September 25, 2009

After the Third World War, the New Temple Will Be Rebuilt for Antichrist Not Jesus Christ

The Middle East crisis will lead to World War III. Antichrist will appear at the end of WWIII and rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem. A one-world government with a one-world religion will be established, the anti-Christian kingdom prophesied in chapter 13 of the book of Revelation. This one-world power will offer apparent world peace and unprecedented opportunities to a world in desperate need of a grand solution to profound global problems. The anti-Christian beast will promise peace and prosperity to a world in chaos. The devil, Satan, will establish his earthly kingdom for "a little season," so that he as God will sit in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God, and he will deceive many with his signs and wonders.

The goal of the New Jerusalem Covenant Project is to create the plan by which Antichrist can solve the Middle East crisis; Antichrist will use this crisis to stage his appearance in the world. Antichrist is supposed to appear at the end of the Middle East crisis (World War III). The prophetic reality of Daniel 9:24-27, Matthew 24:15 and Revelation 11:1-12 is that the new Temple will be built after World War III and will produce the Man of Sin. Thus, the Illuminati plans to destroy the Dome of the Rock during the World War III fighting so that their Antichrist can rebuild Solomon's Temple. This reality means that Arabs will retain control over the Temple Mount until the moment Antichrist comes to the world scene and seizes it for the Jews so his temple can be created. "Peace and safety" will be heralded, and the leaders of the major nations will be busily taking credit for their "brilliant" leadership that seemingly finally solved the deeply engrained religious strife in and around Jerusalem that has plagued mankind for the past 1,400 years.- David Bay, Cutting Edge Ministries

Obama Is Said To Be Favoring Arab Sovereignty Over the Temple Mount!

"The Middle East peace plan that United States President Barack Obama will unveil soon involves the creation of a Palestinian Authority state by 2011 and the transfer of Islamic holy sites in Jerusalem [presumably including the Temple Mount] to Arab-Muslim sovereignty... He intends to set an ambitious timetable for completing the peace deal -- something that will please Arabs but may irritate Israel." - Gil Ronen, Obama Plan: Temple Mount Under Arab-Muslim Sovereignty, Israel National News, August 23, 2009

By David Bay, Cutting Edge Ministries
August 24, 2009

There is no doubt that the Illuminati plans to address the issue of sovereignty over the Temple Mount.

In NEWS1052 (next post), I report that the New England Director of the House of Theosophy stated that one of the "breakthrough" events in allowing Antichrist to appear would be the creation of a single worship center for all Monotheistic faiths in the region, i.e., Jews, Muslims, Christians. However, the Director refused to answer my specific question as to whether this combination worship center would be built on the Temple Mount.

"As the U.N. General Assembly meets in late September, Obama aims to announce the opening of a new negotiating process between Israelis and Palestinians, along with 'confidence-building' steps by Israel, the Palestinian Authority and a number of Arab governments ... Obama 'will probably lay out at least a partial vision of the two-state settlement that all sides now say they support, and the course that negotiations should take. More significantly, he intends to set an ambitious timetable for completing the peace deal -- something that will please Arabs but may irritate Israel'."
I cannot fathom how Prime Minister Netanyahu could force this part of the plan for a Palestinian State down Israel's throat. The Temple Mount Faithful has created a cornerstone for the next Temple and enjoys wide public support. Even many secular Jews support the building of a new Jewish Temple on the Temple Mount, which means that Israel must control that area.

Could immensely strong Orthodox resistance to Arab control over the Temple Mount lead to a public campaign against them which would erode their power by making them appear to be unrealistic and too radical? After all, the Director of the House of Theosophy in Boston stated that one of the major goals of the "New Jerusalem Covenant Project" was to eliminate the Orthodox influence in Israel.

We can only wait to see how this Palestinian State plan unfolds, but one matter is certain: events are going to be very interesting and will fulfill prophecy.

Prophecies of Daniel 9:24-27, Matthew 24:15 and Revelation 11:1-12 reveal that Solomon's Temple is built for Antichrist to use. This prophetic reality means that the new Temple is built after the World War III, which is designed to produce the Man of Sin. Most significantly, the Illuminati Plan, as revealed in "The Armageddon Script," states that the New David (Antichrist) will travel to the Temple Mount and stand amongst the "rubble of the Dome of the Rock" ( p. 233-35).

Thus, the Illuminati plans to destroy the Dome of the Rock during the World War III fighting so that their Antichrist can rebuild Solomon's Temple. This reality means that Arabs will retain control over the Temple Mount until the moment Antichrist comes to the world scene and seizes it for the Jews so his temple can be created.

These are exciting times in which to live, don't you think?


Fervent Masonic Desire to Rebuild Solomon's Temple

Is the Driving Force Behind the Events of the Mid-East Today; Once Completed, End Times' Prophecy Will Be Fulfilled!

By David Bay, Cutting Edge Ministries
June 25, 2009

Illuminized Western Freemasonry has long desired to rebuild Solomon's Temple on the Temple Mount. Masonic forces of the United Kingdom, United States, and Israel are absolutely determined to rebuild Solomon's Temple. This plan will bring about World War III, Antichrist, and the beginning of the Tribulation.

The New World Order is coming! Are you ready? Once you understand what this New World Order really is, and how it is being gradually implemented, you will be able to see it progressing in your daily news!!

Genuine Born Again Christians have normally not given King Solomon's Temple much thought, for we realize that Jesus Christ fulfilled all the types and shadows of the Old Testament law, of which the Temple was an integral part.

Jesus foretold in Matthew 24 that the glorious Herodian Temple, which was modeled after the Solomon Temple, would be totally destroyed. Listen:

"And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and His disciples came to Him for to show Him the buildings of the temple. And Jesus said unto them, 'See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.'" [Matthew 24:2; Parallel Bible, KJV/Amplified Bible Commentary]
History records that this Temple, which had so impressed Jesus' disciples, was destroyed in A.D. 70. It was destroyed by the Roman Army that had laid siege to the city; further, even though the soldiers were under strict orders to not destroy the Temple, they set fire to it, and caused that fire to burn so hot, for so long and so thoroughly, that the stones heated hot enough to turn the gold liquid, flowing out of even the mortars of the bricks. When the fire cooled, Jesus' prophecy was exactly fulfilled...

In New Testament Epistles, neither Paul nor any other Apostle emphasized the Temple; in fact, they virtually ignored it! The writer to the Hebrews made it quite clear that the Covenant of Jesus Christ completely abolished the First Covenant of which the magnificent Temple was such an important part. Listen to Hebrews:

"Now if perfection (a perfect relationship between God and the worshipper) had been attainable by the Levitical priesthood -- for under it the people were given the Law -- why was it further necessary that there should arise another, and different kind of Priest, one after the order of Melchizedek, rather than one appointed after the order and rank of Aaron? For when there is a change in the priesthood, there is of necessity an alteration in the law [concerning the priesthood) as well." [Hebrews 7:11-12; Parallel Bible, KJV/Amplified Bible Commentary]
This passage makes it quite obvious that God considered the First Covenant to be defective and in dire need of replacement! And, when you change the covenant, you change the priesthood and the Law concerning the priesthood.

It does not take too much imagination to realize that if God was going to change the First Covenant and abolish its priesthood, He would abolish the Temple as well. For this reason, we read of God's action taken when Jesus was hanging on the cross, immediately after He "gave up the ghost:"

"And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom." [Matthew 27:51; Parallel Bible, KJV/Amplified Bible Commentary]
God supernaturally ripped the Temple curtain separating the Holy Place from the Holy of Holies, while the sanctuary was filled with parishioners worshipping during the annual sacrifice for the sins of the Israel. Suddenly, they must have been filled with shock and fear as God abruptly ripped the curtain, throwing the Holy of Holies wide open. Many of them must have feared death, for no one could enter the Holy of Holies and live except for the High Priest, and he only once a year.

Tearing the curtain in two was God's signal that the First Covenant, with its Temple and priesthood, was now irrelevant, and was now to be replaced by His Second Covenant through Jesus Christ.

The writer to the Hebrews picks up this very theme:

"In keeping with [the oath's greater strength and force], Jesus has become the Guarantee of a better (stronger) agreement [a more excellent and more advantageous covenant]." [Hebrews 7:22; Ibid.]

"When God speaks of a new [covenant or agreement], He makes the first one obsolete (out of use). And what is obsolete (out of use and annulled because of age) is ripe for disappearance and to be dispensed with altogether." [Hebrews 8:13; Ibid.]
Did you catch that? "... ripe for disappearance and to be dispensed with altogether." Therefore, genuine Christians have virtually ignored the Solomon and Herodian Temples, except to arrive at a proper understanding of the Old Testament Covenant.

We certainly understand that God destroyed the Temple because He had instituted the superior Second Covenant through the new superior High Priest, Jesus Christ. To us, the Solomon Temple is just an interesting piece of Ancient History! But, not so with the pagan Freemasons. In their religion, the Temple plays a very, very important role.

MASONS DECLARE FREEMASONRY TO BE A RELIGION!

Let us stop here for a moment to dispense with the current Masonic lie that their organization is not a religion. Let us review some quotes:

"Every Masonic Lodge is a temple of religion, and its teachings are an instruction in religion." ["Morals and Dogma," Albert Pike, p. 231-L]

"It [Masonry] is the universal, eternal, immutable religion, such as God planted it in the heart of universal humanity." [Ibid., p. 219-M]

"But the Masonic organizations in which these legends were cherished, like Masonic Lodges today, were religious bodies." [The Holy Bible: The Great Light In Masonry," King James Version, Temple Illustrated Edition, A.J. Holman Company, 1968, p. 26]

"... Masonry may rightfully claim to be called a religious institution." ["A New and Revised Edition: An Encyclopaedia of Freemasonry and Its Kindred Sciences," by Albert Mackey, M.D., 33º, Volume II, p. 618.
Do not be deceived: Freemasonry is a religion!

THE SOLOMON TEMPLE IS THE HEART AND SOUL OF FREEMASONRY!

Now that we have amply demonstrated that the genuine Christian has no close affinity to Solomon's Temple because He destroyed it and annulled the Levitical Priesthood that accompanied it, let us examine how important this temple is to the practice of the Masonic religion.

"Of all the objects which constitute the Masonic science of symbolism, the most important, the most cherished, by the Mason, and by far the most significant, is the Temple of Jerusalem. The spiritualizing of the Temple is the first, the most prominent, and the most pervading of all symbols of Freemasonry ... Take from Freemasonry its dependence on the Temple; leave out of its ritual all references to that sacred edifice, and to the legends and traditions connected with it, and the system itself would at once decay and die ..." ["Encyclopaedia of Freemasonry," by Albert Mackey, MD, 33º and Charles T. McClenachan, 33º, Revised Edition, by Edward L. Hawkins, 30º and William J. Hughan, 32º, Volume II, M-Z, published by The Masonic History Company, Chicago, New York, London, 1873, A.G. Mackey, 1927, by the Masonic History Company.]

Let us repeat the critical understanding that the noted 33º Masonic author, Albert Mackey, has just given us:

"Take from Freemasonry its dependence on the Temple; leave out of its ritual all references to that sacred edifice, and to the legends and traditions connected with it, and the system itself would at once decay and die ... "
Therefore, the first understanding we want you to grasp is that Freemasonry is absolutely, completely, 100% devoted to the Solomon Temple, without which the entire structure and foundation of Freemasonry would die!

Thus does Masonry stand in stark contrast to genuine, Biblical Christianity. In other words, Freemasonry is rooted at its deepest foundation to the First Covenant of the Old Testament, while Biblical Christianity is rooted to the Second Covenant of Jesus Christ as delineated in the New Testament!

Mackey makes this fact quite clear also:

"Masonry has derived its temple symbolism, as it has almost all its symbolic ideas, from the Hebrew type ..." [Ibid]
Since the Old Testament was written originally in the Hebrew, and the New Testament in the Greek, Mackey is clearly stating that Freemasonry is rooted in the Old Testament!

In the Masonic Bible, quoted above (the Temple Illustrated Edition), the author of the Foreword sheds some further light upon the importance of Solomon's Temple to Freemasonry:

"The traditions and romance of King Solomon's Temple are of great interest to everyone who reads the Bible. They are of transcendent importance to Masons. The Temple is the outstanding symbol in Masonry, and the legendary story of the building of the Temple is the fundamental basis of the Masonic rule and guide for conduct in life ... The cream of Masonic historical and philosophical writing has been drawn upon for his description of the Temple and its relation to Masonic ritual." [The Holy Bible: The Great Light In Masonry," King James Version, Temple Illustrated Edition, A.J. Holman Company, 1968, Forward entitled, "The Bible and King Solomon's Temple in Masonry," by John Wesley Kelchner]
Let us review the important segment:

"The traditions and romance of King Solomon's Temple ... are of transcendent importance to Masons."
The word "transcendent" is used by genuine Biblical Christianity to describe God Himself. Just as the dictionary explains, God is truly "transcendent," "to pass beyond the limit that humans can grasp;" "to exist above and independently of material experience or the universe."

In other words, Solomon's Temple is to the Freemason what God is to the genuine Christian! Thus, belief in Solomon's Temple transcends all of Freemasonry itself, existing above and independently of it. Masonry has placed its "transcendent" faith in a building that the True God Himself destroyed, not once, but twice!

SPIRITUALIZING SOLOMON'S TEMPLE

Starting at the end of the quote from the Temple Illustrated Edition Bible, above, we read:

"... In all the rich symbolism of Ancient Craft Masonry two symbols, or symbolic themes, predominate: one is the search for light, the other is the labor of building. The source of light is the Holy Bible, and the grand representation of the builder's art is King Solomon's Temple .... It was natural that imaginative stone Masons, long before the development of anything like our modern fraternity, should have felt a kinship with the great builders of all ages. It was natural also that they should have acknowledge a peculiar attraction for the most famous and glorious of all building enterprises, King Solomon's Temple and Citadel. Interest and attraction for the wonderful structure on Mt. Moriah have increased rather than diminished ... until today the Temple of Solomon is the spiritual home of every Mason." [Masonic Holy Bible, Temple Illustrated Edition, A.J. Holman Co., 1968, p. 11-14]
A short while later, these authors explain:

"King Solomon's Temple was the perfect architectural expression of the religious faith of a people." [P. 25] "Perhaps Masonic interest also increased from a more or less incidental notice of the Temple to a final preoccupation with it as a symbol of spiritual man. [P. 29]
Indeed, Masonic leadership has spiritualized the meaning of the Temple in the life of each and every Mason. Albert Mackey explains:

"To the Master Mason, the Temple of Solomon is truly the symbol of human life ... it becomes a fit symbol of human life occupied in the search after Divine Truth, which is nowhere to be found ... Such is the symbolism of the first Temple, that of Solomon, as familiar to the class of Master Masons." ["Encylopaedia of Freemasonry, Mackey, p. 774]
However, while Solomon's Temple is the symbol of mortal human life to the Master Mason, a higher class of Masons ascribe a different interpretation to yet another Temple. Listen to Mackey explain:

"But there is a second and higher class of the Fraternity, the Masons of the Royal Arch, by whom this temple symbolism is still further developed. This second class, leaving their early symbolism and looking beyond this Temple of Solomon, find in Scriptural history another Temple, which years after the destruction of the first one, was erected upon its ruins; and they have selected the second Temple, the Temple of Zerubbabel, as their prominent symbol. And, as the first class of Masons find in their Temple the symbol of mortal life, limited and perishable, they, on the contrary, see in this second Temple, built upon the foundations of the first, a symbol of life eternal, where the lost truth shall be found, where new incense shall arise from a new altar, and whose perpetuity their great Master had promised when, in the very spirit of symbolism, he exclaimed, 'Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up'."

"And so to these two classes or Orders of Masons the symbolism of the Temple presents itself in a connected and continuous form. To the Master Mason, the Temple of Solomon is the symbol of this life; to the Royal Arch Mason, the Temple of Zerubbabel is the symbol of the future life. To the former, his Temple is the symbol of the search for truth; to the latter, his is the symbol of the discovery of truth; and thus the circle is completed and the system made perfect." [Ibid., Pages 774-775]
The Temple is so very important to the Mason that he took the final step to spiritualize its meaning. Master Masons look upon Solomon's Temple as their symbol of human life, while Royal Arch Masons consider the inferior Temple of Zerubbabel as their symbol of eternal life! The two symbols, taken together, form a spiritual circle, thus "perfecting" the Masonic symbolic system!

Now, you can understand how the Temple of Solomon became such a "transcendent" issue for the Mason!

LOGICAL CONCLUSION OF THIS TRANSCENDENT BELIEF IN SOLOMON'S TEMPLE

Since Freemasonry reverences Solomon's Temple so very much, and since this Temple holds such a pre-eminent position in all of Freemasonry, from its foundation to its very roof, is it much of a stretch to understand that Freemasons might fervently desire to re-build Solomon's Temple on the only place on earth it can possibly be built -- the Temple Mount in Jerusalem?

Let us examine some of these writings to see the fervent desire of Freemasons to rebuild Solomon's Temple!

"The Freemasons have, at all events, seized with avidity the idea of representing in their symbolic language the interior and spiritual man by a material temple ... The great body of the Masonic Craft, looking only to this first Temple erected by the wisdom of King Solomon, make it the symbol of life; and as the great object of Masonry is the search after truth, they are directed to build up this temple as a fitting receptacle for truth ..." ["Encyclopaedia of Freemasonry", by Albert Mackey, MD, 33º and Charles T. McClenachan, 33º, Revised Edition, by Edward L. Hawkins, 30º and William J. Hughan, 32º, Volume II, M-Z, published by The Masonic History Company, Chicago, New York, London, 1873, A.G. Mackey, 1927, by the Masonic History Company, p. 774]
The word "avidity" is defined as "eagerness, greed." Therefore, we can see that they are "directed to build up this temple" with eagerness and greediness! Mackey then goes on to talk about this new temple and some of its new fixtures.

