I have deliberately not posted anything here for a while, during which time much has happened and things were in a state of flux. Events here in Britain and in various parts of the world have occurred, have just begun in some instances, and are now moving forward – if only at a slower rate than before.
My 'kicking-off' post a couple or so months ago turned out to be slightly inaccurate, in that the move toward a third World War involving nuclear and other weaponry that occurred around the end of July was not the first such crunch point. Until recently I had been unaware that the first such attempt (again, pushed for for the USA president and his followers, I understand) was made in April of last year, and this recent push was in fact the second such attempt.
My information – now from several solid enough sources – is that it was a personal intervention by Jesus with Vladimir Putin that averted the more recent crisis (I have no such details regarding the first such event, by the way) via a visit some six weeks or so ago.
This is real, and the information is in fact all 'out there' for those who wish to seek it out independently of me, so they can't claim I led them anywhere. I wonder how many have the guts to do so...
Many will not face up to this, continuing to pretend that it isn't so, or that it is something else.That's their problem, if they cannot handle it – but we are now in the thick of it and it is shifting almost without our perceiving what is really happening right under under our noses.
These are literally the biblical End Times, and the evidence is that thankfully a lot more of humanity is now waking up to this. Indeed, the rest of us are either already grown-up enough to handle much
more of the truth, or at least have what it takes to learn that the
world (and the universe beyond) is hugely different from the meagre
'nuts and bots' approach that some tend to take.
I know how long the delay of WW3 will last, approximately, but am not telling. We ALL need to become more adult and prepare ourselves for what it still to come – and it will come: that much has been promised in the form of the Rapture that will follow men's evil that is to be entirely responsible for the forthcoming Satanic crisis.
In a sense, the 'silver lining' is that their secret underground cities will not save the Satanists: that too has been promised. Perhaps the self-styled élites that no doubt will still exist within mankind of the future will learn this lesson and, knowing their own vulnerability, will not repeat what for now is yet to come, but will be in those future groups' and individuals' history...
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Showing posts with label Christianity. Show all posts
Thursday, 8 September 2016
Thursday, 17 March 2016
Looks Like It's All Kicking Off
Well, we now have a very firm piece of the puzzle in place, regarding the coming storm on Earth, with the production and screening of the television adaptation of 'Childhood's End. The first part was shown a little earlier this evening here in Britain, on the Sky 1 channel.
This was always a strange story, and one I didn't much like when I read the novel many years ago – long before I became a committed Christian, by the way, which is significant here. Indeed, the book might well have been one of the reasons I took that step, which I am sure was not its intention. It has always seemed artificial somehow, created specifically to spread a message at a crucial time; and I thought the author, Arthur C. Clarke no less, had perhaps been unnaturally influenced to write it in the precise manner that he did.
The premise is based on the physical appearance of the 'benevolent aliens' in the story, which is faithfully reproduced in the mini-series – and anyone watching it will probably spot a lot of, shall we say, interesting devices to make them not only sympathetic, but misunderstood by those who opposed them, such as the so-called Freedom League.
Now to the real world of today.
We know that the Antichrist is in the world, that he has reached maturity in recent years, and is currently being kept hidden from public view until the world's population has been psychologically prepared to accept his appearance – an expression used in the first part of the mini-series, and at the end of that first episode we see exactly why. We know his throne was installed in the Vatican earlier this decade, which will afford apparently credibility to a large sector of the world's inhabitants.
Coincidence? Hardly likely. The timing is too precise, on top of the above and some other other considerations.
Thus I conclude that the real New World Order is due to kick-off quite soon now. The infrastructure has been largely in place for some years, the destruction of Europe by letting Turkey into the European Union will probably herald the next phase, and for that the real 'Karellen' will need to be revealed to a prepared populace.
We shall see what unfolds during the next two or three years at most, I feel.
This was always a strange story, and one I didn't much like when I read the novel many years ago – long before I became a committed Christian, by the way, which is significant here. Indeed, the book might well have been one of the reasons I took that step, which I am sure was not its intention. It has always seemed artificial somehow, created specifically to spread a message at a crucial time; and I thought the author, Arthur C. Clarke no less, had perhaps been unnaturally influenced to write it in the precise manner that he did.
The premise is based on the physical appearance of the 'benevolent aliens' in the story, which is faithfully reproduced in the mini-series – and anyone watching it will probably spot a lot of, shall we say, interesting devices to make them not only sympathetic, but misunderstood by those who opposed them, such as the so-called Freedom League.
Now to the real world of today.
We know that the Antichrist is in the world, that he has reached maturity in recent years, and is currently being kept hidden from public view until the world's population has been psychologically prepared to accept his appearance – an expression used in the first part of the mini-series, and at the end of that first episode we see exactly why. We know his throne was installed in the Vatican earlier this decade, which will afford apparently credibility to a large sector of the world's inhabitants.
Coincidence? Hardly likely. The timing is too precise, on top of the above and some other other considerations.
Thus I conclude that the real New World Order is due to kick-off quite soon now. The infrastructure has been largely in place for some years, the destruction of Europe by letting Turkey into the European Union will probably herald the next phase, and for that the real 'Karellen' will need to be revealed to a prepared populace.
We shall see what unfolds during the next two or three years at most, I feel.
Sunday, 29 December 2013
Sunday Slot – 29 December 2013
I haven't written one of these for over three months, for a very good reason. After the revelations in the videos I embedded here back then, I (not unexpectedly) started to receive some 'interesting' responses from, specifically, within the Roman Catholic church.
Were these contributions facing up to the issues raised in the videos, much of which is easy enough to verify from history? No: like a Lefty politician would probably do when the game is up, it was the usual selection of diversionary tactics including ad hominem attacks on me as the messenger. Not one of them dealt with any point raised in the revelations – which, interestingly, were and are tied into the biblical Book of Revelation.
They knew, and were complicit: there is no other possible reason for taking that approach. Put yourself in an analogous position, and ponder how you'd respond. Yup, clear-cur, isn't it?
That warned me; so I have allowed what I hope is enough time to elapse so that they think they have cowed me into inaction. They are wrong: I have never stopped letting others know, and enough seeds have now been sown that – now – more harm would be done to the Satanists' cause by acting against me in any way, than would occur if they just ignore me.
Interestingly, the only comment that did relate to anything specific was in relation to the second video in that earlier post, concerning the Throne of Satan – as even Vatican staff refer to it, and they aren't joking either! Take a look at these photographs of it and see what you think.
The comment tried to suggest that it was just 'poor taste in art' or words to that effect; but it must be obvious to anyone, by looking at the original illustration of what was to be Satan's throne, that it was clearly deliberately modelled on that. It is inconceivable that the commissioning Vatican official(s) could have been unaware of the original design and it is all an unlucky coincidence, just because it isn't a precise copy. We weren't born yesterday...
Unfortunately for the Catholic professional trolls (for that is how they behaved), I have considerable experience of that kind of beast, so had not a moment's difficulty in sussing out what they were really doing or why. Their reaction to what I posted confirms so much more strongly than anything I could have written just how strong a grip the devil has upon that organisation, and of course also does nothing to contradict the historically vacked-up contention that it has been so for many centuries..
While it is hardly surprising that an unscrupulous and completely immoral opponent should infiltrate and seek to corrupt his opponent's most important edifices, subverting and undermining from within, this is a most dangerous time when some very big things are set to occur soon. We are now aware that the anti-Christ has been on Earth for some time, and that his throne has been prepared. Armed with that knowledge, we are now better equipped to prepare ourselves for what is shortly to come upon us.
We shall all need God's help and guidance, through His Holy Spirit, to get us through the tough times ahead. Already, persecution and murder of Christians by certain seemingly satanic movements is rife: it's always there, out in the world, but has reached a whole new proportion in recent years (also this).That specific targeting, which often also includes the Jews, demonstrates very clearly where it originates and gives a huge and unmistakeable clue about its origin (only the devil in specifically interested in those two groupings, and content to ignore all others).
This is a dangerous time. May all the good, decent people of Planet Earth survive intact what is yet to come, the spiritual storm that brings a tide of crazed inhumanity in its wake, with murder in their eyes and blood already on their hands, either as individuals or collectively. They are with Satan and obviously so: we must be with the true God, no matter what it brings for us personally.
We know which side will win out in the end, and after a relatively short period: it has been foretold. We just have to stick it out – somehow – while the oppressors, the persecutors and the murderers around us try to change the already-known future. Ultimately they will fail!
Were these contributions facing up to the issues raised in the videos, much of which is easy enough to verify from history? No: like a Lefty politician would probably do when the game is up, it was the usual selection of diversionary tactics including ad hominem attacks on me as the messenger. Not one of them dealt with any point raised in the revelations – which, interestingly, were and are tied into the biblical Book of Revelation.
They knew, and were complicit: there is no other possible reason for taking that approach. Put yourself in an analogous position, and ponder how you'd respond. Yup, clear-cur, isn't it?
That warned me; so I have allowed what I hope is enough time to elapse so that they think they have cowed me into inaction. They are wrong: I have never stopped letting others know, and enough seeds have now been sown that – now – more harm would be done to the Satanists' cause by acting against me in any way, than would occur if they just ignore me.
Interestingly, the only comment that did relate to anything specific was in relation to the second video in that earlier post, concerning the Throne of Satan – as even Vatican staff refer to it, and they aren't joking either! Take a look at these photographs of it and see what you think.
The comment tried to suggest that it was just 'poor taste in art' or words to that effect; but it must be obvious to anyone, by looking at the original illustration of what was to be Satan's throne, that it was clearly deliberately modelled on that. It is inconceivable that the commissioning Vatican official(s) could have been unaware of the original design and it is all an unlucky coincidence, just because it isn't a precise copy. We weren't born yesterday...
Unfortunately for the Catholic professional trolls (for that is how they behaved), I have considerable experience of that kind of beast, so had not a moment's difficulty in sussing out what they were really doing or why. Their reaction to what I posted confirms so much more strongly than anything I could have written just how strong a grip the devil has upon that organisation, and of course also does nothing to contradict the historically vacked-up contention that it has been so for many centuries..
While it is hardly surprising that an unscrupulous and completely immoral opponent should infiltrate and seek to corrupt his opponent's most important edifices, subverting and undermining from within, this is a most dangerous time when some very big things are set to occur soon. We are now aware that the anti-Christ has been on Earth for some time, and that his throne has been prepared. Armed with that knowledge, we are now better equipped to prepare ourselves for what is shortly to come upon us.
We shall all need God's help and guidance, through His Holy Spirit, to get us through the tough times ahead. Already, persecution and murder of Christians by certain seemingly satanic movements is rife: it's always there, out in the world, but has reached a whole new proportion in recent years (also this).That specific targeting, which often also includes the Jews, demonstrates very clearly where it originates and gives a huge and unmistakeable clue about its origin (only the devil in specifically interested in those two groupings, and content to ignore all others).
