Oh my God... Where am I to begin? How shall I convey to all those who fellowship with me (us) at Cephas that we are in it, "the beginning of the beginning of the end of times?" Master, the majority of American Christians don't want to hear about your long promised judgments being handed down and fulfilled in these last hours before the dawn of the third day. So many with whom I have contended have mocked me and others like me declaring that President Bush's assault against terrorism isn't God's work yet your Word established long ago that it would be and it is. American Christians are quick to cast condemnation upon Islamic peoples far across the Sea yet are unable to recognize their own rebellion right here at home. Man makes war with man in judgment, condemning another's faith but both are far from recognizing their own rebellion against you. Surely this is a case of your enemy being delivered into enemy hands. You shake the regions afar with tremendous earthquakes destroying hundreds of thousands and smite our lands with fierce windstorm (hurricanes) and raging fires that cannot be quenched by man's device. Soon there shall be no place to hide for volcanoes will spew hot hatred, the lands everywhere will crack and move diverting rivers and flooding homes. The rains will pour relentlessly in one part and the plains will be set ablaze in another. Seas will rise again and winds will topple the works of man. There will be no place for man to hide from his shame for his darkest motives are exposed in these final hours of the second day.

Daniel 2:21 "And he changes the times and the seasons; he removes kings, and sets up kings; he gives wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that have understanding;"
Proverbs 8:15-16 "By me kings reign, And princes decree justice. By me princes rule, And nobles, even all the judges of the earth."
Proverbs 21:1 "The king's heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turns it whithersoever he will."
Isaiah 46:9-11 "Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me; declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure; calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country; yea, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed, I will also do it."

Carnal minded men declare natural ecological forces are responsible for this planet's increasing geological and meteorological adversity without considering more carefully the greater Spiritual conflicts at play in the rising death tolls of humans across the planet. Who is willing to regard your judgments handed down long beforehand oh Lord? The conspiracy theorists are having a hay day with all this new ever changing, rapidly advancing storm of chaos and anarchy sweeping the planet and we (Your ministers of righteousness) are numbered among the transgressors casting stones and pointing fingers of blame. Everywhere we turn to look, read or study on the Internet, television and radio, we hear blame being tossed to and fro like frothing waves in a stormy sea. The audible and visual noises of all these things are deafening and mind numbing to say the least. There is so much information traffic available it leaves the researchers wandering through a massive cesspool of misinformation as they seek out the truth and understanding of what is gripping our respective societies. How can one know where to turn, who to believe, what information to trust, what they might do and how to get started or even where to begin? Surely these are the days of judgment upon us and the time for repentance is nearly passed. You smite the earth with your fist today as you have in ages past for you are unchanging. Your anger increases with every passing day that man does not relent in his rebellion against you. So again, I beseech thee oh Lord, where do I begin? Grant me the grace Lord to speak your Word in this hour for I fear our time and resource is about up and nearly spent. Let your Word Lord be that which speaks volumes to all the Nations and be heard above the noise of human argument. Let your Word pierce the veil of human indifference bringing man to his knees in sorrowful repentance. Let me be regarded as yet another voice from out of the wilderness sent to add discernable volume to my brethren's cries in your household that together we may be heard as one voice with one accord speaking your Word and not our own. Make it so Lord, according to your will. Grant as I pray in the name of Christ Jesus - AMEN

History has seemed to repeat itself in many ways over the centuries. Think not that history will not repeat itself again for we are once again in a terrible conflict with Babylon. Why must it be so you might ask? God gives His reason very plainly for He says today as He once said long ago... Jeremiah 19:15 "Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words." For the same reasons as before, the Nations who have failed to honor New covenant with God are already experiencing God's terrible and unchanging nature towards those who refuse His timely Word. Jeremiah 21:4-10 "Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans that besiege you, without the walls; and I will gather them into the midst of this city. And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation. And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence. And afterward, saith Jehovah, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, even such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy. And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death. He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he that goeth out, and passeth over to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey. For I have set my face upon this city for evil, and not for good, saith Jehovah: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire."

The story is being fulfilled yet again. Though the names of Kings have changed, the hearts of men have not. Though the times seemed to have advanced with technologies making some Nations appear superior over others, the mind and heart of man has not changed towards God. America and Great Britain appears to be Israel's greatest allies yet the leading member Nations of the UN are fully behind the acquisition and control over the Holy City, Jerusalem and Israel is being forced into dividing up her lands to the predators whom have long sought their destruction. What kind of friend leads you into an ambush? What kind of ally turns his back on you with the threat of adversity and seeks to make unacceptable concessions on your behalf? Who wins and who looses? Who comes out looking like the hero when all you once had as your own inheritance became as spoils of war and divided up amongst your enemies? Is America really a friend and ally to Israel? Is not the object of such concessions really for the controlling interests of oil rich Middle East lands and a futile attempt to avert the inevitable nuclear holocaust pending on the horizon?

