Peace

[re-formatted for easier reading, Dec/17/2013]
Post 194

As I spend more time now compiling my manuscript and filling in the blanks for my first (and second) book, I am taking a bit of a break from the intense study…. but the next book just won’t stop as time does not seem to have a pause button.

Watching the speech yesterday by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu (Net-and-Yahoo) before the U.S. House Joint Meeting of Congress, I was delighted by two things: The packed house, And the warm welcome and favorable response shown to him:

“And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blesses.” Genesis 12:3

Yet equal to my delight was the noteworthy spirit and focus of Mr. Netanyahu’s entire speech, easily described by the single word: Peace.
I will not here go into the plethora of validations found in the speech as the entire existence of that tiny nation since its birth has been an example of this desire. The Jews desperately want peace; pure and simple peace….
But in today’s world, nothing is pure and simple.

Islam also wants peace: They have been declaring that for years, They call their religion; “The Religion of Peace.”
So where is the persistent problem that seems to deny two neighbors with mutual desire, from finding mutual peace between them?
I will show that the problem is entirely and completely found in the God of the ideologies (*1), and then I will show with that understanding, the reason why the call for global Democracy is the destruction of Israel:
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Boxes:
Like the secular scientist who, intentionally exclusive of religion, spends his entire career exploring the limitless possible explanations for the existence of the universe without a Creator God, the intellectual mind of modern secular man diligently attempts to find world peace intentionally excluding the Creator of peace. This approach lies fully at the feet of the philosophy (*2) that separates God and Reality.
By accepting, even subconsciously, the categorizing of these values, we create a wall that refuses the one to interact with the other: Reality in this box, and religion in that box, each given great respect… as long as it stays in its box.

The limitless variations that then spring up, offering their theories of answer, begin a desperate need for an ever growing number of investigators to explore each possible answer to finding peace:
Do we give up land to acquire peace?
Do we enter a trade agreement for peace?
Can peace be found by a costly unbalance of the above?
Do we dissolve our protective armies for peace?
Or our arms that might threaten those who now hate us?
Should I wear a blue suit to the summit, or a green one?

These are the beginning theories that instead of providing an answer simply provide more theories that need more researchers in the quest to find peace.
Like Charles Darwin’s theory described in his book “On The Origin of Species” (1876), the limitless possibilities that propagate like Cain Toads never seem to address the actual title question: The Origin.

Therefore, Stripping away all the extraneous theories to avoid unending failed trials, it is vital to first explore the origin: "Where does peace come from?" "What makes peace?"
First, to make sure we are all starting on the same page, let's simply define an agreeable meaning of the word:

“Peace: 1. A pact or agreement to end hostilities. 2. A state of tranquility or quiet; especially: a. Freedom from civil disturbance or war. b. Public order or security, as provided by law; as, a breach of the peace. 3. Harmony in personal relations; mutual concord. 4. Freedom from fears, agitating passions, moral conflict, etc. 5. One who or that which makes or maintains peace.”
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Where does peace come from?
Using caution not to immediately fall back into the secondary theories of How to acquire peace, we can understand that the state of peace is a result of mutually agreed perspectives. Mutual perspectives can only be sourced in the compatibility of respective primary ideologies (*1), (Honestly I am not trying to sound all sophisticated here, but such important matters require very accurate words.)
Let's use an example concept we are all familiar with:
Evolution:
The Evolutionist approaches all his life-perspectives (ideologies) from the foundation that there is no creative being to which we are all accountable.
The Christian/Godly Jew approaches all his life-perspectives (ideologies) from the foundation that there is.
Each individual or society can happily live out his/its life under its ideology, as long as they do not cross paths with the opposing ideology. But upon interaction, their respective ideologies engender foundational conduct that is incompatible. Hence; Lack of peace.
As it is in the nature of God's people to seek peace, he will often rightly sacrifice his preferences in the attempt to find ground that can be surrendered in the effort to make an agreement (peace). But when that is not enough, in error he will compromise his ideology for the sake of peace. This is the root of error that causes the ungrounded child of God to determine that God used Evolution to create the universe, and without knowing it, the faithful has changed his ideology to agree with the Evolutionist and thereby found peace. Problem solved!
But a new conflict is born between the ideology of the recently converted “Child of God”, and the ideology of the Creator which he abandon. So we see the conflict was not actually solved, only shifted to a far more authoritative opponent.

By this example of successful compromise between parties, we see that peace though quite real at the time, has nothing to do with the reality of the ideology agreed upon. Peace in this case is nothing more than mutual agreement resulting in a lack of contention, while the foundational truth of the origin of everything is still left unanswered.
Such is the Islamic perspective of peace.
To them, peace cannot be found until all humanity agrees with their ideology. So in an earnest desire to find peace, they follow the commands of their authority (Allah) and remove all those who disagree. This is why there is no conflict of values when they honestly desire peace at the same time they exterminate entire nations. It is one in the same; the acquisition of peace through force or elimination.
This ideology lives contentedly undisturbed by the ideology of the Jews and Christians which hold that peace can be found by the value allowing each neighbor to maintain his own ideologies. And as long as the two remain isolated there is no conflict and therefore the illusion of peace is had. But by definition there is no peace because there is no mutual agreement. While this may be enough for the Child of God, The Child of Allah is unsatisfied.
We see then that while peace is honestly desired from both sides, it is only offered by the one, while extermination is offered by the other. Therefore, we must explore the foundations of the ideologies to determine the source of peace.
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God of Peace:
The scriptures are full of complex examples showing that Jehovah God is the God of Peace; such as Genesis 41:16 showing that God offers peace even to those not of his people or his way. It is also shown in Genesis 44:17 describing the fair administration of justice not punishing blanketly, or Exodus 18:23 describing the intricacies of many men collectively administering law under God resulting in peace, or Numbers 10:10 and Deuteronomy 27:7 explaining that God has made provision whereby we may acquire peace with him even after offense, and even I Chronicles 12:17 and Romans 12:19 that declares God himself will reward or punish the motive of peace or betrayal behind the actions of our neighbors toward us because it's not our job, and finally by Psalm 85:8 laying the principle that there are correct internal requirements that must be followed by His own people before God will speak peace to them. Peace is important to God, the God of Peace.
Add to that complex (and incomplete) list, the simple declarations that our God is the God of Peace:

“For unto us a child is born (Jesus), 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,

or the blessing upon the man that declares peace, with a description of that peace; “good tidings of good…” Isaiah 52:7, or God’s angels declaring the mind of God at the birth of his Messiah offered to all mankind; “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men” Luke 2:14, or the many inculcations of the ministering Apostles to the people of God declaring peace upon them through the conduct of following the Spirit of Jesus; (Romans 1:7,5:1,14:17,15:13,16:20,I Corinthians 1:3,7:15,14:33,II Corinthians 13:11,Galatians 6:16 etc. etc.)
What is the Spirit of Jesus regarding interaction with your neighbors? Listen to Jesus' own words:

“Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father (God) which is in heaven:…” Matthew 5:43-45a

The large percent of the scriptures deals with instructions on how to live in peace with all those who disagree with you… as far as they will allow;

“If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord” Romans 12:18-19.

There is no god of peace like the God of Peace! But that does not mean that God is a pansy pushover. He watches, and he pays attention. And when eventually there is no hope for the wicked to recognize his error and turn from his wickedness, then his iniquity is full and God will dispense Judgment (Genesis 15:16, Ezekiel 9:9-10). Until then, God extends extreme mercy for their sake, and we are directed to do the same.
Is this the heart of Allah we see reflected in his followers? Murdering themselves if it might mean killing someone they don’t know, and who has done them no wrong? Is this the peace Allah offers when he instructs his followers to “kill the disbelievers wherever you find them”? Qur’an 2:191 (also Qur’an 9:124, 5:34 etc.)
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No Peace:
But peace is not an ideology. Peace is a byproduct of an ideology… No; peace is a byproduct of agreement, and therefore can only be found where two differing ideologies can agree. If one ideology respects the other, peace has the chance of being found through negotiations; adjusting preferences until mutual ground can be found. But if the other cannot reciprocate the respect, peace cannot be found as there is no ground agreeable. There is an ideology that lends to peace, and one that does not:

“But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.” Isaiah 57:20-21

The reason this is so, is not because God makes sure of it, but because it is the nature of wickedness:
One God of Peace, One god of War; The followers are simply the pawns of their respective ideologies.
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Democracy vs. Republic:
Now that we understand where peace comes from, and the means by which to acquire it, let's examine the theory that peace can be found through democracy. To do so, let's start by agreeing on what democracy is.

