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                         BEYOND BABYLON
                     EUROPE'S RISE AND FALL

















                          Dedicated to
                        THE FAITHFUL GOD
                  of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob;
                     And to the preservation
                         of our nation."And it will be said in that day: 'Behold, this is our God;
We have waited for Him, and He will save us.
This is the LORD; We have waited for Him;
We will be glad and rejoice in His salvation!"
- Isaiah 25:9          DECLARATION OF WAR!


     "Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not
come to bring peace but a sword" (Mat. 10:34).  That bold
statement of Jesus (the Christ) knocks down all the traditional
images of "God with us."
     Jesus declared WAR - not peace - on earth! Not only had He
seen "Satan fall like lightning from the sky" (when the devil was
defeated and thrown out of Heaven), but now the preexistent Word
had taken on flesh and blood to beat Satan on his own turf -
earth! Christ came to finish what He had started: the destruction
of an evil empire (Heb. 2:14).
     We are warned of an end-time configuration of states that
will wreak such havoc - in the name of religion - that unless
there's SUPERNATURAL INTERVENTION, nobody will survive!
     That persecuting power will attempt to stamp out every last
vestige of opposition.  It will astound the whole world by its
rapid rise to power and appearance of being invincible.  It is
exposed as Satan's last stand against God (through an
unsuspecting Europe). He's frustrated and furious, and in his
hell-bent madness plans on taking down as many as possible with
him!
     This spiritual conflict of interests is destined to be
played out on an intercontinental scale. It has the frightening
potential to divide and destroy beyond belief!  Our civilization
is about to crash.  It's coming apart at the seams! The ominous
structure rising in Europe to replace our present "leader of the
free world" is doomed from the start. The Lord of history is not
building such a house.  He will not occupy it, but His archrival
will possess it!  It's a condemned building and it deserves to
fall.
     Meanwhile, the GOOD NEWS of God's Kingdom of Immortals will
continue to shine, even as earth plunges into a new Dark Age just
prior to its establishment.AUTHOR'S NOTE


     Why this book? How did I decide to write it? Actually, once
understood, I didn't!  Shortly after my baptism and conversion,
June 9, 1979, I had expected to write another book - America
Warned!  Since there are already plenty of books out there, I
didn't want to write just another one.  I only wanted to write a
book if God was going to be its true author; so I asked my
minister how to insure God's inspiration.  After questioning me
and considering the responses, my minister felt I could rest
confident of God's blessing.
     Encouraged by this support, I thanked God and asked (as
usual) that His Spirit be mightily upon me as "an inspired
instrument of righteousness" in His holy hands - that the words
in the book emanate from Him and not me.
     Immediately after that prayer, while still on my knees, I
felt directed to open up the Bible. I did and proceeded to read a
scripture my eyes became fastened upon: "Surely, I will pour out
my Spirit on you; I will make My words known to you" (Prov.
1:23).  I turned again, and continued to read: "The Lord gave the
word; Great was the company of those who proclaimed it..." (Ps.
68:11).
     Whether by chance or design (GOD knows), this confirmed my
minister's counsel.  It even strengthened it with a proclamation
and a promise!  God's GREAT INSPIRATION would result in a GREAT
PUBLICATION!  With that encouraging experience came renewed
determination and enthusiasm to continue writing.  I felt
compelled to finish what I had begun.
     America Warned! was basically a book comparing ancient
Israel with the American and British people today.  The startling
parallels were to serve as a warning, in the sense others have
shown frightening similarities between Rome and Western
civilization.  As thunder warns of the gathering storm, giving
everybody a chance to seek shelter, so this book is GOD'S FINAL
WARNING before the German blitzkrieg begins (Rev. 10:3)!
Unexpectedly, during the course of that research, a brand new
picture began to appear.  Whole new vistas of scriptures and
understanding were opened up before me.  Exciting insight was
imparted to my mind.  I didn't search for those scriptures, but
once exposed, I embraced their profound yet simple truths.  This
discovery is laid bare in the Book for all eyes to see, once
pointed out, if we'll only allow GOD to remove spiritual
blindness and religious prejudice.
     Suddenly this personal Bible study became ALIVE!  It was
imbued with life and testified that GOD remains the same.  God
has not deviated from His Master Plan or changed the perfect way
in which He works.  Whenever Israel went astray, God would send
dire messages of national disaster and dispersion (i.e. The U.S.
& Britain in Prophecy by Herbert W. Armstrong).  After the fact,
and even before their fulfillment, God would send a message of
hope and comfort: national restoration upon repentance!  I
strongly felt that this was to be a "companion volume" to Mr.
Armstrong's book.  Both focus in on the pivotal prophecy of
Leviticus 26.  One to warn, and the other is to comfort.
They say "hindsight is better than foresight."  That is true
(Isa. 41:22).  This deeper understanding of divine dealings with
Israel in the past revealed - was the necessary KEY to unlock -
the mystery of the "two witnesses'" commission (Rev. 11).  It
answered the question of how GOD will deal with Israel and Judah
in our immediate future!
     It made such sense!  This truth became so plain, this new
awareness so down-to-earth, it was now easy to understand (Ecc.
8:1)!  TRUTH STOOD REVEALED!  God became all the more real - the
Bible relevant - and found faithful to His promises.
     Beyond Babylon  - the little book with a big impact - is
destined to become a national debate and an international
controversy (Rev. 10:10)!  May the GOD of our fathers - who has
chosen us for a special purpose and a unique task - bless you as
you read this book, that you will be encouraged to fulfill your
part in our GREAT future!

                              In the love of God and Israel,


                              David Ben-Ariel
                              Holland, Ohio, USATABLE OF CONTENTS



SURVIVAL GUARANTEED! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    7

WHY NATIONAL DEFEAT? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   16

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   31

VICTIMS OF TRADITION   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

EUROPE'S FATE  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

JESUS & THE JEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ELIJAH'S KEY ROLE  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
                            CHAPTER 1

                      SURVIVAL GUARANTEED!



     "NEVER in a thousand years!"  And yet in a twist of fate it
did.  The United States had surrendered.  Uncle Sam was now a
PRISONER OF WAR!  The British and their commonwealth were fellow
inmates. Israel found themselves under enemy occupation, and the
Arab world was gloating.  What had gone wrong with "the new world
order?"  How did we lose control and all this happen?  Who would
have ever believed it?  The vaunted "leader of the free world"
was enslaved!  The DEVASTATION unleashed against America and her
British allies was without precedent.  Destruction was everywhere
and a body count impossible.  The catastrophe was beyond
calculation.
     Europe - gripped with a messianic furor - justified this
mass destruction of the body to "save the soul."  Besides, they
had the blessing of the pope.  His white robes were stained with
the blood of many martyrs.
     Weakened by war, and in a state of shock, the WASPs began to
stir when they caught wind of some good news coming from
Jerusalem. Rumor had it that there were two outspoken men down
there railing against Rome.  Evidently they claimed Europe was a
counterfeit kingdom whose days were numbered.
     Supposedly, the Hebrew GOD was yet to establish His
one-world-government.  It wouldn't be composed of human-beings.
They insisted that GOD was going to deliver His people - not just
save them from sin, but liberate them from their enemies!  And
the so-called "lost 10 tribes of Israel" were in large part the
scattered American and British peoples.
     The captives were encouraged to hold on.  They were told to
keep this conviction: GOD DOESN'T LIE!  He will continue to keep
His Word and remember the agreement He made with our forefathers.
Those beliefs are based on God's track record.  Historically, He
has intervened and saved us, time and again.  We are assured that
we will survive to keep God's promise alive!  It is an active
agreement!
     But what exactly is that promise and agreement?  And who are
those two men in Jerusalem bringing all this to our attention?
It's time we understood!

The Plain Truth

     How did God deal with Adam - the first family unit (Gen.
5:2)?  He gently instructed them (male/female) on the Sabbath
about the facts of life, explained the concept of cause and
effect, and encouraged them to avoid the pitfalls of being proud
and stubborn.  Then He allowed the serpent's first Sunday sermon
to test them on what they'd been taught.
     Again, GOD first spoke to Pharaoh through Moses and Aaron,
empowering them to confirm their message with miracles, and then
the magicians were allowed to entertain his court.  Now, in these
last days of modern civilization, God's again making His TRUTH
known.  If it's also rejected, God's two witnesses dismissed,
then the world's certain to fall for the perjured testimony of
Europe's defense.
     The pattern is clear:  if you don't want to be "confused"
with the facts, you'll begin to believe the lies!  Truth or
consequences.  "And for this reason God will send them STRONG
DELUSION, that they should believe the lie, that they may all be
condemned who did not believe the truth..." (2 Thes. 2:8-12).
That, of necessity, demands that they were first told the truth
and then left to decide for themselves what they were going to do
with it.
     That particular passage of scripture previews two coming
attractions: the glorious Second Coming of Christ, and the sudden
appearance of an individual who will precede Him and attempt to
preempt Him!  We're forewarned that a counterfeit Christ will
burst upon the world scene and put on quite a show!
     But God is not his sponsor:  Satan is exposed as the real
POWER behind his command-performance!  And he'll give it
everything he's got in this greatest effort to obscure the return
of the true Messiah and rival the message of God's top assistants
(preparing for His arrival).  There's a real showdown coming in
Jerusalem between the forces of good and evil!

Darkest Before Dawn

     How can we rest assured Israel (the American, British, and
Jewish peoples) will survive?  Especially since the GENOCIDE
attempted against us will be the most BRUTAL in earth's history!
Jesus Himself wasn't exaggerating when He foretold this REIGN OF
TERROR: "For then there will be GREAT TRIBULATION, such as has
not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no,
nor ever shall be."
     Jesus continued to show just how severe the WORLD TROUBLES
are to become, threatening earth's citizens with extinction: "And
unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but
for the elect's sake those days will be shortened" (Mat.
24:21-22).  Did you catch it?  In spite of mankind's darkest
hour, our apparent point of no return, Jesus offers us HOPE!  He
says we'll survive!  He will personally put a stop to those DAYS
OF DREAD.  The Destroyer will come to his end, and the source of
this world's conflicts will be cut off!  Satan will be restrained
(Rev. 20:2).
     We have Jesus' own Word that life will go on.  He'll stop
the slaughter!  Christ promises to prevent mankind's murder. A
RAINBOW will appear in the sky after the storm  - we'll all see
Christ's coming!
     Why will this madness end?  It will end for the "elect's
sake."  Who are they?  The literal descendants of Israel!  We are
the chosen people!  Because "the LORD has chosen you to be a
people  for Himself" (Deut. 14:2).  We're special to God because
of His unique love for our forefathers.  He promised to be their
God, and the God of their descendants.  God doesn't go back on
His Word. It's impossible for Him to retract His statement: we
will be His people (Rom. 11:28-29)!

Confidence Despite Carnage

     The two witnesses know and proclaim God's promise.  They
have read His Biblical pledge.  Have you?  Do you believe God
will honor His agreement and keep His commitment?  Your life will
depend on it!  Nevertheless, God will remember His sacred pact
with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Lev. 26:42).
     Even though we'll be responsible for our plight, and will
have gotten ourselves into this predicament, "Yet for all that,
when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them
away, nor shall I abhor them, to utterly destroy them and break
My covenant with them; for I am the LORD their God" (Lev. 26:44).
That's why the two witnesses can boldly testify on God's behalf!
They know what a merciful GOD we have!  They grasp how important
faithfulness is to God.  "For better or for worse..." God won't
break His Word, even though we've broken ours.
     Isaiah was horrified by our holocaust, yet he was CONFIDENT
God would stop it before we were totally destroyed, because of
His promise:  "Unless the LORD of hosts had left to us a very
small remnant, we would have become like Sodom, we would have
been made like Gomorrah" (Isa. 1:9).
     Even though millions will perish, and all hope seems lost,
we have written guarantees that everything will work out for the
best:  "The remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the
Mighty God. For though your people, O Israel, be as the sand of
the sea, a remnant of them will return; The destruction decreed
shall overflow with righteousness" (Isa. 10:21-22).  Regardless
of our present numbers, only a few are going to make it.  But our
holocaust-survivors will return to God and come back home!
National repentance will result in our national restoration!  The
corrective punishment will have served its purpose and we will
have learned our lesson!

Mission of Mercy

     Once you realize what we're going to have to go through, it
becomes obvious that we'll have to receive some divine assistance
along the way!  That is why it's crucial that the command,
"Comfort, yes, comfort My people! says your God" (Isa. 40:1), is
faithfully carried out.
     But then that is the reason for God's inspiration upon His
spokesmen in Jerusalem.  Their very purpose and commission
reflects this brilliant hope: "The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon
me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good tidings to
the poor; He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim
liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those
who are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, And
the day of vengeance of our God..." (Isa. 61:1-2).
     But doesn't that refer to Christ?  Yes, in its ultimate
fulfillment.  But someone has to proclaim the "good tidings" that
the Day of the LORD is coming!  Someone has to announce that
Christ is about to return!
     And for further proof of a scripture that clearly refers to
Christ, yet was fulfilled in part by two men (one in mind and
purpose), read Acts 13:47 where Paul applies Isa. 49:6 to himself
and Barnabas.  The two anointed ones will be shining with this
glorious GOOD NEWS!  They will fulfill their mission to:
"Strengthen the weak hands, And make firm the feeble knees. Say
to those who are fearful-hearted, 'Be strong, do not fear!
Behold, your God will come with vengeance, With the recompense of
God; He will come and save you" (Isa. 35:3-6).

Faith and Patience

     At that time, after we have been humbled, we will be healed!
We will no longer be deaf, dumb, and blind, but will understand
the message being given to us!  We are also assured when God
takes vengeance, we will be delivered!  We are encouraged that
the roles will be reversed, and the tables turned: "Every valley
shall be exalted and every mountain and hill brought low..."
(Isa. 40:4).
     Without a doubt, "He who leads into captivity shall go into
captivity; he who kills with the sword must be killed with the
sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints" (Rev.
13:10).  Right in the middle of the chapter about the beast, God
puts things in perspective, offers us hope, and warns our
enemies!
     Our American, British, and Jewish brethren are to be
sustained (in our coming wilderness) by the Word of God.  We are
to exercise faith that God will do as He has said, and have
patience waiting for Him to act, knowing a PURPOSE is being
worked out.  "And shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out
day and night to Him, though He bears long with them? I tell you
that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of
Man comes, will He really find faith on earth?" (Luke 18:7-8).
     Perhaps some will have difficulty basing all their hopes and
dreams on GOD'S VENGEANCE, thinking it's not too "Christian!"
Evidently they will get over it though, because we're given a
glimpse that our camp guards and antagonists will be mocking our
hope: "Then she [the daughter of Babylon/Europe] who is my enemy
will see, and shame will cover her who said to me, 'Where is the
LORD your God?'  My eyes will see her; now she will be trampled
down like mud in the streets" (Micah 7:10).
     Earth is about to plunge into a new age - a new Dark Age!
Mankind is about to descend to an all-time low.  Ironically,
Europe will consider themselves the pinnacle of human success!
They will misinterpret their "Tower of Babel" as enlightened and
divine, temporarily uniting different peoples and nations under
one roof:  Rome's.  Their rallying cry will be the cause of
"Christendom."

The Pope's Appeal to Europe

     Europe is a body without a "soul".  The present pontiff was
inducted into office amid reports worldwide that he feels
compelled to unite Europe.  Since then his support of the Polish
Solidarity movement was the catalyst that caused cracks in the
"Iron Curtain" and the ultimate collapse of communism.  The pope
has repeatedly urged Europe to "rediscover its roots."  Those
roots are firmly grounded in the blood-soaked soil of the "holy
Roman empire."  The politicians have made remarkable progress
towards the realization of their dream, but only the pope can
pull off the politico-religious miracles necessary to transform
European unity into a living entity (Rev. 13:14-15).  Even he
might not be fully aware that what he's helping to create could
turn against him.  Church and State are, after all, quite
quarrelsome lovers!
     We are forewarned that the growing European threat (to our
national security) will cast DARK SHADOWS over our immediate
future.  Daylight is running out.  "Then Jesus said to them, 'A
little while longer the light is with you. Walk while you have
the light, lest darkness overtake you; he who walks in darkness
does not know where he is going. While you have the light,
believe in the light, that you may become sons of light' (Jn.
12:35-36)."
     Whether we're ready or not, it's getting dark fast!  We are
to take every advantage of the truth God's given us, exercising
our religious freedom to warn others and save ourselves.  As
Europe grows stronger and America weaker, we should sound the
alarm even louder (Isa. 58:1)!  We are not to shrink back in fear
of offending someone, or reduce our efforts to nothing!  God
curses those who don't stand up for what they know (Jer. 48:10).
We have got to help strengthen minds to withstand Satan's
onslaught (Ephes. 6:11).
     We can ward off the NIGHT by living in the light. Light
enhances beauty and exposes wrongdoing.  Darkness covers both.
When we act upon what God's revealed to us, we make it a part of
us and don't have to be afraid (1 Jn. 2:24).
     If we reject this offer or neglect this opportunity, we will
have condemned ourselves to fall under the captivating spell of
darkness:  "And this is the condemnation, that the light has come
into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because
their deeds were evil.  For everyone practicing evil hates the
light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be
exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his
deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God" (Jn.
3:19-21).
     Emotions are going to be running high!  Families are going
to split over spiritual disagreements, and former friends will
have nothing to do with each other.  Lives are going to be both
betrayed and lost over this religious WAR (Mat. 10:35-39)!

Spotlight on Jerusalem

     The European confederation of kingdoms will go off on a
crusade to squash all opposition.  The beast will foam at the
mouth against independent thought.  The false prophet won't
tolerate any dissent over his enforced doctrines!  And yet, in
the midst of all this madness, at the heart of this horror, will
stand two men against the world!
     As darkness descends, God's stars come out: "Arise, shine;
For your light has come! And the glory of the LORD is risen upon
you.  For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and deep
darkness the people; But the LORD will arise over you, And His
glory will be seen upon you" (Isa. 60:1-2).
     When the prince of darkness overruns Europe, God's spotlight
will shine upon Jerusalem!  It will be the site of the two
witnesses operations.  They will represent God and Israel, bear
the TORCH OF TRUTH, and burn bright throughout the long night.
These LIGHT-BEARERS will confront Europe's counterfeit kingdom,
expose its error, and foretell its ruin!  As a result, they will
keep Israel's faith focused and attention tuned, reciting our
declaration of independence:  "For unto us [Israel] a Child is
born, unto us [Judah] a Son is given; And the GOVERNMENT will be
upon His shoulder... Of the increase of His government and peace
there will be no end, Upon the THRONE OF DAVID and over His
kingdom, to order it and establish it with judgment and justice.
From that time forward, even forever.  The zeal of the LORD of
hosts will perform this" (Isa. 9:6-7).
     The heart and core of the GOOD NEWS is that the Father has
appointed Christ KING!  Jesus is to administer God's Government
over the earth.  Mary, knowing Daniel's government prophecies and
Isaiah's royal decrees, was startled when the angel informed her
of the role she was to play:  "And behold, you will conceive in
your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name JESUS.
He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and
the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David.  And
He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom
there will be no end" (Lk. 1:31-33).
     Jesus, on trial for His very life, testified before Pilate,
"You say rightly that I am a king.  For this cause I was born,
and for this cause I have come into the world..." (Jn. 18:37).
Christ wasn't afraid to admit that He was born to rule; it was
His mission, purpose and goal in life.  Is it yours? Are you
afraid of your God-given potential?
     Even in death, Jesus was proclaimed the "King of the Jews."
But He explained - lost to most - that God's Kingdom was yet to
be inaugurated (Lk. 19:11).  He would overthrow Rome and liberate
Judah from foreign occupation, but in the far future - during a
revival of the Roman empire. Those events will soon take place!
DAVID'S THRONE WILL PREVAIL - the Roman U.N. forces will fail!
Jesus - who died like a Lamb - will return as the LION OF GOD!
He will fight for His subjects and rescue us from tyranny!
Meanwhile, we have been taught how to cope with  faith and
patience, and endure injustice.

 State Persecution

     Herod wasn't the first or last politician to persecute God's
people.  Satan toys with world leaders, manipulating their minds
to accomplish his diabolical purposes (Rev. 16:14).  His
disturbed mentality is too often revealed in troubled heads of
state.  The political realm - with its international tension -
aptly reflects a spiritual conflict of interests (Dan. 10:13).
Behind the human scenes are the true "star wars" (Rev. 12:7).
Pharaoh also "had his reasons" to accuse Israel of dual loyalty.
His cold-blooded attempt to murder every Hebrew boy (to avert an
imagined insurrection) cost him the life of his son and cursed
his kingdom!
     The forces of evil were well aware of God's prophecy to
Abraham (Gen. 15:14).  It decreed Egypt's destruction and
Israel's deliverance.  In the midst of apparent defeat, Israel's
survival was insured: Moses was hid by a "righteous Gentile" and
grew up in the courts where he would later appeal, "LET MY PEOPLE
GO!"  Passover, our Festival of Freedom, marks Israel's
independence from Egypt.  The seventh-day Sabbath also
commemorates Jacob's rest from forced labor (Deut.  5:15).  Then
there was wicked Haman.  Satan stirred him up against "those
arrogant Jews" who refused to assimilate (Esther 3:8).  He
slandered the Jews as worthless rabble, incited the king to act
intolerant, and insisted "the only good Jew is a dead Jew!"  This
mad call for genocide struck at the heart of Israel:  Judah, the
Sceptre-tribe, from whence the Messiah was to come!  Haman's
hatred backfired though, taking his life in the process, as well
as removing many other threats to Judah's existence.  Purim
celebrates this remarkable turnaround of events.  This Jewish
renaissance enabled a number of Jews to return to Israel and pave
the way for Christ's coming.  Bethlehem, where David had been
born and raised, awaited his descendant who was predestined to
give birth to the Messiah (Micah 5:2).  For that to have been
possible, it was necessary for Jews to again be living there!
The Destroyer attempted to take Israel's life and thus defeat
God's purpose to overthrow him - in due time - from One who would
be born to them; Pharaoh failed and Egypt fell; Haman was sent to
the gallows with his ten sons, hung by his own plot to bury
Judah; Herod knew that Israel's Firstborn - God's Son - had been
born and went all out to abort His Ascension to David's throne.
He also failed and the source of his Roman power was dried up and
he died.  Satan "can't win for losing!"
     Even Christ's crucifixion was part of the plan.  Jesus'
resurrection enables us to break Satan's stranglehold over our
lives!  The devil is doomed!  He knows his days are numbered and
he's getting desperate....

Precious Legacy

     One of the greatest crimes against humanity was the
holocaust.  Although Satan hates every human-being, he especially
hates those descended from Jacob-Israel (the Anglo-Saxon and
Jewish peoples).  He knows they are instrumental in his eventual
overthrow. And out of Israel he's targeted the Jews.  They have
borne the brunt of his brutality.
     Why? Because:
  #1. All the top positions in God's Kingdom will be filled with
Jews!  That explains the spiritual significance of "the Jewish
conspiracy" theory.  Satan is feeding people with half-truths and
grotesque exaggerations, poisoning minds against the Jews and
anything "Jewish."  He sneers at their accomplishments and turns
their praise into persecution!
  #2. The Jews are representative of all Israel, and they (NOT
Ishmael!) hold the Promised Land in trust for all twelve tribes.
  #3. The Jews have preserved the Bible, thereby retaining the
knowledge of the true God and His Sabbath and Holy Days.
  #4. The Jews are LIVING PROOF of God's invincible plan!
     No wonder the devil feels threatened by any Jewish presence
and has repeatedly attempted to erase them from off the earth!
(I'm reminded of "Precious Legacy."  It was an exhibition of
things Jewish on loan from Prague to America.  The Nazis had
collected these treasures to display in their proposed "Museum of
an Extinct People!").
     Jesus Christ, the KING of Kings, was born and raised a Jew.
Ruling with, but under Him, in GOD'S GOVERNMENT, will be David -
resurrected to reign over all Israel (Ezek. 37:24).  King David
was a Jew.  Jesus' twelve disciples, the founding-fathers of "the
Christian nation" (1 Pet. 2:9), all Jews, were particularly
promised: "...when the Son of man sits on the throne of His
glory, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones,
judging the twelve tribes of Israel" (Mat. 19:28).
     Christ is going to fill every office in His Administration
with those whom the FATHER has personally recommended - not just
the Jews, but they have got His Word on it for key positions.
Hitler continued Satan's enmity against the Jews.  He (probably
possessed by the devil himself) declared WAR on Abraham's
descendants - and lost!  "The Master Race" attempted to eliminate
any competition from the Chosen People, but Germany suffered
defeat and went down in flames....
     Every spring, Jews read in the Haggadah (a special booklet
for Passover): "In every generation there are those who rise
against us to annihilate us.  But the Holy One blessed is He,
ever saves us from their hand."  However, it goes beyond simply
celebrating our miraculous past; it expresses faith and
confidence that God (past, present and future) will always save
us:  "And may we thank you with a new song for our redemption and
the liberation of our soul. Blessed are You O Lord who redeems
Israel."
     GOD'S FAITHFULNESS HAS BEEN PROVEN throughout the
generations.  Yes, He allows atrocities to occur, and governments
and individuals have gone berserk for awhile, but only to a
point.  Then GOD steps in and the rest is history.  Even Satan
will come to his "end" (Rev. 20:10).
     Israel, Jesus, and the Jews, have survived!  We will also
survive - and the whole world will survive because of us. GOD'S
PLAN WILL STAND, those who oppose it will fall.CHAPTER 2

                      WHY NATIONAL DEFEAT?


     Why are we in mortal danger?  Why will the American, British
and Jewish people SUFFER national defeat?  How could Europe ever
turn against us?  "Hear the word of the LORD, you children of
Israel, for the LORD brings a charge against the inhabitants of
the  land...."  God then lists the charges brought against us:
"There is no truth or mercy or knowledge of God in the land.  By
swearing and lying, killing and stealing and committing adultery,
they break all restraint, with bloodshed upon bloodshed..." (Hos.
4:1-2).
     In other words, America's dying from AIDS!  Our national
immune system has broken down and we've lost all resistance.
We've given in to temptation and now we're suffering from
depression (Isa. 1:5-6).
     We've thrown caution to the wind, opened the floodgates of
hell, and have gotten carried away.  We've broken every
commandment, breached every safeguard, and have become lost
trying to find ourselves!
     We don't teach abstinence, we preach faith - in
prophylactics!  Latex or the Lord?  Christ or a condom?
Conversion or contraceptives?  This dangerous "Cult of the
Condoms" gives people a false sense of security and misleads them
to believe in deadly lies!  The days of self-defense and
self-control are gone; our land and our lives lay dangerously
exposed to foreign invasion!  Our sick and dying society tempts
Europe to deal us a death-blow!  We live and die like there's no
tomorrow.  We don't keep up the struggle or fight for what's
right, but surrender our will and prostrate our power.  We've
left the love of God behind to make love to ourselves, and
claiming our "rights" we continue to do what's wrong.
     Our Judeo-Christian heritage is being sold-out!  And it's
going cheap, though we will all pay a high price for it.
Closet-Christians and timid Jews have allowed the think-tanks of
the politically correct to roll right over them, daring to
advance into what was once sacred territory.  Under the guise of
such trojan-terms as "lifestyle choices," "sexual preference,"
and "pluralism," the irreligious left continues to gain ground.
The godless, immoral, and hollow ideas of humanism are trampling
Biblical traditions with impunity.  "Therefore the land will
mourn; and everyone who dwells there will waste away..." (Hos.
4:3).

A Nation at Risk

     When we rejected God's Word, and refused to take it into
account, we became rejects: robbed of common sense and spoiled
rotten!  God gives us what we want.  "And because they did not
like to retain God in their knowledge (or way of thinking), God
gave them over to a debased mind..." (Rom. 1:28).  As a
frightening result, "My people are destroyed for lack of
knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also
reject you from being priest for Me; Because you have forgotten
the law of your God, I will also forget your children" (Hos.
4:6).
     GOD says we are to be DESTROYED because we are deliberately
IGNORANT!  He accuses us of being spiritual drop-outs.  We have
rejected His system of EDUCATION, lowered His high standards,
torn down what we were to uphold, abandoned our children, and
orphaned ourselves! We are a NATION AT RISK!
     God intended for ISRAEL to become HIS TEACHER, His
Light-Bringer to earth.  He informed us through the mediator
Moses:  "And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy
nation" (Ex. 19:6).  He further instructed us in civil laws and
legal precedents, emphasizing:  "Therefore be careful to observe
them; for this is your WISDOM and your UNDERSTANDING in the sight
of the peoples who will hear all these statutes, and say, 'Surely
this GREAT NATION is a wise and understanding people' (Deut.
4:5-6)."  But we haven't paid attention or been careful to learn
our lessons and watch our step; we've only grown more careless
(promiscuous).  Therefore, God will expel us - into EXILE!

Rumblings of War

     We are warned of WAR!  "Set the trumpet to your mouth! (The
enemy's about to dive) like an eagle against the house of the
LORD, because they have transgressed My covenant and rebelled
against My law" (Hos. 8:1).  Get ready, be prepared; swift action
is coming against our delinquent nation!  But our bugle boys are
caught with their pants down!  We're in a tight squeeze: our
watchdogs are asleep on the job, and our minutemen are slow (Isa.
56:10)!
     "But truly I am full of POWER by the Spirit of the LORD, and
of justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression and
to Israel his sin" (Micah 3:8).  God's Message will get
delivered, even if it has to be done single-handedly.  In our
hour of need, the LION WILL ROAR (Amos 3:8)!
     Let the air-raid sirens sound!  "Cry aloud, spare not;  Lift
up your voice like a trumpet; Tell My people their transgression,
and the house of Jacob their sins."  Explain the reason for all
this, make some sense out of these tragic events - don't mince
words!  Why should we run for cover?  What have we done?  Aren't
we "One Nation Under God?"  Haven't we lived as a "Christian
country?"  Obviously NOT!  We're under a curse!  "Yet they 'seek'
Me daily, and 'delight' to know My ways, as a nation that did
righteousness, and did not forsake the (decree) of their God"
(Isa. 58:1-2).
     God says our religion is a ruse, our faith is a farce, and
our conversion shallow!  Though we pretend to want what's right,
God's not fooled by our spiritual pretense.  He sounds the alarm
about our religious wrongdoing:  "For the leaders of this people
cause them to err, and those who are led by them are destroyed...
For everyone is a hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth
speaks folly" (Isa. 9:16-17).

