So I guess I'm A Terrorist: Not

On April 4th 2009 Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano issued a report to all law enforcement agency's in the country. The report was warning them to be on the lookout for individuals or groups which might become domestic terrorists.
What is shocking about this report is that at the beginning of each section it starts out taking about extremist groups, recruiting and potential anti-government actions they might take, but then suggests that "Joe Christian" and "Joe Republican" might join them. It does this by attaching the issues we believe into the issues of domestic extremists Groups. The whole purpose of the report is to stigmatize the moral "political right" and Christians as extremist anti-government terrorist hate groups.
If, you believe; in the Second amendment right to bear arms as a personal right, if you are anti-abortion, if you disagree with a completely open border immigration policy, if you believe that the Bible teaches there will soon be a "One World Government" ruled by the AntiChrist, if you believe in marriage as "one man and one woman"; if you are a returning Iraqi War Vet., then The Department of Homeland Security believes you will be among those involved in the next big bombing of a government building.
How fitting that the Party opposed to the establishment of the DHS, because they saw potential for abuse against Americans, is the party that so eagerly embraced abusing its power. There is nothing in the report about American (domestic) Islamic groups, or the recruiting of American boys for transport to foreign Islamic schools.
Some parts of the report seem to telegraph what the Administration is planning to do, and they are preparing for resistance to it. The report also shows who will be scrutinized if something bad does happen in response to administration actions.
This is nothing new in the history of the World. It has happened to God's people throughout history.

Haman and Xerxes
Ester 3:5 When Haman saw that Mordecai would not kneel down or pay him honor, he was enraged. 6 Yet having learned who Mordecai's people were, he scorned the idea of killing only Mordecai. Instead Haman looked for a way to destroy all Mordecai's people, the Jews, throughout the whole kingdom of Xerxes...
EST 3:8 Then Haman said to King Xerxes, "There is a certain people dispersed and scattered among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom whose customs are different from those of all other people and who do not obey the king's laws; it is not in the king's best interest to tolerate them. 9 If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them...
EST 3:12 Then on the thirteenth day of the first month the royal secretaries were summoned. They wrote out in the script of each province and in the language of each people all Haman's orders to the king's satraps, the governors of the various provinces and the nobles of the various peoples. These were written in the name of King Xerxes himself and sealed with his own ring. 13 Dispatches were sent by couriers to all the king's provinces with the order to destroy, kill and annihilate all the Jews--young and old, women and little children--on a single day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, and to plunder their goods. 14 A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued as law in every province and made known to the people of every nationality so they would be ready for that day.

Daniel
Daniel 6:3 Now Daniel so distinguished himself among the administrators and the satraps by his exceptional qualities that the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom. 4 At this, the administrators and the satraps tried to find grounds for charges against Daniel in his conduct of government affairs, but they were unable to do so. They could find no corruption in him, because he was trustworthy and neither corrupt nor negligent. 5 Finally these men said, "We will never find any basis for charges against this man Daniel unless it has something to do with the law of his God."

DA 6:6 So the administrators and the satraps went as a group to the king and said: "O King Darius, live forever! 7 The royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers and governors have all agreed that the king should issue an edict and enforce the decree that anyone who prays to any god or man during the next thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be thrown into the lions' den. 8 Now, O king, issue the decree and put it in writing so that it cannot be altered--in accordance with the laws of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed." 9 So King Darius put the decree in writing.

Jewish Leaders and to Pilate
Luke 22:70 They all asked, "Are you then the Son of God?"
He replied, "You are right in saying I am."
LK 22:71 Then they said, "Why do we need any more testimony? We have heard it from his own lips."
LK 23:1 Then the whole assembly rose and led him off to Pilate. 2 And they began to accuse him, saying, "We have found this man subverting our nation. He opposes payment of taxes to Caesar and claims to be Christ, a king."
LK 23:3 So Pilate asked Jesus, "Are you the king of the Jews?"
"Yes, it is as you say," Jesus replied.
LK 23:4 Then Pilate announced to the chief priests and the crowd, "I find no basis for a charge against this man."
LK 23:5 But they insisted, "He stirs up the people all over Judea by his teaching. He started in Galilee and has come all the way here."

Hitler
Hitler did not just come to power and start killing Jews. He first had to turn the national anger against them. He blamed them for the Economic Depression that Germany and the World was in. He started this by saying that the Jews owned and controlled the banks and would not lend out the money. Does this sound familiar? He used their blessing prosperity and tightness of community against them. That was just the beginning they were labeled as anti-Germany and anti-Government. Sound familiar?
Remember that the Nazi's got their name from The Nationalist Socialist Party. They were Socialist's, not right wing, but left wing! They were labeled "Right Wing" by the Stalin government who was angry that Hitler and Germany would not come under the authority of socialist mother Russia.

