April 1, 2005

I know that things have been silent on the journal page as of late, but I assure you we have been quite busy here at Antipas Ministries. The links within today’s journal are to over 130 printed pages worth of articles and it has taken me a bit of time to research all this material. Everything in here is really important stuff though… and I urge you all to click on every link and read the all the content of each piece.

First up are the God-Men of America’s New World Order. This new article by SR Shearer lays out just how bad things have gotten within the circles of power in American Christendom. At times I think that maybe apostate is not a strong enough word to describe the American Church… the facts put forward in Steve’s latest piece only reinforce that thought.

Katherine Yurica says the agenda of George Bush and the American Church that supports him is immoral and an abomination to God. She say’s the Church is Bloodguilty. I find no reason to fault her analysis. The Church in America has overwhelmingly proven that they are completely divorced from even a simple understanding of God’s Word and plan for His children. One only has to examine the words and actions of these supposed servants of Christ in light of the book they claim to believe in and it becomes evident they are not servants of the Most High… but of the abased-one who comes in his own name. Yurica points this out in her piece by laying out their words and actions in comparison to God’s Words… A must read if I do say so.

I’ll change gears a little bit now to go over a few recurring news items that point to the direction the US and the world are headed in.

Military analysts are warning that a draft may be needed within a year’s time as the shortage of manpower in the military continues to worsen. Those somehow thinking that the carnage in the Middle East is to end soon need to wake up and smell the gunpowder… Those calling the shots in the US have no intention of stopping their empire building anytime soon… and a draft is the only way to continue operations in Iraq and Afghanistan… while opening up new theatres in places like Iran, N. Korea, and Venezuela. The war machine needs grist for the mill… and America’s young people are now firmly in the crosshairs of the military beast.

One may wonder, however, if the American people would stand for such a thing… after all the negative consequences of the draft were one of the biggest reasons America’s rich and powerful had to retreat from American-style nation building in Vietnam some 3 decades ago. Would the American people again rise up to protest a war if their sons and daughters started getting conscripted to fight for Halliburton, Bechtel, and Exxon-Mobile in far away lands? At this point I would say no. America is a different nation now… it is one given over to a theocratic/fascist mindset, which bears more of a resemblance to Hitler’s Germany… than anything like thenation that found a smattering of social consciousness among Americans that led to the uprising at home against the war in Vietnam. No, Americans today can be easily bullied and lied to… the can be easily scared and manipulated. They have no true spiritual underpinning… no foundation in the Truth to lead them back from the abyss. In this state all it will take is a bit of contrivance or subterfuge… another “Pearl Harbor-type event” to get them to acquiesce to sending their best and brightest into the meat-grinder needed to churn out the finishing touches of America’s New World Order.

While American’s may be deluded, the nations of the world certainly are not… especially those nations the US has plans to “spread democracy to”. Iran, as one of those nations has no allusion about what is on the American mind. They know what the beast wants… and they know that negotiations and talks will not indefinitely forestall US plans for the people of Persia. What I am alluding to is the fact that the Iranians are being quite open in stating that they do not believe the US has any other intent, but to attack them. The Iranians know that the US has no real desire to see the present crisis diffused at the conference table. They know that what George Bush and company want is to export a little of the freedom they are passing out in Iraq right across the border.

How did this all happen? How did America become the beast that she is today? Did the liberals do it? Was it the homosexuals? Maybe it was the atheists or the ACLU… Well, all those folks will have their turn at judgment... But it was the rich, the powerful, and the Church who have taken America on this devil’s turn… and more specifically, it is the alliance of the rich and powerful with the Church that has made all these terrible things possible. Even those who formerly stood within the very corridors of this power structure are willing to admit this… but the average American pew-sitter sees no such thing.

Things are so bad that very strong evidence of rampant election fraud in the 2004 election are becoming more and more published… but Americans and American Christians in particular… want no part of shedding light on such “unpleasant truths”… since theirs is the horse that took the prize in the crooked race. Well, what can we expect after all… their leaders have been propagandizing Bush’s godliness and righteousness to them for over 5 years now… and the way the institution of Christianity is established now… you better not dare question or go against “God’s anointed.” You also have to ignore the fact that the self-same people who stumped the hardest for bush from the pulpits are those who stand to take home a slice of the multi-billion dollar pie that is the Faith-Based Initiative. Their mantra isn’t always “don’t go against God’s anointed” sometimes it is “don’t bite the hand that feeds you.”

Also consider the ramifications of the new bankruptcy law almost ready for unveiling. It has been passed by the Senate and only needs to breeze through the House on its way to the President’s desk. After that for practical purposes slavery will have been reinstituted in the US… Debt-slavery at least… The debt-slavery link lays out the details of this soon to be new law in all its glory… and in doing so reveals that there is nothing good, Christian, moral, or just about a nation that would treat its people in such a way.

This is what we’ve been saying for quite some time though… and every day that passes only makes the evidence that much more clear. Bush and company have been quite bold in laying out the future they see for the US and the world. The Church’s leadership and the rank and file have rallied to support the cause… in doing so they have revealed themselves as enemies of the cross… God has called those who love the Truth to flee from this beast because eventually it will consume everyone within.

March 23, 2005

Spreading Democracy… the term has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it? It sounds like a wonderful thing actually. If there are people out there who do not have democracy, then wouldn’t it be a good thing to help them get a little of what we’ve supposedly already gotten for ourselves? Along a strictly secular line of thought this isn’t necessarily a bad thing… but the point that must be considered… even on secular terms; is whether men with power, wealth, and the force to impose their will on anyone they choose actually plan to spread democracy anywhere.

Using history as an example… sadly the answer would have to be no. The haves always seem to take from the have-nots. Those with power always prey upon the weak. Yet America, in the mythological sense has always painted itself in a different light from empires past. America has put itself forward as a nation the actually does spread democracy and that actually does give of itself to the less fortunate nations of the world.

Contrary to the history most people were taught in the classrooms. America’s true history reveals a litany of abuse and oppression just as stark as that of any nation. From slavery, to Indian massacres, and from imperialist wars fought in Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East to economic devastation in those same regions… the US has been no saintly nation, all Christian protestations to the side.

Most Christians in the US have chosen to live in a dream world though… rather than confront the ugly truth. Instead of facing the facts about America’s past, present, and future they choose to embrace the idyllic thought that America has earned its great wealth and power through God’s grace and blessings upon them. They choose to believe that our saintly founding fathers laid the groundwork for God’s redeemer nation, instead of facing the cold, hard facts of history.