Church and State Indicted

     God blasts our leaders, and indicts both Church and State!
He blows their cover and exposes their greed.  Ezekiel 34 is a
scathing attack on our "shepherds."  It paints an ugly picture of
their motivations for public office and pulpit.  It charges them
with self-seeking, smug attitudes towards their malnourished,
diseased constituents.  It accuses their actions of further
scattering our thoughts and littering our lives, leaving us an
easy prey for every con-artist and thief.
     Jesus warned of these crooks, saying:  "The thief does not
come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.  I have come
that they may have life, and that they may have it more
abundantly."  The shepherds should look out for their flock and
contribute to their well-being - not rob them of it!  Today, too
many preachers and politicians are only in it "for the money."
They are the fly-by-nights that Jesus condemned (Jn.10:7-14).
The honest public servants, whether they are ministers of Church
or State, are to uphold GOD'S LAW as the standard that He has
set.  But God's law has been trashed by rebel leaders, and His
truth thrown out of court; therefore, they are to be held in
contempt!  "And now, o priests, this (decree) is for you...
Behold, I will rebuke your descendants, and spread refuse on your
faces, the refuse of your solemn feasts; and one will take you
away with it" (Malachi 2:1-3).
     GOD blasts our preachers for their "BS"!  Their smear
campaign against God's truth is going to hit the fan and fly back
in their faces!  "They sow the wind, and reap the whirlwind"
(Hos. 8:7).  The religious lies they have unloaded are going to
be dumped right back where they belong - on them!  They have led
the death march back to Egypt, corrupting God's Image and
prostituting His truth, so they will be the first to fall on
their faces and wallow in the mire.  They have made their bed -
in an orgy of error - so now they can lie in it (Rev. 2:20-23).
Our ministers would do well to remember the golden calf incident.
It had been proclaimed "God".  Yet GOD ordered Moses - upset over
such a brazen misrepresentation - to beat it to a pulp, mix it
with water, and force the Israelites to drink it (Ex. 32:20)!
Why?  Because what goes in must come out!  God wanted everyone to
see what their RELIGIOUS BULL amounts to!

Only Follow Men who Follow GOD

     God's true representatives are to teach God's word and law.
"For the lips of a priest should keep knowledge, and people
should seek the law [not human ideas] from his mouth; for he is
the messenger of the LORD of hosts.  But you [traditional
Christianity & Judaism] have departed from the way; you have
caused many to stumble at the law.  You have corrupted (altered)
the covenant of Levi, says the LORD of hosts.  Therefore, I also
have made you contemptible and base before all the people,
because you have not kept My ways but have [been biased] in the
law" (Malachi 2:7-9).
     Levi (the father of Israel's priesthood tribe) is commended
for teaching GOD'S TRUTH and obeying Him.  He has offered up as
an ensign, a standard of excellence, for religious leaders to
follow - not fault!  It is noted that he "turned many away from
iniquity" (Malachi 2:6); he didn't approve of people living in
sin or justifying their behavior.
     The Hebrew name Malachi means "my messenger" or "my angel".
Instead of sharing God's life-giving truth, today's preachers
have spouted poison and taken lives!  Entangled in their own
traditional web of lies, they have been death-angels in disguise.
They have not delivered GOD'S MESSAGE as told, but have sold
God's people down river.  They have been captivated with
superstitions and carried away with their own holidays.  "But if
they had stood in My counsel, and caused My people to hear My
words [not their own opinions], then they would have turned them
from their evil way and from the evil of their doings"  (Jer.
23:22).

Spiritual Pimps

     But no, these preachers for profit, who put cash before
conscience, pimp from their pulpits, and "...strengthen [!] the
hands of evildoers, so that no one turns back from his
wickedness... They continually say to those who (actually)
despise Me, the LORD has said, 'You shall have peace, and to
everyone who walks according to the dictates of his own heart
(not God's Word!), No evil shall come upon you' (Jer. 23:14-17)."
In other words, they endorse and offer "spiritual" support for
those people and practices they know are anti-Christ:  "...who
knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice
such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also
approve of those who practice them" (Rom. 1:23).  They know
better and are without excuse!  But they scrap the scriptures and
say, "Let your conscience be your guide."  That murderous motto
spits at the Biblical "judge and jury!"
     We are warned: "There is a way that seems right to a  man,
but its end is the way of death" (Prov. 14:12).  Therefore, it's
pretty dangerous to depend upon faulty human reasoning (Prov.
3:5).  David said, "Your WORD I have hidden in my heart, that I
might not sin against you," and "Your WORD is a lamp to my feet
and a light to my path" (Ps. 119:11, 105).
     We are to take God's Word to heart (Jer. 31:33).  It can
clear up any confusion and lead us out of the dark.  The Bible is
the best guide, and every honest steward of God's truth will
direct you to live in peace and harmony with it.  Beware those
wayward ministers who would lead you to your death!  We are to be
aligned with the Absolute, not confederate with the confused.
Whereas God's truth remains consistent, their ideas remain in a
state of flux.  We are to become like Christ, NOT conform to
their likes.
     Those who preach the Word - as commanded - are the faithful
few.  As prophesied, the time has come when most religious people
(let alone others!) won't tolerate the Truth, but insist upon
being told what they want to hear.  Whether it is about abortion,
homosexuality, or the ordination of women, they follow sentiment
rather than scripture, putting their hearts above our Head (2
Tim. 4:2-4).  "The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests
rule by their own power; And My people love to have it so. But
what will you do in the end?" (Jer. 5:31).
     Instead of humbling ourselves before the Bible's authority,
letting it have the last Word on the subject, we get
argumentative.  We insist on getting in our own two-cents worth.
Adam and Eve discovered (too late) the hidden-costs of a "second
opinion."  It's not worth it.  It's better to be honest and bite
the bullet than self-destruct from self-justification.  After
all, who's fooling who?
     The Tree of Life offers preventive medicine.  There's no
need to get bloodied by hard experience.  The trial and error
approach exacts a high price, taking a terrible toll in the form
of mangled minds and scarred lives.  God warns us to avoid such
accidents by paying attention to the signs of the times.  It's
better safe than sorry.  Think twice, consider the consequences,
CHOOSE LIFE!

Enemies of Truth

     But those who speak the truth risk society's wrath.  Their
words of wisdom aren't appreciated by those who feel ignorance is
bliss; trying to rescue victims, they become a prey themselves.
Attacked by the liberal press and mauled by the media, truth is
martyred by an angry mob; character is crushed under the heels of
hedonism; and those who dare cry for a return to basic values are
crucified by popular demand!
     The apostle Paul's question, "Have I therefore become your
enemy because I tell you the truth?" (Ga.4:16) would receive a
violent response today!  "Yes, and all those who desire to live
godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. But evil men and
imposters will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being
deceived" (2 Tim. 3:12-13).  But we can't say Christ didn't warn
us (Jn. 15:18-20).
     We are told to expect trouble, not to look for it, but
expect it.  Of course, like Elijah, we will be falsely accused of
being religious rabble-rousers (1 Kings 18:17-18), and it was his
own GOVERNMENT that branded him a subversive!  But instead of
having a pity-party, we're to enjoy a victory celebration!
"Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all
kinds of [terrible things about you] for My sake [because you
stood up for the truth!]. Rejoice and be [ecstatic], for great is
your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who
were before you" (Mat. 5:11-12).
     Actually, the worst RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION in history is just
ahead!  It will mainly come from the Catholic kingdom of Europe,
but it will start right here, in our own countries, by the very
people we are trying to save: "You will be betrayed even by
parents and brothers, relatives and friends; and they will put
some of you to death" (Lk. 21:16).  This isn't talking about an
occasional family squabble or disagreement amongst friends - THE
TIMES HAVE CHANGED - if you lose this argument, you could lose
your life!  Christians will become an endangered species!

Mass Martyrdom - not Conversion!

     Society will misunderstand our motives, resent our religion,
and hate our message.  If you're not politically correct, you
will become a target.  The witch-hunt has already begun!  You
could be turned in to the authorities just for saying something
"wrong."  It will be open-season on us!  The hounds of hell will
be let loose.  Jesus wants us to realize what we're getting into:
"Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves.
Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves" (Mat.
10:16).
     Watch what you say, be careful what you do, and don't be
fooled by "friends".  Nosy neighbors could inform on you, and
your own flesh-and-blood might stab you in the back (Jer. 9:4).
"For even your brothers, the house of your father, Even they have
dealt treacherously with you... Do not believe them, Even though
they speak smooth words to you" (Jer. 12:6).  Nevertheless, we
are to be BOLD and proclaim God's precious truth.  It is going to
become increasingly rare to hear and difficult to find (Amos
8:11-12).
     We are the only witness and warning some people will ever
receive.  Remember: our national destruction is due to our
spiritual ignorance.  Some don't know any better, and others
should know better, but Satan wants to keep everyone in the dark,
under his thumb.  That is all the more reason we are to share
what we know - even if it costs us our life.  "And those of the
people who understand shall instruct many; yet for many days they
shall fall by sword and flame, by captivity and plundering" (Dan.
11:33).  The plain truth isn't going to be popular - it's going
to be perilous!  MASS MARTYRDOM - not mass conversion - is
prophesied!
     Courageous individuals will put their lives on the line,
fighting against encroaching error and EUROPE'S BIG LIE!  They
will shine as stars, enlightening others, loosening the prince of
darkness' hold, and undermining his KINGDOM OF CONFUSION.  "Those
who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the (sky), and
those who turn many to righteousness like the stars forever and
ever" (Dan. 12:3).
     But the dragon won't be slain so easily!  The beast will be
out for blood!  His troops will be in hot pursuit of these
"trouble-makers", tracking them down without mercy.  "And the
dragon was enraged with the woman (our Israelitish nations), and
he went to make war with the rest of her offspring (the true
Church), who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony
of Jesus Christ" (Rev. 12:17).
     But the destroyer defeats his own purpose!  The pope's
attempts to stamp out every ember of truth will backfire.  His
fiery indignation will spark controversy, raise questions and
inflame passions (Rev. 13:7, Dan. 8:10).  Rumors will spread like
wildfire.  Persecution will only scatter the seed, sowing it in
fields far and away, before a growing audience and gathering
crowd (Acts 8:4).
     Curiosity will demand to know what's going on.  Who are
these "heretics?"  What exactly do they believe?  We know they're
"traitors" and express dangerous ideas, "But we desire to hear
from you what you THINK; for concerning this sect, we know it is
spoken against everywhere" (Acts  28:22).
     The exercise of independent thought will become so unusual,
it will attract immediate attention!  But "thinking aloud" could
sentence some to death!  Yet it will enable others to come alive,
even as Jesus said: "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain
of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if
it dies, it produces much grain" (Jn. 12:24).  Such personal
sacrifices will reap great rewards.

No Guts, No Glory

     The apostle Paul, subject to frequent arrest and
imprisonment, explains for our benefit that he really didn't
enjoy jail, "But I want you to know, brethren, that the things
which have happened to me have actually turned out for the
furtherance of the gospel, so that it  has become evident to the
whole palace guard, and to all the rest, that my chains are in
Christ; and most [but not all] of the brethren in the Lord,
having become confident by my chains, are much more bold to speak
the word without fear... For to you it has been granted on behalf
of Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His
sake..." (Philip. 1:12-14, 29).
     This willingness to not only live for Christ, but to die for
what we believe in - if and when we must - demands a deeper
conversion than most Christians would feel comfortable with!
Some have become too settled in, complacent in their
church-kingdom, forgetting or denying that we are only to be
temporary residents in this life, awaiting our new Country and
Holy Capital (Heb. 11:13-16).
     If we truly love God (more than ourselves) and want to serve
our Lord Jesus Christ, we don't have to worry: we'll be given
SUPERNATURAL BOLDNESS AND ABILITY!  It doesn't come naturally,
it's a gift from God.  He alone can enable us to withstand fierce
opposition - fearlessly.  He promises to transform those
situations into opportunities to testify against Europe's error
and defend God's truth.  The lambs won't keep silent - they will
learn to roar like lions!
     Those who find themselves on trial will give a POWERFUL
WITNESS!  Jesus, our Advocate, will take control of events and
stand by our side (Lk. 21:13-15).  He has a way of turning things
around to fulfill God's purpose.  Trust Him.
     As God's inspired witnesses, we will represent Christ well.
Our day in court will be a day to remember!  As God's Spirit
fills our mind (with the words our mouth will speak), we will
experience an amazing clarity of mind and purpose, and share the
vision of GOD'S KINGDOM (Prov. 16:1).
     We will speak with such conviction and AUTHORITY, it's bound
to have an impact upon everybody there!  They will sit up, take
notice and hear what God would have us to say.  He will lead and
guide you, as His spokesperson, and give you the exact words
you'll need  -just like He did for Moses and Aaron:  "...for it
is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in
you" (Mat. 10:20).
     But even as Pharaoh didn't want to hear it -"LET MY PEOPLE
GO!" - neither will the pope's pawns.  Some will be thrown in
jail to shut them up; others will lose their lives, holding on to
the truth and eternal life.  They will have followed Christ's
instructions:  "And do not fear those who kill the body but
cannot kill the soul.  But rather fear Him who is able to destroy
both body and soul in hell" (Mat. 10:28).
     This transformation (from fear to courage) is exemplified by
the early apostles.  They were imprisoned by the religious
authorities, later released by angels, and found back in the
temple teaching, not cowering in a corner somewhere (Acts
5:17-25).  These were changed men!  Earlier, when Christ got
arrested, it was "every man for himself."  Now, nobody was going
to stop them!  They went back to work.

Living for Christ - Again!

     Those who are about to die, martyred by Europe for teaching
the truth, will be as good as alive and back in action!  The
apostle John foresaw this wonder: "And I saw thrones, and they
sat upon them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the
souls of those who had been beheaded [if you use your head,
you'll risk your neck!] for the witness to Jesus and for the word
of God [testifying that the true Christ was yet to come, and
standing by God's Word rather than falling for Catholic
tradition], who had not worshipped the beast or his image, and
had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands
[refuseniks: they didn't subscribe to the Roman system, support
its pagan ideas, or identify with its idols]. And they lived and
reigned with Christ a thousand years... Over such the second
death has no power [when both body and soul are destroyed], but
they shall be PRIESTS OF GOD and of Christ, and shall reign with
Him for a thousand years" (Rev. 20:4-6).
     That is in your Bible!  Look it up!  Why haven't you heard
these things before?  You should demand to know!  This is the
only true GOSPEL!  "Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel
of the KINGDOM OF GOD, and saying, 'The time is fulfilled, and
the Kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and BELIEVE THE GOSPEL"
(Mk. 1:14-15).
     If you haven't been told the GOOD NEWS (gospel), how can you
believe it?  If you haven't been taught what life's really all
about - preparing to enter the Kingdom of God - you're missing
out!  You've been robbed!  You have got to repent and believe the
gospel to be saved!  "And they were ASTONISHED at His teaching,
for His Word was with authority" (Lk. 4:32).
     People are still astonished!  God's truth is hard-hitting,
authoritative, no-nonsense.  The true gospel blows the others
away, and delivers a scorching attack on error (Jer. 32:28-29).
It clears the way for Christ's Coming, shoveling the lies and
confusion to the sides (Isa. 57:14).

A "Christian" Conspiracy

     Jesus' gospel should have become common knowledge, but it
has been purposely hidden (Rom . 1:18)! Who has sponsored this
censorship?  Traditional Christianity!  They are the guilty
culprits! Instead of telling "the truth, the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth" - so help them God - they have withheld
vital information and suppressed important facts (Acts 20:27).
The religious establishment has been involved in one of the
biggest cover-ups in history!  But this conspiracy of silence is
blown!  Their shroud of secrecy is left exposed!  In spite of
every effort to bury this story, it's now going public.  Christ
prophesied to raise this issue again - worldwide!  "And this
gospel of the KINGDOM will be preached in all the world as a
witness to all nations, and then the end will come" (Mat. 24:14).
     But Satan doesn't want his world to come to an end!  He
refuses to abdicate.  His counterfeit kingdom doesn't want us to
announce Christ's Coming, because they know Jesus will throw them
out of office!  But we won't keep this quiet! We will shout it
from the rooftops and go tell it on the mountains: "O Zion, you
who bring good tidings (the gospel), get up into the high
mountain; O Jerusalem, you who bring good tidings, lift up your
voice with strength, lift it up (amplify the truth/turn up the
volume!), be not afraid; say to the cities of Judah, 'Behold your
God!' (Isa. 40:9)."
     This is all new and exciting to most people.  They have
either never heard of this before or read right over it, but God
has now performed a MIRACLE - the blind can see and the deaf can
hear!  "...For what had not been told them they shall see, and
what they had not heard they shall consider" (Isa. 52:15).  This
is the first time some of you have actually seen what is in the
Word.  Now you are witnesses to what is really written there, not
just carelessly assuming something is in the Bible (when usually
it's not!).  Share what you have seen, spread what you have
heard, and talk about these new revelations that have come to
light.  God expects you to: "You have heard; see all this. And
will you not declare it?  I have made you hear new things from
this time, even hidden things, and you did not know them" (Isa.
48:6).

God-given Understanding

     If you're beginning to understand this, and it's starting to
make some sense to you, and you find these truths attractive -God
must be dealing with you (Jn. 6:44-45).  This ability to hear and
understand, rather than fight and argue, is God-given. It is
spiritual discernment (1 Cor. 2:14).  No matter how clear I am
trying to make these scriptures, only God can make you receptive
to His Message.  He alone can help you grasp what's recorded,
even if I explained it a thousand times (Lk.  24:45).  But if it
has been given for you to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of
God (Lk. 8:10), prepare yourselves for the following: God's
Kingdom is composed of IMMORTAL GOD-BEINGS!  Not pitiful
human-beings playing God. It consists of those formerly
conscripted Christians, now miraculously resurrected as DIVINE
PRIEST-KINGS!  We are to rule with, but under, Christ.  The
future European dictator - the final Caesar - and his religious
ally, the pope, will have induced the top ten European kings to
surrender their sovereignty to them - a counterfeit king of
kings.  "These shall make war with the Lamb (Jesus Christ), and
the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords, and King of
kings; and those who are with Him are called, chosen, and
faithful" (Rev. 17:12-14).
     Time and again, Jesus promised to include His followers in
His power structu re. He offered them a share - not only in His
suffering and shame - but in His POWER AND GLORY!  As mentioned
previously, Jesus' twelve disciples form His power-base, and He
builds up God's power-house from there.  Unlike this world, these
powerful positions will be filled with qualified and
incorruptible individuals - literally (1 Cor. 15:50-54)!  Christ,
in recognition of our loyalty, insures us a seat in His
GOVERNMENT (Rev. 3:21).  He promises to confer upon us an
international clout, and an especially prepared, private office,
in His ADMINISTRATION (Rev. 2:26, Jn. 14:1-3).
     We were born to become kings!  What more could you ask for?
Basically, everything that the Father's offered the Son, the
Son's offered us: a Kingdom, shared responsibilities, and
delegated authority (Lk. 22:29, Jn.  5:26-27, 1 Cor. 6:2).  Jesus
explains what our proper attitude should be towards these
expanded opportunities: one that tempers authority with humility,
and remembers we're crowned to serve - not to be selfish and
demanding.  Our spiritual stature is measured by how effectively
we help others (Lk. 22:24-27).

Divine Ministers of Education

     Actually, what we'll be doing in the Kingdom of God is what
our people were supposed to be doing all along: TEACHING!  God
places such an emphasis on education.  His reconstructed Temple
in Jerusalem will be a TEMPLE OF HIGHER LEARNING.  We are to be
pillars in God's Community, teaching the truths of the Temple,
and pledge allegiance to Jerusalem and all that it stands for
(Rev. 3:12).
     We are to expect a mass influx into Israel, and be prepared
for a steady stream of pilgrims, because Isa. 60:6-9 has already
booked their travel arrangements (some will arrive by
"land-rovers," others by ship or plane), and Micah 4:2 has made
advance reservations for them:  "Many nations shall come and say,
'Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the House
of the God of Jacob [NOT Ishmael!]; He will teach us His ways,
and we shall walk in His paths.  For out of Zion the law shall go
forth, and the Word of the LORD from Jerusalem."
     Representatives from all over will ascend to the Holy City
-THE CITY OF THE GREAT KING - and seek instruction.  We will be
there to help them along, and assist them in gleaning the
precious principles of God's Truth. They wll come bearing gifts
fit for a King: silver and gold, incense and cedar, flocks and
herds - all to beautify Jerusalem and adorn the Temple, and
supply Israel's every need (Isa. 60).  But the greatest gift of
all will be our family reunion - they will turn over our POWs and
MIAs!  We will no longer be separated from our loved ones, but
will finally be released from our fears and frustrations (Isa.
66:20)!
     Christ will receive these gifts, and embrace our kin who
have come home, and then accept the Gentiles into an extensive
work-study program.  As repairmen and construction crews, they
will service our cities; and others, outstanding in their various
fields, will tend to our agri-business and manage our livestock,
while we (Israel) supervise their activities (Isa. 61:4-6).  When
our former bosses aren't working for us, we will help them to
feel at home in God's prayerful HOUSE OF STUDY.  They will
quickly master our holy language, and become legal experts,
handling God's Word and Law professionally (Zeph. 3:9).

New International Cooperation

     Those nations that will have fought against Christ and His
followers, having been deceived, will experience a NEW ATTITUDE.
God will gladly give them a change of heart.  Hostility will be
history.  All the earth will enjoy a refreshing spirit of peace
and cooperation, not war and contention.  Instead of feeling an
unbearable tension in the air, we'll learn to relax and
appreciate the comforts of God's Holy Spirit: "The work of
righteousness will be peace, and the effect of righteousness,
quietness and assurance forever. My people will dwell in a
peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting
places..." (Isa. 32:17-18).
     This will be in stark contrast to our time in captivity:
"And among those nations (where we'll be deported to) you shall
find no rest, nor shall the sole of your foot have a resting
place; but there the LORD will give you a trembling heart,
failing eyes, and anguish of soul.  Your life shall hang in doubt
before you; you shall fear day and night, and have no assurance
of life.  In the morning you shall say, 'Oh, that it were
evening!' And at evening you shall say, 'Oh, that it were
morning!' because of the fear which terrifies your heart, and
because of the sight which your eyes see" (Deut. 28:65-67).
Instead of marching against the Holy City to conquer and divide
it, former foes will return to worship our King: "And it shall
come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which
came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship
the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of
tabernacles" (Zech. 14:16).
     They will want to ride on the coat-tails of every Jew, and
hang on to the apron-strings of every Israelite (Anglo-Saxon),
until they can stand on their own two feet (Zech. 8:23), because
they know we have enjoyed a head-start education and are more
familiar with God's truth than anyone else:  "...who are
Israelites, to whom pertain the adoption, the glory, the
covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, and the
promises; of whom are the fathers and from whom, according to the
flesh, Christ came, who is over all, the eternally blessed God.
Amen" (Rom. 9:4-5).
     However, there are always a stubborn few who need a "little
prodding" to get them on their way, but they will soon discover
it is in their best interest if they want to spiritually grow and
stop being plagued with personal problems (Zech. 14:17-19).
Every head-of-state will attend this annual event (held in
Jerusalem - NOT Mecca or Rome!), and celebrate this international
festival - all sponsored by our gracious Host, Jesus Christ!

Teachers in Training

     Throughout history, God's been actively involved in
teaching.  A few of his better known students include Abel,
Enoch, Noah and Moses.  They have been part of a special process
and selection - all in preparation for God's Kingdom.  But the
man of destiny, whom God chose to be known as "the father of the
faithful", was Abraham.
     Abraham was especially qualified to represent GOD.  He was
privately tutored by the Priest-King, Melchizedek, in Jerusalem.
Abraham dutifully paid tithes to his Teacher, and highly
respected this Superior (Gen. 14:18-20) - unique among his
contemporaries.  Most Christians would be shocked to discover
that this "King of Righteousness" and King of Peace" is the
self-same One who was later born as "Jesus Christ!"  Read it for
yourself in Hebrews 7!
     Abraham's extensive training and initiation were
instrumental in passing on God's truths (Gen. 18:19).  As
expected, Abraham taught his firstborn, Issac, everything he
needed to know - and Issac in turn faithfully taught his son,
Jacob.  Jacob continued this tradition by educating his entire
family - all twelve sons!  The knowledge of God's truth grew and
expanded with time.
     God later summoned Israel to Mount Sinai.  He took their
twelve tribes as His SERVANT-NATION!  No longer were the
"mysteries of the universe" to remain in the family:  God's time
had come to share these secrets with all mankind!  God gave
Israel His blueprint for an ADVANCED CIVILIZATION, and shared
with them His ideals for a SUPERIOR CULTURE.  Israel was to
reflect a higher civilization - that is, a Heavenly Kingdom - to
be established upon the earth.  Traditional Christianity would do
well to believe this GOOD NEWS!  Israel was the forerunner, the
prototype, of the governing Body of Christ - the KINGDOM OF GOD!
God inducted our ancestors into His service.  We were to become
His KINGDOM OF PRIESTS (Ex. 19:6), a MODEL-NATION (Deut. 4:6), an
ETERNAL FLAME (Isa. 42:6).  No longer the slaves of men or their
traditions, we were free to obey God and teach His commandments.
Everything that God taught us, we were to teach to others by
personal example and national instruction; not just one or the
other, but both.  Israel was to take these sacred truths, these
embers of light, and share God's holy fire with all mankind -
while guarding against burn out at home (Isa. 50:11).  What was
at the top of Jesus' agenda?  During His earthly ministry, whom
did He focus in on and privately tutor?  The twelve disciples
Although He spoke to thousands, Christ was busy imparting special
insight and UNDERSTANDING to "a few good men".  The Anointed One
was sharing His anointing (1 Jn. 2:27).  They had been
well-trained in government affairs, and would be held responsible
for carrying out Christ's Mission while He dutifully reported
back to Headquarters (Dan. 7:13).
     As GIs, Jesus' men were given orders to spread out and teach
what they themselves had been taught - that which had formerly
been classified as TOP SECRET: "for assuredly, I say to you that
many prophets and righteous men have desired to see what you see,
and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear
it" (Mat. 13:17).  Jesus' private school of revolutionary
thought, His twelve disciples, were sent out to represent Him.
Christ "multiplied" His ability to get out God's Message by
certifying His students to become teachers like Him (Mat. 10:25).
They were expected to #1. announce the coming KINGDOM OF GOD, and
#2. teach God's truths that encourage us to become Christ-like:
"Go therefore and make (students) of all nations... teaching them
to (act upon) all things that I have commanded you..." (Mat.
28:19-20).

God's Servants or Men's Slaves?

     But God says we've slacked off!  He insists we haven't done
the work!  He condemns "Christians" and rejects the Jews!  He
reveals we've been taught, but not the truth!  We've been fed -
not the steak of scriptures - but A BUNCH OF BULL!  Something's
not kosher!  "Therefore My people have gone into captivity,
because they have no (true) knowledge... because they have
rejected the law of the LORD... and despised the word of the Holy
One of Israel" (Isa. 5:13, 24).  Our substitute teachers have
gotten rid of God's law to pay homage to men!  Our lewd leaders
have dishonored God's Word to play with humanist ideas!  Since we
have chosen such an empty education, a shallow understanding -
God is going to empty our land and throw us into the depths of
depravity!  Since we HAve preferred to pay tribute to mens' ideas
and have impeached God's truth - WE ARE TO BE THROWN OUT, exiled,
and subject to others!  "Because you did not serve the LORD your
God with joy and gladness of heart, for the abundance of
(material wealth and spiritual blessings), therefore you shall
serve your enemies, whom the LORD will send against you, in
hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in need of everything..."
(Deut. 28:47).  If we're not happy serving God, we're free to
become slaves to men!  If we don't want to enjoy God's ways,
we're offered NATIONAL CAPTIVITY!  The choice is clear: truth or
consequences!  What will it be?CHAPTER 3

                     TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES!


     The Bible warns of an upsurge in Satanic activities.  We are
told that his invisible sway has affected all nations, deceiving
the whole world. It will soon endanger earth's very existence
(Rev. 12:9)!  Dark storm clouds are gathering, preparing to cover
every continent - but there is a silver lining.
     As global tensions increase, and threats of confrontation
escalate, we might very well wonder whether humanity will survive
this climactic century.  UNLESS there's a GOD to intervene, we
have a bleak future indeed: a DEAD PLANET!  Will earth become a
nuclear fireball?  Will charred bones - aftermath of unleashed
atomic fires - and the smoldering ruins of a suicidal
civilization be all that's left?
     What's this world coming to?  Its prophesied end!  God told
Adam and Eve the facts of life and they chose death.  We have all
rejected what's good for us and insist on doing our own thing.
Everybody has chosen to snub God and eat the forbidden fruit.
The Eternal Creator God, in His dealings with men and nations,
has always afforded us a choice.  Man has been made a free moral
agent and isn't an idle automaton.  Therefore, it is incumbent
upon mankind to CHOOSE what they are going to do: follow God's
Book of Life or go it on their own.  But a sobering
RESPONSIBILITY accompanies that freedom of choice!
     The Great Lawgiver has decreed that man must assume
responsibility for his actions, and in a sense, for the
collective actions of the nation as a whole.  The Supreme Judge
of the Universe has now chosen - in these last days of
civilization (as we know it) - to call mankind to an accounting.
Where will we stand?  Where will YOU stand?  It's time we find
out. This is a LIFE and DEATH situation!
     God is again about to offer His Holy Spirit (the Tree of
Life) to mankind.  But God is first, as a witness, thundering to
our lethargic world that we have been deceived.  We have got to
WAKE UP to what's really going on, and be warned about
catastrophic events ready to strike!  We'd better take action and
make drastic changes!
     In order to escape atomic annihilation, we've got to turn
around and go the other way.  We are headed in the wrong
direction!  The fate of our nation hangs in the balance.  The
choice of continued freedom and national existence is up to
Washington (London, Jerusalem, Pretoria...) and us to decide.
Will we act now to halt America's decline in the face of the
dangerous European ascent?  It is extremely urgent that we
recognize the serious significance of worsening world conditions
and its relationship to the U.S. scapegoat - IF we are to avert a
crisis situation and violent confrontation with an INDEPENDENT
EUROPE!
     Regardless, God will remember His many promises to offer us
His Holy Spirit again.  We can either learn our lessons now (by
believing the Bible about imminent national destruction) - or
reject God's warning and scoff at it, as usual, only to have a
RUDE AWAKENING in concentration camps!  What will it be?

Our Dying Civilization

     We are living in a sick world.  This dying age desperately
needs God's Tree of LIFE and its healing qualities (Rev. 22:2).
Will we get help?  Or will we go on like sheep to the slaughter?
Why see how close to the edge we can get?  Why deliver our loved
ones into the rough hands of those who hate us?  Why surrender to
enemy terror and the savage state of near extermination?
     Yes, from that selfish act in Eden, the whole course of
history was set, and the entire world has been swept away.  That
"crime of the centuries" opened up the floodgates of hell. We are
still suffering its consequences.  The daily newspapers and
evening news testifies that we are WITHOUT EXCUSE!  Our own way
has not been better!  Civilization is about to die - the end
result of going the WRONG WAY!
     In the face of such a frightening torrent of sin, there
appeared One Man who dared to stand up against it.  By divine
conviction, He defied the "impossible" by living in harmony with
the Tree of Life, despising the lie of the Tree of Death and
rejecting its "advances."  By that One Man's bold action and
divine initiative, the way has now been reopened to the Tree of
Life (1 Pet. 2:21).
     The Tree of Life and its immortal fruit had been off-limits,
closed to mankind, because God refuses to impart God-Life to
"hardened criminals" (Heb. 3:13).  Misery loves company, but one
Satan is more than enough!  But now, through Christ, we can have
direct access to that Tree and to the Father (whom mankind still
doesn't know).  We are afforded the priceless opportunity to live
a new and different life, in loving obedience, having been
rescued from our old ways and forgiven our ignorance.
     Through this comparatively chosen few - who have had their
eyes opened to see this world for what it really is, in contrast
to what it can become with God's Help - God has prepared the
foundation for His coming Kingdom (Jn. 14:1-3).  Just as Satan
took advantage of Adam's deceived descendants (to fill the earth
with violent lies and a corrupt system), God will utilize those
enlightened in Christ to teach the truth and administer proper
justice (Rom. 5:19).



