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- 1 Peter 4:17 For the time
is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if
it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey
not the gospel of God?
- Commentary by: Jamieson, Fausset
& Brown - 1Pe 4:17
17. Another ground of consolation to Christians.
All must pass under the judgment of God; God's own household
first, their chastisement being here, for which they should glorify
Him as a proof of their membership in His family, and a pledge
of their escape from the end of those whom the last judgment
shall find disobedient to the Gospel.
the time--Greek, "season," "fit
time."
judgment must begin at the house of God--the
Church of living believers. Peter has in mind Eze 9:6; compare
Am 3:2; Jer 25:29. Judgment is already begun, the Gospel word,
as a "two-edged sword," having the double effect of
saving some and condemning others, and shall be consummated at
the last judgment. "When power is given to the destroyer,
he observes no distinction between the righteous and the wicked;
not only so, but he begins first at the righteous" [WETSTEIN
from Rabbins]. But God limits the destroyer's power
over His people.
if . . . at us, what shall the end
be of them, &c.--If even the godly have chastening judgments
now, how much more shall the ungodly be doomed to damnatory judgments
at last.
gospel of God--the very God who is to judge
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- TAMING THE LION: 1st Peter 5:8
- "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil,
- as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may
- devour:" (1 Peter 5:8) - by Cephas (Author)
List Price: $17.95 - Paperback: 404 pages
Publisher: Cephas Ministry Inc. (March 9, 2009)
ISBN-10: 0615268080
Look Inside the book is available: Click
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- http://www.amazon.com/Taming-Lion-1st-Peter-8/dp/0615268080/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239906425&sr=1-1
- INTRODUCTION
- To read this book requires love for the Gospel, if you don't
you might as well put it away because you'll simply think it
foolishness. The book proves that biblical truth is indeed truth
that sustains us. No matter what happens to us we land on our
feet and move on knowing we are only passing through. The world
is irrelevant. What is relevant is our eternal life, where we'll
spend it in heaven or hell. All human beings have eternal life
but where they will spend it is the question.
This book will reveal the resistance we are up against in our
enemy Satan who only works to undermine believers in Christ Jesus
because Satan knows where he is going and wants all of humanity
to join him. Those who already have sworn their allegiance to
Satan are no problem to him. Like Jesus Christ, who preached
only three years, was crucified because Satan hated Him, we become
the object of Satan's hatred as well. Had Jesus weakened and
let Satan tempt Him, He would have been King of this world for
a season and the whole world would have ended up in hell forever.
Every man, woman, and child's salvation hung on one man. To prove
to us that we can depend on Him forever, He weakened Himself
by fasting 40 days before He was confronted with the offer to
possess the whole world. If He was 100% human and 100% Spirit,
He experienced everything humans do, yet gave Himself to be humiliated,
be bled and died for our sakes who are completely undeserving
as you will see in this book.
God knows our lot, that we have no chance of making it to Heaven
on our own. We can try as hard as we want; Satan derails us at
every turn without God's intervention. Most of us believe that
we are good people and would not hurt anyone, go to church on
Sunday and earn our wages by the sweat of our brow. That is well
and good, but we tend to be rebels spiritually. We want to do
it our way instead of studying the Bible we read other books
and listen to evangelists in the hope that's going to get us
to heaven. Nothing could be further from the truth. Continued:
- http://www.cephastamingthelion.com
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- THE RAPTURE "WHEN?"
- http://www.freeworldfilmworks.com/when-chap02.pdf
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- A LAMP IN THE DARK: THE UNTOLD
HISTORY OF THE BIBLE (NEW DVD)
- http://www.adullamfilms.com/NewsUpdateOct232009.html
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- BRUCE WILKINSON NEEDS CAREFUL SCRUTINY
- EVANGELICAL OUTREACH ".... Bruce Wilkinson, in keeping
with THE HERESY of once saved always saved, wants us to believe
a fruitless branch does NOT get cut off by the vinedresser and
does NOT get thrown in the fire (referring to hell). Instead,
he believes that the fruitless Christian gets “lifted up”
and merely remains of no spiritual use. Grace changers, like
Bruce Wilkinson, are always making allowances for sin and are
ever-ready to distort the Scriptures to do so.
- Especially destructive to Bruce Wilkinson’s interpretation
are the following three other times Jesus similarly taught as
he did in John 15:1-8. Bruce Wilkinson is clearly wrong and misleading
his readers:
- Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and
thrown into the fire. (Matthew 7:19)
- Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree, planted
in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it, but did
not find any. So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard,
‘For three years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit
on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why
should it use up the soil?’ ‘Sir,’ the man replied,
‘leave it alone for one more year, and I’ll dig around
it and fertilize it. If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not,
then cut it down.’” (Luke 13:6-9).." Full article:
http://www.evangelicaloutreach.org/bruce_wilkinson.htm
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- PLANET X: THE REAL STORY
- Ten: The famous `Berlin seal', displaying one planet too
many.
-
- ".... Then again, maybe nothing happens at all in 2003.
You see, Planet X is like the perfect myth: the outcome of centuries
of ill-omened rumors, laced with snippets of history and cosmology.
But: it is still myth. Dream stuff.
