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Fallacies of the Modern Church Part 1

Barriers to Equipping the Saints

by Ken Ham and Steve Ham, AiG–U.S.

As we conduct over 250 events in churches every year, Answers in Genesis occasionally meets people who are concerned about the sale of resources within the church building—particularly at what are called “worship” services. A major focus of our ministry is to equip people with resources they can use to help them answer the skeptical questions of our time. We often encounter Christians who mistakenly liken the practice of making Christian materials available for sale to the “money changers in the Temple” described in John 2:14–16. This is a huge issue for us, not only because we want to equip the saints with faith-building answers, but because we are a ministry committed to biblical authority and thus want to ensure we are not violating any aspect of John 2. We certainly do not want to ever knowingly compromise God’s Word, but desire to always do our best to uphold His truth. Young people and adults in our churches are hungry for answers. In this photo, here are some people obtaining faith-building resources in the lobby of a Florida church. Therefore, the question must be asked: is the sale of Christian resources at services, or at any meeting in a church, prohibited by John 2 or any other Scripture? Three relevant questions must be addressed as we study John 2:13–22: What is the context of the teaching regarding money changers in the Temple? Are church buildings the same as the Temple of the old covenant? What is the correlation between worship in the Temple and the church gathering? These questions will be answered in a three-part series starting today and finishing on Wednesday. What Is the Context of the Account Regarding the Money Changers in the Temple? Jesus came to the Jerusalem Temple during the time of the Passover. For the Jews, Passover was a big deal. It was the celebration of God’s deliverance of His people from Egypt. Through the blood of a lamb on the doorpost, the Jews escaped judgment and experienced freedom. Exodus 12:1–11 reveals that Jews were to provide an unblemished Lamb—the best of the best—for sacrifice. (If a family was too small to provide their own lamb, they were to join with their neighbor in this provision.) Exodus 30:13–14 also discusses a tax to be paid to the sanctuary. This is echoed in Matthew 17:24–27 where Jesus talked to Peter about the Temple tax. The money changers exchanged foreign coinage for the accepted currency. John wrote, “And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers doing business” (John 2:14). Why did they sell oxen, sheep, and pigeons when the Jews were required to bring their own? What had become of the significance of choosing the unblemished lamb when one could simply buy something at the Temple? To make matters worse, the sellers seemed to be cheating and taking advantage of guests. Essentially, they were stealing from others who sought to worship. Worship had become commerce. In other references to money changers in the Temple (Matthew 21:13; Mark 11:17; Luke 19:45–47), Jesus rebuked them for defiling His house of prayer. The sad fact is that the Temple should have been a place of prayer and worship, but had become more of a convenient way for people to simply buy access to God and for others to cheat them in the process. The significance of the blood sacrifice had been reduced to consumerism for convenience. (By the way, during the Reformation of the 16th century, Martin Luther stood against a similar practice—the sale of indulgences—as he pointed people back to biblical authority and the centrality of eternal sacrifice of Jesus Christ.) The disciples watched Jesus overturn tables and draw out a whip of cords, and they remembered the Scripture, “Zeal for Your house has eaten Me up” (Psalm 69:9). The Jewish sacrifices pointed to the one eternal and all-encompassing sacrifice of atonement for salvation: a Savior. By making access to God a matter of commercial convenience, these people were bringing dishonor on Christ and a rebellious spirit toward the Father. In John 2:19, Jesus brought great significance to this encounter. He said, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” As the ultimate Passover Lamb, Jesus would negate the need for the physical Temple and animal sacrifices. Verse 21 reveals that Jesus has become for us the Temple access to God, and we come to the Father through Jesus Christ. The Temple and the sacrifices performed in it pointed to Jesus Christ and His future work on the Cross. This is truly significant, as the Temple was a shadow of Jesus; therefore, when the Jews desecrated the purpose of the Temple, they were desecrating the person of Christ. Christ was in their very midst watching them do it. True worship in spirit and truth has never been something to be bought or commercialized. Salvation is free, and Christ, our true access to God, cannot become a consumer’s appeasement of convenience. In short, the passage about the money changers in the Temple has nothing to do with the provision and sale of resources that equip people to become more intimate worshippers in spirit and truth. In reality, the money changers rejected the main point of the Temple—pointing to the coming Messiah. This passage is about the commercialization of the sacrifice that was pointing to the Lamb of God. Lastly, it shows that God’s people failed to acknowledge His presence among them. Today, however, the presence of God is not in a temple structure located in Israel but in Jesus Christ in our hearts and lives. The accusation that ministries like AiG shouldn't sell resources at church meetings because of the so-called “money changers” argument is a false one built on an incorrect understanding of what is outlined in God's Word. Also, the physical church building today is not a temple. A church building is a gathering place for Christians who themselves have become “the temple.” Sadly, AiG is often restricted or denied the opportunity to equip Christians at Sunday church gatherings, which are optimal times to reach the largest number of people (including young people). Meanwhile, each day of the week, the secular world is marketing an anti-God philosophy to church attendees through television, the internet, secular textbooks, advertising avenues, etc. Oh how we need to be diligent in getting life-changing resources into the hands of God’s people so they can defend the Christian faith and help overcome the doubt that leads to unbelief (which is resulting in two-thirds of our young people leaving the church by the time they are college age). Let’s be like the Bereans in Acts 17 and judge what we think we believe against what Scripture clearly teaches. Let’s get rid of incorrect views of the church that are hindering getting the much needed answers to an increasingly skeptical generation. Parts two and three of this article will take a closer look at how the modern church should view its buildings and the role of worship in those buildings. Part two will be posted tomorrow, and part three will be posted on Wednesday. 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Fallacies of the Modern Church Part 2

