To Kowtow to Rome = Apostasy

Watch the video and note the names and denominations that are in simply in awe at meeting pope Benedict. One world religion here we come!

It is really sickening how the pope is referred to as “your holiness”.

Chuck Pierce:

"Watch for Ambushes"
Dear Friends, Intercessors and Zion Aligned:

I am praying for each of you and declaring that you will WATCH FOR AMBUSHES along your path (Ezra 8).

I hear the Lord saying, "Stop and watch. Do not be hasty today. Watch for three days and proceed with caution. There is a divine protection that I am positioning in place over your head as you move deeper into My plan. There is a divine alignment for war that I AM orchestrating for you to advance into the greater promise that lies before you.

"Keep an eye open for the enemy who would love to trick you into stopping the forward progression that I have developed in your life this season! Some have been waylaid and others stopped completely. I must get many moving again. I need you not to lose momentum this hour; advance, cautiously, but keep advancing. You are close to completion!"

Chuck D. Pierce
Glory of Zion Ministries

Bill Yount:

"OH, AMERICA!...DO NOT SELL YOUR BIRTHRIGHT!"
I saw a violent wrestling in the heavenlies as a window of opportunity was opening up momentarily for a space of time for our nation to be redeemed by the Blood of the Lamb! I heard as a strong voice of an angel was proclaiming and piercing through the powers of darkness over America..."OH, AMERICA!...DO NOT SELL YOUR BIRTHRIGHT!"

FOR THE HEALING OF OUR NATION, WATCH YOUR MOUTH FOR THE NEXT 40 DAYS. FAST FROM ALL NEGATIVE THINKING, CRITICAL WORDS, AND THE POINTING OF THE FINGER

"Post a guard at my mouth, God, set a watch at the door of my lips." Psalm 141:3

I sense we have entered a critical space of time during the next 40 days as we repent and draw closer to the Lord. I sense during this time that the words that we speak, especially concerning our nation, will carry tremendous power in how the Lord responds to us. I sense it is as though our words will be amplified in the spirit realm during this time.

God will be listening, but so will the enemy! Much of the battle and breakthroughs will be won by the words that we speak! Remember that the power of life and death is in our tongue! I sense the Lord saying, "OH, America! ... DECREE YOUR BIRTHRIGHT!"

I heard of a congregation who sensed the Lord challenging them to fast from negative words and thoughts for forty days. At the end of forty days, there were tremendous testimonies of miracles, financial breakthroughs, and relationships reconciled!

ISRAEL'S MOUTH KEPT THEM OUT OF THEIR INHERITANCE...THEY MURMURED AND COMPLAINED ABOUT THE LEADERSHIP OF THEIR NATION!

Murmuring and complaining against their leadership, Moses, became full-blown and rooted in unbelief, keeping the Israelites from entering into their promised land. I sense we need to be reminded, especially during these next 40 days, to be careful what we speak concerning the leadership of our nation, churches, and yes, the husbands and fathers of our families. Perhaps, if you are a Republican, it may be wise to pray more for the Democratic leaders and vice versa.

If you are a leader, remember that Moses also was kept out of his inheritance by getting angry with the people and striking the rock instead of speaking to it. We as leaders must be careful to speak encouragement and not provoke those under us to wrath.

IF OUR MOUTH CAN KEEP US OUT OF OUR INHERITANCE - OUR MOUTH CAN TAKE US IN!

It is interesting that even with all of the sin, the giants, and the evil in the land of Canaan, that God still called it a "good land...flowing with milk and honey." Even when the evil report came about how big the giants were, Joshua and Caleb responded, "If the giants are that big, imagine how big the fruit of that land is!" Both of them could only carry out one cluster of grapes on a pole.

"I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living!" Psalm 27:13

I believe the Lord will open our eyes and ears as we close our mouths more during these next 40 days. He will show us great and mighty things that we just never saw or heard before. We will begin to see the good of our land - the fruit, instead of the giants and evil. We will then begin to pray and say what He says about our nation! I believe we will even begin speaking blessing to the ground beneath our feet!

SPEAK TO YOUR MOUNTAINS, SING TO YOUR VALLEYS, AND BLESS YOUR OCEAN SHORELINES..."THIS LAND WAS MADE FOR YOU AND ME!"

I heard the Rocky Mountains, the Grand Canyon, and the oceanfront properties crying out to Heaven, "Don't let go of me!" I heard the earth herself groaning - from California to the New York Highlands, and from the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters - she was travailing, as though crying out for the manifestation of the sons of God to come forth in power and might!

A VERBAL BLESSING IS SO POWERFUL IN REVERSING THE CURSE OF THE LAND!

Remember the old saying, "If you can't say anything good, don't say anything at all!" As I saw our words blessing the land of our nation, much of the land was beginning to come under the anointing and ownership of God's people as though it was responding to our love and kindness to it.

This time period is the perfect time to speak forth God's word and call those things in this nation that are not as though they were!

"OH AMERICA!...DON'T SELL YOUR BIRTHRIGHT - DECREE IT!"

Bill Yount
Blowing the Shofar Ministries
Email: theshofarhasblown@juno.com

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 "So, like prophetic . . ."

 Indeed -- and in fact, more like "prophecy" than like "apocalyptic", eschatological visions.  Even though many people would probably think of the New Jerusalem of Revelation as a utopian precursor, there's not much people can do in the present about the apocalyptic vision.  The eschaton is just something one has to wait for, and perhaps prepare oneself by being sufficiently whatever (pure, orthodox, member of the appropriate community . . .) 

 But in the prophetic imagination, there's a concern with the relationship of the present situation to the future; not that activity in the present necessarily brings about the messianic reality or the peaceable kingdom, but turning and doing-justice-loving-kindness-walking-humbly and stopping selling the poor for a pair of sandals and all that is the practical activity of anticipation, a kind of pre-figuring or embodiment of the coming condition, so the prophetic description of the new world serves as a touchstone and criterion for present behavior and possibilities, in a way (I think; I would argue) that the apocalyptic vision of the radical break/reconstruction doesn't. 

So then, I think on my way home to pick up my daughter and fix dinner and so on, I wonder whether this has something to do with the relative emphases of different Christian denominations (and maybe other faith communities, too), and their action profiles -- whether it is the case that pre-millenial Christian belief goes along with more emphasis on apocalyptic and less emphasis on social justice activism, while post-millenial Christian belief goes alone with more emphasis on prophetic content and more emphasis on social justice activism. 

[Well, its oversimplified, but there's probably some evidence to support that story.  The Left Behind books, e.g., are not utopian, and there's no sense from them that there's anything worth doing in the world, to improve or transform the world, other than making sure people know the truth so they can make the right faith affirmations so they can benefit from the rapture.  Or get through the tribulation/last chance to heavenly salvation.  Compare this to N.T. Wright's new Surprised by Hope, which is all about the link between resurrection, the transfigured world, and the link to prophetic missional activity in the present.]

What Is An Antichrist?

An Antichrist does not just appear from nowhere.

1. An Antichrist COPIES God and then changes something very small. For example, an Antichrist Bible, copies the Bible, and then changes something small. Antichrist Church copies the true church and changes something small. An Antichrist convert copies a true convert and changes something small. Antichrist Beast copies what God looks like and then changes something small.
2. An Antichrist REPLACES God. It makes itself to be the true God, or the true bible, or the true image of God by making a beast, or the true convert.