This is a dangerous time. May all the good, decent people of Planet Earth survive intact what is yet to come, the spiritual storm that brings a tide of crazed inhumanity in its wake, with murder in their eyes and blood already on their hands, either as individuals or collectively. They are with Satan and obviously so: we must be with the true God, no matter what it brings for us personally.
We know which side will win out in the end, and after a relatively short period: it has been foretold. We just have to stick it out – somehow – while the oppressors, the persecutors and the murderers around us try to change the already-known future. Ultimately they will fail!
Sunday, 8 September 2013
Sunday Slot – 8 September 2013
More video this week, but quite a bit shorter. These combined last under half an hour, and cover the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy, if one goes along with the signs and their meanings, regarding what we know as the Roman Catholic Church.
The evidence as presented seems quite compelling, but I leave it to you to make of it as you will. The first video lasts some 21 minutes, which it needs to do in order to cover the necessary ground properly...
As if that wasn't sufficient, this under-four-minute second video shows us what is being called Satan's Throne inside the Vatican, a truly ghastly thing (and I have closely inspected a high-resolution image of it) that was constructed during the past few years in readiness for what last week's Sunday Slot covered in terms of what is to come all too soon...
It looks like the Roman Catholic Church was had a very mixed past, but in better times had Popes (especially Pius IX, X and XI) and senior people who tried to take it back to the straight and narrow and keep it there. Sadly, as this very instructive booklet indicates, eventually it was all allowed to slip and the Freemasons' apparently satanic and socialist (much the same thing, of course) agenda permitted to infiltrate the Vatican and elsewhere. The booklet is strongly recommended reading, even if not all in one go as I did (including the appendices after the notes).
Now, I was once shown a Freemasons' 'temple', in which it was notable that a number of large, locked cupboards lined the walls. Who knows what manner of items were stored in all that space? I also saw 'the square' and recognised the pattern thereupon, and my innate sensitivity felt something of the truth about that place. My ward colleague mistook the feel of the place as somehow 'holy', but as a Sensitive I was not misled in that way. I was non-committal in my response.
I was there officially for lunch downstairs, but I got away from the place as soon as I could and missed the lunch (I had a valid excuse for doing this, so no-one was any the wiser). Although, of necessity, I have had to deal with known Freemasons since that time, I have never been in any doubt about their true nature, and the linked booklet shows what that is more completely and eloquently than I could.
So there we have it. As with last week's offering, and no doubt others to come in the future, all this is important material, and I have already done some checking against other sources and weeded out anything that is less than virtually certainly true before it gets here. I have my doubts about a few matters, including what seems to be a conflation of God and Satan through a fixation on 'Our Lady' as the booklet's preferred deity; but there is still much truth to be garnered, whether or not one accepts that aspect.
I thus hope to be genuinely informative by doing much of the work when researching these uncomfortable topics, and with any luck will have helped some to be prepared for what looks to be imminent.
The evidence as presented seems quite compelling, but I leave it to you to make of it as you will. The first video lasts some 21 minutes, which it needs to do in order to cover the necessary ground properly...
As if that wasn't sufficient, this under-four-minute second video shows us what is being called Satan's Throne inside the Vatican, a truly ghastly thing (and I have closely inspected a high-resolution image of it) that was constructed during the past few years in readiness for what last week's Sunday Slot covered in terms of what is to come all too soon...
It looks like the Roman Catholic Church was had a very mixed past, but in better times had Popes (especially Pius IX, X and XI) and senior people who tried to take it back to the straight and narrow and keep it there. Sadly, as this very instructive booklet indicates, eventually it was all allowed to slip and the Freemasons' apparently satanic and socialist (much the same thing, of course) agenda permitted to infiltrate the Vatican and elsewhere. The booklet is strongly recommended reading, even if not all in one go as I did (including the appendices after the notes).
Now, I was once shown a Freemasons' 'temple', in which it was notable that a number of large, locked cupboards lined the walls. Who knows what manner of items were stored in all that space? I also saw 'the square' and recognised the pattern thereupon, and my innate sensitivity felt something of the truth about that place. My ward colleague mistook the feel of the place as somehow 'holy', but as a Sensitive I was not misled in that way. I was non-committal in my response.
I was there officially for lunch downstairs, but I got away from the place as soon as I could and missed the lunch (I had a valid excuse for doing this, so no-one was any the wiser). Although, of necessity, I have had to deal with known Freemasons since that time, I have never been in any doubt about their true nature, and the linked booklet shows what that is more completely and eloquently than I could.
So there we have it. As with last week's offering, and no doubt others to come in the future, all this is important material, and I have already done some checking against other sources and weeded out anything that is less than virtually certainly true before it gets here. I have my doubts about a few matters, including what seems to be a conflation of God and Satan through a fixation on 'Our Lady' as the booklet's preferred deity; but there is still much truth to be garnered, whether or not one accepts that aspect.
I thus hope to be genuinely informative by doing much of the work when researching these uncomfortable topics, and with any luck will have helped some to be prepared for what looks to be imminent.
Sunday, 1 September 2013
Sunday Slot – 1 September 2013
Regular readers of this semi-regular (I sometimes deliberately miss a week or three) feature will be well aware that I am not really an evangelist: I have long realised that I am not very good at it.
Instead, it seems, my purpose has been to encourage others to stay alert to what is going on, especially with the devil so dominant in the world of today.
It comes as no surprise, I suspect (and I know for years myself) that the satanic influence in our world has been strong, right at the top of our society with governments and even the Vatican involved in the One World Order totalitarian plans that are, in effect, now in place and have been for at least the last fifteen years.
I'd like you to watch this video from the 1990s. Although it's old, technically deficient in a couple of respects, not exactly brilliantly edited where different sections (about half a dozen altogether) have been assembled into this 48 minute compilation of studio interviews, and there is a certain degree of repetition – it does cover a lot of ground, mainly regarding the satanic and occult nature of the Illuminati and other secret organisations who in reality run our world.
This is what I have been banging on about for such a long time... but the clues are all there, from the (Egyptian) pyramid with Lucifer's all-seeing eye on the US Dollar note to the red rose symbol that, even today, represents the Communo-Fascist Labour party (and they won't like my exposing the proof of that in this video!) via all manner of topics.
Even treating the number thirteen as 'unlucky' referring to the rest of us as 'profane', and calling children (except the Satanists' own) 'kids' all has significance, as do the numbers 32 and 33 which relate to the top two levels of the Freemasons.
We are also reminded of why the Satanists of the entire political Left – and some of the Right, sadly – are so anti Judeo-Christian faiths and pro (for example) Islam and Palestinians, and all that goes with this: nowadays well documented if one knows where to look. Regardless of any 'window dressing' (to lull people into thinking the source is impartial, when in reality it is anything but) this is pure evil and one of the ultimate deceptions.
It also reminds us which are the true religions (Judaism and Christianity) as otherwise they would not be in the devil's so obvious direct line of fire. It's a big giveaway to anyone paying proper attention, with forehead-smacking clarity when one does 'get it'. All of this also reminds us how deluded are the atheists, who cannot even become aware of what is happening under their noses.
One aspect of all this is confirmation of my own stance that US president Barack Obama is not himself the Antichrist as some have proclaimed: he is merely preparing the way for that entity's ascension by generating the necessary chaos (most of which is yet to come) that will allow him to take over control of what is to start out as a ten-nation bloc and eventually become a global government.
Most of what is covered here is either documented within the interviews (big sheets of paper in the studio) or via cut-aways These days, it's easy enough to check most of it independently via dependable on-line sources, though that wasn't the case when this was originally made.
The biggest lesson of all is that, even by that time, the people of Earth had sleepwalked into letting it all happen, so it is now too late to prevent it. All we can do is expose it and slow – hopefully halt – the programme's progress. Otherwise we shall all end up either exterminated or become slaves – those are the only two possible outcomes in the satanic New World Order next phase.
Afterward, you might find this useful reading, and it also contains a number of links to other reference material.
No doubt, predictably, some atheist or similar will claim that although these conspirators obviously believe all this stuff, but that doesn't make it true. Well, there comes a point when that desperate attempt to
avoid the issue just doesn't work any more, as the planning and execution is too long-term and the signs are already in the world – and obviously have been for a long time.
One can either wait two or three years for the Antichrist to be installed, so that I can then say "told you so!" but it's then too late, or have the courage to face up to this now. I know the way I'd recommend, as all our futures are at stake here, and those of our offspring and of theirs.
Do please watch this, all the way through, and pay close attention. We all need to do this...
Instead, it seems, my purpose has been to encourage others to stay alert to what is going on, especially with the devil so dominant in the world of today.
It comes as no surprise, I suspect (and I know for years myself) that the satanic influence in our world has been strong, right at the top of our society with governments and even the Vatican involved in the One World Order totalitarian plans that are, in effect, now in place and have been for at least the last fifteen years.
I'd like you to watch this video from the 1990s. Although it's old, technically deficient in a couple of respects, not exactly brilliantly edited where different sections (about half a dozen altogether) have been assembled into this 48 minute compilation of studio interviews, and there is a certain degree of repetition – it does cover a lot of ground, mainly regarding the satanic and occult nature of the Illuminati and other secret organisations who in reality run our world.
This is what I have been banging on about for such a long time... but the clues are all there, from the (Egyptian) pyramid with Lucifer's all-seeing eye on the US Dollar note to the red rose symbol that, even today, represents the Communo-Fascist Labour party (and they won't like my exposing the proof of that in this video!) via all manner of topics.
Even treating the number thirteen as 'unlucky' referring to the rest of us as 'profane', and calling children (except the Satanists' own) 'kids' all has significance, as do the numbers 32 and 33 which relate to the top two levels of the Freemasons.
We are also reminded of why the Satanists of the entire political Left – and some of the Right, sadly – are so anti Judeo-Christian faiths and pro (for example) Islam and Palestinians, and all that goes with this: nowadays well documented if one knows where to look. Regardless of any 'window dressing' (to lull people into thinking the source is impartial, when in reality it is anything but) this is pure evil and one of the ultimate deceptions.
It also reminds us which are the true religions (Judaism and Christianity) as otherwise they would not be in the devil's so obvious direct line of fire. It's a big giveaway to anyone paying proper attention, with forehead-smacking clarity when one does 'get it'. All of this also reminds us how deluded are the atheists, who cannot even become aware of what is happening under their noses.
One aspect of all this is confirmation of my own stance that US president Barack Obama is not himself the Antichrist as some have proclaimed: he is merely preparing the way for that entity's ascension by generating the necessary chaos (most of which is yet to come) that will allow him to take over control of what is to start out as a ten-nation bloc and eventually become a global government.
