"And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not
partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues."
In the last 10 years, American banks have shuttered 13,000 branches for good
Banks are shutting hundreds of branches a year - this month [Jan. 2024] some 41 closures were announced in a single week and among those affected were nine US Bank locations.
Bank of America, Chase, PNC, Citizen, Capital One, First National Bank of Pennsylvania and Huntington also said they were axing branches.
Such closures deal a huge blow to customers looking to visit in person to submit a document, make a withdrawal or deposit, cash in a check or simply run through their finances with a trusted bank manager.
The Covid pandemic catalyzed the already-rapid uptake ofonline banking and although 2020 saw the sharpest decline in the number of branches, closures have continued.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Local bank branches slowly disappearing one by one. Becomes very inconvenient if a person has to drive across town or even further to find a bank. Obviously the intent. Less banks means less atm's around also.. make it harder to get that quick cash. Cash is of course 'the enemy' of the 'digital-everything' future the so-called powers-that-be (ptb) have envisioned for themselves*. Banks and cash apparently the strategy just keep removing until one day they are just a 'thing of the past'. February 2024 you are there..
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Isaiah 24:21 'And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth'
"Israel's Knesset approves a bill, which punishes the denial or 'downplaying' of the Israeli narrative of Oct 7 by up to 5 years in prison," the Palestinian Quds News Network reported.
The bill approved by Yisrael Beytenu MK Oded Forer prohibits the denial of the October 7 massacre. According to the proposal, anyone who publishes, in writing or orally, things that deny the massacre or downplays it or publishes praise, sympathy, or identification with the actions committed by Hamas in the events of that day - will be sentenced to five years in prison.
The Times of Israel last week ran a piece arguing that questioning Israel's narrativeson Oct 7 is a form of "Holocaust denial" and insisting that Big Tech should do more to censor such "unacceptable" speech:
No doubt they want to use this law to jail journalists from Haaretz and other Israeli news organizations which debunked much of the atrocity propaganda Israel put out after Oct 7.
Zionists have pushed for similar speech restrictions in America. University of Pennsylvania law professor Claire Finkelstein wrote a column in the Washington Post last month demanding America scrap the First Amendment to protect the feelings of pampered Jewish Ivy League college students.
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Above post a follow up on: [10-26-23] 2018 Flashback Israel Formally Declares 'The Land For Jews Only' - 2023 Destroying Gaza Is Beginning The Process; It Is Zionism 2023 Israel destroying Gaza - calling it a war - wiping out the infrastructure, etc. - to make the area unlivable; the reason - that 'The Land' be for "Jewish people only" [as seen (stated officially) *article @ post]. -- No Palestinians allowed 'in Israel' - or any Arabs for that matter. Jews only - got it? Note: Just for the record - Palestinians and other Arabs are semitic peoples. Very clearly, and it's undeniable, as these current events prove, Jews are radically "anti-semitic" --- Israel officially declared their Jews-only policy in 2018 [see post] - 2023 Gaza the process to make it happen [completely] now underway. It has begun. To then control and rule all the earth and setup a 'worldwide jewish-kingdom' .. complete with false messiah i.e. the biblical Antichrist as their 'king' [link1; link2] - that's next on the to-do list.. (see full post @ link). Be informed..
What to do when you concoct a fake war to takeover land and the official-narrative is so obviously false that everyone knows it..? The answer to that question now plain to see..
They do have big plans after all..[see post, follow links]
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------------------------------------------------------- Habakkuk 2:12 'Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!'
Follow up on: CA More Fake 'Atmospheric Rivers' - Promised A Double-Whammy 1st Week Feb. 2024; Destroy CA Flood To The '15-Min. Cities' The Zio-Agenda 2-1-24 ""Atmospheric Rivers", or, just the cover story for geoengineering methods that are the actual cause of the destruction of dams, levees, bridges, piers, popular beaches, major roadways, hillsides collapsing (mudslides), etc., (and lives) - i.e. destroying infrastructure - for "Agenda 21 rewilding" of target areas; and population relocations out of those areas to designated zones according to the new-world A21 map. Answer: As "climate change" is beyond-obvious a made-up invention, nothing more than the means to the end just stated, so then "atmospheric rivers", said to be caused by this imaginary 'climate change', cannot possibly be anything but just more fiction. Another cover-story for the implementation of what the zio-masonics call the 'great work'. And note, this cover-story has now become another widely-believed 'new normal' -- because the vast majority remain still, to this late hour, having 'no idea' about being flooded [or geo-'wildfired'] into the Agenda 21 hunger-games new-world-disorder.. [see post, follow links]
*** 1. February 2024 CA Latest Fake Atmospheric Rivers -- Destroying CA "By A Thousand Cuts"
1.Deadly storm in Southern California triggers hundreds of mudslides and floods roads '..the storm was like “a thousand cuts,” Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair Lindsey Horvath said.' [source]
2.How climate change contributes to the atmospheric rivers slamming the West Coast The relentless moisture is causing life-threatening flooding in some of the most populous cities in Southern California, including Los Angeles and San Diego.. In a warming climate, more winter precipitation will fall as rain instead of snow.. Experts say that this shift in precipitation type could be accompanied by more frequent and intense extreme rainfall events, adding that atmospheric rivers have the potential to cause more extreme precipitation events in the future.. More intense extreme rain events also increase the frequency and scale of flash flooding, as the influx of water is more than current infrastructure was built to handle.
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Definitely note what is being said, and not only CA residents but virtually anywhere. Very plainly what is being said is that these type events are certain to increase and be even more destructive: quote - "more extreme precipitation events in the future".. [which] "also increase the frequency and scale of flash flooding"..