There are many antichrists, because there are many ways God reveals himself. Each time God reveals himself, the antichrist comes to copy.

God reveals himself through his word, the Bible, therefore, there are Antichrist bibles.

God reveals himself through his church and through preachers and through converts. Therefore today, there are antichrist churches and preachers and converts. They LOOK like churches, and they SOUND like preachers, and they APPEAR to be converts, but they have changed a LITTLE BIT from the original. They are antichrist.

God first revealed himself to Israel, in the Old Testament, and then to the rest of the world, in the New Testament. So God reveals himself twice in a major way.

So, although there are many antichrists, there are TWO MAIN antichrists which copy the two revelations of God, firstly to Israel in the OLD TESTAMENT, and secondly to the world in the NEW TESTAMENT.

This is why there are TWO BEASTS in Revelation Chapter 13 of the Christian Bible. One for the witness of the Old Testament, and one for the witness of the New Testament.

The First Beast

Let us look at the ORIGINAL and then the COPY.

1. The original appearance of God is to Ezekiel the Prophet. The first thing we see

Ezekiel 1:4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.    

Ezekiel 1:5 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.    

FOUR LIVING CREATURES. Then, the Antichrist version of this appears to Daniel:

Daniel 7:2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.    

Daniel 7:3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.  

FOUR BEASTS. It's incredible! Look at how similar Ezekiel and Daniel are. Yet one is the True God, the other is the Antichrist, who comes in as a copy.

2. The Original Appearance of Jesus in the Book of Revelation

Revelation 5:6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.    

SEVEN HORNS AND SEVEN EYES. Then The Antichrist version of this appears to John

Revelation 12:3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.

SEVEN HEADS AND SEVEN CROWNS. Amazing! This antichrist counterfeit is obviously not good enough for heaven because it gets thrown out (Revelation 12:9).

In Revelation Chapter 13, these FOUR BEASTS OF DANIEL COMBINE:

Its first head grafted in belongs to the first beast, Babylon the lion. Its second head to the second beast, Persia the bear. The next four heads belong to the third beast Greece the leopard which has four heads, Turkey, Syria, Egypt and Greece. This makes six heads, or six powers. And its last head which was wounded to death is Rome the terrible beast.

Revelation 13:

1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.    

2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.    

3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.    

4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?    

Now the next verse can be confusing:

Revelation 13:5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.    

What does 42 months mean?

Daniel's Seventy Weeks

Let us look again at the announcement the angel gives to Daniel about the 70th week:

Daniel 9:27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.    

Most people teach this is about a future Tribulation lasting 7 years. But this interpretation is wrong. To understand the 70th week read the article The Tribulation Is Not In The Future.

One week, meaning 7 years is divided in half.

Now, how many days are there in a year? If you said 365 you are wrong.

Originally the years were measured by the moon. Therefore, the months of the year were all about 30 days long, which is the time it takes the moon to go around. Then the year length is only 360 days. But, because the sun goes round 365 days a year, some years had to be longer by an extra month. So most years are 360 days long (12 months), but some years are 390 days long (13 months) (about 7 years in every 19 years).

So, when we talk of the 7 years of Daniel divided into half, normally, 3 and a half years is 42 months, agree? 

But, because some years have 13 months the first 3 and a half years is 43 months long, and the last 3 and a half years is 42 months long.

Because the hebrew calander has Thirteen 30-day months some years (Hebrew leap year), the first half of the seven years is 1290 days (43 months), and the last half is 1260 days (42 months).

So wherever we see 1260 days and 42 months it is talking about the last half of the 7 years.

Lets look at the Scripture in Daniel again:

Daniel 9:27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

The false teaching spread today is that Daniel 9:27 is talking about the Antichrist in “The Tribulation” instead of Jesus Christ. This is blasphemy. This verse clearly explains that Jesus Christ confirms the covenant with Israel for seven years. Half way through the 7 years (in the midst of the week) Jesus Christ shall cause the sacrifice and oblation to cease. Julius Caesar had already removed the DAILY sacrifice as we saw in Daniel chapter 8. Now halfway through the 7-year covenant after 3 ½ years of his earthly ministry from 27 AD to 31 AD, Jesus Christ is nailed up and when he dies, the curtain in the temple is torn in two. At that point, no more sacrifices and oblations are ever done again in the rebuilt temple of Jerusalem, which is why it says “he shall make it desolate”.

Daniel Chapter 12 also describes this period of Jesus Christ’s earthly ministry counting the exact days:

Daniel 12:11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away (by Julius), and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. 12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.

1290 days is the 3 ½ years of Jesus’ earthly ministry. 1335 days is up to the day of Pentecost as described in Acts Chapter 2.

1290 days and then 1260 days - Reveals the Antichrist

So to recap - the last 7 years is divided into 1290 days and 1260 days.

1290 days = Jesus' witness to Israel, Ministry on Earth (43 months)

1260 days = The Antichrist witness to Israel, copy of Jesus (42 months)

the last half of the seven years, which is 1260 days or 42 months, is mentioned a few times. Remember when we asked what this means:

Revelation 13:5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.    

Well, this means, the first beast is now COPYING Jesus' time of ministry on the earth! Just like in everything else, the antichrist copies God. Doesn't that explain how this beast has one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: (Revelation 13:3) It is trying to copy the death and resurrection of Jesus! We see this again here:

Revelation 12:5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.    

Revelation 12:6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

Ah, here we see it clearly. First, the Child Jesus comes, and after his ministry on earth he is caught up to God and to his throne. Then the antichrist works for 1260 days! He was even trying to follow Jesus up into heaven! Can you believe it!  Amazing:

Revelation 12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,    

Revelation 12:8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.  

Now what was the ministry of Jesus? It was a ministry to Israel. Jesus did not preach to the Greeks or Gentiles on purpose, unless they came to him. He was sent to the lost sheep of Israel. Therefore, the antichrist, also goes for the lost sheep of Israel, no doubt to make them even more lost. This is why this very same beast in Revelation Chapter 12 persecutes the WOMAN who has twelve stars on her head - she represents the lost sheep of Israel.

So this 1260 days, or 42 months is the Antichrist for the Israelites, the antichrist of the Revelation to Israel in the OLD TESTAMENT.

Say it out loud - the FIRST BEAST is the Antichrist for the witness to the Israelites!

The Second Beast

Yes, you have guessed it. the SECOND BEAST is the Antichrist for the witness to the Gentiles!

It all becomes simple, simple, simple this way. Let us look at the ORIGINAL witnesses to the Gentiles:

Revelation 11:3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.    

Revelation 11:4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.    

Revelation 11:5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.   

TWO OLIVE TREES. FIRE PROCEEDS OUT OF THEIR MOUTH Now look at the antichrist copy

Revelation 13:11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.    

Revelation 13:13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,

TWO HORNS. FIRE COMES DOWN FROM HEAVEN. Truly astonishing.

Also check out this second beast has horns like a lamb?  Jesus is the Lamb of God. This is the copy. Clearly this is the antichrist for the Gentiles. Originally the Israelites had no miracles. It was only through the gospel the miracles began to happen. So, accordingly, this second beast, which is the antichrist of the Gentiles, also does miracles, just like Jesus gave his disciples power to do miracles.

