Jul 14, 2012
Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Tribute
A.W. Tozer - Who is the Holy Spirit? How can we Know Him?
The honesty of Tozer greatly impacted the churches of the mid-20th century. 50 years later, it sounds like the same topics we discuss today. This was not a pastor that "tickled the ears" of his listeners. We need more preachers like this today.
The U.N. Wants the Rights to Your Child in the Form of a Treaty
If this treaty passes, as you will read, among other provisions you will no longer be able to guide your child in their choice of religion. Also, children as young as 5 will receive extensive sexual education. This horror story begs to be read....
By Sara Noble
Only the U.S. and Somalia have not signed the Rights of the Child Treaty and for good reason. It substitutes global governance for U.S. law and the rights of U.S. parents.
The Rights of the Child Treaty is rearing its ugly head and is in the final stages of negotiations.
President Barack Obama has described the failure to ratify the Convention as ‘embarrassing’ and had promised to review this.
The U.S. has signed and ratified both the optional protocols [regarding child soldiers and child prostitution and pornography] to the Convention. The EU is calling for the U.S. to sign and ratify the rights of the child treaty. There is a strong U.S. group supporting ratification.
Senator Jim DeMint has submitted an opposition bill in the Senate which is a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the primary safeguard for …the well-being and protection of children is the family, and that the primary safeguards for the legal rights of children in the United States are the Constitution’s. There is a companion bill in the House. Both won’t pass.
The U.S. Rights of the Child Treaty, which has been around since the Clinton era is now being seriously considered under this president. It eliminates U.S. sovereignty over our sacred right to raise our own children. The Senate appears to be poised to approve it, if not before the election, they will approve it in an Obama second term. Hillary Clinton is currently negotiating this treaty.
Sen. Barbara Boxer, a big California liberal, is pushing this treaty. She is “humiliated” that only the U.S. and Somalia are refusing to sign. Bernie Sanders, socialist, is another big supporter.
WHAT THE TREATY ATTEMPTS TO DO WITH ITS ONE SIZE FITS ALL MENTALITY:
By Sara Noble
Only the U.S. and Somalia have not signed the Rights of the Child Treaty and for good reason. It substitutes global governance for U.S. law and the rights of U.S. parents.
The Rights of the Child Treaty is rearing its ugly head and is in the final stages of negotiations.
President Barack Obama has described the failure to ratify the Convention as ‘embarrassing’ and had promised to review this.
The U.S. has signed and ratified both the optional protocols [regarding child soldiers and child prostitution and pornography] to the Convention. The EU is calling for the U.S. to sign and ratify the rights of the child treaty. There is a strong U.S. group supporting ratification.
Senator Jim DeMint has submitted an opposition bill in the Senate which is a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the primary safeguard for …the well-being and protection of children is the family, and that the primary safeguards for the legal rights of children in the United States are the Constitution’s. There is a companion bill in the House. Both won’t pass.
The U.S. Rights of the Child Treaty, which has been around since the Clinton era is now being seriously considered under this president. It eliminates U.S. sovereignty over our sacred right to raise our own children. The Senate appears to be poised to approve it, if not before the election, they will approve it in an Obama second term. Hillary Clinton is currently negotiating this treaty.
Sen. Barbara Boxer, a big California liberal, is pushing this treaty. She is “humiliated” that only the U.S. and Somalia are refusing to sign. Bernie Sanders, socialist, is another big supporter.
WHAT THE TREATY ATTEMPTS TO DO WITH ITS ONE SIZE FITS ALL MENTALITY:
The convention has established a Committee on the Rights of the Child, an 18-member panel in Geneva composed of “persons of high moral character” who review the rights of children in nations that are party to the convention. This will replace our Constitution. Why do we need a U.N. panel to determine the rights of our children?
The treaty mandates “the right of the child to freedom of thought, conscience and religion” and outlaws the “arbitrary or unlawful interference with his or her privacy,” intrudes on the family and strips parents of the power to raise their children without government interference. It takes the control of child rearing from parents.
The UN’s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation has decided that, “in a world affected by HIV and AIDS”, it is “imperative” to teach children as young as 5 about masturbation as well as “gender roles, stereotypes and gender-based violence”.
By the time they’re 9 years old, they’ll learn about “positive and negative effects of ‘aphrodisiacs,” and wrestle with the ideas of “homophobia, transphobia and abuse of power.” At 12, they’ll learn the “reasons for” abortions — but they’ll already have known about their safety for three years. When they’re 15, they’ll be exposed to direct “advocacy to promote the right to and access to safe abortion.”… Read more here…
One of the provisions bars anyone under 18 years of age to be imprisoned with adults. It will invalidate all state laws requiring teens over 16 accused of murder and other violent crimes to be tried and sentenced as adults. Forget state rights, what about our right to safety. It gives a slap on the wrist to violent, dangerous youths.
More information from Fox News:
Fox News: …Because of the Supremacy Clause in Article VI of the Constitution, all treaties are rendered “the supreme law of the land,” superseding preexisting state and federal statutes. Any rights or laws established by the U.N. convention could then be argued to hold sway in the United States. .
“To the extent that an outside body, a group of unaccountable so-called experts in Switzerland have a say over how children in America should be raised, educated and disciplined — that is an erosion of American sovereignty,” said Steven Groves, a fellow at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank.
Parental rights groups are similarly stirred; they see in the U.N. convention a threat that the government will meddle with even the simplest freedoms to raise their children as they see fit.
“Whether you ground your kids for smoking marijuana, whether you take them to church, whether you let them go to junior prom, all of those things . . . will be the government’s decision,” said Michael Farris, president of ParentalRights.org. “It will affect every parent who’s told their children to do the dishes.”
20 Things You Need to Know About the Treaty [Parental Rights.org]
Ten things you need to know about the structure of the CRC:
- It is a treaty which creates binding rules of law. It is no mere statement of altruism.
