The Sabbath of the Return

We are now in a period of ten days known as the Day's Of Awe, also called the ten days of repentance. The sabbath day that occurs during this time period is called,
"Shabbat Shuvah ."
This is a very special sabbath, the first of the Jewish year– Shabbat Shuvah is also called the Sabbath of Return –always occurs between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur; it receives its name from a verse in Hosea: “Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for you have fallen because of your sin.”
Some call the day Shabbat Teshuvah, the Sabbath of Repentance, because it is observed during the Ten Days of Repentance. The defining custom of this Shabbat is an admonitory sermon by the rabbi designed to inspire and awaken listeners to examine their deeds and return to God. The rabbi may also review the laws of Yom Kippur. Some communities add readings from Joel 2:15-27 and Micah 7:18-20 that elaborate the Yom Kippur themes of repentance and forgiveness. Joel focuses on purification and fasting by the people and Micah on God’s promise to forgive the people: “He will take us back in love; He will cover up our iniquities, You will hurl all our sins into the depths of the sea” (Micah 7:19).

America's JUDEO - Christian Roots

From the Heritage Foundation

"Scholars often mistakenly refer to the god of the Founders as a deist god. But the Founders talked about God in terms that are radically Jewish: Creator, Lawgiver, Governor, Judge, and Providence. These were the names they most commonly used for Him, notably in the Declaration of Independence. For the most part, these are not names that could have come from the Greeks or Romans, but only from the Jewish Testament. Perhaps the Founders avoided Christian language because they didn’t want to divide one another, since different colonies were founded under different Christian inspirations. In any case, all found common language in the language of the Jewish Testament. It is important for citizens today whose main inspiration is the Enlightenment and Reason to grasp the religious elements in the founding, which have been understated for a hundred years."

Faith and the American Founding: Illustrating Religion's Influence
by Michael Novak
First Principles #7

A Peaceful Ninth of Av

Tish B'Av came and went nearly unnoticed. Outside of a couple of events that were quite predictable nothing unusual happened as far as I know. The next Jewish 'feast' day to be watchful for is Rosh Hashanah which begins at sunset, September 18 and ends at nightfall, September 20, 2009.
Simply as a point of interest, this particular Rosh Hashanah will be accompanied by an unusual alignment of the Earth, Moon, Mercury, the Sun and Saturn. This is cause for great interest and has been addressed in a website called "Rapture Code 5770 (2009 - 2010)." Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year and in the Bible is called the "Feast of Trumpets." There is a lot of speculation that the Lord Jesus Christ will return on a Rosh Hashanah because it is the first of the Fall feasts, and Jesus Christ fulfilled all four of the Spring feasts.
Jesus Christ, in speaking of His second advent said that 'But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. " - Matthew 24:36 (compare Mark 13:32).
Interestingly, at least one source has said that among Jews, Rosh Hashanah is called the feast of which 'no man knows the day or the hour." Eddie Chumney of the Hebraic Heritage Ministries Int'l has dealt with this and the previous verses extensively to show how a Jew hearing Jesus speaking would interpret His words from a rabbinical Hebraic perspective.
Some who have been considering these events in the light of Biblical Eschatology have already began predicting the date of the Lord's return. This has been a big mistake in the past when well meaning men have set a date for the Lord's return and watched their great hope turn into great disappointment. Some who've tried to justify their faulty predictions then took it a step further and 'spiritualized' the return, meaning that it actually happened but no one could see it because it was a spiritual return. This was the case with both the Adventists and the Jehovah's Witnesses.
My take on end time prophecy is that I expect Biblical Eschatology to complete it's fulfillment up to the return of Christ within a generation from the re-birth of Israel as a nation. That happened May 14, 1948. A completed generation is 70 years, so I'm looking for a fulfillment to those prophecies by 2018 - but the fact is that my next breath is in God's hands and I know that millions of Christians who expected to see the imminent return of Christ have been buried centuries ago. Therefore, Jesus' words are apropos for us today when (in a parable) He said, "Occupy 'till I come."

A DAY WITHOUT AN EARTHQUAKE?

Here I am, sitting at my computer and as I usually do, I clicked onto the world Seismic Monitor and have seen something that I’ve never seen or even imagined before. I’m not sure if this is a glitch on the Seismic Monitor website, but it doesn't show any earthquakes for today, July 28, 2009, anywhere in the world. None. Right now it's the 29th in most of the world but for the next 20 minutes it's still the 28th in Northern California.
July 30th begins the Jewish observance of Tisha B’Av or the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av. (see my previous article). Could the unheard of absence of earthquakes in the world be the ‘quiet before the storm?’ As I've said it's already the 29th in some parts of the world and at sundown in Israel (around 8 pm they begin their observance of the tragic date). That translates to tomorrow morning here in Northern California.

Pray, and Sleep well.

Total Solar Eclipse and the Ninth of Av

Signs in the heavens? This year’s only total solar eclipse occurs today, July 22, 2009 little more than a week before the critical date in the Hebrew calendar called "Tish B’Av." This year's Tish B’Av (July 30, 2009) is the day of fasting and mourning that concludes three weeks of the austere remembrance of (the curse on Israel down through the centuries beginning with) the failure of 10 of the 12 spies Moses sent to spy out the promised land.

It was on this day of the Hebrew Calendar in 586 BC that Solomon’s Temple was destroyed. It was on that day in 70 AD that the second (Herod’s) Temple was destroyed and on it goes.
August 4, 135 AD, the Bar Kochba revolt was crushed by the Roman Emperor Hadrian. Over 100,000 Jews were slaughtered; Jerusalem was plowed under and later rebuilt as a pagan city forbidden to Jews.
Pope Urban II declared the First Crusade. Tens of thousands of Jews were killed, and many Jewish communities were obliterated
July 25, 1290 [9 Av 5050] marked the first nation-wide rejection of Jews when the official decree expelling them from England was signed.
In 1492, [9 Av 5252] King Ferdinand of Spain issued the expulsion decree, setting Tish B’Av as the final date by which not a single Jew would be allowed to walk on Spanish soil.
August 6, 1555 [9 Av, 5315] Jews were first ordered into a ghetto on when the Jews of Rome were ordered to live in a district near the Tiber.
W.W. I broke out on [9 Av, 5674] August 1, 1914 when Germany declared war on Russia. German resentment from the war set the stage for the Holocaust. A total solar eclipse occurred on August 21st of that year. (This agrees with the theory that solar eclipses occurring within the proximity of Tish B’ Av effect gentile nations more than Israel which bases their dates on a lunar calendar).
August 2, 1941 [9 Av 5701] Reinhardt Heydrich was ordered to carry out the “final solution” on European Jewry.
August 14, 2005 [9 Av 5765] 8,000 Jewish settlers were forcefully expelled from their homes in Gush Katif, the Southern Gaza strip.
That brings us up to the current trifecta of TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSES that occur around the 1st of Av on each of the year’s 2008, 2009 and 2010.
August 1, 2008 there was a total solar eclipse. On August 8, 2008 [9th of Av] Russia attacked Georgia.
This year, on July 22, 2009 (Today at this writing) a total solar eclipse will occur. It's the only total Solar Eclipse of the year, anywhere on the globe. The 9th of Av happens about 8 days later as well. In our Gregorian calendar that translates to July 29th and 30th (since Hebrew days begin and end in the evening). We’ll see what happens.
If something does occur, then we can expect another event in 2010 when a total solar eclipse repeats on July 11 (1st of Av) and see what happens on July 19 – 20 (9th of Av).
Why do I think that these three solar eclipses are significant? Because this is the only time in (Hebrew) history, they occur in such a pattern in conjunction with this austere Jewish remembrance.
One skeptic has already accused me of inferring that naturally occurring cosmological events determine events on earth. Not true! My answer is this: The order and magnitude of cosmological events is repeated throughout the Biblical record. The Magi, or wise men from the East for example, knew of the birth of the King of the Jews (Christ) by observing ‘signs’ in the heavens. The motion of heavenly bodies does not govern human events on the earth! I never inferred that it did; but rather an all-wise, all knowing God has pre-determined their motions, like the intricate workings of a grand clock, set from the beginning of creation. God said that the sun, moon and stars were for signs (Hebrew: "oth" – meaning a signal, flag or warning) and seasons (Heb: "mo-ed,"festivals, convocations, appointments). – Genesis 1:14
It’s God’s ‘alarm clock’ set by His infinite foreknowledge untold centuries ago, to alert us of coming events. As for me, I am unashamed in taking this unprecedented 'trinity' of total solar eclipses that precede Tish B’Av as God’s signal to prepare for a coming event. Personally, I hope this year’s Tish B’Av will peacefully pass unnoticed; but since I really believe there is danger ahead to prepare for, would I be less than responsible to keep silent?
Frequent Biblical references to events in the sky permeate both the Old and New Testament – Why did Jesus talk about things like,
“…there will be fearful sights and great signs…from heaven.” - Luke 21:11.
Or the Torah which says, “He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth.” – Daniel 6:27.
Interestingly however, the Bible also says this, “...be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them." This makes a clear distinction between believers and non-believers. Whatever happens, God has promised to be our "Jehovah Jireh," the provider of all our needs.
The Bible speaks of the sun being darkened and the moon turning blood red as ‘signs’ in both the Old and New Testaments. Isn’t that also a description of both solar and lunar eclipses?
From this moment you have six days to prepare. I would at least have extra food and water available, to last a minimum of a week. Frankly, that is not too bad an idea in the world we live in anyway. Fueling up vehicles and propane containers (by July 27th ) as well.
Flashlights, radios extra batteries, lanterns and candles etc. It’s not going to cost any more in the long run whether or not anything actually does happen, but you know the saying – “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” That seems to be the most sensible attitude to have now since nobody knows what and where an event (if any) will happen, on this ‘Tish B’Av.
One should at least consider having emergency supplies on hand in any event. Other suggestions could be found online.
We know the world we live in is becoming more dangerous. Israel is on record affirming that they are not about allow Iran to obtain nuclear weapons, and Iran is on record affirming that their intent is to destroy Israel. We know that Iran has been conducting experiments that seem to indicate they are preparing to initiate an EMP attack. Then there’s North Korea, Venezuela etc.
Last year’s eclipse overshadowed Northern Canada, Greenland, Siberia (Russia), Mongolia, and China. Russia invaded Georgia.
This year it overshadows India, Nepal, China and the Central Pacific.
In 2010 it overshadows the South Pacific, Easter Is., Chile and Argentina.
Whatever the future holds, is it written in the sky?