Democracy: […from Greek demokratia, from demos the people + kratein to rule, kratos authority.] 1. Government by the people; government in which the supreme power is retained by the people and exercised either directly (absolute, or pure, democracy), or indirectly (representative democracy) through a system of representation. 2. A community or state so governed. 3. U.S. The principles and policy of the Democratic party; also, that party, or its members. 4. Belief in or practice of social equality; absence of snobbery.

In the attempt to avoid diversions from the topic, we still must at least address in passing, that since 1963-64 America and the world had begun a new confusion; understanding that the United States of America is a democracy which it is not. (See U.S. Constitution Article 4 Section 4: “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this union a Republican Form of Government…”).
Do we not have a representative government of the people who have retained that power to rule? Yes we do.
Is that not a democracy? No it is not.
How can I say that? By the simple word in the definition: supreme.

Explain:
The dictionary definition above identifies the supreme power in such a government, is the people governed. In such a government, it is the fickle hearts and the fickle minds of the fickle people who determine their own laws. If one year they want this, they vote such representatives that will make laws giving them this. And in the next year if they change their minds and want that, they vote such representatives that will make laws to give them that.
What a wonderful system! What could possibly be wrong with that?

There are two foundational problems that guarantee such government to soon fail.
First: Such administration is run by the majority; that is 51% of the people telling 49% how they will live. This is not freedom for the 49%. Such a nation cannot rightly claim to be free, but only the illusion of freedom.
Second: Retaining supreme power to themselves, the people are then un-responsible to any higher authority. Therefore they are able to pass any law that fills their every desire. By the very nature of mankind; “Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely”. In this unavoidable way, the 51% will burden the 49% with the demand to support their indulgences, and their indulgences will be limitless as they learn how to manipulate the system to their wicked desires unstoppable by any means but violence.

This is not the system of government that our founding fathers created and passed on to the following generations. Our founders diligently labored to make sure this was NOT what they created. (*3)

So what did they create?
Our founders labored long and hard to create for us a Republic.

Republic: [from Latin respublica commonwealth, from res thing, affair + publicus, publica, public.] A state in which the sovereign power resides in a certain body of the people (the electorate), and is exercised by representatives elected by, and responsible to, them; also, the form of government of such a state.

Curious. This 1948 Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary tells us there is virtually no real difference between a (representative) Democracy and a Republic. In both cases the sovereign/supreme governed elect their rulers thereby maintaining the power to provide for themselves what they want. Yet continuing in the dictionary to define; "Republican", "Republicanism", "Republicanize" and "Republican Party", I see there is clearly more to a Republic than this dictionary lets on, but we are not provided enough information. How then do we find what a republic actually is that makes it different from a Democracy?

Fortunately I have a very tired 1881 Noah Webster Dictionary that I break out on such occasions. But curious again; this dictionary definition is nearly identical.... with the inclusion of one extra line: “Common interest.”
And the curiosity grows when I discover a vast difference in the word; “Republicanize: To convert to Republican principles; as, to republicanize the rising generation.”

Next I again see a significant aid in the unique word; “Republican: [adjective] 1. Pertaining to a Republic. The Roman emperors were republican magistrates named by the senate. 2. Consonant with the principles of a republic; as, republican sentiments or opinions; republican manners.” (underline emphasas added)

Clearly there is still much NOT said but implied. It appears that what makes a Republic different from a Democracy, is a core value on which the people stand. This at first seems like a very small difference. But let's think about it.
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Federalist Papers:
When the struggling nation of America was deciding on their new form of Government, the Constitution was one option. It had significant opposition as many thought it was too controlling. So Alexander Hamilton, in a desire to win over his home state of New York, started a series of essays explaining and defending the Constitution, which Madison and Jay then also contributed to the effort. The result was the Federalist Papers (*4). In these essays we find bits and pieces in our quest to understand the real meaning of a Republic as they intended to give it to us.

Federalist Paper No. 23: “The Necessity Of A Government As Energetic As The One Proposed To The Preservation Of The Union.”
This essay by its title, defends the proposed Constitutional form of government as the best means of preserving the collection of states they called the Union (a joining together of several for a singular cause, that we now call the Unites States for the same reason). In the second paragraph we find three purposes intended for such a government they identify as the Federal; i.e. Federation of States under a singular government:
1st: The objects (things) to be provided for by a federal government.
2nd: The quantity (amount or degree) of power necessary to the accomplishment of those objects (things).
3rd: The persons upon whom that power ought to operate (who should fall under that authority).
(numbering system added for clarification)

Simply put: What is to be accomplished? How much power is needed to get it done? And who falls under the jurisdiction of what is determined?
Under these three questions are the scope of intent for the creation of a Federal Government to manage the Unification of the several States of America.

Then in the next paragraph Mr. Hamilton goes further and addresses the intended results to be expected by such a Constitution:
“The principle purposes to be answered by union are these -
1st the common defense of the members;
2nd the preservation of the public peace, as well against internal convulsions as external attacks;
3rd the regulation of commerce with other nations and between the States;
4th the superintendence of our intercourse, political and commercial, with foreign countries.” (numbering system added for clarification)

In short, the main reasons we should unify all our States into one federal government are these:
1st: The collective defense of all the individual States, 2nd: The endurance and stability of public peace, including national and state conflicts as well as conflicts with other nations, 3rd: the orderly and systematic operation of business between the States and other nations, 4th: the over-sight of interaction, both political and commercial, between our nation and other nations.

So finally we get to the answer of the question; "What is a Republic?"
AND we also get a bonus by the discovery that public peace is a primary goal of the said Republic.
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The Difference:
So while a Democracy is nothing less than Mob Rule of the majority half of the people ruling over the other half, a republic indeed has a stated purpose and universally accepted guidelines that supersede the fickle wishes of the majority. In otherwords a Republic is equality for all the people not just the majority.

With this comprehension we then understand the example used in the 1881 Noah Webster Dictionary for the word; “Republicanize: To convert to Republican principles; as, to republicanize the rising generation.”
We now easily understand that the rising generation needs to be persuaded to accept the values that were accepted by those who collectively established the particular Republic. We must Republicanize this present generation if the Republic is to endure! But until now, neither you nor I even knew what made a Republic, let alone convince others that a Republic is important.
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Our Particular Republic:
The people of the States were successfully persuaded, and they did by consensus establish the Federal Government under the specific constraints of the United States Constitution, thus creating a Republican Union of States.
Did it work?
There were indeed very significant “internal convulsions (as well as) external attacks”, but just as planned, the Federal form of government under the specific authority of the Constitution, was eventually able to emerge victorious over the conflicts thereby succeeding in “the preservation of the public peace.”

Today:
We are now facing yet another of many significant attacks aimed at the very foundation of our Republic: the Constitution that defines and controls the power of the Federation of States.
When the elected members of Congress, or even the President himself, choose to ignore or openly spurn the controlling document, even if at the will of the majority; Then the Republic is in danger of disintegration as sure as the original proposed Constitution was in danger of being rejected and the Republic never born. Congress is not elected to alter the foundational values that make the Republic, we are all in agreement that our desires must remain secondary to the Republic. THAT's what makes it a Republic! Congress is voted to manage the practical means by which we choose to dwell under that Republic. Mr. Bill Gothard of IBLP describes the character of Obedience as; "Freedom to be creative under Divinely appointed authority." This is the job of Congress under the Constitution. Anything else is subversive at best and should be dealt with harshly.

This generation is so completely ignorant of our form of government and its intended purposes, that through utter ignorance we assume that America is nothing more than a successful Democracy. And while this is extremely dangerous to our mature Federation of States as is now confirmed by our eminent destruction, it is also a grave mass abortion of new nations conceived, which desire to follow the success of our imagined example of Democracy.

Such a late-term euthanization is the newborn but barely viable nation of Israel, and now Egypt.
While they struggle to survive the birth, they cling mightily to the Democracy which America has offered them, but there has never been a successful Democracy in the history of the world and we offer them what has not been our success. America is NOT a democracy though she is trying to conduct herself like one now! (*6)
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Israel’s Democracy:
In his speech yesterday, Mr. Netanyahu said:
“We stand together to defend Democracy, we stand together to advance peace…you don’t need to export Democracy to Israel, we already have it.”

