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2008-06-11T12:23:00.001-07:00

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2008-06-05T09:57:00.000-07:00

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2008-06-05T05:46:00.000-07:00

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2008-06-05T05:42:00.000-07:00

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Muslims Attack Christian targets in Gaza

2008-06-04T07:41:00.000-07:00

From Arutz Sheva: Israel Daily News:
Anti-Christian 'Cleansing' Campaign Picks Up Pace in Gaza
by Gil Ronen

Attacks on Christian targets and those identified with Western culture have grown more frequent in Gaza in the past two years, and especially since the Hamas takeover in June 2007, experts say. The targets have included churches, Christian and United Nations schools, the American International School, libraries and Internet cafes.

The most recent incident occurred this past Saturday, May 31, when gunmen attacked the guards at the Al Manara school, stole a vehicle belonging to the Baptist Holy Book Society which operates the school and threatened the society's director. The Hamas leadership is not acting to stop the attacks and no one has been brought to justice.

Global jihad involvement
An Israeli intelligence report determined that there has been an increase in the number of attacks on Christian figures and institutions, as well as those associated with Western values. The attacks are being perpetrated by elements identified with the global jihad and radical Islam. In the past two years, groups associated with Al-Qaeda took responsibility for attacks upon Christians and Christian institutions with the expressly-stated goal of driving Christians out of Gaza.

The Christian community in Gaza numbers around 3,000. According to the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center at the Israel Intelligence Heritage & Commemoration Center (IICC), the attacks on Christians have included the following:

May 18, 2008: a large bomb exploded at the entrance to a fast-food restaurant near Al-Quds Open University in the center of Gaza City. The restaurant was completely destroyed.

Groups associated with Al-Qaeda took responsibility for attacks with the expressly-stated goal of driving Christians out of Gaza...

May 16, 2008: a bomb exploded in the Rahabat al-Wardia school run by nuns in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood of Gaza City. Hamas condemned the incident and a call was made to the police to bring the criminals to justice. The previous year, when Hamas took over the Gaza Strip, the school was subjected to thefts and an arson attack.
April 3, 2008: a monument in the Gaza Strip's foreign nationals' cemetery was blown up. Hamas promised to investigate.

February 15, 2008: Three gunmen from the “Army of Islam in the Land of Ribat,” a network headed by Mumtaz Dughmush, broke into the YMCA library in Gaza City and set off a bomb which caused extensive damage. Hamas police condemned the event, calling it “a criminal act” and promising to investigate. The Hamas security forces detained a number of Army of Islam operatives but released them shortly thereafter, following a threat to use force to free them. After the event, senior Hamas figures met with senior Christian figures to express solidarity.

January 10, 2008: a group called "Army of the Believers -- the Al-Qaeda Organization in Palestine,” attacked the International School in Beit Lahiya twice, burning vehicles and stealing equipment. According to a statement issued two days later, the school was accused of spreading polytheism and hatred for Islam. The attacks were timed to coincide with U.S. President George W. Bush's visit to Israel.

December 31, 2007: the “Friends of the Sunnah Bayt al-Maqdis” issued a manifesto on the Pal-Today Website, affiliated with Islamic Jihad, threatening to attack anyone who participated in New Year's Eve celebrations.

October 6, 2007, elements linked to Hamas abducted Rami Khadr Ayad from his home and shot him to death; he was a Christian who worked for the Holy Bible Society. The Hamas administration condemned the murder and opened an investigation whose results are so far unknown.

June 19, 2007: during the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip Hamas gunmen attacked and vandalized a monastery and church.

April 21, 2007: elements linked to the global jihad attacked the American International School in Gaza City.

April 15, 2007: a group calling itself “The Swords of Truth in the Land of Ribat” set off bombs in two Internet cafes and a store selling Christian books, causing damage.

Todd Bentley, Female Angels and Florida Revival

2008-05-27T09:46:00.000-07:00

Todd Bentley is an evangelist conducting a revival in Central Florida who claims to have a female angel named Emma as a spirit guide. Below is an excerpt from the book REDEMPTION: BIBLE PROPHECY SIMPLIFIED that should prove to be of interest to those who are researching what is currently happening in Florida.

The Bible says God will allow a great delusion to overcome all who love not the truth. This is a specific reference to an end-time apostasy/ defection from the true faith. This is taking place even now in alarming numbers (Luke 12:54-56, 2 Thessalonians 2:3, 10-11).

It is a dangerous thing, particularly in these last days, when the great falling away is predicted, to reject the truth (which is contained in its entirety within the pages of God’s Written Word—the Bible). Any so-called truth that does not line up with what has already been written is no truth at all, but rather a lie. And the Written Word of God warns that those who love the lie will be given over to it (Isaiah 8:20, 2 Thessalonians 2:11).

Not only will those individuals who trade their birthright for a bowl of pottage be left behind when the rapture occurs, they will be given no opportunity to repent afterwards. Hebrews 6:4-6 is clear that once a person falls away, renewal into repentance becomes an impossibility (Hebrews 12:16-17, Genesis 25:30-34, 27:34-38).

There are those who claim the falling away, spoken of in 2 Thessalonians 2:3, took place during the 2nd or 3rd centuries. They maintain that “truth” was lost to the church very shortly after the apostles died. The scriptures do not bear that out. Get away, quickly, from anyone who teaches such heresy. That interpretation of 2 Thessalonians 2:3 is in direct opposition to Psalm 100:5, which assures us that not one single generation will ever be lost because they have been deprived of God’s truth. “His Truth endures to every generation (most modern English Bibles contain a corrupted version of this verse).”

The falling away predicted in 2 Thessalonians 2:3, 7-8,10-12 is a direct reference to an end-time apostasy, and it will happen shortly before the Man of Sin is revealed. The scriptures say the rapture must take place before the identity of the Man of Sin can be revealed.

This will be a deliberate defection from known, revealed, truth due to rebellion against the truth, not a result of truth being lost.

**This is worth repeating: The defection will be so overtly rebellious and contrary to the written Word of God that the Lord will give the defectors over to the lie they are whoring after. They will not only be left behind when Jesus comes to raise the dead and catch up the living, but they will be given no chance to repent during The Great Tribulation. They will lose all chance of obtaining eternal life.

This is not the time to blindly follow those who encourage the use of unscriptural, subjective spiritual experiences and eastern forms of meditation such as centering prayer, soaking prayer, contemplative prayer and other spiritual “disciplines” that replace the Written Word of God in discerning the true from the false. This is not the time to place our trust in those who claim their unbiblical message is validated by experiences, signs or wonders. These who foster such practices imperil souls. Below are quotes from the sort of teaching and teachers that should be avoided:

God is a lot bigger than doctrine
The church is so hung up on Bible study they don’t know Jesus!
It doesn’t matter that the Hindus, Buddhists and New Agers use this kind of prayer and meditation in their religion. As long as our goal is to glorify God, we can adopt their methods. It is the motive—not the method—that matters.
If we keep recruiting people to evacuate the earth, then every person who gets saved is taken out of the action….

All of the above statements defy scripture. The first two fly in the face of every verse which commands and encourages the study of the Bible and the acquisition of sound doctrine. Doctrine is not a dirty word! And how do we resolve the third with the clear scriptural command not to imitate unbelievers and to learn none of their ways (Jeremiah 10:2)?

Those who attack the pursuit of sound doctrine via Bible study do not know Jesus. It is as simple as that. Doctrine is derived from Bible study and we are admonished in the scriptures to pay close attention to doctrine (2 Timothy 4:2).

Jesus warned us about following false prophets or teachers in Matthew chapter seven. They will stand before him at the Judgment of the Nations woefully crying, “Lord, Lord! Didn’t we do many miraculous works in your name?” The Lord will assure them that they are workers of iniquity, that he never knew them, and will proceed to condemn them to hell (Matthew 7:22-23).

Do not allow spiritual experiences, miracles, signs (Jeremiah 10:2) or wonders to be a basis for deciding whether someone or something is or is not from God.

The Bible clearly warns that those who are given over to believing the lie will be deceived by means of lying wonders. That could conceivably include the experiences described by those who meditate using unscriptural meditation aids that include but are not limited to vain repetitions of the names of Christ, etc.. This is a form of mantra meditation and Jesus clearly commands his people not to engage in any such activity (Matthew 6:7).

The Bible also reveals that just before Christ returns, spirits of devils working miracles will be very prevalent. And by means of miracles will deceive the people of the earth (2 Thessalonians 2:9, Revelation 13:14, 16:14).

In Zechariah 5:2-3 the angel calls the prophet’s attention to a strange sight. Zechariah was told to look and see what was going forth. Something was happening. The winds of change were blowing. Something was moving forward. And the thing he was told to be looking at was an ephah (a basket).

Remember that this entire prophecy will be taking place during a time of worldwide judgment, which, by process of elimination must be referring to the time of The Great Tribulation. So we know this prophecy must be for those who will be living during that time or very close to it—possibly in the time known as The Beginning of Sorrows (Zechariah 5:6, Matthew 24:1-8, 21).
Jesus said the time of the Great Tribulation would be so horrendous that this world has never seen anything like it before nor ever would again. Considering the horrors this world has already seen—that’s pretty bad. The scriptures reveal that up to 75 to 80% of the world’s human population will die during that time. The Jewish population will be so reduced that Isaiah predicted even a child could write them. No wonder God said to tremble at the very thought of it—to be horribly afraid… (Isaiah 10:17-21, Joel 2)

Look, see, pay close attention to what is happening—right now. This prophecy is for the very near future and gives important details as to how the Man of Sin will come to power and where he will be operating from after he comes to power.

But what possible significance could an ephah (not just any measuring basket—but specifically an ephah) have concerning a judgment that will go forth over the whole earth?

Notice the order of events: first we see a curse (a judgment) moving forward. Then we see an ephah moving forward (Zechariah 5:3, 6).

An ephah was a basket. It was the largest measure in use among the Jewish people of Zechariah’s time, and was commonly used as a symbol of commerce (much like the “basket” is used today in connection to the **Euro).

** Euro: The name for the composite monetary unit that has replaced national currencies in several European countries. The Euro was introduced on January 1st, 1999 and went into general circulation on January 1st, 2002 (the specific amounts of euro in the valuation basket…).