The simple truth is this… What is happening today is merely a perpetuation (albeit an accelerated one of late) of a process, which began over two centuries ago. America has gained her wealth and power the same way all nations have… through conquest and what can only be described at best as cutthroat tactics. So when you see the news proclaimed loudly that what the US is trying to do in the Middle East is spread democracy, you should immediately consider the past and realize that you are being fed a line. What the US is up to in the Middle East is all about dollars, cents, and geo-political strategy. Benevolence has nothing to do whatsoever with US foreign policy, economic policy, or its decision to wage war. The late George F. Kennan summed up the reality of what the US is really all about way back in 1948, when his State Department put together what eventually became known as the Truman Doctrine of containment. In that document Kennan states:

"We have about 50% of the world's wealth, but only 6.3% of its population. ... In this situation, we cannot fail to be the object of envy and resentment. Our real task in the coming period is to devise a pattern of relationships which will permit us to maintain this position of disparity. ... To do so, we will have to dispense with all sentimentality and day-dreaming; and our attention will have to be concentrated everywhere on our immediate national objectives. ... We should cease to talk about vague and ... unreal objectives such as human rights, the raising of the living standards, and democratization. The day is not far off when we are going to have to deal in straight power concepts. The less we are then hampered by idealistic slogans, the better."

At least Kennan was honest about things. Too bad today’s Christian American leaders won’t come forth with the same type of honesty. Instead they have chosen to obfuscate. Spreading democracy and ridding the world of evildoers are the watchwords for this group… but their true aims are completely in line with Kennan’s position from way back in 1948.

How else can you explain putting someone like Paul Wolfowitz at the head of the World Bank? Wolfowitz is a man who has earned his living figuring out ways to… as Kennan says… “devise a pattern of relationships which will permit us to maintain this position of disparity”. Do you really think Wolfowitz will spend his days at the World Bank figuring out ways to lift third world nations out of poverty? Or will you instead see that what Wolfowitz brings to the table is a willingness to do whatever is necessary to insure American hegemony throughout the world? After all, this guy has had his hand in almost every war the US has been involved in since Vietnam… and He has also played a huge role in installing the various tin pot dictators throughout the third world who have allowed Corporate America to rape and pillage their countries.

This move is yet another sign that the US is committing to what is in essence, a total war effort. Bush, the Neocons, and their Right-Wing Christian allies are committed to establishing American primacy throughout the world. To these men every arena is a combat arena. Including world finance. Placing Wolfowitz in this position insures that America’s true goals are met there as well.

Then there is of course the real type of warfare… not the pen and paper type that guys like Bush and Wolfowitz are involved in. This stuff is a bloody and grotesque business to say the least. It is truly unbelievable that American Christians can somehow think that the Prince of Peace has called His bride to take part in such things. Look at the cold hard facts surrounding what has occurred in Fallujah and then tell me what place Christ or His true Church have in all this.

In essence a whole city has been leveled, with no thought to the guilt or innocence of the occupants by the powers that called for the assault. The place is a radioactive wasteland… and there is proof that the US used banned chemical weapons in their assault on the city as well. Do Americans really think that a Christian nation would use napalm to kill enemies and the innocent mixed among them?

Also consider what has happened to Mark Manning, a documentary filmmaker who went to Fallujah in the aftermath to assist in humanitarian efforts and to shoot footage for a documentary. Upon returning to the US he had his film stolen and was warned about trying to bring such video evidence to the general public. Manning’s account as published by Nick Welsh of the Santa Barbara Independent states:

“Manning’s biggest surprise came after he’d returned home to the United States. Arriving in San Francisco late on the night of February 11, Manning and Natalie Kalustian, a close friend and filmmaking partner, crashed at the Oceanside Motel on 46th Avenue. The next morning, after a stroll near Baker Beach, they returned to their car to find one of the windows smashed. Expensive camera and computer equipment lay in plain view, but only Kalustian’s purse was gone. Inside the purse, Manning said, were keys to their motel room. And when Manning and Kalustian returned to the motel, he recounted, someone had broken into their room. Even though there was jewelry and more film equipment lying about, he said, none of it was touched. In fact, said Manning, none of the suitcases had even been opened. The only thing missing, Manning said, was the big bowling-ball shaped bag containing his camera — and all his taped interviews.

At that time, Manning had not been back in the United States for more than 10 hours.

The next day, Manning said, a mysterious man contacted them to arrange a meeting, claiming he had the stolen purse. Manning and Kalustian went to a spot near 6th and Mission as instructed, where they were met by a man who appeared to be a ‘full-on street bum,’ Manning said. After returning the purse, the man pulled Manning to one side, opened his wallet, and flashed what Manning estimated was $5,000 worth of $100 bills. According to Manning, the ‘bum’ winked at him and said, ‘Look in my eyes. I have the eyes of a former sniper. You thought you had the goods on George Bush, didn’t you? You’ve been sandbagged, boy.’”

Everyone is free to decide for themselves whether or not this is really what happened to Manning… but I must say that I myself do not find it that hard to believe. It is not in the best interests of the US to have uncensored video of what has actually taken place in Fallujah out there for the general public to see. Though most are brainwashed beyond the point of no return… there are still enough people out there who just might take such evidence and act upon it in a way that could cause problems for the Elites.

Instead of looking at such hard evidence of what the costs of war actually are… the powers that be would much rather have the American people focused on whether or not Theresa Schiavo’s husband has the legal right to have her feeding tubes removed. The sad story of Mrs. Schiavo’s plight has become something to behold of late as politicians have moved at break-neck speed to insert themselves into the Florida family’s decision-making process. I guess mugging for the cameras to “stand up for Mrs. Schiavo’s rights” beats answering tough questions about their complicity with bringing about the war in Iraq, privatizing social security, the new bankruptcy laws, legislation approving ANWAR oil drilling, or the new national security state apparatus that has been constructed under their watch.

