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Saturday, May 30, 2015

Explaining ‘End/Telos’ of Romans 10:4


More Thoughts on SCOTUS and Same-Sex Marriage
John R. Houk
© May 30, 2015

I belong to a secret Facebook group pertaining the First Amendment. A comment was left on this group pertaining a SlantRight 2.0 post entitled “Arise Christians against SCOTUS Violations”. Since the group is listed as “secret” I am hesitant to reveal the exact Facebook name or the name of the commenter. My sense is that those who post there may not wish to be harassed for their opinions. Thus I will identify the commenter as JP for anonymity reasons.

Just as a brief synopsis of “Arise Christians against SCOTUS Violations” that post was about then future oral arguments pertaining to homosexual same-sex marriage being a States’ Rights issue rather than a Federal Government issue. If the supporters of Family and Biblical Values are to win validation of their arguments before SCOTUS then Leftists and homosexual activists will be prohibited from making same-sex marriage a Federally mandated national law and would place that decision in the hands of each individual State of America’s Union. This would reinstate State Laws that made it a matter of the rule of law that marriage would be defined as between man and a woman rather than Adam and Steve or Adriana and Eve.

With that in mind here is JP’s comment edited with spellcheck because comments made on the fly are often grammatically flawed (and even though I also I am guilty of on the fly grammatically flawed comments it is a pet peeve of mine):

I don't understand why you reference the Old Testament for Christian Canon. Romans 10:4 – “For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth." KJV (Comment by JP)

The common mistake people make is that the Scriptures preached on by Early Christians and Jesus Himself were based on the Old Testament. And another comment mistake by Jim within Romans 10:4 is the word “end”. The Koine Greek word used in the days of the Apostle Paul was “telos”. That word has a more versatile meaning than just “end”. The explanation I found on the Denominational website from the United Church of God – an International Association:

In Romans 10:4, Paul's words are translated: “For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.” Regrettably, most translators render the Greek word telos simply as “end” instead of giving Paul's intended meaning of that word in this context. Reasoning incorrectly that faith makes the law void, they have adopted an illogical assumption that Paul plainly rejected in Romans 3:31. This passage reads: “Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law.”

To discover the proper translation of a word that can be used in more than one way, its context has to be understood correctly before any effort is made to determine the right nuance of meaning that the author intended. Here is a simple example. One might ask a college student, “To what end are you attending college?” The word “end” in that context would refer to the “objective” or “goal” the student has in mind. Receiving a degree would be only the “end result” of his college years of learning, not the end to his ability or desire to learn.

The Greek word telos, translated “end” in Romans 10:4, can convey variations in meaning, including “'the aim or purpose' of a thing” (Vine's Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words, 1985, “End, Ending”). This is very clear in the New King James Version's rendering of 1 Timothy 1:5, where telos is properly translated as purpose in the clause “the purpose of the commandment is love.” In this same verse the NRSV translates telos as “aim” and the NIV renders it as “goal.”

Paul uses telos in Romans 10:4 to convey that the objective or goal of the law—the “aim or purpose” of it—is to point us to the mind and character of Jesus Christ (Galatians 4:19; Philippians 2:5).

Jesus Christ, the living Word of God, is a perfect replica of what God's law teaches. Pointing us to His character and work is the aim” of the law. Rendering of telos as “end” in Romans 10:4 distorts Paul's intended meaning—something Peter forcefully warns us not to do (2 Peter 3:15-16).


The point is “the end” does not convey termination but rather the goal as in completeness. Christ completes the Law of the Old Testament by His Blood shed in death convicted under false accusations and human greed and arose from death three days later fulfilling the reasons for the existence of the Law. This does not make the commands of the irrelevant but encompassed in Blood bought Redemption which eliminates the penalties for breaking the Law.

In full disclosure about the secret Facebook group, at the time I posted these thoughts on this First Amendment group I had forgotten the secret group’s purpose was a bit more specific than all the aspects of the First Amendment. When I shared these Christian concepts to the secret Facebook group the main focus of this group was Islam in relation to the First Amendment. I posted “Arise Christians against SCOTUS Violations” straying from the groups designed purpose. I chose the First Amendment issue of Free Speech and the Religious Freedom to my opinion allowing Christian Americans to practice their Biblical faith which finds the homosexual lifestyle abhorrent before the sight of God Almighty. Thus on a State to State basis a plurality of Americans could vote individually as a Tenth Amendment Right on the definition of Marriage since the subject is not specifically addressed by the U.S. Constitution.


The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.

As I shared the secret group I posted on focused on Islam described in the right hand column as:

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For the creation & promotion of an amendment of the First Amendment which will permit proscribing Islam by law.

First Rough:

Any institution which recruits or retains members by force, seeks to supplant this constitution with its canon law, promotes offensive warfare or was created for the personal emolument of its founder is not protected under the free exercise clause of the first amendment and may be proscribed by law. 

There is very little chance of congressional passage and state ratification, but if properly publicized, the proposal will cause Muslims to s**t bricks, exposing themselves and their cult to full scrutiny.