ECU: (European Currency Unit). A composite monetary unit consisting of a basket of European Community currencies that served as the predecessor to the Euro.

The ephah (basket) Zechariah saw moving forward symbolized currency and commerce—both in his time and now, again, in ours as well.

The angel elaborated further and said the ephah was disguising something. The resemblance (the outward appearance) of it looked good. It looked like commerce was getting a well-needed boost and was moving forward. The angel said the resemblance (the outward appearance of a commercial boost) would deceive the whole earth.

It is crucial, at this point, to have a King James Bible. Most other versions corrupt this passage—especially verse 6—obscuring the entire purpose of the passage, which is to expose the game plan of the enemy (Zechariah 5:6).

The ephah, in Zechariah’s vision had a lid made of 100 lbs of lead. This lid effectively hides the contents of the basket. What we see can be very deceptive. But what exactly will be hidden in this ephah (Zechariah 5:7)?

The scriptures tell us a woman will be hidden in the container. The angel introduced the woman by saying, “This is Wickedness.” A more literal rendering of the angel’s words are, “her name is Wickedness” (Zechariah 5:7-8).

Why would a female be used to represent wickedness? Is it because women are inherently more wicked than men? As far as the commonly accepted perceptions of mankind go, history would validate that idea. Both men and women have participated in, and perpetuated, discrimination against females. But the answer is, “No,” all mankind is inherently wicked, not just the females of the species (Jeremiah 17:9, Romans 3:10).

Could it be that a female is used to represent this wickedness because it will quickly multiply and infect the whole earth? After all it is females who are fertile, conceive and give birth.

Or is it possible this might represent a female who will be a major player in end-time events? Only time will tell.

At any rate, the scriptures reveal it is a woman whose name is wickedness that is hidden in the basket, and the ephah represents a commercial boost, or at the very least, the promise of one.

Zechariah watched as the lid was lifted, and the woman stood up (or was lifted up by the angel). She was momentarily exposed, but the angel immediately cast her back into the container and replaced the lid in order to keep her hidden (Zechariah 5:8).

**It is important to note here, that it is always God who is in control of the times and the seasons—even the horrendous season of The Great Tribulation. It is God allowing the woman whose name is wickedness to remain hidden (although it/she will be temporarily exposed to those who are alert).

God knows those who are alert and love the truth will not be motivated by ungodly lusts to deviate from the simplicity found in Jesus Christ. But those who love not the truth, who rebel against the simplicity of Christ, who are greedy for personal power and gain, and who seek after spiritual experiences, signs and wonders, will be deceived and will ultimately be destroyed by whoring after these things. These things will not come looking overtly sinful and evil. They will come well disguised behind a seductive veneer of spirituality and godliness. Many who will lose their souls in the last days apostasy, will do so believing they are truly following Christ (Matthew 7:22-23, 2 Thessalonians 2:10-11, 1 Timothy 6:9, 2 Timothy 4:3).

Zechariah looked again and saw two women with wings. They had wings like a stork, and he saw that the wind was in their wings. The two women with wings picked up the basket containing the woman (Zechariah 5:9).

These women are spiritual beings. They are not angels. They have wings like a stork, which according to scripture, is an unclean bird. Thus they are identified as being unclean spiritual beings. The wind is in their wings which means they can fly very fast. When they pick up the basket containing the woman, they will get it/her to its final destination with amazing speed.

**Note – These are the only women with wings found in the entire Bible. Women with wings are not angels. Images of women with wings do not represent angels (regardless of the intention of the artist). Although wings are seen in scripture as a symbol of God’s protective covering (Psalm 91:4), they are also depicted as an abominable covering (Daniel 9:27). The women with wings in Zechariah Chapter five have the wings of an unclean bird. This reveals that any covering they might represent will be an unclean spiritual covering—i.e., an unclean false religious covering (Psalm 91:4, Revelation 12:14, Zechariah 5:9, Isaiah 30:1).

For more information on the Prophetic Movement, contemplative or soaking prayer, visit www.HungryHeartsMinistries.com

Kundalini Energy (the effects of Soaking Prayer)

2008-05-27T09:22:00.000-07:00

For that day shall not come except there come a falling away first...

From Lighthouse Trails Research Project:

Kundalini Energy (the effects of Soaking Prayer)
LTRP Note: With the rising interest in Todd Bentley's "revival" and his use of soaking prayer, we post the following warning about soaking prayer (i.e., Kundalini energy).

"Kundalini Energy (the effects of Soaking Prayer)"
by Ray Yungen

Many Christians might have great difficulty accepting the assessment that what is termed Christian mysticism is, in truth, not Christian at all. They might feel this rejection is spawned by a heresy hunting mentality that completely ignores the love and devotion to God that also accompanies the mystical life. To those who are still skeptical, I suggest examining the writings of Philip St. Romain, who wrote a book about his journey into contemplative prayer called Kundalini Energy and Christian Spirituality. This title is revealing because kundalini is a Hindu term for the mystical power or force that underlies Hindu spirituality. In Hinduism it is commonly referred to as the serpent power.
St. Romain, a substance abuse counselor and devout Catholic lay minister, began his journey while practicing contemplative prayer or resting in the still point, as he called it. What happened to him following this practice should bear the utmost scrutiny from the evangelical community--especially from its leadership. The future course of evangelical Christianity rests on whether St. Romain's path is just a fluke or if it is the norm for contemplative spirituality.

Having rejected mental prayer as "unproductive,"(1) he embraced the prayer form that switches off the mind, creating what he described as a mental passivity. What he encountered next underscores my concern with sobering clarity:
Then came the lights! The gold swirls that I had noted on occasion began to intensify, forming themselves into patterns that both intrigued and captivated me ... There were always four or five of these; as soon as one would fade, another would appear, even brighter and more intense ... They came through complete passivity and only after I had been in the silence for a while.(2)
After this, St. Romain began to sense "wise sayings" coming into his mind and felt he was "receiving messages from another."(3) He also had physical developments occur during his periods in the silence. He would feel "prickly sensations" on the top of his head and at times it would "fizzle with energy." This sensation would go on for days. The culmination of St. Romain's mystical excursion was predictable--when you do Christian yoga or Christian Zen you end up with Christian samadhi as did he. He proclaimed:
No longer is there any sense of alienation, for the Ground that flows throughout my being is identical with the Reality of all creation. It seems that the mystics of all the world's religions know something of this. (4)
St. Romain, logically, passed on to the next stage with:
[T]he significance of this work, perhaps, lies in its potential to contribute to the dialogue between Christianity and Eastern forms of mysticism such as are promoted in what is called New Age spirituality.(5)
Many people believe St. Romain is a devout Christian. He claims he loves Jesus, believes in salvation, and is a member in good standing within his church. What changed though were his sensibilities. He says:
I cannot make any decisions for myself without the approbation of the inner adviser, whose voice speaks so clearly in times of need ... there is a distinct sense of an inner eye of some kind "seeing" with my two sense eyes.(6)
St. Romain would probably be astounded that somebody would question his claims to finding truth because of the positive nature of his mysticism. But is this "inner adviser" St. Romain has connected with really God? This is a fair question to ask especially when this prayer method has now spread within a broad spectrum of Christianity.

This practice has already spread extensively throughout the Roman Catholic and Protestant mainline churches. And it has now crossed over and is manifesting itself in conservative denominations as well--ones that have traditionally stood against the New Age. Just as a tidal wave of practical mystics has hit secular society, so it has also in the religious world. St. Romain makes one observation in his book that I take very seriously. Like his secular practical mystic brethren, he has a strong sense of mission and destiny. He predicts:
Could it be that those who make the journey to the True Self are, in some ways, demonstrating what lies in store for the entire race? What a magnificent world that would be--for the majority of people to be living out of the True Self state. Such a world cannot come, however, unless hundreds of thousands of people experience the regression of the Ego in the service of transcendence [meditation], and then restructure the culture to accommodate similar growth for millions of others. I believe we are only now beginning to recognize this task.(7)
A book titled Metaphysical Primer: A Guide to Understanding Metaphysics outlines the basic laws and principles of the New Age movement. First and foremost is the following principle: You are one with the Deity, as is all of humanity. Everything is one with everything else. All that is on Earth is an expression of the One Deity and is permeated with Its energies.(8) St. Romain's statement was, "[T]he Ground [God] that flows throughout my being is identical with the Reality of all creation."(9) The two views are identical!

St. Romain came to this view through standard contemplative prayer, not Zen, not yoga but a Christian form of these practices. The lights were also a reoccurring phenomenon as one contemplative author suggested:
Christian literature makes reference to many episodes that parallel the experiences of those going a yogic way. Saint Anthony, one of the first desert mystics, frequently encountered strange and sometimes terrifying psychophysical forces while at prayer.(10)

Unfortunately, this experience was not confined to St. Anthony alone. This has been the common progression into mystical awareness throughout the centuries, which also means many now entering the contemplative path will follow suit. This is not just empty conjecture. One mystical trainer wrote:

[T]he classical experience of enlightenment as described by Buddhist monks, Hindu gurus, Christian mystics, Aboriginal shamans, Sufi sheiks and Hebrew kabalists is characterized by two universal elements: radiant light and an experience of oneness with creation.(11)
Without the mystical connection there can be no oneness. The second always follows the first. Here lies the heart of occultism.

This issue is clearly a serious one to contend with. Many individuals, using terms for themselves like spiritual director, are showing up more and more in the evangelical church. Many of them teach the message of mystical prayer.

Footnotes
1. Philip St. Romain, Kundalini Energy and Christian Spirituality, Crossroad Pub. Co., 1995, p. 20-21.
2. Ibid., pp. 22-23.
3. Ibid., pp. 28-29.
4. Ibid., p. 107.
5. Ibid., pp. 48-49.
6. Ibid., p. 39.
7. Ibid., pp. 75-76.
8. Deborah Hughes and Jane Robertson-Boudreaux, Metaphysical Primer, Metagnosis Pub., 1991, p. 27.
9. St. Romain, Kundalini Energy and Christian Spirituality, op. cit., p. 107.
10. Willigis Jager, Contemplation: A Christian Path, p. 72.
11. Michael J. Gelb, The How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci Workbook, Dell Publishing, New York, NY, 1999, p. 142.