I also find it just a little ironic that those who claim to be conservatives would be so willing to have the government further extend its reach into the lives of citizens. Isn’t that sort of the opposite of what conservatism is all about? I say rightwing efforts to insert themselves into the Schiavo situation are the disingenuous political efforts of Dictators, Tyrants, and Fools. This is especially true considering recent evidence of the GOP’s pointed use of this affair to serve separate political aims. William Rivers Pitt exposes things in his recent editorial on Truthout.org, which states:

“There is also the matter of the GOP talking points memo floating around out there which specifically states Ms. Schaivo's condition is a perfect wedge with which to remove Florida's Democratic Senator, Bill Nelson. Never mind the fact that the 'Culture of Life' advocates pushing this are also greasing the skids towards more executions of prisoners, or that they support a war that has killed and wounded well over 200,000 people in Iraq.”

Next, Pitt goes deeper into the matter and lays out the cold, hard facts surrounding not just Schiavo’s situation, but that of Sun Hudson… and in doing so reveals the hypocrisy and callousness behind the Right Wing’s selective morality:

“The next time you find yourself in a debate about Ms. Schiavo with a person who agrees with Bush and the Congressional majority on this, ask them about Sun Hudson. Hudson was born with a genetic disorder and was sustained by machines from the day of his birth. The Texas hospital housing him decided there was no point in sustaining his care, and Hudson was removed from his machines. He died at five months old.

This happened last week.

Five-month-old Sun Hudson was removed from his life-sustaining machines by a Texas law signed by then-Governor George W. Bush in 1999. The law allows patients deemed unsalvageable by the hospital to be removed from ventilators and other medical apparatus, with a ten-day window given to the families of the stricken to find another facility before the plug is pulled.

Sun Hudson was African-American, and neither Congress nor Mr. Bush came storming to his rescue before his death last week. Believe this: If Ms. Schiavo were an African American child, a Hispanic mother, an Iraqi wife, an Afghani grandmother, an American soldier suffering massive brain trauma from an explosion in Mosul, anyone from Darfur or the Congo, if she had been anything other than a white woman in a Fundamentalist-controlled state, we would have never, ever, heard of her.

The piercing hypocrisy found in this hue and cry over Schiavo is the simple fact that the GOP majority pushing this doesn't give a tinker's damn about her condition or her fate. They want to cobble together some kind of bastardized precedent with this to knock down a woman's right to choose, and they'd like to tag Nelson while they're at it. Beyond that, this is a smokescreen to cover their true intentions.”

This sordid saga is further evidence that democracy, equality, and justice have no real meaning to those in power… or the corrupt Church that serves as their base. These people do not really have democracy in mind when making any of their decisions. Instead they think along theocratic lines… and are more like the Islamic fundamentalist leaders of corrupt nations like Saudi Arabia or Egypt than stewards of American democracy. What they are overseeing is not the spreading of freedom throughout the world… but the Islamization of the GOP and the US as a whole.

What other conclusion can be made given the circumstances? America is quite obviously a nation, which hates it enemies. It is a nation that believes it has the God given right to strike first if threatened in any way. It is also one, which officially justifies and sanctions the murder, abuse, and torture of those considered adversaries or “evildoers”. Just look at one particular instance involving prisoner abuse at Guantanamo Bay, rehashed by Leonard Pitts Jr. of Knight Ridder Newspapers. Pitts relates that when a prisoner named Jumah al Dossari had been beaten unconscious he asked his US captor why he had done so. To this the man reportedly replied, “Because I'm Christian.” Pitts goes on to explain the details concerning this affair and states the account:

“…comes from a story about alleged prisoner abuse at Guantanamo Bay written by my colleague, Miami Herald reporter Carol Rosenberg, and published Sunday before last. Her report, based on recently declassified notes taken by lawyers representing the captives, included other claims of religious intimidation. Prisoners say their American captors kicked and stomped Qurans, cursed Allah and denied them pants, knowing Muslims are prohibited from praying with bodies uncovered. A man who refused to surrender his pants said he was gang-tackled, beaten and pepper-sprayed.”

Pitts then goes on to point out why he feels that the above-mentioned encounter stands out above the rest:

“Still, it's Jumah al Dossari's alleged encounter with a military policeman he knew only as ‘Smith’ that leaps out.

Why did you beat me until I blacked out? he asked Smith. ‘Because I'm Christian,’ Smith said.
Yeah, I know. Dossari's probably no Boy Scout. Maybe had his hand in some major nastiness. Maybe isn't even telling the truth.

But his character is beside the point. And as for truth, well, this account sure jibes with those of other Muslim detainees who described brute-force attempts to make Christians out of them.”

What Pitts sees, but what hardly anyone within American Christendom wants to admit is that this war is in all reality a holy war. From George Bush on down to the MP’s there is a feeling that God has called Christian America to rid the world of evildoers. From the Pentagon to the Pulpit there is a compulsion to believe that Christ and the American Way can be pushed upon people from the barrel of a gun.

Christ’s Words say no such thing though… Instead He calls those who belong to Him out of this present world. He calls that we testify for Him and against the satanically inspired evil being falsely perpetrated in His Holy Name. He also calls His people within Babylon the Great to come out of her lest they too become partakers in her sins… It is my prayer that those within the US who love the Lord will answer this call.

March 18, 2005

Ah the American Dream… baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet… White picket fences, well manicured lawns, the pledge of allegiance and the Ten Commandments in every class room and courthouse in America… A moral, God-fearing nation that makes righteous use of its wealth and power to spread their vision of right and wrong throughout the world.

America the beautiful… America, an instrument of justice in a world of depravity. Is that the American dream? The opportunity to get rich, to do better than your parents, to give yourself over to the good things in life… is that America? A nation founded by Christians, for Christians with a mandate to Christianize the world… is that America?

The Religious Right subscribes to all these things in one form or another… but is what they believe in actually America the beautiful, or Babylon the Great? Powerful Christian leaders like D. James Kennedy believe it to be the duty of the Church to reclaim America from the squalor and filthiness of godless immorality. They see America as that “city on a hill”. They see it as God’s home away from home… so to speak.

In this light the American Church has allied itself with the rich of this world. Together they have spent literally hundreds of billions of dollars to take back America, to battle communism, to outlaw abortion, homosexuality, and immorality in America. They have also worked to push a democracy “agenda” based upon less government, low taxes, and little to no government regulation on private and corporate economic affairs.

Nice little message they have constructed isn’t it. One can no doubt turn to practically any of the writings of the Gospels and see Christ admonishing the Pharisees for being soft on man-love, high taxes, dictatorships, and government regulation. No doubt one can also easily see that God’s Word calls Christians to clean up this present world. I mean come on; do you really think our Savior is going to come back before we get this house in order? Obviously when Christ commanded us to be the “salt of the world” what He meant was that we have a duty… nay a responsibility, to show sinners how to properly live their lives by legislating them, lessening the tax burden on their employers, outlawing vices, and heck even dropping high yield explosives on them if necessary.

