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Inspiration For the Week-------"Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise
cast out." John 6:37
It has been thought by some that as long as Peter lived, the fountain of his tears began to flow whenever he remembered his denying his Lord. It is not unlikely that it was so, (for his sin was very great, and grace in him had afterwards a perfect work. This same experience is common to all the redeemed family according to the degree in which the Spirit of God has removed the natural heart of stone. We, like Peter, remember our boastful promise: "Though all men shall forsake Thee, yet will not I."
We eat our own words with the bitter herbs of repentance. When we think of what we vowed we would be, and of what we have been, we may weep whole showers of grief. He thought on his denying his Lord. The place in which he did it, the little cause which led him into such heinous sin, the oaths and blasphemies with which he sought to confirm his falsehood, and the dreadful hardness of heart which drove him to do so again and yet again. Can we, when we are reminded of our sins, and their exceeding sinfulness, remain stolid and stubborn? Will we not make our house a Bochim, and cry unto the Lord for renewed assurances of pardoning love?
May we never take a dry-eyed look at sin, lest ere long we have a tongue parched in the flames of hell. Peter also thought upon his Master's look of love. The Lord followed up the cock's warning voice with an admonitory look of sorrow, pity, and love. That glance was never out of Peter's mind so long as he lived. It was far more effectual than ten thousand sermons would have been without the Spirit. The penitent apostle would be sure to weep when he recollected the Saviour's full forgiveness, which restored him to his former place. To think that we have offended so kind and good a Lord is more than sufficient reason for being constant weepers. Lord, smite our rocky hearts, and make the waters flow.
(C.H. Spurgeon, "Morning
and Evening Devotions"
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Americans are currently living in a national security state. Freedom, privacy, and dissent in America are being suppressed in the name of national security. Illegal domestic spying is violating our civil liberties. Everyday that the war in Iraq continues, we are sacrificing peace in order to maintain peace.
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"Comparison of Denominations" - Pamphlet
This pamphlet compares 12 Christian denominations and what they believe on different topics. Groups include Baptists, Methodists, Pentecostals, Lutherans, Roman Catholics, Orthodox, and many more. What do they believe about God, the Trinity, Jesus, the Scriptures, Baptism, the Lord’s Supper, and salvation?
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This Weeks Hot News ----------
I. World powers suddenly have offered Iran a deal which will deliver significant advantages if Iran will commit to negotiations over its nuclear enrichment program.
NEWS BRIEF: "World powers will offer Iran a nuclear deal", Chron.com, June 2, 2006
"VIENNA, AUSTRIA - The United States and five major world powers agreed Thursday to offer Iran 'far-reaching proposals' that would 'bring significant benefits' if it halts its drive to master nuclear power, but also threatened 'further steps in the Security Council' if Iran refused to enter negotiations ... The agreement ... is intended to sharpen the choice for Iran in the debate over its nuclear program. 'We urge Iran to take the positive path and to consider seriously our substantive proposals which would bring significant benefits," Beckett told reporters with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and the foreign ministers of Russia, China, France and Germany at her side."
The most significant portion of this agreement is that Russian and Chinese representatives were supporting this agreement. Since these two nations have always supported Iran in her right to use nuclear power in her economy, their participation in this new proposal must mean that the proposal has significant "wiggle room" in it for the Iranians.
Just to get Russia and China to support this incentives package, President Bush had to make a significant concession.
"... the incentives appeared to include an international effort to assist Iran's nuclear industry, including guarantees of long-term fuel assurances — a significant shift of the Bush administration's long insistence that Iran had no need for nuclear power." (Ibid.)
Iran has always rejected the American contention that the Islamic Republic had no economic right to develop nuclear power, a point Iran clarified just hours before this Vienna agreement was announced. We shall speak to that issue in the next news story. Now, let us go back to our featured news article for more pertinent information.
"But aides to Rice said the deal also commits China and Russia, two skeptics of sanctions, to a long list of specific steps to punish Iran if it refuses to halt its enrichment program. The possible sanctions are listed as a menu, ranging from minor to major, and there appeared to be no agreement yet on which options to choose if Iran failed to act ... 'We are prepared to resume negotiations should Iran resume suspension of all enrichment related and reprocessing activities as required by the IAEA and we also would suspend action in the Security Council', Beckett said, referring to the International Atomic Energy Agency."