This article is an excerpt from A Time of Departing by Ray Yungen.

Book of Revelation Video Series

2008-05-12T11:02:00.000-07:00

New "Book of Revelation" video series has been started at:
http://the-bookofrevelation.blogspot.com/

Subscribers to this blog may want to consider subscribing to "The Revelation" blog as well. Blog entries there will not be duplicated here and will not be announced from this blog with the exception of this initial notice.

England Gives Up Its Sovereignty

2008-04-30T02:44:00.000-07:00

...the fourth beast shall be the fourth Kingdom upon the earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces (Daniel). 7:23

Eagle Forum Writes:
The EU Constitution, now called the Treaty of Lisbon, requires all signers to surrender their sovereignty and democracy to unelected bureaucrats in Brussels and judges in Strasbourg. The EU constitution takes away England's right to pass its own laws, forces England to surrender more than 60 UK vetoes of EU decisions, and gives the EU bureaucracy and tribunals total control over England's immigration policy. Instead of a self-governing nation whose democratic system was developed over centuries, England is now ruled by what Margaret Thatcher called "the paper pushers in Brussels." Read entire article here: http://www.eagleforum.org/column/2008/apr08/08-04-30.html

Bible Prophecy Study Center:
http://hungryheartsministries.com/id3.html
http://prophecyplus.blogspot.com/

Redefining What it Means to be "Pro-Israel"

2008-04-29T01:40:00.000-07:00

We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement...Isaiah 28:15
...and by peace shall destroy many...Daniel 8:25
For when they shall say peace and safety; then sudden destruction shall come upon them...1 Thessalonians 5:3

http://www.mediatransparency.org/story.php?storyID=235

Bible Prophecy Study Center: http://hungryheartsministries.com/id3.html

Study: Pregnant women with pre-existing diabetes doubles

2008-04-28T02:26:00.000-07:00

The number of pregnant women with pre-existing diabetes has more than doubled in seven years...These are results of a recent survey done by researchers at Kaiser Permanente, a California-based health care provider. Results of the study were published online in the journal, Diabetes Care, a publication of American Diabetes Association which funded the research.

The survey, done in order to assess health risks to newborns, was not aimed at answering the question as to why the number of pregnant women with pre-existing diabetes has more than doubled in seven years. According to the Associated Press, the rise of diabetes among women of childbearing age mirrors the prevalence of the disease in the general population.

There is little doubt that diseases of all kinds are becoming more prevalent among the general population.

In the Book of Revelation, chapter six, we see an epidemic of death coming upon the inhabitants of this planet. Do we ever wonder why, that in this age of increased knowledge and longer life-spans due to modern medical technology, more people are disease ridden than ever before? And not just in third world countries either!

Could it be that mankind with all his intelligence and the man-made wonders and resources at his disposal, is not able to prevent the prophecy of the The Revelation from being fulfilled?

The creator of all things cares about the health of his creation and has made provision for it. He sent his son to this earth not only to save our souls but to make provision for the healing of our bodies as well. The Bible contains too many references to our physical health for anyone to deny this is so. The scriptures say, "I am the God who healeth thee."

God has not changed.

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http://hungryheartsministries.com/id154.html

Juanita Bynum Smells Like God

2008-04-22T04:10:00.000-07:00

According to Juanita Bynum, she spends so much time with God that she now smells like him. She claims he told her to recreate his smell and market it to the world as a perfume. Bynam also declares that those who buy her perfume and wear it every day will prosper ten times more than those who don’t...at $199.99 per ounce, we can only hope.

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Who's Driving the Purpose Driven Church?

2008-03-19T11:25:00.000-07:00

James Sundquist, author of "Who's Driving the Purpose Driven Church" was our guest on Sharecropper Christian Radio. Visit our artist site to listen to the interview.

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Interview With Bible Prophecy Author, Terry James

2008-03-19T09:48:00.000-07:00

Terry James, author of 17 books on Bible Prophecy was our guest on Sharecropper Christian Radio. Visit our artist site to listen to the interview.

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Bill Wiese 23 Minutes in Hell

2008-03-19T08:13:00.000-07:00

I checked into Bill Wiese and his book, 23 Minutes in Hell. It only took a few minutes to discover that he has been involved in the Prophetic Movement for over a decade at the very least and works closely in ministry with Mike Bickle--one of Kansas City Prophets --and Bickle's organization IHOP, Bickle not only is well known as a leader within prophetic circles but also heavily promotes mystical, contemplative spirituality

Wiese' experience in hell was an "out of body experience"--a very coveted experience by those within prophetic circles. They teach each other how to have them. Out of body experiences, astral projection, are common among New Agers and Shamans--nothing new here--totally occult, although prophetic folk commonly reference Paul's experience of being caught up to the third Heaven as a biblical basis for that particular occult experience.

Much of Wiese' experience is biblically questionable, suggesting that Satan rules in hell. The Bible teaches no such concept.

Although Wiese references a lot of scripture in detailing his experience, anyone joining with him in ministry [by using / posting his testimony, etc.] would be leading people straight into the arms of the heretical, apostate Prophetic Movement which preaches another Jesus and another gospel, and is deceiving untold numbers of people into believing they are saved when in reality, they are not being drawn to the real Jesus, but to the signs and lying wonders which characterize prophetic ministry, and are adopting a "spirituality"--a form of godliness--which cannot save. It is frightening to think how many believers are experiencing paradigm shifts due to whoring after signs and lying wonders and are becoming part of the great falling away the Bible predicted would happen in these last days.

In summary, my recommendation is to stay away from any and all promotion of Bill Wiese and his experience of being astrally projected into hell.

See:
http://hungryheartsministries.com/id324.html
http://hungryheartsministries.com/id438.html
http://ShareCropperRadio.com
http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com
http://www.understandthetimes.org
http://www.thebereancall.org

A Course In Miracles

2008-03-18T05:03:00.000-07:00

Warren Smith Author of Decieved on Purpose (and Course in Miracles Alumni) Olive Tree Interview
http://mp3.olivetreeviews.org/OTM2008_02_02A.mp3

Warren Smith AFA Interview Topic begins 2:45 seconds into the broadcast
http://www.afr.net/audio/afareport/rpt03112008.mp3

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http://www.hungryheartsministries.com/
http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/

Sharia Law in UK? - Unbelievable!

2008-02-12T07:37:00.000-08:00

Rowan Williams, spiritual leader of the world's 77 million Anglicans, said introduction of Sharia law in the U.K. was unavoidable because some citizens do not relate to the British legal system. "On the one hand," stated Williams, "Sharia depends for its legitimacy not on any human decision, not on votes or preferences, but on the conviction that it represents the mind of god." He also said Muslims should not have to choose between cultural loyalty and state loyalty...http://www.onenewsnow.com/Church/Default.aspx?id=66853

for those parts of Islam that are campaigning for this, they very naturally want all of Sharia law."
the goal is always to institute [Sharia] for everyone; and not just for limited parts of it to those who voluntarily opt in, but for the whole community."

Our Comments:

Simply the fact that Rowan Williams had the audacity to suggest this and think it would be a safe thing to do is indicative of the fact that the coming of the Lord is imminent and that we are seeing a pre-curser to the great delusion which will soon have the majority of humanity in its deadly grip.

2 Thessalonians 2:11-12

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Revelation 13: 666 New technology killing off cash

2008-01-29T03:29:00.000-08:00

New technology killing off cash
By Jane Croft in London
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Published: May 18 2007 22:00

Conrad Chase, British co-owner of the VIP Baja Beach Club in Barcelona, makes an unlikely human debit card.

Mr Chase and almost 100 other clubbers have opted to have tiny data chips implanted surgically under their skin. When they want to buy a drink, they simply wave their techno-enabled arms across the counter.

The chip, made by the VeriChip Corporation, is only the size of a grain of rice but can transmit an ID number to a scanner allowing money to be taken from clubbers’ bank accounts.

Mr Chase may be an extreme example but he demonstrates a wider point: Britons are rapidly embracing the cashless society. The Association for Payment Clearing Services, the UK industry body, forecasts that in less than a decade fewer than half of all payments will be made by cash.

Banks, including HBOS, HSBC, Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland, are surfing the cash-free wave by introducing new credit and debit cards. Customers will be able to pay for items under £10 by tapping the cards on a terminal at the till – much as they would a transport fare card.

Sandra Alzetta, head of innovation and acceptance at Visa Europe, says this will speed transactions:.

“Until now, cash has been king. Other methods have been too slow or too expensive for small ticket items with values of less than £10,” she said. “But contactless payments are much quicker than cash. If you’re buying a coffee or doing a grocery top-up, speed matters a lot.”

Payment by mobile phone is also starting to take off.

This week, the Post Office announced an electronic money-transfer service that allows recipients to receive funds using a bar code sent to a mobile or email address.

The service is intended to allow companies to distribute promotional incentives and cash payments for less than the cost of a cheque. Companies send a reference code by text message or email, which customers take to any UK post office to receive instant payment.

Visa is already testing a system in France that will allow consumers to pay for goods via mobile phone. In Britain, items such as parking and London’s traffic congestion charge can already be paid in this fashion.

Another way cash is being edged out is through pre-paid cards that can be loaded up with cash and used like a credit card. PSE Consulting, the European payment consultancy, estimates that the total number of pre-paid cards issued in the UK will rise from 2m currently to 44m by 2010.

Those who cling stubbornly to pounds and pence may even pay a price for their intransigence. Some utility companies have already started to penalise households who settle their bills by cash or cheque. BT has introduced a £4.50 charge for the millions who do not pay by direct debit.

But the international experience suggests that Britain can expect even more striking developments in the future. A “pay-by-mobile” system already operates in Japan. In Texas, 500 people are taking part in a trial using a MasterCard PayPass to buy items from 7-Eleven stores via Nokia mobiles. Customers tap their pass or phone on to a specially equipped merchant terminal.

But not everyone believes that cash has had its day.

Jonathan Charley, vice-president of financial services at the business and technology company EDS, questions whether retailers will be willing to join the “tap and go” revolution if they have to bear the costs of rolling out the system.

