
How can YOU reconcile the commandment of Jesus Christ referenced in Luke 22:36-38 printed above, with the commandment that Jesus Christ gave, referenced in Matthew 5:39, and Luke 6:29a, printed below?
Matthew 5:39 (NIV) "But I tell you, Do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also."
Luke 6:29a (NIV) "If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also."
"If someone strikes you on one cheek", that is, "a slap in the face". "A slap in the face" is an insult. "A slap in the face" has historically been an insult since time immemorial.
Matthew 5:11-12 (NIV) "Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you."
Luke 6:22 (NIV) "Blessed are you when men hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man."
The Holy Spirit of God through Peter commands to not return insult for insult.
1 Peter 3:9 (NIV) Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
When insulted, we are commanded to return Love. When insulted "seventy-seven times", we are commanded to return Love, "seventy-seven times".
Matthew 18:21-22 (NIV) Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?" Jesus answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times."
THERE IS A CLEAR AND DISTINCT DIFFERENCE IN SOMEONE INSULTING YOU, AND IN SOMEONE ATTEMPTING TO INFLICT BODILY INJURY OR DEATH ON YOU OR YOUR FAMILY.
In Matthew 22:37-40, Jesus Christ commands everyone to,' Love your neighbor as yourself.'
Matthew 22:37-40 (NIV) Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
Jesus Christ did not tell YOU to, 'Love your neighbor', MORE THAN 'yourself'. If anyone is attempting to inflict bodily injury or death on YOUR neighbor; as a fellow human, and especially as a "Born Again" Child of God, it is YOUR responsibility to intercede with Christian Love, in the most harmless way necessary, in order to stop the lawlessness, and restore order. By the same token, if anyone is attempting to inflict bodily injury or death on YOU, or YOUR family, it is YOUR same responsibility as a human, and especially as a "Born Again" Child of God, to intercede with Christian Love, in the most harmless way necessary, in order to stop the lawlessness, and restore order. "In the most harmless way necessary" goes all the way through the spectrum to the use of defensive deadly force if necessary.
YOUR body is the Temple of the Holy Ghost.
1 Corinthians 3:16-17 (NIV) Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is sacred, and you are that temple.
Do YOU think that Love would demand that YOU stand idly by while someone destroys the Temple of God? No "Born Again" Child of God desires to hurt anyone, and consequently will feel anguish if that inadvertently occurs. However, YOUR anguish will be exponentially greater if YOU fail YOUR responsibility as husband or wife, father or mother, and allow someone to inflict bodily injury or death on YOUR family.
1 Timothy 5:8 (NIV) If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
No animal has a spirit, consequently no animal can commit sin. When a wild bear protects her cubs, it is not an act of sin against God or man, it is an instinct given to the wild bear by God for the preservation of her family. In protection of Israel, Hushai said that King David and his men were "as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs".
2 Samuel 17:8 (NIV) Hushai replied to Absalom, "The advice Ahithophel has given is not good this time. You know your father and his men; they are fighters, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Besides, your father is an experienced fighter; he will not spend the night with the troops.
In the post-Katrina Superdome, there were stories of young girls being taken from their families and raped. There were many murders that occurred in the post-Katrina New Orleans. If those particular families who were violated, had possessed weapons, it is very likely that no one would have had to have been killed in order to prevent such a horrific occurrence of sin against God and man. It is very likely that the presence of a gun would have been inhibitor enough to keep those horrible occurrences of sin against God and man from happening. The people who posted signs "YOU LOOT, WE SHOOT" usually did not have to shoot in order to keep from being looted, violated, or murdered.
"To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." - George Washington 1732-1799
The above referenced quote from George Washington may be applied personally as well as nationally. YOU have just as much right to protect YOUR family, as the police have of protecting a city, and the army has of protecting the nation. If YOU do not have the right to protect YOUR family, then the police do not have the right to protect a city, and the army does not have the right to protect the nation.
If YOU are a "Conscientious Objector" to the protection of YOUR family, then in order to be consistent, YOU must also be a "Conscientious Objector" to the protection of YOUR country.
If YOU can justify the protection of YOUR country through the bearing of arms, then YOU can certainly justify the protection of YOUR family through the bearing of arms. Whoever attempts to stop YOU from protecting YOUR family, or attacks YOUR family, is an enemy of YOUR family; just as whoever attempts to stop YOU from protecting YOUR country, or attacks YOUR country, is the enemy of YOUR country.
If YOU are willing to die for the protection of YOUR country, YOU must certainly also be willing to die for the protection of YOUR family.
NEVER SURRENDER! Those who surrender in the protection of their family will also surrender in the protection of their country. Those who surrender in the protection of their family will lose their family to protect, just as those who surrender in the protection of their country will lose their country to protect. Their family will be violated, enslaved, and/or destroyed, just as their country will be violated, enslaved, and/or destroyed.
Buy a shotgun and learn how to use it. Buy plenty of double-ought buckshot ammunition. Buy a "22" rifle because the ammunition is so cheap. A Marlin Model 60, "22" rifle will sell for about $160.00; and a box containing 550 rounds of "22" long rifle, hollow point ammunition will sell at Wal-Mart for about $16.00 a box. If YOU are attacked, if YOU don't feel morally right in defending YOURSELF or YOUR family, then don't use the gun. If YOU are presently debating with YOURSELF concerning this defensive concept, then "kick the can" of intellectual debate with YOURSELF into the future; but ACQUIRE THE DEFENSIVE EQUIPMENT RIGHT NOW. When the crisis comes, YOUR intellectual struggle with YOURSELF will instantly go away, and YOU will know what to do.
3. WATER - YOU will NOT be able to store enough water to supply the requirements of YOU and YOUR family for 42 months. YOU must have an in-place, energy-free functioning well, or be close to a water source!
4. FOOD - IT IS GOING TO REQUIRE EXPONENTIALLY MORE THAN "THREE CASES OF CANNED GREEN BEANS" IN ORDER TO SURVIVE 42 MONTHS! This is a link to instructions for procurement of dehydrated food. Ask God how YOU may acquire the financial resources in order to purchase food. STOP wasting the resources that God has already given YOU. Prioritize the value of YOUR resources, and sell resources that YOU don't need. Plant a garden.
Getting YOUR family together on December 21, 2012 should be relatively easy to accomplish, as it will be the Christmas season, and most people should be able to get off work. If YOU are in the United States of America and cannot get off work, then quit work, as in most areas, YOUR job will not exist following December 21, 2012.
If YOU own land in a rural area, or have the ability to purchase land in a rural area, prepare YOUR land for the influx of people that YOU will be able to care for. Like Esther, YOU may have been given YOUR resources, for this effort, at this exact time.
Esther 4:14 (NIV) "For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father's family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?"
Advise YOUR family and YOUR loved ones of the availability of YOUR land, and that they are welcome to join YOU. Request YOUR family and YOUR loved ones to assist YOU in making preparations NOW. Create a comprehensive plan; plan the work of YOUR preparation, work YOUR plan. Make a checklist of everything that YOU will need, including YOUR Holy Bible, guns and ammunition for security, water, food, extra medical supplies, extra eye glasses, thermally comfortable shelter, bedding/air mattresses, flashlights, extra batteries, a system of waste disposal, and if possible, a "ham" or satellite radio. All of the information and products are readily available by request on "google.com"
God's perfect order must be established in YOUR sanctuary, and maintained as close to perfection as is possible, for the mutual benefit of all participants!
If God's perfect order is not established, and maintained in YOUR sanctuary, the disorder/chaos that will occur because of the free-will of man, will be to the detriment of all participants!