Orwell's 1984 Comes to 2009 America

A new directive has been sent out by the Department of Homeland Security...Have you seen it? Janet Napolitano, President Obama's DHS chief who's famous for removing the word 'terrorist' from describing the Islamo-Fascist jihadists who blow themselves and innocents to bits, has no problem freely uses the banned "T" word to label regular mainstream traditional values Americans and veterans also known in this report as "Right Wing Extremists."

New Definition of

“Right Wing Extremist”

Information taken fromthe US Office of Homeland Security - Intelligence and Analysis AssessmentPrepared by the Extremism and Radicalization Branch, Homeland Environment Threat AnalysisDivision. Coordinated with the FBI.

You are being profiled by the Obama Administration as a potential terrorist IF you're (a)

1. Returning Military Veteran: “ UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY (U//FOUO) The possible passage of new restrictions on firearms and the return of military veterans facing significant challenges reintegrating into their communities could lead to the potential emergence of terrorist groups or lone wolf extremists capable of carrying out violent attacks.”

2. Pro-life Advocate: “It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion…”

3. Second Amendment Advocate: “The high volume of purchases and stockpiling of weapons and ammunition by rightwing extremists in anticipation of restrictions and bans in some parts of the country continue to be a primary concern to law enforcement.”

4. Non supporter of the Obama Administration: “Many rightwing extremists are antagonistic toward the new presidential administration and its perceived stance on a range of issues including immigration and citizenship, the expansion of social programs to minorities, and restrictions on firearms ownership and use..”

5. Critic of NAFTA: “Prominent among these themes were…criticism of free trade agreements (particularly those with Mexico).”

6. Against Same Sex Marriage: “…white supremacists’ longstanding exploitation of social issues such as…same-sex marriage.”

7. Do you believe the economy will collapse? “(U//FOUO) Historically, domestic rightwing extremists have feared, predicted, andanticipated a cataclysmic economic collapse in the United States.”

8. Christian believing that you’re living in the ‘end times.’ “Antigovernment conspiracy theories and “end times” prophecies could motivate extremist individuals and groups to stockpile food, ammunition, and weapons. These teachings also have been linked with the radicalization of domestic extremist individuals and groups in the past, such as violent Christian Identity organizations andextremist members of the militia movement.”

9. Unemployed: “High unemployment, however, has the potential to lead to alienation, thus increasing an individual’s susceptibility to extremist ideas. According to a 2007 study from the German Institutefor Economic Research, there appears to be a strong association between a parent’s unemployment status and the formation of rightwing extremist beliefs in their children — specifically xenophobia andantidemocratic ideals.”

10. Concerned about illegal immigration: “(U//FOUO) DHS/I&A assesses that rightwing extremist groups’ frustration over a perceived lack of government action on illegal immigration has the potential to inciteindividuals or small groups toward violence.”

11. Concern about a “New World Order: “…the end of the Soviet Union in the 1990s led some rightwing extremists to believe that a “New World Order” would bring about a world government that would usurp the sovereignty of the United States and its Constitution, thus infringing upon their liberty.”

ECHOES OF *NAZI GERMANY - THE POLITICIZED DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY:

"The DHS (Department of Homeland Security) encourages anyone who suspects another of being a right wing extremist to turn them in. “(U) Reporting Notice:(U) DHS encourages recipients of this document to report information concerning suspicious or criminal activity to DHS and the FBI. The DHS National Operations Center (NOC) can be reached by telephone at202-282-9685 or by e-mail at NOC.Fusion@dhs.gov. For information affecting the private sector and critical infrastructure, contact the National Infrastructure Coordinating Center (NICC), a sub-element of theNOC. The NICC can be reached by telephone at 202-282-9201 or by e-mail at NICC@dhs.gov. The FBI regional phone numbers can be found online at http://www.fbi.gov/contact/fo/fo.htm. When available, each report submitted should include the date, time, location, type of activity, number of people and type of equipment used for the activity, the name of the submitting company or organization, and a designated point of contact. "

What the DHS says about it's reason for such a report, (in their own words) :

"The DHS doesn‘t have any evidence or specific information. This is all based on speculation. “The DHS/Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) has no specific information that domestic rightwing* terrorists are currently planning acts of violence,”

Is "Big Brother" government monitoring your key strokes on the internet:

“ (U//FOUO) Rightwing extremist chatter on the Internet continues to focus on theeconomy, the perceived loss of U.S. jobs in the manufacturing and construction sectors, and home foreclosures.”

[Read the nine page DHS report]

*A chilling message on a plaque in the "Nazi Propaganda" section of the Holocaust Museum (Washington DC) explains why: "The Gestapo gathered much of its information from private citizens. Even children were taught to report on their parents. The Gestapo's main sources, however, were Nazi party officials who constantly monitored the activities of all citizens used such information to track political opponents.

The Hand of Providence - Quote of the Month

"The Hand of providence has been so conspicuous in all this, that he must be worse than an infidel that lacks faith, and more than wicked, that has not gratitude enough to acknowledge his obligations. ... The blessed Religion revealed in the word of God will remain an eternal and awful monument to prove that the best Institution may be abused by human depravity. ... It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favors." --George Washington

Another Writer Who Does Not Accept Pre-Trib Rapture

As you know I support the belief in a pre-tribulation rapture. But there are such a wide variety of opinions, there've been hundreds of false predictions and there remains a lot of controversy concerning the various views of the rapture. I received a comment filed anonymously but signed by "Todd" that I thought deserved a blog segment along with "Roger" (fictitious name) who is an Adventist that is maintaining an ongoing discussion with me, which prompted my posting of The Rapture, Q & A's

You can read Todds original "Anonymous" comment at the end of The Rapture, Q & A's, or here where I interrupt it and answer questions in a point by point format. Todds comment are in yellow and my responses are in turquoise.


How can the “rapture” be “imminent”?