"Action in the Security Council" is the key operative phrase in this issue. Russia and China have always rejected any UN Security Council resolution which would really inconvenience Iran; remember, both countries wield a veto power which would kill any significant resolution against Iran. In fact, this latest proposal may be intended to just guide this issue into the Security Council, where a certain veto lurks.
Just hours before this Vienna proposal was announced, Iran firmly reiterated that she reserved the "right" to develop nuclear power for peaceful economic uses.
NEWS BRIEF: "Iran rejects US terms for nuclear talks", Dawn International, June 1, 2006
"TEHRAN, June 1: Iran on Thursday rejected US conditions for talks over its atomic programme, prompting a warning from Washington that it would seek UN action if Tehran formally refused to freeze sensitive nuclear work. 'We support dialogue in a fair and unbiased atmosphere, but we will not talk about our undeniable and legitimate rights, because this is the right of our people according to international laws and treaties', Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told reporters. 'There is no obstacle to negotiate with the United States on an equal footing, with respect and without preconditions, since what is important for us is to secure our nuclear rights', his spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi added.
If the Vienna proposal allows the Iranians to continue with their nuclear power plant as their national "right", according to United Nations documents, and allows Iran to negotiate directly with those nations who express their concerns over the possibility that Iran might use her enriched fuel to make nuclear weapons, then we may see a series of protracted negotiations begin. These negotiations might be designed along the lines of the North Korean negotiations which have been occurring for over 4 years now, and which have accomplished zero.
But, at the very least, the world would be spared the "Rumors of Wars" which have artificially driven oil prices higher and have kept the world on tender hooks for the past three years.
Just prior to this announcement in Vienna, the American drive against Iran had seemed to be collapsing. Please note that, 48 hours prior to the Vienna announcement, the Bush Administration had agreed to not use military threat to try to "solve" this issue. Therefore, Iran can consider her response in an atmosphere which is suddenly devoid of immediate military attack.
NEWS BRIEF: "U.S. Accepts Draft on Iran That Omits Use of Force", New York Times, May 30, 2006
"WASHINGTON, May 30 — The Bush administration, seeking to enlist Russian support for a United Nations Security Council resolution on Iran, has agreed to language ruling out the immediate threat of military force, American and European officials said Tuesday. The American agreement has improved the chances that the Russians will go along with the resolution ... Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's office announced that Ms. Rice would fly to Vienna on Wednesday for more talks on Iran with top Russian, Chinese and European envoys. "
This next segment shows how the Russians guided this issue in a way in which the Bush Administration originally did not want to go -- in order to prevent a reenactment of the Iraqi invasion.
"For months the United States has demanded that pressure on Iran must increase through passage of a Security Council resolution under Chapter VII of the United Nations charter. This chapter invokes the Council's power to demand compliance of member countries on certain matters and threaten punishment if they refuse. Russia, fearing a replay of the run-up to the Iraq war in 2002 and 2003, has opposed any invocation of Chapter VII, on the ground that the United States might seize upon its approval as a justification for acting unilaterally to impose economic penalties or use military force against Iran. To placate the Russians, the United States has agreed to invoke only Article 41 of Chapter VII, and not the whole chapter. Article 41 makes no reference to the possible use of force, and therefore offers the Russians a means to support it."
Now, you can see why the Russians and Chinese could support the Vienna proposal, as they had already guided the negotiations in a way designed to protect Iran.
The next news story demonstrates that President Bush has finally agreed with
Iran's major proposal, i.e., that she has an inherent "right" to
pursue peaceful nuclear power.
NEWS BRIEF: "Rice makes the right move on Iran: President Bush has made a 'U-Turn' On Iran", L. A. Times, June 1, 2006
"PRESIDENT BUSH HAS MADE A U-TURN on Iran — and not a moment too soon. Just as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was about to get on a plane to Vienna for talks on Iran, she announced a courageous and historic about-face that offers hope of ending the hostility that has marked U.S. relations with Iran since 1979 ... Tehran's blustery initial response, dismissing the offer for talks as U.S. "propaganda," only shows how completely Bush's gambit caught the Iranians off guard. Several aspects of Wednesday's announcement indicate that the administration has done some serious thinking, and rethinking, on Iran. First, despite Iran's history of mendacity with its nuclear program, Rice made a point Wednesday to acknowledge — twice — Iran's right to a civilian nuclear energy program. It was a necessary concession to Iran's pride in its program and to the fact that the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty allows for it."
