AND THE THIRD ANGEL FOLLOWED THEM, SAYING WITH A LOUD VOICE, IF ANY MAN WORSHIP THE BEAST AND HIS IMAGE, AND RECEIVE HIS MARK IN HIS FOREHEAD, OR IN HIS HAND. *** REVELATION 14:9
Friday, August 10, 2012
A chosen people to serve Him
"The Lord Jesus will always have a chosen people to serve Him. When the Jewish people rejected Christ, the Prince of life, He took from them the kingdom of God and gave it unto the Gentiles. God will continue to work on this principle with every branch of His work. When a church proves unfaithful to the work of the Lord, whatever their position may be, however high and sacred their calling, the Lord can no longer work with them. Others are then chosen to bear important responsibilities. But, if these in turn do not purify their lives from every wrong action, if they do not establish pure and holy principles in all their borders, then the Lord will grievously afflict and humble them and, unless they repent, will remove them from their place and make them a reproach.
God is not 'worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed anything (Acts 17:25)."
The Upward Look, E. G. White, p.131.
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North German Union Conference Constituency Session Votes to Ordain Women
09.05.2012:
Berne, May 9, 2012. [CD-EUDnew]. What happened in Germany during the North German Union Constituency Session last April 23, will doubtlessly push the Seventh-day Adventist Headquarters to consider reopening the discussion on women’s ordination.
During the session, an individual's motion to ordain women passed through the administrative levels in order to qualify for the agenda. Opening the discussion, the debate animated the floor, and more than 40 interventions rose up to participate in the discussion. There was not one speaker on the microphone who spoke against the ordination of women. Some obviously tended towards rating global unity over equality as everyone knew a positive vote would lead to a clash with the General Conference's Working Policy. Finally, after all the interventions, the delegates voted (160 to 47 votes taken electronically for the first time) ‘… to ordain female pastors in the North German Union [in the same way] as their male colleagues.’
What drove this Constituency session to take such a decision despite the position of the World Adventist Church, after freezing the discussion for the past 10 years?
Pastor Klaus van Treeck, Union Conference president, said: “We didn’t want to open the way or to encourage others to oppose the guidelines of the World Church or to join us in civil disobedience. We discussed the matter in the context of our culture and ask the World Church to understand our situation and decision. We are respectful towards our brothers and sisters in any area of our World Church. We feel deeply associated with them in the love of Jesus and in the unity and mission of the church.” In Germany both the law and social values strongly condemn discrimination against women in the selection of leaders in any organization, including the church.
How to deal with this issue confronting guidelines and cultural exigencies?
According to this moral background, the delegates wanted to express to the worldwide Adventist Church leadership that the issue of the equality of female and male pastors is no more an option, and invite them not to consider this vote as an act of disloyalty towards the World Church. They want to launch a signal that they are tired of waiting for a solution for such a sensitive question. They hope to have made a contribution so that in 2015, in San Antonio (USA), a regionally different regulation will be approved giving end to an unbiblical and discriminatory estimation of women’s ordination. There are no theological, but only cultural arguments that speak against it.
The most recent support for this pioneering process was given by the former president of the World Church Council, Dr Jan Paulsen, when he addressed the audience of the Spring Session of the General Conference in April 17, 2012, (available in ANN) saying : “The Spirit is the minister of this unity among Christ’s followers (Eph. 4: 3). It is appropriate that we should remind ourselves that while uniformity is no Biblical requirement, unity is!
“Our unity as a global family is these days being tested with respect to the role of women in ministry and leadership in our church. Some insist that those who advocate the ordination of women in our church will split the church. Maybe. The other side answers that those who deny women ordination will be the ones who split this church. Maybe. If the church cannot find a way forward in this matter without compromising the unity God wants us to hold and preserve, we shall all have to answer for how we contributed or failed to contribute to overcome our impasse, and I suspect that those who said “No” will be held as responsible in the eyes of God as those who said “Yes”. Make no mistake about it: God’s love for his people, whom he wants to remain united, is greater than we can understand.
“If there were clear inspired mandates, in the Scriptures or in the Writings of Ellen White, giving us directions in this matter (women’s ordination), we would not be having this discussion as a global church. We have in the past concluded, through the work of several commissions and reported back to this council, that we find no such mandate on which there is broad agreement” Dr. Paulsen concluded.
According to this evidence, the delegates voted to charge the union executive committee with implementing additional study of the topic of ordination, including research to be conducted by Friedensau University, the Adventist higher education institution in Germany. The findings from this study are to be presented to the Euro-Africa Division and the General Conference.
During the session, there was a motion to amend the Union Conference constitution to delete the language that requires that the president and secretary be ordained ministers. This motion was not passed by the require two-third majority.
The North German Union Conference covers 11 states in the northern region of the German Federal Republic, including Berlin and other major urban areas. It is made up of four local conferences with a total of about 20,000 church members among a population of more than 47 million. There are 346 local churches and 149 ministers, including two women.
The EUD Administrative Committee in its last session reflected on the vote, and has made a recommendation to the Executive Committee that will be published after its meeting later this month.
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Obama accepts invitation by Cardinal Dolan to speak at Catholic charity dinner
Published on Aug 2, 2012 by romereports
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Thursday, August 09, 2012
Holidays are for rejoicing, rest and recreation
Thursday, August 09, 2012
Herald Express
IN the second chapter of Genesis we read of God resting on the seventh day of the creation.
What the scripture is saying to us is that God knew that man must also rest to revitalise our body.
Down the centuries these rest days have been saints' and special Holy days like Christmas and Easter or the feasts of St Peter and St Paul.
The longest rest period was the 12 days of Christmas up and until the feast of the Epiphany.
However, the day work started was the day after Plough Sunday, the Sunday after the Epiphany.
In some years particularly if the Epiphany was on a Sunday, then it was seven extra days' holiday.
These days our holidays come in batches though they are nothing like the 92 days minimum given by the church that controlled holidays up to the reformation.
The main holiday is better in the summer, then there is Christmas and new year and finally a few bank holidays.
The whole point of these holidays was and is rejoicing, rest and recreation (the three Rs).
Rejoicing for what God has done for us in incarnation (birth of Jesus), redemption Good Friday) and celebration (Easter Sunday).
Rest, we all need and in these days of the great speed of life we need time to rest and relax to keep ourselves sane.
Then there is recreation better put as recreation, when we remake ourselves as God would have us be.
This is different to rest. It does not mean lying on a beach or at a hotel pool, but means taking up something new.
I used to do this by visiting some historic towns and drinking in the heritage and beauty of the place.
Others do this by artistry or walking or some other activity.
It means we put our minds to some other endeavour and as a result gain knowledge but also activity in a way different to our normal work.
So we recreate ourselves and make ourselves better able to perform our daily tasks when we return from our holidays.
Sadly, this year in England the weather has spoilt many people's holidays.
The rest has had to be in hotel or guest house rooms or in caravans or tents.
However, amid the difficulties we have still had the opportunity to recreate ourselves.
The Olympics has been a great stimulus in this recreative plan.
Men and women no different from ourselves created for themselves in their respective disciplines near perfection.
Let us use that example and recreate ourselves.
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California braces for power-grid test amid heat wave
By Rory Carroll | Reuters – 7 hours ago
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California's electricity grid operator issued a rare statewide alert on Thursday warning residents to curb power usage in coming days as a heat wave threatens to strain its already taxed network.
The California Independent System Operation, or CAISO, a not-for-profit corporation charged with operating the majority of the state's high-voltage grid, issued a "flex" alert urging consumers to reduce power usage especially in the afternoon, when air-conditioning dramatically ramps up demand.
A ridge of high pressure, which brought above-normal heat to the Midwest earlier this summer, is now sitting over the Four Corners region, pushing high temperatures into the upper 80s and low 90s Fahrenheit (32 Celsius) across much of California, about 5 to 10 degrees above normal, according to AccuWeather.com.