First, imminent is an adjective meaning ‘likely to occur at any moment.’ Bearing that in mind it doesn’t matter whether you’re pre, mid, or post, the rapture is imminent and was always so since Jesus said, “Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
- Matthew 24:41-44.
And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.
Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not. - Luke 12:36 - 40.
Acts 3:21 says that Jesus “must” stay in heaven (He is now there with the Father) “until the times of restitution of all things” which includes, says Scofield, “the restoration of the theocracy under David’s Son” which obviously can’t begin before or during Antichrist’s reign. Since Jesus must personally participate in the rapture, and since He can’t even leave heaven before the tribulation ends, the rapture therefore cannot take place before the end of the trib!
Todd, your above paragraph completely ignores the fact that Jesus did appear on earth following His resurrection and ascension and He clearly identified Himself to Saul of Tarsus [Paul] on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:5) much later. This having followed the martyrdom Stephen, who at that time, clearly saw Jesus standing in heaven at the right hand of God. (Acts 7:56). This alone destroys your interpretation of Acts 3:21. Besides that, Jesus went to heaven following His talk with Mary Magdalene (whom He forbad to touch Him) John 20:1-17. Then He returned to Israel and showed Himself for forty days by many infallible proofs (Acts 1:3). Jesus is nowhere as limited as you think.
Paul explains the “times and the seasons” (I Thess. 5:1) of the catching up (I Thess. 4:17) as the “day of the Lord” (5:2) (which FOLLOWS the posttrib sun/moon darkening - Matt. 24:29; Acts 2:20) WHEN “sudden destruction” (5:3) of the wicked occurs! (If the wicked are destroyed before or during the trib, who would be left alive to serve the Antichrist?)
1 Thess. 5:1 does not say that all the worlds wicked shall be wiped out at this time . This is your assumption and it’s not born out by scripture.
The ‘times and seasons’ is a general term that includes both the ‘catching up’ and the ‘day of the Lord’ which are more specific terms and are not synonymous.
Paul also ties the change-into-immortality “rapture” (I Cor. 15:52) to the posttrib end of “death” (15:54)! (Will death be ended before or during the trib?)
This is proof of the final phase of our redemption - namely the redemption of our bodies. You can shuffle the verses any way you want but that doesn't make it right. While it is the end of death for the resurrected this is NOT the end of death for natural human beings, although lifespans for natural people will be as they were before the flood of Noah.. Never the less death will happen even during the thousand year reign of Christ as will isolated disobedience to the government of Christ!

If anyone wonders how long pretrib rapturism has been taught, he or she can Google “Pretrib Rapture Diehards.” Many are unaware that before 1830 all Christians had always viewed I Thess. 4’s “catching up” as an integral part of the final second coming to earth. In 1830 it was stretched forward and turned into a separate coming of Christ. To further strengthen their novel view, which the mass of evangelical scholars rejected throughout the 1800s, pretrib teachers in the early 1900s began to stretch forward the “day of the Lord” (what Darby and Scofield never dared to do) and hook it up with their already-stretched-forward “rapture.” Many leading evangelical scholars still weren’t convinced of pretrib, so pretrib teachers then began teaching that the “falling away” of II Thess. 2:3 is really a pretrib rapture (the same as saying that the “rapture” in 2:3 must happen before the “rapture” ["gathering"] in 2:1 can happen - the height of desperation!). Other Google articles throwing light on long-covered-up facts about the 178-year-old pretrib rapture view include “Famous Rapture Watchers,” “X-Raying Margaret,” “Revisers of Pretrib Rapture History,” “Thomas Ice (Bloopers),” “Wily Jeffrey,” “The Rapture Index (Mad Theology),” “America’s Pretrib Rapture Traffickers,” “Roots of (Warlike) Christian Zionism,” “Scholars Weigh My Research,” “Pretrib Hypocrisy,” “Pretrib Rapture Desperados” and “Deceiving and Being Deceived” - all by the author of the bestselling book “The Rapture Plot” which is available at Armageddon Books online. Just my two cents’ worth. - Todd
The volume of material you’ve listed projects the points you’ve made, all of which I’ve been familiar with. I could list the names of theologians who would counter the writers you’ve listed but I will only mention one since that I believe is sufficient as a definitive study of the rapture of the church: MARANATHA Our Lord Come by Dr. Renald Showers

The Rapture: Q & A's

There are any number of theories about the "rapture" among believers. The one point of agreement seems to be the realization that a seven year tribulation period unlike the world has seen will occur. Many define that period as distinct from other times of historic tribulation by calling it the 'Great Tribulation (GT)' Others hold that the last half (3.5 years) of the tribulation period is what the Bible refers to as the "Great Tribulation (GT)." It's around this GT period that the different theories concerning the rapture are based. Some, like myself believe that the rapture will occur before the GT. Those who share that belief are called "pre-trib." Those who believe that the rapture occurs in the middle of the seven year tribulation are labeled, "mid-trib." Then there are those who believe the rapture will happen just at the end of the GT period and they are called "post-trib."
A gentleman who I will call Roger has e-mailed some questions to me regarding the 'rapture' and I thought it would be interesting to post that correspondence here in my forum. Rogers statements are in larger font, mine responses are in Bold Italics.


Hi, My name is Roger. I want to do some studies on the rapture and many other Biblical topics that could keep us going for as long as we want. We can easily see that things are very serious in this old world and that Jesus is coming back soon! I'm told that you believe in the KJV and that's terrific for the school or stream of manuscripts from which it was translated into the English language is the word that God has promised will be preserved until the end of time.
My studies tell me that we are going to go through a great tribulation before the Lord returns and that when we are finally caught up into the clouds of glory that it will be the most earth shaking event that the world has ever witnessed; and the Lord will descend with a shout & with the voice of the Archangel and the trump of God and the dead in Christ will be caught up to meet Him in the clouds, then we that are alive and remain will then be changed into our glorified bodies and raptured away to join them for the eternal ages.1 Thess. 4:15-17
My understanding of the common interpretation of the secret or silent rapture pivots around the following points: (I personally do not agree that any of these points are biblical).
1. The rapture of the church goes by unnoticed by the unsaved multitude, so it is taught that it must be silent.

The rapture will NOT go by unnoticed by the ‘unsaved multitude.’ When graves pop open and millions of living people suddenly disappear, it will be noticed and chaos will immediately ensue. For example; imagine the pandemonium when people in a crowded bus or airliner suddenly realize seats are emptied – and only the things remaining in those seats are the very clothes those people had been wearing. As far as what those in the world will hear, I don’t know - but according to the Bible there are going to be trumpet blasts accompanied by shouts from the Archangel. (The only ‘archangel’ mentioned in scripture by name is Michael).

2. For the same reason stated above it is assumed that it must be invisible.

That whole premise is wrong. So discard it. The actual “catching away” will not be seen; not because it is invisible, but because it will happen so quickly that it will be imperceptible to the human eye, which is exactly what the Scripture tells us: “Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.” – 1 Corinthians 15:51, 52. Can you see a bullet in flight? I assure you that it is not invisible but it is virtually impossible to see with the unaided eye.

3. The wicked are left behind and the saved are taken out of harms way.

I would say it this way: Those who are in Christ are raptured and those who are outside of Christ are not.

4. The rapture is believed to take place to remove the saints from having to go through the tribulation.

This is half true. Jesus did describe the time of the tribulation and then made this amazing statement: “For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.” – Lk. 12:35, 36. The real purpose of the Rapture is that the Lord Jesus is coming to receive His bride, (the redeemed) whom He will take back to heaven for seven years. This is described in terms of the Jewish wedding in John 14. When the firstborn son of a man (usually of great wealth) would get married, he would go and prepare a place for his bride in his father’s house since he would soon inherit his father’s holdings. Only when the father gave his OK as to his son’s preparations, would the father tell his son to ‘go and receive your bride.’ At the word of the father, the son would call his grooms men and they would form a procession going toward the bride’s home with much fanfare (blowing trumpets and shouting with rejoicing). Along the streets, people would hear the commotion and the word of it would come to the bride who had been at the ready with her wedding garment, ten coins and lamp filled with oil. When the procession reached the brides home a long loud trumpet blast accompanied by the shout of the groomsman would summon the bride to leave her house and join her husband who waited for her outside. The groom would then take her up into his carriage and return to the place he’d prepared for her. Jesus’ analogy was unmistakable.“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.” – John 14:1-3.

5. The 2nd coming of Christ takes place in two stages the 1st being silent and secret and the last part being glorious and turbulent.

The second coming of Christ occurs when Jesus physically returns to earth with all His saints, destroys the antichrist and stands on Mt. Olivet. When he comes at that time, every eye shall see Him, the Jews will weep and see the nail prints in His hands. He will cleanse the temple and begin a thousand years reign as King from Jerusalem. (Acts 1:10-12; 2 Thess. 2:8; Rev. 1:6-8; 19:11-16; Zechariah 12:10; 13:6; 14:4

6. These two stages will be separated by a 7 year gap of tribulation.

Seven years according to the Jewish calendar, referred to “Daniels seventieth week” by Bible scholars. This is the last week, the only one yet unfulfilled that was determined on the Jewish people ( Israel ). Daniel 9:23-25. It begins when the antichrist ratifies a seven year peace treaty with Israel, Daniel 9:27: “And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.”