On that foundation he then shifts to discuss the evil now forcing itself on the world, and the plan to combat it:
“…for an epic battle is now under way in the Middle East, between tyranny and freedom. A great convulsion is shaking the earth from the Khyber Pass (*7) to the Straight of Gibraltar. The tremors have shattered states, they’ve toppled governments, and we can all see that the ground is still shifting.”

And then he continued determined to stand on the strength of universal democracy as his intended help of defense against that tyrant, declaring:
“Now this historic moment holds the promise of a new dawn of freedom and opportunity.” And so he went on to promote the idea of democracy as glorious and sure and wise.

Then as if on Que, he was given the very timely evidence of those glories as a woman heckler burst out. To which he stated:
“You know I take it as a badge of honor, and so should you, that in OUR free societies you can have protest. You can’t have these protests in the Farcical (modern Persia) parliaments of Tehran (Iran), or in Tripoli (Lebanon). THIS IS REAL DEMOCRACY.”
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What kind of Republic?
This is a question I have spent several early Blogs discussing and would be worthy of review in “Book One - As America falls,” (Posts 001-083). But in short, we have a democratically (representationally) managed Republic; an impossible thing without the individual morality of a “personal republic” of following the accepted “rules” of Christ. This is the mystery of America’s greatness that has now been utterly lost to history. And in the same way as America now goes politically, the Modern Christian also administers his personal Republic (Faith) as a democracy of his 51% power of possession (of his body) to make a slave of Christ’s 49% influence. Such a faith cannot succeed, just as such a nation.

“And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand.” Matthew 12:25

America was not simply a Republic with only man’s ideas established to govern it. She was the first and only nation to derive those Republican ideas from the concepts of the Messiah himself:

"Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice can not sleep forever: that considering numbers, nature and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune, an exchange of situation is among possible events: that it may become probable by supernatural interference!" — Thomas Jefferson (Notes on the State of Virginia)

China has a Republic, or like America; what remains of a republic. And for many years I could not understand how both China and America could claim to be of the same form. Now with this new understanding it is clear: Both republics are established upon different values; One is God-less, the other of God.
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Now that both China and America have long forgotten what a Republic is, let alone even tried to Republicanize the next generation, the world has turned a collective eye to Democracy for the answer to the Tyrant of Islam. Today America is not simply one step away from a Republic, but now two steps away from a Godly Republic, and has no idea where we came from. And now you and I can comprehend how Republicans can very emotionally defend their Republican values against the attacks of Democracy, yet have no distinguishing difference when they are in the majority seat of power. Republicans have no idea what a Republic is!

True Story:
Discussing the Netanyahu speech over coffee this morning, It was one of those rare occasions when everyone seemed to be on the “same page.” Even the waitress, perhaps from a lack of customers, was listening intently and nodding her head is agreement.
Quite a while into the discussion it occurred to me by experience that she might not actually know who Netanyahu is, so I conveniently slipped into a sentence that Netanyahu was like a president to Israel. Her eyes dawned in understanding and she laughed out loud, saying something to the effect; “I was wondering how the Net and Yahoo had so much power to address Congress.”

My point here is not to embarrass her, but to show that people are prone to agree with people they choose to trust, regardless if they understand anything of what they hear. So an hour into a good conversation of logic and reason and ideas, we think we are making progress in peaceful agreement when suddenly we realize that we are not even on the same planet let alone the same page!

When Israel and Islam speak together of peace, the ideology is what puts them on different planets. There can be no peace between the gods of the ideologies even if the words are the same and both heads nod in agreement, just as you cannot have both light and dark in the same place. This is not a matter of negotiation skills, or acreage of land possessed or surrendered. But what real options does Israel have? Until now, she has had the power of America.
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Two Stations:
Have you ever wondered how two gas stations end up right across the street from each other? “Chevron” on this side and “Union 76” on the other. Each franchise owner stands menacing in his door metaphorically throwing rocks at the other; there is a competition to bring in as many customers as possible, and those you can steal from “the other guy” is only that much more cause for rejoicing.
As a kid I remember my dad laughing as he explained that “both stations are owned by the same oil company”; It simply didn’t matter which station you chose, the money all went to “the man.” How true that is is not the discussion, but the principle is:
While one nation chooses the tyrant of Islam, the other chooses Democracy. And while the two nations, having picked stations, lob rock(-ets) at each other, the Devil laughs because both are owned by him.
When the whole world succeeds at global democracy, Israel will be in the 49% group laboring as slaves to support the 51... but the numbers won't be nearly that even, placing even more burden on the few to support the more.
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The Third Option:
A nation collectively bound to the calling that; God is supreme, is the nation that stands as an unmovable wall against the storms of tormented neighbors.
God has long looked for such a people willing to hear that call because he can use that nation to show the world that God is not constrained to the box of religion. America heard the call and responded, and God used this nation to bless the earth with wisdom and bounty and peace.
Now as the age of grace is coming to an end, it is God’s desire that Israel respond to the call again. Israel is God’s bride, she has paid for her adulteries against him. After a long separation he called her home, but her heart has not returned to him. And in spite of the miracle of her new birth, and in spite of the miracle of her six day war, and in spite of her miracle of existing under the determination of the entire Middle East to destroy her, She turns to the gods of democracy for protection from Islam?!
As the traveler choosing the Chevron station because he detests Union 76, the Devil owns them both, and she is about to commit adultery again... and God has about had enough!

[For a continuation please see Post 253 "Who is the beast?" (http://when-did-reason-die.blogspot.com/2012/07/who-is-beast.html)].
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(*1) ideology: 1. Philos. The science of ideas; specifically a theory of the origin of ideas which derives them exclusively from sensation. 2. Visionary theorizing. 3. Manner or content of thinking characteristic of an individual or class; as, bourgeois ideology. -...

Note: I trust my regular inclusion of dictionary and original word definitions does not offend you as if I think you are ignorant. I include them here only because words have significant differences in meaning, not by definition but by use and comprehension. I do not argue if my meaning is correct or yours is, I simply include my intended meaning when I use the word so that you can clearly understand my actual thought for your own evaluation of its correctness rather than a comprehension due to a word that might mean different things to each of us.

(*2) philosophy: …[Greek philosophie, literally the love of wisdom] 1. Literally, the love of wisdom, in actual usage, the science which investigates the facts and principles of reality and of human nature and conduct; specifically and now usually, the science which comprises logic, ethics, aesthetics, metaphysics, and the theory of knowledge. 2. A body of philosophical principles; especially the body of principles underlying a given branch of learning, or major discipline, a religious system, a human activity, or the like; as, the philosophy of history, Christianity, or of business. 3. Practical or moral wisdom; ethics… -

(*3) Not a Democracy!
At the close of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, when queried as he left Independence Hall on the final day of deliberation, A lady asked Dr. Franklin; "Well Doctor what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?" “A republic" replied the Doctor, "if you can keep it.” -
McHenry’s notes were first published in The American Historical Review, vol. 11, 1906, and the anecdote on p. 618 reads: “A lady asked Dr. Franklin Well Doctor what have we got a republic or a monarchy. A republic replied the Doctor if you can keep it.” When McHenry’s notes were included in The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, ed. Max Farrand, vol. 3, appendix A, p. 85 (1911, reprinted 1934), a footnote stated that the date this anecdote was written is uncertain. (http://www.bartleby.com/73/1593.html)

“A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.” - Thomas Jefferson

“Democracy... while it lasts, is more bloody than either [aristocracy or monarchy]. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.” - John Adams

“The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.” - Thomas Jefferson

“All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate would be oppression.” - Thomas Jefferson

(*4) Discovery:
Imagine my surprise to discover that my Blog, by modern but similar ways, is my own effort to do the same thing as Alexander Hamilton; promoting the Republic of America and the Faith of Christianity by defending the Constitution and the Holy Scriptures respectively. The significant difference from the Federalist Papers is while they were promoting a new and untested concept, I am promoting one that has proven its worth, but now lies abandon. It is my earnest prayer that by understanding the sure and destructive course we are now on, that we might choose with diligence an altered path. To intentionally chart a new course back to the Godly Republic we have left behind.

(*6) Additional information:
See Post 056 “ American Form of Government" (http://when-did-reason-die.blogspot.com/2010/03/american-form-of-government.html).