So, as with everything else, there are true miracles, and then the antichrist comes in with his false miracles. BEWARE all you who follow miracles, just for the sake of the miracle.

BEWARE also the final point of the Antichrist, is to REPLACE God. So, we are in direct war with the antichrist, who is at war with us. He will fight us to the end, because HE INTENDS TO REPLACE OUR WITNESS.

Amen. But the Lord will not accept this lousy counterfeit religion. The Lord first threw him out of heaven, and will now throw him into the LAKE OF FIRE forever.

This second beast is also BABYLON in Revelation Chapter 17. Babylon is a Religious power. Babylon is the Antichrist copy of the true church. Let me repeat. It is not the United States of America. 

Babylon is the Vatican, the Roman Catholic Church, and a lot more than Just the Roman Catholic Church. That was just the Babylon of yesterday.

The Babylon of today is a church of MERCHANDISE.

I once asked, why are they selling merchandise in the Church book shop? Why are they trading? I soon got into trouble. As you read through Revelation Chapter 17, think - who else makes merchandise of the SOULS OF MEN?

Babylon is a RELIGIOUS ORGANISATION which has taken control of America and the rest of the world. Check out my research on Billy Graham, Norman Vincent Peale, and Daniel Poling for more information.

For a superficial instance, there are prophecy talking about Communist China become the most powerful country in the world, and there are those who talk the exactly opposite way. We could thus examine the validity through its effect on the reader. Assume what Communist China lack at the time of surfacing of this prophecy is just morale and self-confidence, then this prophecy has higher chance to be realize than sooth-saying ones via itself psychological effect. On the other hand, if what Communist China now is suffering from delusion of grandeur, overconfidence and arrogance at the moment it appears, then this prophecy meme has lower chance of materialize itself since it harm its own cause . From this understanding,  I consider the prophecy of 'Doomsday for Communist China' has more chance to be realized.

To be a representative of God and witnesses to the works of Jesus can be a daunting task, depending. The main trouble with Christians (both new and seasoned) is that we have a huge gap in true discipleship/mentoring.

In the mainline Church today, we have youth-groups, men’s and ladies groups, child classes, etc. While all these groups and programs are good for their intended purposes, they lack one important ingredient, true discipleship. What Jesus has taught (going out 2 by 2) is lacking or nonexistent in the Church today; rather, we have replaced personal, hands on training with mics, loud speakers, and video screens, etc to compensate for this shortcoming. The Church today usually have one person (namely the pastor, preacher, reverend, etc) throwing themselves out there by technological means having no real personal contact with others what-so-ever.

This type of method has caused apathy in the body. This method also requires vast amounts of money from Mr. and Mrs. Q'tithe-payer. *Ever wonder where exactly does your tithe money really go?* It's much easier to build bigger buildings to accommodate new people who come in and enjoy what your particular sect has to offer, throw some money at it and be proud of what God has done!

Have you ever taken a step back and wonder, *Where are the poor, the meek, the lowly types? Why aren't we bringing them in?* Where's our charity? Is it towards one another, and if so, what good is that?

Luke 6:27-36

27 "But I tell you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. 29 If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. If someone takes your cloak, do not stop him from taking your tunic. 30 Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. 31 Do to others as you would have them do to you. 32 "If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' love those who love them. 33 And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' do that. 34 And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' lend to 'sinners,' expecting to be repaid in full. 35 But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. 36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

1 Corinthians 1:17-31 26

"Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28 He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things--and the things that are not--to nullify the things that are, 29 so that no one may boast before him. 30 It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God--that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. 31 Therefore, as it is written: "Let him who boasts boast in the Lord."

The early Church was made up of these types of people. Jesus reached out to the outcasts when no one else wanted them. They where thought of like dirt, made for ignoble purposes, but the Lord Jesus thought better of them. Jesus saw the actual value in people who were thought of as low stature. He knew better of those who do not have, that when given something of real value, would appreciate even more in what they receive than those who've always had.

What Jesus offered was in no way materialistic, rather things of the heart; e.g., Love, wisdom, joy, peace, knowledge, comradery, among actual physical blessings. Jesus gathered these lowly people unto him and raised them up as his Disciples, and His disciples flourished under his tutelage.  Lets us not forget there were plenty of times when His Disciples were *bonked* on the head for their short-sightedness.

Most of us Christians in this present age suffer from a lack of solid mentoring; instead, roaming the land like free-ranging cowboy Christians with no real solid foundation. I do, however, thank God for his Holy Spirit who does guide us and makes up for the lack of Christian discipline as much as our hearts will allow.

The main point is that there isn't a real program today which even comes close to what Jesus taught. We are leaving the work to "One-Man-Shows" throwing them money, resources, time, etc. What's missing is Jesus personal touch that once was the main-stay of Christ's discipleship.

Luke 10:1-16

1 After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. 2 He told them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field. 3 Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves. 4 Do not take a purse or bag or sandals; and do not greet anyone on the road. 5 "When you enter a house, first say, 'Peace to this house.' 6 If a man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; if not, it will return to you. 7 Stay in that house, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not move around from house to house. 8 "When you enter a town and are welcomed, eat what is set before you. 9 Heal the sick who are there and tell them, 'The kingdom of God is near you.' 10 But when you enter a town and are not welcomed, go into its streets and say, 11 'Even the dust of your town that sticks to our feet we wipe off against you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God is near.' 12 I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town. 13 "Woe to you, Korazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14 But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you. 15 And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to the skies? No, you will go down to the depths. 16 "He who listens to you listens to me; he who rejects you rejects me; but he who rejects me rejects him who sent me."

I've never received this type of mentoring in my life and I already miss it! How could one miss what he/she has never had? Easy, I can feel it in my heart and my spirit longs for good Discipleship.

Once again, like the Church of old, the Church today needs reform. I would gladly join in a heartbeat a return to the most basic of Jesus teaching. Why try to fix something that isn't broken or ad too that which does fine on its own? Like we have a better Idea on how to do things than God who instituted it? We take something of God’s and try to make it better, but we always end up inadvertently causing more damage than what was originally intended, leave it alone! We need more interaction between each other and this world. You can’t get warm and cozy with wires and streaming video.

Session 6

(Length 33:11)

Does God's word say that women should be in submission to all men in the body of Christ? Are women to subject themselves to male pastors, teachers, and leaders in the church? And exactly what authority does being male give a member of the body over the female members?

Join Monica Dennington as she goes straight to the Bible for God's answer to the queston: "Should women submit to men?"

About the sources used. The readings on this site are not official for the Mass of Roman Rite of the Catholic Church in the USA, but are from sources free from copyright. They are here to present the comparable readings alongside traditional Catholic commentary as published in the Haydock Bible for your own personal study. Readings vary depending on your local calendar.

Official Readings of the Liturgy at – http://www.usccb.org/nab/090508.shtml

1 Corinthians 4:1-5
Haydock New Testament

LET a man so look upon us as the ministers of Christ, and the dispensers of the mysteries of God. Here now it is required among the dispensers, that a man be found faithful. But as to me, it is a thing of the least account to be judged by you, or by man’s judgment: for neither do I judge myself. For I am not conscious to myself of any things: yet hereby I am not justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord. Therefore judge not before the time: until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise from God.