On a personal level I have no problems with Muslims practicing a peaceful Islam that excises the portions of the Quran regarded as the very words of their Allah deity that commands violent Jihad in the present time forcing non-Muslims to submit to Islam by conversion. OR if choosing not to convert then submitting to the superiority of Islam over one’s own religious beliefs on penalty of offending Islam, the Allah deity or Mohammed resulting in a death sentence, violent punishment or imprisonment. Also Muslims should endeavor to transform (as opposed to the current purist Islamic reform flowing globally) the Hadith and Sira that supports the violent portions of the Quran advocating present time death, physical punishment or imprisonment for rejecting and thus offending Islam. Also Christians and Americans in general should realize that the Quran recorded in Mecca prior to Mohammed fleeing to Medina are peaceful and tolerant of non-Muslim faiths especially calling for an appreciation for Jews and Christians, BUT from Medina onward the Quran recorded is violently hostile toward non-Muslims which singles out forced submission of Jews and Christians who don’t convert with an OR ELSE caveat in the Medina suras. AND Christians and Americans should be aware that the Quran IS NOT recorded in chronological order – the Mecca and Medina suras are interspersed according to size rather than time frame.

In moving along back to the homosexual lifestyle pertaining to same-sex marriage vs. Traditional Marriage let it be known I probably should not have shared that particular post to the secret Facebook group focused on Islam in relation to the First Amendment; ergo I must say to my fellow members of the group I say, “Oops”.

This is an apology to the secret group, but I stand with God Almighty to assert a homosexual lifestyle is an abomination to His Presence. This is when I typically a homosexual activist claim something idiotic like, “God made me Gay and hence I was born Gay.” I find the homosexual activist assertion idiotic not based on science, but rather based on the God inspired Word in the Holy Bible.

Homosexuality condemned in both the Old and New Testaments. Thank God the Father emptied His Divine characteristics to be born as a man from a woman in Jesus Christ the Son of God. In Christ the penalty of the Law that is in the Old Testament has been rendered complete in Jesus. The penalty is not terminated but postponed in this life. The Last Judgment determines each person’s final eternity based on the heart-faith in following the Way of the Risen Savior thus determining if their name is in the Book of Life or not. Since Christ rose from the dead the final penalty or blessing occurs in that Last Judgment. That which is important that God finds homosexuality an abomination in the old covenant and the new covenant sealed in Christ’s Blood:

Leviticus

22 You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination.

13 If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them.

Romans

18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 19 because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them.

24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, 25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

26 For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. 27 Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due. (Leviticus 18: 22; 20: 13; Romans 1: 18-19 NKJV)

If SCOTUS rules in favor of homosexual activism making same-sex marriage a part of the rule of law without the path set forth in the U.S. Constitution, then SCOTUS is unconstitutionally enacting a law that should either be left to the described Amendment process through the vehicle of Congress and/or the States.


The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress; provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate.

TAKE NOTE that the Supreme Court of the United States and the Executive Branch are not a part of Article V of the U.S. Constitution.

The only way that SCOTUS can act constitutionally to assuage the lot of homosexuals is to rule that it is more than a lifestyle but is a genetic occurrence. Even though you will homosexuals claim biological science is in their favor the actual science is hardly concrete in people being genetically born a homosexual. And ironically committed homosexuals are not even united on the OPINION of genetics.

If clear cut genetics is ever proven then science might be created by the heterosexuals that are actually needed to make children to engineer genes or the workings of inner anatomical organs responsible for sexual preference to eradicate the homosexual gene. Such genetic engineering would not fall under the category of murder but on the medical procedures that Leftists so often demand for women called “Choice”.

Homosexual activists point to the Fourteenth Amendment as the basis for claiming specific rights for homosexuals just as any other citizen of the United States. I’m not a lawyer but it seems if homosexuality is a choice rather than a genetic occurrence then how can the Fourteenth Amendment be applied to assign specific rights as equal to genetically born individuals?

People are not born a Democrat or Republican. People are not a Communist or a Capitalist.

People born into a human race is mentioned into the Constitution. Ironically people are not into a specific genetic religion, but they choose a religion or atheism or I could care less. BUT the Constitution specifically gives genetically born human beings the Constitutional Freedom to choose a religion or no religion.

NO WHERE in the Constitution are people who choose to be a homosexual have named specific rights for choosing that as a lifestyle to be respected by race, creed, religion or lack of religion.

The Constitution does provide for independent ideology in the First Amendment with Free Speech. The Constitution does not provide marriage between a same religion, a different religion, a religious person and an atheist, only Democrats can marry, only Republicans can and I think you get the idea. People marry as people.

If a majority of people in a given State view male/female marriage as natural law then marriage can so be entered. Frankly if homosexuals choose to enter into some kind of contractual mutual obligations and expectations I don’t see anything unconstitutional with that choice. But defining same-sex marriage a natural part of nature is ungodly in the sight of God. How do I know that? HE SAID SO IN THE HOLY BIBLE.