You cannot simply know a man by his title or soothing words. Neither can you know a Nation by her might and loosely constructed agreements. Today, the label of clergyman (pastor, preacher, priest) in America does not make a man a true Christian. Neither do the stores of heavy nuclear armament make a Nation great and/or superior over another. What separates a true God fearing man from a hireling is his desire for righteousness and demonstrated efforts and behavior towards true justice. What separates a Nation's superiority from another's inferiority is its ability to pursue righteousness and practice godly justice on behalf of its citizenry. A righteous Nation seeks to protect its citizens from evil and serve the causes of good for all its peoples. A righteous man seeks to serve his fellow man selflessly without selfish gain being the personal motive. The mainstream American clergy wearing Christian lapels are hirelings devoted to there own personal gains acquiring self-importance. The agendum of America and her allied neighbors seeks to gain power and wealth from other Nations at the expense of peoples they deem less important than they (common folk, i.e. the poor & middle class) do. This has become a method for achieving economic security. American Corporations have sold out America for more profitable foreign interests. Your American jobs have gone overseas to manufacture the goods you purchase at home. To "buy American" anymore is an oxymoron. The deeds of a man make his faith or belief self evident as do the deeds of Nations make their true desire and intent known. National boundaries are rapidly diminishing over the whole planet under the guise of "Global Security" just as Christ-like faith in God has been diluted and intermixed with social and economic human agendas. Freedom and rights now outweigh moral duty and responsibility. The people of America are allowing their elected officials and those whom they appoint to legislate morality and redefine righteousness. America as we once knew it is rapidly diminishing and becoming one with the "third world" as the United Nations level the playing field of societies. American sovereignty is all but dissolved as we become more and more a part of "The New World Order."

America was once defined (or so we were brainwashed to believe) by her Constitution and citizenry and her democracy was designed to give the people power holding the country's elected officials accountable. The very heart and intent of "We the people, by the people, for the people" was to limit government. This clearly is no longer the case. Much of the power that was once held by American citizens in the US election process was lost due to their elected officials appointing other persons to head up various departments and agencies which ultimately became government and private corporate partnerships. These appointed officials are less accountable in that they cannot be voted out because they are literally heads of  "corporate bodies." The American people have literally lost power over their democracy because their own democracy shape shifted under their noses to a deformed type of socialism. But the redistribution of wealth in this case is not benefiting the lower classes of America. The whole world has now become the focus and agenda of governance. "Globalism" is maturing rapidly. The stage is being set for the final Anti-Christ to take his seat in Jerusalem. Ask yourself what steps took place that led us to these inevitable changes? How does Jerusalem have anything to do with what is happening here and abroad in other countries? What role does the United Nations play in all this changing scenery? What specific changes took place over the last 50 years that brought us to the Middle East conflict today? With the help of other God fearing brethren, I will attempt to answer some of these questions and connect the dots, as it were.

Forming a Separate Covenant with Jerusalem

On November 29, 1947 the General Assembly of the United Nations passed a resolution that forever changed the status of Jerusalem in relation to its position in the world. Resolution 181 [II] was passed with hardly any notice. The full effect of this resolution is staggering! This resolution established Jerusalem as a "corpus separatum". This is a legal term meaning a "body of separate covenant." In passing this resolution the United Nations (UN) declared that it has one covenant with Jerusalem (Resolution 181 [II] and one with the rest of the world (the UN Charter). Israel as a country is to abide by the UN Charter. In the eyes of the UN, Jerusalem is seen as one entity (or body) and the world as another.

This happened six months before the declaration of the State of Israel! It is important to understand that this has never happened before in history. No city has ever been set aside by a human government so as to abide by different laws than the rest of the world. The goal of the UN is to establish an "international regime" for Jerusalem (Resolution 194 [III] - December 11, 1948) to be created by the Trusteeship Council. This is a council of the UN that has been delegated full authority over Jerusalem. It is interesting to note that the five members of the Trusteeship Council are the same as the five permanent members of the Security Council. On April 4, 1950 the Council passed the "Statute of City of Jerusalem." This statute sets forth the guidelines and regulations for the ruling of Jerusalem by the "international regime".

For reasons known only to the Lord, this statute has not yet been enforced. Israel adopted its "Basic Law: Jerusalem" in August of 1980. To those who would question Israel's jurisdiction over its capital city, the "Basic Law" serves as a reiteration of the basic facts concerning Jerusalem and Israel's intention of maintaining their right to it. It was introduced into the Knesset in May of that same year. On June 30, 1980, the Security Council (the only U.N. body with authority to enforce the resolutions) passed Resolution 476 [1980] by a vote of 14-0 with one abstention  the United States. It stated that it was "gravely concerned about the legislative steps initiated in the Israeli Knesset".