7. The rapture takes place before the appearance of the Antichrist who will then bring in the tribulation.

That’s correct according to 2 Thessalonians 2:7-12: “7For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth (hinders) will let (hinder), until he be taken out of the way. 8And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: 9Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. According to these verses, there is a “hinderer” that is blocking the Antichrist from coming to full power that will be taken out of the way. My belief is that it is the body of believers on earth at that time. If you remember Jesus said, “Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.” – Lk. 17:28, 29.In short, Abraham was told that Sodom and Gomorrah were going to be destroyed. Abraham bargained with God starting by asking if there were as many as fifty righteous in the city, would God spare the city? God promised to spare the city for the sake of the fifty righteous. After continuing his bargaining Abraham obtained a promise that if even there were as few as ten righteous, the Lord would spare the entire city for the ten. So the righteous people, few though they be – would have been like salt, (a preservative), to preserve the cities from the judgment. Jesus said that we are the salt of the earth (Matthew 5:13). That speaks to preserving the world from judgment exactly as ten righteous would have preserved Sodom and Gomorrah from judgment. It was after the righteous Lot and his family left that there was nothing to hinder the cities from God’s wrath which completely destroyed them. The judgment of the earth begins when Jesus opens the first seal in Revelation, which is when the antichrist appears on a white horse with a bow (Revelation 6:2).

8. Those left behind will be given another chance to be converted and make their peace with the Lord.

There will be a numberless multitude saved during the first half of the tribulation. But ALL OF THEM will be killed, (Revelation 6:10, 11) martyred for their testimony. There is no reference in all scripture to believe that those converted during the first half of the tribulation will escape martyrdom. Therefore there can be no mid-tribulation rapture of living saints. The antichrist will make war on them and overcome them. (Daniel 7:21, Revelation 13:6-8). They will refuse to take the ‘mark of the beast’ in their right hand or forehead. Anyone who takes the mark will be damned. These “tribulation martyrs” are first seen after the fifth seal is opened, as souls under the altar, crying out for God to avenge them (Revelation 6:9, 10). The next time we see them, they appear in heaven following the sealing of the 144,000 Jews: “After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. “ - Revelation 7:9-14

Part 2

Roger: In Luke 17:34-36, Jesus employs some of His favorite symbols to illustrate a simple point. At the end of time, there will be just two groups of people living upon the earth-the lost and the saved.

Resopnse: Your following interpretations are filled of assumptions, as I will point out. At the outset, you at least warn that you are going to use symbols to interpret the otherwise clear meaning of the words spoken by Jesus. In order for one to arrive at your conclusions one MUST change the plain words spoken by Christ and interpolate them with meanings 'cut and pasted' in from outside of the context. I’ll prove this as I respond to your statements.

Roger: "Two men in one bed." A bed generally connotes sleep, and Jesus used sleep as a symbol of death. He said to the disciples, "Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep." "Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead." (John 11:11, 14). In the resurrection at the last day, there will be two kinds of people sleeping in the grave-the lost and the saved.

Response: In the above explanation you take the word “bed” and twist it to “sleep,” then you further twist that to mean death. This is a very dangerous practice and one that perverts the Word of God. There is NO REASON to take scriptures from one contextual setting and arbitrarily apply them into another to gain understanding.

Roger: "Two women grinding together." In Bible prophecy, a woman is a symbol of a church (Jeremiah 6:2). Grinding grain represents working with the Word of God. When Christ comes in glory, there will be two kinds of churches-the false and the true. Both will be outwardly doing the same thing, but only one will be redeemed.

Response:
Your statements lack consistency: For example that “two women grinding together” according to you is not two women grinding together, but two church systems. To quote you, “…two kinds of churches-the false and the true. Both will be outwardly doing the same thing, but only one will be redeemed.”
Then you use Jeremiah 6:2 as a proof text which has absolutely nothing to do with the church, or a religious system but rather with the nation of Israel. You go on to state, “Grinding grain represents working with the Word of God.” How do you know? From the parable you used as your proof text, the Word was the seed that was sowed, not grain. Jesus said “Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.” Luke 8:11.
Furthermore, using your methods of interpretation I could say the grain represents the godly (as in Matthew 13:24-30) and the wicked are represented by tares (weeds). However there is no reason to “cut and paste” from other parts of the Bible to understand the clear meaning of Matthew 24. See what I mean? What laws of interpretation do you use? In the context of Matthew 24, Jesus was speaking of the Judgment of the flood in Noah's day. The wicked were self absorbed, and, as Jesus put it, (Matthew 24:39) "And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. " Then He immediately says,

40 "Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. "

So my conclusion to these verses is that Jesus is not talking about the rapture but a judgment that will occur at the second coming.

But I'm not going to be so dogmatic about it since Jesus could have been likening the rapture to the Jewish Feast of Trumpets which occurs on a new moon. As required the feast cannot commence until two witnesses have seen the new moon which appears for only a few moments in the sky, usually near sundown. After at least two witnesses see it, they would immediately report to the Sanhedrin. Then the Sanhedrin would signal the high priest who would ascend to the top of the temple and blow the Shofar (trumpet) announcing the beginning of the feast. Two could be grinding at the mill, sleeping in bed etc. but at the sound of the trumpet the Jew would drop what he/she was doing and immediately go toward the temple, leaving their non-Jewish working partner to continue with the work. It's interesting to note that one of the names of that feast is the feast of "No Man Knows The Day Or The Hour" and there are 100 trumpet blasts - the last trump being the longest of the blasts. Paul could have been referring to the feast as well when he spoke of the "last trump." (1 Corinthians 15:52). As a gentile I've only just begun to research the seven Jewish feasts (festivals), which are divided into the Spring feasts and the Fall feasts. Jesus fulfilled the 4 spring feasts. I'm beginning to see that the three fall feasts correlate to the rapture, second coming and cleansing of the temple (which hasn't been built as of yet).

Part 3

Roger: You indicated in your last correspondence with me that I had interpolated too much and in retrospect I confess to making that mistake. The conclusions I tried to draw from those text in Luke 17:34-36 were premature. Other studies needed to be laid down before the case was strong enough to stand. You also indicated that you would like to hold to one point at a time before we move on to other related topics before we end up going down too many rabbit trails. Forgive me for not adhering to a tighter focus; I’ll try to do better.

Comment: First, lets define “tribulation.” Both the Hebrew and Greek words for tribulation are associated with the following things:
1. Birth pangs (2 Kings 9:3; Jeremiah 6:24; John 16:21)
2. Sword, famine and pestilence (2 Chronicles 20:9; Job 15:20-23; Acts 7:11)
3. Wars among nations and the removal of peace (2 Chronicles 15:5, 6)
4. Persecution of the saints during the first 3.5 years preceding the abomination of desolation (Matthew 24:9; Daniel 9:27).
The Bible associates the concept of tribulation with the same kinds of things included in the “beginning of birth pangs” (literal translation) of Matthew 24:4-9. These beginning of birth pangs correlate perfectly with the first four seals of Revelation 6.
A. False Messiahs (Matthew 24:5) and the first seal of Revelation - the rider on the white horse, a false messiah (Revelation 6:2).
B. Wars, rumors of wars, nation rising against nation (Matthew 24:6, 7) and the opening of the second seal (Rider of the red horse taking peace away from the world (Revelation 6:3, 4).
C. Famine (Matthew 24:7) and the third seal (Rider of the black horse) holding balances in his hands representing famine (Revelation 6:5, 6)
D. Death through famine, pestilence and earthquakes (Matthew 24:7) and the fourth seal at which time the rider of the pale horse appears, who represents death.
Going a step further, immediately following Jesus’ description of these “beginning of birth pangs” Christ described a particular persecution of those who associate themselves with Him (Matthew 24:9) which correlates with the opening of the fifth seal and refers to those who were killed for their testimony (Revelation 6:9-11).



You suggested we stay focused on Matt. 24 until we’re satisfied with our conclusions, so here goes. In this chapter starting with verse 1 the disciples are pointing to the temple in pride and admiration and Jesus response really startles them. He says verse 2 “See ye not these things? Verily I say unto you, there shall not be left here one stone upon another that shall not be thrown down.”
Comment: The disciples asked three specific questions whose answers comprise Matthew 24 which, by the way are specific to Israel and generally to the world.
1. When shall these things be?
2. What shall be the sign of thy coming?
3. And (what shall be the sign)of the end of the world?

Jesus proceeds to tell them about many signs that are to take place before the end of their world and generation. He also does this in such a way that it becomes a prophecy for the end of the earth and His second coming; in other words a duel prophecy.

Comment: It is unscriptural to say “the end of the earth” at this point since Jesus Christ will reign in Jerusalem for a thousand years following the tribulation.