Most of what is covered here is either documented within the interviews (big sheets of paper in the studio) or via cut-aways These days, it's easy enough to check most of it independently via dependable on-line sources, though that wasn't the case when this was originally made.
The biggest lesson of all is that, even by that time, the people of Earth had sleepwalked into letting it all happen, so it is now too late to prevent it. All we can do is expose it and slow – hopefully halt – the programme's progress. Otherwise we shall all end up either exterminated or become slaves – those are the only two possible outcomes in the satanic New World Order next phase.
Afterward, you might find this useful reading, and it also contains a number of links to other reference material.
No doubt, predictably, some atheist or similar will claim that although these conspirators obviously believe all this stuff, but that doesn't make it true. Well, there comes a point when that desperate attempt to
avoid the issue just doesn't work any more, as the planning and execution is too long-term and the signs are already in the world – and obviously have been for a long time.
One can either wait two or three years for the Antichrist to be installed, so that I can then say "told you so!" but it's then too late, or have the courage to face up to this now. I know the way I'd recommend, as all our futures are at stake here, and those of our offspring and of theirs.
Do please watch this, all the way through, and pay close attention. We all need to do this...
Sunday, 18 August 2013
Sunday Slot – 18 August 2013
I found this from Chief Rabbi Jonathon Sacks a couple of months ago, and have held back from including a link and reference to it until some of my other Sunday Slots were in place and readers had been given a chance to digest them.
It is important to read through the whole article, as it covers the ground from a range of viewpoints and directly quoting several notables in the process. It all hangs together, dealing with the subject of religion in society, rather than individual faith per se.
The conclusion, borne out by history both ancient and modern, is that a society falls apart when it loses its religion (as R.E.M. might have put it) – specifically, the Judeo-Christian kind of ethic.
As the man intimates, we are already seeing some of the effects of this happening in British society in parallel with the shift away from (mainly, in this nation) Christianity. While there is far from a hundred percent obvious correlation between the specifics that the Chief Rabbi cites (e.g. the various scandals in recent years) and that religious shift, it can no doubt be demonstrated by insiders that the connection is a lot closer than it appears on the surface, as we see in the public gaze.
There is also the devil working in the background to encourage all of this, and almost certainly manipulating a lot of people and, through them, events to make sure that our society does collapse – which is one of his primary aims. In this Satan is aided by atheists, Islamic and other fundamentalists, the political left, and probably a range of others as well.
It really is necessary to understand that there is a war going on in the world, non-stop, between the forces of good and evil. Cliché it might seem to be, but that's how it is. The obvious military-like planning, propaganda, subversion, attrition and all the other (mostly invisible) aspects of war are all going on constantly, and the considerable majority of people seem to be blissfully unaware of it and are thus ripe for the picking.
They more-or-less sleepwalk into doing the devil's work, whether they realise it or not. Note that this includes all Lefties, regardless of whether they are deluding themselves into believing otherwise. In the church, this represents one aspect of subverting Christianity – just as, say, Common Purpose 'graduates' are placed where they are to subvert and degrade the performance of whichever organisation they have infiltrated.
Same method, same cause, same originator.
Knowing all of this (as I and many others do) is why I have to take such a robust stance, as it is the only way to 'fight the good fight' (with all my might).. Those who seek to persuade me and my readers otherwise are, quite obviously, serving a different deity from the one I try to serve, in their case the Great Deceiver.
While on the surface they can be doing good works (hopefully) their thinking is skewed if that can even for a minute believe that an ideology that universally, world-wide, is based entirely on deception, theft, oppression, casual murder (and encompasses virtually all the mass murder the world has known for at least the last hundred years), State-veneration (Communism and especially Fascism) and the destruction of Judeo-Christian worship, among other obviously ungodly ideologies of the Left.
Don't be taken in by all their 'helping the poor' and similar nonsense: they depend on keeping as many people as possible poor, so they become dependent upon the State for handouts and similar. The idea olf 'helping the poor' is just the (increasingly transparent over time) sales pitch, which then becomes the self-justification for and by those who were fooled and are now effectively trapped. Some of them do have the wits to realise they were conned, but not many...
In much the same way, don't be fooled by atheists into taking this great nation further down the road to collapse and, ultimately, barbarism and savagery. Other places who have already trodden that frighteningly inhuman path should act as a permanent warning to the rest of us.
It is important to read through the whole article, as it covers the ground from a range of viewpoints and directly quoting several notables in the process. It all hangs together, dealing with the subject of religion in society, rather than individual faith per se.
The conclusion, borne out by history both ancient and modern, is that a society falls apart when it loses its religion (as R.E.M. might have put it) – specifically, the Judeo-Christian kind of ethic.
As the man intimates, we are already seeing some of the effects of this happening in British society in parallel with the shift away from (mainly, in this nation) Christianity. While there is far from a hundred percent obvious correlation between the specifics that the Chief Rabbi cites (e.g. the various scandals in recent years) and that religious shift, it can no doubt be demonstrated by insiders that the connection is a lot closer than it appears on the surface, as we see in the public gaze.
There is also the devil working in the background to encourage all of this, and almost certainly manipulating a lot of people and, through them, events to make sure that our society does collapse – which is one of his primary aims. In this Satan is aided by atheists, Islamic and other fundamentalists, the political left, and probably a range of others as well.
It really is necessary to understand that there is a war going on in the world, non-stop, between the forces of good and evil. Cliché it might seem to be, but that's how it is. The obvious military-like planning, propaganda, subversion, attrition and all the other (mostly invisible) aspects of war are all going on constantly, and the considerable majority of people seem to be blissfully unaware of it and are thus ripe for the picking.
They more-or-less sleepwalk into doing the devil's work, whether they realise it or not. Note that this includes all Lefties, regardless of whether they are deluding themselves into believing otherwise. In the church, this represents one aspect of subverting Christianity – just as, say, Common Purpose 'graduates' are placed where they are to subvert and degrade the performance of whichever organisation they have infiltrated.
Same method, same cause, same originator.
Knowing all of this (as I and many others do) is why I have to take such a robust stance, as it is the only way to 'fight the good fight' (with all my might).. Those who seek to persuade me and my readers otherwise are, quite obviously, serving a different deity from the one I try to serve, in their case the Great Deceiver.
While on the surface they can be doing good works (hopefully) their thinking is skewed if that can even for a minute believe that an ideology that universally, world-wide, is based entirely on deception, theft, oppression, casual murder (and encompasses virtually all the mass murder the world has known for at least the last hundred years), State-veneration (Communism and especially Fascism) and the destruction of Judeo-Christian worship, among other obviously ungodly ideologies of the Left.
Don't be taken in by all their 'helping the poor' and similar nonsense: they depend on keeping as many people as possible poor, so they become dependent upon the State for handouts and similar. The idea olf 'helping the poor' is just the (increasingly transparent over time) sales pitch, which then becomes the self-justification for and by those who were fooled and are now effectively trapped. Some of them do have the wits to realise they were conned, but not many...
In much the same way, don't be fooled by atheists into taking this great nation further down the road to collapse and, ultimately, barbarism and savagery. Other places who have already trodden that frighteningly inhuman path should act as a permanent warning to the rest of us.
Sunday, 11 August 2013
Sunday Slot – 11 August 2013
At last, a video from someone who 'gets it', uploaded earlier this week. Such are rare, I have found...
Although his style might be less than perfectly clear in places – and I know from experience how difficult narrating a complete video in one go tends to be – the Vigilant Christian (as he styles himself) covers well enough the vitally important topic that I have been banging away at for years: that the New World Order (NWO) that the likes of Obama and Blair/Brown have been pushing is in reality Satanic, however cleverly disguised.
Although this particular video concentrates on the main message, so does not cover specifically how the world's political Left are mostly or (more likely) all mixed up in the NWO programme, the references to the likes of the Illuminati help to set the scene. It is all of a piece.
More significantly, and as I have been realising for years, all that is happening now and what it truly means was revealed to us in the Holy Bible two thousand years ago. This isn't a case of conveniently interpreting what is happening today in a way to make it look as though it was prophesied: it really was, and that is becoming ever more obvious with the passage of time.
It is the Obama aspect that is probably the most telling, and that is hardly surprising; but just about anywhere you look you can easily recognise Satan's agenda, as the Vigilant Christian describes it so well, being promoted and enforced throughout an increasing proportion of the world.
I have mentioned previously the aim by the NWO proponents of getting us to fight each other to create chaos, to give the powers-that-be the excuse to introduce martial law and establish their New World Order out of that (engineered) chaos – and that too is covered in this video.
It is all as I have previously described; and one would be surely have to be dim-witted to either miss it entirely or to be fooled even now into going along with the programme that has been planned for us.
Yet it is being done so thoroughly that, for many (perhaps most), it will be difficult to 'think above' what is being presented in the right way. From what I so often read in various places, it is more likely that the opposite will happen and the bulk of the population will instead move further in the wrong direction, having been completely taken in and also increasingly desperate for the promised 'order from the chaos'.
Watch this quarter-of-an-hour video and see where you then stand...
Although his style might be less than perfectly clear in places – and I know from experience how difficult narrating a complete video in one go tends to be – the Vigilant Christian (as he styles himself) covers well enough the vitally important topic that I have been banging away at for years: that the New World Order (NWO) that the likes of Obama and Blair/Brown have been pushing is in reality Satanic, however cleverly disguised.
Although this particular video concentrates on the main message, so does not cover specifically how the world's political Left are mostly or (more likely) all mixed up in the NWO programme, the references to the likes of the Illuminati help to set the scene. It is all of a piece.
More significantly, and as I have been realising for years, all that is happening now and what it truly means was revealed to us in the Holy Bible two thousand years ago. This isn't a case of conveniently interpreting what is happening today in a way to make it look as though it was prophesied: it really was, and that is becoming ever more obvious with the passage of time.
It is the Obama aspect that is probably the most telling, and that is hardly surprising; but just about anywhere you look you can easily recognise Satan's agenda, as the Vigilant Christian describes it so well, being promoted and enforced throughout an increasing proportion of the world.
I have mentioned previously the aim by the NWO proponents of getting us to fight each other to create chaos, to give the powers-that-be the excuse to introduce martial law and establish their New World Order out of that (engineered) chaos – and that too is covered in this video.
It is all as I have previously described; and one would be surely have to be dim-witted to either miss it entirely or to be fooled even now into going along with the programme that has been planned for us.
Yet it is being done so thoroughly that, for many (perhaps most), it will be difficult to 'think above' what is being presented in the right way. From what I so often read in various places, it is more likely that the opposite will happen and the bulk of the population will instead move further in the wrong direction, having been completely taken in and also increasingly desperate for the promised 'order from the chaos'.
Watch this quarter-of-an-hour video and see where you then stand...