America is a secular nation founded under the platform of Christian Religious Liberty. Forcing a Christian to accept something as lawful is unconscionable and according to the First Amendment infringes on the right of a Christian to practice their faith which is unconstitutional.

The Fourteenth Amendment was enacted to after the Civil War to ensure liberated African-American slaves had the same protections and rights as pre-Civil War free non-slaves. In other words the Fourteenth Amendment dealt with civil protections and civil rights based on the genetics of human beings not on the choices of aberrant lifestyles.

Here are insightful words about the Original Intent of the Fourteenth Amendment:

The most decisive of these reasons is the fact that when the 14th Amendment was passed in 1868, homosexual behavior was a felony in every state in the union. So if the 14th Amendment was intended to require same-sex marriage, then every state in the union intended to throw the new couple into prison as soon as the marriage was consummated!

Some may say, “Who cares what they believed in 1868 about homosexuality? We’ve evolved since then.”

That’s addressed by the second reason: laws and words have specific scopes and meanings. They don’t have unlimited flexibility as liberal justices tend to think. Neither the intent nor the text of the Constitution requires the states to redefine marriage. If the people of the United States have “evolved” on the issue, then the Constitution provides them with a very clear and fair way for the document to intelligently “evolve”—they need to convince a supermajority of federal and state legislatures to amend the Constitution. That’s the very reason our Constitution has an amendment process!


… the 14th Amendment was intended to prevent states from discriminating against newly freed slaves. At that time blacks and women didn’t even have the right to vote, yet no court ever thought it could use the “equal protection” clause to change state voting laws. So why do some district courts think they can use it now to change state marriage laws? Are we to believe that “equal protection” does not guarantee a woman’s right to vote but does guarantee a woman’s right to marry another woman?


… Every person has the same equal right to marry someone of the opposite sex. That law treats all people equally, but not every behavior they may desire equally. If people with homosexual desires do not have equal rights, then people with desires to marry their relatives or more than one person don’t have equal rights. The “born that way” justification doesn’t work either because that same justification could make any desired arrangement “marriage,” which means the logic behind it is absurd. …


Does the U.S. Constitution require same-sex marriage? No, the U.S. Constitution requires the Court to leave this issue to the states. If you believe otherwise, then amend the Constitution. READ ENTIRETY (Why the 14th Amendment Can’t Possibly Require Same-Sex Marriage; By Frank Turek; Townhall.com; 3/17/15)

Here is the Fourteenth Amendment of which SCOTUS will issue an opinion on same-sex marriage:

Passed by Congress June 13, 1866. Ratified July 9, 1868.

Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

Section 2. Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State.

Section 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

Section 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.

Section 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article. (The US Constitution: 14th Amendment; website author - Fred Elbel; 14thAmendment.us; Copyright 2007-2014 - all rights reserved.)

Here is some truth to read pertaining the homosexual activist propaganda that a majority of American voters support same-sex marriage:

The headlines of most opinion polls and news stories say the same thing: Gay marriage is inevitable, by the people’s choice.


In February, a CNN/ORC survey of more than 1,000 people found 63 percent support for same-sex marriage.

This “supermajority of Americans” reflects the constant growing and widening support for the nuptials, said Evan Wolfson, president of Freedom to Marry.

In recent days, USA Today, The Washington Post and ABC News also have declared an end to the national battle on marriage.

“There’s no turning back,” said an April 19 article in USA Today, citing its poll of 1,000 adults taken with Suffolk University. Some 51 percent of those adults said they favored allowing gay couples to marry, with 35 percent opposed and 14 percent undecided.

An ABC News/Washington Post poll released Thursday found 61 percent support for same-sex marriage — with 78 percent support in the under-30 age group.

A Public Religion Research Institute survey of 40,000 Americans — which also found majority support for same-sex marriage — revealed …


In contrast, an amicus brief filed at the Supreme Court says it is “simply not true” that large majorities of Americans support a redefinition of marriage.

Real opinions are made at voting booths, and in 39 elections, in which nearly 85 million votes were cast in 35 states, more than 51 million people voted to keep marriage as a man-woman union, campaign and polling analyst Frank Schubert and the National Organization for Marriage said in their brief in Obergefell v. Hodges.

With a margin of 60.9 percent to 39.1 percent for traditional marriage, that is “an overwhelming landslide in American politics,” they wrote.

Although some polls indicate wide support for same-sex marriage, others show majority opposition to it or public support starting to drop, the brief said.


Also, many polls showing support for same-sex marriage may be worded to catch a “yes.”

“People generally want to be ‘for’ something, rather than ‘against’ something,” the National Organization for Marriage brief said.

Another factor, intended or not, is the “priming” of people with questions about legal rights before asking them about the right to marry. Without such priming, the Gallup Poll’s support for same-sex marriage dipped by an average of 6 to 7 points, the brief said.

