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---------- Inspiration For the Week---""Bring him unto me." (Mark 9:19)

Despairingly the poor disappointed father turned away from the disciples to their Master. His son was in the worst possible condition, and all means had failed, but the miserable child was soon delivered from the evil one when the parent in faith obeyed the Lord Jesus' word, "Bring him unto me." Children are a precious gift from God, but much anxiety comes with them. They may be a great joy or a great bitterness to their parents; they may be filled with the Spirit of God, or possessed with the spirit of evil. In all cases, the Word of God gives us one receipt for the curing of all their ills, "Bring him unto me." O for more agonizing prayer on their behalf while they are yet babes! Sin is there, let our prayers begin to attack it. Our cries for our offspring should precede those cries which betoken their actual advent into a world of sin. In the days of their youth we shall see sad tokens of that dumb and deaf spirit which will neither pray aright, nor hear the voice of God in the soul, but Jesus still commands, "Bring them unto me." When they are grown up they may wallow in sin and foam with enmity against God; then when our hearts are breaking we should remember the great Physician's words, "Bring them unto me." Never must we cease to pray until they cease to breathe.

No case is hopeless while Jesus lives.

The Lord sometimes suffers His people to be driven into a corner that they may experimentally know how necessary He is to them. Ungodly children, when they show us our own powerlessness against the depravity of their hearts, drive us to flee to the strong for strength, and this is a great blessing to us. Whatever our morning's need may be, let it like a strong current bear us to the ocean of divine love. Jesus can soon remove our sorrow, He delights to comfort us. Let us hasten to Him while He waits to meet us. [C.H. Spurgeon, "Morning and Evening Devotions"]

---------- Resource Update ----------

Freemasonry Under The Microscope

DVD or VHS * NEW!! DVD - "Masons: Friend or Foe To The Born Again Christian?" by David Wegener, Hope For America - Many of our leaders have sworn allegiance to a Masonic Order of one type of another. Our current election features two brothers in a Masonically-based secret society called "Skull & Bones". One New Age author described Freemasonry as "the most 'smoke-and-mirrors' organization in world history", as it deceives its members like no other organization -- ever. Masonry is a global organization with global goals, and demanding global allegiance which supercedes any national allegiance!

What are these leaders pledging their allegiance to and how deeply entrenched are their goals regarding America today? Since Freemasonry has attempted so strenuously to claim that they are just a "good old boy fraternity" that does good works and has a good time, most Americans would be shocked to learn the bitter truth behind that facade.

2 hours, 40 minutes of instruction -- http://www.cuttingedge.org/detail.cfm?ID=928

Also Available in VHS - http://www.cuttingedge.org/detail.cfm?ID=243

* "America's Secret Establishment: Introduction to the Order of Skull & Bones": The original classic expose' by Antony Sutton - This book - published originally in 1986 - is THE classic study of Skull & Bones, that Black Magick Secret Society to which Presidents Bush and Candidate John Kerry belong! The author shows not only what Skull & Bones is, but also how it fits in the overall Illuminati plan to change America first and subjugate her finally.
You will see the elite American families who have been working together for almost 200 years to bring all of American industry, education, and religion under their firm control.

Sutton was the first to identify Skull & Bones as being part of the global "Brotherhood of Death" societies, a devastating fact which then allows you to understand that all initiates go through the same exact rituals as did Adolf Hitler, who was a member of the "Brotherhood of Death" society called "The Thule Society". This book dove-tales with "Fleshing Out Skull & Bones", also written by Antony Sutton. - http://www.cuttingedge.org/detail.cfm?ID=821

* "Fleshing Out Skull & Bones - The Whole Story" - by Antony Sutton -- Since two out of our last three Presidents have been lifelong Adepts in Skull & Bones secret society, and since our current President has refused to disavow this society, it is highly important for us to know exactly what kind of society this is. Today, we have Bonesman John Kerry running against Bonesman Bush for President.

This chronicle of espionage, drug smuggling, and elitism in Yale University's Skull & Bones society offers rare glimpses into his secret world. Book is 712 pages, with 8 color photos, 80 black/white photos, 16 illustrations and 24 charts. Reports previously unpublished documents, photographs, and articles that delve deeply into issues such as racism, financial ties to the Nazi Party and illegal corporate dealings. Books prints a complete list of known members, including George Bush and George W. bush, and reprints of rare magazine articles on the Order of Skull & Bones. It is absolutely amazing the depth of material available to a skilled and determined researcher. Authors include journalists, historians, a professor emeritus of political science, and a newspaper editor; the only drawback is this book does not deal with the severe occult side of this society. However, the shocking secular information it does contain needs to be imparted to every citizen in America. -- http://www.cuttingedge.org/detail.cfm?ID=640

Given the incredibly strong propaganda campaign in America since World War II, most Americans do not realize how tightly our elections have been controlled. In 2004, we really have no choice, as each candidate is a life-long Adept in the Black Magick Secret Society, "Skull & Bones".

* "Masonic and Occult Symbols Illustrated" - by Dr. Cathy Burns - You shall know the truth the symbols teach! Dr. Burns proves that Freemasonry uses exactly the same symbols in their teachings that Satanists use! She uncovers the hidden meanings behind these symbols, and allows you to recognize that you come in contact with many of these symbols everyday of your life! This book also details much of the hidden occult origins of our holidays and of jewelry and makeup. This book is THE authoritative encyclopedia of Freemasonry symbols and their meaning. A great resource - http://www.cuttingedge.org/detail.cfm?ID=9

New Items

* "Forgiveness: I Just Can't Forgive Myself" - Booklet - only $1.99 - Robert Jones identifies five possible assumptions behind the longing for self- forgiveness and clears the path to complete forgiveness in Christ. Once you understand that Jesus has both forgiven you of your sins, and has elected to forget that you ever committed sins, you are free to both forgive yourself and to forget that past sin. - http://www.cuttingedge.org/detail.cfm?ID=926

* "Anger: Escaping the Maze" -- Booklet - only $1.99 - Anger. We all experience it, some more than others. When is it righteous and when is it not? How can we control our anger and not get caught in a maze of rage when things don't go our way? David Powlison takes a close look at anger to help us understand what it is and why we have it. He exposes three common misconceptions that leave us powerless to overcome anger. Using the illustration of a traffic jam, he probes the assumptions and cravings of the heart behind a typical angry response.