Sunday, 4 August 2013
Sunday Slot – 4 August 2013
I deliberately took a couple of weeks off these Sunday Slots, to find out whether my earlier controversy continued beyond that first week; but as I expected, it didn't...
As part of the research for my long-awaited novel, I have been ploughing through yet more material on aliens, UFOs, extra/higher dimensional beings, the Grand Portal, the central universal consciousness, the central universal race, the central universal council, and all manner of other topics in the same general area.
Many of them are mutually exclusive, and these tend to be of the 'channelling' variety so have no physical evidence to back up any of them. The only fairly firm (as I cannot see any way that most of them could have been faked) are a large number of the UFO videos/films, and the preprocessed (by NASA) far side of the moon images of many, many alien constructions and the occasional huge spaceship (one ancient derelict hulk being over 5 kilometres in length). These do not show in the images released to the public, having been airbrushed out.
Now, the moon itself is an anomaly, as has been known for a long time. It is over-sized, it magically rotates as just the right rate to keep one side of it hidden from our direct gaze, and it has materials in its crust that really don't belong there. In fact the entire moon doesn't belong there!
It is indicated that it is in reality a kind of space colony, with its inhabitants living inside what is believed to be a hollow vehicle, and it was brought here for whatever purpose some billion and a half years ago, remaining as a base of operations for at least one alien race ever since. That is possible but not yet demonstrated.
Anyway, all of this – and there is lots more – affords unbelievers in God an opportunity to show that they were right all along, especially when it is claimed that the aliens shaped the human race, and might even have been responsible for our being here. Who needs a God? they might well ask (and I have seen a fair amount of such assertion).
There are three (at least) big reasons why this can be seen to be an incorrect deduction, and indeed a logical fallacy...
First is that (as I have mentioned previously) what I term the 'nuts and bolts' of how God's plans are put into action tend to be enacted through his creations. In effect he uses those others to do what is necessary to advance his plans, whether or not they are aware of it. If true, I expect they probably were well aware.
I have applied the analogy of a computer, describing how various bits of it work, but concluding that none of it explains why it is there. The nuts and bolts are just the means to an end, and it is the person or persons behind the design whose plan resulted in the finished product, no matter who actually sourced the components and assembled it.
Second is the fact that none of explains where the materials (i.e. the universe itself, and all within it) originated, nor who all these sentient entities are. They're not just inanimate stones (or similar) but have consciousness and a soul. Those are not even part of the universe.
Third, many of the fifty-eight alien races supposedly known to have visited Earth in the past, with some still around and others returning periodically, do have their own religion or faith system, based around the concept of one or more creators.
On top of all of that, millions of people alive in the world today, and more millions who came before, have been personally well aware of God through their own relationships and what has happened in their lives, much of which (by their own testimony) is revealed to be having needs met by the necessary provisions being made in advance, and coming together at the time they are needed. I have had such things happen to me, most recently when I had my episode in the street over two years ago.
One can conclude that the world, the moon and the universe beyond are getting more complicated in our knowledge-base as the years pass (and it looks like this could become significantly more so toward the end of this decade, by the way) but the foundation of it all – God – remains inviolate in the overall scheme of things, and rightly so!
As part of the research for my long-awaited novel, I have been ploughing through yet more material on aliens, UFOs, extra/higher dimensional beings, the Grand Portal, the central universal consciousness, the central universal race, the central universal council, and all manner of other topics in the same general area.
Many of them are mutually exclusive, and these tend to be of the 'channelling' variety so have no physical evidence to back up any of them. The only fairly firm (as I cannot see any way that most of them could have been faked) are a large number of the UFO videos/films, and the preprocessed (by NASA) far side of the moon images of many, many alien constructions and the occasional huge spaceship (one ancient derelict hulk being over 5 kilometres in length). These do not show in the images released to the public, having been airbrushed out.
Now, the moon itself is an anomaly, as has been known for a long time. It is over-sized, it magically rotates as just the right rate to keep one side of it hidden from our direct gaze, and it has materials in its crust that really don't belong there. In fact the entire moon doesn't belong there!
It is indicated that it is in reality a kind of space colony, with its inhabitants living inside what is believed to be a hollow vehicle, and it was brought here for whatever purpose some billion and a half years ago, remaining as a base of operations for at least one alien race ever since. That is possible but not yet demonstrated.
Anyway, all of this – and there is lots more – affords unbelievers in God an opportunity to show that they were right all along, especially when it is claimed that the aliens shaped the human race, and might even have been responsible for our being here. Who needs a God? they might well ask (and I have seen a fair amount of such assertion).
There are three (at least) big reasons why this can be seen to be an incorrect deduction, and indeed a logical fallacy...
First is that (as I have mentioned previously) what I term the 'nuts and bolts' of how God's plans are put into action tend to be enacted through his creations. In effect he uses those others to do what is necessary to advance his plans, whether or not they are aware of it. If true, I expect they probably were well aware.
I have applied the analogy of a computer, describing how various bits of it work, but concluding that none of it explains why it is there. The nuts and bolts are just the means to an end, and it is the person or persons behind the design whose plan resulted in the finished product, no matter who actually sourced the components and assembled it.
Second is the fact that none of explains where the materials (i.e. the universe itself, and all within it) originated, nor who all these sentient entities are. They're not just inanimate stones (or similar) but have consciousness and a soul. Those are not even part of the universe.
Third, many of the fifty-eight alien races supposedly known to have visited Earth in the past, with some still around and others returning periodically, do have their own religion or faith system, based around the concept of one or more creators.
On top of all of that, millions of people alive in the world today, and more millions who came before, have been personally well aware of God through their own relationships and what has happened in their lives, much of which (by their own testimony) is revealed to be having needs met by the necessary provisions being made in advance, and coming together at the time they are needed. I have had such things happen to me, most recently when I had my episode in the street over two years ago.
One can conclude that the world, the moon and the universe beyond are getting more complicated in our knowledge-base as the years pass (and it looks like this could become significantly more so toward the end of this decade, by the way) but the foundation of it all – God – remains inviolate in the overall scheme of things, and rightly so!
Sunday, 14 July 2013
Sunday Slot – 14 July 2013
First, a post-script to last week's Sunday Slot. Astute readers who have known my writings for a long while will no doubt have realised that there was a specific purpose behind that post, and that was to eke out some Lefty Christians (I'll let the apparent oxymoron go for the time being) and read their 'justifications' in their comments and tweets.
It took a few days before anything happened, but then the word got out and the page-views for that post suddenly shot up during Friday, continuing to rise but at a slower pace on Saturday. That seems to have now come to an end, as I expected it would after such a period.
In the end, there were only three tweets and a single comment here from one of those three. They tended to be of the 'proud to be' type and offered no attempted counter to what I had written. Of course, there isn't any possible counter, and they must all have realised that.
To be fair to them, they must think there is some merit in being on the 'wrong' side of the political spectrum, and I imagine it doesn't prevent their doing good works; but there are two big issues this brings up...
Another instance was of a minister (and known by me to be so) who was searching for a 'politically correct' version of the Bible. Now, like the Jehovah's Witnesses, this whole concept means the re-writing of God's Word into (essentially, falsified) men's words to suit an agenda: instead of Joseph Smith this one would be Cultural Marxism (which invented and promotes political correctness).
I'd have grave concerns about anyone pursuing such an avenue in my church's leadership, and so should all real Christians everywhere. Watch out for this: my senses are certainly now more alert!
Justin Welby
The current Archbishop of Canterbury is creating something of a stir; and this interview by Charles Moore is very valuable indeed, as James Forsyth at The Spectator acknowledges when looking at the 'Bish' from a political viewpoint..
Although it is still comparatively early days, my own feeling is that he will make a very fine replacement of Rowan Williams, and I also think that he will communicate in a way to speaks to the people-at-large much better than his predecessor often tended to do, and will be perceived as being more 'of the people' as well.
I like this man, and wish him well. In an age where – probably partly because of the perceived out-of-touch nature of our churches, some of which might well stem from what I covered in what I wrote above – church attendances are continuing to diminish, perhaps that decline might now start to be reversed. Little by little, this new Archbishop could have such an effect in Britain.
I wish him well...
It took a few days before anything happened, but then the word got out and the page-views for that post suddenly shot up during Friday, continuing to rise but at a slower pace on Saturday. That seems to have now come to an end, as I expected it would after such a period.
In the end, there were only three tweets and a single comment here from one of those three. They tended to be of the 'proud to be' type and offered no attempted counter to what I had written. Of course, there isn't any possible counter, and they must all have realised that.
To be fair to them, they must think there is some merit in being on the 'wrong' side of the political spectrum, and I imagine it doesn't prevent their doing good works; but there are two big issues this brings up...
- If they are easily misled and deluded, how can they be trusted as any kind of spiritual guide?
- Some of their behaviour and attitudes really are heading in a bad direction.
Another instance was of a minister (and known by me to be so) who was searching for a 'politically correct' version of the Bible. Now, like the Jehovah's Witnesses, this whole concept means the re-writing of God's Word into (essentially, falsified) men's words to suit an agenda: instead of Joseph Smith this one would be Cultural Marxism (which invented and promotes political correctness).
I'd have grave concerns about anyone pursuing such an avenue in my church's leadership, and so should all real Christians everywhere. Watch out for this: my senses are certainly now more alert!
Justin Welby
The current Archbishop of Canterbury is creating something of a stir; and this interview by Charles Moore is very valuable indeed, as James Forsyth at The Spectator acknowledges when looking at the 'Bish' from a political viewpoint..
Although it is still comparatively early days, my own feeling is that he will make a very fine replacement of Rowan Williams, and I also think that he will communicate in a way to speaks to the people-at-large much better than his predecessor often tended to do, and will be perceived as being more 'of the people' as well.
I like this man, and wish him well. In an age where – probably partly because of the perceived out-of-touch nature of our churches, some of which might well stem from what I covered in what I wrote above – church attendances are continuing to diminish, perhaps that decline might now start to be reversed. Little by little, this new Archbishop could have such an effect in Britain.
I wish him well...
Sunday, 7 July 2013
Sunday Slot – 7 July 2013
Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
I have mentioned before, not only here but elsewhere, how we need to be on our guard against false ideologies, especially those dressed-up to look authentic. The devil knows the forms to use, so is very much able to construct an authentic-looking alternative faith. In fact, he seems to have created dozens: essentially, everything that isn't either Judaism or Christianity, though I accept that there might be a few exceptions in the mix. I am not sufficiently expert to be able to separate those out from the rest.
Inevitably, and entirely predictably, there are many people within the Christian churches who are not truly Christian at all, though they tend (on the whole) play the part reasonably convincingly. Only the most alert will initially spot their falsity. A big clue is Lefties, as the political Left is demonstrably and implacably against Christianity and usually the jews (and especially Israel) as well, no matter what their stated views might suggest. Words are cheap, but attitudes tell the real story.