"... new incense shall arise from a new altar, and whose perpetuity their great Master had promised when, in the very spirit of symbolism, he exclaimed, 'Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.'" [Ibid.]
"New incense" arising from a "new altar," in a Temple that Mackey has just associated with the "great Master Mason," Jesus Christ! In other words, Mackey has linked the new Temple with a Christ or Messianic figure. In another book, Masonic author, Edward Waite, is even more explicit. Listen:

"The Temple of Masonry is hence forward the house of Christ' ... [Edward Waite, p. 486-7, "A New Encyclopedia of Freemasonry and of Cognate Instituted Mysteries: The Rites, Literature and History," Volume II, reprinted in 1970 by Weathervane Books., p. 314]
The new Solomon Temple is henceforth to be called the "house of Christ." The naive might think Waite is referring to Jesus Christ, but Waite did not say that, did he? Do you know that the term "Christ" literally means the "office of the promised Messiah"?

Jesus fulfilled that office when He lived and ministered among men, and He was recognized as having fulfilled that Messianic office. Listen:

"And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God." [Matthew 16:16]
Notice Peter said "Thou are the Christ;" in other words, Peter recognized that Jesus was the Divine/human fulfillment of this office of Messiah.

"And the high priest answered and said unto him, 'I adjure Thee by the living God, that Thou tell us whether Thou be the Christ, the Son of God.'" [Matthew 26:63]
The high priest asked Jesus point blank if He was the fulfillment of that Messianic office.

"... the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether He were the Christ, or not." [Luke 3:15]
Even the common Jew understood this distinction between the office ["the Christ"] and the man Who would fill it.

However, the Bible says that another Christ shall arise, and he shall be the Antichrist or one who comes in the guise of Christ, pretending to be the Messiah. Unfortunately, most of the people living at that time will be deceived into believing him to be Messiah, and will enthusiastically follow him [Revelation 13:3b-4].

Since Masonry is a counterfeit Christianity, it seems logical that Mackey and Waite might be talking about Antichrist, not Jesus Christ. Therefore, Waite really said:

"The Temple of Masonry is hence forward the house of [anti-]Christ."
If plans are really afoot to rebuild Solomon's Temple, it will be for Antichrist, not Jesus Christ. And the Bible foretells just this kind of event, does it not? Listen:

"And many false prophets will rise up and deceive many into error ..." [Verse 11] "So when you see the appalling sacrilege [the abomination that astonishes and makes desolate], spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the Holy Place ...." [Matthew 24:15; Parallel Bible, KJV/Amplified Bible Commentary]
Jesus is quoting Daniel 9:27, 11:31, and 12:11, in which Antichrist will go into the Holy of Holies and commit the "Abomination that Causes Desolation." The Apostle Paul gives us more insight as to why Antichrist's actions are so offensive to God.

"... and the man of lawlessness (sin) is revealed, who is the son of doom (of perdition), who opposes and exalts himself so proudly and insolently against and over all that is called God or that is worshipped [even to his actually] taking his seat in the Temple of God, proclaiming that he himself is God." [2 Thessalonians 2:3b-4; Parallel Bible, KJV/Amplified Bible Commentary]
Matthew 24:15 suddenly depicts Antichrist walking into the Holy of Holies to declare himself to be God, and proudly demanding that he be worshipped as God. Revelation 13:15 tells us that Antichrist will actually erect an image created in his likeness; this image will not only be able to speak, but will possess the supernatural power to kill anyone who does not worship it!

Now we understand. Antichrist will walk into a rebuilt Temple standing on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, declare himself to be God, demand to be worshipped as such, and erect a talking image made in his likeness!

Therefore, the re-built Temple of which Jesus foretells is directly linked to Antichrist! Why should we be surprised to learn from Waite that "The Temple of Masonry is hence forward the house of Christ"?

This planned new temple shall be the Temple of Antichrist, in complete fulfillment of Scripture.

BUILDING ANOTHER TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM

"... in the High Grades [of Masonry] we hear of a secret intention to build yet another temple at Jerusalem." [Author, Edward Waite, p. 486-7, "A New Encyclopedia of Freemasonry and of Cognate Instituted Mysteries: The Rites, Literature and History," Volume II, reprinted in 1970 by Weathervane Books]

In the late 1800's, Masonic author and authority, Edward Waite, boldly stated that a secret plan does exist within Freemasonry to "build yet another temple at Jerusalem."

This poses a problem, does it not? In the mid-600's, the Muslim Dome of the Rock was built squarely on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Therefore, any "secret intention" of the top Masonic leadership to rebuild Solomon's Temple at Jerusalem must necessarily include a plan to remove the existing Dome of the Rock!

Thus we read of just such a plan being executed by New World Order author, Peter Lemesurier, writing in his book, "The Armageddon Script:"

"... it may be possible for the New David to ride into Jerusalem in all his resplendent majesty. Note the word 'ride' ... on a donkey as predicted in Zechariah 9:9 ... it would seem advisable for the new Messiah to repeat it, donkey and all ... The processional route will, of course, lie directly across the Kidron ravine, as close as possible to the Temple Mount ... he must be duly enthroned and anointed with oil (in token of Psalm 45:6-7) amid the rubble of the dome of the Rock ..." [P.. 233-35]
Thus, you see clearly the plan to reduce the Dome of the Rock to rubble so Solomon's Temple can be rebuilt; further, Lemesurier ties this destruction of the Dome of the Rock to the appearance of the "New David," the New Age Christ -- the Masonic Christ actually, whom the Bible calls Antichrist.

Adding to the declaration of the fervency of this "secret intention to build yet another temple at Jerusalem," we read:

"Perhaps Masonic interest also increased from a more or less incidental notice of the Temple to a final preoccupation with it as a symbol of spiritual man." [Masonic Holy Bible, Temple Illustrated Edition, 1968, P. 29]
To Reiterate:

Masons are "preoccupied" with King Solomon's Temple.

They are so "preoccupied" that they have gone to great lengths to justify building a new Solomon's Temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Listen:

"Concerning the building of this temple, the Zohar teaches that Solomon's Temple was not built according to the original plans ... In a word, the Lord did not build the House, and they laboured in vain that built it ... There is a time, however, to come, when the Holy One shall remember His people, Israel, and the Lord shall build the House." [Author, Edward Waite, p. 486-7, "A New Encyclopedia of Freemasonry and of Cognate Instituted Mysteries: The Rites, Literature and History," Volume II, reprinted in 1970 by Weathervane Books]
To Reiterate:

"Zohar teaches that Solomon's Temple was not built according to the original plans ... In a word, the Lord did not build the House, and they laboured in vain that built it ... There is a time, however, to come when the Holy One shall remember His people, Israel, and the Lord shall build the House."
Now that we have been told that Solomon did not follow God's original plan in building his Temple, we realize the importance Masons lay upon a "Holy One" that shall come to "remember His people, Israel," and shall commemorate that remembrance by finally building a house that He had originally intended Solomon to build!

In other words, King Solomon messed up the royal plans for the Temple! He did not follow God's original plan, so God allowed Solomon's magnificent Temple to be destroyed! The Coming Christ will rebuild it, but shall build it according to the original Divine Plan.

Now, can you appreciate the ruling handed down a few years ago by the Orthodox Jewish leadership that "only Messiah can build the Temple"? When the Masonic Christ shall come, then shall be fulfilled Waite's quote, "the Lord shall build the House!"

"AWAITING THE MAN"

Shockingly, the modern Masonic Bible, quoted above, verifies the fact that the Solomon Temple will have to await the appearance of a very special man. Listen:

"It is known to every reader of the Bible and student of Solomon's days, that an amazingly detailed description of the Temple and its associated structures has been carried down from the mists of antiquity by the Scriptures. Lineal measurements, materials employed, and ornamental detail are so graphically presented that restoration of the Temple, at any time within a score of centuries past, awaited only the coming of a man with the vision to recognize its historic value, and the imagination to undertake the task." [Foreword, "The Bible and King Solomon's Temple in Masonry," by John Wesley Kelchner, 1968, A. J. Holman Company]
To Reiterate the Key Point:

"... restoration of the Temple ... awaited only the coming of a man with the vision ..."
TODAY'S NEWS EVENTS ARE BEING DRIVEN BY THIS PLAN

Once you understand that Middle Eastern events are being driven by this fervent Masonic desire to rebuild Solomon's Temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, then you will be able to make sense of what is occurring over there today.

To finally realize this dream, control of Jerusalem, generally, and of the Temple Mount, especially, must pass from Israeli control; but it must not pass to Arab control. Rather, control of Jerusalem must pass to the Illuminized International Community.

God is using this Masonic "preoccupation" with Jerusalem to pull all the nations of the world together against Jerusalem. Literally, out of the smoke, devastation and terror of the planned World War III, The Christ (Antichrist) shall come striding, just as Peter Lemesurier indicated in his book, "The Armageddon Script."

[Note carefully, that Illuminized Freemasonry derives its entire Satanic religion from the Hebrew type; thus, the Arab is considered an enemy, to be vanquished. All Arabs need to understand they are targeted for extinction, as their strongly monotheistic religion will never allow them to completely accept the claims of The Christ (Antichrist). We have detailed the plan by which this eradication shall occur, in stages -- NEWS1631, entitled, "Blood In The Streets."]

The Christ (Antichrist) shall enact the scenario Lemesurier outlined, where he shall be anointed Messiah, standing "amidst the rubble of the Dome of the Rock."

Illuminized Western Freemasonry -- driven by the United Kingdom, the United States, and Israel -- are carefully maneuvering events in the Middle East to so precipitate the war that will not only allow their Christ (Antichrist) to arise [Tim Cohen, "Antichrist and A Cup of Tea"], but will destroy the Dome of the Rock by either a deliberately induced earthquake or war [Peter Lemesurier, "The Armageddon Script"].

As Cohen so strongly states, the key leadership in this script is in London, at the House of Windsor. They make the policy; and officials of the United Kingdom, the United States, and Israel implement it.

We have noted lately the true "Axis of Evil" driving world events -- England, United States, and Israel. While some consider Spain's King Juan Carlos to be a prime candidate for Antichrist, I have not read of a stronger case for either Prince Charles or William than Cohen presents in his "Antichrist and a Cup of Tea."

We have been able to trace the beginning of this entire modern flow of history all the way back to British Illuminist Francis Bacon and the equally Illuminist Queen Elizabeth I. But, that is the grist for another story to be told at another time!

However, the point is that, as the beginning of the Illuminized plan for the New World Order can be traced back to the 1590s to British leadership, it makes sense that Antichrist shall ultimately come from Great Britain. Thus, we can understand the many plans the Illuminati has laid to make rebuilding Solomon's Temple a reality. Consider our previous articles which have talked at length about International Control of Jerusalem:

NEWS1052 -- Verbatim Transcript of the Seminar at the House of Theosophy, August 18, 1991. Five Steps of New Jerusalem Covenant Plan to Produce Antichrist Outlined and Explained

NEWS1395 -- First of Five Steps Occurred, Just As Outlined In House of Theosophy Seminar

NEWS1413 -- Control Over Jerusalem, Arafat Not Agreeing

NEWS1529 -- Is The United Nations About To Take Step Three of New Jerusalem Covenant Project?

NEWS1573 -- Is Jerusalem About To Be Declared International City?

NEWS1587 -- Pope John Paul II Signs Covenant With Arafat Calling For Internationalization of Jerusalem!

NEWS1635 -- U.N. Has Officially Controlled Jerusalem Since 1999!

As you can see, Cutting Edge has devoted much time and effort on this issue, because it literally is the issue around which the appearance of Antichrist shall revolve. Then, the rebuilding of Solomon's Temple on the Temple Mount can commence. But, this time, "The Lord" shall build the House. This is the Temple of Antichrist, and it draws nearer every day.


Five Steps of the Plan to Produce Antichrist

NEWS1052: Complete Seminar Notes from House of Theosophy Seminar Which Reveals Plans for Last Stages of New World Order!!

By David Bay, Cutting Edge Ministries
Originally Published on August 18, 1991

Many listeners have asked me many questions about the final stages of world events leading up to the final establishment of the New World Order and its Divine Man, The Christ [Biblical Antichrist]! This seminar, given to Members Only, reveals answers to all these questions. We also learn that the occult side is also awaiting the Rapture of Believers and gives the approximate timing of it, and we also learn that the New World Order Plan gives the top leadership of the New Religion of The Christ [Biblical Antichrist] to the Roman Catholic Pope!

The New World Order is coming! Are you ready? Once you understand what this New World Order really is, and how it is being gradually implemented, you will be able to see it progressing in your daily news!!

First, we need to provide a little background to you about this seminar. In early 1990, I was being interviewed on a Christian radio station about the coming New World Order. At the conclusion of the hour, I received a phone call at the station, from a man who said he was now a Born Again Christian, but that he had come out of the occult. This gentleman, whom we will call John, said that he was thrilled to hear a Christian leader that had more than a rudimentary idea as to what was going on. Furthermore, John said that he would like to show me much more material I should read to deepen my understanding of the occultic New World Order.

John had been a member of the Worldwide Church of God or Children of God, plus the House of Theosophy. I decided to meet John to ascertain whether he was real or fake, and whether he could be trusted. After our first meeting, John took me to the largest New Age bookstore I had ever seen, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, not far from the Harvard University campus and COOP.

John showed me many books that he recommended, and the sequence in which I should read them. I bought the first book then, and have been reading ever since. God used these occult books to really broaden my understanding of the New World Order Plan. I could not believe the difference it made when I went to the actual source books themselves, rather than relying upon exerpts of these books from Christian authors. I discovered, also, that while Christian authors were correct in what they were saying, there was so much more that they were not saying! My horizons of understanding were dramatically widened.

Over a year passed, and John and I became close friends and he my confidant. Much of the material you read is the result of his input as to what books I should be reading. Several months ago, I received the greatest compliment to my occult understanding, from a "practicing National Socialist" as he identified himself. Of course, this label means that this person was a practicing Nazi, and it was clear from his email that he was very deep into the practice of the occult. This Nazi told me that I had certainly been "reading the right material", and he warned me not to try to use my knowledge of the occult to identify Antichrist!! He warned me that such an attempt would probably result in my untimely death!

I took this email as a real compliment, and then I realized that it was really a compliment of John!!

But, now back to my story. In early August, 1991, John called to tell me that the New England Director of the House of Theosophy, Bill Lambert, was holding a seminar at the Boston headquarters. The name of this seminar, "POSSIBLE AND PROBABLE EVENTS IN THE FUTURE" really piqued my interest!!

John said that Bill Lambert was one of the major players in the New World Order Planning, because the House of Theosophy has always been such a major player since Madame Blavatsky had founded it in 1875.


John said that Lambert still considered him a member, so he could get in, with me as his guest. John asked me to keep my identity of Christian a secret, and just listen and take notes. The revelations were astounding, not so much for their actual content, but because their plans fulfilled Bible prophecy, and much of what he revealed showed that the Time of the End was truly upon us.

Lambert revealed many points, a few of which bear mentioning:

1) Lambert revealed the circumstances under which the New World Order Religion was to be established, finally drawing all the world's existing religions into one. He further revealed who was the top leader chosen to lead this global religious behemoth. Of course, this leader would automatically be the False Prophet, of which Revelation 13 tells us much. To my knowledge, this represented the first time anyone had revealed who the False Prophet was planned to be.

2) Lambert revealed that the occult leadership of the world was awaiting the event which the Christian Church calls the Rapture.

3) Lambert reveals the importance of the appearance of Antichrist, and some of the signs and wonders which will precede his appearing.

4) Lambert revealed that much knowledge in the past had been given to occult men throughout the ages -- a fact I had learned from other sources -- but that, toward the end of this Century, another major discovery in Electricity would be revealed. This discovery would prepare mankind to enter the Age of the Christ, and his Millennial Reign.


Remember, these are my notes; therefore, all specific textual emphases, and all underlining, and all placement of notes within boxes, and all notes in capitals, is my doing. I am simply trying to dry pertinent, key facts more clearly to your attention. I want to tell you, that I was very glad that my mastery of college shorthand had not left me, even though I have been out of college for 26 years at the time of this seminar. Lambert's actual words will be enclosed in quotation marks ( " ).

I also admit that, at times, the revelations which Lambert had just made so excited me, because of the Biblical and End Time Revelations, that I found it hard to keep writing at the next sequence of events he was outlining. Remember, Lambert is revealing details of a human plan, created in cooperation with supernatural 'Guiding Spirits' to establish the New World Order. They have no idea that their Plan simply and accurately fulfills Bible prophecy.

And, now, my notes on this most revealing seminar.



POSSIBLE AND PROBABLE
EVENTS IN THE FUTURE





SEMINAR -- BY BILL LAMBERT



DIRECTOR -- NEW ENGLAND DISTRICT

THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY



BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
8-18-91



NOTES ON LAMBERT'S SEMINAR


I. "Prophecy
-- Self-fulfilling nature of:


"What a person thinks, he creates. Occult law states that energy follows thought. Therefore, collective belief in wrong prophecy by millions of people can cause an immense unconscious level of negative feelings that can lead to fulfilling prophecy."

"Armageddon is a good case in point. People believe in the Armageddon concept, which is that this present world must be destroyed before the new can be created (the new heavens and new earth). Therefore, massive collective belief in this concept leads toward a self-fulfillment of that concept. Belief in Armageddon is intertwined around Israel and the Middle East, and is causing nations toward this region, possibly setting the stage for massive, even nuclear, war."

II. "New Jerusalem Covenant Project

"Sometime between 1985-2010, the following scenario will unfold, depending only on the right set of circumstances:

* Moslem and Jewish areas in Jerusalem will be combined with Christian to create the New Jerusalem Covenant

* All religions will convene to celebrate three (3) religious festivals simultaneously:

1. Festival of Goodwill -- normally in May-June

2. Festival of Easter -- normally in April

(Celebrates new birth, as exemplified by the Christ -- Jesus Christ to Christians)

3. Festival of Wesak -- normally in March

(Celebrates birth of the Buddha)

This celebration of these three combined Festivals will create the New World Order Religion and will be the spiritual equivalent to the political United Nations."

"When the religious communities of the world are thus merged, political governments to simultaneously hold the following political/business conferences:
1. Planetary Goodwill Congress
2. Planetary Human Resource and Disarmament Congress
3. Planetary Environmental Resource and Space Congress"

NOTE: WHILE LAMBERT REFUSED TO IDENTIFY THE LEADER OF THIS SPECIAL "POLITICAL AND BUSINESS CONFERENCE," I THINK IT HIGHLY LIKELY IT WILL BE THE CHRIST [Biblical Antichrist]. AFTER ALL, THE RELIGIOUS CONFERENCE WILL BE HEADED BY THE FALSE PROPHET, THE POPE. IT MAKES SENSE THAT THE POLITICAL CONFERENCE WILL BE CHAIRED BY THE ONE PERSON WHO IS OF EQUAL RANK WITH THE POPE, THE CHRIST [Biblical Antichrist]!