Obviously my cynicism is running high today… since a 3rd grade reading of the New Testament reveals Christ to be the Prince of Peace and that His teachings on every level stand diametrically opposed to those, which are emanating from the pulpits and sanctuaries of America. Guys like Kennedy and all others taking part in his type of “Christian Crusade” are leading America down the path to destruction… and when I mean destruction I am not even talking about the type they gladly heap upon people in places like Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. I am instead talking about spiritual destruction… i.e. the Second Death (Rev 20: 14).

I look upon the message of these false prophets and ravenous shepherds as a litmus test of sorts… because if you ever find yourself in agreement with any of the schlop they are pushing then you really need to go before the Lord and find out exactly where your treasure lies. I say this because sincerely, how can someone whose treasure is in heaven be drawn into the web they are spinning? How can someone who is a true citizen of the heavenly kingdom be seduced by a message that places a wedge between Christ and the least of all men? I just don’t think it can happen…

I firmly believe the spirit to be willing and the flesh to be week… and in that I do accede to the fact that all of us have our thorns in the flesh. I also freely admit that my carnal mind often gravitates toward its own pursuits over those spiritual-minded things of Christ… but what we are dealing with insofar as men like Kennedy and the tens of millions of like-minded others are concerned is a people who pay lip service to Christ, but whose hearts are far, far away. Take a look at the following passages from the Book of Jude and you’ll see how he thought of these types of folks:

Jud 1:4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

Jud 1:5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.

Jud 1:6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

Jud 1:7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

Jud 1:8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.

Jud 1:9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.

Jud 1:10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.

Jud 1:11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.

Jud 1:12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

Jud 1:13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

Jud 1:14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,

Jud 1:15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

Jud 1:16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.

Jud 1:17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;

Jud 1:18 How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.

Jud 1:19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.

Make no mistake here... Jude is talking about people who claim to be of Christ. He certainly doesn’t pull any punches does he? Well… neither should we. As things continue down the appointed path there will be a stronger pull to “get on board” and to not stand in the way of what God is supposedly doing. Those who hold the purse strings and the levers of the state will not make it easier for the testimony of truth to occur and neither will the false Church. Yet a high price to be paid does not give the saints a pass… no matter the cost we are called to testify for Him and against the evil falsely done in His name.

As things currently stand the US is too far down the road to even look back… much less turn around. Look at the recent news of Paul Wolfowitz being named as World Bank chairman for example. Here’s a guy who said there were WMD’s in Iraq, who said a war could be fought and won there in a few months, and who said that war would only cost 30 million dollars. Not only was he wrong on all accounts, but tragically wrong… yet the guy essentially gets a promotion. Yet if you asked D. James Kennedy, James Dobson, Pat Robertson, Chuck Smith, C. Peter Wagner, Franklin Graham, or any other Christian power broker what they thought about this and you’d get gushing praise regarding Wolfowitz. I guess “blessed are the peacemakers” isn’t highlighted in their Bibles.

Now some of you might say that, “well, yes things are bad… but we still have some time to go before they get too bad.” My question to you is how bad IS too bad? If you worked for IG Farben during the Nazi era, how many orders for Cyclon-B delivery to Auschwitz would you have had to process… before you decided you were working for the devil? Some people think that there is still a lot of time before prophecy catches up to them… but I say look around at what is happening today.

Just the other day there was a news item in the ArmyTimes about US troops being called to serve in ISRAEL as part of a potential US peacekeeping force, which would be involved in a settlement between Israel and Palestine. Something like this could easily fulfill Bible predictions about Israel’s Treaty with Death and Covenant with Hell. When that happens… all bets are off.

Also look at what is happening with US war efforts. The military is stretched to the limit and enlistments are way, way down. Soldier are dying at a terrible rate, while the poor and downtrodden… once the backbone of the army… want nothing to do with this supposed war against evildoers. Manpower-wise the US is backed into a corner… and therefore the Draft is on the way. When that happens everything changes both at home and abroad.

There are scores of people who can easily leave the US now… but once the draft begins they will be breaking federal law to do so… How many of you who are draft eligible are willing to break federal law? Don’t answer me, but instead ask and answer yourself.

At this present time The Lord is really opening doors for people to get out of the US. This doesn’t mean it is an easy thing to do… but as it stands right now… it can be done legally. At some point not too long from now (when the draft comes) millions of Americans will only be able to do so illegally… At some point after that… the vice will tighten further on all Americans wanting to leave. God has given us prophecy as warning so that we can act before it is too late. I pray that all who read this take the Prophetic Word seriously.

PS- I want to thank everyone who has kept my youngest brother in their prayers. He recently made it back safely after his tour of duty in Iraq. I thank the Lord for his safe return.

March 16, 2005

The Bible says the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light (Luke 16: 8). This fact was true when Christ made note of it in his day and age and it is also ever so true today. While the Church continues down the path of degradation, there are many “children of this world” who not only see very clearly the evil direction in which the US is headed… but also that a perverted and false form of Christianity is at the core of the rotten apple. Even the men of Nineveh repented of their evil deeds… and “all” they got to persuade them was the teaching of Jonah:

Mat 12:41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.

How much more decidely will the lost of this present world rise up in judgment against the harlot, which passes for Christianity today? I mean… all the Ninevites had was the preaching of some angry prophet who didn’t even want to be there. In contrast the Church in America has the resurrected Christ, the Holy Spirit, and the Testimony of the Word. They have unfettered access to every worldly aid needed to hear and receive the Word; they also have the promise of Christ Himself that His spirit within them would “show them all things concerning the Father.”

Yet instead of following after the one who paid the price with His blood… the Church has chosen to become enemies of the cross… and adversaries to the Prince of Peace. The US, under the direction of the false Church has become a nation of brutish beasts, debased men, … savages if you will. What else can be said when a populace doesn’t even flinch as news of torture and murder committed at the hands of their “one nation under God” continues to make itself known? What else can be said when supposed people of God only ratchet up their attempts to rationalize away such evidence, instead of taking the “high-ground” of Christ? Not much else but what I am saying here… quite honestly. The US is a nation of tares… withered up fig trees, plants that have been choked up in the thorns and thistles are not too harsh of terms in this case. The proof of this is not hidden… it is readily available for all to see.

