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---------- Inspiration For the Week--------"Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night." Psalm 91:5

What is this terror? It may be the cry of fire, or the noise of thieves, or fancied appearances, or the shriek of sudden sickness or death. We live in the world of death and sorrow, we may therefore look for ills as well in the night-watches as beneath the glare of he broiling sun. Nor should this alarm us, for be the terror what it may, the promise is that the believer shall not be afraid. Why should he? Let us put it more closely, why should we? God our Father is here, and will be here all through the lonely hours; He is an almighty Watcher, a sleepless Guardian, a faithful Friend. Nothing can happen without His direction, for even hell itself is under His control. Darkness is not dark to Him. He has promised to be a wall of fire around His people--and who can break through such a barrier? Worldlings may well be afraid, for they have an angry God above them, a guilty conscience within them, and a yawning hell beneath them; but we who rest in Jesus are saved from all these through rich mercy. If we give way to foolish fear we shall dishonour our profession, and lead others to doubt the reality of godliness. We ought to be afraid of being afraid, lest we should vex the Holy Spirit by foolish distrust. Down, then, ye dismal forebodings and groundless apprehensions, God has not forgotten to be gracious, nor shut up His tender mercies, it may be night in the soul, but there need be no terror, for the God of love changes not. Children of light may walk in darkness, but they are not therefore cast away, nay, they are now enabled to prove their adoption by trusting in their heavenly Father as hypocrites cannot do.

{C.H. Spurgeon, "Morning and Evening Devotions", A.W. Tozer CDROM Library]

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

I. The Bush Administration has informed China that we might NOT come to Taiwan's aid should China militarily attack!

NEWS BRIEF: "US warns defence of Taiwan not guaranteed", By Salamander Davoudi in Washington, FT.com -- Financial Times, April 22, 2004

"The US warned Taiwan on Wednesday that the island's defence could not be ensured if it were to unilaterally move towards independence and insisted that China's threats of military action must be taken seriously. In testimony before the US House international relations committee James Kelly, assistant secretary of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, said: 'We have very real concerns that our efforts at deterring Chinese coercion might fail if Beijing ever becomes convinced Taiwan is embarked on a course towards independence and permanent separation from China' ... When asked whether the Taiwanese were under the impression that the US was willing to defend them at all costs Mr Kelly replied: 'If they heard that they misunderstood'."

President Bush has just told Chinese leaders that he might not come to the aid of Taiwan should the Mainland mount an attack! This type of statement is the "Third Rail" of International Diplomacy; it is the "Pandora's Box" that no competent leader ever wants to open. Now, China understands that the oft-repeated American "assurances" that they will militarily come to the aid of Taiwan are now utterly worthless. As this story indicates, President Bush recently told Taiwan that he would defend the island.

"Congressman Gary Ackerman, a senior Democrat on the House international relations committee, was one of several Democratic lawmakers who expressed frustration over the apparent opaqueness of US policy towards Taiwan. President George W. Bush has said in the past he would do 'whatever it took to help Taiwan defend herself" against attacks from the Chinese mainland'."

Rather than being afraid that Taiwan's insistence that they want to remain a free democratic country rather than being shackled by the extremely authoritarian government of the Chinese Mainland, President Bush should dramatically "draw a line in the sand" between China and Taiwan, telling China in no uncertain terms that, should she attack, we will stand with Taiwan at all costs. That has been our policy in the past and it has worked.

Once again, we catch President Bush in a dramatic, and embarrassing, contradiction. On the one hand, Bush has repeatedly stated since 9/11 that he is going to aggressively root out vicious, brutal dictators who are suppressing their people's desire for freedom and individual liberty. After not being able to find the Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq which formed the original basis for invading that country, Bush and his officials abruptly turned about-face 180°! Suddenly, they began to talk about how important it was for the United States to overthrow such a bad tyrant as Saddam Hussein who brutalized his own people and prevented any type of political freedom. Now, we are in the throes of a charade whereby the Iraqi people will elect their own democratic government.

Yet, we seem prepared to allow China to attack and overcome Taiwan. Taiwan is one of the greatest examples of successful democracy in world history, while Mainland China is still one of the greatest examples of mindless brutality against her own people, especially brutality against Christian Chinese who dare worship the Lord Jesus Christ. China has killed tens of millions of her own people since the Communists took power; while much of the trappings of Communism have been removed, the brutality of her officials remain the stuff of legend.

Therefore, it makes no sense that President Bush would diplomatically signal to China that we might not defend Taiwan after all. This statement by James Kelley, Assistant Secretary of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, may be the kind of pretext that has preceded at least two invasions during the 20th Century. Just before the first New World Order war -- Korean War -- our Secretary of State testified before Congress that America would react militarily to defend certain countries and territories from Communist aggression. The listing of countries and territories omitted South Korea; almost immediately, North Korean troops were pouring into the South.

Then, just prior to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990, our ambassador to Iraq told Saddam that we felt under no obligation to defend Kuwait. Saddam's troops were pouring through very quickly thereafter.

Both these "diplomatic snafu's" seemingly led to war. Yet, we know that both the Korean War of 1950 and the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990 were thoroughly planned wars deemed necessary to move the world into the global kingdom of the coming Antichrist -- the New World Order. Therefore, these "diplomatic snafu's" were created as the pretext to war, the smokescreen that obscured the detailed planning preceding each war. Indeed, much press has been written about both these incidents, indicating that the aggressor in each instance was encouraged by our "mistake". Neither war was a mistake; both were planned many years before they actually occurred.