In my home borough we have a (very) few highly suspect so-called Christians, and I am known for my testing of their true attitudes. One I have caught out before has this past evening expressed – without any prompting from me – his preference for Harry Potter (i.e. witchcraft) over "those CBeebies creatures" (i.e. Buddhism, as it's a clear reference to Waybuloo, on which I have previously expressed my own limited reservations, by the way) expressed in a way that is clearly an attack on me as a consequence of what I wrote in my preceding tweet..
After all: why bring that up, of all things? Think about it... Note also that this is not a personal matter regarding an individual: it is simply a quotable example of an attitude and a style of self-conduct that I have encountered a number of times now, and which happens to speak volumes.
The accompanying 'smiley' emoticon doesn't change the underlying message in this particular context.
Remember: my own church, the Salvation Army, sprang from a Methodist (William Booth), so I do have some idea of what that earlier church is about. Indeed, it wasn't so many years ago that I went on a coach-and-walking tour of the path of the origins of the Salvation Army in London's East End, and have the photographs to prove it.
Overall, then, the Twitter encounter I have just recalled is merely an example of the wolf in sheep's clothing for which we always need to be alert. Do not assume that someone wearing a dog collar (or whatever other indication suggests 'holiness') is necessarily truly of the faith, and remember that no Lefty ever can be: the two are directly opposed, everywhere in the world, always have been and always will be.
The political left is essentially a creation of the devil anyway, and obviously so if one looks at what it really means (State dominance over citizens/oppression, mass murder, civil rights violations, control of information and propaganda, and all the rest of it). No true Christian could ever support any of that, and – unless they were completely thick – must have realised that it is a worldwide characteristic of all Left-wing régimes on Planet Earth and always has been.
From North Korea to the former USSR, from Zimbabwe to China under Mao in particular, and any other country you care to name, they are all the same, either already at that totalitarian point or still aiming toward it. They are ALL corrupt, murdering garbage either in fact or still merely in intent at this stage, Satanic filth, causing most of the organised harm and misery in the world. That alone is absolute proof why NO Lefty can EVER be a TRUE Christian, and those who claim to be are liars – or completely pig-ignorant, which in practice is just as bad for the rest of us.
I have mentioned before, not only here but elsewhere, how we need to be on our guard against false ideologies, especially those dressed-up to look authentic. The devil knows the forms to use, so is very much able to construct an authentic-looking alternative faith. In fact, he seems to have created dozens: essentially, everything that isn't either Judaism or Christianity, though I accept that there might be a few exceptions in the mix. I am not sufficiently expert to be able to separate those out from the rest.
Inevitably, and entirely predictably, there are many people within the Christian churches who are not truly Christian at all, though they tend (on the whole) play the part reasonably convincingly. Only the most alert will initially spot their falsity. A big clue is Lefties, as the political Left is demonstrably and implacably against Christianity and usually the jews (and especially Israel) as well, no matter what their stated views might suggest. Words are cheap, but attitudes tell the real story.
In my home borough we have a (very) few highly suspect so-called Christians, and I am known for my testing of their true attitudes. One I have caught out before has this past evening expressed – without any prompting from me – his preference for Harry Potter (i.e. witchcraft) over "those CBeebies creatures" (i.e. Buddhism, as it's a clear reference to Waybuloo, on which I have previously expressed my own limited reservations, by the way) expressed in a way that is clearly an attack on me as a consequence of what I wrote in my preceding tweet..
After all: why bring that up, of all things? Think about it... Note also that this is not a personal matter regarding an individual: it is simply a quotable example of an attitude and a style of self-conduct that I have encountered a number of times now, and which happens to speak volumes.
The accompanying 'smiley' emoticon doesn't change the underlying message in this particular context.
Remember: my own church, the Salvation Army, sprang from a Methodist (William Booth), so I do have some idea of what that earlier church is about. Indeed, it wasn't so many years ago that I went on a coach-and-walking tour of the path of the origins of the Salvation Army in London's East End, and have the photographs to prove it.
Overall, then, the Twitter encounter I have just recalled is merely an example of the wolf in sheep's clothing for which we always need to be alert. Do not assume that someone wearing a dog collar (or whatever other indication suggests 'holiness') is necessarily truly of the faith, and remember that no Lefty ever can be: the two are directly opposed, everywhere in the world, always have been and always will be.
The political left is essentially a creation of the devil anyway, and obviously so if one looks at what it really means (State dominance over citizens/oppression, mass murder, civil rights violations, control of information and propaganda, and all the rest of it). No true Christian could ever support any of that, and – unless they were completely thick – must have realised that it is a worldwide characteristic of all Left-wing régimes on Planet Earth and always has been.
From North Korea to the former USSR, from Zimbabwe to China under Mao in particular, and any other country you care to name, they are all the same, either already at that totalitarian point or still aiming toward it. They are ALL corrupt, murdering garbage either in fact or still merely in intent at this stage, Satanic filth, causing most of the organised harm and misery in the world. That alone is absolute proof why NO Lefty can EVER be a TRUE Christian, and those who claim to be are liars – or completely pig-ignorant, which in practice is just as bad for the rest of us.
Sunday, 23 June 2013
Sunday Slot – 23 June 2013
The Ongoing War
My church, the Salvation Army, has always known that what is going on in the world is a perpetual war between good and evil, God and Satan, with the latter using every trick at his disposal (and corruptible humans) to gain the upper hand.
As we were reminded at this evening's meeting at the Salvation Army meeting here in Chatham earlier this evening, our 'side' does not need to resort to trickery and uses love, compassion, salvation and sanctification as its substitute for weapons. Our tools are vastly stronger, in the final analysis, and the Bible reading from Acts chapter 2 was a good reinforcement of that truism.
Not that it's easy to live up to the aims of the church, especially mine, as I well know – and having gone through some dark times myself in recent years I can personally vouch for that difficulty and how easy it is to slip. Fortunately, I held myself together quite well, on the whole; and despite temptation was able to overcome the devil's attempts to ensnare and divert me, most of the time anyway. As I said: dark times indeed...
Although technically we have been in the End Times for almost two thousand years now, and this is all post-salvation in the sense of what happened on that wooden cross all those years ago, the war for souls is still being fought, as new souls appear in earthly form all the time. It can be likened in some ways to the mopping-up after the Second World War, which went on for some time after the cessation of hostilities, though this is on a much longer timescale than we experienced back in the late 'forties and early 'fifties.
The key points about living here and now include...
Several others gave more eloquent testimony (I was the second out of half a dozen of us, by the way), and as usual on such occasions they were all illuminating, each coming from a different direction. Put together, they covered quite a range of topics, with God in all his three forms very much at the centre of all of them.
We are all involved in that spiritual war, whether or not we realise it. Some, like those testifying this evening, have shared with those of us who were there how they are battling against dark forces, including two who had former addictions and other such issues in their pasts, along with current difficulties of another nature. It can be tough out there on the battlefield of life; but with God's grace (and occasional interventions) we can all come through it, usually in some way stronger than we were before.
That's how life is, whether we like it or not. Let's rise to the challenge, but we don't have to do so alone. Remember the footprints in the sand...
My church, the Salvation Army, has always known that what is going on in the world is a perpetual war between good and evil, God and Satan, with the latter using every trick at his disposal (and corruptible humans) to gain the upper hand.
As we were reminded at this evening's meeting at the Salvation Army meeting here in Chatham earlier this evening, our 'side' does not need to resort to trickery and uses love, compassion, salvation and sanctification as its substitute for weapons. Our tools are vastly stronger, in the final analysis, and the Bible reading from Acts chapter 2 was a good reinforcement of that truism.
Not that it's easy to live up to the aims of the church, especially mine, as I well know – and having gone through some dark times myself in recent years I can personally vouch for that difficulty and how easy it is to slip. Fortunately, I held myself together quite well, on the whole; and despite temptation was able to overcome the devil's attempts to ensnare and divert me, most of the time anyway. As I said: dark times indeed...
Although technically we have been in the End Times for almost two thousand years now, and this is all post-salvation in the sense of what happened on that wooden cross all those years ago, the war for souls is still being fought, as new souls appear in earthly form all the time. It can be likened in some ways to the mopping-up after the Second World War, which went on for some time after the cessation of hostilities, though this is on a much longer timescale than we experienced back in the late 'forties and early 'fifties.
The key points about living here and now include...
- The spiritual war isn't over
- We must always be vigilant and not caught off-guard
- It doesn't get easier over time, though we learn how better to handle the onslaughts
- The devil will use anyone and anything to attack us, more strongly than ever if our faith is growing
- God and his grace are by far our strongest shield against the enemy
- Sharing our experiences through personal testimony, and group worship, are also helpful
Several others gave more eloquent testimony (I was the second out of half a dozen of us, by the way), and as usual on such occasions they were all illuminating, each coming from a different direction. Put together, they covered quite a range of topics, with God in all his three forms very much at the centre of all of them.
We are all involved in that spiritual war, whether or not we realise it. Some, like those testifying this evening, have shared with those of us who were there how they are battling against dark forces, including two who had former addictions and other such issues in their pasts, along with current difficulties of another nature. It can be tough out there on the battlefield of life; but with God's grace (and occasional interventions) we can all come through it, usually in some way stronger than we were before.
That's how life is, whether we like it or not. Let's rise to the challenge, but we don't have to do so alone. Remember the footprints in the sand...
Sunday, 16 June 2013
Sunday Slot – 16 June 2013
Father's Day
I was going to the Salvation Army this afternoon, but having spoken to my father on the telephone earlier in the week I decided that a personal (surprise!) visit to him would be more appropriate.
He and my stepmother are now quite old and have changed quite markedly, with physical and memory ailments that put my own difficulties – far from trivial that they are – into better context than from what I had formerly appreciated.
Although they were a long way from being pitiful, and they coped with their difficulties remarkably well including looking after two rescued cats (a long-standing feature of that household), the visit was a salutary reminder that what one hears down a telephone line, combined with memories from years before, does not constitute an accurate picture of how they are today.
It was a really good visit, and they both warmly and sincerely appreciated the time, effort and planning that I had put into it. I had to divulge some of that because my stepmother (who thinks of me almost as one of her own children, which is really charming and I know I don't deserve it) was so concerned that I get home safely that I almost ended up with my father being directed to come with me to make sure I got back here all right.
Only by explaining how well I had planned this trip (and allowing for engineering works on the railways and the delay they'd cause, and probably diversions) and how I always did the same on any excursions and always enjoyed them, did I placate them both so they'd let me leave on my own. I told them about seeing The Shard close-up when I was on London Bridge station waiting for the train to their local station, and other things, and it worked. It all went to show how much they care, though, and that is a very precious commodity.