- Its effect would be binding on American families, courts, and policy-makers.
- Children of other nations would not be impacted or helped in any direct way by our ratification.
- The CRC would automatically override almost all American laws on children and families because of the U.S. Constitution’s Supremacy Clause in Article VI.
- The CRC has some elements that are self-executing, while others would require implementing legislation. Federal courts would have the power to determine which provisions were self-executing.
- The courts would have the power to directly enforce the provisions that are self-executing.
- Congress would have the power to directly legislate on all subjects necessary to comply with the treaty. This would constitute the most massive shift of power from the states to the federal government in American history.
- A committee of 18 experts from other nations, sitting in Geneva, has the authority to issue official interpretations of the treaty which are entitled to binding weight in American courts and legislatures. This effectively transfers ultimate authority for all policies in this area to this foreign committee.
- Under international law, the treaty overrides even our Constitution.
- Reservations, declarations, or understandings intended to modify our duty to comply with this treaty will be void if they are determined to be inconsistent with the object and purpose of the treaty.
- Children would have the ability to choose their own religion while parents would only have the authority to give their children advice about religion.
- The best interest of the child principle would give the government the ability to override every decision made by every parent if a government worker disagreed with the parent’s decision.
- A child’s “right to be heard” would allow him (or her) to seek governmental review of every parental decision with which the child disagreed.
- According to existing interpretation, it would be illegal for a nation to spend more on national defense than it does on children’s welfare.
- Children would acquire a legally enforceable right to leisure.
- Christian schools that refuse to teach “alternative worldviews” and teach that Christianity is the only true religion “fly in the face of article 29″ of the treaty.
- Allowing parents to opt their children out of sex education has been held to be out of compliance with the CRC.
- Children would have the right to reproductive health information and services, including abortions, without parental knowledge or consent.
- Parents would no longer be able to administer reasonable spankings to their children.
- A murderer aged 17 years and 11 months and 29 days at the time of his crime could no longer be sentenced to life in prison.
Chicken Superbugs May Be Responsible For Drug-Resistant Bladder Infections In 8 Million Women
Superbugs in chickens could be an underlying cause of antibiotic-resistant bladder infections in 8 million women, according to a new ABC News report.
In the ABC News investigation, McGill University researchers said their research suggests drug-resistant E. coli in chickens may be transferred to humans and manifest as the hard-to-treat bladder infections.
Antibiotics are usually given to chickens to promote growth and prevent disease before they're slaughtered and sold in stores, ABC News reported.
Blisstree.com explained how these antibiotics could contribute to drug-resistance:
However, the National Chicken Council said that there is no proof that the drug-resistant bacteria that cause bladder infections actually came from the chickens. The council said in a statement:
"We suspect that the transmission is occurring the same way other foodborne agents are transferred," study researcher Amee Manges, Ph.D., of McGill University, earlier told MedPage Today. That means transmission of the bacteria may occur when you don't handle food safely or properly, you have kitchen contamination or you undercook the chicken.
Urinary tract infections occur when bacteria, fungi or viruses infect the urinary tract, with bacteria being the most frequent cause of infection, according to the National Institutes of Health. The body is usually able to remove bacteria from the urinary tract, but sometimes they are able to live there and grow, causing an infection.
Bacteria found in the bowel are the usual culprits for UTIs, with E. coli causing most cases, the National Institutes of Health reported.
In the ABC News investigation, McGill University researchers said their research suggests drug-resistant E. coli in chickens may be transferred to humans and manifest as the hard-to-treat bladder infections.
Antibiotics are usually given to chickens to promote growth and prevent disease before they're slaughtered and sold in stores, ABC News reported.
Blisstree.com explained how these antibiotics could contribute to drug-resistance:
Chickens are injected with antibiotics from day one to help them grow bigger and faster and protect them from diseases. The problem is that these are the same antibiotics sold in the U.S. for humans to treat bladder infections, among other conditions, which means our bodies eventually become resistant to the drugs because we're getting so much of it."What this new research shows is, we may in fact know where it's [the antibiotic-resistant bladder infections are] coming from. It may be coming from antibiotics used in agriculture," Maryn McKenna, a reporter for Food & Environment Reporting Network, which conducted the investigation with the network, told ABC News.
However, the National Chicken Council said that there is no proof that the drug-resistant bacteria that cause bladder infections actually came from the chickens. The council said in a statement:
"The studies in question make the assumption that humans carrying these E. coli acquired them from poultry. The strains did not originate in poultry and likely entered these farms from sources originating in human communities. Perhaps most importantly, the potential transmission of antibiotic resistant E. coli to humans says nothing about why these E. coli are antibiotic resistant in the first place. The resistances observed in these E. coli are common globally and are unlikely to be attributed to chickens given the few antibiotics available for use in poultry in the U.S."McGill University researchers had previously reported in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases that the E. coli in the chicken was much more genetically related to those of human urinary tract infections, compared with the E. coli in the beef and pork. That study included E. coli testing of 320 samples of beef, pork and chicken.
Urinary tract infections occur when bacteria, fungi or viruses infect the urinary tract, with bacteria being the most frequent cause of infection, according to the National Institutes of Health. The body is usually able to remove bacteria from the urinary tract, but sometimes they are able to live there and grow, causing an infection.
Bacteria found in the bowel are the usual culprits for UTIs, with E. coli causing most cases, the National Institutes of Health reported.
A mysterious lightning sprite, photographed from the International Space Station
What you see here is a red sprite, captured by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station, which happened to be passing over Myanmar during a large thunderstorm.Sprites — named after Puck, a nature sprite in English folklore — are huge electrical discharges that occur in the mesosphere (50-100km above Earth), which are triggered by positive lightning strikes on the ground below.
Beyond that, we don’t know a whole lot about sprites. Because they’re so high up in the sky, often obscured by huge clouds, and only exist for a few milliseconds, the existence of sprites was only confirmed in 1989 when the University of Minnesota accidentally caught one on tape. Since then, they’ve been captured on film and tape hundreds of times — but their properties and the mechanism that creates them is still a big mystery. My educated guess would be that lightning strikes also send some energy up into the mesosphere, where the electrons collide with other molecules (oxygen, when excited, emits a red glow).
The photo of the sprite is actually a still frame from a time-lapse sequence shot by Expedition 31 aboard the ISS. You can watch the entire video below (or download for offline viewing). The sprite appears around the 7-second mark, in the top right corner of the frame.
Cell Phone Corporations Help Government and Law Enforcement Spy On You
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Your wireless company is tracking you with GPS, recording your phone calls and text messages . . . and they are selling the information they collect to other corporations, nations, governments – anyone willing to pay for the data.
The US government is one of the wireless corporation’s biggest clients. They are collecting yotabytes of data from multiple sources on all American citizens.
Congressman Ed Markey complied a report wherein information from numerous cell phone corporations that showed just how much data law enforcement receives from prominent cell phone carriers.
AT&T, Sprint, Verizon and T-Mobile were requested to hand over personal client data to federal agencies and local law enforcement at an alarming rate.
- 1.3 million = total number of law enforcement requests for “text messages, caller locations and other information in the course of investigations.”
- 116 = average number of requests the tiny Cricket fields each day.
- 700 = average number of requests AT&T fields each day.
- 1,500 = average number of requests Sprint fields each day.
- $8.3 million = the total amount in bills that AT&T sent to law enforcement and government agencies to comply with their requests. (That was up from $2.8 million in 2007.)
The Obama administration is attempting to force Congressional law to rewrite cellular phone privacy rights .
In United States v. Jones Americans have protection under the US Constitution against GPS surveillance by local law enforcement and federal agencies under the 4th Amendment.
Because of the information that can be obtained from GPS technology and cellular phone devices, a search warrant was an absolute requirement.
Law enforcement would typically make a request for multiple forms of data from one particular person under the guise of hunting down a bank robber or serial killer; however these claims were more often than not erroneous and simply a formality to justify the data mining.
Text messages are like gold to the federal and local agencies retrieving information on citizens because it is cheaper for them to obtain from the cellular phone corporations. As the rise in requests continues the requests for legal wiretapping decreases .
Simply put: why jump through legal hoops to get information when the corporations readily give it to law enforcement at the expense of the privacy of their clients.
While the US Supreme Court ruled that law enforcement must obtain a warrant before tagging a car with a GPS tracker, the cellular phone laws are still murky and up to interpretation.
In the UK, the UK Home Office (UKHO) have admitted they are spying on their citizens in an expansion of MI5 data surveillance laws.
In a proposed bill, if passed would place massive amounts of personal data into the hands of the British government. How they use that data is purely at their discretion.
Internet companies will have to install hardware enabling GCHQ – the Government’s electronic “listening” agency – to examine “on demand” any phone call made, text message and email sent, and website accessed in “real time.
Smartphones and social media can also be used to engage otherwise unknown material about whomever the authorities want to survey. All of this data is conveniently stored on most modern cell phones.
Cellphones are our most beloved technology. Everyone has one and could not live without it. And those who are in government and law enforcement have turned them into spying devices because it is just too easy.
We pay for the phone. We pay for the service. And it has been turned into a Big Brother control that strips us of our privacy.
83% of Doctors Considering Quitting Due to Obamacare
I have just read a stunning report from a medical association whose findings reveal that nine out of ten doctors are at odds with ObamaCare. They believe that our healthcare system is “on the wrong track” and could force them out of their medical practices.
This report should send chills down every American’s spine. In a survey conducted by the Doctor Patient Medical Association (DPMA), a non-partisan association of doctors and patients, respondent doctors paint a very unnerving and desperate portrait of the future of our medical system under ObamaCare.
Although the survey itself was more comprehensive than we can report, here are a few of the key DPMA’s published results…
GENERAL CONCLUSIONS:
- Almost unanimous that medicine is on the wrong track, and overwhelmingly blame the government’s heavy hand;
- Government-imposed solutions (ObamaCare, electronic health information) destined to fail;
- Highest numbers ever opting out of Medicare or refuse Medicaid;
- Doctors are pessimistic – failing financially and assume things will worsen;
- See doctors and patients as the solution – not government;
- Restored autonomy, elimination of government involvement, increased patient responsibility, and free market reforms are good solutions.
KEY FINDINGS
- 90% say the medical system is on the WRONG TRACK.
- 83% say they are thinking about QUITTING.
- 61% say the system challenges their ETHICS.
- 85% say the patient-physician relationship is in a TAILSPIN.
- 65% say GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT is most to blame for current problems.
- 72% say individual insurance mandate will NOT result in improved access care.
- 49% say they will STOP accepting Medicaid patients.
++Do you see what this report means to the future of America’s healthcare delivery system?
- A shortage of doctors.
- Less accessibility (especially for Medicare and Medicaid patients).
- Inferior care.
- Higher costs.
- Deteriorating doctor-patient relationships.
- Less involvement in our own medical decisions.
- Doctors and medical professionals being forced to act against their ethics (including their religious convictions).
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Meet the Ruling Faces of Evil - Part 1
Got to give zengardner credit here for the time put in on this article. If you aren't great with history you may not recognize some of these faces, but I encourage you to look them up. This is a plan that has been in the making for centuries, and these are the men chosen to run the show. Remember the prophecy of Psalm 2 of a world that openly rejects and wars against God. "The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against His anointed (Messiah)..." (Ps. 2:2) It is likely we see this in our days.
By Zengardner (http://www.zengardner.com/meet-the-ruling-faces-of-evil/)
by Zen Gardner
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. With the human face it’s even more revealing, especially the eyes.
