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Saturday, July 19, 2008

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:01:00 GMT

The Time of The End

When people think about the "End of this world as we
now know it", most automatically think of the last book of
the Bible, The Book of Revelation according to John. It
does have much information about these last days, but
many other books in the Bible contain key information
of great importance. This information, located throughout
the Bible, is very seldom broached by Christendom’s
priests and ministers because the threatening information
interferes with their preferred program of delivering only
"happy talk" to their blissfully ignorant and unsuspecting
congregations.

^{What kind of threatening information?
44 And in the days of those kings the God of heaven
will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed,
nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. It
shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring
them to an end, and it shall stand forever.
(Daniel 2:44) (ESV) -Biblegateway

"And the word of Jehovah continued to occur to me, saying...
‘An end, the end, has come upon the four extremities of the
land. Now the end is upon you, and I must send my anger
against you, and I will judge you according to your ways
and bring upon you all your detestable things. And my eye
will not feel sorry for you, neither will I feel compassion, for
upon you I shall bring your own ways, and in the midst of
you your own detestable things will come to be; and YOU
people will have to know that I am Jehovah.’ "
(Ezekiel 7:1-4) (New World Translation) www.WatchTower.org
"And those slain by Jehovah will certainly come to be in
that day from one end of the earth clear to the other end
of the earth. They will not be bewailed, neither will they be
gathered up or be buried. As manure on the surface of the
ground they will become."
(Jeremiah 25:33) (YLT) -Biblegateway
7 A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your
right hand, but it will not come near you. 8 You will only
observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.
(Psalms 91:7-8) (NIV) -Biblegateway
14 "The great day of Jehovah is near. It is near, and
there is a hurrying [of it] very much. The sound of
the day of Jehovah is bitter. There a mighty man is
letting out a cry. 15 That day is a day of fury, a day
of distress and of anguish, a day of storm and of
desolation, a day of darkness and of gloominess, a
day of clouds and of thick gloom, 16 a day of horn
and of alarm signal, against the fortified cities and
against the high corner towers. 17 And I will cause
distress to mankind, and they will certainly walk like
blind men; because it is against Jehovah that they have
sinned. And their blood will actually be poured out like
dust, and their bowels like the dung. 18 Neither their
silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the
day of Jehovah’s fury; but by the fire of his zeal the
whole earth will be devoured, because he will make
an extermination, indeed a terrible one, of all the
inhabitants of the earth."
(Zephaniah 1:14-18) (NWT) www.WatchTower.org
But that is not all! There is a lot more valuable
information that was not written down.4 But you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book,
until the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro, and
knowledge shall increase."
(Daniel 12:4) (ESV) -Biblegateway
1 Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven.
He was robed in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his
face was like the sun, and his legs were like fiery pillars. 2 He
was holding a little scroll, which lay open in his hand. He planted
his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land, 3 and he
gave a loud shout like the roar of a lion. When he shouted, the
voices of the seven thunders spoke. 4 And when the seven
thunders spoke, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from
heaven say, "Seal up what the seven thunders have said and
do not write it down."
(Revelation 10:1-4) (NIV) -Biblegateway
God told Daniel and John that certain Bible
Prophecy will be "sealed" (hidden) until the
time of the end.
So When Will These Words Be Revealed?"Today we are in a knowledge explosion
which is moving so rapidly that probably
few people understand its consequences.
Terms that were scarcely heard a decade
or so ago are now common household words.
These are words like PC, CD-Rom, hard disc,
Internet, web, etc. It is now possible to
travel with a laptop computer and a pouch
full of CD Roms that contain a large library
on disc... All that is amazing! We are surely
living in the time when knowledge has increased."

"An angel speaking to the prophet Daniel seems to
refer to such a day as ours. The angel told him:
"But you, Daniel, close up and seal the words of
the scroll until the time of the end. Many will go
here and there to increase knowledge." (Dan. 12:4).
We understand from this that knowledge will be
increased so dramatically that it will be a sign
of the end days. Surely we are living in such a time."
- Jim Gerris
Bridges For Peace, Jerusalem. 1996.
A Tale of Two Trees; The Tree of Knowledge
The knowledge has already been revealed
to the world. Only the wise have taken
note of the worthwhile information.
Increased General Knowledge is a Sign of the Last Days

What else is a sign?
We are seeing momentous world events with our very eyes.
Nobody seems to notice that churches, synagogues and temples
are being destroyed.