In place of the false premises and futile consequences of ungodly anger, Powlison guides us to biblical truths and outcomes that honor God and teach us how to live.Maps the biblical teaching on anger, and provides four practical questions to assess our anger and four to help resolve it. - http://www.cuttingedge.org/detail.cfm?ID=927

* "Pornography: Slaying The Dragon" -- Booklet - only $1.99 - “Private sexual fantasy can preoccupy vast areas of a person’s mental life,” notes David Powlison. “As explicit sexual images proliferate in films and magazines, on television, and over the Internet, the temptations increase and the bondage seems unbreakable. Even Christians can find that their lives have become a push- pull struggle between indulging in fantasy and resisting it.” “Is it really possible to slay the dragon of pornography and fantasy once it has gained control of your life?” asks Powlison. The answer is yes, as you will see from this interview with a man called Bob, who experienced Jesus Christ’s deliverance in this part of his life. - http://www.cuttingedge.org/detail.cfm?ID=925

* "Pre-Engagement: Five Questions A Couple Should Ask Themselves Before They Get Married" - Booklet only $1.99 - How do you know if you are ready to marry? What are the signs that a man and a woman are heading in the same direction and are right for each other? In this booklet, a Biblical counselor and a pastor team up to offer five pertinent questions designed to help couples decide whether to commit themselves to each other for life. These valuable questions bring to light basic convictions, assumptions, expectations, priorities and more. As couples think through and discuss these questions, they will better know themselves and know each other better - a good investment toward building a marriage on a solid foundation -- with Jesus Christ at the center. - http://www.cuttingedge.org/detail.cfm?ID=929

* "Addictions: A Banquet In The Grave: Finding Hope in the Power of the Gospel" - Book - Addiction: A Worship Disorder -- Will we worship ourselves and our own desires or will we worship the living, true God? Scripture reveals the actual condition of an addict: "Like guests at a banquet thrown by the 'woman Folly'. They are already in the grave." (Prov 9:13-18) Can we not escape our addictions? Following Jesus, we have immense hope that God is ready to give us power so that we are not mastered by addiction.

Destroys the myth that addiction is a disease and sin is a sickness. Welch shows that the helpless cycle of 'sickness, recovery and relapse' must be replaced with the Biblical view of 'sin, salvation and sanctification'. As a pastor, Biblical counselor, and redeemed ex-heroin addict, Welch has given every pastor, parishioner and anyone caught in the bondage of idolatry/addiction a Biblical road map to lasting freedom. 289 pages -- http://www.cuttingedge.org/detail.cfm?ID=924

* "DVD - The Search For The Real Mt. Sinai" -- Two explorers take an incredible expedition into the blistering Arabian Desert to discover what many scholars believe to be one of the greatest discoveries in history -- the real Mount Sinai, the holy mountain on which God gave Moses the Ten Commandments This DVD tells their amazing story. How they crawled into forbidden military installations; how they used night vision goggles to avoid being detected as they pursued their mission; how they discovered a dozen significant remnants still remaining at the site. These explorers embarked upon a journey which would change their lives forever, finding remarkable evidence that confirms the Bible as being historically accurate. This exciting footage literally leaps off the screen to document a story you'll never forget.

"What could possibly upstage the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls? Maybe the news that Mount Sinai has been found." (Ian Reed, Reuters News Agency) Not available right now in VHS - http://www.cuttingedge.org/detail.cfm?ID=915

---------- This Weeks Hot News ----------

I. Largely hidden by the election news, America's lawmakers are planning new legislation and new rules which will give the President more power over average -- non-terrorist -- Americans than Communist dictator, Joe Stalin, exercised over Russian subjects during his iron rule. These changes are completely covered over by the bland Presidential election of November 2.

A. National I.D. is quietly being implemented through the "back door" of states' driver's licenses.

NEWS BRIEF: "Congress Close to Establishing Rules for Driver's Licenses", By MATTHEW L. WALD, New York Times, October 11, 2004, http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/11/politics/11identity.html?oref=regi

"WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 - Following a recommendation of the Sept. 11 commission, the House and Senate are moving toward setting rules for the states that would standardize the documentation required to obtain a driver's license, and the data the license would have to contain. Critics say the plan would create a national identification card ... The Senate version of the intelligence bill includes an amendment ... that would let the secretary of homeland security decide what documents a state would have to require before issuing a driver's license, and would also specify the data that the license would have to include for it to meet federal standards. The secretary could require the license to include fingerprints or eye prints. The provision would allow the Homeland Security Department to require use of the license, or an equivalent card issued by motor vehicle bureaus to nondrivers for identification purposes, for access to planes, trains and other modes of transportation."

Let us stop here to properly digest what we have just learned. In the name of fighting terrorism, and of implementing the "suggestions" made by the whitewash 9/11 Commission, Congress is granting dictatorial authority to Homeland Security to force all 50 states to issue identical driver's licenses, amounting to a "National I.D. Card" -- a move long strenuously opposed by the average American. Can you see the tremendous mileage the Bush Administration has gotten out of the staged "terrorist attack" of 9/11, followed by hundreds upon hundreds of false security alarm headlines (NEWS1888) since then?

Spurred by "Wars and Rumors of Wars", Congress and the Bush Administration have now passed such draconian dictatorial legislation as to take your breath away on the one hand, while pleasing the "ghost" of Josef Stalin on the other. This legislation means that the Federal Government -- through Homeland Security -- would finally control the basic identity program long provided by the Driver's License system. While this paragraph states that this new driver's license would be required to travel planes, trains, and buses, since it is a driver's license, the government will logically extend this tight control over routine automobile travel; indeed, dissenters are likely to be prevented from even getting a driver's license, thus denying them the basic privilege of driving a vehicle.

Russia and other Communist countries had always placed this type of control over their internal population. Denying a dissenter the basic privilege of traveling was one very effective way in which to squash opposition to the government. Despite the fact that no terrorist has ever threatened America with buses or cars, that is the direction into which this legislation is leading us.

This National I.D. system will operate much like Russia's "internal passport" system, where any person at any public place at any time could be challenged for I.D. from any police officer; if the person did not have the proper I.D., they could be imprisoned for an indefinite period of time without any charges whatsoever. Let us now go back to this New York Times article to see that this is truly the direction into which we are headed.

"Some civil liberties advocates say they are horrified by the proposal. 'I think it means we're going to end up with a police state, essentially, by allowing the secretary of homeland security to designate the sensitive areas and allowing this integrating screening system', said Marv Johnson, the legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union. If the requirement to show the identification card can be applied to any mode of transportation, he said, that could eventually include subways or highways, and the result would be 'to require you to have some national ID card, essentially, in order to go from point A to point B' ... James C. Plummer Jr., a policy analyst at Consumer Alert, a nonprofit organization based here, said, 'You're looking at a system of internal passports, basically'."