CAISO is bracing for the heat wave and struggling to compensate for the loss of the 2,150-megawatt (MW) San Onofre nuclear power plant. That plant will be offline at least through the end of the summer, following a small radiation leak.
The CAISO warned earlier that San Onofre's prolonged outage increased the possibility of rolling blackouts in Southern California, particularly in the event of extreme weather or additional generation problems.
The electric alert may serve as a reality check for state leaders and grid officials who are struggling to deal with increasing demands for more carbon-free electricity over the next few years.
California's plan to dramatically increase reliance on renewable power sources, such as solar and wind, while shutting a number of ocean-side plants that supply power around the clock will challenge power grid operators to keep the lights on.
The grid operator said Thursday's situation was exacerbated when a large power plant went offline unexpectedly.
Businesses and homes were urged to curb use during the peak consumption hours of 11:00 a.m. to 6 p.m., through Sunday.
California's two major utility companies, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) and Southern California Edison (SCE), asked industrial customers to limit consumption during the hot spell, officials from both firms said.
"We are having above-normal temperatures, especially on the coast," Steven Greenlee, a CAISO spokesman, told Reuters. "We've got higher demand because of the temperatures and, as we had anticipated when San Onofre went offline, supplies are getting tighter."
EMERGENCY
The current heat wave will be the biggest test of the power grid since 2007, when a "stage 1" emergency was declared after operating electricity reserves fell between 7 and 6 percent.
CAISO has also ordered power-plant owners and transmission operators across the state to limit maintenance activities that might jeopardize equipment availability due to the high electric demands.
Despite the consumption alert, Greenlee said the state is not in danger of blackouts at this point.
"We would take other steps and release another warning before that would take place," he said.
Peak electricity demand ranges from nearly 47,000 MW Thursday, then trending downward to 43,000 MW by Monday as the above-normal temperatures abate. The state is capable of producing up to 58,600 MW, according to CAISO.
California is no stranger to blackouts, having experienced costly power outages in 2000 and 2001. It was later revealed that those blackouts were the result of power market manipulation, not supply-demand fundamentals.
The most recent major outage occurred in September of last year, when "human error" left nearly 5 million people across parts of California, Arizona and Mexico without power.
CAISO said Thursday's peak demand could reach 47,125 MW, which would surpass last summer's peak demand of 45,545 MW, set in early September. It would also exceed CAISO's forecast for peak power use this summer of 46,342 MW, under normal weather conditions.
California's all-time peak demand hit 50,270 MW on July 24, 2006 amid a heat wave. Since then, the economic recession and moderate weather have cut the state's electric needs.
Wholesale electric prices for Friday delivery in Southern California slipped to the mid-$50s per megawatt-hour, down $7 from an 18-month high set Wednesday.
Next-day power prices at the Palo Verde hub and the Mid-Columbia hub in Pacific Northwest also eased from Wednesday.
(Additional reporting by Eileen O'Grady in Houston; Editing by Dan Grebler and David Gregorio)
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California's electricity grid operator issued a rare statewide alert on Thursday warning residents to curb power usage in coming days as a heat wave threatens to strain its already taxed network.
The California Independent System Operation, or CAISO, a not-for-profit corporation charged with operating the majority of the state's high-voltage grid, issued a "flex" alert urging consumers to reduce power usage especially in the afternoon, when air-conditioning dramatically ramps up demand.
A ridge of high pressure, which brought above-normal heat to the Midwest earlier this summer, is now sitting over the Four Corners region, pushing high temperatures into the upper 80s and low 90s Fahrenheit (32 Celsius) across much of California, about 5 to 10 degrees above normal, according to AccuWeather.com.
CAISO is bracing for the heat wave and struggling to compensate for the loss of the 2,150-megawatt (MW) San Onofre nuclear power plant. That plant will be offline at least through the end of the summer, following a small radiation leak.
The CAISO warned earlier that San Onofre's prolonged outage increased the possibility of rolling blackouts in Southern California, particularly in the event of extreme weather or additional generation problems.
The electric alert may serve as a reality check for state leaders and grid officials who are struggling to deal with increasing demands for more carbon-free electricity over the next few years.
California's plan to dramatically increase reliance on renewable power sources, such as solar and wind, while shutting a number of ocean-side plants that supply power around the clock will challenge power grid operators to keep the lights on.
The grid operator said Thursday's situation was exacerbated when a large power plant went offline unexpectedly.
Businesses and homes were urged to curb use during the peak consumption hours of 11:00 a.m. to 6 p.m., through Sunday.
California's two major utility companies, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) and Southern California Edison (SCE), asked industrial customers to limit consumption during the hot spell, officials from both firms said.
"We are having above-normal temperatures, especially on the coast," Steven Greenlee, a CAISO spokesman, told Reuters. "We've got higher demand because of the temperatures and, as we had anticipated when San Onofre went offline, supplies are getting tighter."
EMERGENCY
The current heat wave will be the biggest test of the power grid since 2007, when a "stage 1" emergency was declared after operating electricity reserves fell between 7 and 6 percent.
CAISO has also ordered power-plant owners and transmission operators across the state to limit maintenance activities that might jeopardize equipment availability due to the high electric demands.
Despite the consumption alert, Greenlee said the state is not in danger of blackouts at this point.
"We would take other steps and release another warning before that would take place," he said.
Peak electricity demand ranges from nearly 47,000 MW Thursday, then trending downward to 43,000 MW by Monday as the above-normal temperatures abate. The state is capable of producing up to 58,600 MW, according to CAISO.
California is no stranger to blackouts, having experienced costly power outages in 2000 and 2001. It was later revealed that those blackouts were the result of power market manipulation, not supply-demand fundamentals.
The most recent major outage occurred in September of last year, when "human error" left nearly 5 million people across parts of California, Arizona and Mexico without power.
CAISO said Thursday's peak demand could reach 47,125 MW, which would surpass last summer's peak demand of 45,545 MW, set in early September. It would also exceed CAISO's forecast for peak power use this summer of 46,342 MW, under normal weather conditions.
California's all-time peak demand hit 50,270 MW on July 24, 2006 amid a heat wave. Since then, the economic recession and moderate weather have cut the state's electric needs.
Wholesale electric prices for Friday delivery in Southern California slipped to the mid-$50s per megawatt-hour, down $7 from an 18-month high set Wednesday.
Next-day power prices at the Palo Verde hub and the Mid-Columbia hub in Pacific Northwest also eased from Wednesday.
(Additional reporting by Eileen O'Grady in Houston; Editing by Dan Grebler and David Gregorio)
Source
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Massive blackout hits Cairo, sparking new anger at Egyptian government
August 9, 2012 | 9:06 am
CAIRO -- Egypt was plunged into its worst blackout in months Thursday when a power outage swept across much of the capital, crippling the Egyptian Stock Exchange, stranding passengers in subway cars and creating fresh anger at the embattled government.
The outage was the latest in a spate of blackouts that have paralyzed cities across the nation this summer. Egyptians also are becoming less patient with ubiquitous shortages of water and fuel, especially because they have been occurring when tempers are short in the sweltering heat during the fasting month of Ramadan.
The crisis adds to new President Mohamed Morsi's challenges because many Egyptians attribute the problems to the state's poor management. Power disruptions have been maddeningly more frequent than in past summers and appear to symbolize a fledgling democracy in trouble.
"I am sorry for the power cuts. I have the same problem at home, and I promise it will be solved as soon as possible," Morsi told Egyptians this week.
After trading stalled for almost two hours, stocks on the Egyptian Exchange fell by $164 million in the early hours before regaining some of their value. Cairo's underground Metro was paralyzed in the morning as hundreds of thousands of people tried to head to work and go about their day. Passengers were reported to be stuck in crowded cars and on platforms waiting to get out.