We may very well be looking at such a pretext for a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. In 1952, the Illuminati promised Communist China that she would get control of Taiwan (NEWS1282). We have long stated that a Chinese invasion of Taiwan was planned to be the third war comprising World War III. With all other signs that such a world war is close, should we be surprised that a "diplomatic mistake" of this magnitude might be created as the fig-leaf pretext for a Chinese invasion?

II. As Israeli Prime Minister Sharon proceeds with his "unilateral withdrawal" plan, Hamas has seemingly decided to adopt the strategy of Lebanon that caused Prime Minister Ehud Barak to abruptly order the IDF to pull out of Lebanon. Will we see a million-man Palestinian march in the Gaza Strip against IDF positions?

NEWS BRIEF: "Hizbollah's Nasrallah Wants Gaza Settlements Overrun by One Million Hamas Marchers", DEBKAfile Exclusive Report. April 20, 2004

"The pledge incorporated in the Sharon letter to US president George W. Bush to voluntarily evacuate the Gaza Strip by the end of 2005 is just as a 'red flag to a bull' for Islamic extremists and Palestinian terrorists, making them determined to thwart it at all costs ... Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah has produced a new master plan which he presented this week to the Hamas leadership group ... Nasrallah’s basic premise is this: Israeli leaders must not be allowed to dictate the timetable of their pullout. It must be forced on them before they are ready and so award the Palestinians a victory. He reminded his Hamas allies of the Israeli troop withdrawal from south Lebanon in May 2000 which, instead of being an orderly retreat under the cover of Lebanese military units, became an uncontrolled rout, and asked: Why should we not repeat this exercise against Gush Katif and Netzarim? We never promised to let Israel withdraw in orderly fashion; neither are we bound by the timeline set by Bush and Sharon. As in Lebanon four years ago, there is no need to fire a single shot or give Israeli troops any pretext for shooting back."

In last week's newsletter, we asked the rhetorical question as to whether Sharon would abruptly retreat from Gaza and the West Bank in a similar fashion as Barak abruptly withdrew from Lebanon in May, 2000. This week, we learned that Hamas is actively planning just such a strategy! Lebanon was such a strategic disaster for Prime Minister Barak. His political career was finished because of this debacle, as we was soon forced to hold new elections. Barak lost in a special election to Sharon on February 6, 2001. Israeli voters were determined to never allow such a debacle to occur again, so they elected "hardliner" military general, Sharon.

Let us now return to our feature article to learn just how much of a strategic disaster Barak's withdrawal from Lebanon truly was:

"Nasrallah described how, several weeks before Israel was scheduled to withdraw from Lebanon, he organized the town and village populations of the south and several thousand Shiites from Beirut into massed groups of civilians, each ordered to stage marches in different sectors. Elderly people hoisting Lebanese and Hizballah flags, women and children marched in a body on the bases of the Israeli-backed South Lebanese Army who, aware of the Israeli pullout, did not dare open fire on the advancing processions. In no time, all their bases were overrun by the motley mobs and the Hizballah flag fluttering overhead. According to Nasrallah, the departing Israeli troops had to negotiate safe passage back to the Israeli border in exchange for leaving their weapons, even tanks, behind." [Ibid.]

I remember well this terrible rout of the IDF from Lebanon. Barak was a former general, so there was absolutely no reason for him to have allowed this "motley crew" of Lebanese civilians to maneuver him into the corner in which he suddenly found himself. As this paragraph states, Israeli soldiers left so suddenly, some of them left valuable equipment behind so Hizbullah could capture them. Even some tanks were abandoned! Masses of civilians carried the day; it was, perhaps, the only time in modern history in which such large masses of civilians were turned into military combatants.

Let us go back to our feature article to see how this successful Lebanese operation is being used as the example for a new civilian assault in the Gaza Strip and portions of the West Bank.

"Our sources reveal that the Hizballah leader showed Hamas the Gaza version of his plan. For stage one, he proposed collecting the 200,000 Palestinian mourners who followed the Yassin and Rantisi funeral processions, and dividing them into groups of 10-15,000. Each would march on a marked IDF position or camp defending Netzarim and Gush Katif. In stage two, a million Hamas marchers would hurl themselves at Gush Katif, the largest settlement bloc of the Gaza Strip. Even Israeli tanks would not be able to arrest this human deluge, he said. The Israelis may start shooting, but the Palestinian mass will keep coming, and, like in Lebanon, it will mow down the army positions. The settlements will then crumble. Israeli troops and settlers will be stampeded into flight and the Palestinians will take over their bases and homes – not in 2005 as the Israelis offered, but next summer. The Hamas has not yet replied formally to Nasrallah’s Gaza proposal but it is known to have aroused much enthusiasm in Damascus and Gaza." [Ibid.]

I can only imagine this scene in my mind. Suddenly, hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians amass close to their target: an IDF military installation. These civilians would probably be comprised of young men and women, elderly men and women, and children of all ages. Flying the flag of either Hamas or the Palestinian Authority, these civilians would overwhelm the IDF position through their sheer numbers. Israeli high command would express great reluctance to open fire on such a massive civilian throng, fearful of global political and diplomatic repercussions. Can you imagine the unbelievably terrible reaction from nations throughout the world to the spectacle of tens of thousands of civilians dead and dying on the streets of Gaza? Faced with such a horrifying prospect, Sharon might just abruptly order an IDF retreat back behind the 1967 borders, most of which is protected now by the Security Fence. Palestinians would be exultant, convinced that their two decades of suicide attacks had brought Israel to her knees.