From the beginning of the slide into this dictatorial abyss (October, 2001), Cutting Edge has been marveling at the fact that only the hated Liberal group, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was protesting these dictatorial laws. Where were all the Conservative spokesmen and organizations so active during the Clinton years, vigorously fighting every attempt to move America into these authoritarian rules? As a matter of fact, these Conservatives have been totally silenced because it is their President who is moving this country into the once-feared realm of dictatorship envisioned by Bill and Hillary Clinton! Truly, had Clinton tried to gain these terrible powers following 9/11, Conservatives by the tens of millions would have marched on Washington, D.C. to demand a stop to the process.

But, because a "Compassionate, Christian" President and a Bible-toting "Christian" Attorney General were leading the charge, Conservative dissent was all but squelched. In 1972, Conventional Wisdom held that only a Communist-hating Conservative like Richard Nixon could "open" China, granting her the recognition the Illuminati needed if they were going to proceed with their global plans; in like manner, only a "Christian" President and Attorney General could demand, and get, such draconian dictatorial powers.

Additionally, when undiscerning Conservatives read that the hated American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was criticising their President for something, they would immediately conclude that, if the ACLU was opposing this legislation, it must be good and they were going to support it! When the gates open up wide for the coming dictatorship, undiscerning Conservatives who superficially judge every situation will be more to blame than the wild-eyed Ted Kennedy Liberals!

B. Also hidden by the current focus on the campaign was a story about how the Federal Government may be ready to move into the Internet Media to clamp controls.

NEWS BRIEF: "FEC May Regulate Web Political Activity", My Way News, October 13, 2004

"WASHINGTON (AP) - With political fund raising, campaign advertising and organizing taking place in full swing over the Internet, it may just be a matter of time before the Federal Election Commission joins the action. Well, that time may be now. A recent federal court ruling says the FEC must extend some of the nation's new campaign finance and spending limits to political activity on the Internet. Long reluctant to step into online political activity, the agency is considering whether to appeal. But vice chairwoman Ellen Weintraub said the Internet may prove to be an unavoidable area for the six-member commission, regardless of what happens with the ruling."

Federal control over the freedoms enjoyed by the Internet has long been seen by Conservatives like Cutting Edge as lamentably unavoidable and inevitable. A true dictatorship cannot be imposed unless all freedoms to a free exchange of ideas and news are ended. Using "political fund raising, campaign advertising and organizing" as the excuse to finally step in to this arena, the Federal Government may finally be ready to swing the axe against this Internet "tree".

However, this seems like a domestic issue. If the plan for the next 4 years is primarily domestic, a Democrat will ascend to the White House; but if the plan for the next 4 years is primarily Foreign Affairs, the Republican will stay in the White House. Certainly, the focus of the past 4 years has been on Foreign Affairs; however, the domestic police state apparatus has been set in place by Republicans Bush and Ashcroft, giving the next president all the political power he will need to impose the next phase of the plan. At this point, we are not sure whether the Illuminati wants Bush or Kerry to be the next President. If the plan is to stage an election as close as 2000, Americans may not know who their President is for some time after the election.

C. A bill quietly passing Congress while our attention is distracted would authorize the government the power to strip citizenship of native-born Americans and deport them without any evidence of wrongdoing and allow for secret arrests, secret trials and secret torturing of 'suspects'. Further, Habeas corpus, Americans’ most sacred right, would be eliminated and all restrictions on police spying on citizens would be removed!

Can't happen here, you say?

NEWS BRIEF: "Patriot Act II: Final Piece of Police State Puzzle Ready", The New American, September 26, 2004

"The Bush administration’s allies in Congress, led by J. Dennis Hastert of Illinois, the speaker of the House, have launched another assault on constitutionally protected civil liberties with a bill many are calling Patriot Act II (PA II). However, it is not to be confused with the 2003 version of Patriot Act II. But according to the Associated Press, in a draft of the House GOP legislation, many of the provisions are similar to the draft copy of the 'Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003' that leaked out of the Justice Department in January 2003 .. House Democratic leaders and civil liberties advocates said on Sept. 22 that the Republican bill ostensibly responding to the findings of the 9-11 commission would go well beyond the panel’s recommendations ..."

"... critics warn that the proposed law is aimed against the entire U.S. population, not a minority of Arab immigrants. The proposal, they say, would grant the government the power to strip citizenship of native-born Americans and deport them without any evidence of wrongdoing, even though this would be contrary to the Constitution. It would also allow for secret arrests, secret trials and secret torturing of 'suspects'. Habeas corpus, Americans’ most sacred right, would be eliminated. The law would also remove all restrictions on police spying on citizens."

The very fact that this bill exists at all, and is now passing through Congress, should shatter the illusions of any citizen that our government has the best interests of its people at heart. We have been screaming ever since 9/11 that this was the ultimate goal, but few people would listen. However, now it is facing us in the form of a specific bill.

We have posted a major article on this subject, in which we tie the provisions of this bill together with other important strands of information, allowing you to understand the full implications of this momentous development. This article is NEWS1966, and is entitled, "Examining The Disastrous Results Promised By A Kerry Presidency".

II. Concerned American Christians may have more of a choice than we originally thought in this election. A number of you have called in to express support for the Constitutional Party, headed by Michael Peroutka. We have checked on this party and have concluded that this seems to be a much better alternative than to vote for either of the Skull & Bones candidates.

Checking at the Peroutka website (http://www.peroutka2004.com/ ), plus a pamphlet sent to us by Dr. Cathy Burns, we find that the Constitutional Party is taking the following positions:

* ".... a vote for the Constitution Party ticket is a vote that will help to restore the American Republic. A return to Constitutional government is the only real remedy for a broken American dream."

* "Honor God: The very first presupposition of American government is that there exists a Creator God, yet our taxpayer-funded schools teach our children that He either does not exist or that they can't mention His name. This attack against the right of the people to acknowledge God is disgraceful and it is un-American. The Constitution Party is committed to an American understanding of law and government that rights come from God and that it is the duty of civil government to secure and defend them." (Pamphlet)

Even though this statement comes closer to the original Constitutional ideal on which this country was founded, I find it disturbing that no specific statement mentioning Jesus Christ is included. Both Republicans and Democrats speak of the generic "God", while they busy themselves dismantling our liberties, rights, and Constitutional protections. Nevertheless, this statement does get us much closer to the original ideal of our Founding Fathers.

