Child sex charges, possible cover-up rock Penn State

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GENARO C. ARMAS and MARK SCOLFORO - Associated Press

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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — An explosive sex abuse scandal and possible cover-up rocked Happy Valley after former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, once considered Joe Paterno's heir apparent, was charged with sexually assaulting eight boys over a 15-year period. Among the allegations was that a graduate assistant saw Sandusky assault a boy in the shower at the Nittany Lions' practice center in 2002. Sandusky retired in 1999 but continued to use the school's facilities for his work with The Second Mile, a foundation he established to help at-risk kids. The state grand jury investigation also resulted in perjury charges against Tim Curley, Penn State's athletic director, and Gary Schultz, vice president for finance and business. The two administrators were accused of failing to alert police — as required by state law — of their investigation of the allegations. "This is a case about a sexual predator who used his position within the university and community to repeatedly prey on young boys," state Attorney General Linda Kelly said Saturday in a statement. Paterno, who last week became the winningest coach in Division I football, wasn't charged, and the grand jury report didn't appear to implicate him in wrongdoing. Under Paterno's four-decades-and-counting stewardship, the Nittany Lions became a bedrock in the college game, and fans packed the stadium in State College, a campus town routinely ranked among America's best places to live and nicknamed Happy Valley. Paterno's teams were revered both for winning games — including two national championships — and largely steering clear of trouble. Sandusky, whose defenses were usually anchored by tough-guy linebackers — hence the moniker "Linebacker U" — spent three decades at the school. The charges against him cover the period from 1994 to 2009. Sandusky, 67, was arrested Saturday and released on $100,000 bail after being arraigned on 40 criminal counts. Curley, 57, and Schultz, 62, were expected to turn themselves in on Monday in Harrisburg. The allegations against Sandusky, who started The Second Mile in 1977, range from sexual advances to touching to oral and anal sex. The young men testified before a state grand jury that they were in their early teens when some of the abuse occurred; there is evidence even younger children may have been victimized. Sandusky's attorney Joe Amendola said his client has been aware of the accusations for about three years and has maintained his innocence. "He's shaky, as you can expect," Amendola told WJAC-TV after Sandusky was arraigned. "Being 67 years old, never having faced criminal charges in his life and having the distinguished career that he's had, these are very serious allegations." A preliminary hearing scheduled for Wednesday would likely be delayed, Amendola said. Sandusky is charged with multiple counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, corruption of minors, endangering the welfare of a child, indecent assault and unlawful contact with a minor, as well as single counts of aggravated indecent assault and attempted indecent assault. No one answered a knock at the door Saturday at Sandusky's modest, two-story brick home at the end of a dead-end road in State College. A man who answered the door at The Second Mile office in State College declined to give his name and said the organization had no comment. The grand jury said eight boys were targets of sexual advances or assaults by Sandusky. None was named, and in at least one case, the jury said the child's identity remains unknown to authorities. One accuser, now 27, testified that Sandusky initiated contact with a "soap battle" in the shower that led to multiple instances of involuntary sexual intercourse and indecent assault at Sandusky's hands, the grand jury report said. He said he traveled to charity functions and Penn State games with Sandusky, even being listed as a member of the Sandusky family party for the 1998 Outback Bowl and 1999 Alamo Bowl. But when the boy resisted his advances, Sandusky threatened to send him home from the Alamo Bowl, the report said. Sandusky also gave him clothes, shoes, a snowboard, golf clubs, hockey gear and football jerseys, and even guaranteed that he could walk on to the football team, the grand jury said, and the boy also appeared with Sandusky in a photo in Sports Illustrated. He testified that Sandusky once gave him $50 to buy marijuana, drove him to purchase it and then drove him home as the boy smoked the drug. The first case to come to light was a boy who met Sandusky when he was 11 or 12, the grand jury said. The boy received expensive gifts and trips to sports events from Sandusky, and physical contact began during his overnight stays at Sandusky's home, jurors said. Eventually, the boy's mother reported the allegations of sexual assault to his high school, and Sandusky was banned from the child's school district in Clinton County in 2009. That triggered the state investigation that culminated in charges Saturday. But the report also alleges much earlier instances of abuse and details failed efforts to stop it by some who became aware of what was happening. Another child, known only as a boy about 11 to 13, was seen by a janitor pinned against a wall while Sandusky performed oral sex on him in fall 2000, the grand jury said. And in 2002, Kelly said, a graduate assistant saw Sandusky sexually assault a naked boy, estimated to be about 10 years old, in a team locker room shower. The grad student and his father reported what he saw to Paterno, who immediately told Curley, prosecutors said. Curley and Schultz met with the graduate assistant about a week and a half later, Kelly said. "Despite a powerful eyewitness statement about the sexual assault of a child, this incident was not reported to any law enforcement or child protective agency, as required by Pennsylvania law," Kelly said. There's no indication that anyone at school attempted to find the boy or follow up with the witness, she said. Curley denied that the assistant had reported anything of a sexual nature, calling it "merely 'horsing around,'" the 23-page grand jury report said. But he also testified that he barred Sandusky from bringing children onto campus and that he advised Penn State President Graham Spanier of the matter. The grand jury said Curley was lying, Kelly said, adding that it also deemed portions of Schultz's testimony not to be credible. Schultz told the jurors he also knew of a 1998 investigation involving sexually inappropriate behavior by Sandusky with a boy in the showers the football team used. But despite his job overseeing campus police, he never reported the 2002 allegations to any authorities, "never sought or received a police report on the 1998 incident and never attempted to learn the identity of the child in the shower in 2002," the jurors wrote. "No one from the university did so." Lawyers for both Curley and Schultz issued statements saying they are innocent of all charges. In response to a request for comment from Paterno, a spokesman for the athletic department said all such questions would be referred to university representatives, who released a statement from Spanier calling the allegations against Sandusky "troubling" and adding that Curley and Schultz had his unconditional support. He predicted they will be exonerated. "I have known and worked daily with Tim and Gary for more than 16 years," Spanier said. "I have complete confidence in how they handled the allegations about a former university employee." Sandusky, once considered a potential successor to Paterno, drew up the defenses for the Nittany Lions' national-title teams in 1982 and 1986. The team is enjoying another successful run this season; at 8-1, Penn State is ranked No. 16 in the AP Top 25 and is the last undefeated squad in Big Ten play. The Nittany Lions were off Saturday. As the head football coach, Paterno has spent years cultivating a reputation for putting integrity ahead of modern college-sports economics. It's a notion that has benefited Penn State's marketing and recruiting efforts over the decades and one that the Big Ten school's alumni proudly tout years after they leave. "We're supposed to be one of the universities to follow after, someone to look up to," said sophomore Brian Prewitt of Poughkeepsie, N.Y. "Now that people on the top are involved, it's going to be bad." ___ Scolforo reported from Harrisburg. Read more at news.yahoo.com

 

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Could Asteroid 2005 YU55 Destroy the Moon?