Why isn't Jehovah protecting the churches?
People are becoming homeless, dying, acting senseless
and living in misery all over the world.

Why isn't Jehovah protecting the people?
Jehovah, in His book, the Bible, promises:
11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD,
"plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you
hope and a future.
(Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV) -Biblegateway
And our Messiah, His Son, said:
25"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life,
what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what
you will wear. Is not life more important than food,
and the body more important than clothes? 26Look at
the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store
away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.
Are you not much more valuable than they? 27Who of
you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? 28"And
why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of
the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29Yet I tell you
that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like
one of these. 30If that is how God clothes the grass of the
field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the
fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
(Matthew 6:25-30) (NIV) -Biblegateway
Why are they not granted God’s protection?
Most people think that these events are merely a series
of unfortunate occurrences. Every time an earthquake
or floods or fire destroys buildings and homes, aid is
sent to the ravaged areas. Before the destruction can
be rebuilt more devastation occurs in other places.
The question is, why is God allowing all this?
Answer: it is God’s judgment!
That sizes the situation up nicely!
The hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, fires,
flooding storms and disease outbreaks we have
already experienced are only the beginning! It
is time to destroy everything that opposes
Jehovah!
For Jehovah's people - this is good news!
28 When these things begin to take place, stand up and
lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing
near."
(Luke 21:25-28) (NIV) -Biblegateway
34 Wait for Jehovah, and keep his way, And he will
exalt thee to inherit the land: When the wicked are
cut off, thou shalt see it. 35 I have seen the wicked
in great power, And spreading himself like a green
tree in its native soil. 36 But one passed by, and, lo,
he was not: Yea, I sought him, but he could not be
found. 37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the
upright; For there is a happy end to the man of peace.
38 As for transgressors, they shall be
destroyed together; The end of the
wicked shall be cut off.
(Psalms 37:34-38) (ASV) -Biblegateway
We have been waiting for this for a very long time.

Now it is a reality!}

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:02:00 GMT

Have nothing to do with

Godless Myths

Why are there so many different Christian churches today?

Why do we have to choose from Amish, Anabaptist, Baptist,
Branch Davidian, Calvinist, Catholic, Charismatic, Christian
Science, Ebenezer, Lutheran, Methodist, Mormon, Seventh-Day
Adventist, Pentecostal, Presbyterian, Unitarian and many others?

How many different versions of Christianity do we need?

Is there something they all have in common?

They all worship Lord Nameless, god of the "Christians". Most
of them are Trinitarians and believe that Lord Nameless is a three-
headed god just like the pagans worshiped long ago.

Lord Nameless

To the Trinitarians, Christ is "God the Son". To the Unitarians,
he is "the son of God". At least the Unitarians are a little less
pagan than the rest.

"Do not worship the LORD your God in the way these pagan peoples
worship their gods."
(Deuteronomy 12:4) (NLT) Bible Gateway

"Instead, they mingled among the pagans and adopted their... customs."
(Psalm 106:35) (NLT) Bible Gateway

What else do these members of "Christendom" believe?

They learn these worthless things from their church ministers:

"God’s name is "Nobody".
"The cross is holy".
"Christmas and Easter are holy days for all Christians".
"Halloween is also kind of fun".
"Everybody in our group who dies goes to Heaven.
"Everybody else goes to Hell".
"Once we are saved, we are always saved!"
"Jesus is my good buddy. He loves me no matter what!"
"God loves everybody no matter what they do!"
"Jesus is God!"

These beliefs are all false.

Why do the ministers of Christendom teach these false beliefs?

3 For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine.
Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great
number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4 They
will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.
(2Timothy 4:3-4) (New International Version) -BibleGateway

How do we know these beliefs are myths?

Is God’s name "Nobody"?

3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto
Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name
JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
(Exodus 6:3) (King James Version) -BibleGateway

Is the cross holy?

4 "You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form
of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or
in the waters below."
(Exodus 20:4) (NIV) -BibleGateway

Are Christmas and Easter holy days for all Christians?