Responsorial Psalm 36:3-6, 27-28, 39-40 (Ps 37 NAB/Hebrew)
DR Challoner Text Only

Trust in the Lord,
and do good, and dwell in the land,
and thou shalt be fed with its riches.
Delight in the Lord,
and he will give thee the requests of thy heart.
Commit thy way to the Lord,
and trust in him, and he will do it.
And he will bring forth thy justice as the light,
and thy judgment as the noonday.
Decline from evil and do good,
and dwell for ever and ever.
For the Lord loveth judgment,
and will not forsake his saints: they shall be preserved for ever.
The unjust shall be punished,
and the seed of the wicked shall perish.
But the salvation of the just is from the Lord,
and he is their protector in the time of trouble.
And the Lord will help them and deliver them:
and he will rescue them from the wicked,
and save them because they have hoped in him.

The Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ According to Saint Luke 5:33-39
Haydock New Testament

And they said to him:

Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees in like manner: but thine eat and drink?

And he said to them:

Can you make the children of the bridegroom fast, whilst the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them; then shall they fast in those days.

And he spoke also a similitude to them:

That no man putteth a piece from a new garment upon an old garment: otherwise he both rendeth the new, and the piece taken from the new agreeth not with the old. And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: otherwise the new wine will burst the bottles, and it will be spilled, and the bottles will be lost. But new wine must be put into new bottles, and both are preserved. And no man drinking old, hath presently a mind to new: for he saith, The old is better.

Haydock Commentary 1 Corinthians 4:1-5
Notes Copied From Haydock Commentary Site

• Ver. 1. Mysteries of God. That is, the dogmas of faith, revealed by the Almighty. Estius.
• Ver. 3. Or by human judgment. Lit. by human day. The sense, says S. Jerom, is, by any human judgment, or by men, whose judgment is in the day, or time of this life: but God judges in his day, after this life, and chiefly at the last day of judgment. — Neither do I judge myself, so as to look upon myself absolutely certain of the state of my soul, or that I am for certain justified, though I am not conscious to myself of any thing, because I am to be judged by an omniscient God, the great searcher of hearts, who perhaps may discover faults, which I, partial to myself, overlook. Now if S. Paul durst not say, he was justified, what presumption is it for others to pretend to an absolute certainty, that they are just in the sight of God! Wi.
• Ver. 4. For I am not conscious. This great apostle of the Gentiles, though conscious to himself of no breach of duty, still does not dare to call himself just. How different is the conduct of this apostle, from those wicked impostors, who teach, that a man is justified by believing himself so. Est. — If this privileged apostle was afraid to from any judgment of his own heart and thoughts, whether they were pure or not, but left the trial thereof to the day of judgment, the day of his death, how presumptuous are they, who dare to pronounce on their election and predestination!
• Ver. 5. Judge not, &c. He gives them an admonition against rash and false judgments, and hints at those among them, who said, this man is better, this man is greater than such a one, &c. See S. Chrys. Wi.

Haydock Commentary Luke 5:33-39

• Ver. 33. S. Matthew says, it was S. John the Baptist's disciples themselves that objected this to Christ. Most probably both they and the Pharisees endeavoured all they could to press this objection. S. Austin de cons. Evang. l. ii. c. 27. — Why do you not fast, as is customary with all that wish to regulate their lives according to the law? The reason why the saints fasted was, that they might, by afflicting their bodies, subdue their passions. Jesus Christ, therefore, had no need of fasting, being God, and of course free from every, the least, disorderly motion of concupiscence. Neither did his attendants stand in need of fasting, for being enriched with his grace, they were strengthened in virtue, without the help of fasting. When, therefore, Christ fasted forty days, he fasted to set an example to carnal men. S. Cyril. — As long as the Spouse is with us, we are in joy, we cannot fast, we cannot mourn. But when he has been driven away by sin, then we must both fast and weep. Ven. Bede.

]]> http://beingbob.wordpress.com/?p=874 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:50:53 +0000 Bob http://beingbob.wordpress.com/?p=874 September 7 2008 23^rd Sunday of Ordinary Time

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Ezekiel 33:7-9
DR Challoner

So thou, O son of man, I have made thee a watchman to the house of Israel: therefore thou shalt hear the word from my mouth, and shalt tell it them from me. When I say to the wicked: O wicked man, thou shalt surely die: if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked man from his way: that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at thy hand. But if thou tell the wicked man, that he may be converted from his ways, and he be not converted from his way he shall die in his iniquity: but thou hast delivered thy soul.

Responsorial Psalm 94:1-2, 6-9 (Ps 95 NAB/Hebrew)
DR Challoner Text Only

Come let us praise the Lord with joy:
let us joyfully sing to God our saviour.
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving;
and make a joyful noise to him with psalms.
Come let us adore and fall down:
and weep before the Lord that made us.
For he is the Lord our God:
and we are the people of his pasture
and the sheep of his hand.
To day if you shall hear his voice,
harden not your hearts:
As in the provocation,
according to the day of temptation in the wilderness:
where your fathers tempted me,
they proved me, and saw my works.

Romans 13:8-10
Haydock New Testament

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbour, hath fulfilled the law. For thou shalt not commit adultery: Thou shalt not kill: Thou shalt not steal: Thou shalt not bear false witness: Thou shalt not covet: and if there be any other commandment, it is comprised in this word: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. The love of the neighbour worketh no evil. Love, therefore, is the fulfilling of the law.

The Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ According to Saint Matthew 18:15-20
Haydock New Testament

Jesus said:

But if thy brother shall offend against thee, go, and reprove him between thee and him alone. If he shall hear thee, thou shalt gain thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may stand. And if he will not hear them: tell the church. And if he will not hear the church, let him be to thee as the heathen and the publican.

Amen, I say to you, whatsoever you shall bind upon earth, shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever you shall loose upon earth, shall be loosed also in heaven. Again I say to you, that if two of you shall agree upon earth, concerning any thing whatsoever they shall ask, it shall be done for them by my Father, who is in heaven. For where there are two or three gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

Haydock Commentary Ezechiel 33:7-9
Notes Copied From Haydock Commentary Site

• Ver. 8. Surely die a temporal, (Theod.) or rather an eternal death. S. Jer.

Haydock Commentary Romans 13:8-10

• Ver. 8-9. But that you love one another. This is a debt, says S. Chrys. which we are always to be paying, and yet always remains, and is to be paid again. — He that loveth his neighbour, hath fulfilled the law. Nay, he that loves his neighbour, as he ought, loves him for God's sake, and so complies with the other great precept of loving God: and upon these two precepts (as Christ himself taught us, Matt. xxii. 40.) depends the whole law and the prophets. Wi.
• Ver. 10. Love of the neighbour worketh no evil.[2] This, by the Latin, is the true construction; and not, love worketh no evil to the neighbour, as it might be translated from the Greek. Wi.