* "Defend The Family: Strong Families are the essential building blocks of a strong, moral and just society. But America's families today are under constant attack by federally funded programs which are both dangerous and unconstitutional ... I will encourage faithful fathers and mothers to train their children to love God and to serve others according to their own consciences and without politically erected barriers." (Pamphlet)

* "Restore The Republic: America needs and desires a President who will stand against entrenched socialism, elitism and globalism which have a stranglehold on American political power ... both parties are committed to the agenda of the New World Order and seek to enforce economic, military and social policies which are antithetical to the interests of our independent Republic. Michael Peroutka and the Constitutional Party will fight to defend America against enemies, domestic and foreign, and return to a Republic of self-governing states whose laws are rooted in Biblical principles." (Ibid.)

Dr. Burns says it is her understanding that Michael Peroutka is an Evangelical believer, having come out of a Catholic family background. Any leader and any party who wants to return this country to Biblical principles on the one hand, while dismantling the New World Order on the other hand, is worthy of Christian support.

* "The Founder's Vision -- The Ninth and Tenth Amendments were adopted to ensure that the government would be kept 'inside the fence' built around limited and enumerated powers. We must heed the Founder's warning that we keep the fence intact." (Ibid.)

We could not agree more! Our Founding Fathers were sick and tired of the Pope and the King ruling dictatorially over their subjects, arresting them with no charges, holding them in prison indefinitely, not giving them public, fair trials, torturing and executing them. Therefore, they built a government controlled by a Constitution whose powers were split between three clearly-designated branches. This government has served us well, and has terribly frustrated New World Order planners.

But now, using terrorism as the battering ram, our Republican and Democrat leaders are close to knocking this wonderful system of government to the ground. Any political party who wants to re-establish this original system of government is worthy of Conservative and/or Christian support.

* "If you want a president who follows the rule of law, a president who is committed to take action to end abortion, a president who understands the meaning of 'shall not be infringed', and who has the courage to terminate unconstitutional programs, please stop wasting your vote..." (Ibid.)

Our only concern at this point is that Michael Peroutka comes from a Roman Catholic background, and was educated at Loyola College, a Catholic institution. However, at this point, we do agree with Dr. Burns that concerned voters should carefully consider the Constitutional Party.

III. Israeli Prime Minister Sharon dropped a bombshell about his unilateral withdrawal plans that both surprised us and informed us as to a possible timetable for the unfolding of the final planned events. If you are a person who is terribly concerned about terrorism before the elections, read this segment carefully.

NEWS BRIEF: "PM: Pullout to start by May 2005 and last 12 weeks", Ha-artez News, October 14, 2004

"Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told members of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee earlier on Thursday that the evacuation from Gaza - part of his disengagement plan - would start by May or June of 2005, and last for no more than 12 weeks. Sharon has previously given timetables for legislation and implementation of the plan, which has faced opposition from some senior members of his own Likud party, but has never before specified a timeframe for the evacuation of the Gaza settlements."

Cutting Edge has long realized that the real issue in Sharon's Unilateral Withdrawal is a separation of the Jewish population from the Palestinian. We have written several articles on this subject; if you have not yet read them, please take a moment to do so, for you will be better able to understand the significance of this withdrawal timetable.

Separation of Populations

NEWS1422 -- "THE COMING PROPHESIED ANNIHILATION OF THE PALESTINIANS -- TODAY'S HOUSE OF ESAU" (Posted October, 2000)

NEWS1620 -- "ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER STATES THAT ISRAEL WILL CREATE "BUFFER ZONES" TO PHYSICALLY SEPARATE THEMSELVES FROM PALESTINIANS. PALESTINIAN ATTACK SUCH A MOVE" (Posted March, 2002)

NEWS1625 -- "JEWISH PROFESSOR ACCUSES SHARON GOVERNMENT OF PLANNING "ETHNIC CLEANSING OF ARABS IN ISRAEL"! (Posted March, 2002)

We posted NEWS1422 weeks before the IDF began the process of building a security fence; as we stated in this article, a separation of populations seemed to only be a logical, practical result of a plan to annihilate an entire enemy -- a fulfillment of the prophecy of Obadiah 15-18. Listen to what we said in October, 2000 in NEWS1422:

Now, four full years later, Prime Minister Sharon is about to begin the process of forcibly removing the minority Jewish population from majority Arab villages and cities; in fact, he is going to "unilaterally withdraw" from the entire Gaza Strip and portions of the West Bank. At this point, Israel has a Security Fence that physically separates entire populations, a barrier she is continuing to construct. Israel is also building high security barriers around certain Palestinian cities.

Once the calendar rolls to May, 2005, Israel will have in place the greater part of the Security Barrier separating the populations. Since the Jewish and Palestinian populations are not close to each other throughout 100% of the country, it does not seem that the barrier would have to be up in 100% of the land for it to effectively seal the Palestinians in.

Now, Sharon has given a timetable: May or June, 2005, with a completion in only 12 weeks (July or August, 2005). Sharon has never set a timetable before.

Once Israel has the populations separated, she shall be ready to go to war. Then, and only then, will the rest of the Illuminati planned disaster unfold. Let us review again the total package of plans the "Illumined Ones" plan to wreak upon the world so that they can bring forth their Masonic New Age Christ (Antichrist). Do not forget that this the final goal of this terrible plan -- to produce Antichrist. Even though Skull & Bones Kerry and Bush will never admit it, this is their goal also.

Now, let us review again the complete plan:

Former Satanist, Doc Marquis, told me that this entire scenario is planned to last only 13 weeks, or 91 days! Two other former Satanists independently have confirmed this timetable. Therefore, not one of the elements will jump off prematurely. Each element will occur in its right order, with Israel being the key to the timing (NEWS1056), just as the Bible foretells.

Thus, if Israel will not be ready to go to war until August, 2005, at the earliest, none of the other planned events will occur until then. Doc explained the reasoning for having so many momentous events occurring in such a small time frame: So that peoples of the world will be so overwhelmed and so scared they will accept any semblance of a plan coming from their leaders which might rescue them, restore order and prosperity. The time frame is so compacted that people will scarcely be able to absorb one terrifying news report when they will be hit with another and then another and then another. The plan is to literally "blow people's minds".

Notice that WMD terrorism against our cities is a key part of this plan as espoused by William Cooper. General Tommy Franks supplied an important piece to this puzzle last November, 2003, when he said that our Constitution would not survive the next large-scale terrorist attack. Listen:

NEWS BRIEF: "Gen. Franks Doubts Constitution Will Survive WMD Attack", by NewsMax, 11/21/03.

"Gen. Tommy Franks says that if the United States is hit with a weapon of mass destruction that inflicts large casualties, the Constitution will likely be discarded in favor of a military form of government.."

