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Germany's Sunday Law
Germany Reaffirms Sunday Law
December 1, 2009 From theTrumpet.comDec. 1, 2009, marks a historic day in Germany in more ways than one! By Ron Fraser
Coincident with the enacting of the Lisbon Treaty/EU constitution on December 1, Germany’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the nation’s capital must, like the rest of the country, abide by the law instituting Sunday as a day “of rest from work and of spiritual improvement” (Deutsche Welle, December 1).
Since the war, Berlin had enacted its own legislation allowing 10 shopping Sundays per year. That local ruling is now quashed. Effective from Jan. 1, 2010, Berlin must fall into line with the law institutionalizing Sunday as a day of rest and religious contemplation as contained in Germany’s Basic Law.
The actual law establishing Sunday as Germany’s weekly day of worship is enshrined in an appendix to the Basic Law under the heading, “Extracts From the German Constitution of Aug. 11, 1919 [Weimar Constitution].” There we find, under the subhead “Religion and Religious Societies,” Article 139, which reads: “Sunday and holidays recognized by the state shall remain protected by law as days of rest from work and of spiritual improvement.”
Though, under that same section, Article 137 (1) states “There shall be no state church,” the effect of the Sunday law is to institutionalize Roman Catholicism and its daughter churches as Germany’s state religion.
Those aware of the history of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation will see this move by Germany’s highest court as one step further toward enforcing Rome’s religion, not only as the state religion on Germany, but on the whole European empire enacted by treaty on this infamous day, Dec. 1, 2009.
The prophecies of Revelation 13 leap into current-day perspective with this latest ruling of Germany’s Constitutional Court. For a clearer understanding of just where this is all leading, read our booklet Who or What Is the Prophetic Beast? •
Disclaimer: This article is presented as information only and does not necessarily reflect the view of Wheat Harvest Ministries.
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December 1, 2009 From theTrumpet.comDec. 1, 2009, marks a historic day in Germany in more ways than one! By Ron Fraser
Coincident with the enacting of the Lisbon Treaty/EU constitution on December 1, Germany’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the nation’s capital must, like the rest of the country, abide by the law instituting Sunday as a day “of rest from work and of spiritual improvement” (Deutsche Welle, December 1).
Since the war, Berlin had enacted its own legislation allowing 10 shopping Sundays per year. That local ruling is now quashed. Effective from Jan. 1, 2010, Berlin must fall into line with the law institutionalizing Sunday as a day of rest and religious contemplation as contained in Germany’s Basic Law.
The actual law establishing Sunday as Germany’s weekly day of worship is enshrined in an appendix to the Basic Law under the heading, “Extracts From the German Constitution of Aug. 11, 1919 [Weimar Constitution].” There we find, under the subhead “Religion and Religious Societies,” Article 139, which reads: “Sunday and holidays recognized by the state shall remain protected by law as days of rest from work and of spiritual improvement.”
Though, under that same section, Article 137 (1) states “There shall be no state church,” the effect of the Sunday law is to institutionalize Roman Catholicism and its daughter churches as Germany’s state religion.
Those aware of the history of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation will see this move by Germany’s highest court as one step further toward enforcing Rome’s religion, not only as the state religion on Germany, but on the whole European empire enacted by treaty on this infamous day, Dec. 1, 2009.
The prophecies of Revelation 13 leap into current-day perspective with this latest ruling of Germany’s Constitutional Court. For a clearer understanding of just where this is all leading, read our booklet Who or What Is the Prophetic Beast? •
Disclaimer: This article is presented as information only and does not necessarily reflect the view of Wheat Harvest Ministries.
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SUNDAY LAW IN GERMANY?
The World from Berlin
'Even Atheists Need to Switch Off on Sundays'
REUTERS
Shoppers walk among illuminated Christmas decorations in a shopping mall at Berlin's Potsdamer Platz.
Germany's highest court has ruled that Sunday should be kept as a day of rest and has overturned a Berlin law easing restrictions on Sunday shopping. Most German newspapers on Wednesday greet the ruling, some for reasons of religion and tradition, others out of a concern for workers' rights.
Many visitors to Germany can find themselves standing outside a closed department store, perplexed to find that they cannot do a bit of shopping during their weekend trip. This is a result of Germany's long-held resistance to Sunday shopping even in the face of growing consumerism.
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Yet many of Germany's 16 states have already made some exceptions, allowing stores to open a few Sundays a year. And in Berlin the city government had gone the furthest in chipping away at the ban on Sunday trading. In 2006 the German capital gave the green light for retailers to open on 10 Sundays a year, including the four Advent Sundays preceding Christmas.
However, Germany's Constitutional Court has now upheld a complaint made by the country's Catholic and Protestant churches, based on a clause in the German constitution that Sunday should be a day of rest and "spiritual elevation."
The court on Tuesday decided in favor of the churches, saying that Sunday opening should not take place four weeks in a row. The ruling will not affect shopping this December, but would come into force next year. However, the ruling did not overturn completely the principle of limited Sunday store opening.
The labor unions had joined the churches in their campaign to ring-fence Sunday as a day off for the nation. However, their focus was not on protecting the right to practise religion, but rather on protecting workers in the retail sector from having to work on Sundays, sometimes the only day they might get to spend with other members of their family. The services union Verdi greeted Tuesday's ruling with "relief and joy," saying this was a boon to shopworkers and their families.
German papers on Wednesday are broadly in favor of the ruling, though their reasons for supporting the court's decision are strikingly different.
The center-right Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung writes:
"The Constitutional Court had to overthrow the Berlin law. ... The judgement was not 'out of touch with reality,' as the Berlin Chamber of Commerce claims, but is actually very closely in touch with real life. The great diversity of working lives brings with it the fact that members of a single family are forced into different and sometimes incompatible working hours. If the state does not use some of its regulatory power to give a dependable rhythm to at least one free day -- and that is still Sunday -- then the family faces the threat of being pulled further apart."
"If they have no time with each other and for each other, then the formal notion of belonging together loses value. This danger faces many families in society. … The fact that in the face of growing commercialization and fewer jobs hardly any employee ever dares to ask for a free Saturday, led the labor unions to join the churches in their campaign -- with noticeable success."
The conservative Die Welt writes:
"The churches have argued correctly that employees in the retail sector are not given the possibility of organizing their Advent Sundays according to Christian principles: going to church, being involved in the community, singing and reading aloud. It is part of religious freedom to be able to do these things."
"The judges did not just endorse the division of time marked by Christianity, but also the necessity for this division. There is no ambiguity about this weekly rhythm. We people as social animals are duty bound and justified in dividing our time together. It is good to have free time together, it helps us to live as the social beings that we are."
The center-left Süddeutsche Zeitung writes:
"The judgement sounds antiquated, maddeningly unmodern and pretty patronizing. It tells citizens when they are allowed to shop, and when they are not. It makes shopping on a Sunday an exception. It is a ruling that goes against the economic liberal zeitgeist and is a ruling against the round-the-clock commercialization of life."
"Yet, the ruling is humane. It is an act in favor of the public spirit. … Those who regularly go shopping on Sundays today will have to work regularly on Sundays tomorrow."
"It may sound old fashioned but it is still correct: Sunday is Sunday because it is unlike other days. This is not about tradition or religion or a social heritage. Sunday is more than just a day off for individuals. It that were so, then it wouldn't matter if someone took a day off on Tuesday or Thursday. It is a day to synchronize society, that is what makes it so important. Without Sunday, every day would be a working day and a fixed point in the week would disappear. Of course there can be exceptions, there have always been particular professions who work on Sundays. But when the exception becomes the rule, then the commercialization of Sundays will not end at the department stores."
"The court has given everyone the right to a day off on Sundays. You don't have to take it. Everyone can do what they like with it. But it is good to have it."
The Financial Times Deutschland writes:
"The ruling by the Constitutional Court has revived the emotional debate about opening hours of shops on Sundays. That alone is annoying. But even more annoying is that with its strong emphasis on the religiously based day of rest on Sunday, it is interfering in individual and economic freedom."
"Without a doubt the freedom to practise religion is of great value. However, in an increasingly secular society with more and more individualized rhythms of living, it seems an anachronism for the country's highest court to use retail of all things to save the day of rest."
"In the public debate there is too little mention of the freedom of shop owners to keep customers through opening on Sundays, who would otherwise order online. And the freedom of towns to use Sunday opening hours to attract tourists. Or the freedom of customers to decide for themselves if they would rather spend Sundays amidst the crowds in the shopping malls or walking in the forest."
"Appreciating these rights does not mean throwing away the country to the false god of consumerism. It means allowing a debate … about what Sunday really means to us. That includes protecting the rights of salespeople, paying them extra for working on Sundays and not putting anyone under pressure to work on Sunday."
"If this is achieved, then it is high time that Sunday opening hours are no longer discussed in terms of belief but rationally."
The left-leaning Die Tageszeitung, which is based in Berlin, writes:
"Sunday as a day off is a great gift. The treadmill is closed for 24 hours. The court has given relaxation, rest and 'spiritual elevation' precedence over the thirst for profit and the right to a consumer fix. However, it made it clear in its ruling that Sunday was not just for those who wanted to practise their religion undisturbed. It is also to play cards, go for a walk or simply to laze around. After all even the strictest atheist needs the switching off that Sundays allow."
-- Siobhán Dowling
'Even Atheists Need to Switch Off on Sundays'
REUTERS
Shoppers walk among illuminated Christmas decorations in a shopping mall at Berlin's Potsdamer Platz.
Germany's highest court has ruled that Sunday should be kept as a day of rest and has overturned a Berlin law easing restrictions on Sunday shopping. Most German newspapers on Wednesday greet the ruling, some for reasons of religion and tradition, others out of a concern for workers' rights.