Haydock Commentary Matthew 18:15-20

• Ver. 15. Offend against thee. S. Chrysostom, S. Austin, and S. Jerom understand from this verse, that the injured person is to go and admonish his brother. Other understand against thee, to mean in they presence, or to thy knowledge, because fraternal correction is a duty, not only when our brother offends us, but likewise when he offends against his neighbour, and much more when he offends God. It is moreover a duty not peculiar to the injured, but common to all. When the offence is not personal, our advice will be less interested. This precept, though positive, in only obligatory, when it is likely to profit your brother, as charity is the only motive for observing it. Therefore, it not only may, but ought to be omitted, when the contrary effect is likely to ensue, whether it be owing to the perversity of the sinner, or the circumstances of the admonisher. Jans.
• Ver. 17. Tell the church. This not only shews the order of fraternal correction, but also every man's duty in submitting to the judgment of the Church. Wi. — There cannot be a plainer condemnation of those who make particular creeds, and will not submit the articles of their belief to the judgment of the authority appointed by Christ. A.
• Ver. 18. Whatsoever you shall bind, &c. The power of binding and loosing, which in a more eminent manner was promised to S. Peter, is here promised to the other apostles and their successors, bishops and priests. Wi. — The power of binding and loosing, conferred on S. Peter, excelled that granted to the other apostles, inasmuch as to S. Peter, who was head and pastor of the whole Church, was granted jurisdiction over the other apostles, while these received no power over each other, much less over S. Peter. T. — Priests receive a power not only to loose, but also to bind, as S. Ambrose writeth against the Novatians, who allowed the latter, but denied the former power to priests. Lib. i. de pœnit. c. ii. B.
• Ver. 19. That if two of you. From these words, we learn how superior is public to private prayer. The efficacy of the former is attributed to the presence of Christ in those assemblies. The Father, for his Son's sake, will grant petitions thus offered. Jans. — The fervour of one will supply for the weakness and distractions of the other.
• Ver. 20. There am I in the midst of them. This is understood of such assemblies only, as are gathered in the name and authority of Christ; and in unity of the Church of Christ. S. Cyprian, de Unitate Ecclesiæ. Ch. — S. Chrysostom, Theophylactus, and Euthymius explain the words in his name, thus assembled by authority received from Christ, in the manner appointed by him, or for his sake, and seeking nothing by his glory. Hence we may see what confidence we may place in an œcumenical council lawfully assembled. T. S. Greg. lib. vii. Regist. Epist. cxii.

]]> http://vbonnaire.wordpress.com/?p=528 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:31:35 +0000 vbonnaire http://vbonnaire.wordpress.com/?p=528 We had been discussing men I had seen in a Rehab, but I'm going to jump forward because of the issues in this election and take a look at core sociopathy, narcissism, abortion and feminism. We are going to dispense for the moment with religious belief systems people hold -- and just look at some "real-life" truths about BABIES, okay? We'll be looking as a therapist looks. Because, the client's value systems are their own, and we respect that. What is difficult for feminists in this election has been the misogyny and sexism we've seen, as well as the attempt by the Republican Party to strip away our rights as WOMEN.

In an article breaking off the wire, Mrs. McCain has just given us her view on reproductive rights. Here is the article:

McCain to give big speech on rebuilt stage

"...McCain's wife, Cindy, suggested in one interview that she doesn't agree with Palin's support for a nearly total ban on abortions.

Cindy McCain also told ABC she doesn't agree with Palin's opposition to abortion in cases of rape and incest. And they also part ways on sex education. "I don't agree with that aspect, but I do respect her for her views," she said.

Palin opposes abortion and rejects the view that pregnancies caused by rape and incest should be exceptions. The Alaska governor's only exception would be when a doctor determines that continuing a pregnancy would lead to the death of the mother.

Palin has also opposed government financing of sex-education programs in Alaska. Cindy McCain told ABC that she advocated abstinence as a part of sex education at her children's school, but "I believe that it's twofold and I think all of it should be taught..."

I was already doing research as far back as June on this---

Fantastic news for pumas concerned with Roe v Wade watch and John McCain’s stance on that from a journalist off Soda Head… via heartpuma

“…In a 1999 interview with the San Francisco Chronicle editorial board, McCain said, “I would not support repeal of Roe v. Wade, which would then force X number of women in America” to undergo “illegal and dangerous operations…”

This is heartwarming news Senator McCain, and because of this, the oil drilling will be okay! (but promise you won’t do nuclear, and instead solar and wind and water power?)

Because, I knew why we wanted Hillary the most.

So, what I want to talk about now, is how a therapist looks at this. The "special needs" children Palin refers to, like her baby are being born right now, not just because of aging in older women, but potentially because of the issues with the food chain we were just talking about a couple of articles back, and I will be going more deeply into this as well in further articles to come.

Democratic women, for the most part I feel, would not want to give birth to a special needs child.

Abortion as we knew it, happened in the first few weeks after missing a period. Abortion was not something done as a kind of late term decision about something when there was already a "baby" in place, fully grown, and then "killed" by infanticide. I think this is what the Religious Right wants stopped. Me too. I wrote about that here:

Two feminist pumas speak, on choices, choice, and the importance of this election…

I want to show you something though, about what is happening! Here is a forty page abstract you can read from All Academic, below.

Have We Really Come a Long Way, Baby? Definitional Struggles around Domestic Violence in the Contemporary U.S.

I want you to recall that "egg" we were talking about, which is the SELF! Remember how we covered that?

It's my belief that DV and substance abuse are causing terrible problems with babies being born right now, and this is possibly because of non-education in these areas.

Also, we had talked about big pharma a little, in that piece on the ocean and the food chain the other day.

What we need to realize is that not everyone comes from a little town in a "clean" place like Alaska that has very basic traditional value systems, and families who are going to care for the babies! What we need is EDUCATION about BIRTH CONTROL as Mrs. McCain noted above.

Unwilling Mothers Unwanted Babies: Infanticide in Canada

I told you I worked with the homeless, and that babies were being born on the streets under shrubs. This is true, and I will be going further into that as we go along, as well.

Here is another paper out of Australia on poverty:

Socio-Economic Disadvantage and the Vulnerable Child

Which is going to spell out a lot of stuff, that the Republican and Democratic Party need to know.

You cannot "force" children on women if there is no sense of supportive community in which to raise a child, nor can you morally cause a woman to choose infanticide. We are a soulless society if it comes to that.

So, it is a MORAL DOUBLE BIND. Much larger than the Schafley argument.

McCain wants to make JOBS here. JOBS are going to lead to "families"

NO JOBS leads to problems SOCIALLY! Here is where you are getting the "Joey's of this world.

People are not going to hurt their children unless there is a disconnect, and I think we need to look into what Jung's typology showed us with THINKING SENSATE! Drugging of these kids from childhood on is suppressing the INFERIOR FUNCTIONS of Feeling and Sensation.

If they are not in touch with their FEELING and SENSATE sides, they are going to behave in soul-less and heartless ways. (Read Virginia Tech.) ---

We need to address this "HOLISTICALLY" as a GESTALT.

MASLOW's HIERARCHY OF NEEDS

"If the devil is not attacking me when I awaken in the mornings, I look for the devil and attack him." (Smith Wigglesworth)

We Christians want young King Davids to go out and fight the Goliaths for us, but sadly, we are not often willing to put up with the sins that these young Davids will make in their preparations for their callings and in their callings.

And because of that, we Christians are prone to listening to the Accuser of the Brethren.

Now take a moment and put on your thinking caps, okay?

What have been the attacks against Sarah Palin? She's a bad mother. She's a hypocrite. She's had an affair. She done this. And she has done that. Where does this come from? The Accuser of the Brethren.