This passage has many points of reference that parallel verses starting in Luke 17:22 onward to verse 37; so they compliment and amplify each other. Some details might be left out of one account, but are picked up in the other. E.g. Luke 17:31 “In that day he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away; and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.”

In Matt. 24:15 it describes the abomination of desolation spoken by the prophet Daniel standing in the holy place - this was the signal to leave their place of residence or housetop and not to hesitate or turn back.
Comment: If as you say the abomination of desolation was “the signal” why did the Jewish Christians flee four years earlier? Perhaps you’d like to rethink that one. (Besides, Titus didn't commit the abomination of desolation, for he set no idol up to be worshipped in the Temple).

This is exactly what the Jewish Christians did in 66 A.D. when the Roman armies had surrounded Jerusalem; and planted their flag or standard in the holy ground that surrounded Jerusalem. The Christians left when the Roman armies retreated suddenly to take care of another rebellion. Some 3-4 years later in 70 A.D. the armies of Rome returned and destroyed Jerusalem – no Christians died in the final siege; they had all taken heed of that earlier warning.
Matt. 24:21 speaks about the great tribulation ”...such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time no, nor ever shall be.” Verse 22 continues and says, ”...except those days be shortened, there shall no flesh be saved: but for the elects sake those days shall be shortened.”
Comment: This occurrence (great tribulation) is from the middle of Daniels 70th week to the end of the seven year period culminating in the Battle of Armageddon.

Question: If the elect (or chosen) have already been raptured before the tribulation, why would it be necessary to shorten those days for their sake? Why not let it run its course to total annihilation?

Answer: There are the elect and then Jesus says there are "the very elect." The latter are the 144,000 Jews who are gathered from every point of the compass (Matthew 24:31.) The term ‘elect’ in the Bible is in no way exclusive to the church saints. Many passages refer to national Israel as ‘elect’ or ‘chosen.’
“For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.” – Deuteronomy 7:6
“O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.” - 1 Chronicles 16:13
“For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.” – Isaiah 45:4

In the New Testament, the Apostle Paul also refers to God’s election of national Israel: “As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the father's sakes.” – Romans 11:28.
In a more limited sense, the Bible makes a difference between the faithful (elect) Jews and those Jews who are unfaithful ( Isaiah 65:7-16).

Remember that Matthew 24 deals specifically with national Israel, (Matthew 24:1, 2, 16, 31) which the Millerites, Adventists and many other Christians missed during their time of “great disappointment” because they couldn’t envision in their wildest dreams the restoration of Israel so they made up their own interpretations that "spiritualized" these things to unseen realms rather than what we can see actually happened.

Question: This verse also indicates unless the days be shortened no flesh could be saved. The rapture teaches that 7 years of tribulation will be allowed to the antichrist by the interpretation of the last week of seventy week prophecy. If those that are supposed to reject the antichrist during the seven years of tribulation are the elect where is the shortening of the days?
Comment: The persecution itself will be curtailed, not the 1260 days or the second half of the tribulation.


Matt. 24:23-24 says: “Then if any man shall say unto you, “Lo here is Christ or there believe it not, For there shall arise false Chirsts, and false prophets, and shall shew signs and wonders; insomuch that if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.”
Question: This chronology has followed the great tribulation and by my understanding of the secret rapture there would be no elect to be deceived. They have already been removed from harms way. How do you explain this discrepancy?
Comment: There is no discrepancy at all. You insist on calling the rapture a 'secret rapture.' Millions will know immediately following the event that the rapture has just taken place. It happens in the twinkling of an eye (1 Corinthians 15:51-58) and the restrainer of evil, (the body of believers) is removed from the earth (1 Thessalonians 4:16-20; 5:) which then allows the rule of the Antichrist to begin, (2 Thessalonians 2:1-12) and the Jews who are looking for a messiah will accept him (John 5:43). On the day that this man ratifies a seven year peace treaty with the Jews [most likely allowing them to once again build their Temple on the Temple Mount next to the Dome of the Rock Mosque] will begin Daniels 70th week - Revelation 11:1-3). He will break the seven year covenant after three and a half years, or the middle of Daniels 70th week ("And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate."- Daniel 9:27).
But for the first three and a half years, many millions of those who realized they missed the rapture, will then repudiate the antichrist and reject his mark (probably a chip implant) in their right hand or forehead. They will all, I repeat, ALL be killed for their testimony by the middle of the tribulation (Revelation 6:9-11; 7:9-17). But God is not without a witness on the earth for He will seal 144,000 (the elect) Jews just prior to that appearance in heaven of those multitudes who were martyred for their testimony during the first three and a half years of the tribulation. (Revelation 7:1-8). After that, the antichrist will turn his attention to Israel, and with the Abomination of Desolation, and the killing of the two witnesses, many Jews will then realize just who this evil man is. He will declare himself to be God and demand the Jews to worship him in the temple where the Jewish Levitical sacrifices had literally been restored (Daniel 9:27).

Why Thanksgiving in America?

THANKSGIVING

George Washington's 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation

"Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor; and
Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me to "recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness:"Now, therefore, I do recommend and assign Thursday, the 26th day of November next, to be devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be; that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people of this country previous to their becoming a nation; for the signal and manifold mercies and the favorable interpositions of His providence in the course and conclusion of the late war; for the great degree of tranquility, union, and plenty which we have since enjoyed; for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enable to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national one now lately instituted for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed, and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and, in general, for all the great and various favors which He has been pleased to confer upon us.And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech Him to
pardon our national and other transgressions;
to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually;
to render our National Government a blessing to all the people by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed;
to protect and guide all sovereigns and nations (especially such as have shown kindness to us), and to bless them with good governments, peace, and concord;
to promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and us; and, generally to grant unto all mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as He alone knows to be best.
Given under my hand, at the city of New York, the 3d day of October, A.D. 1789." Signed - George Washington
God Bless America!

Ancient Bible Passages ahead of Science

Air Pressure in the Bible

Air Pressure is described in
Job 28:23-28 - "For He (God) looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens. "When He imparted *weight to the wind and meted out the waters by measure, when He set a limit for the rain and a course for the thunderbolt, then He saw it and declared it; He established it and also searched it out." *Some people have attempted to say that this verse has nothing to do with air pressure. After examining this verse I've found that the reference to the "weight to the wind" can also be translated “how hard the winds should blow.” In view of this it is all the more amazing since the wind velocity, as we well know today is determined by barometric pressures, which is exactly what is indicated in the verse above. So whichever way you want to look at this verse, you can't escape the fact that it does have everything to do with air pressure. The air flows from high pressure to low pressure producing wind.

Over two thousand years after Job, Evangelista Torricelli (1608 – 1647) invented the barometer (1643) while using mercury in a glass tube in an attempt to create a vacuum. He noticed that the mercury level in the tube changed and deduced it was caused by changes in atmospheric pressure. (First called Torricelli’s tube, when working with Galileo in Florence, Italy). Job is considered one of the oldest writings in the Bible. In addition, this verse also mentions 'the course for the thunderbolt.' Today it's common knowledge that electron flow always follows a 'course' or the path of least resistance - but in Job's day, civilization was still over two thousand years away from that knowledge. Torricelli's Barometer:

The Water Cycle :

Job 36:27-29 - "For He draws up the drops of water, they distill rain from the mist, Which the clouds pour down, they drip upon man abundantly. Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds, the thundering of His pavilion? "Psalm 135:7 - He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; Who makes lightnings for the rain, who brings forth the wind from His treasuries.

The Air Currents:

Ecclesiastes 1:6"Blowing toward the south, then turning toward the north, the wind continues swirling along; And on its circular courses the wind returns."
The slow rotation of the earth toward the east causes the air to be deflected toward the right in the northern hemisphere and toward the left in the southern hemisphere. This deflection of the wind by the earth's rotation is known as the Coriolis effect.

Air pressure, air currents, lightning strkes and the water cycle - all revealed by God in the Bible over 2600 years ago! Now Jewish tradition attributes the book Job to Moses. It certainly is a Hebrew writing and predates Christianity by at least 600 years and the discovery of atmospheric pressure by over 2,000 years!

"The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork." Psalm 19:1

What To Do If You Miss The Rapture

OK, so now you suddenly realize that a bunch of Christians have disappeared, vanished!

The world is in chaos and you understand that the “Rapture” might have happened. What’s coming next? What do you do?

Fortunately, you’ve come to the right place. Here’s what’s about to happen next: A European world leader is going to rise up. He’s going to confirm a Mideast peace treaty with Israel for seven years will enable the Jews to finally have peace. They will recognize this “peacemaker” as their long awaited Messiah. But for you, it's a tough road ahead. You know by now for certain that the Bible was true and that in the next seven years horrific events will occur on earth. Check this video clip to see what happened to those Christians who’ve vanished!