Many visitors to Germany can find themselves standing outside a closed department store, perplexed to find that they cannot do a bit of shopping during their weekend trip. This is a result of Germany's long-held resistance to Sunday shopping even in the face of growing consumerism.
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Yet many of Germany's 16 states have already made some exceptions, allowing stores to open a few Sundays a year. And in Berlin the city government had gone the furthest in chipping away at the ban on Sunday trading. In 2006 the German capital gave the green light for retailers to open on 10 Sundays a year, including the four Advent Sundays preceding Christmas.
However, Germany's Constitutional Court has now upheld a complaint made by the country's Catholic and Protestant churches, based on a clause in the German constitution that Sunday should be a day of rest and "spiritual elevation."
The court on Tuesday decided in favor of the churches, saying that Sunday opening should not take place four weeks in a row. The ruling will not affect shopping this December, but would come into force next year. However, the ruling did not overturn completely the principle of limited Sunday store opening.
The labor unions had joined the churches in their campaign to ring-fence Sunday as a day off for the nation. However, their focus was not on protecting the right to practise religion, but rather on protecting workers in the retail sector from having to work on Sundays, sometimes the only day they might get to spend with other members of their family. The services union Verdi greeted Tuesday's ruling with "relief and joy," saying this was a boon to shopworkers and their families.
German papers on Wednesday are broadly in favor of the ruling, though their reasons for supporting the court's decision are strikingly different.
The center-right Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung writes:
"The Constitutional Court had to overthrow the Berlin law. ... The judgement was not 'out of touch with reality,' as the Berlin Chamber of Commerce claims, but is actually very closely in touch with real life. The great diversity of working lives brings with it the fact that members of a single family are forced into different and sometimes incompatible working hours. If the state does not use some of its regulatory power to give a dependable rhythm to at least one free day -- and that is still Sunday -- then the family faces the threat of being pulled further apart."
"If they have no time with each other and for each other, then the formal notion of belonging together loses value. This danger faces many families in society. … The fact that in the face of growing commercialization and fewer jobs hardly any employee ever dares to ask for a free Saturday, led the labor unions to join the churches in their campaign -- with noticeable success."
The conservative Die Welt writes:
"The churches have argued correctly that employees in the retail sector are not given the possibility of organizing their Advent Sundays according to Christian principles: going to church, being involved in the community, singing and reading aloud. It is part of religious freedom to be able to do these things."
"The judges did not just endorse the division of time marked by Christianity, but also the necessity for this division. There is no ambiguity about this weekly rhythm. We people as social animals are duty bound and justified in dividing our time together. It is good to have free time together, it helps us to live as the social beings that we are."
The center-left Süddeutsche Zeitung writes:
"The judgement sounds antiquated, maddeningly unmodern and pretty patronizing. It tells citizens when they are allowed to shop, and when they are not. It makes shopping on a Sunday an exception. It is a ruling that goes against the economic liberal zeitgeist and is a ruling against the round-the-clock commercialization of life."
"Yet, the ruling is humane. It is an act in favor of the public spirit. … Those who regularly go shopping on Sundays today will have to work regularly on Sundays tomorrow."
"It may sound old fashioned but it is still correct: Sunday is Sunday because it is unlike other days. This is not about tradition or religion or a social heritage. Sunday is more than just a day off for individuals. It that were so, then it wouldn't matter if someone took a day off on Tuesday or Thursday. It is a day to synchronize society, that is what makes it so important. Without Sunday, every day would be a working day and a fixed point in the week would disappear. Of course there can be exceptions, there have always been particular professions who work on Sundays. But when the exception becomes the rule, then the commercialization of Sundays will not end at the department stores."
"The court has given everyone the right to a day off on Sundays. You don't have to take it. Everyone can do what they like with it. But it is good to have it."
The Financial Times Deutschland writes:
"The ruling by the Constitutional Court has revived the emotional debate about opening hours of shops on Sundays. That alone is annoying. But even more annoying is that with its strong emphasis on the religiously based day of rest on Sunday, it is interfering in individual and economic freedom."
"Without a doubt the freedom to practise religion is of great value. However, in an increasingly secular society with more and more individualized rhythms of living, it seems an anachronism for the country's highest court to use retail of all things to save the day of rest."
"In the public debate there is too little mention of the freedom of shop owners to keep customers through opening on Sundays, who would otherwise order online. And the freedom of towns to use Sunday opening hours to attract tourists. Or the freedom of customers to decide for themselves if they would rather spend Sundays amidst the crowds in the shopping malls or walking in the forest."
"Appreciating these rights does not mean throwing away the country to the false god of consumerism. It means allowing a debate … about what Sunday really means to us. That includes protecting the rights of salespeople, paying them extra for working on Sundays and not putting anyone under pressure to work on Sunday."
"If this is achieved, then it is high time that Sunday opening hours are no longer discussed in terms of belief but rationally."
The left-leaning Die Tageszeitung, which is based in Berlin, writes:
"Sunday as a day off is a great gift. The treadmill is closed for 24 hours. The court has given relaxation, rest and 'spiritual elevation' precedence over the thirst for profit and the right to a consumer fix. However, it made it clear in its ruling that Sunday was not just for those who wanted to practise their religion undisturbed. It is also to play cards, go for a walk or simply to laze around. After all even the strictest atheist needs the switching off that Sundays allow."
-- Siobhán Dowling
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
A Message From: FAITH THAT WORKS Ministry
THE LORD IS COMING!!!!!!!!!!
The Lord is coming lift up your heads and rejoice. Oh we would think that those who hear the joyful news, who claim to love Jesus, would be filled with joy unutterable and full of glory, this is the good, the joyful news which should electrify every soul, which should be repeated in our homes and told to those whom we meet on the street. What more joyful news can be communicated!!!.
The voice of the true watchman needs now to be heard all along the line. "The morning cometh and also the night." The trumpet must give a certain sound, for we are in the great day of the Lord's preparation.
NO TIME TO WASTE!!!!!!!
Sound an alarm through the land. Tell the people that the day of the Lord is near, and hasteth greatly. Let none be left unwarned. We might have been in the place of the poor souls who are in error. According to the truth that we have received above others, we are debtors to impart the same to them.
We have no time to lose. The powers of darkness are working with intense energy, and with stealthy tread satan is advancing to take those who are now asleep , as a wolf taking his prey. We have warnings now which we may give, a work now which we may do, but soon it will be more difficult that we can imagine. God help us that we may keep in the channel of light, to work with our eyes fasten upon our leader, and patiently, perseveringly press on till the victory is gained.
The coming on the LOrd is nearer than when we first believed. The great controversy is nearing its end. Every report of calamity be sea or by land is a testimony to the fact that the end of all things is at hand. Wars and rumors of wars declare it. Is there a Christian whose pulse does not beat with quickened action as he anticipates the great events opening before us? The Lord is coming we hear the foosteps of an approaching God, as he comes to punish the world for its iniquity. We are to prepare the way for him by acting our part in getting a people ready for that great day. No entreaties are so tender, no lessons so plain, no commands so powerful and so protecting, no promises so full, as those which point the sinner to the fountain that has been opened to wash away the guilt of the human soul. Let every heart as well as every hand be engaged to do the work that must be done. The word is given from the throne of God, "EVERY MAN TO HIS WORK, EACH TO DO HIS BEST"
From the desk of Magdalene W. Stanislas
Gospel Medical Missionary Evangelist
Faith That Works
The Lord is coming lift up your heads and rejoice. Oh we would think that those who hear the joyful news, who claim to love Jesus, would be filled with joy unutterable and full of glory, this is the good, the joyful news which should electrify every soul, which should be repeated in our homes and told to those whom we meet on the street. What more joyful news can be communicated!!!.
The voice of the true watchman needs now to be heard all along the line. "The morning cometh and also the night." The trumpet must give a certain sound, for we are in the great day of the Lord's preparation.
NO TIME TO WASTE!!!!!!!
Sound an alarm through the land. Tell the people that the day of the Lord is near, and hasteth greatly. Let none be left unwarned. We might have been in the place of the poor souls who are in error. According to the truth that we have received above others, we are debtors to impart the same to them.
We have no time to lose. The powers of darkness are working with intense energy, and with stealthy tread satan is advancing to take those who are now asleep , as a wolf taking his prey. We have warnings now which we may give, a work now which we may do, but soon it will be more difficult that we can imagine. God help us that we may keep in the channel of light, to work with our eyes fasten upon our leader, and patiently, perseveringly press on till the victory is gained.
The coming on the LOrd is nearer than when we first believed. The great controversy is nearing its end. Every report of calamity be sea or by land is a testimony to the fact that the end of all things is at hand. Wars and rumors of wars declare it. Is there a Christian whose pulse does not beat with quickened action as he anticipates the great events opening before us? The Lord is coming we hear the foosteps of an approaching God, as he comes to punish the world for its iniquity. We are to prepare the way for him by acting our part in getting a people ready for that great day. No entreaties are so tender, no lessons so plain, no commands so powerful and so protecting, no promises so full, as those which point the sinner to the fountain that has been opened to wash away the guilt of the human soul. Let every heart as well as every hand be engaged to do the work that must be done. The word is given from the throne of God, "EVERY MAN TO HIS WORK, EACH TO DO HIS BEST"
From the desk of Magdalene W. Stanislas
Gospel Medical Missionary Evangelist
Faith That Works
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Friday, October 9, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
BILDERBERERS WANT GLOBAL CURRENCY
Bilderbergers Want Global Currency
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James P. Tucker, Jr.The American Free PressSeptember 28, 2009
Heiner Flassbeck, a former German deputy finance minister, calls for global currency.
Bilderberg has had front-men call anew for creating a global currency and establishing major European Union-style regions for the administrative convenience of a planned world government. Both steps were taken in September, one by the new Bilderberg-crowned prime minister of Japan and one separately by the UN.