(*7) The Khyber Pass: (altitude: 1,070 m or 3,510 ft) is a mountain pass linking Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Pass was an integral part of the ancient Silk Road and throughout history, it has been an important trade route between Central Asia and South Asia and a strategic military location. The summit of the Khyber Pass is 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) inside Pakistan at Landi Kotal and it cuts through the northeastern part of the Safed Koh mountains which themselves are a far southeastern extension of the Hindu Kush range. - (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pass)
The Strait of Gibraltar: is a narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Spain in Europe from Morocco in Africa.

(*) My reply to the question left by Anonymous:
Matthew 10:34 reads; "Think not that I am come to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword."
While this may at first sound militant, we see by his careful wording that he didn't bring the sword with him when he came; he came to send a sword. So how does one come to send a sword? By the entire concept of scripture, we know that Jesus knew when he came to bring salvation to those who would receive him, it would result in the hatred by those who would not.

“My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war” Psalm 120:6-7.

“And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love” Psalm 109:5.

When God gave that tiny bit of land to the Hebrews, he knew it would result in the unreasonable anger of the rest of the world, who for some unexplainable reason cannot abide until those people are destroyed and that morsel is theirs too. Likewise this is what it means when Jesus came not to send peace but a sword, while he commands his people to labor for peace: Jesus brought peace with him when he came, but his coming sent a sword through the earth by those who would resist him and his, even by the hand of ones own family who stands against our Lord (Matthew 10:35-39). In the above verse of discussion Jesus simply told his people to expect it, rather than suppose the world would accept his offer of peace.

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

As Billy Graham said in his recent presentation at 95-years of age: “The Cross is offensive because it directly confronts the evils which dominate this world” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bba2Dqaw6SI).
Please see Post 307 Ninety Degrees and Homing Pigeons (http://when-did-reason-die.blogspot.com/2013/11/ninety-degrees-and-homing-pigeons.html).

For a more thorough explanation please see Post 195 "Peace Part 2" (http://when-did-reason-die.blogspot.com/2011/06/peace-part-2.html).
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End of Book One

Post 193

“We have gone to the capitals of our states and to the capitals of our government. We have talked to all the power brokers. The only power broker, the only seat of government that can and will solve this problem with or without us is God. It is time to return inside the walls that surround Jerusalem and stand with people of all faiths, all around the world,” Glenn said in his initial announcement.”

“In August, whether I’m there with seven people or 10 people or there alone, I will stand. I ask you to join me. I also ask you to take this message globally, to take this to every corner of the earth. If you have family living overseas, this is not an American solution. This is a people of faith solution. This is a people all over the world solution. I ask you to help get this word out.”
- Glenn Beck E-mail subscribed material received 5/20/2011

Mr. Beck himself, with impeccable timing, has fulfilled the purpose of my entire book. All that I have written is a warning accumulated in this very event. I have shown you how to interpret this event according to the Holy Bible.
This event is not a warm and fuzzy feel good action with no significant results; this event is the conception of the second half of the 4th/8th beast of Daniel 2:40-41/Revelation 17:7. You are watching the actual conception that will result in the fulfillment of a very great and significant power in world history prophesied thousands of years ago!

My book is the reasonable interpretation of real events as viewed through the reasonable prophecy of scripture. This book is needed because even today the confusion is so great and increasing exponentially.
Of all the people on the planet, who would have thought the Great Whore of the Antichrist Empire would be conceived by the one man who has been trying to stop the evil?!

His motives are pure, his research impeccable, his efforts are honorable, his sacrifice is noble, his position is by divine, his leadership flawless.
How can such a man come to such a wrong conclusion?

Because the conclusion is only wrong when viewed through the lens of Scripture… and only then, when the lens has been carefully cleaned and aimed in the divinely appointed direction.
Mr. Beck’s only flaw in all his work, is that he does not know the Jesus of the Holy Scriptures. His Jesus is of the Book of Mormon, and they are not the same.
His Jesus says; "call all faiths of all gods to solve this problem." The Jesus of the bible says; "I am the only door. Besides me there is no other."
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What’s the alternative to his plan?
Mr. Beck’s plan is good, his plan is bold, it has teeth and merit, and real action.
What do I have to offer as an alternative?

A very weak and toothless alternative indeed.
I have already stated that the answer is to call to Jerusalem only those who put their trust in JEHOVAH-JIREH (*1) for the purpose of watching the God of Heaven solve this emanate problem in a miraculous way.
Yet the prophesied events of scripture have already shown that this will not be done.
So it seems that I can only offer a solution that will not work.

So what is the second best alternative solution?
THERE IS NO SECOND BEST ALTERNATIVE!
To do or die, those are the alternatives available at this time… kind of.

Glenn Beck’s solution will indeed produce the desired salvation.
But just who’s desire are we speaking of?
When the desire of wayward mankind is that which angers the Maker, the Jew’s own history shows the end results are far worse than the evil standing before them that inspired the desire in the first place.

Again I remind you of the Cain Toad of Australia as applied to all the evil that has already befallen the People of God, documented in the scriptures they claim to believe.
The man who brought the Cain Toad to Australia really believed he was doing Australia a great service.
There was no secret evil desire, there was no hidden ulterior plan, An honest man with good intentions, by his pure actions of benevolence initiated a plague like problem on a nation that cannot now be fixed.
Likewise, invoking Mr. Beck’s own comical voice of mockery; “We claim to stand in the name of God by uniting people of all gods to stand together? How does that work?”

It only works if you don't "really" believe in God.
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Beyond Yin and Yang:
Humanity by nature rebels against a single demand;
“If you say I must, I declare I wont!”
It honestly does not matter if the demand is good or not. It is a control issue.
So the Devil has very ingeniously incorporated the concept of Yin and Yang (*2).

If mankind has a choice, he will without conflict, evaluate between the options and choose the one that seems less unfavorable. (Our recent presidential elections as proof).
He will do this even though both options lead to his own death!
“Shall I horribly torture you for three and half years before killing you, or cut your head off now?
“I’ll take the torture please.”

Mankind is facing the greatest and purest evil the planet has ever seen:
Humanity without God can see it,
the Qur-an declares it,
and Scripture confirms it.

Yin.

So naturally we are going to resist it with all we have in us.
We will formulate a plan of defense, an alternate system. We need a second option.

Yang.

And so now with two options, begins the conflict of the struggle to balance one against the other as the Taoism symbol describes so well:



Which one is good? Which one is evil? How to find balance? Or is balance really the right goal?
Do we keep separate the two values as we attempt the balance, or do we blend the two into one form? or do we apply a little of both those ideas?
The symbol is an extremely good representation of these many serious questions in the application of the conflicting ideals.

And so Mr. Beck in the cosmic need for balance, will successfully introduce the much needed yang of Global Religious Democracy to the yin of Islamic despotism.

The balance will be perfect.
The cosmic call will be met.
The world will be saved.
Yin and Yang will find the universe balanced once again.
Bla-bla-bla-BLA.

The problem with this whole warm and fuzzy value, is that both Yin and Yang are the illusion of the Dark one. The whole complex philosophy of “balance” IS the confusion!
If I have three unruly children, do I need to add three child molesters to my home in order to find balance? Or perhaps because he is bigger and stronger and is so destructive, maybe just one will do it.

While mankind is about to find the yang to add to the yin so that they will find comfort in having a choice, both the long torture and the sudden sword will end in death… just one will come sooner than the other; thus the illusion of choice.

God, the Creator GOD; The Real God, has an answer completely outside the whole balance-of-bad-choices mentality that we simpletons are so prone to desire.
In stead of two choices that both lead to death, how about the third option NOT TO DIE!?

But Glenn Beck, like many “Christians” has found his yang to oppose the yin. It fits so perfectly as the symbol describes. It gives meaning and balance to the cosmic circle.
Mr. Beck calls his yang God, and even defines it further with the name Jesus. But it is still just yang in a circle of error.

So how can I explain the alternative when the only thing recognized is the circle which yin and yang both fill up so perfectly? Even the symbol above is only an image pasted to a larger format of greater meaning.
While your mind wrestles with the cosmic forces that fill up the circle, God is calling for you to open your eyes and see the reality far larger that what has your attention! You want to talk about “thinking outside the box”? THIS is it!

Yes, The plan Mr. Beck has proposed, is a perfect yang of relief to the very black yin.

Don’t be confused as most Christians will be;
Glenn and his associates are bringing about the salvation of balance to the globe. Their plan will succeed and the world will find a balanced respite from the blackness of Radical Islam… and most Christians will be shocked and dumbfounded and have virtually nothing to say by the success. They have been looking for the blackness of the Antichrist to wage war with the Christians, because they do not know their own bible. Yes that is the eventual end result, but the thought is so “My time” self-focused and simplistic that it misses the other great events prophesied before that event occurs, and by missing the prophesied events Christians have been giving the world a map to a destination that has not yet been built.