Below I have compiled parts of the report for you to read. It should be noted that the report has not been recalled. It doesn't matter, the damage has been done and her position has been exposed. I'm sure the pressure put on her job for issuing the report will only strengthen her resolve.
Issued on April 7th, the DHS warning is entitled: “Right wing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment.”


“Rightwing extremism in the United States can be broadly divided into those groups, movements, and adherents that are primarily hate-oriented (based on hatred of particular religious, racial or ethnic groups), and those that are mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely. It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration.”
Paralleling the current national climate, rightwing extremists during the
1990s exploited a variety of social issues and political themes to increase group visibility
and recruit new members. Prominent among these themes were the militia movement’s
opposition to gun control efforts, criticism of free trade agreements (particularly those
with Mexico), and highlighting perceived government infringement on civil liberties as
well as white supremacists’ longstanding exploitation of social issues such as abortion,
inter-racial crimes, and same-sex marriage. During the 1990s, these issues contributed to
the growth in the number of domestic rightwing terrorist and extremist groups and an
increase in violent acts targeting government facilities, law enforcement officers, banks,
and infrastructure sectors.Historically, domestic rightwing extremists have feared, predicted, and
anticipated a cataclysmic economic collapse in the United States. Prominent
antigovernment conspiracy theorists have incorporated aspects of an impending
economic collapse to intensify fear and paranoia among like-minded individuals and to
attract recruits during times of economic uncertainty. Conspiracy theories involving
declarations of martial law, impending civil strife or racial conflict, suspension of the
U.S. Constitution, and the creation of citizen detention camps often incorporate aspects of
a failed economy. Antigovernment conspiracy theories and “end times” prophecies could
motivate extremist individuals and groups to stockpile food, ammunition, and weapons.
These teachings also have been linked with the radicalization of domestic extremist
individuals and groups in the past, such as violent Christian Identity organizations and
extremist members of the militia movement.Rightwing extremists were concerned during the 1990s with the perception
that illegal immigrants were taking away American jobs through their willingness to
work at significantly lower wages. They also opposed free trade agreements, arguing that
these arrangements resulted in Americans losing jobs to countries such as Mexico.Many rightwing extremist groups perceive recent gun control legislation as a
threat to their right to bear arms and in response have increased weapons and ammunition
stockpiling, as well as renewed participation in paramilitary training exercises. Such
activity, combined with a heightened level of extremist paranoia, has the potential to
facilitate criminal activity and violence.On the current front, legislation has been proposed this year
requiring mandatory registration of all firearms in the United States. Similar
legislation was introduced in 2008 in several states proposing mandatory tagging
and registration of ammunition. It is unclear if either bill will be passed into law;
nonetheless, a correlation may exist between the potential passage of gun control
legislation and increased hoarding of ammunition, weapons stockpiling, and
paramilitary training activities among rightwing extremists.(U//FOUO) Rightwing extremist paranoia of foreign regimes could escalate or be
magnified in the event of an economic crisis or military confrontation, harkening back to
the “New World Order” conspiracy theories of the 1990s. The dissolution of Communist
countries in Eastern Europe and the end of the Soviet Union in the 1990s led some
rightwing extremists to believe that a “New World Order” would bring about a world
government that would usurp the sovereignty of the United States and its Constitution,
thus infringing upon their liberty. The dynamics in 2009 are somewhat similar, as other
countries, including China, India, and Russia, as well as some smaller, oil-producing
states, are experiencing a rise in economic power and influence.
— (U//FOUO) Fear of Communist regimes and related conspiracy theories
characterizing the U.S. Government’s role as either complicit in a foreign
invasion or acquiescing as part of a “One World Government” plan inspired
extremist members of the militia movement to target government and military
facilities in past years.(U//FOUO) DHS/I&A assesses that rightwing extremists will attempt to recruit and
radicalize returning veterans in order to exploit their skills and knowledge derived from
military training and combat. These skills and knowledge have the potential to boost the
capabilities of extremists—including lone wolves or small terrorist cells—to carry out
violence. The willingness of a small percentage of military personnel to join extremist
groups during the 1990s because they were disgruntled, disillusioned, or suffering from
the psychological effects of war is being replicated today.Outlook
(U//FOUO) DHS/I&A assesses that the combination of environmental factors that echo
the 1990s, including heightened interest in legislation for tighter firearms restrictions and
returning military veterans, as well as several new trends, including an uncertain
economy and a perceived rising influence of other countries, may be invigorating
rightwing extremist activity, specifically the white supremacist and militia movements.
To the extent that these factors persist, rightwing extremism is likely to grow in strength.
(U//FOUO) Unlike the earlier period, the advent of the Internet and other informationage
technologies since the 1990s has given domestic extremists greater access to
information related to bomb-making, weapons training, and tactics, as well as targeting of
individuals, organizations, and facilities, potentially making extremist individuals and
groups more dangerous and the consequences of their violence more severe. New
technologies also permit domestic extremists to send and receive encrypted
communications and to network with other extremists throughout the country and abroad,
making it much more difficult for law enforcement to deter, prevent, or preempt a violent
extremist attack.
(U//FOUO) A number of law enforcement actions and external factors were effective in
limiting the militia movement during the 1990s and could be utilized in today’s climate.
— (U//FOUO) Following the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah federal
building in Oklahoma City, the militia movement declined in total membership
and in the number of organized groups because many members distanced
themselves from the movement as a result of the intense scrutiny militias received