"Every time I step into a lift, I pray to God that I will reach my destination safely. I am not claustrophobic. I am just worried that a sudden power cut, the likes of which are frequent nowadays in Egypt, will leave me trapped inside a metal box for endless hours," columnist Ramadan A. Kader wrote in the Egyptian Gazette.
He added: "As far as I know, no area in Egypt, poor or fashionable, has been spared this niggling problem, which seems, bizarrely, to respect social justice. There is no clear explanation for the widespread power outages."
The latest blackout was caused by gas and diesel shortages in a power plant on the outskirts of Cairo, according to officials. Egyptian authorities have repeatedly vowed to resolve the crisis, but with fuel shortages and a scorching summer season, the problem has escalated.
Experts have repeatedly suggested that Egypt reform its energy subsidy program, considered one of the most wasteful in the world.
"There have been several measures suggested a while ago for reforming subsidies and other energy activities that the government needs to consider," said Mohab Hallouda, an energy specialist with the World Bank in Cairo.
In a move to implement austerity measures, Egypt's government cut subsidies for energy-intensive factories last January. Hallouda said that political turmoil has kept previous transitional governments from applying more budget reforms.
The country has seen at least three Cabinet reshuffles since the uprising that toppled former president Hosni Mubarak early last year. With almost half of the population living under the poverty line, more citizens felt the blow to the economy during the ongoing political turmoil.
Despite the obstacles, Hallouda said he believes that more concrete policies need to be implemented immediately: "Reforms obviously mean increasing tariffs to some sectors and those who can afford it, but we must make sure that those who need subsidies aren't denied."
Whistleblower lawsuit alleges Florida Hospital filed millions in false claims
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A whistle-blower lawsuit based on insider information from a former Florida Hospital-Orlando billing employee and a staff physician alleges that seven Adventist Health hospitals in Central Florida have overbilled the federal government for tens of millions of dollars in false or padded medical claims.
The suit claims Florida Hospital used improper coding for more than a decade to overbill Medicare, Medicaid and Tricare, all federal government payors. In addition, it alleges, the hospital commonly overbilled for a drug used, for example, in MRI scans and billed for computer analyses that were never performed.
Plaintiffs Amanda Dittman, a bill-coding and reimbursement compliance officer, and Dr. Charlotte Elenberger, a radiologist, were either employed or affiliated with Florida Hospital Orlando between 1995 and 2009. They filed a lawsuit in July 2010, alleging that the improprieties occurred during those years.
Last week their suit received a green light from U.S. District Judge John Antoon to proceed. In his ruling, Antoon denied Adventist Health System's motion to dismiss the claim, calling the evidence "extensive and sufficient."
Adventist Health, based in Altamonte Springs, asked the judge to dismiss the case for insufficient evidence. However, Antoon refused the request, saying the complaint "satisfies the [False Claim Act] requirements of describing the alleged fraudulent acts, why they were fraudulent, when they occurred, and who engaged in them."
Among the Florida hospitals cited are Florida Hospital Orlando, Florida Hospital Altamonte, Florida Hospital Apopka, Florida Hospital East Orlando, Florida Hospital Celebration Health, Florida Hospital Kissimmee and Winter Park Memorial Hospital.
In February, four local Adventist Health hospitals paid $3.9 million to the federal government to settle allegations that they overbilled Medicare.
'Could exceed $100 million'
Marlan Wilbanks, attorney for the plaintiffs, said that, although he can't determine the total amount of damages until he gets sworn depositions and gathers more records, "we know the sum is very large because it went on for over a decade."
If found guilty, the health system would not only be responsible for repaying the excess money received, but also for paying civil penalties of $5,500 to $11,000 per false claim, and damages, he said.
"When you're looking at something that happened thousands of times, and that carries substantial civil monetary penalties for each claim and treble damages, the total exposure could exceed $100 million," Wilbanks said.
A trial is set for December 2013.
Gabriel Imperato, attorney for Adventist Health, would not discuss the case, saying, "It is our policy not to comment on pending litigation for our clients."
Hospital spokeswoman Samantha O'Lenick said that, although she was aware of the case, "we don't comment on any cases that are in active litigation."
Dittman worked for Florida Radiology Associates from 1996 to 2001 and then for Florida Hospital Orlando from 2001 to 2008. During that time, the lawsuit alleges, she witnessed billing-code "modifiers" routinely misused in ways that would result in extra payments.
"This allegation is not limited to Florida Hospital Orlando," said Wilbanks, but extends to the other hospitals named in the suit. Dittman ultimately had billing responsibilites in each of the hospital's radiology departments.
Dittman also alleged that the hospital routinely used a billing code for a larger dose of the drug octreotide than was actually administered. A radioactive agent given intravenously or by injection, octreotide is used to enhance radiology images. Rather than bill for 1,000 micrograms of the drug, it billed for 5,000 micrograms, the suit alleges, overcharging the government by nearly $2,500 per dose.
While working for Florida Radiology Associates from 1995 to 2008, Elenberger had staff privileges at Florida Hospital Orlando and alleges the hospital was billing — and being paid — for services related to a computer-aided-detection analysis that helps doctors interpret mammography scans, even when the CAD analysis wasn't performed.
For three months in 2006 the CAD system wasn't working, yet the hospital billed for the CAD scans, the suit alleges.
Taxpayers recover
Under the False Claims Act, whistle-blowers stand to gain substantial amounts, sometimes as much as 10 percent to 20 percent of the award, experts say. However, coming forward with knowledge of fraud is "always difficult for health-care professionals," Wilbanks said. It can be career-limiting.
Since filing suit, Elenberger continues to practice in Central Florida, although in Nov. 2009 she chose to resign her staff privileges at Florida Hospital. Dittman now works for a hospital in California.
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Wednesday, August 08, 2012
Emergent Signs to Leave your church
Uploaded by lilihut on Dec 16, 2008
Run from any church practicing ecumenism and other mystic gnostic new age heresies
Disagreement with two points:
- Warning sign #4: The Millenium will take place in Heaven, not on Earth.
- Warning sign #5: The Church has taken the place of Israel - As long as Jews and their secular state deny Jesus Christ the Messiah, they are not true Israel as spoken in prophecy; or as mentioned by the Apostle Paul:
28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Romans 2:28,29.
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7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
Romans 9:6-8.
How Television Affects Your Brain Chemistry
Uploaded by sigmun2001 on Nov 22, 2007
This video explains how TV affects brain activity and therefore it is evil.
The Miracle of The King James Bible
Uploaded by Loumademe on Aug 22, 2011
Observing the 400th anniversary of the original publication, Adam Nicolson retraces the steps that led to the creation of the most revered book written in the English language - The King James Version of The Holy Bible.
For Educational Purposes Only.
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UHM – JESUIT MERCHANTS RULE THE BANK OF ENGLAND + AUDIO
May 4, 2012 19:01 THEUNHIVEDMIND
Here is supposed know-it-all David Wilcock on this video claiming that the Rothschild’s control the Bank of England.
The same old tired and false story on and on.
UHM – JESUIT MERCHANTS RULE THE BANK OF ENGLAND
By The Unhived Mind 04th May 2012
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The Rothschild’s only have the Bank of England because the Jesuit Order allowed this to happen. Britain was under the Jesuit thumb since the late 18th Century. The Cecil family became subordinate to the Jesuits no later than this and some would say the Cecil loyalties were lacking in the beginning of the 17th Century. This showed as King James I was bought into power over the son of Elizabeth Ist which came from the union of the Queen and Edward De Vere. The Cecil family had the son of that union destroyed and killed, they fitted him up with charges of trying to remove the Monarchy when in fact he was trying to remove the Cecil family. The supposed Puritan-Christian Cecil family soon enough had the Geneva Bible 1560/99 destroyed and replaced with the King James Authorized 1611 Bible. That was the first phase of the destruction of Christianity and veiling of exposure of the Catholic Church. All those wonderful footnotes and more removed from the public realm entirely. The Geneva Bible became banned in the Nation by King James I himself. This should ring alarm bells but it does not mean that the King James Authorized Bible is wrong to follow to a point but the facts are its missing information of the Geneva Bible.