Do not fall to the deception of the yang that will come; The deception will be the success of it! It will not be a victory but a balance. Yin and Yang.
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My first section of Posts as the first book ends here generically because the rise of Islam today with the promise of the revival of the Islamic Caliphate, is the recognizable transition between the two beast kingdom elements represented by the two feet of the Nebuchadnezzar image. But my second section ends here specifically because of the suggested immediate conception of the Great Whore, which is carried by the second phase which I have labeled by exclusion as “Islam’s Left Foot.”
I have provided you with a very real aid to your comprehension of the events of history right up to August 2011. As dramatic as humanity tends to imagine everything, it is my belief that this Great Whore will be conceived and then gestate quite unnoticed for a time just as a new life in the womb. This book is your “plastic pencil” to show you the little plus sign with great meaning.

I anticipate my writing to continue in another collection describing through prophecy the Union between the Beast and the Great Whore with her wicked and glorious roll in the very near future!
The End…
almost.
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(*1) Jehovah-Jireh:
“The Revelation of the Name Jehovah-Jireh, Genesis 22:12-14. The meaning of this name is The Lord Who Provides. The name is literally, The Lord Who Sees, or The Lord Who Will See To It. This is what we long for when we have a need that is personal and special; One who will see to our needs and provide for us. This is what Jehovah-Jireh means; the Lord Who will see to it that my every need is met. One Who knows my need because He sees. One Who is able to meet my need in just the right time as He did for Abraham, and One Who can meet it fully. For Abraham, it was the ram caught in the thicket that was offered in Isaac's place. For us it is whatever we need.” - Meaning of Jehovah-Jireh

JEHOVAH-JIREH 3070: from 3068 and 7200; Jehovah will see (to it); a symbolical name for Mt. Moriah.

(*2) Yin and Yang:
“In Chinese philosophy, the concept of yin yang (simplified Chinese: 阴阳; traditional Chinese: 陰陽; pinyin: yīnyáng), normally referred to in the West as "yin and yang" is used to describe how polar or seemingly contrary forces are interconnected and interdependent in the natural world, and how they give rise to each other in turn. Opposites thus only exist in relation to each other. The concept lies at the origins of many branches of classical Chinese science and philosophy, as well as being a primary guideline of traditional Chinese medicine,[1] and a central principle of different forms of Chinese martial arts and exercise, such as baguazhang, taijiquan (tai chi), and qigong (Chi Kung) and of I Ching divination. Many natural dualities—e.g. dark and light, female and male, low and high, cold and hot— are thought of as manifestations of yin and yang (respectively).
Yin yang are complementary opposites that interact within a greater whole, as part of a dynamic system. Everything has both yin and yang aspects, but either of these aspects may manifest more strongly in particular objects, and may ebb or flow over time. The concept of yin and yang is often symbolized by various forms of the Taijitu symbol, for which it is probably best known in western cultures.
There is a perception (especially in the West) that yin and yang correspond to evil and good. However, Taoist philosophy generally discounts good/bad distinctions and other dichotomous moral judgments, in preference to the idea of balance. Confucianism (most notably the philosophy of Dong Zhongshu, c. the 2nd century BCE) did attach a moral dimension to the idea of yin and yang, but the modern sense of the term largely stems from Buddhist adaptations of Taoist philosophy.[2]” - Yin and Yang (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yin_and_yang).

[Formatting enhancements 08/01/14].
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Foolish Courage

post 192

Someone recently recommended; “You should send that last post to Glenn Beck and warn him of what he is about to do!”
But lets think about this:

What do I tell him?
“Don’t defend Israel against Radical Islam?”
Of course not; I also believe Israel desperately needs help as does the rest of the world against this rising threat.
Can I recommend we trust God to defend Israel and the world?
Not according to the last 2000 years of events of history, nor according to God’s own prophecy!
The reason God has not helped the Jews for the past 2000 years is frankly irrelevant to them now. The fact is that all they see is God has not helped.
So where are they to turn?
To the democratic religious people of the world.
And so the logic of this is flawless.

To add confidence that this is the right course, I already confessed; It will work!
The collective power of the people of the world united in a single purpose will indeed succeed in overpowering the great threat of Islam and climb onto its back to go for a wild ride!
How do I know?

“Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!” Isaiah 17:12
These are the huge masses of the world, who learn of their collective power. Woe to them!

“And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.” Revelation 17:15
The great and powerful whore is established on the huge masses that used their collective power to bring her forth.

“And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.” Revelation 17:18
That city is Babylon (Revelation 17:18) but the mystery means she is more. She is an idea of great power (Revelation 17:5) over even the greatest Empire the earth has ever seen.

“I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns." Revelation 17:7
The city idea of Babylon finds her continuance on the back of the specifically identified beast we previously spent several posts positively identifying as the return of the Islamic Caliphate Empire. The woman has no endurance without that empire. (more in later posts)

Carrieth 941 bastazo; perhaps remotely derived from the base of 939 (through the idea of removal); to lift, literally or figuratively (endure, declare, sustain, receive, etc.)

Each of these four verses is backed up by many others to tell us this truth.
I had already seen the purpose of the City as a sanctuary from the oppressive force of Islam, but until Mr. Beck made his declaration of collecting all religions to Jerusalem in defense against Radical Islam, I did not see the cause that would bring her about.

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Only Preparation:
Notice that in the world today, neither the Empire of Islam, nor the City of Babylon, have yet materialized.
What we are seeing at this point in time for both, is the conception of them.
And likewise, we are seeing the pot of Ezekiel 24:3-4 being prepared to enter the final stage for the filthiness that seems unable to be purged;

“And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD;
Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it:
Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.” Ezekiel 24:3-4

We know by the history of the sacrifices found in Leviticus 7:32-33,10:14 that the shoulder is the sacrifice of Heave offering from off the Peace offering.
And from Genesis 24:2, 32:25, 47:27, Numbers 5:21 that the thigh as the cymbal of power or strength is the place where promises are made and kept.
But with the addition of the choice bones we see that this pot, though probably including these concepts, is simply referring to the best items that make for a good stew to eat. But as a sacrificial offering to God it perhaps represents the best we have to offer him from our peace offering as our vows to him with our beings.(bones)

The point is that what was used in the pot was all good food. No, it was the best.
There was no fault in the items included in the cooking.
The fault was in the preparation of the meal. The scum that naturally comes out from those ingredients was not properly drawn off, but cooked in.

“Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it!” Ezekiel 24:6

and because Jerusalem did not draw off her scum, but let it “cook” within her, the Lord GOD gave them an example of the disgusting perspective in which he saw it;

“Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.” Ezekiel 24:10
This represents God's rejection of the disgusting offering of Jerusalem, and his purging reaction of the Diaspora.

This pot of Jerusalem's overcooked and poorly tended previously good worship gone bad, was now intentionally left on the fire by God and the flames were increased. It was cooked so long the water boiled out, the meat was burned to a crisp and even the bones were burnt!
That is representing some serious and intentional neglect by God which was added to the original neglect by the Jews that ruined the food in the first place!.. but it ain’t done yet!

“Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.” Ezekiel 24:11

Something changed three times in the process we just observed.
It was the same process of neglect that turned good offering (themselves) into filthiness, that God then continued still further but in a hotter fire for a different purpose, that after everything was completely consumed, was put back in the now extremely hot seasoned coals to purify the pot because it was still not yet purged. But to do that, the pot of brass has to get seriously hot to the point of melting!

So what was the scum of Jerusalem that they did not draw off?

“She had wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.
In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.” Ezekiel 24:12-13

Lewdness 2154 zimmah; from 2161; a plan, especially a bad one. [other words of description]: - heinous crime, mischief, purpose, thought, wicked (device, mind).

Don't miss the very first root cause of the lewdness of bad ideas: Lies.
When you lie to yourself, you create an environment where ALL your ideas are bad.
One such persistent lie that continually trips them up is self-justification. Such wrong perspective keeps them blaming everyone else for their problems: It was the Romans that drove us away, It was the Germans that horribly abused us, It is the Imperialist Americans that tie our hands…

Now thinking of this three stage parable, when do you suppose God purged Jerusalem like the second stage?
Perhaps over the long hot fire of the past 2000 year Diaspora? In the hot ovens that literally turned flesh to ashes and burnt their bones, Perhaps?
You see, the scriptures are not a poetic fantasy to describe a religion that makes man feel good about himself.
God is serious when he says something, and expects us to comprehend it in reality.