A Nation of Drug Addicts

     But presently God's truth is suppressed.  Pagan
superstitions have clouded Christianity and dulled too many minds
(2 Cor. 4:4).  We haven't been enlightened by God's truth - we
have been DECEIVED by Satan's lies!  His serpentine ministers
have been working overtime!  They have drugged our nations into a
comatose state!  They have poisoned the churches with their venom
and smitten fools with their "love!"
     WAKE UP, AMERICA, lest you die in your sleep!  America's
hour has arrived to receive her last WARNING!  If we stumble,
England and Israel will fall too!
     We have not known the liberating truth of God - instead we
have been chained to tradition!  We are about to come to a
grinding halt, due to an "oil shortage" (Mat. 25:8).  That proper
understanding is only available by an acceptable attitude and
response (Ps. 111:10) - a Biblical standard we're supposed to
uphold (Isa. 62:10), not just stand by and watch as it's tossed
to the side by rambling ministers (Acts 5:29, 32).
     We are headed for disaster!  We have been deceived and don't
even realize it yet.  We have been misled by siren-songs and
religious lullabies (Isa. 30:10). Sugar-coated sermons (lacking
real substance), pretty prayers, and nice thoughts can't save us!
Many, unable to be sustained on such an unhealthy diet, will
succumb to malnutrition and die, their bellies bloated with their
preacher's hot air (Amos 8:11, 2 Pet. 2:18).  All the altar-calls
in the world can't save a single soul - if they're only coming
back to human traditions and not to God (Hos. 7:14, 16)!

No Holding Back

     God understands many are sincere, but are sincerely wrong,
having been led astray.  That's why God has raised up the
Philadelphia Church of God to "CRY ALOUD, SPARE NOT, lift up your
voice like a trumpet (warning of war!), and show My people their
transgressions (cause of coming war), and the House of Jacob
their sins" (Isa. 58:1).  We need honest men to explain what our
nation is doing wrong, to show us where we are off-track, and
point us back in the right direction.  God's ministers are to
speak out and show no mercy!  Don't compromise God's message to
appease us - that's not love!  Challenge our conventional
thinking.  Get us good and angry.  You might save us!  (Yet,
tragically, the Worldwide Church of God has been led off the
track God inspired Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong to blaze, succumbed
to a Laodicean condition [Rev. 3:16], and have returned to
Protestant Egypt!).
     We need our sins clearly defined and spelled out, because we
wouldn't guess the half of them.  They have been white-washed.
The Enemy has cleverly embedded them in religion.  He knows
that's the last place most people would look.  But religion is a
big part of our downfall!
     God hasn't written us off - yet!  For the most part, God has
been letting us stumble on in our own ways, and simply pay the
price, and exact the natural consequences of our actions (Jer.
2:19).  God hasn't intervened (as a general rule), but has
basically followed a hands-off policy.  But God is now taking an
active interest in our affairs, and with decisive action, has
brought our Israelite nations into JUDGMENT!
     God charges us with constant violations, and presents our
mounting infractions as evidence against us.  We are now required
to act upon what God is revealing and make due restitution.  We
are now obligated, as never before, to change or stand corrected!
We are now held accountable for what we know (unable to claim
ignorance), and are henceforth responsible for all that we choose
to do (Jn. 15:22).
     God is making His SENTENCE known!  We can try and ignore it,
but it won't go away.  We are free to reject it and return to our
old ways of thinking.  But God has graciously warned us to avoid
those "condemned buildings."  He doesn't want anybody trapped
inside (2 Kgs. 10:23, 2 Pet. 3:9).
     Our PROBATION is intended to give us the necessary time to
prove that we have changed course, that we want what's right - it
is not a pardon to continue in wrongdoing (Gen. 19:17)! Mercy
isn't permission.  God doesn't excuse those who would abuse this
grace-period (Rom. 2:4).  We can't keep living a lie once God's
shown us the truth.  We are WITHOUT EXCUSE!  God is stripping
away every distortion and wants the facts to speak for
themselves.  We can't honestly disagree with God's words, or
reasonably argue against His wisdom (Acts 6:10).

An Unholy Trinity

     Atheists and agnostics, due to an ignorant "intellectualism"
that has closed their minds to common sense, have arrogantly
attempted to deny the Creator's existence.  They have foolishly
rejected the facts of nature for the superstition of vain
theories (Rom. 1:22).  They are deceived, having devoured the
forbidden fruit that promised them a "higher education" (Gen.
3:5).  They have simply been brainwashed - blinded by a stubborn
pride and ensnared by ego.
     The scientific community (those members who reject
supernatural evidence) have taken advantage of the respect
society has shown them.  They have abused their authoritative
positions to preach belief in their unholy trinity: evolution,
humanism, and ethical relativism.  Those illegitimate children
(of Einstein's theory of relativity) deny God's existence, insist
that there aren't any absolutes, and consequently judge
everything by human standards (1 Tim. 6:20, Rom. 1:18-20).
     But they've got it all wrong!  They are still searching for
the "missing link" to confirm their faith!  They know they're
"not all there!"  They are incomplete without that conclusive
proof. But they are looking in the wrong direction.  We are to
look up to God and consider our awesome potential (Ps. 8).
Prisoners of the past, their fossilized minds are oblivious to
our Link with the future.
     Man's connection with animals is basic; we are both made of
matter (Gen. 2:7, 19).  But man's relationship with GOD offers
unlimited opportunities!  CHRIST is the Missing-Link (Gen.
28:12).  Not between man and animals, but between God and man!
He enables us to rise above ourselves, partake of His Divine
Nature, and anticipate our transformation into glorious Spirit (1
Cor. 15:49-53).  Human-beings, through the purifying process of
conversion, become God-Beings!  Mortals made immortal - not
through evolution, but by a resurrection (Ps. 82:6)!
     Scientists are welcome in God's Kingdom also. They are not
the only ones who have been confused about their "calling."
Unfortunately, religious superstitions (and scandals) have been a
stumblin gblock to atheists, and have prejudiced their minds
against all religion.  That pitiful fact doesn't justify
narrow-minded men, but it helps us to understand some of their
concerns.

Catholics and Protestants

     But what about TRADITIONAL CHRISTIANITY?  Has it escaped
from Satan's clutches?  Avoided his international deception?  Are
we hesitant, even fearful, to slaughter that sacred cow?  The
golden calf (of cherished beliefs) must also go through God's
fire to test its authenticity.  Will it hold up?  God commands us
to "PROVE ALL THINGS" (1 Thes. 5:21).  It is a lifelong process
of refining.
     Haven't most of us taken our doctrines for granted? Trusted
our Church leaders to tell us the truth? Didn't the entire
Protestant movement result from a serious cross-examination of
their Catholic mother? Did they find everything in order? Or
disarray? Could the Protestant groups also be wrong? Is it
impossible for them to be filled with error and deceit? Shouldn't
we check it out? Don't we owe it to ourselves and others? We have
nothing to lose and salvation to gain! Let's dare open our eyes
to see such "time-honored" traditions for what they are (Acts
17:11). But first let's examine the record of ancient Israel,
"the Church in the wilderness" (Acts 7:38).
God had repeatedly warned Israel to beware the Gentile influence
about them. Moses stressed the importance of not underestimating
the religious pull of the pagans and exhorted Jacob to resist
their evil and steer clear of Canaan's customs.
Nevertheless, Israel became polluted by too close of contact with
the ways of this world, and subverted from within by that "mixed
multitude" that had followed them out of Egypt. Obviously, too
many had only physically left Egypt, but secretly, in their
hearts and minds, remained behind (Acts 7:39).
God jolted Israel when He rejected their religion (as it had
become) and forced them to face reality: they were fired! God's
"Private Tutor" - trained to help mankind - had quit going by the
Book! Their lesson-plan, trying to receive accreditation from
others, began to include more human ideas, at the expense of
God's truth! Jacob lost his credentials, forgot his background
material, and  neglected his own education!
Much to their DISBELIEF and ANGER, God exposed Israel as steeped
in pagan superstition. That embarrassing revelation wasn't well
received. The fact that God branded their worship as unacceptable
was especially hard to swallow. He rejected it as an unfit
mixture. They had forced desegregation; integrating paganism with
God's truth! God condemns such diluted worship, regardless of
motives (Deut. 12:30).

 Deaf, Dumb and Blind!

Israel had smugly come to view herself as rather advanced,
superior in culture and civilization, which they were - as long
as they obeyed God (Rom. 2:17). But they were blind to their true
spiritual condition. They were ignorant that beneath the glitter
and glamor of success, sin was eating away at their nation's very
foundations (Amos 6:1-8).
As Isaiah lamented, "Who is blind but My servant, or deaf as my
messenger...?" (Isa. 42:19). How unfortunate, but true, that
God's Church and nation, throughout history, have suffered from
various blind-spots. We know so much, and yet so little!
Patriotic prophets urged Israel to forsake men's traditions for
God's commandments (2 Kgs. 17:13). Usually, such stirring appeals
to return to the law and covenant of God (our true Constitution)
fell upon deaf ears. Everybody was content with the status quo:
if it was good enough for others, it was good enough for them
-but it wasn't good enough for God!
Israel didn't want their boat rocked. They wanted to remain deaf,
dumb and blind! They were happy with their national holidays,
family traditions and childhood memories: so they were irritated
with God's people and attacked His message. They carried on, in
their stubborn ways, until they were carried away, carted off
like cattle into foreign lands (Ezek. 6:9)!
Ancient Israel's example proves it's not only possible, but
PROBABLE, for individuals and entire nations to become deceived!
Israel's religion was meaningless. They were only going through
the motions. As far as God was concerned their worship was
worthless. He didn't want anything to do with it. God hated their
dead faith and despised their hypocritical hymn-singing (Amos
5:21-23). Since they refused to lose their old-time religion to
find God, they lost their land and found themselves in exile
(Jer. 9:13-14).
God's intense hatred for religious sin still burns, and His stiff
sentences against pagan blends (destined to go up in smoke)
remains in effect (Rev. 19:3). Just because some of these things
might not seem all that important to us, doesn't mean they're not
serious to God. After all, from His vantage point He can see
things more clearly and keep them in focus. He's in a better
position to put things in perspective. The Bible shares God's
views, if we wonder how He looks at any particular subject (Isa.
55:8-9).
If and when we're not in harmony with the law and order of God's
universe, or out of sync with some scripture, we're encouraged to
have an attitude adjustment and/or religious alignment (Acts
3:19-21). We're freely offered, on a daily basis, to have our
Biblical balance restored, and our spiritual senses recharged
(Isa. 55:1).

 The Plain Truth

God intended for Israel to preserve His law in its purest form.
They were instructed to be intolerant towards any tamperings with
the Torah, and thereby safeguard themselves against deception.
This preventive measure would keep its simple (though profound)
precepts from becoming complex, its original intent from becoming
obscured, its statutes from becoming suppressed or twisted to the
confusion of Israel's citizens. God hasn't budged on this issue
either (Deut. 12:32).
God damns those ignorant scholars or "editors" who attempt to
alter or delete any of the material found within His Instruction
Manual for mankind (Malachi 2:12)! There's no such thing as
"higher criticism" - except in vain imaginations (Isa. 40:13).
We're to embrace the basic foundational doctrines that are
clearly evident in scripture. God doesn't require everyone to
master degrees to understand His Word (1 Cor. 2:10), but does
command us all to stick close to the trunk of the tree, and
reject anything that contradicts sound teaching (Isa. 8:20).
That's the surest way to avoid innumerable interpretations,
religious confusion, and ultimate deception (Prov. 16:25). Those
rebels who reject GOD'S PLAIN TRUTH for their own vague
"understanding" are misleading others. They're looking at things
from a "different angle" all right - they're seeing things
through the serpent's eyes!
God decrees the death penalty for treacherous pastor generals
(who wage war against truth), for false apostles (sent by Satan),
and lying ministers (who betray Christ). Satan deceives the
entire religious world by misrepresenting God! Satan the Devil
means, "the Enemy who slanders." And too many have believed his
"white lies!"
God understands the inability of some to comprehend that it's
actually possible to be "religious" for nothing. That explains
the reason why God has recorded many Biblical cases to state His
utter contempt for various religious practices.
Israel's rejection of truth for tradition resulted in their
DEPORTATION AND DEATH - reminiscent of  Adam and Eve. Such bitter
experiences are supposed to teach  and help us to learn from
others mistakes.
Would God allow a WAR to disturb our peace? Let something drastic
happen to shake us to our sense? Threaten Rome's revival and
Israel's downfall if we remain complacent in our customs?

 Torn Between Two Lovers

Speaking of our religious ancestors, God says, "Did you offer Me
slaughtered animals and sacrifices during forty years in the
wilderness, O House of Israel? You also took up the tabernacle of
Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, (icons) which you made
to worship; and I will carry you away beyond Babylon" (Acts
7:42-43). Israel was trying to live in sin and stay married to
God at the same time. They were torn between two lovers. They had
agreed to a monogamous relationship, but now they wanted the best
of both worlds. However, God made it clear from the beginning
that He wouldn't settle for an "open relationship." It was all or
nothing (Deut. 6:5)!
Joshua had to deal with this issue of half-hearted love and
divided devotion; Elijah had to tell us to make up our minds;
Jesus said you can't serve two masters - it only leads to
confusion! And yet traditional Christianity, every holiday
season, continues to mix and match PAGAN customs with Biblical
truths! Why TAINT the truth (Isa. 52:11)?
Israel was toting around idols while claiming to love God. If
they would've believed the Bible verses against idolatry, they
could've gotten rid of their excess baggage and lightened their
load. Evidently, they were like Catholics today who justify their
icons, and  Protestants who hang on to their mental images of a
long-haired, sleepy Jesus! Both interfere with the worship of the
true GOD who condemns attempts to make Him visible before
Christ's coming! We're to walk by faith, not sight! The first
commandment deals with coming to a proper understanding of WHO
AND WHAT GOD IS. Obviously, this remains a mystery to most since
they continue to expose their ignorance by breaking the second
commandment!
Remember the golden calf incident? They were so close to the
truth (Mt. Sinai), and yet so far away! They brazenly declared:
"This is your god, O Israel, that brought you out of the land of
Egypt..." and Aaron pontificated, and said, "Tomorrow is a feast
to the LORD" (Ex. 32:4-5).
 Spineless Ministers

While Moses was away, Aaron, who had withstood mighty pharaoh,
now gave in to Israel's demands and constructed their golden
calf! Meanwhile, God was instructing Moses to appoint Aaron as
high priest, and yet here he was following the crowd! How many
ministers today go along with trends they know aren't right? And
sanction sin by their silence? They're more afraid of their
congregations than the judgment of God!
Was Israel's homage acceptable to the true God? The One who
really freed them? Did He simply dismiss all  their religious
celebrations as "harmless?" Does God accept worship today that's
done "in His Name" - even if the holidays are invented by
apostate men?
God thunders the answer: "I HATE, I DESPISE YOUR FEAST DAYS..."
(Amos 5:21)! Pretty strong words from a God who knows what He
wants and refuses to settle for less (Jn. 4:23). The Biblical God
doesn't leave any doubt as to where He stands. He's not some
poor, confused, weak deity who'll take whatever type of worship
He can get. The Creator God is ALMIGHTY - with a strong Mind and
Character. It's His Way or not at all. He's described as a
JEALOUS GOD who wants our full attention (Rev. 3:15-16). Is this
the kind of God you know and serve?
Israel just barely survived their "near-death experience." Mt.
Sinai almost became "hamburger hill!" God had had enough and was
ready to destroy them (with their religious bull) and start over
again! Thankfully, even though some heads rolled, God accepted
Moses' merciful intervention on their behalf.
God didn't let up against Israel's traditional way of doing
things because He didn't enjoy watching them die. God didn't want
to see them prolong their misery. He told them (day in and day
out) they were killing themselves with their religious habits,
and encouraged them to return to their roots, come back to life,
and remember the faith once delivered (Ezek. 20:18-20). But
Israel didn't want to kick their habit, or break their addiction
to deception. They enjoyed sin's pleasures - until it finally
caught up with them!
 Israel was supposed to follow God's ways, do what's right in His
eyes, and trash the empty traditions of men. In fact, all the
Gentile religions are based upon human imagination. But GOD
called Israel to be different, to rise above misguided human
reasoning and embrace divine revelation. The precious possession
of God's truth is what separated Israel from all of the others.
God's unique revelation and intervention in Israel's affairs is
what sanctified them (Deut. 4:32-35). Only the truth - as opposed
to human fables - is what set Israel apart as special (Jn.
17:17).

 Religious Wrongdoing
Besides Israel's sedition at Mt. Sinai, there's the story about a
misguided man from Mt. Ephraim, named Micah. He actually stole
some silver from his mother to make an idol to "worship" God
(Judges 17:1-6)! How can the true God - who forbids stealing,
dishonoring parents and idolatry - accept such devotions? He
doesn't! How blind can you get? Yet to this day, the majority of
people continue to break God's clear commandments to do their own
religious thing!
Other worship that was worthless and condemned by God: evil
Cain's sacrifice wasn't accepted, but despised; Nadab and Abihu
(Aaron's sons), top-ranking ministers in the Tabernacle,
attempted to modify God's religious rules, "so fire went out from
the LORD and devoured them, and they died before the LORD" (Lev.
10:2); Korah, Dathan, and Abiram insisted on "serving" God as
self-appointed priests, "and the earth opened its mouth and
swallowed them up... and they perished from among the assembly"
(Numbers 16:32-33). Later Israel participated in pagan sexual
rites - as seduced by that sorcerer, Baalam, the father/founder
of "Interfaith, Inc." - and God plagued them for their spiritual
promiscuity: "And those who died in the plague were twenty-four
thousand" (Numbers 25:9).
Remember: all of these bankrupt accounts, and more, were
dutifully recorded for our sakes. Many have died "in the faith"
-a false faith! Therefore, even if we think we're standing on
some pretty solid ground, we'd better check again! It's better
safe than sorry. Why fall for the same old deadly sins (1 Cor.
10:11-12)?
Are you doing your own thing or what God says to do? When you
serve God, in accordance to His commandments, it makes all the
difference in the world. Will you enjoy a truly successful life
or simply endure your mortal existence? Will you share in God's
blessing or put  yourself under a curse?

 Stay on Course

We're not left to go it alone in this life. We don't need to
stumble into unknown territory. God - through Christ - has been
there before. He knows the way. He can lead us through. He's
already made it! In fact, God even offers us a map to avoid the
pitfalls. If we properly follow it we'll know what to expect, and
can be on guard against getting lost when the going gets tough.
So why not take God at His Word? Why let would-be guides take you
off the track with their traditions (Mat. 15:14)?
Only God has the prerogative to set standards! Why don't we
believe that He means what He says, and says what He means? We
don't need to second-guess Him. He's quite clear. But do we
really want to understand or just play stupid?
God's true people have always been taught to practice
discrimination. Yes, to know and make a difference between right
and wrong, good and evil (Ezek. 44:23)! And all based upon the
black and white of the Bible.
God condemns those who would confuse the issues, and complicate
the simplicity that's in Christ (Isa. 5:20). After all, that's
where Eve went wrong (2 Cor. 11:3). As God's Children, we're
expected to question everything and consider its spiritual source
(1 Jn. 4:1). What's there to hide? You shouldn't be afraid of
truth, you should beware of error! Look into your religion
deeply. Prove to yourself if it squares with the scriptures or
not (1 Thes. 5:21).
NEVER allow yourself to become a LOBOTOMIZED LAY-MEMBER! Don't
leave your mind at the door and quietly accept spoon-fed
doctrines, or get beaten into submission by fear of ridicule,
rejection, and/or questioned motivation (1 Sam. 17:29). Your
salvation is a legitimate concern! Don't entrust it to others
(Philip. 2:12). Think for yourself! Don't fall for those
ministers who only want to lord it over you (1 Pet. 5:3). Make
sure you're following Jesus Christ and not some man.

 Remember Your Roots!

After Moses' death, Israel got away from the ORIGINAL RELIGION
God had given them. Moses warned them they would. They'd even
begun to get that restless liberal spirit when he was alive.
Joshua blocked attempts to alter "Church doctrine" for awhile, by
remaining faithful to the MOSAIC LAWS (that were really God's
laws), but too many, surrounded by wrong influences, chose to be
led astray by "new truths."
Once Israel rejected their anchor, making reference to Moses'
stand on matters less frequently, they just drifted further away.
When they distanced themselves from God's clear "Fountain of
Life" - for muddled beliefs that couldn't hold water (Jer. 2:13)
- they forfeited their future and sentenced themselves to death.
God wants to set two things straight: #1. He refers to Moses as
His servant, present tense, and we'd better not forget it
(Malachi 4:4-5). He orders us to get back to the basics. How? By
remembering what we've been taught and shamefully let slip
-Moses' inspired words and works! Though Moses is dead, God's
truth we received from him, as well as his blessed memory, ought
to be very much alive! #2. God also tells us to expect Elijah's
prophetic work to set things back on track; restoring God's
tattered truths, and building up Moses' reputation again. We love
and honor God to the degree we are receptive to His servants. Is
Moses' influence, who foreshadowed Christ, evident in our lives?

 Kosher Food for Thought

We've seen how Israel thought they were pretty good, a fairly
religious folk, pleasing to God. But God rejected their rituals,
was weary of their ways, and tired of their traditions! They left
God's input out of their religion and forgot His servants!
But what about today? What about our "Christian countries?" And
is Israel really a Jewish State? Or a Gentilized state of Jews?
There is a difference! Are we left to our own devices, our
personal preferences, the "Church or synagogue of your choice"
mentality? Or does God have something to say to us also?
Meir Kahane, rabbi and author of Uncomfortable Questions for
Comfortable Jews, was to the Jewish establishment what Herbert W.
Armstrong was to traditional Christianity: an irritating prophet
who spoke the plain truth! I was living at Kibbutz Shoval, in
Israel's Negev desert, beautifying the grounds, when I heard that
he had been murdered in New York. When his funeral took place in
Jerusalem, I was honored to attend - and as a blond, stood out in
the black sea of haredim.
Is the modern Church or synagogue really any different from that
carnal "Church in the wilderness?" And if so, then why does God
warn us to run for our lives, to get as far away as possible from
certain practices He promises to plague (Rev. 18:4)? And why does
He expose those bastard beliefs as "baptized paganism?" (Rev.
17:5).

 Counterfeit Christians

Didn't Jesus say that the MAJORITY of ministers, all claiming to
represent Christ and preaching by His authority, would mislead
their members (Mat. 24:5)?
Didn't the apostle Paul warn about being blinded by high-ranking
theologians, respected Church fathers, and other religious
authorities? And that he wasn't surprised that such "spiritual
luminaries" were actually inspired by Satan? Are you surprised (2
Cor. 11:13-15)? Do you think it couldn't happen? THINK AGAIN!
Weren't we warned of a GREAT APOSTASY (2 Thes. 2:3) - to occur in
God's own Church - that would result in a counterfeit Christ,
another "gospel," and a different spirit (2 Cor. 11:3-4)? Are you
of the spirit of truth or error (1 Jn. 4:6)? How do you know? Are
you assuming  you've been taught the truth? Can you prove it from
the Bible? Have you seriously checked it out?
History records wolves in sheep's clothing infiltrated the
Church, introduced pagan ideas, and welcomed hordes of "converts"
who further corrupted the composition of the Church (Acts 20:29).
Embattled members of God's true Church (Lev. 24:2), particularly
John, Paul and Jude, stood as the vanguard against Satan's
attack. They urgently exposed error, warned repentance, and
exhorted the faithful to hold out, confident in Christ's Coming
and judgment (Jude 3-4, 2 Thes. 1:8).
So what about today? Quite bluntly, we find a rebel Church full
of liars, far removed from its Biblical bearings, docked at
Babylon! They say they know God, and yet they repeat the lie that
the "law's been done away" (1 Jn. 2:4). They've got people
believing they're "free" to do as they please, it's all "grace"
now (Jer. 7:8-10). They're hostile to God's law, and just like
their father, Satan, don't want anything to do with obedience
(Isa. 30:9-10)! Christ isn't their Lord!
Traditional Christianity has done its own thing. They've been
busy at Babylon, where they've begged, borrowed and stolen
different wares from the pagan bazaar (Neh. 13:20-21). Meanwhile,
the true Christians decried these attempts to adopt demonic
doctrines (1 Tim. 4:1), and consequently endangered their lives !
Few realize the titanic struggle that taken place for control of
the Church (Jude 9). The forces of good and evil have battled in
every generation (Ephes. 6:12), but Christ promised that His
"little flock" - though often battered - would not be beaten
(Heb. 11:36-38). Our victory is assured (1 Jn. 4:4)!

Jewish Lawyers

God's Church foundation was to be based upon the apostolic
bedrock, with Christ as the cornerstone, headquartered in
JERUSALEM, the future capital of God's Government (Ephes. 2:20).
Jesus' Jewish apostles, authorized by God, were the true
Church-fathers, and as such, were experts in "Constitutional
law," qualified to Biblically settle disputes and set guidelines
(Acts 15:2). Counterfeit "Church-fathers," Gentiles, based in
Rome (whose appropriate symbol is the wolf!) - without any
Biblical background - were products of their pagan  environment
and subject to demonic influence (Acts 8:9).
Consequently, their diseased minds infected "Christ's Body," the
Church, with cancerous concepts (that contradicted scripture) ,
and weakened the defense of those who dared resist such chronic
changes (Col. 2:8). Both Polycarp and Polycrates, held on for
dear life to those priceless teachings passed down from Jerusalem
(2 Thes. 2:15). They both struggled, to no avail in the West, to
stem the flow of the Church's life-blood.
This deteriorating condition caused many to lose consciousness of
the foundational doctrines, and instead receive a delirious
infusion of "new and improved" ideas (Ezek. 20:24-25). Those
guilty of doctoring God's law are warned of an unprecedented
malpractice suit (Jas. 3:1)!
God's strict building codes command compliance. Everything's to
be built upon the Biblical basis (1 Cor. 3:10-17). The
traditional way of doing things is out (Acts 17:30)! Any
contractor - self-employed or commissioned - will be held
accountable for any faulty workmanship, shoddy performance, or
substandard measures (Ezek. 22:28). Does your Church hold up? Or
is it falling apart?
Religious confusion (leftovers from that early clash between
God's commandments and men's ideas) is still evident today (1
Cor. 14:33). God's sheep remain scattered, wandering in their
bewilderment; splintered into sects and divided into different
denominations and warring factions (1 Cor. 1:13). God holds the
shepherds, the religious leaders, largely responsible for
allowing error to creep into the Church, but the lay-members
share some blame too (Isa. 9:16). All of us must change and get
with it!

 Biblical Conclusions

How did Jesus' disciples figure out He was the Messiah? Did they
run and get approval from their synagogue rulers and chief
rabbis? Do you think the Jewish establishment would've spoken
highly of Jesus? Wouldn't they have spoken against Christ?
Branded him as a dissident (Jn. 7:43)? Warned their synagogue
members that Jesus was a false prophet, out to get a following
for himself, and to avoid him? To ignore his wrong teachings - or
get excommunicated (Jn. 9:22)?!
Jesus is very pleased when we check out our leaders (Rev. 2:2).
He doesn't condemn us for putting our pastors to the test (1 Jn.
4:1), but commends us for trying the scriptural slipper on them
(Ephes. 6:15).
 How do we know if our pastor general, our leading ministers, or
those appointed by them are kosher or not? Do we go and ask them?
Wouldn't that be pretty stupid? Should we just take their word
for it? Should we let them think for us? Is it Biblical for them
to tell us not to even hear someone out or read their literature?
Isn't that mind-control? Hasn't God given you a brain? Use it or
you'll lose it!
We're to CONSULT CHRIST! He's the Word of God. We're to
familiarize ourselves with God's Word, by reading it daily, to
KNOW whether someone's teachings are in agreement with it or not
(Acts 17:11). We don't need anyone to contradict what God's
personally taught us by His Spirit of truth (1 Jn. 2:27).
How could John make the statement - "If anyone comes to you and
does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house
nor greet him..." (2 Jn. 10) - unless he knew God's people were
studying the scriptures and proving whether various individuals
and ministries were of God?
What if the brethren didn't allow Paul to clear his name (Acts
9:27)? Hadn't heard him out? Didn't take the time to see what he
was doing? They would've NEVER been able to recognize him as
family and embrace Christ in him (Ga. 2:9)! In Paul's case, a
leading minister (Barnabas) did accept his conversion as real - a
topic of controversy at the time - and presented his case before
the Church. The leaders examined the new evidence surrounding
Paul and verified his innocence before the doubting Church.
It becomes common knowledge, after awhile, what the basic beliefs
are of different groups. We don't need "headquarters" to tell us
who's right and who's wrong, when they're the only ones who've
examined any "dissident literature." During Paul's "trial" the
whole Church knew his history and conversion; the good, the bad,
and the ugly! It wasn't hearsay: he was on public record.

Christ Unwelcome?

If something's suspect, ask questions. Don't stay in the dark!
Expect Biblically sound answers. If you get a run-around instead,
or weak excuses, you'd better determine if God's glory has left
your Church. Don't accept general accusations against others, or
go along sheepishly for a pat on the head! Beware personality
cults that can easily disfellowship true Christians (3 Jn. 9-10)!
It happened before, why couldn't it happen again? Only follow
ministers who go by the Bible and do as Jesus did.
Where's it written that Church leaders must repent? Where's
Christ promised to force their conversion? NOWHERE! Jesus tells
them to get with it or He'll leave (Rev. 2:5)! He doesn't stick
around where He's not welcome. He'll simply raise up another
organization. God's Holy Spirit isn't bound by any membership
list!
Too often Christ is on the outside looking in (Rev. 3:20)! Jesus
evens threatens to turn against those within the Church who've
turned against Him, betraying the truth (Rev. 2:16). He'll kill
those who still won't repent (Rev. 2:23)! Christ's surprise
inspection will catch some Christians off guard (Rev. 3:3), and
others will have to be purged from His Body of believers (Rev.
3:16). It makes you wonder: if God's people just barely make it,
where does that leave the rest (1 Pet. 4:18)?
The Church isn't immune from false doctrines, and its leaders
aren't infallible. God can prove us to see whether we'll follow
Him or blindly follow men! We need to follow Christ wherever He
might go. If He removes His Light of understanding, His
candlestick and Holy Spirit, from one organization to another -we
must be willing to pick up and go. Israel had to change locations
many times before they reached the Promised Land. Too many are
comfortably deceived and disobeying God to remain faithful to
their organization and loyal to a man! What about you?
 If we don't want to stand up for the Truth, God  will let us
fall for Satan's lies. It's our option. It's your choice.
However, Christ  begs us to COME OUT OF TRADITIONAL CHRISTIANITY
- or suffer the consequences (Rev. 18:4).




