Think about it… if you were reading some historical account about an empire of old; which made liberal use of torture and abuse of prisoners, invaded foreign lands half-way around the world, exploited slave labor to provide cheap imports for its citizens, and demonized its own poor… you would have no problem recognizing there was nothing at all Christian about it. Yet the Church in the US doesn’t see things this way. They instead gloss over the bloody interrogations, rape, murder, and brutalities of war as being acceptable aspects of their manifest destiny… a manifest destiny, which they believe to be sanctioned of God.

The American Church’s view of their destiny entails that all who refuse to obey are their enemies… and are therefore enemies of the Cross. Just take a look at what is going on in Venezuela for an example, which is close to home. Since electing a left-wing president by an overwhelming majority a few years ago, Venezuelans have seen US subversion efforts reach incredible levels. You don’t have to fly airplanes into skyscrapers to become an enemy of the US. You don’t even have to make a show of armed resistances. Instead, all you have to do is set a course for your nation, which puts the needs of your own people above those of the US and its corporations. This is all that Venezuela has done… and for it they have earned two US backed coup attempts, one US organized “white-collar” strike, attempts by the US financial sector to derail their economy, and armed hostility from Columbian proxy forces.

In response Venezuela has sought out other allies and potential trade partners. They have also threatened to cease oil exports to the US. Can you blame them? Would you supply your executioner with the gas he needs to drive over to your house and put a bullet in the back of your head? Of course you wouldn’t. Yet in all this Venezuela is now the bad-guy… an enemy of the state that must be “contained” like the former Soviet Union.

Some of you may be wondering why I comment on the Venezuelan situation so much… Well, I do so because what is happening there shows very clearly the lengths to which the US is willing to go in maintaining its New World Order System... And it shows that Christ is nowhere invovled in the process. Explicitly it also shows that hemisphere, religion, and skin color are not barriers to the ravages of the beast and that the US believes the whole world to be under its rule… with resistance in any form to be crushed.

Maybe, just maybe seeing things unfold down there will open a few people’s eyes… but I really doubt it. War and the quest for empire have become so romanticized in the American psyche that a little more third world blood shed will probably have no bearing. I mean look at the number of casualties the US has suffered in Iraq. More importantly listen to the stories of horror and violence they have to tell. These things have mattered not to the people of the US… so how will anything else?

Another thing, which should matter to the American Church yet doesn’t is the upcoming changes to America’s bankruptcy laws. What does this have to do with Christ and the Church you ask? Well, when a nation identifies itself as Christian… one would think that maybe some of Christ’s commandments concerning charity and long-suffering for the meek and poor would be present in their laws and practice of such. Yet the US has chosen another route entirely. Somewhat prophetically, Antipas Ministries wrote about these things way back in 2001 in SR Shearer’s article Making Men Cogs in A Machine: The Reformation of the Bankruptcy Laws.

What the new laws are all about is greed… plain and simple. The changes to take effect do nothing but place more of a burden on people beset by job loss, medical emergencies, armed services obligations, and such. You would think Christians would see that such people need help… not another pound of flesh extracted from them… yet so-called Christians in America see no problem in heaping misery upon the poor, in spite of the Words of the Savior. It seems Christianity American-style uses only a selective application of God’s Word… and only then when it suits them. Robert Scheer exposes this when he notes:

“A key sponsor of the bill, Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa), actively opposes abortion and same-sex marriage on biblical grounds yet believes the Good Book's clear definition and condemnation of usury is irrelevant. The Old Testament, revered by Jews, Muslims and Christians alike, mandates debt forgiveness after seven years, as was pointed out earlier this month by an organization of Christian lawyers in a letter to Grassley.”

Yet the ever-pious Grassley was ready with his answer to such pie-in-the-sky sentiments from a pack of barristers:

"I can't listen to Christian lawyers," said the senator, "because I would be imposing the Bible on a diverse population."

I guess the ACLU will be happy that Grassley is so concerned with keeping that separation of church and state thing going… but rest assured the One who judges us all is keeping score.

The trick in all this is to always understand that when dealing with America we are dealing with a nation that is THE ENEMY OF CHRIST. What is practiced in the land of the free is Bushianity, not Christianity. Once you realize this you should also realize that you cannot change the course this Babylonian entity has set for itself. You cannot do anything but flee from it. Your staying will not serve any purpose, but to cause you to be dragged down in the undertow. This is how strong delusion works. This is how apostasy ensnares its victims. It is also how the leaven makes quick work of the lump.

Besides… there’s a whole world out there which is yearning… quite literally, to see the true testimony of the Church. He is calling His people out of Babylon so they can take His testimony with them… wherever they go.

March 9, 2005

For the most part these journals have been “News and Analysis” oriented over the past few months. Events of the day… such as the ongoing war in Iraq, the continued rise of the religious right in the US, and "nature events" like the Tsunami and the recent eruption of Washington's Mount St. Helens have led me of late to focus more on presenting news, information, and commentary on these pages as opposed to going into detail on the specifics of what’s been going on with us personally, here in Canada. Though such news items are still very important… this past week we had the opportunity to spend time with a handful of dear friends and ministry members from the States, who are in the process of getting out of the US… and who are committed to laboring with us to do everything possible to spread the message of this ministry.

I thought I would take this time to share with you what went on during this time of fellowship and also offer an update of sorts as to what is going on with us here in Canada. Early last week Fred (who many of you already know) along with two other brothers in the Lord (Brian and Dave) made the trek up from the US to spend time with us and to assist us in our ongoing efforts to make this ranch fulfill its role as a resource for the purpose of furthering the goals of the ministry. The guys made it up to Forest Grove early Tuesday night after a short delay at the border. They were held up due to the fact of their not being able to bring some belongings up for us to use on the ranch. The hold up centered on our situation of still being in the midst of the process of attaining the proper visa status. One of our party who has “set up base” here is literally days away from having her work visa status completed and we thought the process was documented as being far enough along to go ahead and have her belongings delivered up here by our visitors. This was not the case… and for that the brothers were asked to leave the items behind before crossing into Canada.