"Christmas and Easter - These spurious, counterfeit holydays represent
a COMPROMISE with paganism, an attempt on the part of the church
to convert the heathen by meeting them halfway. But the Scriptures
clearly teach that there must be NO Compromise with the evil one
on any point. Paul gives the warning: "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly,
that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to
seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; speaking lies in hypocrisy;
having their conscienceseared with a hot iron. 1 Timothy 4:1, 2."
-HEATHEN CUSTOMS In the Christian Church;
By Murl Vance

But Christmas is suposedly Jesus’ birthday.

Why can’t we celebrate that?

The Jews and early christians - "regarded birthday
celebrations as part of idolatrous worship."
-M'Clintock & Strong's Cyclopedia (Vol. I, p. 817)

"The earliest Christians simply were NOT interested
in celebrating the Nativity. They 'viewed birthday
celebrations as heathen'. The third-century church
father - Origen had declared it a sin to even think
of keeping Christ's birthday 'as though he were a
king pharoah'."
- December 23,1996 issue of
US News & World Report

What’s wrong with Easter?

"It is interesting that the holiest day of the liturgical Christian
year, Easter Sunday, bears the name of the pagan sex goddess
Eastre and the pagan sun god Solis."
-Panati, Charles. Sacred Origins of Profound Things.
New York: Penguin Books USA Inc., 1996.

A Sex goddess? What does Jehovah think about her?

^{3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
(Exodus 20:3) (KJV) -BibleGateway
But Halloween is not a religious holiday!
Originally a pagan festival of the dead, All
Saints’ Day was established by the Catholic Church in the
9th century to honor Christian saints.From: http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761572079/Halloween.html
Well, we all do go to Heaven when we die, don’t we?^{13 No one has ever gone into heaven except the one
who came from heaven—the Son of Man. ¹⁴Just as Moses
lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be
lifted up, ¹⁵that everyone who believes in him may have
eternal life.
(John 3:13-15) (NIV) -BibleGateway
Where are the dead now?
^{28 Don't be so surprised! Indeed, the time is coming when all the
dead in their graves will hear the voice of God's Son, ²⁹and they
will rise again. Those who have done good will rise to eternal life,
and those who have continued in evil will rise to judgment.
(John 5:28-29) (NLT)
And where will they reside?"The righteous shall inherit the earth, And they shall live forever upon it."
(Psalm 37:29) (KJV) -Biblegateway
But I know that once we are saved, we are always saved!
Jesus is my good buddy. He loves me no matter what! God
loves everybody no matter what they do!"On that day of judgment," says the LORD, "I will punish the leaders...
and all those following pagan customs."
(Zephaniah 1:8) (New Living Translation) -Biblegateway
^{46 "Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say?
(Luke 6:46) (NIV) Bible Gateway
^{22 Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not
prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons
and perform many miracles?' ²³Then I will tell them plainly,
'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'
(Matthew 7:22-23) (NIV) Bible Gateway
What would be the wise thing to do now?7 Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives' tales;
rather, train yourself to be godly.
(1Timothy 4:7) (NIV) -BibleGateway

Why?
"...It's important to look at things from God's point of view..."
(1Corinthians 4:6) (Message Bible) -BibleGateway
And what is God’s viewpoint?21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too;
you cannot have a part in both the Lord's table and the table of demons.
22 Are we trying to arouse the Lord's jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
(1Corinthians 10:21-22) (NIV) -BibleGateway
11 Take no part in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness;
instead, rebuke and expose them.
(Ephesians 5:11) (NIV) -BibleGateway
"Don't team up with those who are unbelievers. How can
light live with darkness? What harmony can there be between
Christ and the Devil ? ...Therefore, come out from
them and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord.
Don't touch their filthy things..."
(2Corinthians 6:14-17) (New Living Translation) -BibleGateway
People can believe what they want, but in the end, the truth
is what matters, not the false beliefs people prefer to cling to.
The very people who proclaim "Jesus loves you and forgives
you" are the very ones about to be destroyed for their error.
It will be a shock to them when it happens. But the Bible has
warnings in it for those who want to really know:
9 I, the LORD, will show no mercy or pity when that
time comes. In my anger I will destroy the earth
and every sinner who lives on it.
(Isaiah 13:9) (Contemporary English Version) -BibleGateway
"In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he
commands all people everywhere to repent. For he
has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by
the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to all
men by raising him from the dead."
(Acts 17:30,31) (NIV) -BibleGateway
Is there a people who know these things and
"practice what they preach"?10 Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and my servant whom
I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me, and understand
that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall
there be after me. 11 I, even I, am Jehovah; and besides me
there is no saviour. 12 I have declared, and I have saved, and I
have showed; and there was no strange god among you: therefore
ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and I am God.
(Isaiah 43:10-12) (American Standard Version) -BibleGateway}}}}}

Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:08:00 GMT

God Bless America?