Barriers to Equipping the Saints

by Ken Ham and Steve Ham, AiG–U.S.

The first article of this three-part series focuses on the truth about the money changers in the Temple as recorded in John 2. We will now look more closely at the distinctions between the Temple and the church buildings we use today. The final article (to be posted tomorrow) will examine the functions of these places as it relates to worship. Each of these subjects affects the way we think about providing edifying Christian resources in our church buildings and gatherings there. Are Our Church Buildings the Same as the Temple of the Old Covenant? Since the Cross, the definition of the word “temple” for the church has drastically changed. When Jesus cried, “It is finished!” (John 19:30), the entire work of the substitutionary atonement for sin had been completed. Jesus had taken the full brunt of the wrath of God for our sin upon Himself. He had always planned to do this, and every aspect and activity of the tabernacle and Temple pointed to this event. God’s presence in the midst of His people had changed. No longer did the Temple signify the dwelling place of God with His people. Our access to God had radically changed and the Temple was no longer necessary for sacrifice. As a result of Christ’s work on the Cross, “the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom” (Mark 15:38), which signified that our access to the Father had been directly given through the Son. The place of ongoing sacrifice of bulls and lambs had been replaced by the once-and-for-all sacrifice of the Lamb of God, Jesus. The book of Hebrews provides great confirmation that the Temple was a shadow or copy of the heavenly things. In other words, the Temple foreshadowed the true substance that we have in Jesus Christ. Through His work on the Cross, Jesus fulfilled and thus replaced the sacrificial system—the Temple system of worship and the very dwelling place of God. But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation. Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? (Hebrews 9:11–14) Jesus was now once and for all our sacrifice and our access to the Father. The Temple is now fulfilled and out of commission for every believer in Christ. Not only this, the Apostle Paul has given wonderful news for every Christian. “Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?” (1 Corinthians 3:16). Every Christian is the dwelling place of the Spirit of God. Our life is His, and He dwells within us. This has intimidating consequences when we understand its significance. Look at what Paul tells us further about this: And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said “I will dwell in them and walk among them and I will be their God and they shall be My people.” (2 Corinthians 6:16) If Jesus has fulfilled the Temple function, and if the living God now dwells within us, and if the curtain has been torn and there is no more sacrifice required, then to treat our church buildings today as sacred places like the Jewish Temple is to effectively reject the work of the Cross and flirt with idolatry. Young people and adults in our churches are hungry for answers. In this photo, here are some people obtaining faith-building resources in the lobby of a Florida church. It is amazing to us that many people we meet in churches (and of different denominations), by the very terminology they use and by their actions, exhibit that they really view the church building as a Temple! Sadly, this has consequences concerning decisions that can greatly impinge on equipping the saints—for example (and as we mentioned in part one), by restricting access to powerful apologetics resources. It is so important that God’s people have the right view of the church building to ensure they understand who Christ is and what He has done—and to ensure right decisions are being made to enable God’s people to be equipped to defend the faith as is so sorely needed. The next article in this series will dive into this crucial issue in more detail as we explore the correlation between worship in the Temple of Old Testament times and the church gathering today. Read more at www.answersingenesis.org