The lesson here is to always make sure, as best as you can, that you are aware of the rules and laws concerning such situations. We thought there would be no problem… but until everything is 100% completed that is not the case. I bring this up because I want everyone to know that coming into Canada (or even Mexico) is not like going from Oregon to Washington. You are crossing an international border and it is important to make sure that you always have all your ducks in a row… so to speak. Yet we also believe the Lord to be with us in this adventure and as in all things we trust Him to lead us along the process of getting properly established up here.

It was such a wonderful time of fellowship over the week that the guys were here. Another dear brother who is integral in this ministry, Don, joined us over the weekend. All together we immensely enjoyed the fellowship, work, prayer, and planning that came out of the week. We spent a great deal of time planning the direction for this ministry and in planning how our effort and resources can be used to make this ranch a successful part of our efforts to spread the message God has given us. We planned on how to enable visitors to take part in the training we are to offer and we began going over the details of the “curriculum” to be used in the training. The brothers were also able to generously offer their assistance and expertise to Andy and Adrian (the two Canadians here with us) in their ongoing efforts to complete the renovation projects necessary on the property.

Andy and Adrian are in and of themselves a tremendous blessing to us. We do truly thank the Lord that such loving, dedicated, and knowledgeable brothers have been led of the Lord to work with us in making this thing happen. In addition to the spiritual side… their abilities as tradesmen has been invaluable to our efforts and the fact they are Canadians is fantastic in that we know we do have true friends and brothers in this new land.

Of our visitors, Brian has a tremendous amount of knowledge and expertise in carpentry and building and his presence enabled Andy and Adrian to take on a couple of very big projects that had to be done to make one of the residences on the property habitable. Everyone else chipped in with encouragement and assistance to make sure a many very difficult things got done. We also made concrete plans on what is going to be done to complete renovations on the property (at least necessary renovations) and we spent time brainstorming on the logistics of such things as raising a small number of livestock, gardening, and taking care of heating needs for the coming winter.

This type of work and planning is necessary because of what the Lord has put on all of our hearts. We want to use this place as an area to train people up, so they can be sent out into the world with this message… and so they can replicate what we are doing here… particularly the aspects of establishing a home church or home fellowship.

Our times of sharing were tempered by thoughts on these matters and also on the impetus behind God’s call for believers to flee from Babylon, as well as God’s call for His Gospel of the Kingdom to be preached throughout the world. We truly believe the Biblical basis for these things is iron clad and that the Lord is truly moving His people to take up the call on this matter. We went over the scriptures surrounding the call to flee Babylon in detail (click here for a synopsis of those scriptures) and spent hours sharing our own personal testimonies about the transformation that is taking place in the US among formerly sound saints. We spent time sharing what the Lord was working out in all of our lives in relation to God’s call to flee and we also spent time sharing the marvelous work of Christ in each of our lives.

Among us all there was a lot of diversity. We were a group of Canadians and Americans, city folks and country folks; young and old; male and female. We came from all occupations and from different up-bringings… Yet in this group there was neither head nor tail, leader nor follower… just like-minded brothers and sisters, equal in the body with Christ as the head. Let me tell you… in that type of environment the Lord’s will is known and His love for us all and our love for Him and each other is always evident. We also solidified our agreement in accepting the call to preach the Gospel of the Kingdom that has been placed on this ministry. We shared our knowledge (both first and second hand) of the poisonous spread of America’s Dominionist, apostate version of Christ’s message… and we firmly committed ourselves to the necessity of testifying against this fallen entity and to the necessity of doing all we can to equip brothers and sisters throughout the world to do the same.

We also took a couple of nights to go over an article I linked to in the last journal, which has caused something of an uproar among many people. The article is Wayne Madsen’s piece on the Christian Mafia. The article goes into detail on the origins of America’s right wing religious ruling party and the American Church’s interconnectedness to the vile beast that it is. Much of what is written in the Madsen piece is very sensational and we spent a great deal of time using the details of his piece as a jumping off point for our own spirit-driven thoughts and analysis of the convergence of right wing political, economic, and religious powers within the US. Thematically, the “Christian Mafia scorecard” Madsen constructs is verifiable through the writings available here at Antipas Ministries. Scripturally there is also verification in that the direction Madsen shows the Church/State monster headed is one the Bible predicts in passages concerning the nature of Babylon the Great; and of the woman, which rides the beast.

Discussing these matters amongst ourselves… with the Holy Spirit and the Word to guide us… we unanimously believe God is calling His people out of the US. We believe that the current state of affairs within that country will continue to degrade. We believe the strong delusion sweeping the Church and pulling more and more true believers into becoming partakers in Babylon’s sins will only become stronger. We also believe God will honor those who heed His word of warning and that in doing so He will make a way for them to escape… no matter the difficulty of their circumstances.

Difficulty of circumstances is an issue we spent a great deal of time on. Much of this time was in part due to happenings within the US, which effected people we know personally and that are members and supporters of this ministry. Over last week there were three separate instances of people very close to getting out of the US who had catastrophic situations arise. These were situations that for a moment truly stopped them in their tracks.

One brother who was actually supposed to join us for the week of fellowship was turned away at the border. It seems he had legal issues in the US to contend with. He was not fully aware these matters would be a hindrance toward his plans to visit us and getting turned back at the border was a very tough blow to take… especially for someone who was in the process of permanently leaving the US to spread this message in Latin America. Simultaneously two other occurrences were taking place. Both involved the power of the State reaching out to drag people back towards the belly of the beast.

In the first instance a family that was literally weeks away from legally getting out of the US received ominous news from the taxman. It seems a small but unnoticed past error led tax authorities to assess major fines, penalties, and back payments literally out of the blue. Obviously these dear people had no idea or forewarning that any such thing was about to occur. Their plans to get out we literally stopped dead-cold by the power of the state and the despair and alarm in their recounting of the situation sent a chill over us all.

In another instance on the other side of the US, long time friends and ministry members who have been getting their affairs in order for a 2005 departure received word that State authorities were taking custody of an immediate family member’s child. This terrible event was not taking place due to abuse, neglect, or abandonment… but due to the whims of a bureaucratic system that literally preys upon the poor, who are forced more than any other group to give away personal sovereignty when seeking basic assistance from the state. Needless to say receiving such news within one’s family is a horrible thing and it is also the type of thing that puts a halt to one’s efforts towards moving away from loved one’s in such dire need.

