Today Donald Rumsfeld stated that the critics of the Administration's policies regarding the war in Iraq and the war on terrorism were misguided and confused. Mr. Rumsfeld claims that a new threat of fascism threatens America.
In this regard, Mr. Rumsfeld is correct. A new era of fascism is indeed abrew in the world. This fascism threatens to destroy democracy and liberty and the rights we as free people have fought countless wars, spilled gallons of blood and shed interminable tears to preserve.
But it is not world terrorism from which this threat of fascism derives. Rather, it is the power mongers, the greedy industrial executives and the modern "land barons" from whom this threat stems.
All we need to do to determine the truth of this hypothesis is to follow the money trail and we will see that this path leads us straight to the streets of America, past the avenues of New York and the monuments of Washington and into the cloistered chambers of the White House, the ivory towers of academia and the soaring towers of urbania.
Mr. Rumsfeld understands this threat clearly as do Vice President Cheney and President Bush. If not the creators of this fascism, they are clearly in league with those who are. This Administration paints the world in black and white - either you support the Administration and its growing totalitarian powers or you are labeled a terrorist.
But liberty is not painted in black and white. Democracy is a multitude of color like flowers in a field - crimson, gold, violet, aquamarine, vermillion, tangerine. Democracy is not a regimented formation of troops marching in lockstep, it is children playing.
Democracy is not destroyed buildings and clouds of smoke from burning pyres, snipers on rooftops or children with crushed bodies lying dead in the street. Democracy is lovers walking hand in hand along a beach, young adults dancing at a nightclub with flashing lights and battering sound, a jazz band in New Orleans, a poetry slam at a coffee shop in Portland, strangers donating blood at the Red Cross and volunteers at an animal shelter.
Liberty cannot be ordered or predicted. Democracy is colors and sound and children and dancing. It is meant to be lived to the fullest extent of our spirit. It is meant to be lived with the full experience of our heart. It can only be understaood at the level of our soul and it can only be fully appreciated at the spiritual level of our being. This Administration does not understand that. We, who are the rest of America, do.
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Lebanon - First Battle of the Anti-Christ?
Lebanon - First Battle of the Anti-Christ?
To understand how the Israeli assault into Lebanon may be the first battle of the Anti-Christ we need to go back to the Original Teachings in the first and second centuries AD.
Hippolytus, a student of Irenaeus who had been a student of Polycarp who studied under the tutelage of the Apostle John;
Each of these men agreed that there was but one interpretation of the Holy Scriptures and that the vast majority of the Holy Scriptures consisted of Oral History which would be passed down from generation to generation.
The written portion of the Holy Scriptures - which we today call "the Bible" was only a very small portion of the total Scriptures and was to be used in conjunction with the oral portion, first as a check and balance of the oral to ensure the untainted version and nonvariance of the oral and secondly, to fill out the oral with additional detail.
Hippolytus, writing in the second century AD, in his treatise, Treatise on Christ and AntiChrist, states that the 10 toes of Daniel's dream (Daniel 7) and the 10 kingdoms of John's Revelation are one and the same, and that they refer not to 10 nations, but rather to a form of government.
The form of government Hippolytus refers to is democracy.
We think of democracy as a modern invention, but we forget that democracy is nearly as old as history itself.
Rome, prior to its transformation into an empire, was founded as a democracy - the Republic of Rome in about 750 BC.
The Greek city states, of which Athens is perhaps the most memorable, were also democracies.
The AntiChrist will rise to power in the MidEast. This does not necessarily mean he will be president or dictator or governor or king of any Middle Eastern nation. Rather, his rise to power and world notoriety will be a result of his actions in the MidEast.
In his treatise, Hippolytus states the the first strike of the Anti-Christ will be against Tyre and Beirut (Lebanon) - an attack of which has just occured. Next, the Anti-Christ will turn his attention to 3 democracies and conquer them, leaving himself as leader of the world's democracies.
The Anti-Christ will not reveal himself until he has conquered these other nations and stands in The Temple of Israel. Thus, events will be long advanced before we of human descent can claim any certainty as to the Anti-Christ's identity.