The Cecil family have been controlled in the region by the Pallavicini family of far greater power and who really funded Queen Elizabeth’s war machine. Other families of great power in the region are of course the Catholic Howard and Percy families along with the Powell family. You will find a lot of Powell’s have been connected with The Worshipful Company of Mercers. It took many years for the Germanic Bauer family to gain acceptance from the Cecil family of England. Eventually they earned the respect of the Cecil family and a scion was formed. The blood of both families including the Goldschmidt came about such as the line which Kate Middleton is descended from and why she is the wife of Prince William who himself is a Medici, Sforza, Stuart and Guelph.
When the Jesuits were suppressed by the Pope in 1773 they used their covert power over England to have the Rothschild family guardian over the Jesuit South American reductions wealth. The Jesuits could not store this wealth in any Catholic banking house otherwise it would be stolen since the Order was to be destroyed. This is one of the reasons the Jesuits have a stronghold in the United States as the suppression of the Order helped them hoodwink the Reformation Nations even further as you can imagine. What the suppression did do was make the Jesuits even more angry and certainly made them never want to be loyal in the slightest to the Catholic Church again. It was time to take over the Catholic Church which started in 1814 and was totally complete by 1870 when the Pope was made Infallible. The Jesuits forgot the Holy See generosity of the earlier 14th Century when the Pope allowed a few of these then Knights Templars to survive and live in Aragon. I believe this was why the Jesuits were quite loyal to the Church prior to the 1773 suppression. The Templars could not continue in Aragon under that old title but of course could become something new. These Aragon Templars became the Order of the Calatrava and Order of the Montesa not to forget the Los Alumbrados meaning the illuminated ones. The current Grandmaster of the current Calatrava and Montesa is Emperor Juan Carlos of the New Holy Roman Empire.
Since this takeover by the Jesuit Order through their 1776 creation of the Order of the Bavarian Illuminati using Giuseppe Balsamo and sheep-dipped Jesuit Adam Weishaupt. The Rothschild’s eventually became the Guardians of the Vatican Treasury all thanks to the Jesuit Order. The Rothschild’s used the Illuminati Napoleon as an aid in the take over of the Bank of England which had been created by The Worshipful Company of Mercers. This was to take over of the City of London from the Holy See and the Knights of Malta. The Holy See having controlled the region for a very long time and having handed the control of the region to the Knights Templar in 1215. This had been taken away by the Holy See in 1312 with the Ad Providam Papal Bull. So as you can see with a logical thinking mind, the Jesuits have bought back the control of the City of London under the Knights Templar continuum of themselves being the ancient Aragon continuum of the original Order.
The Knights of Malta have never been favourites of the Jesuit Order who never forgive or forget. This hatred of the Knights of Malta increased even further in 1768 when the Knights removed the Jesuits from the Island of Malta. The Jesuits sought their revenge for this one later on in 1798 using their Illuminati controlled Napoleon. The Jesuits subordinated the Knights of Malta in the same year and that was the true start of the take over of the City of London which was commanded covertly still by the Knights of Malta. Currently the so-called Protestant division of the Knights of Malta are controlled through the Alliance of the Orders of St John Of Jerusalem by the Order of Malta itself. The Order of Malta being the only true Order out of all of them although its claimed they now recognize the others as part of this Alliance.
This all aided the openness of the Order of Malta to return to England as you can see from their Blessed Adrian Fortescue and later Grand Priory of England in 1993. If you look at St John’s Wood where the Order of Malta are based, you will see its the old haunt of the Knights Templar in England since the City of London is a sovereign Nation. If you look at one of the four of the most powerful Order of Malta headquarters in Rome you will see that the Aventine Hill is another old Templar haunt which was their original World Headquarters. The Order of Malta has three main bases of power in Italy with a secret forth base which is ever changing and not known to the public, which leads me to believe this is either thee true WHQ of the Order or one used for secret commanding only.
Now can one understand the true power over the World and the Bank of England? David Wilcox is part of the Jesuit soldier Frederick Copleston SJ created conspiracy theory arena known as the so-called alternative media and set up to purposely control the minds of the more intelligent peoples but divert them elsewhere and namely into Jesuit soldier Pierre-Teilhard De Chardin SJ’s awaiting New-Age Movement pushing the Luciferian Doctrine of the likes of Alice Ann Bailey and Madame Blavatsky. You are correct that its all the same old story these agents of deception give you and its to make you run around on a wheel like a gerbil never getting to the real end or facts of the matter.
Rothschild’s are part of the problem but not thee problem they are Sabbatean Frankist hofjuden of the Jesuit controlled Papacy. The perfect example of this is Jesuit trained Shimon Peres the most powerful Sabbatean Frankist in Israel who is so loyal to the Vatican its amazing. Why would Shimon Peres and his minions give away East Jerusalem to the Vatican in 1993 via Cardinal Ratzingers Oslo Accords? You know the Accords aided by Georgetown University trained William Clinton in Jesuit Washington D.C. The land belonging to the Catholic, Pope and Carroll families being part of Virginia and Maryland giving you Virgin Mary and being known as Rome in 1663 property records. Ask yourself why do those in Israel who oppose the Oslo Accords get whacked or suppressed if they are the supposed power? Enough said, the New Holy Roman Empire rules the World its just that simple. Israel is being destroyed by the same Jesuits from the inside out using groups like The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute which is connected with the Beit HaNassi where Pere’s dwells funny enough.
Emperor Juan Carlos of the New Holy Roman Empire and Evelyn De Rothschild control your physical being which is your land or your will. They also control your soul and it is all done through the Crown Temple in the City of London connected with the Bank of England. As soon as you are born on Earth if there is a Marriage Certificate they have control over you. If there is not a certificate of marriage but the child is registered to a Birth Certificate then they once again have control over you. The Vatican claims control over you regardless if you study hard enough. The birth certificate ties you into the Cestui Que Vie Act 1666 and the Vatican Canon Law based Admiralty Law system thats been in place usurping our law of land known as Common Law since 1933. The real push for the Merchant takeover of our lands occurred from 1870 onwards when many definitions of words were usurped with admiralty definitions. Admiralty Law comes from the ancient Phoenician Empire but was perfected by the Roman Empire.
The Cestui Que Vie Act 1666 goes back the real root of the problem stemming from 1302 with the signing of the Papal Bull Unam Sanctam by Pope Boneface VIII. Also look up the Papal Bull Aeterni Regis by Pope Sixtus IV in 1481. This my friends is the complete enslavement of your soul and body being the land. The Vatican controls all the land on Earth and its most important land of all is your will which is your body and thus they control your testament being a product of your will. When you are registered a security is placed into the Bank of England of around £1.5 million maybe more today since thats a figure of around three years ago. This is then traded daily with Worldwide banks in a second economy you are not privy too. This secret system is very closely connected with the Universal Postal Union in Bern, Switzerland which is just one corner away from the powerful Papal Nuncio, Archbishop Diego Causero at the Vatican Embassy.
You have become a minor shareholder in the U.K Plc but you have no chance of claiming your dividend. This security raises profits which collect over the years of your life. When your will expires as you die then the Escheat Law is bought into play to take all of that security and profit into the hands of the City of London aka New Jerusalem. Your family never ever know about it and certainly never get a penny of the seriously large sum made. All whilst you were born into slavery working for pittance and struggling to live a decent life. Especially from now on as we enter the zero growth post industrial society plan signed in by then U.S. President Jimmy Carter. You will be lucky to be able to claim unemployment benefits and forced to jump through hoops to do so and all for a measly £67.50 per week to live on in the new peasant ville society fully controlled through the front United Nations as time goes by.