 

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Fallacies of the Modern Church Part 3

Barriers to Equipping the Saints

by Ken Ham and Steve Ham, AiG–U.S.

In the first two articles of this series, we have examined the context of the account of the money changers in the Temple (John 2) and whether or not our church buildings should be viewed in the same manner as the Temple of Old Testament times. Today, we wrap up this series by studying the concept of worship as it relates to the Temple and our modern church gatherings. What is the Correlation Between Worship in the Temple and the Church Gathering? The Bible gives us a wonderful history of worship. We were created in the image of God as perfect worshippers of our Creator. Unfortunately in the ultimate act of self-worship, we sinned, and ever since, mankind has had a major worship problem. In setting apart a people of His own, God gave the Jews the ability to worship Him through keeping His law and sacrificing in the Temple. All of this pointed to the One who would fulfill the law and be the once-and-for-all sacrifice. While the Jews had a shadow of things to come, we see clearly that all worship is now in and through Jesus Christ. In Him, we now have the substance of what the Temple was once the shadow. God, in the midst of His people in the Temple, is now in the midst of His people in our hearts and lives. When the woman at the well was talking to Jesus about the proper place to worship, Jesus said the following to her: “But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in Spirit and in truth. For the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit and those who worship Him must worship in Spirit and truth” (John 4:23-24). Jesus has also made it clear that the only way to the Father is through the Son. For a Christian to worship in spirit and truth is to worship in and through Jesus alone. In reality, worship is engaging with our God on His terms alone, and the Father’s terms require that the Son is our only way. The Temple is out of commission. The church is made up of believers in Jesus Christ—not bricks and mortar. Christ is the better, greater tabernacle. We come together to be edified and encouraged to serve Him more effectively. Indeed, the primary purpose of the church gathering is to be equipped and edified. This is brought out in 1 Corinthians 12–14, where the Apostle Paul instructs believers to have orderly gatherings whose purpose is the edification and the building up of the saints. If we truly understood the purpose for the gathering of the saints, as borne out in 1 Corinthians 12:7, 25; 14:4–5, 12, 17, 26, 31, then we might change the name of our gatherings from worship services to “edification services.” Here worshippers come together corporately and are built up through songs of praise, ordinances, and fellowship around the teaching of the Word of God, and there is no denying that there is something truly special about the gathering of the saints.1 The New Testament does not tell Christians that we must come to a certain place on a certain day to worship God, like the Jews did under the old covenant. We do not need to go to a building to worship. Instead, we gather as the church because we are already worshippers through Christ. Neither do we come together to sacrifice as the Jews did in the Old Testament, but we come because of the once-and-for-all sacrifice of Christ. We do not come to the house of God; we are the house of God. We do not seek God through a priest; we are a royal priesthood (1 Peter 2:9).2 While religious terminology has been used broadly, we must be careful to define what we mean by certain terms. For example, appeals will be made by well-intentioned pastors for people to come the altar, but this definition has changed. This invitation usually refers to the idea of coming before the body of believers and publically confessing one’s desire to give his or her life to Christ. However, we need to realize that originally the altar was a place where sacrifices were performed. Since Christ’s sacrifice was final, the altar, as defined biblically, has become obsolete. Reclaiming definitions So why do so many churches use unhelpful terms? In fact, why call the Sunday morning gathering a “worship service”? The misunderstanding of terms like “altar” and “Sunday worship” have reduced the concept of worship merely to a Sunday morning event (or even the 20 minutes of “worship”—music—before the sermon). In fact, there are many unhelpful terms consistently used by Christians that have caused us to place undue importance on physical and aesthetic things rather than on our hearts and lives before God. Many churches call their auditorium a “sanctuary,” and treat it as if it were a holy place. We fail to realize that when the people leave the building, it is just another empty room. The true sanctuary is the dwelling place of our Lord in the hearts and lives of His children—the true church. We need to understand that our church gatherings are to be times when we are to be equipped for spiritual battle and trained to fulfill the Great Commission given to us by our Lord and Savior (Matthew 28:18–20). So let us ask the final question in this series: when Answers in Genesis comes to a church with resources to help people answer the critics of the gospel, does this have anything to do with an attempt to commercialize worship? No, not in the slightest. We are here to support the church gathering in its purpose to edify and strengthen worshippers and to reach out to those who may become worshippers. We come to give them even greater confidence in God’s Word and pray that non-Christians will receive God’s free gift of salvation. Church buildings are not the same as the Temple. The curtain has been torn in two and Christ is now the free and only access to worshipping our Creator God. In a time when our churches are losing our children at an alarming rate (see the AiG book Already Gone), and in a culture that is becoming less Christian every day, we are grateful that the Lord has provided us with such incredible answers from His Word on how to live in an anti-God culture. The world is penetrating the minds of Christians, especially younger believers, with humanist dogma through various media. We face a barrage of humanist propaganda that markets secular ideology through television, schools, movies, and many more avenues. We are so thankful to be in a ministry which defends the gospel of Jesus Christ and supports the church with God-glorifying resources that proclaim the foundational truths of the Bible. The church needs to be thoroughly equipped for the battle in our increasingly secular culture and to lead people to Christ. Sadly, AiG is often denied the opportunity to equip congregations because of a false view of the church and Temple. Sunday morning services are sometimes the only opportunity the church has to reach the majority of its people. The culture’s influence on the flock compared to the church’s influence is terribly disproportionate in most Christian families. So, come on church! Let’s not just welcome the provision of Bible-defending, equipping resources, but let’s actually see pastors encouraging their people to get the resources that will help them to defend the faith against the daily indoctrination of the secular onslaught. (And we praise the Lord for the church leaders who have already been doing this.) The message we really should get from John 2 about the money changers is to ask ourselves whether we view our faith with a heart to worship our Savior and Creator through His great sacrifice or whether we see our faith through a consumer’s mindset and as a form of transaction to get us to heaven. If Christ were to walk into our hearts, would He be at home, or would He pull out a whip and turn our tables?