"Atmospheric River" and/or "Pineapple Express" most have heard these absurd, invented, fabricated, made-up, false, fake, lying terms by this stage of the game. Normal winter weather i.e. rain and snow all they actually are, but massively Media-Hyped as climate-change-caused, earth-destroying mega-monster storms. All sorts of wild news reports then used as the cover-story for the geoengineered destruction of designated areas, so that those areas can then be re-purposed according to the Zio-world-order master-plan for planet earth. Generally speaking this means, ultimately, washing entire geographic regions off the map completely. Meaning washing away homes and relocating the populations to '15-min city' locations. Much of CA a heavily targeted zone, Operation 'Atmospheric River" has been ongoing for years, but, as proven by the screenshot just below, the scope of the strike mission is now being increased. As all the fake-news outlets have been announcing for the past week, the geoengineers are for this next-event, first week of February 2024, actually promising a double-whammy this time for CA, a 2-for-1, as can be seen in this screenshot from NBC news dated 2-1-24:
Fake 'Atmospheric Rivers' to wash people off their properties - another 'new-normal' - i.e. Znwo weapon of choice -- coming in pairs now February 2024
A "One-Two Punch" they are mockingly calling it
[Below a repost from 3-16-23 on the subject -- nothing need be added - other than to again note the ever-increasing scope meaning the need to be all the more aware - many links, vid]
CA Make-Believe "Atmospheric Rivers" Now Endless - Remapping West Coast For Agenda 21 New-World-Disorder
[3-16-23] California's storms — including "atmospheric rivers" that bring lots of rain and flooding — are getting warmer and wetter because of climate change... climate change is making these storms much wetter and more intense, ratcheting up the risk of potential flooding in California and other states along the West Coast.
"There's a cascading chain of impacts," said Tom Corringham, a researcher at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego. "As you push the rivers harder, as you push the flood protection system harder and harder, you get sort of exponentially increasing impacts. You flood the whole floodplain, or a levee breaks, and that's where you get the really catastrophic events." - source
"Atmospheric Rivers", or, just the cover story for geoengineering methods that are the actual cause of the destruction of dams, levees, bridges, piers, popular beaches, major roadways, hillsides collapsing (mudslides), etc., (and lives) - i.e. destroying infrastructure - for "Agenda 21 rewilding" of target areas; and population relocations out of those areas to designated zones according to the new-world A21 map. Answer: As "climate change" is beyond-obvious a made-up invention, nothing more than the means to the end just stated, so then "atmospheric rivers", said to be caused by this imaginary 'climate change', cannot possibly be anything but just more fiction. Another cover-story for the implementation of what the zio-masonics call the 'great work'. And note, this cover-story has now become another widely-believed 'new normal' -- because the vast majority remain still, to this late hour, having 'no idea' about being flooded [or geo-'wildfired'] into the Agenda 21 hunger-games new-world-disorder..
Four justices appeared absolutely determined, on Wednesday, to overrule one of the most consequential Supreme Court decisions in the Court’s entire history .. The open question is whether the Court’s four most strident opponents of this foundational ruling can find a fifth vote.
Chevron v. National Resources Defense Council (1984) is arguably [fundamentally] important to the development of federal administrative law — an often technical area of the law, but one that touches on literally every single aspect of American life.. Chevron is a foundational decision, which places strict limits on unelected federal judges’ ability to make policy decisions for the entire nation.
Congress routinely passes laws that delegate policymaking authority to a federal agency [rather than appointed judges*].
Overruling Chevron .. would transfer a simply astounding amount of power to the justices themselves. While there are many federal statutes delegating many policy decisions to agencies, that power is spread across 15 different Cabinet departments and an array of other independent agencies. So no particular agency or agency leader has authority over matters that do not fall within their area of expertise.
In a world without Chevron, by contrast, the Supreme Court will have the final word over all policy questions that previously were made by agencies. And, unlike the president, none of the justices are elected. And all of them serve for life.
*The justices, in other words, could effectively appoint themselves kings and queens in the Loper Bright and Relentless cases. The fundamental question raised in both cases is whether nine unelected lawyers, all of whom have life tenure, should be placed in charge of virtually every policymaking decision made by the executive branch of government.
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SCOTUS to make themselves totalitarian dictators? Apparently this is what it comes down to with regard to this 'Chevron' case currently being argued before SCOTUS. Depending on whether they keep the 'Chevron' law as is, or overrule it. If they overrule it, they effectively grant themselves absolute power affecting "literally every single aspect of American life" [quote above article]. And then retaining that power for life.
The usual drama is attached to this event with four of nine SCOTUS appointees said to be on board to throw Chevron out and rule as 'kings and queens', with three arguing to keep it unchanged. The drama surrounds the remaining two who are said to be undecided. Only need one to join the four saying 'throw-it-out' to turn Amerika into a defacto dictatorship. Reportedly a secret vote is scheduled for tomorrow Friday [1-19-24 (911?)], but the final ruling is not expected for a few months. So, not too much can be said at this point - it's a wait and see..
At any rate - whether this goes thru or not - Hunger Games New Amerika [link] is the only goal for the USA - that agenda is known - under the planned Tikkun Olam would-be Zio-Kingdom-Kome Antichrist Global dictatorship [link] - whatever means they ultimately use to try to pull it off - on their way to Armageddon [Rev. 16:1,16]..fyi [Chevron know about it]
Rev. 18:4
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rev. 16:18 'And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great'
Trump WINS the 2024 Iowa Republican caucus: Ex-president, 77, storms to historic victory
The historic landslide came despite Arctic temperatures and the Hawkeye State being battered by blizzards that were expected to decimate turnout.
It gives Trump a massive boost as he seeks to win the Republican presidential nomination and return to the White House in what would be the most remarkable political comeback in U.S. history.
Fox News and CNN both called the race just 33 minutes after polls opened, and after only 319 votes had been counted.
'I feel great,' Trump told Fox News. 'I am greatly honored by such an early call. It really is an honor that, minutes after, they've announced I've won.."