"Thus, when the three religious conferences and the three political/business conferences are simultaneously held, a grand merger of all forces will occur world-wide that will move the world in any desired direction."

"Then, and only then, will it be possible to build a combination Temple/Church/Mosque in Jerusalem."

Bill Lambert refused to say that this combination church building would be built on the Temple Mount, as I directly questioned him. But, note that the specific part of the New World Order Plan, called the New Jerusalem Covenant Project, envisions the establishment of a combination religious Jerusalem -- Islam, Christianity, Judiasm.

Bill further stated that "any purely political settlement in the Middle East would not, by itself, bring peace. In other words, a purely political settlement would leave the religious nature of the problem unsolved."

"Any permanent solution to the Middle East conflict would also have to see the religious portion of the problem solved. Once this religious problem is solved, then the power and influence of the Orthodox Jews in Israel would permanently decline."

NOTE: NEW WORLD ORDER PLANNERS ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE POWER AND INFLUENCE OF THE ORTHODOX JEWS. THIS GROUP IS THE SPECIAL TARGET OF THE ANTICHRIST'S DECEPTIONS, AS HE GOES ABOUT TO CONVINCE THEM HE IS THEIR MESSIAH. THEN, WHEN ANTICHRIST BEGINS HIS PERSECUTION, HE WILL GO AFTER THE ORTHODOX JEW THE MOST FEROCIOUSLY.

"The impetus toward this type of settlement is made possible only because of a general fear of war. This fear of war must be maintained until the desired political and religious changes have been instituted."

NOTE: MATTHEW 24:6 FULILLED


"At the proper moment in history, the Pope will visit the combined Jewish/Christian/Moslem sector of Jerusalem to announce that all religions should be combined into one. This action will then finally break the Middle East logjam."

NOTE: AT THIS MOMENT, THE PROPHESIED ONE WORLD RELIGIOUS SYSTEM UNDER THE FALSE PROPHET WILL HAVE BEEN FULFILLED!!

III. "Review of the Establishment of the New World Order Religion as espoused by the Alice A. Bailey books

* "What is occurring now at such a rapid pace was written by A.A.B. Bailey speaks to the spirit of peace, which is now invading humanity, on page 173 of her book, The Externalisation of the Hierarchy:

"The fusion of many minds into one directed activity is today of supreme importance...Unity of directed thought and purpose is the guarantee of inevitable and future success. The power of massed thought is omnipotent...The Spirit of Peace is hovering close to humanity, seeking opportunity to make His Presence felt. The Spirit of Peace is not an abstract concept but a potent Individual, wielding forces hitherto unfamiliar to our planet. Great Forces are awaiting the hour when They can function as the Liberators and the Deliverers of mankind. But the door to Their entrance must be opened by humanity itself and it will be opened by a united act of the will, expressed through some formula of words and expressed in sound. It will be brought about by an activity performed simultaneously by all men and women of goodwill and by all the world aspirants and disciples. The door will not open unless the act of invocation is backed by the focussed will. The directed determination of the man or the group who is using the suggested formula, prayer, or invocation is essential."

NOTE: MINUTES BEFORE THE ANTICHRIST ARISES, SOME SUPERNATURAL SOUND WILL BE HEARD, AND SPIRITUALLY FELT, BY EVERYBODY ON THE PLANET, SIMULTANEOUSLY. AT NO OTHER MOMENT IN WORLD HISTORY WILL SO MANY PEOPLE BE IMPACTED AT ONCE. THIS ACTION IS DESIGNED TO GET EVERYONE LOOKING AROUND AND UPWARD, AS TO WHAT CAUSED THIS SOUND. THEN, WITH EVERYONE'S ATTENTION AROUSED, IMAGES OF ANTICHRIST WILL APPEAR SIMULTANEOUSLY OVER THE ENTIRE EARTH, SPEAKING TO MANKIND, EACH IN HIS OWN LANGUAGE. THE "SIGNS AND WONDERS" WILL HAVE BEGUN.

* "Energies want to flow from the Hierarchy to earth to produce the physical manifestation of the Christ [Biblical Antichrist]; but, such flow can only occur when humanity raises its collective consciousness to be properly awakened receptors." (Page 617-618, Externalisation of the Hierarchy, paraphrased by Mr. Lambert).

At this point, I raised my hand to ask Mr. Lambert, 'You spoke earlier about the Pope going to Jerusalem; when Lord Maitreya makes his appearance, there will be three types of people:

1. Those whose consciousness has been properly raised so they can readily accept him;

2. Those whose consciousness has been raised somewhat but not so high that they can readily and immediately accept him, but they might be able to accept him after further enlightenment;

3. Those who will never accept him.'

I continued:

'What responsibility do the leaders of the world's religions have toward those members of their flock who are of group number two? Will they step forward to publicly urge group number two people to accept the Christ [Biblical Antichrist]?'

Bill's answer was that the acceptance of the Christ [Biblical Antichrist] was completely an individual affair.

I then tried again to get Bill to state that one of the leaders of the world's religion would step forward to play the role of the Biblical False Prophet. I said, 'Back to the Pope for a moment, Bill. You stated that, at the right moment, the Pope would go to Jerusalem. Surely the Pope is a proper receptor to the Christ [Biblical Antichrist].'

At this point, Bill nodded his head affirmatively that the Pope was a proper receptor to the Christ [Biblical Antichrist]. This is the most direct acknowledgement by a influential person involved in the planning for the appearance of Christ that the current Pope is ready and waiting for the appearance of The Christ [Biblical Antichrist]. This acknowledgement also points to the Roman Catholic Pope as the False Prophet, because Bill stated, very pointedly, that the preparation for the New World Order religion was being paved by the Ecumenical Movement, which is being spear-headed by the Pope.

Bill then explained the fate of those members of Group #3, those whose personal consciousness was not now, nor could ever be, raised sufficiently to accept the Christ [Biblical Antichrist]. Bill likened them to a person who had spent his entire life in a totally darkened room. If a sudden, intense light were to shine into this room, the person's eyes would not be able to endure the light. The person would try to flee the light and go into another room which was dark. Persons of Group #3 will "elect to leave for another room" [Lambert's exact words].

At this point, I raised my hand and asked, 'How do these people do this, Bill? No one can simply declare his spirit to leave this world. Do these people commit suicide?' Bill answered emphatically, "NO". He said, "I do not know how it will happen, but these people will leave this dimension."

After much thought, I have concluded that Bill is talking about the Rapture of the Church. He refused to say that these people would be killed, and we know the Bible teaches that Anti-Christ will not begin killing Christians until the mid-point of the Great Tribulation. But, Bill is saying that the timing of the departure of the people of Group #3 is immediately after the appearance of the Christ [Biblical Antichrist]; and the method of their leaving is mysteriously voluntary. I believe the Guiding Spirits of the New Age leaders have created this story as a means of explaining the world-wide Rapture of the Church. Thus, when the Rapture occurs, people will not credit God and will continue being deceived.

Mr. Lambert continued with his seminar.

D.K. (one of Alice Bailey's Guiding Spirits) has revealed that, "when the Christ [Biblical Antichrist] comes forward, he will establish his throne on earth. However, the door where evil dwells must be kept shut." D.K. identifies this evil as being the "lowest level of human nature where we tap into our primal, base nature."

In other words, this evil consists of the members of Group #3, whose consciousness has not and cannot be properly raised so they can be proper receptors of the Christ [Biblical Antichrist], i.e., born-again Christians.

Quoting from Alice Bailey's book, Esoteric Psychology 1, Mr. Lambert revealed the mystery of Healing Dynamics. The working of the energy in the Seven Rays will produce human healing. To facilitate this healing, the Hierarchy has revealed scientific discoveries to mankind (pages 373-374). At this point, I raised my hand to share that certain scientists had claimed they had received the inspiration for their inventions under the influence of a psychic dream. Quoting from my seminar notes, I mentioned Mr. Vogel of IBM, the developer of the Xerox copier, and I pointed out that Thomas Edison was a dedicated Theosophist. Mr. Lambert did not dispute these points, and went on to explain that "electricity is a major life force. The life-force of electricity is a combination of magnetism, electricity, and an unknown force. The entire universe is a manifestation of electrical power."

"Some time at the end of this decade, the Hierarchy is going to reveal a major new secret to human scientists concerning electricity."

I was enthralled. In my wildest dreams, I could not have imagined receiving such direct confirmation of the concept that Satan has been intervening directly in the affairs of man during this century to reveal scientific secrets. This explains the sudden explosion of knowledge starting at the beginning of this century.

In fact, as Bill continued to talk, I sensed that the New Age worships Science as their God. Being more specific, they worship the Science of Forces as their God, thus directly fulfilling Daniel's prophecy,

Neither shall he (Anti-Christ) regard the God of his fathers...but in his estate shall he honour the God of Forces." Daniel 11:37-38, King James).

Mr. Lambert continued with his seminar:

IV. "A Cashless economy is coming, and will solve all sorts of problems:

* Crime will disappear

* Each household will have a computer with which to conduct all purchases. Computers are coming that are small enough to hold in your hand, so that you can conduct small transactions, i.e., paper boy or a teenager who cuts your lawn. Costs of computers are currently falling so that even people on Welfare can afford one."

V. "Virtual Reality is becoming a reality. Virtual Reality is defined as mentally creating a reality which is so real that you can literally live within it for a time."

This concept is being taught now in the College Music Program. My son is a music major in a Christian college, and he has heard of Virtual Reality, even though the college does not teach it. Virtual Reality will be given tremendous impetus by computer gaming, i.e., Nintendo. A person will be able to slip a helmet on which will place him into an alternate reality as real as factual reality. In fact, discoveries are progressing which will allow this computer game to pick up an individual's brain waves and project the type of reality, visually within the helmet, that the individual is conceiving in his brain!! Does it sound super-natural? It is; it is from Satan.

Mr. Lambert continued with his seminar:

VI. "UFO's and Aliens are part of the New World Order.

They are benevolent beings which

will aid mankind in attaining the goal of becoming one humanity. They will appear at the proper time to enable mankind to make that Quantum Leap of Collective Consciousness -- when the Anti-Christ appears."

VII. "Super-Natural Capabilities Of The Anti-Christ

Then, Mr. Lambert revealed that, "when Lord Maitreya appears, he will appear as different beings to different people.

* He will appear as a man to a man and as a woman to a woman.

* He will appear as a white to a white, as a black to a black, as an Indian to an Indian, etc."

It makes no difference whether you are viewing him in person or on Television. Thus, "he will show that he is all things to all people".

Another author has also indicated that his image will appear over all nations of the earth simultaneously, and that he will speak to each ethnic group in their own language. We know this is technologically possible with computer images being sent from ground to satellite and back down to earth. There will evidently be a mixing of super-natural phenomena and advanced technology when the staging of the Anti-Christ occurs. Of course, if Satan has deliberately revealed scientific secrets to man, as New Agers claim, we can say that both the super-natural phenomena and scientific technology are the work of Satan.

* "Finally, a sound will be heard world-wide which will herald the coming of Maitreya the Christ. Prompted by this sound, people will be aware of his coming on three distinct levels: Spiritual, physical, and emotional. (Refer back to Page 2 to the quoted portion of Alice Bailey's book.)"

* As to the time-table of Maitreyea's appearance, Mr. Lambert would not be specific. However, one of the listeners raised his hand to volunteer the information that he had read that Lord Maitreya was on board the warship at Malta in 1989, and participated in the conference between Presidents Bush and Gorbachev.

Mr. Lambert did not deny this and a thrill went through the truly New Age participants at the thought that this could be true. If this is true, the appearance of Maitreya is very close.

Thus, the New Age Plan to stage the appearance of Anti-Christ may very well be coinciding with God's Timetable, just as every Fundamentalist Bible scholar has always maintained!

This concludes my notes on this most interesting seminar. I leave it to you to reach conclusions on the significance of these revelations. However, remember two things:

1. Bill Lambert admits he is being guided by his Guiding Spirits who are telling him many things concerning the immediate future.

2. Bill Lambert is a participant in the critically important New Jerusalem Covenant Project. The goal of this project is to create the Plan by which Maitreya can solve the Middle East crisis and use this crisis to stage his appearance in the world.

I would not be surprised if this group is actually writing the Peace Treaty/Covenant which Maitreya will sign with Israel at the proper time. This would then directly fulfill Daniel's prophecy of 9:27.

OF THIS WE MAY BE SURE: THE HOUR IS VERY LATE

Are you spiritually ready? Is your family? Are you adequately protecting your loved ones? This is the reason for this ministry, to enable you to first understand the peril facing you, and then help you develop strategies to warn and protect your loved ones. Once you have been thoroughly trained, you can also use your knowledge as a means to open the door of discussion with an unsaved person. I have been able to use it many times, and have seen people come to Jesus Christ as a result. These perilous times are also a time when we can reach many souls for Jesus Christ, making an eternal difference.

Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your savior? Do you know that you have eternal life? You can accept Christ and be born again right now, right where you are! If you want to know that you have eternal life and be forgiven of all your sins please read this.

We hope you have been blessed by this ministry, which seeks to educate and warn people, so that they can see the coming New World Order -- Kingdom of Antichrist -- in their daily news.

God bless you.

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The Western Axis of powers -- Great Britain, the United States, and Israel -- are deliberately maneuvering all Muslim nations throughout the world into declaring a jihad, a holy war, against our interests in the entire Middle East, from Israel to Pakistan. Then, when Muslim hordes attack, they shall be annihilated by the greatest military weapons and armed forces the world has ever seen. The technological military gap between Western powers and Muslim powers has never been greater, even though the Muslims have acquired capabilities they did not possess in 1991. - David Bay, Cutting Edge Ministries

"BLOOD IN THE STREETS" -- A PERFECT BLUEPRINT FOR THE UPCOMING SLAUGHTER OF IRAQ FIRST AND THEN ALL MUSLIMS

By David Bay, Cutting Edge Ministries
Originally Published on March 26, 2002; Updated May 3, 2004

Subtitle: New Age authors report what just may be the perfect plan whereby the Illuminati annihilates Iraq with super-weapons and then all Muslims throughout the world. Jerusalem could turn into the "Cup of Trembling" and End of Age prophecy concerning Antichrist could finally be fulfilled.

As the world struggles with the spectre of the terrifying sexual and sadistic torture of Muslim soldiers in our military prisons located in Iraq, the principles of this article need to be reiterated and understood. We are deliberately seeking to provoke Islamic armies throughout the world.

NEWS BRIEF: "Nuclear Option In Iraq? Sources say U.S. is considering the option", by DEBKAfile, as reported in WorldNetDaily, March 22, 2002.

"The White House is considering the use of tactical nuclear weapons and planning the break-up of Iraq as an objective in a broad military campaign set now for April, according to the military and intelligence sources of DEBKA-Net-Weekly ... As a result of the serious threat of nuclear terrorism, the U.S., DEBKA reports, is weighing its own nuclear options ... European and Middle East governments believe the White House may be reverting to the 'second strike' nuclear doctrine espoused by U.S. governments in the U.S.-Soviet Cold War ... Cheney received intelligence evaluations suggesting that in late February, Saddam Hussein attempted to head off a U.S. offensive by transferring to al-Qaida nuclear devices – possibly radiological 'dirty bombs'– or explosives and containers packed with viruses, including smallpox. This deadly supply may have been cached in any of the following places – the United States, Israel, Saudi Arabia, territory controlled by the Palestinian Authority, Rome or Berlin – together with crews standing by for a signal to unleash them, according to DEBKA sources."

In other words, this report is saying that if Iraq or any Arab nations used nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons on the United States, we would then reserve the right to retaliate with our own nuclear weapons. Of course, since the Illuminati controls Saddam Hussein, we know that whatever he does is exactly what the Plan calls for him to do. If "dirty nukes", or biological, or chemical weapons were unleashed upon us, the Illuminati would have its excuse to launch devastating attacks on Iraq, and maybe beyond. Then, right on cue, suddenly, surprisingly, Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair shocked and dismayed Parliament by boldly stating that he could order nuclear strikes against Iraq. Listen:

NEWS BRIEF: "U.K. 'prepared to use nuclear weapons'," BBC News, March 20, 2002.

"The UK is prepared to use nuclear weapons against rogue states such as Iraq if they ever used 'weapons of mass destruction' against British troops in the field, defence secretary Geoff Hoon has told MPs. Mr Hoon said he was not certain Britain's nuclear arsenal would deter a first strike from a state willing to sacrifice its own people to make a 'gesture'."

While this policy may seem a reasonable protection of your own troops in the field, we all know that such an Iraqi "first strike" could be manufactured out of thin air, just as the Gulf of Tonkin "attack" was manufactured so as to give America the excuse to commit massive military forces to South Vietnam. Our government could just announce that such a strike had occurred, and the Mass Media would jump all over such an announcement. President Bush could then drum the beat powerfully for retaliation, and hold up even greater terror threats if we do not retaliate. An Iraqi "first strike" with nuclear, chemical, and/or biological weapons could easily be manufactured.

Now, consider an earlier news report that seems to indicate that America may be planning a first strike on Iraq with our nuclear weapons, even if we admit they do not possess any nukes in their arsenal.

NEWS BRIEF: "Iraq Nuke Option", DEBKAfile, March 11, 2002.

"... the American deputy secretary of state for disarmament, John Bolton, stated on February 21 that Washington had decided to depart from its traditional policy of nuclear non-use against non-nuclear powers. The exceptions would be made in the cases of terrorists, their sponsors and states developing weapons of mass destruction. Bolton’s statement was received in Baghdad as a signal that the United States has decided to use nuclear weapons in its coming offensive, and Saddam Hussein regime has made preparation."

In this diplomatic doublespeak, the American Deputy Secretary of State for Disarmament stated that America would now reserve the right to use nuclear weapons against a nation that did not possess nuclear weapons! This policy shift is huge, as it reverses U.S. policy for the past five decades!