READ ENTIRETY (Gay marriage defies opinions of American majority, legal brief tells Supreme Court; By Cheryl Wetzstein; Washington Times; 4/23/15)

What you should notice in that Washington Times article is that polls controlled by a Left-oriented Mainstream Media supports the agenda to restructure Family Values in America to reflect a decimation of Biblical Morality to be replaced with a Secular Humanism in which a mercurial humanity decides which morals have value and which morals are pointlessly archaic.

When a majority of American voters lean to defining American culture to an antichrist motif rendering Christianity irrelevantly archaic that will be the real beginning of the end of Constitutional Liberty America’s Founding Fathers intended for the United States of America.

JRH 5/30/15
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Friday, May 29, 2015

Questioning Reliability of Marketing End Times Product



John R. Houk
© May 29, 2015

Shepard’s whole “Survive The End Days” program is based solely on the premise the Whore of Babylon in the Holy Scriptures is the USA. I see this assertion as a stretch in credulity partly because of some blatant theological errors throughout his build up to demonstrate his point.

It is my opinion that Shepard takes some facts and plugs them into conclusions like jamming a square peg into a round hole. That can only be the aha moment of revealed understanding if the square peg fits into the round hole.

However, if you accept the whore of Babylon = the USA, the square peg lines up a little better to a square hole. So you will have to decide for yourself on what is the whore of Babylon.

Shepard makes the assertion that Russia is north of the USA when in reality the world and America consider Russia as part of the East. And technically in proximity Russia is just West of the USA with the small body of water between Alaska and Russian Siberia.

Shepard the USA is what is referred to as the power in South to threaten Jerusalem. The reality is, prophetically speaking, a better assertion of a power south of Jerusalem would be the cities that Islam originated in namely Mecca and Medina which is in current day Saudi Arabia.

Daniel prophesied from Babylon not Jerusalem.

Shepard asserts the shield program is being built in Europe when the fact is President Obama discontinued the European shield program soon after taking Office just after 2008.

I have no problem with identifying Barack Hussein Obama as an evil force ruining America. I don’t even have a problem with connecting BHO to an antichrist spirit. I just believe he is THE Antichrist that will be revealed in the Tribulation period predestined to afflict humanity before the return of Jesus Christ the Son of God, Savior and Lord.

There are many other suspect claims of bona fide research theologically relating to present day current affairs but there simply too many to tackle at this point. But here’s some food for thought. This is how Nathan Shepard describes himself:

… My name is Nathan Shepard

I have been a fervent Christian ever since I was a child… I have pursued a career in Archeology and theology…

And have dedicated my life to studying the ancient Scriptures…

After 30 years of painstaking studies the clues hidden in the words of the prophets of our Lord become evident… (Nathan Shepard)

Now that sounds like a person with an awesome background in which one should rest assured. But the “DISCLAIMER” gives me pause:

DISCLAIMER: The author of this material wishes to keep his identity private, therefore Nathan Shepard is a pen name. (At the bottom of webpage entitled, “Our church and government are engaged in a massive cover up”)

Here are four websites that start with the impression of an independent review of the “Survive The End Day” program however you will realize the review is a paid review because it has a recommended link to purchase in somewhere on the page:





The first webpage is actually from the local news affiliate of CBS Tulsa where I reside. Even so it is a paid ad.

I love the name of the webpage of the second review on this random list: BS-er. The hyphen is my idea to express a point. The reviews on this website are quite likely to be a load of BS. The website’s “Disclosure” and “Disclaimer” page are clues.

I’ll let you vet the last two webpages.

The most reliable review I found is here:

About Survive the End Days

Survive the End Days is a new video presentation and survival guide written and offered by Nathan Shephard, who wants to teach people how to protect themselves in the event the United States is attacked by an EMP.

How Does It Work?

Nathan Shephard [sic] says that he has pursued a career in Archeology and Theology, and his years of extensive study has given him an insight to understanding the prophecies made in the Bible, and he has created a theory about future prophecies made in the Bible that he feels it is important to warn people about.

This theory is that the United States is the nation referred to in the Bible as “Mystery Babylon” or “Babylon” and that current President Barack Obama is the man referred to as “King of the South,” while Russian President Vladimir Putin is the man referred to as “King of the North.”

Taking all of these assertions into consideration, it follows that the prophecies regarding the next world war, or World War III, indicate that Russia will attack the United States before the end of Barack Obama’s Presidency, which Nathan Shepard cites as January 1, 2017, and that this attack will be made with “a very special weapon.”

Because the Bible describes this weapon as leaving “Babylon silent and in darkness” and their military helpless. Shephard theorizes that this weapon is an EMP bomb, an electromagnetic pulse bomb, which has the ability to kill all sensitive electronic circuits within minutes or even seconds.

And once all electricity and technology has been wiped out, modern day Americans will find it almost impossible to function in their daily lives. Which is where the Survive the End Days guide comes in – Nathan Shephard [sic] says he lived with the Amish for more than two years, and knows exactly how to teach you to live without relying on modern day conveniences. 