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Everything need to know on official day one of Fake Presidential Election '24 [1-15-24]. First vote either side first result.. a Trump 33. Hidden in plain sight again. Couldn't make it any more obvious. Meaning: Kabbalah-numerology evil-power activated, let the election24 ordo-ab-chao really-big-show begin. Guaranteed to be a wild ride - recommend be ready for anything. Ending the USA as-we-know-it is the only zio-globalist goal - all are playing their roles. Meaning the now-begun phony-election '24, however it is made to go, is without doubt going to be a real psycho-thriller - and also without doubt, will be made to greatly advance that one-only zio-goal .. stay tuned it's all planned out already.. according to the numerology 'magic numbers' of course.. fyi
*** Compare: Trump-card show alive and well 2023: '777-Trump' Arrested 6-13-23 Another Ritual Riddled With Ridiculous Numerology - 77th Birthday 77 Days After Indictment.. And More
see also: Scripted '2020 Stolen Election Kraken-Plan' (still in play very apparently)8-20-21 "Stolen Election the actors and plot: Here is where Trump comes in. Trump is the good guy - the 'white hat'. He will save the USA from the 'Deep State'. Biden (mumbling stumbling all part of the act) is the bad guy - black hat - a deep state puppet. The "Deep State" theme goes much deeper in this plot though then is generally understood. The deep state is not just the "radical left". The "Deep State" story line is that China is behind it all. China masterminded the election steal and installed Biden. Biden is a 'China-operative' (along with Hunter). China has infiltrated the US Government and has managed to gain control at every level - including the US court system all the way to the Supreme Court. Here is the reason why no courts would hear any 2020 election challenges.. This is a massive world-changing game being played.." [see post - follow links connect dots]
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leviticus 19:31 'Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God'
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This is called in-your-face. Absolutely impossible that something like this could ever get past the program directors unless intentional. Be alerted - this is the state of deranged antichrist darkness the world has now come to, and you are being subjected to it on a daily basis. Rom. 10:13 "
"All the various disastrous events John Q. Public is being 'traumatized' with daily, which is exactly the case, and meaning absolutely EVERYTHING that comes across the screen, is it all a big sick joke? Only the most gullible could believe for even a moment that what San Francisco's KTVU did today... could have in any possible way been 'accidental', as was claimed after-the-fact (see vid). What did they do? Well they 'accidentally' "misidentified the pilots" of Asiana Flight 214, because, we are told, the names had been "confirmed by an NTSB official". Here is the video of the newscast, and yes it is real..." [full post - link]
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'The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever' Psalms 12:6-7*
*** The Desirability of Keeping the Authorized Version by J. C. Philpot(Written in 1857 when the Revised Version was contemplated)
We take this opportunity to express our opinion upon a question much agitated of late--whether it would be desirable to have a new (or at least a revised) translation of the Scriptures. We fully admit that there are here and there passages of which the translation might be improved, as, for instance, "love" for "charity" all through 1 Corinthians 13;** but we deprecate any alteration as a measure that, for the smallest sprinkling of good, would deluge us with a flood of evil. The following are our reasons:
1. Who are to undertake it? Into whose handswould the revision fall? What an opportunity for the enemies of truth to give us a mutilated false Bible! Of course, they must be learned men, great critics, scholars, and divines, but these are notoriously either Puseyites or Neologians (We should say: Anglo-Catholics and Modernists.)--in other words, deeply tainted with either popery or infidelity. Where are there learned men sound in the truth, not to say alive unto God, who possess the necessary qualifications for so important a work? And can erroneous men, men dead in trespasses and sins, carnal, worldly, ungodly persons, spiritually translate a book written by the blessed Spirit? We havenotthe slightest ground for hope that they would be godly men, such as we have reason to believe translated the Scriptures into our present version.
2023. ZWO the moves only got bigger as seen in this narrowed-down list of eleven of the most telling events of 2023: bigger burn-downs, flood-outs, digital control push, moves to collapse entirely the existing world order, and so on; in other words - basically more of the same - the emphasis though on 'more'; and going into 2024 the same program will without question continue even.. 'more and more':
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__________________________________________________ Eph. 6:12 'For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places'
Part I - The Saviour promised; will shake the nations, Jews; who may abide...refiner's fire; virgin shall conceive – God with us, light in darkness; shepherds in the field, angel announces - born in the city of David...Christ the Lord; Zion's King; works of redemption
Scene 1: Isaiah's prophecy of salvation
1. Sinfony - overture (orchestra)
2. Comfort ye my people (tenor recitation)
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God; speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem; and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned. The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. (Isaiah 40:1-3)
3. Every valley shall be exalted (air for tenor)
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill made low; the crooked straight, and the rough places plain. (Isaiah 40:4)
4.And the glory of the LORD (chorus)
And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. (Isaiah 40:5)
Scene 2: The coming judgment
5. Thus saith the LORD (bass recitation)
Thus saith the Lord of Hosts: --Yet once a little while and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, the sea, and the dry land; and I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come. (Haggai 2:6, 7)
The Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in; Behold, He shall come, saith the Lord of Hosts. (Malachi 3:1)
6. But who may abide (air for bass)
But who may abide the day of His coming, and who shall stand when He appeareth? For He is like a refiner's fire. (Malachi 3:2)
7. And he shall purify (chorus)
And He shall purify the sons of Levi, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. (Malachi 3:3)
Scene 3: The prophecy of Christ's birth
8. Behold a Virgin shall conceive (alto recitation)
Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a Son, and shall call His name EMMANUEL, God with us. (Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23)
9. O thou that telleth good tidings to Zion (air for alto, chorus)
O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up into the high mountain; O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God! --- Arise, shine, for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. (Isaiah 40:9; 60:1)
10. For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (bass recitation)
For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth and gross darkness the people; but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and His glory shall be seen upon thee, and the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising. (Isaiah 60:2, 3)
11. The people that walked in darkness (air for bass)
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: and they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. (Isaiah 9:2)
12. For unto us a child is born (chorus)
For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given, and the government shall be upon His shoulder: and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:6)