VICTIMS OF TRADITION

True to His Word, God settled Israel in the Promised Land of good
and plenty, offering golden opportunities and every given
advantage. But unlike Abraham, Issac, and Jacob, their
descendants took everything for granted, began to lose contact
with God's reality, and actually forgot who rescued them from
Egypt!
God warned Israel for years about the dangerous road they were
taking. He patiently tried every possible approach to reach them,
and exhausted various methods to get through to them before it
was too late. But He had nothing to show for it. All His efforts
to work with these "repeat offenders" hadn't produced any
positive results. God's people failed to respond to His message
and only grew more bullheaded. There was only one option left for
disciplining Israel's deviants: NATIONAL CAPTIVITY!
Israel was imprisoned in exile! Jacob discovered how dreadful
wardens can be. Even Israel's hardened criminals (Ps. 95:8) were
soft compared to their callous conquerors (Deut. 28:50)!
Subjected to sadists, terrorized by torture, Israel begged and
cried for God to save them (Ps. 107:13). In their hell-holes,
their "brain-cells" and think tanks, they had plenty of time to
reflect upon their wayward lives (Isa. 24:22). When the heat's
on, it  can result in some serious soul-searching (Isa. 48:10).
Usually it's easier to listen and learn when you're down and out,
because you have nothing to lose and everything to gain: "And if
they are bound in fetters, held in the cords of affliction, then
he tells them their (crime) and (what their problem is) - that
they have acted defiantly. He also opens their ear to
instruction, and commands that they turn from (their wrong ways
and life of crime)" (Job 36:8-10).
It's typical to turn to God - when you're in trouble (Hos. 5:15).
Israel had sued, in effect, for divorce when they broke their
vows and committed adultery (idolatry). Prophets substantiated
these charges, Israel was convicted and led away, separated from
their God-given country.
 Humbled by circumstances, Israel became more ready and willing
to try and do what's right. Captivity gave them sufficient time
to think things over and realize their relationship with God
hadn't been the greatest. They remembered God's attempts to patch
things up and their stubborn refusal to accept "marriage
counseling."
Jacob had gone downhill fast and degenerated into a party animal
(deforming his God-given appearance). He let himself go and
indulged in degradation until his deportation. But finally sick
of sowing his wild oats and only heaping up more trouble for
himself, deprived of his "homelife" (that he had taken for
granted) and missing his homeland - Israel repented. Nothing
could compare to God (Hos.13:9-11).

 Incentive to Improve

 Whenever our behavior gets out of control, GOD LETS US LOSE
CONTROL! When we're held hostage to bad habits, and refuse to let
them go, WE GO INTO CAPTIVITY!  A national lack of discipline
results in God sending CORRECTIVE PUNISHMENT! Then we wake up and
get with it, and beg God to save us. The whole purpose is to
bring us to our knees and senses. That's the main reason behind
God letting us fall to Europe: to rise again in Christ!
God doesn't demand perfection, but He does expect progress. His
message of love and forgiveness ought to encourage everybody to
make something of themselves. We're to improve our lives. He even
offers us a loan (His Holy Spirit) to better ourselves, and He
promises to always stay by our side and see us through: "Fear
not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I
will strengthen you, yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with
My righteous right hand" (Isa. 41:10).
 God doesn't kick you when you're down, but helps you to get back
up and going: "For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, and
abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You" (Ps. 86:5). God
isn't interested in our downfall or damnation, but in our
forgiveness and salvation! "For God did not send the Son into the
world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might
be saved" (Jn. 3:17). God loves you!

National Heroes

  Whenever Israel would change their ways - having second
thoughts during their distress, reconsidering their options in
times of trouble - God would send relief. A charismatic
individual (or group of individuals) would stand out from the
rest, inspired with an urgent sense of  mission, and empowered to
rescue Israel. They'd liberate their land, beat back their foes,
and restore Israel to their God (Judges 2:18).
These folk heroes were known as "judges." God had chosen them
from all walks of life and from all areas of Israel. Many are
familiar with Samson, Deborah, or Gideon - just to name a few.
The Biblical book of Judges is devoted to recounting their daring
expeditions. But their duties went far beyond the military - that
was only a means to an end. They were more interested in waging
war against those causes for Israel's relapse.
These guerrillas for God and commandos for Christ would save
Israel from their enemies, and then attempt to save them from
themselves! Israel was their own worst enemy. The army chaplains
had their work cut out for them to exorcise Israel of their
demonic practices (Ps. 106:37). They never truly eradicated the
evil influences of paganism, but they managed to keep the problem
under control.
As guidance counsellors and parole officers, the judges
prescribed national therapy. They explored the reasons why Israel
would fall off-the-wagon and go on a backsliding binge. They
urged the nation to recognize their habitual pattern and exercise
greater self-restraint. How? By avoiding the Babylonian bars, the
Canaanite clubs, and the Egyptian dens of iniquity! Israel was
cautioned against spiritual promiscuity, and encouraged to stay
sober and celibate. They were to remain separate, act different,
and be distinct from all the others, by strengthening their ties
with the GOD of the Hebrews.

Never Forget!

The judges were to champion Israel's cause and remind them of
their humble origins. How we were a nobody, as good as dead,
enslaved to Egypt - but by God's grace we were made over, in His
own image, at Mt. Sinai (Ezek. 16). We were to remember our
roots: because God was committed to the covenant that He'd with
our fathers, He chose us as His people. We were to NEVER FORGET
how unique our experience was: "For ask now concerning the days
that are past... whether any great thing like this has happened,
or anything like it has been heard... did God ever try to go and
take for Himself a nation from the midst of another nation...
according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt...
because He loved your fathers, therefore He chose their
descendants after them; and He brought you out of Egypt with His
Presence, with His mighty power" (Deut. 4:32-37).
But we haven't been grateful; we've forgotten WE OWE OUR
EXISTENCE TO GOD! We need to live mindful of that fact and live
accordingly. If there's a God, why live like there isn't one? If
Jesus is the Messiah, then why ignore Him?
  We've gone off into our own little worlds. Consequently, we're
on the verge of a breakdown! Our nation's about to collapse!
We're going into captivity! We've trampled precious values for
worthless flings, and now permit perverts to redefine what's
"normal." Submerged in a moral morass, we suffer from gang
violence, abortion and AIDS, and yet the movie and music
industries continue to create more monstrosities. We need to stop
those pyromaniacs from throwing fuel on society's fire. The
coming holocaust is going to burn us all!
We've been living a lie and have loved to indulge in deception.
"Don't confuse me with the facts" has been our shameful attitude,
and truth has been treated like some social outcast. Therefore,
God threatens to use Europe to wake us up!

 Crumbling Foundations

The judges were to warn us that we've forgotten the foundation
for our family's stability and national security. We've
downplayed the roots of true religion and proper government: the
Mosaic law. We've cut ourselves off from God's covenant,
undermined our future, and divorced ourselves from reality. In
short, we've been acting like A BASTARD NATION!
We're to return to the faith of our fathers, and end our strained
relationship with them (Malachi 4:4-6). We haven't been "like
father, like son." And we haven't seen eye to eye, because we've
been distracted. We're torn between two lovers: God and mammon
(worldly riches).
The American dream of religious freedom has been abandoned in
pursuit of mindless materialism! God says to seek first the
Kingdom of God and all these things will be added to you. But
we've got our priorities backwards! We've turned our blessing
into a CURSE! Joseph's birthright, with all of its health and
wealth, has been idolized and abused! We've gone out of our way
to corrupt the divine image into self-made men and women (Deut.
8:17). We insist on playing by our own rules and reject any
thought of possible consequences! Can justice be delayed forever?

 Twisted Priorities

Since we're A NATION LIVING IN SIN - Jacob disowns us, Abraham
doesn't recognize us, and Issac mourns our mixed marriages!
Israel's birthmark was obedience to God (Gen. 18:19). We're to
return to the God, faith and works of our fathers. We're to honor
and respect them by following our Father God! "Doubtless You are
our Father, though Abraham was ignorant of us, and Israel does
not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father (not the pope!);
our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name" (Isa. 63:16).
Each time God rescued us from others to serve Him again, we
promised to straighten up and get our act together and keep our
part of the bargain: God would be our GOD and we would be His
people. However, characteristic of our unfaithfulness, we
continually broke our promise and betrayed our faith (Hos. 6:7).
We've neglected God's Word and have taken His truth lightly. How
many people do you know who read the Bible? And try to live by
it? Today it's acceptable to know all sorts of sports figures,
music trivia, and entertainment facts, but remain totally
ignorant about what the Bible says! People are prejudiced against
it who haven't even read it. Others have attempted to read it and
couldn't understand the old English - so get a modern version!
Don't give up!
 We "can't afford" to tithe and yet somehow always manage to find
the money for other things: cigarettes and beer, new clothes,
another car or cruise, etc. (Malachi 3:8-10). God says we've
stolen from Him! He's put the whole nation's under a curse! We
keep piling up our sins worse than the national debt! No wonder
our money doesn't seem to stretch too far and it's becoming more
difficult to make ends meet. We're throwing away good money after
bad each time we withhold tribute to God (Hag. 1:3-11). There are
spiritual factors behind our economic crisis! It's in our
national interest to obey God and invest some time in personal
Bible study.

 Illegitimate Children

 But instead of developing our relationship with God and staying
sober and celibate, we've whored around and given birth to pagans
(Hos. 5:7). That's why God can't accept us as His national priest
- our lifestyle choice misrepresents Him! God doesn't want any
part in our perversion. Since we've denied His natural order of
things, He won't recognize our illegitimate children! He hasn't
fathered them (Hos. 4:6)!
God says we haven't been humble and obedient like Abraham - the
father of the faithful - but are "...a rebellious people, lying
children, children who will not hear the law of the LORD..." and
don't want anything to do with the truth! We don't want to be
shown where we're wrong, and we don't want to hear about it (Isa.
30:9-11)! "So you shall say to them, 'This is a nation that does
not obey the voice of the LORD their God nor receive correction"
(Jer. 7:28). We've orphaned ourselves and act like bastards!

Drunks and Whores

Instead of becoming a model-nation we've become a STRIPPER! We've
taken all the fine things that God's given us and laid them out
before foreigners (Hos. 2:1-13)! We've squandered our time and
energy in pagan ways and heathen practices! Therefore, God's
going to STRIP AWAY OUR PEACE AND PROSPERITY! We're going to be
left exposed to the elements and stripped bare before NAKED
AGGRESSION! Since we refuse to return to God, we'll be sent back
into SLAVERY!
We're a nation of DRUNKS AND WHORES - so God's going to let us
hit bottom so hard it'll appear we'll never bounce back! God's no
longer going to enable us to carry on in our ways, drinking
ourselves to death and dying for sex! We've gone from bad to
worse: "You have stricken them, but they have not grieved; You
have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction.
They have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to
return" (Jer. 5:3).
We've become so hard-hearted, so cold and cruel, nothing seems to
phase us anymore, but God's taking away His protective shield
(Isa. 5:5). We're going to be ravaged by the weather and our
enemies! But we don't attribute the dramatic increase in "natural
disasters" and crazy weather to a spiritual upheaval. We fail to
see any connection between our land and our lives, even though
Solomon was wise enough to know there's a link (1 Kgs. 8:35-40).
We should realize that nature doesn't have a mind of its own, but
can be used by our Creator to get us thinking (Jer. 5:20-25).

Eviction Notices

 We've left God's ways, throughout history, to follow men's
ideas. We'd lose our love for the truth and become enamored with
error. Due to this spiritual insult and breach of contract, God
would send a number of eviction notices. He'd cite us for
breaking our lease and inform us we'd worn out our welcome. But
we'd rip us those notices and abuse those who delivered them:
"And the LORD has sent to you all His servants the prophets,
rising early and sending them (far in advance), but you have not
listened nor inclined your ear to hear. They said, 'Repent now
everyone of his evil way and his evil doings, and dwell in the
land that the LORD has given to you and your fathers forever and
ever" (Jer. 25:4-5).
  We didn't want to be reminded that God had set us free from men
to serve Him. We could only call the Holy Land home as long as we
remained holy! There were clauses that if we failed to make
repairs and keep the place clean, we could forfeit our Biblical
right to the land and be DISINHERITED (Jer. 17:4).
When Egypt denied us religious freedom and imposed their beliefs
on our forefathers, God prepared the Promised Land to accommodate
His people. This Homeland was to serve as God's Sanctuary and
Israel's haven. It offered us rest from politico-religious
persecution. We were now free to obey God and throw off the
shackles of human traditions. That was God's Purpose for bringing
us out from under the illusions of men: "For He remembered His
holy promise, and Abraham his servant. He brought out His people
with joy, His chosen ones with gladness. He gave them the lands
of the Gentiles, and they inherited the labor of the nations,
that they might observe His statutes and keep His laws" (Ps.
105:42-45).
God promised Abraham, His servant, that He would choose his
descendants as His Servant-Nation - that's why Israel is called
the "Chosen People." Our deliverance from Egypt  was only a type
of our future deliverance from Europe!
What we've seen, on a regular basis, is that we must be saved
from our sins - not just from men. Moses represented Christ
who'll truly set Israel free from this vicious cycle of sin and
slavery. Because as long as Israel's spiritual giants lived, the
people followed their example; but Israel's resolve died as soon
as they did! Israel was only faithful in being fickle! "Therefore
You delivered them into the hand of their enemies, who oppressed
them; and in the time of their trouble, when they cried to You,
You heard from heaven; and according to Your abundant mercies You
gave them deliverers who saved them from the hand of their
enemies... and testified against them, that You might bring them
back to Your law... And they shrugged their shoulders, stiffened
their necks, and would not hear... Nevertheless in Your great
mercy You did not utterly (destroy) them nor forsake them; for
You are God, gracious and merciful" (Neh. 9:26-31).

 Chaos and Confusion

In between judges, SPIRITUAL ANARCHY reigned! Everyone was on his
own. It was "let your conscience be your guide," and there were
as many unlicensed guides as there were Israelites! They had
rejected their common consensus: God's law. Without the compass
of God's commandments they quickly became lost in chaos and
confusion! From beginning to end, Israel insisted on doing their
own thing: "In those days there was no king (moral leadership) in
Israel; everyone did what was right is his own eyes" (Judges
21:25). Doesn't it sound like today?
It's been said, "Civilizations do not give out, they give in. In
a society where anything goes, eventually, everything will" (John
Underwood/The Boston Globe). Israel's liberty enslaved them!
Without exercising the necessary self-restraint, Israel drowned
in self-indulgence! They had forgotten - and refused to remember
- GOD had set us free to obey Him. They forgot that self-denial's
crucial for self-fulfillment. They rejected the character of
God's commandments to cater to self-interests. Therefore,
resisting the Spirit, God gave them over to the flesh.
Playing "God" was Israel's mortal wound. Demanding their rights,
they determined for themselves what's right and what's wrong,
rejecting God's standard of good and evil. God had commanded the
complete destruction of the Canaanites. As the Life-Giver and
Creator-Sustainer of all the universe, God has the prerogative of
deciding who should live or die and if and when. Not just for
men, but for entire nations and/or peoples too. The Bible records
God's verdicts on everything from individuals to families, cities
to nations - even the whole surface of the earth once!
 Yes, the Hebrew God commanded Israel to commit genocide in His
Name. God authorized Canaan's destruction and sealed their fate.
Israel was simply instrumental in carrying out the Divine
injunction. But they had "a better idea." They wanted to be more
humane and understanding than God.
 Instead of obeying God's clear-cut commands, they decided to
compromise. They only killed some and spared others, defying the
Executive Order. God sanctioned Canaan's death and Israel
pardoned them instead! And God does command capital punishment:
"...for (the minister of state) does not bear the sword in vain;
for he is God's minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who
practices evil" (Rom. 13:4). There isn't any contradiction: "thou
shalt not kill" is more properly translated "murder."

Mercy of Fools

Israel paid dearly for their mercy of fools. It eventually cost
them their land and lives! We can't afford to compromise with sin
- it only leads to catastrophe. Sin must be uprooted or we'll
defeat our purpose. Israel's promotion of "peace and
understanding" robbed them of what sense they did possess. Such a
ridiculous "peace" only served the interests of Israel's enemies.
It enabled the pagans to prosper and grow until they could turn
around and declare a CULTURAL WAR against them (Deut. 7:1-16)!
Israel's liberal policy of "separate but equal" gave way to the
more dangerous "peaceful coexistence" (Judges  1:28). Did God try
and live with Satan? Did He just dismiss the attempted coup as an
"understandable" outburst of anger and frustration? Or did God
throw Satan and his insurgents out? It wasn't an issue of whether
"there's enough room for both" - it was an act of justice!
 Yet Israel's State of confusion attempts to live side by side
with sworn enemies! They're actually dying to try anything but
what God says. The realist rabbi, Meir Kahane, was absolutely
right. He cited Israel's reluctance to "sink to the level" of the
Arabs as the reason they continued to be sunk six feet beneath
them! Self-defense isn't about what you want to do, but what
you've got to do to survive!
While the "Canaanite" minorities plot their takeover, waiting for
their first opportunity to revolt, Israel blindly engages in
"peace talks" and flirts with the false notion of "limited
autonomy!" God commands Canaan's death, or at least EXPULSION!
Two peoples living on the same land, both claiming it by divine
right, will never know a "just and lasting peace" (Judges 11:24).
Common sense should tell us that much, regardless of "Mideast
experts." Until decisive action is taken, and the Biblical
solution enforced, we'll only witness an escalation in this WAR
OF ATTRITION!

Everything's Upside Down

Part of the punishment to come upon our people was that: "The
alien who is among you shall rise higher and higher above you,
and you shall come down lower and lower. He shall lend to you,
but you shall not lend to him; he shall be the head, and you
shall be the tail" (Deut. 28:43-44).
 Today that's happening! It's going on right before our eyes!
Mass voter registration, "social mobility," and "economic
empowerment" are running us right out of our own neighborhoods,
public office and the work place! The minorities in our midst
have turned the tables and reversed the roles - with our help!
Reverse discrimination is the law of the land. Quotas condemn and
exclude our own people. The WASPs are being chased by the
"Canaanites!"

Minorities Out of Control

The Gentile animals stalk our land, rob us of our children, and
steal us blind (Lev. 26:22)! We're afraid to leave our homes, our
streets are unsafe to stroll, and our inner-cities are a
wasteland! Our prisons are overflowing, welfare is overtaxed, and
the white man's overburdened. Everywhere we look, the terror and
devastation testify we're being CURSED FOR DISOBEDIENCE (Deut.
28:15)!
Our national energy's sapped, our strength's drained, and our
resources spent! JOSEPH'S BIRTHRIGHT has been exploited by
foreigners! Our inheritance is almost gone! We've forgotten
"charity begins at home." America's too young to die, Britain's
growing old and bald before his time, but we still refuse to go
to our Doctor: "Ephraim (the British Commonwealth) has mixed
himself among the peoples; Ephraim is (half-baked). Aliens have
devoured his strength, but he does not know it; Yes, gray hairs
are here and there on him, yet (we still don't get it!). And the
pride of Israel (America/Britain) testifies to  his face (we're
confronted with the facts and figures - they're right before
us!), but they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek Him
for all this" (Hos. 7:8-10).

Drowning in Debt

As we go further into NATIONAL DEBT AND DISGRACE, instead of
turning to God for divine assistance, we turn to foreigners for
loans! But it'll be our downfall! Will Europe offer to bail us
out? Japan keep us afloat? Or will they forcibly put us into
receivership? Throw us into debtor's jail? Require FORCED LABOR?
Who hasn't heard of loan-sharks (Hos. 7:11-12)? Or how they fly
into a frenzy over blood-money? They won't just break our bones,
they'll BOMB OUR CITIES (Ezek. 6:6)!
If Israel (the American, British, and Jewish peoples) insists on
sacrificing national security (out of fear of world opinion,
instead of exercising faith in God), or sells themselves short
because of U.N. politics, they'll have signed their own death
warrant! To submit to this needless blackmail, or shamefully
follow others orders, is tantamount to treason!
GOD is Israel's One and Only! He's our Husband and King! We're
not supposed to allow other heads-of-state to push us around or
dare bully us with threats! Doesn't a descendant of David (Queen
Elizabeth II), rule from God's earthly Throne (1 Chron. 29:23)?
Aren't we God's earthly Kingdom (1 Chron. 28:5)?
 Didn't we tell the world to take notice when we defied pharaoh
to obey God? Wasn't that Message loud and clear? Are we afraid to
take a stand now? Isn't Israel's KING able to back up His claims
(Amos 5:6)? Can't He protect and reward those who risk it all to
follow His lead? Isn't our GOD above and over all, and in control
of everything?

 Failing Foreign Affairs

Nevertheless, Israel - starved for this world's affection and
seeking their approval (Jer. 4:30) - bent over backwards to
oblige every evil and support every cause (Ezek. 16:33). Since
"two's company, but three's a crowd," Israel's worship of the
"Lord" (Baal) and his mistress, the "queen of heaven," left
little room for the Hebrew God (Judges 2:11-13). But just as
well, because the BIBLICAL GOD refuses to associate with such bad
company (Ex. 34:14)!
Israel fell for the foreigners, foolishly believed their lies,
and blindly loved their ways: "They did not destroy the peoples,
concerning whom the LORD had commanded them, but they mingled
with the Gentiles and learned their works..." (Ps. 106:34-35). In
doing so, Jacob scrapped God's righteousness for human ethics
(Ps. 119:172), substituted pagan holidays for God's holy days,
and forgot God's blueprint to construct their own "new world
order" (1 Thes. 5:3).
In their mad rush to assimilate, Israel accepted Canaan's chic
ways and downplayed their differences. This "progressive" stance
caused many to fall, and Jacob's tolerance destroyed his own
immunity! Ancient Israel fell prey to every con-artist (painting
pretty pictures of peace), passing phase or new fad - drunk on
the ecumenical spirits: "...they have erred through wine, and
through intoxicating drink are out of the way; the priest and the
prophet have erred through intoxicating drink, they are swallowed
up by wine, they are out of (their wits and gone astray) through
intoxicating drink; they (can't see straight), they stumble in
judgment (they can't even walk a straight line!). For all tables
are full of vomit and filth; no place is clean" (Isa. 28:7-8).
The party's over, the place is trashed, and everybody's going to
wake up with a horrible hangover!
It's interesting to note, that during my days as a lowly
kibbutz-volunteer, the British were notorious for being drunks!
They had earned such a bad reputation that some kibbutzim and
moshavim wouldn't accept any English volunteers! God condemns the
Sceptred Isle for being SPIRITUAL DRUNKS! He castigates "...the
crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim" (Isa. 28:1-3). Of
course, we've all been a bunch of drunks and whores, in love with
Babylonian babes and brew: "Harlotry, wine, and new wine enslave
the heart... For the spirit of (promiscuity) has caused them to
stray (from the truth), and they have (whored around) against
their God" (Hos. 4:11-12). What nation hasn't had one too many
Catholic concoctions (Rev. 17:2)? It's time to GET SOBER!

 An Identity Crisis

Israel's compromise tested cancerous, Jacob's new "understanding"
proved contagious; their "enlightened" attempts to appease others
diseased themselves! It ate away at the very fabric of their
Biblical society. In pushing the "peace process" forward, Israel
fell backwards, sacrificed their divine culture, and became
confused about their own identity! Jacob's experiment with civil
rights backfired, as their "equals" became emboldened at Israel's
expense!
Today, by the same token, MILITANT MINORITIES have a dream:
supremacy. They only clamor for "equality" as a stepping-stone
for their real goal: replacing those in the positions of power
with their own kind. (Notice I stress militant minorities. There
are many minority members who aren't out to harm or undermine
Israelite culture). Multiculturalism is mad and destroys national
unity!
 Likewise, the early Church faithfully kept the SEVENTH-DAY
SABBATH (sunset Friday to sunset Saturday) for several hundred
years. Later, under political pressure and religious opposition,
they backed down. They allowed the observance of "the venerable
day of the sun" back-to-back with God's Sabbath. What a tragic
mistake! We're still suffering the consequences.
By sanctioning Sunday services, the Church gave SUNday the
necessary clout to claim "equality." That peaceful coexistence
was short-lived, however. Soon the Gentile "converts" managed to
make it illegal for Christians to keep the "Jewish Sabbath!" In
365, during the Council of Laodicea, they had cleverly
substituted Sunday for the seventh-day Sabbath!
Earlier, to promote "unity" - NOT the truth! - the Council of
Nicea (in 325) ruled the Christian PASSOVER (commemorating Jesus'
death) had to go! Whoever disagreed faced the death penalty!
Their religious fabrication emphasized Jesus' resurrection - in
direct violation of Christ's command! Eventually they stopped
their charade of keeping Passover, and called their celebration
"Easter." But they forgot to give it a Christian-sounding name!
Easter's the Babylonian spring goddess - Baal's playboy bunny!
They had given up the kosher Lamb of God for a rabbit trick!
   In time, anything even remotely "Jewish" about the Church came
under attack! The Gentile minority-turned-majority demanded
changes to reflect their "universal" appeal. They wanted to
appear more inclusive - at the expense of the Church's Jewish
(read Biblical!) heritage. They were intent on destroying the
doctrines they once held dear!

Changes... for the Worse!

Misguided ministers GUTTED THE BODY OF CHRIST and were now
picking at the bones! In their racist zeal, they were throwing
out the original truths and replacing them with popular error.
The early Church, with its now-derided leaders, should've NEVER
attempted to power-share! It only led to disaster. They foolishly
enabled their "equals" to oust them ( 3 Jn. 9, 10)!
Not everyone was thrilled about all the changes taking place. The
flood of "new truths"  had come so fast and furious, many were
caught off guard (Rev.12:15). They were simply unprepared for
this "scholarly" onslaught (Malachi 2:12). Some expressed
concern, others questioned what was going on, but everyone sensed
something just wasn't right. It seemed almost overnight
everything they'd been taught was somehow wrong. Now there were
DIFFERENT MEANINGS given to Biblical words, and supposedly the
Church now had a "deeper understanding" of various scriptures.
What was troublesome to longtime members, though, was that these
DOCTRINAL DIFFERENCES didn't enhance or add to whatever they
already understood - it took away, undermined, or totally denied
what they'd PROVEN to be true!  They felt that they shouldn't
give these new "Christians" the time of day ( Ga. 2:5) and agreed
with the words of the apostle Paul: "Do not be unequally yoked
together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness
with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? And
what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer
with an unbeliever? And what agreement has the temple of God with
idols? For you are the temple of the living God" (2 Cor.
6:14-16)? Therefore, they refused to surrender God's truth,
accept a pagan truce, or enter into a marriage of convenience.
They knew better! And they weren't going to deny God's truth or
ignore it - despite charges of "refusing to grow" and
"worshipping a man" (Paul)! They knew the true source of such
slander (Rev.12:10).

 The Faithful Few

Those Church members who remained faithful to the original
Christian beliefs and authentic practices, were forced to flee
for their lives. They became part of the "underground," and got
involved in "the resistance movement." They had to hide out in
the mountains and valleys of Europe and Asia Minor to escape
persecution and death (Rev.12:6). Beyond the pale of the pope,
these "wandering Jews" carried their "Sanctuary" with them, and
its attendant truths (Heb.11:38). During their wilderness trek,
God's true Church would retain its unique identity (Jn.17:11).
Though banished upon penalty of death, these freedom-fighters
kept the FAITH alive (Jn. 8:32). They knew that God would end
their exile, and waited patiently for TRUTH to triumph over
tradition!

 Voices of Dissent

Israel's attempts to be evenhanded only allowed the Canaanites to
encroach upon their cultural territory. Slowly but surely,
Israel's Biblical blueprint became blurred, their distinct
identity smudged, and their Manifest Destiny faded. They'd
forgotten their purpose for living and lost their national zeal.
Therefore, God sent them patriotic messengers to remind them.
They warned their country was going down in defeat if they didn't
rise to the occasion. Israel rejected such lone individuals -
crying out in the midst of their spiritual wilderness - as
uninspired and backwards (Isa. 40:3). They despised their Message
as too narrow-minded, racist and behind-the-times.
 Strangely, every time Israel backslid further, they proudly
presented it as "progress!" They resisted any change for the
better, and fought against proposals to restore their national
faith and confidence. Israel opposed every effort to "turn the
clock back" and laughed at the idea that they were going to lose
the next big war!(Habbakuk 1:5-6). They wouldn't hear of it (Acts
7:51)!
Not content to just leave well enough alone, the PRIESTS AND
POLITICIANS resorted to character assassination. The authorities
abused their positions of power and influence to stir up the
people against God's "rabble-rousers." They'd hatefully engage in
defamation and attack God's truth with murderous lies. They often
put out a hit and signed contracts - to silence the critics of
their corrupt system - with their own blood. God blows their
cover and exposes their conspiracy with a vengeance (Mat.
23:27-39)!
 God blasts our BLOODY LEADERS who've overstepped their bounds
(Ex. 19:20-25)! He condemns those OLD GOATS who've bucked His
system to keep their own ( Ezek. 34:17)! Their slaughter's near!
After vivid warnings and cries for change went ignored, God spoke
to our people in the only language we seem to understand: FORCE!
Following border attacks and terrorist incursions - and we still
didn't get it - God let the Israelites lose. They wouldn't serve
God and give tribute to His goodness, so they were left to pay
tribute to tyrants and serve  men!

 History Lessons

Whenever Israel made up their minds to follow God, they'd also
long for their Homeland and beg to be taken back (Jer. 31:21). So
a man with a mission would appear "out of nowhere," and rescue
our endangered people (who had been brought back to their
senses), and restore their God-given liberties.  He'd then
proceed to rehearse the history of our ancient nation; how God
had set us free from Egypt (and every other oppressor) to obey
Him,  and then warn us to NEVER FORGET! Because "A nation that
has forgotten its past can have no future" and "He must indeed
have a blind soul who cannot see that some great purpose and
design is being worked out here below" (Churchill).
Our national saviors were to jog our memories and remind us of
our responsibilities. Because "The United States are under
peculiar obligations to become a holy people unto the Lord our
God" (Ezra Stiles, then president of Yale, in 1783, in a major
address to the Assembly of Connecticut).
 We were to know, beyond any shadow of a doubt, that God had
called us to be His People, representing His Government, to every
nation on earth. He had raised our level of consciousness, given
us a heavenly outlook, and wanted that reflected in our living
standards. We were to be free of men's religious ideas and human
reasonings (all the other nations were flawed with them), and
enjoy our new lease on life. Once liberated from lies and
delivered from deception, we were supposed to always remember the
reason we were saved from treason was to SERVE GOD!
 After all, "God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the
liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction
that these liberties are the gift of God? Indeed I tremble for my
country when I reflect that God is just, that his justice cannot
sleep forever" ( Thomas Jefferson).
 If and whenever Israel began to slip back into their old habits,
and took their freedom for granted, and forgot that God had given
them their life and liberties, and didn't want to hear about it,
but developed the dangerous attitude of "I don't care" and "I
don't want to know" - IGNORANT AND INDIFFERENT! - God said,
"Fine, if you're not happy serving Me, feel free to return to
slavery!"