Reputation

There are not many reviews for this product at this time which are not offered by affiliates or partner websites, however there is a lot of information available online concerning EMP attacks, including articles written by contributors to Forbes Magazine and the Wall Street Journal warning of the dangers, and other articles from National Geographic and the government discussing the myths associate with such an attack.

One thing that seems clear if you read articles provided by organizations that are not trying to sell you survival materials is that one assertion made by Nathan Shephard [sic] in his presentation is wrong – the threat of an EMP bomb is real, and as such is something the US Military has been preparing for, for more than 30 years. Most scientists and researchers feel strongly that the US Military would be mostly unaffected by an EMP attack. The real danger is that the civilian electrical grid is essentially defenseless from such an attack.

There is a lot of free information available about EMP attacks and what regular civilians can do to protect themselves, as well as a lot of extremist information that is generally incorrect and being essentially used to scare people into buying products. Survive the End Days seems as though it falls into the second category.

Customers who are still interested in purchasing this product are welcome to do as they please, but you are also encouraged to look at other sources of research to develop a fully formed opinion.

Competitors and Alternatives?

There are many, many other survival guides available on the market, including (Survive the End Days Reviews; reviewopedia.com)

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Our church and government are engaged in a massive cover up


To hide form the public the most terrible warning hidden in the last chapters in the Holy Bible

This ancient prophecy is coded within the visions of 4 men

Chosen to give a very precise and terrifying warning of things to come in the end times…

One single event so devastating it could wipe out 293 million Americans
An event that will happen before the 1st of January 2017…


And you are about to discover the chilling evidence of the prophecy coming true

Step by step…

But first you need to know just who I am for making such shocking statements…My name is Nathan Shepard

I have been a fervent Christian ever since I was a child… I have pursued a career in Archeology and theology…

And have dedicated my life to studying the ancient Scriptures…

After 30 years of painstaking studies the clues hidden in the words of the prophets of our Lord become evident…

And it all started with a simple question:

Does it not seem odd to you that America, the greatest nation on Earth, the greatest evangelical nation, the richest and the most powerful country today IS NOT EVEN MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE?

After all, as we know, the Bible accurately predicts so many other historical events:

The two world wars, man reaching outer space and the return of the Jews to their homeland after centuries of living without a country…

All of these events were accurate predicted by the prophets

The key to understanding the holy texts of the Bible is deciphering its metaphors and symbolism

Because the prophets talk of future things using simple words that existed in the period they were written in…

So when the prophets tried to describe air craft in their visions the description would be: “mount up to heaven

Referring to air travel and the air force…

Just like “it will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High” is clearly a metaphor for reaching space

It is no coincidence that both of these metaphors refer to a nation known as Mystery Babylon

Mystery Babylon is an end times nation… how else would it be able to have an air force and reach space…

And it is described in great detail by John the Apostle in the Book of Revelation, the prophets Jeremiah, Isaiah

What else is written in the Bible say about Babylon:

·         Babylon is called by the prophets a “Queen among nations” and “The lady of kingdoms”. (Isa 47:5, 7);

·         It is the youngest and only superpower in the world, (Jeremiah 47, Rev 18).

·         Babylon is a democracy weighed down by its huge government: “Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels.” Isaiah (47:13)

·         Babylon destroys her own land, with pollution and waste: “Because thou hast destroyed thy land”(Isa 14:20) “I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand” (Isaiah 47:6 )

·         Ask yourself this: how could an early day prophet know about pollution since there was not such thing in ancient times?

·         Babylon has the most powerful military force on the planet and is called “the hammer of the whole earth”( Jeremiah 50,23)

·         The merchants of the world are made rich through trading with this nation: “And the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.” (Rev. 18:3)

Is it starting to look like they are talking about The United States of America?

It does and its descriptions get even more specific from now on:

·         Babylon is praised in the entire world: “How is the praise of the whole earth surprised! How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!” (Jeremiah 51:47)

·         This nation is a coastal nation, with deep-water ports and much international trade: “O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures ” (Jeremiah 51:13)

·         Babylon a unique and remarkable beginning, different from other nations and has been awe-inspiring from its conception (Isaiah 18:2):

The US is the first country to successfully become independent from a colonial Empire- the British Empire. We share the English language and we are the descendants of the first British colonies…That is why England is like a mother to the US. It fits perfectly with the description in Jeremiah 50:12. More so, the mother of Babylon has the symbol of the LION (Dan7:4; Ezekiel 38:13; Jer 51:38; Psalms 17:12)… The royal symbol of England is a lion.

·         And the mother of Babylon, in the end times, will be a state of major decline as the end nears (Jer 50:12).The British Empire that ruled the Earth for 200 years is no more. All of its colonies are independent. The British pound is no longer the world reserve currency… it has been replaced by the dollar… the currency of its daughter.

·         And as the prophets foretold, Babylon becomes proud, haughty, and does not consider her end.

“Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; “(Isaiah 17:7-8)

“How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow “(Rev 18:7)

Does it sound like American Exceptionalism?