Most Americans and many people around the world
regard the USA as a fine country, even “The Land of
Opportunity”. Logically, it would seem as if God favors
the USA by the way the country has apparently been
blessed in the past by so many good fortunes. Historically,
the country went from being an unimportant colony of
Great Britain in the early 1500’s to becoming a world power
less than 500 years later due mostly to an abundance of
natural resources and “Yankee ingenuity”. God is widely
worshiped by the citizens of this country, so it makes sense
that God must have given His blessing to this land a long
time ago. The citizens of this country seriously consider
America to be truly blessed by God.

Is it true that God favors the USA over all of the others?
Does God favor any country?

What does the Bible say?

16 Then they gathered the kings together to the place that in
Hebrew is called Armageddon. 17 The seventh angel poured
out his bowl into the air, and out of the temple came a loud
voice from the throne, saying, "It is done!" 18 Then there
came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder and a
severe earthquake. No earthquake like it has ever occurred
since man has been on earth, so tremendous was the quake.
19 The great city split into three parts, and the cities of the
nations collapsed. God remembered Babylon the Great and
gave her the cup filled with the wine of the fury of his wrath.
20 Every island fled away and the mountains could not be
found. 21 From the sky huge hailstones of about a hundred
pounds each fell upon men. And they cursed God on account
of the plague of hail, because the plague was so terrible.
(Revelation 16:16-21) (New International Version) -Biblegateway

This does not appear good for our country
or for any other country.

What will happen next?

11 I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a
white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With
justice he judges and makes war. 12 His eyes are like blazing
fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written
on him that no one knows but he himself. 13 He is dressed in
a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God.
14 The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white
horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. 15 Out of his
mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the
nations. "He will rule them with an iron scepter." He treads
the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. 16 On
his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: KING OF
KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. 17And I saw an angel
standing in the sun, who cried in a loud voice to all the birds
flying in midair, "Come, gather together for the great supper
of God, 18 so that you may eat the flesh of kings, generals,
and mighty men, of horses and their riders, and the flesh of
all people, free and slave, small and great." 19 Then I saw the
beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered
together to make war against the rider on the horse and his
army. (Revelation 19:11-19) (NIV) -Biblegateway

1 Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye peoples:
let the earth hear, and the fulness thereof; the world, and all
things that come forth from it. 2 For Jehovah hath
indignation against all the nations, and wrath against all
their host: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered
them to the slaughter. 3 Their slain also shall be cast out, and
the stench of their dead bodies shall come up; and the
mountains shall be melted with their blood.
(Isaiah 34:1-8) (American Standard Version) -Biblegateway

21 And I will set my glory among the nations; and all the
nations shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my
hand that I have laid upon them.
(Ezekiel 39:21-24) (ASV) -Biblegateway

44 "In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set
up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be
left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms
and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever.
(Daniel 2:44) (NIV) -Biblegateway

1 Why do the nations rage, And the peoples meditate a vain
thing? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, And the
rulers take counsel together, Against Jehovah, and against
his anointed, saying, 3 Let us break their bonds asunder, And
cast away their cords from us. 4 He that sitteth in the heavens
will laugh: The Lord will have them in derision. 8 Ask of me,
and I will give thee the nations for thine inheritance, And
the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. 9 Thou
shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in
pieces like a potter's vessel. 10 Now therefore be wise, O ye
kings: Be instructed, ye judges of the earth. 11 Serve Jehovah
with fear, And rejoice with trembling. 12 Kiss the son, lest he
be angry, and ye perish in the way, For his wrath will soon be
kindled. Blessed are all they that take refuge in him.
(Psalm 2:1-4, 8-12) (ASV) -Biblegateway

26 The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers
gather together against the Lord and against his Anointed
One.
(Acts 4:26) (NIV) -Biblegateway