This control of the Bank of England through The Worshipful Company of Mercers is what controls the global economy. The U.S. economy is fully controlled by the Mercers and Bank of England and has been since 1868 onwards some might say since 1861 when America was turned into a corporation by Lincoln to try to pay off the Mercers for the Virginia Company of London debts for the original Settling of the region. The Jesuits using both Privy Councilors Roundell Palmer and Edward Stanley had Lincoln’s death warrant signed and executed through the payment of Catholic, John Wilkes Booth through the Bank of Montreal based in Jesuit controlled Quebec. Wilkes was paid £60 for the assassination and he is an ancestor of Catholic, Cherie Blair the current wife of Knight of Malta, Tony Blair the Catholic crusading war criminal closely tied to the controllers of the Directorate for Intelligence division of the Central Intelligence Agency known as the Deutsche Verteidigungs Dienst the Nazi continuum and major drug trafficking operator for the House of Bourbon and The Worshipful Company of Apothecaries. The City of London control the U.S. Economy through TheCityUK run by Stuart Popham of the Royal Institute for International Affairs.
TheCityUK controls the Exchange Stabilization Fund commanding the Federal Reserve of New York, World Bank and the International Monetary Fund the latter of which deals with the Nations bankrupted as of 1933. TheCityUK controls the U.S. Treasury which commands all three of those organizations through the Exchange Stabilization Fund. No different to how TheCityUK commands the economies of the Middle East through the Middle East Association fronted by Charles Hollis. A powerful family connected to the City of London control of the United States is the Spring family who took over in the region from the Payseur family who were the French Royal family continuum after the French Revolution. That line is now divided between three other families less significant in the merchant realm to the Spring’s. Welcome to New World Order!
Tuesday, August 07, 2012
Is There A Role For Government In Cybersecurity?
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Is There A Role For Government In Cybersecurity?
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August 7, 2012
The Cyber Security Act of 2012 failed in the Senate, despite growing alarm in the intelligence community about the vulnerabilities of the nation's infrastructure. The episode highlights a unique problem for politicians concerned about the balance between national security and federal regulation.
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Get Out of The City

Get Out Of The City
Get out of the city it's falling apart,
it's got a stake right through its heart.
They're queuing for food in huddled drones,
but it's safe in the larders of those on thrones.
So .. .. get out of the city, out of the city,
get out of the city today.
Get out of the city,
out of the city today .. .. now
Get out of the city as the sirens squeal,
high-rise living has lost its appeal.
The bailiffs giggle and snip with glee,
as they cut off gas and electricity.
Get out of the city, find a new home,
undernourished kids are getting chilled to the bone.
The country air is fresh and clean,
but I'm drowning in a sea of tranquillity.
it's got a stake right through its heart.
They're queuing for food in huddled drones,
but it's safe in the larders of those on thrones.
So .. .. get out of the city, out of the city,
get out of the city today.
Get out of the city,
out of the city today .. .. now
Get out of the city as the sirens squeal,
high-rise living has lost its appeal.
The bailiffs giggle and snip with glee,
as they cut off gas and electricity.
Get out of the city, find a new home,
undernourished kids are getting chilled to the bone.
The country air is fresh and clean,
but I'm drowning in a sea of tranquillity.
By G.B.H.
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"Watch"
But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
Mark 13:32-37.
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STRONG AND PROUD
By James Standish
From the ’76 convertible Cadillac El Dorado I drove when we lived in California to the Ford Mustang I rattled around in during my first year of college—until it blew up. From the BMW 325 I sadly waved goodbye to when we left the US, to my current Audi A4, there is an overriding theme—I have a weakness for cars. Yes, all my cars were bought second, third or fourth-hand, at bargain basement prices, but I’ve cherished each one of them for their unique character.
But it is the car I purchased after wrapping up law school that retains the most special place in my heart; my two-seat BMW Z3 Roadster. Sure, the car had its detractors. Some automotive writers bagged it for lacking true brute power. Others had trouble with its styling—”What possible purpose did the shark grills on the side have?” some sniped. My own brother called it a “poser car”.
But when I was zipping through city traffic with the top down and stereo blasting, none of it mattered. Not one bit!
One of the critic’s knocks against the car was its excessive BMWishness. In retrospect, BMW did slightly overdo the branding. There was the familiar BMW roundel on the front. And on the back. On the steering wheel. And at the centre of each of the four wheels. And just in case the message wasn’t clear enough, there were another two BMW roundels plastered on the side for good measure. All up, nine BMW logos on one rather small roadster.
Why? Because, let’s face it, BMW has cachet, and knows it does. And it’s not just BMW. Nearly every successful brand gleefully plasters its name and logo anywhere it can find space. Coca-Cola aims to have its logo visible in every inhabited place on earth, and they must be getting pretty close to their goal. Apple hands out Apple logo stickers with their laptops—apparently it’s not enough to have Applephiles slavishly spending all their tech and entertainment dollars within the Applesphere, they also want them to become little Apple advertising emissaries—gratis, of course.
All of this makes me wonder about our “brand”—the Adventist brand. We must be the only global brand on earth that deliberately obscures our identity. Think about the schools that have taken the “Adventist” out of the name, the churches that have stripped away the Adventist identity, the frequent fear of being open about who we are when we do evangelism, and the muffled answers we sometimes give when asked about our faith.
If there is any brand on earth that should be proud of what it is, who it is and how it is, it is ours. For goodness gracious sakes, Apple’s manufacturer exploits workers in China to the point where some are literally killing themselves. BMW was an integral and joyous part of Hitler’s armament machine. Coke may have done more to promote dental visits than any other single company on earth. Yet, they are all very proud of who they are and what they do. Meanwhile, we have 150 years of bringing health, education, the Gospel and holistic living to the world. No other successful faith—Mormons, Muslims, Catholics, Charismatics—are shy about who they are. Why us?
Some may argue we have to obscure our identity because we don’t have a great brand image. I think it’s exactly the opposite. Talking to the non-Adventist parents at my kids’ school, I’ve found we have a far better brand image than most of us realise. And it would be a lot better if we weren’t so busy hiding from our own shadow.
Looking back, maybe nine logos on a small car was a bit excessive. But it certainly didn’t hurt BMW’s Z3 sales. Similarly, I’ve visited schools around the world that proudly brand themselves Adventist and are overflowing with students, churches that are packed and Adventist entities of all shapes and sizes that proudly use our name and logo.
My conclusion? Being up-front, open and proud about who we are and what we stand for is not only the right thing, it’s the smart thing too. BMW, Coke, Apple and a thousand other entities have already figured that out. It’s time we did.
James Standish is communication director for the South Pacific Division.
Monday, August 06, 2012
The Jesuit Agenda and the Evangelical/Protestant Church
Understand the Times/Lighthouse Trails Special Report
www.understandthetimes.org
According to Bible prophecy, a one-world religion that will offer the promise of peace throughout the world is going to commence prior to Christ’s return. To most, this global body will seem like a wonderful thing and very possibly will be a pseudo-Christianity (coming in the name of “Christ”); however, contrary to how the masses will view it, it will actually help establish and set up the antichrist and his one- world government.
In order for this to happen, all religions must come together in an ecumenical plan. Today, as part of this Satanic scheme, the evangelical/Protestant church is being drawn seductively into the Roman Catholic church, largely through what we call “The Jesuit Agenda.” Incredibly, while the evidence is obvious to some, the majority of proclaiming Christians are not at all aware it is happening.
So, what should we expect if we are in the time when such a system unfolds? First, many who once were Protestant and evangelical will become ecumenical and eventually assimilate with the Roman Catholic church. Second, all religions will unite in solidarity of purpose. Understanding the Jesuit Agenda is essential if we are to understand how this worldwide deception will come about.