Scene 4: Birth of the Saviour announced to shepherds Christ the Lord
13. Pifa "pastoral symphony" (orchestra)
14. There were shepherds abiding in a field (soprano recitation)
There were shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flocks by night. (Luke 2:8)
15. And lo the angel of the Lord came upon them (continued soprano recitation)
And lo! the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them, and they were sore afraid. (Luke 2:9)
16. And the angel said unto them (continued)
And the angel said unto them, Fear not; for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. (Luke 2:10, 11)
17. And suddenly there was with the angel (continued)
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying: (Luke 2:13)
18. Glory to God (chorus)
Glory to God in the highest, and peace on earth, good will towards men. (Luke 2:14)
Scene 5: Christ's healing and redemption of his people
19. Rejoice greatly O daughter of Zion (air for soprano)
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee. He is the righteous Saviour, and He shall speak peace unto the heathen. (Zechariah 9:9, 10)
20. Then shall the eyes of the blind (soprano recitation)
Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped; then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing. (Isaiah 35:5, 6)
21. He shall feed his flock (air for either soprano or alto)
He shall feed His flock like a shepherd; and He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom, and gently lead those that are with young. (Isaiah 40:11)
Come unto Him, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and He shall give you rest. Take His yoke upon you, and learn of Him for He is meek and lowly of heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. (Matthew 11:28, 29)
22. His yoke is easy and his burthen is light (chorus)
His yoke is easy and His burden is light. (Matthew 11:30)
Part II – Christ revealed, rejected; crucifixion – iniquity of us all laid on him, he was cut off; resurrection – did not see corruption; ascension - gates open, received into Heaven, angels worship; Gospel preached to ends of the world, rejected; heathen rage; judgment comes; Christ victorious; glorious Alleluia chorus
Scene 1: Christ's Passion
23. (1) Behold the lamb of God (chorus)
Behold the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world. (John 1:29)
24. (2) He was despised (air for alto)
He was despised and rejected of men: a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. (Isaiah 53:3)
He gave His back to the smiters, and His cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: He hid not His face from shame and spitting. (Isaiah 50:6)
25. (3) Surely he hath borne our griefs (chorus)
Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; He was wounded for our transgressions; He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon Him. (Isaiah 53:4,5)
26. (4) And with his stripes (chorus)
And with His stripes we are healed. (Isaiah 53:5)
27. (5) All we like sheep (chorus)
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all. (Isaiah 53:6)
28. (6) All they that see him laugh him to scorn (bass recitation)
All they that see Him, laugh Him to scorn, they shoot out their lips, and shake their heads saying,: (Psalms 22:7)
29. (7) He trusted in God (chorus)
He trusted in God that He would deliver Him; let Him deliver Him, if He delight in Him. (Psalms 22:8)
30. (8) Thy rebuke hath broken his heart (tenor or soprano recitation)
Thy rebuke hath broken His heart; He is full of heaviness. He looked for some to have pity on Him, but there was no man; neither found He any to comfort Him. (Psalms 69:20)
31. (9) Behold and see (tenor or soprano recitation)
Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto His sorrow. (Lamentations 1:12)
Scene 2: Christ's Death and Resurrection
32. (10) He was cut off (tenor or soprano recitation)
He was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of Thy people was He stricken. (Isaiah 53:8)
33. (11) But thou didst not leave his soul in hell (air for tenor or soprano)
But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell; nor didst Thou suffer Thy Holy One to see corruption. (Psalms 16:10)
Scene 3: Christ's Ascension
34. (12) Lift up your heads (chorus)
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Who is the King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Who is the King of glory? The Lord of Hosts, He is the King of Glory. (Psalms 24:7-10)
Scene 4: Christ's reception in Heaven
35. (13) Unto which of the angels said he at any time (tenor recitation)
Unto which of the angels said He at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten Thee? (Hebrews 1:5)
36. (14) Let all the angels of God worship Him (chorus)
Let all the angels of God worship Him. (Hebrews 1:6)
Scene 5: The beginnings of Gospel preaching
37. (15) Thou art gone up on high (air for alto or soprano)
Thou art gone up on high, Thou hast led captivity captive, and received gifts for men; yea, even for Thine enemies, that the Lord God might dwell among them. (Psalms 68:18)
38. (16) The Lord gave the word (chorus)
The Lord gave the word: great was the company of the preachers. (Psalms 68:11)
39. (17) How beautiful are the feet (aria for soprano)
How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things. (Romans 10:15)
40. (18) Their sound is gone out (chorus)
Their sound is gone out into all lands, and their words unto the ends of the world. (Romans 10:18)
Scene 6: The world's rejection of the Gospel
41. (19) Why do the nations rage (air for bass)
Why do the nations so furiously rage together? and why do the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth rise up, and the
rulers take counsel together against the Lord, and against His Anointed. (Psalms 2:1, 2)
42. (20) Let us break their bands asunder (chorus)
Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. (Psalms 2:3)
43. (21) He that dwelleth in heaven (tenor recitation)
He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn; the Lord shall have them in derision. (Psalms 2:4)
Scene 7: God's ultimate victory
44. (22) Thou shalt break them (air for tenor)
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. (Psalms 2:9)
45. (23) Alleluia (chorus)
Alleluia! for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ: and He shall reign for ever and ever. KING OF KINGS, and LORD OF LORDS, Alleluia! (Revelation 19:6; 11:15; 19:16)
Part III - Sin, death defeated: where is thy sting; Christ Jesus rose from the dead, so shall his redeemed; redeemed in Heaven give glory unto the Lamb that was slain - for ever and ever; Amen
Scene 1: The promise of eternal life
46. (1) I know that my redeemer liveth (air for soprano)
I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God. (Job 19:25, 26)
For now is Christ risen from the dead, the first-fruits of them that sleep. (I Corinthians 15:20)
47. (2) Since by man came death (chorus)
Since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. (I Corinthians 15:21-22)
48. (3) Behold I tell you a mystery (bass recitation)
Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep; but we shall all be changed in a moment, in a twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. (I Corinthians 15:51, 52)
49. (4) The trumpet shall sound (air for bassist)
The trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. (I Corinthians 15:52, 53)
Scene 2: The final conquest of death
50. (5) Then shall be brought to pass (alto recitative)
Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: Death is swallowed up in victory. (I Corinthians 15:54)
51. (6) O death where is thy sting? (duet alto and tenor)
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. (I Corinthians 15:55, 56)
52. (7) But thanks be to God (chorus)
But thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (I Corinthians 15:57)
53. (8) If God be for us (air for soprano or alto)
If God be for us, who can be against us? Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth, who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea, rather, that is risen again, who is at the right hand of God, who makes intercession for us. (Romans 8:31, 33, 34)
Scene 3: The acclamation of Christ
54. (9) Worthy is the Lamb that was slain / Amen (chorus)
Worthy is the Lamb that was slain, and hath redeemed us to God by His blood, to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. Blessing and honour, glory and power, be unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb, for ever and ever. Amen. (Revelation 5:12,13)
Christopher Hogwood - Conductor
The Choir of Westminster Abbey
Organist and Master of the Choristers: Simon Preston
The Academy of Ancient Music
Soprano 1 ................................Judith Nelson
Soprano 2 ................................Emma Kirkby
Contralto ..................................Carolyn Watkinson
Tenor .......................................Paul Elliott
Bass ........................................David Thomas
Handel's Messiah - 1741: Composed by George Frideric Handel in 1741 over a brief 24-day period (260 pages), the correct title is simply "Messiah". It is an oratorio. Acclaimed through the centuries as the greatest musical composition ever written, the term 'inspired' has often been suggested in attempting to describe the work. Whether that be the case or not, certainly no greater subject matter were ever possible than that of this 'oratorio'. Written entirely with the inspired Word of God from the King James Bible, it is a presentation of the Saviour of the world, the Lord Jesus Christ, from the prophecies that went before, to His coming triumphant reign of heaven and earth. On the bottom of the manuscript Handel wrote "SDG" — Soli Deo Gloria, "To God alone the glory". Upon finishing the Alleluia chorus -- end of part II, Handel is said to have exclaimed "I did think I did see all Heaven before me and the great God himself!” In three parts:
*** Related: The Last Trump (solved) and the Pretribulation Rapture[study]
[repost]Jeremiah Burroughs (1599-1646) - One of the 'Puritans' - well regarded in his day, by his writings is still today
From: "The Eighth Book Of Mr. Jeremiah Burroughs Being A Treatise Of The Evils Of Evils Or The Exceeding Sinfulness Of Sin"
- The Sixt Part 'He That Committeth Sin Is Of The Devil' 1John 3:8
Book published 1654
*Clip is a robo-voice - speeded up quite a bit and tone lowered significantly. A 'speed clip' as it were. Although robo-clips are not ideal this is definitely 'listenable to', much more so with the scrolling text. Note: this is not entertainment it is a thing of history. Very few audio resources of Jeremiah Burroughs online, or printed in readable-text format even. This particular clip is nowhere else to be found. It is a rare thing in other words. Should be considered a classic even. Worth the effort for these reasons alone. And most importantly, it is the unedited original, meaning it has not been 'modernized', which makes all the difference. The scrolling text likewise is 'uncorrected' from the original document [16 min.]:
Sin makes a man conformable to the Devil, opened in Six Particulars.
First, Sin is of the same Nature with the Devil. Secondly, Sin is from the Devil. Thirdly, Sin is a furtherance of the Devils Kingdom in the World: For
1 By Sin we oppose Christs destroying the Devils Kingdom in the World.
2 By Sin thou opposest thy prayers when thou prayest, Thy Kingdom come.
3 By going on in a way of sin, thou becomest guilty of all the sin in the World. Fourthly, Sinning is a fulfilling the will of the Devil. Fifthly, Sin sells the Soul to the Devil. Sixtly, Sin, it turns the Soul into a Devil.
The Sixth and Last Demonstration of the Evil of Sin; It is from that reference Sin hath to the Devil.
The Scripture speaks of Afflictions, that they make us conformable to Christ; but Sin makes us conformable to the Devil. There are Six things to be opened about this: I have mentioned the First, which was this, That Sin was of the same Nature with the Devil: every Sin hath the same kind of Malignity in it, that the Devil hath. But,
Secondly, All Sin, it is from the Devil, either Originally, or at least by way of a Cause, helping it forward: Sin is the work of the Devil, not only a joyning with him, but his work: therefore Christ is said to come to dissolve the works of the Devil: Sin is from the Devil, therefore it is said in 1 John 3:8. He that commits sin is of the Devil, for the Devil sinneth from the beginning; and to this purpose the Son of man was manifest, that he might destroy the works of the Devil: He that commits sin is of the Devil, it comes from the Devil. And so John 8:44. Brethren (these things which I speak concerning the reference Sin hath to the Devil, though they may seem hard and harsh, yet) it is to be observed, none speaks so much of Sins coming from the Devil as John, who was of the most loving, sweet Nature of any of the Disciples; and yet when he comes to speak of sin, he speaks of it in the most harsh terms that possibly can be; so that it comes not from harshness, but may stand with a loving and sweet Nature to speak of sin in the harshest terms that we can do: for John the most loving, and beloved Disciple of Christ, so full of love; and yet none spake so harshly of sin, especially in its reference it hath to the Devil, as he saith here, John 8:44. You are of the Devil, and his lust you will do: Thus Sin, the lusts of Sin come from the Devil, and it makes a man or a woman to be the Child of the Devil: So the Scripture is clear it comes from him Originally; all Sin that is in you, is Originally the Spawn of the very Devil himself in your souls; and originally it comes from him: as all Sin originally comes from his temptations and suggestions, so also the Devil helps forward and furthers all sin that is in your souls, this is the evil of it. But here understand this aright,
The Devil is not so the cause of all Sin, as God is the cause of all Grace, not so: It is true, the Devil hath a hand in every Sin, but not such a hand in Sin, as God hath in Grace; for God hath such a hand in the work of Grace, that he doth not only give a principle of Grace, but all the operation of Grace is so from him, as it would never stir but by him, he gives the will to work and do all; the will and the deed are from him: But all Sin is not so from the Devil, though originally it is, and the Devil puts it on; yet we are to know, though the Devil now should tempt no more, yet there is enough in the hearts of men and women to sin against God all manner of sin, even from their own innate corruption that now is in them; if the Devil were destroyed, Sin would not be destroyed: In Grace there is no power to work but by Gods working together with it; but in Sin there is a power to work without the Devils working: though the Devil is forward enough to work with our corruption, yet I say there is corruption enough in our hearts for to work al kind of sin, though the Devil should not tempt us any more; therfore we must not lay all upon the Devil, as many do; when they fall into any wickedness, they will say, this is the Devil, and lay all the fault upon the Devil, and so think to take it off from themselves by laying it upon the Devil: No, know, though the Devil labors to further it what he can, yet there is such corruption in you, that it would stream forth from you though the Devil stir it not at all: therefore charge your own hearts as well as the Devil. In the work of Grace, we must give all the glorie to God; but in the work of Sin, we cannot allot all the fault to the Devil; we are not to take any of the glorie of the work of Grace to our selves, but we are to take a great part, yea, somtimes the greatest part of Sin to our selves: but however the Devil is the cause of Sin originally, and helps forward to it.
Thirdly, All Sin is the furtherance of the Kingdom of the Devil in the World. You know that the Scripture saith, that the Devil is the Prince that rules in the Air, and is called the God of this World, because he rules in the Children of disobedience. There is a Kingdom of the Devil set up by sin in the World, and maintained by sin in the World; it hath a succession in the World by sin: So that all sinners that continue in waies of sin, they do what in them lies to uphold the Kingdom of the Devil in the World, and the Rule of the Devil in the World.