Quote from March/April

Crucifixion was humiliating. It was so humiliating that the Romans who specialized in the art of torture assured their own citizenry that a Roman could never be crucified. But not only was it humiliating, it was excruciating. In fact, the very word “excruciating” comes from two Latin words: ex cruciatus, or “out of the cross.” Crucifixion was the defining word for pain. Does that not give us pause in this season before us? Think of it: humiliation and agony. This was the path Jesus chose with which to reach out for you and me.

Ravi Zacharias

All Things Held Together

COL 1:15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and IN HIM ALL THINGS HOLD TOGETHER. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. 19 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.



On a Physical Level
All of creation sings his glory... By him all things were made and have their existence... He is light..In the beginning God..." It seems that every scientific discipline confirms this when it gets advanced enough to observe the origins of the physical world.
At the sub-atomic level scientists have discovered everything is made up of Quark's. Up, Down, Charm, Strange, Top, Bottom Incidentally "Quarks possess a property called color charge. There are three types of color charge, arbitrarily labeled blue, green and red. Each of them is complemented by an anti-color—anti blue, anti green and anti red. Each quark carries a color, while each anti quark carries an anti color... the combination of three quarks, each with a different color charge, will similarly result in a "white" color charge" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark) So they behave as light. God IS LIGHT.
The Higgs boson particle, which is not yet to be observed, is sometimes called the "God" particle. It gives mass to everything and in theoretical physics is the "answer to everything".
I have always considered that at the end of Armageddon, God will simply let all of the atoms on the surface of this Earth simply fly apart and then reform/reassemble into what they were "In the Beginning". The recreation would eliminate radiation, chemical waste, Biological weapons, man's scars on the Earth, Pagan artifacts, re-establish protective ozone and eco-balance, recreate extinct species, etc. It is interesting that such a graphic is used in the commercials for the movie "The Day The Earth Stood Still".(I have not seen this movie, only the commercials.)

On a Biological Level

Part of the Physical realm is biology. An excellent message has been working its way around the Net. That message is that at the center of living breathing life is a molecule shaped like a "cross" which holds/glues all of our cells together. In one microscopic view of this molecule it looks like Christ hanging on the cross. (A link is provided at the end of this post)

On a Social Level

William Butler Yeats was a Neo-Pagan poet. He was one of 5 founding members of a cult that I call Satan's Ecumenical group. They took everything bad from around the world and rolled it into one religious system. Most of todays notorious cults (Christ Science, Scientology, Divine Light, Solar Temple, Anything beginning with the word "golden" as in Golden Dawn) can be traced to associations/discipleship with these five people. (Crowley, Mathers, Blavatsky, Pound are the other 4 primary members)
Yates believed that God is reincarnated over and over and that the AntiChrist is really going to be another incarnation of Jesus Christ. His most famous poem is "The Second Coming"

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
Surely some revelation is at hand;
Surely the Second Coming is at hand.
The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out
When a vast image out of Spritus Mundi
Troubles my sight: somewhere in the sands of the desert
A shape with lion body and the head of a man,
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,
Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it
Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds.
The darkness drops again; but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?


Yates believed that as the "Falcon" (Christianity) lost its hearing of the Falconer (Christ) things would begin to fly apart on a social level. The progression of anarchy would give rise to the AntiChrist.