At this point, the Palestinians will have a nation of their own, far more contiguous than anyone had ever imagined. Israel will withdraw behind her borders, feeling safe at last in her Fortress Israel. At this point, Sharon will begin to expel Palestinians living within the reduced Israel. If you did not know this was part of Sharon's plan, read a brief portion of the following news article.

NEWS BRIEF: "US reiterates objection to targeting Arafat", The Jerusalem Post, April 3, 2004.

"Sharon told Haaretz that once Israel completes its West Bank security fence, Palestinians living illegally in Israel would be expelled."

Once this occurs, a true separation of populations will become reality. At this point, Israel will have virtually no Palestinians living within her borders and virtually no Jew will be living within the new Palestinian State. Will the Palestinians be satisfied at this point, now that they have a state of their own? Of course not! They will celebrate their victory, insisting that Sharon was forced out by the heat of battle, that he retreated "under fire". At this point, the Palestinians will begin to implement their plan for total victory, i.e., a final assault on Israel that will return all the land back to the Muslim and force all Jews "to drink the Mediterranean Sea", as Arafat is fond of saying.

I do not know exactly how the Palestinians will plan their final attack, for they will be facing a security fence through most of Israel. However, if they can force an IDF withdrawal in the next weeks or months, they will be able to take up position close to Israel's heart before the fence is fully completed. It is not clear whether the Palestinian Authority can amass a civilian march on the rest of Israel, given the tremendous obstacle of the security fence in most areas. However, Arafat and Hamas may elect to put into place the military plan which the US Pentagon reported in 1997 (Read the details in NEWS1057).

One matter will reign supreme: once the Gaza and West Bank pullout is complete, the populations will be separated and the next stage for all-out regional war and the prophesied annihilation of the "House of Esau" -- the Palestinians -- will probably not be far behind (Read NEWS1911, NEWS1422, and NEWS1620).

III. Mass Media so propagandized last week about the terrible threat posed by imminent terrorism that I wondered if we are heading into that state of mind and emotion of which Jesus prophesied at the End of the Age -- "Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth." [Luke 21:26]

If a person took seriously every one of the declared threats since 9/11, his heart could fail him for fear. Awful conditioning to the prospect of more terrorism continued last week unabated. Let us examine some of these stories. Since the Illuminati plan is to have threat of terrorism unite the world into a global government, we should not be surprised to hear terrorist threats and actions all throughout the world.

NEWS BRIEF: "Al Qaeda Goes Regional: Basra, Riyadh Bomb Blasts Coordinated with Thwarted Chemical Strike in Amman", DEBKAfile, April 21, 2004

"The horrifying homicide bomb blasts that hit four police facilities and two school buses in the British-controlled south Iraqi port of Basra and the Saudi General Security building in Riyadh on Wednesday, April 21 were part of a wider al Qaeda plot ... DEBKAfile’s counter-terror sources reveal that for the first time since the September 11 attacks in the United States, Osama bin Laden’s network is operating on a regional scale ... Instead of operating on a local scale with the help of local terrorist affiliates, Osama bin Laden’s network is for the first time striking simultaneously in a number of different countries using imported operatives ... This new mode of operation extends the area of the Iraq conflict into other Middle East countries, including Israel, and provides the fundamentalists with a broad, regional war theatre."

Just like that, the blame for the recent upsurge in warfare in Iraq is suddenly blamed upon the wispy, never-seen Osama bin Laden. In spite of real, hard intelligence which declares that Iran is the force behind the current fighting in Iraq (NEWS1910), DEBKAfile is now blaming Al Qaeda. Such a declaration serves the global purposes of the Illuminati quite well, for now the upsurge in fighting in Iraq can be officially linked to the threat being declared domestically in America, Great Britain, Europe, and Australia. Remember, the plan -- succinctly stated:

This is the essential plan. This week's news simply provided the best example of how the drums of terrorism are being beaten vigorously worldwide, to make citizens feel so threatened they will allow their government to take extraordinary steps in order to "fight terrorism". In the final analysis, these "extraordinary steps" will extend to the dissolution of democratic forms of government and the establishment of global dictatorship, just as this Illuminati Card, above, indicates.

Let us review more threats of terror which were trumpeted last week. This next news story is incredible!

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NEWS BRIEF: "Nightline Sells Martial Law: The Armageddon Plan", Media Criticism, 4/20/2004,

http://www.media-criticism.com/Koppel_Martial_Law_04_2004.html

"Will the US be under martial law by June, 2004? That is the impression some are expressing after witnessing a recent episode of Nightline (4/7/2004), with Ted Koppel. On this particular program Koppel is host to Richard Clarke, former Reagan officials Edwin Meese III and Kenneth M. Duberstein; former Clinton official Sally Katzen, author James Mann, and former Bush official Richard Clarke. The subject matter is named The Armageddon Plan."