1. Therefore men in sin, are exceeding opposite to the End of Christs coming in the World: for it is Christs End in coming into the world to dissolve the Kingdom of the Devil, as you had it before in 1 John 3:8. It is an especial End why Christ came into the world, for to bring down the Kingdom of the Devil, and yet thou by sinning upholdest the Kingdom of the Devil; so thou dost what in thee lies to oppose and resist the very End of Christs coming into the world. There is very much in this consideration to humble the hearts of all wicked men for sin; thou hast lived in a course of sin it may be many yeers; now Brethren know, the Lord charges thee with this, this day, That all this time that thou hast lived in a course of sin, thou hast done what in thee lies to oppose the End of Christs coming into the World; that if thou couldest thou wouldest hinder the end of the death of Christ, and of all that he hath done: for the especial end why Christ is come into the World, it is to dissolve the work of the Devil; and thou keepest up the work of the Devil.
2. Again, it follows hence, That thou dost directly contradict thy own Prayers: When thou prayest, Thy Kingdom come, in the Lords Prayer, thou prayest there that the Kingdom of Christ might come: but in every way of sin that thou takest liberty in, thou dost oppose the Kingdom of Christ: How dost thou take the Name of God in vain, and mock God in this Prayer? Every wicked man and woman in the world mocks God in praying the Lords Prayer, when they say Thy Kingdom come, and yet live in such waies as upholds the Kingdom of the Devil, instead of the Kingdom of Christ.
3. Yea further, this follows, That by going on in waies of sin, thou comest to be guilty, and standest charged for all the sins that ever were committed in the world: This may seem to be a hard thing, to charge any man or woman that now lives in waies of sin, that by that sin of thine that thou now livest in, thou comest to be guilty of all the sins that ever was done in the world, since the beginning of the world. I undertake to make that good thus; You know the Scripture chargeth those that persecuted the Prophets, as guilty of all the persecution of the Prophets that ever were, all the blood that was shed from Abel to Zacharias shall come upon this Generation, saith Christ; why so? why should all the blood shed from Abel to that time, come upon that Generation?
The Reason is this, Because they continued the succession of that sin of persecution of the Prophets, that as there was a persecution of the Prophets before, so they go on and uphold this succession of that sin. Now by the holding of the succession of a way of sin, we come to be guilty of all that sin that went before: As for example, Suppose there should be Treason against a King or State, by some vile treasonable act; now the Father commits the first act, the Son afterward goeth on in the same way, and his Children come after him, and goeth on in the same way, and their Children after them: now I say, the Children, and the Grand-children, and the great Grand-children, are guilty of the first treasonable act that was committed; why? Because they uphold the succession of the treasonoble act. So now, Sin that was in the beginning of the world, was to bring in the Kingdom of Satan; and the next Generation upheld it, and the next upheld the same, and the next Generation went on the same way; so that every Generation is not only guilty of those particular sins which they commit; but they be guilty of all that went before, because they uphold the succession of the Kingdom of the Devil, and the opposition of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ:
As for instance, Take a scorner of Religion, that is one sin (for we cannot open things but by instancing in particulars) I say, take a scorner of Religion, know thou art not guilty of these acts of scorning only in thy self, but art guilty of all the scorning of Godliness since the beginning of the world; why? Because thou holdest a succession of that way of scorning of Religion. So a Blasphemer may be said to be guilty of all the blasphemies in the world; why? Because he upholds the succession of that way of sinning against God; and so opposing the Kingdom of Christ, and upholding the Kingdom of the Devil. This is the third thing, Sin is the upholding of the Kingdom of the Devil in the World.
Fourthly, A Fourth thing is this, That Sin, it is a fulfilling of the will of the Devil: That is another distinct Consideration, and you shall see that in the opening of it, it will be of distinct use to you: I say, it is a fulfilling the will of the Devil; that place is very famous for that in the 2 Tim. 2:26. That they may recover themselves out of the snare of the Devil, who are taken captive of him at his WILL: There wicked men be taken captive by the Devil at his Will, or to do his Will, so you may reade it: some they be insnared by Satan to do his will, his lusts you do, as Christ speaks: you may think you do your own will in sinning, but certainly you do the will of the Devil as well as your own: As for instance, that of passion and anger Ephesians 4:26. Be angry, but sin not, let not the Sun go down upon your wrath; neither give place to the Devil: you think you give place to your own passion, but you give place to the Devil, and fulfil the will of the Devil: You come by sin to do the Devils drudgery and slavery; you do his work he sets you about, and his will you fulfil. Now for such a Noble Creature as Man is, to come to be a slave of the Devil, that is the lowest now of all Creatures; it must needs be a very dreadful thing; it is an evil to be in slavery to any thing vile or base. I remember I have read a Story of one Gunno, King of the Danes, that having overcome a People, he set a Dog over them to be their Governor; that is thus, he would have all Commands to go out under the name of the Dog, and they should be under the Government of the Dog; this he did in disdain and indignation against those people he overcame.