Therefore, a severe terrorist attack will not occur until Israel is ready to go to war. We should expect that no WMD terrorist attack against our vulnerable cities will occur until all the elements of this plan are ready to go at once. We might suffer a car bombing or machine gun attack, in our cities, but no WMD attack until all elements of this nefarious plan are ready to "jump off" at once.

Therefore, we will be very surprised if we sustain another large-scale attack, especially one carried out with WMD, before Israel has completed her population separation plans. If you have not read our study of repeating false headlines which have occurred since early October, 2001, please read NEWS1888. Then, you will be better able to comprehend the truth behind today's news headlines.

IV. The situation in the war-ravaged country of Iraq continued to deteriorate badly this past week.

A. Iraq's Christians are fleeing the country in such numbers that one headline used the words, "full flood".

NEWS BRIEF: "Exodus of Iraqi Christians in full flood as targeted killings grow", By Kim Sengupta, Independent.co.uk, 12 October 2004

"It was midnight in Baghdad, not a time to be out in this place of violence ... But the workers ... had almost made it back home through the deserted streets when the tyres of their Kia minibus were shredded by a burst of gunfire. The shots had come from a black Opel saloon which had tracked them from the club ... Four men, their faces covered by keffiyehs, slid open the door of the minibus and sprayed the occupants with Kalashnikov fire. Their targets, seven Christians, were killed almost instantly. Two others were injured but survived. The dead were all breadwinners for their families in the close-knit Christian community in the suburb of al-Doura. These families now want to leave Iraq, joining the exodus of thousands of their co-religionists since the war."

When American forces invaded Iraq, untold numbers of Christians believed the rhetoric that we needed to remove Saddam from power because he had WMD which he could launch in 45 minutes and which he could make available to Osama bin Laden at some future point. Our church fervently prayed that this war might open Iraq up to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and even donated a relatively large missionary gift for some missionaries rushing to the country. Hopes were raised high that thousands of Iraqi Muslims might receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior.

However, little did these devout American Christians understand the forces which were working against a successful missionary effort. We did not know:

Had we Christians known that these anti-American, anti-Christian currents were flowing so strongly and so devastatingly, we would never have thought it possible that we could win the hearts and minds of the Iraq people over to Jesus through our love for them. As a result, Iraqi Christians have come under increasingly heavy attack. How heavy is the attack against Christians right now? Let us go back to our featured article:

"The murders were the latest deadly attack against Iraq's Christians, a systematic and brutal campaign by Islamic extremists which began soon after the 'liberation' by the United States and Britain. So far, 110 have been killed. In August, four churches in Baghdad and one in Mosul were blown up in a co-ordinated series of car bombings, killing 12 people and injuring 61 others. In September, another Baghdad church was bombed. There have also been mortar attacks on community centres, shootings of Christian shopkeepers and kidnappings of businessmen for extortion." (Ibid.)

We have heard of some of these attacks, especially the murder of some American missionaries as they rode in cars throughout Iraq, but we have never heard of this kinds of attacks, demonstrating again that our news is selective at best. Not surprisingly, Iraqi Christians have begun to leave -- in large numbers.

"The result had been a flow of Christians - mostly middle-class and members of the intelligentsia and entrepreneurs - out of the country, with a marked acceleration in the past few months. About 45,000 have gone so far out of a community estimated to be between 600,000 and 700,000. Pascale Warda, the Iraqi interim government's minister for displacement and migration, who is herself a Christian, says there is no chance of halting the exodus while the attacks continue." (Ibid.)

We have no idea how many of the 700,000 Iraqi Christians will actually make it out of the country, but the attacks are just going to keep on coming.

One of the rationales for toppling Saddam was to free the people and make life better for them. Has our invasion made life better and easier for Iraqi Christians? Listen to this featured article:

"Christians in Iraq faced little religious persecution under the secular regime of Saddam Hussein. Senior members of the Baath party, including Tariq Aziz, the deputy prime minister, were Christians. Now, they say, they receive scant protection from the US and British military in the face of the onslaught. Some of the early killings, mainly of shopkeepers, happened in the supposedly safer, British-run south of the country."

So, now, we see one more instance in which the Bush rationale for going to war against Iraq was totally false, and Iraqi Christians are paying the price!

B. Insurgents have successfully penetrated security at the Coalition HQ, also known as the Green Zone!

NEWS BRIEF: "Suicide bombs hit Baghdad's Green Zone", Reuters News, October 15, 2004

"BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two suicide bombers have killed at least five people, including three U.S. nationals, in an attack inside Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, an attack claimed by America's top enemy in Iraq ... The Green Zone blasts at a souvenir bazaar and a cafe popular with U.S. troops and civilians were the first suicide bombings inside what is supposed to be the safest place in Iraq ... At least 20 people were injured in the explosions that scattered debris, blood and flesh and sent a thick plume of black smoke over the zone's palms and buildings. The lunchtime bomb blasts, on the eve of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, occurred within minutes of each other, setting the bazaar alight and gutting the Green Zone Cafe."

During a guerilla war, one of the dreaded signs that the official government and/or occupying army, is losing control is when they begin to suffer attacks against their own headquarters. As the story above states, the Green Zone has always been regarded as the "safest place in Iraq". Even as our warplanes were hitting hard against insurgents and even as al-Sadr's militiamen were turning in guns for cash, the security situation continues to deteriorate. American soldiers continue to be killed and Iraqi civilian leaders working with Coalition Forces continue to be gunned down or blown apart.

Not surprisingly, American forces vowed to review their security of the Green Zone.

NEWS BRIEF: "Baghdad bombs spark security review", IC New Castle News, 15 October 2004

"Terrorists struck deep inside Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, setting off bombs at a market and a popular cafe that killed at least 10 people -- including four Americans -- and wounded 20 others in the compound housing foreign embassies and Iraqi government offices. The bold, unprecedented attack, which witnesses and a senior Iraqi official said was carried out by suicide bombers, dramatized the militants' ability to penetrate the heart of the US-Iraqi leadership even as authorities step up military operations to suppress Sunni Muslim insurgents in other parts of the country. Iraq's most feared terror group, led by Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, claimed responsibility for the twin blasts and said they were suicide attacks ... The attack in the Green Zone was the first time bombers had reached inside the 4-square-mile compound -- surrounded by concrete walls, razor wire, sandbag bunkers and guard posts -- and was the deadliest attack within the area since the U.S. occupation began in May 2003."