Listen to Pastor Steve Hadley of Harvest Church, Reno as he explains what’s coming so you'll know how to prepare. I'm not going to sugar coat this. It's going to cost you everything, including your very life. But your destiny is certain and eternal life is certain if you receive Christ and remain faithful to the death. You're in the same boat as millions of others. Remember Jesus said, "be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life." Left Behind

The New School Prayer

[written by a teen in Bagdad, Arizona]

Now I sit me down in school
Where praying is against the rule
For this great nation under God
Finds mention of Him very odd.

If Scripture now the class recites,
It violates the Bill of Rights.
And anytime my head I bow
Becomes a Federal matter now.

Our hair can be purple, orange or green,
That's no offense; it's a freedom scene.
The law is specific, the law is precise.
Prayers spoken aloud are a serious vice.

For praying in a public hall
Might offend someone with no faith at all.
In silence alone we must meditate,
God's name is prohibited by the state.

We're allowed to cuss and dress like freaks,
And pierce our noses, tongues and cheeks.
They've outlawed guns, but FIRST the Bible.
To quote the Good Book makes me liable.

We can elect a pregnant Senior Queen,
And the 'unwed daddy,' our Senior King.
It's "inappropriate" to teach right from wrong,
We're taught such "judgments" do not belong.

We can get our condoms and birth controls,
Study witchcraft, vampires and totem poles.
But the Ten Commandments are not allowed,
No word of God must reach this crowd.

It's scary here I must confess,
When chaos reigns the school's a mess.
So, Lord, this silent plea I make:
Should I be shot; My soul please take!

Amen

We need God in America again!

The Curse of Jeconiah and the Throne of David

In Matthew’s genealogy of Jesus recorded in Matthew 1:12 the name Jeconiah, (aka Jehoiachin and Coniah) appears. Jesus’ ancestry is traced through Jeconiah to Joseph, the stepfather of Jesus Christ. It is through Jeconiah that Jesus Christ rightfully has access to the throne of David. But there is a problem. You see, in Jeremiah 22:24, 30 Jeconiah was cursed by God.
24. “As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence;” 30.“Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.”

According to Jewish reckoning, no descendant of Jeconiah could ever sit on the throne, therefore Jesus would be disqualified from being the Messiah since He descended through Jeconiah. You can see how this has really become a stumbling block to many of the Jews. I’m going to present three solutions that counter this.

The First Solution:
Most Christians simply ignore the “bloodline” of Joseph, Jesus’ stepfather by simply recognizing that Jesus was born of a virgin. Since the life of the flesh is in the blood and the blood line is passed down through the father, anyone born of Adam or any human male could not redeem himself, let alone humanity and so any curse or stain of sin from either Adam or Jeconiah had no effect on Jesus.

Besides this, Jesus Himself said,
“And think not to say within yourselves, ‘We have Abraham to our father:’ for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham." - problem solved!

That being said, a simple gentile like me has no problem with it but I can see where a Jew would.

As one Jew told me, “If Jesus didn’t come through Jeconiah then he could never sit on the throne of David, end of story!”

So that presents an interesting dilemma, doesn’t it? Only a descendant of Jeconiah could sit on the throne, but because of God’s curse on Jeconiah, none of his descendants can sit on the throne.

The Second Solution:
On the “Jews for Jesus” website [http://jewsforjesus.org/answers/prophecy/jeconiah] this problem is eloquently addressed. The argument is that Jeconiah repented and God accepted his repentance and reversed the curse. The “Jews for Jesus” cite many extra Biblical Hebrew sources showing God reversed the curse which is discussed in great detail on their website. I can see the reasoning, there I only submit to one source I can accept as infallable, and that’s the Bible.

The Third Solution comes to light with the discovery of a tablet at the Ishtar Gate of Babylon that says the seven sons of Jeconiah were castrated. By comparing the the Davidic lineage in 1 Chronicles 3:17-19, Luke 3:27 Jesus' line is traced back to Nathan whose brother was Solomon. The line goes down to Neri to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, son of Pedaiah, brother of Shealtiel.

While Jeconiah's line did end, his adoption of David's descendants through Nathan provided the line that gives Jesus the right to David's Throne where Jeconiah's own sons didn't, and neither did they have children because they were eunichs.

Quote of the Month from Jonathan Rosenblum

"The fossil record is largely one of species and groups of species coming into existence fully formed, remaining unchanged throughout their history, and becoming extinct by virtue of some great catastrophe, not because they were replaced by better-adapted descendants."

Question Darwin and Face the Consequences

What happens when a professor decides to present students with evidence that challenges Darwin's theory? Find out on this episode of ID the Future, where we've highlighted comments from biochemist Nancy Bryson Ph.D., a professor who knows firsthand the importance of academic freedom on college campuses.
Dr. Bryson was removed from her position as head of the division of natural sciences at Mississippi University for Women when she presented criticisms of evolution to a group of honor students. Listen as she recounts the chilling effect the university's censors' actions had on academic freedom and students' ability to question and engage in their material.

A Very Pleasant Surprise on American Idol

Hillsong Convention Centre

I don't watch American Idol as a rule. My wife had told me that night (4/9/08) the final eight contestants sang the worship song, Shout to the Lord written by Darlene Zschech. One thing was missing from the song that night, and that was the name of Jesus. I found this performance on You Tube.
I've noted that many of the songs we sing in our church (Calvary Chapel Chico) don't mention the name of Jesus specifically either, so my reaction was to marvel that God would use the most watched, secular, television program in the world, American Idol, as an instrument to get the Gospel into places that many Christians would or could never go. My thanks to God was to echo the Psalmists words, "This is the LORD's doing; it is marvellous in our eyes." - Psalm 118:23.
While I was on the computer watching the You Tube video of the previous night's performance, I could hear American Idol coming on again on the television in the next room. Then they aired another video of the group singing "Shout to the Lord", only this time the name of Jesus wasn't omitted! This is that performance (4/10/08).
Think of how this song speaks to the person who might have been contemplating taking his or her life. Or the impact of these words of hope to some down and outter who just lost everything, to hear the words, "my comfort, my shelter..." Nothing compares to the promise I have in You!"
That's the Gospel!

A Christian Nation

The prayer at the First Continental Congress

It is argued by some that America was never a "Christian Nation" and that such an idea was never in the minds of our founding fathers. The phrase that Thomas Jefferson wrote in his personal letter to the Danbury Baptists has been taken completely out of context and used by secularists who have no regard for the concept of a Christian God to erect a so called 'wall of separation' between our government and faith in our creator. That's why I wanted to reprint, here in this blog,

House Resolution 888

110th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 888
Affirming the rich spiritual and religious history of our Nation's founding and subsequent history and expressing support for designation of the first week in May as `American Religious History Week' for the appreciation of and education on America's history of religious faith.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 18, 2007
Mr. FORBES (for himself, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. AKIN, Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. FEENEY, Mr. GINGREY, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. HAYES, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. HERGER, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Mr. MCHENRY, Mrs. MUSGRAVE, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. PENCE, Mr. PITTS, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mrs. SCHMIDT, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. WOLF, and Mr. YOUNG of Florida) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

RESOLUTION
Affirming the rich spiritual and religious history of our Nation's founding and subsequent history and expressing support for designation of the first week in May as `American Religious History Week' for the appreciation of and education on America's history of religious faith.