The resolution is a general denial of Israel's right to Jerusalem and "urgently calls on Israel, the occupying Power, to abide by the present and previous Security Council resolutions..." the interesting element of this resolution is that it is based on a letter from the "representative of Pakistan, the current Chairman of the Organization of the Islamic Conference". Later that same year, on August 20, the Security Council passed Resolution 478 [1980]. The vote, again, was 14-0 with one abstention - the United States. This resolution censured "in the strongest terms" the enactment by Israel of the "Basic Law" on Jerusalem. It stated that the enactment of the "Basic Law" constituted a violation of international law. The resolution also affirms the position of the Palestinians as "Civilian Persons in Time of War" as set forth in the Geneva Convention of August 12, 1949. Israel is seen as the "occupying Power" in the Land. Resolution 478 [1980] has been "repeated" by the General Assembly every year from 1981 up to, and including, 1987:

Resolution 36/120 E - December 10, 1981
Resolution 37/123 C - December 16, 1982
Resolution 38/180 C - December 19, 1983
Resolution 39/146 C - December 14, 1984
Resolution 40/168 C - December 16, 1985
Resolution 41/162 C - December 4, 1986
Resolution 42/209 D - December 11, 1987


Jerusalem is the most contested and sought after city in all of history. Many nations and peoples have come against it: Assyrians, Egyptians, Babylonians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Persians, Arabs, Crusaders, Mamelukes, Turks, Britons, and Jordanians. If this were only a physical battle, it would be hard to understand the reasoning behind this. However, the heart of the battle is spiritual. Ephesians 6:12 "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."

God has declared that Jerusalem shall be His Throne (Zechariah 8:3). His Word has proclaimed that He will reign in Jerusalem forever. This fact is well known by Satan. Even from the beginning, Satan declared that he would sit on God's Throne (Isaiah 14:13). In rebuking Satan, the Lord even mentioned that He had chosen it: "And the Lord said to Satan, 'The Lord rebuke you, Satan!" Indeed, the Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you!" (Zechariah 3:2). When the Lord was moving Israel into the Land from Egypt, it was Amalek who attacked the women and children, striking from the rear (Exodus 17:8-16). Seeing the true spiritual battle, Moses stated that there was "...a hand on the throne of Yah" (direct translation from the Hebrew Scriptures).

In 70 CE, Titus destroyed the Second Temple and all of Jerusalem. The Jewish remnant was driven into all the nations just as Jesus had spoken (Luke 21:24). He also spoke of Jerusalem being "trampled under foot by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled". On the morning of June 7, 1967, Israel retook Jerusalem. However, the prophecy spoken by Jesus was not entirely fulfilled at that time. There is still one part of Jerusalem that is not completely under Israeli control: the Har Hakodesh (the Holy Mountain). Moshe Dayan (Minister of Defense at that time) allowed Moslem authorities to retain authority over this area. The prince of Islam has defiled this most holy place with a satanic veil as a covering over the entire mountain. However, the Lord has declared He will remove this covering: "And on this mountain He will swallow up the covering which is over all peoples, even the veil which is stretched over all nations" (Isaiah 25:7).

We believe the sanctification of the Har Hakodesh is the final step in fulfilling the prophecy spoken by Jesus. Jerusalem truly is a "corpus separatum." However, the Lord sets it aside, not by the United Nations. The Lord declares, "Behold, I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that causes reeling (cup of trembling) to all the peoples around" (Zechariah 12:2). He also said that He would put hooks in the mouths of all the nations and draw them into war against Israel (Ezekiel 38:4). The nations are beginning to gather against Israel, specifically Jerusalem. It is only a matter of time before the UN resolutions are enforced. All of the actions currently being taken by the UN are only preparations for the final conflict with Israel. We have been appointed watchmen on the walls of Jerusalem (Isaiah 62:6-7). To the one who is a real follower of Messiah Jesus, Jerusalem should be a primary concern. As Jesus set His face toward Jerusalem, so should we. The hour is late. "When you see all these things, recognize that He is near, right at the door" (Matthew 24:33).

Shifting the Tax Burden

Now we the people have become literal slaves to support and feed the "Beast" who will later over power us and strip us of any hope of ever getting ahead of the burdening financial oppression we are experiencing. Let us re-count the 1913 birth of the U.S. tax code. Over the past 92 years, the burden of taxation has been shifted from the highest income tax to the middle class as income tax rates under Ronald Reagan dropped from 60% to 35%. That same year, the Federal Reserve Act was passed. What this meant is that a private corporation, the Federal Reserve, now manages the monetary and financial system of the United States of America. As such, they have greater power than our president and Congress as they control the banking system and the country's business cycle.

You may recall that the purpose of the Federal Reserve was to eliminate the ups and downs of the business cycle. However, the US has not experienced that as it appears that the Feds have embraced Joseph Schumpeter's theory of creative destruction which is based on the boom/bust business cycle (Joseph Schumpeter, Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy, 1942, p.83). Will the American people ever figure out that the reason why we cannot forgive ourselves the interest on the national debt is because we owe it to a private corporation and they want what the interest which Congress originally agreed to when they passed the Federal Reserve Act? If you want to know where they get their money to lend to our government they're printing it themselves! For more on the Federal Reserve system and the long hidden truth, download these videos before they disappear:
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Dissolving International Boundaries

Beginning in 1944, the walls between the nation-states began to fall as a new international infrastructure was set in place above the nation-states. One example of this was the United States signing in 1947 the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs, which became the World Trade Organization in 1994. With the birth of the International Monetary Fund/World Bank, the financial and economic barriers fell, with the birth of the United Nations, the political barriers fell, with the birth of the World Trade Organization, the trade barriers fell, with the birth of the International Criminal Court, the legal barriers fell, and as a result of 9/11, military and intelligence barriers fell between the nation-states. Thus today, we are in a border-less world.