And now that the Jews have returned miraculously, it doesn’t seem that the scum has been purged from the heart of Jerusalem's pot. In fact what they are now proposing is a really bad idea; from God’s perspective it is spiritual lewdness!
The Jewish nation as God’s spiritual wife, had been put away from God for a very long time because of her spiritual adultery, Then a long time later, God had mercy and went and found her and called her home.
But as expected such a separation for such a cause would result in an awkward relationship for a while, but in the awkward period a criminal threatened to break down the door and kill her.
Does she cry out to her husband who had so much love he went to find her and bring her home in the first place?
No. She makes a call to all her former lovers; all the “other guys” (gods) to come and help her. This is the scum; the bad idea, that was not yet purged from the pot though the goods were consumed in the flames.
The results don’t look favorable according to the verse of prophecy!
What is coming as a result of such filthiness of lewdness, is a fire so hot it will turn the pot molten!
That is far hotter than the purging fire of the second phase Diaspora.
And just as the Nazi ovens consumed their flesh and burnt their bones, I submit that Jerusalem the seething pot will utterly turn molten in real life terminology.

Do I write this in self-righteous judgment?
God forbid!
I have previously shown that America has sinned perhaps even greater than the Jews because we have been offered and now abuse God's grace.
Shall we then "skip" a similar judgment?
Not if God is Just.

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Now lets go back to Ezekiel 11:2-3 to understand Jerusalem’s perspective;
“Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:
Which say, It (the punishment) is not near; Let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.” Ezekiel 11:2-3

What does that mean?
The counselors of Jerusalem are saying; We are not going to be punished by God, because this very city of Jerusalem is the pot of sacrifice unto God and we are the flesh of the sacrifice. God does not reject the sacrifice and neither will we be rejected.
Yet they do not consider the good food of the sacrifice having been disgustified by the scum, has long been turned to charcoal from neglect. So they will merrily offer it to God anyway, expecting him to be pleased!
"...In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged..."

So God continues;
“Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man…
Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.” Ezekiel 11:4,6

God is not saying the counselors have done the slaying, he is saying that their counsel is the cause of the horrors to come upon the city.
“The blood is on your hands”, and the blood will be great.
Yes this happened once before in 70 AD,
The last time they rejected their Messiah and they were cooked, and this time they are rejecting their God. Why would the results not happen also happen again? And this time even more because they were just purged in the fire, but the scum is still there.

“Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it. Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord God.” Ezekiel 11:7-8

Are they now not fearing the sword? Is that not what is driving their actions of calling on all the gods of the earth for aid?
Because the “bringing forth” is couched on both ends by the sword God will bring upon the city, we can understand this will be a slavery and not a rescue.

Please understand I think Mr. Beck is a very great and honorable man. It breaks my heart to include him in these counselors of Jerusalem.
But to gather all the gods of the earth into the Holy City of God, to beseech them for their aid against Radical Islam is the greatest offense that Jerusalem can do before their God!
How can this be made anymore clear?!

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But I thought you said they would succeed against Islam?!
Yes I did. And so they shall…sort of.
How do I know for sure?

Because scripture tells us that the whore will rule at the same time the beast does. (Revelation 13:1 + 17:15 = 17:3)
The beast is now rising and so the woman must rise too.
And the woman will ride the beast.

The Mongoose of Hawaii did diminish the rat problem, but became a new and greater problem to compound the remaining rat problem.

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The two shall become one:
Note: the woman and the beast are not two competing empires according to Daniel 2:41 they are one empire of confliction represented by two feet of iron mixed with clay.

The woman rides the beast, but the beast does not like it!
“And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.” Revelation 17:16
But this result is still a long ways off. She has not yet been born of the ocean of people, to sit on the beast.

I think we already covered that the ten horns on the empire beast are ten kings of ten kingdoms represented as ten toes/horns (Daniel 2:42, 7:7,24, Revelation 12:3,13:1,17:3)
So how do these ten kings of the Islamic Empire come up with enough power to destroy the great city that has ridden them for who-knows-how-long?

They give all their collective power to one man for that purpose. (Daniel 8:24a, Revelation 17:12-13) But although the purpose is their hatred of her, the design is the LORD’s to judge her. (Revelation 17:17) (more on the cause of her judgments in later posts)
Do not misread verse 14 to suppose they give their strength to the beast to make war with the Lamb, that is only a description of what they do, to identify them by. Their hatred that brings the Antichrist is the desire to destroy the international city of Babylon.

“And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate… For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.” Revelation 17:16-17

But this all happens down the line. This is not current events.

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Current events are those events that bring these entities about.
Current events is the conception of the Caliphate which Mr. Beck himself recognizes has already been conceived, and therefore current events must also be the conception of the Whorish city that rises from the sea of humanity. (Revelation 17:1 + Isaiah 17:12)

A whore is a woman that sells herself to many men.
Prophetically a spiritual whore is an entity of humanity that sells herself to many gods.

Regardless of the validity of even a single one of my interpretations of prophecy, it cannot be denied by any investigator of bible prophecy, that to gather all religions to Jerusalem of all places, (God’s holy city) for the purpose of collectively resisting Radical Islam, is to greatly offend the historic God of the Jews who has longed to be their savior but is constantly denied. It is to repeat the sins that God punished them for in the past when they turned to Egypt instead of to God, for defense against the threat of Assyria.

“And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So King of Egypt…” II Kings 17:4

“…how wilt thou…put thy trust on Egypt…And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it?...” Isaiah 36:9-10

“(God) To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt, Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.” “Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven…” (other gods) Acts 7:40,41a


And while we know for an unalterable fact by prophecy that the international city of wickedness will come, the part Jerusalem plays this year in bringing it to pass, is at this point not required as that is not written in prophecy, only implied. In otherwords it is still their choice to do or not do.
And regardless if Jerusalem will indeed play that suggested part, Mr. Beck does not have to be the instigator. If it is not him then it will be someone else. Therefore it is my earnest prayer that Mr. Beck will realize what he is about to do and repent of it.

But at the present time, Glenn Beck has chosen his god. It is the god of Mormonism. Mr. Beck IS a worshiper of one of those other gods that are being called to Jerusalem.
Until THAT perspective changes, it would be pointless to attempt to persuade him from his current understanding of “help” though it will be worth an earnest try.

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So what are we to do? Just stand by and watch Islam conquer the world?
Not exactly, but outside the secret place of God, hiding in his shadow from the burning sunlight of the Evil one, The right answer will appear to be just that.

If the world does not gather collectively to cry out to all the many gods to help Israel, then just maybe in the face of great probable destruction the Jews might just cry out to Jehovah God for help.
THAT is what God wants them to do!

"If my people, which are called by my name, shall 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." II Chronicles 7:14

But instead, like the dying catholic, we offer them the Hail Mary of the international Rosary of pluralism to occupy their hopes in their last few breaths; In other words they will cry out to those who cannot truly help, and thereby offend the one who can.

Are we guiltless if we support this endeavor?

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So if this plan of Glenn Beck’s works, what is the problem?
The problem is that we have just sealed the horrible punishment of the Jews for choosing this path. But it won’t come immediately.

Looking back to Ezekiel 24 regarding the cooking pot parable; verse 2 explains that the last punishment, (verse 11) though delayed until the cooking part is fully done and the results tested, (verse 13) will none the less surely come because it was documented on the specific day it was determined: (I submit that day to be
in August of this year)

“Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day.” Ezekiel 24:2

But Nebuchadnezzar did not come to destroy Jerusalem for another 7 years.
Does that remind you of a post about November 2nd,
post 092 "your-doing-what?” A post I myself did not understand at the time. (http://when-did-reason-die.blogspot.com/2010/10/your-doing-what-october-16-2010-have.html)

The Great collective voice of the masses in Jerusalem will be all the filthiness that God can take, having just cooked the tar out of it in an attempt to purge it.
That event will seal the date as sure, that the Ezekiel seething pot will burn for real this time!

I cannot imagine God's mercy on anyone participating in that!
I beg you now, if you are Jewish, or Gentile, flee such an event of offense to God.