Politicians and many other public figures, if you’ve ever seen a professional one up close, have almost a waxen stiffness and sheen to their phony, memorized expressions, as well as eyes that emanate something wrong. Most public and power characters need to be caught off guard to reveal their true nature, but it’s not necessary. Usually it’s in plain sight.
To the intuitive, it’s always clear.
The eyes are the ‘windows of their souls’, while their expressions can also intermittently give away their true nature. But certainly, “actions speak louder than words.”
Here’s a quick selection of some current and past leaders, power brokers and influential people of questionable intent and deeds. My comments only serve to single out my impressions and not tell you what to think. This is my casual speculation, for your consideration and to provoke re-evaluation.
Look for the light in many of their eyes–it’s not there.
You might see something else though, something very troubling. Much of this is the opposition to humanity, conscious or unconsciously.
These guys are heavy-hitters. See any love? Don’t screw with the Vatican..more control and power than you can shake a sceptre at. Pope Paul and Pope Benecioasaurus…..or whoever… Need I name names?
Nazi Ark raider Major Toht comes in a light second to Cheney…. ["hat" tip - Gus]
By Zengardner (http://www.zengardner.com/meet-the-ruling-faces-of-evil/)
by Zen Gardner
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. With the human face it’s even more revealing, especially the eyes.
Politicians and many other public figures, if you’ve ever seen a professional one up close, have almost a waxen stiffness and sheen to their phony, memorized expressions, as well as eyes that emanate something wrong. Most public and power characters need to be caught off guard to reveal their true nature, but it’s not necessary. Usually it’s in plain sight.
To the intuitive, it’s always clear.
The eyes are the ‘windows of their souls’, while their expressions can also intermittently give away their true nature. But certainly, “actions speak louder than words.”
Here’s a quick selection of some current and past leaders, power brokers and influential people of questionable intent and deeds. My comments only serve to single out my impressions and not tell you what to think. This is my casual speculation, for your consideration and to provoke re-evaluation.
Look for the light in many of their eyes–it’s not there.
You might see something else though, something very troubling. Much of this is the opposition to humanity, conscious or unconsciously.
Here we go…hold on…
Gotta start from the extremely absurd strutting as the “vicar of Christ” of all things….strap in….Kept him “head of the class”. Those are just plain disturbing. In fact, it’s surreal…
I KNEW I’d seen that face before!
Wanna couple more?
These guys are heavy-hitters. See any love? Don’t screw with the Vatican..more control and power than you can shake a sceptre at. Pope Paul and Pope Benecioasaurus…..or whoever… Need I name names? 
Research their lives…
Catholics don’t have a monopoly on Pedophelia either…anonymous Mullah making his pick. Ah, the religious schtick…
Rothschild Zionist World Bank head Robert Zoellick..with adoring co-globalist Bill Gates in the background
Speaking of shady stuff…right out of a B movie–but the Chaney has had tremendous power and influence for decades, responsible for the deaths of millions while trying to fulfill the Machiavellian Masonic neocon mission.
Nazi Ark raider Major Toht comes in a light second to Cheney…. ["hat" tip - Gus]
A mission that clearly inspires him. “oooooooo happy day….”
Talk about slimy. This sickening sell-out is a Zionist police-state plant to the max.
Playing the untouchable mild mannered ‘nice Jewish man’, Mr. Patriot Act/Surveillance/Censorship is on an unholy crusade for the House of Rothschild to annihilate any last vestiges of liberty, freedom and sovereignty.
Check his record…although his distorted, lying face speaks volumes…
Shifty Joe by day…
Shape-shifty Joe by night
Barney Frank dresses up for a photo shoot…long story told short.
Sing along…”Where has all the money gone, long time passing…”
Rothschild executor Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sucks Chief Manipulator and Thief In Charge..and we just watch.
That just begged to be pubbed…..
Speaking of Banksters…
How to ruin a country and make it pay. Global takeover stooges Bernanke, Paulson, Bush and Greenspan. Yes, they work for higher ups and they are screwing us.
Speaks for itself. Corruption comes with the territory…but doesn’t seem to make them happy, does it?
Reaping what he sowed in bad PR and karma. You want power? Comes with a price….insanity. (Source)
“And if that light that is in you be darkness, how great is that darkness.” Wow. Hillary is something else.
Jul 13, 2012
War and rumors of wars: number of armed conflicts increased strongly in 2011 says new report
July 13, 2012 – WORLD - Last year, the number of armed conflicts in the world increased markedly, with the strongest increase taking place in Sub-Saharan Africa. This is the conclusion in a new report by researchers at the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), published in the Journal of Peace Research. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has presented the statistics to the UN General Assembly in his report on international mediation. Following a year (2010) that signaled hope for a more peaceful development, the number of conflicts increased by nearly 20 percent, from 31 to 37. Last year’s jump in conflicts deviates from the long-term trend line, which shows that the world is gradually becoming more peaceful. “It should be pointed out, however, that even though we have now witnessed the largest increase between any two years since 1990, the number of conflicts is still far below the peak levels of the early 1990s,” says Professor Peter Wallensteen, head of the UCDP. At the peak 53 armed conflicts were active. 2011 also saw an increase in the most severe conflicts. Six conflicts were categorized as wars, passing the level of at least 1,000 battle-related deaths. This is up from four in 2010. While the wars in Afghanistan, Libya, Pakistan, and Somalia have received much media attention, the intense conflicts in Sudan and Yemen have been less covered. “The increase in the category of the most deadly conflicts is disquieting,” says Lotta Themnér, project leader at UCDP. The growth in conflicts is not primarily a reflection of the Arab Spring. Only in Libya and Syria did the unrest develop into organized armed conflicts. The strongest growth has happened in Sub-Saharan Africa, in the shade of the Arab Spring events. Armed conflicts in Sub-Saharan Africa have increased by 50 % in only one year, from 10 in 2010 to 15 in 2011. – This is a grave development for a region that desperately needs stability and development, says Helge Holtermann, PRIO researcher and Managing Editor of the Journal of Peace Research. The partition of Sudan has caused new conflicts, while former conflicts in Nigeria and Senegal have reemerged. –Physics
The Coming of the Millennial Kingdom and New Jerusalem - Part 2
NEW JERUSALEM
1- We will Always be with the Lord - (Jo. 14:2-3,1 Thes. 4:17)
2- New Jerusalem will descend from the Heavens above. (Rev. 21:2, 10)
3- The light of the city will be like a clear, precious crystal. (Rev. 21:11)
4- The city will be bounded by a great high wall (appx. 216-240 ft. high Rev. 21:17) that will presumably be of the clear Jasper noted in vss. 11 and 18. It will have twelve gates, three on each side of the city. Each gate will be inscribed with the names of one of the twelve tribes of Israel, and each gate will have an angel present. (Rev. 21:12-13) We can infer from this that individuals can come and go through the gates between earthly Jerusalem and the New Jerusalem.