Footnotes These services should not be mechanical or just informational. Singing praises to God is an important part of worshipping Him, but it is just one way in which we worship Him. The longest book of the Bible (Psalms) is comprised of songs of praise. Psalm 100:2 states, "Serve the Lord with gladness; come before His presence with singing." The Apostle Paul instructed the Colossian believers to "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord" (Colossians 3:16; cf, Ephesians 5:19). There is tremendous value in worshipping corporately. Back This does not negate the Bible's instructions for churches to function in an orderly fashion (1 Corinthians 14:40) and to have godly leaders (Ephesians 4:11–12; 1 Timothy 3:1–13; Titus 1:5–9). Back Read more at www.answersingenesis.org

 

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Skeletons Of Giants Are Still Being Discovered Today

Did you know that archaeologists sometimes find things that absolutely defy explanation?  But because they don't fit into the "accepted version" of history they are not given coverage in the mainstream media.  Before a story about "science" will show up in our news, scientists must at least have a "theory" about how it fits into the generally accepted worldview which is being pushed in our schools and on our televisions.  There are, however, very "weird" discoveries that are being made all the time.  For example, the "giant skeletons" that keep popping up all over the place are one of the greatest mysteries of the world.  The photo on the left above is of bones from a "giant man" that was discovered near the city of Borjomi, Georgia (not the Georgia in the U.S.) in 1998.  A Russian news report about this discovery can be found here.  It is estimated that the "giant man" was about 9 to 10 feet tall and that the skull was about 3 times the size of a normal human skull.

Steve Quayle recently posted these pictures to make a point.  The "accepted version of history" that we all have been taught just does not add up.  There was a whole lot more going on in the ancient world than we were ever allowed to learn.  There are great mysteries about our past that are just now starting to be revealed.