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This post and the previous sent to Glenn Beck via email, 5/18/2011
This post has been significantly enhanced for clarification 5/19/2011, 5/21/2011 though the original concepts remain unchanged.

What I neglected to include is the correct action that we should take:
Similar to, but nothing like, Mr. Beck's appeal to all religions of mankind to arrive in Jerusalem and make a collective appeal to their gods for help;
The correct call would be exclusively to all the faithful in JAH alone to come to Jerusalem and appeal to Him alone for rescue. (Exodus 20:1-3)
The pot is acceptable, the goods in the pot are acceptable, only the scum that naturally occurs in the process is unacceptable. That scum is the "bad ideas" that naturally result in any healthy process. Those lewdness's must be found and skimmed off the offering to God if he is to accept it. To cook them in as acceptable, is to blaspheme the name of God.
"...God is light, and in him is no darkness at all." I John 1:5b


"Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments." Exodus 20:5-6

But who gets the glory and praise if the prayers to all gods is answered?
Is GOD an equal to the others? Does JEHOVAH work in unison with a co-op of gods to bring result?

If all gods are called to Jerusalem, there is one God guaranteed NOT to come.
So when this appeal actually brings the illusion of the desired result, I testify for the GOD of gods that it will not come from Him as aid.

LORD 3068 See Yehovah.
JAH 3050 Yahh: Contracted from 3068 and meaning the same; Jah, the sacred name.
GOD 4030 maguwr: the same as 4022; preciousness, i.e. a gem.
4022 meged; from an unused root properly meaning to be eminent; properly a distinguished thing; hence something valuable, as a product or fruit.
JEHOVAH 3068 Yehovah: from 1961; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jewish national name of God.
YAHWEH: A pronounceable version of the unpronounceable name of God too Holy to speak with the unworthy lips of man.
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Blind Side

post 191
(a post in theoretical progress)

WOW.
I did NOT see that coming though I was looking straight at it!

I have been working on a short diversionary series describing the confusion that will aid the rise of the Antichrist before getting back to Revelation 17 because I thought I had time, but perhaps I was mistaken. That series will have to wait.

I watched Glenn Beck's TV show last night and although it makes perfect sense, I honestly did not see that coming.
Did you?

I really like the guy. I like his show. I get lots of good current events from him that I couldn't get anywhere else because he does impeccable research and tells it like it is.
God has gifted him with the ability to see the reality of events as God intended for them to be seen in these last days.
I am also sensitive to the negativity I seem to aim at everyone because at this point most everyone is wrong. I was delighted to be able to praise Mr. Beck for his sound truth and willingness to proclaim it.
But now this.

It seems that Mr. Beck is the man who will bring about the Great Whore while he means well with the best intentions.
And who would have thought that the Great Whore would begin in Jerusalem?... and by an American?... an American who has been exposing the evil now upon us?

What am I talking about?
For that answer we will have to now continue what we started many posts ago; Lets continue in Revelation 17.
but before we do, I encourage you to go back and re-read post 160 The Great Whore

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We left off in verse 10 to identify the seven kings and even the eighth, and can now be sure above doubt that they are indeed all the Gentile GDEs (Global Dominate Empires) to affect Israel through time.
We were even able to identify them as: Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome, Islamic Caliphate one, and Islamic caliphate two, the last of which I spent a bit of time exploring and was in the process of a mini-series to describe its nature of confusion and imitation as it steals the Faith of the Jewish God to corrupt it as its own.

Now backing up to the beginning of Chapter 17 you will remember that although this chapter switched focus to the beast in verse 8, it began by focusing on the Great Whore in the first 7 verses.

I have spent a significant amount of time exploring the beast of the second Islamic Caliphate, and according to what I have shown in scripture this is no longer speculative interpretation. The return of the Islamic Caliphate is the next and last Gentile GDE to rise. (Sorry Rome)

but John did not seem impressed with that beast.
Horrible as it is with its great teeth and nails and power to destroy, John simply saw a GDE as is the way of the earth. Yes it was more destructive than all those previous, but somebody has to be on the top of a list, so John was not surprised.

But we got a different reaction from John when he saw the woman that rode it.
"And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration." Revelation 17:6

John's marveling was significant enough to get a reaction from the angel;

"And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel?..." Revelation 17:7a

"...I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her... Revelation 17:7b

We understand that in this format the beast is little more than an accessory of the woman like a noteworthy car, the angel was saying I will tell you about the woman... and the beast is an important part of the description.

If I told you of a finely dressed attractive woman driving a Mercedes, you would get one image in your mind.
But if I told you of a finely dressed attractive woman driving a monster truck, your image would be drastically different.

Well, we have covered the beast, but not in its entirety. The scripture has yet more to say of the beast.
But now Glenn Beck it seems, is the guy who will bring about the Great Whore while trying to defend Israel from the beast.

I need to be clear, I do not know Glenn Beck's part as fact yet. This is my observation of reality through my lens of prophecy. I offer you my evidence for your own evaluation.
But be warned; my evidence is substantial and will take several posts!

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On Monday May 16, 2011 Mr. Beck publicly exposed his purpose for his recent trip to Israel the previous week.

"Gang, we're all in this together I don't care what religion you are."

What does he actually mean by this?
His narration leaves virtually no doubt of his intent; It is all religions called in defense against radical Islam. and that is a very sound reaction to the Global Dominate threat of the greatest probable violence the planet has ever seen.
Is this not the threat I too have been expounding on?
Yes. Revelation 17:11 declares this current threat to be the 8th beast.

So don't Mr. Beck and I agree on this point?
Yes we do.

So what is the problem?
Mr. Beck is now calling for the gathering of all religions to stand against Radical Islam.

He declares; "People of all faiths need to stand together."

In the same TV program yesterday, Mr. Beck said; "Last weekend I was in Israel and I met with a man named Rabbi Riskin. He is a leading voice and renowned for his innovative educational and social action programs, I don't know if I agree with him on politics or not I don't really care. I know he's under attack in some quarters because in his position rabies don't usually meet with Christians and talk about Ezekiel. But he's reaching out as much as he can, and there are many people in Israel that are doing that.
Rabbi Riskin told me he is convinced that God is asking him to gather people of all faiths to stand together; Jews, Christians, Muslims, it doesn't matter. I believe the same thing." (transcribed)

Mr. Beck continued:
(Like the Restoring Honor event last August in Washington DC) "this August I am going to be holding another event that I am calling; Restoring Courage. This time I ask you to meet me in Jerusalem."

Such a stand is now desperately needed if we hope to fight off the great threat to the non-Muslim world now at our door. I am not accusing Glenn Beck of anything but a confusion of God and the whole point of the defense.

History is full of well meaning people trying to solve a problem but there efforts result in a greater problem.
Remember the Mongoose of Hawaii? Or the Cain Toad of Australia? They were "gathered" to the land for the purpose of fighting off a real problem, but not only failed to cure the problem, they became a far greater problem themselves!
This is what Glenn Beck is now doing in this gathering, because he does not know the true Creator God, or his plan.

I had a reader recently tease me about my "bible thumping". Mr. Beck's wrong action from right information is exactly why it is important to possess the source of the truth with the truth we get.
To want the truth without the source, is spiritual fornication. That is; the benefits of marriage without the responsibility.
Good information can be "very good" but outside the boundaries of its intended purpose, it is problematic to life beyond just "good information".

Mr. Beck has good information, but without a committed single eye on the Creator God as the source, he is free to ignore God's declared cause of the problem and call all mankind of all religions and faiths to pool their collective power and stand against the 8th beast of Islam.

I will show that such a gathering IS the Great Whore of Revelation 17, and it was the Whore that John marveled at, not the beast!

whore 4204 porne; feminine of 4205; a strumpet; figuratively an idolater.
[strumpet; A prostitute; harlot.]
4205 pornos from pernemi (to sell; akin to the base of 4097); a (male) prostitute (as venal), i.e. (by analogy) a debauchee (libertine).

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I turn you to last season's sci-fi TV series “Caprica” as an amazing example of these near future religions.
In that series there are two faiths; The religion of the One True God, and the pluralistic religion of many gods.
These religions are in a battle of faiths.
Ignorant "Christians" will understand the first to be that of their own God, because the other is nothing like it, without comprehending that neither has anything to do with their God.
In this near future, Christianity has been scrubbed from the public sight... but not quite; It has been relegated to the religion of pluralism as just another god among many!
Now flip that around and we have a new level of confusion as we recognize the “One True God” is Islam, and so we fight it with… pluralism? Again, what happened to Christianity?