Dividing the States of America  Regionalization

In 1971, President Richard Nixon, issued Executive Order No. 11647 which divided the United States into ten regions, each with its own administrator who then reports directly to the president. Described as "metro government" or "regional government," it decreases the lines of power and authority, which centralizes all the decision-making in the White House. Today, Metro or Regional Government is alive and well as it is being given greater position not only in all of the new rebuilding of the new development plans being made public by Mississippi and New Orleans, but with many states trying to pass laws to consolidate the local, county, and village levels of government. Furthermore, our government has circumvented the power of the states by now taking the funds the states send them and re-distributing it to the metro or regional government instead! Many of the infrastructure needs such as transportation, waste, water, etc. are all on a "regional" basis.

With regard to this regionalism, while the U.S. has been divided up nationally, we are also part of a hemispheric free trade bloc known as the Free Trade Areas of the Americas-FTAA. While the FTAA will involve all 34 countries in this hemisphere, it is being implemented gradually. The North American Free Trade Area-NAFTA was passed in 1994 and in 2005, the Central American Free Trade Agreement-CAFTA was passed. Because of the opposition to this bill, President Bush made a special trip to Capital Hill where he twisted arms by granting over 6,000 pork barrel promises, which were funded by the Transportation Bill, and it passed before the summer recess.

It should be noted that any type of regional government, either within the U.S. or within the hemisphere is government by appointed officials and not ELECTED officials. Just as the UN system is based on appointed officials, so too is regional government, which is the extension of the UN form of government. In other words, the ability of the people to have say will not be through elected officials but by APPOINTED officials. In Our Global Neighborhood, The Commission on Global Governance in 1995 wrote, "The UN must prepare for a time when regionalism becomes more ascendant worldwide, and even help the process." This brings us to the new actors that are now involved in governance.

The globalists do not like to refer to the new structure, which is being birthed in the world as "world government." Instead, they prefer to call it "global governance." This term refers to all the new actors that are making their views known. In the past, at the United Nations General Assembly, only member-states made speeches during the General Assembly, but because of the rise of corporations through the Prince of Wales Business Leaders Forum, the International Chamber of Commerce and other international groups, business and non-governmental organizations now give presentations. Also, both of these groups freely lobby at the UN, at global conferences, and nationally.

Partnering "Big Business with Government"

In 1990, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales put together a new organization, the Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum, with the purpose of setting up public-private partnerships-PPP between governments, business, and non-governmental organizations. Basically, public-private partnerships provide a way for corporations to become "co-managers" with government regarding the governance of the country. The Prince admitted in a speech while he was in the United States that he met with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to see if business and government could work together. What came out of their discussions was the U.N. Global Compact.

Today, thousands of public-private partnerships are operating worldwide and are now commonplace. They include partnerships for schools, sewer systems, transportation, water, utilities, etc. In fact the proposed Trans Texas Corridor will be a PPP. At the 2002 World Summit for Sustainable Development, over 250 PPP’s were formed - that activity was unprecedented! One is the Congo Basin Forest Partnership which involves 14 governments, including the U.S. and 8 African countries, 8 environmental groups like the World Wildlife Fund along with the American Forest and Paper Association which represents 200 companies. This partnership includes 74 million acres of land in Africa. Furthermore, there are dozens of these types of complex partnerships that the U.S. has entered into that include countries around the world.

Giving More Power to the Gentile Beast; United Nations

In 2000, the United Nations was given an overhaul in which more power was given to the Secretary-General and the General Assembly. It was also given the ability to have its own rapid defense force. Furthermore, it was given the ability to raise its own finances through various schemes to be determined in the future. Lastly, the UN unveiled the Millennium Development Goals to reduce poverty, hunger, and disease worldwide which will demand new ways to find new sources of funds. With this background, we can now understand the events of 2005.

Catastrophic Events Uniting the Global Community; God ordained or man-made?

Since 9/11, which tore down the final barriers between the nation-states, which were the intelligence and military barriers, the world has entered the "finishing stage." By this we are talking about finding ways to integrate the people of the world so that they are one and feel they have common concerns or catastrophic occurrences, which blend the peoples together as one. The people now have to be brought together as one people. The Indonesian Tsunami did just that. The outpouring of aid from around the world was unprecedented. Even Presidents Bush and Clinton teamed up to raise monies. Schools, churches, the Boy Scouts, department stores, football teams, singers, actors, and famous people from across the U.S. raised monies.

The U.S. gave $1B in gifts and donations alone. At the 2005 World Economic Forum, Sharon Stone put up $10,000 and challenged attendees to give money for the tsunami. Within minutes, she raised $1M. Interestingly enough, a number of the corporations of the Global Compact were there, even before governments could get aid to the devastated area. This global outpouring of compassion helped to solidify the people of the world. Then Hurricanes Katrina and Rita continued the compassionate response that only comes from the most sacred place a person has - the heart. Now it was time for other countries to come to the aid of America.