Notice that the guests on this show came from both the Clinton and the Bush Administrations. As Cutting Edge has always maintained, both Democrat and Republican, Liberal and Conservative, are equally committed to this New World order,

Further, this plan to dissolve our Constitutional form of government was created many, many years ago -- in the early-1800's to be exact! Listen:

Let us stop for one moment to address a most grievous fallacy concerning the Protocols. An erroneous belief exists amongst many people that this document is fraudulent, supposedly a Jewish conspiracy to control the world so their superman Christ can appear. This is most definitely not a Jewish document, but an Illuminist one. The Protocols is an Illuminist plan to so change the world that their Masonic Christ can appear. When the Protocols were written, the plans contained therein were the plans of the Illuminati to seize total power; however, the authors cleverly wrote the book to appear to be a Jewish plan. The ruse was thin enough that people quickly discovered that the Protocols could not be Jewish; understanding human nature, the Illuminati knew that, once a person realized the document could not be Jewish, he would not believe any of the specific plans, either. Therefore, once the document was thoroughly discredited in people's minds, the Illuminati could freely use the book internally.

The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion is Illuminist and is being closely followed today, including by officials in the Bush Administration. With this thought in mind, let us go back to our featured story in Media Criticism.

"Because many US citizens hold favorable views of Richard Clarke he was playing a key role. His affability enables him to convey the dark plans of the Bush Regime to critical observers without alarming the unconscious masses. On this program Clarke was on to inform elite audiences that they better get used to the idea the Bush Regime will sponsor a cataclysmic event in order to plunge the US under martial law. Richard Clarke is already a legend in the world of propaganda. So far the Bush Regime has parlayed his "defection" from them with great success. As Karl Rove probably surmised, The Left Gatekeepers (e.g., Democracy Now! and Counterpunch, etc.) have been only very eager to treat Clarke's mild disagreements with the Bush Regime as their outer limit of permissible dialogue. With the liberal US media regarding Clarke's thesis that the Bush Regime was merely negligent about 9-11, as if it were the only idea possible, the White House sailed through the 9/11 Commission/Coverup proceedings."

"Now that the 9/11 Commission/Coverup has been safely wrapped for the Bush Regime, the mainstream media is now giving some focus to James Mann’s curiously-timed book (Rise of the Vulcans: The History of Bush's War Cabinet, Viking Press, 2004)). Vulcans concerns the efforts of present and past White House officials to establish a set of procedures for the highest-levels of government to follow should a catastrophic attack occur on US soil. (Note that Nightline has dropped the moniker Rise of the Vulcans for the more Regime-friendly The Armageddon Plan. The latter conveys a greater sense of a Regime reacting to a stimulus, not being the source of it.)" [Ibid.; Emphasis was in the original]

We have stated on many previous occasions that the occultist conspirator loves to send out messages to other occultists without the rest of the world suspecting anything. Most often, such covert communication takes numeric form, such as planning the 9/11 attacks according to the occult number for Antichrist, which is the number '11' (NEWS1756). However, it is very possible that this entire Nightline show could have been created for this purpose as well.

Media Criticism continues:

"The segment began with congenial chatter between the past and present government officials. As if he is hosting a dinner party Koppel smoothly has his guests reminisce fondly about past drills performed by high-level government officials to test their emergency preparedness. Koppel then imagines an attack that decimates the US Congress. They break for a timely commercial. After the break Koppel immediately launches into the key part of their script: '…aren't [we] left for at least the foreseeable future with some sort of martial law anyway?' Duberstein agrees with Koppel, adding 'You have to suspend rights'.” [Ibid.]

This is the plan! Cutting Edge has been writing about the reality that the Illuminati does not want any elected governments in existence when their Antichrist arises. He shall exercise such unbelievable dictatorial authority that any nation being governed by a Constitution will pose a great and mighty obstacle to his program. Therefore, this terrorism must be global so it can pose a threat to every elected government on earth, simultaneously! This is exactly what we are seeing today, with the news this week being especially strong in this vein.

Now, let us return to this Media Criticism article:

"Koppel continues by saying: '…And during that period, then, and given the sense of panic that is inevitable under circumstances like this, the executive branch of government takes on extraordinary power, doesn't it? 'Clarke agrees by saying: 'I think in any war where Washington were [sic] destroyed, inevitably, there would be a period of, for lack of a better term, something like martial law. The key here is, though, that the plans all call for going back to a normal three-branch system, as rapidly as possible.” [Ibid.]

Did you catch that last sentence? Listen again: "The key here is, though, that the plans all call for going back to a normal three-branch system, as rapidly as possible.”

What does the Protocols say?

Indeed, it is not worth the time and effort to say anything about how long it will take our new government authorities to return our liberties to us. The next time the world will know either peace or freedom will be when Jesus returns after the 7-year Tribulation Period to set up His 1000-Year reign.

Now, let us return one more time to Media Criticism for a wrap-up on this most powerful conditioning television program:

"Nightline's very efficient use of Richard Clarke to prepare elite viewers for martial law is leading other observers on the Net to reluctantly conclude the merciless Bush Regime is actively planning the catalyst for their own Armageddon Plan. In a different world perhaps, the journalist leading a nationally-televised discussion about the prospects of the US government under martial law would look Clarke in the eye and ask him if the Bush Regime isn't planning to set off some nukes shortly in some city close to Washington DC (e.g., Baltimore). It really isn't that hard to imagine that the prospect of ruling planet Earth from a secret, underground bunker would gladden Dick Cheney’s venal heart. He's been practicing in secret locations for decades in gleeful anticipation for such a moment." [Op. Cit., Media Criticism]

Cutting Edge has warned for over 10 years now that New Age author William Cooper warned in 1992 that New York City was to be destroyed by a nuclear device. However, this destruction is planned to fit into a very tight timetable of other events designed to produce Antichrist on the world scene. Listen to Cooper once again:

Notice that Cooper has his scenario exactly correct: all these planned disasters have one goal in mind -- produce Antichrist! Keep this fact firmly fixed in your mind. No single element is going to begin until all are ready to go. Israel is apparently the key. Once you see the war begin there, you will know the rest of the planned scenario is close behind. Further, several former Satanists have told me that the planned World War III -- which includes these planned terrorist attacks -- will last exactly 13 weeks, or 91 days.