Sometimes in my life I have felt that I do not warrant my earthly father's care, but he does anyway, and there was no possibility of anything less than (literally) wholehearted love and well-wishing for me from him and from my stepmother. It was amazing, and was one of the most uplifting experiences I have had from any kind of human contact in a very long time.
Think, then, just how much more than this comes from my Heavenly Father, who devised, created and knew the person that is the real 'me' before the Universe even came into being. That is something we cannot grasp, so we just know it intellectually without being able to appreciate what it truly means.
We just accept it as a fact, and no doubt one day, after this mortal life has ended, we shall be transformed back into our real, complete selves who are capable of grasping the full reality of that transcendent love. None of that detracts from what our earthly parents do and feel, nor does it diminish any of it, any more than a silver necklace loses its innate quality if a gold or platinum one comes along. Each has its value, and nothing else takes away from that.
To pick another analogy, closer to home for me than gold or silver: my appreciation of the qualities of one Vocaloid do not detract from any of the others, which is why I have such affection for so many of them simultaneously. SeeU may well be the most feminine, Luka have the greatest stage presence, Lapis the most lose-yourself-in eyes and voice, GUMI having the best English voicebank of the V-3s, and Miku is of course the undisputed queen of the lot – but I continue to appreciate all of them at undiminished levels.
In short: nothing spoils my appreciation of anything anyone does, and I am sure that is one of the purposes behind God's essentially hidden nature: so that we can continue to appreciate each other and the creation within which we live our mortal lives without it all being overshadowed by something vastly greater. That shows God's wisdom, and we should spend our time in this form of existence recognising that and thus living a full and enriching life, boosted by our families, friends and others, but most particularly the bedrock that our parents represent.
Happy Father's Day!
I was going to the Salvation Army this afternoon, but having spoken to my father on the telephone earlier in the week I decided that a personal (surprise!) visit to him would be more appropriate.
He and my stepmother are now quite old and have changed quite markedly, with physical and memory ailments that put my own difficulties – far from trivial that they are – into better context than from what I had formerly appreciated.
Although they were a long way from being pitiful, and they coped with their difficulties remarkably well including looking after two rescued cats (a long-standing feature of that household), the visit was a salutary reminder that what one hears down a telephone line, combined with memories from years before, does not constitute an accurate picture of how they are today.
It was a really good visit, and they both warmly and sincerely appreciated the time, effort and planning that I had put into it. I had to divulge some of that because my stepmother (who thinks of me almost as one of her own children, which is really charming and I know I don't deserve it) was so concerned that I get home safely that I almost ended up with my father being directed to come with me to make sure I got back here all right.
Only by explaining how well I had planned this trip (and allowing for engineering works on the railways and the delay they'd cause, and probably diversions) and how I always did the same on any excursions and always enjoyed them, did I placate them both so they'd let me leave on my own. I told them about seeing The Shard close-up when I was on London Bridge station waiting for the train to their local station, and other things, and it worked. It all went to show how much they care, though, and that is a very precious commodity.
Sometimes in my life I have felt that I do not warrant my earthly father's care, but he does anyway, and there was no possibility of anything less than (literally) wholehearted love and well-wishing for me from him and from my stepmother. It was amazing, and was one of the most uplifting experiences I have had from any kind of human contact in a very long time.
Think, then, just how much more than this comes from my Heavenly Father, who devised, created and knew the person that is the real 'me' before the Universe even came into being. That is something we cannot grasp, so we just know it intellectually without being able to appreciate what it truly means.
We just accept it as a fact, and no doubt one day, after this mortal life has ended, we shall be transformed back into our real, complete selves who are capable of grasping the full reality of that transcendent love. None of that detracts from what our earthly parents do and feel, nor does it diminish any of it, any more than a silver necklace loses its innate quality if a gold or platinum one comes along. Each has its value, and nothing else takes away from that.
To pick another analogy, closer to home for me than gold or silver: my appreciation of the qualities of one Vocaloid do not detract from any of the others, which is why I have such affection for so many of them simultaneously. SeeU may well be the most feminine, Luka have the greatest stage presence, Lapis the most lose-yourself-in eyes and voice, GUMI having the best English voicebank of the V-3s, and Miku is of course the undisputed queen of the lot – but I continue to appreciate all of them at undiminished levels.
In short: nothing spoils my appreciation of anything anyone does, and I am sure that is one of the purposes behind God's essentially hidden nature: so that we can continue to appreciate each other and the creation within which we live our mortal lives without it all being overshadowed by something vastly greater. That shows God's wisdom, and we should spend our time in this form of existence recognising that and thus living a full and enriching life, boosted by our families, friends and others, but most particularly the bedrock that our parents represent.
Happy Father's Day!
Sunday, 9 June 2013
Sunday Slot – 9 June 2013
Lost and Found
Thus goes the famous hymn, speaking to so many of us who have had that experience of being lost in our lives.
I recently went through a difficult and dark time, and was in effect lost. Indeed, I wasn't at all sure that I'd survive the experience. Even during this time, though, I recognised that it was necessary for me to go through it in order to learn and to grow, so didn't resent it even though it was scary for a while.
It took three elements to find me and bring me back to where I had been before, so that I could move forward in an improved manner from that familiar place. This was a mirror of what I had experienced in my most recent walkabout, which I think must have happened the way it did in order to show me what must happen in my life, just as much as on that walking journey.
God is known for particular numbers, such as seven for the days of creation, and three as in the Holy Trinity of God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. When it comes to recovering the lost (as I surely was last Thursday) he used three categories of people to bring me back to the exact point from which I had struck out earlier: himself, myself, and others I encountered along the way.
The message was clear: he'd be there for me himself, and he'd make sure others would be where I needed them, but it also depended on me. I was, as always on such occasions when in an unfamiliar place or situation, determined to press on and get back to a familiar part of civilisation, and God knew that. He was with me, alongside, throughout, and I talked to him as we went.
He, in turn, listened to me, both my anguish and my good-natured general conversation, and he also made sure the others I'd need were in position at the right times.
It was not lost on me, even though it took me a couple of days to work it all out in my mind.
The bottom line, though, which is what counts most of all, is that God won't leave me, and will make sure I am brought back to where I need to be, and he'll use himself, my own determination, and others – all together if necessary – to do just that.
In the case of my dark time, he did exactly the same to get me back on an even keel. It needed my action, and my earthly father's aid, as well as my Heavenly Father's steer, but that bad time is now behind me. It still needs a fair bit of work on my part, but I know what to do and where I am now heading. I had also made several promises, and am in the process of implementing all that I have promised, some of which I had already done by the time of Thursday's walkabout, and more by today.
Recognising that it can be necessary to plunge into the depths at times, in order to raise oneself and be raised high again, is one of the most difficult lessons in life. It is especially tough going when, as our Major at the Salvation Army said in his talk this evening, we look at the situation before us and ask "where is God in all this?" and we find it harm to see him there. He is there, though, even if and when we fail to see him.
I went through something rather like that this past week or so; but despite shock-waves impacting my faith, I never lost it and that faith remained strong enough to see me through and out of the darkness. Indeed, it was like emerging from that bridge under the M2 motorway and emerging into the light that, in a way, led me back to Bligh Way in a move that I really hadn't expected (I had thought I was somewhere near Sundridge Hill in Cuxton!) and has left a permanent message in my mind.
Well, that was my tale, and I have no doubt that others have their own they could tell if they were to feel thus inclined. The main message though is that God is there with us always, through thick and thin, even if we don't realise it at the time. Some remain blinkered for life; but probably mosy of us either have experienced – or will experience in future, far more 'coincidences' than could ever be reasonably explained away by natural causes, especially in our times of greatest need.
That's what God does, like the Good Father that he is, without being blatant about it (which would be less valuable to us, and could even be harmful once we realise his power and our own weakness too profoundly) but giving us all the clues we need to piece it together for ourselves.
Works for me!
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now am found
Was blind, but now I see.
Thus goes the famous hymn, speaking to so many of us who have had that experience of being lost in our lives.
I recently went through a difficult and dark time, and was in effect lost. Indeed, I wasn't at all sure that I'd survive the experience. Even during this time, though, I recognised that it was necessary for me to go through it in order to learn and to grow, so didn't resent it even though it was scary for a while.
It took three elements to find me and bring me back to where I had been before, so that I could move forward in an improved manner from that familiar place. This was a mirror of what I had experienced in my most recent walkabout, which I think must have happened the way it did in order to show me what must happen in my life, just as much as on that walking journey.
God is known for particular numbers, such as seven for the days of creation, and three as in the Holy Trinity of God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. When it comes to recovering the lost (as I surely was last Thursday) he used three categories of people to bring me back to the exact point from which I had struck out earlier: himself, myself, and others I encountered along the way.
The message was clear: he'd be there for me himself, and he'd make sure others would be where I needed them, but it also depended on me. I was, as always on such occasions when in an unfamiliar place or situation, determined to press on and get back to a familiar part of civilisation, and God knew that. He was with me, alongside, throughout, and I talked to him as we went.
He, in turn, listened to me, both my anguish and my good-natured general conversation, and he also made sure the others I'd need were in position at the right times.
- The golf course was hardly busy when I crossed and lost the path, but a group was close by for me to ask when I needed them.
- On the lane on the far (southern) side, he sent the cycling caretaker to let me know where to go and how long a journey it was.
- When I emerged from Ranscombe Farm and was look at five paths all seemingly leading nowhere, God ensured that the two young ladies were in position for me to ask for directions.
It was not lost on me, even though it took me a couple of days to work it all out in my mind.
The bottom line, though, which is what counts most of all, is that God won't leave me, and will make sure I am brought back to where I need to be, and he'll use himself, my own determination, and others – all together if necessary – to do just that.
In the case of my dark time, he did exactly the same to get me back on an even keel. It needed my action, and my earthly father's aid, as well as my Heavenly Father's steer, but that bad time is now behind me. It still needs a fair bit of work on my part, but I know what to do and where I am now heading. I had also made several promises, and am in the process of implementing all that I have promised, some of which I had already done by the time of Thursday's walkabout, and more by today.
Recognising that it can be necessary to plunge into the depths at times, in order to raise oneself and be raised high again, is one of the most difficult lessons in life. It is especially tough going when, as our Major at the Salvation Army said in his talk this evening, we look at the situation before us and ask "where is God in all this?" and we find it harm to see him there. He is there, though, even if and when we fail to see him.
I went through something rather like that this past week or so; but despite shock-waves impacting my faith, I never lost it and that faith remained strong enough to see me through and out of the darkness. Indeed, it was like emerging from that bridge under the M2 motorway and emerging into the light that, in a way, led me back to Bligh Way in a move that I really hadn't expected (I had thought I was somewhere near Sundridge Hill in Cuxton!) and has left a permanent message in my mind.