The formerly forbidden door to using nuclear weapons has now been kicked wide open. Now, just the perceived "threat" that Iraq may have Weapons of Mass Destruction will be enough "provocation" for the Bush Administration to launch a nuclear strike on Iraq.

With this thought in mind, ponder carefully this most recent announcement:

NEWS BRIEF: "BRITAIN MOVES TRIDENT SUB INTO PERSIAN GULF IN MAJOR ESCALATION OF WAR PREPARATIONS AGAINST IRAQ", Global-Intel, by Gordon Thomas, Number 9, March 21, 2002.

"Britain has moved one of its Trident nuclear submarines into the Persian Gulf. It is a significant escalation of the preparations for the widely predicted war against Iraq. The Trident carries a pay-load of missiles capable of destroying every military target in Iraq. At least one U.S. nuclear weapon-carrying submarine is also said to be in the region. The decision to move the Trident from its regular patrol area in the southern Indian Ocean was authorized by Prime Minister Tony Blair after meeting with Vice-President Dick Cheney during his stop-over in London."

Notice two factors that are exceedingly important about this announcement:

First, notice that Vice President Cheney made a stopover in London as he was preparing to travel to the Middle East to begin his 10-day tour. Tim Cohen demonstrates conclusively that Britain's House of Windsor is the monarchy from which Antichrist will arise. Cohen further demonstrates that all major decisions are made in London, and simply carried out in Washington and other capitals of the world. To demonstrate this fact, Cohen asks you to start noticing the itineraries of the many leaders coming to Washington, D.C., for consultations. You will be amazed how many times the foreign dignitary either stopped in London before coming to Washington, or stopping London on the way back home from Washington. While Cheney was in London, the real consultations were held in secret between Prince Charles and the Vice President. [Antichrist and A Cup of Tea]

Secondly, the Trident is a weapon of First Strike capability against a first-class nuclear opponent, such as Russia. The Trident was designed to engage and defeat a sophisticated enemy, delivering a staggering blow from which that enemy would never recover. Sending it to engage Iraq is exactly like swatting a fly with a huge, heavy sledgehammer. However, positioning one or more Trident submarines against Iraq opens up the largest gap of military capability of Western technology verses Arab technology.

Furthermore, we have deployed against Iraq the most formidable military machine the world has ever seen. Since most people have no idea what the Iraq Army is facing, let us quickly review our array of weaponry facing the poor Iraqi Army right now.

WIDEST GAP IN MILITARY TECHNOLOGY IN
WORLD HISTORY?

The technological gap between the nuclear missiles a Trident submarine carries and the Iraqi poor-man's nuclear bomb [if Iraq even has this much of a nuke] may represent the largest technological gap in history. The military gap is so huge that a war could be planned specifically to fight this weaker enemy in order to advance the global strategic goals of the nation wielding the superior power.

To understand this principle more completely, let us examine the findings of a book entitled, "Blood In The Streets", by James Dale Davidson & Sir William Rees-Mogg, Warner Books, A Time Warner Company, 1987. Listen carefully, for these authors present the philosophical underpinnings of this upcoming war, first with Iraq and then with the entire Muslim world.

"... you must turn to megapolitics to find the answers to the deepest puzzles of economic and political life ... The largest of the variables is shifting technology. New weapons and new ways of organizing the use of weapons can sometimes give one group of people an overpowering advantage. With new technology, it can become relatively cheap to deploy force, very costly for anyone to resist. For months or years or decades, or however long it takes for other groups to copy or defeat the advantage, those at a disadvantage will be like the 98-pound weakling confronting a barrel-chested bully. They will bow to power. Or be forced to bow. And the world will change to reflect the new megapolitical reality. Maps will be rewritten." [Page 11-12; Emphasis added]

Today, the forces of the United States, Great Britain, and Israel possess the type of cutting edge weapons technological advantage over the Muslim forces of the world exactly as described above. Let us examine the key element of this passage for its full understanding a application to the coming planned World War III that will produce the New World Order and its Christ.

"New weapons and new ways of organizing the use of weapons can sometimes give one group of people an overpowering advantage. With new technology, it can become relatively cheap to deploy force, very costly for anyone to resist."

When Great Britain moved her Trident submarine into the Persian Gulf in order to take up positions against Iraq, this act fully complied with this explanation. This deployment of a world-class strategic nuclear submarine against Iraq presented Hussein with the specter of "an overpowering advantage". This Trident submarine was "relatively cheap to deploy .... very costly for anyone to resist."

However, the over-all technological advantage of the Axis of Western Powers [U.S., UK, Israel] over the Muslim military forces of the world is enormous. In fact, the advantage is so enormous that both Russia and China will sit on the sidelines for the moment to wait to see what we shall actually do to these hapless Muslim armed forces. Listen to Col. Beardon (Retired) describe our modern military capabilities:

"We have ground-based radars, endoatmospheric interceptors, exoatmospheric interceptors, airborne sensors, space-based sensors, chemically propelled interceptors, electromagnetic railguns, particle beam weapons, high energy lasers, all tied together by a massive command and control systems ... Massive systems. Electromagnetic marvels. Nuclear-pumped lasers of staggering power. Perhaps even x-ray and gamma ray lasers. Directed energy RF weapons. Stupendous railguns. Sensors everywhere. Giant webs of communications. Banks of computers and control systems. ["Fer De Lance", Ibid. , p. 331]

This overwhelming military superiority will "burn right through" the Iraqis, no matter what they throw at us and no matter how enraged or full of hate their armies and the populations might be toward us. Our military has the capability of annihilating entire armies and populations through our vastly superior weaponry.

TECHNOLOGY DETERMINES THE "HIDDEN
WORKINGS OF HISTORY"

"The key to the hidden workings of history is technological ...The murderous kings who gave history its start would merely have been murderous nobodies without the tools to chisel their names. Technology is still the driving force that makes history go ...The purpose of this book is to lay bare these hidden, perplexing interconnections. To tell you where to look for the revolutions to come ... Only when one nation has an overwhelming share of economic resources and power does the world economy seem to function smoothly. Only then is there likely to be free trade and open movement of goods, services, people, and capital across borders. The last Great Depression coincided with significant megapolitical development -- the effective collapse of that day's dominant power -- Great Britain." ["Blood In The Streets", p. 16-17]

Today, we hear much of the push for free trade and open movement of goods, services, and people, and it is disconcerting when you realize that the vast majority of the pressure for free trade comes from the United States, the only truly economic superpower since World War II. Surely, Free Trade brings the world ever closer to the global economy, government, and religion of Antichrist! And, America is leading the way [Seminar 2, "America Determines the True Flow of History"].

Then, the authors of this book restate their principle and give a graphic example:

"Weapons technology is the major megapolitical force that determines the power equation. When it is cheaper and easier to project power from the center to the periphery, the number of political units in the world declines ... and economies tend to prosper. When it becomes more costly to project power and cheaper to resist, borders and barriers proliferate. Economies stagnate." ["Blood In The Streets", p. 17]

Then, they give some prime historical examples of military situations in which Great Britain was able to cheaply and easily project power from their center to the peripheral areas of the world.

"In the summer of 1898, the British Empire appeared to be in its heyday. Queen Victoria had celebrated her Diamond Jubilee the year before. London was the undisputed center of world finance and commerce. The British navy ruled the waves ... Then, as now, Moslem extremists were menacing Egypt -- where the British-held Suez Canal was a vital link in world trade. Out in the desert, a force of Islamic true believers was engaged in a jihad, or holy war, against whatever Western targets came within their sights. As the threat grew, London dispatched military forces, under the command of Lord Kitchener. Their mission was to enter the Sudan, secure the Upper Nile, and thus protect British interests in Egypt from attack.

"Opposing the British was Abud Allah ibn Muhammed, the Khalifa of the Dervishes, an Islamic religious leader who was the nearest nineteenth-century equivalent of the Ayatollah Khomeini. Like Khomeini, the Khalifa was bitterly opposed to Western disruptions of the settled ways of Islamic society. Like many groups in the Middle East today, he held hostages. Several who managed to escape told tales of cruelty, torture, and murder that shocked British opinion. [Ibid.]

[Some things never change, do they?]

"The Khalifa commanded an army organized by fierce Islamic fighters known as 'Dervishes' (as in 'whirling dervishes'). Hardened to life in the desert, the Dervish fighters had been taught from childhood to master hand-to-hand combat. They were good at it. They were brave. They were skilled in using knives and muskets. They were also skilled at screaming. Their practice of using noise as a psychological weapon in battle had been widely reported in Europe for many years. As one writer of the 1870's put it, 'And now, their guttural chorus audible long before they arrived in sight, came the howling dervishes'.

"On September 2, 1898, 40,000 Dervishes began to howl as they swarmed across the desert to attack the British Camel Corp. The attack employed a centuries-old tactic that had worked for Dervish armies many times in the past -- a mass frontal assault. The first British troops drew back to the Nile to avoid being overwhelmed. What happened next? Let Winston Churchill tell you. He was there at the battle of Omdurman.

"At the critical moment the gun boat arrived on the scene and began suddenly to blaze and flame from Maxim guns, quick-firing guns and rifles. The range was short; the effect tremendous. The terrible machine, floating gracefully on the waters -- a beautiful white devil -- reethed (sic) itself
in smoke. The river slopes of the Kerreri Hills, crowded with the advancing thousands, sprang up into clouds of dust and splinters of rock. The charging Dervishes sank down in tangled heaps. The infantry fired steadily and stolidly, without hurry or excitement, for the enemy were far away and the officers careful. Besides, the soldiers were interested in the work and took great pains ... And all the time out on the plain on the other side, bullets were shearing through flesh, smashing and splintering bone; blood spouted from terrible wounds; valiant men were struggling on through a hell of whistling metal, exploding shells, and spurting dust -- suffering, despairing, dying."

"At the end of five hours of battle, the British had lost 20 men killed. Another 20 Egyptians who accompanied the British were also dead. The Dervishes lost 11,000 dead." [Ibid., p. 32-33]

Nor was this result a rarity.

"In one remote place after another in Africa and Asia, British forces overwhelmed their opponents, at trivial costs. In one battle near Zimbabwe in 1893, 50 British South African police fought 5,000 Ndebele warriors, killing more than 3,000 in an hour and a half. As an African survivor of such a massacre said, 'The whites did not seize their enemy as we do by the body, but thundered from afar. Death raged everywhere -- like death vomited forth from the tempest'. [Ibid., p. 36]

"Earlier in the Century the Celestial Dynasty in China was brought low by British gunboats and a few marines. Without any apparent difficulty, the 'barbarians from the sea' swept in and mauled Chinese forces in a war lasting from 1839 to 1842. The expense to Britain for defeating the most populous nation in the world was trivial, one-tenth of one percent of the gross national product. London's military budget actually fell as the fighting progressed. A few years later, a similar war was fought with equally lopsided results. Again, the Chinese were humiliated.

"The abracadabra in British military success was technological superiority. Weapons in the hands of British forces were far deadlier than those available to fighters in traditional societies of Asia and Africa. This made it very cheap for the British to project power at great distances, very costly for local peoples to resist." [Ibid., p. 36; Emphasis added]

"In 1898, it was cheap for Western powers -- and Great Britain in particular -- to control peoples at the periphery. As Churchill described the battle of Omdurman, it was 'the most signal triumph ever gained by the arms of science over barbarians. Within the space of five hours, the strongest and best-armed savage army yet arrayed against a modern European Power had been destroyed and dispersed, with hardly any difficulty, comparatively small risk, and insignificant loss to the victors." [Ibid.]

"The cost for consolidating control over a restless Middle East was trivial as compared to the cost to native peoples of resisting. Even though native armies were larger, with far better knowledge of local terrain, they were hopelessly outmatched. Britain had modern weapons -- gunboats, breech-loading rifles, machine guns, and more. These weapons were immeasurably superior to those available to people in less technologically advanced societies. As a result, all disputes at the periphery were easily settled. Whenever some local faction threatened investment, stood in the way of trade, or got caught up in a strategic conflict, Britain or another metropolitan power dispatched gunboats and soldiers. The locals had no choice but to yield to overwhelming force -- or else. These who resisted were practically wiped out, absorbing absurd casualties while inflicting almost none." [Ibid., p. 38-39]

Doesn't this last sentence aptly describe the results of the 1991 Gulf War against Iraq? Iraqis "who resisted were practically wiped out, absorbing absurd casualties while inflicting almost none"?

This same situation now exists in the Middle East, with the Western Axis of powers -- Great Britain, the United States, and Israel -- deliberately maneuvering all Muslim nations throughout the world into declaring a jihad, a holy war, against our interests in the entire Middle East, from Israel to Pakistan. Then, when Muslim hordes attack, they shall be annihilated by the greatest military weapons and armed forces the world has ever seen. The technological military gap between Western powers and Muslim powers has never been greater, even though the Muslims have acquired capabilities they did not possess in 1991.

As Tim Cohen demonstrates in Antichrist and A Cup of Tea, the House of Windsor in London draws up all the plans, and uses the economic and military might of the United States to carry these plans out. Israel fits nicely into this equation because it was restored to nationhood by the combined efforts of the United States and Great Britain, and has been supported ever since 1948 -- militarily, economically, and politically. Today, Israel has the capability of annihilating all the combined Arab armed forces surrounding her, and has been very adamant in declaring her intention of using her super-weapons if attacked by Arab numerically superior forces.

ATTACKING IRAQ USING THIS OVERWHELMING
WEAPONRY SCENARIO

As we have noted in our Daily News Updates, an incessant drumbeat against Iraq has been going on for a number of weeks now, conditioning people to the "necessity" of taking Saddam Hussein out, even if it is by nuclear war. In U.S. Army Intelligence, I was schooled to the reality that continuous rhetoric from one nation against another can easily be the opening salvo of an actual physical attack later. To put it another way, when you hear continuous rhetoric from one nation against another, you have to consider that, just perhaps, hostilities are imminent.

We have listed at the beginning of this article representative articles that demonstrate this incessant drumbeat rhetoric against Iraq. The Bush Administration even took the bold step of publicly changing our nuclear strike scenario that would now allow us to strike a nation with our nuclear might, even though the targeted nation possesses no nuclear weapons.

The Anglo-Saxon axis of powers [Great Britain, America, and Israel] have planned a war to be fought along the lines specified in the "Blood In The Streets" book. The likely outcome is complete fulfillment of Bible prophecy and the appearance of Antichrist.

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Are you spiritually ready? Is your family? Are you adequately protecting your loved ones? This is the reason for this ministry, to enable you to first understand the peril facing you, and then help you develop strategies to warn and protect your loved ones. Once you have been thoroughly trained, you can also use your knowledge as a means to open the door of discussion with an unsaved person. I have been able to use it many times, and have seen people come to Jesus Christ as a result. These perilous times are also a time when we can reach many souls for Jesus Christ, making an eternal difference.

If you have accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, but have been very lukewarm in your spiritual walk with Him, you need to immediately ask Him for forgiveness and for renewal. He will instantly forgive you, and fill your heart with the joy of the Holy Spirit. Then, you need to begin a daily walk of prayer and personal Bible Study.

If you have never accepted Jesus Christ as Savior, but have come to realize His reality and the approaching End of the Age, and want to accept His FREE Gift of Eternal Life, you can also do so now, in the privacy of your home. Once you accept Him as Savior, you are spiritually Born Again, and are as assured of Heaven as if you were already there. Then, you can rest assured that the Kingdom of Antichrist will not touch you spiritually.

If you would like to become Born Again, turn to our Salvation Page now.

We hope you have been blessed by this ministry, which seeks to educate and warn people, so that they can see the coming New World Order -- Kingdom of Antichrist -- in their daily news.

God bless you.

The New World Order Fulfills All Biblical Prophecy About the End Times

This New World Order Plan is spiritually based: it is a conflict between God and His forces, on the one hand, and Satan and his demonic forces on the other side. Anyone who does not know Biblical doctrine about God and Satan, and who does not know Scriptural prophecy, cannot comprehend the nature of the struggle facing the world today, and they will be duped by apologists like Rush Limbaugh. Jesus aptly described the situation of Rush trying to convince his listeners that there can be no conspiracy. Listen to His words: "Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch" [Matthew 15:14]. - David Bay, Cutting Edge Ministries, March 13, 1998

The devil is a spirit and, as such, he cannot establish an earthly throne and rule over that world in person: he must have some human agent or agents who will take the position. - Herman Hoeksema, Behold He Cometh


A Christian's View on Conspiracy in World Affairs

By David Bay, Cutting Edge Ministries
Originally Published on March 13, 1998

Rush Limbaugh is fond of saying he disbelieves so strongly in "conspiracy theories" that he will not even debate anyone on the issue. We believe such a stance is "intellectual laziness" on Limbaugh's part. Rush is also displaying his lack of Biblical knowledge. The New World Order is coming! Are you ready? Once you understand what this New World Order really is, and how it is being gradually implemented, you will be able to see it progressing in your daily news...

Definition of conspiracy: "A planning and acting together secretly, especially for an unlawful or harmful purpose, such as murder or treason."

What does the Bible have to say concerning the direction of world affairs? There are only two fundamental viewpoints which a person can have: either a person believes that events occur as the result of a plan or that events occur randomly and by chance. The Bible is quite clear that God controls world events. Therefore, a Christian must hold to the belief that world events occur as a result of God's intervention and control. Consider the following Scripture:

"I am God, and there is none like Me, declaring the end and the result from the beginning and from ancient time the things that are not yet done, saying, 'My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure and purpose...' I have spoken and I will bring it to pass; I have purposed it and I will do it." [Isaiah 46:9b-11]

"Behold, the nations are like drops from a bucket and are counted as the small dust on the scales... All the nations are as nothing before Him... Who brings dignitaries to nothing, Who makes the judges and rulers of the earth as chaos, emptiness falsity and futility." [Isaiah 40:15,17,23]

"And He (God) changeth the times and the seasons: He removeth kings and setteth up kings." [Daniel 2:21]
God definitely is saying here that He controls world events and the rulers of the nations, but God has a supernatural enemy, Satan. Satan is nowhere near God in power, ability or authority since he is a created being. But Satan is above the powers of this earth, hence, supernatural. The Bible states that Satan conspired against God before the world was created in an attempt to remove God as Sovereign of the Universe and reign in His stead. Listen to the Biblical account of Satan's attempted coup against God. Let us pick up God's account in Isaiah 14:12,15:
"How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High... Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit."
Lucifer dreamed in his heart of supplanting God as Supreme Authority in the Universe. We see the thoughts and plans he held in his heart, as he persuaded one-third of the angels of Heaven to join him in his rebellion. In five separate instances, Lucifer envisioned himself in God's place.