Who are the Jesuits?
Since its foundation, the Catholic papacy has been zealous and often brutal in its endeavor to establish the kingdom of the Pope (of whom it is believed within the Catholic church is headed by Jesus Christ). In fact, the Pope has been referred to as the “Vicar of Christ.” This determination was witnessed during the Inquisition where countless thousands, if not millions, died cruelly for resisting Rome. Foxe’s Book of Martyrs describes many of these atrocities.
While many believers in Christ during the Reformation period attempted to spread the truth that God’s Word was truly God’s Word and could not be squandered and kept hostage by the papacy and the Catholic Church, it was not long before the Counter Reformation was founded to bring the “Separated Brethren” back to the “Mother of All Churches.”
This Counter Reformation was largely headed by Ignatius Loyola, the man who founded the Jesuit Order in the mid 1500s and launched an all-out attack against those who dared stand against the papacy and Rome. This excerpt from Foxe’s Book of Martyrs gives us an idea of the nature and determination of this Counter Reformation:
The emperor Ferdinand, whose hatred of the Bohemian Protestants was without bounds, not thinking he had sufficiently oppressed them, instituted a high court to prosecute the reformers upon the plan of the Inquisition, with this difference, that the court was to travel from place to place and always to be attended by a body of troops. This court was conducted chiefly by Jesuits and from their decision there was no appeal, by which it may be easily conjectured that it was a dreadful tribunal indeed.
This bloody court, attended by a body of troops, made the tour of Bohemia. They seldom examined or saw a prisoner, for the soldiers were permitted to murder the Protestants as they pleased and then to make a report of the matter to them afterward.(1)
You see, the Jesuits were commissioned by the Pope to do whatever it took to end the Protestant Reformation. The 1540 Constitution of the Jesuits states:
[L]et whoever desires to fight under the sacred banner of the Cross, and to serve only God and the Roman pontiff, His vicar on earth, after a solemn vow of perpetual chastity,- let him keep in mind that he is part of a society, instituted for the purpose of perfecting souls in life and in Christian doctrine, for the propagation of the faith . . . Let all members know, and let it be not only at the beginning of their profession, but let them think over it daily as long as they live, that the society as a whole, and each of them, owes obedience to our most holy lord, the pope, and the other Roman pontiffs, his successors, and to fight with faithful obedience for God. (Emphasis added.)
While most Christians think that the Counter Reformation is a thing of the past because we are not seeing Inquisitions today, this movement continues until today and with renewed effort through various avenues of the evangelical/Protestant church. In a way, it is more insidious than the Inquisitions, because now it has infiltrated Christianity and is being disguised as the “new” Christianity. (Rick Warren promotes it as the “new” or second reformation.) But disguised or not, it is the Jesuit Agenda, and it is bringing about ecumenism and a one-world religion. And at the same time, it is attempting to destroy the message that so many died for - the message that Jesus Christ is not found in a wafer and a cup of juice to be re-crucified day after day but has died once and for all for the sins of man and offers a salvation that is an entirely free gift, unearned to those who believe on Him (Hebrews 7:27; 10:11-14).
Who Was Ignatius Loyola?
After a serious injury in the military and during a lengthy rehabilitation, Ignatius Loyola (b. 1491, d. 1556) turned his focus from “military enthusiasm to ghostly fanaticism.(2) Ignatius assumed the name and office of Knight of the Virgin Mary, seeing himself as Mary’s favorite. Ignatius wanted to start a new order, The Society of Jesus (or the Jesuits) and presented the idea to the Pope. He told the Pope that the idea had been inspired by heavenly revelations. At first, the Pope hesitated, but when Ignatius added a fourth vow (in addition to the regular poverty, chastity, and obedience), “absolute subservience to the pope,” promising to do whatever the Pope wanted and go wherever he wanted, the Pope agreed and sent the new order out to “invade the world.” While other monks of other orders sought to separate themselves from the world, the Jesuits went out into the world and obeyed whatever command the Pope gave. Often this was to win the world with the sword. No violent act was withheld if the order came from their top “general.” (3)
In time, the Jesuits entered the education system, especially that of the Protestants. The Jesuit maxim was: “Give us the education of the children of this day – and the next generation will be ours.”(4) The Reverend W. C. Brownlee, D.D. stated: “They pretended to be converted and to enter into Protestant churches.” One Jesuit even boasted that the Jesuits were successfully able to imitate the Puritan preachers. They used trickery and deception to become “all things to all men.” Within 48 years, there were eleven thousand Jesuits around the world, quite a large number for back then. (5)
By 1773, the order was abolished because of their horrible reputation of bloodiness, deception, and immorality. However, they were reinstated fully in 1814 by Pope Pius VII. Even by this time, the influence and infiltration into the United States by the Jesuits was significant.
In 1857, the Reverend W.C. Brownlee, D.D. compiled a book of a translated document called Secret Instructions of the Jesuits (found on the Boston College Libraries website, for one). While Catholic sources say that the Secret Instructions of the Jesuits is an untrue document, there is enough evidence to indicate that it is true indeed. Naturally, it is so indicting against the papacy and the Jesuit Order that one can understand from a human point of view why Catholic sources would say the document isn’t true. But the facts are that the Jesuit Order was performing brutal cruel acts to bring the world to “Christ” and the Mother Church and that they were infiltrating every area of society to do so. This cannot be denied. Brownlee’s book would be a worthwhile read for those who wish to understand more of the history of the Jesuits.
The Jesuit Oath
It is said that the ancient Jesuits took the Jesuit Oath. This has been refuted by Catholic sources as a true oath taken by Jesuits of the past; nevertheless, there is evidence enough that the oath did exist to include excerpts of it in this report. We have taken these excerpts from a book titled Political and Economic Handbook by Thomas Edward Watson published in 1916, and found in the Harvard College library.
I do declare from my heart, without mental reservation, that the Pope is Christ’s Vicar General and . . . He hath power to depose Heretical Kings, Princes, States . . . that they may safely be destroyed. Therefore, to the utmost of my power I will defend this doctrine. . . . I do further declare the doctrine of the Church of England, of the Calvanists [sic], the Huguenots, and other Protestants to be damnable and those to be damned who will not forsake the same.
I do further declare that I will help, assist, and advise all or any of His Holiness agents in any place wherever I shall be; and to do my utmost to extirpate [exterminate] the heretical Protestant doctrine, and to destroy all their pretended power. (p. 437)
In another version of the Jesuit Oath, the Jesuit is asked to promise that he will make “relentless war” against “all heretics, Protestants” and to “hang, burn, waste, boil, flay, strangle, and bury alive these infamous heretics” (found in U.S. House Congressional Record, 1913, p. 3216).
The Jesuit Agenda Today:
While we are not saying that Jesuits today are murdering Protestants if they don’t convert to Catholicism, we are saying that the determination and efforts to convert Protestants back to the Mother Church still exist. Basically, while the methods may have changed, the plan and objectives have not. The following quote from an article titled “Essay on Popery” by Rev. Ingram Cobbin M.A. (taken from one edition of Foxe’s Book of Martyrs) is insightful:
The Jesuits, though at times expelled or pretendedly so from Rome, have been its awful emissaries to augment its power. The intrigues and deceptions of these men would fill volumes, and the conveniency of their creed to deny or affirm anything, or assume any profession as it may serve their purpose, is too well known to need recapitulating here. These men have at times assumed so much that every papal state has alternately ejected them; and large numbers are now in this country—doubtless many under false colours —waiting the most favourable opportunities to corrupt the rising generation, and, as much as possible, restore the dark days of former ages. The Jesuits are unchangeable.