Jeremiah chapters 50, and 51 concerning the destruction of the historical Babylon, are a fore-glimpse of the destruction of prophetic, commercial Babylon, which is the United States of America.
Jeremiah 50:1-46 (NIV) This is the word the Lord spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of the Babylonians: 2 "Announce and proclaim among the nations, lift up a banner and proclaim it; keep nothing back, but say, 'Babylon will be captured; Bel will be put to shame, Marduk filled with terror. Her images will be put to shame and her idols filled with terror.' 3 A nation from the north will attack her and lay waste her land. No one will live in it; both men and animals will flee away. 4 "In those days, at that time," declares the Lord, "the people of Israel and the people of Judah together will go in tears to seek the Lord their God. 5 They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and bind themselves to the Lord in an everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten. 6 "My people have been lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray and caused them to roam on the mountains. They wandered over mountain and hill and forgot their own resting place. 7 Whoever found them devoured them; their enemies said, 'We are not guilty, for they sinned against the Lord, their true pasture, the Lord, the hope of their fathers.'8"Flee out of Babylon; leave the land of the Babylonians, and be like the goats that lead the flock. 9 For I will stir up and bring against Babylon an alliance of great nations from the land of the north. They will take up their positions against her, and from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who do not return empty-handed. 10 So Babylonia will be plundered; all who plunder her will have their fill," declares the Lord. 11 "Because you rejoice and are glad, you who pillage my inheritance, because you frolic like a heifer threshing grain and neigh like stallions, 12 your mother will be greatly ashamed; she who gave you birth will be disgraced. She will be the least of the nations--a wilderness, a dry land, a desert. 13 Because of the Lord's anger she will not be inhabited but will be completely desolate. All who pass Babylon will be horrified and scoff because of all her wounds. 14 "Take up your positions around Babylon, all you who draw the bow. Shoot at her! Spare no arrows, for she has sinned against the Lord. 15 Shout against her on every side! She surrenders, her towers fall, her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the Lord, take vengeance on her; do to her as she has done to others. 16 Cut off from Babylon the sower, and the reaper with his sickle at harvest. Because of the sword of the oppressor let everyone return to his own people, let everyone flee to his own land. 17 "Israel is a scattered flock that lions have chased away. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon." 18 Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: "I will punish the king of Babylon and his land as I punished the king of Assyria. 19 But I will bring Israel back to his own pasture and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan; his appetite will be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and Gilead. 20 In those days, at that time," declares the Lord, "search will be made for Israel's guilt, but there will be none, and for the sins of Judah, but none will be found, for I will forgive the remnant I spare. 21 "Attack the land of Merathaim and those who live in Pekod. Pursue, kill and completely destroy them," declares the Lord. "Do everything I have commanded you. 22 The noise of battle is in the land, the noise of great destruction! 23 How broken and shattered is the hammer of the whole earth! How desolate is Babylon among the nations! 24 I set a trap for you, O Babylon, and you were caught before you knew it; you were found and captured because you opposed the Lord. 25 The Lord has opened his arsenal and brought out the weapons of his wrath, for the Sovereign Lord Almighty has work to do in the land of the Babylonians. 26 Come against her from afar. Break open her granaries; pile her up like heaps of grain. Completely destroy her and leave her no remnant. 27 Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter! Woe to them! For their day has come, the time for them to be punished. 28 Listen to the fugitives and refugees from Babylon declaring in Zion how the Lord our God has taken vengeance, vengeance for his temple. 29 "Summon archers against Babylon, all those who draw the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her for her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the Lord the Holy One of Israel. 30 Therefore, her young men will fall in the streets; all her soldiers will be silenced in that day," declares the Lord. 31 "See, I am against you, O arrogant one," declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty, "for your day has come, the time for you to be punished. 32 The arrogant one will stumble and fall and no one will help her up; I will kindle a fire in her towns that will consume all who are around her." 33 This is what the Lord Almighty says: "The people of Israel are oppressed, and the people of Judah as well. All their captors hold them fast, refusing to let them go. 34 Yet their Redeemer is strong; the Lord Almighty is his name. He will vigorously defend their cause so that he may bring rest to their land, but unrest to those who live in Babylon. 35 "A sword against the Babylonians!" declares the Lord--"against those who live in Babylon and against her officials and wise men! 36 A sword against her false prophets! They will become fools. A sword against her warriors! They will be filled with terror. 37 A sword against her horses and chariots and all the foreigners in her ranks! They will become women. A sword against her treasures! They will be plundered. 38 A drought on her waters! They will dry up. For it is a land of idols, idols that will go mad with terror. 39 "So desert creatures and hyenas will live there, and there the owl will dwell. It will never again be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation. 40 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighboring towns," declares the Lord, "so no one will live there; no man will dwell in it. 41 "Look! An army is coming from the north; a great nation and many kings are being stirred up from the ends of the earth. 42 They are armed with bows and spears; they are cruel and without mercy. They sound like the roaring sea as they ride on their horses; they come like men in battle formation to attack you, O Daughter of Babylon. 43 The king of Babylon has heard reports about them, and his hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped him, pain like that of a woman in labor. 44 Like a lion coming up from Jordan's thickets to a rich pastureland, I will chase Babylon from its land in an instant. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? Who is like me and who can challenge me? And what shepherd can stand against me?" 45 Therefore, hear what the Lord has planned against Babylon, what he has purposed against the land of the Babylonians: The young of the flock will be dragged away; he will completely destroy their pasture because of them. 46 At the sound of Babylon's capture the earth will tremble; its cry will resound among the nations.