- It all began with a tablet of clay, uncovered in the Near
East many years ago. On the tablet, the Sumerians, the earliest
known inhabitants of the Middle East, jotted down something that
looked like a solar system. Earth was there, and Saturn, and
Jupiter -- as well as all other planets we know of today. But
hey, aren’t there supposed to be nine planets? The clay
tablet clearly displays eleven. The tenth one could be the moon,
or the newly discovered mini-planet Sedna. But that still leaves
you with one planet too many. Weird, isn’t it?
- Next came the astronomers. From the 1840s until deep into
the 1980s, astronomy was haunted by a strange mystery. Something
was not right with the orbits of the outer planets. Something
really heavy seemed to be tugging at the outer planets Uranus
and Neptune. Certain asteroids felt the mysterious pull, too.
Must be an enormous planet out there, many astronomers assumed.
Or several planets, even. This was how Planet X got its name:
the term `X’ comes from the early-twentieth century astronomer
Percival Lowell, best known for his study of the `canals’
on Mars.
- But eventually, in the 1980s and 1990s, the riddle was solved.
There appeared to be no mystery planet involved at all. Neither
is there some mysterious force pulling on Neptune’s orbit.
The astronomers simply had their orbit calculations wrong. But
with better techniques, it all added up. By now, no serious astronomer
believes in Planet X anymore. Exit Planet X.
- But it was too late already. The Planet X-story had started
to lead a life of its own ... But Sitchin turned the story upside-down.
To his opinion, the Sumerians were actually describing an ancient
cosmic disaster. A collision between our own planet (Tiamat),
and Marduk -- which was, of course, the mystery planet from the
clay tablet, a.k.a. Planet X. Adds up nice, right?
- Well: it doesn't. For one thing, Sitchin's translations of
the Sumerian texts were terrible - for example, he got the word
for `planet' wrong. And the words Nibiru and Marduk? Marduk was,
besides a god, a nickname for the planet Jupiter. `Nibiru' simply
means `ferry boat' and was sometimes used to describe... Jupiter!
So in fact, what Sitchin holds for Planet X is simply good old
Jupiter...
- Aw... Hold it now. Is that all? Well, there’s this other
thing. For in fact, Planet X has been spotted by NASA! In 1983,
two astronomers named Neugebauer and Houck made headlines with
their announcement that they had discovered a `Jupiter-sized
planet’, cruising the galaxy at a distance of two billion
kilometers from the Sun.
- But: the headlines were wrong. What Neugebauer and Houck
really told the press was that they discovered an irregularity
in the infrared spectrum. It could be almost anything, they stated,
ranging from a new planet to a distant galaxy. The press obviously
preferred the planet. But after a while it became clear that
what the astronomers really saw was a distant galaxy....
- - NASA has photographed Planet X in 1983
No, they haven’t. In 1983, the IRAS satellite spotted something
unexplained that turned out to be a new type of very distant
galaxy. But for lack of anything better, the press concluded
that NASA had spotted a tenth planet.
- The Russians have photographed Planet X in their `Norlock’-project.
That’s a hoax. There’s no such thing as a secret project
called Norlock. The hoax was set up by someone claiming to be
an anonymous Russian scientist who had `finally decided to share
this important information with the world.’ Yeah, sure...
Read the whole story: http://www.exitmundi.nl/Planet-X.htm
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 THE BIG SIX MAN-MADE CATASTROPHIC
SCENARIOS FOR 2012 AND BEYOND
- Survival Author Matthew Stein and Jacco van der Worp MSc
As moviegoers flock to see Sony's new 2012 film, critics, debunkers
and cynics are spewing forth a flood of poison pen pronouncements.
Taken altogether, it is a bizarre twist on the Biblical story
of Noah and the Flood — and with strikingly similar themes.
- For those new to the topic of 2012, the film is great entertainment,
but it also drives home an ancient failing of humanity. That
the common folk are often the last to know, whether by their
own choices or those made for them by wealthy and powerful elites.
Ergo, many will never ask, "where will I be in 2012?"
They'll just have enough time to ask, "My God, what's happening?"
GO
- http://yowusa.com/planetx/2007/planetx-2007-08b/1.shtml
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- WHAT DOES THE BIBLE HAVE TO SAY
ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING?
- GLOBAL WARMING WHAT THE GOVERNMENT ISN'T TELLING YOU
- This was shocking news that we came upon by accident. We
have a program here that is still talking about the inside information
that Alex Jones, Dr. Stanley and such men address. They get calls
and interview researchers. John Moore was on this particular
program and talked about Global Warming. Even though we research
around the clock, this information was overwhelming.
- To understand the DVD 'Global Warming What The Government
Isn't Telling You', one has to know a little more background
to understand what John did not have enough time for on the DVD.
He only touches the surface. The DVD will be available in the
library.
- 1) I'm sure you know about 2012 that they found a Mayan Calendar
that strangely enough, ends on December 21 2012. Hollywood has
a film out now that describes what happens in 2012 according
to their prophecies.
- 2) Authors wrote a lot about planet X. I haven't paid much
attention to that, thinking it is another one of those outer
space scenarios that they love to spend time on. Planet X turns
out to be a planet that is only visible every 3600 years, because
it doesn't act like the rest of them. It was described in the
ancient tablets along with the other nine.
- Continued: global_warming_and_what_you_need_to_know.html
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- SECRET UNDERGROUND CITIES WORLD WIDE
- http://hubpages.com/hub/Secret-Underground-Cities
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- RUMORS HAVE IT THE CIA IS MOVING TO DENVER COLORADO DUE TO
PLANETARY DISTURBANCES SOON TO HAPPEN?