The World War III scenario to produce Antichrist will consist of the following elements:

Before we examine another terrorism story, let us re-examine the warning General Tommy Franks issued through NewsMax last November concerning the effects of an other terrorist attack.

NEWS BRIEF: "Gen. Franks Doubts Constitution Will Survive WMD Attack", John O. Edwards, NewsMax.com, Friday, Nov. 21, 2003

"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 ... Franks said that “the worst thing that could happen” is if terrorists acquire and then use a biological, chemical or nuclear weapon that inflicts heavy casualties. If that happens, Franks said, '... the Western world, the free world, loses what it cherishes most, and that is freedom and liberty we’ve seen for a couple of hundred years in this grand experiment that we call democracy'.”

At least we have been warned. How many citizens do you think are really listening? You have to give General Franks credit on one point, though. He did not hold out the phony hope that we would get our Constitutional form of government back once the "enemies of freedom" have been vanquished!

More stories appeared last week trumpeting the dangers of worldwide terrorism.

NEWS BRIEF: "New Terror Threat Targets 8 U.S. Allies", By SOO-JEONG LEE, Associated Press Writer, carried in the Detroit News, 4/22/2004

"SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- A self-proclaimed "anti-American" group is threatening terrorist attacks against eight U.S. allies by the end of the month, including South Korea, Japan, Australia and Pakistan, a South Korean official said Thursday ... The group ... threatened to attack diplomatic compounds, airlines and public transportation systems in the eight countries that are U.S. allies or have plans to send troops to Iraq. The four other countries are Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore and Kuwait."

The plan may be laid out in such a manner as to begin the wave of terrorist attacks in countries other than the United States and then finally hit this country. But, always remember, the identity of the people who have instigated these waves of terror attacks is revealed on the back of the American One Dollar Bill. The Eye of Lucifer hovering over the unfinished pyramid clearly identifies the Illuminati as the source of the terror about to be unleashed. Never forget that.

NEWS BRIEF: "U.S. Warns of Attacks on Asia Shipping, Finance Hubs", Yahoo News, April 22, 2004

"SINGAPORE/HONG KONG (Reuters) - U.S. officials warned Asia on Thursday to be on guard against terror attacks in crowded sea lanes and in financial centers such as Hong Kong. Speaking in Singapore, a top State Department official said Washington had good reason to believe that terror groups would target economically critical shipping lanes such as the Malacca and Singapore Straits. 'We have begun to focus on the potential of a disastrous maritime terrorist incident', Matthew Daley, deputy assistant secretary of state, told a security conference."

We saw other news articles preparing us for the beginning of the planned terrors, but you get the point with these selected articles. We are being greatly prepared for the long-awaited terror attacks. Again, as we said, above, all these events designed to produce World War III are scheduled to go together, in very quick succession.

IV. The House of Representatives leaped into this process of raising people's consciousness of terrorism in a most unique manner.

NEWS BRIEF: "U.S. House Approves 9/11-Inspired Doomsday Bill", By Thomas Ferraro, Wired News, April 22, 2004

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives mulled its own possible demise on Thursday as it approved doomsday legislation to speed its replacement in case of a widespread loss of lawmakers. Passed on a 306-97 vote, the measure would require special elections within 45 days if more than 100 of the 435 House members were ever wiped out. Such mass casualties would hamper the chamber's ability to conduct business ... One of four airliners hijacked on Sept. 11, 2001, in an attack on the United States is suspected to possibly have had the Capitol in its cross-hairs until passengers tangled with their captors, sending the aircraft into a Pennsylvania field."

"While the bill won broad support, Baird and several other members, mostly Democrats, complained it was inadequate and would leave the House for too long with too many empty seats. Many favored some sort of a constitutional amendment that would allow seats to be more quickly filled, possibly by the appointment of successors by governors or state legislatures. Baird has proposed an amendment that would allow members to name potential successors ... The House-passed bill goes now for consideration in the Senate, where a constitutional amendment approach has been proposed but not voted on."

This measure will probably go nowhere, because it does not represent the firm plan to dissolve Congress and the Supreme Court at the earliest opportunity after the next terrorist hit. But, this story works wonders in raising consciousness in people's minds that terrorism is a threat that is only increasing exponentially.

V. A new poll not surprisingly showed that Americans were more concerned about terror than ever before, with many citizens believing this war on terror might not be won!

NEWS BRIEF" "Americans fear terrorist victory - Poll: Half in U.S. say attackers are winning", By Will Lester / Associated Press, carried in The Detroit News, April 22, 2004

"WASHINGTON — Half of Americans have concerns that terrorists might be winning in the war on terrorism, and one in five feels strongly that way, according to an Associated Press poll that found many people pessimistic about their security. Fears about an attack against this country are high. Two-thirds in the poll said it was likely terrorists would strike before the November elections. And a third said it was likely there would be an attack at one of the political conventions this summer."

Why should we be surprised at this news? Since the 9/11 attacks, the American citizenry has been subjected to hundreds of blatantly false "terror alerts" that have never come true, simply because they were made up. In fact, we printed a very lengthy study of headline news articles beginning just weeks after 9/11, and discovered that many of the headlines have simply been repeated over and over during the 2 1/2 years since those fateful planned attacks.