5- The wall of the city has twelve foundations, each bearing one of the names of the twelve apostles. (Rev. 21:14)
6- The city will be roughly 1,500 miles square, that is, both length and height! (Rev. 21:16)
7- The city will be made of a gold so pure that it appears as glass, including the streets. (Rev. 21:18, 21)
8- The foundations will be composed of twelve different precious stones (Rev. 21:19-20) and the gates of pearl (vs. 21).
9- There is no temple in it, because the Lamb of God and the Lord are the temple (Rev. 21:22)
10-The Glory of God and the Lamb will be the light of the city. (Rev. 21:23) The light will be so great that the gate of the city will never be shut. (vs. 25)
11-The nations which are saved shall walk in the light of the city. (Rev. 21:24)
12-The nations shall bring their glory (praise) and honor to the New Jerusalem. (Rev. 21:26) Only those written in the Book of Life may enter the city. (vs. 27) It is clear that there will be some sin on the earth, as vs. 27 excludes those who have committed certain sins. This would not be the case if there was no sin on the earth during this time.
13-A pure rive of the Water of Life (Is. 55:1-5, Ezek. 47:1-9, John 4:10, 14, 7:38) will flow from under the Throne of God and of the Lamb. (Rev. 22:1)
14-The Tree of Life will grow on either side where the Water of Life flows. (Rev. 22:2) The Tree of Life will bear twelve different fruit, one for each month, and the leaves of the Tree will be for the healing of the nations. The fruit is food and presumably life-giving, but may have many other unknown qualities.
15-Believers will be “kings and priests” (or perhaps a kingdom of priests). (1 Peter 2:5-9, Rev. 1:6, 5:10, 20:6)
There is a difference between the earthly Jerusalem which will be renewed and rebuilt, and the heavenly New Jerusalem which will come down from heaven. The two have many similarities in scripture which point to the possibility that they are joined at the top of Mount Zion. However, the earthly Jerusalem will have a fully functioning temple, while the New Jerusalem will have no temple. Here are some similarities mentioned in prophecies below.
THE COMMON LINK: THE THRONE OF GOD
In scripture, the New Jerusalem and Jerusalem the earthly city would appear to be inseparable, centered around the Throne of God.
1-Both are referred to as the Throne of God. (Rev. 22:1-3, 10, Ezek. 43:7) 2-Both thrones seat a King who will live forever. (Rev. 22:5, Ezek. 43:7, 9) 3-Both throne rooms will display the Glory of God. (Rev. 21:23-24, Zech. 14:7)
4-Both thrones will have water flowing from them. (Rev. 22:1, Zech. 14:8, Joel 3:18)
5-Both thrones will bring life and healing. ((Rev. 22:2, Ezek. 47:12)
6-Both throne rooms will be accessible to the nations. (Rev. 21:26, Is. 2:2)
7-They may be entered only by the righteous, while the unrighteous will be excluded. (Rev. 21:27, Ezek. 44:9)
8-Both thrones will swallow up death and wipe away tears. (Rev. 21:4, Is. 25:8)
9-Both will be adorned with costly jewels. (Rev. 21:18-20, Is. 54:11-12)
It would therefore seem safe to conclude that the New Jerusalem and the earthly Jerusalem are joined on the top of Mount Zion at the Throne of God and of the Lamb.
WHAT’S THE PURPOSE OF THE MILLENNIAL TEMPLE?
The temple is built during the 45 day restoration period mentioned in Dan. 12:11-12. The temple is described in great detail in Ezekiel chapters 40-48. As redeemed believers, we no longer have a need for the temple. Paul wrote that the purpose of the law and the original temple was to teach, not to cleanse and redeem. (Rom. 3:20) Only Jesus Christ could redeem. (Heb. 10:4, 10)
Those dwelling on the earth during the Millennial Kingdom will not all be faithful and obedient, as seen in Rev. 21:27 and Ezek. 44:9. We know that at the end of the Millennial Kingdom many on earth will rebel against God. (Rev. 20:7-9) So just as the Temple was an instrument of instruction during the period of the Mosaic law, so it will once again be an instrument of instruction to mankind teaching the need for obedience and the price of sin.
1- We will Always be with the Lord - (Jo. 14:2-3,1 Thes. 4:17)
2- New Jerusalem will descend from the Heavens above. (Rev. 21:2, 10)
3- The light of the city will be like a clear, precious crystal. (Rev. 21:11)
4- The city will be bounded by a great high wall (appx. 216-240 ft. high Rev. 21:17) that will presumably be of the clear Jasper noted in vss. 11 and 18. It will have twelve gates, three on each side of the city. Each gate will be inscribed with the names of one of the twelve tribes of Israel, and each gate will have an angel present. (Rev. 21:12-13) We can infer from this that individuals can come and go through the gates between earthly Jerusalem and the New Jerusalem.