Commenting on Visa’s declared wish to turn the 2012 London Olympics into a cashless event, he said: “I think a cashless Olympics is a good vision but will not be achieved unless retailers and small businesses have the devices to read cards. Who is going to be paying for the devices and using the service – the consumer, retailer or the banks?“

He added that the contactless card scheme also assumed that consumers had a bank account. “The challenge is that the contactless scheme [in London] can’t be used by those who don’t have a bank account. A whole swathe of people could be excluded from being able to take advantage of these new services.”

Nicola O’Reilly of the National Consumer Council said: “We have concerns around security and the ability of consumers to keep track of what they’re spending, which is an essential part of budgeting. If any of these systems are only available to credit-card holders that would be unfair to those who do not have cards.”

Matthew Knowles, from the Federation of Small Businesses, pointed out: “Small businesses would need to know that the systems were secure and they would not be liable if there was fraud in the system. We would also need to make sure small companies were not disadvantaged if they didn’t have the technology.”

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Jerusalem: Who Does it Belong to?

2008-01-28T11:10:00.000-08:00

The Bible tells us a treaty will be signed giving Israel both Jeruasalem and the Temple Mount. The Bible also tells us that treaty will only be honored for 3 1/2 years.

Daniel 9:27

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Jacques Gauthier, a non-Jewish Canadian lawyer who spent 20 years researching the legal status of Jerusalem, has concluded: "Jerusalem belongs to the Jews, by international law."

Gauthier has written a doctoral dissertation on the topic of Jerusalem and its legal history, based on international treaties and resolutions of the past 90 years. The dissertation runs some 1,300 pages, with 3,000 footnotes. Gauthier had to present his thesis to a world-famous Jewish historian and two leading international lawyers - the Jewish one of whom has represented the Palestinian Authority on numerous occasions.

Gauthier's main point, as summarized by Israpundit editor Ted Belman, is that a non-broken series of treaties and resolutions, as laid out by the San Remo Resolution, the League of Nations and the United Nations, gives the Jewish People title to the city of Jerusalem. The process began at San Remo, Italy, when the four Principal Allied Powers of World War I - Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan - agreed to create a Jewish national home in what is now the Land of Israel.

San Remo
The relevant resolution reads as follows: "The High Contracting Parties agree to entrust... the administration of Palestine, within such boundaries as may be determined by the Principal Allied Powers, to a Mandatory [which] will be responsible for putting into effect the [Balfour] declaration... in favour of the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people."

Gauthier notes that the San Remo treaty specifically notes that "nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine" - but says nothing about "political" rights of the Arabs living there.

The San Remo Resolution also bases itself on Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations, which declares that it is a "a sacred trust of civilization" to provide for the well-being and development of colonies and territories whose inhabitants are "not yet able to stand by themselves under the strenuous conditions of the modern world."

League of Nations
The League of Nations' resolution creating the Palestine Mandate, included the following significant clause: “Whereas recognition has thereby been given to the historical connection of the Jewish people with Palestine and to the grounds for reconstituting their national home in that country." No such recognition of Arab rights in Palestine was granted.

In 1945, the United Nations took over from the failed League of Nations - and assumed the latter's obligations. Article 80 of the UN Charter states: "Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed, in or of itself, to alter in any manner the rights whatsoever of any states or any peoples or the terms of existing international instruments to which Members of the United Nations may respectively be parties."

UN Partition Plan
However, in 1947, the General Assembly of the UN passed Resolution 181, known as the Partition Plan. It violated the League of the Nations' Mandate for Palestine in that it granted political rights to the Arabs in western Palestine - yet, ironically, the Jews applauded the plan's passages while the Arabs worked to thwart it.

Resolution 181 also provided for a Special regime for Jerusalem, with borders delineated in all four directions: The then-extant municipality of Jerusalem plus the surrounding villages and towns up to Abu Dis in the east, Bethlehem in the south, Ein Karem and Motza in the west, and Shuafat in the north.

Referendum Scheduled for Jerusalem
The UN resolved that the City of Jerusalem shall be established as a separate entity under a special international regime and shall be administered by the United Nations. The regime was to come into effect by October 1948, and was to remain in force for a period of ten years, unless the UN's Trusteeship Council decided otherwise. After the ten years, the residents of Jerusalem "shall be then free to express by means of a referendum their wishes as to possible modifications of regime of the City."

The resolution never took effect, because Jordan controlled eastern Jerusalem after the 1948 War of Independence and did not follow its provisions.

After 1967
After the Six Day War in 1967, Israel regained Jerusalem and other land west of Jordan. Gauthier notes that the UN Security Council then passed Resolution 242 authorizing Israel to remain in possession of all the land until it had “secure and recognized boundaries.” The resolution was notably silent on Jerusalem, and also referred to the "necessity for achieving a just settlement of the refugee problem,” with no distinction made between Jewish and Arab refugees.

Today
Given Jerusalem's strong Jewish majority, Gauthier concludes, Israel should be demanding that the long-delayed city referendum on the city's future be held as soon as possible. Not only should Israel be demanding that the referendum be held now, Jerusalem should be the first order of business. "Olmert is sloughing us off by saying [as he did before the Annapolis Conference two months ago], 'Jerusalem is not on the table yet,'" Gauthier concludes. "He should demand that the referendum take place before the balance of the land is negotiated. If the Arabs won’t agree to the referendum, there is nothing to talk about."

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2. Fatah TV Broadcasts Daily Call For Ethnic Cleansing of Jews
by Ezra HaLevi

Fatah chief and PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas's PA television has been repeatedly broadcasting a hate-filled music video calling for the ethnic cleansing of the Jewish people from Israel.

"My enemy, oh snake! Around the land, you are coiled. You have no choice, oh enemy, but to leave my country," is the refrain in the video, which has been broadcast on a daily basis for the past several months, according to Palestinian Media Watch (PMW).

"The song's refrain, 'My enemy, oh enemy,' is repeated over and over throughout the song. Israel is not even given the courtesy of a name, but is tagged with such labels as 'treacherous,' 'imperialism' and a 'coiled snake,'" PMW Director Itamar Marcus points out. "The Palestinian is portrayed as a heroic victim who courageously confronts the evil 'enemy' Israel."

The song incites Arabs living under Fatah's rule in Judea and Samaria to fight to the death to rid the land of Jews, assuring them that, through this, they will ultimately prevail: "You have no choice, oh enemy, but to leave my country," it says.

"The goal of this music video clip is to inculcate loathing of Israel and anticipation of its destruction," Marcus explains. "The repeated broadcast over recent months by Fatah-controlled television is consistent with other Arabic-language hate messages currently being disseminated - in spite of the peace talks."

PA TV first aired the music video in 2004 and resumed its broadcast in October, 2007. It was broadcast throughout the Annapolis conference as well as during US President George W. Bush's visit to Israel, PMW reports. It continues to be aired on almost a daily basis.

The following is the text of the hate video:

"My enemy. Oh, my enemy.
Stop your crimes.
Treaty breaker! Treacherous!...
If you pull out my eyes,
My heart will see. (x2)
If you cut off my hands,
My chest is knives and swords.
My enemy! Oh imperialism!
This homeland is ours. (x2)
This land will be tilled
only by our hoes. (x2)
Whenever the tension rises,
Whenever this land weeps, (x2)
the flower will return
to grow in our house.
My enemy. Oh, my enemy.
Stop your crimes.
Treaty breaker! Treacherous!...
My enemy! Oh snake!
Around the land, you are coiled. (x2)
We, noble, courageous,
on the day of ruin [battle], shall stand.
You have no choice, Oh enemy,
but to leave my country.
And my children will return.

Recession Fears - January 2008

2008-01-19T02:27:00.000-08:00

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080119/ap_on_go_pr_wh/economy_stimulus
"WASHINGTON - With recession fears rising and the stock market tumbling, President Bush on Friday called for up to $150 billion in tax relief for consumers and business — and said there was no time to waste."

With a Hindu Prayer given as a blessing over our Senate in July and, as this article is being written, many respected Christian leaders uniting with unbelievers, at the Rethink Conference, in encouraging the Church of the Living God to embrace heresy and apostasy, is it any wonder that chaos and uncertainty have come upon us?

Come on Christians, read your Bibles, and see what the Word of God has to say about what happens to a nation when its political and spiritual leaders turn from the Living God to embrace evil.

If you are not sure where to start reading, try Jeremiah and Lamentations .

Mystical Spirituality & the RETHINK Conference

2008-01-18T07:49:00.000-08:00

Schuller and Christian Leaders Gather to Help Bring About Interspiritual Dream

Rethink Conference: Crystal Cathedral, California
January 17, 2008

Robert Schuller once said: "Standing before a crowd of devout Muslims with the Grand Mufti, I know that we're all doing God's work together. Standing on the edge of a new millennium, we're laboring hand in hand to repair the breach." He made that statement in his 2001 biography, My Journey (p. 501), and today he has taken a giant step forward in seeing his dream of an all all-inclusive spiritual body come true. What's more, Christian leaders and organizations are helping to bring it to pass.

Today, the Rethink Conference at Schuller's Crystal Cathedral began. This three day event is hosted by Schuller and popular emerging futurist Erwin McManus.

In addition to McManus, the Rethink Conference has several other Christian leaders speaking: Gary Smalley, Henry Cloud, Chuck Colson, and Kay Warren, to name a few. While the speaker list includes several names outside the Christian camp (Larry King, George Bush Sr., Rupert Murdoch, etc.), a majority of the speakers, both Christian and non-Christian, are proponents mystical spirituality. The reason this is important to know is because Schuller's vision of an all-inclusive global religious body cannot happen without mysticism.