Once again, the United States is forced to play by international rules, forced on her by other powerful nations. This fact does not bode well for the future of the principle of National Sovereignty, which is defined as that ability of a national leader to do what he thinks is right for his nation to do, even if that action runs counter to the wishes of the international community. President Bush ordered his invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan on the principle of National Sovereignty. If the final results turn out to be as terrible as it now appears it might, the right of National Sovereignty might be ended forever.
Russia went public to announce that they hoped Iran would accept this latest world offer.
NEWS BRIEF: "Russia Hopes for Positive Iranian Response After Vienna Talks", MOSNEWS, June 2, 2006
"Russia hopes Iran will positively respond to the “serious proposals” of six world powers to resume negotiations and to suspend the discussion of its nuclear issue in the UN Security Council if Tehran stops uranium enrichment .... At the new talks with Iran a decision will be drafted for the benefit of peaceful nuclear power engineering, and simultaneously the nuclear non-proliferation regime will be observed,” the minister stressed. Lavrov said proposals to Iran were accepted unanimously and have three main directions — the Iranian nuclear program, trade, economic and political issues and security."
Oil investors, and ordinary Americans, are most anxious to see good news on oil, so they reacted quickly to the news that this Iranian crisis might be settled peacefully after all, even though three solid years of war rhetoric has clouded the international outlook.
NEWS BRIEF: "Oil price falls as US says may talk to Iran", Excite News, May 31, 2006
"LONDON (Reuters) - Oil dropped on Wednesday after Washington said it would talk to major OPEC producer Iran and forge a "new and positive" relationship -- provided it stopped uranium enrichment. A long-running dispute between the West and Iran over Tehran's nuclear ambitions has stoked prices above $70 as investors fear potential supply disruptions from the world's fourth-biggest oil exporter. 'If the U.S. were to get involved in even indirect dialogue, it would result in a significant decrease in tensions', said Nauman Barakat of investment bank Macquarie in New York."
Have you noticed that as the Hurricane season of last year ended, and the country began to recover from the loss of refined oil and gas, that President Bush's warlike rhetoric against Iran and Venezuela ratcheted upward sharply? Now that Hurricane season began on June 1, the war rhetoric may be cooling. No matter what the excuse, the high price of gas and oil must stay that way now that serious efforts are underway to begin extracting oil from shale in this country.
II.
The news coming out this week about rebuilding New Orleans seemed to confirm
Cutting Edge teaching, i.e., that the city will never be rebuilt to its original
size and/or splendor. Notice that officials are beginning
to sound the refrain we predicted they would sound, i.e., that portions of
the city "should not be rebuilt".
NEWS BRIEF: "New Orleans Sinking Faster Than Thought", By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer, Associated Press, May 31, 2006
"Everyone has known New Orleans is a sinking city. Now new research suggests parts of the city are sinking even faster than many scientists imagined -- more than an inch a year. That may explain some of the levee failures during Hurricane Katrina and it raises more worries about the future."
In the immediate aftermath of the levee collapse, personal testimony of individual citizens living within earshot of the levees, seemed to strongly indicate that strong explosions had occurred just seconds prior to the total collapse of the levees, thus pouring the lake water into the city. Many Americans were convinced that someone had blown the levee system. However, this current news story indicates the pervasive power of the Mass Media. Nearly one year after the New Orleans disaster, this article routinely speaks of the levee failures as though they were no one's fault, thus absolving any government official of any responsibility, and everyone not paying attention last year is going to probably be deceived.
Cutting Edge does realize the reality that New Orleans has been sinking for some time, for it certainly has; what we take objection to is the slant of this news, which takes a person's mind completely off the probability that someone did blow the levee system, hours after the hurricane had left the area!
Now, let us go back to our news article, for we see that the next segment speaks to the planned "Re-Wilding" issue:
"The research, reported in the journal Nature, is based on new satellite radar data for the three years before Katrina struck in The data show that some areas are sinking four or five times faster than the rest of the city. And that, experts say, can be deadly. 'My concern is the very low-lying areas', said lead author Tim Dixon, a University of Miami geophysicist. 'I think those areas are death traps. I don't think those areas should be rebuilt." (Ibid.)