Until his unveiling, the Anti-Christ will work behind the scenes, preferring to consolidate his power, manipulating circumstances to his favor.
Are we now living in the End Times? Has the first assault occurred? Only God knows. And men may speculate.
P.S. Obviously I have left out much evidence. You may review more at
http://www.voiceofelijah.org and
http://millionaire1000.com/antichrist.html/
To understand how the Israeli assault into Lebanon may be the first battle of the Anti-Christ we need to go back to the Original Teachings in the first and second centuries AD.
Hippolytus, a student of Irenaeus who had been a student of Polycarp who studied under the tutelage of the Apostle John;
Each of these men agreed that there was but one interpretation of the Holy Scriptures and that the vast majority of the Holy Scriptures consisted of Oral History which would be passed down from generation to generation.
The written portion of the Holy Scriptures - which we today call "the Bible" was only a very small portion of the total Scriptures and was to be used in conjunction with the oral portion, first as a check and balance of the oral to ensure the untainted version and nonvariance of the oral and secondly, to fill out the oral with additional detail.
Hippolytus, writing in the second century AD, in his treatise, Treatise on Christ and AntiChrist, states that the 10 toes of Daniel's dream (Daniel 7) and the 10 kingdoms of John's Revelation are one and the same, and that they refer not to 10 nations, but rather to a form of government.
The form of government Hippolytus refers to is democracy.
We think of democracy as a modern invention, but we forget that democracy is nearly as old as history itself.
Rome, prior to its transformation into an empire, was founded as a democracy - the Republic of Rome in about 750 BC.
The Greek city states, of which Athens is perhaps the most memorable, were also democracies.
The AntiChrist will rise to power in the MidEast. This does not necessarily mean he will be president or dictator or governor or king of any Middle Eastern nation. Rather, his rise to power and world notoriety will be a result of his actions in the MidEast.
In his treatise, Hippolytus states the the first strike of the Anti-Christ will be against Tyre and Beirut (Lebanon) - an attack of which has just occured. Next, the Anti-Christ will turn his attention to 3 democracies and conquer them, leaving himself as leader of the world's democracies.
The Anti-Christ will not reveal himself until he has conquered these other nations and stands in The Temple of Israel. Thus, events will be long advanced before we of human descent can claim any certainty as to the Anti-Christ's identity.
Until his unveiling, the Anti-Christ will work behind the scenes, preferring to consolidate his power, manipulating circumstances to his favor.
Are we now living in the End Times? Has the first assault occurred? Only God knows. And men may speculate.
P.S. Obviously I have left out much evidence. You may review more at
http://www.voiceofelijah.org and
http://millionaire1000.com/antichrist.html/
Thursday, August 10, 2006
When Power Fades, Use Fear
When Power Fades, Use Fear and the Aug. 10 London Terrorism Plot
The recent loss by a pro-war, pro-Bush Democrat in Connecticut must have been more unsettling to the Bush Administration than has been revealed publicly.
To counter this loss and reinforce the notion that the US is still at war and that only the Republicans are able to handle this crisis, the Bush Administration has concocted a terrorism plot in London involving liquids aboard airliners bound for the USA.
The level of terror is now at red across the US and people have shifted their focus away from the the loss by Liebermann in Connecticut to the White House and to how this Administration can "protect us" from "those" terrorists.
This should give the Bush regime a much needed upward bump in some of the poll ratings.
The recent loss by a pro-war, pro-Bush Democrat in Connecticut must have been more unsettling to the Bush Administration than has been revealed publicly.
To counter this loss and reinforce the notion that the US is still at war and that only the Republicans are able to handle this crisis, the Bush Administration has concocted a terrorism plot in London involving liquids aboard airliners bound for the USA.
The level of terror is now at red across the US and people have shifted their focus away from the the loss by Liebermann in Connecticut to the White House and to how this Administration can "protect us" from "those" terrorists.
This should give the Bush regime a much needed upward bump in some of the poll ratings.
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