Islam has “dirtied” the concept of One True God, and declared that Christianity is pluralism because we worship Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
So now, Where exactly do we stand?

I have shown you a little of the kind of confusion that will bring about the last days events, here in Glenn Beck, we see the complexities of that confusion.
He has done great research, and collected a huge volume of facts to come to the right conclusion... but that conclusion leads him to wrong action!

Mr. Beck continued:
" I mentioned Dietrich Bonhoeffer a few minutes ago. He has played a big role in my life recently, I believe as he believed at those times, that trouble is coming for our Jewish friends and neighbors. And I believe that means something to all of us. We promised we would never forget and never let it happen again.
I don't know if its going to happen again now, but evil, an old familiar evil, is rearing its ugly head.
Bonhoeffer in 1933 was ahead of the curve I guess,... I believe that we are ahead of the curve before the trouble starts we have an opportunity as a world, as humans to stand together before things get out of control. Silence in the face of evil is itself evil. God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak, not to act is to act.

Mr. Beck's heart means well, the circumstances allow for nothing else, How can we not join him in his attempt to defend the world from EVIL?

but as I have asked; What determines evil?
Are we not simply trying to fight evil with evil as the Cain Toad used to battle the Cain Beetle?

Good intentions are not enough!

What Glenn Beck is about to metaphorically do, is to sell our young sons to the sodomite priest to protect them from ravenous dogs!
The circumstances have forced our hand where there are no good answers because we have already rejected the only right answer because it has been stolen and corrupted and then offered to us as the right one, so we choose another!

This confusion is already so complex I am not sure I can successfully present my argument without a volume to equal the Encyclopedia!

Mr. Nir Barkat, the mayor of Jerusalem said on the show; "...Jerusalem, since the reunification of the city in 67, is totally open for freedom of religion; The Jews manage the Jewish sites, the Muslims the Muslim sites, the Christians manage the Christian sites, It was never like that.
My goal and role is to open up Jerusalem for the benefit of the world to enjoy, to make sure people can come and taste the spiritualism, the holiness, the history the culture, and indeed we see a rise in the number of tourists and the excitement that tourists have in the city of Jerusalem. My vision is to develop that. To encourage more people to come peacefully to enjoy the international city... throughout the history of the different conquerors of Jerusalem; maybe the Jordanians, the British, the Turks, everybody, They never kept freedom of religion the way Israel does; the government and municipality, and we will pursue that, Its part of our understanding that we would like to make sure Jerusalem is open for the benefit of the world to enjoy." (transcribed)

Isn't that great!?
Just like America! *1

Clearly this perspective is the antithesis of the exclusive domination of Jerusalem intended by Islam. So we obviously see this global openness of the city is the right idea. and in fact the prophecy of God also declares his intention that Jerusalem be open to all nations. (Jeremiah 3:17)
But there is significant difference between the two purposes of the same declared goals of both God and the governors of Jerusalem.

This becomes clear when we ask the question; "What is God's ultimate intent for Jerusalem?"
The entire scriptures Old to New, front to back, makes clear that God is jealous and will not share his glory with anyone!

"They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger..." Deuteronomy 32:16-17 (also Exodus 20:5,34:14,Deuteronomy 4:24,5:9,6:15,and many others)

Since Jerusalem is God's Glory where he has given his name as a husband gives his name to his wife, (II Chronicles 6:6,20,12:13b,33:4,7,Ezra 6:12,etc.) we can be sure that God's intent for Jerusalem is that it become exclusive to him alone as a wife to her husband and not the spiritual whore of all religions.

"In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called,
The LORD our righteousness." Jeremiah 33:16

We see God's full feelings regarding this in the detailed narrative of Ezekiel 23:1-49 presumed to be fully fulfilled in the diaspora, but serious exploration shows this yet to be more actually fulfilled in a time yet to come;

"And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity." Ezekiel 23:3
Crass words for a family rated blog I know, but this is God's broken heart for the cities he loves.
How can we be sure this actually regards Jerusalem?
"And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names: Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah." Ezekiel 23:4

These are the two capitals of the Northern and Southern kingdoms of Israel.
But note: the passage indicates they committed these sins in Egypt while they were young virgins, but the prophetic passage speaks as though that was past tense.
According to the prophecy, the "present" situation indicates they are now quite "experienced".

The argument with interpreting prophecy is not weather it is true or not, but exactly WHEN in time are we to interpret the intended fulfillment?
If this has already been fulfilled in the Diaspora, then it has no more value but historical information.
But if it is still future, then it takes on a whole new and important meaning!

So while many of the prophecies of this chapter can be said to have perhaps already occurred in the Diaspora, here are a few that cannot be said to have been fulfilled yet:
Verses: 14-17,19-21,28,34,38-44,48-49 have yet to be fulfilled, as also; "And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears;..." Ezekiel 23:25
In this next Diaspora coming, this will be a significant and common treatment of identification of the Jewish slaves fortunate enough not to be killed.

So while Jerusalem is now proud to oppose the exclusivity of Islam's intent by becoming the world's religious Whore, That is not the reaction God is looking for! (Jeremiah 29:13-32)
Has Jerusalem yet committed such whoredoms since her return to the land in 1967?
Not to the degree of "filling up her iniquities" that would result in such a sentence of Judgment from God... But it looks like Glenn Beck might be the guy to begin the process.

"This shall be written for the generations to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD. (speaking of the nation re-created long after this was written, but do they yet fulfill this by praising the LORD now? no.) For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth; To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
when the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, TO SERVE THE LORD." Psalm 102:18-22 (Capitalized emphasis added)

In this current call of Glenn Beck for all religions to gather at Jerusalem, are "The people" (the Jews), and "the kingdoms" (the other nations), gathering together to serve the LORD, or to defend themselves from Radical Islam by calling on every god they can think of?
This question is critical!

The prophecy of Ezekiel 24 is just now about to be finished. (you must read all of Ezekiel 24)
In the last Diaspora, God as an offended husband cheated on, cast off his wife Israel for a time. But in Ezekiel 24, God's wife was declared DEAD by the representation of Ezekiel's own wife. The horrors yet to fall on the Jews will produce just such a conclusion, though there will remain a very small remnant hidden away.
If “putting away as a divorcement” represented the Diaspora, what could we expect would be the events represented by “the death of the prophets own wife!”?

According to my proposed interpretation of scripture; The gathering of all religions to Jerusalem to defend the world against Radical Islam will succeed!...kind of.
And in the success, the nations of the world will discover their collective power against Islam and will rise up a global collection of all religions as the Great Whore, the likes of which the world has never seen.
But this whore conceived in Jerusalem is not the whoredom of Jerusalem, but rather the origin of the Great Whore that rides upon the Great Beast. That Great Whore will move herself to Babylon of Iraq; the only nation left in the middle east that has not yet been consumed by Radical Islam, and the whoredom of Jerusalem will follow after her by quasi-force, probably as Israel's only protection against Islam. (explained in later posts)

And so begins the two religions; That of "The One True God" Allah, and the other of which was successful in collectively defending Jerusalem and the word against Islam while falling to Pluralism.
But the pagan world is not as accountable to God for its choice of pluralism as Jerusalem is. So while the pagan world lives in the results of what they have created, Jerusalem will receive the punishment of a jilted God... Jilted for a second time!

The Whore of Babylon is conceived and birthed and exists because of Islam; The woman sits on the back of the beast.

I recognize this to be subjective interpretation, but this theory fits all that I read in scripture.

I had hoped to delay my exposure of the great and happy success of the Babylon rising until I had described the horrors of Islam more completely, but I see its rising will come sooner than I anticipated and from a direction and cause I did not foresee, and so I will now shift my attention in Revelation 17 and begin to focus on the woman that sits on the beast.

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*1 I have already provided several posts regarding the fact that America was NOT founded on the "all religions are equal" concept.
The freedom of worship was designed as a protection for all men to choose as they desired, but that freedom was ensured to guarantee that the faith of Jesus Christ would be secure.
This worked for America only as long as Christianity remained the dominate controlling religion in the hearts of the people.
Israel is NOT imitating this spirit in her "international religious city" concept.

Then we add that America is a Gentile nation founded in the times of the Gentiles under the banner of the Grace of Jesus Christ.
The Jews do not fall into at least two of these three categories, and therefore will not find the grace of God to cover their endeavor of confused grace anymore than America will in the days to come, because of her new confusion.
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