Whereas religious faith was not only important in official American life during the periods of discovery, exploration, colonization, and growth but has also been acknowledged and incorporated into all 3 branches of American Federal government from their very beginning;

Whereas the Supreme Court of the United States affirmed this self-evident fact in a unanimous ruling declaring `This is a religious people ... From the discovery of this continent to the present hour, there is a single voice making this affirmation';

Whereas political scientists have documented that the most frequently-cited source in the political period known as The Founding Era was the Bible;

Whereas the first act of America's first Congress in 1774 was to ask a minister to open with prayer and to lead Congress in the reading of 4 chapters of the Bible;

Whereas Congress regularly attended church and Divine service together en masse;

Whereas throughout the American Founding, Congress frequently appropriated money for missionaries and for religious instruction, a practice that Congress repeated for decades after the passage of the Constitution and the First Amendment;

Whereas in 1776, Congress approved the Declaration of Independence with its 4 direct religious acknowledgments referring to God as the Creator (`All people are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness'), the Lawgiver (`the laws of nature and nature's God'), the Judge (`appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world'), and the Protector (`with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence');

Whereas upon approving the Declaration of Independence, John Adams declared that the Fourth of July `ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty';

Whereas 4 days after approving the Declaration, the Liberty Bell was rung;

Whereas the Liberty Bell was named for the Biblical inscription from Leviticus 25:10 emblazoned around it: `Proclaim liberty throughout the land, to all the inhabitants thereof';

Whereas in 1777, Congress, facing a National shortage of `Bibles for our schools, and families, and for the public worship of God in our churches,' announced that they `desired to have a Bible printed under their care & by their encouragement' and therefore ordered 20,000 copies of the Bible to be imported `into the different ports of the States of the Union';

Whereas in 1782, Congress pursued a plan to print a Bible that would be `a neat edition of the Holy Scriptures for the use of schools' and therefore approved the production of the first English language Bible printed in America that contained the congressional endorsement that `the United States in Congress assembled ... recommend this edition of the Bible to the inhabitants of the United States';

Whereas in 1782, Congress adopted (and has reaffirmed on numerous subsequent occasions) the National Seal with its Latin motto `Annuit Coeptis,' meaning `God has favored our undertakings,' along with the eye of Providence in a triangle over a pyramid, the eye and the motto `allude to the many signal interpositions of Providence in favor of the American cause';

Whereas the 1783 Treaty of Paris that officially endied the Revolution and established America as an independent begins with the appellation `In the name of the most holy and undivided Trinity';

Whereas in 1787 at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin declared, `God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? ... Without His concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel';

Whereas the delegates to the Constitutional Convention concluded their work by in effect placing a religious punctuation mark at the end of the Constitution in the Attestation Clause, noting not only that they had completed the work with `the unanimous consent of the States present' but they had done so `in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven';

Whereas James Madison declared that he saw the finished Constitution as a product of `the finger of that Almighty Hand which has been so frequently and signally extended to our relief in the critical stages of the Revolution,' and George Washington viewed it as `little short of a miracle,' and Benjamin Franklin believed that its writing had been `influenced, guided, and governed by that omnipotent, omnipresent, and beneficent Ruler, in Whom all inferior spirits live, and move, and have their being';

Whereas from 1787 to 1788, State conventions to ratify the United States Constitution not only began with prayer but even met in church buildings;

Whereas in 1795 during construction of the Capitol, a practice was instituted whereby `public worship is now regularly administered at the Capitol, every Sunday morning, at 11 o'clock';

Whereas in 1789, the first Federal Congress, the Congress that framed the Bill of Rights, including the First Amendment, appropriated Federal funds to pay chaplains to pray at the opening of all sessions, a practice that has continued to this day, with Congress not only funding its congressional chaplains but also the salaries and operations of more than 4,500 military chaplains;

Whereas in 1789, Congress, in the midst of framing the Bill of Rights and the First Amendment, passed the first Federal law touching education, declaring that `Religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged';

Whereas in 1789, on the same day that Congress finished drafting the First Amendment, it requested President Washington to declare a National day of prayer and thanksgiving, resulting in the first Federal official Thanksgiving proclamation that declared `it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor';

Whereas in 1800, Congress enacted naval regulations requiring that Divine service be performed twice every day aboard `all ships and vessels in the navy,' with a sermon preached each Sunday;

Whereas in 1800, Congress approved the use of the just-completed Capitol structure as a church building, with Divine services to be held each Sunday in the Hall of the House, alternately administered by the House and Senate chaplains;

Whereas in 1853 Congress declared that congressional chaplains have a `duty ... to conduct religious services weekly in the Hall of the House of Representatives';

Whereas by 1867, the church at the Capitol was the largest church in Washington, DC, with up to 2,000 people a week attending Sunday service in the Hall of the House;

Whereas by 1815, over 2,000 official governmental calls to prayer had been issued at both the State and the Federal levels, with thousands more issued since 1815;

Whereas in 1853 the United States Senate declared that the Founding Fathers `had no fear or jealousy of religion itself, nor did they wish to see us an irreligious people ... they did not intend to spread over all the public authorities and the whole public action of the nation the dead and revolting spectacle of atheistical apathy';

Whereas in 1854 the United States House of Representatives declared `It [religion] must be considered as the foundation on which the whole structure rests ... Christianity; in its general principles, is the great conservative element on which we must rely for the purity and permanence of free institutions';

Whereas, in 1864, by law Congress added `In God We Trust' to American coinage;

Whereas in 1864, Congress passed an act authorizing each State to display statues of 2 of its heroes in the United States Capitol, resulting in numerous statues of noted Christian clergymen and leaders at the Capitol, including Gospel ministers such as the Revs. James A. Garfield, John Peter Muhlenberg, Jonathan Trumbull, Roger Williams, Jason Lee, Marcus Whitman, and Martin Luther King Jr.; Gospel theologians such as Roger Sherman; Catholic priests such as Father Damien, Jacques Marquette, Eusebio Kino, and Junipero Serra; Catholic nuns such as Mother Joseph; and numerous other religious leaders;

Whereas in 1870, the Federal government made Christmas (a recognition of the birth of Christ, an event described by the U.S. Supreme Court as `acknowledged in the Western World for 20 centuries, and in this country by the people, the Executive Branch, Congress, and the courts for 2 centuries') and Thanksgiving as official holidays;

Whereas beginning in 1904 and continuing for the next half-century, the Federal government printed and distributed The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth for the use of Members of Congress because of the important teachings it contained;

Whereas in 1931, Congress by law adopted the Star-Spangled Banner as the official National Anthem, with its phrases such as `may the Heav'n-rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation,' and `this be our motto, `In God is our trust!';

Whereas in 1954, Congress by law added the phrase `one nation under God' to the Pledge of Allegiance;

Whereas in 1954 a special Congressional Prayer Room was added to the Capitol with a kneeling bench, an altar, an open Bible, an inspiring stained-glass window with George Washington kneeling in prayer, the declaration of Psalm 16:1: `Preserve me, O God, for in Thee do I put my trust,' and the phrase `This Nation Under God' displayed above the kneeling, prayerful Washington;

Whereas in 1956, Congress by law made `In God We Trust' the National Motto, and added the phrase to American currency;

Whereas the constitutions of each of the 50 states, either in the preamble or body, explicitly recognize or express gratitude to God;

Whereas America's first Presidential Inauguration incorporated 7 specific religious activities, including--
(1) the use of the Bible to administer the oath;
(2) affirming the religious nature of the oath by the adding the prayer `So help me God!' to the oath;
(3) inaugural prayers offered by the President;
(4) religious content in the inaugural address;
(5) civil leaders calling the people to prayer or acknowledgement of God;
(6) inaugural worship services attended en masse by Congress as an official part of congressional activities; and
(7) clergy-led inaugural prayers, activities which have been replicated in whole or part by every subsequent President;

Whereas President George Washington declared `Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports';

Whereas President John Adams, one of only 2 signers of the Bill of Rights and First Amendment, declared `As the safety and prosperity of nations ultimately and essentially depend on the protection and the blessing of Almighty God, and the national acknowledgment of this truth is not only an indispensable duty which the people owe to Him';

Whereas President Jefferson not only attended Divine services at the Capitol throughout his presidency and had the Marine Band play at the services, but during his administration church services were also begun in the War Department and the Treasury Department, thus allowing worshippers on any given Sunday the choice to attend church at either the United States Capitol, the War Department, or the Treasury Department if they so desired;

Whereas Thomas Jefferson urged local governments to make land available specifically for Christian purposes, provided Federal funding for missionary work among Indian tribes, and declared that religious schools would receive `the patronage of the government';

Whereas President Andrew Jackson declared that the Bible `is the rock on which our Republic rests';

Whereas President Abraham Lincoln declared that the Bible `is the best gift God has given to men ... But for it, we could not know right from wrong'

Whereas President William McKinley declared that `Our faith teaches us that there is no safer reliance than upon the God of our fathers, Who has so singularly favored the American people in every national trial and Who will not forsake us so long as we obey His commandments and walk humbly in His footsteps';

Whereas President Teddy Roosevelt declared `The Decalogue (Ten Commandments) and the Golden Rule must stand as the foundation of every successful effort to better either our social or our political life';

Whereas President Woodrow Wilson declared that `America was born to exemplify that devotion to the elements of righteousness which are derived from the revelations of Holy Scripture';

Whereas President Herbert Hoover declared that `American life is builded, and can alone survive, upon ... [the] fundamental philosophy announced by the Savior nineteen centuries ago';

Whereas President Franklin D. Roosevelt not only led the Nation in a 6 minute prayer during D-Day on June 6, 1944, but he also declared that `If we will not prepare to give all that we have and all that we are to preserve Christian civilization in our land, we shall go to destruction';