Since there are no longer any barriers between the nation-states, that means the poor, starving, and diseased of the world are everyone's responsibility, or so they would have us believe. The Fabian socialists would call this a transfer of wealth. At the 2004 Group of Eight meeting in Sea Island, Georgia and then at the 2005 World Economic Forum in January, French President Jacques Chirac called for a global tax for the poor. In Davos, he specified a tax on airline tickets. At the July, 2005 Group of Eight meeting in Scotland, it was high on the agenda for the heads of state with the French specifying the parameters. When I (Joan Veon) asked Chirac if there would be other kinds of global taxes if this were successful, he told me "they had many other types planned." In fact, right before Christmas, the French Government passed a levy tax on airline tickets to generate $236M a year for health programs aimed at helping the world's poorest countries. Of course the United Nations as a creative way of raising money applauded this measure. Perhaps I should mention that this is the first time since the Roman Empire in the time of the birth of Jesus, wherein a global tax has been passed.

The Devaluation of Humanity and the Loss of Personal Property Rights

If you own property in the United States, you may be surprised to discover that you are in fact not a "real property" owner. You own no property because slaves can't own property. Read the Deed to the property that you think is yours. You are listed as a Tenant. (Senate Document 43, 73rd Congress 1st Session) No one on this planet has ever been free. This planet is a Slave Colony under the authority of a "One World Government." Since WW II, it became much better organized and was given a name in 1945; the United Nations. The UN is a One World Super Government under which we have One World Government, One World Law and a One World Monetary System.

New York City is defined in the Federal Regulations as the United Nations. Rudolph Gulliani stated on C-Span that "New York City was the capital of the World" and he was correct. (20 CFR chapter 111,subpart B 422.103 (b) (2)(2)
In 1992, the UN held the "Rio Earth Summit" in which those attending, which numbered less than 30,000, agreed to Agenda 21 which is a complete reordering of the planet. It basically elevates the earth above the value of man, as man's value is dependent on if he or she can produce. It basically says that the earth's resources need to be counted, controlled, and monitored for "future generations." Fifteen years later, every country in the world has changed how their government operates as sustainable development is carried out worldwide. One of the treaties encompassed in Agenda 21 is the UN Biological Diversity Treaty which says man has to be sequestered into “growth areas” so that the rest of the country can be put back for the purpose of re-wilding selected areas allowing animals to roam freely.

At the heart of Agenda 21 is sustainable development, which supports "highest and best useâ" of the world's resources, which includes you and me. As a result of Agenda 21's Biological Diversity Treaty, man needs to be sequestered into growth areas. In 1997, the state of Maryland was the first to pass "Smart Growth" legislation, which designates areas of growth, that a state will allow in order to supporting those areas with infrastructure. Non-growth areas are those that will not be supported by the State with tax dollars for infrastructure. Maryland's Smart Growth legislation was in effect the passage of the UN Biological Diversity Treaty.

In 2005, personal property rights, the very cornerstone of American civilization, were dealt a severe blow with the Supreme Court in Kelo vs. New London ruling which says that the city had the right to use eminent domain to force highest and best use of property that would create jobs and increase tax revenue for the public good. Around the U.S., the use of eminent domain is gaining popularity. Now everyone's home and property is at risk.

In September 2005, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour brought together a team of 110 urban planners in architecture, regional and community planning, civil and transportation engineering, environmentalism, codes and laws, retail, economics, public process and communication who came together to envision and plan to rebuild 11 coastal cities and 120 miles of coastal region. Headed up by the Congress for New Urbanism, they are now in the process of obtaining community agreement for their plans. It should be noted that the "New Urbanism" which the Congress uses is basically Smart Growth or the UN Biological Diversity Treaty. It encompasses a return to the town planning principles in practice before use of the automobile, recycling existing buildings and land where possible. This promotes a sense of community, revitalizing historic down-towns' and residential neighborhoods, giving people the option of walking, bilking or taking public transportation, living in high density sectors and using mass transit as sustainable transportation.

The New Urbanism encompasses the sustainable philosophy of highest and best use. Therefore, if there are key neighborhoods that can be rebuilt to attract businesses: hotels, office buildings, convention centers to bring in more tax revenues, those neighborhoods will be subject to eminent domain. The plans drawn up by the Congress for New Urbanism also use regional or metro government as well as public-private partnerships.

It should be noted that at every turn, working behind the scenes is Prince Charles. Not only has he been responsible for the implementation of sustainable development world wide, the establishment of public-private partnerships, but also he has supported the rise of the philosophies encompassed in the "New Urbanism." In this regard, he sent two of his key planners to help rebuild the New South. [To understand "Smart Growth" and Sustainable Development you must see the video " Liberty or Sustainable Development:] Now, we become like animals herded into sequestered areas living like crowded sheep penned up by wolves with no freedom to roam.