5- The wall of the city has twelve foundations, each bearing one of the names of the twelve apostles. (Rev. 21:14)
6- The city will be roughly 1,500 miles square, that is, both length and height! (Rev. 21:16)
7- The city will be made of a gold so pure that it appears as glass, including the streets. (Rev. 21:18, 21)
8- The foundations will be composed of twelve different precious stones (Rev. 21:19-20) and the gates of pearl (vs. 21).
9- There is no temple in it, because the Lamb of God and the Lord are the temple (Rev. 21:22)
10-The Glory of God and the Lamb will be the light of the city. (Rev. 21:23) The light will be so great that the gate of the city will never be shut. (vs. 25)
11-The nations which are saved shall walk in the light of the city. (Rev. 21:24)
12-The nations shall bring their glory (praise) and honor to the New Jerusalem. (Rev. 21:26) Only those written in the Book of Life may enter the city. (vs. 27) It is clear that there will be some sin on the earth, as vs. 27 excludes those who have committed certain sins. This would not be the case if there was no sin on the earth during this time.
13-A pure rive of the Water of Life (Is. 55:1-5, Ezek. 47:1-9, John 4:10, 14, 7:38) will flow from under the Throne of God and of the Lamb. (Rev. 22:1)
14-The Tree of Life will grow on either side where the Water of Life flows. (Rev. 22:2) The Tree of Life will bear twelve different fruit, one for each month, and the leaves of the Tree will be for the healing of the nations. The fruit is food and presumably life-giving, but may have many other unknown qualities.
15-Believers will be “kings and priests” (or perhaps a kingdom of priests). (1 Peter 2:5-9, Rev. 1:6, 5:10, 20:6)
There is a difference between the earthly Jerusalem which will be renewed and rebuilt, and the heavenly New Jerusalem which will come down from heaven. The two have many similarities in scripture which point to the possibility that they are joined at the top of Mount Zion. However, the earthly Jerusalem will have a fully functioning temple, while the New Jerusalem will have no temple. Here are some similarities mentioned in prophecies below.
New Jerusalem
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Jerusalem (Renewed)
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Rev. 22:1-3, 10
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Ezek. 43:7
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Rev. 22:5 (King)
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Ezek. 43:7,9 (King)
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Rev. 21:23-24 (light)
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Zech. 14:7 (light)
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Rev. 22:1-2 (water)
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Zech. 14:8, Joel 3:18 (water)
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Rev. 22:2 (Tree of Life)
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Ezek. 47:12 (Tree of Life)
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Rev. 21:26 (accessible to the nations)
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Is. 2:2 (accessible to the nations)
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Rev. 21:27 (entry only to the righteous)
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Ezek. 44:9 (entry only to the righteous)
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Rev. 21:4 (God will wipe away all tears)
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Is. 25:8 (God will wipe away all tears)
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Rev. 21:18-20 (the city is adorned with jewels)
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Is. 54:11 (the city is adorned with jewels)
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In scripture, the New Jerusalem and Jerusalem the earthly city would appear to be inseparable, centered around the Throne of God.
1-Both are referred to as the Throne of God. (Rev. 22:1-3, 10, Ezek. 43:7) 2-Both thrones seat a King who will live forever. (Rev. 22:5, Ezek. 43:7, 9) 3-Both throne rooms will display the Glory of God. (Rev. 21:23-24, Zech. 14:7)
4-Both thrones will have water flowing from them. (Rev. 22:1, Zech. 14:8, Joel 3:18)
5-Both thrones will bring life and healing. ((Rev. 22:2, Ezek. 47:12)
6-Both throne rooms will be accessible to the nations. (Rev. 21:26, Is. 2:2)
7-They may be entered only by the righteous, while the unrighteous will be excluded. (Rev. 21:27, Ezek. 44:9)
8-Both thrones will swallow up death and wipe away tears. (Rev. 21:4, Is. 25:8)
9-Both will be adorned with costly jewels. (Rev. 21:18-20, Is. 54:11-12)
It would therefore seem safe to conclude that the New Jerusalem and the earthly Jerusalem are joined on the top of Mount Zion at the Throne of God and of the Lamb.
WHAT’S THE PURPOSE OF THE MILLENNIAL TEMPLE?
The temple is built during the 45 day restoration period mentioned in Dan. 12:11-12. The temple is described in great detail in Ezekiel chapters 40-48. As redeemed believers, we no longer have a need for the temple. Paul wrote that the purpose of the law and the original temple was to teach, not to cleanse and redeem. (Rom. 3:20) Only Jesus Christ could redeem. (Heb. 10:4, 10)
Those dwelling on the earth during the Millennial Kingdom will not all be faithful and obedient, as seen in Rev. 21:27 and Ezek. 44:9. We know that at the end of the Millennial Kingdom many on earth will rebel against God. (Rev. 20:7-9) So just as the Temple was an instrument of instruction during the period of the Mosaic law, so it will once again be an instrument of instruction to mankind teaching the need for obedience and the price of sin.
What Happened to the Twelve Apostles?
This video gives a brief overview of the apostles, how they lived and died. This is important for two reasons. One, to deny heresies that have sprung up, like the lies of the Merovingian Kings of Europe being offspring of Jesus and Mary Magdalene. Lies of the Israelites who claimed the disciples stole Jesus body from the tomb to make it look like a resurrection. If these things were true, would any of the disciples have died for such obvious lies? No.
The second reason is stated at the end of the video. If Jesus suffered such a fate, and the apostles too, should we expect anything less? Food for thought....
The second reason is stated at the end of the video. If Jesus suffered such a fate, and the apostles too, should we expect anything less? Food for thought....