But now, as he would shew the baseness of that People that he designed to be under a Dog; much more debasement is it for an immortal Soul to be under the Command of the Devil, as all wicked men are under the command of the Devil himself. Thou wilt not fulfil the will of God when it is opened to thee out of his Word and Will, what thou oughtest to do; thou standest out against the Will of God: But now you that think it such a bondage to be obedient to the will of God, you be brought under a worse bondage, you are fain to be obedient to the will of the Devil. And certainly those men and women that think they be at most liberty when they be free from obedience to the Will of God; by that libertie they come to be under bondage, under slavery to the Devil All wicked men that think much to obey God, they must be obedient one way or other; we must be all servants, and obedient either to the Will of God, or the Devil: which is best then? Wicked men think it a brave life that they may have their own will; true, if they might have their own will, they might think it a brave life: but know, you have rather the will of the devil than your own, in that you do his will, you fulfil the will of the devil. To be in slavery, not only to the devil, but to any man, is a great evil, to be at the wil of man, yea, to be at the will of a good man is an evil: I should be loth to live in any such Commonwealth, as that I should be under the will of man in it, any further than might be revealed and bounded by some set Law. The difference between a Slave and a Subject is this,
A Slave is such a one as lives under Arbitrary Government, that is the WILL of such as are in Authority, is their Law, and they are ruled by no other Law but by the Will of such as Govern them, there is no Law set, to know when they shall offend, and when not; but when their Rulers say, this is an offence, that his will is crossed, that is an offence, and they be therefore punished: But now Subjects, they be bound to no obedience to any man, any further than some set Law doth require their obedience; that is a Subject, and that is the very difference between a Slave and a Subject. If men in Authority should command any thing, though good (I mean only indifferent) yet I am not bound in conscience to obey at all, because they command, except it be by a Law, except they command it by a Law: if he command it meerly as his Will, and only say, I Will, here is no tie upon the conscience. It is ordinarie for people to think, if men in Authority command, they will have such a thing done, Oh say they, Authority commands: We deny it, Authority commands nothing but what it commands by a Law; and then we are bound to obey, or to suffer, if it be a Law once: but if it be not a Law, though it should be the will of men in Authority, it doth not bind us at all, till it come to be a Law, any further than there is Equity it self in the thing, in its own Nature: for then doth a People come to be in slavery when they come to be subject to the will of men without a Law. Now Brethren thus; If it be a slavery, and a great evil to be subject to men, though good men, subject to their will, and nothing else, without Law; then what an evil is it to be in subjection and slavery to the will of the devil? meerly at his will? and yet every wicked man is so.
We should account it a very sore thing if we should come under Arbitrary Government, to be subject to the will of men. Now so long as thou remainest under the power of Sin, thou remained under the government of the devil himself; this is a sorer evil than affliction: A man were better live in any Country, though not so fruitful as England, and suffer hardship in his Estate, so he live like a Free man, than to live here, or in any other fruitful Country, and live under Arbitrary Government. This we hope for, not to be under the Wills of men, but the Laws made by them. Then it were better to endure hardship and any affliction, than bear this, to be at the will of the Devil, and fufil his will.
Fifthly, In reference to the devil, Sin hath this evil in it, if it grows to a height, itsels the soul to the Devil: As with Ahab, 1 Kings 21:20 when Elijah met Ahab, Hast thou found me, O my Enemy (saith Ahab)? And he answered, I have found thee, because thou hast SOLD thy self to work evil in the sight of the Lord: Now if he sell himself, he must sell himself to some body, to somwhat, we cannot sell a thing but we must sell it to some body, or to somwhat; now to what must Ahab sell himself? Certainly, to no body but to the devil; he sold himself to work iniquity and wickedness, and wickedness when it comes to the height, is a selling of our selves to the very devil himself. We cry out of those poor, miserable Creatures that sel themselves to the devil, we say, Oh how be they deluded and besotted that sell themselves to the devil? Certainly every wicked man and woman in the world, when sin groweth to the height sell themselves to the devil.
Sixthly and lastly, Sin when it grows to a height, it doth turn the Soul into a Devil; it makes men and women to become Devils, when it grows once to a height: The Scripture is very clear in that; you know what is said concerning Judas, John 6:70. Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a Devil? and so ordinarily the Scripture speaks in this kind of phrase, Revelation 2:10. Fear none of these things you shall suffer, behold the Devil shall cast some of you into prison: why? is the Devil come to be a Pursevant, or an Officer, or to give Warrants to cast into prison? No, but it is spoken of wicked Persecutors that the Devil sets on work, they be called by the name of the Devil. Sin when it comes to a height, it makes the sinners to be such, that they are pronounced to be Devils: the Devil shall cast some of you into prison; and one of you is a Devil: that is a strange metamorphosis. We reade of strange Fictions, of some Creatures turned into other Creatures; but this, for the Creature to be turned into a Devil, is the strangest metamorphosis that can be. Brethren, what made the Devil a Devil? they were once glorious Angels, more glorious Creatures than men and women, but what is it that should make them devils now? Nothing but Sin; it is Sin that hath made Angels to be Devils: and therefore do not so much wonder that sin should make men and women to be devils Incarnate.
Do not wonder at the phrase of Scripture, seeing Angels by sin, yea, the sin that the Angels did commit, did presently turn them into devils: therefore wonder not, that the continuing the acts of sin, when it groweth to the height, should turn men and women into devils. These be the Six Particulars in this Head, of Sins Reference to the Devil.
1. It is of the same Nature with the devil, joyns with him against God.
2. It is the work of the devil, that is, he is the Original, and helping Cause of it.
3 .It furthers the Kingdom of the devil.
4. It fulfils the will of the devil.
5. When it grows to a height it sels the Creature to the devil.
6. It turns them into devils.
These be the Six Particulars of the evil of Sin in the Reference it hath to the Devil.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1John 1:9 'If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness'
'..the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified'†Revelation 11:8
*** John 4:21 'Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father'
If the sufferings of Christ have secured us an entrance into heaven, the place where He suffered expresses our rejection from earth. His death has procured us a city on high; the place where He died divests us of a city below.
"He suffered without the gate," [Heb. 13:12] and, in so doing, He set aside Jerusalem as the present centre of divine operation. There is no such thing, now, as a consecrated spot on the earth. Christ has taken His place, as a suffering One, outside the range of this world's religion — its politics, and all that pertains to it.
The world hated Him, and cast Him out. Wherefore, the word is, "go forth" [without the camp - Heb. 13:13]. This is the motto, as regards every thing that men would set up here, in the form of a "camp," no matter what that camp may be. If men set up "a holy city," you must look for a rejected Christ "without the gate." [Heb. 13:12]
If men set up a religious camp, call it by what name you please, you must "go forth" out of it, in order to find a rejected Christ. It is not that blindsuperstition will not grope amid the ruins of Jerusalem [Rev. 11:7-8], in search of relics of Christ. It assuredly will do so, and has done so. It will affect to find out, and do honour to, the site of His cross, and to His sepulchre.