The above excerpts are taken from the article "Slouching Towards Global Enslavement" by Joan Veon. Related Article: Sustainable Development: Creating Crisis, Shortage and a Police State. Edited for emphasis


The Judgments of a Righteous GOD

In contrasting the charitable responses of the International community related to the catastrophic events discussed above, having become a catalyst in bringing humanity together, I want to express my profound disgust on America's performance as seen in the wake of it's own catastrophic events of last year's hurricane season. Keep in mind that America is largely seen by the European and Asian communities as a "Christian Nation." But the truth is that the United States Government was not founded upon Christianity. (Treaty of Tripoli 8 Stat 154.) It has been true that by the virtues of faith, some of our historical leaders have been believing Christians but it can never be said that our government was ever truly "Christian." Don't let the "In GOD We Trust" on the currency fool you. The god whom American leaders have relied upon and served so dutifully for so long is the god of Freemasonry; Lucifer the "light bearer."

 So how did America stack up in it's humanitarian efforts to save it's own people from the wrath of judgment in the form of so-called "natural disasters?" A European living in Switzerland recently wrote and reported the huge contrasts between how a so-called godless Nation like Switzerland stacked up against Christian America in times of catastrophic adversity. The contrasts are sharp and riveting.

He writes, "To show how blatantly insane Americans have become, and to prove that America is already under the curse of God's wrath, look for a minute at the equally devastating record floods which pounded Switzerland in August. Fresh from this disaster and great financial hardship, the Swiss were simply shocked and aghast at what they saw in New Orleans. In Switzerland, when there is a major flood catastrophe (such as in August 2005), the military and townsfolk show up instantly, before the peak of the flood, unarmed, laying down massive quantities of sandbags to all the private homes and shops, working 24 hours as needed, often sandbagging entire streets for several kilometers. Helicopters ferried out all those at risk, with the priority on people and animals, then protecting homes, then businesses. Even the cows were airlifted out of danger, one at a time, at great expense, for the sake of basic principles of human life and dignity. To find the soldiers, you only needed to find the edge of the water and sandbags. There was zero theft, not even a bottle of milk; no storefronts were smashed, people were not swearing at each other, citizens were not faced with a hostile armed military, there were no armed guards to prevent theft overnight, there were no masked government hoodlums threatening people, none! Not one shot was fired (in a land where virtually every home has a military-caliber weapon and ammo at the ready!) Food panic never even entered anyone's mind, for in godless Switzerland (1% say they are born again, versus 40% in the USA), every town has a bunker and shelter, with a cot and food and water for each human being in that town. It costs something, and takes some planning, but in godless Switzerland, the main purpose of the government is the safety and security of the people."

The writer continues, "Imagine that, wretched "Christian" America! To give you an idea of just how cool everything went here, helicopters were made available to ferry the children of isolated towns to school, and to airlift all tourists out, and for townsfolk to go shopping or to work. No one was forced from their homes, though several homes were voluntarily evacuated due to deadly mountainous landslide conditions for a couple days. There were no callused and hardened killing machines (soldiers) dropping cans into polluted water, but rather professional private craft were hired to keep the local stores stocked. Do you have ears to hear O Christian America? No towns were evacuated and locked down in blatant USA-style Nazi-fashion. One town even got a new, complete temporary road built within 3 days, so that homeowners would not have to abandon their homes for several weeks. Within one week of the high-water point, 99% of all insurance claims had already been assessed and a check put in homeowners and businesses hands. All this from a godless society, typical of Europe."

Now trusting that many of you who are reading this Scroll also saw the news reporting of what happened in the wakes of Hurricane Katrina and Rita, let us examine the US response more closely. We all heard of the long delay and mishandling by the FEMA director, who President Bush publicly acknowledged on his first visit to New Orleans, "was doing a good job," and a week later was replaced for his lack of competence. There were competent and credible reports sent to Washington DC warning that the 40 year old levies would likely breach under increasing tidal surge and rain yet there was no immediate response or proactive measures taken by FEMA to prepare for the flooding which was imminent. Many lives, homes and businesses would have experienced decreased losses if our responsible emergency managers would have gotten off their pompous asses and done their jobs! What good is such an agency when the cries of citizens are ignored in the wake of a crisis?

We all saw on our TV's as the news was unfolding, armored vehicles and armed military units rolling down the streets while their brothers and sisters and neighbors were dying. Military thugs were refusing -- at gunpoint -- to allow people back to their dry houses and businesses, and no insurance people were in sight, guaranteeing that the entire middle and lower classes would go bankrupt, and many businesses and banks would collapse. We also saw the rabid force of looters and vandals and they were joined by some police officers who were charged to maintain security and protect the lives and property of Americans. The ugliest of American virtue was on display before the whole world to see.

Soon after the wake of both Hurricanes, the Insurance companies announced to the devastated homeowners that their property insurance covered hurricane damage but no losses were covered by flood damage! This begs the question, would the levies not have breached if it were not for the related effects of the hurricane itself? Keep in mind that last year under the Bush Administration, the bankruptcy laws in the US were changed making it near impossible for citizens to get clear of their unpaid mortgages and were left with awful unpaid debt on homes, businesses and property that now lay in ruins. Giving a few individuals credit for their faith, we also saw some survivors helping other victims in the aftermath of the hurricane taking it upon themselves to selflessly help their fellow man by providing shelter, food and clothing. Their charity contrasted sharply with the fields of FEMA trailers sitting empty with little or no effort being made to transport them to the devastated neighborhoods to help the people who had lost their homes. The very agency that was charged to render aid to American citizens was rendered useless and caught in a quagmire of red tape and bureaucracy.