All of these things happened while our little group was together in Canada. It made us realize immediately how vigorous the enemy is going to be in efforts to stymie the testimony of the saints in fleeing Babylon the Great. It made us realize that these occurrences of an almost simultaneous nature were not a coincidence, but instead proof-positive of God’s Word when it says:

Eph 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

We realize these things and in fellowship, prayer, and deliberation also understand that the powers arrayed against us (and our testimony) will not decrease their efforts… but will instead increase them as the days pass. We take the roadblocks set before us and the “counter-attacks” of the enemy as proof-positive that we are in God’s will with this ministry and its message to flee. We further believe it to be a blessing of sorts that the Lord would count us worthy to play our parts in this final act. As such we also find solace in the following passage from Ephesians:

Eph 6:13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

Taking on the “whole armor of God” is our one and only hope in this endeavor… just as it is for everyone out there believing and acting upon this message. Praise the Lord this belief was also shared by those undergoing the attacks. As we huddled together in Canada and prayed for these brothers and sisters, the Lord was doing a work in them as well.

Rather than becoming deterred by their consequences, they found strength and hope in Christ. Rather than believe what had occurred was a sign from God to choose a path of less resistance they instead stood firmly on His Word and set about the task of following Him out of the valley (so to speak). The brother stopped at the border regrouped and is making arrangements to clear up his legal situation. The family set upon by tax collectors is working out a plan of action to come out from under this burden and still leave the US in as short a time as possible. The family who is confronting child custody matters received a miracle in getting legal help to battle the situation. This has resulted in an outlook where the matter should be taken care of shortly… as opposed to the immediate outlook, which indicated there might not even be any recourse. They have also decided they will not let this event set them back one bit in their preparation to leave… and instead have rededicated themselves towards doing whatever is necessary to get out.

Times like these and people like this lead me with great cheer to the prophet Habbukuk and his God-inspired words:

Hab 3:17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:

Hab 3:18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

Praise the Lord for the courage of these saints and let us all keep them in our prayers!

We wrapped up our week of fellowship with spending time going over all the Lord had placed on our hearts and led us to share during the week. We all felt energized and compelled to step up our efforts to spread the message and to assist one another in getting through the steps necessary to get out of the US for good… and to further spread this message.

During the week we also tackled some of the legal and financial matters related to the ranch and our ministry in the US, Canada, and further abroad. We do need your help on the financial side of these things. Paying this property off, insuring it, and renovating it are not small things… and we are not rich people. Trust me when I tell you it would be easier for us as individuals to just say, “every man for himself” and worry only about what it takes to get residence, work, and housing in some country other than the US. Yet the Lord has led us not to place our “candle under the bushel” … but to instead make this ranch a place where other can be trained to further spread this message.

In doing so we are forever giving up a large portion of our “private lives” and are also putting ourselves in a position of needing help from the saints to keep this thing going. This is where all of you who believe in this message come in. If all we were going to do was keep a journal and put out a few articles about how bad the Church was… then our pleas to you would be quite different… yet we have decided to heed God’s call and do more. We have decided to follow the Lord into the fields of harvest. We have decided to not just preach a message exposing the problems… but preach one that offers the hope of Christ and the solution found in His Word. We have decided to put aside the greater part of self-preservation to instead make a place where others can learn to do what we are doing here… and take it with them across the globe. For this we really need your prayers… and we do need your support.

I share these things with you not to lift us up as super saints or special servants in any way. God has called all of us to this same testimony. It is our hope that what we are doing here is just a starting point. We know there are many who are in the process of getting out of the US. We know there are many worldwide who love the Lord and are standing daily for Him against the brute power of the American new world order system and its apostate church. Just like us… they need help and support… both of a spiritual and tangible nature. We know that many of you out there need help as well. We want to continue assisting those of you in your efforts to leave and we want to continue putting you together with others who are of a like mind and spirit.

In the months ahead we will continue down the road this ministry is set upon. We will draw upon the last week’s time of fellowship and work toward this mark in all our efforts. The love shared, the work accomplished, and the prayers and discussions between us have been invaluable. I cannot wait for the next such chance… and in the interim ask you all to keep this ministry and our efforts in your prayers.

We still have much to do to reach our immediate goals. We have begun the final part of the Canadian process necessary to establish an official entity here in Canada that can host and train international visitors. At this point we may have to push back the start date for our first training session to July of this year instead of June. Very shortly I will confirm whether such a change will take place. We are at a critical point in getting the ranch’s finances straight and in getting the resources necessary to finish renovations. We are also at a critical point in the process of getting our individual visa situations resolved. Pray for us, stand with us, and assist us with these things in whatever way you can. I will keep you updated as to how things are going and we will obviously continue sending this message out via the Internet.

Once again our week’s fellowship was a wonderful thing. I praise the Lord for the chance to experience it all and for His allowing me to be a witness for Him.

God Bless,

Sean Mayfield
Antipas Ministries

March 1, 2005

The picture of the world at the end of days, which the Bible paints, is one of wars and rumors of wars. It shows a time when that one terrible nation, Babylon the Great will begin its Great and terrible push to establish ironclad rule over the nations of the earth. No doubt the US is the most powerful nation today… and there is also no doubt, based upon Biblical evidence that America is Babylon the Great. Yet the world at this point is not completely under that “iron clad rule” the Bible indicates. An example would be the rebellion of sorts that has taken place in Latin America over the past few years. From Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil, and now to tiny Uruguay there has been a revolt of sorts against the ravages of the free trade policies of the American empire.

While selling out to the Washington Consensus may have been good for indigenous elites and the Wall Street bottom line, it has wrought poverty, disease, and despair to the people of the third world… and those in Latin America are attempting to turn back the tide. Now comes the part about wars and rumors of wars… because the US will not let this left turn in the southern hemisphere go on unabated. If death squads, coup attempts, and financial threats will not do the trick… then armed conflict will be the order of the day. The key US ally in this regard is Columbia. Columbia receives more US financial aid and military aid than any nation other than Israel. This money is not spent to merely eradicate cocoa fields… it is being used to build a proxy army to terrorize the region. Venezuela looks to be the first nation in line… God help those who find themselves at war with the beast… or its servants.