Whereas President Harry S. Truman declared that `The fundamental basis of this Nation's law was given to Moses on the Mount. The fundamental basis of our Bill of Rights comes from the teachings which we get from Exodus and St. Matthew, from Isaiah and St. Paul';

Whereas President Harry S. Truman told a group touring Washington, DC, that `You will see, as you make your rounds, that this Nation was established by men who believed in God. ... You will see the evidence of this deep religious faith on every hand';

Whereas President Dwight D. Eisenhower declared that `Without God there could be no American form of government, nor an American way of life. Recognition of the Supreme Being is the first,the most basic, expression of Americanism. Thus, the founding fathers of America saw it, and thus with God's help, it will continue to be' in a declaration later repeated with approval by President Gerald Ford;

Whereas President John F. Kennedy declared that `The rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God';

Whereas President Ronald Reagan, after noting `The Congress of the United States, in recognition of the unique contribution of the Bible in shaping the history and character of this Nation and so many of its citizens, has ... requested the President to designate the year 1983 as the `Year of the Bible',' officially declared 1983 as `The Year of the Bible';

Whereas every other President has similarly recognized the role of God and religious faith in the public life of America;

Whereas all sessions of the United States Supreme Court begin with the Court's Marshal announcing, `God save the United States and this honorable court';

Whereas a regular and integral part of official activities in the Federal courts, including the United States Supreme Court, was the inclusion of prayer by a minister of the Gospel;

Whereas the United States Supreme Court has declared throughout the course of our Nation's history that the United States is `a Christian country', `a Christian nation', `a Christian people', `a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being', and that `we cannot read into the Bill of Rights a philosophy of hostility to religion';

Whereas Justice John Jay, an author of the Federalist Papers and original Justice of the United States Supreme Court, urged `The most effectual means of securing the continuance of our civil and religious liberties is always to remember with reverence and gratitude the Source from which they flow';

Whereas Justice James Wilson, a signer of the Constitution, declared that `Human law must rest its authority ultimately upon the authority of that law which is Divine ... Far from being rivals or enemies, religion and law are twin sisters, friends, and mutual assistants';

Whereas Justice William Paterson, a signer of the Constitution, declared that `Religion and morality ... [are] necessary to good government, good order, and good laws';

Whereas President George Washington, who passed into law the first legal acts organizing the Federal judiciary, asked, `where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths in the courts of justice?';

Whereas some of the most important monuments, buildings, and landmarks in Washington, DC, include religious words, symbols, and imagery;

Whereas in the United States Capitol the declaration `In God We Trust' is prominently displayed in both the United States House and Senate Chambers;

Whereas around the top of the walls in the House Chamber appear images of 23 great lawgivers from across the centuries, but Moses (the lawgiver, who--according to the Bible--originally received the law from God,) is the only lawgiver honored with a full face view, looking down on the proceedings of the House;

Whereas religious artwork is found throughout the United States Capitol, including in the Rotunda where the prayer service of Christopher Columbus, the Baptism of Pocahontas, and the prayer and Bible study of the Pilgrims are all prominently displayed; in the Cox Corridor of the Capitol where the words `America! God shed His grace on thee' are inscribed; at the east Senate entrance with the words `Annuit Coeptis' which is Latin for `God has favored our undertakings'; and in numerous other locations;

Whereas images of the Ten Commandments are found in many Federal buildings across Washington, DC, including in bronze in the floor of the National Archives; in a bronze statue of Moses in the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress; in numerous locations at the U.S. Supreme Court, including in the frieze above the Justices, the oak door at the rear of the Chamber, the gable apex, and in dozens of locations on the bronze latticework surrounding the Supreme Court Bar seating;

Whereas in the Washington Monument not only are numerous Bible verses and religious acknowledgements carved on memorial blocks in the walls, including the phrases: `Holiness to the Lord' (Exodus 28:26, 30:30, Isaiah 23:18, Zechariah 14:20), `Search the Scriptures' (John 5:39), `The memory of the just is blessed' (Proverbs 10:7), `May Heaven to this Union continue its beneficence', and `In God We Trust', but the Latin inscription Laus Deo meaning `Praise be to God' is engraved on the monument's capstone;

Whereas of the 5 areas inside the Jefferson Memorial into which Jefferson's words have been carved, 4 are God-centered, including Jefferson's declaration that `God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that His justice cannot sleep forever';

Whereas the Lincoln Memorial contains numerous acknowledgments of God and citations of Bible verses, including the declarations that `we here highly resolve that ... this nation under God ... shall not perish from the earth'; `The Almighty has His own purposes. `Woe unto the world because of offenses; for it must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh' (Matthew 18:7); `as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said `the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether' (Psalms 19:9); `one day every valley shall be exalted and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh see it together' (Dr. Martin Luther King's speech, based on Isaiah 40:4-5);

Whereas in the Library of Congress, The Giant Bible of Mainz, and The Gutenberg Bible are on prominent permanent display and etched on the walls are Bible verses, including: `The light shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehendeth it not' (John 1:5); `Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore, get wisdom and with all thy getting, get understanding' (Proverbs 4:7); `What doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God' (Micah 6:8); and `The heavens declare the Glory of God, and the firmament showeth His handiwork' (Psalm 19:1);

Whereas numerous other of the most important American government leaders, institutions, monuments, buildings, and landmarks both openly acknowledge and incorporate religious words, symbols, and imagery into official venues;

Whereas such acknowledgments are even more frequent at the State and local level than at the Federal level, where thousands of such acknowledgments exist; and
Whereas the first week in May each year would be an appropriate week to designate as `American Religious History Week':

Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the United States House of Representatives---

(1) affirms the rich spiritual and diverse religious history of our Nation's founding and subsequent history, including up to the current day;
(2) recognizes that the religious foundations of faith on which America was built are critical underpinnings of our Nation's most valuable institutions and form the inseparable foundation for America's representative processes, legal systems, and societal structures;
(3) rejects, in the strongest possible terms, any effort to remove, obscure, or purposely omit such history from our Nation's public buildings and educational resources; and
(4) expresses support for designation of a `American Religious History Week' every year for the appreciation of and education on America's history of religious faith.

Science Reveals Intelligent Design

Here are some off site resources to access on some issues and answers that I've found helpful. Helpful in a way that it is not biased by the prevailing Darwinian world view being taught to the exclusion of any other theory of origins in Americas public schools. There are at least two other creationist view points in accordance with the Judeo-Christian model and other Intelligent Design (ID) viewpoints that recognize a creator not specific to any religion.

Thanks to All About Science, Answers in Genesis and Intelligent Design the Future for these links.

Evolution's Glass Ceiling

Does Darwinism Have Any Impact on Modern Medical Science?

Biologist vs. Biologist from PBS's Uncommon Knowledge

The Design of Life: What the Evidence of Biological Systems Reveals

How Does a Brain Surgeon Become a Darwin Skeptic?

The Mind-Body Problem and Promissory Materialism

Dr. Michael Egnor's Brain Hypothesis

Darwinism and the War on Traditional Christianity

Salvo Magazine on Intelligent Design

Deconstructing Dawkins

The History of the NAS Report on Evolution

Micro or Macro? Microbiologist Ralph Seelke on Evolution

Texas Darwinists Oppose Critical Thinking

Biologist vs. Biologist from PBS's Uncommon Knowledge

The Dark Darwinian History of Eugenics

Extrasolar Planets, the Copernican Principle, and Expelled: An Interview with Dr. Guillermo Gonzalez

Anthropic Principle Video

Origin Of Life Video

Origin Of The Universe

Spontaneous Generation

Cell Structure

Microscopic Organisms

Behe's Irreducible Complexity

The Fossil Record

The Fossil Record II

Evolution and the Fossil Record

Intelligent Design Theory

Evidence For Intelligent Design

DNA Double Helix Video

DNA Double Helix

DNA Molecule

Human Eye

Trilobite Eye

Miracle Of Life

Theory Of Relativity Video

Second Law of Thermodynamics Video

Origin of Life Video

Age of the Earth

Age of the Earth part II

Carbon Dating

Carbon Dating part II

Assumptions of Radio Metric Dating

Geologic Time Scale: Circular Reasoning

Second Law of Thermodynamics Video

Charles Darwin

Origin of Species

Darwin's Theory

What Darwin Didn't Know video

Evolutionism- Broad Strokes

Evolution of Man video

Thomas Huxley - Darwin's Bulldog

Social Darwinism
Does God Exist - man on the street video clip.

Does God Exist

What is Truth -video

America In Bible Prophecy

America may appear in Bible prophecy - Click on the links below:

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Final thoughts

Nuclear Warfare Depicted in the Bible