·         Even the name Mystery Babylon is also deeply symbolic… it’s a “mystery” because the prophets, at the time of the visions, didn’t know of the existence of the North American Continent. They literally had no idea what they were actually seeing and described it as best they could.

·         And in ancient times, Babylon was the greatest city in the world just like the US is the greatest country in the world today. Ancient Babylon was constructed by people that came from all parts of the ancient world. What we may call today immigrants… just like the United States.

This is, again, very, very precise.

·         What about the personification of Babylon in the Scriptures as a woman – the prophets use the word “her”?

This is another very precise clue given to us through metaphors and symbolism that are so abundant in the Holly [sic] Book. The prophets are talking about the most widely known symbol of America a woman symbolizing liberty that sits in the harbor of the most important city in the United States.

So why on Earth are they also calling it the whore of Babylon?

The sculptor of the Statue of Liberty was Auguste Bertholdi a mason belonging to the great Masonic Lodge in Paris.

Before beginning the statue of liberty project, Bertholdi was seeking a commission to construct a giant statue of the goddess of fertility "Isis” as it was known to the Egyptians or “Ishtar” to the ancient Babylonians.

The Romans also adopted this fertility goddess but they changed the name to Libertas in Latin, (Liberty, in English). Libertas is the mythological equivalent of Isis and Ishtar.

Therefore, the Statue of Liberty is also the statue of Isis or as the Babylonians called her, Ishtar… the goddess of fertility, love and… sex.

According to the ancient pagan rituals, one could only be purified of sin after intercourse with a temple priest or priestess of Ishtar. In return for this salvation a “gift offering” was needed. Ishtar was the “patron-mother” of the temple priestesses and priests… She was the “mother” of what we would call today prostitution… This is why Ishtar was seen by early Christian as the whore of Babylon… and that is why the Statue of Liberty, the symbol of America is called by the prophets as the Whore of Babylon.

Do you think it is just a coincidence that the US, the home of the greatest and most famous statue of Ishtar provides 65% of pornographic movies and adult entrainment to the world? Is it just another coincidence that this is the country where sexually liberation originated and spread to the rest of the world?

It’s not. It’s just like the scriptures foretold: It’s not. It’s just like the scriptures foretold:

Rev 18:3:” For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication […]”.

The last clue is the description of Babylon as the Daughter of Chaldea. This too has profound symbolism rooted in geography and the rise of the United States.

Chaldea is a region in the Middle East mostly inhabited by Semitic tribes during the time of the prophets.

Out of the family of Semitic tribes the most powerful and influential one today is represented by the Jews or Israelites.

According to scripture, Babylon would be a home to multitudes of Jews who left the Holly [sic] Land (Jeremiah 50:4-6, 8; 51:6, 45, Isaiah 48:20 and also Revelation 18:4). Today, the largest population of Jewish people is found in the United States

Furthermore, 48% of American billionaires are Jewish [Blog Editor: I pray this is not an under the radar Antisemitic slur. I am certain are a fair amount Gentile Billionaires who made a contribution to America’s wealth] and have made their wealth in the US contributing to its rise as the world’s only super power. You might recognize some of the names on this list:



The daughter of the Chaldeans, the nation that the Jewish people helped rise to superpower status is the United States of America.

All of the biblical clues point in one direction: The US has the most powerful economy and military, controls worldwide commerce, is proud and arrogant, has the most developed air force and space program and it is the envy of the world. It houses the “whore of Babylon”, it is the daughter of the British Empire and the child of the Chaldeans…

And unfortunately for every living American… Mystery Babylon.

Why?

Jeremiah 51:54

“Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed. […]

A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans”

Revelation 18:8

“Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.”

Jeremiah 50:46

“At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.”

Isaiah 47:5

“Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.”

All three prophets tell of the fall of Babylon… the destruction of the United States of America as we know it

This is not an event that happened to ancient Babylon in the past…

History has never recorded the fall of a state or a city in the way described by the prophets

And just like all the other events accurately predicted by the Bible: the two world wars, the rise and fall of communism and the return of the Jewish people to their homeland and so many others…

This too will happen…

The only questions left to ask are: who will cause its fall, when and how…

Who will destroy Babylon America?

Isaiah 13:5

“They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land”.

Jeremiah 50:3

“For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate”.

Jeremiah 50:9

“For, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: Draw a straight line north of the US through the Arctic (the end of heaven) and you will find the answer: 

Russia is the great enemy of Babylon, the enemy destined to destroy it.

The Holly [sic] scripture is again very precise: Even though it has been written centuries before the US or Russia became world powers it clearly describes both countries that are prophesized to start World War 3.

And at the start of the WW3 Russia will use a very special weapon, “the weapon of indignation” against the whole territory of the US, and then lead the invasion of a great assembly of nations.

Now that we know who is responsible the next logical question is when this will happen

As you have seen before, we are going through the Biblical end times…

Babylon America has fulfilled the prophecies that foretold its coming… and now, according to the Bible, it will meet its demise…

The clues about when the great disaster shall befall it are hidden in the book of Daniel, another major biblical prophet.