The Geneva-based UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) called for a global currency in a report made public on September 7. UN countries should agree on a global reserve bank to issue the currency and to monitor the national exchange rates of its members, UNCTAD said. The dollar’s role in international trade should be reduced to protect emerging markets from the “confidence game” of financial speculation, it said.
Heiner Flassbeck, a former German deputy finance minister, is co-author of the report calling for a global currency. He worked with then U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers in 1997-98 to contain the Asian financial crisis. Summers is a longtime Bilderberg luminary and has been photographed by AFP at annual secret Bilderberg confabs.
Eliminating national currencies has long been a goal of Bilderberg as a crucial step in its plan to establish a world government. A nation’s currency is a symbol of sovereignty, so Bilderberg wants to divide the world into three giant regions, each with its regional currency, for the administrative convenience of its world government bureaucrats.
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James P. Tucker, Jr.The American Free PressSeptember 28, 2009
Heiner Flassbeck, a former German deputy finance minister, calls for global currency.
Bilderberg has had front-men call anew for creating a global currency and establishing major European Union-style regions for the administrative convenience of a planned world government. Both steps were taken in September, one by the new Bilderberg-crowned prime minister of Japan and one separately by the UN.
The Geneva-based UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) called for a global currency in a report made public on September 7. UN countries should agree on a global reserve bank to issue the currency and to monitor the national exchange rates of its members, UNCTAD said. The dollar’s role in international trade should be reduced to protect emerging markets from the “confidence game” of financial speculation, it said.
Heiner Flassbeck, a former German deputy finance minister, is co-author of the report calling for a global currency. He worked with then U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers in 1997-98 to contain the Asian financial crisis. Summers is a longtime Bilderberg luminary and has been photographed by AFP at annual secret Bilderberg confabs.
Eliminating national currencies has long been a goal of Bilderberg as a crucial step in its plan to establish a world government. A nation’s currency is a symbol of sovereignty, so Bilderberg wants to divide the world into three giant regions, each with its regional currency, for the administrative convenience of its world government bureaucrats.
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Friday, September 25, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Alert: Concerning H1N1 Response
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Massachusetts, U.S.: Swine Flu Vaccine Mandatory? · September 23, 2009
On August 28, 2009 Naturalnews.com reported that the Massachusetts Senate has passed a law called the “Pandemic Response Bill” (2028) and is now awaiting approval by the House of Representatives. This bill,” according the Naturalnews, “suspends virtually all Constitutional rights of Massachusetts citizens and forces anyone ‘suspected’ of being infected to submit to interrogations, decontamination and vaccines. It’s also sets fines up to $1,000 per day for anyone who refuses to submit to quarantines, vaccinations, decontamination efforts or to follow any other verbal order by virtually any state-licensed law enforcement or medical personnel.” The bill involves “legalizes” violations of the U.S. Constitution in Massachusetts such as illegal search and seizure and illegal arrest without a warrant. Moreover the bill involves Government price controls, “involuntary transportation,” $1,000/day in fines for violations or resistance, forced vaccinations and forced quarantine for those who refuse (illegal imprisonment without charge), arrest for refusal to be “decontaminated,” interrogation, forced entry into any home or building…
“Meanwhile, all state law enforcement and medical personnel are granted complete immunity from prosecution for their part in violating” Constitutional rights of Massachusetts citizens. Under this bill,” said Naturalnews, “Massachusetts becomes a medical police state. There is no debating it. It’s all written, clear as day, in this law: The citizens of Massachusetts will have no rights, period. The Constitution is ancient history. You are now the property of the State.”
But it isn’t just Massachusetts. “In 2006, former President George Bush signed into law the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP). It gives power to the Secretary of the U.S. government’s Health and Human Services department (HHS) to declare any infectious disease a ‘national emergency’ and therefore require mandatory vaccination of the entire population. Because of the existence of this PREP Act, the entire population of the USA is now but one pen stroke away from being subjected to mandatory swine flu vaccinations at gunpoint.’
“Those who resist such vaccines will be arrested and taken away for ‘isolation’ in domestic prison camps… labeling them ‘a threat to national security…’ and imprison them without trial, without charges and without any legal representation whatsoever,” all in the name of quarantine.
Meanwhile, all those who take part in enforcing these crimes against the American people will be granted complete immunity. From the HHS website: “[the Secretary may] issue a declaration… that provides immunity from tort liability (except for willful misconduct) for claims of loss…”
Imagine what a pandemic scenario could look like. Once vaccines are ready, it would be an easy thing to declare an all out national emergency and mandatory vaccinations for all citizens. If, once schools and health workers are vaccinated, and if the disease continues to spread, there could then be widespread forced entry into homes and buildings, forced decontamination, widespread arrests and forced quarantine of resisters, and even martial law, especially in inner cities where there are large concentrations of people.
These procedures are being discussed around the world at high echelons of government. The answer always is the same, strip the people of their constitutional rights.
“Let not one who believes the truth, be silent now. None should be careless now; let all urge their petitions at the throne of grace, pleading the promise, ‘Whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do’ (John 14:13). It is a perilous time now. If this land of boasted liberty is preparing to sacrifice every principle which enters into her Constitution, making decrees to suppress religious freedom, and for the enforcing of papal falsehood and delusion, then the people of God need to present their petitions in faith to the Most High. There is every encouragement, in the promises of God, for those who put their trust in Him. The prospect of being brought into personal danger and distress, need not cause despondency, but should quicken the vigor and hopes of God’s people; for the time of their peril is the season for God to grant them clearer manifestations of His power.” {2SM 370.2}
Keep in mind, that in order for the U.S. Government to finally support a Sunday law, the principles of its constitution have to be eroded to the point where they no longer protect religious liberty. Repudiating the principles of the U.S. Constitution on non-religious grounds, prepares the way for the final attack on the religious freedoms of God’s people by getting citizens to become familiar and comfortable with its violation in other arenas.
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Massachusetts, U.S.: Swine Flu Vaccine Mandatory? · September 23, 2009
On August 28, 2009 Naturalnews.com reported that the Massachusetts Senate has passed a law called the “Pandemic Response Bill” (2028) and is now awaiting approval by the House of Representatives. This bill,” according the Naturalnews, “suspends virtually all Constitutional rights of Massachusetts citizens and forces anyone ‘suspected’ of being infected to submit to interrogations, decontamination and vaccines. It’s also sets fines up to $1,000 per day for anyone who refuses to submit to quarantines, vaccinations, decontamination efforts or to follow any other verbal order by virtually any state-licensed law enforcement or medical personnel.” The bill involves “legalizes” violations of the U.S. Constitution in Massachusetts such as illegal search and seizure and illegal arrest without a warrant. Moreover the bill involves Government price controls, “involuntary transportation,” $1,000/day in fines for violations or resistance, forced vaccinations and forced quarantine for those who refuse (illegal imprisonment without charge), arrest for refusal to be “decontaminated,” interrogation, forced entry into any home or building…
“Meanwhile, all state law enforcement and medical personnel are granted complete immunity from prosecution for their part in violating” Constitutional rights of Massachusetts citizens. Under this bill,” said Naturalnews, “Massachusetts becomes a medical police state. There is no debating it. It’s all written, clear as day, in this law: The citizens of Massachusetts will have no rights, period. The Constitution is ancient history. You are now the property of the State.”
But it isn’t just Massachusetts. “In 2006, former President George Bush signed into law the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP). It gives power to the Secretary of the U.S. government’s Health and Human Services department (HHS) to declare any infectious disease a ‘national emergency’ and therefore require mandatory vaccination of the entire population. Because of the existence of this PREP Act, the entire population of the USA is now but one pen stroke away from being subjected to mandatory swine flu vaccinations at gunpoint.’
“Those who resist such vaccines will be arrested and taken away for ‘isolation’ in domestic prison camps… labeling them ‘a threat to national security…’ and imprison them without trial, without charges and without any legal representation whatsoever,” all in the name of quarantine.
Meanwhile, all those who take part in enforcing these crimes against the American people will be granted complete immunity. From the HHS website: “[the Secretary may] issue a declaration… that provides immunity from tort liability (except for willful misconduct) for claims of loss…”
Imagine what a pandemic scenario could look like. Once vaccines are ready, it would be an easy thing to declare an all out national emergency and mandatory vaccinations for all citizens. If, once schools and health workers are vaccinated, and if the disease continues to spread, there could then be widespread forced entry into homes and buildings, forced decontamination, widespread arrests and forced quarantine of resisters, and even martial law, especially in inner cities where there are large concentrations of people.
These procedures are being discussed around the world at high echelons of government. The answer always is the same, strip the people of their constitutional rights.
“Let not one who believes the truth, be silent now. None should be careless now; let all urge their petitions at the throne of grace, pleading the promise, ‘Whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do’ (John 14:13). It is a perilous time now. If this land of boasted liberty is preparing to sacrifice every principle which enters into her Constitution, making decrees to suppress religious freedom, and for the enforcing of papal falsehood and delusion, then the people of God need to present their petitions in faith to the Most High. There is every encouragement, in the promises of God, for those who put their trust in Him. The prospect of being brought into personal danger and distress, need not cause despondency, but should quicken the vigor and hopes of God’s people; for the time of their peril is the season for God to grant them clearer manifestations of His power.” {2SM 370.2}
Keep in mind, that in order for the U.S. Government to finally support a Sunday law, the principles of its constitution have to be eroded to the point where they no longer protect religious liberty. Repudiating the principles of the U.S. Constitution on non-religious grounds, prepares the way for the final attack on the religious freedoms of God’s people by getting citizens to become familiar and comfortable with its violation in other arenas.