As I stated, penetration into the headquarters of occupying forces is one of the surest signs the guerilla war is being lost. If Iraqi insurgents can attack within the Green Zone, then all of Iraq's Interim Government officials are at risk, from Prime Minister Allawi downward.

V. As Senator Kerry finished his third debate against President Bush, the campaign headed into its final three weeks. Pertinent news campaign stories serve to spark more interest in the race.

A. TV ads take an unexpected twist.

NEWS BRIEF: "TV Ad Focuses on U.S. Military Wounded in Iraq", Yahoo News, October 13, 2004

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new television ad sponsored by U.S. veterans strongly questions President Bush's case for war in Iraq, but the group behind it said on Wednesday the spot was not meant to benefit either presidential candidate. First aired hours before the last presidential debate between Republican Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry, the ad shows a U.S. Iraq war veteran talking about the justification for the war as he shows the stump of his amputated arm. The veteran, Robert Acosta, says in the ad: 'I was called to serve in Iraq because the government said there were weapons of mass destruction, but they weren't there ... So when people ask me where my arm went, I try to find the words, but they're not there'."

In the past several weeks, as the news came out more strongly that Saddam really did not have any WMD, nor even any active program, that would have justified our invasion, I wondered how the average wounded American soldier was taking this news. We have many soldiers suffering from amputated limbs, severe burns, depleted uranium poisoning, and many other war-related maladies. These men are paying a life-long price for President Bush's lies, exaggerations, and distortions.

Now, we know that at least some of the severely wounded veterans are not taking the news well, and are fighting back.

"Last month, a group of military families whose relatives died in Iraq said they planned to target the president in ads set to air in Nevada, Florida and New Mexico, all considered political swing states in the presidential race." (Ibid.)

This scenario seems to have come right out of Michael Moore's film, "Fahrenheit 9/11", where family members of slain soldiers were paying a huge mental and emotional price for the death of their loved ones. Here, however, the situation is slightly different, as these veterans are paying a long-term physical, mental and emotional price for this war which never had to occur.

These wounded veterans were not the only ones to severely criticize President Bush for his Iraqi policies.

NEWS BRIEF: "Military mothers, Albright rip Bush", Bangor Daily News, October 12, 2004

"BANGOR - Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and a group of military mothers Monday offered some of the harshest criticism to date of the Bush administration and its rationale for invading Iraq, calling the conflict a 'war of choice, not necessity. But getting it right is a necessity, not a choice'. Albright then told a group of about 80 people gathered at Husson College in the morning to hear the former Clinton Cabinet official speak on behalf of Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry ... The group, 'Military Moms with a Mission', is touring 50 cities in 15 battleground states in support of the Democratic contender, whom they believe would be a preferable alternative to a Bush administration they accused of misleading the American people.

" 'They continue to lie every single day', said Nita Martin, one of five of the women who appeared in Bangor and the mother of two sons, both Marines. One served in Iraq and the other is still stationed there."

More opposition has begun to surface from active-duty soldiers.

NEWS BRIEF: "Breaking Ranks", MotherJones.com, by David Goodman, October 11, 2004

"More and more U.S. soldiers are speaking out against the war in Iraq -- and some are refusing to fight ... When (Mike) Hoffman arrived in Kuwait in February 2003, his unit’s highest-ranking enlisted man laid out the mission in stark terms. 'You’re not going to make Iraq safe for democracy', the sergeant said. 'You are going for one reason alone: oil. But you’re still going to go, because you signed a contract. And you’re going to go to bring your friends home' ... it was only when he had been in Iraq for several months that the full meaning of the sergeant’s words began to sink in.

“The reasons for war were wrong,” he says. “They were lies. There were no WMDs. Al Qaeda was not there. And it was evident we couldn’t force democracy on people by force of arms.”

"... now, nearly two years after the first troops rolled across the desert, rank-and-file soldiers and their families are increasingly speaking up. Hoffman’s group was founded in July with 8 members and had grown to 40 by September. Another organization, Military Families Speak Out, began with 2 families two years ago and now represents more than 1,700 families. And soldier-advocacy groups are reporting a rising number of calls from military personnel who are upset about the war and are thinking about refusing to fight ... In a 2003 Gallup Poll, nearly one-fifth of the soldiers surveyed said they felt the situation in Iraq had not been worth going to war over. In another poll, in Pennsylvania last August, 54 percent of households with a member in the military said the war was the “wrong thing to do”.

With so many soldiers and their families this opposed to the war, I am still amazed that President Bush seems to ride high, not being taken to task for his terrible actions. Yet, why should I expect that he would be held accountable, since Bush is merely following a global script designed to further the global plans for global government?

Now, if these military families opposed to this war were to ever realize how many of their loved ones are going to die from Depleted Uranium poisoning, we would really see an explosion of anger!

B. Senator Kerry "won" his third debate with President Bush.

NEWS BRIEF: "Kerry emerges as winner from final debate with Bush", New Zealand Herald, 15 October 2004

"John Kerry emerged the clear winner yesterday from his third and final debate with President Bush, buoying the spirits of his campaign as he seeks to establish a clear lead in the 18 remaining days of an extraordinarily tight US election. As he did in their previous two encounters, Senator Kerry came across as far more assured on policy issues, especially on meat-and-potatoes topics like health care, jobs and social security. A clutch of instant polls gave him the edge by margins ranging from just one percentage point to as much as 14 percentage points. Since his knockout performance in the first debate in Miami two weeks ago, the Democratic challenger has raced from behind and turned the contest back into a dead heat."

We expect this election to be a tightly staged affair. During the next 18 days, polls will be issued which will report that the news is a dead even affair, while others will show either Kerry or Bush to be slightly ahead. Don't get too excited because all these polls are created to say what they are supposed to say. I have never trusted polls, because they are so easily manipulated. Just remember, as Alex Jones states in his video, above, the outcome is predetermined; this election is staged to produce the President the Illuminati wants for the next 4 years.

C. The National Rifle Association backed President Bush for re-election.

NEWS BRIEF: "National Rifle Association endorses Bush for president", By Sharon Theimer / Associated Press, reprinted in The Detroit News, October 13, 2004

"WASHINGTON -- The National Rifle Association endorsed President Bush for re-election on Wednesday, promising millions of dollars for ads, phone banks and other get-out-the-vote efforts. 'The Supreme Court is going to be crucial to the future of the Second Amendment, and President Bush will appoint justices that respect the Bill of Rights', NRA chief executive Wayne LaPierre told The Associated Press ... Bush also supports legislation to protect the firearms industry from lawsuits and opposes centralizing files on gun owners, LaPierre said, calling the difference between Bush and Democrat John Kerry on guns 'day and night'.”