Nature's covetousness, too, taking advantage of nature's superstition, has carried on, for ages, a lucrative traffic, under the crafty plea of doing honour to the so-called sacred localities of antiquity. But a single ray of light from Revelation's heavenly lamp, is sufficient to enable us to say that you must "go forth" of all these things [John 4:23-24], in order to find and enjoy communion with a rejected Christ. [Rev. 18:4] C.H. Mackintosh (CHM) 1820-1896
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Matthew 23:37-38 'O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate..'[cf. Matt. 23:39]
November 2023 Zionist Jewish Agenda's Psychological Perception-Manipulation program for their Gaza-Takeover operation goes global scale - the cry of "Anti-Semitism.. Anti Semitism.. Anti Semitism.." has now been taken to an unprecedented planetary level. All the world now being pounded by an unrelenting barrage of the blatant propaganda from every possible so-called news source..
Haven't bowed down to the Antichrist-Zionist-Agenda [see Jewish Flag And Gaza] and mindlessly accepted whatever the Zionist Global Bureau of Propaganda [ZGBoP] tells you to believe [about anything and everything] about what's really going on in Gaza and who is really doing what - you are obviously a horrible "ANTI-SEMITE' and a danger to all the free-world and everything wholesome and good..
Anti Semitism.. Anti Semitism.. Anti Semitism" - a total fraud power-play to force silence upon the entire world by intimidation, openly admitted (video below):
"Anti-Semite..Holocaust ..It's A Trick We Always Use It" - Ex-Knesset Lady Shulamit Aloni
Amy Goodman Host Democracy Now, August 14, 2002 interviews former Israeli Minister Knesset member Shulamit Aloni who headed the Meretz Party -- Democracy Now, August 14, 2002
"..often when there is dissent expressed against ..policies of the Israeli government.. people.. are called anti-semitic.."
Rev. 18:4
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Micah 3:10 'They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity'
Free will or election. Only one can be true. And which one of these 'gospels' actually limits atonement? This is the subject of this short but very much classic sermon "The Old Gospel versus a New Gospel" from widely regarded evangelist of days past, Rolfe Barnard (1904-1969). The audio clip below is about 24 minutes long. The audio is an original recording from a radio broadcast date unknown but that had to have been pre-1969 so is somewhat raspy - have to listen closely. A portion is transcribed below:
[Sinner's prayer? Altar call? Neither of those is scriptural. Well worth 24min. of careful listening if not 48 or even 72]
*** vidlink
[13:31] "...we have to go on and explain that after all, nothing that God and Christ have done can save us...unless we add something to it. Now my friends if I'm not telling the truth about what's called the gospel today I want you to write me and straighten me out. We thus preach that the 'decisive factor' which [......?] ...what we really say is that Christ saves us with our help...and if you think that out what that really means is we save ourselves...with Christ's help. But my friends, if we start, as is done now, by affirming that God has a saving love for everybody, and that Christ died a saving death for everybody...and yet we do not preach that everybody will be saved, we just show how foolish we are. The man who preaches that Christ died in a saving way for everybody...has got to preach that everybody must be saved. The man who preaches that God has a saving love for everybody...has got to preach...that everybody must be saved. But we say brother Barnard we don't believe that. I know but that's what you preach.
You get in an awful stew...ohhhh...how I will [......?] about it...these folks running around here limiting the purpose and love of God:
[who say] "Wait just a minute we are simply saying that the old gospel limited the work and love of Christ simply this way...that the love of God accomplished all it was sent to do. And that the love of Christ dying for our sins means that those whom it was meant for are to be saved"
Now we need to be clear here. In this kind of preaching is the popular preaching of the day, instead of exalting the grace of God and magnifying the cross of Christ...we cheapen them. And people who preach that way limit the atoning work of the Lord Jesus Christ. People say to me brother Barnard...you believe in the limited atonement? And I say no but most of all the preachers in this country do...for they preach that Christ didn't actually accomplish what he set out to do...he just made possible something he hoped might accidentally take place. My friends the old gospel says of Christ...that Christ's death saves...aaall whom it was meant to save. The new gospel says that Christ's death, as such, actually saves nobody - what's good news about that?
What's good news about that? No wonder my friends you can go into most any church in this section today, and in three or four nights you enter the line, 95% of the people in the congregation will be saying that that fellow is preaching the truth.
Then I'm not saved. No wonder my friends that Baptists who've always said we believe in the eternal security of the believer...it's hard to find the Baptist now who feels any security - WHY? Well they've believed a gospel about a God who's made salvation possible...not a gospel about a God who actually saves. Dear old brother Spurgeon whom the preachers quote today but hate his gospel...they accused him of preaching the limited atonement and he answered in this way and I quote him. Brother Spurgeon said we are often told that we limit the atonement of Christ because we say that Christ has not made a satisfaction for all men...or all men would be saved.
Now our reply to this is, brother Spurgeon says, that on the other hand, our opponents limit the work of Christ...we do not. Our opponents say Christ died for all men. Ask them what they mean by him dying for all men. Ask them did Christ die so as to secure the salvation of all men..and they say noooo...certainly not. We ask them the next question...did Christ die so as to secure the salvation of any man in particular...they answer no. They are obliged to admit this if they are consistent...they say no...Christ has died in order that any man may be saved...if...and then follow certain conditions of salvation. Now, says Mr. Spurgeon, who is it that limits the death of Christ? Why it's you...you say that Christ did not die so as infallibly to secure the salvation of anybody. We beg your pardon...when you say we limit Christ's death we say nooo my dear sir...it is you that limits it. We say Christ so died that he infallibly secured the salvation of a multitude that no man can number, who through Christ's death not only may be saved...but are saved. Must be saved and cannot by any possibility run the hazard of being anything but saved. You are welcome to your atonement, says Mr. Spurgeon, you may keep it...we will never renounce ours for the sake of it. - [20:18]
Romans 9:22-23 'What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory'
Charting the rising one world government, the emerging global spirituality, and the apostasy of the Christian church worldwide. Bringing the picture into focus.[Hover on linked scripture verses for pop-up window]
Horatius Bonar [1808-1889]; 6 mins. Mt. 25:2-3;
also read: 'Foolish Virgins' by CHM
A. W. Tozer [1960?]; 24 mins.
'Enoch would go' [original recording]
It is of the utmost importance for the Christian reader to bear in mind that, whatever be the condition of the professing Church, it is his privilege to enjoy as high communion and to tread as high a path of individual devotedness as ever was known in the very brightest days of the Church's history. We must never draw a plea from the condition of things around us for lowering the standard of individual holiness and devotedness. There is no excuse for continuing a single hour in connection with anything that will not stand the test of Holy Scripture.