Jeremiah 51: 1-64 (NIV) This is what the Lord says: "See, I will stir up the spirit of a destroyer against Babylon and the people of Leb Kamai. 2 will send foreigners to Babylon to winnow her and to devastate her land; they will oppose her on every side in the day of her disaster. 3 Let not the archer string his bow, nor let him put on his armor. Do not spare her young men; completely destroy her army. 4 They will fall down slain in Babylon, fatally wounded in her streets. 5 For Israel and Judah have not been forsaken by their God, the Lord Almighty, though their land is full of guilt before the Holy One of Israel. 6 "Flee from Babylon! Run for your lives! Do not be destroyed because of her sins. It is time for the Lord's vengeance; he will pay her what she deserves. 7 Babylon was a gold cup in the Lord's hand; she made the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore they have now gone mad. 8 Babylon will suddenly fall and be broken. Wail over her! Get balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed. 9 " 'We would have healed Babylon, but she cannot be healed; let us leave her and each go to his own land, for her judgment reaches to the skies, it rises as high as the clouds.’10 'The Lord has vindicated us; come, let us tell in Zion what the Lord our God has done.' 11"Sharpen the arrows, take up the shields! The Lord has stirred up the kings of the Medes, because his purpose is to destroy Babylon. The Lord will take vengeance, vengeance for his temple. 12 Lift up a banner against the walls of Babylon! Reinforce the guard, station the watchmen, prepare an ambush! The Lord will carry out his purpose, his decree against the people of Babylon. 13 You who live by many waters and are rich in treasures, your end has come, the time for you to be cut off. 14 The Lord Almighty has sworn by himself: I will surely fill you with men, as with a swarm of locusts, and they will shout in triumph over you. 15 "He made the earth by his power; he founded the world by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding. 16 When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth. He sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses. 17 "Every man is senseless and without knowledge; every goldsmith is shamed by his idols. His images are a fraud; they have no breath in them. 18 They are worthless, the objects of mockery; when their judgment comes, they will perish. 19 He who is the Portion of Jacob is not like these, for he is the Maker of all things, including the tribe of his inheritance--the Lord Almighty is his name. 20 "You are my war club, my weapon for battle--with you I shatter nations, with you I destroy kingdoms, 21 with you I shatter horse and rider, with you I shatter chariot and driver, 22 with you I shatter man and woman, with you I shatter old man and youth, with you I shatter young man and maiden, 23 with you I shatter shepherd and flock, with you I shatter farmer and oxen, with you I shatter governors and officials. 24 "Before your eyes I will repay Babylon and all who live in Babylonia for all the wrong they have done in Zion," declares the Lord 25 "I am against you, O destroying mountain, you who destroy the whole earth," declares the Lord "I will stretch out my hand against you, roll you off the cliffs, and make you a burned-out mountain. 26 No rock will be taken from you for a cornerstone, nor any stone for a foundation, for you will be desolate forever," declares the Lord. 27 "Lift up a banner in the land! Blow the trumpet among the nations! Prepare the nations for battle against her; summon against her these kingdoms: Ararat, Minni and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander against her; send up horses like a swarm of locusts. 28 Prepare the nations for battle against her--the kings of the Medes, their governors and all their officials, and all the countries they rule. 29 The land trembles and writhes, for the Lord's purposes against Babylon stand--to lay waste the land of Babylon so that no one will live there. 30 Babylon's warriors have stopped fighting; they remain in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Her dwellings are set on fire; the bars of her gates are broken. 31 One courier follows another and messenger follows messenger to announce to the king of Babylon that his entire city is captured, 32 the river crossings seized, the marshes set on fire, and the soldiers terrified." 33 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: "The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled; the time to harvest her will soon come." 34 "Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured us, he has thrown us into confusion, he has made us an empty jar. Like a serpent he has swallowed us and filled his stomach with our delicacies, and then has spewed us out. 35 May the violence done to our flesh be upon Babylon," say the inhabitants of Zion. "May our blood be on those who live in Babylonia," says Jerusalem. 36 Therefore, this is what the Lord says: "See, I will defend your cause and avenge you; I will dry up her sea and make her springs dry. 37 Babylon will be a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals, an object of horror and scorn, a place where no one lives. 38 Her people all roar like young lions, they growl like lion cubs. 39 But while they are aroused, I will set out a feast for them and make them drunk, so that they shout with laughter--then sleep forever and not awake," declares the Lord. 40 "I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams and goats. 41 "How Sheshach will be captured, the boast of the whole earth seized! What a horror Babylon will be among the nations! 42 The sea will rise over Babylon; its roaring waves will cover her. 43 Her towns will be desolate, a dry and desert land, a land where no one lives, through which no man travels. 44 I will punish Bel in Babylon and make him spew out what he has swallowed. The nations will no longer stream to him. And the wall of Babylon will fall. 45 "Come out of her, my people! Run for your lives! Run from the fierce anger of the Lord. 46 Do not lose heart or be afraid when rumors are heard in the land; one rumor comes this year, another the next, rumors of violence in the land and of ruler against ruler. 47 For the time will surely come when I will punish the idols of Babylon; her whole land will be disgraced and her slain will all lie fallen within her. 48 Then heaven and earth and all that is in them will shout for joy over Babylon, for out of the north destroyers will attack her, " declares the Lord. 49 "Babylon must fall because of Israel's slain, just as the slain in all the earth have fallen because of Babylon. 50 You who have escaped the sword, leave and do not linger! Remember the Lord in a distant land, and think on Jerusalem." 51 "We are disgraced, for we have been insulted and shame covers our faces, because foreigners have entered the holy places of the Lord's house." 52 "But days are coming," declares the Lord, "when I will punish her idols, and throughout her land the wounded will groan. 53 Even if Babylon reaches the sky and fortifies her lofty stronghold, I will send destroyers against her," declares the Lord. 54 "The sound of a cry comes from Babylon, the sound of great destruction from the land of the Babylonians. 55 The Lord will destroy Babylon; he will silence her noisy din. Waves of enemies will rage like great waters; the roar of their voices will resound. 56 A destroyer will come against Babylon; her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken. For the Lord is a God of retribution; he will repay in full. 57 I will make her officials and wise men drunk, her governors, officers and warriors as well; they will sleep forever and not awake," declares the King, whose name is the Lord Almighty. 58 This is what the Lord Almighty says: "Babylon's thick wall will be leveled and her high gates set on fire; the peoples exhaust themselves for nothing, the nations' labor is only fuel for the flames." 59 This is the message Jeremiah gave to the staff officer Seraiah son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went to Babylon with Zedekiah king of Judah in the fourth year of his reign. 60 Jeremiah had written on a scroll about all the disasters that would come upon Babylon--all that had been recorded concerning Babylon. 61 He said to Seraiah, "When you get to Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud. 62 Then say, 'O Lord, you have said you will destroy this place, so that neither man nor animal will live in it; it will be desolate forever.' 63 When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and throw it into the Euphrates. 64 Then say, 'So will Babylon sink to rise no more because of the disaster I will bring upon her. And her people will fall.'" The words of Jeremiah end here.
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If the United States in the end times is Babylon, what happens to all of the Christians here when the U. S. is destroyed?
This question is referencing "The Destruction Of The United States Of America." Revelation chapter 18 is a commercial Babylon. It is figuratively a nation, and it is literally a specific city. In the national sense, it is the United States of America! In the specific sense, it is New York City!
In response, I would first like to review God's perfect will as contrasted to God's permissive will. God's perfect will is those things that God desires to happen, such as every person coming to repentance for their sins:
2 Peter 3:9 (NIV) The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
Everyone does not come to repentance, so we can conclude that God does not always get God's perfect will. God's permissive will is those things that God allows to happen because God has given mankind a free-will to choose to worship God, or to not worship God. Man can choose to do God's will, or to not do God's will.
John 7:17 (NIV) "If anyone chooses to do God's will, he will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own."
There are many terrible things that happen in this world because of sin, that are not in God's perfect will; such as murder, rape, drug abuse, and child molestation. God does not desire those things to happen, but God allows them to happen, because if God restricted mankind to God's perfect will, mankind would be restricted from sinning, and God would have therefore effectually robbed man of man's free-will. Pope Benedict recently asked how God could have remained silent and tolerated the Jewish Holocaust. God allowed the Jewish Holocaust in God's permissive will in the same way that God remained silent and tolerated Catholic priests sexually molesting thousands of little Catholic boys and girls. If mankind could not choose to sin, then mankind would be forced to be Holy. At that point, mankind would not be Holy, mankind would be a mechanical puppet.
Consider that there are some good things that happen to unrighteous people in this sinful world, because of the salt and light effect of the righteous people that are in it.
Matthew 5:45b (NIV) "He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous."
There are some bad things that happen to righteous people because of the sin in this world. As an example of bad things happening to righteous people because they live in this sinful world, we can look at the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ (Matthew 26:36-27:56, Mark 14:32-15:41, Luke 22:39-23:49, John 18:1-19:37), and the decapitation of John the Baptist (Matthew 14:1-12, Mark 6:14-29, Luke 9:7-9).
Consider also that Death comes to the individual, not to the group. Pain and suffering is always dealt with on an individual basis. Every individual Jewish victim of the holocaust dealt with death personally. The fact that there were 5,999,999 other Jewish people being tortured and killed did not lessen the blow of death to any individual Jewish person.
The question is: "Does Biblical and secular history provide us with any occasions on which a single "Born Again" Child of God was ever persecuted and killed, or killed in a natural disaster?" The obvious answer to that question is a resounding YES; as Jesus Christ was Crucified; John the Baptist was decapitated; the Apostle Paul and most of the Disciples; many in the early church; and untold numbers of "Born Again" Children of God have been killed in the last 2,000 years. NO theologian can defense the position that individual "Born Again" Children of God are not persecuted or killed.
Luke 21:16 (NIV) "You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death."
The Holy Scripture is very clear that Christians will be persecuted, and in fact teaches that if you are not being persecuted, there is an implied question brought forth about whether or not you are even living a godly life in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 3:12 (NIV) In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
In the strictest logical path, we must then ask if there is a quantitative number of "Born Again" Children of God, that God will not allow to be persecuted or killed, at the same time?
"Rapture" theorists have stated that, "Before the first drop of water fell on the earth, Noah and his family were safe inside the ark; and before the fire fell on Sodom and Gomorrah, the Righteous were brought out safe."
Let us first consider that assertion concerning Noah, (Genesis chapters 6-9) where God chose to remove eight people before destroying everyone else in the entire world. We do not know if all eight that God removed were righteous, as after the flood, the actions of Ham referenced in Genesis 9:18-27 gives us reason to believe that Ham's personal righteousness was in question, but God did remove eight people before the destruction.
Does this mean that "Born Again" Children of God in groups of eight or more, are exempt from persecution leading to death, or from death caused by natural tragedy? I think not. History has proven that on many, many occasions, eight or more "Born Again" Children of God have been persecuted and killed, or killed in natural disasters, and killed in man made tragedies.
Again, we ask if history has ever provided us with any examples of eight righteous people being killed, in a natural, or man created disaster. The answer is a resounding yes.
Second, consider the prayer of Abraham concerning the Biblical example of Sodom and Gomorrah referenced in Genesis 18:16-33.
Genesis 18:16-33 (NIV) When the men got up to leave, they looked down toward Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them on their way. 17 Then the LORD said, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do? 18 Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him. 19 For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, so that the LORD will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him." 20 Then the LORD said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous 21 that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know." 22 The men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD. 23 Then Abraham approached him and said: "Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked? 24 What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people in it? 25 Far be it from you to do such a thing--to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?" 26 The LORD said, "If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake." 27 Then Abraham spoke up again: "Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, though I am nothing but dust and ashes, 28 what if the number of the righteous is five less than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city because of five people?" "If I find forty-five there," he said, "I will not destroy it." 29 Once again he spoke to him, "What if only forty are found there?" He said, "For the sake of forty, I will not do it." 30 Then he said, "May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak. What if only thirty can be found there?" He answered, "I will not do it if I find thirty there." 31 Abraham said, "Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty can be found there?" He said, "For the sake of twenty, I will not destroy it." 32 Then he said, "May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if only ten can be found there?" He answered, "For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it." 33 When the LORD had finished speaking with Abraham, he left, and Abraham returned home.
The actual question we can answer because of this Holy Scripture, is not whether or not God would allow ten "Born Again" Children of God to be killed, but whether God would allow the entire city to continue to live, if and because of ten righteous in the city. God did destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, so we can conclude that there was not ten righteous in the entire city. On this occasion, God chose to remove the righteous - Lot (2 Peter 2:7,8) and his two daughters. Again, we cannot judge whether Lot's two daughters were righteous, although in view of Genesis 19:30-38 we have strong reason to believe that they were not. Genesis 19:15-26 reveals the fact that God also made provision to save Lot's wife who was obviously not righteous.
For the sake of discussion, let us assume that Lot and both of Lot's daughters were righteous. Does this mean that "Born Again" Children of God in groups of three or more are exempt from persecution leading to death, or from death caused by natural tragedy? I think not. History has proven that on many, many occasions, three or more "Born Again" Children of God have been persecuted and killed; or killed in natural disasters, and killed in man made tragedies.
It is likely that on both these occasions, the families of Lot and Noah were saved due to the righteousness of Lot and Noah. God states in Ezekiel 14:20 printed below, that under specific circumstances, the righteousness of Noah, Daniel, and Job would not impact their immediate families; implying that in any other circumstances except those specifically stated, a person's righteousness very greatly impacts that person's family.
Ezekiel 14:20 (NIV) as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, even if Noah, Daniel and Job were in it, they could save neither son nor daughter. They would save only themselves by their righteousness.
One must consider Romans 14:7 concerning our personal responsibility for our own families at this point.
Romans 14:7 (NIV) For none of us lives to himself alone and none of us dies to himself alone.
If the two examples most frequently put forth of Noah and Lot, are given as proof that God will not allow "Born Again" Children of God to be killed, then we must take the position that there has never been eight, or three, "Born Again" Children of God killed, at any one single time in history. I think no person can defense that position. That position would be to say that there were not eight, or three, "Born Again" Children of God killed in the Alfred P. Murrah Building massacre in Oklahoma City. (Unlike "Calvinism" which teaches that all babies and children that fail to reach the age of accountability and accept Jesus Christ are predestined by God to go to Hell, I believe that God's prevenient grace covered those 29 children and babies killed there, and that they were safe in Paradise before the sound waves of the explosion had reached the next street.) It would be to take the position that there were not eight, or three, "Born Again" Children of God killed in the Los Angeles riots, that there were not eight, or three, "Born Again" Children of God killed in the gas attack in Tokyo, or that there were not eight, or three, "Born Again" Children of God killed in all of World War II, at the same time, or at any action. It is to take the position that eight, or three, "Born Again" Children of God have never been killed in a natural or man created disaster at anytime, anywhere. Contrary to that, I believe that life has continued to teach us that there are eight, or three, "Born Again" Children of God who are murdered every year, at one time somewhere in the world, and that there are occasions every single year where there are three "Born Again" Children of God who are killed, in a single automobile accident.
Third, consider that "Born Again" Children of God view physical death differently than does the natural man. This is quickly evidenced when Jesus Christ stated that though a "Born Again" Children of God is put to death, not a hair of their head will perish.
Luke 21:16-18 (NIV) "You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death. All men will hate you because of me. But not a hair of your head will perish."
To the natural man, Jesus Christ's words appear to create a contradiction. "Born Again" Children of God understand that even though they may physically die, nothing about them will perish. "Born Again" Children of God view death as a transition, and as a beginning of gloriousness, and for them it is that, but better:
Philippians 1:20-24 (NIV) I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. 21 For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. 22 If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! 23 I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far; 24 but it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body.
What will happen to the "Born Again" Children of God in New York City when it is annihilated? They will instantly be in paradise with Jesus Christ.
Luke 16:19-31 (NIV) "There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores and longing to eat what fell from the rich man's table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores. "The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried. In hell, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. So he called to him, 'Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.' "But Abraham replied, 'Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.' "He answered, 'Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my father's house, for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.' "Abraham replied, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.' "'No, father Abraham,' he said, 'but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.' "He said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.'"
Luke 23:40-43 (NIV) But the other criminal rebuked him. "Don't you fear God," he said, "since you are under the same sentence? 41 We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong." 42 Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." 43 Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise."
The natural man views death as final, the end chapter. For the natural man, it is that, but worse. What will happen to the sinners in New York City when it is annihilated? They will instantly be in Hell, tormented for eternity.
Luke 16:22b-23 (NIV) "The rich man also died and was buried. In hell, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side."
Revelation 14:11a (NIV) And the smoke of their torment rises for ever and ever.