Bible scholars will tell you that this passage is the ultimate in showing sinful elevation of a person in his mind, in rebellion against God. Of course, God had no trouble putting this rebellion down. He cursed Lucifer, changing him into the chief of demons and changing his name to Satan. God also cursed the rebellious angels who had sided with Lucifer, changing their countenance from glorious angelic beings to grotesque demons.

This scene is the first recorded rebellion in universe history. Lucifer planned in secret to carry out an unlawful act: overthrowing the constituted authority of God and replacing God's government with his own. Thus, the precise definition of a "conspiracy" resulting in treason was fulfilled. Let us quickly review the dictionary definition of treason:

Definition of treason: "Violation of the allegiance owed to one's sovereign or state (Webster's New World Dictionary, 1970).

You can easily see how Lucifer's rebellion constitutes a conspiracy.

We now need to shift the time frame many years into the future following this conspiracy in Heaven. In the new Garden of Eden, Satan takes the form of a serpent in order to entice Eve into partaking of the forbidden fruit [Genesis 3:1-7]. Here, again, Satan is carrying out a conspiracy against God, attempting to overthrow God's Plan for mankind, substituting his own, with himself as the object of worship.

Fast forward several thousand years later to the book of Daniel. In chapter 10, we see the prophet Daniel praying and fasting for further understanding of, and insight into, the Great Tribulation Period. Daniel waited for three entire weeks for God's answer. Finally, at the end of the three-week period, an angel appeared to give God's reply to Daniel. Before the angel gave Daniel the message, he told him why it had taken him three weeks to get to Daniel, as God had given His reply on the first day that Daniel had prayed. The angel said that he had been temporarily prevented from getting to Daniel because he had been attacked by a very powerful national demon, whom the angel called the "Prince of the Kingdom of Persia."

What or who is this demon? In this era known as the "Times of the Gentiles," Satan has assigned his most powerful demons to stay close to the rulers of the various nations in order to sway the rulers to take actions which would advance Satan's kingdom. However, God also has assigned Godly angels to each ruler of each age. These opposing supernatural forces are constantly battling in the supernatural realm to attempt to influence the rulers to take action which would advance either God's kingdom or Satan's.

Of course, we know that God's angels will prevail. However, for the purpose of this article, Satan's attempt to sway the rulers of the nations constitutes a conspiracy, according to our dictionary definition above.

Satan is constantly working through human rulers to try to get them to take actions which would advance his kingdom. God is constantly working through His angels to influence human rulers to take actions which would preserve God's Plan for mankind. Satan's activity in this matter constitutes a conspiracy against God.

Now, look at Paul's prophesy in 2 Thessalonians 2. In 2:2-3, we see that Antichrist would like to appear immediately but is restrained by the kind of angelic activity (working through the Church) which we have just described in Daniel. However, at the End of the Age, God is going to remove this restraint against the national rulers of the world, thus allowing the Antichrist to appear [verses 2:6-8]. Since Antichrist will be the ultimate political leader on a global scale, we know that his appearing can only result when God's Holy Spirit finally removes His restraining power, which is now keeping the rulers in check.

God reveals that the coming of Antichrist will be preceded by the deliberate action and planning of 10 rulers that will gain all political power in the world just before Antichrist arises. In fact, the entire world will be reorganized into 10 Super Nations. [For a full discussion of this global reorganization, please go to Radio Transcript CE1057, "Ten Nations, Antichrist, Judgment."]

For the purposes of this article, suffice it to say that this reorganization of the entire world into 10 Super Nations has already occurred. The creation of NAFTA had nothing to do with economics; rather, NAFTA is Nation #1 of this 10-nation reorganization plan, of which the Bible prophesies in Daniel and in Revelation.

Listen now to God's prophecy concerning the secret plans which these 10 rulers devise to seize control of the world and then hand this control over to Antichrist [the Beast]. Notice that these 10 rulers are secretly working with Antichrist even before he becomes public.
"The 10 horns that you observed are 10 rulers... who are to receive power and authority for a single hour, along with the beast. These have one common policy (purpose), and they deliver their power to the beast... God has put it into their hearts to carry out His own purpose by acting in harmony in surrendering their royal power and authority to the beast until the prophetic words of God shall be fulfilled." [Revelation 17:12-13, 17]
Since President Clinton is the leader of NAFTA, we can only conclude that if Antichrist is to arise while Clinton is still in office, as we believe likely, then Clinton and the other nine rulers are in constant contact with the man soon to become known in the world as the New Age Christ [Biblical Antichrist]. Notice that a careful reading of this passage makes it very clear that the 10 rulers devised a plan prior to the appearance of Antichrist, and that they plan to turn their political power over to the Antichrist as soon as he arises. This scenario is very consistent with Daniel's revelations about the 10 toes and 10 rulers in chapters 2 and 7, respectively.

Therefore, when we see the President leading the global charge to a United Nations' government, we know that this is Satan's plan, not God's. We can also know that its final implementation is the result of a conspiracy, supernaturally directed by Satan for well over 100 years. And, just as the Bible foretold, this conspiracy will result in the appearance of Antichrist.

In the Revelation 17 passage above, the words, they "have one common policy," absolutely scream conspiracy. Why would their plan fit the definition of a "conspiracy?" Simply put, their plan to dissolve all national entities and replace them with a single global government [United Nations) constitutes treason against each of their sovereign nations. For example, even though Clinton is the leader of the new economic nation, NAFTA, he has taken an oath of office to protect and preserve the Constitution of the United States. Yet, he is cooperating with the New World Order Plan to gradually transfer all our national sovereignty to the UN until, finally, the United States cannot take any action unless authorized by the UN.

You should be alarmed at the spectacle of the United States turning to the UN for all these foreign policy decisions. President Bush started it all during the Gulf War, and Clinton has continued it. Gradually, the American people will be conditioned to believe that the United States has no right to act apart from the will of the UN.

This is the plan, secretly set in motion over 100 years ago and coming to fruition in our daily news. All the current 10 rulers are simply the last in a long line of rulers committed to this New World Order Plan. The desire to surrender U.S. sovereignty, and the sovereignty of all the other nations in the world, has been in place for over 100 years.

This plan constitutes treason in each of these countries, including the United States. Therefore, this plan to surrender all national sovereignty has had to occur in secret and be implemented in tiny stages over a long period of time, so that no one will notice that the final destination is a global government, guaranteeing the final destruction of all sovereign nations. This is treason by definition, and this is conspiracy by definition.

In the incident at the Tower of Babel [Genesis 11:1-9], we see one other very interesting insight into God's Plan versus Satan's plan for the world. Verse 1 records that "the whole earth was of one language..." The people decided to build a huge tower that would reach into the sky, probably as a huge object of worship. God said in verse 6, "They are one people, and they have all one language; this is only the beginning of what they will do; and now nothing they have imagined they can do will be impossible to them..."

To prevent the completion of this offensive tower, God created various languages, which had the effect of separating the people into sovereign nations. Since then, God has utilized the existence of sovereign nations to prevent any one nation from controlling the entire earth. To assist in this effort, God has placed into the heart of man a pride in one's country.

But, at the end of the age, God has planned to withdraw His restraining influence from the world's nations and allow Satan to reorganize them into a one-world government for a very short period of time. Therefore, we can say with assurance that God's Plan for the world is to divide the world into sovereign nations, while Satan's plan is to abolish sovereign nations in favor of a one-world government.

Therefore, when we see President Clinton leading the global charge to a United Nations' government, we know that this is Satan's plan, not God's. We can also know that its final implementation is the result of a conspiracy, supernaturally directed by Satan for well over 100 years. And, just as the Bible foretold, this conspiracy will result in the appearance of Antichrist.

Finally, Jesus revealed that Satan will have to bring about this change in the period of the normal lifetime of the people who were alive at the time when the prophesied Last Days events were beginning to occur [70-80 years, according to Matthew 24:34]. Therefore, as Satan begins to reorganize the world, he will be struggling against national leaders who have been born and raised according to God's Plan of sovereign governments. Satan will have to overthrow those existing governments. If Satan's cohorts tried to overthrow these existing sovereign governments openly, they would be discovered and would be crushed by the existing authorities. Also, the peoples of the sovereign governments would demand that this nefarious plan be thwarted. Therefore, Satan's men would have to carry out their treasonous plan in secret.

This, by definition, is a conspiracy.

Christians who understand Scripture and the prophecies concerning the last days should be expecting a conspiracy to develop and should be looking for the evidence of it. However, this is not the case today, as many Christians disbelieve the existence of a conspiracy as completely as do non-Christians.

Today [March 13, 1998], Rush Limbaugh was again ranting and raving about the stupidity of anyone believing in a global conspiracy in bringing the New World Order into reality. Rush made a statement quite common among people who want not to believe in a conspiracy. Rush said, "These people - who have supposedly been wielding all this power for about 200 years - you would think that, if they had such power, they would want to use it while they were alive so they could benefit from it."

Rush is again displaying his Biblical IGNORANCE!! His absolute BIBLICAL IGNORANCE!

The answer is, yes, these leaders very much would have liked to bring this global conspiracy to fulfillment in their lifetime. Remember, this global conspiracy fulfills Bible prophecy exactly; therefore, their plan culminates in the appearance of the New Age Christ, supposed to be named Maitreya. The Apostle Paul says that Antichrist would like to appear now but is restrained by the Holy Spirit:
"And now you know what is restraining him from being revealed at this time; it is so that he may be manifested, revealed in his own appointed time. For the mystery of lawlessness (that hidden principle of rebellion against constituted authority) is already at work in the world, (but it is) restrained only until he who restrains is taken out of the way. And the the lawless one (the Antichrist) will be revealed" [2 Thessalonians 2:6-8, Parallel Bible, KJV/Amplified Bible Commentary].
Here, we see the principle that the spirit of Antichrist [spirit of lawlessness, rebellion against constituted authority] was present in Paul's day, with Antichrist wanting to appear then to take control. However, the Holy Spirit, working through the Church, was restraining him until the timing of God's choosing.

The answer, Rush, is that, yes, these leaders of the New World Order conspiracy really wanted to bring in this new global government while they were alive; however, they were not able to do so because God was restraining them. Rush showed his great Biblical ignorance when he made this statement, and he will not allow anyone who knows Biblical prophecy to come on his show to honestly debate him. [We would like to inform Rush and his millions of listeners how the plan of the New World Order so precisely fulfills Bible prophecy.]

Therefore, because Satan knew that these leaders throughout the past 200 years would not be able to independently bring the global conspiracy into reality when they wanted to, Satan planted within their hearts a patience, to wait until the timing was "right" to realize their dream.

What did Satan plant within their hearts that would produce this patience? According to former Satanist, now born again Christian, Doc Marquis, that patience was produced by their fervent belief in reincarnation. They believe that they will reenter the "reincarnation cycle" in the future, at which time they will be able to enjoy the fruits of their labors from centuries before. These occultists even believe that they will come back as future leaders, at least as high as they were, based upon the occult Law of Karma. Therefore, they are patient to the extreme, but always alert to any change of the prevailing attitudes and belief structure of the people that might herald the time when the New World Order could be established.

People like Rush, who want not to believe in a conspiracy, also usually state a corollary position to the one which Rush stated above. How does the New World Order Plan get passed down from one generation to the other without people finding out about the plan? To the natural mind [the person who is thinking outside of Biblical doctrine], this is the #1 question which seems to kill the concept of a conspiracy. They cannot conceive of this passing of the plan from one generation to another being possible, especially for many generations. Again, a person who makes this statement is revealing their Biblical IGNORANCE.

The answer to the above question is best answered by asking another question: How has Christianity passed from generation to generation without becoming extinct? The answer is plain to everyone. Christianity has been passed through the Church. Now, does the occult have a church through which to pass its ideals and goals? Indeed, it does. The "church" of the occult, of the New World Order leadership, is found in the various secret societies. Freemasonry is the most well known, followed by Rosicrucians, Order of the Golden Dawn, and the Bilderberg Group.

Through the secret societies, the plan for global government, economy and religion has successfully passed from one generation to the other. This whole idea of being so difficult to pass such a plan generationally is really a non-issue. It is not nearly as difficult as you might think. This is another instance of people not thinking an issue through, but just accepting what they are told.

There are a couple of Scriptures which speak directly to this type of individual, like Rush, who scorns the very concept of a conspiracy:
"And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God" [Mark 12:24].

Anyone who makes this type of statement does err, because they do not know the Prophetic Scriptures, nor the POWER of God! As we stated in the beginning of this article, this New World Order Plan is spiritually based. It is a conflict between God and His forces, on the one hand, and Satan and his demonic forces on the other side. Anyone who does not know Biblical doctrine about God and Satan, and who does not know Scriptural prophecy, cannot comprehend the nature of the struggle facing the world today, and they will be duped by apologists like Rush Limbaugh.

"But these men revile (scoff and sneer at) anything they do not happen to be acquainted with and do not understand ... woe to them!" [Jude 10]

Too many people will sneer and scoff at things which they do not understand, especially spiritual matters. The heart and the mind of the unredeemed cannot understand the thoughts, purposes and plans of God. Their minds are darkened by their unredeemed sinful nature. Their attitude toward the Bible, Christians, and matters like this debate over the New World Order, was succinctly stated almost 2,000 years ago by the Apostle Peter: "They think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you" [1 Peter 4:4]. Doesn't this just about describe the attitude which Rush is displaying toward Christians who know the Bible speaks of conspiracy in the Last Days?

The Apostle Paul speaks to this same attitude on the part of the unredeemed. "For the story and message of the cross is sheer absurdity and folly to those who are perishing and on their way to perdition" [1 Corinthians 1:18]. This passage really and truly describes this attitude Rush has toward the conspiracy of the New World Order. He is sneering at us, heaping abuse and names like "intellectual laziness."
Now, let us return to Rush Limbaugh and his reasons for rejecting the concept of a conspiracy out of hand, even though the Bible teaches such a conspiracy. Because most people are not saved (and even more people are Biblically ignorant), they do not recognize Rush's position for what it truly is. Rush is demonstrating his lack of Biblical understanding, and demonstrating his attempt to lead people astray, by his unnaturally powerful opposition to the concept that a conspiracy can exist.

As we stated before, the leaders of this conspiracy do not want you to believe that a conspiracy exists so that you will reject the idea out of hand without giving it due consideration. Rush knows that if he were to allow open, fair and honest debate with someone who knows the spiritual aspect of this conspiracy, he would lose the debate badly! This understanding is why Rush will not allow people on the air with him to honestly debate the issue.

Most people, like the John Birch Society, who do believe in the conspiracy, would be totally inadequate in debating Rush, because they do not believe in the fact that this conspiracy is spiritually based and prophetically driven!

Therefore, I openly challenge Rush Limbaugh to allow me to debate him on the air, for as long as it takes, and then to throw the debate open to phone calls. In this type of debate, Rush cannot totally frame the parameters of the debate; he cannot pull the old trick of a lawyer by refusing to discuss those points which he knows he cannot refute.

But, let me allow the leaders of the New Age Movement to have the last say, as they have boldly published their plan to the world. Shockingly, the leaders of the New World Order Plan, commonly called New Age, boldly advocate a plan that conforms to Biblical prophecy. They also are not shy about proclaiming that their plan is a conspiracy.

"Their script is now written, subject only to last minute editing and stage directions. The stage itself, albeit as yet in darkness, is almost ready... The last minute, walk-on parts are even now being filled. Most of the main actors... have already taken up their roles. Soon it will be time for them to come on stage, ready for the curtain to rise. The time for action will have come." (The Armageddon Script, by Peter LeMesurier, St. Martin's Press, 1982, New York, N.Y., p. 252)

Is President Clinton only a "main actor" taking up his role? Doubt it not!

"When we come into our kingdom... who will ever suspect that all these peoples were stage-managed by us according to a political plan, which no one has so much as guessed at in the course of many centuries?" (Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion, Protocol No. 13)

So, you see, this scenario to establish the New World Order is carefully scripted, with actors adhering to written lines. This is the most carefully planned and executed play ever written, but that is exactly what it is. In fact, this play has been in the process of being acted out since 1776. [Notice the reference above to the plan being carried out over many centuries.]

If the planners for the New World Order admit that their plan is well-scripted, and if the Bible declares this to be the case, why are you, Rush Limbaugh, still unwilling to admit that events of our present time are scripted? The major events are as planned as man can make them, aided by supernatural Satan.

Of course, the current leaders of this drive to the New World Order most definitely do not want you to believe that there is a conspiracy to overthrow all existing governments of the world, including our own, replacing them with a global government comprised of 10 Super Nations, each of which is to be ruled by a dictator. Therefore, they will attempt to convince you that there can be no such thing as a conspiracy, so you will not be looking for one.

As any psychologist will tell you, most people will not see something that is directly in front of them if they do not believe that it exists. So, we are taught by our Public School System, magazines, newspapers, talk show hosts, and books that there is no conspiracy possible. Of course, the Number One talk show host, Rush Limbaugh, loudly and obtrusively proclaims to the entire world that there is no such thing as a conspiracy; and he, the epitome of the intellectual, understands that there can be no conspiracy. And he lulls untold numbers of Conservatives to sleep, who might otherwise be convinced that a conspiracy does exist.

The Bible clearly states that Antichrist will come to power through the conspiratorial efforts of a reorganized 10-nation organization and that their express purpose in creating this organization is to hand their power to Antichrist. And, what do we see happening before our very eyes? We see the New World Order Plan expressly devoted to staging the appearance of a man they call "The Christ," a major part of which creates this global government of 10 Super Nations!! And, as we can see from the above sampling, their books are full of bold statements that the drive to the New World Order is proceeding according to a supernatural plan!!

The hour of the climax of this plan, which will bring the planners into their kingdom, is very close. It will come whether you believe in it or not. The only question is, "Are you going to be spiritually ready"? This plan is inevitable, as the Bible makes quite plain. Rush Limbaugh is very free to proclaim his belief to the highest mountain top; but, you need to be discerning enough to understand that he is proclaiming the very notion that the leaders of the New World Order Plan want the masses to believe.