What You Want, Is What You'll Get!

 God gives us what we want, but we usually don't take Him
seriously, UNTIL it's too late! When the heat's on and we feel
the pressure, but still maintain our "innocence" and wonder
what's going on, God calls our bluff and lays it on the line:
"Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your
land, so you shall serve aliens in a land that is not yours"
(Jer. 5:18). If Israel's so captivated with TINSEL TRADITIONS,
God lets them get blinded by their lies: "But My people would not
heed My voice, and Israel would have (nothing to do with Me). So
I gave them over to their own stubborn heart, to walk in their
own counsels" - to follow their own advice and get a taste of
their own medicine (Ps. 81:11-12).
Are we any different? Haven't we also insisted on doing our own
thing? Don't we take virtual pride in the "I did it my way"
approach? Didn't Adam and Eve curse us with that character
defect? Isn't it highly offensive, in fact ATROCIOUS, in God's
eyes, for His people to begin to demand rights that He never
offered? Rights that would, with time, undermine the  GREAT
SOCIETY He's building? Rights to engage in activities that are
contrary to His very Purpose and hope for mankind: that we should
be created in His Divine Image? Rights that fly in the face of
common decency and aren't sanctioned by the scriptures? Rights
that are out of line and harmony with the holiness we've been
called to?
 Only the serpent presents that which is TABOO as desirable! He's
the god of rebels and leads them to self-destruct! You'll either
serve God or Satan. It's up to you to choose who your master will
be. But if we listen to the serpent, fall for his old line, and
assert our "independence" by eating the passion fruit, having had
our minds poisoned against God's Reason, then God lets us get
addicted to the strong drug of delusion: "Just as they have
chosen their own way, and their soul delights in their
abominations, so will I choose their delusions, and bring their
fears on them; because when I called, no one answered, when I
spoke they did not hear; but they did evil before My eyes, and
chose that in which I do not delight" (Isa. 66:3-4). We're going
to be left alone! Just like we thought we wanted! But we're going
to find out how scary isolation can be!

 Questionable Standards

Who isn't an "a la carte" Christian? Or Jew? What church or
synagogue wants God to order that they can only pick and choose
from a "kosher menu?" What Christian today feels any shame for
celebrating Christmas (Saturnalia), or expresses heartfelt
remorse over observing an Easter-sunrise service (Ezek. 8:16)?
Who says we can now eat pork? Peter's vision of the "unclean
animals" was about GENTILES whom God had cleansed! Read his
interpretation of it - after all, it was given to him to
understand (Acts 10:28)!
 God's people must accept GOD'S STANDARDS of good and evil, right
and wrong, clean and unclean - but we've thrown everything in
together and can't seem to get things sorted out, having taken a
liberty with God's word and law that He hasn't given us! "Were
they ashamed when they had committed  abomination? No! They were
not at all ashamed; nor did they know how to blush. Therefore
they shall fall among those who fall (the slain); at the time I
punish them, they shall be cast down, says the LORD" (Jer. 6:15).
God's going to put us back in our place! We're acting
presumptuous when we follow man-made rules and regulations! We're
to follow GOD - if we want to live!

 Abominable Christians

 Professing Christianity - steeped in unscriptural ways -enjoys
participating in every pagan  abomination. They certainly don't
feel any guilt or see anything wrong with it - because they're
reprobate and blind! They don't even realize their gall before
God, who says He can't stomach their ways! "So then, because you
are lukewarm (lackadaisical), and neither cold nor hot (zealous
for God's way), I WILL VOMIT YOU OUT OF MY MOUTH" (Rev. 3:16).
 God says He's sick of our religious sins! He's disgusted that
those who should know better, who say that they're in shape, are
spiritually soft and flabby. They're going to get a work-out real
soon to show them their pitiful condition! They can shape-up, or
get shipped out - with all the other prisoners of war!
Instead of appreciating those honest enough to blow the whistle
(on baptized paganism and a growing apostasy), corrupt Church
officials rail against them - upset that not everybody's so
willing to toe-the-party line ( 1 Kgs. 22:8)! They foolishly
flounder to excuse themselves and deny that they're involved in
any wrongdoing! But no matter how hard they try to whitewash
their ways, or camouflage their pagan practices with
Christian-labels, they're not fooling anybody but themselves:
"For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, yet
your iniquity is marked before Me, says the Lord GOD. How can you
say I am not polluted, I have not gone after the Baals?" (Jer.
2:22-23).

Jesus ISN'T Lord!

But we've followed  false Christs! That's why Christ asked: "But
why do you call Me 'Lord, Lord,' and not do the things which I
say?" (Lk. 6:46). Whether we realize it or not, we've given our
hearts to "another Jesus;" we've received "another spirit;" and
we've believed "another gospel" (2 Cor. 11:4)! How can we say
we're following Jesus when He kept the seventh-day Sabbath, and
yet all these "Christians" are keeping SUNday? Keep pagan
holidays, when Jesus only celebrated God's holy days? Believe you
go to heaven or hell, when Christ taught Heaven will be
established on earth and the wicked will be destroyed?(Rev.
21:2,8). Eat pork and shrimp and lobster, when Christ would throw
up at the thought?!

Jesus Vs. His Message

But Jesus prophesied of this very thing, when He said many
ministers would come with a message about Christ - but not about
HIS MESSAGE! That's how they'd mislead the masses and deceive the
world! They'd distract attention from Christ's Message, by
focusing in on Him!
 Jesus was a Messenger, sent from Heaven, to deliver the Father's
GOOD NEWS: that GOD'S A KINGDOM that'll rule all earth, as well
as a ROYAL FAMILY (into which we can be born)! Jesus warned about
the narrow "gospel" about Himself, but assured us He'd restore
the true gospel - the awesome Message He brought
special-delivery, with tender loving care - as a SIGN that we're
finally at the end of this age (Mat. 24:5, 14)! You've been given
THAT sign! Will you recognize its significance and wake up to
what's going on?! God help you to answer His call and respond to
His message!

 The Babylonian Whore

We can't get away with the excuse that "everybody's doing it."
We're to get as far away as we can from those traditions that
have led us astray! God says to run for your life (Jer. 51:9)!
But some are still falling for Rome's father-figure! The CATHOLIC
WHORES have sold-out and bought the Babylonian lies - as promoted
by that pimp, Simon Magus (Acts 8:9)! Not to be outdone, the
PROTESTANT PROSTITUTES strut their stuff, sacrificing purity for
paganism, violating God's laws for their lewd ways!
 Most Protestants know who the Babylonian whore of Revelation
17:5 is and loudly say so. What they don't  realize is that
they're condemning themselves also, because "LIKE MOTHER, LIKE
DAUGHTER!" (Ezek. 16:44). God's not tricked by traditions, and
isn't sold on religious ideas! Jesus' true followers aren't
defiled with deceit (Rev. 14:4-5). They've learned to be honest.
God doesn't prostitute the truth to make it more palatable (Deut.
23:17-18). He's not so "easy!"
 But traditional Christianity, like an adulterous woman, "...eats
and wipes her mouth, and says, 'I have done no wickedness' (Prov.
30:20)."  Too many Christians are in denial! They sit down at
Baal's corner bar and grill and make a pig of themselves - eating
unclean things! But God's NOT a slob! He doesn't lower His
standards or forget His values (Rev. 3:20). Would Christ feel
comfortable at your dinner table?
 Jesus' virgins resist peer pressure. They don't give in for a
SUNday dinner! But "Christianity" has cheapened itself! When God
got wind of their ways, He blasted their rank religion and
rejected it (Isa. 65:5) . Their holier-than-thou attitude STINKS!
It gets God burning mad, and irritates Him to no end, that
ministers keep screwing their members and twisting the truth!
 Shamefully, people prefer PERVERTED PREACHERS! Consenting
Christians love their lies! They delight in deception! But God
condemns their SPIRITUAL PREFERENCE as inexcusable! Jesus even
exposed certain cities of His day as worse than Sodom and
Gomorrha, and indicated that they would've repented given half a
chance. He did state that their "day in court" would be better
than those who had seen the Light and yet chose to remain in
darkness (Mat. 11:20-24). Christ didn't sanction their choice, He
denounced their "alternative lifestyle!"

 Idolatry and Immorality

God condemns our countries for IDOLATRY - not just for
immorality! We've got to come to see, know and realize that God
doesn't go for us following traditions all starry-eyed. We're
supposed to be in love with God's way and follow His
commandments! We've got to get our priorities straight and stop
putting our ways before God's (Ezek. 20:18-21).
 If we stubbornly insist on observing pagan holidays, we're
nothing more than idol-worshippers! When we rebelliously reject
God's holy days, we're worse than witches: "For rebellion is as
the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and
idolatry" (1 Sam. 15:23). Since we've rejected God's word, He's
rejected us! Europe's about to forcibly remove us from office!
We've jeopardized our position as leader of the free world, and
are already staggering, having lost our Biblical balance - it's
only a matter of time before we fall!
It's strange, but true! It's actually the religious, the
Christians and Jews, who are immoral! Because we've polluted our
land with pluralism, flirted with foreigners and whored around
with pagans, God's going to let them have their way with us!
We're going to be RAPED AND BEATEN! Our enemies are going to
strip us bare and show us no mercy! They're going to treat us
like white trash! We haven't kept ourselves for God, so we'll be
given to others! We're going to be sent away (as slaves) in SHAME
AND CONFUSION! And, believe it or not, it's our "trusted allies",
our "faithful friends", who are going to commit this date-rape!
It's our INTERNATIONAL LOVERS who'll betray us (Ezek. 23)!

Stubborn Religious Leaders

Jerusalem, symbolic of the Church (Heb. 12:22), is supposed to be
the City of truth and Godly character based upon God's liberating
law - instead we discover a dreadful description of it as "Sodom"
and "Egypt" (Rev. 11:8)! Who was PROUD as Sodom, and as STUBBORN
as Egypt? God speaks to our religious leaders, and addresses our
national laity, in a less-than-flattering way: "Hear the word of
the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; give ear to the law of our God,
you people of Gomorrha..." (Isa. 1:10). Our leaders are told to
listen, and our people are supposed to pay attention, to God's
word and law! The ministers have been GUILTY of substituting
their words for God's! We're not used to God's tough talk and
rough language.

Taken to Task

 God continues then, in Isaiah 1:11-15, with a series of
questions and comments. He wants to know what's the purpose of
our organized religion, and starts tearing down its
carelessly-structured beliefs. He says we've fallen into a rut
and that routine's our ruin! God says He can't stand our
religious observances and hates our spiritual pretense. It's got
to stop! Regardless of our prayers or posture, God isn't going to
take notice or waste His time. Why? Because we're only going
through the motions! We've only got the shell, because we've
thrown out the substance!
True religion's all about interpersonal relationships. It's to
guide and assist us in our walk with God and our interactions
with each other. That's why Jesus said, "'You shall love the LORD
your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all
your mind.' This is the first and great commandment. And the
second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' On
these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets " (Mat.
22:37-40). They're the basis of the Bible and everything else is
commentary. They show the way and encourage a more meaningful and
fulfilling life that's outgoing and not self-centered. That's why
James wrote: "Pure and undefiled religion before God and the
Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and
to keep oneself (untainted) from the world" (Jas. 1:27).
Obviously, our ancestors weren't properly concerned for the good
and welfare of others. Charity only extended so far. Mercy was in
short supply and their love limited. It's easier to talk the
talk, than walk the walk! Especially when it demands sacrifice or
requires sharing. We're too selfish and withdrawn, and don't want
to concern ourselves with "foreign affairs."
 God says we have blood on our hands! We've been charitable, but
not to the point of hurting. We haven't felt any pain. We've
given chump change. But the underprivileged, the economically
deprived, those truly down and out - NOT welfare frauds or bums!
- desperately need our compassion and loving action! We must
insure assistance is available for those who truly need it -to
help them stand on their own two feet and not sit on their butt!
This means greater screening for applicants, and tougher
penalties for those who would rob the poor!

 Silence = Death

We must plead on behalf of the innocent, and be the voice of
those without adequate representation. The greatest crime against
humanity is going on NOW! Yet millions of professing Christians
look the other way in shameful silence: ABORTION! It used to be a
country's worst enemies who ripped up their pregnant women - now
we've turned on ourselves! DON'T ABORT OUR FUTURE! Defend life:
present the case of the preborn before the public, and rescue
them from the abortionist's kangaroo court!
We've sacrificed our CHILDREN on the altars of convenience,
baptized our BABIES in blood, and trashed their grisly remains -
if they haven't been sold for Nazi experiments!  Where has the
MORAL OUTRAGE been? Why haven't we demanded that our government
intervene? STOP THE SLAUGHTER! Defend life: present the case of
the preborn before the public, and rescue them from the
abortionist's kangaroo court!
 God sees the blood-bath we're permitting. He knows the hard
hearts, calloused consciences, and dishonest individuals who are
involved and will bring them to trial: "Shall I not punish them
for these things? says the LORD. And shall I not avenge Myself on
such a nation as this?" (Jer. 5:9). No wonder God's going to
allow our enemies to be so cruel!

 HITLER Will Judge Us!

Hitler's Nazi Germany will rise up in judgment against our
hypocritical nations! We condemned them and now we're acting
worse than they did! We didn't buy their lame excuses of
ignorance or blind obedience, and yet today we try to hide our
horrors behind "it's the law of the land!"
 We allow DEATH CLINICS in major cities, and support those mad
doctors who ought to be tried for murder! We condemned those
German businesses who became rich at others expense, and yet our
land is filled with the abortionist's BLOOD-MONEY! It's NOT a
God-given right to take the life of your child!
That some would argue it's not a baby, and others attempt to
justify this carnage.... It's obvious we're under a CURSE if we
can't even think straight! Our Puritan ancestors discerned, "Whom
God would destroy, He first sends mad!" (Deut. 28:28). God save
us from ourselves! WE'VE LOST OUR MIND!
We'd better think twice, and change our minds and national
direction, before it's too late. God wants us to clean up our act
and LEARN to start caring again. He tries to reason with us (if
we're not too far gone!) and offers ready forgiveness. God admits
how low-down and undeserving we've become, but expresses
confidence in His mercy and Christ's sacrifice, and says He's got
us covered - if we'll only  return to God and our senses! If not,
God will allow a GERMAN-LED EUROPE to defeat us! The SWORD OF
NUCLEAR WAR is on its way (Isa. 1:16-20)!

 Spiritual Sodomites

It's not only the sinners who won't take God's advice - too often
the "saints" think they're good enough already. The religious
authorities have always resisted change (Acts 7:51). They've
refused to repent and arrange the crucifixion of those who expose
their error! It's the church councils and synagogue boards that
get indignant  when told they're wrong (Mat. 21:32).
 How dare the spiritual sodomites, and religious sorcerers,
question the credentials of God's spokesmen, wondering what
theological seminary they've attended, or if they hold any
doctorate in divinity (Mat. 21:23, Acts 4:13)! What becomes clear
is that the "unorthodox" have spent time with God's Word, and
have prayerfully studied the scriptures - not the works of
misguided men!
Sly foxes try and trip them up by clever questions, attempting to
ambush their ability and sabotage their efforts (Mat. 22:15, 35).
Spiritual crooks rob the unsuspecting of the facts, and then
engage in every perverse act of defamation possible (Mat. 26:59).
They can't refute what some are saying, so they twist their words
and misrepresent their message (Acts 6:11)! Such insecure
"leaders" (afraid they're losing their grip on Church positions,
and painfully aware that their ignorance is showing), accuse
those outside of their "inner circle" as being false prophets!
When God's true servants set the record straight, they're reviled
for turning things upside down (Acts 17:6). When they disagree
with doctrinal error, they're damned as dissidents (Acts 24:5).
Those who stand up for what's right, exposing what's wrong,
uncovering spiritual graft and corruption, are branded as
heretics, murderously maligned, and dismissed as cults!
The apostle Paul  spent time defending himself against dogs
nipping at his heels, trying to obstruct his missionary work and
slow down his progress. He'd prove their charges were groundless
and then defeat their purpose by testifying to God's truth: "But
this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they call
a sect, so I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things
which are written in the Law and in the Prophets" (Acts 24:14).
Despite numerous allegations, he maintained his innocence and
declared his allegiance to God's Word - unlike those who were
following men's ideas with a BLIND OBEDIENCE!

Religious Opposition

As far as religion goes, God knows who's who, and what's what,
and will promote some to honor and demote others in disgrace:
"Indeed I will make those of the synagogue of Satan, who say they
are Jews and are not, but lie - indeed I will make them come and
worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you"
(Rev. 3:9). Of course, this refers to the early Jewish religious
opposition against Christianity, as well as top-ranking
"Christian" leaders today! God exposes them as "Christian
Satanists!" God's Church, throughout history, has been besieged
from without and attacked from within!  Don't think it couldn't
happen again.
 We shouldn't be afraid to speak up if our preachers are a pack
of wolves, or our leaders are a bunch of liars (Rev. 2:2)! God
expects us to prove whether or not our ministers are a God-send,
and see if they can pass the test. We're not to let our guard
down, or base anything on dangerous assumptions, but
cross-examine everything in light of the Biblical evidence (Acts
17:11). God holds us responsible for what goes on behind closed
doors, and wants us to make sure our home and local congregation
is in order, as well as being concerned for our extended  Church
family. After all, it's our salvation that's at stake!
When you think about the hardships and difficulties we'll have to
face and endure, as a result of RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION, ask
yourself why we should be treated any better than Jesus - the
Truth Incarnate - was (John 15:20). Remember: Jesus' main
opposition wasn't from the gangs, crack-dealers, or hookers. His
worst enemies came from the religious community - people who felt
self-sufficient. They didn't want a spiritual Savior, just a
national hero!
 For a religious experience, try to help save God's people from
paganism, or speak out against "Christian" lies, and you'll know
how Jesus felt! God's saviors have often had to be delivered out
of dangerous situations and threatening environments (Gen. 5:24).

In Mortal Danger

 GOD HAS WARNED THIS NATION through his late servant, Herbert W.
Armstrong. But our people have shown the typical indifference.
The SHOCKING TRUTH hasn't really phased them or sunk in! We're
carrying on in our own ways, business as usual, just like in the
days of Noah and the time of Lot.
 We're not convinced, we're not convicted, we're complacent! We
don't feel in any mortal danger, or sense an urgent need for
national reforms. We rest secure in our religion, sleep in our
pews, and dream repentance isn't for us, it's for the other guy.
We're hard-working, decent people - at least in public. What some
parade in the streets, others practice in private.
"God wouldn't condemn us, Europe couldn't conquer us, you're just
being alarmist, crying wolf like all the others." But what if
this time it's for real? What if God's really warning us: "BEWARE
THE BEAST OF EUROPE!?"
 Maybe our religious practices aren't so acceptable to God, but
does that mean He'd let us lose a war over it? Get taken captive
and sent away as slaves? Yes, believe it or not! But this time
Jesus Christ will save Israel! He's our Supreme Judge (Isa.
25:9)!
 It's been said that history repeats itself because nobody
listened the first time. Who's listening today? Does anybody
care? THE MESSAGE IS LOUD AND CLEAR! It's going to become a
NATIONAL DEBATE and AN INTERNATIONAL CONTROVERSY! God's going to
make sure that everybody - from the least to the greatest - has
had a chance to HEAR AND HEED (Jer. 5:4-5)!
"Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a
fall" (Prov. 16:18). The historical precedent's been set. We're
not an exception or invincible (Lk. 13:3). Europe's already
making preparations while we're on our deathbed: victims of
tradition. THE UNITED STATES IS GOING TO FOLD; THE BRITISH
COMMONWEALTH'S GOING INTO CAPTIVITY; AND ISRAEL'S GOING TO BE
OCCUPIED!!!




















EUROPE'S FATE

What's going to happen to Europe? We know what's going to happen
to the American and British peoples, as well as to our Jewish
brethren. The coming WORLD CRISIS is prophesied to fall
especially hard on them. Why? Because they're the descendants of
Jacob-Israel. We've known God like no other people have.
Therefore, we're more responsible for our actions than others.
We're without excuse, because we've had the witness of the Bible
all our lives. We've ignored it. We've denied its authority over
us and have rejected its relevance - but we're going to go
through the hell described within its pages!
  Christ referred to WORLD WAR III as THE GREAT TRIBULATION (Mt.
24:21-22). He'd given an outline of prophetic events to occur
just prior to His Second Coming. Although we can't know the exact
time or date, we CAN know when it's very near!
Jesus offered various signs that would leave no doubt that we're
living in the end times. Certain prophecies, primarily in Daniel
and the Book of Revelation, were to remain SEALED AND CLOSED to
understanding - until NOW!
God had given Daniel a series of breathtaking revelations. One of
the most frightening was about the "time of trouble" we're about
to enter! It's to become so intense, God has to send Michael, the
archangel, to stand up for us on the world scene! It's the time
just before  the RESURRECTION and Christ's coming!
When Daniel wanted an explanation and interpretation, hungry to
know more, he was told: "Go your way, Daniel, for the words are
closed up and sealed till the time of  the end" (Dan.12:9). It
wasn't his business. It's ours!
The prophet Jeremiah saw our HOLOCAUST! He, like Jesus, described
it as the worst thing that'll ever happen to mankind. He called
it "the time of Jacob's trouble." God said we would consider his
warning! As you read these words, you're helping to fulfill that
prophecy (Jer. 30:7, 24)!
The apostle John was responsible for recording God's message for
us: "...to show His servants things which must shortly take
place... Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of
this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for
the time is near" (Rev. 1:1-3).
The Bible's been compared to a CODED-BOOK. That analogy is true.
It's also like a jig-saw puzzle, with scattered pieces that must
be put together properly (Isa. 28:10). When you take all the
scriptures on a particular subject, and get an overview, the
picture becomes clearer and easier to understand.
Contrary to popular misconception, Christ spoke in parables to
hide the meaning (Mk. 4:11-12). Only in private did Jesus explain
what He actually meant to His disciples. Christ pronounces a
blessing upon His servants to know and understand the terrifying
events about to be unleashed on earth. Unlike the vast majority
who hear or read these things, Jesus true followers take His
message to heart. They keep it. Others just brush it to the side,
ignore or forget it. Why not enjoy Christ's blessing and be
prepared?

The Anglo-Saxons in Prophecy

In order to understand these end-time prophecies, it's most
necessary to know where the American and British peoples are
mentioned in the Bible. We've got to be in there somewhere,
because if God can clearly mention modern Israel, Egypt, Libya
and Russia - how could He ignore us? He couldn't!
  As Benjamin Franklin met with others in Philadelphia, in the
summer of 1787, to write the Constitution, he observed: "I have
lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more
convincing proofs I see of this truth: that God governs in the
affairs of man. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground
without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise
without His aid? We have been assured, Sir, in the Sacred
Writings that except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain
that build it. I firmly believe this..." - he proceeded to
strongly recommend that prayers be offered every morning before
the assembly.
The British Empire did rise with God's direct intervention. The
United States of America did begin with God's blessing. Because
it was prophesied that between the two of us, we'd become the
most POWERFUL AND PROSPEROUS peoples on earth! We're revealed as
the sons of JOSEPH; Jacob's favorite son!
Ephraim, the British, were destined to become a COMMONWEALTH OF
NATIONS; Manasseh, the Americans, were assured of becoming a
single GREAT NATION (Gen. 48:19).  We were foretold as a
colonizing people, branching out all over the world, with our
power and influence known everywhere! Together, we've inherited
the BIRTHRIGHT BLESSING (1 Chron. 5:2) and name of "Israel."
How appropriate King David's dynasty continues today, ruling over
our British brethren, and that their Royal emblem includes the
LION (the symbol of the tribe of Judah) and the UNICORN (the
symbol of the tribe of Joseph).
  As predicted, we've had the greatest natural resources,
bountiful harvests, and blessings known to mankind (Deut.
33:13-17). We've been the BREADBASKET of the world!
We've also controlled the strategic sea-gates - Gibraltar, Suez,
Singapore, the Panama canal - promised to God's chosen people
(Gen. 24:60). Herbert W. Armstrong's book, THE UNITED STATES AND
BRITAIN IN PROPHECY, explored and expounded upon these wonderful
truths.

Forced to Fast!

 But we haven't been grateful. We've taken it all for granted.
We've squandered it on pagan holidays and have spread it out
before foreign allies!
Thomas Jefferson was moved to remark: "My God! how little do my
countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession
of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!" NOT until drought,
famine, and supernatural disasters strip our cupboards bare, and
EMPTY our grocery shelves, will we know how good we've had it!
Only when America goes hungry, will she remember how full she
was!
President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed April 30, 1863, as a
NATIONAL DAY OF FASTING, HUMILIATION AND PRAYER, and spoke these
words: "We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of
heaven. We have been preserved, these many years, in peace and
prosperity. We have grown in numbers, wealth and power, as no
other nation has ever grown. But we have forgotten God. We have
forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace, and
multiplied and enriched and strengthened us; and we have vainly
imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these
blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our
own. Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too
self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving
grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us! It behooves us,
then to humble ourselves before the offended Power, to confess
our national sins, and to pray for clemency and forgiveness."
God heard and answered those prayers! Judgment was forestalled.
But where's a leader today with the moral courage and spiritual
vision, to strongly recommend that "We, the People" humble
ourselves and pray, let alone fast?! We've got to have our three
meals a day, with plenty of snacks in between! But DROUGHT is
going to force us to fast! God's going to suddenly withhold the
rain, in various parts of our countries, destroying our crops.
Floods will rot the rest (Amos 4:7-8)!
We're supposed to enjoy a reciprocal relationship with God, but
we haven't. Since we've failed to offer up prayers, God's not
going to send down rain! Both our parched land and lives NEED
God's Holy Spirit! We've got to learn the spiritual relationship
between the heavens and the earth - they're interdependent!
We need to fast and pray, now, to be spared from further misery:
"if My people who are called by my Name (Christian countries)
will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from
their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive
their sin and heal their land" (2 Chron. 7:14).

Israel's True Identity

It's VITAL to know who the "lost 10 tribes of Israel" are! God
has restored the knowledge of ISRAEL'S IDENTITY! Predominantly,
it's the white ANGLO-SAXON PEOPLES. To a lesser degree, it
includes the democracies of Northwestern Europe. This most
important information, in addition to being a national treasure,
is the KEY that unlocks the doors of prophecy! It opens them up
to our understanding. Approximately 1/3 of the Bible is prophecy,
and most of it pertains to now!
The American and British peoples are mentioned more times in
scripture than any other nation, but by our ancient names! This
truth's now public knowledge, available at any main library. It
was necessary to know who we are before God could WARN us!
As surely as the positive prophecies - about our ascent to
greatness - have come true, we're warned, thereby, that the
negative ones will too! They're already coming true! The United
States is the greatest DEBTOR NATION! We're morally BANKRUPT and
financially strapped! The sun's set on the British Empire! The
Gentiles now buy up our land and companies and make loans to us!
We no longer control the strategic sea-gates of our enemies, and
we've overextended ourselves around the globe. We're slipping
further into darkness and decay, while Europe prepares for their
day! They're going to be the new kid on the block, and we'll soon
find out that Europe's a BULLY!

Jesus' Return Our Only Hope

Jesus prophesied about "the great tribulation" and how it's going
to scorch our American, British and Jewish peoples. We're living
in the last days, because we've been told we're "Israel" and
warned. It's to be a time when it's possible to ANNIHILATE
earth's entire population! Jesus said unless God intervenes,
nobody would survive (Mt. 24:22)! That wasn't feasible until the
weapons of MASS NUCLEAR DESTRUCTION made their deadly debut!
And in the midst of mankind's madness, edging closer to the
brink, the GOOD NEWS of GOD'S KINGDOM was to be restored! It's
our only HOPE for survival! Because it'll reign in the European
powers that'll ignite "Armageddon!" All of these interacting
signs testify the troubled times we're in! The return of JESUS
CHRIST, in all POWER and GREAT GLORY is near!
Christ warned that things are going to get so out of hand, appear
so topsy-turvy, and become so BIZARRE - both in the weather and
in the world - that people are going to be dying from
heart-failure (Lk. 21:25-26)! We have a long night to go through,
before the Dawn arrives....

Temporary Insanity

In response to our lack of response, God's going to turn our
people over to EUROPE'S MADNESS! We've rejected God's reason, so
we're going to suffer Europe's treason! We've been warned for
years about this threat, but we haven't taken it seriously (Prov.
1:23-33). Now we're going to become delirious: God says we're
going to be such a basket-case, that we'll run when no one's
chasing us, that we'll jump at the slightest sound, and that
we'll trip and fall over each other, in a stampede, to get away
from our frightened imaginations (Lev. 26:36-37)!
TRAUMATIZED by WAR and devastated by DISEASE, we'll be sick with
grief, knowing our own ways have brought about this INTERNATIONAL
DISASTER! "Those who survive will escape (to the mountains) like
doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, each for his
iniquity. Every hand will be feeble, and every knee will be as
weak as water. They will also be girded with sackcloth; horror
will cover them; shame will be on every face, baldness on all
their heads" (Ezek. 7:16-18).
 We'll be like mourning doves, crying and weeping, over all the
horrible things that'll happen. We'll go from numbing shock to
paralyzing depression - unable to think straight or concentrate,
lifeless and listless, zombies: THE LIVING DEAD!

Nowhere to Run

Those with a survivalist mentality, will have a rude awakening:
they're NOT going to be safe in their hide-outs or mountain
retreats! Diseased animals will stalk them, insane with hunger,
and the fall-out from NUCLEAR WAR will follow them! They're going
to be dying of disease and suffering from radiation sickness!
Their hair's going to be falling out and their lives to pieces:
"For behold, the LORD gives a command: He will break the great
house into bits, and the little house into pieces" (Amos 6:11)!
The Hebrew word for "bits" in Amos' prophecy is "droplets," and
the word for "pieces" is "fissures."
The harsh reality is ACID RAIN - nuclear radiation - is going to
cause SKIN LESIONS! Only God can provide adequate protection: "A
thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right
hand; but it shall not come near you. Only with your eyes shall
you look, and see the reward of the wicked. Because you have made
the LORD, who is my refuge, even the Most High, your dwelling
place, no evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near
your dwelling; for He shall give His angels charge over you, to
keep you in all your ways" (Psalms 91:7-11).
By divine intervention, some will actually witness a nuclear
attack and survive! Only by supernatural protection will some be
immune to disease (Ezek. 12:16). Those who trust in self-reliance
are going to be DISASTER VICTIMS! God's going to keep certain
Christians alive for a specific purpose. It's all part of His
plan! Jesus prophesied of horrifying events, and then cautioned
us: "Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be accounted
worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to
stand before the Son of Man" (Lk.1 21:36).
Jesus meant we're to watch the world scene for prophetic
fulfillment, aware of the specific signs He told us were to
occur, and more importantly, to watch ourselves! We're to be on
guard against our personal weaknesses and sins, and keep them
under control! We're to subdue human nature by partaking of the
divine nature. And that's only possible by a spiritual
self-awareness, inspired by God's (soul-searching) Holy Spirit.
We're to remain in prayerful contact with our Creator. When we're
so involved with God and His Word, living and moving and
breathing in Him (like a child in its mother's womb), then we're
safe from harm. We can rest assured of God's support and know
we'll be taken care of (Rev. 3:10).