In Chapter 11:40 of his prophecies describes a great war fought by two kings at the end times

One from the north and one from the south.

So if we could connect these two kings to two current world leaders, We would know how close we are to the destruction of Babylon

The key to understanding the clue of the two kings is the position of Jerusalem because this is where Daniel had his revelations.

To the north of Jerusalem is Moscow, birth place of Vladimir Putin.

What else does the prophecy say about the King of the north?

(Daniel 11:36): “And the king shall do according to his will”: Putin does what he wants. He controls the military and the economy of Russia.

(Daniel 11:37): “Neither shall he regard the gods of his fathers, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all”.

The fact that gods is not written with a capital letter is a clear clue to what exactly the prophet is referring to: Communism – the gods of the communists are Lenin, Marx, Stalin who have been ruled Russia for over 80 years.

They were practically worshipped by the Russian people and statues and pictures of them were everywhere across the USSR.

But, as prophecy foretold, Putin distanced himself from communism and denounced it flaws and sins against Russia and the Russian people.

He shall magnify himself above all”. Russian media portrays Putin as a huntsman, judo expert, chess master, brilliant politician and diplomat, pilot and overall strong man, above the former communist leaders in every way.

Daniel (11:38) “But in his estate shall he honor the God of forces

Russian military spending has exploded since Putin came to power… this is how he honors the God of forces:



There it is: Vladimir Putin is undoubtedly the king of the north that will guide Russia in the end times.

But what about the king of the South?

Geographically, he has to be born in the south of Jerusalem:

Barack Obama was born either in Hawaii or Kenya, depending on who you want to believe… Both of which are to the south of Jerusalem.

But what does the prophet say about him?

(Daniel 11:14)”And in those times there
shall many stand up against the king of the
south
”.

Never in our history have so many people disagreed with US policies or hated the United States: Russia, China, North Korea, a big part of the Muslim world including Syria, Egypt, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and the list goes on and on.

Remember the assembly of great nations that invade America?

These clues prove that Obama is the king of the south as the prophecies foretold.

So if Barak Obama and Vladimir Putin are the kings of prophecy than their war must start before they leave office…

That means January 2017…

The End of Babylon is very, very near and we are directly on course for this prophecy to be fulfilled…

And Obama is playing his part to the letter:

(Daniel 11:40) “And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him” these words are coming true as we speak…

In August after a Russian intervention, an uneasy cease-fire was reached that lasted until January 2015.

Aftermath: Putin has lost one of its key allies in the region. Although it annexed Crimea Russia is now in an undeclared war with its eastern neighbor. Even more alarmingly, a massive amount of NATO hardware has been sent to Russia’s border.

Russia itself

Project Star wars, a missile defense shield is being set up in Europe and the US as we speak. Officially its target is Iran but the real target is Russian nuclear weapons capability. And Putin knows this too well….

The Ukraine conflict saw the western powers led by Obama imposing drastic economic sanctions on Russian banking and energy sectors, key parts of Russian economy.

Interestingly, economic sanctions have preceded every US war in the 21st Century.

Russian oil exports were the target of a secret deal signed between Obama and Saudi Arabia that caused the price of oil to dive form $100 a barrel to close to $40.

The Russia is dependent on oil exports as 40% of its budget comes from it.

That is why the Russian ruble (the Russian currency) has lost 50% of its value since the August 2014. That means that for people in Russia can only buy half the stuff they used to afford. Once poverty starts kicking in, the Russians will want blood and Putin will be left with very few options…

Because when Russia falls apart, war will be the only option…

And the king of the north knows this too well

You are now witnessing the last months, maybe weeks before the Russian attack that destroys Mystery Babylon… Obama’s America.

The Bible tells us all about the Russian attack…

And most importantly, Putin’s “weapon of indignation”

A weapon unlike anything the world has ever seen before:

This weapon can hit an entire country “How is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! “(Jeremiah 50:22, 23)

This weapon makes the US Military unable to respond, broken because of what looks like equipment malfunction:

How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed;” (Jeremiah 51:30).

Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken” (Jeremiah 51:56)

And this weapon leaves Babylon silent and in darkness:

Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms (Isaiah 47:5)

There is only one weapon that can affect an entire continent, leave the military unable to defend itself and plunge America into silence and darkness…

Vladimir Putin’s Weapon of indignation is an Electro Magnetic Pulse

An EMP or Electro Magnetic Pulse is an electro-magnetic discharge that fries sensitive circuits... within minutes... even seconds...



Think of a normal black-out when you don't have any lights, heating, or internet... only an EMP black-out is permanent and on a larger scale... this means you can also say goodbye to telecommunications, transportation and even utilities… Silence and darkness!