Jul 12, 2012
Obama Gets Civilian Army In Healthcare Bill
What should be chilling to American citizens is the similarity to such a "civilian" army and the brownshirts of Nazi Germany. The officers of this army are appointed by the President, and therefore carry out his wishes, not those of law or Congress. Nothing good can come from this. And the purpose of including this in the healthcare bill? I can see forced vaccinations in our near future...
Barack Obama has apparently fulfilled his campaign wish of establishing a civilian army along with setting up Universal Healthcare in America.
Details of the civilian army were hidden in the voluminous Obamacare bill, which our Congressmen and Senators voted on but did not read.
Barack Obama has apparently fulfilled his campaign wish of establishing a civilian army along with setting up Universal Healthcare in America.
Details of the civilian army were hidden in the voluminous Obamacare bill, which our Congressmen and Senators voted on but did not read.
See the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act, page 1312:
SEC. 5210. ESTABLISHING A READY RESERVE CORPS.
Section 203 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 204) is amended to read as follows:
SEC. 203. COMMISSIONED CORPS AND READY RESERVE CORPS.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT–
(1) IN GENERAL.–here shall be in the Service a commissioned Regular Corps and a Ready Reserve Corps for service in time of national emergency.
(2) REQUIREMENT.–All commissioned officers shall be citizens of the United States and shall be appointed without regard to the civil-service laws and compensated without regard to the Classification Act 2 of 1923, as amended.
(3) APPOINTMENT.– Commissioned officers of the Ready Reserve Corps shall be appointed by the President and commissioned officers of the Regular Corps shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(4) ACTIVE DUTY.–Commissioned officers of the Ready Reserve Corps shall at all times be subject to call to active duty by the Surgeon General, including active duty for the purpose of training.
(5) WARRANT OFFICERS.–Warrant officers may be appointed to the Service for the purpose of providing support to the health and delivery systems maintained by the Service and any warrant officer appointed to the Service shall be considered for purposes of this Act and title 37, United States Code, to be a commissioned officer within the Commissioned Corps of the Service.
(b) ASSIMILATING RESERVE CORP OFFICERS INTO THE REGULAR CORPS.—Effective on the date of enactment of the Affordable Health Choices Act, all individuals classified as officers in the Reserve Corps under this section (as such section existed on the day before the date of enactment of such Act) and serving on active duty shall be deemed to be commissioned officers of the Regular Corps.
[Note here that those personally appointed by BO -- without advice and consent of the Senate -- automatically become a part of the Regular Corps. Ed.]
(c) PURPOSE AND USE OF READY RESERVE.–
(1) PURPOSE.–The purpose of the Ready Reserve Corps is to fulfill the need to have additional Commissioned Corps personnel available on short notice (similar to the uniformed service’s reserve program) to assist regular Commissioned Corps personnel to meet both routine public health and emergency response missions.
(2) USES.–The Ready Reserve Corps shall–
(A) participate in routine training to meet the general and specific needs of the Commissioned Corps;
(B) be available and ready for involuntary calls to active duty during national emergencies and public health crises, similar to the uniformed service reserve personnel;
(C) be available for backfilling critical positions left vacant during deployment of active duty Commissioned Corps members, as well as for deployment to respond to public health emergencies, both foreign and domestic; and
(D) be available for service assignment in isolated, hardship, and medically underserved communities (as defined in section 399SS) to improve access to health services.
(d) FUNDING.—For the purpose of carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the Commissioned Corps under this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to the Office of the Surgeon General for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014. Funds appropriated under this subsection shall be used for recruitment and training of Commissioned Corps Officers.
Another Zombie Attack in Florida
theintelhub.com
ST. AUGUSTINE — Another bizarre zombie style case of craziness.
CNews reads;
Man broke in, 'permanently disfigured' homeowner
While naked, Jeremiah Aaron Haughee, 22, jumped from a roof and bit a homeowner in the stomach in a 'zombie-like' attack, according to reports.
Photographer: St. Johns County jail
Photographer: St. Johns County jail
ST. AUGUSTINE — Another bizarre zombie style case of craziness.
CNews reads;
A naked Florida man leapt from a rooftop and then bit a chunk of flesh from a man’s stomach early Saturday, police say.Read more at - http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/national/florida-man-in-naked-rampage-bites-mans-stomach-police-say1342019948077
St. Augustine police say they were called at 4:30 a.m. when a man was spotted destroying lawn furniture. He then allegedly climbed on a roof and jumped on the hood of a truck. Police said two residents at the house awoke to investigate but the man tackled them and bit one of them in the stomach as they held him for police.
It took five officers and several Taser zaps to subdue the man, and three officers were kicked or bit during the arrest, police said.
New CIA Scanner Rolled Out Soon by TSA Can Surveil You on a Molecular Level
Kurt Nimmo
Infowars.com
The Department of Homeland Security and the national security state are determined to convert the nation’s airports into Gestapo zones where citizens are subjected to the latest high-tech surveillance technology.
Infowars.com
The Department of Homeland Security and the national security state are determined to convert the nation’s airports into Gestapo zones where citizens are subjected to the latest high-tech surveillance technology.
The latest example: the CIA’s technology front group, In-Q-Tel, has subcontracted with a cutting edge company to develop a molecular-level scanner that Homeland Security plans to install in airports.
“Within the next year or two, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will instantly know everything about your body, clothes, and luggage with a new laser-based molecular scanner fired from 164 feet (50 meters) away,” reports Gizmodo. “From traces of drugs or gun powder on your clothes to what you had for breakfast to the adrenaline level in your body—agents will be able to get any information they want without even touching you.”
The new system is ten million times faster and one million times more sensitive than the current naked body porno scanners the TSA uses. Because of its range, the device can be used on everybody who enters or leaves an airport – and, as Janet Napolitano has promised, at the local mall, sports stadium and hotel.