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
Surely some revelation is at hand;
Surely the Second Coming is at hand.

Now here is a link worth watchin on Laminin!
http://thin-edge.org/2008/06/11/louie-giglio-laminin-molecule-declares-gods-glory/

A Higher Shoe

Well, no sooner had I made my last post when Ben Bernacke of the Federal reserve announce that the "Fed" would buy up 1 trillion $ of those bonds floating around out there. Bernie Madoff's lawyer just fell out of his chair. The government has entered the Ponzi scheme business. The Fed is printing money to buy up the printed money of the Treasury. HHMMMM!
Here on Cape Cod, and I'm sure in other places too, a scheme became popular where a criminal would open up several checking accounts at different banks with overdraft protection. After drawing down the majority of the required opening deposit, he/she would begin to write checks to themselves rolling one bank at a time. The proceeds would be dumped into the last bank in the chain. The checks would get bigger and bigger until, finally they withdrew the funds and left the second to the last bank holding the bad paper. Timing for banking holidays and week ends was the crucial part of the whole scheme. One bank on Nantucket got stuck with a $14,000 bad check.
One has to wonder if "Bernie Bernacke" and "Ben Madoff" ever shared a ferry ride to the island for a summer vacation, picked up the newspaper, on a certain day, when the check ponzi scheme on that Nantucket bank was announced. I wonder if the both went, "HHMMMM"!
One has really got to wonder how the Fed plans to eventually unwinde thier new position in junk securities. You cannot even sell a million a day to get out of a trillion. Some congressman recently made the statement that, " if you spent a million dollars a day since Jesus was born, you still would not have spent a trillion"!
The shoe to drop just got raised a little higher!

Next Shoe: Answer to Prayer

Praying to a God of Free Will
If you have ever prayed for another, who is in desperate need of God to repair/restore their lives, you know that you are dependent on that person allowing God to come in and work. This is because God is a gentlemen, a God of free will, and love uncompelled. There is no love in compulsion! You pray and pray for God to cause that person to give up what ever destructive habit they have, and it seems like they just do it all the more. You start to think that God is not answering your prayers, when in fact he is. Be encouraged, greatly encouraged! When the object of your prayer hits bottom and realizes its death, or God rehab and revival, then you will get the answer you have longed to hear.
How many of us are praying for friends, relatives, neighbors, and country, to return to God. How many times have we quoted 2 Chronicles 7:14 ? 2CH 7:13 "When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, 14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 15 Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place. 16 I have chosen and consecrated this temple so that my Name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.
Is not the present economy and advance by America's enemies the result of the shutting up of heaven? Are we not God's people called by the name of CHRISTians? And are our bodies not "temples" of the Holy Spirit so that his "name may be there forever"? Of course, and it follows that his "eyes will be open his ears attentive", and " his eyes and heart will always be there"!

Bonds
Now then we have heard whispers this week of a collapse in the Bond Market. The debt of this nation is supported by selling treasury bonds. Companies, states, and municipalities also sell bonds to raise money for projects. In the past these have been the single safest way to save money and receive a small return on your investment. A portion of all good investment portfolios should have some bonds. The percentage of bonds, compared to other types of investments, should increase with the age of the investor.
The Bonds of the United States, of late, have been mostly purchased by China and the Arab oil producers. (See my post "Pieces of the Puzzle Nov. 19, 2008 for more on that subject http://meditationsfromthethirdshift.blogspot.com/2008/11/pieces-of-puzzle.html) Those bond holding nations are a little nervous about the value of our dollar right now. There is no possible way that the United States could sell enough bond to finance the last two economic stimulus packages. They are just too huge. Those stimulus packages are being paid for by straight out printing of dollars! We are currently getting away with it because much of those packages is in the form of loans to troubled industry (fannie, freddy, GM, Chrysler, Ford, AIG, Citigroup, etc) And because other important currency nations such as the E.U. and England have done the same thing, helping to keep our dollar stable comparatively.
If U.S bailed out industry were to begin defaulting on their loans, and go into bankruptcy, two things would happen: the dollar would fall, and interest rates would race upward.
Interest rates would rise because those nations buying/holding our bonds would lose money if they continued buying and holding. When they stop buying our debt and start selling it we have to pay a higher yield (percentage rate) to continue borrowing (finance the deficit). Private interest rates you pay on small business loans, home mortgages, and credit cards are set by adding percentage points to the interest rate of U.S. Treasury Bonds. If the cost of U.S. debt goes up so does yours!
The falling dollar and rising interest rates will have a second major impact on the lives of Americans: INFLATION! Since we run a trade deficit,(buy more than we sell), we will have to pay more dollars for everything we import.