By Natalie Wolchover, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer Space.com | SPACE.com – Fri, Nov 4, 2011

An asteroid four football fields long will pass near Earth on Nov. 8. A space rock this big hasn't come this close in 35 years: It will fly by at a distance of just 201,700 miles (325,000 kilometers), which is actually inside the orbit of the moon. NASA has assured the world that the asteroid, officially named 2005 YU55, poses no threat to our planet. But what about our planet's loyal sidekick? Is the moon in danger?

Don Yeomans, director of NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., said asteroid 2005 YU55 will not hit the moon. While the space rock whizzes past the planet at a clip of 30,000 miles per hour (13 km/s), the moon will be about a fourth of its way to the opposite side of Earth. Like two ships passing in the night, they'll miss each other by more than 150,000 miles (240,000 km).

But, out of curiosity, what if 2005 YU55 were on a collision course with the moon? Is it big enough to do major damage?

"It would be a significant event on the moon, certainly," Yeomans told Life's Little Mysteries. "It wouldn't move the moon around at all, but it would cause a significant impact crater … at least 4 kilometers [2.5 miles] wide. That's significant, but still a pretty small crater in terms of the hierarchy of lunar craters."

For comparison, the moon's biggest impact crater, the South Pole-Aitken basin, measures 1,600 miles (2,500 km) in diameter.

An asteroid the size of 2005 YU55 impacts Earth about once every 100,000 years, Yeomans said, and because the moon is a much smaller target than Earth, such an event happens on the moon only once every several hundred thousand years. But because our satellite has no atmosphere, no erosion and no tectonic activity, all the impacts it has ever experienced remain imprinted on its surface. [What Would Earth Be Like With No Moon?]

If the 400-meter-wide asteroid were to impact the moon, it would kick up enough dust — and that dust would moving at a high enough speed — for a small quantity to escape the moon's gravity and coast all the way to Earth, 240,000 miles away, Yeomans said. While much of the blast debris would burn up in our atmosphere, some fragments might make it to the ground. This has happened during past asteroid-moon collisions. "We know of lunar meteorites that have made it."

For an asteroid to completely destroy the moon, peppering Earth with huge lunar chunks and potentially jeopardizing life here (which may depend on the moon for many biological processes), the impactor would have to be almost moon-sized.

"Only something not a whole lot smaller than the moon itself could do that," Yeomans said. "There are no asteroids large enough to do it that we know of. The largest near-Earth asteroid that crosses Earth's orbit is only about 8 kilometers [5 miles] wide."

Yeomans adds that no one need worry about the fate of their favorite space orb: "I just want to emphasize that the fact we have so much optical and radar data on [2005 YU55] means that we know there's no chance it can get dangerously close to the Earth or moon."

This story was provided by Life's Little Mysteries, a sister site to SPACE.com. Follow Natalie Wolchover on Twitter @nattyover. Follow Life's Little Mysteries on Twitter @llmysteries, then join us on Facebook.

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The Unholy Transformation Of America!

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Volume XXX Issue XI November 2011 Last Trumpet Ministries, PO Box 806, Beaver Dam, WI 53916 Fax: 920-887-2626 Internet: http://www.lasttrumpetministries.org

The Unholy Transformation Of America!

"Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked: For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out. My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change: For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?"

Proverbs 24:19-22

"The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves."

Isaiah 3:9

"And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof."

Romans 13:11-14

In this issue of the Last Trumpet Newsletter, we will once again examine the current events of our time and compare many of the issues we are facing today with relevant historical events of the past. These are days of great turmoil, unrest, and change. Although no man knows for certain what the future may hold, we can look back through the annals of history for clues of what might happen in the future. One thing is certain: we are living in a world undergoing a drastic transformation. These changes affect many facets of our lives, including economic systems, government policies, and the moral values of the common man. For the faithful children of God, our lives will only grow increasingly more difficult as we near the day of our Saviour's return. Our beliefs will be met with ever-increasing hostility, and the evil which abounds throughout the world will continue to confront us, challenging our faith and testing our resolve. Yet, with the strength of our God we can withstand the tempest and the storms of life, and through it all, "Hold fast to that which is good."

The Clamor For Revolution!

In the late 1700s, the European nation of France was facing many challenges. France had a national debt which was spiraling out of control due to the expenditures related to backing the Americans during the American Revolution and also to fighting the Seven Years' War against Britain. The debt crisis was further exacerbated by the extravagant overspending of King Louis XVI. These circumstances left the peasant class and also the middle class with a cumbersome tax burden. Conversely, the clergy and the French nobility were mostly exempt from taxes, despite the fact that they held the majority of the wealth in the country. During the time period leading up to the first stirrings of the French Revolution, members of the elite class consisted of just 2 percent of the population. (1) In the 1780s, a series of crop failures led to food shortages, which also contributed to the misery of the peasants in France. In fact, the price of a loaf of bread rose by 67 percent in the year 1789. (2)

On July 14, 1789, a bloodthirsty mob besieged the French prison known as the Bastille. The mob stormed the prison seeking weapons, gun powder, and the release of the prisoners housed in the facility. This riotous crowd of angry men and women demanded that prison governor Marquis de Launay lower the bridges and allow them access to the prison. At first, de Launay offered to lower the bridges if his troops were allowed to leave peacefully, but the mob, who was seeking blood, did not agree to those terms. Seeing no way out, de Launay eventually capitulated to the mob's demands. De Launay and his staff were taken captive and subsequently dragged through the streets of Paris where they were eventually decapitated. (3)

The storming of the Bastille was the beginning of the French Revolution, which would lead to a turbulent and horrifying time in history. King Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette were both beheaded by the revolutionaries, and from September 5, 1793, to July 28, 1794, thousands upon thousands of people were executed. Most of those who were killed were sent to the guillotine by the order of Maximilien Robespierre, one of the nine members of the so-called "Committee of Public Safety." This dark time in history is known as the "Reign of Terror." (4)

Much like France in the late 1700s, the present day United States of America is suffering from a massive national debt and food prices that seem to rise higher every month. The rich only seem to be getting wealthier, while the poor are getting poorer, and the middle class is slowly disappearing. We are now seeing the stirring of a new revolution. It is a mishmash of people with many different beliefs and ideologies who are coming together to protest corporate greed, corruption, and a tax system that they believe unfairly favors the rich. According to the protesters, they are the "99 percent," and the wealthy class is the "1 percent."