In his recent report, Quayle also mentions a number of other "giant skeleton" discoveries that have been made in Georgia over the last century....

The finding of giants in the Caucasus mountains is nothing new. A Four-meter human skeleton was found by two amateur archaeologist in Georgia near the village of Udabno in the summer of the year 2000, and skeletons of giants were also found at a cave near Gora Kazbek, Georgia in the 1920's, not to mention the discoveries by Soviet scientists in the 1950's.

As we have written about previously, there is abundant evidence of ancient giants all over the globe.  But most people won't even allow themselves to consider the evidence because it is just "too bizarre".

For much more on all this, we would encourage you to check out the amazing research that Steve Quayle has done on ancient giants.

Once you learn the truth, it quickly becomes clear that giants did once walk the earth.

But shhhhhhhhhh - it doesn't fit it with "the theory of evolution" and with the generally accepted version of history so you aren't supposed to talk about it. Read more at unexplainedmysteriesoftheworld.com

 

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Game warden homicide defendant: Officer shot first

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press

Christopher L. Johnson, 27, of Carroll Valley, Adams County, arrives at the Adams County Courthouse on Wednesday morning for a preliminary hearing in the homicide of game commission Officer David L. Grove. ((AP Photo/Gettysburg Times, Darryl Wheeler))

GETTYSBURG - The man accused of killing a state game warden during a poaching investigation told police the warden fired the first shot in what authorities have described as a ferocious gun battle, according to testimony at his preliminary hearing Wednesday.

"I know he shot the first one, I remember that," Christopher Lynn Johnson told a state trooper, according to an interview transcript, as he was being taken to a hospital for treatment on Nov. 12, the morning after he allegedly killed Wildlife Conservation Officer David L. Grove outside Gettysburg.

Investigators testified Wednesday they recovered 10 bullet casings from Grove's .357-caliber Glock revolver and 15 casings for the .45-caliber handgun police say Johnson used.

State police Commissioner Col. Frank Pawlowski previously said the two had "a ferocious exchange of gunfire" after Grove stopped Johnson on suspicion of illegally shooting deer at night in Freedom Township, Adams County.

Gettysburg District Judge Mark Beauchat ruled there was sufficient evidence against Johnson, 27, to forward the case to common pleas court for trial.

Johnson's attorney presented no evidence, and the defendant said little during the two-hour proceeding amid heavy security inside the Adams County Courthouse. Johnson was sent back to the county jail without bail, and did not respond to questions as deputies loaded him into a vehicle afterward.

Defense attorney Kristin Rice said she was not surprised that the case was bound over for trial, and described the hearing as "the beginning of a very long discovery process."

Asked about Johnson's alleged confession, she said: "The question is, confessed to what? The answer will be determined at trial."

Trooper Neal J. Navitsky testified that Johnson voluntarily waived his Miranda rights and spoke with him after being arrested outside a hunting camp.

According to the transcript of the recorded interrogation that was read in court, Johnson said Grove pulled him over after he shot a deer and ordered him and passenger Ryan Laumann to get out of the truck. Grove had put a handcuff on Johnson's right wrist when, Johnson said, he went for a handgun that the warden had not noticed.

"I'd been to jail, and I decided I didn't want to go back," Johnson said, according to the transcript. He described how Grove told him to stop before the shooting began, and said he did not feel the bullet that ended up in his hip, where it remains lodged.

Grove's four bullet wounds included a fatal shot to his neck, according to an autopsy.

Trooper Jason Weaver testified that he arrived at the scene within about 15 minutes of the "officer down" call going over the radio, and helped load Grove into an ambulance. Grove had no vital signs by that point, Weaver said.

Along with criminal homicide, Johnson is charged with weapons offenses and game-law violations. Adams County District Attorney Shawn Wagner said he still intends to seek the death penalty. No charges have been filed against Laumann, Wagner said.

Grove was the first Pennsylvania game warden killed in the line of duty in 95 years. His packed funeral on Sunday in Waynesboro, the heart of the community where he grew up, drew well over 1,000 mourners, including uniformed law enforcement officers from around the country.

Read more on the homicide case

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Slain game officer remembered for dedication, personality

Family members in disbelief at allegations that Christopher Johnson killed a game commission officer

Wildlife conservation officers face dangerous work

View the arrest affidavit and Johnson's criminal history here.