Total Crash
The effect of these forces on the U.S. and eventually the rest of the world will be TOTAL CRASH! A useless dollar would send the U.S. and the World from recession into global depression. I would expect that some psychopath politicians and nations would, as in the past, take military advantage of such a global situation.

Prophetic Expectations

We expect that some scenario just like this will lead to the rise in prominence of the E.U. world throne of the coming AntiChrist. The U.S. must take a back seat for that to completely happen. We expect that to all lead to a global cooperative government.
We expect a great "latter rain" revival to prepare the Bride of Christ "without spot, wrinkle, or blemish". The latter rain ripes and prepares the crop for harvest. The wheat and tares can easily be separated when the heads become ripe.
We expect an attack against Isreal by Gog, Magog, Meschesh, and Tabul.
It is not possible to know for certain if this is the moment, but we see the signs and know the seasons. It sure looks like the time is at hand. A crash in the U.S. bond market could set it all off: humanity racing like lemmings off the cliff of Revelations and Armageddon. The stage is set. The actors are in place.

Back to Praying for Revival
So you've been praying for a great awakening revival. God is hearing you. This materialistic, narcissist, hedonistic nation still is not ready to face the death of self and submission to the God who made them great and rich. America has not hit bottom yet. The next shoe to drop is dangling high in the air, held onto by just the tip of the laces. Don't lose heart now keep praying. And keep preparing, getting ready, to disciple the coming prodigal sons back into the Fathers house. They are about to begin eating pig slop to survive. Then will their thoughts turn back to their loving Father and his care for his servants. Then will they drag their motley humbled selves back into his waiting loving arms!! Lift up your hands and praise the Lord he is about to pour out the blessing of answered prayer upon America.

Quote from Feb. 09

“There are five Gospels. Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and the Christian, and some people will never read the first four.”
Irish Evangelist Gypsy Smith

Moving Faster

In...his 2010 budget plans, President Obama proposed limiting the value of the tax break for itemized deductions, including donations to charity, to 28 percent for families making more than $250,000. In other words, taxpayers would save 28 cents on their federal income taxes for each dollar donated.

That would reduce by as much as 20 percent the amount wealthy taxpayers could get in tax breaks. Under the current system, taxpayers who are in the 33 percent or 35 percent tax brackets use that rate to claim deductions.(The Chronicle of Philanthropy)

Why do I even bring this up? It seems like a small "limit the deduction and tax the rich" piece of legislation. Look a little deeper and beyond the present. Think of this as just the begining. In a Socialist nation the government takes control of everything. It is cradle to grave care for the people, but it is also cradle to grave dependence on the government: enslavement.
Imagine if this popular trend were to continue on a slippery slope. Deductions for charitable contributions were reduced further, and people greatly reduced thier giving. After all this is an increasingly selfish generation. The services now provided by the losing charities would be replaced by government $$ and programs. Those in need of the services would become more enslaved to the government, but more importantly THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CONTROL WHICH CHARITY GOT TO CONTINUE ITS WORK!!
Government replacement of charity work of course would completely be secularized. No religious organization would be allowed to receive anything! I'd say take the word charity, meaning love, out, and replace it with "social program", or in a word: SOCIALISM!
Now I don't think that this means all ouf our churches would close up. It doesn't matter if there is a tax deduction or not, our tithe belongs to God. The little people who go to church and love God are still going to give to its support. Its the bigger organizations that receive large sums from wealthy individuals and corperations that will be lost. Another group that will suffer are the politically and legally active pro-God organizations. I think these are the main targets of this begining legislation.
It is amazing that only 6 weeks into the Obama government, the thought process is so well developed and planned, that this idea would already be into the works. With a Socialist controlled Senate, House and White House, there is nothing in the way to stop this downhill race. This nation is certainly moving fast toward a Godless fate!

I had to edit this post because I forgot to include that the United States is giving 900 million dollars to rebuild the Gaza strip. This money will all end up in the hands of Hamas and be used to rocket and bomb Israel. Why will Hamas get the money? Because they are in complete control of the Gaza strip. The more Israel is backed into a corner alone, surrounded by its enemies, the closer to the end we get!
In addition to the Hamas money, the Obama Administration has announced that it will begin negotiations with Assyria and the Taliban! That right the same Taliban that is responsible for Osama Bin Laden and thre World Trade Tower distruction of 9/11.
If Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama, and Nancy Pelosi put on a Burkka, I'm moving to Australia!!!