Is Rush Limbaugh a very sophisticated and clever part of the New World Order Plan, designed to neutralize the Conservative part of the electorate? Doubt it not!

We shall be very interested to see Rush's "take" on the actual appearance of the New Age Christ [Antichrist]. This event will be one of the most important political and spiritual events in history. Will Rush urge his followers to accept him or will he use all the persuasive powers he possesses to show this guy to be a fraud, unworthy of acceptance? At this time, you will know the truth about Rush Limbaugh, the REAL truth.

You will never understand what is going on unless you understand it from the Biblical standpoint. This is wonderful time to be a born again Christian because world events are proving Biblical prophecy true!!

Majority of Christians in America Claim That the Holy Spirit and Satan are Symbols and Not Living Entities!

Nation Shall Rise Against Nation, But the End Is Not Yet

According to David Bay, Cutting Edge Ministries:

    President Richard Nixon issued Executive Order #11647 on February 14, 1972, which reorganized the United States into 10 federal regions... The unconstitutional goal of this reorganization into 10 super regions is to set the stage for the abolishment of governments from the federal, to the state, to the county, and even to the local, levels. The objective is to set in place the form of government that could be implemented during a planned crisis, that would effectively strip us of our elected representational form of government. Suddenly, we would find ourselves being governed by officials who are not elected, nor responsible to any voters.

    This regional system is apparently unlimited in its scope and powers. Thus, Americans could very well discover that they are back under the control of the type of government that our Founding Fathers spent their lives and fortunes overthrowing! Worse still, we could find ourselves facing the type of dictator which we have seen ruling Russia and Nazi Germany.

    This regional system is also apparently a military structure. We will see this more clearly when the federal program called "General and Complete Disarmament" (Public Law 87-297) is fully integrated according to this 10-region system of government. We also will probably not see this 10-region system implemented until we are under the simultaneous crises of which we have spoken many times.

    When America is under the following planned crises, we will witness this changeover to this 10-region system, most likely with FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) exercising initial control. These are apparently the crises that are planned:
    1. All-out nuclear warfare in the Middle East (or neutron warfare).
    2. All-out nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula (or at least the threat of such a war).
    3. Arab terrorists threatening to devastate American cities with atomic, chemical or biological weapons (or actually carrying out this threat).
    4. Total oil embargo from the Arab nations in support of Arab forces fighting Israel in the Middle East.
    5. Earthquakes deliberately caused to create panic.
    6. Simultaneous riots in many American cities to further cause panic.
    7. American Presidency weakened because of scandal and infighting with Congress and the Courts to further cause panic among American voters.
    8. The Stock Market will crash, causing absolute panic amongst all Americans. Jobs will immediately begin to be lost, thus further adding to the panic.


    Antichrist is supposed to appear at the end of the Middle East crisis. If this occurs, then aliens and visible "angels" are to appear to urge all peoples of the world to support him and his plan.

    At this moment, the head of FEMA will suddenly appear, announcing that he is taking "temporary" control, and quoting all the various Executive Orders and laws passed by Congress giving him all the authority he needs to assume the powers of government, of all branches of our former Constitutional government.

    Once this changeover to the new 10-region system of government occurs, amidst all these contrived and planned crises, you may rest assured the End of the Age is upon us.
    Club of Rome's 10 Regions and the 10 Kings of Daniel and Revelation - The "10 horns" are explained in Daniel 7:23-25 and Revelation 17:12 to be 10 kings, and the whole vision is of the last form of Gentile world-power, a confederated 10-kingdom empire, most likely covering the whole earth. Now it's interesting to note that, in 1972, the Club of Rome proposed a plan to divide the whole world into 10 regions. Could these 10 regions be the 10 horns of the Bible? - his2ndcoming

    The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast. These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast. These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them (Revelation 17:12-14).

    And the ten horns which you saw on the beast, these will hate the harlot, make her desolate and naked, eat her flesh and burn her with fire. For God has put it into their hearts to fulfill His purpose, to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled (Revelation 17:16-17).

    And I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against Him who sat on the horse and against His army (Revelation 19:19).

    Once the 10 Nations Have Arisen, Antichrist Will Appear - In 1957, Alice Bailey, then the leader of the House of Theosophy, wrote in her collection of writings, "The Externalisation of the Hierarchy," that the world must first be reorganized into "spheres of influence" before it could be organized into a global government (page 209). She made it very clear that this reorganization would not follow traditional national boundaries, but would be a completely different organization. Bailey did not specify how many "spheres of influence" would be created, but her plan was fleshed out in 1974 by New World Order authors, Mihajlo Mesarovic and Eduard Pestel, in a book entitled, "Mankind At The Turning Point." They wrote that the world would be reorganized into 10 Super Nation States, listed below. - David Bay, Cutting Edge Ministries

    (1) North America
    (2) Western Europe
    (3) Japan
    (4) Australia, South Africa, and the rest of the market-economy of the developed world
    (5) Eastern Europe, including Russia
    (6) Latin America
    (7) North Africa and the Middle East
    (8) Tropical Africa
    (9) South and Southeast Asia
    (10) China

    Cold War Era 10-Region Map (Mexico Not Included in the North American Union)


    The 'Little Horn' (Antichrist) Rises Up AFTER the Ten Kings Come to Power - So let us remember the basics here: the man of sin, little horn or antichrist, rises out of a system of 10 kings. The system of 10 kings is controlled by the harlot, Babylon, and the entire system is given its power by the dragon, Satan. Many people get a little too hung up on if it is a 'Masonic conspiracy' or a 'Jesuit conspiracy' or a 'globalist conspiracy.' They are all the same conspiracy. It is part of a Satanic conspiracy to control the globe for the prince of darkness. God has given us a witness as to the final form the system will take: 10 kings ruled by a harlot controlled by the devil. That system is not fully here yet, but true, born-again Christians who are awake and are not sleeping can and are seeing this system coming into being. It is not far off. - Mark S. Watson

    The Middle East crisis will lead to World War III. Antichrist will appear at the end of WWIII and rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem. A one-world government with a one-world religion will be established, the anti-Christian kingdom prophesied in chapter 13 of the book of Revelation. This one-world power will offer apparent world peace and unprecedented opportunities to a world in desperate need of a grand solution to profound global problems. The anti-Christian beast will promise peace and prosperity to a world in chaos. The devil, Satan, will establish his earthly kingdom for "a little season," so that he as God will sit in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God, and he will deceive many with his signs and wonders.

    The goal of the New Jerusalem Covenant Project is to create the plan by which Antichrist can solve the Middle East crisis; Antichrist will use this crisis to stage his appearance in the world. Antichrist is supposed to appear at the end of the Middle East crisis (World War III). The prophetic reality of Daniel 9:24-27, Matthew 24:15 and Revelation 11:1-12 is that the new Temple will be built after World War III and will produce the Man of Sin. Thus, the Illuminati plans to destroy the Dome of the Rock during the World War III fighting so that their Antichrist can rebuild Solomon's Temple. This reality means that Arabs will retain control over the Temple Mount until the moment Antichrist comes to the world scene and seizes it for the Jews so his temple can be created. "Peace and safety" will be heralded, and the leaders of the major nations will be busily taking credit for their "brilliant" leadership that seemingly finally solved the deeply engrained religious strife in and around Jerusalem that has plagued mankind for the past 1,400 years.- David Bay, Cutting Edge Ministries

    According to The Green Agenda:

    You don’t need to look in the shadows for the coming world government: it is standing right before your eyes. When they bring “order out of chaos,” the United Nations will be transformed and the final global empire will be born. So what events could possibly bring about the conditions that would allow the emergence of a one world government? I will briefly describe what I consider to be the most likely scenario:
    Ezekiel 38 and 39 describe an attack on Israel by a coalition of Islamic nations and Russia. It seems that this conflict also involves other parts of the globe. The invading forces are completely destroyed by God’s divine intervention. The military power of Russia is annihilated, and Islam, which promised its believers a final ultimate victory, is shattered.

    The world economy lies in total ruin. Significant areas of the planet are devastated. People everywhere are distraught and in despair. Emergency meetings are held at the United Nations where the blueprints for a new global system are presented and quickly adopted.

    “We need a new beginning” they will say; “We all must change and renounce our old destructive ways.” Amazingly everything is already in place. The Earth Charter would be endorsed as a Planetary Constitution and the Security Council replaced with some new 'United Earth Council.' The world would be divided into 10 administrative regions with each one represented by an Earth Councillor.

    The blame for the recent conflict, and many of the world's other problems, would be placed firmly on traditional religions. They would be swiftly outlawed and replaced by reverence for the earth itself. “We nearly destroyed Gaia!” they would say, “We nearly destroyed our own Mother!”
    Over the last decade, the United Nations has brazenly been reinventing itself into a global government, striving to obtain the legal framework, financial resources, and grassroots support to implement its policies. As outlined in my preceding articles, it has effectively seized legal and regulatory control in many countries, through Agenda 21, and developed a Constitution, the Earth Charter, for its vision on a transformed global interdependent society.

    In 1992 the UN formed a Commission on Global Governance charged with devising a system of future global management. Second in charge of the Commission, and lead author of its report, was Maurice Strong, with whom readers will be quite familiar by now. After several years of “extension consultation” with “world leaders, philosophers and futurologists,” the Commission produced a report entitled Our Global Neighbourhood...

    One of the primary thrusts of 'Our Global Neighbourhood' was the formation of “regional blocs or unions to enhance political, economic and environmental security.” The report proposed that “Regional Neighbourhoods” be established, modelled closely on the successful example of the European Union.

    Recent years have seen a large number of such regional unions emerging, or being strengthened, including the African Union, the Mediterranean Neighbourhood Partnership, the Gulf States Coalition, and the proposed North American Union.

    The report also recommended a gradual reduction in the sovereignty of independent states, arguing strongly in favour of international “courts of accountability,” binding global agreements, and significantly enhancing the legal authority of the UN.
    Dr Robert Muller, Assistant Secretary-General of the UN and co-founder of UNESCO, clearly describes this UN plan for a new 'World Union:'
    In my view, after fifty years of service in the United Nations system, I perceive the utmost urgency and absolute necessity for proper Earth government... There is no shadow of a doubt that the present political and economic systems—if systems they are—are no longer appropriate and will lead to the end of life evolution on this planet. We must therefore absolutely and urgently look for new ways. The less we loose time, the less species' and nature will be destroyed.

    Since the United Nations is the only worldwide, universal organization that is presently available, since it had fifty years of valuable experience and many successes, and since it paved the way to proper Earth government (instead of putting it on the defensive, unjustified attacks and criticism, reduction of resources and non-payment of obligatory contributions) governments should honestly ask themselves if a better way would not be to consider a second generation United Nations upgraded by a true quantum jump into a proper Earth-preserving and human-well-being and justice-ensuring organization of our planet.

    The continental approach to a world union remains an important avenue. One could conceive five continental unions: the European Union, an American, an African, an Asian, and an Australian Union. A World Union could be constructed as a super-structure and common political, economic and environmental instrument to achieve these objectives. - The Earth Charter in Action
    This strategy appears to be based on the Club of Rome's proposal to divide the earth into 10 administrative regions, which they outlined in their report Mankind at the Turning Point. You can find their original map in my previous article on that topic. Interestingly, the UN is currently in the process of reviewing and reforming the organization, with particular emphasis on the Security Council.

    Several alternative models have been proposed which will make the Council more 'representative and democratic.' One of these, the Italian Model, proposes replacing the current 10 seats held by individual nations with 10 seats representing 'regional unions,' two seats for Europe, three for Asia, etc. You can compare the different proposals here.

    'Our Global Neighbourhood' concluded with 12 key recommendations which I have listed below, and it was these that caused such a furore that the rest of the report barely received a comment. The UN claimed that the report was merely a “visioning exercise” intended to generate discussion and did not represent official UN policy goals. The report was effectively shelved and the Commission was disbanded:

    1. Consolidation of all international agencies under the direct oversight of the United Nations.
    2. Regulation by the United Nations of all transnational organizations and financial institutions.
    3. Independent source of revenue for the United Nations, and taxes on aircraft and shipping fuels, and licensing the use of the global commons.
    4. Eliminate the veto power and the permanent member status on the Security Council.
    5. Authorize a United Nations ready reaction force.
    6. Require United Nations registration of all arms and the reduction of national armies as a part of a multilateral global security system under the authority of the United Nations.
    7. Require individual and national compliance with all United Nations Human Rights treaties.
    8. Activate the International Criminal Court, make the International Court of Justice compulsory for all nations, and give individuals the right to petition the courts to remedy social injustice.
    9. Create a new institution to establish economic and environmental security by ensuring sustainable development.
    10. Create a new international environmental court.
    11. Adopt a declaration that climate change is an essential global security interest that requires the creation of a high-level action team to allocate carbon emission based on equal per-capita rights.
    12. Cancellation of all debt owed by the poorest nations, global poverty reductions, and equitable sharing of global resources as allocated by the United Nations.

    One of Kofi Annan’s first actions when he became Secretary-General of the United Nations was to appoint Maurice Strong as his Senior Policy Advisor. He then tasked Strong with preparing a plan to “reform the institution of the United Nations.”

    In 2002, Strong produced a 95-page document entitled Renewing the United Nations: A Programme for Reform, which was basically a step-by-step program to implement many of the recommendations of 'Our Global Neighbourhood.' Many of these reforms have been slowly working their way through UN system. However, after Maurice Strong was indicted for his involvement in the Iraq Oil-for-Food scandal, he was forced by pressure from the United States to resign from his UN roles.

    The reforms Strong designed are being implemented by the UN, but they have not been the transformation that he desired. It is the opinion of this author that the current bureaucratic and unwieldy structure of the United Nations is unlikely to ever deliver the “global interdependent society” that the Earth Charter, and the Green Movement, is fervently calling for. Most members of the general population are not motivated to change by mere words in a charter, and the majority are likely to resent further intrusion into their lives.

    True fundamental change is most often born out of crisis. A common creed among the Green Agenda activists has long been “order out of chaos.” They believe that people from all nations will literally beg for their New World Order if it can promise safety and security at a time when people feel under personal imminent threat.

    To once again quote the famous words of David Rockefeller “A New World Order is coming… all we need is the right major crisis.” And remember, it was the Rockefeller family that donated the land on which the United Nations now stands.

    Thus it seems far more likely that the UN itself will be transformed, most likely after some major international crisis which the UN is unable to prevent or respond to adequately. After all, the League of Nations was born after the first truly global crisis, World War 1, and then it was “reformed” into the United Nations following World War 2. However there are some serious impediments to the implementation of the final phase of the Global Green Agenda:

    1. Evangelical Christianity – True Bible-believing Christians are very likely to resist the imposition of any system of global governance, especially if it based around an earth-centred religion. Christian realise that this earth is temporary and will soon pass away. The Bible specifically warns them that humans will eventually end up “worshipping the creature instead of the Creator.” However the leaders of certain denominations seem to have no problem with the Agenda. Pope Benedict proclaimed, during Live Earth that “environmental degradation is a sin, and global warming is a defilement of the Divine Will.”
    2. Islam – Moslems are also likely to fiercely resist any New World Order that mandates a form of earth-worship. There are more than one billion followers of Islam, and they show remarkably little enthusiasm for accommodating New Age eco-theology into their doctrines. Hence it is likely that the power of Islam will have to be shattered before the Global Green Agenda can be fulfilled.

    3. The United States of America – The USA has long been a bastion of individual liberty and freedom. Thank God George Bush defeated Al Gore in the 2000 Presidential election. If Gore had won, I have no doubt we would now be deep in the midst of the Green Reich. President Bush has bravely defended American sovereignty from the clutches of the global elitists. However this could soon change. If Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama is elected President it could well be the end of the American dream.

    4. Communist China – The totalitarian Communist Party of China is very unlikely to relinquish much of its power to a new transformed United Nations. However, China is currently treading a precarious path. Its economic miracle is in fact a house of cards built on slave labour and artificially managed conditions. China is very vulnerable to an economic collapse, which could lead to a popular revolution or bankrupt the country.

    5. Authoritarian Russia – Putin has established a tight authoritarian grip on Russia and is unlikely to bow willingly to a resurrected UN. However, Putin could soon be gone and a new Gorbachev could arise. Another possibility is that Russia could also once again lose its position as a global power broker through economic problems or war.

    So, to quickly summarise, the activists behind the Global Green Agenda have established regulatory control in many societies through Agenda 21, they have written a Constitution for their transformed global society with the Earth Charter, and they have even described, in detail, how their new global system will operate in 'Our Global Neighbourhood.' However, several obstacles must be removed before the final phase of the Agenda, global governance based on a system of earth-worship, can be fulfilled:

    • Firstly, a situation must arise where otherwise apathetic, or even hostile, members of society will beg for a new global system. They must feel so personally threatened that they will eagerly give up their personal liberty for the promise of safety and security. 'Our Global Neighbourhood' said the surrender of liberty is "a principle that will yield only slowly and reluctantly to the imperatives of global environmental cooperation." In my opinion, global warming is currently being used as a conditioning tool with its fervent call for global unity to save a wounded planet.

    • Secondly, certain nations and religious groups are unlikely to accept a new global system that involves the loss of national sovereignty, the loss of individual liberty, and reverence for the earth as a divine being...

    As David Rockefeller stated, “all we need is the right crisis.” Everything is now in place. They are just building momentum and waiting for the storm they know is coming. You don’t need to look in the shadows for the coming world government: it is standing right before your eyes. When they bring “order out of chaos,” the United Nations will be transformed and the final global empire will be born.



    Escalation Scenarios: The Third World War and Its Aftermath

    By Carol Moore, CarolMoore.net
    September 23, 2009

    URGENT: Scenario 3 - Israel Bombs Iranian Nuclear Plants
    Nuclear power plants are nuclear war targets which will spread massive additional radiation over thousands of square miles.

    A world nuclear war is one that involves most or all nuclear powers releasing a large proportion of their nuclear weapons at targets in nuclear, and perhaps non-nuclear, states. Such a war could be initiated accidentally, aggressively or pre-emptively and could continue and spread through these means or by retaliation by a party attacked by nuclear weapons.