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Genesis 6-9 (NIV) When men began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose. 3 Then the LORD said, "My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal ; his days will be a hundred and twenty years." 4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days--and also afterward--when the sons of God went to the daughters of men and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown. 5 The LORD saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time. 6 The LORD was grieved that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain. 7 So the LORD said, "I will wipe mankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth--men and animals, and creatures that move along the ground, and birds of the air--for I am grieved that I have made them." 8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD. 9 This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God. 10 Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth. 11 Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight and was full of violence. 12 God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways. 13 So God said to Noah, "I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth. 14 So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out. 15 This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high. 16 Make a roof for it and finish the ark to within 18 inches of the top. Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks. 17 I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish. 18 But I will establish my covenant with you, and you will enter the ark--you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with you. 19 You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you. 20 Two of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal and of every kind of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept alive. 21 You are to take every kind of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and for them." 22 Noah did everything just as God commanded him. 7:1 The LORD then said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation. 2 Take with you seven of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and two of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate, 3 and also seven of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive throughout the earth. 4 Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made." 5 And Noah did all that the LORD commanded him. 6 Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters came on the earth. 7 And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood. 8 Pairs of clean and unclean animals, of birds and of all creatures that move along the ground, 9 male and female, came to Noah and entered the ark, as God had commanded Noah. 10 And after the seven days the floodwaters came on the earth. 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, on the seventeenth day of the second month--on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened. 12 And rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights. 13 On that very day Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth, together with his wife and the wives of his three sons, entered the ark. 14 They had with them every wild animal according to its kind, all livestock according to their kinds, every creature that moves along the ground according to its kind and every bird according to its kind, everything with wings. 15 Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life in them came to Noah and entered the ark. 16 The animals going in were male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in. 17 For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth. 18 The waters rose and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water. 19 They rose greatly on the earth, and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered. 20 The waters rose and covered the mountains to a depth of more than twenty feet. 21 Every living thing that moved on the earth perished--birds, livestock, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind. 22 Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died. 23 Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out; men and animals and the creatures that move along the ground and the birds of the air were wiped from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those with him in the ark. 24 The waters flooded the earth for a hundred and fifty days. 8:1 But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded. 2 Now the springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens had been closed, and the rain had stopped falling from the sky. 3 The water receded steadily from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the water had gone down, 4 and on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. 5 The waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible. 6 After forty days Noah opened the window he had made in the ark 7 and sent out a raven, and it kept flying back and forth until the water had dried up from the earth. 8 Then he sent out a dove to see if the water had receded from the surface of the ground. 9 But the dove could find no place to set its feet because there was water over all the surface of the earth; so it returned to Noah in the ark. He reached out his hand and took the dove and brought it back to himself in the ark. 10 He waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark. 11 When the dove returned to him in the evening, there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf! Then Noah knew that the water had receded from the earth. 12 He waited seven more days and sent the dove out again, but this time it did not return to him. 13 By the first day of the first month of Noah's six hundred and first year, the water had dried up from the earth. Noah then removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry. 14 By the twenty-seventh day of the second month the earth was completely dry. 15 Then God said to Noah, 16 "Come out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and their wives. 17 Bring out every kind of living creature that is with you--the birds, the animals, and all the creatures that move along the ground--so they can multiply on the earth and be fruitful and increase in number upon it." 18 So Noah came out, together with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives. 19 All the animals and all the creatures that move along the ground and all the birds--everything that moves on the earth--came out of the ark, one kind after another. 20 Then Noah built an altar to the LORD and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it. 21 The LORD smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: "Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done. 22 "As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease." 9:1 Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth. 2 The fear and dread of you will fall upon all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air, upon every creature that moves along the ground, and upon all the fish of the sea; they are given into your hands. 3 Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything. 4 "But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it. 5 And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each man, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of his fellow man. 6 "Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made man. 7 As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it." 8 Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him: 9 "I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you 10 and with every living creature that was with you--the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you--every living creature on earth. 11 I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth." 12 And God said, "This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: 13 I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, 15 I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. 16 Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth." 17 So God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth." 18 The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.) 19 These were the three sons of Noah, and from them came the people who were scattered over the earth. 20 Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard. 21 When he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent. 22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father's nakedness and told his two brothers outside. 23 But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered their father's nakedness. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father's nakedness. 24 When Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to him, 25 he said, "Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers." 26 He also said, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem. 27 May God extend the territory of Japheth ; may Japheth live in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his slave." 28 After the flood Noah lived 350 years. 29 Altogether, Noah lived 950 years, and then he died.
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Genesis 9:18-27 (NIV) The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.) 19 These were the three sons of Noah, and from them came the people who were scattered over the earth. 20 Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard. 21 When he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent. 22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father's nakedness and told his two brothers outside. 23 But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered their father's nakedness. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father's nakedness. 24 When Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to him, 25 he said, "Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers." 26 He also said, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem. 27 May God extend the territory of Japheth ; may Japheth live in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his slave."
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Genesis 19:15-26 (NIV) With the coming of dawn, the angels urged Lot, saying, "Hurry! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away when the city is punished." 16 When he hesitated, the men grasped his hand and the hands of his wife and of his two daughters and led them safely out of the city, for the LORD was merciful to them. 17 As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, "Flee for your lives! Don't look back, and don't stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains or you will be swept away!" 18 But Lot said to them, "No, my lords, please! 19 Your servant has found favor in your eyes, and you have shown great kindness to me in sparing my life. But I can't flee to the mountains; this disaster will overtake me, and I'll die. 20 Look, here is a town near enough to run to, and it is small. Let me flee to it--it is very small, isn't it? Then my life will be spared." 21 He said to him, "Very well, I will grant this request too; I will not overthrow the town you speak of. 22 But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it." (That is why the town was called Zoar.) 23 By the time Lot reached Zoar, the sun had risen over the land. 24 Then the LORD rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah--from the LORD out of the heavens. 25 Thus he overthrew those cities and the entire plain, including all those living in the cities--and also the vegetation in the land. 26 But Lot's wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
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Genesis 19:30-38 (NIV) Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains, for he was afraid to stay in Zoar. He and his two daughters lived in a cave. 31 One day the older daughter said to the younger, "Our father is old, and there is no man around here to lie with us, as is the custom all over the earth. 32 Let's get our father to drink wine and then lie with him and preserve our family line through our father." 33 That night they got their father to drink wine, and the older daughter went in and lay with him. He was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up. 34 The next day the older daughter said to the younger, "Last night I lay with my father. Let's get him to drink wine again tonight, and you go in and lie with him so we can preserve our family line through our father." 35 So they got their father to drink wine that night also, and the younger daughter went and lay with him. Again he was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up. 36 So both of Lot's daughters became pregnant by their father. 37 The older daughter had a son, and she named him Moab ; he is the father of the Moabites of today. 38 The younger daughter also had a son, and she named him Ben-Ammi ; he is the father of the Ammonites of today.