February 16, 2009 - CIA Moving to Denver - They won't tell you
the real reason..
- 2012 CHANGES ARE NOW Full story: http://2012changesarenow.blogspot.com/2009/02/cia-moving-to-denver.html
- PASTOR JOE SCHIMMEL'S BLOG
- GOOD FIGHT MINISTRIES - Lessons
from the Alabama Massacre
- In the wake of Alabama’s
worst mass shooting in the state’s history, many Americans
have been left dumbfounded as the nation mourns and wonders how
a young man could murder 11 people in cold blood. Many are still
shocked that mass school shooting and murder sprees have become
common place in the United States, and I ask: “Why?”
Continued: http://cupofjoe.goodfight.org
- FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT
- Also simply visit www.goodfight.org
and choose the theater, or you can click on the "Exposés"
link in the navigation bar on our Home Page. You can also use
this direct link: http://theater.goodfight.org
We feature individual movie clips from "They
Sold Their Souls for Rock n Roll" with more clips being
added all the time! So be sure and check back in to the theater
from time to time to see what new movie clips we have added.
We plan on adding clips from all of our DVDs, such as "Hollywood's
War on God", "Hollywood
Unmasked", and more! The Good Fight Theater is a
GREAT way to minister to friends, family and/or loved ones by
allowing them to view specific movie clips on a particular artist
or entertainer, without having to go through an entire DVD.
Our convenient Search bar at the top of the theater makes
it easy to find what you're looking for! So what are you waiting
for? Go check out the new Good Fight Theater! And be sure to
share it with everyone you know who would benefit from this great
ministry tool.
- Released in August 2009
- THE TRANSFORMERS
- Three new free movie clips
in our Good Fight Theater regarding Gnosticism
in Hollywood movies. The first is a clip on "Vanilla
Sky" starring Tom Cruise. Two others are "Pleasantville"
starring Tobey Maguire and Reese Witherspoon, and "The Truman
Show" starring Jim Carrey. To learn more about the
ancient heresy of Gnosticism,
you can also view our free Gnosticism video clip, also available
in our Good Fight Theater. This topic is becoming more and more
prevalent in Hollywood movies today, with the most blatant example
due out in theaters in January 2010. We are currently working
on a short exposé regarding this new movie release that
will abolutely stun you. Hollywood is not even trying to hide
their blatant switch of good for evil and evil for good (Isaiah
5:20). Stay tuned! This one will blow you away...
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- THE POPE WANTS TO CHANGE ISRAEL AND THE WORLD
- The Pope in Rome wants to change Israel. In 1999 the late
Pope kissed the Qur’an. The Pope himself is worshiped and
kissed by his faithful followers. There is a lot of things that
needs to be changed.
- Pope Benedict XVI was in Israel from May 8th to the 15th.
Hopes are soaring among Israel’s enemies that the Pope will
use his imminent visit to Israel to further pressure the Netanyahu
government to surrender historical Jewish lands.
- But can the Pope be trusted?
- On May 14th 1999 a delegation of Christian and Muslim leaders
from Iraq visited Pope John Paul II in Rome. A Muslim representative
brought the Holy Qur’an, and the Pope kissed it in front
of all the participants. Continued;
- http://ivarfjeld.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/the-pope-wants-to-change-israel-and-the-world/
- MUSLIMS NOT ATOP JERUSALEM'S TEMPLE MOUNT, THREE ISRAELIS
HURT
October 26, 2009 - Palestinian Arab Muslims on Sunday repeated
attacked Israeli visitors and police officers atop Jerusalem’s
Temple Mount, resulting in a number of injuries and numerous
arrests. Continued:
- http://ivarfjeld.wordpress.com/category/jerusalem-temple-mount/
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- POPE BENEDICT CALLS FOR NEW WORLD FINANCIAL ORDER
- By Dan Collins - July 08, 2009 - THE Pope has called for
a new world financial order blaming the global crisis on the
greed of financiers and investors. Denouncing what he termed
a profit-at-all-cost mentality, Pope Benedict XVI was also critical
of governmental oversight and the absence of global regulation.
- In the most socially rooted Vatican encyclical letter since
1967, the Pope wrote: "In the face of the unrelenting growth
of global interdependence, there is a strongly felt need, even
in the midst of a global recession, for a reform of the United
Nations organisation, and likewise of economic institutions and
international finance, so that the concept of the family of nations
can acquire real teeth." Benedict appealed to developed
nations not to scale back aid to poor countries because of the
economic crisis. He urged wealthier countries to increase development
aid to help eliminate world hunger, saying peace and security
depended on it... The Bishops of Ireland welcomed the publication
of Caritas In Veritate (Love in Truth). The Irish bishops said
the Pope had revisited the teachings on "integral human
development" expounded by Pope Paul VI in his landmark 1967
encyclical, Populorum Progressio. The document was in the works
for two years, and released the day before leaders of the G-8
industrialised nations meet to co-ordinate efforts to emerge
from the financial crisis. This story appeared in the printed
version of the Irish Examiner Wednesday, July 08, 2009 http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/pope-benedict-calls-for-new-world-financial-order-95884.html#ixzz0Kdo2QeCn&C
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- OBAMA TO MEET POPE FOR THE FIRST TIME
- JULY 2, 2009 - World News - VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - U.S.