The amount of naivete' contained within this statement is astounding. Very few Presidents have ever lived up to their campaign promises when the time finally arrived for them to choose a person to fill a Supreme Court vacancy. President Reagan is a good case in point, as this following article demonstrates:

NEWS BRIEF: "Analysis: Reagan's influence on the courts", by Michael Kirkland, UPI Legal Affairs Correspondent, June 8. 2004, http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20040608-113436-1409r.htm

"Washington, DC, Jun. 8 (UPI) -- The late President Ronald Reagan's hand is still felt on the federal judiciary, especially on the Supreme Court of the United States. But as with other presidents trying to influence nominees who would serve for life, his grip has proved slippery ... Reagan's greatest reservoir of influence, and possibly his greatest failure in terms of judicial philosophy, is at the Supreme Court. He appointed three associate justices to the court and raised one sitting associate justice to the chief justice's chair.

"Two of those four selections are solidly within the Reagan conservative camp: Chief Justice William Rehnquist and Justice Antonin Scalia ... Two other Reagan nominees, Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Anthony Kennedy, have proved more problematic from a conservative point of view ... O'Connor and Kennedy have, at times, given Reagan's constituency fits .."

This article then continues to enunciate all the Liberal positions taken by O'Connor and Anthony Kennedy. The amount of material contained to prove this point is too voluminous to print here, so please take a moment to go to the URL we have presented, above.

The fact is, President Bush has not fulfilled his 2000 campaign pledges to the Evangelical Christian Right, so what makes the NRA Chief Executive think he will fulfill this campaign pledge to the gun owners of America? The NRA needs to study the reality that both Bush and Kerry are Skull & Bones members, which means they are fully supportive of the global plan to produce Antichrist. One of the major planks of that plan is to totally disarm the American population. Therefore, that plan will go forward no matter who is elected President. Bush's "pledge" to support gun owners is a phantom.

VI. Pope John Paul II startled a good many people when he was quoted in an upcoming book as saying that "Communism was a NECESSARY evil"!

NEWS BRIEF: "New Pope Book Says Communism Was 'Necessary Evil' ", Reuters News, October 7, 2004

"VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Communism was a 'necessary evil' that God allowed to happen in the 20th century in order to create opportunities for good after its demise, Pope John Paul says in his new book ... evil is revealed as somehow useful inasmuch as it creates opportunities for good."

Please note carefully what Pope John Paul II has just told us, for he has revealed his Illuminist - Gnostic system of belief. The Pope said that "evil is useful" because it "creates opportunities for good". Thus, the Pope sees the world in a Duality, expressed here as "Good - Evil". The evil is "necessary" in order that good may triumph over it, i.e., creating opportunities for good.

This is classic Gnosticism, from which the core beliefs of the Illuminati sprang. In fact, the Duality of Good vs Evil is one of the Main 10 Tenets of Ancient Gnosticism. Listen:

This division of our created world is considered to be Dual in other natures than just "Good vs Evil".

The Illuminati fully embraces this view, and has, in fact, taken this "Good vs Evil" concept to a much higher plane. They have developed a formula by which they are going to gradually conquer the world. This formula sees a Duality struggle between two major forces, "Thesis" and its exact opposite, "Antithesis". Here is the formula which has guided the history of mankind since World War I.

Please take a moment to read NEWS1007 and NEWS1056. This hellish formula built upon the Duality belief in exact opposites is responsible for every single war in the 20th Century, plus Afghanistan and Iraq in the beginning of this 21st Century. In Seminar 2, "America Determines The Flow of History", we detail how the Illuminati created Communism so that they would have the exact opposite system (Antithesis) to the existing Western powers (Thesis). Long battling with neither power conquering the other would produce the opportunity for a "Synthesis" system, the New World Order , a system neither Thesis nor Antithesis.

Let us quickly go to some Illuminist writing to see how this belief as espoused by the Pope forms the core of their system. You shall see that the Pope is espousing standard occult belief regarding the Russian role in history.

We shall quote Alice Bailey, the head of the House of Theosophy for many years spanning both World Wars I and II. She admits she is possessed by a demonic spirit called, "Master D.K.". She acts as the medium through which this demon channels her books. In this first quote, she expresses the standard belief in the Duality of all things.

Not surprisingly, Alice Bailey sees the Communism of the U.S.S.R. as bringing good out of evil, just as the Pope has just expressed:

Thus you can see that Pope John Paul II is simply repeating the Illuminist mantra, i.e., that the "good" of synthesis will come out of the "evil" of Communism (Antithesis). From the battle between the Thesis of the Western Powers and the Antithesis of Communism, will arise the New World Order.

Can you now see how the Illuminati could choose the Roman Catholic Pontiff to be their False Prophet? (Read NEWS1052)

VII. Just as predicted (NEWS1959), Russian President Putin is using the three recent attacks against Russian targets as an excuse to take back many of the freedoms given the people when Communism was deliberately collapsed.

NEWS BRIEF: "Duma Votes to Send Russia Back to 'Old Days' of One-Party Rule", MosNews, October 13, 2004

"Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, voted in favor of allowing ministers to lead political parties Wednesday, raising fears that Soviet-style one-party rule is making a comeback ... The Duma passed the bill by 344-69, with 13 abstentions, at the third reading with support from all parties except the Communists, who, in an odd reversal of history, argued against the bill on the grounds that it would mean a return to the ways of the Soviet Union ... But Vladimir Pligin, chairman of the Duma’s constitutional committee, said existing law put too many restrictions on members of the government and should be scaled back ... Some commentators fear the reform ... could spell a return to the strict party discipline which the Russian constitution cast off after the fall of communism in 1991."

Using the three recent terrorist attacks against Russian targets as an excuse, Putin is propelling Russia along the same domestic and foreign policy path which President Bush followed after our "9/11". As I have always said, there is no room in the New World Order for any nation who still elects government leaders. When the total package of planned disasters begins to occur, terrorism will erupt in every nation still electing leaders. After this planned terrorism is finished, all elected governments will have been overthrown, replaced by dictatorships. Then, Antichrist can arise to take control over the world system, in complete fulfillment of Revelation 17:12-17 and Daniel 7:7-8.

This reality again speaks out against the idea that America will be hit with major terrorist attacks before all the elements in the plan are ready to be implemented. America will be only one of many formerly free nations which will be hit at once with terrorism, along with all the other elements in the planned package of disasters designed to overthrow freedom in every land.

VIII. In a "Sign of the Times" news story, eleven Christians were arrested in Philadelphia on charges of committing a "Hate Crime".