2 Jehovah will send forth the rod of thy strength out of Zion:
Rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. 4 Jehovah hath sworn,
and will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever After the order
of Melchizedek. 5 The Lord at thy right hand will strike
through kings in the day of his wrath. 6 He will judge among
the nations, He will fill the places with dead bodies; He will
strike through the head in many countries.
(Psalm 110:2-6) (ASV) -Biblegateway

26 and all the kings of the north, far and near, one with
another; and all the kingdoms of the world, which are
upon the face of the earth… 29 For, lo, I begin to work
evil at the city which is called by my name; and should
ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished;
for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of
the earth, saith Jehovah of hosts. 31 A noise shall come
even to the end of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy
with the nations; he will enter into judgment with all flesh:
as for the wicked, he will give them to the sword, saith
Jehovah. 32 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, evil shall
go forth from nation to nation, and a great tempest shall be
raised up from the uttermost parts of the earth. 33 And the
slain of Jehovah shall be at that day from one end of the
earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be
lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung
upon the face of the ground.
(Jeremiah 25:26,29,31,32,33) (ASV) -Biblegateway

This does not look good for the USA either. These prophecies
indicate that all of the countries of the world – every “kingdom”
will be utterly destroyed. The rulers, the armies, the political
elements and the people in office will all be annihilated.

Why?

Jehovah intends to take over rulership
of the earth with His Son as our King!

4 I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been
given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who
had been beheaded because of their testimony for Jesus and
because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the
beast or his image and had not received his mark on their
foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned
with Christ a thousand years.

(Revelation 20:4) (NIV) -Biblegateway

This was prophesied long before Christ was even born:

17 "Behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth.
The former things will not be remembered, nor will they
come to mind.
(Isaiah 65:17) (NIV) -Biblegateway

So what would be the wise thing for us to do now?

2 Serve Jehovah with gladness: Come before his presence
with singing. 3 Know ye that Jehovah, he is God: It is he that
hath made us, and we are his; We are his people, and the sheep
of his pasture. 4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, And into
his courts with praise: Give thanks unto him, and bless his name.
5 For Jehovah is good; his lovingkindness endureth for ever,
And his faithfulness unto all generations.
(Psalms 100:2-6) (ASV) -Biblegateway

Thursday, July 03, 2008

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:05:00 GMT

Why Is God Angry?

It has come to the attention of many people in this world
that it is possible that our God, Jehovah, may be angry.

Where do they get that idea?

May 27, 2008 BEIJING, China (CNN) --
Two additional aftershocks struck quake-ravaged
China on Tuesday, injuring at least 63 people and
causing the collapse of more than 420,000 homes,
according to the state-run news agency Xinhua.

The official death toll from the quake rose to
67,183 on Tuesday, an increase of more than
2,000, with about 21,000 missing. The government
estimates that 45 million people, mostly in Sichuan
province, were affected by the earthquake and that
5 million were left homeless.

From: http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/27/china.earthquake/index.html

^{UN secretary-general: 'The Myanmar
Government Appears to be Moving
Toward the Right Direction'
Cyclone Nargis killed at least 78,000 people and left 56,000
more missing.}^{Holmes said the U.N. believes that just over 1 million of
the 2.4 million people severely affected by the cyclone
have received some kind of aid from U.N. agencies,
national and international NGOs or the Myanmar Red Cross.}

^{From: http://abcnews.go.com/International/WireStory?id=4943261&page=2}

Iowa town measures the loss after deadly tornado

^{By JAMES BELTRAN, Associated Press Writer Tue May 27, 2:03 PM ET}

^{PARKERSBURG, Iowa - Fred Everts held back tears
as he surveyed the pile of splintered wood and metal
scraps that had been his and his wife's home.}^{Altogether,
350 homes were destroyed by the twister, the governor
said. The damage in Parkersburg alone was staggering:
222 homes destroyed in a town of some 1,000 residents,
21 businesses destroyed and more than 400 homes damaged.
Among the buildings destroyed were the city hall, the high
school and the town's sole grocery store and gas station.}

These stories seem to suggest that God
may be angry. People have even said so.

Floods are judgment on
society, say bishops

By Jonathan Wynne-Jones

Last Updated: 1:41AM BST 02/07/2007

The floods that have devastated swathes of the
country are God's judgment on the immorality
and greed of modern society, according to senior
Church of England bishops.