    While some speak of “limited nuclear war,” it is likely that any nuclear war will quickly escalate and spiral out of control because of the “use them or loose them” strategy: If you don’t use all your nuclear weapons you are likely to have them destroyed by the enemy’s nuclear weapons.

    Such a war could start through a reaction to terrorist attacks, or through the need to protect against overwhelming military opposition, or through the use of small battle field tactical nuclear weapons meant to destroy hardened targets. It might quickly move on to the use of strategic nuclear weapons delivered by short-range or inter-continental missile or long-range bomber. These could deliver high altitude bursts whose electromagnetic pulse knocks out electrical circuits for hundreds of square miles. Or they could deliver nuclear bombs to destroy nuclear and/or non-nuclear military facilities, nuclear power plants, important industrial sites and cities. Or it could skip all those steps and start through the accidental or reckless use of strategic weapons.

    Below are six scenarios by which world nuclear war could come about. While these are some of the major scenarios and combination of attacks and retaliations, they are hardly exhaustive. U.S., Russian and other nuclear nations’ weapons strategizers deal with these scenarios every day but rarely let mere citizens in on their grizzly thinking. Citizens must end their denial and become aware of such scenarios.

    GENERAL SCENARIOS

    Accidental: Since the United States and Russia have “launch on warning” systems that send off rockets before it is confirmed a nuclear attack is underway, any tensions between them can lead to massive nuclear war within thirty minutes of a warning — no matter how false the warning may be.


    Aggressive: One or more nations decide to use weapons against nuclear or non-nuclear nations in order to promote an economic, political or military goal, as part of an ongoing war or as a first strike nuclear attack. (The state, of course, may claim it is a pre-emptive, retaliatory or even an accidental attack.)

    Pre-emptive: One or more nations believe (correctly or incorrectly) or claim to believe that another nuclear nation is about to use nuclear weapons against its nuclear, military, industrial or civilian targets, and pre-emptively attacks that nation. May result from political or military “brinkmanship.”

    Retaliatory: Use of nuclear weapons in response to a nuclear attack — or even a conventional, chemical or biological attack by a non-nuclear nation.

    ASSUMPTIONS OF THESE SCENARIOS

    There is a whole body of knowledge and assumptions that is taken into account when putting together scenarios like those below. My bottom line assumption is that any nuclear exchange has an excellent chance of resulting in a series of escalations that will spiral out of control, setting off a round of exchanges among various enemies under a “use it or lose it” philosophy, as well as among the treaty allies of the relevant nuclear powers and their allies. This continues until most of the planet’s 20,000 odd nuclear weapons are exhausted. In making “limited nuclear war” calculations, all nations should assume “whatever can go wrong, will go wrong.” Unfortunately, too many strategizers assume they can conduct limited strikes and keep them limited.

    Related assumptions include:

    ** Any nuclear attack on a primary Russian target like Moscow, St. Petersburg, or nuclear command headquarters by any nation or group, known or unknown, could lead to a commander turning on “The Dead Hand” strategy and/or prompt one or more of Russia’s semi-autonomous military field commanders to retaliate against U.S. and European nuclear targets. Attacks on secondary targets or nuclear detonations very close to Russian soil also might lead to some sort of nuclear escalation.

    ** Any nuclear attack on U.S. and/or European sites by any nation or group, known or unknown, probably will result in massive U.S. and/or European retaliation against the known or assumed perpetrators or their known or assumed allies.

    ** It is likely that the U.S., Russia, China, Israel, India and Pakistan will use some of their weapons to attack other nuclear and non-nuclear nations which might threaten them after they have been devastated by nuclear war.

    ** Any nuclear attack on Israel by terrorists, or Pakistan, Russia or China, will result in Israel’s surviving land, air and submarine-carried or based-issiles being used against Arab and Muslim capitals. A particularly devastating attack (including chemical or biological weapons) possibly might result in a full scale “Samson Option” attack on European and Russian targets. The latter, of course, would result in Russian retaliation against the United States, perhaps its punishment for not having done enough to protect Israel.

    ** Any nation’s use of nuclear weapons against a non-nuclear nation will be only somewhat less inflammatory than using them against a nuclear nation, especially if that nation has many treaty allies. It will ratchet all nuclear nations' alert systems and lead to unforeseeable consequences that could easily spiral to world nuclear war.

    NOTE: COLORS OF LINES AND DESCRIPTIONS ARE COORDINATED

    Aggressive Pre-Emptive Retaliatory Accidental

    SCENARIO 1.

    RUSSIA OR U.S. MISTAKENLY INTERPRETS GLITCH DURING TIME OF TENSION AS NUCLEAR ATTACK, LEADING TO WORLD NUCLEAR WAR

    During time of minor or major political tension, especially active U.S. bombings of other nations or any use of nuclear weapons, Russian commanders' faulty early-warning-system detects false evidence of a nuclear attack from the United States. Russia launches a large proportion of its weapons at the U.S. and pre-emptively at U.S. European and Israeli allies, as well as China, India and Pakistan to cripple their nuclear capability. The U.S. and Europe retaliate at Russia and the U.S. attacks China to destroy its nuclear stocks. Israel retaliates against Russia and initiates aggressive attacks against Arab and Muslim capitols. India and China may strike each other to destroy any remaining nuclear or other military capability. (It is less likely that the U.S. would experience such a glitch; if so, the U.S. would strike Russia and China; they would retaliate against the U.S. and Europe and probably attack other potentially hostile nuclear powers to knock out their capability.)

    SCENARIO 2.

    U.S. OR RUSSIA THREATEN OR ENGAGE IN MILITARY AGGRESSION AGAINST SMALLER NATION, STARTING ESCALATION TO WORLD NUCLEAR WAR


    Russia and US engage in threats over further U.S. aggression in the Middle East or over Russia's refusal to withdraw troops from the former Soviet Republic Georgia. Russia and/or the U.S. pre-emptively strike the others' nuclear targets, leading to further rounds of retaliatory exchanges. Russia strikes pre-emptively at U.S. European and Israeli allies, as well as China, India and Pakistan to cripple their nuclear capability. Europe retaliates at Russia, and the U.S. attacks China to destroy any remaining nuclear stocks. Israel retaliates against Russia and initiates revenge attacks against Arab and Muslim capitols. India and China may strike each other to destroy any remaining nuclear or other military capability.

    SCENARIO 3.

    ISRAEL ATTACKS IRAN'S NUCLEAR FACILITIES AND/OR SYRIA AND LEBANON, WHICH RETALIATE WITH MASSIVE CONVENTIONAL OR WMD ROCKET ATTACKS; ISRAEL RETALIATES WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS, ESCALATING TO WORLD NUCLEAR WAR


    Israel attacks Iran's nuclear facilities and/or Syria and Lebanon. These countries respond with massive rocket attacks using conventional bombs and even some chemical, biological or radiological weapons. Israel responds with nuclear strikes against these nations and Pakistan. Outraged Pakistan retaliates against Israel and pre-emptively attacks Israel's ally/Pakistan's enemy India, which retaliates. Israel initiates "Samson option" and attacks Arab and Muslim capitols, as well as "antisemitic" Europe and Russia. Russian regional commanders retaliate against Israel, its ally the U.S., and U.S. European allies and China, to destroy its nuclear capability. The U.S. retaliates against Russia and hits China's nuclear capability. China uses any remaining nuclear weapons against Russia, the U.S. and India. India retaliates against China.

    India and Pakistan in 2002

    India and Pakistan have repeatedly threatened nuclear war against each other, most seriously in the last few years. In late December 2002 Pakistan’s president, General Pervez Musharraf, addressing Air Force veterans in Karachi, said:

    The last year “personally” conveyed a clear “message” to Prime Minister Vajpayee, “through every international leader who came to Pakistan,” namely, that Indian troops “should not expect a conventional war from Pakistan” if they “moved a single step across the international border or the Line of Control.”
    In response Indian Defense Minister George Fernandez said:
    “We can take a bomb or two, or more. When we respond, there will be no Pakistan.”
    About the same time former Army Chief of Staff Aslam Beg, then heading a right-wing Pakistani think tank said:
    “Our policy of deterrence is India-specific. No matter who comes for us, Israel, the United States or India we will take on India. If someone is thinking of taking on Pakistan, they should know we will take on India.”
    And despite subsequent detente between the two nations during the remainder of 2003, as late as fall 2003, Ariel Sharon visited India, worrying Pakistan that he was once again proposing India do a surgical strike against Pakistani nuclear assets. Once any such Indian-Pakistani nuclear exchange began, there are a number of scenarios by which it could escalate into accidental or intentional world nuclear war.

    The Samson Option

    From Wikipedia (for the 1991 book by Seymour Hersh, see The Samson Option.)

    The Samson Option is a term used to describe Israel's alleged deterrence strategy of massive retaliation with nuclear weapons as a “last resort” against nations whose military attacks threaten its existence, and possibly against other targets as well. Israel refuses to admit it has nuclear weapons or to describe how it would use them, an official policy of nuclear ambiguity, also known as “nuclear opacity.” This has made it difficult for anyone outside the Israeli government to definitively describe its true nuclear policy, while still allowing Israel to influence the perceptions, strategies and actions of other governments.

    As early as 1976, the CIA believed that Israel possessed 10 to 20 nuclear weapons. By 2002 it was estimated that the number had increased to between 75 and 200 nuclear weapons. Kenneth S. Brower has estimated as many as 400 nuclear weapons. These can be launched from land, sea and air. This gives Israel a second strike option even if much of the country is destroyed.

    The term “Samson Option” has also been used more generally in reference to Israel’s nuclear program. Commentators have also used the term in reference to situations where non-nuclear actors, such as Saddam Hussein, Yassir Arafat and Hezbollah threatened conventional weapons retaliation, and even to United States President George W. Bush's foreign policy.

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    Historical Close Calls to World War Three

    Before the end of the Second World War, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill expressed concern that given the enormous size of Soviet forces deployed in Europe at the end of the war, and the perception that the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin was unreliable, there existed a Soviet threat to Western Europe. In April-May 1945, British Armed Forces developed Operation Unthinkable; its primary goal was “to impose upon Russia the will of the United States and the British Empire.” However, the plan was rejected by the British Chiefs of Staff Committee as militarily unfeasible.

    With the development of the arms race, before the collapse of the Soviet Union and end of the Cold War, an apocalyptic war between the United States and the Soviet Union was considered plausible. The Doomsday Clock has served as a symbol of historic World War III close calls since the Truman Doctrine went into effect in 1947. The Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 is generally thought to be the historical point at which the risk of World War III was closest. Other potential starts have included the following:

    1948

    Berlin Blockade. Soviet military forces stopped all commerce into West Berlin which caused a humanitarian and political crisis. In response, Western allies sent in air lifts to supply West Berlin.


    August 29, 1949

    Soviet Union successfully conducted tests with nation’s first atomic bomb, RDS-1.


    1950–1953

    Korean War. General MacArthur planned to invade and bomb China to eliminate the threat of communism in eastern Asia.


    August 12, 1953

    Soviet Union successfully conducts tests of nation’s first hydrogen bomb, Joe-4.


    July 26, 1956 – March, 1957

    Suez Crisis: The conflict pitted Egypt against an alliance between France, the United Kingdom and Israel. When the USSR threatened to intervene on behalf of Egypt, the Canadian Ambassador to the UN Lester B. Pearson feared a larger war and urged the British and French to withdraw. The Eisenhower administration, also fearing a wider war, applied pressure to the United Kingdom to withdraw, including a threat to create a currency crisis by dumping US holdings of British debt. Lester B. Pearson later received a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts.


    June 4 – November 9, 1961

    Berlin Crisis of 1961.


    October 15 – October 28, 1962

    Cuban Missile Crisis: The conflict pitted the United States against an alliance between the USSR and Cuba. The USSR was attempting to place several launch sites in Cuba in response to the United States installation of missiles in Turkey. The United States response included dispersal of Strategic Air Command (SAC) bombers to civilian airfields around the United States and war games in which the United States Marine Corps landed against a dictator named “ORTSAC” (Castro spelt backwards). For a brief while, the U.S. military went to DEFCON 3, while SAC went to DEFCON 2. The crisis peaked on October 27, when a U-2 (piloted by Rudolph Anderson) was shot down over Cuba and another U-2 over the USSR was almost intercepted when it strayed over Siberia, after Curtis LeMay (U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff) had neglected to enforce Presidential orders to suspend all overflights. See also: Vasiliy Arkhipov.


    October 24, 1973

    Yom Kippur War: As the Yom Kippur War was winding down, a Soviet threat to intervene on Egypt’s behalf caused the United States to go to DEFCON 3.


    September 26, 1983

    False “US First Strike” Alarm: Soviet early warning systems showed that a US ICBM attack had been launched. Colonel Stanislav Petrov, in command of the monitoring facility, correctly interpreted the warnings as a computer error, even though this was against standing orders.


    November 1983

    Exercise Able Archer: The USSR mistook a test of NATO’s nuclear-release procedures as a fake cover for a NATO attack and subsequently raised its nuclear alert level. It was not until afterwards that the US realized how close it had come to nuclear war. At the time of the exercise the Soviet Politburo was without a healthy functioning head due to the failing health of then leader Yuri Andropov.


    January 25, 1995

    Norwegian rocket incident: A Norwegian missile launch for scientific research was detected from Andøya Rocket Range and thought to be an attack on Russia, launched from a submarine five minutes away from Moscow. Norway had notified the world that it would be making the launch, but the Russian Defense Ministry had neglected to notify those monitoring Russia’s nuclear defense systems.


    June 12 – June 26, 1999

    Pristina airport standoff: Russian and NATO forces had a standoff over the Pristina Airport in Kosovo.

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    Satan to Be Released to Deceive the Nations Just Prior to Christ's Return (the Great Tribulation)



    "I am He that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death." (Revelation 1:18)

    And when He had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the Word of God and for the testimony which they held: and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost Thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled... (Revelation 6:9-11)

    And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise. And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound! And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a Star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to Him was given the key of the bottomless pit. (Revelation 8:12-13, Revelation 9:1)

    And He opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them... (Revelation 9:2-6)

    And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter. And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men. By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths. For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt. And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk. Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts... (Revelation 9:11-21)

    But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as He hath declared to his servants the prophets... And He said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings... (Revelation 10:7,11)

    And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will. (Revelation 11:1-6)

    And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves. And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth. (Revelation 11:7-10)

    And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them. And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them. (Revelation 11:11-12)

    And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven. (Revelation 11:13)

    The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly. And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever. And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because Thou hast taken to Thee Thy great power, and hast reigned. And the nations were angry, and Thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that Thou shouldest give reward unto Thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear Thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth. (Revelation 11:14-18)

    And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in His temple the ark of His testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail. (Revelation 11:19)

    What Shall Be the Signs of Christ's Return?

    Behold He Cometh

    By Herman Hoeksema (1886 - 1965)
    Behold He Cometh © 1969 Reformed Free Publishing Association

    The Devil Is Retrained from Uniting the World Powers Until Shortly Before the End of the Ages

    The period of "a thousand years" referenced in the book of Revelation is to be applied to this entire dispensation until the time shortly before the Second Coming of the Lord in the clouds of heaven. This is because of the simple reason that the order of the book of Revelation is not chronological, but rather idealogical. Repeatedly, the book follows the development of the world to its very end from a certain point of view in order, and it then resumes the drawing of the same picture from a different viewpoint.

    The "thousand year" time period of Revelation must be fulfilled before the devil can be permitted to deceive the nations which live on the "four corners of the earth." This reign of Christ with respect to the world is such that, almost until the very end, the devil shall be bound with respect to Gog and Magog so that he cannot deceive these nations and gather them for battle against the camp of the saints, the Church, the body of Christ, the True Israel of God.

    In harmony with all Scripture, "Israel" is to be taken in the New Testament sense of the word. The vision of the restored Israel, of which Ezekiel chapter 38 and 39 speak, has been realized in the Church of the new dispensation. It is "the camp of the saints." It is "the beloved city." It is Christianity in its widest sense as it exists and develops in the new dispensation and as it corresponds to the nation of Israel in the Old Testament. It is represented in the text as being situated in the center of the earth; and around it, on the four quarters of the earth, outside of the pale of history, are nations that remain pagan.

    Gog and Magog are heathen nations in distinction from nominal Christendom. The nations of Gog and Magog, which are on the four corners of the earth, I would identify as the people (as a whole) who in the new dispensation never played a part in the history of the world, but which in our very day are waking up. I refer to the overwhelmingly strong non-Christian world: the nations of China and Japan, the great and strong multitudes in India; the followers of Confucius and Buddha and of Islam and Brahmanism; and the millions of Africa and of the islands of the sea. The elect also are gathered from these pagan nations into the Church; however, as nations they remain distinctly heathen.

    The Christian nations are the historical powers, and Gog and Magog are hitherto apparently asleep. The devil, the prince of this world, is restrained from employing these forces against the Church, the beloved city, the camp of the saints, the new Israel of God. However, near the end of this dispensation, the devil shall be "loosed a little season" to gather the nations to battle against the Church before Christ returns in the clouds of heaven.

    From Revelation chapter 17, we learn that the first result of the deceptive influence of the devil upon the heathen nations, Gog and Magog, is that they shall join into one great world power with the central anti-Christian kingdom. For "one hour," for "a little season," the world power shall realize its greatest ambition and a strictly universal empire shall be established, of which also the heathen but civilized nations form an integral part.

    From a purely humanistic viewpoint, this future one-world power will be a glorious kingdom, and thoroughly humanistic it will surely be—religiously, scientifically, socially, industrially and politically. However, it will be anti-God, anti-Christ, and anti-Church; for the devil, named Satan, is the opponent, the adversary of Christ, and the adversary to the cause of God in the world.

    The Devil is Securely Bound Until the End of the Ages With Respect to the Heathen Nations

    During this present dispensation, the devil is bound in regard to the nations of Gog and Magog: in the vision of Revelation chapter 20, the angel overpowers the devil and securely binds him with the chain, casts him into the bottomless pit, locks the pit, and sets a seal upon him.

    The devil, therefore, is very securely bound, and he is bound with respect to the heathen nations so that the gospel can be spread throughout the nations.