The complaints of the protestors are not entirely without merit. It is true that the bankers and those on Wall Street did much damage to America's economy through illegal and immoral practices. It is true that many of them bend or break the law and are driven by greed. And it's also true that some of the protestors have admirable goals, such as abolishing the Federal Reserve. Nevertheless, a common thread amongst those involved with the "Occupy Wall Street" movement is a push to turn the United States of America into a socialist nation.

The original protest in New York City was fomented by a group from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, known as Adbusters. The group, which publishes an anti-consumerist magazine, wrote the following on their website, "We are a global network of activists, writers, pranksters, students, educators, and entrepreneurs who want to advance the new social activist movement of the information age. Our aim is to topple existing power structures and forge a major shift in the way we live in the 21st century." (5) The cofounder of the group, Kalle Lasn, described how they came up with the idea for the Occupy Wall Street movement. "It came out of these brainstorming sessions we have at Adbusters. We were inspired by what happened in Tunisia and Egypt and we had this feeling that America was ripe for a Tahrir moment. We felt like there was a real rage building up in America, and we thought that we would like to create a spark which would give expression for this rage," Lasn said. (6)

Since the protests began on September 17, 2011, in New York City, there have been many voices protesting many different things, and it would seem that some of the people are simply caught up in the movement and not really certain of what exactly they are protesting. Others present at Zucotti Park in Manhattan do not appear to be there to protest at all, but rather to party. According to an article by the Daily Mail, free condoms are provided to protestors, who then perform illicit acts out in the open in front of everyone. Another man was there just to hide from the police. "I got warrants. I'm running from the law. I'm not even supposed to be here, but it's as good a spot to hide as any," said the twenty-four year-old man from Stamford, Connecticut. (7)

As of this writing, protests have spread to 900 cities in Europe, Africa, Asia, and North America. (8) A protest in Rome, Italy, turned into a full-blown riot on October 15, 2011, with some protestors throwing rocks and bottles at police while others were wielding clubs and hammers. The protestors threw firecrackers at banks, destroyed ATMs, and set trash bins on fire. (9) The mayor of Rome estimates the damage from the carnage to be approximately 1.4 million dollars. (10)

The protests in the United States have been nonviolent for the most part. Nevertheless, there were some sparks of violence in Manhattan when Brookfield Properties, the company who owns Zucotti Park, the site where protestors are camping out, announced plans to come in and clean the area. Despite the fact that Brookfield Property officials told the protestors that they would be allowed to return once the deep cleaning was completed, leaders of the protest interpreted the plans as an eviction notice. Consequently, some protestors began to fight with police officers, and rather than allow the situation to escalate, Brookfield Properties postponed the cleaning of the park. (11) This event, while it may seem insignificant, does provide some insight into the mentality of the protestors, who can quickly turn violent if they feel threatened by the authorities.

Others involved in the protests have plainly called for violence. One protestor at the "Occupy Los Angeles" event stated the following, "One of the speakers said the solution is nonviolent movement. No, my friend. I'll give you two examples: French Revolution, and Indian so-called Revolution. Gandhi today is, with respect to all of you, Gandhi is a tumor that the ruling class is using constantly to mislead us. French Revolution made fundamental transformation. But it was bloody. India, the result of Gandhi, is 600 million people living in maximum poverty. So ultimately, the bourgeoisie won't go without violent means. Revolution! Yes, revolution that is led by the working class. Long live revolution! Long live socialism!" (12) The protestor's remarks were met with enthusiastic cheers from the audience.

Actress Roseanne Barr has also expressed support for the movement and issued a bizarre statement while being interviewed by Russia Today. "I do say that I am in favor of the return of the guillotine and that is for the worst of the worst of the guilty. I first would allow the guilty bankers to pay, you know, the ability to pay back anything over $100 million [of] personal wealth because I believe in a maximum wage of $100 million. And if they are unable to live on that amount then they should, you know, go to the reeducation camps and if that doesn't help, then being beheaded." (13) It is unclear whether or not Ms. Barr was joking when she made the statement with a straight face. However, even if she wasn't serious, her remarks were distasteful and she should be ashamed of herself.

It is quite obvious that there are some very ugly spirits behind the Occupy Wall Street movement. Yet, the protestors have garnered a great deal of support from around the world. Amongst the groups and world leaders expressing support for the cause are Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei (14), socialist president of Venezuela Hugo Chavez (15), the government of North Korea (16), the Communist Party USA (17), and the American Nazi Party. (18) The Communist Party USA seemed particularly enthusiastic about the movement when they posted the following statement on their website, "This is an exciting time! Thousands of mainly young people have been occupying Wall Street for three weeks already, and the 'Occupy Movement' has spread to more than 200 other cities. On October 6 the actions spread to our nation's capital." The website also announced plans to participate in the Occupy Los Angeles protests. (19)

Is America Still The "Land Of Opportunity?"

When we consider the current conditions of our communities around the United States, it is not surprising that so many people are unhappy. The inept leadership of our Congress and Barack Obama's Administration has left the population at large with very few opportunities in a country which has often been called the "land of opportunity." Looking back at Obama's performance since 2009, it has been only one miscue after another. However, I do not believe Obama to be an unintelligent man. In fact, I suspect that many of his miscues were intentional, because the man embraces a socialist ideology and is purposely sabotaging the United States. Here let it be noted that the United States of America has accumulated more debt since Obama took office than it did throughout the entire first forty-one presidencies combined from George Washington through George H. W. Bush. With Obama at the helm, America increases its debt by over 4 billion dollars every single day. It is estimated that the national debt will be nearly 17 trillion dollars by the time Obama's term ends on January 20, 2013. (20) Even after all the money he has wasted and all the debt with which he has burdened the American people, Obama now wants to spend nearly half of a trillion dollars on his Jobs Act!

The United States is in such dire trouble that entire cities are now literally going bankrupt. In fact, the city of Harrisburg, which is the capital of the state of Pennsylvania, filed for chapter 9 bankruptcy in October 2011. "This really is our only option out there. I believe this is the only thing that will work," said Councilman Brad Koplinski. (21) Other cities and counties which are going broke include Central Falls, Rhode Island; Pontiac, Michigan; Jefferson County, Alabama; Harrison, New Jersey; Detroit, Michigan; Salem, New Jersey; Riverdale, Illinois; Strafford County, New Hampshire; and Camden, New Jersey. (22)

Economic hardships now reach far and wide across America. In Highland Park, Michigan, DTE Energy Company has repossessed 1400 streetlights because the city cannot pay its electricity bill. (23) In the city of Detroit, Michigan, funding for education is so poor that 47 percent of all citizens are now functionally illiterate. (24) In Topeka, Kansas, the city council has voted to stop prosecuting misdemeanors, including cases of domestic violence, because they do not have adequate funds to do so. (25) In Las Vegas, Nevada, which has been hit hard by home foreclosures, there are now approximately a thousand people living in the flood tunnels underneath the city. (26)

Sadly, the unemployment situation in the United States has not improved in any significant manner throughout the year 2011. Part of Obama's plan to get Americans back to work involves rebuilding America's crumbling infrastructure. Yet, it has now come to light that many projects, such as the renovation of the Alexander Hamilton Bridge in New York and the rebuilding of the Bay Bridge, which connects Oakland and San Francisco in California, are being performed by Chinese firms. Scott Paul, executive director for the Alliance for American Manufacturing, was understandably upset about this development. "When we subsidize jobs in China, we're not creating any wealth in the United States," Mr. Paul stated. (27) Although the Chinese companies use some American workers, all profits from the projects flow out of the country and into China. It is also interesting to note that some of the firms being used, such as the China State Construction Engineering Corporation, are directly owned by the Chinese government. Thus, many American construction projects are now helping to fund an oppressive Communist regime.

There certainly are not as many opportunities as there used to be in America. A large percentage of the population must now rely on government programs just to make ends-meet. In fact, Americans are now receiving more income from the government than they are paying in through taxes. The last time this happened was during the Great Depression. (28) According to the Wall Street Journal, 48.5% of all Americans are now depending on government programs to survive. (29)

Will this erstwhile great nation of the United States ever return to prosperity again? Only God knows for sure. At any rate, this country's leadership has put this nation in a very deep hole. Even if the economy would improve to an extent, it seems unlikely that the United States could ever pay off its debt. Furthermore, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the level of public debt in America is on pace to reach 716 percent of the nation's gross domestic product by the year 2080. (30) The United States may already be beyond the point of no return. However, the United States is only one of many nations choking on its debt. We must remember that the elite masterminds at organizations such as the Council on Foreign Relations want to destroy the sovereignty of every nation and bring about a global one world government. They know that goal can only be attained if the current economic systems of the world fail. I believe the new system would be controlled by the Antichrist, and the people would be corralled into the system by a promise to forgive all outstanding debts.

My father used to say, "Your god is the one you turn to in the time of need." I would much rather put my trust in the Almighty Creator of the universe than any unreliable system that man has established. It is amazing to me how the one true solution to the world's problems is so often overlooked by the majority of the people. If every man, woman, and child would faithfully follow and obey the teachings of Jesus Christ, it would end all poverty and hunger. Every war would immediately cease. I encourage each and every one of you to put your faith and trust in God. For as it says in Isaiah 33:22, "For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us."

American Lives - Under New Micromanagement!

These days the lives of us living here in America are governed by thousands of rules and regulations designed to micromanage our lives. We are told that we have freedom of speech and expression, yet Americans are often penalized for exercising their right to free speech. Likewise, there are new restrictions on what we can do with our own property and even what kind of light bulbs we can use. The oppressive spirit which is rising up all over America is not only suffered at the hand of government agencies, but it is also sometimes brought about by authority figures such as school officials.

At William C. Wood High School in California, a student was recently disciplined for saying "Bless you" to another student after a sneeze. "The blessing doesn't make sense anymore. [In the old days] they were saying 'God bless you' for getting rid of evil spirits. But today, what you're doing doesn't really make any sense," said health teacher Steve Cuckovich. Mr. Cuckovich deducted twenty-five points from the student's grade. (31)

A group of football coaches at a middle school in Tennessee were reprimanded by the principal's office after they were spotted and reported for bowing their heads in prayer. (32)

In Fort Worth, Texas, a student was punished after stating to another student that he believed, "Being a homosexual is wrong." "It wasn't directed to anyone except my friend who was sitting behind me. I guess [the teacher] heard me. He started yelling. He told me he was going to write me an infraction and send me to the office," said the student. The boy was originally sentenced to a suspension by the principal's office; although this decision was later overturned. (33)

A couple in Mission Viejo, California, have been warned by city officials to stop holding Bible studies in their home. They were fined $300 in September 2011 for doing so and threatened with more fines for holding a "regular gathering of more than three people." (34)

In Wisconsin, a Dane County circuit court judge by the name of Patrick J. Fiedler recently wrote in the clarification of a court case regarding the right to consume raw milk, "No, Plaintiffs do not have a fundamental right to own and use a dairy cow or dairy herd. No, Plaintiffs do not have a fundamental right to consume milk from their own cow. No, Plaintiffs do not have a fundamental right to produce and consume foods of their choice." (35)

Beginning in January 2012, Americans will no longer be able to purchase 100-watt incandescent light bulbs. The new regulations are part of a 2007 energy bill which calls for the phase-out of most incandescent bulbs by the year 2014. (36) As an alternative, most Americans will purchase compact fluorescent bulbs. Unfortunately, the bulbs contain mercury, which is a toxic poison. Although the amount contained in each bulb is very small, breaking a bulb still unleashes a toxin into your home. The impact such bulbs will have on landfills is also worrisome since millions of them will be discarded in the coming years.

We now live in a country where simply stating your beliefs, holding Bible studies, or trying to produce your own food can land you in hot water with the authorities. Sadly, the rights of the American citizen, which are spoken of so often even today, are being systematically stripped from the people. The situation has only grown worse as we have progressed through time, and I hate to imagine what this country may be like in future generations.

Are Flu Shots Safe?