If you have not read this article, we encourage you to do so now. It is NEWS1888, "Since 9/11, The World Has Been Continually Subjected To 'Wars and Rumors of Wars' - Prophecy Is Being Fulfilled In Your Daily News. Have You Noticed?"

After being subjected to literally hundreds of false "Rumors of Wars" -- terrorist attack alerts -- Americans have gotten the propaganda message. People actually believe we may be losing the terrorist war and are under severe threat. American citizens believe this tripe even though no terrorist attack has occurred since September 11, 2001. Mass Media propagandists know their art of deception too well, don't you think?

VI. The Supreme Court began hearings this week on the most crucial subjects in recent history and maybe the most crucial in our entire history.

NEWS BRIEF: "Court Hears Test of How Detainees Handled", By ANNE GEARAN, MyWay News, April 20, 2004

"WASHINGTON (AP) - The government can't throw out prisoners' constitutional rights to make their case in court just because the country faces new threats in the war on terrorism, a lawyer for foreign-born detainees argued Tuesday in the Supreme Court's first case arising from the Sept. 11 attacks. 'It's been plain for 215 years', lawyer John Gibbons argued. The government, he said, cannot create a 'lawless enclave' where no court, American or otherwise, can check up on things."

Of course, Bush did exactly this: using the 9/11 attacks as an excuse, officials of his Administration set up a "lawless enclave" where no American court had jurisdiction. Furthermore, Bush officials located this court off American soil, in Cuba, at the Guantanamo Naval Base. While this location is officially American soil as far as Cuba is concerned, it is military property, ruled by military law. Finally, officials declared the 660 prisoners there to be "Enemy Combatants", a designation that stripped these men of all rights, liberties and privileges, rights which American jurisprudence had always granted aliens.

The threat to our liberties was quite clear from the very beginning to discerning citizens. If Bush Administration officials could treat aliens in this manner, the next logical step is for them to treat American citizens in the same manner, stripping us of our liberties and rights. In fact, that scenario began to happen soon after we set Guantanamo Bay prison up. The Supreme Court is to hear this argument as well.

Now, let us go back to this feature article:

"The justices seemed deeply divided over the fate of more than 600 men from 44 countries who have been held for more than two years at the Guantanamo camp, and about the underlying questions concerning presidential powers in wartime. 'I'm still honestly most worried about the fact that there would be a large category of unchecked and uncheckable actions dealing with the detention of individuals that are being held in a place where America has the power to do everything', said Justice Stephen Breyer. Two and a half years after Sept. 11, the high court is starting small, with a simple question about whether federal judges can even hear the complaints of the Guantanamo prisoners."

The Supreme Court deliberations in this matter may be preempted if the "final birth pangs" war we just described, above, hits relatively soon. During the midst of their deliberations, terror could strike, and the High Court, as well as the Congress, will be dissolved.

However, in the meantime, don't hold out any hope that this Court will act according to the Constitution. Ever since this High Court fulfilled Illuminati plans by declaring Sodomy legal throughout the land, I realized that the Court is packed with just the right Justices to deliver just the right verdict at just the right time. Later, they acted to take away our Constitutional right to "keep and bear arms" in a most deceitful, underhanded manner (NEWS1877]. Shortly thereafter, the Supreme Court upheld the Constitutionality of the "Campaign Finance Reform Bill", an action that severely eroded our First Amendment Free Speech rights (NEWS1879).

The Illuminati has consistently "packed the Court" since the administration of President Franklin Roosevelt.

This article then describes the seriousness of another legal matter before the Court.

"Next week, the court takes up two related cases that may hit closer to home for many Americans. Those cases test President Bush's power to detain U.S. citizens for long periods without charges, and with virtually no access to the outside world ... The administration claims exclusive power to hold the men and interrogate them as long as necessary, with no guarantee of a lawyer or a trial to determine their guilt. Judges have no business second-guessing the detention of foreigners held on foreign soil [Government lawyer] Olson told the court. The Bush administration calls the men 'enemy combatants', similar to traditional prisoners of war but outside the guarantees of the Geneva Convention."

Did you realize how the Bush Administration has proceeded here? At first, they declared aliens as "enemy combatants" and now they are declaring that any American citizen accused of being a terrorist can also be so labeled. In the world into which Bush is thrusting us, a simple government declaration is equal to a finding of "guilty". No accused prisoner can contest the government's accusation, nor present a defense, nor have access to an attorney, nor have any contact with the outside world. With the Illuminist penchant for redefining terms, the label "terrorist" simply means anyone who disagrees with the government on anything!

In fact, Tom Ridge redefined "terrorist" in October, 2001, just weeks after 9/11 (NEWS1553).

Did you know that two of the American citizens held for over two years at Guantanamo Bay prison have never been officially charged with a crime! Listen:

NEWS BRIEF: "Bush terror policy has first test in high court", New York Times, carried in azcentral.com, Apr. 21, 2004

"Two cases to be argued next Wednesday test the rights of two U.S. citizens, Yaser Esam Hamdi and Jose Padilla, held for two years in military custody on suspicion of collaborating with al-Qaida but never officially charged."

How outrageous! Our Constitution guarantees each citizen a trial by his peers in a speedy time frame. Therefore, President Bush has already thumbed his nose at our legal system and has gotten away with it. Our liberties hang by a thread.