From: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1556131/Floods-are-judgment-on-society,-say-bishops.html

New Orleans Mayor Says God Mad at U.S.

Jan 16 2005 05:51 PM US/Eastern
By BRETT MARTEL
Associated Press Writer

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Mayor Ray Nagin suggested
Monday that Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and other
storms were a sign that "God is mad at America"
and at black communities, too, for tearing themselves
apart with violence and political infighting.

"Surely God is mad at America. He sent us hurricane
after hurricane after hurricane, and it's destroyed and
put stress on this country," Nagin, who is black, said
as he and other city leaders marked Martin Luther King
Day.

But why is Jehovah angry?

When Peacekeepers Prey on Children

Tuesday, May 27, 2008 By D.J. SIEGELBAUM/LONDON

Sexual misconduct accusations were leveled against
employees of 23 international aid organizations,
including Save the Children, the United Nations and
the World Food Programme.

^{From: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1809761,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-world}

^{Jehovah God does not like evil! That will come as a
shock to the people who think God loves everybody,
no matter}^what!

^{17 You make God tired with all your talk. "How do we
tire him out?" you ask. By saying, "God loves sinners
and sin alike. God loves all." And also by saying,
"Judgment? God's too nice to judge."
(Malachi 2:17) (Message Bible) -Biblegateway
What other evil things does Jehovah not like?

Pagan Customs
Birthday celebration, Christmas, Easter, Halloween,
the cross and all other idols are all pagan in origin
and are not acceptable to Jehovah.
What is Jehovah's warnings about pagan customs?"On that day of judgment," says the LORD, "I will
punish the leaders... and all those following pagan
customs."
(Zephaniah 1:8) (New Living Translation) -Biblegateway
9 I, the LORD, will show no mercy or pity when that
time comes. In my anger I will destroy the earth and
every sinner who lives on it.
(Isaiah 13:9) (CEV) -Biblegateway

And what else is making Jehovah angry?
¹⁸If only you had listened to My Laws! Then your peace
would have been like a river and your right-standing with
God would have been like the waves of the sea.
(Isaiah 48:18) (New Life Version) -Biblegateway
What Laws?
^{9 Don't you know that those who do wrong will have no
share in the Kingdom of God? Don't fool yourselves.
Those who indulge in sexual sin, who are idol worshipers,
adulterers, male prostitutes, homosexuals, ¹⁰thieves,
greedy people, drunkards, abusers, and swindlers--none
of these will have a share in the Kingdom of God.
(1Corinthians 6:9-10) (NIV) -Biblegateway
19 The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual
immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry
and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage,
selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy;
drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I
did before, that those who live like this will not
inherit the kingdom of God.
(Galatians 5:19-21) (NIV) -Biblegateway
Yes, Jehovah sent His servants around the world to
make His presence and demands known but very
few people in this big world have paid any attention
to Jehovah's servants. Instead, the vast majority of
this world's population has ignored those servants
and pursued their own interests.

That is going to be their last mistake!

The Saviour the world knows as "Jesus" is going
to execute Jehovah's judgment worldwide but the
vast majority of mankind do not believe that any
worldwide calamity will strike. No, most people
are blissfully ignorant of Jehovah's plans even
though the Bible has His plans fully detailed and
His servants have notified everyone about His
plans ever since His Son was sent to us.

¹⁴And the Good News about the Kingdom will be
preached throughout the whole world, so that all nations
will hear it; and then, finally, the end will come.
(Matthew 24:14) (NLV) -Biblegateway

27 And he has given him authority to judge
because he is the Son of Man.
(John 5:27) (NIV) -Biblegateway
^{29 But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur
rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
³⁰"It will be just like this on the day the Son of
Man is revealed.
(Luke 17:29-30) (NIV) -Biblegateway
49 I came to set fire to the earth, and I wish it
were already on fire!
(Luke 12:49) (CEV) -Biblegateway
"The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters
are angels. The Son of Man will send out his angels,
and they will "WEED OUT" of his kingdom everything
that causes sin and all who do evil."
(Matthew 13:36-41) (NIV) -Biblegateway
7 In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the
surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual
immorality and perversion. They serve as an
example of those who suffer the punishment of
eternal fire.
(Jude 1:7) (NIV) -Biblegateway
Some plans were written down in the Bible by Jehovah's
prophets before Jehovah's Son was even born.