It is that time of the year again when hospitals, pharmacies, and other locations are pushing for every American to go out and get a flu shot. But are flu shots really a good idea? My parents were strongly opposed to vaccinations, including flu shots, and for that reason, I have never received one. Yet, I have not suffered from the flu in over fifteen years. It seems to me that many of the people who come down with the flu have been inoculated against it. In fact, I have heard many complain about getting the flu shortly after receiving the shots! Here let it be noted that a 2010 study found that flu shots are only 1 percent effective in preventing the flu. (37) Flu shots can also cause nasty side effects as was the case in Finland, where seventy-nine children between the ages of four and nineteen developed narcolepsy after receiving a vaccine for swine flu. The majority of the children who were afflicted also suffered from cataplexy, hallucinations, and paralyzing physical collapses. (38) Considering the potential consequences, it appears we would all be better off if we did not get flu shots.

A Rumor Of War!

Iran has been receiving heavy news coverage in recent days. In late September 2011, the Islamic nation announced that they are now mass producing a new cruise missile. The new missiles, which the Iranians have named Ghader, have a range of 124 miles and the capability to "sink giant warships." (39) The head of Iran's navy has also threatened to move warships close to the Atlantic coast of the United States. "Like the arrogant powers that are present near our marine borders, we will also have a powerful presence close to American marine borders," said Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari. (40)

In October 2011, a news story broke detailing the alleged plot by Iran to assassinate the ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the United States. According to the reports, the plot involved the deployment of an explosive device at the ambassador's favorite restaurant in Washington, D.C. An US-Iranian citizen by the name of Manssor Arbabsiar was arrested after the assassin he tried to hire to do the job turned out to be an undercover agent of the US Drug Enforcement Administration, or DEA. "This conspiracy was conceived, was sponsored, and was directed from Iran, and constitutes a flagrant violation of US and international law," stated US Attorney General Eric Holder. (41)

The alleged plot has caused much outrage in the United States and abroad. In response, Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal stated, "Somebody in Iran will have to pay the price." (42) Barack Obama issued a similar threat stating that Iran will "pay a price." (43) In an article written for Newsmax, Joel C. Rosenberg, a former aide to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, suggested that now may be the time for the United States to launch pre-emptive military attacks against Iran. (44)

It is beginning to look as though war with Iran in the near future is a very real possibility. Even before details of the assassination plot unfolded, the nation of France was already threatening military action against Iran. French ambassador Gerard Araud stated at an UN meeting on September 27, 2011, "If we don't succeed today to reach a negotiation with the Iranians, there is a strong risk of military action." (45) If war with Iran was to break out, it is not far-fetched to wonder if it might lead to World War III. Iran is on friendly terms with China, North Korea, and Russia.

In closing, I know that we are truly living in perilous times. What we see happening all around us can be hard to bear. It is for that reason that I put all my faith, trust, and hope in Jesus Christ. I encourage each and every one of you to do the same. It was the Apostle Paul who once wrote in I Corinthians 15:19, "If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable." I am so thankful that this present life is not all that we will have. If you have not yet fully given your heart to God, I encourage you to do so now. The enemy will often try to convince us that we are giving up too much by serving God, but as my father used to say, "The only thing I gave up by becoming a Christian was going to hell."

Thank you to all who so graciously support this ministry. I am especially grateful for your financial contributions even in these times of economic hardship. We at Last Trumpet Ministries take great care to ensure that nothing is wasted, and that the resources we are given are used to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ to a world that so desperately needs Him. As always, please feel welcome to send us your prayer requests. We take prayer seriously, and each request will be given individual attention. Grace and peace be unto you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Samuel David Meyer Acknowledgements 01. History.com, French Revolution article, http://history.com. 02. Wikipedia Encyclopedia, Causes of the French Revolution, http://wikipedia.org. 03. Thinkquest.org, Storming of the Bastille, http://thinkquest.org. 04. History.com, French Revolution article, http://history.com. 05. About Adbusters, http://adbusters.org. 06. Reuters News Service, October 13, 2011, By Mark Egan and Michelle Nichols, New York, NY. 07. The Daily Mail, October 10, 2011, By Hannah Roberts, Paul Bentley, and Mark Duell, http://dailymail.co.uk. 08. The Washington Post, October 16, 2011, By Karla Adam, London, England. 09. ABC News, October 15, 2011, By Alessandra Rizzo, http://abcnews.go.com. 10. The Washington Post, October 16, 2011, By Karla Adam, London, England. 11. The Daily Mail, October 14, 2011, By Mark Duell, http://dailymail.co.uk. 12. YouTube Video, http://youtube.com/watch?v=qlPY9AfQFqI. 13. Real Clear Politics, October 1, 2011, By Real Clear Politics, http://realclearpolitics.com. 14. 24/7 Wall Street, October 12, 2011, By Jon C. Ogg, http://247wallstreet.com. 15. The Globe and Mail, October 8, 2011, By Enrique Andres Pretel, http://theglobeandmail.com. 16. Associated Press, October 18, 2011, By Associated Press, Seoul, South Korea. 17. Communist Party USA, Official website, http://cpusa.org. 18. The Blaze, October 15, 2011, By Madeleine Morgenstern, http://theblaze.com. 19. Communist Party USA, Official website, http://cpusa.org. 20. CNS News, October 5, 2011, By Terence P. Jeffrey, http://cnsnews.com. 21. MSNBC Bottom Line, October 12, 2011, By Patrick Rizzo, http://bottomline.msnbc.msn.com. 22. 24/7 Wall Street, October 1, 2011, By Charles Stockdale, http://247wallstreet.com. 23. Raw Story, October 11, 2011, By David Edwards, http://rawstory.com. 24. CBS News, May 4, 2011, By CBS News, Detroit, MI. 25. NBC News, October 10, 2011, By Greg Wilson, http://nbcchicago.com. 26. The Daily Mail, November 4, 2010, By Daily Mail Reporter, http://dailymail.co.uk. 27. ABC News, September 23, 2011, By Chris Cuomo, Joseph Rhee, and Linh Tran, http://abcnews.go.com. 28. MSN Money, April 20, 2011, By James Cooper, http://money.msn.com. 29. The Wall Street Journal, October 5, 2011, By The Wall Street Journal, http://wsj.com. 30. The Daily Beast, March 15, 2010, By Andrew Nagorski, http://thedailybeast.com. 31. Christian Post, September 30, 2011, By Ravelle Mohammed, http://christianpost.com. 32. Fox News, September 28, 2011, By Todd Starnes, http://foxnews.com. 33. Fox News, September 22, 2011, By Todd Starnes, http://foxnews.com. 34. CBS News, September 20, 2011, By CBS News, Mission Viejo, CA. 35. Official Court Document, September 9, 2011, By Judge Patrick J. Fiedler. 36. USA Today, December 16, 2007, By Paul Davidson, http://usatoday.com. 37. Activist Post, October 1, 2011, By Anthony Gucciardi, http://activistpost.com. 38. AFP, October 5, 2011, By AFP, Helsinki, Finland. 39. Fox News, September 28, 2011, By Fox News, http://foxnews.com. 40. The New York Times, September 28, 2011, By Rick Gladstone, http://nytimes.com. 41. The Christian Science Monitor, October 12, 2011, By Warren Richey, http://csmonitor.com. 42. Reuters News Service, October 12, 2011, By Mark Hosenball and Parisa Hafezi, Washington D.C./Tehran, Iran. 43. ABC News, October 13, 2011, By Lee Ferran, http://abcnews.go.com. 44. Newsmax, October 13, 2011, By Joel Rosenberg, http://newsmax.com. 45. Russia Times, September 28, 2011, By Russia Times, http://rt.com. Special Note: A new tribute website for Pastor David J. Meyer can now be accessed at http://pastormeyer.org. Read more at endrtimes.blogspot.com