In the midst of the ongoing evacuations after the wake of Hurricane Katrina, we also saw a Christian Ministry giving aid. The media showed one of America's richest healing ministries on site in the Gulf of Mexico after Katrina, proudly handing out $25 Wal-Mart cards, one to each family. Oh my, how generous of them! Now this is the kind of thing that really gets my dander up with American Christianity! This ministry takes in about $15-20 million per year, and recently built a $1 million multiple TV stage set! The healer set a goal of $100,000 for Katrina relief, and said that all gifts given to the ministry that day would be given to Katrina victims, noting, "every single penny." So those who have no home, no job, no place to sleep, and have husbands and children rotting in a flooded neighborhood somewhere or washed out to sea, can go to China-Mart and buy a burger and a flashlight? Is this Christian love? Any guesses how that ministry will do in the coming rage of God? This is the Christian America I HATE with unwavering passion! This is in the same country where the average Christian family spends more on pornography or entertainment than the poor! Americans are going to learn something about God... although it will likely be too late to benefit their souls! America's SELFISH nature has been exposed to the entire world and Europeans are no fools! Even the Islamic Nations can easily see our slip raised exposing our rampant hypocrisy and misguided priorities and principles!

Christian America runs a crippling trade deficit, and the personal savings rate is below zero, its credit card debt is at international and unfathomable record highs. So many Christians in America, who use God's name, borrow for their wanton and lusts. Does the interest you pay on your loans America (home, car, cards) replace the generosity you might have given to eradicate poverty in your towns and cities and win souls for Christ? The European writing from Switzerland adds, "In godless Switzerland, the government prepares in advance for each person for every conceivable disaster. But in "Christian" America, with its "most Christian President ever" after the disaster, 40,000 "relief workers" show up with no food, no water, and armed to the teeth with military weapons and ammo, unfriendly and very hostile, and unwilling to provide help to the needy. In godless Switzerland, every town has an incredibly expensive underground bunker, fully stocked and replenished with water and food - built not for the military but for the safety and comfort of the citizens. There is no hunger, no homeless, and not even a shabby house. Imagine that, in a country without a Church. Imagine a country where after each disaster in the world, a national bank account is set up to collect tens of millions of dollars, from a country the size of greater Philadelphia. Did you know that Germany landed relief supplies in Louisiana before Katrina's rain had even stopped? Switzerland, being a bit more timid, packed up a huge quantity of relief supplies for New Orleans, but they never left the airport. The reason... ? Refused by US Government. After two weeks, it was again unpacked, at great expense and with visible frustration by the Swiss at the confusion of the "Christian" American way (after all, Bush is in office because of the "Christian" vote, as every European knows).

It is truly astonishing that America refuses to see that she may be only days or weeks from third-world status that her entire economy is a shell game financed by her Asian enemies. But it is true: America will shortly be a literal third world country, for she is bankrupt spiritually, financially, and morally, and the fruit thereof will shortly manifest itself. What you sow you shall reap! A bankrupt, deficit-overwhelmed country refusing relief supplies from rich European countries with trade surpluses? Hello America, is anybody out there listening? If you still sing "God Bless America" why does your land have (apparently) fewer Christians than Sodom and Gomorrah? Why is
your land so obviously more cursed than humanistic lands? Why is your government against the people while the European governments bend over backwards to make sure there is zero visible poverty or oppression, and builds bunkers stocked with food and water... for its own? Why are American Christians playing golf and going to potluck dinners, and only care about the poor when CNN shows them drowning and starving? And why American Christians have portable food kitchens, and half of their relief after a disaster is Bibles, when everyone knows they first need permanent food, clothing, shelter, and jobs... and then might have an ear about a God who is LOVE? (Love means: a heavy commitment!) Do they love the poor more than their golf? Or do they just want a feel-good fix? Why is "Christian" America the only modern country to have oceans of highly visible poverty; from New Orleans to Detroit, New York to Los Angeles, Mississippi to Montana, filled with millions of people lacking basic heat, water, income, and healthcare? Why does America top the list of modern crime statistics and people in jail (USA: 750 per 100,000; Switzerland: 45). Don't you know that Europe has proved American Christianity to be a fraud?"

Given the above contrasts and exposed truth, it should go without saying that American Christianity as a whole is most definitely representative of the Harlot Church as was the early Roman Catholic Church, imperialistic and oppressive. American Christianity no longer has the backbone to stand against the repulsive "rights and freedom" movements sweeping the land. Just yesterday on January 27, 2006 after a 29-year battle for "Gay Rights" in the State of Washington, the House passed a bill that will forever change the landscape of our society. Now, sodomites have the governments protection in securing their long sought after rights in the work place, housing and health care Insurance. They are protected against discrimination in all three areas and soon, the inevitable "gay marriage" will also be honored in our courts and laws governing the State. These changing scenes and times are not just a result of secular human reasoning absent of Christian moral conviction but they are a result of the apparent erosion of the once strong Christian Church which, at one time, had better backing by the country's once God-fearing citizens.