The US is a beast… and a dreadful, terrible one at that. Think of all the blood that has been shed in just the past few years. Think of all the broken lives and orphaned children, and empty stomachs for which the US is responsibly. Then consider this… not only is the American Church responsible for their part in allowing these things to happen… but in the larger sense, they are the very force driving the murderous engine making all these sorrows occur. The Church in America is more like the Mafia, than the Body of Christ
[I truly encourage everyone to seriously read the aboe article on the Christian Mafia]. The rise of the Religious Right to power has not been one of luck and fortunate circumstance. It has been a concerted effort of alliance between the big money elites and the leadership of the Church. Together, from the pulpits and the boardrooms they have successfully propagandized a nation of willing adherents. No chance or idle circumstance here… this has been a well funded and well organized effort to overthrow American democracy and in the process deceive the Church into serving the powers of this present world over those of Christ and the Kingdom to Come. As I intimated above however, it has taken a willing audience to make this happen. It has taken a people willing to disregard the plain teachings of Christ for those of empire, dominion, and prosperity. The leaven is powerful… and it will not stop until the whole of the lump has been affected.

To see where its all headed it is good to look at the top though… and you can’t get much higher in the ranks of right-wing religious conservatives than to be a part of the CNP. Among its members the CNP claims such “luminaries” as founder Tim Lahaye, Donald Hodel, president of James Dobson's Focus on the Family, Edwin Feulner, Grover Norquist, and many other heavy-hitters in the right-wing religious nexus. The CNP serves as a choke point for most of the big wigs in the evangelical world and big players in the corporate world whose hundreds of millions in funding make most of what is the religious-right movement possible. Where does all this funding go specifically? It goes towards financing the culture war at home and it goes towards setting and enforcing a Dominionist foreign policy abroad. It is all part of a very concerted two-pronged attack between the corporate world and the US Church. The results are devastating both at home and abroad, as noted by Jeff Krehely:

“…the real victims in this game are the nation’s poorest citizens, who are increasingly facing a no-win situation. One brand of Republican slashes taxes for the wealthiest Americans, forcing massive cuts in social services that low-income Americans need to survive. Then the faith-based crowd steps in, forcing down a little bit of Jesus with every sip of soup at the local homeless shelter.”

Krehely merely points out the effects on America’s poorest citizens… think of the fate of those in Iraq, Afghanistan, or in any third world nation being ravaged by America’s New World Order. To put it bluntly, these men are no more servants of Christ than the man on the moon, yet American Christians through either silence or submission have allowed the name of our savior to be attached to their efforts at world domination. To think there are not consequences to such action (or inaction) is folly at best.

To truly understand the utter lack of human regard inherent in these people one only needs to look at their treatment (or lack thereof) of those who they send out to do their dirty work. By this I mean one needs to examine how America’s soldiers are treated. Aside from being forced to serve past contractual terms and not being properly equipped when in combat… they are also being given a death sentence due to the tons and tons of depleted uranium weapons being used in the present conflict in Iraq. The first gulf war now being over a decade behind us has seen over 50% of those who served file for medical disability benefits. Practically all of these disabilities have been caused by what was initially termed gulf war syndrome, but what scientist have been persistently saying is the effect of US usage of depleted uranium weapons. America and its Christian leadership and populace apparently think so much of their Christian soldiers that they have no problem sending them off to fight and die with what can only be described as radioactive weapons that will kill everyone who encounters them in the long-term. This has been proven not just on the battlefields and city squares of Iraq, but in Afghanistan and Kosovo as well. Not only do these people not love their enemies… but apparently they don’t even love their friends.

Now to bring it all back full-circle… US ambitions are not going to change. The Church (so-called) in the US is not going to change either… unless you count worsening its ways as such. Wars and rumors of wars are not only upon us now, but things will only intensify in this regard. Today it is Afghanistan and Iraq. Tomorrow probably brings Venezuela, Iran and Syria. After that God only knows.

Yet once again we do know that all of these things have not happened by accident. The alliance between the US elites and the American Church are responsible for this carnage… and for the carnage, which is to come. Theirs is a program of dominion both at home and abroad. No quarter will be taken in either regard. It is imperative for true believers within the US to see these things for what they are. It is imperative for them to understand that the satanic forces at work in both the American state and the American Church have in mind total victory… even if it means total war to accomplish it. The Bible warns us explicitly that those remaining within Babylon the Great (The US) are not to stand and fight the beast from within… nor are they to head to the catacombs to ride out the storm. They are to instead flee from the US with their testimony intact, because God’s Word says that remaining behind will lead to one’s becoming a partaker in the grievous sins of this terrible beast nation. These are not idle words from our Lord. They are meant to be taken seriously… now as opposed to later.

“Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.” 1Peter 2: 5

“And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD.” Jeremiah 51: 26

February 23, 2005

Obviously most everyone knows of John D. Negroponte’s recent selection as the new “Intelligence Czar” for the US. As you also know, we have never been shy about our feeling concerning Negroponte… and his Phoenix-like rise to a position of such power within the Bush administration is yet another terrible indication of the true character of those currently in power. The facts concerning Negroponte’s participation and direction in Central American death squad activities in the 1980’s is irrefutable…. This is also not to mention his involvement in the drugs-for-arms-for-hostages activities at the core of the Iran Contra scandal during the Reagan Presidency. To put it simply… the man is at best a gangster. At worst he is a vicious and violent servant of the “present world-ruler,” i.e. the fallen one himself. Interestingly though, Negroponte has never had any problem working with and gaining support from the Church in America. Missionary organizations played an integral part in his terrible activities in Honduras in the 1980’s and during his renaissance here in GWB’s Whitehouse there has been nary a peep from American evangelicals about all the blood, which is documented to be on his hands.

Think about this for a second. The men ruling the roost on Pennsylvania Avenue all claim to be Christian men. The guy calling the shots goes so far as to label himself as born again… and to be expressly seeking and carrying out the will of God in his leadership of the country. Next think about our Savior Jesus Christ and the fact that all true believers are supposed to emulate His life and His testimony with our own. Can you imagine Jesus Christ appointing John Negroponte as one of His disciples? Can you imagine our Lord bringing into the fold an unrepentant man who has the literal blood of tens of thousands on his hands? Can you imagine our Savior doing such a thing when this person had also used subterfuge and influence to enlist the assistance of those called by His name in the execution of such evil deeds? Of course not… it is ridiculous to think our Lord would do such a thing. He has never, nor will He ever use evil actions to further His kingdom.

Yet look at what Christian President Bush has done… he has essentially made Negroponte one of his disciples… and a powerful one at that. He has in essence made a man who has been convicted for his action in trading drugs for guns to later to be used to trade for hostages… and a man who organized and directed US-run death squads