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Adams County woman charged with homicide in stabbing of husband

Leah Marie Lippy, 18, admitted to the stabbing, but said it was an accident, police said.

By REBECCA LeFEVER Daily Record/Sunday News

York, PA - An 18-year-old Berwick Township, Adams County, woman has been charged in the fatal stabbing of her husband at their Beaver Creek Road home in early October. Eastern Adams Regional Police on Wednesday filed one count of criminal homicide and two counts of possessing instruments of a crime against Leah Marie Lippy, who lived with her 23-year-old husband, Adam E. Lippy. Police were called to the home about 10:12 p.m. Oct. 3 after Adam Lippy reportedly went into cardiac arrest. Lippy was stabbed in the chest, police said, and found unconscious on the floor inside the rear entrance of the home. Leah Lippy said she was cutting cheese for a burrito when Adam walked up behind her, police said. She spun and stabbed him with the knife, according to court documents. The gray sweatshirt she was wearing had blood on the front and back, and there was also blood on her gray sweatpants, police said. Police did not give any motive for the stabbing. Adam Lippy was flown to York Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said. The cause of death was a stab wound to the chest, court documents state. According to court documents filed Wednesday with District Judge John C. Zepp III, Leah Lippy admitted to the stabbing but said it was an accident. She is jailed at Adams County prison without bail. The (Hanover) Evening Sun contributed to this report. rlefever@ydr.com; 771-2088. Read more at www.ydr.com

 

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Vatican Hypocrisy Concerning Ordained Bishop In China

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Vatican Hypocrisy Concerning Ordained Bishop In China

Tunc dixit David: "Illicitum est, ut a quocumque portetur arca Dei, nisi a Levitis, quos elegit Dominus ad portandum eam et ad ministrandum sibi usque in aeternum". (1 Chronicles 15:2) BBC News reports the Vatican has threatened a Bishop with excommunication after he was ordained by China's state-backed Catholic Church without papal approval. Pope Benedict XVI had learned of the ordination of Rev Joseph Guo Jincai "with deep regret" as it constituted a "grave violation" of Church law, it said. The Vatican also accused Beijing of "grave violations of freedom of religion and conscience" because it forced Vatican-approved Bishops to attend the ceremony. In an unusually strongly-worded statement, the Vatican accused the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association of gravely damaging the faith. Damaging the faith? What can be more damaging than the Vatican ordaining unmarried Bishops, which is against the word of God that states a Bishop must be a good husband, who keeps his children in subjection, see 1 Timothy 3:2, 4? What can be more damaging than not dealing with the perverted Priesthood within the Catholic Church which is a bunch of perverted childmolesters, and who oppose women as Priests, contrary to the New Testament? Does the Vatican still not understand that the God of Israel is the God of terror and the God of vengeance? What did Jesus Christ say concerning such people? "But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me", see Luke 19:27. The Vatican should immediately deal with all its crimes against God for centuries instead of denying them and continue the cover up. God is about to use the sword against the Church clergy harder than it has ever been used against a group of people throughout history. You cannot fool God! The Vatican is so angry now that the brave Chinese government opposes some unbiblical statutes in the Vatican's diabolical laws of child molesting and oppression of women. But how does the Vatican think God feels about all the Vatican laws contrary to His Spirit and the Holy Bible? What I am saying is that the Vatican is about to face a very angry God. The only solution is to immediately confer the Priesthood to the Levites and accept the Levites as the only legitimate Priesthood to the glory of our God Jesus Christ. But let the Levites know that if they don't accept women as Priests, they will suffer the same fate as the Catholic Priesthood. But they will see and understand. And let the Greeks watch, who deny that Jesus Christ is God the Father. Yes, let the Greeks watch what happens when you have unmarried Bishops in your organization and when you deny women the Holy service. But will they not build a throne to Satan in Pergamos instead of repenting? The Lord Jesus Christ said His Throne has moved back to Jerusalem, where He eagerly waits for His Temple to be built. Let us pray for Rome and for Constantinople, that God will show mercy, because He is mad beyond imagination, and that is why He allows the terrible Antichrist as a punishment. The judgment is coming to the Vatican, and I understand why Elijah the Tishbite constantly exhorts everyone to leave the Church to save themselves from God's flaming anger. "Et apertum est templum Dei in caelo, et visa est arca testamenti eius in templo eius; et facta sunt fulgura et voces et terraemotus et grando magna", Revelation 11:19. Read more at ohlundonline.blogspot.com