Well, that was my tale, and I have no doubt that others have their own they could tell if they were to feel thus inclined. The main message though is that God is there with us always, through thick and thin, even if we don't realise it at the time. Some remain blinkered for life; but probably mosy of us either have experienced – or will experience in future, far more 'coincidences' than could ever be reasonably explained away by natural causes, especially in our times of greatest need.
That's what God does, like the Good Father that he is, without being blatant about it (which would be less valuable to us, and could even be harmful once we realise his power and our own weakness too profoundly) but giving us all the clues we need to piece it together for ourselves.
Works for me!
Wednesday, 5 June 2013
Abba Father
Here I am not referring to Agnetha's dad, but to the wonderfully simple song by the always-excellent Dave Bilbrough.
It has always been my favourite of the tunes played at the end of services (a.k.a. 'meetings') at my local Salvation Army, to which I shall be returning (hopefully full time) from this coming weekend, and with its simple words it is ideal for children as well as adults.
It tells the essential story of what, at our core, so many of us crave more than anything else – and this is a healthy craving, just for a change from those that are more typical of the lesser aspects of the world around us...
It has always been my favourite of the tunes played at the end of services (a.k.a. 'meetings') at my local Salvation Army, to which I shall be returning (hopefully full time) from this coming weekend, and with its simple words it is ideal for children as well as adults.
It tells the essential story of what, at our core, so many of us crave more than anything else – and this is a healthy craving, just for a change from those that are more typical of the lesser aspects of the world around us...
Sunday, 2 June 2013
Sunday Slot – 2 June 2013
This is the first of a series of weekly Sunday posts with a Christian slant. They will be from my own perception, applying my own intellect, rather than taken from other sources of commentary. I hope they will be illuminating, especially to those who are not Christians themselves.
As long-term readers here will be aware, I do try to be as informative as I can be, with a 'clean' and often original approach that doesn't slavishly follow what others have written previously (at least, to my knowledge) but using this powerful tool I have – my brain – to get to the core of an issue.
I think my track record speaks for itself...
The Battle for Souls
The Universe didn't just magically appear out of nowhere, made from nothing and having no purpose. There is no conceivable reason for that to have happened, and it certainly wouldn't have resulted in a cosmos anything like what actually exists, even if it had happened for some unaccountable reason.
Therefore it surely has to have been created, with at least one overarching purpose, and is in the form it is for very important reasons – not that we are likely to be able to grasp more than an inkling of that from where we stand, but we have the innate intellidence to recognise that truth.
Similarly, those of us (myself excluded) who are parents recognise the need to let our offspring go their own ways and be their own people, without undue intrusion or interference. How much more that must count with an entity capable of creating an entire Universe and us along with it is impossible for us to fathom.
Thus we have a seemingly detached 'good father' who nonetheless devised a way to become three separate parts, right from the outset of the 'Universe Project' as we might call it, so that he could come among us in our own form, and leave behind a 'Holy Spirit' who has been in the world for around two thousand years now. These underpinned the then emerging updated religion of the Jews that became Christianity.
Against this backdrop is the opposing force of Satan, the devil, also known as Lucifer.
In the battle for souls, which is certainly how Satan looks upon it, he did what any competent strategist (if sufficiently malign) would do: he spread misinformation by encouraging and assisting in the creation of a number of false ideologies, in various parts of the world, over the centuries.
The idea as I see it was twofold: to split off potential adherents of Christ and his Heavenly Father, and for others to come to the conclusion that as they all differed, none could be right. Thus atheism spread, the labelling of true faith as 'superstition', and all the other cop-outs from rational thought (though often dressed up as 'rational' themselves, but in reality only pseudo, as none of them can explain either the Universe or us).
He had started well before the coming of the Christ, and by that era had established a number of successful (and, one can surmise, many more unsuccessful) faiths and philosophies that acted like religions (e.g. Buddhism), all seemingly benign and positive in outlook – at least if one didn't look too deeply.
.After the coming of the Christ, the devil must have been getting desperate, as although the false leads he had in effect sponsored were having quite significant impacts, there was now the Good News (Gospel) with which to contend. This needed a much more aggressive approach, effectively compelling anyone born into any place dominated by the new 'faith' to either follow slavishly or suffer a painful death.
It has to have been particularly difficult in practice as (a) there was no reason whatsoever for any new religious expansion or addition between the first and second comings of Christ, and (b) it needed the right kind of seriously flawed and, indeed, corrupt (and even more corruptible) human individual to act as the conduit for foisting this oh-so-obviously fake pseudo-religion onto the masses.
Eventually, after several centuries, someone suitable was found: a warlord who could be inveigled into even more serious murder and other nasty stuff, including a way to overcome a former moral restriction that the perverse nature of this individual strongly desired could be overcome somehow.
As for the devil's desperation: when he was dictating this new religion to the prophet on the mountainside, part of that was that those born into communities controlled by the new faith were not allowed to choose to leave. As a strong disincentive, a painful death was to be meted out to any who tried to leave.
Does all of that negate the other religions? Not necessarily; as despite their probable origins, people can live decent and God-aware lives despite the intended outcome of the evil one. He is just a big failure, and in a curious way this twist is further evidence of that. Humanity, especially when allied with God, is better and stronger than the devil – though of course not everyone can resist evil, even the more severe kinds
The specifics of the 'warlord' example I touched upon above are not in themselves all that important: it is the method the devil used that should keep us all alert to his ways. I have fallen prey to his 'whisperings' in the past, so am well aware of how easy it is to be lulled into a trap if 'sold' a right-sounding message without at the time being aware of its origin. He still attacks me frequently, both directly and by getting others to act against me, so again I can speak from personal experience on this.
There are others I know who have had their own encounters with Satan, and those are so obviously genuine (in the 'you couldn't make it up' category) that a consistent picture of the true battle going on for human souls is revealed even more clearly than simply taking it on trust from scripture.
This is real, it affects all of us, and none of us should fall into the trap of 'throwing the baby out with the bathwater' by 'tarring all with the same brush' (how's that for a mixed metaphor?), usually done for reasons sparked by the activities of (necessarily flawed) human beings rather than the faith itself. That's a common failing with agnostics in particular, and atheists in some cases as well. They've all missed the vital clues that surround our lives at all times...
As long-term readers here will be aware, I do try to be as informative as I can be, with a 'clean' and often original approach that doesn't slavishly follow what others have written previously (at least, to my knowledge) but using this powerful tool I have – my brain – to get to the core of an issue.
I think my track record speaks for itself...
The Battle for Souls
The Universe didn't just magically appear out of nowhere, made from nothing and having no purpose. There is no conceivable reason for that to have happened, and it certainly wouldn't have resulted in a cosmos anything like what actually exists, even if it had happened for some unaccountable reason.
Therefore it surely has to have been created, with at least one overarching purpose, and is in the form it is for very important reasons – not that we are likely to be able to grasp more than an inkling of that from where we stand, but we have the innate intellidence to recognise that truth.
Similarly, those of us (myself excluded) who are parents recognise the need to let our offspring go their own ways and be their own people, without undue intrusion or interference. How much more that must count with an entity capable of creating an entire Universe and us along with it is impossible for us to fathom.
Thus we have a seemingly detached 'good father' who nonetheless devised a way to become three separate parts, right from the outset of the 'Universe Project' as we might call it, so that he could come among us in our own form, and leave behind a 'Holy Spirit' who has been in the world for around two thousand years now. These underpinned the then emerging updated religion of the Jews that became Christianity.
Against this backdrop is the opposing force of Satan, the devil, also known as Lucifer.
In the battle for souls, which is certainly how Satan looks upon it, he did what any competent strategist (if sufficiently malign) would do: he spread misinformation by encouraging and assisting in the creation of a number of false ideologies, in various parts of the world, over the centuries.
The idea as I see it was twofold: to split off potential adherents of Christ and his Heavenly Father, and for others to come to the conclusion that as they all differed, none could be right. Thus atheism spread, the labelling of true faith as 'superstition', and all the other cop-outs from rational thought (though often dressed up as 'rational' themselves, but in reality only pseudo, as none of them can explain either the Universe or us).
He had started well before the coming of the Christ, and by that era had established a number of successful (and, one can surmise, many more unsuccessful) faiths and philosophies that acted like religions (e.g. Buddhism), all seemingly benign and positive in outlook – at least if one didn't look too deeply.
.After the coming of the Christ, the devil must have been getting desperate, as although the false leads he had in effect sponsored were having quite significant impacts, there was now the Good News (Gospel) with which to contend. This needed a much more aggressive approach, effectively compelling anyone born into any place dominated by the new 'faith' to either follow slavishly or suffer a painful death.
It has to have been particularly difficult in practice as (a) there was no reason whatsoever for any new religious expansion or addition between the first and second comings of Christ, and (b) it needed the right kind of seriously flawed and, indeed, corrupt (and even more corruptible) human individual to act as the conduit for foisting this oh-so-obviously fake pseudo-religion onto the masses.
Eventually, after several centuries, someone suitable was found: a warlord who could be inveigled into even more serious murder and other nasty stuff, including a way to overcome a former moral restriction that the perverse nature of this individual strongly desired could be overcome somehow.
As for the devil's desperation: when he was dictating this new religion to the prophet on the mountainside, part of that was that those born into communities controlled by the new faith were not allowed to choose to leave. As a strong disincentive, a painful death was to be meted out to any who tried to leave.
Does all of that negate the other religions? Not necessarily; as despite their probable origins, people can live decent and God-aware lives despite the intended outcome of the evil one. He is just a big failure, and in a curious way this twist is further evidence of that. Humanity, especially when allied with God, is better and stronger than the devil – though of course not everyone can resist evil, even the more severe kinds
The specifics of the 'warlord' example I touched upon above are not in themselves all that important: it is the method the devil used that should keep us all alert to his ways. I have fallen prey to his 'whisperings' in the past, so am well aware of how easy it is to be lulled into a trap if 'sold' a right-sounding message without at the time being aware of its origin. He still attacks me frequently, both directly and by getting others to act against me, so again I can speak from personal experience on this.
There are others I know who have had their own encounters with Satan, and those are so obviously genuine (in the 'you couldn't make it up' category) that a consistent picture of the true battle going on for human souls is revealed even more clearly than simply taking it on trust from scripture.
This is real, it affects all of us, and none of us should fall into the trap of 'throwing the baby out with the bathwater' by 'tarring all with the same brush' (how's that for a mixed metaphor?), usually done for reasons sparked by the activities of (necessarily flawed) human beings rather than the faith itself. That's a common failing with agnostics in particular, and atheists in some cases as well. They've all missed the vital clues that surround our lives at all times...
Monday, 6 May 2013
Steve and Mel in Jersey
They'd come across from their home some fair distance away, every week, to participate in Alpha.