    Scripture teaches that the devil is bound in such a way that he cannot marshal the heathen nations of Gog and Magog to battle against the Church, the beloved city, or, if you please, against the Christian nations. In this very period of his restraint, the devil may do many things, both among the nominally Christian nations and among the people who are called Gog and Magog: he may go about as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour, as he actually does. However, until near the end of this dispensation, he is prevented from deceiving the heathen nations so as to gather them to battle against the camp of the saints, the Church, the elect of God.

    We can easily surmise what it would mean if these heathen nations were permitted to unite and marshal their tremendous forces against the nominally Christian nations: the Church would have no place in the world, no room for development. However, the devil is bound with respect to them until near the end of this dispensation.

    The deception of the devil must work out till the bitter end. At the time near the end of this dispensation, under the influence of the so-called mission work of the anti-Christian unclean spirits, the heathen nations indeed shall be awakened out of their prolonged slumber, becoming conscious of their power and quickly adopting the anti-Christian civilization.

    In other words, the heathen nations shall be civilized and they shall become conscious of their power; and they shall, for a time, join forces with the beast and the false prophet to form one great world empire. Nevertheless, they shall remain pagan in every respect, and though they give their power to the beast for "one hour," for "a little season," this cannot possibly last.

    The True Israel of God Shall Experience Great Tribulation Before Christ Returns

    This future one-world power (as described in Revelation, chapter 13), this kingdom of man under Satan, shall be complete: it shall be a kingdom which has sway over all the universe, over all men, over all the powers of creation. It shall be a kingdom in which man worships his own work and in which the devil is lord supreme.

    This world power to come shall lay down the rules for religious life in particular: it shall tell all men how they must worship and what they must worship. It shall be a new system of thought and religion, with a new creed, universal in its scope and, at the same time, with a new god. That new god will be the devil incarnate, the great world power, whom all shall admire and worship and for whom all shall erect an image in order that they may worship the same.

    At this time to come, there still shall be saints of the Most High on earth: the remnant of the seed of the woman still shall be there; they shall not yet be taken to heaven. And, of course, they will refuse to go along with all this beautiful and worldwide movement. They will refuse to adopt the philosophy; they will refuse to wonder at its great signs; they will refuse to adopt its religion; they will refuse to worship the beast and the dragon.

    The Church will refuse to worship the beast; therefore, the saints cannot be tolerated, and they must be discovered so that this great universal kingdom of the devil may be rid of them. It is certain that the difference between the followers of antichrist and the followers of Christ shall be there and that this difference shall be very obvious. The false prophet, the power of false science and philosophy and religion, shall see to it that the distinction is very public and evident to all so that only his followers may share in the blessings of this great kingdom.

    Just as only the followers of Christ shall share in the blessings of the kingdom of God, so also the followers of antichrist only shall reap the benefits of this universal world kingdom. The rest, who do not have the "mark of the beast," shall be excluded and boycotted in every respect.

    All things shall be under the control of this great and universal world power: the very necessities of life shall be in its power. It can surely allow or prevent buying and selling according to its good pleasure. The saints of Christ who do not worship the image, and who refuse to receive the mark of the beast, shall not be able to do business; they shall not be able to buy or to sell. They shall not be able to live along with this great society. They shall not be able to buy the necessities of life. They shall be outcasts, mocked at, held in derision, thrust aside, ousted from society, and killed.

    Those shall be terrible days. They shall be more terrible than any form of persecution that the children of God have ever experienced. There shall be no place for them on earth. So terrible shall those days be that many shall fall who appeared to be children of the Most High, and the very elect would not be able to resist were it not for the fact that the days shall be shortened.

    The Final War Will Be Between the Nominally Christian World and the Heathen Nations

    The future combined one-world power of the nominally Christian nations and heathen nations cannot last, because ultimately the ten kings shall hate the whore and shall make her desolate and naked and shall eat her flesh and burn her with fire (Revelation 17:16). Therefore, shortly before the end of this world, the devil's final deception of the nations shall take place.

    The heathen nations and the nominally Christian world will ultimately gather as separate forces for the last war, which will be a world war in the strictest sense of the word.

    Looking upon the nominally Christian world, which in fact will be an anti-Christian civilization, the heathen nations shall do as the nations of the old dispensation did with respect to Jerusalem; that is, they shall say: "Let us go up to Jerusalem; let Zion be defiled; let our eye look upon Zion!" And again the Lord will use the hostile spirit of the heathen nations to destroy the anti-Christian power and eat the flesh of the great whore.

    In Revelation chapters 16 and 17, there mention is made of ten kings who as yet have received no kingdom, but shall receive power as kings for one hour with the beast: their dominion shall last but "one hour" with the beast; that is, "a little season." In Revelation chapter 20, the reference is evidently to the same going forth of the devil to the nations, the kings of the whole world that live on the four quarters of the earth, to deceive them and gather them for battle.

    It is especially Gog and Magog that look upon all Christendom, no matter how apostate, as the beloved city, even as the heathen nations in the old dispensation considered earthly Jerusalem to be the city of God no matter how apostate and wicked it had become. The nations of Gog and Magog, in compassing about and coming to battle against Christendom in its widest sense, certainly intend to destroy "the beloved city," the cause of Christ, and to make paganism supreme in the world. In this, they reveal their wickedness and become ripe for the judgment. God nevertheless uses them to inflict His judgments upon the anti-Christian world.

    The final result of this anti-Christian influence will be that the nations thus affected will unite their forces for war, the last war that shall ever be fought on earth. However, they will never touch the camp of the saints: the people of God shall look for the coming redemption, which shall then be very near.

    Conclusion

    The devil is in the world already: he works in the world; he has made many bold attempts already to reach his culmination; and his final manifestation will be the consummation of a long process of development. In the devil's last attempt to oppose God’s plan, he simply will realize his own kingdom, or he will attempt to realize it, and boldly set it up.

    The devil, to whom the kingdoms of the world belong, shall succeed in combining all his kingdoms under one head and inspiring them all with the same principle. All the signs of the times point to such a tremendous global power, to such a league of the nations that has control over all things, to such a unity of all religion in which man is exalted and the Christ of the Scriptures is blasphemed.

    The dragon's power and authority itself is limited: it is well that we bear this in mind, for it is to our comfort. It assures us from the outset that the power and authority of this anti-Christian kingdom, however great, is not unlimited and that Christ, who has all power, is mightier than antichrist.

    Why are we given a complete picture of the anti-Christian Kingdom in the book of Revelation? So that we might clearly recognize it when it is revealed. And what then must we do when we see it is come? Must we oppose it. You may ask, "Must we fight it with the sword?" That, of course, is completely impossible. It will come. It must come. And to oppose its coming is entirely vain. Its coming is irresistible. And the battle is not one of the sword.

    Here is the patience and the faith of the saints, that in all these times they remain faithful and refuse to deny the Christ and that they wait for the day of His coming.

    God created a world that should glorify Him and be consecrated to Him, but that world tore itself loose from Him and refused to glorify Him. Man now has developed the kingdom of the world without God, and God allows this kingdom of the world to develop to its full extent.

    Although man has fallen away from Him, God nevertheless allows man to exercise dominion over the earthly creation and to bring to light all the hidden powers and talents of creation to their fullest degree. In this kingdom we have the anti-Christian beasts described in the book of Revelation, which represent the highest development of the sovereignty of man apart from God, and under the devil they shall develop all the powers of creation without God.

    The final manifestation of the anti-Christian kingdom to come is the climax of the development of the man of sin: it is the kingdom of man, of the creature, without God, without the seven. And therefore his number is 666, the number of man indeed. You may see him rise before your very eyes in the world of today. Hence, we must watch and pray that we may not fall into temptation. We must be faithful unto the end.

    It is not our calling to resist the coming kingdom of antichrist, for that is impossible. We cannot prevent its coming; however, we must watch and be prepared. Here is the patience of the saints; here is wisdom. We must know how it will come so that we may recognize its coming and be faithful even unto the end.

    God grant that we may be found watching in that day so that we may not be allured by all the beauty and fascination and by the Christian appearance, strength and stability of this world kingdom to come. Let us not be allured by the signs and wonders of the false prophet, but let us remain faithful even unto the very end so that no one may take our crowns.

    "And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; but the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed." --Luke 17:26-30

    “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” --John 16:33

    "I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen." --Matthew 28:20




    Lead me in Thy truth, and teach me, for Thou art the God of my salvation; on Thee do I wait all the day. --Psalms 25:5

    It is our duty and our privilege to wait upon the Lord in service, in worship, in expectancy, and in trust all the days of our lives. Our faith will be tried faith, and if it be of the true kind, it will bear continued trial without yielding. We shall not grow weary of waiting upon God if we remember how long and how graciously He once waited for us. - Charles Haddon Spurgeon

    This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you;
    In both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
    That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets,
    And of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:
    Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers,
    Walking after their own lusts,
    And saying, Where is the promise of His coming?
    For since the fathers fell asleep,
    All things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

    For this they willingly are ignorant of,
    That by the Word of God the heavens were of old,
    And the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
    Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
    But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same Word are kept in store,
    Reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

    But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing,
    That one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
    The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness;
    But is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish,
    But that all should come to repentance.


    But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night;
    In the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise,
    And the elements shall melt with fervent heat,
    The earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.


    Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved,
    What manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
    Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God,
    Wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved,
    And the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
    Nevertheless we, according to His promise,
    Look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

    Therefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things,
    Be diligent that ye may be found of Him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
    And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation;
    Even as our beloved brother Paul also,
    According to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;
    As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things;
    In which are some things hard to be understood,
    Which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest,
    As they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

    Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before,
    Beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked,
    Fall from your own stedfastness.

    But grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
    To Him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.

    --2 Peter Chapter 3


    An Open Letter to Evangelicals and Other Interested Parties

    The People of God, the Land of Israel, and the Impartiality of the Gospel

    Knox Theological Seminary
    Originally Published in 2002

    Recently a number of leaders in the Protestant community of the United States have urged the endorsement of far-reaching and unilateral political commitments to the people and land of Israel in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, citing Holy Scripture as the basis for those commitments. To strengthen their endorsement, several of these leaders have also insisted that they speak on behalf of the seventy million people who constitute the American evangelical community.

    It is good and necessary for evangelical leaders to speak out on the great moral issues of our day in obedience to Christ's call for His disciples to be salt and light in the world. It is quite another thing, however, when leaders call for commitments that are based upon a serious misreading of Holy Scripture. In such instances, it is good and necessary for other evangelical leaders to speak out as well. We do so here in the hope that we may contribute to the cause of the Lord Christ, apart from whom there can never be true and lasting peace in the world.

    At the heart of the political commitments in question are two fatally flawed propositions:
    1. First, some are teaching that God's alleged favor toward Israel today is based upon ethnic descent rather than upon the grace of Christ alone, as proclaimed in the Gospel.
    2. Second, others are teaching that the Bible's promises concerning the land are fulfilled in a special political region or "Holy Land" perpetually set apart by God for one ethnic group alone.

    As a result of these false claims, large segments of the evangelical community, our fellow citizens, and our government are being misled with regard to the Bible's teachings concerning the people of God, the land of Israel, and the impartiality of the Gospel.

    In what follows, we make our convictions public. We do so by acknowledging the genuine evangelical faith of many who will not agree with us. Knowing that we may incur their disfavor, we are nevertheless constrained by Scripture and by conscience to publish the following propositions for the cause of Christ and truth.

    The Gospel offers eternal life in heaven to Jews and Gentiles alike as a free gift in Jesus Christ. Eternal life in heaven is not earned or deserved, nor is it based upon ethnic descent or natural birth.

    All human beings, Jews and Gentiles alike, are sinners, and, as such, they are under God's judgment of death. Because God's standard is perfect obedience and all are sinners, it is impossible for anyone to gain temporal peace or eternal life by his own efforts. Moreover, apart from Christ, there is no special divine favor upon any member of any ethnic group; nor, apart from Christ, is there any divine promise of an earthly land or a heavenly inheritance to anyone, whether Jew or Gentile. To teach or imply otherwise is nothing less than to compromise the Gospel itself.

    God, the Creator of all mankind, is merciful and takes no pleasure in punishing sinners. Yet God is also holy and just and must punish sin. Therefore, to satisfy both His justice and His mercy, God has appointed one way of salvation for all, whether Jew or Gentile, in Jesus Christ alone. Jesus Christ, who is fully God and fully man, came into the world to save sinners. In His death upon the cross, Jesus was the Lamb of God taking away the sin of the world, of Jew and of Gentile alike.

    The death of Jesus forever fulfilled and eternally ended the sacrifices of the Jewish temple. All who would worship God, whether Jew or Gentile, must now come to Him in spirit and truth through Jesus Christ alone. The worship of God is no longer identified with any specific earthly sanctuary. He receives worship only through Jesus Christ, the eternal and heavenly Temple. To as many as receive and rest upon Christ alone through faith alone, to Jews and Gentiles alike, God gives eternal life in His heavenly inheritance.

    The inheritance promises that God gave to Abraham were made effective through Christ, Abraham's True Seed. These promises were not and cannot be made effective through sinful man's keeping of God's law. Rather, the promise of an inheritance is made to those only who have faith in Jesus, the True Heir of Abraham. All spiritual benefits are derived from Jesus, and apart from Him there is no participation in the promises.

    Since Jesus Christ is the Mediator of the Abrahamic Covenant, all who bless Him and His people will be blessed of God, and all who curse Him and His people will be cursed of God. These promises do not apply to any particular ethnic group, but to the Church of Jesus Christ, the true Israel.

    The people of God, whether the church of Israel in the wilderness in the Old Testament or the Israel of God among the Gentile Galatians in the New Testament, are one body who through Jesus will receive the promise of the heavenly city, the everlasting Zion. This heavenly inheritance has been the expectation of the people of God in all ages.

    Jesus taught that His resurrection was the raising of the True Temple of Israel. He has replaced the priesthood, sacrifices, and sanctuary of Israel by fulfilling them in His own glorious priestly ministry and by offering, once and for all, His sacrifice for the world; that is, for both Jew and Gentile. Believers from all nations are now being built up through Him into this Third Temple, the Church that Jesus promised to build.

    Simon Peter spoke of the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus in conjunction with the final judgment and the punishment of sinners. Instructively, this same Simon Peter, the Apostle to the Circumcision, says nothing about the restoration of the kingdom to Israel in the land of Palestine. Instead, as his readers contemplate the promise of Jesus' Second Coming, he fixes their hope upon the new heavens and the new earth, in which righteousness dwells.

    The entitlement of any one ethnic or religious group to territory in the Middle East called the "Holy Land" cannot be supported by Scripture. In fact, the land promises specific to Israel in the Old Testament were fulfilled under Joshua. The New Testament speaks clearly and prophetically about the destruction of the second temple in A.D. 70. No New Testament writer foresees a regathering of ethnic Israel in the land, as did the prophets of the Old Testament after the destruction of the first temple in 586 B.C.

    Moreover, the land promises of the Old Covenant are consistently and deliberately expanded in the New Testament to show the universal dominion of Jesus, who reigns from heaven upon the throne of David, inviting all the nations through the Gospel of Grace to partake of His universal and everlasting dominion.

    Bad Christian theology regarding the "Holy Land" contributed to the tragic cruelty of the Crusades in the Middle Ages. Lamentably, bad Christian theology is today attributing to secular Israel a divine mandate to conquer and hold Palestine, with the consequence that the Palestinian people are marginalized and regarded as virtual "Canaanites." This doctrine is both contrary to the teaching of the New Testament and a violation of the Gospel mandate. In addition, this theology puts those Christians who are urging the violent seizure and occupation of Palestinian land in moral jeopardy of their own bloodguiltiness.

    Are we as Christians not called to pray for and work for peace, warning both parties to this conflict that those who live by the sword will die by the sword? Only the Gospel of Jesus Christ can bring both temporal reconciliation and the hope of an eternal and heavenly inheritance to the Israeli and the Palestinian. Only through Jesus Christ can anyone know peace on earth.

    The promised Messianic kingdom of Jesus Christ has been inaugurated. Its advent marks the focal point of human history. This kingdom of the Messiah is continuing to realize its fullness as believing Jews and Gentiles are added to the community of the redeemed in every generation. The same kingdom will be manifested in its final and eternal form with the return of Christ the King in all His glory.

    Of all the nations, the Jewish people played the primary role in the coming of the Messianic kingdom. New Testament Scripture declares that to them were given the oracles of God, the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, and the promises. Theirs are the fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and from them, according to the flesh, came Christ. Salvation is, indeed, of the Jews.

    While affirming the Scriptural teaching that there is no salvation outside of Christ, Christians should acknowledge with heartfelt sorrow and grief the frequent oppression of the Jews in history, sometimes tragically done in the name of the cross.

    But what are we to make of the unbelief of Israel? Has their unbelief made the faithfulness of God without effect for them? No, God has not completely rejected the people of Israel, and we join the apostle Paul in his earnest prayer for the salvation of his Jewish kinsmen according to the flesh.

    There always has been and always will be a remnant that is saved. While not all Israel will experience the blessing of participation in the Messianic kingdom, yet Jews who do come to faith in Christ will share in His reign throughout the present age and into eternity.

    In addition, it is not as though the rejection of some in Israel for unbelief serves no purpose. On the contrary, because they were broken off in unbelief, the Gospel has gone to the Gentiles, who now, through faith, partake of the blessings to the fathers and join with believing Jews to constitute the true Israel of God, the Church of Jesus Christ.

    The present secular state of Israel, however, is not an authentic or prophetic realization of the Messianic kingdom of Jesus Christ. Furthermore, a day should not be anticipated in which Christ's kingdom will manifest Jewish distinctives, whether by its location in "the land," by its constituency, or by its ceremonial institutions and practices.

    Instead, this present age will come to a climactic conclusion with the arrival of the final, eternal phase of the kingdom of the Messiah. At that time, all eyes, even of those who pierced Him, will see the King in His glory. Every knee will bow, and every tongue will declare that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. The kingdoms of this world will become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.

    In light of the grand prophetic expectation of the New Testament, we urge our evangelical brothers and sisters to return to the proclamation of the free offer of Christ's grace in the Gospel to all the children of Abraham, to pray for peace between Israelis and Palestinians, and to promise all humanitarian sympathy and practical support for those on both sides who are suffering in this current vicious cycle of atrocity and displacement.

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