⁴⁴ "In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up
a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to
another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and
bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever.”
(Daniel 2:44) (NIV) -Biblegateway

15 I will pour out my vengeance on all the nations
that refuse to obey me."
(Micah 5:15) (NLT) -Biblegateway
¹⁰ A little while, and the wicked will be no more; though
you look for them, they will not be found. ¹¹ But the
meek will inherit the land and enjoy great peace.
(Psalms 37:10-11) (NIV) -Biblegateway
"And the word of Jehovah continued to occur to me, saying...
‘An end, the end, has come upon the four extremities
of the land. Now the end is upon you, and I must send
my anger against you, and I will judge you according
to your ways and bring upon you all your detestable
things. And my eye will not feel sorry for you, neither
will I feel compassion, for upon you I shall bring your
own ways, and in the midst of you your own detestable
things will come to be; and YOU people will have to
know that I am Jehovah.’ "
(Ezekiel 7:1-4) (New World Translation) Watchtower.org
We see events going on in the world with our own eyes
and a few people in the world see them for what they are -
God's judgment in progress. For the vast majority of the
people, the earthquakes, violent storms, floods, high winds
and the aftermath (famine and homelessness) will continue
to take their toll without the victims realizing that it is their
punishment! The clueless populace believes that everybody
is a random victim of unfortunate events. They won't see
the truth that Jehovah's people are not affected by these
cataclysmic events and they won't even realize that they
are experiencing Jehovah's judgment until it becomes
much more obvious.
"And those slain by Jehovah will certainly come to be in
that day from one end of the earth clear to the other end
of the earth. They will not be bewailed, neither will they be
gathered up or be buried. As manure on the surface of the
ground they will become."
(Jeremiah 25:33) (YLT) -BibleGateway
And then what will happen after that?
For Jehovah's people, and only for Jehovah's people,
there will be a new and wonderous world - the world
as Jehovah originally intended it to be.
⁶The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard
shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion
and the fatted beast together, and a little child shall lead
them. ⁷And the cow and the she-bear shall feed; their young
ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like
the ox. ⁸And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the
adder, and the weaned child shall put forth its hand to the
viper's den. ⁹They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy
mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of
Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.
(Isaiah 11:6-9) (Darby) -Biblegateway}}}

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:03:00 GMT

INDEPENDENCE DAY?

Every July 4^th Americans celebrate Independence Day.

Why is July 4^th celebrated as Independence Day in the USA?

According to Encyclopedia.com, Independence Day is:

Independence Day
[or Fourth of July] Anniversary of the adoption of the U.S.
Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress
(July 4, 1776). It is the greatest secular holiday in the country.
Celebrating the day became common only after the War of 1812.
Thereafter, civic-minded groups worked to link the ideals of
democracy and citizenship to the patriotic spirit of the day.

Every year on Independence Day, most Americans display
symbols of their pride for their country. People will display
American flags from vehicles and buildings. Many will display
bumper stickers with “The Power of Pride” printed on them
with the American flag logo.

Should Americans be proud?

For many people in the world, freedom is just a dream. For
example, some countries do not allow religious freedom.

How have the governments denied religious freedom?

According to Wikipedia :

"Hitler's Nazi Germany persecuted Jehovah's Witnesses and many
were imprisoned in concentration camps. Their identifying badge
was a purple triangle.^[42] In a book on Jehovah's Witnesses under
the Nazi regime, Hans Hesse commented, "Some five thousand
Jehovah's Witnesses were sent to concentration camps where they
alone were 'voluntary prisoners', so termed because the moment
they recanted their views, they could be freed. Some lost their
lives in the camps, but few renounced their faith"^[43]

This is not surprising that people would be mistreated in Nazi Germany.

What about other countries?

The article continues:

"During this time period, Witnesses also experienced mob violence
in America and were temporarily banned in Canada and Australia
because they were perceived as being against the war effort."^[44]

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehovahs_witnesses

What else can we learn about the freedom Americans supposedly have?

“While millions of Americans were defending liberty against
the Nazis, liberty was under vicious attack at home. One
of the worst outbreaks of religious persecution in U.S. history
occurred during World War II when Jehovah's Witnesses
were intimidated, beaten, and even imprisoned for refusing
to salute the flag or serve in the armed forces.”