God offers Protection

We're promised a spiritual haven, a predetermined safe location,
under God's personal protection and body guard (Rev. 12:14).
We'll be prepared for the worse and ready for war, because we'll
have taken shelter. That's what the lull before the Storm is for.
We don't have to go through HURRICANE EUROPE, but we've got to
hang on through current events rapidly leading up to it
(Isa.33:16,19). Later we'll be evacuated to "the secret place of
the Most High" (Ps. 91:1).
Jesus told His disciples to "head for the hills" when they saw
Jerusalem surrounded by armies (Mt.24:16). He didn't promise them
protection in their homes. Church history records that the
brethren fled northeast to Pella (in Jordan), when the Roman
armies came to level Jerusalem. This does seem to strongly
indicate that Jordan will again be host to God's people. What
happened before was a type of what's yet to occur: the armies of
Europe's revived Roman empire are going to besiege Jerusalem!
"Take counsel, execute judgment, make your shadow like the night
in the middle of the day; hide the outcasts, do not betray him
who escapes. Let my outcasts dwell with you, O Moab; be a shelter
to them from the face of the spoiler" (Isa. 16:3-4). Moab's
territory is within modern Jordan. The city of Petra (Selah) is
even mentioned in Isaiah 16:1. Is this the place? Will the
Jordanians extend mercy? Provide shelter for Christian outcasts?
It definitely appears God commands them to!
 One thing's for sure: "Behold, I send an Angel before you to
keep you in the way and to bring you into the place which I have
prepared" (Ex. 23:20). God will send us the right man, at the
right time. At just the right moment, God's messenger will arrive
(with all the pertinent facts and necessary details). He'll help
us stay on the right path AND enter into our "promised land." God
stresses, "I send an angel," and "I have prepared a place." This
is God's work. It's God's responsibility, and He'll fulfill it.
We're His People and He's our GOD! Let's trust in that!

Skeptics left Behind

Some aren't going to believe God's taken care of all our earthly
arrangements. Therefore, they won't go! But they're still going
to have to rely on God to supply their needs (Rev. 3:18). Not
everyone will have stood guard in their life, and will have
chosen to sleep rather than pray - THEY WON'T BE ACCOUNTED WORTHY
TO ESCAPE! They'll be caught off guard and taken by surprise. At
that critical juncture, they'll feel betrayed by those who taught
there's no "place of safety!" Others, falling for the counterfeit
"rapture," are in for a rude awakening! They won't feel too
uplifted when they fall flat on their faces! THEY'RE GOING
NOWHERE - EXCEPT INTO CAPTIVITY!
Even though God's ordered "Moab" to keep quiet about our
position, someone's going to sell-out and betray our location.
And it won't necessarily be an angry mullah or an irate Arab.
They might even be called "Christian!" They'll inform Europe's
religious authorities of our whereabouts. How do we know this?
Because Revelation 12:15-17 tracks the movement of armies that'll
come after us! They'll deploy such an overwhelming force, but God
will enlist an EARTHQUAKE to come to our rescue! It'll ambush
their U.N. troops! Their own plot will bury them, and their plans
will go down the drain (Isa. 17:12)! That's when Satan redoubles
his efforts on the front!

A Divided Church

There are TWO sets of true Christians: some will have been
actively involved in getting out the good news/bad news (about
European unification and Israel's ultimate restoration), and the
others will have slacked off and shirked their responsibilities.
Those who know what's coming, and understand what's prophesied to
happen, and can see what's taking place, but refuse by neglect or
default to warn our nations and give everybody a chance, GOD'S
GOING TO REQUIRE THEIR LIVES (Ezek. 3:18)! It's an eye for an
eye. But God gives them a chance to redeem themselves.
They're going to get a chance to let their light shine, and show
all the love they TALK about! During the war they can be useful
to those around them. How? By supplying vital information.
They're to share what they know. THAT'S why God will save some
when the bombs drop and disease runs rampant! He'll sprinkle them
like stars among the captives, and plant them like the moon in
the midst of many people! But they'll lose their lives for
telling the truth! Most, if not all, will suffer martyrdom....

Europe's Sin

GOD SPEAKS TO EUROPE: "Sit in silence, and go into darkness, O
daughter of the Chaldeans; for you shall no longer be called The
Lady of Kingdoms. I was angry with My people; I have profaned My
inheritance, and given them into your hand. You showed them no
mercy; on the elderly you laid your yoke very heavily. And you
said, 'I shall be a lady forever,' so that you did not take these
things to heart, nor remember the latter end of them" (Isa.
47:5-7).
 You've forgotten you're only a means to an end! You've gone
overboard! God agreed to let you give corrective punishment to
His people (Jer. 30:11), but you've tasted their blood and have
gone BERSERK! You're drunk on your bloody success, and have
gotten high on your Catholic drugs!
 Perverted by POWER, you now enjoy Israel's bondage! God's not
going to let you get off treating others cruelly! You're a
SADISTIC BITCH! You're NOT a lady, you're a slut! You toy with
your Roman icons, fulfilling your Babylonian fantasies, and play
games with peoples minds (Isa. 47:8-10) - but you'll lose!
God warns Europe to remember that HE let them conquer America,
defeat the British, and occupy Israel! It's not because Europe's
so great and wonderful, but because we've sinned! Europe's told
to not let it go to their head, but use their minds!
O Israelites! Who could beat Great Britain in battle, or whip the
U.S. in war, when God shed His grace on thee? Europe could NEVER
knock us down and kick us around - until now! Because GOD'S
REFINING OUR GOLD IN THE FURNACE OF AFFLICTION, AND PURIFYING OUR
SILVER THROUGH GREAT TRIBULATION (Isa. 48:10)!

 Europe's Babylon Incarnate

Europe's not without sin: God's going to deal with them shortly
(Deut. 32:27-43). Europe's simply the last vestige of Babylon,
the scarlet daughter of the Gentile system, destined to crash at
Christ's coming (Dan. 2:34)! They're simply building up God's
case against them: their leaders will be brought to trial and
found guilty! God's going to close down their occult operations,
and BURN their WHOREHOUSE to the ground! Interestingly, it'll be
the Europeans themselves who TORCH THE PLACE (Rev. 17:16)!
Europe's going to be burning mad, and their citizens express
fiery indignation, when they realize the full extent of ROME'S
MANIPULATION! For awhile, it'll seem that it served their selfish
interests to support the Catholic Church. Both big business and
the political community will endorse this new global enterprise
(Rev. 18:9-11)
.
  Royalty Restored

Europe's Roman Catholic roots will have appeared to be a
stabilizing force, giving different nations some common ground.
But the "Catholic services" haven't come cheap: they've escorted
select politicians to power, delivering them the people's vote,
in exchange for strict enforcement of Church policy! Within the
framework of the "Holy Roman Empire," they've laid the groundwork
for Europe's future!
 The Vatican will work out a deal with 10 European kings, with
seductive offers of restoring them to political life, upon their
now dormant thrones, in return for the favor of acknowledging the
supremacy of the POPE! The ratification of this imminent
Church-State union will be swept through by the MALIGNANT
MIRACLES the pope will perform in the presence of Europe's new
EMPEROR! The pope will mislead the people to presume his miracles
are proof that Providence has chosen such an individual to rule
Europe and save the world (Rev. 13:14)! Europe's body politic
awaits this infusion of soul to truly come alive. What crisis
will occur to coerce Europe to hastily accept the pope's proposal
to recreate the continent in his image? A hungry Russian bear?
Nevertheless, Germany stands ready to defend the Catholic faith
and Western "Christian" Civilization against destruction.

Pride and Punishment

As America's on the way down and out, Europe's on the rise and
circles overhead like an eager vulture! But their callous
treatment of God's chosen will result in their PUNISHMENT! As
they hold us in contempt, refusing to let us go, they'll
influence God's decision to hold them hostage: in DESTRUCTION!
 God doesn't condemn Europe for bombing our cities or attacking
our countries, but God damns them for their  pride and excessive
punishment! They'll engage in an orgy of overkill!  And they'll
attribute their military success to their politico-religious
system!
 EUROPE'S ARROGANT ATTITUDE will be their downfall (Dan. 5:20)!
Once they start thinking that they're so high and mighty, so
eternal and invincible, God's going to overthrow their ignorance!
He'll forcibly bring them back down to earth and make them face
reality! "Therefore her plagues will come in one day - death and
mourning and famine. And she will be utterly burned with fire,
for strong is the Lord God who judges her" (Rev. 18:8).

The Vatican Exposed!

The Vatican hides behind a veil of secrecy, but it'll soon wear a
widow's veil! Once God shatters their illusions about being
impregnable, and spreads their archives out before the world,
what they considered a private affair will be made public:
"Therefore hear this now, you who are given to pleasures, who
dwell securely, who say in your heart, 'I am, and there is no one
else besides me (professing to be divine!); I shall not sit as a
widow, nor shall I know the loss of children';  but these two
things shall come to you in a moment, in one day; the loss of
children and widowhood. They shall come upon you in their
fullness because of the multitude of your sorceries, for the
great abundance of your enchantments. For you have trusted in
your wickedness; you have said, 'No one sees me'... (Isa.
47:8-10).
This outrageous disclosure of the Vatican's dark and secret sins
will cost them their kingdom! They're going to lose their power
and popularity overnight! The masses of Europe, and their
politicians, will desert Rome in droves!
The annals of history record the Catholic Church's sinful past.
Prophecy exposes its  immediate future as a repeat performance: a
dame of delusion, matron of murder, and matriarch of mischief!
This Mother of all battles, directed against Israel, doesn't feel
any shame or show remorse! The Vatican lacks truth, compassion
and mercy! Justice demands a redress of grievances. Their bill's
overdue and they'll have to account for themselves. God's two
witnesses will've taken inventory and found them off-balance!
 Rome's wasted the world and spent themselves silly, drunk on the
BLOOD OF THE MARTYRS! If Europe wants to worship this "BLOODY
MARY," their water supply will be turned into rivers of blood
(Rev. 15:6)! If the world wants to live under the spell of this
WITCH, they'll have to suffer from God's curse! If Europe insists
on complying with her wretched ways, they'll share in her ruin
(Rev. 14:8-10)!

The Pope's Indecent Proposal

Whether you realize it or not, the present pope feels he's been
given a mission from God to unite Europe! In his "Declaration to
Europe," in Santiago, Spain, in 1982, the pope proclaimed: "I,
Bishop of Rome and Shepherd of the Universal Church, from
Santiago, utter to you, Europe of the ages, a cry full of love:
Find yourself. Discover your origins, revive your roots."
Sounds harmless enough, but is it? Pope John Paul II is agreeing
with Dr. Otto von Hapsburg, a key figure in the European
unification movement, who regards "the cross" as Europe's compass
into the final frontier: "The cross doesn't need Europe, but
Europe needs the cross." Will his son, Karl, soon claim his
"divine right" to the Austro-Hungarian throne? He is the heir to
the "Holy Roman Empire." Will he be called upon to serve as a
figurehead, an emperor of sorts, over the United Kingdoms of
Europe? (Remember the pope will have given life to these dormant
thrones by delivering the masses in exchange for their
allegiance).
Every European ought to dig deeper to find out what's really
going on. Don't be fooled by surface appearances. God holds you
responsible for whom your Parliament elects or allows into power!
Beware of wolves in sheep's clothing!  Look before you leap! We'd
do well to remember that the "Holy Roman Empire" was long known
as the "Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation." GERMANY is
clearly the HEAD of this emerging EUROSTATE (Isa. 10:5-6).
The German Church has already left its mark on the Maastricht
treaty with the Vatican's seal of approval. As reported in The
Economist, "Never on a Sunday," an ominous blue law was forcibly
inserted in Europe's grand design. Could this be the cornerstone
for their reconstructed Europe? This greater Church-State
collaboration ought to be of grave concern to every individual
and country that cherishes religious liberty and national
independence.
Don't fall so quickly in love with the pope's proposals. His
model of the "Holy Roman Empire" would forge every European in
its image. Once the die is cast, you won't be free to form your
own thoughts! Your every move will be monitored within its
boundaries. Anything that runs counter to this pattern would be
cut out! Those who don't go with the flow, will be ostracized
from the European community and excommunicated from the Catholic
Church! Anyone without their European ministers' mark of
approval, will be left out in the cold, unable to earn a living
(Rev. 13:17)! You'll be forced to comply! Is THIS what you want?
It's what you'll get if you surrender your sovereignty (Rev.
17:13)!
If the "Holy Roman Empire" were truly Christian, it would be
ideal to resurrect and follow. But it's a false Christianity and
a COUNTERFEIT KINGDOM! It'll go the route of all the other
religious revivals of Rome - into the ash-heap of history!
 Some of us will be more than happy to fiddle when Rome burns
-for the final time! God encourages our celebration: "Go forth
from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! With a voice of singing,
declare, proclaim  this, utter it to the end of the earth; say,
'The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!'"(Isa. 48:20). Europe's
fall will be Israel's restoration!

 Europe's Bitter Roots

As prophesied, there were four Gentile superpowers: Babylon, the
Medes and Persians, Greco-Macedonian, and Rome (Dan. 2:31-45).
THESE are the roots Europe would do well to research!
 Nebuchadnezzar, the first leader in this series of human
governments, had a most impressive and perplexing dream. This was
no normal dream or fanciful flight of imagination - it was a
prophetic message from GOD!
 But none of the king's priests or pagan magicians could tell him
what was going on! They didn't have a clue or represent God!
Since "Neb" saw they were on the payroll for nothing, just
wasting his time and taking up space, he sentenced them to death!
They stood exposed as worthless charlatans, left shaking in their
boots! But God saved the day and spared them all.
 GOD intervened for Daniel, a prisoner in the palace, and used
him to clarify what the nightmare meant. This Jewish ambassador
disclaimed any extraordinary credentials, but attributed His
God-given understanding to Israel's God. He testified before the
king and court, that the Most High God far transcends the pagan
superstitions! He then proceeded to offer the inspired
explanation.
 The king had seen this monstrous statue of a man, with different
body parts composed of different materials. Daniel interpreted
the "members" as representative of successive governments. Each
kingdom would have its own characteristics and reflect the
disposition of their ruler. Different men are made of different
mettle!
 Each emperor would leave his imprint on history. Just as the
huge statue had two legs, coming down in time sequence to
mankind's last throes of misrule, the original Roman empire was
broken in two - between east and west. Power was split between
Rome and Constantinople.
 After Rome fell (in 476), it's spirit was determined to
transform itself ten times, seven under the Catholic Church's
influence. The three former entities of the Germanic tribes (the
Ostrogoths, Vandals, and Heruli) embodied the Roman form of
government, but they were Arian kings - not Catholic or Italian
(Dan. 8:24). Justinian's "Imperial Restoration," in A.D. 554,
healed Rome's "deadly wound" inflicted by these barbarian
invaders (Rev. 13:3), and exorcised Italy of her foreign
occupation. It lasted, as foretold, for 1260 years.
 In A.D. 800, Charlemagne was crowned as imperator Romanorum, an
"heir" to the Western Roman Empire. He was truly considered the
"King Father of Europe." It was this Christian Caesar  who firmly
established, in Europe's hearts and minds, the "ideal" of a
unified Christian Empire.
In 962, Otto the Great's "Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation"
conjured up images of Charlemagne's Empire. Germany became the
new power center, the heart and core, of the Roman empire. After
all, it was their kings, throughout the Middle Ages, who held a
steel grip on the imperial title. They were the "protector of
Europe."
In the early 1500's, Charles V, dedicated himself to reconstruct
the Gothic style of Church-State union. He wanted to bring back
(from the dead) a coalition of nations that would keep their own
identity, but share a common faith. Although his project didn't
get off the ground, nor his dream house materialize, its grand
design stirred the imaginations of others.
 Dr. Hapsburg, his descendant, has predicted: "Our generation
will find its historical inspiration in the concepts last
embodied in the person, mind and political views of Charles V....
Inasmuch as he represents an eternal ideal, the Emperor (Charles
V)... is still living among us - not only as our European
ancestor, but as a guide towards the centuries to come." Can't
you feel his "presence" in the pope's plea?
Napoleon considered himself Caesar's heir apparent. Early on,
during a pilgrimage to Charlemagne's tomb, he intoned: "There
will be no peace in Europe until the whole Continent is under one
suzerain, an Emperor whose chief officers are kings, whose
generals have become monarches."
This vision for European unity and peace is being seen again. Did
Napoleon have a sneak preview? Later, unable to achieve his grand
design, he bemoaned: "I wanted to found a European system, a
European code of laws, a European judiciary. There would have
been but one people throughout Europe."
 Mussolini fantasied about a modern version of the Roman Empire.
To fulfill it, he began his venture by reenlisting the Vatican.
After he restored Italy's honor by defeating Ethiopia, he
declared it a "Roman triumph" and proclaimed "the reappearance of
the empire on the fated hills of Rome." His almost non-existent
empire was Rome's sixth prophesied resurrection.(Rev. 17:11).
In October 1936, the "Berlin-Rome Axis" sealed Italy's fate with
that of Germany's Third Reich. Hitler (also in possession of a
concordat with the Vatican) saw himself as destined to lead a
great Germanic Empire. His mountain fortress in Obersalzberg
afforded him a magnificent view of the Untersberg. Within that
mountain, legend whispered, Charlemagne still slept - waiting for
his day to rise again and restore Germany's glory! The Fuehrer
would point out to visitors, "It is no accident that I have my
residence opposite it." The restless Roman spirit refuses to die!


The Final Conflict

We've come to the end of the road: EUROPE'S FINAL ARRANGEMENT IS
TAKING PLACE NOW! And all prompted by the pope and eager
politicians! The ten toes of Nebuchadnezzar's image, referring to
10 kings, corresponds to this carbon-copy of the "holy Roman
empire." It'll include rich and poor countries, and be made up of
both strong and weak elements, but they won't stay together for
long (Dan. 2:43). They don't share the right chemistry!
Rome's dream will become our nightmare! This seventh resurrection
will be responsible for the nuclear fires prophesied to sear the
earth (Isa. 24:6)! It's campaign promises of peace and security,
will quickly be broken! EUROPE'S PREPARING FOR WAR!
 Europe's last trump is near! They'll attempt to fight Christ at
His coming, but they're fighting for a lost cause (Rev.
17:12-14)!  Jesus will lead a brilliant campaign (Hab. 3:11) to
break up the Gentile monopoly on world government!
Christ's lightning strike will be a smashing success! He'll take
over the reigns of human governments and rule supreme (Rev.
11:13)! ISRAEL will be RESTORED as a superpower!
 The Gentile authorities will pay tribute to our God and King,
and acknowledge Israel as God's Instrument. At that time, THEY'LL
REALIZE AN EVIL SPIRIT HAD LED THEM and that Rome was his capital
of confusion. It'll be destroyed, never to rise again! BABYLON IS
FALLEN! BABYLON IS FALLEN(Rev. 18:2)!

Israel Lost and Found

God will have allowed a German-led Europe to defeat and scatter
us, like their Assyrian ancestors did (Isa. 10:24-27). But this
time, instead of resulting in our loss of memory, it'll help
restore our identity! All the prophecies reveal the tribes of
ISRAEL in captivity at Christ's coming! He's coming to save us
from our enemies, pouring out plagues, like Moses delivered
Israel from Egypt (Rev. 15:1)!
 The GREATEST EXODUS is yet to occur - following the release of
our hostages worldwide! We'll be regathered to our ancient
Homeland where we'll start anew. God's the  God of our fathers,
and having been faithful to them, He's our God too! And may we be
His people!
Christ prophesies an end-time configuration of nation-states,
under the overall leadership of an emperor of sorts, and a
towering religious figure! They're to be a Church-State union,
wealthy beyond imagination, engaged in world trade and committed
to international commerce (Rev. 18).
 Europe's shown to exploit their military conquests for economic
advantage: FORCED LABOR! And they don't hesitate to throw
political dissidents and religious heretics into DEATH CAMPS! Too
many atrocities show up on the scriptural satellite!
God's going to avenge the blood of His servants, both past and
present! He'll remember the damage done to His Temple and charge
it to Rome (Jer. 50:28)! They're going to pay! GOD WILL PASS
SENTENCE AND EXECUTE JUDGMENT!

Leave God's People Alone

When Europe's encouraged (or pressured) to rediscover their roots
- let them review Babylon's history lesson! Daniel's recorded it
for every person to read and heed: that priests and politicians,
true or false, had better not interfere with the WORSHIP of God's
people!
 Those who won't learn from Nebuchadnezzar's downfall and
humiliation - will be thrown down themselves (Dan. 5:18-22)! He
was a pagan, yet he recognized there was something unusual about
ISRAEL'S GOD! He saw that what other religions couldn't do -
foretell the future or properly explain the present - the
servants of the God of Heaven could and did (Amos 3:7)!
Respect those who refuse to bow down before icons, tolerate them
who won't engage in emperor-worship (or idolize a hero), and
excuse those who don't participate in national religious services
(Dan. 3:28-30)! They've got their reasons. Read them for
yourself: in your Bible!
Europe, as well as all the world, needs to follow Jesus - NOT a
man! We need what's contained in the Person, Mind and Political
Views of CHRIST! We should conform to the Heavenly Kingdom given
to Israel and exalt those Church-State standards recorded at
MOUNT SINAI! Yes, "Remember the Law of Moses..." (Malachi 4:4).
The altar of the true God is in disrepair! Remember Elijah's
example! Let's build it up again and restore the knowledge and
worship of our common CREATOR!  The fundamentals of Biblical
understanding begin with a proper appreciation and understanding
of Israel's identity.
 God help us to experience the necessary change of heart, as
encouraged by God's prophets throughout the ages, and receive
forgiveness of sins through the sacrifice of God's Lamb. Stretch
out your arms, reach towards heaven, and receive the refreshing
rain of God's Holy Spirit! Remember your true roots are Abraham,
Issac, and Jacob (I Kings 18:30-39)!

Various Warnings

EUROPE: DON'T SELL YOUR BROTHER JOSEPH OUT! DON'T BURN JUDAH
TWICE!
Though God will allow Europe to beat us, He doesn't mean to
death!  Go ahead and deport us, but don't exclude us for life!
We've been bad, but don't bar us forever! Make us your menial
servants, but don't degrade us further! We've only served
ourselves, but God's called us to be His servants. We stand naked
in our sins, but don't keep us destitute! We're covered in blood,
but don't blame us for everything. We should be ashamed, but
don't embarrass us to no end. We've been proud, but don't
humiliate us more. Our wounds are self-inflicted, but don't add
insult to injury. We've risked our lives, but don't endanger our
existence...(2 Chron. 28:9-15).
In spite of our sins, Europe MUST remember we're on God's Mind.
Europe should beware: don't think for a second or imagine for a
moment that God's forgotten or forsaken His people (Isa. 49:15)!
 Don't be misled by God's apparent ignorance or indifference to
your atrocities (Ps. 50:21). He sees and knows all. He'll take
everything into account! Don't assume God sanctions your evil
just because He doesn't stop it immediately (Ecc. 8:11). God
gives you time to repent! Don't fool yourselves that you can get
away with anything because Israel's sinned (Jer. 50:7). That
doesn't justify your sins. Don't read into the situation
something that isn't there.
 Be careful how you treat God's people because they are His son.
What you do will come back to you. Your life's at stake! Europe's
at risk! You're supposed to perform God's Will, not engage in
Satan's overkill!
 GOD WARNS YOU to remember you're only instrumental in bringing
about repentance - it doesn't mean you don't need it too! God
hasn't given Europe a blank check to empty Israel's account
(Zech. 1:15)! Those who think otherwise are sorely mistaken (Rev.
16:11)!
IF Europe fails to heed God's warning, and refuses to pay
attention to what's happened in the past (that those who bless
Israel are blessed, and those who curse Israel are cursed), their
great economic system will also FAIL and their cities get bombed
to rubble!
 Europe and Asia are to have a falling out... a 200 million man
army will imperil Rome (Rev. 9:16)! God can hasten or delay their
JUDGMENT DAY!
Powerful Witnesses

God's two prophets in Jerusalem, representing God's
Administration of Church-State affairs, as opposed to the
Catholic counterfeit, will testify before the world that God's
ways are just and His prophecies sure!
 They serve as WITNESSES against Europe's crimes against
humanity, and decry Babylon's bull, saying: "LET MY PEOPLE GO!"
God authorizes them to back their MESSAGE up with all the power
and strength necessary! They'll be able to SEND PLAGUES on
Europe, or anywhere in the world, for added impact and evidence
of God's support. Those SPECIAL EFFECTS will illustrate the point
they're trying to make (Rev. 11:6)!
 After all's said and done, Israel's repented and Europe's come
to her senses, God will have dealt with all mankind and prepared
us for leading a new life. A NEW DAY WILL DAWN! The dark storm
will have passed into history, and God's brilliant RAINBOW will
shine! It'll be a time to leap and cry for JOY! Christ will heal
ALL our hurts (Malachi 4:2)!
 Together we'll experience the greatest international cooperation
for good! Former foes will become fast friends. Connected by a
common purpose, attached by a mutual love and respect, great
strides will be taken towards international reconciliation, with
tremendous inroads being made in securing a global understanding
(Isa. 19:22-25).
 Ground-breaking ceremonies will be celebrated worldwide, as
nations join hands in a concerted effort to build a NEW AGE and
construct a NEW WORLD - BASED UPON THE BIBLE and holy scriptures
(Isa. 65:17)! Out of the ashes and rubble of repentance, a
wonderful new era will emerge! Jesus' GOOD NEWS will come true!
You can bet your life on it!












  JESUS AND THE JEWS


 "Why don't the Jews accept Jesus?" I've been asked so many
times. My usual reply? "Why haven't the Christians?!" At least
the Jews are waiting for the proper imperial restoration!  The
Messiah's coming to sit  on DAVID'S THRONE - not Caesar's or "St.
Peter's!" The Anointed One's going to rule from JERUSALEM - not
Rome! Israel's descendants composed God's Kingdom on earth, not
the Assyrian Germans or Chaldean Catholics!
God's Word will become the LAW of the land (earth's constitution)
from Zion! Heavenly truths will flow from God's Temple in Israel,
not from the Vatican in Europe (Ezek. 47:1)! Israel's GOD is
eager to share His information, distribute wisdom, and
disseminate knowledge from the "CITY OF TRUTH" (Zech. 8:3).
Mankind's about to enter the mikveh of God's Holy Spirit (that
will wash the world), and come out new men and women! The Bible
covers everything, and its plans include everyone - no one will
be left out (Isa. 11:9). We'll be saved from our sins, no longer
swept away by them!
But renegade Jews, who became avowed atheists or professing
Christians, projected their PERVERSION on others, and captivated
whole countries with wrong ideas! Those false Messiahs have held
men hostage to their thoughts, and imprisoned others with
poisonous ideologies!
Thanks to Torah-Jews, those who follow and believe the Bible (as
they understand it), God has preserved for us the knowledge and
identity of the seventh-day Sabbath and holy days. It's been
said, and it's true, "More than the Jew have kept the Sabbath,
the Sabbath has kept the Jew." It's an identifying national sign
that the "lost 10 tribes" didn't keep (Ex. 31:17). Sabbath
observance brings recognition.
God knew most of our Israelite ancestors, because of debilitating
sins, would lose their minds and forget His ways, considering
themselves Gentile (Deut. 28:64). We would be sifted through many
nations, but finally come into our own (Amos 9:9). God promised
to ultimately restore our identity, and offer us repentance,
before and during our final captivity! He's makes possible
renewal amid decay!
Is the modern-day nation of Israel a fulfilled prophecy? How can
it be when most Jews haven't returned home? Not to mention the
other tribes. David hasn't been resurrected king and the Messiah
hasn't come. Israel is a type of what will happen after the next
HOLOCAUST.

The True Israel

The tragedy about to strike this time will target the
English-speaking peoples. Technically, we're the only ones who
can claim the name "Israel." God's blessing was passed down from
Abraham , Issac, and Jacob to JOSEPH. Jacob laid his hands upon
Joseph's two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, and said, "Let my name
(Israel) be named upon them" (Gen. 48:16). Only Joseph's sons
were collectively called "Israel."
"Rachel" is about to mourn for her children. The Jews were NEVER
her children! They're descendants of Judah, Leah's son. Rachel
bore Jacob two sons: Joseph and Benjamin (Gen. 35:24). The
prophet Jeremiah foresaw "Rachel" besides herself with grief. She
was overwhelmed by her sorrow: "Thus says the LORD: 'A voice was
heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping
for her children, because they are no more" (Jer. 31:15).

Jacob's Trouble

The worst time in earth's history is ahead! Dreadful days are
fast approaching, and suffocating darkness is just around the
bend! It's primarily the time of "Jacob's trouble." We've seen
how it's the Anglo-Saxons (the sons of Joseph) who bear
Jacob/Israel's name. We'll also bear the brunt of Europe's wrath.
"Rachel" SCREAMS in agony over our slaughter! It'll appear as if
we've met our end....
But God comforts the afflicted women, and offers hope to men gone
mad with misery, that we haven't passed the point of no return.
Against every indication that we're finished, God will restore
our people to our Homeland (Jer. 31:16-20). He says we'll soon
see how good we've  had it, and how pampered and privileged we've
been. We're not used to having our freedoms curtailed! We're
unaccustomed to hunger, pain and deprivation! We're rich and
spoiled!
Such terrifying prophecies should "scare us to death!" We ought
to bury those ways that are bringing us to an early grave. A
normal nation would suffer an anxiety attack and feel mental
anguish over these horrors, but we stretch out and take it easy,
preoccupied with trivial pursuits! We feed our faces and powder
our noses, awash in luxury - but God sees our dirty laundry and
warns us of a coming scourge! We don't want to hear it or believe
it, so we crank up the music and drown out God's words with
liquor (Amos 6:3-7)!

 Jerusalem's Fall

America's going to be on the run, Britain left high and dry!
Europe won't give up until they've occupied our countries and
rubbed our faces in the dirt! God says we've acted like a tramp,
so Europe will trample us. We've lost our salt and have become
good for nothing, so they'll walk all over us!
Jerusalem's going to fall for "peace!" Zion will be taken! The
Lion caged! The U.N.'s going to violate Israel's agreement and
break Europe's promise! In breach of lying guarantees, Jewish
homes will be broken into and their daughters raped! Personal
belongings will be stolen and heirlooms looted! Half the city
will be emptied out in broad daylight (Zech. 14:1-2)!