Later, they took over running our later Alpha courses themselves, and attended the Army as their church, eventually becoming full uniform-wearing officers.
Since then they have been to the Salvation Army's training college in London, and have subsequently been 'posted' to Jersey in the Channel Islands, which has had an SA presence for well over a century.
Now they are arranging a significant event on the island, and appeared on BBC Radio Jersey yesterday, on the Chris Stone programme with Simon Jupp standing in for Chris on this occasion. It's worth spending five minutes to hear their interview.
Go to 2:23:54 when replaying the programme which can be found at this link, but do be aware that this is the BBC so it will vanish six days from now (i.e. on 12 May).
Thursday, 28 March 2013
Persecution
Although I am pleased that The Commentator is one of the relatively few publications that seek to redress the anti-Israel slant, and the broader issue of anti-Semitism, it does sometimes seem a somewhat one-dimensional stance they take.
Fortunately, today they are looking at the (if anything, even bigger) issue of Christian persecution and slaughter, at least some of which is experienced in two-thirds of the nations of the world. That article also covers the lack of media attention being paid to this situation.
Note the fear that is being generated; also that the two biggest sources of this persecution are Communism and Islam.
Now, long-term readers who took notice of what I have written on previous occasions will be aware that – as so often – I have always recommended looking for the clues as to why all this is happening. The bottom line remains that the devil is, naturally enough, targeting the real faiths (Judaism, which stopped BC, and Christianity, which also continued thereafter) using his followers and those gullible enough to be persuaded to do the same.
Those who remember Sam Neill's portrayal of Damian in The Omen III will be aware of just what can be done by someone like that; and so we find it in real life too. Many groups and organisations are easily manipulated in this way, including all the political Left of the world and their associated offshoots such as Unions, many large media outlets, some Think Tanks, subversive organisations, and others besides.
Thus it was inevitable that the devil's only true enemies would be the primary targets (the other conflicts are just part of the general melée where we are all pitched against one another, as I have touched upon before) although it has taken time to set up the scale of anti-Christian persecution that we have today – and it will almost certainly grow a lot worse in the months and years to come.
Interestingly, for the more perceptive, the big clue this provides (especially to agnostics) is that very fact that there can be only one reason why the targeting is so specific, and has been building for so long. Yes, it strongly indicates that Judaism and Christianity must be valid, otherwise there could not and would not be such a large, cross-boundary movement that goes well beyond what any human originator could ever reasonably be seen capable of doing.
No: this goes beyond that, and it is about time that those who have been suckered into easy (but foolish) dismissals of Christianity in particular – though having no idea themselves about why there even is a universe, let alone how it came to be – started to use their God-given intelligences to see what is really going on in the world, and join up against the evil that is being done. Lip service and encouragement are not sufficient: this requires true commitment.
Let us hope that we are not found wanting, now that the chips are truly down...
Fortunately, today they are looking at the (if anything, even bigger) issue of Christian persecution and slaughter, at least some of which is experienced in two-thirds of the nations of the world. That article also covers the lack of media attention being paid to this situation.
Note the fear that is being generated; also that the two biggest sources of this persecution are Communism and Islam.
Now, long-term readers who took notice of what I have written on previous occasions will be aware that – as so often – I have always recommended looking for the clues as to why all this is happening. The bottom line remains that the devil is, naturally enough, targeting the real faiths (Judaism, which stopped BC, and Christianity, which also continued thereafter) using his followers and those gullible enough to be persuaded to do the same.
Those who remember Sam Neill's portrayal of Damian in The Omen III will be aware of just what can be done by someone like that; and so we find it in real life too. Many groups and organisations are easily manipulated in this way, including all the political Left of the world and their associated offshoots such as Unions, many large media outlets, some Think Tanks, subversive organisations, and others besides.
Thus it was inevitable that the devil's only true enemies would be the primary targets (the other conflicts are just part of the general melée where we are all pitched against one another, as I have touched upon before) although it has taken time to set up the scale of anti-Christian persecution that we have today – and it will almost certainly grow a lot worse in the months and years to come.
Interestingly, for the more perceptive, the big clue this provides (especially to agnostics) is that very fact that there can be only one reason why the targeting is so specific, and has been building for so long. Yes, it strongly indicates that Judaism and Christianity must be valid, otherwise there could not and would not be such a large, cross-boundary movement that goes well beyond what any human originator could ever reasonably be seen capable of doing.
No: this goes beyond that, and it is about time that those who have been suckered into easy (but foolish) dismissals of Christianity in particular – though having no idea themselves about why there even is a universe, let alone how it came to be – started to use their God-given intelligences to see what is really going on in the world, and join up against the evil that is being done. Lip service and encouragement are not sufficient: this requires true commitment.
Let us hope that we are not found wanting, now that the chips are truly down...
Saturday, 23 March 2013
Tweet of the Day – 23 March 2013
From the ashes of His Grace, Archbishop Cranmer...
It's a pity it has dropped off the (very limited!) BBCiPlayer facility – I have just checked – but (UPDATE) I've just found the relevant excerpt at YouTube instead, and it tells its own story. Don't be fooled by thinking this is real 'passion'. It isn't: it's just a way to push a specific political agenda, as the stepping-back technique soon shows us...
It is about time that someone (perhaps His Grace) definitely laid to rest the myth that any true Christian could be a Lefty. As all the Left are entirely dependent upon deception, theft, dictatorship and oppression, it is obvious from square one that they can never, under any circumstances, have the right approach and outlook to follow in Christ's footsteps.
We all have difficulties in even approaching that ideal as it is, but placing insurmountable blocks in the way really isn't the way to go if one is serious and genuine in one's intentions. Flatly, the political Left are in diametric opposition to to Jesus' (and his Father's) intentions for us, and that can never be changed, merely camouflaged before the gullible whom such tricksters need to fool. They don't fool God, though!
The Giles Fraser types of this world will find it easy to be offered plenty of air time and support on Beelzelbub's Broadcasting Con-trick (BBC) but the rest of us need to be alert and not be taken in. The 'stepping back' method I have espoused is useful here.
For all Justin Welby's faults (and I have already spotted a few possibles) his approach is essentially a good one, and right for the current era. Giles Fraser is probably permanently incapable of even understanding that, let alone having a clue about what is a good approach. Welby's style will not be endorsed by Karl Marx, for a start...
"Got it in one! I saw the ghastly Giles Fraser on BBC's This Week just nine days ago, and witnessed the trendy Lefty type of supposed Christian who was just about as far from what Jesus was as it is possible to position oneself. The fellow's entire manner and slant were so full of the devil's agenda that it all brought into stark relief the reality of Satan's infiltration of the church with his subversives.@giles_fraser says@ABCJustin has 'a slight weakness' of turning Jesus into Cheesus http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2013/mar/22/evangelicals-jesus-cheesus-bang-head … Better than making him Karl Marx"
It's a pity it has dropped off the (very limited!) BBCiPlayer facility – I have just checked – but (UPDATE) I've just found the relevant excerpt at YouTube instead, and it tells its own story. Don't be fooled by thinking this is real 'passion'. It isn't: it's just a way to push a specific political agenda, as the stepping-back technique soon shows us...
It is about time that someone (perhaps His Grace) definitely laid to rest the myth that any true Christian could be a Lefty. As all the Left are entirely dependent upon deception, theft, dictatorship and oppression, it is obvious from square one that they can never, under any circumstances, have the right approach and outlook to follow in Christ's footsteps.
We all have difficulties in even approaching that ideal as it is, but placing insurmountable blocks in the way really isn't the way to go if one is serious and genuine in one's intentions. Flatly, the political Left are in diametric opposition to to Jesus' (and his Father's) intentions for us, and that can never be changed, merely camouflaged before the gullible whom such tricksters need to fool. They don't fool God, though!
The Giles Fraser types of this world will find it easy to be offered plenty of air time and support on Beelzelbub's Broadcasting Con-trick (BBC) but the rest of us need to be alert and not be taken in. The 'stepping back' method I have espoused is useful here.
For all Justin Welby's faults (and I have already spotted a few possibles) his approach is essentially a good one, and right for the current era. Giles Fraser is probably permanently incapable of even understanding that, let alone having a clue about what is a good approach. Welby's style will not be endorsed by Karl Marx, for a start...
Sunday, 20 January 2013
Tweet of the Day – 20 January 2013
From CSLewisDaily, who is well worth following on Twitter for insightful messages of guidance such as this...
Many of those who firmly believe in the doctrines of God today were once the same – but then they truly grew up...
"Doctrines are not God: they are only a kind of map. But that map is based on the experience of people who really were in touch with God."Not only does this put (proper) doctrines in their rightful and appropriate place, it also reminds us that God's guidance to us comes via many separate people, showing us that it is divine and not one person's agenda. Learning from those who came before us is a humbling but important aspect of life, especially for those who think they 'know it all' and treat it as 'irrelevant' or similar.
Many of those who firmly believe in the doctrines of God today were once the same – but then they truly grew up...
Sunday, 23 December 2012
Brilliant! You won't be expecting this!
Thanks to His Grace, who has an interesting matter of his own to raise at that linked page, I have become aware of this delightful New Zealand production of much of the Christmas Story, told by youngsters...
It is notable that the youngsters so often 'get it' with this kind of subject, keeping to the heart of it (and it is so obvious when one watches this). We adults, though, can go completely off the track, for example focusing on political correctness as the 'big thing' even in this season of the year, as in this tweet from someone in the church not far from me...
Whether the above example (one of a fair number I have encountered, incidentally) is one person's own corruption or a policy within his own church I do not know; but either way it is not God's way and it certainly isn't Jesus' way. It's no more than a veneer, a fake front put up to deceive.
I for one shall have no truck with any of it! Instead, I shall watch the above video again: much closer to God's message to His people than any amount of language tampering...
It is notable that the youngsters so often 'get it' with this kind of subject, keeping to the heart of it (and it is so obvious when one watches this). We adults, though, can go completely off the track, for example focusing on political correctness as the 'big thing' even in this season of the year, as in this tweet from someone in the church not far from me...
"Ugh! Forgot to correct the non-inclusive language in a hymn I brought! Hate it when that happens!Cultural Marxism (for that is, as I have shown previously, what all of that is and always has been) reigns supreme in much of the church, even today. Many of us are so disgusted by the Lefty (i.e. Satanic) influences that abound in the churches of our nation that we simply don't trust many of them any more – and who can blame us?#inclusivelanguagefail"
Whether the above example (one of a fair number I have encountered, incidentally) is one person's own corruption or a policy within his own church I do not know; but either way it is not God's way and it certainly isn't Jesus' way. It's no more than a veneer, a fake front put up to deceive.
I for one shall have no truck with any of it! Instead, I shall watch the above video again: much closer to God's message to His people than any amount of language tampering...
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