Natural News Article
Source
Many thanks to ktfministry.org
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
H1N1 VIRUS "Unstoppable", World Health Organization
Vaccine go-ahead given for ‘unstoppable’ fluHealth care workers should be first in line in all countries, WHO official says updated 2 hours, 5 minutes ago WASHINGTON - Saying the new H1N1 virus is "unstoppable," the World Health Organization gave drug makers a full go-ahead to manufacture vaccines against the pandemic influenza strain on Monday and said health care workers should be the first to get one.Every country will need to vaccinate citizens against the swine flu virus and must choose who else would get priority after nurses, doctors and technicians, said Dr. Marie-Paule Kieny, WHO director of the Initiative for Vaccine Research.Several reports showed the new virus attacks people differently than seasonal flu — affecting younger people, the severely obese and seemingly healthy adults, and causing disease deep in the lungs.Kieny briefed reporters on the findings of the WHO's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization, or SAGE. "The committee recognized that the H1N1 pandemic ... is unstoppable and therefore that all countries need access to vaccine," Kieney said."The SAGE recognized first that health care workers should be immunized in all countries in order to retain a functional health system as the virus evolves," she added.After that, each country should decide who is next in line, based on the virus's unusual behavior.Seasonal influenza is deadly enough — each year it is involved in 250,000 to 500,000 deaths globally. But most are the elderly or those with some kind of chronic disease that makes them more vulnerable to flu, such as asthma.Elderly advantageThe elderly seem to have some extra immunity to this new H1N1, which is a mixture of two swine viruses, one of which also contains genetic material from birds and humans. It is a very distant cousin of the H1N1 virus that caused the 1918 pandemic that killed 50 million to 100 million people.A study published in the journal Nature on Monday confirmed that the blood of people born before 1920 carries antibodies to the 1918 strain, suggesting their immune systems remember a childhood infection.The work by Dr. Yoshihiro Kawaoka also supports other studies that this new H1N1 strain does not stay in the nose and throat, as do most seasonal viruses."The H1N1 virus replicates significantly better in the lungs," Kawaoka said. Other studies have also shown it can cause gastrointestinal effects, and that it targets people not usually thought of as being at high risk."Obesity has been observed to be one of the risk factors for more severe reaction to H1N1" -- something never before seen, Kieny added. It is not clear if obese people may have undiagnosed health problems that make them susceptible, or if obesity in and of itself is a risk.On Friday, a team at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the University of Michigan reported that nine out of 10 patients treated in an intensive care unit there were obese. They also had unusual symptoms such as blood clots in the lungs and multiple organ failure.None have recovered and three died.The CDC estimates at least a million people are infected in the United States alone and clinics everywhere are advised not to test each and every patient, so keeping an accurate count of cases will be impossible. The United States has documented 211 deaths and WHO counted 429 early last week.Kieny said WHO would also work to get better viruses for companies from which to make vaccines. She said the strains that had been distributed did not grow very well in chicken eggs — used to make all flu vaccines.One exception — AstraZeneca's MedImmune unit makes a live virus vaccine that is squirted up the nose and it is easier to produce, Kieny said.
POPE CALLS FOR A WORLD POLITICAL AUTHORITY
Adventist Review : Pope Calls for a World Political Authorityhttp://www.adventistreview.org/article.php?id=2720
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
No Wonder, the Reproductive Struggles!
Obama Science Czar’s Plan To Sterilize Population Through Water Supply Already Happening
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Paul Joseph WatsonPrison Planet.comMonday, July 13, 2009
Shocking proposals to mass sterilize the population by artificially medicating municipal water supplies, which were outlined by President Obama’s top science czar in his 1977 book Ecoscience, are already in effect as global sperm counts drop and gender-bending chemicals pollute our rivers and lakes.
As we highlighted on Saturday, alongside John P. Holdren’s advocacy for a global planetary regime to enforce forced abortion, government `seizure of children born out of wedlock, and mandatory bodily implants designed to prevent pregnancy, Obama’s top advisor also called for,”Adding a sterilant to drinking water or staple foods.”
Holdren added that the sterilant must meet stiff requirements in that it must only affect humans and not livestock.
“It must be uniformly effective, despite widely varying doses received by individuals, and despite varying degrees of fertility and sensitivity among individuals; it must be free of dangerous or unpleasant side effects; and it must have no effect on members of the opposite sex, children, old people, pets, or livestock,” wrote Holdren with co-authors Paul Ehrlich and Anne Ehrlich.
Holdren notes that the proposal to forcibly mass sterilize the public against their will “seems to horrify people” and yet it doesn’t seem to bother him too much, amidst the myriad of other totalitarian Dr. Strangelove style ideas that are put forward in the book as a way to carry out an aggressive agenda of population reduction.
Global sperm counts have dropped by a third since 1989 and by half in the past 50 years. The rate of decline is only accelerating as more and more couples find it harder to have children. In studies of white European men, the rate of decline is as much as 50 per cent in the last 30 years. In Italy, this equates to a native population reduction of 22 per cent by 2050. Population reduction is already occurring amongst native residents in many areas of Europe and America.
Everything from cellphone signals, to eating soy products, to female hormones entering the water supply from HRT products has been blamed. There’s no doubt that environmental pollution from industry and pharmaceutical products has contributed, but new research has uncovered that additional chemicals known as Antiandrogens are now finding their way into the water supply.
“The University of Exeter is now working with chemists at the University of Sussex to establish exactly what the chemicals in question are, and hence to understand how they are being released into waste water,” states the study.
Antiandrogens are capable of preventing or inhibiting the biologic effects of androgens, male sex hormones, on normally responsive tissues in the body. Antiandrogens are given to transsexual men who want to become women and they are also given to sex offenders released from prison to reduce their sexual libido. These substances have the effect of counteracting masculinisation and effectively diminishing normal male biological characteristics associated with the release of testosterone.
Antiandrogens used in pesticides sprayed on our food have also been identified as “endocrine disruptors” that have been “demonstrated to induce demasculinization in rats.”
A d v e r t i s e m e n t
These newly discovered poisons, combined with contraceptive pills and HRT have literally had the effect of gender-bending no less than a third of male fish in all British rivers, which causes them to produce eggs and make them infertile. Dozens of species besides fish, such as polar bears, bald eagles, otters and whales have also been affected and the problem is global.
In waterways that are located close to sewage treatment facilities, a staggering 80 per cent of male fish were found to have female characteristics as a result of such chemicals.
It is also feared that bird populations could be devastated in the long run from chemicals being passed from infected fish when birds eat the fish. Veteran fishermen are already noticing a severe decline in fish populations across the country.
This is what comes out of our taps, not to even mention the scores of other dangerous compounds and chemicals that are in our water supply, we are drinking a poison that makes animals and fish infertile. Human sperm counts are also dropping on a consistent basis and the connection is clear – chemicals that make us infertile are already in the water supply, just as Holdren and other top eugenicists called for more than 30 years ago.
“There is certainly the potential for it to have an effect in humans – and possibly a marked effect,” said Professor Charles Tyler of Exeter University, one of the country’s leading authorities on the effects of oestrogen.
It is therefore tragically ironic that the filters needed to combat this very real and very dangerous threat to our environment and to both animals and humans are being prevented from being installed at sewage treatment facilities because of the “carbon footprint” they would create and fears that they would add to global warming (which is coincidentally the latest veil behind which Holdren camouflages his totalitarian eugenicist agenda). This is another example of how the manufactured farce that is man-made climate change is actually harming the environment by blocking real environmental solutions.
Since industrial-sized filters are needed at the source to remove these poisons, it is certainly not safe to assume that standard water filters would be able to remove them at home.
The population of the world is under sustained biological assault and the vast majority of people have no idea that it is happening. This goes above and beyond any debate about whether there are too many people on the planet. This shatters any acceptable notion of human rights as outlined in the Nuremberg code, which clearly states that, “The voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential,” in any form of human experimentation, and yet the population is being mass medicated and mass sterilized not only against its will but completely in the dark.
We are being biologically attacked by hardcore totalitarian eugenicists hell-bent on forcibly reducing the global population who have publicly announced their plans for an 80 per cent plus population reduction program. The legacy of these megalomaniacs is born out of class racism, fascist thinking and a bloodlust to dominate and enslave the planet – they couldn’t give a shit about the environment, this is all about eliminating the “useless eaters,” as they see us.
They have openly outlined their plans to commit mass genocide and we are now seeing the first wave of that attack via the poisons in our water that are making us infertile.
RELATED: The Population Reduction Agenda For Dummies
RELATED: Obama Science Advisor Called For “Planetary Regime” To Enforce Totalitarian Population Control Measures
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Paul Joseph WatsonPrison Planet.comMonday, July 13, 2009
Shocking proposals to mass sterilize the population by artificially medicating municipal water supplies, which were outlined by President Obama’s top science czar in his 1977 book Ecoscience, are already in effect as global sperm counts drop and gender-bending chemicals pollute our rivers and lakes.
As we highlighted on Saturday, alongside John P. Holdren’s advocacy for a global planetary regime to enforce forced abortion, government `seizure of children born out of wedlock, and mandatory bodily implants designed to prevent pregnancy, Obama’s top advisor also called for,”Adding a sterilant to drinking water or staple foods.”
Holdren added that the sterilant must meet stiff requirements in that it must only affect humans and not livestock.
“It must be uniformly effective, despite widely varying doses received by individuals, and despite varying degrees of fertility and sensitivity among individuals; it must be free of dangerous or unpleasant side effects; and it must have no effect on members of the opposite sex, children, old people, pets, or livestock,” wrote Holdren with co-authors Paul Ehrlich and Anne Ehrlich.
Holdren notes that the proposal to forcibly mass sterilize the public against their will “seems to horrify people” and yet it doesn’t seem to bother him too much, amidst the myriad of other totalitarian Dr. Strangelove style ideas that are put forward in the book as a way to carry out an aggressive agenda of population reduction.