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Matthew 26:36-27:56 (NIV) Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, "Sit here while I go over there and pray." 37 He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled. 38 Then he said to them, "My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me." 39 Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will." 40 Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. "Could you men not keep watch with me for one hour?" he asked Peter. 41 "Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak." 42 He went away a second time and prayed, "My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done." 43 When he came back, he again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy. 44 So he left them and went away once more and prayed the third time, saying the same thing. 45 Then he returned to the disciples and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is near, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 46 Rise, let us go! Here comes my betrayer!" 47 While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived. With him was a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and the elders of the people. 48 Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: "The one I kiss is the man; arrest him." 49 Going at once to Jesus, Judas said, "Greetings, Rabbi!" and kissed him. 50 Jesus replied, "Friend, do what you came for." Then the men stepped forward, seized Jesus and arrested him. 51 With that, one of Jesus' companions reached for his sword, drew it out and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear. 52 "Put your sword back in its place," Jesus said to him, "for all who draw the sword will die by the sword. 53 Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels? 54 But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen in this way?" 55 At that time Jesus said to the crowd, "Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come out with swords and clubs to capture me? Every day I sat in the temple courts teaching, and you did not arrest me. 56 But this has all taken place that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled." Then all the disciples deserted him and fled. 57 Those who had arrested Jesus took him to Caiaphas, the high priest, where the teachers of the law and the elders had assembled. 58 But Peter followed him at a distance, right up to the courtyard of the high priest. He entered and sat down with the guards to see the outcome. 59 The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death. 60 But they did not find any, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward 61 and declared, "This fellow said, 'I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.'" 62 Then the high priest stood up and said to Jesus, "Are you not going to answer? What is this testimony that these men are bringing against you?" 63 But Jesus remained silent. The high priest said to him, "I charge you under oath by the living God: Tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God." 64 "Yes, it is as you say," Jesus replied. "But I say to all of you: In the future you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven." 65 Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, "He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy. 66 What do you think?" "He is worthy of death," they answered. 67 Then they spit in his face and struck him with their fists. Others slapped him 68 and said, "Prophesy to us, Christ. Who hit you?" 69 Now Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came to him. "You also were with Jesus of Galilee," she said. 70 But he denied it before them all. "I don't know what you're talking about," he said. 71 Then he went out to the gateway, where another girl saw him and said to the people there, "This fellow was with Jesus of Nazareth." 72 He denied it again, with an oath: "I don't know the man!" 73 After a little while, those standing there went up to Peter and said, "Surely you are one of them, for your accent gives you away." 74 Then he began to call down curses on himself and he swore to them, "I don't know the man!" Immediately a rooster crowed. 75 Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken: "Before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times." And he went outside and wept bitterly. 27:1 Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people came to the decision to put Jesus to death. 2 They bound him, led him away and handed him over to Pilate, the governor. 3 When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders. 4 "I have sinned," he said, "for I have betrayed innocent blood." "What is that to us?" they replied. "That's your responsibility." 5 So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself. 6 The chief priests picked up the coins and said, "It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money." 7 So they decided to use the money to buy the potter's field as a burial place for foreigners. 8 That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day. 9 Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: "They took the thirty silver coins, the price set on him by the people of Israel, 10 and they used them to buy the potter's field, as the Lord commanded me." 11 Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" "Yes, it is as you say," Jesus replied. 12 When he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he gave no answer. 13 Then Pilate asked him, "Don't you hear the testimony they are bringing against you?" 14 But Jesus made no reply, not even to a single charge--to the great amazement of the governor. 15 Now it was the governor's custom at the Feast to release a prisoner chosen by the crowd. 16 At that time they had a notorious prisoner, called Barabbas. 17 So when the crowd had gathered, Pilate asked them, "Which one do you want me to release to you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?" 18 For he knew it was out of envy that they had handed Jesus over to him. 19 While Pilate was sitting on the judge's seat, his wife sent him this message: "Don't have anything to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered a great deal today in a dream because of him." 20 But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus executed. 21 "Which of the two do you want me to release to you?" asked the governor. "Barabbas," they answered. 22 "What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called Christ?" Pilate asked. They all answered, "Crucify him!" 23 "Why? What crime has he committed?" asked Pilate. But they shouted all the louder, "Crucify him!" 24 When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. "I am innocent of this man's blood," he said. "It is your responsibility!" 25 All the people answered, "Let his blood be on us and on our children!" 26 Then he released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified. 27 Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. 28 They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, 29 and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand and knelt in front of him and mocked him. "Hail, king of the Jews!" they said. 30 They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again. 31 After they had mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him. 32 As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross. 33 They came to a place called Golgotha (which means The Place of the Skull). 34 There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, he refused to drink it. 35 When they had crucified him, they divided up his clothes by casting lots. 36 And sitting down, they kept watch over him there. 37 Above his head they placed the written charge against him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS. 38 Two robbers were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left. 39 Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads 40 and saying, "You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!" 41 In the same way the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders mocked him. 42 "He saved others," they said, "but he can't save himself! He's the King of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. 43 He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, 'I am the Son of God.'" 44 In the same way the robbers who were crucified with him also heaped insults on him. 45 From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land. 46 About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?"--which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" 47 When some of those standing there heard this, they said, "He's calling Elijah." 48 Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a stick, and offered it to Jesus to drink. 49 The rest said, "Now leave him alone. Let's see if Elijah comes to save him." 50 And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. 51 At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks split. 52 The tombs broke open and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. 53 They came out of the tombs, and after Jesus' resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many people. 54 When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, "Surely he was the Son of God!" 55 Many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to care for his needs. 56 Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's sons.
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Mark 14:32-15:41 (NIV) They went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, "Sit here while I pray." 33 He took Peter, James and John along with him, and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled. 34 "My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death," he said to them. "Stay here and keep watch." 35 Going a little farther, he fell to the ground and prayed that if possible the hour might pass from him. 36 "Abba, Father," he said, "everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will." 37 Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. "Simon," he said to Peter, "are you asleep? Could you not keep watch for one hour? 38 Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak." 39 Once more he went away and prayed the same thing. 40 When he came back, he again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy. They did not know what to say to him. 41 Returning the third time, he said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough! The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 42 Rise! Let us go! Here comes my betrayer!" 43 Just as he was speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, appeared. With him was a crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests, the teachers of the law, and the elders. 44 Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: "The one I kiss is the man; arrest him and lead him away under guard." 45 Going at once to Jesus, Judas said, "Rabbi!" and kissed him. 46 The men seized Jesus and arrested him. 47 Then one of those standing near drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear. 48 "Am I leading a rebellion," said Jesus, "that you have come out with swords and clubs to capture me? 49 Every day I was with you, teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest me. But the Scriptures must be fulfilled." 50 Then everyone deserted him and fled. 51 A young man, wearing nothing but a linen garment, was following Jesus. When they seized him, 52 he fled naked, leaving his garment behind. 53 They took Jesus to the high priest, and all the chief priests, elders and teachers of the law came together. 54 Peter followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. There he sat with the guards and warmed himself at the fire. 55 The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death, but they did not find any. 56 Many testified falsely against him, but their statements did not agree. 57 Then some stood up and gave this false testimony against him: 58 "We heard him say, 'I will destroy this man-made temple and in three days will build another, not made by man.'" 59 Yet even then their testimony did not agree. 60 Then the high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus, "Are you not going to answer? What is this testimony that these men are bringing against you?" 61 But Jesus remained silent and gave no answer. Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?" 62 "I am," said Jesus. "And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven." 63 The high priest tore his clothes. "Why do we need any more witnesses?" he asked. 64 "You have heard the blasphemy. What do you think?" They all condemned him as worthy of death. 65 Then some began to spit at him; they blindfolded him, struck him with their fists, and said, "Prophesy!" And the guards took him and beat him. 66 While Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came by. 67 When she saw Peter warming himself, she looked closely at him. "You also were with that Nazarene, Jesus," she said. 68 But he denied it. "I don't know or understand what you're talking about," he said, and went out into the entryway. 69 When the servant girl saw him there, she said again to those standing around, "This fellow is one of them." 70 Again he denied it. After a little while, those standing near said to Peter, "Surely you are one of them, for you are a Galilean." 71 He began to call down curses on himself, and he swore to them, "I don't know this man you're talking about." 72 Immediately the rooster crowed the second time. Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken to him: "Before the rooster crows twice you will disown me three times." And he broke down and wept. 15:1 Very early in the morning, the chief priests, with the elders, the teachers of the law and the whole Sanhedrin, reached a decision. They bound Jesus, led him away and handed him over to Pilate. 2 "Are you the king of the Jews?" asked Pilate. "Yes, it is as you say," Jesus replied. 3 The chief priests accused him of many things. 4 So again Pilate asked him, "Aren't you going to answer? See how many things they are accusing you of." 5 But Jesus still made no reply, and Pilate was amazed. 6 Now it was the custom at the Feast to release a prisoner whom the people requested. 7 A man called Barabbas was in prison with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the uprising. 8 The crowd came up and asked Pilate to do for them what he usually did. 9 "Do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?" asked Pilate, 10 knowing it was out of envy that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him. 11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have Pilate release Barabbas instead. 12 "What shall I do, then, with the one you call the king of the Jews?" Pilate asked them. 13 "Crucify him!" they shouted. 14 "Why? What crime has he committed?" asked Pilate. But they shouted all the louder, "Crucify him!" 15 Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified. 16 The soldiers led Jesus away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and called together the whole company of soldiers. 17 They put a purple robe on him, then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on him. 18 And they began to call out to him, "Hail, king of the Jews!" 19 Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Falling on their knees, they paid homage to him. 20 And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him out to crucify him. 21 A certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and they forced him to carry the cross. 22 They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means The Place of the Skull). 23 Then they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it. 24 And they crucified him. Dividing up his clothes, they cast lots to see what each would get. 25 It was the third hour when they crucified him. 26 The written notice of the charge against him read: THE KING OF THE JEWS. 27 They crucified two robbers with him, one on his right and one on his left. 28 29 Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads and saying, "So! You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, 30 come down from the cross and save yourself!" 31 In the same way the chief priests and the teachers of the law mocked him among themselves. "He saved others," they said, "but he can't save himself! 32 Let this Christ, this King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe." Those crucified with him also heaped insults on him. 33 At the sixth hour darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour. 34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?"--which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" 35 When some of those standing near heard this, they said, "Listen, he's calling Elijah." 36 One man ran, filled a sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a stick, and offered it to Jesus to drink. "Now leave him alone. Let's see if Elijah comes to take him down," he said. 37 With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last. 38 The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. 39 And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, heard his cry and saw how he died, he said, "Surely this man was the Son of God!" 40 Some women were watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome. 41 In Galilee these women had followed him and cared for his needs. Many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem were also there.