VII. California demonstrated the worthlessness of the Focus on the Family Defense of Marriage act this week in a most profound manner.

NEWS BRIEF: "California Assembly Panel Says Yes to Gay Unions", The Gay Financial Network, April 22, 2004

"Four years after California voters overwhelmingly approved a measure restricting marriage to a man and a woman, the Judiciary Committee on Tuesday endorsed a bill that would legalize same-sex unions ... The measure, AB 1967, passed the Assembly Judiciary Committee in an 8-3 vote, with every Democrat on the panel supporting it and every Republican voting against it. Tuesday's committee vote marked a significant step in the debate over same-sex marriage, demonstrating how far public opinion had come since the early '90s ... A jubilant Leno, one of five openly gay members of the Legislature, called Tuesday's vote 'a first step'."

Even though this measure is unlikely to pass the full State Assembly, the worthlessness of the Defense of Marriage Act in stopping legal gay "marriages", or "unions" is quite plain. Even though the Defense of Marriage Act legally defines "marriage" as being between a man and a woman, it does not forbid gay marriage by another name! That "other name" is Civil Unions.

Therefore, Dr. James Dobson is once again misleading his followers by touting this Defense of Marriage Act as the best way to prevent gay marriages. The wording of this bill does nothing of the kind. We were warned some time ago by the good folks of Massachusetts News that this was the case. Listen:

NEWS BRIEF: "Will 'Focus on Family' Push Pres. Bush and Massachusetts into Civil Unions, the Same as California?", By Atty. J. Edward Pawlick, February 26, 2004, http://www.massnews.com/2004_editions/02_February/022604_will_focus_push_pres_bush_and_mass_into_civil_unions.htm

"The powerful and rich Focus on the Family is continuing its push to put civil unions into place in Massachusetts and elsewhere, the same as it has already done in California . Pres. Bush finally succumbed yesterday to the pressure and urged an Amendment to the federal Constitution that says nothing about civil unions ... Everyone in Massachusetts knows what Focus is doing in this state with people excited about the Amendment that the group has drafted for a scheduled vote by the legislature on March 11 ... But we must realize that the Amendment does absolutely nothing about protecting us from civil unions, the same as there are in Vermont."

"The head of a 'Focus on the Family' organization in Washington, Matt Daniels, President of the Alliance for Marriage, said earlier this month, 'We want to make it absolutely explicit we don't want to overturn democratically created civil unions'. He says that despite the fact that everyone agrees that civil unions will always morph into homosexual marriage, the same as is happening in California."

Once again, we sadly realize that the truth of a serious matter is discovered by looking in exactly the oppose direction (NEWS1558). The biggest disappointment is that the organization misleading the people in this issue is the prestigious Focus On The Family. Truly, the Lord was right when He lamented, "... when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?" [Luke 18:8]

VIII. We heard more news this week concerning the role the United Nations is to play in Iraq. Remember our emphasis these past many weeks: the UN is beginning to act more and more like a global government, taking over roles reserved just for governments and being accorded the honor normally reserved for national heads of state.

NEWS BRIEF: "U.N. envoy likely to begin picking Iraq leaders soon", By Barbara Slavin, USA TODAY, April 22, 2004

"WASHINGTON — United Nations special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi will begin choosing leaders of an Iraqi interim government within weeks and hopes to select a prime minister by mid-May, a Bush administration official told a Senate hearing Thursday ... Grossman's comments were the clearest indication yet that Brahimi and the United Nations — rather than the Bush administration — would have extraordinary authority to shape Iraq's new government."

Did you catch that important kernel of understanding? A United Nations official will select Iraqi officials for the new interim government, not the United States! Quietly, without fanfare, the Bush Administration has encouraged the United Nations to take over running Iraq. While Coalition Forces are likely to stay in place to enforce the edicts of this new interim government, the United Nations will begin to take over the functions of government.

I wonder how long it will take to simply transfer military control of the Coalition Forces to United Nations control?

NEWS BRIEF: "Bush to UN: Help!', By Ian Williams, AlterNet.org, April 14, 2004

"Doctor Johnson once said that the prospect of being hanged in a fortnight must concentrate the mind of a person wonderfully. The problem with the U.S. occupation of Iraq is that the Bush administration is still unclear as to who is being readied for the noose: the insurgents or the White House. The good news is that the White House appears to have come up with yet another 'plan' to save its hide: Bring in the United Nations ... the White House seems to have given up its previous flight of fancy that previous UN resolutions authorized the creation of a multinational force in Iraq, and is planning to petition the Security Council for a resolution that will actually do so. Initial reports suggest that the resolution will mandate several different kinds of troops, including a special category of troops under direct UN command charged with protecting its staff during the handover."

Later in this article, Williams offers the obvious advantages the United Nations would bring to the disaster in Iraq.

"The main advantage of bringing in the UN, apart from Brahimi's undisputed diplomatic skills, is that its participation offers legitimacy. It is the only body that can politically detoxify the U.S. occupation by giving its blessing to a new Iraqi administration ... More important, the White House is willing to the hand over "sovereignty" but not power. The administration wants to define "sovereignty" at will. How else can one interpret the order putting the new "Iraqi" Army under the command of a U.S. General after the June 30 handover? The U.S. was forced to turn to Brahimi precisely because its obstinate refusal to play fair had doomed its own efforts to engineer an exit strategy."