 

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The Jesuit Order and Europe

In 1957 a treaty was signed in Rome that every man, woman and child in theUnited Kingdom will regret as long as they live

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The Jesuit Order and Europe

In 1957 a treaty was signed in Rome that every man, woman and child in theUnited Kingdom will regret as long as they live

It was called the Treaty of Rome and marked the formation of what was then termed, “The Common Market.” Ted Heath, Prime Minister at the time, took this country into the common Ted Heath market soon after. Today the European Union has taken over this country lock, stock and barrel! If you listen to the controlled media, you could easily assume that the European Union was a wholly secular entity. You would be gravely mistaken. The power behind the Union, is not a bunch of politicians, it is in fact being steered by no other than the harlot church of the book of Revelation. The Jesuit order are the puppet masters pulling the strings of every nation state in the union. We need to understand that there is something very sinister happening before our very eyes that will spell trouble for every true follower of Jesus Christ in this country as well as every nation in this amalgam of countries. The power behind Europe is the Jesuit Order. For those of us who don’t know who the Jesuits are, let me give you a brief outline. WHO ARE THE JESUITS? The Society of Jesus, commonly called the Jesuits, is a secret order of the Roman Catholic Church. It was founded on Assumption Day, 1534, which fell on the 15th of August of that year, in the Chapel of Notre-dame de Montmartre by Spanish Cavalier named Ignatius Loyola. The order was sanctioned by Pope Paul III in September 27th 1540. Loyola indulged in many Ignatius Loyola satanic disciplines and taught his followers to do the same; this gave them a great deal of occult power and resulted in the extreme demon possession of its adherents. This is evident to anyone who wants to research the diabolical antics of these priests throughout the ages. They took, and still take, blood curdling oaths when inducted into the order. These oaths bare a chilling resemblance to the oaths taken in freemasonry. The oath of the Jesuits to serve the Pope according to his pleasure, along with Loyola's vitriolic hatred of the doctrines of Grace, inevitably would lead to the Jesuit mission to effect a "counter-reformation" by declaring war on the true Christian faith. This Counter Reformation is still going on through the formation of Europe. Their mission is reflected in this excerpt of the Jesuit oath: "I furthermore promise and declare that I will, when opportunity present, make and wage relentless war, secretly or openly, against all heretics, Protestants and Liberals, as I am directed to do, to extirpate and exterminate them from the face of the whole earth; and that I will spare neither age, sex or condition; and that I will hang, waste, boil, flay, strangle and bury alive these infamous heretics, rip up the stomachs and wombs of their women and crush their infants' heads against the walls, in order to annihilate forever their execrable race. That when the same cannot be done openly, I will secretly use the poisoned cup, the strangulating cord, the steel of the poniard or the leaden bullet, regardless of the honor, rank, dignity, or authority of the person or persons, whatever may be their condition in life, either public or private, as I at any time may be directed so to do by any agent of the Pope or Superior of the Brotherhood of the Holy Faith, of the Society of Jesus". (Emphasis Mine) Foxes Book of Martyrs There was a time in this countries history when, besides the bible, Foxes Book of Martyrs was compulsory reading in the protestant Churches throughout the land. The reason was very simple, that we should never forget the millions of believers in Jesus Christ slaughtered by the Roman Catholic Church. If you care to read Foxes account of the barbaric deeds committed against Gods little flock, you will see every thing promised in the Jesuit oath above, was carried out with unimaginable vigor by these emissaries of evil. Much evidence exists to prove that the Jesuits and another group birthed out of their hellish loins, the Illuminate, were responsible for starting the French Revolution and both world wars. After WWII, these fiends went underground and proceeded to succeed with subterfuge, where outright conflict had failed. Both world wars were created to force their plan of a united Europe with them at the heart. This plan is still underway and is being rolled out before our very eyes under the guise of the European Union. You may be shocked to find that Hitler was trying to create a united Europe and that he fashioned his SS to be an exact model of the Jesuit order, which he admired greatly. Hitler was in fact a devoted Roman Catholic. Pope Pius XII was actually called “Hitler’s Pope!” The whore of Revelation loves war, but she is Pacelli (Pope Pius XII)greeting Hitler also very beguiling, working behind the scenes controlling whole governments through her Jesuits Devils. She is currently gaining enormous strength through the European Union, which like ecumenicalism, is a union from hell. If you care to take the time to research what the Roman Catholic Institution have been up to in the last 60 to 70 years, you will find that she is as much a ravenous wolf now, as she was in the days covered by Foxes Book of Martyrs. Before I proceed, please remember to test all things! We are commanded to be “wise as serpents”… why? Because the serpent will do what he can to deceive us - we must know what is going on in the world to be effective warriors for the Kingdom of Heaven. We quote the following scripture often, Matthew 24:24 “For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.” If we suppose that “if it were possible” means that it is not possible, then we forget that Christ said, in verse 4 of the same chapter, “…Take heed that no man deceives you!” Yes, it is possible my friends, that we are indeed being deceived, in fact, we are being set up for Satan’s last purge of the Church of Jesus Christ. He is insane! You see, everything the devil does is with only one thing in mind, kill the body of Christ. He is insane, but he is also very clever, he knows the body of Christ is the only force on earth strong enough to stop him. He will use his time tested, satanic forces, now waiting in the wings, giving them free reign to hunt down and kill God’s people once again. The Roman Catholic Church have been the enemy of God’s true Church for They were obedient unto death well over a thousand years, nothing has changed, we are going to be found napping if we don’t heed the warning. Remember I am talking about the institution, not the people being deceived by it. We need to witness to Roman Catholics and they need to come out of her, if they are not to be utterly lost. I have posted a video at the end of this article which, if you have never seen it before, will shock you to the core. You will see just how well the enemy in Rome has stitched up the British people to the point where our parliament is almost totally powerless, with 80% of all decision making power now being wielded in Strasbourg and Brussels. The following quote comes from Douglas S. Winnail, a researcher, who says the following… “This centuries-long agenda (Ed Note: the taking over of Europe) did not die with the last claimant to