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Luke 22:39-23:49 (NIV) Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him. 40 On reaching the place, he said to them, "Pray that you will not fall into temptation." 41 He withdrew about a stone's throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed, 42 "Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done." 43 An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. 44 And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground. 45 When he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, he found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow. 46 "Why are you sleeping?" he asked them. "Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation." 47 While he was still speaking a crowd came up, and the man who was called Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus to kiss him, 48 but Jesus asked him, "Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?" 49 When Jesus' followers saw what was going to happen, they said, "Lord, should we strike with our swords?" 50 And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear. 51 But Jesus answered, "No more of this!" And he touched the man's ear and healed him. 52 Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders, who had come for him, "Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come with swords and clubs? 53 Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on me. But this is your hour--when darkness reigns." 54 Then seizing him, they led him away and took him into the house of the high priest. Peter followed at a distance. 55 But when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter sat down with them. 56 A servant girl saw him seated there in the firelight. She looked closely at him and said, "This man was with him." 57 But he denied it. "Woman, I don't know him," he said. 58 A little later someone else saw him and said, "You also are one of them." "Man, I am not!" Peter replied. 59 About an hour later another asserted, "Certainly this fellow was with him, for he is a Galilean." 60 Peter replied, "Man, I don't know what you're talking about!" Just as he was speaking, the rooster crowed. 61 The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him: "Before the rooster crows today, you will disown me three times." 62 And he went outside and wept bitterly. 63 The men who were guarding Jesus began mocking and beating him. 64 They blindfolded him and demanded, "Prophesy! Who hit you?" 65 And they said many other insulting things to him. 66 At daybreak the council of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and teachers of the law, met together, and Jesus was led before them. 67 "If you are the Christ, " they said, "tell us." Jesus answered, "If I tell you, you will not believe me, 68 and if I asked you, you would not answer. 69 But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the mighty God." 70 They all asked, "Are you then the Son of God?" He replied, "You are right in saying I am." 71 Then they said, "Why do we need any more testimony? We have heard it from his own lips." 23:1 Then the whole assembly rose and led him off to Pilate. 2 And they began to accuse him, saying, "We have found this man subverting our nation. He opposes payment of taxes to Caesar and claims to be Christ, a king." 3 So Pilate asked Jesus, "Are you the king of the Jews?" "Yes, it is as you say," Jesus replied. 4 Then Pilate announced to the chief priests and the crowd, "I find no basis for a charge against this man." 5 But they insisted, "He stirs up the people all over Judea by his teaching. He started in Galilee and has come all the way here." 6 On hearing this, Pilate asked if the man was a Galilean. 7 When he learned that Jesus was under Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem at that time. 8 When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased, because for a long time he had been wanting to see him. From what he had heard about him, he hoped to see him perform some miracle. 9 He plied him with many questions, but Jesus gave him no answer. 10 The chief priests and the teachers of the law were standing there, vehemently accusing him. 11 Then Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked him. Dressing him in an elegant robe, they sent him back to Pilate. 12 That day Herod and Pilate became friends--before this they had been enemies. 13 Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers and the people, 14 and said to them, "You brought me this man as one who was inciting the people to rebellion. I have examined him in your presence and have found no basis for your charges against him. 15 Neither has Herod, for he sent him back to us; as you can see, he has done nothing to deserve death. 16 Therefore, I will punish him and then release him." 17 18 With one voice they cried out, "Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!" 19 (Barabbas had been thrown into prison for an insurrection in the city, and for murder.) 20 Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate appealed to them again. 21 But they kept shouting, "Crucify him! Crucify him!" 22 For the third time he spoke to them: "Why? What crime has this man committed? I have found in him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore I will have him punished and then release him." 23 But with loud shouts they insistently demanded that he be crucified, and their shouts prevailed. 24 So Pilate decided to grant their demand. 25 He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, the one they asked for, and surrendered Jesus to their will. 26 As they led him away, they seized Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus. 27 A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him. 28 Jesus turned and said to them, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children. 29 For the time will come when you will say, 'Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!' 30 Then "'they will say to the mountains, "Fall on us!" and to the hills, "Cover us!"' 31 For if men do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?" 32 Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed. 33 When they came to the place called the Skull, there they crucified him, along with the criminals--one on his right, the other on his left. 34 Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided up his clothes by casting lots. 35 The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, "He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One." 36 The soldiers also came up and mocked him. They offered him wine vinegar 37 and said, "If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself." 38 There was a written notice above him, which read: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 39 One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: "Aren't you the Christ? Save yourself and us!" 40 But the other criminal rebuked him. "Don't you fear God," he said, "since you are under the same sentence? 41 We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong." 42 Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." 43 Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise." 44 It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour, 45 for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. 46 Jesus called out with a loud voice, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." When he had said this, he breathed his last. 47 The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God and said, "Surely this was a righteous man." 48 When all the people who had gathered to witness this sight saw what took place, they beat their breasts and went away. 49 But all those who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.