This is the essence of the "Re-wilding" of a city. Once it has been devastated, and largely emptied of its citizens, the Federal Government is then in position to decide which areas are going to be rebuilt and which areas are not going to be rebuilt. Cutting Edge has always taken the position that New Orleans would not be rebuilt according to its original size and glory, and that certain sections would be allowed to go back to their natural state -- "Re-wilding".
"For years, scientists figured the city on average was sinking about one-fifth of an inch a year based on 100 measurements of the region, Dixon said. The new data from 150,000 measurements taken from space finds that about 10 percent to 20 percent of the region had yearly subsidence in the inch-a-year range, he said. As the ground in those areas sinks, protection from levees also falls, scientists and engineers said. For example, the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, built more than three decades ago, has sunk by more than 3 feet since its construction, Dixon said, explaining why water poured over the levee and part of it failed. 'The people in St. Bernard got wiped out because the levee was too low', said co-author Roy Dokka, director of the Louisiana Spatial Center at Louisiana State University. 'It's as simple as that'." (Ibid.)
It is also simple deduction that, once a person accepts this explanation as scientific fact, he or she must accept the premise that no rebuilding should take place in these areas because no amount of human effort could possibly make rebuilding safe. This is the essence of re-wilding and is consistent with the red and light green markings on New Orleans on the American Simulated Reserve Map shown in NEWS1368, meaning that part of the city will be set aside for re-wilding, while part of the city will be rebuilt.
Now, this news article shifts to the causes of this dramatic sinking.
"Dixon and his co-author Dokka disagree on the major causes of New Orleans' not-so-slow fall into the Gulf of Mexico. Dixon blames over development and drainage of marshlands, saying 'all the problems are man-made; before people settled there in the 1700s, this area was at sea level'. But Dokka said much of the sinking is due to natural seismic shifts that have little to do with construction." (Ibid.)
No matter which argument you accept, the conclusion is the same: parts of the city should not be rebuilt.
Right now, New Orleans is vulnerable. People of New Orleans should be concerned, for their beloved city may just be in government crosshairs for a major hurricane hit this year. At this point, you need to understand the reality of Weather Control and Weather Warfare. If you have not read our material in this section, please take the time now to read our material, which conclusively demonstrates that select global scientists do control the world's weather through Scalar Electromagnetic Wave technology. Even Former Defense Secretary William Cohen admits this reality!
Hurricane Season began June 1, and some experts are saying that the US might be hit by five major hurricanes this season.
NEWS BRIEF: "New Orleans seen top target for '06 hurricanes", Yahoo News, May 24, 2006
"ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - New Orleans, still down and out from last year's assault by Hurricane Katrina, is the U.S. city most likely to be struck by hurricane force winds during the 2006 storm season, a researcher said on Wednesday. The forecast gives the city a nearly 30 percent chance of being hit by a hurricane and one in 10 chance the storm will be Category 3 or stronger, meaning sustained winds of at least 111 miles per hour (178 km per hour), said Chuck Watson of Kinetic Analysis Corp., a Savannah, Georgia, risk assessment firm.
" 'Given the state of the infrastructure down there and the levees, gosh, that's just not good news. But that's what the climate signals look like", Watson said."
We have always ruminated on the possibility that the Federal Government will not achieve its coveted goal of gaining complete control of whatever rebuilding does occur in New Orleans unless a new hurricane hits again, thus demonstrating that the city is just too permanently dangerous and too prone to major hurricanes to ever be rebuilt the way it originally was. At this point, let us finish our discussion here with the "prediction" which FEMA made the day before the 9/11 attacks, for you need to be reminded of these facts in this current climate.
NEWS BRIEF: "12 lessons that S.C. can learn from Katrina", The State Newspaper, September 4, 2005
"In 2001, the Federal Emergency Management Agency ranked the most likely and deadly disasters that could befall the United States. The top three were a terrorist attack on New York, an earthquake in San Francisco and a hurricane in New Orleans. The list was announced at a conference on Sept. 10. The next day was 9/11."
This news is so incredible that we need to stop right here, so we can accurately understand what we have just been told. On September 10, 2001, FEMA accurately "predicted" three" most likely and deadly disasters that could befall the United States". These deadly disasters foretold were:
