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ISSUE 7 · JULY 2009 SERVING THE MID-WILLAMETTE VALLEY EQUIP - ENCOURAGE - UNITE IN TRUTH FREE REPORTER Dear Mr. President P. 6 It’s getting very serious now P.13 Has the the Covenant been found? P. 11 The world is rapidly realigning. With headlines indicating that political leaders are calling for a new world order, a move from the dollar to a single global currency, and a unified global financial policy that governs the world’s largest economies, I believe we are witnesses to exciting prophetic signs of our times. In a complex business transaction, my father taught me a simple but helpful principle: “If you want to understand what is really going on in the deal, follow the money. That will tell you the real story.” In the same way, the Bible clearly delineates a path from the beginning of time to the very end that leaves a clear picture for us… simply follow the money. For years you’ve heard Crown talk about the practical financial applications found in God’s Word. Among the more than 2,300 Scriptures dealing with money and possessions, many are practical and proverbial, yet many are prophetic and bluntly foretell God’s response to our attitudes about money and possessions. For example, God warned the children of Israel that spiritual disobedience would result in many curses, including economic hardship. “The foreigners living among you will become stronger and stronger, while you become weaker and weaker. They will lend money to you, but you will not lend to them. They will be the head, and you will be the tail!” (Deuteronomy 28:43-44 NLT). These words were spoken to the Israelites, but the principle is universally true. Interestingly, today 39.8 percent of the world’s Jewish population now lives in the United States while only 41.3 percent lives in Israel. Certainly, the U.S. is not Israel, but I don’t think we can dismiss this prophetic warning any more than the nation of Israel itself. God warned us that following His financial principles is related to national security. No nation has ever borrowed its way into prosperity. Many have borrowed their way to ruin. Complete Article on www.thejctown.com FOLLOW THE MONEY TO THE END TIMES!! By Chuck Bentley, CEO CROWN FINANCIAL MINISTRIES

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issue 7 july 2009

seRViNG THe MiD-WillAMeTTe VAlleyeQuiP - eNCOuRAGe - uNiTe iN TRuTHFRee

REPORTERDear Mr President P 6 It rsquos getting very serious now P13Has the the Covenant been found P 11

The world is rapidly realigning With headlines indicating that political leaders are calling for a new world order a move from the dollar to a single global currency and a unified global financial policy that governs the worldrsquos largest economies I believe we are witnesses to exciting prophetic signs of our times

In a complex business transaction my father taught me a simple but helpful principle ldquoIf you want to understand what is really going on in the deal follow the money That will tell you the real storyrdquo In the same way the Bible clearly delineates a path from the beginning of time to the very end that leaves a clear picture for ushellipsimply follow the money

For years yoursquove heard Crown talk about the practical financial applications found in Godrsquos Word Among the more than 2300 Scriptures dealing with money and possessions many are practical and proverbial yet many are prophetic and bluntly foretell Godrsquos response to our attitudes about money and possessions

For example God warned the children

of Israel that spiritual disobedience would result in many curses including economic hardship ldquoThe foreigners living among you will become stronger and stronger while you become weaker and weaker They will lend money to you but you will not lend to them They will be the head and you will be the tailrdquo (Deuteronomy 2843-44 NLT)

These words were spoken to the Israelites but the principle is universally true Interestingly today 398 percent of the worldrsquos Jewish population now lives in the United States while only 413 percent lives in Israel Certainly the US is not Israel but I donrsquot think we can dismiss this prophetic warning any more than the nation of Israel itself God warned us that following His financial principles is related to national security No nation has ever borrowed its way into prosperity Many have borrowed their way to ruin

Complete Article on wwwthejctowncom

FOLLOW THE MONEY TO THE END TIMES

By Chuck Bentley CEOCROWN FINANCIAL MINISTRIES

Hear Money Life with Chuck Bentley weekdays at 1230 on KPJC AM 1220

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A small college on the outskirts of Salem that educates and trains Christian ministers has made two enormous changes One change is its name and structure the other its address

After many years of working closely with Salem Bible College (SBC) Northwest University (NU) in Kirkland WA invited SBC to merge with NU The merger which was completed in November makes Salem the first of Northwestrsquos distance campuses SBC also moved in early December making the fall a season of change

Northwest is a Christian liberal arts university and its mission includes training vocational ministers Seeking to expand the universityrsquos efforts Dr Joseph Castleberry President of Northwest University is leading NU in developing creative educational oppor-tunities for the purpose of equipping future church and ministry leaders Joining hands with SBC is a first step in that endeavor

NU has recognized that SBCrsquos academic strength sound management and forward-thinking approach to training ministers is due to outstanding leadership by Dr Carley Kendrick who served as SBCrsquos president for 12 years He continues to lead the Salem work now as the Dean of the Salem Campus and works with the exceptional team of leaders at Northwest and his Salem staff to further develop the Salem programs

For SBC the merger means that Salem credits come under Northwestrsquos regional accreditation SBC had started the process of accreditation and was accepted to Applicant Status with the Association for Biblical Higher Education (ABHE) when merger discussions began ldquoCompleting ABHE accreditation and achieving regional status probably would have taken another ten years on our ownrdquo said Dr Kendrick ldquoThis merger pushed us a decade aheadrdquo

In addition Salem students who qualify have access to federal financial aid The

College has new recruitment and networking opportunities and more

If becoming part of the University was not enough SBC of NU also changed its location in December

Formerly located on River Road North in the Gervais and Woodburn area the College relocated to Bethel Park in Brooks The Park owned by the Oregon Ministry Network of the Assemblies of God features private residences office buildings and facilities that are typical of Christian camps and retreat centers One of the buildings the 27000 square-foot conference center is the new home for SBC of NU

Utilizing the help of volunteers to prepare the new building and pack move and settle SBC moved all its operations to Bethel Park at the end of the fall term ldquoStudents were ndash and are ndash so excited about the move to a larger facility in such a beautiful locationrdquo said Rev Debbie Lamm Bray Director of Academic Services ldquoIt has been wonderful to see them enjoy all the space here We as faculty and administration also love the beautiful setting and appreciate the exciting potential hererdquo

ldquoBeing in this building is a tremendous blessing to usrdquo Kendrick said ldquoOur previous building was 4000 square feet so this is a major increase in space Itrsquos also allowing us to open dorms next fallrdquo

Traditionally a commuter campus SBC has drawn students from up to three hours away for its unconventional block-schedule classes that meet once each week Beginning next fall however the College will offer on-campus dorm housing

ldquoResidence halls will make SBC aviable option for students who live outside of the Willamette Valley and for those who want the experience of living on a college campusrdquo said Lamm Bray ldquoThey will also open an entirely new level of campus life Wersquore really excited about the new energy and possibilities that will bringrdquo

Opened in 1988 Salem Bible College was founded to provide an affordable Pentecostal education for those con-sidering or entering full-time Christian ministry SBC of NU continues this

work by providing a professional degree in biblical and ministerial studies that fulfills academic requirements for ministry credentialing and by enhancing the ministry of the local church by providing continuing education for leaders as well as training for members

ldquoOur degree programs are designed to equip and train for thoughtful creative and passionate vocational ministry at varying levelsrdquo said Lamm Bray ldquoThe Associate degree prepares a student to enter vocational ministry while the Bachelor of Science degree equips for longer-term effective leadership in the church and other ministry settingsrdquo Both degrees can be earned by attending part-time or full-time and the non-traditional schedule allows students to attend one two or three days of class each week

ldquoSBC of NU students appreciate that throughout the College ndash in the classroom student activities chapel and all of the student experience ndash there is an inten-tional focus on the primacy of the Bible and on lsquotraining disciples to make disciplesrsquordquo Lamm Bray continued citing a key part of SBCrsquos vision statement

Graduates from these programs can be found throughout the world as pastors missionaries childrenrsquos ministers youth ministers and serving in a variety of non-traditional ministries In addition many graduates go on to complete graduate degrees

Salem Bible College of Northwest University offers two degree programs the two-year Associate in Christian Leadership and the four-year Bachelor of Science in Christian Leadership All credits are regionally accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities tuition is still among the lowest of Christian colleges and universities Those desiring further information can contact the College at 503-304-0092 or sbcinfonorthwestuedu

SALEM BIBLE COLLEGE MAKES MAJOR TRANSITIONS

ARLINGTON VA mdash Urban drivers often pick mini and microcars because theyrsquore affordable fuel efficient and easy to park on city streets Fender-benders are hazards of urban driving and just one of them can add up to thousands of dollars in repair costs because the bumpers donrsquot adequately protect vehicles from damage None of the bumpers on 7 mini and microcars tested by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety earned the top rating of good and just 1 the Smart Fortwo is acceptable Five out of the 7 earn poor ratings and 1 earns a marginal

New ratings system These are the first bumper test results released under a new Institute ratings protocol thatrsquos based on repair costs averaged and weighted to reflect real-world damage patterns These averaged and weighted repair costs determine each vehiclersquos overall rating of good acceptable marginal or poor in 4 bumper tests repre-senting full-width and corner crashes at low speeds Weighted average repairs must be less than $500 for a good rating less than $1000 for acceptable and less than $1500 for marginal Repairs of $1500 or more earn bumpers a poor rating

Bumpers can be designed so therersquos no damage in these low-speed impacts At a minimum repairs should cost less than the typical insurance deductible for a collision which is $500 This is why we set the bench-mark for a good rating at less than $500 Damage at this level may be only cosmetic so consumers may choose not to bother with repairs Likewise $1000 is about the cost of a new bumper cover reinforcement bar and paint while $1500 includes replacing vehicle parts like grilles and headlights When you reach $1000 the bumper isnrsquot doing its job and anything $1500 or higher is egregious

Mini Carsyou donrsquot wanta get Hit Says the Insurance Institute For

Highway Safety

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By Dale KennedyWe held our first joint education meeting

with a select group of individuals recently and I thought it would be beneficial to write a brief recap of the topics covered The theme of the evening was non-traditional investments and our focus was on invest-ment vehicles that had some level of tax advantages to them We primarily covered two specific items

Tenancy in Common (TIC) and oil and gas investments

Tenancy in Common or TICrsquos as they are commonly referred to are simply a means by which people hold title to real estate By itself there is no specific tax advantage to TICrsquos as opposed to many other ways that you can hold title A 1031 Tenants In Common (TIC) property exchange is a special type of real estate that is intended to qualify as a 1031 tax-deferred exchange replacement property A TIC is a percentage ownership of a typically large high quality even institutional grade real estate invest-ment An owner of a TIC does not own a specific portion or section of the property but instead owns a specific percentage of the property and receives a grant deed for the exact ownership percentage Examples of 1031 exchange properties and TIC real estate include office buildings shopping centers apartment buildings industrial properties warehouses triple net properties (NNN properties and NNN Leases) raw land and even oil and gas interests

TIC provides you with the opportunity to potentially1 Eliminate capital-gains taxes and depreciation-recapture taxes at the time of sale2 Eliminate the need to find a property on your own in forty-five days

3 Eliminate the day-to-day management responsibilities 4 Increase the quality of your tenants and leases 5 Increase your net after expense income 6 Increase the earnings potential on real-estate appreciation 7 Benefit from comprehensive third-party due diligence 8 Receive additional significant tax savings 9 Decrease risk through diversification10 Increase return potential through higher-quality tenants11 Benefit from non-recourse debt12 Simplify owning real estate13 Benefit from a very experienced management team

Oil and Gas properties can also be useful tax-advantaged investments In addition to the ability to help diversify your investment portfolio there are currently Intangible Drilling Costs (IDCrsquos) and depletion that can have some uses in tax planning

Alternative investments are often speculative lack liquidity lack diversifi-cation are not subject to the same regulatory requirements as mutual funds may involve complex tax structures and delays in distributing important tax information and may involve substantial fees

These products often execute trades on non-US exchanges Investing in foreign markets may entail risks that differ from those associated with investments in US markets These investments may not be appropriate for all investors

NFP Securities Inc does not offer tax or legal advice

Educational Seminar Non-Traditional Investments with Tax Advantages

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Dear DaveA couple of years ago my parents got into

a big financial mess They filed bankruptcy and had to give up their house Now they lived on a fixed income of $2220 a month and my dad is not in good health My wife and I help them out with a little money each month but my sister and her husband donrsquot do much for them Do you think I should lean on her a little bit in an effort to make her pitch in and help

RandyDear RandyIf therersquos one thing Irsquove learned over the

years itrsquos that you canrsquot make another adult behave The only person you can control is the one you look at in mirror every morning Now should a son or daughter want to help their parents especially if one is in poor health and the moneyrsquos tight Absolutely But family relationships are strange animals

Your sister and her husband may have some bruised feelings from something that happened years ago or they may be having money problems of their own At this point all you can do is try to gauge their interest in this idea

For starters Irsquod suggest working up a monthly budget on your parents Irsquom talking about a simple one-page document and show it to your sister and her husband Let them know that mom and dad need a little help and ask if theyrsquod be willing to join you guys by chipping in a little money each month to help out your parents Present the idea as you guys partnering with each other to help out and be sure you donrsquot get into any finger-wagging or lectures about responsibility That kind of stuff is a real turn off and it can get thrown back in your face in a hurry

- Dave

DAVe sAys

Once again the Volcanoes will be having the Faith and Family night at the Volcano Stadium We have picked the date of 17th of August We have a great guest Andrew Palau the son of Luis Palau Andrew has just come back from an evangelistic tour in Guatemala where both he and his father ministered to 425000 souls He will return from Rwanda to be at the Volcanoes This will be a fine time to meet with Andrew and members of his family in the BBQ area Also Andrew Palau will be throwing out the honorary first ball If anyone has a suggestion for additional ideas for that day please let me know

The Faith amp Family Night is a work in progress at this time We are working on a single night for the Catholic Church The Archbishop will be throwing out the first ball If any other denominations with a large amount of churches would like to have a night especially for them apart from the other churches and would like to address the mem-bers in the BBQ area and throw out the first ball please contact me ASAP

Reserve tickets are normally $10 but are discounted $1 as a group We have a GroupBBQ that includes an All You Can Eat BBQ that costs only $1995 This would include a Reserve Seat ticket free souvenir a chance

at a door prize the all you can eat BBQ and a professional single A baseball game You can get just a ticket to a game ($7 $9 $11 $13 $20) as well as the GroupBBQ A group is normally 25 plus individuals It would be a great place to come and meet fellow believers and a place that a church may bring a person that normally would not attend anything with a believer It would be a chance to see the church in public

If you have any suggestions please contact me any idea would be greatly appreciated You are not restricted to the Faith amp Family Night You may wish to set an alternate night that is good for your individual church group

We look forward to having you attend as a church and allow our fans to enjoy your company and for you to be an example as people of faith A special link has been produced for the Faith amp Family event at the park that is done by internet no collecting no holding money and tickets you can print your tickets at your work station or home

Please contact me soon to set up great seats To join in the night just type the following link in your address bar

The link to order tickets to the Faith and Family Night is

volcanoesbaseballcomngfaithhtm

Faith and Family night at Volcanos stadium

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Flavius Claudius Constantinus (Constan-tine) defeated Emperor Valerius Licinianus in 324 AD ending most persecution of the Christian church but making way for an even greater confrontation

Though Constantine himself was involved in sun god worship his empire was predominantly Christian in one form or another Emperor Constantine called for the bishops to convene and directed them to come to a decision that would keep the empire unified in Christendom The council was represented by two main branches of Christianity - Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox (the early Christians were catholic pre-protestant movement)

However the first to follow the risen

Messiah were not Christians or Catholics but were Hebrews and Jews of the sect called The Way (Acts 92 amp 1923) Constantine mixed portions of the truth of the Jewish Messiah and created new forms of worship making it difficult for Jews and Biblical followers of The Way to follow Yahweh the God of the Bible

How does that effect me Irsquom not JewishHeb 512 ldquoFor though by this time you

ought to be teachers you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God and you have come to need milk and not solid foodrdquo

Rom 31-2 ldquoWhat advantage then has the Jew or what is the profit of circumcision

Much in every way Chiefly because to them were committed the oracles of Godrdquo

Acts 738-41 ldquoThis is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the Angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai and with our fathers the one who received the living oracles to give to us whom our fathers would not obey but rejected And in their hearts they turned back to Egypt saying to Aaron lsquoMake us gods to go before us as for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt we do not know what has become of himrsquo And they made a calf in those days offered sacrifices to the idol and rejoiced in the works of their own handsrdquo

In effect Constantine the sun god

worshiper set aside the very people whom Yahweh God had entrusted with His own instructions for holy or ldquoset apartrdquo living -- ldquothe Jewsrdquo Instead he oppressed the ones that the scripture says were given the authority of Yahwehrsquos oracles Instead of staying in the true worship of YHWH as given to Moses and explained in full by the Messiah Yahshua (Jesus the Savior and Messiah) he did just what the children of Israel did in the wilderness by mixing the true faith of Yahweh with pagan worship

It is incumbent on each of us to call things holy and ldquoset apartrdquo that YHWH identifies and toss the rest to the dung pile of history

A Teaching from Torah to the TribesBy Even Baruch

You face difficult challenges in matters such as achieving peace in the Middle East and protecting America from the threat of radical Islam and terrorism These are challenges that have vexed past presidents going as far back as our second president John Adams I have no doubt you appreci-ate both the gravity of these challenges and the enormous obstacles that exist to solving them

I also have no doubt that you and your staff understood that no matter what you said in your speech last Thursday in Cairo there would be those who would take issue with you That is always the case when attempting to solve problems that are as deep and emotionally-laden as these challenges are

I am assuming it is your sincere hope that the approach you have chosen to take as evidenced by what Im sure was a carefully crafted speech will ultimately prove successful However it pains

me to say this sir but while you said in your speech that you are a student of history it is abundantly clear that in these matters you do not know history and thus as Santayana noted you are doomed to repeat it In doing so your efforts however well-intentioned they may be will not produce what you profess to hope they will produce

A wise man once said that if you start with the wrong assumptions no matter how logical your reasoning is you will end up with the wrong conclusion With all due respect Mr President you are starting with certain assumptions that are unsupported by history and an objective study of the ideology of political Islam

You began in your speech by asserting that tensions exist between the United States and Muslims around the world which of course is correct Unfortunately you then proceeded incorrectly to lay virtually all the blame for these tensions at the feet of America and the West You blamed western colonialism the

Cold War and even globalismA student of American history who is

not trying to reconstruct it to fit a modern politically correct narrative would state that tensions between America and Muslims began with the unprovoked four-decades long assault by the Muslim Barbary pirates against American shipping in the late 18th and early 19th centuries I find it telling that you mentioned the Treaty of Tripoli in your speech but ignored the circumstances that led to it That treaty was but one of numerous attempts by the United States to achieve peace with the jihadists of the Barbary Coast who were attacking our shipping and killing and enslaving our citizens and our soldiers and who by their own admission were doing so to fulfill the call to jihad

These jihadists were not acting to protest American foreign policy which was decidedly isolationist and there was no state of Israel

to scapegoat They were doing what countless Islamic jihadists have done throughout history acting upon the hundreds of passages in the Quran and the Hadith that call upon faithful Muslims to kill conquer or subjugate the infidel

Dear Mr President By Brigitte Gabriel

Continued on wwwthejctowncom

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roots of our faithroots of our faith

A capitalist these days has become anath-ema among many historical revisionists lib-eral universities and think tanks This word is defined in our dictionaries as an econom-ic system in which investment in and owner-ship of the means of production distribution and exchange of wealth (capital) is made and maintained chiefly by private investors

or corporations In other words how one succeeds depends on himself and his own willingness and desire This too is the basic scriptural definition for capital comes from the Hebrew chafatz In Hebrew the ch has a k sound and the f has an alternative hard p sound As the word evolved through

Capitalism

An amateur Biblical archeologist who claimed to have found the Ark of the Covenant directly below the crucifixion site of Jesus Christ died after giving a deathbed interview to WorldNetDaily Noahs Ark Sodom and Gomorrah the Ark of the Covenant the crucifixion site of Jesus Christ and more have been the subject of controversial claims made by Ron Wyatt who spent much of his life documenting sites and events from the Bible

On August 9 1999 Ron Wyatt died following a lengthy battle with cancer just a few days after his last telephone inter-view His quest to provide information that would lead to more people accepting the teachings of the Bible continues at Wyatt Archaeological Research a non-profit non-denominational organization in Tennessee

According to Wyatt he was able to physically locate the Ark of the Covenant the container for the original tablets of the Ten Commandments with the Mercy Seat intact on the top It was found in a chamber just outside the walls of ancient Jerusalem about 20 feet below what Wyatt also claimed was the actual site of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ

Wyatt said he found an earthquake crack directly below where the cross would have been When Christ died the earth quaked The rock was split right below His cross and this crevice extended right down into the hidden chamber which contained the unde-filed earthly Throne of God -- the Ark with its Mercy Seat explained Wyatt in one of his research letters After Christ was dead when the centurion stuck his spear into His side and pierced His spleen the blood and water came out falling down through

that crack and was sprinkled on the Mercy Seat

The crucifixion site was found on the side of the Golgotha hill or Place of the Skull just outside the old north wall of Jerusalem not far from the Garden Tomb It was discovered under many feet of soil with actual holes in the rock where crosses were placed and niches in the rock wall behind where three signs were placed The large circular stone used to cover the garden tomb was also located there and it was all surrounded by the foundation of a first century building The central main cross hole has an earthquake crack beside it

The Bible teaches the concept of sacrifice of animals symbolic of the actual blood sacrifice Christ would make During this ancient rite the High Priest was the only one who could physi-cally sprinkle the blood on the Mercy Seat Wyatt said it was an act of God that everything was in the right place and there was an earthquake By permitting himself to be sacrificed Christ regarded by the Bible as the great High Priest was able to place his own blood upon the Mercy Seat as that great and final act in the process of blood sacrifice

Wyatt believed that the Ark of the Covenant along with other sacred objects from the first Temple in Jerusalem were all secreted away just prior to the entrance of the Babylonians into the city about 600 years before the crucifixion of Jesus Christ There are many tunnels beneath Jerusalem even to this day These most sacred objects were protected in a chamber and the entrance was sealed and hidden

Photographic evidence of Wyattrsquos site was obtained and then the site was covered back over with 12 feet of dirt and a garden

established Wyatt says it was landscaped to avoid controversy The entrance to the system of caves and tunnels found by the Wyatt team in the cliff wall was also sealed over

Wyatt claimed that he was authorized to make his excavations by the Antiquities Department but that bureaucrats within that agency insisted that his findings must be kept secret Wyatt has made public a significant amount of his research and findings but he has withheld certain documents and photographs to comply with the agreement he made with Israeli officials His refusal to provide everything resulted in criticism from some

Wyatt did not make any claims of grandeur nor did he claim to be a prophet He said his only role was to be a willing servant God has a way of communicating his wishes to people and Im not the only one able to do that so I dont flatter myself to think that Im something special I was there I was willing so therefore God allowed me this privilege There are others who are in communication with Him There are others who are familiar with this material and will see that it is presented Wyatt told WorldNetDaily just before his death

Wyatt explained Theyve been taught something else all their life So God is doing this show-and-tell through these revelations and these discoveries to prove to them real quick that the Bible is historically accurate and divinely inspired He referenced Jeremiah 1619-21 predicting unbelievers will come from all parts of the earth to learn of the discoveries

ldquoO Lord my strength and my fortress My refuge in the day of affliction The Gentiles shall come to You from the ends of the earth and say lsquoSurely our fathers have lies vanity and things wherein there is no profitrsquo

Shall a man make gods unto himself which are not gods

Therefore behold I will this once cause them to know I will cause them to know My hand and My might and they shall know that My name is the Lord

Wyatt continued This last revelation is for the inhabitants of the earth who dont have a clue as well as for those of us who do have a clue and have been commissioned by Christ to reach out to help bring these people who dont have a clue into the fold These are tools that God has given the believers to strengthen their faith and to use to reach out They are tools that will be extremely effective in the last pouring out to the entire population all inhabitants of the earth

WorldNetDaily has examined extensive evidence regarding the various claims and discoveries made by Wyatt Several critics have been found who have voiced their opinion that the work of Wyatt Archeological Research is fraudulent but no evidence was found to support those charges The evidence is sufficient to conclude that Wyatts team conducted the claimed archeological digs and investigations

WorldNetDaily is not qualified to determine the value of the evidence Wyatt was given a deathbed opportunity to either reaffirm or recant his claims He chose to reaffirm all that he has claimed without hesitation

the European language it become capit(al)This word scripturally refers to both

mans and YHVHs sovereign ability to seek lawfully what he desires This is part of our constitution life liberty and the pursuit of happiness Here are some examples of this word

Mizmor 12But his DELIGHT is in the law of YHVH

and in his law doth he meditate day and night

Mishlei 3113She seeketh wool and flax and worketh

WILLINGLY with her handsYeshayahu 5310Yet it PLEASED YHVH to bruise him

he hath put him to grief when thou shalt

make his soul an offering for sin he shall see his seed he shall prolong his days and the PLEASURE of YHVH shall prosper in his hand

Yeshayahu 5511So shall my word be that goeth forth out

of my mouth it shall not return unto me void but it shall accomplish that which I PLEASE and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it

Mizmor 1356Whatsoever YHVH PLEASED that did

he in heaven and in earth in the seas and all deep places

I be l ieve YHVH was qui te the capi ta l i s t

Shalom Alecheim

Has the Ark of the Covenant been foundBy Jamie Louis

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R Bechaye writes that when Gods presence filled the Tabernacle He said Today I am causing My Presence to rest among you if you sin My Presence will leave you But when Messiah comes My Presence will remain with you permanently Now you see the Divine Presence through fire but with the advent of the Messiah you will see it clearly revealed as it is written For eye to eye shall they see when God returns to Zion (Tzenah Urenah)

CommentaryThen God spoke all these words saying

I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt out of the house of slavery (Exodus 201-2)

The Festival of Shavuot (Pentecost) is the anniversary of the giving of the Torah and the giving of the Holy Spirit As part of the commemoration the Ten Command-ments are read publicly in the Assembly on the Feast of Shavuot

According to the traditional reckoning the first commandment is simply I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt out of the house of slavery (Exodus 201-2)

The first commandment is to believe in God and to accept His claim of ownership

over us Unless we accept the basic premise of Gods existence no number of commandments will have any authority or meaning for us The need for such a command demonstrates the incongruity of ascribing to morality without believing in a moral authority If we accept the premise of objective morality we must accept that there is a higher authority issuing that objective standard

We also learn from this that redemption must precede commandments Before we can receive the Torah we must already be saved Israels salvation from Egypt was not accorded to her on the basis of her obedience to the commandments She was already redeemed (on no merit of her own) before the laws at Sinai were given to her Thus the first declaration at Sinai is a reminder of their redeemed status Only BECAUSE they are already saved are they able to receive the commands of God

True legalism continually attempts to reverse this process by claiming that ones obedience to certain commandments (or all the commandments) is the mechanism by which salvation is earned The first of the Ten Commandments directly contradicts this notion Salvation and relationship with God precedes the Torah

Redemption and Torah

A recent Newsmax cover story featured a lengthy discussion about the return of Jesus and possible apocalyptic events According to the feature ldquopublic buzz about the Biblical last days is at its highest level since 911rdquo The Pew Research Center recntly found that 79 of American Christians believe in the Second Coming of Christ Today the doomsday prophet is not some bearded man with a placard proclaiming ldquothe end is nearrdquo Instead gloom and doom seems to be the message of newspapers the Internet and television News headlines read like Bible prophecy ldquoAnd great earthquakes shall be in divers places and famines and pestilences and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heavenrdquo Luke 2111

On any given day there are wars in 30 to 40 nations in the world Rumors of wars swarm about Israel Iran and Korea Over seven million people have died since 1970 due to war

Pestilence continues to grow as new ldquosuper bugsrdquo are becoming resistant to drug treatment The H1N1 swine flu is spreading faster than the Center for Disease Control can track And the HIV Aids virus has killed more than 25 million since 1981 HIV is at pandemic levels in many areas including China Asia and Africa

Famine as well is wide spread throughout the planet The World Health Organization estimates that one-third of the world is under-fed while another one-third is starving Every 36 seconds someone dies of hunger

Such horrible news isnrsquot new The world has always had false messiahs wars ethnic violence starvation disease and earthquakes The Savior said that the last days would see such events increase in frequency and size ldquoFor nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom and there shall be famines and pestilences and earthquakes in diverse places All these are the beginning of birth pangsrdquo Matthew 247-8

Perhaps the surest sign that time is short is the return of the nation of Israel to the Middle East To Israel the Almighty said ldquoI will take you from among the heathen and gather you out of all countries and will bring you into your own landrdquo Ezekiel 3624 Many prophecy teachers consider the reestablishment of Jerusalem as the capital city as THE sign of an impending apocalypse ldquoAnd they shall fall by the edge of the sword and shall be led away captive into all nations and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilledrdquo Luke 2124 The Messiah promised that the generation that saw such a miracle would certainly behold His return (Matthew 2434)

Does this mean that the return of Jesus is imminent Well many sorrows have begun but there is still more that must occur before the eastern sky splits To state that ldquoJesus could return at any timerdquo is to ignore numerous statements in the Scripture about the rise of an anti-Christ leader and a huge world war against the tiny nation of Israel

How can a person prepare for the coming of Revelation What should someone do about the mark of the beast Some believers are storing food while others are learning survival skills Many are buying gold in anticipation of the collapse of the dollar The Savior addresses such a dilemma when He said ldquoWatch and pray always that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things and stand before the Son of Manrdquo Luke 2136 The world will come to an end one day

Between now and then itrsquos important to focus on Spiritual growth The pursuit of holiness will guide the believer through whatever the future holds Listen to the voice of the Spirit If you are led to take certain precautions then do so Donrsquot allow fear of Armageddon stop you from living an abundant life

Need for Gloom and DoomThe truth about the end of daysBy Daniel Rendelman

July 30 2009

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faith and politicsfaith and politics

Continued on page 14

According to ldquoOnenewsnowrdquo writer Jim Brown Author and political commentator Newt Gingrich of American Solutions calls President Obamas tax program a war against churches and charities Gingrich accuses President Obama of deliberately trying to take away the charitable deduction for successful people so they will not give as much money to churches or charities

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich goes on to say that President Obamas plan to raise taxes on upper-income earners is designed to create bigger government and a more secular America

I think theres a clear desire to replace the church with a bureaucracy and to replace peoples right to worship together with

a government-dominated system he contends

The former House Speaker says the Obama administration is talking seriously about taking away the right of conscience in terms of performing abortions

This is the most aggressive militant secular program I can remember Gingrich admits And I think you have to be really clearly aware that they want an America which is radically different than the country which was created by those pioneers who first landed back in 1607 at Cape Henry and erected a cross to thank God for having allowed them to cross the Atlantic Ocean

Brown goes on to say that Gingrich believes people often forget that the first act of the first successful American colony was to erect a cross at Cape Henry to thank God for the i r surv iva l and the i r sa lva t ion and then to go up to James town to found the co lony

Obamas war against churches and charities

Does the Quran advocate violence toward non-Muslims

Read the following Quran quotes The only reward of those who make war

upon Allah and His messenger and strive after corruption in the land will be that they will be killed or crucified or have their hands and feet on alternate sides cut off or will be expelled out of the land(Quran Surah 533)

beware of them lest they seduce you from some part of that which Allah has revealed to you And if they turn away know that Allahs will is to smite them(Quran Surah 549)

Take not the Jews and Christians for friends They are friends one to another He among you who takes them for friends is one of them Lo Allah guides not these wrongdoing people (Quran Surah 551)

And let not those who disbelieve suppose that they can overcome Lo They cannot escape Make ready for them all you can by armed force(Quran Surah 859-60a)

slay the idolaters wherever you find them and take them captive and besiege them and prepare to ambush them But if they repent and establish

[Islamic] worshiptheir way is free Lo Allah is forgiving and Merciful (Quran Surah 95)

Strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites Be harsh with them(Quran Surah 973)

You can make your own judgments about Islam based on your experience what you read and what you know or you can listen to the advocates of ldquopeacerdquo and be deceived by the End-time Beast system that is joining with the ecumenism of the world system and Rome

Whether you are Catholic Protestant Mormon or a New Age Seeker without the firm foundation found in the whole Word of Yahweh (God) including the original covenant Books of the Torah you will be deceived Times are changing and despite popular doctrines to the contrary even those who believe the truth will suffer Tribula-tion A major part of that persecution starts from within the ldquoChurchrdquo against each other especially those who practice the faith of our Fathers Abraham Isaac Jacob and Moses and will spread to the acceptance of a false religion that is a Christian blend accepting of Islam (Rev 1217)

Be careful The choices you make have eternal consequences

Quotes From the Quran-Koran on the Peaceful Nature of the Islamic faithBy Don Wyant Jr

First it was a Missouri Analysis and Information Center (MIAC) report then it was a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report now it is a New York congress-mans bill Each of these items taken on their own is problematic enough taken together they portend a clear and present danger to the liberties of the American people It is getting very serious now

As readers may recall the MIAC report profiled certain people as being potential violence-prone militia members including people who supported Presidential candidates Ron Paul Bob Barr and myself In addition anyone who opposed one or more of the following were also included in the list the New World Order the UN gun control the violation of Posse Comitatus the Federal Reserve the Income Tax the Ammunition Accountability Act a possible Constitu-tional Convention the North American Union the Universal Service Program Radio Frequency identification (RFID) abortion on demand or illegal immigration

The MIAC report prompted a firestorm of protest and was eventually rescinded with

the man responsible for its distribution being dismissed from his position The DHS report profiled many of the same people included in the MIAC report and added returning Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans as potentially dangerous extremists

As I have said before it is very likely that when all of the opinions and views of the above lists are counted 75 or more of the American people would be included Yet these government reports would have law enforcement personnel to believe we are all dangerous extremists that need to be watched and guarded against If this was not bad enough a New York congressman has introduced a bill in the House of Representa-tives to deny Second Amendment rights to everyone listed above

According to World Net Daily (WND) May 9 2009 A new gun law being considered in Congress if aligned with Department of Homeland Security memos labeling everyday Americans as potential threats could potentially deny firearms to pro-lifers gun-rights advocates tax protesters animal rights activists and a

host of others - any already on the expansive DHS watch list for potential extremismrdquo

Rep Peter King R-NY has sponsored HR 2159 the Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2009 which permits the attorney general to deny transfer of a firearm to any known or suspected dangerous terrorist The bill requires only that the potential firearm transferee is appropriately suspected of preparing for a terrorist act and that the attorney general has a reasonable belief that the gun might be used in connection with terrorism

Gun rights advocates however object to the bills language arguing that it enables the federal government to suspend a persons Second Amendment rights without any trial or legal proof and only upon suspicion of being dangerous

WND quotes Gun Owners of America Executive Director Larry Pratt as saying

By [DHS] standards Im one of [DHS Secretary] Janet Napolitanos terrorists This bill would enable the attorney general to put all of the people who voted against Obama

on no-gun lists because according to the DHS theyre all potential terrorists Actually we could rename this bill the Janet Napolitano Frenzied Fantasy Implementation Act of 2009

Pratt was also quoted as saying Unbeknownst to us some bureaucrat in the bowels of democracy can put your name on a list and your Second Amendment rights are toast He went on to say This is such an anti-American bill this is something King George III would have done

Now that DHS has established both a list and a lexicon for lsquoextremistsrsquo it looks to Congress to confer upon it police-state-style powers through which these individuals may be disarmed and eventually done away with Rep Peter King is accommodating this goal with HR 2159

Let me ask a reasonable question how long does anyone think it would be after being profiled by DHS and denied the lawful purchase of firearms that those same people would be subjected to gun confiscation And how long do you think it would be before DHS began profiling

It Is Getting Very Serious NowBy Chuck Baldwin

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faith and politicsfaith and politics

In a decision that holds ramifications for churches around the country the Internal Revenue Service found that a non-profit organization that gathered pastors to a series of public policy conferences did not violate the political entanglement laws governing its tax-exempt status

Prompted by a complaint filed by the Texas Freedom Network which calls itself a mainstream voice to counter the religious right the IRS investigated the Houston-based Niemoller Foundation for organizing during the 2006 election season six pastors briefings which included speeches from prominent politicians and training for pastors on urging and registering their congregations to vote Despite charges that the foundation had therefore engaged in political partisan activity in violation of its tax exempt status the IRS investigation found no evidence of political intervention

This liberal attempt to intimidate pastors

has backfired said Kelly Shackelford chief counsel of Liberty Legal Institute which represented event organizers There is now a clear IRS statement outlining these pastors events and approving them as valid under the law

Hiram Sasser director of litigation for the Institute further explained to World Net Daily the ramifications the ruling holds for churches The Niemoller Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization just like a church Sasser explained So by the Niemoller activities being granted as lawful then any church that engages in the same kind of voter education combined with voter registration drives on the moral issues of the day is perfectly fine with the IRS regulations according to the IRS itself

Sasser reiterated The whole point was to educate everyone about the important social issues and get them to go vote and register others to vote and the IRS said this was perfectly okay

The Niemoller Foundation organized six of the pastorsrsquo conferences across the state of Texas from May through September 2006 The events were described as briefings to educate pastors on major moral issues that often intersect with politics such as abortion and same sex marriage And while neither the foundation nor the gatherings endorsed any individual candidates or political party keynote speakers at the conferences included prominent Republican politicians including

Texas Governor Rick Perry who spoke at all six conferences

In its letter to the IRS the Texas Freedom Network complained No other candidate for governor in the 2006 elections ndash including then sitting state Comptroller Carole Stray-horn (a Republican who sought election as an independent in the gubernatorial election) or a Democrat or other independent candidate ndash was invited to attend any of the briefings

Pointing to the selection of speakers and the effort to train pastors in voter registration the Texas Freedom Network accused the Neimoller Foundation of partisan electioneering activities

The complaint alleged the Foundation appears to have served as a partisan voter-mobilization tool for the Perry reelection campaign with affiliated pastors encouraged to use their churches as partisan political extensions of that campaign

After reviewing speeches and other materials from the pastors gatherings however the IRS did not concur The speaker did not state anything that would have been considered political or request any action of the attendees to vote for or against any legislation the IRS ruling released last week states In the speeches provided no political intervention type activity was noted Several other speeches by politicians were provided and reviewed The speeches did not appear to be made in their capacity as a candidate since no solicitation was made

for a vote Also no appeal was made to sway anyone on the issues The speeches did not appear to be political intervention An appeal was made to request attendees to vote and to request their members to register and vote but in each instance observed they were told to vote their values

While the IRS does forbid tax exempt organizations under the 501(c)(3) code from overt political entanglements ndash such as endorsing candidates or requiring mem-bers to vote in a certain way ndash the Liberty Legal Institutes Kelly Shackelford encour-aged churches not to be intimidated into political silence Be careful what you hear from these liberal organizations Shackelford said in a statement They sound very confident and file many complaints yet none are found valid even by the IRS

Laurence White director of the Niemoller Foundation and a Lutheran pastor himself encouraged churches and pastors to get involved We educate churches on moral issues facing our society and encourage them to participate in the democratic process said White in a statement The IRS has unequivocally affirmed the right of pastors nationwide to come together as spokesmen for the Word of God to interact with political leaders historians and scholars in discussing the moral issues under debate within our culture and to assert their biblical responsibility to address such issues from their pulpits

By Drew Zahn copy 2009 WorldNetDaily Reprinted by Permission

Pastors win challenge to political involvementIRS rules voter education on moral issues registration permissible

more and more groups of people thus sub-jecting them to gun confiscation

This was exactly the strategy employed by Adolf Hitler The Jews were the first people denied their civil rights - especially the right to own and possess firearms Of course after disarming Jews the rest of the German citizenry was likewise disarmed And we all know where that led

Im not sure how many of the American people realize that it was the attempted con-fiscation of the colonialists cache of arms in Concord Massachusetts that started Americas War for Independence Yes my friends it was attempted gun confiscation that triggered (pun intended) the shot heard round the world And now it would appear that once again a central government is on the verge of trying to deny the American people their right to keep and bear arms

I am told that as of 2004 50 of the adults in the United States own one or more firearms totaling some 270 million privately

owned firearms nationwide I would venture to say that the vast majority of these gun owners would find themselves matching the DHS profile of a potential lsquoextremistrsquo I wonder how many gun owners realize the way they are now being targeted by their government and just how serious - and how close - the threat of gun confiscation has become

If one doubts the intention of the elitists in government today to deny the American people their right to keep and bear arms consider what former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is purported to have said just a couple of weeks ago Kissinger attended a high-level meeting with Russian President Medvedev that also included former Secretaries of State James Baker and George Shultz for-mer Secretary of Defense William Perry and former Senator Sam Nunn Included in the discussions was Kissingers asser-tion that the American people were now ready to accept a ldquoNew Global Order He

is also reported to have told Medvedev By September well have confiscated

all privately owned guns so it really doesnt matter what we do well still be in charge (Even though the national news media has not reported this statement the Inter-net is abuzz with Kissinger having said it Whether Kissinger actually made that statement or not he and rest of his ilk have repeatedly called for a New World Order in which there will be no constitutional protection for the right to keep and bear arms)

This leads to a very serious question how many of Americas gun owners would allow their government to deny them gun ownership Further how many would passively sit back and allow their guns to be confiscated

As humbly and meekly as I know how to say it ldquoAs for me and my house gun confis-cation is the one act of tyranny that crosses the line Debate discourse discussion and peaceful dissent cease and desist at that point

iTrsquos GeTTiNG seRiOus NOW Continuted from page 13

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A small college on the outskirts of Salem that educates and trains Christian ministers has made two enormous changes One change is its name and structure the other its address

After many years of working closely with Salem Bible College (SBC) Northwest University (NU) in Kirkland WA invited SBC to merge with NU The merger which was completed in November makes Salem the first of Northwestrsquos distance campuses SBC also moved in early December making the fall a season of change

Northwest is a Christian liberal arts university and its mission includes training vocational ministers Seeking to expand the universityrsquos efforts Dr Joseph Castleberry President of Northwest University is leading NU in developing creative educational oppor-tunities for the purpose of equipping future church and ministry leaders Joining hands with SBC is a first step in that endeavor

NU has recognized that SBCrsquos academic strength sound management and forward-thinking approach to training ministers is due to outstanding leadership by Dr Carley Kendrick who served as SBCrsquos president for 12 years He continues to lead the Salem work now as the Dean of the Salem Campus and works with the exceptional team of leaders at Northwest and his Salem staff to further develop the Salem programs

For SBC the merger means that Salem credits come under Northwestrsquos regional accreditation SBC had started the process of accreditation and was accepted to Applicant Status with the Association for Biblical Higher Education (ABHE) when merger discussions began ldquoCompleting ABHE accreditation and achieving regional status probably would have taken another ten years on our ownrdquo said Dr Kendrick ldquoThis merger pushed us a decade aheadrdquo

In addition Salem students who qualify have access to federal financial aid The

College has new recruitment and networking opportunities and more

If becoming part of the University was not enough SBC of NU also changed its location in December

Formerly located on River Road North in the Gervais and Woodburn area the College relocated to Bethel Park in Brooks The Park owned by the Oregon Ministry Network of the Assemblies of God features private residences office buildings and facilities that are typical of Christian camps and retreat centers One of the buildings the 27000 square-foot conference center is the new home for SBC of NU

Utilizing the help of volunteers to prepare the new building and pack move and settle SBC moved all its operations to Bethel Park at the end of the fall term ldquoStudents were ndash and are ndash so excited about the move to a larger facility in such a beautiful locationrdquo said Rev Debbie Lamm Bray Director of Academic Services ldquoIt has been wonderful to see them enjoy all the space here We as faculty and administration also love the beautiful setting and appreciate the exciting potential hererdquo

ldquoBeing in this building is a tremendous blessing to usrdquo Kendrick said ldquoOur previous building was 4000 square feet so this is a major increase in space Itrsquos also allowing us to open dorms next fallrdquo

Traditionally a commuter campus SBC has drawn students from up to three hours away for its unconventional block-schedule classes that meet once each week Beginning next fall however the College will offer on-campus dorm housing

ldquoResidence halls will make SBC aviable option for students who live outside of the Willamette Valley and for those who want the experience of living on a college campusrdquo said Lamm Bray ldquoThey will also open an entirely new level of campus life Wersquore really excited about the new energy and possibilities that will bringrdquo

Opened in 1988 Salem Bible College was founded to provide an affordable Pentecostal education for those con-sidering or entering full-time Christian ministry SBC of NU continues this

work by providing a professional degree in biblical and ministerial studies that fulfills academic requirements for ministry credentialing and by enhancing the ministry of the local church by providing continuing education for leaders as well as training for members

ldquoOur degree programs are designed to equip and train for thoughtful creative and passionate vocational ministry at varying levelsrdquo said Lamm Bray ldquoThe Associate degree prepares a student to enter vocational ministry while the Bachelor of Science degree equips for longer-term effective leadership in the church and other ministry settingsrdquo Both degrees can be earned by attending part-time or full-time and the non-traditional schedule allows students to attend one two or three days of class each week

ldquoSBC of NU students appreciate that throughout the College ndash in the classroom student activities chapel and all of the student experience ndash there is an inten-tional focus on the primacy of the Bible and on lsquotraining disciples to make disciplesrsquordquo Lamm Bray continued citing a key part of SBCrsquos vision statement

Graduates from these programs can be found throughout the world as pastors missionaries childrenrsquos ministers youth ministers and serving in a variety of non-traditional ministries In addition many graduates go on to complete graduate degrees

Salem Bible College of Northwest University offers two degree programs the two-year Associate in Christian Leadership and the four-year Bachelor of Science in Christian Leadership All credits are regionally accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities tuition is still among the lowest of Christian colleges and universities Those desiring further information can contact the College at 503-304-0092 or sbcinfonorthwestuedu

SALEM BIBLE COLLEGE MAKES MAJOR TRANSITIONS

ARLINGTON VA mdash Urban drivers often pick mini and microcars because theyrsquore affordable fuel efficient and easy to park on city streets Fender-benders are hazards of urban driving and just one of them can add up to thousands of dollars in repair costs because the bumpers donrsquot adequately protect vehicles from damage None of the bumpers on 7 mini and microcars tested by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety earned the top rating of good and just 1 the Smart Fortwo is acceptable Five out of the 7 earn poor ratings and 1 earns a marginal

New ratings system These are the first bumper test results released under a new Institute ratings protocol thatrsquos based on repair costs averaged and weighted to reflect real-world damage patterns These averaged and weighted repair costs determine each vehiclersquos overall rating of good acceptable marginal or poor in 4 bumper tests repre-senting full-width and corner crashes at low speeds Weighted average repairs must be less than $500 for a good rating less than $1000 for acceptable and less than $1500 for marginal Repairs of $1500 or more earn bumpers a poor rating

Bumpers can be designed so therersquos no damage in these low-speed impacts At a minimum repairs should cost less than the typical insurance deductible for a collision which is $500 This is why we set the bench-mark for a good rating at less than $500 Damage at this level may be only cosmetic so consumers may choose not to bother with repairs Likewise $1000 is about the cost of a new bumper cover reinforcement bar and paint while $1500 includes replacing vehicle parts like grilles and headlights When you reach $1000 the bumper isnrsquot doing its job and anything $1500 or higher is egregious

Mini Carsyou donrsquot wanta get Hit Says the Insurance Institute For

Highway Safety

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By Dale KennedyWe held our first joint education meeting

with a select group of individuals recently and I thought it would be beneficial to write a brief recap of the topics covered The theme of the evening was non-traditional investments and our focus was on invest-ment vehicles that had some level of tax advantages to them We primarily covered two specific items

Tenancy in Common (TIC) and oil and gas investments

Tenancy in Common or TICrsquos as they are commonly referred to are simply a means by which people hold title to real estate By itself there is no specific tax advantage to TICrsquos as opposed to many other ways that you can hold title A 1031 Tenants In Common (TIC) property exchange is a special type of real estate that is intended to qualify as a 1031 tax-deferred exchange replacement property A TIC is a percentage ownership of a typically large high quality even institutional grade real estate invest-ment An owner of a TIC does not own a specific portion or section of the property but instead owns a specific percentage of the property and receives a grant deed for the exact ownership percentage Examples of 1031 exchange properties and TIC real estate include office buildings shopping centers apartment buildings industrial properties warehouses triple net properties (NNN properties and NNN Leases) raw land and even oil and gas interests

TIC provides you with the opportunity to potentially1 Eliminate capital-gains taxes and depreciation-recapture taxes at the time of sale2 Eliminate the need to find a property on your own in forty-five days

3 Eliminate the day-to-day management responsibilities 4 Increase the quality of your tenants and leases 5 Increase your net after expense income 6 Increase the earnings potential on real-estate appreciation 7 Benefit from comprehensive third-party due diligence 8 Receive additional significant tax savings 9 Decrease risk through diversification10 Increase return potential through higher-quality tenants11 Benefit from non-recourse debt12 Simplify owning real estate13 Benefit from a very experienced management team

Oil and Gas properties can also be useful tax-advantaged investments In addition to the ability to help diversify your investment portfolio there are currently Intangible Drilling Costs (IDCrsquos) and depletion that can have some uses in tax planning

Alternative investments are often speculative lack liquidity lack diversifi-cation are not subject to the same regulatory requirements as mutual funds may involve complex tax structures and delays in distributing important tax information and may involve substantial fees

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Dear DaveA couple of years ago my parents got into

a big financial mess They filed bankruptcy and had to give up their house Now they lived on a fixed income of $2220 a month and my dad is not in good health My wife and I help them out with a little money each month but my sister and her husband donrsquot do much for them Do you think I should lean on her a little bit in an effort to make her pitch in and help

RandyDear RandyIf therersquos one thing Irsquove learned over the

years itrsquos that you canrsquot make another adult behave The only person you can control is the one you look at in mirror every morning Now should a son or daughter want to help their parents especially if one is in poor health and the moneyrsquos tight Absolutely But family relationships are strange animals

Your sister and her husband may have some bruised feelings from something that happened years ago or they may be having money problems of their own At this point all you can do is try to gauge their interest in this idea

For starters Irsquod suggest working up a monthly budget on your parents Irsquom talking about a simple one-page document and show it to your sister and her husband Let them know that mom and dad need a little help and ask if theyrsquod be willing to join you guys by chipping in a little money each month to help out your parents Present the idea as you guys partnering with each other to help out and be sure you donrsquot get into any finger-wagging or lectures about responsibility That kind of stuff is a real turn off and it can get thrown back in your face in a hurry

- Dave

DAVe sAys

Once again the Volcanoes will be having the Faith and Family night at the Volcano Stadium We have picked the date of 17th of August We have a great guest Andrew Palau the son of Luis Palau Andrew has just come back from an evangelistic tour in Guatemala where both he and his father ministered to 425000 souls He will return from Rwanda to be at the Volcanoes This will be a fine time to meet with Andrew and members of his family in the BBQ area Also Andrew Palau will be throwing out the honorary first ball If anyone has a suggestion for additional ideas for that day please let me know

The Faith amp Family Night is a work in progress at this time We are working on a single night for the Catholic Church The Archbishop will be throwing out the first ball If any other denominations with a large amount of churches would like to have a night especially for them apart from the other churches and would like to address the mem-bers in the BBQ area and throw out the first ball please contact me ASAP

Reserve tickets are normally $10 but are discounted $1 as a group We have a GroupBBQ that includes an All You Can Eat BBQ that costs only $1995 This would include a Reserve Seat ticket free souvenir a chance

at a door prize the all you can eat BBQ and a professional single A baseball game You can get just a ticket to a game ($7 $9 $11 $13 $20) as well as the GroupBBQ A group is normally 25 plus individuals It would be a great place to come and meet fellow believers and a place that a church may bring a person that normally would not attend anything with a believer It would be a chance to see the church in public

If you have any suggestions please contact me any idea would be greatly appreciated You are not restricted to the Faith amp Family Night You may wish to set an alternate night that is good for your individual church group

We look forward to having you attend as a church and allow our fans to enjoy your company and for you to be an example as people of faith A special link has been produced for the Faith amp Family event at the park that is done by internet no collecting no holding money and tickets you can print your tickets at your work station or home

Please contact me soon to set up great seats To join in the night just type the following link in your address bar

The link to order tickets to the Faith and Family Night is

volcanoesbaseballcomngfaithhtm

Faith and Family night at Volcanos stadium

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Flavius Claudius Constantinus (Constan-tine) defeated Emperor Valerius Licinianus in 324 AD ending most persecution of the Christian church but making way for an even greater confrontation

Though Constantine himself was involved in sun god worship his empire was predominantly Christian in one form or another Emperor Constantine called for the bishops to convene and directed them to come to a decision that would keep the empire unified in Christendom The council was represented by two main branches of Christianity - Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox (the early Christians were catholic pre-protestant movement)

However the first to follow the risen

Messiah were not Christians or Catholics but were Hebrews and Jews of the sect called The Way (Acts 92 amp 1923) Constantine mixed portions of the truth of the Jewish Messiah and created new forms of worship making it difficult for Jews and Biblical followers of The Way to follow Yahweh the God of the Bible

How does that effect me Irsquom not JewishHeb 512 ldquoFor though by this time you

ought to be teachers you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God and you have come to need milk and not solid foodrdquo

Rom 31-2 ldquoWhat advantage then has the Jew or what is the profit of circumcision

Much in every way Chiefly because to them were committed the oracles of Godrdquo

Acts 738-41 ldquoThis is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the Angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai and with our fathers the one who received the living oracles to give to us whom our fathers would not obey but rejected And in their hearts they turned back to Egypt saying to Aaron lsquoMake us gods to go before us as for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt we do not know what has become of himrsquo And they made a calf in those days offered sacrifices to the idol and rejoiced in the works of their own handsrdquo

In effect Constantine the sun god

worshiper set aside the very people whom Yahweh God had entrusted with His own instructions for holy or ldquoset apartrdquo living -- ldquothe Jewsrdquo Instead he oppressed the ones that the scripture says were given the authority of Yahwehrsquos oracles Instead of staying in the true worship of YHWH as given to Moses and explained in full by the Messiah Yahshua (Jesus the Savior and Messiah) he did just what the children of Israel did in the wilderness by mixing the true faith of Yahweh with pagan worship

It is incumbent on each of us to call things holy and ldquoset apartrdquo that YHWH identifies and toss the rest to the dung pile of history

A Teaching from Torah to the TribesBy Even Baruch

You face difficult challenges in matters such as achieving peace in the Middle East and protecting America from the threat of radical Islam and terrorism These are challenges that have vexed past presidents going as far back as our second president John Adams I have no doubt you appreci-ate both the gravity of these challenges and the enormous obstacles that exist to solving them

I also have no doubt that you and your staff understood that no matter what you said in your speech last Thursday in Cairo there would be those who would take issue with you That is always the case when attempting to solve problems that are as deep and emotionally-laden as these challenges are

I am assuming it is your sincere hope that the approach you have chosen to take as evidenced by what Im sure was a carefully crafted speech will ultimately prove successful However it pains

me to say this sir but while you said in your speech that you are a student of history it is abundantly clear that in these matters you do not know history and thus as Santayana noted you are doomed to repeat it In doing so your efforts however well-intentioned they may be will not produce what you profess to hope they will produce

A wise man once said that if you start with the wrong assumptions no matter how logical your reasoning is you will end up with the wrong conclusion With all due respect Mr President you are starting with certain assumptions that are unsupported by history and an objective study of the ideology of political Islam

You began in your speech by asserting that tensions exist between the United States and Muslims around the world which of course is correct Unfortunately you then proceeded incorrectly to lay virtually all the blame for these tensions at the feet of America and the West You blamed western colonialism the

Cold War and even globalismA student of American history who is

not trying to reconstruct it to fit a modern politically correct narrative would state that tensions between America and Muslims began with the unprovoked four-decades long assault by the Muslim Barbary pirates against American shipping in the late 18th and early 19th centuries I find it telling that you mentioned the Treaty of Tripoli in your speech but ignored the circumstances that led to it That treaty was but one of numerous attempts by the United States to achieve peace with the jihadists of the Barbary Coast who were attacking our shipping and killing and enslaving our citizens and our soldiers and who by their own admission were doing so to fulfill the call to jihad

These jihadists were not acting to protest American foreign policy which was decidedly isolationist and there was no state of Israel

to scapegoat They were doing what countless Islamic jihadists have done throughout history acting upon the hundreds of passages in the Quran and the Hadith that call upon faithful Muslims to kill conquer or subjugate the infidel

Dear Mr President By Brigitte Gabriel

Continued on wwwthejctowncom

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A capitalist these days has become anath-ema among many historical revisionists lib-eral universities and think tanks This word is defined in our dictionaries as an econom-ic system in which investment in and owner-ship of the means of production distribution and exchange of wealth (capital) is made and maintained chiefly by private investors

or corporations In other words how one succeeds depends on himself and his own willingness and desire This too is the basic scriptural definition for capital comes from the Hebrew chafatz In Hebrew the ch has a k sound and the f has an alternative hard p sound As the word evolved through

Capitalism

An amateur Biblical archeologist who claimed to have found the Ark of the Covenant directly below the crucifixion site of Jesus Christ died after giving a deathbed interview to WorldNetDaily Noahs Ark Sodom and Gomorrah the Ark of the Covenant the crucifixion site of Jesus Christ and more have been the subject of controversial claims made by Ron Wyatt who spent much of his life documenting sites and events from the Bible

On August 9 1999 Ron Wyatt died following a lengthy battle with cancer just a few days after his last telephone inter-view His quest to provide information that would lead to more people accepting the teachings of the Bible continues at Wyatt Archaeological Research a non-profit non-denominational organization in Tennessee

According to Wyatt he was able to physically locate the Ark of the Covenant the container for the original tablets of the Ten Commandments with the Mercy Seat intact on the top It was found in a chamber just outside the walls of ancient Jerusalem about 20 feet below what Wyatt also claimed was the actual site of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ

Wyatt said he found an earthquake crack directly below where the cross would have been When Christ died the earth quaked The rock was split right below His cross and this crevice extended right down into the hidden chamber which contained the unde-filed earthly Throne of God -- the Ark with its Mercy Seat explained Wyatt in one of his research letters After Christ was dead when the centurion stuck his spear into His side and pierced His spleen the blood and water came out falling down through

that crack and was sprinkled on the Mercy Seat

The crucifixion site was found on the side of the Golgotha hill or Place of the Skull just outside the old north wall of Jerusalem not far from the Garden Tomb It was discovered under many feet of soil with actual holes in the rock where crosses were placed and niches in the rock wall behind where three signs were placed The large circular stone used to cover the garden tomb was also located there and it was all surrounded by the foundation of a first century building The central main cross hole has an earthquake crack beside it

The Bible teaches the concept of sacrifice of animals symbolic of the actual blood sacrifice Christ would make During this ancient rite the High Priest was the only one who could physi-cally sprinkle the blood on the Mercy Seat Wyatt said it was an act of God that everything was in the right place and there was an earthquake By permitting himself to be sacrificed Christ regarded by the Bible as the great High Priest was able to place his own blood upon the Mercy Seat as that great and final act in the process of blood sacrifice

Wyatt believed that the Ark of the Covenant along with other sacred objects from the first Temple in Jerusalem were all secreted away just prior to the entrance of the Babylonians into the city about 600 years before the crucifixion of Jesus Christ There are many tunnels beneath Jerusalem even to this day These most sacred objects were protected in a chamber and the entrance was sealed and hidden

Photographic evidence of Wyattrsquos site was obtained and then the site was covered back over with 12 feet of dirt and a garden

established Wyatt says it was landscaped to avoid controversy The entrance to the system of caves and tunnels found by the Wyatt team in the cliff wall was also sealed over

Wyatt claimed that he was authorized to make his excavations by the Antiquities Department but that bureaucrats within that agency insisted that his findings must be kept secret Wyatt has made public a significant amount of his research and findings but he has withheld certain documents and photographs to comply with the agreement he made with Israeli officials His refusal to provide everything resulted in criticism from some

Wyatt did not make any claims of grandeur nor did he claim to be a prophet He said his only role was to be a willing servant God has a way of communicating his wishes to people and Im not the only one able to do that so I dont flatter myself to think that Im something special I was there I was willing so therefore God allowed me this privilege There are others who are in communication with Him There are others who are familiar with this material and will see that it is presented Wyatt told WorldNetDaily just before his death

Wyatt explained Theyve been taught something else all their life So God is doing this show-and-tell through these revelations and these discoveries to prove to them real quick that the Bible is historically accurate and divinely inspired He referenced Jeremiah 1619-21 predicting unbelievers will come from all parts of the earth to learn of the discoveries

ldquoO Lord my strength and my fortress My refuge in the day of affliction The Gentiles shall come to You from the ends of the earth and say lsquoSurely our fathers have lies vanity and things wherein there is no profitrsquo

Shall a man make gods unto himself which are not gods

Therefore behold I will this once cause them to know I will cause them to know My hand and My might and they shall know that My name is the Lord

Wyatt continued This last revelation is for the inhabitants of the earth who dont have a clue as well as for those of us who do have a clue and have been commissioned by Christ to reach out to help bring these people who dont have a clue into the fold These are tools that God has given the believers to strengthen their faith and to use to reach out They are tools that will be extremely effective in the last pouring out to the entire population all inhabitants of the earth

WorldNetDaily has examined extensive evidence regarding the various claims and discoveries made by Wyatt Several critics have been found who have voiced their opinion that the work of Wyatt Archeological Research is fraudulent but no evidence was found to support those charges The evidence is sufficient to conclude that Wyatts team conducted the claimed archeological digs and investigations

WorldNetDaily is not qualified to determine the value of the evidence Wyatt was given a deathbed opportunity to either reaffirm or recant his claims He chose to reaffirm all that he has claimed without hesitation

the European language it become capit(al)This word scripturally refers to both

mans and YHVHs sovereign ability to seek lawfully what he desires This is part of our constitution life liberty and the pursuit of happiness Here are some examples of this word

Mizmor 12But his DELIGHT is in the law of YHVH

and in his law doth he meditate day and night

Mishlei 3113She seeketh wool and flax and worketh

WILLINGLY with her handsYeshayahu 5310Yet it PLEASED YHVH to bruise him

he hath put him to grief when thou shalt

make his soul an offering for sin he shall see his seed he shall prolong his days and the PLEASURE of YHVH shall prosper in his hand

Yeshayahu 5511So shall my word be that goeth forth out

of my mouth it shall not return unto me void but it shall accomplish that which I PLEASE and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it

Mizmor 1356Whatsoever YHVH PLEASED that did

he in heaven and in earth in the seas and all deep places

I be l ieve YHVH was qui te the capi ta l i s t

Shalom Alecheim

Has the Ark of the Covenant been foundBy Jamie Louis

Can be heard weekdays at 730 am amp 800 pm KPJC AM 1220 and

streaming live at wwwthejctowncom

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KPJC AM 1220

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R Bechaye writes that when Gods presence filled the Tabernacle He said Today I am causing My Presence to rest among you if you sin My Presence will leave you But when Messiah comes My Presence will remain with you permanently Now you see the Divine Presence through fire but with the advent of the Messiah you will see it clearly revealed as it is written For eye to eye shall they see when God returns to Zion (Tzenah Urenah)

CommentaryThen God spoke all these words saying

I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt out of the house of slavery (Exodus 201-2)

The Festival of Shavuot (Pentecost) is the anniversary of the giving of the Torah and the giving of the Holy Spirit As part of the commemoration the Ten Command-ments are read publicly in the Assembly on the Feast of Shavuot

According to the traditional reckoning the first commandment is simply I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt out of the house of slavery (Exodus 201-2)

The first commandment is to believe in God and to accept His claim of ownership

over us Unless we accept the basic premise of Gods existence no number of commandments will have any authority or meaning for us The need for such a command demonstrates the incongruity of ascribing to morality without believing in a moral authority If we accept the premise of objective morality we must accept that there is a higher authority issuing that objective standard

We also learn from this that redemption must precede commandments Before we can receive the Torah we must already be saved Israels salvation from Egypt was not accorded to her on the basis of her obedience to the commandments She was already redeemed (on no merit of her own) before the laws at Sinai were given to her Thus the first declaration at Sinai is a reminder of their redeemed status Only BECAUSE they are already saved are they able to receive the commands of God

True legalism continually attempts to reverse this process by claiming that ones obedience to certain commandments (or all the commandments) is the mechanism by which salvation is earned The first of the Ten Commandments directly contradicts this notion Salvation and relationship with God precedes the Torah

Redemption and Torah

A recent Newsmax cover story featured a lengthy discussion about the return of Jesus and possible apocalyptic events According to the feature ldquopublic buzz about the Biblical last days is at its highest level since 911rdquo The Pew Research Center recntly found that 79 of American Christians believe in the Second Coming of Christ Today the doomsday prophet is not some bearded man with a placard proclaiming ldquothe end is nearrdquo Instead gloom and doom seems to be the message of newspapers the Internet and television News headlines read like Bible prophecy ldquoAnd great earthquakes shall be in divers places and famines and pestilences and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heavenrdquo Luke 2111

On any given day there are wars in 30 to 40 nations in the world Rumors of wars swarm about Israel Iran and Korea Over seven million people have died since 1970 due to war

Pestilence continues to grow as new ldquosuper bugsrdquo are becoming resistant to drug treatment The H1N1 swine flu is spreading faster than the Center for Disease Control can track And the HIV Aids virus has killed more than 25 million since 1981 HIV is at pandemic levels in many areas including China Asia and Africa

Famine as well is wide spread throughout the planet The World Health Organization estimates that one-third of the world is under-fed while another one-third is starving Every 36 seconds someone dies of hunger

Such horrible news isnrsquot new The world has always had false messiahs wars ethnic violence starvation disease and earthquakes The Savior said that the last days would see such events increase in frequency and size ldquoFor nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom and there shall be famines and pestilences and earthquakes in diverse places All these are the beginning of birth pangsrdquo Matthew 247-8

Perhaps the surest sign that time is short is the return of the nation of Israel to the Middle East To Israel the Almighty said ldquoI will take you from among the heathen and gather you out of all countries and will bring you into your own landrdquo Ezekiel 3624 Many prophecy teachers consider the reestablishment of Jerusalem as the capital city as THE sign of an impending apocalypse ldquoAnd they shall fall by the edge of the sword and shall be led away captive into all nations and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilledrdquo Luke 2124 The Messiah promised that the generation that saw such a miracle would certainly behold His return (Matthew 2434)

Does this mean that the return of Jesus is imminent Well many sorrows have begun but there is still more that must occur before the eastern sky splits To state that ldquoJesus could return at any timerdquo is to ignore numerous statements in the Scripture about the rise of an anti-Christ leader and a huge world war against the tiny nation of Israel

How can a person prepare for the coming of Revelation What should someone do about the mark of the beast Some believers are storing food while others are learning survival skills Many are buying gold in anticipation of the collapse of the dollar The Savior addresses such a dilemma when He said ldquoWatch and pray always that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things and stand before the Son of Manrdquo Luke 2136 The world will come to an end one day

Between now and then itrsquos important to focus on Spiritual growth The pursuit of holiness will guide the believer through whatever the future holds Listen to the voice of the Spirit If you are led to take certain precautions then do so Donrsquot allow fear of Armageddon stop you from living an abundant life

Need for Gloom and DoomThe truth about the end of daysBy Daniel Rendelman

July 30 2009

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faith and politicsfaith and politics

Continued on page 14

According to ldquoOnenewsnowrdquo writer Jim Brown Author and political commentator Newt Gingrich of American Solutions calls President Obamas tax program a war against churches and charities Gingrich accuses President Obama of deliberately trying to take away the charitable deduction for successful people so they will not give as much money to churches or charities

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich goes on to say that President Obamas plan to raise taxes on upper-income earners is designed to create bigger government and a more secular America

I think theres a clear desire to replace the church with a bureaucracy and to replace peoples right to worship together with

a government-dominated system he contends

The former House Speaker says the Obama administration is talking seriously about taking away the right of conscience in terms of performing abortions

This is the most aggressive militant secular program I can remember Gingrich admits And I think you have to be really clearly aware that they want an America which is radically different than the country which was created by those pioneers who first landed back in 1607 at Cape Henry and erected a cross to thank God for having allowed them to cross the Atlantic Ocean

Brown goes on to say that Gingrich believes people often forget that the first act of the first successful American colony was to erect a cross at Cape Henry to thank God for the i r surv iva l and the i r sa lva t ion and then to go up to James town to found the co lony

Obamas war against churches and charities

Does the Quran advocate violence toward non-Muslims

Read the following Quran quotes The only reward of those who make war

upon Allah and His messenger and strive after corruption in the land will be that they will be killed or crucified or have their hands and feet on alternate sides cut off or will be expelled out of the land(Quran Surah 533)

beware of them lest they seduce you from some part of that which Allah has revealed to you And if they turn away know that Allahs will is to smite them(Quran Surah 549)

Take not the Jews and Christians for friends They are friends one to another He among you who takes them for friends is one of them Lo Allah guides not these wrongdoing people (Quran Surah 551)

And let not those who disbelieve suppose that they can overcome Lo They cannot escape Make ready for them all you can by armed force(Quran Surah 859-60a)

slay the idolaters wherever you find them and take them captive and besiege them and prepare to ambush them But if they repent and establish

[Islamic] worshiptheir way is free Lo Allah is forgiving and Merciful (Quran Surah 95)

Strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites Be harsh with them(Quran Surah 973)

You can make your own judgments about Islam based on your experience what you read and what you know or you can listen to the advocates of ldquopeacerdquo and be deceived by the End-time Beast system that is joining with the ecumenism of the world system and Rome

Whether you are Catholic Protestant Mormon or a New Age Seeker without the firm foundation found in the whole Word of Yahweh (God) including the original covenant Books of the Torah you will be deceived Times are changing and despite popular doctrines to the contrary even those who believe the truth will suffer Tribula-tion A major part of that persecution starts from within the ldquoChurchrdquo against each other especially those who practice the faith of our Fathers Abraham Isaac Jacob and Moses and will spread to the acceptance of a false religion that is a Christian blend accepting of Islam (Rev 1217)

Be careful The choices you make have eternal consequences

Quotes From the Quran-Koran on the Peaceful Nature of the Islamic faithBy Don Wyant Jr

First it was a Missouri Analysis and Information Center (MIAC) report then it was a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report now it is a New York congress-mans bill Each of these items taken on their own is problematic enough taken together they portend a clear and present danger to the liberties of the American people It is getting very serious now

As readers may recall the MIAC report profiled certain people as being potential violence-prone militia members including people who supported Presidential candidates Ron Paul Bob Barr and myself In addition anyone who opposed one or more of the following were also included in the list the New World Order the UN gun control the violation of Posse Comitatus the Federal Reserve the Income Tax the Ammunition Accountability Act a possible Constitu-tional Convention the North American Union the Universal Service Program Radio Frequency identification (RFID) abortion on demand or illegal immigration

The MIAC report prompted a firestorm of protest and was eventually rescinded with

the man responsible for its distribution being dismissed from his position The DHS report profiled many of the same people included in the MIAC report and added returning Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans as potentially dangerous extremists

As I have said before it is very likely that when all of the opinions and views of the above lists are counted 75 or more of the American people would be included Yet these government reports would have law enforcement personnel to believe we are all dangerous extremists that need to be watched and guarded against If this was not bad enough a New York congressman has introduced a bill in the House of Representa-tives to deny Second Amendment rights to everyone listed above

According to World Net Daily (WND) May 9 2009 A new gun law being considered in Congress if aligned with Department of Homeland Security memos labeling everyday Americans as potential threats could potentially deny firearms to pro-lifers gun-rights advocates tax protesters animal rights activists and a

host of others - any already on the expansive DHS watch list for potential extremismrdquo

Rep Peter King R-NY has sponsored HR 2159 the Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2009 which permits the attorney general to deny transfer of a firearm to any known or suspected dangerous terrorist The bill requires only that the potential firearm transferee is appropriately suspected of preparing for a terrorist act and that the attorney general has a reasonable belief that the gun might be used in connection with terrorism

Gun rights advocates however object to the bills language arguing that it enables the federal government to suspend a persons Second Amendment rights without any trial or legal proof and only upon suspicion of being dangerous

WND quotes Gun Owners of America Executive Director Larry Pratt as saying

By [DHS] standards Im one of [DHS Secretary] Janet Napolitanos terrorists This bill would enable the attorney general to put all of the people who voted against Obama

on no-gun lists because according to the DHS theyre all potential terrorists Actually we could rename this bill the Janet Napolitano Frenzied Fantasy Implementation Act of 2009

Pratt was also quoted as saying Unbeknownst to us some bureaucrat in the bowels of democracy can put your name on a list and your Second Amendment rights are toast He went on to say This is such an anti-American bill this is something King George III would have done

Now that DHS has established both a list and a lexicon for lsquoextremistsrsquo it looks to Congress to confer upon it police-state-style powers through which these individuals may be disarmed and eventually done away with Rep Peter King is accommodating this goal with HR 2159

Let me ask a reasonable question how long does anyone think it would be after being profiled by DHS and denied the lawful purchase of firearms that those same people would be subjected to gun confiscation And how long do you think it would be before DHS began profiling

It Is Getting Very Serious NowBy Chuck Baldwin

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faith and politicsfaith and politics

In a decision that holds ramifications for churches around the country the Internal Revenue Service found that a non-profit organization that gathered pastors to a series of public policy conferences did not violate the political entanglement laws governing its tax-exempt status

Prompted by a complaint filed by the Texas Freedom Network which calls itself a mainstream voice to counter the religious right the IRS investigated the Houston-based Niemoller Foundation for organizing during the 2006 election season six pastors briefings which included speeches from prominent politicians and training for pastors on urging and registering their congregations to vote Despite charges that the foundation had therefore engaged in political partisan activity in violation of its tax exempt status the IRS investigation found no evidence of political intervention

This liberal attempt to intimidate pastors

has backfired said Kelly Shackelford chief counsel of Liberty Legal Institute which represented event organizers There is now a clear IRS statement outlining these pastors events and approving them as valid under the law

Hiram Sasser director of litigation for the Institute further explained to World Net Daily the ramifications the ruling holds for churches The Niemoller Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization just like a church Sasser explained So by the Niemoller activities being granted as lawful then any church that engages in the same kind of voter education combined with voter registration drives on the moral issues of the day is perfectly fine with the IRS regulations according to the IRS itself

Sasser reiterated The whole point was to educate everyone about the important social issues and get them to go vote and register others to vote and the IRS said this was perfectly okay

The Niemoller Foundation organized six of the pastorsrsquo conferences across the state of Texas from May through September 2006 The events were described as briefings to educate pastors on major moral issues that often intersect with politics such as abortion and same sex marriage And while neither the foundation nor the gatherings endorsed any individual candidates or political party keynote speakers at the conferences included prominent Republican politicians including

Texas Governor Rick Perry who spoke at all six conferences

In its letter to the IRS the Texas Freedom Network complained No other candidate for governor in the 2006 elections ndash including then sitting state Comptroller Carole Stray-horn (a Republican who sought election as an independent in the gubernatorial election) or a Democrat or other independent candidate ndash was invited to attend any of the briefings

Pointing to the selection of speakers and the effort to train pastors in voter registration the Texas Freedom Network accused the Neimoller Foundation of partisan electioneering activities

The complaint alleged the Foundation appears to have served as a partisan voter-mobilization tool for the Perry reelection campaign with affiliated pastors encouraged to use their churches as partisan political extensions of that campaign

After reviewing speeches and other materials from the pastors gatherings however the IRS did not concur The speaker did not state anything that would have been considered political or request any action of the attendees to vote for or against any legislation the IRS ruling released last week states In the speeches provided no political intervention type activity was noted Several other speeches by politicians were provided and reviewed The speeches did not appear to be made in their capacity as a candidate since no solicitation was made

for a vote Also no appeal was made to sway anyone on the issues The speeches did not appear to be political intervention An appeal was made to request attendees to vote and to request their members to register and vote but in each instance observed they were told to vote their values

While the IRS does forbid tax exempt organizations under the 501(c)(3) code from overt political entanglements ndash such as endorsing candidates or requiring mem-bers to vote in a certain way ndash the Liberty Legal Institutes Kelly Shackelford encour-aged churches not to be intimidated into political silence Be careful what you hear from these liberal organizations Shackelford said in a statement They sound very confident and file many complaints yet none are found valid even by the IRS

Laurence White director of the Niemoller Foundation and a Lutheran pastor himself encouraged churches and pastors to get involved We educate churches on moral issues facing our society and encourage them to participate in the democratic process said White in a statement The IRS has unequivocally affirmed the right of pastors nationwide to come together as spokesmen for the Word of God to interact with political leaders historians and scholars in discussing the moral issues under debate within our culture and to assert their biblical responsibility to address such issues from their pulpits

By Drew Zahn copy 2009 WorldNetDaily Reprinted by Permission

Pastors win challenge to political involvementIRS rules voter education on moral issues registration permissible

more and more groups of people thus sub-jecting them to gun confiscation

This was exactly the strategy employed by Adolf Hitler The Jews were the first people denied their civil rights - especially the right to own and possess firearms Of course after disarming Jews the rest of the German citizenry was likewise disarmed And we all know where that led

Im not sure how many of the American people realize that it was the attempted con-fiscation of the colonialists cache of arms in Concord Massachusetts that started Americas War for Independence Yes my friends it was attempted gun confiscation that triggered (pun intended) the shot heard round the world And now it would appear that once again a central government is on the verge of trying to deny the American people their right to keep and bear arms

I am told that as of 2004 50 of the adults in the United States own one or more firearms totaling some 270 million privately

owned firearms nationwide I would venture to say that the vast majority of these gun owners would find themselves matching the DHS profile of a potential lsquoextremistrsquo I wonder how many gun owners realize the way they are now being targeted by their government and just how serious - and how close - the threat of gun confiscation has become

If one doubts the intention of the elitists in government today to deny the American people their right to keep and bear arms consider what former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is purported to have said just a couple of weeks ago Kissinger attended a high-level meeting with Russian President Medvedev that also included former Secretaries of State James Baker and George Shultz for-mer Secretary of Defense William Perry and former Senator Sam Nunn Included in the discussions was Kissingers asser-tion that the American people were now ready to accept a ldquoNew Global Order He

is also reported to have told Medvedev By September well have confiscated

all privately owned guns so it really doesnt matter what we do well still be in charge (Even though the national news media has not reported this statement the Inter-net is abuzz with Kissinger having said it Whether Kissinger actually made that statement or not he and rest of his ilk have repeatedly called for a New World Order in which there will be no constitutional protection for the right to keep and bear arms)

This leads to a very serious question how many of Americas gun owners would allow their government to deny them gun ownership Further how many would passively sit back and allow their guns to be confiscated

As humbly and meekly as I know how to say it ldquoAs for me and my house gun confis-cation is the one act of tyranny that crosses the line Debate discourse discussion and peaceful dissent cease and desist at that point

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A small college on the outskirts of Salem that educates and trains Christian ministers has made two enormous changes One change is its name and structure the other its address

After many years of working closely with Salem Bible College (SBC) Northwest University (NU) in Kirkland WA invited SBC to merge with NU The merger which was completed in November makes Salem the first of Northwestrsquos distance campuses SBC also moved in early December making the fall a season of change

Northwest is a Christian liberal arts university and its mission includes training vocational ministers Seeking to expand the universityrsquos efforts Dr Joseph Castleberry President of Northwest University is leading NU in developing creative educational oppor-tunities for the purpose of equipping future church and ministry leaders Joining hands with SBC is a first step in that endeavor

NU has recognized that SBCrsquos academic strength sound management and forward-thinking approach to training ministers is due to outstanding leadership by Dr Carley Kendrick who served as SBCrsquos president for 12 years He continues to lead the Salem work now as the Dean of the Salem Campus and works with the exceptional team of leaders at Northwest and his Salem staff to further develop the Salem programs

For SBC the merger means that Salem credits come under Northwestrsquos regional accreditation SBC had started the process of accreditation and was accepted to Applicant Status with the Association for Biblical Higher Education (ABHE) when merger discussions began ldquoCompleting ABHE accreditation and achieving regional status probably would have taken another ten years on our ownrdquo said Dr Kendrick ldquoThis merger pushed us a decade aheadrdquo

In addition Salem students who qualify have access to federal financial aid The

College has new recruitment and networking opportunities and more

If becoming part of the University was not enough SBC of NU also changed its location in December

Formerly located on River Road North in the Gervais and Woodburn area the College relocated to Bethel Park in Brooks The Park owned by the Oregon Ministry Network of the Assemblies of God features private residences office buildings and facilities that are typical of Christian camps and retreat centers One of the buildings the 27000 square-foot conference center is the new home for SBC of NU

Utilizing the help of volunteers to prepare the new building and pack move and settle SBC moved all its operations to Bethel Park at the end of the fall term ldquoStudents were ndash and are ndash so excited about the move to a larger facility in such a beautiful locationrdquo said Rev Debbie Lamm Bray Director of Academic Services ldquoIt has been wonderful to see them enjoy all the space here We as faculty and administration also love the beautiful setting and appreciate the exciting potential hererdquo

ldquoBeing in this building is a tremendous blessing to usrdquo Kendrick said ldquoOur previous building was 4000 square feet so this is a major increase in space Itrsquos also allowing us to open dorms next fallrdquo

Traditionally a commuter campus SBC has drawn students from up to three hours away for its unconventional block-schedule classes that meet once each week Beginning next fall however the College will offer on-campus dorm housing

ldquoResidence halls will make SBC aviable option for students who live outside of the Willamette Valley and for those who want the experience of living on a college campusrdquo said Lamm Bray ldquoThey will also open an entirely new level of campus life Wersquore really excited about the new energy and possibilities that will bringrdquo

Opened in 1988 Salem Bible College was founded to provide an affordable Pentecostal education for those con-sidering or entering full-time Christian ministry SBC of NU continues this

work by providing a professional degree in biblical and ministerial studies that fulfills academic requirements for ministry credentialing and by enhancing the ministry of the local church by providing continuing education for leaders as well as training for members

ldquoOur degree programs are designed to equip and train for thoughtful creative and passionate vocational ministry at varying levelsrdquo said Lamm Bray ldquoThe Associate degree prepares a student to enter vocational ministry while the Bachelor of Science degree equips for longer-term effective leadership in the church and other ministry settingsrdquo Both degrees can be earned by attending part-time or full-time and the non-traditional schedule allows students to attend one two or three days of class each week

ldquoSBC of NU students appreciate that throughout the College ndash in the classroom student activities chapel and all of the student experience ndash there is an inten-tional focus on the primacy of the Bible and on lsquotraining disciples to make disciplesrsquordquo Lamm Bray continued citing a key part of SBCrsquos vision statement

Graduates from these programs can be found throughout the world as pastors missionaries childrenrsquos ministers youth ministers and serving in a variety of non-traditional ministries In addition many graduates go on to complete graduate degrees

Salem Bible College of Northwest University offers two degree programs the two-year Associate in Christian Leadership and the four-year Bachelor of Science in Christian Leadership All credits are regionally accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities tuition is still among the lowest of Christian colleges and universities Those desiring further information can contact the College at 503-304-0092 or sbcinfonorthwestuedu

SALEM BIBLE COLLEGE MAKES MAJOR TRANSITIONS

ARLINGTON VA mdash Urban drivers often pick mini and microcars because theyrsquore affordable fuel efficient and easy to park on city streets Fender-benders are hazards of urban driving and just one of them can add up to thousands of dollars in repair costs because the bumpers donrsquot adequately protect vehicles from damage None of the bumpers on 7 mini and microcars tested by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety earned the top rating of good and just 1 the Smart Fortwo is acceptable Five out of the 7 earn poor ratings and 1 earns a marginal

New ratings system These are the first bumper test results released under a new Institute ratings protocol thatrsquos based on repair costs averaged and weighted to reflect real-world damage patterns These averaged and weighted repair costs determine each vehiclersquos overall rating of good acceptable marginal or poor in 4 bumper tests repre-senting full-width and corner crashes at low speeds Weighted average repairs must be less than $500 for a good rating less than $1000 for acceptable and less than $1500 for marginal Repairs of $1500 or more earn bumpers a poor rating

Bumpers can be designed so therersquos no damage in these low-speed impacts At a minimum repairs should cost less than the typical insurance deductible for a collision which is $500 This is why we set the bench-mark for a good rating at less than $500 Damage at this level may be only cosmetic so consumers may choose not to bother with repairs Likewise $1000 is about the cost of a new bumper cover reinforcement bar and paint while $1500 includes replacing vehicle parts like grilles and headlights When you reach $1000 the bumper isnrsquot doing its job and anything $1500 or higher is egregious

Mini Carsyou donrsquot wanta get Hit Says the Insurance Institute For

Highway Safety

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By Dale KennedyWe held our first joint education meeting

with a select group of individuals recently and I thought it would be beneficial to write a brief recap of the topics covered The theme of the evening was non-traditional investments and our focus was on invest-ment vehicles that had some level of tax advantages to them We primarily covered two specific items

Tenancy in Common (TIC) and oil and gas investments

Tenancy in Common or TICrsquos as they are commonly referred to are simply a means by which people hold title to real estate By itself there is no specific tax advantage to TICrsquos as opposed to many other ways that you can hold title A 1031 Tenants In Common (TIC) property exchange is a special type of real estate that is intended to qualify as a 1031 tax-deferred exchange replacement property A TIC is a percentage ownership of a typically large high quality even institutional grade real estate invest-ment An owner of a TIC does not own a specific portion or section of the property but instead owns a specific percentage of the property and receives a grant deed for the exact ownership percentage Examples of 1031 exchange properties and TIC real estate include office buildings shopping centers apartment buildings industrial properties warehouses triple net properties (NNN properties and NNN Leases) raw land and even oil and gas interests

TIC provides you with the opportunity to potentially1 Eliminate capital-gains taxes and depreciation-recapture taxes at the time of sale2 Eliminate the need to find a property on your own in forty-five days

3 Eliminate the day-to-day management responsibilities 4 Increase the quality of your tenants and leases 5 Increase your net after expense income 6 Increase the earnings potential on real-estate appreciation 7 Benefit from comprehensive third-party due diligence 8 Receive additional significant tax savings 9 Decrease risk through diversification10 Increase return potential through higher-quality tenants11 Benefit from non-recourse debt12 Simplify owning real estate13 Benefit from a very experienced management team

Oil and Gas properties can also be useful tax-advantaged investments In addition to the ability to help diversify your investment portfolio there are currently Intangible Drilling Costs (IDCrsquos) and depletion that can have some uses in tax planning

Alternative investments are often speculative lack liquidity lack diversifi-cation are not subject to the same regulatory requirements as mutual funds may involve complex tax structures and delays in distributing important tax information and may involve substantial fees

These products often execute trades on non-US exchanges Investing in foreign markets may entail risks that differ from those associated with investments in US markets These investments may not be appropriate for all investors

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Dear DaveA couple of years ago my parents got into

a big financial mess They filed bankruptcy and had to give up their house Now they lived on a fixed income of $2220 a month and my dad is not in good health My wife and I help them out with a little money each month but my sister and her husband donrsquot do much for them Do you think I should lean on her a little bit in an effort to make her pitch in and help

RandyDear RandyIf therersquos one thing Irsquove learned over the

years itrsquos that you canrsquot make another adult behave The only person you can control is the one you look at in mirror every morning Now should a son or daughter want to help their parents especially if one is in poor health and the moneyrsquos tight Absolutely But family relationships are strange animals

Your sister and her husband may have some bruised feelings from something that happened years ago or they may be having money problems of their own At this point all you can do is try to gauge their interest in this idea

For starters Irsquod suggest working up a monthly budget on your parents Irsquom talking about a simple one-page document and show it to your sister and her husband Let them know that mom and dad need a little help and ask if theyrsquod be willing to join you guys by chipping in a little money each month to help out your parents Present the idea as you guys partnering with each other to help out and be sure you donrsquot get into any finger-wagging or lectures about responsibility That kind of stuff is a real turn off and it can get thrown back in your face in a hurry

- Dave

DAVe sAys

Once again the Volcanoes will be having the Faith and Family night at the Volcano Stadium We have picked the date of 17th of August We have a great guest Andrew Palau the son of Luis Palau Andrew has just come back from an evangelistic tour in Guatemala where both he and his father ministered to 425000 souls He will return from Rwanda to be at the Volcanoes This will be a fine time to meet with Andrew and members of his family in the BBQ area Also Andrew Palau will be throwing out the honorary first ball If anyone has a suggestion for additional ideas for that day please let me know

The Faith amp Family Night is a work in progress at this time We are working on a single night for the Catholic Church The Archbishop will be throwing out the first ball If any other denominations with a large amount of churches would like to have a night especially for them apart from the other churches and would like to address the mem-bers in the BBQ area and throw out the first ball please contact me ASAP

Reserve tickets are normally $10 but are discounted $1 as a group We have a GroupBBQ that includes an All You Can Eat BBQ that costs only $1995 This would include a Reserve Seat ticket free souvenir a chance

at a door prize the all you can eat BBQ and a professional single A baseball game You can get just a ticket to a game ($7 $9 $11 $13 $20) as well as the GroupBBQ A group is normally 25 plus individuals It would be a great place to come and meet fellow believers and a place that a church may bring a person that normally would not attend anything with a believer It would be a chance to see the church in public

If you have any suggestions please contact me any idea would be greatly appreciated You are not restricted to the Faith amp Family Night You may wish to set an alternate night that is good for your individual church group

We look forward to having you attend as a church and allow our fans to enjoy your company and for you to be an example as people of faith A special link has been produced for the Faith amp Family event at the park that is done by internet no collecting no holding money and tickets you can print your tickets at your work station or home

Please contact me soon to set up great seats To join in the night just type the following link in your address bar

The link to order tickets to the Faith and Family Night is

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Faith and Family night at Volcanos stadium

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Flavius Claudius Constantinus (Constan-tine) defeated Emperor Valerius Licinianus in 324 AD ending most persecution of the Christian church but making way for an even greater confrontation

Though Constantine himself was involved in sun god worship his empire was predominantly Christian in one form or another Emperor Constantine called for the bishops to convene and directed them to come to a decision that would keep the empire unified in Christendom The council was represented by two main branches of Christianity - Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox (the early Christians were catholic pre-protestant movement)

However the first to follow the risen

Messiah were not Christians or Catholics but were Hebrews and Jews of the sect called The Way (Acts 92 amp 1923) Constantine mixed portions of the truth of the Jewish Messiah and created new forms of worship making it difficult for Jews and Biblical followers of The Way to follow Yahweh the God of the Bible

How does that effect me Irsquom not JewishHeb 512 ldquoFor though by this time you

ought to be teachers you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God and you have come to need milk and not solid foodrdquo

Rom 31-2 ldquoWhat advantage then has the Jew or what is the profit of circumcision

Much in every way Chiefly because to them were committed the oracles of Godrdquo

Acts 738-41 ldquoThis is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the Angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai and with our fathers the one who received the living oracles to give to us whom our fathers would not obey but rejected And in their hearts they turned back to Egypt saying to Aaron lsquoMake us gods to go before us as for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt we do not know what has become of himrsquo And they made a calf in those days offered sacrifices to the idol and rejoiced in the works of their own handsrdquo

In effect Constantine the sun god

worshiper set aside the very people whom Yahweh God had entrusted with His own instructions for holy or ldquoset apartrdquo living -- ldquothe Jewsrdquo Instead he oppressed the ones that the scripture says were given the authority of Yahwehrsquos oracles Instead of staying in the true worship of YHWH as given to Moses and explained in full by the Messiah Yahshua (Jesus the Savior and Messiah) he did just what the children of Israel did in the wilderness by mixing the true faith of Yahweh with pagan worship

It is incumbent on each of us to call things holy and ldquoset apartrdquo that YHWH identifies and toss the rest to the dung pile of history

A Teaching from Torah to the TribesBy Even Baruch

You face difficult challenges in matters such as achieving peace in the Middle East and protecting America from the threat of radical Islam and terrorism These are challenges that have vexed past presidents going as far back as our second president John Adams I have no doubt you appreci-ate both the gravity of these challenges and the enormous obstacles that exist to solving them

I also have no doubt that you and your staff understood that no matter what you said in your speech last Thursday in Cairo there would be those who would take issue with you That is always the case when attempting to solve problems that are as deep and emotionally-laden as these challenges are

I am assuming it is your sincere hope that the approach you have chosen to take as evidenced by what Im sure was a carefully crafted speech will ultimately prove successful However it pains

me to say this sir but while you said in your speech that you are a student of history it is abundantly clear that in these matters you do not know history and thus as Santayana noted you are doomed to repeat it In doing so your efforts however well-intentioned they may be will not produce what you profess to hope they will produce

A wise man once said that if you start with the wrong assumptions no matter how logical your reasoning is you will end up with the wrong conclusion With all due respect Mr President you are starting with certain assumptions that are unsupported by history and an objective study of the ideology of political Islam

You began in your speech by asserting that tensions exist between the United States and Muslims around the world which of course is correct Unfortunately you then proceeded incorrectly to lay virtually all the blame for these tensions at the feet of America and the West You blamed western colonialism the

Cold War and even globalismA student of American history who is

not trying to reconstruct it to fit a modern politically correct narrative would state that tensions between America and Muslims began with the unprovoked four-decades long assault by the Muslim Barbary pirates against American shipping in the late 18th and early 19th centuries I find it telling that you mentioned the Treaty of Tripoli in your speech but ignored the circumstances that led to it That treaty was but one of numerous attempts by the United States to achieve peace with the jihadists of the Barbary Coast who were attacking our shipping and killing and enslaving our citizens and our soldiers and who by their own admission were doing so to fulfill the call to jihad

These jihadists were not acting to protest American foreign policy which was decidedly isolationist and there was no state of Israel

to scapegoat They were doing what countless Islamic jihadists have done throughout history acting upon the hundreds of passages in the Quran and the Hadith that call upon faithful Muslims to kill conquer or subjugate the infidel

Dear Mr President By Brigitte Gabriel

Continued on wwwthejctowncom

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roots of our faithroots of our faith

A capitalist these days has become anath-ema among many historical revisionists lib-eral universities and think tanks This word is defined in our dictionaries as an econom-ic system in which investment in and owner-ship of the means of production distribution and exchange of wealth (capital) is made and maintained chiefly by private investors

or corporations In other words how one succeeds depends on himself and his own willingness and desire This too is the basic scriptural definition for capital comes from the Hebrew chafatz In Hebrew the ch has a k sound and the f has an alternative hard p sound As the word evolved through

Capitalism

An amateur Biblical archeologist who claimed to have found the Ark of the Covenant directly below the crucifixion site of Jesus Christ died after giving a deathbed interview to WorldNetDaily Noahs Ark Sodom and Gomorrah the Ark of the Covenant the crucifixion site of Jesus Christ and more have been the subject of controversial claims made by Ron Wyatt who spent much of his life documenting sites and events from the Bible

On August 9 1999 Ron Wyatt died following a lengthy battle with cancer just a few days after his last telephone inter-view His quest to provide information that would lead to more people accepting the teachings of the Bible continues at Wyatt Archaeological Research a non-profit non-denominational organization in Tennessee

According to Wyatt he was able to physically locate the Ark of the Covenant the container for the original tablets of the Ten Commandments with the Mercy Seat intact on the top It was found in a chamber just outside the walls of ancient Jerusalem about 20 feet below what Wyatt also claimed was the actual site of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ

Wyatt said he found an earthquake crack directly below where the cross would have been When Christ died the earth quaked The rock was split right below His cross and this crevice extended right down into the hidden chamber which contained the unde-filed earthly Throne of God -- the Ark with its Mercy Seat explained Wyatt in one of his research letters After Christ was dead when the centurion stuck his spear into His side and pierced His spleen the blood and water came out falling down through

that crack and was sprinkled on the Mercy Seat

The crucifixion site was found on the side of the Golgotha hill or Place of the Skull just outside the old north wall of Jerusalem not far from the Garden Tomb It was discovered under many feet of soil with actual holes in the rock where crosses were placed and niches in the rock wall behind where three signs were placed The large circular stone used to cover the garden tomb was also located there and it was all surrounded by the foundation of a first century building The central main cross hole has an earthquake crack beside it

The Bible teaches the concept of sacrifice of animals symbolic of the actual blood sacrifice Christ would make During this ancient rite the High Priest was the only one who could physi-cally sprinkle the blood on the Mercy Seat Wyatt said it was an act of God that everything was in the right place and there was an earthquake By permitting himself to be sacrificed Christ regarded by the Bible as the great High Priest was able to place his own blood upon the Mercy Seat as that great and final act in the process of blood sacrifice

Wyatt believed that the Ark of the Covenant along with other sacred objects from the first Temple in Jerusalem were all secreted away just prior to the entrance of the Babylonians into the city about 600 years before the crucifixion of Jesus Christ There are many tunnels beneath Jerusalem even to this day These most sacred objects were protected in a chamber and the entrance was sealed and hidden

Photographic evidence of Wyattrsquos site was obtained and then the site was covered back over with 12 feet of dirt and a garden

established Wyatt says it was landscaped to avoid controversy The entrance to the system of caves and tunnels found by the Wyatt team in the cliff wall was also sealed over

Wyatt claimed that he was authorized to make his excavations by the Antiquities Department but that bureaucrats within that agency insisted that his findings must be kept secret Wyatt has made public a significant amount of his research and findings but he has withheld certain documents and photographs to comply with the agreement he made with Israeli officials His refusal to provide everything resulted in criticism from some

Wyatt did not make any claims of grandeur nor did he claim to be a prophet He said his only role was to be a willing servant God has a way of communicating his wishes to people and Im not the only one able to do that so I dont flatter myself to think that Im something special I was there I was willing so therefore God allowed me this privilege There are others who are in communication with Him There are others who are familiar with this material and will see that it is presented Wyatt told WorldNetDaily just before his death

Wyatt explained Theyve been taught something else all their life So God is doing this show-and-tell through these revelations and these discoveries to prove to them real quick that the Bible is historically accurate and divinely inspired He referenced Jeremiah 1619-21 predicting unbelievers will come from all parts of the earth to learn of the discoveries

ldquoO Lord my strength and my fortress My refuge in the day of affliction The Gentiles shall come to You from the ends of the earth and say lsquoSurely our fathers have lies vanity and things wherein there is no profitrsquo

Shall a man make gods unto himself which are not gods

Therefore behold I will this once cause them to know I will cause them to know My hand and My might and they shall know that My name is the Lord

Wyatt continued This last revelation is for the inhabitants of the earth who dont have a clue as well as for those of us who do have a clue and have been commissioned by Christ to reach out to help bring these people who dont have a clue into the fold These are tools that God has given the believers to strengthen their faith and to use to reach out They are tools that will be extremely effective in the last pouring out to the entire population all inhabitants of the earth

WorldNetDaily has examined extensive evidence regarding the various claims and discoveries made by Wyatt Several critics have been found who have voiced their opinion that the work of Wyatt Archeological Research is fraudulent but no evidence was found to support those charges The evidence is sufficient to conclude that Wyatts team conducted the claimed archeological digs and investigations

WorldNetDaily is not qualified to determine the value of the evidence Wyatt was given a deathbed opportunity to either reaffirm or recant his claims He chose to reaffirm all that he has claimed without hesitation

the European language it become capit(al)This word scripturally refers to both

mans and YHVHs sovereign ability to seek lawfully what he desires This is part of our constitution life liberty and the pursuit of happiness Here are some examples of this word

Mizmor 12But his DELIGHT is in the law of YHVH

and in his law doth he meditate day and night

Mishlei 3113She seeketh wool and flax and worketh

WILLINGLY with her handsYeshayahu 5310Yet it PLEASED YHVH to bruise him

he hath put him to grief when thou shalt

make his soul an offering for sin he shall see his seed he shall prolong his days and the PLEASURE of YHVH shall prosper in his hand

Yeshayahu 5511So shall my word be that goeth forth out

of my mouth it shall not return unto me void but it shall accomplish that which I PLEASE and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it

Mizmor 1356Whatsoever YHVH PLEASED that did

he in heaven and in earth in the seas and all deep places

I be l ieve YHVH was qui te the capi ta l i s t

Shalom Alecheim

Has the Ark of the Covenant been foundBy Jamie Louis

Can be heard weekdays at 730 am amp 800 pm KPJC AM 1220 and

streaming live at wwwthejctowncom

Can be heard daily at 830 am on

KPJC AM 1220

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R Bechaye writes that when Gods presence filled the Tabernacle He said Today I am causing My Presence to rest among you if you sin My Presence will leave you But when Messiah comes My Presence will remain with you permanently Now you see the Divine Presence through fire but with the advent of the Messiah you will see it clearly revealed as it is written For eye to eye shall they see when God returns to Zion (Tzenah Urenah)

CommentaryThen God spoke all these words saying

I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt out of the house of slavery (Exodus 201-2)

The Festival of Shavuot (Pentecost) is the anniversary of the giving of the Torah and the giving of the Holy Spirit As part of the commemoration the Ten Command-ments are read publicly in the Assembly on the Feast of Shavuot

According to the traditional reckoning the first commandment is simply I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt out of the house of slavery (Exodus 201-2)

The first commandment is to believe in God and to accept His claim of ownership

over us Unless we accept the basic premise of Gods existence no number of commandments will have any authority or meaning for us The need for such a command demonstrates the incongruity of ascribing to morality without believing in a moral authority If we accept the premise of objective morality we must accept that there is a higher authority issuing that objective standard

We also learn from this that redemption must precede commandments Before we can receive the Torah we must already be saved Israels salvation from Egypt was not accorded to her on the basis of her obedience to the commandments She was already redeemed (on no merit of her own) before the laws at Sinai were given to her Thus the first declaration at Sinai is a reminder of their redeemed status Only BECAUSE they are already saved are they able to receive the commands of God

True legalism continually attempts to reverse this process by claiming that ones obedience to certain commandments (or all the commandments) is the mechanism by which salvation is earned The first of the Ten Commandments directly contradicts this notion Salvation and relationship with God precedes the Torah

Redemption and Torah

A recent Newsmax cover story featured a lengthy discussion about the return of Jesus and possible apocalyptic events According to the feature ldquopublic buzz about the Biblical last days is at its highest level since 911rdquo The Pew Research Center recntly found that 79 of American Christians believe in the Second Coming of Christ Today the doomsday prophet is not some bearded man with a placard proclaiming ldquothe end is nearrdquo Instead gloom and doom seems to be the message of newspapers the Internet and television News headlines read like Bible prophecy ldquoAnd great earthquakes shall be in divers places and famines and pestilences and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heavenrdquo Luke 2111

On any given day there are wars in 30 to 40 nations in the world Rumors of wars swarm about Israel Iran and Korea Over seven million people have died since 1970 due to war

Pestilence continues to grow as new ldquosuper bugsrdquo are becoming resistant to drug treatment The H1N1 swine flu is spreading faster than the Center for Disease Control can track And the HIV Aids virus has killed more than 25 million since 1981 HIV is at pandemic levels in many areas including China Asia and Africa

Famine as well is wide spread throughout the planet The World Health Organization estimates that one-third of the world is under-fed while another one-third is starving Every 36 seconds someone dies of hunger

Such horrible news isnrsquot new The world has always had false messiahs wars ethnic violence starvation disease and earthquakes The Savior said that the last days would see such events increase in frequency and size ldquoFor nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom and there shall be famines and pestilences and earthquakes in diverse places All these are the beginning of birth pangsrdquo Matthew 247-8

Perhaps the surest sign that time is short is the return of the nation of Israel to the Middle East To Israel the Almighty said ldquoI will take you from among the heathen and gather you out of all countries and will bring you into your own landrdquo Ezekiel 3624 Many prophecy teachers consider the reestablishment of Jerusalem as the capital city as THE sign of an impending apocalypse ldquoAnd they shall fall by the edge of the sword and shall be led away captive into all nations and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilledrdquo Luke 2124 The Messiah promised that the generation that saw such a miracle would certainly behold His return (Matthew 2434)

Does this mean that the return of Jesus is imminent Well many sorrows have begun but there is still more that must occur before the eastern sky splits To state that ldquoJesus could return at any timerdquo is to ignore numerous statements in the Scripture about the rise of an anti-Christ leader and a huge world war against the tiny nation of Israel

How can a person prepare for the coming of Revelation What should someone do about the mark of the beast Some believers are storing food while others are learning survival skills Many are buying gold in anticipation of the collapse of the dollar The Savior addresses such a dilemma when He said ldquoWatch and pray always that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things and stand before the Son of Manrdquo Luke 2136 The world will come to an end one day

Between now and then itrsquos important to focus on Spiritual growth The pursuit of holiness will guide the believer through whatever the future holds Listen to the voice of the Spirit If you are led to take certain precautions then do so Donrsquot allow fear of Armageddon stop you from living an abundant life

Need for Gloom and DoomThe truth about the end of daysBy Daniel Rendelman

July 30 2009

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faith and politicsfaith and politics

Continued on page 14

According to ldquoOnenewsnowrdquo writer Jim Brown Author and political commentator Newt Gingrich of American Solutions calls President Obamas tax program a war against churches and charities Gingrich accuses President Obama of deliberately trying to take away the charitable deduction for successful people so they will not give as much money to churches or charities

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich goes on to say that President Obamas plan to raise taxes on upper-income earners is designed to create bigger government and a more secular America

I think theres a clear desire to replace the church with a bureaucracy and to replace peoples right to worship together with

a government-dominated system he contends

The former House Speaker says the Obama administration is talking seriously about taking away the right of conscience in terms of performing abortions

This is the most aggressive militant secular program I can remember Gingrich admits And I think you have to be really clearly aware that they want an America which is radically different than the country which was created by those pioneers who first landed back in 1607 at Cape Henry and erected a cross to thank God for having allowed them to cross the Atlantic Ocean

Brown goes on to say that Gingrich believes people often forget that the first act of the first successful American colony was to erect a cross at Cape Henry to thank God for the i r surv iva l and the i r sa lva t ion and then to go up to James town to found the co lony

Obamas war against churches and charities

Does the Quran advocate violence toward non-Muslims

Read the following Quran quotes The only reward of those who make war

upon Allah and His messenger and strive after corruption in the land will be that they will be killed or crucified or have their hands and feet on alternate sides cut off or will be expelled out of the land(Quran Surah 533)

beware of them lest they seduce you from some part of that which Allah has revealed to you And if they turn away know that Allahs will is to smite them(Quran Surah 549)

Take not the Jews and Christians for friends They are friends one to another He among you who takes them for friends is one of them Lo Allah guides not these wrongdoing people (Quran Surah 551)

And let not those who disbelieve suppose that they can overcome Lo They cannot escape Make ready for them all you can by armed force(Quran Surah 859-60a)

slay the idolaters wherever you find them and take them captive and besiege them and prepare to ambush them But if they repent and establish

[Islamic] worshiptheir way is free Lo Allah is forgiving and Merciful (Quran Surah 95)

Strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites Be harsh with them(Quran Surah 973)

You can make your own judgments about Islam based on your experience what you read and what you know or you can listen to the advocates of ldquopeacerdquo and be deceived by the End-time Beast system that is joining with the ecumenism of the world system and Rome

Whether you are Catholic Protestant Mormon or a New Age Seeker without the firm foundation found in the whole Word of Yahweh (God) including the original covenant Books of the Torah you will be deceived Times are changing and despite popular doctrines to the contrary even those who believe the truth will suffer Tribula-tion A major part of that persecution starts from within the ldquoChurchrdquo against each other especially those who practice the faith of our Fathers Abraham Isaac Jacob and Moses and will spread to the acceptance of a false religion that is a Christian blend accepting of Islam (Rev 1217)

Be careful The choices you make have eternal consequences

Quotes From the Quran-Koran on the Peaceful Nature of the Islamic faithBy Don Wyant Jr

First it was a Missouri Analysis and Information Center (MIAC) report then it was a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report now it is a New York congress-mans bill Each of these items taken on their own is problematic enough taken together they portend a clear and present danger to the liberties of the American people It is getting very serious now

As readers may recall the MIAC report profiled certain people as being potential violence-prone militia members including people who supported Presidential candidates Ron Paul Bob Barr and myself In addition anyone who opposed one or more of the following were also included in the list the New World Order the UN gun control the violation of Posse Comitatus the Federal Reserve the Income Tax the Ammunition Accountability Act a possible Constitu-tional Convention the North American Union the Universal Service Program Radio Frequency identification (RFID) abortion on demand or illegal immigration

The MIAC report prompted a firestorm of protest and was eventually rescinded with

the man responsible for its distribution being dismissed from his position The DHS report profiled many of the same people included in the MIAC report and added returning Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans as potentially dangerous extremists

As I have said before it is very likely that when all of the opinions and views of the above lists are counted 75 or more of the American people would be included Yet these government reports would have law enforcement personnel to believe we are all dangerous extremists that need to be watched and guarded against If this was not bad enough a New York congressman has introduced a bill in the House of Representa-tives to deny Second Amendment rights to everyone listed above

According to World Net Daily (WND) May 9 2009 A new gun law being considered in Congress if aligned with Department of Homeland Security memos labeling everyday Americans as potential threats could potentially deny firearms to pro-lifers gun-rights advocates tax protesters animal rights activists and a

host of others - any already on the expansive DHS watch list for potential extremismrdquo

Rep Peter King R-NY has sponsored HR 2159 the Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2009 which permits the attorney general to deny transfer of a firearm to any known or suspected dangerous terrorist The bill requires only that the potential firearm transferee is appropriately suspected of preparing for a terrorist act and that the attorney general has a reasonable belief that the gun might be used in connection with terrorism

Gun rights advocates however object to the bills language arguing that it enables the federal government to suspend a persons Second Amendment rights without any trial or legal proof and only upon suspicion of being dangerous

WND quotes Gun Owners of America Executive Director Larry Pratt as saying

By [DHS] standards Im one of [DHS Secretary] Janet Napolitanos terrorists This bill would enable the attorney general to put all of the people who voted against Obama

on no-gun lists because according to the DHS theyre all potential terrorists Actually we could rename this bill the Janet Napolitano Frenzied Fantasy Implementation Act of 2009

Pratt was also quoted as saying Unbeknownst to us some bureaucrat in the bowels of democracy can put your name on a list and your Second Amendment rights are toast He went on to say This is such an anti-American bill this is something King George III would have done

Now that DHS has established both a list and a lexicon for lsquoextremistsrsquo it looks to Congress to confer upon it police-state-style powers through which these individuals may be disarmed and eventually done away with Rep Peter King is accommodating this goal with HR 2159

Let me ask a reasonable question how long does anyone think it would be after being profiled by DHS and denied the lawful purchase of firearms that those same people would be subjected to gun confiscation And how long do you think it would be before DHS began profiling

It Is Getting Very Serious NowBy Chuck Baldwin

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faith and politicsfaith and politics

In a decision that holds ramifications for churches around the country the Internal Revenue Service found that a non-profit organization that gathered pastors to a series of public policy conferences did not violate the political entanglement laws governing its tax-exempt status

Prompted by a complaint filed by the Texas Freedom Network which calls itself a mainstream voice to counter the religious right the IRS investigated the Houston-based Niemoller Foundation for organizing during the 2006 election season six pastors briefings which included speeches from prominent politicians and training for pastors on urging and registering their congregations to vote Despite charges that the foundation had therefore engaged in political partisan activity in violation of its tax exempt status the IRS investigation found no evidence of political intervention

This liberal attempt to intimidate pastors

has backfired said Kelly Shackelford chief counsel of Liberty Legal Institute which represented event organizers There is now a clear IRS statement outlining these pastors events and approving them as valid under the law

Hiram Sasser director of litigation for the Institute further explained to World Net Daily the ramifications the ruling holds for churches The Niemoller Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization just like a church Sasser explained So by the Niemoller activities being granted as lawful then any church that engages in the same kind of voter education combined with voter registration drives on the moral issues of the day is perfectly fine with the IRS regulations according to the IRS itself

Sasser reiterated The whole point was to educate everyone about the important social issues and get them to go vote and register others to vote and the IRS said this was perfectly okay

The Niemoller Foundation organized six of the pastorsrsquo conferences across the state of Texas from May through September 2006 The events were described as briefings to educate pastors on major moral issues that often intersect with politics such as abortion and same sex marriage And while neither the foundation nor the gatherings endorsed any individual candidates or political party keynote speakers at the conferences included prominent Republican politicians including

Texas Governor Rick Perry who spoke at all six conferences

In its letter to the IRS the Texas Freedom Network complained No other candidate for governor in the 2006 elections ndash including then sitting state Comptroller Carole Stray-horn (a Republican who sought election as an independent in the gubernatorial election) or a Democrat or other independent candidate ndash was invited to attend any of the briefings

Pointing to the selection of speakers and the effort to train pastors in voter registration the Texas Freedom Network accused the Neimoller Foundation of partisan electioneering activities

The complaint alleged the Foundation appears to have served as a partisan voter-mobilization tool for the Perry reelection campaign with affiliated pastors encouraged to use their churches as partisan political extensions of that campaign

After reviewing speeches and other materials from the pastors gatherings however the IRS did not concur The speaker did not state anything that would have been considered political or request any action of the attendees to vote for or against any legislation the IRS ruling released last week states In the speeches provided no political intervention type activity was noted Several other speeches by politicians were provided and reviewed The speeches did not appear to be made in their capacity as a candidate since no solicitation was made

for a vote Also no appeal was made to sway anyone on the issues The speeches did not appear to be political intervention An appeal was made to request attendees to vote and to request their members to register and vote but in each instance observed they were told to vote their values

While the IRS does forbid tax exempt organizations under the 501(c)(3) code from overt political entanglements ndash such as endorsing candidates or requiring mem-bers to vote in a certain way ndash the Liberty Legal Institutes Kelly Shackelford encour-aged churches not to be intimidated into political silence Be careful what you hear from these liberal organizations Shackelford said in a statement They sound very confident and file many complaints yet none are found valid even by the IRS

Laurence White director of the Niemoller Foundation and a Lutheran pastor himself encouraged churches and pastors to get involved We educate churches on moral issues facing our society and encourage them to participate in the democratic process said White in a statement The IRS has unequivocally affirmed the right of pastors nationwide to come together as spokesmen for the Word of God to interact with political leaders historians and scholars in discussing the moral issues under debate within our culture and to assert their biblical responsibility to address such issues from their pulpits

By Drew Zahn copy 2009 WorldNetDaily Reprinted by Permission

Pastors win challenge to political involvementIRS rules voter education on moral issues registration permissible

more and more groups of people thus sub-jecting them to gun confiscation

This was exactly the strategy employed by Adolf Hitler The Jews were the first people denied their civil rights - especially the right to own and possess firearms Of course after disarming Jews the rest of the German citizenry was likewise disarmed And we all know where that led

Im not sure how many of the American people realize that it was the attempted con-fiscation of the colonialists cache of arms in Concord Massachusetts that started Americas War for Independence Yes my friends it was attempted gun confiscation that triggered (pun intended) the shot heard round the world And now it would appear that once again a central government is on the verge of trying to deny the American people their right to keep and bear arms

I am told that as of 2004 50 of the adults in the United States own one or more firearms totaling some 270 million privately

owned firearms nationwide I would venture to say that the vast majority of these gun owners would find themselves matching the DHS profile of a potential lsquoextremistrsquo I wonder how many gun owners realize the way they are now being targeted by their government and just how serious - and how close - the threat of gun confiscation has become

If one doubts the intention of the elitists in government today to deny the American people their right to keep and bear arms consider what former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is purported to have said just a couple of weeks ago Kissinger attended a high-level meeting with Russian President Medvedev that also included former Secretaries of State James Baker and George Shultz for-mer Secretary of Defense William Perry and former Senator Sam Nunn Included in the discussions was Kissingers asser-tion that the American people were now ready to accept a ldquoNew Global Order He

is also reported to have told Medvedev By September well have confiscated

all privately owned guns so it really doesnt matter what we do well still be in charge (Even though the national news media has not reported this statement the Inter-net is abuzz with Kissinger having said it Whether Kissinger actually made that statement or not he and rest of his ilk have repeatedly called for a New World Order in which there will be no constitutional protection for the right to keep and bear arms)

This leads to a very serious question how many of Americas gun owners would allow their government to deny them gun ownership Further how many would passively sit back and allow their guns to be confiscated

As humbly and meekly as I know how to say it ldquoAs for me and my house gun confis-cation is the one act of tyranny that crosses the line Debate discourse discussion and peaceful dissent cease and desist at that point

iTrsquos GeTTiNG seRiOus NOW Continuted from page 13

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By Dale KennedyWe held our first joint education meeting

with a select group of individuals recently and I thought it would be beneficial to write a brief recap of the topics covered The theme of the evening was non-traditional investments and our focus was on invest-ment vehicles that had some level of tax advantages to them We primarily covered two specific items

Tenancy in Common (TIC) and oil and gas investments

Tenancy in Common or TICrsquos as they are commonly referred to are simply a means by which people hold title to real estate By itself there is no specific tax advantage to TICrsquos as opposed to many other ways that you can hold title A 1031 Tenants In Common (TIC) property exchange is a special type of real estate that is intended to qualify as a 1031 tax-deferred exchange replacement property A TIC is a percentage ownership of a typically large high quality even institutional grade real estate invest-ment An owner of a TIC does not own a specific portion or section of the property but instead owns a specific percentage of the property and receives a grant deed for the exact ownership percentage Examples of 1031 exchange properties and TIC real estate include office buildings shopping centers apartment buildings industrial properties warehouses triple net properties (NNN properties and NNN Leases) raw land and even oil and gas interests

TIC provides you with the opportunity to potentially1 Eliminate capital-gains taxes and depreciation-recapture taxes at the time of sale2 Eliminate the need to find a property on your own in forty-five days

3 Eliminate the day-to-day management responsibilities 4 Increase the quality of your tenants and leases 5 Increase your net after expense income 6 Increase the earnings potential on real-estate appreciation 7 Benefit from comprehensive third-party due diligence 8 Receive additional significant tax savings 9 Decrease risk through diversification10 Increase return potential through higher-quality tenants11 Benefit from non-recourse debt12 Simplify owning real estate13 Benefit from a very experienced management team

Oil and Gas properties can also be useful tax-advantaged investments In addition to the ability to help diversify your investment portfolio there are currently Intangible Drilling Costs (IDCrsquos) and depletion that can have some uses in tax planning

Alternative investments are often speculative lack liquidity lack diversifi-cation are not subject to the same regulatory requirements as mutual funds may involve complex tax structures and delays in distributing important tax information and may involve substantial fees

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Dear DaveA couple of years ago my parents got into

a big financial mess They filed bankruptcy and had to give up their house Now they lived on a fixed income of $2220 a month and my dad is not in good health My wife and I help them out with a little money each month but my sister and her husband donrsquot do much for them Do you think I should lean on her a little bit in an effort to make her pitch in and help

RandyDear RandyIf therersquos one thing Irsquove learned over the

years itrsquos that you canrsquot make another adult behave The only person you can control is the one you look at in mirror every morning Now should a son or daughter want to help their parents especially if one is in poor health and the moneyrsquos tight Absolutely But family relationships are strange animals

Your sister and her husband may have some bruised feelings from something that happened years ago or they may be having money problems of their own At this point all you can do is try to gauge their interest in this idea

For starters Irsquod suggest working up a monthly budget on your parents Irsquom talking about a simple one-page document and show it to your sister and her husband Let them know that mom and dad need a little help and ask if theyrsquod be willing to join you guys by chipping in a little money each month to help out your parents Present the idea as you guys partnering with each other to help out and be sure you donrsquot get into any finger-wagging or lectures about responsibility That kind of stuff is a real turn off and it can get thrown back in your face in a hurry

- Dave

DAVe sAys

Once again the Volcanoes will be having the Faith and Family night at the Volcano Stadium We have picked the date of 17th of August We have a great guest Andrew Palau the son of Luis Palau Andrew has just come back from an evangelistic tour in Guatemala where both he and his father ministered to 425000 souls He will return from Rwanda to be at the Volcanoes This will be a fine time to meet with Andrew and members of his family in the BBQ area Also Andrew Palau will be throwing out the honorary first ball If anyone has a suggestion for additional ideas for that day please let me know

The Faith amp Family Night is a work in progress at this time We are working on a single night for the Catholic Church The Archbishop will be throwing out the first ball If any other denominations with a large amount of churches would like to have a night especially for them apart from the other churches and would like to address the mem-bers in the BBQ area and throw out the first ball please contact me ASAP

Reserve tickets are normally $10 but are discounted $1 as a group We have a GroupBBQ that includes an All You Can Eat BBQ that costs only $1995 This would include a Reserve Seat ticket free souvenir a chance

at a door prize the all you can eat BBQ and a professional single A baseball game You can get just a ticket to a game ($7 $9 $11 $13 $20) as well as the GroupBBQ A group is normally 25 plus individuals It would be a great place to come and meet fellow believers and a place that a church may bring a person that normally would not attend anything with a believer It would be a chance to see the church in public

If you have any suggestions please contact me any idea would be greatly appreciated You are not restricted to the Faith amp Family Night You may wish to set an alternate night that is good for your individual church group

We look forward to having you attend as a church and allow our fans to enjoy your company and for you to be an example as people of faith A special link has been produced for the Faith amp Family event at the park that is done by internet no collecting no holding money and tickets you can print your tickets at your work station or home

Please contact me soon to set up great seats To join in the night just type the following link in your address bar

The link to order tickets to the Faith and Family Night is

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Flavius Claudius Constantinus (Constan-tine) defeated Emperor Valerius Licinianus in 324 AD ending most persecution of the Christian church but making way for an even greater confrontation

Though Constantine himself was involved in sun god worship his empire was predominantly Christian in one form or another Emperor Constantine called for the bishops to convene and directed them to come to a decision that would keep the empire unified in Christendom The council was represented by two main branches of Christianity - Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox (the early Christians were catholic pre-protestant movement)

However the first to follow the risen

Messiah were not Christians or Catholics but were Hebrews and Jews of the sect called The Way (Acts 92 amp 1923) Constantine mixed portions of the truth of the Jewish Messiah and created new forms of worship making it difficult for Jews and Biblical followers of The Way to follow Yahweh the God of the Bible

How does that effect me Irsquom not JewishHeb 512 ldquoFor though by this time you

ought to be teachers you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God and you have come to need milk and not solid foodrdquo

Rom 31-2 ldquoWhat advantage then has the Jew or what is the profit of circumcision

Much in every way Chiefly because to them were committed the oracles of Godrdquo

Acts 738-41 ldquoThis is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the Angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai and with our fathers the one who received the living oracles to give to us whom our fathers would not obey but rejected And in their hearts they turned back to Egypt saying to Aaron lsquoMake us gods to go before us as for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt we do not know what has become of himrsquo And they made a calf in those days offered sacrifices to the idol and rejoiced in the works of their own handsrdquo

In effect Constantine the sun god

worshiper set aside the very people whom Yahweh God had entrusted with His own instructions for holy or ldquoset apartrdquo living -- ldquothe Jewsrdquo Instead he oppressed the ones that the scripture says were given the authority of Yahwehrsquos oracles Instead of staying in the true worship of YHWH as given to Moses and explained in full by the Messiah Yahshua (Jesus the Savior and Messiah) he did just what the children of Israel did in the wilderness by mixing the true faith of Yahweh with pagan worship

It is incumbent on each of us to call things holy and ldquoset apartrdquo that YHWH identifies and toss the rest to the dung pile of history

A Teaching from Torah to the TribesBy Even Baruch

You face difficult challenges in matters such as achieving peace in the Middle East and protecting America from the threat of radical Islam and terrorism These are challenges that have vexed past presidents going as far back as our second president John Adams I have no doubt you appreci-ate both the gravity of these challenges and the enormous obstacles that exist to solving them

I also have no doubt that you and your staff understood that no matter what you said in your speech last Thursday in Cairo there would be those who would take issue with you That is always the case when attempting to solve problems that are as deep and emotionally-laden as these challenges are

I am assuming it is your sincere hope that the approach you have chosen to take as evidenced by what Im sure was a carefully crafted speech will ultimately prove successful However it pains

me to say this sir but while you said in your speech that you are a student of history it is abundantly clear that in these matters you do not know history and thus as Santayana noted you are doomed to repeat it In doing so your efforts however well-intentioned they may be will not produce what you profess to hope they will produce

A wise man once said that if you start with the wrong assumptions no matter how logical your reasoning is you will end up with the wrong conclusion With all due respect Mr President you are starting with certain assumptions that are unsupported by history and an objective study of the ideology of political Islam

You began in your speech by asserting that tensions exist between the United States and Muslims around the world which of course is correct Unfortunately you then proceeded incorrectly to lay virtually all the blame for these tensions at the feet of America and the West You blamed western colonialism the

Cold War and even globalismA student of American history who is

not trying to reconstruct it to fit a modern politically correct narrative would state that tensions between America and Muslims began with the unprovoked four-decades long assault by the Muslim Barbary pirates against American shipping in the late 18th and early 19th centuries I find it telling that you mentioned the Treaty of Tripoli in your speech but ignored the circumstances that led to it That treaty was but one of numerous attempts by the United States to achieve peace with the jihadists of the Barbary Coast who were attacking our shipping and killing and enslaving our citizens and our soldiers and who by their own admission were doing so to fulfill the call to jihad

These jihadists were not acting to protest American foreign policy which was decidedly isolationist and there was no state of Israel

to scapegoat They were doing what countless Islamic jihadists have done throughout history acting upon the hundreds of passages in the Quran and the Hadith that call upon faithful Muslims to kill conquer or subjugate the infidel

Dear Mr President By Brigitte Gabriel

Continued on wwwthejctowncom

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roots of our faithroots of our faith

A capitalist these days has become anath-ema among many historical revisionists lib-eral universities and think tanks This word is defined in our dictionaries as an econom-ic system in which investment in and owner-ship of the means of production distribution and exchange of wealth (capital) is made and maintained chiefly by private investors

or corporations In other words how one succeeds depends on himself and his own willingness and desire This too is the basic scriptural definition for capital comes from the Hebrew chafatz In Hebrew the ch has a k sound and the f has an alternative hard p sound As the word evolved through

Capitalism

An amateur Biblical archeologist who claimed to have found the Ark of the Covenant directly below the crucifixion site of Jesus Christ died after giving a deathbed interview to WorldNetDaily Noahs Ark Sodom and Gomorrah the Ark of the Covenant the crucifixion site of Jesus Christ and more have been the subject of controversial claims made by Ron Wyatt who spent much of his life documenting sites and events from the Bible

On August 9 1999 Ron Wyatt died following a lengthy battle with cancer just a few days after his last telephone inter-view His quest to provide information that would lead to more people accepting the teachings of the Bible continues at Wyatt Archaeological Research a non-profit non-denominational organization in Tennessee

According to Wyatt he was able to physically locate the Ark of the Covenant the container for the original tablets of the Ten Commandments with the Mercy Seat intact on the top It was found in a chamber just outside the walls of ancient Jerusalem about 20 feet below what Wyatt also claimed was the actual site of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ

Wyatt said he found an earthquake crack directly below where the cross would have been When Christ died the earth quaked The rock was split right below His cross and this crevice extended right down into the hidden chamber which contained the unde-filed earthly Throne of God -- the Ark with its Mercy Seat explained Wyatt in one of his research letters After Christ was dead when the centurion stuck his spear into His side and pierced His spleen the blood and water came out falling down through

that crack and was sprinkled on the Mercy Seat

The crucifixion site was found on the side of the Golgotha hill or Place of the Skull just outside the old north wall of Jerusalem not far from the Garden Tomb It was discovered under many feet of soil with actual holes in the rock where crosses were placed and niches in the rock wall behind where three signs were placed The large circular stone used to cover the garden tomb was also located there and it was all surrounded by the foundation of a first century building The central main cross hole has an earthquake crack beside it

The Bible teaches the concept of sacrifice of animals symbolic of the actual blood sacrifice Christ would make During this ancient rite the High Priest was the only one who could physi-cally sprinkle the blood on the Mercy Seat Wyatt said it was an act of God that everything was in the right place and there was an earthquake By permitting himself to be sacrificed Christ regarded by the Bible as the great High Priest was able to place his own blood upon the Mercy Seat as that great and final act in the process of blood sacrifice

Wyatt believed that the Ark of the Covenant along with other sacred objects from the first Temple in Jerusalem were all secreted away just prior to the entrance of the Babylonians into the city about 600 years before the crucifixion of Jesus Christ There are many tunnels beneath Jerusalem even to this day These most sacred objects were protected in a chamber and the entrance was sealed and hidden

Photographic evidence of Wyattrsquos site was obtained and then the site was covered back over with 12 feet of dirt and a garden

established Wyatt says it was landscaped to avoid controversy The entrance to the system of caves and tunnels found by the Wyatt team in the cliff wall was also sealed over

Wyatt claimed that he was authorized to make his excavations by the Antiquities Department but that bureaucrats within that agency insisted that his findings must be kept secret Wyatt has made public a significant amount of his research and findings but he has withheld certain documents and photographs to comply with the agreement he made with Israeli officials His refusal to provide everything resulted in criticism from some

Wyatt did not make any claims of grandeur nor did he claim to be a prophet He said his only role was to be a willing servant God has a way of communicating his wishes to people and Im not the only one able to do that so I dont flatter myself to think that Im something special I was there I was willing so therefore God allowed me this privilege There are others who are in communication with Him There are others who are familiar with this material and will see that it is presented Wyatt told WorldNetDaily just before his death

Wyatt explained Theyve been taught something else all their life So God is doing this show-and-tell through these revelations and these discoveries to prove to them real quick that the Bible is historically accurate and divinely inspired He referenced Jeremiah 1619-21 predicting unbelievers will come from all parts of the earth to learn of the discoveries

ldquoO Lord my strength and my fortress My refuge in the day of affliction The Gentiles shall come to You from the ends of the earth and say lsquoSurely our fathers have lies vanity and things wherein there is no profitrsquo

Shall a man make gods unto himself which are not gods

Therefore behold I will this once cause them to know I will cause them to know My hand and My might and they shall know that My name is the Lord

Wyatt continued This last revelation is for the inhabitants of the earth who dont have a clue as well as for those of us who do have a clue and have been commissioned by Christ to reach out to help bring these people who dont have a clue into the fold These are tools that God has given the believers to strengthen their faith and to use to reach out They are tools that will be extremely effective in the last pouring out to the entire population all inhabitants of the earth

WorldNetDaily has examined extensive evidence regarding the various claims and discoveries made by Wyatt Several critics have been found who have voiced their opinion that the work of Wyatt Archeological Research is fraudulent but no evidence was found to support those charges The evidence is sufficient to conclude that Wyatts team conducted the claimed archeological digs and investigations

WorldNetDaily is not qualified to determine the value of the evidence Wyatt was given a deathbed opportunity to either reaffirm or recant his claims He chose to reaffirm all that he has claimed without hesitation

the European language it become capit(al)This word scripturally refers to both

mans and YHVHs sovereign ability to seek lawfully what he desires This is part of our constitution life liberty and the pursuit of happiness Here are some examples of this word

Mizmor 12But his DELIGHT is in the law of YHVH

and in his law doth he meditate day and night

Mishlei 3113She seeketh wool and flax and worketh

WILLINGLY with her handsYeshayahu 5310Yet it PLEASED YHVH to bruise him

he hath put him to grief when thou shalt

make his soul an offering for sin he shall see his seed he shall prolong his days and the PLEASURE of YHVH shall prosper in his hand

Yeshayahu 5511So shall my word be that goeth forth out

of my mouth it shall not return unto me void but it shall accomplish that which I PLEASE and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it

Mizmor 1356Whatsoever YHVH PLEASED that did

he in heaven and in earth in the seas and all deep places

I be l ieve YHVH was qui te the capi ta l i s t

Shalom Alecheim

Has the Ark of the Covenant been foundBy Jamie Louis

Can be heard weekdays at 730 am amp 800 pm KPJC AM 1220 and

streaming live at wwwthejctowncom

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KPJC AM 1220

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streaming live at wwwthejctowncom KPJC AM 1220

R Bechaye writes that when Gods presence filled the Tabernacle He said Today I am causing My Presence to rest among you if you sin My Presence will leave you But when Messiah comes My Presence will remain with you permanently Now you see the Divine Presence through fire but with the advent of the Messiah you will see it clearly revealed as it is written For eye to eye shall they see when God returns to Zion (Tzenah Urenah)

CommentaryThen God spoke all these words saying

I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt out of the house of slavery (Exodus 201-2)

The Festival of Shavuot (Pentecost) is the anniversary of the giving of the Torah and the giving of the Holy Spirit As part of the commemoration the Ten Command-ments are read publicly in the Assembly on the Feast of Shavuot

According to the traditional reckoning the first commandment is simply I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt out of the house of slavery (Exodus 201-2)

The first commandment is to believe in God and to accept His claim of ownership

over us Unless we accept the basic premise of Gods existence no number of commandments will have any authority or meaning for us The need for such a command demonstrates the incongruity of ascribing to morality without believing in a moral authority If we accept the premise of objective morality we must accept that there is a higher authority issuing that objective standard

We also learn from this that redemption must precede commandments Before we can receive the Torah we must already be saved Israels salvation from Egypt was not accorded to her on the basis of her obedience to the commandments She was already redeemed (on no merit of her own) before the laws at Sinai were given to her Thus the first declaration at Sinai is a reminder of their redeemed status Only BECAUSE they are already saved are they able to receive the commands of God

True legalism continually attempts to reverse this process by claiming that ones obedience to certain commandments (or all the commandments) is the mechanism by which salvation is earned The first of the Ten Commandments directly contradicts this notion Salvation and relationship with God precedes the Torah

Redemption and Torah

A recent Newsmax cover story featured a lengthy discussion about the return of Jesus and possible apocalyptic events According to the feature ldquopublic buzz about the Biblical last days is at its highest level since 911rdquo The Pew Research Center recntly found that 79 of American Christians believe in the Second Coming of Christ Today the doomsday prophet is not some bearded man with a placard proclaiming ldquothe end is nearrdquo Instead gloom and doom seems to be the message of newspapers the Internet and television News headlines read like Bible prophecy ldquoAnd great earthquakes shall be in divers places and famines and pestilences and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heavenrdquo Luke 2111

On any given day there are wars in 30 to 40 nations in the world Rumors of wars swarm about Israel Iran and Korea Over seven million people have died since 1970 due to war

Pestilence continues to grow as new ldquosuper bugsrdquo are becoming resistant to drug treatment The H1N1 swine flu is spreading faster than the Center for Disease Control can track And the HIV Aids virus has killed more than 25 million since 1981 HIV is at pandemic levels in many areas including China Asia and Africa

Famine as well is wide spread throughout the planet The World Health Organization estimates that one-third of the world is under-fed while another one-third is starving Every 36 seconds someone dies of hunger

Such horrible news isnrsquot new The world has always had false messiahs wars ethnic violence starvation disease and earthquakes The Savior said that the last days would see such events increase in frequency and size ldquoFor nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom and there shall be famines and pestilences and earthquakes in diverse places All these are the beginning of birth pangsrdquo Matthew 247-8

Perhaps the surest sign that time is short is the return of the nation of Israel to the Middle East To Israel the Almighty said ldquoI will take you from among the heathen and gather you out of all countries and will bring you into your own landrdquo Ezekiel 3624 Many prophecy teachers consider the reestablishment of Jerusalem as the capital city as THE sign of an impending apocalypse ldquoAnd they shall fall by the edge of the sword and shall be led away captive into all nations and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilledrdquo Luke 2124 The Messiah promised that the generation that saw such a miracle would certainly behold His return (Matthew 2434)

Does this mean that the return of Jesus is imminent Well many sorrows have begun but there is still more that must occur before the eastern sky splits To state that ldquoJesus could return at any timerdquo is to ignore numerous statements in the Scripture about the rise of an anti-Christ leader and a huge world war against the tiny nation of Israel

How can a person prepare for the coming of Revelation What should someone do about the mark of the beast Some believers are storing food while others are learning survival skills Many are buying gold in anticipation of the collapse of the dollar The Savior addresses such a dilemma when He said ldquoWatch and pray always that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things and stand before the Son of Manrdquo Luke 2136 The world will come to an end one day

Between now and then itrsquos important to focus on Spiritual growth The pursuit of holiness will guide the believer through whatever the future holds Listen to the voice of the Spirit If you are led to take certain precautions then do so Donrsquot allow fear of Armageddon stop you from living an abundant life

Need for Gloom and DoomThe truth about the end of daysBy Daniel Rendelman

July 30 2009

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faith and politicsfaith and politics

Continued on page 14

According to ldquoOnenewsnowrdquo writer Jim Brown Author and political commentator Newt Gingrich of American Solutions calls President Obamas tax program a war against churches and charities Gingrich accuses President Obama of deliberately trying to take away the charitable deduction for successful people so they will not give as much money to churches or charities

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich goes on to say that President Obamas plan to raise taxes on upper-income earners is designed to create bigger government and a more secular America

I think theres a clear desire to replace the church with a bureaucracy and to replace peoples right to worship together with

a government-dominated system he contends

The former House Speaker says the Obama administration is talking seriously about taking away the right of conscience in terms of performing abortions

This is the most aggressive militant secular program I can remember Gingrich admits And I think you have to be really clearly aware that they want an America which is radically different than the country which was created by those pioneers who first landed back in 1607 at Cape Henry and erected a cross to thank God for having allowed them to cross the Atlantic Ocean

Brown goes on to say that Gingrich believes people often forget that the first act of the first successful American colony was to erect a cross at Cape Henry to thank God for the i r surv iva l and the i r sa lva t ion and then to go up to James town to found the co lony

Obamas war against churches and charities

Does the Quran advocate violence toward non-Muslims

Read the following Quran quotes The only reward of those who make war

upon Allah and His messenger and strive after corruption in the land will be that they will be killed or crucified or have their hands and feet on alternate sides cut off or will be expelled out of the land(Quran Surah 533)

beware of them lest they seduce you from some part of that which Allah has revealed to you And if they turn away know that Allahs will is to smite them(Quran Surah 549)

Take not the Jews and Christians for friends They are friends one to another He among you who takes them for friends is one of them Lo Allah guides not these wrongdoing people (Quran Surah 551)

And let not those who disbelieve suppose that they can overcome Lo They cannot escape Make ready for them all you can by armed force(Quran Surah 859-60a)

slay the idolaters wherever you find them and take them captive and besiege them and prepare to ambush them But if they repent and establish

[Islamic] worshiptheir way is free Lo Allah is forgiving and Merciful (Quran Surah 95)

Strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites Be harsh with them(Quran Surah 973)

You can make your own judgments about Islam based on your experience what you read and what you know or you can listen to the advocates of ldquopeacerdquo and be deceived by the End-time Beast system that is joining with the ecumenism of the world system and Rome

Whether you are Catholic Protestant Mormon or a New Age Seeker without the firm foundation found in the whole Word of Yahweh (God) including the original covenant Books of the Torah you will be deceived Times are changing and despite popular doctrines to the contrary even those who believe the truth will suffer Tribula-tion A major part of that persecution starts from within the ldquoChurchrdquo against each other especially those who practice the faith of our Fathers Abraham Isaac Jacob and Moses and will spread to the acceptance of a false religion that is a Christian blend accepting of Islam (Rev 1217)

Be careful The choices you make have eternal consequences

Quotes From the Quran-Koran on the Peaceful Nature of the Islamic faithBy Don Wyant Jr

First it was a Missouri Analysis and Information Center (MIAC) report then it was a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report now it is a New York congress-mans bill Each of these items taken on their own is problematic enough taken together they portend a clear and present danger to the liberties of the American people It is getting very serious now

As readers may recall the MIAC report profiled certain people as being potential violence-prone militia members including people who supported Presidential candidates Ron Paul Bob Barr and myself In addition anyone who opposed one or more of the following were also included in the list the New World Order the UN gun control the violation of Posse Comitatus the Federal Reserve the Income Tax the Ammunition Accountability Act a possible Constitu-tional Convention the North American Union the Universal Service Program Radio Frequency identification (RFID) abortion on demand or illegal immigration

The MIAC report prompted a firestorm of protest and was eventually rescinded with

the man responsible for its distribution being dismissed from his position The DHS report profiled many of the same people included in the MIAC report and added returning Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans as potentially dangerous extremists

As I have said before it is very likely that when all of the opinions and views of the above lists are counted 75 or more of the American people would be included Yet these government reports would have law enforcement personnel to believe we are all dangerous extremists that need to be watched and guarded against If this was not bad enough a New York congressman has introduced a bill in the House of Representa-tives to deny Second Amendment rights to everyone listed above

According to World Net Daily (WND) May 9 2009 A new gun law being considered in Congress if aligned with Department of Homeland Security memos labeling everyday Americans as potential threats could potentially deny firearms to pro-lifers gun-rights advocates tax protesters animal rights activists and a

host of others - any already on the expansive DHS watch list for potential extremismrdquo

Rep Peter King R-NY has sponsored HR 2159 the Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2009 which permits the attorney general to deny transfer of a firearm to any known or suspected dangerous terrorist The bill requires only that the potential firearm transferee is appropriately suspected of preparing for a terrorist act and that the attorney general has a reasonable belief that the gun might be used in connection with terrorism

Gun rights advocates however object to the bills language arguing that it enables the federal government to suspend a persons Second Amendment rights without any trial or legal proof and only upon suspicion of being dangerous

WND quotes Gun Owners of America Executive Director Larry Pratt as saying

By [DHS] standards Im one of [DHS Secretary] Janet Napolitanos terrorists This bill would enable the attorney general to put all of the people who voted against Obama

on no-gun lists because according to the DHS theyre all potential terrorists Actually we could rename this bill the Janet Napolitano Frenzied Fantasy Implementation Act of 2009

Pratt was also quoted as saying Unbeknownst to us some bureaucrat in the bowels of democracy can put your name on a list and your Second Amendment rights are toast He went on to say This is such an anti-American bill this is something King George III would have done

Now that DHS has established both a list and a lexicon for lsquoextremistsrsquo it looks to Congress to confer upon it police-state-style powers through which these individuals may be disarmed and eventually done away with Rep Peter King is accommodating this goal with HR 2159

Let me ask a reasonable question how long does anyone think it would be after being profiled by DHS and denied the lawful purchase of firearms that those same people would be subjected to gun confiscation And how long do you think it would be before DHS began profiling

It Is Getting Very Serious NowBy Chuck Baldwin

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faith and politicsfaith and politics

In a decision that holds ramifications for churches around the country the Internal Revenue Service found that a non-profit organization that gathered pastors to a series of public policy conferences did not violate the political entanglement laws governing its tax-exempt status

Prompted by a complaint filed by the Texas Freedom Network which calls itself a mainstream voice to counter the religious right the IRS investigated the Houston-based Niemoller Foundation for organizing during the 2006 election season six pastors briefings which included speeches from prominent politicians and training for pastors on urging and registering their congregations to vote Despite charges that the foundation had therefore engaged in political partisan activity in violation of its tax exempt status the IRS investigation found no evidence of political intervention

This liberal attempt to intimidate pastors

has backfired said Kelly Shackelford chief counsel of Liberty Legal Institute which represented event organizers There is now a clear IRS statement outlining these pastors events and approving them as valid under the law

Hiram Sasser director of litigation for the Institute further explained to World Net Daily the ramifications the ruling holds for churches The Niemoller Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization just like a church Sasser explained So by the Niemoller activities being granted as lawful then any church that engages in the same kind of voter education combined with voter registration drives on the moral issues of the day is perfectly fine with the IRS regulations according to the IRS itself

Sasser reiterated The whole point was to educate everyone about the important social issues and get them to go vote and register others to vote and the IRS said this was perfectly okay

The Niemoller Foundation organized six of the pastorsrsquo conferences across the state of Texas from May through September 2006 The events were described as briefings to educate pastors on major moral issues that often intersect with politics such as abortion and same sex marriage And while neither the foundation nor the gatherings endorsed any individual candidates or political party keynote speakers at the conferences included prominent Republican politicians including

Texas Governor Rick Perry who spoke at all six conferences

In its letter to the IRS the Texas Freedom Network complained No other candidate for governor in the 2006 elections ndash including then sitting state Comptroller Carole Stray-horn (a Republican who sought election as an independent in the gubernatorial election) or a Democrat or other independent candidate ndash was invited to attend any of the briefings

Pointing to the selection of speakers and the effort to train pastors in voter registration the Texas Freedom Network accused the Neimoller Foundation of partisan electioneering activities

The complaint alleged the Foundation appears to have served as a partisan voter-mobilization tool for the Perry reelection campaign with affiliated pastors encouraged to use their churches as partisan political extensions of that campaign

After reviewing speeches and other materials from the pastors gatherings however the IRS did not concur The speaker did not state anything that would have been considered political or request any action of the attendees to vote for or against any legislation the IRS ruling released last week states In the speeches provided no political intervention type activity was noted Several other speeches by politicians were provided and reviewed The speeches did not appear to be made in their capacity as a candidate since no solicitation was made

for a vote Also no appeal was made to sway anyone on the issues The speeches did not appear to be political intervention An appeal was made to request attendees to vote and to request their members to register and vote but in each instance observed they were told to vote their values

While the IRS does forbid tax exempt organizations under the 501(c)(3) code from overt political entanglements ndash such as endorsing candidates or requiring mem-bers to vote in a certain way ndash the Liberty Legal Institutes Kelly Shackelford encour-aged churches not to be intimidated into political silence Be careful what you hear from these liberal organizations Shackelford said in a statement They sound very confident and file many complaints yet none are found valid even by the IRS

Laurence White director of the Niemoller Foundation and a Lutheran pastor himself encouraged churches and pastors to get involved We educate churches on moral issues facing our society and encourage them to participate in the democratic process said White in a statement The IRS has unequivocally affirmed the right of pastors nationwide to come together as spokesmen for the Word of God to interact with political leaders historians and scholars in discussing the moral issues under debate within our culture and to assert their biblical responsibility to address such issues from their pulpits

By Drew Zahn copy 2009 WorldNetDaily Reprinted by Permission

Pastors win challenge to political involvementIRS rules voter education on moral issues registration permissible

more and more groups of people thus sub-jecting them to gun confiscation

This was exactly the strategy employed by Adolf Hitler The Jews were the first people denied their civil rights - especially the right to own and possess firearms Of course after disarming Jews the rest of the German citizenry was likewise disarmed And we all know where that led

Im not sure how many of the American people realize that it was the attempted con-fiscation of the colonialists cache of arms in Concord Massachusetts that started Americas War for Independence Yes my friends it was attempted gun confiscation that triggered (pun intended) the shot heard round the world And now it would appear that once again a central government is on the verge of trying to deny the American people their right to keep and bear arms

I am told that as of 2004 50 of the adults in the United States own one or more firearms totaling some 270 million privately

owned firearms nationwide I would venture to say that the vast majority of these gun owners would find themselves matching the DHS profile of a potential lsquoextremistrsquo I wonder how many gun owners realize the way they are now being targeted by their government and just how serious - and how close - the threat of gun confiscation has become

If one doubts the intention of the elitists in government today to deny the American people their right to keep and bear arms consider what former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is purported to have said just a couple of weeks ago Kissinger attended a high-level meeting with Russian President Medvedev that also included former Secretaries of State James Baker and George Shultz for-mer Secretary of Defense William Perry and former Senator Sam Nunn Included in the discussions was Kissingers asser-tion that the American people were now ready to accept a ldquoNew Global Order He

is also reported to have told Medvedev By September well have confiscated

all privately owned guns so it really doesnt matter what we do well still be in charge (Even though the national news media has not reported this statement the Inter-net is abuzz with Kissinger having said it Whether Kissinger actually made that statement or not he and rest of his ilk have repeatedly called for a New World Order in which there will be no constitutional protection for the right to keep and bear arms)

This leads to a very serious question how many of Americas gun owners would allow their government to deny them gun ownership Further how many would passively sit back and allow their guns to be confiscated

As humbly and meekly as I know how to say it ldquoAs for me and my house gun confis-cation is the one act of tyranny that crosses the line Debate discourse discussion and peaceful dissent cease and desist at that point

iTrsquos GeTTiNG seRiOus NOW Continuted from page 13

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Dear DaveA couple of years ago my parents got into

a big financial mess They filed bankruptcy and had to give up their house Now they lived on a fixed income of $2220 a month and my dad is not in good health My wife and I help them out with a little money each month but my sister and her husband donrsquot do much for them Do you think I should lean on her a little bit in an effort to make her pitch in and help

RandyDear RandyIf therersquos one thing Irsquove learned over the

years itrsquos that you canrsquot make another adult behave The only person you can control is the one you look at in mirror every morning Now should a son or daughter want to help their parents especially if one is in poor health and the moneyrsquos tight Absolutely But family relationships are strange animals

Your sister and her husband may have some bruised feelings from something that happened years ago or they may be having money problems of their own At this point all you can do is try to gauge their interest in this idea

For starters Irsquod suggest working up a monthly budget on your parents Irsquom talking about a simple one-page document and show it to your sister and her husband Let them know that mom and dad need a little help and ask if theyrsquod be willing to join you guys by chipping in a little money each month to help out your parents Present the idea as you guys partnering with each other to help out and be sure you donrsquot get into any finger-wagging or lectures about responsibility That kind of stuff is a real turn off and it can get thrown back in your face in a hurry

- Dave

DAVe sAys

Once again the Volcanoes will be having the Faith and Family night at the Volcano Stadium We have picked the date of 17th of August We have a great guest Andrew Palau the son of Luis Palau Andrew has just come back from an evangelistic tour in Guatemala where both he and his father ministered to 425000 souls He will return from Rwanda to be at the Volcanoes This will be a fine time to meet with Andrew and members of his family in the BBQ area Also Andrew Palau will be throwing out the honorary first ball If anyone has a suggestion for additional ideas for that day please let me know

The Faith amp Family Night is a work in progress at this time We are working on a single night for the Catholic Church The Archbishop will be throwing out the first ball If any other denominations with a large amount of churches would like to have a night especially for them apart from the other churches and would like to address the mem-bers in the BBQ area and throw out the first ball please contact me ASAP

Reserve tickets are normally $10 but are discounted $1 as a group We have a GroupBBQ that includes an All You Can Eat BBQ that costs only $1995 This would include a Reserve Seat ticket free souvenir a chance

at a door prize the all you can eat BBQ and a professional single A baseball game You can get just a ticket to a game ($7 $9 $11 $13 $20) as well as the GroupBBQ A group is normally 25 plus individuals It would be a great place to come and meet fellow believers and a place that a church may bring a person that normally would not attend anything with a believer It would be a chance to see the church in public

If you have any suggestions please contact me any idea would be greatly appreciated You are not restricted to the Faith amp Family Night You may wish to set an alternate night that is good for your individual church group

We look forward to having you attend as a church and allow our fans to enjoy your company and for you to be an example as people of faith A special link has been produced for the Faith amp Family event at the park that is done by internet no collecting no holding money and tickets you can print your tickets at your work station or home

Please contact me soon to set up great seats To join in the night just type the following link in your address bar

The link to order tickets to the Faith and Family Night is

volcanoesbaseballcomngfaithhtm

Faith and Family night at Volcanos stadium

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Flavius Claudius Constantinus (Constan-tine) defeated Emperor Valerius Licinianus in 324 AD ending most persecution of the Christian church but making way for an even greater confrontation

Though Constantine himself was involved in sun god worship his empire was predominantly Christian in one form or another Emperor Constantine called for the bishops to convene and directed them to come to a decision that would keep the empire unified in Christendom The council was represented by two main branches of Christianity - Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox (the early Christians were catholic pre-protestant movement)

However the first to follow the risen

Messiah were not Christians or Catholics but were Hebrews and Jews of the sect called The Way (Acts 92 amp 1923) Constantine mixed portions of the truth of the Jewish Messiah and created new forms of worship making it difficult for Jews and Biblical followers of The Way to follow Yahweh the God of the Bible

How does that effect me Irsquom not JewishHeb 512 ldquoFor though by this time you

ought to be teachers you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God and you have come to need milk and not solid foodrdquo

Rom 31-2 ldquoWhat advantage then has the Jew or what is the profit of circumcision

Much in every way Chiefly because to them were committed the oracles of Godrdquo

Acts 738-41 ldquoThis is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the Angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai and with our fathers the one who received the living oracles to give to us whom our fathers would not obey but rejected And in their hearts they turned back to Egypt saying to Aaron lsquoMake us gods to go before us as for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt we do not know what has become of himrsquo And they made a calf in those days offered sacrifices to the idol and rejoiced in the works of their own handsrdquo

In effect Constantine the sun god

worshiper set aside the very people whom Yahweh God had entrusted with His own instructions for holy or ldquoset apartrdquo living -- ldquothe Jewsrdquo Instead he oppressed the ones that the scripture says were given the authority of Yahwehrsquos oracles Instead of staying in the true worship of YHWH as given to Moses and explained in full by the Messiah Yahshua (Jesus the Savior and Messiah) he did just what the children of Israel did in the wilderness by mixing the true faith of Yahweh with pagan worship

It is incumbent on each of us to call things holy and ldquoset apartrdquo that YHWH identifies and toss the rest to the dung pile of history

A Teaching from Torah to the TribesBy Even Baruch

You face difficult challenges in matters such as achieving peace in the Middle East and protecting America from the threat of radical Islam and terrorism These are challenges that have vexed past presidents going as far back as our second president John Adams I have no doubt you appreci-ate both the gravity of these challenges and the enormous obstacles that exist to solving them

I also have no doubt that you and your staff understood that no matter what you said in your speech last Thursday in Cairo there would be those who would take issue with you That is always the case when attempting to solve problems that are as deep and emotionally-laden as these challenges are

I am assuming it is your sincere hope that the approach you have chosen to take as evidenced by what Im sure was a carefully crafted speech will ultimately prove successful However it pains

me to say this sir but while you said in your speech that you are a student of history it is abundantly clear that in these matters you do not know history and thus as Santayana noted you are doomed to repeat it In doing so your efforts however well-intentioned they may be will not produce what you profess to hope they will produce

A wise man once said that if you start with the wrong assumptions no matter how logical your reasoning is you will end up with the wrong conclusion With all due respect Mr President you are starting with certain assumptions that are unsupported by history and an objective study of the ideology of political Islam

You began in your speech by asserting that tensions exist between the United States and Muslims around the world which of course is correct Unfortunately you then proceeded incorrectly to lay virtually all the blame for these tensions at the feet of America and the West You blamed western colonialism the

Cold War and even globalismA student of American history who is

not trying to reconstruct it to fit a modern politically correct narrative would state that tensions between America and Muslims began with the unprovoked four-decades long assault by the Muslim Barbary pirates against American shipping in the late 18th and early 19th centuries I find it telling that you mentioned the Treaty of Tripoli in your speech but ignored the circumstances that led to it That treaty was but one of numerous attempts by the United States to achieve peace with the jihadists of the Barbary Coast who were attacking our shipping and killing and enslaving our citizens and our soldiers and who by their own admission were doing so to fulfill the call to jihad

These jihadists were not acting to protest American foreign policy which was decidedly isolationist and there was no state of Israel

to scapegoat They were doing what countless Islamic jihadists have done throughout history acting upon the hundreds of passages in the Quran and the Hadith that call upon faithful Muslims to kill conquer or subjugate the infidel

Dear Mr President By Brigitte Gabriel

Continued on wwwthejctowncom

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A capitalist these days has become anath-ema among many historical revisionists lib-eral universities and think tanks This word is defined in our dictionaries as an econom-ic system in which investment in and owner-ship of the means of production distribution and exchange of wealth (capital) is made and maintained chiefly by private investors

or corporations In other words how one succeeds depends on himself and his own willingness and desire This too is the basic scriptural definition for capital comes from the Hebrew chafatz In Hebrew the ch has a k sound and the f has an alternative hard p sound As the word evolved through

Capitalism

An amateur Biblical archeologist who claimed to have found the Ark of the Covenant directly below the crucifixion site of Jesus Christ died after giving a deathbed interview to WorldNetDaily Noahs Ark Sodom and Gomorrah the Ark of the Covenant the crucifixion site of Jesus Christ and more have been the subject of controversial claims made by Ron Wyatt who spent much of his life documenting sites and events from the Bible

On August 9 1999 Ron Wyatt died following a lengthy battle with cancer just a few days after his last telephone inter-view His quest to provide information that would lead to more people accepting the teachings of the Bible continues at Wyatt Archaeological Research a non-profit non-denominational organization in Tennessee

According to Wyatt he was able to physically locate the Ark of the Covenant the container for the original tablets of the Ten Commandments with the Mercy Seat intact on the top It was found in a chamber just outside the walls of ancient Jerusalem about 20 feet below what Wyatt also claimed was the actual site of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ

Wyatt said he found an earthquake crack directly below where the cross would have been When Christ died the earth quaked The rock was split right below His cross and this crevice extended right down into the hidden chamber which contained the unde-filed earthly Throne of God -- the Ark with its Mercy Seat explained Wyatt in one of his research letters After Christ was dead when the centurion stuck his spear into His side and pierced His spleen the blood and water came out falling down through

that crack and was sprinkled on the Mercy Seat

The crucifixion site was found on the side of the Golgotha hill or Place of the Skull just outside the old north wall of Jerusalem not far from the Garden Tomb It was discovered under many feet of soil with actual holes in the rock where crosses were placed and niches in the rock wall behind where three signs were placed The large circular stone used to cover the garden tomb was also located there and it was all surrounded by the foundation of a first century building The central main cross hole has an earthquake crack beside it

The Bible teaches the concept of sacrifice of animals symbolic of the actual blood sacrifice Christ would make During this ancient rite the High Priest was the only one who could physi-cally sprinkle the blood on the Mercy Seat Wyatt said it was an act of God that everything was in the right place and there was an earthquake By permitting himself to be sacrificed Christ regarded by the Bible as the great High Priest was able to place his own blood upon the Mercy Seat as that great and final act in the process of blood sacrifice

Wyatt believed that the Ark of the Covenant along with other sacred objects from the first Temple in Jerusalem were all secreted away just prior to the entrance of the Babylonians into the city about 600 years before the crucifixion of Jesus Christ There are many tunnels beneath Jerusalem even to this day These most sacred objects were protected in a chamber and the entrance was sealed and hidden

Photographic evidence of Wyattrsquos site was obtained and then the site was covered back over with 12 feet of dirt and a garden

established Wyatt says it was landscaped to avoid controversy The entrance to the system of caves and tunnels found by the Wyatt team in the cliff wall was also sealed over

Wyatt claimed that he was authorized to make his excavations by the Antiquities Department but that bureaucrats within that agency insisted that his findings must be kept secret Wyatt has made public a significant amount of his research and findings but he has withheld certain documents and photographs to comply with the agreement he made with Israeli officials His refusal to provide everything resulted in criticism from some

Wyatt did not make any claims of grandeur nor did he claim to be a prophet He said his only role was to be a willing servant God has a way of communicating his wishes to people and Im not the only one able to do that so I dont flatter myself to think that Im something special I was there I was willing so therefore God allowed me this privilege There are others who are in communication with Him There are others who are familiar with this material and will see that it is presented Wyatt told WorldNetDaily just before his death

Wyatt explained Theyve been taught something else all their life So God is doing this show-and-tell through these revelations and these discoveries to prove to them real quick that the Bible is historically accurate and divinely inspired He referenced Jeremiah 1619-21 predicting unbelievers will come from all parts of the earth to learn of the discoveries

ldquoO Lord my strength and my fortress My refuge in the day of affliction The Gentiles shall come to You from the ends of the earth and say lsquoSurely our fathers have lies vanity and things wherein there is no profitrsquo

Shall a man make gods unto himself which are not gods

Therefore behold I will this once cause them to know I will cause them to know My hand and My might and they shall know that My name is the Lord

Wyatt continued This last revelation is for the inhabitants of the earth who dont have a clue as well as for those of us who do have a clue and have been commissioned by Christ to reach out to help bring these people who dont have a clue into the fold These are tools that God has given the believers to strengthen their faith and to use to reach out They are tools that will be extremely effective in the last pouring out to the entire population all inhabitants of the earth

WorldNetDaily has examined extensive evidence regarding the various claims and discoveries made by Wyatt Several critics have been found who have voiced their opinion that the work of Wyatt Archeological Research is fraudulent but no evidence was found to support those charges The evidence is sufficient to conclude that Wyatts team conducted the claimed archeological digs and investigations

WorldNetDaily is not qualified to determine the value of the evidence Wyatt was given a deathbed opportunity to either reaffirm or recant his claims He chose to reaffirm all that he has claimed without hesitation

the European language it become capit(al)This word scripturally refers to both

mans and YHVHs sovereign ability to seek lawfully what he desires This is part of our constitution life liberty and the pursuit of happiness Here are some examples of this word

Mizmor 12But his DELIGHT is in the law of YHVH

and in his law doth he meditate day and night

Mishlei 3113She seeketh wool and flax and worketh

WILLINGLY with her handsYeshayahu 5310Yet it PLEASED YHVH to bruise him

he hath put him to grief when thou shalt

make his soul an offering for sin he shall see his seed he shall prolong his days and the PLEASURE of YHVH shall prosper in his hand

Yeshayahu 5511So shall my word be that goeth forth out

of my mouth it shall not return unto me void but it shall accomplish that which I PLEASE and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it

Mizmor 1356Whatsoever YHVH PLEASED that did

he in heaven and in earth in the seas and all deep places

I be l ieve YHVH was qui te the capi ta l i s t

Shalom Alecheim

Has the Ark of the Covenant been foundBy Jamie Louis

Can be heard weekdays at 730 am amp 800 pm KPJC AM 1220 and

streaming live at wwwthejctowncom

Can be heard daily at 830 am on

KPJC AM 1220

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streaming live at wwwthejctowncom KPJC AM 1220

R Bechaye writes that when Gods presence filled the Tabernacle He said Today I am causing My Presence to rest among you if you sin My Presence will leave you But when Messiah comes My Presence will remain with you permanently Now you see the Divine Presence through fire but with the advent of the Messiah you will see it clearly revealed as it is written For eye to eye shall they see when God returns to Zion (Tzenah Urenah)

CommentaryThen God spoke all these words saying

I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt out of the house of slavery (Exodus 201-2)

The Festival of Shavuot (Pentecost) is the anniversary of the giving of the Torah and the giving of the Holy Spirit As part of the commemoration the Ten Command-ments are read publicly in the Assembly on the Feast of Shavuot

According to the traditional reckoning the first commandment is simply I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt out of the house of slavery (Exodus 201-2)

The first commandment is to believe in God and to accept His claim of ownership

over us Unless we accept the basic premise of Gods existence no number of commandments will have any authority or meaning for us The need for such a command demonstrates the incongruity of ascribing to morality without believing in a moral authority If we accept the premise of objective morality we must accept that there is a higher authority issuing that objective standard

We also learn from this that redemption must precede commandments Before we can receive the Torah we must already be saved Israels salvation from Egypt was not accorded to her on the basis of her obedience to the commandments She was already redeemed (on no merit of her own) before the laws at Sinai were given to her Thus the first declaration at Sinai is a reminder of their redeemed status Only BECAUSE they are already saved are they able to receive the commands of God

True legalism continually attempts to reverse this process by claiming that ones obedience to certain commandments (or all the commandments) is the mechanism by which salvation is earned The first of the Ten Commandments directly contradicts this notion Salvation and relationship with God precedes the Torah

Redemption and Torah

A recent Newsmax cover story featured a lengthy discussion about the return of Jesus and possible apocalyptic events According to the feature ldquopublic buzz about the Biblical last days is at its highest level since 911rdquo The Pew Research Center recntly found that 79 of American Christians believe in the Second Coming of Christ Today the doomsday prophet is not some bearded man with a placard proclaiming ldquothe end is nearrdquo Instead gloom and doom seems to be the message of newspapers the Internet and television News headlines read like Bible prophecy ldquoAnd great earthquakes shall be in divers places and famines and pestilences and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heavenrdquo Luke 2111

On any given day there are wars in 30 to 40 nations in the world Rumors of wars swarm about Israel Iran and Korea Over seven million people have died since 1970 due to war

Pestilence continues to grow as new ldquosuper bugsrdquo are becoming resistant to drug treatment The H1N1 swine flu is spreading faster than the Center for Disease Control can track And the HIV Aids virus has killed more than 25 million since 1981 HIV is at pandemic levels in many areas including China Asia and Africa

Famine as well is wide spread throughout the planet The World Health Organization estimates that one-third of the world is under-fed while another one-third is starving Every 36 seconds someone dies of hunger

Such horrible news isnrsquot new The world has always had false messiahs wars ethnic violence starvation disease and earthquakes The Savior said that the last days would see such events increase in frequency and size ldquoFor nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom and there shall be famines and pestilences and earthquakes in diverse places All these are the beginning of birth pangsrdquo Matthew 247-8

Perhaps the surest sign that time is short is the return of the nation of Israel to the Middle East To Israel the Almighty said ldquoI will take you from among the heathen and gather you out of all countries and will bring you into your own landrdquo Ezekiel 3624 Many prophecy teachers consider the reestablishment of Jerusalem as the capital city as THE sign of an impending apocalypse ldquoAnd they shall fall by the edge of the sword and shall be led away captive into all nations and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilledrdquo Luke 2124 The Messiah promised that the generation that saw such a miracle would certainly behold His return (Matthew 2434)

Does this mean that the return of Jesus is imminent Well many sorrows have begun but there is still more that must occur before the eastern sky splits To state that ldquoJesus could return at any timerdquo is to ignore numerous statements in the Scripture about the rise of an anti-Christ leader and a huge world war against the tiny nation of Israel

How can a person prepare for the coming of Revelation What should someone do about the mark of the beast Some believers are storing food while others are learning survival skills Many are buying gold in anticipation of the collapse of the dollar The Savior addresses such a dilemma when He said ldquoWatch and pray always that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things and stand before the Son of Manrdquo Luke 2136 The world will come to an end one day

Between now and then itrsquos important to focus on Spiritual growth The pursuit of holiness will guide the believer through whatever the future holds Listen to the voice of the Spirit If you are led to take certain precautions then do so Donrsquot allow fear of Armageddon stop you from living an abundant life

Need for Gloom and DoomThe truth about the end of daysBy Daniel Rendelman

July 30 2009

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faith and politicsfaith and politics

Continued on page 14

According to ldquoOnenewsnowrdquo writer Jim Brown Author and political commentator Newt Gingrich of American Solutions calls President Obamas tax program a war against churches and charities Gingrich accuses President Obama of deliberately trying to take away the charitable deduction for successful people so they will not give as much money to churches or charities

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich goes on to say that President Obamas plan to raise taxes on upper-income earners is designed to create bigger government and a more secular America

I think theres a clear desire to replace the church with a bureaucracy and to replace peoples right to worship together with

a government-dominated system he contends

The former House Speaker says the Obama administration is talking seriously about taking away the right of conscience in terms of performing abortions

This is the most aggressive militant secular program I can remember Gingrich admits And I think you have to be really clearly aware that they want an America which is radically different than the country which was created by those pioneers who first landed back in 1607 at Cape Henry and erected a cross to thank God for having allowed them to cross the Atlantic Ocean

Brown goes on to say that Gingrich believes people often forget that the first act of the first successful American colony was to erect a cross at Cape Henry to thank God for the i r surv iva l and the i r sa lva t ion and then to go up to James town to found the co lony

Obamas war against churches and charities

Does the Quran advocate violence toward non-Muslims

Read the following Quran quotes The only reward of those who make war

upon Allah and His messenger and strive after corruption in the land will be that they will be killed or crucified or have their hands and feet on alternate sides cut off or will be expelled out of the land(Quran Surah 533)

beware of them lest they seduce you from some part of that which Allah has revealed to you And if they turn away know that Allahs will is to smite them(Quran Surah 549)

Take not the Jews and Christians for friends They are friends one to another He among you who takes them for friends is one of them Lo Allah guides not these wrongdoing people (Quran Surah 551)

And let not those who disbelieve suppose that they can overcome Lo They cannot escape Make ready for them all you can by armed force(Quran Surah 859-60a)

slay the idolaters wherever you find them and take them captive and besiege them and prepare to ambush them But if they repent and establish

[Islamic] worshiptheir way is free Lo Allah is forgiving and Merciful (Quran Surah 95)

Strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites Be harsh with them(Quran Surah 973)

You can make your own judgments about Islam based on your experience what you read and what you know or you can listen to the advocates of ldquopeacerdquo and be deceived by the End-time Beast system that is joining with the ecumenism of the world system and Rome

Whether you are Catholic Protestant Mormon or a New Age Seeker without the firm foundation found in the whole Word of Yahweh (God) including the original covenant Books of the Torah you will be deceived Times are changing and despite popular doctrines to the contrary even those who believe the truth will suffer Tribula-tion A major part of that persecution starts from within the ldquoChurchrdquo against each other especially those who practice the faith of our Fathers Abraham Isaac Jacob and Moses and will spread to the acceptance of a false religion that is a Christian blend accepting of Islam (Rev 1217)

Be careful The choices you make have eternal consequences

Quotes From the Quran-Koran on the Peaceful Nature of the Islamic faithBy Don Wyant Jr

First it was a Missouri Analysis and Information Center (MIAC) report then it was a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report now it is a New York congress-mans bill Each of these items taken on their own is problematic enough taken together they portend a clear and present danger to the liberties of the American people It is getting very serious now

As readers may recall the MIAC report profiled certain people as being potential violence-prone militia members including people who supported Presidential candidates Ron Paul Bob Barr and myself In addition anyone who opposed one or more of the following were also included in the list the New World Order the UN gun control the violation of Posse Comitatus the Federal Reserve the Income Tax the Ammunition Accountability Act a possible Constitu-tional Convention the North American Union the Universal Service Program Radio Frequency identification (RFID) abortion on demand or illegal immigration

The MIAC report prompted a firestorm of protest and was eventually rescinded with

the man responsible for its distribution being dismissed from his position The DHS report profiled many of the same people included in the MIAC report and added returning Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans as potentially dangerous extremists

As I have said before it is very likely that when all of the opinions and views of the above lists are counted 75 or more of the American people would be included Yet these government reports would have law enforcement personnel to believe we are all dangerous extremists that need to be watched and guarded against If this was not bad enough a New York congressman has introduced a bill in the House of Representa-tives to deny Second Amendment rights to everyone listed above

According to World Net Daily (WND) May 9 2009 A new gun law being considered in Congress if aligned with Department of Homeland Security memos labeling everyday Americans as potential threats could potentially deny firearms to pro-lifers gun-rights advocates tax protesters animal rights activists and a

host of others - any already on the expansive DHS watch list for potential extremismrdquo

Rep Peter King R-NY has sponsored HR 2159 the Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2009 which permits the attorney general to deny transfer of a firearm to any known or suspected dangerous terrorist The bill requires only that the potential firearm transferee is appropriately suspected of preparing for a terrorist act and that the attorney general has a reasonable belief that the gun might be used in connection with terrorism

Gun rights advocates however object to the bills language arguing that it enables the federal government to suspend a persons Second Amendment rights without any trial or legal proof and only upon suspicion of being dangerous

WND quotes Gun Owners of America Executive Director Larry Pratt as saying

By [DHS] standards Im one of [DHS Secretary] Janet Napolitanos terrorists This bill would enable the attorney general to put all of the people who voted against Obama

on no-gun lists because according to the DHS theyre all potential terrorists Actually we could rename this bill the Janet Napolitano Frenzied Fantasy Implementation Act of 2009

Pratt was also quoted as saying Unbeknownst to us some bureaucrat in the bowels of democracy can put your name on a list and your Second Amendment rights are toast He went on to say This is such an anti-American bill this is something King George III would have done

Now that DHS has established both a list and a lexicon for lsquoextremistsrsquo it looks to Congress to confer upon it police-state-style powers through which these individuals may be disarmed and eventually done away with Rep Peter King is accommodating this goal with HR 2159

Let me ask a reasonable question how long does anyone think it would be after being profiled by DHS and denied the lawful purchase of firearms that those same people would be subjected to gun confiscation And how long do you think it would be before DHS began profiling

It Is Getting Very Serious NowBy Chuck Baldwin

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faith and politicsfaith and politics

In a decision that holds ramifications for churches around the country the Internal Revenue Service found that a non-profit organization that gathered pastors to a series of public policy conferences did not violate the political entanglement laws governing its tax-exempt status

Prompted by a complaint filed by the Texas Freedom Network which calls itself a mainstream voice to counter the religious right the IRS investigated the Houston-based Niemoller Foundation for organizing during the 2006 election season six pastors briefings which included speeches from prominent politicians and training for pastors on urging and registering their congregations to vote Despite charges that the foundation had therefore engaged in political partisan activity in violation of its tax exempt status the IRS investigation found no evidence of political intervention

This liberal attempt to intimidate pastors

has backfired said Kelly Shackelford chief counsel of Liberty Legal Institute which represented event organizers There is now a clear IRS statement outlining these pastors events and approving them as valid under the law

Hiram Sasser director of litigation for the Institute further explained to World Net Daily the ramifications the ruling holds for churches The Niemoller Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization just like a church Sasser explained So by the Niemoller activities being granted as lawful then any church that engages in the same kind of voter education combined with voter registration drives on the moral issues of the day is perfectly fine with the IRS regulations according to the IRS itself

Sasser reiterated The whole point was to educate everyone about the important social issues and get them to go vote and register others to vote and the IRS said this was perfectly okay

The Niemoller Foundation organized six of the pastorsrsquo conferences across the state of Texas from May through September 2006 The events were described as briefings to educate pastors on major moral issues that often intersect with politics such as abortion and same sex marriage And while neither the foundation nor the gatherings endorsed any individual candidates or political party keynote speakers at the conferences included prominent Republican politicians including

Texas Governor Rick Perry who spoke at all six conferences

In its letter to the IRS the Texas Freedom Network complained No other candidate for governor in the 2006 elections ndash including then sitting state Comptroller Carole Stray-horn (a Republican who sought election as an independent in the gubernatorial election) or a Democrat or other independent candidate ndash was invited to attend any of the briefings

Pointing to the selection of speakers and the effort to train pastors in voter registration the Texas Freedom Network accused the Neimoller Foundation of partisan electioneering activities

The complaint alleged the Foundation appears to have served as a partisan voter-mobilization tool for the Perry reelection campaign with affiliated pastors encouraged to use their churches as partisan political extensions of that campaign

After reviewing speeches and other materials from the pastors gatherings however the IRS did not concur The speaker did not state anything that would have been considered political or request any action of the attendees to vote for or against any legislation the IRS ruling released last week states In the speeches provided no political intervention type activity was noted Several other speeches by politicians were provided and reviewed The speeches did not appear to be made in their capacity as a candidate since no solicitation was made

for a vote Also no appeal was made to sway anyone on the issues The speeches did not appear to be political intervention An appeal was made to request attendees to vote and to request their members to register and vote but in each instance observed they were told to vote their values

While the IRS does forbid tax exempt organizations under the 501(c)(3) code from overt political entanglements ndash such as endorsing candidates or requiring mem-bers to vote in a certain way ndash the Liberty Legal Institutes Kelly Shackelford encour-aged churches not to be intimidated into political silence Be careful what you hear from these liberal organizations Shackelford said in a statement They sound very confident and file many complaints yet none are found valid even by the IRS

Laurence White director of the Niemoller Foundation and a Lutheran pastor himself encouraged churches and pastors to get involved We educate churches on moral issues facing our society and encourage them to participate in the democratic process said White in a statement The IRS has unequivocally affirmed the right of pastors nationwide to come together as spokesmen for the Word of God to interact with political leaders historians and scholars in discussing the moral issues under debate within our culture and to assert their biblical responsibility to address such issues from their pulpits

By Drew Zahn copy 2009 WorldNetDaily Reprinted by Permission

Pastors win challenge to political involvementIRS rules voter education on moral issues registration permissible

more and more groups of people thus sub-jecting them to gun confiscation

This was exactly the strategy employed by Adolf Hitler The Jews were the first people denied their civil rights - especially the right to own and possess firearms Of course after disarming Jews the rest of the German citizenry was likewise disarmed And we all know where that led

Im not sure how many of the American people realize that it was the attempted con-fiscation of the colonialists cache of arms in Concord Massachusetts that started Americas War for Independence Yes my friends it was attempted gun confiscation that triggered (pun intended) the shot heard round the world And now it would appear that once again a central government is on the verge of trying to deny the American people their right to keep and bear arms

I am told that as of 2004 50 of the adults in the United States own one or more firearms totaling some 270 million privately

owned firearms nationwide I would venture to say that the vast majority of these gun owners would find themselves matching the DHS profile of a potential lsquoextremistrsquo I wonder how many gun owners realize the way they are now being targeted by their government and just how serious - and how close - the threat of gun confiscation has become

If one doubts the intention of the elitists in government today to deny the American people their right to keep and bear arms consider what former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is purported to have said just a couple of weeks ago Kissinger attended a high-level meeting with Russian President Medvedev that also included former Secretaries of State James Baker and George Shultz for-mer Secretary of Defense William Perry and former Senator Sam Nunn Included in the discussions was Kissingers asser-tion that the American people were now ready to accept a ldquoNew Global Order He

is also reported to have told Medvedev By September well have confiscated

all privately owned guns so it really doesnt matter what we do well still be in charge (Even though the national news media has not reported this statement the Inter-net is abuzz with Kissinger having said it Whether Kissinger actually made that statement or not he and rest of his ilk have repeatedly called for a New World Order in which there will be no constitutional protection for the right to keep and bear arms)

This leads to a very serious question how many of Americas gun owners would allow their government to deny them gun ownership Further how many would passively sit back and allow their guns to be confiscated

As humbly and meekly as I know how to say it ldquoAs for me and my house gun confis-cation is the one act of tyranny that crosses the line Debate discourse discussion and peaceful dissent cease and desist at that point

iTrsquos GeTTiNG seRiOus NOW Continuted from page 13

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Flavius Claudius Constantinus (Constan-tine) defeated Emperor Valerius Licinianus in 324 AD ending most persecution of the Christian church but making way for an even greater confrontation

Though Constantine himself was involved in sun god worship his empire was predominantly Christian in one form or another Emperor Constantine called for the bishops to convene and directed them to come to a decision that would keep the empire unified in Christendom The council was represented by two main branches of Christianity - Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox (the early Christians were catholic pre-protestant movement)

However the first to follow the risen

Messiah were not Christians or Catholics but were Hebrews and Jews of the sect called The Way (Acts 92 amp 1923) Constantine mixed portions of the truth of the Jewish Messiah and created new forms of worship making it difficult for Jews and Biblical followers of The Way to follow Yahweh the God of the Bible

How does that effect me Irsquom not JewishHeb 512 ldquoFor though by this time you

ought to be teachers you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God and you have come to need milk and not solid foodrdquo

Rom 31-2 ldquoWhat advantage then has the Jew or what is the profit of circumcision

Much in every way Chiefly because to them were committed the oracles of Godrdquo

Acts 738-41 ldquoThis is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the Angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai and with our fathers the one who received the living oracles to give to us whom our fathers would not obey but rejected And in their hearts they turned back to Egypt saying to Aaron lsquoMake us gods to go before us as for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt we do not know what has become of himrsquo And they made a calf in those days offered sacrifices to the idol and rejoiced in the works of their own handsrdquo

In effect Constantine the sun god

worshiper set aside the very people whom Yahweh God had entrusted with His own instructions for holy or ldquoset apartrdquo living -- ldquothe Jewsrdquo Instead he oppressed the ones that the scripture says were given the authority of Yahwehrsquos oracles Instead of staying in the true worship of YHWH as given to Moses and explained in full by the Messiah Yahshua (Jesus the Savior and Messiah) he did just what the children of Israel did in the wilderness by mixing the true faith of Yahweh with pagan worship

It is incumbent on each of us to call things holy and ldquoset apartrdquo that YHWH identifies and toss the rest to the dung pile of history

A Teaching from Torah to the TribesBy Even Baruch

You face difficult challenges in matters such as achieving peace in the Middle East and protecting America from the threat of radical Islam and terrorism These are challenges that have vexed past presidents going as far back as our second president John Adams I have no doubt you appreci-ate both the gravity of these challenges and the enormous obstacles that exist to solving them

I also have no doubt that you and your staff understood that no matter what you said in your speech last Thursday in Cairo there would be those who would take issue with you That is always the case when attempting to solve problems that are as deep and emotionally-laden as these challenges are

I am assuming it is your sincere hope that the approach you have chosen to take as evidenced by what Im sure was a carefully crafted speech will ultimately prove successful However it pains

me to say this sir but while you said in your speech that you are a student of history it is abundantly clear that in these matters you do not know history and thus as Santayana noted you are doomed to repeat it In doing so your efforts however well-intentioned they may be will not produce what you profess to hope they will produce

A wise man once said that if you start with the wrong assumptions no matter how logical your reasoning is you will end up with the wrong conclusion With all due respect Mr President you are starting with certain assumptions that are unsupported by history and an objective study of the ideology of political Islam

You began in your speech by asserting that tensions exist between the United States and Muslims around the world which of course is correct Unfortunately you then proceeded incorrectly to lay virtually all the blame for these tensions at the feet of America and the West You blamed western colonialism the

Cold War and even globalismA student of American history who is

not trying to reconstruct it to fit a modern politically correct narrative would state that tensions between America and Muslims began with the unprovoked four-decades long assault by the Muslim Barbary pirates against American shipping in the late 18th and early 19th centuries I find it telling that you mentioned the Treaty of Tripoli in your speech but ignored the circumstances that led to it That treaty was but one of numerous attempts by the United States to achieve peace with the jihadists of the Barbary Coast who were attacking our shipping and killing and enslaving our citizens and our soldiers and who by their own admission were doing so to fulfill the call to jihad

These jihadists were not acting to protest American foreign policy which was decidedly isolationist and there was no state of Israel

to scapegoat They were doing what countless Islamic jihadists have done throughout history acting upon the hundreds of passages in the Quran and the Hadith that call upon faithful Muslims to kill conquer or subjugate the infidel

Dear Mr President By Brigitte Gabriel

Continued on wwwthejctowncom

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roots of our faithroots of our faith

A capitalist these days has become anath-ema among many historical revisionists lib-eral universities and think tanks This word is defined in our dictionaries as an econom-ic system in which investment in and owner-ship of the means of production distribution and exchange of wealth (capital) is made and maintained chiefly by private investors

or corporations In other words how one succeeds depends on himself and his own willingness and desire This too is the basic scriptural definition for capital comes from the Hebrew chafatz In Hebrew the ch has a k sound and the f has an alternative hard p sound As the word evolved through

Capitalism

An amateur Biblical archeologist who claimed to have found the Ark of the Covenant directly below the crucifixion site of Jesus Christ died after giving a deathbed interview to WorldNetDaily Noahs Ark Sodom and Gomorrah the Ark of the Covenant the crucifixion site of Jesus Christ and more have been the subject of controversial claims made by Ron Wyatt who spent much of his life documenting sites and events from the Bible

On August 9 1999 Ron Wyatt died following a lengthy battle with cancer just a few days after his last telephone inter-view His quest to provide information that would lead to more people accepting the teachings of the Bible continues at Wyatt Archaeological Research a non-profit non-denominational organization in Tennessee

According to Wyatt he was able to physically locate the Ark of the Covenant the container for the original tablets of the Ten Commandments with the Mercy Seat intact on the top It was found in a chamber just outside the walls of ancient Jerusalem about 20 feet below what Wyatt also claimed was the actual site of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ

Wyatt said he found an earthquake crack directly below where the cross would have been When Christ died the earth quaked The rock was split right below His cross and this crevice extended right down into the hidden chamber which contained the unde-filed earthly Throne of God -- the Ark with its Mercy Seat explained Wyatt in one of his research letters After Christ was dead when the centurion stuck his spear into His side and pierced His spleen the blood and water came out falling down through

that crack and was sprinkled on the Mercy Seat

The crucifixion site was found on the side of the Golgotha hill or Place of the Skull just outside the old north wall of Jerusalem not far from the Garden Tomb It was discovered under many feet of soil with actual holes in the rock where crosses were placed and niches in the rock wall behind where three signs were placed The large circular stone used to cover the garden tomb was also located there and it was all surrounded by the foundation of a first century building The central main cross hole has an earthquake crack beside it

The Bible teaches the concept of sacrifice of animals symbolic of the actual blood sacrifice Christ would make During this ancient rite the High Priest was the only one who could physi-cally sprinkle the blood on the Mercy Seat Wyatt said it was an act of God that everything was in the right place and there was an earthquake By permitting himself to be sacrificed Christ regarded by the Bible as the great High Priest was able to place his own blood upon the Mercy Seat as that great and final act in the process of blood sacrifice

Wyatt believed that the Ark of the Covenant along with other sacred objects from the first Temple in Jerusalem were all secreted away just prior to the entrance of the Babylonians into the city about 600 years before the crucifixion of Jesus Christ There are many tunnels beneath Jerusalem even to this day These most sacred objects were protected in a chamber and the entrance was sealed and hidden

Photographic evidence of Wyattrsquos site was obtained and then the site was covered back over with 12 feet of dirt and a garden

established Wyatt says it was landscaped to avoid controversy The entrance to the system of caves and tunnels found by the Wyatt team in the cliff wall was also sealed over

Wyatt claimed that he was authorized to make his excavations by the Antiquities Department but that bureaucrats within that agency insisted that his findings must be kept secret Wyatt has made public a significant amount of his research and findings but he has withheld certain documents and photographs to comply with the agreement he made with Israeli officials His refusal to provide everything resulted in criticism from some

Wyatt did not make any claims of grandeur nor did he claim to be a prophet He said his only role was to be a willing servant God has a way of communicating his wishes to people and Im not the only one able to do that so I dont flatter myself to think that Im something special I was there I was willing so therefore God allowed me this privilege There are others who are in communication with Him There are others who are familiar with this material and will see that it is presented Wyatt told WorldNetDaily just before his death

Wyatt explained Theyve been taught something else all their life So God is doing this show-and-tell through these revelations and these discoveries to prove to them real quick that the Bible is historically accurate and divinely inspired He referenced Jeremiah 1619-21 predicting unbelievers will come from all parts of the earth to learn of the discoveries

ldquoO Lord my strength and my fortress My refuge in the day of affliction The Gentiles shall come to You from the ends of the earth and say lsquoSurely our fathers have lies vanity and things wherein there is no profitrsquo

Shall a man make gods unto himself which are not gods

Therefore behold I will this once cause them to know I will cause them to know My hand and My might and they shall know that My name is the Lord

Wyatt continued This last revelation is for the inhabitants of the earth who dont have a clue as well as for those of us who do have a clue and have been commissioned by Christ to reach out to help bring these people who dont have a clue into the fold These are tools that God has given the believers to strengthen their faith and to use to reach out They are tools that will be extremely effective in the last pouring out to the entire population all inhabitants of the earth

WorldNetDaily has examined extensive evidence regarding the various claims and discoveries made by Wyatt Several critics have been found who have voiced their opinion that the work of Wyatt Archeological Research is fraudulent but no evidence was found to support those charges The evidence is sufficient to conclude that Wyatts team conducted the claimed archeological digs and investigations

WorldNetDaily is not qualified to determine the value of the evidence Wyatt was given a deathbed opportunity to either reaffirm or recant his claims He chose to reaffirm all that he has claimed without hesitation

the European language it become capit(al)This word scripturally refers to both

mans and YHVHs sovereign ability to seek lawfully what he desires This is part of our constitution life liberty and the pursuit of happiness Here are some examples of this word

Mizmor 12But his DELIGHT is in the law of YHVH

and in his law doth he meditate day and night

Mishlei 3113She seeketh wool and flax and worketh

WILLINGLY with her handsYeshayahu 5310Yet it PLEASED YHVH to bruise him

he hath put him to grief when thou shalt

make his soul an offering for sin he shall see his seed he shall prolong his days and the PLEASURE of YHVH shall prosper in his hand

Yeshayahu 5511So shall my word be that goeth forth out

of my mouth it shall not return unto me void but it shall accomplish that which I PLEASE and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it

Mizmor 1356Whatsoever YHVH PLEASED that did

he in heaven and in earth in the seas and all deep places

I be l ieve YHVH was qui te the capi ta l i s t

Shalom Alecheim

Has the Ark of the Covenant been foundBy Jamie Louis

Can be heard weekdays at 730 am amp 800 pm KPJC AM 1220 and

streaming live at wwwthejctowncom

Can be heard daily at 830 am on

KPJC AM 1220

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streaming live at wwwthejctowncom KPJC AM 1220

R Bechaye writes that when Gods presence filled the Tabernacle He said Today I am causing My Presence to rest among you if you sin My Presence will leave you But when Messiah comes My Presence will remain with you permanently Now you see the Divine Presence through fire but with the advent of the Messiah you will see it clearly revealed as it is written For eye to eye shall they see when God returns to Zion (Tzenah Urenah)

CommentaryThen God spoke all these words saying

I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt out of the house of slavery (Exodus 201-2)

The Festival of Shavuot (Pentecost) is the anniversary of the giving of the Torah and the giving of the Holy Spirit As part of the commemoration the Ten Command-ments are read publicly in the Assembly on the Feast of Shavuot

According to the traditional reckoning the first commandment is simply I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt out of the house of slavery (Exodus 201-2)

The first commandment is to believe in God and to accept His claim of ownership

over us Unless we accept the basic premise of Gods existence no number of commandments will have any authority or meaning for us The need for such a command demonstrates the incongruity of ascribing to morality without believing in a moral authority If we accept the premise of objective morality we must accept that there is a higher authority issuing that objective standard

We also learn from this that redemption must precede commandments Before we can receive the Torah we must already be saved Israels salvation from Egypt was not accorded to her on the basis of her obedience to the commandments She was already redeemed (on no merit of her own) before the laws at Sinai were given to her Thus the first declaration at Sinai is a reminder of their redeemed status Only BECAUSE they are already saved are they able to receive the commands of God

True legalism continually attempts to reverse this process by claiming that ones obedience to certain commandments (or all the commandments) is the mechanism by which salvation is earned The first of the Ten Commandments directly contradicts this notion Salvation and relationship with God precedes the Torah

Redemption and Torah

A recent Newsmax cover story featured a lengthy discussion about the return of Jesus and possible apocalyptic events According to the feature ldquopublic buzz about the Biblical last days is at its highest level since 911rdquo The Pew Research Center recntly found that 79 of American Christians believe in the Second Coming of Christ Today the doomsday prophet is not some bearded man with a placard proclaiming ldquothe end is nearrdquo Instead gloom and doom seems to be the message of newspapers the Internet and television News headlines read like Bible prophecy ldquoAnd great earthquakes shall be in divers places and famines and pestilences and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heavenrdquo Luke 2111

On any given day there are wars in 30 to 40 nations in the world Rumors of wars swarm about Israel Iran and Korea Over seven million people have died since 1970 due to war

Pestilence continues to grow as new ldquosuper bugsrdquo are becoming resistant to drug treatment The H1N1 swine flu is spreading faster than the Center for Disease Control can track And the HIV Aids virus has killed more than 25 million since 1981 HIV is at pandemic levels in many areas including China Asia and Africa

Famine as well is wide spread throughout the planet The World Health Organization estimates that one-third of the world is under-fed while another one-third is starving Every 36 seconds someone dies of hunger

Such horrible news isnrsquot new The world has always had false messiahs wars ethnic violence starvation disease and earthquakes The Savior said that the last days would see such events increase in frequency and size ldquoFor nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom and there shall be famines and pestilences and earthquakes in diverse places All these are the beginning of birth pangsrdquo Matthew 247-8

Perhaps the surest sign that time is short is the return of the nation of Israel to the Middle East To Israel the Almighty said ldquoI will take you from among the heathen and gather you out of all countries and will bring you into your own landrdquo Ezekiel 3624 Many prophecy teachers consider the reestablishment of Jerusalem as the capital city as THE sign of an impending apocalypse ldquoAnd they shall fall by the edge of the sword and shall be led away captive into all nations and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilledrdquo Luke 2124 The Messiah promised that the generation that saw such a miracle would certainly behold His return (Matthew 2434)

Does this mean that the return of Jesus is imminent Well many sorrows have begun but there is still more that must occur before the eastern sky splits To state that ldquoJesus could return at any timerdquo is to ignore numerous statements in the Scripture about the rise of an anti-Christ leader and a huge world war against the tiny nation of Israel

How can a person prepare for the coming of Revelation What should someone do about the mark of the beast Some believers are storing food while others are learning survival skills Many are buying gold in anticipation of the collapse of the dollar The Savior addresses such a dilemma when He said ldquoWatch and pray always that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things and stand before the Son of Manrdquo Luke 2136 The world will come to an end one day

Between now and then itrsquos important to focus on Spiritual growth The pursuit of holiness will guide the believer through whatever the future holds Listen to the voice of the Spirit If you are led to take certain precautions then do so Donrsquot allow fear of Armageddon stop you from living an abundant life

Need for Gloom and DoomThe truth about the end of daysBy Daniel Rendelman

July 30 2009

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faith and politicsfaith and politics

Continued on page 14

According to ldquoOnenewsnowrdquo writer Jim Brown Author and political commentator Newt Gingrich of American Solutions calls President Obamas tax program a war against churches and charities Gingrich accuses President Obama of deliberately trying to take away the charitable deduction for successful people so they will not give as much money to churches or charities

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich goes on to say that President Obamas plan to raise taxes on upper-income earners is designed to create bigger government and a more secular America

I think theres a clear desire to replace the church with a bureaucracy and to replace peoples right to worship together with

a government-dominated system he contends

The former House Speaker says the Obama administration is talking seriously about taking away the right of conscience in terms of performing abortions

This is the most aggressive militant secular program I can remember Gingrich admits And I think you have to be really clearly aware that they want an America which is radically different than the country which was created by those pioneers who first landed back in 1607 at Cape Henry and erected a cross to thank God for having allowed them to cross the Atlantic Ocean

Brown goes on to say that Gingrich believes people often forget that the first act of the first successful American colony was to erect a cross at Cape Henry to thank God for the i r surv iva l and the i r sa lva t ion and then to go up to James town to found the co lony

Obamas war against churches and charities

Does the Quran advocate violence toward non-Muslims

Read the following Quran quotes The only reward of those who make war

upon Allah and His messenger and strive after corruption in the land will be that they will be killed or crucified or have their hands and feet on alternate sides cut off or will be expelled out of the land(Quran Surah 533)

beware of them lest they seduce you from some part of that which Allah has revealed to you And if they turn away know that Allahs will is to smite them(Quran Surah 549)

Take not the Jews and Christians for friends They are friends one to another He among you who takes them for friends is one of them Lo Allah guides not these wrongdoing people (Quran Surah 551)

And let not those who disbelieve suppose that they can overcome Lo They cannot escape Make ready for them all you can by armed force(Quran Surah 859-60a)

slay the idolaters wherever you find them and take them captive and besiege them and prepare to ambush them But if they repent and establish

[Islamic] worshiptheir way is free Lo Allah is forgiving and Merciful (Quran Surah 95)

Strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites Be harsh with them(Quran Surah 973)

You can make your own judgments about Islam based on your experience what you read and what you know or you can listen to the advocates of ldquopeacerdquo and be deceived by the End-time Beast system that is joining with the ecumenism of the world system and Rome

Whether you are Catholic Protestant Mormon or a New Age Seeker without the firm foundation found in the whole Word of Yahweh (God) including the original covenant Books of the Torah you will be deceived Times are changing and despite popular doctrines to the contrary even those who believe the truth will suffer Tribula-tion A major part of that persecution starts from within the ldquoChurchrdquo against each other especially those who practice the faith of our Fathers Abraham Isaac Jacob and Moses and will spread to the acceptance of a false religion that is a Christian blend accepting of Islam (Rev 1217)

Be careful The choices you make have eternal consequences

Quotes From the Quran-Koran on the Peaceful Nature of the Islamic faithBy Don Wyant Jr

First it was a Missouri Analysis and Information Center (MIAC) report then it was a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report now it is a New York congress-mans bill Each of these items taken on their own is problematic enough taken together they portend a clear and present danger to the liberties of the American people It is getting very serious now

As readers may recall the MIAC report profiled certain people as being potential violence-prone militia members including people who supported Presidential candidates Ron Paul Bob Barr and myself In addition anyone who opposed one or more of the following were also included in the list the New World Order the UN gun control the violation of Posse Comitatus the Federal Reserve the Income Tax the Ammunition Accountability Act a possible Constitu-tional Convention the North American Union the Universal Service Program Radio Frequency identification (RFID) abortion on demand or illegal immigration

The MIAC report prompted a firestorm of protest and was eventually rescinded with

the man responsible for its distribution being dismissed from his position The DHS report profiled many of the same people included in the MIAC report and added returning Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans as potentially dangerous extremists

As I have said before it is very likely that when all of the opinions and views of the above lists are counted 75 or more of the American people would be included Yet these government reports would have law enforcement personnel to believe we are all dangerous extremists that need to be watched and guarded against If this was not bad enough a New York congressman has introduced a bill in the House of Representa-tives to deny Second Amendment rights to everyone listed above

According to World Net Daily (WND) May 9 2009 A new gun law being considered in Congress if aligned with Department of Homeland Security memos labeling everyday Americans as potential threats could potentially deny firearms to pro-lifers gun-rights advocates tax protesters animal rights activists and a

host of others - any already on the expansive DHS watch list for potential extremismrdquo

Rep Peter King R-NY has sponsored HR 2159 the Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2009 which permits the attorney general to deny transfer of a firearm to any known or suspected dangerous terrorist The bill requires only that the potential firearm transferee is appropriately suspected of preparing for a terrorist act and that the attorney general has a reasonable belief that the gun might be used in connection with terrorism

Gun rights advocates however object to the bills language arguing that it enables the federal government to suspend a persons Second Amendment rights without any trial or legal proof and only upon suspicion of being dangerous

WND quotes Gun Owners of America Executive Director Larry Pratt as saying

By [DHS] standards Im one of [DHS Secretary] Janet Napolitanos terrorists This bill would enable the attorney general to put all of the people who voted against Obama

on no-gun lists because according to the DHS theyre all potential terrorists Actually we could rename this bill the Janet Napolitano Frenzied Fantasy Implementation Act of 2009

Pratt was also quoted as saying Unbeknownst to us some bureaucrat in the bowels of democracy can put your name on a list and your Second Amendment rights are toast He went on to say This is such an anti-American bill this is something King George III would have done

Now that DHS has established both a list and a lexicon for lsquoextremistsrsquo it looks to Congress to confer upon it police-state-style powers through which these individuals may be disarmed and eventually done away with Rep Peter King is accommodating this goal with HR 2159

Let me ask a reasonable question how long does anyone think it would be after being profiled by DHS and denied the lawful purchase of firearms that those same people would be subjected to gun confiscation And how long do you think it would be before DHS began profiling

It Is Getting Very Serious NowBy Chuck Baldwin

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faith and politicsfaith and politics

In a decision that holds ramifications for churches around the country the Internal Revenue Service found that a non-profit organization that gathered pastors to a series of public policy conferences did not violate the political entanglement laws governing its tax-exempt status

Prompted by a complaint filed by the Texas Freedom Network which calls itself a mainstream voice to counter the religious right the IRS investigated the Houston-based Niemoller Foundation for organizing during the 2006 election season six pastors briefings which included speeches from prominent politicians and training for pastors on urging and registering their congregations to vote Despite charges that the foundation had therefore engaged in political partisan activity in violation of its tax exempt status the IRS investigation found no evidence of political intervention

This liberal attempt to intimidate pastors

has backfired said Kelly Shackelford chief counsel of Liberty Legal Institute which represented event organizers There is now a clear IRS statement outlining these pastors events and approving them as valid under the law

Hiram Sasser director of litigation for the Institute further explained to World Net Daily the ramifications the ruling holds for churches The Niemoller Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization just like a church Sasser explained So by the Niemoller activities being granted as lawful then any church that engages in the same kind of voter education combined with voter registration drives on the moral issues of the day is perfectly fine with the IRS regulations according to the IRS itself

Sasser reiterated The whole point was to educate everyone about the important social issues and get them to go vote and register others to vote and the IRS said this was perfectly okay

The Niemoller Foundation organized six of the pastorsrsquo conferences across the state of Texas from May through September 2006 The events were described as briefings to educate pastors on major moral issues that often intersect with politics such as abortion and same sex marriage And while neither the foundation nor the gatherings endorsed any individual candidates or political party keynote speakers at the conferences included prominent Republican politicians including

Texas Governor Rick Perry who spoke at all six conferences

In its letter to the IRS the Texas Freedom Network complained No other candidate for governor in the 2006 elections ndash including then sitting state Comptroller Carole Stray-horn (a Republican who sought election as an independent in the gubernatorial election) or a Democrat or other independent candidate ndash was invited to attend any of the briefings

Pointing to the selection of speakers and the effort to train pastors in voter registration the Texas Freedom Network accused the Neimoller Foundation of partisan electioneering activities

The complaint alleged the Foundation appears to have served as a partisan voter-mobilization tool for the Perry reelection campaign with affiliated pastors encouraged to use their churches as partisan political extensions of that campaign

After reviewing speeches and other materials from the pastors gatherings however the IRS did not concur The speaker did not state anything that would have been considered political or request any action of the attendees to vote for or against any legislation the IRS ruling released last week states In the speeches provided no political intervention type activity was noted Several other speeches by politicians were provided and reviewed The speeches did not appear to be made in their capacity as a candidate since no solicitation was made

for a vote Also no appeal was made to sway anyone on the issues The speeches did not appear to be political intervention An appeal was made to request attendees to vote and to request their members to register and vote but in each instance observed they were told to vote their values

While the IRS does forbid tax exempt organizations under the 501(c)(3) code from overt political entanglements ndash such as endorsing candidates or requiring mem-bers to vote in a certain way ndash the Liberty Legal Institutes Kelly Shackelford encour-aged churches not to be intimidated into political silence Be careful what you hear from these liberal organizations Shackelford said in a statement They sound very confident and file many complaints yet none are found valid even by the IRS

Laurence White director of the Niemoller Foundation and a Lutheran pastor himself encouraged churches and pastors to get involved We educate churches on moral issues facing our society and encourage them to participate in the democratic process said White in a statement The IRS has unequivocally affirmed the right of pastors nationwide to come together as spokesmen for the Word of God to interact with political leaders historians and scholars in discussing the moral issues under debate within our culture and to assert their biblical responsibility to address such issues from their pulpits

By Drew Zahn copy 2009 WorldNetDaily Reprinted by Permission

Pastors win challenge to political involvementIRS rules voter education on moral issues registration permissible

more and more groups of people thus sub-jecting them to gun confiscation

This was exactly the strategy employed by Adolf Hitler The Jews were the first people denied their civil rights - especially the right to own and possess firearms Of course after disarming Jews the rest of the German citizenry was likewise disarmed And we all know where that led

Im not sure how many of the American people realize that it was the attempted con-fiscation of the colonialists cache of arms in Concord Massachusetts that started Americas War for Independence Yes my friends it was attempted gun confiscation that triggered (pun intended) the shot heard round the world And now it would appear that once again a central government is on the verge of trying to deny the American people their right to keep and bear arms

I am told that as of 2004 50 of the adults in the United States own one or more firearms totaling some 270 million privately

owned firearms nationwide I would venture to say that the vast majority of these gun owners would find themselves matching the DHS profile of a potential lsquoextremistrsquo I wonder how many gun owners realize the way they are now being targeted by their government and just how serious - and how close - the threat of gun confiscation has become

If one doubts the intention of the elitists in government today to deny the American people their right to keep and bear arms consider what former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is purported to have said just a couple of weeks ago Kissinger attended a high-level meeting with Russian President Medvedev that also included former Secretaries of State James Baker and George Shultz for-mer Secretary of Defense William Perry and former Senator Sam Nunn Included in the discussions was Kissingers asser-tion that the American people were now ready to accept a ldquoNew Global Order He

is also reported to have told Medvedev By September well have confiscated

all privately owned guns so it really doesnt matter what we do well still be in charge (Even though the national news media has not reported this statement the Inter-net is abuzz with Kissinger having said it Whether Kissinger actually made that statement or not he and rest of his ilk have repeatedly called for a New World Order in which there will be no constitutional protection for the right to keep and bear arms)

This leads to a very serious question how many of Americas gun owners would allow their government to deny them gun ownership Further how many would passively sit back and allow their guns to be confiscated

As humbly and meekly as I know how to say it ldquoAs for me and my house gun confis-cation is the one act of tyranny that crosses the line Debate discourse discussion and peaceful dissent cease and desist at that point

iTrsquos GeTTiNG seRiOus NOW Continuted from page 13

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roots of our faithroots of our faith

A capitalist these days has become anath-ema among many historical revisionists lib-eral universities and think tanks This word is defined in our dictionaries as an econom-ic system in which investment in and owner-ship of the means of production distribution and exchange of wealth (capital) is made and maintained chiefly by private investors

or corporations In other words how one succeeds depends on himself and his own willingness and desire This too is the basic scriptural definition for capital comes from the Hebrew chafatz In Hebrew the ch has a k sound and the f has an alternative hard p sound As the word evolved through

Capitalism

An amateur Biblical archeologist who claimed to have found the Ark of the Covenant directly below the crucifixion site of Jesus Christ died after giving a deathbed interview to WorldNetDaily Noahs Ark Sodom and Gomorrah the Ark of the Covenant the crucifixion site of Jesus Christ and more have been the subject of controversial claims made by Ron Wyatt who spent much of his life documenting sites and events from the Bible

On August 9 1999 Ron Wyatt died following a lengthy battle with cancer just a few days after his last telephone inter-view His quest to provide information that would lead to more people accepting the teachings of the Bible continues at Wyatt Archaeological Research a non-profit non-denominational organization in Tennessee

According to Wyatt he was able to physically locate the Ark of the Covenant the container for the original tablets of the Ten Commandments with the Mercy Seat intact on the top It was found in a chamber just outside the walls of ancient Jerusalem about 20 feet below what Wyatt also claimed was the actual site of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ

Wyatt said he found an earthquake crack directly below where the cross would have been When Christ died the earth quaked The rock was split right below His cross and this crevice extended right down into the hidden chamber which contained the unde-filed earthly Throne of God -- the Ark with its Mercy Seat explained Wyatt in one of his research letters After Christ was dead when the centurion stuck his spear into His side and pierced His spleen the blood and water came out falling down through

that crack and was sprinkled on the Mercy Seat

The crucifixion site was found on the side of the Golgotha hill or Place of the Skull just outside the old north wall of Jerusalem not far from the Garden Tomb It was discovered under many feet of soil with actual holes in the rock where crosses were placed and niches in the rock wall behind where three signs were placed The large circular stone used to cover the garden tomb was also located there and it was all surrounded by the foundation of a first century building The central main cross hole has an earthquake crack beside it

The Bible teaches the concept of sacrifice of animals symbolic of the actual blood sacrifice Christ would make During this ancient rite the High Priest was the only one who could physi-cally sprinkle the blood on the Mercy Seat Wyatt said it was an act of God that everything was in the right place and there was an earthquake By permitting himself to be sacrificed Christ regarded by the Bible as the great High Priest was able to place his own blood upon the Mercy Seat as that great and final act in the process of blood sacrifice

Wyatt believed that the Ark of the Covenant along with other sacred objects from the first Temple in Jerusalem were all secreted away just prior to the entrance of the Babylonians into the city about 600 years before the crucifixion of Jesus Christ There are many tunnels beneath Jerusalem even to this day These most sacred objects were protected in a chamber and the entrance was sealed and hidden

Photographic evidence of Wyattrsquos site was obtained and then the site was covered back over with 12 feet of dirt and a garden

established Wyatt says it was landscaped to avoid controversy The entrance to the system of caves and tunnels found by the Wyatt team in the cliff wall was also sealed over

Wyatt claimed that he was authorized to make his excavations by the Antiquities Department but that bureaucrats within that agency insisted that his findings must be kept secret Wyatt has made public a significant amount of his research and findings but he has withheld certain documents and photographs to comply with the agreement he made with Israeli officials His refusal to provide everything resulted in criticism from some

Wyatt did not make any claims of grandeur nor did he claim to be a prophet He said his only role was to be a willing servant God has a way of communicating his wishes to people and Im not the only one able to do that so I dont flatter myself to think that Im something special I was there I was willing so therefore God allowed me this privilege There are others who are in communication with Him There are others who are familiar with this material and will see that it is presented Wyatt told WorldNetDaily just before his death

Wyatt explained Theyve been taught something else all their life So God is doing this show-and-tell through these revelations and these discoveries to prove to them real quick that the Bible is historically accurate and divinely inspired He referenced Jeremiah 1619-21 predicting unbelievers will come from all parts of the earth to learn of the discoveries

ldquoO Lord my strength and my fortress My refuge in the day of affliction The Gentiles shall come to You from the ends of the earth and say lsquoSurely our fathers have lies vanity and things wherein there is no profitrsquo

Shall a man make gods unto himself which are not gods

Therefore behold I will this once cause them to know I will cause them to know My hand and My might and they shall know that My name is the Lord

Wyatt continued This last revelation is for the inhabitants of the earth who dont have a clue as well as for those of us who do have a clue and have been commissioned by Christ to reach out to help bring these people who dont have a clue into the fold These are tools that God has given the believers to strengthen their faith and to use to reach out They are tools that will be extremely effective in the last pouring out to the entire population all inhabitants of the earth

WorldNetDaily has examined extensive evidence regarding the various claims and discoveries made by Wyatt Several critics have been found who have voiced their opinion that the work of Wyatt Archeological Research is fraudulent but no evidence was found to support those charges The evidence is sufficient to conclude that Wyatts team conducted the claimed archeological digs and investigations

WorldNetDaily is not qualified to determine the value of the evidence Wyatt was given a deathbed opportunity to either reaffirm or recant his claims He chose to reaffirm all that he has claimed without hesitation

the European language it become capit(al)This word scripturally refers to both

mans and YHVHs sovereign ability to seek lawfully what he desires This is part of our constitution life liberty and the pursuit of happiness Here are some examples of this word

Mizmor 12But his DELIGHT is in the law of YHVH

and in his law doth he meditate day and night

Mishlei 3113She seeketh wool and flax and worketh

WILLINGLY with her handsYeshayahu 5310Yet it PLEASED YHVH to bruise him

he hath put him to grief when thou shalt

make his soul an offering for sin he shall see his seed he shall prolong his days and the PLEASURE of YHVH shall prosper in his hand

Yeshayahu 5511So shall my word be that goeth forth out

of my mouth it shall not return unto me void but it shall accomplish that which I PLEASE and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it

Mizmor 1356Whatsoever YHVH PLEASED that did

he in heaven and in earth in the seas and all deep places

I be l ieve YHVH was qui te the capi ta l i s t

Shalom Alecheim

Has the Ark of the Covenant been foundBy Jamie Louis

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R Bechaye writes that when Gods presence filled the Tabernacle He said Today I am causing My Presence to rest among you if you sin My Presence will leave you But when Messiah comes My Presence will remain with you permanently Now you see the Divine Presence through fire but with the advent of the Messiah you will see it clearly revealed as it is written For eye to eye shall they see when God returns to Zion (Tzenah Urenah)

CommentaryThen God spoke all these words saying

I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt out of the house of slavery (Exodus 201-2)

The Festival of Shavuot (Pentecost) is the anniversary of the giving of the Torah and the giving of the Holy Spirit As part of the commemoration the Ten Command-ments are read publicly in the Assembly on the Feast of Shavuot

According to the traditional reckoning the first commandment is simply I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt out of the house of slavery (Exodus 201-2)

The first commandment is to believe in God and to accept His claim of ownership

over us Unless we accept the basic premise of Gods existence no number of commandments will have any authority or meaning for us The need for such a command demonstrates the incongruity of ascribing to morality without believing in a moral authority If we accept the premise of objective morality we must accept that there is a higher authority issuing that objective standard

We also learn from this that redemption must precede commandments Before we can receive the Torah we must already be saved Israels salvation from Egypt was not accorded to her on the basis of her obedience to the commandments She was already redeemed (on no merit of her own) before the laws at Sinai were given to her Thus the first declaration at Sinai is a reminder of their redeemed status Only BECAUSE they are already saved are they able to receive the commands of God

True legalism continually attempts to reverse this process by claiming that ones obedience to certain commandments (or all the commandments) is the mechanism by which salvation is earned The first of the Ten Commandments directly contradicts this notion Salvation and relationship with God precedes the Torah

Redemption and Torah

A recent Newsmax cover story featured a lengthy discussion about the return of Jesus and possible apocalyptic events According to the feature ldquopublic buzz about the Biblical last days is at its highest level since 911rdquo The Pew Research Center recntly found that 79 of American Christians believe in the Second Coming of Christ Today the doomsday prophet is not some bearded man with a placard proclaiming ldquothe end is nearrdquo Instead gloom and doom seems to be the message of newspapers the Internet and television News headlines read like Bible prophecy ldquoAnd great earthquakes shall be in divers places and famines and pestilences and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heavenrdquo Luke 2111

On any given day there are wars in 30 to 40 nations in the world Rumors of wars swarm about Israel Iran and Korea Over seven million people have died since 1970 due to war

Pestilence continues to grow as new ldquosuper bugsrdquo are becoming resistant to drug treatment The H1N1 swine flu is spreading faster than the Center for Disease Control can track And the HIV Aids virus has killed more than 25 million since 1981 HIV is at pandemic levels in many areas including China Asia and Africa

Famine as well is wide spread throughout the planet The World Health Organization estimates that one-third of the world is under-fed while another one-third is starving Every 36 seconds someone dies of hunger

Such horrible news isnrsquot new The world has always had false messiahs wars ethnic violence starvation disease and earthquakes The Savior said that the last days would see such events increase in frequency and size ldquoFor nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom and there shall be famines and pestilences and earthquakes in diverse places All these are the beginning of birth pangsrdquo Matthew 247-8

Perhaps the surest sign that time is short is the return of the nation of Israel to the Middle East To Israel the Almighty said ldquoI will take you from among the heathen and gather you out of all countries and will bring you into your own landrdquo Ezekiel 3624 Many prophecy teachers consider the reestablishment of Jerusalem as the capital city as THE sign of an impending apocalypse ldquoAnd they shall fall by the edge of the sword and shall be led away captive into all nations and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilledrdquo Luke 2124 The Messiah promised that the generation that saw such a miracle would certainly behold His return (Matthew 2434)

Does this mean that the return of Jesus is imminent Well many sorrows have begun but there is still more that must occur before the eastern sky splits To state that ldquoJesus could return at any timerdquo is to ignore numerous statements in the Scripture about the rise of an anti-Christ leader and a huge world war against the tiny nation of Israel

How can a person prepare for the coming of Revelation What should someone do about the mark of the beast Some believers are storing food while others are learning survival skills Many are buying gold in anticipation of the collapse of the dollar The Savior addresses such a dilemma when He said ldquoWatch and pray always that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things and stand before the Son of Manrdquo Luke 2136 The world will come to an end one day

Between now and then itrsquos important to focus on Spiritual growth The pursuit of holiness will guide the believer through whatever the future holds Listen to the voice of the Spirit If you are led to take certain precautions then do so Donrsquot allow fear of Armageddon stop you from living an abundant life

Need for Gloom and DoomThe truth about the end of daysBy Daniel Rendelman

July 30 2009

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faith and politicsfaith and politics

Continued on page 14

According to ldquoOnenewsnowrdquo writer Jim Brown Author and political commentator Newt Gingrich of American Solutions calls President Obamas tax program a war against churches and charities Gingrich accuses President Obama of deliberately trying to take away the charitable deduction for successful people so they will not give as much money to churches or charities

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich goes on to say that President Obamas plan to raise taxes on upper-income earners is designed to create bigger government and a more secular America

I think theres a clear desire to replace the church with a bureaucracy and to replace peoples right to worship together with

a government-dominated system he contends

The former House Speaker says the Obama administration is talking seriously about taking away the right of conscience in terms of performing abortions

This is the most aggressive militant secular program I can remember Gingrich admits And I think you have to be really clearly aware that they want an America which is radically different than the country which was created by those pioneers who first landed back in 1607 at Cape Henry and erected a cross to thank God for having allowed them to cross the Atlantic Ocean

Brown goes on to say that Gingrich believes people often forget that the first act of the first successful American colony was to erect a cross at Cape Henry to thank God for the i r surv iva l and the i r sa lva t ion and then to go up to James town to found the co lony

Obamas war against churches and charities

Does the Quran advocate violence toward non-Muslims

Read the following Quran quotes The only reward of those who make war

upon Allah and His messenger and strive after corruption in the land will be that they will be killed or crucified or have their hands and feet on alternate sides cut off or will be expelled out of the land(Quran Surah 533)

beware of them lest they seduce you from some part of that which Allah has revealed to you And if they turn away know that Allahs will is to smite them(Quran Surah 549)

Take not the Jews and Christians for friends They are friends one to another He among you who takes them for friends is one of them Lo Allah guides not these wrongdoing people (Quran Surah 551)

And let not those who disbelieve suppose that they can overcome Lo They cannot escape Make ready for them all you can by armed force(Quran Surah 859-60a)

slay the idolaters wherever you find them and take them captive and besiege them and prepare to ambush them But if they repent and establish

[Islamic] worshiptheir way is free Lo Allah is forgiving and Merciful (Quran Surah 95)

Strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites Be harsh with them(Quran Surah 973)

You can make your own judgments about Islam based on your experience what you read and what you know or you can listen to the advocates of ldquopeacerdquo and be deceived by the End-time Beast system that is joining with the ecumenism of the world system and Rome

Whether you are Catholic Protestant Mormon or a New Age Seeker without the firm foundation found in the whole Word of Yahweh (God) including the original covenant Books of the Torah you will be deceived Times are changing and despite popular doctrines to the contrary even those who believe the truth will suffer Tribula-tion A major part of that persecution starts from within the ldquoChurchrdquo against each other especially those who practice the faith of our Fathers Abraham Isaac Jacob and Moses and will spread to the acceptance of a false religion that is a Christian blend accepting of Islam (Rev 1217)

Be careful The choices you make have eternal consequences

Quotes From the Quran-Koran on the Peaceful Nature of the Islamic faithBy Don Wyant Jr

First it was a Missouri Analysis and Information Center (MIAC) report then it was a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report now it is a New York congress-mans bill Each of these items taken on their own is problematic enough taken together they portend a clear and present danger to the liberties of the American people It is getting very serious now

As readers may recall the MIAC report profiled certain people as being potential violence-prone militia members including people who supported Presidential candidates Ron Paul Bob Barr and myself In addition anyone who opposed one or more of the following were also included in the list the New World Order the UN gun control the violation of Posse Comitatus the Federal Reserve the Income Tax the Ammunition Accountability Act a possible Constitu-tional Convention the North American Union the Universal Service Program Radio Frequency identification (RFID) abortion on demand or illegal immigration

The MIAC report prompted a firestorm of protest and was eventually rescinded with

the man responsible for its distribution being dismissed from his position The DHS report profiled many of the same people included in the MIAC report and added returning Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans as potentially dangerous extremists

As I have said before it is very likely that when all of the opinions and views of the above lists are counted 75 or more of the American people would be included Yet these government reports would have law enforcement personnel to believe we are all dangerous extremists that need to be watched and guarded against If this was not bad enough a New York congressman has introduced a bill in the House of Representa-tives to deny Second Amendment rights to everyone listed above

According to World Net Daily (WND) May 9 2009 A new gun law being considered in Congress if aligned with Department of Homeland Security memos labeling everyday Americans as potential threats could potentially deny firearms to pro-lifers gun-rights advocates tax protesters animal rights activists and a

host of others - any already on the expansive DHS watch list for potential extremismrdquo

Rep Peter King R-NY has sponsored HR 2159 the Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2009 which permits the attorney general to deny transfer of a firearm to any known or suspected dangerous terrorist The bill requires only that the potential firearm transferee is appropriately suspected of preparing for a terrorist act and that the attorney general has a reasonable belief that the gun might be used in connection with terrorism

Gun rights advocates however object to the bills language arguing that it enables the federal government to suspend a persons Second Amendment rights without any trial or legal proof and only upon suspicion of being dangerous

WND quotes Gun Owners of America Executive Director Larry Pratt as saying

By [DHS] standards Im one of [DHS Secretary] Janet Napolitanos terrorists This bill would enable the attorney general to put all of the people who voted against Obama

on no-gun lists because according to the DHS theyre all potential terrorists Actually we could rename this bill the Janet Napolitano Frenzied Fantasy Implementation Act of 2009

Pratt was also quoted as saying Unbeknownst to us some bureaucrat in the bowels of democracy can put your name on a list and your Second Amendment rights are toast He went on to say This is such an anti-American bill this is something King George III would have done

Now that DHS has established both a list and a lexicon for lsquoextremistsrsquo it looks to Congress to confer upon it police-state-style powers through which these individuals may be disarmed and eventually done away with Rep Peter King is accommodating this goal with HR 2159

Let me ask a reasonable question how long does anyone think it would be after being profiled by DHS and denied the lawful purchase of firearms that those same people would be subjected to gun confiscation And how long do you think it would be before DHS began profiling

It Is Getting Very Serious NowBy Chuck Baldwin

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faith and politicsfaith and politics

In a decision that holds ramifications for churches around the country the Internal Revenue Service found that a non-profit organization that gathered pastors to a series of public policy conferences did not violate the political entanglement laws governing its tax-exempt status

Prompted by a complaint filed by the Texas Freedom Network which calls itself a mainstream voice to counter the religious right the IRS investigated the Houston-based Niemoller Foundation for organizing during the 2006 election season six pastors briefings which included speeches from prominent politicians and training for pastors on urging and registering their congregations to vote Despite charges that the foundation had therefore engaged in political partisan activity in violation of its tax exempt status the IRS investigation found no evidence of political intervention

This liberal attempt to intimidate pastors

has backfired said Kelly Shackelford chief counsel of Liberty Legal Institute which represented event organizers There is now a clear IRS statement outlining these pastors events and approving them as valid under the law

Hiram Sasser director of litigation for the Institute further explained to World Net Daily the ramifications the ruling holds for churches The Niemoller Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization just like a church Sasser explained So by the Niemoller activities being granted as lawful then any church that engages in the same kind of voter education combined with voter registration drives on the moral issues of the day is perfectly fine with the IRS regulations according to the IRS itself

Sasser reiterated The whole point was to educate everyone about the important social issues and get them to go vote and register others to vote and the IRS said this was perfectly okay

The Niemoller Foundation organized six of the pastorsrsquo conferences across the state of Texas from May through September 2006 The events were described as briefings to educate pastors on major moral issues that often intersect with politics such as abortion and same sex marriage And while neither the foundation nor the gatherings endorsed any individual candidates or political party keynote speakers at the conferences included prominent Republican politicians including

Texas Governor Rick Perry who spoke at all six conferences

In its letter to the IRS the Texas Freedom Network complained No other candidate for governor in the 2006 elections ndash including then sitting state Comptroller Carole Stray-horn (a Republican who sought election as an independent in the gubernatorial election) or a Democrat or other independent candidate ndash was invited to attend any of the briefings

Pointing to the selection of speakers and the effort to train pastors in voter registration the Texas Freedom Network accused the Neimoller Foundation of partisan electioneering activities

The complaint alleged the Foundation appears to have served as a partisan voter-mobilization tool for the Perry reelection campaign with affiliated pastors encouraged to use their churches as partisan political extensions of that campaign

After reviewing speeches and other materials from the pastors gatherings however the IRS did not concur The speaker did not state anything that would have been considered political or request any action of the attendees to vote for or against any legislation the IRS ruling released last week states In the speeches provided no political intervention type activity was noted Several other speeches by politicians were provided and reviewed The speeches did not appear to be made in their capacity as a candidate since no solicitation was made

for a vote Also no appeal was made to sway anyone on the issues The speeches did not appear to be political intervention An appeal was made to request attendees to vote and to request their members to register and vote but in each instance observed they were told to vote their values

While the IRS does forbid tax exempt organizations under the 501(c)(3) code from overt political entanglements ndash such as endorsing candidates or requiring mem-bers to vote in a certain way ndash the Liberty Legal Institutes Kelly Shackelford encour-aged churches not to be intimidated into political silence Be careful what you hear from these liberal organizations Shackelford said in a statement They sound very confident and file many complaints yet none are found valid even by the IRS

Laurence White director of the Niemoller Foundation and a Lutheran pastor himself encouraged churches and pastors to get involved We educate churches on moral issues facing our society and encourage them to participate in the democratic process said White in a statement The IRS has unequivocally affirmed the right of pastors nationwide to come together as spokesmen for the Word of God to interact with political leaders historians and scholars in discussing the moral issues under debate within our culture and to assert their biblical responsibility to address such issues from their pulpits

By Drew Zahn copy 2009 WorldNetDaily Reprinted by Permission

Pastors win challenge to political involvementIRS rules voter education on moral issues registration permissible

more and more groups of people thus sub-jecting them to gun confiscation

This was exactly the strategy employed by Adolf Hitler The Jews were the first people denied their civil rights - especially the right to own and possess firearms Of course after disarming Jews the rest of the German citizenry was likewise disarmed And we all know where that led

Im not sure how many of the American people realize that it was the attempted con-fiscation of the colonialists cache of arms in Concord Massachusetts that started Americas War for Independence Yes my friends it was attempted gun confiscation that triggered (pun intended) the shot heard round the world And now it would appear that once again a central government is on the verge of trying to deny the American people their right to keep and bear arms

I am told that as of 2004 50 of the adults in the United States own one or more firearms totaling some 270 million privately

owned firearms nationwide I would venture to say that the vast majority of these gun owners would find themselves matching the DHS profile of a potential lsquoextremistrsquo I wonder how many gun owners realize the way they are now being targeted by their government and just how serious - and how close - the threat of gun confiscation has become

If one doubts the intention of the elitists in government today to deny the American people their right to keep and bear arms consider what former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is purported to have said just a couple of weeks ago Kissinger attended a high-level meeting with Russian President Medvedev that also included former Secretaries of State James Baker and George Shultz for-mer Secretary of Defense William Perry and former Senator Sam Nunn Included in the discussions was Kissingers asser-tion that the American people were now ready to accept a ldquoNew Global Order He

is also reported to have told Medvedev By September well have confiscated

all privately owned guns so it really doesnt matter what we do well still be in charge (Even though the national news media has not reported this statement the Inter-net is abuzz with Kissinger having said it Whether Kissinger actually made that statement or not he and rest of his ilk have repeatedly called for a New World Order in which there will be no constitutional protection for the right to keep and bear arms)

This leads to a very serious question how many of Americas gun owners would allow their government to deny them gun ownership Further how many would passively sit back and allow their guns to be confiscated

As humbly and meekly as I know how to say it ldquoAs for me and my house gun confis-cation is the one act of tyranny that crosses the line Debate discourse discussion and peaceful dissent cease and desist at that point

iTrsquos GeTTiNG seRiOus NOW Continuted from page 13

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A capitalist these days has become anath-ema among many historical revisionists lib-eral universities and think tanks This word is defined in our dictionaries as an econom-ic system in which investment in and owner-ship of the means of production distribution and exchange of wealth (capital) is made and maintained chiefly by private investors

or corporations In other words how one succeeds depends on himself and his own willingness and desire This too is the basic scriptural definition for capital comes from the Hebrew chafatz In Hebrew the ch has a k sound and the f has an alternative hard p sound As the word evolved through

Capitalism

An amateur Biblical archeologist who claimed to have found the Ark of the Covenant directly below the crucifixion site of Jesus Christ died after giving a deathbed interview to WorldNetDaily Noahs Ark Sodom and Gomorrah the Ark of the Covenant the crucifixion site of Jesus Christ and more have been the subject of controversial claims made by Ron Wyatt who spent much of his life documenting sites and events from the Bible

On August 9 1999 Ron Wyatt died following a lengthy battle with cancer just a few days after his last telephone inter-view His quest to provide information that would lead to more people accepting the teachings of the Bible continues at Wyatt Archaeological Research a non-profit non-denominational organization in Tennessee

According to Wyatt he was able to physically locate the Ark of the Covenant the container for the original tablets of the Ten Commandments with the Mercy Seat intact on the top It was found in a chamber just outside the walls of ancient Jerusalem about 20 feet below what Wyatt also claimed was the actual site of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ

Wyatt said he found an earthquake crack directly below where the cross would have been When Christ died the earth quaked The rock was split right below His cross and this crevice extended right down into the hidden chamber which contained the unde-filed earthly Throne of God -- the Ark with its Mercy Seat explained Wyatt in one of his research letters After Christ was dead when the centurion stuck his spear into His side and pierced His spleen the blood and water came out falling down through

that crack and was sprinkled on the Mercy Seat

The crucifixion site was found on the side of the Golgotha hill or Place of the Skull just outside the old north wall of Jerusalem not far from the Garden Tomb It was discovered under many feet of soil with actual holes in the rock where crosses were placed and niches in the rock wall behind where three signs were placed The large circular stone used to cover the garden tomb was also located there and it was all surrounded by the foundation of a first century building The central main cross hole has an earthquake crack beside it

The Bible teaches the concept of sacrifice of animals symbolic of the actual blood sacrifice Christ would make During this ancient rite the High Priest was the only one who could physi-cally sprinkle the blood on the Mercy Seat Wyatt said it was an act of God that everything was in the right place and there was an earthquake By permitting himself to be sacrificed Christ regarded by the Bible as the great High Priest was able to place his own blood upon the Mercy Seat as that great and final act in the process of blood sacrifice

Wyatt believed that the Ark of the Covenant along with other sacred objects from the first Temple in Jerusalem were all secreted away just prior to the entrance of the Babylonians into the city about 600 years before the crucifixion of Jesus Christ There are many tunnels beneath Jerusalem even to this day These most sacred objects were protected in a chamber and the entrance was sealed and hidden

Photographic evidence of Wyattrsquos site was obtained and then the site was covered back over with 12 feet of dirt and a garden

established Wyatt says it was landscaped to avoid controversy The entrance to the system of caves and tunnels found by the Wyatt team in the cliff wall was also sealed over

Wyatt claimed that he was authorized to make his excavations by the Antiquities Department but that bureaucrats within that agency insisted that his findings must be kept secret Wyatt has made public a significant amount of his research and findings but he has withheld certain documents and photographs to comply with the agreement he made with Israeli officials His refusal to provide everything resulted in criticism from some

Wyatt did not make any claims of grandeur nor did he claim to be a prophet He said his only role was to be a willing servant God has a way of communicating his wishes to people and Im not the only one able to do that so I dont flatter myself to think that Im something special I was there I was willing so therefore God allowed me this privilege There are others who are in communication with Him There are others who are familiar with this material and will see that it is presented Wyatt told WorldNetDaily just before his death

Wyatt explained Theyve been taught something else all their life So God is doing this show-and-tell through these revelations and these discoveries to prove to them real quick that the Bible is historically accurate and divinely inspired He referenced Jeremiah 1619-21 predicting unbelievers will come from all parts of the earth to learn of the discoveries

ldquoO Lord my strength and my fortress My refuge in the day of affliction The Gentiles shall come to You from the ends of the earth and say lsquoSurely our fathers have lies vanity and things wherein there is no profitrsquo

Shall a man make gods unto himself which are not gods

Therefore behold I will this once cause them to know I will cause them to know My hand and My might and they shall know that My name is the Lord

Wyatt continued This last revelation is for the inhabitants of the earth who dont have a clue as well as for those of us who do have a clue and have been commissioned by Christ to reach out to help bring these people who dont have a clue into the fold These are tools that God has given the believers to strengthen their faith and to use to reach out They are tools that will be extremely effective in the last pouring out to the entire population all inhabitants of the earth

WorldNetDaily has examined extensive evidence regarding the various claims and discoveries made by Wyatt Several critics have been found who have voiced their opinion that the work of Wyatt Archeological Research is fraudulent but no evidence was found to support those charges The evidence is sufficient to conclude that Wyatts team conducted the claimed archeological digs and investigations

WorldNetDaily is not qualified to determine the value of the evidence Wyatt was given a deathbed opportunity to either reaffirm or recant his claims He chose to reaffirm all that he has claimed without hesitation

the European language it become capit(al)This word scripturally refers to both

mans and YHVHs sovereign ability to seek lawfully what he desires This is part of our constitution life liberty and the pursuit of happiness Here are some examples of this word

Mizmor 12But his DELIGHT is in the law of YHVH

and in his law doth he meditate day and night

Mishlei 3113She seeketh wool and flax and worketh

WILLINGLY with her handsYeshayahu 5310Yet it PLEASED YHVH to bruise him

he hath put him to grief when thou shalt

make his soul an offering for sin he shall see his seed he shall prolong his days and the PLEASURE of YHVH shall prosper in his hand

Yeshayahu 5511So shall my word be that goeth forth out

of my mouth it shall not return unto me void but it shall accomplish that which I PLEASE and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it

Mizmor 1356Whatsoever YHVH PLEASED that did

he in heaven and in earth in the seas and all deep places

I be l ieve YHVH was qui te the capi ta l i s t

Shalom Alecheim

Has the Ark of the Covenant been foundBy Jamie Louis

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R Bechaye writes that when Gods presence filled the Tabernacle He said Today I am causing My Presence to rest among you if you sin My Presence will leave you But when Messiah comes My Presence will remain with you permanently Now you see the Divine Presence through fire but with the advent of the Messiah you will see it clearly revealed as it is written For eye to eye shall they see when God returns to Zion (Tzenah Urenah)

CommentaryThen God spoke all these words saying

I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt out of the house of slavery (Exodus 201-2)

The Festival of Shavuot (Pentecost) is the anniversary of the giving of the Torah and the giving of the Holy Spirit As part of the commemoration the Ten Command-ments are read publicly in the Assembly on the Feast of Shavuot

According to the traditional reckoning the first commandment is simply I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt out of the house of slavery (Exodus 201-2)

The first commandment is to believe in God and to accept His claim of ownership

over us Unless we accept the basic premise of Gods existence no number of commandments will have any authority or meaning for us The need for such a command demonstrates the incongruity of ascribing to morality without believing in a moral authority If we accept the premise of objective morality we must accept that there is a higher authority issuing that objective standard

We also learn from this that redemption must precede commandments Before we can receive the Torah we must already be saved Israels salvation from Egypt was not accorded to her on the basis of her obedience to the commandments She was already redeemed (on no merit of her own) before the laws at Sinai were given to her Thus the first declaration at Sinai is a reminder of their redeemed status Only BECAUSE they are already saved are they able to receive the commands of God

True legalism continually attempts to reverse this process by claiming that ones obedience to certain commandments (or all the commandments) is the mechanism by which salvation is earned The first of the Ten Commandments directly contradicts this notion Salvation and relationship with God precedes the Torah

Redemption and Torah

A recent Newsmax cover story featured a lengthy discussion about the return of Jesus and possible apocalyptic events According to the feature ldquopublic buzz about the Biblical last days is at its highest level since 911rdquo The Pew Research Center recntly found that 79 of American Christians believe in the Second Coming of Christ Today the doomsday prophet is not some bearded man with a placard proclaiming ldquothe end is nearrdquo Instead gloom and doom seems to be the message of newspapers the Internet and television News headlines read like Bible prophecy ldquoAnd great earthquakes shall be in divers places and famines and pestilences and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heavenrdquo Luke 2111

On any given day there are wars in 30 to 40 nations in the world Rumors of wars swarm about Israel Iran and Korea Over seven million people have died since 1970 due to war

Pestilence continues to grow as new ldquosuper bugsrdquo are becoming resistant to drug treatment The H1N1 swine flu is spreading faster than the Center for Disease Control can track And the HIV Aids virus has killed more than 25 million since 1981 HIV is at pandemic levels in many areas including China Asia and Africa

Famine as well is wide spread throughout the planet The World Health Organization estimates that one-third of the world is under-fed while another one-third is starving Every 36 seconds someone dies of hunger

Such horrible news isnrsquot new The world has always had false messiahs wars ethnic violence starvation disease and earthquakes The Savior said that the last days would see such events increase in frequency and size ldquoFor nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom and there shall be famines and pestilences and earthquakes in diverse places All these are the beginning of birth pangsrdquo Matthew 247-8

Perhaps the surest sign that time is short is the return of the nation of Israel to the Middle East To Israel the Almighty said ldquoI will take you from among the heathen and gather you out of all countries and will bring you into your own landrdquo Ezekiel 3624 Many prophecy teachers consider the reestablishment of Jerusalem as the capital city as THE sign of an impending apocalypse ldquoAnd they shall fall by the edge of the sword and shall be led away captive into all nations and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilledrdquo Luke 2124 The Messiah promised that the generation that saw such a miracle would certainly behold His return (Matthew 2434)

Does this mean that the return of Jesus is imminent Well many sorrows have begun but there is still more that must occur before the eastern sky splits To state that ldquoJesus could return at any timerdquo is to ignore numerous statements in the Scripture about the rise of an anti-Christ leader and a huge world war against the tiny nation of Israel

How can a person prepare for the coming of Revelation What should someone do about the mark of the beast Some believers are storing food while others are learning survival skills Many are buying gold in anticipation of the collapse of the dollar The Savior addresses such a dilemma when He said ldquoWatch and pray always that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things and stand before the Son of Manrdquo Luke 2136 The world will come to an end one day

Between now and then itrsquos important to focus on Spiritual growth The pursuit of holiness will guide the believer through whatever the future holds Listen to the voice of the Spirit If you are led to take certain precautions then do so Donrsquot allow fear of Armageddon stop you from living an abundant life

Need for Gloom and DoomThe truth about the end of daysBy Daniel Rendelman

July 30 2009

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faith and politicsfaith and politics

Continued on page 14

According to ldquoOnenewsnowrdquo writer Jim Brown Author and political commentator Newt Gingrich of American Solutions calls President Obamas tax program a war against churches and charities Gingrich accuses President Obama of deliberately trying to take away the charitable deduction for successful people so they will not give as much money to churches or charities

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich goes on to say that President Obamas plan to raise taxes on upper-income earners is designed to create bigger government and a more secular America

I think theres a clear desire to replace the church with a bureaucracy and to replace peoples right to worship together with

a government-dominated system he contends

The former House Speaker says the Obama administration is talking seriously about taking away the right of conscience in terms of performing abortions

This is the most aggressive militant secular program I can remember Gingrich admits And I think you have to be really clearly aware that they want an America which is radically different than the country which was created by those pioneers who first landed back in 1607 at Cape Henry and erected a cross to thank God for having allowed them to cross the Atlantic Ocean

Brown goes on to say that Gingrich believes people often forget that the first act of the first successful American colony was to erect a cross at Cape Henry to thank God for the i r surv iva l and the i r sa lva t ion and then to go up to James town to found the co lony

Obamas war against churches and charities

Does the Quran advocate violence toward non-Muslims

Read the following Quran quotes The only reward of those who make war

upon Allah and His messenger and strive after corruption in the land will be that they will be killed or crucified or have their hands and feet on alternate sides cut off or will be expelled out of the land(Quran Surah 533)

beware of them lest they seduce you from some part of that which Allah has revealed to you And if they turn away know that Allahs will is to smite them(Quran Surah 549)

Take not the Jews and Christians for friends They are friends one to another He among you who takes them for friends is one of them Lo Allah guides not these wrongdoing people (Quran Surah 551)

And let not those who disbelieve suppose that they can overcome Lo They cannot escape Make ready for them all you can by armed force(Quran Surah 859-60a)

slay the idolaters wherever you find them and take them captive and besiege them and prepare to ambush them But if they repent and establish

[Islamic] worshiptheir way is free Lo Allah is forgiving and Merciful (Quran Surah 95)

Strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites Be harsh with them(Quran Surah 973)

You can make your own judgments about Islam based on your experience what you read and what you know or you can listen to the advocates of ldquopeacerdquo and be deceived by the End-time Beast system that is joining with the ecumenism of the world system and Rome

Whether you are Catholic Protestant Mormon or a New Age Seeker without the firm foundation found in the whole Word of Yahweh (God) including the original covenant Books of the Torah you will be deceived Times are changing and despite popular doctrines to the contrary even those who believe the truth will suffer Tribula-tion A major part of that persecution starts from within the ldquoChurchrdquo against each other especially those who practice the faith of our Fathers Abraham Isaac Jacob and Moses and will spread to the acceptance of a false religion that is a Christian blend accepting of Islam (Rev 1217)

Be careful The choices you make have eternal consequences

Quotes From the Quran-Koran on the Peaceful Nature of the Islamic faithBy Don Wyant Jr

First it was a Missouri Analysis and Information Center (MIAC) report then it was a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report now it is a New York congress-mans bill Each of these items taken on their own is problematic enough taken together they portend a clear and present danger to the liberties of the American people It is getting very serious now

As readers may recall the MIAC report profiled certain people as being potential violence-prone militia members including people who supported Presidential candidates Ron Paul Bob Barr and myself In addition anyone who opposed one or more of the following were also included in the list the New World Order the UN gun control the violation of Posse Comitatus the Federal Reserve the Income Tax the Ammunition Accountability Act a possible Constitu-tional Convention the North American Union the Universal Service Program Radio Frequency identification (RFID) abortion on demand or illegal immigration

The MIAC report prompted a firestorm of protest and was eventually rescinded with

the man responsible for its distribution being dismissed from his position The DHS report profiled many of the same people included in the MIAC report and added returning Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans as potentially dangerous extremists

As I have said before it is very likely that when all of the opinions and views of the above lists are counted 75 or more of the American people would be included Yet these government reports would have law enforcement personnel to believe we are all dangerous extremists that need to be watched and guarded against If this was not bad enough a New York congressman has introduced a bill in the House of Representa-tives to deny Second Amendment rights to everyone listed above

According to World Net Daily (WND) May 9 2009 A new gun law being considered in Congress if aligned with Department of Homeland Security memos labeling everyday Americans as potential threats could potentially deny firearms to pro-lifers gun-rights advocates tax protesters animal rights activists and a

host of others - any already on the expansive DHS watch list for potential extremismrdquo

Rep Peter King R-NY has sponsored HR 2159 the Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2009 which permits the attorney general to deny transfer of a firearm to any known or suspected dangerous terrorist The bill requires only that the potential firearm transferee is appropriately suspected of preparing for a terrorist act and that the attorney general has a reasonable belief that the gun might be used in connection with terrorism

Gun rights advocates however object to the bills language arguing that it enables the federal government to suspend a persons Second Amendment rights without any trial or legal proof and only upon suspicion of being dangerous

WND quotes Gun Owners of America Executive Director Larry Pratt as saying

By [DHS] standards Im one of [DHS Secretary] Janet Napolitanos terrorists This bill would enable the attorney general to put all of the people who voted against Obama

on no-gun lists because according to the DHS theyre all potential terrorists Actually we could rename this bill the Janet Napolitano Frenzied Fantasy Implementation Act of 2009

Pratt was also quoted as saying Unbeknownst to us some bureaucrat in the bowels of democracy can put your name on a list and your Second Amendment rights are toast He went on to say This is such an anti-American bill this is something King George III would have done

Now that DHS has established both a list and a lexicon for lsquoextremistsrsquo it looks to Congress to confer upon it police-state-style powers through which these individuals may be disarmed and eventually done away with Rep Peter King is accommodating this goal with HR 2159

Let me ask a reasonable question how long does anyone think it would be after being profiled by DHS and denied the lawful purchase of firearms that those same people would be subjected to gun confiscation And how long do you think it would be before DHS began profiling

It Is Getting Very Serious NowBy Chuck Baldwin

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faith and politicsfaith and politics

In a decision that holds ramifications for churches around the country the Internal Revenue Service found that a non-profit organization that gathered pastors to a series of public policy conferences did not violate the political entanglement laws governing its tax-exempt status

Prompted by a complaint filed by the Texas Freedom Network which calls itself a mainstream voice to counter the religious right the IRS investigated the Houston-based Niemoller Foundation for organizing during the 2006 election season six pastors briefings which included speeches from prominent politicians and training for pastors on urging and registering their congregations to vote Despite charges that the foundation had therefore engaged in political partisan activity in violation of its tax exempt status the IRS investigation found no evidence of political intervention

This liberal attempt to intimidate pastors

has backfired said Kelly Shackelford chief counsel of Liberty Legal Institute which represented event organizers There is now a clear IRS statement outlining these pastors events and approving them as valid under the law

Hiram Sasser director of litigation for the Institute further explained to World Net Daily the ramifications the ruling holds for churches The Niemoller Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization just like a church Sasser explained So by the Niemoller activities being granted as lawful then any church that engages in the same kind of voter education combined with voter registration drives on the moral issues of the day is perfectly fine with the IRS regulations according to the IRS itself

Sasser reiterated The whole point was to educate everyone about the important social issues and get them to go vote and register others to vote and the IRS said this was perfectly okay

The Niemoller Foundation organized six of the pastorsrsquo conferences across the state of Texas from May through September 2006 The events were described as briefings to educate pastors on major moral issues that often intersect with politics such as abortion and same sex marriage And while neither the foundation nor the gatherings endorsed any individual candidates or political party keynote speakers at the conferences included prominent Republican politicians including

Texas Governor Rick Perry who spoke at all six conferences

In its letter to the IRS the Texas Freedom Network complained No other candidate for governor in the 2006 elections ndash including then sitting state Comptroller Carole Stray-horn (a Republican who sought election as an independent in the gubernatorial election) or a Democrat or other independent candidate ndash was invited to attend any of the briefings

Pointing to the selection of speakers and the effort to train pastors in voter registration the Texas Freedom Network accused the Neimoller Foundation of partisan electioneering activities

The complaint alleged the Foundation appears to have served as a partisan voter-mobilization tool for the Perry reelection campaign with affiliated pastors encouraged to use their churches as partisan political extensions of that campaign

After reviewing speeches and other materials from the pastors gatherings however the IRS did not concur The speaker did not state anything that would have been considered political or request any action of the attendees to vote for or against any legislation the IRS ruling released last week states In the speeches provided no political intervention type activity was noted Several other speeches by politicians were provided and reviewed The speeches did not appear to be made in their capacity as a candidate since no solicitation was made

for a vote Also no appeal was made to sway anyone on the issues The speeches did not appear to be political intervention An appeal was made to request attendees to vote and to request their members to register and vote but in each instance observed they were told to vote their values

While the IRS does forbid tax exempt organizations under the 501(c)(3) code from overt political entanglements ndash such as endorsing candidates or requiring mem-bers to vote in a certain way ndash the Liberty Legal Institutes Kelly Shackelford encour-aged churches not to be intimidated into political silence Be careful what you hear from these liberal organizations Shackelford said in a statement They sound very confident and file many complaints yet none are found valid even by the IRS

Laurence White director of the Niemoller Foundation and a Lutheran pastor himself encouraged churches and pastors to get involved We educate churches on moral issues facing our society and encourage them to participate in the democratic process said White in a statement The IRS has unequivocally affirmed the right of pastors nationwide to come together as spokesmen for the Word of God to interact with political leaders historians and scholars in discussing the moral issues under debate within our culture and to assert their biblical responsibility to address such issues from their pulpits

By Drew Zahn copy 2009 WorldNetDaily Reprinted by Permission

Pastors win challenge to political involvementIRS rules voter education on moral issues registration permissible

more and more groups of people thus sub-jecting them to gun confiscation

This was exactly the strategy employed by Adolf Hitler The Jews were the first people denied their civil rights - especially the right to own and possess firearms Of course after disarming Jews the rest of the German citizenry was likewise disarmed And we all know where that led

Im not sure how many of the American people realize that it was the attempted con-fiscation of the colonialists cache of arms in Concord Massachusetts that started Americas War for Independence Yes my friends it was attempted gun confiscation that triggered (pun intended) the shot heard round the world And now it would appear that once again a central government is on the verge of trying to deny the American people their right to keep and bear arms

I am told that as of 2004 50 of the adults in the United States own one or more firearms totaling some 270 million privately

owned firearms nationwide I would venture to say that the vast majority of these gun owners would find themselves matching the DHS profile of a potential lsquoextremistrsquo I wonder how many gun owners realize the way they are now being targeted by their government and just how serious - and how close - the threat of gun confiscation has become

If one doubts the intention of the elitists in government today to deny the American people their right to keep and bear arms consider what former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is purported to have said just a couple of weeks ago Kissinger attended a high-level meeting with Russian President Medvedev that also included former Secretaries of State James Baker and George Shultz for-mer Secretary of Defense William Perry and former Senator Sam Nunn Included in the discussions was Kissingers asser-tion that the American people were now ready to accept a ldquoNew Global Order He

is also reported to have told Medvedev By September well have confiscated

all privately owned guns so it really doesnt matter what we do well still be in charge (Even though the national news media has not reported this statement the Inter-net is abuzz with Kissinger having said it Whether Kissinger actually made that statement or not he and rest of his ilk have repeatedly called for a New World Order in which there will be no constitutional protection for the right to keep and bear arms)

This leads to a very serious question how many of Americas gun owners would allow their government to deny them gun ownership Further how many would passively sit back and allow their guns to be confiscated

As humbly and meekly as I know how to say it ldquoAs for me and my house gun confis-cation is the one act of tyranny that crosses the line Debate discourse discussion and peaceful dissent cease and desist at that point

iTrsquos GeTTiNG seRiOus NOW Continuted from page 13

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roots of our faithroots of our faith

A capitalist these days has become anath-ema among many historical revisionists lib-eral universities and think tanks This word is defined in our dictionaries as an econom-ic system in which investment in and owner-ship of the means of production distribution and exchange of wealth (capital) is made and maintained chiefly by private investors

or corporations In other words how one succeeds depends on himself and his own willingness and desire This too is the basic scriptural definition for capital comes from the Hebrew chafatz In Hebrew the ch has a k sound and the f has an alternative hard p sound As the word evolved through

Capitalism

An amateur Biblical archeologist who claimed to have found the Ark of the Covenant directly below the crucifixion site of Jesus Christ died after giving a deathbed interview to WorldNetDaily Noahs Ark Sodom and Gomorrah the Ark of the Covenant the crucifixion site of Jesus Christ and more have been the subject of controversial claims made by Ron Wyatt who spent much of his life documenting sites and events from the Bible

On August 9 1999 Ron Wyatt died following a lengthy battle with cancer just a few days after his last telephone inter-view His quest to provide information that would lead to more people accepting the teachings of the Bible continues at Wyatt Archaeological Research a non-profit non-denominational organization in Tennessee

According to Wyatt he was able to physically locate the Ark of the Covenant the container for the original tablets of the Ten Commandments with the Mercy Seat intact on the top It was found in a chamber just outside the walls of ancient Jerusalem about 20 feet below what Wyatt also claimed was the actual site of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ

Wyatt said he found an earthquake crack directly below where the cross would have been When Christ died the earth quaked The rock was split right below His cross and this crevice extended right down into the hidden chamber which contained the unde-filed earthly Throne of God -- the Ark with its Mercy Seat explained Wyatt in one of his research letters After Christ was dead when the centurion stuck his spear into His side and pierced His spleen the blood and water came out falling down through

that crack and was sprinkled on the Mercy Seat

The crucifixion site was found on the side of the Golgotha hill or Place of the Skull just outside the old north wall of Jerusalem not far from the Garden Tomb It was discovered under many feet of soil with actual holes in the rock where crosses were placed and niches in the rock wall behind where three signs were placed The large circular stone used to cover the garden tomb was also located there and it was all surrounded by the foundation of a first century building The central main cross hole has an earthquake crack beside it

The Bible teaches the concept of sacrifice of animals symbolic of the actual blood sacrifice Christ would make During this ancient rite the High Priest was the only one who could physi-cally sprinkle the blood on the Mercy Seat Wyatt said it was an act of God that everything was in the right place and there was an earthquake By permitting himself to be sacrificed Christ regarded by the Bible as the great High Priest was able to place his own blood upon the Mercy Seat as that great and final act in the process of blood sacrifice

Wyatt believed that the Ark of the Covenant along with other sacred objects from the first Temple in Jerusalem were all secreted away just prior to the entrance of the Babylonians into the city about 600 years before the crucifixion of Jesus Christ There are many tunnels beneath Jerusalem even to this day These most sacred objects were protected in a chamber and the entrance was sealed and hidden

Photographic evidence of Wyattrsquos site was obtained and then the site was covered back over with 12 feet of dirt and a garden

established Wyatt says it was landscaped to avoid controversy The entrance to the system of caves and tunnels found by the Wyatt team in the cliff wall was also sealed over

Wyatt claimed that he was authorized to make his excavations by the Antiquities Department but that bureaucrats within that agency insisted that his findings must be kept secret Wyatt has made public a significant amount of his research and findings but he has withheld certain documents and photographs to comply with the agreement he made with Israeli officials His refusal to provide everything resulted in criticism from some

Wyatt did not make any claims of grandeur nor did he claim to be a prophet He said his only role was to be a willing servant God has a way of communicating his wishes to people and Im not the only one able to do that so I dont flatter myself to think that Im something special I was there I was willing so therefore God allowed me this privilege There are others who are in communication with Him There are others who are familiar with this material and will see that it is presented Wyatt told WorldNetDaily just before his death

Wyatt explained Theyve been taught something else all their life So God is doing this show-and-tell through these revelations and these discoveries to prove to them real quick that the Bible is historically accurate and divinely inspired He referenced Jeremiah 1619-21 predicting unbelievers will come from all parts of the earth to learn of the discoveries

ldquoO Lord my strength and my fortress My refuge in the day of affliction The Gentiles shall come to You from the ends of the earth and say lsquoSurely our fathers have lies vanity and things wherein there is no profitrsquo

Shall a man make gods unto himself which are not gods

Therefore behold I will this once cause them to know I will cause them to know My hand and My might and they shall know that My name is the Lord

Wyatt continued This last revelation is for the inhabitants of the earth who dont have a clue as well as for those of us who do have a clue and have been commissioned by Christ to reach out to help bring these people who dont have a clue into the fold These are tools that God has given the believers to strengthen their faith and to use to reach out They are tools that will be extremely effective in the last pouring out to the entire population all inhabitants of the earth

WorldNetDaily has examined extensive evidence regarding the various claims and discoveries made by Wyatt Several critics have been found who have voiced their opinion that the work of Wyatt Archeological Research is fraudulent but no evidence was found to support those charges The evidence is sufficient to conclude that Wyatts team conducted the claimed archeological digs and investigations

WorldNetDaily is not qualified to determine the value of the evidence Wyatt was given a deathbed opportunity to either reaffirm or recant his claims He chose to reaffirm all that he has claimed without hesitation

the European language it become capit(al)This word scripturally refers to both

mans and YHVHs sovereign ability to seek lawfully what he desires This is part of our constitution life liberty and the pursuit of happiness Here are some examples of this word

Mizmor 12But his DELIGHT is in the law of YHVH

and in his law doth he meditate day and night

Mishlei 3113She seeketh wool and flax and worketh

WILLINGLY with her handsYeshayahu 5310Yet it PLEASED YHVH to bruise him

he hath put him to grief when thou shalt

make his soul an offering for sin he shall see his seed he shall prolong his days and the PLEASURE of YHVH shall prosper in his hand

Yeshayahu 5511So shall my word be that goeth forth out

of my mouth it shall not return unto me void but it shall accomplish that which I PLEASE and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it

Mizmor 1356Whatsoever YHVH PLEASED that did

he in heaven and in earth in the seas and all deep places

I be l ieve YHVH was qui te the capi ta l i s t

Shalom Alecheim

Has the Ark of the Covenant been foundBy Jamie Louis

Can be heard weekdays at 730 am amp 800 pm KPJC AM 1220 and

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roots of our faithroots of our faithFiRsT FRuiTs OF ZiON

streaming live at wwwthejctowncom KPJC AM 1220

R Bechaye writes that when Gods presence filled the Tabernacle He said Today I am causing My Presence to rest among you if you sin My Presence will leave you But when Messiah comes My Presence will remain with you permanently Now you see the Divine Presence through fire but with the advent of the Messiah you will see it clearly revealed as it is written For eye to eye shall they see when God returns to Zion (Tzenah Urenah)

CommentaryThen God spoke all these words saying

I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt out of the house of slavery (Exodus 201-2)

The Festival of Shavuot (Pentecost) is the anniversary of the giving of the Torah and the giving of the Holy Spirit As part of the commemoration the Ten Command-ments are read publicly in the Assembly on the Feast of Shavuot

According to the traditional reckoning the first commandment is simply I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt out of the house of slavery (Exodus 201-2)

The first commandment is to believe in God and to accept His claim of ownership

over us Unless we accept the basic premise of Gods existence no number of commandments will have any authority or meaning for us The need for such a command demonstrates the incongruity of ascribing to morality without believing in a moral authority If we accept the premise of objective morality we must accept that there is a higher authority issuing that objective standard

We also learn from this that redemption must precede commandments Before we can receive the Torah we must already be saved Israels salvation from Egypt was not accorded to her on the basis of her obedience to the commandments She was already redeemed (on no merit of her own) before the laws at Sinai were given to her Thus the first declaration at Sinai is a reminder of their redeemed status Only BECAUSE they are already saved are they able to receive the commands of God

True legalism continually attempts to reverse this process by claiming that ones obedience to certain commandments (or all the commandments) is the mechanism by which salvation is earned The first of the Ten Commandments directly contradicts this notion Salvation and relationship with God precedes the Torah

Redemption and Torah

A recent Newsmax cover story featured a lengthy discussion about the return of Jesus and possible apocalyptic events According to the feature ldquopublic buzz about the Biblical last days is at its highest level since 911rdquo The Pew Research Center recntly found that 79 of American Christians believe in the Second Coming of Christ Today the doomsday prophet is not some bearded man with a placard proclaiming ldquothe end is nearrdquo Instead gloom and doom seems to be the message of newspapers the Internet and television News headlines read like Bible prophecy ldquoAnd great earthquakes shall be in divers places and famines and pestilences and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heavenrdquo Luke 2111

On any given day there are wars in 30 to 40 nations in the world Rumors of wars swarm about Israel Iran and Korea Over seven million people have died since 1970 due to war

Pestilence continues to grow as new ldquosuper bugsrdquo are becoming resistant to drug treatment The H1N1 swine flu is spreading faster than the Center for Disease Control can track And the HIV Aids virus has killed more than 25 million since 1981 HIV is at pandemic levels in many areas including China Asia and Africa

Famine as well is wide spread throughout the planet The World Health Organization estimates that one-third of the world is under-fed while another one-third is starving Every 36 seconds someone dies of hunger

Such horrible news isnrsquot new The world has always had false messiahs wars ethnic violence starvation disease and earthquakes The Savior said that the last days would see such events increase in frequency and size ldquoFor nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom and there shall be famines and pestilences and earthquakes in diverse places All these are the beginning of birth pangsrdquo Matthew 247-8

Perhaps the surest sign that time is short is the return of the nation of Israel to the Middle East To Israel the Almighty said ldquoI will take you from among the heathen and gather you out of all countries and will bring you into your own landrdquo Ezekiel 3624 Many prophecy teachers consider the reestablishment of Jerusalem as the capital city as THE sign of an impending apocalypse ldquoAnd they shall fall by the edge of the sword and shall be led away captive into all nations and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilledrdquo Luke 2124 The Messiah promised that the generation that saw such a miracle would certainly behold His return (Matthew 2434)

Does this mean that the return of Jesus is imminent Well many sorrows have begun but there is still more that must occur before the eastern sky splits To state that ldquoJesus could return at any timerdquo is to ignore numerous statements in the Scripture about the rise of an anti-Christ leader and a huge world war against the tiny nation of Israel

How can a person prepare for the coming of Revelation What should someone do about the mark of the beast Some believers are storing food while others are learning survival skills Many are buying gold in anticipation of the collapse of the dollar The Savior addresses such a dilemma when He said ldquoWatch and pray always that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things and stand before the Son of Manrdquo Luke 2136 The world will come to an end one day

Between now and then itrsquos important to focus on Spiritual growth The pursuit of holiness will guide the believer through whatever the future holds Listen to the voice of the Spirit If you are led to take certain precautions then do so Donrsquot allow fear of Armageddon stop you from living an abundant life

Need for Gloom and DoomThe truth about the end of daysBy Daniel Rendelman

July 30 2009

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faith and politicsfaith and politics

Continued on page 14

According to ldquoOnenewsnowrdquo writer Jim Brown Author and political commentator Newt Gingrich of American Solutions calls President Obamas tax program a war against churches and charities Gingrich accuses President Obama of deliberately trying to take away the charitable deduction for successful people so they will not give as much money to churches or charities

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich goes on to say that President Obamas plan to raise taxes on upper-income earners is designed to create bigger government and a more secular America

I think theres a clear desire to replace the church with a bureaucracy and to replace peoples right to worship together with

a government-dominated system he contends

The former House Speaker says the Obama administration is talking seriously about taking away the right of conscience in terms of performing abortions

This is the most aggressive militant secular program I can remember Gingrich admits And I think you have to be really clearly aware that they want an America which is radically different than the country which was created by those pioneers who first landed back in 1607 at Cape Henry and erected a cross to thank God for having allowed them to cross the Atlantic Ocean

Brown goes on to say that Gingrich believes people often forget that the first act of the first successful American colony was to erect a cross at Cape Henry to thank God for the i r surv iva l and the i r sa lva t ion and then to go up to James town to found the co lony

Obamas war against churches and charities

Does the Quran advocate violence toward non-Muslims

Read the following Quran quotes The only reward of those who make war

upon Allah and His messenger and strive after corruption in the land will be that they will be killed or crucified or have their hands and feet on alternate sides cut off or will be expelled out of the land(Quran Surah 533)

beware of them lest they seduce you from some part of that which Allah has revealed to you And if they turn away know that Allahs will is to smite them(Quran Surah 549)

Take not the Jews and Christians for friends They are friends one to another He among you who takes them for friends is one of them Lo Allah guides not these wrongdoing people (Quran Surah 551)

And let not those who disbelieve suppose that they can overcome Lo They cannot escape Make ready for them all you can by armed force(Quran Surah 859-60a)

slay the idolaters wherever you find them and take them captive and besiege them and prepare to ambush them But if they repent and establish

[Islamic] worshiptheir way is free Lo Allah is forgiving and Merciful (Quran Surah 95)

Strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites Be harsh with them(Quran Surah 973)

You can make your own judgments about Islam based on your experience what you read and what you know or you can listen to the advocates of ldquopeacerdquo and be deceived by the End-time Beast system that is joining with the ecumenism of the world system and Rome

Whether you are Catholic Protestant Mormon or a New Age Seeker without the firm foundation found in the whole Word of Yahweh (God) including the original covenant Books of the Torah you will be deceived Times are changing and despite popular doctrines to the contrary even those who believe the truth will suffer Tribula-tion A major part of that persecution starts from within the ldquoChurchrdquo against each other especially those who practice the faith of our Fathers Abraham Isaac Jacob and Moses and will spread to the acceptance of a false religion that is a Christian blend accepting of Islam (Rev 1217)

Be careful The choices you make have eternal consequences

Quotes From the Quran-Koran on the Peaceful Nature of the Islamic faithBy Don Wyant Jr

First it was a Missouri Analysis and Information Center (MIAC) report then it was a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report now it is a New York congress-mans bill Each of these items taken on their own is problematic enough taken together they portend a clear and present danger to the liberties of the American people It is getting very serious now

As readers may recall the MIAC report profiled certain people as being potential violence-prone militia members including people who supported Presidential candidates Ron Paul Bob Barr and myself In addition anyone who opposed one or more of the following were also included in the list the New World Order the UN gun control the violation of Posse Comitatus the Federal Reserve the Income Tax the Ammunition Accountability Act a possible Constitu-tional Convention the North American Union the Universal Service Program Radio Frequency identification (RFID) abortion on demand or illegal immigration

The MIAC report prompted a firestorm of protest and was eventually rescinded with

the man responsible for its distribution being dismissed from his position The DHS report profiled many of the same people included in the MIAC report and added returning Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans as potentially dangerous extremists

As I have said before it is very likely that when all of the opinions and views of the above lists are counted 75 or more of the American people would be included Yet these government reports would have law enforcement personnel to believe we are all dangerous extremists that need to be watched and guarded against If this was not bad enough a New York congressman has introduced a bill in the House of Representa-tives to deny Second Amendment rights to everyone listed above

According to World Net Daily (WND) May 9 2009 A new gun law being considered in Congress if aligned with Department of Homeland Security memos labeling everyday Americans as potential threats could potentially deny firearms to pro-lifers gun-rights advocates tax protesters animal rights activists and a

host of others - any already on the expansive DHS watch list for potential extremismrdquo

Rep Peter King R-NY has sponsored HR 2159 the Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2009 which permits the attorney general to deny transfer of a firearm to any known or suspected dangerous terrorist The bill requires only that the potential firearm transferee is appropriately suspected of preparing for a terrorist act and that the attorney general has a reasonable belief that the gun might be used in connection with terrorism

Gun rights advocates however object to the bills language arguing that it enables the federal government to suspend a persons Second Amendment rights without any trial or legal proof and only upon suspicion of being dangerous

WND quotes Gun Owners of America Executive Director Larry Pratt as saying

By [DHS] standards Im one of [DHS Secretary] Janet Napolitanos terrorists This bill would enable the attorney general to put all of the people who voted against Obama

on no-gun lists because according to the DHS theyre all potential terrorists Actually we could rename this bill the Janet Napolitano Frenzied Fantasy Implementation Act of 2009

Pratt was also quoted as saying Unbeknownst to us some bureaucrat in the bowels of democracy can put your name on a list and your Second Amendment rights are toast He went on to say This is such an anti-American bill this is something King George III would have done

Now that DHS has established both a list and a lexicon for lsquoextremistsrsquo it looks to Congress to confer upon it police-state-style powers through which these individuals may be disarmed and eventually done away with Rep Peter King is accommodating this goal with HR 2159

Let me ask a reasonable question how long does anyone think it would be after being profiled by DHS and denied the lawful purchase of firearms that those same people would be subjected to gun confiscation And how long do you think it would be before DHS began profiling

It Is Getting Very Serious NowBy Chuck Baldwin

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faith and politicsfaith and politics

In a decision that holds ramifications for churches around the country the Internal Revenue Service found that a non-profit organization that gathered pastors to a series of public policy conferences did not violate the political entanglement laws governing its tax-exempt status

Prompted by a complaint filed by the Texas Freedom Network which calls itself a mainstream voice to counter the religious right the IRS investigated the Houston-based Niemoller Foundation for organizing during the 2006 election season six pastors briefings which included speeches from prominent politicians and training for pastors on urging and registering their congregations to vote Despite charges that the foundation had therefore engaged in political partisan activity in violation of its tax exempt status the IRS investigation found no evidence of political intervention

This liberal attempt to intimidate pastors

has backfired said Kelly Shackelford chief counsel of Liberty Legal Institute which represented event organizers There is now a clear IRS statement outlining these pastors events and approving them as valid under the law

Hiram Sasser director of litigation for the Institute further explained to World Net Daily the ramifications the ruling holds for churches The Niemoller Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization just like a church Sasser explained So by the Niemoller activities being granted as lawful then any church that engages in the same kind of voter education combined with voter registration drives on the moral issues of the day is perfectly fine with the IRS regulations according to the IRS itself

Sasser reiterated The whole point was to educate everyone about the important social issues and get them to go vote and register others to vote and the IRS said this was perfectly okay

The Niemoller Foundation organized six of the pastorsrsquo conferences across the state of Texas from May through September 2006 The events were described as briefings to educate pastors on major moral issues that often intersect with politics such as abortion and same sex marriage And while neither the foundation nor the gatherings endorsed any individual candidates or political party keynote speakers at the conferences included prominent Republican politicians including

Texas Governor Rick Perry who spoke at all six conferences

In its letter to the IRS the Texas Freedom Network complained No other candidate for governor in the 2006 elections ndash including then sitting state Comptroller Carole Stray-horn (a Republican who sought election as an independent in the gubernatorial election) or a Democrat or other independent candidate ndash was invited to attend any of the briefings

Pointing to the selection of speakers and the effort to train pastors in voter registration the Texas Freedom Network accused the Neimoller Foundation of partisan electioneering activities

The complaint alleged the Foundation appears to have served as a partisan voter-mobilization tool for the Perry reelection campaign with affiliated pastors encouraged to use their churches as partisan political extensions of that campaign

After reviewing speeches and other materials from the pastors gatherings however the IRS did not concur The speaker did not state anything that would have been considered political or request any action of the attendees to vote for or against any legislation the IRS ruling released last week states In the speeches provided no political intervention type activity was noted Several other speeches by politicians were provided and reviewed The speeches did not appear to be made in their capacity as a candidate since no solicitation was made

for a vote Also no appeal was made to sway anyone on the issues The speeches did not appear to be political intervention An appeal was made to request attendees to vote and to request their members to register and vote but in each instance observed they were told to vote their values

While the IRS does forbid tax exempt organizations under the 501(c)(3) code from overt political entanglements ndash such as endorsing candidates or requiring mem-bers to vote in a certain way ndash the Liberty Legal Institutes Kelly Shackelford encour-aged churches not to be intimidated into political silence Be careful what you hear from these liberal organizations Shackelford said in a statement They sound very confident and file many complaints yet none are found valid even by the IRS

Laurence White director of the Niemoller Foundation and a Lutheran pastor himself encouraged churches and pastors to get involved We educate churches on moral issues facing our society and encourage them to participate in the democratic process said White in a statement The IRS has unequivocally affirmed the right of pastors nationwide to come together as spokesmen for the Word of God to interact with political leaders historians and scholars in discussing the moral issues under debate within our culture and to assert their biblical responsibility to address such issues from their pulpits

By Drew Zahn copy 2009 WorldNetDaily Reprinted by Permission

Pastors win challenge to political involvementIRS rules voter education on moral issues registration permissible

more and more groups of people thus sub-jecting them to gun confiscation

This was exactly the strategy employed by Adolf Hitler The Jews were the first people denied their civil rights - especially the right to own and possess firearms Of course after disarming Jews the rest of the German citizenry was likewise disarmed And we all know where that led

Im not sure how many of the American people realize that it was the attempted con-fiscation of the colonialists cache of arms in Concord Massachusetts that started Americas War for Independence Yes my friends it was attempted gun confiscation that triggered (pun intended) the shot heard round the world And now it would appear that once again a central government is on the verge of trying to deny the American people their right to keep and bear arms

I am told that as of 2004 50 of the adults in the United States own one or more firearms totaling some 270 million privately

owned firearms nationwide I would venture to say that the vast majority of these gun owners would find themselves matching the DHS profile of a potential lsquoextremistrsquo I wonder how many gun owners realize the way they are now being targeted by their government and just how serious - and how close - the threat of gun confiscation has become

If one doubts the intention of the elitists in government today to deny the American people their right to keep and bear arms consider what former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is purported to have said just a couple of weeks ago Kissinger attended a high-level meeting with Russian President Medvedev that also included former Secretaries of State James Baker and George Shultz for-mer Secretary of Defense William Perry and former Senator Sam Nunn Included in the discussions was Kissingers asser-tion that the American people were now ready to accept a ldquoNew Global Order He

is also reported to have told Medvedev By September well have confiscated

all privately owned guns so it really doesnt matter what we do well still be in charge (Even though the national news media has not reported this statement the Inter-net is abuzz with Kissinger having said it Whether Kissinger actually made that statement or not he and rest of his ilk have repeatedly called for a New World Order in which there will be no constitutional protection for the right to keep and bear arms)

This leads to a very serious question how many of Americas gun owners would allow their government to deny them gun ownership Further how many would passively sit back and allow their guns to be confiscated

As humbly and meekly as I know how to say it ldquoAs for me and my house gun confis-cation is the one act of tyranny that crosses the line Debate discourse discussion and peaceful dissent cease and desist at that point

iTrsquos GeTTiNG seRiOus NOW Continuted from page 13

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A capitalist these days has become anath-ema among many historical revisionists lib-eral universities and think tanks This word is defined in our dictionaries as an econom-ic system in which investment in and owner-ship of the means of production distribution and exchange of wealth (capital) is made and maintained chiefly by private investors

or corporations In other words how one succeeds depends on himself and his own willingness and desire This too is the basic scriptural definition for capital comes from the Hebrew chafatz In Hebrew the ch has a k sound and the f has an alternative hard p sound As the word evolved through

Capitalism

An amateur Biblical archeologist who claimed to have found the Ark of the Covenant directly below the crucifixion site of Jesus Christ died after giving a deathbed interview to WorldNetDaily Noahs Ark Sodom and Gomorrah the Ark of the Covenant the crucifixion site of Jesus Christ and more have been the subject of controversial claims made by Ron Wyatt who spent much of his life documenting sites and events from the Bible

On August 9 1999 Ron Wyatt died following a lengthy battle with cancer just a few days after his last telephone inter-view His quest to provide information that would lead to more people accepting the teachings of the Bible continues at Wyatt Archaeological Research a non-profit non-denominational organization in Tennessee

According to Wyatt he was able to physically locate the Ark of the Covenant the container for the original tablets of the Ten Commandments with the Mercy Seat intact on the top It was found in a chamber just outside the walls of ancient Jerusalem about 20 feet below what Wyatt also claimed was the actual site of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ

Wyatt said he found an earthquake crack directly below where the cross would have been When Christ died the earth quaked The rock was split right below His cross and this crevice extended right down into the hidden chamber which contained the unde-filed earthly Throne of God -- the Ark with its Mercy Seat explained Wyatt in one of his research letters After Christ was dead when the centurion stuck his spear into His side and pierced His spleen the blood and water came out falling down through

that crack and was sprinkled on the Mercy Seat

The crucifixion site was found on the side of the Golgotha hill or Place of the Skull just outside the old north wall of Jerusalem not far from the Garden Tomb It was discovered under many feet of soil with actual holes in the rock where crosses were placed and niches in the rock wall behind where three signs were placed The large circular stone used to cover the garden tomb was also located there and it was all surrounded by the foundation of a first century building The central main cross hole has an earthquake crack beside it

The Bible teaches the concept of sacrifice of animals symbolic of the actual blood sacrifice Christ would make During this ancient rite the High Priest was the only one who could physi-cally sprinkle the blood on the Mercy Seat Wyatt said it was an act of God that everything was in the right place and there was an earthquake By permitting himself to be sacrificed Christ regarded by the Bible as the great High Priest was able to place his own blood upon the Mercy Seat as that great and final act in the process of blood sacrifice

Wyatt believed that the Ark of the Covenant along with other sacred objects from the first Temple in Jerusalem were all secreted away just prior to the entrance of the Babylonians into the city about 600 years before the crucifixion of Jesus Christ There are many tunnels beneath Jerusalem even to this day These most sacred objects were protected in a chamber and the entrance was sealed and hidden

Photographic evidence of Wyattrsquos site was obtained and then the site was covered back over with 12 feet of dirt and a garden

established Wyatt says it was landscaped to avoid controversy The entrance to the system of caves and tunnels found by the Wyatt team in the cliff wall was also sealed over

Wyatt claimed that he was authorized to make his excavations by the Antiquities Department but that bureaucrats within that agency insisted that his findings must be kept secret Wyatt has made public a significant amount of his research and findings but he has withheld certain documents and photographs to comply with the agreement he made with Israeli officials His refusal to provide everything resulted in criticism from some

Wyatt did not make any claims of grandeur nor did he claim to be a prophet He said his only role was to be a willing servant God has a way of communicating his wishes to people and Im not the only one able to do that so I dont flatter myself to think that Im something special I was there I was willing so therefore God allowed me this privilege There are others who are in communication with Him There are others who are familiar with this material and will see that it is presented Wyatt told WorldNetDaily just before his death

Wyatt explained Theyve been taught something else all their life So God is doing this show-and-tell through these revelations and these discoveries to prove to them real quick that the Bible is historically accurate and divinely inspired He referenced Jeremiah 1619-21 predicting unbelievers will come from all parts of the earth to learn of the discoveries

ldquoO Lord my strength and my fortress My refuge in the day of affliction The Gentiles shall come to You from the ends of the earth and say lsquoSurely our fathers have lies vanity and things wherein there is no profitrsquo

Shall a man make gods unto himself which are not gods

Therefore behold I will this once cause them to know I will cause them to know My hand and My might and they shall know that My name is the Lord

Wyatt continued This last revelation is for the inhabitants of the earth who dont have a clue as well as for those of us who do have a clue and have been commissioned by Christ to reach out to help bring these people who dont have a clue into the fold These are tools that God has given the believers to strengthen their faith and to use to reach out They are tools that will be extremely effective in the last pouring out to the entire population all inhabitants of the earth

WorldNetDaily has examined extensive evidence regarding the various claims and discoveries made by Wyatt Several critics have been found who have voiced their opinion that the work of Wyatt Archeological Research is fraudulent but no evidence was found to support those charges The evidence is sufficient to conclude that Wyatts team conducted the claimed archeological digs and investigations

WorldNetDaily is not qualified to determine the value of the evidence Wyatt was given a deathbed opportunity to either reaffirm or recant his claims He chose to reaffirm all that he has claimed without hesitation

the European language it become capit(al)This word scripturally refers to both

mans and YHVHs sovereign ability to seek lawfully what he desires This is part of our constitution life liberty and the pursuit of happiness Here are some examples of this word

Mizmor 12But his DELIGHT is in the law of YHVH

and in his law doth he meditate day and night

Mishlei 3113She seeketh wool and flax and worketh

WILLINGLY with her handsYeshayahu 5310Yet it PLEASED YHVH to bruise him

he hath put him to grief when thou shalt

make his soul an offering for sin he shall see his seed he shall prolong his days and the PLEASURE of YHVH shall prosper in his hand

Yeshayahu 5511So shall my word be that goeth forth out

of my mouth it shall not return unto me void but it shall accomplish that which I PLEASE and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it

Mizmor 1356Whatsoever YHVH PLEASED that did

he in heaven and in earth in the seas and all deep places

I be l ieve YHVH was qui te the capi ta l i s t

Shalom Alecheim

Has the Ark of the Covenant been foundBy Jamie Louis

Can be heard weekdays at 730 am amp 800 pm KPJC AM 1220 and

streaming live at wwwthejctowncom

Can be heard daily at 830 am on

KPJC AM 1220

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roots of our faithroots of our faithFiRsT FRuiTs OF ZiON

streaming live at wwwthejctowncom KPJC AM 1220

R Bechaye writes that when Gods presence filled the Tabernacle He said Today I am causing My Presence to rest among you if you sin My Presence will leave you But when Messiah comes My Presence will remain with you permanently Now you see the Divine Presence through fire but with the advent of the Messiah you will see it clearly revealed as it is written For eye to eye shall they see when God returns to Zion (Tzenah Urenah)

CommentaryThen God spoke all these words saying

I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt out of the house of slavery (Exodus 201-2)

The Festival of Shavuot (Pentecost) is the anniversary of the giving of the Torah and the giving of the Holy Spirit As part of the commemoration the Ten Command-ments are read publicly in the Assembly on the Feast of Shavuot

According to the traditional reckoning the first commandment is simply I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt out of the house of slavery (Exodus 201-2)

The first commandment is to believe in God and to accept His claim of ownership

over us Unless we accept the basic premise of Gods existence no number of commandments will have any authority or meaning for us The need for such a command demonstrates the incongruity of ascribing to morality without believing in a moral authority If we accept the premise of objective morality we must accept that there is a higher authority issuing that objective standard

We also learn from this that redemption must precede commandments Before we can receive the Torah we must already be saved Israels salvation from Egypt was not accorded to her on the basis of her obedience to the commandments She was already redeemed (on no merit of her own) before the laws at Sinai were given to her Thus the first declaration at Sinai is a reminder of their redeemed status Only BECAUSE they are already saved are they able to receive the commands of God

True legalism continually attempts to reverse this process by claiming that ones obedience to certain commandments (or all the commandments) is the mechanism by which salvation is earned The first of the Ten Commandments directly contradicts this notion Salvation and relationship with God precedes the Torah

Redemption and Torah

A recent Newsmax cover story featured a lengthy discussion about the return of Jesus and possible apocalyptic events According to the feature ldquopublic buzz about the Biblical last days is at its highest level since 911rdquo The Pew Research Center recntly found that 79 of American Christians believe in the Second Coming of Christ Today the doomsday prophet is not some bearded man with a placard proclaiming ldquothe end is nearrdquo Instead gloom and doom seems to be the message of newspapers the Internet and television News headlines read like Bible prophecy ldquoAnd great earthquakes shall be in divers places and famines and pestilences and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heavenrdquo Luke 2111

On any given day there are wars in 30 to 40 nations in the world Rumors of wars swarm about Israel Iran and Korea Over seven million people have died since 1970 due to war

Pestilence continues to grow as new ldquosuper bugsrdquo are becoming resistant to drug treatment The H1N1 swine flu is spreading faster than the Center for Disease Control can track And the HIV Aids virus has killed more than 25 million since 1981 HIV is at pandemic levels in many areas including China Asia and Africa

Famine as well is wide spread throughout the planet The World Health Organization estimates that one-third of the world is under-fed while another one-third is starving Every 36 seconds someone dies of hunger

Such horrible news isnrsquot new The world has always had false messiahs wars ethnic violence starvation disease and earthquakes The Savior said that the last days would see such events increase in frequency and size ldquoFor nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom and there shall be famines and pestilences and earthquakes in diverse places All these are the beginning of birth pangsrdquo Matthew 247-8

Perhaps the surest sign that time is short is the return of the nation of Israel to the Middle East To Israel the Almighty said ldquoI will take you from among the heathen and gather you out of all countries and will bring you into your own landrdquo Ezekiel 3624 Many prophecy teachers consider the reestablishment of Jerusalem as the capital city as THE sign of an impending apocalypse ldquoAnd they shall fall by the edge of the sword and shall be led away captive into all nations and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilledrdquo Luke 2124 The Messiah promised that the generation that saw such a miracle would certainly behold His return (Matthew 2434)

Does this mean that the return of Jesus is imminent Well many sorrows have begun but there is still more that must occur before the eastern sky splits To state that ldquoJesus could return at any timerdquo is to ignore numerous statements in the Scripture about the rise of an anti-Christ leader and a huge world war against the tiny nation of Israel

How can a person prepare for the coming of Revelation What should someone do about the mark of the beast Some believers are storing food while others are learning survival skills Many are buying gold in anticipation of the collapse of the dollar The Savior addresses such a dilemma when He said ldquoWatch and pray always that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things and stand before the Son of Manrdquo Luke 2136 The world will come to an end one day

Between now and then itrsquos important to focus on Spiritual growth The pursuit of holiness will guide the believer through whatever the future holds Listen to the voice of the Spirit If you are led to take certain precautions then do so Donrsquot allow fear of Armageddon stop you from living an abundant life

Need for Gloom and DoomThe truth about the end of daysBy Daniel Rendelman

July 30 2009

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faith and politicsfaith and politics

Continued on page 14

According to ldquoOnenewsnowrdquo writer Jim Brown Author and political commentator Newt Gingrich of American Solutions calls President Obamas tax program a war against churches and charities Gingrich accuses President Obama of deliberately trying to take away the charitable deduction for successful people so they will not give as much money to churches or charities

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich goes on to say that President Obamas plan to raise taxes on upper-income earners is designed to create bigger government and a more secular America

I think theres a clear desire to replace the church with a bureaucracy and to replace peoples right to worship together with

a government-dominated system he contends

The former House Speaker says the Obama administration is talking seriously about taking away the right of conscience in terms of performing abortions

This is the most aggressive militant secular program I can remember Gingrich admits And I think you have to be really clearly aware that they want an America which is radically different than the country which was created by those pioneers who first landed back in 1607 at Cape Henry and erected a cross to thank God for having allowed them to cross the Atlantic Ocean

Brown goes on to say that Gingrich believes people often forget that the first act of the first successful American colony was to erect a cross at Cape Henry to thank God for the i r surv iva l and the i r sa lva t ion and then to go up to James town to found the co lony

Obamas war against churches and charities

Does the Quran advocate violence toward non-Muslims

Read the following Quran quotes The only reward of those who make war

upon Allah and His messenger and strive after corruption in the land will be that they will be killed or crucified or have their hands and feet on alternate sides cut off or will be expelled out of the land(Quran Surah 533)

beware of them lest they seduce you from some part of that which Allah has revealed to you And if they turn away know that Allahs will is to smite them(Quran Surah 549)

Take not the Jews and Christians for friends They are friends one to another He among you who takes them for friends is one of them Lo Allah guides not these wrongdoing people (Quran Surah 551)

And let not those who disbelieve suppose that they can overcome Lo They cannot escape Make ready for them all you can by armed force(Quran Surah 859-60a)

slay the idolaters wherever you find them and take them captive and besiege them and prepare to ambush them But if they repent and establish

[Islamic] worshiptheir way is free Lo Allah is forgiving and Merciful (Quran Surah 95)

Strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites Be harsh with them(Quran Surah 973)

You can make your own judgments about Islam based on your experience what you read and what you know or you can listen to the advocates of ldquopeacerdquo and be deceived by the End-time Beast system that is joining with the ecumenism of the world system and Rome

Whether you are Catholic Protestant Mormon or a New Age Seeker without the firm foundation found in the whole Word of Yahweh (God) including the original covenant Books of the Torah you will be deceived Times are changing and despite popular doctrines to the contrary even those who believe the truth will suffer Tribula-tion A major part of that persecution starts from within the ldquoChurchrdquo against each other especially those who practice the faith of our Fathers Abraham Isaac Jacob and Moses and will spread to the acceptance of a false religion that is a Christian blend accepting of Islam (Rev 1217)

Be careful The choices you make have eternal consequences

Quotes From the Quran-Koran on the Peaceful Nature of the Islamic faithBy Don Wyant Jr

First it was a Missouri Analysis and Information Center (MIAC) report then it was a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report now it is a New York congress-mans bill Each of these items taken on their own is problematic enough taken together they portend a clear and present danger to the liberties of the American people It is getting very serious now

As readers may recall the MIAC report profiled certain people as being potential violence-prone militia members including people who supported Presidential candidates Ron Paul Bob Barr and myself In addition anyone who opposed one or more of the following were also included in the list the New World Order the UN gun control the violation of Posse Comitatus the Federal Reserve the Income Tax the Ammunition Accountability Act a possible Constitu-tional Convention the North American Union the Universal Service Program Radio Frequency identification (RFID) abortion on demand or illegal immigration

The MIAC report prompted a firestorm of protest and was eventually rescinded with

the man responsible for its distribution being dismissed from his position The DHS report profiled many of the same people included in the MIAC report and added returning Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans as potentially dangerous extremists

As I have said before it is very likely that when all of the opinions and views of the above lists are counted 75 or more of the American people would be included Yet these government reports would have law enforcement personnel to believe we are all dangerous extremists that need to be watched and guarded against If this was not bad enough a New York congressman has introduced a bill in the House of Representa-tives to deny Second Amendment rights to everyone listed above

According to World Net Daily (WND) May 9 2009 A new gun law being considered in Congress if aligned with Department of Homeland Security memos labeling everyday Americans as potential threats could potentially deny firearms to pro-lifers gun-rights advocates tax protesters animal rights activists and a

host of others - any already on the expansive DHS watch list for potential extremismrdquo

Rep Peter King R-NY has sponsored HR 2159 the Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2009 which permits the attorney general to deny transfer of a firearm to any known or suspected dangerous terrorist The bill requires only that the potential firearm transferee is appropriately suspected of preparing for a terrorist act and that the attorney general has a reasonable belief that the gun might be used in connection with terrorism

Gun rights advocates however object to the bills language arguing that it enables the federal government to suspend a persons Second Amendment rights without any trial or legal proof and only upon suspicion of being dangerous

WND quotes Gun Owners of America Executive Director Larry Pratt as saying

By [DHS] standards Im one of [DHS Secretary] Janet Napolitanos terrorists This bill would enable the attorney general to put all of the people who voted against Obama

on no-gun lists because according to the DHS theyre all potential terrorists Actually we could rename this bill the Janet Napolitano Frenzied Fantasy Implementation Act of 2009

Pratt was also quoted as saying Unbeknownst to us some bureaucrat in the bowels of democracy can put your name on a list and your Second Amendment rights are toast He went on to say This is such an anti-American bill this is something King George III would have done

Now that DHS has established both a list and a lexicon for lsquoextremistsrsquo it looks to Congress to confer upon it police-state-style powers through which these individuals may be disarmed and eventually done away with Rep Peter King is accommodating this goal with HR 2159

Let me ask a reasonable question how long does anyone think it would be after being profiled by DHS and denied the lawful purchase of firearms that those same people would be subjected to gun confiscation And how long do you think it would be before DHS began profiling

It Is Getting Very Serious NowBy Chuck Baldwin

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faith and politicsfaith and politics

In a decision that holds ramifications for churches around the country the Internal Revenue Service found that a non-profit organization that gathered pastors to a series of public policy conferences did not violate the political entanglement laws governing its tax-exempt status

Prompted by a complaint filed by the Texas Freedom Network which calls itself a mainstream voice to counter the religious right the IRS investigated the Houston-based Niemoller Foundation for organizing during the 2006 election season six pastors briefings which included speeches from prominent politicians and training for pastors on urging and registering their congregations to vote Despite charges that the foundation had therefore engaged in political partisan activity in violation of its tax exempt status the IRS investigation found no evidence of political intervention

This liberal attempt to intimidate pastors

has backfired said Kelly Shackelford chief counsel of Liberty Legal Institute which represented event organizers There is now a clear IRS statement outlining these pastors events and approving them as valid under the law

Hiram Sasser director of litigation for the Institute further explained to World Net Daily the ramifications the ruling holds for churches The Niemoller Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization just like a church Sasser explained So by the Niemoller activities being granted as lawful then any church that engages in the same kind of voter education combined with voter registration drives on the moral issues of the day is perfectly fine with the IRS regulations according to the IRS itself

Sasser reiterated The whole point was to educate everyone about the important social issues and get them to go vote and register others to vote and the IRS said this was perfectly okay

The Niemoller Foundation organized six of the pastorsrsquo conferences across the state of Texas from May through September 2006 The events were described as briefings to educate pastors on major moral issues that often intersect with politics such as abortion and same sex marriage And while neither the foundation nor the gatherings endorsed any individual candidates or political party keynote speakers at the conferences included prominent Republican politicians including

Texas Governor Rick Perry who spoke at all six conferences

In its letter to the IRS the Texas Freedom Network complained No other candidate for governor in the 2006 elections ndash including then sitting state Comptroller Carole Stray-horn (a Republican who sought election as an independent in the gubernatorial election) or a Democrat or other independent candidate ndash was invited to attend any of the briefings

Pointing to the selection of speakers and the effort to train pastors in voter registration the Texas Freedom Network accused the Neimoller Foundation of partisan electioneering activities

The complaint alleged the Foundation appears to have served as a partisan voter-mobilization tool for the Perry reelection campaign with affiliated pastors encouraged to use their churches as partisan political extensions of that campaign

After reviewing speeches and other materials from the pastors gatherings however the IRS did not concur The speaker did not state anything that would have been considered political or request any action of the attendees to vote for or against any legislation the IRS ruling released last week states In the speeches provided no political intervention type activity was noted Several other speeches by politicians were provided and reviewed The speeches did not appear to be made in their capacity as a candidate since no solicitation was made

for a vote Also no appeal was made to sway anyone on the issues The speeches did not appear to be political intervention An appeal was made to request attendees to vote and to request their members to register and vote but in each instance observed they were told to vote their values

While the IRS does forbid tax exempt organizations under the 501(c)(3) code from overt political entanglements ndash such as endorsing candidates or requiring mem-bers to vote in a certain way ndash the Liberty Legal Institutes Kelly Shackelford encour-aged churches not to be intimidated into political silence Be careful what you hear from these liberal organizations Shackelford said in a statement They sound very confident and file many complaints yet none are found valid even by the IRS

Laurence White director of the Niemoller Foundation and a Lutheran pastor himself encouraged churches and pastors to get involved We educate churches on moral issues facing our society and encourage them to participate in the democratic process said White in a statement The IRS has unequivocally affirmed the right of pastors nationwide to come together as spokesmen for the Word of God to interact with political leaders historians and scholars in discussing the moral issues under debate within our culture and to assert their biblical responsibility to address such issues from their pulpits

By Drew Zahn copy 2009 WorldNetDaily Reprinted by Permission

Pastors win challenge to political involvementIRS rules voter education on moral issues registration permissible

more and more groups of people thus sub-jecting them to gun confiscation

This was exactly the strategy employed by Adolf Hitler The Jews were the first people denied their civil rights - especially the right to own and possess firearms Of course after disarming Jews the rest of the German citizenry was likewise disarmed And we all know where that led

Im not sure how many of the American people realize that it was the attempted con-fiscation of the colonialists cache of arms in Concord Massachusetts that started Americas War for Independence Yes my friends it was attempted gun confiscation that triggered (pun intended) the shot heard round the world And now it would appear that once again a central government is on the verge of trying to deny the American people their right to keep and bear arms

I am told that as of 2004 50 of the adults in the United States own one or more firearms totaling some 270 million privately

owned firearms nationwide I would venture to say that the vast majority of these gun owners would find themselves matching the DHS profile of a potential lsquoextremistrsquo I wonder how many gun owners realize the way they are now being targeted by their government and just how serious - and how close - the threat of gun confiscation has become

If one doubts the intention of the elitists in government today to deny the American people their right to keep and bear arms consider what former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is purported to have said just a couple of weeks ago Kissinger attended a high-level meeting with Russian President Medvedev that also included former Secretaries of State James Baker and George Shultz for-mer Secretary of Defense William Perry and former Senator Sam Nunn Included in the discussions was Kissingers asser-tion that the American people were now ready to accept a ldquoNew Global Order He

is also reported to have told Medvedev By September well have confiscated

all privately owned guns so it really doesnt matter what we do well still be in charge (Even though the national news media has not reported this statement the Inter-net is abuzz with Kissinger having said it Whether Kissinger actually made that statement or not he and rest of his ilk have repeatedly called for a New World Order in which there will be no constitutional protection for the right to keep and bear arms)

This leads to a very serious question how many of Americas gun owners would allow their government to deny them gun ownership Further how many would passively sit back and allow their guns to be confiscated

As humbly and meekly as I know how to say it ldquoAs for me and my house gun confis-cation is the one act of tyranny that crosses the line Debate discourse discussion and peaceful dissent cease and desist at that point

iTrsquos GeTTiNG seRiOus NOW Continuted from page 13

I say again it is getting very serious nowrdquohttpwwwchuckbaldwinlivecomdonatephp

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ldquoStop Throwing Your Money Away find out what most people will never knowrdquo

Life BENEFIT$ Inc

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Recover 20-25 of what you currently spend right NOW

Call 503-363-LIFE now to purchase your $27 book and receive our $100 guarantee

wwwlife-benefitscom

Summer Camp for all ages

Check out our website wwwcanbygrovecom or Call 503-266-5176

INVEST IN YOUR KIDS THIS SUMMERItrsquos not too late to sign up for summer camp but you need to hurry before all

spots are gone Counselors are on their way to Canby Grove the sun is beginning to shine We are in the midst of planning all kinds of

creative crazy and fun activities for your campersrsquo summer experience here at Canby Grove We are so looking forward to our camp season beginning and

having the opportunity to spend time with your kids

ANY NEW FLATBREAD SANDWHICH MEAL

DEAL FOR $500Offer expires 73109 NOT redeemable for cash and NOT good with any other offe

Valid only at1720 Shaff Rd Stayton 1531 Hawthorne Dr NE (just off Market St) 560 Wallace Rd

NW 2829 Lancaster Dr NE (by Walmart) and 2535 Jori Ln Keizer

wwwthejctowncomsubway

Come to these 5 locations1720 Shaff Rd Stayton 1531 Hawthorne Dr NE

(just off Market St) 560 Wallace Rd NW 2829 Lancaster Dr NE (by Walmart) and 2535 Jori Ln Keizer

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roots of our faithroots of our faith

A capitalist these days has become anath-ema among many historical revisionists lib-eral universities and think tanks This word is defined in our dictionaries as an econom-ic system in which investment in and owner-ship of the means of production distribution and exchange of wealth (capital) is made and maintained chiefly by private investors

or corporations In other words how one succeeds depends on himself and his own willingness and desire This too is the basic scriptural definition for capital comes from the Hebrew chafatz In Hebrew the ch has a k sound and the f has an alternative hard p sound As the word evolved through

Capitalism

An amateur Biblical archeologist who claimed to have found the Ark of the Covenant directly below the crucifixion site of Jesus Christ died after giving a deathbed interview to WorldNetDaily Noahs Ark Sodom and Gomorrah the Ark of the Covenant the crucifixion site of Jesus Christ and more have been the subject of controversial claims made by Ron Wyatt who spent much of his life documenting sites and events from the Bible

On August 9 1999 Ron Wyatt died following a lengthy battle with cancer just a few days after his last telephone inter-view His quest to provide information that would lead to more people accepting the teachings of the Bible continues at Wyatt Archaeological Research a non-profit non-denominational organization in Tennessee

According to Wyatt he was able to physically locate the Ark of the Covenant the container for the original tablets of the Ten Commandments with the Mercy Seat intact on the top It was found in a chamber just outside the walls of ancient Jerusalem about 20 feet below what Wyatt also claimed was the actual site of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ

Wyatt said he found an earthquake crack directly below where the cross would have been When Christ died the earth quaked The rock was split right below His cross and this crevice extended right down into the hidden chamber which contained the unde-filed earthly Throne of God -- the Ark with its Mercy Seat explained Wyatt in one of his research letters After Christ was dead when the centurion stuck his spear into His side and pierced His spleen the blood and water came out falling down through

that crack and was sprinkled on the Mercy Seat

The crucifixion site was found on the side of the Golgotha hill or Place of the Skull just outside the old north wall of Jerusalem not far from the Garden Tomb It was discovered under many feet of soil with actual holes in the rock where crosses were placed and niches in the rock wall behind where three signs were placed The large circular stone used to cover the garden tomb was also located there and it was all surrounded by the foundation of a first century building The central main cross hole has an earthquake crack beside it

The Bible teaches the concept of sacrifice of animals symbolic of the actual blood sacrifice Christ would make During this ancient rite the High Priest was the only one who could physi-cally sprinkle the blood on the Mercy Seat Wyatt said it was an act of God that everything was in the right place and there was an earthquake By permitting himself to be sacrificed Christ regarded by the Bible as the great High Priest was able to place his own blood upon the Mercy Seat as that great and final act in the process of blood sacrifice

Wyatt believed that the Ark of the Covenant along with other sacred objects from the first Temple in Jerusalem were all secreted away just prior to the entrance of the Babylonians into the city about 600 years before the crucifixion of Jesus Christ There are many tunnels beneath Jerusalem even to this day These most sacred objects were protected in a chamber and the entrance was sealed and hidden

Photographic evidence of Wyattrsquos site was obtained and then the site was covered back over with 12 feet of dirt and a garden

established Wyatt says it was landscaped to avoid controversy The entrance to the system of caves and tunnels found by the Wyatt team in the cliff wall was also sealed over

Wyatt claimed that he was authorized to make his excavations by the Antiquities Department but that bureaucrats within that agency insisted that his findings must be kept secret Wyatt has made public a significant amount of his research and findings but he has withheld certain documents and photographs to comply with the agreement he made with Israeli officials His refusal to provide everything resulted in criticism from some

Wyatt did not make any claims of grandeur nor did he claim to be a prophet He said his only role was to be a willing servant God has a way of communicating his wishes to people and Im not the only one able to do that so I dont flatter myself to think that Im something special I was there I was willing so therefore God allowed me this privilege There are others who are in communication with Him There are others who are familiar with this material and will see that it is presented Wyatt told WorldNetDaily just before his death

Wyatt explained Theyve been taught something else all their life So God is doing this show-and-tell through these revelations and these discoveries to prove to them real quick that the Bible is historically accurate and divinely inspired He referenced Jeremiah 1619-21 predicting unbelievers will come from all parts of the earth to learn of the discoveries

ldquoO Lord my strength and my fortress My refuge in the day of affliction The Gentiles shall come to You from the ends of the earth and say lsquoSurely our fathers have lies vanity and things wherein there is no profitrsquo

Shall a man make gods unto himself which are not gods

Therefore behold I will this once cause them to know I will cause them to know My hand and My might and they shall know that My name is the Lord

Wyatt continued This last revelation is for the inhabitants of the earth who dont have a clue as well as for those of us who do have a clue and have been commissioned by Christ to reach out to help bring these people who dont have a clue into the fold These are tools that God has given the believers to strengthen their faith and to use to reach out They are tools that will be extremely effective in the last pouring out to the entire population all inhabitants of the earth

WorldNetDaily has examined extensive evidence regarding the various claims and discoveries made by Wyatt Several critics have been found who have voiced their opinion that the work of Wyatt Archeological Research is fraudulent but no evidence was found to support those charges The evidence is sufficient to conclude that Wyatts team conducted the claimed archeological digs and investigations

WorldNetDaily is not qualified to determine the value of the evidence Wyatt was given a deathbed opportunity to either reaffirm or recant his claims He chose to reaffirm all that he has claimed without hesitation

the European language it become capit(al)This word scripturally refers to both

mans and YHVHs sovereign ability to seek lawfully what he desires This is part of our constitution life liberty and the pursuit of happiness Here are some examples of this word

Mizmor 12But his DELIGHT is in the law of YHVH

and in his law doth he meditate day and night

Mishlei 3113She seeketh wool and flax and worketh

WILLINGLY with her handsYeshayahu 5310Yet it PLEASED YHVH to bruise him

he hath put him to grief when thou shalt

make his soul an offering for sin he shall see his seed he shall prolong his days and the PLEASURE of YHVH shall prosper in his hand

Yeshayahu 5511So shall my word be that goeth forth out

of my mouth it shall not return unto me void but it shall accomplish that which I PLEASE and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it

Mizmor 1356Whatsoever YHVH PLEASED that did

he in heaven and in earth in the seas and all deep places

I be l ieve YHVH was qui te the capi ta l i s t

Shalom Alecheim

Has the Ark of the Covenant been foundBy Jamie Louis

Can be heard weekdays at 730 am amp 800 pm KPJC AM 1220 and

streaming live at wwwthejctowncom

Can be heard daily at 830 am on

KPJC AM 1220

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R Bechaye writes that when Gods presence filled the Tabernacle He said Today I am causing My Presence to rest among you if you sin My Presence will leave you But when Messiah comes My Presence will remain with you permanently Now you see the Divine Presence through fire but with the advent of the Messiah you will see it clearly revealed as it is written For eye to eye shall they see when God returns to Zion (Tzenah Urenah)

CommentaryThen God spoke all these words saying

I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt out of the house of slavery (Exodus 201-2)

The Festival of Shavuot (Pentecost) is the anniversary of the giving of the Torah and the giving of the Holy Spirit As part of the commemoration the Ten Command-ments are read publicly in the Assembly on the Feast of Shavuot

According to the traditional reckoning the first commandment is simply I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt out of the house of slavery (Exodus 201-2)

The first commandment is to believe in God and to accept His claim of ownership

over us Unless we accept the basic premise of Gods existence no number of commandments will have any authority or meaning for us The need for such a command demonstrates the incongruity of ascribing to morality without believing in a moral authority If we accept the premise of objective morality we must accept that there is a higher authority issuing that objective standard

We also learn from this that redemption must precede commandments Before we can receive the Torah we must already be saved Israels salvation from Egypt was not accorded to her on the basis of her obedience to the commandments She was already redeemed (on no merit of her own) before the laws at Sinai were given to her Thus the first declaration at Sinai is a reminder of their redeemed status Only BECAUSE they are already saved are they able to receive the commands of God

True legalism continually attempts to reverse this process by claiming that ones obedience to certain commandments (or all the commandments) is the mechanism by which salvation is earned The first of the Ten Commandments directly contradicts this notion Salvation and relationship with God precedes the Torah

Redemption and Torah

A recent Newsmax cover story featured a lengthy discussion about the return of Jesus and possible apocalyptic events According to the feature ldquopublic buzz about the Biblical last days is at its highest level since 911rdquo The Pew Research Center recntly found that 79 of American Christians believe in the Second Coming of Christ Today the doomsday prophet is not some bearded man with a placard proclaiming ldquothe end is nearrdquo Instead gloom and doom seems to be the message of newspapers the Internet and television News headlines read like Bible prophecy ldquoAnd great earthquakes shall be in divers places and famines and pestilences and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heavenrdquo Luke 2111

On any given day there are wars in 30 to 40 nations in the world Rumors of wars swarm about Israel Iran and Korea Over seven million people have died since 1970 due to war

Pestilence continues to grow as new ldquosuper bugsrdquo are becoming resistant to drug treatment The H1N1 swine flu is spreading faster than the Center for Disease Control can track And the HIV Aids virus has killed more than 25 million since 1981 HIV is at pandemic levels in many areas including China Asia and Africa

Famine as well is wide spread throughout the planet The World Health Organization estimates that one-third of the world is under-fed while another one-third is starving Every 36 seconds someone dies of hunger

Such horrible news isnrsquot new The world has always had false messiahs wars ethnic violence starvation disease and earthquakes The Savior said that the last days would see such events increase in frequency and size ldquoFor nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom and there shall be famines and pestilences and earthquakes in diverse places All these are the beginning of birth pangsrdquo Matthew 247-8

Perhaps the surest sign that time is short is the return of the nation of Israel to the Middle East To Israel the Almighty said ldquoI will take you from among the heathen and gather you out of all countries and will bring you into your own landrdquo Ezekiel 3624 Many prophecy teachers consider the reestablishment of Jerusalem as the capital city as THE sign of an impending apocalypse ldquoAnd they shall fall by the edge of the sword and shall be led away captive into all nations and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilledrdquo Luke 2124 The Messiah promised that the generation that saw such a miracle would certainly behold His return (Matthew 2434)

Does this mean that the return of Jesus is imminent Well many sorrows have begun but there is still more that must occur before the eastern sky splits To state that ldquoJesus could return at any timerdquo is to ignore numerous statements in the Scripture about the rise of an anti-Christ leader and a huge world war against the tiny nation of Israel

How can a person prepare for the coming of Revelation What should someone do about the mark of the beast Some believers are storing food while others are learning survival skills Many are buying gold in anticipation of the collapse of the dollar The Savior addresses such a dilemma when He said ldquoWatch and pray always that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things and stand before the Son of Manrdquo Luke 2136 The world will come to an end one day

Between now and then itrsquos important to focus on Spiritual growth The pursuit of holiness will guide the believer through whatever the future holds Listen to the voice of the Spirit If you are led to take certain precautions then do so Donrsquot allow fear of Armageddon stop you from living an abundant life

Need for Gloom and DoomThe truth about the end of daysBy Daniel Rendelman

July 30 2009

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faith and politicsfaith and politics

Continued on page 14

According to ldquoOnenewsnowrdquo writer Jim Brown Author and political commentator Newt Gingrich of American Solutions calls President Obamas tax program a war against churches and charities Gingrich accuses President Obama of deliberately trying to take away the charitable deduction for successful people so they will not give as much money to churches or charities

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich goes on to say that President Obamas plan to raise taxes on upper-income earners is designed to create bigger government and a more secular America

I think theres a clear desire to replace the church with a bureaucracy and to replace peoples right to worship together with

a government-dominated system he contends

The former House Speaker says the Obama administration is talking seriously about taking away the right of conscience in terms of performing abortions

This is the most aggressive militant secular program I can remember Gingrich admits And I think you have to be really clearly aware that they want an America which is radically different than the country which was created by those pioneers who first landed back in 1607 at Cape Henry and erected a cross to thank God for having allowed them to cross the Atlantic Ocean

Brown goes on to say that Gingrich believes people often forget that the first act of the first successful American colony was to erect a cross at Cape Henry to thank God for the i r surv iva l and the i r sa lva t ion and then to go up to James town to found the co lony

Obamas war against churches and charities

Does the Quran advocate violence toward non-Muslims

Read the following Quran quotes The only reward of those who make war

upon Allah and His messenger and strive after corruption in the land will be that they will be killed or crucified or have their hands and feet on alternate sides cut off or will be expelled out of the land(Quran Surah 533)

beware of them lest they seduce you from some part of that which Allah has revealed to you And if they turn away know that Allahs will is to smite them(Quran Surah 549)

Take not the Jews and Christians for friends They are friends one to another He among you who takes them for friends is one of them Lo Allah guides not these wrongdoing people (Quran Surah 551)

And let not those who disbelieve suppose that they can overcome Lo They cannot escape Make ready for them all you can by armed force(Quran Surah 859-60a)

slay the idolaters wherever you find them and take them captive and besiege them and prepare to ambush them But if they repent and establish

[Islamic] worshiptheir way is free Lo Allah is forgiving and Merciful (Quran Surah 95)

Strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites Be harsh with them(Quran Surah 973)

You can make your own judgments about Islam based on your experience what you read and what you know or you can listen to the advocates of ldquopeacerdquo and be deceived by the End-time Beast system that is joining with the ecumenism of the world system and Rome

Whether you are Catholic Protestant Mormon or a New Age Seeker without the firm foundation found in the whole Word of Yahweh (God) including the original covenant Books of the Torah you will be deceived Times are changing and despite popular doctrines to the contrary even those who believe the truth will suffer Tribula-tion A major part of that persecution starts from within the ldquoChurchrdquo against each other especially those who practice the faith of our Fathers Abraham Isaac Jacob and Moses and will spread to the acceptance of a false religion that is a Christian blend accepting of Islam (Rev 1217)

Be careful The choices you make have eternal consequences

Quotes From the Quran-Koran on the Peaceful Nature of the Islamic faithBy Don Wyant Jr

First it was a Missouri Analysis and Information Center (MIAC) report then it was a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report now it is a New York congress-mans bill Each of these items taken on their own is problematic enough taken together they portend a clear and present danger to the liberties of the American people It is getting very serious now

As readers may recall the MIAC report profiled certain people as being potential violence-prone militia members including people who supported Presidential candidates Ron Paul Bob Barr and myself In addition anyone who opposed one or more of the following were also included in the list the New World Order the UN gun control the violation of Posse Comitatus the Federal Reserve the Income Tax the Ammunition Accountability Act a possible Constitu-tional Convention the North American Union the Universal Service Program Radio Frequency identification (RFID) abortion on demand or illegal immigration

The MIAC report prompted a firestorm of protest and was eventually rescinded with

the man responsible for its distribution being dismissed from his position The DHS report profiled many of the same people included in the MIAC report and added returning Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans as potentially dangerous extremists

As I have said before it is very likely that when all of the opinions and views of the above lists are counted 75 or more of the American people would be included Yet these government reports would have law enforcement personnel to believe we are all dangerous extremists that need to be watched and guarded against If this was not bad enough a New York congressman has introduced a bill in the House of Representa-tives to deny Second Amendment rights to everyone listed above

According to World Net Daily (WND) May 9 2009 A new gun law being considered in Congress if aligned with Department of Homeland Security memos labeling everyday Americans as potential threats could potentially deny firearms to pro-lifers gun-rights advocates tax protesters animal rights activists and a

host of others - any already on the expansive DHS watch list for potential extremismrdquo

Rep Peter King R-NY has sponsored HR 2159 the Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2009 which permits the attorney general to deny transfer of a firearm to any known or suspected dangerous terrorist The bill requires only that the potential firearm transferee is appropriately suspected of preparing for a terrorist act and that the attorney general has a reasonable belief that the gun might be used in connection with terrorism