President Barack Obama, whose support for abortion rights and
stem cell research has angered some Catholics, is due to meet
Pope Benedict for the first time on July 10 during a visit to
Italy. Vatican officials said the U.S. leader would have an afternoon
audience with the pope in the Vatican after the conclusion of
a July 8-10 summit of Group of Eight industrial nations, scheduled
for the Italian city of L'Aquila. "The pope is ready to
meet with U.S. President Barack Obama in the afternoon of July
10," deputy Vatican spokesman Ciro Benedettini told Reuters.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters in Washington
the pope and the president would "discuss a range of issues,
including their shared belief in the dignity of all people."
Obama has angered some American Roman Catholics with his support
for abortion rights and his decision to lift restrictions on
stem cell research, which is likely to be a topic of discussion
at the July meeting.
- In 2001, the late Pope John Paul II urged then-U.S. President
George W. Bush not to allow stem cell research....
- The G8 summit is due to discuss a response to the international
economic crisis and global warming. Its location was moved to
L'Aquila in a sign of solidarity with victims from an April earthquake
that killed nearly 300 people and devastated large parts of the
city. (Reporting by Daniel Flynn; Editing by Lin Noueihed and
Peter Cooney
http://amazingdiscoveries.org/AD-Header-Publications-Journals-WorldNews-ObamaToMeetPopeForFirstTime.html
- Comparison of various factors between industrialized countries
- http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=tle0SnJrL2UDMwOEQArNwvA
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- THE POPE, THE PRESIDENT & THE NEW WORLD ORDER ECONOMY
 Also remember that Pope Benedict
XVI published his economic encyclical which was given to President
Barack Obama during his visit to the Vatican in July of 2009.
The New York Times wrote an article titled: “Pope Urges
Forming New World Economic Order.” To read that article,
click
here.
- Meanwhile, Bloomberg.com posted another article titled “Democrat’s
Link Pope’s Economic Plea With Obama Agenda.” To read
the full article, click
here.
- Also, consider this quote from certain Jesuit priests in
Chieri, Italy back in 1825. This was a famous meeting, well known
by Protestants in the 19th century. A Jesuit superior was quoted
saying:
- “… we alone possess the art of consolidating governments,
since it is our mission to correct whatever remained imperfect
and unfinished in the middle ages …” (Source: “The
Jesuit Conspiracy: The Secret Plan of the Order” by Abbate
Leone, pp. 90-91, published in 1848) The above quote is part
of the reason we have dedicated much attention to the history
of the Jesuit Order in our new film, “A
Lamp in the Dark.” We specifically mention this meeting
of Jesuit priests in Chieri, Italy and explain its significance
in the modern history of the Bible. Continued: http://www.adullamfilms.com/NewsUpdateOct242009.html
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- POPE CALLS FOR WORLD POLITICAL AUTHORITY
- 7 July 2009 - Pope Benedict XVI has
called for a world political authority to manage the global
economy and for more government regulation of national economies.
The pope's call for a re-think of the way the world economy is
run came in new a encyclical which touched on a number of social
issues but whose main connecting thread was how the current crisis
has affected both rich and poor nations. Entitled Caritas in
Veritate (Charity in Truth), parts of the encyclical appear likely
to upset conservatives because of its underlying rejection of
unbridled capitalism and unregulated market forces, which he
said had led to 'thoroughly destructive' abuse of the system.
The pope said every economic decision has a moral consequence
and called for 'forms of redistribution' of wealth overseen
by governments to help those most affected by crises. He said
'there is an urgent need of a true world political authority"
whose task would be "to manage the global economy; to revive
economies hit by the crisis; to avoid any deterioration of the
present crisis and the greater imbalances that would result'.
The UN, economic institutions and international finance all had
to be reformed 'even in the midst of a global recession', he
said in the 141-page encyclical.
- The document, which it is understood was delayed in order
to address the economic crisis, was released on the eve of the
G8 Summit in Italy and three days before the pope is due to discuss
the global downturn with US President Barack Obama...
- Profit was useful only if it served as a means to a brighter
future for all humanity. 'Once profit becomes the exclusive goal,
if it is produced by improper means and without the risks destroying
wealth and creating poverty,' he said.
- 'The economy needs ethics in order to function correctly
- not any ethics whatsoever, but an ethics which is people-centred,'
he added. In other sections of the encyclical, his first on social
issues since his 2005 election, the Pope addresses topics such
as development, migration, union rights, terrorism, sexual tourism,
population issues, the environment, bioethics and energy. Texts
of statements made at a news conference in the Vatican this morning
to launch the encyclical (in Italian) http://z10.invisionfree.com/The_Unhived_Mind_II/index.php?showtopic=14809
- http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0707/pope.html
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- OBAMA TO MEET POPE FOR THE FIRST TIME
- JULY 2, 2009 - World News - VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - U.S.
President Barack Obama, whose support for abortion rights and
stem cell research has angered some Catholics, is due to meet
Pope Benedict for the first time on July 10 during a visit to
Italy. Vatican officials said the U.S. leader would have an afternoon
audience with the pope in the Vatican after the conclusion of
a July 8-10 summit of Group of Eight industrial nations, scheduled
for the Italian city of L'Aquila. "The pope is ready to
meet with U.S. President Barack Obama in the afternoon of July
10," deputy Vatican spokesman Ciro Benedettini told Reuters.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters in Washington
the pope and the president would "discuss a range of issues,
including their shared belief in the dignity of all people."