“Peters begins with the story of Walter Gobitas, a Jehovah's
Witness whose children refused to salute the flag at school.
He follows this famous case to the Supreme Court where he
captures the intellectual sparring between Justices Frankfurter
and Stone over individual liberties; then he describes the
aftermath of the Court's ruling against Gobitas when angry
mobs savagely assaulted Jehovah's Witnesses in hundreds
of communities across America.”

From the book: Judging Jehovah's Witnesses
Religious Persecution and the Dawn of the Rights Revolution
By Shawn Francis Peters

From: http://www.kansaspress.ku.edu/petjud.html

On July 4th most Americans celebrate their pride in a country they
love and commemorate their imagined independence while a small
group of citizens quietly ignore the festivities and cherish the kingdom
that they belong to. They invite everyone to leave this evil world behind
and become a citizen of a kingdom that will soon take over rule
of this world.

Who are these people? What kingdom do they belong to?

Jehovah’s Witnesses belong solely to the Jehovah’s Heavenly
kingdom and do not support or promote the political and
social aspirations of any country in which they reside. They
are respectful people, but they do not vote, campaign for
office, fight in wars, salute a flag, or glory in patriotic celebrations.

Why not?

Just as the early Christians refused to be “part of this world”,
the true modern day Christians follow suit:

¹⁴I gave them your word; The godless world hated them
because of it, Because they didn't join the world's ways,

(John 17:14) (The Message Bible) -BibleGateway

The typical American citizen will celebrate a holiday that honors the U.S.
government. While American citizens (and Christendom) proudly put
all of their hopes in the armed forces, government, and their nameless
lord to bring about peace in a hopelessly violent and out-of-control world,
a strange ancient prophecy is quietly building toward fulfillment:

^“44But throughout the history of these kingdoms, the God of heaven
will be building a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will this
kingdom ever fall under the domination of another. In the end it will
crush the other kingdoms and finish them off and come through it
all standing strong and eternal.”

(Daniel 2:44) (MSG) -BibleGateway

Many prophets through the ages have spread the news of this kingdom

to the people. Some of it good news, some of it bad news.

What is the Bad news?

^“5The Lord is at Your right hand. He will crush kings
in the day of His anger.”

(Psalm 110:5) (New Life Version) -BibleGateway

^“12I will `destine' you to the sword. All of you will bow before the
executioner, for when I called, you did not answer. When I spoke,
you did not listen. You deliberately sinned--before my very eyes
--and chose to do what you know I despise."

(Isaiah 65:12) (New Living Translation) -BibleGateway

^“32 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from
nation to nation, and a great tempest shall be raised up from the
uttermost parts of the earth. ³³ And the slain of Jehovah shall
be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other
end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered,
nor buried; they shall be dung upon the face of the ground.”
(Jeremiah 25:32-33) (ASV) -BibleGateway

What is the good news?

^“14And the Good News about the Kingdom will be preached
throughout the whole world, so that all nations will hear it;
and then, finally, the end will come.”
(Matthew 24:14) (New Living Translation) -BibleGateway

^{36 "}Jesus answered, ‘My kingdom is not of this world. If
my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have
been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the
Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.’"
(John 18:36) (English Standard Version) -BibleGateway

Today our country’s average citizens revel in their pride and

patriotism, especially on Memorial Day, Flag Day and on the

Fourth of July. The Bible contains many unfulfilled prophecies

that warn of the demise of the world’s government leaders

and the very citizens who love their country. Along with

them the ills of this whole world will vanish.

⁴You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with
the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to
be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
(James 4:4) (English Standard Version) -BibleGateway

¹⁵Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone
loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

(1John 2:15) (New International Version) -BibleGateway

"The world and all its desires will pass away. But the man who
obeys God and does what He wants done will live forever."
(1John 2:17) (NLV) -BibleGateway

Which do we prefer? This "wonderful" world that we live in
now or a true paradise world without terrorism and pain?

The Bible has a prophecy in it that our world leaders cannot match:

⁶ And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall
lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the
fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. ⁷ And the cow
and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together;
and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. ⁸ And the sucking child
shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put
his hand on the adder's den. ⁹ They shall not hurt nor destroy in
all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge
of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.
(Isaiah 11:6-9) (American Standard Version) -BibleGateway