NEWS BRIEF: "ELEVEN CHRISTIANS ARRESTED, JAILED, AND CHARGED UNDER HATE CRIMES LEGISLATION" Repent America, October 11, 2004

"PHILADELPHIA - On Sunday, October 10, 2004, eleven Christians with the Philadelphia-based Repent America were arrested, jailed, and charged under hate crimes legislation during an evangelistic outreach at the annual "OutFest" homosexual pride event held in the public streets of Philadelphia. The six men and five women representing Repent America approached the event and were immediately confronted with unlawful opposition by a group of homosexuals. This group, the “Pink Angels”, was formed by homosexual attorney Chuck Volz, a senior adviser to Philly Pride Presents ...

"The 'Pink Angels' blocked access to Repent America by forming a human chain, refusing to allow the Christians to walk down the public sidewalk. Police intervened shortly thereafter, escorting Repent America through the human blockade. While on the public sidewalk and street inside the event, Repent America began to open-air preach with the use of Scripture banners, and to distribute Gospel literature, as members of the 'Pink Angels' blew loud whistles and carried large signs alongside the Christians to block their message and their access to the event attendees, while others screamed obscenities. The police refused to take action as the Christians were continuously followed, obstructed, and harassed.

"Repent America obeyed all laws, and even the unlawful requests, to move by the Philadelphia Civil Affairs police officers in an effort of cooperation. Regardless of Repent America’s compliance, Chief James Tiano, head of the Civil Affairs Unit, without warning, ordered the arrests of the Christians and hauled them off to jail, where they spent 21 hours, before being released the following day. Ten Christians were individually charged with three felonies and five misdemeanors, while a teenager with the group will as charged with a misdemeanor."

The days of our freedoms to publicly proclaim Scriptural truth about any issue is coming to an end. Right now, the issue is Homosexuality; the weapon of choice to use against Christians who proclaim God's eternal truth in this matter is "Hate Crime". But, soon, Christians and Christian organizations shall be hounded and put into jail for proclaiming any part of God's Word.

Adolf Hitler used the issue of homosexuality (his Brown Shirt thugs) to intimidate average German citizens into meek complicity, a major factor in his successful drive to overthrow freedom in Germany. The tremendous influence of homosexuality in the Nazi Party is detailed in the book, "The Pink Swastika". We enourage you to read this expose', for history is repeating itself, right here and right now. The "Pink Angels" who opposed "Repent America" were the equivalent of Hitler's gay Brown Shirts.

How much longer will God's hand protect us? We do not know, but we do know in Whom it is that we believe, and are trusting with our eternal soul. We can take comfort in the fact that God has everything preplanned out for us -- and that includes our exit from this world and our glorious entrance into eternal Heaven. Listen to this wonderful promise:

IX. Hurricanes have hit Christian missions very hard in Haiti.

IPM NEWS LETTER: "Hurricane Jeanne hit parts of northern Haiti very hard, particularly the area around the city of Gonaives ... Brother Lucien reports that friends, pastors, SALEM Bible Institute graduates, and primary school students from Bassin were among those who lost their lives in the storm. Many more will likely die because of impure drinking water; dead bodies float by in the same water that is used for cooking and drinking!

"IPM is receiving funds for hurricane relief. These funds will be administered by Brother Lucien Saul ... Brother Lucien reports that most believers in the area lost everything, including their Bibles. A Creole Bible now costs $7.00 in Haiti. A gift of $70 would buy 10 Bibles ... If you want your gift to be used specifically for Bibles and not for general relief, you may so specify. Your designation will be honored. Lucien and Maude Saul will know who needs the help most."

Please go to your knees to pray as to how the Lord wants you to help these poorest of the poor. If you want to donate, make your check or money order out to "IPM Inc.". Send to International Partnership Ministries, Inc., P.O. Box 41, Hanover, PA 17331-0041. Telephone - 717-637-7388. Fax - 717-637-1618. Email address: ipm@ipmworld.org

---------- Articles Posted ----------

* "EXAMINING THE DISASTROUS RESULTS PROMISED BY A KERRY PRESIDENCY": Now that polls show John Kerry winning the first two Presidential debates, the time has come to examine what we might expect from a President Kerry. Both Edwards and Kerry have dropped hints as to the kind of Presidential Administration they will establish; additionally, Kerry's record will complete our understanding as to what kind of administration he will run. You may be surprised as to what we discover. -- http://www.cuttingedge.org/news/n1966.cfm

* "Spirit-Led or Purpose-Driven?" Part 1, by Berit Kjos, Guest Columnist - http://www.cuttingedge.org/articles/db035.htm

* "Spirit-Led or Purpose-Driven? Part 2 - Unity and Community", by Berit Kjos, Guest Columnist - http://www.cuttingedge.org/articles/db037.htm

* "Small Groups and the Dialectic Process": Spirit-Led or Purpose-Driven? Part 3 - How the dialectic process is controlled by the "Total Quality Management" System", by Berit Kjos, Guest Columnist -- http://www.cuttingedge.org/articles/db039.htm

---------Conclusion----------------"Partakers of the divine nature." (2 Peter 1:4)

To be a partaker of the divine nature is not, of course, to become God. That cannot be. The essence of Deity is not to be participated in by the creature. Between the creature and the Creator there must ever be a gulf fixed in respect of essence; but as the first man Adam was made in the image of God, so we, by the renewal of the Holy Spirit, are in a yet diviner sense made in the image of the Most High, and are partakers of the divine nature. We are, by grace, made like God. "God is love"; we become love--"He that loveth is born of God." God is truth; we become true, and we love that which is true: God is good, and He makes us good by His grace, so that we become the pure in heart who shall see God. Moreover, we become partakers of the divine nature in even a higher sense than this--in fact, in as lofty a sense as can be conceived, short of our being absolutely divine. Do we not become members of the body of the divine person of Christ? Yes, the same blood which flows in the head flows in the hand: and the same life which quickens Christ quickens His people, for "Ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God." Nay, as if this were not enough, we are married unto Christ. He hath betrothed us unto Himself in righteousness and in faithfulness, and he who is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. Oh! marvellous mystery! we look into it, but who shall understand it?

One with Jesus--so one with Him that the branch is not more one with the vine than we are a part of the Lord, our Saviour, and our Redeemer! While we rejoice in this, let us remember that those who are made partakers of the divine nature will manifest their high and holy relationship in their intercourse with others, and make it evident by their daily walk and conversation that they have escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. O for more divine holiness of life! [C.H. Spurgeon, "Morning and Evening Devotionals"]

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