Gun rights advocates however object to the bills language arguing that it enables the federal government to suspend a persons Second Amendment rights without any trial or legal proof and only upon suspicion of being dangerous

WND quotes Gun Owners of America Executive Director Larry Pratt as saying

By [DHS] standards Im one of [DHS Secretary] Janet Napolitanos terrorists This bill would enable the attorney general to put all of the people who voted against Obama

on no-gun lists because according to the DHS theyre all potential terrorists Actually we could rename this bill the Janet Napolitano Frenzied Fantasy Implementation Act of 2009

Pratt was also quoted as saying Unbeknownst to us some bureaucrat in the bowels of democracy can put your name on a list and your Second Amendment rights are toast He went on to say This is such an anti-American bill this is something King George III would have done

Now that DHS has established both a list and a lexicon for lsquoextremistsrsquo it looks to Congress to confer upon it police-state-style powers through which these individuals may be disarmed and eventually done away with Rep Peter King is accommodating this goal with HR 2159

Let me ask a reasonable question how long does anyone think it would be after being profiled by DHS and denied the lawful purchase of firearms that those same people would be subjected to gun confiscation And how long do you think it would be before DHS began profiling

It Is Getting Very Serious NowBy Chuck Baldwin

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In a decision that holds ramifications for churches around the country the Internal Revenue Service found that a non-profit organization that gathered pastors to a series of public policy conferences did not violate the political entanglement laws governing its tax-exempt status

Prompted by a complaint filed by the Texas Freedom Network which calls itself a mainstream voice to counter the religious right the IRS investigated the Houston-based Niemoller Foundation for organizing during the 2006 election season six pastors briefings which included speeches from prominent politicians and training for pastors on urging and registering their congregations to vote Despite charges that the foundation had therefore engaged in political partisan activity in violation of its tax exempt status the IRS investigation found no evidence of political intervention

This liberal attempt to intimidate pastors

has backfired said Kelly Shackelford chief counsel of Liberty Legal Institute which represented event organizers There is now a clear IRS statement outlining these pastors events and approving them as valid under the law

Hiram Sasser director of litigation for the Institute further explained to World Net Daily the ramifications the ruling holds for churches The Niemoller Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization just like a church Sasser explained So by the Niemoller activities being granted as lawful then any church that engages in the same kind of voter education combined with voter registration drives on the moral issues of the day is perfectly fine with the IRS regulations according to the IRS itself

Sasser reiterated The whole point was to educate everyone about the important social issues and get them to go vote and register others to vote and the IRS said this was perfectly okay

The Niemoller Foundation organized six of the pastorsrsquo conferences across the state of Texas from May through September 2006 The events were described as briefings to educate pastors on major moral issues that often intersect with politics such as abortion and same sex marriage And while neither the foundation nor the gatherings endorsed any individual candidates or political party keynote speakers at the conferences included prominent Republican politicians including

Texas Governor Rick Perry who spoke at all six conferences

In its letter to the IRS the Texas Freedom Network complained No other candidate for governor in the 2006 elections ndash including then sitting state Comptroller Carole Stray-horn (a Republican who sought election as an independent in the gubernatorial election) or a Democrat or other independent candidate ndash was invited to attend any of the briefings

Pointing to the selection of speakers and the effort to train pastors in voter registration the Texas Freedom Network accused the Neimoller Foundation of partisan electioneering activities

The complaint alleged the Foundation appears to have served as a partisan voter-mobilization tool for the Perry reelection campaign with affiliated pastors encouraged to use their churches as partisan political extensions of that campaign

After reviewing speeches and other materials from the pastors gatherings however the IRS did not concur The speaker did not state anything that would have been considered political or request any action of the attendees to vote for or against any legislation the IRS ruling released last week states In the speeches provided no political intervention type activity was noted Several other speeches by politicians were provided and reviewed The speeches did not appear to be made in their capacity as a candidate since no solicitation was made

for a vote Also no appeal was made to sway anyone on the issues The speeches did not appear to be political intervention An appeal was made to request attendees to vote and to request their members to register and vote but in each instance observed they were told to vote their values

While the IRS does forbid tax exempt organizations under the 501(c)(3) code from overt political entanglements ndash such as endorsing candidates or requiring mem-bers to vote in a certain way ndash the Liberty Legal Institutes Kelly Shackelford encour-aged churches not to be intimidated into political silence Be careful what you hear from these liberal organizations Shackelford said in a statement They sound very confident and file many complaints yet none are found valid even by the IRS

Laurence White director of the Niemoller Foundation and a Lutheran pastor himself encouraged churches and pastors to get involved We educate churches on moral issues facing our society and encourage them to participate in the democratic process said White in a statement The IRS has unequivocally affirmed the right of pastors nationwide to come together as spokesmen for the Word of God to interact with political leaders historians and scholars in discussing the moral issues under debate within our culture and to assert their biblical responsibility to address such issues from their pulpits

By Drew Zahn copy 2009 WorldNetDaily Reprinted by Permission

Pastors win challenge to political involvementIRS rules voter education on moral issues registration permissible

more and more groups of people thus sub-jecting them to gun confiscation

This was exactly the strategy employed by Adolf Hitler The Jews were the first people denied their civil rights - especially the right to own and possess firearms Of course after disarming Jews the rest of the German citizenry was likewise disarmed And we all know where that led

Im not sure how many of the American people realize that it was the attempted con-fiscation of the colonialists cache of arms in Concord Massachusetts that started Americas War for Independence Yes my friends it was attempted gun confiscation that triggered (pun intended) the shot heard round the world And now it would appear that once again a central government is on the verge of trying to deny the American people their right to keep and bear arms

I am told that as of 2004 50 of the adults in the United States own one or more firearms totaling some 270 million privately

owned firearms nationwide I would venture to say that the vast majority of these gun owners would find themselves matching the DHS profile of a potential lsquoextremistrsquo I wonder how many gun owners realize the way they are now being targeted by their government and just how serious - and how close - the threat of gun confiscation has become

If one doubts the intention of the elitists in government today to deny the American people their right to keep and bear arms consider what former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is purported to have said just a couple of weeks ago Kissinger attended a high-level meeting with Russian President Medvedev that also included former Secretaries of State James Baker and George Shultz for-mer Secretary of Defense William Perry and former Senator Sam Nunn Included in the discussions was Kissingers asser-tion that the American people were now ready to accept a ldquoNew Global Order He

is also reported to have told Medvedev By September well have confiscated

all privately owned guns so it really doesnt matter what we do well still be in charge (Even though the national news media has not reported this statement the Inter-net is abuzz with Kissinger having said it Whether Kissinger actually made that statement or not he and rest of his ilk have repeatedly called for a New World Order in which there will be no constitutional protection for the right to keep and bear arms)

This leads to a very serious question how many of Americas gun owners would allow their government to deny them gun ownership Further how many would passively sit back and allow their guns to be confiscated

As humbly and meekly as I know how to say it ldquoAs for me and my house gun confis-cation is the one act of tyranny that crosses the line Debate discourse discussion and peaceful dissent cease and desist at that point

iTrsquos GeTTiNG seRiOus NOW Continuted from page 13

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R Bechaye writes that when Gods presence filled the Tabernacle He said Today I am causing My Presence to rest among you if you sin My Presence will leave you But when Messiah comes My Presence will remain with you permanently Now you see the Divine Presence through fire but with the advent of the Messiah you will see it clearly revealed as it is written For eye to eye shall they see when God returns to Zion (Tzenah Urenah)

CommentaryThen God spoke all these words saying

I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt out of the house of slavery (Exodus 201-2)

The Festival of Shavuot (Pentecost) is the anniversary of the giving of the Torah and the giving of the Holy Spirit As part of the commemoration the Ten Command-ments are read publicly in the Assembly on the Feast of Shavuot

According to the traditional reckoning the first commandment is simply I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt out of the house of slavery (Exodus 201-2)

The first commandment is to believe in God and to accept His claim of ownership

over us Unless we accept the basic premise of Gods existence no number of commandments will have any authority or meaning for us The need for such a command demonstrates the incongruity of ascribing to morality without believing in a moral authority If we accept the premise of objective morality we must accept that there is a higher authority issuing that objective standard

We also learn from this that redemption must precede commandments Before we can receive the Torah we must already be saved Israels salvation from Egypt was not accorded to her on the basis of her obedience to the commandments She was already redeemed (on no merit of her own) before the laws at Sinai were given to her Thus the first declaration at Sinai is a reminder of their redeemed status Only BECAUSE they are already saved are they able to receive the commands of God

True legalism continually attempts to reverse this process by claiming that ones obedience to certain commandments (or all the commandments) is the mechanism by which salvation is earned The first of the Ten Commandments directly contradicts this notion Salvation and relationship with God precedes the Torah

Redemption and Torah

A recent Newsmax cover story featured a lengthy discussion about the return of Jesus and possible apocalyptic events According to the feature ldquopublic buzz about the Biblical last days is at its highest level since 911rdquo The Pew Research Center recntly found that 79 of American Christians believe in the Second Coming of Christ Today the doomsday prophet is not some bearded man with a placard proclaiming ldquothe end is nearrdquo Instead gloom and doom seems to be the message of newspapers the Internet and television News headlines read like Bible prophecy ldquoAnd great earthquakes shall be in divers places and famines and pestilences and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heavenrdquo Luke 2111

On any given day there are wars in 30 to 40 nations in the world Rumors of wars swarm about Israel Iran and Korea Over seven million people have died since 1970 due to war

Pestilence continues to grow as new ldquosuper bugsrdquo are becoming resistant to drug treatment The H1N1 swine flu is spreading faster than the Center for Disease Control can track And the HIV Aids virus has killed more than 25 million since 1981 HIV is at pandemic levels in many areas including China Asia and Africa

Famine as well is wide spread throughout the planet The World Health Organization estimates that one-third of the world is under-fed while another one-third is starving Every 36 seconds someone dies of hunger

Such horrible news isnrsquot new The world has always had false messiahs wars ethnic violence starvation disease and earthquakes The Savior said that the last days would see such events increase in frequency and size ldquoFor nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom and there shall be famines and pestilences and earthquakes in diverse places All these are the beginning of birth pangsrdquo Matthew 247-8

Perhaps the surest sign that time is short is the return of the nation of Israel to the Middle East To Israel the Almighty said ldquoI will take you from among the heathen and gather you out of all countries and will bring you into your own landrdquo Ezekiel 3624 Many prophecy teachers consider the reestablishment of Jerusalem as the capital city as THE sign of an impending apocalypse ldquoAnd they shall fall by the edge of the sword and shall be led away captive into all nations and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilledrdquo Luke 2124 The Messiah promised that the generation that saw such a miracle would certainly behold His return (Matthew 2434)

Does this mean that the return of Jesus is imminent Well many sorrows have begun but there is still more that must occur before the eastern sky splits To state that ldquoJesus could return at any timerdquo is to ignore numerous statements in the Scripture about the rise of an anti-Christ leader and a huge world war against the tiny nation of Israel

How can a person prepare for the coming of Revelation What should someone do about the mark of the beast Some believers are storing food while others are learning survival skills Many are buying gold in anticipation of the collapse of the dollar The Savior addresses such a dilemma when He said ldquoWatch and pray always that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things and stand before the Son of Manrdquo Luke 2136 The world will come to an end one day

Between now and then itrsquos important to focus on Spiritual growth The pursuit of holiness will guide the believer through whatever the future holds Listen to the voice of the Spirit If you are led to take certain precautions then do so Donrsquot allow fear of Armageddon stop you from living an abundant life

Need for Gloom and DoomThe truth about the end of daysBy Daniel Rendelman

July 30 2009

13VISIT THE JC TOWN REPORTER AT WWWTHEJCTOWNCOM THE JC TOWN REPORTER

faith and politicsfaith and politics

Continued on page 14

According to ldquoOnenewsnowrdquo writer Jim Brown Author and political commentator Newt Gingrich of American Solutions calls President Obamas tax program a war against churches and charities Gingrich accuses President Obama of deliberately trying to take away the charitable deduction for successful people so they will not give as much money to churches or charities

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich goes on to say that President Obamas plan to raise taxes on upper-income earners is designed to create bigger government and a more secular America

I think theres a clear desire to replace the church with a bureaucracy and to replace peoples right to worship together with

a government-dominated system he contends

The former House Speaker says the Obama administration is talking seriously about taking away the right of conscience in terms of performing abortions

This is the most aggressive militant secular program I can remember Gingrich admits And I think you have to be really clearly aware that they want an America which is radically different than the country which was created by those pioneers who first landed back in 1607 at Cape Henry and erected a cross to thank God for having allowed them to cross the Atlantic Ocean

Brown goes on to say that Gingrich believes people often forget that the first act of the first successful American colony was to erect a cross at Cape Henry to thank God for the i r surv iva l and the i r sa lva t ion and then to go up to James town to found the co lony

Obamas war against churches and charities

Does the Quran advocate violence toward non-Muslims

Read the following Quran quotes The only reward of those who make war

upon Allah and His messenger and strive after corruption in the land will be that they will be killed or crucified or have their hands and feet on alternate sides cut off or will be expelled out of the land(Quran Surah 533)

beware of them lest they seduce you from some part of that which Allah has revealed to you And if they turn away know that Allahs will is to smite them(Quran Surah 549)

Take not the Jews and Christians for friends They are friends one to another He among you who takes them for friends is one of them Lo Allah guides not these wrongdoing people (Quran Surah 551)

And let not those who disbelieve suppose that they can overcome Lo They cannot escape Make ready for them all you can by armed force(Quran Surah 859-60a)

slay the idolaters wherever you find them and take them captive and besiege them and prepare to ambush them But if they repent and establish

[Islamic] worshiptheir way is free Lo Allah is forgiving and Merciful (Quran Surah 95)

Strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites Be harsh with them(Quran Surah 973)

You can make your own judgments about Islam based on your experience what you read and what you know or you can listen to the advocates of ldquopeacerdquo and be deceived by the End-time Beast system that is joining with the ecumenism of the world system and Rome

Whether you are Catholic Protestant Mormon or a New Age Seeker without the firm foundation found in the whole Word of Yahweh (God) including the original covenant Books of the Torah you will be deceived Times are changing and despite popular doctrines to the contrary even those who believe the truth will suffer Tribula-tion A major part of that persecution starts from within the ldquoChurchrdquo against each other especially those who practice the faith of our Fathers Abraham Isaac Jacob and Moses and will spread to the acceptance of a false religion that is a Christian blend accepting of Islam (Rev 1217)

Be careful The choices you make have eternal consequences

Quotes From the Quran-Koran on the Peaceful Nature of the Islamic faithBy Don Wyant Jr

First it was a Missouri Analysis and Information Center (MIAC) report then it was a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report now it is a New York congress-mans bill Each of these items taken on their own is problematic enough taken together they portend a clear and present danger to the liberties of the American people It is getting very serious now

As readers may recall the MIAC report profiled certain people as being potential violence-prone militia members including people who supported Presidential candidates Ron Paul Bob Barr and myself In addition anyone who opposed one or more of the following were also included in the list the New World Order the UN gun control the violation of Posse Comitatus the Federal Reserve the Income Tax the Ammunition Accountability Act a possible Constitu-tional Convention the North American Union the Universal Service Program Radio Frequency identification (RFID) abortion on demand or illegal immigration

The MIAC report prompted a firestorm of protest and was eventually rescinded with

the man responsible for its distribution being dismissed from his position The DHS report profiled many of the same people included in the MIAC report and added returning Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans as potentially dangerous extremists

As I have said before it is very likely that when all of the opinions and views of the above lists are counted 75 or more of the American people would be included Yet these government reports would have law enforcement personnel to believe we are all dangerous extremists that need to be watched and guarded against If this was not bad enough a New York congressman has introduced a bill in the House of Representa-tives to deny Second Amendment rights to everyone listed above

According to World Net Daily (WND) May 9 2009 A new gun law being considered in Congress if aligned with Department of Homeland Security memos labeling everyday Americans as potential threats could potentially deny firearms to pro-lifers gun-rights advocates tax protesters animal rights activists and a

host of others - any already on the expansive DHS watch list for potential extremismrdquo

Rep Peter King R-NY has sponsored HR 2159 the Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2009 which permits the attorney general to deny transfer of a firearm to any known or suspected dangerous terrorist The bill requires only that the potential firearm transferee is appropriately suspected of preparing for a terrorist act and that the attorney general has a reasonable belief that the gun might be used in connection with terrorism

Gun rights advocates however object to the bills language arguing that it enables the federal government to suspend a persons Second Amendment rights without any trial or legal proof and only upon suspicion of being dangerous

WND quotes Gun Owners of America Executive Director Larry Pratt as saying

By [DHS] standards Im one of [DHS Secretary] Janet Napolitanos terrorists This bill would enable the attorney general to put all of the people who voted against Obama

on no-gun lists because according to the DHS theyre all potential terrorists Actually we could rename this bill the Janet Napolitano Frenzied Fantasy Implementation Act of 2009

Pratt was also quoted as saying Unbeknownst to us some bureaucrat in the bowels of democracy can put your name on a list and your Second Amendment rights are toast He went on to say This is such an anti-American bill this is something King George III would have done

Now that DHS has established both a list and a lexicon for lsquoextremistsrsquo it looks to Congress to confer upon it police-state-style powers through which these individuals may be disarmed and eventually done away with Rep Peter King is accommodating this goal with HR 2159

Let me ask a reasonable question how long does anyone think it would be after being profiled by DHS and denied the lawful purchase of firearms that those same people would be subjected to gun confiscation And how long do you think it would be before DHS began profiling

It Is Getting Very Serious NowBy Chuck Baldwin

14 VISIT THE JC TOWN REPORTER AT WWWTHEJCTOWNCOMTHE JC TOWN REPORTER

faith and politicsfaith and politics

In a decision that holds ramifications for churches around the country the Internal Revenue Service found that a non-profit organization that gathered pastors to a series of public policy conferences did not violate the political entanglement laws governing its tax-exempt status

Prompted by a complaint filed by the Texas Freedom Network which calls itself a mainstream voice to counter the religious right the IRS investigated the Houston-based Niemoller Foundation for organizing during the 2006 election season six pastors briefings which included speeches from prominent politicians and training for pastors on urging and registering their congregations to vote Despite charges that the foundation had therefore engaged in political partisan activity in violation of its tax exempt status the IRS investigation found no evidence of political intervention

This liberal attempt to intimidate pastors

has backfired said Kelly Shackelford chief counsel of Liberty Legal Institute which represented event organizers There is now a clear IRS statement outlining these pastors events and approving them as valid under the law

Hiram Sasser director of litigation for the Institute further explained to World Net Daily the ramifications the ruling holds for churches The Niemoller Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization just like a church Sasser explained So by the Niemoller activities being granted as lawful then any church that engages in the same kind of voter education combined with voter registration drives on the moral issues of the day is perfectly fine with the IRS regulations according to the IRS itself

Sasser reiterated The whole point was to educate everyone about the important social issues and get them to go vote and register others to vote and the IRS said this was perfectly okay

The Niemoller Foundation organized six of the pastorsrsquo conferences across the state of Texas from May through September 2006 The events were described as briefings to educate pastors on major moral issues that often intersect with politics such as abortion and same sex marriage And while neither the foundation nor the gatherings endorsed any individual candidates or political party keynote speakers at the conferences included prominent Republican politicians including

Texas Governor Rick Perry who spoke at all six conferences

In its letter to the IRS the Texas Freedom Network complained No other candidate for governor in the 2006 elections ndash including then sitting state Comptroller Carole Stray-horn (a Republican who sought election as an independent in the gubernatorial election) or a Democrat or other independent candidate ndash was invited to attend any of the briefings

Pointing to the selection of speakers and the effort to train pastors in voter registration the Texas Freedom Network accused the Neimoller Foundation of partisan electioneering activities

The complaint alleged the Foundation appears to have served as a partisan voter-mobilization tool for the Perry reelection campaign with affiliated pastors encouraged to use their churches as partisan political extensions of that campaign

After reviewing speeches and other materials from the pastors gatherings however the IRS did not concur The speaker did not state anything that would have been considered political or request any action of the attendees to vote for or against any legislation the IRS ruling released last week states In the speeches provided no political intervention type activity was noted Several other speeches by politicians were provided and reviewed The speeches did not appear to be made in their capacity as a candidate since no solicitation was made

for a vote Also no appeal was made to sway anyone on the issues The speeches did not appear to be political intervention An appeal was made to request attendees to vote and to request their members to register and vote but in each instance observed they were told to vote their values

While the IRS does forbid tax exempt organizations under the 501(c)(3) code from overt political entanglements ndash such as endorsing candidates or requiring mem-bers to vote in a certain way ndash the Liberty Legal Institutes Kelly Shackelford encour-aged churches not to be intimidated into political silence Be careful what you hear from these liberal organizations Shackelford said in a statement They sound very confident and file many complaints yet none are found valid even by the IRS

Laurence White director of the Niemoller Foundation and a Lutheran pastor himself encouraged churches and pastors to get involved We educate churches on moral issues facing our society and encourage them to participate in the democratic process said White in a statement The IRS has unequivocally affirmed the right of pastors nationwide to come together as spokesmen for the Word of God to interact with political leaders historians and scholars in discussing the moral issues under debate within our culture and to assert their biblical responsibility to address such issues from their pulpits

By Drew Zahn copy 2009 WorldNetDaily Reprinted by Permission

Pastors win challenge to political involvementIRS rules voter education on moral issues registration permissible

more and more groups of people thus sub-jecting them to gun confiscation

This was exactly the strategy employed by Adolf Hitler The Jews were the first people denied their civil rights - especially the right to own and possess firearms Of course after disarming Jews the rest of the German citizenry was likewise disarmed And we all know where that led

Im not sure how many of the American people realize that it was the attempted con-fiscation of the colonialists cache of arms in Concord Massachusetts that started Americas War for Independence Yes my friends it was attempted gun confiscation that triggered (pun intended) the shot heard round the world And now it would appear that once again a central government is on the verge of trying to deny the American people their right to keep and bear arms

I am told that as of 2004 50 of the adults in the United States own one or more firearms totaling some 270 million privately

owned firearms nationwide I would venture to say that the vast majority of these gun owners would find themselves matching the DHS profile of a potential lsquoextremistrsquo I wonder how many gun owners realize the way they are now being targeted by their government and just how serious - and how close - the threat of gun confiscation has become

If one doubts the intention of the elitists in government today to deny the American people their right to keep and bear arms consider what former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is purported to have said just a couple of weeks ago Kissinger attended a high-level meeting with Russian President Medvedev that also included former Secretaries of State James Baker and George Shultz for-mer Secretary of Defense William Perry and former Senator Sam Nunn Included in the discussions was Kissingers asser-tion that the American people were now ready to accept a ldquoNew Global Order He

is also reported to have told Medvedev By September well have confiscated

all privately owned guns so it really doesnt matter what we do well still be in charge (Even though the national news media has not reported this statement the Inter-net is abuzz with Kissinger having said it Whether Kissinger actually made that statement or not he and rest of his ilk have repeatedly called for a New World Order in which there will be no constitutional protection for the right to keep and bear arms)

This leads to a very serious question how many of Americas gun owners would allow their government to deny them gun ownership Further how many would passively sit back and allow their guns to be confiscated

As humbly and meekly as I know how to say it ldquoAs for me and my house gun confis-cation is the one act of tyranny that crosses the line Debate discourse discussion and peaceful dissent cease and desist at that point

iTrsquos GeTTiNG seRiOus NOW Continuted from page 13

I say again it is getting very serious nowrdquohttpwwwchuckbaldwinlivecomdonatephp

15VISIT THE JC TOWN REPORTER AT WWWTHEJCTOWNCOM THE JC TOWN REPORTER

ldquoStop Throwing Your Money Away find out what most people will never knowrdquo

Life BENEFIT$ Inc

Dr Tom and Michele McFie

Recover 20-25 of what you currently spend right NOW

Call 503-363-LIFE now to purchase your $27 book and receive our $100 guarantee

wwwlife-benefitscom

Summer Camp for all ages

Check out our website wwwcanbygrovecom or Call 503-266-5176

INVEST IN YOUR KIDS THIS SUMMERItrsquos not too late to sign up for summer camp but you need to hurry before all

spots are gone Counselors are on their way to Canby Grove the sun is beginning to shine We are in the midst of planning all kinds of

creative crazy and fun activities for your campersrsquo summer experience here at Canby Grove We are so looking forward to our camp season beginning and

having the opportunity to spend time with your kids

ANY NEW FLATBREAD SANDWHICH MEAL

DEAL FOR $500Offer expires 73109 NOT redeemable for cash and NOT good with any other offe

Valid only at1720 Shaff Rd Stayton 1531 Hawthorne Dr NE (just off Market St) 560 Wallace Rd

NW 2829 Lancaster Dr NE (by Walmart) and 2535 Jori Ln Keizer

wwwthejctowncomsubway

Come to these 5 locations1720 Shaff Rd Stayton 1531 Hawthorne Dr NE

(just off Market St) 560 Wallace Rd NW 2829 Lancaster Dr NE (by Walmart) and 2535 Jori Ln Keizer

16 VISIT THE JC TOWN REPORTER AT WWWTHEJCTOWNCOMTHE JC TOWN REPORTER

13VISIT THE JC TOWN REPORTER AT WWWTHEJCTOWNCOM THE JC TOWN REPORTER

faith and politicsfaith and politics

Continued on page 14

According to ldquoOnenewsnowrdquo writer Jim Brown Author and political commentator Newt Gingrich of American Solutions calls President Obamas tax program a war against churches and charities Gingrich accuses President Obama of deliberately trying to take away the charitable deduction for successful people so they will not give as much money to churches or charities

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich goes on to say that President Obamas plan to raise taxes on upper-income earners is designed to create bigger government and a more secular America

I think theres a clear desire to replace the church with a bureaucracy and to replace peoples right to worship together with

a government-dominated system he contends

The former House Speaker says the Obama administration is talking seriously about taking away the right of conscience in terms of performing abortions

This is the most aggressive militant secular program I can remember Gingrich admits And I think you have to be really clearly aware that they want an America which is radically different than the country which was created by those pioneers who first landed back in 1607 at Cape Henry and erected a cross to thank God for having allowed them to cross the Atlantic Ocean

Brown goes on to say that Gingrich believes people often forget that the first act of the first successful American colony was to erect a cross at Cape Henry to thank God for the i r surv iva l and the i r sa lva t ion and then to go up to James town to found the co lony

Obamas war against churches and charities

Does the Quran advocate violence toward non-Muslims

Read the following Quran quotes The only reward of those who make war

upon Allah and His messenger and strive after corruption in the land will be that they will be killed or crucified or have their hands and feet on alternate sides cut off or will be expelled out of the land(Quran Surah 533)

beware of them lest they seduce you from some part of that which Allah has revealed to you And if they turn away know that Allahs will is to smite them(Quran Surah 549)

Take not the Jews and Christians for friends They are friends one to another He among you who takes them for friends is one of them Lo Allah guides not these wrongdoing people (Quran Surah 551)

And let not those who disbelieve suppose that they can overcome Lo They cannot escape Make ready for them all you can by armed force(Quran Surah 859-60a)

slay the idolaters wherever you find them and take them captive and besiege them and prepare to ambush them But if they repent and establish

[Islamic] worshiptheir way is free Lo Allah is forgiving and Merciful (Quran Surah 95)

Strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites Be harsh with them(Quran Surah 973)

You can make your own judgments about Islam based on your experience what you read and what you know or you can listen to the advocates of ldquopeacerdquo and be deceived by the End-time Beast system that is joining with the ecumenism of the world system and Rome

Whether you are Catholic Protestant Mormon or a New Age Seeker without the firm foundation found in the whole Word of Yahweh (God) including the original covenant Books of the Torah you will be deceived Times are changing and despite popular doctrines to the contrary even those who believe the truth will suffer Tribula-tion A major part of that persecution starts from within the ldquoChurchrdquo against each other especially those who practice the faith of our Fathers Abraham Isaac Jacob and Moses and will spread to the acceptance of a false religion that is a Christian blend accepting of Islam (Rev 1217)

Be careful The choices you make have eternal consequences

Quotes From the Quran-Koran on the Peaceful Nature of the Islamic faithBy Don Wyant Jr

First it was a Missouri Analysis and Information Center (MIAC) report then it was a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report now it is a New York congress-mans bill Each of these items taken on their own is problematic enough taken together they portend a clear and present danger to the liberties of the American people It is getting very serious now

As readers may recall the MIAC report profiled certain people as being potential violence-prone militia members including people who supported Presidential candidates Ron Paul Bob Barr and myself In addition anyone who opposed one or more of the following were also included in the list the New World Order the UN gun control the violation of Posse Comitatus the Federal Reserve the Income Tax the Ammunition Accountability Act a possible Constitu-tional Convention the North American Union the Universal Service Program Radio Frequency identification (RFID) abortion on demand or illegal immigration

The MIAC report prompted a firestorm of protest and was eventually rescinded with

the man responsible for its distribution being dismissed from his position The DHS report profiled many of the same people included in the MIAC report and added returning Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans as potentially dangerous extremists

As I have said before it is very likely that when all of the opinions and views of the above lists are counted 75 or more of the American people would be included Yet these government reports would have law enforcement personnel to believe we are all dangerous extremists that need to be watched and guarded against If this was not bad enough a New York congressman has introduced a bill in the House of Representa-tives to deny Second Amendment rights to everyone listed above

According to World Net Daily (WND) May 9 2009 A new gun law being considered in Congress if aligned with Department of Homeland Security memos labeling everyday Americans as potential threats could potentially deny firearms to pro-lifers gun-rights advocates tax protesters animal rights activists and a

host of others - any already on the expansive DHS watch list for potential extremismrdquo

Rep Peter King R-NY has sponsored HR 2159 the Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2009 which permits the attorney general to deny transfer of a firearm to any known or suspected dangerous terrorist The bill requires only that the potential firearm transferee is appropriately suspected of preparing for a terrorist act and that the attorney general has a reasonable belief that the gun might be used in connection with terrorism

Gun rights advocates however object to the bills language arguing that it enables the federal government to suspend a persons Second Amendment rights without any trial or legal proof and only upon suspicion of being dangerous

WND quotes Gun Owners of America Executive Director Larry Pratt as saying

By [DHS] standards Im one of [DHS Secretary] Janet Napolitanos terrorists This bill would enable the attorney general to put all of the people who voted against Obama

on no-gun lists because according to the DHS theyre all potential terrorists Actually we could rename this bill the Janet Napolitano Frenzied Fantasy Implementation Act of 2009

Pratt was also quoted as saying Unbeknownst to us some bureaucrat in the bowels of democracy can put your name on a list and your Second Amendment rights are toast He went on to say This is such an anti-American bill this is something King George III would have done

Now that DHS has established both a list and a lexicon for lsquoextremistsrsquo it looks to Congress to confer upon it police-state-style powers through which these individuals may be disarmed and eventually done away with Rep Peter King is accommodating this goal with HR 2159

Let me ask a reasonable question how long does anyone think it would be after being profiled by DHS and denied the lawful purchase of firearms that those same people would be subjected to gun confiscation And how long do you think it would be before DHS began profiling

It Is Getting Very Serious NowBy Chuck Baldwin

14 VISIT THE JC TOWN REPORTER AT WWWTHEJCTOWNCOMTHE JC TOWN REPORTER

faith and politicsfaith and politics

In a decision that holds ramifications for churches around the country the Internal Revenue Service found that a non-profit organization that gathered pastors to a series of public policy conferences did not violate the political entanglement laws governing its tax-exempt status

Prompted by a complaint filed by the Texas Freedom Network which calls itself a mainstream voice to counter the religious right the IRS investigated the Houston-based Niemoller Foundation for organizing during the 2006 election season six pastors briefings which included speeches from prominent politicians and training for pastors on urging and registering their congregations to vote Despite charges that the foundation had therefore engaged in political partisan activity in violation of its tax exempt status the IRS investigation found no evidence of political intervention

This liberal attempt to intimidate pastors

has backfired said Kelly Shackelford chief counsel of Liberty Legal Institute which represented event organizers There is now a clear IRS statement outlining these pastors events and approving them as valid under the law

Hiram Sasser director of litigation for the Institute further explained to World Net Daily the ramifications the ruling holds for churches The Niemoller Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization just like a church Sasser explained So by the Niemoller activities being granted as lawful then any church that engages in the same kind of voter education combined with voter registration drives on the moral issues of the day is perfectly fine with the IRS regulations according to the IRS itself

Sasser reiterated The whole point was to educate everyone about the important social issues and get them to go vote and register others to vote and the IRS said this was perfectly okay

The Niemoller Foundation organized six of the pastorsrsquo conferences across the state of Texas from May through September 2006 The events were described as briefings to educate pastors on major moral issues that often intersect with politics such as abortion and same sex marriage And while neither the foundation nor the gatherings endorsed any individual candidates or political party keynote speakers at the conferences included prominent Republican politicians including

Texas Governor Rick Perry who spoke at all six conferences

In its letter to the IRS the Texas Freedom Network complained No other candidate for governor in the 2006 elections ndash including then sitting state Comptroller Carole Stray-horn (a Republican who sought election as an independent in the gubernatorial election) or a Democrat or other independent candidate ndash was invited to attend any of the briefings

Pointing to the selection of speakers and the effort to train pastors in voter registration the Texas Freedom Network accused the Neimoller Foundation of partisan electioneering activities

The complaint alleged the Foundation appears to have served as a partisan voter-mobilization tool for the Perry reelection campaign with affiliated pastors encouraged to use their churches as partisan political extensions of that campaign

After reviewing speeches and other materials from the pastors gatherings however the IRS did not concur The speaker did not state anything that would have been considered political or request any action of the attendees to vote for or against any legislation the IRS ruling released last week states In the speeches provided no political intervention type activity was noted Several other speeches by politicians were provided and reviewed The speeches did not appear to be made in their capacity as a candidate since no solicitation was made

for a vote Also no appeal was made to sway anyone on the issues The speeches did not appear to be political intervention An appeal was made to request attendees to vote and to request their members to register and vote but in each instance observed they were told to vote their values

While the IRS does forbid tax exempt organizations under the 501(c)(3) code from overt political entanglements ndash such as endorsing candidates or requiring mem-bers to vote in a certain way ndash the Liberty Legal Institutes Kelly Shackelford encour-aged churches not to be intimidated into political silence Be careful what you hear from these liberal organizations Shackelford said in a statement They sound very confident and file many complaints yet none are found valid even by the IRS

Laurence White director of the Niemoller Foundation and a Lutheran pastor himself encouraged churches and pastors to get involved We educate churches on moral issues facing our society and encourage them to participate in the democratic process said White in a statement The IRS has unequivocally affirmed the right of pastors nationwide to come together as spokesmen for the Word of God to interact with political leaders historians and scholars in discussing the moral issues under debate within our culture and to assert their biblical responsibility to address such issues from their pulpits

By Drew Zahn copy 2009 WorldNetDaily Reprinted by Permission

Pastors win challenge to political involvementIRS rules voter education on moral issues registration permissible

more and more groups of people thus sub-jecting them to gun confiscation

This was exactly the strategy employed by Adolf Hitler The Jews were the first people denied their civil rights - especially the right to own and possess firearms Of course after disarming Jews the rest of the German citizenry was likewise disarmed And we all know where that led

Im not sure how many of the American people realize that it was the attempted con-fiscation of the colonialists cache of arms in Concord Massachusetts that started Americas War for Independence Yes my friends it was attempted gun confiscation that triggered (pun intended) the shot heard round the world And now it would appear that once again a central government is on the verge of trying to deny the American people their right to keep and bear arms

I am told that as of 2004 50 of the adults in the United States own one or more firearms totaling some 270 million privately

owned firearms nationwide I would venture to say that the vast majority of these gun owners would find themselves matching the DHS profile of a potential lsquoextremistrsquo I wonder how many gun owners realize the way they are now being targeted by their government and just how serious - and how close - the threat of gun confiscation has become

If one doubts the intention of the elitists in government today to deny the American people their right to keep and bear arms consider what former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is purported to have said just a couple of weeks ago Kissinger attended a high-level meeting with Russian President Medvedev that also included former Secretaries of State James Baker and George Shultz for-mer Secretary of Defense William Perry and former Senator Sam Nunn Included in the discussions was Kissingers asser-tion that the American people were now ready to accept a ldquoNew Global Order He

is also reported to have told Medvedev By September well have confiscated

all privately owned guns so it really doesnt matter what we do well still be in charge (Even though the national news media has not reported this statement the Inter-net is abuzz with Kissinger having said it Whether Kissinger actually made that statement or not he and rest of his ilk have repeatedly called for a New World Order in which there will be no constitutional protection for the right to keep and bear arms)

This leads to a very serious question how many of Americas gun owners would allow their government to deny them gun ownership Further how many would passively sit back and allow their guns to be confiscated

As humbly and meekly as I know how to say it ldquoAs for me and my house gun confis-cation is the one act of tyranny that crosses the line Debate discourse discussion and peaceful dissent cease and desist at that point

iTrsquos GeTTiNG seRiOus NOW Continuted from page 13

I say again it is getting very serious nowrdquohttpwwwchuckbaldwinlivecomdonatephp

15VISIT THE JC TOWN REPORTER AT WWWTHEJCTOWNCOM THE JC TOWN REPORTER

ldquoStop Throwing Your Money Away find out what most people will never knowrdquo

Life BENEFIT$ Inc

Dr Tom and Michele McFie

Recover 20-25 of what you currently spend right NOW

Call 503-363-LIFE now to purchase your $27 book and receive our $100 guarantee

wwwlife-benefitscom

Summer Camp for all ages

Check out our website wwwcanbygrovecom or Call 503-266-5176

INVEST IN YOUR KIDS THIS SUMMERItrsquos not too late to sign up for summer camp but you need to hurry before all

spots are gone Counselors are on their way to Canby Grove the sun is beginning to shine We are in the midst of planning all kinds of

creative crazy and fun activities for your campersrsquo summer experience here at Canby Grove We are so looking forward to our camp season beginning and

having the opportunity to spend time with your kids

ANY NEW FLATBREAD SANDWHICH MEAL

DEAL FOR $500Offer expires 73109 NOT redeemable for cash and NOT good with any other offe

Valid only at1720 Shaff Rd Stayton 1531 Hawthorne Dr NE (just off Market St) 560 Wallace Rd

NW 2829 Lancaster Dr NE (by Walmart) and 2535 Jori Ln Keizer

wwwthejctowncomsubway

Come to these 5 locations1720 Shaff Rd Stayton 1531 Hawthorne Dr NE

(just off Market St) 560 Wallace Rd NW 2829 Lancaster Dr NE (by Walmart) and 2535 Jori Ln Keizer

16 VISIT THE JC TOWN REPORTER AT WWWTHEJCTOWNCOMTHE JC TOWN REPORTER

14 VISIT THE JC TOWN REPORTER AT WWWTHEJCTOWNCOMTHE JC TOWN REPORTER

faith and politicsfaith and politics

In a decision that holds ramifications for churches around the country the Internal Revenue Service found that a non-profit organization that gathered pastors to a series of public policy conferences did not violate the political entanglement laws governing its tax-exempt status

Prompted by a complaint filed by the Texas Freedom Network which calls itself a mainstream voice to counter the religious right the IRS investigated the Houston-based Niemoller Foundation for organizing during the 2006 election season six pastors briefings which included speeches from prominent politicians and training for pastors on urging and registering their congregations to vote Despite charges that the foundation had therefore engaged in political partisan activity in violation of its tax exempt status the IRS investigation found no evidence of political intervention

This liberal attempt to intimidate pastors

has backfired said Kelly Shackelford chief counsel of Liberty Legal Institute which represented event organizers There is now a clear IRS statement outlining these pastors events and approving them as valid under the law

Hiram Sasser director of litigation for the Institute further explained to World Net Daily the ramifications the ruling holds for churches The Niemoller Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization just like a church Sasser explained So by the Niemoller activities being granted as lawful then any church that engages in the same kind of voter education combined with voter registration drives on the moral issues of the day is perfectly fine with the IRS regulations according to the IRS itself

Sasser reiterated The whole point was to educate everyone about the important social issues and get them to go vote and register others to vote and the IRS said this was perfectly okay

The Niemoller Foundation organized six of the pastorsrsquo conferences across the state of Texas from May through September 2006 The events were described as briefings to educate pastors on major moral issues that often intersect with politics such as abortion and same sex marriage And while neither the foundation nor the gatherings endorsed any individual candidates or political party keynote speakers at the conferences included prominent Republican politicians including

Texas Governor Rick Perry who spoke at all six conferences

In its letter to the IRS the Texas Freedom Network complained No other candidate for governor in the 2006 elections ndash including then sitting state Comptroller Carole Stray-horn (a Republican who sought election as an independent in the gubernatorial election) or a Democrat or other independent candidate ndash was invited to attend any of the briefings

Pointing to the selection of speakers and the effort to train pastors in voter registration the Texas Freedom Network accused the Neimoller Foundation of partisan electioneering activities

The complaint alleged the Foundation appears to have served as a partisan voter-mobilization tool for the Perry reelection campaign with affiliated pastors encouraged to use their churches as partisan political extensions of that campaign

After reviewing speeches and other materials from the pastors gatherings however the IRS did not concur The speaker did not state anything that would have been considered political or request any action of the attendees to vote for or against any legislation the IRS ruling released last week states In the speeches provided no political intervention type activity was noted Several other speeches by politicians were provided and reviewed The speeches did not appear to be made in their capacity as a candidate since no solicitation was made

for a vote Also no appeal was made to sway anyone on the issues The speeches did not appear to be political intervention An appeal was made to request attendees to vote and to request their members to register and vote but in each instance observed they were told to vote their values

While the IRS does forbid tax exempt organizations under the 501(c)(3) code from overt political entanglements ndash such as endorsing candidates or requiring mem-bers to vote in a certain way ndash the Liberty Legal Institutes Kelly Shackelford encour-aged churches not to be intimidated into political silence Be careful what you hear from these liberal organizations Shackelford said in a statement They sound very confident and file many complaints yet none are found valid even by the IRS

Laurence White director of the Niemoller Foundation and a Lutheran pastor himself encouraged churches and pastors to get involved We educate churches on moral issues facing our society and encourage them to participate in the democratic process said White in a statement The IRS has unequivocally affirmed the right of pastors nationwide to come together as spokesmen for the Word of God to interact with political leaders historians and scholars in discussing the moral issues under debate within our culture and to assert their biblical responsibility to address such issues from their pulpits

By Drew Zahn copy 2009 WorldNetDaily Reprinted by Permission

Pastors win challenge to political involvementIRS rules voter education on moral issues registration permissible

more and more groups of people thus sub-jecting them to gun confiscation

This was exactly the strategy employed by Adolf Hitler The Jews were the first people denied their civil rights - especially the right to own and possess firearms Of course after disarming Jews the rest of the German citizenry was likewise disarmed And we all know where that led

Im not sure how many of the American people realize that it was the attempted con-fiscation of the colonialists cache of arms in Concord Massachusetts that started Americas War for Independence Yes my friends it was attempted gun confiscation that triggered (pun intended) the shot heard round the world And now it would appear that once again a central government is on the verge of trying to deny the American people their right to keep and bear arms

I am told that as of 2004 50 of the adults in the United States own one or more firearms totaling some 270 million privately

owned firearms nationwide I would venture to say that the vast majority of these gun owners would find themselves matching the DHS profile of a potential lsquoextremistrsquo I wonder how many gun owners realize the way they are now being targeted by their government and just how serious - and how close - the threat of gun confiscation has become

If one doubts the intention of the elitists in government today to deny the American people their right to keep and bear arms consider what former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is purported to have said just a couple of weeks ago Kissinger attended a high-level meeting with Russian President Medvedev that also included former Secretaries of State James Baker and George Shultz for-mer Secretary of Defense William Perry and former Senator Sam Nunn Included in the discussions was Kissingers asser-tion that the American people were now ready to accept a ldquoNew Global Order He

is also reported to have told Medvedev By September well have confiscated

all privately owned guns so it really doesnt matter what we do well still be in charge (Even though the national news media has not reported this statement the Inter-net is abuzz with Kissinger having said it Whether Kissinger actually made that statement or not he and rest of his ilk have repeatedly called for a New World Order in which there will be no constitutional protection for the right to keep and bear arms)

This leads to a very serious question how many of Americas gun owners would allow their government to deny them gun ownership Further how many would passively sit back and allow their guns to be confiscated

As humbly and meekly as I know how to say it ldquoAs for me and my house gun confis-cation is the one act of tyranny that crosses the line Debate discourse discussion and peaceful dissent cease and desist at that point

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