Global sperm counts have dropped by a third since 1989 and by half in the past 50 years. The rate of decline is only accelerating as more and more couples find it harder to have children. In studies of white European men, the rate of decline is as much as 50 per cent in the last 30 years. In Italy, this equates to a native population reduction of 22 per cent by 2050. Population reduction is already occurring amongst native residents in many areas of Europe and America.
Everything from cellphone signals, to eating soy products, to female hormones entering the water supply from HRT products has been blamed. There’s no doubt that environmental pollution from industry and pharmaceutical products has contributed, but new research has uncovered that additional chemicals known as Antiandrogens are now finding their way into the water supply.
“The University of Exeter is now working with chemists at the University of Sussex to establish exactly what the chemicals in question are, and hence to understand how they are being released into waste water,” states the study.
Antiandrogens are capable of preventing or inhibiting the biologic effects of androgens, male sex hormones, on normally responsive tissues in the body. Antiandrogens are given to transsexual men who want to become women and they are also given to sex offenders released from prison to reduce their sexual libido. These substances have the effect of counteracting masculinisation and effectively diminishing normal male biological characteristics associated with the release of testosterone.
Antiandrogens used in pesticides sprayed on our food have also been identified as “endocrine disruptors” that have been “demonstrated to induce demasculinization in rats.”
A d v e r t i s e m e n t
These newly discovered poisons, combined with contraceptive pills and HRT have literally had the effect of gender-bending no less than a third of male fish in all British rivers, which causes them to produce eggs and make them infertile. Dozens of species besides fish, such as polar bears, bald eagles, otters and whales have also been affected and the problem is global.
In waterways that are located close to sewage treatment facilities, a staggering 80 per cent of male fish were found to have female characteristics as a result of such chemicals.
It is also feared that bird populations could be devastated in the long run from chemicals being passed from infected fish when birds eat the fish. Veteran fishermen are already noticing a severe decline in fish populations across the country.
This is what comes out of our taps, not to even mention the scores of other dangerous compounds and chemicals that are in our water supply, we are drinking a poison that makes animals and fish infertile. Human sperm counts are also dropping on a consistent basis and the connection is clear – chemicals that make us infertile are already in the water supply, just as Holdren and other top eugenicists called for more than 30 years ago.
“There is certainly the potential for it to have an effect in humans – and possibly a marked effect,” said Professor Charles Tyler of Exeter University, one of the country’s leading authorities on the effects of oestrogen.
It is therefore tragically ironic that the filters needed to combat this very real and very dangerous threat to our environment and to both animals and humans are being prevented from being installed at sewage treatment facilities because of the “carbon footprint” they would create and fears that they would add to global warming (which is coincidentally the latest veil behind which Holdren camouflages his totalitarian eugenicist agenda). This is another example of how the manufactured farce that is man-made climate change is actually harming the environment by blocking real environmental solutions.
Since industrial-sized filters are needed at the source to remove these poisons, it is certainly not safe to assume that standard water filters would be able to remove them at home.
The population of the world is under sustained biological assault and the vast majority of people have no idea that it is happening. This goes above and beyond any debate about whether there are too many people on the planet. This shatters any acceptable notion of human rights as outlined in the Nuremberg code, which clearly states that, “The voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential,” in any form of human experimentation, and yet the population is being mass medicated and mass sterilized not only against its will but completely in the dark.
We are being biologically attacked by hardcore totalitarian eugenicists hell-bent on forcibly reducing the global population who have publicly announced their plans for an 80 per cent plus population reduction program. The legacy of these megalomaniacs is born out of class racism, fascist thinking and a bloodlust to dominate and enslave the planet – they couldn’t give a shit about the environment, this is all about eliminating the “useless eaters,” as they see us.
They have openly outlined their plans to commit mass genocide and we are now seeing the first wave of that attack via the poisons in our water that are making us infertile.
RELATED: The Population Reduction Agenda For Dummies
RELATED: Obama Science Advisor Called For “Planetary Regime” To Enforce Totalitarian Population Control Measures
Monday, July 13, 2009
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Friday, June 19, 2009
Is this you?
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Then shall they know that
I am the LORD,
when I have laid the land most desolate
because of all their abominations
which they have committed.
Then shall they know that
I am the LORD,
when I have laid the land most desolate
because of all their abominations
which they have committed.
Also, thou son of man,
the children of thy people
still are talking against thee
by the walls and in the doors of the houses,
and speak one to another,
every one to his brother,
saying, Come, I pray you,
and hear what is the word
that cometh forth from the LORD.
the children of thy people
still are talking against thee
by the walls and in the doors of the houses,
and speak one to another,
every one to his brother,
saying, Come, I pray you,
and hear what is the word
that cometh forth from the LORD.
And they come unto thee as the people cometh,
and they sit before thee as my people,
and they hear thy words,
but they will not do them:
for with their mouth they shew much love,
but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
and they sit before thee as my people,
and they hear thy words,
but they will not do them:
for with their mouth they shew much love,
but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
And, lo,
thou art unto them as a very lovely song
of one that hath a pleasant voice,
and can play well on an instrument:
for they hear thy words,
but they do them not.
And when this cometh to pass,
(lo, it will come,)
then shall they know that
a prophet hath been among them.
thou art unto them as a very lovely song
of one that hath a pleasant voice,
and can play well on an instrument:
for they hear thy words,
but they do them not.
And when this cometh to pass,
(lo, it will come,)
then shall they know that
a prophet hath been among them.
Ezekiel 33: 28-33
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Thursday, June 18, 2009
For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.
For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.
And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD. Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
The living righteous are changed "in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye." At the voice of God they were glorified; now they are made immortal, and with the risen saints are caught up to meet their Lord in the air. Angels "gather together the elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other." Little children are borne by the holy angels to their mothers' arms. Friends long separated by death are united, nevermore to part, and with songs of gladness ascend together to the city of God.
GC-Gods People Delivered, pg 645
Saturday, May 30, 2009
NEW WORLD ORDER CHURCH??!!!
New World Order Reformed Church Announces Gala Opening
05/23/09 by jetbrane Categories: Culture, Ethnic considerations, ecclesiology
The New World Order Reformed Church is hosting its inaugural gala in Grand Rapids Michigan. Reformed denominations from around the world were slated to send representatives to appear at the formal dinner hosted in the DeVos Performance Hall on 22 June 2010. The booked Keynote speaker was Koshi Sanchez Washington a renown Reformed Conference speaker from Japan whose Father was the President of the Brazilian Reformed association of itinerant Pentecostal ministers and whose Mother was an activist among Black Reformed Churches in America and whose Brother was the founder of Conservative Homosexuals For Jesus. The New World Order Reformed Church conference was to be the first time Koshi had addressed an American audience and she was looking forward to the opportunity to press on the new organization on the necessity to embrace the Belhar confession.
Already tongues were wagging about the planned spectacular fete but almost as much buzz was created by the conclave that would be held on the day before at Ah-Nab-Awen Park in downtown Grand Rapids. At the Ah-Nab-Awen Park on 21 June, The New World Order Reformed Church planned to host a spiritual extravaganza where people could sample different ethnic Spiritualities that would be folded into and be a part of the new association of Reformed Churches. The planners had set aside space in the vast park so that visitors could mingle while at the same time participating in a potpourri of interactive spiritual traditions.
The plan was to have one venue were people could participate in the spirituality of an American Indian sacred Ghost dance. At another venue a mock Shinto shrine would be set up where the spirituality of lighting incense in honor of the ancestors could be experienced. Down the river trail there was an interactive hut where those struggling with pedestrian aches and pains could enter and consult either a Shaman or his new age healer wife. The highlight of the festival was a Seance where people could come and go, participating as they please. The selling point of each of these Reformed Spiritualities is the assurance offered by Christian sages that each of them had been sanitized of their former pagan associations and were now explicitly Christian and Reformed.
http://www.crcna.org/news.cfm?newsid=1329
05/23/09 by jetbrane Categories: Culture, Ethnic considerations, ecclesiology
The New World Order Reformed Church is hosting its inaugural gala in Grand Rapids Michigan. Reformed denominations from around the world were slated to send representatives to appear at the formal dinner hosted in the DeVos Performance Hall on 22 June 2010. The booked Keynote speaker was Koshi Sanchez Washington a renown Reformed Conference speaker from Japan whose Father was the President of the Brazilian Reformed association of itinerant Pentecostal ministers and whose Mother was an activist among Black Reformed Churches in America and whose Brother was the founder of Conservative Homosexuals For Jesus. The New World Order Reformed Church conference was to be the first time Koshi had addressed an American audience and she was looking forward to the opportunity to press on the new organization on the necessity to embrace the Belhar confession.
Already tongues were wagging about the planned spectacular fete but almost as much buzz was created by the conclave that would be held on the day before at Ah-Nab-Awen Park in downtown Grand Rapids. At the Ah-Nab-Awen Park on 21 June, The New World Order Reformed Church planned to host a spiritual extravaganza where people could sample different ethnic Spiritualities that would be folded into and be a part of the new association of Reformed Churches. The planners had set aside space in the vast park so that visitors could mingle while at the same time participating in a potpourri of interactive spiritual traditions.