Remembering that unbelief has its dire consequences, Paul wrote a strong epistle to the Romans warning them of their indifference to God's ways. Romans 1:18-19 "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hinder the truth in unrighteousness; because that which is known of God is manifest in them; for God manifested it unto them" Romans 1:21-25 "because that, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither gave thanks; but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things. Wherefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts unto uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves: for that they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen."

Now, in the face of  "hate" legislation soon to follow the passing of rights and freedoms for sodomites in the US, there is forming an adulterous alliance between the Christian mainstream of America and those who were once regarded as enemies of the cross, infidels to Christianity. One could say the Christian Right is responsible and another could say the growing numbers of unbelievers in this country are responsible. Both would be right because both are filled with "unbelief" Unbelief, because American Christianity is far, far removed from the Christianity depicted in the New Testament of our Bibles. Romans 1:26-32 "For this cause God gave them up unto vile passions: for their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature: and likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another, men with men working unseemliness, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was due. And even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting; being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; whisperers, backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, unmerciful: who, knowing the ordinance of God, that they that practice such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also consent with them that practice them."

The most recent wave of heresy driving America into deeper spiritual bankruptcy is Rick Warren's Purpose Driven Church, a new theology that does not require repentance or conformity to the example of Christ and Christian conduct. A deluding influence has most certainly been sent upon this unbelieving nation. 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12 "And for this cause God sends them a working of error, that they should believe a lie: that they all might be judged who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness."

Too many compromises and concessions are to blame. Too many excuses for freedoms promoting free speech and rights apart from temperance and moral conviction became a catalyst to the undermining of our respective societies.  America has long been the"Big Brother" role model to the rest of the world and for rebellion against GOD. Our freedoms which were taken by spilled blood have fueled our hungering desire for more power, more money, more lands, more wealth and today, New York City is the home of the World's financial trade and banking and the real governing super power; the United Nations. We got here because we have always been the larger role model to the rest of the world for world dominance and supreme power.

Now it seems that America has reached the pinnacle of her self-made glory and as the Tower of Babel fell, so too is the foundation of this super power about to crumble and be laid waste. Before the destruction of America manifests itself in the physical and is visible to the human eye, there will be a complete and utter deterioration of its human glory in the spiritual. As the writer from Switzerland declared, America is bankrupt morally, spiritually and financially. The only power that remains with her at this point in our time is her military might and that is the last thread that keeps her hanging on to her national identity. It is not hard to understand that the financial backing of taxpayers and spiritual strength of its soldiers supports even her military might. But with a weakening and buckling economy, there will be the World Bank and the help of Allied Nations to keep the US military agenda financially afloat. Then there is the spiritual health of the men and women who serve in the Armed Forces. Each surrenders themselves to selfless causes believing that they are fighting for righteous causes against a perceived enemy that does not exist and for a democracy which does no good but to weaken what moral fiber might be left in a once proud people.

The bottom line is that the US started and justified the "War on Terrorism" with lies (bad Intelligence) and it has evolved from being about Terrorism to spreading Democracy and now to limiting the nuclear capabilities of other nations (Iran). You might recall that the "bad Intelligence" we received on Iraq also had Saddam Hussein building up nuclear capability, which turned out to be unverifiable. But wait, there is much more on the table. There is the fact that in these countries we are currently engaged militarily and/or planning to engage, each is predominantly Muslim with hatred towards Israel and of each of these Muslim countries in which we are fighting or planning to fight is oil rich. So then, lets keep the real facts in full sight and realize that the current Middle East conflict is about
a legalized form of Religion, Lands and their Resources. Terrorism or the threat of terrorism is just a convenient excuse to accomplish the hidden agenda of the beast and the men in power who serve the beast. The mark of man and beast is surely evident here.

My expression and writing style may have the potential to incite anger in some and cause a few to go overboard with their hatreds and various protests. Believe me when I say that it is not my desire to see any of you get bent out of shape over these revelations and exposed heresies. What would produce a better outcome for anyone who is in agreement with the information presented here is to make oneself separate from the mainstream apostasies and divisive political agendas of men. Be separate from it just as the Lord so commands for He promises to be your God and that you are called to be sons and daughters unto Him. Avoid dividing your alliances by participating in corrupt politics and divisive religion. Channel your righteous hatreds and justified anger towards productive witness so that others may see the better alternative to life everlasting. Take on a selfless attitude and seek to serve your fellowman trusting that God our Father will provide for all your need. God may not make you rich in material resource but He promises that the poor are made rich in faith. Faith is better witnessed by those who have little means or are sick, oppressed and hungry. Those who seemingly have everything want more and what they do have is not enough yet God says, "they have already received their reward." Remember that God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. So be humble in all your ways, remember those who are suffering not by their own hand and keep your  eyes fixed completely on Jesus.

With all sincerity and love for the truth and our scattered brethren abroad,
 
Nicholas A. Stivers, humbled God fearing man, scribe and messenger.

Author; Apostasy Revealed published 2003 by Mountainview Publishing ISBN: 1-928602-92-4
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