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John 18:1-19:37 (NIV) When he had finished praying, Jesus left with his disciples and crossed the Kidron Valley. On the other side there was an olive grove, and he and his disciples went into it. 2 Now Judas, who betrayed him, knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with his disciples. 3 So Judas came to the grove, guiding a detachment of soldiers and some officials from the chief priests and Pharisees. They were carrying torches, lanterns and weapons. 4 Jesus, knowing all that was going to happen to him, went out and asked them, "Who is it you want?" 5 "Jesus of Nazareth," they replied. "I am he," Jesus said. (And Judas the traitor was standing there with them.) 6 When Jesus said, "I am he," they drew back and fell to the ground. 7 Again he asked them, "Who is it you want?" And they said, "Jesus of Nazareth." 8 "I told you that I am he," Jesus answered. "If you are looking for me, then let these men go." 9 This happened so that the words he had spoken would be fulfilled: "I have not lost one of those you gave me." 10 Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant, cutting off his right ear. (The servant's name was Malchus.) 11 Jesus commanded Peter, "Put your sword away! Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given me?" 12 Then the detachment of soldiers with its commander and the Jewish officials arrested Jesus. They bound him 13 and brought him first to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year. 14 Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it would be good if one man died for the people. 15 Simon Peter and another disciple were following Jesus. Because this disciple was known to the high priest, he went with Jesus into the high priest's courtyard, 16 but Peter had to wait outside at the door. The other disciple, who was known to the high priest, came back, spoke to the girl on duty there and brought Peter in. 17 "You are not one of his disciples, are you?" the girl at the door asked Peter. He replied, "I am not." 18 It was cold, and the servants and officials stood around a fire they had made to keep warm. Peter also was standing with them, warming himself. 19 Meanwhile, the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching. 20 "I have spoken openly to the world," Jesus replied. "I always taught in synagogues or at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret. 21 Why question me? Ask those who heard me. Surely they know what I said." 22 When Jesus said this, one of the officials nearby struck him in the face. "Is this the way you answer the high priest?" he demanded. 23 "If I said something wrong," Jesus replied, "testify as to what is wrong. But if I spoke the truth, why did you strike me?" 24 Then Annas sent him, still bound, to Caiaphas the high priest. 25 As Simon Peter stood warming himself, he was asked, "You are not one of his disciples, are you?" He denied it, saying, "I am not." 26 One of the high priest's servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, challenged him, "Didn't I see you with him in the olive grove?" 27 Again Peter denied it, and at that moment a rooster began to crow. 28 Then the Jews led Jesus from Caiaphas to the palace of the Roman governor. By now it was early morning, and to avoid ceremonial uncleanness the Jews did not enter the palace; they wanted to be able to eat the Passover. 29 So Pilate came out to them and asked, "What charges are you bringing against this man?" 30 "If he were not a criminal," they replied, "we would not have handed him over to you." 31 Pilate said, "Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law." "But we have no right to execute anyone," the Jews objected. 32 This happened so that the words Jesus had spoken indicating the kind of death he was going to die would be fulfilled. 33 Pilate then went back inside the palace, summoned Jesus and asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" 34 "Is that your own idea," Jesus asked, "or did others talk to you about me?" 35 "Am I a Jew?" Pilate replied. "It was your people and your chief priests who handed you over to me. What is it you have done?" 36 Jesus said, "My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jews. But now my kingdom is from another place." 37 "You are a king, then!" said Pilate. Jesus answered, "You are right in saying I am a king. In fact, for this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me." 38 "What is truth?" Pilate asked. With this he went out again to the Jews and said, "I find no basis for a charge against him. 39 But it is your custom for me to release to you one prisoner at the time of the Passover. Do you want me to release 'the king of the Jews'?" 40 They shouted back, "No, not him! Give us Barabbas!" Now Barabbas had taken part in a rebellion. 19:1 Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. 2 The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe 3 and went up to him again and again, saying, "Hail, king of the Jews!" And they struck him in the face. 4 Once more Pilate came out and said to the Jews, "Look, I am bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against him." 5 When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, "Here is the man!" 6 As soon as the chief priests and their officials saw him, they shouted, "Crucify! Crucify!" But Pilate answered, "You take him and crucify him. As for me, I find no basis for a charge against him." 7 The Jews insisted, "We have a law, and according to that law he must die, because he claimed to be the Son of God." 8 When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid, 9 and he went back inside the palace. "Where do you come from?" he asked Jesus, but Jesus gave him no answer. 10 "Do you refuse to speak to me?" Pilate said. "Don't you realize I have power either to free you or to crucify you?" 11 Jesus answered, "You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin." 12 From then on, Pilate tried to set Jesus free, but the Jews kept shouting, "If you let this man go, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar." 13 When Pilate heard this, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judge's seat at a place known as the Stone Pavement (which in Aramaic is Gabbatha). 14 It was the day of Preparation of Passover Week, about the sixth hour. "Here is your king," Pilate said to the Jews. 15 But they shouted, "Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!" "Shall I crucify your king?" Pilate asked. "We have no king but Caesar," the chief priests answered. 16 Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified. So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. 17 Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). 18 Here they crucified him, and with him two others--one on each side and Jesus in the middle. 19 Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS. 20 Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek. 21 The chief priests of the Jews protested to Pilate, "Do not write 'The King of the Jews,' but that this man claimed to be king of the Jews." 22 Pilate answered, "What I have written, I have written." 23 When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom. 24 "Let's not tear it," they said to one another. "Let's decide by lot who will get it." This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled which said, "They divided my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing." So this is what the soldiers did. 25 Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Dear woman, here is your son," 27 and to the disciple, "Here is your mother." From that time on, this disciple took her into his home. 28 Later, knowing that all was now completed, and so that the Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, "I am thirsty." 29 A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus' lips. 30 When he had received the drink, Jesus said, "It is finished." With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. 31 Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jews did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down. 32 The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other. 33 But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. 34 Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus' side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water. 35 The man who saw it has given testimony, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, and he testifies so that you also may believe. 36 These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: "Not one of his bones will be broken," 37 and, as another scripture says, "They will look on the one they have pierced."
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Matthew 14:1-12 (NIV) At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the reports about Jesus, 2 and he said to his attendants, "This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him." 3 Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, 4 for John had been saying to him: "It is not lawful for you to have her." 5 Herod wanted to kill John, but he was afraid of the people, because they considered him a prophet. 6 On Herod's birthday the daughter of Herodias danced for them and pleased Herod so much 7 that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked. 8 Prompted by her mother, she said, "Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist." 9 The king was distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he ordered that her request be granted 10 and had John beheaded in the prison. 11 His head was brought in on a platter and given to the girl, who carried it to her mother. 12 John's disciples came and took his body and buried it. Then they went and told Jesus.
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Mark 6:14-29 (NIV) King Herod heard about this, for Jesus' name had become well known. Some were saying, "John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him." 15 Others said, "He is Elijah." And still others claimed, "He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of long ago." 16 But when Herod heard this, he said, "John, the man I beheaded, has been raised from the dead!" 17 For Herod himself had given orders to have John arrested, and he had him bound and put in prison. He did this because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom he had married. 18 For John had been saying to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife." 19 So Herodias nursed a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she was not able to, 20 because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard John, he was greatly puzzled ; yet he liked to listen to him. 21 Finally the opportune time came. On his birthday Herod gave a banquet for his high officials and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee. 22 When the daughter of Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests. The king said to the girl, "Ask me for anything you want, and I'll give it to you." 23 And he promised her with an oath, "Whatever you ask I will give you, up to half my kingdom." 24 She went out and said to her mother, "What shall I ask for?" "The head of John the Baptist," she answered. 25 At once the girl hurried in to the king with the request: "I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptist on a platter." 26 The king was greatly distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he did not want to refuse her. 27 So he immediately sent an executioner with orders to bring John's head. The man went, beheaded John in the prison, 28 and brought back his head on a platter. He presented it to the girl, and she gave it to her mother. 29 On hearing of this, John's disciples came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.
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Luke 9:7-9 (NIV) Now Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was going on. And he was perplexed, because some were saying that John had been raised from the dead, 8 others that Elijah had appeared, and still others that one of the prophets of long ago had come back to life. 9 But Herod said, "I beheaded John. Who, then, is this I hear such things about?" And he tried to see him.
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2 Peter 2:7-8 (NIV) and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men 8 (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)--
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