the Imperial title. In 1945, Pope Pius XII sought to restore this mutually beneficial relationship by working to establish a new (predominantly Catholic) country formed from Austria and parts of Germany under the leadership of Dr. Otto von Hapsburg, the heir to the Austrian throne. While this dream did not materialize, the papacy recognized the possibilities in a unitedEurope where in many countries Roman Catholics are 80 to 90 percent of the population. Forty years ago, Pope John XXIII predicted that the new Europewould become "the greatest Catholic super state the world has ever known" and "the greatest single human force ever seen by man." This is a key reason why the Vatican has actively promoted European unity. Pope John XXIII urged Roman Catholics to be "in the front ranks" of the effort to unify Europe. Many of the "founding fathers" of the new Europe were devout Catholics, as are many of its leading proponents today (Ed Note: Do you think it just a coincident that Tony Blair converted to Catholicism as soon as he left office? Did you know he has put himself forward as a future president? The future president of Europe must be a Catholic). Even the press has described "the idea of a united Europe as essentially a Catholic concept" (The Financial Times, May 22, 1995). However, it has been Pope John Paul II who has promoted this key Vatican agenda for a quarter of a century. He has given nearly 700 speeches concerning Europe, and repeatedly urged Europeans to "discover their roots" as they build their "common European house." Those roots go back to the alliance between the Catholic Church and the Holy Roman Empire that ruledEurope for more than a thousand years. John Paul II has warned that dark clouds hover over a continent that yields to unbridled secularism, that Europe could "lose its identity" and that its unity could "collapse within a decade" if it fails to acknowledge its Catholic Christian heritage” (see The Economist, August 24, 2002). (Emphasis mine) End quote. The power of the British people is almost gone forever, but the power of the body of Christ is as potent as it has always been, for the pulling down of strongholds. There is only one way the enemy can disarm God’s people… deception! This is why Christ told His disciples, “take heed that no man deceives you!” Everything going on to bring about a United Sates of Europe is being done to give the Catholic Institution the power to finally destroy the reformation and enslave Christ’s people… Everything! Red Hot Christians pull down strongholds, lukewarm ones will perish in pointless suffering. Let the hearer beware. If you are reading this I beseech you to take your own temperature, now, whilst there is still time. Are you red hot for Christ? If not are you at least stoking the fire? I now want to focus our attention on the way the enemy has deceived us. This is going to be tough going, but if we want to be free to serve our fellow man and become sons of God, we are going to have to perform some surgery on our flesh. Working in the deliverance ministry for over a decade has taught me many things about setting the captives free. One thing I learned is that sometimes we have to lance the boil to release the poison before healing will come. Time to lance the boil! Take a look at our Christian life, are we completely satisfied that we are in the same church as the Apostle Paul was in? Are we so full of the love of God that we would relish a martyr’s crown? Do you love your fellow man so much that you would give up you job to serve them? Are we afraid to knock on a stranger’s door and ask them if they understand the certainty of hell without Jesus? Nicky Cruz (of cross and the switchblade fame)was one of Satan’s finest before he was rescued by our Supreme Commander to fight on God’s side of the battlefield. He said the following… "We stink more of the world than we stink of sack cloth and ashes. A lot of contemporary churches today would feel more at home in a movie house rather than in a house of prayer, more afraid of holy living than of sinning, know more about money than magnifying Christ in our bodies. It is so compromised that holiness and living a sin-free life is heresy to the modern church. The modern church is, quite simply, just the world with a Christian T-shirt on!" Christ put it another way, Rev 3:15-17 “I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked” Fear and trepidation has entered the church in recent months, because of a financial crisis. The Church is full of Mammon worshipers who have become slaves to their job, rather than sons and daughters of the King who serve their fellow man. We go to Church on Sunday and come home thinking that we have fulfilled our Christian duty, when in actual fact, we could be on the brink of disaster. The world is cold to the Lord of Salvation who died for them. If the Church is not red hot for God in comparison, then He will spew us out of His mouth, Let him who has an ear... There is no middle ground in Christianity we are either for Christ or we are, lukewarm and against Him. Christ knew what the Church would look like in the last days. Thankfully, He is forever gracious to us and has, as always, provided an escape route. It is found a bit farther on in the same chapter, Rev 3:18-22 “I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hears my voice, and opens the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.” (Emphasis Mine) “I counsel thee” is another way of saying, “if you take my advice” when it comes from the lips of Christ, we most certainly should! He is telling us to be “over comers” which suggests activity on our part. On the other hand lukewarm suggests passivity - any dead fish can float downstream - it takes a live one to swim against the current. “Be zealous therefore and REPENT”. This last part is the good news, because we can rekindle our first love and get right with God as soon as we come to repentance. But what exactly are we to repent of? Disobedience! When we read New Testament scripture, we see places where we are commanded to do things. “The things you see Me do your should do also…” Is your Church working the same works Christ did when He was in the flesh? Or what about this,Mark 16:15-18 “And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.” Does our life remotely resemble this? Hear is the definitive wake up scripture, “if ye love Me, keep my commandments” Are we keeping the commandments of Christ? These and other scriptures are saying very plainly, that if we are not… we do not love Christ. We love ourselves instead of our neighbour, our job more than doing what God has asked us to do. We worship TV and soak in the sewage of this society, rather than getting into the word of God. Some Pastors out there only study the word when they are preparing a dead sermon, to tell the lukewarm church “You're doing fine, keep paying your tithes, no need to go out and speak to people, let’s just pray for God to make them come to us." This is completely un-scriptural; two little words in the bible prove this, “go yea!” We may feel a little smug if we are not pastors, evangelist, teachers Prophets Etc. but I wouldn’t if I were you. The Word says “Them that believe” not pastors or evangelists, believers! Do we believe? If I told you the building you were in was on fire, but you didn’t believe me, you would go on as normal. If you did believe, immediate action would prove it, as you ran for the fire exit. Belief is always followed by action! Believers in Christ will act on His commands to go into ALL the world, not just people in our circle of influence. Our Churchies are riddled with false converts. which prompts the question, are we even saved? Am I saying that it is possible to lose our salvation? Absolutely not! I’m saying that perhaps we are not saved at all! If the Jesuits turned up and hauled some of our churches to court to prosecute them for being Christians, most of us would be dismissed for lack of evidence. Father Adolfo Nicolás is the new 'Black Pope' Do yourself a big favor, read Foxes book of Martyrs, because those days are coming again, and some of us won’t survive them without a deep relationship with Jesus Christ. To make this more tangable I will give yo an account of the slaughter of Protestants in the streets ofIreland in 1641. "The design of this horrid conspiracy (Ed Note: to kill all protestants) was that a general insurrection should take place at the same time throughout the kingdom, and that all the Protestants, without exception, should be murdered. The day fixed for this horrid massacre, was the twenty-third of October, 1641, the feast of Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Jesuits; and the chief conspirators in the principal parts of the kingdom made the necessary preparations for the intended conflict." “…The papists having besieged the town and castle of Longford, and the inhabitants of the latter, who were Protestants, surrendering on condition of being allowed quarter, the besiegers, the instant the townspeople appeared, attacked them in a most unmerciful manner, their priest, as a signal for the rest to fall on,first ripping open the belly of the English Protestant minister; after which his followers murdered all the rest, some of whom they hanged, others were stabbed or shot, and great numbers knocked on the head with axes provided for the purpose.” “…Many others were put to deaths of the most horrid nature, and such as could have been invented only by demons instead of men. Some of them were laid with the center of their backs on the axle-tree of a carriage, with their legs resting on the ground on one side, and their arms and head on the other. In this position, one of the savages scourged the wretched object on the thighs, legs, etc., while another set on furious dogs, which tore to pieces the arms and upper parts of the body; and in this dreadful manner were they deprived of their existence. Great numbers were fastened to horses' tails, and the beasts being set on full gallop by their riders, the wretched victims were dragged along until they expired. Others were hung on lofty gibbets, and a fire being kindled under them, they finished their lives, partly by hanging, and partly by suffocation. Nor did the more tender sex escape the least particle of cruelty that could be projected by their merciless and furious persecutors. Many women, of all ages, were put to deaths of the most cruel nature. Some, in particular, were fastened with their backs to strong posts, and being stripped to their waists, the inhuman monsters cut off their right breasts with shears, which, of course, put them to the most excruciating torments; and in this position they were left, until, from the loss of blood, they expired.” (Emphasis Mine) End Quote. Friends this is tame as you would see if you read Foxes Book of Martyrs, which you can do on line hear: http://www.ccel.org/f/foxe/martyrs/home.html You can forget any pre-tribulation rapture my friends, it is not consistent with scripture, regardless of how you interpret it. Besides what you have just read above, Paul tells the church in Corinth about his life since he became an Apostle of Jesus Christ… 2Co 11:23-28 “Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches." All the other Apostles were murdered, apart form John who survived being boiled in oil, which is in fact what Christ said, would happen to them… “if they persecute Me, they will persecute you!” We may dismiss what Paul said about his suffering because he was such a giant in the church, thinking this would not happen to us, however, this would be foolishness in the extreme. Please realise that an estimated 70 million people have been murdered and often tortured for their faith since the time of Paul’s writing. If you do not have a faith you would die for, you will not live for it either. Yes my friends, we will be going through to the end and many of us will suffer for our faith, you will do yourself great service if you prepare now, whilst there is still time. Latimer and Ridley Some of the true believers in Christ are going to be murdered in His cause. Only a mad man would relish this, but I have faith in my Lord to provide the Grace when it is needed. Latimer and Ridley were two Protestants in England who were tried and found guilty of heresy. They were in their cell the night before they were to be burned at the stake. Whilst reading the bible by candle light, the younger man, Ridley, burned his hand on the candle. He shouted in pain then broke down in tears telling Latimer, “How will I endure the faggots and the post, if I am so wounded by a candle?” The older wiser Latimer answered, “My young friend, God’s grace will be at the post not the candle!" Both of them were led away the next day singing praises to God. They were set on fire and continued to praise their Lord as their flesh burned. Latimer’s last words at the stake are well known: "Be of good cheer, Master Ridley, and play the man, for we shall this day light such a candle in England as I trust by God' grace shall never be put out." Gods grace was indeed at the post. Please don’t tell me after so many brave man and women have given their lives to the brutality of the enemy, that God is going to take us away to heaven before the trouble starts. Please… don’t! This time of persecution is almost on us brothers and sisters, please hear this warning! The Jesuit Order are the most cunning, conniving, ruthless and above all, determined people on earth. Satanically inspired and driven by hosts of demons,they will stop at nothing until they complete the assignment given to them at their inception, which is to reverse the reformation. What we see happening inEurope has the Jesuit's finger prints all over it. As does the ecumenical movement, the Alpha Course, the world council of churches, etc, etc. But no matter how hard they try, the gates of hell will still not prevail against Christs called out ones, Glory to God! Please watch the video below and send me feed back. I really want to know what is happening in your life. I will also pray and work with anyone who wants to be free from the traditions of men. This invariably involves deliverance from demonic forces that have been assaulting God’s people for years. I promise you one thing, the devil will rue the day he ever ensnared God’s elect, provided you are willing to fight back now, while the element of surprise is in our favor. You’ll get me on gogsmac7@hotmail.com If you are sick and need healing then that too, is warfare. Don’t suffer when Christ has already taken the beating to purchase our healing. I discovered an interesting fact recently. Did you know that the medical profession have known for many years that there are 39 categories beneath which all sickness and disease fall? Do you remember how many stripes Christ took? That’s right… 39. To God be all the Glory forever! Gordon McGill: Revival Scotland Source Read more at endrtimes.blogspot.com

 

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