It is in fact the vehicle through which Schuller's dream will occur. He discloses a little more of this vision in his book: "I met once more with the Grand Mufti (a Muslim), truly one of the great Christ-honoring leaders of faith. ... I'm dreaming a bold impossible dream: that positive-thinking believers in God will rise above the illusions that our sectarian religions have imposed on the world, and that leaders of the major faiths will rise above doctrinal idiosyncrasies, choosing not to focus on disagreements, but rather to transcend divisive dogmas to work together to bring peace and prosperity and hope to the world. (p. 502).In order for this "bold impossible dream" to occur, change agents such as Schuller and McManus realize that Christianity needs to be redefined. Thus, the term rethink. "

McManus has believed this for some time. In an interview, he stated: "My goal is to destroy Christianity as a world religion and be a recatalyst for the movement of Jesus Christ.... Some people are upset with me because it sounds like I'm anti-Christian. I think they might be right!"(1)

It's easier to understand what McManus means by this by reading this next statement from him: "The Barbarian Way was, in some sense, trying to create a volatile fuel to get people to step out and act. It's pretty hard to get a whole group of people moving together as individuals who are stepping into a more mystical, faith-oriented, dynamic kind of experience with Christ. So, I think was my attempt to say, "Look, underneath what looks like invention, innovation and creativity is really a core mysticism that hears from God, and what is fueling this is something really ancient." That's what was really the core of The Barbarian Way. (from Relevant magazine)

To put this in plain terms, there is a three step process in making this new vision become a reality.

First, re-education: convince Christians that the Christianity of today has to be thrown out and replaced by a whole new way of thinking.

Second, get these new thinking Christians to incorporate mysticism into their lives and hear the voice of a new kind of God, not one that is described in the Bible but one that is found through altered states of consciousness.

McManus put it this way: "I build my life not on the Word of God, but the voice of God. The Scriptures are to me the instrument that God has placed in history for me to learn the voice of God." (2)

The voice of this mystical god will direct people to the final step of the process, and that will be to bring about a supposed kingdom of God where all will be one, and where man finally realizes his own divinity. Unfortunately, it will be a kingdom built, not on the truth of the Word of God, thus not on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The rethinking of Christianity is taking place right now before our very eyes. The mystical practices are now being implemented by countless people around the world, including huge numbers of professing Christians through the spiritual formation movement.

It is just a matter of time before this new age dream will take effect, and a great spiritual delusion will overtake the masses. Roger Oakland, author of Faith Undone (the hard-hitting expose on the emerging church), spent this morning at the Crystal Cathedral listening to speakers share their hopes for the rethinking of Christianity. Oakland heard one popular evangelical speaker say that the emerging church is energizing Christianity. What that evangelical leader may not realize is that this energizing is happening through mystical practices. One person who does understand this concept is Robert Schuller.

Ray Yungen explains:
[W]hat many might not know about Schuller is his New Thought proclivities.

Interspiritual scholar Marcus Bach once related the following incident that took place at a Unity church in Hawaii in which Bach was speaking: "Dr. Schuller attended the first of three services, this one at 7:30 am. When we shook hands at the door, he tarried to assure me how much Unity principles meant to him and how helpful they had been to him in his work." (The Unity Way, p. 267)

What could some of these Unity principles be? Bach explains: Hinduism's emphasis on meditation fit[s] well into Unity's patterns for enlightenment.(Ibid, p. 104)

This is one of the major principles that Schuller was making reference to. In his own book, Prayer: My Soul's Adventure with God, he says: "Move into mighty moods of meditation. Draw energy from centers of sacred solitude, serenity, and silence.... Find yourself coming alive in the garden of prayer called meditation.... Yes, the "New Agers" have grabbed hold of meditation.... Hey, Christian! Hear me! Let's not give up the glorious, God-given gift of meditation by turning it over to those outside our faith." (pp. 141, 151)

The point that Schuller misses is that meditation is what makes a person a New Ager! This perspective is something to consider in light of the quarter million pastors who have trained and been mentored under Schuller at his Leadership Institute. (For Many Shall Come in My Name, ch. 3)

The line up at Rethink further confirms that Schuller and McManus see mysticism as playing a vital role in the rethinking and energizing of Christianity. Many of the speakers share McManus' and Schuller's propensity on mysticism's role in transforming the world.

Equally disturbing is knowing that CCN (Church Communication Network) sponsors and is helping to broadcast the Rethink Conference. CCN represents many of today's Christian leaders from Rick Warren, to James Dobson, to Joni Eareckson Tada, to Max Lucado and many many others.

What this means is that mainstream Christianity is going mystical, just as Alice Bailey, the woman who coined the term New Age, predicted so very many years ago.

Yungen ties this all together: "Bailey eagerly foretold of what she termed 'the regeneration of the churches' (Problems of Humanity, p. 152).

Her rationale for this was obvious: "The Christian church in its many branches can serve as a St. John the Baptist, as a voice crying in the wilderness, and as a nucleus through which world illumination may be accomplished." (The Externalization of the Hierarchy, p. 510)

"In other words, instead of opposing Christianity, the occult would capture and blend itself with Christianity and then use it as its primary vehicle for spreading and instilling New Age consciousness!

The various churches would still have their outer trappings of Christianity and still use much of the same lingo. If asked certain questions about traditional Christian doctrine, the same answers would be given. But it would all be on the outside; on the inside a contemplative spirituality would be drawing in those open to it.

"In wide segments of Christendom this has indeed already occurred.... Thomas Keating alone taught 31,000 people mystical prayer in one year. People are responding to this in large numbers because it has the external appearance of Christianity but in truth, is the diametric opposite---what a skillful spiritual delusion!"

Related Stories:
Erwin McManus: The Secret Behind the Secret (with Jon Gordon)

Kay Warren Recommends Henri Nouwen

Jim Burns promotes Ruth Haley Barton

John Ortberg and Contemplative Prayer

Dan Kimball's Emerging Church and Eastern Mysticism

For more information on Schuller's "dream" read Deceived on Purpose by Warren Smith.
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Childrens Spiritual Formation

2008-01-09T05:03:00.000-08:00

Awana has given its stamp of approval for transforming our children through centering prayer, the Jesus prayer, Christ candles, the Catholic Eucharist and contemplative spirituality. See Spiritual Formation - New Age Spirituality

Article from Berean call:
Awana is showing signs that it is becoming a full-blown contemplative organization. First of all, through Awana's prison project, the organization is incorporating New Age sympathizer Ken Blanchard's Lead Like Jesus Encounter program. On July 13th, we spoke with Lyndon Azcuna, Awana Cross Cultural Ministries director, who told us he was a Lead Like Jesus facilitator. Azcuna works in the main headquarters office of Awana. He said that the project was using Ken Blanchard's materials. When we explained to him that Blanchard promoted the New Age and mystical meditation, he said that the program did not have these elements.

However, the Lead Like Jesus Encounter is largely based on Blanchard's book, Lead Like Jesus, and that book does include contemplative elements. For instance, in the chapter called "The Habits of a Servant Leader" a palms-up, palms-down exercise is described (something Richard Foster has encouraged)(p. 158). The book gives a typical instruction on contemplative:

Before we send people off for their period of solitude, we have them recite with us Psalm 46:10 in this way: Be still and know that I am God. Be still and know. Be still. Be.... When people return from their time of solitude, they have big smiles on their faces. While many of them found it difficult to quiet their mind, they say it was a powerful experience. The reality is most of us spend little if any time in solitude. Yet if we don't, how can God have a chance to talk with us?

While Awana's decision to include Ken Blanchard's materials into their program is enough evidence to show that the organization is quickly changing, we must now report that there is something even more disquieting with regard to Awana and their slide into contemplative - a book that is recommended by Awana and also carried by the Awana store: Perspectives on Children's Spiritual Formation. A description of the book is as follows:

In children's ministry, models, methods, and materials abound. How do you decide what direction you want your ministry to children to take? Perspectives on Childrens Spiritual Formation allows you to examine the four prominent points-of-view in the church today. You will then be able to make a more informed decision on the way in which your ministry should take.

The book offers four different views on how to transform children. One author, Scottie May, a professor at Wheaton, writes the section titled, "Contemplative-Reflective Model." May gives a hearty promotion of centering prayer, the Jesus prayer, Christ candles, the Catholic Eucharist and an strong endorsement for contemplative spirituality ala Thomas Merton, whom he favorably quotes in the book. Two Awana staff writers respond in the book to May's contemplative approach and give it a thumbs up with only minor cautions. But overall they believe that contemplative is a valid approach for all Christians, including children. Perspectives on Children's Spiritual Formation is giving a green light to Awana leaders around the world to practice contemplative prayer.

Some people may not understand why we write this report about Awana. After all, they have done some wonderful things for children. But that is the very reason we do issue this report - we do not want to see Awana sell out to the fast growing apostasy of contemplative spirituality and the New Age; and because we care about children, we speak up. With more and more public schools teaching kids to meditate and do yoga, and with more and more Christian schools bringing in emerging leaders like Rob Bell (through his Noomas and his book Velvet Elvis), millions of children are now placed in harm's way by learning meditative techniques that will possibly take them into altered states and demonic realms. We hope Awana leadership will reconsider their position on contemplative/spiritual formation for the sake of children and their parents. And if you have children in the program, please use extreme caution in light of these new developments.

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U.S. Christians 'absolutely not prepared' for persecution

2007-12-31T12:39:00.000-08:00

Allie MartinOneNewsNow.comDecember 31, 2007

It is estimated that more than 16,000 Christians are martyred worldwide each year for their faith.

The founder of Gospel for Asia says while persecution is increasing worldwide for Christians, he believes it will soon impact believers in America -- and K.P. Yohannan says they need to get ready for it.

IS THERE A TRIBE OF JOSEPH? (and why does it matter?)

2007-12-14T04:18:00.000-08:00

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Scientific Proof of Re-incarnation

2007-11-24T02:45:00.000-08:00

Is it possible to have absolute proof that God exists and that the Bible is True?

Jane English, Ph.D., claims to have done scientific experimentation and exploration, the results of which not only involve, but completely hinge on, belief in the un-provable belief in re-incarnation.

She claims to have done a scientific study as defined by Charles Laughlin, Editor-in-Chief of Pre and Perinatal Psychology Journal which states that, “...in order for experiential reports to count as scientific data...they must be done in such a way that they make clear the entire sequence of exploration...they must stipulate what knowledge is desired, what procedures were followed, and what were the resultant experiences. All of this must be described in such a way that others prepared to carry out the procedures may reenact the entire process.” (PPPJ, Vol 6, #1. p.4)

In her article entitled Being Born Caesarean: Physical, Psychosocial and Metaphysical Aspects published in the Pre- and Perinatal Psychology Journal, Vol 7 #3, April 1992, and in The International Journal of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Medicine, Vol 6 #3, September 1994, English wrote the following: “in my explorations of non-labor caesarean birth, the knowledge desired was an answer to the question, “What would it be like to walk on Earth in a human body without going through the usual initiatory journey down the birth canal?” The procedure followed was to take this desire as part of my soul intention in this lifetime and to find parents whose next child was planned to be non-labor caesarean born and who had a doctor who would schedule his own wedding for my due date and thus schedule my birth two weeks early, ensuring that I would experience no labor. The resultant experiences are described in “Different Doorway” and are summarized in this paper.”