And guess what? Sarah has probably made other mistakes, not yet brought out by some dirt-digging reporters. Some of the errors, God will cover with His grace. And some, He will allow to come forth, to change Sarah... and us Christians.

Hey! Body of Christ grow up. Don't listen to the Accuser of the Brethren. Sarah Palin is our young David and she is willing to take on Roe vs. Wade. So, pray for her. Fast for her. Support her. And vote for her.

Let's put the Accuser of the Brethren under our feet in this instance. Okay:?

Watch video HERE.

Can you see the interconnectivity? Can you see where this is leading?

From Shawn's 'course' on prophecy here

"School of the Prophetic 101"

This school is for the beginner, the intermediate or even the advanced as it is always good to get deep in the word of God to understand why it's God's heart to speak to us today and understanding the purpose of us doing what He says wherever He says to do it. These intense biblical teachings become very practical as we get to experience everything we talk about. Healing, miracles, signs and wonders are a part of the school and you will be stretched and challenged beyond what the natural man can handle.

But wait, there's more...

Prophetic 102 - "Activation in Ministry Classes"

This course is for those who have already completed 'School of the Prophetic 101' and are hungry for more and to steward what God has already given to them through '101'. There spontaneous / revival oriented meetings focused on waiting on the LORD, moving more actively in the prophetic, personal ministry, training your spiritual senses, outreach prep, and much more exciting kingdom stuff.
NOTE: If you want to be stretched and grow in hearing, this is for you. It's not for those who do not want to step out of their "comfort zone".

"The Language of the Spirit 201" NEW!

This course is for those who have already completed 'School of the Prophetic 101'. Daniel truly walked in the '201' experience and understood the language of symbolism God used in, dreams, visions and riddles. This caused him to be called upon by the King quite frequently for insight. We will examine topics such as: heaven, angels, dream interpretation, and much more.

(1: 7) "Behold, He cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see Him, and they also which pierced Him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of Him. Even so, Amen."

   In this verse we are told the theme of the book. The Apocalypse is a series of visions concerning the second advent of our Lord. "Behold, He cometh with clouds." In the Old Testament, clouds are inseparably connected with Divine visitation. When Jehovah gave Israel the law, He descended to Mount Sinai in a cloud (Ex. 19: 16). A cloud likewise covered the tent of the congregation when the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle (Ex. 40: 34). See also Psalm 18: 11; 104: 3 and Isaiah 19: 1.

   This passage is closely related Daniel 7: 13-14, in which the Son of Man is described as receiving His kingdom from the Father. It was this verse to which our Lord referred when adjured by the high priest as to whether He was Christ or not (Matt. 26: 64). Thus it appears that the "coming in clouds" is associated with the coming of the Son of Man to judgment. The same imagery is used by Christ in Matt. 24: 30 and Mark 14: 62. Moreover, Paul later revealed that at Christ's coming, the dead will rise first, and those alive at His coming will be "caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air" (1 Thess. 4: 16-17).

   All Pre-Millennialists agree that the coming in clouds is to be taken literally, and not in any figurative sense. Said the angels to the apostles: "This same Jesus," which ascended in a literal loud, "shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go into heaven" (Acts 1: 9-11). The key to correct interpretation is supplied by John himself, who writes: "And every eye shall see Him, and they also which pierced Him." The "also" refers to the Jewish nation, and so the "every" must denote those of other kindreds and nations and tongues. The fact that this book was sent to Christian assemblies in Asia, tells us that John could not have envisioned Christ's coming as an event incapable of verification throughout all parts of the world.

   Nevertheless, the Second Advent does admit of some localization. While every eye shall see Him (for every knee must bow before Him), our Lord will not return to Iran, or to Afghanistan, or to China, or to Brazil, or to America--but to the Mount of Olives, from whence He ascended (Zech. 14: 4). According to the prophecies of Zechariah, the coming of Christ in glory will be accompanied by the repentance of the Jewish nation (Zech. 12: 10-11) and the destruction of those nations that come against Jerusalem (Zech. 12: 9). Then all the kindreds of the earth --better rendered all the tribes of the land-- will mourn because of Him. This unmistakably points to the Jewish national conversion, which is the subject of so many inspired Old Testament prophecies.

   In the early years of the Christian church, this passage was sometimes employed as a proof-text in refuting the Docetae, a heretical sect which believed that Christ was only a man in appearance, and not in truth. Ignatius of Antioch writes: "But if they say that He will come at the end of the world without a body, how shall those 'see Him which pierced Him,' and when they recognize Him, 'mourn for themselves'? For incorporeal beings have neither form nor figure, nor the aspect of an animal possessed of shape, because their nature is in itself simple" (Epistle to the Smyrnaeans, ch. iii).

   The emphatic "Even so, Amen" sets upon these predictions a Divine seal of certainty. Surely all will come to pass.

  (1: 8- "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, Which is, and Which was, and Which is to come, the Almighty."

   The meaning of "Alpha and Omega" is given in Rev. 1: 17 and 22: 13. It was a term used by the Jews to denote the character of God as "the first and the last." The term is interpreted in Isaiah 44: 6-7, where the Lord is revealed as the only True God, He Who alone can declare things to come. The Apocalypse shows that this term is eminently applicable to Jesus Christ as Son of God. So, too, regarding the Divine title of "The Almighty" (ho pantokrator), which is the Septuagint rendering of "Lord of Hosts." This title is used nine times in the book of Revelation, and only once elsewhere in the New Testament (2 Cor. 6: 18).

  (1: 9) "I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ."

  John identifies himself with the persecuted brethren of the Christian church. We are not to think of him as above mortal men, as one to be worshipped and revered as divine. Although he, like Daniel, was greatly beloved, he was not immune from persecution. Like Paul, John was an ensample to those who should follow Jesus Christ. If John suffered tribulation, let us know that we too must partake of the same. "We must through much tribulation enter the kingdom of God" (Acts 14: 2). Our future reigning with Christ is conditional on our present suffering with Him, and on bearing His reproach before men. See also John 16: 33; Romans 8: 17; Phil. 3: 10; 2 Tim. 2: 12. Those who endure temptation will receive the crown of life (James 1: 12), and patience is a necessary virtue (2 Peter 1: 6), without which there can be no progress toward the "godliness, brotherly kindness, and charity" which will render us perfect (2 Peter 1: 7-8).

   But how, we ask, did John come to be on the isle of Patmos? Among orthodox scholars, it is a settled opinion that John was exiled to Patmos on account of his Christian testimony. The important question is: did his exile take place during the reign of Nero, or of Domitian? The unanimous testimony of the early church, which places authorship of the Apocalypse toward the end of Domitian's reign, can hardly be challenged on any fair grounds. The alternate theory, which places authorship about the year 65 A.D., relies on arguments which appear "iffy" and inconclusive. And anyone with an unbiased mind must agree that the evidence adduced is not cumulative enough to outweigh the traditional view.

   Of course, the question will never be conclusively answered. The safest course, in any event, seems to be to rely less on the date of authorship than on what the book reveals or discloses--for, after all, it is an unveiling of truths concerning the second advent of our Lord.