The Jesuits were driven in the past to bring back the lost brethren, and they are driven today with the same vision. Today, that vision is part of the pope’s Eucharistic Evangelization, drawing people to the Eucharistic Christ. The Eucharistic Evangelization is discussed at length in Another Jesus: The Evangelization of the Eucharistic Christ and in several articles on the Understand the Times website.
Jesuit (Mystical) Spirituality and the Protestant/Evangelical Church
So if the methods of converting lost or prodigal souls back to Rome have changed, what is the method to accomplish these goals today? It is largely through what is called Jesuit Spirituality. A 2002 book titled Contemplatives in Action: The Jesuit Way reveals how the Jesuit order has had and continues to have a “great influence” in people around the world. It attributes this “vitality” to “its spirituality” which has also “evoked fierce loyalty and fierce opposition.”(6)
What is the spirituality of the Jesuits that was so controversial? By their very roots, Jesuits are proponents of mystical prayer practices. The founder of the Jesuits, Ignatius Loyola, created “spiritual exercises” that incorporated mysticism, including lectio divina. Today, millions of people worldwide practice the “Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius Loyola.”
One Jesuit priest who resonates with the mystical spiritual outlook is Anthony De Mello (d. 1987), author of Sadhana: A Way to God. De Mello is often quoted today by contemplative and emerging authors and embraced the mysticism of Hinduism. He stated:
To silence the mind is an extremely difficult task. How hard it is to keep the mind from thinking, thinking, thinking, forever thinking, forever producing thoughts in a never ending stream. Our Hindu masters in India have a saying: one thorn is removed by another. By this they mean that you will be wise to use one thought to rid yourself of all the other thoughts that crowd into your mind. One thought, one image, one phrase or sentence or word that your mind can be made to fasten on. – Anthony de Mello, Sadhana: A Way to God (St. Louis, the Institute of Jesuit Resources, 1978), p. 28 (cited from A Time of Departing, by Ray Yungen, p. 75).
Ray Yungen explains that Sadhana “is very open in its acknowledgment of Eastern mysticism as an enrichment to Christian spirituality.”
It doesn’t take a long search to find De Mello within the evangelical/Protestant camp. In fact, Richard Foster, one of the pioneers of the evangelical spiritual formation (contemplative) movement wrote the introduction to one of De Mello’s books, The Sacrament of the Present Moment. In A Glimpse of Jesus, popular contemplative author Brennan Manning quotes De Mello. Amazon shows that De Mello’s book, The Sacrament of the Present Moment is cited in 82 books, some of which are written by some of evangelicalism’s most popular authors: John Ortberg, Richard Foster, Jan Johnson, Philip Yancey, and Calvin Miller – incidentally all these are contemplative advocates.
Another example of Jesuit influence in the evangelical/Protestant church is the Be Still DVD, where Richard Foster quotes 18th century Jesuit priest, Jean Nicholas Grou as saying: “O Divine Master, teach me this mute language which says so much.” This “mute language” Grou speaks of is the mystical “silence” practiced by contemplatives and mystics throughout all religions.
One of the key figures in the “new” progressive Christianity today is Leonard Sweet. Sweet has partnered on a number of occasions with Rick Warren and speaks at evangelical events frequently. In Sweet’s book, Quantum Spirituality, he states:
Mysticism, once cast to the sidelines of the Christian tradition, is now situated in postmodernist culture near the center. . . . In the words of one of the greatest theologians of the twentieth century, Jesuit philosopher of religion/dogmatist Karl Rahner, “The Christian of tomorrow will be a mystic, one who has experienced something, or he will be nothing.” [Mysticism] is metaphysics arrived at through mindbody experiences. (p. 76)
How fitting that Sweet would quote a Jesuit priest’s prediction about the “Christian” of the future.
Tony Campolo, another popular figure in the evangelical church, reveals something quite interesting in his book, Letters to a Young Evangelical. In the book, he explains the role mysticism had in him becoming a Christian. He explains:
I learned about this way of having a born-again experience from reading Catholic mystics, especially The Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius Loyola. (p. 30, see “Coming to Christ Through Mysticism,” Oakland )
For skeptics who may need further evidence that Jesuit Spirituality has come into the evangelical/Protestant church, consider this. In 2006, Baker Books, one of evangelicalism’s top book publishers, released a book titled Sacred Listening: Discovering the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius Loyola written by James Wakefield. A publisher description of the book states:
Central to the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), the Spiritual Exercises is a manual used to direct a month-long spiritual retreat. Now adapting these time-honored Exercises specifically for Protestant Christians, James L. Wakefield encourages readers to integrate their secular goals with their religious beliefs and helps them reflect on the life of Jesus as a model for their own discipleship.(7)
Wakefield’s book, devoted to the Jesuits and Ignatian Exercises, should be proof enough that the Jesuit Agenda has entered the Christian church and that mysticism is the tool by which the Jesuit Agenda is largely being brought into the lives of countless evangelicals and Protestants. Is it any wonder Wakefield’s book found praise within the Jesuit community? Armand M. Nigro, professor emeritus at the Jesuit school, Gonzaga University, said:
As a Jesuit for 62 years, I have been formed by the Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola, our principal founder. I rejoice, then, at the long-awaited publication of Sacred Listening. It will be for its readers, I hope, a classic manual for spiritual growth in genuine mystical prayer. (on back cover of book)
Incidentally, Eugene Peterson, author of The Message wrote an endorsement of Wakefield’s book on the front cover.
These are just a few of a great many examples where the “Jesuit Spirituality” has come into the Protestant church; thus this new modern (post-modern) mystical method to accomplish the goals of the papacy is working.
If Protestants and evangelicals can be convinced to practice mysticism (i.e., contemplative), this conditions them to begin embracing Rome and even all religions. It’s important to understand that mysticism is the bridge that unites all the religions of the world. In order to unite them, there would need to be a uniting, common denominator, so to speak. That common uniting medium is mysticism. Thomas Merton recognized this. In a conversation he was having with a Sufi master, the topic of Christian atonement arose. The Sufi master said this was an area they could never agree on, to which Merton replied:
Personally, in matters where dogmatic beliefs differ, I think that controversy [atonement] is of little value because it takes us away from the spiritual realities into the realm of words and ideas . . . in words there are apt to be infinite complexities and subtleties which are beyond resolution. . . . But much more important is the sharing of the experience of divine light, . . . It is here that the area of fruitful dialogue exists between Christianity and Islam.(8) (Emphasis added.)
Tilden Edwards, co-founder of the Shalem Institute (where Ruth Haley Barton was educated), would agree with Merton. He said, “This mystical stream [xe "contemplative prayer"xe "contemplative prayer"xe "contemplative prayer"contemplative prayer] is the Western bridge to Far Eastern spirituality” (Spiritual Friend, p. 18). And in a New Age book titled, As Above, So Below, the author states (quoting Aldous Huxley) that “the metaphysical [mystical] that recognizes a divine reality” is the “highest common factor” that “links the world’s religious traditions.” And even evangelical-turned-emerging author Tony Campolo recognizes this commonality in mysticism when he states: “Beyond these models of reconciliation, a theology of mysticism provides some hope for common ground between Christianity and Islam” (pp 149-150).
Incidentally, when we say all the religions of the world uniting, we include the New Age movement (perhaps one of the largest “religions” in the world today). New Agers believe that in order to enter into an age of enlightenment (or Age of Aquarius), the world needs to become “vibrationally sympathetic,” meaning that a sufficient mass (critical mass) of people will need to engage in mystical prayer.(9)
The Counter Reformation Continues
Jesuit influence in the world today is everywhere: in the business world, in education, in government, and yes, in the evangelical/Protestant church. According to Contemplatives in Action: The Jesuit Way, there are over one million people living in the United States alone who have graduated from Jesuit high schools, colleges, and universities (Introduction, p. 1)
While there have often been tensions between the Pope and the Jesuit Order over various issues, the current Superior General of the Jesuit Order, Adolfo Nicolas Pachon, reassured the Jesuit commitment to Rome when he stated:
The Society of Jesus was born within the Church, we live in the Church, we were approved by the Church and we serve the Church. This is our vocation...[Unity with the pope] is the symbol of our union with Christ. It also is the guarantee that our mission will not be a 'small mission,' a project just of the Jesuits, but that our mission is the mission of the Church."(10)
Where Else in Evangelicalism is the Jesuit Evangelism Showing Up?