The plan was to have one venue were people could participate in the spirituality of an American Indian sacred Ghost dance. At another venue a mock Shinto shrine would be set up where the spirituality of lighting incense in honor of the ancestors could be experienced. Down the river trail there was an interactive hut where those struggling with pedestrian aches and pains could enter and consult either a Shaman or his new age healer wife. The highlight of the festival was a Seance where people could come and go, participating as they please. The selling point of each of these Reformed Spiritualities is the assurance offered by Christian sages that each of them had been sanitized of their former pagan associations and were now explicitly Christian and Reformed.
http://www.crcna.org/news.cfm?newsid=1329
Monday, May 18, 2009
The Crisis Just Ahead
I saw that the two-horned beast had a dragon's mouth, and that his power was in his head, and that the decree would go out of his mouth. Then I saw the Mother of Harlots; that the mother was not the daughters, but separate and distinct from them. She has had her day, and it is past, and her daughters, the Protestant sects, were the next to come on the stage and act out the same mind that the mother had when she persecuted the saints. I saw that as the mother has been declining in power, the daughters had been growing, and soon they will exercise the power once exercised by the mother. {SpM 1.4}
I saw the nominal church and nominal Adventists, like Judas, would betray us to the Catholics to obtain their influence to come against the truth. The saints then will be an obscure people, little known to the Catholics; but the churches and nominal Adventists who know of our faith and customs (for they hated us on account of the Sabbath, for they could not refute it) will betray the saints and report them to the Catholics as those who disregard the institutions of the people; that is, that they keep the Sabbath and disregard Sunday.
Then the Catholics bid the Protestants to go forward, and issue a decree that all who will not observe the first day of the week, instead of the seventh day, shall be slain. And the Catholics, whose numbers are large, will stand by the Protestants. The Catholics will give their power to the image of the beast. And the Protestants will work as their mother worked before them to destroy the saints. But before their decree bring or bear fruit, the saints will be delivered by the Voice of God. Then I saw that Jesus' work in the sanctuary will soon be finished.
And after His work there is finished, He will come to the door of the first apartment, and confess the sins of Israel upon the head of the Scape Goat. Then He will put on the garments of vengeance. Then the plagues will come upon the wicked, and they do not come till Jesus puts on that garment, and takes His place upon the great white cloud. Then while the plagues are falling, the Scape Goat is being led away. He makes a mighty struggle to escape, but he is held fast by the hand that leads him. If he should effect his escape, Isr
ael would lose their lives. I saw that it would take time to lead away the Scape Goat into the land of forgetfulness after the sins were put on his head. {SpM 2.1}The great white cloud I saw was not the holy place, but entirely separate from the holy and most holy place, entirely separate from the sanctuary. {SpM 2.2}
Then the angel repeated these words, and said, "This is the time spoken of in Isaiah. He saw that there was not man, and wondered that there was no intercessor. He had no mediator between God and man, and these plagues could be withheld no longer, for Jesus had ceased to plead for Israel, and they were covered with the covering of the Almighty God, and then they could live in the sight of a holy God, and those who were not covered, the plagues fell upon them, for they had nothing to shelter or protect them from the wrath of God."
I saw that all things are intensely looking and stretching their thoughts on the impending crisis before them. The sins of Israel must go to judgment beforehand. Every sin must be confessed at the sanctuary, then the work will move. It must be done now. The remnant in the time of trouble will cry, My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken me? {SpM 2A.3}
When the four angels let go, Christ will set up His kingdom. None receive the latter rain but those who are doing all they can. Christ would help us. All could be overcomers by the grace of God, through the blood of Jesus. All heaven is interested in the work. Angels are interested. {SpM 3.2}
Think ye that He will bring His hand unto Himself until He has accomplished the object for which He stretched it out? Yea, more bitter hatred against those that keep the law than against the Catholics. Truth, the truth, let it shine. Hold them by the side of truth. What are they rich in? They seek falsehood, deception and cunning. Behold where is their strength? Is it in the truth? A mere knowledge of the truth will never save. {SpM 3.3}How long then, angel of God, before the message will go with a loud voice? Other things to be accomplished. They must make themselves more vile. If Jesus should make His appearance in their midst, they would despise Him. They advocate their errors for awhile, until the people get disgusted with it, then they add another. Nights upon their beds, horror gets hold upon them. Can ye not see it? Live unto God. He has got them safe in the snare. The honest are getting disgusted. Satan works at the very ones that do Him the most harm. God can make them a host against their enemies. Ye give up too quick. Ye let go too soon. That arm, the arm of God is mighty. Satan works in different ways to steal the mind off from God. {SpM 3.4}
Victory! victory, we must have it over every wrong. A solemn sinking into God. Get ready! Set thine house in order.
1852
EGW
Friday, May 8, 2009
Excerpts of Visions of William Ellis Foy
I then beheld in the middle of this boundless place a tree, the body of which was like unto transparent glass, and the limbs were like transparent gold, extending all over this boundless place. On every branch of the tree were small angels standing. There was an innumerable multitude of them, and they sung with loud voices, and such singing has not been heard this side of heaven. This tree was also clothed in light proceeding from the mighty angel. Beneath this tree standing on the sea of glass, were the countless millions of the righteous, arrayed in white raiment, with crowns on their heads, and cards upon their breasts; and in the multitude I saw some that I knew while they were living upon the earth and they were all singing with loud voices and lifting up their glittering hands plucking fruit (15) from the tree; the fruit appeared like clusters of grapes in pictures of pure gold. With a lovely voice, the guide then spoke to me and said "Those that eat of the fruit of this tree, return to earth no more." I raised my hand to partake of the heavenly fruit, that I might no more return to earth; but alas! I immediately found myself again, in this lonely vale of tears.
The duty to declare the things which had thus been shown me, to my fellow creatures, and warn them to flee from the wrath to come, rested with great weight upon my mind; but I was disobedient, settling upon this point for an excuse, that my guide did not command me so to do; and I thereby, brought darkness and death upon my soul. But I could find no peace or comfort. I began to doubt whether indeed my soul had ever been converted, and although I often met with the people of God, I obtained no relief but felt distressed and lonely. I could get no access in prayer. At last in order to escape the cross of going and personally declaring it to the world, I decided to have it printed. Yet, in this I could find no relief. Besides after having an account of it printed, it was a very imperfect sketch; and indeed I was unable to relate it for that purpose. But the Lord in his mercy spared me to behold the evening of the 4th of Feb. 1842, when I met with the people of God in May St. A large congregation was gathered together, and (16) Christians were engaged in exortation and prayer. But I enjoyed none of the sensible presence of God.
In the last part of the evening, the house being much crowded, I gave my seat to a friend who had been standing through the evening. While I was thus standing, I began to reflect on my disobedience; and while thus engaged, suddenly I heard a voice, as it were, in the spirit, speaking unto me. I immediately fell to the floor, and knew nothing about this body, until twelve hours and a half had passed away, as I was afterwards informed.
It appeared to me that I was a spirit separate from this body, standing upon the earth alone. No other being appeared to be with me. The earth had the appearance of a place perfectly level. The sun shone forth in its splendour, as it naturally does at noon day. I then beheld a cloud gently rising out of the west, which came up and covered the sun, so that it was darkened, and the whole heavens become like sackcloth; then something beyond the expression of mortal man, burst forth from the heavens, from the south even unto the north. It was like a flaming bar of fire; and immediately after, something appeared, which it is impossible for me to describe. I then beheld innumerable multitudes coming from the four quarters of the earth and were assembled before this bar, and there stood in solemn silence, while paleness (17) gathered on all countenances. Immediately they were caught up to this bar, and the bodies of the saints were changed, becoming like transparent gold; and they were clothed in light and shining garments, and crowns of brightness were placed upon their heads, and shining cards upon their breasts; and singing sweetly they passed through the bar of fire. But the wicked were unable to pass. The world beneath appeared to be wrapt in darkness and fire; into this, the wicked sunk from my sight, crying for mercy. I beheld mothers with their infants in their arms come to the flaming bar; the bodies of the infants become like transparent gold, and on wings of flaming fire, they passed the bar, singing with lovely voices, and the unholy mothers, crying for mercy, would sink below.
I then beheld an innumerable multitude, coming up from the waters, and an innumerable multitude, coming up out of the earth, arrayed in white raiment, with cards upon their breasts, and singing with loud voices, they passed this bar, and received crowns of glory upon their heads.
I then beheld, a multitude coming up out of the earth, and some of them I knew whose names were enrolled in the church books on earth, some of whom I had seen communing with the saints of different orders, and some which had professed (18) to be preachers of the gospel. Although they had high professions, yet they were not found worthy, but cried for mercy, and sunk with those who had blasphemed.
As we passed the bar, we entered upon a boundless place which was lighted up with great brightness. Near the place through which we passed I beheld a mighty angel clothed in pure white raiment, having a crown of brightness on his head. He appeared to be gazing through the bar, and his eyes like lamps of fire, were fixed with steadfastness upon the earth. He stood with his right foot placed before him, as though walking; and his object appeared to be, to reach the earth. But three steps remained for him to take. Against his breast, and across his left hand, was as it were, a trumpet of pure silver; and a great and terrible voice came from the midst of the boundless place, saying, "The sixth angel hath not yet done sounding."
Behind the angel, I beheld countless millions of bright chariots, they had the appearance of pure gold, and were perfectly square. Each chariot had four wings like flaming fire. And while I was beholding, one of the chariots arose upon its wings of fire, and an angel followed after the chariot; and the wings of the chariot, and the wings of the angel, cried as with one loud voice, saying, "Holy! Holy!" I watched the chariot, listening to the lovely sound of the wings. It passed towards the earth; and there appeared a spirit (19) arrayed in white raiment as it were, standing upon a mountain, and there was given him a crown of brightness; and he stepped into the chariot with the angel, and in a moment he was in this boundless place. Although he shone with great brightness yet this individual I knew, it was the one referred to by the witness* who said "I see the chariot coming!" He departed this life, in just two weeks after I saw him in vision.