  Those who pursue this date of authorship controversy may want to consider a third theory, which holds that John was not exiled to Patmos at all. Rather, he came to be there on account of the revelation he was then to receive. That is, as Paul went into Arabia to receive the Word of God (Galatians 1: 17), so John went to Patmos, where he might receive the visions recorded in this book. This view appears to be taken by John Lightfoot, who writes: "John, travelling in the ministry of the gospel up and down from Asia, westward, cometh into the isle Patmos, in the Icarian sea, an island about thrity miles' compass: and there, on the Lord's day, he hath these visions; and an angel interprets to him all he saw" (Harmony of the New Testament).

  Regardless of any other view, however, it is my firm opinion that the apostolic church was correct, and that John was exiled to Patmos during the persecution of Domitian; and that while there, he received the word of God.

2. 因為北京奧運,中共國忽略了全國的環境保護,結果依據大紀元消息,舉辦奧運城市爆發傳染病的消息被掩蓋。可幸的是好像不是太多外國遊客(?)去看奧運,但瘟疫可能因此散播到全世界,中共國的環境保護問題,變成全球問題。環境保護問題為副,政治問題才是元凶,世界明知中共的內外問題,但為了錢照來不誤,是自作孽。

3. 因為北京奧運,曾蔭權無暇理香港大事,結果副部長+梁展文+(?)連中三元。他為了獻媚可能斷送自己的政治前途。

4. 因為北京奧運,中共勞民傷財,傷及元氣,回天乏術,又因不理天時地利,結果賠了大本(中共內部文件指全國總成本為12000億:100萬義工留在北京損失的生產值、人民戰爭式保安的花費、工廠停工、北京不少商業活動被停止、武警公安駐防的工錢、各項環保措施造成的經濟損失及六個奧運城市人口外流的經濟損失,不包括東海油田及美國 房按)。中共國今年天災連連,大型民變數起(楊佳案),經濟又是有史以來最差的一年,天氣署熱,而所謂北京奧運的經濟成果只會加劇社會的積怨,為了北京奧運又要開放網外境站,遲一點又有被煽動的黑客作反,中共要捱過今年是要超級好運的事來沖喜,歡笑今宵散場以後怎麼辦?很奇怪,我曾算出來的中共滅亡日期居然有2個,錯的一個簡直好像是亂來的,唔通錯有錯着?

5. 北京奧運聖火傳送全世界的象徵意義,雖名叫祥雲火炬.但是一來所到之處無一是晴天,二來火炬背後的中共國今年天災人禍連連,可謂相當不祥,三來火炬本身無故熄滅之次數破了世界紀錄,並非吉兆,四來上屆火炬交接儀式前,半個希臘都陷於火海,亦非祥端,五來中共最喜用紅色,火炬本身是火氣旺盛,而所到之處均是愛國憤青以紅色旗海迎接,甚至連香港亦不例外,鮮紅色難免令人聯想到血流成河,而火代表戰爭、暴動和不安。合起來的意思就是因為西方世界失去道德,結果世界被北京奧運引發的火焰包圍,四處都是戰爭、暴動和不安。從心理學的角度去看,北京奧運聖火在整個國際政治、經濟、社會情況下,在人類集體潛意識中引發出不安、燥動和攻擊性,加上世界本身陷於的能源危機、溫室效應、通脹、恐佈主義威脅的處境,加快了人類文明的毀滅過程。

(1: 7) "Behold, He cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see Him, and they also which pierced Him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of Him.  Even so, Amen."

  In this verse we are told the theme of the book.  The Apocalypse is a  series of visions concerning the second advent of our Lord.  "Behold, He cometh with clouds."  In the Old Testament, clouds are inseparably connected with Divine visitation.  When Jehovah gave Israel the law, He descended to Mount Sinai in a cloud (Ex. 19: 16).  A cloud likewise covered the tent of the congregation when the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle (Ex. 40: 34).  See also Psalm 18: 11; 104: 3 and Isaiah 19: 1. 

   This passage is closely related Daniel 7: 13-14, in which the Son of Man is described as receiving His kingdom from the Father.  It was this verse to which our Lord referred when adjured by the high priest as to whether He was Christ or not (Matt. 26: 64).  Thus it appears that the "coming in clouds" is associated with the coming of the Son of Man to judgment.  The same imagery is used by Christ in Matt. 24: 30 and Mark 14: 62.  Moreover, Paul later revealed that at Christ's coming, the dead will rise first, and those alive at His coming will be "caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air" (1 Thess. 4: 16-17).

   All Pre-Millennialists agree that the coming in clouds is to be taken literally, and not in any figurative sense.  Said the angels to the apostles: "This same Jesus," which ascended in a literal loud, "shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go into heaven" (Acts 1: 9-11).  The key to correct interpretation is supplied by John himself, who writes: "And every eye shall see Him, and they also which pierced Him."  The "also" refers to the Jewish nation, and so the "every" must denote those of other kindreds and nations and tongues.  The fact that this book was sent to Christian assemblies in Asia, tells us that John could not have envisioned Christ's coming as an event incapable of verification throughout all parts of the world.

  Nevertheless, the Second Advent does admit of some localization.  While every eye shall see Him (for every knee must bow before Him), our Lord will not return to Iran, or to Afghanistan, or to China, or to Brazil, or to America--but to the Mount of Olives, from whence He ascended (Zech. 14: 4).  According to the prophecies of Zechariah, the coming of Christ in glory will be accompanied by the repentance of the Jewish nation (Zech. 12: 10-11) and the destruction of those nations that come against Jerusalem (Zech. 12: 9). Then all the kindreds of the earth --better rendered all the tribes of the land-- will mourn because of Him.  This unmistakably points to the Jewish national conversion, which is the subject of so many inspired Old Testament prophecies. 

  In the early years of the Christian church, this passage was sometimes employed as a proof-text in refuting the Docetae, a heretical sect which believed that Christ was only a man in appearance, and not in truth.  Ignatius of Antioch writes: "But if they say that He will come at the end of the world without a body, how shall those 'see Him which pierced Him,' and when they recognize Him, 'mourn for themselves'?  For incorporeal beings have neither form nor figure, nor the aspect of an animal possessed of shape, because their nature is in itself simple" (Epistle to the Smyrnaeans, ch. iii).  

  The emphatic "Even so, Amen" sets upon these predictions a Divine seal of certainty.  Surely all will come to pass.

  (1: 8- "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, Which is, and Which was, and Which is to come, the Almighty."

  The meaning of "Alpha and Omega" is given in Rev. 1: 17 and 22: 13.  It was a term used by the Jews to denote the character of God as "the first and the last."  The term is interpreted in Isaiah 44: 6-7, where the Lord is revealed as the only True God, He Who alone can declare things to come.  The Apocalypse shows that this term is eminently applicable to Jesus Christ as Son of God.  So, too, regarding the Divine title of "The Almighty" (ho pantokrator), which is the Septuagint rendering of "Lord of Hosts."  This title is used nine times in the book of Revelation, and only once elsewhere in the New Testament (2 Cor. 6: 18).

(1: 9) "I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ."

  John identifies himself with the persecuted brethren of the Christian church. We are not to think of him as above mortal men, as one to be worshipped and revered as divine.  Although he, like Daniel, was greatly beloved, he was not immune from persecution. Like Paul, John was an ensample to those who should follow Jesus Christ.  If John suffered tribulation, let us know that we too must partake of the same.  "We must through much tribulation enter the kingdom of God" (Acts 14: 2).  Our future reigning with Christ is conditional on our present suffering with Him, and on bearing His reproach before men. See also John 16: 33; Romans 8: 17; Phil. 3: 10; 2 Tim. 2: 12.  Those who endure temptation will receive the crown of life (James 1: 12), and patience is a necessary virtue (2 Peter 1: 6), without which there can be no progress toward the "godliness, brotherly kindness, and charity" which will render us perfect (2 Peter 1: 7-8).