Military command and control as well as most of the high tech equipment is very vulnerable to an EMP. One blast will reduce our army to fighting using weapons that existed before the 1900s…

This weapon fulfills Bible prophecy to the letter: it’s swift, has a huge area of affect, knocks out our military (breaks the hammer of the earth) and sets the stage for the assembly of nations to invade…

Because when the sense America is down they will come to take her riches
Are there any other reasons to use an EMP and not nuclear weapons?

Well… first of all, the Bible prophesized an invasion of Babylon from the northern alliance… if you are going to nuke a place to hell there is no point in invading it afterwards

Also Putin needs a decisive action but not one that would condemn him in front of the rest of the world.

He needs to persuade our enemies that we are weak and ready for the taking…

…and that is why he will use the weapon of indignation as the prophecies foretold

And All It Takes Is Not 100... Not Even 50... But Just 1 Warhead To Be Detonated Above The U.S.... And The Effects Would Be Irreversible

HEMP stands for High-Altitude Electro Magnetic Pulse.

It's an EMP device that can be strategically detonated at an altitude of 20 miles above the surface of our country that will permanently cripple our power grid… and plunge America into silence and darkness

The real danger of an EMP is it could happen without any signs or warnings...

And the king of the north was drilled his soldiers to do exactly that:

There have never been so many nuclear drills exercises targeting the US in recent history

Putin is preparing to fulfill his role according to the Holly Book

The effects of the EMP will destroy America as we know it… looters, famine, civil unrest….and finally the foreign invasion

Exactly as the Scriptures predicted:

Revelation 18:8

“Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be burned with fire”.

Without hospitals or pharmacies being able to function people won't be able to take their necessary medication.

Pandemics and disease will break out caused by no waste pumping or garbage collecting and lack of any basic personal hygiene

As the supply of food breaks down famine starts setting in…and with it looting and food riots…

Some Americans riot on black Friday over a toaster... can you imagine what would happen during an EMP when all the power is out?

FEMA, law enforcement and other state agencies will be overwhelmed… firefighters will be unable to react as their equipment will not work… fires will break out and the cities “shall be burned with fire”.

And after the nation destroys itself from within and without our network of communication, most Americans will have no idea the invasion has begun…
This is how the prophets describe the coming invasion:

Jeremiah (50:2, 14, 15)

“Babylon is taken, all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows”

“she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down”:

Daniel (40:11)

“and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships;”.

Jeremiah (51:3, 4)

and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host. Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets”.

The visions detail the level of devastation this unstoppable invasion will bring…

Unfortunately, all of this is inevitable… the word and will of Our Lord will be fulfilled to the letter…

As chilling as this prophecy and warning is, you should not despair and loose (sic) faith. Our Lord will take care of His faithful…

There is still hope …


As Our Lord says through his prophets:

But the one who endures to the end will be saved (Matthew 24:13)

Besides this you know the time, which the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed (Romans 13:11).

Our Lord has insured that the ones who believe his word will survive the coming storm.

That's why you need to start preparing for the weapon of indignation and the terrible invasion to follow

Only the ones who have been prepared will witness the Glory of the His Second Coming and be granted eternal Salvation

That's why I'm telling you all of this. You have to put yourself and your family first... because nobody else will...

I have spent hours in libraries reading books... I watched all the documentaries and interviews I could find... I looked for courses... I talked to all the survival experts I know... I even tried contacting NASA... but I got nothing...

All the while the answers have been right in front of me:

There are people in the US who follow the word of God and live by it…

Our Lord and Savior will protect His faithful,

And they will continue their lives as they have lived before the fall of Babylon…

Because the Amish are a very unusual religious community.

They live simple lives and maintain traditions that go back over 300 years. They grow their own food for their families.

They barely use any electricity, and when they do it's off the grid.

From them we can learn to survive, thrive and build a community in a post-EMP world... because the Amish are the closest thing to that….

That is why after seeing the Revelations of God sent to us by his prophets I have lived for two years in the Amish community.

Unfortunately I could not make video or audio recordings of their way of life as any modern technology is forbidden there. But I was allowed to take notes that describe in vivid details the Amish way of life.

I have discovered ways to keep food from spoiling without a fridge, and a secret the Amish use to store heat-sensitive medicine...

And surprising places where you can find drinkable water, enough to sustain your family for months... even if you live in an arid region.

I learned how anyone (and this includes seniors and kids) can survive without electricity... the only condition is they need to know what to do when the power goes out.

Sure, it wouldn't be a luxurious life or even a comfortable life at first... but your family, your loved ones and even your entire community can stay ALIVE.

They have the true Biblical Solution to the Coming Disaster….
Here's The Good News:

I realized that this information had to be available to every family out there.

Therefore I wrote a special program based on the teachings of the Amish to prepare anyone for the coming war and the great tribulations to follow

This program is designed to help fellow patriots and Christians cope with everything the king of the north throws at us

This will be the TOUGHEST survival situations you will ever face… and knowledge, preparation and faith in the teachings of Our Lord and the people who follow his word are the only things that will get you through.

And I have named this survival package "Survive the End Days".

[Blog Editor: The rest of the webpage is the sales pitch to close the deal.]
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