Obama has angered some American Roman Catholics with his support
for abortion rights and his decision to lift restrictions on
stem cell research, which is likely to be a topic of discussion
at the July meeting.
- In 2001, the late Pope John Paul II urged then-U.S. President
George W. Bush not to allow stem cell research....
- The G8 summit is due to discuss a response to the international
economic crisis and global warming. Its location was moved to
L'Aquila in a sign of solidarity with victims from an April earthquake
that killed nearly 300 people and devastated large parts of the
city. (Reporting by Daniel Flynn; Editing by Lin Noueihed and
Peter Cooney
http://amazingdiscoveries.org/AD-Header-Publications-Journals-WorldNews-ObamaToMeetPopeForFirstTime.html
- Comparison of various factors between industrialized countries
- http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=tle0SnJrL2UDMwOEQArNwvA
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- POPE BENEDICT XVI TO MAKE FIRST EVER OFFICIAL PAPAL VISIT
TO BRITAIN FRANCIS ELLIOTT AND RUTH GLEDHILL
The Times September 24, 2009 (Alessia Pierdomenico/Reuters)
 Pope Benedict XVI will come to
Britain next year, making the first state visit by a pontiff.
He is expected to meet the Queen, the Supreme Governor of the
Church of England, and may stay at Buckingham Palace. The historic
event, probably in September, is likely to overshadow even the
triumphant pastoral visit of Pope John Paul II in 1982. Unlike
John Paul II, whose visit almost did not take place because of
the Falklands conflict, the pontiff will meet the Prime Minister
in a series of events over three days, which it is hoped will
finally consign to the past Britain’s post-Reformation legacy
of anti-Catholic prejudice.
- Gordon Brown extended an invitation during an audience in
February and preparations have been under way for some time.
The draft itinerary is understood to include Birmingham, Oxford
and Edinburgh. The Pope is not expected to visit Northern Ireland.
A central part of the visit is likely to be the beatification
of Cardinal John Henry Newman, which could take place in Birmingham,
where he founded his Oratory.
- Pope clears way for Cardinal
Newman sainthood More than 11,000 venerate St Thérèse
in Birmingham Bishop: CoE must be less M&S, more Aldi
The visit will be a triumphant beginning for the new Archbishop
of Westminster, Vincent Nichols, and could also provide a boost
for David Cameron, the Conservative leader, if he is prime minister
then. As a practising member of the Church of England attending
an Anglo-Catholic parish in Kensington, Mr Cameron is expected
to find a soulmate in the conservative-minded German Pope.
- The visit follows repeated overtures from Downing Street
and Catholic leaders in recent years. Tony Blair offered an invitation
while Prime Minister and, in 2006, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor,
then Archbishop of Westminster, wrote to the Pope asking him
to consider a visit.
Continued: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article6846020.ece
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- GERMANY REAFFIRMS SUNDAY LAW
December 1, 2009 | From theTrumpet.com - Dec. 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, akin to 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? • http://www.thetrumpet.com/index.php?q=6782.5295.0.0
- http://z10.invisionfree.com/The_Unhived_Mind_II/index.php?showtopic=24227&hl=
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- TEXAS TELEVANGEIST BENNY HINN REFUSED ENTRY TO BRITAIN
- October 2, 2009 Out in the cold: Benny Hinn had been due
to speak to thousands of Pentecostal Christians at
 the
ExCel Centre in London -
- Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent
An American Christian preacher has been turned away from Britain,
leaving thousands of people stranded at an evangelical rally
in London this weekend. Benny Hinn, from Texas, who draws large
crowds to his Pentecostal revival rallies, was turned back at
Stansted airport under new rules on visiting ministers of religion.
Many thousands of Pentecostal Christians travelled from across
Britain and Europe and booked long weekend breaks in the capital’s
hotels for his mission at the ExCeL exhibition centre in Docklands,
East London, which had been due to begin on Thursday night. They
were left disappointed after Border Agency officials turned him
back when he landed with his private jet because he had failed
to obtain a “letter of sponsorship” from a church.
Instead, Mr Hinn flew on to Paris and tried to enter Britain
at Luton airport but was again turned back. He was on his way
back to France last night. Continued: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article6859240.ece
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- BIBLE VERSES BANNED FROM GA SCHOOL FOOTBALL FIELD
By DORIE TURNER (Associated Press Writer) AP - October 02, 2009
- FORT OGLETHORPE, Ga. - When the Warriors of Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe
High take the field Friday night, the football team won't be
running through the cheerleaders' usual banner bearing a Bible
verse. The school district banned the banners last week over
concerns they were unconstitutional and could provoke a lawsuit,
angering many in the deeply religious north Georgia town of Fort
Oglethorpe. "I'm just kind of unnerved about it," said
18-year-old Cassandra Cooksey, a recent graduate who often prayed
with her fellow marching band members before football games.
"It seems like the majority of people in our community want
this and they don't have a problem with it, so I think they should
be allowed to have the signs if they want to." Lakeview-Fort
Oglethorpe High School: http://www.catoosa.k12.ga.us/lfo/
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- TWILIGHT, HARRY POTTER, THE WIZARD OF OZ AND THE WICCAN REVIVAL
August 11, 2009 - Is it true that media blockbusters like Twilight
and Harry Potter are playing a decided role in seducing young
people into Satanism and witchcraft? Even MTV has acknowledged
that such movies have played a surprising role in making Wicca
[witchcraft] one of the fastest growing religions in America.
This is the subject of Pastor Joe Schimmel's compelling new article,
"Twilight,
Harry Potter, The Wizard of Oz and the Wiccan Revival"!
Very few people are aware of the shocking truth that both Stephenie
Meyer, who authored the Twilight saga, and J. K. Rowling, who
authored the Harry Potter series, appear to have channeled their
novels as evil spirits directed them. Rowling admitted that the
initial story of Harry Potter, as well as many of the novel's
characters, was communicated to her through a stream of consciousness...
"The character of Harry just strolled into my head...
I really did feel he was someone who walked up and introduced
himself in my mind's eye," said Rowling, "I
was staring out the window" she says, "and
the idea for Harry just came. He appeared in my mind's eye, very
fully formed." (Reuters, "Harry Potter 'Strolled
into My Head'" July 17, 2000) Stephenie Meyer, author of
Twilight, states, "Bella and Edward [the vampire]
were, quite literally, voices in my head. They simply wouldn't
shut up. I'd stay up as late as I could stand trying to get all
the stuff in my mind typed out, and then crawl, exhausted, into
bed... only to have another conversation start in my head."
(Source: http://www.stepheniemeyer.com)
Those who desire to remain true to Christ must be ever vigilant
to discern the tactics of the devil, lest they succumb to devilish
doctrines taught by seducing spirits. While Satan appears to
reward few of his servants well (albeit, temporarily)... Stephenie
Meyer went from never having written a single book to becoming
a renown author. J. K. Rowling went from rags to riches, from
collecting welfare stamps to becoming the "richest woman
in the world"... Get the whole story! Read the entire article
here: www.goodfight.org/a_co_twilight_harrypotter.html
Good Fight Ministries - P.O. Box 2202 - Simi Valley, CA 93062
- 1-866-JC-TRUTH - www.goodfight.org
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- IS THIS THE FACE OF JESUS CHRIST? FLYNN ANALYZES THE SHROUD
- Is This The Face Of Jesus Christ? Flynn Analyzes The Shroud
- Amazing what a computer can do now days. The last image 'below'
is the most fascinating. Notice the severe abrasions on the forehead
and detail of the injuries to the face. I marvel at the sceptics
who, without keeping up to date on the scientific studies of
the shroud, denounce it as a forgery. How is it that some 14th
century painter single handedly developed photography over 400
years before it was 're-invented' ? There is no pigment on the
image itself, rather it seems to have been produced through degeneration
of the fibers at different rates. In other words, fibers closer
to the subject on the shroud have aged more than those further
away. This apparently occurred instantaneously. It is as if a
burst of eternity emanated from the figure within the shroud
itself... Exactly the type of phenomena one might expect in connection
with the resurrection of Jesus Christ. That being said, we are
left with only two alternatives. Either we are looking at the
most sophisticated, physiologically and historically accurate
hoax the world has ever seen, or we are looking at the actual
face of Jesus Himself. SEE THE FACTS: "And the napkin,
that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but
wrapped together in a place by itself." John 20:7
More: http://www.factsplusfacts.com/
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- AMAZING GRACE BY A 2 YEAR OLD (amazing)
- Jesus said let the little children come to me - August 25,
2009
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS93Q4jQAO0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR4PQ30VkBk&NR=1
- Maranatha
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- WHAT IS OFFICIAL MORMON DOCTRINE?
- (email) Mormon Church leaders have never clearly defined
what is "official Church doctrine" and what is not.
Over the decades they have said that official Church doctrine
is:
*Whatever is in the Standard Works (Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine
& Covenants, Pearl of Great Price)
*Whatever is presented to the General Membeship of the Church
and is voted on and accepted by them in majority in General Conference.
*Whatever the Living Prophet (Church President) says it is unless
it contradicts the Standard Works.
*Whatever the First Presidency says it is in an official statement
signed by all three Members.
*Whatever the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve (apostle)
jointly agree is official doctrine.
*Whatever the Living Prophet says if he is speaking under the
influence of the Holy Spirit.
*Whatever the Living Prophet says in General Conference.
*Whatever the Living Prophet says or writes anywhere at any time.
Statements from Mormon prophets and apostles on what is "official
doctrine" are extremely contradictory; showing that all
of them had differing opinions on what constituted "official
doctrine" and what did not. Confirmed by Cephas Ministry.
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- TRIAL WILL DETERMINE FATE OF GOSPEL TRACTS BANNED BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
- Liberty Alert - September 1, 2009 - www.LC.org - Liberty
Counsel attorneys are in trial today on behalf of Darrel Rundus
and his Christian ministry, Great News Network, regarding a lawsuit
filed against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for violating
the First Amendment right to free speech and the Fourth Amendment
guarantee against unlawful search and seizure. In 2006, the Secret
Service raided GNN’s office without a warrant, demanding
all of their “Million Dollar Bill” religious tracts.
The agents seized the tracts, claiming violations of federal
counterfeiting laws. Rundus and GNN filed suit to force the government
to return the tracts or compensate for the loss, and the trial
began today in a Dallas, Texas federal court. Rundus says that
the tracts are extremely effective. He uses them to share his
faith with others. While the front of the bill has markings similar
to paper currency, no one would ever get the tracts confused
with real money. The front says: “This bill is not legal
tender,” “Thou Shalt Not Steal,” “Department
of Eternal Affairs,” “1,000,000,” and the reverse
side has multiple statements such as: “The million dollar
question: Will you go to Heaven?” The tract then contains
the story of salvation written around all four sides of the tract.
- Great News Network has distributed over one million of the
“Million Dollar” gospel tracts, which are produced
by Ray Comfort and his Living Waters as an evangelism tool. In
addition, an estimated 8-10 million tracts sold by Living Waters
have been handed out over the last ten years, without any interference
by the government.
- The Internet is littered with fake bills that look much more
like real currency than these gospel tracts, but the government
seems to be concerned only with preventing Rundus from distributing
the religious tracts.
- The Department of Homeland Security should be tracking dangerous
criminals instead of harassing innocent people of faith! Pray
for victory in this case! http://www.lc.org/index.cfm?PID=14102&AlertID=1028
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- THE WOMAN RIDES THE BEAST
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- BABYLON'S QUEEN WITH HER GOLDEN CUP
- So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness:
and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of
names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked
with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup
in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication."
Revelation 17:4,5
- The Woman is riding all three beasts....and
now the three beasts are one.
- THE QUEEN IS SITTING ON THE SEA BEAST
Her Image is Seen Everywhere in Europe
- The Jesuits are proclaiming the fact that the woman is
riding the sea beast. The revived Holy Roman Empire or the EU
is predominatly Catholic. It is accepted that the Papacy will
be the spiritual head the European Union.
The symbol of the queen of Babylon riding on the beast is on
their currency, coins and postage stamps. Her 12 star flag is
on their flag, on their road signs and in a thousand other places.
- THE WOMAN IS "STANDING" ON THE LAND BEAST
The Image Stands on the Congressional
Dome
We have just seen that the woman is literally standing on the
top of Congress. Congress is the law making body of America or
the land beast. This is known by very few however. Americans
would never openly prostrate themselves to the Papacy. The symbol
is there but only for those with eyes to see it. Americans have
an inherited tendency to rebel so discretion is required here.
Dave Hunt's Book http://www.chick.com/information/religions/catholicism/sevenhills.asp?wpc=sevenhills.asp&wpp=a
Michael de Semlyn: http://www.the-highway.com/eu_Bennett.html
Ian Paisley: http://www.ianpaisley.org/article.asp?ArtKey=eu4
- THE WOMAN HOLDS THE REINS OF THE PIT BEAST
Members of the Illuminati Must Kiss
Her Feet
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- As for the pit beast, the Illuminati has since its inception
been subserviant to the Jesuits. The order was created by a Jesuit
in 1776. Members of the Order are initiated into Skull and Bones.
At their initiation in the tomb, they kiss the slippers of an
older Bonesman dressed as the Pope. Both Presidential candidates
in 2004 were bound by this oath to the Pope. For them to violate
their oath would be the kiss of death.. The kiss of death is
the subject of our next newsletter. email: midnightoilministries@hotmail.com
web: http://www.midnightoilbooks.com
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- IS THE KING JAMES BIBLE HARDER TO READ?
- By Dr. Terry Watkins - Dial-The-Truth Website - Bible Verse
Links - A word of warning: The Bible Gateway - Gospelcom.net
site gives the user access to some very helpful tools for Bible
study. While the default version is the KJV, several modern versions
of the Bible, including the NIV, NASB, NLT, among others, are
also available. By having this link I am not promoting, nor do
I condone, the use of these versions. In my humble opinion, you
should use the KJV only. Is the King James Bible harder to read?
People have been conned with the lie that the new versions are
much easier to understand. I've heard many times, "The King
James too hard to understand."
- But the facts tell a different story. . . Gail Riplinger
has a chapter in her best-selling New Age Bible Versions titled
"King James for Kids". Mrs. Riplinger provides 23 pages
of irrefutable evidence proving the King James Bible is far easier
to understand and read. She lists over 350 examples in the New
Testament where the King James Bible is much easier and simpler
to understand. In comparing the first chapter of the first and
last books of the Old and New Testaments, the Flesch-Kincaid
research company’s Grade Level Indicator shows "The
KJV ranks easier in 23 out of 26 comparisons" (Riplinger,
New Age Bible Versions, 1994, p. 195) betrays the strictly
- Continued: http://www.greatpreachers.org/KJV_harder2read.html
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- JURY SELECTED IN BAHAMAS FOR JOHN TRAVOLTA EXTORTION TRIAL
- From Times Online September 22, 2009 - John Travolta is believed
to have flown to the Bahamas to take the stand against two people
accused of trying to extort $25 million (£15 million) from
the movie star after the death of his son Jett in January. Travolta
is on a list of 14 witnesses due to testify against the defendants
— a former Bahamas senator and an ambulance driver —
who allegedly threatened to release a document related to the
treatment of his chronically ill son Jett. His testimony would
mark a break from the low profile that Travolta and his wife,
the actress Kelly Preston, have kept since their 16-year-old
son died from a seizure at a family holiday home on Grand Bahama
on January 2. Continued: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6843790.ece
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- CORAL RIDGE PRESBYTERIAN VOTES TO RETAIN CONTROVERSIAL NEW
PASTOR
Despite efforts to oust him, Coral Ridge's new senior pastor
received an overwhelming vote of confidence Sunday from the church's
members. Slideshow Photos BY ROBERT SAMUELS - rsamuels@MiamiHerald.com
Members of the influential Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church voted
overwhelmingly Sunday to keepW. Tullian Tchividjian, grandson
of evangelist Billy Graham, as their spiritual leader. Tchividjian
was named senior pastor of the Fort Lauderdale mega-church six
months ago. He has come under scrutiny ever since he vowed to
the set the church on a different path from that charted by his
predecessor, D. James Kennedy, who built Coral Ridge into a religious
and political powerhouse on a bedrock of Christian conservatism.
Continued:
- http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1243679.html
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- REAL MASTERMINDS OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER EXPOSED
- "It is my opinion that if the liberties of this country-the
United States of America-are destroyed, it will be by the subtlety
of the Roman Catholic Jesuit priests, for they are the most crafty,
dangerous enemies to civil and religious liberty. They have instigated
most of the wars of Europe."
General Lafayette, Aide to General Washington 1799
Quoted in Vatican Assassins by Eric Phelps
- Think the alternative media tells you the whole story? Guess
again! The big "alternatives" are just more controlled
opposition. They give us 90% of the truth, then leave out the
most critical 10%, which neutralizes resistance, because TO WIN
A WAR YOU MUST IDENTIFY YOUR ENEMY.
- "The New World Order" is nothing more than the
Jesuit war of Counter-Reformation. It is the Roman Inquisition
gone worldwide in a thousand disguises. The Jesuits exist to
enforce the Popes "right" to rule over every political
leader on earth (leaders dont kiss his ring for nothing, folks).
THE INQUISITION NEVER ENDED. Every major war and genocide of
the 20th Century was about enriching the Vatican and exterminating
"heretic" (disobedient) populations: Jews, Protestants,
liberal Catholics and Muslims are always targeted Continued:
- http://www.wearechangearizona.com/forums?func=view&id=20&catid=6
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- TEN YEAR STRATEGIC GOALS OF THE GAMALIEL FOUNDATION
- In 2000 the Gamaliel Network will initiate its 10 year plan
to transform America. It will organize its central staff and
leadership structure to support the following major strategic
objectives. Its major 10 year objectives include:
- • Establish 100 Metropolitan Organizations
- • Raise 50 million dollars collectively with a 5 million
dollar central budget.
- • Recruit 200 professional organizers (20 organizers
per year)
- • Build powerful alliances with all
major denominational leaders
- • Diversify base to include significant allies and institutions
in addition to congregations.
- The strategies for carrying out these objectives include
the creation of the following network priority projects and initiatives:
- • Expand Recruit and Consolidate Existing Metropolitan
Efforts
- • Financial Development Campaign
- • Organizer Recruitment Program
- • National Leadership Development & Training
- • New Organization Campaign
- • Organizer Development Program
- • Judicatory Leadership Development
- These priorities will become the business of all levels of
leadership within the Network, including: the Board, the Executive
Director, the Senior Staff, the Clergy Caucus, and the National
Leadership Assembly. Each of these bodies will be expected to
develop and carry out internal strategies, programs and initiatives
and to achieve results consistent with each of these objectives.
Whole story: http://www.gamaliel.org/Foundation/goals.htm
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- THE GAMAHEL FOUNDATION AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS CALL
FOR HEALTH CARE REFORM
“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care
is the most shocking and inhumane.” Martin Luther King,
Jr. ... Moses, Jesus, Muhammad, and other great religious leaders
were healers as well as prophets. A faithful tradition of healing
restores to community those who have been marginalized by illness,
renews a rightful relationship with God
and neighbor, challenges unjust systems, and seeks healing and
wholeness for all who are in need.... http://www.gamaliel.org/Printshop/GNCCtheologicalStatementHealthCare8.5x11(4%20pages).pdf
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- OBAMA'S HEALTHCARE REFORM
- “Is there no balm in Gil’ad? Is there no physician
there? Why then is the health of my people not restored?”
(Jeremiah 8:22) “Then Jesus called the twelve together and
gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases,
and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal.”
(Luke 9:1-2)
- STRATEGIC CAMPAIGNS
- The Gamaliel Foundation, a network of 1,600 congregations,
will engage in strategic statewide and national campaigns to
achieve universal access to affordable, quality health care
for all residents of the United States. We face a national
crisis, in which more than 47 million people in this country
have no health insurance, many millions more are inadequately
insured, soaring costs threaten personal, corporate, and social
economies, and uneven access to quality health care creates yet
another harsh dividing line in our society. We bring our faith
and values to the issue of health care reform. We affirm sacred
community, equal opportunity for all, shared abundance, and good
stewardship. Continued: http://www.gamaliel.org/Issues/IssueWork/HealthCare.htm
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- PA. MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR PONZI SCHEME AT CHURCH
By Matthew Spolar - Inquirer Staff Writer - Standing a few feet
from the man who visited his church three years ago and lured
him into a million-dollar Ponzi scheme, John Marino yesterday
remembered sifting through bills after his son's leukemia diagnosis
in June 2008. "Dad, I'm sorry I got sick," the 16-year-old
said. "I know you can't afford to pay my doctor's bills."
Marino, a teacher from Jackson, N.J., was one of at least 13
congregants duped into giving almost $1.2 million to Terence
Mayfield, 47, of Phoenixville. Yesterday, U.S. District Judge
Joseph H. Rodriguez sentenced Mayfield to eight years in federal
prison - the maximum allowed under federal guidelines - followed
by three years' probation. Mayfield pleaded guilty in April to
fraud charges in connection with two phony real estate investment
schemes.
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