  But how, we ask, did John come to be on the isle of Patmos?  Among orthodox scholars, it is a settled opinion that John was exiled to Patmos on account of his Christian testimony.  The important question is: did his exile take place during the reign of Nero, or of Domitian?  The unanimous testimony of the early church, which places authorship of the Apocalypse toward the end of Domitian's reign, can hardly be challenged on any fair grounds.  The alternate theory, which places authorship about the year 65 A.D., relies on arguments which appear "iffy" and inconclusive.  And anyone with an unbiased mind must agree that the evidence adduced is not cumulative enough to outweigh the traditional view.

   Of course, the question will never be conclusively answered.  The safest course, in any event, seems to be to rely less on the date of authorship than on what the book reveals or discloses--for, after all, it is an unveiling of truths concerning the second advent of our Lord.

  Those who pursue this date of authorship controversy may want to consider a third theory, which holds that John was not exiled to Patmos at all.  Rather, he came to be there on account of the revelation he was then to receive.  That is, as Paul went into Arabia to receive the Word of God (Galatians 1: 17), so John went to Patmos, where he might receive the visions recorded in this book.  This view appears to be taken by John Lightfoot, who writes: "John, travelling in the ministry of the gospel up and down from Asia, westward, cometh into the isle Patmos, in the Icarian sea, an island about thrity miles' compass: and there, on the Lord's day, he hath these visions; and an angel interprets to him all he saw" (Harmony of the New Testament).

 Regardless of any other view, however, it is my firm opinion that the apostolic church was correct, and that John was exiled to Patmos during the persecution of Domitian; and that while there, he received the word of God. 

The Spirit of the Lord says, "Hear the prophet and hear the prophets that speak from this territory, from the desert which carries water beneath it. They say the antelope valley had a gathering of prophets - that the enemy was able to come in and disburse them." God said, "Heaven is watching, for you have caught its attention. You have caught Heaven's attention. Why? Can I bring water from the desert? Yes!"

There Shall Be a Sign in the Sky

The Spirit of God says, "This is a day of new beginnings. Men have said, 'Numerically, it could not be possible.'" God said, "Forget about what men say - I'm giving you a brand new start. I'm causing the earth to tremble. You say, 'We don't want to hear about the trembling of the earth.'" God said, "It is only a sign that there is a shaking in hell and that Heaven is about to celebrate the Saints of the Most High God for the prosperity of the Lord that is about to come upon you."

The Spirit of the Lord is working the miraculous. There is a supernatural intervention that is coming, for God says, "Look to the sky. There will be a sign in the sky again over California, over Oregon, over Washington; it shall continue north into Canada," for the Spirit of God says, "this sign shall cause people to tremble and to be afraid. Do not worry, for the wind will come," says the Lord.

There is an experience that is similar to what took place on the day of Pentecost that is about to take place. What took place? The Heavens opened up - for they were united together - the day had fully come. The Spirit of God says, "The day has fully come. What day? The day," says the Lord, "that you've been waiting for, the day of the Lord. Men shall say, 'Shall we be caught away and be taken into the Heavens?' You are going to experience a different kind of rapture - it is a rapture that will take you into a new dimension of God's authority and God's power," says the Spirit of God.

Let there be no fear of this calamity, for the Spirit of God says, "Men, I've told you there will be political upheaval and I will not take sides with any party in this nation, but I will rule with a rod of iron in this next election. This will be a rod of iron and a rod of correction that shall come from My people and shall come from those that have been anointed and shall be known as the elect of the Lord. My elect are about to arise to the occasion and there is a baptism of fire that is coming to the people. Get ready and rejoice," says the Lord.

The Spirit of God says, "Hear these words - before you take your seat, because you know it is not time to walk, it is time to run. Acceleration has taken place. Your enemy has stood up against you like never before, but the rod of correction - it shall be upon this nation. No, not judgment, I said the rod of correction. What is this? Would a father chastise his son without loving him?"

Watch the Watermelon

"I'm about to show you the greatest love that I have for this nation and how I will take from the desert and bring oil, oil, oil and water," says the Spirit of the Lord. "There will be a combination - out of the water shall come the oil. They shall say, 'Why would these things happen?' Because I own the earth. Watch the watermelon, for My prophet ate the watermelon today, and there shall be a strange thing that will take place on the earth and they will say, 'Scientifically, it cannot be correct.'"

I'm seeing something very strange right now. God said, "They'll say, 'It shall contain no water because of such and such a place and such and such a thing.'" I don't even know what I'm talking about, but geologically - God said, "I will prove them wrong. Why? Because I created the earth. I know what to do and I know how to change it and I know what it can yield - from the water will come the oil," says the Spirit of God. America, rejoice - this is your day.

The Spirit of God says, "Why do you wonder what has been spoken? Shall the prophets re-prophesy what has been prophesied before? No! The Lord has spoken, who can but prophesy? You have to, for I have sent My Word into the atmosphere, therefore prophets rise up, open your mouth and prophesy," says the Lord.

So there! We will prophesy, for He has spoken. Who can but prophesy? A Lion has roared who shall not be afraid. God has spoken, prophesy!

God wanted David to be acquainted with what was on the earth - to use it against the enemy. If you could just catch what I'm saying to you right now. God said, "America, you don't need what they are providing for you. Out of your own soil you will destroy the giant of the Middle East. Your energy will come from sticks and stones - your energy will come from the water of the earth."

God spoke tonight about the watermelon. Most of you are saying, "What in the world are you talking about?" I'm talking about God sharing secrets. If you've got enough intestinal fortitude, you'd say, "I believe if Moses could speak to the rock and it could bring forth water and you could strike the rock, then God can bring out energy from anywhere He likes, even a watermelon."

Prophecy is something that He allows us to do in order to break the power of prognosis. The spirit of prognostication is the most powerful influencing force on the earth at this very moment. Bad news, a relentless flow of bad news, is causing the hearts of men to fail them and so we require an open Heaven. There is an open Heaven that is coming to us - the day has fully come.

Suddenly is About to Happen

The word of the Lord is, "Your day has fully come. Therefore, 'suddenly' is about to happen and the Heavens have opened up and something is going to rest upon your head."

And there appeared to them tongues of fire and one sat upon each - one sat upon each of them. There is an expression that is sitting and resting upon each one of you right now. That day 120 people gathered in the upper room and were in one accord, one place, one mind and suddenly, suddenly, the house was filled with the sound as of a mighty rushing wind. There appeared to them tongues of fire and one sat upon each of them. I have read that so many times, but when I read that I realized that God has a unique expression for every individual in the house.

In other words, they were going to have an expression of God that no one else had. You have an individual expression that has rested upon you for the purpose of speaking and prophesying. The prophetic is you going to the future and bringing it back. You bring back the presence of that event. You are a witness to an event that you are involved with, and when you return, you bring back the presence of that event called destiny.

Courtesy Elijah List

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