Earlier this year, Understand the Times released an article titled Jerry Boykin and the Calvary Chapel Connection. It was a difficult article for many to read. People do not want to think that Christian leaders and pastors they have trusted for years would be so foolish as to associate with and promote someone who is part of a group that wants to bring the “lost brethren” back to the Mother Church. But the fact is that a high officer in the Vatican’s Jesuitical, “Knights of Malta” was a featured speaker at a Calvary Chapel sponsored Preach the Word prophecy conference.
Another example, and I believe an important one, has to do with one of the most well-known and influential evangelical organizations in America. Robert Siciro is a Protestant turned Catholic Paulist priest, and he is one of the featured speakers in the very popular Truth Project by Focus on the Family. While the Paulist Order is not a Jesuit Order, it has basically the same objective as the Jesuit order with regard to winning souls for the Catholic church. According to one Catholic source , the Paulist order is “A community of priests for giving missions and doing other Apostolic works, especially for making converts to the Catholic faith.” Robert Siciro is President of the Acton Institute, an ecumenical think tank where, incidentally, there are scores of articles by or about those in the Catholic faith, including a number of Jesuits. Now, through the Truth Project, thousands and thousands of evangelical/Protestant Christians have been introduced, by way of proxy, to the Eucharistic Evangelization.
The Fatima Plan
For those who are not convinced that we are headed toward a one-world religion for “peace,” take a trip some time to Fatima, Portugal where annual pilgrimages bring people from the religions of the world to pray to “the queen of heaven,” also called “our lady of Peace.”
Pope John Paul II was dedicated to Mary and especially “Our Lady of Fatima.” He believed this entity saved him from an assassin’s bullet on May 13, 1981, on the anniversary of the so-called apparition’s appearance (to have first occurred in 1917).
People from all around the world have been coming to Fatima to pray to “Our Lady.” At a gathering for “world peace” in Fatima, Jesuit priest Jacques Dupuis stated:
The religion of the future will be a general converging of religions in a universal Christ that will satisfy all. The other religious traditions in the world are part of God's plan for humanity and the Holy Spirit is operating and present in Buddhist, Hindu and other sacred writings of Christian and non-Christian faiths as well. The universality of God's kingdom permits this, and this is nothing more than a diversified form of sharing in the same mystery of salvation.(11)
Fatima is just another avenue through which the Jesuit Agenda is being accomplished.
In Summary
Perhaps the best way to understand the Jesuit Agenda that undermines biblical Christianity is to recognize the move toward a so-called “social gospel” that unites the religions of the world for the cause of peace. Like mysticism, this social gospel is a vehicle through which all religions will be united. Who would have believed this could have happened to the Protestant evangelical church? But we have already been warned in Scripture that Satan’s ministers are “transformed as the ministers of righteousness” (2 Corinthians 11:15).
Rick Warren has been one of the many pied pipers of this move to unite through “good works.” Called “America’s pastor,” Warren has become the evangelical/Protestant spokesperson for a one-world religion. His Purpose Driven model has become the battle cry for let just all get along and do good. We can work together as one for one common purpose – peace in the world.
Willow Creek has helped to escalate this global religious body through their Global Leadership Summits, where they are “bringing people together from all nationalities to complete our shared Kingdom assignment in the Church and beyond”(12) (emphasis added). Warren and Hybel’s global agenda is moving full force throughout the earth today.
Rick Warren and Bill Hybels - protégés of Peter Drucker, by the way - have advanced the Jesuit Agenda by leaps and bounds. Many of these “new” Christianity, new reformation leaders have ignored the prophetic warnings of Jesus Christ’s soon return based on the signs we see from Bible prophecy. Instead, they promote the establishment of the kingdom of God with all the world’s religions.
The emerging church movement, which has been widely propagated by Warren, Hybels, and a host of other Christian figures, has been used by Satan to quickly bring about this worldwide deception by introducing mystical experiences and the social gospel to an entire generation of young people. Sensual experiences that tickle the flesh of the postmodern generation are often the same ones that Rome has used in the past to convince the faithful that they have encountered the God of the Bible. History reveals that history is repeating, and the same tools of delusion are being used over and over.
Those who shine the light on the Jesuit Agenda are considered to be conspiratorial crackpots. The prophets of the past when they exposed the Babylonian worship by the leaders of Israel were also deemed to be crazy, as have been Bible-believing Christians since Christianity began. One of those was John Huss (1372-1415). John Foxe describes what happened:
[Huss] compiled a treatise in which he maintained that reading the books of Protestants could not be absolutely forbidden. He wrote in defense of Wickliffe's book on the Trinity; and boldly declared against the vices of the pope, the cardinals, and clergy of those corrupt times. He wrote also many other books, all of which were penned with a strength of argument that greatly facilitated the spreading of his doctrines. . . . (13)
Eventually Huss was arrested, and when he was brought before the council (of the papacy), he was mocked and called “A ringleader of heretics,” to which he replied,
My Lord Jesus Christ, for my sake, did wear a crown of thorns; why should not I then, for His sake, wear this light crown, be it ever so shameful? Truly I will do it and willingly.(14)
At 43 years of age, John Huss was burned at the stake, singing hymns during the brutal execution. Why was he called a “ringleader of heretics”? For standing up for biblical truth against the Pope and Rome.
Discerning Christians should be asking many questions. But one question that stands out foremost is: why are so few saying anything about the Jesuit Agenda? Do they see it but are afraid to speak? Or do they see it and are part of it?
Speaking of questions, Jesus asked one: “[W]hen the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?” (Luke 18:8). Will He find it in the pastors and theological professors? Will He find it in your own church? Or will He only find those who have remained silent?
Just as God raised up others to carry the torch of truth after Huss was eliminated from this earth, God will and is raising up others today who are willing to risk all to stand for the truth and speak against the lies.
To believers who are standing fast, look up, for “your redemption draweth nigh” (Luke 21:28).
Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Be not ye therefore partakers with them. For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. . . . See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. (Ephesians 5:6-11, 15-17)
Notes:
1. John Foxe, Foxe’s Book of Martyrs (Eureka, MT: Lighthouse Trails Publishing edition), p. 169.
2. Rev. W.C. Brownlee, D.D., Secret Instructions of the Jesuits, http://www.archive.org/details/secretinstructio00brow at Boston College Libraries archives
3. Ibid
4. Ibid
5. Ibid
6. https://lists.ateneo.edu/pipermail/blueboard/2004-May/003422.html
7. From the Publisher’s description at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Listening-Discovering-Spiritual-Exercises/dp/080106614X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1309703869&sr=8-1#_
8. Rob Baker and Gray Henry, Editors, Merton and Sufism (Louisville, KY: Fons Vitae, 1999), p. 109, as cited in A Time of Departing, p. 60.)
9. Ken Carey, The Starseed Transmissions (A Uni-Sun Book, 1985 4th printing), p. 33
10. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolfo_Nicol%C3%A1s and see http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0801316.htm
11. Jesuit theologian Father Jacques Dupuis, at the 2003 interfaith congress "The Future of God; http://www.understandthetimes.org/commentary/c19.shtml
12. http://www.growingleadership.com/summit/speaker_brenda_salter_mcneil.asp
13. John Foxe, Foxe’s Book of Martyrs (Eureka, MT, Lighthouse Trails Publishing edition), pp. 160-164
14. Ibid
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