English assures the scientific community that her experiment and explorations are indeed scientific and can be replicated by forming a “soul intention to be born non-labor caesarean in their next incarnation and to find suitable parents and medical support...”

This is Jane English’s scientific proof that the birth experience is an essential player in the formation of adult self image and world view.

In order to accept her experiment and explorations as scientific fact, her readers are forced to accept that reincarnation is also a scientific fact…or trash her “scientific” study entirely.

This, my friends, is what is being published in so-called scientific, medical and academic journals. Does this knowledge bolster our confidence in science?

I could write more along these lines, but I would much rather focus on something much less ludicrous and much more important—such as the criteria our Creator gave us to use in gauging whether or not he is real and whether or not His Word, the Bible, is true.

That criteria consists of fulfilled prophecy.

That’s right. Fulfilled prophecy.

The words of the Creator, recorded in Isaiah 48.6-5, say this: “I have declared the former things from the beginning (prophecy); and they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed them; I did them suddenly (absolutely inexplicably), and they came to pass. Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass (Because I knew you would be looking for a scientific or some other explanation); I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I showed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, mine idol hath done them, and my graven image and my molted image hath commanded them.”

God’s method of proving his existence is absolutely fool-proof.

If the majority of the scientific community could disprove God’s existence and debunk the Bible, they would. But the fact is they can’t. Or they would have done it long ago.

That alone should convince most skeptics that God is real and that His word, the Bible, is true. But God knew that would not be the case, so he gave us a fool-proof method for telling the difference between what is true and what is not—fulfilled prophecy.

Jean Dixon called herself a prophet. Her predictions carried about a 60% accuracy rate. That convinced many that her claims were true.

There are many, today, who claim to be prophets of God—in fact, there are so many, they seem to be coming out of the woodwork, and these modern prophets all operate on the premise that a prophet of God need only carry a 60% accuracy rate in order to be considered a true prophet.

That puts them in the same class with any good soothsayer.

Although I am a believer in the spiritual, and I know there are other spirits at work, besides the Holy Spirit, telling people “everything they ever did,” few, if any, of these “prophets” do any better than mathematical probability says they can do (if they are observant and good guessers).

The Bible says a true prophet of God will be 100% accurate—period.

So, using Bible criteria, can God’s existence and the truth of the Bible be proven? The Bible itself says that is true, and the Holy Spirit testifies to our hearts that is true.

Just for starters, even a cursory glance at the fulfilled prophecies connected with the birth, life and death of Jesus Christ is astounding.

All of those prophecies being fulfilled in the life of just one man is statistically impossible. Take the facts, and ask any mathematician.

The book of Daniel is so accurate, it reads like a history book. It is so accurate many have tried to claim that it is nothing but a history book—written after the fact. But Jesus called Daniel a prophet and quoted from his writings.

There are other writings in the Bible where God leads the Prophets to challenge people to prove his existence and power in certain ways. Our creator does not shrink from such things.

Our Creator does not shrink from being tested, because he is real…

And his Word, the Bible, is true.

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And With the Beasts of the Earth....

2007-11-13T03:50:00.000-08:00

Revelation 6:8 prophesies of the rider of the Pale Horse. Death and hell will follow with him. And power will be given to them to kill with sword, hunger, death and the beasts of the earth.

We are not living in that time as yet, but this writer believes it is coming in the not to distant future. That is why articles like the one below catch my attention.

Jocelyn Andersen

Vietnam authorities hunt for crocodiles
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071113/ap_on_re_as/vietnam_crocodiles

2 hours, 2 minutes ago
HANOI, Vietnam - Soldiers, militiamen and local residents searched Tuesday for hundreds of crocodiles on the loose in central Vietnam after they escaped from a farm during heavy floods.

Sixty-seven crocodiles have already been captured or killed, but an unknown number continue to pose a danger to villagers in Khanh Hoa province, said Nguyen Nhu Long of the provincial military command.

"We have sent in more soldiers to search for the animals because we are worried that they may crawl into people's houses in search of food," Long said. "They haven't been fed for several days now."

The reptiles escaped at the weekend when flood waters knocked down a fence surrounding the state-owned Khanh Viet Farm, a popular tourist attraction that housed 5,000 crocodiles.

Several hundred people live in the immediate area of the farm.

Soldiers wielding AK-47 assault rifles shot dead 11 crocodiles as they crawled up a river bank on Monday, Long said, and villagers killed four others.

Vietnam has more than 100,000 farmed crocodiles, which are raised for their skin and meat, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Owners of the Khanh Viet Farm have offered a reward of up to $100 to anyone who returns one of the missing reptiles, which the company exports to several countries, including Japan and Australia.

"It's a very good business," said company spokesman Le Tien Anh. "We were planning to expand the farm to 10,000 crocodiles next year."

Heavy rains triggered the weekend flooding that killed 23 people in central Vietnam, disaster officials said. Floods and typhoons have killed 215 people across central and northern Vietnam since early October.

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The Bible Does Not Teach There Will Be An End-Time Restoration

2007-11-10T03:15:00.000-08:00

There is much talk of movements of God and "restorations" going on in these last days...God is restoring this and God is restoring that.

I would like for someone to show me where it says anywhere in the scriptures that there will be revival and restoration going on in the latter days.

It simply is not there!

The Bible says there will be a departing in the latter days.

The Bible speaks about a shaking that will take place. The purpose of which is to shake loose anything that can be shaken, so that only those things which cannot be shaken will remain.

Does anybody see revival and restoration in those words?

Any person, prophet or ministry that teaches there will be revival and restoration in the last days is false. It is as simple as that.

Get away from them!

Better hang on folks. The shaking is happening right now, and the majority (and I do not make this claim lightly) of those who claim to believe in Christ are running as fast as they can down the broad, easy road.

In fact, it has turned into a stampede.

And many will not be able to stop in time to avoid going over the cliff.

They will fall away. Many have fallen away already.

Do not be seduced by the smooth words of those who teach a latter day revival and restorational movement.

Do not be seduced by the good feeling you get listening to their teachings or by reading what they write.

That is an earmark of false doctrine. False doctrine tickles the ears. That means it sounds really good, and can make a person feel really good while listening to it.

The Bible doesn't say that "making us feel good" is the earmark of truth.

Truth brings life. It doesn't necessarily make us feel good, especially initially. In fact, it may make us feel really awful at first.

Repentance is a sorrowful thing. It does not feel good at first. It is the awful realization of the gravity of our sin against God.

God sent his Son to save us from our sins--first and foremost--not to tickle our ears and make us feel good about ourselves.

Jesus is the only thing we have a legitimate right to feel good about.

God, who loves us more than we can imagine, said the best we can come up with is no better than a mentruous rag--that's a used sanitary napkin to us modern folks.

So, we need to get off the ego trips, the self-esteem wagon, and get serious about winning souls to Christ before he returns. Then teach them to read the King James Bible, because every single other so-called Bible--every one--either adds to or takes away from the word of God, therefore they are counterfeit Bibles.

Start reading the real one. And teach others to do the same. The Bible says the danger of falling for every wind of doctrine and the possibility of falling away is very real in these latter days.

Jocelyn Andersen

http://www.prophecyplus.blogspot.com/
http://hungryheartsministries.com/id324.html

Babes Shall Rule Over Them...Isaiah 3:4-5, Mark 13:12

2007-11-02T07:44:00.000-07:00

Protecting Children from being Harassed by Parents

>>NEW DELHI: The authorities are planning to widen certain commissariat of the Domestic Violence Act to include whipping of children by their parents as an offense (as is the law in many western countries). The politically "progressive" move is aimed at protecting children from being harassed by their parents...<<

I found this on a blog, but could find no additional information. Has anyone heard of this? The scriptures speak of children oppressively ruling over adults and children turning parents over to death (Isaiah 3:4-5, Mark 13:12 ) ~~jocelyn

An Urgent Message for a Dying American Church??

2007-10-29T12:40:00.000-07:00

Excuse me for a moment while I gag.

You know we have been hearing for years how unspiritual the "western" church is. The title for this article comes from an author (prophetic I guarantee it) who claims the american church is dying because we are not worshipping God. In fact, he claims that the reason we are not experiencing the fruits of the spirit is because we are not worshipping.

What a drivveling, stinking, watered down, bunch of hogwash.

Let me say loud and clear that the church is not dying. The visible church is apostasizing. That is a prophesied fact of living in the latter days--and not just the American church, not just the supposedly unspiritual "western" church--but the entire church. Like rats jumping a sinking ship...

Only God's church is not sinking.

Those folks who are being enlightened by the latest paradigm shift better think twice before jumping on the prophetic/contemplative bandwagon. That ship's going down...

And there won't be any lifeboats!

See http://lulu.com/jocelynandersen for the free ebook Apostles Prophets and the Coming NEW AGE

Narcissism Goes to Church

2007-10-06T13:19:00.000-07:00

Quote:
"Narcissism Goes to Church: Encountering Evangelical Worship" by Monte Wilson. An excerpt: "Modern American Christianity is filled with the spirit of narcissism. We are in love with ourselves and evaluate churches, ministers and truth-claims based upon how they make us feel about ourselves. If the church makes me feel wanted, it is a good church. If the minister makes me feel good about myself, he is a terrific guy. If the proffered truth supports my self-esteem, it is, thereby, verified."

Prophecy in 2 Timothy 4:3 fulfilled--even unbelievers are verifying that this is so.

...after their own lusts they will heap to themselves teachers having itching ears.