In fact, the system developed by Genia Photonics is so effective it can allegedly detect cancer cells and record other spectroscopic information. Once implemented, it will undoubtedly trickle down to law enforcement the same way drones have. Imagine cops using “suspicionless checkpoints” and discovering with the help of this new technology that you had a martini last night or smoked marijuana at the Christmas party last year. It will be a boon for the prison-industrial complex in the United States, now hosting the largest prison population in the world.
Gizmodo notes that the laser will be a perfect tool for the cops and will serve as an ideal pre-crime unit in squad cars: Since “it’s extremely portable, will this technology extend beyond the airport or border crossings and into police cars, with officers looking for people on the street with increased levels of adrenaline in their system to detain in order to prevent potential violent outbursts? And will your car be scanned at stoplights for any trace amounts of suspicious substances?”
According to Genia Photonics and Tara O’Toole of Homeland Security, the technology will be “transition-ready… in the next 12 to 24 months.”
That does not mean it will be installed within two years in cop cruisers and at entry points at the local mall or restaurant. It does mean that the CIA and the government are working at breakneck speed to turn America into a nightmarish high-tech prison that makes anything imagined by George Orwell pale in comparison.
Married with a crop of new technologies under development by the Pentagon – roachbots, humanoid robots, quarter-sized kilobots, and DARPA-developed cyborg insects – our impending Brave New World will indeed be unlike anything we have witnessed before and will closely resemble Philip K. Dick’s The Minority Report dystopia, only tenfold.
Pentagon Takes Over Civilian Duties and Sprays Mosquitos in Florida
Kurt Nimmo
Infowars.com
Officialdom in Miami-Dade is working with the U.S. Air Force to spray mosquitos.
“This newest round of mosquito control involves a large C-130 cargo plane based in Ohio to spray Homestead ARB and communities of Doral, West Sweetwater, Kendall, Homestead, Florida City and areas east of U.S. 1, where heavy concentrations of mosquitos have been reported,” CBS Miami reports.
While a more or less moribund Posse Comitatus Act forbids the military from participating in state and local police functions, the use of the military in activity that is the responsibility of local government is another example of how the military is being systematically integrated into civilian operations.
The founders harbored a deep antipathy toward standing armies. The Third Amendment to the Constitution deals specifically with the quartering of troops in private homes, but its inclusion in the Bill of Rights reveals the mindset of the founders regarding standing armies.
“A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty,” James Madison wrote. “The means of defence agst. foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home. Among the Romans it was a standing maxim to excite a war, whenever a revolt was apprehended. Throughout all Europe, the armies kept up under the pretext of defending, have enslaved the people.”
Standing armies “in time of peace are dangerous to liberty, and therefore ought to be avoided, as far as the circumstances and protection of the community will admit; and that in all cases the military should be under strict subordination to and governed by the civil power,” Patrick Henry wrote.
Residents of Florida may not easily see the connection between the tyranny of a standing army and the Air Force spraying pests. However, using the military in an operation that is the responsibly of civilian government reveals that the warnings of Madison, Jefferson and Henry are no longer heeded or for that matter relevant.
Since September 11, 2001, the government has devised an elaborate plan to merge civilian and military operations, most notably under the aegis of a coordinated response to terror attacks and natural disasters and other emergencies.
Military troops have appeared on the street in response to a murderer at large and as security personnel at the Kentucky Derby. The Pentagon now routinely cooperates with the Department of Homeland Security and state and local law enforcement and has worked locally to oversee and man traffic checkpoints and even arrest civilians.
This is not coincidental. The federal government has a keen interest in merging military and local government operations in direct violation of the Tenth Amendment. If the founders were alive today, they would recognize this for what it is – the very essence of tyranny.
Infowars.com
Officialdom in Miami-Dade is working with the U.S. Air Force to spray mosquitos.
“This newest round of mosquito control involves a large C-130 cargo plane based in Ohio to spray Homestead ARB and communities of Doral, West Sweetwater, Kendall, Homestead, Florida City and areas east of U.S. 1, where heavy concentrations of mosquitos have been reported,” CBS Miami reports.
While a more or less moribund Posse Comitatus Act forbids the military from participating in state and local police functions, the use of the military in activity that is the responsibility of local government is another example of how the military is being systematically integrated into civilian operations.
The founders harbored a deep antipathy toward standing armies. The Third Amendment to the Constitution deals specifically with the quartering of troops in private homes, but its inclusion in the Bill of Rights reveals the mindset of the founders regarding standing armies.
“A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty,” James Madison wrote. “The means of defence agst. foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home. Among the Romans it was a standing maxim to excite a war, whenever a revolt was apprehended. Throughout all Europe, the armies kept up under the pretext of defending, have enslaved the people.”
Standing armies “in time of peace are dangerous to liberty, and therefore ought to be avoided, as far as the circumstances and protection of the community will admit; and that in all cases the military should be under strict subordination to and governed by the civil power,” Patrick Henry wrote.
Residents of Florida may not easily see the connection between the tyranny of a standing army and the Air Force spraying pests. However, using the military in an operation that is the responsibly of civilian government reveals that the warnings of Madison, Jefferson and Henry are no longer heeded or for that matter relevant.
Since September 11, 2001, the government has devised an elaborate plan to merge civilian and military operations, most notably under the aegis of a coordinated response to terror attacks and natural disasters and other emergencies.
Military troops have appeared on the street in response to a murderer at large and as security personnel at the Kentucky Derby. The Pentagon now routinely cooperates with the Department of Homeland Security and state and local law enforcement and has worked locally to oversee and man traffic checkpoints and even arrest civilians.
This is not coincidental. The federal government has a keen interest in merging military and local government operations in direct violation of the Tenth Amendment. If the founders were alive today, they would recognize this for what it is – the very essence of tyranny.