Do not be fooled into thinking that President Bush entered Iraq without a clear "exit strategy". This is nonsense. As we detailed in NEWS1854, Bush carried out a classic Dialectic Struggle with the UN in 2002-2003 over whether Iraq constituted a threat large enough to warrant invasion. When Bush ordered the invasion, he did so because of his authority as a National Sovereign. The United Nations opposed this invasion because the body did not believe Saddam posed that kind of mortal threat. Therefore, as we have been saying all along, Bush's war with Iraq cannot come to a successful conclusion with little to no downside risk, because such a success would validate the principle of National Sovereignty and invalidate the Illuminist concept of Global Sovereignty held only by the UN.

We are now seeing the logical outworking of this deliberately staged Dialectic Struggle. Bush's invasion is now seen as disastrous, making the original UN stand look very valid. Global Sovereignty has just taken a huge step forward. When Bush Administration officials now actively seek UN assistance, Global Sovereignty looks ever stronger and more valid. We are gradually heading for a global government called the United Nations, soon to be headed by Antichrist.

An interesting side note occurred to this developing situation in Iraq. Last week, President Bush appointed John Negroponte as US Ambassador to Iraq. This action gives an air of legitimacy to the interim government of Iraq, for an existing sovereign nation only grants such recognition to other sovereign governments. A quick check on John Negroponte reveals that he is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) ["Who's Who of the Elite"]. Bush continues to use only approved Illuminist officials in his administration.

IX. New Technology gives the coming dictatorial government unparalleled and unbelievable surveillance powers!

NEWS BRIEF: "BIG BROTHER: The Wonderful -- and Frightening -- Potential of 'Smart Dust', By Gailon Totheroh, Medical and Science Correspondent, CBN News, April 22, 2004

"NORTHERN CALIFORNIA -- Technology has a history of creating terminology. The latest is "Smart Dust'. That's what they call tiny interactive sensors that may expand the horizons of the future. The name of the game is data gathering and more and better data could mean benefits like more food, protecting natural resources and tracking down terrorists. As well as whole new levels of surveillance of the public."

"In July graduate students at the University of California at Berkeley were busy scaling the arboreal heights to place 'smart dust' units in majestic redwoods. What is smart dust? It has many different facets:

"....Networks of sensors that are actually talking to each other, and it's almost like a bucket brigade. One tosses it's information off to the next one, the next one tosses it off to the repeater and all of that gets gathered by a central computer that stores the information for us."

"And smart dust researchers are planning to add mechanical components so the smart dust can fly or crawl on demand, adding new meaning to the term 'bugging device' for both surveillance and science. Unlike actual insects, smart bugs could crawl into earthquake devastation, find survivors and relay their exact locations to rescuers. And smart dust deployed across a battlefield could give all the details necessary to target and destroy an enemy. Berkeley electrical engineering Ph.D. student Brian Leibowitz showed us a prototype that's even smaller than the guts of the weather station; and a picture of a test unit that's only a fraction of the size of a penny. And he showed us blown-up pictures of tiny motors that are only the diameter of a human hair."

The Number One priority of any dictatorial government is to know the exact whereabouts of its internal enemies. For this reason, every dictatorship in history has created an extensive internal surveillance police apparatus loosely called the "Secret Police" to monitor and suppress any dissident actions before they can pose a threat to the state.

The world is headed into the terrifying world of minute surveillance technology that will enable government to effectively monitor every single dissident they have, or thinks it has. This technology is also going to make possible that unparalleled level of control foretold in prophecy. This control is going to be so effective that:

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* "PROOFS OF A CONSPIRACY: OSLO ACCORDS WERE ORIGINALLY DESIGNED IN 1993 TO GIVE LARGE CHUNKS OF ISRAEL BACK TO THE PALESTINIANS -- EXACTLY WHERE "HARDLINER" SHARON IS HEADING NOW" - Jewish voters threw Ehud Barak out of office because he was too soft on Palestinian terror. Old War General Sharon was the man to get tough on terror and defeat it. Instead, Sharon continued Barak's Rabin policies and is now giving the Palestinians exactly what was originally planned. This reality is "PROOF" of a Conspiracy! http://cuttingedgeministries.net/news/n1911.cfm

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---------Conclusion----------------"We all with open face beholding ... the glory of the Lord" (2Cor. 3:18)

A servant of God must stand so much alone that he never knows he is alone. In the first phases of Christian life disheartenments come, people who used to be lights flicker out, and those who used to stand with us pass away. We have to get so used to it that we never know we are standing alone. "All men forsook me ... notwithstanding the Lord stood with me" (2Tim. 4:16-17). We must build our faith, not on the fading light, but on the light that never fails. When "big" men go we are sad, until we see that they are meant to go, the one thing that remains is looking in the face of God for ourselves.

Allow nothing to keep you from looking God Sternly in the face about yourself and about your doctrine, and every time you preach see that you look God in the face about things first, then the glory will remain all through. A Christian worker is one who perpetually looks in the face of God and then goes forth to talk to people. The characteristic of the ministry of Christ is that of unconscious glory that abides. "Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with Him."

We are never called on to parade our doubts or to express the hidden ecstasies of our life with God. The secret of the worker's life is that he keeps in tune with God all the time.

["My Utmost For His Highest", Oswald Chambers]

Read about the wondrously dedicated life of Oswald Chambers, whose books of devotion are still the #1 seller in the whole world. Read how God mightily used this simple man, for in his life, you will see the dedication you need in your life in order for God to significantly use you. Remember the chorus, "Little Is Much When God Is In It"? That is the life of Oswald Chambers! That can be your life too.

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