I then saw in the midst of the place, an innumerable multitude, arrayed in white raiment, standing in a perfect square, having crowns of unfading glory upon their heads. They were of the size of children ten years of age; and they sung a song, which the saints and angels could not sing. In the midst of this boundless place, there was a river of pure water, and on either side of the river, countless millions of angels stood, with crowns of brightness upon their heads; they had in their hands cups like pure gold, and were bowing down and partaking of the water of the river, singing with loud and lovely voices, and worshiping him, whose crown gave light, to this boundless place.
Then came one unto me clothed in white, whom I call my guide; - he led me to a place
----------* Mary Black, the wife of the deceased Eld. George Black (the individual seen in the vision) testified: These are his dying words. �I see the chariots coming towards my spirit home.' He then left the world with a shout.**
(20) like unto a narrow door. The first which I beheld, was a mighty angel, upon the right hand, having a large book open before him, also at the left, another with a book open before him. My guide, then spake to me, saying, "They that repent of their sins on the earth, are blotted out of the book on the left, and recorded on the right." I then beheld angels ascending and descending too and from the earth; they bore tidings to the recording angels.
My guide, now, informed me what I must do; saying, "Thy spirit must return to yonder world, and thou must reveal those things which thou hast seen, and also warn thy fellow creatures, to flee from the wrath to come." I then answered him saying, "How can I return to yonder world"? He answered me; "I will go with thee, and support and help thee, to declare these things unto the world." Then, I answered the angel. - I will go.
I then beheld this lower world. It seemed as though the vail which had separated it from the boundless place in which I stood, was removed, and they had both become as one: and the saints and angels were continually passing from, and to, the earth. The earth appeared like a calm sea of transparent gold; above no cloud or sky appeared, but the air was perfectly pure, and of a silvery brightness. I then heard all the saints, and angels, in heaven, and on the (21) earth, singing with loud voices. My guide then spread his wings, and brought my spirit gently to the earth, then soared away; and immediately I found myself in the body.
Notwithstanding the command of my guide and my solemn promise to declare these things to the world; I was at first exceedingly unwilling to do so, and it was three days before I revealed them in a public manner.
The message was so different - and the manner in which the command was given, so different from any I had ever heard of, and knowing the prejudice among the people against those of my color, it became very crossing.
These questions were continually arising. Why should these things be given to me, to bear to the world, and not to the learned, to one of a different condition from myself? But no peace could I obtain in disobedience. "Woe is me if I declare not these things" rested heavily upon my soul.
On the 6th of Feb, the Pastor of the Broomfield St. Church, called upon me and requested me to relate my visions in his house of worship. Several members of that church were present and were anxious for me to comply. I consented: and the appointment was made for me after noon. After they had left me I regretted that such a step had been taken, and thought had the world been mine it would cheerfully be given, to have the appointment recalled.
The morning of the 7th, however, found my mind calm, and peaceful; but as the hour for meeting drew nigh, temptations began sorely to afflict me. I feared lest my guide would not be with me, and I should be unable to tell the people, the things which had been shown me. A band of brethren, sympathizing with me, accompanied me to the meeting. Upon entering the house, I found a large congregation assembled, and each individual, seemed like a mountain. So much of the fear of man, rested upon me, that I asked the Pastor, to open the meeting with prayer: telling him, I thought they would be obliged to have a prayer meeting. But while he was addressing the throne of grace, it seemed as though I heard a voice, speaking unto me, and saying, "I am with thee; and I promised to be with thee" my heart then began to burn within me, the fear of man suddenly fled, and unspeakable glory filled my soul. I then related with great freedom, the things shown me, while the congregation sat in perfect stillness. From this time I traveled three months delivering my message to crowded houses, enjoying continual peace of mind. But after this I began to fear my family would come to want, and so went to work laboring with my hands, and thus continued for three months. But I could find no rest day and night, until again I consorted to do my duty. Since then, I have traveled from place to place, and suffered some persecution, but the promise of my guide has never failed. His supporting presence has been with me.
My object in publishing these visions is to comfort the saints. They have been a great consideration to me, in seasons of temptation and trial.
Often in the silent hours of the night I have seemed to hear again, the sweet song for the angels; and whenever my heart has felt sad and lonely the things shown me by that angel have lifted me up above the trying scenes of earth.
My desire is, that the children of God may be blessed in the same manner. I am now waiting for my coming Lord. Although before the Lord was pleased to show me things, heavenly things, I was opposed to the doctrine of Jesus' near approach. I am now looking for that event. I expect soon to see the tall and mighty angel. Then shall I be satisfied, when I awake in his likeness.
"Ye saints of God, lift up your heads, for the glories of an earth made new, will soon be yours.
"Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him." But God hath revealed them unto me by his spirit; for the spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God."
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TESTIMONIALS
We the undersigned, inhabitants of Boston were witnesses of the apparently inanimate conditions into which our brother, Wm. Ellis Foy, was thrown from some unknown cause, on the 18th of January 1842 when he laid two hours and a half; and again February 4th when he laid twelve hours and a half, during which, each time he testifies that he experienced extraordinary visions of the other world.
Charles Tash. Francis Sanders
George Williams John Thomas
David Williams Andrew Lewis
Edward Williams George Harris
Dr. Henry Cummings testifies: "I was present with our brother at the time of his visions. I examined him, but could not find any appearance of life, except around his heart."
And Foy testifies: "The first appearance of life I saw in him, was the raising of his right hand. He then arose upon his knee and made signs for water which was given him. He dipped his hand into it, and wet his forehead, and his speech immediately came to him. We then wished him to tell us, what things he had seen, and he answered, as soon as I receive strength, I will reveal unto you, that which the Lord has revealed unto me."
Copy of certificate of church membership.
This certifies that Bro. Wm. E. Foy, is a regular member, of the first Freewill Baptist Church, in Augusta, in good standing. And as such, we commend him to the fellowship of the people of God, of every name, wherever he may chance to meet them.
DANIEL PALMER,
Church Clerk
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
φαρμακεία
φαρμακεία is the Greek word for pharmakeia. In English it literally means pharmaceuticalsStrongs Concordance defines this word as:
1) the use or the administering of drugs
2) poisoning
3) sorcery, magical arts, often found in connection with idolatry and fostered by it
4) metaph. the deceptions and seductions of idolatry
Revelation uses the word φαρμακεία to describe a prophesied event. The word John uses is translated in Revelation as sorceries. Anyone living in this day can see this is fulfilled now, and will get much worse. I believe very soon, there will be nothing that you can buy that has not been tainted with some sort of drug. Jesus says it so I can stand on it.
Concerning great papal Babylon, the Bible says,“By thy sorceries (φαρμακεία) were all nations deceived. And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.” Rev. 18:23,24. How will they do that? Will Vatican pharmaceuticals be legalized, pasturized, tenderized, vaporized, homogenized, and sold in legalized marijuana cigarettes, meat substitutes, and tasty products in health food stores - to make more money and slaves and souls of men?
Concerning great papal Babylon, the Bible says,“By thy sorceries (φαρμακεία) were all nations deceived. And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.” Rev. 18:23,24. How will they do that? Will Vatican pharmaceuticals be legalized, pasturized, tenderized, vaporized, homogenized, and sold in legalized marijuana cigarettes, meat substitutes, and tasty products in health food stores - to make more money and slaves and souls of men?
Will they legalize marijuana and hemp, for the good of the economy, so that most everyone in cars, streets, highways, trains, boats, and airplanes will crash around; and lawmakers in Washington will float into Congress to make “laws manufactured by satanic agencies under a plea of goodness”, until the mark of the beast is enforced? Will Vatican pharmaceuticals make the nation “speak as a dragon” and have goony eyes?
And do not overlook the fact that this word also has a definition including magic and the magical arts as depicted in movies such as Harry Potter and Disney. These movies actually have the potential to trance viewers and cause a drug like addiction and mania for them.
Consider the fact, that in your home, you have items called remote control, channels, programs and television, all words referring to the magical arts.
And as Jesus would say,
'Behold, I have told you before.'
Friday, April 17, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Reproofs, Rebukes and Exhortations
Lev 19:17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in
thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
Prov 9:8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
Prov 13:1 A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
Prov 19:25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
Prov 27:5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Eccl 7:5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Eph 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
Lk 17:3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
2 Tim 4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
Titus 1:9 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
Heb 3:13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
Reprove:
Websters: To scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent; to express disapproval of; censure; convince, convict; admonish, rebuke
Strongs: to show to be right, prove; to correct, rebuke; to be chastened; to reason, reason together
Rebuke:
Websters: to criticize sharply; reprimand
Strongs: to convict, refute, confute; generally with a suggestion of shame of the person convicted; by conviction to bring to the light, to expose; to find fault with, correct; to reprehend severely, chide, admonish, reprove; to call to account, show one his fault, demand an explanation; to chasten, to punish; to show honour to, to honour; to raise the price of; to adjudge, award, in the sense of merited penalty; to tax with fault, rate, chide, rebuke, reprove, censure severely; to admonish or charge sharply
Exhort:
Websters: to incite by argument or advice; urge strongly; to give warnings or advice; make urgent appeals
Strongs: to call to one's side, call for, summon; to address, speak to, (call to, call upon), which may be done in the way of exhortation, entreaty, comfort, instruction; to admonish, exhort; to beg, entreat, beseech; to strive to appease by entreaty; to console, to encourage and strengthen by consolation, to comfort; to receive consolation, be comforted; to encourage, strengthen; exhorting and comforting and encouraging; to instruct, teach
Longsuffering:
Websters: long and patient endurance of offense
Strongs: patience, endurance, constancy, steadfastness, perseverance; patience, forbearance, longsuffering, slowness in avenging wrongs; to be of a long spirit, not to lose heart; to persevere patiently and bravely in enduring misfortunes and troubles; to be patient in bearing the offenses and injuries of others; to be mild and slow in avenging; to be longsuffering, slow to anger, slow to punish
This is certainly not an illustration of 'live and let live'. I, obviously, am 'my brothers keeper' and am responsible for the instruction that I give and also receive. We need to work on this, because most of us are unwilling to do either. We can call sin by it's rightful name and in doing so may save ourselves and our brother.