The Opiate of the Masses & The Two Minute Mind

2007-09-16T05:58:00.000-07:00

"It is therefore possible to manipulate the nervous system of asubject by pulsing images displayed on a nearby computer monitor orTV set. For the latter, the image pulsing may be imbedded in theprogram material, or it may be overlaid by modulating a videostream, either as an RF signal or as a video signal." -- US Patent and TradeOffice, Patent #6,506,148, 2/14/03

When television sets moved into homes across America in the 1950's, families were dazzled by the dawn of a new form of entertainment that would become one of the most popular past time activities in America. Entire generations have now grown up with it, watching on average 4 hours and 35 minutes a day. Some households have more Television sets than people.

What effect, if any, does Television have on us?

While there is considerable debate on the content of television programs, the focus here will be on the physiological and developmental effects of television on human beings. However, one recent story is worth mentioning regarding the Pavlovian conditioning of young children through Television and advertisement.

As the Associated Press reports, "Anything made by McDonald's tastes better, preschoolers said in astudy that powerfully demonstrates how advertising can trick thetaste buds of young children. Even carrots, milk and apple juice tasted better to the kids when they were wrapped in the familiar packaging of the Golden Arches. The study had youngsters sample identical McDonald's foods in name-brand and unmarked wrappers. The unmarked foods always lost the taste test."

Parents have found television to be a convenient babysitter, while "Baby TV " has emerged as a form of "education" for very young children. Is this a good idea? Jane Healy, an educational psychologist, has warned parents on the negative effects of Television on their children's development.

Healy denounces the television as a good educator, while holding up the traditional and natural mode of human interaction between children and their parents as the absolute best way to aid in development. Healy writes in the American Academy of Pediatrics magazine, "Neuroscientists have shown that environmental experiences significantly shape the developing brain because of the plasticity of its neuronal connectivity.

Thus, repeated exposure to any stimulus in a child's environment may forcibly impact mental and emotional growth, either by setting up particular circuitry ("habits of mind") or by depriving the brain of other experiences.

While appropriate stimuli - close interaction with loving caregivers; an enriched, interactive, human language environment; engrossing hands-on play opportunities; and age-appropriate academic stimulation - enhance the brain's development, environments that encourage intellectual passivity and maladaptive behavior ( e.g., impulsivity, violence), or deprive the brain of important chances to participate actively insocial relationships, creative play, reflection and complex problem-solving may have deleterious and irrevocable consequences.

In addition, trying to plunge youngsters into academic learning, when they should be personally investigating the three-dimensional world, risks by passing important aspects of development.

"Healy comments on the negative effects of television,"Too much television - particularly at ages critical for language development and manipulative play - can impinge negatively on young minds in several different ways including the following:

Higher levels of television viewing correlate with lowered academic performance, especially reading scores. This may be because television substitutes for reading practice, partially because the compellingly visual nature of the stimulus blocks development of left- hemisphere language circuitry. A young brain manipulated by jazzy visual effects cannot divide attention to listen carefully to language.

Moreover, the "two-minute mind" easily becomes impatient with any material requiring depth of processing. "She continues, commenting on the fast paced nature of children's programming (modeled after advertising research designed to grab theattention of the brain involuntarily) which often includes rapid zooming, panning, and sudden noise. Such experiences, states Healy, "... deprive the child of practice in using his own brain independently, as in games, hobbies, social interaction, or just "fussing around."

An article from the UK Daily Mail reiterates Healy's comments onTV's effect on development."Toddlers should be banned from watching television because it can stunt their development, literacy experts warn.

Young children become 'mesmerised' by the screen but cannot understand what they are watching and even 'educational' shows such as Teletubbies may cripple their language skills.

Speech experts believe many children get little opportunity to develop their verbal skills by interacting with adults and siblings. Now a report for the National Literacy Trust has laid bare the apparent damage that watching television can inflict. It points to evidence that preschool children who watch shows aimed at a general audience have weaker language skills. "Speech lessons are now being given to toddlers in the UnitedKingdom ".... to arrest the shocking decline in children's communication skills.

"Television has been shown to literally "re-wire" the brains of children.

Attention Deficit Disorder - the diagnosis of which has been on a steady rise - has been linked to Television viewing at a young age.

Several studies have been done on the connection betweenTelevision and attention deficit, one of which was cited by the Associated Press. "Very young children who watch television face an increased risk of attention deficit problems by school age, a study has found, suggesting that TV might overstimulate and permanently "rewire" the developing brain." "'The newborn brain develops very rapidly during the first two to three years of life. It's really being wired' during that time, Christakis said. 'We know from studies of newborn rats that if you expose them to different levels of visual stimuli ... the architecture of the brain looks very different' depending on the amount of stimulation, he said.

"Researchers involved stated that the programs that the children involved in the study watched was not highly relevant, because it is the Television - the medium itself - that is the culprit.

The hypnotic effect of TV has been employed by doctors who have begun using it as an effective means of distracting children while administering vaccines. Because of the release of endorphins while watching Television, the pain of vaccination is dampened.

The BBCreports,"Researcher Dr Carlo Bellieni said watching television might simply divert attention but it was also possible that the pleasure it generated might stimulate the release of natural pain killing hormones called endorphins. He also warned the study underlined the potentially powerful effectof television - which might not be welcome in everyday life.

"The release of endorphins while watching Television is likely one of the main reasons that it becomes so addictive, and has earned the title of the " Opiate of the Masses.

"Staring blankly at the TV Brain waves, which normally operate in the Beta state while we are awake, are drastically reduced to a level similar to sleep while watching Television. Herbert Krugman conducted a study in 1969designed to discover the effect of TV on the human brain.

In ThePerfect Machine: TV and the Nuclear Age, Joyce Nelson describes the study. What Krugman found was that the left hemisphere of the brain, the analytical, critically thinking side of the brain is tuned out while watching TV. The right hemisphere, which is the emotional, non-critical side continues to function unaltered.

Krugman concluded his study by saying that, "...the mode of response to television is more or less constant and very different from the response to print."Krugman continues, "[Television is] a communication medium that effortlessly transmits huge quantities of information not thought about at the time of exposure."

Is television your opiate? Does it function as an extension of yourbrain - or even a replacement?

Turn it off and re-discover the world around you.

The Book of Revelation: A Verse by Verse Study

Revelation 6:8 The Beasts of the Earth

2007-09-15T14:53:00.000-07:00

...And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, AND WITH THE BEASTS OF THE EARTH.

It is interesting that it was only very recently I was pondering the part about "the beasts of the earth," and today I see this article in the headlines:

http://efmaonline.com/new/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=98
Hungry bears plague US west after record drought
by Judith Crosson Sat Sep 15, 11:03 AM ET
DENVER, United States (AFP) - They hosed the black bear with water, threw things at it and yelled, but the stubborn animal refused to move from its perch in a tree above a quiet neighborhood in Boulder, Colorado.

Pushed from their homelands by a drought and pulled by the scent of human food, black bears across western US states are breaking into homes and tearing up garbage cans in a desperate search for nourishment ahead of hibernation.

Fires across the west also destroyed bear habitat, and the animals face the continuing peril of losing their living space to urban development.

The bear in the Boulder neighborhood finally came down from the tree and fled. The animal was lucky -- it wore an ear tag, meaning a previous run in with authorities.

Authorities would have killed the bear if they had caught it, said Tyler Baskfield, spokesman for the Colorado Division of Wildlife.

This year is on target for approaching the 2002 record of 404 bears killed or euthanized, Baskfield said. Colorado has a population of between 8,000 and 12,000 bears.

"We had a late freeze in June which killed the acorns and berry crop. We had a very dry mid-summer and grasses in the high country dried up. That pushed the bears down into the valleys where we have people," Baskfield said.

It is a similar story in much of the western United States.

"Just everybody is seeing bears everywhere. That's the unusual part of it -- in places where they haven't been seen before," said state of Idaho Fish and Game wildlife biologist Bret Stansberry.

"It's a fairly severe drought and that's essentially the root of the problem. There is very little natural food for them to eat. They're coming into orchards, getting into apple trees," Stansberry said.

Adult male black bears, which weigh between 68 and 160 kilos (150 and 350 pounds), usually eat for up to 20 hours a day just before hibernation in November.

State wildlife agencies are constantly urge residents to use bear-proof garbage cans and make sure no food is left outdoors, with mixed results.

Chris Healy, spokesman for the state of Nevada Department of Wildlife, said bears are posing increasing problems. "We had one up a tree today near the university," he said.

Any area that has trees and shrubs resembles a bear's natural habitat, and when the bear spots a human it usually flees up a tree, Healy said.

Nevada has a small population of black bears, mostly concentrated in the Lake Tahoe region near the California border.

"In Tahoe people are not taking care of their garbage. Once the bears start breaking into houses it's a danger to humans," Healy said.

Bear attacks on people are rare, although there was a fatal attack in July when a bear dragged an 11 year-old boy out of his tent during a camping trip in the state of Utah.

Bears are causing plenty of trouble in California, said the state's Department of Fish and Game wildlife biologist Jason Holley.

"They can blow the door off the hinges. This time of year we're having at least three break-ins a night around Lake Tahoe," Holley said.

Eating human food such as donuts, hamburgers, or ice cream fattens the bears up and allows them to have more cubs. "We're developing an alarming trend -- ten percent are not hibernating," Holley said.

Black bears in California have not faced competition from their natural rival, the larger grizzly bear, for nearly a century. The last known grizzly in California was shot dead in 1922. California however still has a grizzly bear on its state flag.

There are about 30,000 black bears in California today, up from 12,500 bears 12 years ago, Holley said.

In Montana, a non-profit group has come up with an original way to chase bears away from camping areas.

The Wind River Bear Institute trains Karelian dogs, a species from northern Europe, to use their scent to detect bears, program biologist Russ Talmo said. "The dogs are barking, we're yelling at the bears, we use noisemakers," Talmo said. The dogs, which resemble huskies, are nimble and can herd a bear away from the area, although the dogs are always close to humans.

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2007-09-14T03:49:00.000-07:00

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The Revelation is not a Prophetic Book!??

2007-07-26T04:58:00.000-07:00

The Wrath To Come Matthew 3:7-8

I am still flabbergasted at that Lutheran Woman's contention that the Biblical Prophets did not foretell the future and that the book of Revelation is not a prophetic book revealing the undiluted wrath ofGod being poured out on a God-hating, rebellious world.