 Europe's New Crusade
ROME will again ravage the Holy Land! Abominable armies will
quickly pollute "Palestine!" The prophet Daniel warned of
treacherous Jews who'd invite this disaster: those secular
politicians (who profane the public's trust) and informers
(lacking intelligence) who eagerly conspire to sell out Israel
(Dan. 11:30-32)!
EUROPE'S NEW CRUSADE WILL BETRAY BOTH ARAB AND JEW! It'll be
launched under the guise of "peace." Egypt's going to be sacked,
Libya looted, and Ethiopia enslaved (Dan.11: 42-45)!
The dark prince and wizard of war will send his "peace-keeping"
troops to the Middle East to recapture Jerusalem for the Catholic
faith and prepare for his arrival! He'll bless their mission and
consecrate their carnage from his haunted house (built upon the
bones of sorcerers!).
The pope's going to cast his "love spell" over the whole world!
Nation's will fall under his influence, and empty Jews will find
themselves enchanted by his ideas. Some Israelis, flattered by
attention and filled with an inflated sense of self-importance,
will get seduced and swallow risky potions for "peace." They'll
wake up too late! Israel's fatal attraction will kill us, and
Judah's deadly liaison will curse them!
After World War II, the scraggly remnant of European Jewry
scrambled for "Palestine." Others were sprinkled around the
globe. The nation of Israel was born! God had prepared the way
for that momentous day (May 15, 1948) by sending the British
(Ephraim) to liberate the land from the Edomite Turks.
In November 1917, the Balfour Declaration recognized the right of
Jews to a Homeland, and during Hanukkah in December, the Royal
squadron flew over Jerusalem as General Allenby delivered Zion -
without firing a shot! The British ended the Gentile occupation!
Presently, the Jews hold the Land in trust for all Israel. It's
Israel - NOT Ishmael - who are the Defenders of the Holy Land. A
number of Jews have returned, and undoubtedly a representative
amount of the other tribes, but they only foreshadow the greatest
Zionist Movement yet to occur! Another EXODUS draws near (Jer.
23:7-8)!

Judah and Israel enslaved

In the coming captivity, both the Jews (Judah) and the
Anglo-Saxons (Israel) will suffer national defeat simultaneously!
That NEVER happened before! The Northern ten-tribed Kingdom of
Israel fell 130 years before the ancient Kingdom of Judah! This
time EUROPE will conquer us together (Jer. 50:33)! They'll refuse
to let us go! A great Gentile Empire was prophesied to emerge
just prior to Messiah (Dan. 7). DANIEL IDENTIFIES ROME'S REVIVAL
AS THAT BEAST-POWER!

An Unholy Emperor and Scheming Pope
 After God's plan has been fulfilled and the European Federation
of States have accomplished His purpose, God will direct His
attention to their dictator (Isa.10:12-19). God's going to have
to put him back in his place and remind him he's only human. He's
NOT a divine emperor! His striking military success and unusual
ability's only because God's predetermined which nations will
fall. They're doomed from the start!
If the Anglo-Saxon and Jewish peoples continue living in sin,
instead of turning from our wicked ways, it's inevitable that
we'll DIE in sin! "'Cast away all the transgressions by which you
have offended, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit,
that you may not  die, O House of Israel. For it is not My desire
that anyone shall die - declares the Lord GOD. Repent, therefore,
and live!" (Ezek. 18:31-32 JPS).
God's still waiting for our change of heart. Time's running out
quickly! We don't have a day to waste. Satan's inspiring Europe's
future military leader right now! Visions of grandeur - the
restoration of Rome's glory - are whetting his appetite,
preparing him for compulsive behavior!
Europe's beast will devour anything that gets in his way! We'll
admit we've deserved punishment, but we're going to beg God to
save us from Europe's madmen: "Pour out Your wrath on the nations
who have not heeded You, Upon the clans that have not invoked
Your name. For they have devoured Jacob, have devoured and
consumed him, And have laid desolate his homesteads" (Jer. 10:25
JPS).
God says since we've hated His ways, and didn't want to hear His
words, He'll give us over to those who hate and despise us (Lev.
26:17). We'll hear them shouting orders and spitting curses at
us!
We're talking about a BLOODTHIRSTY ANIMAL! Europe's going to be
foaming at the mouth! Like a shepherd tries to rescue what he
can, two legs or a piece of an ear, God will have to save what's
left of us! Regardless of how wealthy of a home or how rich of a
neighborhood we live in, God warns we're going to be taken out
and rounded up (Amos 3:12, 15). The Predator's going to sniff us
out and empty our homes, leaving only a skeletal frame! But
Messiah will go through the ruins and salvage Israel!
Joining the military madman in Europe (actually an evil genius),
will be a sovereign religious figure who overshadows earth's
affairs. This father of lies and murderer of truth will have his
evil eyes set on Jerusalem! He'll harness dark powers and bridle
political energies, directing them to do his bidding, in an
attempt to repossess the Holy Land and occupy the Temple (Ezek.
28:2-3)!

Where's the Temple?

Something's missing. Rome is synonymous with the Vatican, Mecca
with the Kaaba, and Jerusalem's known for its Western Wall. But
why should we stand before the wall, letting it obstruct our
vision, when we could be praying in a rebuilt Temple?
That basically, is the gist of the message our demonstrations
seek to send. The Temple Mount and Land of Israel Faithful
Movement doesn't only protest the ongoing Muslim occupation of
our Temple Mount, but proclaims that this unnatural set of
circumstances will come to an end, just as surely as the Berlin
Wall fell and eastern Europe came out from under the Russian
heel.
The restoration of Jews from all over the world to their ancient
homeland is only the first step towards the redemption of our
land and lives. Israel is an empty, secular state. THE FACT THAT
THE TEMPLE MOUNT IS STILL WITHOUT A TEMPLE STANDS AS AN
INDICTMENT AGAINST ISRAEL!
Jerusalem's known as the heart of Israel, the crown of the
"Jewish" State. The Temple Mount is the crown jewel. This
historic Jewish treasure is a "diamond in the rough." It awaits
our craftsmen's tender loving care to bring it to the brilliant
perfection it deserves. We protest that this responsibility
hasn't been fulfilled yet, but we proclaim that these things
could change overnight. The world was caught off guard by the
rapid succession of events that shook Europe and the former USSR.
The "experts" exposed how ignorant they really are.
Nobody needs to be surprised when inevitable events rock
Jerusalem, and they feel its aftershocks worldwide. They've been
foretold. What's presently missing in Israel will be found when
we're filled with our historic mission and accomplish our
intended purpose.
Shamefully, today's leaders reflect a GHETTO-MENTALITY and expose
the sorry state of Israel and Jewish affairs! They're starved for
this world's affection, afraid to be different, and too willing
to sacrifice our unique identity! God condemns those KAPOS OF
COMPROMISE who would rather sell-out than take an unpopular
stand!
Whereas it's not politically correct, and goes against our
democratic grain, and could result in a backlash - Hanukkah
represents those who are willing, if and when necessary, to risk
the wrath of others to insure the triumph of good over evil, of
light over darkness, and right over wrong.
In this particular case, the Light of what's good and right was
the brilliant example of those faithful few Jews who held their
head high - sick and tired of being beaten down - and publicly
chose to reject alien ideas and destroy imposed idols.
The Maccabees weren't overly concerned with a suicidal fear of
world opinion, but mightily expressed their faith in GOD. They
didn't flirt with "foreign affairs," or engage in
self-destructive interfaith orgies. They kept the faith and
cleansed the Temple Mount of its spiritual filth.
World Jewry continues to celebrate Hanukkah to this day, but in
the spirit of hypocrisy! We're more like the COWERING HELLENISTS
who assimilated, rather than the courageous Maccabees who fought
to remain true to themselves!
Thank Heavens, there are a growing number in Israel who want to
see Jerusalem restored as our spiritual center, and our lives
rededicated to Biblical ideals, not humanist ideas. Pray for
Jerusalem's peace and the rekindling of Israel's light!

King David's Aliyah

King David designated the Temple Mount as the site Solomon was to
build God's Temple. "David said, 'Here will be the House of the
LORD and here the altar of burnt offerings for Israel'" (I Chron.
22:1, JPS). He had taken a military census, earlier, against
strong opposition, which implied he was trusting in Israel's
might instead of God's strength. Consequently, God plagued the
land and diminished Israel's numbers! People were falling like
flies and getting wiped out by disease.
Then God ordered the angel to change course and zero in on
Jerusalem. But when God heard David's prayers and saw the
humility of Israel's elders, He called off the siege. God's angel
told the prophet Gad that David was to GO UP TO MOUNT MORIAH AND
SET UP AN ALTAR TO GOD.
David made aliyah: he ascended God's holy mountain and
encountered the righteous Gentiles who were then in charge. They
agreed to renounce their claims and sell their land, recognizing
it was God's Will for David to transform their threshing floor
into the sacred site where God would judge the nations and sift
all men's hearts.

Divine Fire and Forgiveness

David paid for his mistake and sacrificed for his sin: God
responded by sending fire down from heaven to receive David's
offering and accept his person (I Chron. 21)! The plague was
stayed!
David had delivered Jerusalem from Gentile occupation (2 Sam.
5:7). That redemption prepared the way for David's sacrifice and
prophecy that Mount Moriah would house the altar and Temple of
God. He personally ordered the Tabernacle's construction, and saw
to it that the Ark was transferred to Jerusalem amid great
celebrations and joy (I Chron. 15).
Afterwards, David felt a Temple would be more appropriate for
God's Ark (especially since he lived in better quarters himself),
but was prophetically informed it wasn't in God's plans for him.
His responsibility was to settle Israel's differences with their
enemies and pave the way for Solomon.

 Temple Plans

David served as God's instrument to make preparations for the
Temple by amassing great wealth, materials, and manpower. King
Solomon would be able to enjoy the peaceful conditions necessary
to construct God's Temple without distractions (I Chron. 21, 22).
Whereas Solomon was honored to build God's Temple, David was
given the precise construction details for it, like Moses was
shown the Tabernacle's blueprint (1 Kings 5:2-5, I Chron. 28:19).
Solomon began to fulfill what Melchizedek foreshadowed: the
prophetic merging of PRIEST and KING into ONE - ruling from
Jerusalem! Significantly, Batsheba (Solomon's mother) was from
Levi, the priestly tribe, and David was from Judah, the sceptre
tribe.
King David addressed the nation and consolidated Solomon's
position, showing how God had purposely chosen Solomon to build
an "Embassy for the Eternal," a Temple to our God (I Chron. 28,
29).
The golden years Israel experienced under Solomon was
representative of the future Messiah's universal reign of peace
and prosperity (I Kings 4:20, 25). Solomon secured the promise of
a Davidic dynasty; a perpetual covenant that's to culminate in
Messiah. The Messiah has a double claim to that throne: it's the
Throne of the LORD (I Chron. 29:23) and the property of David's
descendants (Jer. 33:17)!
Solomon built the Temple following David's design, enacted King
David's decrees concerning the proper establishment of the
priesthood, and executed judgments upon various individuals (I
Chron. 28:13). Both Solomon's dedication prayer and sacrifice
were accepted by the God of Heaven, who answered him by sending
fire to earth and filling the Temple with His glory (2 Chron.
7:1).

The Royal House of David

God established David's family in Jerusalem, and David's house
constructed God's Temple. Later a descendant of David, assisted
by a priest, would rebuild God's Temple (Ezra 3:8). Throughout
history, David's faithful descendants would repeatedly "build up"
God's House. How? By their proper care and concern that not only
enabled but encouraged Levi to fulfill their sacred
responsibilities. This reciprocal relationship's soon to be
restored (Jer. 33:22).
The Royal House of David is Jerusalem's ETERNAL FLAME (Ner
Tameed/Lev. 24:4). Jerusalem is Israel's. God is Israel's Eternal
Flame and Israel is God's (I Kings 11:36). David's House is
destined to soon play an important part on the world stage. A
DAVIDIC MESSENGER WILL DEFEND JERUSALEM and God's truth, lighting
the Way and illuminating our Path (Zech. 12:8).
Unfortunately, Solomon fell for foreign women who took advantage
of his weakness: they led him astray to erect temples to their
lies! As a direct result of Solomon's adulterous idolatry, God
decreed that Israel's United Kingdom would become split in two (1
Kings 11:1-13)!
The consequential two kingdoms of Judah and Israel aren't to be
restored until Messiah - then we'll truly be reunited as "One
Nation Under God" and become a "Light to all nations" (Ezek.
37:22). Divided, we became conquered, and got carried off into
no-man's land; most never to return or remember their roots. But
now our mourning period's almost over! Our EXILE is about to end!
After Judah's return from Babylon, they rebuilt God's Temple
under Zerubbabel's guidance. But before the Temple's foundation
was laid they rebuilt God's ALTAR. They offered sacrifices
(following Moses' instructions) because they were afraid (Ezra
3:3,6)! They weren't too proud to ask God for protection.
Today Judah's AFRAID! They reason it's better to let the Muslims
profane the Temple Mount than to start another war! The Chief
Rabbinate would rather let foxes run loose on the Temple Mount
than permit the Children of Israel free access! Israelis are
COWARDS! They're not willing to do whatever's necessary to clear
that area of its "beautiful abomination" and make room for
improvement! We're not the sons and daughters of the Maccabees!

Major Upheaval in Israel?

Will an earthquake shake Israel to its foundations and rock the
world? Would the destruction of the Western ("Wailing") Wall and
the demolition of the "Dome of the Rock" and El-Aksa mosques - by
an Act of God - serve notice that it's time to rebuild the
Temple? The Western Wall will have served its purpose. And an
earthquake could clear the way for major changes.... Let's move
on and UP to where we should be praying: in the TEMPLE!
The Temple's to serve as a national reminder that God's central
to our existence and should be our focal point. However, the mere
presence of a Temple doesn't necessarily mean that God's Presence
is with us. Twice God's glory left the Temple and Judah was
scattered.
Will the sacrifices start soon? The cornerstone get put in place?
The Temple be rebuilt? And will a new Antiochus Epiphanes force
his way into the Temple and proclaim himself "God?" Supposedly
the pope wants Jerusalem to become an "international city" - in
reality he plans on making it his Catholic headquarters! Who
would stand up and oppose this intrusion? Who would denounce this
gross violation of Israel's sovereignty? Who would speak out
against this folly? Elijah....

Living in Israel

You could say I have a God-given love for the Jews and the nation
of Israel (Isa. 62:6-7). I've been blessed to have lived in over
seven regions of Israel, getting to know its land and people
quite well: Ramat Yohanan (where my kibbutz mother, Miriam Weiss
lives); Sdot Yam on the Mediterranean, next to Caesarea, the site
of my first ulpan, and where Israel's heroine, Hannah Senesh, was
from; Regavim, near Zichron Yaakov, where I continued my Hebrew
lessons amid its rolling green hills; Reshafim, near Bet She'an,
with Mt. Gilboa practically in our backyard, and Jordan's
mountains in lovely view out front; Adamit, on Lebanon's border,
high up on a mountain, from where on clear days you can see all
the way to Haifa's Mt. Carmel; Shoval, a rose in the Negev
desert, just north of Beer Sheva; Dan, way up in the northernmost
part of Israel, in between Syria and Lebanon, next to the
majestic snow-covered Mt. Hermon, where I was living when
"Operation Desert Storm" blew in; and Ha'On, with its campground
and ostrich farm on the eastern shores of the Sea of Galilee,
across from Tiberias.
Now that I've fulfilled my goals of living around Israel, I hope
to live in Shiloach  (the Biblical City of David), in Jerusalem,
until the Messiah comes - and forever after! I want to live as
close as possible to my favorite spot on earth: the Temple Mount.

True Freedom

Why didn't the Jews accept Jesus? Frankly, because He didn't live
up to their expectations. Why? He  disappointed them!  The Jews
were looking for a NATIONAL DELIVERER, not a spiritual savior!
They wanted Messiah to overthrow Rome, not subdue sin! They were
hoping He would end the Gentile occupation of their land, not
defeat Satan's purpose in their lives.
Judaism is replete with references to our Saviour-King; the
Messiah who will conquer our enemies and restore our
independence, ushering in the glory days of old. The Jews in
Jesus' day didn't want to hear that they were their own worst
enemy! They didn't appreciate being called slaves to sin, and
that Christ was the only Master Key to  freedom.
Jesus began preaching in the synagogues around the Sea of
Galilee, slowly but surely working His way down towards
Jerusalem. Yeshua (Jesus) didn't begin His Mission until He was
thirty: the coming of age for a rabbi. He was preceded by His
cousin Yohanan (John), a cohen. The whole region was eager to
hear His Message: God's Kingdom is fast-approaching! Jesus'
Report was circulated everywhere. Everyone who knew and
understood the Messiah was due, according to the time-setting of
Daniel's prophecies, had been anticipating this GOOD NEWS!

Roman Rule Before Messiah

I remember wondering once, during a bus trip from Jerusalem back
to Ramat Yohanan (near Haifa), why Messiah came when He did. Why
not 3,000 years ago? Why not 500 years ago? Then Daniel's
prophecy flashed into my mind: there were to be four Gentile
kingdoms, and then God's Kingdom would come! Messiah couldn't
come until the fourth beast - the Roman empire - was a reality.
Jesus then showed up, promptly on time, and foretold its ruin!
The Passover LAMB of God, Israel's Suffering Servant, came to be
offered up and take away the sins of the world (Isa. 53). Yet He
was prophesied to be resurrected, as our High Priest, and
intercede for many. How else could He see the positive results of
His sacrifice?
Rome signed their own death warrant when they murdered God's Son.
Those Jews who witnessed Jesus' mock trial and crucifixion,
crying out, 'His blood be upon us,' when Pilate wavered, assuming
blood-guilt, will eventually cry out for the Lamb's blood to
cover their sins and beg God to forgive them! That blood-guilt
was paid for (in part) when Jerusalem was sacked by the Romans,
as Jesus prophesied.

A Transcendant Kingdom

Jesus' Message went over the heads of most who heard Him. The
Kingdom He proclaimed wasn't limited to a specific location. His
Truth transcends national borders and rises above barriers of
race. Most couldn't grasp what He was saying!
Jesus not only announced Israel's restoration, but their
transformation! He promised to usher in a GLORY that's greater
than David and Solomon's combined (Haggai 2:9)! The House of
Israel must become the TEMPLE of God! Jesus - a son of David
-made preparations for this IMMORTAL NATION!
Jesus' good news far surpassed anything the Jews had hoped for!
It seemed too good to be true! They were astounded by His
Teaching: God's Kingdom is God's Royal Family! THEY administer
God's Government! We're not guaranteed membership by race - now
by God's grace, anyone who's righteous is welcome. Whereas
Israel's Kingdom consisted of Israel's family, those flesh and
blood descendants of Jacob, the Kingdom of God would be the
Spirit-composed Children of God!
Jesus made it clear: we've got to be born again! But traditional
Christianity can't stand the BRIGHT FUTURE Christ's described!
They've veiled its true meaning, toned down its truth, and robbed
it of its honor! Jesus wasn't referring to a spiritual
experience, but an actual occurrence: our RESURRECTION! This new
development is what amazed the religious leaders. They'd never
heard such a thing!
The Anointed One elaborated: if your parents are flesh and blood
humans, it's only natural that you're also human. You're nothing
more or less. Kind after kind. If you're born again by a
Spirit-composed God, it's only supernatural that you'll become a
Spirit-composed God!  GOD is a GOVERNING-FAMILY!

Messiah to Crush One World Government

The Jews - unlike too many Christians - were well aware that
Daniel prophesied of GOVERNMENTS. They understood four Gentile
kingdoms were to make their mark on mankind. They''d follow one
another in general succession: Babylon, the Medes & Persians, the
Greco-Macedonian, and the Roman Empire.
Daniel's end-time prophecy warned of Rome's final revival. It
would threaten Jacob's descendants, and persecute the holy ones
of Israel, until MESSIAH crushes their opposition once and for
all!
This configuration of 10 European States will wreak such havoc,
God has to send the archangel Michael to stand up for Israel
(Dan. 2:44)! It's going to be the worst time in history! And it's
revealed as just prior to Messiah's coming and the resurrection
of the dead (Dan. 12:1-2).  He'll be our only Hope for survival!
We'll witness these events! Daniel's message was impossible to
understand until now! We're living in the prophesied days of
rapid transit, instant communication, and a knowledge explosion
(Dan. 12:4)!
Europe's actually going to attempt to fight Messiah at His
Coming! But His invincible army originates in Heaven! He's flying
direct from the Father's Throne! We can expect Him to land upon
the Mount of Olives, and lauded as Israel's Anointed, liberate
Zion and Jerusalem - securing David's throne!

The Coronation of Israel's King

Daniel testifies: "One like a human being came with the clouds of
Heaven; He reached the Ancient of Days and was presented to Him.
Dominion, glory and kingship were given to him; All peoples of
every nation and language must serve him. His dominion is an
everlasting dominion that shall not pass away, and his kingship
one that shall not be destroyed" (Dan. 7:13-14 JPS).
Who but Jesus ascended into Heaven with clouds? He was like a
man, but more than a human-being! His coronation ceremony is
about to commence! Then He'll return to earth and rule all
nations! Unlike the Gentile powers, MESSIAH and His KINGDOM are
ETERNAL!
Zechariah gets even more specific: he says it's the LORD who will
fight against our enemies and touch down on the Mount of Olives.
"And the LORD shall be King over all the earth..." (Zech. 14:9
JPS).
Truly, Israel's Messiah is "GOD WITH US" (Isa. 7:14)! He'll
vanquish our foes and disperse our enemies: "The LORD has
annulled the judgment against you, He has swept away your foes
(like chaff from the Temple Mount!). Israel's Sovereign the LORD
is within you; you need fear misfortune no more" (Zeph. 3:15
JPS).

Rest for Wandering Jews

The wandering Jews will finally find rest. Our trials and
tribulations will be a thing of the past! Israel and Judah will
be forgiven their sins. At that time Judah will perceive that
YESHUA IS MASHIACH!
Jesus is the Christ: "And I will pour on the House of David and
on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and
supplications; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes,
they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and
grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn" (Zech. 12:10).
Shema Yisrael, Hear O Israel: Moses prophesied that God would
send us a Messenger (Deut. 18:18). Jesus is God's Lion and Lamb:
He came to deliver us from sin and will return to set us free
from men! Messiah is our Priest-King, our Lord and Saviour, our
One and only! He'll save us from Europe and ourselves!
"Surely in the LORD I have righteousness and strength. To Him men
shall come, and all shall be ashamed who are incensed against
Him. In the LORD all the descendants of Israel shall be
justified, and shall glory" (Isa. 54:24-25).














 ELIJAH'S KEY ROLE


 "And may our eyes behold Thy return to Zion in mercy" (Jewish
daily prayer). A great drama is about to be played out! The stage
is Jerusalem. The setting is Israel. God's spotlight will be
shining upon His two star witnesses. All eyes will be riveted
upon the events about to occur: GOD'S GOING TO RECLAIM JERUSALEM
AS HIS OWN!
Israel's about to host the greatest showdown on earth! A
spiritual conflict of interests will create such a scene in
Jerusalem that the whole world will watch! Zion will be an arena
of prophets and sorcerers, warriors and kings! The forces of good
and evil are set to duel: the sons of light will battle the sons
of darkness, and truth will confront error head-on!
Satan knows his days are numbered and Europe's his last stand.
This will be it for Rome. The final conflict is going to suck
every nation into its black hole! The twisted fate of the Vatican
and Europe will unravel before all; their counterfeit kingdom
will come apart at the seams!
Prior to Europe's invasion and occupation of the State of Israel,
God will have stationed two men, especially trained for this
mission, in Jerusalem. They're to serve notice that Jerusalem and
Israel belong to GOD! These two men are witnesses that God will
again choose Jerusalem. They won't rest until Zion fulfills her
calling (Isa. 62:6-7). They can foresee the future so clearly,
it's as good as done for them (Rom. 4:17). Since they know for
sure what's going to happen, they can give an accurate forecast!

Priest and King: Israel's Twin Pillars

Why are there two of them? For several reasons: God's Law
requires two or three witnesses to testify before the judge can
pass sentence; they're Israel's eyes, to enlighten and help them
see what's going on; and THEY REPRESENT GOD'S CHURCH AND STATE.
The prophet Zechariah first mentions these two. He saw them
portrayed as two olive trees, standing next to a golden Menorah,
one on each side. When he questioned God's angel as to what this
all meant, he was told: "These are the two anointed ones, who
stand beside the Lord of the whole earth" (Zech. 4:14).
It's understood that the Menorah represents Israel - who's yet to
become a "light to all nations." Today Israel's national symbol
is this very candlestick with its two olive branches!
Ancient Israel only had two anointed positions: Priest and King!
They were anointed with olive oil, symbolic of God's Holy Spirit,
before taking office (Ex.30:30). It was a simple gesture asking
for God's merciful guidance, and a humble request for Heaven's
inspiration (I Sam.  16:13).
God reveals that His men are going to be on active duty for three
and a half years. Their mission coincides with Jerusalem's
Gentile occupation. They'll witness the atrocities committed
against our people, and fast and pray. Therefore, the formal
dinners and black-tie days are gone. God's prophets will be in
mourning and wearing black: burlap!
Revelation 11:4 declares: "These are the two olive trees and the
two lampstands standing before the God of the earth." They stand
at attention before God, ready and willing to carry out His every
command. They're filled with the Holy Spirit and share their
LIGHT of understanding with captive Israel (Zech. 4:12). They'll
give it all they've got, emptying themselves, to try and impart
God's VISION and spiritual insight.
Obviously, they're testifying against Europe's crimes against
humanity, because the Beast wants them dead! They warn Europe
their Day of reckoning is near and thereby encourage Israel to
never fear!

Elijah's Coming!

The prophet Malachi assures us: "Behold, I will send you Elijah
the prophet before the great and dreadful day of the LORD. And he
will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the
hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike
the earth with a curse" (Malachi 4:5-6).
Who in the Bible is most prominent before the return of Jesus
Christ? In the Old Testament we find "Elijah." In the New
Testament we're introduced to the "two  witnesses." They're both
just before the awesome DAY OF THE LORD - the time when God
directly intervenes with the SEVEN LAST PLAGUES!
Elijah (whose name means "my God is God") lived when Israel was
wrapped up in Baal worship. He blasted their "Lord" as worthless,
and exposed Israel's most popular ministers as pagan! He went all
out to reconcile the nation with Abraham, Issac, and Jacob, and
encouraged Israel to return to the Covenant God of our fathers.
Elijah's famous for his contest on Mount Carmel. He challenged
the vast majority of Israel's ministers, representing Baal, to
take him on. Elijah represented "My God Yah" - the true God of
Israel. He allowed them to go first in this attempt to see which
God would answer by sending FIRE to devour their sacrifice.
Baal's ministers got all hot and bothered, worked  themselves up
into a bloody frenzy and made a lot of stupid noise to attract
their god's attention - to no avail. Meanwhile, acting "rude and
intolerant," Elijah mocked their ignorance and questioned their
faith! Finally these "holy rollers" wore themselves out and gave
up. The silence of their god's response was deafening.
The very first kibbutz I was a volunteer on was Kibbutz Ramat
Yohanan. It's situated in such a place that you're able to enjoy
a commanding view of Mount Carmel (when the smoke from Haifa's
refineries aren't blocking it!). It was an excellent prop, a
perfect backdrop, to illustrate the point I made regularly: God's
true ministers are rare individuals - usually they're only one
against many - but they're not afraid to tackle the errors of
traditional Christianity and Judaism.

A Patriotic Prophet

Appropriately, when Elijah's turn came to call upon Israel's God,
it was the time for the evening sacrifice. He refused to use
Baal's altar since he didn't believe all religions were created
equal, but instead took the time to repair the broken down altar
of the LORD. They probably didn't understand, saying, "Why do you
have to make things more difficult?"
Elijah built God's altar with twelve stones, signifying  the
twelve tribes of Israel, and had a big trench dug around it. Then
he put the wood in place and cut up the steaks, arranging them on
the altar. Then he had four huge barrels of water dumped on
everything; and then again, and again, and again! Twelve barrels
in all, of precious water (remember they were experiencing a
horrible drought!), drenching the meat and the wood, and running
down into the trench.
"And it came to pass, at the time of the offering of the evening
sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near and said, 'LORD God
of Abraham, Issac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You
are God in Israel and I am Your servant, and that I have done all
these things at Your word. Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this
people may know that You are the LORD God, and that You have
turned their hearts back to You again.' Then the fire of the LORD
fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood and the
stones and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the
trench. Now when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces;
and they said, 'The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God (I Kings
18:20-39)!"
Elijah ended the circus careers of sweaty preachers! He put a
stop to their ridiculous antics and closed down their religious
tents! Israel's quick conversion resulted in the arrest and
"baptism" of their former ministers: Elijah, "down by the
riverside," finished off the whole pack of liars!
Notice: Elijah's prayer made mention of Israel's roots, and
acknowledged our faithful forefathers. It declared that the whole
purpose behind God's dramatic display was to prove He's serious
about taking us back. God made the first move, now Israel's
change of heart was necessary to truly restore their
relationship. Repentance results in reconciliation.
God sent the fire, forgave Israel, and further demonstrated His
love by sending rain upon their thirsty earth  - something their
nature gods hadn't been able to do! Israel cleaned up their act
and got rid of their error - for awhile.
Elijah had temporarily checked the growth of Baal's cult, and
worked hard to keep Israel weaned from their addiction to
deception. After fulfilling his purpose, air transportation was
provided to a private location. God removed him from public
office and transferred his authority to Elisha, a man out in the
"field" - NOT from headquarters!

Elijah: Past, Present and Future

Jesus acknowledged John the Baptist as a forerunner of Elijah,
preparing the way for Christ's first coming. That fact reveals
Malachi's prophecy about "Elijah" wasn't about his literal
person.
Elijah's been long dead and buried and awaits his resurrection.
He lived out his life in the place that God had prepared for him;
though he even sent a letter to King Jehoram to explain the
spiritual significance of Judah's deteriorating situation (2
Chron. 21:12). And that was after he went to "heaven!" Jehoram's
father, Jehoshaphat, had been king during Elijah's ministry.
What's to occur right before Christ's coming? A modern version of
pharaoh and his magicians against Moses and Aaron! It's to take
place in a world court! Egypt held Israel hostage and the GOD of
the Hebrews demanded their immediate release. Both set of
individuals claimed to represent God and His truth; they met face
to face - but they didn't see eye to eye!
Israel's two representatives will present their case from
Jerusalem. They'll  confront Europe's emperor and pope with the
facts and hold them personally responsible for Europe's
atrocities. God's two witnesses will take the stand and testify
against Europe's cruel and unusual punishment inflicted upon our
people. They'll charge the beast and false prophet with murder,
treason, and extortion!
 Israel's two anointed positions were priest and king. The priest
tribe was Levi and the sceptre tribe was Judah. Therefore, one of
Israel's representatives will hail from the Royal House of David
(Judah), and the other will join him from Aaron's line (Levi),
and both will be deeply converted individuals from God's one and
only true Church. They represent God's Church and State, like
Moses and Aaron, against Satan's counterfeit Church and State!
"Elijah" will vigorously oppose Europe's evil empire and speak
out against it's corrupt system of GOVERNMENT! He'll denounce
those Israelite nations in Europe who will have merged their
markets with Babylon's daughter. Ahab (pagan Israelites) and
Jezebel (the Catholic Church) will have to contend with ELIJAH
again!
Elijah's successor was promised a double portion of God's Holy
Spirit: it'll be shared between the two witnesses!