 

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York County Drug Task Force plans Black Friday auction

ELIZABETH EVANS The York Dispatch

Instead of standing in line for hours waiting for stores to open, people looking for bargains on Black Friday could instead try the York County Drug Task Force's auction. About 60 vehicles and a few small items, such as televisions, will be on the auction block Friday starting at 10 a.m. in the parking lot of Schaad Detective Agency, 1114 Roosevelt Ave., task force Detective Craig Fenstermacher said. There are SUVs, pickup trucks and small economy cars, he said, as well as a flatbed tow truck. "We have the whole gamut," he said. Also being auctioned off are TVs, video games and older-model Xbox consoles, Fenstermacher said. Early peek: "People can come as early as 8 a.m. to look," he said, or even stop by the Schaad parking lot during normal business hours prior to Friday. People intent on finding bargains need to bring either cash or certified bank checks, Fenstermacher said -- personal checks and credit cards aren't accepted. People who successfully bid on vehicles have the option of putting down a $300 deposit, then paying off the remainder of what they owe within seven days, he said. All the items being auctioned were seized during drug investigations. -- Reach Elizabeth Evans at levans@yorkdispatch.com, 505-5429 or twitter.com/ydcrimetime. Read more at www.ydr.com

 

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Brinkmanship in the Koreas

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Brinkmanship in the Koreas · November 24, 2010

A U.S. aircraft carrier group involving the USS George Washington, which carries 75 warplanes and has a crew of over 6,000, left Tokyo, Japan for “joint exercises” with South Korea in Korean waters one day after North Korea shelled a South Korean island.

Two civilian bodies and two South Korean Marines were found on the island after the artillery attack, which has increased tension between North and South Korea.

President Barack Obama said the U.S. will “stand shoulder to shoulder” with South Korea.

“This exercise is defensive in nature,” U.S. Forces Korea said in a statement. “While planned well before yesterday’s unprovoked artillery attack, it demonstrates… our commitment to regional stability through deterrence.”

North Korea claims the incident was in self-defense and accused South Korea of firing shells into its own waters, and said that South Korea was driving the peninsula to the “brink of war.”

This is the same area in which the North sunk a South Korean warship in March, killing 46 soldiers. But this is the first time civilians have died since the bombing of a Korean Air passenger jet in 1987.

China, which has long supported Pyongyang as a protection from American dominance in the peninsula, called for “restraint,” while stating a retired Chinese military officer who works in another branch of government now, said that “China will not welcome the U.S. aircraft carrier joining the exercises, because that kind of move can escalate tensions and not relieve them.”

In the attack, houses of people living on the island also destroyed as 170 people were evacuated. “‘We are concerned that a war might break out,’ said Oh Duk-man, who was walking in downtown Seoul.” “In Young-joo, another pedestrian, called for a strong response. ‘Our government has to react very strongly against North Korea after they invaded us in such a daring way,’ she said.”

Despite the rhetoric, regional powers have made clear they are looking for a diplomatic way to calm things down. Some analysts think that the attack was an attempt by North Korean leader Kim Jong Il to strengthen his bargaining position ahead of disarmament talks as he has done in the past.

Jesus predicted that in the last days, “Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom…”

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Glenn Beck: Shirtless Boy Who Was Videotaped Getting a Pat-Down From the TSA Was Autistic

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Glenn Beck: Shirtless Boy Who Was Videotaped Getting a Pat-Down From the TSA Was Autistic

From the Glenn Beck radio program today, the boy was getting a pat-down because he had on a baggy shirt (transcript) BECK: "Here's the truth, I have it from a refounder, here's the truth, he [the boy] did not set off the alarm, he was wearing a baggy shirt and that's why they did it. The reason why the father had to help was because the child was autistic" The video is more disturbing when you know that the young boy was autistic

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