I must admit I'm also a bit baffled, because her Bio (contained in the book description) claims she is both a Lutheran minister and a theologian, then a few paragraphs down from her bio, the statement is found which reads,"she makes no claim to have a background in theology"(?!!).

I suppose she's a theologian when it suits her, and then not a theologian when that suits her--and she has no shame what-so-ever about lying about it when that suits her as well. Well, enough of that.

I will contend that the Biblical prophets certainly did foretell the future and that the Revelation is a prophetic look at the wrath (of God) that is "to come."

John (the Baptist) made no bones about the fact that wrath was coming (Matthew 3:7). He elaborated on this a few verses furtherdown (in verses :11-12). John knew what he was talking about, and Jesus backed him up on it in Luke 21:26 (where he said,"pray that you may be counted worthy to escape these things).

As for the Revelation not being a prophetic book, the very first verse in the book itself refutes that absurd claim--"

...to show his servants things which must shortly "come to pass...."

The Wrath "to Come" Revelation 12:12

2007-07-25T04:53:00.000-07:00

12:12 Revelation: The Wrath to Come

…Woe to the inhabiters of the earth andof the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

The wrath the inhabitants of the earth will be subjected to during The Great Tribulation will come from more than one source.

In Revelation chapter six, we see a reference to the “wrath of the Lamb.”

In Revelation chapter fourteen, we see a reference to the “wrath of God.”

In addition to these things, each of which in and of themselves, are legitimate things to fear and avoid at all costs, in Revelation 12:12, we see the inhabiters of the earth and sea informed that these woes will be compounded by the fact that the wrath of Satan will be added into the mix.

John the Baptist was prophet who had real insight into, and understanding of, the Old Testament prophecies concerning the events of the “wrath to come.” He understood the almost absolute devastation of the earth and human population it would cause. We see that in Matthew chapter 3 verse 7.

Paul understood these things as well and, in 1 Thessalonians 1:10, was praising God that the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ, not only to saves our souls from hell but also to delivers us from the “wrath to come.”

There is no doubt that Paul and John the Baptist were both referencing the events that are described so vividly in The Revelation.

Jesus confirms this in his statement seen in Luke 21:34-36 where he emphatically gives warning to “…pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

Jesus said again, in The Revelation chapter 3 that he would keep those who keep his word from (out of) the hour of temptation (trial) that was coming upon all the world.

Don’t wait, if you know all is not well with your soul, make it right. Turn to Jesus who is reaching out to you. Repent of the unbelief that will steal your soul for eternity. Romans 10:9-10 & 13 promises salvation to all who call upon the name of the Lord believing that Jesus Christ is his risen son.

2 Corinthians 6:2 says now is the accepted time, now is day of salvation.

Acts 2:38 says:
Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus.

Awana & the fast growing apostasy of contemplative spirituality

2007-07-16T06:33:00.000-07:00

Below is a portion of a report from Lighthouse Trails Research Project. Many would wonder why such a report would find its way onto a blog dedicated to Bible Prophecy when the subject matter seens completely unrelated. But it is not. One of the specifuc signs of the latter times found in scripture is a general apostasy, a turning away from the truth and an embracing of fables and doctrines of devils (1 Timothy 4:1 ). The Awana program for children appears to be doing exactly that. Please read the information in the links below for complete details.

From the Lighthouse:
"Some people may not understand why we write this report about Awana. After all, they have done many wonderful things for children. But that is the very reason we do issue this report - we do not want to see Awana sell out to the fast growing apostasy of contemplative spirituality and the New Age; and because we care about children, we speak up. With more and more public schools teaching kids to meditate and do yoga (Yogi Baba Prem says there is no such thing a "Christian Yoga") and with more and more Christian schools bringing in emerging leaders like Rob Bell(through his Noomas and his book Velvet Elvis ), millions of children are now placed in harm's way by learning meditative techniques that will possibly take them into altered states and demonic realms. We hope Awana leadership will reconsider their position on contemplative/ spiritual formation for the sake of children and their parents. And if you have children in the program, please use prayerful discernment in light of these new developments... Read the entire article"

Them That Were Beheaded....

2007-07-05T04:32:00.000-07:00

Revelation 20:4: "...and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus..."

Lest anyone think the Holy Scriptures are out of step with the times, a simple glance at the headlines are sufficient to correct that misconception. I do not think the resurgence of beheadings we are seeing today are unrelated to Bible Prophecy, as that will be the fate of those who choose not to follow the Man of Sin when his time comes.

Jocelyn Andersen

The King James Bible is recommended with no chapter headings or footnotes

Police kill 7 accused of beheadings in Kenya
The Star, July 03, 2007 Edition 1
Nairobi - Kenyan police have raided an initiation ceremony for an outlawed gang accused in a string of beheadings, sparking a gunbattle that killed seven suspects... click here to read entire article

Real ID

2007-06-28T05:38:00.000-07:00

Lot's of stuff going on. Could these RFID and REAL ID be forerunners of The Mark of the Beast?

Check it out http://unrealid.com/what.html

Jocelyn Andersen

20 Beheaded Bodies Found Iraq

2007-06-28T03:58:00.000-07:00

I post the item below to bring attention to the fact that during The Great Tribulation, which will be a time of unprecedented death and catastrophe, those who will not submit their eternal allegiance to the Man of Sin will be beheaded.

This article (and many others like it) may give us an idea as to the identity of the False Prophet. In 1919, Clarence Larkin identified the false prophet as the prophet Mohammed. He may have had some truly prophetic insight into these things. After all, who is doing the beheading in the world today? Is it not the followers of Mohammed?

We are still looking ahead to The Great Tribulation. It has not arrived yet. And there is still time to avoid even having to go through it. Jesus said to "Pray that you will be accounted worthy to escape all these things... (2 Thessalonians 2:3-12, Revelation 13:11-15, 19:20, 20:4, Luke 21:35-36)"

Jocelyn Andersen

The King James Bible is recommended with no chapter headings or footnotes

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070628/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq
By SINAN SALAHEDDIN, Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD - Twenty beheaded bodies were discovered Thursday on the banks of the Tigris River southeast of Baghdad....

Prophecy Watch - Signs in the Stars

2007-06-26T06:15:00.000-07:00

Prophecy Watch - Signs in the Stars
Contact: Greg Messina, 516-810-3344

MEDIA ADVISORY, June 25 /Christian Newswire/ -- It seems we have been brought to a new revelation regarding the end times. The world has welcomed the UFO (unidentified flying object) and alien phenomenon for many years now.

The latest Roper Poll shows more than half (56 percent) of the American public believing UFOs are real and not imaginary. Numerous sightings have been reported and people claiming to have had close-encounters with so-called "alien beings".

Well, now there is a different perspective on the UFO phenomenon and this one is from a Biblical standpoint. Mr. Richard Stout of Long Island, New York claims he has a spiritual gift from the Holy Spirit that guided him into understanding the answer to this strange phenomenon.

By breaking down certain key words in the Holy Bible and cross-referencing them with the Ethiopian Book of Enoch he has uncovered the very coincidental similarities between certain abduction cases and sighting reports that are linked to eyewitness accounts. A website has been developed to help those who have experienced such accounts and to help create support groups for understanding the entire phenomenon is a demonic one and that Jesus is the answer in solving the problem.
Mr. Stout is a former UFOlogist and "experiencer" and has collaborated with Brian Levens (who goes under the pen name Byron Lebeau on website) in writing essays on the subject.

Using Greek and Hebrew dictionaries as a reference to the key words found in Scripture, Mr. Stout has undergone many months of writing and prayer to help get the word out. "I am only being used as an instrument…" says Richard, "…This information must get out to the public as it is crucial people understand these so-called UFOs are in fact real and will be used as part of God's judgments on man and we are that close to many signs and wonders."

It looks as if we aren't alone after all, only these "aliens" are fallen angels masquerading as extraterrestrials from another planet!

Jocelyn Andersen

The Book of Revelation

2007-06-26T04:47:00.000-07:00

If anyone is interested in studying the book of Revelation, I have a group dedicated to the study of this one book at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheBookOfRevelation

Jocelyn Andersen

Children and Meditation

2007-06-22T07:39:00.000-07:00

In the latter times, some shall depart from the faith giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils....1 Timothy 4:1 kjv

Jocelyn Andersen

Urgent Message From "Lighthouse Trails"
If you have a child in either a public or private school, please contact the school immediately and find out if your child is being introduced to any type of meditation exercise (this includes lectio divina and breath prayers).

Tell the school you do not want your child participating in any of these activities. This would include Rob Bell's popular Nooma films and his book Velvet Elvis, which are both being used in Christian junior high and high schools.

The following June 16th news story from The New York Times illustrates how serious this matter is:

The New Age is overtaking our society. Children are the newest target! This is not only affecting children in public schools. Through the contemplative prayer movement (i.e., spiritual formation) and the emerging church, children and teens in Christian schools are also being introduced to meditation. A whole generation is being taught how to enter dangerous demonic realms through practicing mantra meditation! See our links below for more information on children and meditation. See our links below for more information on children and meditation.

The New York Times "Focus on Quieting the Mind"
by Patricia Leigh BrownOAKLAND, Calif., June 12 -
The lesson began with the striking of a Tibetan singing bowl to induce mindful awareness. With the sound of their new school bell, the fifth graders at Piedmont Avenue Elementary School here closed their eyes and focused on their breathing, as they tried to imagine "loving kindness" on the playground."

I was losing at baseball and I was about to throw a bat," Alex Menton, 11, reported to his classmates the next day. "The mindfulness really helped." As summer looms, students at dozens of schools across the country are trying hard to be in the present moment. This is what is known as mindfulness training, in which stress-reducing techniques drawn from Buddhist meditation are wedged... click here for entire article>

Related Research:Focus on the Family's Adventures in Odyssey - Promoting Contemplative? Yoga for children (in public school, that is)
Christianity Today: Contemplative for Children
Jesus Camp, Film Reveals the Mystical and the Militant, Not Biblical Christianity
NOTICE TO PARENTS: Christian Schools Introducing Teens to Mysticism Proponent
Ancient Wisdom for Babies
For more information on how the New Age is coming into schools, read For Many Shall Come in My Name. If you know a school administrator or teacher that would be willing to read this book, contact us, and we will send him or her a free copy.

From the Editors at Lighthouse Trails Research Project

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