Restoring Truth

Herbert W. Armstrong came and restored 18 glorious truths to
God's Church (that had been lost throughout the centuries); he
boldly stood against traditional Christianity's error and rebuilt
the altar of the LORD (that had fallen into disrepair by shameful
neglect); he restored our Israelite identity and responsibility
(Isa. 49:6); he prophesied before world leaders about European
unification and Christ's return to save us from its nuclear
holocaust; he energetically brought God's Church back on track,
making sure that it measured up to Biblical standards; and he
died, full of faith and wisdom, leaving a lasting impression on
those who continue the quest for God's Kingdom (Rev. 10:11;
11:1).
Jesus said: "Indeed, Elijah is coming first and will restore all
things" (Mat. 17:11). He spoke in the future tense. Then He
explained that John the Baptist had already fulfilled Malachi's
prophecy, as far as Christ's first coming was concerned! But
Christ's second coming is near and "Elijah" must help prepare for
it! Herbert W. Armstrong has fulfilled that restoration role of
"Elijah." We're now about to witness it's final fulfillment!
God's about to empower His two prophets (who are one in mind and
spirit) with the greatest anointing mankind's ever seen! They're
to help restore the nation - not just the Church - to Israel's
God. They're going to be made invincible, so they can tell it
like it is! They'll speak before Israel's captive audience and
powerfully deliver God's Message to Europe: "LET MY PEOPLE GO!"
After Elijah's workday was over, Elisha continued doing Elijah's
unfinished job - he didn't start some new work. He followed
through on various assignments God had given to Elijah (who
wasn't able to complete them). The two witnesses will carry on in
Mr. Armstrong's tradition and honor his legacy, like Mr. Gerald
Flurry and the Philadelphia Church of God do today.

Offering Encouragement

Elijah's to appear just before the "coming of the great and
dreadful Day of the LORD." Isaiah 60:1 encourages them to "RISE
AND SHINE!" (That scripture always reminds me of my Grandpa
Hoover. Whenever my sisters and I would stay at our grandparents'
farm in Risingsun, Ohio, Grandpa would wake us up early with his
"rise and shine" call!)
Israel's bright young men are to help spread some COMFORT and
CHEER; our captive American, British, and Jewish brethren will
need all the encouragement they can get! They'll need someone to
correct their tunnel-vision (that only sees the misery around
them) and help them see the light of Day again. How? By
proclaiming "the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of
vengeance of our God" (Isa. 61:1-2). Our HOPE lies in Europe's
repentance or destruction!
God wants us to have HOPE and not despair; FAITH and not fear!
The roles will soon be reversed and the tables turned (Isa.
40:4-5). God's not a liar: CHRIST will come and save us!

Showing the Way Out

But what must we do to be saved? There are three requirements for
NATIONAL DELIVERANCE: 1) Confess and forsake our traditional
ways; 2) Admit we're only reaping what we've sown; that God's
left us because we've left Him; and 3) Accept our responsibility
and corrective punishment (Lev. 26:40-41).
We only have ourselves to blame for our predicament (Jer. 4:18).
We've played with fire and got burnt - what did we expect? We've
broken God's laws and got caught; what are we complaining about
(Lam. 3:39)? But now what are we going to do about it? It's
"better to light a candle than curse the darkness."
"Let us search out and examine our ways, and turn back to the
LORD..." (Lam. 3:40). We've got to come to terms with ourselves
and face reality. We didn't listen to God's representatives
warning us what was about to happen - and now it's happened!
Hopefully, we won't make the same mistake twice. God's men will
be telling us how to get out of the mess we've gotten ourselves
into! We'd better take their legal counsel.

Religious Lies

False prophets will say we've been conquered because we'd gotten
away from traditional Christianity! They'll try to confuse the
situation (Lam. 2:14). We need to stay away from their lies and
condemn their delusion! We're going to lose the next war because
of IDOLATRY and IMMORALITY! Counterfeit Christianity - with all
its PAGAN HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES - is immoral to God! When puny
men try and put Sunday and Easter before God's seventh-day
Sabbath and Passover, they're making an idol out of human
traditions!
  The old line that "Christmas is for kids" is dead wrong!
NOTHING justifies living a lie! It's pagan no matter how you try
and disguise it, and God forbids His people to have anything to
do with customs and holidays stolen from false religions (Deut.
12:30-32)!

God's Holy Days

God gave us seven Holy Days (the number of completion) for the
whole family! We can celebrate and worship God together, keeping
His commandments, and be happy knowing we're portraying His
Purpose for mankind: PASSOVER represents Christ's sacrifice as
the Lamb of God; the FESTIVAL OF UNLEAVENED BREAD celebrates
Christ's resurrection and ascension to Heaven (where He's
actively serving as our High Priest, putting sin out of our
lives); PENTECOST celebrates the founding of God's Church, the
internalization of God's Law by His Holy Spirit, and the fact
that the "chosen few" are God's first pickings; the FEAST OF
TRUMPETS heralds Israel's reunion at the coming of our King
(during a time of war); YOM KIPPUR or the DAY OF ATONEMENT offers
us the hope of national reconciliation with God and Satan's
banishment; the FEAST OF TABERNACLES rejoices in God's offer of
eternal life (for the first time since Adam) to all mankind, and
celebrates, in advance, the abundance we'll enjoy under Messiah's
Administration; the LAST GREAT DAY portrays mankind's mass
resurrection and first chance for salvation (Lev. 23)! Why aren't
you familiar with these days? Blame your minister!

Pagan Holidays

Pagan holidays that God hates aren't "for the children!" How can
they be? When you go through the terrible HOLOCAUST that's coming
(because of our idolatry and immorality), you'll understand we've
SACRIFICED OUR CHILDREN in its flames!
If we're going to be saved out of  "Jacob's trouble," we've got
to think like God does and see things His way (Isa. 59:7-9).
Mankind had better stop arguing with God! It's going to get us
deported and killed! We need to hate the lies of Easter, Sunday,
Christmas, and all the other religious bull we've heard and
fallen for! We need to stay out of those corner bars (with
crosses and steeples!) that put us in a Biblical black-out! That
hard liquor makes us forget what God says we're supposed to do,
or gets us to the numb point where we don't even care!

Delay Isn't Denial

We will sober up! Prophecy reveals we'll quickly repent and
expect to be saved overnight (Hos. 5:15). We'll admit that we've
been wrong, that we've been a nation of drunks and whores, that
we've loved religious lies and hated the truth - but we're still
NOT going to get rescued as soon as we'd like!
God says because He's called us on many different occasions, and
we've refused to answer; He's extended the olive branch and we
broke it; we've flatly rejected what He advised us to do, and
didn't want to be told we weren't living right - laughing at
God's people as old-fashioned, and making fun of them for
believing the Bible, and thinking they're crazy for warning about
Europe instead of taking them seriously: "I also will laugh at
your calamity, I will mock when your terror comes... When
distress and anguish come upon you. Then they will call upon me,
but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently, but they
will not find me" (Prov. 1:24-33).
Who likes a fair-weather friend? Who's willing to play second
fiddle to anyone or anything in a right relationship? Does God
want us to only look Him up when we're short on cash or need to
get out of jail? Is God impressed with our attention when all our
distractions have been stripped away? When we can finally hear
Him and listen to what He has to say because we no longer own a
loud stereo or television set (because our homes have been blown
up or looted)? CONCENTRATION CAMPS will help us to learn how to
THINK again!
Ignorance ISN'T bliss! It's hell! Instead of hating God's truth
and despising its instruction, we should hate those wrong ways
that only invite disaster! We should despise those deceitful
"lifestyle choices" that'll leave you dead! Why self-destruct?
The brain-dead need to get a life, and those stupid fools who are
so laid back had better sit up and take notice!
God's going to give us an opportunity to live (or die) with our
decisions. Delay is not denial. ("I believe with perfect faith in
the Messiah's coming. And even if He be delayed, I will await
Him."). We'll be given plenty of time to think things over.
That's why God isn't going to save us immediately. He's going to
let us get sick of ourselves and tired of sin's bitter
consequences (Ezek. 36:31). We've tasted the forbidden fruit -
now we'll have to endure its horrible aftertaste!
But God will hear and forgive us - He's just making a point by
taking His time (since we didn't give Him the time of day!). When
we held our historic congress at Mount Sinai, founding Israel as
God's nation, laying the groundwork for our constitution by
hearing out God's 10 commandments, we were only given two days
advance notice to prepare for it (Ex. 19:10-11).
We cleaned up our act, washed our clothes, and abstained from
sex. We thought we were ready, but we weren't prepared for what
happened next! On the third day, as previously scheduled, God
made His grand entrance. Israel had front-row seats for the most
spectacular LASER EXHIBITION! The shocking display of SOUND and
VISION stunned the audience! Smoke, fireworks, an incredible
overture.... It was too overwhelming! There was a near stampede
for the exits (Ex. 20:18)! ALL Israel heard God's deep voice and
could feel the vibrations from His words. Talk about shaking in
your sandals! Never had any assembled nation heard GOD give the
main address (Deut. 4:33)!
God's going to speak to us again, after He's rescued us from
Europe (Ezek.20:35). But we're given two years to prepare for
Christ's coming (Amos 4:12). Within the third year of our three
and a half year sentence, God will begin to dramatically
intervene! That'll be the year of our jubilee! "Come, and let us
return to the LORD; For He has torn, but He will heal us; He has
stricken, but He will bind us up. After two days He will revive
us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His
sight" (Hos. 6:1-2).
It appears we'll repent within the first six months of our
captivity. After two years the "Day of the LORD" will begin.
That's when God gets directly involved! The time we've been
waiting for and told to expect will have arrived (Isa. 61:2)!

Heavenly Signs

As our CREATOR, God's going to dispatch the forces of nature to
bring His Message home! "And there will be signs in the sun, in
the moon, and in the stars; and on  the earth distress of
nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring; men's
hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things
which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will
be shaken" (Lk. 21: 25-26).
God's going to revive us after two years! The two witnesses will
foretell these startling events, but when we see them with our
own eyes, we'll know for sure God hasn't forgotten or forsaken us
(Luke 21:28).! It'll be like a breath of fresh air for those who
understand what's going on, but a nightmare for those who still
don't get it!
When earth's equilibrium's off, and nature appears to have gone
off the deep end; terrifying tidal waves crash into cities,
batter our coastlands, and sweep away towns; unbelievable
earthquakes strike that make today's troubles seem like mere
tremors; droughts occur that suck out every ounce of moisture
from the air; and on, and on, and on with NO RELIEF in sight -
people are going to break! Some will literally be scared to
death!
We need to WAKE-UP and realize this is all symptomatic of our
sick condition! Earth reflects our relationship with Heaven. The
reason we experience upset weather is because there's a SPIRITUAL
UPHEAVAL in our lives! These bizarre acts of creation warn us
we're out of sync with the scriptures!
Christ will uplift our spirits during the day of the LORD, and
He'll return within the third year of Israel's ordeal! Europe's
prophesied to walk all over us for three and a half years, but
then they'll fall to pieces: GOD's going to smash their toes,
shatter their illusions, and blow them all away (Dan. 2:35)!

Why Jerusalem's Special

Why are the two witnesses stationed in Jerusalem? Because it's
the historic site of David's throne and they deliver a message
about GOVERNMENT (Isa. 9:7)! Israel's representatives will
proclaim the coming of our KING - from His future capital!
God's called Jerusalem to become the "City of the Great King." No
other city bears that distinction. The false prophet is going to
try and steal that honor before Christ comes! He'll attempt to
preempt Jesus in His own City!
Satan attempted to seize God's Throne, now he's after Jesus'
seat! The Gentiles will temporarily occupy Jerusalem (Jer. 3:17),
but Elijah will counter Ahab/Europe's claim to Zion, pushed
forward by the Vatican/Jezebel! Europe will be encouraged to
throw the wicked witch down (2 Kings 9:33-37)! Feed her to the
dogs (Rev. 17:16)!
The Catholic Church works behind the scenes (I Kings 21:25). She
uses her evil influence to persuade politicians to do her
bidding! The UN have already stationed troops in Hebron. (David
ruled there for 7 1/2 years before going up to Jerusalem). By
that act, Israel's sacrificed their sovereignty. Israel is
fallen, fallen.... It's opened the floodgates for the UN to swamp
the Holy Land! It's no coincidence that Jericho - the first city
ancient Israel conquered - will be the first territory Judah
surrenders! The UN passed a resolution in 1949 calling for the
"internationalization" of 100 square miles around Jerusalem. As
Israel's "peace process" deteriorates, as it must, are we about
to see this resolution brought up again? The world will demand
its enforcement - pushed by the pope! Jesus prophesied this very
thing (Lk. 21:20)!

Israel's Liberator

Moses and Aaron reassured Israel that God was going to set them
free. They explained it was all because of GOD'S PROMISE TO
ABRAHAM. Jacob's deliverance was based upon God's agreement with
our fathers. It was only a matter of time!
Elijah's going to remind us that GOD - not Europe - is Master of
the universe (Isa. 52:7)! Jesus will save His damsel from
distress. Christ will land on the Mount of Olives, liberate
Jerusalem, and secure Israel's release from Europe's prison,
because He's faithful to His followers!
God isn't going to let us rot in jail! Christ is coming on a
RESCUE MISSION! The two witnesses foresee it as "mission
accomplished!" They're on watch-duty and stand guard, ready to
sing for joy, because they know we're as good as saved! They're
on the look out for Christ's return, announce His approach, and
tell us when its getting nearer (Isa. 52:8-10).
God said He'd send an apostle to the Middle East (Isa. 41:27).
He'll spread the GOOD NEWS of God's advancing army! We're about
to be liberated! INDEPENDENCE DAY is on its way (Isa. 61:2)!
We'll hear from actual eyewitness accounts!

Elijah Introduces the Messiah

The chief spokesman, between Israel's two key witnesses, will be
an envoy from the House of David. This "Elijah" will herald
Messiah to the Jews (Isa. 40:9)! He'll be like an angel, God's
messenger, revealing Israel's true God and leading us to
repentance (Zech. 12:8). ELIJAH MUST IDENTIFY THE MESSIAH TO
JUDAH, AND INTRODUCE HIM TO ISRAEL!
Jesus clearly stated He'd never come back to Jerusalem  until we
had a CHANGE OF HEART (Mat. 23:39). But God will soon return in
all His glory! "Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion! For behold,
I am coming and I will dwell in your midst, says the LORD" (Zech.
1:10).
The Jewish Homeland has been restored. Jerusalem has been
reunited. But the same group mentality that cried out for
Christ's blood is still entrenched in Jerusalem.
On Israel's parliament building every Hanukkah are the words:
THOSE DAYS, THESE DAYS. It's in reference to God's powerful
miracles in the past, and a prayer for more of the same today.
Israel's in for a big surprise: we're going to see GREATER
MIRACLES than our forefathers!
After seeing Elijah's MIRACLES and hearing his MESSAGE about our
conquering King, the Jew's long-awaited repentance will become
reality! God's Spirit will convince them that the two witnesses
are the Elijah to come! Israel's priests and politicians will
fall to their knees and worship God's Son and Israel's firstborn!
The Jewish establishment, for the first time, will publicly
acknowledge Christ (Zech. 12:9-14)!
What will serve as the catalyst for Israel's conversion? Elijah's
death and resurrection! Jesus purposely allowed Lazarus to die so
He could resurrect him as a SIGN. It served as an advance notice
of Christ's death and resurrection.

 Elijah's Evidence

God gives us four SIGNS (the four elements) to prove the two
witnesses are "Elijah!" They'll serve for the same length of time
as Elijah (three and a half years), and also represent the true
CREATOR GOD of nature: they'll be able to control the weather (I
Kings 17:1)!  The whole earth will be affected when they forbid
it water!  It'll only rain at their word (Rev. 11:6).
When Elijah's life was endangered by the military, He called down
fire from the sky (2 Kings 1:14). God struck his enemies dead! If
any armed forces threaten Israel's reporters, before they've
completed their assignment, God authorizes them to use whatever
firepower they deem necessary (Rev.11:5)! All they have to do is
speak God's Word (Jer. 5:14), and their rivals will be reduced to
nothing!
Mind you, pharaoh's magicians were able to duplicate Moses' and
Aaron's first few miracles. The pope's going to be given Satan's
power to work lying signs and wonders. He'll counterfeit Elijah's
fire from the sky for starters (Rev. 13:13). But he can only go
so far. But how will you know who's who? Any miracles must agree
with the Bible's message. It has to confirm - not contradict -
scriptures.
Elijah was finally taken away - by means of air transportation.
He utilized the earth, wind, fire, and water to demonstrate his
contact with our Creator. After Israel's two key witnesses finish
giving their testimony, they'll get assassinated! Europe's going
to see to their cold-blooded murder (Rev. 11:7). Then they'll add
insult to injury by denying permission to bury them. Their dead
bodies will be left in the streets, and shown around the world,
while everyone celebrates the bloody occasion (Rev. 11:8-10)!
But after three and a half days, the party's over: the people's
cheers will turn to shrieks of fear! They won't be able to
believe their eyes! God's two prophets (who plagued the pagans)
will come back to LIFE! They'll stand up in front of everybody
and get taken up in a cloud, vanishing into thin air! A gigantic
earthquake will shake the people up even more. It'll bring seven
thousand to their graves, and many others to their senses (Rev.
11:11-13).
Why will the two witnesses be dead three and a half days? Because
it correlates to their three and a half year ministry to
prisoners of war. Unless GOD intervenes, Israel will be as good
as dead! But CHRIST - who is our resurrection - will bring us
back to life! He'll revive us! These special-agents' death and
resurrection, will give the "living dead" (serving their three
and a half year sentence) more confidence in an "afterlife."
There is hope beyond Babylon! Europe will rise AND fall!

Relying on God

The GOOD NEWS of the KINGDOM OF GOD is going to become
increasingly relevant to every Israelite! Appropriately, Israel's
national anthem is Ha-Tikvah (the Hope). Christ's coming and His
return to Jerusalem is our only HOPE! Our survival is in our
Savior's hands! But we're GUARANTEED DELIVERANCE - because God's
faithful to Abraham!
The future seat of GOD'S GOVERNMENT is Jerusalem (Jer. 3:17).
It's from Jerusalem that Messiah will save us from our enemies,
send plagues on Europe, destroy Rome, oversee the ingathering of
our exiles, and direct Israel's restoration. The Anointed One
will glorify the "City of David" with His Presence, and make it
famous worldwide (Ezek.48:35)!
Moses sustained Israel's hope for freedom based on God's promise
to Abraham; the two witnesses will encourage us to put our trust
in Heaven's mercy! God stands by His Word. Once we've fulfilled
God's conditions for deliverance, we can rest assured of national
salvation. But we've got to change, accept responsibility, and do
our jail time - then we can expect to get out!
God's liable by His own law, and obligated by His deep and
abiding love for our fathers (Abraham, Issac, and Jacob), to
REMEMBER US in prison. In spite of ourselves, God won't leave us
stranded in Europe's dungeon (Lev. 26:44). God's Name's at stake
here, as well as mankind's survival (Ezek. 36:22). His Word of
honor's on the line (Isa. 48:9).
God encourages us to confess and forsake our sins, accept our
responsibility, and endure our punishment (Lev. 26:40-41). In
case we need any help in knowing what God expects of us, or how
we're to repent, we have the prophet Daniel's prayer for an
example.

Examples to Follow

Daniel was given an inspired understanding of Jeremiah's
prophecies. His eyes were opened to the revelation that his
nation was to suffer exile for 70 years (we've got to endure 3
1/2 years). Once he knew this, he went to God about it. It wasn't
a sleepy-time prayer or a quick mumbling of some memorized
mantra. Daniel fasted and poured out his heart in mourning for
the plight of his people.
Daniel praised GOD's greatness, and made mention of how good and
wonderful, how faithful and true, God's been to all those who
love Him - and how rotten and undeserving we've been of God's
mercy!
 He didn't attempt to deny how Judah had gone from bad to worse,
and that they'd ignored all the warning signs, and didn't pay
attention to God's message taught by the prophets. He didn't
leave anybody out - everybody was guilty! The preachers and
politicians, the young and the old, the high and the low....
Daniel admitted "we the people" caused our own problems, and got
ourselves into trouble; he realized our nation collapsed from
within before it fell from without. We're a broken people because
we've broken God's commandments!
 Everything God said would happen, did! We were warned by Moses,
history, and the Bible! But we've refused to listen or feel
ashamed, and we've refused to return to God; consequently, our
polluted lives were scattered (like so much litter) throughout
enemy territory. We'll be considered the scum of the earth, the
refuse of the nations (Jer. 6:30)! We've brought this disaster
down upon ourselves....
But GOD, you're the POWERFUL GOD who saved us from Egypt! Save us
from our sins! Forgive us and let us go home again! We're the
butt of jokes and the object of our enemies scorn, so at least
for Your Name's sake (which we're associated with), step in and
save us (Dan. 9:2-19)! Hosanna in the Highest! We've made a mess
out of our lives, ruined our health, and have wrecked our
homeland, leaving it in shambles....
Ezra, the priest, prayed: "O my  God, I am too ashamed and
humiliated to lift up my face to You, my God; for our iniquities
have risen higher than our heads, and our guilt has grown up to
the heavens...". They weren't only up to their necks in deep
trouble, they were in over their heads!
And despite everything that's happened to us, because we've lived
a life of crime and are guilty on so many accounts, refusing to
learn our lesson, God's still punished us far less than we
deserve! He could of given us the maximum penalty - but we
wouldn't be around to tell about it (Ezra 9:6, 13).

God's Patience

God's been more than patient. He's put up with us for years!
We've lost the reason for our freedom, forgetting obedience to
GOD is liberty. Our endless pursuit of pleasure defeats the
purpose for our national existence. We need to seek first the
Kingdom of God and His righteousness!
 We're a nation adrift. We've let go of our Biblical anchor and
are about to run into Europe's rocks and sink! "However, You are
just in all that has befallen us; For You have dealt faithfully,
but we have done wickedly. Neither our kings nor our princes, our
priests nor our fathers, have kept your law, nor heeded your
commandments and Your testimonies, with which You testified
against them. For they have not served You in their kingdom, or
in the many good things that You gave them, or in the large and
rich land which You set before them; nor did they turn from their
wicked works" (Nehemiah 9:33-35).
What ever happened to gratitude? Haven't we enjoyed the good
things in life that other nations only dream about? Hasn't our
soil been rich and our lives productive? Who stops complaining
long enough to count their blessings? What about THANKSGIVING
DAY? (Two of my ancestors, John and Priscilla Alden, were on the
Mayflower).
Instead of using our natural resources to glorify God, we've
spent them on ourselves. We've put "special interests" before
national security. God's been faithful to give us promised lands,
but we haven't responded in kind (living appreciative lives), but
have taken everything for granted! We're indebted to Europe and
Japan, rather than devoted to God!
WAR is God's last resort. We usually don't listen when there's
sunshine and peace! Since God is patient, He warns us and begins
to turn up the volume. If we still play deaf, God increases the
intensity to get our attention (Lev. 26:23-24)). THUNDER WARNS OF
THE GATHERING STORM (Rev. 10:3)!

Spiritual Masochists

When SUPERNATURAL DISASTERS strike, God's representatives assist
us in understanding what's going on. They offer advice in how we
can take proper precautions to AVOID FURTHER INCIDENTS. They let
God's message sink in and hit home, they don't give money to
patch things up!
What will it take for us to WAKE UP? More suffering and misery?
Why demand war and deprivation? Why require the loss of our land,
liberties, and loved ones? What do we have to go through before
we'll change? Why be so hard-headed? We're about to have our
skulls cracked!
"Why should you be stricken again? (It's revolting! We're
insane!). The whole head (government) is sick, and the whole
heart (national morale) faints. From the sole  of the foot even
to the head, there is no soundness in it, but wounds and bruises
and putrefying sores; they have not been closed or bound up, or
soothed with ointment. Your country is desolate, your cities are
burned with fire (L.A. riots); strangers (militant minorities)
devour your land in your presence; and it is desolate, as
overthrown by strangers" (Isa. 1:5-7).
We're going to die from our idolatry and immorality! We've lost
our national code of conduct, the ten commandments, and have
forgotten our Israelite identity. We're the descendants of
Abraham, Issac, and Jacob, but we've been acting like Gentile
bastards!
We're wallowing in the mire of immorality and drowning in our
babies' blood! Our government's corrupt, our preachers are
impure, and our land's filthy! We lack a national purpose and
energy! We're spiritually bankrupt and our national health care's
a mess! The ministers haven't explained the cause for our
national crisis; they've failed to reveal our identity or restore
our health (Ezek. 34:4)!

The Coming Crash

Traditional Christianity's left God's light to wander in their
darkness. They've driven people away from our Biblical God!
They've left our children hungry and searching for truth in
eastern religions. We've disobeyed God to rely on men, and we've
put our trust in financial securities (Isa. 2:5-9). Neither will
save us! OUR BANKS ARE GOING TO COLLAPSE, AND OUR ARMY WON'T BE
ABLE TO MUSTER ANY STRENGTH! This national demoralization (we've
only just begun to experience) will result in DEMOBILIZATION!
We're going down in FLAMING DEFEAT (Ezek. 7:14)!
The prophet Isaiah had two sons with symbolic names (Isa. 8:18).
They serve their purpose by notifying us of two major events
about to take place! They testify that 1) OUR DESTRUCTION'S
IMMINENT; THE BLITZKRIEG'S ABOUT TO BEGIN!
(Maher-shalal-hash-baz). And 2) OUR HOLOCAUST-SURVIVORS WILL BE
BROUGHT HOME AGAIN (Shear-yashuv). Throughout our ordeal, God
will be with us (Immanuel).
We can repent now, or later - after we've gone through
indescribable hell! These things are going to happen; these
prophesied events will occur! WHY don't we believe God? Why not
CHOOSE LIFE? Why insist on learning the hard way? WE DON'T HAVE
TO DIE!

Our Ultimate Restoration

Regardless, God will finally get through to us: the American,
British, and Jewish peoples will be set free! We'll be saved from
our sins and delivered from men! Christ's our Lord and Saviour,
our High Priest and Conquering King!
The beast and false prophet will be grabbed by the scruff of
their necks and thrown into the lake of fire (Rev. 19:20)! Europe
will fall to pieces, Rome will be left in ruins, and we'll head
for home with mixed emotions: crying for joy, as well as upset
with ourselves over former sins (Jer. 50:4)!
When all Israel repents, it'll save the whole world (Malachi
4:6)! If God couldn't redeem His firstborn, with our excellent
heritage and environment, He'd  be justified in destroying us
(Deut. 21:18-21). But Elijah will help reconcile us to Abraham,
Issac, and Jacob, and secure our relationship with Israel's God.
All the earth will finally recognize GOD MOST HIGH! When Christ
demolishes Europe's Tower of Babel, the pinnacle of human
success, it'll reveal Him as the greatest (Dan. 4:34)! With the
demise of Europe's superpope and dictator, the true KING OF KINGS
and His servants will stand out (Dan. 2:47).
Europe's tyranny will come to an end! It'll seem like an
eternity, but it'll only last for three and a half years.
Although humanly it'll be next to impossible, we've got to try
and put everything in perspective and keep our faith in focus:
"Do not rejoice over me, my enemy; when I fall, I will arise;
when I sit in darkness, the LORD will be a light to me (hope and
confidence). I will bear the indignation of the LORD (accept His
punishment), because I have sinned against Him (confession),
until He pleads my case and executes justice for me (faith and
patience). He will bring me forth to the light; I will see His
righteousness" (Micah 7:8-9).

Our National Duty

Our entire nation needs to kneel before God! We need to FAST AND
PRAY like we've never prayed before! Hopefully, it's not too
late! Forget everything else: it's all going to end anyway! Spend
quality time with the only One who can save us; read and believe
the Bible, grieve and cry over the catastrophe that's coming!
Let the young and old, the preachers and rabbis, the laymembers
and ordinary citizens, our presidents and prime ministers beg:
"SPARE YOUR PEOPLE, O LORD, and do not give Your heritage to
reproach, that the nations should rule over them. Why should they
say among the peoples, 'Where is their God?' (Joel 2:17)."
God will have compassion on us again! He's DEDICATED to our cause
(Jer. 50:34). He holds us close to His heart and says we're
always on His mind (Isa. 49:16). He knows we can only take so
much (Isa. 57:16). Jacob's GOD will subdue our sins and defeat
our enemies, once and for all (Micah 7:18-20)!
 However, we need to exercise the FAITH AND PATIENCE of Abraham,
and know beyond a shadow of a doubt, that GOD wants to see us
happy and free, enjoying His mercy and truth. We should be
totally convinced God has our best interest at heart, and is more
than capable of bringing everything together in Himself (Rom.
4:21).

One Nation Under God

Zechariah (John the Baptist's father) knew Mary was pregnant with
Israel's Messiah. He declared God's plan and praised His
faithfulness, putting God's purpose in a nutshell: "As He spoke
by the mouth of His holy prophets, who have been since the world
began , (what?) that we should be saved from our enemies, and
from the hand of all who hate us, (why?) to perform the mercy
promised to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant, the
oath which He swore to our father Abraham: to grant us that we,
being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve Him
without fear, in holiness and righteousness before Him all the
days of our life" (Luke 1:70-75).
 ABRAHAM'S GOD WILL BE OUR GOD AND WE'LL BE HIS PEOPLE! The
American, British, and Jewish peoples will be free at last! God
will grant amnesty, and pour out His Holy Spirit (Ezek. 39:29).
David's dynasty and the Levitical priesthood will be restored as
the twin pillars of our United Kingdom - One Nation Under God
(Ezek. 37:22).
Believe it or not, these bittersweet prophecies will come true
(Isa. 46:10). With blood, sweat, and tears, I've finished this
labor of love. I've presented my case before the nations (Micah
6:1). I've reported the bad news with the good news (Rev. 10:10).
 THE LONG NIGHT WILL END! Christ is going to return to Jerusalem!
He's coming with His entourage of glorified saints (come, Lord
Jesus!) and will rule with them forever (Dan. 7:27). At long
last, THE GODS WILL DWELL AMONG MEN (Jn. 10:34)!