Lev 19:17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in
thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
Prov 9:8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
Prov 13:1 A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
Prov 19:25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
Prov 27:5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Eccl 7:5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Eph 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
Lk 17:3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
2 Tim 4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
Titus 1:9 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
Heb 3:13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
Reprove:
Websters: To scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent; to express disapproval of; censure; convince, convict; admonish, rebuke
Strongs: to show to be right, prove; to correct, rebuke; to be chastened; to reason, reason together
Rebuke:
Websters: to criticize sharply; reprimand
Strongs: to convict, refute, confute; generally with a suggestion of shame of the person convicted; by conviction to bring to the light, to expose; to find fault with, correct; to reprehend severely, chide, admonish, reprove; to call to account, show one his fault, demand an explanation; to chasten, to punish; to show honour to, to honour; to raise the price of; to adjudge, award, in the sense of merited penalty; to tax with fault, rate, chide, rebuke, reprove, censure severely; to admonish or charge sharply
Exhort:
Websters: to incite by argument or advice; urge strongly; to give warnings or advice; make urgent appeals
Strongs: to call to one's side, call for, summon; to address, speak to, (call to, call upon), which may be done in the way of exhortation, entreaty, comfort, instruction; to admonish, exhort; to beg, entreat, beseech; to strive to appease by entreaty; to console, to encourage and strengthen by consolation, to comfort; to receive consolation, be comforted; to encourage, strengthen; exhorting and comforting and encouraging; to instruct, teach
Longsuffering:
Websters: long and patient endurance of offense
Strongs: patience, endurance, constancy, steadfastness, perseverance; patience, forbearance, longsuffering, slowness in avenging wrongs; to be of a long spirit, not to lose heart; to persevere patiently and bravely in enduring misfortunes and troubles; to be patient in bearing the offenses and injuries of others; to be mild and slow in avenging; to be longsuffering, slow to anger, slow to punish
This is certainly not an illustration of 'live and let live'. I, obviously, am 'my brothers keeper' and am responsible for the instruction that I give and also receive. We need to work on this, because most of us are unwilling to do either. We can call sin by it's rightful name and in doing so may save ourselves and our brother.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Easter
Exodus 23:13 And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect (careful to consider): and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
Jeremiah 44: 16-19 As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee. But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine. And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men?
Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people which had given him that answer, saying, The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and came it not into his mind?
So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day. Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day.
The English word Easter is derived from the names "Eostre" - "Eastre" - "Astarte" or Ashtaroth. The word Easter comes from the word east and means dawn or morning light; a reference to the rising sun.
Astarte was introduced into the British Isles by the Druids and is just another name for Beltis or Ishtar of the Chaldeans and Babylonians.The book of Judges records that "the children of Israel did evil ...in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, ...and forsook the LORD, and served not Him.
"Easter is just another name for Ashteroth "The Queen of Heaven." She and Baal (the sun god) are in the picture to the right. Easter was not considered a "Christian" festival until the fourth century. Early Christians celebrated Passover on the 14th day of the first month and a study of the dates on which Easter is celebrated will reveal that the celebration of Easter is not observed in accordance with the prescribed time for the observance of Passover.
After much debate, the Nicaean council of 325 A.D. decreed that "Easter" should be celebrated on the first Sunday, after the full moon, on or after the vernal equinox. Why was so much debate necessary if "Easter" was a tradition passed down from the Apostles?
The answer is that it was not an Apostolic institution, but, an invention of man! They had to make up some rules.
History records that spring festivals in honor of the pagan fertility goddesses and the events associated with them were celebrated at the same time as "Easter". In the year 399 A.D. the Theodosian Code attempted to remove the pagan connotation from those events and banned their observance.
The pagan festival of Easter originated as the worship of the sun goddess, the Babylonian Queen of Heaven who was later worshipped under many names including Ishtar, Cybele, Idaea Mater (the Great Mother), or Astarte for whom the celebration of Easter is named. Easter is not another name for the Feast of Passover and is not celebrated at the Biblically prescribed time for Passover. It is celebrated every year on the day of Astarte. Sometimes the Easter and Passover celebrations are as much as a month apart. The pagan Easter festival was supposedly "Christianized" several hundred years after Christ.
However, Easter is not Christian at all, it is pure paganism under a veil of purity. Your pastors, bishops, preachers and seminary graduates have all been taught these very facts, but they say nothing about them. What does God say about man made traditions? He speaks against them. How do you think Christ feels when you place His name on a pagan holy day? This is nothing but intermingling the two and it is an abomination to Him. Remember, Satan is THE master deceiver and there is nothing new under the sun.
Sunrise services are in honor of the idolotrous sun of god, Tammuz, who supposedly arose from the dead on this particular day. You can easily find a study on this. These services are not in honor of the Savior, Son of God. No where in scripture are we instructed to honor the resurrection of Christ or his birth. In the name of the blessed Savior, idolatrous abominations are practiced by unsuspecting people. We are told however, to honor the death of Christ in a communion service, but were never instructed to honor this day on Easter or Passover.
Satan uses masterful deceptions to carry out his plans. What parent can resist worldly pressure and deny their children things that all of the world gives? "All for the children" is one of Satans best lines, because it works. Parents unknowingly cause themselves and their children to honor paganism by complying with worldly Satanic holi-days. Sun worship is a circle of idolatry consisting of Satan, the sun and pagan god's. Christianity is mingled with paganism for the most deceptive punch possible. Even when truth is plainly put before the people, they refuse to believe. How sad to see that modern day christians have the same attitude that the Israelites had when they declared that they would do what was right in their own eyes and follow tradition.
What exactly do easter bunnies and colored eggs have to do with Christ anyway? It is a mockery.
Jeremiah 44: 16-19 As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee. But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine. And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men?
Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people which had given him that answer, saying, The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and came it not into his mind?
So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day. Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day.
The English word Easter is derived from the names "Eostre" - "Eastre" - "Astarte" or Ashtaroth. The word Easter comes from the word east and means dawn or morning light; a reference to the rising sun.
Astarte was introduced into the British Isles by the Druids and is just another name for Beltis or Ishtar of the Chaldeans and Babylonians.The book of Judges records that "the children of Israel did evil ...in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, ...and forsook the LORD, and served not Him.
"Easter is just another name for Ashteroth "The Queen of Heaven." She and Baal (the sun god) are in the picture to the right. Easter was not considered a "Christian" festival until the fourth century. Early Christians celebrated Passover on the 14th day of the first month and a study of the dates on which Easter is celebrated will reveal that the celebration of Easter is not observed in accordance with the prescribed time for the observance of Passover.
After much debate, the Nicaean council of 325 A.D. decreed that "Easter" should be celebrated on the first Sunday, after the full moon, on or after the vernal equinox. Why was so much debate necessary if "Easter" was a tradition passed down from the Apostles?
The answer is that it was not an Apostolic institution, but, an invention of man! They had to make up some rules.
History records that spring festivals in honor of the pagan fertility goddesses and the events associated with them were celebrated at the same time as "Easter". In the year 399 A.D. the Theodosian Code attempted to remove the pagan connotation from those events and banned their observance.
The pagan festival of Easter originated as the worship of the sun goddess, the Babylonian Queen of Heaven who was later worshipped under many names including Ishtar, Cybele, Idaea Mater (the Great Mother), or Astarte for whom the celebration of Easter is named. Easter is not another name for the Feast of Passover and is not celebrated at the Biblically prescribed time for Passover. It is celebrated every year on the day of Astarte. Sometimes the Easter and Passover celebrations are as much as a month apart. The pagan Easter festival was supposedly "Christianized" several hundred years after Christ.
However, Easter is not Christian at all, it is pure paganism under a veil of purity. Your pastors, bishops, preachers and seminary graduates have all been taught these very facts, but they say nothing about them. What does God say about man made traditions? He speaks against them. How do you think Christ feels when you place His name on a pagan holy day? This is nothing but intermingling the two and it is an abomination to Him. Remember, Satan is THE master deceiver and there is nothing new under the sun.
Sunrise services are in honor of the idolotrous sun of god, Tammuz, who supposedly arose from the dead on this particular day. You can easily find a study on this. These services are not in honor of the Savior, Son of God. No where in scripture are we instructed to honor the resurrection of Christ or his birth. In the name of the blessed Savior, idolatrous abominations are practiced by unsuspecting people. We are told however, to honor the death of Christ in a communion service, but were never instructed to honor this day on Easter or Passover.
Satan uses masterful deceptions to carry out his plans. What parent can resist worldly pressure and deny their children things that all of the world gives? "All for the children" is one of Satans best lines, because it works. Parents unknowingly cause themselves and their children to honor paganism by complying with worldly Satanic holi-days. Sun worship is a circle of idolatry consisting of Satan, the sun and pagan god's. Christianity is mingled with paganism for the most deceptive punch possible. Even when truth is plainly put before the people, they refuse to believe. How sad to see that modern day christians have the same attitude that the Israelites had when they declared that they would do what was right in their own eyes and follow tradition.
What exactly do easter bunnies and colored eggs have to do with Christ anyway? It is a mockery.
What exactly is in this picture that represents Christ? The truth is, Astarte was said to have turned a bird into a rabbit, and lore has it that the rabbit layed eggs.
"When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land; Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods. What thing whatsoever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it." -Deuteronomy 12:29-32
For an in-depth study on this subject please visit
http://http//www.remnantofgod.org/easter.htm#me
For an in-depth study on this subject please visit
http://http//www.remnantofgod.org/easter.htm#me
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